IzuOcha Post Overhaul Arc 1 Chapter 4: Returning Home
[So, after many requests, I have put in a small scene with Eri that I didn't plan but I kind of needed. Tried to put some funny moments in for you. So, I hope you find Eri adorable as I thought it felt while writing it.]
Third person:
A lot happened in the twenty-four hours after Midoryia woke up. Kirishima and Mina were back at dorms after their investigation of the battlefield where the spoke to the locals to see if they needed any help as well as ask if anyone saw the battle.
After a long few hours, Inko Midoryia was allowed up into Izuku's room after what felt like a lifetime of waiting. Only heroes where allowed to see him and of course All Might and whatever company he brought since Eri was in containment with Mirio and the big three, the doctors were worried about Izuku's long exposure to Eri but nothing came of it, so they finally let his mother up. They cried together for many hours but only one thing remained constant through the entire few hours, was that Uraraka held Izuku's hand the entire time. Not letting go when Inko came in, or when the doctors were doing tests. Only when Mr Aizawa told Uraraka and Shoto that they had to go back to the dorms now with himself and a sea green haired lady that they swore they have seen before. Inko his mother had to return home since they had a new member to their family, a black cat named Suki.
Izuku was next to follow just one more night in the hospital, just to make sure. But this was the night they started, the nightmares. The vivid dreams that felt so real, no warm hand was comforting him while he was in his coma. Nor the heavy breathing from his half red and half white-haired friend. The nightmares that had clawed his mind to get in all this time. Held back by a force stronger than any quirk or person. He for the first time in 3 days was alone, no one would hear the streams of tears. Not a single soul.
Izuku POV:
"Finally, I can get back to UA!" I exclaim happily to have someone to talk to even if it was just my mentor and my greatest inspiration.
"Yes. You can return to your friends and training." All Might says as he pats me on his back in his normal form. The pats on the back remind me of long ago when I was little the ones I would get from my dad. It gives me reassurance that I was doing good, these pats remind me of those.
"Yes!" I say as I fake my joy and excitedness, I still can't get those images out of my head. Nothing will ever erase the sights I saw, nothing will. I now look tired, seeing that I rarely got more than an hour sleep at a time before I would awake shaking and wanted to curl up and die every time. It had been an extremely long night, even longer than the one after I had after the stain incident.
"Yes. Just one stop before you leave." All Might says as he takes my vase of flowers and leads me into the white halls of the hospital, we walk barely two meters before he turns and opens a door. "A certain white-haired girl wants to see you." My mind starts racing,
What am I going to say? What am I going to do? Does she forgive me for letting her get hurt? Or using her quick to beat Overhaul? Is she in pain? "Is she going to hate me? Does she want a present?"
Before I finish my thought a rather deep cough stops me in my track. "Just be you. She has been asking for you whenever she is awake. Now go in there." All Might says as I drag my feet over and into the containment room. I see Mirio and Nejire on a small fold out bed asleep together, they look so peaceful, I then notice a small blush on Nejire's cheek.
"Wake them and I won't forgive you." A rather menacing voice says, scaring the living daylights out of me. As I turn to see the source of the voice is a black-haired man sitting on a chair in the corner. I recognise him instantly as the third member of the big three, Tamaki.
"Sorry, Tamaki," I whisper as I move through stealing glances at the sleeping couple, I notice Mirio move his arm over Nejire protectively and she snuggles closer to him. It makes me think, that is what I want to do with Uraraka, so badly. It would make me feel safe to know she is in my arms and not somewhere else.
Where did that thought come from Izuku!
I mentally scream as I slap myself in real life making way more noise than planned and then getting dagger stares from Tamaki in the corner. Taking the obvious hint from my black haired upperclassman, I hurry into the room next to Mirio's.
I am stunned by the image, sitting on a bed is Eri. In a white gown almost matching her pale hair. Everything about her seems sad and down, her eyes don't have a sparkle that most girls her age should, she is looking extremely pale. That is until she sees me.
