Failed Nomu

Chapter 10

"Deku," Bakugou spoke.

Guardian had a puzzled look on his face, followed by a sad-happy smile. By then, the others had stopped to listen, with Todoroki moving to stand next to Bakugou.

To everyone's shock, Guardian's face fell, and his eyes glazed over. A red haze of smoke surrounded his head like a snake curling around its prey. Sparks joined the smoke, making a crackling sound.

"Oi, Deku, can you hear me?" Bakugou asked. He went to step forward, but the sparks flared out.

Guardian cried out, tears running down his cheeks as the sparks created a small explosion. The already weakened greenette dropped to the ground.

"Deku? Deku!" Bakugou yelled out as he dived forward to catch him. "Izuku!"

"Guardian!" Todoroki also yelled out as he kneeled down next to him and Bakugou. He quickly checked his pulse and sighed in relief to feel it.

"He needs medical attention fast," Yaoyorozo said.

"Tch." Bakugou clenched his teeth but quickly got up. With a little, reluctant, help from Todoroki, he was able to hoist Guardian up onto his back. Once he was sure the greenette wasn't going to slip off, he started running with the others not far behind.

At one point, Iida ran ahead and was able to locate not only medics but also police officers who were helping out the evacuation.

The medics took charge and started treating Guardian's wounds. Soon, they were calling over one of the ambulances to take him to the nearest hospital. It was at this point that Bakugou stepped away from the police officers and told the medics that he should be sent to one of the more secured hospitals.

Arguments ensued until Bakugou told them that Guardian was not only a missing person for over a year he was also held captive by the League. That got the policemen's attention.

Before he could argue to be allowed to stay with the unconscious boy, Bakugou was escorted to a police car while the ambulance drove away.

Left on the street, Todoroki, Iida, Yaoyorozo, and Kirishima started to walk to the nearest train station to at least get in line. It was a good few hours later before they actually made it back to their homes.

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All Might looked down at the file he had just finished reading. He knew that the aftermath would be a long process of dealing with the media, but he hadn't expected the news of how the famous Guardian was also being held captive by the League would push it to a different level. And that was on top of his retirement announcement.

It had only been a few days since the rescue attempt turned battle, and he was set to be released from the hospital. In that time, he made a notion to visit Guardian's room, which was a few rooms down from his. He wasn't allowed into the room, but he could at least look in on the boy he had left behind.

Regarding the boy's missing person case, his detective friend had taken over the case. Unfortunately, during his fight with AFO, the whole reason the boy was even targeted had been revealed to him along with Shigaraki's relation to his own Master. AFO had made sure he had ammo for the psychological hits, and they had been big ones.

The one thing he was not able to do was to see Young Bakugou as his student was currently under house arrest for his safety. Though, he had made sure to tell his friend to talk to the Bakugou family since they were friends with Guardian's family.

Looking around the room, he checked one last time to see if he left anything out, which he didn't, and with that, he left the room. He made one final stop at Guardian's room.