Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
StrikerTj; Thanks very much! I've been ill, so not had much time to write lately.
ShadowUzumaki55; He surely is yeah, he's doing his best alright~ She is yeah, and we'll see about that. Yuki's gonna have a staring role in the future. He did yeah, seems like Rensuke and Aizawa have some kind of rapport with one another. They'll be saving her rather soon, that's all I can say right now. It was pretty good advice to give Rensuke, and help him attain stronger abilities.
issei; Yeah, poor Monoma haha. And yup~
Silver crow; Thanks very much! Yeah, Dabi's gonna be joining soon enough. Yeah, seems like Aizawa likes Rensuke quite a bit. They did yeah, Yuki and Rensuke's relationship is nice. No, it wasn't said they were in one, only that they had feelings for one another, at least in this story. Haha, yeah Himiko and Chitose, quite fun to see huh? Maybe she did notice something different. Yah, it was quite nice huh. Eri and Ren are getting closer~ He's beginning to tame it yeah, we'll see more of his knowledge on Nomu's and things like that in the future. He did yeah, he managed to speak to Itsuka and got some praise for what he did during the USJ incident. Haha, it seems that he enjoys being with the class more than he's allowing himself to think about. Maybe she was yeah~ We'll discover more about her in the future. He does support them yeah. Haha, he's quite enthusiastic about taking them on huh. Perhaps he will inherit that, or maybe something else. He's not really aiming to be a symbol of evil or good, he's aiming to change society and will do what is necessary for that. It would be cool if he did do that yeah. We'll have to see if he wins~ Yeah, the elves could be cool. It wouldn't be so bad if he got that demon soul. Sure, like that idea of traveling around. Those two being like that could be fun. Those girls sound good. Gotta be honest, not really read/watched Testament of sister devil series. Pokemon ideas seem cool to me. Sure, Rensuke could be like that! Yeah, those look like great ideas to me! Though I don't know much about Star Wars, only seen the movies, not seen the newest one yet, it seems good to me. It would be cool to see someone with those abilities for Young Justice.
Anime PJ; Yeah, quite chilled out, compared to what they had been through, before going to the Sports Festival. Haha, Himiko didn't pass up on that opportunity to use Chitose like that. Yeah, he will accept it alright, and we'll see him going there this chapter. He's more excited for a challenge than the actual festival, and by this chapter, he wishes to make Yuki feel happy so he wishes to put on a good performance. Thanks very much!
Chrono trigger; I don't think it's gonna end anytime soon, we still need to see a few things, and I can't see it being rushed, like seeing Deku's full abilities, among other things with Dabi, and other characters. I'm sure it will be satisfying when it does end, and if it was close to ending, it wouldn't make me sad, I'd be happy if it ended the way the author wished for, and it was satisfying for the readers as well.
Roxas Itsuka; Thanks very much! Yeah, he relaxed a bit it seems~ She did yeah, Chitose didn't see that coming. Yeah, Aizawa and Rensuke can understand one another on a few levels it seems. He is yeah, he's becoming closer to them, along with Shoto, Ochaco and a few others will get some development with Rensuke during the Sports Festival arc. Eri doesn't, and Rensuke's gonna rescue her in the future, before the canon timeline. Haha, yeah Rensuke wont take any prisoners, lol. Rensuke, once finding out more about Shinso, would sympathize with him yeah. Ooh, a meeting between Endeavour and Rensuke, that's gonna be interesting, that's all I can say right now.
Lightwave; He wasn't no, who did will be revealed in the future. The person has been subtly hinted at by a few characters before, but we'll find out more later on~ We will see more of Rensuke's past, we'll get more of it as we go through the story. He does yeah and it seems that Nighteye knows a thing or two about Ren's Mom. Yuki certainly is on her feet now. We'll be getting some good development between them in the future.
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Making moves!
Sitting down and reading the news on a tablet, was the leader of the Meta Liberation Army.
Having read about what Rensuke had achieved, he became more and more convinced what he needed to do next.
His eyes went towards Chitose, and Geten.
"It seems that he's quite the formidable young man. Doing all of these things. Even saving students, and Sensei's alike."
Chitose nodded.
"I agree, when I saw him, his body had some wounds, but he seemed to also be on the mend, sir. What should we do?"
The man hummed while the two looked towards one another.
He thought about it for a few moments, before coming to an understanding.
"Yes, it seems that the time to move is now. If he's growing in strength, we can't let him get too far ahead without his loyalties being pushed towards us. With him on our group, we'll be able to stir up even more good will towards us with the public. The student that saved USJ, and helped defend All Might from a creature that even had capabilities that could cause mass destruction. Definitely, he'll be an asset to us."
Geten raised a hand.
"Sir, if you're thinking about adding him...what should we do if he doesn't want to join us?"
The man ran a hand through his thinning hair.
"Then we'll have to kill him before he gets too strong."
Geten nodded without showing anything but a loyal expression in her face.
"Understood."
Though she did say it without even a hint of worry, something within her eyes did show that she wasn't exactly down for doing it.
She had gotten to know Rensuke over the year, and had many interactions with him.
Now it was a do or die situation and that he could potentially be dead soon.
It didn't sit well with her.
But she was still loyal to Re-Destro, her leader, and if he said it had to happen, then she would fulfill his request, even if it wasn't what she wanted on a personal level.
Chitose didn't look exactly pleased about it.
"Sir, do we have to kill him? He's only a teenager, what threat could he be..."
Chitose voiced her thoughts.
But they were shot down by Re-Destro himself.
"That teenager, has already shown to be strong, and now doing these feats. He also has knowledge on us and when we ask, he'll know of our existence fully, he's a dangerous being, we either have him on side, or we rid him off this earth, and we can pin this on Villains that killed a student of U.A who wasn't allowed to use his Quirk outside of school, it would be the perfect way for us to strive forward. Though it's good that we're going now, he shouldn't be strong enough for you both, just in case, I'll have some warriors placed in Shoowayasha. We could even say that he died saving your life Chitose, and the others would be for saying that, we'll be shown in a good light."
Geten seemed to be somewhat alright with it, but she felt a pang inside of her chest.
Chitose on the other hand wasn't so sure, and felt like something negative was going to happen.
But this was for their leader, so any unsure feelings they had, they had to force down.
