Darkness Lurking Behind A New Shining Beginning

The league of villains lair, 2 hours past midnight time:

"Shikaragi was still insisting on bringing Stain the hero killer here, I had to contact him myself in the end." Said Kurogiri, the wrapping villain of the U.S.J incident, to a screen hanged on the wall.

The voice behind it gave a deep chuckle then said in a tone of notoriousness: "Oh that's alright. The mistakes will make him grow and learn, and this is exactly what he needs now." It paused for a moment, then said, it's tone changing dramatically to amusement: "You have another mission now, Kurogiti. You have to watch her, Hikoori Todoroki. The quirk I gave her, Dark Blood, is now blossoming greatly, the second phase of growth is almost done. It has already merged with her ice, and soon it will merge with fire as well. She has access to the "vision" quirk I inserted in it, whuch is also doing it's work perfectly. Soon, the second phase will end and Dark Blood will flourish greatly. You have to watch over her again and tell me about what you find out."

Kurogiri's head moved slightly, although the mist made it diddicult to find out if it was an actual nod or just a wave in his dusty particles. He has been given this mission a few times during that girl's life, but the last month he has been visiting her much more regularly. Thanks to his "Sensei's" gift, he can go anywhere near her unnoticed, and slip away perfectly with it.

"As you wish, sensei." Kurogori accepted the orders wholeheartedly. He wrapped himself out of the lair, to a far away mansion, where a certain teenage girl was sleeping uncomfortably in her bed, moving from side to side and saying: "Stain... Kamino... Nomu..."

The wrapping villain pitied her state. She was suffering a lot because of the changes she is going through. Yes he was a villain but he had a heart, and for some reason cared about children, and cats too. He wondered why his master wanted to make her, of all people, the shell of Dark Blood. She is strong, sure, but she is soft as well. He knew that from supervising her for a long, long time.

He wondered if she was haunted by specific dreams like he did. While it was more common in his teenage years, he still has dreams of an abandoned cat, goggles, and falling rocks. He also sees a blurry figure with short lazy black hair and pale skin.

He shook the thought away, searching carefully for any signs of the quirk going crazy.

'The heroes are clever; they did not let her participate in the sports festival to keep her away from our eyes, faking it as a "health condition" to protect her from us. It did work to some extent, since Shikaragi's eyes are now fixated on some other candidate for himself, Bakugou, the owner of first place and the defeater of her twin to be specific. He thinks that he is like us, that society "dismisses" his wishes. However, even with Shikaragi distracted, their action is still useless. She belongs to us, and everything will go back to it's owner in the end.' The villain thought to himself, the wind swaying his dusty like particles with it's movements.

He did this so many times in the past. He was even more able to watch her grow than the resident of this mansion themselves. A part of him has grown attached to her, he feels kind of like her guardian now. One could say he smiled as he watched her still at her twin's comforting caress on her forehead, although nobody could tell since the only visible thing was his slightly softened yellow thunder like eyes. The wrapper kind of admired their close relationship, even if he denied it so many times. He knew that the hardest part about taking Hikoori to them is to separate her from her twin.

'Nonetheless, sensei said he has a plan prepared for that long ago. I wonder how is he going to break this firm lifeline binding them together?' He asked himself, his mind trailing off to the future.

'Let's leave that for it's time...

Now, everything is going as expected. I have to report back.' Kurogiri thought, wrapping himself back again.


Somewhere else in Japan:

"Doctor Ujiko, I want ypu to pay your little patient a visit." The sensei ordered the old and bald childhood doctor of Hikoori. His eyes twisted in a nasty smile under the green glass of his gear like goggles.

"Of course, master." He said, placing a syringe with the young Todoroki girl folder.

It was time for the second one, after ten years of slow growth.


Todoroki mansion, the next day:

"Are you ready imoto?" nii-san asked me, as he entered through my opened door. He had already worn his casual white T-shirt and simple long sleeved black jacket over it, paired with black cotton pants fixed on his waist with a belt. On his back laid a one shoulder bag resting over his right shoulder.

