All his life, Katsuki had always been the strongest.
Ever since he got his quirk, Katsuki was the one who everyone would focus their attention on, basking in his glory while praising his genius mind and amazing quirk. He was the brave one. The one everyone else looked up to and wanted to be like. The undisputed leader. He was feared by the weak and admired by the strong.
Even after failing to make it into 1-A, he still steamrolled his way to becoming the undisputed number 1 in class B, culminating with a first-place victory in the Sports Festival Tournament. Even if the Half and Half bastard refused to use his full power, Katsuki had still been the victor, proving to the world that his place was as the future's greatest hero.
But right now, caught in this demonic girl's gaze, all Katsuki could feel was how small and insignificant he was compared to her. A stifling pressure was pressing uncomfortably into his chest at the overwhelming aura of sheer power this girl was projecting, all of it directed squarely at him, causing his body to shiver involuntarily in terror.
"O-oi! W-who the f-fuck are you-u?!" Katsuki yelled out angrily at the strange intruder, a demented grin on his face as he threateningly fired off a couple of explosions from his hand, the slight quiver in his voice betraying the fear that was currently gripping his heart. While trying to act cool before this unknown threat, Katsuki's instincts told him that this person would kill him with the greatest of ease and that she was quite willing to do just that.
But what kind of future hero would he be if he backed down from a seemingly impossible challenge?
Golden eyes shifted their gaze downward, their piercing stare glowing ominously in the darkness, looking past the terrified explosion user toward the injured boy behind him. The catlike iris's narrowed dangerously as they roamed over the green-haired boy's prone form, noting the copious amount of scorch marks littering his body, a nasty bruise currently forming over his eye causing it to swell shut.
"H-hey!" Flickering her gaze back to the explosive blonde at his enraged outburst, her fierce glare causing him to shrink back in fear, his whole body going stiff as it refused to obey his orders. "Who do you think you are, ignoring me?!"
Slowly, the terrifying girl started walking toward him, her every step sending a ripple of terror down Katsuki's spine as her golden eyes, filled with unbridled hate, bore deep into his soul with their unflinching glare. The crippling aura only got worse the closer she got to him, threatening to cause him to lose consciousness at any moment.
The girl came to a stop mere inches from his trembling form, staring up at him with hateful eyes, her fearsome presence not diminishing the slightest despite her smaller stature. Katsuki's whole body seized up as the blonde girl stared him down, his bottom lip quivering fearfully, hot tears stinging his eyes as they streaked unbridled down his face.
Toga wanted to hurt him. She wanted to repay him tenfold for the 11 years of torture and pain he had inflicted upon her beloved Izu-kun, something she had hoped would be gone after she had removed him from the green-haired boy's life. So finding him here, with a bruised and battered Izuku lying at his feet, made the rage within the godlike girl boil to a fever pitch, every fiber in her being wanting nothing more than to see the foul-mouthed boy from 1-B suffer at her hands.
A strained cough from behind the frightened boy caught Toga's attention, her gaze snapping toward the injured boy, worry shining in her golden eyes. Izuku was feebly gripping at the nasty burn on his side, his emerald eyes screwed shut in pain as a pained hiss seeped out from between his teeth. The wielder of One For All was trying to push himself into a seated position, his arm trembling as it tried, and failed, to support the young hero's weight, causing him to land uncomfortably on his back, another set of coughs shooting out from his chest.
Shooting the explosive blonde one last venomous glare, Katsuki flinching back in fright, Toga casually stepped passed the taller boy, not sparing him a second glance as she carefully approached her wounded hero.
"Are you ok, Izu-kun?" Crouching down at the boy's feet, Toga began gently running her fingers over the green-haired boy's injuries, taking the utmost care to not hurt him anymore. Izuku's body tensed momentarily as the blonde schoolgirl lightly ghosted her fingers over his exposed side, the young hero relaxing at the gentle feel of her cool skin on the searing flesh. "I'm sorry I was late."
"I-it's ok Toga-chan. I'm fine, really?" Giving him a skeptical look, the godlike schoolgirl carefully swept his matted bangs to the side, inspecting the growing swell over his eye critically, her mouth settled in a narrow frown.
