'BAM!' I ripped my shirt off in order to wrap it around the wound on my arm so that I wouldn't lose any more of my blood! In the process of doing so I charged an air bullet with twenty percent of Obliterator's power until-
'WHOOOSH!' I shot into the sky like a rocket while Shiina and Garaki flew higher and higher in a desperate attempt to evade me! But that's all it was! An attempt! And a futile one at that!
'S-So fast! Just who is this Izuku Midoriya?!' Shiina thought internally as she was caught off guard by me suddenly flying after her! So much so that she didn't use any of her feathers to hurt me! But it wasn't just that! Whenever she looked at me, she couldn't help but think back to somewhere when someone handed her a book! But when was that!? Shiina couldn't recall the memory accurately as if static appeared to be covering the face of the man who had given her the courage to conquer her fears! But even though she couldn't see that person's face, the static couldn't completely cover the smile of that man! And that smile…
… Was the exact same smile that Izuku Midoriya had on his face as he raced after her! This only made Shiina hesitate further as it became harder for her to hurt Izuku Midoriya in any shape or form. But Garaki noticed this!
'Shit! She's starting to remember! This is why I wanted to avoid a confrontation like this that had already gone on for too long! Memory Manipulation allows the user of the Quirk to hide memories in the corners of the mind that a specimen barely uses! But it doesn't erase them completely! Especially when a memory is treasured by the recipient! At this rate, she'll remember who Izuku Midoriya is in no time at all! That is why it is imperative that Shiina helps me escape before that happens!' Garaki thought internally as he analyzed the situation in less than a second!
"My angel of death! Ignore my previous order of killing Izuku Midoriya! Just get me away from here right now!" Garaki yelled out as he knew that if he were to stay here things would only get worse when Shiina's memories would return! He wanted nothing more than to have Shiina be the one who kills Izuku Midoriya since that tragedy of the girl he loves being the one to annihilate his heart would be the perfect way to end the tale of All Might's successor! But that can wait! He can always try again and have Kiyotaka manipulate Shiina's memories again when another opportunity arises! Right now, he has to escape-
Chapter 47: YOU SAY RUN
"THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL, I'M LETTING YOU GET AWAY SHIINA!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as I focused completely on Shiina! I couldn't care less about Garaki because the person that I have to protect, that I must save is right in front of me! That person above everyone else, the one that stole my heart, is the person I'm going to save no matter what happens! But that same person heard me crystal clearly.
"S-Shiina… who's… that?" Shiina replied with a whisper as she landed onto a rooftop of a nearby building as several memories that she did not recall clearly went through her one after another! But even then, they were drenched in static which only made it harder for her to tell what was real from what was fake! Though even if it was just a whisper, I knew what she was feeling just by looking at her face! That look of indecision, and not knowing what she should do next, only made it obvious that she had no clue who she was! And that's why I had to remind her who she was!
"Your name is Hiyori Shiina! You're a kind and considerate girl who somehow put up with a person like me even when I thought I was worthless! Even then you supported me when I needed it most! You've done so much for me, and for that reason, I love you! I LOVE YOU HIYORI SHIINA!" I yelled out as I ran as fast as I could to catch up with Shiina who could only stand still as I advanced after her! But Garaki wasn't going to make things this easy for me!
"No! My angel of death! You have to make sure that he doesn't so much as touch you! If he does, then kill him! Use every fiber of your being to kill him! You are nothing more than a tool used to kill Izuku Midoriya! The name Hiyori Shiina is not your own! It was never yours to begin with!" Garaki shouted as his lies caused Shiina to move backward with her feathers! But even still I wasn't going to let her get away!
"Don't listen to him Shiina! That monster only seeks to have you kill me! All he wants is to have the person you love die at your hands! He wants a tragedy like that to occur to satisfy his sick and twisted pleasures! So, don't listen to a single word he says Shiina! Because the person you love is me! We both love each other! You and I both know it!" I snapped back with a voice that was even louder than Garaki's voice as I was determined to make Shiina remember me! Remember who she was! So, that we could both be together!
