My Angel

A Change

" Ochaco-chan..." Sora looked up at the girl doing her best for the sake of their friend.

" We looked at him. So what? Don't tell me you want us to get all beat up like that, too?"

Will these guys ever get the point here!?

" You want us to be covered in mud, too?!"

" Only the heroes will be covered in mud! Just give us some time to wash off that mud and dirt!" She wiped away the sweat and rain covering her face before shouting again. " Can I reassure you all right now? Sorry, I can't. Because we're also uneasy. Because we're neighbors, just like you all. So please lend him your strength! So that we can smile together in the future! With all of your power! Please, will you let him rest beside you? Will you let him prepare? Midoriya Izuku is trying to take on the burden of his power, but he still has a lot to learn! He's just a normal high schooler!"

By that point, tears were streaming down Midoriya's face.

" But-"

" Please... let this place... continue to be his hero academia!"

As the boy fell to his knees, Sora tried to make for him only to be held by Yuu. " Look..." He gestured back towards the crowd as a large woman who apparently had a mutant Quirk and the kid they recognized as Kota came rushing to him. " This isn't our turn, it's theirs."

They both came to comfort Midoriya while a man among the crowd cried out to calm out the angry people. " Before blaming him hysterically, can't we listen to what he has to say? It's not like that kid's planning to stay here permanently. Right now, we're short on resources and personnel. So this is the only place he can rest up without worrying too much, right? That's what you heroes were trying to explain, right?" Nezu and the other teachers nodded.

" He can't go to Shiketsu? The facilities are the same level, right?"

" But then, the same thing would happen at Shiketsu..."

" It's strange right..." Sora looked back at her friend as he spoke. " How just the actions of one person could spur so many. How the courage of a few could pull on others." He looked at Uraraka, at Kota, the giant woman by Midoriya's side and the man still trying to convince the rest of them. " As long as just we have someone who could muster enough courage to speak up, to act..."

" Answer this. If you rest here, will things go back to the way they were before?"

" As long as we have that someone..."

" I'll get it back." Midoriya held on to his scarf. " Because everyone's here with me... We'll get it all back."

" Then the rest would follow up their suit," Yuu said as the people once blocking their path moved up to them, sharing their umbrellas with Midoriya and the whole of class A.

" Everyone is..." Sora could hardly contain her tears at the sight before her.

" Papa... Why did you become a caretaker?" She asked once when she went to visit his workplace.

" I wanted to look after other people and help them."

" But isn't this the job of a hero? To help others?"

" Maybe, but do we need to wait for heroes to wipe our noses?" He smiled as he kneeled before her and patted her head. " When you find a kid crying or getting bullied, do we have to wait for a hero to help them?"

" I don't know... should we?"

" Listen Sora, it's not that heroes are those who help others, it's those who help others are heroes. When you find a chance to reach out to someone in need, you shouldn't hold back, just hold out your hand and help them..."