Disclaimer: I don't own Boku no Hero Academia
Chapter 92:
"HAHA! Look at that!" Kirishima pointed at the tv and let out a laugh of victory as he saw himself getting lit up and not taking a scratch. He received a text and pulled out his phone, and a big smirk spread over his face before he texted back Tetsutetsu in a smug way.
Mineta was bouncing up and down on the center couch cushion on the couch closest to the wall of the common area. "Everyone's so stoked on us!" He had a big smile on his face after a clip had just been shown before Kirishima's of his and Midoriya's big combination attack on the villains of the sixth floor. Even though he had been crying through the clip…
"I dazzled so brightly! They could not stop my sparkle!" Aoyama exclaimed, putting his hands behind his head and pushing his pelvis forward with a giant smile one his face.
Ashido spun to him and nodded fast, "You were awesome!" Aoyama turned to her and his eyes widened for a second, before he snapped his head farther back and made his long blond hair bounce with an even more proud look on his face. When Ashido spoke after him usually she was just cutting him off or ignoring him, and he blinked his long eyelashes a few times before shouting that it wasn't 'awesome,' but 'dazzling.'
"Shows what happens when they try to mess with us," Kirishima said while shoving his phone back in his pocket. He looked to his left at Bakugo who grinned back at him, no longer any pain in his arms and a satisfied look on his face as he had heard from Recovery Girl that she was warning him to be extra careful because she knew he wouldn't be otherwise. The one big explosion he used on Fudgepack was not going to seriously maim his arms like he was worried about right after he used it, and Recovery Girl had stopped the lingering pain from the fight when they met earlier.
"That's right," Sero agreed with Kirishima, looking over at him and then back at the screen that started showing interviews that had taken place afterwards. Mother Russia had pushed the interviews fast and said that the students were all out on temporary passes to go on a run, so they had to get back to campus soon. One reporter had asked if they were really supposed to believe that, only for Mother Russia to ask in her scariest Russian accent what the guy meant to which he apologized and quickly scooted away. It was pretty threatening, and not very hero-like, but everyone knew what the official narrative was trying to be pushed as.
The heroes had not succumbed to the villains' demands. Young heroes in training had just arrived on the scene and were the first to go in, though the Class A students heard from Mother Russia after they had returned to campus that the replacement principal was already receiving heat from high-up hero officials for letting those minors rush into a serious hostage situation without backup. No one wanted the officials to do it though, so Mother Russia told her class that the pushback was likely not going to be very strong. After all, not one of the hostages had been killed. One of the villains was, but it was Killmore himself who killed Slideshow in front of a large number of witnesses who were able to corroborate it.
There was one thing about the whole scenario that the news was not covering as much or with as much enthusiasm. It was hard for them to ignore it altogether though, as talking about the leader of the hostage crisis that was becoming known by his name was necessary. A clip of Killmore getting tackled out of the window was recorded from a helicopter flying away from the building in fear of being too close when the impending explosion went off, as it had looked like Killmore was going to blow the building up. That clip played on the tv in Class A's common room and everyone quieted down a bit as they stared at the boy charging Killmore and tackling them straight through the window of the building's twentieth story.
"What was he thinking?" Hagakure whispered with a shake of her head, glancing next to her at Ojiro to see what he thought.
Ojiro shook his head too though, frowning as he watched a dark aura surround Zach that could have made it impossible for them to save him. The look on Zach's face when he used it, zoomed in on by the camera following him and Killmore down the building's side, it showed he was not thinking about what would happen when he finally hit the ground.
The clip changed after Zach punched Killmore and got saved by his comrades. It changed quickly instead of showing the scene that followed again as it had earlier on which a few of them saw, when Zach and Kirishima walked back to the window together after Endeavor's arrival. The look on Lifebringer's face caused some concern, but when one of the news anchors mentioned something about it earlier, the other argued quickly and sternly about how Lifebringer had taken down the villains' leader. It switched to instead show the quick entry and take down of the villains on the third floor, and the anchors broke down how efficiently those young new heroes ascertained the situation and successfully rescued the hostages.
A couple of the students in the common room got to talking about that, but others glanced around looking for Zach who was not down there with them. Another of their classmates was noticeably missing, though her absence made everyone looking for Zach feel hopeful. Jirou looked to her left from behind the middle couch, staring over towards the stairwell where her best friend had gone off to not too long ago. A small smile formed on her face and she lowered her gaze down to the floor. In her head she saw Zach diving out the window and remembered screaming herself with all the hostages, but she thought about how Momo actually worked fast and got their classmates to save him. She thought about how she just watched Zach punching Killmore in the face as they plummeted together despite blood splashing out of his dark aura from his own chest and arm, and she let out a small sigh while thinking about the two of them missing right now.
