The End of a Nightmare, The Beginning of a Dream

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Leonidus ran back towards the farmhouse, "Bakugo-nii! Jiro-san! Momo! Please, you gotta wake up! There's a villain! Kasai-san! Please get up!"

Inside the farmhouse, Bakugo scowled in his sleep, his fingers trembled with anger. He burst out of the bedroom window as Leonidus was running up to the farmhouse.

"Alright! I'm fuckin' tired of sleeping! Where the hell's the villain at already?!" Bakugo shouted.

"Bakugo-nii! The villain's fused with the entire farmland! I'm not shitting you! The 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 Kasheak Farmland is the villain now!" Alyx relayed.

"Huh? The fuck!? That just means there more of him that I can destroy!" Bakugo cackled.

Bakugo landed down on the ground as the parasitic Quirk of Yume formed around the house in some spots.

"Shit! Come on, Bakugo-nii! We need to protect them!" Leonidus told him.

"Don't tell me what to do, damn it!" Bakugo fumed.

He stormed into the house as Leonidus flew up into the bedroom. He noticed that the format of the room was changed completely. Momo was still asleep on the bed as multiple appendages slowly rose up around her. Leonidus charged forward with an Overdrive Blade reeled back.

"𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦: 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦!" Leonidus thought.

One horizontal slice cut the appendages cleanly with ease. The appendages disintegrated as Alyx picked Momo up off the bed. More of Yume's parasitic appendages rose up from the floor. In the very middle of the farmland sat Yume, he was resting inside of a flesh pod made from his own Quirk.

"𝑯𝒎𝒑𝒉... 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒎𝒆... 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆! 𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒏!" Yume relished in thought.

Alyx sliced through more appendages as he kept a hold of Yaoyorozu. He narrowly dodged one as it skyrocketed towards him. He sliced downward as another one came towards him.

"𝘋-𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥! 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴! 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯!" Alyx thought.

In another room however, Jiro was fending off the appendages that tried to attack her. Try as she might, she wasn't quick enough to dodged one of them. It grabbed her by the neck and rose into the air. She screamed out in pain as the appendage tightened around her throat. All seemed lost, when suddenly, a flash of light hit Jiro's eyes from the now open window. A thunderous "KABOOM" followed afterwards as Kaminari entered the room, supercharged with his Quirk! It incinerated the appendage that held Jiro without leaving a mark on her.

"You'll pay... Indiscriminate Shock... 1.3 Million Volts... Godspeed!" He muttered.

He bolted around the room with peak precision, annihilating the surrounding appendages without any effort! He landed on the ground softly in front of Jiro.

"I meant what I promised you... Jiro-chan..." He continued.

Jiro stood still for a bit, stunned at Kaminari's display of power, she blinked a few times before smiling softly at him.

"Thank you, Kaminari-san." She smiled.

Kaminari didn't move an inch, Jiro raised one eye brow before poking his back with one of her Earphone Jacks.

"Uh... You alright, Kaminari?" She questioned.

Kaminari looked behind him with his fried brain look, "Heh heh... Whey! Yoo Hoo!"

In Leonidus' room, he blocked one of the appendages and sliced it in half. He took deep breaths as he stood in the middle of the room.

"Thunder... That must've been Kaminari! More people must be on their way here!" Leonidus exulted.

Downstairs, Kasai finally woke up, he stood in the middle of the former living room with a smile on his face.

"Well, what do you know, Great Grandfather was right! It looks as if the party started without me! Very well then, I guess I'll just make my presence known!" He declared.

He crossed his arms, his eyes lit up with flames as his hero suit became engulfed in them. A huge fiery explosion rocked the farmhouse and the surrounding area, covering about a half mile radius! Inside the flesh pod, Yume hacked up blood violently as he felt the effects of Kasai's Volcanic Release attack! The house and surrounding area were left completely intact with no damage whatsoever. However, it did cause Leonidus to lose his footing, crashing into one of the room walls with Yaoyorozu.

"H-Holy smokes! Was that Kasai-san? I've never felt that much pressure before!" Alyx remarked.

A fiery circle appeared in the middle of the room, Kasai Rengoku shot out of the the circle and landed down where it was.

"Young Leonidus! Glad to see you're doing well! Quite the situation we've got ourselves into, eh? That companion of yours, she doesn't seem to be waking up, something tells me her dream must be rather interesting!" Kasai grinned.

