Wave point Kiribaku

Chapter 12, Calm Down

I swam into the cave, I noticed that Kirishima was awake, he seemed to be staring at the wall with a vacant expression.

"Kiri-"

"She's gone isn't she." He said with a blank expression. It was cold and direct he never talked like that so I was a bit taken aback and disturbed.

"Yes but-"

"I wish it had been me." He said, taking in a deep breath. "Then at least she would be safe with you."

"What are you-"

"When I Marina had been born, I promised my parents that I would protect her with my life." He sighed. "What a worthless brother, and liar I am." He got up swimming over to me.

"I am a horrible and useless fish." His attitude disturbed me, I could see a shadow of my former self, of when I had lost her.

"I PROMISED THEM I WOULD KEEP HER SAFE! I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULD KEEP HER SAFE!. I-I, Marina..." He slumped down, a sob was heard as tears started dripping down his face mixing with the water, making it looked like he was never crying.

"Kirishima listen..." trying to calm him down, I could feel my heart rate increases. I knew where this was leading, all too well.

"I AM NOT STRONG, JUST BECAUSE I CAN TAKE DOWN A FEW SHARKS...IF I CAN'T PROTECT SOME I SWORE TO PROTECT WHAT IS THE POINT OF BEING STRONG, I SHOULD JUST-" My hands moved by themselves as I slapped Kirishima across the face. Leaving a red mark.

His face wore a startled expression

My eyes started to water, I couldn't let him go down the same path that I had tried to go down, all those years ago.

"B-bakugou?" He said in confusion as he rubbed his red cheek.

"SHUT UP! DON'T GO THROWING AWAY YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT! WHAT HAPPENED TO MISTER F*CKING POSITIVE!" I had started and I couldn't bring myself to stop. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SMILE! Y-YOU DON'T NEED TO DIE! YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING F*CKING THING WRONG!"

"YOU...can't..." He deserved to live a lot more than me. I could've done something to save her but I ran away like a f*cking p*ssy.

A warm embrace caught me off guard. Kirishima hugged me seemingly trying to calm me down.

"I am sorry Bakugou, I was wrong calm down." I was so glad I lived in water, so my tears didn't show. The smell of blood overflowed the water as I looked for the source only to find out it was my own arm. "Please, stop hurting yourself Bakugou, calm down." I had done that to myself. My claws had dug into my skin as I had fretted.

Kirishima's warm embrace made me feel warm, calm and cared for. It was something I hadn't felt in a long time. I don't know what came over me but, before I knew it my arms were around him as well. My heart was beating so hard and my face was extremely red. Even so, I didn't want to let go.

Marina P.O.V (WHAT?!) (you've never played tuber simulator...)

I woke up feeling extremely sick. I wanted my brother, sluggishly I looked around for my brother's signature red hair, that I loved. Still, in a daze, I walked over to the red thing I saw. Only to realise it wasn't my brother but some red coral. Shocked my eyes widened as I became aware of the severe situation I was currently in.

I was in a sealed tank! I panicked swimming towards the open place only to hit my face against a glass wall. My breathing increased as panic swelled my lungs. I was having a hard time breathing. My vision getting darker as my breathing became harder and more forced.

"Marina!" A voice snapped me out of my state. I looked in the direction of the voice to find Mina in the same kind of prison as me but bigger to fit her and her many limbs.

"Take deep breaths, in, out, in, out" She instructed I listen to her, taking breathes in and out. That helped and I had calmed down. The fact that I wasn't alone helped the must.

I had always been with my brother, we were never apart. I missed him.

"M-Mina, where are we?" I looked at her for reassurance.

"Well, I am pretty sure we are on board a mer-hunter ship." She said smiling at me.

"Yes, I have seen a bunch of them before." Another familiar voice spoke. I looked over to the tank beside Mina and there sat a sad-looking eel.

"PIkaeel!"

"It's Denki!" He said in annoyance as he corrected me.

Mina burst out laughing. Leaving a comforting atmosphere.

"Mina..." I asked

"Yes"

If this really was a mer-hunter ship does that mean? "Are we going to die." The warm atmosphere turned cold and sour in an instant. Mina looked shocked at my question.

"I-I, Marina-"

"You don't have to lie...I know my parents died the same way. That is what my brother said. Even if he didn't say they died, he had implied it." I sighed, even if I was young I wasn't dense. In the place, I lived in, I, of course, knew what death meant. Murder there was common there, I was lucky I had a brother to protect me.

"Wow, that was grim." A new voice suddenly spoke. All three of us startled by the sudden voice looked over to where it was coming from. For the first time in my entire life, I saw a human. He smiled at us.

"Yo, I'm Sero"