You guys are great together.
"You really came up with some quick plans Midoriya," Kirishima said, smacking his hands down on the shoulders of a curly haired boy on the couch in front of him. Midoriya jumped a bit and looked up nervously at Kirishima's loud praise that got the others all looking over towards him. "Those villains didn't know what was hitting them, until after we had hit them!" He cracked a bigger grin and started laughing and some others laughed along too.
Midoriya opened his mouth to respond, but he froze and looked back at the screen at something one of the anchors was saying. "…the faith in Class A was shaken with Denki Kaminari's betrayal, but it was not broken. At least for me-"
"No I agree. I didn't want to lose hope in those kids, and man if they did not show it was right to keep believing in them." The co-anchor smiled and said in a serious yet cheerful and hopeful voice, "This next generation of heroes, are a ray of hope in the darkness. I for one, am looking forward to seeing the heroes these kids are going to become." All of Class A felt a pressure put on them with that statement that made many of them feel good about themselves too. The pressure was stronger though, as the anchor was telling them not only how he felt but how they expected many of the people watching felt right now too. Fists clenched and expressions hardened, though smiles formed on those strong looks too.
"You still shouldn't have done it," Zach said, arguing with the girl in front of him who frowned back in an upset way.
"You're mad at me?" Yaoyorozu asked. She pursed her lips for a second and then shook her head as she was not just going to let it go. "If I hadn't called to the others, no one would have known you were falling-"
"What if breaking the jammer had let Killmore's signal go through the the bombs?"
"I had my eyes on the detonator. I knew it wasn't-"
"But what if there was a second detonator? What if Kaminari was watching, and when he saw you break it he had decided to blow us all up instead?!"
"He didn't. And, and that was a risk I was willing to take."
Zach opened his mouth, and then he froze and closed his eyes so tightly at the look she gave him when saying that. "He wasn't even there," Yaoyorozu whispered softer at the look of pain that flashed over his face. In his expression she could see him imagining the entire building blowing up, all of Class A inside, just because she wanted to save him. "He didn't-"
"You don't know that," Zach whispered. He lifted his eyes and his expression was a lot darker than a second ago. "Killmore, he- he knew." Zach paused and looked into the eyes of the taller girl who got a confused expression on her face as they argued in Zach's doorway. He shook his head for a second, then he stopped and told himself it wasn't okay, clenching his teeth harder before saying in a louder voice, "Killmore realized! When he lifted the detonator, that Kaminari had planned things out like that."
"What are you talking about?" Yaoyorozu asked him in confusion, pulling back a bit at the look of frustration spread over Zach's face. She had had her own doubts since the fight earlier herself that she was unsure how to react to hearing this.
"He had to have known," Zach added in a lower voice almost a whisper. "He, knew us well enough to know that we would succeed. He must have known, that we would push him into a corner. I saw it in Killmore's eyes, when he called Raijin a 'cold mother fucker.' He wasn't just saying it because Kaminari betrayed us." Zach gulped and then shook his head with his teeth clenched harder. "Kaminari must have known, that even that elite team couldn't have beaten us, because he knows what we're all like. He knows how strong we are better than any villain. And, and he wanted Killmore to have to use the detonator. Right before Killmore pressed the button, he realized it." Zach closed his eyes again and then opened them to glare so hard into Yaoyorozu's eyes. "And if Kaminari wanted him pressing that button, then he could have had an extra detonator to-"
"Then how do you know that was really what his plan was?" Yaoyorozu cut in. Zach froze with his mouth open, and the taller girl in the hallway in front of him stepped forward so she was right up in front of him and looking down into his dark eyes. "You don't know. If Raijin had it all planned out from the beginning. If Raijin was even the one in control-"
"He was," Zach whispered. He looked into her eyes in a confused way as to why she could not see it. "Killmore owed Kaminari, for saving him from Aizawa sensei. Kaminari, knew that we'd go in there with certain provocations. He told us that he was going to kill us soon." Zach paused and took a few deep breaths, and he shook his head while saying, "He knew we'd push Killmore into a corner, and instead of taking down a few Class A's and killing some hostages to ruin our name, it would be a devastating blow we'd never recover from."
