Hey guys, Klyju here. So, what can I say? You're all probably miffed over the fact that I deleted my other fics. I understand your frustrations. However, if any of you want, I give you all permission to take over the stories and write them. Go nuts with them!
In any case, with that out of the way, I hope you're all excited for this new chapter of Symbol of Hope! I can tell some of you want more, even if some don't. In any case, that won't stop the DOOM Train anytime soon! So let's get on with this so I can receive that rated B for Bun tag! Without further ado, OPEN THE GAME!
She breathed in and out as she laid on the patch of grass, having struggled for the past hour to try and move, even though her foot was damaged. She refused to give up and die like weak prey, but no matter how much she struggled, her foot ached in pain. This was her end. She wished she could've gone out far nobler than this. At the very least, after a battle with a great predator. That would've been far greater than her current situation.
Her peace was cut short when she heard the footsteps of a human coming near her. So they're going to put her out of her misery then? It would be far less pathetic than dying because of her stupid injury. "Oh my god," The human's voice broke through the silence of the forest before she felt herself being lifted by the male's hands, getting a clear glimpse of his face and leaf-colored fur. "That must be scary for you! Glad I found you before something bad happened, huh?"
She was offended by the human's pity. Does he not know who she was? She was the Great Beast of Caerbannog! The day she ever gets scared would be the day she dies! She terrorized countless humans before, and this man dares to-?!
He was scratching behind her ears, sending waves of pleasure down her spine. This… this was new. She liked this sensation. Slowly, she began to grow less feral and began to nuzzle towards the human, chittering in comfort as she felt her damaged foot gently being looked over by the human. "Poor thing," She heard him say. "I better take a look at this back home… but what should I call you?"
The man mulled over potential names in his head, trying to pick something for his new friend before he saw a patch of flowers in the distance, with one standing out from the rest. "Daisy…" He muttered before he looked at his rabbit companion. "That's what I'm gonna call you! Daisy!"
Rumi woke up with a gasp as her eyes widened, sweat dripping down from her skin before she shut her eyes, rubbing her temple in exhaustion. Another one of those dreams again. She hasn't had those dreams ever since she was a kid, but ever since the DOOM Slayer came out of that portal, she had been seeing dreams where she was a bunny taken care of by him as if she lived those moments. Just what was wrong with her?
Deciding to try and take her mind off of her situation, the Rabbit Heroine checked the notifications on her phone, quickly scrolling through the list before she saw an email from… Nozomi from UA?
Quickly opening up the notification, Rumi read through the email, which consisted of Nozomi asking her to come over to help with a combat exercise for the Hero Course. She scoffed at the thought of helping out a bunch of kids, but before she could write her refusal, she read on a last bit of text near the bottom.
"And because I know you don't like helping out people, I'll tell you right now that the assignment involves beating up college students."
Ooh, that bitch knows her well.
Next Day
The Slayer let out a disappointed grunt as he looked over the heavily damaged equipment launcher and DOOM Blade. Katsumi did pack a punch, but he didn't expect her to do this much damage to his stuff. He put the armor down on to the bed, letting out a sigh before he looked over his room and spotted his old Sentinel Training armor set up on its stand. Ah, what the hell, he could use it for nostalgia's sake. Besides, he could go without some of the fancy stuff that the hi-tech armor has. He appreciates a good warm-up.
Training Ground Gamma
As Hayden's monitor stood at the front of the entrance, the AI patiently waited for the classes, going through the students' files to best figure out exactly how to coordinate the exercise, as well as going through his priorities. So far, one of the students he's going to have to watch out for would have to be one Mei Hatsume. Based on her file, he'd have to endure that she never got anywhere near Argent Energy.
He was brought out of his processes when he saw the two classes walking towards the training ground in their hero outfits, though he did notice that the Slayer was equipped with the Sentinel armor, only carrying the Super Shotgun, the Ballista, and the Crucible on his body. Understandable, given that the armor was meant for standard combat training.
However, the armor was also grabbing the attention of the female populace, some of which were staring at the unique, almost medieval barbarian design of the armor, and a couple of them were discreetly ogling at the exposed muscle that they saw.
"So, uh, Midoriya," Momo spoke up, getting the attention of the taller man. "Did you send your hero uniform to the support class for repairs?"
