Forget Me Not

(13)

Izuku, Asui and Mineta watched with horror as the seven-foot beast threw their teacher around like a rag doll. 

"Where the heck is All Might?!" Shigaraki growled in frustration and then turned to the horrified students. "Maybe if I killed one of his precious students he'll finally get his ass over here."

Izuku barely had any time to dodge as handsy was in front of him with his hand stretched out to his face.

Instinctively, he activated his quirk, forcing handsy into the ground. "Yūji-kun, are you okay?!"

Asui watched in concern as Izuku let out a shaky breath and took a few steps backwards, still glaring at the villain who was pinned to the ground by his quirk, "Yeah, he only managed to scratch my cheek. I have a very stupid idea to save our teacher but I need you two to help me. Is that alright with you two?"

The other two cast nervous glances at each other and turned back to him, "How stupid is this plan supposed to be?"

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"Nomu, bring him to me but don't hurt him too much." The nomu shrieked and ran to Izuku at an alarming speed, catching the teen off guard. Shouta erased its quirks but it only seemed to slow down a little bit.

Izuku put up a barrier to avoid being hit directly but not quickly enough. His arm still fractured under the pressure and he grit his teeth to distract himself from the pain.

His plan had to work and he hoped to hell that he and his quirk were strong enough to pull it off.

Once the Nomu lifted it's arms to ready another attack, Izuku ran, as far away from his classmates and teacher as possible.

Of course, the monstrosity followed him and Izuku moved to the side in the nick if time before the Nomu could punch him into the wall.

"Gravity manipulation; Crush." At those three words, the Nomu was slowly pushed back until it hit the wall.

The monster screeched and tried to claw back at whatever was pushing it only to be pushed further into the wall.

"It's no use, kid. Our Nomu is practically indestructible." Shigaraki cackled in the background.

From the corner of his eyes, he saw their teacher being carried away by Asui and Mineta and let out a sigh of relief.

The feeling of a warm liquid dripping down his nose told him he was nearing his time limit and so he pushed harder, gathering all the strength he had left.

The Nomu screeched in pain as it began to compress and flatten, the cracking of bones and the sight of blood pouring out of every hole in its body left those watching horrified and yet hopeful that the monster could be taken down.

"C'mon, Nomu... Die for me, won't ya?" Izuku murmured, putting more pressure until both his nostrils had blood leaking from them.

His ears throbbed with how loud the monster was screaming and he could only hope he was destroying the thing faster than it could regenerate.

The monster compressed further and further before a disgusting splat was heard across the USJ, followed by the shouting of Shigaraki Tomura.

"No! No no, no, no! How could a dumb NPC just show up from nowhere and defeat Nomu?!" Shigaraki shrieked with pure rage as he glared at the pile of blood and mushed body parts under Izuku. Izuku stumbled a bit with more blood dripping down his nose.

"Tomura Shigaraki, I'm sorry for informing you this late but a student managed to escape," Kurogiri said, enraging him even further. "This isn't how it was supposed to fucking go! How could you be so fucking useless, Kurogiri?!"

"Don't be mean to your nanny! He already has a lot on his plate dealing with you daily." Izuku sneered at the villain and walked over to Asui and Mineta .

"Is he still breathing?" Izuku asked and his classmates nodded. "Don't ignore me, stupid girl! Fucking fight me, bitch!"

"We must leave now, Tomura. The heroes could get here at any moment." Kurogiri said and warped them away before he could protest.

"Do not fear, why? Because I am-"

"Late you pile of shit!" Izuku yelled, glaring at the hero. "Uh, where did the villains go?" Hizashi asked before setting his eyes on hus friend.

"Izuku, are you okay? Your arm is— OH MY GOD HE'S PASSING OUT!" Mineta yelled. Thankfully, Bakugo showed up, catching the dark haired boy right before he hit the ground.

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"You know, Shouta, if you're going to face a monster three times your size, you shouldn't get to complain when you end up in casts." Shouta glared at his friend through his bandages.

"Can you see what finger I'm holding up?" Akuma taunted, holding his middle finger up to Shouta's face.

"My eyes aren't covered, dipshit. I can see you." Shouta hissed through gritted teeth and attempted to smack his friend with his uninjured hand but a knock brought him to a stop.

Hizashi walked in with a tired smile on his face, waving at his long time friend before standing nervously beside Shouta. Sensing that Hizashi wanted to speak to him alone, Akuma excused himself.

Shouta was confused as to why he left but pat the bed for Hizashi to sit down.

"Why won't they just get together already..." Akuma sighed as he went to Izuku's hospital room. "Who, Dad?"

"Your teachers. They've been pinning on each other since high school and yet neither of them had the balls to ask the other out. It's tiring to watch, honestly." Izuku snorted and hopped off the bed.

"You good to go, kid? Your sister and mom are waiting at home for you." Izuku nodded and slipped on his shoes. "I've spoken to Denki and managed to convince him to go home and that I'll be fine. Why is everyone so worried though; I only broke one arm anyway."

Akuma flicked Izuku's forehead as they got in the car, "I used to say the same thing to Kimi in highschool whenever I got into a fight and got hurt. I didn't get the big deal until I saw the footage from this afternoon. We had every right to be worried; it looked like you were crushed completely." His hands gripped the steering tightly, refusing to let his voice waver.

Silence resonated in the car as he drove, "I didn't mean to make you guys worry so much... I'm sorry—”

"It's fine, Izuku. I mean it; just don't put yourself in danger like that, yeah? If anything happens to you, you have three family members and friends at school that'll be crushed by that."

"I will, Dad."

Akuma felt the familiar burst of happiness in his chest he got whenever Akina or Izuku called referred to him as 'Dad'. It made him feel proud of himself for making it this far since his... Dark times.

A/N: It's like two hours till the New Year 🧍🏽