Beyond Ultra (a MHA story)

Chapter 1

The teachers of U.A High School gathered around after the U.S.J attack. "Eraser head is in critical condition along with Thirteen. Someone needs to teach Class A-1 while he rests." Nezu, the small animal hero said. Everyone sat in silence while some said that class could be canceled for a bit while they find a replacement, others argued that the Sport Festival is coming up and Class A-1 needs to be prepared. Snipe, a cowboy styled hero sat there, hearing the arguments. He then spoke up, "I have someone in mind to teach the class." He said, the rest of the heroes looked at him. "Who do you think is capable of teaching the class?" Nezu asked.

A man was shuffling a deck of cards and handing out five playing cards to four people. One of which was a simple family man who was forced to play due to one of the poker players that collects other people's wages through poker games, making it look like they lost their money to a fair poker game. The rest looked like they were simple thugs while some looked to be expert gamblers. One of them stuck out, mostly due to the fact that his akubra styled cowboy hat was something that would grab anyone's attention. His aviator glasses hid his eyes, making sure no one can read him. Plus a leather mask to cover his lower face and jaw area. The mysterious stranger looked at his cards and saw that he had a pair of 7's. one Jack, two 2's and one 5. He took a breath and read his opponents. One looked insanely confident while the others looked rather uneasy. The confident one raised 4 one hundred dollar chips. The other folded. "Not worth losing my my chips to this hand." He said. "I'll call." The forced player said. "Good choice. I have a killer hand, gonna make stealing your wages that much easier." The confident one said with a grin. The stranger juggled a one hundred dollar chip in between his fingers. "Hey! Are you gonna call or fold!" The confident one shouted, obviously grabbing the attention of everyone in the room. The stranger threw his chips in, calling his offer. The dealer put three cards down and the confident one felt his smile grow wide as he saw his cards being dealt. "All in!!" He shouted as he shoved his chips into the center. The one who previously called folded. "He must have a crazy hand to be going all in." He said. "Looks like your family is gonna be going hungry tonight." The confident arrogantly said as the defeated man looked down. The stranger looked at the man and then the arrogant asshole. He then looked at his chips and pushed them in. "Fool!!!" The confident man shouted as he slammed his cards. He had 2 Kings and Queens and with the house cards, he had a full house. 3 Kings and 2 Queens. He grabbed the chips before the stranger spoke up, "aren't you gonna wait till the dealer puts two more cards down?" He said. His accent was western, as if he was raised in Texas. Which already made him more out of place considering he's wearing a black leather jacket, jeans and black cowboy boots to match. "Idiot what could you have that could beat it Royal full house?!" He shouted. The stranger put down his hand and the man laughed. "Two pairs?!" The dealer then put the last two cards down which were sevens. Giving the stranger a four of a kind, beating his full house. "What?! Impossible!! You cheated!!!" He shouted, slamming his fists and getting up. "The only cheating here is you forcing these poor souls to play just to steal their wages." The stranger rebutted. The loud man simply grabbed him by the throat and slammed him onto the poker table. He looked at the stranger with absolute rage and malice. "I'll cripple you." He growled. "You're crippling my sense of smell from the stench of your breath, it's disgusting. What did you eat?" The stranger commented. The man was enraged and raised his fist, turning it into wooden mace. The stranger quickly wrapped his legs and arms around the arm that's holding him and jerked it to the right, dislocating the man's shoulder. He shouted with immense pain and let go, the stranger rolling to the side and stood up. "You will play against others that want to play with you. You will no longer force them if they don't want to. Understand?" He said. The thug nodded and held his arm, he took his winnings and handed a few thousand dollar chips to the family man. "Your wages. Go with your family." The stranger said as he went to turn in his remaining chips in for cash. He walked out with some 12,000$ and felt his stomach rumble, he quickly went to a restaurant and asked for some meat cooked rare. The cooks looked at him weird but did as he requested. He then felt his phone buzz and saw the name of the person calling him. "Snipe...it's been a while." He said as he waited for his food. "How're you Lincoln?" Smile asked. "I'm just dandy. Getting some food." He said. "But I feel like that this isn't a social call, is it Snipe?" Lincoln asked. "I'm afraid not." He said. "Well what is it I can help you with?" Lincoln asked as he saw the meat he ordered come to him. "How would you like a job at U. A High School?" Snipe asked. Lincoln chuckled, "as what? A lunch lady?"