Chapter 119: The Coming of the Guards

"You seem like you're in a good mood today Izuku." Ochaco pointed out, as the two of them walked through the house's halls, down to the first floor.

"Am I? Well, I guess that makes sense." Izuku admitted, with a big smile on his face. "Sori was discharged from the hospital, and Sai got all of her things together, both of them are coming in today. So I finally have some security besides the Grimm and you guys. Um, no offense to you guys of course."

"None taken. After seeing what Sori did to the Grimm, it puts into perspective how much progress we still have to make to get anywhere near that level." Ochaco looked down, and suddenly her smile became a bit strained.

Izuku's own smile dipped, as he knew exactly what she was feeling. The feeling of inadequacy.

He smiled at her. "Well, you're going to be far stronger than her one day. So don't worry. You'll get there."

That did make Ochaco feel better for a moment, and she smiled back at him before she recalled something.

Then you're going to become the number 1 hero. Because you'll be able to do those things faster, and better than everyone else.

Ochaco couldn't help but remember Yonda's words when she heard Izuku say that.

The way he said she'd get stronger than Sori, it was more like a forgone conclusion. She had One for All, for she was it wasn't really a question if she could get stronger than her.

Because no matter how much Sori worked, or trained, she'd never reach the output of One for All.

And she couldn't help but feel a bit bad.

But she quickly shook her head, ridding herself of those thoughts. Right now was not the time to be thinking about that. She didn't want to ruin Izuku's mood after all.

"Right, thanks." Ochaco smiled back at him.

"Alright, hopefully when they get here, things will calm down in terms of unwanted violence," Izuku said.

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"What…what on earth happened?!" Izuku shouted in shock, as he stared at the scene in front of him.

Izuku was on the path that headed towards the facility, and in front of him was just a burnt battleground, covered in craters and fire.

And in the middle of it all, was Sori standing over Sai with a foot on her throat. The two of them were covered in cuts, burns, and bruises, their clothes torn and dirtied.

"Oh hey, boss!" Sori finally noticed Izuku's presence and gave him a big grin. "Sori here, reporting for duty!"

"Is that seriously the first thing your going to say to him after all this?" Sai groaned as she attempted to push Sori off of her. "And would you please remove your foot from my throat?"

Izuku facepalmed, as Sori moved off of Sai, and Sai got off the ground and dusted off her suit. "Please just…what happened?"

"Oh, funny story." Sori started, getting ready to explain everything. "Ya see-"

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A little less than an hour ago, Sai was walking down the main path towards the facility, with her bag full of her belongings in hand.

She didn't have much. The H.P.S.C. made sure of that, but at least that meant she didn't have to deal with moving a bunch of bags around.

As she was walking down the dirt road, she stopped, and her eyes narrowed. Something's approaching me.

Sai then opened a gate behind her, and a blunt sword flew out of it, just in time as Sori had lunged at her from behind, and was about to grab her, but the sword hit her in the chin and caused her to go fly back.

"Ow! Shit!" Sori said as she rolled backward, landing on her toes. "Damn that hurt."

Sai didn't give her time to recover, and Sori became surrounded by portals, from every angle, with the tips of swords jutting out of them threateningly.

"Oh wow, that's a pretty neat quirk you got there," Sori said, looking around at the swords.

"Who are you, and what is your business with me?" Sai asked her in a harsh and strict tone, delivering an intense glare towards the cat girl.

"Well ya see, I'm this place's guard. So it's kinda my job to stop suspicious people from just walking up the house." Sori explained casually, not at all phased by the weapons surrounding her.

"Wait. You're the other guard Midoriya hired." Sai realized as she recalled Izuku talking about Sori during their meeting. "Your name is Sori if I recall."

"Oh, so you're my partner! Sword girl!" Sori said, realizing her mistake. "Would ya look at that? Damn, I need to stop instantly attacking things in this place. Always end up doing something I shouldn't."

"You should probably stop instantly attacking people in general," Sai told her, deactivating her quirk.

"Hey, I didn't say we were done fighting!" Sori frowned, getting into a lunging stance.

Sai just gave her a bewildered look. "I…What?"

"I wanna know just how capable my partner is," Sori explained with a savage grin on her face, her tail moving side to side in anticipation. "Also, I've been stuck in the hospital for like a month, and now I finally get the chance to fight someone strong? No way in hell am I letting a chance like this go! Now get ready!"

Sai took a quick look at Sori and knew she wasn't gonna back down. "Fine. But you're taking responsibility for this!"

"Here we go!" Sori lunged at Sai, moving at speeds her opponent had no hope of reacting to.

Fortunately, she didn't have to.

KABOOM!

Suddenly a massive explosion erupted from the ground, hitting both of them and knocking them both back.

Sai knew she couldn't keep up with Sori's speed. And at the distance the two were at, she'd need to do something drastic, otherwise, she'd lose instantly.

