The next day... [Internship Day 3]

Kyoro was lying on the floor scrolling through his phone, not in his plasma form. Above him, Mirko has fell asleep and Gaia was taking advantage the of this, having placed Mirko's head on her lap. Kyoro looked up from his phone with squinted eyes.

'What the hell have we been doing?' Kyoro thought before standing up and looking out the large glass wall over looking the city of Hosu. It was about night time and he and Mirko hadn't done a lick of hero work. Kyoro turned to Mirko and Gaia with a frown.

"Get up." Kyoro said nudging the two women. 'Geez... she is like the size of a teenager, she looks even smaller compared to Gaia, who's about 5'10".' Kyoro said nudging the two again. Kyoro sighed before walking to the kitchen. He opened a cabinet above a microwave and saw his weapon of choice. Taking out the spray can of whip cream, he walked back in front of the two. "Sucks to be them." Kyoro said covering his right hand completely in whip cream. Kyoro nodded to his hand and extended his right hand outward.

Quickly, he slapped the absolute shit out of Mirko, and then did the same to Gaia. The two woke up and looked around frantically before feeling their faces. They looked forward and saw Kyoro was now in his hero outfit. "We've got work to do. You need to get dressed. And you need to stop being horny. You're not Zeus." Kyoro said to Mirko and Gaia respectively. The two glared at him but complied to his orders.

•

Gaia was now back in the core with an irritated face.

"I didn't realize it before, but that's an insult." Gaia said about Kyoro's Zeus comment.

The pro hero and the hero in-training were now outside of the apartment building and in their hero suits. Passerby easily recognized the two, Mirko being a top 10 hero, and Kyoro winning the sports festival. People began to gossip and talk about the team up, sharing it throughout the media. Kyoro glanced around Mirko and saw she had a slightly annoyed gaze.

"I just remembered." Mirko started as she began walking, Kyoro following. "What's up?" Kyoro asked. "The last reason I picked you. I planned to pick whoever won the sports festival to work with me to take down the Hero Killer: Stain." Mirko exclaimed. "I've heard about him. He fatally wounded one of my classmate's relatives." Kyoro said with a frown. "So, in these last three days, we'll be searching for him. Since it's already dark out, odds are, he's out here somewhere looking for his next victim. Think you can handle that?" Mirko asked. "Of course." Kyoro answered bluntly. "Alright. Here's my number in case we get split up." Mirko said holding out her hand. Kyoro gave her his phone and she inserted her number before handing his phone back.

"So, where do we start—" Kyoro was cut off by a loud boom from blocks ahead. The two looked at each other before swiftly taking off. The two ran down the street seeing buildings catching on fire and even more explosions. The two made it to the center of the commotion as civilians ran away.

In the middle of the street we're three creatures with resemblance to Nomu, the creature from USJ. Kyoro's mind snapped as he glared at the creatures. Mirko jumped into the action and Kyoro was about to follow but he saw Izuku across the street. Kyoro quickly ran towards him but saw him run off. Kyoro looked back and forth between Izuku's direction and the Nomus before clicking his tongue and facing the Nomus. Kyoro saw Endeavor, Mirko, and an elder man taking on the three Nomus by themselves, with support from lesser known heroes.

'Do I help? Can I help?' Kyoro asked seeing the three easily fight off the villains on even ground. Suddenly, Kyoro's phone vibrated in Morse code. Kyoro took it out and saw Izuku had shared his location. Kyoro immediately put his phone away and threw a vine at a rooftop. 'I'm coming, Izuku!' Kyoro said before running at full speed.

•

In an alleyway...

Izuku, Iida, and a pro hero, Native, were behind Todoroki as he held off the Hero Killer: Stain. Up above, Kyoro had jumped over the alley way before seeing fire out of the corner of his eye. He looked down before suddenly turning on his plasmatic form.

Stain had threw two knives into Todoroki's left arm stopping him from shooting his fire. Stain jumped up and aimed to plunge his sword into Native before Kyoro flew at him with his foot raised high.

'Sorry, Mirko!' Kyoro thought before axe-kicking Stain into the pavement. The others looked on his shock as they looked at Kyoro in his new form. Stain kicked Kyoro off and attempted to stab him in the chest with a knife only to see the knife melt as it stabbed him. Kyoro looked up menacingly before grabbing Stain's neck, dragging him across the wall, and slinging him away.

