Chapter 48: Demon Meeting

The reincarnated demons were sitting in a large storage room that they converted into their own as Kokushibo requested a chat with Rui. "So you wanted to speak with me?" asked Rui.

"Yes I did, Rui." said Kokushibo with a slight smile as he looked around and saw a crate, "May I sit?"

Rui was somewhat off put by the question, he wasn't expecting the former upper moon one to treat him, a former lower moon, with respect. "Of course."

"Thank you," he said as he sat down, Kokushibo could tell the others were wary of him, "Relax, I'm not here to start trouble, I just want to talk."

Rui then took a deep breath and sat on a box across from Kokushibo, "So what would you like to talk about?"

"For starters I would like to know how All For One found you?" asked Kokoushibo.

Rui thought for a moment, "Well according to what he told me, thanks to his quirk, he was able to hold several quirks and whenever he tried to push the limit of the amount of quirks he could hold, out of the corner of his eye he could see...our former master. It gave him the same feeling as his old teacher Yushiro, this led him on a quest to discover the origins of quirks and it led him to the truth." Rui paused for a moment to see if Kokushibo wanted to speak but gestured for him to continue. "He tried for years to find a way to harness the power of the demon blood arts as he believed it would grant him the power to crush his enemies and have full control over quirks themselves. To pretty much be a god."

"Or in this case to be a demon lord." interjected Kokushibo.

Rui nodded, "Yes, but it wasn't until he came upon a series of quirks that allowed him to collect the remains of demon cells, though it was difficult for him and anyone else to do so, even if he had a location to look for them it was still a challenge. He then heard about the mountain that me and my...um allies occupied, thanks to the local legends of people and Demon Slayers going missing, he knew he could find some demon cells there, he could find us there."

"That's when he brought you back."

"Yes," confirmed Rui, "I was lucky as when I died, there weren't any other demons around, you see without anyone to listen to, demon cells will try to eat foreign demon cells that they didn't recognize. It was the reason he had so many issues studying demon cells because they were a mixed bag. That was a problem I could solve."

"Your spiders."

Rui raised a hand as a small spider crawled out of his sleeve and into his hand. "Even though I don't have a lot of demon blood in me, I was able to use enough of it to once again mutate the local spiders into my services, the spiders from my former mountain became invaluable to collect the tiny remains of demon cells."

"And that's how he started to find the rest of us?" asked Kokushibo.

Rui shook his head, "Not exactly and I didn't do it for free. As I mentioned before the big issue was the mixture of demon cells from different demons and the only location he really knew about were the remains of the infinity castle."

"the Infinity castle," said Kokushibo, "He knows the location of the Infinity Castle."

"Wasn't hard," said Rui, "Yushiro, every year on the anniversary of the final battle, delivers flowers to that battle field."

Kokushibo could see that, "Yushiro is loyal to his allies, it makes sense he would want to honor them on the day of their greatest victory. That was when it all ended right, the day I also died?"

Rui nodded, "It was difficult even with the spiders, but I was able to collect enough demon cells for a demon that was an underling of Doma. He wasn't very strong so he hid for most of the battle and only died to a group of slayers that caught him trying to flee, but it did allow him to be secluded from the others and he had information."

"Information?"

"He was a scout, one responsible for finding out how strong Tanjiro Kamado was," Rui then tilted his head back, "It's also how you were brought back Numa."

"I see, so that's why a no moon demon like myself was brought back so soon." The members of the spider all turned to see Numa leaning against a wall.

"Ahh," yelped Yura, "What the hell, how long have you been there?"

"Say something when you enter a room, creep." yelled Riura.

"I've been here the whole time," said Numa, "I was curious about what these two were talking about."

"So you helped him find enough demon cells for each demon to help bring them back in exchange for bringing back the rest of your group." finished Kokushibo. Rui gave him a nod confirming the deal. "I see," he then thought for a moment before asking a question, "So what's the plan now?"

"Plan?" Rui didn't know what to say as he didn't really have one, as the main plan was to bring back his family and let them have a second life while he worked for All For One, he wasn't expecting the others to give him a second chance.

"Don't bother," They all turned to Nogia who looked up from his game, "I hate to say it but that Overhaul guy was right, we're stuck here. If we did try to leave and we got captured by the heroes then they would just try and erase us. I can see the reports now, "Heroes capture spider family and other League of Villains associates,"" He said in a newscasters voice before changing it back, "But in reality we'll be locked up in some sort of lab while some scientist figures out a way to restore the former bodies we inhabit."

"Nogia, the match has started." warned Puta as he held up the handheld.

"What! Why didn't you tell me?" asked Nogia as he went back to the game.

