Capítulo 2097: 27
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Hawks sighed as he walked around the Undercover Heroics Department. His eyes scanned the various Commission workers and the 'heroes' who were forced to be here. The one he was looking for didn't seem to be around, though. He moved towards the housing for the 'heroes' in search of Changeling. He needed her for a job and to get the girl out of here for a bit. She wasn't too far gone like most of these fucks. Maybe... maybe he could help keep her from ending up like Razor.
It didn't take long for Hawks to find Himiko Toga's room, but there was an issue. The door was locked. Which was not something that should be able to happen unless... Hawks sighed and banged on the door. "Warden, open this door, or I will."
The door clicked after a moment, and a tall woman with a fairly slim athletic build stood in the now open doorway. She was dressed in a black militaristic outfit with a baton hanging off her hip as well as a few other blunt weapons. Her orange eyes danced like fire as she glared at Hawks. "Hawks, what are you doing here?"
Hawks admired how neatly her black hair was done up. The bun didn't look an inch out of place despite what he knew she was just doing. "I'm here for Changeling. I want her for a mission."
Before Warden could even open her mouth, the number three pro pulled out a packet of paper. "And I did the paperwork, so if you'd step aside, I'd like to collect my agent."
Warden looked back into Himiko's room and said, "If I catch you with contraband again, you won't get off so lightly, Changeling. Now get dressed and don't cause trouble for Hawks."
The woman shoved past Hawks, who smiled pleasantly but dropped it the moment she rounded the corner. He stepped into Himiko's room to check on her and quickly looked away as his feathers flared out to give her some privacy. "I've got a job for you, Toga. It'll take a while for it to be completed, but I'd like to start as soon as possible."
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Himiko laid on the ground of her own room and winced as she moved. She was vaguely aware that Hawks was in her room. She'd appreciate him using his wings to give her privacy if it wasn't for the fact that everything hurt. She was doing her best to avoid Razor and the others when Warden suddenly burst in and forced her to sit on the floor in the middle of the room. Himiko knew something was up when Warden walked right up to her bed and pulled a knife from the training room out from between the bedframe and the mattress.
Himiko groaned as she looked at her clothes which were still neatly folded up by the foot of her bed. Warden had made her strip and fold her clothes before disciplining her as Warden put it. She was gonna be covered in bruises for a while.
Rustling feathers pulled her back to present times. She reached over and pulled her clothes to her, and in a few minutes, she was dressed and standing in front of a wall of feathers. "I'm ready."
Hawks' feathers retracted, and he smiled sweetly, but it did nothing for Himiko. "Good, then come with me. Let's get out of here, and I'll tell you what I need you for."
Himiko nodded and tried not to limp. If the others saw her looking weak, they'd descend on her when she got back from whatever this was.
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Izuku tried not to scream as the darkness vanished, and he looked around as he fell. It looked like how Hirooki described the Ruins Zone. Izuku twisted and rolled as he hit the roof of a skyscraper. He groaned as he came to a stop near the center of the roof. Slowly and carefully, he lifted his head and looked around.
The warp villain Kurogiri had ambushed them before they could get away. The last thing he saw was Mina's terrified face before the dark mist consumed them and he fell.
Izuku found a staircase down and found a room on the top floor. He figured it'd be better to look out a window than over the edge of the building as he tried to get his barrings. Though a terrified squeak made him whirl around, and he saw the edges of a purple ball behind some rubble. "Mineta it's me Midoriya."
The short boy poked his head out and nearly burst into tears as he saw Izuku. "Midoriya. Oh god, I thought you were a villain."
"Yeah-" Izuku jumped away from the window as tape wrapped around the window frame, and Hanta flew into the room. The tape boy tumbled and hit a pile of rubble.
Minoru screamed and threw himself behind cover as Izuku ran over to Hanta. "Sero, are you ok?"
Hanta groaned as he got up. "Y-yeah, I'm fine. Saw your green hair as I was falling. That warper really did drop us from the ceiling."