Her eyes light up, like fireworks. Her eyes sparkle like ruby or a diamond in the light. Happiness beams off every part of her body giving colour to every part of her body. Then she runs,
"Deku! Deku! Deku!" she yells as she runs at me, arms outstretched. As she runs her hair falls back revealing her little horn which seems to have shrunk in size since the battle with Overhaul. As she finally reaches me, I pick her up as she hugs my neck and rubbing my face with her own. "Deku not sleepy anymore?" she asks innocently.
"No. I am not sleepy anymore Eri." I say as I touch her beautiful white hair, patting her slowly. I feel a similar feeling rush through my body that I felt with Uraraka yesterday, not the same but extremely similar, it feels like lighting through my heart. I have the urge to hold Eri tighter and never let go, I feel protective over this little girl.
"I was so worried. I was worried I would lose my best friend." She squeals into my neck, so I stroke her hair with my other hand hoping to calm myself and the little six-year-old down.
"I am not going anywhere Eri. I will always come back to you. If I have anything to do with it." I say as I stroke her hair again.
"Deku why are you crying?" Eri asks, as I turn to face my eyes into her. Finally noticing how blurred my vision is. "Am I hurting Deku again!" she screams out in terror as her eyes go from sparkling into a cloudy mess with tears creating a red puffiness around her eyes. Making her look not like her adorable usual self.
"No Eri. Don't cry!" I say as I wipe away the tears on this little girl's face, even as I do, I feel my heart splitting into many different pieces as I see the little girl continue to let out a little number of tears. "I am so happy. I am crying because I am so happy!" I say as I don't need to force a smile to my face. It just happens.
"Then I wanna cry like Deku!" Eri screams, "Because I feel so happy." Eri says throwing her hands above her head like she was at a party.
"Really?" All Might sighs from the doorway making me jump slightly by his sudden appearance. "Out of all your habits you could have given her. Why did it have to be your crying?" He sighs.
"Mr funny hair!" Eri screams as she frantically squirms around like a cat trying to get out of a cuddle. I can barely keep hold of her.
"No Eri," I say pointing to my mentor and master in his bright yellow suit. "All Might," I say,
"Funny hair."
"All Might,"
"Funny hair."
"All Might."
"Funny hair."
"All Might."
I forgot how long we went at it, but at the end of it, Eri was cuddled up in a little ball placing her head on the crock of my neck like a pillow. So, with that, I place Eri into her bed. As I wrap her up in the blanket how I should have wrapped her up in a cape that day so long ago.
As I stand up, I see three new people in the room with me, "You're her hero Deku. No matter how much I do to help her. You will always be her hero." Mirio says as he leans in the doorway. Nejire leaning on him. While the third member of the big three is staring at the wall of the room.
"I just want her to be safe," I say, telling them the truth.
"Go home. Eri will be coming soon she has a lot more tests to be done on her. Until then let us help her." Mirio says as he gives one of his amazing smiles.
"Ok," I say as I go to leave followed by All Might. Nejire jumps me, wrapping her arms around me and holding me in a tight hug, I mean tight I can feel everything pressing hard against my body thanks to her hero costume.
Nejire hugging me, holding me. What? Why? When? Why is she? "What will Uraraka think? Oh no, she gonna kill me! Should I try and confess? Should I talk to her? What should I do?"
I mutter until I am stopped mid-thought by Mirio, "Nejire stop teasing the poor boy." He says as Nejire releases me dancing two steps back.
"But it is so easy!" she exclaims before pointing at me. "Look at how red he is!"
"I know. Let Eri sleep. If you keep teasing you will wake Eri up," Mirio reasons to the extremely curious girl. I notice Nejire pout looking rather upset by the whole situation.
"But he woke us up!" she whispers out as she turns to return to embracing Mirio and burying her face into his chest.
"Don't worry Midoryia. She is always like this when she wakes up. She won't remember a thing in an hour or two. Just go home." Mirio says as he moves his arms to embrace the extremely tired Nejire.