And if Rensuke didn't join, then they'd have to kill him.
After dealing with the other classes, Rensuke walked towards the hospital, so he could go and see his cousin once more. His eyes went through the corridor naturally, and he thought about the Sports Festival, and how it was going to be rather interesting to see.
Going into the hospital room, he saw that Yuki was doing stretches, which worried Rensuke even more than usual.
"What are you doing?"
Yuki was caught by surprise, and nearly fell over.
"W-Waaah! D-Don't sneak up on people like that!"
She yelled at Rensuke who furrowed his eyebrows.
He strolled forward, and attempted to help her, but she merely said "It's okay, I've got it." and walked over to a nearby bed, sitting down on it, and showed a relaxing expression on her face, while facing Rensuke.
"Big bro, what are you doing here? Usually, you don't come at night like this."
"Heeeeeh, I just thought that I should come since I had sometime. I'll leave if you want..."
"N-No, of course not. I'm glad you're here."
Rensuke scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Actually, I just came here to inform you that I'll be going to be competing in something called a Sports Festival at U.A High School." Yuki looked mildly surprised as he continued. "Yeah, it's going to be rather interesting of an experience."
"I see, so you're going to be entering into a tournament like thing? I heard one year, they used sponged bats."
Rensuke snickered at the thought of fighting someone with a sponged bat.
"Sponged bats, huh. How do you know?"
Yuki raised a finger upwards, showing a cool expression on her face.
"Because I've watched them a few times. I liked that one with the sponged bats, it seemed pretty fun to witness. I'm kind of jealous, I wish that I could participate..." Yuki paused as Rensuke gave her a curious look. "Hehehe, I guess that it would be difficult huh?"
"I don't know about that, it could be something interesting anyway, couldn't it?"
The young girl agreed.
"Yes...but, I'm sure you'll do great big brother. It's just..."
Rensuke sat down close by, seeing Yuki's expression falling.
"It's just...what?"
Yuki shook her head.
"It's silly, I don't want to say anything about it."
"Well, I enjoy silly, so tell me~"
Yuki was glad that he was there, and could make her feel better than before.
He always had a way to bring some levity to her situation.
"It's just, I always dreamed about us going to school together, and being apart of a Hero's team together big brother. But as time goes, I'm not going to be able to do that….even though I'm probably not going to make it long anyway..."
"Yuki...don't speak like that, you have to have some hope. Besides, I'm going to find a cure for you, don't worry. You'll experience school one day."
His gentle voice was usually soothing.
But right now, all she could do was think about the opportunities that she was missing.
She didn't believe that she would have much time left.
She had good days, and she had bad days.
But right now, she knew that the good days were fleeting.
She just wished to have a good event happening to her.
Where she could prove that she could be a Hero…
That she could do what she wanted to do.
"...Anyway big brother, I'm sure you'll be able to do amazing things during your Sports Festival, I'll be...cheering..."
Rensuke clearly knew that something was happening inside of her.
She wanted to also do it once.
He wished that he could.
But he didn't want her to put any pressure on her body.
She already was frail, if she had pushed herself anymore…
"It's alright Yuki, I'll do it for both of us."
Yuki offered a pained smile.
That smile, Rensuke wished he could change it to a happy one.
But the reality was that he couldn't do that right now, even though he wanted to do his best for her.
"I guess...an-anyway! Tell me, what are you going to be doing in the Sports Festival? Have you been told yet?"
"Aah, no not yet. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. I'm going to be training for it, it's gonna be quite the challenge, but I can't wait for it."
Rensuke mused to himself, seeing the expression on Yuki's face.
He wished that he could change it so she didn't have to feel sad.
He knew that she wanted to do things like everyone else.
That she also wished to try and be a Hero.
But he was going to do his best to cheer her up.
Once it was time to go, Rensuke bid Yuki farewell, and left.
Yuki thought about what Rensuke was going to do, and how he was going to participate in the Sports Festival while also wishing that she could do it too...
After spending time with Yuki, Rensuke returned home, or that was the plan anyway.
When he was heading home, he was suddenly ambushed by Hana, who leapt down from a tall building, stepping behind Rensuke who didn't even seem to be all that bothered, and continued walking onwards.
"My, we haven't seen each other for a few days, you could at least greet me."
Rensuke didn't say anything, continuing forward.
Hana adopted a small pout, and pulled forward, her hands elegantly behind her back.
"Ren-kun, aren't you wondering how Tomura is?"
"Not really."
He replied, as he turned a corner.
Hana pouted even more, and skipped forward, rounding the corner, then appeared before Rensuke while having a calm demeanour.
"Come on, speak to me~"
"About what exactly?"
Rensuke asked Hana who bit her lower lip.
"Anything really, I just wanted to see how your school life is going. By the way, like your school uniform, it just screams adorable~"
Though she said it in a singsong manner, Rensuke could feel that there was something deeper inside than she had been letting on.
"Why are you really here?"
Hana's face grew into a slightly sadistic expression as she placed her fingers before her, flicking them towards Rensuke himself.
"I'm here to see what you're doing. You haven't contacted All For One in a few days. He's concerned about you."
Rensuke paused for a few moments, before continuing to walk forward calmly.
"I'm still mad at him for doing what he did. I'm not pleased with your damn brother either."
Hana smacked her lips together.
"You're not mad at me, are you?"
Rensuke faced the young woman who showed a cute smile on her face.
He looked the young woman up and down, before shaking his head.
"I don't have much reason to be mad at you. You didn't have malicious intent with my Mother, so I don't hold negative feelings for you." Rensuke looked up to the sky, seeing some clouds forming. "Seems like it is going to rain. You probably should get inside before the rain comes."
Hana looked up to the sky, and saw the same clouds forming.
She began laughing as some rain soon fell down.
"It also rained on that day didn't it?"
"What day?"
Hana stuck out her tongue playfully.
"The day we met of course. What else would I be talking about?"
Rensuke watched the water flowing down from the heavens above, and stopped it with his own Quirk. The water as if it had been locked into place by Rensuke's power floated in the air, and began to clump together, forming a dome of water above his head, stopping all potential rainfall to hit his body.
