The Rouge One...

WARNING: The following chapter consists of explicit violence & triggering/suggestive themes. Read at your given will for this chapter is NOT for the younger audience or the weak-stomached.

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(With the group being given a tour the next day of Hanying Academy's Campus inside and out, most were amazed by what they've had in terms of fighting.)

"Headmaster Lai: And over here we have our palace sized cafeteria. We specialize in All-You-Can-Eat Buffets too. Fighters are to need their strength and energy, there are most rare cases where fighters prefer sugar so we've even went all out with the candy and sodas too."
"Mike: ..Yum."

(With the group then walking to the very back of the school, seeing the outdoor arenas, Daxton would then ask a question.)

"Daxton: Miss Lai, this tour was really lovely, we can't really thank you enough. But I also have one question, what about the outdoor arenas?"
"Headmaster Lai: Oh of course, the outdoor arenas are for specified combats such as sword-fighting, kung fu tournaments, sumo wrestling, anything that fits my students expertise in combat."
"Zoro: I'm actually gonna like it here."
"Headmaster Lai: Oh and there's actually one thing I need to warn you all. Under no circumstances do you ever.. GO PAST THAT GATE!"

(She would point at a closed off gate surrounding the outside wilderness with barbed wires and multiple warning signs all across the steel.)

"Ji-Hun: So dare I ask, what happens if we do?"
"Headmaster Lai: I can't protect you from what's out there. The only two out of all of you who'd survive out there is Mike and Renzo. The rest of you wouldn't survive."
"Daxton: What the hell is even out there?!"
"Headmaster Lai: ...What's out there is someone I myself had to kick out of this academy, until he's evolved into a monster in the wilderness. Jungles are his habitat and its why nobody, not even me could beat him."
"Mike: ...Sounds strong. Renzo, wanna go fight it?"
"Renzo: I got nothing else to do."
"Senri: MIKE!"
"Mike: We'll be back."
"Daxton: No, we're going together."
"Headmaster Lai: Didn't you hear me?! Don't go past the gate!!!"
"Daxton: We all made a vow together outside of sanctioned bouts. Either we fight as a group or not at all."

(With no one in the group backing down, Lai was actually amazed at how stubborn yet serious they were being.)

"Headmaster Lai: Y-You're serious... You're all actually go and fight him..?"
"Henry: Just tell us what to know about our enemy."
"Zoro: And we'll make sure we defeat it."
"Headmaster Lai: ...He calls himself "The Rouge One" now. You should notice it's him for he wears nothing but a loincloth now. Good luck, you brave souls..."

(As the group as one then walks toward the gate, Mike would read each and every warning while not caring and opens the steel gates, the group walking in before shutting it back while Lai remained on standby awaiting their results. As the group walks deeper into the wilderness, they were then lead by sunlight throughout the forest until they've heard a loud howling coming from deeper within.)

"Zoro: Am I the only one sensing two people inside these parts?"
"Mike, Renzo & Henry: No."
"Mike: Actually, one of them is behind us."

(As Mike nonchalantly turns around, the group was introduced to The Rouge One, a 7'10 monstrous Superhuman with the strength of a runaway train and the speed of a tiger in the wild. As Daxton takes one stare at the giant, he'd immediately begin to sweat, realizing what Lai meant.)

"Daxton (Thinking): ...W-What.. t-the fuck.. does he even EAT?!"

(With Senri, Ji-Hun and Daxton the only three admittedly terrified, the four to remain unphased were Mike, Henry, Renzo and Zoro.)

"Renzo: He's gigantic... Bigger than me if I were to use my Awakening form."
"Mike: Remember, size is an intimidation tactic. The fight decides on who has the better skill, don't let your opponent's size be your signal of surrender or defeat."

(With Zoro focusing his eyes on the terrifying figure for a moment, he'd move at the blink of an eye and is rushing toward the group, Henry being first to attack with both whips as the Rouge One zooms past the group, grabbing the retractable whip and pulling Henry as he refused to let go of the whip.)

"Henry: WHOOAAAAAA!!! THIS GUY IS TOO RESILIENT, I CAN'T STOP HIM!"
"Zoro: I got this!"

(With Zoro unsheathing his two swords, he'd begin rushing after him to save Henry and spare the whip, the Rouge One would immediately turn around and rush back at Zoro delivering a powerful front dropkick toward Zoro, blasting his entire body through three trees, causing them to crash down as his body was immediately sore from the collision of both the dropkick and the impact into the trees.)

"Mike: ...!!! Zoro!"
"Senri: ..Holy fuck..! ZORO!"

