Paralyze.
Special Chapter; Heroes Rising
Long chapter, 10k words
"Thank you so much for your help, boy!" I turned around and waved at the family I helped, "Come on, kids, say thank you as well."
"Thank you, Hero-san!" I chuckled and continued to wave as I made my way back.
"Bye! Don't cause trouble for mommy and daddy, alright?" Slowly, I began to jog now facing forward.
"We won't!" Their high-pitched voices reached my ears as I picked up my pace, and I began making my way back to Class 1-A headquarters.
On my way, I encountered a lot of people from the island, and they greeted me with effusive waves and bright smiles so I did the same. Thankfully, it didn't take me too long to get back, but the sunlight was getting pretty annoying and I needed some water.
I walked inside and took off my boots by the door before heading into the kitchen, "I'm back!" I announced as I walked past the office where most of my classmates were picking up phone calls. I received waves my way as a greeting and I opened the fridge, grabbed a water bottle and closed the fridge. I took a few gulps and decided to take the bottle with me to one of the tables, specifically, the one where Katsuki and Eijiro were.
He was looking at me and, even tho there were no words exchanged, his stare told me he wanted me to sit with him, so I did.
I sat next to him, and placed my bottle on the table, "Hey, Katsuki, how-?" I couldn't finish my sentence because his arms wrapped around my middle before his weight brought me down to the ground, "Ow..." It wasn't a hard hit, but I certainly felt the pain in my head at the sudden roughness of his actions.
"Be quiet," he muttered while backing away from me and shifting his body around. I silently stared at him, wondering what he wanted and what he was gonna do.
Well, soon I got my question answered. He laid down with his head on my stomach and picked up his magazine to continue reading it. I chuckled to myself and reached for my phone in my pocket, if I was gonna be trapped under Katsuki using me as a pillow, I might as well distract myself in the meantime.
A few minutes of everyone answering calls went by, asking for help from others or if anyone could go instead, and like that, Uraraka announced a report of a child missing. I looked away from my phone for a moment and made eye contact with her. I didn't mind going out to find a child, but Katsuki spoke before I could.
"We're not going," I looked down at him, and he was still reading his magazine in blissful silence.
"Don't be like that, Bakugou," Eijiro said while looking at the blond who didn't bother to spare a glance toward the red-headed, "Uraraka, I'm coming with you."
I watched him stand up with the same usual grin he always wore, and I wondered how could he smile so much, he's like Izuku in that regard. They were literally as bright as the sun.
"Does your quirk work to find people, huh?" Realization dawned upon Eijiro and I reached my free hand to pinch Katsuki's nose, making him groan and look at me.
"Be nicer," he frowned and completely ignored me, going back to reading.
In the end, Jiro, Izuku and Uraraka were the ones heading out to find that child. For a while, there was quite some noise around, but soon enough, the entire class was gone to run an errand on the island, leaving only Katsuki and me alone. The peace and quiet was nice, and I was getting bored of my phone, I had no more manga chapters to read anyway, so all I had been doing for the past ten minutes was mindlessly scrolling my social media, and with no one calling there wasn't much I could do.
Especially when I was still trapped under Katsuki.
I sighed and felt my eyelids getting heavier by the second, "Fucking finally..." I heard Katsuki mumble and soon, his head was lifted off my stomach which made me look away from my phone. He was inches away from my face.
"Katsuki?" He smirked and took my off out of my hand, setting it aside and leaning down closer.
"Time to pay attention to me, idiot~," Before I could say anything back, his lips were on mine, his chest pressed against me and his knee in between my legs. His gloved hands held my face as he bit my bottom lip and slightly pulled it, making me wince at the sublet pain I felt.
"Love, wait-," he groaned and was soon straddling my hips, his hands on either side of my head, trapping me.
"Not waiting, I haven't kissed you all day, you owe me," and like that, he pressed our lips together, rougher than before.
"Damn it... Katsuki..." I muttered in between kisses as my hands gripped his hips, and slowly, I sat up, keeping him on my lap, "You're so greedy."
He pulled back and his smirk grew bigger, his hands holding onto the hair at the back of my head, "This is what you signed for when you asked me to be your boyfriend, dumbass."
I couldn't help but smile at the look on his face, and I leaned forward to press my forehead to his.
"Yeah, you're right."
//////
The hours went by, and eventually, our classmates made our way back to the building to continue working.
During one of those times, I got the chance to go out again, this time with Eijiro to help out despite Katsuki complaining that 'shitty hair can do it by himself, why are you going too?', which led to him being scolded by Iida.
We had a fun time out helping others, talking and joking around, a sweet old woman even gifted us with popsicles after helping her, and even though we denied it politely, she didn't take no for an answer, so we ate ice cream on our way back, which was nice because the sun was pretty intense and the heat was getting worse.
A while after, we made it back, and we got to change out of our hero costumes into comfortable clothes, which was pretty nice, but now, with the sun setting, it was time to cook our dinner, and I could tell everyone were pretty worn out after today, so that would be a hard task.
The first couple of days were light work, as the people on the island were unsure of how could students work as heroes until the pro-heroes arrived, but now, after earning their trust, they let loose and asked for our help more and more often.
"Huh?! I stayed at the office on purpose!" The sound of Katsuki's voice distracted me from my thoughts, and I wondered what I had missed while I disassociated, "What would you do if villains appeared while you were out?"
"There are no villains on this island," I chuckled as I mentally agreed with Eijiro-.
For now.
Damn gut feeling, can you not? I'm trying to have some peace.
Thankfully, before I could get mad at myself for having such pessimists thoughts and hunches, the town folk came by and brought us... Food!
They thanked us for our work while putting the dishes on the tables, it looked so good and my rumbling stomach agreed with my conscious, "It's not enough to thank you all, but we brought this."
"Thank you for the meal!"
The entire class yelled in unison causing Iida to panic. He and Yaomomo walked out with the town folk, and we decided to wait until they came back to start eating, which they did pretty soon.
And certainly, the food was absolutely delicious. Although now it was time to...
"Bakugou, or more like Kacchan," Kaminari stopped in front of our table with Sato, Sero and Tokoyami, "We're taking a bath and heading to bed."
"We leave the cleaning up to you!" Eijiro added and for a moment I remembered the room arrangement, these five -along with Mineta- were temporary roommates. There were only three bedrooms, so we had to share after all, even though it was kinda packed in the boys' rooms.
"Why me?!"
"You haven't done anything today," Sero was quick to respond to his question and I had to bite my tongue to hold back my laugh at his expression.
"Damn it..." And like that, they left with quiet chuckles. I changed from my sitting position to kneeling on the ground and I began to pile up the remaining plates before standing up to take them to the kitchen.
"Come on, I'll help you."
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Freshly out of the shower, I stood on the balcony of the room I shared with Izuku and the rest of the guys -which Katsuki didn't like- and I watched over Izuku while he did his training, while also waiting for Katsuki to come back from his patrol. He was working on improving his Shoot Style or so he said.
Sometimes, Izuku impressed me. He always worked hard to train his body and get stronger, but now that I know about One For All, it makes sense why he's always trying to get better at everything he does.
I tried to come up with a conversation topic, but I couldn't think of anything, and I felt like Izuku wouldn't want to be distracted during his training, especially with how focused he looked, so I just remained quiet and began to hum a song. The song Jiro wrote for the Cultural Festival. I remember a video of the show was posted on the internet and it kinda blew up, so it was hard to forget about it.
Not like I wanted to forget it, either.
