Reset and Rewind

Chapter 18 - Decorating Dormitories

A/N Double update this weekend!! XD

All Might retired after his fight with All For One, marking the end of an era. The symbol of peace had fallen and now Endeavor was the new number one hero. Which is why Shoto tried to stay away from home for most of summer vacation, hanging out with the members of Assembly, who recently gained a new member. Izuku was happy Yuga was here, that he was right about the fact he'd regain his memories after standing up against the League for the very first time.

"What do you mean Toga is here?"

Yeah, so that was a whole different conversation...

"I don't know why I haven't thought of it before, honestly," Izuku shrugged. "But everyone involved in the blast is probably affected by the same conditions as us, including the villains that were involved."

"We didn't know Toga was involved with Jikan, though." Shoto frowned.

"Well, she had to be, otherwise my theory doesn't make any sense," Izuku pointed out. "And it's proven to be right on two occasions now!"

"Yeah, yeah, we get it nerd, you're proud of your trigger theory," Katsuki grumbled, still pissed by what had happened, by the fact Izuku was taken instead of him. "So what the hell do we do now? We can't keep relying on our memories."

"Katsuki is right. We've had the advantage up until now, but if members of the League of Villains were involved with Jikan and start regaining their memories..." Tenya said, trailing off at the end.

"They could change their attack patterns," Momo finished. "They could make preparations, plan their actions out better, they could change things and we won't be prepared for any of it."

"There's no change without consequences, though," Ochako said, looking at Izuku. "If that condition applies to us, it also applies to them, right Deku-kun?"

"It should," Izuku nodded. "The only thing we can do is monitor the people we know were involved for sure and check for any anomalies."

"It's not like we got many other options," Eijirou agreed. "Have you asked Eraser about that yet?"

"No, I wanted to know what you guys thought of it first," Izuku replied. "I know some of you are still...mad at me for acting on my own before-"

"Yeah, no fucking shit!" Katsuki hissed, small explosions escaping his hands. "Fuck it! Do whatever you want, I don't care!"

With that he stormed off, slamming the door behind him. Izuku flinched at the harsh sound, not surprised to see Eijirou get up, ready to go after him.

"Please don't mind him, he's having a rough time," the red head said, quickly following the ash blonde out the door. Yeah, they were all having a rough time. Kacchan didn't even know that Izuku... He took a deep breath, trying to calm down again. They didn't need to know he'd been here for over 10 years. That he'd slowly gone insane running up the walls and bumping into dead end after dead end. Having each other here was a privilege for crying out loud! None of them understood what it felt like to be truly alone in this world! They didn't understand he'd sacrifice himself for them in a heartbeat, if only to spare them from the same fate.

He knew the kidnapping was a traumatizing experience to Kacchan and he wanted to prevent his boyfriend from having to go through that again. Was that really such a bad thing? Was it really that despicable of him that he barely even hesitated to fulfill Himiko's request? To give himself up in order to save Kacchan?

"I get why Katsuki is upset. You shouldn't take on everything on your own, Izuku," Shoto stated.

"I'm not-"