Chapter 30
Izuku walked tall through the halls of U.A. He was finally going to do it, see and embrace his friends for the first time in so long. The demon of guilt gnawed at the back of his head but he forced himself to ignore it. He bumped into Yankee and Lady Liberty on the way.
"Hi sweetie, yer looking happy today!" She said noting Izuku's demeanor.
"I think- no, I'm ready to see them again, my friends!" Izuku said.
"Damn that's great to hear!" Yankee said slapping Izuku on the shoulder. "It's good to see you full of energy again!" It was true, Izuku had been so lifeless and depressed, to see him up and about was truly a miracle.
"I had some help, I decided I can't live like this forever, the first step is to see my friends again." Izuku said.
"Ahm so proud of you." LL said.
"So you finally gonna ask the girl out?" Yankee snickered.
"Huh?" LL asked in confusion.
"Our little stud over here fancies himself a girl." Yankee said. "Remember when you told me on the plane?"
"Oh I'm-" Izuku said turning red and sweating frantically. "Oh well you see Um! OH I CANT DO IT!"
"Now look what ya did you asshole!" LL yelled at Yankee.
"Shit I'm sorry!" Yankee said. "I was just teasing honest!"
"N-no it's okay I j-just-" Izuku said twiddling his thumbs. "I do like her and I'm just nervous."
"Oh that's precious!" LL exclaimed. "Whats her name? How about yer first date!?"
"The fuck! You yell at me yet you're doing the same thing!" Yankee cried out. "What kind of ass backwards shit is this?"
"Oh hush you!" Lady Liberty said realizing her hypocrisy. "Well Ahm glad to hear yer doing well, ah wish you the best."
"Thanks!" Izuku said. "You know I know I keep saying this but, thanks both of you. I never would have made it without you."
"That's what heroes are for!" Yankee proclaimed. "Now go get that girl of yours!"
"AHHHHH!" Izuku said sweating again at the mention of Uraraka.
"Goddammit Brett!" Lady Liberty yelled.
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Jaeger sat on the couch finishing off his egg over rice.
"I have to admit, I was nervous about throwing a raw egg in there but that was pretty good." Jaeger said.
"Well aren't you just a lady killer." Yu said as she got off her chair to sit next to him on the couch. She was very close to Jaeger who started fidgeting.
"So Klaus." Yu said. "You seem nervous."
"Just not used to this proximity is all." Jaeger said. His old self would have demanded she move instantly but he was trying to be more friendly.
"You never had a girlfriend?" Mt. Lady asked. Her flirty nature taking over.
"Nein." Jaeger responded.
"Nine girlfriends? Never would have taken you for a heartbreaker." Yu playfully responded.
"No I meant no, nein is German for no. Speaking English is pretty exhausting so I skip back to German occasionally." (Yeah yeah I know this is in Japan but remember, in fiction English seems to be the universal language among humans and even aliens)
"So you've never been with a woman before?" Yu asked intrigued.
"No….." Jaeger answered awkwardly. What was she getting at here? "Um what exactly are you getting at?
"Just hard to believe such a handsome guy like yourself never found a woman." Yu explained.
"No I meant, are you trying to suggest something here?" Jaeger asked feeling the words rolled off his tongue awkwardly.
"Huh guess you caught me." Yu confessed. "Look it may sound selfish but I've been alone and confused and I just wanted someone to hang on to, to remind me this is reality."
"I understand but why me?" Jaeger asked.
"Well since everyone hates my guts my options were limited." Yu joked. "It's just, you're the first guy that jumped in to defend me and doesn't hate me."
"Well these people were scared, many of them had no way to defend themselves, they'll soften up over time." Jaeger explained.
"How do you know?" Yu asked as Jaeger pulled out a small locket from his pocket.
"This is my great great grandfather, he was in the German Wehrmacht in World War II." Jaeger explained showing the picture to the woman next to him. "He fell fool to Hitler's ideology and while he never killed any Jews himself, he felt the resentment and wanted to make his Fuhrer proud. After the war ended and he saw firsthand the suffering they endured at the extermination camps he felt guilt and tried to make things right. At first he was loathed, by Jews, Americans, Russians, English, French, you name it. However, over the years he slowly began to mend the hate and by the time he passed, he had made friends with those the regime once persecuted. Unlike you, he was being controlled when he did this, if people could learn to like him, you shouldn't have any issue."
