Shinigami (Vigilante Deku Au)

Cornered - Chapter 22

Deku's Pov

I had just arrived at training ground Beta when I noticed something. It's open. Someone's here. I walked into the area, glancing around for the person. I wasn't expecting to find them, since the area spanned 7 football fields in every direction. The training ground was a mess of pipes and buildings. Robots were roaming free, since Aizawa had told Nezu about me training. I ripped out the wires of some and popped the head off of others. I was getting bored again. Fighting robots is repetitive. They don't have the judgement humans do. Just as I was about to leave from boredom, I heard a shout. "Shinigami."

I smiled my best smile. I didn't bother to cover up my face because he already knew who I was. "Excuse me sir, I think you have the wrong name. My name's Izuku Midoriya." The guy huffed. "I obviously know your name. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here Shinigami. There are cameras and speakers, correct? That means..." He chuckled, laughing while he said the next thing. "Someone else knows your secret! I wonder what they'll use it for." I snickered causing the man to tilt his head in confusion. "You know sir, you couldn't have shown up at a more perfect time." I jumped into the air, sucker punching him in the face. My smile turned malicious. "I was just thinking about how boring taking out robots is." He scoffed. "You say that like you're gonna win." My sinister smile spread wider across my face. I released about 5% of my death aura. I saw his eyes widen immensely. "Let's play."

I charged at the man, unsheathing the knives on my hips. "By the way, are you part of the LOV?" He looked confused and dodged the first strike. "Why ask me that? For all you know, I'm a hero." I gave him a look, my face twisting into an expression that says bullshit. "I've memorized every single hero in Japan. Any hero that comes into Japan gets analyzed and memorized, underground or not." He held a bewildered expression on his face. "Okay, I could be police." He said. I shook my head. "Police typically travel in groups. You aren't in uniform, and you are trying to make an arrest. Having crossed out that, you are either a villain I've wronged or a civilian, and no civilian is dumb enough to take me on without back up. Plus, civilians aren't allowed to use their quirks to fight, and you're on private property. Trespassing doesn't look good on you. As a student of this school, I am legally allowed to detain you." His mouth gaped open in surprise before he threw a punch. "You've got me." He said. I caught his fist and twisted, breaking his arm. He screamed in pain and I punched his gut. He threw up all of the contents in his stomach before he picked himself off of the ground. Getting himself into a fighting position, he threw another punch. Pain blossomed in my right cheek and the fight began.

I tiredly swung my fist at the man's face. As I had hoped, he caught my fist. I grabbed the man's arm and threw him over my shoulder. While he was stuck on the ground, I ran. The debris on the ground was a mixture of metal and brick. Grabbing pieces of metal and wiring of off the ground, I looked behind me. The man was gone. I smiled to myself and quickly built what I needed. Rigging the bomb to the center of the arena, I started running towards the nearest exit.

I was running towards the exit when I heard footsteps near me. I smiled maliciously and turned towards him. I kicked him square in the chest, sending him flying back into a wall. "Shinigami!" He screamed, removing himself from the wall and charging at me. My death aura flared again and I kicked him in the stomach. His stomach practically caved in on my foot and I heard a snap. A pained scream tore it's way out of his throat as he tried to pick himself off of the ground. "Your spine's broken." I told him. His eyes widened and he looked down. "As a reward for finding out who I am," I said, putting my finger under his chin and forcing him to look at me, "If you have any last words, I'll pass them on for you." His eyes teared up, and pretty soon, tears were streaming down his face. "Can you find my daughter and tell her I love her? She's been missing for almost 5 years now and I became a villain to find her. Her name is Eri. Please find her and take care of her." I nodded. "Why did you try to find me?" I asked, still holding the man's head up. "For the money, mostly." I smiled and started to back up. "I'm not poor. Somewhere along the way, my intentions got muddled. I became greedy, and vile. Now, the only person who'll remember me is you, the man who killed me. Pretty soon, you'll forget too." I gently put his head on the ground and started to walk away. "I'll find her." I said. Soon I was far enough away that his sobs were drowned out.

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Sorry for the late update! I went to my grandmother's house and forgot to update before I left.