My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

by Blackdrag-rose

Interlude: Aftermath of the Attack

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Hisashi remained in his chair in the room that was his permanent home these days, even though he did have his mask, a device that was fully equipped with systems so he could survive without needing the tubes and everything, but most days he refrained from using it, since going outside in it would draw All Might to his location. His mind constantly wandered to his children, how he would react if he was at home and learned what they did each day like a normal parent, instead of simply waiting for Selene to tell him whatever had happened in UA. Normally this would fuel his anger towards All Might, but after everything he had been through he knew he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him, so Hisashi thought about the information that the good doctor had acquired with his specialized Nomu, and what he had learned thanks to the eyes he had placed all over the surrounding area. What he knew was that there were a number of troubled individuals who might made good allies for Tomura, to make a new version of his 'League of Villains', though at the same time he was curious if his daughters could help a few of them.

His thoughts were interrupted as the screen that connected his room to the bar's main room was activated, which told him that Kurogiri must have brought himself and Tomura back, something that caused him to focus on the screen that was in front of him so he could listen to their report.

"Ugh... fuck me. That idiot shot both my arms and my legs." Tomura remarked, where he landed on the floor of the bar, all while Kurogiri walked over to the medical area before returning with some bandages to treat his wounds, though it did little to sooth his rage and annoyance, especially when he thought about the girls that had stopped him, "Not that it mattered... the lesser villains were routed like they were nothing but tutorial pieces, and the Nomu was weakened before it could even face the final boss. Who knew that there were two fucking optional bosses in that class."

Tomura... which class did you attack? You took my advice and went after 1-B, right? Hisashi asked, because if Tomura went after Class 1-A that meant the boy went after his own children, meaning there was a chance that Izuku might have been hurt, since he knew that Selene and Celestia were incredibly hard to harm, thanks to their various Quirks.

"No, I went after 1-A since that was the one that All Might was assigned to for the day... little did I know that there was this mutant pony girl with a tiger Quirk among their number." Tomura stated, recalling how the girl moved and how she fought, a fact that told him that she had to be an optional boss, there was no other explanation, and that wasn't counting the other one that was with her, "She had this strange sapphire blue serpent Quirk as well... but that paled in comparison to the other girl, who had the power to transform into a dragon and wield the power of the FUCKING SUN! I mean, who could prepare for such a thing?"

Hisashi was silent for a moment, his rage building as he realized that Tomura had not only ignored his direct orders to avoid Class 1-A, but had actively attacked Izuku's class and most likely engaged with the sisters while he was trying to track down and kill All Might, before he forced himself to calm down a little, deciding to deal with his anger later.

Well, Tomura, I hate to say it, but... I told you so. Hisashi replied, as that was the simply truth, he had told Tomura not to go after Class 1-A to shield his children from the boy's troubled mind and his unique brand of terror, while at the same time it was to prevent Tomura's ego from being utterly shattered, and right now it appeared that the boy was devastated by how soundly he had been beaten.

"Yeah, yeah... I could have had that dragon girl, if she hadn't summoned the sun, her 'Cruel Sun', on me." Tomura remarked, as he wasn't in the mood to hear that he had been warned and that he should have listened, rather he was focused on the hand that had ever so briefly touched the solar flames that were around the second girl, as Sunshine was going to be one of the toughest obstacles in their path, "By the way, you were totally wrong about All Might weakening... I've heard the stories of his strength, and he just beat the Nomu's Quirks out of him before sending him flying. If that's him weakening, then we have no way of killing him before natural causes take him... and honestly, I'd rather keep fighting the final boss until I find a way to end his life."

Tomura, if you are to be a successful villain, then you need to learn to take your losses and learn from them. Hisashi said, though as he said that he was seriously doubting the boy's ability to be, well, anything other than a destroyer, and the reason he had taken him in all those years ago was because he had been sure he could teach Tomura to be more than just someone who destroys everything, and a part of him was seriously considering removing Decay from the boy, Class 1-A isn't a target that you can focus on, and you need a specialized team of allies to bring about your desired reality... let us continue your lessons and help you become a better person.

