Surge of Power
Fear. Despair. And utterly afraid. That is all that is plastered on the remaining 5 hero's faces as they gaze at Garou. Garou reviled at the sight of their fear because that is exactly all he ever wanted. To show the world just how truly pathetic and weak their so-called heroes were. And it is all thanks to this new mysterious suit he is wearing.
The suit is giving strength that he never possessed before, and speed unlike anything he’s had. Sure, he is curious as to where the suit came from, but he doesn’t care at the moment. All he cares about is finishing off these heroes that dared to try and attack him. He will make them regret ever calling themselves heroes after he’s done with them.
Garou glares at Death Gatling and says, “You really should’ve brought an S-Class hero with you. You idiots might have stood a chance against me, but instead you choose to be stupid and bring along these weaklings.”
Garou saying this starts to make the remaining heroes wish that they had actually brought an S-Class hero. Well, all except for Death Gatling who grits his teeth.
“So even a monster like you only cares about the S-Class? Well, all the S-Class heroes can go to hell!” Death Gatling yelled.
“We may not be as strong as them, but this group is tough as hell! You may have taken down three of us, but we won’t go down just as easily!” Death Gatling yelled, inspiring the others.
Garou simply chuckles and says, “Idiots. Don’t you get it?”
Tendrils start to form on both Garou’s hands as he yells, “I’m unstoppable!”
Garou shoots his hands forward as five tendrils shoot from his hands and grab each hero by the head. Garou lifts them up into the air with ease before slamming them on the ground, giving some of them concussions and breaking the ground beneath them. Garou then dashes at them, but Smile Man manages to get back up and swings his kendama at Garou. However, Garou redirects the kendama before punching Smile man in the chest, sending him flying back.
The force of the punch sent Smile Man flying into the shack and beside Tareo. Tareo yelps when he sees the now unconscious Smile Man land next to him before returning his attention back to the fight. Tareo has been watching the whole fight since it began through a small opening through the door. While he thinks that Garou’s new powers are awesome, something about the suit just didn’t sit right with Tareo at all.
Back with the fight. The other heroes manage to get back on their feet, but Garou comes and grabs Wild Horn by the head. Chain’n’Toad sees this and he throws his chain weapon at Garou, but then he instantly regrets it. Garou dodges the chain before grabbing it and yanking Chain’n’Toad toward him. Garou grabs Chain’n’Toad by the head before smashing the two heroes' heads together with his incredible strength, knocking the two.
With Glasses and Death Gatling, the only two heroes left, Garou looks at them and says, “What was it you said? ‘This group is tough as hell.’ Hate to break it to you, but you're kinda weak to me.”
Death Gatling grits his teeth and says to Glasses, “Tsk! Get behind me!”
“What are you going to do?!” Glasses asked.
“I’m done holding back. It’s time to put this monster down!” Death Gatling yelled
Death Gatling's face then turns into a skull as he yells his special move, “DEATH SHOWER!!!!”
Death Gatling fires all of his bullets at Garou, so Garou proceeds to shield himself with his arms. However, the suit creates a large shield that prevents the bullets from hitting Garou. After a minute later, Death Gatling runs out of bullets and stops firing his minigun. However, both he and Glasses are shocked to see the suit literally spit the bullets out from the shield, leaving Garou unscathed. Garou is shocked by this, but he chuckles at this revelation.
“Hehehe. Thanks for that. You’ve just shown me that not even bullets are enough to kill me.” Garou said.
Glasses whispers to himself, “Dammit! We can’t hold on for much longer!”
Glasses sneakily pulls out his phone and presses the emergency button. An S-Class hero should be here soon, but I’m not sure if we can last for much longer. Glasses thought to himself. Glasses then turns his attention back to Garou, who is slowly walking to the pair.
“So, how would you like to go out? Unconscious with all your bones broken, or fully conscious? Either way, you’re done for.” Garou said.
“Tsk! We’re not done yet!” Death Garling yelled, pulling out a knife.
“I’ll kill you and prove to everyone that we deserve our place as heroes!” Death Gatling then charges at Garou.
“Oh, you do deserve your place. That being beneath my feet broken and humiliated!” Garou yelled.
Garou jumps in the air before performing a symbiote strike on Death Gatling as he gets launched into the air. Garou follows him and he uses Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist on Death Gatling before landing on the ground. With Death Gatling still in the air, Garou uses a symbiote punch on him. The punch sends Death Gatling flying through the air while Death Gatling screams across the forest.
Garou sees that Death Gatling is going to land in the city and he is shocked by his strength. Damn. I didn’t think I had that much strength until now. Not that I’m complaining. Garou thinks to himself. Garou turns to see Glasses is still here and Garou smirks.