So she created a portal underground and shot an explosive sword out of it.

"Agh!" Sori was launched back and sent rolling across the dirt.

Meanwhile, Sai was also sent flying back, but since she was prepared for the explosion, she was able to flip back and land on all fours.

The former hero didn't give Sori any time to rest and created more portals in front of her.

Sori jumped backward, and as the swords shot out of her, she curled into a ball mid-air, dodging the first set of swords before falling back and landing on her feet, before dashing forward.

Sai shot out more swords at her, but Sai jumped over them, leaping into the air before she started hurtling down at Sai.

But Sai opened up portals behind and in front of Sori as she was falling, and shot out lots of swords at her from both sides.

In response, when the swords got close, Sori spun around and kicked away most of the swords coming at her, and grabbed two of the others.

But that was only a distraction, the swords coming directly at her weren't the threat, no. It was the swords around her that were the threat.

Because those swords hit each other, and then-

KABOOM!

They detonated, creating a massive explosion that engulfed Sori completely.

"AGHHH!" Sori was spat out of the black cloud that was created from the explosion, hitting the ground close to Sai, before rolling across it behind her.

She quickly used her claws to dig into the dirt, to regain her footing and stop herself from moving much further.

However, the moment she stopped, Sai surrounded her with portals, with blades aimed at her from all angles.

"Ready to give up?" Sai asked her sternly.

Sori stood up and cracked her neck before giving her a huge grin. "Not on your life. I'm just getting warmed up."

"Very well." Sai acknowledged her resolve. "Be ready."

And then the swords closed in on Sori.

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"And after that things got out of hand." Sai sighed, shaking her head in shame.

"Whaddya talking about that was awesome!" Sori argued enthusiastically.

"I apologize for the mess sir." Sai gave Izuku a bow. "I shouldn't have allowed things to progress this far."

"It's fine." Izuku shook his head and sighed, as he tried to look on the bright side. "At least now you know each other's capabilities. That's a plus I guess."

"That's it, boss! Just keep looking up!" Sori said, walking up to Izuku and patting him on the back. "Now let's get going! I wanna grab some grub!"

Sai was about to admonish her for her lack of grace or tact, but she was cut off when her stomach started growling.

GRRRRRRRRRRR.

The former hero's face instantly went red, and she turned to Izuku with her head held low. "I would…also appreciate it if we could get something to eat. Please."

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After a short trip to the facility, they finally reached the front gate of the house.

"Alright, I already have some food ready for the two of you," Izuku told them, as he opened the gate using his phone. "We can just go inside and-"

Before Izuku could finish his sentence two things happened.

First was that Sori jumped backward, third was that Sai grabbed Izuku and pushed him behind her, and third was that Kiba crashed into the ground where Sori had been standing.

"Nice try-wait! Lady Kiba!" Sori gasped when she realized who had been attacking her, and her eyes sparkled with amazement.

"Indeed! It is I! Kiba!" Kiba announced, holding her head up high and putting her hands on her hips. "The great and powerful queen of eternal darkness! And you are one of my minions correct?"

"Of course Lady Kiba! I've come to serve you and the Midoriya Clan as well as I can!" Sori shouted enthusiastically. "By beating the crap out of any idiots who'd wanna punch ya."

Kiba nodded. "Good, good. However, I can't simply ignore that you broke onto the grounds of my fortress, killed several of my monsters, destroyed my property, and scared my siblings and Caretaker."

Sori winced and rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah. Not my brightest moment."

"And since you are one of my subjects it falls to me to punish you for your misbehavior." Kiba punched her palm and stared down Sori with a vicious grin on her face. "Now prepare yourself for a queen's punishment."

However before the fight could start, Kiba turned to Izuku. "I apologize for the scare Caretaker, I hope you don't mind me sparing with our new guard."

"I don't but next time, don't come crashing from the sky," Izuku told her, before looking at Sori sternly. "And Sori, no using your claws. I don't want my daughter bleeding all over the lawn."

"Got it, sir!" Sori said, giving him a thumbs up.

"Alright, you two have fun," Izuku told them.

And that's when the fight really started.

Kiba did a lightning-fast jump kick, launching herself at Sori's face, only for the feline woman to duck backward, and as Kiba sailed over her, Sori grabbed the back of her dress.

She quickly stood up and started spinning around, before tossing Kiba into the forest and leaping after her.

"Is this truly a wise decision?" Sai asked, sounding a bit concerned.

"Honestly, Sori's fight with you was proof enough that she can hold back in a fight. After all, to have a few injuries as you do despite having no enhanced durability has to say something." Izuku said.

"Tch." Sai looked away in embarrassment.

"Alright, I'll send one of the U.A. students to go watch over them, for now, let's got get you something to eat," Izuku told her.

And then Sai perked up. "A-At once sir."