Ochaco hummed to herself as she was currently sitting on the beach reading a book that she had found a long time ago while her daughter played with Tsuyu. The latter was tossing Eri up in the air with her tongue before jumping up and catching her then landing into the water with a huge splash. Soon they both came up for air, laughing and smiling as they playfully splashed water against each other.
On the other side of her, she saw Katsuki training himself as he kept aiming his explosions at the beach, each blast more powerful than the last one.
She could tell that he was furious and irritated. Someone had gotten the better of him by placing a mark on his neck and letting his inner desires get a hold of him, causing his War side to come out and almost put everyone in danger.
While she knows that some of the teachers have an idea of what they could do, not a single of them knew the true extent, not even their parents or Nezu. The Four Horsemen were more than just some experiment that was forced upon her and her group of pseudo-siblings.
Like her tenant Famine had said, they have been inside the children for a long time waiting for the power to be unleashed. They couldn't speak to their hosts until the seals on them were broken and there were only two ways for that to happen. When you get a better grasp on your power and evolve it or awaken it through a high amount of trauma, she already knows which came first.
All that time and torture during captivity had awakened her hidden power and become the new host of Famine of the Four Horsemen. Only they weren't all that they were meant to be either. As far as she knew, Ochaco didn't know much about her tenant other than who it was and where it came from but it never said why.
'Why were we chosen to be these Horsemen? And why us?' Ochaco thought to herself with a frown on her face. She wished she could talk to Izuku at the moment but the latter right now was in the middle of doing his daily soul-hunting due to him being Death. She always worried about him whenever he did that, the look his eyes that were so empty every time he came back.
One would think that Izuku would've been used to doing that type of stuff by now, but Izuku isn't like that. She knows that he valued others' lives more than his own and that he would sacrifice himself to keep others safe. That was something she had to drill him on.
He needed to care about his life just as much as they did with his, after meeting him she promised that no matter what would happen that she would always be there for him, even if the world turned against them.
Ochaco was getting lost in her thoughts when she felt a presence behind her, opening her eyes she saw a shadow figure over hers and could easlily make it out who it was due the curly hair.
"Hey." Izuku greeted as Ochaco leaned her head back and gazed at him.
"Hey, yourself." She stared into his eyes and saw that they weren't empty as they would usually be but they were still filled with sadness. "How bad was it?"
"Child." He said as his fists clench so hard that it was starting to make his hand bleed from his nails sinking into his skin. The brunette eyes widened for a second until she let out a sad sigh and raised his hand before motioning him to come sit.
Izuku then changed clothes from his tattered ones to his normal casual clothes and sat down next to her, in a seiza position. He then felt his head grab and pulled down onto something soft, looking up he saw Ochaco smiling at him before poking his cheek forcing him to look away.
"Don't look." She teased as he followed her word without hesitation, his eyes gazing over to his family. Katsuki training while Tsuyu played with Eri, and Ochaco here with him comforting him, it was times like these that made Izuku appreciate what he have in his life despite all the bad things that had happened to him and what he's done. This brought him back to his early hunt and his thoughts were suddenly sad at the last event he just went through.
"Izuku, what happened?"
"It was bad, in Germany. Child was dead… by the time I got there…. He wasn't the only one…. The parents killed themselves to be with their child…." Izuku kept struggling to speak at what had transpired from his last hunt, unable to get the image out of his head.
"They… they didn't…" Ochaco trailed off in shock and disbelief at the outcome.
"After looking through their memories, they had suffered a lot even before their son was born. The husband was in debt while the wife was struggling to hold it together, a year prior to this they had lost their elder daughter and did everything they could to raise their son but it was never enough or it never really mattered." Izuku let out a tired sigh at this, wanting nothing more than to just disappear right there. He hated his role as the Horsemen of Death but at the same time he wouldn't wish this role on anyone else. He wasn't that selfish enough to do that.
Ochaco didn't say anything as she continued running her hand through his curly hair, knowing that was what he needed right now. The nightmares were come again soon but right now, it was living in the present that mattered at that moment. She then decided to move on to a different subject.
"Let's move on to something else, what do you think of our new classmates?" Ochaco stirred as Izuku let out a low hum.
"They're okay, I guess." Izuku said. "They're acting like how I normally expect them to act, like your regular high school teens, happy, cheerful with each other living in peace."
"But…" Ochaco trailed off knowing that he was exactly going to say that earning a blank look in return. "…I know that's what you were going to say next, so out with it."
"But… they don't know what's coming. They're going to learn that being a hero is more than just saving people and helping others… the world is a scary place filled with dark secrets around every corner… and there's always a price to pay."
Not wanting him to continue in their dark atmosphere, she reached down and pinched his cheek.
"Alright, enough of that dark stuff move on to happiness now." She said as he groaned.
"Fine, Iida is too stiff, Shouto is too quiet, Toru is too excited, Minoru is nothing but a perv and Tokayami likes to remain in darkness." Izuku stated with his fingers raised each time he spoke about a classmate, earning a giggle from the brunette.
"You really don't like them, do you?" She asked.
"Depends." He answered.
"What you two lovebirds talking about?" Both teens looked up and saw Katsuki standing in front of them with his hands in his pockets, along with Tsuyu and Eri with the latter rushing over to her father.
