Midoriya wasn't sure how he ended up here, caught in this game of cat and mouse, defending the undefendable and so deep within his clutches it should be embarrassing. Oh how far could our little hero fall?
1yr earlier
Kacchan was gone. Everyone at UA was panicking, dealing with the media whilst also searching for the missing boy. Everyone was afraid what this would mean for the students both in the hero program and not. Kacchan was gone. He'd been taken by the league, snatched inches away from his finger tips. His eyes still burned in his memory, crimson orbs seeming defeated as he was swallowed into the abyss. Izuku Midoriya felt the weight of those eyes on his shoulders. He felt weak, unable to save the boy from a fate worse than death. Capture could result in torture, brainwashing or other awful things. His resolve to save his spiky blonde haired friend was absolute as he drifted in and out of nightmares.
It was four days later before they had any news about Kacchan. Those four days had been agonizing as Midoriya truly felt that the nickname of Deku, useless, was fitting. He felt helplessness, the same helplessness that he had the moment kacchan disappeared before his eyes. On the fourth day, however, even graver news was heard. The league had attacked a small hero agency on the outskirts of the city. Midoriya only heard about this because All Might had seen the dark circles under his eyes and knew the boy was worried for his classmate. Otherwise, even the media was being kept in the dark. His curiosity peaked at this news. Why were they keeping this attack so tightly under wraps? Was it because Kacchan was still yet to be found? All Might had a heavy air around him as he pulled Midoriya from class. His normal brooding manner faded away as blood trickled from his lips. Midoriya was concerned at this point, both for his missing friend and the mentor/ father figure standing before him. His brain whispered cryptically in his head, thoughts of Kacchan being gone gone before he quickly shoved those thoughts away. Kacchan was strong. The strongest person he'd ever met, except for maybe All Might. It would take a lot more than the league to take him down.
"Young Midoriya", All Might started, "I have some ...startling... news about your classmate Bakugo." His eyes spoke volumes in regards to the words leaving his bloodied mouth. Concern, shock, grief and something akin to doubt shone in his sunken eyes. Midoriya paled at this. 'No no no no, Kacchan was too strong to be dead, there's no way '… his eyes stung as his brain panicked. What he was not prepared for was All Mights next sentence,
"Bakugo was apart of the attack. Bakugo has joined the league"...