When Kacchan felt Izuku fall slack into sleep, he stood up and began trudging along the alleyway. The zombie groaned quietly, being careful not to wake up the child. Izuku gripped onto his white shirt in his sleep, sniffling quietly.

"Kacchan…Mommy…" The zombie crooned, hugging the child tighter. His dead stare narrowed in concentration as he walked through the darkness…

…

The moment Hizashi yelled about the zombies being able to use their quirks, Aizawa immediately activated Erasure and looked at the zombies. They all groaned and snarled, giving the black-haired man hateful looks.

He ignored All Might as the giant man stared at the zombified teens, tears falling down his face. "…Tsuki managed to get away. He took the child too. I…" The Number One Hero sobbed.

"He got away so easily. Why? Why didn't he leave with me?"

"He was already bitten by then, Toshinori. You know that Bakugou did the right thing." Nezu once again interrupted the conversation. He walked in front of the zombie children, who turned their hateful glares towards him.

He merely smiled serenely at them. He was used to hateful stares. "Fire the comatose bullets. We can't transport the zombies safely to the clinic without them. Contact their families if any of them are alive."

All Might stared at the mammal in disbelief. "Sir! I-I can't bring their families into this! It would be too cruel! Most of them have finally made peace with what happened!"

Nezu never lost his smile, "Just tell them we have them in our custody and that we're working on a cure." All Might glared.

"That would not be true! The child is not here anymore-we can't possibly do the cure without the child!"

"And we won't." He turned toward Aizawa. "Aizawa, the moment we fire the bullets, I want you to go after them. Try to convince the boy to come to the bunker. Bakugou will follow wherever the boy goes so that part would be easy."

Aizawa nodded, still using Erasure on the students.

"Fire!" All Might had to look away as his men shot the former members of his class.

…

Izuku had woken up two hours ago. He walked beside Kacchan, never letting go of his hand. "Kacchan, I hungry." A grunt and a gentle pull led him to an abandoned supermarket. He sniffed, wiping some errant tears from his face.

Kacchan crooned and stiffly held an arm out, hand spread out, wiping the tears off his face. Izuku smiled shakily, giggling at the ticklish sensation. "Thanks, Kacchan." He sighed again and allowed his smile to become more genuine.

"Let's find something now, okay?" The pair walked through the door.

…

After finding some bottled water, five salmon rice balls, one package of spicy ramen, one portable stove, two saucepans, and All Might fruit snacks, they left the store…but Kacchan immediately halted, an arm outstretched to cover the young kid.

Because Aizawa was right in front of them holding a gun.

…

Aizawa watched the two noticing his presence. Kacchan growled threateningly, holding an arm out in protectiveness. The child dropped his backpack, gripping onto the torn, gray uniform in fright.

Aizawa activated his Erasure but made no move towards his gun. In fact, he gently put it down, raising his own hands. "Hello. It's okay, I won't hurt you." The green-haired child peeked out behind Kacchan's back.

"D-Don't hurt Kacchan!"

"I won't kid. That's the last thing I want." The boy glared mistrustingly at the man and didn't move from his spot.

"Y-you keep on killing them. You probably k-k-killed our friends." Aizawa patiently shook his head.

"All of the students you were with are fine. We just took them to the bunker where we will keep an eye on them. We're going to try to cure them."

The child walked out a bit but made no move to let go of the uniform. "C-cure them? What d-do you mean?" Aizawa sighed.

"I guess you would question that because you're so young. These creatures…the zombies…all started as human beings, like you and I. Your friend is someone who was just like you many years ago. A human being with goals and dreams…he was even a friend of All Might." The child's eyes widened, looking at Kacchan.

"Kacchan, you knew All Might?! Kacchan, you're amazing!" Kacchan grunted but kept his eyes on Aizawa.

"All All Might wants…all we want…is to give these kids their lives back. To give all the zombies their lives back. And we can't do that without finding out why they don't attack you. Because kid...you're the only person they haven't tried to kill." The kid shuddered, nibbling his own lip.

"My name's Izuku. Izuku Midoriya. And if I come with you, you can save Kacchan?"

Aizawa nodded solemnly, "I give you my word."