My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire
Learning: Villain Assault
Previous ChapterNext ChapterSelene found that when morning arrived their training in the summer camp was more of the same, they woke up and used the provided ingredients to make breakfast, usually whatever the Pussycats told them they would be making, before they went outside to continue their training. The first portion of the day, leading to noon, was basically more Quirk extension training, pushing everyone to whatever limits they might have while also being offered new information from the pro heroes that were watching over them, and when it was time they stopped for a quick lunch. Aizawa was making sure they used the majority of their time for this lesson, expanding each Quirk to the best of their abilities, and while it was clear that doing so would take some time they were doing their best to make sure they were ready. Other than that the Pussycats made sure each of their training areas were properly set up for everyone and when they felt a change was necessary they altered it to help the students grow their Quirks, or fight them more in the case of Tiger.
She and Celestia continued to do what they did best, showcased their skills as they tackled the training to the best of their abilities, even though they could see that this annoyed Class 1-B since they were setting the bar far too high for them, but it did boost the desires of their own class to catch up with them.
The afternoon was more akin to them clashing with those that were deemed to be their weaknesses, or those that would offer them more ideas to help their growth, which involved many of them challenging Celestia's Dragon Quirk and Selene's Hydra Quirk, since they were the best defense out of all of the available Quirks. Fighting them was supposed to involve the other students thinking outside the box, even though most seemed to fall into doing the same things since they knew that both of their defenses were far tougher than what everyone else possessed. Of course their teachers took notes of each and every interaction the students had with each other, allowing them to see what was going on, where to point out new bits of improvement, and everything else that they were currently looking for. Aizawa also had Celestia place her sword off to the side, since he didn't want her to become dependent on it, and found that she didn't even attempt to use it while she fought off the rest of the students with her feral dragon form.
Selene also focused on the new power that she could sense thanks to her sister sharing some blood with her, something she was still getting used to since she hadn't been expecting it, but wasn't entirely sure what she was feeling, meaning it would be a surprise at some point in the future. They kept that information from their teachers, as Selene wasn't sure what Aizawa and the others would react to her having another Quirk on top of the two she already had, because Blood Singularity was an odd Quirk and she really wasn't sure how everyone else would accept it's existence, and it's power. With that in mind Selene kept focusing on training up Hydra and Tiger, allowing her speed to let her rush all over the training area to make the rest of the students chase her, then present the defensive power of Hydra to keep herself safe. The reason behind this was due to the fact that Katsuki was chasing her, he at least viewed her as someone worthy of fighting so he could improve his skills, even if she knew it would annoy him since hitting her was harder than he thought it would be.
Of course Izuku did have to ask if any of the other teachers from UA would be coming here, but Aizawa informed them that since All Might was a target they were operating with a 'need to know' system and most of the other teachers were either at school or preparing in their homes while conducting hero work.
"Now then, tonight we have a special class against class event, our own little 'Test of Courage'." Pixie-Bob said, speaking to the students as the sun lowered, as it was just after dinner when she and the others approached them, though this did draw the attention of the students from Class 1-B since some of them were desperate to overcome Class 1-A, all while Aizawa just dragged the five remedial students away for their extra lesson, "Class 1-B will be starting as the 'scarers' and will be carefully placed around a loop in the forest, where Class 1-A will be paired in groups of two and be sent into the forest every three minutes, giving each group time to make progress and react to the scaring that will be happening. Now, in the middle of the loop you'll find a post with your names written on tags, so the ones tackling the forest will be required to claim their tags and bring them back to us. Class 1-B won't be allowed to touch anyone from Class 1-A, rather you'll be using your Quirks to scare the other class, and the other class will be doing the same when it's their turn... the class who ends up scaring the most students from the other class wins."
It was in that moment that Selene wished she had some of her magic, because if she had access to Luna's spells she was sure that she could create a course that would terrify everyone from the second class, to the point that one would actually consider it unfair to Class 1-B. Since five of Class 1-A's students were in remedial that meant that one of them would be on their own for this, and as luck would have it Celestia was the one that was on her own, while Selene was paired up with their brother, and yet Katsuki didn't want to be paired up with Shoto, while only one student from Class 1-B was in remedial class. When the time came for them to start, however, Celestia just walked into the forest when the Pussycats said it was time and Selene held an ear to the trees as everyone listened for a sound that would indicate that she had been scared, but, as she expected, no sound came. It was an unfair start for Class 1-B, their first target was Celestia herself, meaning there was no way they would be able to scare her in the slightest and that they would be unable to score a point from her, something that would annoy them to no end.
