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:
AubreyKuwata- Okay. Congrats on the future story. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Prince- That is true but Aizawa is still a sadistic guy and we both know that. No, the cooking scene has been meaning to happen. It was actually supposed to happen when they were cooking at Tsuyu's house, but I never got to add as the conversation about love and liking someone came up instead, so this was the perfect opportunity to do it. Oooooo~, you'll see that surprise person. I'm actually surprised that you have yet to get it... I already knew about UA's counselor Inui, but I don't think he'll fit with what Hisoka's slowly crippling insanity. ^^ Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
D-Koy24- Heh. Okay. You realize that the demonic aura doesn't work on me. I've faced way worse than that. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
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Chapter 34
To The Magic
Location: Pathway, Near the Forest Lodge, Somewhere in of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 9, 20XX
"If you should come face to face with the enemy, do not engage them in combat! Continue your retreat!"
Hisoka snapped her head up, head twisting to the right with the crack of her neck, the sudden urge to stab something drawing up fast, as something shifted in the air. She knew that feeling. She had felt it so many times; it was almost second nature to her.
Danger. Hunger. Not like him. (No one would ever feel like him.) Never like him. Different - wants fun. To cut.
She gripped Tsuyu's hand tighter than before, almost to a crushing point, when both of them heard a high-pitched giggle that made her blood run cold. Brown eyes stared into wide yellow ones, something striking her cheek as Hisoka pulled Tsuyu back with her, pulling the girl behind her as the giggling girl climbed out from the darkness the foliage provided. In front of them stood a petite girl, her blonde hair styled into two messy, uneven buns on either side of her head.
Hisoka could feel Tsuyu try and tug her hand from her own, the crushing feeling on her hand beginning to make it go numb. With enough force, she was able to get the other to release her hand. Shaking it a bit while the Villain was distracted, she gained some form of feeling back along with it slowly returning to its normal color.
She saw a cut along Hisoka's cheek when she had glanced to the side momentarily, blood dripping from the wound. "Hisoka... Are you all right?" Tsuyu asked, sharp eyes keeping steady on the female dressed in a school uniform and cardigan.
Brown eyes slowly narrowed, a pale hand wiping away the trail of red that wept down her cheek, staining the white bandage a dark reddish-brown that was wrapped around her hand. "Yeah..."
"I, PROFESSIONAL HERO, ERASERHEAD... HEREBY AUTHORIZE YOU ALL FOR COMBAT!"
They heard shouted above the treetops, eyes glancing at one another as the female began to pout. Good... Very good.
"Mmmmm! There's not even enough! So little!" She whined, cheeks pink, as she eyed the small speck of blood on the blade she held above her head. She let out a soft growl.
Tsuyu's fist tightened, hissing out angrily, "You spring out of nowhere and try to cut us, to cut her, like that. What's wrong with you?! Who are you!?"
Yellow cat-like eyes shined brightly when they turned on them as she introduced herself, "I'm Toga!" Her cheeks dusted a brighter pink than before. "OMG, you two are so cuteee!" She waved the knife between them, pointing at each of them as she said their names. "Asui... Matsushita..." She let out another giggle.
"She knows our names..." Hisoka hissed, hackles raising.
"Most likely from the Sports Festival..." Tsuyu said, "At any rate, we're at a disadvantage with the intel they have on us."
What else did they know?! Did they know about that? The thought made Hisoka's heartbeat quicken, her blood growing cold at the thought of the Villains knowing about her familial relations. Who knew what they'd do to her... to her mother...
She would not allow that to happen!
"Yeah... We need to be careful."
If only she had her weapon on her then she'd be able to do something more. Hand-to-hand was an option but with limited information about the Villain in front of them and with Tsuyu beside her, they had to be careful with their next step.
Hisoka needed to take the weapon away from the girl. That was their best option.