"So sleepy," Nejire mumbles out into Mirio's chest.
"Come on Young Midoryia!" All Might says suddenly as he drags me out of the containment room and down the hall. As we pass, I see no one else on this floor. "We need to get to the dorms soon, it is already mid-day." All Might sighs,
As we enter the elevator. All Might places a hand on my shoulder. "What is it All Might?" I ask curiously on why he had placed his hand on my shoulder.
"I am so proud of you Young Midoryia. Not because of how far you have come with One for All. But for how you have become an amazing hero. You saved that little girl, not just from Overhaul. But just then you saved her heart." All Might, having a massive grin from ear to ear, I can feel how proud he is of me. It makes me feel good, it makes me feel like maybe not everything was a waste.
"Thank you All Might!" I exclaim overjoyed by the sense of pride coming from my mentor and hero. We really didn't make much conversation during the blur between the hospital and the train, I don't remember how long it took, or what time train it was. It wasn't till I sat down that All Might really spoke again.
As the train slowly takes off, All Might sighs. "I heard from Recovery girl that you got some new scars. Pretty bad ones." All Might says, I feel guilty for not showing him or mentioning it to anyone. I didn't want anyone to worry about my new injuries.
"Yeah. I didn't want to make you worry." I say as I roll up my sleeve revealing my entire arm, on my triceps I had massive scarring, not just in one spot but all over the triceps. It didn't help that I have one matching on the other arms as well, so at least I look symmetric with my scaring. Compared to the rest of my skin it is rough to the touch and looks ugly. Matching my mismatch of scars on the rest of my arms, my scaring occurred where One for All powered up in my fight before I understood how to use it properly.
All might points to the massive scarring on my triceps now. "That's from the mass use of Recovery Girl's quirk isn't it?" he asks,
"Yeah, extreme injuries repeatedly being healed, will lead to what she calls recovery patches or how I like to put it. Scar patches." I respond rolling down my sleeve on my new scars.
"I am so sorry." All Might says clearly feeling guilty for not being able to help,
"It's not all your fault. I should have been more careful. It doesn't matter now though, I am thankful I am alive and that I was able to at least protect Eri." I say as the train finally pulls up to our stop.
As we get off, we casually walk through the streets towards UA. "Everyone is coming home. We recalled everyone from their internships after Kirishima and yourself got injured badly. So, everyone should be coming home today or should already be there." All Might says as we finally reach the gates of UA. The gates look larger than usual, it feels like the entirety of the UA was looming over me. It didn't help that I was so nervous about seeing everyone. What would they think of me after everything I had done?
"All right. I better get going All Might!" I say as I turn to head towards the dorms.
"Yes. See you tomorrow Young Midoryia!" he calls to my back. As I make the ten-minute walk towards the dorms, I notice small things about the school, I notice the small hills with trees on top, I remember Iilda and myself did a few studying sessions under those as well as a few lunchtimes with Uraraka. It makes me feel warm. It makes me feel safe surrounded by these happy memories.
As I continue to walk, I notice one of the makeup training fields, it is 1B. A city loosely based off a small part of downtown Tokyo.
Finally, as I walk for another five minutes, I make it to the dorms. 1A, dorms, all the dorms look identical, the only way you can tell them apart was the class number written into the metal gates. The class number looks like a tangle of vines and messy running writing.
As I walk closer and closer, I feel my chest grow heavier.
I can't do this. I just can't.
My mind frantically screams as my body pushes forward. I feel my body turn ready to bolt, to run away and to never come back. I feel like they are going to look at me and tell me how poor excuse of a hero I had been. Look at all the damage he caused.
Get yourself together. They are your friends. They have known you for months, they are the closest people you have apart from your mother. Just believe they will be there for you.
I say to myself as I push the door open to one hell of a sight.
