My apologies for how late and slow my updates have been. I wanted to get this chapter right and ready. Plus, I was getting as ahead as I could.
Faceless watches the children of Death, Sloth, and Envy. They all have a unique way of dealing with things. Such powerful children have yet to unlock their true potential, although, he hopes to extinguish their flames before that can happen. Each new champion, each generation, has been getting more and more powerful, more and more greedy. With each new face, the Faceless's desire to end them grew.
Oh, how they despise them! They will kill them and destroy the Immortal Beings. They will make them pay!
Like with Macbeth, at first, the thoughts that plagued their mind and dreams, it scared them. Their bloodlust and want had started to take over and they were terrified of what they were becoming. They screamed and cursed the heavens, listened to the voices of fear and judgment—the ones calling out "murder! Thy does murder-sleep!" The Faceless would doubt themself and cry out into the darkness "who goes there? Look no further and pretend you see not my true heart! Go! Save yourself and keep you away from me!" But now, now they have no qualms and no doubts! The ravens had croaked these men and women's deaths! Come high and low, they will slaughter and paint this world red with bloodshed! The obscured avian shall be the only one to witness their true form and horrors! The owl would watch the bloodshed as it would be the one to foretell death!
A smile crosses their face behind the mask, coming up with a plan on how to get the three away from the others and from each other.
Well, there is one way.
But that will be for later.
That will be the last resort.
The Faceless hums and paces. They weren't invited to the masquerade, not like they are surprised. They're always forgotten and outcasted. The other Beings do not care about them. They don't know why! Why are they always left out? Why? What had they done?
"No matter," they whisper, gripping the front of their misty suit with a glare at the floor. "I will end them."
Izuku is acting strangely. Hitoshi can see it in the way he's tense, looking around constantly. "Where's Uraraka?" he asks in a whisper, worrying his bottom lip and fidgeting. Hitoshi grimaces and tells him that she didn't pass. With a sigh, the boy drops his head against Hitoshi's shoulder, shaking with fatigue. The taller male can feel the way he's diminished a lot of energy—how and why? Hitoshi can't really do anything about it since he can only take energy and not give.
"Is he okay?"
"Tired. His energy levels are pretty low. Either from worrying too much and fighting, or using too much of his quirk without realizing it." Hitoshi ran a hand through the green curls until the boy pulled away with a smile.
"YOU!" Everyone turns to the source of the angry voice. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
Yes, what's a killer like you doing here? You show no care or empathy for people. You're a psychopath pretending to be normal. You pretend to feel remorse or any emotion when you're lying to everyone and yourself.
Hitoshi watches as Izuku tenses and hides behind him, staring with wide eyes at the male who makes his way over to them, glaring harshly at the smaller boy. "I-I'm taking my license exams?"
"For what? To be a hero?" Once the male got closer, he gets a better look at the guy. A shock of red and black hair pulled into two braids, black diamond markings against pale skin and running up to his eyes, lime green irises piercing the boy of pale green eyes. He can't tell what the guy's quirk is so he'll have to tread carefully.
The teenager is standing on a bridge. What's going on? There are people crowded around a certain place. They're talking and looking frantic. Did someone jump?
"No, to be a villain," drawls Hitoshi, rolling his eyes. That isn't treading carefully but it's careful in his mind. He keeps a protective stance in front of Midoriya. He knows that the rest of class 1-A are keeping their distance but will jump in if needed.
"He's a murderer!"
Murderer. You killed her. You can't be a hero if you're a murderer. What would All Might think? Hikawa Achara died—you killed her.
The teen sees it now, sees them. A mother holding her baby close and holding onto the railing. She glances down. No. Stop!
He remembers this, this isn't happening now, a memory. This is a memory. Green eyes fall onto the pair, everyone is talking. Midoriya moves closer, trying to talk the woman out of it. Don't do this. Please, don't do this. He's aware of a reaper nearby.