"Daddy." Eri called out as she jumped onto his side, and then tapped his head with her hands. "When did you get here, and why are you sleeping like the caterpillar man?"
"Caterpillar?" Izuku asked.
"She means Aizawa-san. He did watch her while we did our trials yesterday and she saw him sleeping in his sleeping bag, so she decided to call him Caterpillar." Tsuyu commented as Katsuki bark up in laughter.
"Hahaha, now that's funny. Nice nickname Unicorn." Katsuki praised Eri while rubbing her hair, the latter smiling as Ochaco shook her head.
"I fear that you may be rubbing off on her. I really don't want that." Ochaco sighed as Katsuki grinned at her.
"Can't help it, Round Face." He then turned to Izuku. "So, what's on tomorrow's schedule?"
"Nothing, other than going to school like normal." Izuku said. "We already had our tests that day and the mock battles so I don't know what will happen today. Maybe something exciting."
"We won't know until tomorrow, so how about we all go ahead and relax till then?" Ochaco suggested as everyone agreed to do so.
And that's what they did, for the next two hours they spent some time training and having fun at the beach before turning in for the night. As they were leaving, they never noticed the small snake that was watching them through behind a trash can before slithering away back to its master.
The next day, Ochaco was walking to school with a smile on her face. Her daughter was with her parents and Izuku's mother Inko. They all had talked about wanting Eri to be more comfortable with people other than them. While Ochaco did want her to she still couldn't help but worry about her and honestly wanted to turn around and go check on her daughter.
She let out a small chuckle as she realized that she was already worrying about the girl like a mother hen, well technically she was since her real mother gave her up. The last thought made the brunette expression change into hate as she thought about Eri's biological mother.
To think that Eri was abandoned by her mother all because of what she did to her father. It was nothing more than an accident when she awakened her quirk. Out of fear, Eri's mother had sold her daughter to the Yakuza where the man Overhaul was in charge of and had used Eri for his own purposes and used her quirk to make quirk-erasing bullets.
Ochaco had never hated anybody more than Chisaki. An adult who had killed a child and resurrected her over and over again all to make a stupid drug that could erase other quirks permanently. She was glad and disappointed that Izuku had already killed the man, glad that his soul was sent to the Nine Circles of Hell but disappointed that she didn't get to rip him apart with her own two hands for what he had done to Eri, and then she wanted to find her mother and do the same.
'A mother is supposed to love and protect their child no matter what, I guess that doesn't apply to everyone.' Ochaco thought with a grim expression while clenching her fists. 'I will not be like her… I will protect Eri and care for her with all my heart and whoever hurts her will pay severely.' She thought as she made that vow to herself.
As she reached her destination, she noticed something was off as soon as she got to school.
"Hmm?" Looking over she saw a news station crew in front of the school grounds, asking and interviewing every student that comes across them. "What are they doing here?"
"They're trying to get an interview on All Might." Ochaco turned her head and saw Kyoka coming up beside her.
"All Might? Why?" The brunette curiously asked.
"UA had announced in the papers that the No.1 hero would be teaching at the academy, and the press really want to get a scoop or story about it, so they're asking all the students that they come across." Kyoka said before letting out a soft groan. "It's kind of annoying if you ask me."
"Okay and good morning, Kyoka." Ochaco greeted the fellow rocker girl. "You're usually in class instead by now. What brings you up here?"
"N-no particular reason." Kyoka stuttered while she started messing with one of her jacks with her finger. "I just wanted to see if Green would be with you, that's all."
"Green, you mean Izuku?" She asked as the rocker nodded her head. "What for?"
"Well…" Kyoka had a small blush on her cheeks. "I just wanted to thank him for saving me the other day when we had collapsed through the floor."
"Really, is that all?" Ochaco asked as Kyoka nodded her head, the brunette gazing at her with her eyes narrowed in suspicion. Kyoka couldn't help but shiver at Ochaco's eyes at how cold they were as if she was going to attack her until suddenly, they were replaced with warm and kindness.
"Okay then. We can meet him up in class then, he won't be here for another 10 minutes." She replied as Kyoka stared at her for a few seconds before realizing that the brunette was ahead of her and immediately started running to catch up to her.
"W-wait how are we going to get past them?" She asked.
"Simple." Ochaco said as she placed a hand on Kyoka's shoulder and made a shushing gesture to her. Before the latter could ask what was going on, a small explosion made its noise causing a small ruckus at the gate. Before Kyoka could question the explosion, Ochaco had took a running start and zoomed past the reporters and other students along with a yelling Kyoka.
Once they got inside the school, the brunette got them to the bathroom stopping and smiled.
"We're here~" She sung as Kyoka let out a moan as she held her head in her hands at how fast they had just went.
"Yay… please warn me when you do that next time." Kyoka groaned as the brunette giggled at her.
"No promises." She said as they got out of the bathroom, when they did they saw a certain angry ash blonde man. "Morning Katsuki."
"Round Face." He replied as Kyoka narrowed her eyes at him at the insult.
"Hey, she has a name you know." She said as Katsuki turned his head to her and blinked before turning his head back to Ochaco and pointed his thumb towards her. "What's with Earphones?"
