chapter 7:ONEIROPHOBIA PART 2
"You'll never wake up again" nightmare shouted charging
the students got into defensive positions,except for kirby who charged in as well
"foolish kirby"said nightmare attempting to grab his foe
but kirby was faster,he quickly jumped and sucked a large amount of air becoming a human baloon,flapping his arms rapidly he floated higher dodging the large pale went above nightmare,who pointed up preparing to shoot kirby down but before he could mydoria rushed in delivering a powerful blow
"DETROIT SMAAAAASSSSHHH"he screamed decking the giant right in the cheek knocking him on the ground
"TODOROKI NOW!"mydoria screamed clenching his arm
shoto nodded and sent a wave of ice towards the fallen villain,encasing him in ice with only his head free
"it's over villain,now let us go from this nightmare"shoto said getting closer
"you are stronger than i thought,hehehe,but you three were never targets"nightmare said before teleporting away.
"it was so I could lure HIM"he announced appearing behind kirby and trapping him in a red ball of students watched concerned as nightmare laughed in triumph and their friend screamed in pain
kirby was then knocked unconscious by the pain,the sphere he was trapped was covered in magic chains that connected to two ominous portals that opened
"you want to save your friend?then enter these portals if you dare ,and face HIS worst fears!"nightmare explained before vanishing
"we have to save kirby"said mydoria running to the portal,but he was pulled before he could enter
"wait,what if it is a trap,we can't trust that creepy guy"said ochako
"we can't just let kirby suffer like that,is that what a hero would do?"mydoria asked
"mydoria is right,this is what we do,you go left and i will go the right then we meet back here"shoto said
"we shouldn't split up,i have known kirby for years and if these portals lead to his fear it must be something pretty drastic"mydoria tried to argue
"it will be faster"shoto said jumping in the portal
the other two sighed in defeat
"no time to waste,ready?"ochako said grabbing her friend's hand
"y-yeah"he blushed a bit but recomposed himself as they jumped in
WITH MYDORIA AND OCHAKO
When they left the portalt,they didn't expect to be on somekind of warehouse,filled with boxes with a golden H branded on them
"weird,i feel like i have seen this brand before"mydoria said
his thought was interrupted by the sound of crashing,following the sound they came through a windowed door,looking through it they saw their target.
On the other side was a beaten up kirby,in front of him was a large mechanized meta knight?,that confused the students
"why would he be fighting a mechanized meta knight?"asked mydoria
"this is a nightmare,maybe he felt bad and this formed in his dreams"said ochako
Mecha knight walked to the beaten foe with heavy steps ,raising his energy sword as he prepared to finish the job
"hey"the cyborg turned his head.
that however proved to be a distraction,which allowed uraraka to slide between his legs and make him weightless,mydoria grabbed his feet and spinned him around before throwing him into a nearby wall
"mydoria? how are you here and who is she?"asked dream kirby
"new threat detected,mission:elimiate"said the distorted voice of their teacher causing chills to go down their spines
mecha knight activated the wings and boosters on his back,flying directly at mydoria which he assigned as the bigger threat,the knight attempted to stab the greenette but he sidestepped and punched the robot in the face using a low percentage of OFA to not break his arms so punch while powerful was not enough to take their foe out of the air,he instead bounced against the ground a few times before taking into the air again,mecha knight attempted to stab mydoria again,but this time he wouldn't make the same mistake,just as mydoria side-stepped mecha knight twisted his body delivering a horizontal slash across izuku's chest making him scream in pain while he was thrown in a box
"mydoria!"uraraka screams trying to touch mecha knight again.
The mechanical warriors sensed the approaching foe,as uraraka was about to make contact,mecha knight used his jetpack to boost up and land bwhind the bubbly girl with his sword lifted,he then brought down a slash across the the sword got close dream kirby pushed her away
"WATCH OUT"he tackled uraraka out of the way,taking the hit instead
"gaaaaahhhhh"kirby screamed as his chest was slashed
mecha knight looked between kirby and uraraka before choosing to once again focus on kirby
"SMAAAAAAAAASSHHH" mydoria charged in
mecha knight tilted his body to the right,slightly falling before bringing his arm up with a powerful uppercut creating a energy pillar which hit mydoria head on,hurting him severely and burning part of his clothes.
"attempts are futile"mecha knight said cutting off deku's arm who screamed in pain in agony
"hey meta knight!"the warrior looked back to see uraraka surrounded by various floating boxes with a pillar on one hand and a hilt on the other
"home-run strike" she announced using the pillar to hit the boxes
"futile attempts won't work"mecha knight said slashing the boxes before he saw the hilt flying past him
"i was not aiming for you"she said smirking innocently
the robot turned to see a bright glow,when it died down,there stood sword kirby with his green hat but using a copy of mecha knight's laser sword,mecha knight analyzed him before a message appeared in his HUD
"warning,warning,threat level:S,do not engage!"the AI in his helmet said as kirby approached
Kirby launched at mecha knight as they clashed blades,before they separated and did a flurry of attacks which each strike being blocked by their knight was getting impatient and decided to end this
mecha knight roars in anger as his jetpack shoot off and his back opens as a large scorpion tail comes out
"final measure activate,exterminate"he said
kirby jumped high in the air and dropped down with his sword over his head,mecha knight prepared his tail to impale the pink haired nuisance,but kirby thought quicker and just as the stinger approached kirby swinged foward and started spinning cutting through the tail before he delivered a final slash through mecha knight.