"Kyoro..?" Todoroki asked. "What... is that?" Izuku asked on his feet. "Izuku. Can you fight?" Kyoro asked as plasma began leaking from the ground, swirling around him. "Yes. His quirk stops movement by ingesting blood. Depending on the type, the longer it last." Izuku informed standing beside him in his new form: Full Cowling. "Todoroki. Support us. Close-Quarters may be dangerous, but that's how we fight." Kyoro said before holding out his right hand. In a swirl of bluish green particles, a sword appeared in Kyoro's hand. With the blade of a katana, and the hilt of a broadsword, Kyoro prepared his new weapon. The blade was made entirely of plants, the blade made of different kinds of leaves of all different colors, the handle made of vines, and on the hilt was a bouquet of red roses.

"Three against one, huh?" Stain started. "It definitely won't be easy." Stain said preparing to fight back.

Izuku darted from wall to wake in his shroud of green electricity and Kyoro flew forward and did the same. Izuku threw a punch at Stain but Stain dodged and attempted to slash him, but Kyoro clashed blades with him before Todoroki fired a wave of ice, the two jumping away. Todoroki followed up with fire but Stain kept dodging.

Kyoro tried to create vines but saw they were burned upon release. 'A drawback?!' Kyoro thought in shock. 'How could I be so stupid, my body his burning right now, I can't create cells! Damn it, I'll be vulnerable in about two more minutes...' Kyoro thought as Izuku punched Stain in the back of the head. Stain turned and cut Izuku in his leg and jumped at him. Todoroki threw out more streams of fire making him back away. "Midoriya!" Todoroki shouted in concern. "Please stop..." Iida whimpered to Todoroki. Kyoro clashed blades with Stain again before the two jumped back at the sight of more fire. "I'm... already..." Iida continued making Todoroki click his tongue. "If you want us to stop, then stand up!" Todoroki shouted.

Stain licked the blood on his sword, paralyzing Izuku. Todoroki sent a wave of ice at Stain as Kyoro jumped from wall to wall. "The only words I can say to you are: Look properly at what you want to be!" Todoroki shouted as Stain flew past Kyoro and at Todoroki. Kyoro flew at Stain and went for a spin kick to his chest. It sent him away and down the alley and Kyoro followed after him as Todoroki sent another stream of fire. The fire missed and Kyoro and Stain clashed swords again. Stain threw a knife in Izuku's direction making Kyoro jump towards him. The knife planted into Kyoro's left arm as he shielded Izuku.

"KYORO!" Todoroki shouted in desperation. Kyoro went to turn around and saw a trail of glowing blue blood squirting from his left arm. Kyoro saw stain had just finished a slash and looked down. On the concrete was his left forearm. Izuku's face paled and so did Todoroki's, Iida's eyes widening in shock as he cried. Stain took advantage of their shock and stabbed Kyoro's other arm into the wall with a knife. Kyoro used all his strength not to scream in pain. Stain raised his sword and went to cut Kyoro's right arm off.

Suddenly, his sword was broken by a kick from Iida, who had just recovered from Stain's quirk. He followed up with a spin kick to Stain's chest, kicking him away from Kyoro. "Iida!" Izuku shouted happily. "You got free? That quirk isn't as great as I thought." Todoroki commented.

"Todoroki, Midoriyas, this has nothing to do with you three, and I apologize." Iida started. "You're saying that again?" Izuku asked. "That's why I can't allow you three to bleed more than this!" Iida said with determination.

"It's no use trying to be reformed for appearance's sake. A person's essence does not change so easily. You will never be anything but a fake who prioritizes his own selfish desires. You are a cancer to society that warps the idea of heroes. Someone must set you straight." Stain ranted with venom, donning a new sword. "You're an anachronistic fundamentalist. Iida, don't listen to the logic of a murderer." Todoroki interjected. "No, he's right. I have no right to call myself a hero... Even so... I cannot give in. If I give in, then Ingenium will die." Iida said clenching his fists. "Out of the question." Stain said lunging at Iida, but Todoroki stopped him with his flames.

"Idiot! The Hero Killer is after me and that kid in white armor, right? Don't fight back. It'd be better if you ran away!" Native scolded. "It doesn't look like he'll give me an opening to do that. Something clearly changed just now. He's flustered." Todoroki explained as Stain avoided another stream of fire. Todoroki sent waves of ice as Kyoro finally snapped back into reality.

