Light Within The Shadows(Aizawa x Reader Agent!AU)

Ch 17: Saving Eri - Part 4

Standing triumphantly with his fist out, Fatgum announced, "In this brawl of spears and shields, we're the winners!!"

Rappa and Tengai were in the epicentre of a large crater in the wall, unconscious. Fatgum tried shaking his injured intern awake. "You conscious, kid!?"

Kirishima replied weakly. "...Who's there..."

"It's me!! Mr. Fat! I'm just doin' some weight watchin'!! C'mon kid, you gotta get what I'm sayin' from context, right!?"

"I......I'll protect you.....Fat..." Kirishima muttered. "Gotta do...what I...can..."

'Kirishima...' Fatgum thought, reflecting on the time Tamaki first brought him into his office, how Kirishima told him that he didn't want to be the kind of person that just simply stands by and watches as other people are put in danger anymore. 'Even in a state like this, he's...It's over already...'

"This ain't over..." A menacing voice rang out, surprising Fatgum. "This is a battle to the death...I'm not dead yet!"

Rappa stood up, bloody and bruised, stumbling towards the two agents. 'This guy's way too tough...! Aren't ya supposed ta be a spear?!! Did the barrier dampen the blow? Even then...!! I've lost all my protective fat...! My body's done, I've used up everythin'...What can I do...?!' Fatgum thought.

"There's first aid supplies over there. Tend to the kid--...Tend to that man's wounds." Rappa directed.

.........

"It's a trap," Fatgum said plainly.

"Do I look like the type who does traps?" Rappa criticized.

"Rappa...!! Don't act so selfish!!" Tengai ordered. "It's my duty to control you and your lust for battle! Obey my commands!"

"Huhhh?"

"Think about the reason a beast like you whose bread and butter is violence is allowed to be here!! What is your duty, Rappa?!!"

Rappa immediately brought down his foot on Tengai's chest, knocking him out. "Ya ain't even got any strength left in you to throw up a barrier anyway. So be quiet, wouldja." Rappa claimed. "Then again...I'm beat up too. My bones are broke, and I can't raise my arms."

"...What do you want, then?" Fatgum interrogated.

"A fight. I want us to kill each other. You heard tell that I came from an underground fight club, right? A fight club where you could go to town with your Quirk." Rappa mentioned. "There weren't many who could take a punch from me and stay on their feet. Even those that could would always beg for their lives in the end. You understand now, right? The pain of not bein' able to do what I wanted...!

"The kind of power that only comes from putting your life on the line! I wanted that kind of brawl! You two were superb!! You met the challenge!! Especially the red-head!! I've taken a personal interest in you!!" Rappa boldly declared. "We'll continue this death match!! So heal up!! Next time I'll be sure to kill you!!"

"Yer gonna be arrested and locked up ya know. Ya don' get it do ya? There ain't no next time. You lose." Fatgum said.

"Like hell! If nobody's dead it's a draw!!" Rappa yelled, walking towards a door.

"It ain't a draw. Show some more sportsmanship."

'That's the policy of an oddball for ya...I guess? His loyalty to his own desires is coming off strong--I really don't sense any interior motives behind his words.  In any case, joinin' back up with the rest with wounds like these ain't gonna happen...' Fatgum concluded. 'Kirishima...When I saw you calling yourself pathetic and ashamed of yourself and Tamaki introduced you to me, I was convinced to take you in, somehow. You were a man who understood his own weakness. Well, you showed yourself, who you thought were so pathetic. And now, you're not just an agent, you're a true man, acknowledged even by an enemy.'