Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Hosu Incident (II)
"Bingo."
Izuku's voice rang out as he suddenly appeared at the alleyway entrance.
"Itsuka-sensei? Iida-kun!"
Izuku was confused why Shido appeared here of all places, but when he turned his head towards Tenya who was lying on the ground, not moving a single inch, he was startled.
"Midoriya?! But why...?!"
Seeing that another one of his students appeared in the scene, Shido couldn't help but sigh once more.
"My class is really full of surprises this year. So many issues, so many troublesome things..."
When Izuku finally finished his explanation on how he found them, Shido told them,"Midoriya, where is your internship hero?"
Seeing Izuku scratch his head in embarrassment, Shido just sighed for the nth time,"Never mind. For now, let's just get that poor guy out of the way."
Saying that, a shadow pool formed under the hero who was the first victim and about twenty creepy, white long hands came out and dragged him into the shadows before the shadow pool disappeared. Stain saw this and wanted to interrupt the process, but stopped when he saw a gun being aimed at him.
A few moments later, the same shadow pool appeared behind Shido and the hero appeared.
"Alright. Let me tell you how it's going to go. Firstly, Midoriya and Iida will be in-charge of moving this guy to a safety zone, preferably to the other heroes who are coming here. Afterwards, I will fight this guy and see if I can change his mind. I'll probably not, but maybe a miracle can happen? Either ways, both of you are absolutely forbidden not to interfere in this fight. You may be strong for your generation, but compared to a true killer villain who has much more experience, you will instantly die. Like how Iida is right now."
Shido was about to continue talking but was forced in stop since Stain had dashed towards Shido without prior warning.
"So impatient..."
Shido merely smiled before aiming both his flintlock pistol and musket at him.
Bang!
Bang!
Both bullets ricocheted in the narrow alleyway, but Stain easily dodged all of it.
"Ohh...pretty good instincts and reaction time, I must say. A true professional right here."
Seeing that Shido still wasn't taking this seriously, he looked towards the corner of his eye and saw the two students sneaking away with the hero quietly.
"Oh no, you don't." Shido saw where Stain was looking at and immediately deduced what he was thinking.
"Zafkiel, come to me!"
[A/N: In case you haven't realised it, I really like Zafkiel a lot so even if Shido has many angels, Zafkiel is going to be the most commonly used, followed by Haniel and Michael.]
"Aleph."
Aiming the pistol at his own temple, he opened fire.
Bang!
Before Stain could fathom the reason behind his actions, he saw Shido disappear from his sights.
BOOM!
Stain found himself thrown back against the walls with such strength that the wall exploded into pieces.
"Cough cough..."
Coughing out blood, Stain stood up shakily.
'Just from the speed he displayed, I can't win this fight. And there's the guns he's holding. Is it special or something?'
As he was thinking about his next move, he suddenly saw Shido disappear again. He immediately tried twisting his body to the right to avoid it, and the attack barely missed.
Shido's eyes immediately lit up.
"You're the second one who could dodge at my speed even when you're injured. Truly, a strong hero killer."
'Why does he sound so happy?'
"Good, now I can release some of my seals. Michael."
A strange key appeared this time and like before, Shido stabbed himself.
'Does this guy like self-mutilating? Does it not hurt? Is he a masochist?'
But he didn't think for much longer. He knew that he could not win this fight even with the various scenarios in his mind.
Out of ten battles...he would lose all ten of them.
Not waiting for Shido to start doing whatever he's going to do, he immediately dashed up towards the roof and started escaping.
"Bad boy~ You can't run~" Shido smirked before checking on Izuku and the gang.
"How's the hero?"
"WAH!" Izuku jumped in fright and was about to subconsciously use full cowl when he remembered the voice.
"Itsuka-sensei. Please don't scare me..." Seeing that Shido didn't say anything in reply, he started talking about the hero,"The hero is fine, just cuts all over his body, but nothing serious. He may require a few weeks of hospitalisation but his life is not in danger."
Being trained by a medic allowed him to naturally pick up basic first aid skills as well. Though the need for first aid was rare due to the presence of Healing quirks, this was one of the times it became useful.
"Well, if everything is fine, Iida-kun, please don't do this sort of dangerous thing anymore, alright?"
Tenya heard his words and became slightly ashamed of himself,"Yes, Itsuka-sensei."
Seeing his face that looked unsatisfied, Shido continued,"Sigh, I'm not telling you to forget about your revenge. You just need a more proper planning and understanding of your opponent, all right? Furthermore, don't ever forget this. Heroes never work alone. Even All Might once had a sidekick to help him out, so don't try to shoulder all the responsibility by yourself. Well, think about my words for a while. For now, I'll continue chasing him."
After he finished giving his advice, Shido used 'Aleph' and started making his way towards him, leaving the two students in a daze.
Not even after a minute had passed since Stain had escaped when Shido caught up to him.
"What a coincidence~We meet again." Shido waved happily as he suddenly appeared in front of Stain.
Stain was shocked and instinctively reached for his blades when Shido said,"Bet."
Bang!
Stain felt himself get shot by the bullet, but he didn't feel anything different about his own body.
"HHHHHaaaaaahhhhh....yyyyoooouuuurrrr bbbbuuuulllllllleeeetttt iiiissss uuuusssseeeelllleeeessssssss...." (Hah...your bullet is useless...)
It was a pretty funny sight seeing the Stain, who used to have fast reaction time and high speed, slur his own speech as laugh like he was in a slow-motion video.
Shido tried to suppress his giggles but to no avail. His shoulders couldn't stop trembling from laughter, as he kept floating up and down in the sky.
"WWWWhhhhaaaatttt aaaarrrreeee yyyyoooouuuu llllaaaauuuugggghhhhiiiinnnngggg aaaatttt?" (What are you laughing at?)
