"Is it that the League seeks to add them to their ranks?" He asked and at that I stood up.
"We... I instil a strong sense of duty into my students, I wouldn't be surprised if Ruby and Bakugo were trying to fight their way out at this very moment. As For Pyrrha no one asked her to fight, she saw a child in danger, and she acted as a hero. You should be looking at their actions, They were all actions of true Heroes. I am proud to say that they will keep the peace."
Chapter 50: Maiden of Destruction
I sat across for the purple god, he tilted his head to one side as if he were smiling. "I finally meet one of my brothers Sacred Guardians. Welcome Ruby Rose." He greeted me warmly. "I am the Brother of Destruction."
"Sacred Guardian?" I asked.
"Oh that's right, your from the second brood of humanity on Remnant, your silver blood come's from Ozma. Not the ancient tribe. It's been so long since I've been on Remnant." He sighed as though the eons of life he had gone through weighed on him. "Back in the golden days, when magic flowed like rivers through the veins of humans, my brother fell in love with a mortal woman, this divine union brought forth the power of the silver eyes. That boy would go on to start a tribe of Grimm hunters, then he would have children, and they would have children, over thousands of years they became renowned for their power to dispel my darkness. They were named his children and would protect his sacred pond from those who would destroy it." He reached over to the chess board and moved a pawn.
"So what dose this have to do with me?" I asked as I moved a pawn a single space.
"I have a soft spot for younger siblings, like you and I. Always compared to the elder." he moved another pawn at the end of his sentence.
"I... I guess that make sense, but I don't have anything against my sister." I said as I moved a bishop three spaces.
"And nor should you, jealousy is one of the most self destructive emotions." He said as he moved his knight.
"But your the god of destruction... shouldn't you like that?" I asked as I moved my bishop taking out his pawn.
"There was a time where I let my jealousy get the better of me, that is when I created the Grimm, but they lacked something that my only my brother could make, a soul." He took out my bishop with his own. "You were expecting me to be evil?" He asked.
"Well Brother of Destruction doesn't sound like the most agreeable person, that and the Grimm that attack our borders." I said as I moved a knight to prevent him from getting inside my lines of defence.
"Destruction isn't 'evil', think of building demolition, tearing down the old to make room for something new. That is what I embody." He said, "It is a tool, just like creating isn't inherently 'good', you can create horrible things." He moved another pawn.
"I mean when you look at it like that, neither of you are good or evil." I said. "But so many people die to Grimm attacks. How else are we supposed to see them." I said.
"The Grimm are a embodiment of change, they forced Humanity to evolve at an incredible rate. You could say they are the reason Aura is able to be manifested at all. They are as integral to Remnant as it's people are." He moved his took out another one of my pawns with his bishop.
"So what is evil?" I asked as I killed his bishop with my queen.
"When you take joy in harming others. All humans have evil in them. You have touched it more then a few times, the breath of joy you get when you kill the Grimm." he shook his head, "But I suppose they were made for that. To force the world to grow around their darkness." He used his knight to remove my queen from the board.
"I had to protect people." I said quickly, not wanting to think of what he just said.
"That is true, and that is a noble goal. Which is why I have a proposition for you." He said as he looked at me. "Your friend has a sliver of the Fall Maiden's power, and even as we speak she is fading as what embers of life she has dies, but even with a thousand generations of Maidens, it will never grow strong enough to bring you back to Remnant, I can take that power and change it in to what you need, but there is one thing." the chess board turned to dust in a gust of air. "You won't have the added power of your silver eyes to the Maiden's power."
"I keep hearing about Silver Eyed Maidens, my mother and her notes said that Ozpin wanted a Silver Eyed Maiden to kill Salem, are they really that powerful?" I asked.
"You would've been able to move mountains with ease, armies would fall at your breath." I shuddered at that thought, "There has never been a Silver Eyed Maiden, but with the relics, 'Ozpin' saw this power, you still wouldn't have killed an immortal, but your power would hold Salem back in fear of your might."
"And this is because your power can't mix with my silver eyes?" I asked.
'Indeed, but will you accept the power I offer." He held out his hand, a royal purple glow filled the air around it.