The reason Hisashi thought that was due to the slumbering genius that he was sure was lurking below the surface that was what Tomura preferred to use when engaging with others, a person he believed might be able to bring together everyone, or the vast majority of them, and stop so many terrible things from happening. One of the things he was thinking about was the fact that most mutants were discriminated against, and he was thankful that Selene had escaped that, or how some people didn't know what to do with their Quirks and were labeled as 'villains' when they went out of control. If he could break the 'man-child' mindset that Tomura had, while focusing him towards the 'genius' that he believed slumbered inside the boy, he was sure they could do some serious damage to hero society and bring about reforms that would help the world. Damaging that shell and bringing the true Tomura out was the challenge, especially since he was trying to avoid the 'destroyer' that was also slumbering inside him, and right now Hisashi knew he wasn't making much progress with him.

It was for that reason that he had decided not to grant the boy the near perfect copy of his own Quirk, the very one that he had taken from Izuku all those years ago, because he was sure Tomura would abuse it, plus he had other plans for Izuku's original Quirk, but that was a thought for another time as Hisashi focused on Tomura once more.

"I'm not in the mood. I'm going to go play my games." Tomura replied, though in the following moments he headed up the stairs and departed from the bar area, despite the fact that his mind was focused on the girls and the fact that they were his true obstacles, pieces to be removed from the board, and wondered what his next move was going to be.

Hisashi resisted the urge to just sigh and facepalm from this, as Tomura's reaction to things like this was to either go play his games or go out and cause chaos by decaying things that annoyed him, so it was a step in the right direction, but this told him that he would need to be more hands on with the boy, all while wondering what his children were up to.


After the attack on the rescue training facility Selene found that she and Celestia were questioned by the police on what had happened, since both of them had done the most amount of damage to the lesser villains that had come with Tomura, and yet it was that fact that surprised the police. She wasn't too surprised by that fact, since who in their right mind would even begin to believe that two students, who only had a few lessons under their belts, could bring down an army of lesser villains, and yet that was the truth, she and Celestia were just that strong. Other than that Celestia made sure that Izuku's injuries weren't too major, rather it was easy to find that he had broken one of his fingers, where she suspected he would have done a lot more damage had they not dealt with the lesser villains and Tomura. Selene found that her sister was able to utilize a bit of her power to weaken the injury, so her brother wouldn't be trembling for a time, though it was also due to the fact that Celestia wasn't used to using the healing aspect of Sunshine.

Other than that the only other interesting thing was that the police found and captured the Nomu that All Might had sent flying, while at the same time the mouse Principle of the school assured them that they would do everything in their power to make sure UA was safe once more.

The interesting thing was that the students were given the rest of the day off and the school was even closed the following day, to give them time to reflect on what had happened and get over any excessive emotions, like terror and whatnot, but the sisters were just fine and Izuku made sure to heal up for the next trial. Selene, of course, make sure to head to the bar by Kurogiri's gates once her family was asleep, allowing her to catch up with her father and inform him of what had happened, so Hisashi had his spy's report and hers, so he could compare the tales. She could tell her father wasn't too happy with this discovery, especially when he learned that Tomura had tried to use Decay on Celestia, despite the fact that he had failed to even get close to her, but she had a feeling the brat was going to be in for an earful. Other than that there wasn't much for her to share with Hisashi, though he did tell her that he was proud of her and her siblings, and she was able to get out of the bar without Tomura even seeing her, which was good for everyone.

Following their day off the siblings rejoined the rest of the students in UA, eager to see what the new day had in store for all of them, since there was no telling with Aizawa and the rest of the various teachers, and it wasn't long before Aizawa came in for their homeroom, looking like he had something important to say.

"Selene, Celestia, I would like to commend you for your deeds during the attack... and the rest of you did well with the villains you were thrown against, but don't think the battle is over just yet." Aizawa said, which was par for the course with him, his focus was always on the future, especially after the fact that they had been assaulted by villains on UA territory, and the look in his eyes was sharper this time around, "UA's Sports Festival is right around the corner, boys and girls."

"But... we were just attacked... wouldn't the villains want to infiltrate such an event and attack us again?" one of the girls, the pink skinned one, asked, as while she wasn't overly worried, not after what they had seen and experienced during the last attack, she was worried about the potential casualties that could be inflicted on the people that would be coming to see the event.

