A Deadly Secret (Izuku Midoriya x Reader)

Chapter 56: What A Twist (Season 3, Episode 7)

I had woken up in a hospital bed an hour or two after the incident. Ochaco, and Tsu sat by my bedside, comforting the crying Katsumi.

    Sitting up, I rubbed my eyes. "What the hell happened?"

    "Ribbit. You passed out from blood loss," Tsu answered. "But I'm sure you knew that already... they got Bakugo."

    I furrowed my brows. "And the others?"

    "Tokoyami is safe," Ochaco explained. "Kyoka, Deku, Toru, and Momo are still unconscious along with 12 others. Ragdoll is also missing."

    "Damnit." I clenched my fist. "I'm sorry, I should've been paying more attention to Bakugo. I should've known that these guys had some underhanded tactics up their sleeves."

    "I don't think any of us could've predicted anything like this." Katsumi wiped away her tears. "I had to watch them. The fire guy took him into that warp gate!"

    "Think on the bright side, Katsumi," Tsu placed a hand on her friend's back. "Three of the villains were captured. One has to say something."

    "No." I brought my hand to my chin, as I thought out loud. "Chances are they weren't told anything for this very reason."

***

    I was discharged within the hour, so I went to visit Izuku. Not to my surprise, Inko was there with him, cutting up apples. Several bandages covered his face, and both of his arms were casted. Thinking back to something I thought of earlier, I came to a conclusion. There is no way that all these villain attacks were coincidence. There's a UA traitor. There has to be. Maybe I'll bring it up with the Detective later.

    "(Y/n)?!" Inko exclaimed. She looked happy to see me, but it was obvious that she was worried. "I'm glad you're alright!"

    "Thanks," I grinned.

    I spent some time with her, so she wasn't alone.

After our visiting time was up, we went our separate ways, meeting back up the next day. During one of our visits, the doctor came in and told us some disturbing things about my boyfriend's condition. He suffered from seizures and kept slipping in and out of consciousness, waking up with a fever each time. They said that he'd be alright in the end, but that didn't make either of us any less worried.

-Two Days After the Incident-

    Inko wasn't able to visit today, for reasons I didn't know, so I took in some apples for Izuku and the note that she gave me, telling him to call her when he wakes up. Leaving the apples on his nightstand, I went to go check if anyone else was awake, before I went back to his hospital room.

-Ten Minutes Later-

    Momo turned out to be awake, but she was talking to the police, so I didn't bother her. Now that I think about it, I'm surprised that I didn't get a call from the Chairwoman yet. *Ring* I need to stop doing that.

    Reluctantly, I picked up the phone. "Hello?"

    "(Y/n), I have a task for you."

    "Let me guess. You want me to go rescue my classmate."

    "Yes. We have his location, and an emergency meeting later tonight will be calling in multiple heroes for a team up. You're actually going to be working alongside the pro heroes as a pro yourself. I want you to take Bakugo when the time is right, so he's out of the way of the real battle."

    "So, I don't have to hide from the pros anymore," I sighed. "Are you sure about this? What if they think I'm an undercover villain."

    "I've already accounted for that. Detective Tsukauchi will take you, so worse comes to worse, he'll cover for you."

    "Wow how thought out," I sarcastically spouted. "I am totally not going to get arrested."

    "You're not funny. Anyways, make sure you're on time. The meeting starts at 8pm sharp!"

    "Yes ma'am." Hanging up the phone, I sighed. I'm starting to think that she wants me to end up on the news headlines.

Anyways, I went back to Izuku's room to find the majority of our class standing inside.

"Did you see the news?" Kaminari questioned Izuku, who was now awake. "Reporters are all over the school right now."

"It's worse than last time," Sato added.

"I brought a present!" Mineta held up a green fruit over his head. "I mean, it's from all of us. It's a melon."

"I caused you trouble, Midoriya," Tokoyami frowned.

"No, please," Izuku said with a blank stare on his face. "I did this to myself. Did everyone from Class A come to visit?"

"No," Iida answered. "Jiro and Hagakure are still out. They were knocked unconscious from that villain's poisonous gas."

"And Momo took a pretty bad hit to the head," I added. "She's a few doors down, actually."

"So, it's just us," Iida continued. "Though obviously we wish the whole class could be here.

"Only seventeen of us for now," Ochaco murmured.

"Because Bakugo is gone," Todoroki bluntly stated.

"He knows, Todoroki," I said between gritted teeth.

"All Might told me there'd always be people beyond our reach, that we can't protect even if we want to," Izuku spouted. "Which is why we have to save the people we can reach. I... was so close to being able to save him. I needed to save him. Had to." My heart broke, hearing his voice break down like this. "That's the entire reason I have my quirk. It's exactly like Mr. Aizawa said to me. My body... wouldn't move. I couldn't save someone who was right in front of me. And since I failed... He's gone."

"Don't blame yourself, Izuku," I comforted. "We were outmatched. There's nothing more that anyone could have done."

"All right, then let's go get him," Kirishima suggested.

"You can't be serious?" I gasped.

"I was here yesterday, too," the red head began. "And so was Todoroki. We were on our way to visit you, when we saw All Might and some police officer talking to Yaoyorozu. She attached a tracking device to a Nomu and gave them the receiver."

"This means you're going to have Yaoyorozu make another receiver for you, doesn't it?" Iida interrogated.

"What if it does?" Todoroki glared.

"You should listen to what All Might said!" The class rep barked. "We have to leave this to the professionals! It's not the right time for us to get involved. Idiots."

"Maybe, but all I know... is that at camp, I couldn't do anything!" Kirishima shouted. "I heard my friend was targeted, and I just stood by. Helpless. So, if I stand by and do nothing now, how am I supposed to call myself a hero or a man?!"

He's just going to get in the way of the pros! Standing by is the right thing to do if he wants his friend to be safe. The last thing we need is the League to have another hostage.

"Kirishima, calm down!" Kaminari brought his finger to his lips. "We're in a hospital. There's a better time and place for this, dude."

"He's right, Kirishima," I voiced. "The last thing the pros need is for some kids to get involved." It's not even about hiding my identity from them anymore. These boys will end up dead if they go to fight the League head on.

"All of you." He clenched his fists. "Just listen to me for a minute. I know what you're saying is right. But still! C'mon, Midoriya." Kirishima held his hand out to my boyfriend. "He's still within your reach! We can save Bakugo!"

Katsumi stepped forward. "I'd do just about anything to help him."