So here is the next chapter with the Fated four. This took a bit longer as December is a bit busy for my job so hopefully you all like this.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of the characters from MHA, the monsters from Monster Hunter, or anything else that could be referenced.
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"So let me get this straight, we're still gonna watch a video on monsters but this time instead of one monster it'll have four in it. Did I get that right?" Allmight asked their odd host.
"Correct. I won't spoil anything else for this group, but I will say that you'll all be surprised by them," Trepp answered cryptically with everyone wondering what will be shown.
"And one of them is my monster?" Uraraka asked excitedly
"And mine?" Kota asked with a smile on his face
"I'm a bit conflicted about that. Can't you give Kota a Palico?" Manadaly inquired desperately
"Sadly, that doesn't fit him all that much and the one I have planned was picked for personal reasons," Trepp answered with a frown.
"What reasons could there be to give him a dangerous monster as a pet?" Manadaly yelled, worried about her family's safety.
"…..Mainly cause it's a better fit than most," Trepp explained with a hesitant look on his face. Everyone was a bit shocked by that and wondered why.
"That isn't a good answer," Manadaly said, still not trusting the strange host all that much.
"You'll understand once you see it, I promise," Trepp explained, not budging on the matter.
"Stop stalling and start this already. Debating on how dangerous this monster can be can happen once we see it," Bakugo suggested rudely with everyone agreeing to what he said to an extent.
"He has a point," Trepp nodded to the ash blonde teen, "We'll be arguing till the day ends and we won't be any closer to showing the monsters."
Everything began with a jingle that reminded some of an opening from a sitcom. "Welcome to the show! Starring... Gammoth!" Rage declared as a clip from Ice Age was shown with Manny the mammoth looking back and speaking to someone, but there was no volume. "Mizutsune!" The narrator announced again, a clip of a woman in a bubble bath with a pink filter on coming next. "Glavenus!" The third monster was introduced with the clip of a T-Rex roaring, it's tail edited to be on fire. "And Astalos!" Came the introduction for the final monster as the image of a butterfly with beautiful see-through wings was shown, green electricity sparking off it. "In... The Fated Four!" Rage announced the title of the show to the sound of a laugh track as a number of vehicles similar to hot air balloons flew all around the jagged peaks of a snowy mountain.
"Okay, look, I'm not sure if that was just bad-bad or bad-good, but either way, thank you for not closing the video. So, veterans who know these monsters, how well did I- come on, it's pretty close. And for everyone that doesn't know who these are, what's your best guess, based on how I represented them? I would love to know if I'm right." Rage said.
"Whatever we guess can't even be close to the actual monsters," Ragdoll said as she couldn't make heads or tails out of this.
"Well, the first was a mammoth so that's most likely a safe bet," Momo said as it was close from what she could guess.
"Please let the second be a sexy lady. I'm begging anyone who'll listen," Mineta prayed to whichever perverted god could hear him.
"It's not an Amaragi so you're shit outta luck," Trepp replied, causing everyone to wonder what an Amaragi was.
"I just wanna see that t-rex and whatever it's gimmick will be," Bakugo and Kirashima said, liking the idea of a dinosaur monster.
"The butterfly one could be nice and fun," Mina admitted as her eyes twinkled.
"Welcome, then, to my next monster talk. The fated four. Intrinsically linked, but could not be more different. Each beautiful, majestic, powerful And terrifying in their own right... A quad flagship that led a generation and each one of them is incredible." Rage said as the group of one particular airship was shown preparing and getting all their things ready to move for when they land, which apparently would be soon.
"The fucks a flagship?" Bakugo asked loudly as everyone else wanted to know.
"It's too long and complicated for me to explain but it's using a monster as inspiration for a flag I think," Trepp answered simply.
"But there's four here," Denki said as he was counting on his fingers.
"No one could agree on which should be the flagship, so they said fuck it and used the four of them. Sounded a bit complicated if you ask me, but it's their decision," Trepp answered while shrugging his shoulders.
"Let's begin with Gammoth. Who, essentially... she's a giant woolly mammoth, that already kind of tells you what you need to know, but she leads her herd as a true matriarch." Rage explained as a group of small baboon-like creatures ran for shelter into what seemed to be a cave, before a trunk was seen and the cave began moving, before bursting open to reveal it had been the massive mammoth in question, having rested enough for snow to build around her enough to turn her into somewhat of a cave. The baboons ran for their live as the Gammoth shrugged off the snow, then raised onto her hind legs in an attempt to crush them, accompanied by epic music.
