Chapter 5 - Pink fox (1/2)

Everywhere Naruto went, people were talking about the new hero that was in the news. The large ”fox man” that was spreading, and people were just so happening to pull up pictures that they had taken of him years previously when he would do something good for others in his 1-Tailed Form. This wasn't the first time that Naruto had saved somebody, or done something heroic, but usually they were such small matters that the news never made a big deal out of it.

Guess saving a family from a burning building, saving the truck driver, and saving a child from getting hit by a truck, at the same time was considered news worthy.

'I wouldn't have this problem if my Quirk wasn't so flashy... makes me wonder what life would be like if I had my Dad's Quirk...' Naruto thought as he grinned to himself as he imagined himself teleporting all over the place. He shook his head though, since that style of fighting didn't fit his body well. He was built for brute force for the most part.

The peanuts from Chiba were delicious.

Considering the ”Fox-Man” craze that was going around in his home town, he decided to take a small break and travel to a different area of Japan. Sure, the few hours he was on the train suċkėd, but it was nice to not hear people raving about their new local vigilante.

”I'm not a vigilante... I was just doing the right thing, because nobody else was there to do it.” Naruto muttered to himself bitterly. The labels the news were sticking to him were really annoying.

Really, Fox-Man, they couldn't have come up with anything better than that?

”Did you here about those strange Instant-Villains that have been popping up lately?”

'Instant-Villains?' Naruto listened in as he walked behind two police officers that were doing patrols. They were on the look out for any suspicious activity no doubt, so they could be the first on the scene and call a Pro Hero if the situation became too serious for them to control.

Knowing his luck, Naruto would happen across an Instant-Villain today, or something similar to it.

”Yeah, apparently, there is some Quirk-Enhancing drug that's in distribution. It causes your Quirk to get stronger, make destroys the victim's mental state. Those who use it also have their tongues turn black.”

Black tongues... now that was an odd side effect. Then again, this was actually his first time hearing about Instant-Villains and this new drug. He never needed to take a drug to increase his Quirk's power, so that might be the reason for his ignorance. Not everyone had a flashy, heroic Quirk.

Quirk Envy.

As more impressive Quirks appeared, those with weak or lacking Quirks were come to resent those with impressive Quirks. It was the source for many conflicts between people, and friendships were often ruined because of it.

”Trigger isn't it? Not like we can be much use. If we see an Instant-Villain, all we can do is call a Pro Hero. Did you see that new hero on TV?”

”Oh, you mean the Hauler?” Naruto asked with a grin on his face, buŧŧing into the conversation. He actually knew about this subject a little, since cops weren't likely to be talking about some vigilante in the streets. It was very common for the police to be talking about rookie heroes and unpopular heroes to make themselves feel better about their lack of authority.

Pro Heroes and Police did similar things, but on different scales, and nowadays the police force was usually just around to keep things calm until a hero appeared. Becoming an officer was something of a joke to those who wanted to be heroes.

Police 2 nodded, though Naruto rolled his eyes.

”No, Fox-Man, man my son was really excited to see a Fox-Quirk in the news. He and my wife have the Fox Quirk, so they've got fox heads instead of normal ones. It really made him happy to see somebody like him become a hero.” Police 2 added with a smile. He rubbed the back of his head with red cheeks, a little embarrassed to admit that his son's hero was somebody that he just saw once on the news. ”I'm surprise Fox-Man-”

Naruto sighed and walked off in a hurry, not wanting to hear their praises. He would think that the police would have enough sense not to praise his actions in public like that. He had broken the law, so cops praising him as a hero was very inappropriate. He enjoyed the praise, but not when it came from people who should not be praising him for his illegal actions.

”Meow.”

”Ah... you're super cute little kitty.” Naruto smiled when he saw a cat rubbing up against his leg. The cat had two tails sticking where one should be. Naruto picked it up and cradled the tame cat in his arms. ”... You even have a Quirk. It's so rare to see animals with Quirks.” Naruto scratched the little cat behind the ears. It purred in his arms, eating peanuts from his paper bag as Naruto pet him.

Wow, he expected something meowing at him to be some large creature, one of those Instant-Villains.

That seemed like his luck.

It didn't matter what he was doing, but something bad was going to happen in his general area. He just had really bad situational luck, and while his luck was good for the lives he saved, it wasn't exactly great for his reputation.

”Ah, a MASSIVE bee!”

Acid?

The girl had super pink skin, with her hair being about the same shade of pink. She was a few inches shorter than he himself was. Her appearance was FAR from human, other than being human in shape. She had a rather sturdy, attractive looking body, but her body was fully pink. The whites of her eyes were pitch black, and her irises were bright yellow. She even had two jagged yellow horns coming from her super messy pink hair. She had a very athletic body actually, and with her unique appearance, sėx appeal, and acid Quirk Naruto could tell that she had future prospects as a hero.

Her friends looked like your average middle school student, their normal appearances far less noticeable compared to pinky.

”It's just a bee, see, scared it away.”

”Ah, it's flying away...” Naruto stated as he looked towards the strange bee as it flew away towards the other side of the street. Naruto stopped looking at it, and he gave a startled sound when he saw his new kitty had eaten ALL of his peanuts. ”Of you little stinker, those were mine... meh.” Naruto got over it as he tossed the empty bag into the trash.

A loud roar.

Naruto blinked when he heard a super loud roar come from across the street. He looked and saw a man wearing a nice business suit, screaming as his suit stretched and ripped. His body started to get larger and larger, sharp spikes growing out of his body as he grew from about 6 feet, to 7, to 14, to 27, and all the way to 40 feet tall. His skin turned sandy brown, hard in appearance, and his clothes had fully ripped off.

”... This is your fault little kitty.” Naruto lifted his cat up and looked at it in the eyes, just needing something to blame.

”It's a Villain!”

”Everyone evacuate the area! My partner has called a hero!” Police 2 started to direct the civilians away from the monster villain. Just in time for the villain to punch a building, and shove his arm through it. The villain gave an angered roar as he swung his arm around.

Naruto sighed and unzipped his jacket, place his cat inside of it as he sat it to the side gently.

'He's getting nȧkėd?' The pink girl watched as the boy her age started to strip his clothes off, though he just seemed to be taking off his jacket. She yelped when she FINALLY noticed the giant villain that had appeared for real. She had been zoned out pretty heavily, and hadn't even noticed the monster roaring until she saw the flash of orange that was this teenager taking his clothes off.

Then, she saw as he transformed.

He became at least 20 feet tall as he stood on two legs, before he crouched down on all fours with three tails behind him. He was only a 4th the size of the Villain, and when she saw him rush into action, she didn't notice when her friends were evacuated from the area by the police officer.

”Fox-Man appeared again!?” Police 2 shouted in surprise, having not seen Naruto transform.