“Looks like you’re all that’s left. Are you going to try and fight me, or run away like a coward?” Garou asked.
Glasses shakes in fear, but he steals himself and tells, “Tsk! Never! I’ll never run from anyone! I would rather fight to my last breath!”
However, Garou appears in front of him and delivers a swift punch to the gut on Glasses, sending him flying back into a tree as he falls unconscious. Idiot. Garou thinks to himself. Looking around, Garou sees that all the heroes are knocked out cold before he glances at his hand. This suit is not what I thought at all. I thought it would hinder my attacks, but instead I’ve become much stronger than ever. Hell, I feel like I can take on all the S-Class heroes! Garou thinks to himself.
“M… Mister?” Tareo calls out from behind Garou.
Garou turns around and sees Tareo is outside of the shack and says, “Oh. You’re still here.”
“W… Why did the heroes attack you?” Tareo asked, wanting to know what Garou truly is.
“… To put it simply, Turd. I’m a monster.” Garou said.
“M… Monster?!” Tareo yelled.
“Yes. But I’m not just going to be any monster. I’m going to be the strongest monster this world has ever seen.” Garou said.
“Then… are going to… to hurt me?” Asks Tareo in fear.
“What? No. There’s no point for me to be attacking a kid.” Garou said, making Tareo relax.
“But that means you shouldn’t be around me anymore. Go home, and don’t ever come near again.” Garou said.
Tareo is hurt by this and wants to argue, but he… he can’t bring himself to do it. So, Tareo compiles with Garou’s wish and runs away, though he is crying as he runs away. Garou watches him leave and feels slightly bad for pushing Tareo away like that. It’s better this way. For both him and I. Garou thinks to himself. He is about to go and get his stuff in the shack when suddenly…
BOOM!!!
Someone lands right behind Garou, creating a cloud of dust and causing Garou to whip his head around. A figure begins to rise from the dust while a yellow glow comes from him.
“I received a distress call from one of the heroes here. From the looks of it, you are that Hero Hunter.” The voice of a man said.
The dust begins to clear as short blonde hair flows in the wind. Shiny, metal limbs reflecting the sunlight with a yellow glow coming from inside him. And his black eyes with yellow irises look directly at Garou as the man raises his hand at Garou. A bright light appears on the man’s hand as it glows brighter.
“You will be eliminated.” Demon Cyborg said, aka Genos, as he prepares to fire at Garou.
“Oh shit.” Garou said.
Genos fires at Garou, but Garou manages to dodge the incoming shot, but said shot blows the shack into pieces. Garou makes some distance between him and Genos as he begins to evaluate the situation. Genos is rank number 12 of the S-Class heroes, which makes him very dangerous. This guy obviously isn’t going to be easy, and he sure as hell won’t let me go. If I don’t want to get captured, I have to face him head on! Garou thinks to himself.
Garou charges at Genos to deliver a punch and he manages to land a massive blow on Genos’s chest, denting his armor. Genos is sent flying before stopping himself by digging his feet into the ground. Genos is shocked by Garou’s strength since no human could leave a dent on his mechanical body. However, Genos assumes this new strength is because of Garou’s new appearance. To think that a human managed to transform into a monster in a short amount of time. Genos thinks to himself.
Genos activates the boosters on his legs to launch himself toward Garou. Garou follows suit by using the strength to boost himself forward, his arm reared back. Both combatants clash their fists together, creating a small shockwave. Then, both of them break apart before maneuvering around the forest at high speeds while landing blows on one another. The forest begins to get destroyed from the fierce battle between the two.
Once the two clashed again, Genos goes to shoot Garou again, but he sees that he would accidentally shoot one of the unconscious heroes behind Garou. So, Genos decides to go full close quarters combat. “Machine Gun Blow!!!” Genos yelled as he throws many punches at quick succession.
Garou is able to block most of them, but a lucky few lands on his gut. However, despite Garou thinking they would hurt a lot worse, the suit took the front of the blows. Garou quickly recovers then starts to counter Genos’s attacks with his own attacks and he is able to redirect a lot of Genos’s attacks. Suddenly, Genos ducks under one of Garou’s punches and he goes to uppercut Garou.
However, black tendrils spring from the suit, and they wrap around Genos’s hand. They then proceed to yank the punch away from Garou as he then lands a powerful kick to Genos’s head. The force of the kick sends Genos to the ground as he gets buried. Garou jumps up and prepares to land another powerful kick on Genos.
