Katagiri Kaito

What the hell was going on? One second he had been walking alongside Todoroki happily and the next moment he had found himself with a knife to his throat. Kaito was grateful that the girls had followed him…without them he'd have been a goner by now. Now, standing at Momo's side, he still wasn't quite sure what was happening. Why did Todoroki melt and who was this girl attacking them? One thing was clear, she was definitely not a friend.

Kaito felt incredibly foolish—he had jumped at the opportunity to accompany the boy to the store with such fervor, but in the end, it had all been a hoax. All of those embarrassing moments for nothing. Hell, the real Todoroki probably had no idea who he even was. He felt a hint of anger in the pit of his stomach, but as Yaoyorozu shifted to a battle stance beside him, nervousness took over.

"Get ready!" came Momo's voice from beside him. Kaito's eyes widened in fear, but he nodded his understanding. All the other members of class 1-A had already had multiple encounters with villains, but Katagiri had never actually run into one in real life before. The knife that the girl was wielding was no joke—he could still feel the imprint from it on his neck. This was life or death.

Still, what could he do to help? The downside to his quirk was that fear triggered neither heaven nor hell, leaving him in a completely useless, normal state. Yaoyorozu deflected Toga's first attempt at slicing her, parrying it with the long spear and forcing the villain back a few steps with a counter jab.

Ugh, c'mon Kaito! Feel something…something besides scared, he thought to himself. He tried to get angry at Toga, but it was no use, he couldn't feel anything besides fear right now. The prospect of getting stabbed or sliced was an awful thought and he was completely weaponless in this state. In fact, he was nothing more than a normal school boy! Still, his classmate was fighting beside him, so he'd have to do his best to help Yaoyorozu, even in this form.

"Are you going to use your quirk?" Momo asked, deflecting yet another slice from Toga. He was sure the remark wasn't meant to be malicious, but he could hear the impatience in her voice.

"I-I can't! I can't feel anything right now! Fear stifles my emotions!" Kaito responded. Toga seemed to hear the boy's words and her eyes lit up.

"Aww, you're scared of little old me? I think I'm pretty nice compared to the others in my squad!"

Toga dashed towards Yaoyorozu again, but this time Kaito's classmate attacked first, stepping forward and swiping the spear horizontally, forcing Toga to dodge backwards in surprise. Not wanting to leave all the fighting to Momo, Kaito dashed towards the villain, who now appeared off balance, for a followup. He launched a punch at her face, his fist coming within centimeters before the girl suddenly bent backwards in an unexpected feat of flexibility. She reached up and grabbed his overextended arm, before slashing at his torso with her other arm. Katagiri moved to dodge out of the way, but the attack was too quick, the blade slicing a shallow gash into the left side of his torso. Toga released his arm, hopping back to avoid getting lanced by Momo, a smirk on her face. Kaito let out a gasp of pain as a burning sensation erupted from where the knife had made contact.

"Katagiri! Are you okay?" asked Yaoyorozu, rushing to the boy's side and examining the wound. Kaito placed his hand over it, nodding—it didn't seem to be bleeding too badly, but the pain stung like crazy. Why were they fighting like this? Why couldn't this stupid girl just leave them alone?! He didn't want to hurt her either, but she was forcing this whole battle!

"Why are you doing this?! This type of fighting isn't a joke!" Katagiri shouted at Toga, anger in his voice. "And what are you planning with Todoroki?"

Toga let out a cackle, pointing her knife at the boy. "Who knows! They might run some tests on him…do some experimenting! And if he's not useful then…"

She ran the back of the blade lightly across her neck in a threatening gesture. Kaito's eyebrows furrowed in anger, his black bangs falling into his eyes.

"You made a fool of me today—you knew I like Todoroki! Letting me think that I was getting closer to him the whole time and that he might like me back…that's even worse than slicing me up! I won't forgive it!"

