The Return
(Over comms)
Vulgar: GZ!! GZ COME IN, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?!?! DO YOU COPY?
Deags: GZ WE NEED BACKUP MAN, AND NOW!!!
His eyelids clenched tight before shooting open as he shook his head in an attempt to wake himself up again, in doing so he unintentionally yanked his chain out from inside his vest, revealing something very shiny that caught Jiro's eye. Before she could get a clear look at it, he grabbed it and placed it back under his armor before getting back to his feet. As he stood, he took a look back at Jiro, he noticed a gash on her forehead that had blood dripping from it, he processed it for a moment before placing his finger on his earpiece and in a raspy voice, muttered...
Ground Zero: Ground Zero, Going Dark... *shuts off his comms device*
Deags: *firing his weapons and picking off low level villains in the distance* OHHHH SHIT......
VulGar: Someone must have *swinging his sword and taking out villains in 4s* pissed him off, *Grabs one villain and throws him and knocks down a group of other villains like bowling pins* we gotta get these people out of here, NOW.
Deags: *yelling at the villains* ha ha ha YOU GUYS ARE SO FUCKED *rapid fires and just mows down so many more*
VulGar: *puts his sword away* Deags! Find the rest of the civilians that were near GZ and get them out of the line of fire Stat!!
Deags: Roger *runs off while still shooting more villains in his path*
After running almost halfway across the mall, Deags finds a group of teens, these teens would be later known as Izuku, Momo, Kirishima, Mina and Jiro. As Deags tries to get the teens out of harm's way Jiro seems lost in thought over the crimson eyes and raspy voice she had just encountered. For some reason those two things seemed all too familiar to her. As Deags runs with the group of teens he meets up with VulGar and they start to plan out what to do next.
Deags: V!!!! What's the plan?
VulGar: We gotta get these kids out of here! Is this all of them?
Deags: *turns to look at the teens* Yeah that's every- Wait where's the other one?!?!
Mina: What do you mean?
Izuku: *looking around* Uhh guys Where's.....
Momo: JIRO!!!!
Deags: Kid! get back here it's not safe!!
Izuku: Don't worry, I'll get her *runs after her*
Momo: Izuku wait! * runs after him*
Deags: Wai- ah fuck it, I'll come back for them, everyone else, move!
As Jiro runs back to where Ground Zero last was, she hides behind a broken countertop to try and get a glimpse of the masked Vigilante. After a few minutes momo and Izuku run up behind her and ask her what the hell she's doing. Jiro responds by telling them that she has to know who he is. As they went on going back and forth the ground shakes and they see Ground Zero fighting against Muscular. The three teens watch as Ground Zero seems to be struggling against the villain until Jiro decides to try and help only to be stopped by Izuku and Momo. Their conversation didn't go unnoticed when muscular heard the teens arguing and started smirking as he ran towards them. Ground Zero watching this unfolding before his eyes let loose firing every concussion grenade he had at muscular. The force of the blasts caused the teens to be blown back. After using all of his ammo, Ground Zero locks his war machine onto his back and in a fit of rage, decides to use his quirk for the first time in 2 years to fly towards the concussed villain. Jiro, the least dazed from the blast, gets up and looks towards the sounds of explosions. She watched the masked bounty hunter fly through the air in a very familiar pose, just then a memory flashed in her mind, she saw her beloved Katsuki fly through the air in that exact pose when he would use his quirk, but that can't be right, this masked man couldn't possibly know that, unless.....
Her eyes widen as she sees Ground Zero soaring towards the villain using what seems to be a quirk and for a split second the image of Katsuki moving the exact same way flashes over the person right in her sight, She's snapped out of it by Momo and Izuku carrying her away but her eyes never leave the sight of the Enraged Bounty Hunter.
