Michi slowly opened his eyes, as he did, he was met with pitch black darkness... he slowly sat up, realizing he was drenched by river water, he looked to his right, and saw Mari's body
"Miko..."
Michi struggled to pull himself and Mari to shore, she was still not responsive... her body was cold. Michi slid his jacket off slowly, as he did so, he hissed in pain from his broken arm... he took his jacket, and put it on Mari, in hopes to warm her up, right now, all Michi could hear was the wind hitting the trees, and the howls of wild animals... it was official, they were lost in the dark... in the woods
"Mari... you need to get up... please... I beg of you..."
Michi held Mari's hand, praying to god that she would wake up, instead, Michi stood up, crawling from tree to tree, gathering twigs from the trees... eventually, through great struggle, Michi was able to start a fire
Michi held up Mari's body to his side, allowing her body to gain warmth... he looked at her for a second
"does she need... water? Food? Anything?? What if..."
Michi hesitated, looking at her body, his anxiety began to spike..
"why... why did this happen..."
Michi laid Mari down softly, laying down next to the fire... he let out a sight as his eyes closed
Morning
Michi woke up to chest pain. Michi held his chest as he hyperventilated... he looked at his left arm as it began to shake... a seizure was coming.
Michi took his backpack off, opening it slowly with one arm, he pulled out his syringe. Michi looked over at Mari, even unconscious, her body is shaking violently, she is having a seizure herself... Michi looked in his bag, searching for a quirk blocker... due to the plane crash and falling from the sky, Michi's blockers were smashed, until he found one final blocker...
enough for one person.
Michi looked at Mari, and himself, number two appeared in front of Michi
"Ten! Listen to me! We know you care for this girl but you need to take the drug! There's no telling what it'll do to you if you don't!"
Michi began sweating, using his one arm, to load the syringe
"Ten! Please take care of yourself dammit! This quirk will destroy you from the inside out!"
Michi took the syringe, and plunged it into Mari
"She's here because of me. I refuse to leave her like this when I have exactly what she needs to-"
Michi collapsed onto the ground, the seizure became more severe, his body began shaking with no control... he took a deep breath through the pain, gripping the dirt with rage
"GOD... FUCK..."
Michi slid on the ground, passing out on the ground, when he awoke, he was in One For All, surrounding him was 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 they all had a worried expression on their faces, whilst 2, 3, and 4 had their backs turned to Michi... Nine spoke
"Young Michi, we had to pull you out of your body to prevent you from passing out from the pain. We can't have two bodies on our hands."
Michi nodded, he looked towards the other half of one for all
"Why have you turned away?"
1 sighed
"they do not agree with your-"
"YOUR SELFLESSNESS WILL BE THE END OF ONE FOR ALL."
two turned around, facing Michi
"You have shown that you do not care about your own well being. As well as One for All. You said you were devoting yourself to saving us, to saving One for All. Again and again, you put this girl before one for all."
Michi scowled
"I am not going to let a friend of mine die for my own selfish reasons. She's already here because of me."
two scowled
"We have left you. Do not expect to be able to use our quirks. You are clearly not our ally, so we are not yours."
Michi sighed, looking at One, who had his head turned in frustration
"we're sending you back. Wake up, Ten."
Michi opened up his eyes, he rubbed his face with his left hand, as he examined his hand, he saw cracks forming on his hand... he remembered the Fourth's face... the crack... Nine appeared next to Michi
"To update you on your situation... we think you've lost some time due to One for All being left unchecked..."
Michi looked at his hand, he could almost see the cracks forming as the seconds ticked by
"how long did I lose?"
"a week."
Michi stood up, regaining his balance, he put his bag back on, and stomped out his fire
"it'll have to do."
Michi lifted Mari over his shoulder, looking around
"first order of business, find my friends and father, then, back to Japan... I'll figure something out before then."
Michi began walking, wandering, hoping... he could find someone.
Baga Twins
Shizu lifted himself off a branch, jumping down the tree, doing a roll to save himself from damaging his body, he looked around for his sister
"Fugu?! FUGU?!"
Fugu threw a twig at her brother, Fugu was hanging by a branch,
" make some shade for me!"
Shizu used his flames to make a shadow behind a tree, Fugu copied herself to climb up and guide her downwards. Fugu let out a sigh as she took out her phone, looking for a signal
"I'm not getting any-"
Shizu took her phone, ripping out the battery, Fugu sighed as she looked at her brother, she knew it was necessary.
the two made a fire, Shizu looked up at the sky, letting out a sigh as the sky was full of lights... but they weren't lights, they were in fact satellites in the sky, so many satellites that it now blocked the stars... Fugu looked up after her brother Shizu spoke with a smile on his face
"One day... one day I want to see real stars, I want to see the Big Dipper.. or the North Star! Anything.. real and not artificial."
Fugu looked at her brother with concern in her eyes
"Not everywhere is like this... who knows, give it another decade or two, we may actually be able to take galactic holidays, then we could go visit the stars together!"
Shizu smiled, as he looked down slightly, guilt filling his eyes
"Michi won't..."
"Michi's still an open book, he's not dead yet-"
"you don't know that. For all you know, Michi was captured, One for All stolen, and us, labeled as fugitives..."
Shizu let out a frustrated sigh
"life like we know it could be crumbling!"
Fugu sat next to her brother, placing her head on his shoulder
"do you remember, what you said to me when I first started taking quirk blockers?"
Shizu looked down at the fire as it crackled
"what?"
"life changes. It's up to us to adapt and grow with it! And we always have room to grow... Shizu, even if life gets harder, and things... become more complicated, we still have each other, we still have a chance to live another day."
Shizu let out a sight, laying down
"thank you Fugu... I'm just overwhelmed but things will get better.. I know."
as morning came, the twins woke up, and followed the river, after a few hours, across from them was a broken, and exhausted Michi, carrying Mari. Shizu yelled
"MICHI?!"
Michi looked up slowly, and saw Shizu and Fugu and let out a loud laugh, jumping up and down, suddenly the boy seemed to be full of energy, the three hugged one another, as Michi placed Mari down softly
"Do you guys have quirk blockers?"
Fugu pulled out a vial, handing it to Michi
"has she gone without one?"
Michi pulled his sleeve up, injecting in a shot
"no, I have."
Shizu and Fugu looked at each other concerned, Michi looked at his arm, the cracks had formed from the middle of his hand, to his fingers, leading to his wrist... he squeezed his left arm as he stared at it
"I lost some time. But there's still a chance. There's always a chance."
Shizu had a soft smile, as he grabbed onto Mari, lifting her body onto his back
"I've got her from here on, just carrying yourself, Michi. We've got a plan, we've got a friend in New York... her name is Toma Yoko, she's from Japan and is doing an enhance for the semester, we can go to her for help.
Michi nodded, looking at his friends he smiled
"with a team like this, we could face anything.. we just need to keep moving forward."
Shizu nodded
"keep moving forward."