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- Of course, Tsuyu knows more than she lets on. ^^ Hehehehe. I've got an idea that involves the Pussycats and Hisoka and it'd be so cute once I've got it all planned out! I know you'll love the sweetness it'll bring it will rot your teeth. Maybe we do have a psychic link... Lol. I think Mineta is funny and honestly, don't know why he hasn't been expelled yet. (I know in real life that would have gotten someone arrested for sure.) Maybe it's because it's anime and there's usually that one perverted character in most shows? So... Who do you think should be Hisoka's counselor then? Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
AubreyKuwata- That's cool. I'm glad you had fun. I think Neito's character is funny but otherwise don't really care about him. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Always-In-A-Daze- Hi! I'm glad you were able to catch up on everything and hope life is not crazy for you anymore! And yeah... There's been a lot happening while you were away. Oh, Hisoka will get better and her familial situation won't bother her as much as it does now later on but... There are a lot of landmines on that road that will make it difficult for her and those around her. And Fumi is best bro and if anyone who says differently can fight me! Heh! Glad you like the artwork too. Ooooooo! Tell me everything you want to say! Don't be shy! And don't let your anxiety get the best of you. Taking a few deep breaths can help. ^^ And... yeah... you've guessed correctly but I won't say which one. You'll just have ta see. ^^ Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Chapter 33
To Progression
Location: Forest Lodge, Edge of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 8, 20XX
The following morning, Hisoka woke up groggy and unrested as the girls were rudely awoken by a blaring air horn at five in the morning. She snapped her eyes open, looking around in a dazed panic, almost bumping her head into Tsuyu's (who had been sleeping rather close to her) as the other girls sat up in bed as well. "Wh-what's happening?! What's going on?" She asked as she got up, tightly clenching the blade she had kept under her pillow (one could never be too careful.)
"It's time to get up!" Pixie-bob said with a bright grin from the door, "Time to get to work!"
Hisoka could only scowl tiredly; her mind was reeling with thoughts from last night so suddenly that it made her head hurt.
"Ugh..." Uraraka-san groaned out sleepily, Hisoka bumping a closed-eye, sleepy Tsuyu lightly to get moving, as they all got out of bed and began pulling on their gym uniforms.
She yawned as they all stumbled out of the building, holding Tsuyu's hand so she wouldn't bump into anything, and wandered tiredly near the forest. She caught a clump of black feathers beside her.
"Hey," Hisoka yawned.
"...Morning," he grumbled, voice still thick with sleep. "How did you sleep?"
"Alright. You?"
Fumi grunted, "A bit of a struggle. Unfamiliar location." Hisoka nodded in understanding. "You have bed hair." He let out a snort.
Hisoka frowned, shifting a hand through her hair to try and tame it as much as she could, as Tsuyu leaned on her shoulder.
"I like your bed hair..." Tsuyu mumbled, eyes cracking open after she rubbed her eyes.
Her cheeks burned a bright pink, moving her hand back to her side. "Un..." Hisoka froze when she caught Aizawa-sensei staring her down from a little distance away. His hawk-like eyes were narrowed into slits, yet he kept his usual aloof, very tired expression.
Hisoka could only stare back, blankly wondering if he knew or not. It was not like she and Tsuyu were hiding their developing relationship. (The thought of Villains using this against them - a new weakness that could be exploited by those who found out - could very well be their ruin. However, she would do what she could to protect this. She knew Tsuyu would too.) So, it would not be shocking if others in the class found out. The girls knew so she wouldn't put it past anyone if they already knew as well.
Aizawa then cleared his throat, drawing the attention of the group towards him. "Good morning, everyone. Today, we begin a rigorous round of reinforcement training. This trip's whole purpose is to strengthen everyone's Quirks. This is preparation to stand against any hostility and aggression you face from your future enemies. So, you must prepare your hearts and minds. With that being said..." He glanced over towards Bakugou-san, Hisoka waking fully as the teacher flung a softball in his direction who caught it with ease. "Bakugou. Try throwing that."
Bakugou-san cocked an eyebrow. "This is... from the physical strength test..."
Aizawa-sensei nodded, stuffing his hands back in his pockets with a yawn. "That's right. At the time of your admittance, your records indicated that you recorded a toss of 705.2 meters. Let's see how much you've improved."
The ash blonde boy winded up his arm with large, exaggerated motions as he prepared to throw the softball. He leaned forward, sparking off a hefty explosion from his fingertips. "DROP DEAD!"
