"Fuck—you're so goddamn tight! Feel s-so good around my cock~"
"Fu-hah! B-Bakugou~ M'so so c-close!"
"Yeah? You gonna come on my cock? Fuck yeah, you are."
"Ah! Please, I wanna come!"
Moving a hand from Shindo's hip, Katsuki wraps it around his partner's weeping cock, pumping it in time with his thrusts. After a few quick pumps, Shindo comes all over the sheets. Katsuki follows a few beats after with a low growl into the condom. Pulling out, Katsuki ties off the condom and lazily tosses it onto the floor, feeling pleasantly spent.
If this was his room—which it never is—Katsuki would have thrown the condom in the trash, and there would have been a towel down on the hotel bed so he could avoid having dirty sheets. But this isn't his room, it's Shindo's; so why bother? Shindo doesn't seem to care. In some weird way, Katsuki thinks he likes to be the one with the evidence left behind in his hotel room, and the one whose room will smell like sex till dawn.
After Katsuki takes a shower and gets dressed, he'll go back to his nice, clean hotel suite. He'll change into some comfy pajamas and collapse onto his Egyptian cotton sheets. Which is the same way a wild night of sex with Shindo always ends: Katsuki peacefully sleeping alone.
Shindo's legs give out and he slides down onto the bed and into his mess. It's fucking disgusting; if it was someone Katsuki gave a shit about, he'd ask if he wanted to shower with him, but he doesn't like Shindo like that.
Ever since the fashion show nearly two years ago, Shindo has joined Katsuki at almost all his public appearances since. He's not that bad. After threatening him to never mention Izuku again unless they are working together, he's mellowed out. Katsuki has also always somehow been a higher rank than Shindo. You'd think someone who's been a hero a year longer would have a decent rank...but Shindo's been ten to twenty ranks below Katsuki the entire time they've worked together.
They use each other. It makes Shindo look good to be on the red carpet with Katsuki, and makes Katsuki look good to bring a date. It also helps Katsuki catch some release every once in a while. Not that they only fuck after fancy events, but Katsuki hates having to show up and be as stupidly fake and charming as his agent demands, so sex is a good way to relax after.
But they're not dating. Just because Shindo has become more tolerable doesn't mean they need to date.
After a few moments of laying in bed, Katsuki to gets up to head to the shower. As he closes the door to the bathroom, he looks back at Shindo and smiles. Seeing Shindo's fucked out face always gives him a sense of pride, knowing that his dick is just that good.
After scrubbing the ever-living-daylights out of his body, Katsuki steps out of the shower and is immediately annoyed. The sound of the TV is so agitating. Katsuki hates that Shindo always turns on the TV after sex. Why he can't just go to sleep like a normal person is beyond him. At least he doesn't ask to cuddle. Deku was the only person Katsuki ever wanted to cuddle with after sex. Just the thought of holding Shindo in his arms makes him sick.
When he walks over to the bed to gather his stuff, it looks like Shindo has stripped the bed of its soiled sheets and is in one of the hotel provided robes. He's got himself propped up against the pillows with the remote in hand, fully engaged in the bullcrap on the screen. As he gets his things, Katsuki can't help but listen a little to what people on the show are saying.
"What a night! Not only did the Hero Network release the ratings, but we got to see everyone all dressed up! Who do you think the 'best dressed' was this year Hokama?"
"Mmm, that's a tough one Tomita. Ground Zero sure had on a fancy suit. Must be nice to have a fashion designer as a parent…"
Shindo claps Katsuki in the back as image on the screen switches to a photo of what he was wearing. He did look good. At least the gossip show has good taste.
"Damn right you looked good! You had some fine as hell arm candy." Shindo gloats.
Katsuki huffs and grabs his watch off the bedside table. Confident little shit.
"...But so did Creati and Shouto, oh and the Sunshine Couple looked great this year too!"
Ugh. Katsuki rolls his eyes. Of course they need to talk about them.
"They sure did. Red Riot must be super proud of Deku for getting that number 9 spot!"
