Rise of the Phoenix

~ C h a p t e r 37 ~

Hello, sorry for dropping of the map again, but as I said in our other fic, I failed a few tests and then midterms crept up on me, thankfully I have not failed those so far... but uh my Astronomy class isn't looking good for me lmao. Hope everyone is doing ok and that you enjoy

WARNING: this chapter is basically pure angst and it gets heavy. It isn't really worse than what has been seen before, just be mindful.

     "Fuck." Shouta swore. He had trailed the kid, swearing when Green Bean reached his destination. A gang fight of some kind. Another fucking gang fight.

He swore that he was going to find this kid and tie him down so he couldn't get into any more trouble. How did this happen. Shouta groaned, but a part of him was proud. The kid had the sense, and trust in Shouta, to clue him in to what was going on.

He could think of maybe one teen in his class that would have asked for help. Kids these days (he could just hear Hizashi calling him a grumpy old man) having an ego so large that it gets them hurt have no place in a hero course. He always expelled those ones if they didn't learn.

Still. That kid needed some self preservation and a lesson in not doing stupid shit as soon as possible.

Shouta quickly turned from his thoughts and focused on his priorities right now. He looked around to assess the situation, first checking on the vigilante, glad to see him a safe distance away, throwing what looked to be darts at the people below.

Speaking of the people below, it seemed as if some sort of deal was going on before it was interrupted by whom Shouta assumed to be the Locomotion Gang. Which really didn't fit into their rap sheet. They usually didn't directly get involved in stopping such a large scale operation, and were more focused on stopping altercations such as these from occurring.

Shouta's eyes were blown wide when he looked closer at the contraband. "Double Fuck." Shouta thought grimly, "That's Trigger."

Internally screaming, Shouta now had a very good reason to engage. He hit a button on the band on his wrist which would signal whatever heroes were in the area to get their asses to his location.

He figured that the Locomotion Gang members were not the enemy here, and it was the weirdos with the black bandanas on their heads. He definitely wouldn't be fighting the run down looking people that were bolting as soon as they had a chance.

He was just about to hop down and start fighting, when he spared a glance to where he had last seen the kid, reeling when he wasn't there anymore.

Shouta scanned the area below him, but there was no tell-tale green hair to be seen.

"Well isn't that just wonderful." Shouta sighed. He looked down once more, and it looked like there was a majority of Locomotion Members still fighting, so Shouta figured they could handle themselves till more pros showed up to deal with the situation.

Shouta retreated and started searching for the vigilante.

He ran through the shipping containers, trying to be as silent as possible, straining his ears for any sound that may tip him off to the kid's location. He heard a shout, and Shouta changed his trajectory to head to the source of the sound.

Shouta didn't see the kid, but he did see the leader of the Locomotion Gang standing over someone else that Shouta also thought he recognized.

"Wait-" Shouta's eyes widened, "That's who was stealing the first time I came into contact with Green Bean."

He watched the body language of the two men, when the one on the ground suddenly grew more relaxed, a hand sneaking into his clothing, Shouta acted, knowing that something bad was about to happen.