The witches covered their eyes once the flash sparked from the bodies of the heroes. Considering all their troubles began when Akko's misfired spell caused a bright light to appear, everybody was dreading what would be the result of this experiment.
As if that wasn't enough, the blinding flash was met with a shockwave which sent the students a few steps back and ruffled their uniforms and hair. Even worse, the witches could hear vials breaking and various potions mixing together to fuse various substances that shouldn't have been fused in such a chaotic environment.
When everyone regained their vision, all they saw of the heroes was a thick smoke that obscured where they were standing, with no noise from the heroes coming from it.
"DEKU!" yelled Akko at the top of her lungs, beginning to shiver fearfully. She had her own long list of close encounters, and she knew the heroes did so too, but it didn't take away from how the scene filled her with fear and dread.
Amanda gritted her teeth and raised her wand. "I have to do something!"
Diana shoved her elbow against Amanda's arm and shook her head. "Wait! You could end up hurting them."
Lotte pointed to her table. "Uh, I think I'm in for a world of hurt right now."
The attention of the witches was then shifted to a series of monstrosities forming on each of their workstations, the results of the shockwave mixing together all sorts of potions and powders. As if the witches were stressed enough waiting for the fate of the three heroes to reveal itself from the smokey cloud, a bunch of mutant spawn had to be dealt with.
Akko especially began twitching, recalling that creating such a beast when learning about fusion magic was what forced her to take part in the Witch Hunt parade.
Finnelan readied her wand to fire a magical nullification spell to get the ordeal over with. Those creatures were pure magic, so it was common sense to use that spell.
As she aimed her spell at the forming mutants, Finnelan called out to Hannah and Barbabra. "What did you two put in your potion? There was no possible outcome like this from what I had instructed you."
Hannah waved her hands. "We didn't do anything wrong! We followed you word for word!"
Sucy finally couldn't resist the urge to smile, and sure enough, Finnelan recognized exactly what had gone on.
"What did you do this time young woman!" screamed Finnelan.
Before Sucy could answer the question, one of the abominable mutants formed from the combining potions, trinkets and powders lunged towards the witches and the spot where the heroes should have been standing.
Finnelan readied to simply fire her spell and get on with the day, but another experiment had something else in mind.
From the blinding smoke, a muscular arm belonging to that of a human male shot out and grabbed the mutant creature, forcing his fingers down its body. The mutant screamed with an extremely high pitch as the hand crushed it like a piece of fruit.
The witches luckily were more confusion than squicked by the gore. They'd seen worse.
What did catch everyone off guard though was the hand unleashing a flame that burned the mutant to ash, nothing about it a second ago remaining.
For a moment it looked like that the hand belonged to Todoroki given that the flame was his part of his quick, but the arm looked a fair tad bigger than what he had on him. It wasn't exactly Bakugou's or Deku's either, the former's explosions still distinct from the fire quirk.
Another mutant shot forward at the smoke, identifying whoever the arm belonged to as the bigger threat. And then the mouths began to drop.
From the same hand that shot out flames, ice did so as well. Todoroki was the only one who had ice powers amongst the three heroes, and his had to come out of another hand.
In any case the second mutant had been destroyed by a sharp icicle piercing whatever could have passed for its brain or core. Thus, the remaining two mutants decided to attack in a pair, desperately trying to end the figure that seemed unbeatable.
Finally as the pair of unholy creatures lunged at the smoke, a second arm, human again, made itself apparent and grabbed them both. Whatever impact was used to them blew away the smoke and revealed what was underneath. Needless to say, the revelation was for once the most shocking thing the witches had seen all year, so far at least.
In the spot where Bakugou, Deku and Todoroki where standing at moments ago, none of the three were to be found. Instead, one man in the same makeshift uniform they had been wearing had taken their place, and needless to say it was obvious what the entity was once the witches made out his physical features.
The man, or older teenager to be more exact, was quite tall, well over 6 feet. His skin tone was around the average of the heroes if the witches had to describe it. The hair was spiked the same way Bakugou's was, but the colors were white and green, divided similarly like Deku's even though his hair was only green.
Then came his face. He had Deku's freckles, Todoroki's scar on the same side he did, and Bakugou's eye colors. His expression somehow combined Deku's sense of duty, Todoroki's aloofness, and Bakugou's sheer arrogance. It seemed almost inhuman, but to be fair, his birth likely entirely was.
