Chapter Text
"It's time, you know what you have to do."
"Yes, understood, sir."
"Like I said, don't attract any attention. Don't let anyone notice anything weird."
"Yes, don't worry."
...
Everyone was in the dorms living room hanging out. It was their last year at UA High and their practical lessons were now harder and more. Everyday they were going to bed exhausted but they were all so excited to be a pro hero so they rarely complained about this. This was one of those days and some were barely able to keep their eyes opened. The only students that are sleeping were Bakugou, of course, and Midoriya. Midoriya really tried his limits today and he said he couldn't stay awake for another hour after the dinner.
"Ok guys, how about I prepare the new cake recipe I came up with and after we enjoy it let's hit the bed. All of us are clearly exhausted."
"Sato, you really know how to reach a poor class's poor students' heart."
They all lightened up with energy with the mention of Sato's Famous Cakes and Yaomomo also decided to prepare some tea to accompany the cake.
"Let us help you Sato, with this amount of tireness you'll need a lot of cakes."
"Sure, I wouldn't mind."
Most of the students have shifted to kitchen area and the ones stayed behind were 'not sleeping but definitely not awake' ones. Seeing all that confusion and chaos that happened one of the students slid upstairs to the room of a certain blond.
He climbed all the way up to the room and stood in front of the door. After checking the rag he was holding he took a deep breath and slowly slithered inside. He closed the door behind him and locked it. 'Weird, why isn't Bakugou locking his room?' he thought but then remembered Bakugou still had some issues with his poor experience of kidnapping and Mr. Aizawa saying something about not locking the door in case of such a thing happens again which everybody doubted and Bakugou didn't really obeyed. But today he was really tired and he barely ate anything to go straight to bed. He probably was just too tired to check the lock. There the blond was laying on his back on the bed with his right arm on his forehead. His arms and hands were full of bruises and some fresh ones were trying to find a place for themselves. He approached to the blond with nearly no sound and grabbed the soft rag inside his palm to be placed on the blonds air ways. He tried not to make pressure in order not to awake him earlier than he should be. At first the blond squirmed in his sleep with a sore face but the tranquilizer was a really strong one even he can't fight with. It didn't take more than five seconds for the blond to deepen his sleep even more. After making sure Bakugou was unconscious to be carried, the student texted to Kurogiri to come claim him from the dorms.
Kurogiri opened the portal right next to Bakugou's bed using the location of the students phone. He was holding a mechanism similar to what they used when they first kidnapped Bakugou but more sophisticated and durable. He placed Bakugou's hands inside and took him to their base.
"Ok, I'll leave the rest to you. I should head back as soon as possible because they might notice me missing. Just in case I'll charge my electricity to short circuit myself so they don't suspect anything."
"Ok, but are you really sure you want to go back? You'll miss the whole fun of the experiment. Shigaraki will want you to witness the success of the drug."
"I would want that so much too but I lack the time so I'll see him next time when he's less harmfull. Make sure you do it before he comes to. Can you send me back after I, y'know?"
"Sure."
...
"Where's Kaminari?"
"I dunno, he went upstairs I guess but..."
"Wheyy!"
"Oh, not again!"
"Kaminari we've talked about this, charging yourself with electricity won't help you stay awake longer!"
"Wheyy?"
"Yeah, that. Whatever, just eat your share of the cake and go to bed."
"Should we save some for Bakugou, too? We already did for Midoriya but..?"
"Let's save some, if he doesn't eat we'll devour this absolute perfection ourselves."
...
"Isn't Bakugou, like, uncharacteristically late?"
"Yeah, he would be here by now."
"I'll go check Kacchan, can you let Mr. Aizawa know?"
"Yeah, I'll go with Midoriya too. Bakubro might snap to him if he goes alone."
Kirishima and Midoriya headed to the dorms and went to Bakugou's room. First Midoriya knocked the door twice and nicely called out to Bakugou. Seeing no response has been given, Kirishima fist knocked the door multiple times shouting.
"Ok, he would definitely kill us with my first knock already. Something's wrong."
"S-should we go inside?"
Kirishima nodded and twisted the door knob. It was locked.
"Locked."
"Yeah, Kacchan doesn’t really listen to what he’s been told."
"Should we kick the door open?"
"Wait, I'll handle this."
Midoriya released black whip from his pointing finger and tried to lockpick. The key was still attached to the door so he had to use some strength to drop it. Eventually after five minutes effort they managed to go inside the room. He was not in the room.
"This is very not ok."
"It smells something strong, like a... tranquilizer! We have to let Mr. Aizawa know about this! I'll go let them know right away, you stay here Kirishima-kun!"
With that, Midoriya stormed out of the room. It didn't take more than a minute to reach his classroom and he just stormed in without even knocking.
