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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Sn- I understand what you are saying. Not enough blood can be harmful for her. That is why there are the Iron Pills. It helps regain the blood she gave away. Also, there's more info on her Quirk on the profile if you're interested in seeing the changes/updates I've made over the course of the story. It should help clear some things up. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
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Chapter 30
To A Meaning
Location: Front Door, Hisoka's and Fumikage's Apartment, Third Floor, Sunrise Apartments, Eastern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 8, 20XX
"Fumi," Hisoka began, "here's a list of things I need. If you could grab them, that would be really helpful." She handed him a bit of money and a piece of paper that held her small list - just a few things were needed. She had everything else.
He took it, counting the money before pocketing both. "You can still come, Hisoka. You can visit her another day."
Hisoka shook her head. "No, I'm going today."
"I can just come with. We can go shopping tomorrow together."
"It'll be fine. It has been the last few times. You can come with me next time." Maybe...
He sighed, running a hand through his black feathery hair, knowing she wouldn't budge. "I'll hold you to that then."
"Be safe."
"You too."
With that, Fumi went left as Hisoka went right, going their separate ways.
Location: Haru's Room, Third Floor, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Kamikitazawa, Setagaya Ward, Eastern Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 8, 20XX
"Mother, I've brought a new flower with me today," Hisoka said once she opened the door, a potted plant of fresh lilacs* in her hands. It was still a flower bud, but it would open within a week, unfurling to reveal light lavender blooms that came with a rich fragrance. "Do you like them?" She asked when she sat the plant on the table next to the vase.
It was something different but easy to take care of. Hisoka thought another pop of color would be nice for the room.
"I do, my child. Thank you for them." She was gifted with a smile, warm brown eyes watching her sit in her previous place from the last visits.
"Un." She watched her mother slide the plant a bit, nearing a paper vase filled with colorful paper flowers. "Did you make those?"
"I made them with my friend." Haru brushed her fingertips along a blue paper rose. "She's very good at origami and has been teaching me a few things."
"That's good to hear that you've been having fun."
"Indeed, I have," the elder woman said. "How have you been, my child?"
"I've been... good, mother."
"How is Fumi doing?"
"Fumi is doing fine. He says hello and that he'll come to visit you soon."
"And your other friends? How are they?"
"They're all doing good."
"Having fun?"
"Yes, mother. Recently, we went to the beach to relax some before the End-of-Term exam."
"Did you have a good time?"
Hisoka nodded. "I did. It was a really unique experience going for my first time. The water was so blue! We had a sand building contest, swam around a lot, and got to smash a watermelon too. I even collected a few seashells."
"That's wonderful, my child!" She paused before adding, "And your exam?"
"I passed."
Haru clapped, beaming a proud look at her daughter. "I wouldn't doubt that you did, my child. I'm proud of you."
"Thank you..." Hisoka mumbled, glancing away.
They continued to talk until they fell into a comfortable silence, folding different flowers together when Haru suggested it. She showed the young teenager how, moving nimble fingers over each crease, creating shapes; they folded paper until there was a small pile of different colored flowers on the table between them. Dark brown eyes stared at the pale pink rose she was finally able to make; her thumb traced the decorative theme of purple and yellow bubbles embellishing the paper flower.
"Mom..." Hisoka glanced up at the woman. "What do you think love is?"
Haru paused in her folding, brown eyes widening behind red-rimmed glasses just a bit as they stared at the identical pair across the table. She wondered what had brought this on... Hisoka had never shown interest in this before. Did that mean what she thought? Her eyes moved from the younger girl towards the outside, to the bright blue sky that encompassed the whole Earth.
"Love is a craving," she explained. "It is a drive you have, like thirst. It, like thirst, can make you do strange things. It can come in an instant, like a strike of lightning, or over the course of a long time. You may not realize it until it dawns on you so suddenly you don't know what to do. It can be unpredictable and irrefutable like a force of nature, and everyone wants someone to love them in the end, even if they say otherwise."
Hisoka stared blankly, biting the inside of her cheek to stop herself from saying something she would regret, changing it to something else, "What made you fall in love with... him?"
"I was in love before I even knew it. Your father was strong, protective, caring, and so much more to me. He was like the moon to my sun, my love for him radiating independently over anything else I've felt before. How could I not fall for that?" She sighed lovingly, the same look on her face Hisoka remembered seeing from that night in the alleyway, as she held a hand to her cheek.
Hisoka wanted to know more. She could not stop her mouth. "Did you ever realize he would go down this path?"
"Who knows, my child. The mind can be a fickle, mysterious thing. The more we know the more questions there are. Time changes people and the mind just as much."
"Do you... still love him?"
A drop of sweat rolled down Hisoka's cheek as her mother's eyes stared straight into her own, an adoring look filling within the brown that she always loved to look into. "I do, and I always will. Just as I will always love you, my child." Her smile grew blinding, widening until all her teeth showed.
