Spoiler for Himiko's Quirk for anime-readers! Btw I love cliffhangers
When he woke up he was tightly tied by ropes. He heard Bakugo moving and screaming on his left but he couldn't see him since he was on his left side - after the incident with his mother his eye vision was severely damaged-. They seemed to be in a bar. The blonde psycopath and the really crazy man from earlier were here along with the magician, the black mist man and the blue-haired man from the attack on Yuei. Of course Dabi was here. Their eyes meet and Shoto lowered his gaze disturbed by the uncanny resemblance. There were ton of people with teal eyes and fire Quirks in Japan aren't there? Besides the hair doesn't match his brother has red hair. And he was dead.
"Ahem welcome aspiring heroes Katsuki Bakugou and Shoto Todoroki. Initially we meant just to capture Bakugou but Dabi took the initiative to abduct you Todoroki. Anyway don't do anything too stupid we don't want to kill you it would be such a waste! And you have nothing to fear since you're our guests" the blue-haired man spoke after presenting each villain by their aliases.
" Eat shit and die " Bakugou replied. Todoroki grimaced they shouldn't get on the nerves of the man who seemed a little unstable.
Unexpectedly the leader grinned.
" We'll stalk about you later Bakugou but right now let's talk about Endeavor's son. "
"Dabi could you explain what exactly were you thinking when you thought it was a great idea to kidnap the number 2's son? " Kurogiri asked while cleaning a glass
" He did not want to release Bakugo. It was either this or killing him and I thought than taking him alive would be more useful to the cause. « Even the voice was the same but it couldn't be him!
" And here I thought that you were one of the only sane men here " Kurogiri sighed.
A woman with violet hair who was not here just seconds ago entered the bar with quite a lot of noise « Anyway sorry to interrupt your lovely tea-meeting but Dabi told me that there was someone to heal. Who is this? "
"Him mostly for burns but while you're at it you can heal everything " Dabi spoke while pointing at Shoto. It was true that his left arm has been a little burnt but Shoto did not worry about it since he could tell from years of « training » with Endeavor that this was only superficial.
"Okay do you have the money? "
Dabi sighed and threw a hundred-dollar bill at her. She just threw it in her pocket and came closer to Shoto.
" I need to take him upstairs " she said while dragging him.
He was led to a white room which suspiciously looked like some infirmary and tied to a bed.
"Why am I here? "
" Dunno just ask that to Dabi. I'm not part of the League really I'm just in it for the money. And before you ask no I can't release you. They are my best clients right now they can kill me in one blind of a eye and it would absolutely not be a good idea for me to join the heroic side. But now undress yourself… I'm not going to do anything to you. My quirk allows me to accelerate cicatrization by hugging. The more we touch, the more it heals. Yeah it's weird it looks like a Free hugs sign at a Japan Expo but it's very efficient. " she ordered as she was taking her own clothes off.
He obeyed but trembled a little when he showed his back. The mistreatment was mostly psychological not physical since Endeavor wouldn't want to hurt his masterpiece too badly and even since he started UA he went a little easier on him but on the day he lost to Bakugou his father got a little angry and the marks did not totally fade.
" Oh that's a hefty lot of work and who the hell burnt you so much? Is this Dabi or your Quirk? " she wondered. He closed his eyes : the pity he felt in her voice would lead him nowhere.
« Anyway that's not my business. » She said while hugging him. He watched as his arm went from a dark color to his porcelain skin.
Shoto thought about the embrace of All Might at the Sport festival. God he hopes the others were okay. He hopes someone would rescue them fast. Someone who was not his father if possible but he would take even that.
" My business here is done and crap Dabi owes me more money there was a lot of physical wounds to heal. " she said while dragging him back downstairs.
While they were walking back he thought that he would probably not be killed since they actually spent money on him. It was a comforting thought but this doesn't explain why Dabi said to heal everything. He was certainly alluding to the other wounds he could have get in the forest but the Yuei student did not think it was that.
Dabi could not be Ryudai. It was impossible. Ryudai was dead and even if he was alive he wouldn't be here. But then you never saw the corpse he thought. But the letter…
They were back to the bar room and the healer just came to Dabi and asked for more money. He complained without putting up a fight and under the hiss of Kurogiri who mumbled something which looked like « use your own money Dabi ».
The atmosphere was rather tense. Bakugo has his habitual smug grin and the blue-haired man identified as Tomura seems to be in a state between pissed off and pleased. Guilt hit him when he was looking at the blonde. It was his fault that Bakugo was trapped here. How could he become the number 1 hero when he couldn't save his classmate?
" Ah now that you're back let's talk about you Todoroki Shoto. I assume that your father would want to save you. "
Todoroki did not understand where the voice came from. He turned around to see that the voice emanated from a kind of TV was on.
" indeed if we beat him and All Might in one round then nothing could stop us anymore but we have to be extra-careful " Tomura said while screeching his neck.
" You had a great idea to kidnap him Dabi. "
The other nodded in acknowledgement.
" Dabi you're being awfully quiet today is everything alright? I like it when you're not blabbering for one " asked the one introduced as Twice.
" I was just thinking that Himiko should get the blood of the two. Imagine if Endeavor was attacked by his son or if news spread that the youngest son of the Todoroki family has turned to villainy… It would have a devastating effect. "
" I like when you're thinking like that Dabi ! " The schoolgirl exclaimed while holding a knife. Nobody should like that excited at the prospect of blood.
" It »s a good idea surprising since it's coming from you " Tomura approved.
The crazy girl took a step further and approached Bakugo first.
