Final Chapter (insert sad face here)
The world saw it, they saw it all.
The former drones risking their lives to protect everyone.
Izuku Midoriya breaking his body to stop the annihilation of an entire city.
"IZUKU!" Bakugo yelled, sprinting towards the collapsed Izuku who had reverted back to his original form. He was followed by Class 1A who ran to their wounded classmate. They surrounded him as Todoroki pressed his head to Izuku's chest.
"He's still alive." Shoto said with relief upon hearing a heartbeat. Everyone sighed a breath of relief as the pros arrived too.
"Ah Jesus kid." Yankee said, noting the damage to his body. "SUSIE!"
"Ahm comin!" LL cried as she sprinted over. Everyone moved out of the way as she placed her hands on him and activated her quirk. Izuku mumbled in his sleep as his body repaired itself.
"Cmon wake up sweetie!" Lady Liberty pleaded.
"M-mom… All Might-" Izuku mumbled as his eyes slowly opened. He looked to the sky to see the sun shining brightly. He felt the warmth of the sun brush up on his skin. As his eyes adjusted to the light, he saw multiple crying faces looking down on him.
"G-guys?" He said again weakly. Uraraka covered her mouth in tears as she leaned in to hug him. Yankee fell to his knees with his hands folded.
"Thank you God! Thank you!" He said heaving.
"YOU DAMN NERD!" Bakugo yelled. Everyone gasped as they turned to Kacchan for his appalling statement. "DONT EVER SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF US LIKE THAT AGAIN!" Izuku chuckled as everyone embraced him.
"Do you need help?" Ojiro asked, offering a hand.
"Nah, I think I'm good." Izuku said as he stood up. He turned to see a large crowd of citizens. Upon seeing Izuku stand they began to clap and cheer.
"DEKU! DEKU! DEKU! DEKU!" They chanted. The boy who saved them all, gone were his sins of the past, he was redeemed. He then, despite his internal numbness, raised his hand in the air and let out the brightest smile he could. The crowd went wild as the sun shone on the new symbol of peace.
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"I can't believe it's really over." Yankee said as he Lady Liberty prepared to board a plane back to America. He ruffled Izuku's hair as Lady Liberty leaned in and hugged him.
"Thank you for healing me." Izuku said as LL smiled at him. "Of course, take care of yourself now Sweetie."
"Well guess we better be off, I've had enough sushi to last a lifetime-" Yankee started to say as he saw Izuku crying into his gut.
"T-thank you Yankee." Izuku whimpered, hugging the American tightly. "Y-you were there for me from day one." Izuku owed a lot to him. Yankee helped him escape Japan, helped him keep his mind off everything by hanging out with him, protected him from AFO, and was instant to help him get to Japan. Even after Izuku almost killed him, Yankee held no ill will towards him.
"Ah come on kid yer gonna break an old man's heart." Yankee said, returning the hug. "You just go study so you can graduate, and take care of that girl of yours."
"I'll try." Izuku said looking up. His eyes were so dead, like he had lived a lifetime of pain in only six months. Yankee sighed as he was reminded of just how much this ordeal cost the poor boy. Even though he was a hero in training, no boy should have to experience this much trauma at this age.
"Hey look at me." Yankee said getting on one knee so he was eye level with Izuku. "You're the new Symbol of Peace now, people will look to you for hope. Live your best life, if not for yourself, do it for All Might, yer teacher, and Klaus."
"Okay!" Izuku said sniffling.
"Don't be so sad! We'll be back to visit! Remember you can call us at any time!" Yankee said as he and LL boarded the plane. Izuku waved bye to them sadly as the door to the jet closed. Yankee and LL took their seats as Yankee looked around.
"Is the door sealed?" Yankee quickly asked.
"Yeah why-" Susie responded.
"WAHAHAHAHAHH OOOOOOOHOHOHO!" Yankee bawled as he covered his face from the tears. He held it in not wanting anyone to see him cry. "I'm gonna miss him so fucking much!" Yankee continued to cry as Susie placed her head on his shoulder.
"Me too Brent, me too." She said sniffling.
