Chapter 62. Shootout!

I looked at ‘Snipe’ in shock. ‘This soon? He must have other things to do, and he is gonna fight me for a whole day to teach me?’ While I was pondering about today, ‘Snipe’ went over to the settings box and made some changes to the room. Removing targets, adding cover, and fake buildings for the most part. He then stood on the other end of the room from me with a large coin in his hand. “Alright kid, after this hits the ground the match begins. First person to land a hit anywhere is the winner of the round.” And with that he tossed the coin high into the air.

When I heard a small clink I knew the match had begun. I tried to quickdraw ‘Snipe’ to end the match as fast as I could, but he had the same idea and beat me out by the time my gun was halfway out of my holster. “Remember kid, without your quirk your movements are slow. I’ve seen what happened to you after you used your ‘Overdrive’ both times. You push your quirk, and your body because you have no technique.” I looked down in shame. ‘He is right, I’m a lot like Midoriya in the fact that I use my quirk beyond my body’s limits, and hurt myself. I can’t stop because I have no way to fight without it.’

‘Snipe’ then continued on. “So make one here and now. Make this weapon an extension of yourself so you can fight without going into ‘Overdrive’ or even your ‘2nd Gear’ for that matter.” I looked up in realization. ‘Is this why he is teaching me personally? To stop myself from sacrificing my body for my friends?’ I gave him a nod as he took another coin out. “Good, now let's keep this up kid. I want to see if you can even get a single hit on me today.” I smiled at his provocation. “How about if I can, then this gun becomes mine?” He stood still for a second contemplating my deal. Then he began to nod slowly. “Alright kid, you hit me once and she’s all yours.”

I gained a large smirk at the thought of this handgun being mine. “Then let’s start the next match.” He nodded, and threw the coin in the air again. When it finally hit the ground I immediately took out my gun and ducked behind some nearby cover as one bullet hit the cover I was hiding behind. I took a peak to see if I could locate ‘Snipe’ but he was long gone. I listened for the sound of his spur’s to give me an indication of where he might be. My eyes darted toward the building on my left as I heard a slight sound coming from it.

I pointed my gun at the exit on the building only to be shot in my shoulder from somewhere else. I looked around to see where I was shot from only to find ‘Snipe’ was right back at his original spot. ‘Did he just lure me to look at the building with the noise of his spurs, then walk back with no noise to get a clean shot?’ He then began more analysis. “Alright kid, based on your expression you have a good handle on what I did, so now you have an idea of those without any quirks that help on any physical level. You must be fast, precise, confident, think moves ahead, and always be cool under pressure. Now. You ready for another loss kid?”

I smiled in slight anger, but couldn’t really be that mad at him for being right. “Yea, but I only need to win once.” He took out another coin and threw it into the air to continue our training.