"I didn't want to interrupt you."

"Damn, alright we can still save this," said Nogia as he started playing his game. "Alright let's push it."

Rui decided to focus back on Kokushibo and not the two having fun, which he wanted to join in but knew Kokushibo came first. He saw that Kokushibo was now thinking heavily and decided to swallow his fears and ask, "Excuse me Kokushibo but if you don't mind what are you thinking right now?"

Kokushibo looked up and noticed that Rui was slightly nervous, "You should relax Rui, I'm no longer your superior anymore."

'True but you could kill me with ease if ever decided.' thought Rui.

"As for your question I have two of my own, the first one is if anyone here is good with electronics?" asked Kokushibo.

Rui was surprised by the question and turned to the others as they shook their heads, "No, other than the basic devices like cell phones and game stations, we don't really know much about technology."

"I see well then my next question was what other demons have they brought back?" asked Kokushibo before turning his head to the doorway, "Aside from those that are hiding over there."

They all looked towards the door as they heard a slow clap, "My, your skills are still sharp as hell," a man appeared with seaweed hair wearing an open vest that showed off his abs and loose jeans that held to him thanks to a large belt against his lean but muscular form. "How's it going Kokushibo?"

Kokushibo looked at the man, "Gyutaro, I see you've also returned, so I'm guessing your sister Daki is the one behind you."

"Yes I am here," A woman stepped out behind Gyutaro, she wore skinny jeans, high heels and a small black tank top that showed off her midriff, each one showing off her body. Her white hair was neatly tied in the back in a bun. "But before anything else I have an important question that must be answered." Said the woman completely serious, her tone getting the attention of everyone in the room. She then pointed at Kumori, "You...where did you get your hair done?"

"Eh?" Kumori blinked as Rui fell from his seat from shock, Nogia and Puta both stopped playing their game in confusion, Numa was stoned face, Kokushibo just blinked wondering if he had misheard while Gyutaro placed his palm on his face. "You.. want to know where I got my hair done?"

"Yes," shouted Daki with tears in her eyes, "Ever since I woke up I've been trying tirelessly to fix my hair, it's disgusting, this body clearly belonged to some hick girl I mean just look at these nails." as she showed Kumori her fingers.

Kumori grimaced as she saw the other woman's nails. "I've uh I've seen worse."

Yura and Riura both looked at the nails from the sides, "Yikes."

"Those definitely could use some work."

Puta looked from where he was sitting, "I... don't get it, her nails look fi-"

Churin put a hand on Puta's shoulder, "Just don't."

Rui on the other hand was annoyed, "Seriously, don't give us a serious tone like that for something so trivial." he said as he stood back up.

"TRIVIAL!" yelled Daki as she spun at Rui, "I was once the top Oiran of the red light district, this is anything but trivial."

"I agree with Rui on this one," said Kokushibo calmly, his voice silencing the room. "While I understand your situation isn't ideal for you, it has nothing to do with our situation overall as a group."

Daki wanted to protest but her brother stopped her, "Sis calm down, no one knows your face here, we can get you some place nice that will help you okay." said Gyutaro calming his sister.

"Ohh does this mean a saloon day?" asked Riura with joy.

"An emergency one, tomorrow at the latest." stated Daki.

"We can work with that," said Yura.

"Moving on," said Kokushibo with a hint of annoyance in his voice, "Back to my question, who else has been brought back."

"Well..."

~o~

"My beautiful nomu," cried Doctor Ujiko as he held the remains of a small destroyed nomu, "That bastard, how dare he hurt my precise Nomu." The Doctor suddenly stood up, "I know I'll All For One to send out the other High Ends in for revenge, yes...I'll make that stupid relic pay for hurting my creations."

"These are beautiful."

The Doctor stopped as he turned to see a bald man with dark grey skin admiring the Nomu that were still in their containers. Ujiko saw the medical gown the man was wearing and realized, 'This man is one of the revived Demons.' Ujiko in rage stepped forward to yell at the man to get away from the Nomu but stopped as he saw the pure admiration in his eyes as he looked upon his work.

The man turned to the doctor, "Are you the one that made these stunning creations?"

"I am, my name is Dr. Ujiko." as he introduced himself. "I take it you are one of the revived demons?"

The man smiled, "I am, back then I used to create my own works of art using my demon blood art, but these aren't created using Demon blood arts are they?"

"No, they are all made thanks to modern science."

The man was stunned, "Incredible," the man then got to his knees, "Please I beg of you, you must teach me this art, I want to create a new masterpiece using this modern day science."

