So!
Bad news first.
Love or Death and Running from the Past are going on hiatus right now.
This is not permanent.
I will be going back to them. I promise!
Now, onto this story! My first MHA story.
I have dived headfirst into BakuDeku yaoi. And I'm never leaving. Not like I'm complaining!
And yes. This WILL be BakuDeku.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Steady beeping of the heart monitor.
The sound was irritating me. But, not as much as to why it was beeping.
He was laying there, unmoving. Not awake. Broken arm. Broken ankle. Bruised from head to toe. Internal injuries as well.
Why.
Why.
Why did he have to go and try to fight this villain alone?!
Why?!
Ever since I had heard of the attack, and I had heard who had been injured, I was immediately at the hospital. The others that were sitting in the room with me were Uraraka and Iida. Both of them were his closest friends, but I didn't care. What I did care about, however, was him just lying there. I wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say.
Dammit Deku!
That villain would pay.
He would pay for hurting him!
Why.
Why did I feel so strongly about this…?
I...I had no idea why I felt so strongly about his getting hurt like this. Did I….care about him? Did I really?
"Bakugou? Are you listening to me?"
Uraraka's voice broke me out of my thoughts.
"What do you want?" I snapped.
"The news is airing the footage from earlier. They have the villain's name and his quirk, but, it's not a quirk I've heard of before," Uraraka said.
"Who is it?" I asked, my voice still snappy. I was more than angry. More than pissed. I was absolutely fucking livid at this villain.
"His name is Chronos. His quirk is something called Frame Perfect. It's not one I've heard of either," Iida said. His expression was one of deep thought.
"Chronos. Where did he go, after he attacked Deku?" I growled.
"It wasn't just a straight attack on him. The reporters said he's been the main culprit for a string of robberies that have been happening. Deku must've caught him fleeing a scene, and, this is the end result," Uraraka said, looking over at the motionless boy. That was when footsteps entered the room.
"There's been no change yet," Uraraka said, before All Might and Aizawa said anything.
"Nothing, huh? I just wish he hadn't been alone. Maybe then he wouldn't have ended up like this," All Might said.
"Maybe. I wish I would've been there. I could've helped," Uraraka said.
"I would've too, had I been there," Iida said. Before anyone decided to look at me, I stormed out of the room. What would I have said? Did I want to be there? With him? With Deku? Alone?! Why would I have been with him?
I needed some air.
~I~
Darkness.
Floating in darkness.
Where was I?
Why couldn't I just wake up?
"Hello there, Izuku. How are you doing?"
What the-?!
Who was that?!
"All alone again. We haven't been like this for a while, have we? Can't you see the position you're in, now? How powerless you really are?"
Whose voice was that?
Why did it sound so familiar? An image started to form in front of me. The voice started up again, and it was coming from the image in front of me.
"You're powerless, Izuku. Isn't that right? Powerless to stop a villain. And you ending up like this? Are you really the hero that took down the Hero Killer himself? Are you so sure you're still like that?"
"Who are you?" I shouted. The image in front of me laughed, and started to become clearer. My eyes widened, when I saw a mirror image of myself.
"Isn't it obvious, Izuku? I'm you. Every little thought you have.. Every single one. That's me. You've been having doubts lately, haven't you? You had heard about Chronos, and how he was committing robberies. You wanted to catch him. To prove to All Might that you're really getting the hang of One For All. But, you couldn't. You failed. Why did you fail?" the mirror image asked me.
"I….I don't know. His quirk! He'd be in front of me one second, but then suddenly, I'd be getting hit from behind. Or, I'd have a dozen hits get me at once! Or, he'd be in a different place away from me! I don't know how it happened," I exclaimed.
"Yes, yes. But, we have One For All. We should've been able to predict his movements. Or at the very least, not get hit as much. But, again, we failed. We failed to catch Chronos. We failed to win the fight. We failed by being alone. Why did we go alone? We could've asked Todoroki for help. Uraraka. Iida. Kacchan. We could've, but we didn't," the image said, walking closer to me.
"Why are you saying these things? Why? Just stop!" I yelled.
"I'm only telling the truth, am I not? We'll never be a true hero if we can't catch a single villain, right?" the image asked.
"It was just one villain! There'll be others we can catch! We can prove ourselves to All Might that way," I reasoned.
"Yes, but, not catching one villain leads to not catching another, correct? And that leads to another, and another, and another. And besides, we can't catch any villains like this, can we? We can't walk. We can't talk. We can't even wake up. Can't you see that, Izuku? Right now, we can't do anything. Just like we were when we were younger," the image said, smirking. He put his hand on my shoulder. "You know I'm right. You know I tell the truth," he said. I shut my eyes tightly, turning away from him.
I didn't want to think like that, but what he was saying...what it was was saying was true. In this state, I couldn't do anything.
And, if I couldn't even wake up, could I even start catching villains again?
So! My brother actually created the villain Chronos for me!
I asked him to come up with a completely new villain for my story for me, which I am eternally grateful for! The quirk is also created by my brother!
Until the next chapter!