Chapter 19: Falcon's SecretAuthor: Geraint
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(MC's POV)
Usagiyama Rumi, also known as Rabbit Hero: Mirko. She's tough and speaks her mind, even if it causes confrontation, and she respects those who do the same. She's very fearless and independent, freely traversing the country while bravely facing any villain she comes across.
Now, she just came back from Okinawa after I mocked her a little, which forced her to go home. Having been with her for years, I've learned how to trick her into spending time with me.
The two of us are currently walking home through the market district, while I carry the souvenirs she bought.
"I'll ask you again... why are you wearing a school uniform?"
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"Well... I forgot to bring any extra clothes when I found this in the closet of my hotel room."
My cheek twitched hearing her explanation.
"Hey! You didn't steal it, right? You should return it!"
"No problem! The Hero Association will deal with it since the hotel became a battlefield. Apparently, some villains were having a transaction there. Let me have it as a souvenir! Hahaha!"
"This girl..."
I can't believe she became a Pro Hero with this kind of attitude. She told me that in middle school, she was a hooligan who constantly started trouble by infiltrating fight clubs and joining fights, to the point of being expelled. Not much has changed since then—she always asks for a fight.
"Hey! Ichika!"
"What?"
"Aren't we going to fight?"
"Sure."
"Eh~ you're declining again—Wait! What?"
Rumi was completely surprised, glancing at me.
"I told you, I'm gonna fight you."
She grinned excitedly.
"Finally! Don't just dodge, okay?"
"Yeah."
At a certain gym, I rented the whole place just for the two of us to fight. Unlike our past spars, where I never took her seriously and just avoided her attacks, this time I will fight her for real because I don't want her to get bored of me.
Rumi rushed and jumped into the boxing ring.
Facing me, she called me up excitedly.
"Come up here, Ichika—No... Captain Falcon!"
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I smiled.
"Sure."
I jumped onto the ring.
Looking at her,
"Wait! Aren't you gonna change your outfit?"
"I'm fine with this. It's easy to move around."
She lifted her right leg, stretching.
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I couldn't stop myself from looking under her skirt at her spats.
"Huh? Where are you looking?"
"Nothing!"
I immediately looked away before she caught me.
"Okay, Ichika! Let's start!"
"Wait!"
I stopped her.
"What now?!"
She became angry.
"To encourage me a little bit, how about a bet?"
"Huh?"
"It's just that the loser will listen to anything the winner says and can't refuse."
"Fine! That makes the fight more interesting."
Taking a deep breath and becoming serious,
"Come."
Rumi immediately rushed toward me and launched a powerful round kick.
I stepped forward, quickly ducked, and performed a high-speed sweeping kick that hit the back of her foot.
"Huh?"
When her back landed on the canvas, she tumbled backwards then jumped away.
She grinned again and charged at me.
"This is really fun!"
She attacked me with different kinds of kicks, but I avoided them all.
As I hopped backwards, my back hit the corner.
"Gotcha!"
Rumi turned and launched a roundhouse kick.
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Thud!
I moved my upper body, tilting my head, and avoided her lethal kick.
Her kick hit the neutral corner pad, completely destroying it, which sent a shiver down my spine.
(Those kicks are very dangerous! She's not holding back. More like she doesn't know how to hold back.)
I immediately moved away from the corner.
"Tsk!"
Clicking her tongue, she looked very annoyed.
I raised my arms, taking a guard stance.
"Stop moving around!"
Rumi charged at me again.
(If I had an adult body, I'd probably be distracted by her thighs, but unfortunately, she's at a disadvantage because of my age.)
"Sorry, Rumi."
I started to use footwork and evade her kicks.
"What?!"
She tried to kick me around but all her attacks missed, which confused her.
"Ichika?!"
Thud!
"Ugh!"
I hit Rumi on the side with a straight left jab.
Moving to the other side to avoid her kick, I threw another straight left jab and hit her solar plexus.
"Ugh!... Ohryaaaaah!"
She threw a front kick but missed the target, then I jabbed her side again.
"Ugh!"
This time she was stunned and stopped attacking.
Seeing my chance, I threw a lot more jabs to her body.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
She crossed her arms to cover her body.
While hitting her with several jabs, I combined it with a vicious leg kick to her knee.
"Argh!"
