The Silent Face

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"This quirk got inserted into you, forcefully." said All Might, the darkness in his eyes deepening in deadly seriousness, and his blue irises shining brighter than usual.

I gulped.

'Inserted... forcefully?

What's the meaning of this?!

Is that even possible?!'

"All Might-sensei, I don't understand... how can a quirk be... inserted into someone in the first place...?" I asked, confused.

The tension in the room grew heavier, and the atmosphere turned dark all of a sudden.

"I am not sure about this yet but...

Do you remember that thing we fought in the U.S.J?" he asked, his tone conveying the heavy weight of his words.

'The… Nomu…?'

"It was originally a normal man, but he got genetically modified to become able to carry multiple quirks."

My palms started sweating, and it was gradually becoming harder to breathe.

I kind of understood where he was going with this, I just did not want to believe it.

"But sensei... how do you know that I am the same as… that thing?"

'If he believes that I got Dark Blood inserted into me, like… that Nomu… he must at least know someone who had this exact same quirk…'

"My passive quirk, Dark Blood... do you know of someone who had it before...?" I asked warily, hoping to hear a no.

'Could it be…

Could it be that person wearing a suit, with the demon-like presence that I keep seeing in my dreams…?'

Sensei's bright blue irises disappeared under the shadow of his eyes. This time, he did not want to answer my question.

'Oh…

So all this time…'

"Yes," he paused briefly,"in the records of the past... during a dark era, when a malicious, and very powerful villain ruled over all Japan, there was a person who served him as his right hand- a villain who had the same quirk as the passive one of yours." He explained, his words falling onto me like a bucket of ice cold water.

'Whenever I lost control, and every time someone got hurt…'

"...This explains why it is so hard to control, but do not worry...! Aizawa-kun and I are working day and night to find a solution, so everything will be alright. More importantly..."

Sensei continued on, but his voice died in my ears. I could not hear him anymore.

'Every single time… all I was doing was following this villain's footsteps, just like he told me I'd do…

How was I so blind…?!'

I stood up abruptly, confusing the two in the room.

"I am sorry. I should leave now. Thank you very much for your time, sensei, Midoriya." I excused myself, my voice lifelessly respectful.

All Might was taken aback, and stopped mid sentence, his eyes wide. "Sorry, sensei" I apologized quietly, then turned without adding a word and started walking away.

Midoriya, growing more anxious than he already was during this conversation, stood up, put a hand on my shoulder, making my steps halt. He immediately yelled with a of desperance in his tone: "Todoroki-san please wait!"

I simply said without turning: "It is okay, Midoriya. Thank you."

Just like that, I slid-open the door, and exited the room, blocking the remaining background voices away by taking steady steps away from All Might's room.

'You were happy with that small change you had in your life, weren't you?

You thought: I have new friends, a caring teacher, and a new best friend. My brother was getting closer to me again, my mother accepted me and started smiling again, and I was becoming closer to my dream...

You thought that everything will be alright, that everything will turn out perfect… at least this one time.

You ignored your curse, you forgot how dangerous you are… that you could hurt others at any given moment…

You forgot the monster you always have been… the monster you were always holding inside…

And monsters, get no happy endings.'

Bakugou P.O.V, after school:

'FINALLY! I WILL GET MY REMATCH TODAY!'

I thought, unable to hide the smirk on my face. I was thrilled as hell, and wanted to kick some ass real quick. I stood in front of the school's building, waiting for the Icy-hot and her twin.

'Speak of the devil.'

She came out of the school's gates. Her demeanor, just like after the lunch break, was gloomy as f*ck. She was not even faking it as she usually does. Her face was coldly neutral, instead of wearing herusual rainbow and flowers smile. Apparently, she left the classroom before the Half and Half bastard.

In a moment, she reached my side, greeted me with a small and fake smile, then simply said "let's go".

'She is pissing me off. She is just like that damn nerd Deku, acting as if everything is fine and okay, when it clearly is not!'

I tched as I turned my back to her, not bothering to add a word.

'I will show her who is best here. No, I will show her how a true winner should be.'

I took a step forward, planning to continue on to plant Gamma, however...

"Hello." An extremely annoying and calm, but surprisingly not so cold voice came from behind me.

"Oh! Hi Shinsou- kun." Hikoori responded a bit surprised, but the well hidden gloom still dominated her overall demeanor.

'What is he doing here now!'

"What are you doing here?! We have serious business going on so don't get in our way!"

The purple headed shit did not pay me any mind. He did not even look in my direction.

"Where are you going?" He simply asked Hikoori, as if I had not said anything.

My blood boiled with anger so much that I could feel my veins popping on my forehead.

"Listen, this is none-" I was going to spit out, however the Icy-Hot interrupted me: "we are going to plant gamma. We have planned to have a spar" she answered him.

I grit my teeth and groaned.

'Is she f*cking ignoring me too!'

This thought... It made my blood boil even more.

"Yes, so do not get in our way, shitty scarf boy!" I grabbed Hikoori and dragged her behind me, as I proceeded to Plant Gamma.

She yelped in surprise then said: "B-Bakugou wait!"

I tched, paying her no mind, and continued walking without a halt.

'You said you would have a spar with me, and now you listen to this shitty brat?!'

I did not like the fact that she preferred to talk to this annoying extra more than sparring with me, and hated the fact that she did not fight back if she actually did not want to go with me.

