The Cathedral Ward
Katsuki's eyes widened ever so slightly, his momentary shock covered up with a scowl. He grabs the brooch from Izuku and looks it over, seeing it matched every detail the girl gave them. On the back of it, the name Viola is carved.
"Oh shit." He mutters.
Izuku stays quiet for a moment before looking to his childhood friend. "What are we gonna tell her?" He asks.
Katsuki says nothing as he pockets the brooch, he looks up when he hears someone walking down the stairs.
Shoto leans over the railing, looking at them. "Is everything alright? I got the gate open."
Izuku looks to Shoto. "We'll be right there." He says, seeing Katsuki scoff and walk towards the stairs, following Shoto to the gate. He sighs as he goes to regain his blood echoes. Feeling a strong pull to a glowing puddle of blood.
He walks over and kneels down, raising an eyebrow. Those were his echoes, the power he's been able to collect through all the monsters he's killed. He wasn't sure what to think they were supposed to look like, they are called Blood Echoes after all. He puts a hand to the small puddle and feels that strange, yet comforting energy rush thoughout his body. He lets out a shaky sigh as he stands up, the rush of all those echoes left him a bit light headed.
"Hurry up stupid Deku!" He hears Katsuki yell, he goes to run up the stairs, saying he'll be right there.
As he gets to the gate, seeing the others walk ahead he stops. He turns around to inspect the area.
The sound of a bell toll fills the air, but does not ease the feeling of of an enraged gaze.
"Midoriya?" Shoto asks, looking to his friend; letting Katsuki walk ahead. "Is everything alright?"
He slowly turns around and nods. "Yeah, I'm okay." He says, walking up to Shoto, through the gate. Even the presence of his friend doesn't ease that troubling feeling that seems to stick to the teen.
"Ugh, more fucking ladders." Katsuki growls as he walks through a small room full of water and trash pushed off to the side. He grumbles as he starts to climb the ladder.
"What were you and Bakugo talking about?" He asks as they trudge through the water, and to the ladder.
Izuku sighs as he rubs his eyes, earning a look of concern from Shoto. "I...I found her mom." He says. "Kacchan has the brooch." Looking up to see he's reached his destination.
"Oh." He stops, then thinks it over for a moment. They would have to...
"Oh no..."
Izuku nods and begins to climb the ladder. "I think Gascoigne may have done it." He says, hearing his friend climb after him.
"Fucker was crazy enough to do it." Katsuki mutters from above, hearing the other two talking. He looks around the study, seeing bookcases, a small table, and a chest. His attention immediately goes to the chest, walking over.
Izuku makes it to the top, looking around as he steps away to give Shoto room to get up. He walks over to the bookcase, pulling out a leatherbound book and looking to the cover. He raises an eyebrow, the cover is worn, the title faded.
Shoto makes it to the top and looks around. He sees Izuku reading through an old book, and Katsuki opening a chest with a large black box inside. Next to the chest is a small, narrow staircase leading upwards. He stares at it for a moment before his mind clicks, the doors.
He starts to head towards the stairs when Katsuki pulls out something from the box, and the Messengers appear.
"What the fuck do you want?" He growls at the creatures.
The other two watch the Messengers moan and reach for the strange tool, held above the their heads by the temperamental teen.
"I'm not giving this to you you little bastards!" Katsuki growls as he places the item back into the black box, closing it up. As he closes it a Messenger appears with a roll of blue paper, his friends help him open it and show it to the blonde.
Katsuki growls in annoyance as he kneels down to read it. As he reads it Shoto steps around him and heads up the stairs, as soon as he took the first step onto the stairs he feels the atmosephere around him instantly change. A strange quiet, calm feeling settles over him; prompting him to walk foward.
The voices of his two companions fade away as he climbs. He begins to think as he climbs, thoughts running through his mind.
Is the Chapel Dweller okay? Where in the Ward is the Grand Cathedral? Are there any normal people left? Are the monsters he met the only creatures left in that place?
He stops as he comes face to face with a set of familiar doors, ones he's seen from the other side. He sighs as he places his hands on the doors, starting to hear the voices of the other two.
"You didn't have to chuck it at them, especially if its such an old tool that can help us!" Midoriya says.
"If they want it they can fucking have it. And they can't die, so what makes you think they can feel pain? Stupid Deku." He hears Bakugo growl and a the sound of a punch.
Shoto pushes aginst the doors, finding they open rather easily. As the doors open he's met with a sweet smell that overflows into the study below. He walks into a the chapel, looking upon the place where he had awaken. He looks around to see if the friendly dewller was wtill there, and he was.
"Oh, what the fuck is that smell?" Katsuki complains as he walks in, about to shoot off another snarky comment when he stops himself. Looking around, a calm area filled with large pots. A few statutes down a set of stairs hold lanterns that don't dare shed light. There are a few candles here and there, only to burn the incense.
"Woah..." Izuku marvels at the chapel, feeling safe and comfortable there.
"Chapel Dweller?" Shoto walks over and kneels down to a figure draped in a red cloak, his bony hands clasped together as he stares to where the voice came from.
"Oh, hunter? Is that you?" He asks.
Izuku and Katsuki walk over, a bit alarmed at the creature (?) person (?) in front of them. But it talked, and it seems to be friendly.
Katsuki scowls as he looks to the dweller, the way he looks timid, helpless, and scared. He immediately saw it as another version of Deku, a creature that could be easily squashed and pushed around. And the way he talked, timid and scared, it was so irritating.
"Yeah, I managed to get back here. After I died while exploring I ended up in Central Yharnam." Shoto says, standing up. At least he's okay.
"I hadn't been able to sense you came back, the incense must have masked your sent. I had meant to ask something of you before you ran off."
Shoto raises an eyebrow. "And what is that?" He asks, he looks to the side to see Katsuki roll his eyes and walk out; while Izuku looks around the chapel a bit more. He tries to open a set of door off to the side.
"These hunts have everyone all locked up inside, waiting for it to end...It always does, always has, y'know, since forever. But it won't end nicely, not this time." He seemed scared, worried. "Even some folks hiding inside are goin' bad. The screams of wimminfolk, the stench of blood, the snarls of beasts...none of em's too uncommon now." He whimpers for a moment. "Yharnam's done fer, I tell ya."
Izuku looks over, his mind thinking.
These monsters really are common, coming out every night to kill people. If this happens presumably every night, where are all the hunters? It seems like they would be common in this place that has a great need for them. Are there any left? Where did they go? Was it one monster that may have killed them all? What is causing people to turn into these monsters?
