Whew, it's been a while. Apologies everyone! College has completely killed me on top of the cold weather. This is a pretty big chapter though so I hope it'll make up for it. There is gonna be some gore and depression mentioned in this chapter on top of suicide. Disclaimer, BNHA doesn't belong to me. It belongs to Hirokoshi! I only own my OCs.

The room was dark, shouldering the room as it was nightfall in a country a ways away from Japan. The only light came from a laptop on the desk showing pale skin and dark black hair. A light snore escapes the young woman's lips and there was a book that was not too thick but not too thin either. Her phone was on the bed and vibrating. The light showed the white dark walls to the end of the lamp.

Groaning, the girl let the phone vibrate a couple of times before she finally put her hand on the phone and answered it, "Hello?" A groaning voice called out. The girl sat upright, yawning.

"Miss Hanato? I'm sorry for waking you. I know it's about three hours behind Japan, but this is urgent."

The woman, Hanato Machiko, rubbed the back of her head before turning the lamp on next to her laptop, "Ugh, I'm sorry. Who is this now?" She was always getting interrupted from her beauty sleep. If it was someone from her home then…

Something was up. She knew she had some kind of flight to catch in a couple of hours to fly back to Japan after months of not being around there. Working to infiltrate the underground was tiring. She couldn't wait to be back in her own space.

"This is Officer Tsukauchi from the Police Department in Japan. I need a favor from you. I know you're out investigating the international groups that have been doing illegal trade and infiltrating them over the last couple of months, but there's been an incident."

"Spit it out then, Mister Officer. I've already been through some shit lately with these illegal gangs." She looked at her nails, digging at them.

"One of Yuuei's students have been kidnapped by the League of Villains. Although we need to rescue them, I believe that you are probably someone that could help us with another plan. You see, the kidnapped student isn't the only problem here. You haven't been in Japan for a while now. I heard you were supposed to be coming back this afternoon. If you can catch your plane fast enough here. We'd appreciate your help, Machiko-chan."

Machiko sighed. Looks like she wasn't going to get any extra sleep. She'd have to hurry, "My flight leaves in about three hours, sir. I'd have to hurry, but I wouldn't arrive there till about seventeen hundred hours. Will that be enough time to get to brief you?"

"Yes, that's fine. I appreciate you. Your agency should be able to help us in rescuing anyone that we need to other than the Yuuei student." Tsukauchi told her.

"Geez, the one time I leave Japan, everything goes to shit. I got a lot of questions for you, Mister Officer, but I'll do my best to help." Machiko sighed, getting up to stretch herself out, "You're lucky I was leaving today, or I would have to drag everything from hell to back with this underground group I've been undercover with for a while." Another sigh. This time, from remembering leaving her agency in charge with someone else, "Hopefully my assistant hasn't turned my agency upside down while I've been gone." She sighed. Leave it up to Yuuei to fuck up and find out things are worse than what they actually were. God damn, what the hell had she missed over the last couple of months? First the USJ incident, now this?

Anywho, sure beats dealing with these damn deadbeats she's had to deal with the last two months. It'll be hard to cover her ground without revealing who she really is, but now wasn't the time for such things. She needed to get ready for her flight back to Japan.

XXXX

It was afternoon and sure enough, Himari was still in bed.

She had barely slept since coming back from the failed summer camp. A wariness in her body came into her. Anxiety clung to her as if it was trying to survive by leeching onto her.

She could still here Izuku's scream in her ears from that night. If she hadn't let her guard down, hadn't been too busy trying to deal with Dabi, maybe she could've stopped them.

Bakugou had been right in front of her. Right within her reach, if she was only a few seconds sooner, maybe she could've saved him. Maybe, just maybe, they wouldn't be in this situation right now.

After the incident, she had been checked out in a hospital and checked for minor injuries. She hadn't been too banged up so they released her after a few hours. She was still heartbroken after many hours after the incident.

She was still shaken up from it.

"You need to come out of there. Wasting away in that room won't help." A faint voice called followed by a loud knock, "Himari, get up."

That was Aizawa's voice. He must've been at the doorway of her apartment. She sighed, finding the strength to get up, or rather, giving the small strength to force her upwards. She threw on her hero costume quickly before opening the door, revealing not only Aizawa but Yu as well.

"Yu came with you too?" Himari gasped, trying to look less disgusting than what she already was. She had bags under her eyes. Her face had been pale from the mental breakdown she had once she got back home the night before.