To confirm the suspicions of the witches, the man charged up Deku's quirk with one hand break the creature whole while another shot out one of Bakugou's explosions.
Whatever Sucy had done, had fused Bakugou, Todoroki and Deku into one being. Through magical means, a hero fusion had been created.
As the final creatures were eradicated, the Fusion faced the witches, his expression still human, but a little unusual. He somehow combined Deku's empathy, Bakugou's confidence and Todoroki's generally aloof neutrality.
The Fusion also looked like he knew something was up, but also tried to look reassuring, which was hard to do given the situation.
Akko's eye began to twitch. She hoped her Deku was still in there somewhere, or if he was truly no longer around because his mind was now merged with Bakugou's and Todoroki's, making the Fusion an entirely new person. She needed to break the silence.
"D-Deku?" asked Akko.
"Yeah!" replied the Fusion, which made Akko sighed somewhat in relief, but her concern remained.
That wasn't even getting to what Diana and Amanda suddenly felt. The Fusion replied to Deku, which didn't spell good things about to them about Bakugou and Todoroki's fate.
"Bakugou?" blurted Diana, hoping he was alright.
The Fusion glanced at her. "What?"
Amanda's eyes widened. "Wait….Todoroki?"
The Fusion then eyed Amanda, a little annoyed about being called out. "Yes?"
Finnelan snapped her fingers to grab everyone's attention as she glared at the Fusion. "Are you all three of them? Will you respond to any of the three names called?"
"Of course! I'm all three of them at once ya know." nodded the Fusion. His tone was a little condescending much like Bakugou's, but he said it in the dry manner like Todoroki would, yet his expression and intent to reassure seemed to reflect Deku's mannerisms.
He then raised an eyebrow as he was lost in thought. "But on the other hand, I guess you can say I'm neither all three of them at once. I think I'm something more."
Mouths were dropping again. At the rate that was happening, the witches would need new jaws by the end of the month.
All were shocked, but Sucy, who began laughing maniacally. The same way she did whenever she came up with a major breakthrough in her experiments. Her classmates eyed her with fear. This fusion was her creation so there had to be something unholy about it.
Finnelan's face turned red. "Explain what you've done now Sucy! You were banned from taking part in any experiments for this class and something like this is the reason why."
Sucy stopped cackling. "I've done it! I've created the perfect being! My research has lead to this beautiful being and moment."
Sucy being this happy wasn't a good sign to everyone.
Diana narrowed her eyebrows, her arrogant side was taking over in response to Sucy's boastful remark. "Elaborate on what you mean by perfect being."
The Fusion was about to take a crack at explaining, only for Sucy to silence him with a shush. "For the past few days I wanted to make something out of those stupid heroes and the crap we learn at this Godforsaken Academy. This was the natural outcome of what we've been trying to accomplish for this damn study crossover and you all know it."
Finnelan loathed having the reputation of the Academy tarnished. "Care to explain what you know better than your teachers then? You're already deep in trouble."
Sucy didn't care for that last remark. "Come on everyone! What did you think was going to bring the magical and quirk world together? Understandings? Debates? Classroom sessions that are just an excuse for our pathetic teachers to get us beaten up?"
Lotte adjusted her glasses. "Um, I only think Professor Nelson likes seeing us hurt."
"Quiet you!" screeched Sucy.
"That's not a nice way to talk about your fucking friends." frowned the Fusion.
Sucy rolled her eyes. "Oh you naive thing, but it's okay, you're still young. At least I got to you before stupid ideas like love bringing our worlds together could flourish."
Amanda, Akko and Diana turned red once Sucy eyed them as she finished her statement.
"Why are you looking at us?" asked Amanda.
Sucy looked smug as ever. "Sorry ladies, but your fairy tale ending with your useless boyfriends ain't gonna happen now that I've turned their three useless asses into something better."
Akko raised a finger. "Uh, boy…"
"Zip it lady!" cried Sucy, not letting that conversation push forward. "I've done what you three were all too cowardly to do by fusing their essence into one perfect being. I've had to make shady deals with underground Warlocks for potions, frame some Appleton boys and their parents, bribe Constanze for support and entertain a stupid pink haired scientist from Japan to create the perfect fusion formula."
