That time I was reborn as a warrior princess

Chapter 17- Exams

Katsuki was lying down on the bed in his new dorm room. He could not stop thinking on Byleth's past. Especially in the part where the goddess Sothis fused with her and how Byleth ended up in their world. Most of all with Byleth having confirmed that he has the Crest of Flames inside him. That meant one thing:

"Byleth, are you my ancestor?" he asks

Byleth's spirit form appeared beside his bed.

"Yes. You're my descendant, Katsuki." she confirms " This is the reason why you have the Crest of Flames inside you."

It was no wonder he felt such connection to her. Byleth was his relative and somehow reborn inside him.

"I am Dimitri's descendant too?"

This time Byleth was surprise

"H-How?"

Katsuki told her it was not hard to figure out. Especially in the way she looked at Dimitri during the war against the Empire. And how she protected her belly when she was fighting the bandits off to protect the japanese village that welcomed her.

"You're too smart, Katsuki." Byleth chuckles "I shouldn't be surprised by this."

Byleth admits he is Dimitri's descendant as well. She comments they both are very similar to each other, especially now that Katsuki was using an eyepatch.

"Say Byleth, can I ask you one thing? Can you promise me that you will never fuse with me?"

Byleth was surprised by this question. Katsuki looked at her with a serious look on his face. The spirit understood that if she fused with Katsuki, he would end up alone again. And he did not want to lose her like how he did with Izuku and his family.

"I can not promise this, Katsuki." Says Byleth

Katsuki protested but Byleth raised her hand to silent him.

"When I woke up inside you on the day you were kicked out from your home, I realized I was in Sothis' place in this situation. And I knew right away that someday I will fuse with you to save you from some kind of great danger."

"I am not weak, Byleth." Katsuki growls "I do not need your power."

"I know you're not weak but there is always someone stronger than you. That happened to me. Sothis saved me just like how a mother would save her child. She gave up her existence to save me. And I will do the same with you in one heartbeat, Katsuki. You're my child, and I am your mother. Do not worry, this will not happen right away. We still have some time together."

Katsuki just turns his back on Byleth, upseat. He does not want this to happen to her. He lost too much already. Then, he hears Byleth's singing to him

"In time's flow...See the glow

Of flames ever burning bright

On swift river's drift

Broken memories alight"

Byleth kept singing until Katsuki fell asleep. Byleth smiled softly as she gently stroked his face like a mother would do to their children. She knew someday she would give up her existence in order to save Katsuki from some extreme danger, just like how Sothis did to her. For now she would pass as much time with Katsuki as possible and form treasured memories for her Katsuki.

XXX

The next day, Aizawa told the class about the exams. Kaminari and Mina were crying in despair because of the Sports Festival and the internships, they had no time to study anything at all. They were not the only ones with studies trouble, Yarne and Noire were having trouble as well. They were in a worse situation than Mina and Kaminari thought.

"How… HOW COME YOU THREE CAN READ THIS SHIT?!" Yelled Noire at Lucina, Laurent and Gerome. " TELL THE TRUE! YOU MADE A DEAL WITH A DARK DEVIL, DIDN'T YOU'?! DID YOU CAST SOME DARK SPELL ON YOURSELVES SO YOU CAN READ THIS CRAP?!"

The whole class were surprised with Noire's outburst. They always thought Noire was a shy, cute, good little girl type. Her face was similar to those who sing death metal. No one noticed Tokoyami was blushing and with an admirable look towards Noire. Yarne nodded, agreeing with Noire.

"I have to agree with Noire here." moaned the bunny beastman. " I already have difficulties reading our mother writing from our realm and this world writing is very confusing. How come you three can read this so easily?"

"Hoshido" Lucina, Laurent and Gerome answered at the same time.

"Hoshido?" Iida asks, confused.

