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I'm so tired...
I wanna draw but can't post pictures here... - 3- booo.
"What happened back there?" Todoroki asked her after they changed back into the cafe costumes. Izuku was nervously braiding her hair as she looked up at him and saw he still looked concerned.
"Ah, I uhm... I thought I saw something..." Izuku shrugged her shoulders and scratched her cheek with her finger. "Sorry, but at least we defeated sensei!"
"Yeah I guess..." Todoroki said with a shrug as they entered the classroom to finish their afternoon.
"We saw the capture!" Ashido said with a grin as she helped some tables with cake. "You guys did so awesome, we could see everything from up here!" She pointed at the window excitedly and Izuku let out a small laugh.
"Good job," Katsuki said as Izuku walked over to him while he slammed more tea on the table in front of his mother.
"It was splendid, Masaru I told you we should have brought the camera!" Mitsuki said with a huff as she took the tea and sipped it.
"Aizawa must be getting slower in his teaching days." All Might said with a chuckle as he ate some cake and Izuku looked over at him nervously.
"Uhm, could I talk to you for a second?" Izuku asked All Might curiously and he looked at her in confusion. She gripped the hem of her cloak nervously and he smiled.
"Of course, excuse me." He stood up from the table and patted Izuku on the head. "Is there something wrong?"
"Yeah uhm," She pointed towards the doorway with her finger and he nodded his head as they walked towards it. Izuku looked back at Katsuki who was watching her with narrowed eyes. She could see the questions in them, but she had to confirm something with All Might first before she worried anyone else. They stepped out into the busy hallway and All Might looked around worriedly as the two of them hurried to find a quieter place to talk. They hurried up the stairs that lead to the roof, and saw no one was around.
"Is something wrong?" All Might asked her worriedly and Izuku looked up at her hero, seeing the concern in his eyes. "You look like you've seen a ghost..."
"I... Maybe...?" Izuku said worriedly as she lifted her hand to her mouth. "When we were fighting Sensei... I uhm... I saw something in the crowd that... That distracted me..."
"I was wondering why you got capture so easily," All Might crossed his arms as he looked down at her. "What did you see?"
"All For One..." Izuku looked up at her teacher with a nervous sweat on her cheek. She saw his eyes widen in surprise, before he looked round the empty stairwell nervously.
"You... You saw him...?" He asked her in concern and Izuku nodded her head. "That's impossible... He's in a tight high security prison..."
"I-I know but..." Izuku put her hand over her face. "I saw him clear as day... Maybe I was just imagining it..."
"It's possible... Have you been concerned about something lately?" All Might asked her worriedly and she shook her head.
"No everything has been relatively normal for once..." Izuku lowered her hand. "Nothing to worry about except the festival and my homework..."
"Maybe your imagination is just being overactive." All Might patted her on the shoulder, "I was watching everything and I didn't see him at all. It might be because you're actually living a pretty normal life right now." She looked up at the reassuring smile on her hero's face and smiled back at him. "You might just be creating a scenario in your head because of your sudden shift to normalcy."
"... Yeah probably," Izuku laughed out and smiled up at All Might. "Maybe I just mistook a pro for him." she shrugged her shoulders and ran a hand through her bangs. "Sorry to concern you, All Might,"
"Don't worry about that, what matters is your mental health." All Might smiled at her and patted her head. "If you're concerned, I will be as well. If you like I can make sure he's still in prison, I'll phone Tsukauchi."
"No that's alright," Izuku laughed as she waved a hand at him and All Might looked at her worriedly. "You're right, he's definitely still locked up, I just wanted to make sure I spoke with you first."
"Alright..." All Might sighed out and they started heading back to the cafe.
"By the way... You and my Mom..." Izuku bushed a bit and she looked up at All Might who turned a bright red and she watched blood spurt from his mouth. "WHAAAA!"
"I-I'm not.. I didn't..." All Might waved his hands around worriedly as he looked down at Izuku. "I was showing her around... She wanted to be shown around the school properly...! I was just escorting her!"
"A-All...!" Izuku looked around at the crowd that was watching in concern at the scene. "Ehm... T-Toshinori...!" Izuku looked up at All Might worriedly as he calmed down and bowed his head to hide his face. "It's alright... I don't mind I was just wondering..."
"Y-Your mother is a very nice woman... I wouldn't dare..." All Might mumbled out as he wiped the blood off his face.
"W-Well you could if you wanted, I don't mind..." Izuku blushed a bright red as she looked up at her hero who was also turning red again. "I mean... It's... It's out there... But... If you uhm... dated..."
