My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire
Learning: Police Raid
Previous ChapterNext ChapterSelene found that the day following the attack on the summer camp was, surprisingly, peaceful despite the chaos that was happening inside the hospital, though she wasn't surprised to find that Celestia went out to meet up with Toya when she had the chance to do so. She was the same, she had been cleared and given the go ahead to leave the campus, to a certain degree, and she had used her time to track down Toga, as her friend wanted to speak with her and she suspected that it was the same for her sister. She had assured her friend that she wasn't angry with her, she understood that Toga didn't have a lot of options and the existence of a group that might take in outcasts, like herself and Toya, the latter she learned the name of thanks to the attack on the summer camp, must have been a siren call to them. Of course she already knew that Tomura wouldn't give them that peace of mind, the boy was a destroyer and that was all he cared about, something she had been proven right on after learning that they ditched the League after meeting Tomura.
The other thing she learned was that the police definitely came to claim the device that would allow them to track down the transmitter Momo had placed on one of the other villains, one that had fled, causing her to realize that the officers, and no doubt All Might, were going to be going after her father soon.
Of course there was one other thing that was on her mind, Nightfell, as the battleaxe had come to her, not Luna, and while she had accepted that in the spur of the moment, since it helped her topple the attackers, she was still shocked by this turn of events. So much had happened in a short period of time and she was still trying to process all of it, such as her sister's ability to call Solarion using a command she was sure Celestia didn't know, not without her memories of Equestria, or how Nightfell decided to come to her, plus the worry that Luna might need this weapon and now wouldn't get it. She also had to think about the questions that the heroes had asked her after they reached the hospital, about how she was able to do what her sister had done, summoning a weapon since neither of her known Quirks should have been able to do such a thing in the first place. There was just too much going on right now and her mind was trying to wrap her head around everything she had seen, everything they had witnessed, and the strange events that had brought her and Celestia to this point, hence her decision to remain on the roof while everyone else went about their day.
Even then she wasn't too surprised to discover that her sister would track her down, Celestia had a good idea of where she might go for a time, causing Selene to sigh as she turned around and found that she was correct, her sister was standing behind her, meaning she either flew up here or walked up the countless stairs.
"Selene, is everything all right?" Celestia asked, as she knew her sister liked her privacy from time to time and that meant she would go someplace where she could rest, or just think about what had happened, and as she said that she glanced at the battleaxe that was resting near her sister, as she remembered seeing it burst out of the air like Solarion had.
"Honestly? I'm feeling fine, but events are escalating out of control." Selene replied, though at the same time she pulled out a blood pack she had obtained after speaking with Toga and drained it, because now that Celestia knew about her other Quirk, and accepted it as part of her, she wasn't afraid to show her this side of herself, "Don't worry, I didn't steal from the hospital, rather I got these packs from Kurogiri after I had a chat with Toga... you were busy with Dabi, so I didn't want to bother you while you were hanging out with him."
"And Kurogiri is who, exactly?" Celestia inquired, where she thought about the people that had come to their aid and knew that none of them fit the name she had been given, though it did raise a question in her mind that she would have to ask at some point, especially since it seemed like she was opening a Pandora's Box of information that her sister might have been keeping hidden from her.
"Our father's second, basically, whose been helping father in his attempts to make Tomura a reasonable person... not the insane boy we've been dealing with." Selene said, because with the raid that was no doubt going to happen in the next few hours she saw no reason to withhold the truth from Celestia, who she could see was standing there with a confused look on her face, especially since this was a bombshell she was dropping on her, "Father told me not to say anything... but with what is about to happen, well, I can't sit idly by and do nothing, so I got some of Kurogiri's blood and I'm attempting to obtain his Warp Gate Quirk. Figured that I can do my best to help get father out of there before All Might reaches him."
"Wait... so our father is... really?" Celestia asked, because this was a shock that she hadn't considered and was having a hard time wrapping her head around, that their father could be the true leader of the League, the one All Might called 'All For One', the greatest villain of them all and the Dark Lord to some, and yet it only opened more questions and answered very little at the same time.