Occasionally, I noticed Izuku looking up at me, and I smiled at him every time we made eye contact, and he smiled back before going back to training.
After a few minutes, over the stone wall surrounding the building, I saw a glimpse of that spiky blond hair and the explosions added to his eye mask.
He probably felt my stare on him as he got closer to the entrance, because he looked toward me, and he saw me easily because I was in an elevated spot. Katsuki smiled at me, a small smile but it was there and that was enough for me.
Unfortunately, that smile was wiped off his face the moment he saw Izuku training at the entrance. He stopped and frowned, and I silently hoped he wouldn't start an argument with the greenette.
Izuku stopped and looked toward the blond, "Kacchan...? Good work patrolling." Katsuki glanced up at me and walked past Izuku.
"Were you able to control One For All a little more?" I had to briefly look behind me just to make sure the balcony door was closed, which it was and I was able to breathe normally again.
"We can't talk about that here!" Izuku did a 'shh' motion, his index finger in front of his mouth as he panicked and whisper-yelled at Katsuki.
"I'm not in the mood," Izuku muttered something about knowing that already, and mentioned them being friends since they were kids, "Then make that quirk yours... And fight with me. Then, I'll show you that I'll be the one to become the number one hero."
This kind of talk and discussion always confused me. I had no intention of stopping them from becoming number one, but... What was so great about it, anyway? Well, I didn't care about hero ranking so it's not like it bothered me, honestly.
I looked away from them as they continued trying to one-up each other, and I noticed a small silhouette peeking from the stone wall before slowly, showing themselves. It was a little boy.
"Uh..." Izuku turned around while Katsuki only leaned to the side to be able to look at the kid.
"You're the boy from this afternoon..."
"There... A vi..." He mumbled while playing with the straps of his overall, "A villain appeared!"
"A villain?!"
"Explain yourself!"
I watched, worried for the little kid, as Katsuki rushed to him. "Where you did see the villain, Katsuma-kun?!" Izuku exclaimed while trailing after the blond, most likely to prevent him from scaring the boy too much.
"Th-that way..." Katsuki groaned and picked him up with his left arm, creating small explosions to warm up before blasting himself in the direction Katsuma had pointed.
"Kacchan!" Izuku ran after him and I sighed, climbing on the railing and jumping off to follow them, although without using my quirk I wasn't exactly fast, making me fall slightly behind the greenette.
"Why are you coming with us, damn Deku?!" Katsuki yelled at him when he realized we were running after him.
"What do you mean why? If there really is a villain..." Even though that was a good reason, Katsuki was not going to accept that.
"(M/n) alone could you beat you six ways from Sunday, Deku! I don't need to have you with us too!" After that, he blasted himself up to the sky with Katsuma, and even though I couldn't hear, I saw he asked the kid something.
Katsuma pointed off into the distance, and Katsuki headed that way with a more powerful explosion, making the poor boy screech for his older sister.
Izuku and I ran after the blond as fast as we could, and we found ourselves heading to the ruins of the castle, "You think... There's a villain here?" I asked Izuku as we got closer.
"The crime rate here is low but... It's there, (M/n)-kun," we continued running for a while longer, and then we had the villain in sight. It was a giant bug, "Katsuma-kun!" Izuku ran faster and I struggled to keep up with him.
The brightness of Katsuki's attack made me have to raise my arm in front of my eyes, but it gave enough light to allow me to see debris I hadn't noticed.
As I approached Izuku, I saw Katsuki standing ahead, the villain about to attack him.
"Kacchan!"
My legs moved me forward to be able to reach Katsuki and help him, seeing as Izuku had completely stopped in place, but then... I saw him coming out from the villain. "Eh...? An illusion...?" We watched as the blond placed his right hand on the ground and used his quirk.
The ground shook at the force of the explosion and... A girl got her hiding spot revealed, "That girl!" How does Izuku know these kids? Did it have something to do with the missing child from this afternoon?
"That hurt! At least get a little bit scared!" I saw Katsuki making his way up to her and I had a feeling he was about to scare her off her skin.
"Were you the one who created that illusion?" She jumped in surprise and sheepishly looked to the side, a guilty expression on her face.
"What... What do you mean by "illusion"?"
"I realized! It didn't have a shadow!" Izuku and I looked at each other, silently asking each other when and how should we interfere with the situation, "Oi, damn brat, do you like making fun of heroes?" The little girl stared up at Katsuki with a now frightened look on her face, crawling back, scared, "I am totally different to the rest of the heroes. I'll beat All Might and I'll become number one, name's Bakugou Katsuki," I noticed Katsuma walking ahead of us, making his way to Katsuki in complete silence, "You made fun of the wrong person."
"Don't get mad at my sister," Katsuma spoke softly, almost hesitant.
"Huh?!" Oh, maybe now is a good time to intervene... "So you're in this with her."
Yep, time to- Oh, well, someone else is doing that for me.
Izuku was the one holding Katsuki back to prevent him from snapping at little kids as he would to others, "Stop, Kacchan!"
"Let go of me, damn Deku!" While they were busy wrestling each other, I held back a chuckle and made my way to the siblings, helping the girl back on her feet.
"Go home, kids, there's a problem we have to solve here," they held hands and began to run away from the ruins, "Be careful!"
"Get back here!" I turned around only to see Katsuki trying to crawl back to the kids, even while still having Izuku on top of him.
"Wait! Just stop!" The greenette covered his eyes and I couldn't keep holding in my laugh, catching Izuku's attention. He looked at me with pleading eyes, still struggling to hold Katsuki back and calm him down, who just continued to grunt and fight back, "(M/n)-kun, stop laughing and help me!"
I took a few steps closer and knelt in front of them, "Sure," I moved Izuku's hands away from Katsuki's eyes and I held his face in my hands instead.
"Get off of me, you bastard-!" Before he could continue to complain, I leaned down and gave him a small, short kiss. It was more of a peck than a kiss, actually, but that alone was enough for Katsuki to completely freeze in place.
And well, Izuku shrieked as he backed away and turned around while hiding his face. "I didn't see anything!"
"You-!" Katsuki spoke and I reached to hold his arms to help him up on his feet, "Stop kissing me in front of others! It's emb... Embar..." The realization of Katsuki struggling to admit he felt embarrassed was a shock to me, although a good one, because I got to see him getting all nervous and worked up about a peck on the lips, "Just don't do it."
And like that, he walked past me and started making his way back to the house the class was staying at.
"Let's head back, it's late," he muttered as he came to a stop before getting too far away from us. Izuku and I began to walk toward him as well, and I saw him taking out his phone, an All Might wallpaper on display.
"It's only eight thirty, though." Staring up into the night sky, it definitely felt like it was way later than just 8pm, but who am I to know?
"You staying up until 3am is the reason why you haven't mastered One For All yet, shitty nerd." I chuckled while Izuku looked at me as if betrayed by my reaction, and I just shrugged, taking longer strides to be next to Katsuki. He was yawning quietly, blinking repeatedly, sleepy.
He definitely needed to head to bed.
//////
"Why do we have to be in separate rooms? I hate it," I glanced at the door to the room I slept in, trying to fix my costume. I woke up slightly late, but no one got mad at me for it, and I was getting ready to go out and start my duties as a provisional hero.
"They were picked by lots, Katsuki, and the number of guys is uneven, it's not exactly comfortable sleeping with other seven guys here," he tsked and walked in. He had a magazine under his arm and began to unwrap his popsicle in complete silence, "Well, I'm gonna go see if there's anything I can help with."
