a/n: i live for the reactions last chapter. ughhH yall made me SOB ACKK <3 im so thankful for all the support aaAa!! anyway, i'd like to clear up this one thing: stranger guy is not momo's cousin. she was just constantly reminded of the childhood memory when stranger boy cornered her, thus scaring her even more :")

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Momo felt her mind clear up immediatly. She felt like as if she finally found her way out of an aquarium she's was stuck drowing in. She felt as if she can hear clearly once again.

The purple haired freak, took a look back at Todoroki rushing into the scene. The freckled boy smirks, "Todoroki Shouto. Nice of you to appear in the scene-"

A punch to the jaw from Yaoyorozu.

Momo slipped away from his grasp with the same technique she used on Aizawa back at the exam she took with Todoroki, specifically forming an object on the area where he grabbed her.

She immediatly ran from him, eyes still pooling with confusion and intense fear. Todoroki, who was now by Momo's side, was in his attacking position.

They backed away slowly from the area, cautious and prepared to pounce. Momo was still quite shook up by the sudden situation she was put into.

She notices the umbrella by the unknown boy's side.

She gulped.

The unknown young student's eyes were high up in the ceiling after Momo's critical hit on his jaw. It was silent for a moment, until he began to cackle all of a sudden.

He turned to the face pair slowly, his head eventually dropping down. "Yaoyorozu, don't make my efforts go to waste."

"Why the fuck are you here?" Todoroki growled, his hands already forming blazing flames and frigid ice to prepare for the attack.

Momo was still shaking.

'What is happening??' Momo thought, her breathing unsteady and heart thumping. She was finally connected to reality, and sadly, nothing changed. Her mind was still stacking thoughts and theories, and her body could not handle the situation well due to the fear coarsing through her veins. She gritted her teeth, eyes still pooling with fear, yet she still looked determined to fight back after seeing Todoroki, who somehow motivated her.

The boy gave Todoroki a smile. "Not for you, that's for sure." He says in a strange sweet manner, his eyes then dart to Momo, which made her heart jump.

"I'm here only for her." He lifted a finger towards her, his eyes wide and smile quite disturbing.

Todoroki gritted his teeth and furrowed his eyebrows. Momo simply stood, still shaking, but prepared to attack.

"Yaoyorozu, I need you back at headquarters." The boy said, his voice uncomfortable to hear. None of them understood what he was talking about.

Todoroki extended his arm infront of her, prepared to defend her.

"Who are you?" Todoroki asked, no politeness nor any sign of sympathy in his tone. The unknown boy's face turned into a rather surprised look.

The young freckled boy smiled, before he suddenly ran his way to Momo in lightning speed. Luckily, Momo being Momo, was prepared for the attack and immediatly formed a shield to defend her. She pushed him hard, enough to also give a hard painful impact on his face, thus causing him to slightly tumble backwards.

His nose began to bleed a stream of crimson blood when he revealed himself. He laughed. "This is why we need you, Yaoyorozu!" He exclaimed in a rather maniac manner. He pulled out a knife suddenly.

Before he could pounce again on her, Todoroki jumped infront of her, forming a thick layer of ice to surround his arms to defend them together. He sticked the side of his arms together horizontally, thus causing the boy to hit himself against the hard ice.

Todoroki gave another hit, smashing the ice against the boy's head. The boy jolted downward, his eyes glued on the ground. He laughed at the shattered pieces of ice below after making contact with his head.

He lifted his head, only to see the pair's abscence.

He smirked before he began to walk slowly.

"Yaoyorozu ~" He cooed, aware that there is still human prescence in the area.

"All I want is for you to come with me. Join me." He said, flipping his knife up and down in his wrist. His eyes then locked to the room's door right beside him. He approached it with a smirk.

"Yao-momo? Are you there?" He knocked gently. He had that stupid smile on.

Suddenly, it opened.

Nope, he was wrong.

Instead of a good meeting and him succeeding, he was shoved out by Todoroki's ice arms, shoving him out with quick punch on the fact then the chest.

Suddenly, the door from the other room nearby opened. It was quite near, right beside Todoroki's door.

Momo popped out and threw a net over the boy to capture him. His feet dangled on the net thus causing him to fall over, he seemed amused though, for he was laughing.

He didn't move, he just kept laughing.

Todoroki and Momo looked at each other before slowly approaching him, carefully.

"Yaooyorozu ~ Why did you do this? My efforts are wasted ~"

Momo furrowed her eyebrows, pushing her lips. 'This isn't him.' She thought. Disappointment hit her like a truck. This wasn't the boy she fell in love with. It's a different person. She's not saying, 'Oh, this isn't how I imagined him to be'. No, she's saying this is an entire different person. She has no connection with him. He was just a simple bystander, someone who she mistakened to be the person she developed romantic feelings for.

She felt sad from the thought, disappointment coarsing through her. She thought this was going to be heartwarming reunion. She just hugged a literal stranger just standing there, who suddenly attacked her with a very 'traumatizing' act that she was burdened by during her childhood.

"Who are you?" Todoroki questioned. "You're wearing a damn uniform on a day with no class."

The boy just kept laughing.

"You've seen me before."

His body begins to melt slowly suddenly.

"I've seen you Todoroki Shouto, and Momo Yaoyorozu too."

