Chapter 67. Hero Killer Stain!
“2nd Gear!” After turning on my second gear I started running on rooftops looking down to see if anything was happening in any of them. A couple of hiding civilians, civilians running through them, but nothing I was looking for. ‘I’m too close to the action. I have to move further away.’ I kept running further to more secluded areas, but still had come up with nothing until I got a drop pin from not far away on a group message board for the whole class. “Oh please make it in time!” I ran from rooftop to rooftop right towards the drop pin’s location.
As soon as I was above I saw Deku mid fight against the hero killer. I quickly killed my presence, and made my way down to ground level. I took out my pistol and turned on my ‘Bullet Time’. I waited for hero killer: Stain to drop his guard and the second he did I fired my gun at him, but as soon as I pulled my trigger I saw him start moving his blade to stop the path of my bullet. I let out a few more, but he was able to block each one with pristine movements.
“Come out you fake hero. I will kill you along with these other fakes.” I slowly stepped out from my spot with everyone staring at me. I looked at Stain, whose face grimaced at the sight of my eye. Seeing this I giggled a little bit. “Sorry you called me a ‘fake hero’, but I never said I was one did I?” I tilted my head to my side, as I put more power into my right eye, making it glow with more ferocity. He gave me a quick look up and down. “No… You are a killer, and the one I was requested to kill.” I continued to giggle. “Well that first part, it takes one to know one.” He looked un-amused, as his eyes squinted looking at me.
“Then what do you claim to be?” I smiled while I was looking at both Deku, and Ida. “I am the big brother of both of those two, as well as the future side-kick of the next #1 hero.” Everyone looked at me in shock, then Stain began to laugh at me. “You? The side-kick of the next #1 hero. There is nobody fit to take the role from the current #1 hero. Yet you claim that somebody is, and that you deserve to be his side-kick? You, who has blood on his hands.” I let him get it all out of his system until I saw Todoroki show up from behind.
Todoroki tried to use ice to bind Stain. Stain saw through this, and quickly jumped away onto a trash bin. Todoroki settled with just grabbing all of the injured and sliding them behind himself. Stain was in-between the two of us while Deku was telling us what Stain’s quirk was. I kept an eye on Stain with my gun trained on him, while he was looking at me mostly, but did keep an eye on Todoroki. “By the way, if you are thinking of leaving, I hope you can block all of my bullets with your back to me.”
“Then I’ll just have to kill you before I leave then.” I smiled at that ‘No time to try and show off to the others just finish this fast to help the wounded.’ I settled with a plan. “2nd Gear ‘Bullet Time’!!” I can fight like this, while still having enough to help deal with the Nomu.’ Stain and I charged at each other. He seemed to want to move in thinking I was best at range. ‘That kind of thinking is…’ “WRONG!” I yelled while dodging a sword strike while shooting a bullet directly at his jaw with the gun lying just underneath it.
The gun, the hand that touched the blade, and the bullet were all coated in electricity. Frying and dislocating Stain’s jaw at the same time. He passed out almost instantly. I gave him one last shock on his spine to paralyze him for about 5 minutes. “That last one is for Ingenium.” I began dragging him with my grapple around his neck for good measure. As I walked back I saw everybody flabbergasted, staring at me.
I looked at them in confusion. “What? I’m the perfect counter for him. One touch and he was done.” I went passed Todoroki, and Deku to look straight at Ida’s eyes. “I told you I understood a little of what you're going through, and I thought helping you bring him to justice together would help you with your rage. Did you want to bring him to justice? Or did you want to get even?” He looked away in shame, and I immediately knew the answer. I then threw Stain in front of him as Ida was starting to get his motion back. I found and brought over Stains sword, and put it down next to Ida.
Nobody spoke, as they were all in shock at what I was doing. “The path you almost took is not the path of a hero. Your brother is still alive, your family is still alive! All I have left are you guys!! Do you think your brother, your family who are still alive would like to see what you were considering doing!? You think Deku, Todoroki, or I would like to see you take up that sword right now!?” He looked at all of us one by one with tears in his eyes. Then I continued on with my speech as he looked back at me. “The reason why I haven't fallen yet is because I’m not alone anymore! I was walking down a path to be the strongest to get back at this world! For this world to do unjust things to people who don’t deserve it!”
Everyone looked at me in fear, and sadness at my confession, but I was almost done. “Until I met a young hero who had many problems of his own, but cared for others above himself all the same.” I looked at Midoriya with a small smile on my face and tears welling in my eyes. “As soon as I found out more about him, and his troubles yet still with enough of a heart to care about me back then. I knew that in this world that constantly tries to take from you. You have to fight with everything you have for the ones you care about, and make them the happiest they can be under any circumstances. Now I ask again, do you think your brother would want you to pick that up? Because I’ll tell you right now. I don’t.”
Nobody spoke. Everybody was still trying to process all of the information. At most they were looking between Ida and I wondering what would happen. Ida was only looking at me with confusion. Confusion at everything, at himself, at me, at what being a hero meant. I decided to let him off with something. “Rage is a part of being human. This particular rage may always be in you, just like mine is. However, You have good friends, and family to make sure you stay on the right track. Don’t ignore them, we all want what’s best for you. And I for one will forgive your bout of rage just like I know your family will forgive you as well.” I patted his shoulder as he continued to cry.