"Midoriya, what are y-"
"Mr. Aizawa, Kacchan has been kidnapped, again!"
"WHAT?!"
"His room is empty and there's this smell of a strong tranquilizer that still can make you feel dizzy. I think he's been taken!"
"Is this kind of an addiction to Bakugou to be kidnapped?"
"Is that funny Kaminari?!"
"Sorry, sorry, I just panicked!"
"Class 3/A, dismissed! All of you are dutied to the rescue mission of Bakugou. Go get ready, we can't afford to let them keep him long. They have a drug that can erase quirks and I doubt they won't use it on him. God knows when did they got him. There is also a possibility that an imposter might be among us! So whatever you do, don't let no one know about your actions for now! Just until we figure out things. Now go!"
"Yes, sir!"
They all got ready and knew where to go next. After that incident with kidnapping, they had this little devices hidden as accessories on them. No one necessarily knew whose was which if the person didn't let them know and Bakugou was one of them. So if the imposter really was among them he/she wouldn't know what it was. They went to track the device and got a location. No one spoke once they knew where to go and that bothered most of them but they didn't complain about it because it was their comrades and friends life they were risking by speaking of their plans.
Midoriya was all by himself on the way to the said location but he was 120% sure that this location was not the one he'll find Bakugou at. They must've known about the tracking device system if there's an imposter so they might've stripped him down all his clothes and have him something else to wear, at least that's what he'd do if he was a villain. 'Shigaraki, if you touched Kacchan I swear..!' he thought to himself and that anger made him even faster now using One For All at 85%. He mainly focused on his main quirk these past two years along with his other four. They didn't know about the other two yet but for what they are aware of, Midoriya tried his best to master them. The location of the device was at the other side of the country so he and Iida was probably the only two that are capable of arriving first. That is if Midoriya wasn't slightly faster than Iida and he didn't decide to use floating. Floating was now easier compared to his first time at the war. And with air force he could go from the air and reach there even faster so he decided on that. 'Wait, Kacchan! I'll find you, this time I'll save you!' mumbled Midoriya as he fastened.
...
Bakugou woke up to an amazing headache. It was feeling like if he moved his head a little bit, it could explode. He tried to reach his head to hold it but couldn't move his hands. That's when he tried to shut open his eyes to see the continued darkness of a blindfold. It wasn't long after he realized the cloth gag covering his mouth when he tried to swear. He was in a sitting position and his back was supported by the wall. His feet and legs were tied tightly and impossible to break free. 'No, no no no no... Not again! It's a fucking nightmare, right?! This isn't real!? I gotta pinch myself wake up, yeah! Or maybe-' he was cut through his thoughts with the sounds of footsteps.
A metal door opening was heard and there entered what heard to be four people inside. 'Those four must be that stupid Eczema, lunatic girl, Blue Flames and the Fog Guy. What on earth do those guys want from me really?!'
"Hey, Bakugou! Long time no see!"
"Shut up, Toga! Let the guy be, he must be frustrated to be kidnapped for the second time and after he got 'stronger'..."
"MMMNNHGGG!!"
"Yeah, thought so. Anyways, Bakugou, this time we are not interested in recruiting you so don't worry. Instead, you were chosen to be the guinea pig for our new product!"
"Hnh?!"
"Kurogiri, could you explain it to him?"
"Sure. After the war we saw how destructive Shigaraki's powers are so we thought of something new. We still had a couple of quirk erasing needles left and after long experiments we might've achieved our goal of a new eraser. With only an atom of the previous drug we can produce another whole needle of eraser and that makes a whole bunch of drug. We are not sure if it will work on humans rather than rats so we thought-"
"We thought why not visit an old friend who ditched us like a prom date last time. That's what he was gonna say."
"No, it wasn't-"
"Dabi, Kurogiri, enough. Let's get this over with."
Bakugou's mind was short circuited if not from Dunce Face's quirk but with anger and shock. He was really kidnapped twice by the same people and with less effort this time. What's worse was he was about to lose his quirk for good if he didn't do something now.
"MMMNNNNNNGGGHHH!!
"Shout all you want and you won't be able to explode that mechanism. There is no escaping this time, Katsuki Bakugou. And this drug we'll give you isn't reversible like the old ones. You know, my quirk turns everything into dust and destroys them in instant and an atom in the old drug allows my quirk to attach to it and there happens a reaction between them. After reaction the aimed genes, which are the quirk genes in this case, gets destroyed unable to rewind back. Even that little girl Eri won't be able to reverse it back to it's original now."
