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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Prince- Eh... Maybe. While that would be so cute it'd give you cavities I don't know so I'll think about it. Well, haven't you felt that way or have at least thoughts when a best friend spends more and more times with someone else? I know I have. But Fumi knows he'll never be replaced; Hisoka is not like that. And while he does know Tusyu will take care of Hisoka he just wanted to make sure. ^^ -rubs ear- I can hear your screeches from over here... -_-'' Hehehe. And... Burrrrr! Wrong. Good try though and a cute suggestion. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
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DschingisKhan- CH 19: Ehehehehehe. I'm so happy to hear you were creeped out~! That was what that part was about the whole time! CH 21: Well sometimes there'll be no difference in the end for some things. It all depends on what it is. CH 27: Thank you for the advice. I will be sure to keep a better eye out to watch out more. I will tell you, though, I won't be diverging from canon entirely, but I am going to be changing things increasingly as I go along. You'll find out more within the Forest Training Camp Arc chapters. I hope you will like it. ^^ The people are most aware from what happened in Hosu would be Todoroki, Midoriya, and Iida. Fumi has a general idea from what Hisoka has told him but not most details as she does not want to talk about it. Tsuyu knows something bad happened from observing those around her. There is a limited amount of Heroes (Manual/Masaki Mizushima wanted to keep it on the down low just in case it was something not big just in case) that know, and the Chief of Police know only what they had found and what limited information Hisoka had told them off-screen. If you look at the dream sequences in Chapter 20 where she had led some of them to where she was held at beforehand and for them to get her mother. CH 31: Fumi is da bomb! I am happy how his relationship with Hisoka has gone. Yes, we will be getting more of Tsuyu's POV. I think I have one planned in the next Arc. I have to agree. I think technology in BNH is way more advance then in our world, so I wouldn't put it past them to have the trains that would cut a 3-hour trip to like half an hour or something like that... Ahahaha... I need to work on that it seems. Well, I am learning every day to help improve on my writing to give you all a better reading/viewing experience! I think I'll be ending this review... It's gotten quite long as you can see. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Chapter 32
To The Wild, Wild Pussycats
Location: Bus Parking Lot, U.A. High School, Northern Musutafu, South of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 7, 20XX
Hisoka carried a small duffle bag in her hands, pulling a larger suitcase to the bus with Fumi. The rest of the class was gathering, everyone wearing their school uniforms, as well as Class B. She smiled at Tsuyu, walking up to her side as she was talking with Uraraka-san who seemed to have an excessive amount of stuff with her, and had beamed brightly when the Healing Quirk girl came up to them.
Uraraka-san waved wildly. "Hisoka-chan! Tokoyami-kun! Hi!"
"Good morning," Tsuyu said.
"Un," Hisoka responded, nodding. "Morning."
Fumi greeted them from behind Hisoka, "Good morning, Uraraka, Tsuyu."
"You have everything?" They moved to the bus's luggage compartment to put their bags inside.
"I-"
"WHA?! Class A needs supplementary lessons?! That means someone got a failing mark!" Monoma was there, laughing at them with his sarcastic gaze as Hisoka placed her bags in the compartment last. "HUH?! ISN'T THAT WEIRD?! So strange! I thought Class A was supposed to be superior to class B?!"
Hisoka felt an arm wrap around her own to keep her from moving forward, a slightly sadistic smile on her lips. Glancing to her left, Tsuyu shook her head, holding her back with a knowing gaze, and so she stayed where she was, her lips turned down into a pout.
"Enough." Kendou-san was there behind him and karate chopped the back of his head before looking at the others, smiling pleasantly. "Sorry," she said as she dragged Monoma and his suitcase away from them.
One less body for someone to clean up it seemed.
Iida-san's booming voice overhead called them to get on the bus; she was dragged to the bus, Fumi following them. Uraraka-san had already gotten on with Midoriya-san. Hisoka sighed a bit as she took a seat next to the window in the middle of the bus and was looking out it with a smile as Tsuyu took the seat next to her. They set off shortly after. Fumi sat behind them with Shoto, both silent as they listened to music when the overall noise grew, abuzz with laughter and excitement.
"Let's blast some tunes! Something summery!"
"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO STAND ON THE SEATS! NO STANDING ON THE SEATS!"
