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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Now To Answer Some Reviews:
Prince- B-But Hisoka could totally be top! (No... No, she would not. Ignore that other person. Plus, bottom Hisoka sounds cuter.) I do agree with you. Tsuyu will need to thank that big step though. There will be more on the Haru and Todoroki mom situation later so look forward to that. ^^ Not everyone is a friend to Hisoka... And I don't think you'll be dead my cuteness this time around... mostly... Maybe... Who knows~. Let's see what happens. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Erin Tesden- Yes, let's see where things take us. I will say this: Hisoka would not be paired up with Tsuyu just because the fights are up against the teachers that posed the greatest threat against the paired students who have to overcome their weakness. Hisoka's weakness: She relies too much on her fighting skills. And the Aizawa fight wouldn't really work out either as though she does rely on her Quirk, it's not like Todoroki or Momo. Thanks for the suggestions though! Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
YuyaKnightwriter97- I am a TodoDeku shipper. Deku is always bottom cause he is just too cute for that. And yes, I took inspiration from the scene it was just too good to be true. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Vedahzii- Indeed. ^^ Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
OTrizy- Ehhhhh... There are some fights that I will not change no matter what because of the character development it brings to some of the characters like the All Might fight and the Ectoplasm fight. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Chapter 28
To That One Beach Episode That Almost All Anime Shows Provide
Location: Todoroki Family's Private Beach, Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Southern Wakayama Prefecture, West of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: June 24, 20XX
Hisoka wondered why she came. It was not like she had much else to do in her life currently, other than school, homework, training, cooking, visiting her mother, cleaning her weapons, studying, and spending time with the few friends she had made.
Still...
It was tiring to wake up early, but they were able to sleep soundly during the way on the rather long drive. The small nap was nice though waking up with Tsuyu's head on her shoulder this time was a welcomed surprise. They all stood on the cliff, taking in the scene below them after they bundled out of the car Todoroki-san had provided them with to use. The scene was something she had seen in pictures or on the television, everyone's gaze leading from the pointed finger to the horizon's was awe-inspiring scene.
The horizon was a thin seam where the canopy of sky and the plane of sea hemmed each other into a line of silver. It was as if they had been welded into an extended splinter forevermore. There were harmless milky, puffy clouds floating across the bright blue sky over them all. They were all happy to see no grey clouds in sight, differing from how it was in the city with all the continuous rain they had over the last few weeks before. In the distance, streams of tapered light splayed out, flowing through cracks in the clouds. The sea simmered. With a single look, they all clambered down to the crescent-shaped beach with shouts of joy and happiness.
Hisoka followed behind at a slower pace, happy to see the others jumping along the feathery, sugar-white hued sand.
Brown eyes gazed across the waves lapping against the shoreline, creating an intricate pattern along the once smooth sand of the beach, greeting them. The sand was floury underfoot. The soft breeze was nice and slow, palm trees waving lazily along in the wind. The smell of the crisp sand and the saltiness of the ocean brushed against her nose, tickling it and causing her to rub at the base of her pale-skinned nose as a sneeze threatened to escape. Distantly she could hear the sounds of squabbling seagulls that flew overhead; Hisoka raised a hand to shade her eyes from the glowing daystar when she looked up accidentally before gazing out to the sea again.
The siren call of the sea was soothing, calming - easing the thoughts of Red away from her mind - and the waves' music was welcoming.
Uraraka-san had immediately dived into the water after setting down her stuff and kicking off her sandals and the clothes she had worn over her pink and purple striped swimsuit. She had then dragged Iida-san and Midoriya-san along with her after they had done the same. They slapped around water, starting a small splash fight. Hisoka snorted when Midoriya-san was soaked to the bone from a combined wave from his two friends, blinking owlishly before letting out a gut-filled laughter and then prepared for a counter attack.
She stopped where the stuff was dropped, the others following suit, and they began to set everything up - laying some blankets down, setting the two overly large umbrellas up over the blankets, making sure the cooler and containers with their food and drinks were out of the direct sunlight and that all their stuff was up far enough so it wouldn't get caught in the water if it became hightide.
She'd never been to the beach before.
It would be fun, right?
She hoped so.
She was surprised that the rest of the class had not overheard them and wanted to come too. Especially Mineta-san... Well, she was glad to spend time with her friends. That was all that mattered right now.
After placing her tan bag between Fumi's black and orange bag and Tsuyu's green and blue bag, Hisoka then sat under the umbrella, happily letting the cool feeling from the shade wash over her. Tsuyu took off her clothes, revealing a dark green one piece. Hisoka felt her cheeks go red when she saw the swimsuit had a pattern of silly, light green frog faces with their tongues out. Glancing away, she wrapped her arms around her legs, pulling them to her chest in order to rest her chin on her knees.
Cute...
Tsuyu smiled at her. "You want to come?" When she saw Hisoka shake her head, she told her that she would be nearby. Hisoka's eyes followed after the green-hair tied in a high ponytail without its trademark bow-shape as it vanished into the water. Tsuyu really liked to swim; she was ecstatic for the chance to go to the beach.
