Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Haro654; There's going to be a few rescues yeah~
Dark King Marcel; Yup, they're going to be fighting! Thanks very much!
Clarent excalibur; Yeah, it was quite emotional wasn't it? They got out their feelings, and setting aside their differences to save Kenji from what's happening to him. He does do that, Reaper just kinda shows up, and everyone just accepts that he can do that. Irina could've inherited that yeah. She did yeah, and you never know, she might've gotten through to them. Yeah, Shinso, and Itsuka are involved! Tsuyu is yeah, she really wants to save Kenji, but she has conflicting feelings about her own morals about breaking the rules to do so. Maybe Tomoko is yeah, we'll soon find out. Yami's story isn't done yet, that's the best way I can put it. Hehe, I'm sure a few of them will~
LoamyCoffee; Very intense indeed~
D N Works; The only people obsessed with him are All For One, Yami and Tomura, two of them because they're related to him and because they believe he could be the future of the League, and Tomura because of their backstory which will be expanded upon more in the future. All For One's doctor simply follows All For One and Kenji's just an extension of that, the same for Gigantomachia but they're still making up their minds about him. Izuku's his friend so of course he'd be obsessed with saving him but not obsessed with Kenji himself, Katsuki loves him as does the others so they're in the same boat as Izuku, Stain's interested because he's Reaper's son, but not to the point of obsession, Dabi's interested because Stain showed interest in Kenji, Spinner just follows Stain's words so he just sees him as Stain's successor, the other members of the League aren't really obsessed. Kai Chisaki pretty much hates him and wants him dead as we'll see that come into play during that arc so that's definitely not obsession. True, Kenji's not on the level of Reaper and All Might right now, but he's still quite intelligent so he's got things up his sleeve.
Vizard Masky; It depends how you feel about the Nomu, as that's quite horrific with how he robs people of their personalities and intelligence, and leaves them mindless husks, these children at least have their minds, distinct personalities and can be saved, but it still is pretty horrid. Kenji isn't a killer, but during that moment when he found out about them, it took all he had not to explode on All For One and attempt something, showing very great self restraint. They can yeah, lets see how well they do~ I can't see Tomura wanting children to fight considering his own backstory, he might be demented and crazed, but even he wouldn't want to have five year olds fighting. Hikari was the MVP of the chapter it seems~ She wouldn't of got that, she knew what to strike for and how to fight against it. They might end up doing that, but for Hikari, she wouldn't care, she'd just let it roll off her. Maybe it does explain that~ Kenji's got some ways to handle Gigantomachia, it's going to be quite difficult though. He has many emotions he wants to get out.
LevyTaine; Haha, yeah, that's a great idea~
ShadowUzumaki55; It surely was quite the ride. They were yeah, raised to be soldiers. Yeah, at least Tomura's showing some humanity within him. Yeah, Hikari took them to town with her words. They did yeah, and now they've come together to save Kenji. Lets hope that they can. They have their plans.
Silver crow; Thanks very much! Very shocking indeed. I can't reveal that but Kenji's not the type to give up until he's saved those children. He will interact with them more. Hikari would like to have more grandkids yeah. Maybe she could be, that would be a funny moment as Kenji's the younger, and now he's technically a Father to these children. He's going to be showing some amazing things in the coming chapters. We'll see what their Quirks are, they're gonna be something fun to see. He doesn't no, but it also helps grow his character all the more. I'll say that he wont stop until they're saved, no matter what. Well, I can't reveal anything right now, it's gonna be apart of a future storyline for Kenji and some others. Yeah we'll be seeing things happen with them in the future! She is yeah, Irina's quite the help! It seems so, who knows where they came from, maybe they were grown, until we're given the answer in canon, I guess anything could be right. She did yeah, Katsuki managed to pull out a victory. Right now yeah, Katsuki's got more of a handle on her Quirk. Himiko's always a pleasure huh~? Glad you liked Hikari. He doesn't no, he knows Kenji's not a bad person so he'd do his best to convey that. Yeah, we'll get a nice Kenji x Tsuyu moment after this is over. Kenji and Tomura have some good banter between the two of them, I wont spoil it, but we'll be seeing more of that in the future. Gigantomachia is here! And he's very powerful, so Kenji's gonna have to pull out all the stops to fight the behemoth. We'll be learning something more about Kenji's Quirk this chapter. Yeah, it makes sense that he would be like that before his Decay Quirk killed his family. Maybe he did, we might find out in the future about that. Thanks, Tomura and Kenji are going to have a very weird type of relationship through the series. Maybe he could do yeah. No, you didn't annoy me, but I can't answer if they will or wont be, either way they're going to be apart of a future storyline with Kenji and some others, that's all I can say right now.
KarmaChaos5; It surely has, it's clever in a twisted way what All For One has done. We'll find out more about the children, their names, and their Quirks among other things. They are yeah, All Might and Reaper together~ Yup, Itsuka, Sakura, Eri, and even Shinso is getting in on the action. Daisuke will yeah, and yup, Gigantomachia has appeared! Their ages were revealed last chapter between five years old to about sixteen, Sakura is fifteen years old. Yeah I know, I hope it has many great years as a successful manga!
Guest 1; Yup, very shocking, and yeah, Tomura's got enough humanity in him to not use kids as weapons. It's going to be difficult for Kenji to face down Gigantomachia. And thanks for the suggestions!
Guest 2; There's a chance yeah. Kenji wont give up until they're all saved. Reaper and All Might communicate in weird yet wonderful ways. Ibara wasn't having any of Neito's antics. Lets see if he can yeah.
Guest 3; It seems so, as even Himiko's evolved during that arc, so anything is possible~ We'll see Kenji's Quirk going through growth soon.
AlphaOmega; I'm glad you liked it! Quite emotionally charged. For Reaper it was yeah. He has yeah, they were raised to recognize Kenji as their Father. We'll see Kenji trying his best to save them. Yeah, with Kenji fighting Gigantomachia, it's going to be a very powerful foe that he's fighting, so lets hope he can think of something so he can survive!
Neonlight01; He has yeah, he's met them. Exactly, it is very sad what's happened to them, and yeah, Kenji truly let him have it, breaking his nose, he simply couldn't stand listening to how the doctor was proud of what he did when it is quite sickening. Hikari let them have it, didn't she~? Never mess with a Mother yeah, especially one like Hikari. I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, with things on the table, they can move forward, and yeah, if he survives Gigantomachia, it's going to be very difficult to say the least!
Guest 4; Sure, Final Fantasy 7 is one of my favourite games, one of the first games I ever played and loved. That could be quite fun, half human and half Cetra. Yuffie would be pretty cool, thanks for the suggestion!
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Kenji vs Gigantomachia!
Kenji was face to face with the monster known as Gigantomachia. He was a frighteningly hulking beast. He was sure that if he came at this enemy, he would be killed. This enemy felt very powerful, the strength, the size, and the way that his eyes were on his form, almost like he was looking for something.
"S-So, we don't have to fight, do we?"
Kenji asked Gigantomachia, who let out a bellowing roar, Kenji grimaced at the roaring sound. Since Kenji couldn't feel anyone around so he was on his own. He was sure that he was going to die if he tried to fight, so he decided to do something else instead.
"You have to prove to me you are worthy of being the King!"
"I-I don't want to be any King though...erm…eeh..."
Kenji couldn't remember what All For One called him.
"Gigantomachia, that's what you can call me."
"Gigantomachia-san, how about we come to a peaceful solution? We don't have to be enemies, we can be allies, I could...erm, I could do things for you, so we don't have to fight..."
Kenji didn't even want to be there, much less anything else.
So he inhaled, and exhaled slowly, trying his best to accomplish surviving.
"No more talking! I want to test you as my new Masteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Kenji inhaled deeply, he knew that this was going to be highly difficult.
Even then he wasn't going to back down now.
He couldn't.
"Fine, I'll stop you myself!"
Kenji twirled his hand, and thrusted his Death side forward, sending off a devastating wave of energy, which clashed with Gigantomachia, the Death digging into the skin of Gigantomachia, but Kenji could see that his skin was taking it easily.
Kenji didn't even hold back.
He had put a good level of strength into his attack.
Even then, only minor annoyance was on the face of Gigantomachia.
"Is this all the Grandson of All For One has?!"
Gigantomachia swung his arms outwards, dispelling the wave of Death harming him, and clumps of it landed on trees, killing them till nothing remained. Kenji went to move, when Gigantomachia tightened his hand, thrusting it towards Kenji.
"Shit!"
Kenji extended his Life and Death wings behind him, taking to the sky, and witnessed something horrific.
Gigantomachia's fist obliterated the ground. It fractured it into segments.
The only other person Kenji could think to do that would be All Might himself.
But this giant was also able to do something like that.
Rather than waste energy, Kenji returned to the ground, placing his hands on the ground and looked right at Gigantomachia.
"Over Life and Death, Earth Spire!"
A spire of earth erupted outwards from Kenji's duel Quirk, shooting right for the amazing giant. Kenji even added the Object Hardening power onto the spire, Kenji hoped that this would at least be able to push back Gigantomachia.