As the students entered the forest, a group every three minutes like the Pussycats had said, Selene noticed the trees move for a moment and rushed forward as she used Hydra, wrapping into a barrier between Pixie-Bob and the attacker as a long wrapped up device, a pipe or something like that, came at the pro hero, her shield stopping it in it's tracks.
"What do you know, a predator got in my way." the owner of the weapon, a masculine female villain that Selene recognized as Magne, she paid attention to the news and made sure to remember the faces of the known villains, said, where she was able to force the attacker away as Pixie-Bob jumped back, allowing them to see that there were more figures behind the first attacker, "Tiger and Hydra Quirks, a dangerous combination."
"That's right, and yet you decided to challenge us knowing that several pro heroes are here, and that I'd be here?" Selene remarked, as she knew that Magne's usage of 'predator' was linked to her Tiger Quirk, especially since she was halfway to her feral form right now, yet she found that the figures that were behind her foe happened to be more lesser villains, like the League was struggling to come up with the members to challenge the heroes.
"You and your sister. Speaking of which, where is she? I'm going to bash her brains out with this." Magne stated, though at the same time they found that the other lesser villains had weapons in their hands, swords and clubs to halberds and even a mace or two, meaning they likely had subpar Quirks and this was their way to compensate for their weaknesses, and yet she could see that a view of them had guns as well, "With it being night out we know she can't use Sunshine, and there's no such thing as an 'ultimate' defense, so with our numbers we can whittle down her defenses and knock her out."
Selene even found that some of the villains were those with the ability to become giants, one of the common Quirks based on what she and her siblings had seen, and it seemed like they were ready to do battle, especially since a few had weapons in their hands, the melee ones to be exact.
"I'm right here." a voice said, where Selene found that Celestia emerged from the forest with several of the other students right behind her, causing her sister to realize the important fact, she had noticed that something was odd, doubled back to the group that had entered behind her, and brought them with her, "Please don't tell me that you thought ten people were enough to do anything to us... I'd start worrying about your organization if that was the case."
Magne smiled as twenty more villains burst out of the area around them and attacked Celestia, who simply stood there for a moment as she used her dragon wings to block the incoming attacks before sending the attackers backwards, but before the villains could attack again Celestia jumped into the air.
"Respond to my will, Divine Sword Solarion." Celestia stated, something that caused Selene to pause as Mandalay quickly told everyone to flee via her Telepathy, while Izuku seemed to vanish as well, before she felt the presence of her sister's sword flying through the air, where it reached this area a few seconds later and Celestia grabbed hold of it, "Sacred Treasure, release."
Selene wasn't sure why Celestia knew those phrases, she had to assume that Solarion itself imparted them onto it's owner as soon as she first grabbed hold of it, but she braced herself as the solar energy inside the blade came to life, making it look like there was a sun in the air, causing some villains to gasp that a 'sun shone at night'. She knew why that was the case, as the blade was designed to draw in Celestia's great power, store it for as long as she deemed necessary, and then release it in whatever quantities she deemed necessary, as right now this was barely even a twentieth of the power contained inside the adamantine sword. As the flames weaved around the blade, allowing her to cleave her way through the giant weapons that were being used by the giants, Selene felt another presence coming towards them as the heroes and students got out of the way, since they didn't want to be involved in this fight, as she and Celestia had permanent allowance to do battle, thanks to Aizawa giving it to them previously. As she thought about that, however, something in the air shimmered for a second before another weapon fell out of the air, where Selene had to resist the urge to drop her jaw as it came to a stop in front of her, of all people, because she fully expected it to be elsewhere.
It was an ebony battleaxe with a silvery moon crescent design, though from her memories she knew Luna had poured her own power into a chunk of adamantine, same as Celestia, and dressed it in ebony, she knew it as Nightfell, Luna's personal weapon... yet, against all odds, it was here, floating in front of her.
"Is... is this because I was part of her?" Selene softly asked, her hand running along the handle of the weapon as she felt the hum of it's power, because this was beyond what she was expecting, even after Solarion came to Celestia's side, before she grasped the handle and spun it, allowing the head of the battleaxe to rest to her right, "And yet... and yet this feels right. Like you're speaking to another part of myself that not even I know about."