" Go away from me you creepy bitch "
" Oooh I really prefer Izuku-kun he is more polite than you. "
« " If one had told me years ago that Deku would have seduced a girl… a mad villain while at it… the world is really crazy… Get off from me you fucking hag! " Bakugo struggled but ultimately Himiko won. Then she advanced towards Shoto.
" You have pretty eyes Shoto. The left eye is just beautifully green like my dear Izuku 's " She said while pumping out his blood. Shoto has been at hospitals before but he has never had his blood taken so much and so fast when his last meal was more than one day ago. He was feeling not very well.
" Half and Half bastard you're fawning just because of this? Wake up you weakling! " but Shoto knew deep down that Bakugo meant do not leave me alone.
" Himiko take just the amount necessary " Dabi ordered while typing something on a phone.
" Such a killjoy " She muttered but obeyed.
" Tomura I think that now we could eat and then we could continue the meeting Mr Compress is starving Kurogiri " suggested.
Him and Bakugo were transferred and tied to a chair in a kind of living room. The others were actually cooking something which looks like meat if he could trust his nose.
All the villains from earlier were here plus a few he did not recognize the healer too. Tomura and the one who looked like a lizard were playing Mario Kart and shouting thinks like « Fucking bananas »
Shoto felt observed and his gaze meets Dabi's - Dabi Dabi Ryudai 's dead _who turned over quickly like he has been burnt.
« Why is this freak so interested in you? « Bakugo muttered.
" What do you mean? "
« " They did not really need you for having Endeavor's attention the kidnapping of one Yuei student is enough. And while you were healed the others discussed about you. Some of them were in favor of killing you but he strongly advocated the contrary saying that you could be useful as a bait. But he could have the same result by err I don't know showing off your fucking body? I don 't get it. "
" I don't know maybe he has something against Endeavor " . Shouto muttered. It was easy to forget but behind his hot-blooded and harsh temperament Bakugo was quite intelligent. He also obviously spied on his little conversation with Midoriya during the Sport festival ; he knew and he was one of the only ones along with Midoriya, his mother, Fuyumi and his two brothers. He hoped Fuyumi and Kazeiko were okay without him at the estate.
The food arrived before he could continue on this unpleasant trail of thoughts.
The meal was surprisingly very animated not unlike like the meals he shared at the Yuei cafeteria.
The blonde girl and the violet-haired healer were arguing about something in relation with blood and Shouto decided it was best not to hear it. The one who seemed to be the leader was playing all alone a game with a character in green clothes. He sometimes talked with Kurogiri but it was never more than a few sentences. On the other side Kurogiri talked to everybody but mostly with who was doing some card tricks with Magne. Dabi and the lizard Spinner were having an animated conversation even if Spinner was doing the most the conversation.
" Maan I hope we could free Stain-sama one day so that he could guide us and help us clean this world " Spinner said.
" That would be hard since the prison he's in is very well guarded. " Dabi murmured
" I know… The best we can do until a good occasion comes is to keep up his ideology and to kill the fake heroes. Last day I saw one on the streets. First she refused to help a homeless teenager to have some food. I helped him and continued my route. Then I saw her helping a rich girl and then she paraded in interviews presenting herself as a altruist person who chose the job to help the people. People like this deserve to die! "
" Lot of people are in it for the money and fame and nothing else. Some brag about being heroic but drop the act when the cameras turn off. I will clean this world " Dabi said his eyes trailing over Shoto who was thinking about his father playing the devoted husband and father just hours after slapping his mother so hard she bled.
Shoto spent the meal thinking about his house- not his home it would never be his home until he dies-. He wondered if someone told his mother he had been kidnapped. He wondered if Endeavor threw a tantrum while learning the news and he hopes Fuyumi hadn't been targeted. He was a little concerned for Kazeiko but he did not live at home anymore so he was less in danger. Kazeiko the eldest was quirkless and Endeavor looked down on him for it while Shoto had been jealous of him when he was younger. But he was bright very bright and Shoto knows that he is a brillant scientist . His father never did let him speak too much to his brothers. Fuyumi was only allowed because his father believed in the bullshit of needing « one male and one female presence in the house » and well since the residential Todoroki female was at the hospital.,,
There was another brother Ryudai who was born between Fuyumi and Shoto. But while they were the closer in terms of age, Shoto did not remember much of him since one day he… just disappeared. He did not want to reflect upon this, upon this day he wanted to forget. This was nearly worse than thinking about the time he got his scar.
Dabi suddenly stopped talking, stood up, came to Shoto and grabbed his hair forcing him upstairs.
Dabi yanked tightly Shoto and it hurts but he wasn't exactly in position of protesting. Bakugou was screaming « Leave this bastard be you son of a bitch! ».
" What exactly are you thinking Dabi? What are you gonna do with him? " Kurogiri asked with concern in his voice.
" Not killing him I know he's more useful alive than dead so don't worry about it. " Dabi answered. Shouto could see that the green eyes were unfocused but as soon as the elder looked at him again, his gaze hardened. Shoto suppressed a shiver… This gaze… it was filled with anger, something which looks like fear and lust of killing.
This looks a little like the gaze his mother had seconds before boiling him he thought while shaking out of fear.
About the names of Shouto's brothers:
Kazeiko : eiko = glory and kazuo = first (first child). He's the one with white hair we saw in Shouto"s flashback.
Ryudai/Dabi = Ryu = the dragon and dai= big
I don't speak Japanese wikipedia helped me a lot lol.
The healer and her Quirk belong to my imagination.
