That time I was reborn as warrior princess

Chapter 4- Brand New World

Lucina never thought she would see Bakugou Katsuki again in her new lifetime. The last she saw him as Izuku was the incident with that sludge villain. No one had noticed her change of behavior, except for Gerome.

"You, are you a part of those villains?" asked Snipe, appointing his gun at them.

Before Lucina could respond, her sword glowed as it floated in the air above them. Then, a giant image of a divine entity appeared before everyone present. They all were astonished by the figure herself. It was Naga the divine dragon.

"Do not be afraid, heroes of this world. These children are not your enemy. Your enemy is another one." she says calmly.

Nedzu, Hound Dog and Tokoyami could feel that image was not a fake hologram. That image was real. They could feel the divine power through their bodies. Even Dark Shadow was muttering they were in the presence of a divine figure.

"Are you a goddess?" Nedzu could not help but ask "And what you mean the enemy is another one?"

"I am no goddess. I am no creator. I possess not the powers of making and unmaking. I am just a divine dragon with an oath to protect the human kind from my realm, to protect them from other threats, including other dragons themselves. Grima is a treat where you need their help to protect your realm from a great catastrophe." she says.

"And who is Grima?" All Might asks.

"Grima is a fallen and corrupted dragon. He destroyed the world those children come from. And he will do the same with this world if you do not stop him. Even in his weakest stage, he is still a danger."

That caught Lucina's attention. She stepped forward

"Lady Naga, do you know how we can find Grima? And what do you mean he is in his weakest stage?" she asks the divine dragon.

"Your father and his friends damaged him really badly in the last battle and because of this he used his last strength to open a dimensional gate to escape. He can not use his full power for a millennium. However he is still dangerous on his own. I can not locate exactly his whereabouts but I know he is somewhere in this realm. You will not need the Awakening Ceremony to defeat him." she answers Lucina, calmly. "Unfortunately, this will be the last time I can communicate with you. With you and your group being in this realm, it takes a lot of my energy only to summon my image before you."

Laurent frowns at this information.

"Lady Naga, just like the case of time travel, we are trapped in this realm for good, aren't we?"

"Unfortuality yes. Even with my divine power, I can not return you home." Then, Naga looks at Lucina with tender eyes. "Young child with the exalted blood, holder of Falchion, in this realm you will face a lot of past scars, going through a lot of sorrowful situations but you will also find hope and joy that was lacking in your past. Farewell children of fate and good luck"

With that, her image and presence had vanished in the air as the sword, Falchion, fell into the floor, stabbing it with the blade. Lucina took her sword and sheathed it. No one understood what Naga meant with her last words but Lucina did. After all she met her past life when she was still Izuku, before being born as Princess Lucina.

"I guess we have a lot to talk." says Nedzu

"Indeed, we do." Lucina nods to the small whilte beast.

XXX

At his office, Lucina and her group had explained as much as they could about Grima, their destroyed realm and the time travel in a way they could understand. The students returned home after the USJ events but Nedzu made sure to not tell anyone about the events that involved the dimensional travelers or else they would suffer severe consequences, more severe than a simple expelling.

All the heroes in the room were silent when Lucina and her group finished their story.

"So, let me see if I got this right: this Grima is a corrupted dragon that destroyed your realm, you tried to travel to the past to avoid the destruction of your world, only for the bastard to follow you in the time travel to stop your plans. Now when he was about to lose, he opened a portal to our world which you tried to stop him, following him through the portal. I am missing anything?" Mic asks.

"The fell dragon attacked us in the dimensional tunnel which led us to fall in that battlefield from before." Says Laurent adjusting his glasses. "unfortunately we have no way to locate him but if Lady Naga is right, he is weak at the moment but that does not make him less dangerous. If we're lucky, he will not go to his dragon form in his weakest stage."

"You say Manakete, the dragon folk, they have two forms; human and dragon forms. How big Grima is in his dragon form?" Midnight asks, a little afraid.

"You saw Minerva, my wyvern, right? If we compare the size, Grima is 100 times bigger than Minerva." Answers Gerome

Everybody paled. They saw how big the wyvern was but if they were saying Grima is much bigger than that winged creature, they would be in big trouble if he was able to turn into his dragon form. Lucina cleans her throat to get everyone's attention.

"Lady Naga said he is his weakest stage. Knowing the coward he is, he will not act for a while. But I can assume he will get all the information about this world and make the people into his new followers."

"Are you telling us he might be planning to form a cult or something?" Nedzu asks.

"This is how he got us last time in our original timeline." Lucina answers "Grima is a sly snake. He will make people follow him, promising them power and richness. He even killed his own followers to form an army of risen."

They also had explained about the risen and they were not happy to learn about it. Beside dealing with a dark dragon, a possible dark cult, there was also a possibility of facing a zombie apocalypse with Grima around in their world. Grima has become a very serious issue to them. All Might ( who was at the infirmary to take care of his wounds and following the meeting via video conference) did not like this villain at all. The way he acted was just like his own enemy, All For One.

"For now, we need to get more information. I will even ask our local underground heroes to help us to gain any information about new cults. And you, young children, I think it is best for you to pass as exchange students in our school." says Nedzu to the group.

