Shy [Discontiud]

Chapter 3: Stain

-Izumi's POV-

A few minutes earlier...

I crept out of the shadows, into what would be complete darkness for anyone else but I could see perfectly fine.

Well, my quirk is powered up but thankfully it isn't night, that would be bad

I sigh and start creeping towards the nearest guy. He spots me.

Do they have night vision glasses? They came far too prepared for a minor thug heist

He aims at me with a gun and I lunge at him.

Guns as well? Those are hard to find and rare to come by if you exclude cops, they're barely used unless... they have some sort of drug in them

I sweep his legs and elbow his chin. Pain shoots up my leg as something hits me. My vision starts to fade.

Chloroform? No that takes longer to have an effect. It must affect my quirk, not my brain

"Well she's a smart one, no wonder they want her," The thug who shot me says.

So you have some sort of mind-reading quirk?

"Catch on fast don't you," he answers.

But if your opponent is random...

I go for a kick to his side, about to fake it. He takes the bait and goes to block a hit from the left but I smash my foot into his right.

"Then you're at a major disadvantage," I whisper and knock him out.

I can barely see now, it's taking longer than expected to stop my quirk, it's possible that it wasn't a large enough dose...

A bullet hits my foot and I fall. Pain flares on my side.

That's probably a large enough dose, as if there weren't enough problems already

I can hardly see now, as a blurred figure of the man comes over. A surge of red and black comes out of nowhere and slices the thug.

"C'mon, we need to go now," The blur says, throwing something at me.

Night vision contact lenses? I didn't know these existed,

I put them in and I see the world in a slightly tinted green.

"And who are you?" I ask the guy. He smiles. It's creepy. His hairs long and black and his eyes are blood red.

"Call me Stain," he answers. I roll my eyes.

"Vigilante?"

"Correct,"

"So how did you get here on such short notice?"

"A friend tipped me off about this attack, he told me to do what I want with the lower level thugs but save the kids," Stain offered me his hand and I took it. Before I could say anything more he dragged me onto the roof.

"I have the girl, tell me when there's an opening for her friends," Stain says into an earpiece. I look down and try to control the shadows.

Nothing, must be a few hours before I can use it again... or days...

I look back up and Stain is gone. I see him returning with Kacchan and Shinso.

"Let go of me you-" Kacchan gets cut off when Stain throws him down.

-Stain's POV-

"I got the kid's, how are things on your end?"

"Could be better, who knew The Big Three could be so hard to stop?"

I dash back to the area, leaving the three middle schoolers behind me.

"So, your working with the League?"

"Yeah, can you believe there are amateurs trying to make a new League?"

"To be fair, it's only people in the League and a few others, such as myself, who know about it,"

"True, the guy who runs it supposedly has more power than our old friend..." I hear a sigh from the other side of the com. Some thug runs up and tries to attack me but I easily overpower him.

"So, the girl?"

"Let's just say that there's a promise I made to him that involves her,"

"Understood,"

I make it back to the main area after defeating the lower thugs. A man stands there, wearing a white fox mask and overall outfit.

"Shiroi Kitsune," I say smiling.

"Stain, lovely to see you again! Thanks for the favour, I'll be going now but I hope we can stay in touch!" He says before light surrounds him and he disappears. I sigh.

Shiroi, you'll be the death of me...