It is I, with Chapter 12.
Sawtooth44: You mean like, the third Servant? Because it's not her. I'm probably gonna get a lot of shit for this but I'm not an Arturia Saber fan. I just never vibed with her. Catch me with Iskandar or Heracles instead. If you're asking about the Grail War? No, Arturia's Grail War(s) passed. Sure, she could've been summoned again since the Zero and Stay Night Wars, but eh. Chiron didn't care enough to look into it. The only reason he and Astolfo are paying attention to this year's Grail War is that they're worried about AfO or the Leauge attacking the masters and Servants.
Ultima-Owner: Aizawa is always tired. And he always needs to rest, the poor man. Thank the gods for Mama Chiron making sure the man gets his rest. Astolfo is also very sneaky. He has many tricks up his sleeves... whether or not he remembers to use them is the real question.
Suzululu4moe: Even if they were, it can be assumed that the two already knew each other. Unlike Pony, Chiron and Astolfo are both obviously not partially Asian. There's also a father-son-like aura between Chron and Astolfo's actions. Father-daughter? Mamataur-Traprider? Whatever. Even if they were known locally, Chiron's more of a parental figure than... partner. I wouldn't call Chiron a 'wifu'. He's just a parental teacher figure that Astolfo teases acts more like a mother towards the staff. Team Mom, if you will.
Frostlash: Chiron is the Team Mom. That makes Aizawa the Team Gremlin and Yamada the Team Wildchild. As for Overhaul, I do have plans, but I don't think Chiron will be involved for the most part there. I want the second book to focus on one of the other characters, but Chiron will most likely be helping Aizawa take care of Eri afterwards. I also will not have Robin in the group, much less a different class that's not already assigned to him. I don't plan on mixing up anyone else's class unless they can be summoned as such as well or there are... circumstances surrounding them (Ex: Rin. If Rin was summoned she'd probably be a Caster but since she's merged with Ishtar she's an Archer if that makes any sense). I have a roster of Servants who I'm going to have appear later on and ones who are going to be mentioned already. Other Servants might be mentioned, obviously, but I'm trying to keep the Servant count to— at max— five. We already have Chiron and Astolfo, then the mystery Third Servant, and then one more will be making a Special Section Only cameo or won't show up for a long time.
ProfessorGoblitz: I don't know what 'ar3' means, but I will go Plus Ultra.
Chiron had allowed Yamada to take over for the Calvary battle's commentary with a few comments on his part. Astolfo had ended up dropping back during the minefield stage, which let Todoroki, Bakugou, and Midoriya take first, second and third places.
It wasn't that Chiron had nothing to add, but rather because at the very beginning of the Calvary Battle when Kayama was explaining everything, papers had been sent to him via a familiar. Of course, Yamada had been startled out of his mind when a flaming bird appeared with papers rolled up in its talons before vanishing in a plume of flame. It hadn't been on the monitor, thank the gods, and Yamada had managed not to yelp.
It was a report from the Church overseer and the others who worked under them.
Astolfo had flown over to Fuyuki the weekend prior to talk to the overseer. The Church knew about them, though many mages ignored the existence of two Servants who were leftover from a Grail war over a hundred years ago. Unless they could be controlled (they couldn't and Clocktower learned the hard way that trying to control them was a bad idea), Mages didn't care about them until it was convenient. And it was never convenient. At least it gave the two of them leeway and their respective birth nations' governments were more than happy to get them going in the world after the war in Trifas. Yggdmillennia had also done a fantastic job in assisting the two for a long time.
That said, neither Chiron nor Astolfo normally went to go check up on the Grail Wars, since they normally didn't interact with Mages and another magical folk unless it was necessary. Chiron had become wary, though, with the League of Villains on the rise— and All for One as another possibility. Both Servants wanted to keep tabs on any strange going ons for the duration of the war, even if it was just an abnormal Servant or early dropouts in the war.
The church only reported two abnormalities this time, though. One was a strange, yet immensely powerful Assassin that had been summoned in the war this time. They were hesitant but titled it as the Grand Assassin— an Assassin above the normal Servant class. They wrote about armor as dark as night yet also stained with blood and about blue flames.
The other abnormality was that a secondary assassin had appeared, meaning that there were eight Servants but only seven masters from what they could tell. No Ruler had appeared either, which made Chiron wonder if the Grail was sending a message to him instead. According to the Church, the second Assassin had a strange signature— something more akin to an Assassin class covering up that of a Lancer's.
On top of that, the Grail War was going by far more cautiously from the others. The War had started a couple days ago but the only important fight had been a clash between the Grand Assassin and a duel wielding Saber. It had ended in a draw and Saber and the Master vanished into the night. There had been smaller clashes had, but nothing major and property damaging like the Saber and Grand Assassin fight.
