Reset and Rewind

Chapter 41 - A Bloody Loss

"What do you mean 'he's gone'?!"

Himiko was pacing back and forth, throwing the occasional knife at the dart board they so kindly provided for her. Twice was standing at the door, not knowing what else to say. It's true, he went to check up on Shigaraki, take some more blood for Toga-chan, but he was just- He was gone! He went back to report it right away!

"There's no way he could've escaped," Himiko frowned. "Not on his own... You're sure you weren't followed?"

"Absolutely not! Now that you mention it... No! No, no, no, I wasn't followed," Twice told her. This was going to be a problem. Himiko needed Shigaraki, needed his blood in order to be him. Without it, everything would come falling apart! Not only that, there was no way Shiggy was able to get away on his own, which means someone knows. Someone took him, has him, and someone knows the Shigaraki who's leading the League of Villains isn't actually Shigaraki-

This could be a disaster.

Himiko had to make sure to find him without alarming anyone else, but how? She couldn't simply ask her friends without exposing that she'd been manipulating them. They would definitely not like being manipulated... She was pretty sure Dabi would actually incinerate her this time, and that after she had so much fun playing with him! So no, asking them for help wasn't an option. But with only Twice to track Shigaraki down... Well, she might as well have no one. Not to speak ill of her bff, but he was kind of an airhead when it came to things like this, you know, complex stuff, like investigating a disappearance, for example, following tracks, that kind of thing.

She liked his silliness, though. Himiko would never hold it against him. No, it was one of the reasons they got along as well as they did. Twice was innocent, pure, and Himiko wanted to protect that, to savor it. And in order to do that, she needed power. The power Shigaraki could provide her with. The power she was going to lose if she didn't find her source material again soon. Ugh, this was a problem she hadn't anticipated and now she had to come up with a solution for this mess and it was all just-! Ugh, being a leader sucked! She just wanted to do her own thing, was that really so hard?

She whined, pouting as she turned towards Twice.

"What am I gonna do now? My reserves are running low and I need his blood to use his quirk!" she whined, pouting as she threw another knife at her target. "We need to find him!"

"Of course! He needs to be captured! But how... Let him run free! No, capture!" Twice exclaimed, fighting with himself, as usual. Things had gotten a little better ever since Deika, but Twice still struggled to keep himself whole. As long as he didn't hang out with Hawks, Himiko didn't have a problem with that.

"I need someone who can track him down..." she mumbled, trying to come up with the right plan of action. Even if it was boring and frustrating and all she wanted to do was draw someone's blood and watch the beautiful red drip down their skin as they cried and begged-

"Oi, Shigaraki! It's me, open up!"

Himiko tensed up, seeing Twice start to panic. She quickly signed him to be quiet, grabbing one of her last vials of blood and downing it as fast as possible. A moment later, Himiko Toga was gone and Tomura Shigaraki took her place. After that he motioned for Twice to get the door, taking a deep breath to get into character.

"What is it?"

Dabi glanced at Twice as he entered, before facing his leader. He'd become rather suspicious of Shigaraki's bond with the clone guy...

"It's about Hawks, you still haven't met him in person yet," Dabi stated. "What? Scared he's gonna pull something? I think he's proven himself at least somewhat loyal at this point, wouldn't you say?"