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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Love Remedy- You're the first the comment on that now that I think about it. Hmmm... Yeah, that's pretty much what I was going for containing that. You'll be seeing that more. ^^ I promise you that! Your idea about Hisoka Quirk I can see that it had merit. I will think about it and see how it affects the future plot. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
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Vedahzii- Then one Hisoka's mom drawing coming right up! -throws the picture at you- There ya go! Heh. Oooooo! I never considered Arabic! Though it's kinda true that Hisoka is a to-the-point type of girl. We shall see what happens when the time comes. ^^ Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Roaming Raven- Hmmm... I did look into other languages and myths while trying to look for a Hero name, but I never went to the Greek Gods and Goddesses. Interesting choices. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
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Chapter 14
To The Childhood
Location: Sports Festival Stadium, North Side of U.A. High School Campus, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: April 30, 20XX
As they both walked up to face opposite each other, Hisoka could see that Fumi had crossed his arms, feet a shoulder-width apart. His red eyes tried to make it their job to intimidate her, but it was for naught - not with having to face the wrath of her mother ten times scarier than this. The blank spiky hair bent over as a breeze came through the arena.
"And for our other competitor! She made quick work on her last battle so it's best not to anger this speedster! Give it up for Class 1-A's Hisoka Matsushita!"
There was a few feet between them. Hisoka looked head on into her childhood friend's eyes. She loosened her hands as the crowd cheered.
"Are you ready for this?"
Hisoka took a deep breath, her body moving into position. "Prepare to lose."
"Ready... BEGIN!"
"Dark Shadow attack!" Fumi commanded, the gold eyes from the shadow-like monster peering at her as it raced towards her.
It zig-zagged about as her eyes followed the moves. Grabbing her blade, she pulled it from its sheath, raising it up to block the oncoming attack that sent her reeling back. Hisoka knew he would try and push her back across the line with frontal attacks. So, she would have to try and get close. Feet digging into the ground, she steadied herself before launching forward, knife held out in front of her. Fumi stood his ground, Kuro moving back as it grew arms in order to try and grab her. She shifted downward, sliding under the move before twirling her weight to shift her body forward and move closer to the elder boy.
He was expecting her though. He bent backward when she went to swing her Kaiken at him, trying to nick him before using his Quirk to attack from below. She took the blunt of the attack, not quick enough to dodge, sending her up in the air. She turned her body around, landing a few feet away on the soles of her shoes as she hit the ground. She slid back, taking a deep breath.
They were only getting started.
Location: Entry to Alleyway, Near Matsushita's Home Clinic, Itō, Northeast Corner of Izu Peninsula, Eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Honshu, Japan
Date: May 5, 20XX
She was so happy to be let out! She hated being stuck in her room for so long! Her mama said she could go out because she was healthier, that her body could handle the outside in longer segments and could handle more of them too! That made Hisoka even happier. The kitties that lived nearby her home made the outing worthwhile! She was glad her mama got some cat food for her to feed the kitties upon her request. Hisoka let out a giggle as she kneeled down and watched the black and white kittens eat from the bowl she had set down.
One of the kitties walked over to her, the mama kitty keeping a watchful eye nearby - she was like her own mama! She was always near to keep an eye on her - and licked her offered hand. The rough texture of the kitty's tongue made Hisoka let out another giggle. "That tickles!"
The kitty was soft too.
She scratched before their white ear, the loud purring showed that the kitty liked it and had not wanted her to stop. She would have to soon though or else her mama would get mad at her getting back late. But the kitties were so cute...
Geeze! It was such a tough decision!
Her expression turned into a pout, both hands now petting the kitty, one under the chin as the other worked along the young cat's back. Oooooo... Such soft fur! She wished she could take them home, but it wouldn't be possible because mama would not allow strays into her clinic. It was un... un... sani... tary...
Unsanitary!
That's what mama had called it!
Hisoka would obey her mama's orders though. (But she was totally going to get one when she lived on her own!) She didn't want to make any more problems for her. So, she would stick with spending time with the kitties out here. The food was almost finished, the mama kitty having her fill after the smaller kitties surrounded her. They made soft mews, wanting all of her attention on them. She giggled again, her shoulders shaking as she smiled down at the fuzzy animals.
"Hey..."
"Ah!" Hisoka shrieked, stumbling back on her butt, shocked by the soft voice she heard from behind her. Her movement caused the startled kittens to run away with their mama. She held out her hand, not wanting them to leave. "Nooooo! Kitties..." She bit her bottom lip, shoulders slumping in sadness as she watched the last of the kitties round the alleyway's corner.
Location: Sports Festival Stadium, North Side of U.A. High School Campus, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: April 30, 20XX
Hisoka clicked her tongue, jumping away from another attack. Fumi was definitely not making this easy. He knew how she fought well enough to come up with plans for defense and offense. She knew him well enough too.
