Chapter 4: Scars
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Author's Note: The plot will take place around season 4 where they'll meet Eri. Just wanted to point that out before anyone gets confused.
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WARNING: THIS CHAPTER WILL CONTAIN A BULLYING SCENE THAT I MADE SURE TO KEEP VERY BRIEF. IT WAS ALSO CONTAIN A KIDNAPPING SCENE. IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE READING THOSE KINDS OF SITUATION, I WILL PUT AN AUTHOR'S NOTE WARNING THAT THOSE SCENES ARE TO COME.
(No One's P.O.V.)
While class 1-A continues doing their shopping for their essentials, Emma and Sero were inside the department store looking at the bedspreads.
"I just noticed that she tucked her hair behind her ear" Deku comments as Uraraka looks at the specials.
"Oh yeah, I wonder how Sero managed to do that" Ochaco says while he reached for some toothpaste, but felt something else. The minute he turned his head to see what he grabbed was when he discovered that he was grabbing her hand.
"I-I'm sorry, I was too distracted and wasn't looking where I was reaching. Please don't think that this was weird in any way…" Deku stopped as her face turns red and cups her cheeks in embarrassment.
"I-It's okay, Deku. These things happen, hahaha" she shyly turns away while blushing deeply.
(Meanwhile)
A young man walks at an alley with a hoodie covering his face, as he reaches his destination… Emma's old place where she used to live.
"Are you sure this is it?" he says as another man, who was already there waiting, kicks the door down.
"Positive…" the man who kicked the door says as he walks in "One problem: A little birdy told me that she doesn't even live here anymore"
"What do you mean?" the man still wearing the hoodie asked as he follows and finds the room vacant "Where can she be?!"
"Hey boss, just curious…" the man who kicked the door said as he takes out a cigarette and lights it "Why do you care about this girl? If I recall, you were the one who gave her the boot"
"Shut up Asahi! You think I don't know that?!" the hooded man yells at the other man called Asahi.
"Geeze Akihito, I'm just curious that's all!" Asahi nearly yells as he takes a puff of his cigarette "Just because your old man is dead, doesn't mean you get to mistreat us. I mean, he did leave you his power, money and his whole freaking estate! What more do you want?"
"I want the girl…" Akihito removes his hoodie to reveal his face which had a huge scar across his face "… Who did this to me… Did that little "birdy" tell you where she went?"
"According to my sources, she started attending that High School All Might attended when he was younger…" he pulls out his phone after it buzzes "… Look at that, it looks like she's on some date-"
"What?!" Akihito shouts as he snatches his phone and sees a smiling Emma as Sero appears to offer her to hold a shopping bag filled home essentials like Toothpaste, Shampoo, etc. "We're heading out to that location. Send my driver that location"
"On it now" Asahi takes his phone back and makes a call.
(Midoriya's P.O.V.)
"There's no way…" I say as we follow Todoroki to an expensive looking restaurant "That any of us can afford this…"
"I think my life just wasted away learning that he wanted us to come here… Why couldn't we just get a hamburger?" Uraraka practically cries as she opens her wallet and I see that it wasn't much.
"Hey guys! We just found out that this place has burgers, pizza and karaoke!" Denki comes in running with Mineta on his side.
"Yeah! And the best part…" Mineta drools "We can have our own private room-"
"Is there a moment where you're not a complete perv?!" Emma comments as she kicks Mineta over the head with an annoyed expression.
"Thank you! You're my Hero!" Mina throws her arms around Emma. Once being embraced, Emma had a look of confusion and then slowly pulled away.
"Sorry, I don't do so well with hugs and… I'm no Hero. Heck, I don't even have a huge belief of the Heroes either" She explains as she scratches the backside of her head sheepishly.
"What? How can you say that? Everyone looks up to them" Uraraka asks.
"I mean, like… What's the purpose of being a Hero? Fame? Attention? Money? Do they really care about what they do or who they help?" she goes on to explain.
"Well, you're my Hero for beating up Mineta" Mina says trying to lighten the mood.
"Sorry for keeping you guys waiting, turns out the Carnival or whatever was just cancelled and won't reopen until next week" Bakugou says as Kirishima looked a bit disappointed.
"That was so- Hey, is that a flower hairclip? It looks super nice on you and-" Kirishima dramatically gasps as he suddenly perks up "Purple eyes! So cool!"
"Huh? Oh, this thing?" Emma lightly touches it.