However, he sees a light glowing from under the ground and Garou is unable to dodge in time. He gets engulfed by the massive blast from Genos before he blasts himself up from the ground. Genos looks upward to see if Garou would fall from through smoke incapacitated. Garou does fall from the smoke, but he is not incapacitated.
Genos has no time to react as Garou uses a symbiote strike on him. Genos is sent up into the air as Garou follows it up with a symbiote yank as he slams Genos to the ground. Genos looks up from the ground, until he feels a part of his face plate fall off. Genos is shocked by this and Garou sees Genos’s shocked expression.
“What’s the matter? Didn’t expect me to be this strong? Well now you know, and you’ll regret ever finding out!” Garou yelled before dashing at Genos.
Genos follows suit as he and Garou clash again. The two intertwine their fingers as they try to push against one another. The force from the two begins to break the ground from under them as both try to overpower the other. Suddenly, Garou shoots tendrils out from his back before they attack Genos. Genos’s legs, and arms are restrained, as well as his head.
“You probably don’t know this, but I have a nag for taking apart machinery. Which is bad news for you!” Garou yelled before the tendrils begin to pull Genos apart.
Genos grunts as he feels his limbs being torn from his body slowly by the tendrils. However, he is suddenly freed when someone punches Garou in the face and sends him flying. Genos falls to his knees, and he tries to prop himself up while hearing his mechanical limbs struggle to work. “Relax, Genos. Allow us to handle this.” A voice said.
Genos looks up to see that the person that saved him is none other than Garou’s former Master, Bang aka Silverfang.
“Silverfang? How did you get here?” Genos asked.
“I was out looking for Garou when I received the same distress message. I came to assist; it looks like I have found the person I’ve been looking for as well.” Bang said.
Bang walks over to Garou, who quickly recovers, and comments on Garou’s new look, “So you’ve finally gotten what you wanted, Garou. I hope you're happy with what you’ve become.”
Garou glares at Bang and says, “So you’ve finally decided to face me again, Old Man?”
“You left me with no choice since you’ve chosen to cause needless harm to other heroes.” Says Bang.
“Yeah? Well then…” Garou gets into his fighting stance.
“… come and put an end to your failure!” Garou yelled.
Bang closes his eyes and says, “I wish things were different, Garou.”
Bang then dashes at Garou before throwing a powerful punch at him. However, tendrils spring Garou’s back as they parry the punch before Garou kicks Bang away. Bang recovers quickly and he manages to dodge an incoming kick from Garou. Bang throws a punch at Garou and Garou is barely able to redirect it in time.
Both master and apprentice then use Water Stream Rock Smashing fist against one another. From the sideline, Genos thinks to himself, Both of them use the same fighting style, but Bang’s is more perfected than Garou. And yet, somehow Garou is able to keep up. Genos begins to scan Garou to find out anything about this new power Garou possesses. After scanning Garou, he sees that whatever Garou’s new appearance is, it isn't a monster transformation, and the scanners show that Garou’s DNA is still human.
Garou and Bang trade blows for a while before both punch each other in the face, sending one another flying back. Bang recovers and thinks to himself, This is strange. Garou wasn’t nearly as strong as this before. Perhaps the monster fication did more to him than I thought. Bang readies himself as Garou dashes at him at high speeds. I’m not holding anything back against you, Bang! You won’t get the best of me this time!
BOOM!!!
Garou feels a sudden blow to his chest before his entire body gets cut up. Blood pours from Garou’s wounds as he falls to his knees breathing hard. What the hell hit me?! Garou thinks to himself. Garou looks up and sees a second individual that appears older than Bang arrived.
“I saw you were struggling with Garou, so I decided to step in, brother.” The individual said.
“You have my thanks, brother.” Bang said to his older brother, Bomb who is the master of Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist.
“Now, let’s end this!” Bang yelled.
Garou just got back on his feet when both Bang and Bomb attacked him. He tries to bring up his arms for defense, but it proves futile as the brothers bypass it and attack Garou. While the suit is tanking most of the blows, Garou can still feel some pain from the blows being done to his body as he grunts in pain. Dammit! I can’t face them all by myself! I need to get out of here! Garou thinks to himself.
Garou manages to duck another punch from Bang before he redirects Bomb’s attack. Garou decides to use a technique he picked from Watchdog Man as he goes on all fours and jumps to a nearby tree. He then jumps from tree to tree at inhumane speeds.
“What is that preposterous style you’re using Garou? You’re moving around like an animal!” Bang said.
Garou doesn't answer as he appears behind Bang as Bomb yells, “Behind you!”
Bang turns around as Garou is about to land a hit on him, “I’ve got you now, Old Man!”
