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Danny sighed as he felt that he had flown far enough away. He was in City X by the look of things, and it had been a day since he fought Demon Cyborg. When he finally found an abandoned building area, he dropped his invisibility, revealing his still shirtless body and tattered pants.
He had gotten better at controlling his invisibility; even so, holding it for an entire day was a bit tiring. He sat behind one of the pillars of the building as he closed his eyes and decided to rest for a while.
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"I have eyes on Phantom. I repeat: I have eyes on Phantom. I am in City X requesting back up immediately." Lightning Max watched Phantom through his telescope as the boy slept. He was at a far enough distance to where he deemed it safe as he knew how dangerous Phantom was. He called the Hero Association through his cell phone as soon as he saw him.
"Thank you Lightning Max, you are not to engage Phantom unless faced with no choice. Do not underestimate him based on his size, please wait for back up to arrive." A supervisor on the phone of the Hero Association asked.
"Understood, I'll continue to observe him for now and I'll inform you if he decides to move."
In the Hero Association headquarters there were people on computers with headsets that furiously typed away.
"Are there any available heroes at this time, preferably S rank?" One called into their headset. "Phantom has been spotted in City X with Lightning Max who has requested immediate back up."
"Most of our S class heroes are dealing with the meteor right now. There are few available but they are too far away to reach them at this time." Another talked.
"Let me go handle it. You don't have to send anybody else." A new voice said.
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Danny awoke with a start as he instantly jumped into a fighting position. 'There's someone here…' He thought to himself as he glanced around. He then prepared to leave the scene.
'I can't let him leave; I have to stall him until back up arrives!' Max determinedly thought to himself as he ran out in front of Danny. "Stop right there! I'll finish you right here!" Max yelled as he caught Danny's attention.
Danny turned to look at Max with a mix of a surprised and confused expression on his face. It then morphed into an annoyed scowl as he glared at the man. "I don't have time to deal with you…" He said before beginning to fly away while activating his intangibility.
Max narrowed is eyes as the front of his shoe opened up and crackled with electricity. "Flying Reverse Roundhouse Lightning Kick!" He yelled as he sent the kick to Danny who was still airborne. Danny had thrown up his arms at the last second as the kick connected with him and resulted in an explosion that sent him to the ground, making a small cloud of dust.
"Oh right I forgot, you're Lightning Max." Danny sighed from the ground as the dust settled. He stood up and turned to look at Max who had landed and assumed a fighting stance.
"Phantom, blunt attacks don't work on you, but it's been shown that energy coated attacks do." Lightning Max stated with confidence.
"The Hero Association seems to be catching on, but don't think you can beat me just because of a lucky shot." Danny frowned as he also assumed a stance. "I'll end this quick…"
Max charged forward at a relatively fast speed, if compared to a regular human's. To Danny the guy was moving slowly. "Lightning Kick!" Max yelled as he launched a foot out at Danny, to which the latter swiftly dodged and countered with a strong gut punch that made him cough up blood and sent him tumbling. Lightning Max stood up once more before engaging Danny in some light close combat, light for Danny that is.
"Lightning Kick Combo!" Max yelled as he sent a barrage of speedy lightning coated kicks towards Danny. Danny dodged all of the attacks with minimal effort, before sending a dozen fast punches to Max's face and chest, before ending it with a roundhouse kick. Danny stalked over to Max's prone form and charged up a ball of red energy as the markings on his arms shined.
"You would've done better if you had stopped yelling out what you're going to do like an idiot. Who'd you think you were dealing with?" Danny aimed the ball at Max's body. "I should get rid of you now though; you could become a problem later on with that lightning of yours…" He suddenly jumped back to dodge a boulder that was thrown at him.
"Let the idiot go." Danny glanced up to see Tatsumaki floating in the air a few yards away.
"Tornado of Terror…are any more of you gonna show up that I have to worry about?" Danny's scowl deepened in irritation. She stared at him with dull eyes.
"No, I made sure I was the only one to come as back up, I won't need help taking you out." She spoke, making Danny's eyes widen in surprise. "I heard tales of how strong you were, and I had to see for myself whether or not they were true. I never expected Phantom to be such a shorty though." She sighed in disappointment, making a vein on Danny's head throb. "Honestly I expected a lot more. How the Hero Association hasn't gotten rid of you yet is astonishing to say the least."
"Like you're one to talk about height!" Danny finally snapped, making her rear back a bit in shock. "You're shorter than me! So if I'm a shorty that would make you a friggin' midget!" He yelled. She glared at him.
"How dare you! I should kill you for that! In fact, I will!"
"I'd like to see you try!" He glared back. He'd only known her for a minute and he'd already hated her. She looked down at him as she picked up a few large rocks and fired them at him. He wasn't worried though as the rocks sailed through him harmlessly. She looked a bit surprised at that.
