Soul Marked
Chapter Nine
Fracture
So guys this chapter I put my all into it! I bled my very being into every word. Honestly it's my favorite so far, and I hope you guys love it as much as I do! Also I had a totally different ending for it but I'll explain on that more later!
I also want to warn you guys that I plan on making a Assassination Classroom story later on, that I will be writing on the day after this story is updated since I take that time off to just step back away from Soul Marked. I do it so I don't over work myself on it and then come to halt because I've got writer's block and can't stand to think of anything Boku no hero Academia related. No one wants that!
This chapter was edited by my amazing beta: Whatisthiswitchery.
Her eyes were stuck on the light blue-haired villain, his hands came up to grip at his head, the news he was given didn't sound good if his actions were anything to go by.
"It's game over man!" his voice began to rise, carrying over to their group. "It's game over for now." Kaminari's eyes widened his grip on her arm loosened as his eyes shown confusion.
"Does that mean he's leaving?" he asked. "Are we going to be fine?" The man began to scratch as his throat, the shaking of his body and his choppy movements easily seen from where she was crouching in her hiding spot.
"We're leaving!" he yelled as he began to spin around.
"Why would they do that?" Midoriya asked her eyebrows scrunched together as she began to stare over at the group of villains. "They had planned on killing All Might."
"Who cares if he's actually leaving!" Kaminari said sounding more relieved than before. Izuka couldn't get over the fact that they had came here to kill All Might. They had a plan, one that they were determined to do. Now out of nowhere they wanted to leave? None of it made sense, she began to grow uneasy.
There was a bad feeling building inside of herself.
"I don't think we should stick around," Izuka said. She was beginning to panic. "We should go." She grabbed Kaminari's hand tugging at it.
"Hey," he said. "You sure? I mean he's leaving right? We can go get Aizawa-sensei."
"I'm with Midoriya on this," Aoyama said feeling fear gripping his chest. The villain stopped his head cocked to the side in their direction. She felt her body go stiff but her tugging on Kaminari's hand became more desperate.
"No, Kami," she said with a frown. "We need to leave." A finger pointed at the three of them. A grin hidden by the hand spread across his face as he twirled the finger in the air.
"Before that let's have some fun, and leave a few dead kids," he croaked out as his body lunged forward, dashing toward where Izuka and her friends were crouching. "To wound the pride of the Symbol of Peace!"
Izuka's eyes widened, her mind flashing back to when she saw what he gripped in his hand begin to crumble and turn to dust. She couldn't allow for him to touch anyone, they would be dead in a matter of seconds.
The man reached out his hand grabbing for Kaminari's face, but Izuka panicked using her hand that already clutched the blonde's arm to tug him away, causing her friend to stumble and fall. The villains hand gripping at air, missing his target by only inches.
A single red eye stared into the emerald ones of Izuka, a smile cracking at his lips as he stared intently into her face. A gleeful laugh escaped his lips, the sound choppy and insane, it held no real emotion, and sounded hollow to her ears.
"Oh!" he said excitedly. His hand coming up to scratch at his neck, his head cocking to the side as he took her in. "Aren't you just so cool." His voice had lowered until it could be barely heard by the end of the sentence. The smile never leaving his face under the mask, as he began to wag his finger at her.
She could feel the nervousness fill her gut as his eyes bore into her own. His expression caused her stomach to knot up and she couldn't help but feel like he was missing some of his sanity.
"Go, Denki, Aoyama, run," she whispered to the two friends beside her. She couldn't force her voice up above a whisper, her throat no longer cooperating as she gritted her teeth.
"You kept me from killing someone," he hissed his finger stopping midair, as the smile slid into a sneer. His crimson eye glinted with killer intent. Her body began to shake but she shoved the two away and pulled back her arm, calling One for All to it, her muscles screaming out against the strain it put on them.
