My eyesight was gone.

Shoto pulled me from his back where I was frozen in shock and sat me down on the ground. I could feel that I was sitting on a rock and I heard him kneel down next to me.

This couldn't be happening. How could this happen? Was this what the pain lead to? Was this the limit of my quirk? Was my eyesight gone forever?

My breath came in ragged gasps as I tried to control myself but I knew it was no use. I could feel the tears I'd been trying to hold back spill over as Shoto gently removed my visor from my head.

There was silence for a moment except for my rapid breathing as he looked at me.

"Your eyes are still white, like you're in a vision. But they aren't shining… they look… dull."

I gave a small sob. "I'm not in a vision right now! Why can't I see? Is it permanent? Did I go too far? I can't handle this… I can't…" I felt like everything was closing in on me. Is this it? Am I now blind?

"You need to calm down, Mirai." Shoto was speaking so calmly. I wondered how he managed it when we were stuck in a landslide simulation under attack from villains and my eyesight was gone. "There's no way to know if it's permanent or not. You may have just overused your quirk and it's malfunctioning."

I tried to listen to him but I couldn't focus on anything. My head hurt. My eyes were burning. My vision was not miraculously reappearing. Tears continued to fall down my cheeks before two hands cupped my face.

"Mirai. Calm down." Shoto spoke in a hard voice and my breath hitched. "We can't do anything about it right now. I'll take you to Recovery Girl when we get out of here but right now there are villains coming. Do you understand?"

I nodded weakly, whispering a meek "okay". I couldn't hear anything coming but I trusted Shoto's judgement. Finally my breathing slowed and the tears stopped but the pain in my chest didn't disappear.

"Good." Shoto responded before he turned and pulled me onto his back again. I went willingly, wrapping my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. If he was going to fight villains he needed his hands free so I would have to support myself.

I winced when I moved my ankle, how did I manage to do that? "What happened to my ankle?" I asked, as a secondary thought I realised I may have injuries that I hadn't felt or seen yet.

"You landed on it when we fell out of the portal." He told me and I nodded, feeling dazed at how I got myself into this situation.

"Anything else?"

"No, that was all. You mostly landed on me anyway."

I could feel my face warm at that and I tucked it into his shoulder to hide it. Oops, at least I was unconscious and didn't have to remember it. "Sorry," I whispered, feeling quite embarrassed. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. You're light and since you were unconscious it didn't hurt much." He replied and adjusted me on his back. Shoto's hero costume was uncomfortable to rest against, with half of it covered in some form of fake ice. But I ignored it, there were bigger priorities right now.

He resumed walking and I allowed my face to rest in the junction between his neck and shoulder as I breathed in and out. I needed to keep calm. I was already vulnerable enough. Right now I couldn't afford to panic.

Footsteps approached us and I heard someone cackle, like we were in a bad cartoon.

"Look what we have here!" An ominous voice spoke. My arms tightened around Shoto as I felt more voices join in to laugh. "Let's get them."

I heard some of them start running at us but before they could even get close the sound of ice building rose quickly and I heard their battle cries turn to shouts of terror as they were undoubtedly frozen in ice. Shoto's right side cooled as it happened and I repressed a shiver.

In moments, the sound of ice building stopped and I knew all the villains were stopped in their tracks.

"It's pathetic to lose against a single child." Shoto drawled in a cold voice. "Get a hold of yourself. You're an adult, aren't you?"

I kept quiet. It was probably best if I didn't draw attention to myself. If the villains' attention was drawn to me and they found a way to exploit my weakness, and Shoto's consequent one of having to carry me, it could go badly.

"'Scatter you and kill you', huh?" He spoke to them and I felt my eyebrows raise in confusion. What was he talking about? Perhaps the villains had spoken to them before the warp quirk guy transported us here. "I hate to say this… but you just look like guys with quirks they didn't know what to do with."

Shoto walked forward towards them and I heard the villains speak.

"Th-this guy… the instant we got here."

