Leonidus' Flames of Hatred! Relaxing Wisteria

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Black and red smoke surrounded Leonidus' body. His entire body trembled out of anger but his face made no expression. He stared Mongrel and Geten down, his icy stare matched the coldness of Geten's own Quirk. His pupils faded, leaving him looking as if he was a husk, as his Rage Quirk began to activate. Six Rage arms shot out of Leonidus' back, one of which slammed right into Mongrel, easily dispatching the villain. Leonidus held onto Yaoyorozu with one of his Rage arms as he darted towards Geten. The walls of ice were no match for Leonidus' valiant charge forward, he smashed through each one, causing Geten to raise an ice platform higher. He fired off shards of ice at Alyx, but they melted as soon as they got near him.

"W-WHAT?! YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!" He roared.

Geten reeled both his hands back and fired a barrage of ice at Leonidus, Alyx acted quickly, tossing Yaoyorozu into his arms. While holding her tightly, he spun around, drilling through the narrowing ice that Geten formed around him. Geten applied more pressure, but as his ice sped up, so did Leonidus. Yaoyorozu slowly felt herself start to thaw out. She looked at Leonidus' face, his was poised, emotionless, almost as if he's been doing this as a Pro Hero for 20 years. The look was almost frightening! He got closer to Geten, slamming two Rage arms into him. Geten bounced off the floor and bashed into an icy wall, Leonidus rammed right into him, sending them crashing out of the fortress of ice. He grabbed Geten with a Rage arm and sent him crashing into the ground below. Luckily, Geten quickly recovered by manipulating the ice, sending him flying into the air instead.

Leonidus charged into the air after he dropped off Momo. He got up close to Geten and grabbed him with all six of his Rage arms. His eyes ignited, seething with malice, as he slammed Geten into the ice fortress.

"Nikushimi no Honō." Alyx muttered.

Red and Black smoke surrounded Geten, he began to cry out in agony as he felt an intense burning sensation on his skin. The wall of ice began to melt behind him, Leonidus charged through, slamming him into each wall, then making those walls melt.

"P-Please! It hurts... It hurts!!" Geten pleaded.

Leonidus felt Geten's heartbeat quicken, He swung Geten around with his Rage arms, sending him through wall after wall. The ice fortress began to shake and crumble apart. Leonidus threw Geten down in front of him, drew his Rage arms out to the front of him and burst them outward. The fortress spread out into the sky. Geten laid there, battered and bloodied, as Leonidus' Rage arms began to flow with the wind. Kirishima, Momo, Kaminari and Sero ran up to him.

"D-Dude, that was awesome!" Kirishima beamed.

Leonidus didn't say a single word, his Rage Quirk deactivated, Momo stepped forward. She was still wrapped in his cape, thankfully, she was ridden of her frostbite. Leonidus gently held his hand out to the side of him, Yaoyorozu looked down at the cape that was around her. She handed it to him, Leonidus put it on, then looked back at the others. He turned his head back and started walking towards the dorms. It was the first time they truly seen him since he was brought home by Mirio, Nejire, and Amajiki. Would this be the one and only time?

[Later That Night...]

*LEONIDUS' P.O.V.*

I knocked on Momo's door, I'm pretty sure she's asleep, my mind was screaming at me to just go to bed and not waste my time. But I needed to get shit done, lying in bed wasn't going to get what I needed done. She opened the door and looked rather surprised.

"O-Oh, Alyx! Do... Do you need something?" She wondered.

I didn't say a word, I simply held my hand out, she looked down at it before holding my hand. I led her downstairs and out of the dorms, I swept her up off her feet, being that she was in a nightgown I doubt she wanted to walk on grass. For the first time in ages, I used my Overdrive, I took off towards somewhere that I've been going for the past few weeks. I felt her move closer to me, my brain was still telling me to forget about all of this, that I should just fuck off and not worry about anything anymore. I heard her gasp with amazement as we approached the forest of nothing but Wisteria. It was faintly glowing purple, it was a rather beautiful and peaceful place. We landed down in the forest, there was a small shrine made by those before me.

The contents inside, I didn't know, being that I felt it would be rude to look. I sat down on a rock that I carved out into a seat, there was another one next to me that Momo sat on.

