Chapter 19:

I am giving One For All to Mineta

nah jk

You got pranked.

"Mina. I told you to run."

Mina's eyes were wide. Her world of view was shattered as she stared in shock at the person who used to be Akusero. His voice is quiet and slow, courtesy of the stitches on his mouth. Those scars, the inability to speak; Mina understood now. He had been lying to her all along. Whatever grief she had was replaced by anger.

"You lied." She muttered, but he heard her. The kid beside her heard it. She was on the verge of tears before but now she's sobbing. Izuku could see that. He's crying too.

"...No… I…" She cut him off by throwing acid on the ground in front of him, making him stop his walk.

"YOU! LIED!" She cried out to him, completely devastated. All those pining, all those moments with him; it was all thrown down the gutter. "YOU LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING!"

"Not… everything…" He said slowly while looking at his feet. After a few moments, he looked up to her and moved forward a little bit. "I do love you. That… wasn't a… lie."

He wanted to yell out the feelings he had for her was real. This was the first time he ever cursed himself from stitching his mouth. "Mina… please."

"SHUT UP! NOT ONE STEP CLOSER!" She backed away, holding Kota close. It hurts him even more. He lost the will to step forward and turned around.

"It wasn't…a lie…" He told her one last time before running away to the direction of the Camp Lodge. He was sure Mina and the kid would not run into any more of his allies.

Mina looked at Izuku running away. When he's out of sight, she finally broke down crying.

"Thanks for killing Muscular. Prick's unreliable. Other than that, you good, mate?" Paul asked him through his earpiece. He realized the resident hacker heard everything.

"No."

"We can talk about it later. For now, we gotta focus on the mission. Lure Todoroki out the camp lodge, Compress picks him up, and then it's over."

"Thank you."

"Hey, how else can a bloke like me help a mate in need?" He managed to reach the lodge in record time. He could see Compress hiding among the trees and Eraserhead taking down Dabi's clone. He waited for Eraserhead to leave before making his move.

He pulled three sleep darts from his pocket and loaded it to his revolver. He looked at Compress, who nodded. They both moved in. The remedial classes consisted of Satou, Kirishima, Kamakiri, and Todoroki along with the teacher, Vlad King. He felt Compress' hand touch his shoulder. He gave the magician permission to compress him.

"And now for my next trick," Compress pulled out another one of his compressed materials. He threw both of them simultaneously and snapped his fingers. "Hokus Pokus!"

The first ball decompressed into a large rock, breaking through the window and shocking the students. Nobody could react fast enough when the second ball decompressed and revealed Izuku Midoriya; Civil War, aiming his revolver at Kirishima first.

The sleep dart shot out of his revolver and hit Kirishima in the neck. He aimed the second at Vlad King and knocked out the hero as well. Finally, he shot Todoroki point-blank with a sleep dart and knocked out the target. He picked him up and threw him out the window.

"You bastard!" Kamakiri jumped at him, hoping to cut him down but Izuku was not having any of it. He parried the hero-in-training's quirk blades and hit him hard in the head with the revolver's handle. He was grabbed from behind by Satou.

"You're not getting away!" The sugar rush hero-in-training was giving him a bear hug.

"Sorry." Civil War mumbled as he aimed his gun at Satou's foot.

*BANG*

"GAAHH" The pain of the bullet wound to the foot caused Satou to drop him. He didn't give him time to recover as he roundhouse kicked the kneeling student, knocking him out. Making sure everyone is tied up, Civil War leapt out of the window with Compress waiting for him, holding Todoroki's compressed form.

"You got him?" Paul asked them through their earpiece.

"Of course, good sir!" Compress answered enthusiastically.

"ALRIGHT, YOU HEARD COMPRESS TIME TO LEAVE!" Paul exclaimed through the earpiece, causing the two to cringe. "Right, sorry about that, mates."