'I can put up with Deku's 'nice' shit, but her, I will teach her a lesson instead!'

Knowing full well that she had a concerned and surprised expression, I did not turn to look at her. Instead, I continued dragging her along, while taking note of not being too forceful.

'Tch! As if I would!'

"Hey, angry face." The "Shinsou" called me.

"What the hell do you-" I yelled in response. Just like that, my whole body numbed, and my mind clouded.

Shinsou P.O.V, a while ago:

'I wonder where Hikoori is… Aizawa- sensei and I did not find her in the library when we went back from training…'

I did not want to admit it, but I was a bit worried. Usually, she would text me when she finishes the task given to her by Aizawa senei if we were not training together. Today, she did not. To add on to it, we did not find her where she was supposed to be to begin with.

'As Aizawa sensei was escorting me back to my class, we met a fragile looking man; his name was Yagi, I recall. He was very nervous, and mentioned discussing something with Hikoori to sensei. Upon hearing this, sensei's face darkened and showed pure annoyance.

Something is not right. I know it.'

I took another turn down the hall, after checking if she was in her class.

She was already gone.

I kept speeding my steps until I reached the outside of the building.

'Sensei told me that if I could not reach 1-A while she was still in the classroom, I would find her outside the school's gates.'

I did find her. She was meeting up with the arrogant angry head. They talked briefly, then started walking.

Her face… it was neutral, in opposition to her usual quiet-but-bright demeanor. I understood what that expression meant, I have spent enough time with her to know that this is definitely not how she usually is.

'Whatever she is going to do, she is not happy with it.'

That brat is not getting it too. He is dragging her along without taking note of that.

'If he does not get it, I will make him do then.'

I approached them to make my presence known.

"Hello." I said in my usual tone, just a little bit softer.

The two turned their heads, and at that moment I noticed that he was holding her hand a bit too forcefully for my liking.

'This guy has zero consideration…!'

"What are you doing here?!" He spat venomously, pressing a bit more on the 'you'.

"we have serious business going on, so don't get in our way!" He continued yelling at me, making it clear that he does not want me around, that if the scowl already present on his face was not enough to tell.

I paid him no mind though, my precious energy should not be wasted on such needless arguments, that won't be fruitful in any way, anyways.

"Where are you going?" I asked Hikoori monotonically, without sparing him a glance.

"Listen, this is none-" The angry head was planning to start another tantrum, however Hikoori interrupted him, explaining: "we are going to plant gamma. We have planned to have a spar..."

'I see… this is what it was. She is in a bad mood apparently, and as far as I know, she dislikes sparring in such a situation. I know that since we have sparred quite a lot during our training together.'

Just as I opened my mouth to say that Aizawa sensei wants to see her, the angry head blurted out in my face:

"Yes so do not get in our way, shitty scarf boy!" he said, grabbing Hikoori and dragging her behind him, which caused her to yelp in surprise.

'This is ridiculous. He is just like a child.'

I rolled my eyes, activating my quirk.

'He is easily irritable so I can just call him a name and he will lose his shit.'

"Hey, angry face." I called him monotonically.

'3, 2, 1 …'

"What the hell do you-" he yelled in response, only to fall under my quirk.

"Now let go of Todoroki-san, and go back to your house." I ordered him, and his lifeless form obeyed.

"Shinsou why did you-" Hikoori was about to protest, but I grabbed her hand and gently guided her, saying: "sensei wants to see you."

'Sorry Hikoori… this is the only way to ensure you will come along. No convincing would have worked out to make you let go of that spar, since it involves one of your friends…'

She let go of my hand and halted her steps, frowning.

"It did not have to be done this way, Shinsou-kun." She said, her eyes showing a hint of anger.

I pursed my lips, then replied: "I did this because it was the only way to get you to come along. If I hadn't, you wouldn't have come to meet Aizawa-sensei. I am sorry, but I simply had to."

She was taken aback by my words, and her frown deepened. She was not willing to accept my method, but did not argue nonetheless.

'I know it hurts her, but it is the truth. It is better to be honest than to sugarcoat things.'

We continued our walk to sensei's office, Hikoori a few steps behind me. She was quieter than usual. Her silence was… not like it usually is; not peaceful, calm or quiet… more like a thick, choking silence.

'What on earth has happened that made her like this? Why is she so off…'

Despite this "observation", I was not intending to approach her. It was simply not the right time. Even an idiot would know that. All I had to do now was to take her to sensei, and he would surely be able to handle the situation.

We took a turn inside the school's building, then walked straight to Aizawa sensei's office. I glanced back at Hikoori, and she was zoning out. I sighed and moved my gaze, worry seeping into my mind.

'Do not lose your focus Hitoshi, you know Aizawa-sensei will take care of it.'

Soon we were met by sensei's closed office doors. I knocked, only to hear a monotone "come in" coming from inside. I stepped aside to let Hikoori enter the office, which she did after giving me a small nod and saying "thank you".

She slid open the office doors, and got inside, disappearing from my sight.

I sighed, and walked away in silence, still unable to brush my worry away.

A.N:

Ok so... I really want to apologise for this huge delay. I was really stressed during the past period. I thank you all for your tremendous patience TT

I do not know if I will be able to update regularly, but I will try my best to do so. I am not planning on dropping this story, and it will go throug some fixing.

I would like to heat about your speculation on this chapter and on how the story will continue on in general!

I hope you all stay safe and have a great day or night, wherever you are! :3