"Sansan, where are we going?" Fuku asked as the slime girl led her, Shiruku, and Kano through the forest.
"Art," Sansan said simply as they led them further in.
It didn't take them long to find what Sansan was talking about.
It was a small lake and an extremely radiant one at that.
At the bottom of the lake was a floor made of glistening and differently colored crystals, all made to be perfectly smooth by Sansan. Like an underwater rainbow road.
In the lake itself swam dozens of colorful fish, of all different kinds of shapes and sizes.
Lastly, there was a giant sword-like crystal sprouting out of the center of the lake. The sun would beat down on it, and it would shoot out different colored beams of light all over the place.
"Welcome to Radiant Lake!" Sansan said, showing off the lake.
"Wow." The three other girls looked at the lake in awe.
"It's beautiful." Kano gasped, as she flew up over the lake, and took a better look. "I've never seen anything like it. The amount of work and dedication that must have gone into this. Not just the crystal and the fist, but the water is pristine. Did you get this water from clear places?"
Sansan nodded, very happy that she noticed that.
"How many crystals did you use for this?" Fuku asked, unable to take her eyes off the lake. "How many crystals do you even have!? Is there a secret crystal mine around here?"
"As an artist, I must admit, nothing I've made has matched this level of beauty," Shiruku admitted, with both pride in her sister and frustration in herself. "You cave as well. The devotion you have to your art is almost as beautiful as the art itself. I can't imagine how much time it took to make this."
"Months," Sansan said. "Lots and lots of time."
"Indeed," Shiruku said. "While I know the idea might be a bit tasteless, I would like to make a dress based on this. Would you mind if we borrowed some crystals?"
Sansan gave the thumbs up.
"Wonderful idea Lady Shiruku. Let us get to work immediately!" Kano said as she flew back down, with a big grin on her face. "I feel absolutely inspired!"
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"So you're Kiba's new lacky." Fu said as he looked at Hinata.
Him, Hinata, Kiba, and Sansan were standing in a forest(it was actually the simroom), with the cameras on them.
Who that!?
New sibling?
"Yes sir!" Hinata said somewhat nervously, sounding rather nervous. Now that she was a servant of Kiba, she'd been cleaned up and given a new Kiba-like outfit by Shiruku.
"Allow me to introduce her my dear minions. This is Hinata. She was not adopted by Caretaker, but she's sworn an oath to serve me for eternity." Kiba explained. "From now on, she is my sword. And as my sword, I would like to test what she can do. So I'll be testing her against two formidable opponents."
Why does Lady Kiba need a sword?
Can't she make a sword out of shadows?
Seems kinda pointless.
"Now then, enough wasting time," Kiba said. "Hinata! Transform!"
"Yes, Lady Kiba!" Hinata said, jumping at Kiba while transforming into a sword, allowing Kiba to catch her.
"Now then! Let out two on-two battle begin!" Kiba said.
Immediately, Sansan's shadow rose up and trapped Sansan in a shadow orb.
"Ha! Look at how easily I can deal with her! Now that my quirk's power is fully awakened!" Kiba laughed haughtily. Although it was somewhat of a bluff, as while she could keep Sansan contained with shadows, she couldn't do that forever. All her powers were connected to her blood storage, so the more she used them, the more blood she used and the less power she had. And with Sansan drilled against the walls of her shadow orb, she needed to find a way to deal with her fast.
Speaking of dealing with things.
Fu had finished taking his might extract and transformed into his more powerful form, and shot out Kyosei tendrils at her.
Kiba sliced the tendrils with Hinata, grew wings, and flew backward.
With each tendril she cut, she felt something flow from the sword, into her. It felt like she was drinking blood…without drinking blood. Hinata? What is this? What's going on?
I don't know Lady Kiba. Maybe this is one of my abilities? Hinata suggested. I'm sorry I don't know anything more about it.
That's fine. That's why we're experimenting. Kiba said as she continued cutting tendrils. Noticing that the tendrils were starting to come at them slower.