Everything is tense. The static in the air is there due to the anger and overall emotions mixing. Izuku is scared of this teen for something that might not be true. Hitoshi knows that Midoriya would never kill anyone on purpose and the only one he has killed was Hikawa and that was a needed thing, she was supposed to have been dead in the first place.
"I—I'm not," he whispers and Hitoshi can hear the hesitance, the belief that he actually is in the boy's voice. He can't actually believe that? "That was an accident. I had no control over it. She—she did it to herself. I tried to save her."
Don't do it. He remembers that day. He remembers how he pleaded with the woman, how everyone else was trying to help. The screams and cries of terror when the woman let go. The anger and hatred of the husband when he found out. The blame and guilt.
You don't feel guilt. Shut up. I'm telling you the truth, Zuku. Accept it.
"Bullshit! Because of you, my mom and sister are dead!"
Tears well in Izuku's eyes. His mouth opens to argue but he doesn't form the words. That's when Sloth's child intervenes once again. "Leave him alone. Whatever happened wasn't his fault. If you want to blame someone, blame it on the actual person who killed them."
Bakugou gets in front of them, scowling at the extra who dares to accuse his shitty classmate of being a murderer. He may not like him as much, but his anger and hate has dialed down tremendously since the kidnapping and the fight. The nerd died for him and continued to die, there is no way he would kill anyone. The piece of shit doesn't have the backbone to kill anyone. "Leave the nerd alone, you bastard." Before they can continue, the building trembles and the announcer comes over the intercom. A video of the city plays and it is thrown into chaos.
He explains to them about their objectives. Save the citizens and fight the villains. There are certain checkpoints which would be known as rescue centers and infirmaries.
The tension grows back but for different reasons. This is it. They will get their license or they will fail.
Hitoshi glances at his friend, whose face is shadowed, with worry but sighs softly. He wraps an arm around him with reassurance, whispering that they will talk later. It makes it painfully honest why the boy had been so tensed and nervous when they first got here. He had hoped to get out of the confrontation by hiding. It clearly hadn't worked.
Now. Now, they will be tested for their future careers.
Once they see their first objective, Izuku's mood immediately changes. A mask. He calls out to a couple of their classmates who can help while he and Hitoshi take to calming the victims.
Clearly, Izuku isn't the only one acting weird. Todoroki is angrier, sending nasty looks at the Inasa kid and working alone. He deliberately is ignoring Izuku who is asking for his help. Tension is building in class 1-A and Hitoshi doesn't like it. Everything seems to be falling apart. This isn't going well.
Oh, Sloth, what am I going to do for my friends? Hitoshi helps calm the panicking people down, using his champion abilities when he realizes something. They're acting. So, he switches to using calming words. He loses track of his friends. He takes to helping the kids and elderly people who are panicking, helping calm down and getting them to the nearest checkpoint.
It's a lonely dance.
Strangers all around, no friends around.
It's a lonely dance.
Obscured faces all around,
all here for one reason and one reason only.
To die by the hand of the faceless creature,
Who stands in the center.
NEWS REPORT: Dead body found in Ogouichi dam on early morning, Thursday. Investigators say that the body is a victim of the Puzzle Games case. Cause of death has yet to be released and no motive is known.
jaydom02: that's so freaky! Won't be swimming anywhere for a good bit.
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xxblazingsun12xx: There's still no motive? How haven't they figured anything out?
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kaos-king: wasn't there a statement saying that the murders are targeting the hero Sir Nighteye?
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babypanda16: OMG! ur right I wonder why they'd target him ,,,, oh what if he did something to them?
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kaos-king: you think so? Wouldn't that ruin his rep though? Like, he's a hero and he led someone to become a killer. Is he even a good hero?
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cobra10: and yet Endeavor is still hailed as a hero. :/
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xXShimaVixXx: what r u talking about? Endeavor is the best hero!
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jelly_arms: it's horrifying to see what this world is coming to.
