Title: 逃げる手 - The Hand That Bleeds
Rating: T
Summary: "I don't want to be a Hero. I want to be a Healer. My Quirk is made for healing, like my mom's, not fighting so I train to fight like a Hero to be a Healer. I want to help others to the best of my abilities." Hisoka Matsushita, raised by her mother and who never knew her father, never could quite understand where the path she would eventually take would lead her to.
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Chapter 2
To The Point Of The Exam
Location: Exam Site - Ground Alpha, Near U.A. High School, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: February 26, 20XX
They had just come from completing the written portion of the exam. Her brain felt a bit mushy but a few pinches got it moving in gear. She wished Fumi was there, though, but he had been assigned to another area. They only did that to potential students who went to the same middle school - a way so they were forced to work on their own without help from friends or previous classmates. Her gaze turned to the large gates that lead to the false cityscape; the other examines had gathered in a small crowd in front of the gate, waiting for the signal to begin the exam. Hisoka decided to stretch after spying others doing it. Stretching always helped her calm down as she took a deep breath, letting the anxiety wash away from her.
This would be it.
This was what was going to define her future.
Rising to stand, she caught some stares aimed at her, measuring how much of a threat she could be. Hisoka stared back into wide, curious black eyes that belonged to a female with long, dark teal hair that was tied in a bow. Before she could question why, the sound of a horn drew everyone's attention to a tall tower where a curvaceous woman with long black hair and a rather questionable outfit stood.
It dawned on Hisoka she must be the proctor for this specific area and that no one was moving.
"Well? What are you waiting for?" The woman asked, hand on her hip as she pointed with what looked like to be a small whip at the now open gates. "Get your butts in gear! The practical exam has already started! Go!"
At the crack of her whip, everyone bulldozed each other down to try to be the first ones to score. Hisoka made sure to stay away from the stampeding group, all trying to take out the faux villains left and right, so as to not get swept under or stomped on as they swarmed into the streets and immediately broke apart to go wherever possible to score as many points as they could. Hisoka found herself running through winding alleyways, passing by ragged metal corpses and iron scraps, in search of a proper target. It was just her luck that she came upon an empty lot further away full of false villains. When her foot hit a stray pebble, the noise caught their attention.
A symphony of "Target Lock-On! Murder!" was directed at her.
Hisoka tsked, eyebrows furrowing into a scowl. "Wonderful... Just wonderful..."
Jumping back, she weaved away from the bullets coming from the guns on the bodies from some of the two-point robotic villains. Ricocheting off a building, she pulled out her Kaiken, landing on top of the two-pointers and began to stab it wherever she could. As it tried to throw her off, she clawed into one of its grooves between two metal sheets to keep on and continued to stab it, finally figuring out where she had to stab to cut in it order off its power. The other robots pointed their guns at her and went to town. The sound of metal joined in with the sound of slashing and the buzzing of robots as they began to fall like flies. Taking ragged breaths, she looked at the destruction around her.
"Four minutes and nineteen seconds left," chimed through the air.
'Huh...' She was surprised that that much time had passed already. Taking a step forward, her eyes widened when she heard the sound of something heavy crash onto the ground behind her. She turned and found herself looking up at the form of a three-point villain towering above her much smaller frame, large guns pointing right at her face.
How had she missed one?
She prepared herself for the villain's attack, but just as the whirring sound of the gun was about to shoot, she felt something wrap around her and pull her back. She wondered if she would have become swiss cheese if not for being pulled away. She was set down on her feet, on the top of a two-story building, watching the pink thing unravel from around her and back into the mouth of the female from before.
A tongue?
Well, that was... something...
"You really should be more careful of your surroundings," the girl told her, eyes cast down towards the destruction below. Others were beginning to show. It would seem the noise Hisoka made attracted others' interest. "I'm Tsuyu Asui. Nice to meet you."
"Hisoka Matsushita..." She muttered, rubbing her arm awkwardly as she glanced at Asui-san before looking to the left. "Thank you... for saving me."
"Hmmm..." She hummed. "It was nothing."
They could hear shouts and screams echo from other parts of the fake city. Hisoka felt her skin begin to itch, feet twitching from side to side - seeing downed people made her want to go help, but she didn't want to be rude to the frog-like girl. The other seemed to get the message after a moment, walking to the edge of the building and told her to be careful as she jumped away. Hisoka stared at the spot for a moment before her daze was broken.
There was still time.
Time for many things to happen.