'I've got less than a minute left. My left arm's gone. And my adrenaline is the only thing keeping me conscious from blood loss.' Kyoro thought before seeing Izuku able to move. 'This bastard... he took my arm. Screw the hero shit right now— I'm fucking pissed. That's it. The shackles come off.' Kyoro thought before the plasma around him swirled faster before disappearing. Kyoro's clothes glowed brighter before turning back to normal. Kyoro made the leaf blade disappear as Todoroki froze Iida's legs. Iida pulled the knife out of his arm with his mouth as Kyoro's eyes began glowing brighter, the plasma leaking from there radiating more heat, as did his body.

Todoroki cornered Stain against a wall with his flames, Stain running down the wall and avoiding the bursts of fire. Iida flew at Stain with Recipro Extend, and Izuku flew at Stain with Full Cowling. Kyoro glared with his cosmic blue eyes and appeared above Stain as Izuku and Iida appeared at his sides, with his Nova Cloak. Izuku punched Stain across the face, Iida kicked Stain in his ribs, and Kyoro punched his back with a plasma-covered fist. Izuku recoiled his arm back in pain as the four began falling. Stain grabbed a knife and slashed at Iida but missed. "I will defeat you! This time, you, as a criminal—" Iida started. "Keep after him!" Todoroki shouted throwing an intense heat wave at Stain. Iida slammed his foot into Stains chest sending him at am awaiting Kyoro. "And I, as hero!" Iida shouted. The flames consumed Stain before they were absorbed by Kyoro's plasma-covered fist. Kyoro glared with hatred at Stain before shouting at the top of his lungs and slamming his fist into his face. Stains body spun around from the momentum before Todoroki caught his body in ice. Todoroki created another ramp of ice that the three slid down before bonking their heads on the ice at the bottom. "Stand up! He's still..." Todoroki stopped as the three looked up and saw Stain was unconscious.

"He's probably knocked out after all that... right?" Izuku asked. "Then, let's restrain him and get out to the street. Is there anything to tie him up with?" Todoroki asked. "Just in case let's take all his weapons off him." Izuku added. "Good Idea." Todoroki complimented as Iida stared. Kyoro stood up and walked over to his severed arm.

He looked down at it with a blank face before picking it up. With the remaining time left on his Nova Cloak, he burned his arm into ashes.

'I'm sorry...' Kyoro heard Gaia say. 'I don't know why.' Kyoro responded before tossing the ashes into the air. 'There's no reason to be.' Kyoro added as he walked over to the three and Native. Stain was now tied up, Native was carrying Izuku, and Todoroki was dragging Stain by a rope. The five began walking down the alley, with the others talking along the way.

'Kyoro, you're barely standing. You've got to drop the form.' Gaia informed. 'It's the only thing keeping me conscious.' Kyoro thought with a wince. The five made it out of the alley as Native spoke up. "Now, let's quickly get him to the police—" Native started but was cut off by and elderly voice.

"Wha..? Why are you here?" He asked. "Gran Torino!" Izuku exclaimed. "Gran Tor—" Izuku was cut off by the man putting his foot in his face. "I thought I told you to stay seated on the bullet train!" Gran Torino scolded. "Who's that?" Todoroki asked. "The hero I'm interning with, Gran Torino. But why?" Izuku asked. "I was told to come here all of a sudden. Well, I don't really know what's going on, but I'm glad you're okay." The old man said with his hands on his hips. "Gran Torino, I'm sorry..." Izuku apologized. 'Geez, this part of him is exactly like Toshinori' Gran Torino thought.

"It's around here!" A woman's voice shouted as a crowd of footsteps drew near. "Endeavor told us there was a request for help here, but..." A male hero trailed off. "Children?" One asked. "Those injuries look serious! I'll call an ambulance right away!" One said seeing Kyoro's bloody half-arm. "H-Hey, this is..." Another started seeing Stain. "Don't tell me... it's the Hero Killer?" "What?" "Call the police, too!" They went on.

Kyoro in the back was in a daze, staring into space. He didn't even realize people were around him, question him, apologizing to him, worried about him. Kyoro heard a muffled shout before feeling his feet come off the ground. A winged-Nomu had snatched Kyoro from the ground below and was beginning to take off with him in its grasp. "Kyoro!" The students shouted.

'KYORO SNAP OUT OF IT!' Gaia shouted but to no avail. '...' Kyoro looked down at his left half-arm before his eyes glared at Nomu menacingly. "Burn Out." Kyoro whispered before white and blue sparks crackled around him. Suddenly, he exploded in a fiery blue explosion in the middle of the air, instantly killing the Nomu in a blaze. The explosion lasted for about 7 seconds and was luckily high enough to not destroy any buildings, excluding windows. After the explosion went away, Kyoro's body began falling from the sky.