Lucina and her group looked at the small mammal in confusion. Nedzu explains since they have nowhere to go, the best way to have a shelter, to get used to their world and for people to not suspect them, they need to pass exchange students in a witness protection.

"Eerr… Mr Nedzu…" Noire slowly raised her hand, shyly "What is witness protection?"

"Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system. With the program we will be able to provide fake identities and fake birth certificates for you all to be able to study here. And each of you will live temporarily with a hero of our school staff until we form the dorms system. And you're going to be in class 1A. The students know more or less about your situation since they all saw Naga's image." Nedzu says.

"Are you sure this is a wise decision, principal?" Cementoss asks "I am not against the idea itself but will not people find weird that class 1A having 25 students instead the usual 20?"

"It is 24…" says Nedzu in a low tone "I got the report from the hospital. Asakura Yoh passed away."

All the teachers gasp horrified knowing one of the students has passed away. Nedzu continues their conversation.

"And with the Grima's issue going around, we have no luxury to plan things better in such a short time. People will ask and even be suspicious of our new students, but we will be able to shut them with the witness protection in our card. We can pretend they come from some country of Europe and they are witnesses and victims of some civil war. What do you say, Miss Lucina? You're the leader of your group. What do you think is the best for everyone here?"

Lucina bits her lips as she frowns. What Nedzu says has a point; they have nowhere to go, no money, no information and she has no idea how long has passed between Izuku's death and her birth as Lucina in Ylisse. She needs to do what is the best solution for her and her comrades. She looks at her friends before looking at the principal."

"I agree with you, Mr. Nedzu. We have nowhere to go and we need all the help we can get to take Grima down. Your plan seems to be the best course of action for us all. Plus, we need some time to adjust in this world. This world looks more advanced in technology than our world."

"Lucina, can we trust them?" asks Gerome to his princess.

Lucina looks at all the heroes in the room. If she was Izuku, she would jump in joy for them offering their help to take Grima down. However, she was not Izuku anymore. She was now Princess Lucina of Ylisse. But she still remembers their heroic deeds.

"My guts are telling me to thrust them. For now."

With this, they all agreed that Gerome would stay with Nedzu since Nedzu lives at UA School and Gerome refuses to be away from Minerva. Being a huge creature, Minerva would have to stay on UA campus, away from other people's view. Cementos agreed to take Laurent in while Hound Dog agreed to take Yarne. Yarne whines, hoping he would not be eaten by the dog beastman. Midnight offers herself to take Noire and Lucina in her home.

"Eer… Midnight, are you sure you wanna take these girls in your house?" Asks Mic, nervously "Especially with your special basement?"

"Do not worry! The red basement of pain and humiliation is always locked,that way no minors can go there! Besides, I have extra rooms and Sushi, my little sweet cat, will be happy to have more cute girls to pet him !" she says joyful.

All the heroes sweet dropped at her declaration. Laurent, Gerome, Yarne and Noire were a bit confused but Lucina's face is pretty red; red in embarrassment. The blue haired girl remembered when she was Izuku, she had heard rumors about Midnight owning a BDSM room and it looked like the rumors were true.

"Dear Naga, protect our innocence from R-18 hero!" she cried out in her mind.

XXX

Bakugou Katsuki sighs in relief for finally getting home after the events of USJ. He opens the door and removes his shoes from the entrance.

"I am home…"

Katsuki did not expect anyone to answer back. He lived alone in this small apartment. Ever since Izuku's suicide, Midoriya Inko broke the friendship she had with his family; she did not want to do anything with them before disappearing from the map. His mother, Mitsuki, did not take the situation well and she kicked Katsuki out of their house. She blamed him not only for Izuku's death ( After learning the bullying) but for Inko breaking their friendship. Katsuki did not blame her mother for kicking him out; If he was in her shoes, he would do the same. God bless his father for helping him to not be homeless. He found out his father owned this small apartment. He used the apartment as a shelter when things are too extreme between him and his mother. He couldn't blame him; even the calmest people have their limits. But his father only allowed him to stay in the apartment if he went to therapy and paid the rent with his own money. Katsuki had to agree with his father's terms.

He lit an incense and he placed it on a mini altar in the living room. On the altar there was a photo of Midoriya Izuku, when he was four. The only fucking picture he had and the only one where he trully smiled. He blames himself for Izuku's death everyday. After all he was the one who suggested him to take a swan dive and the one who found the body.

"Welcome home, Katsuki." says a gentle feminine voice

Katsuki growls. Ever his mother had kicked him out, he kept seeing and hearing a beautiful green haired woman with a strange black outfit.

"You had a rough day, Katsuki. You should rest first." She gently says. She places her hands on Katsuki's shoulders.

"I will rest later, Byleth."

He might be getting insane and losing his mind, however that ghost woman, Byleth, was the only one who stayed with Katsuki when everyone else had turned their backs on him.

"I will rest later…" he repeats, still looking at the altar

End of the chapter.

A/N: And that's the ending of the chapter!

Are you guys surprised by adding female Byleth in the story? Byleth will act just like Sothis from Fire Emblem Three Houses games to Katsuki. She will be important for his development.

Do not forget to leave kudos and comments. They make me write more and more. Suggestions are also welcome, especially to the fire emblem part. I only know the games from Awakening to Three Houses.

See you all in the next chapter!

Ps: I need a beta writer.