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c h a p t e r o n e

It was turning dark, the dust flowed into the open-ended metal shed and collected on the red cemented flooring. The last of the two suns that our little planet circled had started to set, glaring sun rays forming through the little west side window. The traffic was small, and the noise was low, giving me the perfect time to work on my secret project. My bike. It was pretty big but it went fast. I put my own twist towards it. It was coloured a dusty white originally, but I ground down some red minerals to make the roaring red strips across the sides. I found it outside the Might Clash Arena. It was in jumbled pieces and was near close to death. But she came to it in the long run.

Momo and Kiri were the only ones to know I am the rider. Everyone knows of the bike, everyone in this small, pathetic town knows of the vibrant bike. Yet, no one knows the rider. Reason being is that I wear a big helmet a top my head. The helmet is also white with a large red strip down the middle. Unfortunately, there are also cat ears that Kirishima insisted I keep on. So, I didn't deny.

Just as I was starting to clean the dust off the wheels, a loud crash emerged from the tools board. Letting out a large sigh, I turned slowly to come to a usual sight. Momo, who was probably looking for another screwdriver, had somehow toppled the whole toolbox over onto the floor. The toolbox was only used for small things such as allen keys, screws, and guess what else, screw drivers. The tool board consisted of wrenches, hammers, saws, etc. All the big tools you could find. Momo had a face of pure embarrassment, her hands over mouth and her eyes were wide. I quickly grabbed the rag from the pocket in my jeans and walked over in long strides.

"Momo, what were you doing?" My voice was quiet and slow, yet still filled with questioning and, honestly, sarcasm. I bent down slowly to pick up the box and its contents, that is until Momo smacked my hands away and shot me up from my squatted position. I was filled with surprise and my mouth was left agape. Before words could even leave my mouth, Momo inserted her own voice.

"It was my fault, not yours. I clean up, you don't." She then went down on both knees and picked up each tool, one by one. I just stood there, near close to surprise, but this was normal of her. Anything that she did wrong she had to fix. I mean anything. Even stuff she didn't do wrong, she thought she still had to fix. That's a whole different story though.

"You don't need to. I was offering a helping hand, take it every once in a while. You can't do everything yourself." She looked up at me with those bright, dark grey eyes. Not a word slipped part her lips. Her look said everything she wanted. 'I know I don't have too, but I will anyways'. Just as I was about to elaborate more, a giant clash echoed through the small shed. It was followed with a loud yell.

"Todoroki! I need help!" It was Kirishima. He sounded so distressed and in pain almost.

As soon as I looked around I saw that Kirishima had another person with him. The other person was not standing though, no. Kiri had the males left arm around his shoulders and he was holding him up with his right hand. I could not get a good look at the mans face, but he was covered in injuries. Burns, to be more specific. I shoved all of the tools, materials and commissions from the table in the middle of the room onto the ground with one quick push of my arm. From a random side glance, I could see that Momo was completely still, unable to comprehend what was happening. In all honesty, I couldn't either as I grabbed the other males arm and helped Kiri him on the table.

It was at this moment I could finally look at him. I didn't know what I was expecting, but it definitely wasn't this. The right bottom part of the strangers face was singed, his black singlet only had one sleeve left on it as it was burnt way, the brown boots he wore were covered in the outsides red dust, his arms were covered in third degree burns. The man was a wreck. But his hands were by far the worst. I will be amazed if they're still functional. I was nervous to touch anywhere on his body. I didn't want to cause any more pain than what he was most likely already in. As my eyes were trailing his injuries, I found my way to his face. He had large puffed, spiky blond hair, thin eyebrows, a permanent frown. His features were all very sharp from head to toe. He was also very muscular for someone who looked young in age. 

"Shoto! Don't just stand there! Do something!" Momo's voice brought me out of my examination trance and back into reality. I shook my head slightly and quickly rushed to the first aid box, grabbing whatever I could lay my hands on and dragged it back over to the table. I scanned over the aid I brought and my eyes laid upon the disinfected water. It surely wouldn't of been enough, but I got to work on the strangers right hand quickly, using the only water I had at hand. If there was any chance to save his hands, it had to be now or never. At the corner of my eye I saw a large blue pack almost touch the male. I panicked and jumped in front of Kirishima, pushing him away slightly.

"No don't!" I'll admit, I didn't mean to push him. I just panicked.

"What! It'll cool the wounds!" Kiri yelled at me for what seemed like the first time. He waved the ice pack around trying to exaggerate that he was just trying to help. I understood that, but he wasn't doing it in the right way.

"Yes but you can't do that, Kirishima! It will-"

"Just let me help, Shoto!" His words surprised me and I froze for a moment. I could feel my anger rising. We didn't have enough time to be fighting. No time for this stupidity.

"Kiri," Momo's voice startled both me and Kirishima. Our gazes both turned towards her, my anger slowly fading. "You can't put something so cold to such a severe burn. If you do that, it will tear away the skin when you try to remove it. Just go get some water and slowly tip it onto his body. Don't use any cloth, just slowly run semi-cold water along his body, okay?" Her voice was quiet and soothed, trying to keep Kirishima in a calm mental state. We were all shocked and nervous. Scared even. Thankfully, Kiri listened to this advice and ran outside to go get some water from the fountain outside. I let out a relieved sigh when I turned to Momo.

"Thank you." I said, a small smile slowly etching it's way onto my face. Her eyes brightened and her face gleamed. 

"You're welcome, Todo." He both exchanged smiles. She was a gleaming spot of joy in her moments and was extremely rational. Smart too. I enjoyed having that around.

A loud groan echoed across the shed walls and found it's way to Momo and I. We both turned in a surprised frenzy. Our eyes both opened in amazement. My mouth was agape slightly and Momos hands were back over her mouth as she let out a small gasp. 

He was awake.