It scared Hisoka more than she thought.
Location: First Floor, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Kamikitazawa, Setagaya Ward, Eastern Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 8, 20XX
"Hisoka."
She blinked, looking up curiously from her phone when someone called out from behind her. Turning to look over her shoulder, she saw Todoroki-san standing in the hallway with a bag over his shoulder.
"Todoroki-san," she greeted him, nodding her head. "How are you?"
He walked up to her as they moved to the side near a vending machine. "I'm fine. And you?"
"The same as I was before, I guess. Are you visiting someone here?"
"My mom. Are you as well?"
"Yes," she answered with a nod.
He looked at what drinks that were available, ending up deciding on a cherry coke. "Would you like something? My treat."
"You don't have to do that."
He shrugged. "It's fine."
"If you don't mind then." She chose an orange soda after a moment of thinking. They moved to an empty small lounge area placed near a side entrance, sitting across from one another in seats next to large windows. A garden was displayed for their viewing, vibrant greens mixed with orange, red, and pink colored flowers in a tasteful display.
"How's your mother doing?" She asked after a silence had fallen over them, taking a drink afterward.
"She's doing better then what she was before. She has even made a new friend here."
"That is good to hear."
"And you?"
"She's... good. I am just happy to see her healthy." Hisoka was glad to talk with Todoroki-san, mentioning or asking whatever came to mind for the next hour after that. It was not often she got to do this. It was nice to have someone to know how she felt. Glancing at the clock the room had, she stood. "It's getting late. I need to head back home."
He jerked his head after he checked the time as well. "I need to as well. It was nice talking with you, Hisoka."
"You as well, Todoroki-san." They walked to the exit, stepping side by side with each other until they made it towards a separating point. "I'll see you at school."
"Shoto."
"Hmmm?"
"Call me Shoto, Hisoka," he told her, smiling a small, warm smile.
"Then I will see you on Monday, Shoto."
Location: Class 1-A, U.A. High School, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 10, 20XX
Hisoka glanced at Midoriya-san from across the classroom as he took his seat when the bell rung, glad that he had not been hurt badly. Just a bit of scaring that would go away after a week that was covered with some bandages. She had found out about his encounter from Fumi Saturday evening.
"Good, you are in your seats," Aizawa-sensei said as popped up from the ground behind the podium, and the whole class looked to the yellow sleeping bag on the floor, startled and wondered at what time their sensei had gotten there. Unashamedly yawning, he began the class with, "So... with that being the case, we ought to be more wary of the enemies' movements."
Hisoka frowned at her desk. He was right. If Shigaraki was targeting U.A. students now... The thought worried and angered her greatly...
"The destination for our school trip has been changed most likely." Aizawa-sensei ripped up the guide he still had, crumpling both halves and tossed them in the trash. "The new destination won't be announced until the day of the event."
"What? I already told my parents..." Sero-san said with a frown.
"So basically, the school can't control how and where this information will spread..." Yaoyorozu-san prompted, raising her voice.
Aizawa-sensei said with a shrug, "You're lucky we haven't canceled it all together, to be honest."
"...Should've fucking killed them..." Bakugo-san grumbled, "Even if it meant breaking a bone or two."
"Hey Bakugo, did you not hear the part about how Midoriya was knee deep in it?" Hagakure-san huffed. "You of all people should know our bylaws state that public displays of 'individuality' are forbidden."
"Whatever! He should have cracked a few skulls in the process!" Bakugo-san scowled, snapping back at her.
"Kacchan..."
"Ahem." Aizawa brought the class' attention back to him. "Anyways, we'll meet behind the school on the original date by the buses, so be sure you've packed everything by then."
"YES!" Everyone chimed out before their classes started.
Location: U.A. High School, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 10, 20XX
Hisoka nodded along to what Tsuyu was saying, agreeing as Fumi scowled and huffed. She smiled a bit, snickering behind her hand at his misfortune while Tsuyu teased him. As they walked the hallway back to class, other students making their way to their own destination, she caught the eye of her homeroom teacher walking on the other side, his hands stuffed in his pockets. He looked a bit banged up. Behind him, she caught a mess of indigo hair.
Shinsou-san...
Tired purple eyes connected with her own and she nodded towards him. He offered a scowl, turning his head away as he continued after Aizawa-sensei. Her head followed him, noting scrapes and bruises along his arms.
A small smile passed by her lips.
A step at a time.
He would make it.
"Hisoka, why are smiling?"
She looked at Fumi, shaking her head. "It's nothing. C'mon, we should hurry. We'll be late if we don't." She sped up, the two following behind her.
Location: Unknown
Love (Move... MoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMoveMove! Move! They couldn't have her!) - dangerousdangerousdangerous - something unknown.
