Chapter 7

Deku(Izuku)

I feel like I just was in a hot shower, I open my eyes to see this kid sprawled over the hero Eraserhead. Did I do that? Is he dead? I don't remember, but that doesn't matter because it happens, I don't know what caused it but my past unravels itself. I feel like my brain is being ripped apart, it's all coming back at once. I can't process all of it, I just hold my head and start to scream. The pain is so intense, it's like a white blinding light but I can't close my eyes. It's doesn't stop, my past flashes before my eyes. My mother, my admiration for All Might, my one wish. To become a hero. Why am I here now? I never wanted this! I've killed for no reason, I took someone from their family, tore them away without warning. I can only imagine the pain their going through, and it's because of me. I became a Villian, the incarnation of evil, all I wanted was to help people, to be a symbol of hope for those lost in despair. Like I was. A slamming open of a door wakes me from my guilt ridden stupor, a man walks through. I look to him, blinded by the light that comes from his back until all that's left is him. All Might, the greatest hero, the symbol of peace.

"Everything is alright now, why? Because I am here!" He says this without his iconic smile, with a frown showing his contempt for us. He gets down here in an instant, knocking away some of the lackies we hired and rescued the kid and Eraserhead. He walks towards me stoping only a few feet away, and his voice seems to shake my world as he says, "Villian! What are you doing here! Why are you attacking my students!" I just look at his with cold anger in my eyes, not at him but at myself. "I don't know, I don't have much of a choice in what I do anymore. All Might, can I ask you something?" He seems unsure about my answer and my request, "What is it, Villian?" I just chuckle, "I doubt that you do, but do you remember me?" He seems to ponder this for a second, "I don't remember, you look familiar but..." I laugh to myself and cluch myself as the pain fills my body, "All Might, why didn't you save me? I called for you every day hoping with all my heart that you would come. All the pain I endured was because I knew you would come. So can you tell me why you didn't?" He looks at me questioningly, "What do you mean save you?" Then Shigaraki and the Nomu come behind me, he puts his hand on my shoulder, "Wrath, what happened?" I just knock his hand off my shoulder and turn to face him, "I remember everything! Everything you did to me! I trusted you! And now I remember, you just wanted to make me into a weapon! Why me!" He sighs and just tells Kurogiri who warps himself to us, "Take him back to base, he rememberes everything, take him to the doc to have that fixed." He seems to take pity on me when he says this and just tells me, "I'm sorry." Before warping me, covering me in pitch black darkness.

Kacchan(Bakugo)

I finally got to the center of this place after fighting a large amount of Villians, Kirishima tagged along for the trip as well. Then I see it, Red is in Mr. Aizawa's lap, either dead or knocked out. I look at the Villians with pure rage, they hurt Red, I hate to admit it but I've grown attached. Theirs four of them, a big black bird, a handyman, the mist fucker, and a Kaneki knockoff. The white haired Villian seems to be really angry at the guy with the hands all over him, he knocks his hand off his shoulder and yells at him. Then he turns back, he has green eyes, then he's being enveloped in the mist. I blast myself towards him, I push out everything else going on around me. Kirishima probably said something but who cares, I have to get to him! When I stretch my hand out to grab him, it's already to late, I find my hand going through mist. I scream at them, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO DEKU!" The Villians seem annoyed at my presence and All Might grabs me and pulls me behind him. All Might's yells at me, "What are you doing Bakugo my boy! These are Villians! They are extremely dangerous!" I just keep yelling at the Villians, "What did you do to him!"

The guy just smugly says, "Who's Deku? Never heard of him. Is he a freind of yours? If we killed him or something I'm sorry." I just stand up and point at him, "I'll kill you." I say it with all the anger I have held within myself for so long, it has to be him. I need to take him back, I need to fix what I did wrong. This takes All Might and the Hand Villian aback, but what I said only seems to give that bastard ammunition, "What? You'll kill me? But a hero doesn't do that! Are you sure that you want to be a hero!" I try to retort but All Might interrupts me, "Bakugo my boy, I don't know what's making you so angry as to make you say such things. But you need to get them to safety, I'll take care of them." I just stand there shaking, I'm right here, I was right here. But I let him leave again, why am I so powerless? That was him right? Maybe I am just projecting my guilt onto someone who looks like him. I do as All Might told me, I take them out of harms way, then I take a seat next them and watch.

