5 Ch. 6 - David Versus Goliath

As soon as the fifteen-year-old vigilante opened the door, he was met by five to seven men glaring at him with those killer instincts.

"You know, you should've just walked in and asked what you're looking for. It's rude to sneak into someone's house, you know." Among the men a random voice came. All of them are glaring at Izuku Midoriya.

All of a sudden, the members of the gang made way and Izuku saw a massive seven-foot man with a cold, calm look.

Covering his mouth and nose, Izuku gritted his teeth behind his handkerchief, wanting to know how did he notice his attempt to invade.

"You want to know how we can detect you? Simple, here." Then he shows multiple screens that are somehow not in this house. All of a sudden, a low noise of fingers snapped. Luckily, Izuku's enhanced hearing heard it.

Also thanks to his quirk, Spider-Sense, he saw weapons aiming and firing at him. He swiftly evades all the attacks.

Evade after evading, he still haven't laid a punch, because of the firing guns and throwing sharp weapons. He then finally made a move to attack while defending at the same time.

With their magazines empty and trying reload, it allows Izuku to attack. Closing the gap between one of them, he kicks them, dodging punches from the men who are near to him, everything he can do to be alive and rescue the hostages.

It wasn't long until he cleared out the men until the only man standing in front of Izuku is the 7-feet man.

"Just as usual, these men are still weak." He said, insulting all the guards around him. It's humiliating for him because the odds backfired.

"Now, back to my question." The vigilante Izuku demanded. "How do you know that I tried to infiltrate your base?"

"Well, if you haven't noticed, there's one camera in the living room where one of my men is sleeping on the sofa." After hearing the statement, Izuku mentally face palmed himself and thought, "(Why didn't I think of that in the first place?)"

He heard the man said, "Enough talk, let's fight."

He charges himself towards Izuku, who predicted the attack, jumps to the side to avoid getting hit.

After he avoids the attack, it's his turn to fight. Unfortunately for him, the man predicted it that he'll dodge, swinging his right arm at the vigilante. The attack collided as Izuku blocked, but was sent flying towards multiple screens, giving him a little shock, but because of the glasses from the screen, his coat is ripped and had damage from the impact.

He slowly tried to stand up while the man is standing there with utter disbelief in his eyes.

"Is that all you got? I'm very disappointed, kid. Looks like I'm going to play my little prey before he met his demise."

He said, mocking the vigilante as he lunged himself again towards the boy and pulled back his right arm, preparing to blow a hard attack.

What shocks him comes next. Izuku didn't dodge, instead tucked his and launched at the man's body, using a wrestling move called Spear and the man was sent flying to the door where Izuku went in awhile ago.

The door got destroyed as they got back to their feet and continued to fight.

Punching and evading, that's all they're doing right now. Power is the advantage of the man while Izuku's advantage is Speed and Defense while Offense at the same time.

Surely whoever's watching this from the shadow, from their perspective, it's the man who's got the upper hand, because of their size. But in truth, it's Izuku who has the upper hand.

The man is just punching and punching while Izuku blocks or evades the attacks. Once tired of doing the same thing again and again, the man used a leg sweep to caught off Izuku's guard.

Thanks to the Spider-Sense again, Izuku predicts his attack as he backflips a few times, making the man's attack missed and put some distance between.

"I gotta say, you're not bad, but not good either. Tell me your name before you die. Once you know my name, meet the death door that's right in front of you."

Silence is what the man received for a few seconds.

"Shadow. Shadow's the name." Izuku said, using his vigilante name instead of his real name. After hearing the answer the man demanded, he said, "Shadow, huh? Well, mine's Trevor. Power Enhancer's my quirk. What about you? Oh wait, it doesn't matter. You're dead."

With that, he prepares for the final blow.

However, Izuku noticed that his speed is lower than before. In layman's terms, Trevor was slower now. He concluded that it's him always attacking and pushing his limits.

He jumped forward, which is high enough to get over Trevor's height. Trevor's attack didn't make contact with the floor, because he knows that Izuku'll dodge.

He glanced at where Izuku dodge and that's where his punch will meet his body, but what happened next is that Trevor saw a boot, coming towards his face.

It was Izuku's kick attack that made Trevor's attack miss again. The fifteen-year-old boy backflips two times again to avoid Trevor's range of combat since close combat is Trevor's specialty.

He didn't waste his time as the seven-foot man cock back both of his arms and lunge himself towards Izuku.

"(Guess it's my turn to attack.)" He was prepared for the right time to attack. What makes him surprised is that everything around him went slow motion, even Trevor's in slow motion.

That's the effect of how Izuku's Quirk, Spider-Sense. Because of him always using it, Izuku got used to it and that's the outcome of one of Quirk's power, Slow Motion.

Thanks to that, Izuku's fully ready, but he noticed that his body is wearing out so quickly. Feeling that the end is near, he'll put everything into his offense that even Trevor can't block.

