A Deadly Secret (Izuku Midoriya x Reader)

Chapter 54: Himiko Toga vs. (Y/n) Tsutsumi

The blonde villain wore a school uniform with a brown cardigan. A pack with several canisters rested on the sides of her neck piece.

She pulled out a knife and charged toward Katsumi, leading me to push her away. My cheek was slashed, but that was better than my friend being stabbed.

"What the hell?!" I grabbed my injured cheek. "No one other than us and the teachers knew where this camp was!"

"Where are my manners?" The crazy girl laughed. "We're friends, but I didn't even tell you my name!"

"We're not friends!"

"Of course we are!" She grabbed my hands, which led Katsumi to form a shadow golem to push her out of the way. Dodging the dark figure, the villain grabbed my best friend's sleeve, slamming her into the tree. "I'm Himiko Toga!"

Blood oozed down her head, staining her white hair, as she slumped against the tree. I shot out a thread of blood to feel her pulse, while simultaneously avoiding Toga's knife attacks. She's still breathing; just unconscious.

"Everyone!" I heard Mandalay's voice in my head. "Two villains attacked us. It's possible there are more coming. Everyone, return to camp immediately. We're regrouping. Do not engage any enemies."

I don't think that is an option anymore. Carrying Katsumi while avoiding Toga would be difficult, considering how fast she is. Not to mention, she might go after the others in the forest. Mr. Aizawa will understand.

"Why are you here?!" I yelled, as I managed to wrap my blood ropes around the blonde.

"Can I not just want to make friends? We're all cute girls here," Toga creepily giggled. "Y'know, you've got the same smell as me. You've got a crush on someone, right? So do I. And I bet you also wanna be exactly like that special person, huh?" Being able to be a hero of my own volition with no strings attached does sound nice. "I can tell. Two lovesick girls." I'm not lovesick! This girl is deranged! "At first you try to model yourself after the person you want. You start dressing like them. Thing is, that's not enough. You have to go further. Then, you realize you actually want to become that person. And once you get to that point, there's no going back. That's how love works, right? What kind of charmer's caught your eye, huh? I'm fond of people who've been slashed up and reek of fresh blood. That's why I always end up cutting them. Hey, (Y/n), isn't this fun? Just two girls hanging out, talking about their crushes!"

"You're one of those Stain fanatics," I concluded. "You're also with the League, aren't you?!"

She let out another psychotic laugh, before grabbing onto my rope and pulling me closer to her. "You could say that we're acquainted."

After breaking out of my binds, she came at me with her knife in her right hand, like before. Pivoting my body to the side, I kicked the knife out of her hand. I should've known that she was an experienced fighter from the way she was moving. One of the needles in her pack was gone. It was too late though. Toga had it in her left hand, as she pierced my side.

"What the?!"

"Suck, suck, suck."

Slamming my elbow into her trachea, the blonde stumbled back. Should I shoot her? If I miss and she escapes, then the League of Villains will be onto me. Mandalay said that there were at least two other villains, so maybe I should strictly use my Blood Manipulation like I would in class. I ripped the needle out of my side. Toga took some of my blood. That would explain why I'm starting to get dizzy. My training from earlier isn't helping much either, since I'm exhausted.

"Your quirk..." I huffed. "You said that you have a blood related quirk, like me."

The girl snapped her head towards the forest, as if she had heard something. Darting her eyes back to me, she looked into my eyes. I can only imagine the creepy smile that she's hiding under that mask. "I think we'll have to save that for our next meeting, (Y/n). See ya!"

I couldn't help but watch as Himiko Toga disappeared into the darkness of the forest. Katsumi is my priority, not capturing Toga.

Luckily, I had a spare roll of bandages in my shorts pocket from earlier. If I had lost enough blood from my training, then my healing ability wouldn't have kicked in. Gently, I wrapped her head, before hoisting her onto my back.

"Bakugo and Todoroki were in front of us," I thought out loud. "There's probably more villains roaming around, so it would be better to travel in bigger groups."

All of a sudden, I could hear Mandalay's voice again. "Everyone in Class A and Class B! In the name of the pro hero, Eraserhead, you are granted permission to engage in combat. I repeat. Use your training. You may fight these villains." Well, at least I won't get in trouble.

***

After a few minutes, I caught up to Todoroki, Bakugo, and a weirdo in a strait jacket.

"Tsutsumi!" Todoroki shouted. "Be careful, this guy is dangerous!"

"Katsumi?!" Bakugo ran over to where I was. "What the hell happened?!"

"A villain," I panted. "We underestimated her, and Katsumi got slammed against a tree. She ran off and I didn't follow her."

The blonde took my friend from me, holding her bridal style. "Neither of us can do much here. Me and Icyhot's quirks will cause forest fires. The best we can do is hold this freak off with his ice attacks."

I watched as the man in the strait jacket moved around the air with his sharp, extended teeth. This guy seems familiar. Wait, how could I forget someone like him! That's Moonfish, a death row inmate. How'd he get out here? Todoroki's right side was beginning to frost over, which meant that he was almost at his limit. Damnit. I don't have any other choice, now do I?

"Bakugo. Todoroki," I started. "I have a way to take Moonfish down, but you need to promise me that you won't tell anyone what you're about to see."

"Tsutsumi, what are you talking about?" Todoroki shouted. "If you have a way to defeat this guy then do it!"

"Yeah, what he said!"

As I used my pocketknife to slit my elbow, I got down on one knee. My blood vessels tangled together to form my Hecate, as I pointed it in the air. Moonfish's attention was on the half and half boy, so he didn't even face my way until he heard the shot go off. The needle landed in between the man's atlas and axis bone, causing him to go limp and his teeth to retract.

Bakugo looked at me with a blank stare as my gun was reabsorbed back into my body. "What the hell was that?!"

"Something I'm not allowed to do in school," I frowned. "Like I said, nobody will hear about this, right?"

"I won't tell anyone." Todoroki spoke in a flat tone, as he froze the convict.

"Yeah, yeah," the blonde waved. "Your secret's safe with me."

"Oh, Katsumi knows by the way," I remembered. "Just thought I should tell you that."

I explained the whole Commission story to the two boys. It feels wrong telling them and not Izuku, but I guess this means that we're even. He told Bakugo about One For All, so I guess it's fair that I tell him about my secret. And then Todoroki is just cool like that.

"Listen, we've discovered one of the villains' targets. It's a student named Kacchan." Well, I guess Izuku was the one to figure that out. "Kacchan, you should try to avoid combat. And stick to a group. I hope you can hear me!"

"Haha, looks like you're the damsel in distress now." Katsumi woke up, laughing.

"Shut up, shark girl!" Bakugo was trying to act tough, but softened his gaze when his eyes met his girlfriend's. "Are you alright?"

"Never better," she tiredly frowned. He took her hand, helping her off of the ground. "I think I'll be alr- What happened to that guy?"

"I shot him."

The white-haired girl looked around, confused, which led her to mouth the words "in front of them?"

"I... told them."

"You told them and not your pookie? Damn. That's cold."

"I'll tell him... eventually."

    It'll only just add more to his plate if he knew. Who would want to be with a fake hero anyway?