Deadly Dreaming! Great Great Grandson of the Flame Hashira!

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I woke up in the hospital, everyone was around me and Momo was holding my hand.

"Leonidus-san! You're alive! Sweet!" Kaminari smiled with glee.

Right after, Kaminari got hit by Jiro with one of her earphone jacks.

"H-Hey... Guys!" I mustered a smile.

"We saw what happened on the news, we were really worried!" Sato responded.

"W-Wait... Mirko-san! I-Is she okay?" I wondered.

I shot up from the hospital bed, I didn't even notice my left arm, it looked horrible! It hurt like hell too! I guess using the full power of my Overdrive takes a toll on me.

"Who? Rabbit Lady? She's fine." Bakugo chimed in.

Wait, Bakugo was here? He was standing by the door, looking away from everyone else.

"Oh, thank you, Bakugo-san." I softly smiled.

I looked back down at my arm, it was dark purple and weird looking. It kinda looked like some sort of weird infection.

"We're just glad you're okay, Alyx!" Momo hugged me.

"Thank you, everyone, I really appreciate it," I grinned, "Alright! Let's get outta here!"

I started to get up from my hospital bed and everyone put me back in it.

"W-Woah, you guys do know I can heal myself, right?" I chuckled.

"Yeah, but you need to learn when to rest, Leonidus-san! Just rest up, you've done more than enough to deserve it." Iida told me.

I crossed my arms and puffed my cheeks out, "Oh, alright! I guess I can stay..."

After a bit, everyone slowly left except for Momo, she still sat by me with her hand in mine.

"I'm glad you're okay, Alyx. Was that villain the one who killed your Father?" Momo wondered.

"He was, I guess Shigaraki couldn't get to him before he did. Although I don't feel good about what I did, my Father most likely would've wanted me to avenge him, but I still feel as if having hatred against him wouldn't be right." I replied.

Momo cupped her hand around my face, "It's alright to hold hatred against someone as long as it doesn't become a part of you. Someone like Black-Heart, a person that vile and evil, they shouldn't be given mercy."

[Several Days Later...]

After I got out of the hospital, I went back to working with Mirko, I was interested to see what we had in store next!

"Heya, Leonidus, glad to see you're doing better! We've got quite the work cut out for us today. I've been helpin' out Fierce Flame Hero: Torch with a bit of an investigation." Mirko told me.

"Fierce Flame Hero: Torch? Who's that?" I asked.

"His real name is Kasai Rengoku, he's one helluva fighter! I'm sure he'd take up a likin' with you." Mirko grinned.

"Are we heading out now?" I eagerly wondered.

"Ha! Can never dull the spirit outta you, eh? That's a damn good trait to have! We're heading out now, yeah." Mirko responded.

"Okay! I'll go change into my hero costume then!" I nodded.

[25 Minutes Later...]

We arrived at Torch's agency, it was a rather interesting looking building to say the least, it was colored a wild mixture of reds, oranges, and yellows. We entered the building, walked up a flight of stairs then entered a room with a singular desk.

"Ah! Mirko-chan! There you are!" Torch beamed.

"Think I'd be late or somethin'? I brought along that kid I told you about, ya know, the one doin' those work studies or whatever they are with me?" Mirko chuckled.

I stood at Mirko's side and got a good look at Torch. He had some rather interesting looking eyebrows, not to mention his eyes were colored somewhat like fire! His face was beaming with positivity and brightness. I bowed before introducing myself.

"Yes! My name is Leonidus, it's a pleasure to meet you, Torch-san!" I bubbled.

I looked up after being in silence for a few seconds, he was right up close to me, it kind of startled the hell out of me!

"Hmm... You look awfully familiar, hang on a second." He told me.

He moved back behind his desk and pulled a drawer out. He quickly looked through it and held a photograph up. A smile came across his face as his eyes adjusted towards me after looking at the photo.

"Without a doubt, you're definitely his descendant. I'd be glad to have him aboard!" Torch grinned.

"Huh? 'His descendant'? What do you mean by that?" I wondered.

He handed me the photograph, "You, Young Leonidus, are apart of the Kamado Line. I already seen it as soon as you walked in, that man in the middle there? He's your Great Grandfather! I'm sure he would've loved to meet you, both of you have a lot in common, that much I can tell."

The man in the middle of the photograph, even just by looking at this picture, his eyes were holding the most kindness that I've ever seen. I can definitely see the resemblances between him and me, that's for sure!

"That man fought with my Great Grandfather, Kyojuro Rengoku, many years ago! It must've been their wishes that brought us together!" Torch continued.

