I looked down at the plaza, nii-san was standing alone, hand clutched and trembling, despaired anger taking over his expression.

'My heart is going to burst out of my chest from the pressure of pain...' I held my heart and squeezed it's spot so hard.

'It's him... it's because of him... the Hell Flame he has...'

"Todoroki...?" Aizawa sensei called me again, softly, affected by the dark atmosphere of the situation.

'I... I have to...'

"I'm very alright now, all thanks to you sensei. I just have to see Shoto and congratulate him." I said faking a bright beam to suppress the scream that fought to get out of my vocal box.

He looked at me suspiciously.

"Fine, but I have to go with you to make sure you are under control." He commanded.

I bit my lips, as I saw nii-san go to a different direction from our friends, accompanied by Midoriya, of all people.

All of a sudden a vision of raging red flames blossoming for the first time colliding with a great power and exploding rushed through my head. Despite the sudden pain, I held myself from wincing , so that I would be allowed to go see Shoto.

"Okay." I answered, then rushed through the door, feeling a strong urge to go see nii-san right at that moment.

"Todoroki!" Aizawa sensei called me, his steps rushing behind me as fast. But I did not stop, I kept running and running.

'I have to see him...'

"Todoroki!" Sensei screamed another time, this time binding me with his scarf and stopping my movements.

I felt anger take over me. I had a strange feeling, a strong one that if I do not go now and see my other half, he will become worse. I tried to fight the scarf, but it tightened on me even more.

"What the hell you think you're doing?!" Sensei snapped.

The pressure that was piled up got to my eyes, threatening to get out as tears.

"Sensei... please I have to go there fast... nii-san... nii-san is not okay, I can feel this in my heart, he is in pain and I have to go!" I yelled, droplets of salty water escaping my eyelids against my will.

Sensei's expression softened, but he did not unbind me just yet.

"Don't you think he will feel worse if he saw you like this?" He said, raising an eyebrow.

"I-well..." I tried to compose an excuse, but he cut me off.

"Trust your sister a little bit more, she is strong and can handle herself, this is what I told Todoroki when you were unconscious. You two seem to have a knack on solving each other's problems like if they were your own. You two should give each other time to deal with things on your own." He explained, loosening the scarf as I calmed down.

'Trust him...? But I do trust him... don't I?'

I was stunned by his words, so stunned that I stopped resisting his force on me.

'Doesn't this mean I am giving him up...?'

"You will come with me to the control room, before Hizashi comes down back here and drag me by force." He said in a dismissie tone, waving me to walk beside him.

'To let him deal with his problems on his own...'


"Oh! Hey there Todoroki!" Exclaimed Yamada sensei, bot so surprised of seeing me come to the control rrom of all places. "Are you ready for the commentary in five minutes?" He asked me all pumped up as usual.

I made a small smile and nodded silently, dragging myself slowly to sit beside Aizawa sensei. Yamada sensei looked a litlle bit concerned, but smiled brightly like he does always and said excitedly: "It's okay, you will get the chance to paricipate next time! Now look around you, enjoy the great events and cheer on your friends! Now say heeey!"

I looked at him again, this time my smile a little bit more honest than fake, and nodded thanking him.

"Try to be a little bit quieter this time since we have a visitor that is not used to your 24/7 yelling." Aizawa sensei said bluntly.

"Hey now! How can a commentary on a battle be fun without the adrenaline and excited tones now huh?" He exclaimed with his sharp voice like if Ereaserhead sensei just broke one of his personal ideals (which in a sense did happen).

"It can be fun with normal comments, you don't have to be super loud." He backfired.

"Shota you're always like that... damn." Yamada sensei said dumbfounded for a bit. He then seemed to remember something and grinned mock maliciously.

"Hey Todoroki, what's your favorite animal?" He asked, the same smile plastered on his face.

'Why this question, now of all time? And what's with that smile...?'"Um... cats...? Why are you asking sensei?" I answered, and asked a question myself too. Present Mic's smile grew even more, if that was possible.

Aizawa sensei looked at me and back at Yamada sensei, an expression of surprise and "no you don't" written all over his face. Fore once, his expression was so simple to read.

"Oh well you see, Shot-" Yamada sensei started but was instantly interrupted by a slightly blushing Aizawa sensei.

'No way...!'

"The commentary should start now, come on Hizashi." He ordered him, rushing.

"Fine, fine~, but Todoroki is going to know about your secret-" He accused even further.

"Just start already!" He was interrupted again by a frustrated Aizawa sensei.

"Okay okay I was just joking!" Present Mic sensei said in a defeated done, raising his hands defensively.

I chuckled lightly at their interaction; they seemed like high school best friends, chatting lightly and comfortably together, even if it was teasing in a sense or another.

Yamada sensei sat on his chair, so did Aizawa sensei and I. Present Mic got closer to the microphone and started:

"Before we begin, there are some good news to those who lost in the preliminaries. In the end, this is still a sports festival, so to give everyone the chance to participate, we made those recreational events! Just look how pumped up those cheerleaders we called from America are..." And he stopped his speech, looking through the window, very surprised.

"Huh, what's this...?" He wondered.

"What are they even..." muttered Aizawa sensei, stunned.

I got closer to the window. I looked through the window. I saw what was in the plaza. I wished I did not know. My female classmates were wearing cheer leaders clothes; the too revealing, totally unnecessary cheer leaders clothes.

'What the hell...?! Seriously now! Let me guess... it's Mineta's thing huh... that grape head...'

"All right, compete your heart out in these recreation..." Present Mic continued, but Aizawa sensei spoke me before I would hear what he needed to say.

"Do you want to participate?" He asked softly.

My eyes lit up; I felt the happiness bloom inside of my heart.

"Can I really?" I asked him brightly, like a child who just got candy. "But Recovery Girl... she said that I can't..." I paused, then lowered my head. "And what if I..." I trailed off, thinking about the possibility of losing control over myself.

'I got careless when I saw and felt that nii-san is sad and hurt... I was making rushed decisions without thinking them over... I may hurt people, and sensei saw through that so he stopped me...'

"I will accompany you, to make sure things stay alright, do not worry." He reassured.

I looked at him with wide, sparkling eyes and voiced a bright "thank you!".


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