I AM HERE! Coming at you with Chapter 4! All I can say is (Holy Shit!) Holy Stinking Super Crap! This my longest story I've ever written!
(And I've ever edited!)
*spits up blood and deflates* But in all seriousness, this wasn't written just because I like making stories. I kept writing MRA because of you guys, I mean, between this and The End. I have over 4k views! That is freaking mind blowing to me!
(OH MY GOD! You guys have made my life as an editor a lot less shit. Though I would like it if someone would notice me from time to time! But other than that inner rage, I'm so glad everyone is enjoying Freedome's work, and my editing! It's a blast doing this!)
But other than my unending praise for you guys!
(I've had to delete over a paragraph of praise)
I do wanna bring up something. I personally think this is my worst chapter yet, I am absolutely shit at writing fight scenes and it defiantly shows... I hope you guys can find some good in this chapter and can joy it even a little bit! Oh! And before I forget, I've started planting the seeds for the RWBY x MHA ship, Decaying Rose. So I hope you can start getting an idea on who the lucky two are.
Peace!
Stain sat atop a water tower overseeing Hosu City. His goals were set, his mind was finite, and his blade was thirsting for blood.
Though before he could enact on his grand ideals, a portal opened up behind him, and out of it, stepped Tomura Shigaraki "Huh. Hosu City looks nicer than I expected. So what are you gonna do?"
Stain didn't even bother looking at the disgrace behind him, instead he was too focused on the cesspool full of fake 'heroes' in front of him "I will reform it. In order to do so, blood must spill."
A second figure stepped though the portal, this time it was Kurogiri "You have a clear goal. Your dedication is admirable."
Stain stood up, perhaps he was wrong about the League of Villains "Ah... Finally someone who understands."
Tomura just placed his hand onto his shoulder, even with the woman's healing quirk, his wound was still far from gone "I get the feeling you enjoy picking on me."
Stain, yet again ignoring Tomura, began to extend his arms, seemingly taking in the calm of the city, the calm before the storm " 'Hero' is a title for those who've accomplished great deeds! This city is full of false champions. All they care about is money and fame."
He began to draw his sword, the anger building up inside him to a boiling point "Until this world realizes its mistakes, I will continue my work."
The moment his speech drew to it's close, he leaped off the edge of the water tower, and down into the city below him
"He talks all high and mighty and stuff, but he's wasting his time focusing on a small stage." Tomura had begun to scratch his neck, the Hero Killer's speeches and constant blabbering about justice and what's right and wrong. It made him want to rip the skin off his neck
"He's so noble I could cry." But before Tomura could go off into a rant himself, Kurogiri was quick to reassure him of Stain's ideals
"You shouldn't spurn his methods. The reality is, in all the cities where Stain has appeared, the crime rates have fallen. Perhaps heroes are more conscientious, or perhaps out of fear. Regardless, he does bring change." Tomura was about to rip the skin off his neck from how fast and hard he was scratching
"Master... Remember what she-"
Tomura immediately stopped scratching his neck as he looked over at the city "Oh, isn't that just wonderful. Heroes are working harder thanks to all those murders. I guess you could say our 'Hero Killer' is also a 'Hero Breeder'."
He then put his arms to his sides, looking frighteningly calm "This is getting boring. It won't work." He then crossed his arms, the Hero Killer's stubbornness and brutality being both a desirable and disastrous thing
"We just can't agree on a basic level. And he annoys me." Suddenly, a thought then popped into Tomura's mind, a thought that would destroy both the heroes and the Hero Killer
"Kurogiri, bring out the Nomus." Another warp gate opened, this time One, Two, Three, Four, Five! Five Nomus stepped out of the warp gate
"You think you can get away with stabbing us? When I get tired of you, I'll kill you. Whenever I feel like it. Just like that, Stain." Tomura began to chuckle to himself, this was going to be far more fun that he had originally thought. He looked down at the two newest Noumu that his master had created. The other three he didn't care for, their only purpose was as backups in case the one meant for All Might failed.
But these two were special.
The first contained four Quirks;
Diamond Body: (Diamond Body, it turns every skin cell of a person's body in a light-green type of diamond)
Heat Overload: (Heat Overload, it allows the user to unleash mini explosions from their body. It can also be used to absorb any incoming heat, and turn it into a form of nutrients for the body)
Quad Arms: (The names simple enough, the user grows two extra arms onto their abdomen)
Strength Enhancement: (boosts the user's physical strength by a finite amount).
