I Can't Lose You Again

Chapter 45: the ones Unconscious, the ones Injures, the ones Lost

TW: INJURY DESCRIPTION, KIDNAPPING (obviously) AND DEHUMANIZATION

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Minutes later, the young boy appeared before the two villains with a spiky redhead and bob-cut blue-haired student; both teens widening their eyes at the new members of the League while the pair were equally frightened by the unexpected return of his.

"Dabi-kun, keep an eye on these two for me as I go retrieve the third." Midoriya slowly released his grip on the boys' shoulders, Iida and Kirishima growing stiff as a different sort of tone came out from the lips of his, piercing their heart with sorrow as they could only imagine who could have done such a thing.

It wasn't until a hand slipped onto their throats did their hyper thinking come to a halt, glancing in fear up to the villain with burn marks under his eyes and the bottom half of his face, the skin still staying with the staples that punctured his face. While the two panicked, Dabi couldn't help but feel absolute rage and hatred toward the man known as All for One. He wanted to help Shigaraki kill this man just as much as he wanted to kill his own father and that spoke a lot on so many levels; even though he had never been the caring type, he always had a place in the back of his mind for his younger siblings. And right now, that was all he saw in Midoriya as soon as the scratched up leader had told him what had happened.

"Oh, and inform Murayama Akiho that his job is done." 'Midoriya' added before he turned around and began walking back on the path he had exited, passing by Bubaigawara on his way out.

"Roger that, Akatani-kun!" Bubaigawara sent a salute gesture to the younger male before his other hand just as quickly raised up his middle finger while dancing in tease with a playful tone, "Don't tell me what to do; I know!"

The intense expression that grew over the face of Midoriya showed he did not find the gesture 'hilarious' or 'accepting' in any way, turning a deathly glare onto the man who shrank in on himself, nodding shakingly about obeying. With that done, he disappeared through the trees, leaving a petrified adult with an even greater form of anger surfacing over the other, feeling his hands fueling with flame.

Until he realized that he was holding their targets, forcing himself to calm down so he didn't accidentally turn them into ash.

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"Everyone still in the forest! In the name of pro hero Eraser Head, you are given permission to engage in combat! I repeat; you have been given permission to fight against the villains!"

'What the hell is going on...?! Why do they want Kirishima and Iida...? Deku, what happened to you...?! Did... Did All for One find out after you got back; is that why you haven't been showing up? Did he do something to you...? What about Shig-'

"Bakugo! We've got to get out of here!" Todoroki's voice cut through his spiraling thoughts, Katsuki glancing over to his friend.

"We can't go anyway, Todoroki! Mandalay said that Aizawa Sensei and Tiger are coming for Bakugo, meaning we have to stay here...!" Ashido slid down from her little crack where she had been spraying her acid on the blades as they came raining down.

"If we don't leave, that villain's going to kill us before Aizawa Sensei can get to us." Todoroki contradicted, the curly-haired female taken aback by the intensity in his voice until Yaoyorozu appeared.

"Both of you need to calm down. I agree with Todoroki-san that we can't stay here, but I also understand Ashido-san's reasoning because of Mandalay's message. But it doesn't matter how it happens, the number one thing we have to do is get Bakugo-san back to the building; that's our priority at the moment."