"Yeah, I was a little worry about you." Yu scratched the back of her head, wearing her Mount Lady hero costume, "You were already discharged at the hospital when I got there." When she heard Himari had to deal with quite a bit, she knew that she needed to come and help.

"Ah, sorry for worrying you then." Himari gave a small smile, trying to hide away her pain quite a bit, rubbing the back of her head, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Nedzu said you weren't answering your phone so he asked me to come and get you and find out what was going. He figured you were having a rough time. Given you were the closest pro to saving Bakugou." Aizawa explained to her, resting his hands in his pockets.

Her smile faded, looking away as memories hither from that night, "I'm sorry…"

"Hey! What are you apologizing for, Himari? That wasn't your fault." Yu shook her head, putting a hand on Himari's shoulder, trying to calm her down, "You did what you could. It wasn't your fault you got jumped by a villain trying to find the others."

"She did ignore my orders. It wouldn't have happened if she would've stayed with Vlad." Aizawa pointed out to the rookie Pro Hero, "Himari, you have a lot of brains, but you need to back it up with brawn. I still can't believe you would've putten yourself in harm's way like that though." It didn't matter if they knew. She went against a direct order of his. There was a reason why he told her to stay back.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to do more, and I almost got myself abducted by the villains because I just wanted to help." Himari walked down the stairs, of her apartment as the other two followed, "Nedzu told me there's going to be some backlash due to the situation, and I didn't mean to let things get so bad."

"Anyone tell you that you're a bit hard on yourself?" Aizawa asked before sighing, "Listen, Himari, with the last two attacks on the students, Nedzu is on edge. He thinks there's a traitor, but I highly doubt it's you. The USJ incident wasn't something the villains should've been able to do and you weren't there when it happened."

Himari blinked before her eyes widened, "Wait, you think he thinks I'm the traitor?" No, this wasn't happening. This couldn't, he couldn't be accusing her like this without any proof. She didn't mean for this to get this bad. She didn't think this was all gonna happen. She was still trying to fight against Tenko and Dabi. She wanted to still help the others. She wanted to write all of her mistakes lately. She was light, and light often attracted the darkness.

She guesses that's why it still hurts. Because she gets Tenko's and Dabi's points, but she, she didn't think she was meant for that kind of life. For years, she has always been told by her grandparents that she wasn't a monster. That she was meant to heal people, that her power wasn't that evil as people made it out to be.

Besides, she didn't want to forget about Yuuei either. They've done a lot but now, she was starting to realize maybe her associations could put the kids in danger.

Maybe, maybe it was better for her to leave, but she didn't wanna leave. She wanted to help them. She didn't want everything to turn out like this.

Why did this all have to be complicated? Why did it have to be like this? She wishes she could tell them both why she assumed that Nedzu might think she's the traitor, but if she did that, they probably would hate her.

They totally think she was a traitor. This wasn't right, but the media would turn Yuuei overboard if they found out. If too many people knew it would end badly for her and Yuuei both.

So she will have to hold onto these emotions in her heart till they explode. She had to just hold the shatter pieces of her heart together. They couldn't know. They wouldn't care about her anymore. If any more people turned against her, she might lose her mind.

She'd probably want to die if she lost any more people. None of them died around here, but after watching so many people died when she was a kid, after being a cause of their death, she didn't feel like she was worth it. She didn't feel like she deserved friends. While she has moved on from the depths of those tragic things, she would still get them from time to time.

She didn't know what to do. She didn't know how much more heartbreak her mind could take.

The walk over to Nedzu's office was a long one and much wasn't said between the two. Himari kept herself quiet. Her stress was kicking her a lot and it wasn't like she could tell them what happened.

"Well, here you are. I gotta get ready for the conference so I'll see you around, E-Schemer." Aizawa told her before walking off.

Mount Lady looked over at Himari who looked like she was nervous. She didn't want to pry, but she could tell there was something that was bothering her since that day at the mall.

XXXX

There is silence when Himari steps into the room as she watches Nezu from his desk sipping a cup of coffee. The white desk shines a reflection of the mouse's self-appearance. He puts down the coffee, glancing at the pink haired counselor. He ushers a gesture for her to have a seat and somehow, Himari feels the tension doubles in the pit of her stomach, unable to feel as if there was something dire.

Aizawa told her that he didn't think she was some kind of traitor but would he really think that when she has such a connection to Tomura.

