A/N: Hello! This is my new Tokoyami fic! I want to put a bit of a warning; this story will have some dark turns. I think this first chapter sets the mood and will most likely be the darkest it gets. There is some Trauma topics This story will have a happy ending for all who worry. I love my Dark Chicken too much for him to be in pain. I wanted to explore the idea of what would have happened if the villains got Tokoyami instead of Bakugou during the camp arc. Please let me know what you think. I would love to know your opinions.

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Chapter 1

The training camp was supposed to be fun and hard work. They were to push themselves to the limits and advance their quirks. Only a few days, the trip was spoiled by the League of Villains. The trip ended with several students injured due to gas poisoning or fights with villains, and one student missing; Tokoyami Fumikage.

The students found out the League was after their classmate Bakugou Katzuki at the camping trick, and work hard to protect him, even if he didn't want it. The class never that this would have left an opening for another one in their class to be taken.

While in the forest, Tokoyami and Shoji Mezo encountered the death row villain, Moon Fish. With his razor like teeth he managed to slice off one of Shoji's six limbs. The sight of blood enraged Tokoyami, and Dark Shadow was able take control. The quirk grew to imaginable size, wiping out rows of trees with the swipe of its large dark claw. The immense power was taken down by the light produced by Bakugou and Todoroki. However, once the dark quirk had calmed down, the group of teens left an opening.

A villain had been hiding in the shadows. Mr. Compress, a magician looking man, threw two marbles out and chapter both Tokoyami and Bakugou. Though their classmates put up an incredible fight, only one marble was released, and that was the one with Bakugou. Dabi and the other villains showed off his prize by freeing Tokoyami from his round prison and stepping back into a giant black portal with his hand around the teens neck.

Tokoyami stared at his classmates, a tear dripping from his eye. "I'm sorry," he managed to say before being completely engulfed by the swirling abyss.

Midoriya was completely shattered. Blinded by his need to protect Bakugou, the concept that anyone else could have been taken or hurt never crossed his mind. His selfish intentions left a classmate in danger. And now Midoriya was left sitting in the hospital, dwelling in his failure as a hero.

The green haired boy was surprised when there was a knock at the door. In walked Kirishima, Todoroki, Ochaco, and Iida. "What are you doing here?"

"We wanted to check on you," Iida stated.

"How are you feeling, Deku?" Ochaco asked.

Midoriya hung his head. "My arms are getting better. I really did a number on my arms."

"Those casts look serious," Todoroki commented.

Midoriya nodded. "I'm lucky recovery girl was able to heal them. I am going to have some really bad scars but using my arms again to such an extent I may not be able to use them."

A knock at the door caused the group to turn. In entered the other conscious members of their class minus Yaoyorozu. Even Bakugou walked into Midoriya's room. They each looked exhausted. It had only been a few hours since the attack at the camp."

"What are you all doing here?" Midoriya asked.

"Kirishima texted us all to meet here," Shoji stated. The rest of the class nodded.

"Thanks for meeting here everyone," Kirishima said.

Bakugou stomped up to Kirishima. "Enough with the formalities! Why did you call us all here you red-haired idiot?"

Kirishima nodded, swallowing all emotion aside from serious. "Right. I'll just get to the point. I overheard Momo give All Might a tracking device. She could make one for us, so we could go help save Tokoyami."

"Do you really think that's possible?" Shoji spoke with one of his large tentacle limbs. The rest of the class began to mumble amongst each other.

Kirishima nodded. "I'm tired of sitting around doing nothing. I didn't help fight at all back at camp and can't help feel that if I could have run out and provided some more support that maybe we wouldn't be missing a classmate."

Bakugou landed his fist into Kirishima's head. "Don't be an idiot! If you go out there you risk everything the pros have planned. You could easily fuck the whole thing up!"

"Not if we are careful!" Kirishima argued. "If we stay off to the side and just watch. We are the back up to the pros!"

"I agree with Bakugou, ribbit," said Tsuyu. The entire class was stunned at the frog girl's statement. "If we were specifically told leave this to the pros."