Hana smirked at the sight, placing a finger down onto the ground, before it began becoming attracted to her body. Rensuke glanced behind him, and thought about what she was going to do, before she shot a piece of rubble into the ground, which cut through the air, and hit through the water dome, allowing some rain water to trickle through the air itself, and down onto the ground.
"Not bad, is it?"
"It seems that you've gotten stronger. But, if you want to have a fight then..."
Rensuke wasn't sure with Hana.
She usually did things that were quite odd.
She could be playful one moment and attacking the next, very unpredictable.
"No, no~ I don't want to have a fight at all~ I just wanted to show you, I can do it too~"
"Alright then, I've got to go Hana, got to prepare for a tournament it seems."
Hana raised an eyebrow.
"You're gonna be in a tournament, are you?"
Rensuke cocked an eyebrow upwards.
"Is it surprising?"
"Naturally, I am a little surprised. Seeing the fact that you're wanting to do things of a normal teenage way. You're enjoying school more than you're letting on, aren't you? The assignment of All For One, was to scout out potential candidates, along with being able to gather more information about U.A. Yet, it seems that you're developing some kind of attachment to the people that are here."
Rensuke furrowed his eyebrows.
Enjoying being at school.
Did he enjoy it?
He simply didn't know about that.
What he did know was that he didn't mind being there.
"Even if I did enjoy it, it doesn't matter."
"I think that it does matter. If you're enjoying this experience of yours, then that is a wonderful thing indeed. You can enjoy it, you know? It's alright to enjoy being in the school. Regardless of your assignment. But don't forget Rensuke-kun, you wont be there forever."
"I'm already aware of what I'm going to be doing. And I know that it isn't my current life anyway. It is a nice distraction. I'm sure my Father is probably worried about the idea of me being lured to the side of the Hero's, right?"
Hana shrugged her shoulders.
"I can never tell what he is thinking."
"Hehe, that makes sense alright."
Hana laughed at what Rensuke said, while Rensuke began walking away once more.
Knowing his Father, he was going to have to try his best and make sure that he was satisfied.
Shaking his head, Rensuke went to return home, when he saw that Chitose was ringing him.
[Rensuke-kun, I need to speak with you, soon.]
Rensuke felt something off within her voice.
His mind went through a few scenarios as he answered.
"Sure, what's wrong? Has something happened?"
He heard her breathe shallowly, bringing his attention all the more.
[Actually, yes something has happened. I need to converse with you at your earliest convenience. Please...it's important that we speak at my office in Shoowayasha.]
Rensuke noticed the change within her.
She usually wasn't so forceful in her words.
She sounded like something was playing on her mind.
Also, he had never been asked to go towards Shoowayasha before, so he definitely knew something was off.
It drew him to some conclusions that he wasn't happy about.
"I see, then I'm free in four days since my doctor said that I'll be back to full health then, I'll contact you."
[Yes, that would be best, thank you, Rensuke-kun.]
Rensuke hung up the phone as Hana skipped closer.
"My, do you have a secret girlfriend I should know about?"
"Nothing like that. But I've got to go, have a good night Hana-chan."
Rensuke walked back home, leaving Hana behind who developed a smirk on her lips.
When he returned home, Rensuke sat down on the couch, and exhaled slowly. His eyes rolled to the back of his head, as he felt his body unwinding after the day that he had. He also saw Himiko sleeping on the couch soundly beside him, with La Brava in the corner, tapping away on her computer, and Gentle drinking some coffee while watching television.
"Seems like everyone is relaxed."
Gentle turned to Rensuke with a smile.
"Yes, we've been able to relax here. So, you've got a Sports Festival! Haha, we'll have to cheer for you even harder!"
Rensuke showed a bright smile.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to do my best, it's not everyday that we get to spend some good time just doing some competition. It will be my first sports thing...well, for a very long time anyway, I'm quite excited."
"Is that so?" Rensuke nodded. "Then we'll cheer for you even more than ever before!"
Rensuke chortled.
"Yes, I'm counting on you Danjuro-kun!"
Gentle beamed, as La Brava raised an eyebrow.
"I'm surprised Ren, you're excited for some kind of school event."
"Well...I'm excited to do it for Yuki, more than me. I don't mind doing it, I'm sure it's going to be fun, but she can't do it, so I wish to try my best to give a good performance for her."
La Brava nodded, now it made sense to her.
"I see. Haha, yes that would be like you Ren. Also, I haven't had much luck finding Dabi yet, so I'm gonna try a few more, obscure places around."
"Right, I'll leave that to you then."
Rensuke smiled out happily, knowing that La Brava would be able to handle the situation.
Himiko let out a happy groan as she slid back onto the couch.
Rensuke felt the corner of his mouth lifting up when seeing the young girl looking so calm even in her sleep.
But then his face changed slowly.
"The Meta Liberation Army is most likely making their move."
Gentle and La Brava's eyes widened slightly.
"S-Seriously?"
La Brava looked shocked, as Rensuke nodded.
"Yes, the way Chitose-san was on the phone to me, she even asked that I come to Shoowayasha...it seems that our first trial is about to come about. We need to discover more about it, I've given us four days, I believe is the latest I could stall without being suspicious."
Gentle folded his arms.
"Are we going to fight?"
"I'll listen to what they have to say, but yes, there might be a possibility that we could fight."
La Brava looked at her computer, then towards Rensuke.
"I'll double my efforts to find Dabi, more firepower would be good."
"Right, while she's doing that, I'll also try and discover more information about what they're up to."
Rensuke pushed forward as Himiko woke up.
They briefly told her what was going on, in the midst of that he also warned Gentle "Be careful, they're dangerous." to which he nodded strongly.
"Don't worry Ren, we've been preparing for this. We wont lose so easily!"
Rensuke admired his attitude.
"Yes, we wont, and I've got the perfect weapon for us...all I need to do is make it work for us. Also, I'll leave our escape method to you La Brava with how we dealt with it during the incident at the bar with Overhaul."
"Right, leave that to me."
Himiko raised her hand.
"Let me fight Chitose! I'll show her whats what!"
"If you want to fight her, I'll leave her to you, though we're trying to convince these people on our side, so only kill if absolutely necessary."
Himiko stuck out her tongue.
"I don't mind, if it is for Ren-kun, I'll do my best~ We'll fight and take down these people so they can join our side!"
"You seem really excited to do that."
Gentle observed, Himiko leaned back and grinned.
