The White Heather

Shoto Todoroki P.O.V:

The moment Midoriya and Iida hit The Hero Killer, I shot a moderate flame attack to make sure he got knocked out. After that, I created a short ice wall that caught his descending body and a frozen slide to catch both Midoriya and Iida.

"Quickly stand up! The bastard might still be-"

'Oh... seems like he's unconscious at last...?'

Yes indeed, he was unconscious, however, Hikoori fell to the ground unconscious at the same time.

"Hikoori!" I ran to her side worriedly as fast as I could, despite the pain killing my arm.

'Don't lose focus! The Hero Killer might still be conscious!'

I amplified my attention on The Hero Killer who was laying on ice. His eyes were emptily white, as if he wasn't there.

"So with that he must knocked out for good... I guess...?" said a breathless Midoriya.

'Seems like it's over for now...'

"Let's restrain him and hand him over. Is there anything to bind him with?" I asked slightly relieved, then explained: "If I freeze his ankles his muscles might crack..."

"Ah I see... okay then, but let us remove his weapons just in case!" Suggested Midoriya.

'Midoriya's right...

He showed us multiple times that he is able to rise again despite the odds, so we should be careful with him!'

"Get away... don't... kill..." Imoto muttered under her breath, frowning and struggling on the ground, as if to stand up again. I felt a shock of pain in my chest, that continued to throb without fading away.

'What...?!

Isn't she... unconscious...?'

Concerned, I held her hand.

'she's freezing!'

I activated my fire to warm her up.

'The last time she was like this, she ended up in a really bad situation. This cold is never good news...'

"Iida! Midoriya! can you still move properly?" I asked my friends.

"I can. My arms are hurt but my legs are ok." Explained Iida.

"My left leg is hurt, and it's hard to walk..." said Midoriya trailing away, then added simultaneously with Iida, both of them puzzled: "That aside, why did you activate your fire...?"

They turned their heads, noticing Hikoori then.

Midoriya stood up so fast that he winced audibly in pain.

"Oww... is Hikoori okay?!" He asked loudly, worry so clear in his voice.

While Iida ran to my side, worry and guilt washing over him.

"I will carry you, Midoriya-kun!" Said Native. He carried my friend on his back, and concerned himself, approached us to check on my other half, Hikoori.

"She's shivering...?!" Midoriya made a note of that the moment he saw her.

When Midoriya got closer, his power activated.

"What...?!" His eyes widened in surprise.

'Huh...?

Did it activate on its own...?'

"What's happening Midoriya-kun?" asked Iida, puzzled of what he just saw.

"I don't know... my quirk activated on its own..." He said puzzled himself.

I looked back on imoto. She was frowning, black ice stamps forming on her body in various places.

"Protect... them... protect him... don't...!" She muttered again, frustrated this time.

'What on earth is happening?!'


Inside Hikoori:

'It's so cold... my body is slowly freezing...' I thought, my hands wrapped in firm blackened ice chains, shaking.

I was hearing muffled voices of people, but it wasn't clear who they were.

'Where am I... how did I come here...'

I looked around for the millionth time, and all I saw was a dull, frozen walls that were so small that you could feel it suffocating you out of air..

I was feeling pain in my heart for some reason. I knew it was important, I just could not recall properly. Slowly, my memory was getting foggy.

'I was doing something important... what was I doing...?'

"Set your eyes on the man you want to be!" A familiar voice yelled.

My whole body shivered and my heart bumped faster. The voice created a feeling of warmth inside my very soul.

"Nii-san..." I said subconsciously.

'Wait... nii-san...?

what...?'

Then, in a moment, everything hit me at once.

'Nii-san! Nii-san Shoto is fighting The Hero Killer! And... and Midoriya too! They were saving Iida...!

And I was there, and then...'

And then I entered this place.

'The female that was held in these chains exchanged places with me somehow...'

But then I remembered seeing and hearing her talking through my own body.

'Or consciousness, to be specific...

Who is she anyways? And what is this place?

It's the same place where I saw that demon the last time...

When I lost control over my quirk...

And my ice became black...

...!'

