'This is bad, this is really bad!' Izuku was in front of Kota, staring down a huge villain.
"Hey, Toga said she found a camp full of U.A. students."
"I'm not after a bunch of kids. The Wild, Wild, Pussycats are a well-known hero team. I heard there's a rumor that one of them is trying to settle down... Hero's don't walk that path."
"What's wrong with a hero getting some on the side?"
"Then they stop standing for justice."
"Hey! We're still gonna play with some of them, right? The students!"
"I also spotted some invaders, looks like they had your idea, Stain."
"No, they arrived along with the students. They must be after them. Our target has always been Pixie-Bob... Izuku you stay here, during our attack."
"O-Okay... sorry."
"...Don't worry, Izuku, darling..."
"Easier said than done." Dabi lept back from the branch he was on. The league of villains was getting on his last straw. One of his eyes now instinctively twitch in the presence of a member. A blade-tooth was following him. The guy in Dabi's way was creepy and annoying.
The tooth retracted back into his mouth. His other teeth flung out, jumping on the trees to propel him through the forest.
The villain moonfish was fighting Dabi.
"Your flesh looks well cooked. So tasty."
Dabi twisted his shoulder, dodging a blade. He rolled on the dirt, landing on a knee and foot. He coughed, before standing up. He shrugged it off, playing with fire. He didn't want to burn down the quiet forest. 'But...'
Moonfish was suspended in the air above Dabi like a spider climbing down the web.
Dabi kept his bored, annoyed glare. He ignited a fire directly at Moonfish. He used his blade tooth to fling him in the air and dodge the blue blaze. His other tooth flew out stabbing into a tree, catching him. He recovered in mid-air, staying there. He looked down for Dabi.
He was running, leaping, over a few branches. He popped out of a tree, he aimed his arm, blasting out more fire, before sneaking back into the trees.
Moonfish threw himself out of the way, he sickled out his fang, aiming where Dabi was. It stabbed something blunt and rough. It wasn't squishy like a human. Moonfish winced reeling his fang. His tooth was burned.
Dabi smirked, running on the branches.
Moonfish flipped and launched a tooth at the rustling bushes. It impaled another trunk. Dabi popped out with a smirk. He held his wrist with one hand, a powerful ignition of blue flames. Moonfish crawled lower, into the trees.
Dabi's smirk broke open. "Fell for it." He thrust both arms back, activating an explosive propulsion. 'That small moment he needs to recover after he flips around!'
Moonfish gawked with drool. He wouldn't be fast enough to escape his head on collision. His canine teeth blasted forward to impale Dabi.
A lightspeed pillar of heat shattered through and pierced. Incineration.
Dabi skidded to a landing. He held out his hand, opening his fist. It crumpled, trickling down. "Ashes ashes, we all fall down." The wind blew away moonfish. His funeral prayer.
"A villain!"
Dabi's ear twitched. "Ooh?" With half interested, half-lidded eyes. It was the waitress and another student.
"Come on Tsuyu, we were told to escape! We need to get back to camp." Uraraka clasped her hand as they tried to run.
"What's a matter? Don't you wanna take my order? My friend will have the coffee, and I'd like the breakfast platter." He shrugged his arms. "Like usual."
Uraraka froze. Tsuyu tried to pull but stopped, seeing Uraraka's expression of dread and realization. "M-My two favorite customers were villains..."
"Oh, don't forget about 'Toga-chan,' your dear friend." He mused, raising his maniacal joke and grin. He saw her back tense and heard her whisper that blonde psycho's name.
"Ochako, what are you doing?" Tsuyu gulped. Uraraka did a 180 and marched up to Dabi.
He rose an eyebrow. He was enjoying this. He found it amusing. It was only a second of eye contact with her hurt feelings.
She slapped him across the cheek.
"You guys were my friends." Her broken voice honestly asked why. Why them.
Toga would chat with her at the bar, when it was slow, talking about cute boys and relationships. Deku was always polite and the most well mannered, but clumsy. He was so clumsy, and also funny. He would always have coffee in the morning and orange juice for lunch. 'It's good for blood loss.' He would say.
'And you.' Uraraka glared with liquid vivid eyes.
Dabi would sometimes be the only one there. It was scary, but at the same time, she felt safe. He would never give her a sincere stare. He would never try to start a conversation with her, he would only cast her aside with sarcasm or a glare. 'But he always left a big tip for me. He would always ask for a doggy bag but leave it. Whenever my stomach grumbled I could feel his eyes staring at me, with at least some concern. That's why I always tried to be nice to him, no matter how scary, because, because...' She couldn't even finish her thought. 'He's actually been a villain all along. Was he only messing with me..?'
Dabi fixed his tilted to the side, shocked, face. He wasn't going to deny it. His eyes were wide for the first time in a long time. Was he angry? Humiliated? No, his cheek stung with guilt and her disappointment.
He didn't like it.
He rose his hand, going after her throat, the tips of his fingers grazed over her soft skin. His eyes were calm as hers gained some fear. The same hesitation of fear and trust she always had at the café. It caused a hesitation of his own.
"Ochako!" A tongue wrapped around her waist, flinging her away from Dabi.
But their eyes remained locked for a fleeting moment.
"You're such a naughty waitress."
She gasped, still staring at him and his honest smile hidden by his sadistic smirk, as he let them escape.
Izuku gulped. 'I only came here because of Kota. I was hoping he would be here, during Stain's plan. I didn't think someone else would be here!' Izuku shook his head. This wasn't the time to think about it. His wings blossomed out of his back, protectively creeping around Kota. "Don't worry Kota. I'm not going to let anything happen to you."
"D-Deku? B-But you're not a hero! Why?!"
Izuku's eyes flared a dark jade. "You don't have to be a hero, to do the right thing!" 'E-Even a villain like me can!' He clutched his fist shut. He bit his lip, drawing blood. 'I won't lose control. I'm not evil!'
"I will protect Kota!"
Battered, broken, bloody. His life, his existence.
His limp arm was down the edge of the cliff, it dangled motionlessly. His jaw hung open. No air circulating. His face lost it's breathing color to a pale corpse complexion. His dark green bangs were dyed with his own blood.
A hollow eye socket was staring up at the constellations.
'Am I dying..?'