I zipped my jacket halfway and walked over to Katsuki, and he looked up at me with a heavy stare.
"Try not to blow everything up while I'm gone, okay?" I leaned down and pressed a kiss to his forehead, I heard him groan before putting the ice cream in his mouth, grunting and signalling to the door, "See you later, Katsuki."
I made my way down the hall and down the stairs, where Mina said something about some missing luggage, "Oh, I'll go." I muttered while making my way to the front door, "Anyone else wanna come with me? Aoyama?"
"Oui!" He stood up and we heard Mineta's voice as he complained, but thankfully, Mina had a plan to make him work as well.
So in the end, the three of us went out together to find some missing luggage.
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And finding that luggage was surprisingly easy. It was located at the very top of the pile where the unclaimed luggage was kept, and even though it was hard to reach it, I managed to take it down and handed it over to the couple that had requested our help.
While they were content about finding their stuff, Aoyama made so many weird turns and I wondered how he hadn't gotten dizzy at all, and of course, Mineta's expression told a whole story as well.
A smile grew on my face as I thought to myself how I'd gotten such great classmates... I've been lucky.
The sound of an explosion snapped me back to reality, and we ran out immediately. Civilians were running past us, frightened while the explosions continued to occur behind them, "Heroes, there's a villain!"
"What-?!" The three of us stopped and stared ahead of us, where red bandages wrapped and controlled things that were human-shaped, "There is a villain here!"
"What is that quirk...?" Just as a precaution and to make sure there weren't any people caught by the bandages, I used my quirk on them. Or tried to.
"Aoyama, your belly laser!" Mineta yelled and the blond used his quirk, cutting the puppets in half and they blew up.
"Oh? I wasn't expecting three heroes at such a faraway place," the villain made his presence known and he was covered with the same red bandages as the puppets. I briefly looked around us and noticed there were still people trying to run away to safety.
That's when I saw the villain's quirk wrapping around cars, vending machines, and anything within his reach, and we saw as they morphed into those human-shaped puppets from before. Well, at least that meant I had to stare at him to stop him.
I stopped his arms and kept my sight locked on him, I didn't know if he had to move around to control the puppets, or if he could just move them freely, but he was a threat to the civilians now, so the best way to end this would be making him pass out, although that takes a lot of focus and time, and I doubted I could do that right now. And after a few seconds, I could see the bandages were still moving around while he was stuck in place, so that answered my question.
That's when he made eye contact with me. His frown let me know he realized I was the one hindering his movements. "How annoying..." And like that, the great majority of his puppets were thrown my way.
I enhanced my arms and punched threw one of the puppets, it blew up almost immediately, and the smoke made me cough.
"Mineta! Aoyama!" I heard both of them respond to my call, and I gritted my teeth as the villain's attacks continued to come my way, purposely blocking himself from my sight, "Get the remaining civilians away from here and call the office for reinforcements!"
"Alright!" They ran to the sides where people had been hiding behind mostly intact walls, and the villain saw them running away from me, a few of his puppets going after them.
I enhanced my legs and jumped high into the air, catching his attention, "Focus on me, asshole!" From my high point of view, I could see half of his upper body, and I focused my quirk on his throat.
"You damn-" his voice cut off with a strain and I focused the energy in my throat, taking a deep breath before releasing a whistle.
The energy beam I had been training at U.A. made its way to the villain, and he covered himself with his puppets, but they exploded after getting pierced through. The beam hit him and he fell back, and that's when I also began to drop. I enhanced my legs to lessen the impact as I landed and I saw Aoyama and Mineta coming back.
"This is bad, (L/n)!" I tried to keep an eye out on the villain as he began to stand up, his puppets moving again and bandages reaching for things that were further than before. Those things have a wide range... "There's no phone signal!"
"Shit..." I got ready to use my quirk, even while he covered his body with his attacks and got ready to run at him, "Cover me guys!"
I ran at him, dodging or blowing up his puppets as I got closer to him. He pulled out a knife and I dodged him barely in time, stopping his arm and legs to prevent him from getting his stance back. Raising my leg, I was able to kick him, hitting his ribs and making him grunt as he stumbled back.
Long-ranged quirks are usually weaker at close combat, so my only option was fighting him head-on and making him surrender or capture him. But seeing how his puppets didn't stop even while fighting me, made me realize this was probably gonna be a wear-off fight.
"Damn villain..."
While our fight dragged on, I saw Mineta and Aoyama having trouble fighting, and my sight was getting blurry and spotty around the edges, so I had to lay off from using it too much or that would be bad, so I was more focused on enhancing my punches and kicks, but the villain wasn't giving up.
Not only was he getting more desperate to land a hit on me, but Aoyama and Mineta were getting worn off quicker than I expected, and the villain's attacks were turning more aggressive.
But I refused to lose against him.
Gritting my teeth and clenching my fist, I ran at him, risking getting cut by his knife, but I had to defeat him, right here, and right now. The people on the island were in danger, and thinking about it, this attack was carefully planned, so the possibility of this villain being here alone was low. He definitely has partners here too.
"I won't lose..." The villain's eyes looked at me filled with anger and hatred, and I told myself I shouldn't flake at that, no matter what his life has been like... He's still a villain. "He would hate it if I lost."
Right, Katsuki?
The moment my fist collided with his face, I felt a sharp pain on my side, and I had to hold the urge to back away from the pain, so I put all the energy I could into my arm, and punched the villain away from me. His body hit a wall and he grunted in pain, he struggled to move while my whole arm twitched and throbbed painfully.
I took a deep breath and glanced back to check on Aoyama and Mineta, they had clearly overused their quirks, but now the villain-
"That was pathetic..." I heard him talk and I looked back at him. He was standing on his feet, the bandages still swirling around in every direction, "Although it was a good try. Sorry, hero..."
Before I could think of what to do now, I heard explosions behind me. But... They were different. Those were-
"This place is filled with useless idiots!" I instinctively turned around, and I saw Katsuki there, standing in the smoke, "Like these damn extras!"
"Bakugou!" Despite the way Katsuki called them, they were definitely happy the spiky-haired blond showed up.
"(M/n)!" I heard Eijiro's voice behind me, and I turned around to see him blocking the knife heading my way, stopping the villain in place.
"Thanks, Eiji!" The villain backed away and he seemed to be assessing the situation. Now we had backup, so the only logical option he had was to run away. Poor him though, Katsuki would never allow him to leave in one piece.
I felt my hair stand on end, and I recognised the sensation as Kaminari's quirk, and yeah, there he was.
"Guys!" Yaomomo, Jiro and Mina were running our way, and they stopped with Aoyama and Mineta, "(L/n)-san!"
"Go with them, (M/n)! We'll take it from here!" Eijirio smiled at me as he hardened his arms, and I couldn't help but smile, relieved at the sight of my classmates.
I took a step forward to make my way over to the girls, but my legs gave out under me, and I was barely able to catch myself before hitting the ground, "(M/n)...!" I heard Katsuki's voice, and soon enough, he was next to me, helping me up.
"Katsuki..." He held my face in his hands and checked me all over, his eyes soon landing on my side, where I had completely forgotten I had an open knife wound.
"Come on, I'll help you," his hand put pressure on my side and he helped me take a few steps, but we could see Eijiro and Kaminari were having trouble fighting the villain, he tsked and stopped in place, "Oi! Ponytail!" Yaomomo turned around at the call of Katsuki's nickname for her, and she rushed over to us.
