My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

With the exam over, and the heroes were finally freed of their cuffs, Aizawa and the other heroes gathered in the edge of the area that Celestia's team had been taking their exam in, but everyone who had taken part in the exam was simply surprised by what they had just witnessed. Part of this test had been designed to push Katsuki to rely on Celestia, Selene, and even Izuku, as each test had been focused on working as a team while focusing on the weaknesses of each student in Class 1-A, and right now he knew that the boy hadn't learned anything important. At the same time he had known that Celestia never used Sunshine close to noon, hence why they set up this exam near noon to force her beyond whatever had been blocking her from using her power freely at this point in time. It had been a good plan and having All Might use his ultimate move to take Celestia out would have really driven the nail home for Katsuki to work with the others, to ensure teamwork was how they bested this exam or failed to do anything within the time limit.

What they weren't expecting was the scene that had unfolded: a sword appearing from the skies, Celestia taking on a form none of them had seen before, and four heroes being decimated like they were nothing, a fact that he was still having some trouble wrapping his head around.

"So, what was that power exactly?" Aizawa inquired, though at the same time he was worried about the sword, mostly due to the fact that it had sliced through the chest of Endeavor's battle gear like it was nothing, which was currently in Celestia's hand right now, who had since returned to normal.

"They called it 'The One', an invincible and all powerful form." Mirko replied, where she recalled what they had seen once the form had been activated and knew that there was no way any of them could have harmed Celestia, she wasn't sure All Might could hurt her either in that form, especially since her rabbit instincts had kicked in to stop her once she was glared at, and that wasn't counting Selene's reaction, "Apparently Sunshine's power builds throughout the day and reaches it's peak once noon hits, where for a single minute Celestia will be in her 'The One' form, the height of Sunshine's power... and that blade is like an extension of her great power. I believe I heard Celestia call it 'Solarion' once the chaos had died down."

Aizawa sighed as he heard that, as there was too much information being presented right now, the boundaries and limits of Sunshine's powers had been shattered like they were nothing, he wasn't even sure what to make of The One and Solarion, a name Celestia had likely just come up with once the exam was done. The problem was that Sunshine was just too powerful, it rivaled All Might's mysterious Quirk in terms of power output, especially since it could summon a mini sun, he wasn't sure how to wrap his head around that save for Celestia being able to channel the power of the sun. He wasn't too sure what he and the other staff members could do besides refine her control over the Quirk, because if she went out of control it would be quite bad, but that was something they would have to worry about later, once they had time to process the information they had uncovered. While he thought about that Aizawa found that Endeavor and All Might were approaching Celestia, no doubt eager to share words with her, since she could replace one of them in the future, before the Number Two beckoned to the blade for a moment.

Celestia raised an eyebrow for a moment before holding her hand out, letting go of the blade as they found that it simply floated in the air like how it had arrived, the tip of the blade pointed at the ground, as if the heroes wanted to try holding her weapon, and when All Might grasped the handle he instantly pulled back with a burned hand.

"Ouch... man that's hot." All Might commented, as it was like touching an excessively hot piece of metal that had been left out in the summer sun, even though it also burned through his glove, something that surprised him when he stared at his burned hand and the pain that was coming from it.

"Stand aside. As a master of fire, I shall handle it." Endeavor remarked, though in the following moment he did the exact same thing that All Might did and grabbed the handle of the strange sword, before instantly yanking his hand back after his fingers closed around it, where they found that his hand was also burned and his glove had been burned through, "What the... how can you hold it, but no one else can?"

"It's part of Sunshine, so naturally it would only obey her wishes." Selene stated, which was a half truth since she didn't want the heroes to realize that it wasn't part of Celestia's Quirk, even though she was still struggling to comprehend why Solarion had come here in the first place, all while her sister collected her blade as she moved by the wounded heroes and closed her eyes for a few moments, her faint power healing their wounds before they even realized it was happening, "Neither of you are Celestia, nor do you two wield Sunshine... therefore the blade rejected you two like it did."

Aizawa found that the explanation made sense to him, the sword seemed to respond to The One's awakening, one that had to be stronger than when Celestia had awakened it the first time, given that the siblings knew of it's existence, though at the same time he wasn't about to argue with the results. In the end he thanked the four heroes for their hard work and let the students return to UA so he could talk with the other staff members for some time, to see what they thought about what they had just witnessed. Once more he found that everyone was simply shocked by the last test, Celestia's full power was so far beyond what they had been expecting, but, at the same time, there was nothing they could do about it, deciding to just pass the group since all four of their opponents had been cuffed before the time limit expired. Even the Principle agreed, he saw no reason to deny them given the requirements of the exam, even though they knew Katsuki would complain since his goal had been to beat up All Might, before Aizawa bid the other teachers farewell so he could head to his classroom.