Shoto and the Chapel Dweller look over to the sound of the muttering boy.
"I-Is he...who is that? Is he alright?" the Dweller asks.
"That's my friend, Izuku Midoriya, a fellow hunter. Don't worry, he tends to do that a lot." Shoto reassures, smiling in amusement as he watches Izuku hold his chin and think aloud. Beginning to pace.
He turns back to the Dweller. "What is it you wanted to ask of me, of us?"
The Dweller looks back up to the source of the voice. "Please, if you spot anyone with their wits about 'em...Tell 'em about this here Oedon Chapel. They'll be safe here. The incense wards off the beasts. Spread the word...tell 'em to come on over, if you wouldn't mind..." His sentence devolves in a short fit of nervous, gasping laughter.
Shoto nods, then remembers the man is blind. "Oh course, I'll keep an eye out."
"Oh, thank you good hunter!" The Dweller says, hearing the boy walk away. Then a hum, the sound of a lantern being lit.
Shoto looks around, only seeing one person pacing around the chapel. He narrows his eyes. Where was Katsuki?
He gets his answer when he hears a gunshot, and a yell of victory.
"You have to be kidding me." Shoto huffs, looking out one of the openings and seeing a certain blonde fighting with one of the tall, ghoulish men that held a lantern and a large walking stick. Behind him, there was a dead one.
Shoto watches Katsuki get stabbed with the large stick a few times before he finally cuts it down.
"Having trouble there?" Shoto asks.
"Shut up asshole!" Katsuki yells, stabbing himself in the leg to heal himself.
As Shoto is about to say something Izuku bumps into him and makes him stumble, snapping Izuku out of of his muttering rampage.
"Oh, s-sorry Todoroki!" He quickly apologizes, backing up a bit.
"It's alright Midoriya." He says, walking outside. He looks up as he hears that sound again, the sound of heavy footsteps and a clanking weapon.
Izuku looks around the area before following Shoto out, thinking there would be something out there. There's always something somewhere, at least that's what it seems like.
"So, this is the Cathedral Ward..." Izuku says as he looks around, the orange sky casting a warm light on everything. "Great, more graves." He sees the courtyard has more clusters of graves.
Katsuki is seen looking around, two paths to take. "Where the fuck are we supposed to go?" He asks. Looking up when he sees a large giant walking up somewhere, a large axe in it's hands. He smiles, he can take that thing.
"I'm thinking we should head back to the Dream, we have a lot of Echoes and if we die we lose them." Izuku sighs as he starts to head back to the chapel.
"Speaking of Echoes..." Shoto mutters, heading down another one of the paths.
"What the..." Katsuki mutters, picking up a set of clothes from behind a few graves. They were lying in a neat pile next to a body. He looks at the clothes, then at the body. He shrugs nonchalantly and walks away.
"What did you find Ka..." Izuku trails off when he sees a strange black hole follow after his friend that was walking away. It missed him, leaving a small gust of wind where it's prey would have been seized.
"What are you gaping at Deku?" Katsuki asks as he walks over to the chapel.
"Y-You didn't see that?" Izuku asks, pointing to where that vortex had appeared.
"The fuck are you going on about Deku?"
You...okay." Izuku sighs, still looking to where that vortex had come from. Was he seeing things? Maybe.
Izuku makes a mental note to be careful around that area as he walks out. Maybe he shouldn't head to the dream, not yet. For sure there had to be more. A quick look around wouldn't hurt.
He starts to walk towards a set of stairs that leads to yet another large set of stairs off to the right and left. To the left there's a large gate that's been lifted. He hears the sound of large footsteps off to the right, so he opts to go left.
He heads down the stairs, a bit paranoid from the large footsteps.
As he walks down the stairs he sees an ogre standing and staring off into the distance. Surrounded by crows, the ground where he stood had suffered from some kind of strong impact. ANother ogre coming walking by, a sense of urgency almost. It has a a broken piece of a statue in it's hands, and it notices Izuku.
Katsuki finished changing, he stares at the top hat. He sees the Messengers look up expectantly, they wanted him to put it on. He swore he heard one of them laughing in their little moans, he scowls and throws the hat at them.
"The fuck are you laughing at you little fucks!" He yells, scaring them off. He sees one come back and drag the hat away, back to whatever void they go to.
He huffs as he looks around, looking to one of the other exits of the chapel. A place none of them haven't explored yet.
He heads out of the entrance, looking around. Off to the right of entrance was a wagon full of more coffins. Chained up and never to be open again.
There are a few withered tress next of old benches that were somehow untouched by all of the chaos that occured everywhere. To the left, a stone railing that overlooked the area that could be reached from the other door. He stands there, arms crossed and watching the small area. From one of the pahtways he sees a familiar head of red and white hair.
He opens his mouth to yell at him when theres a faint yell and a crash. He sees Icyhot run off to deal with whatever that was. He scoffs.
"Stupid Deku, idiot is probably causing trouble again." He mutters as he steps away, heading towards a large set of stairs with a gate at the end.
As he walks past the wagon one of the lantern bearing creatures surprises him, stabbing him with the chest and knocking him down.
"Motherfucker!" He yells, rolling back and getting back on his feet.
The creature walks quickly towards him and raises it's walking stick to strike him again. As it is about to raise it's stick again Katsuki shoots it in the chest, knocking it down to it's knees. He growls as he rushes over and rips the innards of the creature out.
He watches it fall back and stay down, he turns to explore the area a bit further. He sees a bunch of large crows hanging around a wall of the chapel, cawing and looking around. Their large, yellow eyes blinking and looking for something to focus their attention on.
He walks over, then immediately backs up when they all start flapping madly in the air, trying to peck at him with their oversized beaks. As soon as they land he rushes at them, hacking away at them and occasionally getting caught in a series of mad pecking when he got too cocky.
"Pieces of shit!" He yells as he finshes the last one off, he starts to head towards the stairs when he's assaulted by yet another crow that had taken interest in him while he was murdering it's bretheren.
As Katsuki quickly kills that crow, another one of those tall, white-clad humanoid creatures begins to head own the stairs. He looks up when he hears a low growl and a sees one of those things pointing at him. The lantern in his hands gives off a dull glow as he hurriedly walks to the blonde.
The boy rolls his eyes and shoots the Lantern Bearer and walks over as he falls to his knees, promptly ripping out his insides.
"Why are there so many of you-oh come on!" He yells as another one rushes down the stairs, having heard the sound of a gunshot. He sees this one doesn't have a lantern, just a walking stick. He walks towards it, seeing it run at him with the stick in the air.