"Dating is not something I can do..." All Might choked out and waved his hands around at Izuku worriedly. "Not after the life I lead... It ever crossed my mind! I could never...!"
"It's okay," Izuku said as she looked up at her hero worriedly. "I-If you were wondering... It's alright..."
"That's a nice sentiment," All Might said with a sigh and smiled nervously at Izuku. "But really, I could never..."
"That's too bad, I kinda figured she liked you..." Izuku said as she looked away from All Might, before more blood went flying everywhere. "WHAAA!" She hurried All Might into the class room and everyone turned to look at the man in a panic. "Napkins!" Izuku cried out worriedly.
"Toshinori!" Inko cried out in horror as she ran over with Uraraka and Iida who had some napkins. Inko held up fist fulls of handkerchiefs she pulled out of her purse and All Might took some to dab at his mouth. "Honestly! You should watch your blood pressure in your condition!"
"S-sorry," All Might said nervously as Inko waved a finger at him. Izuku held back a snort of laughter as she watched the scene in front of her before Uraraka pulled on her arm.
"Wh-whats up with All Might and your mother...?!" Uraraka asked in a whisper and Izuku looked back at them to see Inko helping him with the blood on his face. He had to bend over quite a bit for her to reach and Izuku giggled again. "How'd they meet?! What's going on...?!"
"They met because of the dorm meetings..." Izuku whispered back and pointed a finger at them. "I'm not really sure what happened after that..."
"This is indeed a strange sight." Iida said with his own wide eyes and Todoroki stepped up as he slicked his hair back for his costume.
"... Not a secret love child, my ass." He said flatly and Izuku blushed a bright red and looked back at him as he watched the scene.
"Fuckin' weird..." Katsuki grumbled out as he walked up, and Izuku laughed a bit before she looked up at him. He looked down at her curiously, and she smiled at him to try and reassure him. "Hey, is something wrong...?"
"No, everything's fine." Izuku said as she waved her hand at him.
"I wouldn't say that, we ran into some old bullies of hers," Todoroki said flatly and Izuku turned her head to look up at him with wide nervous eyes.
"What?" Iida asked curiously and looked at Todoroki. "Bullies?"
"I thought Kacchan was the bully," Uraraka pointed at Katsuki who looked just as confused as the rest of them.
"Yeah, what do you mean bullies?" Katsuki growled out in anger and Izuku put her hands over her face.
"Shouchan... why...?" She groaned out.
"Perhaps a conversation for later," Todoroki said with a sigh and Izuku looked up at him with disbelieving eyes. "What...? They clearly came here because they wanted to see Bakugou," He pointed a finger at Katsuki who raised an eyebrow as he glared darkly at Todoroki. "They just happened to run into you first... And honestly...?" He looked away from Izuku and at the others. "After the disgusting things they said I really want to burn their hair off."
"... That's not very heroic." Iida said with a shop of his hand onto Todoroki's head. "What could they have possibly said that would make you think that way?"
"Whats he talking about?" Katsuki asked and grabbed Izuku by the arm. She looked up at him, and frowned as she saw the scowl on his face."What bullies? I thought it was just me and those other two door knobs, whats he talking about?!"
"K-Kacchan, please... not in the cafe...!" Izuku told him worriedly and frowned as she waved a hand at him. "L-later..."
"Let's kill them." Uraraka said murderously and Izuku snapped her head to look back at her friend who had fire in her eyes. "I don't care who they are, I'm going to snap their necks. No one bullies Izuchan and gets away with it."
"What about him then," Todoroki pointed a finger at Katsuki who was glaring at them both now.
"... Izuchan already put him in his place. It's fine," Uraraka said with a wave of her hand as she looked at Todoroki.
"WHO PUT WHO, IN WHOSE FUCKING PLACE?!" Katsuki snapped loudly and Izuku started to panic as she looked at her friends.
"Guys, please!" Izuku cried out to them and clenched her fists. They looked down at her and she let out a sigh, "Not right now, this... Isn't the place. We still have to finish up the afternoon, beside it's your turn to patrol." Izuku pointed a finger up at Katsuki, then at Uraraka. "So go get changed, we'll be watching from up here."
"Tch" Katsuki clicked his tongue in anger and put a hand on her shoulder. "Fine... Stay in here till we're back." He told her and Izuku nodded her head and smiled at him as he left the room with Uraraka.
"Well then, let's finish up the day." Iida said with a smile and Izuku smiled back at him before he went to go greet more guests into the cafe.
