I Am Here For You (IzuOcha)

Chapter 83: The Feeling of Loneliness

No parents. No home. No Izuku. Ochaco sat on the steps of the interior entrance of her parents apartment, her face buried in her knees trying to hold in the tears trying desperately to fall as her chest rapidly took in air. She couldn't fall apart now. She had a job to do. Still in her casual clothes with Izuku's Mask around her neck, though now she had grabbed her pink gauntlets before leaving the apartment, she walked outside and grappled away. She still had to find Momo.

Ochaco scanned the streets as she flew towards Momo's apartment. The streets were cracked, cars with their doors pulled off, windows busted, and smoke rising from anything that had crashed due to the onslaught of Nomu ravishing the city. Ochaco felt the heavy weight of guilt rise in her chest. The Nomu were looking for them, and they had left. The Nomu went building after building, hurting and throwing person after person trying to identify their faces...

Ochaco looked up at the oncoming building, squinting at the floor Momo and the rest had been living in. There was a gaping hole in the glass wall. Ochaco's eyes grew worried. No, not Momo too...

Ochaco flew through the hole in the glass, landing in the familiar white apartment. Tables had been turned over, dust and soot tainted the walls and furniture. Nomu, covered in debris rummaged through the place.

"Ochaco?" A voice called as the front door to the apartment opened. Ochaco turned as Momo, battered and bruised, walked through the door.

"Momo! Are you okay?" Ochaco asked, rushing to her creation friend. Momo nodded sadly.

"A Nomu broke while I was unconscious, but a hero that thankfully hadn't left duty saved me. I'm fully awake now but... I saw a lot of what happened. The Nomu, they broke through the hospital debris. They got loose. Some were beaten but most had gotten away. They're roaming out in Hokkaido now. And that's not all... I got word from the school...

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Ochaco and Momo flew back up the mountain, landing in front of the wrecked cabin. Momo looked around at the remains.

"It looks like it was a nice place to live." Momo said giving a small smile, however Ochaco's eyes remained dull and lifeless.

"Thanks." She said simply as she walked through the front door first. The moment she stepped through the door, a little girl ran her way towards her jumping into Ochacos arms.

"Coco! You're okay!" Eri said, as she snuggled into Ochaco's chest. Ochaco smiled softly, holding the girl up with one arm and rubbing her head with the other.

"Yes... Yes I am. And so are you. I'm glad you're safe..." Ochaco said, though her lip started to tremble. She brought the girl into a hug, still holding her.

"Coco...? What's wrong? Where's Deku? He beat the bad guy right? He always beats the bad guy." Eri said confidently as she continued to be squashed by Ochaco's grip. Ochaco looked up from her hug slightly to look at Kirishima, who was sitting on the couch. His eyes grew slightly wider as he turned away. No one told Eri.

"Here Eri... The grown-ups have to talk right now. Can you watch over Hima in your room please?" Ochaco asked, forcing herself to keep it together and putting Eri down. Eri gave a worried look, but nodded as she walked upstairs. The evening sunlight shown through the large hole in the living room wall, and through the smaller holes in the roof.

Ochaco stared at her injured friends. Todoroki still lay unconscious alongside Mina on the torn and burned couch. Ochaco looked around her home. Once again, no Izuku. The familiar couch, the kitchen, even the surrounding forest. All destroyed.

Ochaco felt her chest starting to rise and fall faster as she stood, her vision was getting blurry, her body shaking. She inhaled, trying to keep it all in, desperately, anything to keep from letting it out, clenching her fist as hard as she could.