Xxxx
Izuku sat on a hill overlooking the city which was under reconstruction. News of Aizawa's death hit everyone in Class A very hard to where even Todoroki and Bakugo shed tears. The other fallen heroes were given proper funerals. The surviving foreign heroes, Yankee, Lioness, Blizzard, and Sand Golem assured him if ever needed someone to talk to he could call them. Jaeger was sent home to be buried in his homeland. For a hero to give his life for people that weren't even his own was more powerful than his quirk was. Yankee had been crushed but was glad he could see his friend off to the afterlife. All the former drones were forgiven and reinstated as professional heroes. Izuku sighed as the sun set. He felt so cold and empty. He had lost everything, his idol, his mother, his home, his teacher, and almost his friends.
"At least I still have them." He thought referring to his classmates. He didn't like feeling so numb, he would rather feel negative emotions like sadness or anger then feel nothing at all. He hugged himself, the emptiness in his chest demanding to be filled. People had noticed he had changed, whenever he did smile, it was obviously forced to hide his pain.
"Deku." Izuku turned to see Uraraka in a pink sundresss.
"Hey." He said as she came up to him. She gave him a kiss on the cheeks and sat down next to him.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah-" Izuku said.
"Stop lying." Uraraka said as she cupped his cheek in her hand, careful not to use her quirk. "I can see it in your eyes, you're in pain. Please just talk to me, you don't have to suffer."
"It's not that I feel pain." Izuku said looking away. "It's that I feel nothing." Uraraka sadly frowned. "I feel like everythings dead around me, like I'm just a zombie aimlessly wandering through a colorless cold void." Uraraka sighed as she rubbed his back. "I don't know if this emptiness inside me will ever be completely full again." He then looked back to his girlfriend and took her hands in his. "But with you, I can at least stop it from growing any deeper."
"Izu." Uraraka said as she kissed him on the forehead. "I'll never leave your side."
"Thank you." Izuku said as the two embraced each other and locked their lips in passion.
5 Years Later.
Izuku Midoriya, the Hero Deku and the world's top hero. Stood alone at a cemetery, it was fall, crisp breezes blew leaves through the air as he observed the headstones in front of him. He had graduated three years ago and had made a successful name for himself. Today was the day All Might fell and his torment began. Izuku took a deep breath as he looked into the sky.
"Eclipse, Rio, Snakes, and Spartan, I didn't know you long but your bravery helped save so many. Thank you."
"Gran Torino, without you I would have failed. Thank you for giving me your last days."
"Jaeger, you sacrificed so much for a country that wasn't yours, thank you for being there for me."
"Levi, you were a criminal and a killer, but in the end, you saved me from myself. Thank you for giving your life for me."
"Mr. Aizawa, it wasn't the same without you at U.A. We all still miss you, I wish you could see what we became. Thank you for sacrificing yourself to protect me."
"All Might, I did it. I restored One For All's purity. I hope I became a hero you are proud of. It's hard but I remember your smile and it gives me strength. Thank you for believing in me when no one else would.
"Mom, I miss you so much. I wish you could see how I've changed, I graduated with honors and as one of the Big 3. Kacchan has been a great friend to me again. My classmates still keep in touch. We caught the rest of the League of Villains and crime is at an all time low. Yankee and Lady Liberty had a baby girl and made me The Godfather. Uraraka and I are getting married in the spring. Even though it hurts a lot still, I find it easier and easier to smile everyday.
So rest easy Mother, I'll be okay. Thank you for your love."
Izuku felt a breeze course through the air again as if the fallen were addressing him. It was a calming feeling. He looked into the heavens again and smiled as a beeper went off on his wrist.
"Volcanic Eruption Alert! All heroes needed!"
"Time to get back to work." Izuku said as he turned to take off before looking back at the gravestones. "I'll see you all again one day." He smiled genuinely as he took off to save everyone with all his might.
"I'll save them all, why?"
"Because I am The Ninth."
Man it hurts bringing the story to an end. Thank you all for sticking by me and reading. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did. While this is the last chapter, there will be an epilogue.
R&4
