That time I was reborn as warrior princess
Chapter 14- the Wrath of the dragon part 4
In a van, Ingenium's sidekicks and teammates are driving to the direction where their boss's signal is coming from. They are wondering why Igenium is in an abandoned facility in such an hour? One of the sidekicks hopes Ingenium is alright; he rarely uses the sos signal.
Suddenly the ground starts to quake. The driver tried to control the vehicle but the quakes were so strong that it made the van overturn. Enigma, one of Ingenium's sidekicks, used her quirk to protect her coworkers from the impact, acting for everyone's airbag. Then, they saw a huge green winged dragon emerging from the abandoned building.
"Holy shit!"
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Somewhere else, Tomura and Kurogiri were on top of a building. Tomura was furious that the hero killer Stain had refused to join the League. He told them his ideals were not the same as theirs and he had a very important business to do.
"That son of bitch... Who does he think he is?"
Suddenly the building starts to shake from the quake. Kurogiri holds Tomura, so the villain doesn't fall off balance. Then, from a distance they see a huge green winged dragon. They could feel the beast's killing intense aura even when they are so far away from it.
Tomura quickly takes his phone from the pocket.
"Sensei, did the doctor make a dragon noumu? No? So, do you still have those noumu with built-in cameras? I will need them. Send me that winded Noumu too, please."
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When Inko transformed into a dragon, they all were blown away from the shockwave. Katsuki noticed Lucina was going in the direction of a broken pipe. She was going to be stabbed! Suddenly everything lost the colors as they froze in the mid air. It was like the time itself had been frozen.
"Thanks to the gods I still have the divine pulse!" the female voice cried out in his head
"Byleth! What is going on?!" Katsuki asks, confused. He still wonders how his mind is still working? Everything and everyone is frozen in time, including himself.
"Do you remember when I told you about Sothis, the goddess from my world? When I shared my body with Sothis, she gave me some special abilities. The divine pulse is one of them. It allows me to control the time."
Control the time?l Is she really serious? How come she never told him that she had such power before? He could have asked her to go back to the day of Izuku's suicide. He could have saved him!
"I am sorry Katsuki, I never told you this before because I did not know if your body would handle the divine pulse. I had to infuse some of my spiritual power in your body for you to be able to use the divine pulse and to use magic. This is why I took a while to appear. And the other reason I did not tell you because I did not want to give you hope. Even before Sothis fused with me, she could only go back in time for a few seconds. We can not go back so far into the past."
Katsuki is disappointed. Byleth has a great power but it is not enough to save Izuku. Byleth tells him it is enough to save Lucina and everyone from the collapsing facility. A few seconds can make all the difference. Byleth warns Katsuki to prepare himself because she is about to rewind time. Suddenly Katsuki saw everything rewinding as if they were in an old video tape. When the time returns its flow, Katsuki grabs Lucina and uses his explosion to avoid the broken pipe. The blond boy uses his explosion to destroy the rubbles above for them to not be buried alive. For a moment, Lucina saw a symbol glowing on Katsuki's forehead.
"Bakugou, you saved us all!" exclaimed Manami in Gentle's arm.
Katsuki was panting as he fell to his knees. He somehow managed to save everyone thanks to Byleth. Lucina and Tensei only looked at him in silence. Then, Tensei's radio turned on.
"Ingenium, do you copy?"
"Gaia! You got my signal? Where are you?"
"If I got it?! Of course I got it! And there is a freaking dragon invading the city! The Team Delta and I are attacking but our quirks are not stopping the beast. It is still walking in the same direction. We already sent a red code to Team Beta, Team Alpha and to nearby agencies and pro heroes to help us because the monster is huge! Get you ass here right now!" Then the radio turned off.
Everyone looked in the direction where Inko, the fallen dragon, was walking to. Lucina recognized where the dragon was going: the dragon was walking towards the Aldera school. Even after becoming a mindless dragon, Inko's lust for revenge was still strong.