"Have a seat." It wasn't Nedzu's normal, cheerful voice at all that she had often heard. It sent anxiety into Himari's very being and she found herself unable to really make any noise or any form of communication. She braces for some kind of punishment. She's at fault for letting Bakugou just get kidnapped. She could've done something, but odds are, if she did, Dabi would've just pulled her in with him if she tried to fight back and take her back.

Nonetheless, she found that it didn't help her guilt go away in the slightest. She was the only pro there to do anything. Why didn't she try to sacrifice herself for Katsuki?

"I apologize, Principal Nedzu." Himari bowed slightly in respect to her boss, "This is all my fault what happened to Bakugou. If I had been a second sooner, I could've…" She clenched her fists, "I could've…"

"I understand you must have some regrets, but I'm sorry for what I am unfortunately going to put you in. Tsuki Himari, I've been proud that you have stood up time and time again for people in need during your time here at Yuuei. However, there are measures I need to take. You have a sketchy relationship with the leader of the League of Villains and while I do still trust you, I do not trust what Shigaraki will do. I have reason to believe despite his hatred towards heroes, it may fuel him, even more, to put you into a bad situation. Please understand that I am merely doing this not only to protect you but the school as well."

He took a sip of his coffee, setting it down, "Because of this fact, I have to keep tabs on you from now on. I understand you wanna help the children, but I'm also realizing that having you at Yuuei may prove to be troublesome considering your ties. There's also no telling if other villains may be able to intercept the information on you with your ties with Shigaraki. This on top of how useful your quirk is will only draw more villains towards you. You knew going into this that you were going to get a lot of attention on you. I commend your bravery for that. It's not easy for someone like you to throw yourself into the line of duty like this."

It wasn't easy for anyone, Nedzu mentally noted to himself. Heroes were always having to be well prepared to take the risks of their own actions. Both on the people they are trying to save, but themselves as well.

"You're going to be under surveillance every time you're away from the school. There's a traitor among us and I have to be suspicious about everyone. Please understand that I am not calling you out. I have to give everyone equal suspicion. I also understand you and Aizawa have been training recently with one another. That's good you're taking a lot of power into our resources here of other fellow pro heroes that are much more experienced in battle, but I dug through your previous history and I figured you would also like to know about this." He slides a file from his desk over to her.

Himari took the file and looked it up. It was a file of a girl that rang familiar to her. Then, she saw the name and her jaw nearly dropped.

It was a friend of hers from the same town as Tenko. Someone else who had survived the turmoil of that night, and she had no idea she was alive despite hearing her hero name on countless occasions. The dark, short black hair, pale complexion, and ominous blue eyes were what she remembered of her old friend.

Name: Hanato Machiko Quirk: Pain Hero name: Takato

She puts down the file out of shock. Brown eyes, widening with shock. It was her friend, oh god, it was her friend…

She was alive. How didn't she know? Did she overlook the files of alive people when she was investigating Tomura?

"Takato has been away from Japan a few months, infiltrating various gangs across the country and even the underground. I didn't realize that there was a connection with the two of you until recently. She originally wanted this kept away. However, I thought it was better to tell you, considering your stress recently. She's set to come back from her long journey for Japan in a couple of hours, but I'm sorry this won't be the best reunion for you both considering the circumstances."

"Yes, I…" She stops herself, trying her hardest to break that habit of constantly apologizing. It's always been written in her DNA, unable to apologize. She always feels like she is always annoying people like that but she always couldn't break that habit.

She cleared her throat, trying to sake off her sudden apology. She was upset though. She didn't like having to rely on other people to make her safe but after her encounter with Dabi…

There was no way she couldn't argue with Nedzu that she might need protection. Especially considering what happened when she got jumped by someone from behind.

But she didn't like having constant surveillance in this situation. Besides, Tenko wasn't that gone, right? Right?

"It's nothing. I'm grateful Machiko is alive is all. I wish she wouldn't of kept it away from me. It makes sense why she didn't seek me out with all the chatter going on when I joined Yuuhei for the first time, but Nedzu…" No stop, she couldn't tell him about thinking that Tenko wasn't beyond help now. That there was no way of saving him. He would just find her even more suspicious.

"I know it's hard for you to accept that your old friend isn't the same, but Himari, that's more than enough reason to put you under surveillance for now." Nedzu knew the soft spot she had for him. He knew that's why he was trying to not only protect the school but her as well.