"Her bang kept falling down so I got it for her, she's going for a signature look" Sero explains as she blushes softly.
"I am not" she blushes more.
As everyone continues talking at once, she backs up looking a bit embarrassed and Uraraka looks at me as if she wants to say something to me.
"Did you need something Uraraka?" I ask as I turn to face her.
"O-Oh, Um… It's nothing really, but… And it's okay if you think it's not a good idea, but… Oh my gosh, I said "but" twice… Um… I was wondering if maybe…" she looks down shyly.
"It's okay, take your time…" I say gently as I smile to make her comfortable. For some reason, I hear a loud car screeching sound far behind us, but I don't think much of it…
"Would you like to… I don't know… Maybe…" she looks at me as she plays with her fingers a little, which makes me smile… But her expression changes to a look of concern as she looks what's behind me.
"Is it me or is that car coming suspiciously close?"
I turn to see what she's talking about and she was right… A Black Van with dark tinted windows is slowing passing by in a way that's not normal. People looked afraid as they steered clear once it illegally got on the sidewalk pavement. Without thinking, I grab Uraraka's hand and go back to the group.
"Hey Denki, how about you lead the way to the Karaoke place? I'm starving and maybe we can compete or just hang out" I say while trying not to raise suspicion.
"Great idea! I'm kinda getting hungry too, let's get some nachos and maybe pizza" Denki says as he leads the way while rumbling on about food.
Once we get in a walkway where it's too small for cars to pass through, I look back to see that they're back on the road.
Were those Villain's? What do they want? Are we their targets? And… Why are they following us?
(Emma's P.O.V.)
"I told you it would look very nice on you" Sero says as he places his arm around my shoulder as we enter the building.
"I guess you're right" I say as I roll my eyes as I try not to smile.
"Anyone up for Pizza?" Jiro asks as they look as the menu items at the wall. I pull out my wallet and begin to count the money that I had left.
It's enough for a slice or two… Hm… Maybe I shouldn't have spent too much on those bed materials. I mean, I don't even have a bed… Maybe I should return it when no one's looking? But then again, it's starting to get late… I doubt that the place is open now I say in my thoughts.
"This one's on me, you guys get whatever you want" I hear one of them speak up as Tomiko wakes up from his nap.
"Yay! You're the best Shoto!" Mina exclaims happily as he takes out a credit card and pays for everything.
"Um, yeah. I'm not that hungry guys, I'll just call a ride and-" I trail off as my stomach growls loudly and I blush insanely.
"Wow, betrayed by your own gut. How sad" Denki comments as they enter the room.
"Maybe she's trying to go on a diet, she looks like she needs to lose a few pounds" Bakugou says insensitively.
After he said that, I lightly gasped as I look down. With trembling hands, I punch him hard across the face.
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: WARNING, UPCOMING BULLYING SCENE)
(Flashback)
I remember seeing myself in a wealthy middle school uniform cornered by other students, a huge majority of them being girls, kicking me while calling me names.
"Fat Loser! How'd a pathetic loser like you end up at our school?!" The ringleader shouts as she pulls my hair to pull me up while I refuse to show my fear or pain. After seeing that I refused to cry, she punches me in the stomach.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" I hear a male voice shout at a distance as I hear his running steps come closer. All I could remember was seeing his shadow before passing out.
(Out of Flashback)
"Em! Are you alright? Your hand is bleeding" Sero says as he gently holds my hand and, sure enough, I had hurt myself to the point my knuckles was bleeding.
"What the hell?! Why are you asking her that?! I'm the victim here!" Bakugou shouts as he holds his swollen cheek.
Before anything else could happen, I ran away and out of the building. When I was running, I failed to notice that Tomiko wasn't on my shoulder because he was distracted by the food. Once I make it far away, I shove my hands into my pockets and grab my pack of cigarettes as well my lighter.
"Emma, wait!" I put them back hastily before he can see what I was about to do. Once he reaches me, I hold back tears as I try to control my breathing "Hey… Are you okay? What was that about?"
"Y-You wouldn't understand…" I remove the hairclip as my hair falls over my eye and the other eye remains covered.
"Hey…" He lightly touches my arm as he turns me around to face him "It's okay… I might not know what happened over there, but I know one thing… You… You didn't have a good life growing up… Did you?"
I look away shamefully as I slightly sniffled and try to pull myself away from him, but he pulls me close as he embraces me tightly.
