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Izuku felt like his mind had been forced into a bucket of ice. He was used to his mind wandering, it had been a defense mechanism of sorts in the past and it also was a side effect of him constantly trying to piece things together and understand the world around him. However right now he could barely think at all, maybe he had been drugged, or maybe it was just that the pain had managed to overwhelm his mind severely enough that he had to put most of his minds own processing to just either trying to wall off the pain or process it in a way that wouldn't cripple him.

Either way it was unpleasant. It felt like everything was in a fog and it was hard for him to focus. He had to believe he was going ot be resuced, had to believe that he was going to be recovered. Kacchan was recovered from the league of villains as a whole, they would be able to find him from being grabbed by just one person. That being said Himiko..no, she was Toga, he was not going to think of her by her terms they were not familiar or friends. He forced himself to drag his thoughts away from her, she had been dominating his thoughts heavily for the period he had been down here.

He didn't know why he was having a hard time focusing on anything that wasn't related to her. Though the largest reason may have been a combination of the human minds tendency to focus on what few things it had to provide any form of stimulus and simple self-preservation as she tended to become rather aggressive when she felt she wasn't being paid proper attention. As he tried to force her from his mind his eyes widened as he suddenly realized something that filled him with a sense of surprise and elation, she wasn't here. She had been working rather diligently on scarring his left arm to match the right but she wasn't here now.

Well, she wasn't here that he could see but he wouldn't underestimate her skills at stealth. Still, he had to think. He wasn't in any condition to try to escape but he might be able to at least form a plan. He forced himself to look over the room again, he had tries that before to varying degrees of success but for once she wasn't here and he might be able to allow himself to complete a thought and plan. He wondered for a few moments where she was, his best case assumption was getting food. Though darker thoughts began to cloud his mind and mood, imagining her hunting his friends or those close to him. He didn't think she had captured him on league orders, the things she was doing were too…personal. He hated applying that word to what she was doing to him, hated it almost as much as when his mind formed the word intimate for it.

He shook his head and nearly shouted but he kept himself quiet, he almost thought she might be hiding and he didn't want to somehow call her by shouting or speaking her name. Though he regretted shaking his head fairly quickly, feeling an odd sense of vertigo and pain as he did. He shut his eyes and focused, he had to get out of here and that meant making himself concentrate and focus on the situation at hand. First he had to look at the room and try to determine where he was. If he knew that he would have better odds of either escaping or at least being able to work out a way to try to inform someone else of his presence.

He could guess that she had taken the place over and couldn't control the temperature. If she liked it this could she wouldn't be hunching up as much as she was when she sat down, he also hoped she wouldn't keep trying to press against him as much as she did but that may have been a forlorn hope. He also knew that there were a lot of good sized drawers on the walls, he saw what looked like ceiling suspended scales and a few rolling trays with equipment. Most of them seemed to be Togas equipment however, varying blades and syringes so he wasn't sure if that was here originally or not. Also she had to have control over it since he doubted that something like this was being loaned to her and he didn't remember seeing anyone else down here though time was also becoming a very fluid concept to him. He also guessed he was in a basement, there was a staircase that led up to a door, that door was the only one he had been able to see in regard to this room aside from the bathroom. That door may be his salvation. The problem was that with him bound as he was that door may as well have been on the moon in terms of his ability to get at it.

He forced himself to stop that train of thought, he knew his situation was bad but dwelling on that part of it wasn't productive. He did what he had been doing before, mentally repeating the promises to himself of what he would do when he got away. It helped keep him grounded and give him hope, he would have a big bowl of his moms Katsudon after giving her a hug. He would give Kacchan that fight he had demanded from him. He would talk more to Shoto and try to help ease some of the pain he knew his friend carried. He would tell Ochako how he felt about her. That last one was the hardest one to admit even in the confines of his mind. But he would tell her, he knew she might reject him, would probably reject his feelings, but the idea that she might not that she might reciprocate…the thought of her chestnut hair and warm eyes were part of what kept him sane and hopeful during this.

With more hesitation and unwillingness, he ended these thoughts as well, they were far more pleasant but he also needed to not daydream at the moment. He made a few experimental attempts with his limbs and they were all bound as thoroughly as before. He also couldn't call on his quirk, he tried not to think about the possible loss of the quirk both in terms of what that would mean for his own survival as well as All Mights legacy. How long ago had she left and how long would she be gone? If he had only a little time he might just consider doing more observation and trying to rest up to prepare himself for the next set of cuts into his flesh and the extreme unpleasantness of her touch against him and the greater shame of his bodies reactions to some of it.