Something…wrong. Kyosei said to Fu.
I know. Fu said as she stopped his tendril attacks. Every time Kiba cut one of their tendrils, Fu could feel energy being taken from Kyosei, and by extension, him. Kyosei needed to take more energy from him and thus needed to eat his organs faster. Making him use more of his meat storage. Is Hinata taking our energy? Huh. A vampiric blade. How appropriate.
SLICE!
In a flash, Kiba had rushed towards Fu and sliced him in half from the waist up.
Fu's upper half started to fall off, but Kyosei held in place.
Kiba went to slice him again, but Fu jumped back.
"Stop!" Fu said. "My regeneration stopped for a second. If you keep cutting me, I might not be able to regenerate at all!"
"Oh." Kiba stopped her attacks. "That…would be trouble."
Oh shit!
Fu without regen is like the earth without the sun!
Never mind that girl is O.P.!
Of course, she is. Why did we think she wouldn't be?
"Since we don't know how it works, I think it's too dangerous for me to keep fighting you," Fu said with a sigh. "We'll need to go to the lab and ask them about this."
"Yes, that makes sense," Kiba said.
I'm sorry Lady Kiba! Hinata sincerely apologized.
"No no. Don't feel bad. You've just proven far more valuable than I first thought." Kiba said. "Speaking of which. Before we end this, let's test something else."
Kiba released Sansan from the shadow bubble, and immediately the liquid girl rushed at her.
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!
In an instant, Kiba cut Sansan a dozen times, stealing energy from her with each swing.
"Huhhhhh," Sansan said, although her speech was sloppier than usual. She stopped her attack and took a second to analyze herself. Her body felt more difficult to control, keeping herself turning into a puddle actually required a good amount of effort.
Is she giving even Sansan trouble!?
To O.P. please nerf!
Where did she find this girl!?
Is Sansan going to be ok?
"Looks like Hinata's energy-draining powers work even on you dear sister," Kiba said, looking at her blade. "Alright then. Let's go pay the lab a visit shall we."
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"Interesting," Mai said as she looked at the results on her tablet.
"Well, can you tell us about what's going on?" Kiba asked as Hinata, Sansan, and Fu stood behind her.
"Well after going through the tests and looking over the research, I can confirm that there is far more to Hinata's quirk than just turning into a strong sword," Mai explained. "First of all, when you first decided to wield Hinata, did you feel anything?"
"Yeah, it felt like something was connecting to me," Kiba explained, trying to recall that time.
"That makes sense. You and Hinata's chaos energy signatures are connected to one another. Similar to how the Cerberus Sisters are connected, but not the same." Mai explained. "It seems Hinata established a link with you when you bonded, making herself and her chaos energy, an extension of you, changing her appearance and even her chaos energy by taking in yours. Not only that, it seems that your chaos energy has also altered her abilities. Giving her the extra ability of absorbing the vitality from others when she cuts them, and giving it to Kiba, to act as a substitute for blood. So Kiba can maintain her own strength while draining others."
"Is this vitality stealing permanent?" Kiba asked. "And why did it stop Fu from regenerating and Sansan from moving?"
"Vitality is basically a person's energy. And all living things need energy to do anything." Mai explained. "When you slashed at Fu, you stole some of the energy he needed for his regeneration to work. Although due to the nature of Fu's power, it restored itself rather quickly. Although if you continued to attack someone with Hinata, you could stop their regeneration altogether. As for Sansan, her quirk requires energy to make her body move and keep her alive. If you slash her too much, she won't be able to move. And if you slash her even more after that, she could die."
"Gulp," Sansan said.
"But you shouldn't have to worry too much about permanently hurting either of them," Mai said. "Vitality recovers naturally on its own. So as long as you know when to stop, you should be fine."
"Alright. So that means we can keep sparing!" Kiba celebrated. "Let's go, everyone! Back into the Simroom!"