"Is he really a kid?"

"O-ow…"

A vision shot into my head. I winced from the pain of my already tender brain

A villain lunged at Shoto with a sword, at the same time someone behind us thrust a spear at us.

"One in the front, one behind!" I whispered quickly in Shoto's ear just as I heard someone shout and lunge. I heard ice building and saw in my mind as Shoto froze the guy in front with his foot before whipping around to grab the spear from the person behind us. Ice built up the spear before it froze him in his place and he fell to the ground.

Pain lanced through my head again and I grit my teeth, however I felt hope blossom in my chest. I could still use my visions apparently, even if they hurt right now because of overuse. At least that was something good.

"We actually make an alright team," I quipped quietly to Shoto as he dropped the spear. The news that my quirk still worked had brightened my mood significantly, along with the fact that I knew being with Shoto meant I would be fine. He hummed in acknowledgement rather than saying anything though.

"Your quirk still works?"

I nodded. "It hurts to use right now, but it's definitely still there."

"Try to refrain from using it as much as possible at the moment. You don't want to risk the damage to your eyesight becoming permanent if we can help it." I nodded again even as a frown took over my face. He was right, of course. But if it came down to it, I'd use my quirk in a heartbeat if that's what it took to keep people safe.

"Hey, at this rate, your cells will slowly die." Shoto said and I immediately realised he was talking to one of the villains. "I want to be a hero. I'd like to avoid something so cruel if possible."

Shoto took a few more steps and I heard someone whimpering, probably from the cold. Or from what Shoto was saying.

"On what basis do you think you can kill All Might? What's your plan?"

Kill All Might?

So that was what this was about. I recalled the creature I'd seen in my visions. The horrifying purple monster with its brain exposed. I knew immediately that had something to do with it. But I hadn't realised that was what they were here for. Could it actually kill All Might? I hadn't seen anything about it, but it could be possible. Why else would they have attacked us like this?

It took moments for the villain to start talking. "T-they just found us and told us we were needed as distractions. That they had someone o-or something that could kill him! They didn't fill us in on everything, I don't know anymore. I swear!"

So it was true. They thought they could kill him. I pondered this as Shoto knocked out the villains that hadn't already passed out from the cold and then melted the ice they were encased in. Once the villains were all down for the count Shoto resumed walking, although his pace was getting quicker.

"How did you know they were here to kill All Might?" I asked him.

"Before we were warped away, the guy told us that was why they were here. And his job was to 'scatter and kill' us. I assumed if they went through all the effort to bring them here then they must have something significant." He paused. "Did you see anything about it?"

I nodded. "I didn't know about the All Might thing, but there was something with them. I don't even know if it was human, it looked like a monster. And the vibe I got off of it was scary… we should hurry."

"I am," Shoto huffed and I realised for the first time that him having to carry me was probably having a significant impact on how long it would take to get there. If he didn't have to carry me I was sure he would be running. I was getting in the way, slowing the process.

"You should leave me," I said suddenly and I felt Shoto stumble. His hair brushed my cheek as he turned to look at me. "I'm slowing you down. You'd get there much faster if you weren't carrying me." I replied to his unasked question logically.

"Leaving you by yourself will cause more harm than good. You can't protect yourself. Besides," Shoto paused and I felt him turn back to face the direction we were walking. "My father wouldn't like it if you were hurt."

I huffed in annoyance. I could look after myself. Sure my head was pounding but I could still use my quirk. After all, I had trained to fight with my eyesight shut off so I could focus just on visions. "Who cares what your father thinks." I blurted out and I felt Shoto's shoulders tense.

"I'm not leaving you." He said with finality and he continued walking. I supressed a sigh, knowing it was no use.

Five minutes later just after we left the landslide zone, we ran into Eijiro and Bakugo. I heard Eijiro call out a greeting.

"Hey Mirai! Todoroki! I'm glad you guys are okay! We haven't seen anyone else yet."

