Who have you become in the weight of all that's happened here?

Chapter 15: The hunters become the hunted

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Katsuki couldn't breathe.

Izuku had just killed himself right in front of him.

Why? Why?!

It clicked.

'One for All transfers through DNA, right?'

Saliva contains DNA.

Had he been trying to get One for All? But then why would he kill himself afterwards? If he died, One for All would've disappeared along with him.

Was that what he had been trying to do? Had he wanted to take the target off Katsuki's back and at the same time, ensure All for One would never get his hands on One for All?

But One for All hadn't transferred. Because the user had to willingly pass it on. Izuku wasn't there when All Might told Katsuki. Katsuki had never brought that up afterwards either.

Katsuki hadn't given him consent. Which meant Izuku killed himself for nothing.

"...ha... how many times am I going to fuck your life up... Izuku..."

'All of this is your fault.'

Kusotama was right.

He was everything wrong in Izuku's life.

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Tenya felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He took it out to see Shinsou's name on the screen, immediately picking up, "Now's not really a good time to-"

'Ida, you three need to get out of there! It's a trap!'

"Yeah, I can see that!" Tenya yelled into the device, "I think Todoroki managed to stop it though! What about Midoriya?"

'We found him! But he got warped somewhere else with Bakugou!'

What...?!

"What's going on?" Yaoyorozu asked hesitantly.

"Bakugou's gone..." Tenya told her, unable to stop the shake in his voice. His hand holding the phone was trembling. This is why I wanted to stop them from coming, dammit, now Bakugou too?

How could he live up to Tensei's hero name like this? How could he inherit the name Ingenium if he couldn't even help two of his friends?

What kind of friend even was he?!

"Ida!" Tenya was snapped out of his spiral when Yaoyorozu pulled him to the side, the blade arm from a Nomu grazing his face. "We have to get out of here!"

"...right," Tenya shook his head to clear his mind. Stay calm. Breathe in, breathe out. "Where's Todoroki?"

"Fighting off Nomu with his father," Yaoyorozu gestured into the chaos where orange flames were visible, "If you carry me and use your quirk, maybe we could regroup with Shinsou and Kaminari."

'No, don't come here...' both were startled by Shinsou's voice from Tenya's phone. He hadn't ended the call yet. 'All the heroes here...'

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"...are defeated."

Hitoshi and Denki were paralysed as they peeked at the sheer destruction the villain had caused. The entire front of the warehouse was decimated by a single blast!