TodoMomo: After the Rainfall

After the Rainfall: Love's Worth (Episode 23)

After the Rainfall: Episode 23

"Love's Worth"

Izuku looks up at the dark, rainy night sky. The sun had completely set mere minutes ago, causing his vision to become impaired due to the darkness in conjunction with the heavy rainfall. The only sources of light he sees are the occasional street light, and the green lightning emanating, coming from the use of One For All: Full Cowling.

As he continues running, thoughts of Ochaco continue intruding his mind. Despite seeing her on-screen for only a few, brief moments, the image of Ochaco laying down on a stretcher is the only thing that fills his mind. This, alongside the blurry vision Izuku is currently experiencing, causes him to trip over a tree root.

Izuku takes a violent tumble after getting his foot caught on the tree. His momentum, and more importantly: the sudden stop, causes him to fall face-first on the hard, rocky soil. Izuku loses consciousness for a split-seconds before immediately waking up, realizing the dire situation at hand. He rubs his face, and feels a sharp pain stinging in his entire head.

He can barely make it out since the sudden impact causes his vision to go dizzy, yet Izuku feels the blood running down from his nose. He desperately tries to wipe away the flowing blood, but it seems that even more of it continues to run down his nose as he continues to wipe. He takes a deep breath, and decides to flat-out ignore his head injury altogether. He stands up, the rain still continually, aggressively pouring down on him.

"One For All: Full Cowling... FIFTY PERCENT!"

Izuku roars as the ever-escalating power develops inside of him. The effects of One For All are taking its painfull toll on Izuku's body. He continues screaming throughout the pain; it feels as if every muscle and bone in his body were on the verge of exploding, but Izuku takes a deep exhale. The pain was nothing compared to the distress and adrenaline fueling, pumping Izuku's brain.

He yells one last time. A roar so ear-shattering, that the sounds of continuous thunderbolts in the background pale in comparison. Without hesitation, Izuku blasts off to the direction of the train station. He can't see a thing; he's only going off of memory of the location, but he doesn't give a damn. He continues running, running, only running through the heart-wrenching, excruciating agony and pain he's experiencing through the overuse of his quirk.

The pain is so overbearing. The suffering is too much for a sixteen-year-old boy to handle. How much Izuku had wished to have stayed at the dorms instead, partying and laughing with all of his friends. The intrusive thought of home instantaneously dissipates as his determination to save the love of his life completely overshadows any feeling of pain, blood loss, discomfort... anything to see that Ochaco was okay. After all of this, Izuku continues dashing through the half-flooded street.

"I'm not going to give up... h-how am I... able to call myself a hero... if I'm not even able to accomplish this one goal?!"

Everyone's waiting
Hearts are too close to breaking
Time is still racing

But can the ninth successor really make it in time before it's too late...?

...

Sara: It's me, Sara. Jeez, you're slow, aren't you? And even a little cuter in real life — ahahaha!

Katsuki: Inoue...

Sara: You can call me Sara if you want! Consider yourself lucky; I only let my closest friends call me that, so cherish the opportunity.

Katsuki: The fuck are you doing here?!

Sara: Um, hello? Your friend said that the party was open-invite? Come on, dude, don't act like you aren't happy to see me!