The Light of A Hero: Side Stories

Protect Hikari Yagi

After separating from Izuku, I made my way back to the forest lodge. It obviously wasn't easy because I had to be careful not to giveaway where I am, or else the villains are gonna surround me. A villain in a weird mask was tailing me, so I stopped, pretending to take a break to think. When he slowly snuck up behind me to capture me, I used Steam Veil to disrupt his vision, and then I ran away from him in a random direction. I wanted to fight the villain, but I didn't want to get in trouble with Aizawa Sensei. I think I'm still on thin ice for getting into a fight with Pixie-Bob on the first day. I had to cover my mouth while I ran because this purple gas suddenly appeared. I don't know what will happen to me if I breathe it in, and I don't want to find out. It was getting hard for me to hold my breath and run at the same time, so I had to stop for a moment. While I struggled to catch my breath without inhaling the mysterious gas, a pair of arms suddenly grabbed me from behind and yanked me towards someone's chest. I was about to scream for help, but a hand covered my mouth. I was about to attack my kidnapper when I heard a familiar voice.

"Yagi, it's us!" Todoroki is standing in front of me with his left hand covering his mouth.

Seeing him, I realized who was covering my mouth. He lets go of me. I turned around with my hand covering my mouth, and as expected, Katsuki was the one who pulled me close to him. 

"Katsuki! Todoroki!"I said through my covered mouth, relieved to see the both of them.

"We heard Mandalay's message. Are you alright?" Katsuki asked as he covered his mouth.

I nodded.

"This masked villain wearing a top hat and an orange trench coat tried to get me, but I used my Steam Veil to get away from him."

"That's good." Todoroki said with his mouth covered. "You should stay with me and Bakugou. The three of us can head to the facility together."

"Okay."

The three of us walked down the path, but then we stopped as soon as we saw a person ahead of us. Their back is turned to us, and they obviously don't look like anyone we know.

"Wh... who was supposed to be ahead of us...?!" Katsuki asked Todoroki.

"So pretty..." The stranger spoke in a raspy, eerie tone. "So beautiful... Ah, no. I mustn't... I have work to do. But I just can't leave it alone... ahh..."

"Tokoyami... and Shouji...!!" Todoroki answered, feeling the same sense of dread Katsuki and I feel.

The unsettling stranger stands up. To our horror and disgust, we spotted a severed, bloody hand where the villain was kneeling.

"Ahh... Seduce me no longer... such beautiful flesh." The villain looks back at us. "I have work to do."

The three of us got a better, yet unpleasant, look at the freak. He's wearing a black strait jacket that only leaves his mouth exposed. The suit is held together by black restraints decorated with red spikes. These same restraints connect to metal clamps that cover the villain's head and keep his lips open, which explains the drool. Other straps cross the villain's torso, waist, and the top of his boots. Needless to say, this psycho looks like he crawled out of a horror movie.

"K-Katsuki..." I cautiously took a step back. "Remember, we don't have our hero licenses, so we can't fight the villains head on..."

"Like hell I'm not engaging this sick fuck...!" Katsuki replied.

Before I could say another word, the villain's teeth suddenly lengthened and shot from his mouth. They were sharp as razors, and they could grow long enough to reach the three of us without the freak having to move from his spot. I thought we might have to run away so we don't get killed, but then Mandalay used her telepathy to tell everyone a message from Aizawa Sensei.