"Earphones?" Kyoka questioned before Ochaco calmed her down.
"Oh, apologies. Katsuki isn't one for calling people by their actual names, he'll usually give you a nickname on something descriptive about you." The brunette explained as the purple-haired teen narrowed her eyes at the blonde.
"Clearly."
"He'll call you by your given name but that's going to take a while."
"And I assume that is going to be never, then?" Kyoka guessed as Katsuki chuckled.
"Hehe, got a smart one don't we, well that's one out of 16." He said before turning around and started walking.
"Charming." Kyoka said in a sarcastic tone as Ochaco gave a nervous chuckle.
"Hehe, don't be too upset. You'll get used to it after awhile." She said while walking beside her. As they walked together, ochaco turned her attention back to Katsuki. "Anyway, thanks for the distraction earlier Katsuki."
"Yeah, yeah don't mention it." Katsuki groaned as he pushed the brunette back a bit with his hand.
"Wait, that was you?" Kyoka asked in confusion.
"Yep. Round Face said that you guys were a little stuck so I snuck up to their car and blew it up." Katsuki said with a feral grin on his face.
"You guys really are an odd bunch." Kyoka muttered. "Why would you do that? You know we can't use quirks outside of school grounds?"
"Because sometimes the media's a piece of shit. Don't give a rat's ass about anything other than getting a juicy story and since the announcement of All Might being a teacher here got out, they've been hounding students left and right to get something. Greedy Bastards." Katsuki explained with a growl in the end.
"Is there a sentence somewhere in there that doesn't involve you cursing?" Kyoka questioned.
"If you got a problem than quit your bitching Nancy and do something about it. Put on some dam earplugs or something, instead of whining about it." Katsuki scowled as he walked into the classroom leaving a fuming Kyoka.
"I'm going to kill him." She said in finality as Ochaco place her hands on her shoulders.
"Now now, there's no need for that. Tsuyu's the one that keeps him in check, and if anything does go overboard then she'll be the one to discipline him." Ochaco reassured her fellow classmate who looked at her and let out an exasperated sigh.
"How are you this calm around him then?"
"Years of practice." Ochaco said innocently before mentally speaking. 'And duct tape. A whoooole lot of duct tape.' She said before walking in the classroom beside her. Once they got inside, they saw everyone was in class, some of them conversing with each other or doing their own things but Kyoka was focused on something else. She looked around the room for a certain someone until her eyes spotted a mop of green hair on the desk near Katsuki.
Izuku who was sleep on his desk, with Tsuyu who was poking his head with her fingers.
'Oh looks like he's here early.'
"Let me sleep…" He mumbled as he tried to bury himself deeper into his desk, the other continuing their ministrations to wake him up.
"Nope, you need to wake up otherwise you'll miss class and I don't want to hear you complain about it." Tsuyu argued as she continued poking him.
"Sounds like he didn't get enough sleep." Kyoka guessed from what she heard.
"Looks like it." Ochaco agreed as she walked over to her husband and poke him in the cheek earning a groan from him.
"Please stop." He said while looking up and he noticed that this time it was the brunette instead of Tsuyu. "Oh, morning Ochaco."
"Didn't get enough sleep?"
"Nooooo." He groaned. "I've been up all night going over the fights we had yesterday. Been observing everyone's fighting styles, strengths, weaknesses, ways to counter, ways to improve, etc." He explained while waving his hand and let out a yawn.
"That habit of yours." Katsuki muttered while flicking his brother on the head earning a groan of pain. "Then again, it's probably a good thing that you still do it. Never know when we might need that brain of yours." He said as Izuku grumbled at him.
"Shut up and let me sleep."
"Don't sleep too much, you do and you'll end up like our teacher in the corner over there." Ochaco referred to Aizawa who was indeed sleeping in the corner of the room with his sleeping bag while his eyes were peering through the open hole, he left open. "Though, if it weren't for the fact he was our teacher, I would've mistaken him for a hobo and then hit him with pepper spray."
"Or a Pie." Izuku added.
"Or an explosion!" Katsuki suggested.
"Or a pillow." Tsuyu said earning looks from her companions. "What, I'm pretty sure he would be less drowsy if he had an actual pillow instead of just using his bag all the time."
'That is a fair point.' All three of them thought simultaneously.
Kyoka looked at the four for a few seconds with a blank expression before she let out a giggle which soon turned into chuckling.
"Man, are you guys really the same people we saw yesterday during the battle exams?" Kyoka questioned before smiling. "You know you four aren't really all that bad, you guys are pretty chill in my book." Kyoka walked past them but quickly stopped by Izuku and patted him on the shoulder earning his attention. "And… I wanted to thank you for saving me yesterday."
"No need." Izuku shook his head with a smile. "I was just doing what anyone else would've done, I'm pretty sure you've would done the same thing if the positions were switch."
"Whatever you say Green." Kyoka then walked off as Izuku raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Green?"
"She's calling you by a nickname now?" Katsuki questioned while narrowing his eyes at her. "She better not be trying to be coping me."
"I doubt anyone would be trying to copy you Kacchan." Izuku thought while Ochaco giggled. "You're not mad Ochaco?" He asked in the mental link.