(With Henry continuing to scream while being dragged through the wilderness, slammed against trees and even large stones, he refuses to even let go but instead calls the whip back as Henry crashes into a tree to stop himself from falling any further. With pure instinct, the Rouge One would then roar and implant his fist into a tree, seconds after Henry escaped his attack, amazed at how strong it was to impale its fist even through a tree.)

"Henry: Damn it... I can't feel my left arm... I'll have to use the Western Whip for now...!"

(With the Rouge One freeing himself from the tree and Henry immediately fights with his primary whip, the Rouge One would once again rush at Henry before being blindsided with an incoming hook from Renzo, the pushback sends him away from Henry for a far enough crack of the whip, connecting with the chest of the Rouge One and leads to a pained howling. With the speed becoming faster for The Rouge One, he'd once again close the gap with Renzo and Henry delivering a powerful right hand to Henry, a successful block lessening the damage as Ji-Hun immediately rushes from behind to catch Henry.)

"Ji-Hun: Are you okay..?!"
"Henry: I'm fine, my arm's a little numb after being thrown around... How's Zoro?"
"Ji-Hun: He's-"

(With a quick blur rushing past the two, Renzo and the Rouge One would combat before Zoro rushes in with his two swords, slashing past the Rouge One, connecting across the chest and thrusting his blades through the back. Hoping for an immediate kill off the quick attack.)

"Senri: ALRIGHT, ZORO!!"
"Ji-Hun: GO ZORO!!"

(With Zoro watching the Rouge One remain on their feet and slowly turns around, Zoro's sword was revealed to be pierced through the body but no organs were cut... As Zoro immediately backed off, the Rouge One predicted such and from behind, blasts Zoro directly into the back with his gigantic fist and plants Zoro into the ground and was then savagely beaten by a barrage of fists, leading to Mike with his metal staff, blasting the back of the Rouge One's head and the force of impact knocks the Rouge One back three meters apart from the group.)

"Mike: Zoro! ..Daxton, help him up!"

(As Daxton quickly rushed over to help, he'd carry Zoro out of the small crater with Mike before the howling returned and the Rouge One seen swinging through the trees with branches and vines, the group remained on guard as Renzo, Mike, Daxton and Henry were the only ones able to fight.)

"Renzo: He's getting faster every time this fight goes on, he's not only difficult in strength, he's difficult enough in speed."
"Mike: Then we just need to be smarter. And we'd normally fight in sanctioned rules, but in the jungle, there are no rules. It's kill or be killed!"

(With the Rouge One returning to the group at full speed, Renzo immediately locks hands with the Rouge One, entering a test of strength as Renzo's own muscles began to grow, his Awakening activating by itself as Renzo was no longer being pushed back but instead has started pushing back the Rouge One. With Renzo's grip now too strong for the Rouge One to escape, Renzo would rush with the strength and speed of a runaway truck, delivering one explosive right straight punch to the body of the Rouge One and it's impact blasts him through a stone boulder and further away from the group.)

"Renzo: ..I can last against him for five minutes awakened, make a plan to capture him, now!"

(As Renzo rushes toward the Rouge One to continue their onslaught of a fight, Mike and the others would strategize.)

"Daxton: So lets go through what we know, swords are ineffective on this guy... Anytime he gets hurt, he gets faster."
"Henry: Not to mention, he can't be pinned down. My Retractable Whip can create cracks in concrete but it can't hold him down."
"Mike: I have one idea... Let me fight it."
"All: ...?"
"Mike: You heard what Headmaster Lai said, only me and Renzo would be able to beat this guy."
"Daxton: Mike, no offense my friend... But-"
"Mike: Before you say what you're gonna say Daxton, I've killed a God of Combat and paralyzed the other one. Can you do that?"
"Daxton: ...No."
"Mike: Besides... If we ever come face to face with Xin again, I need new opponents to increase my training. A man who calls himself "The Rouge One" will be a perfect fight for me. A faster enemy means I can see them as if I'm fighting Xin Sui."

(As Mike then walks four steps toward where the Rouge One and Renzo has went, he'd hear ongoing thunder throughout the wilderness, hearing endless roars and collisions from afar.)

"Mike: ...They're coming back."

(As the two were seen continuing their fight while returning to where they previously were, Renzo was then blasted further back as Mike catches Renzo from crashing any further and begins walking towards the approaching Rouge One.)

"Mike: This fight's mine, tend to the others."
"Renzo: Got it."

