Unconscious, Katsuki was slumped against a frozen slab. His forearms to palms.. skinned? Did they do this to him? Did he overexert himself without his gauntlets? The scene before Izuku was too much.
"You have.. pills. Injections. These damned neck things! Why- why go this far?!" he bellowed. "You had me for almost a year, why did you wait til I came here?!"
Hisoka answered calmly. "I couldn't be sure that you'd react this strongly with your little surfer buds." If a voice could shrug, it was this. He took a look at his watch before adding, "They can still be healed, their quirks intact. We just need you to cooperate."
Izuku felt helpless. He slowly dragged himself along with Eijiro towards Katsuki. He couldn't feel the cold with how numb he felt inside out. Carefully placing Eijiro down, he held Katsuki's face in his hands. His skin which was always soft in contradiction to his personality, was now rough - at odds with his vulnerability.
"Kacchan.." Izuku's tears weld up, the few that escaped froze halfway down. He placed a soft kiss for maybe the last time, on chapped blue lips. I'll find a way, for both of you.. his grief rattled him silently as he laced their stiff fingers together. When you awake, I hope you can still hold on to each other.
He wiped his face, noticing for the first time, the sting of the frigid air. Getting up, he turned meekly to a curious but satisfied looking Hisoka. "..."
***
Bidding a quick thank you and goodbye to Hawks, now overseeing Izuku's mother and friends, Shoto met up with Momo and acquired created copies of Deku's, DynaMight's, and Red Riot's costumes. At least, as much as he could carry to help.
"Hello?" Shoto answered a call. Sero filled him in that there was an unexpected guest at the cabin, that he had called Eijiro to verify some things and that he was concerned when the line cut off. Eijiro was mid sentence, mentioning Kabu- something.
Although Momo had provided him some intel, returning to Katsuki's remained the most likely lead. Kabu? He wondered what Eijiro could have meant til he arrived, about to call his people at the Agency to look into things when-
"Long time no see." Ezra sat nonchalant, icing a bandaged ankle. Well, more like balanced it since his arms were bound. Taped around his shoulders and elbows, he was left locked outside on Katsuki's front step.
Good work, Sero.. "Do you know what Kabu means?" Shoto disregarded all this and went straight to the point.
"Uh.. maybe untie me first? I tried explaining to the tape dude that I knew you guys and that Izuku was in trouble. He just went off and left me here like this."
When Shoto didn't budge, Ezra sighed. "Kabukicho."
"What?"
"Obviously, Kabukicho, wouldn't you think?"
***