"Besides, interfering is breaking the law!" Iida lectured.

"I can't just leave Tokoyami without any hope. We should go after him," Shoji stated, clenching his fists. "He doesn't have anyone else to look out for him. It doesn't feel right to just sit and watch when we could do something."

"It doesn't matter how righteous our feelings are. If we start another fight...if we break the law...then we're no better than the villains," Tsuyu said.

Kirishima turned to Midoriya. "Midoriya, lend me a hand. What do you think?"

Midoriya's body began to shake. "When they took Tokoyami through that dark portal, my body stopped moving. All I did was watch! I can't sit by and watch more. I failed him! I was too blinded by trying to protect Kacchan."

"I didn't need your protection!" Bakugou yelled.

"Bakugou, this is a hospital. Keep your voice down," Iida chastised.

"Those villains have our friend!" Shoji yelled. "He's my friend and I couldn't reach him.

"That's not your fault," Todoroki mumbled. If I would have been able to act a little quicker, I would have been able to grab Todoroki."

"You all are being idiots!" Yell Bakugou. "You are moping around and thinking about what could have been done doesn't change anything!"

"Kacchan! You can't act that tough! They would have you too!" Midoriya shook with anger.

Bakugou marched up to Midoriya's bed and loomed over him. "You think I don't realize that. Shit! Of course, I know that! I could easily be the one taken. But you idiots were too busy talking about how to protect me than being aware of your surroundings. We were ambushed, and the villains got something from us!"

"Wouldn't you want us to come after you if they had you?" Midoriya asked.

"Hell no!" Bakugou yelled. The rest of the class shook at the blonde's immediate response.

"Why?" Midoriya was clearly hurt b Bakugou's immediate response. "Why would you not want us to help you?"

"Piss off, Deku!" Bakugou interjected. "You are not the only hero in the world! In fact, none of us are heroes in this room. We are in training! The actual pros, the ones who know what the fuck they are doing, are working on an actual plan. Do you really not trust All Might and the other pros enough to be able to face a foe we couldn't take on?"

Bakugou turned and stared down the rest of the class. Todoroki glared back. "You don't have to be so hateful. None of us are saying we don't trust the pros. We are just saying that we could help."

"How can you help if you aren't even legally allowed to use your quirk to help fight? Iida asked. "Or have some of us forgotten a lesson from our past." The class president stared at Todoroki and Midoriya. They both lowered their heads in shame.

"You are right," Midoriya sighed. "We need to leave this to the professionals."

"That doesn't mean we have to wait alone," Tsuyu said. "We can all stay together and wait to hear if it is successful or not. We are stronger together."

"Do what you want. I'm going home." Bakugou shoved his hands in his pockets and walked out of the room.

"Bakugou, wait!" Kirishima raced after him. Kaminari and Sero shared a shrug and raced after Kirishima.

Others left and all that remained in the room were Midoriya, Iida, Tsuyu, Ochaco, Todoroki, and Shoji. They waited in silence, listening to the hospital electronics beep. Shoji changed is tentacle on his uninjured arm and turned it into a mouth.

"I'm worried about Tokoyami," he admitted.

"Ribbit," Tsuyu patted Shoji's arm. "We are all worried. It's hard to know our friend is in danger. I've fought with his several ties. He is a good fighter. He can protect himself if he needs to."

"Tokoyami is strong," Todoroki nodded in agreement. "He took down that Moonfish villain on his own."

"That's only if they don't keep him in the light," Midoriya thought. "Dark Shadow is weak to light."

"We have to stay positive," Ochaco stated. "All the best heroes are preparing to save him. They will get him back."

"And when Tokoyami is back, we will be around welcome him," Iida added.

"We should plan on a celebration," Ochaco suggested. "Perhaps we can contact his family. Then we can be supporting them as well."

"Tokoyami has no family to speak of," Shoji said.

"Then that is more reason we need to prepare for him to come back safely," Tsuyu said.

"Right." The group gathered chair and began discussing plans for their friend's safe return. A coping mechanism for their lack of action, sure, but something to distract them for all their greatest fears.

