AN: Hey guys, what's up. I hope you all are safe. I bring sorta of new chapter. It's more of filler than a chapter, but it contains a great Izuku and Ochako moment. I'm not going to do reviews today because my allergies are kicking my ass, so I hope you enjoy the chapter. Now I don't know when I will get out the chapter for the camping arc, I'm hoping before the second week April. I don't know, we'll see. Anyways stay safe and wash your hands.
All Might
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Chapter 33.5: A Song Together
Izuku was falling, he was falling into what looked like an endless abyss. "AHHH!" The teen screamed as he came down faster and faster, and soon he saw the ground. The teen braced for impact as crashed down and made a crater.
"Uh...What...Where am I?" Izuku asked aloud, he got up and saw that he was in his costume. He saw the school, but no students. He looked up at the sky to see the darkness, but he also saw the stars and the yellow sun. The teen sighed, he knew where he was. He was back in his mind.
"Ugh, man." Izuku groaned and rubbed his face with his hands. Why would he be here again? What happened to make him come here?
The last thing that he remembers was that he was fighting All Might and Endeavor. He beat All Might, but the bout with Endeavor left him with questions. Like did Endeavor of all people catch his punch? And what was that no form from him? The biggest question was: Did he win?
He remembers that they duked it out and there was this massive clash with the super moves. His Chaos Blast and Endeavor's Cruel Sun. The attacks hit and then blank.
"Nana! Nana, come on out and send me back home!" Izuku screamed into the sky believing that the past user would come down and release him like last. That would have happened the case if Nana or the other users brought him here, but it wasn't them this time. It was someone else and Izuku was about to meet him.
"Nan-"
"She's not coming." Izuku turned around and got on guard, he put his fist up as he looked at the shrouded man. The man had on a red shroud, gold bracelets, and he was barefoot. Izuku could see his skin tone which was tan and his eyes, they were red. Just like his.
"Who are you?" Izuku demanded in a hard tone, but the man stood unafraid and unfazed. His red eyes were boring into the teen, almost as if he was studying him.
"Sloppy." The man said and Izuku was confused, he didn't understand what he was talking about. When Izuku blinked the man was gone, he widened his eyes. Izuku looked around to find him, but he could not see him.
"Very sloppy." Izuku heard the man's voice and turned around. When he did he was punched in the stomach, a punch that felt like Bane hit him all over again. Izuku hunched over and held his stomach.
"URK!" Izuku choked out as he held his stomach, his insides felt like they were on fire. Izuku didn't see him at all, he didn't even see him move his fist. He was just so fast.
"Wh-Who...are you?" Izuku asked as he looked up at the man and saw his red eyes, red eyes so similar to him. As he looked into them the teen widened his eyes, he remembered where he saw this man now. He saw him during Bounty Night, when he fought Pyro. This person was the one to reignite the fire inside of him, to will him to victory.
"You are just sloppy. If you can not beat those two weaklings how are you able to defeat him?"
"Him...You speak of the brother?" Izuku ignored the fact that he called Endeavor and All Might weak and just focused on the question. The man turned around and began to walk, Izuku got up as well. As the teen rose to his feet he felt groggy, that punch did more than he thought to him.
"Yes, my brother. You and the others must stop him." The man told Izuku as the teen began to sort of understand. This man is...he guess he's chaos or the being who had it before him. The questions he has are too many count and he would save that for Tails and Silver, but for right now he needs to know how to stop Bane.
"Bane, he's the brother right? I need to stop him don't I?" The man turned around in anger and waved his arm, creating wind that blew Izuku into a wall. Izuku was caught off guard and before he even hit the ground the man choked him with his hand.
"Bane is not the one, you fool. It is the one you despise the most." The shrouded Izuku hardly told him as he let him go to breath. Izuku understood the message and gave him the name.
"W-Wes...Wesker. It's him. He's one that...that, that being mentioned?" The man nodded his head and told Izuku who that being that he and the others saw was.
"That being...is my father. Your father." Izuku didn't even want to ask what he meant by his father, he just wanted to know how he stopped Wesker.
"How do I stop him?" The man looked into the teen's red eyes and wondered if the teen was able to do what he failed to do. Can Izuku do what is necessary and stop Wesker.
"You must join with your brothers and sister. Find them, find the pieces of the tablet. You all must master your chaos and only then will each of you stop him. But as for you. You must do what is necessary." Izuku was panting as he still tried to understand the riddle of what the man said.
