"It's You"; DabiHawks

Chapter 44; It Can't Be

*Tokoyami's POV*

It was the night of the festival, and our entire class was all kinda hanging around each other. Well, except for Bakugou and Kirishima, but no one's really worried about them. It's a UA festival, and those two could easily take care of themselves.

During class, Mr. Aizawa had said that we need to stick with a partner for the festival. He wouldn't explain how, but he had been told that there is a chance that the League could attack, so I guess we have to stay together.

Only one classmate was unable to go. They said if Mineta came, there's a good chance he wouldn't survive for a variety of reasons. Other than that, however, Aruna had decided against coming. Guess she hates being around people, I understand.

We all had a partner from our class, well, all except Kamanari who was partners with Shinsou from general studies. Because Mineta wasn't allowed to go, but we still all needed a partner, Kamanari (with a huge amount of hesitation from Mr. Aizawa) partnered with Shinsou.

My partner was Shoji. However, I guess the partner thing doesn't really do anything if the entire class wants to stick together. It only really applied to Bakugou and Kirishima.

Now, we were all hanging around when people started getting quiet. They would glance at their phones but not say anything. After a few seconds, I saw Midoriya look at his phone before looking up at us.

"Everyone, check your phone." I had not brought mine, so I looked over at Shoji's. Midoriya had sent a video through a group chat. As soon as it loaded, I could see it was some kind of live stream thing. The screen was dark other than a chair and some sort of person in the chair.

After a few minutes, the light clicked on. I could hear gasps around, and as soon as I could register who was in the chair, I could see why.

In the chair was none other than the number two hero. He was looking down at the ground with his arms tied behind him. A sign hanging around his neck. It honestly looked like he was having a mugshot taken while sitting down. 

A number was written at the top of the board with the date on the other corner. Hawks was written on the center, however it was crossed out with blood. In that blood, "Traitor" was written above it. My eyes widened at the video while looking over it.

His wings were sagged, and I could see many feathers missing with small burns littered over them. Those burns blackened the feathers that were still there. Cuts were carved into his face and arms, however they didn't seem extremely deep.

I didn't hear anyone breathe, not even myself. I could feel myself shaking slightly. I somewhat knew him personally, mostly because, according to him we make a "Whole Bird."

I saw someone walk behind him, wrapping his fingers around his neck with one finger lifted. Hawks visibly stiffened and his eyes swerved off to the side. Someone was speaking, so Shoji slowly turned up the volume.

"To the people who sent this little whore to spy on us." I could tell who it was, and everyone else around me could as well. Shigaraki, the League of Villains. My heart rate quickened as I watched. Shigaraki pushed back on his throat and Hawks lifted his head up more as to not get chocked out.

"I just want to let you guys know, you can't trick us that easily." I watched in horror as he placed down his last finger and he turned to dust.

People started screaming. The video suddenly started to cut out. But it was, weird. I screwed my eyes shut tight and tried to block everything out. Everything was going to shit.

And that was before I started to smell the smoke. Fire erupted from the ground, bright blue flames. Even more screaming. I felt Shoji wrap one of his many arms around my shoulder.

"Hey, come on, our class is going that way." I was still shaking, but I still followed. Dark Shadow was loosing it, it was getting hard to keep control. Tears pricked my eyes before we stopped walking entirely. The fire had trapped us all in, but other than that, nothing was happening.

Dark Shadow was still freaking out and I was slipping up. Shoji noticed, squeezing my shoulder slightly.

"It's going to be alright. You can keep him under control. I believe in you." I nodded, closing my eyes again. I couldn't believe it, none of this could be happening.

Hawks couldn't be dead, he couldn't.

There was no way.

He can't be, right?

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