"I guess so! But Torch-san, I've already met him." I responded.

Both Mirko and Torch looked at me with intrigue, "Eh? You've met 'em? When?"

"It was after my Father was killed. Him and I'm going to assume his sister talked to me about it. He also gave me this earring I'm wearing, although I don't know too much about it's origins." I explained further.

"Ah, I don't know why I didn't notice before! That earring is called a 'Hanafuda', it symbolizes those who are Sun Breathing Style warriors. They're also passed down from generation to generation. I'm assuming your Father was supposed to give you them." Torch replied.

"Oh... I see. I wonder when I'll get the other one?" I pondered.

Mirko looked down at the picture, "Yeah? Well, anyways, about the mission... We'll be workin' with a couple of other Pro Heroes alongside their trainees to monitor the Kasheak Farmland, they've been bitchin' about some disturbances going on around the area."

"Yes, we'll be heading out now! We've got no time to waste!" Torch announced.

[35 Minutes Later...]

"So did we really have to take a helicopter?" I shouted.

"Yep! That's how we can get there easier! Not to mention it's discrete!" Torch smiled.

Discrete...? I wouldn't call a helicopter discrete by any stretch of the means! We landed down on the outskirts of the farmland, we quickly hopped out of the helicopter and Torch gave a thumbs up to the pilot to take off. He turned back to us and nodded.

"Alright! Let's get going!" He grinned.

We slowly made our way towards the main farmhouse, I felt this feeling of unease in the air. Torch knocked on the door but got no answer from the inside. The door slowly opened and a small boy poked his head out from around the door.

"H-Hello?" He stuttered.

"Hi! We're Pro Heroes here to help!" Torch bubbled.

"Oh! Mama just let some more inside! You can come in!" The boy smiled back.

We all walked inside of the house, "Mama told 3 kids to head upstairs, we have beds up there that they can sleep in."

I nodded at the child before going upstairs myself. I guess I'll be seeing who I'll be working with! I knocked on the door before entering the room, a wide smile came across my face as I saw the three of them.

"Momo!" I exclaimed.

I zoomed over and gave her a big hug. I lifted her off the ground as I hugged her with glee.

"G-Goodness! It's wonderful to see you too, darling!" She giggled.

I opened my eyes and shifted them over to Bakugo, I intensely smiled at him as he glared at me. In the blink of an eye, I gave him a hug as well.

Bakugo tried to break out of my hug, "G-God... Damn it... Amnesia! Get... The hell... Off me!"

Jiro stood with her arms crossed, she sighed and slightly smiled at me before putting her arms out.

"Alright, fine, come here." She spoke up.

I darted over to her and gave her a hug, "Friends! I didn't think you guys were gonna be here!"

"I'm assuming you came here with rabbit lady and that other guy, right?" Bakugo questioned.

"Yeah, apparently there's something going down here, but I'm not entirely sure what. The air is uneasy around here, that's for sure." I confirmed.

"Dope, sounds like we'll be in for a ride then. I seriously hope that this isn't anything like what I heard about the Shie Hassaikai Raid." Jiro sighed.

I flopped down onto one of the beds, "I'm sure it'll be okay. I don't know if this'll top my fight with Black-Heart, I'm sure this disturbance is something simple."

"Hmph, nothing we gotta worry about since I'm here. I'll fucking kill whoever decides to poke their head out at us." Bakugo smirked.

Mirko poked her head into the room, "Hey ki-"

Bakugo sat up and shot out a quick AP Shot towards the doorway, it missed Mirko's head but singed a small bit of her hair.

"Ha! Nice one kid! But I came in to tell you that you all can go ahead and rest up. We'll be keeping watch, once night comes I'm sure whoever the hell's doin' this shit'll pop out." Mirko informed us.

"Alright, thank you, Mirko-san!" I smiled.

"Oh, one more thing, they've got some clothes for you all to sleep in as well. Ya'll have a good rest!" Mirko responded.

She shut the door as we all looked at Bakugo. I wasn't going to put those clothes on just in case a villain showed up. Momo climbed into the bed next to mine, as soon as my head hit the pillow, I surprisingly passed out. I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock after a while, I opened my eyes and found myself looking up at a ceiling fan. I sat up and noticed that I wasn't even in the bedroom with Bakugo, Jiro and Momo. This was... My room in Nevada. My bedroom door opened and my Dad walked in.

"Hey, I was just about to wake you up, Mom's made breakfast for us!" Dad told me.

I felt myself begin to tear up as I quickly jumped out of my bed, I hugged him as I cried profusely.

