Chapter 15: You're Not Fine…
Ochaco went to bed… she as a bit nervous as she had heard that it was a one-time thing from Mezo which meant if Bill kept his word that means it was either her or Tenya.
She soon fell asleep.
And of course her room turned black and white.
She looked around.
"Oh don't be on edge Gravity …" said Bill appearing.
"Cipher…" said Ochaco glaring at him.
"Hey, hey… I'm not here to torture you or spill secrets about the team…" said Bill.
"Then why are you here?" asked Ochaco.
"I know why you want to be a hero." Said Bill.
Ochaco still glared at Bill.
"Oh come on it's a noble goal. Earning money for you sweet parents." Said Bill.
Ochaco didn't say anything.
"But it's going to be a while until that money comes in." said Bill.
Ochaco continued glaring at him.
"Let's make a deal…" said Bill, "I have my ways… I could give you the money… but you have to do something for me…"
"What?" asked Ochaco who was curious.
"Depends on the job…" said Bill, "It will be up to you… from dropping out of your school to outright working for me… it's up to you… this way you don't have worry about money ever and I get what I want…"
Ochaco glared at him.
"No." said Ochaco.
"What! Come on! You'll will never have to worry about money again." Said Bill.
"You're trying to destroy the world!" said Ochaco, "It you do that then money won't matter."
"Oh come on Gravity, that's just what the Pines are telling you." Said Bill, "I'm stuck in a dimension known as the Nightmare Realm… a prison that's slowly decaying… when I'm free! I just want to party!"
"Regular fun party or wild destructive party?" asked Ochaco.
Bill glared at her.
"You're a lot smarter than I thought." Said Bill.
There was an awkward silence.
He had to get out of there and there was only one way.
"Non-Specific excuse!" yelled Bill.
He created a weird three eye fish and tossed at it before escaping her dream world.
Ochaco just stood there blinking for a bit before trying to figure out what to do.
Then she discovered something while she was alone.
Of course when she woke up she texted Izuku telling him that Bill appeared in her dreams the night before and that it was something that should be talked about in person.
The next day she walked with Izuku, Tenya, Katsuki, Dipper and Mabel to school from the train station, and told them all what happened.
"Seriously… that's what happened?" asked Katsuki.
Mabel was laughing on the other hand.
"I know it sounds weird." Said Ochaco.
"That's exactly what Bill would do in that situation." Said Dipper.
"Still funny though." Laughed Mabel.
"Wait… what did he tempt you with?" asked Tenya.
"Well… it's kind of embarrassing… and it's kind of the reasons why I want to be a hero…" said Ochaco blushing a little.
The others in the group all stared at her. She sighed knowing that she would have to tell them.
"I want to be a hero for the money." Said Ochaco.
They all stared at her surprised as it was clear none of them were expecting that answer… like at all…
"It's not like that! It's more complicated…" said Ochaco.
She began to tell them that her parents ran a construction company that wasn't popular so money was often tight.
Although she did offer to help them at the company with her quirk (as it would perfect for construction), they just wanted to follow her dreams.
"That's really sweet." Said Mabel.
"It's a much different goal than just the money, you are just trying to help your family." Said Tenya.
"Yeah there's not nothing wrong with that." Said Izuku.
"Thanks you guys…" said Ochaco blushing .
"So that means chances he will appear in my dreams tonight." Said Tenya.
"Yeah…" said Izuku.
At where Bizuku was he crossed out the shooting Star Symbol .
"I can't believe that she rejected me…" he muttered to himself.
He then eyed the glasses symbol.
"I guess it's a good thing that I'm saving up for him… after last night…" muttered Bizuku.
Tenya didn't know he was in the clear for a while.
That afternoon it was time to leave for class… just about everyone was going to train for the Sports… except for Izuku.
"Hey Deku…" said Ochaco.
"I'll see you tomorrow." Said Izuku going to leave.
"Wait…" said Ochaco.
