Chapter 28, 11 days till Christmas, and my sources of memes are full of Padarous… what led us to this? Just to suffer? Also I just watched Hazbin Hotel. I may have some ideas for that... I may have to kill some characters for that crossover.
"It isn't all about power, look at her, she lost her mother, and yet here she is, making kids smile." Manual smiled. "It's more then just beating down the villains. You have to inspire hope in people, and a Reaper that stands for justice, that is one hell of a symbol."
"You think she's the next All Might?" Tenya asked.
"Why wouldn't she be?" The pro looked at her as she put some band-aids on a kids scrapped knee.
"She isn't looking for fame or money." Iida said.
"And that is why, she reminds me a lot of the older heroes, those from when quirks first appeared. That is why she will become the number one Hero."
I pulled the heavy cloak tight around me as I looked across the street, there she was. "Ruby... I'm sorry."
Chapter 28: Friends Reunited
As we continued our patrol, stopping for lunch we discussed several other things about hero work. "It's more then just fighting crime, rescue work and firefighting is also a part of it." Manual explained.
"I could guess that, but isn't volunteer work also a big part of it?" I asked.
"It is Ruby, you have to stay relevant in the public eye, which can get stressful because people will look at you with a microscope view looking for anyway to tear you down. Now there are generally horrible people out there that need to be exposed, but the lack of privacy is obnoxious at times." He shook his head, "I don't know how the top heroes do it."
"I suppose that's true." Tenya said.
"So is it's normal for people to be following on patrol?" I asked.
"Yeah, but not for the smaller heroes like me. Why do you ask?" Manual looked at me.
"Well I keep seeing someone follow us, at a distance. I think it's a girl a little older then me." I say while gesturing down the street where I last saw her.
"Probably a fan girl." Tenya waved his hand, "Given the Sports Festival, that's to be expected."
"I don't know, it feels like I have seen her before." I looked down the street again. "I'll be right back."
"Probably just a fan, but go ahead." Manual got up to pay.
As I walked down the street I spotted her on the other side of the road, so I quickly crossed the street and she spotted me coming towards her. She seemed to sigh. As I stood in front of her, her bright red hair hanging out of the coats hood. "Pyrrha? Is that you?"
"Ruby... You have no idea how glad I am to see you." She said.
"Your supposed to be..."
"I'll explain later, just... who are the people you were with?" She asked fidgeting with her coat.
"The one in the armor is Iida, the man is the Hero were interning with. Manual. Also Iida knows the truth of where we're from. Where were you?" I asked.
"I was in Canada. We have to talk about something." She looked around.
"Dose it have to do with Ozpin?" I asked quietly.
"There you are Ruby, Manual is..." Tenya stopped as he spotted Pyrrha.
"Tenya, this Pyrrha, apparently she isn't dead." I shook my head. "I'll call Aizawa, he'll get you situated."
"Who's this a friend of yours?" Manual came up to us.
"Uh yeah, she's a friend from Canada." I quickly smiled. "She was just nervous because we were with a Pro Hero."
"Well come along." He smiled.
I sat across from Pyrrha, "How are you?" I asked, cutting the silence in the darkroom.
"Good, I... am happy to see you." The awkwardness was palpable.
"Ozpin was training you to be a Maiden?" I asked, catching her off guard.
"How did you?" She asked.
"My mother, I think I know a way back, my silver eyes and the power of a Maiden. I think it's safe you aren't a Maiden." I sighed.
"Actually, I was able to get a small spark of the power, but I haven't been able to grow it. At least not much." She held out her hand and after a few sparks a small flame formed in her hand. "But before I woke up here I had something of a vision, saying that I wasn't ever meant to hold this power, that you were. But I think we need to make it a lot stronger before we try to get back."
"Looks like things have been screwed up huh?" I sighed.
"Sorry, it's been weird being reverted back to a 15 year old." She said while rubbing he back of her head.
"Yeah. I was going to ask you about that." My phone went off, it was text from Aizawa.
"'She's been added to Class 1-A, and to your internship, a delayed exchange student to UA is the official story, family matters is the excuse we will use.' That should get you in."
"I'll be sure to thank him." She smiled.
"You do have your gear right? I asked.
"Yeah it's in my bag, why?" She asked back.
"Gonna have to put a shirt on underneath." I say while pointing at her still considerable chest, my cheeks puffed with jealously.
"Oh... ohhhh."
"I'm glad you could join us Champion." Manual smiled. Pyrrha stood in her armor from Beacon if a bit sized down. Her shield and the copy of Milo that I had made were strapped to her back. I had chosen the Hero name.
"Pleased to join you as well." Her red hair was braided back, her smile a beam of joy.
The day went by uneventfully until Manual stopped us, "Huntress, Tenya, I know you only chose my Hero company so that you could hunt down the Hero Killer."
"That obvious?" I asked.
"The relatives of the two most recent victims coming to the city that they were attacked in? You need to work on your subtlety." He sighed.
"Ruby, seriously?" Pyrrha shook her head, "Out of everyone out there, you are the one to go after a killer."
"We can't let him get away what he did to..." Tenya started.
"And what would you do? Your interns, your not actually allowed to actively to search for villains, and we pros aren't allowed to make arrests. If break you the rules you'll never be allowed to get your Hero licences." He scolded us. "But I understand why, but you can't just go looking for revenge."
Chapter 28 is done, I needed to get her in the main crew soon, originally I was planning for her to join up during either the fight with All for one or the Camp Training arc. But that is fairly far away.