So good...
A system to destroy them.
Red. The most frustrating thing... (No! Nothing was... It was dripping...)
They felt tired. They felt weaker now but that had not mattered. Changes. Physiological need just as breathing, water, and food were.
This was all her fault. She had to do something about all of this. There was just so much coming out!
"Hero-Killer..." She wanted to hurt something... someone... A slash.
Screams.
There were bodies scattered around her, faces blurry and staticky. "You are more like me then you think." Light on a blade. Death on a blade.
She called again.
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
"Ehehehehe. You won't be able to move at all when I'm around, girly." Could she escape this Red?
Something grabbed her.
"I just want you two to get along..." Panic spread through her veins, cold as ice but burning nonetheless.
STOP IT! JUST STOP!
No. HAH!
I'm sorry...
"Never."
Location: Hallway, U.A. High School, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 11, 20XX
Hisoka glanced down at the leftover bags of cookies in her arm, the other rubbing her tired eyes. She really had wished that she had been able to get back asleep but alas she was unable to. Too stressed from a dream she had not wanted to remember.
Baking helped.
It was easy for her mind to wander and blank out as she moved through the motions. Cookies were easy to make too, and she had made more than previously thought. So, as an offer of goodwill and after she gave her classmates some, she gave a few bags over to Kendo-san in the lunchroom, the class president of Class 1-B. She was thankful for them and would share them with the whole class.
Hisoka had nodded, waving to her as she left. Flipping her phone open, she realized she only had about ten minutes left before the bell rang to end lunch. She still had two bags left over. Maybe she could just give them to Tsuyu. She could give them to her siblings (if there was any left...). They were sure to like that. That was until she heard muttering.
Curious, she looked around to find a tall boy with dark, messy hair and pointy ears slouching against the wall, tracing a shape with his finger over it. He wore the school's uniform in a slovenly way. Tilting her head, she bundled her way over to the very alone boy and tapped his shoulder.
"Wh-What?!" He stuttered, thin, tiny black eyes glancing her way. (After that, a picture of a scared kitten entered her mind, wanting to make her coo over the taller boy, and would not leave her even when she would see him next.)
"Are you okay?"
Stepping away from her, he looked to the ground. "I... Umm..."
Maybe he was just shy. Maybe he would like something sweet to help calm himself down. Cookies were always a good place to start!
"Here." She handed him one of the bags, pushing it against his chest when he shook. He took it with a shaky hand, watching her every move cautiously. "They're mix of chocolate chip and peanut butter."
"O-oh... Um... Okay..."
"I hope you like them. Goodbye." She bowed her head slightly before moving on, hopeful to get to class before the bell rang.
Location: Hisoka's Room, Hisoka's and Fumikage's Apartment, Third Floor, Sunrise Apartments, Eastern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: July 15, 20XX
Hisoka sat on her bed, legs curled up under her and was reading a book on how to mix different herbs for medical purposes when her phone buzzed on her tan nightstand. Placing a bookmark to save her place, she closed the book gently and sat it next to her. Taking a look at her phone, she saw that it was a text from Tsuyu. You busy right now?
She wiggled her thumbs over the keys, messaging back. No, I'm not. I was just reading.
Her reply was immediate. Wanna hang out?
Hisoka: Sure. Your house?
Tsuyu: If you don't mind. I have to watch my siblings.
Hisoka: That's fine.
Tsuyu: Cool!
Hisoka: I'll head over in a moment.
A second later her phone pinged with Tsuyu's reply. See you soon!
Getting up, Hisoka popped her head out to see Fumi watching a rerun of some anime. "Fumi, I'm heading over to Tsuyu's house to hang out.
"Kay," he responded. After gathering up her phone, house key, and other essentials and packed them in her shoulder bag, she walked out into the living room. "...Just you?"
"Un." She nodded.
"What time will you be back?"
"Maybe around dinner time. It depends on what happens."
"Alright. Message me when you get there and then when you leave."
"Fumi..."
"To be on the safe side," he added, looking her way. "After what happened with Midoriya, it's better to be cautious than sorry."
He had a point. "Okay." She walked to the front door. "There are leftovers from last night in the fridge you can heat up for lunch."
"Kay! Be safe and don't stay out too late!"
Hisoka opened the front door, said, "I won't." And closed it behind her.
*Lilacs: The first emotions of love
Author's Note: Cookies are love... Cookies are life... -_- Really, they are! Particularly sugar cookies! If any of you disagree then fight me! -puts of fists- Lol! Anyway, did you enjoy this chapter? It was… interesting? I wanna say that… to write things that I did here. Hope you like it! And I know you'll really like the next chapter. It involves something with Tsuyu and Hisoka~. ^^ See you all next week!
Ney, if Hisoka was male who would she take after more? Stain or Haru?