As my eyes adjust to the common room, I notice three people downstairs. A sun yellow-haired boy who has his head in the books, Kaminari. As he does, I notice my friend Iilda sporting his normal glasses while holding a math book in one hand while robotically moving his left hand up and down hitting the poor sun haired boy down.
"You need to focus! Studying is important. Trigonometry is extremely useful when applied to projectile motion. Allowing you to more accurately predict the motion of your discs you fling at your enemy." With every word, my glasses friend says, he robot chops Kaminari's head. Iilda probably doesn't even notice he is doing it to our poor classmate.
"I knew, I should have waited for Momo." Kaminari whimpers out. As his eyes move from his books up to the door, he sees me, and his eyes ignite with clearly an idea. "Midoryia!" he calls out flicking his head back out of his books.
"Hey, Kaminari." I greet, half-heartedly. In an instant Iilda is in front of me, his arms moving up and down robotically again, but instead of Kaminari's head, it is just into the air. I forgot how short I was compared to him it's like a David and Goliath sought of feeling.
"Greetings, Midoryia. I see you are healed now. Glad to see you back." He says with his left arm moving robotically in time with each of his words. He presses his glasses to his face, "I hope, you haven't let your studying slide, you should review chapters 34 to 37 in the maths book. As well as take a nap now. UA won't stop for you. So, make sure you are at the top of your game!" Iilda says, as this was going on, I notice Kaminari slowly and carefully picking up his stuff. Then start sneaking towards the stairs. As if Iilda had sensors, he turns hundred and eighty degrees and staring at the electric quirk user.
"Let me guess. We still have to do Trigonometry?" Kaminari whimpers out almost inaudible.
I just want to be alone for a while, I have a lot to think about.
I feel so overwhelmed by everything around me. I feel guilty but I don't want to talk to Kirishima on the lounge I just want to be alone for a while.
I move up the stairs quickly and quietly. I make it to my room and open the door to be greeted by the familiar sight of my room. All Might posters stuck up on the wall, as well the All Might bed sheets. Since moving in I reduced the amount of All Might stuff, like the mat I had, as well as the number of figurines that I had. I limited myself to only five on my desk. Only one thing was out of place in my room. My best friend, my closest friend was sitting on my bed holding something.
"Deku!" Uraraka says jumping off my bed excitedly and beaming at me with a smile that is currently melting my heart. "I am so glad your back!" she says as she reduces the distance and wraps her arms around me. Without the screaming pain like I had at the hospital, I only feel safe once again.
"Hey, Uraraka." Then I realize what had happened. Feeling my face turn at least six shades redder, my mind then starts firing off thoughts
She hugged me again? Again? Did she not before? But I remember her hugging me? "should I ask? Is it weird to ask? Should I pretend that it didn't happen? Would that be rude? Would it be rude not bring it up? What if it?"
Before I can finish, I am stopped by a confused looking Uraraka giving me a puzzled look only a question mark could give. "Deku your mumbling again."
"Sorry sorry," I say scratching the back of my head and finding a very interesting part of the floor to look at.
"Well, I wanted to wait to see you up here before you went to sleep again or whatever." As she says this, she pulls out a photo. "Aizawa told me to give this to you from Eri."
As I take the photo from Uraraka, I look at it. In the photo the big three are in the background, Nejire holding onto Mirio while Tamaki is facing the wall. Then my eyes move down to the foreground. Eri is in her white hospital robe and it is jumping for joy. Her eyes are shut tight, but she is giving off the most beautiful smile, second to only Uraraka but both equally could melt my heart. Literal happiness is all I can see from this photo.
"Thank you Uraraka," I say as I feel tears start to well up in my eyes. As quickly as my tears start Uraraka is already hugging me in an embrace I will never grow accustomed to. But one I need so badly.
"If you need me, I will be in my room. I will let you get some rest." She says releasing me from her safety. As she moves like the wind past me, I notice some pink in her cheeks, more than the usual. But before I have time to get a good look she is gone.