"You don't know that-"
"They always win," Zach whispered. "Always," he repeated. "USJ, the training forest, Mosu Esupa, Kaminari… The League, always plans for stuff like-"
"Stop that," Yaoyorozu snapped firmly. Zach's eyes shot open wide at her tone, one she never took with him. She glared down into his eyes and Zach pulled his head back as he wondered if he had ever seen that look in Momo's eyes before. "They don't always win," she said, shaking her head and then stepping another foot closer to Zach so he had to step back in his own doorway. "We won today. This was a victory, and you have to see that." She started looking at him in a sadder way, but she tried keeping her expression firm as she continued, "Even if Kaminari wanted Killmore to blow us all up, we won even more then! Didn't we? He didn't have a backup detonator, because he wasn't there himself and maybe wasn't in range, or maybe he wasn't directly involved. You're thinking too deeply into this, Zach."
His eyes were huge, and they started shaking while he lowered them down to the floor between the two of them. She's right. He believed her. Momo's, usually right. Most of the time she is actually. And, and she's right this time too! We saved the hostages. Caught the villains. And she stopped the detonation. He lifted his eyes up slowly to her legs and up her body to her face again. This, really is a victory, Zach thought, and he felt a huge pain in his chest. The one I've been looking for, he thought, his heart rate speeding up more and his face twisting in frustration. He hated what he was thinking at the moment, especially looking at the face of the girl who had risked everything to call to the others to save him. He imagined Tsuyu and Shoji reaching through his Nightmare form to catch him, and Todoroki creating the ice below to catch Killmore too so he wouldn't have killed him. Sero wrapping up his wounds, and Kirishima standing by his side even after he had pushed him so hard away the last twelve days.
It would have all been for nothing, if they didn't save me. Zach clenched his eyes shut so tightly. "You're right," Zach whispered. "We did win." Momo's hand rested on his right shoulder as he said it, and Zach opened his eyes to see the girl in front of him smiling so wide to hear him say that. The idea of a victory, especially considering the way things had been going since Kaminari, or even since the Sports Festival, it felt good. Zach started to smile back at her as she looked so softly back at him from that close.
What am I doing? Zach realized with his eyes widening for a split second. His chest hurt so much more, while he lowered his smile and pulled his right shoulder back a bit but enough for Yaoyorozu's hand to fall off and the message to go through. Her eyes widened as Zach turned his head away, I'm sorry, Momo. When he turned his expression got darker, his lips twisting down and his expression going cold. Yaoyorozu stepped back farther into the boys' hall and she shook her head disappointedly as Zach turned farther from her. As soon as his face was fully turned from her though, both of their expressions filled with pain. After a moment of pain though, Zach took a deep breath and looked into his room determinedly. But the game changed. This doesn't change anything. One incident, can't change my mind. As much as you all want it to.
In late June, U.A. High School suddenly became a loud and crazy place after two weeks of a dreary school atmosphere. The day after Killmore's Office Takeover, the Musutafu Hostage Crisis, or Class A's Super Awesome Total Victory (which was only a common name between certain students), the second years in Class A were being treated like heroes in the halls. The cafeteria broke out in applause when Class A showed up the day after, some students came over to Class A's they recognized and thanked them for saving the hostages who might have been their older siblings, parents, uncles or aunts, or neighbors. Some third years in the hero course told the second years they were impressed, though Fera Indago just got annoyed at Bakugo as she heard he used his big explosion which she snapped at him slowed down his recovery time.
Bakugo got scolded by the top hero recruit in the third years while in front of some of his fellow students, and Kirishima and Sero tried holding back snickers once she was gone while Bakugo fumed behind her. Itsuka Kendo came over to Class A's tables in the lunch room once everyone had started eating and told them how everyone in Class B thought they did great too. They were worried and a few, namely Tetsutetsu, wanted to go out and help too. Even only with their class though, Kendo told them they did amazingly and the praise from the big sister of Class B made a lot of the Class A's smile.
Mother Russia was not as hyped on them though. She made them watch the footage they had of what happened inside during their first classes, and she only spent the time yelling at what they had done wrong and could have done better. There were a lot of good pointers in there, though some of her students wished she was at least a little appreciative or encouraging over what they had done which they all felt was a big achievement. Luckily they had Cementoss to come in and tell them how great they were afterwards, which brought up their moods before getting them raised so much higher at lunch. People were happy to see the Class A students looking excited and happy too, as they had been too grim and depressing the last couple of weeks themselves.
