HxH: Authority (Patreon)

So, I've had a few people asking me about what I'll be doing after the current fic, and I just got randomly motivated to write this one-shot, so here's a peak at one of the ideas I have.

It's based in HxH obviously, and while the story doesn't really have a plotline set yet, the idea is that the guy will be a specialist with the hatsu to basically give commands, what you see in this one-shot is like, end of the story levels of power, but yeah, fun.

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Staring at the Ant King before me, I feel the annoyed scowl on my face at the fact that I'm even here, in this dry desert field, dealing with this bullshit.

Damn that old man and his stupid games. Dude needs a better hobby than sending his friends out to die. Maybe he should take up knitting or something, it would match his age.

"You do not have to fight me human. You will die, and I will have wasted my time. This is pointless, let me pass." I acknowledge the Ant King's words with nothing more than a scoff.

He's awfully confident, but he wouldn't have stopped to talk if he didn't think I was powerful enough to hold him back.

I may not have the muscles of Uvogin, nor his strength, but my Nen reserves are second to none, a requirement for my Hatsu that only really needs a lot of Nen and a competent mind to function.

Anything else is superfluous. Control? Power? Speed?

My Hatsu can give me anything I would need, I only have to power it.

"Sorry Ant, but I owe a favour to a friend, so I'm afraid you're going to die today, not me. It'd be best if you just accepted your fate and let me kill you without a fight. It'll be easier for everyone that way."

Typically, instead of taking my advice, it only lets out a derisive scoff.

Why does nobody ever just do what I fucking tell them to do?

At least in this instance, I can understand.

"That is not an option for me," it says, and I feel it's Nen preparing for battle.

"Shame. For what it's worth, I hold no hard feelings for you."

"Nor do I for you. I will make this quick."

As soon as it finishes it's words, the Ant disappears and reappears right in front of me, moving faster than anyone I have ever known.

"I am standing where I'm looking!" I exclaim as I lean away from the encroaching fist, and the moment I finish my words, I am elsewhere, standing a couple hundred feet away from the Ant.

He's fast, I'll give him that. If I didn't develop that Hatsu to let me speak as fast as I can think, then I'd be dead right now.

I feel a smile grown on my face at the thought, because as much as I hate to admit it, the old man sure does know how to have a blast.

Then again, I suppose it would be impossible to call yourself his friend if you weren't as insane as he is.

"Teleportation?" The ant asks as he turns around, "but you had to declare it? Unless your ability simply allows you to turn your words into reality?"

I'm not overly surprised that he got it in one go, it's not too hard a power to guess.

Doesn't mean he can do anything about it though.

"The being before me has no arms."

Both of his arms twitch and spasm for a moment while both of us look on curiously, but they soon return to normal, no harm done.

Well, it was worth a try I guess.

"Interesting, so there are limits on what you can accomplish, and you haven't spoken since you teleported, is that perhaps another limitation?"

What is this, twenty questions?

Seeing that I'm not going to answer, the ant prepares to move again, but this time I am also prepared for his speed.

"I can perceive time at half it's speed," I whisper under my breath, and the world seems to slow down, but the ant is still moving towards me at incredible speeds, even halved. Not fast enough however, "the air before me is osmium. I am impermeable."

Not a moment after I finish speaking, the ant 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 into the wall of dense metal with a 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮 that sends the thousands of tonnes worth of osmium flying right at me, only for my body to pass through without an issue.

The moment the wall passes me by, I find myself right to the side of the ant, who has only just noticed me and started to move.

But no matter how fast he may be, he can't move faster than I can think, especially not while halved.

"Reset." I say, and the wall disappears before it can hit the ground in the same instant that I become permeable again, "the next attack to strike me will be reflected with twice the power."

The ant's eyes widen as he comprehends my words only when his tail is mere inches from my face, but it is too late for him to stop the swing.

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮!

It managed to weaken the strike enough that it kept the limb, but it is still sent flying nonetheless.

"I am immune to extreme heat. My eyes can shoot solar flares."

The moment it's body touches the ground, it immediately has to jump away to dodge the flare of heat that melts the earth for hundreds of metres around it just from sheer proximity until it runs out of Nen to fuel it.

But despite the smouldering temperatures that are causing the very air to evaporate, I stand completely fine.

...Mostly fine.

"I don't need to breath!" I quickly choke out before noticing the ant charging again.

"The floor is lava! Lava is as hot as the sun! I can control Lava with hand gestures!"

In the blink of an eye, the earth for thousands of metres around us seems to melt in on itself, before abruptly 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 with 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 and 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵.

A single wave of my arm sends a 𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪 of lava 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 into the approaching figure, who suddenly sprouts 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 wings that it uses as a battering ram to charge straight through the wave, running on the lava's surface as if it isn't tens of millions of degrees hot, only a slight smouldering of his feet showing the effects of the temperature.

"The next person to look me in the eyes will see the person they love most," I mutter to myself as it is in the wave, and when it bursts out in front of me, I raise my other hand in a fist, "I'm holding a Big Bang Impact."

It moves faster than I can physically react to, even seeing the world in slow motion, but right as it is in front of me, we lock eyes and it pauses, if only for a moment before it is moving again with renewed focus.

However a moment was all I needed to bring Uvogin's Hatsu down on the ant.

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮!!!

This time both of us are sent flying, and when I feel my missing leg, I resolve myself to kick Uvogin in the nuts when I next see him.

The ant struck out with it's tail at the same time that I hit him, and looking across the molten field of lava, I see that it is mostly unaffected by the blow.

Fucking meathead, come up with a better fucking Hatsu, this really fucking hurts.

"I am in perfect health," I say, and I am.

Fuck it, I'm not in the mood anymore. The old man says that I can't ever properly enjoy a fight because I care more about the beginning and the end, rather than just enjoying myself.

And he's right, fighting just isn't fun. Especially if I get hurt.

𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 a fight however, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 is something I enjoy.

So let's put this farce to an end shall we?

"The sky is crashing down on the Ant King," I say, and immediately reality 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 and 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘴 as the very night sky itself moves to crush my foe, weighing down on him like the hand of God.

But even that is not enough to stop this ant, as it struggles to it's feet, pushing against the massive weight and taking heavy, burdened steps in my direction.

Unfortunately for him, I only did that to immobilise him.

"I have a handgun with one bullet," I say, and so it is that a revolver appears in my hand, which I point at the ant without any fanfare.

I hope the old man won't complain about collateral.

"In exactly three seconds I will be in front of Uvogin. The bullet in this gun will track the Ant King relentlessly. The bullet in this gun will explode on impact. This bullet's explosion will have the power of one billion Big Bang Impacts."

Farewell, Meruem, no hard feelings.

𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨.

The bullet leaves the chamber, and suddenly I am in front of Uvogin, having to immediately dodge his surprised punch, only to return the favour by kicking him in the nuts.

"OW! What the fu- 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈!!!"

Stopping mid sentence, Uvogin, as well as the others, all turn to stare at the growing mushroom cloud off in the distance.

Huh, didn't realise they were so close by.

"That wouldn't happen to be your doing would it Boss?" Machi asks, to which I just give an innocent smile.

"I don't know what you mean? I'm all the way over here, how could that have been me?"

With smiles all around, we share a chuckle and move on.

There are more important things to do than fighting after all, at the end of the day, we 𝘢𝘳𝘦 thieves, and there is a whole nation preoccupied by a sudden and unexpected explosion to notice a coin or two going missing.