Dr. Ujiko was taken aback, no one had ever asked him to teach them before, "I um well uhh first off, what is your name?"

"My name is Gyokko."

~o~

Shigaraki waited for Stain to respond but the hero killer didn't, "Do you need more time, I just told you the origin of all quirks must be a shock but you must have something to say."

Stain thought for a moment, "If for a moment I believe you, what do you want, what are you planning?"

"What am I planning?" repeated Shigaraki, "Well that is quite simple my dear hero killer, I plan on changing this warp world by destroying this false society, simple but the truth."

"So the whole point of the league of villains is to just destroy?"

"Not exactly what I hope to do is kill All Might and show the falsehoods of the hero society, the corruption that our governments have allowed to go on, the lies they've made to keep all of us down. I will destroy it all and give birth to a new world, one with no lies, only truth where everyman is free powers and all." Shigaraki then laughed, "I guess in a way we are shooting for the same thing, in the world I create if someone wants to be a hero and help others they won't be any form of compensation or fame."

"So you want to be a revolutionary," said Stain.

"NO!" said Shigaraki quickly, "Do you know the difference between a revolutionary and a villain is?"

Stain thought about it for a moment, "Ideals."

"No, the difference is that a revolutionary wants to change society while a villain goes entirely against it." Shigaraki extended his arms out, "This society no matter how much we change it, we try to warp it to fit the needs of everyone the more twisted we make it. I am a villain because I reject society. I go against what they stand for and I am its enemy." He then reached one arm towards Stain with his hand open, "I will create a world with the truth of quirks are not hidden, where no one shall hide or be convinced by the society of old's standards to be something their not, they are free to be the demons they were meant to be and others are free to stop them. The heroes you've dreamed and the freedom I crave for all is attainable, the only obstacle we have is this rotten society. The society that tossed me away and so many others away, the society that warped the name hero, that puts others down for their quirks while putting those who are unworthy on golden pedestals, giving them a platform to herd the public like mindless sheep. That is our enemy Stain, and it cannot be stopped unless it is destroyed. That is why we are villains and that is why the league of villains was made, to put an end to all the lies."

Stain felt breath tightening as he felt the pressure Shigaraki was giving off, when they first met he thought Shigaraki was no more than a child but now he sees him as a man that could move, no destroy mountains if he wished. Stain couldn't deny he was moved, but he had to keep a cool head for even though Shigaraki did make a good point, he couldn't let himself be swept away. "So you want to bring society to justice."

This got another chuckle from Shigaraki, "Stain, justice will always prevail for no matter who wins they will be justice."

Stain froze as he thought about it, 'He's right if All Might wins, the world will see the greatest hero destroying evil, if Shigaraki wins then the world we see him dismantling a false society, no matter who wins, justice will win.' he looked at Shigaraki and a question popped in his head, 'Which side do I want to be on?'

Shigaraki could see the wheels turning in Stain's head, "Don't worry, I won't need a response just yet, think about and while you do I want you to realize something."

Stain blinked, "And what's that?"

"You've been going around killing heroes you deem unworthy, a slow process, wouldn't it be faster if you focused on the source of it all."

"The source?" asked Stain, a little confused as he stood up, "What do you mean?"

"Think about it, I'm sure you can figure it out." said Shigaraki as he handed a card over to Stain and signaled Kurogiri for a portal allowing Stain to leave.

After Stain had left and Kurogiri closed the portal he turned to his young master, "That was incredible Shigaraki, that speech gave me goosebumps."

Shigaraki gave a small groan, "I've been spending too much time with Overhaul, that bastard has been making me think more and more. Not to mention all those demons I've been talking to, they get on my nerves sometimes but they do have a point."

"Both truth and a bold face lie," came a voice, both Shigaraki and Kurogiri turned to see an old man with light brown hair and a round face, he wore a simple shirt and pants and used a cane to move around, "We both know you just want to kill and destroy, you don't give a damn about society."

"Oh don't be like that gramps," said Shigaraki as he walked over to the old man and lightly put a hand on his shoulder without touching all five fingers on him, "Does it matter anymore, life and death are meaningless, you're proof of that."

"Proof." said the old man as tears started pouring out of his eyes, "Why won't you let me die, Tenko, you've already killed me once, I'm sorry I didn't help you all those years ago, but ...but this is torture."

"Oh come now grandpa Chizuo, all I did was bring you back to life and then stuffed you inside a former demon with a unique ability to allow the whole family to be together again." said Shigaraki grinning from ear to ear, "Doesn't that sound great grandpa."

"I can hear their screams, constantly in my head," said Chizuo, "And this demon, Hantengu just keeps wailing and wailing, please make it stop."

