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Chapter 14

"Next is a fight against Bakugou and I. It's a shame that Iida couldn't make it any further past Todoroki." Keruru thought as he watched Iida's and Todoroki's match come to an end as it was now down to the second half of the final four.

The crystal user paused when he heard his mother's ring-tone. "Hello, Mom?"

"Ruru-chan, Ten-chan's match with Shou-chan is over, right?" Keruru didn't know how to feel at his mother's worried tone.

"Yeah?"

"Ruru-chan, Ten-kun went up against someone known as Hero Killer: Stain... He's in the hospital right now. I'm also here with their mother at this moment."

Keruru's eyes widened at the news. Tensei, Iida's older brother, was Iida's idol. Iida would be crushed if anything happened. "Is Iida-san about to call him?"

"Yes."

"Mom, I'll tell him and go with him! See you there!" Keruru frantically replied as he hastily gathered his and Iida's things before running out of the waiting room and to the hall entrance to the stage for Iida.

It took a little bit of time, but he ran into the glasses boy. "Iida!"

"Hoshimi?" Iida blinked at the sight of his former friend, carrying their belongings. "Why do you have our belongings? Your match is next."

"My match doesn't matter, I'll forfeit! There's no time here, Iida! Your brother is in the hospital!"

The crystal user could only watch as Iida's face became ashen in fear as he asked, "Which hospital?"

"Our moms are there with him, and she told me. Come on, we can catch the next train."

Iida didn't need to be told twice as he roughly took his bag and they were off.

"Did your mom tell you what happened?" Iida asked once they were on the train.

"He fought against someone named Hero Killer: Stain. Mom probably knew so maybe she was able to prevent potentially worse damage." Keruru replied, "Iida, everything will be okay."

"I hope you're right, Hoshimi."

Keruru frowned in worry. "I hope so too, Iida. For his sake, and your's."

"Mom! How is Nii-san?!" Iida frantically asked once they made it to Tensei's room as they all stood at the hall.

"Tenya, quiet down, we're in a hospital." His mother scolded before explaining, "Tensei received a warning from Emiko that he should avoid Stain, a villain that has been targeting heroes with all intentions to kill them, but he didn't listen to her and went after him without any of his sidekicks for backup."

Emiko continued, "The original future was that he would be found in a pool of blood, but thankfully one of my sidekicks with a teleportation quirk was able to save Tensei before he received any severe damages; though my sidekick was temporarily immobilized due to Stain's quirk when they arrived, she's fine."

"What are his injuries?" Keruru asked as the glasses boy was trembling.

"A skull fracture along with a few broken ribs, a punctured lung, and broken legs, he's resting right now. From what Emiko told me of what could have happened, I'd much rather have this, not just as a fellow hero, but as a concerned mother." Iida's mother shook his head, "Emiko, Ruru-chan, I am so sorry for my son's reckless actions. Ruru-chan, you didn't have to come all this way and miss your match."

"No, it's fine." Keruru waved, "I was just as worried when I heard what happened."

He glanced over to Iida, who had been silent, and grabbed his hand, "We'll go change out of our p.e. uniforms; we came here in a rush, so we didn't get a chance to earlier."

Keruru proceeded to drag Iida to the bathroom and asked him, "Hey, Iida, speak to me. You okay?"

"Nii-san..." The glasses boy quietly uttered.

"He'll be fine, Iida. You heard your mom, the injuries are minor compared to what could've happened."

"Yeah! But what if your mom was a moment late?! What then?! And Stain is still on the loose, likely going after other heroes like my brother!" Iida yelled, delving into blind fury. "Why does Stain get to go free, hurting people, when my brother did nothing wrong?! He deserves justice!"

"Iida, listen to yourself!" The crystal user yelled, "Tensei is okay! He's alive! The most he needs is rest and rehabilitation for his legs, he didn't die! He would never want you to act like this!"

"You know that Ingenium, my brother, is my hero, Hoshimi!" Iida retorted, "I know you haven't forgiven that villain that hurt Aizawa-sensei, even though he's still alive, how can I forgive this?!"

Keruru grit his teeth. He was absolutely correct, but... "I'm not being as reckless as you're sounding! What will you do?! Fight Stain at the first chance you get?!"

"Yes."

Snapping, the blue haired teen punched Iida in the face. He didn't expect a retaliatory punch, the impact landing at the corner of his mouth, and causing it to bleed from hitting his teeth as it started to swell and throb. "Are you trying to get yourself killed, Ten-chan?!"

"You just-" Iida uttered in surprise as he heard his childhood nickname before Keruru interrupted him.

"You're not the only one who's upset about your brother getting hurt! Tensei treated me like his little brother too, of course seeing him get hurt is terrifying! But he would never want you to get hurt or worse because something happened to him. He would regret his actions for the rest of his life because you would waste your life on revenge."

Iida widened his eyes in realization, "I-I... That's not..."

Keruru sighed as he wrapped his arms around Iida in an embrace, not unlike how Iida did after the USJ incident. "Listen you stupid robot, I know we aren't on the best of terms because of me, but that doesn't mean I don't care about you. Just this once, it's okay to cry, Ten-chan."

"Ruru-chan..." The crystal user only patted Iida's back comfortingly, encouraging Iida that it was okay as he began to tremble harder before Iida broke out into sobs as he grabbed Keruru almost desperately. "Nii-san! I was so scared! I thought you were going to die! Nii-san!"

Keruru waited until the sobs died down before asking, "Are you okay now, Ten-chan?"

"Y-yeah." Iida replied with a nod.

"Good, now let go of me, Iida. You stink." The crystal user blankly stated as he pushed his former friend away from him, and wiped at the dried blood on his chin before going to fetch his uniform from the bag that had been tossed to the side during the whole ordeal. "Did you have to punch me back so hard?"

"Not everyone has built in deodorizing crystals, Hoshimi." Iida remarked as he did the same as they went to separate stalls to change.

"Hey, Hoshimi?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for that."

"Anyone else could've done what I did. It was nothing."

"You're wrong. Only a Keruru Hoshimi would punch/insult someone before comforting them."

"Whatever you say, Iida." Keruru replied, rolling his eyes.

There was a moment of silence between the two before Iida commented, "You know... I always felt that we were still friends, Ruru-chan." "Maybe you still feel that way too."

"I see." Keruru looked down as he uttered softly, with faint relieved smile on his face. "I'm glad."

"But I wonder..." The crystal user perked up as Iida continued, "Doesn't that mean I can call you Ruru-chan again? Or maybe Keruru?"

"Call me Ruru-chan in public, and I swear I'll turn you into a chandelier, Tenya."

"Yes, yes, Keruru." Tenya chuckled.

A/N: Till next time

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