"Give me pocky..."
"Something that starts with B! Bank! Now, K!"
"Kash money!"
"Hey, please give me some pocky too..."
It was going to be a long bus ride ahead.
Hisoka took out her phone and headphones, plugging the jack into the mobile device, and turned to Tsuyu. "I'm gonna take a nap."
The frog girl nodded in understanding. "I'll wake you up when the bus stops. Sensei said we'll be stopping in hour intervals." She turned to talk with Jiro-san and Sero-san, who sat on their right side, when Hisoka gave a hum as her answer.
She plugged her headphones into her ears and turned on her music. Brown eyes turned back to watch the scenery bypass them, the bus heading onto the highway, the tall bricked wall becoming a blur as they gained speed. Class B's bus was trailing behind them. Stifling a yawn, Hisoka decided it was finally time to close her eyes and, after clenching her fist, rested her cheek against it. It was comfy enough to let her mind shut down as the music took over.
Location: Unknown
Nothing at all.
"Wake up!"
So much red... Nothing but red coming out. More dripped. It began to flow around them. The other sank into the red before they could grab them.
She would do anything to help him! (Nothing would come to hurt him if she could help it. Nothing...)
Everything drowned.
"You will be scattered-"
(So weak. Something was wrong with them... They felt tired.) "What will happen to her... my mom?"
She called for help...
Red.
"She will be... I'm sorry."
"Oh..." Fleeting lights. Panic spread through her veins, cold as ice but burning nonetheless.
I'm sorry... Crack...
"-not arrested?"
"...interrogated right now."
"Then what?" Her brittle resolve shattered. Her heartbeat quickened and breathing wheezed and she could feel.
"Well..."
That choice changed everything for them.
She waited there for as long as she could. "'ove you too..."
He never came. "I love you." Someone who she'd love to punch - maim, cut, kill... a variety of words for mixed feelings - for making her mother cry all those nights.
Agony. Sadness. Tears of red were flooding from her. Drowning, sinking beneath them, she tried to reach out to stop it.
Darkness.
"Hisoka, it's all right.
Crack...
"I'm here for you." It was like static was blaring from all around her. Fireworks flashed in her mind – vivid colors –
Nothing.
Location: Cliff Above The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 7, 20XX
Brown eyes snapped open as her body came back to life. She felt her chest tighten, wet coughs escaping her. Gasping, she greedily inhaled all the air she could, breathing in short pants.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
With her breathing paced out more evenly, she could hear past the rush of blood in her ears. Voices were speaking around her - to her.
"-ioka... okay?"
"Oi."
At some point her mind registered that there was a warm hand shaking her shoulder gently. Brown eyes shifted to see two pairs of red and black eyes staring at her with worry and curiosity.
"Hisoka!"
"I'm fine," she mumbled, raising a hand, rubbing her eyes a bit too harshly but she relished the spark of pain it brought. Letting her vision adjust once more, she got up and followed them silently off the bus, arriving at their first rest stop. Hisoka's eyes widened as she stepped out onto the ground, taking in the scenery that lay in front of her.
"Rest stop! Finally!"
Well, this was different. (No, no it wasn't at all... With U.A. anything was possible and all of them should have expected something like this, especially after that announcement Aizawa-sensei told them.)
"Wait, this isn't a rest stop?"
"Where's Class B?" Yaoyorozu-san asked curiously as she too looked around for the other bus. (Good... No needing the feeling of wanting to stab a certain someone then...)
The bus had stopped near the ledge of a cliff. Apart from another small vehicle parked off to the side, there was nothing else that even remotely hinted at any civilization. A scenic range of mountains lay sprawled out as far as the eye could see.
"Something's off," Hisoka mumbled, those near her hearing her. "Be on the look-out for anything suspicious."
"To say there is no ulterior motive would be a lie..." Aizawa-sensei mumbled lowly from a distance before some people got out of the car.
See!
At least they had a beautiful view.
"Heeeey, Eraser! It's been a while!" Hisoka turned to see that the woman's voice was coming from the car near the rest of the class.
"With sparkling eyes, we rock on!" One exclaimed happily.
The other voiced, "Cute, cat, stinger!"
"...Together we are...the wild Pussycats!"