"H-he dropped me in this room," Minoru said as he poked his head out from behind his rubble.
Hanta scoffed. "Lucky you, so Midoriya, you got a plan?"
Izuku looked over from the shattered window he had walked over to. "What? Why would I have a plan?"
Hanta and Minoru looked at each other before Hanta said. "Well, you're the vice rep, and you seem pretty smart, so I figured you'd have a plan already."
Izuku blushed and rubbed the back of his head as he walked over to them. "Well... kinda. We need to get back to the main entrance. Our class should know to go there so we can regroup. I'm pretty sure based on what that mist guy said that there are gonna be villains in the Ruins Zone as well as the others."
Izuku took his gas mask off from around his neck. "Hopefully, we can just avoid them, but if we fight, then I have an idea. I'll want you two to stay back and simply bind the villains as I take them down."
He held the mask out to Hanta. "Sero, I want you to take my mask and fight in the gas with me."
Hanta took the mask. "Why me, though?"
Izuku looked at Minoru, who looked like he was barely holding it together. Honestly, he understood why Minoru was terrified. They were first years, and they hadn't done any combat training yet, and there were real villains out there looking to kill them. "Mineta, you're scared, but as long as you follow my lead, I'll make sure you get out of here alive. You trust me, man?"
Minoru shook his head quickly but stayed silent. Hanta took a deep breath, and his hands steadied as he said. "Alright, let's follow your lead, then vice rep."
Izuku nodded. "Alright, let's move. We'll stay quiet and move carefully. We don't know how many there are here and in the rest of the facility."
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The trio made it to the bottom of the skyscraper and out into the alleyway. As they descended, they saw small groups of villains patrolling the streets, and the three boys were currently tucked behind a dumpster waiting for them to pass. Hanta had his hand clamped over Minoru's mouth after the shorter boy had nearly screamed.
Once the villains passed by, Izuku moved out as quietly as he could and watched them turn the corner before motioning for his classmates to follow. If they could avoid the few groups roaming around, that'd be perfect. A crashing noise made Izuku curse as he turned and saw the group of villains had doubled back and spotted the three boys as they were crossing the street.
Izuku pulled his fans off his belt as the dark green gas of his quirk started to pour out of his pants and his arms. The gas swirled around him slowly as he said. "Mineta, Sero, get back for a bit."
Hanta pulled on the gas mask Izuku had given him on as he practically tossed Minoru behind him. The villains rushed them with calls for blood as Izuku's arms increased their output of gas. He thrust his hand forward, and a column of gas shot from the swirling mass around Izuku.
Three of the seven villains were too slow to dodge and breathed in the gas. They collapsed by the time the other four staggered to a stop, wary of how quickly the gas worked. One of the villains yelped as tape wrapped around them, and they were pulled to Izuku, who punched him in the gut before clamping his hand over the man's mouth and blasting gas into his lungs.
With Hanta's help, the seven villains were taken down quickly, and Izuku moved his gas away from them as Minoru and Hanta worked together to hide the villains in an alleyway and tie them up.
Izuku smiled at the others. "Good job, guys. Let's hope this doesn't happen again."
Minoru shook his head, not trusting himself to say anything as he followed between Izuku and Hanta. They had both adjusted so quickly and were working together to make sure the three of them made it out safe. Meanwhile, he was shaking in his boots, and every noise felt like it might set him off. He had to just put his faith in Izuku and Hanta to keep him safe...
'Super not cool Minoru...'
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Yuga watched in amazement as Shoto effortlessly froze villain after villain and interrogated them on why they were here. Yuga very much wanted to speak up and praise his fellow classmate, but when they had landed, Shoto's icy glare had shot the french boy down as he told Yuga to stay quiet and not distract him.
Yuga looked around to see if he could spot anyone else from class, but alas, there was no one who he could see, so he kept his mouth closed and let Shoto strike the fear of God into the villains as they spilled their plans.