Suddenly, everything made sense, all of the ambiguous events I went through do far, became crystal clear.

When I felt that I lost control over my quirk, and something else took over...

It is literally what was happening.

'Someone else was driving me, every time I desperatley wanted to save someone...'

But, this time, something is different.

'That demon... he's not here...'

"I did not expect you to miss me."

'Speak of the devil...'

"What should I say. I am impressed. That girl managed to block me somehow. It took me quiet some effort to come back here, you know, to ensure you have company. I know you get lonenly here." The demon said, chuckling sarcastically.

'That girl...?'

The demon got closer to me. His aura was so intimidating that I began shaking uncontrollably.

"Come on. We have been here for a looong time. You should have gotten used to me." The demon talked so calmly, even kindly on the surface. Nonetheless, the venom his tone and his words was not completely concealed, I could feel it in my bones. He did not mean anything kind. He was just acting that he is.

Suddenly, he chuckled, then clapped.

"Well well well, I am very impressed. Very impressed indeed." He chanted with fake amusement, anger lingering in his words like a dragon in his nest of hold. The moment he stopped talking, his presence faded from behind me. Before I could look around for him, he was right in front of my face, his empty face too close. He held me roughly by the chin, to the point that his nails almost dug in my skin.

"How long did she think she can trick me, eh, Hikoori?" He said, his menacing eyeless and noseless figure smirking maliciously.

"Switching her consciousness with you! How brilliant of her!!" He said, letting go of my chin violently, then opening his arms widely, to show how impressed he is. He then turned to me as if he could actually see me, his smirk fading away, and crossed his arms. He said: "You don't know anything about this power, don't you? You don't know how to use it, that's why she took over you. You are weak, just like that successor of One For All."He sighed dramatically.

When he finished his dramatic speech, the memories flowed into my mind.

' This power...?

One For All...

Successor?

What is he talking about...?'

"Why not give you a beautiful littld show?" The demon boasted calmly as his fingers transformed into black and red electronic tentacles. Suddenly, these grew in length and harshly pierced my shoulder.

Progressively, a throbbing pain like thousands of needls being pierced continuously in and out of my skin, stretched all over my body, unbearably increasing each second.

"Now, free the power hidden inside her." He sing songed excitedly.

Dark energy, similar to the one I released ten years ago, when I had gotten the burn scar, seeped out of the lady's skin.

'No please no!!!

I don't want to hurt them!!!'

I tried to fight against it, to stop it... but the more I resisted, the more pain I felt...

I desperately wanted to bite and claw myself, to pressure myself into enduring the hellish pain, however the tightening chains imprisoned my arms from doing any move. My eyes widened, but my voice was dead... I piled all my suffering inside me, hoping for it to be buried.

But how can you escape what is inside you?

Suddenly, through foggy vision, I saw the lady with brown hair appearing out of nowhere, still in my body. Then, as suddenly as she appeared, I found myself inside my own self, and she was back to her own: inside the body filled with the dark energy. Inside that pile of pain.

'What did just happen?!!'

However there was no time to think about whatever made us switch consciousness once again. She returned to her chains now, and that monster is torturing her.

'Did he cause me pain to call upon her...?'

I got closer to her and tried to activate my fire side to free her, but it did not work...

'What the...?!!!'

"Your fire does not work here." He said, swiping me away like if I was nothing.

He then leered venomously and said: "Why not have some fun, nah Hikoori!" Instantly after spitting his words, he stabbed the brunette head further. She groaned in pain, her eyes wide in terror.

I could not stand it, and without thinking, rushed to her.

"Oh no no no, you are only allowed to watch." The demon said in a fake parental tone. The moment he did so, I felt like the life in my legs was sucked away.

"Now, enjoy." He said, a huge evil smile plastered over his non-existent face.

The brunette lady's painful groans grew into screams. She was fighting so hard, to the point that her eyes became blank - a sign of losing consciousness.

'No...

Please no...

They will be hurt...'

"Now watch how useful this power is to you, Hikoori! Look how much strength it grants you!!" The demon's voice almost danced as he talked, full of pride.