(With the Rouge One coming close, Mike would drop the steel staff and would be approached by claw-like fingernails and razor sharp teeth as Mike intentionally dodges, grabs the Rouge One by his hair and immediately delivers a kick to the side of the body, stunning the Rouge One before delivering three consecutive punches, a left underhand, a right overhand and a full powered jab, blasting the Rouge One into two trees as Mike focused on the fight at hand, intentionally wanting to kill now that he sees him as Xin.)

"Mike: The amount of lives you've killed, the amount of suffering you gave to my family.. I will make sure I carve my name into your dead body, you heartless BASTARD!"

(As Mike rushes in to the Rouge One, the Rouge One would immediately return to the fight, as Mike and him enters a flurry state of delivering aggressive punches, neither showing no mercy in their fight. Watching the fight with their cloak blowing by the wind being created was Senri, amazed at watching Mike fight once again.)

"Senri: ...Michael..."
"Henry: He's taking all of those punches and he still refuses to show any sign of agony, on top of that, he really sees him as Xin..?"
"Daxton: The hatred runs deeper than I ever thought, I was a fool to even think we could fight that guy..."
"Ji-Hun: That's Michael Ackerman for you, the Ackermans are the most notorious generational family in the world. Whatever started their genes to become so dangerous, we will never know..."

(With the two exchanging their final colliding punches a crack in the bone would be heard, revealing that the Rouge One's left hand has cracked and suffered a hairline fracture but continued to fight, regardless of their injury. With Mike closing in on more effective attacks, the Rouge One one would blitz into the trees, relying on their speed and tackles Mike through the wilderness, despite the amount of blood gushing and rushing from Mike's head, he'd refuse to fall on his back. With Mike's legs being used to anchor himself down, Mike would then lock a tight grasp onto the Rouge One and begins to spin at a fast speed with Mike then letting him go, the Rouge One was then thrown and crashes through an abandoned shed full of weapons and crashes his back into a strong oak tree, the thud echoing through the forest as the others heard the impact. Meanwhile, Mike would approach the destroyed weapons shed, curious to why such a shed is out here but has came across two axes, a chainsaw, a hacksaw, a javelin and a destroyed buzzsaw machine.)

"Mike: Whoa... Many weapons, but why is this even here? Actually..."

(Mike would then ponder for a moment before grabbing the javelin and takes a few seconds to sharpen it before using it. Mike would then aim and ready his right arm where the thudding sound has took place before taking five steps back and throws it with the force of a .950 JDJ bullet and soars through the forest with no problem. With no warning in time, the Rouge One would immediately see the javelin as it pierces through the solid oak tree as if it was butter, the impact slowing down it's speed before being impaled into a tree behind it. With the Rouge One then panting heavily, he'd notice a leaking of blood from the side of his head as the javelin has successfully impaled through and ripped off the left ear of the Rouge One. With Mike then appearing to see the damage he's done, he'd smirk with a confident yet bloodthirsty glare as the Rouge One howls angerly, using his uncontrollable awakening when angered.)

"Mike: Getting serious now aren't you...? Fine, I won't need my weapons to kill you. Just remember, I spared you by aiming for your ear, the next javelin I carry will be aiming for your throat."

(With the Rouge One's awakening revealing to have the man himself go full primal, birds across the forest would fly away immediately as nearby residents and including those at the Hanying Academy would hear the most deafening roar as Mike stood right where he was, not caring despite his ears now bleeding. With the Rouge One then throwing the first punch, Mike was then rocketed at an astonishing speed as the Rouge One rushes back to Mike to begin an ongoing combo of primal attacks from punches, axe-handles to kicks and even claw scratches. With Mike not phased, he would dodge three attempted bites from the jaw before Mike grabs him by the jaw and delivers a crushing knee, shattering his razor teeth while delivering four gut delivered punches and one left hook across the face, sending the Rouge One into a cyclone spin.)

"Mike: You've gotten stronger, yet you let that consume you! You could be weaker and faster than me as much as you want, I'll prove to you why the Ackermans are never to be FUCKED WITH!"

(With the orange aura once again flowing from Mike's hands, he'd reveal the hidden martial arts with body crushing blows and pressure point focused attacks. With the Rouge One countering one of Mike's attacks and lands a thundering kick to the chest and successfully blocked, Mike was then launched directly into the air as the long black haired fully primal one flash steps into the air delivering an aerial attack of consecutive stomps, planning to plant Mike into the ground and deep into the dirt. With Mike double stomped and rocketing to the ground, Mike would crash onto his elbows before back flipping back onto his feet, keeping his word as he refuses to fall onto his back.)