The two of them shuffled together, each striking a pose. They were dressed in similar uniforms of short skirts and tops, consisting of long fluffy tails, oversized paws on their hands, and metallic, robotic cat ears. They grinned widely as they looked over the crowd of students. She noticed a little boy standing near the one with black hair. She watched them for a moment before she realized who they were, and her eyes lit up brightly.
Aizawa cleared his throat, introducing them in a bored tone, "I'd like to introduce the professional Heroes, the Pussycats."
"One of the four hero teams that founded the Union Affairs Office," uttered Hisoka, excited, eyes sparkling in childlike wonder. "Specializing in mountain rescuing operations... They have twelve years of experience! Veterans!"
"Hisoka... really likes..." Fumi tried to explain to Tsuyu as Hisoka kept relating facts about the rescue group.
"You sure know a lot, Matsushita-chan," Midoriya-san said to her. Hisoka nodded quickly and they began trading facts with one another.
They stopped when the short-haired Pussycat, Mandalay, said, "This entire area is our domain!" She gestured to the mountains ahead of the cliff, holding out her hand, pointing down towards the forest in between. "The place you'll be staying at is on the base of that mountain."
"So far away!" Kirishima-san cried out.
Uraraka-san crinkled her brows in confusion. "Huh...? Then why did we stop if we're only halfway there...?"
Ah...
"Guys...? L-Let's hurry back to the bus, yeah?" Sero-san whined with a nervous grin as the others started to head back in a rush.
Hisoka knew it was hopeless.
"It's nine-thirty am right now..." the Pussycat spoke again. "If you kick it into high gear, it'll probably be about noon..." That grin she had set off Hisoka's nerves.
"Oh no..."
"Let's go back!"
Panic swept through the class, the alarm and desperation visible on each of their expressions. She grabbed Tsuyu's hand, holding it tightly as Fumi gripped her other side just as hard.
"TO THE BUS! HURRY!" Kirishima-san shouted.
"The kittens that don't make it before twelve-thirty won't be eating," she chuckled playfully. Shooting a mischievous glance towards her blonde partner, she felt the ground and foliage begin to move beneath her feet. Hisoka took a stance, tightening her grip on the others. It continued to spread, enveloping all of the members of Class 1-A as it pushed them closer to the cliff's edge.
"I'm sorry," Aizawa-sensei breathed. "But your school trip...has already started."
With a forceful shove, the Pussycat manipulated the earth and flung her along with the rest of the students over the guardrail - No... No, Aizawa-sensei, you're not sorry at all... - sending them tumbling down into the chasm as her teacher's sadistic grin was the last thing she saw.
Location: Outside Forest Lodge, Edge of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 7, 20XX
"Wow, you're here!" Mandalay chuckled. "I guess there wasn't much of point in threatening to deprive you of lunch."
Nearly eight hours later, they finally neared the lodge covered in grime, dirt, blood, sweat, and tears.
"I'm going to starve to death!" Ashido groaned out as she crawled out of a bush.
Mandalay said with a smile, "My bad, I guess that little over two hours was more of our speed."
"Aaaugh..." Fumikage let out a weak sigh, exhaustion seeping its way into his limbs. On his back was a worn out Hisoka, arms hanging over his shoulders as one hand held a half-beaten up blade Yaoyorozu had made on her request, for the use of her Quirk to keep everyone going. They would have been worse off if not for her - not that everyone would admit it.
She did the best she could. He was proud of her.
But now that they were there, he'd like her to get off as the weight was not helping him one bit. He nudged her awake softly, dazed brown eyes glancing up at him as he told her he was setting her down.
"I thought you'd take a lot longer to get here," Pixie-Bob admitted, giggling before she sighed. "To have figured out my earth beasts so quickly, you guys are good. Especially you four." She looked over to Bakugo-san, Midoriya-san, Iida-san, and Shoto with a smile. "Your lack of hesitation and indecisiveness... I think it that comes from the experiences you have acquired?" She gave a small frown as she looked over the class. "Though you're a lot less messy than I thought you'd all be..."
"Yeah! We'd be in a real pinch... if not for Hisoka-chan over there..." Kirishima finally evened out his breathing, donning a half-destroyed uniform.
