The Heroic God Slayer
Chapter 26
Now it's time for some heart to heart between God Slaying siblings. First Izuku had to deal with big brother, now he's really dealing with….. alright I'll play into it: ara, ara one-san. Not exactly to a creepy level, but still. That or you might compare her to Bayonetta. Especially the way she walks. And you'll see what I mean about not being creepy at the start of the chapter. On with the show.
(No POV)
Upon seeing the two girls at Marcia's feet, Izuku was raging. His power rising as he gripped his weapon tight. And while Xeimei was worried about him, she was also angry about the apparent state Itsuka and Momo were currently in.
"Midoriya? Sun-san? What are you two doing here?" they heard from a hallway off to the side. And there they saw both of the girls standing there. They didn't have much on, and they were far darker complected than when they last saw the pair, but they were better dressed than the two they saw near the throne.
As the two kept bouncing their gazes back and forth, Marcia's countenance of derision and haughtiness broke down. And she stared laughing with gusto. "Oh ha, ha, Ha, ha! Oh, you should see your faces! It was worth setting up this little situation for you," she said while leaning on her arm. As the girls at her feet stopped looking like either of them.
Instead, the bodies seemed to break apart and show that it was actually a pair of plant creatures she had disguised. Though the clothing was real as Marcia dropped her nightgown before looking over the two articles. "What do you think, irmãozinho? Which would look better in this moment?" she asked while basically showing her entire body to the world. Or at least Izuku and the girls.
He quickly covered his nose and tried to calm down while the others in the room, and those arriving, were shocked by their own rights. "Damn. Absolutely no shame from her!" Mina said while wiping her nose. Reiko looked like a Christmas ornament and agreed with the pink teen's statement.
"Oh, you know what you're right. This isn't the proper kind of attire for meeting with you," the older Campione said before clapping. And from her back, sprouted six large black angel wings. Then brought them around herself. Forming a black dress made of feathers around herself. Showing off a bit of leg and arm, but at least covering up her modesty. Mostly.
Izuku gasped at that and asked how she did that. "Oh, you'll learn in time. There are many things that we can do with certain parts of our authorities. You might call this a bit of showing off or a power play." Marcia said before walking over to Izuku.
The teen was a bit intimidated by her height and the aura she projected. 'Definitely not like aniki. I'm not sure what to make of this,' he thinks as Marcia bends down slightly to look him in the eye. She teasingly licks her lips while looking Izuku in the eye. Before getting up to his ear and saying, "so, had a bit of fun with one of your wives now~?"
Izuku and Xeimei's faces go scarlet and the other girls look at them with a mixture of surprise and envy. Well except for Itsuka. She's just surprised. "Now then. I must apologize for how these girls were brought to my domain. I did not expect a number of extremists to snatch them up to bribe me."
Izuku blinks before clearing his throat and asking what happened to the kidnappers. But when he followed his sister's gaze to the floor, he had his answer. Namely, the blood spatters from where she dealt out some judgement. While part of him wanted to panic, the youngest Campione steeled himself and just glared at Marcia.
"Mmmmm~. I love that look in your eyes. But to business. So, you've invaded my realms, broke into my house, and caused quite a bit of destruction. And for what exactly?" the woman asked before gesturing for a plant to hand her a glass of wine.
Izuku nodded and stepped forward. 'Gotta be strong with this. Aniki pointed out that I have to make my claim firm and focused. I am a king after all,' he thinks before stating what he wanted. That being to take Momo and Itsuka back to Japan with him. Offering to compensate for the damage in some way.
"Do you have something of equal value?" was all Serafim had to ask in return. She rested her head on her hand while looking over the three other girls in the room. All of the teens gathered look at her with shock and Momo asks, "what do you mean? Didn't regret how we came here?"
Marcia nods before saying, "indeed I did. But that still does not change the fact that you have come to my home realms. Let alone my home itself. And while you may not have magical training, I can think of many ways to change that. Let alone…. *purrrr* all the fun we could have in between~."
Itsuka and Momo both shiver and cover themselves, while Izuku gives her a fierce glare. But that only serves to make his elder sister shiver in anticipation. 'At least I hope that's all it is,' he thinks before asking what she was talking about.
The blue haired woman steps back slightly to sit in a chair made of the branches of the plants around her. "What do you mean? Certainly, irmão mais velho told you of how we handle matters. When you ask for something from one king, you need to prepare something of equal value. Normally, I suggest those two behind you. But perhaps only one of them. They do seem to have something of a grasp on magic."
