『Hakari Kotaro』
Shigaraki stumbled back from my punch, picking up the hand that had fallen to the ground as I walked forward. Taking the moment to let regeneration do its work to fix up my ribs and upper body properly.
"Ah... father... how dare you...!"
He stood up with a furious face, if glares could kill, I'd be dead, but before that, my glare would have killed him first.
"I'll kill you...!"
"Good. We're on the same page."
Shigaraki charged at me, he moved like a wild animal rather than a human, no stable form, just movements made to reach the target without further thought. His hand reached out towards me, but I did not dodge, instead I let his hand clamp around my throat for a single moment while using Minor Healing Light around my neck.
"Urk!"
The skin and muscles around my neck gave way, but I ignored that and braced against the floor and moved, punching as hard as I could, I planted first firmly in his solar plexus, making his grip slack before I laid into him with my other fist, throwing him off me.
"Grh."
My throat and damaged vein repaired itself rapidly thanks to healing light. This time, we both charged at each other. I reached into my Bag of Holding, pulling out a can of grape soda I crushed it and threw it in Shigaraki's face before ducking down and punching him in the gut while he was distracted.
"Fuck...!"
But in response, he grabbed my shoulder and wrist, they decayed faster than before, I had to grit my teeth and close my eyes as my skin was eaten down to my muscles and to bone. But I summoned forth strength that reached my human limit, I used that hand to bring Shigaraki up and slammed him down while summoning the Spectral Claw as close to my hands as possible like boxing gloves.
"Gah!"
But in the process he punched my throat, making me wheeze before planting an elbow in my ribs, cracking it. But I retaliated by punching his side myself, feeling my fist make contact with soft tissue with a subtle crack, the grimace in Shigaraki's face was unmistakable.
Woosh! Bang! Bang!
Suddenly, the area was overtaken by wind as Shigaraki was knocked back, looking around I could see All Might holding Aizawa carefully and looking between the Nomu and my fight with Shigaraki. He was so fast that my eyes did not even see him move, it was basically teleportation. Shigaraki though, the moment he saw All Might, he instantly went feral.
"Nomu! Fucking kill him!"
Nomu moved in response to Shigaraki's words, rushing straight at All Might who had to quickly set down Aizawa nearby and catch the tackle of the beast, but as concerned as he was with the overpowered beast, he still seemed concerned about me just as much. Like a real hero.
"Hakari-shounen! You're wounded! Shit! What is this thing!?"
All Might exclaimed in surprise as he had to contend with the Nomu's strength, just them simply locking hands produced a shockwave. Yeah, not getting involved with that, regeneration or not.
"I have regeneration, I'll be fine. Listen to me carefully All Might, that thing is a Nomu, not a human, it can regenerate, can absorb hits and has strength comparable to you! The only way to stop it is slowly gouging it or overwhelming it."
"Fuck! How do you know this stuff you cheating fucker!?!?"
Shigaraki leapt towards me, grabbing my forehead and slamming the back of my head into the wall while Nomu and All Might exchanged blows. The shockwaves were so strong that they felt like they were physically battering my body.
"What do you mean Hakari-shounen!?"
All Might replied as he gave the Nomu an uppercut and threw it away, but it only took a brief moment to come back and resume attacking. At the same time I kicked Shigaraki's shin while trying to reply.
"It's a thing designed to counter you perfectly! Only you can handle it! Trust me and don't let it grab you! Only you can handle that thing here! Leave this guy to me!"
All Might and I shared a look for a second, it felt like at this moment he acknowledged me not simply as a student he had to protect, but a fellow hero who he decided to trust the judgement on.
"Thank you Hakari-shounen! But what do YOU-! Plan to do!?"
He said while avoiding a punch from Nomu and hitting it back with a cross counter, and I headbutted Shigaraki.
"I'll stall this guy so you drag that thing away, this one's the head honcho but you cannot let Nomu out of your sight."
"FUCK! Stop acting like I'm not here!"
Shigaraki hit my arms with a heavy punch that I felt break my wrist and dislocated my shoulder. At the same time, Nomu and All Might moved away from the fight so fast that I couldn't even keep track of them.
"Sure!"
I tackled Shigaraki by the waist and started running, away from Kurogiri who was being attacked by someone I couldn't see out of the corner of my eye, I slammed Shigaraki into a tree and knocked the wind out of him while he rained elbows down on my back.
"Fuck! Fuck! All of this was supposed to be perfect! I'm supposed to kill All Might! Why are you getting in the way so fucking bad!?"
He grabbed my wrist hard enough to crush it, and dug down to the bone while I hooked his knee with my foot and brought him to the ground. I struck with a punch that sent one of the hands on his costume away.
"Graaaaaahhhhh!!!!!"
I couldn't help but scream as I felt my wrist get almost severed by decay before Shigaraki kicked me off of, him. My back hit a tree, I focused healing onto my wrist and felt it go back to having the bone and muscle.
Bang!
"Why? Why you ask? Cough!"
I coughed up a lungful of blood before my internals recovered, I ducked a grab from Shigaraki and hit him with a cross counter, he was getting worn down too, he couldn't shrug off my hits perfectly when I had Spectral Claw as boxing gloves.
"Because you pissed me off! That's why!"
I hit Shigaraki right in the jaw while he hit me back at the same time, both of us were pushed back. I spat out a mouthful of teeth and nursed my concussion while he wiped the blood from his lips.
"You call yourself a hero!?"
Gargling my mouth I spat out a tooth that promptly grew back. My energy reserves were running low, so I turned off Spectral Claw and opened my arms wide.