"You need to let go of Tomura as best as you can. You need to detach yourself from him. I think you've done well to understand that lately but I need you to keep progressing. I don't want to take action against you if I don't have to." He needed to tread carefully. The media didn't need to know that there was someone in their ranks that had a connection to the League of Villains. It could bring down the Hero Society.

Besides, he knew Himari's caring nature for the other students and how much she wanted to help him. If she has nothing to hide then she has nothing to worry about, "I also would like to remind you that if you have nothing to hide, this surveillance should not be a problem." Aizawa training her made things a lot better. Plus, he was certain if he did revoke her training, she would go for an outside source and that might be harder to keep surveillance on her. It was easier this way. There was no telling what further ties she had to the League itself.

"R-Right." Himari swallowed, knowing fully well he was right. There was something that made her kind of hate this, but then again, she does understand where Nedzu is coming from considering what has been happening. This isn't something that can simply be fixed within a day. If she goes through it, and if he has concluded that Tenko would be coming back, he would be the first to find out.

That, actually kind of made her feel better, but she was worried what was gonna happen to the person that was the messenger if Tenko caught on?

"In any case," Nedzu took a sip of his coffee, "If there aren't any questions, then you're free to go, Himari. I have a conference to take after this."

"No, it's fine. I think I understand." Although, she really didn't like all this stuff being put on her. She was also glad at the same time and it really irked her, "There are no questions I have for you. It's perfectly clear." She got up from her seat and bowed, "Good luck to you, Principal Nedzu."

XXXXX

It had been a long flight back to Japan. Machiko hadn't been the nicest person when woken up by an unexpected phone call, but duty calls, she guessed. Now, they were heading to where Officer Tsukauchi had told her to meet up once she arrived in Japan. It was just a couple of blocks away.

"Machiko, are you certain that this was important enough to ditch the entire investigation?" A light brown haired man with green eyes approaches her, wearing some an armored vest and dark pants.

Machiko stared at him, knowing fully well that ditching so many people on short notice would have blown her cover. Nonetheless, the villains she was undercovered with had gotten a better opportunity of doing weapons recovering in Japan. Illegal ones at that. She had to keep that persona going even in Japan. It wasn't a complete loss, "Youto, I'm sure you're aware that we did end up with another trade in order to keep the investigation going and a perfect opportunity to investigate a new rising star in the underground. It's not a total loss and while we will be farther away, we have better orders to take. You gotta sacrifice for the better good."

The tall brunette boy with purple eyes also followed along. His muscles were visible on his shoulders that were barely covered due to his sleeveless black jacket. Brown pants were also on as well, "Yeah, Youto don't take it too personally…" His smirk grew, teasing one of his fellow comrades.

"Don't fight you two. We've got things to look at for now. We'll talk about this another time." It was irritating though that she couldn't get an explanation before she got to Japan. If it had been that bad then she realized there must be a variety of heroes on the job.

"We're heading over to Jeanist's agency, right? I hope we don't run into weirdos there." Aiden yawned to himself, sweat dripping at the image of his hairstyles. God, please don't let him touch his hair…

"That's what the Officer told me in his text." A sigh, a heavy one escaped her. Not that she ever had a problem with Jeanist, but she was beyond over being kept in the dark. She wants some explanations.

The walk continued with them as they stepped into the agency, earning various stares when they walked in.

Jeanist, Gang Orca, and other pro heroes Machiko didn't know stood in the room. The tension immediately doubled.

"Been a long time, Takato." Jeanist greeted her as she sighed.

"Certainly so." She looked around at all of them for a moment before crossing her arms across her chest, "So, are you gonna tell me what's going on, fellow pros? Or am I gonna have to sit here in suspense till you tell me the plan?" She cocked her head to the side, giving a look at Officer Tsukauchi who was on the screen along with many other pro heroes that she knew.

Damn, this bad huh? Even All Might and Endeavor were here. On the other side of the screen, but details.

"You're always right on top of things, it seems." Jeanist let out a sigh, "You probably are aware of the general information, Takato, correct?"

"Yeah, that kid from the Sports Festival right?" Machiko sighed, "I was gonna recruit him for the internships, but you beat me to that one. Not to mention that I had been away on an assignment when it was going on." She looked over at Jeanist, "Even you couldn't knock some sense into that kid?"

"He's notoriously stubborn." Jeanist responded, "I found very few as stubborn as he is. He's probably fighting back. We need to take action."