But what he saw next was terrifying.
The spire that Kenji used, was grabbed by Gigantomachia with surprising speed.
He thought that because Gigantomachia was a giant, his speed wouldn't be so fast.
But then he saw that he managed to grab it before he could at least pierce Gigantomachia's body in order to force him away, Kenji looked on with a bewildered, and nervous expression, Kenji watched with a curious face.
"This thing is powerful. All For One has a servant like this…? This isn't a simple beast, this thing is a monster. Has he been modified somehow? Is it like Yami? Or, is this natural? If it is natural, that's definitely terrifying."
Gigantomachia twisted his hand, and snapped off the earth spire Kenji used, and held it in his hands.
"Strong, you are strong. But All For One is stronger! He is my true Master! I cannot accept you as the new King until you show me your power!"
Gigantomachia launched the earth piece he had snapped off right for Kenji, who allowed wings to appear by his feet, flinging himself backwards, only for Gigantomachia to run forward towards Kenji, tearing the earth up with the strength of his legs, Kenji grimaced at the sight, and saw Gigantomachia aiming a fist for him.
"You want power? I'll show you power Gigantomachia-san!"
Kenji cupped his hands together, gathering Death energy, and then gazed right at Gigantomachia who threw a fist towards Kenji. Kenji then threw up a barrier of Life, and added Death around it, to create his technique to defend against the power of Gigantomachia.
Gigantomachia was surprised when his fist hit the barrier, and while it cracked immensely, it also managed to survive a punch from him. He hadn't come across someone that could block his attack like that.
Kenji grimaced, stepping onto the Life below his feet, and then thrusted his hand outwards, allowing his Life to surround the head of Gigantomachia, which soon began to fill with Death as well, Gigantomachia's eyes turned to surprise.
"Over Life and Death, Air Annihilation!"
Because of his Quirk, he was able to cut off the air supply with Life, and then use his Death to kill off all of the air remaining within the barrier, therefore Gigantomachia couldn't receive more air, and thus, causing his eyes to swim from the lack of oxygen.
"W-What..."
Gigantomachia barely could speak from what Kenji was doing.
Kenji returned to the ground, and broke off a tree from the ground, aiming it at Gigantomachia who struggled for air, punching the barrier which gained a large crack in it, but he still managed to keep it around Gigantomachia's head, as he allowed wings of Life to appear at the base of the broken off tree.
"Charge!"
Kenji gave a flap of the wings, propelling the tree off the ground and right for the body of Gigantomachia, who was coughing due to the lack of oxygen, who managed to smash the barrier which made Kenji wince, but the tree came like a missile, and Kenji used his Quirk Object Growth to enlarge the tree to giant levels, looking like a tree shaped meteor coming right for the large beast, and used the Object Hardening Quirk to turn the tree as tough as steel, so the impact would hurt even if he could tank it, and Kenji even ran his Death across the end of the tree, so it would weaken the area that it strikes, therefore causing the tree to hurt Gigantomachia even more.
This was all Kenji could think of.
He wouldn't be able to take on Gigantomachia on his own power right now.
It was simply impossible.
"Aaaaaaaaah!"
It smashed against Gigantomachia's body due to being distracted by Kenji killing off the air around his head, pushing back the large giant just enough for Kenji to run Death into the ground, weakening it to a point where it was like mud, so when Gigantomachia tried to make a move, his foot slid on the ground which cracked with his size and weight, forcing Gigantomachia to fall down to the ground with the amazing sized tree lying on top of him, Kenji panting slightly.
"H-How about that Gigantomachia-san?"
Kenji didn't know if he was going to be able to win.
But at least he managed to at least stop the enemy for the moment.
But soon Gigantomachia's body began to move, causing Kenji to release a sigh out of his mouth, seeing that the giant was pushing off the large tree off his body, and coughed up a little bit of blood, Kenji was glad that the beast wasn't completely invulnerable and did have some limits.
But Kenji also knew that the beast still was powerful, and it took a lot for him to even accomplish something like that.
"Yes, yes! That's good! You do have a good level of power! Master might have made a wise choice! I am pleased! Now, let us continue!"
Kenji grimaced, seeing Gigantomachia running forward.
Rather than take it, he allowed wings to appear by his feet, blowing him through the air, as Gigantomachia's fist smashed against the ground, tearing it up once more, only for Gigantomachia to grab a piece of the ground, and launch it at Kenji.
"Damn!"
Kenji placed his Death side outwards, shooting off a wave of Death to kill off the ground, only for Gigantomachia to appear from the wave of Death, seemingly allowing it to hit him in order to grab Kenji's body, and throw it to the ground so hard that Kenji's head smashed against the floor, a deep gash appearing on his forehead, and he let out a small cry from the attack, then Kenji saw that despite being thrown, Gigantomachia was thrusting his foot downwards, trying to step on him.
Despite feeling dizzy, Kenji moved backwards, with his wings appearing on his back, and flew away, the foot digging into the ground, Kenji placing a hand on his forehead, and began using his Quirk to heal his head so he didn't bleed so much, and also trying to fix his dizziness.
But he didn't have a chance, as Gigantomachia once more came at him, Kenji grimacing at the sight, and flew backwards, with Gigantomachia chasing after him, and it seemed that he had a wide smile on his face, such as a child playing a game.
Kenji had to wonder how intelligent this beast was.
Did he have the intelligence of normal people?
Was he stuck in a childlike situation?
Kenji didn't know the answer.
But he also knew that he would have to do something.
"Haaaaaah!"
He thrusted his hands outwards and allowed his Life to surround the trees, forcing them to come to life, and wrap around the hulking giant, binding him, and then turned heels, flying away as fast as he possibly could.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Kenji heard the sound of wood shattering, turning his neck to see Gigantomachia with wood flying around him. The trees that Kenji had made were broken easily. His strength was incredible, Kenji was baffled, and even a little frightened of what he was seeing and what he was doing.
And then once more, Kenji was being chased by Gigantomachia, so Kenji had no choice but to fight at that moment, so that's what he did. He charged for Gigantomachia, showcasing his resolve, and tried his best.
Meanwhile, Daisuke had taken the teenagers, and also Eri to a remote location to give them some final combat training, to give them something to help them gain the upper hand just in case something was to happen.
He himself was still healing from his internal injuries, but he wasn't giving up anytime soon.
He was still trying his best to make sure that Kenji was safe, even if he had to make sure these teenagers were ready for the fight ahead.
The ones that had appeared were Izuku, Katsuki, Shoto, Kirishima, Momo, Itsuka, Ibara, Tokoyami, Shinso, Sakura, Eri, and unwilling Iida. The others decided that they would go.
A huge group would draw attention and could cause problems and this group was just big enough, so they decided to go with these members.
Most of the class, if not nearly all of the class wished to go, but they picked their stronger members to have go so they'd have the best chance to save Kenji.
Eri and Sakura had already decided to go, and Shinso also had promised that he'd be going along, so Daisuke was helping them train and get some good methods on dealing with different kinds of situations, that's what Daisuke wished to help out with now.
Daisuke was beginning to give them tips, and pointers about how they should become stronger, and also helping them relax for the fight that was going to come. Katsuki and Shoto trained together under the advisement of Daisuke, the same for Momo, and the others. Even Eri was doing light training, Daisuke could see she wished to do something so he had that happen.
However, he could see that Izuku looked frustrated, so he strolled over towards him.
"What are you thinking about?"
"A-Ah! Daisuke-san! I-I was just thinking..."
Daisuke gently laid his hand on top of Izuku's head, causing him to look up sheepishly.
"Are you nervous?"
"N-No...I mean...it's just, I'm a little bit worried about Ken-kun, that's all…."
"You don't have to worry about him, but there's something I'd like to ask you."
"Y-Yes?"
"How about you and I have a fight?"
Izuku's face drained of colour.
"N-No! I couldn't fight you!"
Daisuke put on a bemused smirk.
"Oh? Why is that?"
"B-Because you're stronger than I am!"
"That doesn't matter. If you aren't pushed then you'll never grow in strength and as a person as well. So how about it? Want to have a fight with me?"
Izuku didn't know what to do.
He looked on nervously towards Daisuke who gave him a smile.
While they did, Itsuka watched Sakura training with Kirishima, who had his Hardening Quirk activated.
"Come on Kirishima-kun, let us duel against one another!"
Kirishima had hesitation on his face.
He didn't look exactly willing to fight against her.
She looked delicate.
She didn't look like she'd be able to take a punch directly from him.
Never mind anything else.
"A-Are you sure? I don't want to hurt you..."
Kirishima spoke with hesitation, but the young girl giggled, and placed her hands in a heart shape.
"Yes, I am sure. Let us duel."
She showed energy within her words, and in her movements as well.
It seemed that she was pumped for this.
So Kirishima didn't want to let down her expectations, and thought that he'd be able to end the fight with a single attack.
"A-Ah...okay. Then here I come!"
Kirishima didn't seem to want to, but he rushed forward towards Sakura, and delivered a half hearted punch.