I fixed my knee long black long sleeved dress, making sure my pearl shaped necklace was right in place. I stared abscentmindedly in the mirror for a long moment before saying a lost: "yeah..."

Nii-san inhaled, leading the way to the entrance door. I followed his suite, taking slow steps not so far behind. My mind was foggy, as I remembered the conversation we had yesterday:

"Midoriya have triggered my confusion on our fight... I do not know what I should do, with my left side that is..." nii-san said, his eyes glittering in emotions that were hidden for a very long time. I focused my gaze at him to urge him to continue.

"I... I thought that I can find the answer alone, that I can take things head on without any help, but..." he inhaled and closed his eyes, then freed his breath in a sigh and reopened them saying: "I found out I can't. I know it's the same thing with you. We have to get ln terms with our pastand mother to get to an actual result."

I looked down, knowing what he was getting at.

"We have to go, Hikoori. We have to visit mother."

I bit my lips, not looking at my brother yet.

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"Shoto's left and Hikoori's right look hideous to me."

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Mother's words rang in my ears like if I just heard them, again.

"I don't know... I just..." I stuttered, touching my burn scar with my left hand. I was scared. Scared that those old wounds are too deep to heal. That mother is still afraid of us. That she now hates us. That she hates me because I am why she is here, because I am the monster who caused pain for her and nii-san.That if we go, I will go on a rampage again and hurt her, and so many people too.

"I am scared too." Shoto told me, making me lift my gaze to meet his. He sat closer to me and took my left hand in his right. "I'm scared of what she may think of us, visiting her after all of this time... afraid that she will never forgive us... terrified that she may hurt you again... Petrified of the idea of her hating us..." he explained, his hand literally trembling at the racing thoughts. "But, my will to fix all of this mess, to make things better is stronger than my fear. This is why I am going to meet her. However I need you to be by side; without you, I cannot accomplish anything. because..."

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'We are one.' I finished the memory in my inner thoughts.

'But it is not just that... I am the reason why she is here... so what if I cause her even more...'

Suddenly I bumped into someone.

'Seriously?! I really should pay more attention while I am walking...'

Luckily it was just my twin, who did not comment on the situation.

"We are here." He said, inhaling. He held my hand comfortingly in his, and we both walked silently to the hospital.

Badum

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I could hear my own beating heart clearly in my ears. It was banging at my mind just like my nervousness. My dark quirk, responding to that, started to stir up and perturbate.

'No... no please... not here... do not act up here... this is a hospital... a lot of people are here... what am I going to do if I harm them by any way?! Mother... what if I hurt her again... what if I end up making her and nii-san suffer even more?!'

The closer we got to mother's room, the more nervous and scared I grew. My self control was slowly decaying.

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I let out a demonic scream, as energy blasted from my body and destroyed everything in it's way.

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I shook the memory as I felt a sudden squeeze on my hand and a stop.

We were there.

We arrived in front of mother's room, in face of a plain white door. The kanji words: Todoroki Rei that stood right at the right of the door felt much more unnerving than ever before in my whole life.

I stood there holding hands with my half. The wrapping gate of time was right in front of us; we had to confront the darkness of our past to get our bright future. A simple equation, yet it's easier said than done.

We were so nervous. Shoto's hand clutching and declutching repeatedly, the nervousness sweat on his forehead, his distant sad eyes; everything screamed 'now or never'.

But for me, it was a whole different story. Barely having the idea of seeing mom just seconds away crossing my mind makes me go crazy in the inside. I was trembling and shaking violently, as the past haunted the small child still residing in my blacked soul. Subconsciously, I touched my burn scar with my left hand. Nii-san twitched. I let go quickly to make the situation as fluent as possible.

'I have to calm myself down'

I took a few deep breaths. But the pressure, this big amount built up for ten years, I couldn't handle it, not just yet.

"I'm sorry nii san... I-I am going to w-wait here for a w-while..." the words stuttered out of my mouth, miraculously forming a coherent sentence.

"I understand..." He answered, squeezing my right hand gently and giving me a soft kiss on my forehead.

