บท 16: USJ 3

[All the guesses: Yugi Muto and Atem, Yuji and Sukuna, Ichigo and White/Zangetsu, Naruto and Kurama, Moonknight, Killer bee and 8 tails, Issei and the dragon, Deku and OFA predecessors, Rimuru tempest/great sage, Raphael etc., Bruce Banner and Hulk, Ghost Rider, Balud Cornelius/Oka Sadatoshi/Oka Masaharu, Tsunayoshi Sawada and reborn, Seras Victoria and Pip Vernedead, Ken Kaneki and alter ego, Asta and Liebe, Park Hyunsoo and the heavenly demon, Hizuru Minakata. (All wrong)]

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Inside the mind, Zoro's and Ryoto's soul had a short, yet meaningful conversation. Zoro was the one to have initiated this conversation.

'There is something I hid from you. Remember the time when you said you wanted to give up? I said I would take the body and whatnot,' Zoro asked.

'I do. Why,' Ryoto asked.

'I needed to make sure you developed properly first to tell you this. But before I tell you, would you take a bullet for me,' Zoro asked.

'Uhm... Why,' Ryoto asked back.

'Just answer, kid. We don't have much time.'

'I would, yeah,' Ryoto replied.

'I would do so as well,' Zoro replied. 'If one day, our souls are conflicting too much with each other, it's my soul that gets rejected from the body, alright?'

'Thank you, Zoro.

'Two souls equals two Quirks. I will open the door that locked away our full potential. I didn't think I would need to use it this soon, but everything to survive, right,' Zoro revealed.

Ryoto ad Zoro came to terms. It was neither Zoro's nor Ryoto's body from this moment onward, it was theirs. It was their dream. It was their Quirk.

And so, the slow world recovered and was as it was before.

"I call it, the Reaper's Sharpness," Zoro spoke out as an invisible, yet dark Aura flowed out of him, scaring everyone in Zoro's vicinity except for the Nomu and their leader.

The Nomu's fist was in fast approach and it was aimed at Zoro's face.

Zoro blocked the punch with the school's Katana. Normally, the sword would've been pulverized, but this time, reinforced with Zoro's Reaper's Aura and Ryoto's sharpness, the sword only chipped slightly and left a deep cut inside the Nomu's forearm.

Only confusion was left to be observed on the faces of those next to Zoro. Tsuyu and Deku had seen, Eraserhead had felt, and the leader knew what he was capable off.

'Dang! This body is still too weak. This might be hard,' Zoro thought, seeing how the body reacted to his Quirk.

The Nomu continued on with it's assault a second after his first punch. Not receiving a new order meant that the first one was to be followed until completion or when another order is given.

Having an arsenal of moves, which Zoro wasn't sure he could completely pull off, gave Zoro a few option, but with Ryoto's advise, the priority was keeping the students and their teacher safe.

'Don't get confused, just listen to the breaths,' Zoro said, talking about seemingly nothing until a weird feeling filled Ryoto's mind with information.

'The breaths of the others...,' Ryoto realized.

"Two-sword style, Tower Climb!" Zoro chanted his attack's name.

Zoro held the two Katanas parallel and jump-slashed upwards, cutting 6 inches deep into the Nomu with the help of both Quirks. The believed success was short-lived, as the Nomu healed the fresh damage, before Zoro's momentum lost its battle against gravity.

"Tower Climb Return!" He slashed the parallel blades downwards while falling.

"GAH!" The air inside Zoro's lungs was pushed out by the Nomu's punch. The Nomu could heal itself indefinitely.

"Ryoto," Deku and Tsuyu yelled out in worry.

"NO," Aizawa shouted in fear that he had lost a student while merely being able to watch, as he was unable to move.

Luckily, Zoro's Quirk also reinforced his body, enhancing his offense and defense. This punch, "only" cracked a few ribs - it looked worse than it was.

Just before the Nomu could follow up with another series of attacks, Zoro prepared the fastest and sharpest attack he knew he could pull of with both Quirks.

"One-sword style, Lion Song!"

Those who watched Zoro fight the Nomu all blinked when unsheathed his sword. And when their eyes opened again, Zoro stood between them and the vertically split Nomu.

BANG

The attention of those present inside the USJ looked over to see where the sound came from.

"Everything is fine now. And you know why? Because I am here," All Might entered the USJ, jumping straight down towards the slowly regenerating Nomu, raising the students' morale.

What followed was a fight between the Nomu and All Might. Seeing his leader surrounded by students and All Might the mist warped him a few hundred feet away.

Hundreds of punches were thrown by the Nomu and All Might. With the Quirks the Nomu was implanted with, it was easy to understand that it was made to counter All Might. Super strength, super regeneration, shock absorption and others.

Zoro watched as he tended to Eraserhead's injuries. And only after he was finished treating Eraserhead to the best of his abilities, Heroes entered the USJ, shutting down the still-remaining Villains that struggles against the students.

"Ryoto," Deku called out. "Your nose."

Touching his nose, Ryoto noticed blood streaming down his nose. Next, dizziness set in, and a few seconds later, Ryoto passed out.

Using the Quirk for the first time stressed out the body too much, but more serious observations were made at the hospital.

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'Quite strong... I can't believe my body could handle such a hit,' Ryoto remarked.

'It couldn't handle it. You were the one to pass out, right? Let's just get our treatment at Recovery Girl and continue our training. The hardest part is now before you. Not only do you need to master the two-sword style, you need to also master my Quirk," Zoro stated.