That time I was reborn as a warrior princess

Chapter 22- Summer camp part 4

Lucina and Kota were terrified at the sight before them. The sweet child, Okami, was a huge white and black beast with glowing bloody red eyes. Lucina recognized Okami was a wolfskin. That meant Okami was from her world and most likely the child that Rainbow Sage had mentioned before in her dream; the child of Nohr's royal family.

"Your little bicht! You ripped my arm! I will kill you!" yelled Muscular while holding his blooding stump where his arm was supposed to be.

Okami laid Lucina down gently while glaring at Muscular. Lucina and Kota could feel that Okami was giving off a killing intent aura.

" YOU MADE A BIG MISTAKE ATTACKING US IN A FULL MOON NIGHT!" Okami yelled back, baring her sharp teeth. "I WILL RIP YOUR GUTS OUT!"

Muscular screamed preparing to attack. Okami holded his fist with her hand and used her other one to drag the villain's head against the wall. Muscular screamed in pain while being thrown to the floor. Being so dizzy, he never saw Okami with her huge jaws going to his neck. The villain could not breathe as Okami's powerful jaws blocked his air entrance. After what seemed an eternity, Muscular's eyes went glossed and he dropped his head, lifeless. His body stopped moving.

Kota was scary, he never saw his cousin, his best friend, becoming such a bloody monster. He knew what happened to his aunt but he never had witnessed the attack itself. What she did to the villain, even if he deserved it, was brutal. Kota was terrified to approach her but Lucina was not. Even feeling a lot of pain, bleeding and knowing the risks from approaching a rampaging wolfskin, Lucina had to calm the beast child down for Okami's sake.

"Okami…" she whispered while quietly approaching her,

Okami let go of the corpse and growled furiously at Lucina. Lucina flinched a bit but she did not back off. She only kneeled while looking gently at Okami.

"It is ok Okami, you win. You protected your pack. The treat is dead."

Kota screamed horrified when he saw Okami biting Lucina's shoulder. Lucina gritted her teeth in pain but she did not scream; Instead, she hugged Okami.

"It is ok to be scared. I have… something that will help you to control your beast side."

She slowly picked up from her pocket a red gem. She helded in front of Okami. When Okami saw the gem. The red glow in her eyes faded away as she picked the gem. Suddenly she glowed and she returned to her human self. She looked horrified at the shape Lucina was in. Then, Lucina collapsed on the floor.

"L-Lucina neechan! Lucina Nee-chan!" Okami cried out. She could not believe she once more attacked someone she cared about.

Kota kneels and places his shirt on Lucina's wound. He looks at his cousin and tells her she is alive. Okami is relieved but still scared.

"Okami-chan, you need to go back to the camp and tell Auntie Shino about what happened here."

"But Kota nii-san…"

"Okami-chan, I know you're scared, so do I, but you're the only one who can do it. You're faster than me. In your beast form you can get help faster."

"But what if I lose control again?" Okami sobs

"You will not because this girl gave you this weird gem stone, It must help you with your beast form. I saw her giving another stone to that red haired guy before he became a dragon; he did not lose control on his dragon form. Please Okami-chan, you need to tell Auntie and the others that those villains are after her and that Bakugou guy."

Okami sobbed as she nodded to him. The stone in her hands glowed as she turned into her beast form again. However, her eyes were not glowing red; she seemed to be more in control of her beast form. With a heavy heart, she left the local. Kota prayed that they would get help soon enough.

"Please, Nee-can, you can't die yet. I still have to apologise to you for the troubles I gave you." Kota said, sobbing while pressing his shirt to her wound on her bloody shoulder.

However, the child was not aware of a manance shadow hidden in the darkness.

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At the main building, Noire was shooting her arrows at the noumu through the window. Even with a single scratch, the arrows were killing the noumu one by one. That impressed Mina, Sero, Sato, Monona, Kaminari and Vlad.

