Apotheosis

CHAPTER 43: NEMESIS 2

"So Kurogiri was captured then?" Izuku smiled as he heard the report through his phone. The commission didn't supply him with info he didn't need to know in their eyes, but his informants in the police were so eager to please. Even though this was good news for society it secretly annoyed him that the warping bartender was arrested. He really needed the league to exist for a bit longer and without their escape, their moves will be severely limited. "Thank you." He switched off his phone. "Now where were we?" He looked over at Stain who stood frozen in mid-attack covered in a blue stasis aura.

"I know we are training, but if you had just let me answer the phone I wouldn't have had to lock you in space," Izuku smirked. Releasing the power of the space stone, he freed the hero killer from his control. The man wasted no time and attacking him immediately with his sword. Izuku forced him to back off by creating a wall of flames with Endeavor's stolen quirk.

"I thought you wanted a simple exercise." Stain mocked as he evaded the flame.

"I'm sorry, am I pushing you too hard?" Izuku replied with a smirk. The killer charged towards him, dodging fireballs. The gauntlet user levitated himself into the air. Getting some distance from the man's blade, he pointed his right hand at him and activated two quirks of the soul stone. A large mass of crystals extended out from his limb, nearly burying the hero killer.

"What the hell?" Stain dodged the sudden attack. It covered so much area that it was extremely difficult to evade even in the large open training room. Izuku retracted it and then extended it again.

"Crystal plus Overgrowth." The boy supplied. "What a wonderful combination." Or it least it was until the killer started hacking away at it with his sword, shaving pieces off with each swing. Izuku tried strengthening it with the power stone, but One for All refused to cooperate yet again. This had been happening more frequently lately and he still had yet to isolate the problem. One thing he did finally conclude, was that this glitch only happened when he combined the soul and power stones together.

Drill + Gigantification + Hell Flame

In an instant, the crystals retracted into Izuku's body and his entire right arm transformed into a large flaming drill. He met Stain's charge with his now weaponized appendage. The man's sword bounced off his fire-clad drill. Izuku just smirked at him and pointed his gauntlet to the left.

"Vector!" Using the copied power of all for one again he launched Stain to the left. Izuku ignored the bit of blood that dripped from his nose as he pressed his attack, turning his weapon towards the killer. Stain found himself backed against the wall of the training room with a giant flaming drill inches from his face. "I win!" The man glared while the teen smirked.

"Of course you won." Stain spat. "Nobody can match up to that kind of power."

"Not to sound rude, but that was the point," Izuku replied.

"So what's the point of training then? You don't even need it anymore." The killer questioned.

"I like to keep my skills sharp." Izuku just shrugged as he deactivated the quirks, returning his arm to normal and wiping the trail of blood running out of his nose. 'Three quirks, the brief use of the fourth one nearly pushed the overload.' He noted. Using too many quirks with the soul stone at one time always carried risk. "Anyway. That's enough for today. I need to get ready."

"You're still going to that damn hero ranking event." Stain growled out distastefully.

"I don't like it either." Izuku agreed with him. "If it were up to me I'd abolish the whole thing. However, I don't have the political pull to do that...for now." He was practically being forced to attend this event by the prime minister. Toriyama knew how much he disliked the hero ranking system, so he made a point in saying that as the director of the H.R.D he was obligated to attend. A small bit of petty revenge for what Midoriya pulled to get where he was now, he was sure.