Rensuke gave curious looks towards her, before letting out a small chuckle.
"Right...lets make everything perfect before we go forward, and show our best strengths. We're aiming to change the world, lets begin by changing these people."
[Yes! Lets do it!]
Seeing their resolve, Rensuke was glad he had the people he had behind him.
The next day, Rensuke met the others to train with them. Katsuki looked unwilling to work near Izumi and decided that she'd train at a distance, while the others began doing their own thing. Rensuke thought that it was rather nice that the class was training together.
Though he did notice the absence of Shoto.
He did ask her, and she had said that she might come.
But it seems that she hadn't come in the end, so he wondered what had happened there.
Shaking his head, he went to get to training, when he saw that Izumi was pulling closer. Curiosity overcame him, and he turned towards her, giving her a raised eyebrow.
"Something on your mind, Izumi-chan?"
Izumi showed a shy smile on her face.
"Ren-kun, I am not...sure where I should start."
Saying it with a truthful smile on her face, Rensuke hummed.
"I could see why. Has All Might not given you any tips?"
"He said...something about imagining an egg, in a microwave...well, that's what I got from what he said. It wasn't that clear honestly..."
Rensuke sweat dropped.
He truly didn't know what All Might was thinking sometimes.
Rensuke placed a finger to his chin.
"Obviously, your body can't handle the full power of your Quirk."
Izumi nodded without disagreeing, she knew that was rather true.
"Y-Yes, that's true..."
"But, it doesn't mean you can't use it at a smaller dose than you have in the past. Just thinking about the idea of using the power at smaller doses. You should try and get your body more used to handling the power of your Quirk. Sometimes, peoples bodies need to adjust to the power of their Quirk, and through training, it can help. It was the same for me, and even now, it can put strain on my body if I manipulate more and more water, it just depends on the upper limits, and they can be increased."
Izumi stood there, thinking about what Rensuke had said, and wondered if she'd be able to apply it to herself.
"Hmmm, I think I understand it, being able to use my power...w-wait, I just thought! Using my power to distribute the power through my body might help me out. I'd have to work on lowering the power though, so I should try and do that while training! Thanks Ren-kun!"
Rensuke didn't know if he was that much of a help, but he smiled, and nodded all the same.
"No problem, glad to be of help."
Rensuke watched Izumi move away from him, so he placed his finger outwards, and summoned water at the tip of his finger, allowing the water to form a bullet with a second or two, before he took aim.
Aiming his finger forward at a metal wall, he shot off the sphere which crossed the distance quickly, slamming against a metal wall, causing a large dent to appear, Rensuke looking down at his finger, then back towards the wall.
Furrowing his eyebrows, he thought about what he'd be able to do with his Quirk.
He also remembered his Mother, and what she could do with her power.
How she was able to use it in different and unique ways…
Shaking his neck side to side, Rensuke allowed his hands to form above him, with water spraying out of his fingers, cupping them into a sphere that was growing larger and larger with the power that he had, and then began shaping the water into different shapes.
"I remember Mom being able to form shapes quickly, and use her water in rapid succession without even tiring for a second. If I could do that, then I'd be able to increase my combat ability even more than before. Though, that Nighteye said that I could learn under him...would I actually learn anything under him?"
While mulling that over in his head, Tsuyu hopped over.
"Rensuke-chan, I've been thinking about something."
"Oh? What's that?"
He said curiously, turning towards her.
"I've been thinking, our Quirks could be used together quite well ribbit. I swim fast in water, you can create water, if you create enough water, then I could use that to get the drop on our targets, while also pulling you through the water ribbit. Together, we'd be able to move quickly through a battlefield."
Rensuke understood what she was saying, and then placed his hand outwards.
Shooting off a small torrent of water that went across a large street, Tsuyu hopped inside, and swam through the water so fast that she appeared on the other side within two seconds, must faster than if either of them had ran over the street, and showed a peace sign to Rensuke who let out a small laugh.
"Seems that we could make quite a good team Tsu-chan."
Tsuyu nodded, glad that he was also calling her Tsu like she had asked before.
"Yes, ribbit. Seems like that we'll be able to use our powers together quickly. Even if you surrounded an enemy with a vortex of water, I could use that to get around the enemy, and attack from various directions."
Rensuke smiled at the sight.
He couldn't remember when he had just normal conversations like this with his classmates.
Then he recalled what Hana had said, about how he was becoming more and more attached to the classmates that were around him. He hadn't planned it, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to have it either, he didn't want any of them to become endangered by his kind of life.
Once training with the class finished, Rensuke had come to a decision and went towards Sir Nighteye, and decided to see what he could learn there, and what he truly was after, he knew that it wasn't anything simple.
He went towards a location that Sir Nighteye had suggested, moving into the building itself, Rensuke looked between the different things that were around him, seeing that there were several things that connected him to All Might.
Moving through the area, he found Sir Nighteye sat with his hands cupped together. Inhaling slowly, Rensuke moved forward, sitting down before Sir Nighteye who hadn't made even an attempt to move an inch.
"So, I've arrived Sir Nighteye, I wish to become able to use my Quirk in more ways, can you really help me with that?"
Nighteye showed a rare smile on his face.
Though Rensuke only saw it for a second, so if he had blinked, he would have missed it.
"Indeed, I believe that I have the potential to help you get stronger than you currently are at this moment in time."
"Is it because you knew the Benevolent Hero personally? Is that how you know about Quirks that deal with water such as my own?"
Nighteye didn't refute it.
"Yes, she shared a few of her secrets with me in the past, since we both had a close connection to All Might. It is...a shame about what happened to her. I often think about it, and I wish that I had used my Quirk on her, if I could have seen this terrible event happening, and to her little boy as well..." Rensuke lowered his eyebrows briefly. "Where you aware that she had a child?"
Rensuke nodded a single time.
"Yes, I was aware of it. He probably would have been my age if he had survived huh. I'm not that sure, I only heard a few things about her son."
Rensuke spoke as if he wasn't connected with him.
His convincing voice, body language that had been honed for years to never give anything away, even managed to make Nighteye's suspicions be quelled, at least a little bit by the way that he was speaking.
"Yes, I'm sure he'd be around your age if that was the case. You probably would have gotten along quite well, considering your abilities."
Rensuke smiled softly, not giving anything away.