His face become disoriented, eyes slowly falling off and skin turning liquid.

"But .. Yaoyorozu was the one who caught my eye the most."

Momo and Todoroki back away at her sudden state of melting. The boy's voice became higher and feminine.

"You're strong, Yaoyorozu. We need that quirk of yours in our team ~"

Momo and Todoroki's eyes widen once the whole melting ended.

"I followed you around, was it all waste?"

Lo and behold,

was Toga Himiko.

The pair backed away immediatly, cautious. The sudden appearance of a member of the League of Villains was overwhelming. Momo was confused, but Todoroki was satisfied.

He solved the puzzle.

"I knew it." Todoroki cursed under his breath, clenching his fists tight.

"After this battle though .. Todoroki truly caught my eye." The young high school girl said, her voice quite alluring.

Her golden eyes lock on Momo. "Yaoyorozu, we wanted you to be in our team ~" She pouted. "You had a quirk that can create and we needed that ~"

Toga pulled out her knife secretly. "You were really going to be a huge help for us," Suddenly, she cut opened the net. She escaped the tangled ropes immediatly, too fast for them to notice and attack.

"But, I guess today's not the day ~"

Toga ran straight to Momo, with her knife, ready to slit her throat, ready to get a drop of blood from her, ready to perhaps, kill her. Momo's eyes widen when the knife was aiming directly to her, fear pouring in her.

But, with incredible reflex, Todoroki got the knife, saving her. Not safely though, he had to grip the blade to pull it away from aiming Momo, thus causing a cut to appear on his palm. The knife fell on the ground, but Toga didn't retrieve it.

"Shit-" Todoroki cursed, blood spilling from his palm.

Toga laughed from afar, the pair soon realizing she ran pass by them, successfully causing a distraction with her escape.

"Todoroki!" Momo called out concerned, taking a closer look of his hand. Todoroki breathed right between his teeth, wincing and glaring at his cut.

"Oh no, oh no .." Momo didn't want to focus on what happened, she wanted to focus what was happening right now. She immediatly formed a fabric with her quirk to put pressure on the wound.

"We need to wash the blood off first! A-And we need gauge bandages, and-"

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After Momo's endless concerning rambling, she finally obtained the materials from the clinic and her quirk to heal Todoroki's bruise.

Currently, she was wrapping the gauge bandages around his hand by the staircase, sitting in the sound of the rain.

"There." She cut off the last piece of the gauge tape. "Is it alright now?" She asked, concern pooling her eyes.

Todoroki examined it, taking a look at different angles. "Mm, it's fine now. Thanks." He said, eyes still locked on his bruise.

"How about you? Are you harmed?" Todoroki questioned, looking over to her.

Momo remained silent for a bit. No, she actually was not fine. She was still overwhelmed and perplexed by the situation just now.

Momo forced a smile, before she packed the bandages and ointments into a little First Aid Kit she manage to create. "I'm fine, don't worry too much about me."

Momo lifted her head up, "Thank you for saving me though." She smiled.

Todoroki stared at her gorgeous smile for a while. He turned away to look over to the rain, "Mhm." He hummed.

She then began focusing on the rain, eyes glued to the panes in front. Silent filled between them, and so did some awkward tension. Momo's brain was now back to running with questions.

So, the boy she met just a while ago, who followed her around before, was Toga Himiko? Did she get a blood of that unknown student from a different class?
What does she mean she needed her in the team? Why? Did they want her to become a villain too? Is that why he stalked for quite a while now? Why was he there? Was he following her? Where was the true 'uwu' user she knew? They called for her to come here, where were they?

That intense moment horrified her though. The sudden change of atmosphere overwhelmed her with shock and fear. One moment, she eas embracing, the second thing you know, she was being cornered, and all she could think of in that moment was the memory of her cousin cornering her and saying unsettling things. Who truly was the purple haired boy? Who's body was that? It was a U.A student, but which class? Where did Toga get the blood of the young student?

Momo dipped her hands into her palms, sighing heavily. Todoroki notices this. He leaned his head forward, getting a better look of her. "Are you okay?" He asked.

Momo sighed once more. "He didn't come here," Her voice was muffled by her palms.

"What?" Todoroki questioned, confused on what she said.

Momo stayed quiet for a while before she forced out a laugh. Her hands fall from her face. She doesn't look at Todoroki, but at the ground instead, her eyes looking darker, they usually looked bright and brimmed with excitement.

Her lips formed a sad smile. "I .. Haha," She chuckled awkwardly. "I had an online friend, or perhaps a chatmate I grew close to," She said.

"They told me to meet up here and I thought it was that purple haired boy, but I believe it wasn't after all that." She forced out a sad giggle.

"They didn't show up, I guess." Her tone was clearly coated with disappointment and sadness.

Todoroki went quiet. He looked away from her, eyes focusing on the rain beyond the glass panes.

"Yaoyorozu," He began.

"Hm?" Momo hummed, trying not to sound negative in any manner.

He went silent.

"I was the one who called you here."

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a/n: i turned one year older today!! wow!! oh dear!!  happy bday to me i guess ?? ty for ur support once agaiN!!

also shoutout to doglover_106 for somehow guessing the future events of the story right d a m ?? i legit thought they hacked into my notes or somethin lol