That put them in a bit of a stalemate.
Neither would allow the other to move forward.
Flipping in the air, she once more landed on her feet. Hisoka watched Fumi closely, eyes narrowing as she blew a few stray bangs out from her eyes, and Kuro even more so. Its golden eyes followed her every move. She then stood straight, blade in hand - Fumi was most evident in getting that weapon away from her, and they both knew what he was trying to do - and he almost succeeded more than a few times already. So, she sheathed her blade and moved to hand-to-hand, shifting her body from her position in the battle arena.
It was worth a shot.
Location: Entry to Alleyway, Near Matsushita's Home Clinic, Itō, Northeast Corner of Izu Peninsula, Eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Honshu, Japan
Date: May 5, 20XX
"U-Ummm... Are you okay?"
It was the same voice!
Tears were pricking the corner of her eyes as she got up and glared at the... boy, yeah! Boy! The bird-headed boy was taken aback by the glare he got from the girl.
"Why'd you do that?! You scared the kitties away!" Her balled fists positioned themselves on her waist, her brown eyes staring angrily at him.
"Well... I..." He took a step back and glared right back. What did he do wrong?! He only wanted to see what she was doing, the bright giggling he heard made him curious, so he didn't mean for the cats to run off! He didn't know he would have startled the other! "I didn't mean to! I'm sorry!"
Hisoka crossed her arms. "Well, I don't believe you!"
He protested, "But it's true!"
Brown eyes narrowed as they looked over the black-haired boy. "Hmmm..." Now that she got a closer look, the boy looked weird. Hisoka tilted her head, humming to herself. A good weird. Mama told her to never judge others by their looks. He was kinda cute now that she thought about it.
"Wh-What is it?!" He frowned, the change in her personality swift and surprising. Oh, he so hoped she wouldn't make fun of him! He got enough of it from the other kids...
"Hisoka. Who're you?"
"E-Eh?" He blinked slowly, red eyes widening.
It only made him look cuter. She wondered what he'd look like with kitty ears. "Your name! What is it?!" Hisoka demanded.
"Fu-Fumikage... To-Tokoyami..." He stuttered over his name, still a bit unused to introducing himself with his full name. Well, at least she wasn't making fun of him. Yet.
Hisoka nodded to herself - she would call him Fumi. "Where's your mama?"
"In there..." The now dubbed Fumi pointed to her mama's clinic!
"My mama works there!" She grabbed his hand. "C'mon!" Pulling him along, she was met with no resistance. "She has these suckers that are really good! Since your mama is in there and I know my mama, she'll give us some!" She smiled at him as they neared her home.
"O-okay?" He liked her smile, and he wanted to see more of it. Maybe his mom could bring him over again...
Location: Sports Festival Stadium, North Side of U.A. High School Campus, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: April 30, 20XX
She shifted her feet forward a few times, arms raised, as she bent her knees. Fumi stood in place once more, arms crossed, with Dark Shadow standing before him protectively. It felt like things stood still, time slowed to a stop, as everything around them was drained out except for each other. Their focus on the other and the goal to get them out was the goal they both had set. Fumi made the first move.
He had Dark Shadow zoom at her head first, shadowy hands balled up as they were brought down upon her. Hisoka threw up her forearms like an offensive lineman blocking a defensive back and slipped to the side when it was going in for another attack. She raised her rear leg, bending it back upon itself before she snapped her leg forward, pivoting on her other foot. She spun her body as she kicked Kuro in one smooth motion before retracting her leg and returning to her position to kick the shadow bird once more.
Dark Shadow learned from that, tears prickling its eyes from the sting where she kicked him in the face and moved back to hovering in front of its master. Hisoka took the chance to move in for another attack, sliding under the beast when it dived for her to stop, a dark mixture of black and purple shadows stretched to fall back or push her out of the area's perimeter, but she was quick enough. She twisted her body around, using her hands to push off the ground and spin, twisting her body around so her legs were up in the air. As she stretched her legs out, she was about to deliver a kick to Fumi's chest when Dark Shadow slipped in and blocked it.
Location: Hisoka's Room, Matsushita's Home Clinic, Itō, Northeast Corner of Izu Peninsula, Eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 21, 20XX
When she learned that Fumi had lived near them, her mama and his mama had set up frequent play dates between the two. It helped that his mama and his papa had quickly become good friends with her mama. Their parents were in the living room right now, taking with one another on whatever adults talked about. Her mama said she would understand - when she caught them talking about their baby pictures one time - when she had children of her own.
She said would not have kids then.
Her mama laughed.
She still wondered why her mama laughed.
Well, Fumi looked cute when she saw his mama bring over pictures. She called him her little chick, both women gushing over it. She still did not see the point of it - even if Hisoka did agree with the cuteness baby Fumi gave. She wondered if they saw her take the picture of when he had dropped his ice cream and was crying over it the other day.