"You know if were caught were in so much trouble." Tenya said, "No fighting, we are getting them and getting out." the rest of us sat silently on the train.
"We know, we can't afford to get into a brawl, they could be injured." Momo said as she twirled her hair.
I stayed silent as the others discussed the plan. "Kirishima." Deku said making me jump slightly. "We'll find them."
"I know but I still can't shake something that one of the villains said, 'A weapon to rule more then one world' are they planning a attack on Ruby home?" I asked quietly.
The others looked at me their eyes widening at that. "We have to tell someone." Todoroki said.
"And what good is that going to do, just dial up Remnant and call them?" I snapped. "There are people in danger, and we can't do anything." We soon departed the train
The Heroes checked their gear, going to the bar was Me, Endeavour, Gang Orca, Edgeshot and Kamui Woods. While the ones tracking the Nomu were Best Jeanist, Mt. Lady, Tiger and Gran Torino.
"Toshinori, focus." My old teacher scolded me.
"Uh right sir." I said as I looked down at the small man. "I'm just worried about the students."
"We all are, but we have to keep our heads on straight to get this to work." He sighed, "I hate to think what All for One could be doing to them."
"Let's hope we are there in time." I said as the police loaded up in the cars.
"Indeed."
I sat by Pyrrha's bed, the steady beep of her slowly fading heart filled the room. "Jiro?" Denki asked from the doorway.
"Yes?" I asked looking up at the human battery pack.
"You know Ruby will pull through this right." He said as he put a chair next to me.
"I know, but what about Pyrrha? She'll be stuck in Ruby's mind remember, and they both lived through such horrible events. That can't be good for anyone." I said as I looked down at the girl. her ashen body was laid out on a steel table, the doctors didn't understand how a quirk could do this, but this wasn't due to quirk. Her limbs had been bound to keep them from crumbling. Even fully unconscious she was crying, tears steaming as they rolled through what was once her skin.
"Well... we just have to help them when it come to that." he grabbed my hand as we sat in the silence that was cut with the heart beat of the dying maiden.
I sat chained to a chair in this hideous bar, my mouth was gagged and my hand clamped in a vice like device. "Well look at that, they have no idea where we could be." The freak with a hand on his face said. "I'll offer one last time, join us." He said as one of his extra freaks gave me a too wide smile.
"Hmmmmrph." I strained against my restraints. 'Like hell I'll her join you bastards.' I couldn't use my quirk like this so the entire time they have held me here I had been trying to use my Semblance, but nothing would happen.
Until it did.
A bottle on the counter imploded just as the extra lizard reached for it. "What the..." The locks that held me started popping off as their internals crushed themselves.
"Impressive, you can crush small things with your mind." Torchwick said as he pointed his cane at me. "Now stay seated or I will kill you." the end of it popped up.
BANG BANG BANG.
Well all jumped at the loud knocking on the door. We all waited a few seconds in tense silence. "Your Pizza is here."
"I didn't order..." One of the Extra's started but Torchwick cut him off.
"FUCKING HELL! GET DOWN!" He yelled as the wall exploded and standing there was All Might.
"Fear not, for I AM HERE!"
We had changed into disguises and had found the building that the tracker had led us too. but we just stood out side of it waiting unsure about what to do. "There is gap between the wall and the next building." Momo said.
"Maybe on the other side we'll be able to find a window to look through." Deku said as he played with the fake chin beard we had bought him.
"It wouldn't hurt to look." Iida said. and with that we squeezed through the small ally until I noticed a window just above us.
"Iida, Deku, help me up." I said. as the two did their best to lift me up over the stone fence. it was too dark to see inside of it. "I can't see anything." I reached inside of my pocket and pulled out a white mask from my pocket.
"Isn't that Ruby's?" Todoroki asked.
"Aizawa gave it to me when it came in yesterday, he said there was a night vision setting." I put the mask on and clicked a button expanding the support item. I saw the room in a grainy green light, but I saw Nomu in tanks, and... "There is a man hooked to the wall." I said, my voice shaking. as I looked more to one side I saw a computer screen and the out line of a sealed glass box on a table it seemed to be filled with a dark liquid. 'Wait who is that?' I saw a woman standing completely still and as the image cleared I saw her one eye looking straight at me. "We've been spotted!" The two dropped me to my feet. as we scrambled to get back. that's when we noticed Mt. Lady, with a truck on her foot, smashing the side of the building. as the dust was kicked up into the air we hid behind the stone fence.