"I'm sure he is, Tomita. I bet all of the heroes who went up in rank are proud! Speaking of the Top Ten, you think Ground Zero and Quake will ever confess that they've been dating?"
"I dunno, Hokama. They sure would give the Sunshine Couple some competition if they did!"
Katsuki turns away from the TV, not wanting to listen to anymore of that garbage, and slips on his briefs and pants. Fucking Hokama and Tomita can shove their thoughts up their ass.
"Turn that shit off. How the hell can you watch that gossip crap?" Katsuki says searching for his top.
"Aww, why? They're talking about us. Don't you want to hear the latest theories about our," Shindo makes quotation marks with his hands, "relationship?"
Katsuki hates gossip. The shows and magazines are always a load of crap. The only thing they probably get right is how grossly cute Eijiro and Izuku are. Ever since they confirmed their relationship and Izuku started to climb the rankings, the media hasn't shut up about them. They were dubbed "The Sunshine Couple" because of their happy attitudes and their stupidly endearing smiles. Katsuki's surprised they aren't engaged to be married with how annoyingly happy they act all the time.
The media likes to call Katsuki the "angry explosive hero" and a "bad boy". They also love to say he's dating Shindo regardless of how many official statements Katsuki has made denying it.
Just because Katsuki hasn't fucked anyone else doesn't mean they're exclusive. All they do is fuck and go to events. They don't go on dates, and Katsuki can't ever even remember his stupid first name.
Shindo's free to do whatever and whomever he wants as long as he stays clean. It's not that Katsuki hasn't thought about having a random one night stand stand—because he has—it's just that Katsuki can't trust people. It's pretty common for civilians, and even fellow heroes, to brag about who they fucked to the media.
It pays surprisingly well to sell your sex stories. And Katsuki knows the moment he has sex with anyone other than Shindo, the person he sleeps with will blab about it. There's been talk going around that the media is willing to pay over 100,000 to anyone who can prove they've had sex with Katsuki and are willing to talk about it. He finds the whole idea of talking about your private encounters like that to be absolutely disgusting. And since he's threatened Shindo more times than he can count about what would happen to him if he ever talked, he trusts him.
The only person who Katsuki would even have considered dating was Izuku. But that will probably never happen. Not after the crap he pulled at that Hero Club back then. Even though he apologized, he and Izuku haven't talked much. Izuku also seems as happy as a clam with Eijiro and their new "BFF" Hitoshi who always seems to be hanging out with them when Izuku goes over there.
Not wanting to talk about the damn TV, Katsuki glares over at Shindo's stupid pouting face. That somehow only makes it worse. Fucker must be in a talkative mood tonight.
"C'mon, don't give me that look. Or is that because they're talking about your favorite person? I know you're always up to date with all things Midoriya. He looked really hot tonight." Shindo grins slowly. "Kirishima is a lucky man."
"Fuck off." Katsuki mumbles. "And it makes you sound like a creep telling me about how hot Deku looked. Stop it."
Although he did look really fucking hot...GAH stop it!
Katsuki's embarrassed about how true Shino's statement really is. He does; he follows everything. At least everything that's public. He doesn't follow his personal social media accounts because he blocked him on those. He doesn't want Izuku to think he's still a pining loser, and he also has zero desire to see Izuku and Eijiro sucking face all the time.
His mom does though, she follows him everyday. And Katsuki stopped telling her to piss off when she'd insist on showing him something Izuku's posted over a year ago. He's not a stalker, but he knows far more than he probably should. Thanks to his public snapchat, he knows Izuku's favorite place to eat, his workout routine, his bedtime. Because yeah, the damn sap wishes everyone good night on his snapchat almost every day. And just because Katsuki's said it back to him out loud, wishing Izuku could hear him (more than once, but ONLY when he's had a low moment), doesn't mean he's a stalker.
He doesn't think about him all the time though. Most of the time, Deku's not on his mind at all. It's mostly during and after award shows, events, and hero missions they've done together that Katsuki feels some type of way he wishes he wouldn't. Those are the nights he and Shindo hook up, and as dumb as he pretends to be sometimes, the jerk has caught on to Katsuki's pattern. Shindo is probably glued to his phone the moment he hears Katsuki is back from taking down a villain with Izuku because he knows Katsuki's going to reach out to him.
