Out of Your Mind

44

The sun was setting when you went to the train station. You bought yourself a round trip ticket and sat on a bench as you waited for the bullet train to pull up. When it arrived you took a seat in the back and leaned your head against the window as you watched world go by. A couple stops down, you hear a familiar pair of voices enter the car of the train.

You looked at the doors and saw Izuku and Gran Torino looking for some seats and you sank into your chair. Luckily neither of them looked in your direction, so you don't think they noticed you. A couple minutes later you get a text.

Midoriya: what brings you to this part of town?

You give all of your students the option to save your number in their phones in case of anything, but none of them really use it. You closed your eyes and sighed because you'd have to ask him to lie for you.

You: technically I'm not, and you didn't see me

That sounded a little harsher than you intended, hopefully Izuku understands.

Midoriya: see who?

He got it.

You: pay attention to Gran Torino
Midoriya: i am! well, kind of..i'm still worried about Iida

Should you tell him what you saw? You thought about what Shouta said a couple of days ago. Iida has always been a star student and a stickler for the rules, maybe you were overreacting a little.

me: me too, but i'm sure he'll be fine. i hear he's in Hosu with Manual
Midorya: yeah! i texted him cause we're about to pass through

"Hey! Did you see that? A building exploded!" Everyone looked out the window to see what happened. Sure enough, there was a building on fire in the distance.

"Passengers, please hold onto your seats" a soothing voice said through the intercom of the train. But before you could react, there was a huge crash into the train. Some passengers screamed as you began to register what it was.

"Nomu!" Izuku exclaimed.

"Guess I don't need to find Stash anymore, this is all the proof you need, Naomasa" you thought as you quickly snapped a picture for evidence before Gran Torino begins zipping around.

"I want you to stay back! You hear me?" He kicks the Nomu out, leaving the pro hero he smashed in there on the ground of the train.

"Gran Torino!" Izuku ran to the gaping hole in the train and looked out after him. You ran towards the injured hero and felt his pulse, and gave a sigh of relief unconscious but alive.

"What the heck is going on here??" You look up at Izuku and he's basically vibrating.

"Izuku" he doesn't hear you over all the commotion. You activate your quirk to speak to him.

"Izuku" you reach out and touch his hand. He turns and looks at you.

"Ms. [L/N], I can't just stand here and do nothing. Those are Nomu like from USJ!" Izuku desperately wanted to go after his teacher. Honestly you probably trusted him more than civilians, but he was still a kid. You looked around at the rest of the train and there were even smaller kids clutching onto their parents. You didn't have time to fight with him about staying. One of the train conductors made his way into the car, you step back so they can check the injured hero and they tell the passengers to calm down. You press your lips into a tight line and lock your eyes with Izuku.

"Fine, go. But please call me if you need back up!"

"I will!" He tells the train conductor to keep everyone calm but you think that was also partially directed at you.

"Hey are you nuts?! It's way too dangerous out there!" The train conductor calls after him. You just silently prayed that he'd be ok but this was what he was going to school for. He's young, but he had a heart of gold and you know he just wants to help people. If he's going after Gran Torino then he'll make sure that Izuku doesn't do anything he's not supposed to. You quickly ask around to make sure no one else is injured, and then when no one is looking, you also slip out of the train. You text Naomasa your picture

Me: here's your proof. Get whoever you need to on the line, there are more of them terrorizing the city

Thankfully he immediately texted back.

Detective Naomasa: this is perfect. Thank you. Can you get another picture or video?

You have no doubt that he'll be here later tonight. The Hosu police is going to need help dealing with all of this. But for now, you guess you had to get some more pictures. It didn't take long for you to find another Nomu, Gran Torino was fighting one, trying to save a pair of civilians. You get a text from Izuku, but before you can open it, you're distracted by the number two hero, Endeavor.

"What's he doing here?" You say to yourself. You watch as Endeavor and Gran Torino team up and defeat the Nomu. You wish you had super hearing because they exchange some words and then go in opposite directions. You realize that Izuku is no where to be seen so you check the text he sent you and it's just a pair of coordinates.

"Why would he-" you realize that he might need some back up. Your mind is racing as you plug the coordinates into your phone and follow the directions. You run into a group of hero's that are also headed in your direction. You recognize one of them.

"Hey! Hot Head!" They stop and look at you, your friend recognizes you

"[y/n]? What are you doing here?"

"Long story. Are you headed to district four too?"

"Yeah, Endeavor sent us but we have no idea why or where"

"I have the exact coordinates, I can show you!" They nod and tell the group that you're legit and you begin leading the way.

When you get to the location, Gran Torino is scolding Izuku who looks badly hurt, but he's being carried by another hero who's also bleeding. To your surprise, Iida and Shoto are there too, but they also look badly injured. The heroes begin calling an ambulance and even the police because the boys have somehow fought and caught the Hero Killer himself. He was tied up and motionless on the ground. You're impressed but also frustrated because you knew this wouldn't bode well for them when the police got involved.

All three of them recognized you immediately, you put a finger up to your lips and they simply just nodded in acknowledgment. You discreetly snapped a picture of the Hero Killer and send it to the Detective. While some hero's were on the phone, and others were tending to Izuku and Shoto, you saw Iida walk up to his friends and bow. You checked his aura and instead of revenge, you see guilt, shame, and sadness.

Iida began crying and it took everything in you not to intervene. They were having a really huge moment here, apologizing and being vulnerable, the counselor in you wanted to jump in but you can tell that they had it in their own. Even Shoto was being nice in his own way by telling Iida to pull himself together. You decided you'd talk to the boys one on one in the hospital.