"What? The tablet? What are you talking about and what do you mean me?" Izuku asked hotly, almost believing that he was till in charge of the situation. When in reality this man was in charge and he will always be in charge until he says otherwise.
"You must cut them off. Cut her off." Izuku widened his eyes, he didn't just hear that. This man wanted him to cut her off and she could only be one person.
"I...I can figure it out. I can protect her from the shadows, keep her safe from him." The man didn't believe it and Izuku saw it. "I can do-"
"No! No, you can not. As long as she is in your heart she will always be a weakness for him to use against you. You must cut her off. Not just for your sake, but for the sake of the world. You can not fail, not again." The man sounded like he was giving wisdom to the teen and Izuku heard something at the end. It sounded like he heard sadness in the man's voice, but he never got to ask as the man put two fingers to his forehead.
"Love only brings pain." The man tapped Izuku's forehead after saying that and sent him through the walls of the school. Izuku screamed as he crashed through wall after wall and soon he saw bright white light.
"AHH!" Izuku woke screaming in bed and the Recovery girl looked at him with widened eyes. She rushed over to him as did Nemuri to see the boy panting, they began to calm Izuku down.
"Izuku, breath." Izuku heard them and listened, he was taking deep breaths to calm his nerves. When his heart slowed down he leaned back down on the bed and looked at the two female figures in his life.
"Wha-What happened?" Izuku asked and Chiyo was the one to answer him.
"You won the fight against Endeavor and All Might. Well, it was more of a tie, you escaped by making it to the gate in time. Your arm was broken as was your leg, and there are also the massive internal injuries all of three of you sustained in your fight."
"So I won." Nemuri chuckled at him and nodded her head as she rubbed some of his red hair, it was starting to grow on her.
"Yes, you won." Izuku sighed and looked up at the white ceiling, he won...well, barely. He escaped, but escape was optional so that meant he won. He beat both All Might and Endeavor.
"Heh,"
"Something funny, ZuZu." Izuku shook his head and looked at his mother.
"Nothing mom. Where is the rest of the class?" Nemuri smiled and left Izuku's side, she went to the door and opened it where Izuku saw his whole class come into his room with worried, happy, and impressed looks.
The first to his side was none other than Ochako, she got there so fast one would question if she had a speed quirk like she got to his side she blushed, her face became red. Nemuri saw this and smirked, love seems to be in the air for those two and she couldn't be happier.
She knew that Izuku liked Ochako. How did she know this you may ask? Well, she had a certain nurse tell her, rumors in the school, and the biggest evidence was at the sports festival when he carried her off like a princess.
Ochako was the perfect girl for Izuku in Nemuri's mind and Izuku was the perfect guy for her. Izuku was strong and confident, traits that could help with Ochako and get her out of her shell. While the gravity girl was sweet, calm, patience, caring, and is not one to let her friends go.
She will always stand behind him and that's what Izuku needs right now in a woman. Someone that he can lean on and one day Nemuri hopes Izuku will come clean and tell her how he really feels. She believes that this could work, but it will only work if Izuku allows it. Basically Izuku has the hand with all the cards and the question is: Is he all in or will he fold?
"Deku, are...are you alright?" Izuku smiled at Ochako and blushed some more, she tried to keep her eyes off Izuku and play with her fingers, but that didn't work since she kept looking up at his red eyes. Red eyes that she could get lost with in, lost with him.
"I"m fine actually. Never better, I feel good. Where's Shoto?" Izuku asked not to see the icy hot boy with the rest of the class.
"Shoto took his father back home. Endeavor was in bad shape and he wanted to help him out." Izuku nodded his head to Jiro's words and took a deep breath in.
"All of you that have passed good work, those that have failed learn what you did wrong and do better." Izuku had gotten rid of his gentle voice and replaced it with his leadership voice. A voice that class has now often come to hear more and more. The class sees Izuku not as the class leader, but as their leader.
"But in all and all good work. So, while I was sleeping I was thinking we celebrate." Everyone got curious and wondered what Izuku had in mind, hopefully it was something fun.
"What did you have in mind? Toru asked excitedly and Izuku smiled giving them an answer.
"I was thinking that we would go to the mall for a shopping trip. I have been informed earlier in the week that the hero classes will be taking a camping trip. So this would be the best time to get supplies." Everyone eagerly agreed to that, a trip to the mall would be so normal, something that regular teenagers do.
Something to make them feel like they're teenagers again. Don't get them wrong, they love being heroes, but sometimes they want to enjoy the time of being a teen. It's not going to last forever.