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Ochako was freaking out as she shoved her hands into the dark swirling mist of Kurogiri. She had seen a flash of metal and hoped it was something attached to him. The villain was trying to grab Tenya as he ran for the exit, but she couldn't let that happen. Her fingers touched metal, and she felt her quirk flow. Kurogiri became weightless, and she threw him back towards Mezo and Koji.
Mezo grabbed Kurogiri, and with Koji's help, they threw him over the edge and out towards the space between the entrance and the mountain zone. Once Tenya was out the door, Ochako and Toru rushed over to Thirteen and started working on first aid while the others kept an eye out for their classmates.
Toru jumped a bit as Ochako grabbed her hands. She hadn't realized they were shaking until Ochako stopped them. "Hey, it's ok... W-we're gonna be fine. They'll be fine. Ashido and Midoriya are strong. I mean hell, if they're half as strong as your muscles suggest, then I'm more worried about what they'll do to the villains."
Toru took a shaky breath and said. "A-am I really that muscular?"
Ochako blushed a bit. "A-ah um, I mean, I only think you are because I grabbed your arm before the entrance exam."
Toru laughed as she watched Ochako set about first aid. "I-I'll have to ask Mina and Izu; they're always looking for excuses to have me be visible."
Ochako applied some bandages before looking up at her invisible friend. "Wait, you can be visible?"
Toru stared at Hirooki's back. It was covered in lacerations from their own quirk. "Yeah. I only show my family and partners. I-it's a private thing."
Thirteen groaned. "A-as much as I appreciate your growing friendship. Can this wait until after the crisis?"
The girls squeaked, and Ochako waved her hands. "S-sorry, Thirteen. I-"
"Y-you're trying not to panic. I-I know but also doing first aid w-while distracted isn't good. Focus on one thing a-at a time." Thirteen groaned out before letting their forehead rest against the floor and going quiet.
The two girls looked at each other worriedly before trying to keep up the first aid on their teacher.
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Eijiro and Rikido stumbled back as Pony's horns flew by knocked several villains off balance. The two boys jumped on the opportunity and delivered knockout punches. The three had been dropped into the mountain zone and quickly found themselves backed into a corner. The two boys were on the front lines knocking out villains while Pony stood behind them and controlled her four horns to incapacitate or stagger the villains.
Eijiro panted as he released his hardening for a moment. "God, why are there so many?"
Rikido panted as he pulled out some sugar and downed it. "Just keep it up; it doesn't look like there's too many left."
The boys watched as a villain got his legs swept out from under him, and two horns slammed into his gut, sending him flying. Pony pumped her fist and shouted in English. "Get fucked!"
"Um, any idea what she just said?" Rikido asked as he dodged a punch from a mutated villain who looked like an armadillo. He quickly punched them in the face and sent them flying back.
"No idea, man. I've always been bad at English." Eijiro said as he hardened and threw himself into the fight. Pony yelled more obscenities in English as villains were knocked down like bowling pins. Eventually, the last few were taken down, and Pony cheered her hooves, making a clopping noise as she did a little dance.
The boy's faces turned from light-hearted chuckles to shock as a villain popped out of the ground behind Pony. He wore a skull mask and had a backpack with an antenna sticking out of it. They both lunged for Pony, but the American girl twisted and delivered a devastating roundhouse kick to the man's temple. He dropped like a sack of potatoes, and Pony huffed as she spoke in English. "Don't sneak up on horses. That's how you get your head kicked in."
Eijiro and Rikido sighed, and Pony said in Japanese. "Let's go to exit. Everyone there."
The boys nodded and started to head for the entrance, where they hoped to meet up with the rest of their class.
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Everything was on fire, and Mina was pissed. It was hard to secrete acid in this heat, and there were a bunch of villains around. The only positive was she wasn't alone. Mashiro swung down and staggered as he panted and whipped sweat off his brow. "Ok, so I found the exit, but there's a lot of villains between us and it."