"Okay, I guess I'll-" Izuku reached a hand out and grabbed Todoroki by the arm as he spoke and she looked up at him. "Izuku...?"
"Please stop telling on me..." Izuku told him with a frown and Todoroki looked down at her, before he let out a sigh.
"Sorry, I didn't mean too." He told her and she let go of his arm, "I... Was kinda mad... I don't like seeing people abused..." he looked away from her and Izuku frowned as she thought about why that was.
"... I'm fine now." Izuku told him and he looked back at her. She smiled warmly at her friend to reassure him. "Thank you for standing up for me... But I'm no longer being bullied. I have great friends now..." She patted him on the shoulder and grinned. "That's what matters, right?"
"... It's amazing how you didn't become a villain," Todoroki said flatly and Izuku smiled at him nervously in confusion. "Most people who are bullied for being weak come back with a vengeance on their bullies."
"Well," Izuku shrugged her shoulders and laughed a bit. "I've wanted to be a hero since I was really young. Bullying won't change that," she laughed and watched Todoroki smile at her.
"Right, you're too pure of a person." He said with his own laugh before he walked off to help the others. The festival was almost over for the day and Izuku spent most of her time cleaning up after the last of the guests, before she looked out the open window at the crowd below. She grinned as she saw Katsuki and Uraraka in the middle of a cleared section trying to take down Power Loader. She giggled a bit as she leaned out the window to watch, when suddenly she saw something in the crowd. Her eyes widened in horror as she leaned out the window further and spotted familiar black spiky hair and horrible burns. "V-Villain..." Izuku stuttered out as she put her foot up on the window sill. She kept her eyes trained on the man known as Dabi in the crowd...The man who took Katsuki away from her at the training camp, and who burned her. "Villain...!"
"Yeah, it's just Power Loader." Ashido said as she looked out the window before she saw Izuku's foot on it. "Whoa, hey! What are you doing?!" She dropped her plates and grabbed Izuku by the arm.
"Villain Alliance...!" Izuku pointed her finger out the window and the others looked at her with wide eyes before they ran over to look. She never took her eyes off the man in the crowd and she wrenched her arm from Ashido's grip as she pointed in the crowd. "Right there! It's that Dabi guy!" She shouted and they all looked to the crowd.
"He's not there..." Todoroki said with a frown as he looked and Izuku looked over at him as she got up on the sill. "Hey, Izuku! What are you doing?!"
"How can you not see him?! He's-" She stopped as she looked back at the crowd and no longer saw him. She felt her heart freeze as she scanned the crowd for what she had just seen, but there was no one there... "... Not... There...?"
"You must be tired," Iida said with a frown as both him and Todoroki pulled her off the window. "And it's not wise to jump out a window, villain or not. You shouldn't make us panic by saying Villain Alliance, that could put the whole school in lock down, you know!"
"S-Sorry..." Izuku paled as she looked at everyone who were looking at her curiously. "Maybe I am tired... It's been a long day..." She put a hand over her face. Was she making herself see things? Aizawa had guaranteed them that villains couldn't make it into the festival... There were so many pro heroes out there... And then there was the fact everyone in the Villain Alliance were on the National most wanted list... There was no way no one wouldn't notice them in the crowd. "Sorry everyone..." She closed her eyes and let out a sigh.
"Here, have some tea. Have you eaten today?" Kouda asked in concern as he handed her a cup of tea and Izuku sat down in a chair, staring at the floor in confusion. Was All Might right...? Was she just seeing things because she felt like things were too normal...?
"Thanks..." Izuku took the tea from her friend and held it in her hands as she took a rest while the others went to finish cleaning up for tomorrow.
"We're going to need more cakes, we're almost out." Satou sighed as he took a count of what they had.
"I'll help," Asui said with a smile and Izuku looked up at them.
"I'll help too," she smiled at her friends as she stood up to help clean up.
"Maybe you should sleep early tonight, you've had a busy day." Todoroki said as he put some dishes in a tray.
"Yeah, we'll be okay." Satou said with a smile at her and Izuku let out a sigh.
"No I want to help," She smiled at them warmly. "I'm fine, I'll help out with everyone so we can all get some sleep. I'm not the only one who was busy," she said with a wave of her hand and the others looked at her in concern. "Really, I'm alright you guys."
"We were so busy today we didn't get to do our performance." Ashido said with a pout on her face as she started jumping up and down. "I totes wanted to dance! This sucks!"
