AN: TOOK MY TIME. HAD TO REDO THE ENTIRE CHAPTER. IN THE PROCESS, I HAD TO DELETE MANY THINGS.
"MR AIZAWA!!" Mina came barging into the the staff room startling the occupants.
Every teachers looks back at the pink skinned girl. Mina was panting and a horrified look was on her face. Aizawa was arranging Uraraka' meeting with Tsukauchi and he looks at Mina with an eyebrow raised.
"Ashido?" He called standing up.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Midnight asked walking towards her concerned.
They could guess it's something horrible, because Mina looked so disturbed by whatever is going on.
"This is wrong. Izumi...she.." Mina was struggling to speak.
"Calm down, Ashido." Aizawa said walking towards her.
"I can't. And Izumi she...she left." She finally said it out loud.
Aizawa halted for a moment taken back by whatever she said.
"Left? Where to?" Midnight asked, confused.
Mina pointed outside the room and was still gasping for air. "Eri said...she said Izumi left.." that's all she could say.
This time Aizawa knew better than to stand there and watch.
Eri knows? She knows what?
Aizawa ran out of the room and exited the school building and ran towards class 1-A' dorms.
"You problem child." He mumbled more and realised things aren't as easy to comprehend.
Upon reaching the destination, the mood was gloomy and everything was dead silent. The first thing he saw when darting into the leaving room was almost every students standing there looking at one another as if looking for answers or they're just too shocked to even move.
Uraraka was kneeling on the floor with both her hands on Eri's shoulder.
"Where she gone?" He demanded an answer.
But he knew that where this is going.
At first he didn't get any answer. What felt like an hour later, Uraraka looks at him and she was silent. Her face distorted into that of a shock, and it's just frozen in her face.
"Answer me." He said impatiently.
FEW HOURS AGO...
'Did I do this mom? Did I?' Izumi' emotionless voice asked her mother who's equally seemed dead inside.
'Don't. Please. Momma can't handle when you're like this. He'll never blame you for anything. You did nothing wrong.' Inko said placing her hand on top of Izumi' head and patted her hair. 'Everything was an unfortunate turn of events. We cannot change anything that's supposed to happen.' Inko said trying to convince herself than assuring Izumi.
Izumi sniffled and hiccups because of crying for hours. She's mess. They're a mess.
'Maybe I could have changed it. Changed everything.' She said.
Inko shook her head. 'What are you saying, sweetie? How-' inko was cut off when Izumi slowly stood up.
'I could have changed everything, mom. I could have.' Izumi' voice broke as she cried again. 'B..but I di.. didn't.'
'All I did was make things worse, mom.' Izumi said trying to stop her cries. Inko stood there looking at her daughter confused and worried.
'I was so horrible to him, mom. I was a bad sister.' Izumi started.
Inko shook her head. "You're wrong honey. You have done no-"
'I did him wrong,mom. I never told you this. But Izuku was bullied.' Izumi said with her head low and regret consumed her.
Inko' eyes widened and those words shocked her. After all, Izuku never complained.
'Everyone hurted him, mom. Everyone was so cruel. And I could make them stop. I could have.' She said wiping her eyes.
Inko looks at her already crying again. 'But I didn't stopped them. I failed to protect him. But then again I was one of them. I also bullied him too.' Izumi said looking down at her feet embarrassed and disgusted at her own self.
Inko nodded her head. 'Explains why he never brought any friends home.' She mumbled.
'Maybe he was too good for us.' Inko said sadly and Izumi looks at her.
'Mm?'
'Izuku was too pure for this world. As far as I understand him, he was someone who accepts everything for others' sake. He was too good for us. And we failed to be good enough. My poor baby.' Inko sobbed.
'I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.' Izumi kept mumbling that again and again.
'I failed to protect him. B..but, his memories.. mom, his memories will live in my heart. And I'll protect it at all cost. No one will tarnish it. Not even me. I promise.' Izumi said hugging her mother.
'Don't push yourself too much, sweetie. I would've been mad at you for bullying Izuku. But we'll be disturbing his sleep by fighting over it. He may be already forgave you.' Inko said hugging her back.
Izumi nodded. 'He did. But all I could do is protect his memories. I won't let anyone ruin his name.' She said.
She won't let anyone ruin his name. No matter who that is.
Izumi opened her eyes and the room was dark and she' sitting at the corner of the room. How long was she there crying? How long has it been since she yelled at Uraraka and ERASERHEAD? How long was she there in her room trying to not jump out of the balcony and end everything? How long was she in despair and hatred? How long?
Why, though? Why things have turned this way?