"Don't worry, it's not like she's trying to take you from me so I have nothing to worry about." The brunette broadcasted her thoughts back to him with a wink to him. "Plus, she seems like a nice girl but you're mine so I don't mind claiming you in front of her if I have too." She teased causing the boy to let out a small sputter before he went into full blush as Ochaco giggled at him, finding it cute.
"Please don't kill the nerd." Katsuki groaned while Tsuyu found her brother cute and told herself that she must tease him when class was over.
Momo who was quiet and by herself was observing the four teens in front of her, while her expression show a genuine smile underneath it, she was planning on how to confront the four teens in front of her as she knew what they are. After all, she was curious on why these four students were special and after the experiment she did the day before on Katsuki means there is something more to them.
"Which one should I confront though, the one I messed with yesterday, the one who stopped it, or their other halves? Decisions, decisions." She thought while humming a tune to herself.
It was then, Aizawa came up from his sleeping bag and announced himself.
"Quiet." He said and everyone was in their seats and made no noise. "Good, you're learning maybe this year might be different." He said while walking to the podium. "I watched all of your battles yesterday and I could tell you right now, that you are all doing well so far." He said earning a small cheer from his class. "Don't get too excited this just means that I'll have to push you all past your limits and endure some grueling training." He said with a creepy grin.
"So creepy." Everyone voiced in their thoughts.
"Also…" Aizawa then turned to Izuku and Katsuki both who looked at him. "…learn to be aware of your surroundings. You both got your partners lives in danger and could've killed them, nevertheless you both did well on your trials. Do keep in mind that you need to be careful." Aizawa said with a stern expression. Although, he knew there was something else to it. He saw something was off with Katsuki once he started acting strange which meant either his power was going wild or somebody was causing him to lose it.
"Yes sir."
"Understood." Izuku and Katsuki both replied in understanding.
"Now with that out of the way, I have another assignment for you. Today you will be-" He trailed off with glaring eyes as everyone steeled themselves for what he could say next. Except the four horsemen as they wondered why the hell this man would always sound so tense.
"—Picking a class representative." He finished as everyone let out breaths of relief.
"IT's an actual normal class activity." Izuku voiced as everyone then started voicing.
"Oh, oh, I want to be class representative." Mina shouted first followed by Denki.
"Now that sounds cool, let me be it."
"I don't see why not." Momo voiced.
"Everyone really wants to be class representative." Tsuyu thought.
"Silence!" Tenya shouted gaining everyone's attention. "Being the class representative is a job of responsibility of leading others by example, is it not something to be taken so lightly." He said while chopping his hand in the air.
"Pfft. I would take him seriously if he was chopping his hand in the air like a robot." Ochaco laughed while covering her mouth.
"He's not wrong." Izuku started. "Being a class representative is a huge weight on your shoulders and it's not a good idea to take it if you don't know what you're getting into." Izuku explained.
"Precisely which is why that if we want a suitable leader than we shall hold an election!" Tenya agreed and shouted while raising his hand.
"An election?" Toru asked.
"That sounds like a waste time, considering the fact that none of us know each other." Shoto stated emotionlessly.
"Yeah, wouldn't everyone just vote for themselves?" Eijiro added.
"Doesn't matter to me." Aizawa stated as he was already back in his sleeping bag. "Choose your representative by the homeroom or I'll do it for you." He said before zipping up his bag and hopped over to the corner and fell over onto the floor.
'I think we should vote for someone else instead of ourselves.' Izuku voiced.
"That sounds like a good idea. It would be better than to vote for ourselves, it would make us look selfish."
"Well it's not we would vote for ourselves, if any Deku would vote for someone he sees that deserves the role and then we would vote for him."
"T-that's not true."
"It is nerd and you know it. Round Cheeks, Earphones and Frog Face would vote for you." Katsuki argued as he heard his brother sputter and knew that he won.
'F-fine.'
"Plus, you probably due to what you did yesterday." Tsuyu added as Izuku shook his head.
'There's no way I would win. Plus, there are others too so it could be anybody."
After a few minutes, everyone went ahead and put in their votes in and at the end of the election there were two people that were voted.
Izuku Midoriya
Momo Yaoyorozu
'I hate it when you're right!' Izuku groaned as he stood next to Momo who had a smile on her face. "Why am I up here, I don't qualify as a representative!?" Izuku asked while flailing his arms.
"Alright who voted for the nerd!?" Katsuki shouted while already knowing the other two people that voted for him.
"Damn, looks like almost everyone did vote for themselves." Denki noted.
"Looks like the two people leading will be Izuku and Momo. Congratulations." Aizawa said in a tired tone.
"Can I revoke my status?"
"Sure."
"Really!?" Izuku got excited only to be shot down.
"No." Aizawa replied.
"Oh." Izuku had a cloud hanging over his head.
"Don't worry, you'll do fine and I'm the five other people will as well." Momo said with a smile as Izuku groaned.
"Moving on." Aizawa said as he continued with class.
Lunchtime has arrived and students were chatting among each other whether it was in line, at the tables or somewhere else.