Her skin glowed as she used her quirk, making bandages and handing them back to Jiro, who trailed behind her a couple of steps.
Yaomomo stopped next to me and helped me walk over to Mineta and Aoyama, and I did my best to avoid putting too much of my weight on her. I looked over my shoulder at the boys, "Eiji-!" His arm was being wrapped by the bandages, but Katsuki blew it and it ripped.
However, those bandages wrapped around him instead.
"Katsuki!" His whole body got covered by the villain's quirk, and Yaomomo hurried to help me sit down against a wall, although I tried to maintain my gaze on the boys.
Maybe... If I couldn't see the villain and control him, I could... Control Katsuki's movements, although that would probably cause him a lot of pain.
The Katsuki-puppet was forced to attack Eijiro and Kaminari, who called out the blond's name. I didn't want to see that villain using Katsuki as he pleased, and I knew my lover didn't want to either, he hated villains and criminals more than anyone I knew, and he was definitely fighting inside those things, so I used my quirk on him, hoping to stop his movements or control just enough for those two to be able to dodge or attack other puppets.
That villain should be pretty worn out and in pain, we fought pretty hard after all, but it seemed like I was the only one who was closer to their limit and that was pretty annoying.
I focused my sight on Katsuki, and I stopped his arm, trying to keep it as still as I could, but my sight flashing white and my head throbbing made me look away.
When I glanced down, I realized Yaomomo was trying to stop the bleeding from my wound, something I hadn't noticed because my side was pretty much numb from the pain, and I caught a glimpse of my bracelet. Right, the painkillers, why didn't I think of that before?
I took a pill out and put it in my mouth, swallowing it dry. It would take a while for the effect to kick in, but it would make the headache more bearable, for now, I had to help my friends.
"Kaminari, on your left!" He turned that way and dodged the smaller puppet, and Eijiro punched through it, blowing it up, "Behind!" I watched as they got into a rhythm with my calls, while occasionally keeping an eye out on Katsuki. He was fighting the quirk, the villain seemed to be struggling to control him however he wanted, and that made Katsuki's movements pretty predictable.
However, the advantage didn't last long because both Eijiro and Kaminari got wrapped by the bandages, but now the villain was within my field of vision. "Chose. You can become one of my puppets, or you can be destroyed by your friend."
And that's when I saw Katsuki moving.
"Don't. Fuck. With. Me!" He lifted his right arm and light started seeping through the bandages, growing as if filled with air before it blew up.
I guarded Yaomomo from the debris flying by and as the smoke cleared, Katsuki stood there, his breath slightly uneven, and I noticed the grenade prop of his costume was gone, "Don't underestimate me, damn mummy."
More puppets were controlled to attack Katsuki, and he dodged them using his explosions to balance himself and get closer to the villain, as he did, the same knife was pulled out, and they began fighting close range. And it was obvious who had the most experience with hand-in-hand combat and who had fastest reflexes.
"(L/n)-san, can you stand?" While observing the fight, Yaomomo helped me get up and I felt way better than I did previously, so I smiled at her to let her know I was okay walking on my own.
In no time, Katsuki grabbed onto the villain's face and rammed him into a wall. I was too far away to hear him when he spoke, but I definitely heard the "Die!" He uttered while pulling the pin of his grenade, releasing the missile into the villain's face, and the quirk was released.
The girls ran after them and asked for the villain, to which Katsuki answered he was slightly injured, and yeah, I couldn't hold back a small chuckle. At that, Katsuki glanced back at me, a very small and subtle smile pulling the corner of his lips. And then the glint in his eyes changed as if he wanted to tell me something.
I couldn't ask him what it was, because he soon blasted himself up to the sky, heading off somewhere. "I'm gonna finish off the remaining villains!"
For a few seconds, I debated whether I should go follow Katsuki, but the pain of the knife cut on my side was enough reason to take it easy for a little bit, besides, we still had to keep that villain in custody and keep the people safe, so I ended up walking up front for a while.
Of course, I wondered and worried if Katsuki was gonna be okay on his own...
"Isn't that...?" Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something green growing, reaching over the trees, so I turned to look at it. "Midoriya?"
Before any of us could say something, an explosion came off from that same direction, and instinctively I turned around, walking backwards and staring at my classmates' legs, "Sorry, everyone!" They groaned at the pain as they stopped and I spun back around, enhancing my legs and running as fast as I could toward that balloon-looking Izuku.
Whoever he fought against was definitely strong, like... Even if Izuku doesn't have amazing control over One For All, he is strong and he can make tactics on the spot, so this was a dangerous situation, and a dangerous villain for sure.
Even though I felt my body twitching, I continued running, following the sounds of Katsuki's explosions.
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The combination of various explosion sounds going off made me wary of what was happening, and I tried to approach as quietly as I could, that way I could maybe sneak up on the villains... But when I arrived...
Katsuki... Izuku...
Before I could react, I saw a flash of red out of the corner of my eye, and I hid behind a tree, peeking out slightly. A woman with long red hair rushed to a man with white hair, black tubes filled with a purple liquid on his shoulders, making holes in the blazer he was wearing.
The man seemed to be in pain, and he looked up, and pointed forward, where I saw Katsuma and his older sister, whom I learned was called Mahoro.
The woman stood up as if abiding by an order I wasn't able to hear. Her hair hardened as she faced the kids and I instinctively activated my quirk on her, keeping her immobilized for as long as I could, despite the spots slowly clouding my vision.
"Get away... From them..." I muttered, stepping away from my hiding spot and she turned her head slowly to look at me over the shoulder.
"What an annoying quirk," the man kneeling next to her, turned to look at me and I noticed the subtle glow in his eyes but I couldn't look at him. This woman was far more dangerous than that man, at least for now, it was clear he couldn't move and she was the threat.
"A quirk that stops muscle activity..." He mumbled between ragged breaths, "He said he wanted it..."
I couldn't think about what he said, too busy trying to figure out a way to get Katsuki and Izuku safe while taking the kids with me. And I soon realized that would be near impossible to do it by myself.
The instant I wondered where the rest of the class was and if they were nearby, a flock of crows surrounded the villains, trapping them and hiding their vision.
I stopped my quirk and ran toward both unconscious males, reaching down to pick Katsuki up in my arms, and Uraraka ran past me, touching the blond's leg with her quirk before doing the same to Izuku.
"Tsuyu-chan!" She called out, and right after, Tsuyu showed up to pick up Izuku and we began to run after Koda and Shoji, who was carrying the kids.
///////
Everyone on the island was a refugee in a fabric, where there were generators that gave us power for the night and the next couple of days.
I was told by the others to rest and heal, but my wounds were minor and already healed by the medics here, so I was good working with giving out onigiri with Aoyama for a while.
When everyone had their share of food, we took everything empty out and cleaned up. Time went by quickly, or it felt like it as my mind was busy thinking about Katsuki. It was late and class 1-A were pretty much the only ones awake at this point. So I went to see him.
On my way there, I took a bottle of water and a straw, since Shotou had told me Katsuma was using his quirk on them, and the poor kid might be tired as well.
Slowly, I opened the door to the room they were being treated in, and I saw they were the only ones inside, along with Katsuma and Mahoro. Both Katsuki and Izuku were still unconscious, which given the fact that they were covered in bandages wasn't as surprising, but it still worried me.
Mahoro looked over at me and tried to smile at me, and I did the same, closing the door behind me and walking further in, making my way to sit in front of Katsuma, careful to not bump either Katsuki or Izuku as I crossed my legs.