"I need more blood..." Toga mumbled, reaching behind her to the machine on her back. "Normally I'd have to make a big wound and... kiss kiss... suck you dry with my mouth." Her breaths deepened, eyes glazed with pleasure, as she turned on the machine, holding a sucker in front of her along with her weapon in her other hand. "But with this machine, all it takes is one little stab, and kiss kiss, it finishes the job all by itself. Just a little cut!"
Hisoka raised her arms, about to step forward when Toga dashed forward with her blade in front of her. That would have happened if not for something wrapping around her waist while her girlfriend called out to her, "Hisoka!" Tsuyu's long pink tongue threw her into the forest as she ordered her to run. "Battle authorizations don't mean we have to defeat the Villains; it means we have to protect ourselves! You know that's how Aizawa-sensei meant it!"
Hisoka grabbed onto a branch, swinging around to land underneath it while calling out to Tsuyu. "No! Tsuyu, come with me!" She bit her lip, knowing full well the other could handle the situation herself but she didn't want to leave her behind!
"I'll come with- Gack!" The frog girl had begun to say, pulling in her tongue when Toga's knife swiped down, cutting the tip of her tongue.
"Tsutsu... I like the sound of that!" Toga pulled her black grinning mask down to reveal an excited grin. "You don't mind if I call you Tsutsu, do you, Tsutsu?"
"Quit it!" Tsuyu jumped back, spitting a bit of blood to the ground, as she dodged another attempt at cutting her. "The only people who get to talk to me that way are my friends." Hisoka held out her hand for the other girl to take, her hand reaching towards Hisoka's as her hair waved behind her.
"So..." Toga's grin widened, seeing the opening as she threw her bloodsucking machine's needle at the frog girl's hair. "That makes me your friend, right! Yay!" It slammed into the tree trunk, getting stuck between one of the bow loops in the girl's long hair. Hisoka froze, eyes widening slowly when Tsuyu got pinned to the tree, hands clenching tightly on her shoulders.
You could hear a pin drop when the breaking of a branch was all Toga heard as a stream of red blasted right at her. "DON'T TOUCH MY TSUYU!" Toga saw red eyes glare hatefully at her as the brown-haired girl ducked under the knife she had aimed at her face when her knife was whacked away from her. She only had a second to blink when the girl had pivoted on her heel, swinging her leg around, and pain blossomed in her ribs as she was kicked away from the frog girl.
Her back hit the tree on the other side of the path, letting out a cry, as the cord of the sucker to her machine broke. She slid to the ground, knowing her back was going to bruise. "Owiee..." She grumbled before snapping her head up to stare into a pair of wide, red eyes and felt a tingle of pleasure run through her body. Her cheeks burned as she swiftly got out another knife, grinning once more as she went to stab the one before her.
Those eyes… That look… Her heart sped up and she could feel something course through her so quickly. It felt so wonderful. So much like him… This was the one! Oh, she would do so nicely!
She would take care of her! There would be nothing to stop her.
Hisoka jumped back before striking once more, grabbing the girl's wrist and using her momentum against her to fall on top of the girl. Hisoka maneuvered herself to hold Toga's arms above her, straddling her legs so she wouldn't be able to kick or move them beneath her. She then heard a buzzing in her head, bright red eyes narrowing, as she distantly heard Mandalay's voice filling her mind.
"We've identified one of the Villain's objectives! The student named 'Kacchan'! Whoever 'Kacchan' is, avoid combat as much as possible! Refrain from solo movements too! Got it, Kacchan'?!"
So, they were after Bakugo-san then...
"Tsuyu, are you okay?" Hisoka asked, not taking an eye off the blonde.
"Yeah... I'm fine. Wow, Hisoka... You're amazing." Tsuyu stared in awe at her girlfriend, moving forward. "Hold on. Let me get the weapon!" Tsuyu grabbed a hold of the Villain's blade, tossing it away, while she tried to struggle.
Toga whined, trying to get out of Hisoka's grip. "Nuuuu! That's mine!"
"Shut up," Hisoka hissed angrily.
