Part 1 - Constant Memory

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A young boy laid on a bed hooked up to machines. He had a steady heart rate, and no bruises were visible on his body.

A doctor walked into the room with a clipboard in his hand. He approached the young boy who laid unconscious on the bed, and proceeded to observe his body. Through further inspection, the doctor grew a completely shocked face at what he saw.

One year later, the same young boy was sitting on his bed in a dark room. Ahead of him was the tv that he was staring deeply at. On the Tv was nothing out of the ordinary, just some hero taking down a villain again.

The more the young boy watched, the more frustrated he began to grow. So he clicked his teeth in frustration, and turned off the tv. "Saito! Your friend is here!" An older woman from downstairs called out, while holding open the front door.

The young boy proceeded to get up from his bed, and go downstairs, where he was greeted with his friend standing at the door. "Finally, it took you forever." Saito said as he walked outside with his friend.

"Be safe!" Saitos grandmother stated as they walked away from the house.

The two boys proceeded to walk down the streets of Musutafu, Japan. The two boys were no older than sixteen years of age. One of them, Saito had black hair with a purple tint, black eyes, while being average weight and height. The other one was his friend who has dark brown hair and black eyes. He was slightly taller than Saito and slightly skinnier.

"I'm so ready to see this movie." Saitos friend said as they continued walking. "Aye have you heard about that villain Stain? Everybody is talking about him after what he did." Saitos friend seemed excited talking about the villain which made Saito side eye him.

"He's a villain bro.." Saito noted, making his friend Saki feel slightly guilty. "I know I know..trust me I don't like him either, but he's different than a lot of other villains you know?" Saki responded

Saito decided not to respond, and the two made their way in the nighttime. They eventually made it to the movies, where they had a pretty good time.

Hours later when the movie was finally over, Saito stood outside alone, while his friend Saki was in the restroom. Saito looked up at the stars, and the pitch black sky that resembled the shade of his eyes.

The reflection from the stars shined on his eyes, but even so, his eyes seemed dark. His mind brought up a memory from years ago. In the memory he stood, dressed in his middle school uniform talking to some of his friends in the school hallway.

In the corner of his eye, he saw a girl who was in the same grade as him. Her hair was straight and spiky, and it reached down to her shoulders, and Her eyes were a yellow shade. Her cheeks were illuminating a pink shade as well, which Saito found odd.

Saito turned his face to her and smiled and waved.

Before Saito relived the memory any longer, Saki smacked him on the back, bringing him back to reality. "Yo, you good?" Saki questioned, before Saito began walking his way back home. "Yeah.." Saito responded.

The two friends made their way back home. Saki was the first to get home, and then Saito.

When Saito walked into his house, his grandmother greeted him. "How was it?" Saitos grandmother questioned, as he walked upstairs with his head facing down.

"Fine." He responded, leaving his grandmother worried.

Once Saito got to his room, he sat down on the floor, and grabbed a year book from under his bed. He stared down at the yearbook with an empty look in his eyes, and when he flipped the pages he started to frown.

He stopped flipping the pages when it landed on one girl. The same girl from his memory. Her name was Himiko Toga, and as he watched her smile and eyes of the girl in the book, his heart began to race and his teeth clenched.

His breathing sped up as he moved his hand over his throat. His eyes grew more unsteady with panic, as he thought of what she did years ago. He was forced to close the book to ease his current panic.

Saito pushed the book under the bed, and stood up, quickly grabbing his hoodie and putting it on. He walked downstairs, while zipping up his hoodie, and when he stopped to put his shoes on, his grandmother stopped him. "Where are you going this late?" She asked.

"I'm going for a walk.." Saito responded as he continued putting his shoes on.

"Saito..I know you've been going through a lot lately, but-"

"I'm fine..I'll be back." Saito quickly finished putting his shoes on and walked outside. His grandmother was left worried, as he walked down the side walk with his hands in his pockets.

As he walked and walked, he started to lose track of thought from his own thoughts. Even when it started to drizzle from the clouds, he didn't notice because of how much he was in his own head.

It was only until it started heavily raining that Saito finally snapped out of it, and realized that he had been walking for over an hour. He quickly realized that he should get back, so he began fast-paced walking.

It seemed like it rained harder, the longer he walked. In the midst of the rain, he heard a muffled scream coming from A dark alleway just up ahead of him. The screams didn't seem to stop, but they were being overpowered by the heavy rain.

Saito quickly turned around, and walked away, believing that a hero would come to save whoever it was in that alleway. "A hero will come." Is what he tried to tell himself, until he stopped and realized that a hero didn't come when he needed it. Instead he was left in a coma for months, and only recovered thanks to his quirk.

Understanding that a hero wasn't going to come anytime soon, his pulse began to race as he realized what he was working up the courage to do. Although the screams had stopped by now, he crept up on the alley.

The closer he got to it, the more his nerves were going haywire. It was dark, and wet, but as he walked closer into the dark abyss, more became visible. He saw a trail of blood, leading to a dumpster. The dumpster itself was covered in blood, and it was obviously still fresh.

Thunder erupted from the sky, and when it did, it lit up the area even more, allowing Saito to get a clearer picture of what happened. More importantly, it gave him the opportunity to see that it was the girl that he had been reliving memories of. The girl he saw in his yearbook, the girl who was responsible for putting him in a coma, Toga.

Saito froze with panic. His pupils constricted, and his body was trembling with fear, as Toga turned around and looked at him. Her mouth, chin, and neck covered in blood.

For a second, she stared at him with a surprised face. But as she moved closer, giving the two of them a better look at eachother, a demented smile spread across her face, one that was even worst than what Saito saw years ago.

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