BNHA: Spiritual Aura

--Friday, July 31, 2172

The moment Kai took the sword, Chatora and Tomoko felt the air become heavy, sharp, and dangerous, to the point where their skin bristled completely. They, veteran professional heroes considered among the strongest, could feel in every inch of their bodies the danger that smiling, blue-eyed young man represented. He wasn't going to “play” easy.

At that moment, Kai took a step while still holding his computer, which caused Chatora and Tomoko to instinctively look at each other and nod before touching their belts. As the armors started to cover them, Kai suddenly vanished from his position to reappear right in front of them, sending a lethal slash at Tomoko's neck.

With her pupils fully dilated, Tomoko displayed agility and reflexes beyond anything humanly possible, managing to throw herself backward, dodging the cut by mere millimeters to land on all fours a few meters back. But Kai's slash continued like an invisible tide, cleanly cutting through several trees before slamming full force into several earth beasts that were approaching.

Simultaneously, Chatora appeared in front of Kai with his right arm fully extended, which he retracted, creating shockwaves, and then unleashed all that power toward Kai's face. With a fluid movement, Kai ducked, dodging the blow, and as the shockwave exploded, whipping the wind and his hair, he leaped backward. At the same time, Kai commented in a calm voice as he watched the armors finish covering the pair of heroes.

“Looks like the armor deployment time needs improvement.”

The instant Kai finished speaking and landed on the ground again, he quickly placed his sword on his back, then raised it and spun on himself while crouching. Tomoko, who was trying to attack Kai from behind, could only watch as her hand was gently guided upward by the sword, completely throwing off her shockwave aimed at a weak point.

But as Kai finished spinning and straightening up, he suddenly looked upward, where Chatora was ready to attack. Moving his elastic arms so fast they created afterimages, making it look like thousands of copies in the air attacking him at once, Chatora struck while announcing in a solemn voice.

“Iron Claw Storm!”

Seeing the rain of blows above him, Kai executed exquisite footwork to move around the area, dodging by mere millimeters the strikes that created enormous craters in the ground. At that instant, Tomoko took a lateral step and vanished from sight, leaving behind afterimages surrounding Kai. These began sending punches and kicks accompanied by shockwaves directed with surgical precision at the weak points Kai's movements created as a cheerful voice echoed throughout the area.

“Pounce Carousel!”

Being attacked from literally every direction at the same time, Kai couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly, visibly surprised, and soon raised his sword with a cheerful smile. Kai moved his sword at a terrifying speed, managing to intercept the closest shockwaves, and soon kicked the ground to launch himself upward and send a ruthless slash at Chatora's chest.

To Kai's surprise, Chatora smiled and moved his arms, trying to grab his sword just as it was about to hit him. Quickly, Kai slightly shifted his sword, dodging Chatora's hands to cut him. But that instant was enough for Tomoko to appear right beside him with her fist extended just next to his face, displaying for the first time a terrifying speed, almost comparable to All Might's.

In disbelief, Kai turned to see Tomoko's fist millimeters from hitting him square on, at which point electric sparks flashed around him, and soon all his hair rose against gravity as he vanished from the spot. Reappearing a few meters back with terrifying electric arcs flashing from his body and hair, looking like a thunder god, Kai couldn't help but comment with an almost predatory smile on his face.

“I didn't know you'd improved this much… You hid it well.”

“Did you like our gift? We trained in secret and held back just for this day.” Chatora landed with a small mark on his armor and commented in a defiant voice. Tomoko appeared beside Chatora and commented in a voice full of emotion.

“It was super duper hard to hide it, but we wanted the camp to be really special for you!!”

“Of course you can't forget about us.”

At that moment, Shino's voice echoed from the air, and soon she appeared alongside Ryuko flying in the air with their armors on, at which point 5 colossal earth beasts began emerging from the ground.

“You really know me well. It's a great gift.” Kai commented as he handed the computer he was holding to Tama on his shoulder.

As the white cat leaped toward the forest with the computer flying above her held by a white aura, Salem, who had managed to tear apart Ryuko's metallic earth dinosaur of over ten meters, appeared beside Kai. He roared full of anticipation as the electric arcs around him increased in power and a second sword appeared from his fur.

Upon taking the second sword, Kai and Salem shot toward the number one hero group, leaving electric trails behind them. Chatora and Tomoko reacted instantly, launching themselves to intercept Kai, while the colossal earth beasts, three airborne and three terrestrial, charged with impressive speed to attack.

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“What damn Kaiju movie did we end up in…?”

In the middle of the violently trembling forest, Kaminari couldn't help but comment in disbelief while looking at the distant sky. There, the colossal monsters could be seen fighting along with brutal shockwaves that threatened to blow everything away. Mina landed gracefully nearby and commented while looking at the same spot.

“One called the most powerful team in Japan versus the Demon King…”

“It seems like not even Saito will have it easy at this camp…”

Todoroki, who landed not far away with a burst of flame, commented with slight surprise. Meanwhile, Bakugo blew up an earth beast and looked at the sky with clenched teeth and fists. At that moment, Momo flew over the group in her armor and commented in a calm but firm voice.

“Kai has his own battles, and we have ours. A new group of earth beasts is coming, so don't lose focus—we still have to reach the camp!”

““Understood!!””

The group replied in unison and quickly turned their focused attention to the new wave of approaching beasts. Though among all of them, a young man with blond hair and blue eyes who seemed excessively sparkly with a belt over his navel couldn't help but look at the apocalyptic scene. He was pale with visible doubt in his eyes.

“Aoyama, don't fall behind!”

