Hello, hello, Klyju's back at it again with a new Symbol of Hope chapter for you all! Now, before we begin, I must announce that once I get done with season 1 of this story, I will start on a spin-off of this story! I hope you all enjoy demon girl shenanigans, cuz that's gonna be happening a LOT in it. Anyways, as usual, I don't own anything here, as all properties are owned by their respective parties. With that, OPEN THE GAME!

"So," Hayden began after he finished his class introduction to the two-class groups. "What do you all believe to be the best method for defeating the demon threat?" He looked around the class from the webcam at the top of his monitor. "Go ahead. There are no stupid answers… Ms. Shiozaki? Would you have an answer?"

The vine-haired girl stood up with her eyes closed as she took a deep breath before speaking. "Through faith in the Lord can we find the strength to oppose the devil." She began. "Only when we believe in his power can he save us from damnation, and only in Him can we find salvation."

As she gave her semi-passionate mini-sermon, the Slayer's eyes widened in realization. How was he going to tell this young, impressionable woman that he essentially murdered her religion? Sure, he did it to save the Multiverse, but still.

Meanwhile, Samuel's camera stared at the Christian woman while waves of frustration were felt from his on-screen avatar before the doctor let out an electronic sigh. "That thing I said about there not being any stupid answers?" He began. "I take it back. That is a stupid answer."

As the Catholic stared at the professor in shock, the robot's virtual avatar shook his head as images of burnt up churches were pulled up to his side. "Many have fallen to the demon threat because of simple-minded beliefs such as those. Here, you will all quickly learn that no amount of liquid LSD, bunches of useless sticks, or any of that Bible speak will save you from them." He stated in a cold voice. "On the battlefield, the only thing that will save you is your actions in battle. Ms. Yaoyorozu? Do you have an answer?"

The ponytailed woman stood up with a furrowed brow on her face before giving her answer. "High powered artillery?" She said questioningly, her face becoming elated when the doctor gave her a nod. "That is one of the best methods, yes. Stronger, more durable ballistics and firepower will make combat much easier. Any others?"

Eiko went up next. "Don't stop moving and keep charging through?"

"Correct." Hayden continued. "The demons will never stop until everything is dead, meaning that they won't follow standard military strategies. When fighting against them, standing still is death."

A couple of video clips from the news report from yesterday, as well as from Izuku's recordings, popped up next to the robotic doctor, who gestures to them as they began playing, the viscera quickly flashing through the students' minds. "Another factor to consider is to fight just as fiercely as them, and then some." He stated in a calm voice. "There is a reason that the demons fear the Slayer, and by the time you all graduate…" He chuckled. "They will fear you as well…"

After Classes

"He cannot be serious, is he, Midoriya?" Ibara asked as she followed the Slayer through the halls as he and the rest of 1-A walked towards their dorm building. "Surely there must be some form of divine intervention to guide you in your holy mission! Right, Midoriya?! Midoriya?!" Alas, her cries fell on deaf ears as the large man kept walking, his irises shrunken as he internally panicked at what to do. It had been ages since he's felt such worry and he had to figure out how to break the news to her as gently as he could.

The poor girl didn't deserve to be on the receiving end of the brutal truth.

"Geez, way to blow her off," Mina stated as she looked back at Ibara before she turned towards the green-haired man. "What was all that about anyway? The new teacher seemed extra pissy when she brought up all that Bible talk in class. Is there a story behind that?"

"You don't wanna know." The Slayer signed towards the pink girl, who sighed in disappointment when Tomoyo translated for her. "Oh, dang it! Why won't you tell us? How bad can it be?" She rhetorically asked.

"Bad enough to get the Vatican on my ass." He stated with a deadpan expression on his face, surprising those who understood him.

"What could be so bad to warrant that?" Momo asked, only to earn a shake of the Slayer's head. The class sighed as they walked back into their dorm building, with Mina stretching her arms before a lightbulb lit up in her head.

"Hey, since we're all here," She began. "How about we show off our rooms to know each other better! Get to decide which room is better, it'll be awesome!"

The class's mood seemed to elevate with that suggestion, with some nodding their heads. "That does sound like an interesting idea, Ashido," Tomoyo stated. "It would allow us to know what kind of people we all are, as well as get to know one another better. I will admit, I am interested in this."

"Alright, so, let's get this started!" Kaminari exclaimed as Mina cheered a bit, only to spot Izuku walking towards the elevator. "Hey, Midoriya, you wanna start us off?"