Leaving me all alone, with my thoughts. My strong face, my happiness comes crumbling down around me, the things I had seen. That night after Uraraka and Shoto left, it broke something inside me. My dreams were so real, I was so broken. I am broken. No one heard the screams of terror as my nightmares tried to squeeze the life out of me. I was scared beyond anything on having to return, I didn't want to go back but my body needed it.
As I held the photo of Eri close to my chest, I only remember mumbling one thing.
"Please don't go."
Kirishima POV:
It had been three hours since Midoryia had come home, three hours since he ignored me. I was hurt more than anything, I was waiting all day, fiddling with this pin. Just waiting for him to get home, now I feel a sharp pain in my chest. I hadn't moved at all since then, I just sat here on the lounge alone, as I watched everyone happily greet one another.
I look over to Momo and the other girls who are all huddling around one another. I look around for my pink princess, but I only just get a short glimpse at of her beautiful caramel eyes, but that's all that was needed.
"Hey girls, I need to go." I hear Mina says, I couldn't tell in her eyes, but as the girls parted and my pink princess stepped out, I saw her face. Worry was written across it, not even a second later she was next to me. Her arm wrapped around my back, and with one motion she pulled herself as close as she could to me. "What's wrong?" she asks. I feel warmth again from her body, as well as a feeling of happiness inside my heart which is beating a little faster than usual.
"He didn't want to speak to me." I let out, not hiding the sadness in my voice at all. I hold up the pin so Mina could see it. "I wanted to give him this pin from the little girl from the battlefield. She said she was in the rubble but saw the entire fight, she made about ten of these badges for her new favourite hero." The badge itself wasn't complex it didn't even have Midoryia on it or Overhaul, just aqua lighting. "I wanted to show him how much of hero he was to this little girl. I wanted my friend to understand how much of a hero he was. I wanted him to know that he was as much a hero as All Might. That we all appreciate his sacrifices."
Mina is silent, I am worried she is never silent. The only time she is, is when she is making an evil plan. Before I can ask anything, she has snatched the pin from my hand and has literally bounced over to Momo like a kangaroo or as if she was on a pogo stick.
"Momo!" she squeals. Momo literally jumps at least half a meter out of her seat at the sound of her name. "Can you make a copy of these for everyone in our class?" Mina asks handing over the pin to the girl.
"Of course, I can," Momo says as she unbuttons two of her shirt buttons, making me turn away instantly not wanting to invade the girl's privacy who probably didn't notice I was there.
"Mina, can I speak to you?" I ask, still facing away from them.
"Of course," Mina says bouncing in front of me.
"What are you planning?" I ask,
"Well, I should have said something, but a plan came together in my head. So, I had to act on it. Sorry, I should of sad something before I snatched the pin from you." She sighs, "I was going to say, we all wear the pin for him, while we also make his favourite meal to make him feel like he is home. Since he has been away so long. Also, to show him why he is our hero, we wear the pins for him." Mina says beaming ear to ear with that energetic grin I fell in love with.
"Only one problem. I don't know his favourite meal and neither do you." I point out the one flaw in her plan. Which receives an upset looking Mina. "Uraraka could know, but she was waiting for him in his room. He needs her more than us, so I don't want to disturb Midoryia and her. It will also give away the surprise."
"I know what his favourite meal is." Interjects a very calm and relaxed voice, it scared me but not as much as Mina who had leapt literally onto me in fear. As I turn to see the origin of this calm voice, I am greeted by none other than Todoroki himself. "It's Katsudon."
"You scared me Todoroki," Mina says as she finally releases my neck a little and returned to her own two feet. "I am going to go check with Iilda if we have all of the things to make it for the entire class." As she bounces away, it leaves me and Todoroki standing together. Silence occurs until I see a small drop of blood drip from his nose. I realize he is in full sight of Momo and her exposed chest.
"Wow, dude. Bold. So manly." I tease punching his shoulder.
