The Hood | Part 1

25. A Declaration Of War

A Few Moments Earlier

While the one man was disoriented, Izuku went to shoot the other. But the woman shot the gun out of his hand with a bow.

"Seriously, you guys are still using bows?" Izuku asked as the woman went to kick Izuku. He quickly grabbed her foot to flip her to the ground.

"Did you forget who taught you?" She asked jumping up, punching him in the face. The little dance between the two was an even Match. That was until the man yelled getting Izuku's attention.

When he looked, he saw that the two men had Toga and one of them had a knife to her throat. While distracted, he was punched in the face to the ground.

"If you don't want her to be hurt, I suggest coming with us." The woman suggested while staring down at Izuku.

"Just answer one question for me, then I'll consider it." Izuku said using his elbow to prop himself up slightly.

"What is it?" She said with no interest at all.

"How's your sister?" Izuku asked with a smile and a chuckle. As much as she tried to hold it in, she looked furious.

"You're lucky we need you alive or I would've killed hundred times over" she said getting another chuckle from Izuku.

"Only hundred?" Izuku asked with a chuckle as a random gunshot went off. The man who was holding Toga fell to the ground. Everyone was distracted, Izuku had slipped away.

"Quickly, we're leaving." The woman said climbing up the side of the building. The man sliced at Toga's arm before pushing her to the ground and disappeared.

A few moments later, Toga spotted someone enter the Alley.

"Its you!" Toga said excitedly as she was reunited with the girl she stabbed during the training camp.

"Y- you're her" Uraraka said with a stutter as she slowly backed away. Toga had gotten. So excited that she almost gave in to her urges. To control herself she brought her hand to her mouth and bit it. Sure the blood didn't taste as good. But it helped her control her urges.

"Please, just let me go" Toga begged as she slowly stood up.

"I-"

"Back away from the villain" a pro hero said as he interrupted Uraraka. He noticed that behind her were the two bodies of the men Izuku Killed. "You're Toga from the league of villains. You're under arrest"

Toga didn't give him a chance. She just started to run, leaving Uraraka alone as the pro hero gave Chase to Toga.

"Up here!" A hooded man yelled as he lowered an escape ladder for Toga. While she climbed the ladder, he shot his silenced gun at the pro to distract him.

When he looked up, the two were gone.

Up on the roof, Toga was running with Izuku.

"Thanks for coming back" Toga tha ked him while breathing and panting heavily.

"Just shut up and keep running." Izuku said as they ran.
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Bakugo entered a library of all places. He was meeting Momo. She had texted him to meet her in one of the meeting rooms towards the back. She told him it was populated. But still discreet.

He waited for twn minutes in an empty meeting room waiting for a Momo to arrive. He was just going to leave. But in the knick of time, she entered the room.

"Thanks for meeting me." Momo thanked him taking a seat. He could tell how uneasy she looked. So he took a seat again. "Especially on such short notice."

"What is this about?" He asked looking uninterested.

"Its just that... earlier, I kept seeing Midoryia around the city on my way home and then..." momo had to pause for a moment. "Then he was in my room and he... shot me"

"A while ago, I had a dream where I relived what happened when I was captured. Deku was there. He was... he was being tortured. Then it just stopped. I went to see what happened. Then the red hood showed up. The next thing I knew, i was in a grave yard infront of his tombstone. Then he just just dug himself out and pulled me back in with him. I tried so hard to stop him. I scratched and dug at the dirt. But it just gave way. When i woke up, I was on my floor, my floor was all scratched up, and my hands were bloody." Bakugou went on explaining his nightmare. Momo sat there listening silently the whole time.

"H- how did you deal with it?" She asked leaning forward slightly.

"I didn't"
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"That'll do it" izuku said as he finished cleaning and bandaging Toga's arm.

"I'm sorry, Izu" Toga apologized as she was chewing on her pinky.

"Ita alright. Knowing who they are, you didnt have a choice. Im just glad they dudnt do anything to you." He said as he went to put away his medical kit into a desk table under a window sill. "And stop chewing on your pinky" he said making her stop.

When he stood up, he got a glance out the window. He saw purple smoke rising in the distance. Which made him power walk out of the room. Toga didn't say anything. She just got up and followed him all the way to a set of stairs that led to the roof.

When they did, they saw that all around tbe city were dozens of locations with purple smoke rising.

"What is that?" Toga asked confused.

"A declaration of war" Izuku answered as he made his way back downstairs with Toga in tow. He wasn't planning on going back any time and they forced his hands. Izuku walked up to a wall and punched through the drywall, surprising Toga from the act.

When he pulled out his hand, he was holding a key. Then he went to his recliner chair and flipped it to reveal a trap door.

"Dont you have neighbors?" Toga asked.

"Its an abandoned apartment." He said kneeling down and placed the key in a lock and pulled the door open. It was a small space. But inside was a small trunk. He pulled it out and opened it. "Lomg time no see."