Shindo actually mentioned the pattern six months ago, and Katsuki flipped out. And to spite him, Katsuki limited their time together. He stopped texting him after he and Izuku had to do a TV appearance or a commercial together, or any other time he would normally have called. He decided that he and Shindo would only fuck after events where he needed to bring a date. As much as it pissed him off to be called out, it made him realize how unhealthy it was becoming.
"So you wanna keep watching or…?"
"No!" Katsuki growls. "I don't need to hear how they think Deku's better than me."
He literally just fucked Shindo so he could stop thinking about Izuku, so no. He does not want to keep watching.
"You should take a shower and go to sleep. We still gotta work tomorrow you know." he says, changing the subject.
Balling up the rest of his suit that he can't bother himself to put on, and his other things including his keys and phone, he heads towards the door. The Hero Awards ran late; it's almost two AM. Although Miruko promised them they can have a later shift and won't be on call, Katsuki still wants to check out of the hotel no later than ten so he can get home in time to prepare for his shift.
Each time the new rankings come out, new villains decide to come at him. Everyone wants to say that they beat a hero in the top twenty. And now that he's in the top ten, Katsuki's got a feeling there will be even more assholes coming after him on patrol tomorrow. Part of him would rather be in the office doing paperwork, but taking down villains does help him get back into the swing of things.
"Yes, mom." Shindo pouts. "I'll go to bed."
Katsuki rolls his eyes and gives Shindo a quick wave good night before sneaking back to his room. Hopefully, nothing too exciting happens tomorrow.
Izuku's phone rudely wakes him up bright and early at eight AM. Unfortunately for Izuku, it's not the alarm he set the night before. It's the ringtone for the agency. There must be an emergency, because not only is he not supposed to be on call, but he wasn't even scheduled to come in until one PM. Grabbing his phone off his night stand, Izuku's suddenly very glad he's at home and not at a hotel.
Izuku normally gets a room close to the venue whenever he attends an event, especially for award shows. He and Eijiro usually like to spend the night celebrating because one of them usually wins something.
But since Eijiro needed to go straight home after the Hero Awards last night, Izuku didn't bother booking a room. When Izuku found out Eijiro wouldn't be able to stay, he was upset. They've barely gotten any time for just them lately. Hitoshi and Tamaki have become some of Eijiro's closest friends and are always there when Izuku comes to visit. Although he's still close with Denki, Hanta, and Mina, they all work really far away from each other, and it feels like all Eijiro does is hang out with his new friends. Not that he's jealous, it's just it's hard to do anything stimulating when Hitoshi and Tamaki are in the room.
Izuku was really looking forward to just talking and cuddling. It's been a while since they've done that.
Although if Eijiro was with him, he'd probably still have had to go home. Izuku figures he wouldn't be able to answer this call with him there. Fatgum has been working him to the bone lately. They've been working on taking down a local gang in their area for months, so Eijirou should really be limiting anything additional; Izuku wouldn't want to tempt him. The awards were the first time Izuku's seen him since his 21st birthday last month.
"Deku here!" Izuku says, finally answering the phone.
"Sorry to wake you," a dispatcher responds. "I know you had a late night, but you're needed downtown. There's a multiple villain attack, and several of the local heroes have already fallen. I'm sending the location to you now. Please hurry."
"Roger that. I'll get there as soon as I can."
Hanging up the phone, Izuku quickly runs over to his closet to access the safe where he keeps his hero suit. After a quick trip to the bathroom and shucking on his costume, he uses one for all to rush down the stairs and out the door.
Ever since he made it into the top twenty last year, he's been called more times than he thought possible for emergencies in Tokyo. Thankfully Fly is located just ten minutes away from the city, but it's been tough. Calls that are either first thing in the morning or in the middle of the night really test him.
He loves it though. He really does. Saving people and being a hero has been Izuku's dream his entire life! He somehow always seems to find the energy to get the job done and feels high on adrenaline after.