Mina nodded and looked towards where he came from. "Alright... I'll run diversion, and you swing in and take them out as we move towards the exit."
"You sure we shouldn't just do hit and run while waiting for the pros?"
Mina shook her head. "I can't produce enough acid to skate. My mobility is lowered. Our best option is to get out of here and find the others. Safety in numbers, and we don't know how long the heroes will take."
Mashiro nodded. "Alright, I'll follow your lead."
Mina ran out of the alleyway they were hiding in and headed towards the exit as Mashiro directed her. As they ran into villains, Mina would grab their attention, and Mashiro would swoop in and knock them out as Mina helped clean up the stragglers. He was right, there were a lot of villains, but the duo managed to get to the exit while avoiding some of them.
Mina tapped away at the control panel for the door and cursed as it didn't respond. "The thing's busted. Do you think you can break the door down?"
Mashiro eyed the door. "I can try, but that's gonna make a lot of noise, so keep an eye out."
Mina nodded and took up watch as Mashiro took a couple deep breaths and ran at the door before twisting and smacking his tail against it.
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Tsu stared down at the water in fascination as Dark Shadow went on a rampage. Fumikage looked considerably less interested than she did as his quirk attacked the various villains and rendered them unconscious. Some of the lights near the Floor zone had gone out, and it was darker underwater, so the sentient quirk got a power-up though Fumikage was able to keep it under control enough to keep it from killing anyone.
"Your quirk is pretty useful, kero," Tsu said as the last of the villains were knocked out and tied to the side of the boat they were on.
"Hm, he is quite the difficult beast to control. Sometimes I wonder if I was blessed or cursed with this creature of darkness."
Tsu tapped her chin. "I think he's a blessing. Quirks are such an important part of us, and you're lucky enough to have one that can communicate with you. You can speak and understand each other better. My quirk makes me lean towards certain tendencies, and I would love to be able to talk to my quirk and make it understand when and when not to act out."
Fumikage hummed as his quirk circled back to them. Tsu patted Dark Shadows' head, and the quirk hummed happily as Fumikage said. "I will take what you said into consideration, Asui."
"Call me Tsu." The frog girl said.
Dark Shadow chirped. "Alright, Tsu. Thanks for talking to Fumi while I did all the work. He always gets so moppy when I wanna stretch and show off."
The quirk was suddenly tugged back as Fumikage cleared his throat. "Quiet Dark Shadow. Return to the darkness until we need you again."
Dark Shadow huffed and slinked back into Fumikage, who sighed. "Shall we head for the coast? With all the foul villain's gone, we can safely make our way to the entrance of this place and rejoin our fellow classmates."
Tsu nodded as she got ready to hop over the edge of the boat.
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Kyoka hated this. She got dropped into the Downpour Zone with Momo, who had been causing... emotional issues for the punk girl, and Denki, who had been annoying yet strangely endearing. Though right now, he was just useless.
Denki screamed as he ducked, and Kyoka's jacks shot out and stunned the villain that had tried to attack him. "Thank you!"
"Shut up and get back, electro dunce. Yaomomo, make him a baseball bat or something so he can fight."
Momo huffed as she swung her bo staff and knocked a villain out. "One moment, please, Kyoka."
Momo's chest glowed, and a small canister launched from it. "Close your eyes!"
The trio closed their eyes as the flashbang went off. Momo grabbed Kyoka and Denki's hands and sprinted for the exit alleyway. Once the trio was away from the villains, Momo produced a metal baseball bat from her thigh. "Here, Kaminari."
Denki took the baseball bat and held it close. "Thank you, Yaoyorozu."
The rich girl nodded, and Kyoka sighed as she whipped some water off her face. "Why couldn't we have gotten dropped off somewhere else. Somewhere dry where shocky could do something."
"Oh, come on. I can swing a bat. Let's go back and knock some heads!" Denki said excitedly.