"This place... This is where Great Grandpa, Aunt Nezuko and I come for tea. There was one thing he told me, something that stuck with me since that day... He told me that I should never hold a flicker of hate towards anyone, not unless they've deserved it. It was because that the worst thing that they could see is that you're still smiling through everything they've thrown at you. So, with that being said..." I finally spoke.

I looked at Momo as I stood up, "I forgive you; I forgive every single thing that you've done. From the bottom of my shattered heart and from the depths of my nonexistent mind, I forgive you, Momo Yaoyorozu."

Momo's tired eyes began to tear up as I finally felt life spark back into me. She slowly stood up and looked me in the eyes.

"I promise... I promise I'll make things better again, no matter what I have to do, I'll make you yourself again! No more lies, no more masks, I be honest to you every step of the way. Wherever that may lead you, I'll be right next to you!" She sniffled.

"Thank you." I spoke softly.

She rushed over and hugged me. I closed my eyes as I held her close to me. There definitely was a decision that I needed to make, which was somewhat of a big one. It'll be something that I need to do by myself without the guidance of anyone else. Kendo, Toga, Laura, Yui, and Momo needed an answer from me. I opened my eyes and saw Laura peeking out from a tree. She gave me a thumbs up and smiled at me, I seen her mouth something to me.

"Do it, Alyx." She mouthed.

I slightly nodded at her, I guess I already got an answer from Laura. But what about the others? Unless... Mina did that it so I could try and get Momo back again, until that whole... Incident... As soon as I blinked, Mina appeared right behind her! She gave me two thumbs up and nodded furiously while smiling intensely. I looked at Momo, she lifted her head up and looked at me.

"You said you wanted to redo things again?" I wondered.

"Y-Yes, I did." Momo nodded.

"Well, I'm all for it, if you don't mind how I am since-" I tried to agree.

She quickly kissed me, Momo placed both of her hands on my cheeks, I placed one hand on the back of her head and wrapped my other around her. I slowly leaned back from her and smiled warmly. She rested her head on my chest once again.

"I really missed that, Alyx." She cooed.

"YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!! LET'S FUCKIN' GO!!!" I heard Mina scream.

I narrowed my dull eyes at her as she and Laura jumped for joy. One thing was for certain, I was ready to go to bed. Would I go to school tomorrow? I'm not really sure yet.

[10 Minutes Later...]

"Could you hold me closer?" Momo asked.

"Y-You're... As close... As I... Can get you..." I struggled to tell her.

If I was like Fat Gum, I'm sure I probably would've absorbed Momo, she was not only hugging me tightly... But she also was having me hold her as close as possible to me. I guess she really did miss me!

"You know, I forgot that your hair's growing back, did you not like it short?" I wondered.

"No, not really. I've been missing my longer ha- What are you doing?" Momo told me.

I put my hands on her boobs, "How is this possible? If my Flash Cannons were as big as these, they'd destroy cities easily."

Momo blinked a couple of times before narrowing her eyes.

"You really are tired, aren't you?" Momo sighed.

"I gotta tell you something..." I whispered.

She raised her eyebrows and leaned towards me. I moved towards her ear.

"What if... Hypothetically..." I whispered once more.

I moved away from her and closed my eyes.

"What if hypothetically what? What is it?" She questioned.

I turned away from her, she moved closer to me and I felt her prop herself onto my arm.

"Answer me, you just can't do that to me, darling." Momo pleaded.

I sat up then I kissed her, "Bad bitch."

I hit the pillow and fell asleep. Maybe I would actually not feel tired once I wake up?

[The Next Morning...]

I lied to myself once again, I'm still fucking tired. I felt elbows on the sides of my rib cage and I heard what sounded like feet patting the edge of my bed. I slowly opened my eyes and looked down.

"Rise and shine, my sunshine!" She smiled.

I blinked a couple times, "You're adorable, but my brain is telling me to tell you to leave me alone."

"At least you're ignoring your brain, right?" Momo wondered.

"Uh huh, clearly." I lightly chuckled.

I looked over at my alarm clock, it was 9:00, shouldn't she be at school?