"Are you going to go swim?" Fumi asked, taking a seat next to her. Fumi was never big on suntans having an unpleasant experience when they were kids before Hisoka figured out what her Quirk actually did.
"I will later," she answered, hugging her legs tighter. She would go in a bit. For now, just sitting in the shade was nice. "The shade's too nice to move right now," she mumbled, letting out a small yawn.
Todoroki-san sat on her other side, nodding in agreement. "Yeah." He spread his legs out as he laid back on his outstretched hands.
They stayed like that for a bit, watching the other teens play around in the water. Soon enough, the two boys joined them in the water - Fumi, dressed in black swim shorts, swore revenge on the prank Todoroki-san, wearing a duel white-and-red pair of trunks, played on him - and Uraraka-san was waving her arms wildly in the air at her as she stood at the water's edge. Distantly behind her, Hisoka could see the forms of Midoriya-san and Iida-san swimming with Tsuyu, trying to keep up with her fast form. When she had a chance, she kicked wildly behind her causing water to splash behind her at the two boys, making Hisoka let out her third snort that day.
"Come on, Hisoka-chan, the water's fine!" Uraraka-san called to her, grin brightening when the said girl stood up under the umbrella. Taking off her outerwear, showing the others her army patterned one-piece swimsuit for the first time, and setting them next to her bag, she moved towards the water. When she got close enough, the gravity-defying girl grabbed her hand and pulled her into the water.
Location: Todoroki Family's Private Beach, Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Southern Wakayama Prefecture, West of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: June 24, 20XX
Hisoka raised an eyebrow at Iida-san. "Where did you find out about a sand building competition?" They were back from swimming, or well, floating around in Hisoka's case before she was attacked by Tsuyu's splashing. It had been an all-out war between the two before they had pulled the others into it - Fumi, herself, and Todoroki-san against Tsuyu, Uraraka-san, and Iida-san (Midoriya-san was the referee). In the end, it had been every man for themselves, though. So, with no winner, they had decided to do something else.
"I found it on a website that had a list of activities you can do in groups," he explained, pushing up his glasses.
Uraraka-san, who couldn't contain her excitement anymore, exclaimed, "Let's do this!"
"How should we do this then?" Fumi asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "Each person for themselves? Pairs? Teams? Who should be the judge?"
"How about we draw straws?" Midoriya-san held up some straws he had gathered from one of the containers. "The one who draws the shortest is the judge and can break us up into teams of three." It was a promising idea; they went with itt, gathering around the boy's hand and drawing a straw all at the same time.
"Ah..." Hisoka frowned at the straw in her hand, mentally pouting. "I'm the judge I guess." After a moment of thinking, she paired them off in teams of three - Iida-san with Fumi and Todoroki-san (Team A) against Tsuyu with Uraraka-san and Midoriya-san (Team B). "You have an hour to build a sand castle. Whoever wins can have first dibs on smashing the watermelon." She looked at the stopwatch on her phone in her right hand, the other raised in the air. When she clicked it to start, she slashed downward. "Go!"
The two teams went at it right away while she stepped off to the side to stay out of their way. She was just going to dig a hole... Maybe she could bury one of them up to their head. Heh... Iida-san would freak out for sure if he'd been sleeping and woke up buried up to his head. Uraraka-san might laugh and use her Quirk to get out of the pit if she could. Midoriya-san would too but then most likely laugh about it. She could see Fumi not caring one way or another and Tsuyu... Hmmm... She might glare at Hisoka (Hisoka knew she'd not be a happy camper if it happened to her) and exact revenge on her in some way. Finally, Todoroki-san... He'd most likely just stare blankly at her.
Heh... Heh... Heh.
Maybe the loser could be buried.
She had not seen the worried looks given at her back at her low chuckle and the quicker movement as she began to dig nearby. She also told them as such which made them work harder. An hour and one deep enough hole dug later, Hisoka stood in front of two sand castles with their creators standing off to the sides.
Team A's castle seemed to take after one of the old castles scattered around Japan, using seashells and ice for details. It even had rocks places strategically around at its base. Team B's castle was longer, looking more like a typical castle one would see in a fairytale book, and it had a lot of shells incorporated into its design. It even had a moat with water, that was slowly seeping into the sand, and a drawbridge.
Fumi crossed his arms over his chest. "Well?"
"Who won?" Uraraka-san asked, tilting her head with wide curious eyes.
"Team B," Hisoka said (and no it was not because she was biased and definitely not because she wanted to see Iida-san in the hole the most... Really, it wasn't!) "Team A choose a sac-member to be buried in the hole," she promptly said, smiling brightly as they (Fumi more than anyone else) began to sweat.
She pouted when Todoroki-san chose himself, stepping into the hole before the others could say the word. Shoulders slumping just a bit she buried Todoroki - she was a bit happy to have buried someone in the end - a raised eyebrow was his only reaction as she patted the remaining bit around his neck.
Todoroki-san stared at her, "You wanted Iida to be buried, didn't you?"
Hisoka shrugged. "Who knows..." She checked him over to make sure it wasn't too tight. She was not too worried about it as she knew he was strong enough to get out of there easily. Todoroki-san wasn't one of the more stronger members of the class for nothing, after all.