"Let's not. Give me some time, and I'll have a solution. Just keep an eye out." Momo said as she closed her eyes went over their options.
They were near the exit, but the door controls weren't powered. All the rain and water everywhere made it impossible for Denki to use his quirk without hurting them even more than if he just used it normally. If they could power the controls and knock out the villains while keeping herself and Kyoka safe...
Momo nodded. "Alright, I have an idea. Let's head back to the exit we're getting out of here."
The duo nodded and followed their class rep to the exit, and Momo's leg started glowing, and she said. "Kyoka put these on, then make some noise and get the villain's attention, then fall back to me. Kaminari, when they show up, let all your electricity out."
Kyoka took the rubber boots that were a couple sizes too big and slipped them on over her own shoes as Momo did the same.
"What are you sure? I can't direct it. It's gonna hit everything around, and with all this water, it's gonna be worse." Denki said as he clutched the baseball bat tightly.
"Don't worry, I've got that covered. Kyoka, stay close to me after you blast your sound." Momo said as a rod shot out of her arm, and she slammed it into the ground while keeping it connected to herself.
"Alright," Kyoka said before she blasted her shin speakers down the road. She cut the sound and plugged her jacks into the ground. Through the pitter-patter of rain and the rushing of water, she heard a lot of stomping.
"They're coming," Kyoka said as she moved to stand next to Momo who's arm glowed. In no time, the villains came rushing in from several streets and ran right for them.
Momo grabbed Kyoka and pulled her close, making the punk girl yelp and blush as her face was tucked into Momo's shoulder, and the taller girl threw some kind of sheet over them. "Now, Kaminari!"
Denki sucked in a breath and shouted. "Indiscriminate shock! One point three million volts!"
The downpour zone flickered as electricity raced along all the surfaces aided by the abundance of water. Momo hoped that his electricity would kick the door controls into action; she admittedly didn't know much about electricity, so that part of her plan could be a dead end.
Kyoka blushed and tried not to shift her hands too much; they were firmly trapped between her own chest and Momo's chest. She really didn't want to grope Momo, at least not during a life or death situation, but the girl had pulled her in so quickly. Kyoka kinda panicked, and when Kyoka panics, her arms flail like her jacks. The two stayed like that in the dark of whatever sheet Momo had made until they heard Denki making a weird Yeh sound. Slowly the two girls separated, and Kyoka looked around at the downed villains and their fried classmate as she let the rain cool her face.
Kyoka turned to say something to Momo, but the words stopped on her lips as she saw how happy Momo looked. The tall girl giggled and laughed as she jumped a bit. "It worked! Alright, Kyoka, grab Kaminari and make sure he doesn't wander off. I'll see about the door."
"Y-yeah, ok... I'll grab the idiot," Kyoka said as Momo rushed over to the door controls.
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Himiko wasn't sure if she wanted to kill Hawks or not. On the one hand, the hero seemed to be nice to her whenever he saw her, but on the other, he was the one who caught her and let her end up in the shit hole he had just taken her out of. That was another thing. Once she was dressed and left the UHD, he had taken her to his agency and had the local medical hero there look her over. Once they had determined she wasn't going to die of anything and didn't have any broken bones, he had whisked her away to some far-off spot on top of a radio tower on a skyscraper.
'This is it. He's going to throw me off this, and I'm gonna die. I'd like to have seen Izu, Mina, and Toru before now.' Himiko thought as she stared down the cityscape.
"Why didn't you kill them?"
Himiko's head snapped over to Hawks as he sat down casually and dangled his legs over the edge of the maintenance walkway. "W-what?"
"Why didn't you kill those three? Um, Midoriya and the two girls Ashido and Hagakure, I think. You know the people the Commission is holding over you. What made them different from your usual targets?" Hawks glanced over at her. He needed to know for sure if she was someone he could do right by.