'That sounds...Awesome!" Mina screamed, she was all in for the idea of going to the mall as were the other students. Izuku smiled, he remembers the times he went to the mall with his mother and family. Amy loved to spend days at the shopping center buying clothes and makeup.
Izuku leaned up from the bed, he could that he still had on clothes so he just got out. "I'll meet you guys. I'm going to change."
"Izuku, are you sure it's fine for you to be moving." Nemuri asked worriedly and Izuku nodded his head, he was fine and he wanted to get out and spend time with his friends...with Ochako.
"Yeah, mom. I'll be fine, don't worry." Izuku kissed her cheek and changed into some clothes in the bathroom. The rest of the students were already changed and began to make their way to the mall. Ochako though is the only that didn't leave with the group, she stayed outside of Izuku's room and waited for him to change.
When the teen came out he saw that Ochako was waiting for him. "Ochako, what are you doing here? I thought you went with everyone else."
"I decided to wait...for you and….and see if...if you wanted to go together!" Ochako rushed the last part of the sentence since her face was super red. Izuku was caught off guard, Ochako just asked on a date. No, it was just them going to the mall together, not a date. Right?
Izuku with his small blush rubbed his head. "Yeah, that...that would be cool." Ochako nodded and followed him out the door. Ochako thought that they would be walking or even taking the bus to get there, but she forgot one thing about Izuku. He doesn't take anyone of those things. He takes his bike and she would find that out when they got outside.
"You ready?" Izuku asked her as he was petrified, she had never rode on a motorcycle before, but not only that. She would be riding with Izuku, that means she will be holding onto him, holding onto his strong back.
"Ochako?" Izuku called to her to see that steam was coming out of her ears. The poor love sick girl shook her head and regained her cool...literally. She nodded her head and hesitantly, and I mean hesitantly got the back of the bike. Izuku could tell that she was nervous and calmed her down the best way he knew how.
"Ochako, don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you." When Ochako heard those soft spoken words come from her crush, she smiled. She put her arms around his chest and laid her head on his back.
"I know you won't." Izuku smiled at that and started the Black Rose, the two soon began to cruise to the mall. Izuku kept his eyes forward with a smile on his face, he wouldn't go too fast. He would go at mild speed, this was Ochako's first experience and he wanted it to be good.
As the two cruised to the mall they drove in silence, not because they didn't have anything to say. They both had plenty to talk about. They could talk about their school work, the exams, their future, and the biggest and probably the least one they would want to talk about is their feelings for each other. But they decided not to do any of that.
Izuku and Ochako decided to just enjoy the ride on his bike. Ochako enjoying the wind in her hair and the feeling of Izuku's chest around her hands. Izuku was the same, he took trips on his original bike and now on his new one, but the feeling that he had with Ochako was nothing better.
The feeling of her head resting on his back as they drove, the sunsetting giving off a beautiful view, everything was just so peaceful. He wishes that they could do this more and more. Just them, the road, and the world. No one else, no villains, no heroes, no past, no lost memories, no Wesker, no Trinity, and no League. It's only them and the future.
As much as he wants this, he knows that it's going to come to an end. So he is going to enjoy every moment with her until it ends. He will be her protector and friend. Her shadow.
"Ochako,"
"Yeah," The gravity girl's mind was lost, she was enjoying this feeling that she was having with Izuku.
"We're here." The girl's eyes snapped open in shock, she looked around to see that they were indeed at the mall. She got off the bike and rubbed her head sheepishly.
"Uh...Thanks, for the ride. I'm...I'm going to go find the others." Ochako soon sprinted off leaving Izuku in the parking lot with shock eyes.
"You're welcome." Izuku smiled as he turned the bike off, he followed behind the girl he cares so much about.
"Hey, did you see that girl with brown hair." Izuku ears perked, he didn't turn his head to the voices, but he did listen.
"Yeah, I did. Did you see that ass? I hit that anytime." Izuku red eyes glowed, those douches were talking about Ochako. His girl.
Izuku wouldn't cause a scene, but he would give them a warning. He looked over to see that they were getting out of the sports car, the teen smiled.
Izuku flashed over and before anyone knew it they all heard a loud beeping coming from the car. Everyone in the parking lot looked over with shock eyes to see that the car front hood was totaled. It was completely destroyed and the owners were crying like babies as they got near it.
Izuku reappeared with a smile on his face, he just casually walked to the entrance and saw everyone else waiting for him. "Deku, what took you so long?" Ochako asked and Izuku just shrugged his shoulders telling that he was checking something with his bike.
"So, what should we do?" Tenya suggested and Izuku gave him an answer.