"Maybe you can do it tomorrow?" Yaoyorozu said with a smile to the excited girl.
"There's not a lot of room in here if we do." Jirou said thoughtfully as she put her guitar down. "That's why we didn't bring the drums in either."
"Ah, about that." Aizawa stepped into the room with Katsuki and Uraraka who were back from their patrol. "Jirou, would you mind performing on the stage tomorrow?"
"What?!" Jirou turned a bright red as she looked up at Aizawa and Ashido grinned brightly.
"ALL RIGHT! YES! You got us a spot?!" Ashido asked excitedly and Aizawa let out a sigh.
"Yes, I got you a spot before the live shows start." Aizawa yawned out and the class held back the laughter. "So make sure you do your best." He pointed a finger at Jirou and Kaminari.
"N-No way... A huge crowd...?" Jirou asked with a pale face face and Ashido fanned her wit her hands.
"It'll be good! You and Kaminari can play, and we can get the drums!" Kirishima said with a nervous smile at the girl.
"And Ochachan, Tsutsu, Izuchan and I can dance!" Ashido said with a bright grin, "We made that routine up anyways, might as well use it!"
"Oh man..." Izuku paled as Ashido said that, not sure if she wanted to dance in front of the whole school.
"Sounds like 1-A is going to be busy tomorrow!" The class turned to look at Hiro and Matsuda who stepped in the door with smiles on their faces.
"What are you guys doing here?" Izuku asked them curiously and Hiro grinned in her direction.
"We came to take a group picture of you all!" He held up his camera and Izuku let out a laugh. "But now I have to take pictures of this performance tomorrow! You're gunna be one busy gal tomorrow if you're in that too!" He grinned and patted Izuku on the head.
"What the fuck do you mean by that?" Katsuki growled out in anger as he pushed Hiro back by his shoulder. The blue haired boy laughed and smiled up at Katsuki.
"He means the contest," Matsuda said with a smile to the class. "Though it's still too early to say who won-"
"It's definitely going to be Izuchan." Hiro said with Uraraka, and they both bumped their fists together with grins.
"Guys, that's not for sure... Come on." Izuku smiled nervously at the others who just smiled back at her warmly.
"The winner will be announced an hour before the festival is over, and I am ready and loaded with posters of the winner for the first years." Hiro said with a bright grin as he pointed at Izuku.
"I have patrol right before that," Izuku told him with a nervous smile, but Hiro just grinned at her even more.
"Perfect! Accepting the Miss Yuuei award in your Hero outfit is definitely a good shot!" HE held up his fingers and laughed happily.
"I said to cut it out with the stupid fucking pictures." Katsuki snapped angrily and Hiro directed his fingers at him.
"You clearly haven't seen the booth for the nominations, you and Todoroki are front runners for the boys!" He said with a laugh and Izuku smiled a bit.
"Wow that's great you guys," She grinned at Todoroki who shrugged his shoulders.
"The winners of the contest get a months worth of meal tickets for the canteen along with..." Hiro grinned at the room and held up his phone with a picture on it. "A trip to an Hot Spring!"
"WHOA!" Ashido said with a bright smile, "That's amazing!"
"... Hot spring?" Todoroki asked curiously and Hiro nodded his head.
"The winners get one ticket each." Matsuda said with a smile as he held up his finger. "You can use them together, or to go a different time."
"... I want that trip," Katsuki and Todoroki said at the same time and everyone looked at them as they both glared at each other.
"Fuck you, if anyone is going with Izuku it's me, stupid icy hot!" Katsuki snapped angrily at Todoroki who crossed his arms.
"Who said that was my reason? Maybe I just want to go on a hot springs trip." He said with a raised red eyebrow at Katsuki who was glaring murderously at him.
"That was totally his reason..." Kirishima laughed nervously beside Uraraka.
"Whats this? A LOVE TRIANGLE?!" Hiro called out with a bright grin and Izuku looked up at him with her own raised eyebrow.
"What are you talking about? I'm dating Katsuki." She said as she pointed a finger at her boyfriend who grinned madly at Todoroki.
"Yeah, dating. There was no room for this loser in the first place," He jutted his thumb at Todoroki who narrowed his eyes at Katsuki.
"I already said I give up, don't be so pig headed." Todoroki said bluntly and Katsuki glared at him darkly.
"Ah too bad, that would have been great for photos." Hiro said with a pout as he looked over at the boys who were still glaring at each other. "You're certainly a charmer, Izuchan." He grinned at her and she looked up at him in confusion.