Ground Zero shot through the air blasting his way towards Muscular, he maneuvered his way to Muscular's left flank, he swooped in from the front and took him by his left wrist, using his quirk to accelerate he brought the arm to Muscular's back and pinned him to the ground, he let a flurry of explosions pelt the back of Muscular's head in hopes to knock him out. His tactic failed as Muscular managed to stand back up with Ground Zero still pinning his arm to his back, Muscular then spun his entire body around and used the centripetal force to get Ground Zero off his back, he continued to spin until he flung Ground Zero off and sent him flying, Ground Zero learning from their last encounter decided to use his quirk to slow himself down and regain his footing back on the ground. Seeing that Muscular was no pushover, Ground Zero got a crazed look in his eyes as he realized he did not have to hold back, a huge grin spread across his face and he began to laugh maniacally before blasting the ground behind him and taking off towards his target. Seeing his enemy returning for more, Muscular charged right at Ground Zero with the intention to kill. As the gap between the two closed, Muscular stretched his arms out in an attempt to snatch the vigilante from the air, but to his surprise Ground Zero used his quirk to increase his speed, catching Muscular off guard, before he could blink there were two armor covered knees bashing in his cheek bones at (shit probably) Mach 2. This caused Muscular to stumble back a few steps, but before he could fall, Ground Zero tucked his body to perform a backflip mid air then blast his way back to Muscular's still unguarded face, he grabbed hold of the villains head and concentrated a single explosion on the right side of his face, the end result was so gruesome, the bones on the right side of his jaw were completely exposed while a majority of the muscle fibers on his face were blown away. Ground Zero wasn't done just yet, after the explosion he dropped down to the ground and continued his rampage, he drew knives from the sheaths on his vest and jammed three in each of Muscular's legs, he then proceeded to use his explosions to propel them inwards, sinking down into and even through the villains bones. Succumbing to his wounds, Muscular dropped to his knees. Ground Zero then propelled all around the battlefield, picking up random pieces of debris and jamming them into the body of his enemy. The amount of debris in the body of the villain was quickly increasing by the second, but that wasn't the end of it. Ground Zero spotted a toppled stop sign and retrieved it, he dragged it on the ground behind him as he menacingly stomped towards Muscular. Upon reaching him, he raised the sign with the concrete stump on the top end, he then began mercilessly pummeling the villain with it, every moment that passed, he only increased the speed and ferocity of his blows, after what seemed like hours but were only minutes, Muscular's body was practically a giant pile of gelatin. As muscular laid there on the brink of death, Ground Zero was panting in fatigue, he shook his head and noticed the bloody villain on the ground next to him, realizing who he was, he drew his Ruger 57 and aimed it at Muscular, he then realized there was silence in his ear so he turned his communication Device back on.
Ground Zero: Deags, VulGar come in.
VulGar: Jesus kid, we were starting to think you didn't make it
Deags: Bro are you alright?
Ground Zero: I'm fine... *grabbing his head* I think. I'm drawing a blank on what happened.... Did a storm hit this mall? It's a complete disaster
Deags: Well....
VulGar: GZ what's the last thing you remember?
Ground Zero: Weird question, but... ummm... huh...
Deags: Anything in that noggin of yours?
Ground Zero: I was thrown through a building...
Deags: Kid you're killing me with the suspense, out with it already!
Ground Zero: I remember seeing... someone, they were bleeding and...
VulGar: Go on
Ground Zero: And now I'm standing over that muscle bastard with my side arm aimed at his forehead
VulGar: Fuck... well, take the shot or let him be arrested, choice is yours GZ
Ground Zero: Hmmm... *shuts off his ear piece for a moment* You shouldn't have touched her....
Ground Zero then raised his weapon and emptied the entire 20 round magazine into Muscular's head, leaving nothing but a puddle of viscera and a ground full of holes, before he fired the last shot, he turned his ear piece back on for the guys to know his choice.
Over comms *loud pop*
Ground Zero: Threat neutralized
Deags: Bet
Ground Zero: So what's next?
VulGar: Deags and I are going to watch over these kids and get them back to UA. We also need to have a chat with whoever is in charge about this attack.
Ground Zero: I can't be seen there
Deags: That's fine dude, we get it
VulGar: You should go back to the safe house and lay low... with the damages you did we could be in big trouble if they find you.
Ground Zero: That bad huh? Well that works for me. Stay safe and if shit goes sideways call me.
Deags: Oh we most likely will.
VulGar: What he means is, it should be fine, we'll keep in touch.
Ground Zero: Right
VulGar: Over and out.
Ground Zero dropped down and had a seat to take a quick breather, after a minute or so he got to his feet and the audible popping and cracking of his lower back, shoulder and left knee can be heard as he decided to make himself scarce to later rendezvous with VulGar and Deags. Upon exiting the mall a small voice in the back of his head told him to turn around. He wasn't sure why but he gave in to the temptation, Ground Zero crept over to see VulGar and Deags with his former classmates. As he watches them he can hear a minor argument taking place.
Iida: This is unacceptable!! You villians shouldn't be here!! *chopping hands*
Deags: The fuck are you bitching about robo-nerd?
Iida: As class president I must advise you to step away from my classmates at once and turn yourselves into the authorities!
