That time I was reborn as a warrior princess

Chapter 23- Into the evil lair part 1

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

Lucina was shivering in fear. The presence of this unknown man was dark, evil and cold. His presence was as bad as Grima's. She bit her lips to not make any sound. Kota was not reacting any better; he was terrified, so terrified he peed in his pants. Lucina did not blame his reaction; he was just a child after all.

"Oh, how rude of me. I did not introduce myself; I am All For One. But you may call me Sensei if it's easier for you, child."

"W-What do you want with us?" Lucina finally asks, still shivering in fear.

"I was curious about you. Tomura kept calling you a cheater after your first meeting." Then, he used some type of telekinetic power to pull a chair towards him. He sat on the chair, crossing his legs. " I saw your performance at the sports festival. You were amazing there; not only on using elemental powers but your sword skills you've shown in the event were also incredible. Too bad my noumu horses could not bring that sword of yours. I was amazed when Tomura told me that he couldn't disintegrate your sword. You see, his quirk disintegrates anything he touches with all his five fingers on any surface and yet his quirk did not work on your sword. Needless to say that amazing sword of yours seems to be the only thing that truly harmed that dragon monster that attacked a couple of months ago. I admit you're powerful and yet I do not feel any presence of a quirk in you. Who or what are you, little girl?

Lucina was quiet. Although Falchion was not with her, she was happy that her sword was not in the hands of this dark man. Then, she looked at Kota who was still scared to death and Ragdoll was still unconscious. She may not be able to save the pro hero but she had to try to save, at least, Kota.

"I will answer your questions if you let the child go. He has nothing to do with this." Says Lucina to the dark man.

"I admit the little boy was a surprise when my noumu horse spitted him out along with you. I have no interest in his quirk but he may be a good subject for Tomura. He could be his new loyal little brother, after we do some adjustments on him of course. As for my answers …" All for all stood up and placed his hand on Lucina's head " I will get them anyway."

Then, Lucina began to scream in pain.

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Back at the UA campus, everything was chaotic. Okami did not stop crying after hearing Lucina and Kota were gone. She blamed herself for leaving them behind. Mandalay kept comforting her daughter, telling her it was not her fault and she was a victim of the unfortunate events.

Aizawa was not having a good night either. Beside having three students being taken by villains, a pro hero and a civilian child were also taken. Because of the test of courage, almost half of Class 1B fell victim to the gas. Of Aizawa's own students, only Jirou and Laurent succumbed, but plenty more needed medical attention. Yaoyorozu overused her quirk, leaving her undernourished and exhausted. Uraraka and Asui have lacerations, some of which need stitches. Shouji nearly lost a limb to the villain Moonfish. And they were almost killed by a fire breathing wyvern.

Speaking of the said wyvern, the beast was on the stables along with Minerva. Gerome was with them.

"Hey Gerome, I bought Koda here." Kirishima called.

Koda was shivering in fear when he saw the black wyvern. He was afraid of the beast.

"Why am I here?" Koda asked. The tune of his voice was almost a whisper.

"I am sorry Koda for bringing you here right after the events at the camp, however, this wyvern is our only clue for Lucina's whereabouts. We need your gift on the wyvern,"

Koda shivered even more " But I tried with Tenma and it did not work!"

"Koda, wyverns are less stubborn than pegasi. Tenma did not speak with you because you're not her partner and you're a boy. Iida is a bizarre case to be a partner of a pegasus, but I am sure you can talk with the wyvern. Please Koda, do it for Lucina." Says Gerome, begging him.

Then, Koda remembered Lucina's gentle smile and how she tried to help him to try to overcome his shyness. He took a deep breath before looking at the black wyvern with determination in his eyes.

"Please my winged friend, tell us what happened to you?"

The black wyvern looked at Koda before making some growling noises. He looked at Gerome and Kirishima.