"I agree, the kid might be stubborn as all hell, but he won't be able to handle a strong power of pro villains leaking out to keep him there. There's also no telling if they will relocate to a different location." Machiko responded, adding her two sense into the mess before looking up to the screen to Officer Tsukauchi, "What's the plan on that one, Officer?"

"Thanks to one of the students putting a tracking device on the students, we were able to find that were two hideouts the villains have. Thanks to our investigations, we know where Bakugou is. We'll have to send our heaviest group there. We need to retrieve Bakugou. At the same time, we'll block the other hideout and capture everyone else."

"Seems fair enough. If there's Nomu like in the USJ incident there, then we'll have to work fast." Machiko had only known about that because the Nomu had been a discussion in the underground that's been spreading lately, "However, I am concern if how these Nomu were made, what if there are people in there that have been turned into possible experiments?"

It was something that she knew everyone around didn't want to address. However, she was certain Tsukauchi had to have thought of that.

"We have reason to believe that Ragdoll is in there possibly. We'll have to consider that option as well. The Nomu being in there need to be taken down. As for anyone that's actually alive, I highly doubt that is the case. Ragdoll is another story, but everyone else, I highly doubt. The least we can do now is retrieve Bakugou."

Machiko couldn't argue with that. He was probably right about that. It was unfortunate they didn't figure it out. Either way, they had a job to do, and doing this might save people.

It was like All Might said, they couldn't save everyone. That was why it was important to save people that were within their reach, and Machiko made it in her intention to save the people that she could reach. At any cost.

Fists clenched at the police officer's worse, following a firm nod, "Then let's make sure no one else receives that kind of treatments from these bastards again."

XXXX

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

Aiden shivered, feeling chills running down his spine at the building that was standing in the city. They were hidden so well for being in the middle of the city. It was kind of scary really, but then again, so was the other missions they went on.

He and Youto were both taken aback at the entrance. While Machiko sighed, resting a hand on her hip.

She deep down agreed. However, she assumed that there was much worse that could've been going down. They had to make sure no one got close to them. If things broke out.

"If you're so worried about the tension here, you should make sure the citizens stay back, Aiden," Machiko told him. A heavy sigh, escaping her lips, "You know we've always had had something worse." Infiltrating the underground was never a fun thing, after all. There was always some sort of bloodshed they have to see. It always reminded her why her work her agency was so important. They needed to save those that they could save.

After all, she wasn't able to save them when she was kids. What's worse, is if she ever found out some of her former friends were still alive, she wasn't sure if she deserved their friendship again.

"Let's get this moving." Jeanist turned over to Mount Lady, "Get ready. Machiko, get ready to blast those things out. Aiden, trap them in your shadows. Youto, use your super speed on the others in case they get too fast. Tiger, you'll have to retrieve Ragdoll the moment it drops."

"But what if Ragdoll gets caught up?" Tiger asked.

"It might be more dangerous if we do that." Gang Orca declared with a sigh, "It'll interrupt our chances to get the Nomu out of there."

"I agree, and we already have knowledge on where Ragdoll is at." Jeanist nodded, "You'll just have to trust us on this one, Tiger."

"Gotcha, Fiber Master." Machiko pulled out her electricity spear from her back, preparing a stance as she watched Mount Lady grow big, using a truck to crash down the building.

In an instant, Tiger moved quickly to retrieve his friend. While the Nomu appeared quickly that hadn't been brought down by the building tumbling down.

Nomu still charged, but a quarter of them had been wrapped in Jeanist's quirk while one other quarter of them were being wrapped around by shadows coming from Aiden, quickly trapping them. The other half charged forward.

Gang Orca used a powerful hypersonic wave at the ones charging. While Machiko opened an electricity blast with the power of her spear, backing the Nomu in the ground.

Jeanist took his chance to wrap the rest of them around why Youto dashed quickly to knock out the other Nomu who withstood Machiko and Gang Orca's attacks.

Tiger quickly came out, landing beside Machiko before looking at her, "She doesn't look good. What did they do to her."

Machiko lowered her weapon before walking over to see if his comrade in arms was alright. She seemed like she was breathing, but…

She looked pale, dazed as if life was sapped away. It wasn't looking like she was responding. This wasn't…

This wasn't like anything she has seen before. Was she drugged? Was she brainwashed? What happened to her…

She motioned Youto over in an instant and he came speeding next to her, "Yes, Takato?"

