Panic
"URARAKA!" Izuku screamed out.
As soon as he landed, he put the girl down, and sprinted over to building that was now a big pile of rubble. He leaped on top of the pile and began clearing rubble as quickly as he could in order to try and find his friend. He didn't even notice that Ochako's quirk deactivated. Some of the other heroes realized what was going on, and joined him. Izuku would be thankful of this, if he noticed. All he cared about was finding Ochako as fast as he could. His body was screaming in pain. Most likely because he was using One For All at 20% again. He didn't care though.
After a minute of digging, he finally found something. A hand. A very badly bruised hand. He quickly dug around it. When he finished, the sight before him made his blood go ice cold.
Ochako was unconscious, and bleeding badly. One of her legs was twisting in a terrible way, most certainly broken, and one of her arms looked broken as well.
Izuku quickly pulled her out of the rubble, and checked her pulse.
It was faint, but it was still there.
He faintly heard a hero yell out to someone to come over. Probably to a doctor that came with an ambulance.
For a while, Izuku just sat there, with Ochako in his arms. After a little bit, he started hugging her.
"I'm sorry… I am so… so sorry." Izuku whispered into her ear, tears freely flowing.
Shortly after, the doctors arrived. They quickly and carefully loaded Ochako into a stretcher. Before they rushed back to the ambulance, Izuku grabbed one of their wrists. The doctor looked down at the boy, to see what he wanted.
"Please… save her…" Izuku mumbled out.
Hearing his message loud and clear, the doctor nodded, and they quickly went back to the ambulance.
From there Izuku just… sat there. He didn't move, he couldn't move.
"I should of been there, I should of noticed that there was another child in there. Ochako is the one who found out and now she is like this! This…"
Izuku's train of thought was cut off when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see a familiar face.
"… Naomasa?"
"Hey Midoriya. I heard about what happened. I can take you to the hospital if you want." He said with a sad smile.
At this, Izuku just nodded his head. The two then made their way to Naomasa's car.
The drive to the hospital was a long one, and a quiet one as well. Very few words were exchanged between the two.
"I already informed All Might about what happened." Naomasa explained. "I would suggest you tell your classmates as well."
At this Izuku simply nodded, took out his phone, and opened a group chat with his classmates.
Izuku: "Guys… Ochako is in the hospital."
Mina: "WHAT?!"
Toru: "Is she ok?!"
Izuku: "I don't know"
Izuku: "I am scared we may lose her."
He started crying again when he typed that.
Kirishima: "We are on our way over now, just hang on, ok?"
Izuku: "Ok… thank you."
And with that, they arrived at the hospital. Izuku quickly found out where they took Ochako and rushed there as fast as he could. When he got there, he wasn't surprised when he was told that he couldn't go in, but he was disappointed nonetheless. So, he sad in a nearby bench, and waited.
About 5 minutes later, Iida showed up.
"MIDORIYA!" Iida called out as he ran over.
Seeing one of his best friends running towards him made Izuku feel a little better… just a little.
"How is she?" Iida asked.
"I… I don't know yet… they haven't told me anything." Izuku responded. "Where are the others?"
"I don't know, I left before you sent that message." Iida responded. "I saw what happened on the news, and began running here right away."
Nodding in understanding, the two sat back down and continued to wait in silence. After a while, the rest of the class, aside from Tsuyu, showed up, with Aizawa and All Might joining them. And shortly after Tsuyu showed up with Ryuki. Izuku then explained to everyone what happened.
Before anyone could comment on what happened, the doors to the emergency room opened.
Izuku quickly shot up and went over to the doctor who walked out.
"How is she?" He asked, worry very evident in his voice.
At this, the doctor sighed, which did not help Izuku's nerves.
"She is going to pull through…" The doctor started, earning a huge sigh of relief from everyone. "… but she is in a coma."
After that, the room was silent.
"A… a coma?" Izuku asked.
"Yes. She is going to be asleep for a while. How long, we are not sure. It could be a couple of days, or several weeks." The doctor explained. "The most extreme cases are several years."
This made Izuku's heart drop. Ochako, his first friend, his best friend, may not wake up for weeks, or even years. She was just… gone from his life, and for an unknown amount of time too.
"You all can go in if you want, but don't expect her to wake up any time soon." The doctor said, before walking away.
After that, Izuku walked in with the rest of the class following behind him. He went over to Ochako's bed and got a good look at her. She was hooked up to many machines, probably to monitor her condition, as well as an IV. She looked terrible, with several bruises across her face and one of her arms. The other arm was wrapped in a cast, along with one of her legs, which was currently being elevated. There were also some bandages on her head, probably to keep her from bleeding. Izuku pulled over a chair, sat down, and grabbed her hand.
"I'm sorry."
End of Chapter 2.
A bit of a longer chapter, but I didn't want to leave you guys in suspense on Ochako's condition. Yes, she is going to live, but she is going to be in a coma for a while.
Anyways, about this chapter. I decided to put Naomasa in because he would fit in with the situation, and I really never put him in any of my stories. Also, Iida is such a good friend. Rushing to the hospital as soon as he finds out that his friend has been badly injured.
Also, if you are wondering why Tsuyu showed up late, it would stand to reason that she was patrolling on another part of the town, and didn't find out about Ochako's injuries until she returned to the office, where she told Ryuki about Izuku's text. As for why Kirishima was able to show up with the others, lets say this takes place not too long after the Eri rescue arc, so he was given a couple of days off to recover from his injuries. This is assuming that Ochako and Izuku don't suffer from some bad injuries as well.
Anyways, next chapter will be out tomorrow, so I will see you then for "Regret".
