It was a partly cloudy Sunday in Musutafu, and Deku was at home, playing Helltaker on his laptop. He'd discovered the game purely by accident, mainly because he saw one of those parody edits of a porn animation done by Twitter user Liquorice_NSFW, and since then, he'd been hooked. Even if it was a short game, he liked the gameplay and the presentation well enough that he couldn't stop playing it. Then, while he was doing the third level with Cerberus, he heard knocking on his door, so he paused the game.

"Come in," said Deku.

Inko entered the room.

"Izuku, your girlfriend Shoko is here!"

Upon hearing that his favorite girl was here to visit him, Deku bolted out of his chair and headed for the front door.

"SHOKO!"

"DEKU!"

Both parties gave each other a big hug and kiss.

"So, what brings you here today?" asked Deku.

Todoroki smiled. "No reason! I just wanted to hang out with my favorite person, is all."

Deku chuckled. "Well, let's go to my room, then!"

Deku led Todoroki to his room. Inko smiled as they walked past, thinking about how happy she was that her precious son had found somebody with whom he was in love. The two lovebirds finally reached Deku's room, and the first thing that Todoroki took notice of was the computer.

"What are you playing?" asked Todoroki.

"That? Oh, it's Helltaker!" Deku smiled.

Todoroki scratched her cheek. "A curious title. May I play?"

Deku gave a thumbs up. "Sure! Just let me reset it to Level One…"

Deku set the game back at the first level, while Todoroki took Deku's seat.

"So, how do you play this?" asked Todoroki.

"It's a puzzle game. Basically, your objective is to reach the woman at the end of the level in a set number of moves. Use the arrow keys or WASD to move around. You can kick rocks and skeleton monsters out of the way if you need to."

Without further prompting, Todoroki began playing, and almost immediately, it became obvious to Deku that she didn't need much – if any – training to master this game. As she navigated the level, she rhythmically bobbed her head side to side while the music – "Vitality" by Mittsies – thumped on. Ordinarily, she was into heavy metal, but ever since Deku took her out to a disco, she'd grown an appreciation for electronic music. Todoroki reached Pandemonica on the first try, and she selected the second dialogue option – "Maybe I can serve YOU instead?" As she got further into the game, Todoroki came to see just why Deku was so enthralled with it. When she got to the fifth level, where Zdrada was, she paused the game and smiled.

"This is fun. I do, however, have one question…"

"Yes?"

Todoroki raised an eyebrow and adopted a more serious look. "Why would anyone go to Hell just to meet women?"

Deku smiled sheepishly. "Why not? Video games don't have to make sense, you know!"

Todoroki got up from Deku's chair.

"Where are you going, Shoko?"

Todoroki walked towards the door. "I'm going to pay a visit to Bakugo. Maybe I can convince him to join my harem."

Deku dropped his jaw, sweated nervously and waved his hands back and forth. "Um…I don't really think that's a good idea!"

"Why not? Don't heroes take risks?"

"Well no…um…yeah…but…!"

"Then what is the problem?"

Todoroki exited Deku's room.

"Shoko, WAIT!"

Deku ran after Todoroki in an attempt to save her from being horribly murdered.

A/N: If you're looking for more Helltaker stories from me, I currently have one that I'm updating called Piece of Mind. Beware though, it's rated M for very good reason.

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