In Loving Memory

I use this coffee stick to stir the voices around

Izuku mulled over his thoughts over a hot chocolate somebody had offered to the local ghosts. What had happened before the day of his death? Why was Yosuke asked to kill him? And more importantly, what was it about Izuku that made him so worthwhile to kill? Izukku didn't think he was all that interesting or dangerous for that matter, but somehow, whoever this person was didn't agree. Nana Shimura had left some time ago, but Izuku had stayed. He had been leaning against the wall ever since someone sat in the chair he was sitting in. He took his hot chocolate out of the building, resolving to find Yosuke. He was going to find out what happened, or at least who to ask. First step to finding him, ask somebody who knows him well. He found his way to Sakura's house and started towards her room, when he heard an argument. Yosuke was standing in front of Sakura's bedroom door, talking to her about something.

"Get out of my house!" Sakura snapped, slamming the door in Yosuke's face.

"What did I do?" Yosuke asked, passing through the door. Izuku quietly followed, sitting on Sakura's bed.

"You lied to my face, that's what you did! You killed a kid in cold blood and lied about it!"

"I didn't do anything to you!"

"Yes, you did! Now get out! I should have kicked you out a long time ago!" Yosuke started to slink out of the room, but Izuku spoke up.

"Yosuke, I need to talk to you." Both Yosuke and Sakura jumped, suddenly very startled.

"Geez kid," Yosuke said. "Getting real good at that haunting stuff, aint you?" Izuku's glare only grew colder. "Not in the mood for that, huh?"

"Why did the person who ordered you to kill me want me dead?"

"I told you, I'm sworn to secrecy," Yosuke protested.

"Is there anyone who can tell me something?" Yosuke only pursed his lips and turned away from Izuku. "Yosuke!"

"Fine," Yosuke grumbled. "There's a ghost who might be able to tell you something. As far as I know, my boss never swore them to secrecy, because they're mostly just on the edges of the web, a new hire, if you will. The Boss runs most of the town. The ghost I'm telling you about is in Musuatfu today for the U.A sports festival, his grandson is gonna be there. Tall guy, blue hair. Looks like he would beat you up. You'll know him when you see him."

"Thank you, Yosuke," Izuku said stiffly. Yosuke left, and Izuku fell back onto the bed. "That was horribly stressful."

"Are you okay there, Midoriya?"

"I'm trying to solve my own murder," he sighed. "Honestly, so far, I could be better."

"I mean, you just got a lead."

"Right. The U.A sports festival. I was so busy lately, I barely remembered it." Izuku sat up. "There's probably going to be a lot going on there."

Sakura sat next to him. "Do you want to go?"

"I do. I've never been in person." Izuku didn't say anything else.

"Alright," Sakura said with a light sigh. "Let's go. This is the best lead that we've got." She stood up and grabbed a simple black cross-body bag off of a hook, but Izuku hadn't moved yet. "You coming, kid?"

Izuku nodded silently and floated over to her. "Yeah, sure. Let's go." They made it to the event just before it started, and Izuku perked up quickly. He spotted pro heroes wandering the crowd, and suddenly it felt like everything was alright again. He smiled and pointed out a hero in a green suit with a tail of peacock feathers sprouting from her lower back. She wasn't wearing shoes, as she had bird-of-prey-looking talons that clicked against the concrete when she walked. "Look there, that's Juno! She's known for her abilities in dance that allow her to take down enemies with just the mutant additions to her quirk." Izuku bounced on his toes a little. "She's so cool, I've wanted to meet her since her debut."