Bonds Between Family

Before Leonidus' enraged strike, Daniela Leonidus stood in front of a pod, a man in an overcoat walked over to her.

"Impressive, Doctor Garaki, seems as if this technology was worthwhile after all. These 'Nomu', are they relatively strong?" Daniela complimented.

"Indeed, especially this one, although I am a bit intrigued at it however. Her brainwaves and memories I can't seem to tamper with, although I have modified them as best as I could." Doctor Garaki replied.

"Hmph... Very well, that's fine as long as she knows what her goal is. Let her loose, would you?" She continued.

Garaki nodded and pushed the pod out of the room and onto the hospital's rooftop. The pod slowly opened as the purple liquid flourished out of the chamber. The newly created Nomu walked out of the pod and looked around. Doctor Garaki held up a picture of Leonidus.

"See him? I need you to find this boy, can you do that?" Garaki asked.

"Al... Lyx..." The Nomu spoke.

"That's right! Now go on, find him!" Garaki nodded.

The Nomu flew off, nearly knocking Garaki down with the wind it created. Back on the rooftop, Leonidus stared down Gorgophone, shivers went down her spine as she felt a different vibe from him.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵... 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘐'𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳...? 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵?" Gorgophone thought.

"You took those lives, and for what? Tell me." Alyx deadpanned.

"Did you not hear me before? It's for power you dumbass! The strong like me rule the world, those sacrifices must be made in order for people like me to keep going!" Gorgophone grinned.

"𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌." A man's voice echoed in Gorgophone's head.

She saw the silhouette of two men standing behind Leonidus. They multiplied and surrounded Gorgophone, she looked around at them, trying to figure out what exactly was going on.

"What's wrong? Frightened? Imagine how the countless victims of yours felt as you struck them down. You're worthless, cowardly, a prime example of a waste of human life." The men boomed.

"Shut it... Shut the hell up!" Gorgophone roared.

Her Stone Serpents went wild, she tried to hit the men and Leonidus but they vanished, leaving her in a cloud of dust. The huge cloud of dust had subsided, Gorgophone scowled as she saw that Alyx never left where he was standing. She sent her Serpents after Alyx, he ran to the right as they followed him, he bobbed and weaved through them as he kept firm eye contact with Gorgophone. Alyx had tied the Serpents together through his movement then zoomed towards her. She instinctively pulled them towards her in an attempt to hit Leonidus from behind. Without even looking, he backflipped over the Serpents, then reeled his sword back.

"𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢... 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." Leonidus thought.

His sword ignited and cut through the clump of Sashes, he landed back down on the ground and pressed forward towards Gorgophone. She retreated off the building and landed on the side of it, Alyx followed suite, Gorgophone sunk her Sashes into the building and pulled out various objects from the inside.

"You wanna play hard to kill?! I'll show you what that gets you!" She screamed.

She chucked tables, chairs, fridges, and more at Leonidus, but he effortlessly cut through them as he moved closer to Gorgophone. She screamed out with anger as she forced eight more Stone Serpents out of her back, Gorgophone sent them towards Leonidus as he stood there motionless. As they approached him, it was as if time was moving slower for him, he looked at each one to see which one would get to him first. Alyx cut through the barrage of Serpents as they came towards him, Gorgophone retracted her them for a moment, only for Alyx to spiral towards her with blazing speed!

"𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴." Leonidus thought.

Alyx barreled into her, the two crashed into the ground, a huge tornado of flame spouted from the impact. Gorgophone pushed Leonidus off her with a Stone Serpent, he slid of the ground as Gorgophone stumbled up to her feet.

"What... What is... What is this?!" Gorgophone yelled.

Leonidus didn't say a word to her, he instead took up his blade once more, then rose it high into the air. He charged forward but seemingly missed his attack, Gorgophone started to laugh at him.

"Dumbass, dumbass! You missed me, you-" She cackled.

Suddenly, the left half of her head slid off horizontally as Leonidus stood up with his back turned from her.

"𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢... 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘻𝘦." He thought.

Gorgophone felt at the missing part of her face as it slowly regrew, "You motherfucker... How... How are you doing this?! You weren't doing this before... So how?!?!"

"You're the only one she turned into a Demon, right?" Alyx questioned.

