Downward Spiral (Izuocha)

Chapter 54 Return

Izuku P.O.V.

"So Izuku, it's been a week and a half and I think we've done some progress. How are you feeling today? What do you want to talk about?" Those were easy questions to answer. In fact, to easy considering that whether I want to or not, I'll have to face the symbol of peace and then do what? Explain? Apologize? "Actually Ms. Emi, there is this one thing. All Might is arriving today and he's been guiding me even before I knew he would be at U.A., so we are close, per say. S-so I'm very nervous and anxious to face him, and don't really know what to expect. I can't help but feel that I let him down." She heard me throughout my entire explanation, trying to put into words the feelings that consumed me more and more as days passed. Ms. Emi had made me practice to talk a bit more about my feelings, rather than keeping them shut behind the impenetrable iron wall of my mind and let them consume me. She also explained that it would help her understand me better, but she seemed caring and sympathetic, so I doubted that she really had much problems with that from the beginning.

She stood up and walked up to me and proceeded to crouch to maintain eye level. The only times she had done this was to offer a consolation hug that was also for my well being, having been alienated from positive physical contact by everyone except my mother and needing to remember the mysterious powers that this sort of affection held. Uraraka had also hugged me a few times and truth be told, I wish there were more to come. "Look Izuku, do you think you let any of your friends down or your mother with your actions? Do you think that he would be mad at you or some sort of negative emotion?" I started to think on what my actions had caused and ever since the day I woke up I truly regretted it. Seeing such pained faces on so many different individuals was not something I wished to do. It was the complete opposite of why I wanted to be a hero, and because of this, I truly believe I let all of them down, so I just nodded in response. "But have any of your classmates shown negative emotions towards you? Or did they stop hanging out with you?"

I shook my head to answer her question. In fact, they had been nothing but forgiving and loving towards me ever since I arrived back at the dorms and the times I saw them every day actually increased by a large margin. Although pained that it took such drastic measures for this, I still felt a warm sensation in my chest remembering all of their act of just pure kindness and unconditional love. It was something that I had come to terms with more and more. That I am not alone anymore. That I have a lot of people to support me if I need to, just like I did to them. I felt my lips curve upwards a small bit and Ms Emi seemed to do the same but on her much larger and comical scale, showing the wide toothy grin of pure joy. "You see Izuku? All Might will still support you no matter what and I understand that you feel like you let us down, but that's alright. It means you'll work harder to not repeat your mistakes and right your wrongs. It's progress Izuku, so be proud. Now, how about you tell me about your class progress?"

Once the session was done, I walked out the door and started heading back to Alliance Heights to probably get a text from All Might afterwards. I had to face the music, and as daunting as it may seem, just like Ms. Emi says, it's all progress to a better me. The sun was slowly setting, giving the sky a beautiful mix of warm colours with orange being the most prominent in sight. As I arrived, I was able to make out a tall skinny silhouette that had already been staring back at me with sunken blue eyes. He wasn't posing with his smile nor frowning, just a normal expression on his face as he took small footsteps towards me. It felt like an eternity, but before I knew it, he was right there, towering over me while he raised his long arm and placed it on my shoulder. Without speaking a single word, he pulled me towards him and embraced me in a hug that lasted for minutes in silence and looked like it would be longer before any of us would let go. "Young Midoriya..... I'm so sorry. I wasn't there for you when you most needed me. Please..... forgive me."

I looked up at him with watery marks already across my cheeks and a stinging in my eyes that I had become too accustomed to it. The sapphires that shined on the orange light had a few tears spilling from them, adding to their shine a bit more. "N-no A-all Might.... I-I'm sorry. I s-should never h-had done that. I f-fully reg-" I was stopped by him pulling me in once again. It was comfortable, but a different one. A comfortable that could rival that of a family member or a parent. "Aizawa has been keeping me up to date on everything and even told me of young Bakugo's confession. I should have notice sooner, and I am sorry for not being here." I just hugged tighter, glad that my hero had come back. "I-it's alright. It isn't y-your fault A-All Might." We stayed like that for a few moments before he shuffled a bit and then pulled me away from him and stared back down at me. "Don't worry my boy, it's in the past. Now I want you to show me than new power of yours. Blackwhip if I'm not mistaken." I wiped my tears and looked back up at him. Even after his retirement, he still managed to look as inspirational as he did back in his prime. "A-actually, about that. A-apparently I'll be getting the q-quirks of a-all the predecessors."

Third person P.O.V.

In the distance, Todoroki could be seen using binoculars and staring out of the common room window into what seemed like nothingness. "That's far too much time with All Might. I'll prove you are his child Midoriya.... I'll prove it."

Heyo. Sorry, had to add a bit of humor on the end to not make it emotionally charged. I didn't want to make a big time skip and the 'Izuku is now fine' trope, so this timeskip is around 4 days max if I'm not mistaken or something like that. The fic is clearly on it's closing chapters, so I am tying loose ends to give a nice conclusion, but there are a few more chapters to come and much more fluff and humor, I promise. Either way, I hope you had or have a remarkable day, remember you are all fantastic people, and I'll be back tomorrow.