"Damn that's a big elephant," Denki said in awe.
"It's a mammoth," Momo, Koda and Iida corrected.
"I know what I said," Denki replied.
"Digging the tune. It gives a grand thrill to it," Jiro commented as she loves all kinds of music.
"Now fantastic theme music aside, Gammoth as the Popodrome does, of course, allow the smaller yet similar herbivores to travel in her herd. They use it as protection and mingle in with young Gammoth." Rage explained as a small herd of Popo were seen walking along a mountain top.. "Gammoth, then, is incredibly territorial. Aggressively so, despite being a herbivore, rooting for what vegetation she can find in the frigid tundras she calls home, seriously, you don't want to spend any length of time her territory. I mean, it's freezing, you'd have to wear a jacket... You know, there's many, many challenges you'll face, such as getting FUCKING MURDERED by a mammoth!" Rage explained as a hunter with a fire lance and shield faced off against the titanic beast.
"Well, that's surprising," Madanly said as she was starting to warm up to the gentle giant.
"Still, it's sweet to allow others to join her herd," Tiger admitted as it did warm his heart to see the monster take care of their herd.
"He's got a point if I'm being honest," Pixie-Bob cheered as she agreed.
"You see, Gammoth has essentially no natural predators. Other than Elder Dragons and Ukanlos, who'd give her a right good go, for everything else, she's just too powerful, the risk of injury, the effort to bring her down, it is just not worth it. But, what is worth it are the tasty little baby Gammoths and the Popo in her herd. She will defend them violently. She, upon seeing a threat, a predator, or indeed, a hunter, she will enrage, charge towards them and grab them in her thick, muscled trunk. It is dexterous, it is fast, it will wrap 'round and slam them down into the frozen ground, shattering their body in one go." Rage declared with a slamming sound effect.
"To be able to fight everything else for their herd, that's manly. No, that's respectfully awesome," Kirashima cheered with his fist clenched in front of him.
"Never mess with a mother, their fury is dangerous to any enemy," Tokoyami said, knowing a parent can be scary when their child is threatened.
"Using this trunk, she can take in copious amounts of snow, blast it out offensively, or apply it to the bony protrusions on her feet, giving her a layer of snow armor, that also enhance her crushing stomps with icy terror. She can also take in so much air so quickly, she creates a vortex, sucking in hunters for easy red misting. She essentially just loves to throw her weight around. A thick layer of fur and blubber, both letting her survive in the environment and protecting her from damage. She is a living tank, her crest of iron-like bone providing intimidation and turning blades aside simultaneously, descending into two tusks of rock-hard strength that can pierce through blocks of ice as easily as a Glavenus tail through a hunter... That'll make more sense later on in the video." Rage explained as Gammoth displayed the fighting prowess he'd been describing all this time.
"That thing would win a snowball fight," Kota cheered as he started to imagine playing with one.
"I wouldn't mind that," Mineta said, as he had decent aim for a fight.
"She does, however, have one rival, one enemy. The Tigrex. A brutal, powerful predator, who we'll talk about at some point." Rage introduced the strange orange and blue creature as it chased down and took a Popo to the ground.
"Is that…. a t-rex dragon?" Ojiro asked since he couldn't trust his own eyes.
"I don't know why but you made it sound so much cooler than I would have," Sero replied as he liked what he saw.
"That's so cool," Mei cheered.
"I Do like the looks of it. Hope we can see it later," Jiro said as she and the rest of the students missed Trepp's knowing smirk. The teachers on the other hand saw it and were getting worried by the host's smirk.
"But he, well, cannot take an adult Gammoth, but what he does like is a little bit of baby Gammoth hors d'oeuvres. And a baby Gammoth that survives Tigrex attacks after witnessing its peers get brutally murdered by him, will grow up and develop an instinctual hatred and rage towards the Tigrex, attacking them with a savagery not used on anything else upon sight. This, essentially is the relationship between these two." Rage told the story of the rivalry, before a Gammoth and Tigrex were shown in a standoff. The eccentric narrator then gave voice to the two creatures.
"Hey, I know you!" Gammoth declared, suspicion and hostility clear in her voice.
"Y-ya do?" An oblivious Tigrex asked, complete with unaware, confused music.
"I'm pretty sure you killed my babies!" Gammoth accused angrily as epic battle music played behind her.
"No, doesn't sound like me." Tigrex denied.
"Yes, you did!" Gammoth insisted furiously.
"Do you have any... any proof?" Tigrex asked as it lowered a dead baby Gammoth off-screen in an attempt to hide it.