Eyes moved to the dazed girl, Fumikage and Tsuyu making sure she stood up. Hisoka slowly brushed a hand across her cheek, smearing the specks of dirt across her sweat-streaked face.
"Ah! You're the one with the healing Quirk! Ahhhhh!" Pixie-Bob squealed, "I'm so anxious to see what all of you will become in three years! I'm calling dibs on you right now! Especially you!"
Hisoka blinked owlishly at the cat finger pointed at her. Tilting her head, she gave a confused gaze at the blonde Pussycat. "Huh?"
"Such a cute kitten! You're excellent! So, calling dibs!"
That only made her more confused.
"Wha..." She looked at Fumi for an explanation who could only shrug and Tsuyu shook her head, unable to come up with anything. But that did not stop the frown she wore. Still a bit confused on what was happening, Hisoka blinked when Midoriya-san got hit in the nuts so suddenly. It jolted her some life back into her, flinching when he fell over.
Location: Hot Springs Area, Forest Lodge, Edge of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 7, 20XX
"The baths are this way!"
Hisoka followed suit behind her female classmates, all of whom could hardly contain their excitement to soak in the hot springs and finally relax after the rigorous trip. She stripped off all her clothes after making her way to the changing room, exchanging them for a small towel she wrapped around her body.
"Uwahh! That feels so good!" Uraraka-san let out a sigh of contentment as she immersed her frame in the hot water. The other girls slowly settled in as well, dipping their feet into the water before submerging the rest of their bodies. Ashido-san opted for a different approach, however, practically flinging herself into the water as she began to noisily splash around.
Yaoyorozu-san shot her a stern look. "Ashido-san, refrain from making too much of a commotion, please. We must be mindful towards the others."
The pink-skinned girl merely giggled in return, swimming in circles around the small enclosure, steam rising from the hot water. "It's just us here! The guys are on the other side, Yaomomo!"
"That's what I mean," Yaoyorozu-san sighed. "We'll bother them with all this noise, though. I'm sure they're tired from the trip, just like us."
"It's fine, don't worry! They won't even care!"
The other girl shook her head, sinking a bit deeper into the water. "Good grief..."
"Hisoka-chan, come on!"
The said girl mumbled incoherently, still tired from today's trial, and stepped into the water slowly. She sunk her body into the water finding a comfortable position, feeling the warmth of the water turn her sore muscles to jelly, beside her partner... girlfriend... Hisoka blushed at the thought, still a bit unsure on what to call Tsuyu exactly.
Eh...
She'd figure it out later.
For now, she was just going to soak and fall asleep; she was practically half asleep already.
"They won't care," Uraraka-san commented, "It's just soooo nice to finally get a break, after going through that forest for who knows how long.
"Roughly eight hours," Hisoka mumbled, leaning her head on Tsuyu's shoulder. She felt the girl's hand slip into hers under the water, the hold slowly becoming a natural feeling nowadays.
"Seriously?! You counted that whole time?! You were practically passed out when we got here," Hagakure exclaimed, and Hisoka cracked an eye open to her right, noticing a hole in the water where she assumed the invisible girl was.
"Ok... Cool!"
Uraraka-san spoke up next, "I wasn't expecting them to make us do something like that right off the bat. Meeting the Pussycats was really cool, though!"
"Aizawa-sensei had pulled something like this before so it's not really surprising to have him pull something like that again," Tsuyu piped in, rubbing a thumb over Hisoka's hand.
"Totally." Ashido-san stopped flailing her arms around, becoming motionless for the first time. A cheeky grin spread across her lips. "Now, enough chitchat, bath time is the opportunity to have some girl-talk. So, Hisoka-chan." The said girl cracked her right eye again as the pink-haired girl looked at her. "Why are you so cuddly with Tsuyu-chan over there?"
"Yeah! I've been noticing you've both been holding hands!" Uraraka-san called out, bouncing animatedly.
"We're going out," Tsuyu stated, Hisoka nodding against her shoulder.
"Guessed it!"
Ashido-san exclaimed, "YES! I knew it!"
"Really?" Jiro-san raised her eyebrow at her. "Congrats."
Tsuyu nodded. "Thank you."
Yaoyorozu-san asked, a large amount of curiosity alighting in her eyes, "How long have you been going out?"