"Is that all you see them as?!" Izuku roared while his magic riled and came off of him in waves. The smile Marcia had on her face dropped and she glared back at Izuku. Her own magic spiking to match his. "This is normal for we who slay Gods, irmãozinho. Their lives are fleeting anyway. So, we might as well have as much fun with them as we can~."
It doesn't seem possible, but Izuku gets even angrier. While the girls all look around in a mix of either anger, disgust, sadness, or slight self-loathing. Though Xeimei is more composed than all of them and puts a gentle hand on Izuku's shoulder. Pulling him out of some of his anger.
Izuku takes an angry breath while Xeimei explained that there were alternatives. "And I trust you Izuku," she said with a gentle smile directed his way. The youngest Campione nodded before stepping forward. He felt a twinge from Athena and could follow that for what he needed to do.
"How about a wager instead? What if we make it a bit more interesting with a fight? I'd like to see what my anego can do." Izuku says with a smirk. Marcia cocks her eyebrow at that before asking what Izuku would put up. "That would be me." Xeimei says with a narrowed gaze.
Serafim looks her over with an appraising eye. Her smile growing before licking her lips. "Alright. This seems like a fair wager for the two of them. As for the challenge, let us see if you can keep from being caught by me. And how well your authorities can face mine."
Izuku agrees and demands that a few minutes were given for them to get away. Marcia agrees with a gentle nod and gestures to Momo and Itsuka to get away. They hurry over to his side, and they all run out of the mansion. "You aren't serious about that right Izuku? You won't leave Xeimei here if you lose." Mina asked as they made it outside.
"He has to Mina. It's the only way to keep Marcia satisfied." Xeimei says while looking to the side. She kept a tight grip on her naginata and jian. Mina had a shocked look and was worried that Izuku would really do that. "Don't worry Mina."
Izuku says this while his eyes glow silver. He looks back slightly and gave her a smile that makes Mina's heart skip a beat. "I won't let her win that easy. But we need to move further into the hills. It'll give us some space."
The trio of transformed girls nodded quickly, before Reiko took to the skies. Itsuka gulps and asked if either of them had something that could boost her quirk. "Not exactly. But you two are the brightest in our classes. Got any ideas?" Izuku queried.
Momo meanwhile had to focus after being swept up in all the emotions Izuku's arrival had brought up. She was of course happy and excited about the fact he came all the way across the ocean to save her. But she did wonder if it made her special or if he would do that for anyone.
"Yaoyorozu!" Izuku calls out to her while she was stewing in her thoughts. "Uh what? What did you say?" she asked with a shake of her head. Xeimei hummed before reiterating Izuku's point about ideas to keep away from Serafim.
Momo looks down while they were running and thinks over the possibilities. "The obvious would be to get to a mountain, but the thing is I'm not sure it would limit her. Her Grand Bois authority grants her control over plants after all. But maybe….."
Before her thoughts could be finished, a number of plant beasts appeared in front of the teens. "I've got this!" Mina says while pooling some acid in her hands. Then using her monkey speed she quickly slashes and splashes the monsters. Cutting them down and burning away the possible regrowth.
"See! No probLEeEmmMM!" Mina says with a thumbs up. Until her ankle is grabbed by a root she didn't see and flailed around. Reiko draws her bow and time seems to slow down for a moment. She can see where the root will fling Mina next and fires an arrow to precisely cut the offending bramble.
Though she does end up dropping Mina on her head. "OW! But thanks for the save!" she calls out with a wave. While that had been happening, Izuku quickly drew his sword and spear to fight alongside Xeimei. Chopping through as many of the plant creatures as she could. While Momo and Itsuka each tried to do the same with some items the former had made.
"Isn't there a limit to what she can do with this authority?!" Izuku shouted after cutting down the twentieth monster. Xeimei called out that there might be. "The authority is from Grand Bois, right? Well, you just need the information about that god to try and sever it!"
"Well yeah but I don't know enough. Do you?" he retorts while dodging the heavy trunks and thorns of the monsters. The visible wince was enough of an answer for him. So, he groaned and continued cutting away at the creatures.
Momo meanwhile had a slew of thoughts running through her head. The main one being some of what she saw while at the mansion. "Wait! I have an idea! Xeimei, do you have any of your remedies? Or the materials to make them?"