"You raise a valid point, but the school feels that presenting this front will convince people that we have our 'ducks' in a row and that we're confident in ourselves." Aizawa replied, though he refrained from mentioning the fact that they were totally convinced that the villains were licking their wounds and wouldn't be active for some time, which was followed by him taking a moment to glance at the rest of the students as they paid close attention to what he had to say, "All of you should spend your time focusing on the Sports Festival and what it means for all of you, for it is the biggest event in Japan these days... in fact it has replaced the 'Olympics' that were once held. During this event all sorts of people, including the pro heroes, will be watching you closely and will be scouting out those who have potential... this is one of only three chances you'll get this year to impress them, for those that get picked by the more well known heroes will have a greater future than the others. I won't name names, but this will give some of you to catch up with those who are already ahead of you."

It was easy for Selene and Celestia to know that their teacher was talking about them, meaning Aizawa must have realized that both of them had been trained by two of the pro heroes, who would no doubt be in attendance to see how they did in this event, and it only made the sisters more eager for the future. While they weren't as pumped as everyone else the sisters did find that the rest of the class was pumped up for this, since it could change their futures if they were lucky, though both them and Izuku knew the Sports Festival would be between all of UA, or at least the first years. There were going to be a lot of students involved with the event, and without knowing what sort of events were going to be picked there was no way for anyone to prepare accordingly, though Selene wasn't even remotely worried about this. The only thing they discovered was that Ochaco was trying to be a hero for the money they earned, she even admitted it when Izuku asked her about why she was so overly excited for this, allowing some of them to learn that the girl was hoping to score good so she could eventually land a high earning hero position.

Selene resisted the urge to sigh or even slap Ochaco, as this wasn't what being a hero was about and she only restrained herself since she knew she would erupt if she got into a conversation about the topic, though Izuku was also taken back by All Might, no doubt to talk privately about One For All.

"All Might... this conversation would be better with all three of us, right?" Celestia asked, speaking once the rest of the class had departed for lunch, because she had a feeling that this was important and that she and Selene might need to be there for their brother, since Izuku was still an All Might fanboy and might do whatever the hero said.

In the end All Might agreed, no doubt after Selene stepped forward as well, since they already knew about One For All and what it was doing to their brother, where the weakened hero brought them to his private office for lunch, allowing him to revert to his true form and relax. It was then that they learned that All Might was down to fifty minutes of using his buff form, and he could stretch that to an hour and a half when he wanted to do his patrols, but even he had to admit that the truth, he was losing his power at a worrisome rate, but he assured Izuku that this wasn't his fault. Sure enough they did discuss One For All and how Izuku couldn't control it's power, he was still stuck at 'all or nothing', where Celestia brought up that there had to be a way for her brother to actually use it's power without harming his body all the time. Selene agreed, in fact she had an idea for Izuku to try, that instead of trying to mimic All Might, by focusing on punches, he should instead spread the sensation of using the Quirk all over his body, like a 'cowl' or something, causing Izuku to start mumbling about ideas about how to go about that.

Other than that there wasn't much for them to worry about, even though the sisters disagreed with All Might's desire for their brother to show the world his arrival, Izuku should do things at his own pace, and once the actual school day was over they found that the students of the other classes came to scope them out, leading to Katsuki being Katsuki before a kid who looked like he had trouble sleeping approached.

"You know, I only came to scope out the competition, but I never thought you'd be this arrogant." the boy remarked, due to the fact that Katsuki seemed pretty high on his horse and seemed to think that he could just blow away the new students with his Quirk, yet the girls could see that there was something in his eyes, like he had a plan or something, "I'm not sure if you knew this, but the results of the Sports Festival are incredibly important: if a General Education student does great, and is able to really show up the Heroics students, we could be transferred into Heroics, while the Heroics kids can be switched out... honestly, I, and some of the others, are wondering what it would be like to take the rug out from under you guys and knock you down a peg."

"A declaration of war... how exciting." Selene stated, as this just made everything more interesting, that they would have to deal with their fellow classmates, as in the rest of Class 1-A, and now had to deal with the rest of the students in their year, a fact that made her eager to see what sort of challenges would be thrown at them in the future.

Fortunately some of the students from Class 1-B were much more friendly, like the girl with horns and hooves for feet, and Celestia was sure that making friends with them could be possible, but that would have to wait until after the Sports Festival, and like Selene she was interested in what the coming days held in store for them and their school.

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