"It is a faraway kingdom from our world. My father took us there for an exchange of cultures while he was doing a peace treaty with Queen Arete of Norh and Queen Mikoto of Hoshido. After the fall and the death of the corrupt King Garon, it was safe going there. Hoshido's culture is very similar to Japan, the same goes for their writing. Laurent Gerome and I stayed in a temple with a sage named Rainbow Sage while my father was working on the peace treaty with Norh kingdom and Hoshido Kingdom. Rainbow Sage was a weirdo old man but he was very nice. He was the one who taught us how to read the letters of Hoshido since we wanted to learn more about their culture." explains Lucina, then she giggles. " and Laurent wanted to read all the books in his library. He begged for the sage to teach us how to read their alphabet."

"Rainbow Sage… he was a weirdo indeed." Laurent sighs tirely while adjusting his glasses. "He had some memory problems and he kept calling me Ichigo which means Strawberry in hoshidan."

Everybody laughed a little. Ochako mentioned Ichigo also means Strawberry japanese too. Gerome also mentioned the sage kept calling him Momo which means peach because of his pink hair. It annoyed him very much, especially with the Hoshido royal family calling him that while the Nohr's royal family were calling him Peachy. But at least they could see the Norh' wyverns which was worthy of the annoyance nickname. Kirishima asked them what nickname the sage gave Lucina. Lucina became blushed.

"The sage played favorites with Lucina. She kept calling her Aohime until our return to Ylisse Kingdom." Says Laurent a bit annoyed "right, Blue Princess?"

"Come on guys, it was not that bad." Lucina smiles

Only Laurent and Gerome looked a bit annoyed at the former princess. She was only saying that because she got a nice nickname while they got weird ones.

"Ah man, I wish this sage was here too. He would teach me how to read this stuff correctly." whined Yarne while looking at the results of the past school work." I don't think I will pass those exams even if Naga and all the divine gods give me their blessings."

"If you're having difficulties with your studies, I can help you." Says Momo, offering herself to help her classmates.

Yarne, Noire, Kaminari and Mina's eyes shone while looking at Momo as if she was a goddess who will save them from Aizawa wicked exams. Momo was flattered by this declaration, especially with more people asking her help with the studies. She was very happy with this but she told them even if she helped them with the studies part, she admitted she felt that she was no help when it comes to the practical part.

"If body combat is a problem to you, I can help you with this part." Lucina says, offering herself to help. Momo looked at her a bit confused "I can teach you some body combats techniques that my father, my mentor and the Prince Ryoma of Hoshido had taught me"

That made Kaminari's eyes shine with expectation.

"Ah, are you going to teach us that technique you used on Bakugou at the Sports festival?" asked Kaminari a bit hopefully. "That one you blocked his quirk."

"You mean the chi blocking technique? Sure, I think it is a great idea because from what I could see, UA is focusing too much on your quirks. Using the chi blocking technique will give you the advantage on the villains who also focus too much on their quirk and suck at actual body combat." Lucina smiles

"Are you sure about this, Lucina?" asked Gerome "It was Prince Ryoma who taught you this technique, right?"

"Yes. I think they need to learn how to fight without their quirks. What if they find a villain with a power similar to Professor Aizawa? Body combat will do some good to them. Besides, Prince Ryoma himself told us to not focus too much on our weapons when it comes to fighting. Mages, monks and priestesses learn how to use weapons and how to fight with bare hands in case magic does not work. Isn't that right, Laurent?" she asks her red haired mage friend.

Laurent was the mage and the spellcaster of the group. When he was younger, his mother, Miriel, made sure to learn body combat and how to swordfight. She always told him to not always depend on their magic and tomoes. Everything must have a balance.

"I agree with Lucina here." Says Laurent. "And It would be a good way to pay UA for their for everything they've done to us."

"I want to help too," said Iida, coming into the subject. " It would be too much for Yaoyorozu-kun handling all the studies part alone. Besides, I wanna see how Tenma is doing in your stables, Yaoyorozu-kun."

While the group was planning for their study, Kirishima was looking at Katsuki with puppy eyes. Katsuki growled but Byleth soon scolded him, telling him to be nice. Kirishima asked if he could tutor him for the exams.

"Why don't you go to the Ponytail's group?" he asks

"Too many people. And I think you're the best choice to me. Kohane-chan, my neighbor, told me you're a scary guy but a good tutor." Kirishima smiles at Katsuki.