"We have to stop her!" Lucina exclaimed. Flashbacks of the destruction of her homeland came to her mind.
"How?" Manami asked. " That thing is gigantic! I doubt All Might can even stop that monster!"
Lucina was quiet. She was right because of the physical conditions All Might was in, she had no idea how much hero time he used today. She did not think All Might would even come to help, even if he really wanted to.
"This may sound crazy but we need your help." Lucina says, looking at Namami, Gentle and Stain. "All of you."
The three criminals/vigilantes looked at the blue haired girl as she just got a second head. Even Tensei was shocked. Lucina frowned and explained the only thing that can stop the dragon was her sword but for this, they needed their help too.
"Heh, what makes you think I will help you, Little Girl?" Stain asks, frowning. "You're on the side of this fake hero here."
"You helped me, didn't you? I know, in your eyes, you're an assassin. You are not afraid to stain your hands with blood but you have a code of honor." she says in a very serious tone in her voice. "You all may be criminals but I know in the deep you care about the people's safety. Please, help us to stop Midoriya Inko."
Stain was surprised, even though she was on the side of the fake heroes, that little girl was asking a bunch of villains for help. Stain doubted a fake hero would ask help from them, even if the situation was chaotic, but that girl knew the situation was very worrisome and she was not afraid to ask help from villains if it was needed.
"I will help." Stain says suddenly. " My quirk allows paralyzing people, but I will not tell you how it works. However I think it is possible for my quirk will work on that thing."
Tensei was shocked when Stain, the famous hero killer, had revealed his quirk. Stain glared at Tensei and told him he may not like him since he was a fake hero but the dragon was a much bigger issue than his pride and ideals. Tensei hated to admit but he was right; the dragon was a bigger issue than them. Tensei was relieved to see the killer had some code of honor, caring more about the innocents than his ideals and murders.
"May I know your quirks?" Lucina asks to Manami and Gentle Criminal.
Gentle answers his quirk is elasticity, his quirk allows him to bestow the property of elasticity to anything he touches, making it stretchable, bendable, and bouncy. This Quirk can affect anything, from the ground to the air itself. Manami answers her quirk is love. Her quirk allows her to bestow a power boost to the person whom she loves most by telling the recipient how much she loves them.
Lucina knew what to do now.
"Gentle Criminal, since you were wounded and by the nature of your quirk, I think you're more suited to protect the civilians. Use your quirk to protect them from the rubbles and from the crossfire. Manami, stay with him and boost his energy if it is necessary."
"Yes." both of them nodded to her.
Then, Lucina looked at Tensei
"Sir Igenium, I think it is best you go back to lead your team. They will need a leader to guide them against the dragon. I need you and your team to make an opening for …." Then, Lucina paused and looked at Stain a bit embarrassed " Eer.. Sorry I never got your name."
"You may call me Stain, Little Girl."
"Ok, Stain, You will come with me."
That did not go well for Tensei.
"What? No way! I will not allow you to go alone with a serial killer!" He snapped
"Sir Ingeniun, I know you're worried and believe me, I've dealt with assassins before. I will be fine. Your team needs you right now. Besides, we have much bigger issues to deal with right now." Lucina says
"But…"
Then, Katsuki got up and looked at them with an emotionless eye.
"Let me go with you." he says
Lucina frowns at him. She could not blame him for his actions before but she could not help but feel anger and blame the blonde boy for this; It was all because of him that they are in the situation that they find themselves in.
"Look Bakugou, it was because of you we're in this situation right now. Besides losing your eye, this situation is too personal for you. You would only be in the way of everyone. I know you do not completely understand the situation but we need to kill Midoriya Inko. " Then, she appoints the path of destruction Inko was making. " Right now her mind and soul are trapped in that giant beast! Killing her is not just to save the people of the city but also to save her by putting her out of her misery!"
Katsuki hated to admit but she was right. He dommed the city because he stopped Blue Hair from doing what it was right. But his feelings got in the way. He knew he would just be in the way of everyone but he needed to fix this.