The Four hosts were at a table with a few empty seats with Izuku and Ochaco sitting on one side and Katsuki and Tsuyu on another. Izuku currently had his head on the table with a depressing cloud over his head.
"I cannot believe I'm class representative."
"Oh relax, honey, it's not that bad." Ochaco tried cheering him up while patting his head.
"Yes, because leading 15 other students for the next 3 years is the best thing to happen, lovely." Izuku commented sarcastically.
"I'm surprised you're actually moping about this, normally you be okay with these kind of student politics." Katsuki commented.
"Okay. One, I'm not reliable; Two, I'm a ticking time bomb and more importantly I'm a ticking time bomb ready to go off!" Izuku argued.
"Yeah I heard you the first time." Katsuki replied sarcastically.
"Technically, we're all ticking time bombs ready to go off." Tsuyu interrupted making the broccoli boy groaned once more.
"The point is, I don't lead well with others if anything I'll probably get them hurt in the future." Izuku argued.
"Well, I for one disagree on that comment." The four turned their heads up and saw both Denki, Kyoka and Tenya arrive. "Mind if we sit?"
"Sure. The more the merrier." Ochaco accepted as the others sat down, Kyoka by Izuku while Tenya and Denki sat by Katsuki and Tsuyu. "So why you disagree?"
"Well, he left an impression yesterday. Not only did he helped me how to fight Denki over here but he also put himself in danger to save me without any concern for himself in the process. Plus I get a feeling that he could do it." Kyoka explained.
"You do?"
"Yep, and that's why I voted for you." Kyoka revealed to them as Denki nodded his head.
"Same here."
"You did too Denki?" Tsuyu asked.
"Uh-huh. It just seemed right for some reason well other than that I would've voted for everyone else but probably not this guy." He said while pointing to Katsuki.
"You got a problem, Pikachu!?" Katsuki growled at the blonde.
"No, just that if I voted for you it would seemed like a bad idea. I mean you don't look like you would lead well and if you did it would probably end up in chaos, with pitchforks, torches and fire spread all over the school like a wild riot during Christmas Shopping." Denki stated.
'Well, that's very specific example.' Everyone thought while Katsuki growled as tried choking the blonde with Tsuyu holding back.
"Down boy, heel." She stated calmly while turning her head to Tenya. "So, who did you vote for Tenya?"
"Well, I would've voted for both of you but in the end I chose Momo. She seems like she has good strategic skills and I think she is suitable enough for the position." Tenya said while pressing his glasses.
"That and she's hot." Denki added earning a kick to the shin from Kyoka. "Ow, what was that for!?" He asked while Kyoka huffed and rolled her eyes.
"Denki, we should not vote on classmates just because of their appearances." Tenya started reprimanding as his hands started karate-chopping in midair.
"I'm just sayin." Denki had has hands up.
"Anyway," Ochaco started, changing the subject to something else. "Tenya, are you a rich boy by any chance?"
Tenya flinched slightly at the brunette's question.
"Uh, what gives you that idea?"
"You just give off that vibe and you talk so formal so I'm just assuming you are one." Ochaco answered.
"Wow, tactful much." Kyoka chuckled.
"I'm not a rich boy but my family is financially well due to our line of heroes in the past generation." He answered as Izuku narrowed his eyes.
"I knew I recognized your last name from somewhere. Are you related to the hero Ingenium?"
"Yes, he's my brother." Tenya nodded. "Part of my reason to being a hero is because of him and how much impact he has on others."
"You must be proud to have such an amazing older brother Tenya." Tsuyu said in a somber tone as she looked away with a frown remembering her own family, especially her siblings and missing the times she had with them.
Izuku eyes widened as he watched Tsuyu and immediately his body wracked with guilt, it was his fault that her family was gone in the first place. Despite being forced into choosing the victims, he was the reason why they were dead. Even if he didn't pull the trigger, he still loaded the gun and that means he's just as guilty as the ones that were responsible.
Suddenly the memories of that day came up, his eyes widened in panic and alarm as he remembered how that day went down. He'll never forget that day, that day was worse than any of the ones he had during their time there… it was almost broke him down and made him want to… to… to…
"Excuse me." Izuku quickly said as he left the café in a hurry alerting everyone while Ochaco was filled with worry as she was about to go check on him but Katsuki quickly shook his head and the brunette stopped before letting out a mental sigh and gave the blonde a small glare.
"Is your friend okay?"
"He's fine. Just needs a little breathing room, and it looks like he ate some bad katsudon." Katsuki explained while pointing at the bowl and saw that his food was fine but then Ochaco looked at it closer and once she saw the contents, she immediately scooped up the bowl in her hands.
"I'll be right back…" She quickly said walking the other way.
Izuku panted as he finally emptied the contents of his lunch and breakfast into the trash can. He was in a secluded area outside the café and away from the classes. He was near the dumpster where trash would get taken and figured that would be the perfect spot, better than having anyone find him there than here.
Feeling bile once more, Izuku quickly put a hand over his mouth as he tried his best not to throw up once more, before he could he felt a hand on his back.
"It's okay." Ochaco whispered as she gently rubbed his back. She then moved her free hand to his stomach and her fingers glowed. "Here let me." She offered but was stopped when Izuku grabbed her.
