Strings 糸

#001 - The Strings

Things had never been the same for Bakugou ever since the sludge villain incident.

If only he had known such a disastrous event would happen, he wouldn't have kicked that stupid soda bottle.

That day, he really thought he would die.

While being suffocated by the large amounts of slime, there was a blue round ball floating near them.

'What is that thing...?' he thought, stunned at the sight of an unknown object that suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Before he could even react, it went to his face and exploded, turning into blue gas. Out of fear, he used his explosions to break out from the slime.

He was able to free his head and gasp for air. However, he inhaled the blue gas which came from the unknown object that exploded on his face.

He panicked and tried to cough it out. But before he could even do so, strange visions started flashing through his mind. He couldn't explain it much through words, but those visions felt like a movie, but in fast forward. There were random scenes that flashed through his mind, it was all about Midoriya, UA, and he himself included in it. It made Bakugou confused, because he doesn't recall these events happening in his entire life. He didn't go to UA yet, so why does these visions show their experiences in the academy?

Once it was over, he was snapped back to reality.

'...The fuck was that!?!?' he thought, confused.

Before he could even question any further about it, he realized that he was still trapped by the Sludge villain. Just when his head was finally free from all the slime, he still got dragged back in, causing him to suffocate again. This time he couldn't break his free, like back then. The grip on him was much stronger than before. It was painful, any longer he might really die for real.

He watched the heroes around him, they weren't doing anything. The crowd was also watching him in such a horrible state, it was humiliating.

'Shit....no one is doing anything!'

'What the fuck's wrong with them!? At this rate..., I might....'

Bakugou caught the sight of a certain familiar green hair within the crowd. The moment he saw Deku in his vision, a scene flashed in his mind where the nerd tried to save him. He doesn't know why, but for some reason, his brain was telling him to look at him.

He doesn't really understand what these flashbacks were trying to imply, but something in his gut tells him he won't like it.

He decided to refuse what it is trying to tell him and handle this situation by himself---but like a string in a puppet, his body just moved on its own. He doesn't know why, but it felt like something was controlling him to do that.

His eyes widened when he saw thin strings surrounding them. He wondered if this was a quirk that belonged from one of the heroes trying to save him right now. But all of those thoughts went out of the table when he realized that those strings were connected to him. What happened next caused him horror when he realized its intentions.

He resisted the urge, but he failed. Without consent, he was forced to look at Deku and make an expression that pleads for help.

Bakugou's mind screamed, Stop!!!!

A flood of emotions seeped into him, all of them were mixed with anger, humiliation, and fear.

At that moment, Deku rushed towards him as predicted. Despite the other heroes calling out for him to stop, the nerd still continued to run.