Meanwhile, The dark energy of "Dark Blood", my passive quirk, exploded out of the brunette lady and flew in my direction in an unmatched speed. It swirled around me randomly, blocking any movement I might think of making.

'I don't want to...

I don't want to turn into that monster again!!'

The energy penetrated my skin, painfully slowly. Every micro amount of it was as painful as millions of blades cutting the same spot of flesh.

'I won't... I won't let it take over...!!'

I kept fighting it, no matter how much pain it caused me. I kept fighting the darkness, despite the suffering I got in return.

'I can't cause anyone any peril, no matter who they may be...'

The demon, frustrated, stabbed the lady deeper with his tentacles, his actions makinb the dark energy produced by her intensify immensely.

"I... am s-sorry..." She barely muttered in her unconscious state, despair clear in her voice.

I reached out my hand to her, trying to help her in any way, to save her, ignoring my pain... but how can I do that, if I too need to be saved...?

"You think you can resist me? This lady here, who is hundreds of times stronger than you, gave in to my power. You, who can barely stand abuse, how can you fight me? A cry baby, sensitive, good for nothing girl that happened to have a powerful quirk. You are nothing but a thorn in the eye. Just disappear"

'I know...

I know I am weak... I know I am full of flaws...

I know I am not of use... a mere replacement, a plan B...

But!!

I want to be of use! I want to save people! All people! To help them, guide them...

I want to save those who are close to my heart! To save Shoto!

To save Fuyumi and Natauou!

To save oka-san!

And... to save oto-san...

I want to be the lotus of enlightenment that will guide all lost souls to safety!

I can't die here... not with the world in need of fixing...

Not with all of these people in need of a helping hand!

Not with father still consumed in his pride...

Not with our family still shattered...'

The demon lost his last line of patience. He got outraged of the resistance he was facing, so he screamed at me, venom dripping from each word he said:

"You're useless, just an obstacle in front of me. Fade away so I can take over!!"

'I can't...

If I do...

God knows what this monster will do...

I can't lose!

I can't l-lose!

I can'...'

Who am I kidding. Despite all of this resistance, I can't fight this over powered force for too long...

My strength was fading away, along with my body.

'Huh...'

My hands and legs were slowly disintegrating into black dust. I was disappearing.

'What's happening to me?!'

"Hahahaha! Yes! Yes! Finally I will take control!" The demon boasted in excitement.

'No! I can't disappear, not yet! I have to... I have to save them...! Those people who are living in despair and pain... those who are suffering every single day in the shadows...!

I have to save Shoto, mother, and my siblings...!'

I struggled against the immense power of the dark energy.

'I have to... save father too... save him from his own arrogance...'

I barely got my hand up through the pain and launched a weak ice attack. The ice barely reached the demon, who swatted it away like a fly, shattering it to small crystals.

"Come on, just submit to me. You can't do it. You can't do anything." He stated coldly, as if the things he said were facts. He attempted to lengthen his tentacles even more, however...

All so suddenly, a purple light appeared in between us, taking the shape of a young child.

"You again!!! Get out of here, now!!" He yelled at the small form and attacked it with the tentacles of his other hand.

The child did not care, but turned to me. He said gently, with an overly familiar voice: "Do you trust me?"

In an instant reaction, my mouth moved and spoke out "yes".

'How...?'

Instantly, I felt numb. I couldn't move, not even an inch.

"Now, wake up. They need you." The young boy said.

The next moment, I felt pulled out, then opened my eyes.

'What happened...'

My body was shivering from the cold, but there was something warm under me. It was breathing, but nervously.

'Nii-san...?'

I looked up and saw The Hero Killer, on his feet, attempting to attack us. His eyes were full of dedication and blood lust that I have never seen before in my whole life.

"The fake must be rectified... Someone must stain himself in his blood...! The word "Hero" must be restored!!" He was yelling, despite his sorry state, a small knife in his hand. He took a step toward us. I could feel how afraid everyone was.

'His dedication... it's scary...

Nevertheless...!!'

"Come!! Just try it you pretenders!!!!"