"Wow, you know a lot about history don't you?" Yu asked.
"One of the reasons I wanted to become a hero was to make sure something like the Holocaust never hapeoened again." Jaeger replied.
"And you sure did, without all of you, who knows what would have happened." Yu said as she took his hand in hers. "I really mean this, thank you for saving me."
"Well if you want to repay me I could go for some more egg over rice." Jaeger responded, it had been damned good!
"Oh I thought heroes did nice things without reward?" Yu teased.
"Hey that was off the clock, rules don't apply." Jaeger said as Yu laughed."
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Uraraka walked down the hallway trying to find Izuku, her search had so far been for naught as the ninth was nowhere to be seen, she did however bump into others on the way.
"Bakugo?" She asked. Bakugo turned and snarled. "Are you looking for Deku?"
"What's it to you?" He asked. Uraraka sighed, she had despised Bakugo for how cruelly he treated Izuku but after his emotional episode on Midoriya's death bed, it appeared there was some care deep inside.
"Don't try to deny it now, we all saw how distressed you were seeing him in that state." Uraraka replied.
"I just, I didn't mean for this to happen, even after all the shit I did to him, he never hated me. I guess I had to convince myself that he was trash otherwise my conscience would eat me alive" Bakugo confessed. I wish I could have been a better person to him, I feel like shit putting him through all that."
"Kacchan?" Uraraka and Bakugo turned to see Izuku standing across the hall. Uraraka heart stopped as Bakugo starting sweating profusely.
"GAH HOW MUCH DID YOU HEAR?!" He screamed. There was no way he would allow so many people to see him acting all soft.
"All of it." Izuku said walking forward. Uraraka gulped, he was coming towards her, what was he going to do?
"You guys." Izuku said sighing allowing a sad expression to overflow his face. I'm sorry, in that moment I was so blacked out with rage and sorrow that I can barely remember anything. It was like I was possessed, I could see what I was doing but I couldn't stop my body." Tears began to flow down his face. "I didn't want to hurt you, I love you all so much!"
"DEKU!" Uraraka cried clutching her chest. He felt so bad, that much was clear. Bakugo tried to keep an expressionless demeanor but he couldn't believe it! After all the shit they had been forced to do to him, he was the one apologizing.
"I've lost so much, you are all I have left." Izuku whimpered. Uraraka choked up as she walked toward to embrace him but was shocked to see Bakugo had beaten her to it.
"You can live with me." Bakugo said to him as he embraced him. "You're mom was like an aunt to me despite how shitty I was, the least I can do is make sure you're taking care of, Izuku." Izuku's eyes widened, that was the first time Bakugo had called him by his name in a decade. To hear him say his name so calmly after years of the viscious Deku was so warming. "I'll be the friend to you I should have been all this time." Izuku fell to his knees overwhelmed with emotion. Uraraka couldn't take anymore as she ran to embrace him as well. The three sat in a warm hug, the only sounds being the cries of Uraraka and Izuku.
"Izuku?" Uraraka asked.
"Yes?" He replied.
"That night, before this all happened, what I was going to say was, was, I LO-"
"Midoriya!" The three turned to see Todoroki and the rest of the class including Aizawa. Aizawa allowed a small smile to crawl across his face, this was something everyone needed. Izuku turned to see his class all overwhelmed with joy, the girls all crying, including some of the boys, even Kirishima was wailing out loud. Izuku slowly stood up and gave out a bright smile.
"Guys! I'm back!" He cried. He wasn't ready to be tackled by the force of seventeen people as they all held him tightly and voiced their repentance to him.
"IM SO SORRY! WAAAAHAHAHAHA!" Kirishima cried at a level rivaling Izukus.
"YOURE THE MOST AMAZING HERO!" Mineta screamed.
