Chapter 172

(3 days later)

Bakugo was sitting on the edge of a ruined building in a unknown ruined city location, not too far from where the others were supposed to meet up. Bakugo continues to look into the distance as the wind blows across his face, thinking about what actually happened here and how the Resistance did so much in 3 months.

"There you are"

Bakugo turns around to see Naya who was giving Rinji a piggyback ride while he was sleeping, she then gets closer to Bakugo.

"I was looking everywhere for you" said Naya. "You really shouldn't go out on your own, we need to stick together"

"Sorry..." said Bakugo. "It's just that I need a place to think alone"

"I understand, but you can't just leave me and Rinji all alone without letting me know! Especially if you go out and climb up some dangerous unstable building!" said Naya. "You promised you would help me take care of Rinji, what if we get spotted... what if you get spotted or fell down from that edge and hurt yourself!!!"

"I know, I know..." said Bakugo. "I'm sorry"

"Well if you're sorry, then get away from the edge before you actually hurt yourself" said Naya. "Or worse, the Resistance soldiers see you"

Bakugo slowly gets up and jumps away from the edge.

"How did you get up here with Rinji on your back?" said Bakugo.

"I took the stairs" said Naya.

"Are you nuts!?!?" said Bakugo as he was sounding very concerned. "What if the stairs break and you fall to your death!!!"

"Says the person who literally climbed an almost destroyed building" said Naya. "Honestly... your the one who always carelessly gets himself hurt"

"Whatever, I can take care of myself" said Bakugo as he passes her.

As Bakugo begins to leave, Rinji slowly begins to wake up.

"O-Onee-sama?" said Rinji as his eyes were barley open.

"I'm sorry Rinji" said Naya. "Bakugo is just being himself again, you can go back to sleep"

Rinji slowly looks over to see Bakugo about to head towards the entrance where Naya came from as he gives off a angry little look at Bakugo.

Meanwhile back at the metal castle, Wada was walking down a long empty hallway. After a moment, he finally reaches to the room where Zibran's Crystal is being held. Wada was about to open the door until... he stops... thinking if he should even disturb the lord while he was still in his crystal shell.

"Sir"

Wada turns around to see a soldier coming by.

"The Generals are dressed and ready to speak with you" said the soldier.

"Oh, Right..." said Wada as he walks up to the soldier. "Very well then"

As Wada and the soldier begins to leave, Wada slowly looks behind at the door while it gets farther away.

"Ryo..." Wada thought to himself.

The area then slowly transitions to the pitch black void. Inside was Ryo's dream body as he slowly opens his eyes and looks around to see the old dream like state again.

"Am I... awake?" Ryo thought to himself as he barley remembers anything after the red crystal had put him in a crystal cocoon.

"Hello"

"Wait... That voice!" Ryo thought to himself as he quickly turns around...

His eyes widen, What was in front of him was Yukina... However, this person was not the same Yukina that he knows. But in fact this version of her was naked, but all of her private areas were blanked out like that of a mannequin and she had a blank expression on her face... Her skin was light red while her eyes were black with yellow irises, just like the eye from the red mist.

"What's..." Ryo thought as he continues to stare at what appears a strange version of Yukina. "Going on..."

Suddenly, more and more strange versions of past dead heroes, villains, and regular civilians show up behind Yukina. Among the strange versions of past quirk users was The First Heroes (Expect for Captain Patriot since he actually doesn't have a quirk, but Ryo doesn't know about that) along with characters who died throughout series like Sir Nighteye, Crust, Snatch, Big Sis Mag, Twice, and Nine just to name a few.

"What the hell..." Ryo thought as thousands upon thousands of strange beings had filled the black dream void as they go on and on for hours. "...IS GOING ON!!!"

"Ah, your finally awake"

Ryo turns to see the one eyed red mist again floating behind Ryo.

"Do you still remember who you are?" said the red mist. "Being reborn into a new more powerful demigod body takes a lot out of you and messes with your mind, though it's still not ready yet so you still got some time here before it's fully completed"

"You... what's the meaning of this!" Asked Ryo as he was speaking to the red crystal. "Why am I seeing freaks here? And why is Yukina with them!?!?"

"Oh those things? Why those are your shadow quirks of course" said the red mist.

Ryo was quite for a second as he then turns back at the strange copies of different people.

