I was standing beside what looked like river. Behind me were a terrified Midoriya, Asui and Mineta, standing in the water. The same guy with his white bluish messed up hair was reaching his hand to disintegrate Asui's body. Midoriya was trying to save her. On the other hand, the deformed bird monster was on my right, and beneath him was... Aizawa sensei soaked in his own blood.I had to choose whom to save. It was either my dear teacher's death or my beloved comrades'.I held my forehead, panicked, as the dark power inside of me exploded, freezing the whole world around me.In the end, I was left alone...

"...Can you hear me?" A voice of an old woman addressed me, shaking my upper body gently.

I shot my eyes open, taking the sitting position in a flash. The glaring light in the room was the first thing to greet me.

"Ouch..." I said, rubbing my head in pain.

'Where... am I?'

The old lady sighed in relief.

"You're awake, that's good." She said, smiling.

'Recovery Girl...?'

I looked around me, taking in my surroundings. The hospital like white walls filled my sight. I was in the nurse's office.

'I do not remember clearly what has exactly happened... I feel like if there is a blackout in my memory...'

"Why am I here Recovery Girl-sama?" I asked to fill myself with much needed answers.

Recovery girl chuckled then said: "Please, drop the 'sama' and just call me Recovery Girl." She paused for a moment then continued: "you have lost consciousness earlier this morning. Bakugou Katsuki, your classmate, came here running with you in his arms. The poor kid was very worried despite him masking it very well."

'Bakugou... Bakugou did that...? But why...?'

The events of the morning suddenly burst through my memory harshly, flashing strong pain in my head.

"Recovery Girl! Can you tell me if he is okay?? Was he harmed by any way???" I asked overwhelmed by concern so suddenly that I took the doctor off-guard.

"He is very alright, do not worry he was not harmed by any way. Did you remember something?" She said nicely.

I nodded. She smiled again, then said: "Thank goodness, you won't need more than a little rest." She paused a little then scolded: "Now, dear, get your rest! You have been put into enough pressure!"

She pushed me back to my back gently. I started protesting with a "but" but was immediately cut off.

"You have put enough stress on yourself! Do you think that fainting like that came out of nowhere?! This is crucial!" She scolded further.

I felt my cheeks heat up in embarrassment and laid on the bed again like I have been told. The smile came back to her loving face.

'The look in her eyes... it resembles her look...

I wish she was still here with us...'

"Aizawa sensei is going to come here to see you in a few minutes, to ask you a few questions.Try to make the most of your rest, because he does not like to waste time". She explained nicely, interrupting my thoughts from descending rapidly to the rabbit hole. "Would you like some Pez?"

A knock was heard on the door of the nursery, as promised by my nice doctor. He greeted Recovery Girl then me and took a seat beside my hospital like bed.

"How do you feel now?" He asked with a little gentleness in his tone.

'Did he just say this with... gentelness? Even if it was slight, it still counts...

I knew he is softer than he likes to show.'

"I feel fine, thank you sensei." I answered him, smiling.

"That's good." He paused, letting out a small sigh, then continued: "I want to ask about what you have seen. Who have the attacker met and what did he want? I already have the his appearance thanks to Bakugou, but I do not know much detail about the other intel."

I opened my mouth to answer, but something interrupted me. A vision of sensei, having his arm twisted to his back, his hand crushed and his face smashed with the ground in the worst way, and by the sane monster that has been following me since the beginning of this day.

I was stunned by the intensity and clarity of it. I could even hear the menacing 'cracks' and the pained scream of my teacher.

'What... what was that...?!!

It's-it's...'

"...Todoroki are you hearing me?" Sensei shook me, snapping me away from a dangerous situation. Despite his straight face and tone, his eyes held worry.

'He probably have called me a few times now... I really hate how I worry everyone around me...'

"Sorry sensei, I just... spaced out." I mustered the best lie I could.

He frowned slightly then said: "Try to pay more attention, Todoroki. Now tell me what you know."

'He didn't buy my lie... but he cannot tell what it is and has mpre important matters at hand, so he won't ask further, for now.'

Luckily for him, Recovery Girl was out for a momentat this particular time so he could continue his investigation.

"For the person he met, I could not see him because Bakugou and I were behind a wall. But I could hear a few words from them. They said something about the area bwing secured, a schedule, attack, All Might and end. Those are the words I could hear clearly. The others were muffled and I could not make them out." I explained, squeezing my brains to the extreme to avoid forgetting any detail. The frown on sensei's expression deepened, most probably because he wanted for the situation to be less dire than that.