Enji Todoroki P.O.V:

I have just arrived to the address Shoto had told me. Shoto (who was carrying someone on his back) and some heroes I sent here were frozen in place, not moving at all.

'What are they doing, staring like that?!! The villain should have headed that way!'

"Why are you all standing around?! The villain must have fled over there by now!!" I yelled at them.

'What is catching their attention lik-

Is that?'

The Hero Killer.

'Two birds hit with one stone!'

I smirked while taking my battle stance and bursting fire out of my hand.

Suddenly however, the same old hero I met before in the city, interrupted me.

"Stop Todoroki!!" He yelled urgently, as my flames grew in heat and range. I noticed the hostage, so I neutralized the attack right away.

This is when The Hero Killer turned to my direction.

'What the hell...?!'

His face was overflowing with idealistic bloodlust. In a raspy voice, he gave his speech: "Another Phony... the fake must be rectified..."

His darkly passionate words electrocuted everyone, including myself.

"Someone has to stain himself in his blood!"

The intensity he was vibrating paralyzed us all in place.

"The word hero must be restored!!" The Killer took a step closer to us, meanwhile, my feet stopped in their spot; no, they froze.

'What's happening to me...?! Why do I feel unable to move...?'

Suddenly, however, I saw a move on Shoto's shoulders.

'Is this... Hikokri?'

"Come! Just try it you pretenders!!" The Killer screamed, panting, short breathed and at his limit. Everyone's will, including myself, was taken away by his words.

Everyone, except one single person.

In a flash, the person on Shoto's back jumped off and went straight to The Hero Killer on an icy road.

It was indeed Hikoori.

'What is she doing?! This is dangerous!'

A simultaneous mixture of screams of "Hikoori" and "Todoroki-san" blew. Then Shoto tried to go after her. However I held him back, imprisoning him in my grip.

"You're not going anywhere. Your sister has already made a mistake, I cannot afford letting you take this risk." I ordered him authoritatively.

He fought against the cage of my strength.

"Can't you see she is using black ice?! It's Dark Blood!" He yelled at me.

"You are not allowed to hurt anyone here. I am a hero, and I will protect them all, even if you will destroy me!"

She said in an inhuman tone, full of icy, buried anger. I felt myself freeze again, so did everyone.

'This tone... it's...'

I have never heard her use it before, ever.

The air became chilly at an alarming speed- to the point that ice stamps formed on the cheeks of the heroes and the kids. She was progressively freezing The Hero Killer, immobolizing him.

"Stop! ugh- you won't! The only one allowed to kill me is All Might! You-" The Hero Killer tried to fight her, but could not keep up in his state and lost consciousness.

However...

'He had already lost consciousness yet she is still attacking him...'

Soon, she had turned him in a prisoner of an icicle.

However, he was not the only one getting frozen.

"AAAAAAAGH!!!" Hikoori screamed inhumanely, her head arched to the back, her eyes glowing in a dangerous yellow light. She continued freezing him, adding more and more black ice, while groaning loudly in pain.

'Is she... crying?'

Tears streamed out of her glowing eyes indeed- eyes that were looking at me, calling out: please, help me, I can't stop.

All of a sudden, I remembered...

'He was stuck in a fireproof room of 2000 degrees. He kept burning and burning... what was left of him was-'

At this moment, my body moved on its own, just to save her.

It was the first time in my life that I ever saved someone, purely out of the intent of saving.

I condensed the flames in my feet, giving myself a boost. The moment I reached her side, she turned her face to me. She was frightened, in pain, confused; upon seeing me however, a glint of reassurance shined in the apple of her eyes.

I knocked her out unconscious. The ice stopped producing, and her body stilled.

She was alright, she did not face his fate.


Shinso P.O.V:

I was supporting my head on the wall, eyes closed, listening to Aizawa sensei's pacing steps back and forth in Hosu's hospital hall.

"When she wakes up, she will have a good damn punishment." He grunted probably for the 20th time. His eyes were heavily lidded today- a sign of a sleepless night.

'I wonder why she is hospitalised...'

No one was telling me anything, nonetheless, sensei was madly angry about all this matter.