"These things... are shadow quirks?" said Ryo as he scanned the area with his eyes.

"Yes, every single one of these red humans are copies of every quirk my sister as ever created" said the red mist. "They'll be your very own weapons against the freaks you hate so much"

"But..." said Ryo. "Why do these shadow quirks resemble their former users?"

"That's because my sister implemented a way to copy the memories and souls of the original users" said the red mist as it randomly cuts to strange copies of all the dead characters that have been shown throughout the series one by one, including the ones that Ryo and his Resistance have killed. "In other words, very quirk that ever existed has the memories and souls of the humans who were born with these quirks. And since I made my own variants with shadow quirks, their copied souls are also here as well! That's why these copied souls look so different compared to their original bodies, in case your wondering"

"Copied... souls..." said Ryo.

"The main reason she did this was because if she ever wanted to bring back a talented human freak to fight me, she would easily make another copy of that same quirk and use it to bring a copy of someone from the dead to fight along side her" said the red mist. "After all, she sees you humans as nothing more then pawns for her little revenge after losing to me"

"That's... disgusting..." said Ryo.

"I told you my sister would do anything to get back at me..." said the red mist. "Even if she uses the dead members of your species to do it"

Ryo continues to look at all of the different copies.

"However..." said the red mist. "With these shadow quirks and my own abilities at your disposal, you'll be the ultimate demigod!!! You can use all of the shadow variants of any quirk, with the exception of All For One and One For All of course. I barely managed to bring these copied souls here, let alone make the shadow quirks... It wasn't easy, but since we both used to be a single being before the Big Bang, I was able to do it"

Ryo was quite for a moment while the red mist was still talking.

"But in order for you to fully become a true god and use the full extent of every single shadow quirk, you must find a way to get that boy's quirk! Once you get his power, all of your shadow quirks will become so powerful that no one, not even the human who has All For One, can stop you!!!" said the red mist as he begins to fly around Ryo's dream body. "Remember that boy has my sister's soul, and you need her soul along with that quirk to become a true god!!!"

After what seems to be a while, he then looks back at the red mist again and begins to speak.

"Can I ask you a question..." asked Ryo.

"What is it?" said the red mist as he then flew back just a little bit.

"Is it possible to separate the copied souls from the shadow quirks" said Ryo. "In other words, can I make the copied souls without their quirks or removed the shadow quirks and keep the copied souls intact?"

The red mist was quite for a second.

"Mmm... I don't know, I never really thought of that before" said the red mist as Ryo then slowly walks over to Yukina's clone. "But why would you want to separate the quirks from the souls?"

Ryo then placed his hand on Yukina's cloned soul's forehead... Suddenly, a bright red light brightens up the dream void for a moment. After the bright red light stops, Ryo moves aside from Yukina's cloned soul.

"No... way..." said the red mist as Yukina's cloned soul now looks like the original as her reddish skin and black eyes with yellow irises were gone. "You actually did it!"

Ryo then turns back around while carrying a red orb that holds the shadow variant of Yukina's quirk, However he then suddenly breaks the orb with his hand as the shadow quirk disappears.

"HEY! What the hell are you doing!!!" said the red mist. "I've worked hard to make those shadow quirks for you, why did you just destroy one of them like that!!!"

"I don't want it..." said Ryo as he then looks back at Yukina's clone. "I don't want her quirk"

He then reaches out and places his hand on the Yukina's cloned soul's face.

"And I don't want this Yukina either" said Ryo.

Just then, Yukina's clone suddenly evaporates like dust.

"I don't understand, I thought you loved that girl?" said the red mist.

"That was not Yukina..." said Ryo. "The real Yukina is gone... killed by this sick world run by freaks"

He then turns back at the red mist once again.

"I want to make a new world, one without quirks" said Ryo. "One without sadness, one without hatred and discrimination, a world that the real Yukina always wanted"

Ryo then brings up his hands and begins to make something in front of the red mist.

"In order to do that, I'm going to purge every freak and bring in a new quirkless age" said Ryo. "My only problem is that less then 15% of humans will remain, making the humans in danger of extinction. Honestly, I was willing to make that risk if it means to end this disgusting society... but now, with these copied souls..."

Suddenly 19 figures begin to manifest into new soul clones in front of Ryo while 19 shadow orbs were separated from the figures.