Meanwhile, all Izuku could do was stare bewildered at the girl before him, one who just moments ago had emitted such a strong killing intent he had feared for Katsuki, and the worlds, life. But Toga always seemed to find a new way to surprise him, as the usually vindictive girl had forgone any form of punishment for his childhood friend, instead, worrying so much about his own safety that she was ignoring him completely. It caused his heart to flutter lightly in his chest as a gentle pink hue settled on his freckled cheeks.
No one had ever cared so much for him.
"H-how did you find us?" Averting his gaze from the godlike girl before him, the blush still firmly staining his cheeks, Izuku wondered how she had found them so quickly, the wielder of One For All sure that he and Katsuki had not been followed or told anyone where they were going.
"Hehe. Still not learning, huh, Izu-kun~?" A playful smile spread on the blonde girl's lips as she lightly tapped Izuku on the nose, her earlier frown washed away from her face as she giggled at the forgetful boy's question. "I can know where anyone, and everyone, is at all times if I want."
Izuku couldn't help the small chuckle that escaped his throat as he thought about Toga's answer, the supposedly highly analytical hero seemingly unable to remember just how all-powerful the blonde girl before him was. Someday, he told himself, he'd be able to get it right.
"Don't worry, Izu-kun." Placing a hand softly on his shoulder, Toga gave him a reassuring smile, one that succeeded at its job as Izuku felt the previous fear and worry from his fight with Katsuki slowly melt away. "I'll get us out of here."
"Oi, Oi, OIII!" Eyes narrowing dangerously, Toga turned to look over her shoulder, just in time to watch Katsuki launch himself at the pair, his arm reeled back with heat slowly building on his palm, poised to attack. "HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME!"
Izuku covered his head protectively as an earth-shaking explosion detonated in front of them, the heat of the blast washing over him as a dark plume of smoke enveloped them, obscuring the pair from view. Eyes clenched shut, Izuku awaited the familiar pain of being burnt, his childhood days having been filled with days such as today just on a much smaller scale, but it never came.
"Th…That'll show you, bitch." Breathing heavily, the explosive blonde gripped his wrist tightly, his arm stinging from the overuse of his quirk. He had put everything he had into that attack, chunks of mortar raining from the sky as a large trench was gauged out in the concrete from the explosion, the foul-mouthed boy sure to have taken out the unknown girl. There was no way she was standing after taking an attack like that full-on.
Slowly lowering his arms, Izuku eyes shot open as he felt no damage to his body, finding himself to be completely unharmed from the explosion, only his previous injuries still littering his body. Looking up, Izuku gulped loudly as he stared at the enraged features of his godly classmate, her features twisted into an inhumanly scowl as she stood protectively in front of his body, her arms stretched out to absorb the attack. Toga had taken the full brunt of the explosion to protect him.
"W-what the fuck?" A breathless whisper escaped the spiky-haired blonde as he slowly took a step away from the horrifying sight before him. The girl was standing, the back of her pajama shirt had been torn to shreds, leaving her bareback completely exposed. What terrified Katsuki the most, was that she was totally and completely unharmed, not a single burn mark or scratch to be found on her skin.
His strongest attack, a direct hit and without being blocked, had been rendered thoroughly useless by this girl. This wasn't possible! She was a nobody! He couldn't even remember who she was! How could she possibly take a hit that would even leave All Might stunned for a couple of seconds! What was she?!
"...you…" Every muscle in Katsuki seized up at the utterance of that single word, the mysterious blonde girl slowly turning to face him, his veins filling with ice at the hate and anger in her stare.
"…dare….you…." Her sharp fangs were bared at him as she growled lowly in her chest, her small shoulders trembling with barely repressed rage. But it would be let out very soon.
"HOW DARE YOU!"
All light vanished from Katsuki's eyes at the girl's rage-filled outburst, it almost seems as if his life had completely extinguished for that split second, all of his senses having disappeared, leaving him in endless darkness. Grabbing his chest, the explosive blonde took in ragged gasps of breath, his red eyes wide with horror at the sensation he had just felt. It was as if she had snuffed him out of existence with a simple yell.
