Chapter 3: Bad Day or Worse Day
If Izuku knew he was going to end up being used as a hostage and saved by a bunch of the very heroes he's come to despise, then he should have just asked Kurogiri to do his shopping for him.
His day started with the usual nightmare. The same nightmare where he was forced to relive the incident of his mother's death. He had woken up deathly pale before he had to rush himself to the bathroom where he proceeded to throw up whatever he had for dinner last night. His luck didn't also seem to agree with him that day as well. Much to his annoyance, his latest experiment nearly got roasted. He went to check what went wrong and quickly found out it was due to his supply of green liquid already running low. He tried to look for some of it back at headquarter but found out he already used it as well. This day was getting shittier and shittier by the minute.
"Should i call for one of the members to get more?" Kurogiri asked as he watched the young scientist move some of the boxes in their storage room while obviously sulking.
"No need." Izuku replied "I'll just get it myself." 'and I need the the fresh air anyway' he thought and grimaced when he remembered the nightmare he had to go through.
"Are you certain? I don't think it would be wise to head out on your own, especially with your encounter with those kids from last time."
Izuku simply sent him a small smile as he walked past him and grabbed his white hoodie, the very same one he wore last time. He didn't have enough jackets to use, and he suppose walking around with a cleaner hoodie than a blood stain one is much comfortable than the latter
"I'll be fine Kurogiri-san. It's only a 30 minute walk from here."
"If you insist then I suppose I can open a warp gate for you. That would be much faster than taking the bus."
"really now..." Izuku sighs as he zips up the jacket.
Kurogiri dropped him off in an alleyway where no signs of life could see him "I'll be back as soon as I can..." He thanked the warp user before he quickly slipped into the busy crowd, his hoodie pulled up, and kept his head down.
As he followed the crowd, determined to keep a low profile and find his supplies as soon as possible, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of some heroes standing nearby, a crowd forming around them, and frowned. Turning his feet, he walked closer towards the crowd, curios as to what the fuss with the hero was about. So far, from what he had gathered from the crowd, the hero has recently made his debut and just stopped a villain from robbing a bank, there were some injured but it seemed the hero was able to seize the villain before he could do any further damage.
"I heard there was another incident just a few blocks away from the bank..." his ears perked up when he heard someone in the crowd lowly whisper "There was a shoot out in an electronic store when the bank robbery happened as well. From what I heard, a few people died and the heroes that arrived were too late on saving them." The young scientist bit his lower lip as his scarred hand balled into a fist.
"It's really a shame. I heard one of the victims was a mother and child. Apparently when the hero tried to calm the gunner down he ended up shooting some of the hostages out of desperation to escape."
Unable to hear the end of the story, Izuku quickly pushed himself out of the crowd before he made his way towards the direction of the shop. It angered him. The thought of losing a life all because a hero was unable to come on time or do his job properly was what greatly frustrated the teen. It created a burning sensation in his chest whenever he imagined what could have happened if a hero was able to come in time.
Izuku did not know how long he had been walking until he finally noticed how the crowd has thinned down and the noises have decreased. He stopped before he looked around, wanting to figure out how to get back to the main street.
"This days just keeps getting better and better..." he sighs at his own sarcasm before he pulled out his phone, hoping maybe the internet could help him get back to his previous location.
Katsuki Bakugou was not the type to feel sentimental about things that happened in the past, but if that 'thing' involved the Midoriyas then maybe he can make an exception.
Not a single person in his neighborhood didn't know about the Midoriyas. Said family was quite known for their hospitality and kindness around his area. So when everyone heard about Hisashi Midoriya's suicide, it baffled them. How could a hard working man with a loving wife and innocent child suddenly commit suicide without even leaving a single note of good bye or reason?
Things just went down hill when the Karakuri bombing incident took place. Bakugou remembered how his mother and father stopped whatever they were doing and stared at the flat screen TV. He himself was also transfixed with the on going news about the hostage taking. At first he didn't mind and continued eating his dinner but the moment the remaining Midoriyas name were mentioned, his head quickly snapped back to the TV and watched as the scene unfolded before the cameras.
Everything happened so fast that the next thing he knew he saw the entire building on fire, half of it collapsing, before his parents quickly shut the TV and told him to go to bed.
The following day, Deku's seat was empty. It remained that way until he graduated. The only thing that reminded everyone of Deku's former presence in the classroom were his old drawings of All Might posted on the wall and the vase that held one single white Lily on top of his desk.
He was never able to forget about the Midoriyas, even when he finally entered high school. How can he, when the only thing he wished he did before the family disappeared was to apologize to the quirkless green haired child named Midoriya Izuku.
Now here he was, a bouquet of lilies laid down in front of Midoriya Inko's grave. He does this thrice each year. He would bring the nicest flower he could find and come to Inko's grave where he would leave them right after he finished cleaning and polishing the gravestone. His parents didn't know he was doing this. In fact, he made sure not to let anyone know of this. He didn't want to let anyone know how sentimental it was for him.
Midoriya Izuku never had a grave. According to some neighbors, right after the bombing incident, Midoriya Izuku was sent to an orphanage. The next news they heard of him was when the orphanage he was placed in was burned to the ground. Everyone quickly assumed that he died in the fire.
dusting his pants, he gave a short bow in front of the grave before he quickly left the cemetery to head for the shopping district.
Taking a look at his phone, he scanned through the list, inwardly complaining why he had to do this.
"It's either the groceries or your allowance for the next 4 weeks." his mom threatened while his old man leisurely sat in the kitchen reading his morning newspaper.
"Stupid hag..." he lowly growls as he entered the nearest convenient store, completely missing a certain figure with a mop of green hair.