"I can replace all the freaks I am going to purge..." said Ryo as he then makes a faint smile. "With their more pure and human souls"

"This... human..." the red mist thought to himself as he then sees the cloned souls of Midoriya's friends from class A in front of him, some of them appeared to be more human then their original counterparts as if they were quirkless. "Never ceases to amaze me..."

Meanwhile in a different location as Bakugo and Naya were walking down an empty and abandon freeway while Naya was still carrying Rinji on her back. Naya was nervously trying to keep an eye out for any suspicious activity.

"I don't know about this Kacchan" said Naya. "Walking along this highway out in the open isn't such a good idea, what if we get spotted"

"This highway leads to the Rendezvous spot according to this tracker, I'm just following the directions" said Bakugo as he was holding the tracker. "Besides we haven't seen a single terrorist in 3 days, I'm sure we'll be fine"

"That's the thing, don't you think it's a little too quite?" said Naya.

Bakugou stops and turns around to face Naya.

"What do you mean?" said Bakugo.

"Well... like you just said" said Naya. "Don't you think it's a bit strange that we haven't seen or heard any Resistance soldiers in 3 days? Not only that, but we're getting really close to their main castle. You would think there would be soldiers all over the place, but it's quite..."

"They're probably in different areas at the moment or something" said Bakugo. "Anyway we should get going"

"Um... I'm h-h-hungry" said Rinji who was still riding on Naya's back.

"We're out of food at the moment" said Bakugo as he was a little annoyed. "The guys will probably have some food when we meet them"

"Hey look!" said Naya as she pointed at the small gas station in the distance. "There good be some food there"

"We're skipping it" said Bakugo. "We got to meet up with the others as soon as possible"

"B-But I'm h-hungry n-now!" said Rinji as Bakugo was getting really annoyed as a small vain popped on his forehead.

"We're not stopping!!!" Shouted Bakugo.

"Well actually..." said Naya. "I do need a little break from carrying Rinji, plus I need to use the restroom"

Bakugo was getting ready to lose it but stopped and calmed down for Naya.

"Fine! We'll stop, happy now!" said Bakugo as they started to head towards the gas station.

Just then, a suspicious looking figure wearing a large dark grey cloak covering his body and a metal helmet appears out of the woods as he was looking at the Bakugo, Naya, and Rinji from a distance.

After a few minutes, they finally reached the gas station by the side of the road while Naya slowly bends down to let Rinji off. Both Naya and Rinji walk over to what appears to be 3 vending machines near the abandon building that holds a bathroom inside.

"Uh oh, I forgot I don't have any yen on me" said Naya. "Hey Kacchan, do you have any-"

Bakugo suddenly uses his quirk to forcefully open one of the vending machines as Naya freaks out.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?" Shouted Naya.

"What? It's not like anyone is gonna care if I break these machines at a time like this" said Bakugo.

"Have you forgotten that we're in a gas station!!!" said Naya furiously as Rinji slowly walks up to the broken machine to get the food. "You can't use your quirk like that here, are you trying to-"

Naya looks over to see that the gas pump was already destroyed or extracted from it's place, leaving the area gas free.

"Oh..." said Naya as she calmed down.

"Next time, don't freak out like I did something stupid" said Bakugo.

"S-Sorry" said Naya as she looks down while Rinji turns around and was a little annoyed about seeing her getting sad by Bakugo. "Anyway, I'm gonna use the restroom now"

As Naya walks over to the restroom, Bakugo and Rinji were quite for a moment while Bakugo sighs to himself. He then looks over and sees Rinji giving him a nasty look.

"What's your problem kid" said Bakugo.

"Y-Y-You stay a-away from O-Onee-sama!!!" Shouted Rinji. "S-She's mine!"

"Uh?" Bakugo was confused for a moment.

"Just b-b-because s-she likes y-you d-doesn't m-mean you g-get to b-be a j-jerk to h-her" said Rinji. "I l-love h-her more t-then you d-do!!!"

"What's the supposed to mean kid!" said Bakugo as he was getting a little angry.

"O-Onee-sama d-deserves better!" Shouted Rinji while in the distance 3 shadowy figures flew down without them knowing about it.

"Are you saying I don't like Naya?" Yelled Bakugo as he had enough of Rinji. "Of course I like her"

"B-But do y-you l-l-like, like her?" said Rinji while the 3 mysterious figures were getting closer to them without them noticing. "O-Otherwise you d-don't d-deserve her!!!"