"Argh, I'll kill you!" Gammoth declared, enraged.
"And there's justice," Shino said with a faint smile.
"All the revenge for the adorable Popos and Gammoths," Mina said, liking that the cute monsters didn't die in vain.
"And that's essentially all you need to know about Gammoth. She is beautiful. Imagine just seeing her walk past, her footsteps causing vibration quakes through the ground as her immense bulk passes by, parting the snow as you just look up and hope that she does not take offense to your presence. Powerful and gorgeous. What a creature." Rage prepared to wrap up his discussion of Gammoth as a Tigrex was seen dropping on her from above, attempting to bite into her head, but couldn't get past her crest and was grabbed by her trunk and thrown off. "Also, look at Gammoth armor! You become an actual tank! Now that will keep you warm in the snow!" He declared as the bone juggernaut armor from the last episode was shown. He then paused for a moment. "Well, not... I don't know what happened with the female version, but I do love it!" He broke down laughing as the cozy female armor that also appeared last episode was shown.
"It would be a fascinating sight just them in the wild," Aoymoa said, finding them beautiful to see.
"Wonder if it's stronger than my quirk," Kirashima wondered out loud.
"Still looks like it can tank my Quirk," Sato commented as the armor looked tough enough to handle his strength.
"Now, each of the four has a deviant. A deviant is a member of the species that has gone above and beyond. Either through a random mutation, an unknown environmental factor, living long enough, surviving battles with hunters and they have attained a level of strength that lets them fight Elders. New moves, new intelligence, new tactics and just raw power. Elderfrost Gammoth, then, is the deviant for Gammoth and she becomes ridiculous. Instead of snow armor, well, she uses ice and not just on her legs, but on her trunk, too and not just plain ice, it is spiked ice, letting her cut foes to shreds with the powerful swipes of her trunk. Her snow capabilities are also turned up to eleven, having much more powerful lungs and control over her air flow allows her to take in much more snow and blast it out in a range of new attacks that are just frozen death to those who approach." Rage declared as hunters were then shown fighting an icier looking Gammoth.
"Just looking at that thing is giving me goosebumps," Shoji said while his extra limbs twitched.
"Is a deviant that big of a deal?" Allmight asked.
"As you can guess it is. They're better than the base version of the monster though there is a small debate on whether it's the best when compared to variants and whatnot," Trepp answered truthfully as he really didn't know.
"No matter what, it's still more powerful than a regular Gammoth," Uraraka shivered.
"After that, there's not a huge change. She's bigger, more powerful, generally just stronger in every single way and a lot more aggressive, slightly faster and just essentially, you don't wanna be alone with an Elderfrost Gammoth in a dark, snowy alleyway. Not that I know how that situation would occur, but essentially, deviants are capable of going toe-to-toe with Elder Dragons and as such, most hunters aren't even allowed to go near them because they're gonna die!" Rage finally finished the lesson on deviants and Gammoth.
"And that just shows they're dangerous," Aizawa said as he silently didn't want to deal with them.
"If a hunter can hunt them then there's still a chance, we can deal with it when they show up," Allmight reassured while patting his fellow teacher's back.
"And now we'll see the monster that'll become one of your companions," Trepp announced as the students looked at the screen excitedly.
"So, moving on then, to Mizutsune. Bubble Dragon. The prettiest of the Fated Four and honestly one of the most beautiful monsters known to man. Iridescent shades of pink and purple lining the scaly body, being reflected in the sunlight. His head crest slightly translucent, allowing the light to light it up in just brilliant glow, the graceful movements, the soft aesthetic, it is a beautiful creature and I adore it." Rage explained.
As this was explained, a trio of Felynes were carrying their catch of numerous fish home, when they noticed bubbles everywhere, bumping into each other and tripping, sliding into a gorgeous creature with a slender, eel-like body, fox-like face with whiskers like a catfish, light fish-like scales and pink fin-like protrusions in several places on its body, along with deep purple fur on its chest, underbelly, legs and tail. However, these Felynes interrupted its nap, so it was rather miffed, snarling at them before sliding a circle around them on a soap-like secretion, leaving more of said secretion around the area, making it even more slippy for the poor Felynes, who slid to a stop right in front of it again. It then breathed out a giant bubble that entrapped the three of them, but soon popped and the terrified Felynes ran for the hills, leaving their fish behind.
"It's beautiful," Pixie-Bob breathed out as the monster looked stunning.
"So majestic, so magnificent," Aoyoma uttered as he gazed upon its form.
"Is this one mine?" Kota asked with a stunned expression.
