Eight: Season 1

Episode 22: Kirishima's Decision!

Jade-
Hanta and I went into the shack and I closed the door. "The City Ablaze." I said, grabbing a book.
"Hmm?" Hanta asked.
"It's a city on Kueria that's basically like Palestine or Israel. It's a holy land the Kuerian Gods blessed. There are infinite resources, no one is sad, no one is angry, there is no pain or suffering, it's a true paradise." I explained.
"That sounds like a cult." Hanta said.
"That's the thing, it's a myth. No one has ever been there in Kueria's history, but there is something else The City Ablaze hides. According to Kuerian mythology, there is a place called Lazarus Lake that when bathed in...gives you immortality and power beyond your wildest dreams. And you only have to bathe in it once. You have the power to resurrect the dead, bring whole civilizations to their knees! It's horrible, and if Akuma and Enji are looking for it? We have to find it first and destroy it! No one should have that kind of power." I said.
"But if Akuma promised Yuga this...they must already know it exists and have been looking for it. Or maybe they already found it and Akuma and Enji are already God-like beings. Either way, you're right, we need to destroy it." Hanta said.
"There is another part to the myth. If Enji and Akuma already have the power and immortality promised by the lake, the only way to defeat them is this. Kuerians called it a lot of things but each name roughly translates to Infinity Manipulation and Seven Eyes." I said.
"You lost me, what's Infinity Manipulation and what's Seven Eyes?" Hanta asked.
"Infinity Manipulation is the ability to manipulate infinity, whether it's the concept itself or anything infinite like space and time. For example, a user of infinity manipulation can swap, copy, transfer, steal, reassign, or remove traits that are infinite and do more than the average trait. A user can control how objects of infinite traits, such as how an irresistible force interacts with an unbreakable, immovable, or unstoppable object." I said.
"Huh?" Hanta asked, confused.
"Ok, uhh...think of it as a sphere." I said, pulling the chalkboard out and drawing a sphere. "Within a sphere, currents are unchanging and infinite, never ending." I said, drawing layers of the currents.
"Ok?" Hanta asked.
"Now, what if you try and characterize this sphere in the fourth dimension?" I asked, drawing four planes.
"Are you saying...the Poincarê Conjecture...is true?" Hanta asked.
"Yes!" I exclaimed.
"How?" Hanta asked.
I drew it all out on the chalk board and he was just in shock. "How did you solve this?" Hanta asked.
"I told you, I tinkered as a girl." I said.
"Ok, let me rephrase...how hold were you when you solve this?" Hanta asked.
"7 or 8 maybe 9?" I asked.
Hanta gasped. "Holy shit Jade! You're a literal genius! No one has ever understood the Poincarê Conjecture much less proved it to be true! How!? How is this possible!?" Hanta asked, looking at me.
"I don't know, ever since I was a girl complicated things just made more sense than basic things. I would create things with household objects and then question how it worked so I'd play pretend and just read books and did math." I said.
"Jade...it is not normal for a human being to have this level of intelligence. You rigged a cryochamber into a fully functional space escape pod for two people! You turned earbuds into wireless and unranged communication devices. You turned a satellite dish into an electromagnetic elevator! You made a laptop out of scraps! How are you so smart?" Hanta asked.
  "I dunno, I always just thought it was normal." I said.
  Hanta sighed and smiled. "Alright smarty-pants, how does one achieve infinity manipulation?" Hanta asked.
  "This is all hypothetical myth, but hypothetically speaking...it's a genetic mutation in the Quirk factor. The only ones who have the potential are people with two different elemental abilities stemming from two different Quirk factors." I said.
  "Anyone have that?" Hanta asked, and I sighed. "Not that I know of, and I'm not subjecting anyone to more poking and prodding." I said.
  "Yeah, valid. Is there anything else that could stop them if they already bathed in the lake?" Hanta asked.
  "If I had a sample of the Lazarus Lake water...I could reverse engineer it into a cure for Akuma and Enji. But, before we waste resources on sending a team out. We need to know if Akuma and Enji already bathed in the water, and I highly doubt Aoyama has that information." I said.
  Hanta sighed. "So...what you're saying is that we need a miracle to make sure we can beat them?" Hanta asked.
  "Yeah." I said.
  Hanta sighed. "It's not like we can risk the spies in Enji's camp either. We need them to keep us one step ahead of them." Hanta said.
  "Yeah, and even if they made it to Lazarus Lake...Enji and Akuma probably told no one and promised it to Pherrah and the Mercenaries as well as Aoyama." I said.
  Hanta sighed. "Yeah." He said, and we left the shack to go check on Bakugo, Kiri, and Shoto.

  Kirishima-
  I had heard their entire conversation. "I can be that miracle. They've sacrificed everything to keep me safe...everyone here! Maybe it's about time I do the same." I thought.
Once night fell and everyone was asleep, I broke into the tower and snuck into the catacombs. I flicked my wrist and lit the torches. I felt Aoyama's dark smile from here. "I was wondering when you'd come, Eijiro Kirishima." Aoyama said.
"I need you to tell me everything about The City Ablaze. Does it exist?" I asked.
"Yes." Aoyama said.
"Have Akuma and Enji already used the Lake?" I asked.
"Yes, after they slaughtered the protectors in that city." Aoyama said.
"If I help you escape here, will you help me get there?" I asked.
"Betraying your friends? I'd love to do anything to help aid in your fall from grace." Aoyama said.
"You'll take me?" I asked, again.
"Yes." Aoyama said.
"Can I bring a group?" I asked.
"Would anyone follow you?" Aoyama asked.
"Yes." I said.
"Bring all who wish to betray your Captain." Aoyama said.
I nodded and Aoyama smiled darkly. "I'm so glad we see eye to eye." Aoyama said.
I nodded and called Bakugo, Midoriya, Tetsu, Alex, Bri, Ochaco, and Kendo. "It's the middle of the night Eijiro." Bri said, a shawl over her shoulders.
  "I know, I'm sorry. I just...need to talk to you guys." I said.
  "Without Shoto?" Ochaco asked, a shawl over her shoulders.
  "He can't know about this." I said.
  "Ok." Tetsu said.
  I explained Jade and Hanta's conversation about The City Ablaze, Aoyama, and what exactly I was planning on doing. "I'm not asking you guys to come with me...but the seven of you have been really good to me. I just thought you should know." I said.
  "I'm coming with you." Bri said.
  "Us too!" They all exclaimed.
  "I'm only going because Midoriya is going." Ochaco added.
  "We'll get ready to leave tomorrow night. Remember, don't tell Shoto." I said, and they nodded as we all headed back to bed.