"-about that, mates" Toga ignored him. She was busy sucking blood from Uraraka's leg. "Suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck-"

"FUCK OFF!" Bakugou pulled Uraraka away and blasted her into the ground. It was through sheer adrenaline that Toga managed to stand up and jump away. Vines erupted from the ground and snatched her leg.

"You're not getting awa-" The vine girl was interrupted when Shoji jumped out of the bushes with a frightened look on his face.

"EVERYBODY GET DOWN! DARK SHADOW IS RAMPAGING!" The masked hero-in-training yelled as everybody looked at the monster following him. Toga used this chance to slice off the vines and escape.

"Are you kidding me?!" Bakugou's hand sparked, bringing an explosion to life as it quickly whittled down Dark Shadow's size. "She got away. Dammit."

"Sorry," Tokoyami mumbled as he stood up, now in full control of his quirk again. Bakugou shook his head as he helped the bird student stand up.

"Not your fault."

"Still."

"Not your fault." They noticed the flames dying down due to the sudden drop in temperature. None of them could tell if that meant the villains failed or succeeded but they hoped it was the first one.

"-sorry about that, mates." Dabi's ears ere ringing from Paul's sudden excitement but he got the message. Compress, Civil War, and Toga reached the rendezvous the same time he and Twice got there. Kurogiri appeared before them, ready to warp everyone away.

He noticed a few of them were missing. Namely; Spinner, Magne, Muscular, Moonfish, and Mustard.

"Kurogiri, where are the others?" Dabi asked the warp gate.

"Muscular is dead while Moonfish, and Mustard are captured. I have already transported Spinner and Magne safely back to the bar." The warp gate explained to them.

"Muscular died? Who would kill him?"

"How about we leave that question to the bar? We can answer it over a couple of alcohol." Paul told Dabi over the earpiece. The fire villain nodded as he got in front of the portal.

"Oh right, the nomu." Dabi pressed a button on his earpiece. "Tool-Arms, go back to Kurogiri."

"DUDE, HE'S CATCHING UP!" Awase noticed the nomu building momentum.

"I KNOW, JUST KEEP RUNNING!" It's no use, the nomu is getting faster. Awase handed Momo to Shinso and got in the nomu's path.

"SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! RUN BRO!" Awase forcefully kept himself on the nomu's path, trying to give time for Shinso to escape with Momo. He closed his eyes, expecting his impending doom, but nothing came. He opened it again to see the chainsaw near his face.

"What the-?" The nomu turned around and started walking away. "It's walking away."

"Awase…" Momo had finally woken up. Shinso held her tight to keep her from falling over. From her arm, she created a tracker. "Weld this to the nomu."

"Right." Awase took the tracker quickly and welded it into the nomu's back. Turning away from the nomu, Shinso noticed something from the shadows.

"Oi, who are you?" The purple-haired student called out. The figure didn't answer him and instead walked forward, revealing herself to be Mina carrying Kota. Shinso sighed in relief, knowing his friend is alright. "Thank god you're alright, but…"

She had a devastated expression on her face. She looks just fresh from crying. Shinso looked around noticing someone that she isn't with someone. He put two and two together and feared the worst.

"Mina, where's Akusero?"

The Bar

Tomura would have congratulated his squad when they walked in the bar from the portal but his sworn little brother instantly got down on his knees on the floor and started bawling his eyes out.

"Whoa, holy shit, Izuku. Lil bro, what happened?" Tomura was by his side quickly, carefully holding Izuku's shoulders and keeping him steady. The League looked confused about why Izuku was crying. Tomura's phone began ringing.

"Dabi, can you answer it for me?"

"Sure," He picked up the phone and answered it. "Who's this?"

"It's Paul. Put it on speaker." Dabi did what Paul told him to. "Hey, Izuku, mate, is it fine if I tell the league? Hum loudly for yes and shout for no."

Izuku hummed loudly.

"Long story short, he saved his girlfriend from Muscular but in exchange, she found out." Magne and Toga gasped when Paul explained to everyone what happened. The two women were quick to walk beside Izuku, trying to comfort him.