At that moment, Momo's firm voice echoed from the sky, which brought the young man back to his senses. He quickly ran after the group that was moving away while firing a beam from his navel at a nearby beast.

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While Salem faced the earth dinosaurs, Kai repelled with his swords the tide of blows from Chatora and Tomoko that left him no room to dodge and launched himself toward Tomoko. Moving like lightning, Kai arrived in front of Tomoko and unleashed a ruthless slash at her, but midway, a spike of earth and metal formed from the ground.

The spike quickly grew, aiming at his throat, almost as if announcing it would trade Tomoko's life for his, which forced him to move his sword to shatter it. This gave Tomoko enough time to kick the air and appear in front of him with a shockwave, fist about to strike his chin. Kai prepared to counterattack, but at that precise instant, large amounts of nonsensical information flooded his head all at once, stopping him for a millisecond.

Although it took only a millisecond for him to recover from Shino's attack, that time was more than enough for the pencil-sized shockwave Tomoko created to reach his chin. This forced him to move his head to dodge it but managed to be grazed. At the same time, Chatora's elastic arms appeared right in front of his chest with palms open and together, while four more spikes aimed at the weak points of his uncomfortable posture.

(Impressive!)

With a predatory smile on his face, Kai couldn't help but internally praise the exquisite display of cooperation, precision, and speed, and soon sprang into action. Releasing the sword in his left hand, Kai grabbed Chatora's wrist right in front of his chest and used it as a platform to launch himself, managing to dodge the four spikes as he shot feet first toward the sky.

As the Pussycats looked up at the sky in disbelief, Kai spun on himself to send a terrifying black flying slash at the earth beasts that Salem had skillfully made gather around him. At the same time, Kai kicked the air and vanished from sight, reappearing behind Tomoko with an electric trail as the sole witness to his movement.

With a fluid motion, Kai reclaimed from the air the sword he had released, at which point hundreds of cut marks appeared across Tomoko's entire armor along with electric flashes that revealed significant damage. After taking his sword, Kai spun on himself on the ground and vanished, but at that moment, Chatora jumped in front of Shino with a cross guard and an electric shield protecting him.

Almost instantly, Chatora was sent flying backward with his shield on the verge of disappearing and an enormous slash mark on his armor, hitting Shino on his way. At the same time, Kai appeared behind Ryuko and embraced her by the waist while his right sword pointed at her neck, and four metallic earth spikes stopped just before piercing his torso.

“Hello gorgeous, don't you want to go out and play one of these days?” With a playful smile, Kai whispered to Ryuko, who replied in a cheerful and equally playful voice as the robotic tail of her armor coiled around Kai's waist.

“Oh no, a very handsome villain captured me… Whatever will become of poor little me, nya.”

“That hurt…” Chatora commented in a pained voice as he got up from the ground with Shino. Tomoko, with her damaged armor and a pout, commented while crossing her arms in dissatisfaction.

“I wanted to be the one captured by the villain.”

“Hehe, you've improved a lot. If you work as a team, you could stand up to the current All Might and even cause problems for All Might Prime. You're truly strong.” Kai commented with a smile as Salem landed beside him and roared with visible enthusiasm.

“Are we really that strong?” Shino couldn't help but ask with excited surprise, while the others looked at Kai with shining eyes. Kai released Ryuko and nodded his head, then commented as his hair fell and his swords disappeared.

“Yes. With the Accomplice shields, your speed, lethal power, and coordination, you'd give the current All Might a good fight. Although he'd probably end up winning in the end. His 40 years as a hero are no joke, and he still has more raw strength and speed than any of you individually.”

“We're already that impressive…?”

Chatora couldn't help but murmur as he watched his fists clench with an indescribable emotion running through his chest. Meanwhile, tears couldn't help but seep into Ryuko's eyes, at which point Tomoko jumped into Kai's arms and commented with an enormous smile.

“Thank you, Kai! Thank you!!”

Ryuko turned around and also hugged Kai with tears in her eyes, something Shino did as well, who likewise seemed on the verge of breaking into tears. The number 1 hero, All Might, was the pinnacle of the world, the ultimate hero, practically invincible, to the point where they previously couldn't even think of withstanding one of his blows, much less fighting him.

But now they were receiving such a high evaluation from someone who had truly fought against and alongside All Might, and knowing Kai as they did, they knew he meant it. They were now strong, and all thanks to that blue-eyed young man who seemed to be struggling to find what to say.

With a smile full of genuine gratitude, Chatora ended up hugging Kai along with his teammates while commenting in a slightly hoarse voice.

“Thank you, Kai… All of this is only possible thanks to the power you gave us…”

Finding himself hugged from all sides, Kai could only shake his head before beginning to explain as the cats jumped onto his shoulders.

“Actually, the raw power isn't what's impressive—what's impressive is your coordination and precision, something you developed on your own through countless years. I didn't give you that, so you don't have to give me so much credit. You're impressive on your own.”

Hearing Kai, the group of professional heroes couldn't help but smile in silence and squeeze Kai tighter, who could only comment as he took his computer from Tama's white aura.

“How about we head to the camp to wait for the others? From now on we can train more often, and while we're at it, I should call Mirko—she'll be an interesting addition.”

“Mirko? Sounds good.” Shino commented while discreetly glancing at Ryuko and Tomoko, who looked back at her with subtle smiles, at which point Tomoko announced out loud.

“Kai, I need a new armor!”

“Don't worry, I've already prepared new armors for everyone. Keiko and I created some upgrades, and we were going to hand them out after the camp, but I'll give them to you right now.” Kai replied calmly, which caused the Pussycats' eyes to shine intensely.

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