Trouble (SeroDeku)

Chapter 15

He whirled around, finding Chisaki still lounging on the couch without a care in the world. Izuku, on the other hand, was panting from the effort of trying to reconnect with his quirks that had just disappeared. He couldn't find them anywhere but refused to believe that they were gone for good. They had to be there somewhere. 

"Oh, don't look at me like that," Chisaki said with a tsk. "You were injected with an early prototype of our quirk eraser, it's not permanent. We just needed to make sure you couldn't scurry off." 

Not permanent played on a loop through Izuku's mind. "Then you're idiots!" he yelled, all of his resolve and calm demeanor completely abandoned. "What's stopping me from ripping you apart the second it wears off?" 

A tug on his hand drew his attention to Emiko, who he had momentarily forgotten was present, let alone attached to him. "They still have Hina," she hissed, a fire blazing in her eyes as she glared up at him. 

He was getting really sick of the Seros and their goddamn fire. 

"You think I still care about that?" he snapped back, his grip on her hand tightening. He couldn't pull away, not with her quirk still activated, but he could make it hurt enough for her to willingly free him. "Did you ever stop to consider that I care about my power more than your sister?" 

Emiko let out a quiet whimper as Izuku felt one of her bones give way. "Y-you don't actually mean that," she whispered, using her free hand to pull at her wrist. 

He faintly realized that her quirk was gone and his grip was all that linked them. She fell to the ground as he released her the same second she gave a harsh tug. 

"You can't just change the rules," Shigaraki hissed, scratching furiously at his neck. Izuku's sudden change in M.O. was stressing him out and it made a twinge of satisfaction spark in Izuku's chest. 

It wasn't enough though, not for what Shigaraki had just done. 

His eyes dipped to the girl on the floor before returning to the other two villains. "Keep them, do whatever you want. I'm out." 

"Izuku, please!" Emiko cried, climbing to her feet as he took a step back out of her reach. The last thing he needed was for her to activate her quirk again. 

"You can't just decide that you're done," Chisaki said, pushing himself off the couch in one move. 

Izuku was watching the villains crack. They'd built their whole empire around Izuku siding with them to protect the girls. If he decided that they weren't worth his time, Chisaki and Shigaraki had nothing to hold over him. 

They had nothing to stop Izuku from coming after them. 

"He's bluffing!" Shigaraki screeched, thin lines of blood starting to appear as his nails dug too far into his skin. 

Izuku rolled his eyes in irritation but knew that he had done it to himself. His initial reaction to the girls being taken had been too strong, too visceral. Proving to the villains that he'd given up caring would take work and effort. How annoying. 

With one hand, he grabbed a fist full of Emiko's hair while the girl cried out in pain. She grabbed onto his arm, trying to pry him away, but even without One For All he was stronger than her. 

He dragged her around the couch and threw her at the feet of the other villains. It was surprisingly easy to hurt her without his flames throwing a tantrum about it. "Does it look like I'm bluffing?" he asked in a low voice, cocking his head to the side as his viridian eyes stared straight through Shigaraki.