*THIRD PERSON*

Outside of the farmhouse on top of a hill stood a man dressed in a dark overcoat alongside an eyepatch on his left eye.

"Good... They've all fallen asleep, wonderful... Now I can go in for the kill...!" He lightly cackled.

He slowly descended the hill towards the farmhouse. Meanwhile, Bakugo was snoring away contently in his bed.

"GRAAAAAAHHH!" He shouted.

In his dream, he was blowing up hundreds and hundreds of Izuku Midoriyas! He cackled intently as he continued his explosive spree.

"HA HA!! DIE SHITTY NERD! HOW FUCKING DARE YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME!" He grinned deviously.

He stopped in his tracks as the whole world around him seemingly began to shake. An overcasting shadow loomed over him, he slowly turned around and saw a gigantic Izuku standing over him. He licked his lips with delight as he kept his wild smile on his face.

"Oh hell yeah! I'm gonna fucking mess you up real good!" He boasted.

Bakugo lightly laughed in his sleep and he rolled around in his bed. Momo had a hold of Leonidus' hand as she smiled in her sleep. In her dream, she sat on a throne of gold next to Leonidus as Mineta waved a fan over her.

"Darling, when shall the other servants arrive? I'm growing rather bored of this mundane tapestry, it's growing to be quite the eyesore." Momo huffed.

"I'm sure they'll arrive soon, my love. I do have to agree with you, I would change the look of this room in a heartbeat! Those pieces of furniture they gifted us look rather horrendous in here!" Leonidus answered.

Mineta scurried over to Alyx before slipping and falling on his face. Leonidus and Yaoyorozu couldn't help but laugh at his mistake.

"Goodness! If I would've known better, we would've made you the Court Jester instead of the fan-bearer!" Momo laughed.

"Lord Creati! Lord Leonidus! A man and a woman have arrived for the both of you!" Kirishima announced.

"Ah, thank you, Eijiro. Allow them in." Momo smiled.

Kirishima opened the door, allowing Ojiro and Hagakure to enter the throne room. Both Leonidus and Yaoyorozu smiled at them.

"Why hello, it's a pleasure to see you! Please, state your business." Alyx bubbled.

"W-We've got a bit of a problem, your majesties, it's a... Uh... We're having a bit of trouble with some thugs who are trying to force their way onto our land." Ojiro told them.

Momo slightly chuckled as she put her hand up to her face, "Oh heavens, I'm assuming you're on the outskirts of the Musutafu District? We'll have them executed at once!"

As she slept, Momo held her smile as she subconsciously rubbed her thumb on the top of Alyx's hand. Jiro awoke in the Class A classroom, she looked around to notice that everyone was sitting in their desks, taking a test.

"𝘏𝘶𝘩... 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘰, 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘺𝘹? 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭." Jiro thought to herself.

She picked up her pencil and begun to take the test. Meanwhile, back in Leonidus' dream, he sat with his family feeling a genuine wholeness once again.

"Some dream you must've had, sweetheart. You were asleep for quite some time, you passed out around 7 last night!" Marie informed him.

"Yeah, it was! I'm just glad that none of that stuff actually happened. Although, the people I met were really nice. Are you sure we aren't going to Japan, Dad?" Alyx agreed.

"No, we aren't, I'm not sure who told you that one." Darren chuckled.

Kariya scratched his head with confusion, "You said I left for Japan too? Seriously? Then I fought you as some sort of villain? That's... Definitely a strange dream."

"Yeaaaah, that's one hel- I mean heck of a dream!" Annie quickly replied.

Marie glared over at her daughter but resumed her positive face as she corrected her near slip up. As the Leonidus' finished up their breakfast, Alyx went upstairs to his bedroom to look around his room.

"𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴... 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭." Leonidus thought.

On his desk resided his Hanafuda Earring, he glanced over at his desk but saw nothing besides what was originally there, his Manga alongside his notebooks and lamp.

"Huh... I guess I'm seeing things. What was that?" Alyx muttered.

Alyx shook it off as he went to grab one of his Manga from the shelf he had. Downstairs in the farmhouse, Kasai was asleep in a chair with a scouting report open in front of him. He awoke to the sounds of a bell chime, after a few chimes, the sound had stopped.

"Hm? Wasn't I...?" He questioned.

His train of thought was interrupted when the sliding door behind him opened up. He turned around to see a bright, smiling face standing behind him.

"Great Grandfather? But... How?" Kasai wondered.

"It seems as if you've fallen underneath a spell of sorts. Nonetheless, I'm glad to see you, Kasai Rengoku." Kyojuro smiled.

"A dream? I guess that would make sense, could I possibly ask you a question however?" He asked.

