Chapter 31- Unpleasent Past


"You ok?" Tokoyami looked up, closing the door behind him. It appeared that Shoji stood outside to wait for him- Tsu as well. He nodded, slowly making his way down the hall.

"I'm fine." Tokoyami replied, sliding his hands into his pockets.

"Tokoyami, you do realize that's one of the most commonly told lies- right?" Tsu stated, walking up to his side. Tokoyami sighed and clenched his fists inside of his pockets, keeping his eyes to the ground. "What's wrong?" Tokoyami closed his eyes for a moment before opening his beak.

"I-"

"Hey Tokoyami!" The trio jumped, looking behind them to see Koda and Mina jogging up to catch them. The three of them stopped and watched as the duo made their way towards them.

"Yes?" Tokoyami honestly didn't really want to talk to anyone right now. Something on his mind doesn't sit right with him and he wants to talk to his parents about it.

"I was going to ask if you were feeling ok?" Mina frowned slightly, "You seemed really upset earlier and it looks like there's something on your mind?" Mina said warily, carefully picking her words.

Tokoyami was honestly a little surprised. He didn't expect Mina to be able to read people that easily, especially himself. "I am feeling alright, although drained and tired." Ha answered honestly. "And… there is something plaguing my thoughts. Over the past few days, I spoke to my parents and got some information that has been troubling me." He admitted, fiddling with a loose strand of thread in his pant pocket. A brief silence.

"Information about Yamiyo?" Mina clarified. Tokoyami nodded slowly. "Why has it been troubling you?"

Tokoyami remained silent as he looked around. Despite the hall being empty, it didn't feel right to talk about it in the open. "Not here." He muttered.

"There's an empty room about a floor down?" Shoji suggested. Tokoyami's stomach twisted. He really didn't want to tell them- but they left little room for him to say anything on the matter.

"Let's go." Mina shakily breathed. Koda nodded before following the others. Tokoyami lagged behind for a moment before hurrying to catch up with them. Maybe… it would help to get their view on the information? He didn't know.

Despite the business of the hospital, every hall they walked down seemed silent as the doctors and nurses hurried about, sometimes a patient as well. The group received some odd looks, but nobody said anything to stop the five teens.

Once they exited the stairwell, Shoji took the next right and immediately slipped into the closest room, the behind quickly. Mina flipped the lock behind them, leaving them locked in the empty hospital room.

They were silent for a few moments, mostly to give Shoji a bit of time to see if anyone had seen them slip into the room. When he gave the all clear, all eyes were on Tokoyami.

"What information did you get about Yamiyo, ribbit?" Tsu asked, breaking the silence. Tokoyami shifted the weight between his feet, uncomfortable with not only being tossed into the spotlight but now having to relay the information to his friends.

"I shouldn't say. Cant say…" He shook his head, just about ready to turn for the door. Maybe coming down here was a mistake.

"Tokoyami, please tell us!" Mina begged, "Were Yamiyo's friends and were worried about her! What if this information can help find her and Bakugo?!" The tiredness and worry was evident in her eyes. Next to her Koda modded vigorously.

"They're not.."Tokoyami mumbled, his voice trailing off.

"They're not what?" Mina pressed.

"They're not together." Tokoyami spoke up, not allowing his eyes to look at his classmates around him.

"What do you mean?" Shoji questioned. Tokoyami shook his head.

"I don't think Yamiyo is with Bakugo at all. I think she's somewhere else." Tokoyami stated, clenching his jaw.

"Come again?"

"I don't think the League Of Villains took Yamiyo. They may have played a part, but I don't think she's with them." Tokoyami breathed out shakily.

"Why wouldn't she be?" Tsu croaked, her voice shaking a bit.

Tokoyami looked up at Shoji. "Back at the camp, the… boy who carried Yamiyo through the portable?" Tokoyami tried to hide the anger in his voice, but it didn't work all too well. He let the silence settle for a few moments, "That was Akukage. Yamiyo's ex." His eyes trailed down to the empty bed just beside the group.

"What.. him?!" Shoji's eyebrows shot up in disbelief. Tokoyami nodded.

"That bastard?!" Mina snarled, clenching her fists. "Does he have her?!"

"He may be with her, but I don't think he has her." Tokoyami shook his head.

"She could be with that other man then." Tokoyami's head shot up, his eyes wide. As if reading his mind Shoji continued, "There was another man with Yamiyo's ex. He looked fairly old and had scars on his face. Big build and gray hair." Shoji described, seeming to think, "He looked like a general in those movies." He mumbled.

"Damn it..!" Tokoyami cursed, turning away. Koda jumped slightly, just as surprised as the others at Tokoyami's outburst.

"Tokoyami?!"