"I know and I feel responsible for everything I did. I just want to do the last right thing for Auntie Inko. Plus, I will not be the one to fight. I hate to admit but I will be just a dead weight and my emotions would be in the way. However Byleth can fight in my place."
Everyone paused; Who is Byleth? Katsuki closed his good eye and when he opened it changed the color. It was not red anymore. It was green. Lucina could not feel Bakugou's angry aura anymore. This aura was different ; it was calmer and lighter.
"I wish I could have introduced myself in a better situation. My name is Byleth. I will fight in Katsuki's place."
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The dragon roared angrily as she attacked a giant creature who blocked her way. Enigma used her gigantification quirk to stop the dragon from moving. But the creature was too strong for her. With one bite, the dragon ripped the arm of the heroine off. Enigma cried out in pain as she returned to her normal size. Another hero quickly rushed to her aid.
"Fat Cat, take Enigma and get out here!" yelled the hero Gaia.
Gaia used her earth quirk to attack the dragon. Several giant spikes came out from the floor and stabbed the dragon. One even stabbed her long neck.
"Now Endeavor!"
Endeavor , who had arrived on the scene, used his power to fire a powerful blast towards the neck. It even managed to behead the dragon, however all wounds regenerated as a new head grew on the severed neck. Endeavor and Gaia were horrified; that thing was a monster! The dragon roared furiously at them as she opened her mouth to fire back against her enemies.
BOOOM!
Both Gaia and Endeavor were saved by Ingenium at the last second, taking them away from the blast.
"Ingenium!" Gaia cried out in relief.
Tensei was horrified with the destruction the dragon was causing. And the worse, he just saw the thing growing another head just like the hydra from the greek myth. Lucina was right; the only thing that could stop the dragon was her sword, Falchion.
"Ok everyone! We need to stop the dragon's movements at any cost! Team Delta, protect the civilians from the crossfire! Team Beta and Team Alpha! Attack the dragon in full power!l Endeavor! Arm for the legs instead for the head! We don't know if this thing is like the hydra from the myth!"
"Don't give me orders, you fool!" But Endeavor did what Ingenium ordered him to do anyway. He was not stupid; he would not risk to see if the monster can grow multiple heads after cutting the head off once more.
Ingenum hopes they can make an opening for Stain to use his quirk, that way Lucina can attack the dragon with no worries. He still can not believe he just agreed with her plan; for everyone's sake, Ingenium hopes Lucina's plan works and putting an end to all this nightmare.
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Meanwhile Lucina and Byleth, in Katsuki's body, are jumping from roof to roof , going to the direction where the dragon is. The plan is simple; when Stain paralyzes the dragon, Byleth would use Katsuki's explosion to throw Lucina like a rocket into the dragon's head's direction for her to stab it with Falchion. They stopped on the top of a top roof which has a perfect distance for their stunt.
Despite the violent and infernal battle going on down there, on the roof they were in completely silent. Honestly Lucina has no idea how to deal with Byleth. From the little she knew, Byleth might be a failed reincarnation. A failed reincarnation is when a soul is reborn into a body that already has a soul. A person having two souls is almost always bad news; those souls usually fight over for the control of the body but Byleth seems to be not fighting against Bakugou. It was the opposite; she is looking after him.
"You should talk heart to heart sometime with Katsuki, Lady Lucina." Byleth says
Lucina cringes; it was so weird hearing Bakugou with such a calm and serene voice. It was very bizarre.
"Why should I? If he had not stopped me from killing Midoriya Inko, we would not be in this situation right now. And I have nothing to talk to him about." Says Lucina to Byleth " Is he even listening to our conversation?"
"Yes, and at this very moment he is yelling at me. Honestly, both of you are very hardheads." Byleth sighs in frustration. "I understand you may not like Katsuki because of his attitudes but he is trying to change, you know? He really regrets for all his actions from the past and he wants to be a better person for his deceased friend. He may not admit it but he respects your strength, Lady Lucina. I am not talking about how you defeated him at the Sports Festival but how you're dealing with the current situation."