"Why aren't you at school?" I questioned.

"Well, I'm going to stay with you all day today!" She beamed.

"A-All day?" I lowered one of my eyebrows.

"Yep! You've got a one-way ticket to Yaoyorozu Land, Alyx!" She giggled.

"Aaaand if I don't take that ticket?" I wondered.

She slowly moved her way up to my ear, "You will die."

"Well, shit, looks like I'm not taking it then!" I joked.

I don't think Momo really liked that joke too much, being that she was staring at me, she plopped her chin onto my chest before sighing. She kept her cheeks slightly puffed out.

"You're thinking of something, what is it?" I asked.

"Can you smile for me, please?" Momo responded.

"What is there to smile about...?" I sighed.

"Me and my fabulous wealth, of course, what else!" Momo proudly told me.

I lifted my head up and just stared at her. It felt like this was gonna be a loooong day. Momo moved over on me and laid sideways. I sat up from my pillow, I was getting kind of hungry.

"Hey, could you get up please, I'm hungry." I asked politely.

"You have an entire divine, godly snack in front of you, Alyx. You don't have to get up to go anywhere." Momo remarked.

I placed my head on my hand, "I can take that metaphorically or literally, I have eaten people in the past, which is definitely weird. Although it wasn't really on my own merits, I guess."

"Right... I guess I forgot about that." Momo replied.

She looked back at me, almost as if she was expecting me to look down about it. Momo quickly sat up and squeezed my face.

"Y-You... You aren't going to be affected neither saddened by that recollection of Hosu City?!" She exclaimed.

"No, why would I?" I puzzled.

"This is outstanding! I guess you're really starting to-" She exulted.

I got up from my bed which interrupted her excitement. I walked over to my door and looked back at her.

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Feeling of Parting" from My Hero Academia)

"I wouldn't get excited, it's because everything doesn't have meaning to me anymore. If I don't care about myself, why should I care about my past or what I'll do tomorrow? Besides, it's not like tomorrow will be any different than today. You can stay in here or not, I don't really care, but I'm getting something to eat." I listlessly deadpanned.

I left my room, I went downstairs to grab something to eat. I haven't been down in the Common Room in quite some time, it looks like they've gotten some new furniture in, I guess that's cool. I looked out of one of the windows that faced U.A. Would I ever truly be okay with going back there? As I stared at the building, I couldn't help but remember how okay I was back then. If I can even say that, can I really say that I've been okay since I've gotten here? Now I wasn't really feeling hungry anymore. I slowly returned to my room where I found Momo looking at my hero costume. Tears dropped from her face onto it.

"We really ruined you... Didn't we?" Momo spoke shakily.

"I won't lie to you, but yes, you did." I responded.

She looked up at me, "So, what does that mean then?"

I stared at her blankly, what does it mean? My hero costume...

"It means nothing, it's just something I'd like to forget but can't, not after everything that's happened. Once this is all over, I doubt I'll sit back and remember this. I'll graduate, then fade into obscurity most likely. It shouldn't be that much of a problem for any of you. Besides, I can tell this'll just be temporary, bad luck's around the corner. Soon, you'll be telling me that you can't deal with how I am anymore and then... That'll be that. Words of hope or reassurance can't help me anymore, Momo. That's just how things go for me. At this point, there is no more Braveheart, no more Leonidus, no more Overdrive Hero." I explained.

"S-So... If that's how it is... Then why don't you just let it happen?" Momo sniffled.

I sat down in front of her, "Because if I did, then I wouldn't be able to at least keep the sliver of... Something... Left inside of me. Getting rid of my hero costume won't do anything, negative or positive, so there's no point in doing it. I can't determine your feelings for you, but it wouldn't surprise me if what I said comes true."

"I... I won't let it happen! No matter what! I meant what I promised!" Momo cried.

She quickly hugged me, I felt her grip lessen on my hero costume. I didn't move a single inch.

"I'll believe it for now, but I doubt it'll happen." I spoke softly.

She wrapped her arms around my waist. To be honest, if this was all just a cruel dream and I'd wake up from a coma, I'd never miss a single second of this place neither would I care to remember it. It all feels like the same spiel over and over again. I get sad, someone tells me not to worry and that everything is right as rain, but that reassurance immediately gets quashed.