'No fucking way! I thought it was just a one-sided attraction! But no! You actually both love each other! It's like Romeo and Juliet come to life! A romance that is doomed to end with their deaths!' It was just like Nagumo said! Shiina loves me! I don't know what made her feel that way about me! But it doesn't matter! What matters is that we both love each other! That's why I'm not going to lose her like how I lost Sakura! I'm not going to let Garaki take anyone else away from me! Especially the woman I love! That's why this tragedy ends here!
"Love?! Don't make me laugh! You are not someone that could feel such an emotion! You aren't even human! You are my angle of death! And as my angel of death… I order you to kill Izuku Midoriya where he stands!" Garaki snapped back as he realized that things have progressed to a degree that Izuku Midoriya won't allow Shiina to escape! So, his only choice is to have Shiina kill Midoriya right here and now! That's what needs to happen! A tragedy must occur! Shiina must kill the man she loves! A twisted fate is the only future that the monster named Kyudai Garaki can accept! But before that could occur, I'm going to save Shiina! I'm going…
… TO MAKE HER REMEMBER EVERY-
"AUGH!" I let out a groan of pain and agony as I collapsed to my knees. It was then that I noticed that one of Shiina's feathers had pierced my stomach. It must have just narrowly avoided my heart. Without wasting a single second, I ripped out the feather and tossed it aside as blood began to pour from my gaping wound onto the ground. Her attack must have damaged several of my internal organs! At this rate I will-
"BLAUGH!" Before I knew it, I began vomiting up my blood but before I could lose too much of it, I drank as much as I could muster in an effort to keep as much of it inside of me! But at this rate, it's not nearly enough! If I don't act fast, I could actually die here! Garaki noticed this and grinned sadistically.
"That's right! He's so close to death! It's as if the grim reaper is right next to him! Now, finish him off, my angel of death!" Garaki ordered as Shiina focused onto me without saying a word. That phrase 'Angel of Death' being the keywords that compelled her to take the life of Izuku Midoriya. But even though her body began moving against her, her mind was doing its best to resist!
"I… I… I…" Shiina muttered to herself as all of her feathers on her back pointed at Izuku Midoriya as if she were a porcupine that if gotten too close to would only harm whomever that was with her quills! But even as she stood in place while defending herself from being touched by anyone. She couldn't help but resist Garaki's order as more of her memories of Izuku Midoriya resurfaced one after another! Each of them becoming clearer than the last! But even with her on the verge of remembering the man she loves, a few of her feathers were released from her back!
This is the end, isn't it? I can't stand up anymore. I've lost too much blood. I'm going to pass out soon. And when I do, I won't be waking up ever again, will I? Shiina's feathers will undoubtably land a fatal blow that even I can't come back from. There's nothing else I can do. I couldn't save Shiina. I couldn't even save Sakura! How could I even think I could save the girl I love when I couldn't save the life of a girl who loved me?! I… I just… can't do it. I'm sorry Shiina. I'm so sorry. But as I accepted these thoughts of mine and my own impending death. Something truly unexpected happened.
'That's not true… Deku.' The last person I expected to hear whispered into my ear as I noticed that same person. I just couldn't believe it. But there she was. Against all odds, Airi Sakura was right there in front of me, smiling.
'S-Sakura… h-how are you- I thought internally as no matter what the words couldn't come out of my throat. After all, I knew this was nothing more than an illusion. The real Airi Sakura was dead. Nothing could change that, no matter how much I wished for it to change. But even still… even though it must have been a hallucination as I was on the verge of being killed… it was as if she was alive again.
'You can do it, Deku. You can save her; I just know it. After all, I love you.' Sakura admitted as if it was the most natural thing for her to do. It was so in line with what she thought about me that it didn't matter whether what I saw was real or fake. What mattered is that she was going to forgive me no matter what happened. She would never hate the person she loves, after all it was just as she said…
… She loves me.
'STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP!' I stood up and ran as fast as I could in order to close the gap between me and Shiina! It wasn't that much a gap either! Only about ten meters if that! I can reach her in no time if I run like hell! But even as blood continued to spill out of my body, and I was on the verge of entering an eternal sleep that I would never be able to wake up from…
… I ONLY CONTINUED TO RUN EVEN FASTER THAN BEFORE!