However, Garou is suddenly attacked by a mechanical hand with boosters launching itself at Garou. Garou has no time to react as he is grabbed by the throat before the hand uses its boosters to shoot him into a nearby tree. Wires then spring from the hand as they pin Garou to the tree. Garou looks at who launched the hand, and he sees that it is Genos who fired it.
“Thanks for that, Genos.” Bang said.
“It was the least I could do. Now to finish him.” Genos said.
Garou struggles to break free but is unsuccessful. He looks at his opponents and can’t help but chuckles, “So the S-Class are finally starting to notice me? I thought it would’ve been sooner after I beat Tank Top Master and Metal Bat.”
“Eh. Either way, I’m stoked to be this popular now.” Garou said.
Bang walks up to Garou and though he knows he should put an end to Garou. Especially after what Garou did to Charanko. He just can’t bring himself to put an end to the boy who Bang saw as a son. So, Bang will try to have Garou see reason
Bang says, “Garou, please stop this madness. You don’t have to throw away your life like this.”
“Quit it with the hero talk, old man! I don’t need you to tell me about throwing my life away! This…” Garou motions around the area with all the unconscious heroes.
“… is all I ever wanted. To knock you heroes off your shiny pedestals and become the ultimate monster.” Garou said.
“Such a creature doesn’t exist.” Genos said, cutting into the conversation.
“The Hero Association is already busy focusing on putting an end to the Monster Association.” Genos said.
Genos then points his remaining hand toward Garou and says, “We can’t not waste any more precious time on insignificant nobodies like you.”
Genos’s hand begins to glow as Bang yells, “Wait, Genos!”
“No! He has chosen his path Bang. It’s time for him to face the consequences.” Genos said.
Garou, even though he should be worried about Genos going to shoot him. He is more focused on what Genos called him. An insignificant nobody that is just seen as a distraction. Just simply hearing those words reminds Garou of his bullies as a child. And those memories are what ignites Garou’s rage.
“You think I’m a nobody?!!” Garou yelled as his wounds fully heal in seconds.
“Then help me change that, Demon Cyborg!” Garou yelled as the suit begins to react to his rage.
Bomb notices and says, “Bang! Look!”
Bang looks at what Bomb is pointing at and notices small tendrils forming and moving rapidly around Garou’s body. Garou’s appearance also begins to change as it starts to take on an aggressive look. Garou’s hair even starts to change by curving up like horns. What is going on with his body?! Bang thinks to himself.
Garou then screams out with all his might, “Once I’ve beaten all of you, the world will know my name AND THEY WILL FEAR US!!!”
Genos fires his beam at Garou, but Garou manages to rip the tree in half as the shot goes over his head. The tree crashes to the ground, creating a large cloud of dust that blinds the heroes. The heroes can faintly hear strange noises coming from the cloud of dust before footsteps are heard. “I want everyone to know that no hero is a match for me!” Garou said from within the cloud of dust.
The footsteps get louder and heavier as Garou’s figure appears within the dust. However, his appearance has changed. It’s large and… more demonic looking. “Do you get it now?! A monster stands before you!” Garou yelled as he walks through the dust to show his new appearance. “Stronger than anyone!” Garou yelled.
His new appearance is similar to his previous one, but the white veins are gone now, as well as the armor on his shoulders and arms. Garou now has large white bulging veins around his body. His hair has been replaced by two very large horns. And finally, he had grown a few feet taller than before. To say Garou’s new look didn’t make the heroes shiver would be a lie.
Garou dashes at the heroes with tendrils propelling him forward. “Watch out!” Bang yelled. He goes to block an attack from Garou, but Garou’s arms get surrounded by tendrils as he uses Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. Bang counters Garou’s attacks with his own, but once they clash Bang can feel that the force of Garou’s attacks has increased exponentially.
How did he grow this much in power in just a few seconds?! Bang thinks to himself. He is caught off guard when Garou kicks him away before using a tendril to grab Bang by the head. Garou yanks Bang back toward him before punching in the gut and face before sending him flying back with another punch to the gut. Bang lands on his back and spits out some blood.
“Bang!” Bomb yelled. Bombs dashes toward Garou as Genos follows him. The two attack Garou, but Garou shoots a symbiote punch at Genos, sending him flying back. Bomb on the other hand makes it to Garou and uses Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist on Garou. However, Garou cancels it out with Bomb’s very own technique.
Bomb is shocked by this momentarily before Garou creates some tendrils and wraps them around Bomb’s head. Garou then jumps over him as he slams Bomb into the ground hard. Garou then hears a loud blast coming his way, so he instinctively ducks under a kick from Genos. Before Genos can react, he is stabbed by multiple tendrils as he is then spun in midair before Garou slams his fist into Genos’s chest.