"Speak a word of this and I will see how your body holds up to my flames." Todoroki hisses as he turns to face away from Momo. Not surprising, I know he isn't a pervert. I know for a fact he is a gentleman, holding the door for ladies, just doing manly things in general
"You so have a crush," I say as I walk off to join Mina, leaving behind a half red half white stunned mullet.
As I move to the table were Kimanari is unconscious on the table surrounded by trigonometry notes and a rather large lump in the middle of his head. But I came over here because this is where Iilda and Mina are speaking,
"Yes, this sounds like a great idea. I would love to help my friend in this way. It will also give the class some time to catch up and bond sharing a meal together." Iilda states nodding furiously. As Iilda finishes he stands up on the chair. "Everyone! Today we will be sharing a meal, so don't make plans for dinner. We will be going shopping now to collect the food. It would be good if anyone who remains tells the rest of the class when they return and, I would like some help in the kitchen to prepare this meal, but if you can't just help tidy up." Iilda announces.
Then next hour moves by like a blur, I know I am helping to cook with Mina, Todoroki and Iilda. But before that I was being dragged through a shopping centre by Mina, collecting pork and large amounts of rice. Iilda had sent us to go shopping with a very specific list. As I looked at my watch, I saw the time,
"Mina it is 6 pm!" I exclaim as we just made it back to UA's gates.
"Then let's go!" Mina yells as she runs full pelt towards the dorms adding the odd bounce to her step or quick twirl in front of me. I don't even need to look at her face to know she is smiling.
Even though she is far ahead of me and I know she can't hear me, but I say it anyway. "I love you, my pink princess."
Uraraka POV:
I am still upset, I am so sad, why is he always crying when he is around me. I love him, I meant to make him feel safe. To make him feel happy but he has cried the last two times I have seen him.
I try to cry but my eyes had run out of tears to cry, I heard people coming back to the dorms and bustle downstairs, but I couldn't face them. Not after Deku. My eyes wouldn't stop until they ran out. As I look in my mirror, I see red puffy eyes, they feel sore and like they want to release more tears, but it's all gone.
So, I decided I might as well go downstairs to see everyone. As I put on some sweats and a t-shirt I don't even bother to try and hide I have been crying. No point, trying to hide it, at least one of them have heard me.
So, I slowly slump my way down the stairs, as I reach the common room, I look around to see everyone running around, decorations are all put up everywhere. I then notice most of my friends all furiously working in the kitchen.
"What is going on?" I stutter out, as I finally reach the final step.
"Oh, Uraraka! We are finishing up making Midoryia's favourite meal for dinner." Mina yells, popping her head out from behind her red-haired boyfriend. I then feel something break inside.
You have been crying about him! You did nothing. You are so useless! How would he like you let alone love you back? You did nothing again! You are useless like how you are useless to help your parents! Now you can't even be useful to the person you love!
My mind screams, I want to cry but nothing comes out. I throw my hands onto my face trying to hide my face from everyone. I try to turn around and run for my room, but I am stopped by a cold hand grabbing my arm.
"Hey, Midoryia needs his best friend to help make his favourite meal," Todoroki says, I don't understand how he made it to the bottom of the stairs so fast or how he grabbed my arm. "Come on, I want to go get him now anyway. It is almost ready just waiting on your station to finish cutting the herbs to put on top. He says as he moves me to where he had been standing. I look down to see some half cut up herbs and spices.
Before Todoroki turns to leave, I say something only he can hear. "Thank you." After giving me a smile, I only noticed he has walked towards the stairs.
"I am going to take a quick shower and I will be down with Midoryia!" he calls as he ascends the stairs.
So, I vigorously start cutting the herbs into small bits to be placed on top. Shallots and basil mostly. I remember I have only had two of Izuku's meals. He made it for me after we moved in and I forgot to buy anything to make for dinner. So, he shared his, I remember he was heavy on the herbs and spices because.
"That's how my mother made it."
I so wanted to meet Mrs Mirdoryia but we just have never crossed paths before. I loved his cooking so I was so excited when he made it for Todoroki, and I asked if I could have some. I remember the bright shade of pink he made when he agreed to let me have some. It made me feel all warm and giddy inside even though he says his cooking is terrible compared to his mum.
