Chapter 37: Numb
"We are NOT recruiting Muscular," Izuku was getting irritated, "He is NOT unreliable. And I don't trust Moonfish either. They both aren't cut it, Tomura-kun, lIsTeN."
"Silence you peasant."
"ExCuSe mE?"
"Cut the crap, will you? Midoriya is right, they have no loyalty to us. They don't care about us. Dabi does, Toga does, Stain does, Magne does, Twice does, Spinner does and Mr. Compress does. They don't. It would be a futile waste of time and resources. And they would get caught. Who knows that they won't babble our secrets to the police?" Todoroki spoke from his corner. He was developing a migraine. Tomura and Izuku had been arguing about the latest two for the last two hours and he was more than ready to freeze their mouths shut.
Tomura took a look at Todoroki's right hand from which mist was rising. He wouldn't want to be frozen solid again and then have Kurogiri grill him about it for hours. And then Dabi would start laughing.
"Fucking fine," he said finally, "So, it's the newbies, Kurogiri and Todoroki?"
"Well, SOMEONE needs to watch over them," came the reply from the dual haired boy.
"Uh, Todoroki-kun, what's wrong?" Izuku asked hesitantly watching him stab his soba. Todoroki never mutilated his food. He looked incredibly ticked off for some reason.
"Nothing," he said shortly, starting to eat, "And if you start arguing again, someone would be in an ice cage for a day. I am sure Kurogiri would agree."
"No doubt on that," the Misty man spoke while cleaning the bar glasses.
Izuku and Tomura exchanged a look.
"Can't believe Todoroki-kun and Kurogiri-san teamed up against us, brother in arms," Izuku began dramatically.
"You know what this means—?" Tomura started but ice snaked up through the ground and around the stool and gagged him. Beside him, Izuku was in the same unfortunate situation.
If looks could kill then the both of them would have dropped dead on the spot.
"Oh God," Dabi said, stepping into the room.
"There is no God here," Todoroki said, finishing the soba.
"True that, Stain isn't here," Spinner said, strolling in.
Todoroki got up silently. Izuku's eyes narrowed. He was behaving totally off track ever since his stroll got ruined by Stain. Something was up, he was sure of that, but Todoroki wouldn't tell him.
"I am leaving," he spoke softly, turning out of the door.
Dabi turned to the frozen two in exasperation.
"So THIS is how you both haven't strangled each other yet."
And then promptly took Tomura's console and called to Spinner, "Let's play Minecraft."
It was raining outside. Todoroki covered his face with the hood and walked to a specific place where he knew where his kill would be. He hadn't killed anyone directly, only supported Tomura and Izuku in big operations.
It had been for a reason.
He wanted his first victim to represent something.
Endeavor had developed a habit of taking a walk everyday by a particular path without fail. It led him to the shadowy parts of the town, a fact that he was fine with as there was no one to give him pitiful looks.
A fact that his youngest son used to his advantage.
Ice shot out of nowhere, binding the former pro hero to the wall.
The rain had grown heavier. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't get out of the ice shackles. He could faintly hear words like,
"Decay. Hands. Quirkless. Take away the Quirk. And then my entire life."
A hooded figure stood in front of him, ice dagger in one hand.
"Shoto," he managed to choke out.
"Endeavor," was the emotionless reply, followed by the dagger extending and stabbing him in the heart.
Just before he took his last breaths, he heard Todoroki say,
"Justice has been served."
Witnesses report that they had found a half burnt body encased in ice in the streets. The murderer's name was known, but his location wasn't uncovered. They hadn't found any footprints either even though it had been raining heavily. The murderer had taken care to cover his tracks to avoid being discovered.
Standing in front a bridge with the raining pouring onto his numb blood spattered face, Shoto asked himself,
"Is revenge supposed to leave you number than ever?"
A/N: For the record, Todoroki is a kind person, (according to Izuku in the manga anyways). He might have taken initiative to oof Endeavor but he isn't a sadist. I really don't think that he is going to feel exhilarating joy or end up sobbing like Izuku. Don't come @ me.
^^I drew this and almost cried. Todoroki looks too sad for my liking—
//And yes, I know that I cannot draw a proper scenery
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