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Furina knew that she would die when her act ended. She knew that she was living on borrowed time. She knew that once Focalors gave Neuvillette his full power, she too would perish.
She had accepted this fate a long time ago, after all it was for Fontaine. Just like everything was. For Fontaine. That was the mantra that replayed in her head every time she felt herself wavering.
Death. It was not painful, unlike what she expected. She expected it to hurt, y’know having her soul ripped out of her body but it was so peaceful. Like a warm tide coming to wash away her worries.
She had so desperately wanted to be selfish. To abandon Fontaine and everyone in it by telling someone her secret, but she couldn’t have their lives on her conscience.
Furina reminisced that fateful day before she got her new life. It was the worst yet best day of her past life. Now though? She loves her new life.
She and Focalors had been reincarnated with both of them being able to remember the past. They had been born in a world where 80% of the population had powers called Quirks.
She and Focalors got the same Quirk, it was called ‘Water Manipulation’. It gave them complete control over anything that had even a tiny percentage of water, it even allowed them to create water. The only downside was that if they used it too much they’d get dehydrated.
When they were first introduced to the concept of being a hero, she had asked Focalors if they had to be selfless again. She had answered with “No. For once in our lives we will be entirely selfish.”
It was a few months later when they found out what Mercenaries were. Mercenaries were people who were hired to fight conflict for money. After some thought, they decided that being a Mercenary would be much more entertaining than being civilians.
Their Mercenary name would be Hydro Archon.
So they started training with both their quirk and regular weapons. They had found out that she was better with short or mid ranged weapons, while Focalors was better with long ranged weapons.
As they grew up they got better at fighting, being in sync really helped. They looked the same, the only difference was that their eye colour was swapped.
The next thing they did was was look for a base of operation. It was harder than they thought but they found an abandoned building that looked like it had been demolished. The floor of the building had been pulled up so the ground was dirt.
They decided to make their base underneath the building. They had started digging out the base by taking the water out of the ground and making a big enough hole to house everything they need. Once they were done they made the ceiling of their base out of semi-permeable material.
While training their quirk she had figured out that they could turn themselves into water. So she thought it would be easier and safer to make it so they could get into the base by turning into water and going through the layer of dirt and then through the semi-permeable material.
They got their first request when they were 15. The request was to eliminate a wealthy CEO Who had no heirs and no successors. For their first time actually killing someone it went really well.
There was no time limit on this kill but they didn’t want to mess up. So they waited. They learned his routine, his hobbies, any secret he might have.
As it turned out the CEO was a severe alcoholic and frequented many shady bars. The man was also known to flirt with women while drunk.
So their plan was simple. She would go into the bar 30 minutes before the target, get him drunk, respond to his flirting, get him alone in a room, and overwork his heart until it stopped being able to function completely.
They got £10,000.
That’s how the next few years go. They got requests, depending on the target either her or Focalors would kill the target and the other would collect the cash.
Sometimes, though, the job would require both of them to kill. Everything about their brand was that they were the same person, that there was only one Hydro Archon. So they made sure absolutely no traces of there being two of them survived.
One day though they got a strange request. It stated:
Dear Hydro Archon,
I have a slightly different request than you’re probably used to. It still involves killing but you will be more of a secret bodyguard. You see my successor is reckless and considers this world as a mere video game. You will be ‘recruited’ by me for his safety and to keep him in line.
You will be paid 2 million pounds every month of your employment.
Meet me at XXX At nightfall.
— All For One.
They did not know how to deal with this. After all, they knew who AFO was and they were also pretty sure that they were the number 1 Mercenary. At the same time it was a big offer but also very dangerous.
They decided to accept the offer but to appear as one person She merged with Focalors by turning into water and going into their Domain.
Their Domain was a blue moon overseeing the open ocean. The blue moon acting as a screen to the outside world so the either of them could be aware of what was going on and help the other if in trouble.
Focalors went to the agreed meeting spot at the exact time, technically earlier, and was met with the number 1 villain. It was truly him.
All For One.
The man towered over Focalors. He was bald and his face was mangled, he had equipment to help him breathe, he wore a suit, he had at least three snipers aimed at her and he smelled weird.
AFO started speaking “So this is what the famed Hydro Archon looks like huh. Well I guess I should tell you the exact details of this job offer. You will be protecting my Successor and you will take orders from either him or myself but my word will override his, understood?”
“Understood.” Focalors replied.
AFO smiled “Good, now follow me.”
Focalors followed him to a bar. The bartender was a being made up of purple smoke. Focalors looked around the bar and as they expected this was AFO and his successor’s base.
“Master! You’re back!… Who’s this NPC?” A blue haired man with preserved hands all over his head almost yelled.
“This, Shigarki, is your new bodyguard and subordinate the Hydro Archon. She is being paid to follow orders and kill anyone that tries to harm you.” AFO explained.
“Hmp! I guess this is an acceptable NPC!” Shigarki reluctantly agreed.
‘Oh Archon! He’s going to be insufferable! Worse than me!’ She mentally told Focalors.
Foclors face remained the same emotionless look it always had but she mentally sighed and agreed with her. Focalors then went to sit down on a barstool. This was going to be long.
Focalors was right. It was long and boring. Most days were spent in the bar doing absolutely nothing useful. Shigarki said that they were waiting for their Spy in UA to give them information about All Might.
It took four more days for the ‘Spy’ to contact AFO. Focalors had questioned why they didn’t report to Shigarki and he answered with that the Spy was under AFO command, not his.
AFO then told them a base of what could be a plan but he let Shigarki make the actual plan. So they rounded up all their assets and got ready to attack the USJ.
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