"No," said Shigaraki, "Family helps each other out don't they, family wouldn't leave one of their own behind, I won't leave you and none of you will leave me, not until I say so, understand."

Chizuo's tears kept pouring out but he did not cry, "I understand Tenko."

"Good, but call me Shigaraki from now on, I think we can both agree, Tenko died a long time ago." As Shigaraki started to laugh.

All For One couldn't help but smile as he watched his student, 'I expected Shigaraki to call and ask me to punish the demons but instead he's adapting to the new situation. He even has become so twisted he asked me to bring back his family just to stuff them into a demon. Shigaraki, you are truly my greatest creation.'

~o~

"In conclusion, until we have more information on Hibiki's whereabouts and reasons for her actions we would like all of you to stay quiet on this matter." said Principal Nezu. "Understood."

"Yes Principal Nezu." Responding to the students.

"Now before you leave I believe Mr. Aizawa has something he would like to say to his class."

"I'll make it brief, for starters, Hitoshi Shinso and Yuki Sunoenjuro, as of this week both of you are going to be in Class 1A." announced Aizawa causing both of his new students to become wide eyed.

"WHAT!?" yelled Yuki in surprise.

"Are you serious?" asked Shinso somewhat, not believing what he was hearing.

"Do you really think we're the joking type?" asked Yushiro.

"You'll both be starting next Monday and both of you have quite a bit to catch up on so be ready." said Aizawa, "That aside, I want to make it clear to everyone here that any vigilantism will not be tolerated, we've given Midoriya and Bakugo a pass because of the situation but no more, your all students right now, not heroes, not yet. Understood?"

"Yes Aizawa Sensei." replied the students.

"Good, then you are dismissed," said Aizawa.

"Wait one moment please," asked Tenya, getting their attention, "Yushiro sensei, were you the one that taught Kokushibo how to fight."

"Huh?" Yushiro was so surprised by the question he thought it might have been a joke coming from someone else, "What gave you that idea?"

"You taught Izuku and even though there weren't any cameras fast enough to capture his movements, the ones you can see have a striking resemblance to Izuku's fighting style." stated Tenya.

Yushiro could see how Tenya could make the connection but it did beg the question, "Why are you asking this, I sense there is another reason behind this."

Tenya looked at Yushiro with a serious look, one the adults could tell held a massive amount of anger behind his eyes. "My brother Tensei was attacked by the hero killer Stain," This caused gasps from his classmates. "I watched the footage of the fight thanks to my brother's sidekicks and Stain had the same fighting style like Kokushibo and Izuku."

"WHAT!" shouted Yushiro, surprised along with the rest. "Are you certain?"

Ida nodded, "I saw the footage with my own eyes, it was a spitting image of Izuku and his Demon Slayer fighting style, you taught Izuku how to fight, did you teach Stain and Kokushibo as well?"

"No," said Yushiro as his face twisted in anger, 'First the Uzui family twists the breathing style for assassinations, now some hero killing bastard is using it.' Yushiro took a deep breath as he realized his face was scaring some of the kids, "I was not the one to teach either of them, the style I taught Izuku was actually made by someone long ago, it was designed for those who could use elemental quirks similar to Izuku, it was perfect for him. I never taught Stain, he must have a quirk that can work with the fighting style, he must have been self taught."

"And Kokushibo?" asked Tenya.

Yushiro sighed, "Unfortunately that's classified by the government, the most I can tell you is yes I do know him and that he's related to the person that made the fighting style, but unlike him Kokushibo is a true monster." As Yushiro paused for a moment before walking towards the door, "Though this Stain character is still something we should be concerned about, come Tenya let's go see your brother, I'll speak to him on this matter."

"What but my brother is still in hospital in terrible condition," said Tenya as he was on the verge of tears, "They say he may never walk again."

"Huh?" as Yushiro gave him a look that said he was being stupid. "What, he still has his legs right?"

"Uh yes, his legs are still attached but his spine-"

Yae then stepped forward and gave Tenya a light chop to the head. "Just shut up Robot and go with the old man," said Yae, getting his attention, "The old man will have your bro back on his feet in no time."

Tenya then remembered that his sensei was in fact a world renowned doctor, "Wait Yushiro sensei can you really fix my brother?"

"Well I haven't seen his condition yet but if he is alive then that gives me enough room to work with." said Yushiro as he waved to Tenya to follow, "Come now, let's find Tomo and go to your brother, she should be done checking on the other patients by now." as they left.

"Okay, now I guess you all dismissed," said Aizawa.

"Not quite," said Vlad King, "Ten Metsu, next week your in class 1B along with Shika Jika."