"I thought you'd like it since it's close to your quirk and can be a good protector. Among one other reason," Trepp explained as the boy smiled happily as he understood the meaning behind it. Even Mandalay smiled at the thought and wanted to know more about this monster.
"Why couldn't it be a sexy lady?" Mineta whined pathetically before Tsuyu slapped him with her tongue.
"Now, Mizutsune is a leviathan, but choosing not to spend much time swimming. Indeed, they like to laze by the riverbanks, enjoying the sun and living the quiet, relaxing life. They're capable, from their skin pores, to produce this slimy substance that essentially acts like soap. They are the living embodiment of a slip and slide." Rage said, chuckling a bit at the joke.
"I loved those when I was a kid," Mina gushed with a fond smile.
"Seems to be a chill monster from the sound of this. Makes me wonder what it can do though," Denki admitted while leaning back in his seat.
"Wait for it," Tokoyami said as he held up his hand with one finger pointed up.
"Yeah. And, the thing is, outside of their regular jobs at car washes, they're incredibly calm and docile, peaceful creatures. They are, of course, willing to defend themselves with deadly aggression, but they're more than willing to let the aggressor leave at any moment and not pursue the fight. Under normal circumstances, they are certainly a monster you can approach, observe and have a nice little cuddle with and it would not attack unless you struck the first blow and I find that awesome." Rage informed everyone as footage of a hunter with a lance and a Palico facing the aforementioned Mizutsune as it slid and flipped around both majestically and dangerously.
"This might be a good match for you, Kota. Since it's not as vicious as other monsters it'll make a great companion for you," Izuku cheered
"SO why are they being hunted if they aren't territorial?" Iida asked as he was curious.
"Well, the thing is, male Mizutsune's during the breeding season go a little bit, um... bat-shit crazy. They rampage around destroying everything and everyone in their path. And that's obviously a problem, so hunters are sent to blue ball them with a little bit of murder. Every Mizutsune that is the official target of a quest is actually male." He explained as a Mizutsune became enraged, its pink, see-through fins now glowing a deep red and its attacks becoming incredibly more fierce.
"Okayyy that might be a good reason to hunt them," Sero mumbled.
"That's terrible to say," Koda cried as he didn't want any monsters to die.
"I know how you feel about it, young Koda, but it would be either the monster or the people and villages," Allmight explained as he too didn't like that.
"Still not right," Toru pouted even if no one could see her face.
"Please don't tell me he's getting one of those," Mandalay begged as her team grew nervous.
"Rest assured that the one he'll get will be a female and calm so no worries," Trepp reassured as Mandalay and the other pussycats sigh in relief.
"So, despite their limbs being much more developed than other Leviathans and allowing for much stronger, more precise land movement, since they're main diet is fish, they spend most of their time near rivers, head motionless near the surface of the water, waiting for an unfortunate victim to pass underneath and then BAM!" Rage declared as a slap sound was heard. "Blink of an eye, doesn't even have time to register danger. Now, they'll occasionally prey on something larger when they're extra peckish, but it's not common." He added.
"So, it has a serpent-like jaw and closes it as fast as a crocodile," Tsuyu pointed out.
"A sick combo if i ever saw one," Denki said.
"It does come off as unique, that's for sure," Shinso admitted.
"Now, in combat, Mizutsune are as deadly as they are beautiful, able to use the soapy liquid they secrete to move around with ridiculous speed and agility. To stop themselves from over-committing to their slide-y ways, they have curved claws on their front legs. These dig into the ground and act as pivot points to quickly spin 'round and face foes after sliding straight past them and strike them in the back with various body slams and tail hits before they can even react. Mizutsune is very much not afraid to throw its weight around and try and crush foes physically." Rage gave a synopsis of Mizutsune's physical prowess as it was being shown in the footage.
"It does look strong, but fun to fight adn watch," Mei beamed with a smile as her mind thought of 'babies' she could make from these videos.
"And it slides around like me," Mina cheered as she liked the monster more.
"At least Kota will never run out of soap," Uraraka giggled.
"It can also fire high pressure jets of water out of its mouth to cut through opposition, but of course, Mizutsune's signature fighting style is Bubble-Fu. It can fire a huge one out of its mouth that will pop with concussive force upon impact and it uses the purple hairs around its body to stir up the soapy secretion and generate even more bubbles. This slippy surface it creates everywhere completely destabilizes its enemies, causing them to slide uncontrollably all over the place while it can finish them at leisure with its mouth that can unhinge like a snake, growing wide and absolutely shredding into flesh. Its teeth curve backwards to make escape impossible without sacrificing, well... a huge lump of your body. It's quite the devastating combination."The list of Mizutsune's fighting capabilities continued.