Bakugou was amazingly angry and hopeless at the same time. He'd rather die than losing his quirk and if he does lose it he'd definitely end his life. He squirmed and with all the anger inside him he tried an explosion. It was just as Shigaraki said, the explosion only hurt his palms greatly and decreased as it occurred. He would try to defend himself if he saw where the needle will land on his skin but blindfold wasn't helpful about that. He felt a couple of hands holding him by right arm and another couple to steady him. That's when he started to shake and squirm even more. Tugging at the mechanism and the ropes tying his legs and feet together, he began to shed some tears. 'No, that's not happening! Let go of me, no!" was what he wanted to shout but as he felt a stinging on his right arm his whole body twitched in extraordinary pain.
"GGRHHNNGGHH!"
"So that reaction wasn't just for the rats..."
"I kinda guessed it actually but we made sure now."
Bakugou could feel like fire, poison, needles running through his body. He strained in his position. Even his eye lashes ached at an unbelievable amount and without so long he passed out of pain.
...
"Are you sure he isn't dead? He seems dead."
"For the ninth time, no he isn't dead. He is exhausted and fucked up but he, is, not, dead!"
"You know man, it took me a lot to get to this point. I don't wanna go through the same trouble and certainly not with those guys as pro heroes!"
"I know and don't care. We just do what the boss says. He's been through a lot since he came back from dead. We're kinda just dealing with his caprices."
"Ok, ok. I don't want to listen to a lecture and definitely not from you, Dabi."
"Shut up.”
They were looking through the window to Bakugou's cell where he was bound with a metal hoop to the wall sitting down, with chains on his feet as well. They removed the mechanism, blindfold and gag after he passed thinking they won't need them anymore. He was unconscious and his pulses were really weak. One couldn't say he was alive if they didn't check for his vitals. Bakugou trembled a little as he showed signs of awakening.
"I'll go inside in five. I want him to look even more miserable when he saw the traitor to be one of his closest friends."
The boy slowly headed to the room calling for Bakugou's name with a melody while opening the door.
"Ba~ku~go~kun~! How are you?"
"You..!"
"Yeah, the 'Dunce Face' is the traitor! No one would expect that right? After all those act even I was unsure of that sometimes. You would easily let your guard down for me. I mean, what can I possibly do to you, right? But as you can see, I easily kidnapped you and indirectly destroyed your quirk. Isn't that hard to take?”
Kaminari knelt down his knees to see the face of the blond clearer.
"Why..?"
"Why? Well, I wouldn't know. It's fun and it's the thing I've done since I was little. I'm just the perfect guy for diversions. The stupid, useless guy who can't even handle his own quirk. It's true I really can't handle the voltage but this doesn't mean I can't ever. Ah Bakugou, it's so fun seeing you-AH!"
Bakugou head-butted Kaminari in the face hard with all the strength he could gather since he woke up. He couldn't afford any more moves now, yes, but it was worth this.
"I mean, you really can't behave at least after becoming this miserable! You broke my fricking nose man, how do you even find the strength?!"
"Just you wait until I break free of here again. Then I'll crush every bone in your body with intense care! I bet you were the one to let the league know back at the training camp too, right?! I'm so done with all of you! I'll hunt your lame ass until and after my dead Dunce Face! You hear me-MMNNPHG!"
“You... shout so much! Gotta keep that mouth shut if I don't wanna get bit again. Yes, I told them where we were and I let them know whom to be aware of. After all I know my 'classmates' better than anyone. Though this isn't the matter. They're all headed to the diversion we left for them now. The little tracking device we were equipped with, y'know? We kinda tossed it to the other side of the country so it's gonna be awesome to see them there facing all your clothes and the note saying 'gotcha!' don't you think? I bet Midoriya is there already, boy, that guy is hella fast. The only one I'd rather not face. Of course he's gonna be eliminated by the time he arrives but still, I got chills thinking about it. The same drug running through his body? Would it even work with that much quirk? How many was it now, five? How is that even possible, right? You wouldn't tell me about it for a trade of lunch now, would you Bakubro?"
With that Bakugou's torture began. Of all people in LOV, Kaminari was the best to torture. He was so cold blooded doing so and would laugh every now and then. Electricity was his first choice but when he felt like he's gonna short circuit he would use some other tools to collect information. Bakugou tried to act he was cool with it at first but the drug in his metabolism was already still effective and after a while he began to shout and cry for him to stop, swallowing all his pride.
"Should I stop now? Will you tell me what I want to know Bakugou?"
Bakugou processed what he wanted while he finally stopped after two hours of torture. He wasn't really sure how much more he could take. At first he thought about buying some time, dealing with it so that the other extras would come and get him outta here. But with every minute that plan proved itself wrong. He also couldn't let the secret between All Might, him and damn nerd slip. 'Fucking stupid Deku, why did you have to tell me about that stupid quirk.' he thought and decided not to tell Kaminari about it. Denki removed the gag he bound his mouth with two hours ago to hear what his answer was.
"Yes?"
