Fire Within -Tododeku

Bloodshed

WARNING: GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE.

"How do you know it has precious information if you haven seen the contents?" Todoroki asked, skeptical. Toga never struck him as a smart person; she just seemed the most deranged one of the league.

Toga would reply with a sly grin, twirling a strand of her hair around her finger. "Oh, Shou-chan, you underestimate me! I might be a little crazy, but I'm not dumb. I've seen enough to know that book is important to him. And anything important to Midoriya is important to us, right?" She giggled, clearly enjoying the game. "Besides, it's more fun this way, don't you think?" She took a knife from a holster hidden under her shirt. Shouto quickly took a step back, and she started to laugh maniacally and loudly. "Did you really think I was going to attack you, Shou-chan? You're our precious agent. I would never do that!"

Shouto didn't reply. Sometimes, he wished that he had never agreed to play double agent in the first place, if that had meant he wouldn't have to deal with people like Toga. He asked her some questions, and by the answers he got, it was clear that Toga wanted to steal Midoriya's diaries, the ones he had gotten to see along with Uraraka the other day. Surely, they contained sensitive information about their classmates, and even heroes' weaknesses, which could be used for entirely different purposes than fanboying. Just how in the world Toga knew that, he wasn't sure, but he supposed she had seen him carry them at some point, and was simply curious to find out about the diary's content.

One thing was clear. He was not going to steal from Izuku. The idea was as far-fetched as it was inconceivable. He simply wasn't going to do it. His own unwavering determination surprised him. When did Izuku become so important? It had all started when he thought of him as an Endeavor fan, a reckless person who was just Endeavor's cheap replacement of himself, someone that was chosen to be trained by his father, with the sole objective to... make him jealous? Surpass his own creation? And oh, Izuku was so much more than that. How easy it had been to simply accept Midoriya as a friend, how they had bonded after explaining to Izuku why he hated his father so much. In a way, they had trauma bonded over the USJ attack and they had remained close ever since.

He had wanted to protect Izuku from his father and Bakugo, who could act as he pleased only due to his powerful quirk... he had always wanted to keep Izuku from any danger... and he intended to keep doing so.

After all, that's why he agreed to being a "double agent" in the first place.Upon learning of the League's next moves, he could warn UA somehow to prevent his classmates from being affected. Nothing very interesting had been organized by the League yet, so he had remained silent, but he was just waiting for the next big attack, which would likely be based somehow on Midoriya's diaries.

And that's how he hurried to make the perfect copy of Midoriya's diary.

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Toga entered the room where Todoroki's best friend, Uraraka Ochako, was confined in. It had been way too easy. She had been observing the young girl for days, and choosing the perfect moment to strike and kidnap her, to simply knock her unconscious with a bat on her way home. In a way, she had expected it to be harder, but Ochako-chan had simply fallen to the floor with a thud. So much for being careful.

She found her sat on the floor, with a disheveled UA uniform and an obvious bump in the head.

"Ochako-chan, it has been so long since I last visited you!" She gave her a moment to reaction, but Ochako's face didn't show any emotion as she simply stared at Toga with a composed face. "Let me give you an update: your friends didn't notice it was me all along. I guess they just didn't know you so well, didn't they? They didn't notice a thing, not even when I couldn't help my excitement over meeting them!" Toga crouched down in front of Uraraka, whose face was still stoic. "But let me tell you. Your friend, Shou-chan, visited me, and gave me this!" She threw the book to Uraraka through the bars' gaps, and she caught it easily.