One student did not share in the rest of the class's optimism, not that most people blamed him. Zach was not looking as dark as usual though, as he seemed to be trying not to bring down the rest of the class by actually responding when people talking to him and not talking about betrayal and trust. No one asked him if he trusted them now after what had happened, because they were worried about his response with the expressions he still had on his face. Zach had gone to Shoji and Tsuyu though and thanked them for catching him as he fell from the building after they watched it during class. Mother Russia had scolded him for doing it, saying that Yaoyorozu breaking the radio jammer was his fault for acting so reckless which Zach agreed with and apologized to everyone for for putting them in danger of blowing up. He also made sure to thank Todoroki for saving Killmore, and Todoroki told him not to worry about it in a monotone voice whereas Shoji and Tsuyu told Zach he never had to thank them for something like that.
The two Zach had thanked for catching him told him that he never had to thank them, and Zach got confused for a few seconds before they explained that they were friends. Saving and protecting each other, it was just a part of that and he could always rely on them, just like they know they can with him. Zach had nodded at them in agreement with their kind sentiments, only to turn away without smiling or saying anything else. He had had to get his face away quickly to avoid what he knew his expression was about to look like.
After school, Class A gathered together in their common room because All Might had asked them to back during his class earlier in the day. Zach headed back fast and got out of his school uniform. He put on a hoodie, unfortunately with a few rips in it from a couple weeks back. It was better than his newer one though that Killmore ripped through the front of and was splashed with blood since he had yet to do his laundry. Zach's room was pretty messy when he got in to get changed. He put on sweats and his older sweatshirt, then he grabbed headphones and plugged them into the new school-issued phone he had started putting music onto. He headed back downstairs and made his way into the common room where the rest of the class were still wearing their uniforms and were hanging around as they came back.
"Well that didn't take you long," Kirishima joked as he looked over towards the stairs and saw Zach walking towards them in all black and looking way too hot. This late in June and the fact that a heat wave was hitting them, it made Zach's choice of clothing difficult to understand, especially since Kirishima noticed a couple of rips in his sweatshirt. "You should get a new sweatshirt," Kirishima suggested as Zach kept walking towards him. "That one's looking, a little worn out."
Zach looked him in his red eyes, and the darker-haired boy nodded once at his friend who grit his teeth in annoyance at that reaction. "Once I get some money," Zach said quietly. It was not enough, but it was actually words so Kirishima stopped looking as annoyed and nodded back at him.
Midoriya looked over from a few feet away from Kirishima as Zach said that though. He looked at Zach, and Midoriya felt the biggest pain in his chest as he thought about what Zach told him about his ATM card, how he did not want to take out money with it. Then he thought about what All Might had told him, Iida, and Uraraka the other day which they had agreed to each other not to repeat to anyone else. Zach, I know it hurts. You're strong though. I know, I'll be able to talk to you about this soon. When you come back out of this rut again, like you always do. I'll be there- but, I want to help you out of it too. "What do you guys think All Might wants to talk to us about?" Midoriya asked, stepping towards Kirishima and Zach who had stopped after reaching the redhead.
Kirishima turned to Midoriya and shrugged his shoulders. Then a small grin came over Kirishima's face and he said in a low voice, "Shouldn't you know?"
Zach's eyes got a bit darker as he focused on Kirishima's back, then he shifted them towards Midoriya who darted his eyes his way. Zach looked into Midoriya's eyes, and then his opened wide for a second and he pulled his head back. "You know, I didn't say shit to him," Zach said. Midoriya stared at Zach in confusion, and his eyes started opening wide which just made Zach bite down harder and glare at him in more anger himself. Why wouldn't he think it was me? I told Kaminari, secrets that weren't mine to tell. Of course Midoriya thinks I could have! I'm not a trustworthy enough… "It was probably, Shigaraki," Zach muttered in a low voice, turning away from Midoriya who opened his mouth wanting to tell Zach that it wasn't what he thought.
Midoriya froze with his mouth open though, and then he lowered his gaze to the floor and dropped the hand he had partially risen at Zach. I'm sorry, Midoriya thought, because he did not want to lie and tell Zach he did not think it was him who told Kaminari about the secret of One For All.