She really wasn't sure what was going on right now, things had gotten crazy since Celestia's blade arrived, but right now she didn't have the luxury to question what was going on as she rushed at the villains, shifting into her hybrid form as she swung the weapon and crushed the shield that one used against her. Such a thing freaked out the other villains as it happened, not that she was even remotely surprised since she knew the materials that this weapon was made of, and yet it seemed light for her, like an extension of her will or something like that. She now understood why Luna loved this weapon, Nightfell was a wonderful weapon and was suitable for a warrior goddess, it was a weapon that turned the tide against the darkness, all so she could help Celestia forge the path towards the Equestria that they ended up making. The hilarious thing was that Magne thought she could pull Selene towards her with what appeared to be a giant magnet, but Nightfell cleaved through it like it was nothing, surprising the villain as she pushed him back and Celestia knocked the other foes backwards.
As that happened a burst a blue flame slammed down into the force of villains and Selene looked up, finding someone that looked like Kurogiri and Shiro, the two human Nomu, who had red wings and seemed to be more akin to a scout or ninja to some degree, landed nearby with someone else climbing off his back.
"Wha... Toya?!" Celestia remarked, as she recognized the second figure, even though the winged one was an unknown to her, and it came as a surprise since she wasn't expecting to see him here, before noticing that Selene's friend, Toga, was there as well, the unknown had brought two people with him.
"No time to talk: the League is after two individuals, your brother and Katsuki." Toya stated, where he was grateful for AFO being so understanding, he had told the scouting Nomu to keep an eye out for the training camp, in the off chance that his student decided to attack it with his forces, and had Kurogiri assist them in getting close.
"You two tried to join, didn't you?" Selene asked, though at the same time Toga used her knife to parry an incoming blow and forced the villain back, showing them that she was definitely not an ordinary girl, something Selene was used to really, while at the same time a lizard guy with two swords rushed at the villains as well, before she noticed that a guy in a black outfit was punching villains.
"We thought they were like a 'League of Outcasts', trying to make the world a better place... Tomura's just focused on death and destruction." Toga replied, where Selene could see that her friend was sad, she had thought she might have found a new home, with people who treated her well despite the rumors and tales that followed her, and yet it had been a lie, the brat that was the leader of the League of Villains just wanted people to use in his dark quest, "So we tracked you guys down, tried to warn you that the attack was coming, but we came to late. Twice and Spinner are on our side, by the way."
Selene and Celestia nodded their heads in agreement, because with the reinforcements they were able to turn the tide on Magne and his villainous allies, Toya used his flames to distract their foes while Toga and their allies dealt with their targets, allowing Aizawa and the Pussycats to ensure that the students were safe. Of course they soon discovered that not all was well in the mountain forest, as Fumikage was running out of control and had dealt with one of the other villains, though that was only achieved by Izuku and Mezo leading him to Katsuki and Shoto's location. As it turned out Izuku was banged up, as in he must have rushed to Kota's side and fought someone who happened to be in the area, enough that he had damaged his body in the process, but thanks to his training he had lessened the overall damage. It was clear that a lot had happened since the villains arrived, and yet, right now, it was clear that the villains were losing ground, their forces were being utterly crushed before the might of the heroes, students, and their unexpected allies, as there were a lot of downed villains that would be arrested once everything was said and done.
They also learned of another villain who attacked using gas that could be poisonous, rendering a number of students in an unconscious state, even though they had been carried out by those who were still conscious, but the lack of gas meant that someone had knocked that villain out as well. With Izuku beating up another one that meant there were three major villains that had been downed, a number of lesser ones that had been knocked out, and the others ran screaming for the hills, likely with their tails between their legs. They even saw Yuga's laser in the distance while they were fighting the villains, meaning he must have been near where the rest of the attackers were located, and yet it seemed like whatever plan their enemies had come up with had utterly failed. Selene knew that the news reporters were going to be more interested in the fact that the villains had found them in the end, since they loved repeating the negative things, but from the looks of it this would also be a great story for the heroes, they were utterly crushing the League and that would send a message to the other villains to not attack UA anymore.
In the end the sisters discovered that the League had done what they set out to do, which was whisk away Katsuki, meaning another villain had been hiding near him the entire time and waited for the perfect opportunity to snag him, causing Selene to sigh as she leaned against her new weapon and wondered what in the world the coming days might have in store for her, her siblings, and the rest of Japan.
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