Himiko stared at him in confusion before looking over the city as the wind blew. A chill ripped through her, making her shiver as her thoughts came together. "W-warmth... being around them. Seeing the three of them love each other was warm. I was almost never the object of their love at first, but that was ok. I liked to see it, and then gradually they directed it towards me sometimes, and I'd feel... safe. It might not have been the same kind of love, but it was still love. I was loved."
Himiko sat away from the edge and tucked her knees under her chin. "I could have killed them one at a time, but whenever I thought about it, I realized the warmth they had would grow colder as each one died. I- the love and beauty I see as people bleed is amazing. It makes them look perfect in my eyes, and nothing can top it but... but the constant warmth of those three was so nice, and while I could have gotten three beautiful sights and been able to become three beautiful people for a time, that would all fade eventually."
Hawks watched as tears pricked her left eye and threatened to spill over. "Y-you know when people learn more about me, they grow cold and ugly, and I hate it, but I risk it over and over again. It ends badly all the time, even when I met Stain. I thought he would understand me. I thought I could be him and be loved by him, but he called me a monster, and I realized I never really understood him."
The tears started to spill over, and Himiko whipped at them furiously. "B-but I came back to the three of them, and they didn't hate me for abandoning them so suddenly. They still cared and directed love towards me, so I opened up a bit. Not everything but little things here and there, and they kept loving me."
Hawks frowned as Himiko sniffled and whipped her eye again. "I found people who could look at me and know bits of me and not be disgusted b-but I kept secrets still. They were hero students. I-I couldn't tell them I was a villain; I couldn't let them know how and why I killed. I was stuck b-but now. I-if I'm gonna have to work and die for the Commission, I wish I had told them. I'd rather they know everything and hate me than be left loving a liar."
Hawks hummed as he let Himiko cry and curl in on herself. He wasn't actually sure what to do when a girl ranted like that and broke down. It wasn't in the Commission training he went through, so he just sat there quietly and waited for her to calm down.
Once she was reduced to a few sniffles every couple of seconds, the number three hero cleared his throat. "Ok... guess we just gotta set up a scenario where you can see your trio then. You can tell them everything you want, and then if they reject you, I'll try to find a way to get you out of Japan, and you can go live somewhere else. If they still care about you, then we'll have to find a way to get you into Nezu's care."
Himiko looked up at him; her left eye was all puffy and bloodshot as tear stains marked her cheek. "W-what do you mean?"
Hawks stood up and stretched his wings. "Listen, kid, I didn't want to throw you into the UHD. There are some government programs out there for rehabilitating villains. I wanted to send you to one of those personally, but the higher-ups saw your quirk and your skillset, and they knew you'd do well for them, so they took you."
He walked over and knelt in front of her. "I've been with the Commission since I was a kid. I have the title of a hero, but I've never felt like one. I want to change that. I want to do something not because I was ordered to but because it's the right thing to do. My dream is a world where heroes have too much time on their hands, but the Commission's dream is a stagnant world where they hold all the power and no one doubts them. Wanna help me make sure their dream doesn't come true while ours do?"
Himiko sniffed and, after a moment, nodded. "Y-yeah, I do... what do we need to do to make it happen?"
Notes:
does the beginning with Himiko need a CW? I don't think it does but I'm also new to that kinda thing so I appreciate any help with that.
Also, My Feral Lady went on hiatus that is part of why this took so long to get out. I was struggling to write MFL and got kinda depressed then I put the fic on hiatus and still felt depressed so I watched a couple animes the first being My teen romantic comedy snafu and the second being Horimiya. also, I'm reading the manga for Horimiya. I like it.
I am feeling a lot better so I should be back to writing normally. oh and before my whole MLF depression stuff I also watched Land of the Lustrous and read some of the manga it was really good.
I hope I did the Himiko stuff at the end well and man things are going good for class 1-A right now...
Anyway, keep an eye out on my page over the next couple of weeks I've got some One-shot ideas and may actually write and post them. I think that's all from me. see you around.
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