Pro hero Endeavor arrived on the scene just in time to catch Kyoro in his arms. He landed on the ground and observed the boy in his arms, his body was steaming, his eyes still leaking plasma, and his left forearm still gone. Mirko also appeared and gasped seeing the state Kyoro was in. She ran up to Endeavor and looked at Kyoro's missing forearm with a frown.

~•~

Hosu General Hospital

The four U.A. Students were in a room with four hospital beds. Todoroki, Iida, and Izuku conversed in a peaceful atmosphere. Izuku had bandages around his right arm and left leg. Todoroki only had bandages on his left arm and cheek. On the other hand, Iida had both his arms in slings and bandages. But worst of all, Kyoro hadn't woken up yet. What was left of his left arm was covered in bandages, and his right arm also had bandages on his bicep.

"Oh, are you wounded kids awake?" Gran Torino asked sliding open the door, pro hero Manual at his side. "Gran Torino!" Izuku said happily. "Manual..." Iida acknowledged. "Kid, I've got a lot of complaints for you." Gran Torino said approaching Izuku. "Oh! S-Sorr—" Izuku was cut off by Gran Torino. "But before that, you've got a visitor." Gran Torino said as a man with a dog's head walked in with a suit on. Behind him, Mirko rushed in and went to Kyoro's side, ignoring the others.

•

In the core, Gaia was standing in silence. Ever since Kyoro had fallen unconscious, she had little connection to his soul. She could barely even communicate through his head, trying to wake him up.

Over, and over again, she would try to stabilize the connection between the two, but it was if his soul was fading in and out of existence.

Feeling a slight connection, Gaia shouted.

"Kyoro! KYORO! Can you hear me?!" She shouted desperately. Seconds passed without a response. "Kyoro. Please respond..." Gaia said on the verge of giving up. Seconds... minutes... an hour... gone. Or at least that's what it felt like.

Suddenly, Gaia heard a chuckle and turned around. Behind her was Kyoro in his current clothing, his hospital gown and bandages. "You're really loud." He started.

"Hmm. Tell me, if I come here every time I fall asleep, what changed? Why'd you keep calling me from my body?" Kyoro asked with a smirk. Gaia stared in shock before walking up to him with a smile. "Hey." Kyoro greeted in a cool tone. "You're a bitch, you know that?" Gaia asked. "... I had every intent to respond with: but I'm your bitch. But that's just weird." Kyoro said before the two shared a laugh. "Doesn't matter. You are." Gaia said before hugging him, Kyoro hugging back. "Sure..." Kyoro said enjoying the hug.

"I think it's time I wake up..." Kyoro said letting go. Silence. "I think that's long enough." Kyoro added. "No. It's not..." Gaia said making Kyoro blush and smile. The two stayed that way for a while longer before Gaia let go. "I can finally admit that I'm attached." She said with her hands on her hips. "Trust me. I knew from the beginning. I'll be seeing ya'." Kyoro said before his body faded away.

Gaia's smile grew larger at his last phrase.

"When did he get to so cool?" Gaia asked shaking her head.

~•~

Kyoro was the last one in the hospital room. It's been three days, Izuku and Todoroki were released the day before and Iida had left the day of.

Mirko still sat by Kyoro's side, waiting for his awakening. Right now, she was asleep and leaning on the side of the bed.

Kyoro's upper body lifted up before his head lifted up as well, almost like an undead. Kyoro creepily brought his hand across Mirko's arm with a fake groan making her jolt up. She looked at Kyoro who rolled his eyes back and stuck out his tongue. Mirko screamed before punching Kyoro across the face. Kyoro fell out of the bed and onto his back as Mirko gasped. She ran over to his side and kneeled down with a glare.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" She shouted. "My split personality disorder." Kyoro said referring to Gaia. "Kidding. You ready to head back?" Kyoro asked, standing up and stretching his arm. "How the hell are you calm? You've lost an arm." Mirko asked. "Did you forget my quirk?" Kyoro asked before tearing off the bandages to his left arm. Blue particles began forming around where Kyoro's left forearm would be. They swirled together before condensing and making an entirely new forearm. Mirko watched in awe as Kyoro moved around his fingers with his new hand. "My left arm is now made of plant cells. My quirk lets me create plant cells through cell reproduction, remember?" Kyoro said with a smirk.

"You really are a monster..." Mirko said closing her eyes with a smile. "Yup. The shackles are off..." He responded.

"The shackles are off..." Kyoro mumbled with his own smile.