But being a hero has made him into a bit of a celebrity, which he never thought would feel so weird. Being a major fanboy himself, he's never turned down a fan, never pushed someone away or told them he wouldn't take a photo with them. But sometimes he wishes he could interact with his fans on his own terms. It's weird being asked to sign something while in a public bathroom…at a urinal.
At the end of the day, Iuzku just wants to save people, to make a difference, and to make All Might and his mom proud. All Might told Izuku on his last birthday that he was making Izuku his official heir when he passes away. Although Izuku's known for a while that it was his plan, it was a little surreal signing the official paperwork that would grant him access to All Might's legacy. That, combined with all his other life worries, has had him pretty stressed.
He wishes he had paid more attention to the work life balance unit at UA. He could definitely use those tips and tricks right now. Izuku wishes sometimes that he could just go back to the days when he and Katsuki would play hero in the park.
Life has a pro has been good, but hard.
Aside from hero work, Izuku and Katsuki don't really interact anymore. After Izuku told him off at that Hero Club, it's been strictly professional. Whenever Izuku thinks about his relationship with Katsuki or lack thereof, it causes a deep sinking feeling to develop in his gut, and he just feels sad. Katsuki was his best friend. He wishes they could have celebrated getting into the top ten together, wishes he could just call him up and ask him for coffee or ramen.
But he can't. He shouldn't.
Katsuki probably doesn't want to. He's blocked Izuku on all his private social media accounts and barely talks to him during missions.
Part of Izuku wishes he wasn't so harsh when he told him off back then. But Katsuki was out of line and he needed to be brought back down to Earth. He was acting like a child, and it wasn't fair. Izuku just wanted them to be friends.
Katsuki must have known he messed up that night though. The next day, Izuku came home to a box of containers filled with his favorite foods and a handwritten note that said "sorry." Izuku knew it must have been from Katsuki. One of the ways Katsuki used to calm himself down when he was really upset was cooking. He'd make the whole dorm dinner if something really ticked him off. Izuku also knows Katsuki's handwriting.
When Izuku returned the containers, he left a note with them telling him thank you and for Katsuki to call him when he was free.
But of course he never called.
Later that same week, Izuku also found out that Katsuki would no longer be working with him in their shared zone. Hawks told him that Miruko wanted him to work a different shift. As much as Izuku wanted to believe that, he knew that Katsuki must have asked to be reassigned. Although it hurt, it was probably for the best.
What Izuku didn't expect though was the amount of missions they'd still be sent on. Since Hawks and Miruko's agencies are close to each other, they end up doing a lot of joint missions. And because Katsuki and Izuku are two of the top heroes at their agencies, they always end up getting picked.
Izuku's memorized almost all of Katsuki's moves and still finds himself getting excited when he comes up with a new one. He's sure Katsuki studies him too. Katsuki's always been so smart and perceptive. Izuku bets that they both know all of each other's strengths and weaknesses. And if they actually sat down and talked, they could probably create some really awesome new combo moves.
But that would require communication. And there's of that outside of work for them.
When Izuku finally gets to the location he's been assigned, the scene laid out before him looks bad. There are people screaming, buildings on fire, and an electrical wire has come down, causing sparks to fly. Judging by the smoke and commotion he can hear off in the distance, it seems like he needs to head north. Before he does Izuku takes a look around to see what he can gather about what's happened. It seems all the heroes he's been called to assist are nowhere in sight, likely all fighting against the villains.
The first people Izuku sees are a handful of civilians. The fight looks to have started here, but didn't stay long. There's a woman and a crying child on the side of the street, an elderly man with some band-aids on his wrist and forehead, and another person who also looks to have been patched up. There's a handful of other people in the area who also seem to be free of injuries, likely just waiting to see if something is going to happen. Walking closer to the elderly man, Izuku also notices that the buildings seem to be empty.
"Excuse me, sir." Izuku says as he approaches the man. "Are you alright? It looks like this area has been evacuated... Can you tell me what happened here?"
