My Pawfect Rebirth

118: Breathe

While Emra and Mamoru were in the Spirit Realm, Izumi, Katsuki, Takashi and Duncan were prepared for the worst, as they slowly opened the doors leading to the second floor of the abandoned hospital. 

Though they knew they were going to be dealing with spirits that are controlled by the crazy doctor Kyudai Garaki, they didn't expect to see what they saw. As the sight of beings in all different shapes and sizes were resting against the walls, in sleep. 

"Shit." 

"There's so many of them." Katsuki and Izumi muttered. 

"These are all either patients or people who worked at this hospital, and they've been here the entire time." Duncan said. 

"This just proves what kind of doctor we're dealing with." Takashi said.

Suddenly the sound of a TV turned on and it went static for a few seconds and finally revealed a man with a bushy mustache and what looked to be goggles with the shape of gears. 

"Ah- That's-" 

"Hello newcomers, welcome to my little Paradise. I assume all of you entered because you're dying to become recreated, correct?" a deep and husky voice said. 

'Paradise? Is that what he calls this place?' Izumi thought. 

"Hm? What have we here? It seems all of you are quite familiar faces that appear before me. Though I wasn't expecting any of you to come here this soon, it's better now than never." the man on the screen said.

'He knows who we are?' Izumi thought. 

"Let's see... the Special Case known as Izuku Midoriya. The Dog who is really a human; Katsuki Bakugo. The Golden-Eyed Beast; Duncan Velton, and finally... the Demon Hound; Takashi Gunner. How's your father doing, Mr. Gunner?" 

Izumi and Katsuki looked over at Takashi who did not look happy. 

"You think it's funny talking about my father? Well he's doing fine, resting in peace after everything you pulled." Takashi said with an intense glare. 

"Wait- Takashi, what d'you mean by that?" Izumi asked. 

"This crazy doctor... he's responsible for killing my father all those Era's and centuries ago." Takashi growled, Izumi felt her blood go cold at hearing those words.

"It's a shame I couldn't even use your father in my experiments as he yielded to doing such, so I had no other choice but to kill him. It seems you're not really human either, as you're now a spirit, how interesting." Kyudai said. 

"I became a spirit by choice, not by force!" Takashi yelled and his teeth appeared to get sharper. 

"Easy Takashi, you can't lash out." Duncan said, trying to calm him down. 

"You seem to lose your temper easily, just like your father. Though I would love to simply chat more about the past, I'm assured that you four aren't here just to see me. I've been accompanied by another close friend of mine." Kyudai said and slowly pushed away from the camera to see Kurogiri in sight.

"Kurogiri!" 

"It seems even attempting to have you fall into the river to drown didn't work, Miss Midoriya. Did you like the swim though? I heard it's nice and cold and refreshing around this time of the year." Kurogiri stated. 

"Erm- I wouldn't call that much of a swim. And just because you tried to get rid of me doesn't mean I can't fight back." Izumi murmured. 

"I see, so you've still got some fight in you, hm? Usually I would run and leave by now, but since you've been a pain in my backside, I'm going to make sure you and the rest of your little party never exist." Kurogiri said.