As it's about to bring the weapon down he shoots it, repeating the attack that has taken out the others just like the ones from before.
He watches the now limp body tumble down the stairs, landing next to it's deceased friend. He walks up the stairs and looks around, not seeing anymore of those things. He then turns his attention to the large archway, closed off by a gate. He frowns as he walks over, knocking on the gate.
Solid metal, only opened through the other side. He stares at the gate for a while before grinning, wanting to try something.
He puts both of his hands on the gate, gritting his teeth as he focuses all of his power to his hands. His muscles tense as he yells, activating his quirk on the gate. As soon as the first explosion hit he was blown away by something, a reflective force from the gate. He yells as he lands near the stairs, he hadn't taken too much damage, just a few burns and scrapes.
"What the hell!" He yells, running over to look at the gate. Irritated when no damage had been done, not even a trace of the explosion he let off. He frowns as he puts his hands on the gate again, about to make another attempt when he stops.
He feels something from the gate, a hum of sorts. He feels it vibrate with energy, a protective power of sorts.
He narrows his eyes and tries to use his quirk, but feels the emptiness of the lack of power. He used it up for now.
He growls as he turns around to walk away, kicking a large piece of wood away, shattering it.
He makes his way down to the chapel again, then out the other exit. The other two idiots might have found something useful.
He looks up as he hears a loud moan, then a loud crashing noise. He runs through the small courtyard and up the set of stairs, seeing the two fighting with that large thing from earlier. It was slowly standing up from it's strike to the ground, he sees Deku had been flattened by that attack, struggling to get up.
Katsuki runs over, extending his axe. He thinks over his next move in his mind, something he had seen that Gascoigne guy do.
He jumps up and brings the axe down on the beast's leg, staggering it for a moment. Katsuki had lost his balance afterwards and fallen over from the weight of the axe.
He quickly backs up as the giant starts striking at the ground at random, obviously irriated.
"What the hell is this thing?" Katsuki asks as he runs back towards the thing, striking at the legs repeatedly.
"Another big thing that's faster than you think it'd be." Izuku mumbles as he gets up.
"You mean another monster you losers can't kill!" He and Shoto manage to end it, watching it fall back into a puff of blue mist. A bloodstone shard where the body fell, picked up by Shoto.
"At least these things are good for something." He mutters as he sees Izuku walk over to something, picking it up.
"In reterospect, I should have tried to close that gate." Izuku mutters, seeing a lever off to the side.
"What the hell were you even doing?" Shoto asks as he watches the green-nette look around, then look to the stairs that lead upward.
"I let that thing walk away, I wanted to see what was down there. I was dealing with two of those ogre things, and a few crows when the giant came back down the stairs." He says, looking to the dual-haired boy.
"Did you find anythig useful?" Katsuki crosses his arms as they come upon a yet another large gate.
"Just this..." Izuku says quietly, showing them a monocular.
"...Fucking Deku." Katsuki mutters as he walks towards the gate, looking at it. "Another one of these things." He mutters.
"Another one?" Shoto asks.
"Yeah, there's another big ass gate over there from the other chapel entrance." He huffs, putting a hand on the gate. There it is again, that protective power that vibrates throughout the barrier.
Suddenly a few Messengers come up with a roll of paper. They moan, gaining the attention of the three and unfold the paper.
'A special emblem is needed to unlock this gate.' The scroll reads.
"What, where are we supposed to get that?" Izuku asks, kneeling down. He sees the Messengers start to disappear back into the ground. "W-Wait no! Come back!" He groans as they leave.
"Fuckers." Katsuki mutters.
Shoto looks around and sighs. "We have a lot of Blood Echoes, and I think we're all running low on blood vials. Maybe we should head back to the Dream, Gehrman might have an idea where this 'emblem' is."
"Gehrman?" Izuku asks, confused.
"Oh, that's right I never told you. Come on, let's just get to the lamp. Maybe you can meet him youself."
"I seriously doubt that old man knows anything." Katsuki huffs.
-HotN-
The Doll whispers silently to herself, kneeling in front of a grave next to the workshop. She keeps her eyes closed, but senses the little ones that stay next to her, looking at the grave.
She was never sure why, but she had always felt a pull to this grave. As if there was a missing piece of her left behind there, a piece of herself she would never get back. Still, she would pray at the grave, and push away the feeling of emptiness as much as she could.
"Are you sure the old fuck is here?" An angry voice yells.
"Hell if I know, but...where's Doll?"
She then feels a pair of eyes on her. "I think she's busy guys, maybe we shouldn't bother her."
"She's just praying, why the hell is something like that so important! Especially with all the shit happening in the other place! Isn't she supposed ot help us?"
"Come on Kacchan."
She smiles as she hears a small argument and threats made by the young man towards his more timid friend. Such livliness, such fire that drives them all to move forward. Such as the hunters that came before.
The three walk into the workshop, still as cluttered and slightly messy as ever. In the middle of the room, an old man sat in a wheelchair.
"Oh, so he IS here." Katsuki mutters.
"That's Gehrman?" Izuku asks, getting a nod from Shoto. "...You think he's a hunter?"
"It is rather rude to talk about those who are before you." The old man grumbles, looking up. He had been disturbed from his sleep when the blonde one began yelling. So irritating.
"A-Ah! I'm sorry, yes that was rather rude!" Izuku apologized, surprised and a bit flustered. He had thought the old man was asleep.
Gehrman sighs, leaning back in his chair. There he was, the third hunter. He had been curious that he hadn't seen him the first time.
He looks each one of the three in the eye before speaking.
"The moon is close. It will be a long hunt tonight. If the beasts loom large, and threaten to crush your spirits, seek a Holy Chalice. As every hunter before you has. A Holy Chalice will reveal the tomb of the gods...where hunters partake in communion..."
"Yeah old man, that's great and all but-"
"Most of the Holy Chalices lie deep within the tomb of the gods. And the few that found their way to the surface...Were lost again in the hands of men. But if the old hunter tales remain true...one of the Holy Chalices is worshipped in the valley hamlet."
"Valley Hamlet?" Izuku asks.
A soft sigh, containing sadness, old memories that come up as quickly as they were pushed back down.
"Yet the town is in disarray...It was burned and abandoned, for fear of the scourge, home now only to beasts." He looks up at them. "A perfect place for hunters, wouldn't you say?"
The three look at the old man. Did he WANT them to throw themselves headlong into beasts galore?
"Listen old man, Holy Chalices sound good and all, but we've got something more important." Katsuki starts. "There's this big ass gate, that apparently needs some kind of emblem to open it up. Do you know anything about it?"