Katsuki tried to remember who the heck Kohane-chan was. Byleth told him it was the little girl he tutored last week. Byleth facepalmed in annoyance when Katsuki remembered the little girl as "Baby Bird" since the girl's mutation quirk made her to have the appearance of a harpy.

"Really Katsuki, you need to try harder to remember people's names. It does not hurt, you know?" Byleth scolds him.

Katsuki ignored her, but at least, Byleth was happy that Katsuki agreed to help Kirihima on his studies.

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The next days were pure hell on everyone. Iida and Momo were very efficient tutors while Lucina and Gerome were teaching everyone how to fight with bare hands. Ojiro was very happy to help them in this part since martial arts was his forte. Kaminari ended up being Lucina's favorite victim when the blue haired girl was showing how efficient the chi blocking was. The chi blocking was not only used to paralyze the enemies but also to stop the flow of chakra, stopping the enemy from using their quirk temporarily. Kyoka ended up being the best one at using the chi blocking technique thanks to her earphone jack quirk.

The days of the exams finally arrived. They first did the paper exams. Kaminari, Mina, Yarne and Noire thanked all the divine gods and of course, Iida and Momo for their help because they felt they passed on their exams.

Now it was the time of their practical. The students gathered up outside ground beta in their hero costumes, each of them unsure what to expect.

And to their shock, they are all going to face the teachers. Iida was surprised to see his brother was also there along with his hero friend from Hosu, Manual. He thought he was at his agency doing the paperwork since his license was suspended. Lucina narrowed her eyes at him, very suspicious.

"You're not here to escape from Lady Gaia and the paperwork, are you, Sir Tensei?"

Tensei blushed as he looked a bit embarrassed.

"My license was suspended from doing any work on the field but I can still do some hero tutoring as long I am inside of UA's campus. Principal Nedzu here invited Manual and I to help the staff for this exam since this year the 1A class has extra students. We both will be here just for today. Besides, I would never run from any responsibility."

XXX

Meanwhile at the Idaten Team Agency, Gaia gritted her teeth in anger when she saw Tensei was not there in the office, leaving all the paperwork behind and unfinished.

"INGENIUM!"

The other heroes at the agency back away from Gaia. The Heroine looks like a volcano in eruption when she's angry. Some are already preparing Tensei's funeral when he returns to the agency.

XXX

Tensei tried to hide his shivers of fear and death but Manual, Iida and Lucina knew him better; though Tensei was a very responsible hero, when it came to paperwork, he would do anything to run from it.

Nedzu cleaned his throat.

"Well, you see," the Principal began. "With recent events, there's been concern over a surge in villainy. Seeing as how robots can't simulate real battle that effectively, we've decided to get you first years more used to true combat by pitting you against people! That is to say, you'll be broken up into pairs and made to fight your teachers!"

Aizawa grunted in agreement. "Now, who you're paired up with and who you'll be fighting has already been decided. You were partnered up based on your habits, grades, and compatibility with each other. First is gonna be Izuku and Momo- you two are against me. As for the others, it'll go as thus-"

"Kirishima and Sado vs Cementoss."

"Asui and Tokoyami vs Ectoplasm."

"Uraraka and Aoyama vs Thirteen."

"Iida and Ojiro vs Power Loader."

"Hakagure and Shoji vs Snipe."

"Jiro and Koda vs Present Mic."

"Mineta and Sero vs Midnight."

"Ashido and Kaminari vs Nezu."

"Yaoyorozu and Todoroki vs Eraser head."

"Yarne and Laurent vs Manual"

"Gerome and Noire vs Ingenium

"Lucina and Bakugou vs All Might"

Lucina pales as she feels her soul leaving her body from her mouth. She will face All Might. ALL MIGHT! The number one hero and the worse, she was paired with the whose partner from all! She may see Bakugou as a different person since the time she was Izuku but she knows paired with him, changed or not, will not be easy. Anything that involves Bakugou results in complications. She glances over to Bakugou, who looks pissed about having to team up with her. Yep, she knows she will not pass thanks for being paired with the most antisocial person in the school and for facing the number one hero himself.

"Thanks a lot, Aizawa!" she thought in despair.

Katsuki does not like any of this either. The situation between him and Lucina is still awkward since Midoriya Inko's incident.