"Kid, what the heck are these arrows made of?" Asked Vlad. He was astonished when he saw the noumu squirmed on the floor in pain.

"I filled the arrowheads with a powerful and deadly poison."

"POISON?!" Everybody cried out in shock.

"After the incident with the first monster at that place you call USJ, I feared the possibility of facing the same type of monster again. Along with Laurent, I was developing a poison that is powerful enough to attack their nervous system. Their regeneration is useless against this poison." Says Noire

Yarne mentioned that Noire's mother was specialized on curses, hexes and poisons and Noire gained some knowledge from these subjects because of it. He hadn't imagined that Tharja's knowledge would come handy so soon in this world.

They all fell silent while staring at the dark haired archer. Vlad knew those kids faced a big war back in their world and they would do anything to protect each other and their comrades. He never had imagined they would go so far on developing poisons that can kill noumu. He hoped Aizawa would be ok after facing the fake fire villain. He was worried that his college would inhale the toxic gas.

"Something is coming," said Sato.

They all saw Gerome, Iida wearing gas masks. They were with their animals Minerva the wyvern and Tenma the pegasus. Vlad and others could see the animals were carrying the students of Class 1B on their backs. Noire kept throwing arrows against the noumu while they were rushing inside.

"Oh my god, guys!" Monona cried out in concern.

He was horrified to see his classmates all unconscious while Iida and Gerome were gently laying them on the floor. Vlad demented what happened. Gerome explained the camp was invaded by enemies and one of them was the one responsible for toxic gas. Iida also added the Pussycats were fighting two villains off while he and Gerome were rescuing everyone in the woods.

"We couldn't fight against the villains. The best thing we could do was rescue everyone from the forest. Yaoyorozu-kun made gas masks for everyone. They are still looking for the others who did not make out from the forest yet."

Vlad told them they did good on rescuing his students. But he was worried, some of them were still missing. Then, the doors slid and they saw a huge white and black beast carrying an unconscious Laurent in its arms. Then, the beast glowed and they saw Okami in the place of the beast.

"Laurent! Gerome cried out while kneeling in front of the child. " Child, what happened?"

"Lu... Lucina neechan is badly hurt! The villain who killed Kota Niisan's parent really hurt her badly. I lost control and I killed him." she sobbed.

Everyone was shocked, especially Vlad. Vlad knew the one who killed Kota's parents was a very dangerous criminal. He was horrified to see a little girl like Okami had killed a villain like Muscular; how strong the little girl was? Gerome asked what happened to Lucina. Okami told them she left her with Kota while she was running back to get help. She already met Aizawa on the way while he was carrying Laurent who had inhaled the poisoned gas. Then, they all heard Mandalay's message through their minds.

"Everyone in Class A and B! In the name of Eraser Head, You granted permission to engage in combat!"

Vlad gritted his teeth in anger. He never thought the situation was bad enough for Aizawa granting permission for everyone to fight. He wanted to go to the forest to rescue the rest of the students but he was needed in the building. He prayed everyone would get out from this, alive.

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Kirishima was hitting the noumu with his hardened body. Unfortunately, Katsuki could not use his quirk because Byleth warned him about risking more fire in the forest.

"Argh! If I had the dragon stone with me I could defeat those guys in seconds." growled Kirishima.

Katsuki agreed; the dragon stone would come handy in this situation. Then, Katsuki asked Byleth if she knew how to swim. The spirit knew what Katsuki was planning.

"Are you sure about this? Having the Sword Of The Creator will come with great responsibilities."

"I am aware of the risks and responsibilities, Byleth. But we have no choice around here, do we?"

In a second Byleth took over Katsuki's body. She looked at Kirishima and told him to not die. Kirishima was confused; before he could ask what his friend meant, Byleth used Katsuki's explosion to send them high in the air before diving to the lake.

"Bakugou!"

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Byleth was swimming deep into the lake. She and Katsuki felt their crest of the flames reaction inside them. Then they saw the sword of the creator in the deep of the lake. When Byleth touched the sword, great energy was flowing around them.