"Kasai-san... I mean Torch-san! I didn't think it would get this bad whatsoever! How are we supposed to defeat this guy?" Alyx replied.

"It seems as if this entire place is controlled by this villain, the Kasheak Farmland has a total of 40 people, there's a total of 9 homes here. I'll protect this one and the two houses nearby. You and the feral boy need to find the source of this villain's Quirk." Kasai ordered.

Alyx nodded at him, "Understood! I'll get right on it, Torch-san!"

"By the way, you can call me 'Kasai', Young Leonidus." He smiled.

In the blink of an eye, he zoomed out of the room, Leonidus was vastly impressed with his speed. He felt Momo's head lift off his shoulder, she looked up at him with confusion.

"A-Alyx...? What's going on?" Momo wearily asked.

"We're under attack by a villain, don't worry, we've got everything under control. It just so happens that the villain's fused with the entire farmland." Alyx explained.

"Good grief... Just when I thought that this was going to be an easy expedition." Momo sighed.

The two stood up and a door to their right opened, Jiro and Kaminari rushed inside the room.

"Hey! Kaminari-san, Jiro-san, you two stay here with Momo and help Kasai-san protect the family in this house. Me and Bakugo-nii are gonna go after Yume." Alyx instructed.

"Are you sure you don't want us to help?" Kaminari asked.

"We'll be okay, I'm sure Kasai-san will need more help defending the houses here than we will." He responded.

They nodded at Alyx and he hurried out of the room, "Bakugo! Where are you at?"

He heard Bakugo's laughing coming from outside of the Farmhouse. He kicked the door down to exit the house and saw Bakugo obliterating the appendages.

"Bakugo-nii! We need to-" Leonidus shouted.

"Shut it! Firepants already told me what we need to do! Let's go already, the growth gets larger if we head North!" Bakugo interrupted.

Alyx entered Mode One and the two boys took off towards Yume. Yume felt their oncoming presence and sent a horde of appendages towards them. Alyx looked behind him and noticed the dozens of parasitic appendages flying towards them.

"Bakugo-nii! Behind us!" Alyx yelled.

Bakugo's eyes widened as he looked behind him, Alyx held his both of his hands out as he flew backwards to fire off his Stardust Shoot beams. The beams cut right through the approaching appendages.

"Oi! I see the sack of shit up ahead! I'm gonna fuck this guy up!" Bakugo told Alyx.

The huge flesh pod pulsated as it was glowing red and dark blue from its veins. Bakugo charged straight in towards the pod with his hands outward.

"AP Shot!" He shouted.

The precise explosion slammed into Yume's pod, causing it to open to reveal Yume's weakpoint. Alyx rose into the sky, his arm encased with his Overdrive Blade, he held it up high before going down.

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦... 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦: 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳!" Leonidus thought.

He slammed his Overdrive Blade down hard on the weakpoint, an eruption of Overdrive lit up the surrounding area. Alyx smiled as he landed what he thought was a finishing move until a small appendage shot up and pierced his side.

"AMNESIA!" Bakugo screamed.

Bakugo quickly pulled the pin on his right grenade gauntlet and let out a hellish explosion! He rushed over to Leonidus' side as he fell to the ground, clutching his left side.

"Hey, are you alright?" He urgently asked.

"Y-Yeah... I'm... I'm okay. He didn't get the chance to pierce me all the way through." Alyx responded.

Bakugo helped Leonidus up to his feet, suddenly, the ground began to shake and rumble around them. The dense smoke cleared to reveal a hulking parasitic mass controlled by Yume. The look of pure terror was written all over Bakugo and Leonidus.

"Oooo... That look on both of your faces... It's so invigorating~! I wonder if you both will make it out of this alive?" Yume's voice echoed.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵... 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦...! 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘪-𝘴𝘢𝘯!" Leonidus thought.

"Let's go, Bakugo-nii!" Alyx shouted.

Taking deep breaths, Leonidus charged into the sky with dual Overdrive Blades, Bakugo followed suite behind Alyx. Leonidus slashed at the giant eye in the middle, Alyx glanced over to his right and saw a huge fist flying towards Katsuki. Alyx pushed Bakugo out of the way, taking the hit instead, the fist drove Leonidus straight into the ground. Bakugo threw one of his grenades right into the bleeding eye of Yume. Instead of exploding like Yume thought, it only billowed out smoke.

