Authors Note: I already went into this, a bit. But I wanted to do this from Izumi's point of view a bit too. Also someone asked if Izumi's dream means that she's regaining her original quirk. That Quirk is gone for good. It was destroyed when All for One tried to take it from her. It's gone for good. So here we go I own nothing.

Nightmares

Izumi couldn't breathe. She was surrounded on all sides by foul smelling slime. Her nose and mouth were blocked, the taser her mother had given her had been cast aside by the villain in seconds. It had barely phased the villain. She couldn't breathe, her vision was starting to go grey. The villain laughed.

"I've been needing a new skinbag! And this one's even cute! Thanks kid, you're my hero." She couldn't even scream. Even her eyes were covered in the slime now. She couldn't breathe. She was never going to be able to be a hero. She was never going to see her mother again. No one was coming to save her. She was going to die.

Izumi screamed shooting up in bed. She was shaking from head to toe. It took her a few minutes to calm herself back down. She was fine, All Might had saved her from the sludge villain, twice and taken her on as his protégé. She was going to get his quirk. Once she was trained enough. She glanced at her clock. It was five in the morning on a Saturday. She wasn't going to get back to sleep after that. She rolled out of bed and changed into her track suit. It was a recent acquisition, All Might themed of course but just the color scheme. She was a bit embarrassed by it honestly especially since she spent most of her weekends and after school hours training with the man himself after all. But she'd asked her mother if she could get a track suit and this one was what her mom had come back with. Truth be told she loved it. She pulled on her sneakers and went to the fridge. There were several water bottles full of pre-maid smoothies. She grinned. Her mother had been fully on board with her new diet and training regimen. She didn't know all the details but she was all for Izumi trying at least. She scribbled a quick note, telling her mother where she was going and left. She would jog to the beach and get an early start.

He was struggling, but it was like being trapped in thick honey. He could barely move and his explosions had next to no effect on this thing. It seemed to be able to direct them outwards doing more damage to the street around them. The heroes weren't helping. None of them could even get close. Something hit the villain with a thump and suddenly Deku was there. She was crying as her fingers dug at the slime that surrounded him. She didn't notice the tendrils climbing her legs, the thing grabbing hold of her before anyone could do anything. Then the scene around them shifted. The roof of the school? Deku was struggling in the slime villains grasp but she couldn't do anything, clearly. The slime thing's voice echoed around them, spitting words at them as it dangled Deku off the side of the roof.

"Such a pretty little thing. Shame she doesn't have any power. A little broken dream. Better luck next time girly." Then the slime retracted from around her and she dropped.

"Izumi!" Katsuki Bakugou came awake screaming her name, shooting up in bed, reaching out like he could catch her. He panted shaking as his door was opened. His mother looked in on him in concern, a fire extinguisher at her side. She set the extinguisher down as she saw that he hadn't started a fire this time. She stepped up to him.

"Katsuki." He was still shaking as she pulled him into a hug. It was several minutes before she spoke again, feeling tears soak into her shirt. She knew he would deny them later. But right now in the earliest hours of the morning he let himself sob. "Was it the dream again?" He nodded into her shirt. He hadn't told her exact details of the dream, but it had been clear that somehow Izumi Midoriya was involved. She could guess that the slime villain was involved as well. This was the first time he'd woken up screaming her name though. She hadn't heard him say her name in so long. Not since they were kids. It had been two weeks since the incident. Mitsuki knew that Katsuki still hadn't talked to Izumi, not really.

The good news was that meant the bullying had ceased. She'd been trying to get him to stop for years but ever since it became clear that Izumi wouldn't be getting a quirk. The girl was still applying for UA though. Mitsuki was not looking forward to seeing her dreams crushed. Inko had told her in confidence that Izumi was trying a new workout regimen and diet plan to get her in perfect shape for the exam. The poor girl was trying so hard, but it would never work without a quirk. She rubbed her sons back as he began to calm. These little moments were something she didn't see very often. Katsuki refused help from anyone most of the time. But alone with just her sometimes he would still let her in, remind her of the sweet boy he'd been when he was young, before the pressure of success molded him into the teenager now in front of her. He pushed himself away from her and scrubbed his hands across his face.

"You should try to get some more sleep Katsuki."

"Whatever."

She knew he wouldn't go back to sleep. She wasn't surprised at all when she heard the front door slam as she began cooking breakfast.

Katsuki Bakugo was not stalking Izumi Midoriya. He swore he wasn't. But he was making sure she was safe. That's what he told himself at least as he slunk his way to her block. They didn't live too far apart. They used to walk to and from school together when they were little. He'd stopped walking with her years ago. But he still knew the way to her apartment complex by heart, his shoes carrying him there without much thought. He did have a few thoughts when the door of the apartment complex opened. He spotted a familiar head of green hair and ducked behind a wall. What was she doing outside at the ass crack of dawn?

She hadn't noticed him. He glanced over the wall and saw she was putting her earbuds in, listening to music on her morning jog. But since when did Deku take a morning jog and way earlier than he usually woke up on Saturdays. She nodded to herself and set off at a brisk jog down the street as he stared after her. He let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding as she took a street away from where he had hidden. His shaking had finally stopped. It had stopped when he'd seen her, alive and well. Not falling off the school building with tears streaming from her eyes.

"Stupid deku." He grumbled but for once in his insult wasn't directed at her. It was directed at himself. He had been completely useless against that slime villain, either to defend himself or her. He turned to walk back to his house and in that moment he made a silent vow that he would never be that weak again. He would get strong enough to be a real hero. No matter what.