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Kirishima was still fighting against the noumu when Todoroki arrived at the scene. He used his ice to freeze the monsters in place. The dual color haired boy asked Kirishima where Bakugou was. Todoroki mentioned he just received Mandalay's message; it looked like the villains were after Bakugou and Lucina. Then, the noumu set themselves free from Todoroki's Ice.

Before any of them could do anything, they were surprised by the sudden explosion from the lake. Kirishima and Todoroki turned around and saw Bakugou jumped out from the lake with an odd looking sword in his hand. Then the sword extended and became a whip-like weapon. With a single wave of the weapon, Bakugou killed in one instant all the noumu at the same time.

Kirishima and Todoroki's jaws dropped as the weapon returned to its sword form when Bakugou landed in front of them.

"Are you two alright?" Byleth asked,

Before Kirishina could approach his friend, Todoroki stopped him. He glared at Byleth.

"Who are you? You're not Bakugou. Bakugou has red eye." he said

Kirishina blinked confused before noticing the green colored eye.

"Do not worry, I am a friend of Katsuki." Says Byleth. "You can say I am his spirit guardian."

"Spirit guardian?" both Todoroki and Kirishima said together.

Todoroki looked at the strange odd sword in Bakugou/Byleth's hand. He could feel the story was powerful, maybe rivaling Lucina's Falchion but its appearance, it looked like it was made of bones.

"Todoroki, what is the situation here?" asked Byleth,

Todoroki blinked as he looked at Byleth. He said he got a Mandalay Message and he told them that they gained permission to fight back but the villains seem to be after Bakugou and Lucina. Katsuki was confused, why were the villains after him?

"The best course of action at the moment is going back to the main camp. We need to avoid the enemy. " Byleth says.

Kirishima and Todoroki agreed. However Todoroki told Byleth he did not trust her and he demented explication once when the invasion was over. Byleth agreed to explain everything to them about her relationship with Katsuki.

Then, they heard another rumble noise. The noise was coming from the forest.

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While looking for the students who were still missing in the forest, Aizawa was carrying Laurent when he met Okami on the way. She was hysterical while explaining everything that happened to her, Lucina and Kota involving Muscular. Aizawa was worried about Lucina's condition. The hero contacted Mandalay via radio to send a message to everyone from classes 1A and 1B that he granted them permission to fight.

Aizawa asked Okami to take Laurent back to the main building while he went to where Lucina and Kota were. He hated making a little girl ( Even after seeing her huge beast form) going back alone with an unconscious mage, however he was really worried about Lucina's condition; fighting against Muscular and being bitten by a beast, he feared her condition was serious and that needed immediate medical treatment.

The professor hero rushed through the forest going in the direction where Lucina and Kota were. Then, he stopped when he saw a noumu like horse before him. His eyes widened in horror when he heard Kota's voice through the monster's belly.

"HELP US! WE'RE INSIDE OF THE BELLY! HELP!"

"Shit!" Aizawa curse. Lucina and Kota were inside of the belly of Noumu.

The horse-noumu ran off through the forest while Aizawa was running after the beast. Then, he heard a rumble. All Aizawa could see was a huge shadow. Dark Shadow? He saw Shoji running away from the huge shadow monster.

"Aizawa- sensei!"

Aizawa cursed once more as one more problem was literally running towards his direction. He used his quirk on Dark Shadow but nothing happened. Shoji pushed his teacher away before Dark Shadow could smash him.

"Sensei, are you alright?"

"Yes, I am" Aizawa says " What happened? Why is the Dark Shadow out of control?"

Shoji explained that he and Tokoyami were attacked by a villain that had teeth quirk, Tokoyami lost control the moment he got hurt by the villain. The villain was defeated by the rampaged Dark Shadow but now the shadow could not distinguish whose friends or enemies anymore. Dark Shadow would attack anything that moved. Shoji asked Aizawa why his quirk did not work on Tokoyami.