"What the...? I can't see anything! That brat..." Yume muttered.

As the smoke cleared up, Yume's giant eye looked into the sky to see Bakugo zooming towards him, spinning around in the air using his explosions!

"LET'S SEE HOW YA LIKE THIS ONE FREAK! HOWITZER IMPACT!!" He thundered.

Bakugo shot straight through Yume, as he did, Bakugo made eye contact with him inside the hulking mass as he passed through him. Bakugo landed down on the ground as Yume stood there, trembling as he slowly regenerated. Alyx coughed up blood as he slowly got up from the ground. He wiped the blood off of his face as he panted.

Leonidus looked up towards Yume, "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺... 𝘏-𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦! 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬-𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩! 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰-𝘯𝘪𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭! 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰-𝘯𝘪𝘪'𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯!"

"Hey, Bakugo-nii! I need you to make another opening for me again, hurry! Before he fully regenerates!" Alyx shouted to him.

Bakugo grinned as he stared down Yume, he darted into the air with insane speeds, be held out his left hand. He pulled the pin on his grenade gauntlet and let off an even bigger explosion than the one his former right gauntlet let off! It blew a hole open that exposed Yume completely! Alyx charged into the sky with an Overdrive Blade reeled backwards. As he took a deep breath inwards, flames spouted out of his mouth, Bakugo looked both astonished and confused. Alyx's right arm lit up in flames as he approached Yume. Time slowed around Yume, figuring this was his end, he closed his eyes as Leonidus approached.

"Yume, breakfast is ready!" His Mother called out.

He opened his eyes and found that he was resting in his bed as a much younger version of himself. He looked down at his hands and to the mirror in front of his bed.

"𝑯𝒐𝒘... 𝑨𝒎 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅? 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝑰 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍? 𝑾𝒉𝒚... 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?" Yume thought.

He got up from his bed but felt a presence behind him, he quickly turned around and saw Leonidus standing in front of his window.

"You... What's going on?" Yume questioned.

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Tanjiro Meets the Boy (Rui Motif)" from Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train)

"I've taken you to a place where you can finally be happy, Yume." He replied.

"But why? After everything I've done... Why have you given me a kind fate?" Yume wondered.

"Because the afterlife wouldn't treat you kindly, you might be a villain, but you still had a family of your own. Even though you said harsh things to me, I will never view villains as monsters, unless proven otherwise. Almost everyone deserves a peaceful slumber, one without pain or suffering, Yume. Not as a hero, but because of my own morals do I believe it wouldn't be right for you to not have that slumber." Alyx explained.

Yume's lip began to quiver as tears started to pour down his face, "T-Thank you... Thank you so much, Leonidus!"

"You showed me happiness in my dream, so I'll return the favor as well, Yume." He smiled.

Leonidus had his hand placed onto Yume's face instead of slashing his neck with his Overdrive Blade. A peaceful, pleasant look came across Yume's face as he began to disappear into the Seventh Plane. His eyes met with Leonidus' as he continued to smile at him.

"𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆... 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖... 𝑾𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔... 𝑵𝒐, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕... 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆... 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆... 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅... 𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆... 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒐... 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏." Yume thought.

Yume finally faded away along with the hulking mass that surrounded him. Alyx fell out of the sky, completely exhausted, Bakugo caught him in mid air as he landed on the ground with him.

"The hell was that?" Bakugo questioned.

"I... I used a technique... That sent him to... The Seventh Plane... B-But... It takes a lot out of me..." Alyx told him.

"And the whole flames coming out of your mouth shit?" Bakugo continued.

"H-Huh...? I-I'm... I'm not sure why... K-Kasai-san said something about my Hanafuda earring... It symbolized-" Alyx answered.

"You being a worthy Sun Breathing Style user, Young Leonidus. I'm rather surprised and impressed at what you just did! I'm sure I have some notes on it back at my headquarters. Are you alright, you look like you've both taken quite the beating." Kasai interrupted.

Bakugo simply scoffed and didn't say anything, Leonidus nodded his head at Kasai.

"I'm... Okay... Just a bit beaten up... Although, I c-can't really move. Is everyone else okay?" Leonidus responded.