"Okay, it's time to stop this."
'Aleph' was still active, so in less than a second, he closed a ten metre gap between them. Using a kick that has gathered force through rapidly spinning on Shido's central point, he executed three times in a row from the left, followed straight away from the right, and ended by a kick from behind the head.
This particular martial art originated from Korea, known as Taekwondo which was characterised by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques.
As a person who primarily either uses his quirk or kicks as a means of attack, Taekwondo was very much suited for him.
His actions were so fast that it seemed as though he teleported. By human instincts, Stain immediately flinched and tried moving back. However, his actions were slowed while Shido's actions were accelerated, making it impossible for him to dodge the incoming attacks.
What made it worse was Stain's decision to move backwards. Even just slightly, the damage he took more than doubled that he should have.
This attack was aimed at Stain's brain with the first and second kick before finally finishing him with the third.
[A/N: Haven't noticed it yet? It's 3rd Stance Hwechook from God Of High school]
"Urgh..."
Stain groaned in immense pain before dropping to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
Seeing that Stain had lost his consciousness and fainted, Shido smiled in delight. He had thought of that move for quite some time and finally had a chance to test it out. Honestly, it wasn't really necessary for him to use martial arts since his quirk was really overpowered, but since he found it fun, he decided to use it.
In the end, the test was successful and he had found a newer and fancier way of knocking people out.
"All in a day's work."
Picking up his body like a sack of rice, he casually flew back to the original crime scene. Over there, he found a bunch of heroes gathered around his two, no, three students. Shoto have arrived as well.
"What do we have here? Todoroki-kun, why are you here as well?" Staring hard at Shoto, Shido questioned.
'Why do all my students just arrive at the point of conflict?'
If it weren't for the distance between each agency, Shido was sure that the entire class would arrive as well. These three were just lucky, or unlucky, to have passed by this area when this incident struck.
"Phantom..."
Hearing a growl, Shido turned towards the source of it and greeted cheerfully,"Hey, Flamey. How's life?"
"What is a vigilante like you doing here? Do you believe that I will arrest you right here, right now?" Endeavor looked at him and growled, emphasising on the word 'vigilante'.
"How mean~" Shido pouted,"How could you say that? If I wasn't here, the students might not have survived Stain, you know?"
Then suddenly changing his tone, he smirked and continued,"Besides, you can try to arrest me. If you can, that is."
"Grrrrr...." Endeavor didn't do anything and just continued to stand there.
Endeavor had tried to arrest him before, each time ending with either Shido casually walking away or Endeavor being beaten back black and blue. For three whole years. Three whole years before he decided to give up on it and focus on aiming for the number one spot instead since his rank actually dropped to the third rank as he spent a lot of time aiming for Shido instead, neglecting his hero work a little.
"Anyways, here is Stain." Shido casually tossed his body towards the other heroes and continued speaking,"Well, seeing that my job is done, it's time for me to get a break. See ya!"
However, just as he was about to teleport away, he suddenly spotted a nomu flying towards them. Or more specifically, towards Izuku.
"Zafkiel! Zayin!"
Bang!
Before anyone could react, the nomu suddenly stopped midair and dropped down vertically.
"You're welcome."
Not wanting to deal with anymore trouble, he directly teleported home without waiting for any of them to wake up from their stupor.
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"Shido? How was your journey?"
Eri's voice suddenly appeared from behind him.
"Oh, it's fine. It's been a tiring day...I just want to sleep..." Shido yawned before getting into the shower.
"Hmm..what did you do?"
The moment Shido got out of the shower ten minutes later, he was bombarded with various questions about his activities. Not disappointing Eri, both of them leaned on the headboard as he patiently answered each and every question for an hour before he decided to stop.
Shido's red and golden eyes were opening and closing - his eyelids were too heavy for him to lift them permanently. His head eventually fell onto her shoulders. Seeing her smile while looking at his face, he stared at Eri in confusion, blinking, his eyelashes brushing against her cheek as he asked,"What?"
"Nothing." She tried to hide her smile as much as she could.
Over the course of five years, he had grown used to Eri's presence on his bed and was already familiar with her scent and body (not sexually). He found the most comfortable position, rolled his eyes and nuzzled into her shoulder, his light indigo hair inches from her nose.
She could smell his Shido-like smell, which was too good for words.
Like Shido, Eri had also grown used to Shido's presence. Unlike many other men out there, Shido doesn't have a 'manly' scent. Well, he does, but it was overshadowed by his more dominant flowery scent that he always seems to emit.
Lily of the Valley. A sweet scent coupled with a flowery scent that could make anyone feel at ease and relax.
That was what Eri thought Shido smelled like.
'Why does this guy naturally smell better than some women?' That was what Eri always felt and thought. His flowery scent wasn't strong, but she wasn't complaining. In fact, it was quite weak and if she wasn't very close to him, she wouldn't have smelled it at all.
After a few minutes, she felt him go limp and she smiled widely, cradling him to her small but growing chest.
[A/N: She's twelve so don't get any ideas.]
She laid him down on the bed and pillow and laid down together with him, with Shido still in her embrace.
It was usually her cuddling into Shido's chest, but today the opposite happened.
'Well, just for today, I'll pamper you.' Eri became embarrassed at her own bold thought but was determined to do it.
She kissed him on his forehead. The first time she ever took the initiative to do that.
Unconsciously, Shido smiled when Eri kissed him on his forehead, but she didn't notice it.
"Good night Shido. Sweet dreams..." She whispered into his ears before descending into her own dreams.
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A/N: The villain talk is after lunch time, Stain attacked during late afternoon, Shido took down Stain evening, coming back home at night. Missing time periods? Deal with it. I'm really tired...
Nice mini-romance scene? That's what I thought. I'm really tired...
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