The Slayer shook his head, signing his reason to them. "I still have a bit of my room to set up. Better safe than sorry." He stated, earning an understanding nod from those who understood what he said. "I see," Momo muttered. "When do you think you'll be done?"

"Probably at dinner."

"Right," Tomoyo said as she gave him a thumbs-up. "We'll check it out then, alright?"

The Slayer nodded as he went ahead to the elevator towards his room, sounds of power tools being heard a few moments later downstairs, much to the surprise of the others. "Wait, he didn't have any tools like that, did he?" Eiko asked the others, who all shook their heads with dumbfounded expressions on their faces. "Okay, so either we're all going nuts, or he's somehow able to smuggle all types of stuff in here."

"It's probably best if we don't think about this," Jirou said, earning nods from the other girls as the class went on with the room tour. As they went along, they commented on the rooms' appearances and aesthetics, which all seemed to fit the girls' preferences to a T.

Kaminari's room

"Oh geez, this is so damn tacky." Jirou bluntly stated as she and the other girls looked around, much to the blonde's immense surprise.

"Seriously?!" She asked out. "I thought this all looked cool, I mean, it's super neat, right?! You guys?"

"I have to agree with Jirou," Mai stated. "All this seems like you grabbed everything from a bargain bin at random without thinking of whether or not it will look like it belongs."

Mina's room

"Ooh, it's so cute!" Tooru exclaimed in an excited voice. "I'm really digging the pink here!"

The pink-haired girl let out an impish giggle in amusement. "Heh, thanks, I tried hard to get this place together!" She said with a grin on her face. "I gotta say, I made it work!"

"I'll say!" Ochako said with a smile. Before anything else could be done, however, the building rumbled as something was heard from Midoriya's room, which was then followed by something they didn't expect.

"How did you get those in here?!" Dr. Hayden's voice said from the ceiling. "We left those back at the fortress!"

The girls looked up at the ceiling in surprise before turning to look at one another. "I think it's best that we leave it at that," Mai stated as everyone else slowly nodded. The Slayer was full of mysteries, after all, and it's going to take a lot of brainpower to figure him out.

Momo's room

"I must warn you all," The black-haired girl began as she slowly opened her door. "I made a few incorrect measurements when I made my room. It turned out to be more cramped than expected." With that, she opened the door to reveal her chambers, which was nearly filled to the brim with luxurious items, signifying the rich girl status Momo had.

"THIS IS LIKE A MANSION!" Ochako yelled out as she fell to the floor, her eyes wide with shock as she tried to process the luxurious items she saw in the room.

"The bed looks so bouncy, Yaomomo!" Tooru exclaimed as she and Mina felt up the squishy mattress, tempted to bounce on the bed.

"There doesn't seem to be a lot of space here, though," Ojiro said as she saw how little space there was in the room. "You might feel cramped later on."

Tomoyo's room

"There's an entire wall of them!" Kaminari exclaimed as she and Minerva stared at the wall that would've been covered in shelves if glasses, had it not been for the standard TV and drawer that came with the room.

"Why, of course!" Tomoyo stated as her hands began to make chopping motions. "As a Hero-in-training, I must have a spare ready in case one of them breaks!"

"And it's all so well-organized as well!" Momo said, taking note of how everything seemed to be placed with precision and care. Each item was obviously positioned to be easily reached with ease, and that's not even factoring in how all of the items related to studies and work.

However, the building shook once more, prompting Tomoyo to reach for her glasses in a panic to try and keep them stable. She spread her arms over the eyewear until the shaking stopped, followed by more incredulous screaming from Dr. Hayden, this time about how the Slayer managed to make some more space for something.

Uraraka's room

"Wow, it's so minimalistic!" Mina said in an excited voice. "I'm digging the aesthetic!"

"You really think it looks good?" The brunette asked as her rosy cheeks began to redden a bit in embarrassment. It wasn't her intention to have a minimalist aesthetic for her room, and she never once realized it, but Mina's comment did make her feel better about her situation. She just needed to keep up the appearance…

"Yeah, it does seem to fit you," Jirou said with a small smile. "It seems real… homely."

Tokoyami's room

"Don't you dare…" The avian-headed girl growled out as she tried desperately to cling to her door, but the combined might of Jirou and Mina proved to be too much for her, as the pair pried her away from the door to allow Eiko and Rika to open the door to reveal…

"HOLY SHIT!" The pair exclaimed before the spiky-haired brunette continued. "It looks like a cultist's chamber in here!"

"Get the fuck out!" The bird-headed woman growled out as she faced one of the walls, angered at how her classmates invaded her quarters.