"Yes, and he absolutely despises being called the name the Users of One For All have given him... there's a lot of information to share with you, to make it all make sense, but I'm afraid we don't have a lot of time." Selene replied, which was the truth, because with the police raid happening in the very near future she needed all her attention and concentration focused on her self appointed task, before she noticed that Celestia pulled out her phone for a moment, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to call my friend, see if we can't get his help... I have a bad feeling about this." Celestia said, though at the same time she was going to hold Selene to her unspoken promise, she knew her sister would share what she could once she was sure their father was safe, if he really was All For One and that he didn't like being the villain everyone saw him as, since it called into question much and left her wanting answers.
Selene nodded as she focused on the blood packs, because for this plan to work she needed Kurogiri's Warp Gate, there was no other way for her to get their father out of there with her current skills, especially since she didn't have magic to use, and she could only hope that she was fast enough to stop what was coming next.
Hisashi was moving around the room that had been his home since All Might nearly took his head off, and erased his face to the point that he needed the special helmet to move outside the building that became both his home and his tomb, where he was gathering what he could and sent it to the good doctor. Since no one had come here yet he had time to move most of his stuff back to the hidden section of the hospital, thanks to his ally's tiny Nomu who had similar powers to Kurogiri, and for right how his focus was on erasing and moving anything that the authorities might use. It wasn't to keep Tomura safe from his actions, rather it was to make sure that his family wasn't targeted if they were able to trace his phone, which was why he slipped that into one of the first shipments before using his helmet to keep a line open between them. His helmet was also designed to cut off that link, just in case he was brought down and someone tried to study it, just as he requested, though as he thought about all of that he made sure the rest of his stuff were shipped out, leaving the room mostly bare.
One of the only things left was the screen connecting him to the bar and the meeting that was going on, the other was his chair, allowing him to sit down and listen in on the conversation that was going on between Tomura and Katsuki, the very boy that that had bullied his son.
You know, it's strange how heroes are getting so much blame, all for your capture. Tomura said, referring to the press conference that was going on right now, the heroes of UA were already talking about the assault on the summer camp and their stance on the protection of their students, even though society was negatively reacting to them on the web, as social media was burying them, I mean, they only slipped a little and yet the world is telling them that they should just be perfect, at all times... you have to admit, for someone who likes winning and being better than everyone else, that the rules you are forced to follow are so rigid that you should be chafing just thinking about it. We, the League of Villains, feel you, as we have been shafted by the rules of the Game Masters, as in hero society and the government, and we want to make the world far better for everyone... sure, we have to kill some people and make a few risks here and there, but that's all part of the game we're playing. You have been shackled by society and the government... join us, Katsuki Bakugo, and let us bring down the status quo at last.
Hisashi sighed to himself, as Tomura didn't seem to have anything worthwhile for the boy to listen to, and, as he predicted, the moment his student freed Katsuki, to treat him like an equal, the boy blasted him with his Quirk, knocking him backward while knocking the facial hand off of Tomura's face.
Listen here you dumbass, there ain't no way I'm joining you... I'm attracted to the figure All Might strikes when he wins over people like you. Katsuki replied, as he was well aware that people viewed him as a villain, those that didn't know him or those who misinterpreted his actions to be exact, but he was focused on being a hero, like his own hero and idol, and there was no was he was going to join a struggling band of villains, Besides, the teachers and staff at UA are going to convince the people that they have the safety of us students in mind and that they'll stop at nothing to make sure I'm brought home safe. Hell, they're probably hard at work putting together a plan right now, and if they were smart they would make sure to include both tank flank and shitty kitty in their line up... you failed to beat them twice, so what's a third time?
Despite his opinions on Katsuki, for what he did to Izuku, Hisashi had to respect that the boy understood what was going on, trusted the system, and respected his daughters enough to know that they would stop Tomura in his tracks, meaning he had to be seeing them as rivals. He also knew that Katsuki was weighing his options carefully, because right now there were only three villains in the room with him, four if he counted Kurogiri who was lurking in the hallway while keeping an eye on things, and the boy knew he could take Magne or Compress, the guy who snagged him previously. Hisashi knew that Compress was only here because of the spectacle that Tomura was going to cause, while Magne was more interested in being a villain since her future was already so bleak, though at most they would only be able to support Tomura a little. If Katsuki were to attack them Hisashi had a feeling that he would be able to break through and get out before he was captured again, as Kurogiri was under orders not to interfere with this madness, and if the heroes were on their way this would cause the collapse of the League as a whole.