Bakugo blushed a little bit after what Rinji just said.

"T-That's a stupid question!!!" Shouted Bakugo.

"S-Say it!" Shouted Rinji.

"I don't need to tell you that!!!" Shouted Bakugo.

"T-T-THEN S-STAY AWAY FROM ONEE-" but before Rinji could finish, Bakugo heard a familiar charging sound as he then runs over and grabs Rinji in time before a blast was fired at their Direction.

It causes a small explosion as Bakugo falls to the ground while protecting Rinji in his arms.

"WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?" Shouted Naya as she runs out after using the restroom.

"Well, what do we have here"

Bakugo and Naya looked over to see 3 Resistance soldier standing there after one of them fired his energy shit at them.

"Look at here boys" said the Resistance soldier who fired an energy blast at them. "We got ourselves a bunch of runaways"

"Get behind me kid!" Bakugo yelled as let's go of Rinji while Rinji then runs behind Bakugo for cover.

"Are they the ones who escaped our prison cells a few days ago?" said the Resistance soldier number 2.

"No you idiot, look at that one" said the Resistance soldier number 3 as he points to Bakugo. "That spiky blonde dork is one of those brats from UA"

Few more veins popped on Bakugo's head.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING DORK YOU METAL SHITCAN!!!" Shouted Bakugo.

"Interesting, those brats must've somehow survived the sacrifice explosions from our Captains" said the Resistance soldier number 1 as he then begins to fire another energy blast from his hand thanks to his suit. "No matter, we'll just finish what those Captains couldn't!!!"

"KACCHAN!!!" Shouted Naya as Bakugo begins to get ready to use his quirk.

"Alright kid" said Bakugo. "I'm about to show you how tough I really-"

But before Bakugo could finished his sentence, a small beam shot suddenly hits the Resistance soldier's hand has it not only stop the blast charge, but cut a hole straight through it.

"SHIT! MY HAND!!!" Shouted the Resistance soldier 1 has he grabs his hand in pain.

Bakugo and Naya were confused as to what just happened.

"Where did that blast came from!?!?!" Shouted Resistance soldier 2.

"Wait, was that one of ours!?!?" Shouted the Resistance soldier 3 as he recognized the sound of that beam shot.

"But that's impossible!?!?!" said the Resistance soldier 2. "None of us used our rifles and we're the only ones here"

the Resistance soldier who got shot spoke up and shout.

"WHO THE HELL SHOT-" But before the Resistance soldier could finished yelling he was shot again, but this time it was fatal as it beam pierced through his helmet.

The soldier falls the ground faced down as everyone was quite. Then, foot steps... metal sounding foot steps as it got closer.

"The hell..." Bakugo slowly turns towards his left and sees a suspicious looking figure carrying what seems to be a modified but stolen Resistance weapon as it had a sniper scope on it.

The figure was wearing a large dark grey cloak covering his body and a metal helmet was covering his face while his messy long hair was out.

"Who the hell is this guy?!?!" said one of the 2 remaining resistance soldiers.

The figure then looks over to Naya.

"Don't worry..." said the figure with a strange but calming voice coming from his metal helmet speakers. "Your safe now..."

(Author's note: Hi everyone, sorry for the delay but this chapter was supposed to come out days ago with the update older chapters. My family had thanksgiving early because of Covid, so I was extremely busy. Also a lot of crazy stuff has been going on in the manga canon, so that was another thing that delayed this chapter. Other then that, I managed to upload some of the update chapters. However I only got up to 79 but the other 80 to 130 chapters will be available soon as I can. But I might have to put that on hold for a little while since I need to make a new Shonen Force chapter, but don't worry we're just about to reach the other students to raid inside the massive metal castle. Plus expect to see some new faces like our grey cloaked friend here along with a few familiar faces. Stay tuned, because the Castle raid with the students to fight against the Generals will soon begin!!! Once most of the Generals have been defeated, Zibran's new body will be awakened and the long awaited final battle between Izuku and Ryo can finally happen. I know you guys have been waiting a long time for this and I'm sorry I haven't been fast enough to pump out chapters, but trust me I'm anxious as well to finally show you guys what I have in-store... anyway, have a nice day and stay safe :D)