Enouement - Cardinal Path (Todoroki's Ending)

Part 1

Cardinal Path (Part 1)

(AN- Anyone spoiling the story at any part will have their comment deleted. Spoiling the story for other's isn't cool, and it's kinda upsetting to have to address this in the first place since it's started to appear in this book as of late. Reading the story and finding out the reveals yourself provides a much more enjoyable experience. So please don't ruin the story or the fun of reading for yourself and others by spoiling. Enjoy the read every one.)

(AN- THIS IS AN ENDING PATH! MEANING THIS BOOK IS PART OF A SERIES. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE 15-PART BASIC STORY OF ENOUEMENT BEFORE THIS ONE... PLEASE READ THE FIRST PART BEFORE THIS ONE! IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL BE VERY CONFUSED! THANK YOU!)

Running on the ends of your feet, not caring that your school shoes were soon to be covered in oil and grime, you shot open the door to the front entrance of your classroom. You had seen the locks of red and white passing by from the rear entrance and had to nearly risk tripping to catch him.

Hatsume was utterly brilliant, and when she had told you of a small developing idea she had in her mind when you told her you'd need the ice and flame boy's assistance- she was once again more than helpful to you and your desires. She really was helpful earlier that afternoon.

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"Todoroki Shouto?" She munched on an apple as you explained once more that the bi-tone boy was the one you were after. "As in Endeavor's boy. The one who nearly put his classmate into the infirmary with frostbite last year?"

"Don't call him 'Endeavor's boy' he'd not be very happy about that." You wiped your teary eyes, finally having the desire to cry pass over you. "Why are you asking anyway?"

"I just didn't take you for the type to like the strong and silent ones." She chuckles, ignoring your rise at her comment.

"I-I don't stoop as low as you and label people with types, Hatsume!"

"Then why are you getting so upset?"

"Because you're an idiot!"

Hatsume chuckled, rubbing a gentle hand through your locks as she hummed and thought things over. She twirled the pen in her hands, then replaced the motion with a constant clicking of the instrument from on to off to on again.

She finally sat down in her swivel chair, spinning to her desk and grabbing a sheet of work paper before she began to attack the page with black ink. She mused for a few minutes, writing, crossing out, scribbling and smacking her own forehead before she finally turned back to you and smiled brightly.

"I'd love a second look at my project if you don't mind!" She smiled brightly, stretching a piece of paper out for you to see.

Her handwriting was as atrocious as ever: messy, hard to read and nearly illegible. You had no idea what sort of reader let her get away with this type of penmanship through all her years prior... but you certainly had doubts about their penmanship's judgment looking over Hatsume's created strokes.

"What's that?" You asked, pointing to what appeared to be two crudely drawn figures under a ring of some sort? Or was that a portal?

"That's you and Todoroki!" Hatsume poked you in the side, earning herself a smack to the head for invading your personal space. "And before I get to the final step of my plan, I have to go through parts 1-6 first!"

"There are six parts to your 'genius' plan?"

"Seven."

"Get on with it."