But what surprised him next was Sakura leaping up into the air, her hands touching Kirishima's extended arm, and using it as a platform to spin around, and leap behind him, where she back flipped, her legs wrapping around Kirishima's neck as she did so, and she brought him with her in full swing, lifting his body with surprising strength, and slammed him down into the ground, cracking the very earth.
She then got to her feet, and smiled towards Kirishima.
"Sorry, maybe I should of held back a bit..."
Kirishima looked up towards her, and saw her smile, causing him to blush slightly.
"Y-You're deceptively strong..."
"Ooh yes, because of the nature of my birth, my stats have been raised to above normal human levels who haven't trained extensively."
"N-Nature of your birth...?"
Kirishima didn't get it, Sakura tilted her head curiously.
"How to say it...erm, I guess you could say that I was programmed with above normal physical stats. Though it isn't like I could fight people with strength Quirks...I suppose you could say I'm in peak human condition, my reflexes, durability, strength, and speed. We were made to be fighters after all, so what good fighters would we be if we couldn't fight people with our bodies as well as our Quirks?"
As she listened and Kirishima seemed confused by what she was saying, Itsuka furrowed her eyebrows, as Momo walked over.
"Have you figured it out as well?"
"I believe so. She looks so much like Mikami-kun, yet...there's something different. I'd say twin but...no, it's something else...it's like she's his-"
"Child."
Itsuka shot her eyes for Momo, seeing Momo's complex face.
"Y-Yeah, but how's that possible?"
Momo shook her head.
"I don't know, but I do know that it has something to do with this situation, the League of Villains. Perhaps they can make clones of Ken-chan. They've made those monster beasts with multiple Quirks, so why not clones? Or if not straight up clones, at least people with his DNA structure."
"But why do that? That girl said they were made to be fighters...and if she's saying 'they', does that mean there's more than just her?"
Itsuka wondered to Momo, who shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't have an answer for that. But this girl...is it because Ken-chan's body might be able to suffer more damage thanks to his Quirk, and that was given to her too?"
"Maybe you're right...but if that's the case, what's Mikami-kun going to think about his DNA being used without his consent?"
Momo furrowed her eyebrows, wishing that she had the answer to that but she truly didn't in the end.
"I don't know...but, knowing Ken-chan, if these kids...how many there are, are being used as weapons, it might tear him apart. Not because they used his DNA...but, because they were made to be weapons."
"If they're weapons...are they dangerous? Will...Sakura-san turn on us?"
Momo watched as Sakura span around with Kirishima, teaching him some fighting techniques that she knew and how innocent, childlike she was, making Momo smile.
"I don't think so. She just seems so innocent, she seems so much like Ken-chan with her mannerisms, her intelligence is quite high, and obviously her facial features, it's basically looking at a pink haired version of Ken-chan as a girl. We should keep her safe. Hey, she might even want a Mother as well as Ken-chan as her Father if she's not had one, and that person could technically be even closer to Ken-chan, a family even..."
Itsuka's lips curled upwards at the thought of her, and Kenji being parents to Sakura.
"Well, I suppose I could...i-if it is to give this girl a family. Mikami-kun and I could raise her together, that would be nice..."
"What?" Momo looked to Itsuka who gave her a stare back. "You? I was thinking myself."
"Or me. I'd be a good Mother."
"I believe I might be more suited to being her Mother. I would teach her right from wrong, and give her the best education."
"I could do that too. I'd teach her about the world, and how to fight among other things."
Itsuka and Momo stared one another down, while Sakura continued having fun with Kirishima who kept blushing at her, it seemed that he had taken to her quite well, Ibara's eyes looked Sakura up and down.
"She looks so familiar to me, but I can't place it...she seems holy to me, but why is that…?"
While Ibara thought about it, Eri walked over to Sakura, who beamed down at her.
"What's going on Eri-chan? Want to fight~?"
"She's a child! You can't fight her!"
Kirishima yelled at her, causing Sakura to stick out her tongue.
"I wasn't going to fight her seriously."
"O-Oh...s-sorry, didn't mean to yell."
"No worries~" Sakura's eyes went towards Eri. "How about it Eri-chan, want me to teach you something's~?"
"Y-You can?"
"Yup, I know how to fight with my hands, I could teach you how to use the environment to your advantage."
"A-Amazing Sakura-san!"
Sakura saluted Eri who did the same, Sakura did a hand stand with Eri attempting to do the same thing, but she fell backwards, Sakura grimaced, and bent down to her level.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm okay."
"Phew, I'm glad. Papa wouldn't be pleased if I made children upset."
Eri tilted her head adorably at Sakura who smiled right back towards her. It seemed the two were striking up a friendship between them.
Back with Kenji, he had been fighting for the better part of six to seven hours.
In those hours, Gigantomachia was being stunned by the levels of resolve Kenji showcased.
He was blasting, and attacking without backing down.
His power soared, and his energies dwindled more and more as time went on. Even when he knew he was exhausted. Even when his power was draining, he didn't back down, he didn't stop, he didn't even try to give up.
Giving up right now meant death.
It meant he'd die no matter what he was going to be going against.
Even when he was beaten down, he'd get back up, and fight again.
Even when his body was being destroyed, he still got up and fought as hard as he could.
During that fight, Kenji also managed to get out a few good hits on Gigantomachia.
He was being brought to the levels of exhaustion that he had felt when within the forest.
Even then, he managed to make Gigantomachia bleed.
In the end though, he knew that he'd have to regroup, and make a new plan, so he managed to blind Gigantomachia long enough so he could fly out of there.
He flew a mile away, before landing at a tree, and hid behind it.
He panted from using his wings too much.
It still took a lot of stamina to use that kind of power. He used what little stamina he had, to heal his wounds and think about a new strategy to fight him.
"I have to think of something. This beast has speed, strength, and is very durable. There's got to be a weakness somewhere...but, what is his weakness?" Kenji released a breath. "And what Quirk does he even have? A giant Quirk maybe? Even then, a weakness seems unlikely to find right now...but, he's All For Ones pet...All For Ones pet...can I use that somehow…? I'm not at full strength as it is from the forest battle, so even if I want to fight him, I'm sure I wont be able to overpower him...I have to do something-"
"Masteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Kenji froze.
He heard the voice of Gigantomachia.
It was coming his way.
He could feel the ground shaking closing in.
He could feel him with his Life Quirk.
"Shit...I thought it might've taken a little longer to find me, his sense of smell is fantastic. He located me a mile away. It's coming for me...I have to do something...I have to stop him somehow..."
Kenji didn't even know what he was going to do.
He was limited on options.
It seemed that even when blinded, the beast could find him.
Kenji inhaled, and exhaled, and knew that Gigantomachia wasn't going to respond to reason.
He was going to respond to strength, authority.
That's the mindset he got from Gigantomachia.
While he thought about it, from down below the ground, Gigantomachia's body popped out of the earth, seemingly having dug through it, reaching out a large hand towards Kenji himself. Kenji barely had the time to dodge out of the way, but Gigantomachia didn't stop, his hand grabbed Kenji's body, suspending him in the air, and squeezed hard.
"A-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Kenji let out a cry, feeling the hand wrapping around him, cutting off many things. His bones felt like they were getting crushed.
He felt like his organs were going to burst with how tight Gigantomachia was squeezing his body.
"You cannot beat me after all. Master might have chosen wrong..."
Gigantomachia seemed to be slightly depressed.
But that only made the hand of his tighten harder.
Kenji tried inhaling, but he couldn't.
It was so tight.
Everything was being restricted.
If this continued then he thought that he was going to die.
He couldn't see a way out of this.
He couldn't think of a simple solution that was going to occur for him…
But, he managed to wiggle his Death side free. He managed to get that out of Gigantomachia's grasp, so he used Metal Manipulation to gather what little metal was on the ground that had dropped off him when Gigantomachia had lifted him up.
He felt his consciousness fading away.
He knew that it was only a matter of time before he wasn't going to be able to move anymore.
So with the remaining consciousness left, Kenji raised the small dagger of metal fragments, and stabbed it into Gigantomachia's hand, with Death surrounding his natural durability, piercing his skin by concentrating as much Death within the tip of the blade as possible, then he sent his Death inside of his hand.
By doing that, Gigantomachia began to feel the muscles in his hand weaken after an extended period of time.
His fingertips felt numb.
They weakened so much that they couldn't hold onto Kenji anymore, who dropped to the ground, slamming against it hard, making Kenji bleed more.
"M-My hand, I can't feel it...what has happened…? I do not understand! Master! What's happened to my hand?!"
Kenji peered up at the monster, blood dripping from his lips, his body feeling weak, but he stood up to face Gigantomachia.
"Your Master is right here Gigantomachia." Gigantomachia looked down with bewilderment at Kenji. "I am the Grandson of All For One, you want a Master, you're looking right at him. Now you will submit to me, do you understand?"
Kenji knew that this is how Gigantomachia was going to respond.
He was wanting someone to stop him, to tame him.
If Kenji could at least stop Gigantomachia's movements, then he thought he'd get the perfect chance to succeed.
Gigantomachia was taken aback by what Kenji was saying.