[The Next Day...]

I actually decided to head to school today. I doubt anything that I missed would even be complicated in the slightest. Although I was about a couple hours late, I at least made it. Everyone's eyes lit up with surprise and joy as I walked in.

"Ah, Leonidus! It's a pleasure to see you!" Midnight announced.

I somberly walked over to my desk, not giving Midnight a greeting back. Just as I expected, I had papers on my desk, about a dozen or so. I guess they were keeping my seat warm with them. I sat down and began to fill them out. Just as I expected once more, they were too easy. I spent pretty much the entire class filling out work that I missed. I heard the bell ring but I didn't bother to get up, being that I had more work to do.

"Hey bro, aren't you going to lunch?" Kirishima asked.

I didn't say anything, I just continued my work and saw him walk away out of the corner of my eye. I heard high heels click towards me. I slowly glared up at Midnight who leaned forward on my desk.

"Would you like some help? We've been studying this for a while now." She offered.

"You can start by leaving me alone, but you know, that's something you weren't capable of doing in the past. So never mind about it." I answered.

"Alyx, I'm-" Midnight tried to apologize.

I snapped my pencil into pieces as I gripped it tightly, "You're going to say 'I'm sorry' after everything you've all done to me? It's the same song over and over again with you all, isn't it? This is what you wanted, to break me down into small pieces, just so you can get your way with me. So that way, you can try to spew your fake apologies to me in order to convince me that there's alternative ways to test my Quirk. Well, here you go... A broken tool that you'll still keep using anyway because you sick bastards use the word 'Quirk Study' as a front."

"You should be grateful that I haven't continued to kidnap criminals, I would've set my sights on this place and wiped all of you out besides two people. There's no place in my heart for any of you anymore, not until I feel as if you've felt my pain, sorry isn't going to do a damn thing. You've taken away my innocence, my soul, my emotions... Which caused me to try and take my own life before you could, at least I'd be able to say I kept something away from you all. How dare you stand there with a smile on your face, almost as if you've done nothing wrong. Members of U.A.... Villains... You're all the same to me, everyone one of you. You're the real freaks, not me." I continued.

I didn't look up at Midnight's face as I spoke to her. I didn't raise my voice in anger or did I sound angered either. Although the feelings were there, it would've made no difference to raise my voice anymore, it wouldn't change either way.

"I can't believe that I willingly went through all of that pain, all of that torment, just for 'research'. Your fumes may have rotted my brain, but they'll never rot out the pain I felt. As much as I want to say that I truly hate this place, you, and others... I refuse to. I reject those feelings because that hate would only fuel you to come up with more excuses. This is all your fault, all of it, yet you won't come up with a way to save me. Some heroes you are, right? Take your title, and change it to 'Pro Failure' or 'Pro Joke', being that you couldn't live up to your own motto. There are no heroes here to me, only pretenders doing this for their own unified motive, ruining someone's life and wellbeing. Maybe Shigaraki was right... And maybe... Maybe I shouldn't have saved any of you back in Jaku City." I ended.

I finally looked up and saw tears run down Midnight's face. I didn't think that she was capable of that, after everything she's put me through.

"Save those fake tears for something else, maybe once I die soon, they'll be genuine. You've all failed me, Midnight." I spoke softly.

I got up from my desk and walked by her. Mr. Aizawa was stunned, I didn't even realize he was in here.

"Ever since your Father died, we were in over our heads! We never meant to hurt you but we completely ignored everything but your Quirk. Please, for the love of God, forgive me Alyx! I'm goddamn sorry for hurting you like this, I... I didn't realize this would happen, if I could take it all back, I'd take it back in a heartbeat! We'll fix this like heroes should, I promise you! Maybe you should've let me die back then!" Midnight sobbed profusely.

I turned my head and looked at her. I could tell that she was finally being genuine.

"N-Nemuri..." I heard Mr. Aizawa mutter.

I walked over to her, I gently placed my hand on the back of her head and pushed it towards my chest.

"I thank you for being genuine... But it means nothing to me now." I whispered.