"Oh, no. You aren't getting away that easily." Katsuki's whole body locked up as an oily, black mass slowly slid in front of his eyes as he felt wet, slimy tendrils constrict his body, his feet sliding across the ground as he was dragged before the demonic schoolgirl. "You will pay for trying to hurt my Izu-kun again."
Waving her hand in front of his face, the tentacles ensnaring him flew off of his body and latched onto her, covering her whole right arm with the writhing black mass of tendrils. Gripping his lower jaw tightly, Katsuki's screams of pain muffled by the cracking of his bones from her harsh grip, the red-eyed boy could only watch helplessly as she forced the wriggling monstrosity down his throat.
"You will choke on every hateful and nasty word you have ever directed toward him." Every single insult he had ever lobbed toward his childhood friend came unbidden to his mind, tears flooding his eyes as a decade's worth of hate and animosity swam before his eyes, the tendrils in his throat disappearing one by one after every painful memory.
And yet it felt like they would never disappear as more and more of Katsuki's insults flashed before him, the air in his lungs slowly depleting as the mass continued to wriggle in his throat. In a panic, the explosive user tried to bite down on the offending appendage, but his teeth merely sunk harmlessly into the spongy flesh leaving behind nary a mark.
Right as he was about to pass out from lack of oxygen, the final memory of him telling Izuku to jump off of the roof shot through his mind, causing the last couple of tendrils to slide harmlessly into his stomach. Dropping to his knees, Katsuki began retching painfully onto the pavement, both to expel the tentacles from his stomach and due to the weight of guilt that had been placed upon his shoulders for his sins.
Sickly smelling liquids poured out from his mouth, little black lumps mixed in with the remnants of his dinner, Katsuki falling backward onto his butt, slowly scooting away from the offending monstrosities. A firm hand on his shoulder stopped him in his tracks, unbidden tears rolling down his cheeks as he turned to stare into the golden eyes of his tormentor.
"It won't be that easy." Her grip tightened considerably on his shoulder, his arm falling limp at his side as she pinched his nerve shut, a grunt of pain rumbling out of his throat as she leaned closer to his ear, her hot breath sending a shiver down his spine. "Why not feel the pain Izuku felt all those years ago."
Little pinpricks of pain ran over every inch of Katsuki's body as soon as those words left her mouth, the spiky-haired boy struggling helplessly in her tight grip, desperately trying to get away from this psychotic girl. A familiar heat started to roll over his body, his red eyes fearfully watching as small explosions, similar to his quirk, flamed up over his skin, the intensity of the heat increasing with each successive blast.
"Your quirk grew stronger as you aged." Kicking his legs feebly, small whimpers of pain flowing between clenched teeth, Katsuki could feel his usually resistant skin start to bubble and burn, the smell of charred flesh assaulting his senses causing bile to rise to his throat. "But Izuku remained quirkless, helpless to your cruelty."
Releasing her hold on the boy, Katsuki began rolling feverishly on the ground, desperate to put out the last remaining flames on his body. His skin sizzled sickly in his ear as heavy breaths wracked his body, his whole body shivering in pain from the newly exposed nerves on his skin. Katsuki prayed his torment would end soon, but his prayers were not heard that day.
"You wanted power?" Grabbing a hold of his neck, Toga effortlessly lifted the explosive blonde off of the ground, the boy clawing desperately at the fingers around his throat as he was brought face to face with the monstrous schoolgirl. "This is true power. And it will never be yours!"
Reeling back, Katsuki's legs sliding roughly across the concrete as his body was manhandled by the blonde schoolgirl, Toga launched the foul-mouthed boy into the sky like a missile. A deafening pop filled the testing ground as Katsuki's body passed the sound barrier in an instant, his limp form crashing violently into the abandoned building.
Coughing up blood, Katsuki fearfully clawed his way across the floor, bits of broken glass and concrete scratching up his arms and stomach as he tried to escape as quickly as he could. If he hadn't trained his body to be in peak physical shape, that throw would have surely killed him. The strength slumbering within that girl's small frame surpassed anything that had ever existed, both human and non-human alike.
