26 Too Little Too late

"Well I suppose I should also introduce myself… Alex. I am currently known as Kaori Moashi. It's nice to meet you again." She actually cracked a smile after saying that… even if it did look unnatural.

Well… no better chance for answers- "I want to ask some questions… about before." The memory of her voice in my head from before my death was refreshed in my mind… I needed to know.

"What are you curious about?" she said while reverting back to her normal look.

"Why did you… Why were you able to speak?" I'll hold off the main question for a second.

"My previous self was a part of the greater nest-" I cut her off- "The Ants?" she continued without care- "As your species called us, yes. I devoured our competition and created stronger offspring- Harder shells taken from the beetles, flight made stronger from the flies or blades made from the Mantis'. We were far stronger than our enemies, so long as I could feed on something I could pass their best parts to my children, our growth was then halted by the metal titans of above and below for decades… We suffered through hunger and war the entire time we were confined."

She showed genuine emotion for once- pain and grief flashing across her face- "once we regained our freedom we only found a dead world left behind, our hungry bellies only able to be sated by what little was left. We moved like a plague across the land, devouring everything we could, our strength and numbers became our greatest enemy- more and more of my children fell, no new young were born as we couldn't sustain them."

She was crying now- "Even as they lay at death's door my children still kept me safe… gave up their own food so that I may live. One of these days a new type of food was brought before me… a strange fleshy creature far different from the other mutated monsters we always found. With little thought I consumed it… perhaps my greatest regret while also being my saving grace."

I had a bad feeling about what came next. Her face became determined as she almost fanatically continued- "My world expanded! From this little creature I felt like a fog over my mind had been lifted! Ideas and plans to save my children came one after the other! From the other monsters I would always receive their strength… and the being I had consumed gave me a mind capable of properly using it! But it also came with a wave of emotion- Memories of a different life, of other languages and concepts, of love and family, of struggle and perseverance… of you."

I'd already pieced it together before she finished. I felt sick. Angry and Confused… I looked her in the eyes- my pure rage overcoming my fear- "YOU KILLED HER!?" I was only a few seconds away from destroying her. My body glowed with fire and the area beneath my feet started slightly cracking with pieces of dust getting blown away.

She returned my stare- "I did… and it's my greatest regret. Only after I had taken her life did I realize my mistake… I wish I could go back, change what happened… but I can't. I knew I couldn't undo it, so I resolved to at least fulfill her duties… I knew you wouldn't want to talk with your mothers killers… so instead I kept my distance- Clearing out any threats that could harm you, leaving materials and supplies in areas you'd find them… and possibly welcoming you into my home once yours failed."

"YOU THINK THAT'S ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH?!" I hysterically yelled at her as the ground underneath me cracked further… now with a red glow visible.

"No, I don't. Your mother gave me so much… She allowed me to save my children, to make our dead world salvageable. I cannot possibly repay that. Had I met you immediately after coming to this world I would have let you kill me… after all, I'd lost my children… my home… and my very body."

I cooled off slightly at hearing that- "And what? Now you suddenly have a reason to live?"

She now looked ready to fight- "Yes! I wasn't strong enough to save my family before! But in this world?" She stomped the ground and the concrete in a 50 meter radius cracked- "In this world I'll make sure I'm around to protect them!"

We were both not backing down as we stared straight at each other, red lightning crackled off of me and the air thrummed around her, we were seconds from coming to blows when-

"OI!" We were both covered in Aizawa's capture tool. I was way too rage filled and close to succumbing to my hatred to even notice he'd entered.

"What the hell do you two think you're doing?!" Aizawa was furious, his capture tool also wasn't effective on us at all, the red lightning coming off of me vaporized it on contact and whatever she was doing caused it to start degrading and turning to dust.

Aizawa POV

What the hell happened here?! I knew they'd be comparing their abilities but what the hell was this?! I'd just been coming over to kick the brats out when the ground shook hard enough I almost mistook it as an earthquake! If that wasn't bad enough they seemed a few seconds away from tearing each other to shreds!

I'd grabbed both of them and tried my quirk… but I didn't notice any changes on either of them! How is that possible! Big and spiky was still letting off lightning and short and mean was still letting off… whatever the hell that was!

"STOP RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR YOU'LL BOTH BE EXPELLED!" I just wanted a nap damnit!

That at least seems to have calmed them down a bit, I quickly tried to figure out why they were so pissed at each other- "What happened?"

Neither of them said anything for a bit, just stared at the other. Finally short and mean broke the stalemate- "We were simply sparring and got too into it."

"...You think I was born yesterday?" Big and spiky had a snicker hearing me say that.

"You know what? On second thought I don't care about your issues with each other, just don't try to kill one another like that explosive idiot!" If I can deal with Katsuki I can deal with them… or at least Mirko can deal with one of them… on second thought she might encourage it!

Alex POV

I was still angry, hell I was furious. Both at her for what she'd done and myself for actually understanding her reasoning.

I turned to Aizawa- "It won't happen again." …at school at least I mentally noted.

I didn't want to be anywhere near her currently, after Aizawa was done berating us for cutting into his nap time we were both allowed to leave.

Before we got too far apart she left me with some final parting words- "I have a new family here, I don't care if you try to fight me, but…" I felt an aura of the densest bloodlust surround me, thousands of times thicker than any fighting intent- "touch them… and I promise that this world and everyone on it will not survive!"

I for the most part froze as I felt her pure intent surround me, I managed to push slightly through the feeling to grind out a response- "Don't worry, I'm not like you."

She then left and I was able to move once again, I felt adaptation doing something though I wasn't sure what since I was too… emotionally compromised. I walked my way back to the apartment as it was getting dark.

The hell? I'd been walking past an alley when someone with a knife jumped out from behind a bin and started demanding my money… Are they insane?

I didn't panic in the slightest and got closer to them and let the knife reach my chest, the idiot tried to stab me only for it to bounce off. I casually leaned down and stared into his panicking face- "Wrong place, wrong time."