Strings 糸

#003 - Loop

Bakugou frowned. He crumpled the paper and destroyed it with his explosions. His answer remains the same. He doesn't want to be their damn puppet.

He musn't keep it like this any longer. Upon reading the note, it was clear that the loop isn't gonna be there forever. Once the time is up, everything may be permanent. He must find a way out of this.

When he walked out of the room, he decided to go somewhere instead. The strings once again appeared and floated around him.

This time, Bakugou wanted to try something different. What if he tries to delay the trip by not appearing to the bus at all? Obviously the teachers would try to look for him.

It will cause a lot of hassle for everyone but he doesn't give a fuck. If they all knew what was going to happen later, they would definitely thank him.

Bakugou walked through the hallways. At this point, he is sure that he's already far from his classroom.

Right now, he is just alone. There are no people passing by at the moment. It seems that most students here have classes, that's why the hallways are empty.

Which is good, because he would be able to think in peace.

'Stop this! You aren't only causing horrible consequences to yourself, but also to others!'

A voice suddenly spoke in his head.

Bakugou just scoffed and stopped by, leaning near a window. "So you're saying that we should break our limbs  just for the sake of your entertainment?" he couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous this was. "You must be really dumb. Do you really think I would say yes to that bullshit? I'm not a fucking masochist. Dream on, bitch." he scorned.

This time, more voices spoke.

'Everyone survives the USJ. Just follow the script!!! You think you made anything better?'

'Yeah! He's right, you didn't make anything better at all!!!'

'Because of you Asui Tsuyu died one time!'

'...Hmmhmm, true. You're just making everything worse.'

'Yeaaaahhh. Not to mention, he also got his teacher's arms cut off. I say, that didn't work out well...'

Those words definitely hit Bakugou.

If it didn't, he wouldn't be wearing such an expression right now. He is furious.

"Just shut the fuck up and disappear." he growled. "I also saw a vision where someone died. That is definitely something someone would want to change."

Some of the voices sighed. Bakugou could feel them rolling their eyes.

'That isn't a cause of concern for you. They won't let an important character die before the schedule of their death.'

Bakugou seethed at those words. His eyes narrowed dangerously. 

"I saw myself...laying on the ground. My body was a fucking mess. I don't know if I just saw my own death. Heck, at this point I am already assuming that I died....!!! Even if I did survive...are you seriously expecting me to accept that and go on like it was nothing?"

The voice didn't reply anymore.

Bakugou clenched his fists. "Tell me. What the fuck happened to me!? Did I die or not!?" he asked. Despite fearing the possible answer, he is still determined to know the truth.

The voice still didn't reply.

Horror came onto Bakugou, but his voice was steady. He's angry, but he didn't have a breakdown.

"You're not replying! I died didn't I!? Tell me how!!! When does this happen? Who did it!? I'll kill that fucker!!!! ANSWER ME!!!"

This time, the voice finally replied, it was a female's voice. Her voice was filled with sadness.

'Child, I'm afraid...you have to figure that yourself. There are reasons why the visions that was shown to you were limited.'

'...To be honest, you weren't supposed to know anything at all.'

Bakugou snarled. This time, he spoke with his thoughts, he didn't have the energy right now to speak. 'Then why did you give me the manga?'

For a moment, the voice was silent.

But later on, it was the voice of a boy that spoke.

'Big brother..., we didn't give that to you. The one responsible for it is currently in our bounty list. Whoever that person is, they broke the law. You shouldn't also do the same.'

Bakugou gaped. 'What?'

Later on, the strings also disappeared.

And the voices didn't reply to him ever again.

Bakugou became even more mad and threw a lot of curses at them.

"Fuck all of you! I am going to destroy those villains. I will not let them get their way with us in USJ!" he growled. He's going to survive no matter what.

Meanwhile, around the corner, there was a certain person that was able to eavesdrop on most part of their conversation.

That person couldn't tell whether Bakugou was talking to himself or to those strings.

But after a few observations, it seems that the boy was indeed talking to those strings.

Which was strange. He didn't even hear it talk. But for some reason, Bakugou seemed to understand it.

Honestly, everything about this situation is weird and he doesn't understand the whole situation at the moment.

However, there is one thing he knew for sure....

Within this day, class 1-A is at risk of a villain attack.

Luckily for Bakugou, that person doesn't have any villainous intentions.