My memory is suddenly stopped when a loud bang occurs and Bakugou walks in, dirty blonde hair all spiked up. Followed by evil red eyes, which seem to contain rage. He marches straight up to Kirishima not greeting anyone else or even acknowledging what people are doing.
"Hey man!" Kirishima says briefly waving at his friend before returning to cutting the pork.
"What are you doing?" Bakugou asks less hostile than usual which is a surprise.
"We are making Midoryia's favourite meal to celebrate him coming home," Kirishima says with a little joy and energy I more expected from Mina than Kirishima. I look up briefly and instantly regret my decision. Bakugou has his veins popping out of his neck, his face has turned to pure rage.
"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR THE QUIRKLESS NERD!" he screams pointing at Kirishima. "So what he got injured! So, what he fought a villain. He is still a worthless piece of trash that doesn't deserve any of this! We are training to do this! So, stop treating like he is special cause he's not!"
At hearing Bakugou call Deku useless and worthless I let out an audible cry, unable to contain myself. Or my slowly shattering heart. I look up to see Kirishima staring at me, but when our eyes meet, he instantly turns back to Bakugou.
"Go upstairs now! You made Uraraka cry! That is so unmanly of you!" he yells, as Bakugou still clearly enraged stomps off towards the stairs. "Go take a shower and cool off!" Kirishima yells to the stomping explosive monster.
"Are you ok?" Ashido asks as she touches my shoulder. I quickly nod knowing full well I am not, it wouldn't have gotten to me usually but seeing Deku as I had. I just couldn't take it anymore. To hear the man who sacrificed everything to save a little girl, to be a hero be called useless. It just broke me.
A minute passes then I hear it.
BANG.
Then a scream I was too familiar with, my body has frozen in place. I can't move a single muscle in my entire body, even my mind has stopped processing.
Suddenly everyone is moving up the stairs, I end up being the last one up the stairs. Everyone is frozen as if touched by half of Todoroki's quirk. As I push through the frozen people to the front, I see it.
My heart shatters into a million pieces all over again, the same way it did when I heard him scream out in pain after Overhaul. He is embedded in a wall, bleeding from the head, unconscious, a massive crater from an explosion surrounding him like a prison. His clothes are torn, and I can see a new scar on his triceps. Bigger than any I have seen on his arms before. My heart feels like someone is taking a hammer to it, as I reach out to touch his limp body.
My body just moves ignoring the frozen Bakugou stuck in the wall. By a very angry Todoroki, who is continually freezing the furious explosive boy. But I move to get Deku out of the wall, I manage to rip his body out of his prison and into my arms. I can't leave him alone every time I do he ends up hurt and crying.
I move his head so he can cry into my neck. He is cold to the touch, he is shivering as if we had left him out in the snow. So, I do the only logical thing and hold him tighter, for my sake and his, I needed to make sure he knew someone was there for him. I needed to know he was there in my arms safe once again.
"Please, Kacchan don't hurt them anymore. Please." He whimpers out clearly dreaming. "Stop hurting them. Please, I know I'm quirkless but don't pick on the other kids for not." He whimpers on not finishing his sentence. These words feel more like a memory than a dream, I figure he must be reliving some part of his childhood. And it hurts me knowing that this happened in past.
"Shhhh Izuku. No one is going to harm you. Not while I am here." I whisper knowing calling him by his childhood nickname would hurt more than help. "I won't let him harm you anymore," I say as I hold him and stroking the back of his green hair.
"Thank you." He whimpers out like a child more than the normal Deku I know. While wrapping his arms slightly around me pulling himself closer to me. I don't care that everyone can see, now I need this just as much as Deku does. So, I pull him closer again, feeling the top of his head, making sure he wasn't bleeding anymore. Which he's not, without warning I move my face into his neck. It's still cold but I can feel him warming up, even though I was meant to help him, I feel like he is now protecting me instead.