I put the bottle down and I reach my hand out to gently touch Katsuki's face, doing the same with Izuku, stroking his curly hair. I looked up at Katsuma and felt proud at how he was so determined to save the heroes who protected them, but also concerned that might hurt himself if he used his quirk too much.
I stayed with them in complete silence, waiting patiently for anything to happen while taking care of Katsuma. I gave him some water and took out some tissues to wipe his sweat every once in a while, and by this point, it was clear he was tired but he wasn't giving up yet.
"Katsuma, at least sleep a little," he shook his head with a denying hum.
"No. I gotta keep going. I have to," a deeper frown appeared on Katsuma's face and he seemed more focused and determined than before. And lo and behold, Katsuki and Izuku began to release a green glow, "Deku-nii-chan?"
"Bakugou?"
Their expressions changed into a frown, and after a couple of seconds, Izuku began to open his eyes, "Kat..suma... (M/..n)..."
"Katsuma-kun," he looked at me without releasing his quirk, "Can you and Mahoro-chan go tell the others they're waking up? They'll be relieved to hear it," he seemed hesitant, probably because he didn't want to leave their side, so I smiled at him and patted his hair, "I'll take care of them for you, alright? So don't worry."
They nodded and got up, walking out of the room. I stayed there, watching over them as they slowly regained consciousness.
Izuku was the first one to open his eyes and attempt to sit up, groaning as he shifted in place, "How are you feeling?" His green eyes looked over at me and then down at himself before rubbing his face with his hands.
"Like I've been run over by a truck," I stifled a laugh and he smiled at me, "But... Isn't as bad as I expected it to feel."
"Yeah, gotta thank Katsuma-kun for that," Izuku looked down at his hands, closing and opening them in fists, probably testing how his ligaments felt.
"I definitely will, (M/n)-kun," after that, he began to fix the top half of his costume, zipping it and standing up, reaching for the red belt kept on top of a chair in the corner of the room, "Take care of Kacchan." He muttered and walked out of the room.
"I don't need... Being taken care of, damn nerd..." Katsuki mumbled and I looked at him, he was also awake, slowly sitting up, "That fucking villain... I'm gonna beat his ass."
A smile grew on my face after hearing a typical Katsuki phrase, he was feeling better, that's for sure.
I inched closer to him, and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, holding him gently so as to not cause him more pain. I was glad he woke up after worrying about him for hours, so I felt like I could breathe normally again. Katsuki's body tensed under my hold, and I was about to back away before he got mad at me, but I felt his arms around me as he relaxed in my embrace.
I took a deep breath, feeling the subtle scent of ash and smoke on his hair before backing away, smiling at him and leaning in to place a kiss on his forehead.
"Come on, let me help you."
///////
The whole class was standing around the tables in the room we were given, the police chief was here with us as well and brought us a map of the island. "Midoriya, what's the strategy?"
"We've confirmed the presence of three more villains, what were their quirks?" Izuku looked up at everyone, and Iida raised his hand.
"The one we fought at the beach had a mutation-type quirk, he looked like a hybrid of many animals combination," A few nodded, probably those who were at the beach together and Iida added right after, "He was strong and could even spit fire, we couldn't even scratch him."
"A body potentiated by a powerful mutant quirk," Izuku mumbled to himself, "What about the woman?"
"She can harden her hair," I spoke when I remember being a few meters away from her, "But I don't know if she can do anything else with it."
That's when the police chief spoke up, telling us about how the people at the port saw her using her hair to destroy the ships and prevent them from escaping the island, and he added the description of her hair being like needles, in a way.
"Well... She can't do much without her hair, right? Let's keep that in mind," Everyone nodded at my comment, and Shotou turned to look at Izuku, who was fiddling with a red sharpie.
"What about the villain you and Bakugou fought? How many quirks did he have?" Katsuki frowned and crossed his arms.
"I counted four," he moved his hand and lifted his index finger, "The lasers, the shield, that blue dragon and the lighting," he counted every quirk he listed, and groaned right after, his frown deepening, "Besides the quirk to steal other quirks, he might have more that we don't know about."
"He also seemed to be in pain after using them, so I'm guessing his body can't handle too much, that's why he wants to get Katsuma-kun's quirk to reactivate his cells..." Izuku added rather quietly.
And I remembered something, "I... I think he may have a search quirk, that's how he found Katsuma-kun so quickly," the class remained silent, processing the information, "And he said something about... He, wanting my quirk, so..."
Katsuki got closer to me and leaned against me, probably his way of wanting to protect me from that white-haired villain, "We can't let that damn villain get close to (M/n) either, Deku."
Everyone was quiet for a moment, and I felt a few stares on me but I didn't pay them any mind.
"How do we defeat them, Midoriya?" Eijiro asked him and he took a deep breath, staring down at the map in the middle of the table.
"This is my plan." He pointed toward the castle ruins, "We'll make our base here, that way, the villains will only have one way to reach us," he gripped the red sharpie he had been fiddling with and uncapped it, marking a straight arrow on the only path available to walk through, "Once they reach this spot here, we separate them," he drew an x and two more arrows going left and right, "From here on, we use the terrain to our advantage and defeat them one by one with the strongest teams."
All eyes fell on Izuku, his frown still prominent on his baby face.
"But first, we need to plan our tactics, starting with splitting them up," Katsuki leaned over the table with his hands, "Sparkly and Ponytail will do that."
Izuku looked at Katsuki and they made eye contact, before nodding, "Aoyama-kun, I need you to use your Navel Laser at its maximum capacity to split them, assuming the villain will use the wind wall to shield himself, the other two will have to run away since they don't have defensive quirks." The blond looked slightly surprised, but remained quiet, "After that, short bursts of laser using the props on your costume will work to spread them further apart, taking them to our traps."
Katsuki tapped two spots on the map, "There is a concave cave in here, one of the biggest on this part of the island, and here there are the waterfalls, we are trapping them here."
I moved slightly closer to watch over Katsuki's shoulder. Both teams have to be stronger than both villains, so the teams should be...
"Tsuyu-chan and Shouto have the advantage in the water, and they make a strong duo, but they will need speed to dodge and attack, along with an unbreakable shield, so Iida and Eijiro should go with them," I heard Eijiro's little 'oh~' at my analysis, "With Tokoyami in the cave, he will be able to use Dark Shadow, and... Mina could give him support. That way, both teams have someone that could cause damage to the woman's hair, so..." I looked up at everyone, and saw their determined expressions, "I think this is a good balance."
"Now, let's focus on the main villain."
//////
As expected, the plan was going according to plan, and now, the white-haired villain was continuing his way toward the kids. "He's gonna be too focused on getting Katsuma-kun's quirk to care about helping his partners or trusting they could win against high schoolers, so he won't stop."
Shoji and I stood next to each other as we watched the villain walking closer to us, Uraraka and Sero getting his attention with rocks and debris that were scattered everywhere around the castle, while Mineta got the trap ready.
We watched, tensed and filled with anticipation that the trap would work and for a moment it seemed like it did.
But he freed himself and the trio had to retreat. However, there was still hope. If the trap failed then Katsuki...
He and Izuku will stop him. And now is when I get to finally help them. With the villain within the 30 meters of reach my quirk has, I can buy them time and give them a bigger advantage over the villain. And as the whole point was for us to stop him, I had to focus on his legs, preventing him from getting closer to the kids.
This tactic worked for a bit, Katsuki and Izuku faced him head-on while I gave them support from afar, accumulating the energy on my legs, but with all the smoke and dust flying around, my sight got blocked quite a few times, but I used my quirk as much as I could, ignoring the headache I felt getting worse with every second that passed.