"I'm fine, Deku. Thank you. You might want to check on those people over there." The man points over to the woman and child. "I don't remember much. I was told to evacuate the building when a huge 'boom' sounded, and a piece of shrapnel came flying at me." He touches his head. "I put my arms up in front of my face and it got me a little bit. A kind hero in a pink outfit patched me up."
Is Ochako here?
"I'm glad to hear you are alright. I'm going to ask that you please leave this area though. It might get dangerous. If you can, please tell the other people gathered here to evacuate as well. I'm going to go check on the woman you mentioned."
"Thank you, hero. I'm glad they sent someone like you. It looks bad."
Giving the man his most confident smile, Izuku tells him he will do his best and uses his quirk to quickly sprint over to the woman and child. Directing his attention to the woman first, he asks her if she's okay.
"We're alright. Thank you, Deku. Uravity and Tsukuyami came by about twenty minutes ago with a few other heroes. Tamotsu," the woman looks down at the boy. "is just a little scared. We were supposed to go out to breakfast at that restaurant over there and were arriving early to get good seats, but a villain used a powerful gust of wind to shatter the glass"
Izuku furrows his brows. He wonders if the villain has a quirk similar to his own, or if he's able to control air. Before he can think on it too much, Izuku thanks the woman and crouches down to address the boy.
"Hey there buddy, don't cry, I'm here to help save the city!"
Tamotsu rubs as his noise with the back of his hand and meets Izuku's eyes. He gasps.
"You're Deku, I've seen you on TV! Are you really here to save everyone?"
"I sure am!" Izuku smiles. "Can I give you something?" The boy nods and Izuku reaches into his utility belt to grab an item.
"Your name is Tamotsu, right?" The boy nods his head again. "You see this?" Izuku hands him a sticker, "This is a special sticker. The only way to get one of these is directly from me. They're not sold in any stores."
Izuku watches the boys eyes light up as he looks at the green and white bunny on the sticker wearing Izuku's hero costume. Izuku asked Mitsuki to make the stickers for him about a year ago, after his mom found a sticker book Izuku had. Izuku thought he had lost the book years ago, only for his mom to find it in the corner of their outside storage closet. Almost every page was covered in hero stickers. He thought it might be a nice thing for him to carry for kids.
"Thank you, Deku!" The kid beams.
Straightening himself out, Izuku ruffles his hair and instructions them to please join the others away from the damage. Once he sees they're safely away, he moves on.
Hearing that Ochako and Fukimage have been this way leads Izuku to believe that this area must have been deemed safe. Neither of them would have left the area if they thought the villain might come back this way. As soon as green lightning starts to surround Izuku's body in preparation of heading north, a familiar voice calls out to him.
"Deku!"
Looking to the sky, Izuku meets eyes with Hawks.
"Sorry you were called out on your morning off. But I'm glad you're here. Quick, follow me and I'll fill you in."
As Izuku follows Hawks towards the smoke he saw earlier, he learns that a large group of villains showed up this morning to perform multiple robberies. This group is calling themselves "The Robin Hoods" because they are upset about how much money it costs to buy things in Tokyo's shopping district. Izuku remembers the story of Robin Hood from his American Lit class. They must be considering themselves the "poor" and the shop owners the "rich" because they have captured the owners of the most expensive stores in the mall and are holding them hostage.
Most of the weaker villains have been captured; a few of them told Hawks' team that "Sleeper" will take care of them. They've concluded that Sleeper is one of the leaders. There has also been talk of a villain named "The Magician" who has a teleportation quirk, but the team isn't sure where they are or what Sleeper's quirk is yet. At this point, the team has confirmed that Sleeper and The Magician are inside the mall, on the top floor with a likely a few other lower level villains to help guard the place.
It's going to be Izuku's job to apprehend them.
It's nine-thirty by the time they get over to the mall and meet up with the rest of the team, an hour and a half since Izuku got the call. Hawks advised him earlier that the attack started at seven AM. Izuku can't help but feel a little guilty that he didn't get there sooner. After what he's been told about the mission, Izuku isn't surprised to see Toru and Kyoko have also been called. Both of them have suitable quirks for stealth missions.