Lotte bumped Constanze's arm. "You knew?"
Constanze just shrugged.
The Fusion's eyes widened at that last remark. "Was that pink haired scientist named Mei by any chance?"
Sucy looked like it was no big deal. "Eh, her nanomachines were just one piece in my recipe for the magical quirk fusion potion thing that I haven't even bothered name to name, because THIS is what matters only."
Sucy put an arm around the Fusion close and began stroking his hair, a little awkward given the immense height gap between the two. "Come here my precious son, we have revolutionized the way ordinary humans think. They pity us for our greatness!"
"Son?" blurted Lotte.
"I created him, therefore I am his mother." snickered Sucy, as the Fusion's eyes widened. It wasn't clear which of the three heroes' personalties was surfacing in regards to this bit of news.
Finnelan slapped her forehead. "There will be no adoption of experiments in this school!"
"Yeah, and we're just like a year older than the boys, won't that be awkward?" added Akko.
Sucy shook her head and stuck out her tongue. "Deku, Bakugou and Todoroki are dead, long live my new creation who was born today."
The Fusion blinked. "I'm sure they're still in me. And I'm like mentally and physically the same age they are."
"Shhh mommy's here." whispered Sucy, trying to shut him up.
Amanda crossed her arms. "So you've created the perfect guy, now what?"
Sucy grinned. "Let's see, we have a guy that has the combined strength of those three idiots and all of their quirks, what we have is the new number one hero?"
The Fusion looked ecstatic. That was the shared goal of Deku, Todoroki and Bakugou, so of course he'd look happy about it. "Number one?"
"Yes! Forget All Might! Forget that stupid Endeavor! YOU are gonna be the revolution of hero society and once they figure out it was a witch that made you, I'll be stinking rich! All my enemies will cower before me and you'll let me run my experiments wild with no one to question me!" ranted Sucy.
Hannah grabbed Barabara and whimpered. "Frankenstein has created her monster."
"Uh, I ain't so fucking sure about that last part." deadpanned the Fusion.
"Come on son, mommy created you with her experiments, shouldn't you let her do more?" questioned Sucy.
Akko pouted. "Come on Deku! That's not the reason you wanna be a number one hero."
"Yeah Todoroki, you're not gonna be better than your father if you follow her around. You're not some dog." added Amanda.
Diana closed her eyes and nodded. "And Bakugou, I know you would never want to be in association with a miscreant like her of all people. You're better than that, surprisingly."
Finnelan did not look pleased. "And Sucy, you know I can just cast a magical nullification spell to separate those three right? Can we end your shenanigans now?"
The Fusion raised his hands with a surrender position. Magically unfusing him would result in his loss of consciousness as it would be split in three. "Chill, I'm not gonna be her slave or anything."
Sucy's eyes were filled with rage. "NO! You listen to your mother. We are gonna rebel against all these chumps you here me. Mother and son against all realms of humanity!"
Diana, Amanda and Akko walked slowly over to Sucy, the three of them less than pleased that Sucy had experimented on their crushes.
"You are sadly mistaken if you think we're not going to end your foolishness at this moment Sucy." warned Diana.
Sucy covered the Fusion with her arms. "They're gonna unfuse you my child! Run for it."
The Fusion looked at Amanda, Diana and Akko, who glanced back at him.
The awkwardness resumed once more as the two parties stared at each other. What made the entire thing a confusion was that the Fusion retained the feelings he had for all three of the witches given who he was made of.
He was torn. All three of the witches looked magnificent, brilliant, alluring, and beautiful. He didn't know which one he'd want to be with as he could hear the voices inside him screaming. Each of the boys did not feel the same way about the other witches as they did about their crush to say the least.
But from the perspective of their three Luna Nova guides however, they certainly weren't torn about anything.
The Fusion was rather handsome to say the least. Tall and muscular, and he had the best parts about the heroes' looks merged into one hunk. None of Bakugou's demonic features, Deku's more childish ones and Todoroki's blankness.
That wasn't even getting into how powerful he was, which certainly was appealing to their sensibilities.
Akko took a deep breath, knowing what had to be done. "I'm sorry Sucy."
"Don't you dare!" raged Sucy.