But, as he heard his voice, he was reminded of All For One.
The same vocal patterns as him.
The way Kenji held himself.
The look within his eyes.
Gigantomachia was sure that he was staring at his Master once more.
Even then, he still needed to be worthy of that.
"Master...I shall continue to test you! I will not fail!"
"I see, then come and get me Gigantomachia, and I'll show you my true strength."
Gigantomachia flexed his damaged hand the best that he could.
He didn't know if it was going to go back to normal.
But right now, he was looking at Kenji and was ready to fight once more.
Meanwhile, after a days training, the group of Izuku and the others had stopped to catch their breaths. Daisuke watched over them, while Reaper slowly walked forward. His eyes went to the teenagers, who were panting and talking together, Reaper chortling.
"It seems that they've been training hard."
"Indeed, they've done quite well. I'm sure that whatever you've got planned is going to be a success with those kids."
"Indeed. Are you ready Daisuke?"
Daisuke eyed up Reaper.
"Found them?"
"Yes, I have found them, we'll be moving out tomorrow once everyone's gathered. It's going to be quite the battle, we have to expect many things. We can't rule out the amount of Nomu that All For One is going to send out. Then there's Yami and All For One themselves...they have the person on their League to clone people, am I mistaken?"
"I was told that he made very strong clones of Dabi, the fire user, why?"
"Because we should expect that as well from them. But rather than Dabi, we should expect a few clones of Yami. They only have so much Nomu they can spare, so having a numerous amount of clones of that woman who's already powerful, it should be something we prepare for."
"Not All For One? Wouldn't he clone himself?"
Daisuke's question was met with a smirk.
"He wouldn't make something that might try and overthrow him. He's got a personality like that, he likes being the top, and having underlings. Yami would be perfect to clone, so we can expect a few of them. That's why I've also informed your Mother about them."
"The clones will be weaker than the real Yami though."
Daisuke argued, and Reaper agreed, but he also knew them quite personally.
"She's still very powerful, and even weaker, she could topple most Hero's. We have to be on high alert. And then that's the device she got the blueprints from for I-Island, we can't take that out of the equation, it can make peoples Quirk's stronger. She makes the cloning guys Quirk stronger, army of Yami's that have more durability than the normal ones come for the Hero's. Nomu's might be expendable to a degree, but clones that can be replicated to a good degree, they're even more expendable, and easier to make."
Reaper twitched his neck, locking his eyes on the teens.
Reaper casually strolled forward towards, seeing most of them freaking out, besides Sakura who was waving energetically towards Reaper who returned the wave with a single hand motion.
"What?"
"Y-You're the Reaper...don't you reap peoples lives?"
Kirishima spoke up with worry, but Reaper shrugged.
"I suppose that's what people think about me. I don't stop them, makes me terrifying to my enemies, doesn't it?"
"A-Are we your enemies?"
Itsuka pipped up, causing Reaper to chuckle slightly.
"Not currently, would you like to be?" She, and the others shook their heads rapidly. "Good. Then here handy girl."
Reaper casually tossed a pair of gloves towards Itsuka that had a flowery design on them, similar to her Hero's costume, who caught them with confusion.
"What are these for?"
"Ever heard of a thunder clap before?" Itsuka slowly nodded. "You giant up your hands with the gloves on, slap your hands together, and you'll be able to generate a thunder clap, a shock wave that can be directed to whatever you're clapping at by gathering various factors together that come to a head as you clap your hands together. Oh, don't worry, the gloves grow, and shrink to the size your hands are. It's quite the design."
"Y-You made them for me…?"
Itsuka seemed confused, so Reaper clarified.
"I found them in Kenji's room. It seems that he had asked Mei Hatsume to work on them with some designs he had, and had her input, and she finished them off, leaving them there with a note saying "Done!" among other things I wont disclose."
Itsuka looked at the gloves before her, and knowing that Kenji had made them, made her smile all the more.
"I-I see...I had no idea he was working on this for me..."
Itsuka clutched them to her chest, as Reaper took out what seemed to be Aizawa's capturing weapon, tossing it to Shinso, who held it tightly within his hand.
"You've been training with those, haven't you?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Then those upgraded ones are more durable, lighter, stretch further, among other things. They're better than Aizawa's ones, I made sure of it."
"I see, then thank you I suppose..."
Reaper cracked his neck to downwards, feeling something pulling his hand, and he saw it was Eri.
"Can I help you little one?"
"C-Can I have something too? S-So I can save Ken-chan..."
Reaper saw the conviction in her eyes, so he took off his scythe, and handed it towards her.
"Here, my scythe."
"You can't hand a child a scythe you idiot!"
Katsuki snapped at him.
But he defiantly stared at her, continuing to move his hand with the scythe to Eri.
"I can see you doing it! Stop it right now!"
"What's wrong with her having my scythe?"
"You can't see what's wrong with this?"
Shoto wondered, Reaper shrugged.
"No, she asked for something, and I am giving her something-"
"I don't care!" Katsuki snapped. "You are not giving Eri a scythe! She has me! I'll be all the scythe she'll ever need! With Ken not here, I'm her guardian and if I say she doesn't have a scythe, then she doesn't have it, got it Reaper!? I'm not frightened of you so I'll lay down the law right now, understand?!"
"Relax, I was, having what's called a joke."
They stared weirdly at Reaper's sense of humour.
Reaper pulled back his scythe to the disappointment of Eri, only for Reaper to place a few capsules in her hands.
"Press that big button in on the top, and throw it at something that's bad, and trying to hurt you, and Death energy comes out to protect you, okay Eri?"
"I-I see, so Ken-chan's black energy stuff?"
Reaper rubbed Eri's head.
"Exactly, it will be like he's there protecting you."
Eri's face turned upwards at the thought of Kenji protecting her even when he wasn't there.
Reaper continued looking around the teenagers, then his eyes settled in on Ibara.
"Vine girl, you usually try and bind your enemies, but you can use your Quirk to support yourself. Use it to grapple onto objects, and pull yourself through the air, use your vines to create complicated structures around your enemy, not simple cages."
"Yes Father."
The group all looked towards Ibara with a WTF face, why she was calling Reaper 'Father' they didn't know, but they felt scared.
Reaper gave her a curious look, before continuing to look around, seeing Iida staring at him.
"What's wrong with you engine boy?"
"A-Ah, it's just that you're one of Japan's strongest Villain's, and you're here giving us advice, I feel conflicted about this..."
"Conflicted feelings about me, that's understandable. Honestly, I don't care what you think about me, as long as you're here to help my son, and daughter, that's all I care about. Hate me if you want, fear me, it doesn't make a difference to me. As long as your conviction to save my children is there, then the rest will follow."
Iida took what Reaper said to heart.
His eyes shifted to Tokoyami who stared back at him.
"And you, the boy that stole my daughters heart away."
"A-Ah erm..."
Tokoyami was lost for words.
He didn't know what to say.
He was unsure of what he could say at this point.
"I presume that you are dating my daughter."
"T-That's complicated..."
"What wont be complicated is if you break my daughters heart, I'll break you in two. Is that clear young man?"
Tokoyami's face turned scared.
He usually didn't give into fear.
But with the way that Reaper was looking at him, he felt like he was dying.
Like he was going to perish under his gaze.
"Y-Yes sir..."
"Good. Treat my daughter well." Reaper turned and smirked to himself. "It's always fun to make people feel afraid, especially potential suitors for my daughter. You have to make sure they don't hurt your child's heart."
Showing a rare playfulness that he had to only himself, Reaper continued speaking with the children before him, and spoke strong and surprisingly encouraging words.
Daisuke listened in from a distance, and couldn't help but feel good that his Father could do this again. To be able to impart wisdom normally. Though with him doing this, it had growing worries within Daisuke that Reaper knew something that he didn't know, and what could happen with this fight...
With the orange burning the sky, Gigantomachia didn't give up, even with his hand still feeling numb. It was getting better as time was going on, but he wasn't one hundred percent yet, and Kenji could feel himself breaking more and more.
He was bleeding from different parts of his body.
Gigantomachia had relentlessly assaulted him time and time again.
He barely had a moment to relax.
He could trap Gigantomachia for a few seconds…
But that was it.
This beast was too much for a single person that wasn't prepared.
He was sure All Might could take it, and his Father.
But he himself simply didn't have the power they had.
Even then, he didn't stop fighting the best that he could.
In the end, he managed to escape Gigantomachia once more, but he was looking over himself, while having a few miles between him and Gigantomachia.
He had used his Quirk Death on himself, to kill off any scent that he would give off so if Gigantomachia could smell him, he couldn't anymore. He breathed so quietly, that he could barely hear himself.
Gigantomachia wasn't giving up, he was tracking him down, he was tearing through the forest.
Kenji felt his wrist having been sprained at least, he was cut over his entire body, and he barely had any stamina left to heal himself. He had to settle for letting the less server wounds to bleed. He felt that his organs had been bruised, but his body was naturally healing that damage, even if it would take a while.
Kenji looked around for anything that could help him.
"Masteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Though he was a fair distance away, Kenji could still hear his voice.