"What do you mean?" She asked him curiously and the whole class looked at her incredulously.
"She charms boys left and right and doesn't even know it?!" Hiro cried out and laughed as he grabbed Izuku by the shoulders. "What a natural! You're certainly a girl to follow!"
"Hiro come on, we should go." Matsuda said as he put a hand on Izuku's shoulder and Hiro's. "Lets hurry and take the picture, we're going to have a busy day tomorrow."
"Hah, you're right." Hiro sighed out and shrugged his shoulders before he held up his camera, "Alright, everyone group together!" He called out and Uraraka hurried over and grabbed Izuku by the arm. The girls laughed as they stood in front of their taller classmates, and Izuku looked over her shoulder at Katsuki who was holding her free hand. She smiled warmly at him and looked over at Hiro as he snapped their class's picture for them.
"This should be enough, man... I underestimated how many we would need." Satou said as he looked at the hundreds of cakes the class hurried to bake and ice before going to bed.
"At least it's going well," Izuku smiled at her friend before they put the cakes away with help from everyone else.
"Make sure you get lots of sleep, we don't need you seeing anymore villains." Ashido said with a smile at Izuku and she laughed nervously.
"You're right," Izuku grinned at the others before they pushed her out of the kitchen to go to bed. She looked up at Katsuki who was sitting on the sofa and smiled at him. "I'm heading to bed now."
"What did she mean by Villains...?" Katsuki asked as he got up from the couch and Izuku scratched her cheek nervously as they walked over to the elevator. "And what did Icy Hot mean by bullies earlier... What aren't you telling me now...?"
"hah... Shouchan..." Izuku put her hand over her face as the elevator dinged. "Can we talk about this tomorrow...?" Izuku asked as she stepped into the elevator and turned to look back at Katsuki. She blushed as he stepped in after her and the doors closed.
"No, because you'll forget and keep pushing things off." Katsuki put his hand on the elevator wall and Iuku looked up t him as it started going up. "Now explain."
"... Look, they're just some girls that were mean back to me in Junior high and Elementary..." Izuku said as she looked away from him. "I think they were just jealous that you and I were close and grew up together..."
"... So why did Icy Hot feel the need to bring it up?" Katsuki asked and she heard an angry tone in his voice. She kept her eyes on the ground and bit her lip nervously. "What aren't you telling me...?"
"They just said some mean things to me, and Matsuda and Hiro were there too..." Izuku looked up at Katsuki and saw anger and frustration in his eyes. "They were just calling me Deku and stupid okay...? It's nothing over the top horrible... WHA!" She heard an explosion on the wall behind her and looked back at his smoking hand before she looked up at him nervously.
"What exactly did they say?" He asked in an angry snarl and Izuku frowned up at him. "I wanna know so I can carve it into their fucking faces... Who were these people?!"
"Kacchan, it's fine!" Izuku held up her hands and touched his chest. "They were just implying thing I would never do... I mean, yeah we..." She pointed between the both of them. "Slept together... But we did that because we love each other, not because of the things they said... And they were mostly making fun of me for never using my quirk."
"So they... Called you a slut or something...?" Katsuki snarled out again and Izuku looked up at him worriedly. "Why would you let them talk to you like that?!"
"I didn't let them do anything," Izuku frowned up at him. "They can say what they want, I know it's not true."
"But it had to fucking hurt!" Katsuki snapped and the doors dinged open. He growled in anger as he hit the button to close them and Izuku let out a sigh. "You worked hard to get to where you are, they have no grounds to say that shit to you, and that kind of crap is the reason you-"
"Suppressed my quirk mentally, I know." Izuku smiled up at him to try and calm him down. "Kacchan, I'm fine."
"... It's not fine.." He growled out and Izuku blushed as he curled around her and wrapped an arm around her waist tightly. She felt him clenching his fists tightly to keep his palms from exploding. "None of that shit was fine,you don't have to forgive everybody you idiot..."
"Kacchan..." Izuku hugged him around his middle and closed her eyes. "... I was bullied by more than just you as a kid... Pushed down the stairs, beaten up, my hair pulled... Lot's of girls had crushes on you and hated me for knowing you better..." She felt his hug around her tighten even more and she buried her face in the crook of his neck. "It sucked... But none of it matters now, I'm not mad or upset. I'm here with you right now, okay?"
"Tch, I'll blast all their faces off... Stupid fucking bitches..." Katsuki snarled against her shoulder and Izuku let out a sigh. "As if I'd date their ugly asses... I'd rather blow my eyeballs out... I'll fucking kill them."
