Back at the school...
The sun began to set as Class 1-A and everyone started to head home late. The teachers in the school were satisfied with showing their students Class 1-A and what their hero training was like. If anything, it was like watching Ladybug and Cat Noir training, so everyone was excited to watch.
Class 1-A was settling down in their classroom with Marinette and Adrien staying to help out with cleaning up the gym.
Midoriya helped out by bringing up some weights in a box. He looked back at the front door, remembering the look on Chloe's face before she left. Zoe had left with her, but Chloe gave her some space knowing full well what she had done.
For some reason, he actually felt bad for her. She bullied him a lot ever since he'd gotten here, but things have been better between them now. He let out a sigh of relief and turned around to find Bakugo carrying up some gym equipment.
"Don't tell me you're worried about Chloe?" Bakugo asked him.
Midoriya almost dropped the weights on Bakugo's feet, but fumbled with the box and caught it.
"Wha-What?! I-I'm n-not worried at all!" Midoriya stuttered.
Bakugo gave him a snicker, ready to take the equipment up to the classroom. He could tell Midoriya and Chloe were starting to get along, somewhat at least. When they were hero training, he spotted her sitting with him. They were actually talking without Chloe yelling or throwing out insults.
"I saw you guys talking earlier. Was it anything about that Caterpillar?" Bakugo asked him.
Class 1-A students walked by as they headed up to their classroom. Everyone was busy bringing stuff up to really care about whatever the two of them were talking about.
"Actually, not really," Midoriya told him, "She asked about you."
Bakugo gave him a confused look and stopped walking all together.
"What? Why the hell would she ask about me?" Bakugo asked him.
Midoriya raised his shoulders as they walked into the classroom and set down the exercise equipment.
"I don't know. She saw you hero training and was probably just curious about you and your quirk," Midoriya explained to him, "Besides, you did help her get back to the school."
Bakugo felt a blush come over him when he remembered holding her on his back. He avoided looking at Midoriya and headed back out of the classroom to carry more stuff.
"I hope you didn't say anything embarrassing about me, Deku," Bakugo said to him.
"I didn't! Bu-But, why do you care?" Midoriya asked him, "She probably just wants to get to know us better."
"Yeah right. Look, I know she apologized to you and all, but that doesn't mean she'll stay with us. She could easily go back and help out that Caterpillar."
Bakugo picked up a couple bags of U.A. gym uniforms and turned to see Midoriya glaring at him.
"Kacchan, I can't believe you would even say that. Especially after she told us about Chrysalis's plans. She didn't have to tell us anything, you know?"
Bakugo didn't know how to respond to that, especially since it was coming from Midoriya.
"Yeah, but she's still just a bully and a jerk to you," Bakugo pointed out, "You really think she's going to stay with us? She's the mayor's daughter for crying out loud!"
"What about you, Kacchan?" Midoriya said to him, not even flinching, "You weren't exactly my friend back in middle school."
Bakugo felt that, even when he didn't see it coming. He knew he should've, but he still looked back to Midoriya.
"I wasn't the one that got dragged into a villain's schemes," Bakugo growled at him, "She still can't be trusted."
Midoriya stood there absolutely stunned and silent. He stood up to him with even more determination than before.
"Again, I can't believe you just said that. Should I remind you that you were taken by villains as well?" Midoriya said to him, "You know, you could've gone back to them too."
Bakugo's eyes widened in shock to see Midoriya bring something like that up. Of course, he should've seen it coming though.
Midoriya noticed there was no more equipment to be brought up, so he left Bakugo with the last load of equipment to bring up. After all this time of getting along, Midoriya felt a little bit of annoyance coming from Bakugo. He thought by bringing someone like Chloe along, he'd start to realize that he too is a bit of a jerk.
But maybe it was too early for that.
Midoriya walked out of the school without thinking and heading around the walls. He felt like he had to get some fresh air, especially after what happened with Uraraka and Chloe. He looked down at the ground, feeling like he needed to do something that might help them get closer to getting Uraraka back. If he had his Miraculous back, he'd be there in no time.
He was practically quirkless.
"Kacchan, why are you always like this?" Midoriya asked to himself, "I thought you were starting to become... my friend."