Akko then quickly snapped forward, but rather than casting a spell, she grabbed the fusion by the arm and hugged him close, flushing his cheeks red.
"HE'S MINE!" cried Akko to the heavens.
"WHAT?" blurted everyone in the room.
Akko rubbed her face in the fusion's arms. "If he's going to be the next All Might, and I'm going to be the next Shiny Chariot, then he has to be mine!"
Diana gritted her teeth and stomped on over, and took the Fusion's free hand. "You will never achieve your unattainable dreams, and I certainly think the world cannot trust you to handle a being with such immense power. The next top witch should naturally have the next top hero supporting her efforts, not supporting childish shows."
Amanda groaned and tugged the Fusion by his shirt, causing him to sweat. "You two are so full of yourself, he's better off by my side while we show the world what magic and quirks can really do."
Sucy started waving her arms, her maddest state ever seen by the academy, restrained only by a still grinning Jasminka. "Oh no you three don't! My son will marry whoever I and my future lesbian wife will marry! None of you in this room are worthy of either title."
The Fusion gulped. "Hey, don't I get a say on whose power fantasy I get to make true?"
"NO!" yelled the witches fighting over him.
Akko took a deep breath. "Look, if I was sharing you with Andrew I'd be happy, but those two don't deserve you."
Akko could see it now. After her shows as the next Shiny Chariot, she'd head back to her lavish mansion where she'd be greeted by the Fusion and Andrew, those two stunning and glorious men. She pictured them taking her on two sides as all three of them made out, the world jealous of their power. Oh how it made her twitchy.
Finnelan rested her head on her hand. "I'm entertained for once. Genuinely. It'll make it even more glorious once I undo this mess."
Suddenly, the Fusion did the unexpected by crying.
Loud. Wildly.
He even had Deku's signature ability to flood out his eye ducts with pools of water, which made sense given what a third of him was.
Akko, Diana and Amanda let go of him, shocked and honestly a little frightened. It didn't make sense for such a so called ultimate being to be reacting this way.
"Aw, he has a sensitive side." mused Jasminka.
"Jeez that's pathetic." muttered Barbara.
"Are you kidding me?" frowned Amanda. "A man in touch with his emotions like that? It's pretty hot."
Diana looked concerned. "Do you need help with anything?"
The Fusion formed words amid his crying. "You three are fighting over me and it's tearing you apart! I can't bear to be the cause of a fucking breakup. PLEASE PROFESSOR, save their friendship by undoing my existence."
Akko clasped her hands. "But you'll be gone!"
The Fusion shed his final tears and tried to assure her. "Don't worry, I'll live on in all three of them, one hero for each of you with your friendship preserved."
Diana glanced at Amanda and Akko. "There wasn't that much in jeopardy to be honest between us."
The Fusion shook his head and grinned. "Nah, I think there's some good shit between you all, just like how you've become something great with the heroes."
Again, the witches didn't want to touch on that subject due to their mixture of pride and embarrassment. Everyone knew they'd have to drop the confession eventually however.
Finnelan charged her wand, prompting Diana, Akko and Amanda to step aside from the Fusion to give her a clear shot. "The madness ends now. Luckily for you miscreants I'm more intrigued by the success of the experiment than I am angry. I'll have to research further into this I suppose."
Sucy broke free of Jasminka's grip and tried to charge Finnelan only to be restrained once more. "NO DON'T YOU DARE TAKE HIM AWAY!"
Finnelan ignored her and fired a magical nullification spell at the Fusion, which undid the effects of the fusion potion that merged Bakugou, Deku and Todoroki into him.
Yet another blinding flash later, and the three aforementioned heroes appeared. They got up from the floor, a little dazed and annoyed but still completely intact.
Akko rushed over to Deku to help him out. "Oh my God, are you alright?"
Deku took a deep breath, and his exhaustion instantly vanished the moment he laid eyes on Akko who held him by the arm.
"I am now." he chirped.
"Yay! Good to have you back." cheered Akko.
Todoroki interrupted the moment by pulling Deku by the shoulder, staring deep into the latter's eyes with an icy stare. "Do you remember anything from the past few minutes?"
Deku blinked slowly. "Not really, just flashes of what we were doing as a fusion. It was like I was in and out."
"I don't happen to have any of your memories. Do you remember mine?" questioned Todoroki.