The Slayer nodded at the ponytailed girl in confirmation before he noticed a blonde walking up towards him, a smug expression on her face before she opened her mouth. "So, this must be the Class 1-A whore," Monomasaid in a condescending manner. "I see that you decided to use outdated equipment today, one befitting of an imbecile such as yourself."
"Hey, what the fuck did you just say about Izuku?" Katsumi questioned angrily. "What the hell is your problem?"
"Oh, I have no problem," The blue-eyed blonde replied as she brought her hand towards her forehead in an almost spoiled princess-like manner. "But for a man to be in 1-A the top of the Hero Course? The school's standards must truly be falling! Tell me, how many teachers did you sleep with to get in?"
"Hey, that's not fair to say about him!" Ochako defended. "He got in here fair and square, he took part in the entrance exam!"
"That's right," Tomoyo spoke up. "He also did what nobody else could and ignored the need for points to save somebody from the Zero-Pointer!"
"That is enough," Hayden said from his monitor, getting the attention from the classes. While he knew that the Slayer would be mature enough to ignore the insults, he didn't want to see what his limit was. "Monoma, if you conduct in any more discrimination while you are here at UA, I will have to punish you severely by the school's standards."
The blonde was about to retort back an insult towards the doctor before Kendo enlarged her hand and chopped her classmate's neck, letting out an exasperated sigh as she quickly grabbed the unconscious girl's body. "I am deeply sorry about her attitude, Dr. Hayden."
"It is of no consequence, young Kendo," The virtual avatar replied before he began to explain the assignment. "As you all know from our first day of class, there exist four classes of demons that you will fight in the future: Ambient, Fodder, Heavy, and Super-Heavy. Today, you will fight in a simulated battle against two Super-Heavy opponents. Do not let the low number of opponents fool you, as they are the pinnacle of quality over quantity."
As the Doctor continued speaking, he gestured to the Slayer to come over next to him, which the Slayer did so, albeit a bit reluctantly. "Since it would be nearly impossible to get any ACTUAL demons in here, you will instead be facing off against the DOOM Slayer, as well as a volunteer that I asked to help out today."
As soon as he finished that sentence, a figure jumped down from a nearby roof, flipping in the air before landing in front of the classes in a hero landing pose. "Alright, punks!" Miruko exclaimed as she stood back up, a feral grin on her face. "Who's ready to get their asses kicked?!"
As the students clamored in the excitement of being trained by a top 10 heroine, the Rabbit Heroine's grin grew as she let out a chuckle…
Before she spotted the Slayer.
In an instant, her eyes widened at the sight of the familiar armor, her mind racing through trillions of questions a second. However, before she could dwell on whether or not to question the man, Hayden's voice brought her out of her thoughts. "As you can see, I have brought Miruko for this class to be your second opponent. Treat her as though she were a threat. The exercise will begin shortly."
As the students began to scramble towards their positions, Izuku turned and went to his starting position with Rumi following suit, giving his armor and inventory a quick inspection as they got ready. "Ya know," Miruko began. "I don't usually like working together with others, but you better do your best out there and try to keep up with me, bud!"
The Slayer nodded at the statement, somewhat amused at the fact that she wanted him to keep up with her. As he readied up for the brawl, however, the smile on Rumi's face faltered a bit as her eyes darted around before she focused again on the Slayer "By the way…" She began. "What does the name Daisy mean to you?"
For a moment, Izuku's eyes widened in shock at the remembrance of the name, but he was quickly brought out of it when Hayden announced the beginning of the battle. Quickly shaking the thought out of his head, he brought out the Crucible, igniting the blade of energy as he began to head out towards the arena where the other students were in with Miruko following suit. As they got closer to the arena, the rabbit heroine leaped into the air before she began to spin rapidly to deliver a dropkick towards a silver-haired girl, who turned her skin into steel as the attack connected.
The resulting shockwave knocked a couple of students back before some of them quickly got back up with Eiko leading the charge and throwing a kick towards the heroine, who dodged the attack as the Slayer jumped into the air and smacked the redhead away with the flat side of his crucible as he stomped on Tetsutetsu's head, knocking her to the ground as he backhanded Kendo's fist. Putting the Crucible on his hip, he brought the Super Shotgun up and aimed at the ginger before he pulled the trigger, firing the rubber pellets and knocking her back.