Kyojuro nodded at him, "Of course! What would you like to know?"

"That boy, Alyx Leonidus, is he truly a Kamado?" Kasai responded.

"Indeed he is, Tanjiro Kamado is in fact his Great Great Grandfather, although many 'Greats' follow after the two. Tanjiro was an incredible swordsman, not to mention the heart of gold he carried within him. It seems as if that trait carried onto Leonidus." Kyojuro confirmed.

"Okay, thank you, I'll protect him with my life. I'm assuming you did the same as well?" Kasai nodded.

"As the Flame Hashira, it was my duty not only to protect the younger Demon Slayers, but the civilians of whatever place I was stationed at as well. I died fulfilling my promise that I made to my Mother, and Tanjiro alongside his sister and friends were kept safe." Rengoku continued.

Kasai looked down at his hands as flames slightly sparked from them.

"I see..." He muttered.

In Leonidus' dream, he finished washing his face, he grabbed a towel to dry his face off. As he looked up into the mirror, he saw himself in his hero costume with his hands pressed against the other side.

"Wake up! Wake up damn it!" He shouted.

The glass shattered and Leonidus was pulled into the mirror, the two floated in the nothingness as the real Leonidus pulled on Alyx's shirt.

"Please, you have to wake up! You're being attacked by a villain! This is all just a mirage! It's just a dream! So please! Wake up! Fight this, Alyx! Fight it!" He urgently demanded.

"𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘐... 𝘕𝘰... 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵... 𝘐'𝘮... 𝘐'𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘰-𝘴𝘢𝘯!" He remembered.

"Fight it! Please for the love of God, wake up and fight!" Alyx shouted to him.

Alyx closed his eyes and shot up out of his bed. He looked over towards his bedroom door.

"This is all... Just a dream. How do I get out of here? What do I need to do?" Alyx wondered.

He quickly shot up out of his bed to reveal that he was wearing his hero costume. He burst out of his room and down to the front door.

"Alyx? What are you wearing?" Annie questioned.

His family sat in the living room as Alyx looked at them with sorrow in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I have to go." He replied.

He hurried out of his front door and out onto the empty street. His family got up and followed after him.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦?! 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?!" Leonidus thought.

He ran down the street, occasionally stopping to look for anything suspicious before moving forward. As he made one more stop, he felt someone place their hand on his shoulder, he quickly turned around and his eyes widened slightly.

"Aly? Whatcha doing? Also, what are you wearing? I mean, it does look cute on you." Laura questioned.

His family finally caught up with him as well, "Alyx! Why'd you run off like that?"

He stayed silent for a bit as he took a shaky breath in, he walked a couple feet away from them as he looked up to the sky.

"If only... If only I could stay here for the rest of my life." He lamented quietly.

"𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥... 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦... 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦... 𝘏𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰." Alyx thought to himself.

He took a deep breath in before beginning to run again, "𝘉𝘶𝘵... 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩...? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦! 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵!"

He ran deeper into the urban streets of Nevada as they sat there and watched. Laura and his family soon faded away as he got farther and farther from them. Alyx found himself lost in the middle of an empty town square.

"What do I do? Where do I even go to get out of this dream?" He wondered.

A gust of wind blew right through him, the silhouette of Tanjiro Kamado appeared in front of him. He saw him get down on one knee with his blade and cut his head clean off!

"This has happened to him too? But... I don't have a sword, unless..." Leonidus muttered.

He looked at his right hand, his finger tips began to glow, he started to sweat as he realized exactly what he had to do.

"In order for me to wake up I... I have to... Shoot myself in the head with a Stardust Shoot beam!" He concluded.

He got down on one knee before placing a single finger on his right temple. His breathing started to quicken as he prepared himself.

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!" He screamed.

He let off a Stardust Shoot beam, Alyx shot up screaming out of the bed he slept in inside the farmhouse. He clutched his right temple to make sure there wasn't any damage. He quickly got up and placed his hands on Yaoyorozu's shoulders.

"Momo! Please, wake up! You need to get up!" He pleaded.

He looked across the room, "Bakugo! Jiro! Please!"

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get them to wake up. He quickly left the room and bolted downstairs to notice that everyone else was fast asleep.

"𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘵... 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧!" Leonidus thought to himself.

Alyx ran outside and hopped off the porch, he looked around for the villain but couldn't find them anywhere! A mass grew behind him, reared back, and shot towards the back of Leonidus' head. He instinctively dodged out of the way as he sliced it with an Overdrive Blade. It withered away as the tall corn stalks in front of Leonidus all blew to the ground.