"Oh, the gates to the Grand Cathedral are closed off?" The old man asks, adjusting himself slightly in the chair. "Sounds like you need the Hunter Chief Emblem." He mutters softly.
"Okay, and where are we supposed to get that?" Shoto asks.
They wait for a moment, waiting for an answer; until the old man began to snore.
"You can't be fucking serious." Katsuki says.
"Well he IS kinda old." Izuku defends.
"Kinda? He's a fucking prune!" Katsuki yells, going over to one of the tables and repairs his weapon. He looks up when he finishes the quick repair, there wasn't too much damage. "Do any of you have an extra blood shard?"
"Get your own Bakugo." Shoto huffs as he walks out.
"Fucker! Deku, give me one!" He demands, looking at the smaller boy angrily.
"I-I kinda need mine Kacchan. I think I have enough to foritify mine." He steps back.
"You do now? How much would it be worth it though, considering you can't really do shit with your weak weapon. I mean, you had to be saved by fucking Icyhot." Katsuki says, crossing his arms.
He smirks as he sees the nerd look down, he knows he hit something. A feeling of uselessness he knows the nerd should feel.
"I...I guess you're right." He reaches into his bag, then stops. "But still, I might have been able to take that thing on if I had a stronger weapon, and I need these in order to do that." He says, looking at him. "Let me know when you're done with the work station." He walks out, pracitcally feeling the seething stare from his friend.
As soon as he reaches the foot of the stairs wher the Doll would be he sighs. Then goes into a mini panic. "Kacchan is gonna kill me!"
"Hm?" Shoto looks to him. "Oh, you refused to give him any of your shards?" He smiles.
"Yeah, and now he's probably really angry."
"Let him be." Shoto sighs, walking over to the Messenger's bath. "Come on, maybe we should some more blood vials before..." He stops when he sees something one of the Messenger is carrying, not to mention there's a second one, before there was only one.
It was just holding it, clinging tightly to the item. He looks at the Messenger. "What is that your holding? Hold on Midoriya." He says, seeig the boy about to buy more blood vials.
The Messenger quickly pulls out a scroll and shows it to Shoto.
'A cloth emblem that belonged to the captain of the Church hunters long ago. Opens the main gate that leads to the round plaza of the Great Cathedral. The main gate is shut tight on nights of the hunt, and could only be opened from the other side with this emblem. In other words, the captain's return, and this emblem, determines the end of the hunt.'
"That's what we need!" Izuku says, his eyes lighting up. "Can we have it please?" He asks.
The Messenger hugs the emblem and shakes his head.
"Please?" Izuku asks.
The Messenger looks between the two hunters, one looking rather irritated by his refusal, and the other a bit more patient. It takes a moment before sinking back into the bath, then pulling out a piece of paper. They read it.
"10,000 ECHOES?!"
Katsuki looks up at the yells of the two idiots. He heard something like 10,000. 10,000 of what? He rolls his eyes as he steps away form the station, and heads out of the workshop. He takes a quick look at the old man before walking out again.
When he walks out he sees Shoto holding something in his hand. It looked like a piece of cloth, neatly folded. A few designs embroidered into it.
"I can't believe he wanted 10,000 Echoes for it." Shoto mutters.
"At least we were able to split it?" Izuku tries.
"So much power lost..."
"What are you two going on about?" Katsuki huffs as he walks over.
"We used a lot of our Echoes because a certain Messenger didn't want to give the emblem up!" Shoto looks over his shoulder as he says this, scowling at the Messenger that gives a little wave.
"What the fuck is it?" He takes the emblem and looks at it.
"The Chief Hunter Emblem." Izuku answers.
"What? It was here? Wait...you fuckers used up all your Blood Echoes? For this?" He laughs.
"We still have some left." Shoto mutters, taking the emblem back
"...I'm gonna go get some more vials." Izuku sighs, going back to the Messenger Bath.
-HotN-
"Alright, let's get this shit over with." Katsuki mutters as they walk out of the chapel.
"I'm pretty sure that was already the plan." Izuku tells him as he sees one of the Lantern Bearers coming towards him. He rolls to the side and strikes the humanoid beast before dodging to the side.
"Shut up Deku." Katsuki tells him as he shoots the second of the Lantern Bearers.
Shoto goes ahead of them to start dealing with the giant. He runs up the stairs and watches as it starts to head up the stairs. He takes a deep breath and presses the trigger of his cleaver, slowly walking forward. He manages to not disturb the giant from his walk, he watches it stop at the gates; staring at them.
He gets into a stance and winds up the cleaver, hearing a light hum as a white light coats the edge of the serrated blade. He brings the weapon down as the giant turns around, making it stumble a bit. He grunts as he keeps hacking away at the legs. There's not much muscle to cut through, under that seemingly bulky, ripped up robe was a very thin creature.
The giant yells as he raises the axe high and brings it down, missing the smaller target. It groans as it rests for a moment, regaining the energy it had quickly used up.
Shoto had dodged to the side and began hacking away at the arms, again, more bone than anything. Hardly any blood was being spilt, only the occasional crack from his weapon striking bone.
It gets up and looks down to the boy, it yells again as it thrusts the large axe forward. Catching Shoto in the chest and sending tumbling down the stairs, he groans as he sits up; seeing Izuku and Katsuki run up the stairs.
"You okay?" Izuku asks while Katsuki runs ahead, hearing his yells and the sound of mini explosions.
"I'm fine." Shoto mutters. "Why do these things come back when we leave? If we kill them, they should stay dead."
Izuku watches the giant stagger and fall down the stairs, disappearing ino a puff of blue mist, just like before.
"Gilbert did say this town in cursed, so maybe the curse causes these beasts to reform." Izuku puts a hand on his chin as he walks up the stairs with his friend.
"That may be true, but what part of the curse has monsters reform when a hunter leaves?" Shoto asks aloud, approaching the gate. They stare at the metal barrier, sounds of stomping footsteps heard on the other side.
"Well Icyhot?" Katsuki growls, watching Shoto step forward and pull the emblem out of his bag. He holds it out to the gate, watching the emblem start to glow in the presence of the gate.
There's a loud creak as the bell begins to toll, the gate slowly rises allowing them access to the plaza.
"Finally." Katsuki huffs, walking forward.
Ahead of them was yet another set of large gates, only they were opened. In the open round plaza were graves, so many graves. They were all arranged in a circle, currounding a large statute in the middle. The monument covered in graves at the base as well. Outside of the gate, off to the left was a lage wagon, more coffins, more nameless victims. Behind that, a pathway that looked like it leads to a backroad of some sort.