The masters were being cautious to avoid heroes and villains alike. It seemed as if the Church and Mages Association had put out a notice to anyone who studied magecraft and magic to be careful about Quirk users.
Chiron only hoped the masters and Servants staid off of All for One's radar.
He didn't want to think about if All for One stripped and transferred a magus' circuits to himself. Quirks and Magecraft didn't work against each other, there were just laws between the two communities— those with circuits had to choose hero or magus. Or mundane. Magus couldn't be heroes or use their Quirk unless it had to do with their craft and a Hero couldn't use magic if they wanted to stay a hero. Obviously there were exceptions, especially in a "do or die" situation.
Many heroes and quirk users didn't even realize they had magic circuits— he could think of three in the school who had powerful, yet dormant circuits. There were six others whose circuits would be comparable to a first-generation magus and one whose circuits he was actively working on strengthening— laws be damned.
Chiron sighed, setting the papers down as Yamada nudged him. "Hey, paperhorse," he said, "Lunchtime! Let's go!"
(x)
Chiron had shed the human form as soon as they were off the stands, stretching his legs with a relieved sigh before waving to a few children as he and Yamada passed them.
"Dude, I would not give anything to be a horse," Yamada chuckled as the two walked towards the rest of the teachers. "Seems so cramped and uncomfortable. I mean, how do you do stairs and stuff man?"
"With practice and also I've been around for a long time," Chiron laughed, raising a hand to the other teachers.
"What's up, Archer?" Maijima greeted, grinning as they joined them. Aizawa was looking a bit more awake, or as awake as a sleep-deprived, bandaged man could look.
"I feel like my voice is a bit shot," He admitted with a slight laugh as they headed down to the stands.
"It tends to happen," Nezu hummed as he climbed up onto his back from where he had been perched on Kan's shoulder.
Chiron nodded, slowing his gait for the mammalian principal to get settled. "I suppose that announcing and teaching are two different things, after all."
"There should be a few tea stands for that," Yagi mused, "People are screaming and cheering here."
"Tea or no tea, I'm planning on gaining ten kilograms by the time the festival is over," Ectoplasm said, coat fluttering lightly as the group walked.
Chiron tilted his head. "That's oddly gleeful, coming from you," he commented with a slight laugh. The clone hero nodded, seeming to be much more enthusiastic than the Archer had ever seen him before.
"Heads up, y'all," Snipe said, glancing back, "We got the press and fans!"
Sure enough, a crowd of media producers and fans were waiting for them.
"Look! It's Blood King Vlad!"
"And Ectoplasm!"
"Oh my gosh! Midnight!"
"Present Mic's as cool as ever!"
"Thirteen! Hi!"
"Please sign my jacket, Snipe!"
Yamada seemed to be more than excited to start handing out autographs and the like. Nezu pat Chiron's arm as they stood to the side with Yagi, letting the more well-known heroes get swamped with fans and interviewers.
"I'm glad that I have this form at least," Yagi said, coughing into his fist. "Normally, I'd like to be out there, but damn, I'm exhausted from last night."
"It's your own fault, Yagi," Chiron said, flicking his tail. "I told you not to push yourself, but you ignored my warning."
"Can't help it," the blonde argued. "Besides, it's not that large. I can handle it."
"Yagi, it's longer than your arm, you can't just 'handle it' without proper build-up," the Archer sighed. "You'll injure yourself, you did almost injure yourself last night."
"What in god's name did we just walk inta, you three?" Snipe asked as the teachers broke away from their fans and the mass media. "I didn' know you swung that way, Archer."
Chiron and Yagi both stopped, staring at the gunner with a look of bewildered confusion on their faces.
"Snipe, please remember that, while feelings fade after death, I did have a wife in the past," Chiron said, "While I'm not against loving a man or anyone in between or outside of gender constraints, I hardly understand why you're bringing this up."
Snipe made a confused noise, tilting his head a bit. "Broncco, were you or were you not just talkin' 'bout—"
He was cut off by Kayama, who shoved him aside. Her eyes gleamed and an excited flush was settled on her cheeks. "Snipe thinks you and Yagi are sl—"
"Enough out of both of you," Aizawa said, his scarf smacking both the cowboy and R18+ heroes. "What Yagi and Chiron do in their private life is their own."
Yagi choked, coughing blood.
Oh.
Oh.
"Oh, dear…" Chiron sighed, "I suppose our words were a bit misleading, weren't they?"