Reaching out pitifully, Katsuki's broken and bloody hand made contact with something soft and warm, tears running down his face as he turned to stare at a pair of bare feet. Clenching his fist, the broken boy placed his forehead against the unforgiving concrete, calling out to his mother. Father. All Might. Anyone, to save him.
"You preyed on the weak." Hoisting the explosive boy up by his tank-top, Toga casually pulled him across the ground toward the hole in the wall, the one Katsuki had crashed through mere moments ago. Lifting the beaten and battered boy over the edge, his body dangling perilously in the air, the landscape of Ground Beta spread out ominously below his feet. "But you are nothing to me."
Letting go of his shirt, Toga let the boy fall from the seven-story building, his body dropping like a sack of bricks. The air whipped past his face as he watched the ground close in on him, the explosion user too weak to muster up enough energy to save himself. Right before he was about to hit the ground, he was roughly plucked out the air, his body screaming in agony as he was painfully caught by the psychotic blonde.
Toga looked at the boy in her arm with disgust as she lifted him up to her face, his limp and broken body lying heavy in her hand, his red eyes barely able to stay open as he was glared at by the blonde monster. Deciding to just end it now, the godlike girl clenched her fist before reeling it back, Katsuki merely closing his eyes as he awaited his inevitable end.
"TOGA-CHAN!"
Freezing in mid-punch, Toga snapped out of her hate-fueled haze, turning wide-eyed toward the source of the voice. Izuku was standing not too far from where she had originally found him, the boy slowly hobbling toward her on shaky legs, his hand pressed firmly over his injured side. His eyes were filled with tears, pleading with her to end this madness, her heart clenching painfully at the fear behind those emerald orbs.
"Please stop! Please!" Dropping the unconscious boy in her hands onto the ground, Toga promptly healed his injuries, every burn, break, and laceration on his body mending until he looked as if he hadn't just been mauled by a revenge-fueled god. Waving her hand, Katsuki's body suddenly vanished without a trace, no evidence of him ever being there to be found.
At the other end of the campus, Katsuki awoke in his bedroom with a start, his whole body drenched with sweat as his heart beat loudly in his chest. Running his hand through his spiky hair, the explosion user tried to piece together the memory of the horrible nightmare he just had, his whole body shuddering in fright as all he could recollect was a pair of piercing golden eyes in the darkness.
"No one will have seen any of this. I made sure of it." Izuku stood frozen in place as Toga slowly walked over to him, her hands gently roaming over his body, every spot she made contact with tingling with a pleasant warmth, the pain littering his body disappearing one by one. Everywhere the godlike girl touched was healed from its wounds, the pain wracking his body diminishing until it was completely gone.
"Th-thank you, Toga-ch-oof!" Izuku's words were cut off as a gentle weight slammed into him, a pair of strong, slender arms wrapping protectively around his waist as Toga buried her face into his chest. Instinctively, Izuku wrapped his arms around the shorter girl, his scarred hands placed upon her exposed back, the torn material reminding him of how Toga had protected him from Katsuki's reckless attack.
"I'm so glad you're ok, Izu-kun." Toga's voice was muffled slightly by his chest, the feeling of her warm breath seeping through his shirt causing him to blush a light pink, the boy slowly getting accustomed to the godlike girl's bouts of affection.
A great weight lifted from Toga's shoulders as she snuggled deeper into her Izu-kun's arms, all the worry and anger she had felt before washing away like rain, a small content sigh escaping her lips as she inhaled his scent. Izuku was here and he was safe. That is all Toga needed in this world.
While Toga was basking in the comforting feeling of being enveloped in her beloved's embrace, Izuku was currently warring with himself over the girl currently situated against his chest.
While greatly touched by her concern for his safety and immensely thankful for her timely rescue, the fear he had felt as he watched her brutalize his childhood friend left Izuku horrified and scared. It was a painful reminder of just what kind of evil Toga was capable of, no matter how much the green-haired boy wished it was not so.