I looked down at the vats containing the Nomu, all of the were completely still as we grabbed them, I scratched my chin through the denim. "Ragdoll!" Tiger grabbed the naked body of his teammate wrapping a blanket around her. Her face was blank like she wasn't all there. "What did they do to you?" I spotted a man that was hung by hooks through his hands. as I went to let the victim down I heard a deep voice from further inside the Nomu factory.
"Black Huntress, do keep our guests entertained while I get ready." We heard the sound of hard souled footwear clack on the cement. From the shadows emerged...
"White Huntress..." I took at step back, it was the late Pro who was killed by Stain, her face was a deathly white, red marking surrounded her remaining eye while the other was just a black socket. She looked like those demons from the Hosu incident. Then something began pouring from the Nomu's mouths and they vanished.
I could hear her joints pop as she clenched her fists. Her face contorted as her gaze shifted from each of us. "What are you waiting for? Kill them."
And she vanished, a gust of wind and pure black petals filled the air as she grabbed my throat and lifted me off my feet. I grabbed her arm and twisted out of her grip, the denim on my face tearing off as I used my quirk to try and capture the former Hero.
She tore through the threads like they weren't there as she punched me in the stomach. I keeled over as I spat blood into my hand. She grabbed me by the back of my neck and lifted me back up, her right arm reeled back, but Gran Torino planted a solid kick into her face throwing her to the ground. "What have you done!?" The old man yelled.
"The ultimate weapon. That is what I have created." a man emerged from the shadows, a large black helmet covered his head and neck. his fine black suit spotless. "And I intend on having more at my disposal."
Our classmates were in the waiting room watching the news, but I was still by Pyrrha's bed side holding her hand as the heat left her. Slowly the beeps became irregular, then they stopped. The doctors rushed into the room, but her body had fallen apart completely. I looked out the window that the Maiden's power had went through. I knew where it was going.
"Please Miss Jiro, I know this is a lot but you have to leave." The nurse said and as I wiped the tears from my eyes I turned and left the room.
'Save her, Pyrrha.'
I looked at the purple hand as the table sank into the ground. "Why do this?" I asked.
"You will bring about change to more then just those around you. You will change the multiverse, but as it stands, you only have a few seconds to make the choice." He stood to his full height.
"Bring about change, let's hope it's good." I gabbed his hand and the world in my mind became nothing but silver and purple flames.
"Go forth, my Maiden of Destruction." His voice rang in my ears as my eyes snapped open and my scream rang out as flames escaped my eyes boiling the black liquid.
A scream cut into the sound of battle and then a massive explosion of heat whipped across my face, the remainder of the building collapsed in a smoke cloud and a new pair of foot steps approached, I backed away from it as Black Huntress turned to the source. From the smoke came the missing girl, but something wasn't right.
She wore the spandex, tank top and boots she had been wearing a the day she was kidnapped, but her face was deathly white, the same as her mothers, two long thin horns curled up and back from her brow coming back under her ears, the same marking covered the skin around the eyes, but instead of the red glare purple irises stared at the villain with pure hatred, purple flames burned from her eyes as she clenched her fists. "I am RED HUNTRESS! THE REAPER HERO!" She yelled as she flashed forward in a storm of red and purple petals, landing a blow dead center and knocking back the massive man into a Nomu tank, breaking it apart.
"So you still have your free will... That won't be a problem for long. After all you should listen to your grandfather."
The area around the villain's bar was utter chaos, Nomu had appeared and were attacking everything that moved, while the League had vanished in the same black slime that had brought the Nomu here. "All Might, it's him, he's at The Nomu factory! Gran Torino just called it in! Wait... WHITE HUNTRESS IS ALIVE!" Noamasa yelled from the street as he shot a Nomu through the head.
"GO ALL MIGHT WE HAVE THIS!" Endeavour yelled as he blasted another
I leaped into the air. 'Hang in there Ruby, Bakugo, I'm coming!'