"Yeah! Why?" Xeimei shouted back. Momo asks her to pass them to the others if she had healing herbs. The Chinese mage was confused but did as she was asked and held up a few Chōsen-gomishi vines. Suddenly the beasts stopped and seemed to be fascinated by the plants before them.
And then Mina and Reiko were able to finish the rest of the creatures off. Thanks to Mina's acid, and Reiko using her fan in conjunction with her arrows. "Okay, I'm a little confused. How did that work?" Mina asked while catching her breath.
Izuku asked the same and looked at Momo. Who blushed and said, "I noticed a few of Duchess Serafim's books in her library. One of them mentioned the Loa's and that some could be appeased with offerings of herbs and the like. I didn't think it would make them go away, but it might distract the plant creatures."
"You read up on an entity that you didn't expect to fight and could remember it on the spot? That's impressive Yaoyorozu." Izuku said with a smile. One Momo returned with more of a blush. "Yeah this is cute and all, but we've got bigger issues!" Itsuka called out as she looked to the sky.
The Duchess was flying over head with another set of wings. Before diving down and smirking at the teens. "You should have run further irmãozinho. Clever and quick thinking on how to stop my beasts though. But let us see what else you can do!" she says before charging at Izuku with a pair of curved blades.
Izuku grunts as the brings his katana and spear in front of him to defend. Cursing as he is pushed back. But he pushes back as well and engages his sister once more. After a dozen or so clashes, he sees the pattern in the dance like spins and swings of her blades. Knocking one of the weapons out of her hand in the middle of her attack.
It surprises Marcia, but she quickly recovers and does something that surprises Izuku. She seems to catch the weapon with her foot and still slashes at him. Cutting his chest slightly as she goes down on her hands to continue the cuts with her feet. Causing him a bit more pain as she sliced up with the blade still in her hand. Almost hitting his crotch.
"Okay! Can we avoid hitting below the belt please?! I'd prefer to keep those!" Izuku shouts while wincing and thanking Herakles for his Nemean Hide. "All is fair in love and war little boy. And that includes leading others into traps!"
Suddenly, Izuku and the rest are trapped by a number of vines and branches. Marcia sighs and starts to talk about how she'd take good care of Xeimei and the other girls. And hoped this would be a lesson for Izuku. Only to be surprised by a few things.
The first was Izuku and Xeimei easily ripping out of the strongest mystic vines she could make and control. Second was Reiko, Momo, and Mina using objects on hand to break themselves free. Reiko's fan burning the brambles, Mina's acid melting the plants, and Momo made a few grenades that would do the same.
The last thing that surprised her, was Izuku suddenly picking up the ground she and most of her beasts were standing on up and throwing them away. "Impressive irmãozinho. But it will take more than that!" she said before gripping the thrown ground tight and trying to throw it right back at Izuku.
Who curses before focusing all of his strength into a powerful punch. But the return to sender rock was a feint. Right as some of the dust was settling, Marcia quickly flew in and ran Izuku through the chest with her sword.
"IZUKU!" all of the girls cried out upon seeing this. But the green teen wasn't going down from that. "It's kind of ridiculous how many times I've been impaled in just this year alone. So I've learned how to dodge some of worst damage!" Izuku says with just a little blood coming from his mouth.
He grips Marcia's arm tight before saying, "and it also comes with the benefit of keeping you plenty close!" And he begins punching his elder sister with all his strength. And while she is hurting, she does seem to be taking the attacks pretty well.
"Not bad. Not bad at all. But I wonder which of our stamina will hold out longer! And if my beasts will catch up with you!" Marcia says after taking 10 punches to the face and then catching Izuku's fist with her other sword. And the boy then notes that there are plant creatures moving from around the crater arena he made.
Momo bites her lip and thinks back on two things. The bit she read about Grand Bois, and the only spell Xeimei had fully taught her and the other girls. "Then we just need to remove them!" Momo calls out before running up to the two God Slayers. She blushes before leaning down and kissing Izuku.
This not only shocks everyone, but Marcia suspects what the girl will try to do. She let's go of the other blade and her left hand seemed to be encased in darkness and black flames. "I don't like to use this authority. But I will if necessary!" she says while gathering power. But she is interrupted by Mina and the other girls.
"This is Yaomomo's time! And we're not going to let you mess with it! And we will support our king!" Mina, Reiko, and then Xeimei say in succession. The last one using her enhanced strength to pull against Marcia's strength. And Itsuka shocks the woman by gripping her in her big fist. To throw her away from Izuku and Momo.
