Waves Find Their Land

Chapter 44: Soul Searching

Izuku Midoriya woke up in the morning. He went through his normal schedule. Went downstairs, made breakfast, ate, showered, changed, took his meds, and thought of the plan for the day.

He pulled out his phone and texted Nejire, "Hey Nejire. Just wanted to tell you I am heading out. I love you."

He got a text back, "Hey Honey! Hope you slept well! I hope you are safe today. I love you baby."

He smiled at the text and put his phone in his pocket and put on his jacket.

He left his dorm room and started walking downstairs. On his way down he ran into someone.

Uraraka spoke, "O-Oh! H-Hey M-Midoriya!"

"H-Hey U-Uraraka."

"Oh where are you h-headed?"

"Oh um. I don't really know."

"What do you mean?"

"I-I'm going to find s-something. Something I-I lost."

"What is it?"

"I-I d-don't know."

"Ok Midoriya your confusing and worrying me."

"J-Just. I'm not gonna be back for a little while I think."

"Why?"

"Just. T-Taking some t-time f-for m-myself. After e-everything."

"Oh! Um be safe I guess?"

"I-I'll try. See ya."

He then walked past her and out of the dorms.

This left Uraraka confused.

She knocked on a door and someone opened it, "Oh! Hey Uraraka! You need something?"

"Hey Yaoyorozu. Um I just saw Midoriya leaving."

"Oh! That's good! Getting himself out."

"Well um. He said he was going to find something. Something he lost."

"Oh! What did he lose?"

"That's the thing. He said he didn't know what he was looking for. And something else happened."

"What is it?"

"When he said bye. It didn't feel like a normal bye."

"What kind of bye did it feel like?"

"It felt like the kind of bye someone says before they leave. Forever."

Back with Midoriya he was on a train. He was going to where it first started.

Once the train stopped he made his way there.

After a twenty minute walk he arrived there. When he got there he was a bit surprised. The pre-school he went to was shut down.

He opened the gate that was falling apart and walked in.

He put his hand on the door knob but as he put pressure on it the door knob fell apart, "Um. Ok then?"

He leaned up against the door and it broke against his weight. Once he was in he started walking around. He could see a young version of himself running down these very hallways. He smiled and followed the young version of himself into a room. It was his classroom. He smiled at it. He remembered everything. All the good memories.

He then walked outside to the playground and he arrived at a sandbox. Then he remembered something. The first time he was beat up.

He saw it clearly. The younger version of himself jumped in front of someone to stop Bakugou and his grunts from beating on her. He remembered everything he said. And everything that happened after.