"I have to go to the support course." Sighed Izuku, "A bunch of the students there decided to hold a contest without telling about building me a robot body for the sports festival and their pretty upset that I'm not going to be in it, I have to go calm them down."
"What…" said Ochaco confused.
"I'm not lying…" said Izuku face palming.
"He's not…" said Mabel appearing as it was her day that day, "Ford told him yesterday…"
"What…" said Ochaco even more confused.
"Yeah… I know it's weird…" sighed Izuku, "Anyways I'll see you tomorrow."
Ochaco and many of their class mates watched Izuku leave.
Sometime later in the support course workshop Izuku sighed.
"I'm sorry…" said Izuku, "But none of you told me about this…"
Many of the students began to grumble.
"Oh come on!" yelled a students who had no part in the contest, a girl with pink hair that appeared to be dreadlocks, "If he doesn't want to do the Sports Festival let him!"
"Come on! Hatsume! You're only saying that because you're a first year!" yelled one of the support students.
"You're just trying to gain attention for yourselves through him!" said the one named Hatsume, "My plan is to show off my babies on my own! Not a possessed robot body! in fact that's a terrible way to show off your babies! It's not like you're showing off the prosing power or anything! And who's to say he'll mention you during the protos festival!"
Izuku just stared at the pink haired girl. Unsure how to respond.
"Damn you Hatsume! Damn you and your logic!" yelled one of the ones in the contest.
All of the ones in the contest all dispersed.
Izuku looked at the girl who came to his aid.
"Oh thank you." Said Izuku.
"No problem." Said Hatsume, "Just tell me when you get your body back! I have plenty of ideas ideas for babies to help you out in the future."
"What?" asked Izuku.
"That's what she calls her inventions!" called out one of the other support course students as they were leaving.
"Oh…" said Izuku.
He sighed and looked down at the ground but kept his puppet high to make sure she didn't' see his reaction.
"I'll think about it…" he said.
He headed home after that.
Over the course of the next week everyone could tell that Izuku wasn't getting any better.
Everyday someone would try to talk to Izuku about something but he would always have an excuse that was clearly fake like "Mom wants me home early" or "There's a chore I have to do today"… yet somehow sounded more real than the actual excuse he had the other day.
After a few days of coming up with excuses… Katsuki finally had it.
"Look just stop with the fucking excuses and admit that you're avoiding us because you don't want to be a "brother"." Muttered Katsuki.
"It's not that!" said Izuku.
Katsuki glared at Izuku.
"You're a fucking bad liar Deku…" muttered Katsuki.
"You should all be training for the Sports Festival…" said Izuku, "I'm fine really…"
He left the classroom after say that. Most of the class didn't know what to say after that… everyone could tell he wasn't fine.
That night he finished his homework. He wasn't' sure what else to do.
And he began to think about things… mostly about what Bill had said to him.
That was when an idea hit him…
An idea that he realized that others might not agree with… but he figured that he should run it by the other members of the team.
"Hey!" yelled Mabel coming through the wall of the room, "Come on! We got another pre-quirk movie to show you!"
"It's not another super hero where the hero doesn't have super powers?" asked Izuku.
Mable had been insisting that he watch pre-quirk super hero movie likes most of the Batman movie and Ironman Movies.
"Kind of…" said Mabel, "Batman's in it, but he's not the main character."
She dragged him into the living room.
He saw it and was confused…
"The Lego Movie?" asked Izuku.
"Oaky… this sounds bad…" said Dipper, "It looks like one of those movies… but this one…"
"It's surprisingly really good." Said Ford.
"So let's watch already." Said Mabel.
"Just warning you now Green Bean… there's a song that will get stuck in your head." Said Stan.
He looked at the Pines, and knew he couldn't let them in on it.
Thought he was surprised by the movie… it was really good.
And unfortunately he got Everything is Awesome did stuck in his head.
The next morning Izuku got to class.
"Good morning Midoriya." Said Tenya.