Sure enough the four students who totally bombed their exams were mopping in the pits of despair, and when he informed them that everyone was still going to the lodge those four were overjoyed, before he reminded them that this was entirely for training and that those that failed needed this more than anyone else, much to their renewed despair. Many came to understand that he never said that passing the physical exam meant a sure passing grade, and since no one had failed the written portion, even the ones they had worried about had scored good marks, his logical ruse to draw out their potential had worked. Tenya was the only one who hated how he presented this information to him, stating that continuing to use his logical ruses would only shatter what little trust they had in their teacher, but that didn't change the fact some of them had failed the physical exam and he was going to push them to each of their limits during their remedial lessons. Once he was done informing them of everything Aizawa handed out lodge guides so they understood what they would be getting into for the next week, so they could pack and prepare accordingly.

While he left, however, he glanced Celestia's way and noted that her sword was just resting behind her, leaning against the wall without any heat and without damaging the floor, confirming that it listened to her and no one else, eventually causing him to wonder what the coming days might throw at them and the lessons they would learn in the process.

Toya sat in the apartment he owned, or rather the one he was using thanks to AFO giving him some cash to survive on, since even the 'Symbol of Evil' wasn't totally heartless, plus he had done what he could with his cash to make sure there was more without revealing himself to the rest of the world too much. Since meeting Celestia he had altered his attire to hide his burns completely, so no one else could see them, and the mask had become a requirement when he went out, which no one was even surprised by since many mutants used something to cover areas that people had harmed or areas that might creep out ordinary citizens. As usual he kept an eye on what his father was doing, organizing his materials and information to attack him with when the time was right, and knew that Endeavor had been called in to do something in UA, it was all over the news when one of his sidekicks reported that he wasn't available to speak about Stain again. That caused him to look at the areas of his burned skin that had been mended by the healing factor of Celestia's Sunshine, the fact that the skin in those specific areas was back to normal and he could actually feel things again, it was a wonderful thing in his mind.

With that fact in mind he knew why his father was going to UA, Endeavor wanted Sunshine, it was the ultimate fire Quirk and he loved fire Quirks, that much Toya knew, so it really wasn't hard to guess why his father would go to his old school, which only made him hope that Celestia took him down a peg or two, before his thoughts were interrupted by his phone ringing for a few seconds.

"Hello?" Toya inquired, as he never bothered to introduce himself as 'Dabi' on the phone, as everyone who called him usually started with addressing him as the name he gave this burned version of himself, was it was normally AFO, the good doctor, or a name named Kagerou Okuta, or 'Giran' as everyone called him, "No Giran, I'm not doing anything... haven't burned any heroes or done any crime. I told you, I'm only interested in hurting Endeavor, nothing else matters to me."

I know, but listen: I got word from Kurogiri that the League is recruiting. Want me to introduce you? the man on the other end, Giran, replied in kind, because he was sure that he would still get his commission fee, even though he also knew that Dabi was only interested in the Number Two, for whatever reason he really didn't care about since he didn't dive into his clients' pasts.

While Toya wasn't a villain, not like some of the old organizations that were still lurking in the darkness, he knew that the League was being backed by the biggest of them all, the same villain that was helping him out, even though it's 'leader' was an arrogant brat who had been beaten twice. With that in mind he donned his attire and his mask before departing from his apartment, heading to the coordinates that had been uploaded to his phone, and when he arrived in an alley near what had to be a vacant lot in a building that no one cared about he knew he was in the right place. That was due to the fact that there was an older man in casual clothing, yet having a smoke in one of his hands that he took a hit of his item, while also finding a girl that looked like she was about the age of the students of UA, or at least Selene and Celestia, and dressed like a school girl. Other than that it didn't appear that anyone else was coming right now, even though he knew Giran would have more in mind to bring to the League if they were approved, and once he was ready to go he beckoned for them to follow before they walked over to the main building, leading them up into the upper bar.

It was then that they laid eyes on Tomura Shigaraki, who had a single hand on even though Toya knew he had more, a freak if ever he had seen one, and he even turned a photo of someone to dust, no doubt someone he wanted to eliminate in the near future, which caused Toya to frown as he was thankful for his mask since he was sure it was a photo of Celestia for some reason.

"Kurogiri... throw these pieces of trash out in the ocean or something... it looks like the two types of characters I despise the most have shown up, in a pair no less." Tomura remarked, something that really ticked Toya off, that the League's 'leader' would be so quick to dismiss potential allies and even treat them like they were garbage, all from entering this place, and he could tell that the screen was on, meaning AFO was no doubt listening to them.