"A few weeks."
Ashido-san raised an arm, flailing it wildly. "Oh! Oh! How many dates?"
"Three officially. One at a cat cafe, another was ice cream date after school, and we had gone to the park some days before this trip."
"Kitties!" Hagakure-san squealed along with their pink classmate, clasping hands together. "Adorable!"
"The-"
Suddenly they heard shouting from the other side of the large wooden fence that separated the women's baths from the men's side. As if time had stopped, they heard loud noises and the guys' voices reaching the next sound level.
"WALLS EXIST TO BE SCALED! PLUS ULTRA!"
She felt her body be moved behind Tsuyu's, arms wrapping around her when Mineta-san's shout grew closer to the top, jolting her awake and aware. The other females ducked deeper into the water before they paused when they saw a familiar horned baseball hat pop up from between the gap of the walls.
"Learn what it means to be a dignified human being before aiming to become a hero," they heard the boy grumble, slamming his hands and causing a shocked Mineta-san to fall backward with a screech.
"We'd expect nothing less of Mineta..." Yaoyorozu-san said with a relaxed sigh.
"You rock, Kouta!" Ashido said with a cheer, giving him a thumbs up.
Ah.
So, that was his name.
Hearing his name, the small child turned to look back at the girls, none of them minded since he was just a small kid before he let out a strangled gasp. His cheeks burned a bright red and he tipped backward in shock over the fence on the boy's side.
"Oh no!" Uraraka-san cried out as the boy fell and gasped.
"Kouta!" They heard Midoriya-san cry out.
"YOU LUCKY FUCKING BRAT!" Mineta-san screamed before they heard a loud boom on the other side.
Hisoka stood, moving out of Tsuyu's grip. "I'm going to make sure everything's okay."
"We'll see you in the room then," the green-haired girl said.
"Un," Hisoka answered as she got out, grabbing her towel, eyes watching her scarred body leave. She quickly put on the clothes she brought with her, a white tank top and plain green pj shorts, before she followed to where she heard Midoriya-san's voice. She stopped short when she heard them talk.
"...come to as a surprise but there are many out there who aren't fans of Heroes... If he had a normal upbringing, he would have probably grown up idolizing Heroes as well..."
"Normal...?" Midoriya-san asked with a nervous sweat.
"Mandalei's cousins, Kouta's parents... They used to be heroes but lost their lives."
"Wha..."
"Two years ago, when they were protecting civilians from the Villains. As Heroes, there couldn't have been a more sublime and glorious way for them to pass on; they died a truly Heroic death. But, for a child just beginning to understand his surroundings, it didn't mean jack squat. His parents were his world... his everything..."
The world... Her mother... That smile... (That smile... The one that came from the first memories she could actually remember. One that was always reserved for her alone - the sorrow and the heartache that that smile held, the broken pieces the girl was still trying to piece back together bit by bit, the love she would always have -
Why... Why had it felt like something inside of her had broke little by little the more she saw that smile?
"I just want you two to get along...")
Him!
He ruined it all. (Did he, though? You wouldn't be in this world if not for him.)
It was by chance.
Hisoka's stomach felt queasy, contracting violently, and knots formed inside her, making her throw a hand to her mouth. Nausea clawed at her throat, and she forced down the bit of bile that had made its way up. She moved away from the room, making sure not to get caught before she arrived at the girls' assigned room.
No one was around.
When the others did arrive, she had already fallen asleep, plagued with dreams filled with memories she'd rather not remember.
Author's Note: Guess who's back! It's me! I am happy to have had the break! It's brought on a lot of new ideas for the story that will hopefully make it in and I am so excited to be writing this Arc. It's going to be very good. Well, I hope it is and I'll hope you will like it too! Yahooo! Anyway, there is not much more to say. ^^
I've got a few new drawings here my dears! One of them is Haru! And there's another Stained Glass - one to represent after what happened in Hosu. (Just remove the spaces and the link should work.)
Link 1: www._deviantart._com/_nightmarezanez/_art/_Haru-Matsushita-I-Miss-You-753156781
Link 2: www._deviantart._com/_nightmarezanez/_art/_Hisoka-Matsushita-Stained-Glass-Ver-2-753157254
See you all next week!