"SHIT." She shouted and slammed her fist on the floor.
Why did things reach this far of fucked up?
Out of everyone, she felt betrayed when she heard Uraraka say those words. Truth to be told, she was betrayed rather than 'felt' betrayed.
Uraraka knew. That damn girl knew everything. And after all this time, things aren't as she expected it to be.
Izumi forgot what kind of society she lives in. Everyone can be brainwashed by the ugly lies of the people who holds more power.
And she may know how things went with the the heroes. To cover up their lack of leads on the Ghost Rider, they wanted some way to lie to people.
Someone randomly sketched a photo a kids face in one of their files and chose that face to cement lie further. They snatched his true identity and slapped over a false assumption and called him the ghost rider so people won't bother them with more questions.
Monsters. Bunch of monsters. Every single one of them.
Was she the only who considered them as nice people? Were they always this cruel?
"Ura..you.." Izumi said and places her head on both of her hands and screamed in pure anger.
Her agonizing scream was muffled by her palm and each passing second she was holding in the urge to release her quirks and destroy everything. Where did she enrolled herself into? Was things always this corrupted? Was it always this fucked up?
She stayed like that a few more minutes. How far people could go to get something and have to lie and hurt someone? Seems like this is all humans are. Trying to escape what's right.
"Ghost Rider this, Ghost Rider that.. how come Izuku' the one getting all the blame? Haven't I told them? Do they even know the meaning of death?" She mumbled to herself as her eyes stared at nothing in particular.
"That's a faraway place that nobody comes back from. No matter how many times their loved ones cry and beg. Trust me. I know. I've tried." She continued to talk to herself.
After two minutes, she chuckled dryly. The chuckle wasn't of amusement or joy. It's of self reflection of her current sate. Out of everything she could do at the moment, she's talking to herself. As if she's going insane.
"Am I going insane?" She asked herself. She thought for a moment and sighed. "Maybe I am." She admitted.
Staying like that, Izumi immediately stood with eyes widened in realisation. "Eri." She mumbled.
PRESENT TIME...
"Eri said, Izumi gone after Ghost Rider." Iida answered for Uraraka who was finding it hard to answer his question.
Bakugo was silent as if everything just yet to be sinked in his mind.
Aizawa sighed in frustration.
"Why am I not surprised?" He asked to himself.
"But why though? Why she gone after that vigilante?" Kaminari wondered.
"Is it because she's tired of seeing the carnage he brings?" Sero asked.
"No. If she's after stopping him from the rampage, she wouldn't have waited this long. There's more to the story." Momo being the wise one said.
Aizawa looks at Eri, ignoring all the questions by the students.
"When did she talked to you, Eri?" He asked.
Eri looks up at him and said. "Last night. She came to my room with a photo frame and asked me if Mr Izu looks like the person in the picture." She said.
Everyone looks at her when hearing the new details. Aizawa nodded. "What was your answer?"
"I was surprised to see Mr Izu standing next Izumi in the picture. Still I said that's surely how he looks like." She said.
"Wait Hold one second. What did you say?" Bakugo said when hearing that.
FEW HOURS AGO...
Izumi walked and stopped in front of the place she last seen Izuku. His grave, which is still covered in the flowers vine Ghost Rider left behind.
That's the only logical place she could be right now.
'how do you get Mr Izu' picture?' She still remember Eri's question. Like, what the hell?
Izumi was wearing a black hoodie with the hood covering her head which protecting her from the rain somewhat. She wore matching colored pants and shoes with a yellow backpack on her back.
With a shaky right hand, she reached down and placed it on the grave. She roamed her hand over it as if trying to check if it's real or not.
"You seeing this, Izuku? Someone stole your name and causing people all this trouble. And they all blaming you." She said sadly.
"How could I ever repay you with anything other than keep your name from being tarnished? I'm sorry for everything. For not being there then. And not being there when you needed someone to lean on. Just, all I could do now is find out that filthy imposter and try my hardest to prove everyone that you're not the bad guy. I promise you." She said and leaned until her forehead was touching the marble on top of the grave.
"If I ever fall to prove your innocence, then I'll be with you on the other side. Because I don't want to fail you twice. I'll make it up for everything at heaven." She said with a sad smile.
"Only if there's a place for me on heaven. After all, filthy selfish bitches like me, belong in hell, right?" She said as the tears fell.
"I'll repeat my promise one last time. If fail to prove your innocence, then I'll be leaving behind everything too. Even if it's he'll that's waiting for me. Mark my words." She mumbled.
"Now, rest easy. Your big sister will do her best. See you soon."