She moved on - doing what she could with destroying whatever robotic villain was in her way or trying to move people who couldn't out of the way - with time running out faster and faster. She was able to heal a few on the way too - just enough to be sure they could move. It was amusing to watch their expression each time; they never did expect a finger to be stuck into their mouths and be ordered to suck on it.
Breathing deeply, her head started to feel light. She must have offered her blood more than she thought. But she had to move forward. There wasn't much time left. Just as she was about to take a step, a boom suddenly shook the ground, making her launch forward. She caught onto the wall to keep her face from kissing the ground. A building exploded as a giant robot burst through!
It was the Menace of Supreme Death! The worthless robot Present Mic had talked about earlier - the one worth zero-points. She remembered the rock star Hero's words - the robot was more of an obstacle to avoid if anything.
Hisoka thought it'd be bigger.
That still didn't stop her from getting her moving - speeding up as the Menace of Supreme Death marched forward. Some people were running away, not daring to look back, while others were too scared to move and stood there completely in awe, risking their own lives. She ran out of the way just in time, not wanting to get squished (those scrap metals were pancakes when the zero-point robot lifted its foot), yet something else made her rethink her choice on the flight option.
Asui-san was on the ground, hurt.
Her body was moving before her brain registered what it wanted to do. Running to the left, she slid under another person waving their wing-like arm, and standing after she had rolled, she dashed as fast as she could, moving out of the way from the Menace of Supreme Death, who's foot almost squashed her again. Stretching out a hand, she scooped up Asui-san and tucked her into her body, rolling out of the large silver foot's way and into an ally. Biting back a groan, a bullhorn signaled the end of the exam; she cracked open an eye to see the robot had ceased all movement, shutting down completely and standing rigid.
Asui-san gave a tired moan, opening her wide eyes and stared at the other owlishly. Hisoka stared right back, asking in between breaths, "Are... you okay?"
"Unnnn..." Asui-san smiled at her. She shifted her body a bit, looking up at the cloudless bright blue sky. "Thanks... for saving me." She bit out a laugh, coughing a bit before she regained her breath.
The other saved her first. Hisoka was just returning the favor. But it felt nice to be thanked.
"Unn..." She mumbled, looking at the sky as well. They stayed like that until both heard shouts and talking in the distance. Well, they had to move sometime, so they might as well do it then.
Sitting up with little trouble, Asui-san copied her move to stand. Looking at the other girl, she questioned, "Are you going to be fine?"
Hisoka nodded - something she really shouldn't have done, her head felt like cotton. She would be fine, though. Fuzzy, but fine. Nothing she had not handled before. She would need to take some pills in a few to replenish her blood and rebandaged herself. Everything would be fine.
"Good." Asui-san nodded to herself. "We should get moving then. Let's go." She grabbed Hisoka's sleeve, taking the black-haired girl with her.
Location: U.A. High School, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: February 26, 20XX
"Asui-san."
"Tsuyu."
"Asui-san..."
"Tsuyu."
Hisoka frowned, repeating the other's name, "Asui-san."
"Tsuyu," Asui-san corrected Hisoka again, arms crossed over her head. "Ausi-san sounds too stuffy. Now, Hisoka, repeat after me: Tsu-yu."
Asui-san wouldn't call her by her last name - said it was too long. Hisoka didn't think so. It was a perfectly normal last name. She didn't mind though, it was not like it would change things.
"Asui-san."
Asui-san sighed once more as the bus rolled to a stop back at the high school. There were fewer exam takers than before - those who had not needed to be treated were allowed to go back first; the bus would come back for those who were left behind if not already taken by other modes of transportation back to the high school. As everyone got off of the bus, they scattered to wherever they wanted to go - some back to the high school while others wandered over to familiar faces, asking how their own exam went.
She waited for Fumi as Asui-san left with a wave.
Hisoka waved back. "Asui-san."
"It's Tsuyu!" She called over her shoulder, her body merging with the group of others heading back to the school.
It wasn't long before Fumi came around - dirt and scrapes littering his body just like hers. Nothing too bad. She lifted her finger, her other hand on her Kaiken, when a large hand stopped her. "I'm fine," Fumikage told her before he gave her a once-over, noting everything with narrowed, red eyes. He gave her head a pat. "Good job."
She beamed.
Location: Fumikage's Room, Tokoyami Household, Itō, Northeast Corner of Izu Peninsula, Eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Honshu, Japan
Date: March 5, 20XX
A week had passed for the two - both returning to their respective households, getting warm hugs and worried questions as greetings. They waited patiently for their letters, each promising to watch it together. So, in the heat of the morning, Hisoka went over to the Tokoyami household with a slightly stuffed letter. While her mom had wanted to see it with her, she respected her decision of wanting to see it alone with Fumi first and so, would tell her when she got back.