And that's when the dragon Katsuki mentioned appeared, grabbing Uraraka when she tried to sneak up behind him. Both of them focused their attacks on the blue dragon, and it split into two, and hit them, throwing them back against a wall.
My jaw clenched as I closed my fists, staring at the villain and trying to use my quirk, but the dust going around blocked my sight once again, and all I saw was the dragon moving forward rapidly toward Katsuki and Izuku. Instinctively, I covered Katsuma and Mahoro's eyes, but rights they were about to impact them, they began to disappear.
The dust slowly began to clear and I saw the villain kneeling on the ground, gripping his body. He reached his limit.
But something was off.
Two more black and smaller tubes came out of his back, and the purple liquid got drained, his mask falling off his face, as he stood up.
When he did, Katsuki and Izuku ran at him, and the clouds turned dark grey and they swirled, thunder and lighting covering the sky, and the force of the lightning strike broke the ground, causing the wind to pick up and we had to kneel behind the wall and columns to protect ourselves from the electricity.
There was an eerily silence that lasted less than a second, and we stood up as the air cleared away.
We observed how there wasn't a sign of Katsuki or Izuku anywhere, and the kids called out for them.
"Deku-nii-chan!"
"Bakugou!"
"Guys..." Jiro spoke and we looked at her, she was looking through the small telescope Yaomomo had made, "He's coming..."
I took a deep breath and reached my hand out toward Jiro, silently, she gave me the telescope and I lifted it to my face, looking through it, "Run away, Shoji."
"Take the kids to the escape route," Ojiro added after me. The air was tense, but this was it, we were the last ones who could stop this villain and protect Katsuma and Mahoro.
"We leave it to you." Jiro muttered with a strain on her voice, and Shoji accepted our request, running away with the kids in his arms, "Let's stop him."
"Yeah."
I took a deep breath and activated my quirk, lowering the telescope, my goal was to make him pass out, but it needed time and precision, something we didn't have now, I just had to focus on stopping him any way I could.
So Total Control would have to work for now.
I focused my quirk to keep his legs in place and prevent his arms from moving, but he instantly made eye contact with me, and the lightning started again, "(L/n)!" Jiro's call of my name worked to help me realize lighting strikes were falling close to me, but it seemed like he couldn't control them well if he didn't use his arms, so I refused to lose my focus-
"He wanted you alive... But I will fry you now, kid!" The thunder got louder and I had to back away or I would've been struck by lightning at that moment. It wasn't as strong as it had been previously, but it was enough to make my hair stand on end because of the electricity.
I took a step forward again to get him back in my field of vision, but his lasers were already shooting my way. I wasn't able to dodge them all, as I was more focused on stopping him again before he could continue attacking, but I couldn't dodge the wind wall.
I flew back, landing harshly on the floor, unable to stop my body from rolling, and I hit my head quite harshly, my sight turning blurry and feeling dizzy. I pushed myself to stand up and watched how Jiro and Ojiro were now fighting the villain, with a low groan and holding my head, I enhanced my legs, crouching and taking a deep breath, getting ready to jump to reach Shoji and the kids.
Reaching up top, my body gave out and I fell to my knees, but I got a blurry glimpse of Shoji as he ran toward the escape route we planned.
I began to crawl my way closer to him when I noticed a flash of bright pink-purple-ish light, and I recognized that colour as the laser quirk, "Shoji, careful-!" I turned toward the villain and activated my quirk, trying to prevent him from attacking Shoji, but my sight began to get covered with spots, and this time they were grey spots, making it hard for me to look at him.
I gritted my teeth, angry at myself for being unable to protect the kids.
"I won't... Lose..." I closed my eyes tightly and ignored the sound of my heart pounding in my ears, "I have to... Protect-"
The ground began to shake under my palms, followed by a voice. "Run away, you two!" Jiro was here, amplifying the sound of her heart toward the villain. I opened my eyes and caught glimpses of Ojiro and Shoji going toward the villain to attack him, but he used the wind wall to repel the attacks and blew us away.
I lay on the ground, my sight fading in and out as I slowly lost consciousness.
"Don't..touch the..kids..."
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A sharp pain all over my body made me jerk as my eyes opened, and I looked around me.
So... I passed out... For how long? A few seconds-?
"Bakugou!"
"Deku-nii-chan!"
"Don't lose!"
My body turned as I pushed myself up with my arms, and I lifted my head. Mahoro and Katsuma were in front of me, taking care of Shoji, and the villain was slowly but surely getting closer to them. I swallowed hard and crawled my way to the kids while activating my quirk, ignoring the headache and the limited vision I had left.
"Kat..suma-kun..." I reached an arm out to him, and he did the same, I struggled to reach his touch, his hand glowing as he used his quirk, "Let me borrow... Your power for a moment..." I kept my sight focused on the villain as I focused my quirk on his arms.
"You're really... Annoying," he began to activate his laser quirk and, feeling the subtle relief of my headache disappearing, gritting my teeth as my whole body tensed.
"Just..." I groaned as I struggled to stand up, "Back off...!"
My arm raised on its own, making a pushing motion toward the villain, and I felt it. My hand cramped and I doubled over in pain, but I saw how the villain flew back, as if... He was pushed. I didn't have time to analyze what just happened because my sight was fading quicker.
And as I fell to the ground, I was able to see Katsuki and Izuku standing behind the villain.
And Katsuki... Was sparkling the same way Izuku does when he uses his quirk.
"So... That's what it came to..."
There was a bright light illuminating everything coming from the sky, and that was the last thing I saw.
///////
"Boy... Boy, wake up..." I felt my body being gently picked up and my eyes opened, but I couldn't see anything, "It's alright, you're safe now. I need a wheelchair here!"
It was an unknown voice and after a few seconds, I felt myself being picked up from the hard ground and sat on a chair. My head was pounding and I felt sick, unable to ignore the throbbing and painful twitching I felt all over my body.
So the battle was over... And help arrived...
That's great...
///////
The next time I regained consciousness, I was lying on a bed... Actually, it felt more like a couch, 'cause when I graced it with my fingertips I confirmed it wasn't a bed. And when I opened my eyes, there was the same grey colour covering my whole vision and I had no idea how much longer it would be this way. The max is usually eleven hours... I wonder how long it's been.
"Oh, (M/n)-kun, you're awake," Izuku's voice came from my right, and I turned toward him, "Your eyes..."
"Yeah, I know, don't worry," there was a short silence which I used to try and identify if we were alone, "Is there anyone else here with us, Izuku?"
"No, just Kacchan and he's still unconscious," I hummed and nodded, pressing my elbows on the couch to be able to push myself up.
"Do you still have it? One for all?" I asked him quietly, knowing how sensitive he was when it came to talking about his quirk in public. His response made me feel relieved.
"Yeah... I do."
After that, I could hear people coming into the room, probably nurses, but I also heard All Might and Recovery Girl's voice, they talked to Izuku for a bit.
"I've already healed your injuries, boy," Recovery Girl spoke next to me and I looked down at her, even though I couldn't see her I could guess where she was, "Your sight should come back in an hour or less."
"Thank you."
The room was peaceful for a short while until...
"It hurts!" Katsuki woke up, "What happened to me?!" His screams were followed by the sound of Recovery Girl activating her quirk and I could only imagine what the sight was like, making me chuckle to myself.
At last, we were able to smile again.