Nearby, Miruko dropped to the floor as Tomoyo's roundhouse kick missed above her before she retaliated with one of her own, cracking the armor a bit before the blue-haired student was sent flying towards Kaminari. As the two fell to the ground, the rabbit heroine blocked a punch from Mai before quickly parrying the follow-up attacks, ducking and weaving through the punches as she delivered kicks towards the multi-armed student before Mai was kicked towards Tokoyami, who used Dark Shadow to catch her.
Meanwhile, the DOOM Slayer was blocking and redirecting TetsuTetsu and Eiko's attacks, disorienting the duo before he grabbed their arms and slammed the pair together, temporarily breaking their hardening before he knocked them into the ground. Quickly reloading the Super Shotgun, he fired at the airborne Ojiro before he grabbed her with a clothesline maneuver, catching her before he grabbed her tail and swung her around to knock back the other students before he flung the tailed blonde away.
Switching to the Ballista, he fired a weak shot towards a flying Bakugou, knocking her down as he elbowed Ochako as she tried to sneak up on him before throwing her away. He then heard a beeping down at his feet before leaping away just as the miniature bomb went off, quickly looking around before he saw Momo standing next to a black-haired girl with a deadpan expression, the pony-tailed girl creating grenades before she passed them to the other girl, who shrunk them. Figuring out their plan, the Slayer aimed the Meathook towards Momo and fired, the claws grabbing on to the girl's arms before pulling him towards her. He spun around in order to land feet first in her abdomen, knocking the wind out of her lungs and shocking Yui enough to express surprise before Izuku launched himself from Momo to headbutt her.
Off to the distance, Miruko twisted her body around Rika's before suplexing the tall girl with her legs, dodging an attack from a student that had a speech bubble for a head before she punt Minerva towards said student, dazing them for a bit and allowing her to knee the student in the solar plexus, knocking them out. The edge of her mouth turned up into a smirk before she tilted her head to the side, narrowly avoiding an incoming attack from Ibara before she grabbed hold of the vines and began to swing the girl around, knocking away the other students to the ground before she threw the toga-wearing girl towards Mina, who was also thrown by the Slayer.
As the battle went on, student after student were being taken out by the Slayer and Rabbit duo, who were dodging and blocking each attack from the teams without fail, running and jumping around the arena with a grace unexpected from their brutal fighting styles. As the pile of unconscious bodies quickly began to grow, Monoma laid low to the ground, crawling towards the students that she believed had the best quirks for the situation before tapping Tetsutetsu's hand, smirking as she felt the rush of copying a quirk into her system. Now for the grand finale.
"Alright now, 1-A bastard!" She shouts out, getting the attention of the Slayer and Miruko. "You may have cheated your way to the top, but I'll show you just how much better class 1-B is!"
With that, she fired off explosions from her hands behind her, flying towards the duo at blinding speeds…
For anybody else.
The Slayer ducked down and Miruko leaped over the flying blonde, who tried stopping on a dime before she threw lobs of acid at the pair. Thinking quickly, the Slayer fired off the Ballista at the ground, pushing him back away from the acid ball before he fired the Meathook at the girl. As the hook wrapped around her arm, she used Tatsutetsu's quirk and turned her skin to steel to avoid damage, but the Slayer delivered a Blood Punch at her, knocking her out of her state before she switched to Kaminari's quirk and activating its maximum voltage. As sparks and bolts of electricity flew from her body, the Slayer merely pushed through the electric barrier, punching Monoma and disabling the field of electricity.
The beatdown that followed was composed of the Slayer uppercutting the blonde, launching her to the air before Miruko kicked her back to the ground with a bounce before the rabbit heroine landed and dashed towards her shoulder-first at the same time as the Slayer, knocking out the copycat student.
As the sound of a horn being turned on echoed through the arena, Hayden called out the victory of the Slayer and Rabbit duo looked at the unconscious students with proud expressions on their faces. Miruko turned towards Izuku, about to say some grateful words to him about how he was better than she thought, but stopped herself when she saw him pull out a rabbit's foot from the waist of his outer armor. The sight of the foot made her freeze in place as she absentmindedly rubbed her foot against her leg.
Curiously, she went over to the Slayer, who put the rabbit foot back in the pocket he pulled it out from, before opening her mouth. "Rabbit's foot, huh?" She questioned, getting his attention. "Must be pretty lucky if it brought you this far."
The Slayer stared at her for a few moments before his face grew melancholic, shaking his head in response. Wincing, Miruko's voice stammered a bit. "S-sorry about that."