"That's the neat part! I'm not! My reason for fighting ain't so noble!"
Shigaraki scratched his neck before lunging towards me, he grabbed my ankle and threw me at a tree. I braced my body and rolled with the hit. He attacked me again, but I grabbed the Bag of Holding still tied to my waist and pulled a bundle of can of drinks, slamming them over his head, and blinding him, again.
"What the fuck are you!?"
I jumped and planted both feet on his face in a perfect dropkick, sending him into a tree. Righting myself before I fell, I glared at Shigaraki.
"Who cares? Hero? Villain? I don't give a damn. I just want to beat the shit out of you!"
That was all, maybe I could be doing something better right now. Maybe I could contribute more meaningfully. But I wasn't going to do that. I was going to beat Shigaraki to fucking death, for nearly killing me and more importantly, making Toga cry.
"PLUS ULTRA!!!"
A roar victory and a massive shockwave shook the entirety of USJ. But neither us even noticed, locked in our battle trance. Not letting a breathing moment happen, I charged again and planted my fist into his sternum. Knocking the air out of him. Then I landed an elbow on his face and struck his leg.
"FUUUCK!!! I'M NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN BY SOME FUCKING MOB!"
Faster than I could react, Shigaraki reached out and grabbed my face, immediately I felt my face start disintegrating, it was slightly faster than before, he was getting faster, that was bad. I planted a knee in his abdomen, but he didn't let go. He held on like a madman.
"ARRGFH!!!"
Even I couldn't help but scream as my literal fucking eye was fucking decayed, channeling that pain into rage I grabbed his arm with both hands before twisting and throwing him over my shoulder. But Shigaraki righted himself like a goddamn cat before his back met the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
We moved, I slowly adapted to the wild animal that was Shigaraki, but he was also adapting to me, it was a race to the top. I punched his jaw while he went for my not yet healed properly wrist.
"You are regenerating. But you are no Nomu. If I get my hands on that neck again, it's all over isn't it, 'hero'? Or maybe I take out that wrist properly."
Shigaraki said eerie calm with a scary smile as I weave his attack and kicked his knee again.
"It's not 'hero', it's Hakari. Let me get it through your head!"
I channeled Spectral Claw even harder into one hand and grabbed Shigaraki's head before slamming it into the wall. But not satisfied with that I threw his ass at the fountain in the middle and rushed after him with my fist cocked back.
Crash!
He ducked last second, and I just uselessly crushed the fountain instead. He reached towards my throat, but when I went to guard, he feinted it before instead grabbing my other wrist. But in response I-
Crunch!
"FUCK!"
I kneed his balls full force, as he instinctively let go, I swapped to Candy Paramecia before forming a hard candy blade with the last of my dregs of energy. I swung towards his throat but he dodged last second by ducking his head. And this time, he tried punching my balls, but I sidestepped it and kicked him in the head. Yet once again, he also managed to land a kick that pushed me back.
"Huff huff, you bastard... I'll kill you..."
Shigaraki glared at me, his body was covered in bruises and his face was bloody. I had hit so many times that even his clothes were torn. Even still, his bloodshot crimson promised pain beyond any other.
I stood tall, but I was not as unphased as I appeared. I was about to vomit from all the pain and regenerating. My energy reserves were dry. I could keep fighting, but I didn't know who would win out in the end.
No, neither us could win. I'd be winning the war with the All Might defeating the Nomu and the rest of the Cavalry arriving but I myself did not win.
How frustrating
Shigaraki looked around with dull eyes. Observing the situation with eerie calm, constantly switching between his manchild rage and calm evaluation.
"Nomu was beaten, the mob villains got swept, the heroes won... this.... this is your fault isn't it?"
His scarlet eyes bore into me with such hatred and malice that even I was taken aback for a second. That was not the hatred of someone that hates someone. That is the hatred of someone who sees someone as an existential enemy. Even in all my life, I may be experienced with the more brutal side of the world but this was new.
This was raw Enmity.
"Hakari... I'll remember that name."
As the glare off between us continued, a loud bang ran out from the entrance of the USJ, we both turned our heads to it to see a row of Pro Heroes having arrived to clean up the rubble.
"Sorry we are a bit late everyone! I have gathered everyone who could attend!"
Nezu's voice rang loud and every one of my classmates looked over to him and the teachers and pro heroes in relief and hope. They were the sign that we won. All Might repelled the Nomu and the Pro Heroes were to end the attack. But I remained locked with Shigaraki.
"This time, it's a Failure... but next time, I'll make sure it's a Game Over... next time I find you. I'll kill you."
With that, a purple fog portal opened behind Shigaraki and he fell back into it. With that, both Shigaraki and Kurogiri made their escape.
Unlike everyone else here, I didn't feel like I won.
Feat Achieved! Earn Tomura Shigaraki's Enmity
+1x Diamond Ability Gacha ticket
Feat Achieved! Survive the USJ Incident
+1x Platinum Trait Gacha Ticket
Nevermind, this is actually a massive victory for me.
A/N: Hakari is brutal, but Shigaraki is extra brutal. This chapter should highlight just how unprepared Hakari was for this absolute insanity. This fight was brutal and pushed people to their absolute limits. After that torture session of a fight, Hakari has not choice but to lock tf in.
Well, canon has deviated a little. Shigaraki has found a target for hating, and this is hatred far far surpassing whatever he had for Deku. This is actual wrath. He wants Hakari's ass dead. Hakari is now what All Might is for OFA to Shigaraki. Who knows how this will unfold? How did you guys like this take on USJ? I'd love to know.
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