"He said he was in some kind of dungeon. A dark man with no face killed his flock mate and a gryphon. And a small round man with glasses on his face tortured him with painful tools before using a collar to domain him."

Gerome gritted his teeth in anger, Kirishima petted the black wyvern,apologizing for all the pain he had gone through.

"Do you know where you were held in captivity ?" Koda asks the wyvern.

The wyvern growled some more. Koda made a worried face.

"Sorry guys, the wyvern said he had no idea where his captivity was. All he can remember are dark cracks in the sky and a giant capturing him and his flock mate before waking up in the dungeon."

Gerome sighted in disappointment.

"It is ok Koda, you did your best." Says Gerome as he places his hand on his shoulder. Then, he looks at the black Wyvern. " I am sorry for what you have gone through. No living creature deserves to be tortured like you did."

The wyvern growled in gratitude .

"So, what are we going to do?" Kirishima asks.

Gerome frowned behind his mask as he went towards a table. On the table, Falchion was laid in there. He took the sword in his hands, while looking at his reflection on the blade.

"We're going rescue our comrades, whatever it takes!"

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All Might was looking through the window with a grin expression on his face. After the attack at the camp, he had no doubt his archnemesis, All For One , was the one who was behind all this. He placed his hand on the scar where his enemy had hitted his fatal blow.

"Toshinori."

He turned around and he saw a small old man in a while and yellow outfit.

"Gran Torino."

"Tsukauchi filled me with everything. So he is really back hun?" the older man says, sitting on the sofa.

All Might did not say anything, only nodding to him.

"Did you already give One for All to someone?" he asks.

"No yet." All Might says. " Because my successor, my true successor, is in their hands."

All Might could not say to his old mentor, Gran Torino, that he had a dream involving the first holder of One For All. The first holder was asking him to give One for All to Lucina. One for All wants Lucina to be the next holder.

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Lucina groaned in pain as she finally woke up.

"Nee-chan!" Exclaimed Kota " I am so happy to see you're alive!"

"Kota…" Lucina looked at him, still weak. Whatever that man, All For One, did to her, she felt her energy was almost drained by him. Then, she noticed Ragdoll was nowhere to be seen. " Kota, where is Ragdoll?"

Kota started to sob.

"That man… that scary man...she took Auntie Tomoko away. He said something like harvesting her quirk. I am scared, nee-chan! What if that man killed Autie Tomoko?"

Harvesting her quirk? Like is he planning to take Ragdoll's quirk or something? But that's impossible! Lucina takes a deep breath and slowly expires. She needs to calm down herself; it may be too late for Ragdool but she needs to get Kota out there before that dark man returns. She looks at the chained black pegasus. Then, she starts to bounce the chair towards the chained animal. When she gets close enough, she looks at the winged beast directly at its eyes.

"Pegasus, I know I am not your partner, but I need you to chew those bindings ." she said to the black pegasus. "I want to save you and the child, but I need your help first."

The black pegasus stared at the blue haired girl for a moment. Then, it lowered its head and started to chew the binding on her right arm.

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Somewhere else, All For One was in a lab with his doctor.

"I assume you already have it?" asks the doctor.

"Yes, I have Ragdoll's quirk now. You know what to do, right?"

"Yes, I will keep your quirk safe until Tomura is ready to have it. I've already prepared the copy of your quirk for you to use. Are you sure you want to implant the dragon's cells in your body? I am still studying the dragon's head that Tomora and Kurogiri brought to us." Says the doctor to his boss "I prefer to test the dragon's cells on guineas pigs or on our low ranked noumu first to make sure it is safe to use."

"I am aware of the risks, Doctor. I want to bring more despair to society and by using this gem, I will not lose my mind so easily."

In All For One's hand, there was Lucina's dragon stone.

End of the chapter

And that's chapter 23!

Things with Lucina are very complicated now that All For One is involved. And now he got her dragon stone.

Be prepared, soon we will see All For One becoming a dragon.

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