It was that loud.
"Shit...what can I do…? I can cut him...but that doesn't slow him down...I can briefly bind him, but he's too strong to be held down, I can knock him down briefly, but it doesn't even phase him. All For One truly has gotten a powerful monster on his side, stronger than any Nomu I've seen, and his body keeps increasing in height, it must be related to his Quirk somehow, and if it isn't, then I don't know why he keeps growing. If there was only a way to bind him long enough….wait, binding him...when he was binding me, I stabbed him, and sent in Death...his hand weakened to the point he couldn't hold me, and he dropped me...he couldn't move his hand properly for a good chunk after that...maybe, just maybe if I do something like that to his legs, he wouldn't be able to move therefore, wouldn't I win the fight…? If the opponent can't chase me, then I've won...and this guy responds to authority, I just have to stop him long enough so he can recognize me as his...ugh, Master. I hate that term, owning someone else...it's horrible...but, in this instance, if I do become this guys 'Master' at least for the moment, then he'll stop rampaging. Yes, that's it!"
Kenji looked around for anything to help him.
Seeing the trees, and the ground along with the metal on his body that was left, he quickly got to work as quickly, and quietly as he could.
With the limited amount of time that he had, he didn't have time to be slow.
When he was done, he stood out in the open, and looked towards the direction that Gigantomachia was in. he could see him in the distance, tearing up the earth, and threw the trees, trying to find Kenji.
"Oi! Gigantomachia! I'm over here! You want me, come and get me!"
Gigantomachia's eyes snapped directly onto Kenji who gave him a hard stare back.
"Master! Time to see if you're worthy of being my Master!"
Kenji gave him a confident look, something that Gigantomachia truly appreciated.
"Give me your best shot Gigantomachia, and I'll show you my real skills."
Gigantomachia developed a creepy smile, charging right for Kenji.
Kenji exhaled deeply, thrusting his hands forward, and connected to all of the trees that were in the path of Gigantomachia. He also ran Object Growth Quirk along with Object Hardening into the trees, making them as tough as steel, and swung fists for Gigantomachia from the trees, each pummeling against him, but did little to slow down the beast.
However, the fists were indeed connecting, and that's what Kenji wanted.
"These wont work with me!"
Gigantomachia swung out his arms, like a battering ram across the trees, and breaking them off like they were twigs.
But then from the ground, lines of trees came out, and made a blockade that looked like a giant wall, Gigantomachia looked down when his feet slammed against them and they didn't break so easily.
"I wont be stopped!"
Gigantomachia tightened his fist, and launched it forward, smashing through the tree blockade with his incredible strength, and stomped forward, dashing for Kenji's body.
Suddenly, the ground underneath Gigantomachia collapsed in on itself, and he found himself falling into a sizeable hole that was big enough for his leg, where Kenji used his Life and Death Quirk to wrap the earth around that leg, binding it into the ground while he continued on with his plan, his hand on the ground and was sending Death inside of the hole.
"That wont work with me Master!"
Gigantomachia put his strength into his leg, ripping his leg out of the ground, but not realizing something else was happening.
"This will though!"
Gigantomachia was confused, but then a large shard of metal Kenji used sliced right across Gigantomachia's leg, having used the hole in the ground as a tool to weaken Gigantomachia's durability by surrounding his leg with Death, caused Gigantomachia to trip onto his knee, glancing at the hole and saw how much Death was pooled into it, and saw his leg was bleeding.
"...Lady Yami's power..."
The giant murmured, as Kenji dashed forward.
Even then, Gigantomachia wasn't having any of it, and launched his hand forward for Kenji who hopped off the ground, using wings by his feet, getting into the air, and came face to face with Gigantomachia.
"I told you, this is my strength Gigantomachia."
Gigantomachia growled loudly, sending out his enlarged hand to grab Kenji, but Kenji blasted himself downwards, through the giants closing fingers. Since it was so tall, his fingers had a gap for his body to fit through, so that's what he did.
However, just as his legs were going through, Gigantomachia's speed was able to smash Kenji's legs together, causing him to cry out, and slam against the floor, and rolled on it, where Gigantomachia's giant hand came crashing downwards.
He tried to move, but his injuries caught up with him, and he couldn't.
He was going to be crushed.
He was going to die, and there was no way he would avoid it...
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
However, Kenji let out a scream from his mouth, and his Life side activated, and sent out a wave of Life. His energy connected through the air, and something then surprised Kenji. The Life energy strung together, and formed what seemed to be a moving dome that was heading right for Gigantomachia's form, hitting against the fist that Gigantomachia had sent towards him, and forced the fist away from his body.
Kenji was in disbelief.
He didn't know what was happening.
The sphere managed to push Gigantomachia back a good distance, allowing Kenji to quickly hobble towards the place he needed to be while Gigantomachia was busy.
He got towards Gigantomachia's injured leg, quickly thrusting his hand to the wound, and unleashed a torrent of Death. The Death seeped into the wounds of Gigantomachia, who howled out, while turning his body towards Kenji's own.
"Masteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Gigantomachia turned towards him menacingly, Kenji grimacing, and fell onto his butt, while Gigantomachia's hand aimed for him once more.
Kenji with the power he had left, slammed his hands onto the ground.
"Over Life and Death, Spire Terrain!"
From the ground, many spires of the earth erupted outwards, very fast.
Nearly on par with how fast Kai Chisaki had done it to him before.
The spires shot out from all around Gigantomachia, stabbing deeply into his arm that came for him, along with different parts of his body, stopping his progression from attacking Kenji.
He let out a bellowing roaring sound from his mouth, almost deafening Kenji, but he saw that despite his immense durability, even Gigantomachia was pierced, and bleeding from various parts of his body, Kenji had aimed a spire for the leg wound that he had given Gigantomachia before, digging into it and caused Gigantomachia to howl in pain.
Gigantomachia tried to walk on the leg, but with the wound along with Kenji's Death seeping in...his weight couldn't be handled by his weakened leg, and he came crashing down into the ground, like a meteor.
Kenji knew that this was his only chance for survival, so he had to do his best.
"Master...I will Master..."
Gigantomachia's hands dug into the ground, pulling himself towards Kenji, using his mostly uninjured leg to help along with that, but his other leg was done for, he wasn't moving that for a while.
"Gigantomachia!" Kenji snapped at Gigantomachia like he was scolding him, Gigantomachia paused, seeing the change within Kenji's eyes. "You wanted to see my worth? My strength? Then begin to see me as your new King. I wont accept this kind of behaviour from you, I've taken out your leg, you've seen my power, don't force my hand. Now bow down before me."
Kenji didn't like speaking like this.
But, to survive the hulking giant, he had to be as strong as he could.
Gigantomachia watched Kenji with a renewed sense of power.
His eyes displayed authority.
He looked exactly like All For One did when they met.
It was clear to Gigantomachia that Kenji and All For One were definitely related.
They held the same air about them.
How they exuded strength and demanded respect and obedience.
For the moment, while Kenji hadn't beaten Gigantomachia in a straight up power battle, he also saw that the future of All For One was Kenji, so he bent down his head to Kenji, like a loyal servant, moving closer as much as he could, and then purred while rubbing his face against Kenji's own who felt grossed out by him doing that.
"Good Gigantomachia, no need for violence now."
Kenji exhaled slowly, it seemed for the moment, that Gigantomachia was compliant, and wouldn't do anything else like attack him, falling backwards, and laid on the ground, bleeding, in pain and exhausted, that's what he was.
Meanwhile, Himiko exhaled as she looked before her.
She had done it.
Finally, she had completed what she had been tasked by Kenji to do.
She was quite proud of herself, and she even had a plant that seemed to be dripping a weird substance before her.
Irina slowly slid into the hidden area they had made, overlooking the items before her.
"Done?"
"Done and dusted. Just waiting for Kenji-kun's timing now."
"Good, then we'll converse with him when he comes back, and get this done. The longer we're here, the more I'm worried that All For One will put him in more dangerous situations. No doubt he's already done that."
"Yup, don't worry Irina-chan, we can succeed by working together~"
Irina gave her a curious look, before stretching.
"I best head back to the bathroom."
"That's where they think you are?"
"I've made modifications to this place without them knowing so I can go in and out of places if I need to do so."
Himiko looked quite impressed to say the least.
"Good, then I'll pack these away and get back to the others~ They think I'm taking a bath hehehe~"
Irina nodded slowly, and slid out of the room once more.
Himiko whistled to herself, finishing off preparations for whatever was going to come next.
Once Kenji had Gigantomachia beside him, and was being obedient, Kenji felt a new presence appear, turning around to see All For One was stood there with his doctor going over to Kenji to patch up some of his wounds.
"Hows the nose doctor?"
Kenji smirked despite being in immense pain, remembering his children and didn't regret doing that to the doctor.
He scowled, but began fixing some of his injuries so he wouldn't die.
"Aah, well done my boy. You forced him to submit with your authority. You might not have the physical means to subdue him, you hold the same authority that I do, Gigantomachia recognizes that and has chosen to obey you for now. However, in the future, you will have to defeat him in an all out battle to win his complete loyalty, wont he Gigantomachia?"
