Taboo Love

Chapter 10

Midoriya stood there, holding his ground as he saw a lot of his classmates slowly walking up to him. A cold sweat went down his face as he analyzed the situation, more and more that he didn't he knew he didn't stand a chance. Even if he tried to use his quirk, he'd just be left defenseless and probably be taken in in an instant. Best scenario was that he could distract them all long enough without his quirk and escape. But he knew that probably wouldn't happen.

He analyzed every step they made, every single sway of movement they did, he analyzed them. His role was to buy time for Himiko to escape so he didn't really need to fight, he could honestly resolve this by just talking. But he thought if that would work, his classmates aren't dumb. They'd know if he was just trying to buy time or not.

As he's thinking, he suddenly gets a weird feeling.

'Why does my back feel so cold?' He thought as he swung behind him. It felt like he hit flesh.

"Hagakure!" Most of the girls cried out as they saw a piece of rock slightly crumble.

Todoroki tsked in annoyance, he wanted to resolve this without fighting but Midoriya's already come this far, it's clear he isn't giving up now. "What motivates you to this extent, Midroya?" He asked as he walked up a bit with full confidence.

"Don't come any closer," Midoriya announced. "It's because I care about her! Trust me, she's a good person." Midoriya didn't want to hurt anybody but he was running out of options. This was probably his last chance to do things without violence, so he took the opportunity. He was waiting in anticipation for Todoroki's response but he simply looked at him with cold eyes, it felt like it was an eternity before he actually replied.

"Are you sure you truly care for her? Maybe you're not just being tricked into thinking so?"

"What's that supposed to mean? How can I be "tricked" into thinking that I care for someone?"

"I mean, think about it, you're someone who wanted to be the top hero, someone who would be in the same footing as All Might. But you're breaking laws? Just look at Shinso, there must be more people out there with a quirk that can control someone's thoughts, or maybe just their feelings."

"Then when did they contr-" Before he could reply, he got a sudden realization.

'Are my feelings really being altered right now?! But then, when did they-'

"..."

'When I was passed out...'

"Does a quirk like that even exist?!"

"There must be one! Yours and All Might's quirk are almost the exact same!"

Afraid to tell their secret, he doesn't respond.

'Did Himiko really have someone alter my feelings? No, it can't be... I trusted her...'

"What's wrong Midoriya, can't deny my claim?"

His eyes lit up. Bits and traces, of what looked like blue lightning, flashed all throughout his body. He readied his fists as Todoroki charged at him. But instead of punching him, he ducked and threw him over his shoulder. As he landed on the floor, an image flashed from his sight. It was Midoriya, and his fist was going straight for his stomach. His left hand, which was covered in flames, blocked the hit, he then pulled on Midoriya's arm and tackled him onto the ground.

"Guys, go after her! I'll handle Izuku," He commanded. Everybody seemed content with what he said but Uraraka and Bakugo gave a disappointed look. Why wouldn't they? A boy that All Might trusted very heavily turned out to be helping a supposed villain. It was only a natural reaction.

He tried stopping to group from escaping by breaking one of his fingers but Todoroki recognized this and froze Izuku's arm to the ground.

"Now then, Izuku. Now that they're gone, let me talk some sense into you."

"Stop screwing around!" This reaction took Todoroki by surprise. So much so, that he didn't even notice he used his quirk to break out of the ice. "I'm gonna save her. You can count on it!" He dashed towards him and punched him onto a wall. Todoroki then used his flames to create a circular wave which destroyed some of the walls in the process. To his surprise, this didn't hit Izuku, who was in the air, falling right onto him.

He landed with a loud boom. It didn't hit him directly, but Todoroki was sent flying. As he was in the air, he tried making a platform made up of ice for a place to stand on. But Izuku took this chance and used the platform of ice to be able to punch him again, which he did. As Todoroki was making the platform, Izuku ran towards it and used his quirk on his legs, making him jump higher and breaking the platform. Izuku's quick thinking gave him the opportunity he needed, he punched Todorki onto the floor making him scream in pain. He was holding his right hand which was slightly broken because he made a gauntlet made up of ice to break his fall, while it did work, he could still feel pain running through his arm.

As Izuku landed, Todoroki tried punching him with his left hand. But he was still not used to using his left hand too much, so Izuku easily dodged it. He then grabbed the arm and kicked him in the stomach.

Todoroki dropped down onto the floor while holding his stomach. It hurt. It was pain he didn't even experience with the fight with Stain.

Izuku started walking away but he didn't want to let that happen just yet. So he made a wave of flames which was being directed towards him. As he didn't have enough time to react, Izuku used his quirk fully on one of his fingers which blew the flame away. While breaking one of his fingers was a setback, it wasn't that huge.

"Izuku..." He muttered out, "You're gonna be fighting a lot more people than me from now on. Are you sure you're up for that?"

"If it's for someone I love, I'd go through any lengths to protect them."

'That's the same Izuku I know... maybe that girl didn't alter his feelings?'

As Todoroki dropped down to the ground, Izuku whispered something to himself, "If I want to know something, I'll just have to ask Himiko herself."