"I think I know what situation Yamiyo's in. It may be the exact same as it was before we adopted her." Tokoyami sighed angrily, keeping his back turned to the four teens behind him. Dark Shadow emerged from his back, slightly smaller in size due to the bright lights above. Dark Shadow turned towards the four behind them.

"The man was Yamiyo's past adopted parent. He was an asshole and beat her, made her fight." Dark Shadow growled, flying around above them, seeming to try and calm down or just keep moving to make sure he doesn't break any of the expensive things in the room.

"What?!"

"Tokoyami. Elaborate. Now." Mina demanded, a bit louder than she should've.

He bit his tongue, thinking about how to go about explaining this. "Are you all aware of underground fights?" He didn't turn to face them as he said this.

"Yeah..?"

"Don't tell me.." Tokoyami looked at Shoji sadly, nodding slowly.

"That man forced her to fight. Apparently, he would kidnap kids and make them brawl. That specific ring only had people with mutant or transformation quirks fight… bad fights." He didn't say to the death. He didn't want to add that onto everything he just dumped on them.

"Oh my god.." Mina covered her mouth, hunching over. Koda rubbed her back, a hand over his own mouth.

"D-did you tell Principal Nezu? The authorities? Anyone?" Tsu held her hands to her chest, her face pale.

"My father informed the school. We were told to not tell any of the authorities and that Nezu would keep in touch." He replied after a moment

"Well… it makes sense." Shoji ran a hand through his hair, "If that information about Yamiyo got to the media…" He trailed off. They shuddered. Yamiyo would definitely be given a hard time or possibly harrassed by the public. Not to mention that her hero career would be over before she even got through her first year.

"So… what do we do?" Mina mumbled, moving her hand down slightly as she straightened herself out.

"There's not much we can do." Tokoyami clenched his fists. "We can't just go after her when she's in such a dangerous situation. We don't even have any hints to where she could be. We just…" he sighed, Dark Shadow resting his head on his shoulder, "Have to wait."

Koda snapped his fingers a few times, gathering their attention. He fidgeted a bit before closing his eyes. "W-willl she… be… ok?" He mumbled quietly.

"Yamiyo can handle herself." Tokoyami replied, but he didn't Seem too convincing. It seemed that he was more so a hope than a true fact. "I need to ask something of you all.."

"What is it?"

"Please, please don't tell anyone about this. I shouldn't have been the one to say anything in the first place. Kiko is most likely aware of this right now… but I believe she may be trying to ignore it and hope that Yamiyo is with Bakugo." He kept his eyes to the ground. Although he only just learned about this not even a week ago, Yamiyo would always say that she wanted to wait before she told anybody of what happened whenever he would ask.

"Of course." He looked up to see smiling faces or calm eyes. The corners of his beak turned upwards to try and mimic a smile.

"Thank you."


She didn't know how long she's been there. Being locked in a cement room with no clock or windows, you tend to lose track of time.

Yamiyo could barely see, the only source of light being an old flickering light hanging from the ceiling.

Her wrists and calves were red and raw, but that didn't stop her from furiously pulling against the metal shackles keeping her on her knees. She was very tempted to pull against the shackle clasped around her neck- but everytime she tried it could cause her to choke.

Over the time she's been locked in there, she's heard people outside her door but she couldn't hear with the quirk suppressants still going through her system. Despite not having her quirks, they still decided to throw a muzzle onto her face. Yamiyo guesses it's because they think that she would still bite- and they are right about that. Yamiyo would definitely still try to bite them if they were within range, regardless if she had her quirk.

A loud bang made her jolt, snapping her head towards the metal door. When the door did not swing open, she sighed in relief. Yamiyo really didn't want to fight, and she knew for a fact that she would be thrown into the ring sooner than later.

"Hey puppy." Yamiyo gasped sharply, pulling back as far as the chains would allow. She glared darkly at the teen standing in front of her.

"The hell do you want?!" She shouted.

"I just wanted to talk."

"Cut the shit Akukage!" Yamiyo growled. "The hell are you doing here?!"

"Ouch, back with my last name? You wound me." Akukage chuckled darkly.

"Take these chains and muzzle off and I'll show you a wound!" Yamiyo snapped. In the blink of an eye, Akukage was right in her face, a hand tugging the chain connected to the shackle on her neck upwards and closer to his face.

"The way I see it, you are in no place to make threats." Akukage growled, glaring back at Yamiyo. She hated how right he was.

After a few moments of glaring at one another, Akukage seemed satisfied enough to let go of the chain and let her head drop back down. He waited as Yamiyo coughed and caught her breath before speaking. "I have some news for you." Yamiyo narrowed her eyes, but she kept her mouth shut. "You were given the green light to be thrown into the ring. Your first match will be in two days. Yukichi wants to wait another day to let the drugs fade and give you your quirks back."