"No you wont." Izuku laughed out softly and she felt his hug tighten even more around her.
"Yeah I fuckin will... No one fucking talks to you like that..." He snarled once again and Izuku frowned. He sounded pretty serious and that worried her a bit.
"Kacchan... It's time to go to bed... I'm so tired I've been seeing things." She said in a small voice and felt his arms around her loosen.
"... Is that what Ashido meant by Villains...?" Katsuki let go of her and Izuku looked up at him nervously. "You went to talk to All Might privately too..."
"... We shouldn't talk about that in the elevator..." Izuku held up a hand to stop him and he growled out in frustration before he jammed a finger into the button to open up the elevator. They stepped out into the hallway and Izuku walked over to her room and opened it up. They stepped inside and he shut the door before he turned to look at her. "I thought I saw All for One..." Izuku held up a hand to stop him from asking questions and he looked at her with wide eyes after she spoke. "I was battling Sensei, and I swear I saw him in the crowd..." Izuku let out a sigh as she looked away from Katsuki and up at the posters on her walls.
"So that's why you wanted to talk to All Might in a hurry..." Katsuki mumbled out and Izuku nodded her head. "... You saw him in the crowd...?"
"I thought I did..." Izuku smiled up at Katsuki and shrugged her shoulders. "And when I was watching you battle Power Loader with Ochachan, I thought I saw that Dabi guy too..." She pointed a finger off to the side before Katsuki grabbed her by the shoulder and gripped it tightly.
"That's something to be fucking concerned about," He said as he looked at her with a serious gaze.
"Look, I'm just tired. It's been a long day," Izuku laughed a bit and waved a hand around. "All Might had a point. Life's been pretty normal lately, maybe I'm seeing villains because I want too..." She looked away from Katsuki as she walked over to her bed and sat down on it. "Maybe I really do go looking for trouble."
"Tch," She looked up at Katsuki as he clicked his tongue. He walked over to her bed and pulled the blankets back swiftly before he got on her bed and laid down on his side. "Come on, let's sleep then."
"Kacchan..." Izuku laughed as she looked at him and he gave her a serious look again. "You can't-"
"After all the shit you just said, I'm sleeping right here." He said in a growl and looked away from her. "So don't even start with me and just go to sleep."
"Alright..." Izuku giggled as she looked at him before she lay down and he pulled the blankets over them both. She flicked her lamp off before he turned her face to look at him and she smiled as she looked into his sparkling ruby eyes. She felt her heart flutter as he kissed her sweetly, before he lay his head down next to hers.
"Night..." he grumbled out and Izuku held back another giggle as she closed her eyes.
"Good night..." She said softly, and let out a breath. She was exhausted, today was tiring... She didn't expect to run into half the people she had... Especially not her old bullies. She felt her chest tighten in pain, before she forced herself to think about how she got a visit from Kouta and the Pussycats. She felt a smile pull at her lips as she thought about how Uraraka and Mitsuki argued over who had better pictures... Then there was All Might and her Mother... that was a basket of weird for sure... All Might of all people... She felt her cheeks redden at the thought of him maybe being her step dad one day, and she opened her eyes up to try and calm herself down before they snapped open in a panic. She felt fear freeze her body as she looked up into a pair of blood red eyes hidden behind a clay hand and long silver bangs. Some how... Some how Tomura Shigaraki was standing over her while she lay in bed...
"Ka... cch..." Izuku felt the sound leave her throat in a squeak as she stared into those murderous eyes as the villain lifted a hand to the one on his face and he pulled it off. Her eyes widened in horror as he looked down at her with that horrible smile that had haunted some of her dreams. "Kacchan..." She cried out, he was right there... She looked to her left and saw him right there... She looked back up at Tomura as he reached his hand out to touch Katsuki's head. "KACCHAN!" She screamed out as she shot up and pulled her fist back. She punched the air in front of her with all her power as she looked up at Tomura. There was a loud boom and the walls cracked as the power from her fists broken them. She saw one of her posters torn up into shreds as she stared at the spot where Tomura was a second ago... He was right there...
"Izu...?! What the...?!" Katsuki was awake beside her with wide eyes as she stared at the destroyed wall with her own wide open horrified ones. "Whats wrong?!"
"Izuchan...?!" Izuku heard Asui and Uraraka at her door and Katsuki got up to flick on the lights as she heard her door open. Her friends stumbled in the room and looked at Katsuki who was looking at the destroyed wall, before he looked back at Izuku. "What's wrong? We heard you scream! Are you alright?!"