"Mine arrived this morning as well," Fumi said, holding up an envelope identical to her own. Both of them sat on the floor, legs under the table in the middle of his horror-styled room. Hisoka had gotten used to her friend's interest after a shocking first-time experience when they were younger.
She nodded, "Un."
Each envelope sat innocently on the table; sharing a look, they reached over to their respective letter and opened them as her gaze remained solemn. Such an insignificant thing would say if their efforts were worth it or not.
Upon opening it, not only did a paper document come out, but a small button-like device did as well. Sharing a look of confusion with Fumi, Hisoka picked both of them up - both looked the same as well - and took a closer look but, suddenly, an image emerged from it.
Hisoka jumped, the things fumbling from her hands and onto the table. Both teens made the same sound of pain from the bright flash the image gave off. They really weren't big fans of bright lights.
Their eyes took a moment to adjust to the bright light radiating in the dark room. A man's voice said, "Well hello you - Oh! You are both together! That makes this easier! At least I don't have to do it twice now..." He grinned teeth shining in the bright light.
She wondered if he ever got cramps from smiling so much. They both stared blankly at the huge smile the very muscular Asian man with v-like blonde hair had. How could teeth be so white?
All Might sweat drop at the looks he got through the projection device, clearing his voice, and continued on, "Fumikage Tokoyami-kun and Hisoka Matsushita-chan! I am here to inform you of the results of your entrance exams into U.A.! You must be wondering why the great All Might is telling you this? Because I am going to be teaching here! Teaching soon-to-be-students such as you!" He had his hand held out in front of him.
Eh?
"What?!" Fumi's eyes widen.
All Might's grin widened. "YES! That is correct! You both have gotten into U.A.! Into the HERO'S DEPARTMENT!" He made an extravagant motion at the announcement before his expression turned serious. "Now, you both received good scores on the written exam but that is not all! You may think that to score, you simply had to fight the robots but there was much, much more to the exam than that! You both rescued others when you did not have to! You did as any Hero would! How could as we not give credit for something like this? The answer is: we do!"
It finally came to the both of them. Realization dawned in Fumikage's eyes. "You mean..."
All Might nodded, grinning once more with pride. "Fumikage Tokoyami: Fifty-seven points. Hisoka Matsushita: Fifty-six points. There are both Villain and Hero points! You both should be proud of yourselves! As of now..." He said before taking a dramatic pause, "...you both are now U.A. students and a Hero of tomorrow! Congratulations!"
With a final wave, the connection was cut off, plunging the light from within the now dark room. The only light cast inside was from the outline that came from under the door.
Hisoka's head lay limp on Fumikage's shoulder, disbelief on her face. "We got in..." All Might's final words kept on repeating in her head like a favorite song.
He mumbled, leaning his head back, "It would seem so." After a moment of sitting in silence, he suggested, "We should go tell everyone before they come bursting in here."
"Unn." She lifted her head, standing to stretch her arms before her legs would have to feel the nail-like feeling of them falling asleep. Fumi followed her move and opened the door to his room.
There were cheers of celebration all around that night.
Location: Master Bedroom, Second Floor of Matsushita's Home Clinic, Itō, Northeast Corner of Izu Peninsula, Eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Honshu, Japan
Date: March 5, 20XX
Later that night, brown eyes stared at her reflection in the glass stationed before am old image within a light brown wooden picture frame. Haru raised a hand and traced over the glass before it, and then wandered over to play with the charm on her necklace. A sad smile bloomed on her lips.
"Who knew time could pass so fast," she told the air as she walked over to the dresser, setting the image down before she looked at herself in the large mirror. Her hand was still on the charm, lightly tracing the groves of the cherry blossoms that decorated it. "Maybe it's finally time..."
Author's Note: To be honest I was confused when they had sent the 'acceptance letter' to the heroes. I read the part where Midoriya got his over and over as well as went in search of other OC stories to see what they did. It was after reading a few that I got an idea where they would be able to talk with one another.
Cool, right?
I'm so smart! Heh.
I also drew something in the spirit of Halloween~! Isn't she so cute?!
Link: nightmarezanez._deviantart._com/_art/_Hisoka-Matsushita-Vampire-710700076
Hisoka got her first fanart! Gah! It looks so cool!
Link: nightmarezanez._deviantart._com/_art/_Bloodletting-710802596
I am so happy with how this story is turning out to be. I just can't wait for you all to read certain parts. Oh man! My fingers are itching to write more now, but it's late and so I'll have to restrain myself for later. I'll see ya all later.