"Whoa, what?" Kirishima just looked back and forth between the two, completely lost at what just happened. He looked back at Zach after a second as the darker haired boy started for the couch area to move away from them, and he narrowed his eyes while keeping Midoriya in his peripheral vision. Did you already know, what Kaminari meant when he told Midoriya… All Might's power? That All For One guy, talked about taking powers away. All Might knew him too… Does that mean something? A confused look formed on Kirishima's face and he just shook his head to forget about it, before looking back towards Zach as he got farther off. There were more important things he had to think about than Midoriya's Quirk.
All Might knocked on Class A's dorm's door twice before letting himself in. "I am coming in the door!" He called out, and he transformed into his muscular form for a second for the first time that the students had seen in a while. He transformed back into his skinny form with sucked in cheeks and a pointy chin after a second, and he started panting which made the students in front of him stare his way worriedly. "It has been good, to see you all in high spirits today," All Might said while catching his breath in the front of Class A's twenty students.
"What is it you wanted to talk to us about today, All Might?" Iida questioned in a formal voice.
All Might held up his right hand signaling Iida there was no reason to be standing so straight up and speaking so formally to him. The class rep got a semi-confused look on his face as did most of the others around the room. "I have come today, with an offer," All Might began. Zach looked closer towards the former top hero who glanced his way while making eye contact with everyone, and who looked a bit surprised at Zach's quick clothing change. All Might continued while looking back straight towards the middle of the group gathered before him mostly in their school uniforms, "All of you, must decide together whether or not this is something you would like to do."
It sounded like something pretty serious was coming, and everyone focused closely on All Might as he took in a deep breath. All Might leaned his head back a bit and began, "If you all trust each other, and you trust me, then I would like to suggest a… camping trip." All Might leaned back farther nervously while glancing towards Ashido whose eyes opened huge and started shaking. He continued quickly before an excited shout that he had expected from the girl, "Last summer, your training camp was cut short. We cannot do one this summer, and many of you are doing summer internships anyway. In fact, after final exams next week you will not all be together again until the fall term."
Ashido's excited shout bubbling in her throat pushed down for a second, and she took in a deep breath as this sounded serious as much as it sounded amazing. "All Might," Iida began slowly. "How is this, allowed?"
All Might nodded his head as that was a reasonable question. "I have spoken with this, only to the principal," All Might said. The students looked at their teacher with wider eyes, and All Might continued in a softer voice, "Because I know, it may still be hard for some of you to trust everyone." A couple of people glanced over towards Zach, though he just kept his eyes locked on All Might. The scrawny teacher went on, "Principle Ono has given his permission, and he left the specifics and asking all of you solely up to me."
"All Might," Midoriya began quietly. "What are you-"
"If everyone in this room trusts each other and is willing," All Might started again. He spoke in a tone that made it sound like he was in his muscular form, yet he smiled in a soft way that really only worked in the form he looked like now. "Then we would like to give you this reward for your hard work. Over the past month, and over the past year and several months since you entered U.A., your class has had a harder time than any before you. Yet you all proved yourselves yesterday, that you deserve the trust of the school. Principal Ono and myself have enough faith in all of you from yesterday's events, that even without a host of pro heroes watching over you, we believe you are all capable and marvelous young heroes who can protect yourselves, and each other."
You were all forced to grow up too fast. As much as this is a reward for your hard work, it is also something fun that you can do while you are still children. Which you are. All of you, are children who may never again have a chance to act that way. All Might's gaze shifted a bit just as the other students all started talking at once in excited and amazed and confused voices. He looked over and stared at a boy in a black hoodie who was staring towards him with wide eyes. Some of you, were forced to grow up faster than others. But Young Sazaki, I want you to see that there is still good in this world. With the people who have been by your side for a long time now, the ones who I believe you trust the most, I hope you will accept this.
"Camping?! Of course we're going!" Ashido shouted. She jumped up in front of Aoyama and cut him off with another yell about, "Test of courage!"
"Is this really the time?" Todoroki wondered quietly.
Sero glanced to his right at him and shrugged with a smile on his face. "When else are we ever going to get a chance at this? I was pretty disappointed by the last training forest, to be honest," Sero said with a sarcastic sigh while Todoroki stared at him with wide eyes.
"Yeah, the last one sucked," Bakugo muttered, and everyone around him turned his way with dropped jaws. "What?" He snapped at their looks.
Did Bakugo just make a joke?
That antisocial Bakugo?
Is that really Bakugo? We're supposed to have to trust each other for this, but he's scaring me.
"Hahaha! Yeah it did!" Kirishima finally called out in agreement when he got over the fact that Bakugo said that quicker than the others.