Deags: *pulls out one of his guns* Oh noooo the class president is telling us to submit to the cops... yeah fuck that four eyes *cocks his gun*
Iida: Woah hey, that has live ammunition someone could get hurt *shaking*
VulGar: *stepping between the two* Alright alright that's enough. Deags... I think you've scared him enough. And as for you... you need to learn to keep your mouth shut and not challenge someone unless you're sure you can go toe to toe with them.
Iida: .....
VulGar: And another thing kid... If it weren't for Me, Deags, and our partner... you'd be completely fucked.
Iida: LANGUAGE!
VulGar: My language is English bitch, now shut your yap, we have to get moving.
As Jiro listens to Iida argue with the two Americans she hears faint footsteps in the distance and decides to use her jacks to listen closer and assess if the footsteps are from an oncoming threat.
After using her ear jacks to track the footsteps her eyes fall on the third vigilante sneaking around. He seemed to be watching the class and that's when Jiro got a better look at the man. His gear scorched and torn from the earlier battle, Jiro was able to catch a glimpse of the bounty hunter's bare arm. What she saw raised more questions in her mind as her eyes focused on the scarred forearm with what had appeared to be a tattoo. The tattoo was a purple acoustic guitar that for some reason seemed vaguely familiar. Following the arm, her eyes wandered up to the head of the figure and that's where she locked eyes yet again with the bounty hunter. They stared at each other for a moment and before Jiro had the chance to speak up, Ground Zero turned around and vanished into the shadows.
After the departure of the masked bounty hunter Jiro regrouped with her classmates as they were now headed back to UA under the protective supervision of the other two bounty hunters. Jiro, the social butterfly she is, decided to break the awkward silence.
Jiro: So what are your names?
Deags: what?
VulGar: Our names?
Jiro: Y-yeah, it'd be nice to know the names of the heroes that saved us
VulGar: Names VulGar and that's Deags...
Kirishima: Jiro you could have asked me, I knew about these guys for so long, these two are the best bounty hunters in the states, oh and the other guy that's Ground Zero right?
Deags: Yup, how'd you know?
Kirishima: I stay up to date on all your accomplishments
VulGar: Oh another fan... sweet *smiles*
Jiro: What else can you tell us about Ground Zero....
VulGar: Sorry kid, not our story to tell.
Deags: *Noticing Jiro's appearance* *thinking to himself* Hmmm purple hair and black clothing.... And a quirk that appears to be related to music... Coincidence?
Jiro: What about his quirk?
VulGar: Doesn't have one, sorry kid
Jiro: That's okay....
VulGar: Come on keep up kids we need to get you back to school and Deags and I need to have a chat with whoever is in charge.
Kirishima: Feels weird being called kids by guys that don't look much older than us
VulGar: You'd be surprised
Jiro: What does that mean?
Deags: Trust me, don't ask, he's very enigmatic
Jiro: ....
Kirishima: Pretty sweet blade man, mind if I give it a try?
VulGar: Sure, if you don't mind being crushed under its weight
Kirishima: It's just a sword, how heavy could it be?
VulGar: This ain't no ordinary sword kid, it takes more than guts to wield it, as you can tell, Deags here is no wimp, but he can barely lift it off the ground
Jiro: What's it made of?
VulGar: A very... rare material...
Jiro: Such as?
Deags: Let it go kid, even I don't know that, and I'm his bestie
VulGar: Don't ever say that again
Deags: Luv u
VulGar: *grunts*
Deags: So purplelocks I noticed your earlobes look like audio jacks, is that your quirk?
Jiro: Yeah actually it is, I can use it for tracking as well as plug them into my special gear to amplify the sound of my heartbeat to use it as a deterrent
Deags: Impressive, what would happen if you plugged those into a guitar? Would you be able to hear the sound directly into your head?
Jiro: Huh... never thought of that before, might have to try that some day
Deags: You play?
Jiro: Mhm, bass and acoustic guitar are my go to
Deags: Ya don't say... *thinking * so that definitely can't be a coincidence.
(VulGar's voice in his head) Dude, drop it
Deags: *out loud* GET OUTTA MY HEAD *running away*
VulGar: *quietly chuckles*
Kirishima: What's up with him?
VulGar: *shrugs*
The group made it back to the train station and boarded the train back to UA, the trip there started off quiet until Kirishima and Deags began goofing off and lightening the mood, then others joined in as VulGar sat in silence, occasionally taking a glance at Jiro, wondering about why she wanted to know more about Ground Zero.