He didn't think she had told him anything that implied a meeting or some special plan, so his guess would have to be food. And unless she had something upstairs to let her cook, or something behind wherever he was placed in the room. He still kicked himself for not trying to get a better look around when she had allowed him to walk to the bathroom, now she was a lot more vigilant, she would still let him down to use the bathroom but she cuffed his wrist to the pipe under the sink and told him that if he disappointed her again she might get angry. Focus! Best case scenario is she's out getting food and got caught. Worst case scenario she might either be informing the league of villains about his capture or she might be going after other people. That thought worried him a lot more, of her trying to injure others, worse still she got enough of his blood that she could make it look like him which could also complicate the idea that he was captured and needed help or worse when he was discovered end up with him on the hook for crimes she committed. Though the idea that she might have gotten captured but refused to say where he was or was critically injured was also possible, which might mean he would starve to death or dehydrate down here. He couldn't see himself in a mirror but he doubted he looked good he could feel the congealed blood from her cuts and bites on his body and the grungy stickiness of terror sweat that he had no way to wash off. A shower, a long hot shower, that was another promise he added to his mental list, probably best to do that before he tried confessing his feelings at least…

His thoughts were interrupted by a sound at the door. He was worried that she had returned but instead it sounded more like someone was meddling with a lock. Wait, locked from this side, that was also useful information. But then bursting through the door was Uraraka. His eyes were wide when he saw her and his smile almost hurt his face with how wide it was. When she saw him she smiled too, "Izuku-kun!" She nearly ran down the stairs to him, the door left open.

Fear gripped him suddenly, "Uraraka-san, wait! Himiko, the girl who attacked you and Asui-chan during the summer training camp. She was the one that brought me here and she might still be here."

Uraraka paused for a moment, she seemed mostly undeterred, she ran towards him and looked at him, seeing his body covered in blood and grunge. His arms and to a lesser extent his chest a spiderweb of scars from Togas great work. She seemed to freeze for a moment when she saw his chest but immediately reached out caressing his arm seeing the damage she looked so sad and angry. "I can't believe she did this to you. I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to make sure you're ok I'm going to fix it for you."

He was a bit surprised by how confident she was in this and her eyes seemed a bit sharper, but then again she did become a bit intimidating when she was focused on something. She was speaking to him but more to herself when she looked at the injuries. He could feel her hands over his arms, he wasn't sure how she was planning to get him free, especially as she moved behind him and began working with the locks on his bindings. He sighed quietly to himself, he tried to keep himself focused on her, her voice, anything that would keep his heart from pounding in fear and making him descend into panic.

As he heard a few clicks and pops his legs were freed and then his wrists were, finally his waist. He nearly fell fell forward, his body had been inert. He grunted, Uraraka helping him up, he felt her hands on him and he let out a sigh, "Everything is sore, I think most of my muscles are either damaged or stiff from being locked like that for so long."

His legs were both shaking as he tried to stand, everything felt like it was on fire. But he was able to move, he was going to finally make it out of here. Everything hurt, everything ached, but he would push through it, push past it. He had been afraid before, but his hopes were confirmed he was going to get out. Uraraka came and let him lean on her, helping him walk. Each step on the stairs was slow agony but he knew that soon he would be free and that helped him push past, but even more having her nearby. He remembered the promise to himself, and almost immediately his mind began to try to find a way to push it away, to put it off.

This wasn't the time or place, this was definitely not the time for him to risk delaying them getting out. What if she thought he was delirious or worse what if she just laughed in his face. He didn't think she would react that badly but.. He started to look for every excuse to stop and then all of a sudden it was like a dam burst in his mind. He needed to stop being so afraid, he needed to quit waiting for the perfect time to do something because there was never going to be a perfect time, it was always going to be wrong for one reason or another. But right now he had a chance to fulfill the promise he made to himself and he was going to do it!

"Uraraka-san…I need to tell you this. I..from the moment we first met when you stopped me from falling and helped reassure me to this moment..you always..you always inspired me. You always made me feel better and stronger. Your words helped turn a name meant to mock me into one I could draw strength from. I wasn't always sure how I could say it to you or when, I keep feeling anxious and right now a part of me is ready to panic and shut down but..I think I might be in love with you, I want to be with you and I want to be by your side and have you by mine. I don't…I don't know if you feel the same but I wanted to tell you because this made me realize I may never have the chance to tell you how I feel and you were what helped me survive this, you were what helped me endure..you.."

His words were interrupted by her turning to him and leaning in. Her eyes looked different than normal but there was also passion there a somewhat intimidating passion. He couldn't believe it, she seemed to feel the same way, she even wanted to kiss him! Their lips touched and something felt strange, she was very eager, a bit more than he thought she would be but maybe she missed. You He closed his eyes trying to enjoy it, and he noticed something else, something he couldn't quite recognize, an almost coppery taste. His eyes suddenly snapped open as he realized what it was that he may have tasted and he saw a smiling Himiko Toga standing in front of him with a gleaming smile and an elated expression.

"Hi Izuku-Kun! I mean I should almost be mad at you for trying to escape but that was soooo sweet! Hearing you confess to her like that and being so sincere and sweet and nervous was just intoxicating! I see why she likes you so much, and don't worry I promise to make sure she hears it from you when I go to see her. Also I am so proud of how I did, if you thought that I was her then clearly I must have done a really good job of becoming her! Thank you so much Izuku-kun I really appreciate the vote of confidence in me. But now you need to go back in your spot, we're not done yet Izuku."

It was at that moment that he passed out.