Ochako and Fukimage are there as well, but Izuku's not too sure how well either of their quirks would work for this situation. Ochako could help with combat, and Dark Shadow may be able to help fly them places, but it's indoors and they may have cut the power, and although Izuku knows Dark Shadow is no longer as affected by the dark, this may not be the best for them.
But maybe...
"Deku!" Hawks scolds causing Izuku to jump and his mumbling to stop.
"Although I appreciate your analysis of everyone, I need you to focus."
Izuku shakes his head and claps his hands together. "YES! Sorry, sir! Please continue!"
Nodding his head in approval, Hawks continues. "As I was saying, we have sent in at least five heroes into the mall and none of them have come back out. We've also lost communication. We need you and Invisible Girl to go inside to save them and the hostages. And we need you to do your best to remain unseen."
"Do we know if they're still alive? The hostages and the heroes?" Izuku carefully asks.
"Yes" Kyoko responds. "It's been my job to listen to what's going on in there to relay back to the teams that have been going inside. They've been knocked out. I heard one of the villains talking about taking them into a room with other hostages with strict orders not to kill them."
Izuku sighs in relief. "Good. Any idea where they might be?"
"That's where I will come in, Deku." Toru says. "It will be my job to sneak inside to try to find where the hostages have been taken, we believe they are on the third floor, so I'll be heading there first. Once I have found them, I'll let you know."
"We were supposed to have three people going into the building, you, Invisible Girl, and Ground Zero." Hawks chimes in, "But Ground Zero seems to be running behind so it's just going to be you two for now. We can't wait any longer, lives are at stake."
Kacchan is coming?!
"Don't worry, Hawks. Invisible Girl and I will be able to get the job done."
"Good. Before you head inside, please put on this mask." Hawks hands Izuku a gas mask. "Invisible Girl, I understand you've had a mask made for you that will work with your quirk?"
"Yes, sir! I got it right here." Toru holds up what looks like a thin see through plastic gas mask."I should be good to go!"
Before putting on the mask Izuku opens his mouth to ask why, but before he's able to speak Hawks answers for him.
"Earphone Jack heard one of the villains talking about a powder or a gas. Likely part of Sleeper's quirk. And probably how the five other heroes were knocked out."
Izuku nods his head and secures the mask on his face. He's done stealth missions before, but not often. The light that his quirk creates isn't the best for dark places, but he has no choice but to make it work. With five people down for the count his agency must have been desperate for help. Especially if they called Katsuki. His quirk is very flashy and not the best for enclosed spaces. After putting in the ear piece Hawks hands him, and waiting while Toru discards her gloves and shoes, they head inside.
As Izuku wanders inside the building with his eyes peeled for any movement, he can't help but wonder how long they've been planning this attack. The mall is empty. If they started their attack at seven, that means it began before the mall officially opened, and that their main targets really were only the shop owners and not the buyers of the "overpriced" goods. As he turns the corner to enter another section of the shopping center, Kyoko sounds off in his ear.
"They've spotted you, Deku. I heard them talking. Get ready to move."
From the corner of his eye, Izuku can see someone coming at him. Activating full cowl, he backflips out of the way of their attack and kicks them in the stomach. The assailant falls to the ground as Izuku whips back around to push another villain to the floor. Both of his attackers are wearing facemasks, which leads Izuku to believe that whatever knocked out the others must already be in the room, and their suspicions about it being a gas are likely correct. After securing both of the villains wrists with quirk canceling capture tape, Izuku ties them together and starts his search of the rest of the first floor.
"Two villains have been taken down," Izuku advises "They were wearing masks; there is definitely something in the air."
"Great job, Deku. Keep it up."
On his way to the third floor, Izuku takes down two more villains, one with knife hands and another with a body modification quirk who elongated their arms to try to grab him. Neither of them seem at all combat trained, however, so taking them out is easy. After he ties them up, he does a quick search of their bodies to make sure they don't have any weapons, bombs, or communication devices on them. Similar to the others, there are no earpieces or walkie talkies, and thankfully, no explosives. These villains just seem to be low level flunkies who have been assigned to defend the area.
Before making his way into the stairwell, Izuku checks in with Toru.