"You bastard.." Yamiyo snarled.

"Oh! I was also told to not show you this." Akukage rummaged through his pockets, "But, being the nice guy that I am, I'll show it to you. Let you catch a glimpse of the outside world for the first time in almost a week." Akukage smiled as he pulled out his phone. Light from the screen illuminated his face as well as the ceiling and a bit of the wall behind him. Yamiyo wondered where her phone was. She knew that she had it on her during the training camp incident, but she could not for the life of her remember if they had taken it or if it was still at the camp by her bed. It honestly wouldn't matter either way, she would never be able to get her hands on it while she was there.

Yamiyo jumped when a bright phone was shoved into her face, making her wince and blink her eyes rapidly. She was not used to so much light just yet. When the light slowly faded and she could make out shapes, Yamiyo quickly realized that she was watching the news. She quickly made out Bakugo, All Might, the ghostly apparition of Kiko, the handy man from the USJ attack as well as the mall, a man in a suit, and some other people she didn't recognize. "The Pro Heroes are more focused on Bakugo, they don't give a damn about you." Yamiyo ignored his comment. She knew for a fact that her teachers- Fumikage- would never leave her behind. She knew that Bakugo was most likely closer and easier to locate than she was. If Yukichi taught her anything about himself, it was that he was a coward and steered as far away as he could from heroes. She wouldn't be surprised if she found out she was in America or something- although she highly doubted that as Yukichi had a target on his back.

Yamiyo leaned forward, watching the screen intently as she watched All Might fight the suited man.

Yamiyo froze.

Her jaw dropped.

Her eyes bugged out.

And all color drained from her face.

That suited man… she remembered him. He forced the Dark Mending quirk onto her when she didn't want it. He helped Yukichi send her into the fighting ring…

He killed her family and made her life a living hell. He ruined her life.

And now Bakugo and Kiko were right in front of him.

Yamiyo screamed, slamming her head against Akukage's phone and sending it to the ground. A large spider web of cracks appeared on the screen, but Yamiyo didn't give two shits about his phone. She didn't give a damn of what was around her in the moment. Her vision turned red as veins bulged in her neck and temples.

Yamiyo thrashed and violently pulled against the chains keeping her to the ground, a sound that was inhuman coming out of her mouth.

If Yamiyo spared a glance at Akukage, she would see raw fear in his face before he turned into a puff of black smoke and slipped through the door craxls- leaving Yamiyo to thrash and pull against the chains in the room.

High on adrenaline and anger, Yamiyo roared and screamed as she pulled away from the wall where her hands were shackled. Her throat was already starting to get sore and her ears ached, but she didn't care. She wanted to get out of those damn chains and go help Bakugo- hell, maybe even get a good hit on the suited man.

At this point, Yamiyo wasn't sure if it was her or Yami acting out- but she didn't do shit to stop it.

Yamiyo ferociously glared and growled as the metal door swung open, almost slamming against the wall. With Yamiyo's mouth opened in a crazed scream, her body locked and everything paused. The room was once again dead silent.

She could only watch helplessly as Yukichi raised a bat over his head. She conveyed how much hatred, anger, and pure loathing she felt for the man in her unfaltering gaze.

She felt- no, she knew what would happen to the man that cracked the bat over her head, making her body fall limp and the bat snap in half and go flying across the room.

If he wasn't taken out by the hands of the Pro Heroes when they arrived to save her, then she would make damn sure he died by her shadow covered claws.

When her vision faded to black, she already came up with three ways of how it would go.

But, no matter how many ways she imagined Yukichi's death or her rescue, she would never have imagined what Principal Nezu, her friends, family, or Pro Heroes were planning to do. Or how far they planned to go.

THE NEXT DAY

"Thank you all for answering my call so late! I'm sorry that this is sudden, but I made a promise to keep you all in touch with Ms. Yamiyo's disappearance."

"Although All Might's battle still weighs heavily upon our shoulders, if it's about Yamiyo, then the news could never be too sudden."

"Yeah- did you find anything? Her whereabouts? How she is?"

"We have! Approximately a half an hour after All Might's battle, an officer came in to report from his post. Apparently, a run down warehouse that had been unused for years suddenly had hordes of people coming out days after Ms. Yamiyo and Mr. Bakugo's kidnapping. About an hour later, he heard loud screams and yelling- he says they sounded feminine. This was all during All Might's fight, as stated by the officer."

"Is it Yamiyo?"

"We can only hope. The timing of these events make sense. I believe that All Might's battle could've sent Yamiyo into a panic or rage, explaining the screaming and yelling."