"How about we all go our separate ways. You can pair up if you want, but remember to buy essentials. We are going on a camping trip soon. Ochako, would like to come with me?" Ochako blushed and everyone gave her a knowing look. They could see what was going on here, even Minoru and Denki.
"Ye-Yeah! I would like that." Ochako said as she tried to calm down the stuttering. 'Oh...My...God! Deku just asked me out on a date! Ok, keep cool. It's just shopping, I can do this. I can do this! Whose Uravity? I'm Uravity!' After giving herself the pep talk she followed Izuku to the stores as the rest of the students went their separate ways.
Minoro and Denki went to go buy some spy gear for you know what, Jiro went with Mina Toru to do some clothing shopping, Momo went with Tenya to grab actual camping gear as did everyone else.
Izuku and Ochako went to H&M first and the teen wanted to buy some new shirts. He bought himself and Ochako clothing as well. Izuku told her that he was fine with treating her, he had more than enough to buy her whatever she wanted. Ochako happily accepted and began to pick out clothes.
As they were shopping Ochako did notice that she got the stink eye from a few girls, them seeing her with Izuku or the famous Shadow kinda made them jealous. Ochako ignored them though because all she wanted to do was spend time with Izuku.
After buying the clothes they both headed to an electronic store, Izuku needed some headphones. He bought the powerbeats for himself and a pair for Ochako, her color was in pink because of her costume. When they left there they went to Footlocker to buy sneakers, they couldn't leave here without getting some new sneakers.
"Pick out whichever you want." Izuku told me the girl was like a kid in a candy store. She went to all the walls and picked some Adidas sneakers and Nike sneakers. Izuku paid for them all.
"Deku, you don't have to do this." Ochako spoke to him as they were in the cafe having something to eat. Izuku smiled at her, making her blush some more.
"I know, but I want too." Ochako's face began to turn more and more red.
"T-Thank you."
"It's fine. I want you to know that if you ever need anything I'll be there for you." Ochako smiled as well, but she got curious to ask a question.
"What about you?" Izuku got confused and looked at her as she sipped his drink. Ochako saw the confusion and clarified what she meant. "What about you? Who do you have to be there for you?" Izuku stopped sipping and put it down as he answered her question.
"I have my mom."
"No one else." Ochako pressed on, Nemuri was good and she could see that she would give anything even the world for Izuku, but even she can't do everything.
"There's...There is Kachan...and" Izuku began to drift, he was losing focus and Ochako could see that. His lack of finishing the sentence answered her question. Izuku tends to do everything and look after everyone, everyone, but himself.
"You...You look out for everyone in class, make sure that they're alright and safe. Like a team leader, but not when it comes to you."
"What do you mean, Ochako? I can take care of myself." Izuku didn't want to sound harsh and he didn't want it to come out like that, but he didn't understand what she meant.
"That's what I mean. You can take care of yourself so you tend not to want their help. On Bounty Night you took on those assassins yourself and everyone in 1-A was worried about you...for you. I was worried. You fought the Nomu, Stain, and everything else that has come your way and each time you ended up in the hospital."
"What are you saying, Ochako?" Izuku asked honestly and Ochako gave an honest answer, but before she did that she leaned forward and put her hand on his left cheek.
She didn't even know what she was doing when she did this and Izuku didn't care, he just put his hand over hers. The teen felt the warmth of the hand on his cheek and both were gazing into each other's eyes.
"I'm here for you. We all are. Tenya, Shoto, Mina, Momo, Sato, Katsuki, Denki, Eijro, even Minoru. We all are here for you. You've been there for us, now let us be there for you. Let us fight with you." Izuku heard Ochako's words and they sounded loving coming from her.
Right now the teen just wanted to lean over and take her lips onto his own, forget everyone else. No, let them see. Let them see that Ochako Uraraka is his girl, she's Shadow's woman.
"I...I...I want to Ochako. I really do, but I'm scared. I'm scared for what will happen to...to you." Ochako ignored the fact that he didn't even mention their class, but she did hear him. She could hear the raw emotion in his voice, something that she has never heard.
Izuku couldn't believe it either, he barely shows this much emotion when talking with his mother. Even with her he is reclusive and hiding his true self, but Ochako is breaking those walls and nearing closer and closer to the man behind the wall.
"Deku," Ochako was moved by what she heard and Izuku just looked at her with his red eyes. The teen let go of the hand that was on hers, he leaned closer to her.