Who meanwhile were lost in their moment as they continued kissing. 'Please. Please work! He needs to see this. And…. I need to confirm some of what I feel.' Momo thinks as she feels some of the magic and information flow.
"Yaoyarozu. We…. Need to be more connected. We both need to open up to one another." Izuku whispers out while trying to ignore the pain in his chest from the sword. Momo caresses his cheek before kissing deeper and eventually relaxing into it. Allowing Izuku to gain the information that Momo gleamed from Marcia's books.
Once it is done, Izuku's glaive forms in his hand. And he proceeds to throw it like a boomerang around at the various plant beasts surrounding the crater. "Grand Bois essence is of earth and nature. As well as the birth of living things. But these beliefs were brought down by the iron weapons that the Spanish brought. Not unlike the status of Kukalkan."
Marcia was shocked and that feeling grew as Izuku suddenly flew at her with glaive in hand and Egyptian hawk wings on his back. "As with all earth gods and goddesses, the steel of heroes can fell you with a few blows! So to, shall my blades fell you this day!"
"We shall see! For there is another matter you might have missed with that blade in your chest. It was born from my authority. One from Rakshasa!" she calls out before starting to gesture with her hands. But before she could, Mina once again disrupted her. As did Reiko using her arrows to distract.
Izuku was upon her in a moment. Cutting her with a few quick slashes. But not just with his glaive. He also slipped in a few katana cuts to cause her strength and speed to wane slightly. So, he would have his chance. While also using the blade in his chest to startle her by sliding around and putting his back to her. Stabbing her with her own blade.
But Marcia would not make it easy for him and drew a new pair of weapons. Twin fans she uses to block and blow Izuku away. She then uses these and her wings to catch up to Izuku midair. Attempting to cut him down.
But she failed to notice something important. That being Izuku didn't have a glaive anymore. Just a kopesh blade. And once again, he passed it to an ally. "Can't believe this will work again!" Reiko calls out before firing her kopesh combined arrow into Marcia's back.
This causes the plant beasts to crumble to mulch. And Marcia collapsed to the ground for a time. Izuku then takes the time to pull the blade out of his chest. "Well done irmãozinho. But don't assume this is over. I still have other things to…. What is that?"
Izuku feels it too and the pair look out towards the city. Where two masses of some kind of fog seemed to be flowing over it and the people. Many were coughing or otherwise sick from the gasses and mist.
From within a black mist, a man of pitch-black skin appeared and was putting people into a painful sleep within his fog. The second was reclining above the streets with a seemingly gas filled stomach. And would belch out various toxins that were making the people insane. "Let's just see what kinds of chaos we can create," he says before burping once more.
Oh btw, if you want a comparison for Marcia, you might look at Bayonetta. At least in terms of build and a bit of attitude. She wasn't always the inspiration, but she feels like a good comparison for what I had in mind for the woman. You might imagine her being voiced by Morgan Garrett while teasing Izuku.
Also, sorry this and other stories are taking a while. My father had a heart attack earlier in the week and needed a quadruple bypass. So it's been a bit rough on the family. But I'm at least back in something of a writing mood and head space. And for those who are curious, I'll detail some of the authorities I've just had her go through or had described. Please review after reading this:
Gran Bois: Forest's Blessing. Allows Marcia to summon plants to aid her in various ways. As well as creating creatures made of the plants themselves. Often used to push opponents to places where she can use her other authorities more. Or set up ambushes while keeping their attention focused on her through the use of Kokabiel's spotlight.
Rakshasa: Devastating Pattah. A pair of blades that were gained from slaying a Rakshasa. Aside from the sharp edge and dance like maneuvers she can use while wielding the weapons, they can destroy things after a certain amount of time. However, this has yet to be shown. As Izuku removed the weapon before she could finish her movement.
Shiva: Tandava. With the more steps performed of this dance, the more destructive power Marcia can unleash. Destruction that can bypass all defenses. But it does take a fair number to get to even the base level of that.
Simurgh: Simoon Fans. Born from the defeat of the legendary bird-mammal beast, the fans give Marcia the power to summon the winds of the desert. As well as putting a razor-sharp edge to them. With the only drawback being that the weapons/authority needs enough room and ambient wind to really make a storm. They can also act as makeshift shields, bludgeoning weapons, and have sharp ends that look akin to peacock feathers at the tip of the fan.