"Ahhhhh! Darling, you're so spectacular..." Toga went on, pink dusting her cheeks a bit more brightly. "Those eyes... You're the same as me... You're in love! Ah! I get it. I'm a girl too. Ney, ney! What's your type? What kind of person do you like?!"
"Wha...?!"
"Those eyes... I love people covered in blood... That smell like blood... That's why I'm always ending up chopping them! So much red just like Stain! Just like you!"
Hisoka's eyes widened, unknowingly loosening her grip.
Her grin showed off her fanged teeth, eyes rolling to the back of her head. "Your eyes are just like him! Just like blood! Oh! I can't help but fall for them! Ah hah!" She then slipped her arm out of her Darling's grip and stabbed her leg with a knife she had kept under her skirt!
"Gah!"
"Hisoka!" Tsuyu shouted, her voice filled with panic. Before moving forward to attack, a group of people moved from the forest exclaiming their names. "Shouji! Everyone!"
"Shit!" A distracted Hisoka with blood dripping down her leg was knocked off by the girl beneath her before Toga jumped up, stopping just feet into the bushes. She looked back at them with a loving grin. (So similar to her mother's that time... With him. No... Don't... Not there!)
"While our time was short, and I don't like the idea of getting killed, it's bye bye for now, my sweet darling!" She winked at the glaring girl before running away towards the darkness the woods provided.
Hisoka held out her arm. "Wait!"
"Hisoka!" Tsuyu ran to the said girl's side, holding her back when she had gotten up to go after Toga. "Don't! We can't be reckless! Plus, we don't know what kind of Quirk she has!" Red-brown eyes looked at her, filled with anger, black ones softening as she wrapped her arms around her. "It's okay. Calm down... I'm okay."
Hisoka took deep breaths slowly, her shoulders slumping as she rested her forehead against Tsuyu's shoulder. "Tsuyu..." Hisoka wrapped her arms around her, gripping Tsuyu's long yellow shirt. She felt a hand rub up and down on her back, calming her further.
"Better?" Tsuyu asked as the boys came up behind them.
Hisoka nodded, her tired eyes looking at the blood stains around her mouth. "Are you alright?" She had to ask... to be sure! "Do you..."
The black-eyed girl shook her head. "No. The bleeding has stopped already so there's no point."
"If you say so..."
"Hisoka. Au-Tsuyu!" Hisoka snapped her head up to see a bruised and dirty Shoji-san carrying a bloodied and wounded Midoriya-san. Shoto was carrying a boy on his back, heterochromia eyes giving her a once over. "Are you two okay? Who was that girl?!"
"A Villain," Hisoka answered, standing up straight as the boys stopped.
"Your wounded!"
"I'm okay. It'll heal up soon enough. I can walk just fine." Hisoka proved it to the boys when they had given her dubious looks. "In fact, look at you Midoriya-san..." Hisoka scowled before looking around, spotting the two knives they had gotten off the Villain girl. Picking them up, Hisoka unwrapped a bandaged hand. "Does anyone other than Midoriya-san need healing?"
"This isn't the time or place to do that! We need to keep moving!" Shoji-san exclaimed.
Midoriya-san nodded on the multi-armed student. "We can't afford to stop! In fact, you should come with us! We're all escorting Kacchan to the facility right now."
Hisoka frowned, still walking forward to heal the boy. "What are you talking about?"
"If your escorting Bakugo then why isn't he with you?" Tsuyu pointed out causing the boys to look behind them.
"Wh... What are you guys talking about? Kacchan's just behind us..." Green eyes frantically swept over the mass of trees and shrubbery adorning the edges of the path. Shoji-san took a shaky step forward, his package struggling in his manmade pouch.
"If you're talking about Bakugo-kun... I just used my magic to take him." The group jolted in place, their heads turning back toward the sound of the voice. The figure was perched up on a branch, dressed like a magician in a trench coat, with a strange smiling mask covering his face. "Someone like that has no business being on the side of Heroes... Not when we have a stage where he can shine even brighter." He had held up his hand to display what appeared to be two small, bead-like objects no smaller than a pearl.