"Yes, we've secured the civilians, they're all safe and secure. As for your friends and the other Pros, they're doing just fine as well." Kasai reassured him.

Suddenly, Leonidus and Kasai shot their heads backwards as they felt the air grow cold from someone's presence. There stood a man dressed in black, ripped up pants alongside a near skin-tight leather jacket.

"Ah, I see you've dealt with my little friend, Yume. I guess it's safe to say that he wasn't strong enough. But you interest me though, I don't think I would've ever seen my own brother get defeated in battle before, especially not by some kids. There's one thing I'd like to know, who are you?" The man spoke up.

"I'm the Fierce Flame Hero: Torch." Kasai replied.

The man cracked his neck, "Eh, Torch, huh? If we're using fake names you can call me... Hametsu!"

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬-𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵'𝘴! 𝘐... 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘪-𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵... 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺! 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦!" Alyx thought to himself.

"So, Torch, shall we get started?" Hametsu grinned.

Torch didn't say a single word to Hametsu, he charged forward and threw a fist at him, Hametsu caught it with an open palm. The two began to exchange quick blows to one another, expertly blocking them with full precision! Leonidus and Bakugo found it difficult to decipher who was coming out on top. They watched on in awe as the display of incredible speed and power continue.

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵? 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴! 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘉𝘶𝘵... 𝘈𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦." Bakugo thought.

Kasai and Hametsu clashed fists, "Amazing! Amazing! I'm surprised you're keeping up with me, this is incredible! I've never met someone who could match my pace!"

"And I'll make sure you won't meet another person that can!" Kasai retorted.

"Ho ho! Quite the declaration, Torch!" Hametsu laughed.

Hametsu dodged out of the way of Kasai's fiery uppercut as it sent flames spouting upwards. He hopped backwards from Kasai with a grin on his face, his hands began to glow bright orange and he launched a flurry of fists that flew towards Kasai. Kasai guarded himself as the orange fists approached him. They pelted against his arms and body with immense pressure, it caught Kasai off guard as he slid backwards. He quickly lowered his arms and ran towards Hametsu. He dodged Hametsu's swipe and drove his fist right into his stomach.

"𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦: 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘗𝘶𝘴𝘩!" Kasai thought.

Hametsu went flying into the ground as a pillar of fire burrowed him into it. Kasai kept his fist out as the pillar of flames exploded! As the smoke from the attack cleared, Hametsu was laid out in the impact crater. He coughed up blood as he began to slowly sit back up.

"T-That... I wasn't... Expecting." He muttered.

Kasai appeared right in front of Hametsu with glowing yellow and red eyes, "I won't allow anyone to die, because if I do, then I won't be able to live up to my expectations!"

"That's thoughtful, Torch..." Hametsu smirked.

Kasai's eyes widened as bright orange energy were glowing out the cracks of the ground. Hametsu's chest shot out a huge beam of energy that sent Kasai flying into the air. Kasai crashed into the ground hard as he rolled across the dirt. Hametsu zoomed across the farmland to deliver a huge kick to Kasai's stomach. He coughed up blood but grit his teeth through the pain, he grabbed Hametsu's leg and tossed him aside. Kasai got up to his feet, taking a moment to catch his breath, Hametsu spit blood on the ground then looked straight at Kasai. Bakugo and Leonidus were going to make a move but Kasai held his hand out.

"Stay back! That's an order! Don't you think about-" Kasai ordered.

A wave of energy went right through Kasai, but it didn't pierce him nor put a hole in him. He fell to one knee has he gasped for air.

"Kasai-san!" Alyx shouted.

"Hmph... I'm unsure why you took your eyes off me, Torch. Protecting those brats behind you I see? Perhaps I should just get them out of the way for you so you can focus!" Hametsu pondered.

Hametsu zoomed forward towards Bakugo and Leonidus with both of his fists reeled backwards. Before his fists made contact with the two of them, Kasai interjected, holding back both of Hametsu's fists.

"It'll be... A cold day in Hell... Before I let you hurt either of them!" Kasai fumed.

The flames around Kasai grew larger as his grip on Hametsu's fists intensified. Kasai reeled his head backwards to deliver a savage headbutt to Hametsu! The ground beneath Hametsu's feet cracked as Kasai's head impacted against his own. Kasai let go of Hametsu's hands before smashing his elbow into his jaw.

