The Emperor's Dragon

Aftermath II

Izuku sat at his desk feeling sick. Every time he closed his eyes he saw his dad. He was lying under All Might and the hero was... He couldn't exactly call it posing, given his emaciated form but he was definitely celebrating.

He'd spend the night just looking at the image and trying to get someone to contact him. At about 4am, he'd fallen asleep, only to wake up a half hour later. By then he knew he wasn't going to get in touch with Tomura or anyone. At least not yet, so he'd stopped trying to call. He also realised that if Tomura hadn't answered, then it was likely his phone had been captured and wondered if he should get rid of his phone but... while he could write down the numbers he'd need, he hoped they would contact him. Surely that wasn't too much to ask?

He didn't know and in the pre-dawn light, he'd just stared at the image of All Might and his dad. Then when it was time to go to school, he'd picked himself up, washed his face and had gone to school. He didn't know what else to do. He knew he wanted to kill All Might, and he'd give Tomura whatever help he needed but that required them to talk. And he wanted to know what happened to his dad. They hadn't reported on that.

And... he just didn't know what to do, so he went to school. If anything, information from UA would be accurate though... If they had dad, then... would they be looking for him or would the focus be on Tomura? How had they found Dad? He wanted to know but Izuku also knew that the answers would take time to come. And he'd promised to speak to Hitoshi today but he honestly didn't know what he'd tell his friend. What could he say?

Sure his dad had shown the world that All Might was weakened but... He didn't care about that. His dad had been injured... he had no idea if he was still alive. No one thought to report on that. And... he didn't know what to do.

He'd gotten to his home room first and had slumped in his desk, with his head on his arms. In addition to feeling sick and lost, he was getting a headache. He probably needed to drink something but he couldn't be bothered moving.

"Mitei!"

Izuku lifted his head. "Zellia," he greeted her before dropping his head again.

"You look terrible," she said and Izuku heard her coming over. "Are you feeling okay?" she asked.

He shook his head, not looking up.

"Has it got to do with last night?"

This time he nodded.

"I know it was bad," Zellia told him, "but at least All Might won," she added.

That made him feel sicker and while Izuku wanted to lash out at her, he knew that it would do nothing. "How could they..." he sniffed. "How could they show that?" Izuku demanded.

"Show what?"

He wanted to ask how people could think All Might was a hero when he used such violence but he already knew the answer would be that his dad was a villain and deserved that. Or if not that, then his dad was a villain and should have surrendered. The answer would always put the blame on his dad.

"Everything," Izuku mumbled.

"Mitei," Zellia scolded. Her tone told him that she thought he was being silly and that he should already know the answers. He did, kind of, but he didn't agree with them. They were wrong. It couldn't all be his Dad's fault.

"No," he said, still resting his head on his arms. "How could they show-"

"Ah, you are both early," his question was interrupted by the arrival of Ms Kanri.

"Yes Ma'am," Zellia answered while Izuku remained silent.

"Mr Chui, are you okay?" their Homeroom teacher asked.