Butterfly Kisses Part 1

Chapter 23: The Former Big Three

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I hope you've been getting the information you need as I have. When you get back there'll be a USB chip on the table next to the computer. It has everything I could find. The rest is up to you.

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P.S. A woman's going to meet me two days from now. There'll be food in the fridge and the pantry, feel free to take as much as you want.

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"An expedition team has been sent to an unexplored island. No-one is permitted to access the island under any circumstances until further notice."

Pixels of light faded into darkness as the TV remote collapsed onto the sofa. Waves as dark as the night flowed down a  bored, emotionless face staring at the now lifeless television.

"Hey Yokina?" Deep echoes rippled through the first floor.

"Nearly done, nearly done." Thorns scraped against the black hoodie from the inside, her eye winced in pain as she clenched her teeth. Immediately, the boy got up and reached into the cupboard.

"Tancho I don't need that anymore. I can handle the pain well enough." Miniature hisses escaped as each thorn pricked her hoodie. Unfortunately one pricked it too hard and managed to pull itself out causing a small stream of blood to trickle down her arm. Again, she winced.

After a few seconds of scouring, Tancho found bandages and cream.

"Arm, now." Responding, she held out her arm, allowing him to carefully roll up the sleeve of the hoodie. When he got to the site of blood he applied the cream to the wound followed by two bandages. Putting them away, he asked, "How's the pain?"

"It hurts but not as much as before. Thank you." Grabbing the removed thorn, she flipped the bin lid open to reveal about ten other shards of pain. She chucked it in, closed the lid, and continued listening to Tancho.

"Don't mention it. Don't worry about the hoodie either." He sat back down and ushered for Yokina to take a seat beside him. "I have plenty of others lying around."

Snuggling up to him, she rested her head on his shoulder and shut her eyes to ignore the pain. That only lasted for about a minute because their fellow roommate came barging down the stairs excitedly.

"Hey guys, wanna train?!" Pictures and lamps rattled from the noise.

"Sure, Mitsudo. Let us get ready first please." The two of them got up and headed to their bedrooms.

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Yokina Toge, quirk: Thorn. Due to her mutation quirk her face, arms and back are covered in thorns, including her hair. By contracting her muscles they can be fired out but this causes slight pain from where they're released.

Mitsudo Tanoshi, quirk: Density. Mitsudo can manipulate the density of his body, making him capable of phasing through things or making him as dense as several layers of lead. The density affects his speed, and there is a two second interval between each change (e.g. from dense to super light)

Tancho Fumikage, quirk: Shadow. He can manipulate the shadows of anything within a thirty metre radius of himself. However, by connecting the shadows he can extend his reach. The shadows can become a solid  or liquid depending on their current need and he can manipulate them in a variety of different ways. He can even create copies of himself and other people by using their shadows.

Seven projectiles were fired at Mitsudo but he made them phase through him. From beneath him, shadow-like strands gathered, building their way up and surrounding him in a cocoon...but he walked right through it. 

Yokina ran towards Mitsudo in an almost exhausted state but Tancho swiped her away with her own shadow. A giant wave of darkness surged toward Mitsudo but he let it phase through just like the thorns. Suddenly, needles whistled through the air in the direction of Tancho but a thick wall of shadow was impaled in his stead. As soon as the wall disintegrated, she was right there. Fangs out, claws sharp; A glisten of determination in her eyes. Barely missing with her first strike, Yokina kicked Tancho in the stomach, followed up by a swipe on the cheek, cutting it open and drawing blood.

Mitsudo kicked her away, trying to take the glory for himself. Instead of punching skin he punched a wall of iron that coiled around his arms. A second string of shadow reached up his chest towards his neck and formed a hand ready to choke him out. 

Yokina appeared from behind him but another hand spun its way up and grabbed her neck too.

"D-Damn. Tancho wins again." Gasping for air as the hands uncoiled, Mitsudo and Yokina grinned in defeat. 

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Tancho had a plaster put over his wound while the three sat and listened to the news.

"In other news. The U.S.J, or Unforseen Simulation Joint, was attacked by a horde of villains only a few hours ago. Thankfully the teachers and All Might were at the scene. No students were injured. Police are on the hunt to identify who set up the U.S.J attack since most of the villains were captured."

Shock was plastered all over the trio's faces.

"First the training camp...now this?" Mitsudo exclaimed with great disgust.

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"Villain attacks have been on the rise ever since this school year began." Yokina chimed in but still sat quietly, focused on the news.

'Tokoyami, you'd better be alright.' Tancho thought as he leaned into his chair.

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Thank you for reading this chapter of Butterfly Kisses. Just a little bit more information on Mitsudo, Yokina and Tancho and a little more action. As you can tell, the anime will slightly affect the story. And...nevermind, you guys will find out soon enough anyway.

BYEEEEEEE!!!!