All Might faces them with such unwavering determination, he's standing alone and he's not worried about himself, just the people behind him. He's standing strong, he's being strong for everyone else. That's what a hero needs to be, yet why when that's all I want to be, I can't stand? I need to be a hero, I need to stand up right now. I can't let everyone who's belived in me down, I have to live up to those expectations set for me. I must crush this weakness within me, so I stand and scream at All Might, "Defeat them! You'll never lose so just do it already!" I put all my hope in him, because that's all I can do. All Might gives me a big thumbs up and a wide smile that he wasn't wearing before. The ground rumbles and the fight has started.

I don't see much of what's going on as it's way to fast but the hands Villian gets annoyed, "Nomu when you have an opening poke a hole in All Mights pride and take out the group of kids." I didn't quite notice it because of the intensity of the fight but half n half and shity hair came over. The wind from their fight is keeping anyone but that 'Nomu' and All Might from doing anything. "If that thing attacks we won't be able to do much..." Half n half saying the obvious, "Shut up hot topic! If you have time to talk come up with something that we can do!" This seems to annoy him a bit but he understands, "I could take the hit which will give you guys the time to react!" Shity hair says loudly but definitely unsure of himself, I look over at him, "You dumbass! Do you think you can tank a hit All Might is having trouble with!" This seems to take his confidence down a peg but he looks at me, "That's what I have to do! It's not whether I can, I need to! That's what a hero is supposed to do!" This entices All Might, "Yes young Kirishima! A true hero must always pass their limits to protect those who need it!" The Nomu hasn't attacked us yet so he must have his hands full, "All Might, I guess you won't be a true hero! Nomu has shock absorption have fun beating that!" All Might just seems to be happy hearing that, "Well if it's shock absorption than theres a limit right! If it's designed to equal me than I'll just have to surpass myself!" His punches seems to get faster, stronger, and hurting the Nomu as he says this. "I'll have to go beyond my limits!" He knocks the Nomu miles into the sky and jumps up and slams him down to earth. "You may have heard these words before, but let me teach you what they really mean!" He prepares his fist for a devastating punch, it seems to crackle with energy and power, wind moves out of his fist to make a giant gust of wind that knocks everyone back a little. His muscles ripple as his shit rips apart showing his bare chest, "PLUS!" He seems to grab something and hits the Nomu so hard that it looks like he's about to rip a hole straight through its chest. "ULTRA!" The words travel across all the USJ and shakes it like a earthquake. The Nomu is sent flying through the glass making a giant hole and being sent into orbit. The Nomu was strong, being able to take his punches, hurting All Might, even a little regeneration from the constant scratches it was getting from All Might. But he won, because he's the unbeatable hero.

"He must have cheated! How can he beat Nomu!" The hands mans scratching at his neck like a feral dog, he's having a tantrum that if we weren't in this situation anyone would have laughed. But this only intensified the already thick tensions in the room, it's pretty terrifying actually. "Shigaraki, we can still defeat All Might. He's very much weakened by the Nomu, now we just need to finish what we started." The 'Shigaraki' guy stops scratching at this, I look over to All Might and it seems like he may be right. "Well, are you going to go after me? Why don't you try, I'll make sure to reunite you with your freind in prision!" This makes them take a step back, but All Mights not moving an inch! He's standing his ground! Shaking he yells, "Well I'll take you down with me!" But before they can get to him, Red blasts his way too him and punches him out of the way. He's shaking! Red screams with all his might, "You bastards! What makes you think you can put your dirty hands in the symbol of peace!" He's bleeding, shaking with pain and fatigue, but he too, is standing against them. Then the doors burst open, a stream of bullets disabling Shigaraki. I turn around to see a giant army of heroes, Snipe, Midnight, Present Mic, and even the principle! "Game over Kurogiri, get us out of here!" But while their still in the mist he yells, "I'll kill you All Might! And I'll kill you too!" Pointing at Red with so much rage it's causing him to shiver like he has hypothermia. Then they warp out, they got away, but the battle for the USJ is over. The heroes claim victory!

I take a deep breath and sigh with relief, we won! Laughing Red falls to a knee, he's gasping for air, he looks so tired. But, he stands again and raises his fist that confirms it. He yells at the top of his lunch's and passes out, only to be caught by a smirking All Might. "Holy shit, we won. That guys insane, right Bakugo?" I look to him and then Red, "Yeah he's a dumbass, just stands up and shrieks for no reason." The silence of the moment of course is broken by Present Mic, "Awwwwww man! We missed all the fun!"

The paramedics soon arrive to pick up Mr. Aizawa, Thirteen, and Red surprisingly. I thought he was in better condition since he got up like that, but I take a look at him and see, he's in bad shape. We're all checked out I'm not happy about it but I don't say anything. I just look at the backs of the ambulances racing to the hospital. I just hope he's okay.