Drop dead...?
The explosion gave off a gust of wind, ruffling all their hair, as the ball shot straight up, traversing through the sky. It finally tumbled back down to the ground after what seemed like ages, signaling Aizawa-sensei with a beep on his recording device. He looked at the screen. "709.6 meters," he announced, turning it around to show the display to the rest of the class.
Bakugou-san glared at it as Hisoka's class murmured among themselves, evidently confused by the results.
"That's not even close to what we expected..."
Aizawa spoke up once more. "In three months, you have definitely all gained a lot of experience, and of course, have certainly grown. But that growth has mainly been emotional and technical. Now the time has come to concentrate on physical advancement as well. As you can see, your 'Quirks' themselves have improved at best by only a marginal amount... Therefore, starting today, we will focus on upgrading your Quirks. I'll be pushing all of you beyond your limits... So, try not to kick the bucket on me..." He chuckled darkly, grinning at the class sadistically, and they all groaned in unison.
Sadistic sensei made another appearance!
Wonderful.
Simply, wonderful.
"I don't know whether to cheer at the training we'll be doing or sigh at the pain I know we'll be in," Tsuyu sighed, lifting her head as she stretched her arms high in the air before moving to fix her hair a bit.
"At least, we'll be doing it together," Hisoka said cracking her knuckles.
Tsuyu just smiled at her, offering a shoulder bump to her while they followed their teacher to the training grounds.
"And receive all the pain within this madness of agony, misery, and torment this week shall bring..." Fumi added.
Hisoka shrugged. "I guess." She looked around at all the different things that were set up to help everyone with their Quirks.
Aizawa-sensei cleared his throat so their attention was on him once again. "Normally, we'd adjust the training based on physical growth, but we don't have that kind of time right now." He moved to the side, gesturing to the few individuals standing behind him. "That is why they're here."
Hisoka sucked in her breath, eyes sparkling as she saw the complete team of the Wild Wild Pussycats! The other woman and man similarly dressed in cat-like uniforms.
Mandalay grinned. "Together the four of us all make up the Wild Wild Pussycats! With the help of each of our individual Quirks, it'll be easy for us to handle all of you. That will go for Class B too when they get here. But, I suppose we should each formally introduce ourselves."
The third female Pussycat with long, green hair and big round yellow eyes cheerfully piped up. "Hi! I'm Ragdoll! I can observe and monitor up to a hundred people at a time, with my Quirk, Search, including their location and weak points!"
"Well, I was introduced to you all earlier," the blonde Pussycat spoke, "But hello again. I'm Pixie-bob, and my Quirk, Flowstone, will create a training ground fit for each and every one of you."
Mandalay gestured towards herself. "And with my Telepath, I can advise and instruct multiple people at once. So, I'll be able to communicate with you and guide you."
"I'm Tiger," the male tall, muscular Pussycat added. "I'll be in charge of kicking, punching, and... other violent services." He had short brown hair and a small triangle shaped beard.
"Now," Aizawa-sensei continued. "We'll begin our training momentarily. The terrain will be adjusted accordingly wherever need be, so prepare to buckle down and get to work." The homeroom teacher began directing what they would be doing, such as Kaminari-san was to stand at the top of a tall pillar of stone to generate his electricity, Shoto was forced into a boiling pot of water before creating ice, and Fumi had been pushed into a dark cave while Tsuyu had to work with all her limbs, pointing out where each of them were to go until Hisoka was the last one standing where the rest of the group originally stood.
She could only blink as the gaze of two Pro Heroes stared at her, the other two of them watching and Tiger training the students with power augmentation abilities.
"Matsushita."
"Yes, sir?" Hisoka said immediately, eyes shifting to the black-haired man.
"For the rest of the morning, you will be tasked with healing everyone when they get beyond a certain level. That level, you will decide. When you are not healing, you will be with either me or Tiger training on your hand-to-hand combat," sensei listed off, eyes boring into her. "After that, you will be working on weapon combat."
"Understood, sensei."
Suddenly, she had to jump back, flipping backward as she used her hands as a springboard and landed some feet away, while the lanky man had almost captured her with his scarves, landing in a kneeling position. "And we start now." His eyes gleamed as he came at her once again.
Location: Forest Lodge, Edge of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 8, 20XX
It had been a grueling day.