A pair of emerald orbs stared fixedly at a single point on his ceiling, the young wielder of One For All laying wide awake in bed, the troubled thoughts running through his head making it impossible for him to get to sleep.
After Toga teleported them back and mended their clothes, the pair had returned to find the common room completely empty, the only sound to be heard was of Iida doing the dishes in the kitchen, the robotic boy lamenting the fact that he would be losing out on precious sleep that was necessary for optimal learning.
They had decided to let him be and made their way back to their rooms, an uncomfortable silence filling the elevator as they rode it up to their floor. Stepping out into the hall, Izuku wracked his brain for something, anything, to say to the blonde schoolgirl at his side. So many conflicting thoughts and feelings were getting jumbled up in his brain, leaving him utterly speechless.
Staring vacantly at the godlike girl, Izuku was prepared to say the first thing that came to mind before he felt a gentle softness on his lips, Toga daintily pressing her index finger against his mouth to shush him. Looking at the blonde in confusion, Toga merely shook her head 'no' before slowly making her way down the hall, giving the green-haired boy one last smile and wave before disappearing from sight.
That left Izuku in his current predicament, his eyes burning with the need for rest, but his brain refusing to turn off, the events of the day repeating over and over again in his mind. Katsuki's sudden appearance, the resentment his childhood friend still held for him, his vicious attack, Toga's sudden appearance, and the ensuing beat down. Each moment played through his head like a broken film reel, each play through accompanied by new emotions, further complicating the already messed up situation in his mind.
The one thought that stood out amongst the rest was that, despite her rage and anger, Toga had not attacked Katsuki, instead deciding to check on his well being. The godlike girl's main concern had been him and his safety, her own anger at Katsuki a mere afterthought when it came to him.
Toga had only lashed out after Katsuki attacked them, the godlike girl even going so far as to shield him from harm, taking the full brunt of the explosion herself. While clearly aware that he could not harm her in the slightest, she once again put Izuku's safety first. It made his cheeks heat up and heart flutter every time he thought about how caring and protective she had been of him.
But, with how gentle she had been with him, the brutality and viciousness with which she had assaulted Katsuki had been downright horrific. Katsuki had always been strong, and despite their tumultuous past, Izuku could always admire that about his old childhood friend. But seeing him so broken, tears streaking down his face as his eyes cried out in fear, had shaken Izuku to his core.
Toga had manhandled him as if he was nothing, and to her he probably was, subjecting him to torturous attack after torturous attack, until all that was left of him was an empty shell silently awaiting death. None of the boy he once looked up to had been left.
The green-haired boy had heard some of what Toga had been telling the explosion quirk user as she beat him up, informing him that everything she was inflicting upon him was repentance for what he had done to Izuku over the last 11 years,
The thought of that made his stomach roll uncomfortably, knowing someone else had suffered due to him, even if it was inadvertently. But, as loathe as he was to admit it, a small part of him was touched to know that Toga was so greatly affected by his past, her hatred and anger for Katsuki stemming mainly from the abuse he had dealt toward Izuku during their childhood.
While her motives were pure, as pure as they could get with someone like Toga, her methods were grotesque and grossly over the line. It all led to a terrible headache for the wielder of One For All, his conflicting emotions threatening to leave him a nervous wreck. At least, more so than he already was.
Running a hand through his hair, Izuku had to face the fact that he would not be able to figure this out in one night and that he should try to at least get a couple of hours of sleep. Being sleep deprived would not help him figure out his complicated emotions any easier.
Rolling onto his side, Izuku let his eyes slowly fall shut, deciding to try and get as much peaceful rest as he could. Because he knew that when he awoke, he would have to face god once more.
A/N: Toga has gone 0 days without brutally attacking someone.
And now Izuku has witnessed just what Toga can and will do with her powers should someone make her mad. Izuku now has to deal with the conflicting emotions of seeing the good in Toga while witnessing his evil actions. Things are never easy for our Broccoli headed boy.
Next time, they get to make friends with a certain trio. I'm sure everyone knows who I'm talking about.
Big thank you once again. Seeing all this support makes these hard times that much more bearable and I hope to do the same for all of you. Thank you all so much and I love you all!