"No…. I'm fine… just give me a minute…" Izuku panted as he tried to regain his senses. After a few moments, he stopped panting but he was still feeling light-headed. "Dammit…"
"Izuku… you're shifting…."
"I'm don't need to move…"
"No, I mean…" Ochaco pulled out the bowl she had grabbed earlier and showed it to him. "You're shifting…." She emphasized with a frown on her face as she watched his own expression filled with shock before morphing into sadness.
"Dammit… dammit… dammit! Why can't I move past this!? Why is it so freaking hard!? Why can't I just tell her the truth!? Why am I damn coward!?" He cursed at himself with venom in his voice.
Ochaco let him vent a bit but slowly wrapped her arms around him as she had pressed herself to his back, and her had her chin planted on top of his head.
"You calm down?"
"Just enough." He whispered as he raised a hand to her arm and gently grabbed it for reassurance that she was still here. "Ochaco, I want to tell her already. I want to tell Tsuyu what happened to her parents, to her family but… we just started here at UA. She's slowly coming back into a normal life, I don't want to ruin that for her. I don't want her to suddenly go off the rails and lose herself…. But at the same time, I don't want to keep this secret forever."
Ochaco knew how Izuku felt but at the same time she hated how he was dealing with it. He was practically punishing himself whenever things happened because of him. His mother in despair when he disappeared, his father not being in their lives, having to choose who live or dies, and only arriving when someone's soul needed to be send to either heaven or hell. All of it was slowly killing him mentally. And now he was starting to shift.
She remembers the first time when she shifted it, finding out a friend of hers not only disappeared but also died because the world turned against them, not giving them a chance. She was so angry at how everything was and how it all happened that she immediately shifted from her normal self into her more apocalyptic one.
It was devastating… the only reason that the earth was still there was because Izuku's tenant had transported him, her and Katsuki to another dimension to keep the damage minimum but even that wasn't enough. Letting out a sigh she released her head from her lover and turned him around.
"Izuku…" Ochaco stopped him from speaking as she called him. "Do you want Tsuyu to hate you for not telling her about her family?"
"No but-"
"Ah bup bup!" The brunette put a finger to his lips. "I don't want an explanation I want a straight answer from you, yes or no."
"Do you want her to hate you for something that you had no control over?" She asked him.
"No. I don't."
"Are you afraid that she will?"
"No."
"Do you believe that you deserve it?"
"Yes."
"Do you think that she will blame you?"
"Yes."
"Do you think you're beyond redemption?" Ochaco asked lastly as he was about to respond but stopped when he looked at her with wide eyes.
"W-What!?"
"Let me ask again, do you Izuku Midoriya, believe that you are beyond redemption? A boy who is nothing but sweet and kind to others around him, someone who is willing to sacrifice his own live for others, someone that Eri looks up to and loves as a father, someone that KAtsuki sees as a rival and a brother, a brother and mentor to Tsuyu and…" Ochaco paused before caressing his cheeks with her soft delicate hands, gazing into his emerald eyes with her own auburn brown. "…someone I love and cherish and want to spend my life with our daughter."
"Do you believe you are beyond redemption?"
"….No… I'm not." Izuku answered earning a small smile from the brunette.
"Then that's all that matters. I know how you feel since you're the one iwht the secret but me and Katsuki share it as well since we both found out on our own. When the time comes, you'll know what to say and whatever from there depends on both of you." Ochaco stated.
"How in the world did I earn someone as kind as you? I don't deserve you." Izuku chuckled as Ochaco giggled, leaning her forehead against his.
"Well too bad, you're pretty much stuck with me for the rest of your life." The brunette whispered lovingly.
Their sweet moment was interrupted however when alarms started going off out of nowhere alerting them. Both teens looked up and saw a red light blaring in front of them.
"Red lights, that's not good is it?" Ochaco questioned.
"From what I remember out of the handbook, the only times the red light is suppose to appear is when either A there is a fire drill or B there is a villain attack on the school." Izuku stated before both of them realized the situation, someone was attacking the school.
"Crap, someone has actually entered the school and there's an attack going on." Ochaco summarized as she stood up, pulling Izuku with her. "You think this is because of All Might's announcement as a teacher?"
"No." Izuku answered. "While I don't doubt they would do that, it's too early. Come on, let's get to the other students." He said as they both started running.
"What about the villains?"
"We'll worry about it once everyone is safe." Izuku answered.
At the same time, Katsuki, Tsuyu and Tenya heard the alarm and looked up at the flashing red signal.
"The fuck's going on?" Katsuki cursed at the raised alarm.
"The school's being attacked, it's a level 3 security." Tenya answered as all the students immediately got up and started moving out in a crazy fashion. "Looks like everyone is following procedure." He said as they all followed out the hallway.
"Um… I think most of them are panicking." Tsuyu stated bluntly as they watched the chaos unfold.
"They are panicking. The fuckers are acting more like scared headless chickens instead of remaining calm and it's getting others hurt." Katsuki answered as another student bumped into him. "Hey watch it you little shit! AH!" He cursed only to get pulled along with the crowd/
"KATSUKI!" Tsuyu called out in worry as she reached for her friend as he got pulled away. She tried to grab him but couldn't as he was too far away within the crowd of students. Tsuyu also got pulled til Tenya grabbed her arm and pulled her back as they were near a wall.
