Chapter 26 : Ongoing Play
"Good evening, Hasegawa-chan!"
"Good evening... though it's not really evening as it is night."
"I apologise calling you at such a late hour! I wanted to announce you that your hero costume is done!", said the girl in a lively and confident voice.
"Wait, already?! You said it'll take maximum one month!"
"One month if other things would intervene, but nothing did! So I focused on your hero costume! It's ready to go!"
"Ah, thank you so much! When shall we meet?"
"How does tomorrow sound to you? 4 in the afternoon?"
"Sure! At the same place, right?"
"Yup!"
"I can't wait to check it out!"
"Neither can I! Rest as, if you get used to the costume fast, you might have the chance to spar with some 2 years from U.A! Only if you want to, of course."
"I'm up to it! I wish you a restful night, Midoriya-chan! Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
The line was dead now.
"Well well, aren't things going well for you?"
"Yea!"
'Kukeiko
Since when do you respond to voices? Oke oke
Don't freak out. Maybe it's just a symptom. No, it is! I'm just hallucinating. It's late. C'mon, Kukeiko. Take your pills and go to bed now.'
"Going to bed early, little missy?", said a gentle yet cold voice.
It was the voice of a woman. Kukeiko sat up in her bed to see a woman of absolute beauty stand before her. She was wearing a long and beautiful kimono that looked to have cost more than U.A. itself. She had a slim face, small lips, soft eyes, gleaming skin and silky, black hair tied together neatly with various ornaments. The presence of that lady filled the tiny and dark room with light.
'What am I seeing?
Such beauty... A goddess? She's not even touching the floor. She must be something very pure to look like this!
But what if she wishes me harm?
Is she just disguised?
What am I supposed to do?
Shall I bow or flee?'
The woman let out a gentle giggle.
"Why so blue, my dear? Is there something wrong?"
She let out her hands. Her pale and thin hands that were accessorised with long and sharp black nails. The closer the lady got, the more Kukeiko was backing away until the girl hit the wall with her back.
Kukeiko was now cornered.
'Please let this be a bad dream! A hallucination! Anything but reality!
I'm cornered.
But who is she?!
Good? Bad? What am I supposed to do?!
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!'
The lady's hands reached Kukeiko's face and held her head. She now had a worried face. A gentle face... It reminded Kukeiko of someone she cared. The lady's hands were cold as ice and strong.
"She's not bad... is she..
No, she's not... She's good. She only wants the best for me. I can feel it."
"That's right, little one. No one is here to harm you. I'm here to protect you."
Her voice... It sounded so calming. Like an angel's.
Kukeiko rested her head on the woman's lap.
"Sleep now, my dear. Sleep now and you won't feel pain."
The beauty swirled one of her hands right above Kukeiko's face, closing her eyes, and, without hesitation, stabbed her nails into the girl's chest. In a matter of seconds, the room became dark again. It was empty now, like before.
In 1-A's dormitory, the heroes were minding their own business. Some were in the common room, either chatting about something that happened that day or watching the news, while the other majority where each in their rooms, most likely doing schoolwork. Izuku was sitting on one of the couches with Todoroki and Iida. It has been a long day for everyone and they all wanted to enjoy the evening.
"Oh, hey Kukeiko!", said Ashido who seemed to have been one of those relaxing on the couches. "Did something happen?"
The girl didn't respond, but only stared back with a cold glare. Izuku turned around to see Kukeiko cry.
"What a stick in the mud of a sister you have, Deku!", growled Bakugo, annoyed with the girl's presence.
Ignoring Bakugo's words, Izuku hurried over to his weeping sibling.
"Kukeiko... Is everything al-"
When Izuku was close enough, Kukeiko punched him from the right,from the left, she scratched the boy's face and, in synchronisation with his reactions, kicked him in his belly, making him fly throughout the corridor. Everyone else at the scene, in complete shock, took their stances.
How could she do this? A mere girl who could barely run do all of that and still have a poker face?!
Everyone was silent. They had to fight of course. Is this how powerful Kukeiko truly is? Is this what she was hiding under the cover that was her illness?
"OI! IF YOU TAKE ONE MORE STEP, YOU'LL DIE!!!", yelled Bakugo.
With no emotion in her eyes, Kukeiko went forward to take a step.
Just then, Izuku came at her with full speed, landing on the girl.
"KUKEIKO, WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU?!"
In the next moment, Izuku woke up being thrown to the ceiling.
'How did she throw me without moving a muscle?!'
"THAT'S IT!", yelled Bakugo at the top of his lungs, preparing his attack as his hands were emitting small explosions.
Kukeiko just waltzed in between his attacks as if it were a piece of cake.
The explosions and the sounds of walls crashing were enough to make everyone get outside and see the chaos that was unraveling. Shoto started using his ice quirk to immobilise her, and succeeded. Kukeiko's body was buried in an ice cube.
"You have some explaining to do!", yelled Izuku as his face was drenched in blood due to the cuts.
Kukeiko looked at Izuku with a dead look, looked down at herself and sighed.
"So?"
"My my my
Look what we have here...", said Kukeiko with a very low and soft voice. "Trying to save poor Kukeiko. You.
You must be her brother."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!", yelled Izuku.
"Izuku. Don't let your emotions get the better of you.", said Todoroki, holding the boy back.
The ice cube Kukeiko was in exploded, shards of ice flying everywhere.
"How did she do that? Where is all of that strength from?!"
"Her brother...", continued Kukeiko emotionless as ever standing as if she didn't lose an ounce of her stamina. But then, she smiled. "It'd be such a pity if she died right in your arms, wouldn't it?
Poor girl."