One of the Lantern Bearers was walking around the tree, except it had no lantern, in it's hand was a strange silver item.
The three take in the sight of the plaza before they hear it, loud pounding footsteps. They all look forward towards the open gates of the plaza, walking around the monument were two of those giants. Both wielding large axes, looking around for any intruders.
"More of these things?" Katsuki asks, irriated.
"Well they are protecting the Grand Cathedral...at least I think they are." Shoto says, walking forward and looking through the bars off the metal wall and seeing yet another large gate.
"Didn't Gilbert say that the Cathedral was...you know, in the Cathedral Ward?" Izuku looks at Shoto, earning an unamused frown.
"Whatever, come on." Katsuki says, starting to walk towards the gates, getting himself ready.
"Hold on Kacchan!" Izuku says, stopping the blonde. "I don't think we can go that way, there's probably another gate-"
"There is." Shoto interrupts quickly.
"And it's probably opened from the other side, so there's no use in going that way. There might be a way around though, there always has to be a way around. Maybe-"
"Deku, if you don't shut up I am going to kill you." Katsuki growls, holding the axe in front of Izuku's face.
Izuku quickly shut his mouth and stepped away, giving himself some distance from the impulsive teen. Only to hit the wagon.
"Who's to say the emblem won't work on the gates?" Katsuki asks, looking at Shoto.
"The Messengers said it'll only open this gate." Shoto answers, looking towards the backroad. "Either way, nothing is just going to open up for us. From what we've been told, everything is going to be on lockdown from the hunt. Everyone is trying to protect everything..." He watches a giant walk around the monument again. "Or...at least in their own twisted way I guess."
Izuku looks at Katsuki, then Shoto. "So, the backroad?"
Katsuki scowls at him for a moment. "Fine, the backroad." He mutters, heading towards the patrolling creature, getting it's attention.
"But I swear to god Deku, if this is waste of time, I'm going to-Fucking!" Katsuki was interrupted by a wave of flames from the device held by the creature.
It walks forward, it's hand still on the trigger of the device.
Izuku quickly runs to the side and strikes at the arm, making him falter and stop the flames. It had moaned at the boy before receiving a few blows to the chest with an axe. It fell quickly, crumbling to the ground. As the device frops from it's hands, three quicksilver bullets fall out of it.
Izuku picks up the bullets, pocketing them when he hears the loud sqauwking of a giant crow. Quickly dispatched by Shoto. Katsuki had gone ahead, taing care of yet another Lantern Bearer.
"How on earth did crows get affected by all this as well?" Shoto asks as he picks up a pebble, noting that it almost looks like an eye. "Even rats, and dogs." He mutters to himself, remembering the giant rats in the sewers.
"Maybe they were given blood as an experiment? And it just spread?" Izuku tries, feeling unsettled by the crow's dead eyes that seemed to stare at him.
"I agree with the thought of people doing it as an experiment...but how would it spread? Were they small back then, and when all the monsters started to appear they just grew?" Shoto thinks aloud.
"But what kind of blood were they given, to turn them into this?" Izuku starts to walk forward to where Katsuki is looting the body of the monster he just killed. "And, we were probably given the same kind of blood. What if we were to turn into things like these? What if we end up like Gascoigne, a hunter that-"
Katsuki flicks Izuku's forehead, making him stop. "Gascoigne was already a fucking nutcase, probably. And he's been here longer than us, and according to crazy crow lady, hunters go crazy after a long time." He starts to head down the stairs, seeing more coffins and a lit up window ahead. "And I don't intend to be here for a long time, so hurry the hell up so we can get to the damn cathedral and find a way out of here."
"Crazy..."
"He's talking about another hunter, we met her while you were getting your gun back." Shoto quickly explains, walking forward.
"Oh." He walks forward, walking into the backroad. From what looks like a manhole, there was smoke pouring out of it, covering up what's ahead. Through the smoke, a few lights from small lanterns, doors, and windows can be seen.
'People!' The thought ran through their minds. People that are still alive, still sane, people that may have the answers they need!
They look up and down the road, one end leading to a dead end; a lit up window and a small door off to the side. The other way leading further down, to more houses and who else knows what. They all make the silent agreement to see to every door, but before they split off Shoto stops them.
"Hold on, if either of you find anybody sane, or looking for a safe place; send them to the chapel." He tells them.
"What?" Katsuki looks at him, annoyed with the new responsibility.
"The Chapel Dweller asked to have anybody in need of a safe place sent to the chapel. The incense keeps the beasts away form the place."
Izuku nods, and starts to head down the road, his attention turning towards the lit up window. He notes the bars in front of them, and a few chains hanging from said bars.
As Katsuki and Shoto head the other way a gunshot is heard, a bullet grazing Shoto's cheek. A loud growl and stomping footsteps race towads them.
Katsuki swears as he dodges to the side, avoiding a blow from the weapon the man beast wields. It roars as it swings wildly, trying to catch the blonde in any of the blows. Another gunshot resounds, still aiming for Shoto, and still missing horribly.
Izuku and Shoto race past the manbeast to take care of the enemies ahead. Izuku only turning around and striking the man beast from behind, stunning it and giving his friend an opening to attack.
Another gunshot is heard, then muttereed words only heard by Shoto.
"You are cursed..." The townsman muttered. Earning a raised eyebrow from Shoto, he hadn't heard any of them say anything like that so far..
His small train of thought was interrupted by yet another gunshot, another gunman!
He dodges to the side as nother bullet is fired at him, he hears running behind him. Izuku.
Izuku stood at the start of the small area, more metal coffins, an area above with broken railing. He steps to the side to avoid a gunshot. As he stumbles over a chain connected to a coffin, he hears the sound of a dragging axe. He sees the flame of a torch heading down from what should be a winding stairway.
Their way up. Shoto notices the flame and quickly heads towards it. He sees a man with an axe, he comes to a sudden stop out of surprise at the hunter racing up to meet him. Shoto uses his pistol, making the man stumble back as Izuku races past.
Izuku runs past them and heads to the the gunman, grunting as he ends up taking a bullet to his shoulder. He stumbles back before regaining his footing and quickly taking down the man. He grabs two bullets from him before turning his attention to a small, cramped room he was guarding. There more of those townsmen, and another man beast; staring at a ladder for some reason.
As he's about to throw something to get the attention of just one of them, he hears a a yell from his childhood friend. Alerting the them all.
'Dammit Kacchan.' He mentally groans as he tries to step back, only to get caught in the wild an angry strikes of the man beast weilding a saw of some kind.