Not even showing anything other than a collected expression on his face.
"I'm sure we would have. Anyway, what are you going to teach me exactly?"
"Ah yes, there's a few things I'd like to ask you before proceeding." Rensuke nodded without pause. "Then, your ability to harness water, can you change the properties of the water. Have you ever tried?"
"Change it as in heating and cooling? Or changing the water from a liquid state to a semi solid?"
Rensuke said with mild confusion, Sir Nighteye inclining his neck in agreement.
"All of them."
Rensuke furrowed his eyebrows for a few moments.
"I could if I tried. But it can take a few seconds of concentration for me to do it, and in the heat of battle, it can be difficult suddenly switching my mind from thinking about my power to putting it into practice, you know?"
"Yes, I can see that being a challenge. Also, I'd like to ask if you can change the viscosity of the water, along woth the solubility?"
Rensuke continued thinking about it.
He knew his Mother could, and while he had attempted to do so a few times…
"Well, I can a little bit I suppose. But it's kinda difficult."
"Yes, I'm sure that it would be. Well, I've got the information that I need, I'm sure that within two weeks, I can help you expand your Quirk's versatility even more. In no time, I'm sure you'll be able to use your power in different ways."
Rensuke nodded thankfully to the man before him.
Though he wasn't sure if this was a good idea.
But anyway that he could become stronger, he was going to do that.
Once leaving Sir Nighteye's side, Rensuke went towards a different location, and had decided to visit someone that he thought would be a good idea to have with him.
Knocking on a door to an apartment complex, he heard a very dramatic [Come in!] and [Intruders will die!] something that made Rensuke chuckle.
Opening the door, he saw Twice sat within the room, casually watching television, while also flipping Rensuke off without looking at him.
"Twice-san, how are you enjoying this new apartment?"
Twice became excited when he heard Rensuke's voice, turning to him and thrusted his thumbs up.
"My friend has returned!" Twice suddenly huffed. "So you're back, bastard."
Rensuke always found amusement within Twice's words.
"That's right, I've come to check on you first of all. How are you liking this apartment?"
"I hate it!" He snapped but then fell back into the chair he sat on. "It's like a dream, I love it~" Rensuke smiled softly as Twice gave him cold eyes. "I'm not going to thank you for getting it me either, so don't bother asking!" Rensuke gave him a curious look as Twice flipped back once more to happy. "Thank you for getting me the apartment!"
"Haha, don't worry about that. But, I've come to ask you for a favour Twice-san, if you don't mind."
Twice held his fingers in a cross.
"No way! I wont do anything for you!" Twice suddenly jumped to Rensuke's left, and showed a peace sign. "Anything for my new friend!"
Rensuke breathed out slowly.
"Haha, great. Then Twice-san, how would you feel about helping me out?"
Twice suddenly leaned backwards, and shook his head.
"I wont clone myself! I can't clone myself! I-"
"I'm not going to ask you to clone yourself, don't worry." Twice's relieved eyes turned to Rensuke once more. "But, I am in a bit of bother right now Twice-san."
"It's those bastards from the bar, isn't it? I'll take them out for harming my best friend!"
Rensuke found it rather nice that he had said that.
"No, it's not them. Though that's a problem for another day. I'm going to be entering a big battle potentially, and I might need some assistance."
Twice jumped up, and saluted Rensuke.
"Say no more, I will destroy the opposition!"
"Thank you, Twice-san."
Twice latched onto Rensuke's form, and hugged him tightly, while Rensuke smiled softly at the sight before him.
After two days of training, Ochaco watched from the sidelines as Rensuke flipped in the air, propelling himself between buildings, using his water to propel his speeds. He was getting faster and faster, she could see that for herself. There were times where she even had to wonder where he was, and only found him by following the water dropping down onto the ground as he whizzed between buildings in a training sector.
"If nothing else, he's so determined to become even stronger. I can admire that..."
She mused quietly, as Rensuke stomped onto the ground, summoning a pillar of water around his form, which shot into the air, travelling high into the sky, bigger than the buildings that were around his form.
Then he spread it outwards, until it began blanketing the sky above his body, Ochaco saw that it cast a shadow on the ground, blocking off the very sun, which she thought was rather interesting to see.
But then he snapped his fingers, and it all came raining down onto different targets that had been set up on the training ground. The heavy duty bullet looking water clumps, slammed against several targets, hitting them so hard that it broke through the targets themselves, but one missed, and Rensuke lowered his arm, rubbing it gently.
Ochaco continued to sit on the sidelines, just watching as he self analysed what had just happened.
She couldn't tell what he was thinking from a distance, but it seemed that he was focused.
He then turned to Ochaco, who looked shell shocked that he caught her watching.
"Can I help you?"
Ochaco scratched the back of her head sheepishly.
"N-No, of course not~"
"You sure?"
Ochaco's cheeks began to turn red, shaking her neck side to side.
"No, I'm fine, really. I was just thinking about the usage of your Quirk that's all. It seems that you can do many things with your ability."
"Yes, but you also have a pretty strong Quirk. Being able to remove gravity from things, and turn them weightless is pretty strong. I could see being able to use that Quirk in a few different ways, especially if it came to combat."
Ochaco raised an eyebrow.
"Y-You could?"
"Sure, it would be easy enough to turn your opponents weightless, then dropped them down into the ground, it could cause them to suffer damage, or you could use it on yourself, even if you have that nausea problem."
Ochaco was surprised that he knew that.
She couldn't recall if she had said it to him before, but if she did, she didn't go deeply into it, and the fact that he remembered such a detail.
"I-I see. So I could do that huh?"
Ochaco had thought about it before.
But with the nausea she had, she thought that it would be difficult for her to do something like that.
"Yeah, if you did it for a few seconds, you could propel yourself high into the air, then release it, to return down to the ground. You'd have to judge it for yourself what your limit would be, but it would be pretty interesting to see it happening, wouldn't it? Have you thought about trying to train your body to handle the effects of Zero Gravity in a controlled way before?"
"Controlled way?"
"Yeah, if you can place yourself in a sphere or something and allow your body to get used to it...say, instead of floating yourself, until you get used to it, why not ride on top of some rubble or something? You'd be able to use your Quirk to release, and then activate and change the way you move through the air. It would be difficult, but it could give you limited flight capabilities, wouldn't it?"