"Hey, this keychain looks like the one I used to have back in middle school!" Eiko said with a smile as she held up the keychain in question, which resembled a gothic version of a crucifix, being far spikier than normal.

"Is this an actual sword?!" Tomoyo exclaimed as her hands hovered near the blade, her eyes wide with shock. "I'd berate you over this, but I'm more concerned with how did you smuggle this in!"

"GET OUT!"

Minerva

"Come on in, girls…" The ball-haired girl muttered as she made a "come closer" gesture from the entrance of her room.

"... Let's go." Momo stated in a deadpan voice as the girls let out sounds of agreement, leaving the shortstack behind, muttering, "Wait… Come back… I have a picture of Midoriya's ass…"

Sato's room

"Woooooaaaaahhhh!" The girls exclaimed as they looked around the muscular girl's room, which resembled a one-room apartment, complete with a mini-kitchen and toaster oven.

"I like baking sweets, so I brought over the mini-oven just in case," Rika stated as she put on oven mitts to pull something out of the miniature oven, placing it on a cooling rack before she began to cut into it with a long, yet somewhat dull knife. "I even made some pound cake for you guys!"

"Oh, wow!" Mina and Ochako exclaimed as they grabbed a forkful each of the food, internally wincing at the heat, but the banana flavoring made up for it. "It's so good!" The pink pair said in ecstasy, the flavor melting in their mouths like an ambrosia.

Eiko's room

"Woah, so tough!" Doi said as she looked at the posters on the walls of the redhead's room, some of which showing the heroine Crimson Riot, though there were some of wrestlers, including those from the Pre-Quirk Era.

"I really like super manly and badass stuff, so I decided to bring some of that here!" Kirishima said as she gestured to a poster of Muhammad Ali. "Just hearing stories of guys like these starting from nothing and becoming super awesome gets me so pumped up!"

"We can see that," Mai stated. "A lot of these fighters deserve a lot of respect for their accomplishments, and it is good that you strive to be as strong as them."

Aoyama's room

Upon entering the blonde's room, the class was blinded by the amount of bedazzled and sparkling objects in the quarters, all of which reflected light off of one another. "What do you think?" The young woman asked with her usual French accent. "Isn't it Magnifique?"

"I can't see a thing!" Jirou complained as she and a couple of other students covered their eyes with their hands. The rest were barely able to squint their eyes at the light, trying to make out anything in the room.

One the few who was barely able to make out anything in the room was Tokoyami, who remained quiet before she muttered out something under her breath.

"Shinies…"

Ojirou's room

"It's so plain!" The class exclaimed as the tailed blonde scratched the back of her head in embarrassment.

"Well, I don't really have much to decorate here…" She said bashfully, a light blush appearing on her face.

Hagakure's room

"Woah, it's so cute!" Ochako and Mina exclaimed as they looked at the room, which was filled with items that gave it a soft aesthetic, for lack of a better term.

"Aww, thanks, girls!" Hagakure said as she and Doi flopped on the bed, hugging several of the stuffed animals that were sprawled on the mattress.

"I know that we shouldn't," Momo muttered. "But I just wanna lay down on the floor and hug the carpet. It just looks so soft!"

Sero's room

"Well, whatcha think?" The almond-eyed girl asked as she gestured to her dorm room, eliciting gasps of surprise from the others.

"Oh, wow!" Momo gasped out at the room's layout and theme. "I never knew you were so into Asian aesthetics, Sero!"

"Well, what can I say? This stuff is crazy cool, I couldn't resist getting it!" The tape-using woman said with a smile.

Jiro's room

"So, you are the musician type!" Kaminari said as she looked at the numerous instruments that adorned the purple-haired girl's dorm room as said girl fiddled with her ear jacks.

"Well, I do dabble here and there." She said nervously as the other girls looked around curiously. Their eyes filled with curiosity as Midoriya inspected the guitars on her wall-

Wait.

"Midoriya?!" Jirou exclaimed as she and the other girls snapped their heads towards the sole male, who was munching on a sandwich filled with meat, presumably corn beef. The tall man turned towards them, quirking up an eyebrow as he flashed a peace sign with his free hand.

"Did you already finish up with your room, Midoriya?" Tomoyo asked the Slayer, who nodded in confirmation before he shoved what was left of his sandwich into his mouth, quickly signing out a response to the class. "I finished setting it up quicker than expected, so I decided to make a sandwich and check out what you all were up to."