"I..." Izuku lowered her shaking fist as she looked around the room for traces of the person she just saw. "I saw... It was..." Izuku looked up at the other three in her room. Her hands were shaking as she lifted them to her face. "He was right... He was right there... He was going to touch Kacchan's face... he was gunna use his quirk..." She choked out as she swung her feet off the bed to try and ground herself.
"What are you talking about? No one was here..." Katsuki told her as he knelt in front of her and she looked up at him. "Did you have a nightmare..?"
"Whats going on...? We heard a scream and a boom...!" Yaoyorozu and Ashido came to the door with Jirou and Hagakure and looked inside the room worriedly.
"Whoa..." Uraraka looked up at the wall with wide eyes, seeing the destroyed poster and the cracked and dented wall. "aren't... Aren't these made of cement...?" She asked worriedly as she saw some chip off and fall onto the bed.
"Is everything okay...?" Izuku heard more voices as she covered her face with her shaking hands. Was she going crazy? Was it really just a nightmare because of stress...? No... She was definitely awake... but why had she seen Tomura...? he was clear as day... Every last scar on his face... The blood red color of his eyes...
"Izu.. Hey..." Izuku choked back her tears as she heard Katsuki in front of her. She definitely hadn't fallen asleep yet... Why was this happening...? "Hey what did you see that scared you?"
"Tomura... Shigaraki..." Izuku choked out and heard the commotion in her room and the hallway go silent. "He was... He was... Right there... Standing over me... he was..." She pulled her hands off her face and looked down at them.
"Izuchan, you need to get some sleep..." Yaoyorozu cooed out as she stepped into the room further and put a hand on her shoulder. "It was just a nightmare..."
"No... I was still awake...!" Izuku looked up at the others with wide eyes and saw them look back at her with concern. "I hadn't gone to sleep yet, I was just thinking about stuff... I was still awake, it wasn't a nightmare!" She cried out to them and saw them look away from her nervously.
"You haven't eaten properly today or slept very much, you need to go to bed." Uraraka said with a frown as she walked over too. "Though maybe you shouldn't sleep in here..." she looked over at the wall again nervously.
"I-I'm not... I'm fine..." Izuku looked up at them. "h-he was right there...!"
"Izu." She looked to Katsuki as he spoke and felt calmed as she looked into his ruby eyes. "Come on..." he held his arms out and she felt her tears burn in her eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck tightly and he hugged her back even tighter. "she can sleep in my room, I've got this."
"I don't think that's wise!" Iida called out and Katsuki glared over at him.
"Would any one else like to wake up to a hole in their wall?" He asked the class with a raised eyebrow and they looked at Katuki nervously. "Besides we're just fucking sleeping, and clearly she can't sleep in here."
"Maybe she can sleep with Ochachan...?" Yaoyorozu said to try and appeal the masses.
"No, she should sleep with Bakugou." Uraraka spoke up as she watched Izuku cling to his shirt while sobbing. "She'll calm down and feel better with him. Just let it go this one time, Iida."
"... If the teachers find out, I'm not responsible." Iida said with a sigh, before everyone let Katsuki leave the room carrying Izuku with him. She sobbed into his shoulder as he held her tightly and when they were in his room she felt him squeeze her tightly and place a kiss on the side of her head. She clutched his shirt tightly as he sat down on his bed before she felt him slowly lay down.
"Izu..." She bit her lip as her tears trickled down her cheeks and she slowly lifted her head from his shoulder as his fingers touched her hair. "Hey... Are you sure you're alright...?"
"... Kacchan... He... He was right there..." She looked at him with her tear filled eyes and Katsuki frowned at her before he ran his fingers through her hair to try and calm her down. "I'm not... I definitely saw him..."
"I believe you." Katsuki told her and she felt her tears pour down her cheeks again as she looked into his eyes. "But you need to sleep... We can figure this out tomorrow before the festival starts again. We'll go see Recovery Girl. If you are seeing these guys while you're awake then you should go to sleep, I'm right here." He pulled her head towards his chest and she blushed as she took in his calming scent of nitroglycerin. She closed her eyes as she tried to calm herself down now... He was right... She only saw them when she was awake. She gripped his shirt tightly in her hand and felt his fingers touch hers while his other hand fiddled with her hair. "I wont let anyone hurt you, okay? Go to sleep." She relaxed at his words, and she felt his fingers tighten around her hand. He calmed her breathing, and slowly she felt sleep hit her.