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coffeehero-nappingcaterpillar: someone legit said that end**vor is the best hero.
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Kirishima pants softly as he takes to calming down both Bakugou and the civilians. Bakugou is mad that Uraraka didn't pass, saying something is wrong, and the guy from before had pissed the blond off as well. So many actors and so many different scenarios. He hopes that he can pass since he's already been yelled at a couple of times. They all believed that this is all there was to the test.
They were wrong.
Satou is the first to notice. "Aren't there supposed to be villains?"
Shinsou glances at the sugar eater and realization dawns on him. His eyes widen and he pulls one of the children actors close. "Keep an eye out and guard up, but be sure to have a plan at all times in case they attack again."
Hell breaks loose the moment he says it. Villains start swarming the streets.
Many of the students realize something, their true test has begun.
Gang Orca is the leader of the villains, that he notes. This is going to be extremely difficult. Eijirou watches as the villains start reeking havoc upon the civilians and he pánicos. "Midoriya!" Eijirou looks at his green-haired classmate. The teen turns towards him, raising an eyebrow. "What's the plan?"
"Split up our forces. Without Uraraka, we won't have an easy time lifting debris easily. Todoroki and Bakugou aren't going to listen but they're fine since they have their own agenda. Get Satou, Shinsou, Jirou, you four are a team. You all specialize in both rescue and defense. Shoji, Rozu, and Mina are a team. Tsu, Hagakure, Ojirou are a team. Iida! Take Aoyama and Sero! Kaminari, Tokoyami, and I are a team."
Eijirou wonders what kind of team up that is. He doesn't argue, knowing that Midoriya is already under a lot of pressure now. He doesn't understand how anyone can accuse Midoriya of being a murderer, the guy is too young and really manly. He couldn't be a murderer. Child murderers don't exist.
Do they?
No! Even if there are, Midoriya wouldn't—he is too nice and a great person!
"Kirishima!" His eyes snap to Jirou who called his name. "Don't get distracted. There are many injured civilians!"
Eijirou gets into action, helping his teammates to evacuate the civilians while fighting off the villains that came too close. He realizes what Midoriya meant that their team would be flexible. Between helping civilians and fighting villains, they're doing well.
Shinsou's quirk helps calm the civilians down and had villains backing off. If that didn't work, Shinsou's eyes seem to take on a bluish color and the villains tend to drop to their knees in exhaustion. It's terrifying to watch.
Jirou is the same. She finds the trapped civilians and used her quirk to keep the villains at bay. Of course, they have to keep advancing while she takes care of them and then she catches up with them later.
Satou helps in carrying the victims and defending them if needed. He takes on throwing large debris at the villains after making sure there aren't any civilians around.
And himself. Well, he takes on more villains then the others. He shifts between hardening his skin to relaxing it. He doesn't need to overexert himself by keeping his quirk on the entire time. He doesn't tend to carry civilians with his quirk since it can hurt them and he has to act fast or the villains would attack.
Izuku scowls as he fights the villains. He isn't smiling. He wished to be a hero who is able to smile and let people know they were safe. He had wanted a life where he could be hailed as a hero and everyone know they would be safe. The teenager only wants to save people.
He wanted to be like All Might.
The villains attack the civilians without hesitation. Tokoyami is using Dark Shadow as a cover for some of the victims.
But, he realized something the moment he took Hikawa's life.
Kaminari is jamming some of their electronics. He varies his charges, not needing to use so much energy. He helps cover Tokoyami if needed, while helping the injured people. They need to get to the nearest safe zone.
He couldn't be like his favorite hero.
Todoroki isn't listening to reason. Izuku has noticed the competitiveness going between his best friend and that Inasa guy. He knows that if they keep going this way, they will both fail.
All Might is a human with morals.
The boy from before—he doesn't know his name—is glaring at the green-haired boy. They're watching him closely in case he's to slip up. He wants him to slip up. Make everyone realize that he is not who he says he is.
