Chapter 8 - Michael Steele v Muscular

Michael realized he messed up, he thought Muscular was down, he overestimated himself and underestimated his enemy. He thought that Water hose's attack and being frozen would end muscular, who survived a hit of 100% one for all from Midoriya, which is the equivalent of All-Might's strength. He might be injured now but he would be a tough enemy, he couldn't think of this as a sparring match, he had to be as serious as possible, he could lose his life, his aunt and uncle could die if he couldn't protect them.

"I AM NOT WEAK! I'll DEFEAT YOU, YOU ASSHOLE."

"I'd like to see you try kid"

With that Michael used his super breath once more, to slow Muscular down with the freezing cold, as well as pushing him back. Muscular merely created more muscle fibers, not believing a kid could cause him much damage. Parts of him were frozen once more, slowing him down. Michael sent a ray of Heat vision at Muscular, almost as hot as he could make it, melting part of Muscular's muscle fibers and causing further injuries. Muscular realized he couldn't hold back against this kid, he charged at him with full strength, using his muscle fibers as a shield and creating more to counteract Michael's Heat vision.

As Muscular got closer, with his super senses he noticed Muscular was limping slightly, his left leg was injured, but he was pushing through so Michael wouldn't notice. Michael used his X-Ray vision to quickly check on Muscular bones for any injuries he could take advantage of, he noticed many parts of his left side were injured, so he sped up with his super speed and leaped to meet Muscular, before exchanging a large number of punches, with his strength, he could compete with Muscular, even while slightly weaker than the growing amount of Muscle fibers. Muscular power seemed equal to All-Mights, yet it was stable and couldn't go further like All-Might could. He aimed his attacks at the left side of muscular's body, kicking him in the ribs, and sending a kick directly towards his right eye, which was his only remaining way of seeing Michael.

Muscular was able to block Michael's kick to his face, and sent a direct punch into Michael's midsection. Sending him flying back injured. Michael then used his quirk, glowing golden, much to the shock of Muscular.

"What the hell's up with that golden glow, it doesn't matter i'll beat the **** out of you before killing those heroes, then everyone in this damn village."

At this moment Michael noticed all the villagers watching their fight, he realized the risks were bigger than to himself and his aunt and uncle, innocent people were relying on him too, people with lives and families of their own, so was society itself, if he let Muscular escape, he would cause a catastrophe wherever he goes, he isn't caught for another two years in canon, if he could cause this much damage to a village within minutes, what could he do in two full years, the amount of people who would die to him would be massive. He couldn't let Muscular win, not only for himself and his own life. But for everyone else too.

He couldn't hold anything back anymore. His subconscious limits, to seem relatively normal were being shattered, he realized that even if there were still 6 years until he inherits the full powers of the kryptonian pack. He should've already gotten a lot more of it than he did. He was subconsciously holding back, his mind holding back his body.

As Michael was glowing gold, the villagers saw him as a saint, not as a child anymore, for what else is someone glowing gold and saving your life but a saint? He charged Muscular, using Muay Thai, as well as the combination of all of his martial arts skills all at once, how it was meant to be used, meant to grow under the pressure of a life and death battle. He dropped to the floor, and sent a swing kick towards Muscular's left leg, injuring it and forcing Muscular to kneel on the floor, unable to get back up, using his muscle fibers to defend himself.

"I refuse to let you hurt anyone else further. You're a menace, a complete villain without any conscience nor empathy, I refuse to let you continue to hurt these innocent people. I repeat myself now but I am not weak, I hold not only my own ideals and hopes, but the hopes of everyone behind me. The innocent people of this village, their families, My aunt and uncle, their son, my cousin, my parents and everyone else you've hurt or are going to hurt in the future!"

The water hose duo who were conscious but too injured to do anything but watch heard this and we're incredibly proud of their nephew and his ideals but also worried, he was a 12 year old kid fighting a villain who was able to defeat even the, an A-rank hero duo, meaning he was at least an A-rank villain. Even injured, Muscular could cause a lot of damage.

Michael was now done with muscular, he sent a chain of attacks, constant kicks and punches, breaking through Muscular's muscle fiber shell and sending a kick directly onto his head, knocking him out and seriously injuring him. Michael had learned from his mistake and made sure Muscular was unconscious before moving to check on the water hose duo, who were still alive and conscious despite their injuries.

The villagers started to cheer, a few of them had even managed to record the fight from start to finish, including his speech.

They had been saved by an incredible child glowing gold. They were thanking god, for they didn't have much of a chance of survival against that monster, who defeated even the Water hose duo. Police were already on the way, they arrived and collected Muscular, but the detective had a few questions for everyone in the scene, especially Michael, after his tremendous act of saving the village.

"Michael Steele, my name is Naomasa Tsukauchi, I have a few questions for you to answer."

"Don't worry about the Water hose duo, they're being taken by the police to the hospital already, we already got their permission to, thankfully they were conscious and could give that permission."

"Alright, ask your questions detective."

"Did you defeat the villain muscular?"

"Yes, with help from the water hose duo, my aunt and uncle."

"Did you do it with intention to protect yourself and your family?"

"Yes, but also to protect the village and the innocent people in it."

"Are you planning on being a hero in the future?"

"I'm planning on enrolling to U.A as soon as I reach the age limit and graduate middle school."

"Alright, thanks for answering the questions honestly, my quirk is called "human lie detector", I can detect any lies, so I would have known had you lied to me. Your actions could have been perceived as vigilantism, but thankfully you're planning to be a hero and were protecting yourself and your family from a threat, you had also waited until the pro heroes were too injured to continue before stepping in. There have also been videos recorded of the fight, of which all of them have been confiscated, they can be released to the public if you so choose, but without your permission they will not be uploaded into the internet. It's a fine line between heroism and vigilantism, but I believe you are firmly on the heroic side and will not have any legal issues because of this fight, as you know the government is very strict towards vigilantism."

"I should be the one thanking you for saving this village, you could have ran when the Water Hose duo told you to, but you waited in safety in case your help was needed, then gave it as soon as it was clear the Water Hose duo might lose their life as well as the fight. That says a lot about a you, I look forward to seeing your future career. Golden Hero."

"Golden hero? I know I wanted that to be my hero name, but how'd you find out?"

"The villagers have been calling you that. You also haven't answered whether you're okay with the videos being uploaded to the internet, know that you won't have much more privacy, you'll be famous, fame has it's costs as well as its advantages."

"I think i'd like to have it uploaded to the internet, but not yet. Can I delay the time till after I graduate middle school and send my application to U.A? I want to live a few more years with my family in peace."

"Alright, the video will be uploaded them, I personally thank you for your service to this village, to this society, and to this country."

"It was my duty as the future number one hero" Says Michael before turning around and walking away.

"Damn, he sounded completely serious, and with that power at his age, he definitely has a big chance."