I Am Here For You (IzuOcha)

Chapter 63: The Pieces Are Set

"Don't you think its weird?" Izuku asked, pacing around the front of the shrine. Ochaco sat on the steps, watching her beloved boyfriend go into his thought processes. Adorable as she found this however, she couldn't get the small worry out of her mind about Hima, who was fast asleep peacefully in the shrine.

"Izu... Maybe she really did just forget?" Ocha said, shrugging her shoulders. Izuku however, only started pacing a bit faster, a hand to his chin.

"The girl with literal mind powers simply forgot?" Izuku asked. Ochaco sighed.

"Izuku the girl forgot today was the day we came back. Yea it's a little strange but I mean.. This whole thing is kinda strange don't you think? Its not like this situation with Hima was normal to begin with." Ochaco asked. Izuku stopped his pacing and frowned. Ochaco continued.

"A lone girl in the middle of the woods, deathly sick and starved, apparently abandoned there as a little girl. And she just happened to stay in that room until she starved, and somehow has just miraculously survived for this long. That was the story we got, and THAT in itself isn't normal Izu."

"You're right... This isn't normal. There's something else going on here-" Izuku started, however Ochaco cut him off.

"And you wanna figure out what it is. However, Izuku we have a mission. You are supposed to be uncovering and figuring out how to control One for All, training Eri to fully master her quirk, and still keep up with at least half of your studies. I still have more schoolwork if not extra school work. And Bakugo is here for... Well we don't fully know why he's here. I'm sure he's just input for controlling One for All. Matter of the situation is-"

"We don't have time to investigate Hima's situation." Izuku finished, looking a bit disheartened. Izuku looked down at his feet. Ochaco gave Izuku a look and sighed.

"We can still help Izuku. I'm not saying we shouldn't. We'll probably figure out the truth with Hima as time goes on, but for right now... We just can't make it our top priority. She forgot one thing, for all we know maybe she slept all day. It's not like she has any energy to spare. If something else happens with her, we'll know. So don't worry so much. Okay?" Ochaco pleaded. Izuku sighed and looked into her brown eyes.

"You're right. I'll do my best not to make it my number one priority. But..."

Izuku looked up at the second floor of the shrine.

"I am going to figure out what's going on with her. There's more to this. Somethings wrong, and I'm going to figure out what it is."

Ochaco smiled a worrisome, but loving smile.

"I know you will. You want to be a hero that saves everyone. I'll support you, don't worry about that one."

"Thank you, Ocha. I love you." Izuku smiled. "Jeez, there's so much going on right now. They've really got a lot of responsibility put on us."

"Really all of it is on you. They said they sent me here because I helped you connect back to One for All, but really I feel like they knew I wasn't gonna let you leave without me going with you." Ochaco said with a cheeky grin. Izuku chuckled as he walked to sit next to Ochaco on the shrine steps.

Izuku lifted his arm and rested it on Ochaco's shoulder. Ochaco, happy with the return of Izuku's affection, smiled and scooted closer to Izuku, resting her cheek on his own shoulder.

"By the way... Thank you for coming to meet my parents Izuku. I know they pulled quiet a few... pranks... on you to say the least." Ochaco said, blushing just a little bit. Izuku used his free hand to scratch the back of his head.

"Well I had to meet them eventually. Plus they were really nice people! I would love to visit them again." Izuku said, kissing the top of Ochaco's head. Ochaco giggled.