Katsuki growls as he catches the beasts in a wide swipe of the axe, spinning it around and catching them again, before raising it over his head and finishing off one man. He ends up getting a molotav pelted at him, turning around to kill the man only to get Shoto in the shoulder.
"Agh! Bakugo!" Shoto yells, ripping the axe from his shoulder. "Watch where you're swinging that damn thing!"
"Then don't get in the way Icyhot!" Katsuki yells back, taking his pistol and killing off another townsman.
Izuku huffs as he looks at them, hair messy and clothes bloodied...most of it his blood. He looks between the two before walking away, going off to see about those who were still alive indoors.
"I could kick your ass right here right now!" Katsuki yells.
"At the moment I highly doubt it." Shoto says in a low voice, keeping a straight face.
"My god..." Izuku mutters as he heads down the stairs, he bites his lip as the pain still radiates throughout his body as the skin and muscle stitches itself together. He quickly makes his way down the stairs and heads to the doors they had passed.
He appraches one, seeing the light under the door, and a lantern at the door.
"Heh heh...Praise you! Praise the whole damn church. And best of luck hunting! Best luck of all...heh heh..." A man mutters, mumbling to himself afterwards, seemingly unhapy with his presence. IZuku tries knocking again, trying to tell the man of Oedon Chapel, the safe haven. Only to be yelled at tand told to go away.
He goes up to yet another door, knocking on it.
"Ohh, we've the deepest gratitude. For the church, and all they do for us...The deepest, wildest gratitude, yes...Heh heh, yes..." A woman's voice, her shaky voice sending chills up and down the boy's spine. He tried again to tell someone of the chapel, only to hear a fit of giggles from the response.
He can't help but frown at the lack of progress, they were still people. They were somewhat sane but...did they just feel safer in their houses?
As he walks past another door he sees two townsmen appear from the fog, one getting up from the place he was resting at. Izuku sighs and dodges their swings, finishing them off rather easily. He quickly gathers the blood vials they drop, as he grabs them he stops. Noticng something hiding behind a wooden coffin.
He walks over, stepping over one of the metal coffins and pushes the wooden one off to the side. He raises an eyebrow as he sees yet another set of clothes. He kneels down and picks them up.
Black garbs with white cloth underneath, barely visible. There's a hat connected to the hood, it's black as well. A white scarf that drapes behimd the shoulder is embroidered with silver designs. The bottoms look like more of a skirt if anything, the black boots are long, and would clearly he hidden with the long bottoms. The white gloves contrasted greatly with the black attire, seeming to be from a completely different set.
"What the..." Izuku looks down when a few Messengers appear at his feet, carrying a blue scroll. He kneels down as they unroll it.
'This is the the attire of Healing Church hunter. The Holy Shawl symbol of the Healing Church, flutters proudly on their backs.
Most Healing Church hunters are elementary doctors who understand the importance of early prevention of the scourge, achieved by disposing victims, and even potential victims, before signs of sickness manifest themselves.
Their black attire is synonymous with fear, an that peculiar Yharnam madness.'
Izuku reads over the note multiple times, again and again before looking back to the clothes he held in his hands. The church, had hunters? He thought there was only hunters...just hunters. Did this 'Healing Church' create the hunters? The people who would wear clothes like these were hunters, except they killed them all early on.
As Izuku's mind spirals into a series of theories and questions he suddenly stops. He takes a deep breath and puts the clothes into his bag, heading down the street. He hears a few strange mumblings, full of nonsense. He keeps walking down the street until it he reaches the dead end. He looks to the lit up window and the door with a lit lantern.
With a sigh he walks over to the door and knocks on it, expecting more phrases that made no sense...or almost no sense.
"Oh, my, what a queer scent...But I'd take it over stench of blood and beasts any day." Silence for a moment. "What is it, then? I'm off during hunts, so if that's what your're here for, I'll leave you to your own devices. If that doesn't do it, come back in the morning darling." The woman says, a smirk in her words.
Izuku takes a moment to process her words, his face flushing after a moment.
"N-No! That's not why I-I'm here!" He says loudly, his face hot.
"Oh?" The woman asks.
"I-I came here to see if anybody n-needed a safe place!" He continues. "A-And I guess-"
"I'm fine darling, I have plenty of incense to spare. It should be enough to get me through the night." She says, turning down his offer for a haven.
"Well...o-okay then! Nice talking with you!" He quickly walks away, his face still red. As he passes the window he hears a voice call out.
"You..." A man's voice. "You're not from around here, are ya? What, an outsider, who's come to join the hunt? What a pathetic idea."
"Why is it-" Izuku starts, only to be cut off.
"You what? What you, think I'm a beast? Well, maybe I think you're a beast! And step away from my castle!" He yells.
"Castle? But it's...it's a-"
"Ohh, enough of you! What, you think this is funny? Well, I certainly don't, so be gone with ya! I'll have nothing to do with your beast hunts!" He cuts Izuku off again, thinking the boy is just opening his mouth to spout nonsense.
Izuku is about to respond, then stops. It's evident that the man won't listen to him, he probably wouldn't believe anything Izuku said anyway.
He sighs and shakes his head, heading back up the road. As he walks he hears the angry yells of his friend.
"Fucking Icyhot! Get the hell back here so I can kick your ass!" Katsuki yells.
"Make me." Shoto mutters as he walks away from the blonde, sporting a swollen cheek and a bloody nose. Before walking away from the metal coffin he managed to freeze Katsuki to, he looked down the road to see Izuku walking towards them.
Izuku stops, looking at Katsuki who was frozen to a coffin, yelling and trying to use his spent quirk to thaw the ice.
"What did I miss?" Izuku asks after a moment, walking over to Katsuki to try and help him. Only to be screamed at.
"Bakugo and I were fighting, and I settled it." He looks to the quickly melting ice. "For now anyway."
"ICYHOT!" Katsuki yells, the ice cracking.
"I'm surprised you two didn't use your weapons." Izuku says, looking over the railing and seeing Katsuki starting to get free.
"Oh, we almost did." He mutters, heading towards the ladder.
"GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!" KAtsuki yells as he finally gets free, running up the stairs to get to Shoto, who was already climbing the ladder.
"Kacchan! Calm down, let's just-"
"Out of my way Deku!" Katsuki pushes him aside and tries to get to the ladder, only to be grabbed by the boy. "Don't fucking touch me Deku!"
"Then calm down! You picked a fight, a-and you lost! We don't have time to fight, we shouldn't be using up our energy! So just get over it!" Izuku snaps, then stops, realizing he raised his voice.
Katsuki scowls.