"You can't assume that. If the information we have is correct, then she must've been in some sort of fight."

"But if she was, why would the crowd leave?! If I'm understanding this correctly, the whole point of the fights are to get people to bet on the fighters."

"Watch your tone boy-!"

"Don't talk to my student like that!"

"ANYHOW! With this new information, we can send in people to get an inside look of it. If Yamiyo isn't there, then we can question multiple people into finding out where she is."

"... Alright."

"Now, i would like to start planning as soon as possible- but with the recent events, I believe it is wise all get some much needed rest and make up a plan when we can all think more rationally."

"Agreed."

"... Fine."

"Ok."

"Please get some rest- oh! And Tokoyami?"

"Yes, Mr. Nezu?"

"Although Kiko is currently here at UA, she should be good to go. If your parents will allow it, could she stay with you?"

"We will welcome her with open arms!"

"Alright! Get some rest everyone!"

"Thank you, Principal Nezu."

"Don't thank me just yet. We have a lot of work to do."

Upon hanging up, Principal Nezu heard a long angry sigh by his side. He looked over and saw Aizawa rubbing his temples, the eyebags under his eyes seemed to have come back with a vengance after they dissapeared before the News Interview the other day. "Whats on your mind?"

Aizawa glanced at Nezu, clenching his jaw. "I hate that we can't get more help on this. Endeavor doesn't really seem to care and the fact that is just myself, Edgeshot, Endeavor, and Mr. and Ms. Tokoyami working on this is.." he trailed off, glaring at the ground.

"Frustrating?" Aizawa stood still for a few seconds before nodding and running a hand through his hair. "I can see why you're upset, but you must remember that Endeavor is under alot of stress and pressure from the public and news outlets. And although I wish we could get a large team like with Bakugo's rescue, it just wouldn't be safe to have so many eye witnesses and not have the chance to tell them the severity of spreading what Yamiyo is and was forced to do." Nezu sighed, leaning back in his chair and staring at the cieling.

"Well, we can't do this ourselves. If she is in that area, then we'll stick out like a sore thumb. Even if we go in civilian attire- it just wouldn't be easy at all to move aroun that area without getting some sort of attention." Aizawa leaned against Nezu's desk, staring at the far wall, "Even though I'll have Edgeshot and Endeavor with me when we go in, I have a bad feeling about it. Theres bound to be multiple peaple there and Yamiyo could get taken away in the chaos." He growled lightly. The last thing he wanted was to put Yamiyo in more danger- and possibly get her sent farther away and make the rescue even harder... or impossible.

The room was silent, both adults not entirely knowing what to say. "I may have an idea.." Principal Nezu frowned, staring at Aizawa carefully. "But you may not like it." Aizawa stared at him carefuly, a slightly sour expression forming on his face. When Aizawa didn't make any sound or movement, Principal Nezu leaned forward and folded his paws infront of him, keeping his eyes trained onto his desk. With a few seconds of thinking, he decided to get right to the point rather than beating around the bush.

"The other day, a group of your students managed to get past the Villains and the Heroes to save Bakugo and get him out of harms way. He most likely would've been taken again or seriously injured without their aid." Principal Nezu spoke carefully. He heard Aizawa grunt and watched the man stand up straight and face him. Principal Nezu looked up- not surprised at all to see Aizawa's visible anger and disbelief.

"You are not suggesting what I think you are." He glared, clenching his fists at his side.

Nezu nodded, "If we want Yamiyo's rescue to go smoothly, we may need your student's help."

"... I hate that you may be right." Aizawa rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I hope you understand that they may be put in danger if you go through with this? Who would we even ask? Unless you want a class of twenty students from UA just walking the streets."

"I understand that there is a chance that some may not be able to go due to their parents disagreement... but I already have a few of your students in mind."

Not even three hours later, a group of phones over the area went off at the same time- all displaying the same message. Some of the phones owners looked on with confusion, while others understood immediatly and set off to convince their parents.

If you are getting this, please report to UA in two days time. Don't tell any of your classmates about this as it is confidential and about a fellow classmates of yours. If you are unable to attend, please let me know before the day is over.

- S. Aizawa


Well... I just straight up dipped for like- what? Two months- close to three?

Words cannot describe how sorry I am! To spare you from reading an excuse- the simple answer is I have had no motivation. Since quarentinene- my motivation just went right out the window. Im not entirely sure why, but thats the truth.

I don't really know how long it will take for me to get the next chapter out, it may be another month or two. It could be a few weeks... it really just depends if I get the motiviation to write.

Anyway- thank you all for sticking around for my (sort of) mess of a fanfic while I struggled with motivation! It makes me happy to see how many people enjoy reading my fanfic!

Thank you- and until next time! Bye!