Honestly, Lucina had no idea how she was dealing with this situation without going crazy. Lucina thought Bakugou did not change at all but she was wrong. He is trying to change to be a better person. Not for himself, but for her, for Izuku. The blue haired girl wondered what else happened to Bakugou since Izuku's death. Perhaps she should try to have a heart to heart conversation with Bakugou someday. Not as Izuku, only as herself, as Lucina.
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On the battlefield Stain was hiding his presence within the chaos. He may hate Endeavor but he was thankful for the bastard ripping the head off. He knelt and touched the spilled blood with his fingers.
Suddenly a black hole appeared under the dragon's decapitated head. In a blink of an eye the head is gone. Stain cursed; the League was nearby.
"You better finish this once for all, Little Girl." Then he licked the blood from his fingers.
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Byleth noticed something is happening to the dragon
"Looks like Stain did it." she comments
Lucina and Byleth looked at the scene and noticed the dragon collapsed and she was having difficulty to move.
"That's our cue. Come on, Byleth."
Byleth grabbed Lucina by her arm and with all her might and Katsuki's quirk, she launched Lucina like a rocket toward the head of the dragon.
Lucina was about to stab the dragon's head with Falchion when the dragon recovered her moviments. The dragon roared and she opened her mouth to fire her attack on Lucina.
"LUCINA!" Tensei and Byleth cried out in horror.
Lucina was terrified, she had no time to avoid the attack. Suddenly something caught her in the air before the fire blast could hit her.
"Are you alright, Lucina?"
Lucina gasped in surprise it was Iida who rescued her and they were riding on a pegasus!
"Eer... Boss? Isn't that your little brother up there? And is he riding on a winged horse?"
Tensei's jaw dropped in shock. What the hell?! First a magic sword, then a rampaging dragon and now his brother was riding on a freaking pegasus! What's next?! Unicorns?! The hero shook his head to make him return to reality and he ordered everyone to keep attacking the dragon while she is distracted with the pegasus.
The pegasus was fast and it avoided all the dragon's attacks. Lucina ordered Iida to get closer to the head. Iida drove the pegasus to the back of the head. Lucina jumped and let out a war cry. Then, she stabbed the dragon in the top of the head.
The dragon cried out in pain as it finally collapsed. Iida flew with the Pegasus to catch Lucina in the midair, before she could hit the floor. They landed safely to the ground. He and Lucina hopped from the pegasus's back.
"Tenya!" Tensei ran towards them. "Why are you here?!"
"I am sorry brother! I know you've ordered to go home but I couldn't do it! I could not let you two deal with this alone. I really did not know what to do. Then, I prayed to Naga and other divine gods for a divine sign and Tenma here appeared before me." He said as he looked at the pegasus. The pegasus nuzzled Iida's face with affection.
"Wait wait Wait! You named the pegasu?! And the pegasus allowed you to ride on it?!" Lucina asks in shock
"Is there a problem?" Iida asks, blinking in confusion.
"Eeer.. Iida, usually pegasi only accept women as their riders. Never in Ylisse's history we had a male pegasus rider before."
That makes Iida's eyes shine in pride. Is he really the very first male pegasus rider ever? Tensei wonders where the pegasus even came from. Then, they all looked at the dragon; the body was dissolving into ashes. Byleth finally arrives at the scene and she looks at the dragon with a sad expression on Katsuki's face.
"You have to talk to her, Katsuki.
Katsuki was in silent
"If you do not, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
With that, Byleth handed over the body's control to Katsuki. The eye returned to its original red color. Slowly he walked towards the dragon and he fell on his knees . He ignored the stares from the people around him.