"Invisible Girl, what's your status?"
After not hearing anything for a minutes, Izuku starts to fear the worse and starts making his way up the stairs. When he's about half way up, he starts to hear some static.
"I'm in the back stairwell right outside the door." Toru whispers. "If you're in the stairwell too, I think I can hear you coming."
Taking two steps at a time, Izuku quickens his pace up to the third floor and stops next to the door. If he squints, Izuku can see Turo's facemask, but if she didn't just tell him moments ago that she was there he'd have no idea.
"Deku!' she whisper yells. "I'm glad you made it. It's crazy in there, not sure how I managed to get out here without someone noticing."
"Are there a lot of them?" Izuku asks.
"Kinda. Let me start by giving you an idea of what you will be walking into." Izuku hears Toru take a deep breath. "When you first walk in, you're going to see a long hallway that ends in a 'T'. You're going to want to go right."
"Why? What's left? Is there a trap?"
"No. The left side of the top floor is locked with a security door that if opened it would set off an alarm,"
"Ah, makes sense, sorry. Please continue."
She continues, explaining that there are ten offices all on the left hand side of the hallway, and a wall of windows on the right. The first two offices are empty, and the third office is where Izuku will find five hostages. They're being guarded by a villain whose quirk is unknown, but he isn't armed. The fifth room has a second set of hostages and the eighth room is where the pros are. All of the hostages and the pros are passed out and tied up. The only place people are wearing gas masks is in the room with the heroes.
"Sleeper's in there. I saw him blowing something purple from his mouth over the pros. It's probably what's keeping them asleep. There's also another villain that's either really fast or can phase through walls or something. Because one second he's inside the room, and the next he's in the hallway. He's probably 'The Magician."
Izuku really wishes there was someone with higher combat experience going in with him. Although Toru has worked on her physical strength over the years, she's nothing like Katsuki. He must have stayed at a hotel near the Hero Awards last night if he's late.
He takes a deep breath. He can handle this. He doesn't need Katsuki.
"You sure you don't want to wait for backup, Deku?" Dispatch says into his ear. "Ground Zero just got to the area where we sent you. Hawks is on his way to pick him up and fill him in. He should be here in twenty minutes tops."
Izuku doesn't even hesitate in his answer. There are far too many people in there, and no one knows the lasting effects of inhaling Sleepers quirk. He needs to go in.
"No. I'm going in. Just send Ground Zero up here as soon as you can. I can't wait."
"Understood. Good luck."
As soon as Izuku opens the door, he activies his quirk, ready to attack. The hallway is pitch black just like the rest of the building, and Izuku makes the decision to deactivate his quirk so he doesn't look like a human flashlight. His plan is to try to take out the villians in the rooms with the hostages first so he can make sure they are okay before moving on to the room where Sleeper has the pros.
Making his way down the long hallway, Izuku's surprised there isn't someone guarding the area because he and Toru are able to make it to the end rather quickly. Thankfully, the left door seems to have been blown off its hinges, so Izuku doesn't have to worry about how he's going to sneak inside.
Before they move forward, Toru squeezes Izuku's arm, getting his attention and whispering in his ear. "I'm going to sneak over to the third office and open the door. Once the villain walks out, I'll slip inside and lock it. Be ready to take him down."
"Sounds good." Izuku whispers back. "I'll wait here."
After a few moments, Izuku sees the third door open up and readies himself to attack. A man with long blond hair comes running out of the room, and the instant he does, the door shuts behind him. The lock clicks.
"Hey!" The man exclaims and turns around to try to open the door. "What the heck!"
Taking advantage of the villain's distraction, Izuku quickly charges up behind him and uses a small percentage of one for all to bring his hand down upon the pressure point on the back of the villan's neck, instantly knocking him out.
That was easy.
Moments later, Toru unlocks the door and Izuku drags the unconscious villain inside the room to tie him up. In the corner of the room, Izuku can see Toru working on getting the civilians untied.
"They're all breathing, and their only injuries seem to be caused from the binds on their wrists."