A few seconds pass before mecha knight started releasing beams of light before exploding,the explosion caused the nightmare to vanish and mydoria and uraraka to return to the dark room kirby was being captive,they noticed their wounds dissapear whihc relieved deku as his arm returned
"huh,i guess it was like a dream,what a relief"said mydoria
"how did you know kirby could beat him?"he asked uraraka
"well,it is his nightmare,so i thought maybe only him could end it?"she said very unsure
"you didn't know if it would work did you?"he asked as she nodded
"shoto hasn't returned yet,i wonder what's going on in there"deku said
WITH TODOROKI
In a fancy hall,probably belonging to a castle,todoroki was sent flying into a pillar,hitting his back on it
"gaaahh,this is harder than i thought"he said before bringing his arms up to block a heavy hit from a large hammer,the impact almost broke his arms and sent him skidding through the pillar and to a wall.
todoroki tried to use his ice to create various wall to stop him but it was futile as he just crashed through all of them not stopping before he hit the wall,hard
shoto looked at his beast of a opponent,when he arrived he was quite surprised the wanted criminal king dedede would be in his colleague's dream with a mask and a large rocket hammer,if he was this strong in real life he wasn't sure even endeavor could stand a chance.
"what does kirby even go through to dream about this?"he asked before DDD was upon him again
he shot a wave of ice in hopes of stopping the villain,DDD jammed his hammer into the ground and the head opened revealing a flamethrower,which made quick work of his todoroki's ice
the king laughed with a distorted voice as a volley of missiles came from his hammer,todoroki reacted making a wall which was shattered when the rockets made covered his eyes from falling shards and looked at the king,who did something unexpected.
DDD planted his feet steady on the ground and opened his mouth to unhuman proportions and started to inhale strongly,creating a vortex which sucked todoroki into his mouth
"his quirk is like kirby's,then what is all that strenght"todoroki questioned in his mind
the dual haired boy created a wall of ice but it was sucked in as well,while he was being pulled he was able to hold apillar,but that did not last long as a nearby debree hit him sending him spiraling to the king's mouth ,who SWALLOWED him before shooting him in the other side of the room
todoroki kneeled,his whole body ached,his head was bleeding and his powers did nothing to his enemy
"am i truly this useless,am i truly so weak i can't beat a simple nightmare to save my friend,am i even worthy of calling him a friend"he questioned himself while DDD slowly approached raising his hammer
then something in todoroki clicked as he remembered meta knight's words
"remember this,no two quirks are the same,even hereditary quirks will chnage as soon as they pass on,take that power as yours not theirs,a quirk is just as great as the user"the phrase echoed in his head,as he remembered his mother and all he went through at that point
"he is right,it may have come from him but it won't be used like he did,this is MY FIRE AND I WILL SE IT AS I WISH"todoroki screamed as his left arm was covered in flames
He raised his arms unleashing a burning uppercut at his foe,making a pillar of fire errupt from the ground
"gaaaaaaaaahhh"DDD screamed as he was burned alive
when the fire vanished todoroki stared as the hammer inches away from his face,DDD's mask then broke and he fell on the ground,beams of light exited his body as he exploded,when todoroki opened his eyes he was back at the initial area,he then looked at his arm
"hey todoroki!you finally made it,we were worried"said ochako
"i'm fine,what now?"he asked
right on cue the portals behind them vanished before nightmare appeared again,with a amused look on his face
"you kids actually did it,congratulations"he said clapping
"we beat your stupid nightmares,now give our friend back"said deku
"he will be free,IF you can survive his last nightmare,hehehe"nightmare mocked snapping his fingers
the snap made the orb kirby was imprisioned expand until it covered the entire black the trio opened their eyes they were standing in a blue void with various star shaped portals all around
'guys look!"ochako pointed to a knocked out kirby
the trio rushed to their pink haired friend,he waked up looking around
"guys?!you did it?how did you"he stopped before he looked around
"this place,no,it can't be'he looked like he was having unpleasent flashback.
"what happened kirby,where is here?"asked shoto as nightmare appeared
"oh you didn't tell them DID YOU!so prepare to face this pink puffball's greatest fear"nightmare screamed vanishing once again
in front of the students appeared a was tall and was wearing blue robes with gear designs with a large claw-shaped crown in his head,he was covered in darkness before a grotesque beast took his place,it was a huge sphere with two large horns coming from his head,he had two large floating hands and opened his mouth to reveal a large eye
"what is this kirby?"asked mydoria desperate
kirby just looked sadly at the beast
"this is one of my oldest nightmares and my biggest regret"he said as the beast roared
END
This is it folks,yes,another cliffhanger.
you must be thinking "why are mecha knight and possessed DDD kirby's nightmares",simple,because he blames himself for not being able to stop that from happening so it haunts him
until next time.