"Auntie Inko...I am sorry. I am so sorry. I know you can't forgive me for what I've done to you and Izuku. I don't forgive myself either. But I want you to know that I want to live not for myself but for Izuku. And I will live for you too. I love you, Auntie Inko."
The dragon only growls as tears roll down from her face. "Say hi to Izuku for me, ok? Tell him I am sorry." Katsuki smiles softly as rivers of tears roll down from his face. " Goodbye, Auntie Inko.." Then, her body is completely dissolved into ashes, the ashes are blown away by the wind. Nothing is left but the sword. Katsuki sobbs and then he lets out an angst cry. Lucina only looks at him with sad eyes as she grabs her sword. She understand his pain.
"Good bye, mother…" she whispered softly. No one was able to hear her.
Suddenly Lucina was grabbed by something. She looked up and saw a winged creature with an exposed. It was a noumu. In seconds she was far away from the ground.
"LUCINA!" Tensei and Iida cried out.
Then, a shadow leaped into the air and attacked the creature. They fall into the ground. Lucina groaned in pain, looked like she broke a rib or two. Then, she saw Stain standing over her and stabbing the creature with his knife, killing it in an instant.
"Wait, is that Hero Killer? Why is he here?"
"He saved the girl?"
"Idiot, he's taking a hostage!"
Endeavor smirks
"So, you're here, Hero killer."
"Endeavor, wait!" Tensei cried out
"All these useless fucking phonies," Stain hisses, "And these criminals who spread their filth like rats." The Noumu is dead on the ground with one of Stain's knives in its brain, "That's why my purge is necessary! For the sake of a just world!" He shoves Lucina into the ground. "You, though. You're worth more alive."
Lucina was speechless. She could not move. It was his quirk? No It was his pure intense killing aura. Even when he was surrendered by pro heroes, all of them were paralyzed by fear, even Endeavor himself was paralyzed.
Stain still releases his killing intense aura, his voice almost inhuman when he screams out an invitation. "COME! THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN KILL ME IS ALL MIGHT!"
*KICK*
Lucina and everyone present's jaw dropped in shock at the scene that just happened in the front of their own eyes; the pegasus just kicked Stain's face, knocking him out.
Iida was the first to recover from the shock.
"Good girl, Tenma!" Iida cried out happily as he petted the pegasus. "Good Pegasus! You defeated the villain!"
Sure thing this is a very embarrassing moment for Stain. A feared serial killer being defeated by a winged horse. An embarrassed moment not only for the hero killer but for the pro heroes around there as well; an animal was the one to defeat the serial killer, not them. Oh, the midea was going to have a feast with this.
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Back at their headquarters, Tomura apologized to his master for not being able to retrieve the sword girl. Stain was the one to stop the noumu from bringing her back.
"That's ok, Tomura. You did your best. However you made the doctor very happy with the dragon's head you stole. I haven't seen him so excited in a long time." Says All For one.
Behind him, the doctor was very, but very excited with the dragon's head laying on the table, checking every piece of it. He even exclaimed it was the best thing they ever got in years. His eyes shone when he saw how big and sharp the dragon's teeth were.
"From the videos you sent me, it looks like the only thing that really harmed the dragon was the girl's sword. Let's watch her for now, trying to get all the information we need before taking the next step."
"Yes, Sensei."
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Somewhere else, Grima is watching everything from a Tv. Looked like Inko failed. He hoped she could have killed the holder of Falchion, ending the exalt's bloodline in this world. Without the exalt's bloodline, the sword becomes useless.
"Looks like I have to find another person with strong dragon blood in their veins to do the job."
End of the chapter
And finally we reached the ending of the wrath of the dragon. It was a very bloody battle
Byleth finally revealed herself to Lucina and Tensei. And our dear Iida Tenya gets a very unexpected companion.
Did you enjoy the chapter? I hope you did as much as I did. Especially giving Tensei more spotligh than the cannon manga/anime.
Grima is still out there and planning to look for another individual with strong dragon blood. He will be as dangerous as All For One .
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