"Do me a favor and get her out of here. Get her to one of the doctors in the agency. See what they can do to find it." She looked over at Tiger, "I hope you don't mind me taking a course of action. There's something that happened to her and I don't like it." She felt a chill in the wind as it blew around them as well. This wasn't right to her. This was way too easy, "Trust me." She told him, "We'll get to the bottom of this."

"That won't be necessary, my dear."

Machiko pulled out her spear in an instant, "Get her out of here, Youto."

"But-"

"Don't 'but' me, get her to safety, now." Machiko's voice was filled with venom and Tiger knew the feeling she had felt as he learned it himself. He handed Ragdoll to Youto before Machiko pointed her spear at the source of the voice, seeing various threads of clothing trying to bind the man in seconds coming from Jeanist.

And she fired the powerful electricity blast in an instant, hoping to keep him down for the time being. With Jeanist's clothing threads holding him down, she should've pulled a direct hit.

"Takato, Jeanist, what the hell?" Mt. Lady's eyes widened at the sudden attacks. Were they nuts? They could've killed a civilian for all they know, "Are you two nuts? That could've been a bystander."

"We can't think of that right now," Machiko stated, gritting her teeth. The League had someone as strong as All Might operating in the shadows. If this is actually him, then they needed to contain him now. This wasn't going to be good if they didn't take initiative.

She charged another electricity pulse in her hand, firing it again. She had to be sure she did some damage, even if it seemed to be a bit overkill. If that dude is as strong as All Might, then there's no way that one attack did anything. So, she continued to blast at him, trying to take cautionary action. If she connected with her quirk right now without knowing his power, it could be suicide for her.

Two times she had fired it before she felt herself being suddenly pulled back, seeing red lightning crackling in the smoke before her life flashed before her eyes, feeling hit the ground with a hard thud. She heard an inhumane crack and pain shot through her entire body. Smoke was around her, unable to see if the others were around.

A coughing fit escaped her lips, spitting out some blood. Her mind was distorted. Vision, blurring constantly in and out.

The smoke cleared and Machiko's breathing was slow, heavy as if she had just gotten the wind knocked out of her. She sure felt like she got hit, but this energy now. This evil, evil energy.

She was unable to feel anything like this ever in her life. Not since…

This isn't happening right now. No, no, no…

This could not be the same person she saw. The one that had been lurking in the darkness when she was a kid in her old home before it had been ultimately dismantled.

A shadow floated upwards in the air; exactly where the source of the dark, booming energy was at. It was like Machiko had seen her death, and she nearly did.

"What the hell are you?" She sat upwards, wincing in pain at her wounds. A hand rose to her ribs, only showing the crimson red substance flowing out of her body. She definitely cracked a rib. No, she cracked two of them when she felt the impact of that attack. This was bad. She could pass out from blood loss at any second now. The others, including Aiden and Jeanist, were all down too.

What the fuck was happening here? He took all of them out at once.

This man...no, this bastard…

He was an absolute monster.

"Ah, I thought that the blast would've knocked you out. I'm impressed." The man in the suit chuckled, floating down towards them, "Your reputation precedes you, Miss Takato. You didn't use your quick against me. That was a bold move, but you charged me without a plan. Your intentions could've killed me." Mockery fell from his lips, chuckling softly, "How ironic for the great Covert Hero. The woman who got so strong in order to help others."

"I didn't even get a chance to see that powerful quirk of yours. That doesn't matter anymore. I originally didn't intend to kill you, anyway. After all, there is simply no need considering you and a dear friend still need to reunite." All for One chuckled, knowing fully well that an eventual reunion with Tomura and with that girl Tomura was so interested in.

It would be such a shame if he never got to hear where that went. As far as he concerned, if she even survived her wounds, he would get to see Tomura destroy the dear friend of his that was so far gone, and eventually, move his pieces to convert another one that was gone but still left promise.

Unfortunately, it was so sad that Machiko herself couldn't get such a second opportunity.

Machiko tried to talk but a coughing fit of blood stopped her. She was losing consciousness, but she had wanted to know what he had meant by that. There was nothing but a blurred of her vision. She had lost so much blood at this point that she was losing consciousness. She was unable to utter a word, yet tried to stand up, tried to get up, but her arms would not lift her. They would not, however. She didn't have the strength to even fight.

And that's when her whole world went dark.

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