"Hang on." Tenya said before grunting as a student shoved him.
Izuku and Ochaco came in from the other side, the latter floating both of them as they watched the mass crowd of panic.
"What the hell? These students are panicking because of the alarm, we don't even know if we're being attacked or not." Ochaco said in bewilderment.
Izuku eyes roamed around the halls and he saw Katsuki being flowed with the crowd shouting curses at every person and was tempted to blow up.
"Kacchan." Izuku muttered before turning to Ochaco. "Find Tsuyu and the others, I'll grab Katsuki." He said as the brunette nodded her head and released her quirk on him before he drop down parkour along the walls and lockers to get to the blonde. Ochaco continued using her quirk as she looked around to find Tsuyu, Tenya, Denki and Kyoka.
"Ochaco?" She turned her head and saw Denki and Kyoka near the wall as students ran by them.
"There you are." Quickly flying over to them, she tapped them on their shoulders before pulling them upwards, getting them away from the students.
"Oh, thanks." Denki said.
"No problem."
"This is getting ridiculous. I know we're under attack but these people are acting like it's the end of the fucking world!" Kyoka cursed in anger. "They're hurting themselves more than the actual threat!"
"I'm not even sure if we're under attack… I mean we've been at this for the past 3 minutes and nothing else has happen so far." Denki noted.
"Do you think you can use your quirk to find out who it is!?" Ochaco asked the punk girl who shook her head.
"Not with all this noise!" She answered.
"What now?" Ochaco mumbled before coming to a decision and grabbed her two friends. "Hang on, we're finding the others."
Unknown to everyone, two students remained in their spots as the alarms went off. Momo had decided to watch everyone unfold as she sat in her spot with her legs crossed, holding a plate in one hand and a cup of tea in another.
'So this is the next generation heroes? All these students with unique quirks attending UA aiming to be heroes only to panic as soon as an alarm goes off. Quite disappointing.' She thought as she took a sip from her tea and set it back down with a sigh.
"Quite disappointing indeed." She hummed. Across from her was Shoto as he was eating some cold soba with an emotionless look as usual but he nodded his head in agreement with her, finding it pathetic that these students were wanting to be heroes only to panic in what's nothing more than a false alarm.
Back to the chaos, Izuku was jumping around until he finally reached Katsuki as the said boy was ready to explode and blow it his fellow peers. Izuku then looked up around the ceiling before he found a tall set of lockers and quickly moved around before setting himself on top and shouted.
"Kacchan!" He looked up and saw Izuku who outstretched his arm out to him and quickly grabbed it allowing the green-haired boy to pull him up and onto the lockers.
"Tch. Thanks!" Katsuki grunted.
"What happened?"
"The alarms went off and everybody went ape shit! What else!" Katsuki said in irritation. "I've got separated from Tsuyu and Four eyes but they should be fine." He said and then realized someone was missing.
"Where's Round Face?"
"She's looking for them. I just receive a mental confirmation that she found Denki and Kyoka, and then resumed to look for Tsuyu." Izuku answered.
"Good, now where's the fucking villain!?"
"Don't know, we just came in as soon as the alarms went off." Izuku answered.
"Well shit what else is it then?" Katsuki growled as he watched the student mob. Izuku was trying to think of something to calm these people down looking around before he turned to the window and then his eyes widened at what he saw. Walking on the school grounds was the press. The same damn fucking press that were denied entry and found a way to come in the school, causing a false alarm and students were panicking for a stupid reason.
"Unbelievable." Izuku muttered as a dark aura surrounded him. Katsuki looked at the window and noticed the said people that were responsible for the stupid alarms going off and he growled.
"Fucking press, of course these assholes wouldn't know when to give up!" He said before turning to Izuku and noticed his aura, and his eyes widened in shock. His brother was pissed at what was happening.
Izuku's aura didn't expand but his teeth was chattering, his fists clenching tightly and his body was shaking in anger at everything around him. Because of the stupid press, not only were students panicking at stupidity but also hurting their own peers while trying to run for a place of safety, he could those that were really hurt or getting trampled on… and it anger him greatly.
The kid had enough as he took a deep breath and then shouted to the heavens.
"ENOUGH!" His voice filled with anger and authority bellowed through hallway as students stopped at the sudden shout in the air. His voice seemed to reach the entire school as Momo raised an eyebrow and Shoto turned at the location of where they heard the voice. Ochaco and others were getting together when the crowd stopped moving and the brunette noticed that it was Izuku who spoke but she could tell that he was angry which worried her.
The said boy got down from the lockers and walked towards the students, who backed up from him at his aura.