"Getting a bit brave there, Deku." He growls, yanking his arm out of Izuku's grasp. He glares at Izuku, making the boy take a step back a bit. An explosion crackles from his palm.
Izuku opens his mouth, then closes it. He quickly walks past Katsuki, starting to climb up the ladder.
Shoto walks across a small bridge to a platform that overlooks the area of the Cathedral Ward. He looks behind him to see Izuku and Katsuki on the small bridge as well. He sees KAtsuki push Izuku to the side and walk across, growling at Shoto as he passes.
"Now where the fuck to we go from here?" He asks, looking around.
"How about you take a moment to look around before asking that? I doubt that this is a dead end." Shoto mutters, taking a look around. From where he stands he can see the plaza, and the two giants that patrol around the stone monument. The chapel can somewhat be seen from the distance.
"Shut up." He mutters, stepping around a dead body. He walks over to a ledge, peeking over. There he sees another small ledge poking out from a lower part of the building. Further down is the roof of another building. He looks a bit further and sees the building is on what should be the other side of the gate.
He grins and jumps down.
Shoto looks to where Katsuki was, raising an eyerow as he walks over.
Izuku is still staring at the scenery. As he notices Shoto starting to walk away his eye catches something on the ground. He stops, then kneels down. Picking up a piece of paper.
"What's this?" He asks aloud as Shoto drops down.
'A watchman at Byrgenwerth guards the gate with a password, the sacred adage of the Grand Cathedral.'
"Midoriya!" Shoto yells.
"Get down here Deku!"
Izuku reads over the note again before shoving it into his bag.
"I'm coming!" He runs over to the ledge he had seen the other two jump off of.
He lands on the first ledge, spotting the other two. From where he stood he could hear a dog barking. He jumped down on top of roof of the building below, as he walks across the roof he hears the fireing of a pistol, courtesy of Katsuki. The dog was silenced, no longer an alarm for whatever there could be below.
"So, where are we now?" Izuku asks. Walking up to a wooden ladder.
"We're on the otherside of the gate idiot." Katsuki answers, jumping down as he spots two more of those Lantern Bearers.
"If we're on the otherside that means that there's a..." Izuku's eyes dart around. "There! A lever!" He points it out to Shoto.
"If there's a gate over here, then there's probably another one over there. Didn't Bakugo say there was another one?" Shoto asks as they jump down.
"Yeah, there's probably another one over there." Izuku points to an open area, he whirls around and shoots the second lantern bearer, stopping him in his tracks. As he disposes of it Shoto runs over to the lever and pulls it, he watches as the gate shakes for a moment. With a loud creak the gate rises, giving them access to the round plaza.
Izuku picks up a blood vial the creature drops, then sprints over to the next area.
"Where's Deku going?" Katsuki asks as he starts to climb the stairs, followed by Shoto.
There, they see it! Up all of these stairs, past all of these monsters- the Grand Cathedral!
"He's going to the other gate." Shoto answers, looking up when he hears a gunshot.
"Holy shit! You HAVE to be kidding me!" Katsuki yells, putting his axe in it's full form. Two more of those Watchmen stood at the top of pillars of some kind. One with a large, glowing blue scythe. The other with a pistol. Coming down from where it was disturbed, yet another giant comes lumbering down.
"Don't tell me you expected this to be easy." Shoto huffs, bracing himself to run forward and make a dash to the gunman. The giant isn't fast, and he could probably jump down before the thing could do any real damage.
"No, but I'm already sick of these things." Explosions crackle in his left palm. He yells as he runs forward, straight for the giant.
As he runs, he spots Izuku running up a set of stairs from the side, charging at the scythe wielder. It had noticed him too late, earning fist to the face, then a slice to the chest. It fell from the ledge. He figured fall damage would take care the rest.
Shoto still had the attention of the gunman, dodging the bullets that were fired at him rather quickly. While the creature was reloading the gun, Shoto rushed up and put his hand to it's face. He grunts as he sends ice through it's skull, watching it fall to the ground in death.
He turns around when the ground trembles from the slam of a giant axe to the ground. The giant had used it's strong attack, and was now recovering. Taking the blows Katsuki and Izuku dished out. He ran towards them, seeing burn marks on the legs of the giant. Katsuki.
Izuku steps back when Katsuki does his spinning attack, not wanting to be caught in that. The giant almost loses it's balance while getting it up, it then strikes it's axe on the ground repeatedly, trying to flatten the three. In it's frustration it misses them, then tries a swipe of the axe.
It shifts it's weight to one foot and raises the axe above it's head.
"Stupid move asshole!" Katsuki yells, swinging his axe at the supoorting leg. He watches the giant lose it's balance, further lost when Izuku cuts away at the ankle, tearing through what little muscle there is.
The giant lets out it's deep yells as it falls to the ground, disappearing in a puff of blue mist.
Izuku walks over and gets two blood vials, he tosses one to each of the other two. He came a bit late to the battle. He thought he shouldn't really get the rewards.
"The cathedral is just up ahead right?" Izuku asks.
"Where the hell else would it be?" Katsuki looks at him, then starts to head up the stairs. He takes a look around, seeing the stone railings on the stairs, the kneeling statues that hold up lanterns. The bits of ivy that subtly decorate the base of the small statues, the leaves withered and dry. They reach another platform, a bit large. It has open area on either side, but at the base and top of the stairs was yet another tall creature similar to the Lantern Bearers.
They were different from the other ones though. These two wore black attire, and carried rather large, wooden poles. They had a total of three points.
All three stopped when the first one began walking towards them, then the second began to descend down the stairs.
"These two should be easy enough." Shoto muttering, pulling out his pistol.
Katsuki says nothing as he heads towards the first one, keeping an eye on the other one as well. He pulls out his gun as the creature points the crucifix towards him. He doesn'y notice Izuku starting to walk towards them, his eyes darting between the enemies.
Katsuki grips his axe tightly as the monster rushes towards him. He quickly raises his gun at the monster and backs up a bit, he fires the gun as the creature runs at him, not falling to his knees. It had taken the bullet head on, yet it hadn't staggered.
"Dammit!" Katsuki curses as he tries to step to the side, as he was about to raise his axe he's smacked with the crucifix. He falls to the ground and rolls away from the large weapon, as he gets to his feet and dashes to the side of Crucifux Bearer he begins to hear a high pitch ringing in his ear.
"So these don't stagger as easily..." Shoot mutters as he dodges a swipe, then another. While Shoto tries to get a swipe of his cleaver in Izuku comes up from behind and brings his saw spear on the creature's back. It falls to the ground, stunned.