"Well, we're already this far in the competition," Ochako stated as a smile grew on her face. "Wanna see the other rooms with us, Midoriya?"

The Slayer nodded, eliciting a smile from the other girls.

Except for one.

Shoji's room

"There's barely anything in here!" Mina and Momo exclaimed as the class looked at the barren room.

"As part of my faith, I do not feel the need to have many material objects like the rest of society," The multi-armed girl said, though she did turn to look at Koda before her expression became softer at the sight of her girlfriend. "Then again, it doesn't say anything against giving loved ones something nice."

Some of the girls "awwwwed" at the statement, and Izuku gave the muscular girl a thumbs-up of approval.

Asui's room

"Kero. I tried bringing as much stuff from home as I could," The frog-quirk girl said as she showed off her frog-themed room, which elicited squeals of excitement from the other girls.

"Aww, it's so cute, Asui!" Mina said, looking around at the cutesy decorations that adorned the room.

"Call me Tsuyu." The frog girl said with a deadpan voice. As the girls looked around, Izuku inspected the figures on his fellow greenette's desk, moving the pencil holder away from them. As a fellow collector, he understood the importance of keeping figures in mint condition.

Todoroki's room

"Holy shit!" Some members of the class exclaimed as they saw how the peppermint-haired girl changed her room. Everything was so different from what everyone started with, from the floor, to the ceiling, to even the windows!

"Todo-chan, how the hell did you do this?!" Mina exclaimed.

"I must agree, this type of work should've taken at least two days! How is this possible?!" Tomoyo stated as the other girls looked around the room, though Izuku remained at the doorway before a smirk suddenly grew on his face.

Todoroki had nothing on him. Wait until they see what he's done to his room.

Koda's room

"AWWWWW, A BUNNY!" The girls exclaimed as they crowded around the bunny that Kanna held in her arms. Almost instinctively, the rabbit became nervous, even more so when it felt the presence of the Slayer come close to it. It froze in fear when the apex being walked up to its owner, unable to flee out of sheer fright. Its heart raced as the Slayer raised his hand… before he patted its head and gave it scritches behind its ears.

The bunny's heartbeat quickly slowed down at the comforting touch, its Fight or Flight instinct disappearing. This was a good man, they could feel it.

As the bunny nuzzled closer to the Slayer's hand, Kanna smiled at the rabbit's reaction, glad to see it taken to a stranger so well. The smile became wider when she heard a chitter from it, which she managed to understand. "This man is a good man." The bunny chittered.

Bakugo's room

When they entered the room, the class expected it to be filled with some heavy metal stuff like a punk's room would be,

The last thing they expected were All Might posters on the walls, and the bookshelf of self-help books threw them through another loop, especially the Slayer. Just what exactly happened while he was gone?!

"Woah, I didn't expect some of this stuff from you, Bakugo," Kirishima stated in a dumbfounded tone. "You kinda seem like the type to go through life without regrets."

"Well," The ash-blonde began as she looked down. "I had some attitude problems back then. Took me a while to realize just how bad they were, and I wanted to try and improve on that. Gotta be a better person to be a better hero, after all."

Okay, now he was internally freaking out.

He needs to deal with this later.

Midoriya's room

"Alright, last room, gals, are ya ready?!" Mina announced to the class, who let out cheers of agreement while the Slayer grunted in acknowledgment as they walked towards his room. Upon reaching the door, Mina grinned as she grabbed the door handle, twisting and opening it before she and the others stepped inside to find…

"WHAT THE EVERLOVING MOTHERFUCK?!" Mina exclaimed as everyone saw the changes made to Izuku's room. From the new stone walls, to the windows with a view of the Earth outside, the drastic changes shocked the entire class to the core, while the Slayer grinned at the near 1:1 recreation of his mancave from the fortress.

"The… The sheer scale of renovations… just what the hell did you do?!" Tomoyo exclaimed, earning a shrug from Midoriya.

"Holy crap, he has a custom PC!" Kaminari yelled out as she, Sero, and Minerva geeked out over the completely overpowered system.

"You collect figures of your enemies?" Momo questioned as she, Tsuyu, and Shoko took a look at the figurines that were shelved carefully on the wall to the right of the entrance before the ponytailed girl saw the figure of the Icon of Sin. "Oh dear God."

On the opposite end of the room, Tokoyami gasped out in amazement as she took in the sight of the activated Crucible, dropping to her knees in sheer awe of the weapon's magnificence. "Revelry in the dark…" She muttered out.