With Genos on the ground, Garou goes to finish him, but Bang stops him by kicking him away. Garou quickly recovers and glares at Bang as tendrils move around him rapidly. Bang is breathing heavily with blood running down his chin, but his resolve remains strong.
“I don't know what has happened, but you have to stop this Garou!” Bang yelled.
“Stop?! I’m just getting warmed up, Old Man! This suit has made me more powerful than I could have possibly imagined!” Garou yelled.
“Suit? You mean that isn’t a form of monster fication?!” Bang asked.
“No. I don’t know what it is, and I don’t care. All I care about is finally surpassing you!” Yells Garou as he charges at Bang.
BOOM!!!
“Protect the Hero Hunter!!!” A swarm of monsters burst from the ground between the master and apprentice. The monsters begin to attack Bang, a now awakening Bomb, and a wounded Genos. Garou is confused as to what is happening until a plant monster comes up from behind him.
“Who the hell are you guys?!” Garou asked.
“Apologies. We’re from the Monster Association, and our executives ordered us to bring you to them.” The plant monster said.
“You idiots, again?! Piss off! I don’t need you guys here!” Garou yelled.
“I’m afraid that won’t do—AGH!!!” The plant monster yelps when Garou grabs it by the throat.
“I said, ‘I don’t need you guys here.’ But I suppose I’ll have to deal with you too.” Garou said before he crushes the monster's throat as blood gets on his face.
Garou then looks toward the monsters fighting the heroes and he yells, “And you! Back off! Those are my prey!”
Garou shoots out multiple tendrils with each one grabbing both a hero and monster. Garou performs a symbiote yank as everyone’s body gets slammed into the ground. Garou dashes toward the monsters as tendrils surround his arm. He roars as he slams a fist through a monster’s head before going to a group of three
He begins by using Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist on that group of monsters to break their bones before a couple of monsters attack from behind. Garou performs a symbiote strike on them and sends them into the air before symbiote yanking their heads into the ground. Garou then crushes their heads with the tendrils before a massive monster tries to punch Garou. However, Garou sweeps his legs from under him with a tendril as the monster spins in midair. Garou then uses a symbiote punch on the monster as he flies back and toward a few other monsters, crushing them in the process.
The monsters, now terrified of Garou, begin to run away before Garou rips out the heart of one of their comrades before crushing it. Garou then blitzes at another as he slams his head against a tree causing it to splatter. Garou jumps into the air before quickly landing and grabbing another monster. Garou proceeds to rip the monster in two before releasing a mighty roar. “We can’t win this! We need to retreat!” One monster yelled.
He and the others try to run away before in the blink of an eye they get sliced into pieces. Garou is standing next to the bodies while in Bomb’s fighting stance, insinuating that he copied Bomb’s moves. The three heroes watch this carnage unfold with shock as Bang thinks to himself, He’s acting like an animal. He’ll just keep killing and killing until everyone is dead. Is that suit Garou wearing doing this or has Garou truly become a monster.
Once all the monsters are dead, Garou’s hands are stained with blood as he takes long, deep breaths. Garou then slowly turns his sight toward the heroes. The three heroes step back before Bang yells, “Prepare yourselves!” Garou growls before dashing at them, ready to continue the fight.
However, a large bird monster suddenly appears behind Garou before flapping its wings. The wind made from the flapping wings caused a large burst of wind to hit everyone in the radius and sent them flying. Garou is also sent flying, but he is eventually caught by the bird as it begins to fly away.
“What the hell?! Let me go!” Garou yelled.
“He’s getting away!” Genos yelled before transforming his arms into cannons.
“I’ll end both of them right here and right now!” Genos yelled, preparing to fire.
“Genos, wait!” Yells Bang, but Genos is already close to firing at Garou.
The bird monster known as Phoenix Man then yells out, “I have Garou! I will leave the rest to you!”
“SPIRAL INSIDERATION CANON!!!” Genos yells as he fires a massive beam at them.
“CENTICHORO!!!” Phoenix Man yelled.
Suddenly, a massive centipede monster bursts out of the ground, and it blocks Genos’s attack with its body. The heroes are in shock of the massive creature in front of them, but they are pulled out of their shock when the ground beneath them shakes before bursting open. Acting quickly, the three of them go to save the unconscious heroes before they are harmed. As they get the heroes to safety, Bang says, “It took the full front of Genos’s attack like it was nothing. This creature, whatever it is, will no doubt be a fearsome adversary.”