Midoriya felt his teeth clench, and his fists tighten in his pockets as he walked along the walls of the school. He looked up at the sky, hoping Uraraka was alright. Whatever she was doing, he just hoped that she was ready for him to come get her.
"Don't worry, Ochaco. Help is on the way soon."
Midoriya then felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. It was a message from Uraraka, and she had sent it to his class, Ladybug and Cat Noir.
His eyes widened in shock, and it felt his heart skipped a beat. He felt his hands shaking as he opened the message. It was a video, and it looked like it was something very important.
She even sent a message that said: They are coming sooner than they said. They'll be here in two weeks!
Midoriya pressed play.
"He-Hello...? Ca-Can an-any of you hear me...?"
It was AllMight's voice. He was trying to reach them on their end of the video call. The video was full of static, so it was hard to hear what he was saying exactly.
Midoriya felt like he might burst into tears finally hearing AllMight's voice.
"I-If thi-this video... reaches Cla-Class 1-A... tell them... we are fi-finding a way... to get the-them... home... Thi-This is All-AllMight with... Yao-Yaoyorozu, Kami-Kaminari and Hat-Hatsume... We're working on... so-something to... get you all... home..."
"Do-Don't worry about a-a thi-thing, Jirou..." Kaminari said as he interrupted AllMight, "We-We're on... our way to... save you... a-and the rest of yo-you of course..."
"Hat-Hatsume knows... wha-what she's doing... We'll ge-get you gu-guys home... in no time..." Yaoyorozu said to into the video call, "We sho-should be... able to re-reach you a-all... in three weeks... rig-right under the... Eiffel Tower..."
Midoriya's eyes widened, realizing Uraraka found this video and sent it to them. That meant that Chrysalis possibly saw this too.
"Do-Don't worry an-about... a thi-thing... yo-you want to kn-know why... because, I am here...!"
The video ended.
Midoriya looked up when he thought he heard someone run by him. In the corner of his eye, he saw someone wear in purple disappear around the corner. He put his phone in his pocket and ran after them. He had walked all around the school already and didn't spot anyone suspicious.
Whoever it was, he knew it was Chyrsalis. She had gotten away.
He felt his legs run straight towards the school, knowing full well that his class and the Parisian's heroes were probably watching the video right now.
In the classroom...
Marinette helped rearrange any equipment that was brought up to the classroom along with Ashido and Jirou. Adrien helped out the boys as they put down some heavy boxes and bags.
"How did you guys bring all of this stuff from your Japan?" Adrien asked them as he stretched out his back, "My back hurts from carrying all of this up."
"Don't worry, Midoriya and Bakugo brought up the last of the equipment," Kirishima said to him and spotted Bakugo coming up the stairs just now, "Speaking of the dude, hey Bakugo!"
Bakugo walked up with a look of annoyance on his face and handed Kirishima the last bag.
"Where's Midoriya?" Kirishima asked him.
"Probably somewhere sulking," Bakugo said to him, "Why should I care what he does?"
Kirishima and the others looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. Whatever it was, it obviously got through to Bakugo.
"Did something happen between you two again?" Sato asked him as he let out a sigh.
Bakugo put down the bag, avoiding eye contact with his classmates. Even Marinette and Adrien were curious as to what went down between them.
"It was nothing important. Just forget about it, okay?" Bakugo said to everyone with a glare.
"Do you at least know where he went?" Adrien asked him, "He probably shouldn't be walking around alone."
"I saw him leave to go for a walk. Let's just drop it, okay?"
"Katsuki! He can't be walking around wherever and whenever! Especially with Chrysalis around!" Marinette yelled at him, "Remember what happened the last time he left?!"
Bakugo felt like something come up when he didn't even mean to.
"I don't know where he went! Who cares about what Deku's up to! It's always about him!" Bakugo cried as he swung his arm at Adrien.
Adrien's eyes flew open as he backed away from Bakugo's sudden outburst.
"That's not true, Katsuki. We just can't have him running off all of the time," Adrien said to him, "Besides, at least he's doing something to help everyone out. What have you been doing lately?"
Bakugo was only mere inches away from Adrien's face, but Adrien didn't back down. He stared daggers at him, and so did Adrien. Marinette and Jirou both walked up to him, worried that they might pick a fight.
