~BNHA~ Everything That I Am

Chapter 24

The park Izuku had found was eerie quiet. While everyone else settled into the shed they had found for the night, Izuku decided on some self training.

All Might's quirk had been acting up since they left the safe house, but Izuku had kept it to himself, worried if it had something to do with the new quirk that had appeared. Izuku lifted his hand, aiming toward the wide trunk of a nearby tree. Fingers spread out, Izuku tried to bring forth the black energy to impale the tree.

"It's called Black Whip."

Izuku flinched, the whispered voice a flutter across his ear, but he had learned to ignore it these last few days.

He activated One for All, but aside from the familiar warmth that spread under his skin, nothing else manifested out of his hands.

He tried to imagine Kacchan in danger again. The spike that had pierced through his shoulder. His face was a nauseous mixture of dirt, sweat, and blood. Izuku could still see it so clearly in his mind that he wanted to reach out to him in desperation to reach him.

He felt something twist in his hands like a wisp in his veins, but then his lungs collapsed in his chest as the fear of being crushed forced its way through, making Izuku stumble back as he clutched at his chest, forcing a gasp of breath.

Sweat beaded against his forehead as he took large gulps of air, defeated again by his own fear.

"You're doing it wrong."

"Shut up." Izuku said.

His voice was rough as he forced the words out. He stood back up, shaking his head to clear the fear and the voice from his head as he tried something else.

"Get it together Izuku, you can do this." He said.

Izuku lifted his hand up. He and Kacchan had talked about trying the air pressure attack he had tried back at the hospital. It was risky since it had a habit of breaking his fingers if he wasn't careful, but he had gotten better since he began practicing with Kacchan.

Fingers bent and aimed at the trunk of the tree, Izuku took a deep breath, letting One for All pool between his middle finger and flicked his finger forward, shouting a sharp blast of air that dented into the hardwood like a fist.

The harsh thump of the wood breaking as the impact echoed through the park as Izuku grinned at his personal victory.

"Good job, young Midoriya."

The familiar voice of All Might was loud and clear over his shoulder and Izuku startled, turning around to nothing. It was silent for only a second before the rush of different voices bombarded his mind, all vying for his attention.

"Stop." Izuku groaned.

He grabbed fistfuls of his green hair in pain, trying to make it stop. He stumbled forward. Even though Izuku felt a rush to hear All Might's voice again, but the others overwhelmed the emotions, making him anxious and disoriented.

He moved through the trees, no longer paying attention to his surrounding as his only thought was to get away.

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Izuku said.

"Deku?"

That was new. Was he going so crazy that even Kacchan was joining the sea of voices calling to him?

"Midoriya."

"Young Midoriya."

"Kid."

"Deku, you okay?"

Izuku shook his head, his eyes shut tight as he tried to force everything out so he could think even for a moment.

"Stop, just stop..." Izuku said.