She was tired from her overuse of the quirk back in the mountain region, but she couldn't let this guy hurt anyone else, especially not the two with her. One touch and they'd be gone, one touch and she'd be done for.
"Leave him alone!" she yelled as she darted forward, the small space between them vanishing within seconds. The blue-haired guy reared back, surprised that she had the guts to attack him. Letting her fist fly forward her eyes widened as a mass appeared in front of her, the speed at which it moved startling.
Her heart was beating inside of her chest. One slip up and she would get hit, the power of that Nomu could kill her instantly.
Crouching, she used the momentum that was already pushing her body forward to fling herself at the feet of the Nomu. The creature was big, fast, powerful, she didn't believe she could take it on by herself. She was only able to use a small percentage of her quirk, she had no chance to beat this massive thing.
It didn't seem to be that intelligent, following the orders that the handsy guy gave out. She could possibly get around it, and keep the handsy guy occupied from giving orders out. She just had to make herself annoying enough to focus all of his attention on her.
Darting between it's feet she flung herself forward grabbing at the cloth of the guys shirt. She kept an eye trained on his hands, ready to flee at any moment he went to swipe at her. Using One For All she swung her hand aiming to cause him to fly away, but her grip faltered as he tugged his body back. The force of her arm causing him to only stumble a few feet away, instead of across the plaza as she had first aimed but it was enough.
The man steadied himself, his eyes narrowing at her increasingly annoying form. "Look at you!" he yelled out in anger, his finger scratching at his neck more intensely now. She brought back her arm, One for All still powered up and let it fly forward.
"Smash!"
Growling he darted out of the way, catching the end of her power as it caused him to slide across the cement floor coming to a stop by the fountain.
"That's quite a move," he mumbled out. "With a 'Smash' too, say are you a fan of All Might?" Darting forward Izuka went for another hit, his hand coming up to block her causing her eyes to widen. She had to think fast. Her body went limp dropping to the floor, his hand barely grazing her hair, what touched slowly crumbled away.
A gasp left her mouth as she stared up at him horrified. His crimson eyes glared back down at her but, his expression had softened. He stood over her his lanky body slightly bowed as he glanced down at her.
"Hey, you're pretty good," he said with a nod. That annoying scratching sounding once more. "I could use a girl like you at my side. Your quirk is interesting, and oh how it would piss All Might off if I had one of his students." His eyes shined as his hand came down to grab at her shirt.
She tugged back leaning away from him but his grip on her clothing kept her from moving forward. All but one finger held her close to him, this she expected was the reason why the material wasn't crumbling away.
"What d'yah say girly," he said dragging her forward, her nose inches from his own. Her forehead lightly grazed the end of the hand on his face. She could feel her whole body shaking with the fear that gutted her like a knife. She swallowed thickly but her words refused to leave her lips. She was immobile, frozen beyond belief, as she stared into hollow eyes.
"Come on girl, fear got your tongue?" he cackled as he shook her a little. His arm didn't even strain as he held her up. Her eyes darting down to his hand as she silently prayed he wouldn't connect that last finger.
"Fear not!" a loud voice yelled out as the doors to USJ burst open causing everyone's eyes to dart to where the intruder stood. "I am here!" Hope flooded her chest, the effects of fear keeping her body from moving began to fade away as she struggled to pull his fingers from her costume.
His grip stayed tight, his fists clenching harder at the entrance of the man he had been waiting for. A giggle escaped his lips as a smile spread across his face. He pulled Izuka closer, her face forced into the hand on his face. She winced as it dug into her face, her eyes clenched closed to keep it from gouging out her eyes.
She froze as the finger that was left inched closer. She refused to move a muscle not wanting it to connect with the others.
"Let the girl go," All Might said his eyes staring at the girl who dangled under the villains grip. Moving her head to the side Izuka could barely make out All Might's face between the sweat and tears that pooled at her eyes.
He wasn't smiling!
Her legs loosely kicked hoping for this guy to drop her.