These Quirks were hand picked by Tomura himself, finding them to be effective, yet not too strenuous for his master to transfer. The second was chosen by the woman, it's contained the same number of Quirks as Tomura's;
Vaporizing Freeze: (It allows the user to remove the moisture from any part of their body. This creates a flash freeze effect, causing whatever is in contact with that said part, organic or not to turn into ice."
Pressurized Vision: (The user can pressurize the liquids in their eyes and fire them, the closest known equivalent to this Quirk would be a military water-jet)
Regeneration: (Simple enough, the user can regrow and heal any damage as long as their brain is still intact)
Strength Enhancement: (boosts the user's physical strength by a finite amount).
Even though the woman was against things like brutality, torture, suffering, and savagery. The Quirks she had chosen were perfect for those things "But lets make this more interesting. How about I crush your honor and your pride first? What do you say, big bad Hero Killer?"
~Team RWBY~
((About an hours has passed, Team RWBY are now headed off to JoCa's Steakhouse))
Ruby's face was a mix of overly enthusiastic cheer, and crippling embarrassment. The night which she'd planned to send solely with her girlfriend, was now a double date with her sister and Blake "We really don't have to do this… Weiss and I could've just gone someplace else…"
Yang just gave her sister a pat on the back as she let out a bold laugh "C'mon! This gonna be a blast!"
Weiss groaned in annoyance at Yang's comment "Maybe for you and Blake… Ruby and I would've preferred a night alone…"
Yang was about to give a retort, but before the air could even leave her lungs.
!BOOOOM!
A building had just exploded! Rubble and debris covered the sky for merely a moment, before coming all crashing down
"WHAT THE HELL!" Ruby froze at the sight of all the fire, chaos, and destruction! It was so much like when Beacon fell, it caused her heart to burn with panic and despair
"Ruby! We gotta get outta here!" Yang had begun to violently shake her sister, though it was to no avail
"Yang, we have have to go!" Weiss was shouting over to Yang, wanting nothing more than it get out of this living hell
Ruby had finally snapped back into reality, it had only been about a minute or two she'd been standing there. Though it was long enough for her to see what was causing this chaos, it was a Noumu, though this one was far different that what Izuku had described. This thing's entire body was covered, no, it wasn't just covered, it was made of a light-green type of diamond!
Though that was the least of their concerns! Every vain on it's body was flowing with what looked like lava, and it had what seemed to be two arms protruding from it's abdomen
"That thing's a monster!" Blake froze as she noticed that the beast was heading right towards them
"W-What do we do?" Weiss was shaking, any Grimm they had encountered paled in comparison to this beast
"We fight." Yang cracked her neck and knuckles, she could feel the heat pouring off the beast
"Fight?! We don't have weapons!" Yang simply gave her girlfriend a smile as she walked straight towards the beast
"I don't need gauntlets to bash this things brain in!" Just as Yang finished her sentence! She charged straight at it, unleashing a solid punch right into it's jaw. But.
"AHHH!"
Yang let out a scream of frustration and pain, her punch had done nothing more than cause a sharp pain to ripple through her arm "W-What the hell?! How can this thing be so tough?!"
The beast raised it's arm to crush the girl below it
"Shit."
Yang had closed her eyes, she was completely screwed, she'd run in head first into a fight she couldn't win. But just as it's arm was it mid-motion to crush her skull, it stopped
"Huh?"
Yang opened her eyes and looked up. It was the knight! The knight which Weiss always had by her side, it had been summoned to stop the beast's attack
"Get out of there!" Yang quickly heeded Weiss's warning and ran back to her teammates, her arm still tingling from the impact
"What now?"
Ruby had an idea in mind, but it was risky to say the least "I gotta plan."
They all look at her, their faces were a mix of suspense and shock "Hosu's the largest manufacturer of ice cream in Japan, and their main factory isn't that far from here, and that means they're bound to have a liquid hydrogen freezer!"
Everyone just froze, that was until Weiss exploded on Ruby "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! This is no time to be thinking of food!"
Before Weiss could go any further with her rant, Yang silenced her with a small smack on the back "Ruby has a point. Liquid hydrogen is like, the coldest think ever. We might just be able to freeze this thing solid."
Weiss's expression changed from anger to minor joy "You dolt. What even made you think of that?"