"OH SWEETIE!" Mina bawled. The only one not hugging him was Todoroki who stood away from the crowd with a sad look. Izuku noticed this and slowly got up. He walked over to Todoroki and stood face to face with him.
"Hey." Izuku greeted.
"Izuku." Todoroki replied. Izuku knew what he had to do and and grabbed Todorokis left hand, the same used to burn him, and brought him in for a hug.
"Midoriya." Todoroki said clenching his teeth as tears rolled down his cheeks.
"It's okay Shoto, it's in the past now." Izuku comforted. Todoroki let down all rock walls he built up and collapsed.
"You're my brother." Todoroki said hugging him tightly.
"I know." Izuku responded. He saw Aizawa ever so slightly smiling before he turned and walked away. Izuku gently let go of Todoroki who was then held by Yaoyorozu.
"Mr. Aizawa wait!" Izuku called out. Eraserhead stopped and slowly turned.
"What?" Aizawa asked.
"Aren't you going to stay with us?" Izuku asked.
"Hugging underage children aren't my thing, I'd like to avoid jail time." Aizawa commented jokingly yet seriously.
"But you deserve it! You were the hero not me!" Izuku said causing Aizawa to raise his eyebrows.
"I'm not even going to have this discussion, you were the one defeated All For-" he tried to say.
"No." Izuku interrupted. "You were the true hero of this, you risked your life to stay undercover and carried me on your back, you were willing to sacrifice yourself so Yankee, Jaeger, and I could escape, you safely brought me to Gran Torino, you fought All for One by yourself and refused to let him get your quirk, you were the only one who approached me after I went crazy, you helped me on the roof tops. I would have never made it without you."
"I-" Aizawa said not used to such praise. Izuku was right, while he may have been the one who destroyed All For One, Aizawa was the one who carried him the entire way. He sighed before letting out a full genuine smile. "Well let's just say I got some inspiration from a certain big oaf and his idiot apprentice."
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Class 1A, reunited again, all spent the night together in the dorm common area. Mattresses and pillows were laid out as they all sat together and talked. Izuku was euphoric, that everything had finally turned out okay. He was laughing with Kaminari and Sero as others observed from across the room.
"How is he able to still smile and laugh?" Tokoyami asked.
"What do you mean?" Asui replied.
"He lost everything, think for one moment all he endured." Ojiro added.
"All Might." Aoyama said.
"His mom." Jiro threw in.
"Gran Torino." Sato said.
"Us." Kirishima said.
"He faced that monster all on his own." Toru added.
"And yet, despite all that, here he is now, laughing and smiling." Uraraka said dreamily.
"You know, it's like All Might never left, seeing Izuku like this, it's like he's reincarnated into him." Iida said finishing it off. The class spent the next few hours talking, eating, playing games, and more till everyone had passed out, all except two. Uraraka looked around to see everyone still asleep, it was hard to believe anyone could sleep through Yaoyorozus loud snoring. She looked up and smiled when she saw Izuku sitting outside practicing his moves. She intently watched his toned body as the bright green energy of One For All coursed through him. The quirk looked beautiful, she remembered how sickly green and dark it looked when Izuku went insane, now it was back to its bright and cheery truth, as if it had regained its purity. She gulped as she walked outside.
"Deku!" She called out. Izuku was in mid spin when he saw her and he came to a stop to greet her.
"Hi!" He said. Uraraka blushed as she walked over to him. She was nervous, she had finally built up the courage to confess when the class interfered. Then again, it would have been awkward with Bakugo there. At least now they were alone.
"Can I join you?" She asked.
"Sure!" Izuku said as she sat down next to him. Izuku was still standing practicing his moves.
"SMASH!" He yelled as he punched. He didn't use his quirk for fear of causing damage. Suddenly Uraraka felt feat grip her heart, she flashed back to when he charged her with the intent of murdering her. She started shaking and wheezing as she saw Izuku punching the air.
"Uraraka?" He asked concerned as he ran over to her. "URARAKA!" He said as she tried to shake her out of her panic attack.
