Chapter 17 : Fear

Kukeiko walked nervously toward the van from where she'd get her medical treatment. Unfortunately, as her health is deteriorating by the day, her treatment gets more 'intensive'. From pills to shots, once every 6 hours to every 3 hours.

As brave and reckless as she was known to be, there was one part of the medical care routine that terified her : the shots. Normally, they were given to the pacient to take it themselves, but as Kukeiko was more than terified of needles, Recovery Girl would give them for her - and it was torture.

Everyday, she had to squeeze a squeeky toy in the opposite hand and count till 20 out loud. After many attempts, this ended up to be Kukeiko's way of taking the shots without there being a hassle. Though, it was sad for Recovery Girl to see the girl cry and shake so many times a day.

"There you go, missy!", said the elderly hero in a cheery and sweet voice, as she put a colourful bandage over where she had the shot, just as Kukeiko liked.

The girl inhaled, whiped her tears, and put on a smile.

"Thank you again for nursing me, Recovery Girl! Have a wonderful day! We shall see again in three hours!"

The woman watched as the lively angel went out the door. Too bad that angel wouldn't be able to live till the end like most, and her story to be shorter than all. But now it's too early. Maybe it was best to announce the girl about it after two months.

But little did the hero know that Kukeiko knew about it. It was obvious at this point. She knew she wouldn't get to be an adult in this lifetime.

"Jeez! Stop thinking about it! You'll live until after 18, so calm the fuck down! I've got to examine the License Exam. Nothing else. And don't you fucking dare to cry. Wait till night.", she muttered to herself.

"Yo! You're back!", said Akihiro lively.

"How much did I miss?"

"Not much, actually. Thus far only those from the other highschools passed."

"Neiko Monoma", said the voice again.

"And Neiko Monoma. The first name to hear from U.A."

'Monoma-kun...'

"No one from 1-A?"

"Nope.", said Mei. "But the girl you had mentioned before started to attack Izuku. She seems to have a transformation quirk.She also remained with no clothes once she transformed into her real form."

Kukeiko stood speechless and her mind went blank. Her eyes were staring into space as she was able to hear the static noise of a T.V. in her ears.

"Hanta Sero

Tsuyu Asui

Izuku Midoriya

Ochako Uraraka"

And so it went on. A waterfall of names started to pour out of the tired coordinator's mouth, all from U.A..

"Awww, don't cry~", said Akihiro in a joking manner while patting Kukeiko on the back.

"I'm so proud."

Mei looked at the freckled girl and smiled.

"This is just the first part of the exam. They have another one and from what I read, it's one in which the heroes are supposed to save civilians. Depending on how well they achieve this, the more points they'll recieve."

"Mhm. Sounds interesting! This might be where the differences between the good and the best will come out!", said Akihiro.

"Midoriya!"

"Yes!", said the girl in a loud voice as the sudden appearance of the Pro Hero, Midnight, scared her.

"Come with me. I need you for something."

The girl looked at both Mei and Akihiro and then followed their homeroom teacher outside the arena.

'What did I do? Did something bad happen? Is it about my health? I hope it's not about my health. I don't want it to be. But maybe it's good news!'

Kukeiko continued staring at the ground as she was walking in Midnight's direction, until she disapeared. She remained dead in her tracks and started to look around for the hero.

"How wonderful!", she scoffed in furstration.

"How wonderful indeed", said Midnight as she came from behind and imobilised her, one hand holding the student's arms and the other covering her mouth.

"Isn't that right, Kukeiko Midoriya?"

Not being able to move nor talk, Kukeiko stood frozen as the hero started acting in a very unsettling way.

"Midoriya... What a beautiful name! I love that name! Oh! You remind me of him!I wonder if you taste like him."

"That's enough."

Said Tomura Shigaraki, the leader of the villains, as he walked from a darkened corner.

"Let her go."

Her mind was all over the place. Her voice was gone, but her eyes were perfectly describing the fear. Midnight, or rather, whoever was holding her let go. Kukeiko didn't move and remained frozen in the same exact spot.

'This is not going well. Why did I freeze? No. Why aren't they attacking? I am weak as thin glass. They could've knocked me out without effort so what will they do? What's their plan?'

"Don't worry little one. We won't hurt you... yet. We're here to just talk.", said the blue haired guy who had decaying hands all over his body except for his face.

'Is... is... is he..'

Tomura let out a chuckle as an unusually and unsettling soft smile appeared on his cracked dry lips.

"We've been watching you and, to be frank, you're quite impressive."

Kukeiko slowly started to back up, step by step.

"We've also noticed you're quite the social one. We really wanted to meet you in private, but never got the opportunity."

She bumped into someone.

"Of course, your friends would get worried if you disappeared all of a sudden."

She looked up.

"So we'll have a longer tea party sometime else. As for now, we'll just take a little something from you."

"You're not going anywhere", said a black haired guy with sky blue eyes and scars all over his face and under his eyes as he hold Kukeiko's sweater up as a needle was immediately stabbed into her body, sucking the blood from her already frail body with high speed.

"Wait

Didn't you say you were going to go to your dorm?"

Kukeiko woke up standing up in front of Mei and Akihiro.

"What?"

"What?", said the two in unison.

Kukeiko stared into space only to immediately gasp and turn around to mutter to herself and frantically started walk back and forth.

"Are you oke?", asked

The girl breathed in and out.

And checked under her sweater and she felt the bandages.

That wasn't a nightmare. And with that realisation, she started shaking.

"I don't feel so well. I'll go for now. Please don't come after me."

And with that she left.

"Kukeiko...", said Akihiro worringly.

Mei looked as she vanished. She left everything here. She has a tendancy to crack her persona, but that should have been serious.

'I'd better go after her some time later.', thought Mei to herself.