"REALLY!" yelled Ten before blinking to Vald King giving him a hug, "Thank you so much teach, I won't let you down." She then blinked back, "Come on guys let's celebrate. For a second there I thought I wasn't getting in."

"Does Ms. Jika know about your decision yet?" asked Nezu a little surprised that Vlad made his decision so quickly, 'I wonder if this has something to do with Aizawa making his decision so quickly.'

"I'll give her a call now." replied Vlad as he pulled out his phone.

~o~

"Well that was a surprise," said Jack as he walked down the street. "We got some new classmates but that aside, why are you following me?" he asked Kendo.

Kendo was silent for a moment before speaking, "Jack what's going on? After we first met Hibiki came and told me about you back in America, ever since then I felt something was off, not just with you but with Izuku and Yae. At first I thought it was just the fact you guys got different training then the rest of us, but it's more than that. I want to know what's going on."

Jack's expression didn't change as he gave her a neutral look, "Look Kendo it's not something I can just say, like Yushiro said, It's classified." he said hoping that would end it.

"As president of class 1B I have a right to know what is endangering my classmates."

"Kendo I'm sorry but I can't tell you."

"Does it have something to do with your weird power?" came a voice behind him.

Jack turned around to see his old friend, "Nina! What are you doing here? We're supposed to meet up at the mall in an hour."

"I decided to explore a bit beforehand," explained Nina, "And to my surprise I see you two talking about the very same questions I had."

"Nina, please don't." Begged Jack, 'Shit, with her quirk and knowing me for so long, there's no way in hell I can lie to her.'

"Jack, you ran out of the stadium real fast when that Kokushibo guy showed up on the news," said Nina, "I've never seen you sweat like that before running off as if it was life or death, who was he?"

"Stay out of this Nina." stated Jack in a serious tone.

Nina was taken aback by his tone and his body signals when she something that told her something different, "Jack are you threatening me?"

"What no, I just don't want you-" he began

"Jack," Kendo called his name, cutting him off, "That's not it, there's smoke coming out of your mouth again."

Jack looked down and noticed the smoke from his mouth before quickly covering it with his hands, 'There's a demon nearby, this only happens when someone with demon cells is nearby.'

"Hang that happened before when you went off and fought that spider kid." said Kendo as she remembered it happening before.

Nina looked close at Jack, "That's some sort of early warning system," Jack's eyes darted at Nina while his body confirmed her suspicions, "It is. What for?"

Jack quickly grabbed Kendo's and shoved several bills into her hand, "Here take Nina and go shopping or show her around, just get out of here both of you."

"What, NO!" retorted Kendo quickly, "What the hell is going on?"

"I'm not leaving Jack, I didn't cross an ocean to be sidelined, what is going on?" said Nina.

"Now is not the time, just get out of here." yelled Jack before he felt a chill that went up his spine and freezing his core. He then felt an arm being draped over his shoulder. 'When did...'

"Hehehe, my my having lady troubles, that's unexpected." said the new voice.

Jack looked up and saw a smiling face looking back at him, making him remember something Akaza told him. "The evilest demon?" as Akaza repeated the question, "Well aside from Muzan, let's see here, all of us did some evil stuff back in the day, myself included, Gyutaro and Daki were both young but they mainly killed out of necessity and boredom. In fact I remember them bragging how they killed and ate all the pedophiles in the city, honestly if they weren't in a position to become demons I doubt they would have killed anyone. Kokushibo was in a similar boat I suppose, he usually killed and ate warriors, bandits or those who were foolish enough to challenge him, he never really went after normal civilians. Hantengu was just mentally ill, I spoke to the others about him before, mood swings and delusions even before he became a demon, he was more mentally troubled then down right evil. Gyokko on the surface would probably be the most evil but I still think he trumps them all."

"He?"

"That bastard would look at everything as if it was for his entertainment, he would toy with people more than anyone else, he even ran a cult for his own amusement, would tell his followers that god willed one thing or another to kill each other for his own amusement. You could just tell by his damn fucking smile that the smug bastard truly lost his humanity long before Muzan." Akaza was getting angry just thinking about the guy, "Out of every single one of them, including Muzan himself, I hated him the most."

"Doma!" said Jack.

Doma smiled even larger, "It knows who I am, we're going to have so much fun, little Akaza."

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A/N: Hello everyone I hope you are all doing well I am doing better, the past few months have not been good to me personally but I haven't lost hope and things are looking better and I do apologize to all my fans for taking so long. I hope things continue to go smooth so I can get back to this fun hobby and give you guys good stories to read.

~Lorenzo the Story Teller.