Once Trevor's in range, Izuku kneed him in the face so strong that makes the man yelp in pain, clutching his face from the impact and stumbled backward.

Izuku then launched a barrage of attacks including the martial arts style he always used in a long time.

Those punches, and kicks are enough to make Trevor desperate for air to breathe. Cocking back his dominant arm, he's putting all of his strength into one punch.

Feeling that all of his strength are in his arm, he finally stretches it forward, only to meet his fist with Trevor's face.

The power of Izuku's fist is so strong that Trevor was sent flying towards the door where Izuku entered the underground base.

Seeing the rubbles from Trevor's position, Izuku drop forward as his knees and hands are on the ground, panting heavily from the battle.

His head starting to ache. "(Ack! I need to adjust my usage of quirk, otherwise, I'll be facing the consequences.)"

Still facing down and panting heavily, Izuku gained a smile, knowing that the battle's over, but... a chuckle came from the debris as he looks at Trevor's location and noticed that the rubbles are moving.

He cannot believe his eyes as he saw Trevor with an evil grin on his face, while his head and arms are bruised and painted with crimson red coming out of his skin.

"I gotta admit, that's one helluva punch, kid." He said as he was slowly standing up while removing the rubbles from his body. While doing that, he said, "Well, you did your best, now... It's over."

Seeing the leader wearing an evil smile on his face, Izuku tried to move, but he cannot as he saw a fist collided with his face, making him sent flying back to the room where he beat multiple men.

Struggling to stand up, but he cannot. His eyesight is getting blurry. He cannot believe that he lost the fight.

If only he didn't use spider-sense too much, he would've won, but due to rapid-fire from the men's guns and speed and power of Trevor, he had no choice but to use it.

He saw Trevor walking towards him as he gritted his teeth.

"(I refuse to die here. I won't... die...)" With all his strength, he struggled to stand up but was interrupted by Trevor stomping his right arm, making Izuku scream in pain.

"Before you meet your fate, any last words?" He asked with a victorious look. While panting, Izuku said, "Even if you kill me... here, there are... many people... who'll stop you... no matter what..."

"Wise words, but wasted enough time to say something more than just that," Trevor said, snickering at what Izuku said, but his tone had a mixture of mocking.

Then he readied his punch but said something before the final blow. "Sayonara."

Hearing that word made Izuku close his eyes, finally accepting his fate. He expects to feel the hard punch.

...

But nothing happened.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw something that made Trevor stop at his tracks. On his arm is a large tape that was connected from one of the hostages. Not a certain person, though.

Both the men's eyes widened, as they didn't expect them to be here, especially Izuku. He was about to tell them to get away from Trevor, but what came next is... them using their quirks at the 7-foot man.

He can see tapes attach to his arms, some men and women used their long-range quirks to make Trevor stop.

When Trevor cannot move his body, all the hostages said, almost synchronized, "You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!"

(Do you feel the Spider-Man vibe there, readers?)

Then they lunge themselves towards Trevor. However, Trevor, giving it all, powered out of their quirks to stop him and ready to kill them before Izuku, but Izuku wouldn't let that.

Izuku used his free arm to grab Trevor's foot, still attached to one of his arms, to distract Trevor. He did it successfully as the 7-foot man took the bait and look at Izuku.

He changes his glance from Izuku to the hostages, but they're inch closer to him as they use their fist to punch his body, face, and legs.

Not effective, but good enough for him to get hurt. What makes him in pain so much comes next. One of the hostages, just soccer kick... Trevor's balls.

That causes him to clutch his ball sacks and took all the hit.

Izuku took the final punch and really knock the 7-foot man out cold when Trevor got tied with ropes and tapes.

"Thank you all. You've saved my life at the right timing." He said, looking at the hostages with a grateful look on his eyes. All this time, he was still wearing the handkerchief that covers his mouth.

"No. We should thank you for encouraging us to become stronger." A girl said, not the kidnapped girl Izuku saw just a few hours ago.

"If you haven't come, we might live our lives worse than street people. You are our hero." With that, he received multiple compliments about him saving them and becoming their hero.

While cheering him, Izuku finally had something that he can totally focus as he thought, "(I finally have a goal to do. I don't care if people call me a villain or vigilante, I'll do whatever it takes to make them determine to become heroes of the world. I also need to be careful about using too much Quirk. With great power, comes great responsibility.)"

He mentally takes note of how big the responsibilities he's having starting right now.

Compliments are over, the police are here, inspecting the base and successfully arrested the boss and the gang that is with him.

They saw the hostages that are left unharmed but never saw Izuku went away from a different route to escape from getting the attention of the police, thinking that he's another villain.

After jumping away from the scene, Izuku saw his clothes are ripped and damaged. Even his phone and watch are broken.

He can't help it, but to never use those things again, let alone wait until he gets something special in New Year.