Hero Once More! Leonidus Returns!

Today marked the first day in quite some time that I attended school! I've been getting taught by both Momo and Iida about everything they've been learning so far. That medicine Melissa and her Father made for me had me restored back to 100% now! I was waiting outside of Gym Gamma and waited for Mr. Aizawa to call me in.

"Alright, before we start, I've got one more person to introduce. They'll be sticking around permanently during these training sessions. I'm sure you all will enjoy having them around." I heard Mr. Aizawa tell them.

I walked into the gym, I couldn't wait to see the look on everyone's faces! I honestly missed wearing my hero costume, it definitely felt nice wearing it again, now that I can start hero work again!

"Yo!" I called out.

"No way, hey man!" Kirishima beamed.

"Hmph... I knew you'd be back, Alyx." Bakugo remarked.

I stood next to Momo and Deku. Mr. Aizawa looked at me then back towards everyone else.

"Okay, that's all I had for you. Now get to it." He ended.

Everyone rushed over to me after Mr. Aizawa let us loose to train. I completely forgot that Eri's design was still on my arm.

"Do the thing! Do it!" Mina exclaimed.

I activated Gear Five, my aura exploded outward, sending a rush of air over everyone.

"I'm a little rusty, this feeling definitely is strange, but once I get warmed up I should be used to it. Say, I wonder if I still got it..." I wondered.

"Ooo! Hit me! I can take whatever you throw at me, man!" Kirishima volunteered.

He hardened up completely, "Alright, get ready!"

I rushed forward and delivered rapid-fire fists to Kirishima's torso. My last fist I used everything I had in, it sent him skating across the ground, he stopped a few feet away from me. He unhardened and grinned with glee.

"Alright! Now that's what I'm talking about!" He exulted.

I was about to say something until I felt something smack the back of my neck. It bent in the shape of my neck, I turned around and saw Momo looking at her now bent metal staff.

"I forgot that this would happen. May we call a truce?" Momo wondered.

[35 Minutes Later...]

"LIFT ME UP SUGAR DADDY!" Kaminari shouted.

Bakugo looked over in his direction, "What in the fuck did you just say?"

"Clearly, he asked me to lift him up. What? Didn't you hear him?" I replied.

"Yeah, I highly suggest you never say that again. Ever." Jiro chimed in.

"Oh, so Yaoyorozu gets to call him 'daddy' but I ca-" Kaminari tried to argue.

Momo interrupted him, "AAAAAAND this conversation is now over. Kaminari, how about you show us one of your new super moves, hm?"

He nodded and electricity started to spark out from his palms. He somehow manipulated it and threw the electricity down like a lightning bolt!

"How'd you like that? I'm not sure what to call it, I need a cool name to go along with it still." Kaminari smirked.

Everyone looked around at each other. I guess we all thought we'd come up with some sort of name for him.

"If you expected any of us to give you a name, you're seriously mistaken." Jiro spoke up.

"So, Alyx, did you hear about what we're doing next week? Just guess!" Kirishima whispered.

"Another tournament arc? Geez, is he running out of ideas...?" I muttered aside.

"Huh? Did you say something about a tournament? No! We're taking our first semester finals!" He replied.

Kaminari looked frightened, "A-Already? Great... Just what I wanted to hear..."

"Well, I'll be setting up tutoring classes then! You're all more than welcome to attend!" Momo chirped.

"WAAAaaAAaH!!" I heard Mineta scream.

I looked up and saw him dangling off one of the pillars that Cementoss created. He must've fell off while he was training. Everyone else was preoccupied but saw him as he fell.

"Overdrive, The World!" I shouted.

Mikaboshi stopped time, I flew up to Mineta and brought him down to the ground. Mikaboshi resumed time and stood by me as Mineta continued to scream in my arms.

"You can stop now, you aren't falling, I saved you!" I laughed.

He opened his eyes and looked at me, "O-Oh, thank you, Alyx! W-Wait... How'd you do that?"

"Mikaboshi can stop time! It makes things like that a lot easier." I replied.

"Hold the phone, you can stop time? Are you fucking with us right now?" Shinso wondered.