He shook his head. "First of all, don't ever think along those lines when it comes to me, please. I'm ages old and will still be here when you've all returned to the earth."
"So dark and grim," Ishiyama rumbled and Chiron shrugged.
"So then what were you talking about, Chiron?" Thirteen asked. Chiron hummed.
"I'll tell you later, but it has to do with one of the weapons I was granted…" he told them as they started walking towards the food stands. Kayama and Snipe both seemed visibly disappointed, but let the topic drop.
"Anyways, lunch! Let's eat!" Yamada said, pumping the air with his fist. "Tea! Coffee! Smoothies! Drink! Fast food! Street food! Hell yeah!"
"So excitable," Chiron laughed and Nezu hummed in agreement, patting his side.
"That's what makes Present Mic, Present Mic."
Chiron was about to respond before he staggered, a sharp pain shooting through his head. His vision blurred and if it hadn't been for Ishiyama and Inui grabbing his arms and holding him steady he would have taken Nezu and poor Thirteen who was in front of him to the ground with him.
"Chiron—!"
"Archer!"
Chiron barely heard the others as his ears rang. Bile rose in his throat as he felt the origin of the first Servant enter the grail.
Like all Servants, Chiron was still connected to the Grail, no matter how immortal he was. He and Astolfo could still feel the death of another Servant, but this time he could feel the sheer wrongness of the death.
Something that wasn't a Servant or magical by any means or even mundane had killed a Servant. That meant either a Quirk had killed the Servant, or someone with a Quirk had.
His vision cleared and what felt like ages of blacking out was reversed to only seconds. He let out a shuddery breath, feeling his heartbeat return to normal.
"Are you alright, Chiron?" Nezu asked softly and he nodded.
"The first of the Servants just passed," he said, just as soft, making Nezu stiffen a bit. "But something's wrong…"
He stood back up to his full height, thanking Ishiyama and Inui. "Thank you, I'm alright…"
Inui seemed unsure, most likely sensing his unease far better than the others, but he and Ishiyama released his arms. Nezu slid off his back, dusting his suit off.
"Do you need to go and check the war out?" the principal asked. Chiron nodded.
"I should…" he said, "Yes… I'll get going now… ah, but Astolfo…" he ran a hand through his hair.
Aizawa grunted. "Take him, the boy chose not to continue to the final fights anyway, so he'd just be sitting and watching," he told him and the Archer nodded again.
"Thank you."
"Mm. I guess that just means I'm taking over for the co-hosting," the Erasure hero sighed before the heroes turned, hearing someone run over to them.
"Ch- Phi- ARCHER!" Astolfo cried, skidding to a halt near them, panting.
"Just in time," Nezu said as Chiron placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Yes, no need to explain, Astolfo," Chiron told the Rider and he nodded before Chiron pulled him onto his back. "Let's go."
"Be safe you two," Yagi said, looking concerned still. Astolfo and Chiron both nodded.
"Right! To Fuyuki!" The Rider said as the two took off.
The U.A. Staff watched them leave for a moment before Yagi turned to Nezu.
"Do you think they'll be fine?" he asked and the mammalian principal hummed.
"We can only hope. But something tells me this won't be the first time the two will need to rush off," he said, tail flicking a bit. "Dark clouds are approaching on both sides, this goes without saying, but during Internships, I ask that all of us staff take some time to train, on our own and together."
"I'd rather not be forced to try and take the brunt of one of All Might's punches, but whatever you say, Nezu," Inui sighed, making Ectoplasm snort.
"I'm the least of your worries," Yagi said, "It's Chiron that you need to watch out for."
"His Pankration looks like it hits like a goddamn truck," Aizawa agreed, nodding. "And he's a medical genius, he'll hit you where it'll hurt the most."
"Think we could invite Endeavor so he could kick some sense into him?" Thirteen asked, sounding genuinely curious instead of snide like the comment would have suggested.
Kayama burst out laughing, which caused several others to start as well. Nezu, on the other hand, was still watching in the direction that Chiron and Astolfo had left in.
'Dark times indeed… I hope for the best out there for you all…'
Inui is Ryo Inui, aka Hound Dog. He doesn't show up for a long time in the anime ( I think he only recently showed up in season 4, but I could be wrong again) and he's briefly seen in the manga (maybe the anime too, but I'm not sure) when the staff appears at the USJ. He, Chiron, and Nezu are all Animal Friends. Gang Orca can join them later.
edit: I'm trying to keep consistency now that Chiron knows everyone by their last names (save Snipe, Ecto, and Thirteen, whose names are unknown), so I changed Powerloader to Maijima. And also fixed Ryo's name.
Any thoughts on Chiron killing AfO? Leave 'em below!