BNHA: Martial Arts God (Patreon)

CHAPTER 33

A/N:

Sensitive Chapter incoming, please do take note that this chapter has a ramp of violence involved!

"Hooo..." Breathing out calmly, Gohru raised his right leg and slowly swings his leg upwards, focusing on all the muscles required to lift the leg up before reaching the limit of his muscles. 

Then turning to his left, he dropped his leg back down before spinning 180°, swinging a reverse sweeping kick as slow as he could to memorize the muscles needed for the kick. 

He continues to do this for every basic martial art technique that he learns. Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, etc. He does this to solidify his basics, which in turn solidifies his more advanced techniques. 

After 3 hours of constant straining, he stops in place and takes a breather before walking to the window facing the street and glancing down. There was a crowd cheering and waiting for him, which made his eye twitch at the annoyance.

They've been waiting and yelling for almost an hour already. How they even found out that he was in this specific gym in the first place? 

He didn't even tell Kenichi because they wanted some private training for their rematch for the finals.

'Whatever.' 

He shrugged it off and drank some water before continuing his training. Surely they would leave soon.

Laying down on his bed, he sighs as he noticed a bump under the sheets. Dragging it down, he sees Toga already sleeping soundly. Looking at the clock on the wall, he grimaced.

'It's already 2 a.m.? Huh, I guess I lost track of time.'

He thought of sleeping in her bed instead, but he stopped and looked at the sleeping girl. She looked so peaceful, breathing in and out in constant intervals. He reaches out, hesitating for a moment before caressing her cheek. 

'I honestly don't even know how I got all of them out from All for One's grasps.'

He had already changed the future, he was not meant to be friends with them but he still did. Why? Because he was greedy and wanted them for himself.

He continues to watch her sleeping form, her chest raising up and down as she continues to breathe peacefully before closing his eyes and putting his arm around her waist gently, hugging her as he cuddles her and slowly drifts asleep. 

'Toga's gonna flip tomorrow, but maybe for once, I'll step outside my comfort zone.'

That was his last thought before he slept to her heartbeat.

Stretching his arms, he looked over the information he learned from the fighter he was fighting. This morning was really awkward, as the moment he woke up, he saw Toga just staring at him. They looked at each other for another moment before she dashed into the bathroom. 

Did he go too far? Sleeping with her? Ugh, he doesn't get relationships. Both in this life and his past. Maybe he should ask Kenichi or something...

Shrugging off and focusing on his opponent, he looked through the information that he got.

Dexter Josh, an American fighter was the one who got 2nd. He had light blond hair and blue eyes, with a surprisingly thin body. The man was about 30 years old and had the cocky 'Punch Me' type of face.

From what he saw from his quarter-final fight, very deadly.

His Quirk was Hallucinate, a very scary Quirk which makes a target hallucinate about an image that the user sets. The problem with this Quirk is that Gohru doesn't know what triggers it. 

Sight? Range? Touch? He had no idea how it actually works, but it was definitely a scary Quirk. 

Dexter fought against the speedster, and the moment the match started, the speedster just stared blankly for 5 seconds before screaming and fainting to the ground without a response. 

That was scary. So he planned to back off and attack from afar using the tiles on the stage, that was legal he checked, since he did not display any superhuman feats yet, that was his best bet.

So with a deep breath, he waited until Dexter was 10 meters away from him before starting to walk out to the main stage.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE WORLD MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT ARE UNDERWAY!"

The audience excitedly cheered as he looked at the number of people today. There were more people than yesterday, like, 50% more from his view currently.

"THE FIRST MATCH WILL BE AN INTERESTING ONE! STRENGTH VS QUIRK! TECHNIQUE VS SUPERPOWER! JIN GOHRU VS DEXTER JOSH!"

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he gets into Renewal Taekwondo's Basic Stance, ready for anything that Dexter throws at him. Dexter however just stood still with a smug smirk on his face, as if he had already won the fight already.

"LET THE MATCH... BEGIN!"

DING DING DING~

He had initially wanted to play the match slowly but changed his mind immediately when Dexter's smirk widened before hearing.

"See you in Hell~"

Gohru tried to dash at him, but it was already too late as the world around him starts to fade into grey.

"Shit — !"

And his mind stops.

The smell of smoke snaps Gohru back to reality as his eyes open flusteredly as if he had slept for over 10 hours. Letting his drowsy eyes focus on the sight of orange, he gasped as he saw what was burning.

His house was burning down. Orange flames rage on as the interior of the house that they decorated burns to ashes, leaving nothing but a metal framework of the house left. 

He tried to run and save it, but he couldn't. Something was restraining him on his wrists and calves. Looking down, his eyes widened when he saw the objects in question.

Thick handcuffs that looked so anime-like to reality were wrapped around his arms and legs. Trying to pull them, he was shocked when they wouldn't even budge at the force that he was pulling them.

"Another visitor, hmm? The other me really is using his Quirk a lot these days..."

Looking at the direction of the sound, he sees a Dexter Josh that was color inverted smirk at him while sitting on the ground.

"What the hell?"

He tries pulling on the cuffs again, but to no avail.

