Izuku Midoriya stood helpless. Both of his legs were broken as a result of overexerting One for All and he laid on the ground, unable to do anything. Before him Ochako Uraraka was fighting a villain who dressed in all purple. Around them were broken buildings and debris, aftermath of Midoriya's earlier attempts to subdue the villain.

He had some sort of telekinesis quirk, allowing him to lift and throw objects with his mind. Ochako was dodging everything he threw at her, occasionally using her own quirk to try and hurl a piece of debris back at her opponent, but to no avail.

"Uraraka... he's too strong..."

But she didn't hear him. She just kept fighting.

"I grow tired of this game."

The villain lifted up a steel beam and hurled it at Ochako. Ochako attempted to jump over the beam, but the villain anticipated this and used his quirk to suddenly change the trajectory of the beam to hit its mark.

Izuku could only scream as the beam impaled his best friend.

"NOOO!"

Her body fell onto the ground, limp like a doll whose owner had grown bored of. Her costume stained by the red liquid oozing from her massive wound. Izuku crawled closer to her, tears forming in his eyes.

"Uraraka... Ochako please."

He was a foot away when he felt himself being lifted into the air, hovering before the villain.

"She was a fool to try and stop me," Said the villain "as are you."

Pain shot through Izuku's body as he felt each of his limbs being pulled.

"As a kid I always liked pulling the legs off spiders." He continued "Let's see which comes off first little bug,"

Izuku could feel his muscles being stressed, bones beginning to crack. He was being torn apart. But despite all of this he still looked back at Ochako's lifeless body.

"Ochako... I'm sorry."

Snap

Izuku woke up in a cold sweat. He was in his dorm room at UA. He frantically looked around. The sky outside was still dark and full of stars, but despite it being night Izuku knew he was not going to get any more sleep tonight.

"That dream again..."

He got up out of bed and grabbed his phone, taking a second to look at the clock.

4:00

"Hm."

Izuku walked out onto his balcony and looked up at the stars.

"Don't think I'm getting anymore sleep tonight..."

He thought about the dream, and the soul crushing despair he felt when Ochako was killed.

"I don't ever want to feel that way again..." he thought

Tomorrow he was definitely going to train harder, make himself stronger to protect everything that mattered. But for now he just stood there, watching the stars. At least until his phone vibrated.

"Hm?"

Izuku checked his phone.

1 NEW TEXT FROM URARAKA

Uraraka: You awake? I need to talk to you.

Izuku raised a concerned eyebrow and typed his reply.

Izuku: On my balcony, come on over.

The dorms had a nightly curfew, which made traveling the halls at night a bad idea. However a few of the students found a loophole. Those with the right mobility enhancing quirk could travel to other dorms via the balconies outside. Sero and Ochako in particular made great use of this. Two minutes later Ochako floated in and landed on Izuku's Balcony,

"Hey..."

"Hey... you wanted to talk?"

Ochako nodded.

"Yeah... I... I had a dream..."

"Funny, So did I..."

Ochako leaned against the balcony railing.

"It was about us... " She began "We were fighting this villain... and he had this quirk... "

"Go on."

"He could control blood... and he... he got us."

Izuku's eyes widened.

"My dream was very similar." Said Izuku. "Except it was telekinesis, not blood."

"He got us too?"

"Yeah. l guess it's a common hero dream..."

"It got me thinking... I need to get stronger." Said Ochako. "I don't want things to end like that... I was hoping you could help me."

"Like physical training?" Izuku Asked

"Yeah, I'm not the most athletic person but you're so... toned? That's a good word for it."

Izuku blushed and looked away.

"Uh t-thanks... but yeah, I can help with that. I've been wanting to train more myself anyways,"

Ochako smiled at her best friend.

"Thanks Deku. When can we start?"

A smile formed on Izuku's face,

"How about now?"

"What? Now?"

"Well I'm not getting anymore sleep after that dream so might as well do something productive with it." Izuku began "Lap or two around the campus? By the time we get back it'll be breakfast."

Ochako put on a determined expression.

"Alright, let's do it Deku,"

She raised her hand up in determination.

"We're gonna get super strong and kick the butts of any villain we fight."

"In their dreams!"

"Not even. In their dreams! Ours either!"

"Yeah, let's do this!"

The two stood there, quietly for a good thirty seconds.

"I need to put on some workout clothes first..."

"S-Same... meet me back here when you're ready."

"Sounds good..."


The pair completed their second lap around the campus. Izuku ran without any trouble, while Ochako followed close behind.

"Come on, let's see if we can get four laps before the sun comes up!" Said Izuku.

"You *pant* got it! Deku"

And they ran, determined to become strong enough to keep each other safe,

Nothing they could dream of could slow them down.


First story for Izuocha week. I'm not 100% happy with this but it's not my worst piece. Next two are much better.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the next 7 days of fan fiction, assuming I remember to update this daily.