"I've been waiting hero!" the man said gleefully his eyes darting between the girl and the number one hero. "I've grown quite attached to your student here, we've bonded while we waited for you. I'm thinking of keeping her."
Izuka stiffened as her gaze locked onto the blue eyes of her favorite hero, the green in her own darker than normal with the fear that raced through her veins. She was afraid to struggle too much, he could always connect that last finger at any second as soon as she annoyed him and end her. She could feel the material of her clothing stretching with the weight and length of time he had been holding her up.
There was a boom, and All Might had disappeared, he was just a blur barely even able to be seen as he took out villains on his way to Aizawa-sensei. Leaning down he checked his pulse, finding a faint one there, and lifted him in his arms, knowing he had to get him away from the battle zone. His life depended on it.
In a flash he deposited the unconscious body into the arms of Aoyama and Kaminari.
"You two take him and get him out of here," All Might said his eyes glinting as he turned around his attention on Izuka. He had to get her back next, but this would have to be dealt with delicately. The man seemed interested in the girl but that interest could evaporate easily with his own gain overshadowing her worth.
Any wrong move on his part and Midoriya's life would be in danger.
"Get her back, All Might," Kaminari said his eyes wondering over to Izuka before he grabbed and lifted Aizawa's shoulders, Aoyama getting his legs.
Both boys quickly walked off, making their way over to where a couple of their other classmates were already watching the scene in front of them. Ochaco looked like she was about to cry, her gaze intently on Izuka, who was still being dangled in the air.
As they joined the small group Bakugo, Kirishima, and Ashido appeared. The hot-head grunted as he landed next to Kaminari, eyeing his teacher that they were gently laying on the ground. His gaze then settled on Ochaco who finally had tears falling down her cheeks.
"AngelFace," he said gaining her attention. "What the hell are you crying about?" She only shook her head, her voice not working.
"Iz-chan is down there," Kaminari said his face hard. He hadn't wanted to leave his friend down there, had wished he could have done something to stop her from starting a fight with the blue-haired man to begin with.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Bakugo hissed as he began to quickly search the plaza area, only to freeze, when his eyes landed on the girl in question. His heart stopped, he had suspected that she would have been in this area, but never in the danger she had found herself in. He could feel the blood in his veins freeze as he gasped for air.
"Bakubro," Kirishima said. "You ok, man?"
"Fucking fine," he growled out. "How the hell did she get stuck with the asshole!?"
"By saving my ass," Kaminari said his eyes falling to the ground. "Now the man is interested in her. Told All Might he didn't want to give her up."
Bakugo's hands tightened at his side, the fists turning white with how much pressure he applied. Small explosions went off in the palm of his hands.
Izuka gasped as the handsy man set her down to her feet, only for his hand to move to her throat, pulling her into the crook of his arm, as he held her close. She could count four fingers pressed tightly to the back of her neck.
"An interesting student you have here All Might," the man said his voice scratchy as he used his free hand to give her a four finger pat on her head. "She idolizes you greatly, her quirk is used similarly to your own. I could use someone like her on my side."
"I think you should give her back," he said the smile having not returned to his face. "It's not very courageous to take a girl hostage."
"Ah, that's where you're wrong," handsy said excitedly as he began to wave his free hand around, before settling it to scratch at his face where the hand mask didn't cover. "I quite like her! She's no hostage."
Growing tired of getting nowhere All Might lunged forward, trying to use his speed to grab Izuka and dart away with her, but handsy had seen that coming. With a flick of his wrist five villains flashed in front of them, All Might averting to take them down.
The man holding onto her tightly laughed in glee, the grip on her neck tightened to the point she began to gasp for air. Her hand reached up desperately to pull his fingers from digging into her throat, highly aware not to knock into his other one.
"Throwing punches to save people… ha ha ha. That's our state-sponsored violence. You're fast. Too fast to keep up with, but not as fast as expected. Could it really be true? That you're getting weaker?" His fingers lessened their grip as she took several large breaths of air, her throat whistling as the air moved through it.
