Imprisoned

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After Yuga heard Deku's story he thought long about it. Midoriya couldn't help but ask a question. "So Yuga, what happened to you if you don't mind my asking, but you do seem rather well acquainted with this place."

Yuga tensed up which Midoriya noticed, "S-sorry! That was out of place, you don't need to answer if you don't wa-" He stopped when Yuga held is hand up to silence him.

"No, its alright. Its a rather long story so I'd recommend that you sit down." He gestured to the edge of the bed Uraraka was laying on. He nodded and carefully sat down, not wanting to accidentally wake Uraraka. Yuga took a long breath in and out before starting.

"Well I don't want to alarm you, but I've been here since I was about four..." This news did in fact alarm Midoriya, but he stayed silent out of respect. "I was taken after my quirk was revealed, my mother and I were walking back from the hospital when He showed up." He said referencing All for One. "He showed up in the blink of an eye and said that he was going to be taking me away, my mother obviously didn't agree so he killed her quicker than I could perceive. He took me back here along with 15 or so others my age. He started torturing all of us and some couldn't take it and died right away, leaving only five survivors. We started getting closer to one another, but you shouldn't get close to people who could die any day. I found that out quickly after this, the man who took us called All for One, took us survivors into another torture room where he forcefully gave us quirks, two of these kids died instantly, one melted and the other exploded, it was quite gruesome, limbs scattered here and there with an awful stench surrounding us."

Yuga saw Midoriya crying to himself hearing his sad story, and saw how he tensed up at hearing All For Ones name but shrugged it off being used to the reaction. He continued,

"The three of us who remained went back here but one died of a heart attack from his quirk on the way, leaving just me and one other. She was so nice, she always talked about how she loved going to the park, hanging out with friends, the good times. We fell asleep that night, but when I woke up in the middle of the night, she wasn't in the bed... I looked over the room and found her in one of the corners farthest from the bed. She was rocking herself back and forth, talking to herself, scratching at herself, she was making herself bleed. I went to her and started calming her down, 'Ill stay here with you all night' I told her, and I did. We fell asleep in that corner. I woke up again and said a good morning to her, when she didn't answer I turned to look at her. It was horrible. She had scratched every piece of skin off herself, and had gouged out her own eyes... that precious little girl that I had grown to enjoy being around was dead, and I had promised that she would be fine."

Yuga felt something on his face, he was... crying? "Damn." He said to himself wiping the tears away before taking a staggered breath and continued again.

"Apparently she was given a multiple persona quirk that drove her insane so she killed herself because of Anger's self destructive personality. Every month since then AFO brought a new kid in, and after her death I made a bargain with all for one, that I would be the only one he tortured until I broke, in exchange I made the bet that every time I was tortured I wouldn't make a sound, not a single sound, and that every month along with the new person, I would get one thing I asked for. He agreed liking the challenge and so it began. Since then I've been the only one he's tortured for 14 years, everyone that was with me up until now has always been 6 or younger so they died because of the living space being unfit for them. That is, until you two came... and thats my story."

There was silence in the room, too much silence. The only sounds that could be heard were the two boys trying to hold back tears and Uraraka's steady breathing.

"I... Im sorry, I didn't mean to press you so much." Midoriya said finally breaking the silence.

"No, I needed to let that out for a while... it was good." Yuga said before standing from his spot on the bed. "Well sitting here isn't much fun, you hungry?"

Midoriya was about to shake his head in protest thinking that food was probably scarce here until his stomach rumbling gave him away...

Yuga laughed a little, "Don't worry about it, Cubes - 2. " He said as two Nutrient cubes appeared, he handed one to Midoriya who looked confused but took it. Yuga tossed it in his mouth and chewed, then swallowed, Midoriya did the same but as soon as it touched his tongue he started coughing.

"T-thats HoRrIblE!" He said,

"Its all we got for now man, besides, its good for you." Yuga said to him, handing him a metal canteen of water which he graciously took and chugged down.

When he realized he'd drank the whole thing he said, "S-sorry Yuga, I drank it all..." He handed the canteen back sheepishly.

"Don't sweat it man, we Do have a bathroom with a sink here so its all good."

"O-oh, thats good to hear."

Yuga did agree, 14 years in a room with no toilet or sink? He wouldn't have survived!

The two of them started talking more and more until Kam knocked at the door startling Midoriya, "Don't worry man, Kam's probably the chillest person you'll meet here." He walked to the door where Kam gave him three trays of food and looked behind him and saw Midoriya.

"Hello there newbie! Nice to meet ya." She held out a hand which Midoriya shook, "Hmm, wasn't there a girl too?" She looked around and saw Uraraka sleeping with a damp on her forehead, "Oh... sorry to trouble you! I gotta go now, see you three later." She winked before closing the door and heading up the stairs.

"You were right, she seemed nice." Midoriya said, Yuga chuckled a little,

"Trust me, I'd know."

They sat down together as Yuga took the three trays and handed the one with Midoriya's name to him. Midoriya and Uraraka (still asleep) were served a small amount of salad, a small bowl of brown mush, and a slice of bread as well as a single nutrient cube, where as Yuga had another burger, a serving of salad, 6 cubes, and a small bowl of soup. Midoriya didn't question it since he knew Yuga has been here since he was four so her decided it made sense he would be given better food.

That was until he saw Yuga tap the wall and warp a piece into a metal knife. "Hey Yuga? If you don't mind me asking, whats your quirk?"

"Hmm? Oh right, I have a few actually... Earth Manipulation, Stamina Recovery..." He continued listing them off to Midoriya who was listening very intently, Yuga noticed his hand gripping the air like a pencil as was moving around. "I think I got something for you..." He held out his hand and said, "Notebook, pencil." and they appeared, he handed them to Midoriya who was super overjoyed. He began writing in the book but stopped when he saw Yuga cut his Burger into even thirds.

"Yuga? Whatcha doing? You do know how to eat a burger right?"

Yuga chuckled, "You haven't eaten in a bit and that slop doesn't taste any better than the cubes, so here." He handed Midoriya a piece of the burger who was shaking his hands frantically trying to make an excuse to not accept his food. "Midoriya, I know you don't want to accept it, but you need this more than I do." He met Midoriya's emerald eyes with his baby blue eyes showing a fierce determination.

"A...alright..." Midoriya said, Yuga placed the burger piece on his tray alongside some salad and another cube. Midoriya stayed silent during the exchange knowing he couldn't change Yuga's mind and began eating, "T-thanks for the food..." He said clapping his hands together.

As the two of them were eating, Yuga heard a shuffling sound and stopped and looked up. Midoriya did the same noticing Yuga's expression.

"D-deku kun? Where are we?"

Uraraka was awake.

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