"Yes Master, but Master Kenji is good for now, he managed to stop me moving my leg and he sounded just like you Master. I will follow him for now, but I want him to also beat me in a power battle one day!"
Kenji didn't know if that was possible.
But it seemed for the moment, Gigantomachia was going to listen to him.
Though he might be slightly defiant about it.
That gave Kenji conflicting feelings.
He continued to feel Gigantomachia rubbing his face with his own, causing him to feel slightly disturbed.
All For One then faced Kenji once more.
"You did much better than I had expected, you managed to take out his leg, with tactics, using your knowledge among other things to achieve you victory. As I said before, I wanted you to have Gigantomachia submit to you, I didn't say you had to win, you proved to me that you have the means to take down stronger people than yourself, and you did it expertly. And you took much damage from Gigantomachia, many would fall under his power, but you proved that you wouldn't, and on your own as well, fantastic. Many Hero's would die to Gigantomachia, you survived, because you're a survivor Kenji, it's a quality I truly do admire about you. You always survive."
Kenji defiantly stared at him.
He didn't say anything.
All he did was gently push Gigantomachia off his form so he could glare at All For One.
"Now my boy, that you've managed to impress me, it's time to give you some new Quirks."
"Quirks you no doubt stole from others, and even murdered, right? Sorry I don't want peoples Quirks you murdered for."
"They were weak Kenji, you'll be strong with these powers, I can guarantee it."
Kenji felt a cold shiver inside.
Yet he didn't bend to his will either.
"Fine, do what you want. That's what you do anyway."
"That's not true, I'm here to make you feel better. I'm giving you the life you never had. This life could be the start of something amazing for you. Fighting it all the way isn't going to give you the chance to see that you're the future. Now the Quirk's I have, I believe would be amazing for you to use in combination with your Life and Death Quirk. Also, I'll teach you more about your original Quirk my boy."
Kenji seemed confused by what he just said.
"i know my Quirks power-"
"You think it is simply killing and life enhancing, right?" Kenji gave him a suspicious look. "It's much more than that, you can reshape this world into anything you desire Kenji. The building blocks of this world is in the palm of your hands, and you can shape that into anything you desire but there's ways you've not used it yet or rather, you haven't truly understood yet. You have amazing potential, it's one of the reasons I believe you would be a great leader with a powerful Quirk like yours. Everything I had hoped for in a successor. Not only the powers of your parents, but the intelligence of Kuromaru, and the spirit of Hikari who always strives forward."
Kenji didn't say anything.
He just listened into what All For One was talking about.
"Your Life and Death, can affect both organic, and inorganic. You do it without realizing it. Your wings, you're infusing Life into the air, and connecting it to your back, so you can achieve flight, you're killing off gravity to move faster."
"Y-You're saying I could manipulate my terrain and not just the earth?"
Kenji was surprised to say the least.
All For One continued on while folding his arms.
"This is the reason I had you fight Gigantomachia soon after you had already pushed yourself within the forest, it was growing then and it's growing even now. I knew he'd push you to your absolute limits, and have your Quirk grow stronger. You displayed it when using your Life, creating that bubble that knocked back Gigantomachia. That was your Life animating the air around you to blast the enemy away, and your Death also went through growth, it weakened a durable body like Gigantomachia's to the point he could be sliced with metal so easily, that's no easy feat. Using them together, you could create a hand from a building to crush someone by shaping it with Death, and animating it with Life. You can do something that Hikari and Kuromaru can't do alone."
"I see..."
"Of course, you can't just make things appear that aren't already there, you'd have to bring to life substances around you. Take your healing for example, you're enhancing a body to the point the damage disappears, so you could heal someone's arm, but you couldn't magically regrow an arm, understand?"
Kenji thought that he understood what All For One was talking about.
"Yes, I understand….I can't just create things, I'd have to have that substance around me. But bringing life to things not alive, that would be stamina consuming."
"Indeed, that's correct Kenji, but in the future, you'll be able to do it like your Mother does it, she isn't called the ultimate support Hero for nothing, her Quirk itself isn't directly damaging, but it is quite versatile. And your Death will grow one day to a point where you can destroy a body as easily as an inorganic object. Your Father can punch a hole through people with his Death easily if he so wished though he only does so to his enemies. That day at the USJ, if he so desired, he could have potentially murdered All Might, but he didn't have it in his heart to slay him, a shame really. Yami can do it and has done so before with many people, and you'll be able to grow your Quirk to a point where you could do it if you so desire. And you'll be able to sent out different types of Death blasts, like shaping it into sharp points to stab your enemies among other things."
"Even then, my Quirk isn't to that point yet. I can't just punch a hole into people as easily as Tomura can disintegrate people."
"Indeed, right now you can't. Tomura's Quirk though ignores durability, and disintegrates without discrimination, your Death kills it off until it doesn't exist anymore so things like durability are taken into account with your Death Quirk. With practice, you could do it though." All For One then released a chortle. "Anyway, lets give you the Quirks now, shall we?"
Kenji gritted his teeth, and just bowed his head.
He couldn't fight All For One, not yet.
So he had to do this, and accepted the Quirks that he was given.
He felt horrible about receiving them.
But, perhaps, he was confident that he could maybe use them in the future.
As night had settled in, Mina, Jiro, Tsuyu, and Toru were sat on the roof of the hospital, looking at the blackened sky together. Since they didn't have the power that the others had, they couldn't go on the rescue mission for Kenji, and as for Tsuyu herself, she was having a battle of her head, and her heart, and she wasn't sure which one was going to win.
"I just heard that they're going tomorrow."
Informing the others, Jiro let out a sigh.
"I'm sure they'll save Kenji-kun somehow, they're the strongest of the class."
Mina softly spoke, Toru looked between them all.
"Don't be so down, we'll be seeing Kenji-kun soon enough! They'll save him I'm sure they will!"
"But, I feel so useless just standing here, doing nothing." Jiro looked regrettable, while Tsuyu's eyes began to turn moist without the others noticing at first. "If I had the power that Bakugo had...I'd do what she's doing right now...the power of Todoroki...but as I am, I don't have their powers..."
"Even then, we can wish them best wishes!"
Toru tried to cheer them up, Mina showed a cute smile.
"You're right, we'll wish for them to succeed-"
"You're wishing them to be vigilantes...I don't understand why you are..." They turned to Tsuyu, seeing that she was shedding a few tears, touching their hearts immediately. "They're going to be operating above the law...they are breaking the law...and yet, it's to save Kenji-chan...it's so confusing. I want to help...but, I can't break the law, the laws are there for a reason..."
"Even I feel like that Tsu-chan." Toru spoke up. "But they're doing it to save Kenji-kun. Isn't it worth bending a few rules?"
"Would it make us better than Villain's to say that?" Tsuyu countered to the surprised Toru. "They can say, they wanted to steal from banks as they don't have high paying jobs. The situations are different, as Kenji-chan is way more than a bank full of money, a humans life shouldn't have a price...yet, the principals are the same. Can we truly bend the rules to save someone's life? And if we do...what happens next?"
"What do you mean?"
Mina's question was met with a sad expression on Tsuyu's face.
"Today we bend the rules, tomorrow we break them completely. We're Hero's in training, even if we hate the law, we still have to work with what we've got. Even if it is to save someone we love. If there was a rule saying I could, I'd be the first person who'd sign up to save Kenji-chan from this nightmare he's in...but, we're confined in the laws..."
Jiro, Toru and Mina understood what Tsuyu was feeling.
They also felt it.
But they didn't know what they could do.
Fortunately, help had arrived.
"My, its late girls, what are you doing up here?" They turned to the access to the roof, seeing that Hikari was walking closer. "You're crying Tsu-chan, why are you crying?"
Having a vague idea about it, Hikari prodded for more information.
Tsuyu's tears began to rain off her face, so Hikari moved closer, enveloping her in a motherly hug.
"H-Hikari-sensei, a-am I a bad person b-by not trying t-to help Kenji-chan…?"
"No dear, you're not a bad person at all. None of you are. Don't even think it for a second. All of you are good girls."
Hikari could see that it truly was hurting Tsuyu, and the others, and how conflicting their emotions were about this.
"B-But, the others are..."
"Don't you worry about what they've decided to do." Her eyes went between the four girls sat together. "Besides, I'm going to need help, any volunteers?"
"For what?"
Jiro wondered, Hikari stuck out her tongue.
"I need help with preparations, and you all seem to be free. Being a Hero isn't always about who can hit the hardest, there are people out there that need to be brought away from dangerous situations. And I understand your plight, about feeling useless."
"Y-You heard?"
"Just enough for the basic gist of it yeah." Hikari replied to Toru. "You know, people always told me that I was useless when I was your age. No one thought I'd ever be able to be a Hero. My Quirk is great at supporting people, healing people, but in a straight up fight, it isn't something like Endeavour's, or All Might's, and people always put me down, well who's laughing now huh~? I'm the Third Ranked Hero in Japan through hard work and effort~" They each let out small laughs. "As I said, being a Hero isn't just about who can punch out the enemy, it's also protecting the public, and you can do that by helping me out. So, do you want to do that?"