"Now, now. You're in our prison now, boy. The only way you can get out is to kill yourself~"

He laughed maniacally once he finished his sentence before walking close to him. Once he was a few centimeters from him, Dexter Alter (He was going to call him that) slammed his fist into Gohru's solar plexus.

Resisting the urge to gasp in pain, he bit his lower lip as the blows continue to come. It didn't hurt as much since the man was thinner and had less muscle, the build-up of pain eventually made him grunt in pain.

"Finally! A response! I was wondering if you were a defect, but yay!"

A childish giggle came out from his mouth as suddenly a pair of blades, each with 2 inches in length appeared from his arms. Before he knew it, he stabbed both of them into his stomach.

"Argh!"

It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts!

"Urgh... "

Dexter Alter then continues to laugh as he plays around with the knives stabbed into his body, pushing and pulling, left and right as Gohru cries in pain.

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅ ——!!!!"

"Don't worry! You just feel the pain, you won't die! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Summoning more and more knives to play with, the alter had a childish glee on his face as he continues to torture Gohru, stabbing him in the chest, stomach, thighs, and back until he resembled a porcupine.

After what seemed like an eternity for Gohru, the stabbing stopped as the knives faded into golden motes. The pain still was present, but it didn't hurt that much now.

Panting in the exhaustion of screaming, he looked at the alter who had an annoyed face.

"Why won't you just give up? Other me and I win this time, you won't ever escape here unless you give up and kill yourself... Hmm..."

He continues to pant as the alter frowns for a moment in a thinking pose before snapping his fingers with an idea in his mind.

"Aha! I know!"

And with a twirl of his hand, a bright light shone, making him close his eyes from the luminosity of the light. Once the light faded, he opened his eyes, his blood ran cold upon seeing what was in front of him.

The gang except of Toga was now in front of him, their eyes sockets bloody with no hint of their eyeballs at all, screaming in pain. With a snap of a finger, Dabi's body starts burning blue before the heat intensified, hearing the man yell in pure agony of his Quirk going out of control.

"Oh, blue flames! Cool!"

He has to help him. Move. MOVE!

"Haaaaa!!!"

He strains the cuffs with as much power as he could muster, but it wouldn't budge. He could only stare at the burning Dabi screaming for help with a tone that he never heard from him before.

"STOP! PLEASE, STOP! DABIIIIII!!!"

"AAAARRRGRGGHHHHHH!!! HELPPPPP! HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPP!!! GOOOOOHRRRRUUUUUU!!!"

After a while of burning in agony, Dabi's body slumps to the ground without a sound, the blue flames burning the corpse to ash. 

Gohru's eyes started to leak tears as he could only sob at his friend's corpse.

"Stop, please...Not them..."

The alter just looked at him before grinning widely at his emotions.

"Nope. NEXT!"

This time Buba started to multiply to hundreds before each of the clones had a knife in their hands. 

"No no no no NO NO NO NO NO! STOP!"

"AHH!!! BOSS MANNNNNNNN!!!"

He could only hear him screaming in pain as the clones blocked his vision, his body slumping with the restraints carrying him as the cries of Buba eventually stopped. His clones started to melt into mud as he could finally see Buba's body... Or what was left of it. Pieces of him were scattered around the place as his main body had been mutilated so badly that no one would have recognized him.

"HAHAHAHA! His body's everywhere!"

He laughed as he kicked a piece of flesh to the front of Gohru whose tears had not stopped leaking, his face blank as he watched his friends die in front of him.

Even if it was a hallucination, as if his emotions were dialed up to an eleven, he couldn't think straight as he continued to sob.

"You... I'll kill you."

He said with pure anger in his body, his body shook at the rage that was inside of him, but Dexter Alter just laughed even harder before moving on to Kenichi.

Stepping on top of the 20-year-old, he looked back at Gohru before a bucket of steaming hot water magically appeared in front of him. And with a grunt of exertion, he poured boiling water onto Kenichi's face.

Gohru watches Kenichi's body tremor at the touch of boiling water on his face, as he yelled in pain calling out his name. 

He stopped himself from hearing Kenichi's yells, his long best friend as his mind turned to steel, thinking of only one thought.

'Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.'

More buckets and yells later, his body stops moving as the skin on his face had already melted from the heat. With a throw, Dexter Alter threw the bucket away before looking at Gohru who was glaring at the 30-year-old man with so much rage, it would fill an empty ocean.

"Hmm... Yes, you're almost over the edge. One more push should do it..."

And with a shine of light, Toga appeared, looking confused at the whole thing.

"Gohru?"

His body froze the moment his eyes landed on the girl. Dexter Alter whistles at Toga who had a scared look on her face. 

Upon seeing the alter's face, she immediately swung a roundhouse to his head, and it landed. 

BANG!

But it didn't do anything as with a clap, Toga's body goes rigid, her eyes dilated and unfocused. Dexter walked up to her before humming.

"Hmm... She does look quite pretty for one her age..."

"No... Stop it... Not her..."

"Hmm? Oh? So she's your breaking point, yes? Crush? Lover perhaps? Who knows, the Other Me just saw you all together yesterday so he just bunched them into me."