She could feel the bruises forming and knew that later she would be black and blue.
"All Might," she said her voice scratchy and hoarse. She watched as he breathed in, a smile crossing over his features as their eyes connected. She couldn't help but notice the smile never reached his eyes.
"Have no fear, I am here," he said his gaze never leaving her own before he moved once more, blurring, pushing himself faster than before. He was desperate to reach her, this was Midoriya, the kid who had wiggled her way into his heart, and settled there without a care. She was someone precious, and he would not lose her too. "Carolina!"
"Nomu," handsy said calmly. The huge mass of creature was between them and All Might in a second, taking the full force of the power that was sent toward their direction. Rearing backwards All Might barely missed being punched by the monster as he tried to counter with one of his own.
"Seriously no effect at all?" he muttered. He could feel the desperation to get to the scared girl pull heavier at his chest, but first he had to get by this creature.
"No effect because he's got Shock Absorption," handsy said explaining the Nomu. "If you want to really damage Nomu, you'd be better off slowly ripping him apart, piece by piece, not that he'll give you the chance."
Izuka's eyes widened as they fought. She knew, and was probably one of the only other person who did, that All Might was running on fumes. He had hit his limit for the day.
She thought back to when All Might smiled at her. Her thoughts moving to what he had once said to her.
The reason I smile is to stave off the overwhelming pressure and fear I feel.
She winced when the Nomu pinned him having used the warp to appear underneath All Might as he suplexed him to the ground. His fingers dug into the wound that he had at his side, blood sliding down his face.
"All Might!" she screamed tears running down her cheeks. Her body was shaking again, and behind her handsy was gaining enjoyment from the events playing out. Seeing him while he was down handsy decided to grind it in some more.
"You know, I might just leave you alive. Let you watch me take away your student and live with the fact that I took her, corrupted her, and then allowed her to take your life. Her quirk is promising, with a little pushing, I bet she could take you."
Boom
Boom
Boom
Her heartbeat was pounding in her chest. It was the only thing she could hear after handsy saying his new plan. She couldn't let this happen, she would never be used against him. He was Toshi, the man she looked up too, her teacher, he had become a important figure in her life. She wouldn't just kill him like this crazy person thought. She could never be talked into doing that.
All Might began to struggle more, the hand digging into his wound worse than before. He ignored that, it wasn't important, getting to the girl was. He grunted as he tried pushing from the creature with all his might.
"Izu-girl!"
"So I heard you people are here to kill All Might," a voice called out, ice darting out from a foot. Izuka's eyes widened, fear and hope filling her. On her right she felt the air shift as someone went to grab at her, but handsy had felt the same shift, and stepped back pulling her with him. She stumbled but righted herself, that dangerous finger having grazed her skin.
A yelp left her lips as for a split second she had felt her skin begin to decay. Tears sprang up at her eyes as she went rigid, not daring to move.
Kirishima flashed in front of them, the person who had tried to sneak rescue her. "Crap, I almost had her," she could hear him say as he spun around to look at her. His eyes widened at the expression on her face. Bakugo had given him the job to grab her but he had missed.
Bakugo himself had gone after the warp quirk guy knowing that if Kirishima had failed their best bet on getting Izuka back was to get All Might freed.
"Give her back you fucker," he growled out as he shoved the face of the warper into the ground, grinding it into the cement in his anger.
"Scum like you could never kill the Symbol of Peace," Todoroki said his eyes taking in the girl and the now freed hero.
"Kacchan," she barely muttered under her breath, fearful of handsy hearing her call his name. Tears spilt down her cheek as she kept staring into the face of her childhood friend, remembering the day he had been caught by the villain. She had done everything in her power to get to him, to free him, and in that moment, staring into those familiar crimson eyes, she knew he would too.