"... I can't find anything wrong." Recovery Girl said with sigh as she looked up at Izuku with her hands on her cane. "You're perfectly healthy other than your right arm... Is there anything you need to talk about?" Recovery girl asked curiously. "It sounds more psychological."
"All Might mentioned that it might just be my imagination..." Izuku said with a sigh as she sat on a stool in the infirmary the next morning. She had left early with Katsuki to check in with Recovery Girl first. "I've been feeling like things are going a little to normally for a few weeks now..."
"It's possibly you're just seeing trouble because you're used to it." Recovery girl said with a sigh as she looked at Izuku in concern. "Your mind sounds like it's playing tricks on you."
"Yeah," Izuku frowned and looked up at Recovery girl. "First it was All for One... Then Dabi... then Shigaraki..." She rubbed the back of her head and sighed. "I just... I don't know why..."
"Well," Recovery girl cleared her throat. "It sounds like your worst fears to be honest. All for One in a crowd, ready to hurt people with a flick of his wrist... And that Dabi fellow was the one who kidnapped Bakugou from the camp in front of you." She looked up at Izuku as she looked back at recovery girl. "So seeing him watching Bakugou doing his job made you feel..."
"That he was going to take him away again..." Izuku frowned and looked down at the ground.
"And Shigaraki in your bedroom... He attacked you when you were pretty vulnerable and alone back in the mall..." Recovery girl said with a sad sigh.
"... So it's... It's just a repeat of things I'm afraid of happening..." Izuku said as she put a hand over her mouth. "But why clear as day...?"
"Honestly, you've been nothing but trouble since day one." Recovery Girl said bluntly and Izuku looked up at her with wide eyes, only to see her smile. "You've had horror after horror thrown at you left right and center. Villain attack on your third day of school, villain attack when you're on your internship, villain attack while shopping at a mall, villain attack while at a camp with your classmates... Jumping into the middle of a villain attack against a man All Might was just barely able to subdue... Then the recent trouble you had with the Yakuza of all people... I'm not surprised you're a bit emotionally traumatized. So the sudden appearance of normalcy in your life must have triggered something. What I'm saying is... It's time to take it easy. Not even Yuuei Hero students have that much excitement in their whole high school career, let alone the first few months. You're going to have a hard time in the future with being the successor of One for All... I suggest you take the time to relax while you can."
Izuku stepped out of the infirmary after her conversation with Recovery Girl, and felt like a weight had been lifted off her chest. The kind old woman was right, she had a lot thrown at her in such a short time... If there was a second to relax, she should take it.
"You alright...?" Katsuki asked as he stood up straight from leaning against the wall. Izuku smiled up at him and nodded her head as she pulled the hood of her ghost costume up over her head. She took his hand as he offered it to her, and she smiled as she saw the tail on the back of his costume before they started walking down the hallway.
"Sorry about last night..." Izuku sighed out as she gripped his hand. She felt him squeeze it back tightly and she looked up at him.
"I'm sorry I couldn't do much," He told her and she frowned up at him. "But if you see anything today... Even if it's just a fucking unicorn..." He grunted and looked down at her. "Tell me right away, okay?"
"Alright." Izuku nodded her head to him and he let out another sigh as they continued down the hallway to head towards their classroom. They were still there fairly early, but when they entered the whole class was already there.
"Izuchan, you doing okay this morning?" Uraraka asked with a smile as her and Kirishima walked up.
"Have some muffin, it's not good to skip breakfast." Kirishima said with a grin as he held it out to her.
"I've made tea for everyone!" Yaoyorozu called out and Izuku looked up at the others as they all looked at her worriedly.
"I'm fine, thank you." Izuku beamed at everyone brightly, "I'll do better to take a proper rest today, but you all should too!" She told them before she took a bite of the muffin that was given to her. "As heroes, we can't burn ourselves out!"
"Honestly," Todoroki sighed out as he crossed his arms. "You're too strong for your own good." The class laughed as they all got some morning tea from Yaoyorozu.
"Yeah, that was quite the dent in the concrete." Kirishima laughed out as he ate another muffin he had with him. "Cementoss is gunna have to fix it himself!"
"Oh man," Izuku paled in realization and everyone looked at her worriedly. "Sensei is going to be mad... I told him I wouldn't use my quirk on the building anymore..." she said worriedly, before everyone burst out laughing.
"Well everyone, let's get ready!" Uraraka shouted excitedly as she pumped her fist into the air. "Its the final day of the Cultural Festival! So let's do our best!"