His humiliation combined with his aching wound finally let Kaito feel his anger towards the girl boil over, unleashing his quirk. Contrary to the blinding light that had erupted from him during his earlier transformation, this time a red haze enveloped the boy. His brown eyes lost their color, turning an eerie white, before all at once becoming ruby red. His teeth grew sharp and jagged, reminiscent of his classmate Kirishima, and his fingertips turned to sharp claws enveloped in the red mist. He felt the familiar burst of energy that occurred when he took this form wash over him, his movements far sharper than usual.

"Ooooh, are you a vampire or something? Cute!" Toga exclaimed, clapping her hands together in genuine amusement. That was the last joke she was going to make about him. Katagiri sprung forward with newfound speed, this time actually catching the girl off guard as he delivered a slash to her face.

"I won't let you take him from us!" Kaito exclaimed, feeling his claw make contact with the girl's cheek.

"Urgh!" she exclaimed, stumbling backwards and clutching her face. Her eyes suddenly narrowed, the grin gone as she gazed at Kaito. "You're going to pay for that."

Toga lunged toward the boy, but Yaoyorozu interrupted, attempting to spear the girl from the side. To her surprise, Toga jumped into the air, nimbly landing atop the spear before launching herself towards Katagiri. In his normal form, there would have been no way for Kaito to avoid such an unexpected attack, but with his enhanced reflexes, he was able to roll beneath the girl, avoiding her initial slash. As she landed, Toga spun around, launching her blade with deadly accuracy at Kaito's back.

"Katagiri!" Momo exclaimed as she attempted to block the blade with her spear, missing by inches. Kaito turned around, snagging the speeding blade out of the air with stunning accuracy. He could see Yaoyorozu's eyes widen at the amazing feat, as he flung the blade back at it's owner.

Toga had already prepared a new knife, using it to deflect the one Katagiri had launched back at her and sending it colliding with the wall then clattering to the ground. She prepared to initiate another attack, but this time Momo launched her spear through the air, aiming at Toga's torso. The villain rolled to the right, in an attempt to dodge the attack, but Kaito grabbed the spear out of the air, re-directing its path and vaulting towards the kneeling girl with it. He stopped inches from her face, the tip of the spear almost making contact with her nose. A moment of tense silence filled the air as everyone realized the position they were in.

"You guys are seriously no fun! Fine, fine, you win," Toga exclaimed, putting her hands in the air and dropping her blade.

"Where's Todoroki?" Momo asked again, her voice echoing through the alley.

"Like I'd tell you!" Toga replied, the grin returning to her face as she looked at the spear in front of her.

"You will tell us, if you don't want me to pay you back for that slice you gave me earlier," Kaito stated, his crimson eyes gleaming as he brought the spear even closer to the girl's face. The boy's heart skipped a beat as he felt his blood course through his veins intensely—his transformation was giving way. All at once, his fangs and claws disappeared, and with them, his agility. His eyes dulled back to their normal brown and Toga seemed to notice immediately. Taking advantage of the moment of hesitation, the girl delivered a sweeping kick, knocking Kaito off his feet.

"Ah, I'd love to play more, but you guys really are no fun!" Toga exclaimed, leaping backwards and making a break for the open street.

"We can't let her get away! What if she decides to take her anger out on Todoroki?" Kaito exclaimed, picking himself up to pursue Toga.

"No, as much as I'd like to chase her, it's unwise. We don't know what's a trap and what's not at this point," Momo stated, shaking her head and picking her spear up from the ground. "We already sent Hagakure after him, so it'd be better for us to return to the dorm and alert the others."

Katagiri agreed with a sigh. Besides, there was little chance that he'd be able to keep up with the villain in this form anyway. He clutched at his side, the pain of his wound returning now that his adrenaline had disappeared.

"Let's hurry back and fix your wound up," Momo commanded, glancing worriedly at the boy. "I'm so sorry about all of this. I should've come up with a better plan for us…"

Kaito shook his head, forcing a smile to his face even as the gash burned his torso. "No, you did great! I would've been sliced up way more than this if you hadn't defended me. Now let's get back so that we can tell everyone and make sure Hagakure comes back safely!"

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