"…" Shiina couldn't so much as say a word, because in a matter of seconds I was about to close the gap between us! I was so close! So close that I could touch her! There's something that I've been wanting to do ever since she revived my hopes and dreams in that classroom! To hug her! To wrap my arms around her and hold her close to me! I've been wanting to do that for so long! But I resisted the temptation because I wanted to do exactly that the moment I was able to run!
… And that's exactly what I'm doing right now, isn't it? Shiina!
"FLY MY ANGEL OF DEATH, DON'T LET HIM CATCH YOU!" Garaki shouted at the top of his lungs as not even a second later, Shiina used her wings to fly into the sky! But I wasn't going to let something archaic like her being in the air stop me from reaching her!
'WHOOOSH!' Which is why I used another air bullet to make me fly after her! But even still she flew closer and closer to the moon as she sought to fulfill the order that the Doctor placed on her! Me and her raced through the night sky as the moon hung in the background and so did Garaki as he could only watch this unfold!
'STAB! STAB! STAB!' But even as a few of Shiina's feathers pierced me midflight, that didn't stop me from finally closing the gap between us! In one swift motion, I wrapped my arms around Shiina and held her as tightly as possible so that I wouldn't let her go ever again. Even then, her arm twitched as I knew she had a feather in her hand and would try piercing me with it in order to fulfill the order that monster placed on her. But even if she had to do that, there was just one thing I had to say that.
"I love you." I said before gently grasping her cheek and kissing her on the lips. Suddenly, the feather in her hand fell back to the darkness below as we continued to kiss under the moonlit night. It was then that I knew without a shadow of a doubt her memories returned. It was just like a fairy tale; Prince Charming kissed the Sleeping Beauty to awaken her from her slumber. That's exactly what me and Shiina were doing right now. None of the Doctor's plans could have accounted for the sight before his eyes. There was nothing that he or anyone could do to change that. It felt like an everlasting kiss, but eventually, we returned to the earth. And then…
"Deku… I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I hurt you." Shiina whispered as tears of regret went down her cheeks, but I wiped them off with not even a moment of hesitation. Because this was no time to cry. After all this story wasn't a tragedy.
"You don't need to cry, Shiina. Everything's going to be okay. I saved you and you saved me. That's what matters at this moment. That's why I can say this for certain." I said while gently caressing Shiina's cheeks before turning around to face the monster who had been watching this unfold and who had planned for a tragedy to take place here. I then pointed to him with my index finger and one hand wrapped around Shiina's back. And then I spoke to the audience in hell, the demon who wasn't expecting this ending…
… I'm going to proclaim victory!
"This tragedy is over! What you planned was all for naught! I saved Shiina! No matter what disaster might befall us, don't think we'll ever yield! Who cares about tragedy or disaster?! Even if the script is written by a demon, I'll tear the whole thing to pieces! You hear me, Garaki?! Me and Shiina will be united forever! Nothing you or anyone else could do to change that!" I declared with every fiber of my being while me and Shiina held hand under the moonlit night.
"That's why… IT'S OVER!" I declared with a voice full of resolve while holding the hand of the girl I love most and pointing at the man I despise most. 'It's over.' That's what I truly believed from the bottom of my heart. How could I not? We had Garaki in our clutches. He might have had the devil's luck. But there's no way he could escape now. All of it… it's finally… ov-
"Deku! Hang in there!" Shiina's voice yelled out as I only realized that I was losing consciousness the moment she called out my name. It was then that I recalled what happened to me just moments prior. There's a wound on my stomach and it's still leaking my blood onto the earth below as I draw breath. At this rate, I'll lose consciousness. And Garaki knew this. So, being the demon he is, he laughed.
"Hahaha… AHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's over?! You see, that's where you're wrong! It's only just begun! What has happened thus far has been the prelude to the main event! All the suffering you've endured will all be for naught! Because right now… your precious friends are facing off against my only friend's true successor. And he'll be sure to kill them." Garaki replied with a sinister smile on his face while barely containing his laughter. But even if his words were true, I did not waver.