Rensuke gave some advice to Ochaco that appreciated it quite a bit.
Rensuke then cut into the ground with his water Quirk, where he tossed a decent sized rubble towards Ochaco. Ochaco watched as it fell before her, before Rensuke cut through the top of the rubble, to create a platform for Ochaco herself, who seemed to be quite impressed by what he was doing.
She then got on top of it, placing her fingers on it, removing the weight from the rubble itself, which allowed her to begin lifting up into the air. She felt a little dizzy from the sudden movement, but then she saw Rensuke watching her curiously.
"W-Whoa, this seems like a pretty cool way to use my Quirk! Thanks Rensuke-kun!"
Rensuke shook his head.
"Not at all, I hope you do quite well in being able to use your Quirk better. Say, if you want that help in fighting up close, I could teach you some moves that would help you disable a few opponents, I think it would work wonders with your Quirk….now thinking about it, you probably should work on speed as well, to get close to your opponent, and use your Quirk. That would be best, don't you think so?"
Ochaco had to admit that she really liked the way that Rensuke was speaking.
The fact that she was getting advice like this, it made her quite happy, she also appreciated everything that Rensuke was doing for her, giving her this advice, and helping her improve in his own way.
Ochaco put her fists together, nodding strongly.
"Yes, lets do it Rensuke-kun!"
"Hah, alright then Uraraka-san."
Rensuke smiled at the attitude of Uraraka, and then showed a calm expression as he began teaching her how to fight hand to hand, it seemed that Ochaco truly did like the idea of learning how to do that in the end.
After three days, nearing the day Rensuke was to meet with Chitose and Geten, Dabi was finally tracked down.
Rensuke had a meeting with him, and met within a deserted area with buildings surrounding their form but they were used and abandoned, where Rensuke, Himiko, La Brava and Gentle all appeared (all having some kind of costume to hide their appearances) with Dabi having his hands in his pockets.
"So, you got my attention. What is it this time?"
"A definitive answer, if you will."
Dabi seemed to be confused for a brief moment, before chuckling.
"I see, you want me to join your group, is that it?"
"Yes, that's right. Your answer."
"Didn't I say I'd think about it? Why the sudden change?"
Rensuke placed his thumbs together as he let out a small breath.
"Lets just say, I need to begin making moves faster than I would have expected."
Dabi furrowed his eyebrows.
"So that's it. And if I refuse to join you guys?"
"Then we'll not bother you again. We didn't come to pressure you into joining nor did we want to force you to join either. I've always said that people who join me, want to join me of their own choice. So what's your answer?"
"So, you're giving me a choice? Is that your way of saying you can't do beat me?"
Himiko adopts a frown with the way Dabi said it.
"He wants people to be there for their reasons, not because he could just force them, which don't be mistaken, he might be kind, but he can be powerful if he needs to be."
Himiko's words surprised Dabi for a few moments, before he chortled.
"Yet, I've not seen his Quirk, what is his Quirk anyway? Is it strong? Perhaps I should test it out..."
Himiko growled, taking out her knife.
"Let me stab him...speaking so disgustingly about someone who I love..."
She asked Rensuke but he shook his head.
"We didn't come to do that, I'm not going to fight Dabi if he doesn't want to join us. He can say what he wishes. If he thinks I'm like that, then that's his choice."
Dabi watched as Rensuke turned away.
But Himiko kept her eyes on his form.
She didn't stop looking towards Dabi who stared right back at her.
"Hey crazy, if I burned down your boyfriend right now, would you hate me? If his body began turning to charcoal before your very eyes..." Himiko's hand clenched her blade so tightly that Gentle noticed that her knuckles turned white. "...the flames of blue dancing around his burning form, as he looks towards you, whispering "I'm sorry..." in his gentle voice as he dies a painful-"
Something snapped with Himiko, and she quickly lunged forward.
"You wont have the chance! You're the one who's going to die!"
"Aaah! Boss!"
La Brava called, Rensuke quickly turned to see Dabi's smirk growing on his face, and he raised his hand, allowing his blue fire to shine before him, shooting it off towards Himiko who let out a small gasp in surprise, but she dodged out of the way, causing the blue flames to hit the wall, and incinerate some of it.
She got in close, and attempted to slash towards him, but Dabi's fire increased around him, intending to create a massive wall of fire before him to incinerate Himiko...
But then just before it could touch her, a water wall formed before her, blocking off the fire wall so quickly that Dabi was caught in surprise, then he saw that several pieces of metal were forced towards his direction with Rensuke using his water to blast them around to confuse Dabi on his power, so he lit his body on fire, creating a flaming wall around him, stopping the metal stabbing into him.
"Don't antagonize my comrades, Dabi. And if you strike her or any of my comrades, it will be the last strike you ever give."
Himiko turned to Rensuke with a blush adorning her cheeks.
Dabi smirked at Rensuke's words.
"So, this is the man you'll be. Someone that defends their comrades."
"Damn straight. Now we're going to leave, if you attack, I'll attack also."
Dabi steps forward, placing his hand out towards Rensuke.
"Tell me, why do you care about that girl? Aren't you a Villain?"
"I'm not a Villain, nor am I a Hero Dabi. I am someone that is concerned for the world, and will change society so the real Hero's out there can do justice."
Dabi's attention was caught with that.
"Real Hero's?"
"Yes, the Hero's out there that do what they need to do for society to make it better. All Might, sometimes to his detriment, is one of these people. There are selfish people out there, both on good and bad sides of the world. People threatening to destroy society...hurting children because of their powers." Rensuke remembered both himself, and Eri when he spoke about that. "But, you'd also know about that, wouldn't you Dabi? Or should I say-"
Dabi stopped him from speaking further, with Rensuke furrowing his eyebrows at the man before him.
"How do you know about me? You know...don't you?"
Rensuke adopted a light smile.
"I don't know everything about you, but I do know a few things about you. I've seen the way you act around others, I've seen how you react when you see certain things happen. Seeing families affected by Hero's and Villains alike. My own family also has suffered because of that reason. My Mother...what happened to my Mother, is a fault on both the Hero's, and the Villains of this world. The same for my cousin. That's why I'm going to change how society works. The selfish people that abuse others for power, are going to be stopped."
