Deku Brainwashed

Chapter 4. Out and about. Deku's P.O.V

I wake up to Toga in a chair by my side again and I smile at a familliar face and stretch as I sit up. "can I get out of bed now?" she chuckles "you were always an impatient one Mido" I laugh " not yet Shiga wants to check you over one more time." i nod and Toga tells me about what we did together before I was attacked. I smile at the friendship we had, and get even angrier at the ones that took it from me.

An hour later, and Shigaraki has given me the all clear. He showed me pictures of all the students from class 1A and I recognise all of them but don't know them, the same way I recognised my family when I first woke up but didn't know them until they all explained.

"it must be memories of when they stabbed me" I mutter to myself, but something in me doesn't agree. something in me recognises the girl called Ochaco Uraraka and the boy Iida, but I don't feel hatred towards them.

I am allowed to go outside for one hour to get groceries from a nearby store but I have to be careful because of all the heroes looking for me. A few minutes later, still muttering to myself, I walk out of the building, I slip into a nearby alley and freeze as a man covered in flames walks past, he didn't seem to be burning so I guessed it was just his quirk.

as I slip out of the alleyway I notice a billboard on a building that says "U.A student, still missing." there was a picture of me in a uniform on it, I thought that was weird. I suddenly took in my surroundings and realised I wasn't disguised at all and I started getting noticed by people.

I rushed to the nearby shop and bought what was on the list, I was smiled at by the shop keeper and he says " I'm glad you're safe Deku, we were all worried, were you found recently? I hadn't heard" I step back after paying, a confused look on my face, it must be obvious because the shop keeper says " I'm sorry are you okay? are we not supposed to ask you about it? do you need me to call the school?".

I don't understand this. I exit the shop muttering and scratching my wrist frantically drawing blood. I look up when I notice three shadows on the floor, only to be confronted by a group of strangers. they were adults, heroes I guessed judging by their appearances. the first on has a long scarf wrapped around his neck several times, I recognise him but I hadn't been shown him by Shiga. " was he there when I was stabbed? no I don't think so." i mutter. the scarf man notices and he looks worried. he steps forward slowly and I freeze, so he steps back. another is a woman wearing a very thin outfit and handcuffs and finally it was the fire guy that walked past the alley.

I looked for an escape route but couldn't see one so I just panicked and, still scratching my wrists, I say " hey guys, long time no see" but I couldn't smile, I was so confused and conflicted I guess I looked sad or scared. I walk up to them, they don't look like they hate me they just all look worried. as soon as the scarf man smiles kindly and steps forward. I get spooked and instantly run in the other direction as fast as I could.

I heard shouts of "Midoriya wait!" and gasps as I ran. "why are they calling me Midoriya? I'm Mido aren't I? yes I am. that's what Toga told me" I mutter to myself whilst still scratching my wrists. there are tears falling from my eyes now. I'm so confused. I swerved through alleyways still being chased, the man covered in fire suddenly grabbed my hood, I turn to face him and he sees my tears, he lets go, I sprint away.

"that was too close!" I think to myself and suddenly my body starts heating up. I suddenly ran straight at the wall in front leaving a big dent, but I wasn't hurt the only part of my body that hurt was my wrist, I'm still crying and the hero's stop seven feet ahead of me. the wall came sooner than I expected, I turned to see it was a dead end, I took a wrong turn "shit" I mutter. the heroes approach slowly, as if I was a frightened cat.

the tears return from panic and I jump high with a speed and strength I didn't know I had, "must be my quirk!" I mutter to myself, I knew I could punch thanks to my training with Shiga, but jumping? I finally lose my pursuers and make it back to Toga, wiping my eyes before entering the building.

I walk in and see the headline "U.A STUDENT APPEARS AFTER 4 WEEKS" on TV. I looked at the screen and hear the news anchors ask "U.A student runs from rescuers after 1 month of being missing? why did he run? where has he been? will he come home?"

I think for a moment and put the groceries down on the table. "U.A student?" I think to myself, and I must have a confused expression on my face because Toga gets up and walks over to me beside the table, I kiss Toga on the cheek and she smiles, I then go and high five Twice "nice escape Mido" I laugh halfheartedly "yeah it was fun, what's the next plan?". there was so many questions rushing through my head. they all chuckle and take stuff from the bag of groceries.

"tomorrow.", Shigaraki says from the big armchair in the corner gesturing for me to approach. I nod and walk over " what's the plan Shiga?" I smile. he takes out a map. "we are going to rob this bank" I look at him confused. " why this bank? why now? rob? I don't think I should go I'll just mess it up" he smiles softly and shakes his head. " you're our distraction, there is no way for you to mess up. we'll handle the bank and you handle the heroes. we'll meet up here afterwards." i nod and we begin discussing the plans.

after the discussion I sit alone and think over all the information I've been given over the past two days. "I was on campus, and stabbed" I think to myself. "they all think I'm a student, but Shigaraki said I was a villain with them for ages, the scarf guy knew me, personally, I could tell. was I an undercover student? and when they found out, they stabbed me?" I mutter to myself scratching at my wrist nervously. Shigaraki did this with his neck, I guess I started mirroring him with my wrists.

"this makes no sense" I continue muttering.
"for a group of people that don't identify as villains, robbing a bank seems strange. for people that don't use labels, they sure say heroes very often. so we are villains then. are they trying to change? are they trying to tell me gently. what crimes have I committed. I don't want to hurt people." I mutter scratching my wrist frantically, drawing blood again. "crap" I say out loud.

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this is my favourite chapter.
this is definitely the biggest one.
all advice is appreciated.