"Demon? The hell are you talking about? This ain't some folklore shit!"

"What? I thought that-"

Leonidus suddenly coughed up blood, he felt the effects of the Hinokami Kagura begin to take it's toll. Gorgophone smiled as she saw him collapse and begin to struggle for air. His rapid coughing was pleasing to her ears as she walked over to him.

"I guess that little power trip went to your head, didn't it? I'm gonna enjoy torturing you for a while, just as payback for what you did, brat!" She smirked.

A Serpent raised up behind her and completely turned into stone, Gorgophone laughed as she sent it towards Alyx's neck, but from behind her, something tackled her into the air and straight into a nearby building! They flew down in front of Leonidus, he looked up as he stopped coughing and smiled slightly.

"A-Annie...?" Leonidus smiled.

Annie remained silent as her Overdrive shined furiously bright. Gorgophone burst out of the building and screamed with rage as she saw Annie standing in front of her.

"Seriously?! I thought you weren't even awake right now, Forth Gear! Color me impressed! Who knew you were a late night hero!" Gorgophone remarked.

Annie darted towards Gorgophone, her eyes fixated on the Stone Serpents that surrounded her, she held her leg up high and slammed it down into the concrete.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘈𝘭𝘺𝘹. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳..." Annie thought.

Annie grabbed the Stone Serpents and spun Gorgophone around, "...𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶?!"

Leonidus recalled her younger brother's smile as she held him when he was just a small boy. Annie remembered how Alyx would always be on the sidelines watching her become the Pro Hero she is today. Tears of anger fell down her face as she rammed her fist into Gorgophone's cheek.

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶... 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦!" Annie thought.

Annie used an Overdrive Whip and wrapped it around Gorgophone's neck, she lifted her up into the air then quickly sent her back down to the ground. She kept slamming her back and forth, Gorgophone was gasping for air as the Overdrive Whip disappeared. But Gorgophone quickly looked back at Annie with a demonic grin as the Stone Serpents came to life and bounded her against a wall. Alyx saw as Gorgophone went in for the kill against Annie.

[Flashback]

"Haha!" Alyx giggled.

Annie watched as her little Brother mimicked their Father's ceremonial New Year Dance.

"Look at that, dear! Isn't it adorable?" Marie cooed.

"Hey, what do you know? Trying to be like me, kiddo? I think you've got the moves down pretty well." Darren smiled.

Darren lifted his son into the air as he brightly smiled back at him. His flashback moved onto him standing in front of Annie years later.

"When I get older, I wanna keep people safe like you! A-And I promise I'll keep you safe too, no matter what!" Leonidus bubbled.

Annie smiled at her brother and patted his head, "I haven't gotten a doubt in my mind that you will. With that Overdrive of yours, I'm sure you'll pass Dad in terms of strength! Always remember this, do whatever your heart feels is right, no matter what that maybe. Okay?"

Alyx nodded at Annie as he kept his smile on his face.

[Present Day]

The scar on Leonidus' left eye began to change, revealing a bright red Demon Slayer Marking in it's place! He quickly darted towards Gorgophone with his sword held high.

"𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢! 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!" Leonidus thought.

Leonidus cut right through her Serpents, Gorgophone pulled them away and hopped far back from him. Alyx gave chase as she shot a few Stone Serpents towards him, grazing his face and arms.

"𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?! 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘭𝘺𝘹 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴! 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘏𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸!" Alyx thought.

Alyx reeled his Nichirin Blade back, "RAAAAAAAAHH!!"

He cut through the various Stone Serpents as they came towards him. Gorgophone retreated back and grabbed a car using her defending Serpents. She threw the car at Leonidus, he dove through the driver's side window and came out through the passenger's side window, he missed several strikes as Gorgophone ran from him. A white line appeared in Leonidus' line of sight as he followed her.

"𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵...? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥!" Alyx realized.

He zoomed towards Gorgophone as she made her 16 Stone Serpents completely into stone. Even faced with certain death, Alyx still pressed onward, hoping that he would somehow kill her at the same time. The Stone Serpents that bound Annie had rendered her unconscious due to them wrapping around her neck. Everything around her went black as she laid in someone's lap.

"Annie, please! You have to wake up! For the love of God, your brother is going to be killed!" Nezuko pleaded.