I felt Shoto nod and I had no doubt Bakugo was ignoring the exchange entirely as we kept walking.

"Are you guys alright?" I asked them as we moved quickly.

"Yeah, we're fine. It was awesome! Bakugo and I beat those villains so easily! I felt like a real hero, so manly! How about you guys?" I was about to respond when Eijiro spoke again. "Hey wait, Mirai, what happened to your eyes?"

I flinched, trying to figure out how to explain.

"It doesn't matter right now, we need to move." Shoto interrupted and Eijiro fell silent. I would bring it up soon, but I hadn't really had the opportunity to come to terms with it myself yet. It was likely that I just needed Recovery Girl or someone else with a healing quirk to heal my eyes, but what if it didn't work? Fear swamped me.

I saw another vision at the same time as I finally heard the noise from the centre of USJ.

All Might, being held by the monster I'd seen before. Midoriya, encompassed by shadows. The warp villain, I realised.

I pulled myself off of Shoto's back and stumbled back a step as I shoved him forward.

"Shoto, Bakugo! Go now! They're in trouble!"

It only took a second for them to start running. I heard Shoto call out behind him as their footsteps faded. "Kirishima! Stay with her!"

Eijiro grabbed my arm when I swayed slightly, I had forgotten about my ankle. He asked me if I was okay and I could hear the concern in his voice.

"I'm fine, I just hurt my ankle so you need to carry me. But let's hurry."

I could see the visions in my head of Shoto and Bakugo arriving. Eijiro groaned in disappointment. "Damn it! I didn't get to show off!"

"I wouldn't worry about it too much," I said to him as we started moving again. Eijiro's determination to get there meant he managed to break into a run while I was on his back. I shouldn't be surprised though, he hadn't been carrying me for long and he'd also done very well on the fitness tests.

We arrived just in time to hear Bakugo threatening the warp gate. Eijiro stumbled to a stop, panting. "His behaviour isn't very hero-like." He said and I could hear the grin in his voice.

A sinister voice spoke. "In addition to capturing them, they're almost all uninjured. Kids these days are amazing. They make the League of Villains look bad." So this was the main villain. I tried to connect him mentally to a physical body from my visions, but I was struggling. "Nomu."

Something, the monster presumably, let out a shriek. I heard the crack of ice and wondered what the hell was going on.

"Even though his body's broken… He's still moving?!"

"Get back everyone!" All Might called out. "What? His quirk wasn't shock absorption?"

"I didn't say that was all he had." The villain gloated. "This is his super-regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you at 100%. He's a super-efficient human sandbag."

How was that possible? Multiple quirks? What was he? Another vision took over my head and I winced.

Nomu, charging at Bakugo, who could do nothing to defend himself.

"Bakugo, get back!" I shouted but he didn't move.

I leapt off Eijiro's back and ran towards Bakugo. Stumbling from the pain in my ankle. I could see him in my head, just as the villain gave the order for Nomu. My arm stretched towards him and grazed his shoulder.

What felt like an explosion threw me back and I tumbled backwards across the ground from the force. Landing sprawled, I tried to readjust to the change in visions that I was seeing.

"K-Kacchan!"

"Mirai!"

I sat up, rubbing my head. My head hurt and I had no idea what was happening. Was Bakugo alright? I was too late to save him, but the visions had changed just before I was thrown back. All Might?

Footsteps approached me before someone grabbed my arm and pulled me up.

"Stop putting yourself in needless danger." I heard Shoto grumble as he pulled me behind him and I ignored it.

I tried to figure out what had happened. Had All Might shoved him out of the way? I could hear Bakugo talking angrily to Midoriya. A voice spoke in the distance.

"Do you not know how to hold back?" The number one pro-hero asked.

"It was to rescue my companions. I had no choice. I mean, earlier, that… that plain looking one. He was about to punch me with everything he had, you know. Violence for the sake of others makes it admirable. Isn't that right, hero?"

I scowled. Not quite accurate, I thought to myself.

