I'm The True Hero

Chapter 16: Life Isn't Fair

Toga and Shigaraki are sitting at the bar with glasses in their hands. Toga is swishing her drink around while spacing out and Shigaraki is enjoying his drink.

"Do you think he's going to be okay?" Toga asked.

"I don't really care if he's okay. All I care about is if he gets the job done," Shigaraki replied.

"You seriously don't care if h-"

"Kojia is a lousy child who has zero experience in fighting. If he fails to kill him, then he has no business in being here," Shigaraki replied.

Dabi walks into the room with his phone in his hand. He waved it around and tossed it to Toga. "You're so worried about your little boyfriend." Dabi leaves the room where he came from.

Toga was confused. Why did he give this to me? Toga looked at Shigaraki with confusion. "Why are you looking at me? Look at it."

She complied and looked at the phone in her hand. She felt all of the air she had in her lungs was let loose. What was on the phone was an article on Kojia's body. "He did it. He killed Kojia."

Shigaraki got out of his seat and walked behind Toga. He observed the article on the phone and grinned. "Kojia is not the only one gone." Toga took a closer look and saw second name that was next to Kojia's name: Gojiana.

"Please tell me I'm seeing things..." Toga whispered to herself. Shigaraki heard what Toga said and got closer to her ear and whispered. "You aren't."

The door opened and followed slow footsteps. The two looked back and stared at the opening. After a few quiet steps, Izuku came around the corner with the dagger in one hand and some blood in his eye. "Looks like you had quite a fight," Shigaraki said.

"What do you mean?" Izuku asked.

"You have blood on your face," Shigaraki replied.

Izuku wiped his face with his freehand and saw some blood on it. "My eye was itchy...I must have wiped it with my left hand." Shigaraki walked up to Izuku with a glass in his hand. He placed a hand on his shoulder with a grin on his face.

"You did a good job. Not only did you kill the target, but you went beyond." Shigaraki grinned and walked out of the room. Toga and Izuku were left inside the room. Toga is staring at Izuku with a concerned face and Izuku is giving Toga a small smile.

"I did it Toga. I did what was required. I passed the test." There wasn't much enthusiasm in his voice, but you can tell he was happy.

"I'm glad you're safe," Toga relaxed and returned the smile. She was happy he passed the test, but she was concerned about his mind. "How are you?"

"I'm good," Izuku replied.

"I mean mentally...how are you?"

There was a long pause before he replied. "It's there. I'm good overall ," Izuku replied.

"You sure you're, okay? Having your first kill can weigh on you."

Izuku smiled at Toga worrying about him. "I'm positive," he points at his bloody hand, "I'm going to go clean up." Izuku turned his back on Toga and walked to the hallway. Toga wanted to talk to him more, but he cut it short. She had questions. Instead, she waited for another day to talk to him.

Two days passed by, and the bodies have been talked about all over the internet. Everyone was surprised about the dead of a teenager, yet alone, a middle schooler. Izuku was in the training room punching the punching bag. Toga walked into the room with her workout clothes in silence.