In the next moment there was a knock on the main door of the hideout, where Hisashi heard the sound of someone talking about 'Pizza-La' and the 'Kimino Branch', before All Might in the flesh smashed through the side wall, with Kamui coming in to use his binding move on the villains, and yet, at the same time, Hisashi's building shuddered as his connection was cut.
"Best Jeanist, there's nothing here." a voice said, which he knew to be Mt. Lady's voice, causing Hisashi to use his sensory Quirks and found that there were several individuals invading his residence, the empty building that he bought in the past, it was legally owned by one of his many like minded friends, and found that Mt. Lady was joined by Best Jeanist, Gang Orca, and Tiger.
"Still, keep on your guard. This place is connected to the League." Best Jeanist replied, where Hisashi knew that the heroes would have found Nomu containers at one point in the past, but now there was nothing but generators to make sure each of his machines had the power necessary to keep him alive, "We're bound to find some of their reinforcements here."
"That would be incorrect, Best Jeanist, there are no reinforcements here." Hisashi said, stepped into the dark hallway as he stared at the heroes that had smashed a large hole in the wall, in fact it looked like Mt. Lady had worn a truck on one of her feet and then brought her heel down on the wall, crushing it fairly easily, thus allowing them to enter the building without even having to open a door, "May I ask why you are here, heroes? You didn't knock and present a search warrant, plus you destroyed the wall, so this is an illegal entry on your part."
In the next moment Best Jeanist, as if sensing that Hisashi was more than he was presenting, activated his Quirk and caused the fibers in his suit to warp into a binding that sealed his arms and legs, causing Mt. Lady to chastise him for attacking so quickly while he, in turn, told the rookie to read the room. In fact Hisashi wasn't surprised by this in the slightest, heroes had a bad habit of attacking anyone they perceived as a villain and didn't stop until they were beaten, and he was sure that they might have glimpsed his helmet and guessed that it was something a villain would wear, even if it was designed to keep him alive. He wasn't too surprised to sense both Gang Orca and Tiger coming his way, taking the No 4's attack as a sign to do the same thing, despite the fact that Hisashi had yet to make a move of his own, and even the officers that were behind them were surprised by how quickly the heroes were launching their assault against him. In the following moment, right before the two heroes struck him, Hisashi defended himself with his defensive Quirks, enough to create a small pulse of energy that sent his foes flying, knocked out the officers, and broke the floor around him, while not damaging the rest of the area.
Hisashi sighed as he stood there, as this wasn't part of the plan, before the air near him shifted as Kurogiri stepped out of his gate, though before the gate closed he heard an explosion as Katsuki flew through the gate and landed in front of him, or at least he tried to.
"I left Tomura behind." Kurogiri said, as he knew Hisashi had spent a lot of time trying to teach Tomura, a lot of patience and effort on his part, and while it seemed wrong to abandon him like this, given his Quirk and attitude, before he sealed his gate before All Might came running through it, "But someone else used a warp Quirk to get him out of the bar."
"Figures. It's time for him to face the music and someone else wants to make sure he's still active." Hisashi remarked, though he kept the annoyance out of his voice as he considered what to do next, since it seemed like his plans were failing sooner than he would have liked, before he realized that he would be able to track Tomura later and take his Quirk before he was able to actually destroy anything, "Well then, Katsuki, be a good boy and leave this place..."
He didn't get very far into what he wanted to say as he heard someone familiar shout 'ALL FOR ONE?!', where he raised both of his fists for a moment and caught the incoming attacks from All Might, as he must have realized that Best Jeanist's group had failed in whatever mission they were supposed to do and came rushing here without wasting time.
"And here he is, the annoyance of the hour." Hisashi stated, as he despised All Might with his entire being, for everything the hero had stolen from him, and despite his weakened nature he could tell that the wounded hero still packed enough power to flatten the area around them, breaking the rest of the building he had been hiding in while also damaging the buildings that were around them, which he would be blamed for.
As he forced All Might backward, putting some separation between them, Hisashi already knew that running wasn't going to be possible, because if his foe was here then so was Gran Torino, meaning escaping via Kurogiri's gates would be impossible, causing him to brace himself for an unwanted battle as he started thinking about ways to get out of here, hopefully without being subjected to more of the pain All Might loved to dish out to his enemies.
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