"Oh man, that sucks. HELL YEAH!" Twice offered his sympathies.

"Come on, boss…" Spinner was also upset about what happened to 1/2 of his inspiration. Dabi stayed silent throughout the whole exchange. Compress silently removed his hat in condolence. Tomura hugged his Lil brother tightly.

"Young Izuku, would you like a milkshake." Kurogiri offered to his other young master.

"...Okay. Sorry…I ruined… the celebration."

"Oi, who cares? We already got the target. I'm here for you, Izuku." Tomura looked up and addressed the rest of the Vanguard Squad's members. "There's a bunch of rooms here. You can go sleep in there for now. We can't risk any of us getting discovered."

"You got it, boss." Spinner saluted and was about to leave until Compress stopped him.

"Before that, we still have one thing left to do." Compress reveals the compressed Todoroki on his hand.

"Right. Decompress him and tie him up." It was a complicated process. Dabi had his fire ready while Izuku, who finally got his shit together, readied the quirk suppressor cuffs. Spinner was behind a chair with ropes on his hand.

"Alright, in 3!" Tomura counted down with his fingers.

"2!"

"1!"

Compress decompressed Todoroki and Izuku quickly locked his hands with the quirk suppressor cuffs. The gunman quickly kicked Todoroki back into a chair and Spinner immediately tied him up.

"Welcome to our hideout, Shoto Todoroki, I hope you enjoy your stay."

"Damn you." The half-hot and half-cold student spat at him.

"That's the spirit, Todoroki!" Tomura cheered on the kidnapped student. "So, who's guarding him?"

"I'll do it." Dabi raised his hand. Tomura nodded and got out of the room. Izuku narrowed his eyes in suspicion before shaking his head and getting out of the bar. Compress and Spinner also left for the night.

"I'll escape," Todoroki claimed. Dabi simply rolled his eyes.

"Sure you will," Dabi said mockingly. "Do you even know why you're the target?"

"No," Todoroki admitted while looking around and trying to find anything he could use. Dabi laughed at him when he said that, annoying him further.

"Do you know why I am here?"

"Yeah. Civil War saw something in you when he fought you."

"Civil War? As in Izuku Midoriya? I never me-" Todoroki paused whatever he is saying, having realization strike him like a truck. "Akusero Bara is Izuku Midoriya?"

"Spot on. Endeavor taught you well."

"He's been under everyone's noses since the beginning?"

"Since the start of the school year. How else were the League able to infiltrate the USJ?" Dabi shrugged nonchalantly. "Of course, he screwed himself over, too. He got attached to one of your classmates. Or three of them. Really did him in earlier. I don't mind and I can't judge. Everyone has their flaws and it's good to know Izuku is still human under all that shell."

"He's still a villain."

"And he sees you as a potential one."

"How so?" Todoroki lifted an eyebrow in curiosity. Dabi rolled his eyes again, as if the answer was supposed to be obvious.

"I mean, from what he said, you got spite, you can hold a grudge, and you don't care much about others. Sounds a lot like a stereotypical villain. You fit the bill."

"Why should I care about others?" Todoroki snapped back at Dabi, completely ignoring the first two reasons.

"That doesn't so hero like now, doesn't it?" Dabi taunted him. "Sounds a lot like Endeavor to me."

Todoroki paused again, contemplating on what Dabi said. He gritted his teeth when he finds his own argument invalid. Dabi was right, he is becoming like his father.

"Let's see, spite. Out of spite and pettiness, you refused to use your own flames. Grudge, you held a grudge against Endeavor and Izuku. Finally, not caring about others, you really don't care about other people, don't you? I bet you'd rather let them die than use your fire to save them."

"SCREW YOU!" There it is, the rage Dabi was trying to bait out of him. He fell for it, hook, line, and sinker.

"Face it, Shoto. You're here because of your attitude. Not Bakugou. Not Shinso. You." Dabi finished up his argument, leaving Todoroki speechless.