//////
"Why do I have to be here?" I turned to look at Katsuki and reached to hold his hand, which made him frown and look away, but he didn't refuse my touch.
"Mahoro-chan wanted you to be here, didn't she? And you accepted, it's too late to complain," he tsked and leaned against me as we continued to wait.
We were at the Nabu Port Terminal Building, waiting for Katsuma and Mahoro's dad, as per the request of the kids.
It's been a few days since the villains attacked the island and class 1-A had been helping the townfolk rebuild the destroyed buildings of the city with few injured civilians, the Hero Work Progamm had been suspended, but we decided to stay around for a while longer until we had to leave.
And that day arrived.
I was with Katsuki up top, enjoying the view of the city as the ship began its departure from the port, "I will miss this place."
My boyfriend looked at me and snorted, "You're weird." I laughed at that and nodded.
"You might be right, love."
We stayed silent for a moment and I felt his hand on my forearm, making me turn to look at him. Katsuki stared into my eyes and began to lean closer to me, and I did the same until our lips met each other.
There was some deep meaning behind this kiss, I could feel it, and it came from both of us. The fear of losing each other, and the relief of being back together made this kiss full of emotions that caused shivers to run down my spine and my skin get covered in goosebumps.
We pulled back, and Katsuki pressed his forehead on my shoulder, "I love you, (M/n)."
I reached my hand up to stroke his hair, resting my cheek on it, unable to hold back the smile from growing on my face, "I love you too, Katsuki."
We didn't stay in this position for too long, the sound of footsteps behind us made us glance that way, and we saw Izuku walking out way. "We're already saying goodbye to this island, aren't we?"
"I'm glad," Katsuki uttered while glancing away, "Is it okay for you to leave without saying bye to those little brats?"
"There were a lot of things I wanted to say to them, but..." He smiled and closed his eyes, titling his head down, "It's alright, I'm sure they'll understand."
"Oi...! Oi...!" The faint sound of high-pitched voices reached our ears and we looked down. Mahoro and Katsuma were there, running toward the ship.
"Deku-nii-chan!"
"Bakugou!"
"Everyone! Thank you for protecting us!"
A smile grew on my face at them thanking us, and I felt glad we were able to win the battle. "Deku-nii-chan! I'll become stronger! At least, I wanna protect my father and sister! That's why... I'll get stronger! And I'll become a hero like Deku-nii-chan, Bakugou-san and (M/n)-san!"
Oh, me too?
"I won't forget those words, damn brat," I glanced at Katsuki, seeing the smirk on his face, and I smiled as well, feeling happy.
"Katsuma-kun!" I turned toward Izuku as he yelled, "You... You can become a hero! I'll be waiting for you at U.A.!" He waved at them with his arm high above his head, and I waved at them as well.
"Don't prank the new heroes too much, Mahoro-chan!" She laughed at my words and nodded, stopping next to Katsuma as she waved us goodbye.
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Sumire x Hakubo if Hakubo saved her from being sacrificed and they ran away together?? 😩😭
"Stop the Wedding"
(Sumire x Hakubo)
genre : Fluff
Characters : Sumire Akane, Hakubo
TW : mentions of Murd3r
A/N : LOVE IT, I Imagine like Hakubo runs thru the crowd and stops the sacrifice as soon as she was about to jump off and then unalives everyone owshifhehx 💀
Also, some of their lines here I took from the manga, actions and some speeches might not be the same as in the manga, I don't intend to copy the whole book here
I HOPE YOU ENJOY 💗
No one.. is gonna come hurt you anymore..
Today was the day.
The day of the sacrifice, Everyone was really excited, happy even, Long tables with lots of food on it, lights all over the village, the elders having a wonderful drink together as the kids danced with joy
How can they be so happy at an event like this? is it because they are offering another sacrifice so the gods can protect their village?
Well lets get to know the sacrifice and how she became one hm?, The sacrifices name was Sumire Akane.
She was already meant to be a sacrifice ever since she was a little kid, how innocent, she thought she was getting married at an early age.
。。。
The Village chief and an Oni is seen walking along beside a house
"I'll leave the guarding to the next sacrifice to you." Hakubo's head perked up and started listening to the old man
"Just like in the past. If she ever tries to run away vreak her legs, if she doesn't listen vlind her eyes, dispose of anyone who tries to lead her away"
"Yes." Hakubo answer in a monotone voice
The old man halt into a stop making Hakubo also stop in his tracks.
He sighed "Only six years old, a child who understands nothing... Those Akane's giving her to us while she's still so young, it seems they don't want the kannagi to resent them" The old man looked back at Hakubo
"I don't suppose an Oni like you could handle a child well.. Well it doesn't matter as long as she doesn't die, do as you please." The old man opened the sliding door "Yes sir." Hakubo bowed and steped inside
He was greated with a little girl kneeling on the floor
"I'll be in your care for today, my name is Sumire, on this occasion I have been assigned, a highly honorable duty, It's a pleasure to meet you"
Hakubo stared at baffled "Um.. yes.."
The little girl who claimed herself to be Sumire rose up "So then.." She gave Hakubo the most cheerful and beaming smile "You must be Sumire's Husband!"
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"Eh? you've got it all wrong.." Hakubo told her making her head tilt in confusion
"But Sumire heard that she was gonna be a bride.."
"You're gonna be gods bride, I'm just your caretaker. Do you understand?" Sumire nodded her head as Hakubo eased up a little from that
"Then you're Sumire's Informal Husband!!"
Strucked. Hakubod grabbed a skull of what looked like a deer and hid his face underneath
"You're absolutely delusional.."
"ehhh??"
Being the babysitter of a young child was how it was supposed to be, his job was to be a caretaker for a young kannagi until the day of her sacrifice, how bad could it be?
'How did it end up to be like this..' He deadpanned as he stared at the most delicious meal infront of him cooked by yours truly Sumire
Sumire grabbed the chopsticks and picked up some food for him and pointed it at his mouth
She giggled as she placed her hand on her cheek with imaginary flowers around her
"Here my husband! Say 'ahh~'"
Hakubo obeyed nonetheless and opened his mouth and let Sumire feed him. We all know his faced on that chapter screamed humiliation
"So how is it? I hope it is to your taste" She perked up as sge awaited for his response
"I dunno."
"My, how honest~"
After Hakubo finished eating he stood up and headed towards the door to get some work done but was stopped by Sumire
"Here a goodbyes kiss~" Hakubo deadpanned as he let Sumire kiss him on the cheek
'Dear god..'
When Hakubo was done with, whatever work he was assigned to
He went back to Sumire to check up on her
But he found her scrubbing the floors..
"Ah! You're home!" She stood up as Hakubo stared at her wide eyed as his eyes slowly travel down onto the sparkling floor
He could see his own reflection
Sumire wiped off the sweat on her forehead as she smiled and pointed to her cheek "Hey where's my "I'm Home" Kiss?"
Hakubo just ended up chucking his dear head onto his head as Sumire stood shocked
She pouted as she took off his.. 'hat' and pushed him into the bath "The bath is ready for you!" She said as she led him to the bath, at this point Hakubo just accepted his faith
Sumire turned around, was she not gonna get out? whatever.
After Hakubo stripped all his dirty clothes off, he hopped onto the batg and just relaxed
Sumire smiled as her husband looked really relaxed, her idea for a hot bath worked~
"Relax now it'll warm you up~"
After his bath he dressed up
served dinner as usual
Sumire threw a huge fit when she found him sleeping in another futon
so to make her shut up cause he had a long day he grabbed his pillow and layed down next to her
Hakubo stared at the ceiling as Sumire finally quiet downed.