"You know what, All Might?" The villain continued. "I'm angry. I'm angry at this world that categorises the same violent acts as heroic or villainous… Deciding what's good and what's bad. What with this 'Symbol of Peace'? You're just a device to repress violence. Violence only breeds violence. The world will know this, once we kill you!"

"That's preposterous." All Might spoke, and I could tell he was also unimpressed with the villains viewpoint. "The eyes of white-colllar criminals like you burn silently. You just want to enjoy this yourself, don't you, you liar?!"

We were in a stalemate. Nobody moved on either side of the courtyard.

"It's three against five." Shoto announced from in front of me and I ignored the impulse to elbow him for excluding me. He was correct though. I would be no help, unless I could predict an attack. But if it were from Nomu it wouldn't make a difference.

"Kacchan already exposed the fog's weakness!"

"These guys are crazy… But if we backup All Might… we can push them back!"

"No!" All Might called from off to the side somewhere. "Run away."

"You would have been in trouble if I hadn't done anything earlier, right?" Shoto asked and I could tell he was raring to go.

"That was a different story, young Todoroki. Thanks. But it's fine. Just watch as a pro gives it everything he's got." Frustration made my eyes burn even more with angry tears. I couldn't see anything, and when I used my quirk to see it made the headache worsen. I felt useless.

"All Might, you're bleeding… besides, time's- !" Midoriya cut himself off. I wondered what he was talking about. What did time have to do with anything?

"Nomu, Kurogiri. Get him. I'll deal with the children." I saw another vision.

The villain who'd spoken, his hand trapping Bakugo's fist as he swung at him. I watched as Bakugo's skin started to crack and crumble and he yelled.

"Don't let him touch you!" I shouted.

More visions came through, I wanted to ignore them but at the moment they were my only visual aide in this fight. Kirishima swung at the villain and he dodged. Shoto sent ice after him and his hand reached out and the ice cracked and disappeared. He was fast.

Shoto shoved me further backwards behind him and I let him, moving further backwards. If I let the villain get near me all I would be to the others is a hindrance.

Before anything could happen though, the visions changed and I had just enough warning to shout before everyone was blown back by a huge wind force.

It felt like a hurricane had been released inside the building and I tried to find something to grip on to. I knocked into someone and heard them growl.

"Out of the way, blue girl!" Bakugo shoved me to the side but I was able to get a grip on the ground as the wind continued to beat at us.

"A head-on fist fight?" Midoriya asked in surprise. I hadn't expected it either. But I could see where it was leading, visions flashing through my head. If All Might overloaded the shock absorption, he could land some solid hits.

"Just watch!" I shouted over the gale and bent my head so that there was less surface area for the wind to push against.

Sure enough, I soon heard a huge bang over the wind and the ground shook as All Might sent the creature, Nomu, into the earth. Before he was immediately smashed into the air, breaking through the top of the USJ complex and out into the sky above.

The ground shook again from the force and I couldn't help but be awed at what had just happened. I couldn't see it properly, but even knowing he had succeeded was incredible. There was a reason All Might was the number one hero.

"Is this some comic book?" Eijiro asked in equal awe. "It's like he nullified the shock absorption. His brute strength was crazy."

"What insane power…" I heard Bakugo reply. "Does this mean he rushed at him so fast he couldn't regenerate?"

I stood up slowly. How could any hero ever take over his mantle? He was insane, unbeatable.

I heard him speaking to the remaining two villains. "Now, villains... I'm sure… we'd all like to end this as soon as possible."

Yeah, I thought as my head continued to throb. That would be nice.

"What's wrong?" All Might spoke again. "You're not coming? You said you'd 'clear' this or something, right? Come and get me if you can."

"As expected," Shoto said from somewhere near me. "It looks like there is no need for us to fight."

It seemed that way, but something was wrong. I could feel it. I tried to reach for it with my visions and winced from the pain, it felt too far away, I couldn't get a hold of it.

