§When The Fire Dies§

⁑Chapter 4⁑

Todoroki sat quietly in the tree. Quietly. He blinked realizing he did most things quietly. Hunting, eating, cleaning, walking. Again he thought why the hell am I up here? He chided himself out loud. "because your not a hero that's why you know that so just shut the hell up...and I'm talking to myself..." what is wrong with me he thought. Then realized he was thinking again. He had been doing that for the past year. "just think something! now say something how do I not realize that I'm talking or thinking" He facepalmed. I did it again he thought.

Suddenly he heard a noise. He stood in the tree and lept to the next one over. The leafs barely moved. He looked down and saw some people. A man with black hair and another with red wings...wait...red wings? that was Hawks the #4 hero there had been a big break out about that wondering  how Hawks had dropped. He remembered going into civilization  *flashback*  Todoroki slowly covered he scar he hated that stupid thing. he went into a hunting shop and hadn't been paying attention to the date so when he turned and saw a TV screen he almost had a heart attack. It was the Japanese Billboard Chart Toppers. He flinched.

"In number ten we have URAVITY (fuck you Uraraka okay sorry I'll leave now) "number 9 Copier (Monoma) number 8 FROPPY, number 7 INGENIUM, number 6 CREATI, number 5 SUN EATER, number 4 HAWKS, finally the top three...number 3 WHIRLWIND, number 2 LEMILLION and number 1 DEKU!!!!" the crowd went completely wild when Midoriya came on stage. But it just made Todoroki want to throw up. Not because he hated Midoriya it was just slightly disturbing seeing him succeed "the fuck did I just say" he muttered out loud. The store cashier looked at him slightly worried. "you a fan" he asked. Todoroki was silent "sure if you want to go with that, yes" he turned his attention back to the screen. They were doing interviews. He had been in those last year before his failure. He still remembered the rankings from the year before

#10 Gang Orca

#9 Best Jeanist

#7 WhirlWind

#6 Sun Eater

#5 Miriko

he had been #4

#3 Deku

#2 Hawks

#1 Tsukuyomi

Apparently the only reason Tokoyami had gotten #1 was because the villains that year decided to go on the night time crimes. He considered it an achievement that he had gotten so far up when night crimes had risen. But, back to the resent rankings. 

Todoroki had spaced off and missed most of the interviews so now it was #3's turn, Inasa. He cringed remembering those months they had dated. He almost gagged out loud. "WhirlWind how do you feel about your rank and what's going on with the hero society?" Inasa shrugged. "I dunno, I'm fine with my rank but the hero society needs more help then ever since...Endeavor" he paused at the name "retired last year without him on the charts the number of crimes have gone up." he smiled hugely "BUT Deku has done a good job of that okay I'm done" the interviewer moved on to Lemillion, Mirio "how do you feel about it since you just joined the rankings and have already climbed this high?" Mirio's smile never left his face as he started "oh well I'm fine with my rank really and I just got my quirk back to! and I am still trying to control it better since I haven't had practice and its not exactly the best for rescue I can get in well but getting out is a whole new matter hm, you guys can move on now!" The interviewer nodded and stepped to Midoriya who seemed distracted "the number one hero of this year Deku how do you feel about all of this and is your rank good enough for you?" Midoriya cleared his throat "I'm fine with being #1 there's no rank worst than it and since In-WhirlWind said we needed a new symbol I want to be that symbol of light that shines in the dark but the villains will always be here because you need darkness to have light..." he stopped and the interviewer waited for him to say more but he didn't. They turned and looked at the camera "there you have it folks The Japanese Billboard Chart Toppers this year is over" 

Todoroki rolled his eyes. They always made it such a big deal then it was just 20 minutes long. It was a waste of time. He thanked the store clerk and went back into the woods. *end flashback* Todoroki blinked and realized the people under the tree had left. He sighed, closed his eyes and curled up on the tree branch.

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yo this took me forever especially as i was writing the OTHER chapter of my OTHER book which you should rEaD yeah honestly this took forever because my fren kept sending brainless images on discord and i couldn't breathe

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