They didn't even have to think about it.
Since they would be operating under Hikari, it was something they found to be amazing, and operating within the law, and something they could do without feeling so useless.
[Yes Sensei!]
Hikari giggled, standing up.
"That's great, because I'm going to work you hard, okay?"
[Okay Sensei!]
"Good, now follow me!"
With renewed vigour, they stood up, and walked beside Hikari to help her out, and contribute. As she had said, they didn't have to be the heavy hitters, they just had to help out people that needed it.
Kenji finally returned to the League of Villain's after sometime. Having been spat out by the Warping Quirk, the black liquid surrounding his body, his eyes looked towards the others.
They looked on wide eyed, seeing how he was.
His body was bruised, battered.
He looked as if he had been through hell.
Tomura stood up from the bar, walked closer to him, while Irina looked worryingly on. Himiko bit her lower lip, but didn't show anything on her face, she had to keep her cover.
"I did that to him with my tape because he crossed me!" Twice declared proudly, drawing the others attention to him, but then flipped and cowered away. "How did that happen!? Who attacked him!?" His finger went towards Spinner accusingly. "It was your fault! I saw him doing it!" Spinner scowled at Twice, Twice then flipped his body around to Irina and put his fingers in a heart shape. "Date me and I'll save your brother!"
"No."
Twice then flipped the bird at Irina once more.
"I can't handle rejection well! I hate you!" Irina shook her head at Twice, who then giggled sweetly and scarily. "I love you so much! Lets get married and have two children! A girl and a boy named Twrina and Irice! A combination of our names!"
Irina had to wonder about those names.
"No, Twice isn't even your real name, Jin."
Twice went towards Irina, and hugged her, so she pushed him off her body, while Yami watched Kenji carefully, seeing the wounds on his body...and while she didn't show it, she felt pained to see Kenji in such a condition.
It was barely noticeably within her eyes, but she did feel something about seeing him in this condition.
"Geez, Tomura, where did you send him anyway? He's covered in those sexy wounds..."
Himiko couldn't help but adore the blood and wounds from Kenji's body, Tomura scowled at her.
"I didn't do this." He looked towards Kurogiri who bowed his head. "Where did you send him? How did this happen to him? Even if you're valuable to me Kurogiri, I will disintegrate you if you don't answer me!"
Kurogiri was surprised.
It seemed that Tomura truly would do that for Kenji when he wouldn't do that to Kurogiri in other situations.
"W-Well, I sent him to your Sensei Tomura, that's all."
"Then how did he get this wounded? Tell me, now."
Tomura's voice sounded low, dark, and deadly.
Kurogiri pulled back as Tomura's hand grabbed a bottle, using his Quirk to disintegrate it into nothingness.
Before he could reply, Kenji looked between them on shaky legs, before his eyes began shutting.
"I am not okay..."
Kenji fell forward, his eyes closing.
It had been too much, and he had passed out, Tomura caught Kenji in his arms, seeing that he was already passed out.
"Irina! Come quickly!"
Tomura ordered, so Irina walked forward, and bent down towards her little brother.
Seeing the condition he was in, it was clear that he had been through quite the hellish experience.
She wasn't sure what he had been up against, but she had a guess, so she brought him into a side room, and began using her Quirk to heal his injuries the best that she could, switching up wounds with her Quirk along with other things.
While she did that, Tomura sat close by, watching carefully.
Irina's eyes went towards Tomura.
"This is what your Sensei does, to his own grandchildren." Irina's words caused Tomura's brow to crease. "Look at him, he's got bruises across his body, his wrist looks sprained, and he's bleeding profusely. He's also got a head injury, and his legs look bad...If he didn't have a body like he does, he'd be in a much worse situation, he could even have suffered life changing injuries. Though it seems he did receive some medical attention before coming here. Even then, this shouldn't have happened."
"Is he going to be okay?"
Irina overlooked Kenji who stayed unconscious.
"As far as I can tell, with the emergency first aid I am providing along with his own natural healing, he should be fine, fortunately he was dropped off here in time. But, he's going to be feeling pain for quite a while." Irina's fingers gently brushed Kenji's sleeping face. "You fought Gigantomachia, didn't you Kenji?" He didn't answer her thoughts, but she already knew the truth. "I'm so sorry that you had to fight such a beast, but I'm sure you managed to get off a few good hits on it. Don't worry little brother, by tomorrow, we'll enact the plan and get you out of here. Even if I have to die trying. I wont let you suffer anymore."
Irina declared to herself and continued working patching him up the best that she could and Yami also came into the room, and did some weird thing to Kenji which seemingly increased the healing, Irina didn't know what it was, but it seemed to be speeding up Kenji's healing so she didn't complain about it.
Once she was finished, she left on the orders of Yami, so Tomura was the only one left in the room. The young man casually looked at Kenji every once in a while, and then watched some television to pass the time.
A few hours went by, and the darkness of the night had settled in.
His eyes went to Kenji when he heard a noise, seeing Kenji sitting up, groaning deeply.
"Ow..."
"You're finally awake, you've been unconscious for about six hours now."
"Six hours..." Kenji's eyes looked around until he met with Tomura. "Why are you here anyway?"
"Because I wanted to see how you were, that's all."
"How I am huh."
"Right. I don't know what Sensei did, but it seems rather harsh."
Kenji gave him a dry look.
"Of course it is, that's the kind of man he is." Kenji ran a hand over his face, and felt pained. "If it isn't too much trouble, could I have a glass of water please? My mouths dry."
"Sure."
Tomura left through the door, Kenji rubbed his pained legs. He still felt exhausted, but he was healing at least. He knew that Irina had done something, and perhaps someone else, but he didn't know who.
The door then was pushed open to reveal Mr Compress.
"What do you want Compress?"
Mr Compress strolled into the room, sitting down on Kenji's bed. His eyes locked onto Kenji's own who narrowed his brow right back.
"I know you're smart, so I know that you haven't just accepted you're staying at the League. You're going to try and escape at some point, aren't you?"
Kenji gained a smirk to throw off Mr Compress as he answered.
"Who knows."
Mr Compress' eyes narrowed considerably.
"You brat, you dare try and be cocky with me. I will figure out what you're doing, and I will stop you by any means necessary. I'll even maim you if I have too."
Kenji twitched his neck, pushing himself off the bed, getting closer to Mr Compress.
"Who says I'm doing anything? Being so cautious aren't you Mr Compress? How can I do anything anyway? I'm watched twenty four seven, my sister is too. The one person that might help me, is also being watched. Amazing isn't it? There's nothing I can do...unless..."
"Unless...there's a traitor in the League."
Kenji smirk grew, he was going to psychologically mess with Mr Compress.
"Maybe there is, or maybe the League Leader himself is conspiring to get rid of you. Maybe Tomura-kun now that he has me, he's had enough of you and the others. Maybe he's waiting for the chance to get you off guard, so he can wrap his fingers around your neck, and decay you to death…."
Mr Compress pulled back slightly.
If there wasn't even a chance, Mr Compress would be confident…
But he had to admit that there could be a chance.
Tomura did seem to want to get Kenji more than anything, and had sacrificed members of the League for that goal.
"Now that he has this boy...does he need us anymore?"
While Mr Compress thought it, Kenji's smirk grew.
"Are you thinking something like, does he need us anymore?"
Mr Compress let out a gasp at the growing smirk on Kenji's daring face along with his deduction abilities.
Kenji pulled even closer, his fingers rubbing against Mr Compress' tie.
"Does Tomura-kun really need you? Any of you, really? He's got Yami, and he's got me, and Irina. Along with the Nomu's. Does he need a Villain like you Mr Compress? Or maybe it isn't Tomura-kun, maybe it's someone else within the League. I was with Dabi for a good chunk of the battle at the forest, maybe he's not as injured as he's letting on. I wonder who it could be. Maybe it's Kurogiri. He was the one who warped me away for a good chunk of the day, so maybe while I was away, I was getting things to take you all out, and these injuries are fake. I don't know about you, but I'd probably be suspicious of everyone, because it really could be anyone. Or this is just in your head, you're so suspicious when there's nothing there. Thinking like that will only lead to paranoia. It isn't healthy, I should know, my Mom's a doctor."
Mr Compress was blown away.
It only made Mr Compress second guess himself.
He didn't know what to believe.
Maybe Kenji was right, and he couldn't do anything as he was being watched, and if he did have help, who could it be? And what would they gain from helping him?
Tomura stepped through the door while Mr Compress glared hard at Kenji.
"What are you doing in here? Get out Compress."
Mr Compress locked eyes with the confident looking Kenji, getting off the bed, and stormed to the door, passing Tomura who walked back to the bed.
He looked back to see Tomura presenting Kenji with water.