Her leg wobbled but she tried to endure it and stood tall.
"As expected of Captain Falcon, this is the fight I'm looking for! Ugh!"
I hit her face, making her lips bleed.
Seeing her injured, I wanted to stop the fight, but if I did, she'd hate me.
"Ohryaaaaah!"
I jumped backward, avoiding her kick.
"This pattern..."
With her leg raised, she delivered a powerful front-facing axe kick on me.
"Luna Arc!"
She tried to extend her leg to reach me.
Trying to dodge, my back hit the rope.
(I got cornered again.)
Thud!
"Huh?"
She was surprised when I caught her heel with my right hand, flickering with electricity before it hit me.
"How?!"
When she tried to pull her leg, I held it tightly and kicked her other leg, making her fall on the canvas.
"Ugh!"
Thud!
I hopped and sat on top of her chest.
She was already out of breath after taking damage, but she was still grinning.
"This ends here."
In a cold tone, my left fist burst into flames, then slammed onto her face.
Just before my fist reached her, I halted and looked up, closing my eyes.
"Hey! Why did you stop?!"
"I already won. There's no need to finish you."
I stood up and offered her a hand.
"Tsk! This is what I hate about you!"
She took my hand, and I helped her up.
Her face looked annoyed.
"Then what now?"
"Hm?"
"It's about the bet! What do you want me to do?!"
"Oh, that's right! I won... I forgot about that."
"You're the one who asked for it!"
Glancing at her,
"Hmmm..."
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As I jumped down from the boxing ring, I smiled while pointing at her.
"Alright! I've decided... Rumi, marry me!"
....
There was an awkward silence.
"Huh?!!"
"Don't worry, it doesn't have to be now since I'm still a child. Maybe ten years from now."
"You want to marry me? You're still in elementary school, right? A child like you should be playing with other children!"
"Well... like I care! You can't refuse it anyway. If you want me to take back my words, then you have to beat me first. But seeing the outcome of our match just now, I guess it was too one-sided. Good luck defeating me! See ya!"
"Hey!"
Rumi jumped out of the ring and followed me.
Checking out of the gym, the manager was intensely staring at us.
"Sir, here is the rental bill. Also, these are charges for the damages."
The manager gave me two receipts.
Seeing the large amount, I turned toward Rumi and stared at her intensely.
"Rumi..."
All the damages were caused by her.
She looked away, sweating profusely.
"My husband will pay."
Her finger pointed at me.
"Huh?"
The manager looked confused.
(This shameless girl.)
(3rd Person POV)
In a certain café with few customers, Sir Nighteye and All Might, in his deflated form, were sitting together at a table.
While sipping coffee, Sir Nighteye showed All Might some papers.
It was a DNA test result.
All Might looked at the report.
"This is..."
"It's between All For One and your adopted son, Ichika."
[Probability of Paternity: 99.9998%]
"Sir Nighteye, what's the purpose of this? Ichika already told me about this a long time ago."
"I made some investigations about his identity."
All Might slowly put down the papers.
"Did you find out anything?"
"His mother, Fujiwara Izumi, and her husband were working under All For One. I guess she cheated on her husband and got caught. After she abandoned her child at the orphanage, she vanished. Her location is unknown."
"Poor child..."
"Yeah... I just can't believe he's the child of All For One."
"What about his quirk?"
"They didn't find anything. His quirk is too mysterious—a right hand that can nullify any quirk? Anyone who relies on their quirk will fear him combined with his abilities as Captain Falcon."
Sir Nighteye took another sip of coffee then continued,
"All Might, I think his quirk isn't actually quirk nullification at all. There are monsters hiding in his right arm."
"What do you mean?"
"Once his right arm gets severed, those monsters will emerge and attack all of his opponents on his order. I saw that in his future."
"Uhm... what about Mirko?"
"Huh? Seriously? You're also gonna ask me that? Those two will be fine!"
"Okay..."
"I still have to find out why his future is different from everyone else's. The future I saw for you was that you were going to die at the hands of an unknown villain, but in his future, you were happily playing with your granddaughter."
....
"Huh?"
All Might was surprised.
Sir Nighteye realized he had mistakenly revealed too much.
"Ah."
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(To be continued.)
(A/N: Pain Peko. I'll fix my mistakes later.)