"Come on, Annie! Fight it, wake up, you have to keep your promise to Alyx!" Tanjiro shouted.

Her hair slowly lifted up as her eyes shot open, her Overdrive shot out around her, destroying the Serpents. With blinding speed, she zoomed towards Gorgophone and rammed her fist into her jaw. Alyx slammed his sword into Gorgophone's neck, Annie grabbed onto the sword's hilt, her Light Blue aura surrounded the two of them.

"We won't let you... 𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑺𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑬𝑺!!" They thundered.

Alyx's blade ripped through Gorgophone's flesh, cutting her head clean off! Gorgophone's body stood still as the Stone Serpents retracted into her, her body collapsed on the ground. Alyx fell to his knees alongside Annie as she hugged him.

"You're okay... I'm here, you're safe..." Annie sniffled.

Alyx looked over towards Gorgophone's head, "I... I wish... I didn't have to do that, I honestly do. But someone like her, if she got away, she definitely would've killed more people. I just don't understand... How can someone be so cruel?"

"I don't know, but I shouldn't have let you do this by yourself, but there's one more thing I-"

Alyx watched as a Stone Serpent darted towards them and one pulled Gorgophone's head towards her. At the speed it was going, there wouldn't be enough time for the two siblings to move out of the way, they'd both be pierced!

"Sayonara fuckers!" Gorgophone cackled.

Suddenly, a huge beam of light shot out, evaporating the Stone Serpent! Gorgophone looked up in the sky and saw an unfamiliar face.

"I figured you'd be here, you damn idiot, you could've finished her ages ago!" Mikey scolded.

"M-Mikey!" Alyx grinned.

Gorgophone surrounded herself in her snakes that turned into concrete, submerging her into the ground, allowing her to retreat. Mikey landed down next to the Leonidus siblings, he smacked Alyx on the back of his head.

"You dumbass! I'm glad that Master Star and Stripe sent me to find you, you would've been dead. What's with that marking on your face?" He continued.

"This marking? I'm not too sure honestly. Wait... Master Star and Stripe sent you? Why?" Leonidus questioned.

"Because of The Authority following you all here, that's why. I've already gotten my license to use my Quirk so don't worry about me getting fined. Gorgophone seems to have been powered up, I'm assuming Daniela's behind that?"

Alyx nodded at him as he stood up, "Right, she's somehow improved Gorgophone's Quirk, and maybe the others as well. But I'm starting to have my doubts if she retreated like that. I just wish I got more answers out of her."

Annie's phone buzzed with a news alert, she read it with a confused look on her face then slightly nodded.

"Huh, I guess Endeavor just caught some kind of flying Nomu? Must've been a straggler from Hosu City." Annie informed them.

Annie and Mikey watched as the marking on Alyx's face faded away.

[The Next Day...]

Leonidus sat in Yaoyorozu's room as she laid next to him in her bed. She sat up and looked at her phone for a bit.

"Hey, so, Kaminari has been introducing some different genres of music to me. I wasn't sure what this one is called, could you tell me? It's an adorable sounding song!" Momo told him.

Momo found the song and played it, she set her phone down in the middle of them face down. The two looked at her phone as the song began. Alyx slowly looked up at Momo who was slightly moving her head side to side.

"Momo, th-this is a nightcore version of 'Rockefeller Street', wh-whe-why did he show you this?" Alyx stuttered.

"Nightcore? Is that a genre of music? I've never heard of that before. It sounds so cute!"

Alyx nodded at her before standing up and stretching, Yaoyorozu looked up to see the bandages around his arms and body.

"Hey... Did you really go out last night?" Momo asked.

Leonidus looked back at her, "Hm? Yeah, I did, I..."

Alyx recalled how Gorgophone destroyed and killed those people in Southern Musutafu. He heard their screams and cries for help as Gorgophone's laugh echoed in his mind. Alyx looked away from Momo as he stopped stretching.

"...I didn't stop her. I wasn't quick enough. You guys were right, I should've let the Pros handle it. People died yesterday, none of them deserved to, but I couldn't do anything to-"

Momo placed her hand on his back, "It's okay, you can't always save everyone, you have to remember that."

"Yeah, I know..."

Alyx's phone rang suddenly, his Father was calling, he picked his phone up and answered it.