"If I could be killed by pebbles I wouldn't have survived for as long as I have." Danny said with folded arms. "Anything else?" He mocked. She glared as she sent larger rocks his way, but this time she kept them coated in her aura. The first rock managed to hit him but caused no damage. He dodged the rest.
"Fine, if that's all you can do than it's my turn." He fired two blasts of energy towards her. She span at a fast speed, causing a small tornado to appear around her that negated his attacks. She stopped spinning but no longer saw him on the ground in front of her. Before she could search for him she received a dropkick to her back, making her plummet towards the ground. She righted herself in the air before she could touch the ground though, and looked up with a snarl to see Danny floating a distance away from her.
Tatsumaki shot her hands out and attempted to disrupt his Chi. Danny looked at her with a inquisitive expression before frowning and charging at her. Tatsumaki stopped with the Chi disruption and threw up a shield that Danny broke with a single punch. He then kicked her stomach making her curl her body in; he tried to follow up the attack but was knocked away by a powerful pulse of telekinesis.
They both righted themselves in the air and stared at each other. "You're pretty durable, I thought I was hitting you pretty hard there but you just shrugged it off. Congrats, you now have my attention." Danny said dully.
Tatsumaki glared at him. "As if I need your praise, you'll be dealt with soon enough." She spread her arms out as her aura flared out. The gravity in the area greatly increased as her hands began to glow a green light and slightly transparent and sharp green extensions appeared on her hands, like claws.
"If I had a dollar every time I heard that…" Danny trailed off as his own red aura flared. The markings on his forearms shined as his fists glowed a red light. He was unaffected by the increase in gravity as he frowned and readied himself. 'She's stronger than I thought; I'll have to use a bit more power to beat her. I guess that's why she's number 2.' He mused.
Tatsumaki was tired of waiting and charged at him at an impressive speed. She swung one of her telekinetic claws at him and he guarded with his fist, causing a small shockwave. They then engaged in high speed combat, with Danny mostly defending.
'I admit…this is kinda fun.' Danny thought to himself with a tiny smirk. Tatsumaki saw this and snarled in anger.
'He's not taking me seriously at all! I'll teach him his place soon enough.' She then quickly backed away and charged a green light in her hands. It began to swirl and soon turned into a tornado the size of Danny's body that she fired at him. Danny only threw three energy blasts at the tornado and it exploded which resulted in a dust cloud. Danny then ducked as Tatsumaki came flying threw the cloud with a ball of green energy that she tried to ram in his face. She twisted around after she sailed past him and launched the ball of energy at him, along with another accompanying ball of energy.
Danny merely frowned as he smacked the two energy spheres away one after the other. They created small explosions as they sailed away from him. He then glanced back to Tatsumaki and saw her breathing heavily. Her aura was gone and the claws she wielded had disappeared. He sighed as he dropped his aura as well as his glowing fists.
"Yeah, you're done. It was fun while it lasted, thanks." He spoke the words disappointedly and briskly. Tatsumaki glared at him.
"What are you talking about you idiot?" Tatsumaki spoke in labored breaths. "We're still –" She was cut off as Danny appeared behind her.
"Good night." He said simply as he struck the back of her head with his fist, knocking her unconscious. He glanced around from his position in the sky and sighed.
People were all around him, staring at him in awe and fear. They had been recording the fight and taking pictures of him and Tatsumaki while he was distracted. He let out a low growl as his arms glowed once more.
"Get outta here!" He yelled as he began to fire off random shots, destroying some buildings and effectively scaring the daylights out of the civilians. Once they were all running around and panicking enough he flew away.
"I can't keep doing this much more, hopefully I'll have time to rest soon enough…" He muttered to himself through half lidded eyes. He soared through the sky and picked up speed, traveling to the next nearest city.
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"Once again the elusive Phantom strikes down another hero, S rank 2 Tornado of Terror, bringing truth to his nickname as the 'Hero Hunter'." A newscaster spoke on Saitama's living room TV. He had just saved the town from a falling meteor the other day, sure the townspeople were pissed but at least they were alive.
"Hey Genos, isn't that the guy that you said you fought about 4 days ago?" Saitama asked from his position on the couch.
"Yes sensei that is Phantom, the monster who bested me." Genos paused in his sweeping to answer Saitama's question. He was currently wearing a pink apron.
"Huh? But he looks like a kid." Saitama seemed unsure as he frowned at the images of him fighting Tatsumaki.
"He is extremely powerful sensei, despite his child-like appearance. He bested me with what I believed was minimal effort." Genos spoke, a slight tinge of regret in his tone.
"Huh," Saitama glanced at Genos and then back at the TV with a thoughtful expression on his face. "That seems pretty interesting."
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