"It did not work because I looked at the quirk itself and not Tokoyami. I need to look directly at Tokoyami for my quirk to work."

They were hidden behind the trees but unfortunately Shoji accidentally made a noise and Dark Shadow attacked him.

"Tokoyami, stop!" Shoji cried out.

Then, a bright light came out of nowhere. Aizawa and Shoji were both surprised to see Bakugou making some light through a strange sword in his hands. The light faded as Dark Shadow went back into Tokoyami. The head bird boy thanked Bakugou for the help.

Aizawa recognized the sword at the same time he noticed Byleth took over Bakugou's body.

"Byleth, do not tell me…."

"Yes, it is the Sword Of The Creator. It was hidden in a lake nearby." answered Byleth,

Todoroki and Kirishima were shocked. " Sensei, you knew about Bakubro's spirit guardian all this time?" asks Kirishima

Both Tokoyami and Shoji were confused, "Spirit guardian?"

Aizawa ignored them.

"Yes, I've already known Byleth's existence for a while. However this is not our main concern; Kota and Lucina were taken by a noumu."

Everybody gasped in shock. Kirishima exclaimed that they needed to help them. Aizawa agreed but he ordered everyone to return to the main camp at once, especially Bakugou since the villains were still looking for him. They were protesting.

"Aizawa, I understand your concerns, but you can not rescue them alone. Besides villains, we still have the noumu to worry about."

"One more reason to go back," Aizawa says.

"Eer.. Sensei, Baku… I mean Byleth defeated 5 noumu with only one strike with the sword whip thing… they were all defeated at the same time" comments Kirishima.

Now Aizawa was shocked; he knew the sword of the creator was powerful but he never imagined it was powerful to defeat five noumu at the same time and with one strike. He knew he could not fight with several noumu by himself; the pussycats were fighting the villains while Vlad was protecting the rest of class 1A and 1B. He knew he would regret his decision later.

"Stay together and follow my orders without question. Our top priority is to rescue Lucina and Kota."

With the group formed, they followed the footprints left by the horse monster.

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Somewhere else Dabi was waiting for the rest of the vanguard to the meeting spot. He saw Himiko and Twice had already arrived. Dabi asked how much blood Himiko took and the blond girl answered she took blood from only one person.

Then two noumu horses arrived.

"Oh Twilight and Dashie are here!" said Himiko joyfully.

"Wait, you named the horses? Those are nice names !" Says Twice

Dabi only ignored the crazy duo as he checked the said horses. He could hear muffled screams inside the bellies. He turned the radio on, telling Kurogiri that package number 1 and package number 2 were ready to go. Kurogiri opened a portal and the horses disappeared when they crossed it.

"Stop!"

Then, Aizawa, Todoroki, Byleth, Kirishima, Tokoyami and Shoji arrived at the local.

"Too late heroes. We already took them. And it was very nice of you for bringing package number three to us. Save us time to look for this brat." Says Dabi

Byleth frowns as she feels a presence between the trees. She used the sword of the creator in the whip mode and attack. Another figure came out of the trees. It was a masked man with a top hat. He landed beside Dabi

"Oh, I see you got a good sixth sense, kid. Almost no one can feel my presence." said the masked man.

"Come on Dabi, Lets get him and be over with it. I wanna stab them!" says Himiko while lickig her knife.

"With Eraser head here? No thank you; the guy is tough. But they can play with our other pet." Says Dabi, smirking.

Another portal opened and a huge black wyvern came out. It roared furiously. Kirishima was scared because the beast was twice bigger than Minerva and he felt something was very wrong with the creature.

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At the main building, Minerva was agitated. Gerome also felt something wrong as well. He turned around and saw Vlad was busy attending the sick students. He could not leave because his new comrades were in no shape to defend themselves; they all were vulnerable because of the toxic gas. Only he and a few of the students of class 1A were in condition to fight to defend them. Then, he looked at his wyvern.