What had started off as an early morning had rapidly morphed into late afternoon, and Hisoka could feel her entire body burning with exhaustion. She felt almost faint, wanting to escape reality into Morphine's grasp. Yet she had not allowed herself, sluggishly pulling her limbs along as she headed back from her training area to regroup with the rest of the class. With a soft groan, her aching body remembered the bruises and scrapes her training had caused. It was at least favorable, showing what she needed more work on (she wondered how her body was not just a bag of skin and bones by now with the large amount of blood she gave away) and that she would definitely need to work on using another weapon.
For now, she would put that thought to use later as her stomach growled loudly in hunger while she had changed into her casual clothes. She felt her arms protest as she pulled on a pair of shorts and a long, grey tank top, and made her way back outside with everyone else after swallowing some of her pills. It would take a bit to work but she would be feeling better after getting some food.
And yet...
"Now! We told you yesterday that we're not gunna help you anymore!" Pixie-bob said with a grin, pointing at a table full of ingredients. It was four in the afternoon and the class groaned with hunger at the sight of the food.
"If you want to eat, get off your asses and make it yourself! Curry!" Ragdoll shouted with excitement, swiping a clawed paw in the air.
"Yes, Ma'am..." The classes all groaned out of exhaustion.
Ragdoll crackled, dancing around like a maniac. "Everybody's looking pretty raw! That doesn't give you an excuse to do a sloppy job, though."
Curry... Sure.
That was simple enough.
"You're right... In the case of an emergency, feeding the hungry and providing sustenance to mind and body is an essential part of providing aid..." Iida-san said with a thought, before waving his arms around. "These Pros are correct! Let's make the world's best curry!" He shouted at the others, getting some of them revved up.
She wanted food.
So, Hisoka used Iida-san to begin directing where everyone was to go. Class B was with them, arriving not long after they had that morning, training, working, and helping them prepare the food they all would eat together. Shoto provided ice and fire while others worked on peeling the potatoes, such as Uraraka-san and Kaminari-san, while some were chosen to chop the meat and other vegetables like Hisoka and Tsuyu.
Everyone worked together... mostly.
"Ah." Tsuyu felt a stinging pain in her finger. "Ouch..." She dropped her knife and carrot, looking at the small cut on her finger as some blood trickled out.
"You're bleeding." Hisoka asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, I'm alright." Tsuyu waved her unhurt hand around before Hisoka had grabbed her injured hand, looking at the cut.
"It doesn't look like the cut is too deep. It'll stop bleeding after a few," she told her with a serious look, before lifting the girl's finger to her mouth and kissed it. Tsuyu felt her head spin a bit, her face turning red as she looked away. "Be more careful, okay?"
"Yeah..."
After wrapping it with some spare bandages she always kept on her, they went back to work in silence unaware of the copious amounts of eyes – some held awe, some were shocked, while others were either curious, worried, or had not cared – on them.
Location: Forest Lodge, Edge of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 9, 20XX
The following day ensued much like the one before, Hisoka's body littered with grime and bruises from fighting and training all morning, expect when afternoon came. Aizawa-sensei had let her have a short break to recover before she had been hauled off inside and sat down in front of a black screen with notebooks and pencils provided. She had been surprised when Recovery Girl appeared on the screen, waving and smiling at her so brightly it stank with suspicion. Her brain had then been proceeded to get picked through as the elder woman grilled her on everything she knew about healing, the human body, and all her other medical knowledge.
Hisoka had thought she had known quite a bit, as she had begun learning from her mother at a young age, yet from the wealth of information Recovery Girl had given her showed she had a long way to go. Unfortunately, Recovery Girl would only able to do this on Thursday where she would quiz her on the reading material she was given to study before then. She couldn't begin to guess how thankful Hisoka was for her to take time out of her busy schedule just to teach her.
Even if her brain felt like a pile of mush after it. (It was a good thing she had taken notes to study later on.) Hisoka would also need to talk with the nurse to see if she could learn more once this training camp was over.
Finally, the training was over and Hisoka had to say goodbye to Recovery Girl before she moved outside to help with dinner preparations again. They had made curry once more. After the class finished their meal and the dishes cleaned up, Hisoka let out a tired sigh, happy that the day was finally over. Even as drained as she felt, somehow, there were still students who seemed to have loads of energy.