"… My friends… they are stronger than you think… MUCH stronger." I replied while removing my shirt (That was covering the wound on my arm) and wrapping it around my stomach. The latter wound had the chance of being life threatening, so I prioritized it even though this meant blood was trickling down my arm again. Even still, this only delayed the inevitable. That being that I'll lose consciousness in about a minute. Maybe two at best. But even if I only have that amount of time allotted to me…
… I'M TAKING GARAKI DOWN ONCE AND FOR ALL!
"NO! YOU'RE WRONG! THIS ENDS HERE, GARAKI!" I declared at the top of my lungs while letting go of Shiina's hand as I charged forward. Garaki was being held in the air by one of Shiina's feathers granted to her by the Quirk Fierce Wings! But she knew what I was planning to do next. So, she had the feather return to the wings on her back as Garaki fell toward the roof we were on! This gave me a clear opening to finish things between me and him! Garaki despises me. So, if I don't put an end to him now, then he will keep trying to ruin my life for all eternity! That's why I have no choice… but to-
'I-Impossible! I-It can't be! That look in his eyes! There's no doubt about it! He's actually going to kill me! I… I CAN'T DIE HERE!' Garaki screamed internally as he noticed the burning fire in Izuku Midoriya's eyes! A fire that threatened to burn him alive! That was when Garaki realized he had no way out of this one! Back in their old world, he was thrown into prison for his crimes! Midoriya must know full well that no prison in this world can hold him! Not only that but the last time the Doctor was given a chance to serve his time, he orchestrated the death of All Might! After doing that, there's no way that Midoriya was going to let Garaki live! But then…
… His punch stopped before it could hit the Doctor. One blow is all it would take to end his life. But even still, Midoriya didn't so much as lay his fingers on Garaki's head. The demon himself noticed this as his eyes flickered open. Even after everything he did, taking the life of his surrogate father, and the life of a girl who loved him, among so many heinous crimes. Izuku Midoriya just couldn't find it in himself to kill the Doctor. Shiina was speechless and couldn't help but marvel at the man she loved, secretly glad that he spared Garaki's life since she didn't want him to be forced to bear the weight of taking someone's life.
Though there was one other person who was observing all of this through the eyes of our protagonist. And he was all too furious over what had just transpired.
'What are you doing?! He's right there! Kill him! KILL HIM NOW!' Jokata commanded as repeated the word 'kill' over and over again like a broken record. I knew how much he wanted the Doctor to pay for his crimes. I felt the same way after all. A part of me wanted to kill him for what he did to All Might and Sakura. But… I just couldn't do it. It's not that I felt he deserved to live. Not in the slightest. However, something that Garaki said moments prior caught his attention. Specifically, regarding the demon's only friend.
I had brought an end to AFO quite some time ago. It's only been a few months since I had been 'awake' since that day. But it felt like it had been so much longer. And all that time, Garaki must have been suffering in his own personal hell for that. He'll never see his only friend for as long as he lives, just like how I won't be able to see All Might ever again. We've both gone through our hardships of losing people important to us. That's why I couldn't help but pity him, when he had lost someone so precious to him. But the Doctor noticed this and scoffed at me.
"Don't you dare pity me! I'll make you suffer a fate worse than death! And not just you… but all of those pathetic specimens you've grown to care about! They will all die! And there's nothing you can do to change that!" Garaki declared with a twisted smile on his face. But even though he was smiling, it couldn't be more fake. Because what that forgery of a smile covered was a look of utter agony by a man that had been suffering for so long. Because that was what Garaki was. A 'man.' He might have masqueraded as a demon from the pit of hell.
But that couldn't be further from the truth. Garaki was just a man who had been completely broken by losing the person he viewed as 'precious' to him. If I had lost Shiina, I'd undoubtably be as bitter and broken as he is. Because at the end of the day, we are more than what could be described as a 'hero' and a 'villain.' We're just people who don't want to lose anything else even though we had lost everything. Our entire world may as well be a faraway land unreachable by us.