"AAAAHHHHHH!" She said coming to her senses. She looked up and saw Izuku gently holding her. She was still breathing hard in Izukus arms.
"What's wrong?" Izuku asked.
"It was ! It was ! Nothing!" Uraraka squealed. She didn't want Izuku to know she had a panic attack from him. Izuku examined her closely and a look of guilt came over his face.
"It was me wasn't it?" He asked sadly.
"No! Of course n-" Uraraka tried to say.
"You don't have to lie to make me feel better." Izuku said.
"How did you know?" Uraraka asked.
"I realized you started screaming when you saw my punches, and I remembered-" Izuku gagged at the memory of when he almost killed her.
"Izuku dont!" Uraraka begged. She didn't want him to feel bad. Izuku looked back at her face and noticed her still swollen cheek.
"I did that." Izuku said looking down. Uraraka sniffled as she grabbed his hand and put it to her cheek.
"See? I'm not scared of it, I just freaked out a little is all." She said sweetly. She felt so awful now, he was so happy all day and she ruined it! She saw her comment didnt make him feel better so she decided to take a more unorthodox approach.
"Izuku, we both did stuff to each other we didn't mean, I still feel awful everyday about the stuff he made me do, but I don't care about what happened anymore, you make me happy, you help me forget! I don't ever want to be away from you!" She blurted out. Izukus heart almost exploded, did she say what he think she said?
"Uraraka?" He said gently placing his hand on her face. She grasped it with her own and sobbed.
"Ever since I met you, I've always been inspired by you, you're so sweet and brave, and kind. Whenever you are around I just know everything is going to be okay, even with all you've endured, you came back to us, I just can't hold it in any longer! IZUKU I LOVE YOU!" She said pouring out her heart to him. Izuku was dumbstruck, a girl, that he liked, loved him!?
"Uraraka, I-" Izuku said sweating. Was this really happening? Perhaps he did die and now he was in Heaven.
"I'm sorry if this it out of nowhere! But after everything that's happened, after I almost lost you, I needed to tell you! I-" Uraraka said as Izuku cradled her close, he looked deep into her eyes, the electricity between the two overwhelming. Izuku did something quite out of character, he brought in her face for a kiss. Uraraka melted, she returned the kiss and the sorrows of the past were gone. It was a deep kiss, full of passion and pure love. Izuku and Uraraka felt something the never thought possible, such a intoxicating feeling, they both realized in this kiss that they needed each other, that no force would ever tear them apart. As they kissed, two people looked through binoculars from the bushes in glee.
"Oh thats just so precious!" Lady Liberty said. "Ah think Ahm gonna die!" She was distracted by sounds of sobbing. She turned to see Yankee bawling his eyes outs.
"Brent, are you cryin? Since when does romance make you cry?" Lady Liberty asked.
"I-it d-doesn't!" Yankee sniffled wiping his eye. "I'm just so damn proud of him!" Yankee got up and yelled. "THAT A BOY! BANG HER LIKE A SCREEN DOOR IN A HURRICANE!"
"BRENT THEYRE KIDS!" Lady Liberty said appalled.
"Oh fuck!" Yankee said. "UH NEVERMIND!" Somehow Izuku and Uraraka were so lost in each other they didn't heat Yankees outburst. Once the kiss stopped, Izuku brought Urarakas head to his chest and rubbed his hand through her hair.
"Nothing can possibly ruin this, I've never been this happy in my life, everything will finally be okay-"
BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM The huge explosion rocked the campus as the shockwave from the epicenter sent everything flying. Izuku held onto to Uraraka tightly using his body as a shield to protect her. They hit the ground hard as Izuku looked into the distance and saw a familiar yet forgotten foe.
"Where is Izuku Midoriya?" Shigaraki roared. Izuku groaned as he looked up into the sky.
"Why won't you just kill me?" Izuku asked God.
Oh hohoho don't think for one second I'm ending this story with mushy love bullshit! I won't say who but a lot of characters are about to die. Lets just sag both canon and my OCs are fair game to the slaughter, who will i let live? who will i kill? place your bets in the reviews! Sleep in anxiety! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!'