"Jet Burn Kick!" He yelled.

He jumped forward, spun around, then slammed his foot straight into Hametsu's neck. He sent him flying away and straight into an old grain silo, it crumbled on top of Hametsu. Kasai fell to one knee once more as he started to pant heavily, Alyx tried to move up off of the ground as he held his left side.

"K-Kasai-san... Are you...?" Leonidus asked.

"D-Don't strain yourself... Y-Young Leonidus... That wound... You'll make it worse." Kasai panted.

Kasai stumbled up to his feet as he felt at his stomach, "𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘴... 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦."

Hametsu pushed away a huge piece of the silo, blood dripped down his arms and head, he was breathing heavier than Kasai was! His head and arms slumped down as stumbled forward.

"Torch... I'm... Getting... Tired... Of this..." Hametsu mumbled.

Kasai stepped forward a bit as blood dripped down his face. He stood up straight as he firmly stared at Hametsu. Kasai closed his eyes and took a deep breath in before a flowing aura surrounded him. His eyes filled with the flame-like aura that surrounded him.

"I'm ending this, right now! I won't let you proceed with terrorizing this land any longer!" Kasai shouted.

"That aura... Your Quirk really is something else..." Hametsu smirked.

"𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦!" Kasai thought.

Kasai stood in his fighting stance with strengthened the flames around him. Hametsu's hands began to glow bright neon orange as he waited for Kasai to move.

"Ultimate Move... Fire God Pride!" He roared.

A huge pillar of fire erupted around Kasai as he charged forward to Hametsu, the pillar changed into a gigantic fiery lion as Hametsu rammed right into him, surrounding him with hellish flames. Kasai threw a strike at Hametsu which narrowly missed him. Hametsu grinned devilishly as he drove his fist right through Kasai's stomach.

"Nice try, Torch!" Hametsu cackled.

Suddenly, Kasai burst into flames, the real Kasai appeared behind Hametsu with his hand reeled backwards. He slammed his hand into the back of Hametsu's neck, knocking him clean into the ground, shattering it in the process. The fire soon cleared, Kasai stood there, breathing heavily and shakily. Heavy amounts of steam rose from his body as he stood with his arm outward. Leonidus gave a tired smile as he saw that Hametsu was defeated.

"H-He... Did it...!" He smiled.

Kasai managed to stumble over to Bakugo and Leonidus, he sat down on the ground with a bright smile on his face. Alyx rolled over onto his back as he slightly laughed out of joy. Kasai felt a hand on his shoulder, he looked behind him and saw a grinning Kyojuro.

"You did extraordinary, Grandson! You've made me proud." He told him.

A look of content fell over Kasai as he smiled softly, "Thank you, Grandfather. You saved me from dying, didn't you? Was that why I knew exactly what I needed to do?"

"Yes, you'd be correct. I want you to be a part of his life, teach him a thing or two, eh?Perhaps tell him more about Tanjiro as well. Good luck, Grandson, I'll be watching over you." Kyojuro smiled.

"Yes sir! I won't let you down!" Kasai nodded.

[Several Hours Later...]

*LEONIDUS P.O.V.*

Kasai ended up being in the same room as me when we got to the hospital. My left lung was actually pierced, which was why I found it extremely hard to breath and move.

"Kasai-san..." I spoke up.

"Hm? What is it, Young Leonidus?" He answered.

"I'm sorry that I wasn't strong enough to help you, Kasai-san." I told him.

Kasai waved my apology off, "You were strong enough to survive, that's all that matters to me. Taking control of the situation and fighting something like what you fought takes strength."

"Even if I didn't capture him? I used a move that sent him to a place that's exclusive to those with my Overdrive Quirk. I let him be with his family instead of capturing him or killing him." I wondered.

"That's noble of you, Young Leonidus. You chose a much peaceful resolution instead of ending it with more violence. I have something to ask you as well." He replied.

I looked over at him with a bit of a surprised look. What would Kasai want to ask me?

"Once you finish your Work-Study with Mirko-chan, would you be willing to allow me to teach you?" Kasai asked.

"O-Of course!" I exclaimed.

"Good! I've got quite a few things to teach you!" Kasai grinned.