Humming once more time, he glanced over at Gohru who had an expression before touching her cheek with his disgusting hands, rubbing her soft face.

And Gohru snapped.

The moment the bells rang, Gohru dashed at Dexter, but a few meters from his target, he just randomly stopped moving. Dexter had a laugh before walking up to Gohru with confidence in every step.

"Participant Jin Gohru has stopped moving! This must be Participant Dexter Josh's Quirk at use!"

And with a laugh, he slams his leg onto Gohru's thigh before recoiling in pain. Gohru had not moved a single step.

With a strained smirk, he raised his arm up before slapping the boy on the cheek.

PAK!

And he continues to slap the unresponsive boy with dilated eyes as he laughed in joy.

"That's! What! You! Get! For! Playing With! The adults!"

With a slight pant, he withdrew his hand as he looked at the boy's skin which was not red at the slaps at all.

"Lucky kid, having a Hero Quirk! What do you know of we Villain Quirk users? The struggle? The pain? While you're playing with all the money in your hands without actually working, I've worked a 7-10 job with no breaks! Because of my shitty Villain Quirk!"

He starts to hit the boy as the announcer had a strained smile on his face.

"Er... Is he going too far?"

He whispers to one of the organizers at his part of the commentating area, who just shakes his head. With a sigh, he decided to not commentate on this joke of a fight. They really should only restrict the participants to martial arts only...

After a while of him releasing his pent frustration, he started pushing Gohru's body off the stage, which is straining for him as Gohru was built with pure muscle, making him heavier than the average person.

"LET ME KILL HIM!"

"Stop, Toga! Boss is fine! Don't go crazy now in front of millions of people!"

"Don't do it, Boss woman! | Yeah, Boss man's got this!"

The two struggled to hold Toga in place as they watched Dexter punch and kick Gohru everywhere who just stood there and took the pain before he starts pushing Gohru to the edge of the arena.

"A few more inches and Dexter will win. A few more inches..."

The announcer said with no passion at all, he couldn't help himself, this was just a joke. The crowd started booing at the American who flipped them all off with the bird.

"Who the fuck cares? As long as I win, anything goes!"

5 inches left. 4 inches. 3 inches. 2 inches. 1 inch —

Suddenly the whole arena went cold as the air around the stadium thickened. Bloodlust starts leaking from Gohru as Dexter backed up with shaky legs, him taking the brunt of it.

Gohru's eyes suddenly moved, aiming at the man responsible for his torture, his nightmare. With a blink of an eye, he appeared before the man who pissed his pants at the bloodlust that was emitting from Gohru.

"You bastard..."

Gohru was calm. Calm he was. As calm as a raging tsunami, that is. He swung an undodgeable front kick, throwing the man into the sky with just one kick.

POW!

Gohru closes his eyes as he looked back at the torture, his friends... Dabi, Buba, Kenichi, and Toga. Even if they were fake, they were still his family. He will do anything to keep them safe, his mind now set as he roared in rage.

"▂▂▂▃▃▃▃▄▄▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ ——!!!!"

With a blink, he swung his knee at Dexter's stomach as he falls down to the ground.

Renewal Taekwondo: Baekdu

Before throwing a high kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Baek Rok

Elbow strike.

Renewal Taekwondo: Arang

Dual elbow strike to the back.

Renewal Taekwondo: Fangs

Side high kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Halla

Jab and Straight.

Renewal Taekwondo: One-Two

Side kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Taebaek

Downwards kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Silla

Upwards knee attack.

Renewal Taekwondo: Soksa

Jumping diagonal downward kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Scissors

Straight punch to the Solar Plexus.

Secret Arts of the Four Gods: Black Turtle 

Back kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Rising Back Kick

Axe kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Axe

Low kick.

Secret Arts of the Four Gods: Red Phoenix

Attack Rush

Ssamsu Taekkyeon: Torrential Strike

Feint kick and grab by the leg.

Ssamsu Taekkyeon: Feint Kick and Scythe

Knee attack.

Renewal Taekwondo: Baekdu x 2

Double Head-Neck kick.

Renewal Taekwondo: Gor Yo

Lowest kick to the knee.

Renewal Taekwondo: Ground Drawer

Calming down, he watches Dexter's body ragdoll, falling from the sky before remembering him touching Toga with his disgusting hand. Putting everything in the final attack, he dug his right foot onto the stage floor, sending the resulting force up to the knee, pelvis, waist, and tip of the foot as his whole body tensed, waiting for the right opportunity to maximize the damage.

The moment Dexter fell a centimeter into Gohru's range, he swung. The force was so powerful that the ground shattered as his foot slammed into Dexter's face.

Renewal Taekwondo: Jin Hwechook — Shockwave

Aiming his kick upwards, Dexter's body flew to the barrier with a burst of speed, wind pressure pushes his body beyond the barrier's limits which shatters the forcefield. 

Gohru watches with satisfaction as he sees his body fly a few more meters into the sky, falling somewhere near the stadium, he couldn't care less before walking away with urgency to see Toga's face.