Tokoyami had been knocked unconscious. The man holding his neck had hit him in the head hard enough that he had no seen exactly where he had made it. Now finding consciousness again, he was trying very hard to find his bearings. He was constrained to a chair, with a large bright light shining on him. He could hear voices in front of him. As he blinked he slowly began to make out what looked like a bar with several people standing and talking. A television was on a black screen behind them. The vision cleared up, and Tokoyami finally remembered, these were villains. He was their hostage.

He recognized some of the villains. The first one he saw was the white-haired hand villain, Tomaru Shigaraki standing in front of the bar. He was facing Mr. Compress and Dabi. A blonde-haired girl, Toga, was sitting at the bar playing with a knife, while the giant black gas villain, Kurogiri, was drying a glass with a rag. The three other villains, Twice, Spinner, and Magne, sat at a table along the far wall watching the three standing villains with lazy expressions.

"That is the wrong one!" Shigaraki stamped his feet. "We needed Bakugou, not this bird head!"

"I had the other at one point," Mr. Compress responded, "but those brats took him from me. This one is powerful! You should have seen his quirk. It took out Moonfish with one hit. He destroyed so much land and forest. There is more potential on our team with this one."

"If you had seen the footage from the sports festival you would know he is nothing in he light! Why would we want someone with such a big weakness? You failed!" Shigaraki rubbed his temples with his fingers. "I should just dispose of him right now."

"Why are you disappointed?" Dabi asked. "You are getting the reaction that you wanted from the media. Just because his is not the student you wanted doesn't mean we failed."

"Shigaraki, you should listen to them. Your team was successful in the mission. Just look at today's paper." Kurogiri put down the glass he was drying and handed Shigaraki a paper. "The main headline is all about the attack."

"I suppose that this was not a complete waste." Shigaraki turned his head to stare a Tokoyami.

Tokoyami flinched, and Shigaraki walked towards him. The teen felt his eyes widen, and his heart beat picked up. This villain had just talked about disposing of him. What could he possibly want with him?

Dark Shadow felt the panic in Tokoyami. "There is too much light for me to fight for long," Dark Shadow informed him.

"I don't think we could get out of these restraints," Tokoyami replied to his quirk.

"It's nice to see you are awake," Shigaraki replied. "You see, you were not part of our original plan. I have learned that talking out my problems seem to help though, and since you seem to be my main issue, talking to you should help clear up my dilemma." He lightly gripped Tokoyami's arm with all but his middle finger. "I wanted that explosive classmate on our team. Since we are now down three members, we have some openings. Are you interested in one of our positions?"

Tokoyami gulped. "If I don't want to join you?"

Shigaraki frowned slightly. "I have a very itchy finger, that once placed down can cause great pain." He tapped his middle finger on the teens arm. The shirt disintegrated and the skin on the top of Tokoyami's arm cracked. Tokoyami grit his teeth in pain. "The choice is yours."

"No!" Dark Shadow yelled and shot out of Tokoyami's chest, sending Shigaraki flying into the bar.

"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami yelled. "What were you thinking?"

"He hurt you!" Dark Shadow thought, diving back into Tokoyami's body.

"You are a nuisance," Shigaraki said.

The blonde jumped up, excited for the action. "Oh, Shigaraki! Let me stab him!"

"Show restraint, Shigaraki," a voice through the television spoke.

"Master," Shigaraki said standing and moving towards the television.

"Master?" Tokoyami thought. He glanced around at the other villains. They were staring nervously at the screen. Twice took a step back from the television.

"Getting rid of this boy will not help you with your goal. You must corrupt the heroes to corrupt society. You are being too impatient with your new pet. You can not force someone with a sentient quirk to follow you. It is not just him you must train but the quirk," the man on television stated.

"Do you desire his quirk for your collection?" Shigaraki asked.

"Desire my quirk? This man cannot have Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami flinched in his restraints.