"Kach..." Midoriya-san glared at the man in anger, his eyes glowing with power. "GIVE HIM BACK!"
"Give him back?" He tilted his head. "What a strange choice of words!" The Villain let out a lighthearted chuckle.
"Bakugo doesn't belong to anyone!" He shouted at him. "He's his own person, you damn egotist! GIVE HIM BACK!"
"Move!" Shoto inhaled sharply, slamming his right foot on the ground. A layer of ice erupted from beneath him, surging forward towards the tree where the Villain was perched. A coarse, crystalline structure rapidly encased the trunk, exploding into jagged formations as it shot up further.
"All we're doing is telling people who have rigid values that..." The man was in the air "That's not the only way to look at things! We simply wanted to make a point. All of you kids, your values have been chosen for you." It appeared as though the man's speed was unmatched. He easily evaded it, merely jumping out of the ice's path and onto another treetop.
"Did you come all the way over here just to give us that spiel?!" Shoto shouted up at the man.
"My apologies," the man mused. "I was originally an entertainer, you see. It's a bad habit of mine." The man was holding some balls, and everyone's eyes were locked on them in his hand. "Nabbing Tokoyami was an improvisation. Moonfish, that sword toothed fellow... A guy..." The Villain's voice died down as Hisoka's mind blacked out, lowering her head as her bangs shadowed her eyes.
Fumi... No...
Where was Fumi?
No... Nonononononononononononononononononononononononononononono-
Location: Unknown
"-ot funny!"
Fumi wouldn't wake up.
Why?
"Wa- up!"
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
Silence...
"Th-there has to be something..." This was all her fault. She had to do something about all this. There was just so much coming out!
Anything!
Why?!
So much red... Nothing but red coming out. She would do anything to help him! (Nothing would come to hurt him if she could help it. Nothing...) They cut more. More changes. Something. Something was happening.
This had to do it! (It was dripping... Red. So much red!)
Now!
"Hisoka!"
Location: Pathway, Near the Forest Lodge, Somewhere in of The Beast's Forest, Southern Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Northwest of Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Date: August 9, 20XX
"..."
Then the colors of the world slowly seeped back through the red. They heard words exchanged between both sides, eyes glaring at the villain on top of the tree. They landed on the small blue orbs - there! The target! - with intense focus.
"Give him back…"
He took Fumi...
Her hands tightened around she held, uncaring of the wounds upon her body or what aches her body groaned about or the unseen worried glances she got. All that was on her mind was that she had to get Fumi back!
"Hmmm~? What was that?"
The eyes glanced around momentarily before landing on the Villain, wide and unforgiving with a hate that boiled in the deepest parts of her mind. Without another second she dashed at the man, flashing with speed her classmates had never seen her with, and she went for the kill.
"Die."
Sensei wouldn't want that - he wanted them to get away to safety.
Who cared.
Heroes were not supposed to kill. They saved!
Life was never black or white - just full of greys. (Her mother taught her that. He knew that in his own demented way. She knew it all too well...)
Save? Kill?
She wanted to laugh, a mad giggle escaping past her lips unknowingly. Hisoka heard her name from behind - she only moved faster, trying to stab at the masked man, trying to grab the orb in his hands.
She wanted to kill - rip, maim, tear... - that man. She wanted to save Fumi.
Her friend...
Her childhood...
Not again...
Author's Note: Hi! I couldn't wait so I had to write this! Looks like it'll be out earlier than usual so that's good! How are you all tonight? Like the twist? Well, there's more where that came from! Yaaa! The next Arc is going to be so much fun and I shall be crackling while you all read it and find out! So, have fun waiting!
Image Time! It's just Hisoka's date clothes from Chapter 31! Thought it would be nice to draw them so here they are! (Just remove the spaces and the link should work.)
Link: deviantart._com/_nightmarezanez/_art/_Hisoka-Matsushita-Date-Clothes-Chapter-31-756614881
There is only one chapter left of this Arc! See you all next week!