I nodded in gratitude. He smiled wobboy, then let go my hand. At that moment, I felt all the safety that was left in the world begone; like if I sank in a disgusting swamp of fear, and the firm tree that I was holding onto swam to the shore. It was horrible.

Nii-san opened the door leading to his new life, letting the warm sun enlighten his path, and shower him in love and affection.

However, I stood on the wall beside that door, afraid of an unknown future, avoiding the light in fear of burning by it's intensity. Even if I looked fine in most people's eyes, in the inside, my soul was still lost in the darkness.

"Mom..." I heard Shoto's silent call from the step of the new beginning's door. Then I heard a gasp. It was mother.

"Sh-...Shoto...?!" Her voice was trembling obviously with shock and barely held back tears. It was as soft as I remembered from my childhood.

"Mother I-" Shoto started, but he was interrupted by a knocked out chair and a spring. Then, endless crying started. Whimpers and gasps of so long time apart escaped her lips.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry..." she repeated again and again, without giving Shoto any chance to say anything.

'She's... apologizing...?'

"I'm so sorry I hurt you... I'm so sorry I hurt Hikoori... I love you two so much... I-I miss you... with all my heart... I wanted so badly to see you again... to apologize of the terrible things that I did." She told him, her crying intensifying even more.

Tears fell from eyes, and I slowly descended to the floor.

'She... she misses us...

but she thinks it's her fault...!'

"You've become a full fledged man...! I am sure Hikoori is a beautiful lady now, too!!" She exclaimed between her sobs, but then her tone have gotten sad again: "I... it's my fault that she is like that... that she had gotten hurt... she must be still angry with me..." The last sharp gasp she let out stabbed me through the heart.

'No... no that's not true... I...!'

"Mother... Hikoori is..." Shoto started but I jumped through the door, hugging them both in my arms.

"I love you oka-san!! I'm not angry!! I do not hate you!! I love you with all my heart!!! I love you so much!! I missed you, and allofthattimeIwishedyouwerewithus!!" My words accelerated and accelerated, getting mixed together at the end like my feelings. "I was so afraid you grew to hate us, or that you did not want to see us... to see me... it was all my fault, not yours! I am the reason why you are here! Please do not apologize...!"

Nii-san twitched, knowing what I was getting at.

"Please oka-san...! To repent for what we have done! We came here to..." I started, Shoto following suite: "To save you!!"

The cold blue light, shocked, smiled brightly, closing her eyes. She engulfed us in her arms, shielding us from all danger like she did when we were mere babies. She wiped our flooding tears and said: "And that's what I want, my dears. I want you two to be happy. I want you to save people, just like you two chose when you were kids."

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Mother chuckled, as she watched us both jump in excitement.

"A hero team! That's cool!" She said, beaming with kindness.

Both of us sparkled with joy when we saw approval in her eyes.

"I want you two to be happy. If saving people makes you happy, then I want you two to save people." She said kindly, her voice smiling like her lips, as she flicked our small noses teasingly.

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I felt the warmth engulf my heart, forcing the dark quirk yo retreat to the darkest corner in my mind again. Thiz freed me from it's poisoning grasp for a small amount of time, to enjoy it on behalf of lost ten years.

Both nii-san and I sat beside mother, as she talked to us about everything. We also told her about what we had gotten through, throughout the long past time.

She always twitched when anything about my passive quirk was mentioned. She was so0 worried, and I reassured her everyone that things were allright. She always gave me a loving smile, as we moved on to the next topic. Everything was perfect, but how long would that last?


Heyy!!

I bet you all were expecting the Bakugou vs Todoroki weren't you?!! But I figured I should do some unexpected things and move on to more important stuff, which is the long awaited origin of Dark Blood. Sure many of you expected that it was All For One's doing.

I loved the part where the Todoroki twins met with their mother! I actually wondered how to convey everything, and came up with this at the end! Hole you paid attention to small details, as it may give you clues ;)

Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Finally I want to say thank you all for the support and so many reads!!

Regards.

Author-chan