"Byleth, any suggestions on how to deal with this shit?" he asks his spirit guardian with his thought.

"Deal with it." Says Byleth in a very deadpan expression. "I will not help you in this exam, Katsuki. The only thing I can tell you is that you can use the divine pulse to stop and return time but at the level you find yourself in, you can only do it once a day. Use it with wisdom and good luck in your exam." with that she disappears

"Thanks a lot, Byleth!"

Yep, their situation was very grim.

XXX

The battle was not easy for both of them. Besides not getting along, All Might was a very formidable opponent. Both Bakugou and Lucina had several broken bones. And by a BIG miracle, they passed the exam. They both were lying on the bed at the nurse office. Bakugou was unconscious, passing out from the pain but Lucina was awakened and aware of what was around her. She smirked when she saw Recovery Girl, scolding All Might for going so brute on them.

Recovery Girl was not the only one to scold him. Tensei was horrified when he saw Lucina's shape after the exam. He yelled at the number one hero while doing Iida's famous karate chops on All Might's face

"How dare you hurt my little sister, you big knucklehead?!" Tensei yells at All Might

All Might was speechless. It was rare to see Tensei this mad.

"Brother since when Lucina-san is our sister?" Asks Iiida, confused

"Since the internships. I unofficially adopted her as our little sister."

"Brother this is not how it works!" Iida yelled at his brother while doing his famous karate chops.

Lucina groans while sweatdroping; looks like the karate chop thing runs in the Iida family. Can't they be quiet? She wants to rest.

"Sir Tensei, are you not supposed to go back to your agency now that the exams are over?" Lucina asks, still feeling pain.

Tensei freezes as Manual appears behind him out of nowhere, saying he just got a call from Gaia. Before Tensei can do anything at all, Manual traps him inside of a water sphere. Tensei yells, calling Manual a traitor.

"I choose my life over facing Gaia's wrath. It is either you or me. And I chose me." he says while leaving the room, taking Tensei along with him.

"NOOO!"

They all were quieted by the whole scene. Looked like Gaia was famous for her anger and no one wanted to face her wrath. Recovery Girl also expelled Iida and All Might from the room, to make sure Bakugou and her could rest. The blue haired girl was thankful now the room was nice and quiet. She was able to rest very nicely.

XXX

Sometime later, Yagi Toshinori, aka All Might, was in his skeletal form at his apartment. The day was very rough for him. When he removed his hero costume, he looked at the mirror, directly at the wound where All For One had hit him. He understood why Lucina did not use her sword on the exam. She only used her mana and her strategies against him. Being paired with Young Bakugou was not easy for her. But in the end she managed to make Young Bakugou to collaborate with her .

They did an average teamwork and they had enough points to pass. But he knew young Lucina could do much more, even without the sword. Before he left the school, he visited her for one last time and asked why she did not use her combat technique, the chi blocking. Lucina's answer shocked him.

"The technique would not do any good to the wound in your stomach."

That was her answer. He coughed blood from the shock but thankfully he did not destransformed in the front of the blue haired girl. Her answer made him a bit concerned.

"How did you know about my wound, Young Lucina?" he asked while still looking at the mirror.

End of the chapter

A/n; And that's the chapter.

I admit this chapter was a bit filler but it was necessary. Why didn't I add the battle scene? Well, 1- I kinda suck at this type of scene and 2- pretty much the same thing happens and almost everybody already knows about the results. But I will work harder on the battle scenes, especially when the summer camp comes and I plan to do some differences from the cannon.

And what do you think about Byleth being Katsuki's ancestral? And just like Sothis, Byleth will give up her existence, fusing her power and spirit with Katsuki. When will this happen? Somewhere in the future. :P

A little trivia, in the manga's spin off, SMASH, Katsuki worked as a particular tutor for an elementary kid. The kid admitted he was scary but he was a good teacher. So I used this for one of Katsuki's odd jobs.

All Might is now curious on how Lucina knew about the wound on his stomach. Will he find out? Stay tuned.

Do not forget to leave your comments, reviews and kudos. They make me write more and more. :)

See you all in the next chapter!