She sighed a sigh of relief as she hugged his arm "goodnight~" patting his arm as she closed her eyes, He deadpanned.
He rose up making Sumire open one of her eyes
"Ain't this weird?"
"There's nothing weird about this, after all.." She smiled at him as she placed her hand on her cheek
"You're pretty useless when it comes to housework.." she sighed
.
.
"Eh?"
"You skip doing the laundry, You can't cook meals and you can't run a warm bath. Honestly you can't be my caretaker! Not in a hundred years!" She pouted as Hakubo
He sighed, he just wanted to rest
"Hmp! If it bothers you so much you should play the role of being Sumire's husband!"
Hakubo crossed his arms as he looked down "Play the role of a Husband.. What exactly would that entail?"
"Oh! well in that case, let's go to the flower field tomorrow!"
And just like that, they slept pretty easy last night
well except Hakubo
the next day, he kept his promise and brought her to the flower field
as she ran wild and free, just like any child would do
Sumire's giggles were heard as she ran around the field as Hakubo kept a close eye on her "Wow dear look at all these pretty flowers!"
"uh, yup.."
"wrong! you were supposed to say Sumire was prettier than the flowers!"
"Right.."
Sumire hummed as she did her own thing, Hakubo sat on the ground observing her moves as it was disturb, hearing faint whispers in a distance.
He didn't turn around to not make it look like he was eavesdropping.
"Hey look thats the sacrifice.."
"Ah, the Kannagi and is that Minamoto-san's pet oni?"
"Geeze.. The kannagi is so carefree.. even thought they'll kill her before long." Hakubo perked his head up and looked at their direction
"It's just a brat and an Oni. They don't understand anything."
His silence was soon disturbed with someone placing a flower crown on his head, he looked back and saw a smiling child infront of him
'how are you not scared..'
Sumire smiled as she pointed at his flower crown "Now were matching! Although it doesn't suit you.." Hakubo just deadpanned
Sumire's fit of giggles was disturbed when she heard the sound of a crying bird in a distance, she moved some bushes away and gasped "Awh.. poor thing, Don't worry Sumire will take good care of you"
She picked up the injured bird and followed Hakubo back to their shared house (?)
days turned into weeks, turned into months and into years. Sumire was no longer the carefree little girl Hakubo was taking care of.
Not only Sumire grew up, But also Hakubo.
He walks back to where Sumire is with blood on his feet. He slides the door and shows Sumire treating another injured animal.
She pets the rabbit as she opened her eyes and saw Halubo, She smiled as she went back to petting the rabbit "Oh my, welcome home Dear."
Hakubo eyed the many injured animals around her "Yeah, please change out of your Kimono, Dinner will be ready soon."
Hakubo stepped inside and observed the surrounding area
Baskets and little tiny beds were beside Sumire containing either sick or injured animals "There's more of em again.."
He picked up the birds feather and looked back at Sumire who was combing the bunnies fur "Why do you still take care of em? some of em die and some survive...But Its not like you'll get anything from it"
Sumire listened to her dear 'husband' and giggled "I might not get anything from it, but there's a meaning to it.."
"I feel bad for the little one's they've gone through too much trauma. So they can't live on their own anymore." She looks at the little rabbit starring at her, picking the rabbit up she had a completely different aura.
"That means, I can take full control of them you see? Their lives, their minds, everything. Wether they live or die it is up to me to decide." Hakubo just stared at her as she treated his wounds.
The days passed by so quick.
He saved her from an angry group of villagers saying it was her fault for being alive for too long
Alot of nights.
Alot of days have passed
It was time.
For some odd reason, he didn't want her to go just yet.
He didn't wanna amdit it but, her company..
made him warm.. it made him feel an emotion he could not feel
Happiness? well thats a rare one.
"Finally! She's fonna be wedded to god! The supernaturals can finally stop harming us!" A woman shouted
"I can finally walk woth my children at night safetly!" Another cried out as she held her children close
Sumire walked emotionlessly to the edge of the cliff, Her kimono swaying with the wind as the cloth on her head moved slightly to show her emotionless gaze upon the torii gate that leads to the edge of the cliff
Hakubo stood amongst the crowd as he watched the very girl he saw grow up, and was within his care finally give her life up to god.
He looked around as everyone cheered, cried happy tears, and saying their thanks and grace to god, but why only the gods? why not to the countless Kannagi's he had to watch get sacrificed over and over again and not once did they say their thanks to them
We're they only sacrifices to their eyes?
"Hey, Dear" Sumire called out at Hakubo who was sitting outside looking at the sky, He turned around and giving her his full attention
Sumire smiled as she looked down at her pet rabbit "Thanks for looking after me"
He looked at her confused "Why are ya saying thanks?" She giggled "Silly Oni, did you forget?—
I'll be sacrificed tomorrow. "
Silence, Hakubo didn't show any emotion and just stared at her "Mhm"
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"I want them.. to feel sad, when I'm gone. "
Sumire got closer and closer as she finally entered the torii gate.
"To weep.."
An uproar of cheers was heard throughout the cave as Sumire was nearing her destination
Hakubo couldn't.. he couldn't.. He had a job to do. And that was to watch over the Kannagi and be her caretaker until the day she gets wedded to god.
But why is that he was pushing himself through the crowd just to stop her from doing something reckless?
"And to be sad.. so sad they'll go crazy"
"Hey! What do you think your doing you Oni!" One of the elders spotted him trying to get in the way of Sumire's path to stop her sacrifice
"Hey, since this will be my last night with you, I want to ask you for one thing" Hakubo stopped patting her head as he looked at her for a moment
"Just one.."
Sumire rose up and got all happy "Well.. What is it?" he asked, Sumire had a faint blush on her cheeks "Well you see, For tonight, I wanna do something a married couple would do~ That's all~" Sumire giggled but got pinned down by Hakubo which caught her off guard
Hakubo leaned in closer, and closer until the foreheads touched, Sumire thought it was finally happening but suddenly Hakubo smacked his forehead with hers and immediately got up and left the room
"Go to sleep." He said as he closed the door
"J-jeez.." Sumire rubbed her forehead as she found a comfortable laying position and drifted off to sleep
Hakubo however, was lost in his own thoughts right outside the room
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.
'Even if.. this is a lie, can't you say something like ' Save me' or 'I don't want to die', or atleast cry? ' He got off the wall and looked back at the door once more and left
'After all.. you weren't all that cute.'
Sumire felt a hand grab her by the arm right before she jumped off the cliff to be wedded to god, the cloth on her head fell as she looked back to see her caretaker.
"Hakubo.."
What do you think your doing?!? You're RUINING the ceremony!" The elder chief said furiously as he grabbed his sword and tried to swing it at him but failed.
He fought ANYONE who tried to get in his way, once all was eliminated he looked back at Sumire and held her hand
"you know.. you aren't that cute.." He picked her up bridal style
Sumire giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck "Did you stop the ceremony just for you to say that to me?" Hakubo didn't answer and walked far away from the depths of hell she was about to jump off to.
Not like Sumire was gonna throw a huge fit. She was thankful he stopped the ceremony, she knew that she was gonna be wedded to god. And had to be the sacrifice to seal the supernaturals away from the mortal world.
But now, its not gonna be like that anymore, Because Hakubo and Sumire are gonna run away.
Far away.. where no one
Can ever hurt them again
Im sorry it took so long, It was kind of rushed but I managed to pull it off
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