"Still no Bill?" asked Izuku.
"No… I'm getting worried." Said Tenya.
"I am too." Said Izuku.
He looked around. His usual guard wasn't there.
"I want to have a team meeting later today… but without the Pines." Said Izuku.
"Is that a wise idea?" asked Tenya.
Izuku didn't answer.
Tenya sighed.
"Oh it's not about them trusting me or anything like that… I just have an idea I just don't think they'd agree to it." Said Izuku.
Tenya had a feeling about it.
That was when Mabel showed up.
"Hey!" she called to Izuku.
Izuku breathed a sigh of relief that she didn't see him talking to Tenya.
However she saw the look on Izuku's face.
"You still have that song stuck in your head." Said Mabel with a sly smirk.
"Yeah that's it…" laughed Izuku.
She realized it wasn't it.
That afternoon they all met up.
Unaware there were a several people listening in.
"I'm sorry for cutting into your training time…" said Izuku.
"It's fine Deku…" muttered Katsuki.
"You're our friend." Said Ochaco.
"So what's the idea you have that you don't want to tell the Pines." Said Shoto.
"I think we should kill my body." Said Izuku.
The four stared at him in horror.
"Wait… doesn't mean…" said Ochaco.
"No… I won't die! Don't worry!" said Izuku.
"WHAT THE FUCK DEKU!" yelled Katsuki.
"Look… he's too powerful and…" said Izuku.
"And you get to keep all your ghost powers." Muttered Katsuki, "But what happens when we all go extinct?"
Izuku didn't answer.
"What?" asked Ochaco.
"If Deku's body dies he won't die… ever…" said Katsuki.
"I'll always exist." Said Izuku.
"What about the Pines?" asked Mezo.
"They're going to move on day… when Bill is destroyed…" said Izuku, "But I'll be fine…"
"No you won't be!" yelled Katsuki, "Stop saying that you're fine because you've been a wreck since the USJ!"
"You guys should get back to your training." Said Izuku.
He flew away before any of them could stop him.
"DAMN IT DEKU!" yelled Katsuki.
Mezo glared Katsuki.
"Now's not that time…" muttered Katsuki.
"We need to help him…" said Shoto.
"Yeah… the way we've been trying to hasn't been working." Said Mabel as she appeared with Dipper and Ford, causing the five to jump in shock.
"We've been listening in the whole time." Sighed Ford.
"I think we all figured that." Said Katsuki.
"What Bill said has gotten to him…" said Tenya.
"How do we help him?" asked Ochaco.
"We wait until after the Sports festival." Sighed Katsuki.
"What? He'll just get worse!" yelled Tenya.
"It will get worse either way." Said Katsuki.
"If you help him now it will just make him feel guilty that he's stopping you from training for the Sports Festival." Said Mabel.
"Why haven't you been helping him?" asked Mezo.
"Having a bunch of people who were originally from the Pre-Quirk days isn't exactly the best people to get advice about being a hero." Said Mabel.
"Unfortunately Mabel's right…" said Ford.
"You're going to be to be the ones to help him through this…" said Dipper.
"What do we do?" asked Ochaco.
"WE figure out ways to make sure he becomes a hero…" said Katsuki.
Mezo and Ochaco were concerned and unsure how to handle. While both Tenya and Shoto both knew that there might be ways.
Nearby one of the other eavesdroppers gritted his teeth.
He had heard that Izuku wasn't going to participate and he noticed his growing depression… but didn't think it had gotten that bad that he would rather become an immortal spirit than go back to being Qurikless thanks to what Bill said.
And it was with that he changed his mind about something… something that hopefully save Izuku from his depression…
He wasn't sure if it would work… but had hope that it would.
Next Time: Soon enough it's time for the Sports Festival! Izuku, Dipper and Mabel plans to cheer on the rest of Class 1-A. What will the first event be? And will Katsuki get through the day without pissing any off? The answer to the that last one is no... But still find out what happens next time!