In fact, I might have felt not all too different from how Garaki is feeling right now. When I first discovered what this world really was like, I completely rejected it. I wanted nothing to do with a world that had no trace of the friends, family, and heroes I had come to know and cherish. I didn't want to live in a world without them. But over time, I had become acquainted with so many people, plenty of which I had grown to cherish just as much as the friends from the world I was born in. I even found someone that I could love, someone I want to spend the rest of my life with. That's why I-
"… That won't come to pass. No matter how bad things get. I accept this world and everyone in it as my own. Nothing you say or do can change how I feel about that. You reject this world, don't you? A world without All For One. I once felt the same way. I couldn't stand the sight of a world without All Might in it. But… I realized something. Even if he doesn't exist in this world… the memories that I hold of him do exist. That's why… he doesn't need to be remembered by the people here. Because… I alone am enough." I replied as I felt a weight being lifted off of me.
I felt responsible for All Might's death. It was a weight that I had been carrying all this time. I wanted to believe that if All Might sacrificed himself to save me, it was for the best because he lived up to the type of man he wanted to be his entire life. A hero who saves everyone in the end. But… I was lying to myself. I couldn't accept that All Might had given up his life for me. He had given up so much so that I could achieve my dreams, even the Quirk that solidified him as the Symbol of Peace.
'You're next.' I felt so much anguish and regret that fateful day All Might had said those words to me. I believed that I had let him down for not being strong enough to finish things alone like he was able to. Each and every time, I needed someone to lend me a hand when the going got tough. And the single time that didn't happen, someone precious to me died because of it. Maybe if All Might didn't receive such a horrible injury, he could have kept making the world I once knew a better place. Maybe if Togata had received OFA, he would have been able to finish things between AFO and Shigaraki with no casualties.
But those are just what ifs. They are only fantasies of what could have happened. And even if they had come to pass, where would that leave me? Who knows what could have happened to me if I continued to live a life of solitude without a single friend as I accepted what Kacchan called me constantly. 'Deku.' A useless person without any power to change anything. But I'm not that person anymore. It's been so long since I was the useless 'Deku.' And even though I had been powerless to change things many times now, that doesn't change the fact that what has yet to transpire hasn't been written in stone. And that's why…
… I refuse to lose anything else as long as I can draw breath. But even though I believed that wholeheartedly, Garaki laughed. Not boisterously, but quietly as if he too was struggling to use his vocal cords that had been strained with how much he had been using them. But even while he laughed, that horrific smile remained. And before I could say another word-
"You accept this world as your own… and nothing I say can change that… really? Let's test that theory. What if I told you that Nomu who murdered All Might, the same one that had you transported to this world… is no more." Garaki replied as my eyes went wide while I began hyperventilating. I couldn't tell what the look on my face was since I didn't have a mirror to see my reflection. But I didn't need one, since the look on Garaki's face was enough for me to know that whatever it was, wasn't cheerful in the slightest. And Garaki was thoroughly enjoying every second of it.
"Hahaha… of course you didn't know. Because while you had been in my possession, you had killed said Nomu. I had just given you Obliterator. You had suddenly awakened and had attempted to kill me. And you would have succeeded, if not for my Nomu protecting me at the last possible second. Ironically your mind couldn't withstand the sudden use of your new power, and you fell back into a deep slumber the moment my Nomu was no more. The reason why you or I can never return to our world… is your FAULT, Izuku Midoriya!" Garaki replied while laughing sadistically with a look that matched said expression.
That was why I knew he couldn't be lying. That his words were the truth. And that means… everything… really was my fault. My mother, Uraraka, Iida, Todoroki, Kacchan, I'll never see any of them or anyone else from my old world with the sole exception of the monster in front of me for as long as I live. And that realization fueled an unfathomable amount of anger in me. Anger that demanded me to OBLITERATE him.
'That's right. Obliterate him! Do it now before he can escape!' Jokata demanded as I found it difficult to reject his wishes any longer as I felt my entire body coursing with the power of Obliterator. I wouldn't be able to contain this overwhelming amount of rage. Not anymore. And especially not when the monster that had made me feel such anger was right in front of me. And he knew exactly what I was thinking.