"They also knew about Bakugou's explosions and my ice..." I trailed off.

Aizawa sensei, wearing back his neutral face, told me he was already filled with that by Bakugou.

"If they attack the school -which is the highest probability- you have two have to be more careful because you are most likely to be taken hostages.

"How did you know the infiltrator was heading to the teacher's library?" He asked with a very well masked suspicion.

But reading people's emotions for me was like reading an open book; I felt his suspicion right away, and he has all the right to think this way.

"When I saw the reporters, I asked myself a question: why would a villain attack a school full of heroes, including All Might, with a bunch of journalists? This is just plainly foolish. So I figured that this was a distraction. I then thought about the why behind such a distraction, and came out with the hypothesis of them wanting to inspect the school. And, since All Might is here, they probably would be searching some intel about him, most likely to know how to beat him; after all he istheir nightmare. So, the best area to gather such information was the library of teachers, of course. Assuming by the trouble of waiting for a bunch of reporters to make a huge distractiom, it's safe to say that the infiltrator had time to get knowledgeable about the directions he had to take to find the right place." I explained.

The teacher was surprised by the analysis I gave him.

Back to his normal expression, he thanked me and got out, telling me to get ready for the last session of the day, which was to begin after ten minutes.

"Here she is! At last!" Mina yelled in to the class the moment my head perked through the door. Everyone's attention became laser focused on me. Then I was banged with multitude of questions, like: "Are you okay?", "what happened?", "Do you feel better now?" and such.

I stood there not realising whom should I answer first.

"Damn it what happened to you lot? You fu*ing strained my ears!!" Bakugou screamed, quieting the sea of questions.

I sent him a thankful look, which he countered with a scowl, a 'tch', and a turn of his head. I smiled then turned to my confused classmates and said: "Do not worry, everyone, I am alright...! I just got a little bit careless about my body lately and had to pay for it..." I glanced at Shoto as I talked. He wasn't looking at me. He was staring aimlessly out of the window, a deep, lingering sadness in guilt in his eyes. No one had noticed, but twins always have extra credits when it comes to each other. After all, I could literally feel his pain.

'It's better to talk about something else...'

I looked back at them and exclaimed, changing the subject: "This does not matter now! Fill me in on what happened to you guys during the time I was out!"

"Well-" Uraraka started, but was cut off by Iida and his chopping motion: "Now now! Take your seats the class is about to start!"

I looked questionably at him then at Uraraka, who chuckled at my expression.

"He was nominated the class president by Midoriya!" She said beaming.

My eyes widened, a smile finding it's way to my face: "really?! How come?"

"We will tell you that after class, Todoroki-san. Sorry but the school rules should be respected" He coached, smiling apologetically at the end.

"You're right! I will go back right now." I nodded returning the smile.

I took my seat beside nii-san. He was still avoiding eye contact.

'I can't leave him hanged like this... it's torturing to see him in this state... he already carries a lot on his shoulders...

I just can't sit and watch him like that.

I can comfort him, but without straying from my goal.'

I took out my note book, and wrote a phrase on it: "This is not your fault.". I folded it carefully then put it on his desk while he was distracted.

Ectoplasm sensei, our math teacher got into the classroom and started his session.

From the corner of my eye, I saw nii-san's stealthy stares on me.The pain in my heart eased for a fraction.

'He got the message... at least this eased a little bit of the tension.

He does not deserve to suffer. No... I won't let him suffer.

He will not face... he will not face Touya onii-san's fate. I will not allow it.

"She was there, All For One-sama. Hikoori Todoroki stood against Shikaragi." A person whose body was made of purpulish black mist said in his deep voice to screen in the middle of a bar. It was two o'clock in the morning, and no one was awake.

"Ah... how interesting. How is she managing herself, I wonder." The screen, or All For One responded, letting out a menacing chuckle in the end.

"It's closing by... more than I expected."

Hello everyone!!

This chapter did take some time to write. I did not know how to exactly drive my point through. Actually, you guys got an early access on a very important information. Well it's the infiltration's chapter after all.

I sorta wanted to ease the tension between Hikoori and Shoto. They deserve it. Don't worry though, it will eventually get better between them I promise!

Thank you everyone for supporting me and my work! I will try my very best to always keep updating!

A special thanks to Blackit Tamer-san, MihHale, Crystine Ryan and madysin.cordova fro their constant postive reviews and their attention to this story! A shout out to you guys!

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