What could she have possibly done? I mean she is not the kind of girl to cause troubles...

I looked at the small bouquet of white heathers and pink tulips that I brought with me.

'I hope she wakes up soon...'

Why I like her existence around me so much is still a mystery for me. Usually I would prefer to be alone with a cat or a book, but not a person. I was not aiming nor willing to make friends (not that I am now), but she still managed to break through that wall of mine somehow.

Was it because of her niceness when we were kids? Or because of her warm heart, smart mind and lovable presence now that she has grown up, and I have gotten the chance to know her more?

I was not sure.

'It must be lack of sleep. It finally hit my brains, and now I am unable to think straight. Must have had black coffee this morning instead of that stupid Latte. Its sweet taste is still lingering in my mouth.'

Or maybe it was because of last night. I could not sleep at all because of the nightmares; not that I do not have them frequently, but they were different this time. Painful, too. I do not remember much, but there were a faceless man, screams of pain and chains- frozen chains. I had a similar one when I was a kid, the day I had met Hikoori. Funny coincidence, if it was at all.

I would have liked to believe it was as sim0le as that, but my gut was telling me otherwise.

I closed my eyes again, heaviness of tiredness getting the best of me. Sensei's anxious steps were still banging my ears, from left to right, then from right to left. Again and again and again, until the old doctor from U.A showed up, sighing heavily.

"She's alright, Aizawa-san. This healing session made a much greater progress than the one yesterday. She is stable now, however, she hadn't woken up yet. She will get better soon. The other three are more than alright. You can see them now if you want to." She explained exerting the typical kind nurse attitude.

Sensei nodded quietly, then thanked her.

'But... I really wanted to...

There is no benefit of whining, just ask her.'

"Can I go in and just place these in her room?" I asked her, trying to act as stoic as I can.

She smiled so gently, then nodded saying: "Of course, dear! Do not stay in there for long though."

I bowed my head in a thanks gesture.

"Don't be late. I will meet you outside in half an hour." Sensei said neutrally, his eyes casting a shadow of suspicion.

"Understood." I answered simply, ignoring it. No need to expose my feelings too openly.

I got inside while sensei left to finish his business.

I opened the door quietly, as if she might wake up by its noise. In small steps, I approached her unconscious form, laying on the blindingly white bed, in the lifelessly white room. I gently placed the bouquet on the small table beside her. It gave a nice silhouette to the place, and the beautiful smell filled the room too, which was another positive. Afterwards, I sat on the round, backless chair on her right side, resting my weight almost comfortably.

I stared at her face, particularly at her burn scar. It was reddish-brownish, going from the right of her forehead, down to the same level of half of her nose, un-periodically waving at the end, the same side of her jeweled turquoise eye that is now closed, and her beautiful red hair like the dawn light.

'I wonder what kind of incident caused this scar...'

The day I first met her, when we were kids, she still hadn't gotten it. The first time I met her at U.A, after so many years, it caught my eye right away. My heart ached for her, I mean, it must have hurt her so much, both physically and emotionally. But I never showed it.

'Bullies are everywhere, and they hate seeing different people going on with their lives normally; they must have paid her a good amount of harsh words, since hitting her is out of question. She's Endeavour's daughter after all.'

Well, to be honest, it does not look bad... it makes her actually look kind of... cool...

'I wonder what makes me let my guard down around her like that...?

What makes her so special...?'

I never got why she makes me feel warm in the bottom of my heart, talk, and even smile. I even experienced my heart racing, too. It was very weird.

I glanced at her hand laying lazily on the sheets. Its shaped screamed: "artist"-she had the hands of an artist. A feeling inside my heart was trying to push me to hold her hand, but I resisted.

'No Hitoshi. You are here to become a hero. There is no time to waste on such nonsense. Never lose sight of your goal, and never stray away from your path.'

I stood up and walked away from her bed. I stopped at the doorstep, and took a last glance at her. She was frowning and muttering something under her breath.

'Is she dreaming...?'

Whatever she is dreaming of, it must be very annoying.

'Maybe painful too...'

My heart squeezed.

'Oh no...'