"Is it really safe to go, camping though?" Hagakure asked, and she looked around at the others with her in a nervous way that they could imagine from the tone of her voice.
Ashido turned to her friend to respond, but Ojiro lowered his right hand and interlocked his fingers with Hagakure's. She turned to him and he said with a small smile, "I'm sure it will be. If we're all together."
"Awww," Ashido tried covering up her mouth but it came out subconsciously.
"No one will be there, to give away where we are this time," Jirou added in a low voice. Yaoyorozu turned towards her with wide eyes as Jirou mentioned it, and a couple of others got darker looks on their faces for a second. Jirou let out a sigh as she saw some of those dark looks, and then she said, "So why not? I trust everyone here."
"Killmore tried to blow the building with all of us still in it," Yaoyorozu said, using logic just in case anyone there was still unsure and just keeping it to themselves. "And All Might is, well, All Might. So I believe we can safely say," she smiled as her classmates looked towards her, "that we are all on the same side."
"Will, the new principal know where we're going?" Tsuyu asked All Might slowly, sounding a bit hesitant to ask it knowing it would make it seem like she did not trust Principal Ono.
"If you don't want him to, I will not tell him," All Might promised. The students' eyes widened, and their teacher continued with a slightly more serious look, "He and I agree, that you have all proven yourselves already. As much as he has left the specifics up to me, I am leaving as much control in your hands. What you do from here, whether or not you trust each other, you must decide on your own. That is what it means, to be heroes."
On the one hand, heroes could trust each other and work together to fight villains. On the other, they could decide to work alone to prevent information from being leaked. Zach stared towards All Might and his eyes got much darker. What is right? Which is wrong? Heroes have to decide on their own who to trust. Zach shifted his dark gaze around at his classmates, many of whom started looking towards him as All Might finished. Many of them just made sentiments about how they trusted each other, about how they believed everyone in there really was a hero, but they looked to Zach who they knew did not trust them very much these past few weeks. They thought about what he said about his goal for being a hero, how he had lost faith, and some of them thought about what they had heard him say to Kirishima about thinking he could easily be a spy.
Then Zach nodded. He nodded his head at them and smiles formed on the faces of many of his classmates as well as on All Might's. Zach nodded, but Kirishima glared towards him after how much hesitation Zach just showed. A pissed-off look covered Kirishima's face that Bakugo glanced at before getting a bit more annoyed himself and looking over at Zach frustratedly. "I'll go," Zach said while looking at All Might who he had seen awaiting his response.
Kirishima shook his head around as he heard that, and he narrowed his angry eyes forward before yelling mentally at himself to lift his own mood back excited again. This is exactly what Zach needs! It's what all of us need. And it's a camping trip! One night, but still… All Might started going into the specifics he had already come up with: Friday night, leaving from a Training Ground by bus on the far side of campus where there was another gate out of school. There was a forest used for camping just outside of Musutafu so that they could stay close to the city in case of any villain attacks where they start shouting for Class A to come at them again.
As everyone started speaking up and asking All Might what they were going to do for tents, bathrooms, and activities, Yaoyorozu turned her head and looked back towards Zach again. Everyone was getting really into it all of a sudden, yet she looked back at him and felt a pang in her chest at the suspicious look in his eyes. As he looked around at his classmates, looking like he did not trust them. Are you just doing this, because you don't want us to feel bad about you staying behind? Because, I can see you still don't trust us. I saw it last night, the way you looked at me. Zach's eyes were dark as he looked around at his friends, and then he turned and looked towards Yaoyorozu who he spotted staring towards him. His eyes did not get softer as he looked at her, did not match the soft and pained look in Yaoyorozu's this time. She could no longer read what his expression meant though. She stared at him and wished she knew what he was thinking, but all she could see was darkness. No pain, sadness, anger, fear, or distrust. His eyes just looked dark to her, and cold, and she finally turned away to join in with the conversations everyone around her were having. I don't know how to help you Zach, if you won't let me. Please, just let me help.
A/N Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, bit shorter than the last one. Class A heads off on a camping trip so we'll see what happens there, next time! I'm going to start up doing review responses again starting next chapter. Didn't want to write reviews during the spy arc and everything dark that was going on 'cause I felt like I might accidentally put in spoilers (for those of you wondering why I stopped suddenly). Anyway, let me know what you've thought of the recent chapters, comments, questions, and predictions for the coming chapters!