Kirishima POV:
As I watch as Midoryia and Uraraka embrace, I can tell they are both hurting but together they look relieved. I am holding Mina's hand and I quickly squeeze it before releasing her and stepping towards my explosive friend.
Bakugou frozen to a wall would almost be comical if it wasn't for why he was frozen to a wall. "What is wrong with you!" I yell pointing at my explosive friend who has now stopped struggling to stare at me. "Is it because I was doing something for Midoryia!" I yell more loudly than I really needed. I don't even wait for a response. "Midoryia is one of my friends! He is a classmate and a hero!" I walk closer getting as close as I can to Bakugou with the ice in the way. "I don't understand your hatred for him or why you feel the need to hurt him as you do! Until then we aren't friends. Until you can get over this hatred for Midoryia I am never speaking with you again." As I turn my back I feel a tear roll down my cheek. "Please do, because I would like my friend back," I say as I walk over and just hug Mina not wanting to show the tears now rolling down my cheeks. It hurts, he really isn't that bad, he is manly, but I can't still be friends with him after he did this out of jealousy or hatred. "I just can't take it, Mina," I whisper into her neck,
"I know." She says as she strokes my hair. Then we all hear the running from the stairs.
Aizawa POV:
I forgot how long it took me to reach them, it must have been seconds after I exited the teacher's dorms. It all happened so fast, Todoroki and Midoryia left his room, walking down the hall when Bakugou showed up, yelled at them and blasted Midoryia into the wall. After that, I moved.
As I finally reached the top of the stairs, I find people all frozen in place, all looking like statues.
"Move! Get out of the way!" I yell at the statues, who slowly part into two halves. As they part, I see a scene far too familiar for my liking, debris spread around Midoryia and Uraraka holding each other. It brings back way too many memories for my comfort. Memories I would rather be left alone. I storm forward, not caring if I am stomping and making as much noise as I could.
Then I see the other wall, a sheet of ice is covering Bakugou except for his head. I take no notice of the rest of the students around me, I just nod to Todoroki who looks extremely angry compared to normal. Slowly he melts the ice releasing the explosive child. I tilt my neck and pull my capturing weapon [scarf]. It moves quickly wrapping the boy up like a mummy.
"I am sorry for this occurring and disturbing your first evening back. I leave Midoryia in your care. All Might will be down in an hour if you need anything. Please enjoy your evening." I say as I drag Bakugou towards me and allowing my eyes to ignite and erasing his quirk. It burns for a few seconds and my hair stands on end, but I want to make sure he doesn't escape, and he knows what he has done. As I continue to stare, I lean slightly closer, "You are going to have some private lessons with Hound Dog." I say into his face before releasing him from his binding and dragging him by his collar down the stairs.
[Well, hey guys. Hope you enjoyed my longer chapter today. I worked hard for you seeing that I haven't given you guys an update in a while. This chapter is mostly used to set up a lot of upcoming plot points I intend to get to later in future arcs. I got to make it know I hate Bakugou as a character. No that doesn't mean I am writing him off, nor will I change his personality a lot, he is rather central to My Hero's plot not going to deny that. But it is setting up for a certain ship later, a rarepair. Not gonna spoil but anyone who knows what I have done on Reddit or on the discord knows what ship I am talking about. Anyway, I wanted to make sure you knew that while you are waiting for the next chapter. As well I would like to announce I will be giving an author update after the chapter tomorrow which will finish this arc. It will announce the title of the next arc, but I want to hear your guesses after reading these chapters. What you think it will include and the title of it. Also, I will announce that one shot I will be doing as a sought of a break from this story. It will be My hero, it will have Izuku. That's all I will say for now.
So, thank you all again for the support, please keep the reviews and comments rolling, I love hearing about your thoughts and opinions. Please feel free to ask any questions I will try to answer any and all, that won't spoil the story. Anyway, have a great day! And remember to GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA!]