Ruby just gave her a perky smile and a thumbs up "When me and Yang were kids, whenever she'd get super mad, I'd dump ice-water on her to cool her down."
Yang just let out a sigh of frustration at Ruby's reasoning, though she couldn't deny the truth behind it "Than what are we waiting for, let's Weiss this sucker!"
Everyone would have booed Yang's horrible pun, but they had more pressing matters to attend to! They bolted as fast as they could, trying to make it to the factory.
((About five minutes later, at the factory))
Team RWBY busted through the back door, right into freezing room! The place was gigantic, the liquid hydrogen freezer took up about half the room, the other half was the control center and the manufacturing.
"Yang, start removing anything that could give that thing something to grab onto! Blake, get ready to lure that thing into the freezer! And Weiss, be ready to summon your knight, we're gonna need it to hold the door shut while that thing-"
Ruby couldn't even finish instructing everyone before the Noumu smashed through the building, and right into the freezing room
"Son of a bitch!" Weiss had let out a small curse as the thing landed and looked at the four of them
"Yang!" Before Ruby could even give her sister the command to start pummeling this thing, she was charging right at it
"I'll smash you to pieces!" Yang slammed her right fist right into the Noumu's stomach, but it did little more than cause pain for the blonde
"So you can tank my punches? But let's see how can I take yours!" Just as Yang finished, the beast slammed it's secondary right arm into her abdomen! She slid back a couple of feet as spit dripped from her mouth
"You hit pretty hard..." She stomped her left foot down, getting ready to attack this bastard again
"But I hit harder!" She dashed at it again! Dealing a hard right hook right into it's ribs
"Alright! It looks like I did some damage!" It's skin cracked slightly, yet Yang's moment of joy was short lived. The Noumu has slammed all four of it's arms into the chest area, causing her to go flying into a wall
"D-Damn you..." Yang didn't want to admit it, but that thing was stronger than anything they'd faced before. It had nearly shattered her aura with only five hits
"YANG!" The rest of Team RWBY had charged at the Noumu, trying everything in their power to save their teammate
"Get away! This thing'll kill you!" They ignored her pleas, and continued their assault
"Weiss! Now!" Just as Ruby was about to charge at it, she used her semblance to dash out of the way. And just in time for Weiss's knight to get the Noumu in a grapple
"If Yang can't crush that hard-ass body of yours! Than I'll just have to be the one to smash you to pieces!" The beast began to roar out in anger, it's entire body had begun to glow red
"GUYS! YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THAT THING! RIGHT NOW!" Yang has figured out what this thing was going to do, yet her warning landed on deaf ears
"RRRRAAAAAAAA!"
!KA-BOOM!
The beast's entire body let off a mini explosion, one large enough to shatter the knight and send the rest of Team RWBY flying!
Weiss crashed next to Yang as the latter finally freed herself.
Blake smashed through the glass protecting the control center.
And Ruby was laying in some broken crates, with blood dripping from the side of her head
"R-Ruby..!"
Yang had tighten her fists, she had one last idea in mind "I need to ask you something?"
Weiss slowly stood up as she looked at Yang "W-What?"
Yang took a deep breath and let out a sharp exhale "How fast can your Time Dilation go?"
Weiss looked shocked at Yang's question
"My Time Dilation? Why would you-"
Yang gritted her teeth as she clenched her fists tighter "How Fast Can It Go?!"
Her voice was much louder than before, it almost caused Weiss to take a step back "I-It can accelerating you by about five seconds to one. Why?"
Yang nodded and smirked "Can you make it nine?"
Weiss's eyes widen "Yes but the-"
Yang stomped her foot "That's all I wanted to know."
Weiss just nodded "Now?"
Yang nodded in return "Now."
A clock glyph appeared under Yang's feet, at the same moment, her entire body began to glow bright yellow "Let's go!"
She charged at the Noumu with her new found speed "I'm going to smash into dust!"
The beast swung at her.
And.
She dodged it with ease! landing what seemed like a single blow to it's abdomen, but in reality it was several!
The beast roared in pain as it tried to land another strike onto the blonde, this time being countered with a flurry of punches to the torso and ribs
"I noticed something! Your body feels exactly like a diamond! So if your Quirk makes your body into a diamond, that means you must have a fracture point, don't you?!"
She unleashed blow after blow into the beast's chest, cracking it with every single strike
"H-How is she moving so fast?!"