I knew that if I did not try to solve this issue, my dumb emotions will keep banging me. I reluctantly walked to her again and sat beside her on the chair. My face was turned away from her to avoid her entering my line of sight.

'I wish I can just mute my heart. It is an obstacle in my way- it makes me waste my time like this.'

But I wanted it. I wanted my heart, my emotions. I knew it deep down. I was just denying the truth. I held her hand in mine. Suddenly, a flashing image of a chained metallic door, then a lady with brown hair in frozen chains, and Hikoori screaming played in my mind like a fast forwarded movie, accompanied by a strong headache.

'What the hell...?! This seemed too similar to... to my nightmares...

This cannot be a coincidence, not anymore. There is something behind this...

The same black ice I saw in my nightmares was used by Todoroki when she broke-down during Paralyze's test.

It must be tied to this vision I saw now too.

But what is behind all this...'

Suddenly, the door of the room opened, revealing a very muscular man with a blue suit, lined with flame orange mixed with yellow colours on the chest area. I let go of Todoroki's hand immediately.

'Endeavour.'

I stood up, signalling my desire to leave. Endeavour eyed me up and down, looking at me with stone hard gazes. I felt the tension get to my throat, drying it out, forcing me to swallow. The man took a few steps closer to his daughter.

'It's public knowledge that Todoroki and her twin brother are not in good terms with their father...

So what is he doing here?

There is no meaning for him to show off because whatever happened to her, her twin and friends is kept under the covers.'

"I hope she gets better soon." I said simply, then walked my way to the door.

"Just get out of here." He answered rudely, eying me with cold stares, sittinh beside Todoroki on the chair afterwards.

'I can see now why most people hate this hero. His aura is overly intimading... and his manners suck.'


Hikoori P.O.V:

"Another phony..!! The fake must be rectified... Someone must stain himself in his blood...! The word "Hero" must be restored!!"

"No!!!!" I yelled, sitting abruptly. Then something blinding burned my eyes forcing me to flinch and close them directly.

'light...?'

"Nii-san! Nii-san Shoto where are you?!!!" I yelled again, concern eating me up like fire eats dried grass.

'I was in the street with The Hero Killer at night and he was screaming and tried to kill oto-san and everyone-'

"He's okay, he's here in the hospital." A deep voice said calmly.

'Oto-san...?'

I reopened my eyes slowly, taking small portions of light at a time. A nice flowery smell filled my nose, as I saw myself inside a small, white room.

'Back to the hospital, huh...'

I lowered my head, feeling my heart become heavier and heavier with guilt.

"Look up. Do not lower your head." A deep voice said again, calmly. I looked at its source and saw that it was indeed oto-san sitting there, legs crossed and eyes closed.

'Was he sitting with me for a long time...? What about his hero work...?'

It reminded of that day... after I got burned. He was sitting like this, waiting for me to wake up.

I felt guilt bubble up in my chest. I got hospitalized again, was unable to save others from being hurt, and on top of that I needed to be saved again. I felt pathetic.

'Oto-san will be disappointed of me again... I should have been able to save everyone, but instead I needed to be saved...

I know his ways are wrong, and I know he treats us badly... but he wants us to be great heroes nonetheless. I want to show him I can be a great hero, but in my own way...'

Oto-san suddenly got up on his feet and to the door, opening it. Before going out, he stopped, his back still facing me, fire breathing lively again in his costume, and said: "When you heal, we are going to work on your blue flames move again. Then I will teach you something important."

And after that he got out, leaving me with a surprised face and starry eyes.


AH FINALLY!!!

Finally I had enough alone time to finish this chapter of the story! (yes my schedule was and still am very stressed ).

#So what do you think about:

-The Hero Killer and Hikoori

- The Demon?

- Shinsou and Hikoori?

- Endeavour and Hikoori?

#Who is the person that was in a fireproof room?

#How do you imagine Hikoori's growth as a person?

Write in the reviews please! I read every single one and feel so happy you can share your thoughts with me!

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Please enjoy, since more is coming on the way! Expect third season arcs are going to be thrilling !

Bye for now.

Author-chan.