Red(Ayumu)

I wake up from what feels like a throbbing headache, I try to look around but everything's fuzzy. I blink a couple times to try to get everything into focus but to no avail. Then All Might walks in, only hen does everything snap into focus. His giant mucley body having trouble getting through the small doors.

I try to get up but he motions for me to stay seated, "My young man, you put up a great fight back there. I was told of your great heroism back at the USJ, protecting your fellow students by facing your fears!" I just look over at him, "I just did what anyone else would have All Might! I did what I had to..." He looks at me with somber eyes but kept his smile, "You acted like a true hero! What you did was nothing easy! Although as a teacher I can't say I encourage going into a group of Villians like that not only without backup but in general." I appreciate what he's saying but I honestly don't think I deserve it. "I'm sorry." He isn't smiling anymore, "Why did you do it? You did it for me as well, even though you were injured." I fumble with my hands for a bit, "I-I just moved, I saw that they could die if they went after them. I thought that I could protect them, I thought that..." He looks straight at me, "You thought what? A spirit of sacrifice is a great thing in a hero!" He smiles while saying that but it goes away as fast as it came, "But not taking into account what could happen to you is a dangerous thing." I just look st him and say to him in defense, "I did take into account my ow-" "And you thoght that you didn't matter? That your life has less meaning than they? You do have meaning! You are important!" I stop him right there and ask him, "All Might... You probably don't know. But have you noticed my family hasn't come yet?" He stares straight at me, like he's trying to figure out what I'm saying by looking at me, "Yes I have." I take a deep breath and confide in my idol, "I don't have anyone, their all dead." His eyes seems to grow dark at this, like he understands. "So, at the very least, if I could save them. That would be one less family that had to cry, one person that I could save. Even if it costed my own." He takes my hand, "I sympathize with you, and I'm sorry about your family. But a hero has to be able to do that, however they can't throw away their life on a whim! That could endanger everyone around you!"

At that moment Mr. Aizawa is carted in, "Ayumu! What where you thinking jumping in like that!" I look over at him and give a weak smile, I really don't want this right now. I don't want to be told I matter, it really doesn't help, I just makes me feel worse to be honest. "Ah Aizawa! It's good to see you, I was talking about that with him!" That doesn't seem to faze him, it's almost like he's ignoring All Might! "Hello Mr. Aizawa, your looking great!" This is obvious sarcasm and an attempt to change the subject which he just brushes off, "Ayumu, there where four Villians there! You would have died if I didnt step in!" So that's what that was, he wasn't going with my plan, he was trying to tell me to leave. I get up and stare straight at him, "What kind of hero would I be if I let you die! What kind of person would I be if I let everyone around me die! I won't let it happen ever again!" The last part got to them, and they didn't try to pry. It was an almost deafening silence, it was only a few seconds, but it seemed to stretch on for an eternity. "Ayumu. I don't know what plagues your past, but I just wanted to tell you that you shouldn't jump in without a plan. You shouldn't throw away your life like that!" I feel my anger bubble up form the bottle that was already full. "WHY SHOULDNT I? I SAW YOU BLOODY AND BATTERED! I JUST WANTED TO SAVE YOU! I JUST WANTED TO SAVE EVERYONE!" All Might puts his hand on my shoulder at that moment, "You may want to be carful with what you say young man." I just look at him tears running down my face, "I just want to be a hero, one that can save everyone, I just. I just. I just want to be like you All Might." Our eyes lock and I cry into his shoulder, tears which I haven't shed since childhood, one which I was thrust out of into manhood.

All Might!

