Pain (a vigilante turned hero Deku story)

Chapter forty-six

Izuku sat silently as he glared at the villains in the room, he was currently chained to a chair, his arms were locked together in a weird armbrace as well, so that sucked, and all the villains were present, except for All for One, but that's to be expected.

Dabi sighed as he leaned over his table, resting on it. "Damn, it still hurts."

It's been a couple days since Izuku was captured, and the bar has been quiet ever since, apparently, Shigiraki wanted Izuku to join the villains, but Izuku wasn't hearing none of it.

"Lemme talk to him, alone." Toga asked.

Shigiraki grunted, before making his way to a separate room, "Fine, do what you want."

Dabi, Twice, Kurogiri, Spinner, and Magne all made their way out of the bar as well, and Toga turned to Izuku, pulling up a seat right in front of him.

"Izuk-"

"Don't call me that."

Izuku has had a lot to think about these two days, after the adrenaline and the pain, as well as the rush of everything subsided, he just, felt empty. The reality of Toga joining the villains had caught up to him, and though he doesn't know the reason why she did, he had a feeling he knew.

Which hurt him even more.

But it didn't matter now, if it was how Izuku thought it was, then Toga passed the point of no return, and Izuku hated that. She betrayed the heroes, and all her friends, and even attacked him, he knew no matter what he said, she wouldn't listen.

"Izuku." She tried again, but was met with silence this time. "Join me." She whispered.

Izuku looked up at her, an emotionless face plastered across him, before responding.

"No."

"Why not? I thought you said you would follow me anywhere?" Her voice started sounding desperate, and Izuku was starting to feel bad, but he needed to hide that.

"That was before you joined the villains, villains that are trying to kill the symbol of peace, villains that tried to kill our friends."

"So!? Society needs to change, this world needs change, sure, there's a lot of bloodshed, but Shigiraki is doing the right thing."

"He's killing innocent people!"

"Sacrifices must be made for the greater good!"

"No they don't!"

Izuku couldn't help it anymore, tears started streaming down his face as Toga watched angrily, why couldn't he just see that this was the right thing!? She hated it, she hated all of them, but Izuku understood her, so she was giving him a chance, but he wasn't taking it.

"I don't understand how you think that this world we live in is okay." She mumbled out.

"It's not." He quickly replied, "But I also know that killing people isn't the answer."

"And now we're back to this again."

They sat in silence, before Himiko brandished one of her knives, quickly placing it to his neck.

"You realize you'll die if you want to stop us right?"

Izuku stared into her eyes, the anger that lurked within them was obvious, so muck so, but the way she was speaking, Izuku could've sworn he heard some wavering in her voice, maybe he could save her...

He sighed, before looking back up, glaring at her and leaning forward, the blade nipping into his neck as he did, just barely, but enough to draw blood.