Katsuki
Of course he would go and die.
Why couldn't he hold on for just a little longer.
So, what if he saved the world...again
Does it really mean anything if you don't get to live in it.
Yes, of course it would. Deku would have berated him for thinking such a thing.
He was always so self-sacrificing.
Only this time the consequences caught up to him.
Deku...
Katsuki called him that as a way to make himself feel superior and to remind Deku that he was useless. A deku.
Well, who's the useless one now.
Some top ten hero he is.
Couldn't even save his childhood friend.
Were they even friends?
Maybe, a long time ago
Either way he watched as he died in his arms, a smile still on his face.
Deku asked if he was okay. The man dying in his arms asked if he was okay.
He couldn't answer.
His sharp tongue and quick wit had failed him just that once.
Deku told him to help protect the world while he was gone.
He asked that he help train the next generation of heroes.
All he could do was nod.
He felt that his words would fail him.
They sat there in silence hearing the sirens get closer, the crater they sat in muffling the sound slightly.
Katsuki barely heard the transmission saying that Eri was on the way.
He knew even if he could carry Deku out, it would be too late.
Besides Katsuki was injured, just not dying.
So, they sat in a comfortable silence.
Right before help arrived. Deku thanked him one last time and asked he thank Auntie Inko too, before finally closing his eyes
At that Katsuki finally broke.
When the paramedics and Eri finally got to him, he just held his friend's body to his chest.
Eri used her quirk on them both.
It may not bring him back as even consciousness was beyond her quirk's control, but at least his body wouldn't look destroyed.
They all stood in silence for a second in respect to their pillar before quickly disappearing to find survivors.
They were still heroes after all.
Years later Katsuki took a job at UA.
He would honor his promise to Izuku, he had to
He would go on to teach for several more years.
His place in the rankings meant little to him at that point.
The former number three
He was a strict as his sensei before him.
Though on the inside he cared for his kids.
He would go onto mentor the next Symbol of Peace.
Though she would never match up to Deku's legacy
No one could and probably never will