"No, he's right, Shinso. He explained it to some of us a while back when he couldn't do any hero work or training. At least it's in the hands of someone like him and not some villain!" Deku confirmed.

Right before I was about to say something, a whiff of nothing but death and blood hit my nose. Grandfather always told me stories about his experiences as a Demon Slayer, whenever he smelled a demon, the things he would smell were... Blood and death. I thought Ms. Shinobu said that they were all eradicated besides those that were deemed good? Were there some that were still alive? We stopped our training for the day and we left the gym. That smell got even stronger than before! We stepped outside, I looked to my left, in the distance was a guy standing with an umbrella cast over him.

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Muzan Kibutsuji ~Anger~" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

"Hey, who's that?" I questioned.

"What do you mean, Alyx? That's Neji Kibutsuji, he's been in the other hero course for the past 3 years." Deku informed me.

His eyes were firmly fixed on me, his stare was icy and cold, almost lifeless. This guy... He wasn't here all this time, I would've known! That smell was coming directly from him. I looked away from him for one second just to see that he disappeared. This didn't feel good, not one bit, this had to be some sort of Blood Demon Art!

[Later That Night...]

I couldn't sleep at all, that guy I saw today was all I could think about. I got up and grabbed my sword. This Nichirin Blade was used to kill demons from what Great Grandfather told me. If this guy was a demon, then that means I can't even touch him with my Quirk! I firmly kept a hold of my sword as I studied the scabbard. I turned around and came face to face with Neji himself! We stared at each other for a bit before he suddenly grabbed my neck and threw me out through my balcony! I rolled off the ground after a hard landing and grabbed the hilt of my sword.

"T-The hell?" I muttered.

I looked around me and kept my guard up, I heard fast movement all around me, was he really a demon?

"Alyx, you need to get out of there, now!" I heard Great Grandfather shout.

Right as I was about to move, it was like my body froze, I felt a presence right behind me.

"Alyx Leonidus, those earrings you wear, they sicken me." Neji retorted.

I managed to move and slashed my sword behind me, but he wasn't there! Instead, he was right in front of me. I hopped backwards and kept my sword out.

"I'm assuming you know who I am... Or rather, WHAT, I am... Correct?" He asked.

"A demon, and I can tell you don't have any good intention whatsoever. That Blood Demon Art of yours might've fooled everyone else, but it's not fooling me." I responded.

"Very good, it seems your Kamado bloodline has told you, yes? But that look in your eyes, is that... Fear... I see? Unusual for someone that can be called a 'Demon Slayer'." He smiled.

I tightly gripped my sword, "Whatever you want... I don't have it, so leave, now."

"What I want you surely can't give me. That's something too much for someone like you, or... Is it? You don't give off the same smell as a human, but much like me. I would've killed you if I hadn't noticed earlier." Neji agreed.

"W-What...? What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Don't play dumb with me, Kamado, you know as well as I do that you and I are cut from the same cloth. You are as much of a demon as me, Alyx." He explained.

I grit my teeth and shook my head, "I-I'm nothing like you! The smell of blood and death that comes from you, I'd never reciprocate the same!"

"Alyx! Get out of there! He's too strong for you to face alone!" Uncle Inosuke demanded.

He was right, this guy was giving me some sort of "I can kill you without trying" vibe, but could I even be quick enough to escape? I had to listen to them or else I'd be slaughtered!

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Breath Styles ~Dance of the Fire God~" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

I stared him down, I made no changes to the face I was making. I needed to make him think that I was scared, that I would foolishly wait for him to make a move. He slowly started to move his hand upwards and that's when I made a run for it! I took off towards the Wisteria tree in the distance. I was told demons aren't particularly fond of wisteria! As I was running, I heard things coming out of the ground behind me.

"S-SPIKES?! REALLY!?" I shouted.

It looked like bone spikes shooting up out of the ground behind me! They were getting really, really close to me. It wouldn't matter if I hopped from tree to tree or ran in random directions, I'm sure one of them would impale me. There wasn't anything in my arsenal that I could use to get away from these things, unless... I can make one of my own! I jumped into the air, held my sword close to me, and closed my eyes.

"𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘑𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘳!!" I shouted.

I started to spin faster and faster, gaining more speed as I spun. I heard something jump into the air but retract in mid-air. I couldn't lose focus of this or else I'd surely lose control of this attack. The Wisteria tree wasn't too far away from me now, I just needed to last another minute or so, then I'd be okay! I was plowing through trees left and right, this noise I was making surely would wake everyone else up. But I can't let them come and help me! They'd only be putting themselves in harm's way! I looked forward and saw Neji right on the tree in front of me, a bone spike shot out towards me, causing me to break concentration.

I used my sword to glide across the spike and over Neji. I continued running through the dense woods towards my goal. I couldn't stop for anything, neither could I make any rash moves, I had to press onward as fast as I could! Spikes appeared in front of me, Neji tried blocking my path, but I think I can cut through them!

"𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘭𝘶𝘹!" I yelled.

I slashed multiple consecutive strikes in front of me, guided by a mighty water dragon! As more bone spikes appeared in front of me, the more I slashed, and the more I pushed forward. I could see the hill that the Wisteria tree rested on! I felt Neji's presence right behind me, I glared over and saw that he was running right next to me. I propelled myself upwards off a rock right as he delivered a strike towards me. I landed down onto the ground and kept going, I didn't hear anything coming towards me, at least, I think. I could only hear my own footsteps running through the woods and nothing more. I was slowly making my way towards the other side of the woods!

Neji stepped out in front of me, hand out stretched, to which I slid right underneath him. I nearly lost my sword by doing that! I quickly got up to my feet and zoomed to the left as a bone spike hit the tree in front of me. I ducked in and out of the trees as bone spikes whizzed by my head. It seemed like he was getting desperate every inch I made towards the wisteria tree. I finally made my way out of the woods only to be stopped by a bone spike barricade! I turned around and saw Neji was quickly approaching me, I've never seen anyone run that fast in my life, especially without a Quirk! I moved to the right and more bone spikes shot up. I slashed through them once more, bursting through to the other side.

Right as I was about to move, a bone spike shot through my thigh, I fell down to the ground. It hurt like absolute hell!

"Trying to run away to a safe haven? You had me stressed out there, Kamado, I figured you would've gotten away from me." Neji smirked.

I clawed my way up the hill as he approached me slowly, his hands were in his pockets, and an evil grin glazed his face. He stopped for some reason, giving me time to stand up, with the help of my sword, of course. I wasn't sure what made him stand still. The look on his face changed from arrogance to annoyance and slight fear. I took a look behind me and my eyes widened with pure joy!

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Hashira ~Main Theme~" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

"Hey, Alyx! Are you needing some help?" Rengoku beamed.

They all were outlined by the moon, standing tall, almost like pillars of hope! Neji's look became that of shock and disgust.

"I-Impossible... You all should be dead!" He shouted.

"And it seems as if Muzan's left you to a rather unfortunate fate, Neji Kibutsuji." Shinobu retorted.

Everyone was here! Maybe this is why Great Grandpa and Uncle Inosuke told me to run away! The Hashira, Uncle Inosuke, Uncle Zenitsu, Great Grandpa and Great Grandmother all rushed towards Neji as Aunt Nezuko came to my aid.

"Stay still, you can't move around too much, you've lost quite a bit of blood as it is." She told me.

I watched as the Demon Slayers moved around Neji with beautiful coordination and impactful precision. I've never seen anything like it! Bright colors shined with each attack they made, all of which unique to their own Breathing Style. The more I watched, the more I realized just how difficult and precise this kind of swordsmanship really is. Neji was actually handling himself quite well, I'd imagine he's been preparing for this for quite some time. Aunt Nezuko tended to my wound and helped me up to my feet.

"T-Thank you, Aunt Nezuko! This guy, I'm not sure how, but he managed to get into U.A. Whatever kind of Blood Demon Art he has, it's made everyone think that he's a student here." I informed her.

For Neji to be handing his own against everyone else, he really must be an exceptional fighter! I guess it was time to put my own skills to the test.