"We should get out of here now!" Eijiro called. "It'll be worse if we end up getting taken hostage instead!" I agreed with him, but I hesitated.

I heard footsteps approach me before a cold hand grabbed my arm. "We need to get out of here," Shoto murmured to me. "All Might has it covered."

I nodded but didn't move. I couldn't reach the visions but I knew I was missing something. I clenched my teeth against the pain and yanked.

Several villains launched themselves at Bakugo and Eijiro who met them. Shoto pulled me out of the way and sent ice charging at the villains. The main two villains rushed at All Might, but he didn't move. Instead in a puff of smoke he exploded and in his place was…

Holy shit.

I could hear Eijiro talking about the villains rising behind us. Shoto's grip on my hand tightened and he called out to Midoriya.

I could see it. If nobody did anything… if we didn't stop them.

"Midoriya! Go!" I shouted and I heard his gasp, before I felt wind blow my hair across my face and I knew he was gone.

"Midoriya!" Eijiro shouted and the pain in my head exploded yet again.

This was the most I'd ever used my quirk. Nothing in training, not the entrance exam, not the battle simulation, had prepared me for dealing with this amount. But I owed it to my class. I'd seen this coming last night and hadn't stopped it. I was the reason the villains got the drop on us. If only I had realised.

I was useless.

I tried to reach my visions, but there was nothing but pain left. I couldn't see anything.

A shot rang out and I heard Shoto, Eijiro and Bakugo all gasp.

More shots rang out.

"The heroes are here!" Eijiro yelled in excitement and I could have collapsed in relief if Shoto's hand wasn't holding me up.

"Sorry everyone!" A voice called out and I recognised it as Principal Nezu. "Sorry we're late! I gathered all who were immediately available!"

I sank to the ground, yanking Shoto's hand from my arm in the process. Everything happened pretty quickly after that.

After the teachers secured the facility, Shoto had helped me up to the front gate and I sat on the ground, just outside the facility listening to the police sirens and other vehicles arrive.

An ambulance was supposed to be arriving soon to take me to the hospital but I would have to wait as the first one had been reserved for Aizawa, who was not in a good state. I felt like another rock settled in my stomach when I heard that he had been severely injured in the fight. Yet another person I failed.

Midoriya and All Might were still inside the facility, they were to be treated by Recovery Girl later on apparently, but not me. I was being sent to the hospital.

I cradled my face in my hands as I waited. The class was behind me as they were slowly brought out of the facility as well and I could feel their eyes on me. I knew Shoto was standing silently by my side as well. His hand was resting on my shoulder, but he couldn't do anything to comfort me. Even if he had wanted to.

My head was throbbing, my eyes ached. It hurt to think but thinking was the only thing I could do. Would the hospital be able to heal it? If they could, what did this mean for me being a hero? If they couldn't, what did it mean for my future?

I lifted my head again and opened my eyes to test them again.

"Anything?" Shoto asked quietly from my side and I shook my head. It wasn't returning naturally. I felt the tears coming and didn't have the energy to stop them. Who cares if I cried? I certainly didn't right then. Shoto's grip on me tightened.

I could hear the class behind me. Some of them were still in shock over what had happened, others were starting to come out of it.

"What's wrong with Himori?"

"I don't know. All I know is they're taking her to the hospital."

"I'm worried, I haven't seen her since she passed out before it happened. Do you think something's wrong with her? Was it her quirk?"

"Todoroki hasn't left her side since the heroes turned up. It must be something bad."

I tuned out the voices, bringing up my hand to rub at my damp cheeks and tried to think of something else. Anything else.

I wondered if my mother had seen me right then, if she would have thought my future was still bright. Or if she could also see my dreams fading away.

The second half of this chapter was a lot harder to write than I thought it would be. I contemplated changing it so that Mirai left the landslide zone with Hagakure but I'm glad I managed to stick with it in the end. Hopefully you enjoyed it and the next chapter has a few more upbeat moments!