She let out a surprised gasp, her eyes squinted as she began to cry some more. Her grip tightened on the sides of my blazer as she hugged me.

"We'll make this right again, I promise you, Alyx Leonidus! I won't die until we've made you better again!" Midnight promised.

I looked back at Mr. Aizawa, tears filled my empty eyes as I looked at him..

"Please... Be the heroes I remembered you all as, the ones I wish that were there when I needed you. Not the mistakes I hold in my head and see in front of me." I quietly pleaded.

"We'll make things right, no matter the cost. I won't die either until I know you're okay, not for my sake, but for Darren's." Mr. Aizawa agreed.

He came over to me and I hugged him as well. The three of us were on the floor, depressed messes, holding each other with hopes that things will be okay. I wanted things to be right again, I too, wasn't going to stop until I got what I needed. These feelings of emptiness are only temporary until I can find the source of it all, the reason behind this bad luck of mine. The only problem was that I didn't know where to start. Maybe it was deeper than what I was thinking, unless it was just the way that I carried myself. Regardless, I needed to figure it out somehow.

I took a deep, shaky breath in as I closed my eyes and hugged the two of them tighter. Although I still felt nothing, their warmth and honesty at least 'made up' for those lost feelings. If none of this ever happened, I wonder how happy I'd truly be right now? I bet their wondering the same thing about me, not to mention the others were most likely thinking like them. Could they have prevented this? Of course they could've, stuff like this would be easily preventable, if they never decided to do it in the first place.

[Several Hours Later...]

I decided to make my way to the Common Room where everyone else was.

"Hey! Look who's decided to migrate out of his room! We've missed you, Alyx!" Uraraka beamed.

"I've missed you guys too. I should apologize for-" I deadpanned.

"Yooooou don't need to apologize for anything! Now, just make yourself comfortable, okay?" Momo interrupted.

I nodded at her as she gave me a kiss on the cheek. I sat down on the couch next to Shinso.

"You should get some sleep, you're starting to look like me." He joked.

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Family ~ Dusk" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

He ruffled my hair with his hand. Soon, everyone came over, their smiling faces washed over me as they greeted me warmly. Momo sat down some lavender tea, Deku handed me a box of candy. Their faces told me everything I needed to hear, that everything was going to be okay. I stared down at the various things they gave me. My lip quivered and I quickly raised my arm up to wipe tears from my eyes.

"I-I... I really did miss you guys... Thank you..." I sniffled.

Deku placed his arm around me, "We did too, Alyx."

"Yeah, now we can have another person to blame Kaminari's can problems on." Bakugo chuckled.

"Hey! It wasn't me who dropped 'em!" Kaminari argued.

I couldn't help but laugh as they argued. I felt life return to me once more, but this time, it was here to stay. I could feel my eyes light up, finally blooming with life instead of desolation. I wiped the tears from my eyes as I stopped crying. I felt much better now that I was around them. I guess Aunt Nezuko was right back then, it's no good just wallowing in your despair, especially when you've got positivity all around you. After I settled down, I decided to go mediate out by the Wisteria tree.

"I see you've gotten better, Alyx." I heard Ms. Shinobu's voice.

I opened my eyes and looked to my left. She was sitting down next to me, her hand was on top of mine.

"For you to climb out of the pit of despair, even if it's a small amount, is remarkable. You truly are related to that Tanjiro, it seems as if nothing can hold you down, at least not for too long." She continued.

Ms. Shinobu looked at me and smiled. She gave me a hug, which I honestly did not expect from her whatsoever. I felt her place something in my hair, she stopped hugging me and giggled.

I felt at the top of my hair, "Woah... Is that one of your butterfly clips? They're very pretty!"

"There's that gleam of brightness, I knew you'd like it, Alyx." She cooed.

I nodded at her; she gave me a kiss on my forehead then patted my head.

"You're a good child, don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Shinobu told me.

She stood up and walked behind the Wisteria tree. I took the butterfly ornament out of my hair and looked at it. It looked exactly like Great Grandmother Kanao's! Hmm... Maybe this is what I felt was missing from my hero costume... Although I shouldn't be worried about what was missing from that, I needed to figure out what was really missing from me.