"Do w-whatever yo-u want D-Dunce Fac-e, I don't kn-ow shit about t-that stupids q-quir-k..!"
"Meh, I don't thinks that's true 'Kacchan', is it? See, you two have been closer for the last two years especially. At first you couldn't even look him in the eye but suddenly after the house arrest you two began to train together. Even All Might joined you frequently. You must've asked about that to him?"
"I sa-id I don't know! Even i-if I did, I w-wouldn't tell yo-u jack. Stupid!"
"That's why you don't have more friends than the people who bears with you. Let's start with this, you will learn my name, Bakugou. My name is not 'Dunce Face' or 'Stupid' or 'Extra', my name is Denki Kaminari and you'll say that to my face."
"N-not in thi-s lifetime 'Dunce Face'."
"Suit yourself, you're not leaving until I hear my name from you. No food, water, sleep for you until you learn this. Dabi, could you please start the track."
A sound started to echo through the room from the speakers at four corners. It was not a melody but a frequency of waves that kept getting low and high unstably so everytime the it changed Bakugou would jump at his place.
"You'll be so busy with yourself to defy me. I'll break you, Bakugou. If I can't I'll just fry you to crisp, not that you could encounter anymore. Good luck sleeping, 'Kacchan'!"
Kaminari left the room afterwards. Dabi was right next to the door waiting for him.
"Don't you think it's a little overreacting and early for this track? It's usually your last step of torture."
"Well, he's a tough one. Plus, he looks so desperate I just can't wait to see him lost. I guess I should go now. Gotta go and be the student of my dear class, probably mourn for the loss of my friend. Where's Kurogiri, tell him to take me back near Musutafu. I need to return to dorms myself."
"Yeah, I already called him, he's coming."
...
"So, y'all found nothing?!"
"We can't tell anything, Kirishima! Mr. Aizawa banned sharing information."
"Look, guys, I don't wanna believe there is an imposter and I'll just let you know what I found when I got there. I was the first one to arrive."
"Midoriya, are you sure about telling? I don't want to believe there is such a hideous person among us either but if there actually is then they'll know about what you're gonna say. They can inform the league about that."
"I know Todoroki-kun but whatever I found wasn't that much of a clue anyways and even if there is an imposter they should know about what I've found already."
"Deku-kun, what did you find?"
"When I got there I found Kacchan's clothes and some accessories he wore like all of us. So the tracking device must've been one of them. And there was also a note."
"What did the note say?"
"It was some unnecessary joke I guess, it said 'gotcha!' so they already knew what path we'd be following."
"Yes, Midoriya is right. I arrived a little after and saw the paper myself too but the clothes and paper burnt down to ashes after a while out of nowhere. We were shocked ourselves too. And then there was a big explosion from very near us. That one caused a hundred more to occur. We could barely made it out alive. If it wasn't for Midoriya I'd be dead for good. That's why he broke his right foot, in fact."
"It's nothing. I'm more concerned about Kacchan. If they use the quirk erasing drug on him it's fine as long as we retrieve him, Eri-chan can reverse it easily now but I don't think that is the case with him now. This would just mean a waste of injection and nothing more and since we all know how strong Kacchan is, he could escape the place with some struggle or we could eventually save him somehow. I think they already know that. That's what's been worrying me."
"You're right, actually. It would be uncalled for to make such a meaningless move. And they chose Bakugou for this again like last time. There must be a connection."
"There might be, Kaminari-kun but they also might want us to think that way. Either way, we have to think and find a way to reach him. Let's brainstorm! Why would they put all of his clothes to the end of the country but nowhere near. It isn't hard for them to do that since they have Kurogiri's quirk but that's not the point either. I think they were trying to misguide us."
"They might make us think that we found the clothes nearby so he could be around here.”
"Yes Yaomomo but they could also prevent this too and while we think that's a diversion and search near the school where he's been taken, he could actually be near the area close to his clothes."
"In that case we will divide into two and search partly, ribbit."
"But if there is an imposter among us than that would make the group with them to be eliminated easier since our numbers will be decreased."
"Tokoyami, if there is an imposter they could do that with all of us together too since they managed to hide from us for 3 years successfully."
"I disagree, Mina. Them hiding must mean they don't have the power to take us all down at once so he chose to lay low."
"Jirou I agree with you but the reason for them to lay low might also mean they were trying to gather information on us."
"But why?"
"I don't know this yet but I'm sure we'll find out once we detect who that is."
"Everyone, for now, I don't want to think about this imposter. All I care about is finding Kacchan and as fast as possible if we can. Even if one of you are or I am the imposter, which you might've thought about maybe, I'll choose to deal with that after saving Kacchan. Let's leave the impostor to the pro heroes for now. "
"I'm with Midoriya. Let's leave that to Mr. Aizawa and pro heroes."