She then felt something light bounce off her back, turning to see a large beach ball bounce to her left. It seemed that the other girls wanted to play for a bit while the boys relaxed with Todoroki-san.
"Just stay there for a little while."
He nodded as she rose and turned, picking up the inflated yellow, red, and blue ball and walking towards the two smiling girls.
"Here." Hisoka tossed up the beach ball before hitting it towards Uraraka-san who bounced it towards Tsuyu. Slowly things began to speed up, the throws becoming harder and quicker as the two began using their Quirks to change things up. Everyone was having fun and that was what mattered most to Hisoka. Getting hit right in the face... not so much...
"I'm sorry!" Uraraka-san clapped her hands in front of her, bowing.
"It's fine, Uraraka-san. Accidents happen. It wasn't even that hard," Hisoka sighed as she rubbed her nose.
Tsuyu stared at her, making her tilt her head in a questioning-like manner. When she looked away, Hisoka grew confused. "What?"
"Nothing," Tsuyu answered.
Hisoka turned to Uraraka-san for an answer who could only shrug back.
Location: Todoroki Family's Private Beach, Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Southern Wakayama Prefecture, West of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: June 24, 20XX
Later in the afternoon and after Todoroki-san was out of the hole, everyone gathered around while he placed a large, healthy watermelon on a small towel not far away. With a blindfold over his green eyes and with a large stick in his, Midoriya-san was spun five times quickly and was the first to take a swing at the watermelon a couple of feet in front of him.
"Go left."
"Ah, you went too far. A little to the right!"
"Yes, yes, now just go straight."
"Okay, stop."
Raising the stick high in the air, he smacked it down almost hitting the watermelon dead center, causing a wave of cheer from the watching audience. Midoriya-san smiled after he took off his blindfold and saw the broken fruit. The watermelon tasted something like plain-sweet water (it was very juicy) and its flesh was soft yet crunchy. The seeds were not welcomed though, Hisoka spitting them out in a cup whenever she encountered them.
"Good?" Tsuyu asked her.
"Un!"
"I know. I really like it when it's in a jello," she commented, "It's got to be one of my favorite tastes."
Hisoka raised an eyebrow. "Is this a tactic for getting me to make you some jello?"
Tsuyu sent her a blank expression even when her eyes were filled with mirth. "Maybe..." Then she let out a small, amused 'ribbit' and bit into her watermelon slice with glee.
Hisoka huffed and bit into her own slice, savoring the taste with the rest of the group.
Location: Car, Leaving Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Southern Wakayama Prefecture, West of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: June 24, 20XX
Everything was packed, and everyone settled down in the car, happy and tried from their fun day and were ready to go back home and sleep - that had not stopped them from snoozing on the ride home. Iida-san was passed out, snoring lightly between Midoriya-san and Uraraka-san who used his shoulders as pillows, just as exhausted as he was. Todoroki sat next to Midoriya-san and the window before her as she and the rest took up the other side. Tsuyu, sleeping lightly, sat between her and a dazed Fumi, her head resting on Hisoka's shoulder while Fumi used his hand as a resting place.
She looked out the window when orange light basked Todoroki-san. Both of them watched the lowering sun, laminating them with a sense of warmth as the day slowly faded away. The taste of salt water was still as distinct as if she were holding a glass of it in her hand. The serenity ended when the sun gradually receded into the water below, causing the sky to turn a light shade of violet with dark blue hues that would surely turn to black in time and let the stars twinkle brightly with all their might.
He asked quietly, making her turn to look into his heterochromia-colored eyes, "Did you have a good time?"
"Un..." She nodded. "I would like to do it again sometime."
"I would too. It was a lot of fun."
"Sorry that I buried you in the sand..." She scratched her cheek.
He shook his head. "It was an... interesting experience. The sand was very cool when compressed around my body."
She could only shrug. "If you say so."
"But today was nice. To be with people we can call friends..."
"...and do something fun together."
They smiled at each other before they turned back to watch the sun finish sinking into the horizon. The rest of the drive was silent; the soft hum of the car and the occasional snore were the only sounds made. Hisoka continued to stare out the window throughout the rest of the trip, watching the sky and passing nature. A low, waning gibbous moon hovered in the twilight firmament, bestowing a very dim light upon the lightened land. Briefly, a dark, wispy cloud eclipsed the crescent moon. For a few shadowy moments, it looked like there was a halo around the cloud, a dull aura of lunar luminescence.
Author's Note: It's been another long weekend; I almost didn't even release a chapter with how tired I am, but I really wanted to do something and didn't want to disappoint you all so here it is. But good thing is, I've finally achieve over 100k in words! That's quite the achievement in my book! I always look forward to when I reach it and to stories I read and look over! It really is something to how they grow.
Anyway, next up are exams! Exciting… YAYYYYYY!
Why am I having flashbacks to my own school years? (Is then reminded that she is still in college) -_-'''
If you still want to give suggestion on who Hisoka should face I'm all ears. ^^
Anyway, see you all next week.