Enthralled by what he was saying, Dabi watched as Rensuke pulled back towards his friends.
But Rensuke stopped, turning back to him.
"Your flames are indeed powerful, but in the current state of your body, it is going to be difficult for your body to continue pushing forward. You'll cremate yourself one day if you aren't careful. If you joined us, I could help you with that."
Dabi thought that it was quite laughable that he was saying that.
"So what, are we going to continue fighting?"
Rensuke shook his head, and turned away from Dabi.
"I don't see the need. I don't feel like taking you down right now, nor do I feel like dying. I got my point across, and that was don't target my family. Perhaps you'll change your mind and join my side. Besides, I feel as if you had a reason to antagonize my comrade, I believe you were testing my resolve, is that right? The way you spoke, and how you provoked her, and then how you looked at me, I believe that was the reason." Dabi didn't refute it, but Rensuke could see that his body language gave it away. "Until next time, Dabi. Think about what I said."
Dabi watched as Rensuke walked over to Himiko and the others. But not before leaving a card for Dabi with his number on.
They all checked if he was alright, while he himself was left in the shadows.
The light that bathed the four of them, didn't seem to be so bad in the end.
He could see, despite being a teenager, that Rensuke had a good understanding of the world.
The ability to do something, and change it.
Also, his drives, and motivations, to save his family…
He definitely thought it wasn't a bad goal to have and deeply considered joining Rensuke and the others in the light.
Getting back home, Himiko sat down on the couch, and gave a sorrow look towards Rensuke.
"Sorry Ren-kun, he got to me, that damn Dabi, and I lost it for a few moments..."
Rensuke shook his head as Twice came into the living room, carrying a bag of popcorn.
"Don't worry about it, we still have a good chance at victory tomorrow. But, I'll say it right now, it could be very dangerous, I can't guarantee your safety. So it's up to all of you if you come with me tomorrow. If you decide not to go, then I'd understand."
Himiko let out a small laugh.
"Yeah right, as if we'll leave it all to you Ren-kun. I don't know about the others, but you gave me a new lease on life, and gave me the reason to stay beside you. You accepted me without any hesitation, my normal is the way you look at me, and keep smiling while others ran away and told me to be another kind of normal, and I was abnormal for being the way that I am. So until the end, I'll be standing beside you Ren-kun."
Rensuke felt touched by what she had said,
She truly was someone that he could count on.
Gentle let out a small laugh.
"She's right, we wont abandon you now Ren! We'll be with you right until the end, and we'll all become the people that changed the world!"
La Brava inclined her head.
"Though I'm not much of a fighter, I'll always lend my talents to you, Ren."
Twice thrust his hands into the sky.
"Well I'm outta here, screw all of you!" The group blinked as Twice suddenly turned back and got to his knees happily. "Though I secretly adore all of you guys!" He turned to La Brava and thrusted up his thumb. "Date me babe!"
"No."
She said it while glancing at Gentle who stroked his chin in intrigue.
He then turned to Himiko who showed off her knife.
"Don't even suggest it."
Twice let out a small groan as Rensuke exhaled.
"If you're with me, then it's a divide and conquer like scenario. From what you found out Gentle, and what Himiko-chan discovered, it seems that the showdown will be in fact at Shoowayasha, and the building will be filled with people from the army, that also are apart of Shoowayasha, they wouldn't risk filling it with unknown employees."
"In case we beat them, they don't want any connections to the army known to the public, is that what you're thinking? They'll be trying to put us as terrorists in the event that we lose."
Gentle asked, Rensuke nodding.
"Yes, that's what I'm thinking. The most dangerous we'll have to worry about is Geten and Chitose I believe. They both have unknown Quirks, but from the data we received, they speak directly to the leader of the Meta Army, so they have to have some powerful Quirks and could be lieutenants in his army. Based on what I've seen, they'll also have something that can either disable my Quirk, or something that can counter it. By the way they move, and how we've observed them over the past year, they'll not go in without having someway to stop my ability, they're tricky like that."
"Then if they do, can you still fight?"
Rensuke smiled at La Brava.
"I'm not just a Quirk user, I know how to fight without my Quirk and surprise my enemies. Many scenarios I've been placed in, even if they nullify my Quirk somehow, I can still fight, and I have a few tricks up my sleeves that many wouldn't expect. But the real surprise is, that you'll be providing back up, and they don't know how hidden weapon either. He'll be able to change the direction of the battle to our favour."
Himiko let out a small laugh.
"So two lieutenants and a bunch of lackeys. Quantity over quality it seems."
"Yes, but it's going to be dangerous either way. They have many employees, and we have only been able to confirm about a 150 people, there could be more than that, and we don't have a full scope of their Quirks. But with our weapon, his body should be able to deal with many types of Quirks, so I'll leave both you Gentle, and you La Brava, taking out the lackeys of theirs while also covering the exits so they can't get back up and disabling their tech quickly. I'll take Geten myself, she seems to be the stronger of the two, or at least the one who's honed her ability longer than Chitose has, based on our previous conversations."
"Then I've got Chitose~"
Himiko seemed excited, with Rensuke glancing at Twice.
"Twice-san, you'll be providing support where it is necessary, your Double Quirk certainly will come in handy."
"Leave it to me! I'll do anything to support you guys!" Suddenly, he flipped, and showed a relaxed position. "That is if I feel like it."
Rensuke let out a small laugh, as he stretched his body.
"Then we'll be moving tomorrow night, get a lot of rest tonight, tomorrow could very well end in a difficult battle. I want Chitose and Geten as allies, I know something's can't be avoided, but if we gain them as allies, then it is one step closer to the Meta Army, and one step closer to all of our goals."
They nodded seriously, even Twice was taking it seriously, and each member looked ready to fight.
Rensuke was happy with the current way his group was acting, it truly did feel as if he was fighting with everyone that he could trust.
The day had come, and Rensuke went towards Shoowayasha Publishing's, and had been called to Chitose's office.
Upon getting there, he saw Geten stood close by. Rensuke also noticed that as he walked around, he noticed a few people that had been watching him like hawks, so he definitely knew now that he was going to be ambushed.
Arriving, Chitose said "Please sit down." to Rensuke who nodded.
"Thank you, but can you tell me why you called me here? It seemed serious."
