9 Fighting Someone "Strong"

Lately, I started hating the media more and more. Most were under the thumb of All for One, otherwise, I can't comprehend why they would paint heroes in that image. The incident with the robbery from a week ago was just one of many.

Stirring up controversy was a reason, sure, but they intentionally portrayed the heroes and police as incompetent.

Almost as if they were trying to make the public lose hope in them. Too bad, most of the public considered me a hero, in their eyes my name was associated with theirs.

Now I am running towards a commotion, I heard screams while walking to my usual training spot, so I quickly got into costume.

When I reached the scene I could see a hero team trying to fight against a big, bulky villain. I immediately recognized the guy as Muscular, the ones fighting him were a man and a woman with water-related quirks.

I can only assume they are the Water Hose duo. I remember them being dead in the anime, can't remember much about circumstances, but I'm pretty sure Muscular killed them.

Before jumping in I quickly hit every camera nearby with a beam of light. The police already knew how I looked in costume, it was more of a formality really.

I could see that the hero duo was already exhausted, they did their best. They held this hulking madman long enough for civilians to evacuate.

Without wasting any more time I flashed to Muscular's side, Using my heel to kick him through a building. He probably reached an alleyway behind it, but he was definitely coming back. He was as angered as he was hurt.

He came out of the rubble screaming profanities and dashing at me. As he reached me his punch was already speeding towards me, muscles growing three times in size, making his arm look like a massive muscle balloon.

As he punched towards my torso I jump up, stepping on his hand and formed a blunt Ama no Murakumo in my hand which I used to whack him over the head with, there was no reason to hold back.

Leaving him dazed and reeling, I used him as a platform and jumped back, kicking a ray of light towards him, which was threatening to pierce his stomach.

He quickly used both his arms to try and block the attack, it was probably out of reflex, his eyes could barely follow it. The beam went through his arms and exploded in front of his stomach sending him hurtling backwards.

As he stood there curled up on his knees, clutching his stomach, I slowly approached him with my hands in my pockets. When I reached him looking down I stepped on his head, bringing it to the ground.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!"

He started screaming from under my shoe.

"You villains sure are scary."

I said with a sarcastic smile.

"Honestly, Muscular, I was expecting a lot more from you. I guess you shouldn't expect anything from a raving madman."

I could feel his anger, it was boiling. He seemed to be trying to get up.

Sighing, I put more strength into my leg, crushing his head into the pavement. I stood there for a while, looking down to make sure he was out of the fight.

Then a stream of water came towards me from my side. Looking at it, it seemed to be coming in slow motion, I simply stepped to my left and dodged it.

Looking at the hero duo, they seemed strangely determined.

"Stop, Yellow Flash! You need to come with us to the station. It's still not too late for the police to forgive your crimes!"

Kota's father said hoping to convince me to surrender myself.

In a sense he wasn't wrong, unlike other vigilantes, I never killed any villain, none even died from the injuries I've caused.

Muscular was only unconscious, he was hurt, but his injuries weren't life-threatening at all, the holes in his hands were cauterized as the light went through, he was unlikely to die even if left alone.

On the sidelines, I could see civilians and reporters taking pictures and filming the situation.

"I should take my leave now, take care, Water Hose."

I left after saying that. Heroes were people that I could respect, they upheld justice.

In his first life, he had seen people compare muscular with All Might, and while his strength was decent his actual combat power was more than lacking.

Overall, he felt that the only villain that could pose a threat to him was All for One himself. right now both he and All Might should still be recovering from their bout. The latter appearing less and less in the public eye.

I need to get in touch with some people...

__________POV Narration__________

The recent incident with the Yellow Flash and Muscular revealed quite a few things to Naomasa. He realised that the Yellow Flash was completely peaceful when it came to heroes.

It was somewhat reassuring, many vigilantes tended to fight back when a hero attempted to arrest them, this one just left, going as far as to wish them well.

Another thing that he noticed was that their local vigilante seemed taller, in the past he seemed to be of average height, the few villains that could catch a glimpse of him had reported him being taller than in his only video depiction at the time.

He didn't take their claims seriously at first, even after testing them with his quirk he thought that they were most likely just dazed when they saw him. Now he knew that they were speaking the truth.

He needed to look deeper into this, this case had alluded him for a long time, leaving a stain in his otherwise perfect career.

The Chief of Police didn't hold it against him, he realised there was not much evidence to begin with, there were no adults or teenagers registered that had a similar quirk to the vigilante.

The trail that had gone cold now sprung back to life, the new sighting gave him a strange feeling, almost as if the person wanted to be seen.

It leads him to believe that the vigilante was hiding something, with his speed he could have gone out of there without being spotted by any civilian, let alone the press. Maybe he destroyed the cameras nearby for a reason?

Was he trying to make it seem like he was covering his tracks? That sounded unlikely to the detective, but there was no way for him to know.