"Why did you call me Shoto?" The student asked.

"Well, it is great to speak with my little brother again, despite the circumstances." Dabi looked away from him while keeping a neutral expression. He walked over the bar's counter and poured himself a drink.

"Little brother… Touya?!" Before Todoroki could say anymore, Dabi refused to talk to him any further.

The Hospital...

The class' visit to the hospital was awkward. Not only did they find out that one of their classmates was the traitor, but a lot of people have fell victim to the toxic gas. Everybody but Bakugou felt betrayed. Akusero was the traitor and Todoroki was kidnapped.

Bakugou looked on as their classmates crowded a recently awoken Jirou. He caught her attention and nodded at her. She nodded back. He looked at Mina watching over Tooru's unconscious form, expressionless. It's almost as if she's dead inside. He only had himself to blame for that. He noticed Shinso brooding in the corner.

"Hey." He called out to the brainwasher. Shinso looked up to Bakugou gesturing at him to come with him. Once they're outside the room, they started talking.

"How is she?" Bakugou asked Shinso. He heard what happened and who Akusero really was. As much as he wants to scream, it will have to wait. This is no time to be selfish.

"She's angry, hurt, sad, and a lot of other negative emotions," Shinso answered, his hands balling into fists. "He's my best friend but he's also…"

"You can punch me if you want." Bakugou extended the offer to Shinso, who looked at him, bewildered. "This wouldn't have happened if I had been nicer to hi-"

"No," Shinso cut him off. "In his own way, Aku- Izuku already forgave you for what you did. At this point, the final decision to become a villain was on him. Not you."

"I gave him a reason." He argued weakly.

"I hate you for it," Shinso scoffed at him. "But this situation? Not even close to being your fault. It's not your fault that Mina is heartbroken and it's not your fault that Todoroki has been kidnapped."

Shinso placed his hand on Bakugou's shoulder. "With or without Izuku as a villain, those people still would have invaded the camp one way or another. Let's just be thankful it was the villain's side who had a casualty and not ours'."

After that, Shinso entered the room again, leaving Bakugou in the hallway. The explosive blonde sat on the nearest bench, reflecting on his life. The things that he could have done to prevent this entire mess. He ruined two lives. Inko's and Izuku's.

"What am I going to do…" He rested his face on his hands, trying to think of ways to fix this.

"I see that you are being miserable right now." He looked up to see Shiozaki in her casual clothing, looking down on him with a mix of pity and worry.

"Don't you dare pity me, Shiozaki."

"Well, I'm very sorry for that." She sat down next to him. "Your class must feel very devastated."

"Don't you have your own to worry about?"

"I do, but I've already visited everyone that was hospitalized. I happened to run into you being a pathetic, miserable wretch in this hallway."

"Are you here to make fun of me or what? What the fuck is your motive, Shiozaki?" He glared at her but she wasn't even bothering to look at him, instead, opting to keep looking at the wall.

"Nothing, I simply figured that you need someone to talk to. Luckily, I don't judge people that quickly." The aura of smugness coming off from the smirk of hers pissed him off. He kept his anger to himself this time, having more control than he had before.

"As if I'll tell you my entire life story."

"That bad?" She covered her mouth condescendingly, pretending to be shocked.

"Screw you, woman."

"You would like that, won't you." She teased him.

"Oh for fuck's sake." He stood up, hoping to get away from her. She didn't let him walk away when she held on to his arm.

"Joking aside, what do you plan to do, Bakugou? Are you just going to skulk here?" Her smug expression was replaced by a serious one. He was almost intimidated by that. Almost. "Do you plan on just sitting around, hoping for a miracle to happen?"

He sat there, thinking to himself. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. "No, I'm not going to sit around."

"What will you do then, Bakugou?" She asked, this time facing him. He looked back at her and thought about what he should say. His determination flared when he realized his answer.

"I'll bring them both of them back. I'll bring Izuku and Todoroki back."

{- To Be Continued...

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