Hiding The Pain || MonoShin [BOOK 1]

Chapter 10 - Ketsueki?

Vlad King, Aizawa, Power Loader and Midnight all trooped to the U.S.J, Thirteen moving her head around almost inconspicuously. Unfortunately, the astronaut themed hero was made for rescue rather than for stealth, though it was a little funny to see her trying to be subtle about it. If you asked Vlad, he'd say she was trying too hard to be subtle.

But if Thirteen was being subtle, that meant that there was a possible threat in the area. Aizawa and Midnight also picked up on her body language and the three approached her carefully, eyes darting back and forth in an attempt to find the danger. Power Loader stayed back, knowing he was not at the level of expertise to be able to join them.

Suddenly, a flash of someone leapt through the bushes, and grabbed Thirteen's head. Aizawa was quick on his feet, instantly trapping the criminal with his capture weapon and erasing his quirk in the time span of a millisecond.

The villain was promptly knocked unconscious by Aizawa, and Thirteen was on her phone, moving it around a bit.

"Signal's back." she informed, and right after she did, lock down mode deactivated. "The criminal must have had a quirk that was able to activate lock down mode and cut off all phone signals." 

The other three heroes didn't even bother listening to Thirteen, for they all but ran inside as soon as lock down mode was in the process of deactivating.

"Kids!" Vlad King called out, already searching the area. Shishida and Kamakiri were the first to reach him, Kendo and Tetsutetsu arriving not much later, but from the parallel direction.

Soon enough, all the kids were found and brought outside. Their clothes were a bit scuffed up, but after a quick once over, Vlad King decided that there were no major injuries. Though Kaibara and Tsuburaba seemed a little red.

"Alright kids, we're heading back to the main U.A building. The police will be here soon, and they'll probably want some statements from you all." Vlad King stated, before walking towards the bus.

"Wait!" Fukidashi called. "Monoma, he was taken!"

Vlad King whipped his head around so fast he was surprised he didn't do a full 180 with his neck.

"What?" Vlad King asked in disbelief.

"Monoma said we should split into groups of two and hide, but before Monoma reached me a warp gate opened and-"

Fukidashi was cut off with Vlad King raising him up, gripping him by the neck of his shirt, a sad look in his now dull dark red eyes. 

"Why didn't you do anything?" Vlad King asked, voice almost a whisper.

That was how it was when Vlad King was mad. He never shouted or raised his voice, in fact it rather decreased in volume. At this point their teacher was leaking a few tears, before turning away from his students and facing the other heroes.

"Let's go. We have to report this to Nezu. Besides, the police are on their way." Vlad King said, his voice sounding strained. Aizawa had a look on his face that could almost resemble pity, and Midnight also looked apologetic. It was obvious from the way the hero and the blond boy had interacted that the two were like father and son, even if they didn't look like it.

At the sight of their teacher almost breaking down, all of Class B felt the urge to cry, added with the guilt they felt about how they hadn't talked to Monoma the previous day when he had snapped, so that he could laugh and be himself again.

One common thought they all had as they walked to the bus was:

'Why didn't I do anything?'

Monoma opened his eyes and found himself in some sort of abandoned building. It was rather cold, and the coldness was enunciated by the cold floor he was currently lying on. He gave a small groan and looked up to see the girl and a light blue haired man who looked like he desperately needed some chapstick and moisturizer arguing with each other.