"Hahaha… that look of immense anger… I had been waiting to see it for quite some time. Because that's exactly how I felt when you took the life of my only friend! How does it feel!? To know that you'll never see the lives of any of those pathetic pieces of garbage pretending to be heroes ever again?! I'm itching to know! So, why don't you just tell me how you feel Izuku Midoriya?!" Garaki shouted as I could barely resist the temptation of obliterating this monster without leaving a trace of him left in this world.
Garaki had no intention of dying, but he couldn't see any possible way of him surviving this situation when Kiyotaka was dealing with Izuku Midoriya's friends. Because even though they posed no threat to him, it still wasn't enough for him to get all the way here in time. And even if he did, what was stopping Izuku Midoriya from killing him before that. Nothing at all. And if he was going to die here, seeing the look of pure hatred on the man he hated more than anyone, that wasn't a bad way to go out. After all, Kiyotaka would be able to finish things in his place. Garaki had sought to change the world to better reflect the one he once knew at its peak of villainy.
But what he wanted more than that… was to see Izuku Midoriya succumb to his desire of committing murder! And if that happened to be him then so be it! This way he could get a front row seat to see the end of Izuku Midoriya's hopes and dreams! And that alone was worth the price of admission, that being his demise! Perhaps Midoriya was right! And if so, end things right here and now, Izuku Midoriya! But before that could come to pass-
"Huh?" I muttered out as someone wrapped their arms around me. But other than me and Garaki, the only other person who was on the roof was Shiina! But why would she-
"Deku! Please… don't kill him!" Shiina begged while holding me close to her chest. I was so caught off guard by this that all of the power that was coursing throughout my body due to Obliterator fizzled out. But what she said only left me with more questions than answers. Why would she say something like that? Not even Garaki had an answer to that question.
'I… I don't understand. Izuku Midoriya had freed her from my control. I doubt if I call her 'Angel of Death' it will actually work anymore. So… why? Why would she want to protect my life?' Garaki thought internally as he was just as perplexed as I was regarding Shiina's sudden intervention. But he couldn't be more wrong. It wasn't as if she was trying to protect Garaki. No. The girl who loved Izuku Midoriya, wanted to protect him from himself. That was her sole reason for doing this. Because she knew that if Deku would go through with this…
… It would only bring him more pain and suffering. Shiina couldn't possibly know just how much Midoriya had suffered. But she didn't need to know. What she had seen with her own eyes back in his apartment was all that she needed to see. She didn't want Izuku to fall back into the depths of despair. But she knew that he couldn't understand her intentions. So, she spelled it out for him.
"What good will killing him do?! Nothing, that's what! You'll only regret it! Because you'll only be doing what he wants you to do! You'll just be fulfilling his sick and twisted desires! He's just a sad and pathetic man who can't do a single thing to hurt anyone! That's why he chooses to hurt people with his words! But that's just it! He can't kill anyone! He's not trying to kill anyone except for you! He wants to kill the person you want to be more than anything! And by killing him, you would only be letting that happen! You saved me… just let that be enough!" Shiina yelled out as her words made me lose the will to resist as I buried my hatred deep inside of me.
"You're right… I saved you, didn't I, Shiina?" I asked as the adrenaline that was pumping throughout my body finally stopped. It was the only thing keeping me conscious ever since I received that blow to the stomach by Shiina. But maybe it really is just like how Shiina said it was. Maybe… it's… enough. And with that I fell into a deep slumber. Shiina realized this too and she gently put me onto the ground below our feet (With the help of her feathers) Before kissing my forehead and whispering 'Good Night.' She then turned her attention to Garaki without so much of an ounce of pity for the man (or lack thereof) before her.