Izuku gives her a thumbs up and speaks just loud enough that hopefully the team can hear him. "The first set of the hostages have been found. We're going to open the window in this room so you know where we are, let us know if you guys can see it." Izuku moves over to window and slowly pushes it up. He sticks his hand out. "Do you see me?"
"Yes. Tsukuyami will be there shortly."
"Excellent, Invisible Girl and I are going to move forward."
Before they leave the room, Toru whispers to Izuku thats shes going to attempt to do the same thing as she did before. Hopefully the villain in the fifth room is as confused and dumb as the first one.
When the door to the fifth room opens, the same thing happens, only this time the villain doesn't turn around; he goes directly for Izuku. The villain looks to have sharp teeth, a long tail, and scales. He kind of resembles a crocodile. When he opens his large snout-like mouth to attack, Izuku doges the bite and lands a swift kick to the back of his knees and a karate chop to the side of his neck, knocking him out with just a bit more effort than the first. Once Izuku pulls him inside the room, he swiftly ties him up.
"Second set of hostages have been found and again appear to be alright. We're going to be heading over to the final room where Sleeper and The Magician are said to be located… Has Ground Zero arrived yet?"
"Good job you two. Yes, we're briefing him now we'll send him up in a moment. Please wait for him to arrive."
Izuku feels relieved that Katsuki is now on his way, but that relief is short lived as a loud crash and an ominous voice is heard outside.
"I know you're here somewhere, heroes. Guess that means it's time to get rid of some of the hostages."
A chill runs up Izuku's spine. They've somehow been seen or heard, and Izuku can't just sit and wait to be found.
"Did you hear that?" Izuku asks. "I can't wait for Ground Zero to get here, I'm going in. I'm not going to be the reason any of these people die."
Not waiting for dispatch to respond, Izuku exits the room and readies himself for an attack. As soon as he's in the hallway, Izuku finds himself face to face with a man in purple jumpsuit covered in a bunch of golden 'Z's.
This must be Sleeper.
"My, my, who do we have here? Why, it looks like the newly minted number nine hero! What a treat!" The villain cackles.
"Oh yeah, it is him, isn't it Sleeper?"
Izuku quickly turns around, thinking the villain is behind him, but nothing is there. Backing up against the office door Izuku looks up and down the hallway.
"Aww, are you scared, hero? He looks scared, doesn't he Magician?"
In a blink of an eye, another villain wearing a green and purple suit with an oversized top hat appears in front of Izuku for about thirty seconds before he disappears and shows up at the end of the hallway.
"He does, doesn't he?" Magician laughs. "You know why they call me The Magician, Deku?"
Izuku laughs. He's not scared; he'll be fine. These villains clearly don't know a thing about him. Maybe he wants The Magician to use his quirk; the more he uses it, the more Izuku can analyze. He can discover their weaknesses, and by the time Katsuki comes up, he'll know just how to take him out.
Taking a step away from the door, Izuku decides to buy himself some time.
"Because you can make yourself disappear?"
"You think I just disappear? How cute." The Magician starts walking closer. "It's because now you see me…"
Backing himself back against the wall to prevent him from coming at Izuku from behind, Izuku activates 25% of his quirk and gets ready to strike. Just as Izuku predicted, Magician suddenly reappears right in front of him, and his hand grabs onto Izuku's mask, as though he's trying to pull it off. As soon as he does, Izuku smashes his foot into his side, ready. But instead of the harsh blow he was expecting to deal, Izuku's foot meets air.
The Magician has disappeared.
"And now you don't!"
Those four words are the last thing Izuku hears before the room around him starts to spin.
Mmm what's that smell?
A sweet scent fills Izuku's nose.
Lilacs. How pretty. I love Lilacs!
It feels like he's in a field of flowers: air filled with the floral smell, grass tickling his ankles and sun shining to warm his skin. Blinking, he starts to see them more clearly, they're so pretty. But how did he get here? Did he win the fight? Was everyone rescued? The earthy, floral scent intensifies and Izuku shakes his head to rid his mind of villains and hostages. Who cares if he won? Not Izuku. All he cares about now are the lilacs.
Pretty, purple, lilacs.