Fu sighed. "You just had to get another power up huh?"
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"So, how are things going at school?" Izuku asked Ochaco as they indulged in tea and snacks.
"Pft." Ochaco giggled. "You sound like such a dad!"
"Well, that makes sense considering I'm mostly around my own children." Izuku laughed sheepishly. "But seriously, how are things going at U.A.? I heard you're going to be getting your provisional license soon."
"Well, we'll be having the test soon," Ochaco said, drinking some tea to calm herself after being reminded of the stressful exam she'd be undertaking. "Not sure about passing it."
"Have more faith in yourself," Izuku assured her, smiling confidently. "I can't give any details, but I have a feeling you'll do well on the test."
Ochacao raised an eyebrow. "Izuku, did you have a hand in the test?"
"They did ask for a bit of my help. But nothing I can tell you." Izuku said. "Only if you give it your all, and stay true to yourself, you'll pass."
"Did All Might teach you how to give vague advice?" Ochaco asked jokingly before her expression turned serious as she remembered something. "Oh right, speaking of All Might, I asked him about the past users' quirks, and he gave me this."
Ochaco pulled out a notebook and opened it up to a page filled with quirk names and notes.
Black whip. Allows the user to manifest a black energy whip from their body.
Implode. Allows the user to impart their vitality into objects and detonate them at will.
Gearshift. Allows the user to alter the speed of anything they touch.
Glow: Makes the user's body glow.
Fa Jin: Allows the user to build up kinetic energy through repetitive movements, that can be released in an explosive burst.
Danger Sense: Allows the user to detect nearby threats to them or people around them.
"So these are the quirks you have available to you." Izuku looked down at the notes. "These are…kinda vague."
"What isn't vague with this quirk." Ochaco sighed. "I'm surprised we managed to get this much information."
"True. So have you tried any of these out yet?" Izuku asked as he turned his attention back to Ochaco.
"Other than black whip, no," Ochaco said, extending a very tiny black tendril out of her wrist to show the extent of her control. "I'm not even sure how to activate them."
"Well, how did you activate black whip?" Izuku asked.
"I…was fighting Gamma 2." Ochaco tried to bring herself back to that time. "And I was really frustrated about not being able to catch him."
"Right. Emotions are linked to quirks, so try just…feeling it out?" Izuku frowned as he realized how little help that advice was. "Sorry, that really wasn't of any use was it."
"Not really but thanks for trying." Ochaco laughed.
Izuku smiled at her. "I'll always try for your sake. Remember, no matter how hard or frustrating things get, I will always be your ally. Always."
Ochaco couldn't communicate, just how much of a relief that was to hear, or how happy she was. And so all she could do was blush.
And then her body suddenly lit up like a light bulb…or rather, like a couple thousand lightbulbs.
"What!? Now!?" Ochaco closed her eyes, and Izuku covered his face. Both of them blinded by the powerful light coming off Ochaco's body.
FWOOSH!
"Huh!? Fire!? Is there a fire!?" Ochaco panicked, still unable to see anything as the heat coming from her light either melted everyone around her or set it on fire, the heat also forcing Izuku to walk back.
"Ochaco calm down! Sori! A little help here!" Izuku yelled.
Ochaco eventually managed to calm herself and stop the light, but not before setting Izuku's office on fire, and getting severe burns.
Just another day at the Midoriya Foundation.
So yeah, those are Ochaco's new quirks.
Now you might question Implode, but it's kinda a weaker version of decay. Destories anything it touches and all that, but with far more limitations and it can't spread.
As for Light replacing the smoke screen. Well, the reason for that is simple. Smoke Screen is just really, really lame. Like it has its uses but…yeah. That's a quirk for a more stealth-based fighter and not a brawler. Now Glow may also sound lame at first, but remember, a lightbulb may not seem dangerous, but if you touch it after it's been on for a while, you'll get burned. Now imagine that times a million.
Anyway, please review and have a nice day.
