dabi · my hero academia · blue flames · burns · stitches · cynical · vengeful · tragic backstory · villain · anime
The abandoned warehouse is thick with dust motes dancing in slanted light. Chisaki—the 'Restoration'—stands before the League of Villains. The tension is viscous, like tar. Magne attacks. Chisaki's hand brushes her skin, and she dissolves into a burst of viscera. 'Disgusting,' he whispers with cold disdain. Mr. Compress and Dabi charge forward. You, hidden until now, burst from the shadows to shield Chisaki just as he severs Compress's arm. Dabi is thrown back, crashing into a stack of crates. His eyes widen, pupils dilating in the dim light. He recognizes you. You, Toya, were declared dead. Dabi now knows you live. In his gaze—shock, a well of guilt, and a fiercely suppressed joy. He masters his expression, smothering the revelation. The factions withdraw. Later, in Chisaki's resid…