(She still had that image today, framed and everything with other childhood memories in the picture book, and Fumi knew she had it, along with many others his mother gave to her - even tried to take it back multiple times - but she was prepared when he destroyed them. It helped that she made many copies of all of them as a backup.)
"Fumi, look what I have," Hisoka said, holding up the very image. She wanted to show him her prize. This was their fifteenth play date at her home - excluding all the ones they had at his house - and things were looking good between them. Fumi was nice to her. She counted him as her friend - the kids at the nearby preschool her mama took her to didn't like her very much. But at least she had Fumi there!
She really liked Fumi too. She liked seeing him all 'blushy' even more.
Red eyes widened as his cheeks flared, his short feathers still not long enough to cover the blush. "Why do you have that?!"
"Your mama was showing it to my mama. You look really cute, so I wanted one and here it is!" Hisoka sprouted proudly, smiling. He was the only one to have these smiles too.
"Wh-What?!"
"Yup! I'm keeping this one too!"
When he heard her say that, he shot up, the book he was reading falling to the ground with a thunk, and he ran over to the girl. "Give it back!" There was no way he was going to let her keep that!
She giggled as she began to run around the room. "No!"
He chased after her.
They never saw the door open or the cameras the two amused women had.
Location: Sports Festival Stadium, North Side of U.A. High School Campus, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: April 30, 20XX
Her eyes widened when she felt it wrap around her leg, and her body was tossed into the air like a rag doll. Hisoka could see Fumi staring intently at her when she was flung past him. She moved her body around, shifting as she let herself slide against the dirt ground, the souls of her shoes kicking up dirt as she used to a hand to brush against the ground to help slow herself down. Hisoka's body felt sore, her shoulders moving up and down showed how heavy her panting was starting to get before she stood right back up and stepped forward.
"Matsushita's out of bounds!" Midnight shouted, the hand with her whip raising up in Fumi's direction. The black-haired girl looked down and realized that her right foot was indeed outside the white line. "Tokoyami! You advance to Round Three!"
Hisoka let out a sigh, falling to her knees and took a deep breath. It hurt her ribcage a bit. She exhaled, inhaled again, and had her hands inch behind her before she let herself fall backward to the ground breathing hard. Her head swam and the sunlight did not help. She used too much energy in such a short span of time and it made her somewhat dizzy. It'd pass in a moment, though. Everything blurred, then came back into focus again. She inhaled some more and felt a little steadier. She felt steady enough to stand once more, taking the outstretched hand her childhood friend gave her.
"I will beat you one day," she grumbled, fixing the mess her hair was in before crossing her arms.
"One day... Will you be okay?" Fumi asked, looking her over. He had really not wanted to fight her, but it came to this in the end. He would not put his win or her loss to shame.
"I'll be fine." Her head would need to be bandaged though and some water would be nice too. While she was not happy to lose, she chose to not let it blind her. She was happy that she did her best. Her mother would be proud of her no matter if she won or lost. She knew she still had a lot to learn. For now, she was going to go sit back and watch the rest of the tournament all while nursing her slightly bruised pride.
Author's Note: Well, that is the end of that... This chapter was so much harder than I thought it'd be. -_- Why must you do this to me Hisoka? I thought we had an understanding?! And everything was going so smoothly too! Sigh... But here it is! What do you guys think of the fight? You got to see more of their childhood and of even when they met! Yay for that! The next chapter will be the last of the Sports Festival Arc.
Here's Mama Haru finally drawn! (Mind: Took ya long enough!) After so long I've got her done! Seriously I've had a file open for her to draw her for months now - just never really had the drive to draw her or really what her image would be. Well, then here! Have her! -throws image at you peeps-
Link: nightmarezanez._deviantart._com/_art/_Haru-Matsushita-Mother-of-Hisoka-Matshshita-727355481
Hero Name Suggestion Box is still open - give it your best shot! I dear ya too! I'm also listing the names already given so you can either make a new one or tell me which one you like best/suits Hisoka to most. ^^ (The ones with the * beside them is the ones I'll likely consider the most.)
Ones I came up with:
*Sekijūji (Red Cross) - 赤十字
Aka (Red) - 赤
Ketsueki (Blood) - 血液
*Iyashi (Heal) - 癒し
Naosu (Cure) - 治す
Igaku (Medicine) - 医学
Reviewers came up with:
*Chisuke (Chi: Blood, Suke: Help) - 血輔
*Iaso: Greek Goddess of cures, remedies, and modes of healing
Panacea: Greek Goddess of the universal cure
Muhjah: Arabic for heart's blood or soul
*Mention of just using her name
Hero Title Thing:
The Healing Hero
The Hero That Bleeds
*The Bleeding Healer
The Bleeding Healer Hero