"I'm not scared of you, Scaredy-Cat," Bakugo growled, "Don't forget, I grabbed all of those Miraculous. If I hadn't done that, Chrysalis would have a lot more people on her side."
Adrien didn't know what to say to that. He backed away a bit and gave him some room to walk away. Bakugo walked into Adrien on purpose to give him a warning. Marinette and Jirou walked up to him, worried about Midoriya.
"Maybe we should go looking for him--"
Suddenly, everyone's phones went off all at once, freaking everyone out.
"Well, that's a little weird," Ashido commented.
All of Class 1-A looked worried something might've happened to Midoriya again. They all opened their phones and found a message from Uraraka.
"Ur-Uraraka?!" Class 1-A, Marinette and Adrien cried out in unison.
"It looks like she sent a video. It must be important if it was sent to all of us," Todoroki said to them.
They all read the message that Uraraka sent to them:
They are coming sooner than they said. They'll be here in two weeks!
"What do you think she means by that?" Sato asked them.
"It's probably nothing good," Marinette said.
They all played the video and watched it. A lot of Class 1-A's students were surprised to see AllMight and some of their friends. Ashido was in tears when she saw her friend, Yaoyorozu in the video. Jirou spotted Kaminari and almost lost it. Even Kirishima was shocked to see his friends again in their Japan.
As they watched the video, Marinette and Adrien were shocked to find out that their friends found a way to get them home. They watched AllMight tell them that they'd be here in three weeks underneath the Eiffel Tower.
"Do-Don't worry an-about... a thi-thing... yo-you want to kn-know why... because, I am here...!"
The video ended.
Everyone's jaws were dropped as they stared at each other. What they just watched, Class 1-A didn't think they'd ever see anything from their friends again, at least not until they got back home. Uraraka found this video somehow and sent it to them.
"Chrysalis must know about this! That's obviously why Uraraka sent this video to us!" Ashido cried out, "We have to save her!"
"I agree with you, Mina," Marinette said to her, "But we can't just rush in there without a plan."
"But Uraraka, sh-she... she needs us! She just sent us this video, and Chrysalis could've caught her doing so!" Jirou cried out, surprising Adrien.
"If anything, we need to find Midoriya. He probably just watched the video and could be going after--"
"He-Hey guys! Did you see the video?!" Midoriya interrupted, barging into the classroom.
Class 1-A nearly jumped out of their shoes, not expecting Midoriya to come running back to them. Even Bakugo was surprised that he came back.
"Yeah, we just watched it," Marinette said to him, "I'm surprised you didn't leave to go after Ochaco."
Midoriya felt warmth in his cheeks from embarrassment, but he shook it off and looked at the video once more.
"Ochaco probably sent this to us because Chrysalis saw it," Midoriya said to them, "She's planning to use my Miraculous to go over there, but now it seems like she might not have to."
"We've gotta get ready for that time when it comes," Marinette said to them, "Izuku, we might be able to get your Miraculous back after all."
Midoriya smiled widely as Mr. Aizawa entered the classroom. He looked like he had seen the video based on the fact that he was holding his phone. He looked out of breath and composed himself.
"Good, Midoriya didn't go running off again," Mr. Aizawa said to them.
Midoriya felt his face go bright red in embarrassment, and Class 1-A couldn't help but chuckle a little.
Bakugo sat in the back, glaring at Midoriya in annoyance. He relaxed a little once things started to become more about saving Uraraka and getting home. He looked down at his phone, quietly watching the video once again. He wanted to go there himself and save her, but he wouldn't hear the end of it with Mr. Aizawa or Iida if he left.
For a moment, he thought someone was watching him from the window. He glanced behind him, and he thought he saw Chrysalis duck out of the way.
She never released an akuma or attacked them, so he didn't think anything of it. But he did wonder if Chrysalis knew about Uraraka sending the video to all of them...
Another amazing chapter!
Midoriya and Bakugo were just starting to get along, and of course they start arguing. Bakugo doesn't seem to trust Chloe all that much right now. Midoriya really wants to save Uraraka, but he knew he'd get in trouble. It looks like everyone got the message! Bakugo and Adrien almost duked it out! Midoriya and Bakugo spotted Chrysalis, what's going to happen next??
More to come soon!