It was a good ten minutes before he stopped crying, the poor kid must have been keeping it all in him this whole time. "What do we have on him?" Recovery Girl just takes out a large folder and slams it on He desk. "Well, there was no real reason to look at his background. He had astonishing grades in school, he even took extra classes, studied, and even participated in sports." He's a hard working kid alright, "Let me see." She flips through until she finds something, "There it is! Well..." She stops for a moment, "Well what?" She looks at me, and through the glasses I can see she's tearing up. "He wasn't lying, he lost his parents at the age of 7... Do you remember the video of you saving all those people. The one that made you famous?" He looks at her knowing what she's going to say, "He lives there, his parents died there. You probably saved him." That would explain his dream to be like me, but why does it make me still feel this way. "You couldn't save them all Toshinori, he probably knows that, but the fact that you saved so many is what he's looking up to. Your his hero." I look at her, she's right but... Nomater how many I save I always have this feeling, and I have a feeling that it's worse for him. "I'd say since he puts so little self worth in himself but so much in others. He probably has survivors guilt, but He needs a psychologist, of course it's a hypothesis, but by the way he's acting... I wouldn't be suprised." This kid, I want to help, I just don't know how. This is all my fault isn't it? I couldn't save them! I slam my hand on the desk and clench my fist until my knuckles are as white as snow. It's my fault. She sighs, "You couldn't have done anything. You saved so many, but you linger on the ones you couldn't. Why?" I look at her with my dark sunken eyes, "I could have saved them! If I had been faster! If I got there in time! My power and time has been waneing since my battle with All For One! If I just didn't get injured then, I could save so many more! I could be out there right now saving people! We wouldn't need to worry about finding me a successor because of my failings! The symbol of peace could last for longer! I'm at three hours now, and it's getting shorter! I need a successor, but even if I find one the world won't have a symbol of peace until they can be trained to use One For All and can stand on the world stage! There is so much I could have done!" Although he didn't notice it, All Might turned muscular during his long winded speech. Huffing in annoyance he walks over to the door, he rests upon it and looks out to see Ayumu. He looks at how badly injured he is, maybe not physically anymore, but he is hurt. "You focus on what you could have done, for as long as I've know you that's all you ever do. You never stop to think about what you have done, the people you have affected for the better. The people you changed for the better. How you changed the world for the better." He turns around to see her crying a little. He sits back down and sighs, "I know."

Red(Ayumu)

I wake back up, and nurse walks over to me with a tray of food, "You have to eat! You haven't been eating very much! You need to eat to get healthy!" She says it in such a nice way, so kind, yet I don't feel hungry. I just feel empty, "Eat your food dumbass." It's Bakugo and he grabs the chicken off my tray and shoves it in my mouth. I mumble, "What the hell!" At him while trying to eat it as fast as I can.

"Hello!" I look to Bakugos left, it's his mom, "It's been a while how are you?" I look at her, than at myself, "I'm a mummy!" This gets her to laugh and Bakugo almost loses it because of the zombie pose I made. She smiles very warmly at me, "Well at least you have your sense of humor!" I look at her, she's very uhhh... Well... She notices and while blushing, "Oh stop looking at me like you want me! I'm married!" I look at her dead in the eye, "I like my women mature." The sarcasm is so dry it could be mistaken for me being serious, this just makes Bakugo angry and she just laughs again, "But in all seriousness I'm sorry Mrs. Bakugo, I thought you wouldn't hear when I called you a uhhhh... You know. Well I just wanted to mess with Bakugo, and well... I'm sorry." She stops laughing and tells me, "It's alright I knew that! He's so easy to tease, I know that better than anyone but. I'm just glad you feel comfortable doing that, my son hasn't had a freind in a long time. And I'm happy he has one!" She says it with a grin but the way she said it tells a different story, I won't pry but, I want to comfort them. "I haven't had one in a long time either, not since I was a kid." This brings a somber feeling to the room, it's almost unsettling as I look at the window, not really looking at anything. Just staring, into nothingness, space, possibly a void.

Mrs. Bakugo leaves with a bow and a goodbye, Bakugo is about to leave but without looking at him I say, "Your mom reminds me of mine, she was always so happy. She always used to joke with me and play with me like there was no tomorrow." When I finally look at him, he's just staring at me blankly, he just stands there soaking in what I'm telling him. Saying nothing. "I miss that, enjoy what time you have Bakugo. I hope you have her to support you for as long as you need it, no want it." I try the blink the tiredness that seems to have krept over me, "Thanks, I'll do that." Then he leaves, I hope that reaches him. I laugh to myself, I'm so similar to him it's astounding.

End of Chapter 7

*Author Note*

This one took a while longer than I expected, I was trying to figure out how I would move this chapter along, as you've noticed this was a very important chapter. With other chapters chapter revelations, development, and changes where a lot more subtle than this chapter. I wanted to get it right so that when moving forward I have a good foundation to build this story on. I'll tell you a little about my plans for the future of this story, it's not very spoilery but you have been warned.

I have a good idea where I want the story to go, I have it planned up to OFA vs AFO but afterwards I have ideas but I'm not sure whether to keep it going or to stop it there. So I'd like to hear what you have to say, I always read them eventually... But that's not the point, I'm sorry this one took so long, I hope you have enjoyed this chapter and continue to like it. If you have any concerns or advice on how to write better I would greatly appreciate it.

Sincerely~ The Author(yeet.tv)

*End of Author Note*

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