My Hero Academia: A Hero's Will

Chapter 23

I did my best to control the anger burning through my veins as I asked Stain, "Do you know why Shigaraki Tomura is causing havoc in this city?"

Stain grunted and spat blood before getting up on his trembling legs. Crouching towards me, he asked, "Who are you?!"

I looked back towards Iida who flinched again.

"I'll be having words with you once this guy is apprehended."

Mustering enough courage, Iida snarled, "Why do you care?! This is my fight!"

I shook my head and replied, "You can't even move, how do you expect to defeat this maniac? And I'm your friend, stupid Iida. It's my duty to stop you from doing something you may regret. Resent me if you want to but I'll do everything, even if I have to beat the shit out of you, to knock some sense in your mind that's clouded by revenge."

Iida gritted his teeth in frustration and anger as I continued, "Take care of your fellow victim once you're able to move."

Before I could turn around towards Stain, he threw a knife at the back of my head which, surprisingly for him, was easily caught by me. What, you expected me to drop my guard against a piece of shit known for killing heroes?

"Tsk, so eager to kill. Is that all you can think of with your deranged mind? Answer my question and I may apprehend you in a less painful way."

Stain snarled, "Get out of my way kid. From your talk with your friend, I could tell you are serious about being a hero. But him? He wants revenge. He doesn't deserve to be a hero."

Already angry and frustrated at the attack on the city, I didn't wait any further and grabbed his face in my palm to slam him against a wall. I was so fast that he couldn't even see me move.

Growling from barely controlled rage, I asked, "One more time, why is Shigaraki here? Why are you targeting heroes? What's your motive behind this?"

Stain laughed raspily and replied, "He wanted me to join his league, but our goals were different so I declined. He just came here to drop me off."

I slammed him back into the wall and punch him in the abdomen. As he was coughing and gasping for air, I said, "That hand fetish manic is causing havoc in the city. Because of you, the scum of this society is taking advantage of this attack to have their way with the civilians. I just stopped a rapist before coming here. Why are you killing heroes? Give me one good reason, I may go easy on you."

Stain snarled, "Because those heroes are fake! All they want is money and fame! They don't care enough to save people! They don't deserve to be called heroes. I'll kill all the fakes if I have to for cleaning this country off their filth!!"

'An idealistic villain...'

I snarled back, "And who gave you the right to decide whether they deserve to be heroes or not?! Who gave you the right to be the judge?!"

Stain finally managed to push me away and free himself. Grabbing his katana, he slashed at my abdomen but I easily evaded it.

"My purge... is for the sake of a better society... This sham filled society... and the criminals who wield their power in the name of petty mischief... I'll end it all."

Stain tried to manoeuvre around me and go after Iida who had begun to move again. But I was way faster and stronger than him. I grabbed his katana and shattered it like glass. Still, he managed to throw a knife at Iida which was thankfully stopped by Todoroki's ice.

"Midoriya, I'll be here to provide support if you need it."

I nodded to Todoroki and turned back to Stain, "If you hate those so-called fake heroes, you could have tried to become a hero and clean the hero society from inside..."