Ochako saw him and knew what he had planned, she was going to do the same. It looked like their lips were growing closer and it looked like it was going to happen until Ochako's phone rang and they came back down to earth.
Both Izuku and Ochako stared at each other with shocked eyes, they couldn't believe what they were about to do. They both quickly grew red faces and got back to their original seats. They didn't look at each other, they couldn't right now. The image of what they were about to do was fresh in their mind.
Ochako did the only thing that she could do, she answered the phone and it was Mina that could. 'Thanks for ruining the mood Mina.' They both thought, Mina told Ochako where everyone was and the round face girl got excited.
Izuku saw this and wondered what was being told to her. When she hung up she told him and even Izuku liked where they were. "Mina and the others are at a karaoke bar, she invited us to do a song together." Izuku smiled and like that idea, they both got and grabbed their bags.
They arrived at the bar where they saw everyone else in seats and Minoru and Denki performing Under Pressure by Queen. Everyone was laughing and having a good time at the show.
Minoru doing air guitars and Denki crazy body movement as he sung the song. Izuku sat down next to Ochako, he looked at the list of songs and saw one that made him raise an eyebrow.
'That could work, but I'll need some help with it.' The teen looked to Ochako, he found his partner and he wouldn't need to think about it.
"Psst, Ochako." Ochako turned her head and saw Izuku pointed to the song and Ochako smiled. She already knew the plan and she knew the song very well.
"Alright who's next?" Minoru said as he and Denki finished the song together. Izuku and Ochako decided to get up on stage and they picked the song. Both would be lovebirds got ready, Izuku went in the back to hide till his part and Ochako stood in the center of the stage.
Play Work by Rihann and Drake
"Work, work, work, work, work, work
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work!
He see me do mi
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt!
So me put in
Work, work, work, work, work, work
When you ah gon'
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn
Meh nuh care if him
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
Dry! ...Me a desert him
Nuh time to have you lurking
Him ah go act like he nuh like it
You know I dealt with you the nicest
Nuh body touch me you nuh righteous
Nuh badda, text me in a crisis
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
All that I wanted from you was to give me
Something that I never had
Something that you've never seen
Something that you've never been!
Mmmmm!
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
Just get ready fi…"
Everyone screamed as Ochako began to sing Rihanna's Work, her voice was amazing and not only that she was moving her body to it. Her hips were getting into it as she was on beat with the song. Not only that if she was doing Rihanna verses, that meant that Izuku was going to do= only one person. They were right when the Izuku verse came on and he appeared beside Ochako. The girl sweaty from her dancing and singing.
"Yeah, okay
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
We just need to slow the motion
Don't give that away to no one
Long distance, I need you
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
If you come over (Izuku and Ochako sing together)
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
I got friends tryna end me, oh
I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
We just need a face to face
You could pick the time and the place
You spent some time away
Now you need to forward and give me all the…"
Izuku rapped the bars, each word was all on point with the song. Izuku looked like a professional rapper and not only that the way he looked Ochako. His red eyes almost glowed in the dark as he danced with her. Both of them moved to the beat of the song as they sang together and the noise crowd cheered them on.
[Chorus: Ochako & Izuku]
Work, work, work, work, work, work
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work
He se me do mi
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt!
So me put in
Work, work, work, work, work, work
When you ah gon'
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn
Meh nuh care if him
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
The song came to end and both of their faces were meters apart, they both had a sweat on them as they gazed into each other's eyes. The kiss that was stolen from them earlier, to reenact it here would be perfect, but they wanted to do it on their own terms and not with a crowd around them.
They both broke apart and looked to the crowd with many of their friends and just random strangers, all of them standing up clapping them. Izuku and Ochako bowed before them, all of them loving their performance. The two hugged each other and Izuku bowed to her, he raised her hand. He wanted to have all the attention for she deserved it, he couldn't do this without her and maybe Ochako is right.
Maybe...just maybe Izuku should lean on his friends more, they are…"NO!" Izuku heard a loud voice inside of his head. Izuku looked around to see where it came from and he saw the man from his mind. The man was glaring at him with his red eyes.
"You need to cut them off!" The man disappeared after that and Izuku came back to earth, he looked to the stage that Tenya was performing. He left the bar without anyone noticing him and looked up at the night sky.
"I...I can let them be involved, no matter what. I must keep them safe. I think I know what I have to do." Izuku said aloud as he walked back in. Whatever he was contemplating, he knew that his decision would make them displeased, but whichever he chooses he knows that he will always protect Ochako. He is her knight, her protector, her friend, and her shadow.
To be continued
Chapter 34: Camping trip