"This is the next generation of heroes!?" His voice was quiet and his hair was covering his eyes as he stopped in the center of the hall with everyone's attention on him. "Laughable. What is wrong with you people!?" He now looked up at them and everyone flinch at what they saw, his left eye was normal but his right was different, all black and had no pupil or iris making him look like an entity. "You all came here to be heroes, the next generation that surpasses the current one, the next generation that others can rely on, the next group of protectors, so someone tell me why instead of acting like civilized people in the midst of an alarm, the first thing you DID WAS PANIC AND STARTING RUNNING AROUND LIKE HEADLESS CHICKENS! DO YOU ALL REALIZE WHAT YOU JUST DID? WHAT IT SHOWS ABOUT US NEXT GROUP OF HEROES!? IT SHOWS THAT WE CANNOT BE RELIED ON FOR HELP AND THAT WE'RE NOTHING MORE DEAD WEIGHT!" Izuku shouted in fury as students flinched at his tone but also were afraid of speaking up to defend themselves.
"LOOK AROUND YOU! LOOK AT WHAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CAUSED! BECAUSE OF YOUR WIDESPREAD PANIC, YOU'VE NOT ONLY HURT YOUR WORTH AS HEROES, YOU'VE HURT YOUR FELLOW PEERS TRYING TO FIND SAFETY!
WE CAME TO THIS SCHOOL BECOME HEROES, SO START ACTING LIKE IT!" Izuku shouted again only to take a deep breath and calm down as his eye reverted back to normal. He then pointed his finger to outside. "Look, it's not even a real villain attack. It's nothing more then the stupid press." He said as everyone saw the said group of people outside that were now getting intervened by the teacher and staff.
"That being said, whether it was a real attack or not, this shows that you are not ready. Everyone here has a long way to go before you enter the real world because once you do, only then will you truly understand what is out there. That being a hero is more than just beating up the bad guys, more than just saving lives, more than preserving peace. Whatever you think of world now, is nothing more than childish fantasy. The real world is cruel and the road to becoming a hero is no easy path. Time to wake up, this is reality. And reality is paved with an unlimited number of obstacles and harsh truths." Izuku finished as everyone stayed quiet and let his words sink in.
Katsuki looked at his brother in understanding, knowing full well of how the world was a long time ago. Ochaco and others slowly made their way up and had stopped when Izuku yelled. Denki, Kyoka and Tenya gazed at their classmate in awe and shock at his words while Tsuyu and Ochaco stayed quiet.
"Damn, green." Kyoka muttered as Denki shook his head in agreement.
Izuku took one last sigh before he started speaking once more.
"Those that injured go the nurses, if you need help have a classmate or peer guide you. As for everyone else, if you're not hurt or not helping another make your way to classrooms and await further instructions until the staff or teachers arrive." He ordered and everyone followed his command. Students started heading towards classrooms, a few helping other peers that were hurt in the midst of panic and others guiding to their classrooms, leaving Izuku and Katsuki by themselves.
"Nice job nerd." Katsuki commented as Ochaco and the others came up, Tsuyu checking on the blonde. "You good?"
"Mmhm." The frog-girl nodded while checking over Katsuki. "Tenya caught me while were getting shove so I'm okay. What about you?"
"Meh, the nerd pulled up before I felt like exploding." He waved off earning a poke to the cheek causing him to groan.
"Dude that was awesome." Denki praised.
"And you said you don't lead well with others." Kyoka teased with a smirk before she noticed that Izuku was swaying a bit. "Uh, green?"
"I'm fine, just need to…. Take a nap… probably a long one…" Izuku let out a yawn and then suddenly fell backwards but was soon caught by Ochaco who was behind him.
"I got you." She whispered wrapping her arms around his midsection. "Poor thing."
"Is he okay?"
"He'll be fine. Just tired that's all." Ochaco explained as she set herself against the wall and pulled Izuku's head to her lap.
"He did run off earlier, so maybe he's not feeling well. Make sure he sees Recovery girl before coming to class." Tenya said as Ochaco nodded her head.
"Will do."
"Still." Kyoka started as her expression changed into annoyance as she looked outside. "I can't believe those reporters actually found a way in here."
"Yeah, doesn't UA have like top security!?" Denki asked. "I mean, there's no way these could've got in unless one of them used their quirks."
"They can't unless they want to be jailed." Kyoka answered.
"Agreed, only heroes with licenses or students given permission can use their quirks and in certain circumstances, self-defense for civilians." Tenya noted. "What's weird is that they left as soon as school started. I doubt they would come back here just for an interview with All Might."
"It's possible. I mean people are crazy." Denki commented and Kyoka nodded in agreement.
"Yeah… people are crazy." Katsuki repeated while looking at the window.
At the school gate, Nezu, Ectoplasm and Aizawa were observing the scene.
"Now what's this I see?" Nezu started earning the teacher's attention. The principal gaze was directed at the gate and he saw that a few of the bars were broken like it was rusted or ripped off.
"The bars…"
"Mmhm. It appears someone may have let them in." Nezu said as he inspected the bars. "The news press wouldn't pull a stunt like this if they're lives depended on it."
"So, someone had an agenda." Aizama concluded as he earn a nod in agreement.
"Indeed, but the question what for?" Nezu wondered with a paw under his chin.
Aizawa then turned to Ectosplasm with a stern gaze.
"Check the school, see if anything was stolen or taken. Make sure all students are accounted for, report back once done." He ordered as Ecto nodded his head and left.
"What do you think, Nezu?"
"I think that we are about to play a game, and our opponent made the first move." Nezu said cryptically as he turned around and walked back to the school heading straight for his office with Aizawa following.