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   I first woke up to a blonde close to my face, her usual grin was twisted into a scowl. 'Where the fuck am I?"

   "Hello...?" I greeted her, it was only the two of us. I assumed she was the only one on watch guard duty...but why was she watching me?

   "You're not Izuku nor Ochako...but I could get used to you" She hummed as she inspected more of my features. "What's your name?"

   "I'm Y/N, who are you?"

   "I'm Himiko Toga!"

   "Toga huh, you don't look much older than me.. What are you doing in a place like this?"

   "What do you mean?!" She waved her arms up and down, almost hitting the knocked out Bakugou. "I'm good enough to be in the League!"

Himiko's Quirk grants her the ability to
transform into a physical lookalike of another
individual, as well as copy their voice. She can only
transform into people whose blood she has ingested.
The more blood she drinks, the longer she has
access to that person's form

   "I'm not doubting that! I'm just curious." I shifted my chains, there were gloves connected to the chains.

   I felt my pockets to see if my own pockets were still intact. My legs were aching from standing for hours. There was a chain around my ankles and waist, I sighed.

   "Is it uncomfortable?" I looked up to be met with bright yellowish-greenish eyes. I jumped a little as she touched my chains, her hands were cold... "I would unlock you but i don't know what you even do-- what's up with your hands?"

   "Oh, I guess it's to prevent me from using my quirk?"

   "What is your quirk?"

   "Oh... I don't know if I should tell you, you're not doing anything for me." I jingled the chains, hoping that she would unchain me. Instead she got up and bolted to one of the stools.

   "Kurogiri won't mind if you sit on one of his fancy stools! Now, I'm being nice with you because you're a guest here at the LOV, however you shouldn't test my patience ...." She warned and pulled out a knife, brushing it across my cheeks, I sat on the stool. 'Story time it is I guess...'

   "I basically can stop time, kinda... it's difficult." I was hoping that she took that answer and walked off but instead she pulled up a stool next to me. Her eyes never left my own, "I can't really do much with it, I can only really hold time...I can't go back or forward yet..."

   "Have you ever tried?"

   "Well...kind of, it's difficult to even hold time itself..."

   She rested her chin on the palm of her hands, "That sounds like you haven't been trying."

   "You have my quirk then, you see how hard it is!" I huffed and tried to cross my arms, well the best I could. "I'm just kidding--please don't take my blood."

   "Well, I tried before and it was all weird... which sucked, your blood was so sweet." She stuck out her tongue, "No matter how long i was there for, it would come out and then revert itself back into your body... can you stop time even when you're unconscious?"

   "I have no idea..."

   "You don't remember anything, huh.." I avoided her eyes, "What happened?"

   "I actually hit my head on the entrance exam... I have no idea what happened before then. I've just been going in blindly and I'm tired of this all..."

   "Sounds like you don't want to become a hero."

   "I.." 'Did I even want to become a Hero anymore?' I haven't thought of it before, did i have a chance to stop the story here and do what i want...? I always thought I had to follow the path of the hero course to find a way home but.... Maybe there was something else I could do.

   She noticed me struggling and continued the conversation, "Anyways, how's it like relearning your quirk? It sounds icky, all that training.."

   "It's really hard..." I really felt comfortable, like I could tell Toga anything in the world.. well not everything... "Can I be honest?"

   "Tell me anything!"

  "I want to get stronger instead of hiding so much...I'm just too scared to fight and get injured, it's like those characters in cartoon shows!"

   "I... don't watch cartoons, anyways, you know the League can help you out with your quirk, right? We're not as bad as the UA says we are. Training under us won't be as dangerous as training under UA." She cracked her back before standing up.

   "Training under UA isn't terrible!"

   She rolled her eyes as i tried to defend my school, "How many times have you almost died or like--fought AllMight?" When I didn't give her an answer, she just got up and left. Quickly mumbling something about getting the other villains.

   I waited for her to come back so we could strike up another conversation. However I didn't see her until later on in the day, and everyone was with her. I was thankful Bakugou woke up so I wasn't alone in a room full of villains. However he didn't talk to me much either.

   We weren't even gone for a day and the news was all over the two of us.

   We were stuck watching the news the whole day... What else are you supposed to do with two antisocial teens? "I'm from Yomiuri TV. Is there an official statement from the U.A. High? How do you plan on dealing with the families of the victims?"

   Principle Nezu took a while before he responded, "To be attacked during a training camp meant to prepare students to fight villains... We should be embarrassed by the irony.--We feared the revitalization of villains, but our understanding of it was naïve. They had already started their war--Their war to destroy hero society"

   "Remind me again.... why are we watching this again?" Dabi groaned, "We never watch the news, why now?"

   "Did you want to hire a babysitter for these two chained up?" Kurogiri put a dish on the table, giving food to shut him up.

   "...isn't that why Toga is here?"

   "I only want to talk to Y/N, not really...whatever the other one is." Toga twirled a few strands of her hair. Bakugou fumed from his chains but didn't comment on anything. He actually did not comment on anything for a while and it scared me--its the longest i've seen him without talking. Kurogiri hit her on the head with his towel, scowling to be nice.

Midnight had taken the mic next, silencing the room. "Even if we had understood it, would we have been able to defend against it? With all these persistent developments unfolding one after another... Ever since All Might, most organized crime has been weeded out."

   Present Mic then pitched in, "So we all got too complacent during peaceful times without realizing it, thinking we had time to prepare."

   "I am angry from the bottom of my heart at my own cowardice. While they were fighting desperately, I..." Allmight rubbed his face, "...was relaxing in the tub."

   "Question! Question! How is the progress of Y/N? Have you guys found them yet or do you think they're with Bakugou right now?" The interviewer didn't even let Snipe answer the previous question. He fumbled for a bit before answering.

   "Regarding Y/N... We've explored the entire forest. Not a square inch has gone unsearched, we've heard from other students that they were also taken along with Bakugou... Having the sports festival right after the attack... We can't keep taking unyielding positions like that, like we have up until now. To have a student kidnapped is U.A. 's greatest failure. They have stolen the trust people had in us heroes, along with both Bakugo and Y/N."

   Nezu piggybacked his sentence, "All the news outlets are filled with criticism of the U.A. right now. If they were trying to get Bakugou, then it was probably because his violent side was made common knowledge at the sports festival. If he is won over by the villains, then it's over for the U.A. as an educational institution."

   "Why would they take Y/N?"

   "...They have a quirk that would interest the league. We don't even fully understand ourselves." and with that, they all stood from the table. Leaving the interviewers in the room, however, as soon as that interview ended the league changed it to another news channel.

   I would've much preferred to watch a cartoon show--maybe spongebob or regular show.

   "I'm really grateful for all the publicity we've been getting." Shigaraki crackled as the news reporter panned over the forest. "Hey, don't you agree...? Katsuki Bakugou...F/N L/N...."

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