"Hahaha… and what do you hope to do, my Angel of Death? Kill me? My, my. I didn't take you as someone capable of that without being under my control. But perhaps I was wrong, perhaps those eyes of yours are one that belong to a cold-blooded killer?" Garaki asked while maintaining his twisted smile before violently coughing up blood. Though that was not due to Shiina attacking him in any shape or form. Rather it was the strain of using his 'Speed' Quirk that was too much for his frail and decrepit body to handle. It would only be a matter of time before he too fell unconscious…
… Except, he would be falling into an eternal slumber that he wouldn't be able to wake up from. Not unless he is healed of his internal injuries. But that would require him being taken back to his laboratory hidden somewhere on this very island. He doesn't have the power to make his way back to that place before succumbing to death. Only Kiyotaka with the use of the Quirk Warp Gate would be enough to save him now. But surely that won't come to pass, since Kiyotaka would be dealing with those pathetic specimens that Izuku Midoriya thought of as his friends.
Furthermore, Garaki feared something like this would happen to him if he overexerted his 'Speed' Quirk. But even then, he couldn't predict this happening. Even still, he knew his death was close at hand, and that no one would be able to save him in time at this rate. That's why he had no qualms about dying to Izuku Midoriya if it meant that he would have another everlasting regret to hold for all eternity. But that didn't happen, and that was all due to the meddling of Hiyori Shiina! Though even he couldn't expect Shiina being capable of killing someone without him manipulating her to do so. And he would be right.
"You're wrong. I have no intention of killing you. Doing that would only be granting you mercy. I've already given you too much of that. Just to make things clear, the only reason why you still draw breath is because it would only hurt Deku. You've already made him suffer so much, so there's no way in hell I'm going to let you have the satisfaction of hurting him even more. You're going to die here without anyone remembering you. So long, you worthless piece of trash." Shiina replied with a voice as cold as ice. But they had the opposite effect. Because instead of freezing the Doctor, they only burned him and further fueled his immense rage.
"Hiyori… Shiina! You'll regret this! You hear me!? You're letting me live! That's a big mistake! I might not be alive for much longer… but even still Kiyotaka will finish what I've started! He'll kill everyone you hold dear before taking your life! Or perhaps it will be the other way around? Perhaps you'll be the first to die!? Oh, how I would love to see the look of utter agony on Izuku Midoriya's face! Realizing that his actions caused another person he held dear to die! Hahaha… AHAHAHAHA- Garaki snapped back before violently coughing up more blood. Shiina paid him no heed. She then used one of her feathers to pick up Deku and flew into the night sky with him.
Thus, the sad and pathetic man named Kyudai Garaki was left alone on the rooftop as his eyes flickered open and closed while struggling to remain conscious. But it didn't take much longer for him to lose the will to stay awake. He then completely collapsed onto the ground beneath his feet like a house of cards.
The Doctor disappears from this world with no one to bury him. His last thoughts being that maybe now he will be able to see his one and only friend in the afterlife…
… As if. He knows all too well that the afterlife is a world of pitch-black darkness. One that he'll never be able to see or much less communicate with his dearly departed friend. So, no. What he really thought was how Kiyotaka was going to fulfill his revenge plan. Just who was he going to kill first? If he had to guess, it would probably be Suzune Horikita or Ken Sudo. Though the order doesn't matter because soon they will both die.
However, if Garaki had one regret it was that he hoped that Izuku Midoriya would be able to see his friends' demise. And if he wasn't about to die then he would guarantee that himself even if it meant defying Kiyotaka's wishes. Because in the end, Kyudai Garaki lives for the ternal suffering of his most hated enemy. But what was ironic about all of this was the fact that Garaki was not alone on this rooftop. After all, the person he deemed as the true successor to his late friend had let his death occur without intervening to save him. But if Ayanokoji was there…
… Then who caused that explosion that both Horikita and Sudo were heading too? But that no longer concerned the body formerly belonging to Kyudai Garaki as it was nothing more than a corpse. But within said corpse were two Quirks, one the Speed Quirk that Garaki overexerted which led to his demise, the other being his Immortality Quirk. A very rare Quirk that offers everlasting life to the person who has it in their possession…
… And it was that Quirk that the man named Kiyotaka Ayanokoji stole just before it would have ceased to exist along with the monster who formerly had it. Though this was all according to the Doctor's calculations.
To Be Continued…
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