"Go, Minerva." he says to his wyvern "Go wherever you need to be."

Minerva growled as she flew to the direction of the forest.

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Aizawa and the students were shocked at the sight of the wyvern before them. The wyvern attacked. They moved away to not be caught by the jaws. As everyone was distracted, the villain, Mr Compress used the opportunity to use his quirk on Bakugou and Tokoyami. Byleth and Katsuki were shocked to find themselves trapped in a tiny marble.

"See ya later heroes. I hope you play well with our pet here." Mr Comprass says before going into the portal.

All the villains smirked as they disappeared into the portal. Aizawa, Shoji, Kirishimai and Todoroki could do nothing as the beast was still attacking them. Todoroki tried to use his ice on the beast but the black wyvern fired blue flames and melted Todoroki's ice almost in an instant.

The black wyvern continued to breathe fire at them as he pinned Kirishima into the floor with one of his talons. Then, Kirishiam saw a type of metallic collar around the beast's neck.

"Kirishima!" everyone cried out in horror. They could do nothing as they were surrendered by the blue flames.

Before the beast could bite Kirishima's head off, the red haired boy heard another roar. Then, Minerva dived and tackled against the black wyvern. The female wyvern growled furious at the enemy beast as she stood in the front of Kirishima to protect him.

"Minerva!" Kirishima cried out in relief.

Minerva flapped her wings to raise the dirt to extinguish the flames. Then, she attacked with all her fury against the black wyvern. Aizawa took the opportunity to take Kirishima out from the danger but he refused.

"Aizawa- sensei, there is a metallic collar around the wyvern's neck! I think that thing is controlling the poor creature." Kirishima says

As the wyverns were still battling against each other, Kirishima gritted his teeth in anger as he hardened his body and rushed towards the fight. He jumped on the back of the black wyvern and he used his strength to snap the collar. When the collar came off, the back wyvern stopped as he calmed down. Minerva also seemed to be calm too; Aizawa took it as a sign that the beast was not a threat to them anymore.

The black wyvern looked at Kirishima in confusion, wonder and in gratitude. Kirishima hopped off from its back and he looked at the wyvern.

"Don't worry buddy, you're safe now." he says smiling.

Then, Aizawa slaps Kirishima on the back of his head, furiously " IDIOT! YOU COULD HAVE GET YOURSELF KILLED! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"

Kirishima looked down in shame, saying he was not thinking, he was just worried that Miverva would get hurt and it was not even the black wyvern's fault. Aizawa took some deep breaths to calm himself down.

"Sensei, I know Kirshima's actions were reckless, but we have bigger problems." Todoroki says, "Tokoyami, Bakugou were taken by the villains."

They may have won the battle but they lost the war.

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Lucina groaned in pain as she slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry for a moment before she noticed she was in a very different place.

"Where…?"

Then, she noticed she was strapped on a chair. She tried to move but the straps were too tight to her.

"Neechan!"

Lucina turned her head and she saw Kota and Ragdoll also binded on chairs. Then, she looked around and she noticed they were in some kind of lab. She gasped frightly when she saw several water tanks with noumu inside them. However the noumu were not the only creatures they saw; Lucina saw a black pegasus in chains and a corpse of a wyvern and a gryphon inside of cages.

"What is going on?"

"Ah, you're awake. I was starting to worry, after all fighting against Muscular is not an easy task, much less surviving from his meeting. You should be thankful to me for healing your wounds."

Out of the shadows they all saw a man in a back suit and a metal mask on his face. Lucina was paralyzed in fear as she saw images of her own death. The presence of that man was as bad as Grima's.

"Tell me young one, how come you're so strong and yet I do not feel any presence of a quirk inside you?"

End of the chapter

And that's the last part of the summer camp arc. Are you surprised to see not only Bakugou was taken but Tokoyami, Lucina and Kota as well? Lucina is now facing an evil as terrible as Grima. What will All For One do with her?

You have to wait for the next chapter. ;)

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