Looking between them, Chitose began.
"As you might have guessed, there was a reason you were called here today."
Rensuke raised an eyebrow.
"And that was for?"
Chitose nodded, and produced the book about the Meta Liberation Army.
Rensuke overlooked it, then turned towards Chitose.
"You're showing me a book about some army. Why?"
Geten placed her hand on the table.
"We know that you bought this book a year ago, and we've been attempting to understand your mindset since then."
Rensuke faked surprise.
"Why did you do that? What do you want from me?"
"Your power." Geten spoke. "You have a unique power that would be very good for the Meta Liberation Army."
"The Meta Army...exists? I thought that it was just folklore or something..."
He said it with a shaky voice, attempting to appear as if he was clueless.
Geten folded her arms.
"We're being serious, we want you to join."
"And what if I don't join?"
He questioned, which was met with Geten's sharpened eyes.
"Then you die."
At the provocation, Rensuke stood up, and walked towards the window.
"Well, I don't want to die."
"Then join us, and together, we'll be great."
Geten said strongly.
Rensuke showed a slight smile on his face.
"Yes, together we would be. But, where is your leader, is he or she not here?"
Chitose answered it while showing a calm face.
"He sent us, as his representatives."
Rensuke put on a faux hurt face.
"That's harsh, I don't even get to see your leader, and you're asking me to make a decision based on what you say? Also, threatening me with death, it doesn't sound like the army is very kind. At least, offer some kind of satisfying reward, how about having an indoor pool in my home, that would be nice. Or perhaps a new television with many gaming consoles. New clothes maybe."
Geten's hands firmly placed themselves on the table, her fingernails scratching at the wood.
"Because you know too much about us, we couldn't let you go and tell the Hero's about us."
Rensuke cracked his neck back to the girls.
"I see, I understand. However, if I rejected you, how about you work for me instead?"
The girls were mildly surprised by what Rensuke had just offered.
Working for him...?
Chitose looked on curiously.
Geten scoffed at the very idea.
"I don't think so. You're strong, but not strong enough against me, who's been honing her Quirk for all of her life."
Rensuke chuckled.
"My, sounds like a challenge." His eyes went towards Chitose who seemed to be unsure. "Chitose-san, do you want me to die?"
"...For the leader, I have to follow my task, even if it isn't something I agree with."
She said it while unable to meet his gaze.
"I understand, we all sometimes have to do something we don't like. Like right now, I do like you girls, but if you attack me, then I'll have to defeat you."
Geten let out a small laugh.
"Confident. You're in enemy territory, and you're making such wild claims? Do you believe you can beat both of us? And even if you could, there are more than two hundred people in this building, you cannot beat us all. Your death will be used to move the Liberation Army's world forward."
Rensuke leaned back against the wall.
"Alright then. That's nice to know. I'll give you one more chance. If you decide against it, then I'll have to let something wild."
"Let what wild?"
As he said it, he saw a bunch of people coming into the room, each aiming some kind of Quirk towards him.
"You've got some friends? I've got some friends too."
Rensuke said to the confusion of Chitose and Geten, who suddenly saw the wall being pulverized, and coming in through the wall, was Himiko, Gentle, La Brava, Twice, and the USJ Nomu that was now under the control of Rensuke.
Himiko jumped to the side of Rensuke, and showed her blade towards Chitose who ground her teeth, Twice flipped off both Geten and Chitose, Gentle and La Brava (who had a helmet on her head) also got to the other side of Rensuke, decked in some combat gear, the same for Himiko who had a blood machine on her back and Twice wearing his usual outfit with Rensuke having the Nomu swat away the people that rushed through the door, defeating them in an instant to their shock.
The Nomu then loyally bowed its body down before Rensuke while peering aimlessly at the two women.
Geten and Chitose looked to one another and wondered what they were going to do next.
"W-What...y-you have that beast..."
Chitose seemed shocked, while Rensuke showed a soft smile as he saw Gentle carrying Rensuke's katana just in case.
"Did you think I'd come without investigating you guys? I know your plans to try and have me join, I've known for a while now. I also know about your book and you have been tracking down others to try and have them be enticed towards the Meta Liberation Army. Your way of thinking, while not wrong in certain aspects, you're going the wrong way about it. You want to see the worlds Quirks to go free, true liberation. But, who is that liberating, really? The innocents will still be destroyed by the evils. Also, your leader seemingly underestimated me and my comrades, we don't go down without a fight. So, this is the last chance, join me, or we'll have to defeat you."
Chitose looked stunned.
Geten also had similar feelings.
But they both had to do what they thought was necessary for the Army, and turned their eyes onto Rensuke's group with a willingness to fight.
"Then we'll have to fight. You're not walking away from this."
Geten said seriously, so Rensuke stepped forward.
"Time to begin then."
Rensuke's words carried over to the others, which caused his group to develop grins, getting ready for the fight ahead.
End chapter!
So, it seems that the Meta Liberation Army is making their move on Rensuke, and have told Chitose and Geten to kill Rensuke if he doesn't agree to join them.
Rensuke and Yuki also spent sometime together, and it seems that she's feeling a little depressed about a few things. Hana also came back and spoke with Rensuke, observing that Rensuke was enjoying his time at U.A more than she had thought he would.
Rensuke's also helping Izumi and supporting her along with helping Ochaco train with hand to hand combat, even combining with Tsuyu to use both of their abilities together. He also went to Nighteye for some training, and what he could potentially learn from him, we'll see more of what he'll learn from Sir Nighteye, and revealing that Rensuke's been supporting Twice with buying a new apartment for him among other things.
Rensuke and Dabi also had a meeting, and it seems that during the meeting, Dabi understood Rensuke more and more, and has begun to see that joining Rensuke would be a good idea while also testing his resolve by provoking Himiko.
Then finally, they arrived at Shoowayasha, with them making their intentions known, but Rensuke rejected that and decided to do this his, and the others way, by offering them to join, but right now it seemed they declined and have begun the fight!
Well, until next time, with Rensuke vs Geten, Himiko vs Chitose, and the others handling the members of the army throughout Shoowayasha building. Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year!
Rensuke; Izumi, Katsuki (fem), Ochaco, Himiko, Shoto (fem), Momo, Tsuyu, Hana, Itsuka, Kirishima (fem), Mina.