All Might had slipped from the Nomu's grip thanks to Todoroki freezing only the creature. Gripping his side he set his eyes on the man holding Izuka.
"Ah, you've pinned down our way out," he hissed, the fingers slowly tightening in his agitation. She could feel the panic as that fifth finger moved as well. "Well this causes a problem."
"Don't fucking move," Kacchan hissed at the villain under his hand. "If you decide to do anything, I'll blow you straight to kingdom come!"
"That's not very hero-like dude," Kirishima said turning slightly toward him.
"I don't fucking care!" Bakugo yelled his eyes ablazed. "They took her!"
"Not only have you beaten our level," handsy said having seemed to calm down in the short period of time, all his fingers tapping against her skin. All five of them never landed at the same time but she could feel the sweat pulling at her brow, anticipating the pain to come. "Today's kids really are something, our league of villains should be ashamed! But my girl here outshines you all!" His eyes danced over to where the Nomu was still at. "Nomu take out the explosive brat. We need our escape route back, I wanna take my prize and leave."
Izuka's eyes widened in panic for Bakugo. Not daring to move she stared over at where the spiky blonde kneeled. Her eyes darted back to where the Nomu had pulled himself from the ice, snapping off one of his arms in the process. Izuka blanched at the sight, flinching at the crack it made.
"Get back!" All Might yelled throwing his arm back at the students. "You said his quirk was shock absorption!"
"I didn't say that was all," handsy laughed, his glee racing back as he laid his hand gently on her neck. His arm splaying across her shoulders in almost a friendly way, if he wasn't inches from killing her, or her friends. "This is his hyper-regeneration. Nomu is a super powered living sandbag designed to withstand everything you've got."
The Nomu struck out, the hit going straight for Bakugo, she could barely make out what had happened but her heart had skipped a beat upon realizing who it was aimed for.
"Kacchan," she whispered her breathing erratic as she searched through the dust for his form. He had to be ok!
All Might dashed forward, pushing Bakugo out of the way and taking the hit, his body slamming into the wall several feet away.
"Saving a comrade," handsy grunted out. She stumbled back as his arms waved in the air, causing her body to be forcefully moved along with his wide gestures. "Violence in the name of saving others, admirable, huh. Isn't it, hero? You know what, All Might. That pisses me off!" He flung her forward, a grunt leaving her lips at the action, as his arms spread out wide.
She used this action to try to tug herself away but he only tightened his hold, barely grazing her with his last finger, causing pain to flare up in her neck. The feeling worse beyond anything she had ever felt, blood could be felt running down her collarbone. She panted against the pain.
He continued on with his speech barely showing that she had tried to escape. The only sign was annoyance in the tone of his voice that wasn't there before.
"Heroes and villains both thrive on violence, but we're still categorized. 'You're good'. 'You're evil'. That's how it is!" His free hand came up to sweep the hair from his face. "Symbol of Peace, hah! In the end you're just a tool for violence, made to keep us down! Violence only breeds more violence. I'll show the world that by turning her, and then killing you!"
She could hear the guys talking about attacking, helping All Might, that they had the villains outnumbered. Her fear from earlier gripping her tightly, Kacchan couldn't get hurt, these people would kill him. Though she mustn't give away who he was too her. They'd use him against her.
It was sad, she knew that, but if they found out who he was, and told her to choose between Kacchan living, or him dying, she would kill whoever it took to keep him safe. Tears ran down her face at that thought. All Might had become so much to her, but even he couldn't ask her to spare his life for someone like Kacchan. She would turn a villain, if that's what it took. He had to stay a secret, most heroes dealt with this problem, there had been a few in the past to be used by villains in that way, because there greatest secret was found out.
"Get out of here!" All Might yelled at the boys throwing his hand out to stop them.
"Things wouldn't have gone so well if I hadn't stepped in," Todoroki said. "We still have to get Midoriya out of there."