"Holy fuck." Jirou muttered out as she took a look at the guitars hanging on the wall before noticing something on the Slayer's desk next to the Pre-quirk Era PC. "Are those Vinyls?!" She exclaimed as she grabbed hold of the large discs. "These things are so rare ever since they were completely replaced by digital media!"

The Slayer let out a grunt towards her, signing towards her with a thumbs-up at the end. "Wait, are you saying I can listen to it?" Cue a nod from the demon killer. "Oh my God, I love you," Jirou said in a deadpan voice before she realized what she said. "Platonically speaking, of course!"

"We're out in fucking space right now!" Ochako exclaimed as she passed out, followed by Kirishima, who yelled out, "Poggers!"

Kanna and Shoji admired the room's decor before the quiet girl took notice of a painting on the wall. The painting was a self-portrait of the Slayer, holding his Super Shotgun in his right hand, but what he was holding in his left hand caught her attention.

It was a brown bunny, nothing too special, but it did seem out of place compared to the main focus of the painting, and yet, there was so much detail put into it, more than the Slayer. She was brought out her thoughts when she saw the Slayer staring at the painting as well, a soft smile on his face as he brought out a rabbit's foot from his pocket. He turned to look towards it, letting out a sigh before he placed it back in his pocket.

What meaning did it have to him?

Later

After the dorm room competition was over, Midoriya tidied up his room of whatever minor disturbances that occurred when he saw an alert on his computer notifying him of a video call. He stopped what he was doing and sat down in front of the screen before he took the call, a smile growing on his face when he saw that it was his mother.

"Oh, Izuku, hi there!" The elder Midoriya greeted her son, who signed back a greeting. "So, how was your first day at UA, sweetie? Did you meet any new friends?"

"Well, the class was really nice," The Slayer said to his mother, who smiled as he began to explain his day. "My Hero Course teacher was Eraserhead, and she was alright, for the most part. Hayden was being brutally honest as usual, so no surprises there."

"Well, I'm glad you had a good first day there, sweetheart," The green-haired mother said. "Hopefully classes will get better later down the line. Maybe you'll meet more new people!"

"That reminds me," Izuku began. "Katsumi was here, too, but she seemed off. Do you know what happened to her?"

Immediately, Inko's expression soured as she slowly looked down, an annoyed look growing on her face before she let out a sigh. "Izuku, sweetie, I… just… please try to distance yourself from her… It's no good being associated with her."

Now things were getting confusing. "Alright, I'll do that," He signed towards her, intent on going to figure out what was up with the blonde. "Goodnight, mom."

"Goodnight."

CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN, I HEAR YOU, I HEAR YOU, GET OUT OF MY HEAD I CAN HEAR YOU! Where the fuck was I? Yeah, sorry about the delay, guys, but life gets in the way, not to mention, I went through a minor addiction to the waifu bot on Discord. That really fucked up my life and writing schedule a lot, especially after the resident asshole on the server stole Miruko from under my nose, and then he placed a "No trading MHA Girls" rule ten seconds later, the motherfucker.

Speaking of which, if you wanna talk, head over to my discord at RTRUrsC, or you can find me in the Hoard at q3PmBdq

Anyways, before I close out, I wanna issue out two challenges to you all! Challenge the first: Write the "Blessings of the Goddess" version of this story, since that was the original plan I had before scrapping it!

Challenge the second: Write a react fic for this! I officially give my blessing to anyone who wants to write a story where the canon characters react to this story! Go nuts with it!

Anyways, I also have a tease for you all regarding future plans on this story! A future arc if you will, since I have some lingering feelings for my previous plans! Hope you all enjoy this teaser!

"Once again, we find ourselves in a new dimension." Hayden stated as he and the Slayer looked around the area before spotting the villains nearby. The Eternal warrior merely grinned before cocking his shotgun.

"It's time!"

"So you come from a world where men are still equals in society?" Momo asked as she looked down at the Slayer. "Don't make me laugh."

"You'll get hurt if you keep associating yourself with him!" Ochako exclaimed as she grabbed on to the green-haired man's arm.

"I don't know what you're teaching him, but it won't make a difference!" Katsumi growled out as the Slayer scowled at the 7'4" woman.

"It's time!"

"You are surrounded!" Ryukyu exclaimed towards the trio. "Surrender, and no one will get hurt!"

"Who are you, a man, to defy MY reign?!" The so-called goddess exclaimed in fury as her opponents got ready. She responded with a furious yell, energy coursing through her veins as the final battle commenced.

"It's Beowulf time! ARRRROOOOOOOOO!"