Weiss looked over to her right, and was in shock to see Ruby back on her feet "Ruby?! How are you still standing?!"
The young girl gave a thumbs up and wiping what was thought to be blood from her head "I landed in a bunch of strawberry sauce." She stuck it in her mouth as Weiss just stared at her for a moment, though the sound of Yang's fight made both their eyes admittedly shoot right over to it
"Oh no!" Weiss had begun to panic, her Time Dilation had almost completely run out, and that would mean-
Yang slammed her fist into the Noumu's lower left arm, causing it to crack slightly
"I'll make you, and whatever monster that controls you..."
Just at Yang was getting ready to land to final blow, the time dilation ran out. Her body felt like a rock, the feeling alone almost made her stop dead in her tracks. But she pressed on, putting every single drop of energy into her next strike
"Regret..."
The Noumu smashed three of its arms into her stomach, nearly shattering her body along with her aura
"Ever..."
She pressed on, empowering her left arm with the entirety of her semblance
"HURTING MY FAMILY!"
She slammed her fist into the Noumu's lower left arm, shattering it into pieces, though not with at cost.
"HER ARM!" Ruby froze at the sight before her, Yang's left arm had been broken to nearly the same degree as Izuku's when he fought Shoto
"She's going to kill herself!" Weiss knew freaking out wasn't helping the situation, but she didn't know what else to do, she'd completely burnt herself from using a nine second Time Dilation.
Yang lunged backwards, the pain in her arm was almost unbearable, though the attack wasn't in-vain, it had severely damaged the Noumu, and it even left a hole where it's arm used to be, leaving is much more vulnerable insides exposed.
"RRRRAAAA!"
The beast let out a deafening shriek of pain, causing it's very own body to crack from the sound "I think it's time..."
Yang pulled back her right arm, infusing it with whatever power she had left "To put you..."
She lunged at the beast, though in a quick, last minute move, she dashed to her left, evading a what what would have been a lethal blow "ON ICE!"
She smashed her fist into it's gaping wound, then launched in into the freezer! And as it let out a final, pain filled roar, the door shut. To everyone's dismay! The door had shut.
"B-Blake?!" Ruby's eyes widen, Blake was standing up in the control center, having initiated the freezing process
"You're okay!" Weiss had followed Ruby up to the control center, the two of them now face to face with their friend. However, the faunus was far from okay. She held her side, blood dripping down her face, back, chest, and legs.
"I-Is it over..?"
They stared at her, not knowing what kind of answer to give. eventually the three of them looked down at Yang, who'd stuck her right arm into the air, similar to what All Might would do
"I guess... We did."
((A couple minutes passed as the authorities arrived))
Team RWBY were standing outside the building as reporters flooded around them "Please! Tell us yours names! Who are you?! What school did you graduate from? Are you linked with any agencies?"
They were just standing there in shock at how many people were trying to get through to them
"U-Umm..." Ruby froze up for a moment, but in a instant something came to her mind
"We're the new Pro Heroes from U.A!" Ruby pointed to herself and the rest of Team RWBY
"I'm... Crescent Rose! And these are my partners." She then pointed to each of the teammates, giving the public their 'hero names'
"Myrtenaster, Gambol Shroud, and Ember Celica!"
((They were quickly pulled out of the crowd of reporters and taken on a ambulance))
Team RWBY were sitting in an ambulance, each of their wounds were in the process of being treated
"Good grief. You really jacked up your arm, didn't you?" A paramedic was currently patching up Yang's arm
"Thank goodness the damage was nothing more than a minor fracture. Nothing a few days of light lifting can't fix" The man had no idea that Yang's aura, for the little that came back, was being focused entirely on repairing her broken bones
"I guess I didn't do as much damage as I thought." She knew lying to the man was the best option, at least until the world was ready to learn about aura
"Oh, my god! You have cat ears?!"
The second paramedic was focused on Blake, she had multiple cuts all over her, torso, arms, and legs. Though luckily for her, none of them were anything fatal or even dangerous "Yes... I have cat ears... It's my Quirk."
The young man playfully patted her on the head "They're so adorable! And they feel so nice and soft!"
Blake just rolled her eyes and let out a small mumble from the young man's comment "You're barking up the wrong tree..."
The young man continued to annoy the faunus with his playfulness as third paramedic was checking Ruby and Weiss for any injuries "Are you sure, you two are alright? We could make an emergency stop at the hospital."
