Trouble (SeroDeku)

Chapter 16

TW for suicide, but it's just the explanation of how Izuku got his resurrection quirk. 

Izuku didn't stick around the compound for Emiko to wake up, carrying her lifeless body through the halls in a flash and taking off through the streets of Musutafu. He didn't have the luxury of waiting now that his quirks were back. His flames were absolutely losing their mind at the state of her and it was taking every ounce of his strength to hold them back. His body temperature was getting dangerously high, along with the risk of burning Emiko and liquifying his internal organs. Fantastic.  

He knew they wouldn't calm down on their own, so he did the only thing he could think of. Slinging Emiko over one shoulder so he could pull his phone out of his pocket, he dialed Shinsou's number. The pro hero picked up on the second ring. 

"Why're you calling me? You never call me," Shinsou said as soon as the call started, not letting Izuku get a word in. 

"Apartment, now," Izuku said through gritted teeth, his vision getting fuzzy from the fever that had set in. "Bring Aizawa and Hanta." 

"What's going on, Midoriya? You threatened to dismember me if I told someone where you live." 

"Shut the fuck and do what I told you to," Izuku hissed before ending the call. He didn't have time to convince Shinsou, he just needed the hero to listen to him for once. 

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Izuku couldn't just walk through the front door of his apartment complex with a dead and bleeding girl over his shoulder, what would the neighbors think? Instead, he vaulted himself onto his balcony, falling through the French-style doors and nearly collapsing to the floor. He would have if someone hadn't caught him. 

"What the fuck happened?" Hanta's voice cut through Izuku's brain fog as he gently removed his sister from the villain's arms. "Oh my god, Emiko. W-what happened? Fuck, she's not breathing!" 

"Quirk, Aizawa," Izuku shouted, holding onto the wall as his knees buckled. The heat was getting to be too much, he couldn't hold it back much longer. With how intense it was already burning, if he slipped up the whole apartment building would be ashes in seconds. 

The second Aizawa's quirk activated, Izuku threw his head back against the wall with a relieved sigh. The heat was slowly subsiding as he slid down the wall until he hit the floor. It didn't take long for a stack of frozen objects to be thrust at him. 

"Ice packs, we need to get your temp down," Toga said softly, kneeling in front of him but being very careful not to touch his skin. She motioned for him to lift his head, placing an ice pack on the back of his neck. It did its job almost instantly while she continued to place them against his body. "What happened, Izu? I've never seen it this bad," she whispered, glancing over her shoulder at where Hanta was cradling Emiko against him. 

"She's... dead," Hanta said with a vacant voice, his eyes unfocused as he stared at the air in front of him. 

Izuku held the ice pack on top of his head in place as he readjusted how he was sitting. The ice packs were already melting, almost useless, but thankfully had served their purpose. He'd live and wouldn't massacre a dozen people in the surrounding apartments. 

"Do you listen to a word I fucking say? Ever?" he snapped, officially fed up with the day. Not only had he done back-to-back errands for Dumb and Dumber, but he'd had his quirk taken, had to sit back while one of the few people he cared about was tortured in front of him, had to play nice with Dumb and Dumber, and then had to fucking kill Emiko. Sue him if he wasn't in the best mood. "I told you I wouldn't let your sisters die and I fucking meant it."