"Right you are Todoroki!" All Might said sending him a smile that once again didn't make it to his eyes. "Thanks for that! But fear not! Sit back and watch a pro get serious!"
"Nomu," handsy said. " Kurogiri take him, I've got the girl." He sent them off with the flick of his hand. All Might dashed forward meeting Nomu in the middle, their clashing strengths causing a burst of energy. Izuka's hair slapped her in the face as the gush of air moved around her.
She could feel the irritation and anger moving off of handsy in waves behind her. He had begun to tap once more, she found that it was a game to him, watching her tense at the thought that he could just clamp his whole hand down and she'd fade away. She wondered if his new plan would be enough to keep her alive if All Might won.
He flashed forward, his hits attacking the Nomu faster than before, not allowing him any time to strike back. She could see the blood spilling from his lips, he was giving it his all in these final moments, hitting him with 100% every single punch.
"A Hero's always ready to smash through trouble!" He darted forward once more, his hand slamming forward with all his might. "Tell me, villain. Do you know the meaning of-" His punch landed, the powerwave shooting the Nomu up through the air. "Plus Ultra!"
The Nomu crashed through the ceiling. All Might clutched at his side, his body turning to stare at handsy, his legs shaking slightly.
"Well, villain," All Might said his gaze piercing him. "How about you hand over the girl and we finish this?"
Handy's grip tightened around her neck causing a scream to escape her lips as his quirk activated, the scream dying down to a gurgling as handsy released his grip, realizing what he had done in anger. "You cheated!" With his free hand he desperately scratched at his neck, his gaze darting at the girl his other hand was wrapped around. The blood flowed freely from her neck, her skin a strange black color, and her emerald eyes hazy with pain.
Through the haze of pain Izuka could tell he was beginning to lose his hold on sanity. He was thinking less about not hurting her, and more on the scene in front of them. She could feel the fog in her mind as whimpers escaped her lips.
It hurt! She was barely hanging on. The tears were so bad she couldn't see, not that her mind was letting her concentrate all that well.
"You've weakened?" Handsy said his voice cracking and high pitched. "Not that I can see… we're completely out-matched. How dare you do that to my Nomu." He was beginning to sound more child like to her but she wondered if that was just her mind playing tricks. Her legs were becoming shakier and his grip on her neck was keeping her up at this point.
The pain was faint with how his nails dug into skin that was no longer there. Her mind refused to focus on it.
"You cheated!" He began to scratch in a more desperate way, the noise annoying to her ears, with how close it was to her. "He's not weak at all!" His voice wavered, growing softer now. "They… they lied to me!" His voice screeched on the last word. She swayed but he yanked her closer, causing her to lean into his side to keep her balance.
"Well?" All Might said his voice goading. "Come and get me. If you can take me, then bring it on!" His eyes darted to Izuka who wasn't looking so good at this point. He knew it was crucial to grab her as soon as possible. She had become a pawn, one that this guy didn't seem to want to hand over very easy, but in his anger he had hurt her.
Forcing her eyes open at All Mights words she knew he was saying this just to get handsy to drop her, he was bluffing. The smoke coming off his body was a sign saying that he was at the end of the line. She could tell he was barely hanging on to this form, at any moment it was going to drop and his secret would be out.
"Well?" he called out. "What's keeping you?!" Izuka tried to force her legs to work. The arm around her waist was the only thing keeping her up at this point. She just had to get away, if she could just move! Her eyes rolled into the back of her head when she tried to move, the pain too much. It would have been easy to dart away with the light hold on her, but she knew he wasn't gripping her as tightly anymore because she couldn't move.
She was defenceless, he had made sure of that.
"Nomu!" he had yelled out scratching over and over. "If only we still had him!"
"Tomura Shigaraki, calm yourself," the warp gate quirk guy said. Izuka perked up at the name, forcing herself to remember it for a later date. It could be important if she got out of this mess.