"Ah, come on, don't be like that! I'm Himiko Toga, and I want to make the place a better place to live in." the girl said, though Toya had to admit that such a thing was an interesting thing for the girl to say, especially since Giran told them that she was a suspect in several blood draining murders, meaning she was either an innocent girl accused of murder or she was simply a killer and did a decent job looking innocent.

"I'm 'Dabi', and I'm only interested in bringing Endeavor down." Toya stated, figuring that he could share something to make Tomura realize that he was worth keeping around, especially since to deal damage to the government that backed heroes, especially rotten ones like his father, they would have to go through people like Endeavor and All Might, so having someone like him in a team would be the smart play.

"...Yeah, I'm getting rid of you two." Tomura said, where Toya stood there, bracing himself, as the girl lashed out with one of her knives, though Kurogiri used his gates to stop them from hitting each other, as Tomura had his hands at the ready and both of his hands emerged from different points, same for Himiko's knife.

"Calm yourself, Tomura. In order to bring about your wish you need allies... I believe you would call it a 'raid team' is needed to make it a reality." Kurogiri stated, though he hated using game terminology to get through to Tomura, it sounded far too unprofessional for someone in their line of work, regardless if it was AFO's style or Tomura's methods, and the sound that came from Tomura was one that indicated that this was over, where he allowed them to pull their hands back before he let go of the gates, "You know this is what Sensei has been preparing you for with all of your lessons, the role of a leader that can bring change to the world and the corrupt government that keeps the 'play' going."

Tomura, much to Toya's expectations, huffed before heading through the door and headed out into the city, taking off the hand that was in front of his face, though while Kurogiri made excuses for the boy Toya just ignored him, and when he was left inside the room, Giran and Himiko left, he withdrew a small container and set it in front of the screen.

"Got a delivery for you, from the UA spy. It's a must see." Toya said, because AFO had contacted him and asked him to be a sort of middleman for the one that was currently spying on Class 1-A, delivering orders or collecting reports to deliver to the hidden villain, and this one held a flash drive containing something that happened at UA.

With the message delivered Toya headed out as well and was a block away from the bar's building when he got a text from Celestia, who was apparently going shopping with the students of UA, or some of them, and he decided to meet up with her for a break, since there was no telling when they'd have another chance if Tomura accepted him and Himiko into his group, and anyone else Giran picked. It was the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall that the group ended up going to, which he thought was proper since it had a large number of shops and catered to everyone, be they normal people or mutants, they even had items for specific Quirks as well, like a haven of sorts. As Toya stood on the bridge of the second floor, allowing him to see everyone as they entered and left and made it easy for him to see Celestia, she noticed him right away as he noticed that she looked great in casual attire, he also spotted Himiko meeting up with Selene interestingly enough. Eventually the group just broke up, ending up with Izuku being left alone since everyone had plans and items to get, and it wasn't long before he and Celestia were standing near each other again, where he held out a coffee for her to take, as he had bought some a couple of minutes ago, while noticing the new sword that was on her back.

She took it, though at the same time set it down before focusing her healing power into Toya's right arm, where he watched as the coloration started to return to his wrist as he caught the small metal rings that kept his damaged skin together, as this healing session restored his right hand and wrist entirely, and he could see that the color of his right arm was starting to turn as well, towards being healed.

"Have I ever told you how amazing you are?" Toya asked, though this was the one place where he knew he could take off his jacket and show off his burned arms, or even his burned body, because of all of the shops that were around this place, and he could see one was offering items for burns and fire related Quirks, which he might purchase later.

"You have, about me and my Quirk." Celestia replied, but she knew that Toya meant it in the best way possible, Sunshine's healing aspect was the only healing power that had been able to mend his serious wounds, she had never seen burns like his before, and just healing a bit of his wounds was draining, but also it allowed her to heal for longer periods, like she was training a part of her power she didn't know about until recently, "Boy do I have a story for you: I got to fight your father."

"Oh? Do tell." Toya said, though at the same time Celestia wrapped up her healing and he slipped his jacket back on, which allowed them to head out into the mall while he noticed Selene and Himiko hanging out, where he had a feeling he would be laughing at Celestia's tale of events and how she dealt with his father, "Also, what's with the sword?"

"All part of Sunshine, as we discovered in school." Celestia answered, as the teachers had allowed her to take it since they knew she wouldn't use it to hurt people, not unless she was in danger or something, so it just sat on her back, or a bit above her back somehow, it was something they were still learning about since it had recently happened.

Toya nodded as they headed deeper into the mall, it made sense that the greatest offensive and defensive Quick would have something like this, allowing him to focus on having some fun and not worry about Tomura for a time, all while finding himself looking forward to what the coming days held in store for everyone.