"It would be pointless to try and take a sentient quirk," the master stated. "A nomu doesn't have the brain capacity to operate it. No, we need to train this one. I want you to watch what I do, Shigaraki. I need you to learn how to use others for their quirk. Send him to me with the restraints, Kurogiri."

"Right away," Kurogiri said.

A black void engulfed Tokoyami. The teen fell through the mist landing in a dark room illuminated by glowing screens. A tall man in a black suit stood before him. His face was covered in a large, black mask with several metal tubes.

"Hello, Tokoyami Fumikage," he said.

Tokoyami pressed himself back against the chair. Never had he seen such an intimidating man. His breath was menacingly deep through his metallic mask. Tokoyami could admit to himself that he was now terrified.

"You have a powerful quirk, but it lacks the endurance to maintain its strength in the light." The man chuckled. "I watched the sports festival. Third place is quite impressive, especially with how much energy your quick had to exert. I think that endurance can build, and with the endurance, your loyalty. The sooner you chose to join us, the sooner you will be able to leave that chair. Now that I have explained the expectations, are you going to cooperate with myself and my apprentice, Shigaraki?"

Tokoyami stared angrily at the man. "If Shigaraki is one you choose to be your apprentice, then you are not someone I want to a line myself with."

"We will see if you change your mind." Black and orange tentacles sprouted from the man's finger. "We will begin."

The tentacles grew at a rapid rate and dove into Tokoyami's chest, piercing the skin. Tokoyami shouted in pain. Dark Shadow erupted out of his chest, screeching as it was pulled from the teens body. The man then shown a light on Dark Shadow through his other hand, and the shadow coward as it was forced out.

"It doesn't matter I you are awake or not. I will use your quirk and activate your quirk with out you. That shadow will learn who it's real master is as well as you." The master of the villain's pulled the tentacles out of the teen.

Tokoyami reeled as the objects left his body, blood stains reminding him of where the once where. The villain smiled and shot the tentacles out again into a new part of Tokoyami's chest. Tokoyami cursed and his body bucked. This action continued for several hours before the villain pulled out for the final time that night.

"That is all the time I have for you now. I will be back shortly. Use this time to recharge in the dark." The man left.

Dark Shadow crawled onto the teens shoulder and nuzzled him. "I'm so sorry. I can't stop it."

"I understand, we will get through this."

"He keeps hurting you."

"Yes." Tokoyami nodded.

"I want to protect you, but I can't."

"I will endure this until someone comes. I'm sure someone will come get us. You should rest while it is dark, and we are alone."

Dark Shadow coed and rubbed it's face along Tokoyami's. "If I rest you will be left alone."

"It will be fine," Tokoyami reassured the creature. "I will try to sleep as well."

The teen closed his eyes as he felt the shadow enter him. At least he would have time away. Or so he thought. What felt like only moments was, in actuality, only an hour. The door opened and the man in the mask entered back again.

"Shall we continue?" The tentacles grew out of his hands.

This continued for hours. The pain, the darkness, the bright flashing light. It was repetitive and painful. Tokoyami taking the brute force of the pain, while Dark Shadow grew and struggled against h light. The quirk was panting, and Tokoyami was strained. The man in the suit left leaving Tokoyami to slowly weep.

Dark Shadow crawled around the boy. Trying to provide some sort of comfort. "You aren't the one that's supposed to take the damage," Dark Shadow thought.

"I'm sorry you are stuck with such a weak host," Tokoyami apologized.

"You are not weak. I wish I could protect you more."

"You've always protected me, Dark Shadow. Remember the orphanage? You were always guarding me while I slept so none of the other kids would bother me in my sleep."

"Those kids were shits."

"I wish it wasn't so dark, Tokoyami mumbled in his mind. "It's ominous to think what else could be around us. Did that man even leave? What if he is just standing and watching us. Maybe he is just waiting." The teen's heart rate increased. He felt like he was sprinting. "He could come back at any time. I can't do anything against him!"

"Calm down," Dark Shadow thought and rubbed against Tokoyami's chin. "Panicking will not help you."

"What else can I do?"

"You should rest and sleep."

"I don't want to sleep. It's too dark. HE will come back."