"Yes, yes, yes," Shigaraki muttered as his hold once again tightened on her and he pulled her back a step with him. "Right, right right, we should fall back. The plan has changed, no longer do we kill All Might today. I have what I wanted."
Weakly she tried pulling away, her body just wasn't up for it. The action irritated her wound and screamed at her to stay still, that he jostled her enough as it was every time he moved.
She needed to get away! She had too. This was her last chance.
Her body refused to listen still, her feet barely skimming the floor as Shigaraki pulled her backwards. Her dazed eyes landed on All Might who's own blue eyes were wide with fright, as he stared at the black hole that had appeared behind them, planning on sucking her up and taking her away.
She tried digging her feet into the ground, to put up a fight, but her mind wasn't connecting with the rest of her body. Everything was slowly getting hazier with the loss of blood and pain. Her gaze slid from Toshi, landing on Kacchan instead.
His face was the last one she wanted to see. How she wished she could wipe away the pure panic and anger that was written there. In her daze she could barely feel how her hand lifted shakily in the air, pure will power keeping it there, reaching toward him. Her fingers closed around nothing but air as she watched him desperately dart forward, doing anything to reach her in time.
Behind him were several others all refusing to let her just disappear with the enemy.
A bang vibrated through the air, and Izuka gasped as she felt something hit Shigaraki next to her. The force of the impact causing him to stumble back, his hold loosening on her as the pain registered in his mind. The dark mass was moving around him, swallowing him, but without the support holding her up, she found herself falling through the air, her body hitting the cold cement under her. Collapsing in on herself she felt her cheek hit the ice cold ground.
The sleeve of her hand was pushed up her arm revealing the explosion Mark that was tattooed there. Shigaraki widened his eyes at the loss of her, but his eyes landed on the Mark, and as his body disappeared, a hand reaching out to grab her, he burned that image into his mind's eye.
"No!" he yelled out. "This isn't over! I'm coming back for you!"
The sound of his voice was a dull roar in the back of her head. Her hazy eyes were locked onto where a boy with spiky blonde hair was throwing himself to the ground, his hands hovering over her body too afraid to touch her.
"What the fuck, Koneko!" he yelled as he leaned over her his voice cracking. There was blood caked over her skin, it tugged at the wound uncomfortably, as new blood poured from the openings. His body shook at the sight, the fear he had felt for her still very much alive inside of him. "I can't leave you alone for a single second."
He was randomly yelling out in anger, his way of coping, as he watched her eyes roll repeatedly into the back of her head. His voice was coming and going to her, one second is a buzz, and the next it came back into clear focus, too loud for her ears.
What the pros have to face. What they're up against…
"Do you hear me Koneko?" he yelled once more, but she hadn't heard what he'd been yelling. Everything was a jumbled mess to her.
We were confronted with that far too soon.
"Step back, boy," came a new voice, kinder, and softer. "Let Recovery Girl see her."
This attack would be the start of a greater incident to come, but….
All Might was rushed away, his hold on his form lessening. His eyes darted back to the crumpled form of his predecessor. Worry and guilt building up inside of him. He hadn't been able to save her.
Of course we had no way of knowing that.
So I know that ever last chapter she seems pretty helpless here, but I mean come on, this guys quirk can make her rot away if he touches her with all five fingers. In reality you are told to play along with your kidnappers plan until help arrives if they want to keep you alive, it's your best bet at not dying. Now if they only plan on killing you then yeah go down in a blaze of fire, kick and scream until you get away or you don't I mean your gonna die anyway, try to get out if you can. In this instance that wasn't the correct thing to do. So yes, she stayed still until people could get to her so she didn't die. Even if they had escaped with her she could still have a chance of getting away later.
Now for the alternate ending I had actually planned on Shigaraki leaving with her, but at the last moment I couldn't commit to the idea, I just had another idea for next chapter that couldn't be done if I had went that route and in my mind it was too important to give up.
Please review! I scream a little inside with excitement every time I read them.