To the man's surprise, there were zero injurious to the two girls "We didn't really engage it the fighting, it was mostly my sister and her girlfriend. And no thank you sir."
"G-Girlfriend?" Ruby let out a small chuckle at the second paramedic's reaction
He blinked at the faunus staring right at him
"Oh... Well... Umm..." He quickly patted her on the head one last time before stepping back
"My dearest apologies!"
Blake just rolled her eyes and gave him a small smile "You're not the first guy."
The rest of Team RWBY snickered at Blake's comment, though in reality, the situation around them was no laughing matter. Due to the Noumu attack on Hosu, the city's emergency response team was scattered and trying to fix every problem at once. It was almost a fall of Beacon part two, for the four girls.
((Close to an hour passed before they were dropped off at their home))
They had walked up an unholy flight of stairs to room their home, the four of them were completely beat
"I just wanna go to bed!" Ruby had been whining like a small child since they were dropped off
"I just wanna get naked, have a nice shower, and lay down." Weiss was never they type to use vulgar language such as that, but she was beyond normal thinking by now. Ruby turned the key to their apartment, everyone just wanted this night to be over. They entered their apartment and flicked on the lights
"You have a lot of explaining to do."
~League of Villains~
((Later that night at the hideout))
"That was amazing!" Tomura had been laughing his ass off with Kurogiri on the roof, though the ladder was just going along with his master
"I mean, did you see them all running?! It was like catching an anthill on fine!" Kurogiri let out a small, yet fake chuckle. Tomura had been far calmer these last few days, and with Stain out of the picture, the League were the talk of the night
"I must say, you seemed alright with the Nomus capture, why is that?" Tomura was still laughing, this night had been the best the League had done since All Might became the Number 1# Hero
"I expected them to be dealt with. Besides, only three of them have been recovered alive. And with all the chaos they caused, it was well worth it." Kurogiri nodded at his master's response
"Anyways, I'm going to sleep. Night, Kurogiri." Tomura got up and went back into the building, which he was soon followed by Kurogiri. Eventually the two split to their own rooms.
((Thirty minutes later))
Tomura stepped out of his room and down into the bar area of the hideout, he'd spent the last half hour hunting for his laptop. Yet it was no where to be found "I just wanna check the news..."
He mumbled to himself as he stepped into the bar area, the lights were off. But he quickly noticed something, the woman was sitting at a table, staring at his laptop
"H-"
Tomura cut himself off, the woman kept repeating a part from a news broadcast
Repeat: "Please! Tell us yours names! Who are you?! What school did you graduate from? Are you linked with any agencies?" "U-Umm... We're the new Pro Heroes from U.A! I'm... Crescent Rose! And these are my partners."
After the forth loop, Tomura had slowly begun to approach the woman. He froze when he noticed something, two things actually. She had wrapped herself in a white blanket, and she was cry "A-Are you, okay?"
Tomura tried to sound as calm as possible, he didn't know how to deal with someone who'd been in such a fragile mental state. The woman didn't respond, she just continued to cry "Do you-"
Before he could go on, the woman had quickly get up and walked towards him, and she wrapped her arms around his chest "T-Thank you..."
Tomura didn't know what to say. Why was she crying, what was she so torn up about, why was she thanking him? He didn't have a single answer to any of these questions "They're alive..!"
Tomura had no idea what the woman was talking about. What about these four new pros made her tear up so badly? But before Tomura could do anything else, he heard the woman's voice crack, and he could feel a small smile form against his chest.
Was that bad?
(Yes Yes Yes, Oh my god... You literally made me quit for a day, just from the God Damn nightmare that was editing this chapter...)
I know, far from my best work, and this is exactly why I'm specializing in romance and not action.
(Everyone has mishaps, and Freedome's is every time he writes action.)
Anyways, I hope my hint at the woman has made her identity bit clearer! And... I'm greatly sorry for how long this chapter took.
(Oh, we're getting to that now! Yeah! This dumb ass scraped the original chapter four and rewrote it because he didn't like where it was going... Good god... This was such a shit show!)
I have no real excuses to give, so thank you everyone for reading, and I hope you can still stick around for a hopefully good chapter 5!
(I'll make sure it's good! No fighting and ten times more Lesbians and Romance! I mean, that's probably what 90% of your readers came for, am I right? Anyways, i'm going to binge Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and pry that I can wash this shit show from my mind. See ya later!)
Peace!