"Alright, I have everything else..." Midoriya scanned through his phone as he left a small shop that conveniently had some of the things he needed. Though it was a bit annoying that he lady on the cashier gave him a suspicious look after he purchased 10 packs of pain killers.
"Doctor's orders..." he replied when the lady tried to indirectly ask him about his purchase.
Heaving a long sigh, Izuku began to walk as he searched through the online map for any nearby flower shop. Don't get him wrong, it may sound weird for someone like him, an unstable scientist with an unhealthy obsession for quirks, to go to a flower shop, but believe it or not, certain herbs and seeds can actually be found in those shops, if only you looked hard enough, that is.
Turning on the next corner, Midoriya was too busy looking at his phone before he felt himself collide with something hard. Startled, Midoriya nearly fell on his rear if the person he collided with didn't grab his hands and pulled him back to his feet.
"Are you alright? You shouldn't look at your phone in this busy street." he heard the other say as the scientist shifted his feet to regain his balance.
"I-I'm sor-" the words died down his throat when he adjusted his glasses to look at the person he bumped into. His eyes widened in shock when the familiar red and white hair came into view "A-ah...Todoroki-kun..." he stuttered as he quickly yanked himself away from the other and took a step back.
"Kurogiri-san" Todoroki said as he looked at the other teen in front of him. He didn't know exactly what to say after the last time he saw him. Should he apologize? Was he mad at him for what he did?
"I-It was nice to see you again, Todoroki-kun..." Izuku said as he tugged at his hood and lowered his head "S-so..." he gulp as he began to turned to leave "Bye!"
"Ah, wait Kurogiri-san!" Todoroki suddenly grabbed the other's shoulder.
Izuku's instincts suddenly flared, without thinking, he quickly turned, allowing the hand to slip from his shoulder, before he suddenly grabbed the other teen's wrist and began to tighten his grip around it.
Surprised by the sudden violent act, Todoroki winced when he felt the crushing grip the other was putting on his wrist. He inwardly panicked, thinking the other must have been mad at him for yanking his hood off "K-Kurogiri-san..." He winced when the grip tightened. For a moment he considered on using his right side but stopped when he saw the other's eyes widen before he let go of his wrist.
"I-I'm sorry I didn't..." Izuku tried to apologized but, as if the universe decided to be a bitch at him for awhile, his voice was drowned out when the sound of screeching wheels suddenly resonated through the streets. Screams of terror could be heard as a red car, money flying off the broken side window, came running down the streets. Wasting no time, Todoroki quickly yanked the other away from the street before he created a thick layer of ice that spread towards where the robbers were heading. As soon as the car made contact with the frozen street, it began to swivel and lose its control. Unfortunately, its direction began to turn towards where the two teens were standing.
Fearing that the other civilians would get involved, Todoroki quickly avoided the car and created a barrier near where the civilians were standing, keeping the debris and other stray objects from flying towards them.
The hot and cold user exhaled as, mist coming out from his mouth, before something clicked in his mind.
Kurogiri was still where the robbers crashed.
Still a bit dazed from when the U.A student suddenly pushed him, which happened to be an alleyway towards the next street, Izuku shook his head trying to shake the dizziness.
'I should have just let that warp user do the shopping for me!' Izuku inwardly growled. He could feel his breathing began to rag and his pupils began to narrow. 'Shit!' after years of experience, he knew he was showing symptoms of having one of his "episodes" again.
"Leave them! We have to get away from here before those heroes arrive!"
"Where's my gun?!"
"Shit! the police are here!"
"WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED! SURRENDER BEFORE WE USE DRASTIC MEASURES!"
"Shit! Shit! Shit! Aniki! What do we do?!"
There was too much noise. He couldn't concentrate. He needed to get away from here. Using the wall as a support, Midoriya began to stand up but failed when he felt his head spin. He groans as his hand flew to the side of his head where he felt something thick and wet crawling down his face.
'Am i bleeding?' he thought as he winced when he tried to apply pressure to his head 'Shigaraki isn't going to like this...' his free hand moved to his pocket, hoping to find something that could help with the bleeding. A cylindrical vial was all he felt before he cursed inwardly. It was a left over serum he had worked on last night. It was a temporary serum to allow him to use another person's quirk, albeit there are going to side effects. Deeming the object as useless, Izuku turned his attention back to his wound before he heard the robber speak.
"Aniki, there's a kid behind us..."
"What?"
"Is he one of them? he could be one of tho-"
"Grab him, I have an idea."
He didn't know what they were planning, but he knew that it wasn't good. Especially when the other grabbed him by his forearm and proceeded to drag him back where he presumed was where they crashed before he felt the cold end of the gun pressed against the side of his head.
"Don't move! Unless you want this kid's brain decorating the concrete!" He heard the other bellow.
Just his luck. Midoriya Izuku, resident deranged scientist of the League of Villains, used as a hostage. Great. Fantastic
If he survives Shigaraki's wrath then there was no way in hell he's gonna survive Sensei's wrath, if words get out about this.
'Well shit...'
A/N:
Hey there! sorry for the long wait! My schedule has been really hectic and I haven't had enough time to write chap 3 that much.
I apologize if this chapter seems kinda short. I actually cut it since the next scene will be a lot longer since there will be a short action/fight scene.
Chapter 4 is already in progress though! YAY! Expect more Todoroki, Bakugou, Class A and sinister Izuku on the next chapter!
What do you think will become of our resident scientist now that he is being used as a hostage? Will he end up losing control or will he be saved by the heroes he hate?
Thank you for reading and see you in the next chapter my dear readers! (^-^)