"You don't have to tell me, but just know one thing…" he places his hand on top of my head as he gently strokes it "I won't judge and… I'll always listen. Even if you think that you're alone, just know that you're not. I can't even begin to say that I completely understand what you've gone through, but I will say this… Whatever it is that's bothering you…" tears swell up in my eyes as he pulls away and removes my whole bangs, revealing both my eyes, but one has a bandaged eyepatch "… Just remember that your past won't hurt you anymore"
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: WARNING, UPCOMING KIDNAPPING SCENE)
"Sero, I-" I trail off as I see Tomiko running towards us "Tomiko? Did I leave you behind?"
"Emma! Run-" Tomiko shouts, but gets darted through the neck and passes out once he hits the ground making a small eep sound once he lands.
"Did he just speak?" Sero asks as I run towards him.
"Tomiko! What's going on? What's happening?" I ask, but he's already asleep.
"Ugh! Agh!" I turn to see Sero and my eyes widen as I watch him collapse seeing the dart on his shoulder.
"Sero!" I run towards him while still holding Tomiko in one hand, before gasping as a shot of pain shoots throughout my body. I reach behind my neck and pull out the same dart that was shot at Tomiko and Sero. My hands go weak as I drop the dart and my vision blurs. I fell onto the ground as I fought off the sleep and began to reach out to Sero.
Suddenly, I saw a motorcyclist speed his way towards our direction and I tried to use my quick, but my eyelids became heavier by the minute. Before I knew it, his hand and arm turned into the claw arms that you see at the arcade as it grabs me around the waist. While it lifts me up in the air, I feel myself being thrown. I land on something soft and warm as I feel a pair of arms hold me close.
"It's been a while… Princess" my eyes shot open as I hear that familiar voice say. That's where I realize that I'm inside a vehicle and now my body is paralyzed, not because of fear, but the dart.
"Is it me or… Did she get prettier?" I hear a second voice say as the first shadowed body begins to stroke my face with the backside of his knuckles.
"She has… But it appears that she's still got some fight in her…" I struggle to keep myself awake as he continues stroking my face "Sh, don't fight it… That's it. Just give in to the sweet slumber of sleep…" The last thing I feel is my bloodied hand go limp as I fall asleep.
(No One's P.O.V.)
Once the thugs arrive at the enormous estate, Akihito carries Emma's limp body bridal style as he orders someone to bring their doctor.
"Don't just stand there, someone open the door!" he says annoyed as he positions Emma's head to rest on his chest. One of the men quickly opens the door as he walks inside a huge and beautifully decorated room. He gets on the bed as he gently places her on the center and removes her shoes at once.
"Hey boss…" One of the men ask while holding a burner phone.
"What?" he asks annoyed as the doctor comes in and goes to fix Emma's hand.
"The boys want to know when's the meeting date" he says as he leans on the doorframe "She's pretty cute Boss. Mind if I play-" a knife is thrown above his head "Geeze! I was just kidding"
"No one touches her, understood?" the whole gang nod their heads, including the scary one's "The meeting will be in three days at noon"
Once they leave, Akihito stares at Emma breathing softly as he moves her bangs and removes the bandage. Nothing appears to be wrong, but he slowly lifts up the eyelid to reveal a faded color eye. A teardrop falls onto her cheek as he closes it again, the doctor doesn't dare speak knowing that there might be a possible consequence.
"I'm so sorry…" he rests his forehead against hers, which surprises the doctor "… I should've been protecting you… I didn't mean to hurt you…"
When the doctor pulls up Emma's sleeves, he gasps at the sight of the scars.
"Sir… I don't mean to interrupt, but… Was this here the last time you saw her?" the young doctor asks as Akihito lifts his head and sees scars that he hasn't seen before.
Without thinking, he takes out another knife and rips off her shirt to reveal her scars all over her body. His eyes widen, as a memory comes to his head.
(Flashback)
"Hey Emma? What's with those circle scars?" asks a young Akihito.
"Oh… It's nothing…" she laughs sheepishly while faking a smile.
(Out of Flashback)
"She didn't have these scars before…" he sits up and storms out from the room "Tell me when the drug wears off!"
"Sir, the drugs were fired late tonight, she probably won't wake up until noon tomorrow" the long dark blue haired doctor says as he reads the notes he was writing down "Also, it appears that she was darted on an empty stomach. So, she still may be weak when she does wake up…"
"Understood… What you saw earlier… You didn't see at all… Understood?" Akihito asks sternly.
"Understood sir…" the doctor says as he begins to wrap a bandage around Emma's hand.
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