"Mike: Come on?! Is this your best strategy?!"

(With the Rouge One now behind Mike, Mike would then clasp hands with the Rouge One and enter a test of strength, it being the Rouge One's biggest mistake. As Mike would then overpower the Rouge One, Mike would intentionally let go of his left hand and with the grip of his right hand becoming inescapable, Mike would intentionally pull the Rouge One at full force for a stomach focused kick, allowing Mike to let go and release a combination of claw-like scratches himself the attacks however cutting into the Rouge One's skin deep enough to cut the muscle. With the last scratch being faked into a kick, Mike would deliver a back kick to the side of the Rouge One's head, cracking it's skull within it's head as Mike's leg was then grabbed and the Rouge One's resiliency was showing for he throws Mike around as if he was a ragdoll by the leg, attempting to rip it off.)

"Mike: IS THIS ALL YOU GOT?! YOU'RE WEAKER THAN I FUCKING TOOK YOU FOR!!"

(With Mike now more infuriated than before, he would not hold back on the next attack as Mike breaks himself free from the Rouge One's grasp, a fist then closing in on his face as Mike then delivers a punch so powerful to the incoming fist, the Rouge One's fist after being punched from above would begin to dismember itself from the Rouge One's forearm, leading to the wounded beast being beaten brutally by an Infuriated Michael.)

"Mike: YOU DARE HOLD BACK ON ME?! HOW DARE YOU, ASSHOLE?!"

(With Mike ruthlessly beating on his opponent and showing no more joy in his eyes but genuine anger, the Rouge One was then savagely beaten while continuing to fight back. With Mike closing in on the Rouge One, Mike would then intentionally shatter the first kneecap by kicking it in the side, wounding the very beast as it continued to claw, bite and fight despite down one arm and one leg.)

"Mike: You dare fight for your life...?! XIN.. YOU PATHETIC BITCH!"

(With Mike delivering a thunderous uppercut, the very sound of such echoes through the school area and launches the Rouge One above the trees before crashing hard onto the soil. With Mike then eyeing down a tree, Mike would then jump intentionally before swinging on a stable branch at high speeds, launching himself into the sky.)

"Mike: LET THIS BE YOUR RESTING PLACE BASTARD, TASTE THE POWER OF A PEAK HUMAN..!-"

(With Mike falling down to the ground, targeting the very chest of the defeated Rouge One, the collision would shatter the bones inside, at last puncturing and harming the organs inside.)

"Mike: AND BURN IN HELL!!!"

(With the collision creating powerful tremors across the wilderness into the civilized open of China, multiple buildings began to quake but not shake as trees inside the forest began to collapse and fall from the impact as many weakling animals within the wilderness were fainting from the presence of hatred eroding from Mike. With the noises then silent after an hour of fighting has gone by, waiting by the gates all this time would still be Headmaster Lai as she showed worry for what has happened in there.)

"Headmaster Lai: ...Its been a little over an hour, the hell happened in there...?"

(With the gates then being opened, the group would all returned, exhausted, bloody and hungry as Mike whom was carrying the corpse of The Rouge One was then brought to Headmaster Lai's feet, revealing a shock on her face.)

"Mike: He wasn't very... cooperative."
"Headmaster Lai: ...Y-..You all did it..."
"Daxton: Mike, we're going to eat."
"Ji-Hun: That fight made my heart drop..."
"Renzo: I'm going to be sleeping soundly tonight after today..."

(As the rest of the group left to reenergize themselves, Mike would tell Headmaster Lai everything that has transpired, leading a few minutes to pass.)

"Mike: ...And that was it. I killed him."
"Headmaster Lai: ...Its okay. I'm not going to penalize or report this, you did what you needed to do.. And if he ever were to attack this school, it would've been too late for any other fighter to arrive..."
"Mike: ...We can save him. The Government is willing to take a Superhuman like this in for research."
"Headmaster Lai: ...If you can save him, please... Revert him back into a human..."
"Mike: ..Revert?"
"Headmaster Lai: ...His Superhuman Transformation, it was.. planted into him, he was born a human... Until someone drugged him and placed an unknown serum into his system."

(As Mike was then told this news, he'd immediately call for a Government pickup.)

"Mike (COM): This is Michael Ackerman, requesting Helicopter Transport. In need of a containment chamber for a Superhuman Corpse."
"Headmaster Lai: ...?"
"Mike: Miss Lai, would you be willing to come with me to the Chinese Headquarters here to answer more questions about this.. serum?"