Deku bit his lip. "Nothing at all. Just mine."
Todoroki glanced at Amanda and back, her knowing that Todoroki was asking for the sake of finding out if Deku learned the secret about the true identity of the villain.
Amanda placed her hands on her hips and sighed before shooting Todoroki a warm girn. "Well, that was interesting. You looked kinda nice fused with the other two if I'm gonna be honest."
Todoroki bit his lip. "Acknowledged. Let's not try that again."
While everyone was recovering from the intriguing situation, Sucy on the other hand had her eyes wide with rage and anger. Her teeth were gritting and puffs of smoke were coming through her nostrils. "GIVE ME BACK MY SON!"
She grabbed Deku and Todoroki by the shirt, her eyes flaming mad. "FUSE BACK NOW. I WAS ON THE VERGE OF PERFECTION."
Akko tried to shove Sucy away. "Hey let them go!"
Amanda assisted in the effort. "I think we've heard enough out of you."
All the while, Diana was waving her hand in front of Bakugou, his expression completely blank as he stared into the great beyond.
"Professor Finnelan? I think we are about to have a situation here." noted Diana.
Finnelan walked on over to the unresponsive Bakugou. "Are you feeling unwell young man?"
Bakugou eyed Sucy and finally spoke up. "FIVE!"
All glances were on him, confused by his shout.
Bakugou then raised his hand. "FOUR!"
Diana's mouth dropped. "Is he going to do what I think he's…"
The sparks of an explosion formed on his fist. "THREE!"
"CLEAR THE AREA NOW!" screamed Finnelan as she and the other students evacuated the classroom, unwilling to find out how all out Bakugou would go.
After the incident, Bakugou parted from everyone and made his was to the guest room on his own. To think that he had been forced to share a mind and body with Todoroki and Deku for God knew how long pissed him off to no end. He didn't feel violated however, just incredibly annoyed that for a while, he and his classmates were the same being.
And he thought about the nerve of Luna Nova dubbing their fusion as the ultimate lifeform as if Todoroki and Deku weren't anything but a degradation to his ambition.
The worst part was that his memories of being the Fusion were still fuzzy, vaguely remembering showing off powers and Diana, Amanda and Akko fighting over whose puppy the Fusion would become. He wouldn't have minded being an equal to Diana once she became the number one witch, but he certainly would've never tolerated the brain dead Akko or irritating Amanda.
Speaking of the devil, Bakugou heard someone running towards him, which he quickly guessed was Diana, and was proven right once he spun around.
Diana stopped in front of him, taking a deep breath with an annoyed and disgruntled look on her face. Bakugou hoped deep down that she wasn't ticked at him, even though he was seriously considering blowing up himself and everyone a few minutes ago.
Instead, Diana formed a mischievous smile and opened her eyes, her determined piercing blue eyes. She looked like she came back from the event of a lifetime. "So, that was something wasn't it?"
Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Yeah, me being the perfect hero by fusing with Deku and Todoroki? Give me a fucking break."
Diana nodded. "Indeed, I'd rather not have the number one hero being prone to bursts of tears or dull boasting."
Bakugou shrugged. "Don't know what the fuck Sucy was snorting, but I don't give a shit at that point. I'm gonna be the next All Might...or well Endeavor...on my own damn terms."
"I suggest you pursue that path sooner than later, given that Endeavor is a less than ideal paragon for hero society," added Diana. "The magical world lacks a Shiny Chariot, but I suppose nothing is better than having a miscreant represent your kind."
"Yeah, and it's because I got fucking caught that we even have to deal with Endeavor being number fucking one!" groaned Bakugou, driving his palms into his face. "If I hadn't been weak, I'd be replacing All Might and not that flaming asshole!"
Not wanting to see him brood, Diana reached for his wrists and pulled them away from his head, glaring at him like a mother scorning his child. "Don't you dare say that! All Might went down like a true hero, the same kind you aspire to be. Are you going to cry like a puppy, or strive for that perfection I know you crave?"
Bakugou got ahold of himself. "I'm offended that you had to ask. Now I gotta double down on my shit."
Diana nodded. "It's an odious process, but you're the only one I trust that can make it."
"And you're the only one I can trust leading the future of magic, so that makes two of eh?" remarked Bakugou, unwilling to think of what would happen if Akko achieved her dreams.
