Through The Forest Of Flames

Chap 36- A Shared Origin

"It's convenient that we're both aiming to take down the top two heroes, isn't it?" Tomura asked you before taking a sip from his drink. You were both sitting at the bar, Kurogiri was wiping down glasses as you stared into your liquor.

"I would think it is, yeah" you responded before taking a sip of your own drink, the alcohol burning your throat as you set the glass down. "Why do you ask?"

"I guess I'm just curious for your full story sis" Tomura said with a grin as he side eyed you.

You sighed into your glass, your nails tapping against it as you turned towards him. "I already told Master this-"

"But not me," he growled, the glass quickly turning to dust as he gripped it, the liquid pouring all over the bar before Kurogiri moved to quickly clean it up.

"You're still pouting over this?" You teased before finishing off your drink. "I thought the Master shared every bit of info with you."

"Clearly not," he bit as Kurogiri made him a new drink before moving back to cleaning the other glasses.

A dry laugh left you as you rested your head against your knuckles, your elbow resting against the bar as Tomura turned towards you finally. Running through your reasonings had bile rising up your throat as anger bubbled up in your chest. Memories of Touya, his bright smile and red and white spotted hair, flashed through your mind as you fought the urge to either throw up or cry.

The memories of your parents dancing together in the living room, their laughter filling your ears. The days you spent with them at the shop. The patience from your mother as she taught you to handle your quirk when it finally appeared. It all came rushing through your mind so quickly that your eyes brimmed with tears before you blinked them away.

"Because I hate self righteous, greedy, abusive assholes like him." You said pointedly. "I fell in love with his oldest son, only for that to be ripped away from me, because of him. I had two loving parents but lost them, because of him. I lost everything because of him!" You shouted as your fist banged against the bar top.

Tomura grinned, his eyes reflecting his excitement at your anger. "Now that's what I want to hear, dear sister." He leaned towards you, his eyes squinting from his deranged smile, a smile you've grown accustomed to not be bothered by anymore. "Want to know what that anger is called?"

"Do tell," you said, copying him as you leaned forward as well.

"Motivation."

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"My name.. is Touya Todoroki. And the number one hero is my father."

You swallowed the bile rising in your throat as anxiety ran through your body.

What exactly does he have planned to do with this recording?

"Yes, the so-called villain sitting in front of you is Endeavor's oldest son. At the time of this recording I've killed more than 30 innocent people." He continued, his darkened eyes shifting to you before they went back to the camera as he sat up a little.

"Endeavor has always yearned for power. Much to his despair, he could never surpass AllMight on his own. So he forced my mother to marry him in an attempt to create an heir with the perfect quirk."

Your mind flicked back to a day earlier in the week, when Touya sat you down and explained more of his past with you. He went into full detail about his coma, about mysteriously waking up in a hospital lost and confused, lonely even. He even told you about him going back "home" in an attempt to reconnect with his family, only to discover the horrors he went through were still continuing. Even about finding the shrine they made for him and how quickly they seemed to move on from him. The entire thing brought back your rage for Endeavor as you held Touya later that night, tears spilling out of your eyes as he slept.