Later
After classes were over, the two hero classes, plus Miruko, walked away from the main building towards their dorms, the students who fought the Slayer and Rabbit Duo nursing their wounds and bruises.
"Sorry about the beatdown," Izuku signed to his compatriots. "I went a bit overboard with you all."
"We don't blame you, Midoriya," Tomoyo stated with a small smile on her face, even as she winced in pain. "Dr. Hayden wanted us to simulate a battle against two extremely high-level opponents, and you just did that. We can't fault you for that."
"Well, I will!" Monoma complained from a distance. "As if a male had any chance of beating any of us! The only reason he got lucky was because Miruko was there!"
"Wait, are you seriously gonna bitch about him handing your ass?" The Rabbit heroine questioned sarcastically. "I fought with this guy before, and I could tell he was going soft on you. There was no way you would've survived him if he went all out on your ass."
As Monoma stammered in indignation at the statement, several of the other students turned to look at the Slayer, their eyes wide with surprise. "You were holding back?!" Kaminari exclaimed as the others muttered, earning a nod from the Slayer. "Holy shit… I'd hate to see you mad, then."
As some of the students nodded in agreement, the Slayer smirked in amusement. It'd be one hell of a day if they ever saw him when he got mad. Hopefully they wouldn't be nearby if that ever happened, lest they get caught in the crossfire. It wouldn't be a pretty sight.
However, something in the corner of the Slayer's vision caught his attention, and he turned to look at what appeared to be a plume of smoke in the distance. This alerted the girls around him as they turned to see what he was staring at before they grew concerned at the sight. "Hey, uhhh…" Eiko began to say. "Where is that smoke coming from?"
"Do you think it's a student screwing up something on campus?" Minerva questioned, only to be dismissed by Momo. "No, it couldn't be, it's too far to be that…" The ponytailed girl answered. Things got worse when Miruko's phone rang. Pulling it out, the Rabbit heroine took the call and waited for the explanation to be given, her eyes widening in horror before an enraged expression grew on her face as she hung up.
"Alright kids, get to your dorms," The heroine growled out. "It's a demon invasion."
Upon hearing this, the Slayer narrowed his eyes as he felt his rage rise. Turning towards the dorm of 1-A, he quickly ran towards the wall and climbed on it, going towards his room window before entering the room. Quickly changing into his Praetor Armor, he jumped out of the window with his shotgun ready, falling into a superhero landing before he got up. As he began trekking through the grounds to head towards the battlefield, Miruko dashed towards him, running alongside him as she let out a shout. "Hey!" She yelled out. "If you think you're going without me, you got a couple of screws lose! Those demon assholes mocked me last time, and I'm gonna get payback on them, so don't ya dare think of going ahead without me!"
The Slayer looked back at the heroine before a blood-thirsty grin grew on his face.
Time to Rip and Tear… until it was done!
And scene! Sorry for the delay guys, and I'm especially sorry for the short chapter. I tried to find a way to make this chapter longer, but ya know, not that easy extending a fight against the Slayer. Hopefully, the next chapter will satisfy your bloodthirst. It's gonna be messy, but I'll try my best. Speaking of which, only 4 chapters until Season 1 is over, guys! After that, we bring in the HDOOM Gals for the spin-off, which will take place a few arcs later. Also, even though it's gonna be non-canon, it'll have spoilers for future arcs, so you'll be warned about that a lot. By the way, if you guys receive a notification that I updated the story twice, I just added something to chapter 2. Anyways, if you guys have more questions, or just wanna talk, come join my Discord server at RTRUrsC
Anyways, since I'm struggling to keep anything a secret, I'll give another teaser for the special secret arc, so until next time, Klyju out!
"NO!" The Goddess exclaimed from her mind as the young man fell towards her, the Cyberdemon's arm in hand as time seemed to slow down for her.
Desperately, she tried to use any leftover power to see the possible futures. "I should win! There must be a way to defeat them!" However, her vision showed nothing except for her body breaking, her victory impossible to reach. "This... cannot be..." She muttered, time resuming as the young man above her let out a snarl.
"Infinite..." He muttered before letting out a roar, the Cyberdemon's fist clenching. "120-INCH PYTHON!"
Countless fists impacted her body, the punches hitting her before she could feel any pain... Until everything went white-hot with pain. Izuku kept striking her body, her core cracking further and further before it finally shattered, energy and blood spraying everywhere.