She took a deep breath and tried to look as composed and elegant as possible, for she was about to say something that she would never tell anyone. "Bakugou, can I trust you?"
"Fuck yeah. I do a better job keeping secrets than those other fuckers." he said, thinking about Deku's quirk which he knew was borrowed.
Diana studied him for a good minute, but while she still remained inquisitive, did so with a flair of light admiration. "What do you think of Shiny Chariot?" she asked.
He was half tempted to answer with 'She's actually your professor Ursula in disguise' but figured that would cause more trouble than he cared to deal with at this point. He was also inclined to bluntly state that Chariot had a nice body he couldn't wait to see wrapped in a towel the next night, but thoughts about Chariot's look always now shifted to Diana's.
Thus he replied with something simpler. "She was entertaining. Kind of my first crush. Kind of a lot of boys' first crush and maybe even some girls too. Still don't know why she got shit when she had a real chance to make magic relevant again back then."
Diana began to explain. "Well, she did as Akko is doing by showing magic as a fun force rather than something…"
"Instead of something serious that could cause fucky stuff like fusing me against my will. Yeah, I remember," said Bakugou. "Why are you asking?"
"Do you remember that Chariot performance she did in Japan years ago?" asked Diana.
"It was pretty cool." recalled Bakugou.
"What if I told you that I had been to Japan before?" inquired Diana.
Bakugou instantly knew. "Holy fuck were you at that show? Like live?"
Diana closed her eyes and smiled. "You're a clever man and yes. I was there. I fear that I may have run into you, Akko, Deku, Todoroki and whoever may have been one of your classmates back then."
Bakugou crossed his arms and smirked, wanting to make a joke about fate and destined lovers, but kept the topic going. "Oh, so you do like Chariot after all?"
Diana placed her hands behind her back. "In my defense I was a child, and even if she didn't really know what magic stood for, one couldn't deny her prowess and ability to reach the masses. I mean, mastering the Shiny Rod? That has to be something."
"Not really if it chose Akko to use it." countered Bakugou, prompting both him and Diana to laugh out loud. There was a bit of unease to their emotions though, as Akko's relation to the Shiny Rod, like Deku's relation to All Might, made them feel like their dreams of being the top hero were getting slightly out of reach by undeserving rivals.
Diana looked serious again. "I am telling you this because I trust you, because if word gets out that I was a fan of Chariot, well, I'm sure you know what that could do to my reputation."
"Yeah, fucking Akko would just start thinking she met her double and get all buttery around you. Deku does the same shit with anything All Might related," understood Bakugou. "None of those other witches will hear shit from me."
"Thank you." whispered Diana.
She placed both of her hands behind her back and half smiled. Despite a whole lot of things, Bakugou really did get her at times, as crazy as it sounded to her. She noticed how close she was to him, glancing at his face that while strict, still felt rather inviting.
She took a quick breath, and without even hesitating, brought her lips up towards his cheek to give him a small kiss. Bakugou's mouth dropped and eyes widened at her gesture, as he became the third of the UA students at Luna Nova to have received a peck on the cheek from his crush.
Diana stood back on her feet and stared at Bakugou with the same inquisitive, but friendly, look she had been giving him the whole time.
He reached for the spot on his cheek where Diana had kissed, blushing.
Diana's stare turned haughty again. "If you tell anyone about this you'll regret it immediately."
"Fuck off I'm keeping my mouth shut, you're the one who shouldn't gossip for shit." deadpanned Bakugou.
"Do you really think I'm that type of woman Bakugou?" inquired Diana.
"No, and that's why I like you." smirked Bakugou, an expression returned by Diana.
She stared at him for a bit longingly, before turning around and making her way. "I'd love to stay and chat, believe me I do, but I have more studying to catch up on."
"Go ahead, the faster you become top witch...no, MAGE, the better." encouraged Bakugou.
As she left, Bakugou heard Diana hum once more, causing him to pause with curiosity before he took off himself. He spent a good minute listening to Diana's tune before the sound faded.
He pondered why he was so drawn to Diana's humming, noting it wasn't especially unique or wonderous. Sounding just like something people did when they were bored.
He still wouldn't mind hearing that bewitching tune for the rest of his life.