Izuku is a Champion who does as he's told.
A glare at the half-and-half user. He moves to punch him out of the way. Gang Orca had been about to attack the teen and finish him off. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
He can't smile in reassurance.
The bystanders watch as two heroes argue. Izuku berates Todoroki as he gets the other out of the way again. The hypersonic waves are loud. Gang Orca can paralyze them without a problem if they're too close. Izuku notices a child in the way. He shoves his classmate away and reached for the child actor.
But not everyone needs a smile.
Izuku notices the fear on the kid's face as he rushes forward. Gang Orca looks over the kid. The teen takes a deep breath and summons his scythe when he realizes he can't keep his quirk up any longer. He's still at a far distance. Slashing the air, he makes sure it's aimed at Orca. The man is paused in his steps, unable to move. It's obvious that the man is shocked.
It's okay to not smile constantly a force an image to people.
Izuku runs. He only has five minutes. He scoops up the kid and carries him over to the other heroes. He sets him down as the heroes do their job in apprehending the villain. He looks at him with worry. "Are you alright?" he asks then notices the cut on his leg. "Everything will be fine."
Sometimes . . .
He bandages the cut with a cutesy bandage. "Can you stand?"
people just need . . .
The kid stares at him with wide eyes as he holds out a hand.
. . . a hand.
The kid grins and accepts it. He is pulled up. A woman rushes over and picks up the boy, thanking the young hero.
Todoroki watches with wide eyes. He—he lost sight of himself. He acted—he acts just like his father. He forgot who he was and he acted just like that bastard.
Their time is up and they're scores are graded.
Two of them failed this time around.
Bakugou lost a lot of points because of his attitude during his rescues and his inability to cooperate. Despite having his time in trying to manage it, he still failed. He is a failure. He looks over at Kirishima who gives a gentle smile. "I'm a failure," he whispers. His biggest fear has been thrown at him time after time again.
Todoroki lost a lot of points because he was so caught up with Inasa and not about what was going around him. He acted just like his father. He cannot believe this. How could he ever look himself in the mirror again. Momo notices and she tries to hug her friend but the boy wouldn't let her. "I'm just like him," he muttered distastefully.
Midoriya himself. He almost didn't pass. He looks at his grade. By a hair. He wanted to laugh at the sheer irony. He can't be like All Might but he passed by a hair. The announcement is made and everything seems faded. He sways and stumbles into Shinsou. His friend catches him with pure panic. His energy—he can feel it but barely. He's tired. What had he done to overexert himself so much?
Later, on their way to the bus. Midoriya is stopped by the boy from earlier. Shinsou flares his aura to warn the other to step away. His friend gives him a look. "It's fine," he says quietly.
"You're Death's Child and you're Sloth's child."
"It's not fine," he says a little panicked.
The male ombré-haired teen raises his hands in a surrendering way. "I guess not from your stand point. Let me introduce myself, I have to talk to you two."
"We don't care. Not after what you pulled earlier you bastard." Shinsou can hold grudges after all. That's just how he is.
"Hitoshi. Let's hear him out. He knows who we are."
"Fine. You have one minute."
Aizawa is glaring at them from where he speaks with the paramedic. They had found Uraraka knocked out and had been dragged away sometime during the exam. How had no one noticed? They aren't sure and it makes everyone look like fools.
The teen notices the glare from the teacher and sweat-drops. His lime green eyes return back to the duo. "My name's Kita Takara. I know the child of Pestilence. They wish to speak with you. I still hate you two but they're shy so I did this favor for them." He gives them a number and runs off.
"We'll see about that later. Come on, Izuku. You're tired and being interrogated didn't seem to help." Shinsou leads his friend onto the bus where their classmates all are either sleeping from exhaustion or looking concerned. The two failed students are silent.
It has been a long day.
Their journey is just now starting.
Questions? Comments?
Should I keep the news report and stuff? Like the comments on the murders?