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Confronting Enmu ~ Constant Flux" from Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train)

"Hmm... You've managed to awaken? That's rather impressive. I wonder however... How is it that you're awake? I'd love to know~!" He smiled.

Leonidus stayed silent as he stood ready to fight. The man chuckled to himself as he shook his head.

"The strong, silent type? It's a pleasure to meet you, Leonidus! I'm Yume, I'm sure we'll be the best of friends~... Did you enjoy your dream, by the way? I couldn't help but tear up a bit when you ran away from your loved ones." He continued.

"Don't you dare bring them into this, got that? I suggest you leave. Now." Alyx retorted.

The parasitic appendages rose to Yume's side, "Leave? That's rather bold of you to declare, child."

Yume's eyes looked over towards Alyx's left ear, his eyes slightly widened as he saw the Hanafuda Earring he wore. His memories flashed back to a previous life he lived, seeing Tanjiro in Leonidus' place.

"𝑺𝒐, 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑰𝑺 𝒚𝒐𝒖... 𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒐..." Yume thought.

He launched his parasitic appendages towards Leonidus, he quickly cut them down using his Overdrive Blade arms. He darted towards Yume and slashed at him, but he was fast enough to dodge Leonidus' attack. Alyx turned around and saw Yume's hand extended out in front of him.

"Sleep now, child!" He shouted.

An intoxicating wave washed over Leonidus, he fell back a bit before quickly regaining consciousness, zooming towards Yume with his arm reeled back as he slashed through another appendage. Yume looked stunned at how fast Leonidus had recovered from his Quirk.

"𝑵𝒐... 𝑯-𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈... 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒚... 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆... 𝑵𝒐... 𝑵𝒐, 𝒏𝒐, 𝒏𝒐! 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏! 𝑰 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈!" Yume urgently thought.

Yume ducked, dodged, and jumped over Alyx's attacks, he held his hand out once more and put Leonidus to sleep. This time, he made sure to have Leonidus be strapped down in his dream instead.

"Ha ha! Not so fast, not so fast, Kamado~! Now... Allow me to-" Yume laughed.

Alyx regain consciousness once more and sliced off both of Yume's hands. The parasitic appendages instantly replaced them and pushed Yume away from Leonidus. He continued to put Leonidus to sleep but he kept pushing forward! Each and every time Yume put him to sleep, he kept popping right back up!

Yume's arm was slashed by Alyx as he put him to sleep once more, "𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑?! 𝑯𝒐𝒘?! 𝑯𝑶𝑾!?!? 𝑵𝒐... 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒅... 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒘! 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒐... 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒔... 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔! 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒉𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐!"

Yume pushed Leonidus backwards into the ground with an appendage. Leonidus cut the appendage off and rebounded back to Yume.

"𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱! 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱! 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴... 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯... 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸!" Leonidus thought.

Alyx cut through an onslaught of appendages as Yume desperately tried to keep Leonidus away from him. He blocked one of Leonidus' slashes before placing his hand out once more. He laughed at Alyx once more as he kept put his hand out.

"You're an embarrassment, just like your Father!" He grinned.

Alyx scowled out of pure rage from this comment, seething with anger, Yume's Quirk didn't put him to sleep!

"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE TALK DOWN ON HIM! HE'S BETTER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE, YUME! YOU GOT THAT ASSHOLE?! NEVER INSULT... MY FUCKING... FAMILY!!" Alyx screamed.

Leonidus burst through a parasitic wall that Yume put up, he crossed both of his arms and unleashed a thunderous cross blow of Overdrive that discombobulated Yume completely! The sheer force and unrelenting power of Leonidus' attack had killed Yume on contact! Yume laid on the ground, completely lifeless, Alyx stood still as he stared at Yume's body.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵." Alyx thought.

He turned around to head back to the farmhouse, "I applaud you... Kamado..."

Alyx quickly turned around and saw Yume's body dissolve into the ground, he became a hulking parasitic mass, it formed around his body with his head still visible.

"I took precautions just in case I lost... I remember everything so clearly now... You 𝘈𝘙𝘌 related to him, aren't you? That look on your face... It's intoxicating!" He bubbled.

"N-No way..." Alyx muttered.

"I bet your thinking how I'm still alive after that flashy attack of yours? It's rather simple, I've been here for the past week and all I've been doing... Is fusing my subconscious and conscious being into the entirety of this farmland! Every last inch of this place is my body, mind, and soul! There's 40 people living on this land, do you think you can save all of them on your own?" He boasted.

Yume sunk into the ground and left Leonidus standing there, trying to figure out what to do. Could he defeat Yume on his own now?