"Then I will stay out here with you, so you are not alone."

"Thank you, Dark Shadow."

The man returned. He stood relaxed a small distance away. "Would you like to join our team? No hero can find you where I have you hidden."

Tokoyami didn't speak. He just shook his head no.

The man sighed as the black and orange tentacles extended from the tips of his right hand. "Perhaps you will change your mind after today."

A pattern quickly emerged; pain, darkness, pain, darkness. Everything felt surreal. Sometimes it felt like the Man only left Tokoyami and Dark Shadow for a few moments, while other times it felt like hours. Nothing was predictable except for the sensation of pain that would come, and Dark Shadow's attempt to care for the teen. Tokoyami was slowly losing hope.

"Dark Shadow I am sorry you are stuck with someone unlovable?" Tokoyami asked.

"Why would you think that?" The shadow sounded shocked.

Tokoyami kept his eyes closed. He couldn't see anything, anyway. "My parents left us because of me. I am wild, and other's always stay away. There must be something wrong with me."

"There is nothing wrong with you. You are just different."

"Maybe I am just a bad person."

"Stop. You are not a bad person."

"Then why is all this pain happening to me?" Tears leaked from Tokoyami's eyes. "Surly I did something wrong to deserve this."

"You didn't do anything wrong. You should try and sleep."

"I don't want to sleep, Dark Shadow. The pain is in the dreams too."

Dark Shadow wrapped its arms around the teen. "I know."

Pain, darkness, pain, darkness.

"I'm sorry Dark Shadow."

"Why are you sorry?"

"I'm sorry that you are stuck with me."

"I'm not. I am sorry I can't take some of this pain for you."

"My shirt is ruined. I can feel the air move through the holes."

"It is. You will need to buy a new one."

"I feel like I'm bleeding a lot. Am I?"

"You are. You will have a lot of scars. Recovery girl will fix you up."

"I don't think she can fix up everything."

"We will have to see when you see her."

Pain, darkness, pain, darkness.

"Fumikage?"

"Yes, Dark Shadow."

"Why are you not thinking anymore?"

"It's a lot of energy. I'm tired."

"You should sleep then."

"I will once I die."

"Fumikage, don't you dare think like that."

"Dark Shadow when I did will you find a new host?"

"You are not going to die."

"Everyone dies, Dark Shadow. Some of us just die sooner."

"You have a long life to live. We will be heroes, remember?"

"You still haven't answered my question. Will you find a new host?"

"I don't know what will happen."

"Perhaps we will find out soon."

Dark Shadow growled. "I will not let that happen."

Pain, darkness, pain, darkness… silence.

Tokoyami felt like he was floating. He couldn't see anything as his as he weightlessly moved about the abyss. He couldn't feel any pain either. His entire body was cold and numb.

"Dark Shadow, where are we?" He asked out loud. There was no response. "Dark Shadow?"

Tokoyami tried to forcibly activate his quick, but nothing happened. In fact, he couldn't move anything. His entire body was locked in one position. He was floating still. He felt dizzy, and his heart began to race. "Dark Shadow! Where are you?" Tokoyami was panicking. He had never been so alone before. He always had Dark Shadow. His life was never this silent. This dark void was frightening. Tokoyami screamed as loud as he could. He could do nothing but spin into the unknown space. He was alone, in the dark, and scared.

Suddenly a blinding light flashed in his face. His body was warm. His chest, back and arms were in immense pain as he stared into the face of All Might. Endeavor stood on his other side, blasting light.

"Tokoyami! My boy! Can you hear me?" All Might bellowed.

"He is in shock," Endeavor stated. "I will get the ambulance."

"Don't leave," the ghost of Tokoyami's voice called out to Endeavor.

The flamed hero turned, surprised at the desperate plea. He looked to All Might or an explanation. All Might shared the puzzled expression. "I need to get the ambulance," Endeavor said.

"No," Tears dripped down Tokoyami's face. He extended his hand towards Endeavor. "Please don't turn out the light. I don't want to be alone in the dark anymore."