While Izuku takes care of it Shoto runs over and ambushes the Crucifix Bearer as it was about to strike Katsuki once again.
"Bakugo! What are you doing?" Shoto yells as he behead the creature. He huffs as the body falls the to ground, stepping over it to get to Katsuki, who was standing still, trembling.
"Bakugo, answer me da-" Shoto was cut off when Katsuki's body suddenly seem to explode in blood.
"Kacchan!" Izuku yells, running over.
Katsuki fell to his knees, coughing up blood violently, his nose bleeding simultaneously. He seemed to be choking on his own blood, his body seeming to reject it almost. At least, that's what it looked like.
"What...the..." Katsuki managed until coughing again, there was still ringing in his ears but it slowly began to die down. He pushed away the hand that had tried to help him up, getting up on unsteady legs.
"What the hell happened to you?" Shoto asks, seeing the blonde start to head up the stairs again. While he follows, he takes note of two open areas on either side of the stairs. As he climbs the stairs he sees off to the right of the cathedral is a pathway, no doubt leading to somewhere. To the left of the stairs there's another pathway, but a there is a bit more ivy creeping in that area.
Izuku keeps walking up the stairs, ahead of Katsuki. He sighs as he approaches the impossibly large doors. Here it is, their answeres. The place Gilbert told them was their best chance.
As he walks up to the doors he has a nagging feeling at the back of his head, a small voice that tells him not to go inside. Telling him there's too much to discover, that what lies behind this door will only hinder their quest for answers. A voice telling him- 'not yet!'
He manages to push the voice in his head down, walking up to the large doors. He looks behind him when he hears a loud thump.
Katsuki had lost his footing, still recovering from his frenzy. He clings to the stone railing while he gets a vial ready. As he stabs himself in the leg Todoroki goes over and grabs his arms, slinging one of Katsuki's arms over his shoulder.
"Get off of me Icyhot." He growls.
"And let you tumble down the stairs? I'd love to, but I don't have time to be smug at you getting your just deserts for being a pain in the ass. Especially since we're right here." Shoto shoots a glare at him, mirroring the one he's receiving.
"Please be nice Kaccahn, Todoroki is just trying to help." He says as the two make their way up the stairs. He sighs as he turns back to the doors.
He hears the two stop behind him as he takes a step forward, putting his hands on the doors.
He suddenly goes rigid, shivers running up and down his spine. That little voice that he previously pushed down was now screaming at him. His reality began to fade away as a dark presence seemed to radiate from the cathedral. His instincts scream at him to run away form the unnatural presence that sees to loom inside. He has the sudden urge to run away, and never look back. He couldn't explain it, there was indeed one monster here; but he felt something bigger in there. Something like a darker, more shadowy presence that rears it's head in the presence of the three hunters.
"-Hey! Stupid Deku!" Izuku was thrust back into reality when he was shoved to the side by Katsuki, stumbling over yet managing to stay on his feet despite his stunned state. He looks to his friend as he puts his hands on the doors.
As Katsuki begins to push open the heavy doors, Izuku suddenly grabs his arm and roughly pulls him away. Almost forcing him to the ground.
"Deku what the-"
"Don't!" He yells, the fear in his voice echoing throughout the ward. He's trembling so badly, even Katsuki is shaking a bit.
Katsuki raises an eyebrow, looking down on him.
"Midoriya, is everything alright?" Shoto steps forward, he had seen the sudden shock and fear come over the boy. Something that should never happen to anyone with the mere action of opening a door.
"Yeah, what's your deal Deku?" Katuki takes his arm back, scowling at the smaller boy.
"Huh?" He straightens up, looking at his childhood friend. Had he not felt it? That overwhelming presence?
"O-Oh...I just. W-We still have things to do! Yeah w-we're eager to get here, where we're supposedly supposed to go...but we still have a job to d-do!" He says, his hands shaking terribly; he tries to control that. "And! T-This place is huge! How sure are we t-that what we need is in there! There are so many more places to explore! There's that place that T-Todoroki went to! I'm sure there was more to that area than you uh, think right?" He stammers, sweat dripping down his face.
"Yes, I feel that there's to that small church than one thinks. The only reason I went over there was to reclaim my echoes." Shoto explains.
"Yeah so what? What the hell else is there?" Katsuki steps forward, making the already scared boy even more nervous.
"If you failed to notice Bakugo, which you clearly did. There are two more area to explore, one on either side of the cathedral." Shoto says, answering before Izuku could. He knew the boy had seen the other two pathways as well.
"And even then! We s-still have a promise to k-keep!" Izuku adds, his mind going back to the litte girl. The girl that waits for them, waiting for some kind of news on her parents.
"Oh, and what promise is that you idiot?" Katsuki asks, mentally hoping it wasn't that little girl. It'd be a pain in the ass to run all the way over to her house, even if they used a lantern that was close by.
"The l-little girl!" Izuku answers. He frowns when he sees Katsuki's expression shift into an annyoyed, displeased one.
"K-Kacchan that girl deserves to know what ha-happened! Even if it's a bad thing, she s-should know what happened!" He takes a step towards Katsuki. "If it were your parents, wouldn't you wanna know?" He asks, not even able to register the movement of Katsuki until a fist was planted in his face. Making him fall back.
"Shut up Deku, I get the point!" Katsuki yells. "After we deal with that brat then what? Will you have the balls to go in there then?" He points to the Grand Cathedral.
"I think the wisest decision, is to split up and go to different areas. Isn't that what you were implying Izuku?" Shoto helps him up.
"What! N-No I uh-"
"Good, the less time I have to spend with you two idots the better." Katsuki huffs. He walks over to where he can better see the two pathways, looking between the two for a moment.
"When we get back, I'm going this way." He points to the left path. "And if any of you follow me, I'm gonna kick your asses." He growls, explosions crackling from his palms. He starts to head down the stairs, the other two following.
"I'll be heading back towards that chapel again." Shoto sighs.
Izuku sighs. "I guess that leaves me..." He looks to the right path as he passes it.
Shoto nods, sighing as he pulls out the music box.
As the three walk back to Oeden's Chapel, to deliver their news; a haunting yet calming melody fills the air. And an old crow watches them.
-HotN-
Wooooooow guys I am so, so so sorry! This came out really late, I meant to finish this up and post it on Friday. But clearly, that did not happen. This past week had just been really draining.
But I finally got it done! Yay! Huzzah! Now I'm gonna sleep until noon, night guys.
Have a nice day/night everybody!
P.S. I don't own Bloodborne or My Hero Academia
