Kairi was having the time of her life. She was dodging the attacks of the alphas. She had finally managed it to activate the Zone in all of them. She had forcefully done it and now they went bat-shit crazy. They were on a 100% and they had turned feral.
“Yes, good! Just let it all out! Get used to the feeling!” She smiled while jumping away. The alphas were insanely fast now.
Tenya was next to her all of a sudden. He grabbed her by the throat and together they crashed to the ground. Kairi was laughing in excitement. “Good, very good, boy!”
His yellow eyes stared directly into hers. She purposefully didn’t use her Zone. She wanted to give them a chance. She drew her legs closer to her body and then kicked Tenya away. In the same motion she was on her feet again and dodged Izuku and Tetsutetsu.
But then she got tackled by Eijiro. His claws bore into her shoulders and ripped parts of her flesh off. He was on top of her and his sharp teeth were only inches away from her face. She growled at him.
Suddenly he was ripped off by Jurota, the loud roar bellowed through the forest. “Go on a rampage, kids! Yes, let out your powers! Show me what you’ve got!”
Jurota turned towards her, he grabbed Kairi and pressed her against a tree. She was still grinning. His claws dug into her skin even deeper. He was in his quirk form which made his state even worse.
Shoto charged at him and tried to bite him at the throat. Jurota held him off without problems.
Hitoshi pounced at Kairi from behind. He wrapped his legs around her waist, his claws were digging into her throat. She flipped forward and landed on him. He yelped and let go of her.
Juzo softened the ground around them. But Kairi was faster she grabbed him and pulled him into the air. She threw him into the trees. Mezo and Rikido were coming from both sides now. Mezo’s mask was ripped and his fangs were huge.
Rikido grabbed her and pulled her closer to his chest. He had her in a bear hug and it actually crushed both of her humeri. She roared, still smiling. She used her legs to fend of Mezo. She wrapped them around his neck and started to choke him. Rikido tightened his grip and crashed more of her bones. She could feel how a rib bore into her lung.
“Damn, you got me good, boy”, she was still grinning. She now kicked against Mezo’s chest and drove Rikido against a tree. The grip loosened and Kairi jumped away. Her broken arms were flailing through the air.
She jumped when Izuku tried to tackle her. When he landed her feet came down on his back. She flipped again and now she was targeting Hitoshi. Her kicks were devastating. He blocked her barely with his arms.
Kairi used the momentum and she trapped him between her legs. They flew forward and she rammed Hitoshi’s head into the ground.
She immediately moved when Shoto used his fire against her. Her left arm was hit by it and burned quickly. With an insane speed she charged at him. Shoto was shocked to see, that she still continued. He activated his ice and it hit her, it completely pierced her side.
Her eyes started to glow yellow. She head butted Shoto and completely knocked him out. For a second he felt like his skull split in half.
Kairi was breathing heavily. Blood was running down her side and came out of her mouth. Her arms were mangled and she was drenched in sweat. The alphas growled and forced themselves back on the feet.
Tetsutetsu jumped her again, he dug his teeth into her shoulder and grabbed her bleeding side.
Tenya charged at her from the other side. He stood in front of her and was about to deliver the final blow, when he stopped. He saw Kairi grinning. “Oh, you gonna stop? You’re killing me, you know? You really wanna go that far?” She had a challenging smile on her face.
This brought Tenya back to normal, the yellow started to fade and his normal eye color came back. He was breathing heavily and he looked confused.
Tetsutetsu let go of her shoulder, his teeth were bloody, he was also normal again. He stared at the wound in her shoulder with shock.
One after the other came to their senses again. “Oh god” murmured Hitoshi. “What have we done?”
“That’s the power of the Zone, true alpha power. It’s amazing isn’t it?” Kairi sounded absolutely ecstatic, she was laughing like a maniac. “Now, all you need to learn is how to control it!”
“We’re monsters …” Izuku mumbled. He looked at Kairi in pure shock. “Y-you will die! You need to see a doctor. Oh my god, you’re not healing!” He sounded more and more panicked. “But why not? Ian was healing so fast!”
“Shut your mouth, I’m fine. And I can’t heal at the moment.”
“Why not? You said you can heal every wound” Eijiro walked a few steps closer to her.
“I broke your arms … Oh god …” Rikido shock his head.
Kairi sighed. “I am fine, boys, I am telling ya! You did nothing wrong. I am not healing because the damage is not enough, yet. My quirk is Auto-Rebirth, not super healing like my sons.”
“Meaning?” Tenya looked at her frantically.
“I need to die to activate my quirk. After I die, my quirk will activate and I will be as good as new.” They stared at her in pure terror.
“Y-you need to d-die?” Shoto stuttered.
“Yes. It’s no big deal, just leave me here. I’ll do it on my own. Go back to the camp.”
“But we can’t leave you here!” Tetsutetsu yelled.
“Bullshit. You are fine now. You don’t need to see how I die, now go.” She looked at them with a serious expression.
“You can leave it to me” Ian’s voice came out of the forest. “Go back, I’ll take care of her.” He walked over to his mother. Jesper followed him.
“Come now, I’ll bring you back to camp” Jesper murmured. He nodded in the direction of his mother.
Still very much not okay with the situation, the boys followed the older alpha back to the camp. Izuku was the last one, he looked over his shoulder at the moment when Kairi’s lifeless body hit the ground.
They came back to camp in the middle of the night. They were all more than shocked at what had happened. The others already slept, which was good. None of them wanted to meet someone.
They sat down around the campfire, Shoto ignited it. They all were silent and in their own thoughts. What on earth was wrong with them? They should have never started this training!
Jesper observed the others for a while. “Do you see the importance of this training now?” he asked. “Becoming feral is the worst possible thing for an alpha, now that you have a taste on how it feels like, you can better control it.”
“We almost killed her!” Eijiro napped. He stood up and grabbed Jesper by the collar.
“Yes, you did. And the next time you know what to not do! It gets easier the more you do it. Trust me! I’ve been through that.” His expression was cold.
“What if she can’t heal? What if we damaged her so much that she won’t come back?” Izuku muttered.
Jesper raised an eyebrow. “If you really killed her permanently, she would probably give you a medal. She tries for over thirty-five years to kill herself, to no avail.” His voice was monotone and his face emotionless.
He heard a few gasps and the expressions on their faces were shocked. “Why?” Tenya asked.
Jesper looked to the ground, Eijiro held him still by the collar. “Because prime alphas were always desired; back in the days even more. She never told us, what exactly happened to her, but it was terrible enough, that she developed the wish to die, but she can’t because her quirk literally keeps her from that. It’s a vicious circle.”
“Do you want your mother to die?” Juzo asked.
“No, but I want her to be happy … I think the training will not be continued tomorrow, when she recovers she needs some time off. I guess you can get some sleep.” He mustered them again. “Listen, it is not your fault. You will learn it eventually. You didn’t kill her, you stopped! You were still lucid enough to make the decision to stop! This is a huge step, so don’t blame yourself.”
Eijiro let go of him and tumbled back. He took a seat again. Jesper headed off, back into the forest.
Once more, Izuku saw what he was capable of. What they all were capable of. Kairi said that they weren’t monsters, but how could she say this? Weren’t they supposed to be heroes? Yet, they were capable of doing such awful things! Tears shot into his eyes.
They stayed half of the night at the camp fire, it was about three in the morning, when Izuku heard an agonizing scream out of the forest, it was a scream of a woman … he closed his eyes, his jaw clenched and unclenched. Tears were still streaming down his face.
“We should probably go to sleep” he said with a hoarse voice. The others nodded and they finally went to bed.