"Hey, Dad, what's up?" He answered.

"Would you have any reason as to why Endeavor would be at our doorstep, Alyx?"

"W-What?! Why's Endeavor there?!"

"I'll take that as a no... Listen, I need you to get home, he'd like to discuss something with all of us."

"Gotcha, I'll see you in just a second!"

He hung up his phone, nodded at Momo, then warped out of her home. He popped up in front of Endeavor with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Mr. Endeavor!" He greeted.

"Listen, I need you all to come with me, it's about the Nomu I caught late last night. For some reason, it's requesting to speak with you, Alyx." Endeavor responded.

[Several Minutes Later...]

The group arrived at the maximum security prison known as "Tartarus". Endeavor led them into a room, on the other side of thick bulletproof glass and a giant steel door was the Nomu, it stopped walking around and locked eyes with Alyx. He stared at it with confusion, unsure of what exactly it would want from him. He stepped forward towards the door but Endeavor placed his hand on his shoulder.

"I'd advise against it, it put up one hell of a fight when I found it." Endeavor warned.

The Nomu glanced up at Endeavor and thrashed violently against the glass. The glass began to shatter and the guards raised their weapons. Endeavor stood at the ready, but as the glass broke, Leonidus caught a whiff of the Nomu's scent. He gasped with shock as he recognized the smell. He placed his hand on the glass and began to sing a lullaby to the Nomu.

"𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘦... 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴? 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺... 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥..." Leonidus gently intoned.

The Nomu stopped thrashing against the glass almost instantly, it placed it's hand where Alyx's was, everyone watched as Leonidus stood there silently.

"What they've done to you... It's unforgivable..." Alyx told it.

He looked directly at the Nomu as tears flooded down his face, "I promise... I promise I'll save you, Laura! I'll do whatever I can to turn you back to normal, I promise, I promise! I won't let anyone hurt you ever again, not like last time! Please... Please just hang in there!"

Everyone was speechless as they saw tears run down the Nomu's face after hearing Alyx's words. Annie watched as Alyx pressed his head gently against the glass.

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳..." She thought.

Alyx's hand slumped down to his side as he kept his head down.

"Once I get my license, I'm tracking them down, and I'll have their heads. They don't deserve to live in this world anymore, I want them all to burn in hell." Alyx monotoned.

Alyx turned to face them, his eyes held an extreme burning hatred in them, Endeavor nodded at him.

"It'll be our job to find them then, I'll be in contact with these 'Pillars of Hope' people, assuming that they've been the ones you've allied yourself with. We'll bring them to justice soon enough, I promise you that." Endeavor vowed.

[Several Days Later...]

The Final Exams finally arrived, Alyx had passed the written portion of the exam and placed 2nd. The students stood outside in front of the U.A. Faculty, awaiting the practical exam portion of the test.

"This is gonna be awesome! We get to fight robots, right?" Mina beamed.

Nezu popped out of Aizawa's scarf, "Correction! Instead of fighting robots, we've decided to increase the quality of your training, you'll be assigned a partner and you'll be going against one of your fellow teachers!"

The students were shocked to hear this, then the pairs were decided, Yaoyorozu and Leonidus were paired up to face off against their very own homeroom teacher!

"This'll be interesting..." Alyx muttered.

"You'll each have 30 minutes to either handcuff one of us or escape. Being that there's differing levels of strength, we've given you that choice to escape if necessary. Do not fret! We'll also be wearing ultra compressed weights for that reason alone!" All Might informed them.

Katsuki rolled his eyes, "Seriously? Running away like a little bitch? Pffft... As if!"

As the explanation concluded, the exam finally began, it started off with Sato & Kirishima going up against Cementoss. Yaoyorozu had a rather worried look on her face as she watched on.

"Hey, everything alright, Momz?" Alyx asked.

"I... I'm not sure if I'll be much help Alyx. We're going up against Mr. Aizawa, I-I don't think I'll do much against him."

"Don't say that! We can do this, trust me! You're a lot stronger than you think."

Momo nervously smiled at him, "Okay, if you say so..."

With Yaoyorozu and Leonidus' battle against Shota Aizawa coming up soon, would Momo be able to snap out of her self doubt and pull through?