Prologue
One day on the street, Himiko Toga comes across an old man that may have fallen asleep against a wall.
Baggy clothing, looks like a husk, hair looks like it's falling out.
Himiko has done mercy killings before. She even buried someone on a beach somewhere.
So she slinks next to him, knife in hand, licking her lips of their natural anesthetic.
Himiko Toga leaps.
She lands and slashes his neck wide open, biting as the blood spray sputters.
Himiko gets a gulp down her throat before she's thrown.
The old man tasted of rageless fire and joy.
The wall felt like brick and a concussion.
The old man grabs her by the throat before she could even hit the floor.
All Might throttles her.
The clothes are a costume.
His eyes are pained and animal panic.
His throat is ripped asunder.
Himiko realizes she's going to be responsible for killing All Might.
A ragged cough drops the girl from his fingers, as All Might checks his own throat for injury.
Himiko watches as he falls, trying to move and failing, trying to run and stumbling, trying to call out and rasping.
Himiko doesn't know when she moved but she does, stopping next to the man and trying to pick him up.
Himiko Toga is a serial killer.
She kills the people she eats.
She just killed All Might.
The Symbol of Peace.
This is not okay.
This is NOT OKAY.
Himiko Toga catches All Might as he starts deflating, the smoke emitting from his body obscuring the alley and trash.
"No no no no no no no no nonononono""
Himiko doesn't know who she's begging.
The body trembles, trying to breath. Blood splatters with each breath, his eyes unfocussed, darting around in a search for something. His legs shake from the effort of moving, his arms grab at Himiko as she tries to help him.
Finally he lays limp.
Someone sobs.
Someone's god is dead.
Himiko rolls him over so he can see the sky.
Instead he looks at her.
Accepting.
An unsteady hand caresses Himiko.
"Please... Be... Good..."
She nods.
There's a fire burning in her now.