"Thanks Tomura-kun." His eyes went to Mr Compress. "You're a true friend." Mr Compress eyes slitted, as he walked away, Kenji secretly smirked to himself. "I knew he'd be the most suspicious and hardest to fool as he himself said he's a master of tricks so he'd be able to see mine coming, and by messing with him psychologically, planting the seeds of doubt within him, I've turned everyone into a potential enemy in his eyes, I felt his wavering emotions as he was looking at me, he wasn't sure what to believe, he wont see it coming when it happens as he'll be looking everywhere and not have time devoted to watching me only, and he wont have time to watch Himiko-chan either, I'll make sure that others are more suspicious than she is. He wont trust anyone. That's what you get for kidnapping me, I don't surrender so easily. All For One got one thing right, I'm a survivor, and I'll keep surviving, anyway that I can."
Kenji would chuckle but it would give it away.
He was surprised that he could do something like this, but he thanked his Father for these kind of skills, as he was good at messing with peoples heads, he guessed he inherited that from his Father and possibly Grandfather, but he'd use it for good.
His fingers trembled when he tried to grab the glass, so Tomura casually placed it to his lips.
"Drink."
Kenji chuckled lightly, feeling pain rippling through his system.
"T-Thanks, seems my hand is still busted up...as is my body I guess..." His eyes danced over to Tomura after taking a sip. "Why is that the Villains treat me better than the supposed good guys most of the time?"
"Because they're foolish idiots, that's why." Tomura replied with a creepy smile on his face. "I'm sorry about Sensei...he's pushed you too far already."
"Don't worry...he's not your fault...surprisingly, you're more reasonable than he is. I never thought I'd say you're more reasonable than someone else...hehe."
"It's weird, he doesn't do this much to me. Does he want to push you to grow stronger or something?"
Kenji shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know how that man's mind works. And honestly, I don't want to know either." Kenji twitched his shoulder. "Tomura-kun...can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what?"
"The Villains...no, not them specifically...you. You're kind to me...you treat me kindly, at least now that you're maturing more. You have tried to kill me in the past in your tantrums. I've also matured in many ways. But now...it seems that we both have matured to a point that we can actually talk, about things that others don't understand. People can sympathize, but they don't know the burn of society and how it can abandon you. Like the majority of the public, the Hero's and how they view me...I've tried so hard...everything I've done, they twist it, and turn it into sickening acts. Like the USJ...they said that was my fault...and with Stain, they also said that I had a hand in that...all because I couldn't control my Quirk as a child, and who my Father was. I couldn't stop it...and they hold that against me...for all of my life, I've been seen as a monster, a scared and lonely child, and they call me a monster...it's never ending, and it hurts...it hurts so much that every little thing I do, I'm seen as an evil monster when all I want to do is be good, and save people..."
Tomura gained an understanding face.
He had suffered similar in the past with his own Quirk.
In a way, he and Kenji had walked a similar path.
They both have dangerous Quirks, they both were forgotten and abused by society, and are seen as monsters.
"A monster huh...well, you're not a monster to me. You're the only person...I can truly understand and who understands me."
Kenji gained a smile for Tomura, who did the same back.
"Yeah...weird isn't it? We've been enemies for so long...and now we're talking as if we've been friends for years."
"We have been." Tomura divulged. "I always remember the conversations we had back then. The lone boy who came to me, and talked to me. You gave me your food, and we'd talk for ages. You tried to help me with others passing me by, even though you were ignored as I was." He took Kenji's hand with his own, though not with all five fingers. "That's why, join me here Kenji-kun. We can build a new society together, lets wipe out these bastards, and make a better world. Lets destroy this world, together. Me and you can do anything together."
"Together...huh."
Tomura's face curled upwards in agreement.
"Yes, together we can do anything. Those people that abused you in the past, we can take care of them. I can make them disappear, permanently. Just give this a chance, join my side, and we can rule this League together. There's no rules here to keep you oppressed. You can do whatever you want, and be whoever you want to be."
Kenji's face lowered slightly.
"I see...well, maybe it wouldn't be so bad."
Tomura's ears perked at that.
Kenji had to be convincing so he looked as natural as he could be.
Trying to look unsure, yet also intrigued.
And it seemed to be working as Tomura seemed to be giving him a weird smile.
"Really?"
"There's only so much someone could take, right? All For One...I truly hate what he's done, and how he's done this to my children...but you're different. I believe you when you say you wouldn't use children to fight, and how you genuinely want to be my friend. But, can I ask...why me? Out of everyone in the world, why me?"
"Isn't it obvious? You and I have experienced wrong within this world. We both have suffered at the hands of the so-called Hero's. Who else would I want to be beside me and call my friend? Besides, being smart and strong helps my own goals."
Kenji gave a coy smile.
"Is that so?"
"Indeed it is, I'm not going to lie, that's also a reason. I need strong allies if I'm going to destroy the Hero's, and you are very strong. Being the Grandson of Sensei, you obviously have quite a bit of power, and I want to help you grow in power, and in turn, I'll grow alongside you. Together, we'll be the greatest Villain's this world has ever seen."
Kenji couldn't deny that Tomura was speaking truthful words.
He seemed more concise, more controlled, and as Kenji thought before, more mature.
Of course Kenji thought he was still quite crazy, and could still be rather dangerous, he just had to tread carefully.
"Say that I do this...we'd be equals?"
Tomura's smirk grew more and more.
"Of course, I always have considered you as co leader of the League with me."
"I see...it's hard to just suddenly do things like that, you know? Switch to being evil...but, I can understand the lure of it, to right the wrongs done to me, to punish those who had abused me, and hurt me."
"Exactly, now what do you say?"
Kenji didn't want it to be too unbelievable, so he still pushed back.
"I don't know...I'm conflicted...I don't want to prove those people right...but, at the same time, I don't want them to get away with what they've said about me..."
"Then, lets talk more, it doesn't have to be about the League, about anything you want."
Kenji adopted a small smile.
"That would be nice, Tomura-kun."
So that's what they did, for the entire night.
They talked about random things.
It wasn't even about the League mostly.
Kenji even found himself genuinely laughing at Tomura's weird sense of humour at some points.
As they talked, he got to understand Tomura more, and actually felt sad for Tomura.
Tomura was a reflection of what Kenji could have been.
They both had uncontrollable Quirks, they both were abandoned by society, they both suffered at the hands of others, and they both just started off as innocent children, changed by the circumstances of their world, the Quirks they wielded, and the hand that fate had dealt them.
If it had been another life, Kenji could have become as twisted as Tomura was if his Quirk had killed people that night it ran out of control. If he had lost all of his family that night, if he didn't have Hikari all those years supporting him...he could have ended up exactly like Tomura.
Crazed, yet intelligent, that's what he got from Tomura.
Tomura wasn't an idiot, Kenji knew that to be true.
So a small part of Kenji did feel sorry for Tomura, and what he had gone through in his life.
But he also knew that Tomura was still a Villain, he was the enemy, no matter how much sympathy he had for him.
So he wasn't going to stop until he escaped, and that meant, he was going to try his best to win over Tomura, and the others, so he could escape, and get his children back.
Nothing was going to stop him, not even All For One.
End chapter!
So the fight between Gigantomachia, and Kenji happened! It was a hard battle for Kenji, who fought something very powerful, durable, and shrugged off most of his attacks on his own, but using his wits, and the usage of his Quirk, he managed to (for the moment at least) have Gigantomachia obey his command, with All For One explaining more about Kenji's Quirk, what he could potentially do in the future, showcasing growth with his Quirk, among even giving him some Quirks though Kenji doesn't exactly feel right about having dead peoples Quirks. What those Quirks will be will be revealed in the future.
While that was going on, the others were training together! Itsuka and Momo have figured out that Sakura is indeed Kenji's daughter, but those two are quite intelligent so it makes sense that they figured it out, and are even having a little rivalry about who's going to be her 'Mother'.
Sakura also informed more about her capabilities, how she's got stats above normal humans. Nothing insane like All Might or anything, but most people that haven't trained their bodies, could be taken down by her with her mastery of some martial arts, and her natural gymnastic abilities, the same goes for the other children that will appear again quite soon.
Reaper also gave some advice to the Hero's in training, giving Itsuka something Kenji and Mei had been working on together in secret along with Shinso receiving an upgrade to the binding cloth.
Tsuyu, Jiro, Mina and Toru spoke about the situation at hand with Tsuyu's conflicted feelings and how that's affecting her, but Hikari's stepped in and they're going to be working with her to help out.
Mr Compress is wary of Kenji, though Kenji used some psychological manipulation to throw him off of Himiko's scent by making him believe even a little bit that anyone could be a traitor, and speaking of, it seems Himiko's also finished what Kenji had her do, quite a bit help to him and he couldn't do it without her!
Even Kenji and Tomura had a bonding moment in a weird way, and seeing how Kenji could have been Tomura if circumstances were different.
Next chapter, begins the raid for Kenji! The fights among other surprises coming out!
Well, until next chapter, thanks for reading!
Kenji; Momo, Himiko, Katsuki (fem), Mina, Shoto (fem), Toru, Mt Lady, Midnight, Tsuyu, Jiro, Mei, Nejire, Itsuka, Ibara, Camie.
Izuku/Ochaco.
Daisuke/Tomoko.
Irina/Tokoyami.