Pixie-Bob began, "Alright! Our tummies are full, and the dishes are all clean and put away! Now, it's time for-
Ashido-san for one looked almost unaffected. "THE TEST OF COURAGE!" She cheered, throwing up her hands towards the sky, letting out an excited cry. "This is gunna be awesome!"
Aizawa-sensei cleared his throat, pointing at a few different students. "Before that, and though it pains me to say it, the remedial bunch... are going to have a review lesson with me starting right now."
"NO WAY!"
He let out a sigh as Ashido-san screamed in horror and used his restraining bandages to catch her, Sato-san, Sero-san, Kaminari-san, and Kirishima-san before proceeding to drag them off to the building. "Yes yes, it sucks. I know..."
"FORGIVE ME!" Ashido cried. "JUST PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME PLAY FOR ONCE!"
He really was a demon...
Was it bad that Hisoka found amusement from their misery? Well, what the other didn't know would not hurt them.
Hisoka made her way over towards the forest along with your classmates, where B Class was already gathered inside. The Pussycats stood by, prepared to overlook the Test of Courage.
"So, there we have it," Mandalay announced. "Class B is already waiting inside and will be up first to scare the living daylights out of you. Class A will have pairs of two leave every three minutes. In the middle of the path, there will be a card with your name written on it. Take it back with you as proof that you completed the test! This should roughly take about fifteen to twenty minutes to do."
"They can't touch you directly!" Ragdoll bounced up and down. "But they can scare you with their Quirks! Ooohhh! How fun!"
"The winner will be the class that not only makes the most of their creativity but also makes the most people piss their pants with fright!" Tiger said with a broad grin and a cute pose, his teammates cheering on behind him.
Cute...
There would be one left over, though... They were to draw numbers and when Hisoka reached her hand into the box, she pulled out a small piece of paper with the number five written on it. She stepped back to let the next person go as she darted to the side to look around for her partner.
She felt someone wrap an arm around her other arm, looking to her left to see a happy Tsuyu. "Number five, Hisoka." Her fingers held up her own similarly marked paper. "Looks like we're partners."
Hisoka nodded. "Looks like it."
Tsuyu flashed her a small smile, letting out a 'Ribbit' as she released her arm to slip her hand into Hisoka's, interlocking their fingers together. She absently noted that there had been a commotion about switching - someone had to be left over - but was unable to learn more when Mandalay put her foot down. Hisoka waved when Fumi had gone with his partner, Shoji-san, while he stuffed his hands in his black jacket. She conversed with Tsuyu and Uraraka-san before it was their turn.
"All right, pair number five… Froggy-kitty and healing-kitty, go!" Pixie-bob exclaimed as screams echoed in the forest.
Tsuyu took the lead, gripping Hisoka's hand.
"There is a lot of screaming out there..." Hisoka noted, giving Tsuyu's a light squeeze, happy when one was returned.
"That's most likely Kyouka and Tooru."
"You think?"
"It could be."
"Yeah..."
They had encountered a few students of Class 1-B moments after treading deeper into the forest. Neither of them had yet to be scared, startled once though, but they were having a good time. They were happy to have been paired with one another and to be spending time together.
Silence.
Something was not right...
Hisoka sniffed, smelling something strange. "Do you smell that?"
Tsuyu tilted her head, lifting her nose in the air. "It smells like something is burning. Weird."
"Yeah."
"EVERYONE!" The two of them stopped instantly, hearing Mandalay's voice in their heads. "Two villains have invaded the area!"
Hisoka snapped her head up, the sudden urge to stab something drawing up fast, as something shifted in the air. Danger. Not like him. Never like him. Different. Wants fun.
"It's possible there are still more lurking in the shadows!"
She gripped Tsuyu tighter than before, hearing a giggle that made her blood run cold, pulling the both of them back.
"Those who are capable, head immediately to the Facility!"
Brown eyes stared into wide yellow ones as something sharp struck her cheek, the giggling coming from the petite girl, her blonde hair styled into two messy, uneven buns on either side of her head.
"If you should come face to face with the enemy, do not engage them in combat! Continue your retreat!"
Author's Note: Hi! How are you all doing? I'm doing wonderful though I am tired, so I will be doing to bed early tonight. Good thing I was able to finish this first! I Think this Arc is coming along rather well! There is some sweet moments and other moments and I guess we'll see where this takes us!
No new pictures this time! It's been a slow week for that. Hopefully, I'll have some next week for you all to enjoy.
Who do you think would be best for Hisoka's councilor?