"Bubble-fu?" Kota asked while tilting his head.
"He's just making a joke," Izuku and Uraraka said.
"Oh…But I still like it," Kota replied with a smile.
"These bubbles can be set as traps, thrown in groups and used as distractions, both defensively and offensively, it is an expert at using these trickier traps to maximum effect. But, of course, its biggest and most potent attack that is guaranteed to succeed is... It can get soap in your eye." Rage finished Mizutsune's vast list of attacks and abilities as a bubble descended from the top of the screen, reaching the center before everything went black and a pop noise was heard, accompanied by a scream.
"That shit sucks," Bakugo growled.
"Happened to you?" Sero asked, wondering if his classmate did some stupid stuff when he was younger.
"The shit fell on top of me when I was young because the top was screwed on properly," Bakugo answered.
"But, my favorite thing about Mizutsune is that it can use the fins that are surrounding its body and adorning its head that glow a beautiful crimson when it's enraged as the blood rushes and heats to actually sense any slight movement and vibration in its soapy secretion, much like a spider in her web that can sense the slightest disturbance, Mizutsune knows where you are without even looking at you if you are touching any of his slip and slide fun. That is a pretty damned incredible adaptation." Rage informed as a Mizutsune was shown sleeping at night, large bubbles around it, before they were popped by some strange bugs, Mizutsune waking up to see a bulky and intimidating wolf-like creature approaching it, to which it growled and swiped its tail to spread its soapy liquid, before dodging a pounce from the beast, who slipped on the soap as it landed. Every time it tried to attack, Mizutsune dodged and it slipped.
"Pretty," the girls cooed.
"That means hide and seek isn't worth playing then, Kota," Mandalay teases as the young boy blushed.
"Now, they are found in very much forest-y, watery areas, anywhere that's good for their primary food source. And the one thing they really have going for them is their theme song." Rage declared, before some slow, upbeat music began playing and he began to sing. "~Everybody was slip and sliding~! ~Oh, bubbles had me dying~! ~It was so clean and frightening~!" He sang, before the sound of a record scratching could be heard. "Wait, that's not- that's the wrong one, I don't know how that got in there. I meant this." He corrected himself and suddenly, more intense, fast-paced Mistralian music could be heard.
"Makes sense for them to be near water since it's their turf," Shoji said.
"Makes me want to fight with bubbles now," Kirashima chuckled as a few students laughed at Rage's singing. Even Kota did a few karate chops as the song played much to Izuku's and Mandalay's amusement.
"I have to give it to Rage, that theme sounds epic," Jiro commented, finding the theme something she'd want to listen to.
"Oh, I love that music! So, Mizutsune's deviant, then, is the Soulseer. Blinded in combat, it turns up its soap sense to eleven, essentially becoming soapy Daredevil. It can use its soapy secretions to paint such a vivid picture of the world around it that it's actually better at interacting with its environment than a normal Mizutsune." The lesson on the deviant began as a larger, darker Mizutsune with one eye seemingly alight with blue flames was shown attacking far more furiously than the ones previously shown, even releasing blue bubbles that appeared to be made of fire and that exploded upon contacting the ground.
"Soapy Daredevil?" Kota muttered as a few ideas were formed in his childlike mind.
"Don't even think about it," Mandalay and Pixie-Bob said at the same time. Kota grumbled as Ragdoll winked at him as if to tell him she'll talk to them.
"It's sad to see such a beautiful monster robbed of its sight," Allmight sighed as he knew what it was like to be handicapped.
"Much deadlier, faster, stronger in combat, much more precise, able to so accurately detect where everything is around it by turning the very ground into its senses. It's really quite badass. So, it has the usual physical upgrade in all categories the deviants have, but one of the coolest things about the Soulseer is that thanks to feeding on Burst Arowana, which are fish that explode open as you cut into them, it can add an explosive effect to its bubbles. They're now tinted blue and will, well... EXPLODE. And then one final note is that from its blind eyes, water vapor will leak when its angry, giving it this ghostly, terrifying, ethereal visage, which I adore." The discussion finally ended on the bubble dragon.
"This one is a stark contrast from the beginning of the section," Tiger said as he knew this one would be a tough opponent.
"It's still impressive to see it fighting," Sato said.
"It's something any of us do," Iida stated with conviction.
"And now for the next monster," Trepp announced
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Next part will be posted a bit later