This time I will protect them I won't be a coward

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The next day,

The whole class 1-A students are informed that they all have passed and no one has failed the written part of the exam but some have failed the simulation test yet again this was all a logical ruse to pressurize them in order to make them bring out their full potential to fight against their teachers who were playing the role of the villain, Aizawa sensei says this with a grinning face despite his haggard appearance.

Hearing this Kirishima Erijiou, Rikido Sato and Sero Hanta cheer with excitement that they will also get to attend the training camp but their spirits were again dampen when Aizawa sensei informs them not to get their hopes up as they would have to take remedial classes while strengthening their quirks at the training camp.

The point of the training camp was to focus on strengthening their quirks.

Then, Aizawa sensei handed out the pamphlets about the camp site class president and asked them to be distributed to the whole class and dismissed the class for the day.

Denki hears all of this half-heartedly while rotating the pen in the middle of his fingers absent mindedly.

He again had the same recurring nightmare where his neck gets slashed by a creepy hoodie figure it looked quite similar to a dementor from the Harry Potter series.

Everyday Denki woke up in cold sweat breathing heavily. He wanted to pour out this unknown feeling in his chest to someone but to whom could he tell?. Right now he did not trust anyone.

He is broken away from his thoughts when he feels a gentle tap on his shoulder.

Denki looked up to see Izuku Midoriya and Kirishima Erijiou standing next to his desk . Both looked equally with concern at him.

Midoriya was the first one to speak, "We are planning to go to the mall tomorrow to get the mentioned things in the form".

"It would be great if you came along as well" continues Kirishima Erijiou with a toothy grin.

'How could he not say NO to those innocent faces'.

Denki gets up from his chair and grabs his backpack and replies in a hurried tone as the migraine starts to get worse, "Yeah sure...Message me the location and timing". And starts moving away from both Midoriya and Kirishima.

Both the boys stare at Denki with startled looks.

Denki's one foot was out of the classroom door only to feel his wrist begin tug back.

Denki turns his face around to stare into the emerald eyes of Midoriya Izuku.

There was a flash of an unknown emotion which Denki could not decipher in Midoriya's eyes. The boy stared at him with a frown .

Denki lets out a shaky breath and asks, "Um Midoriya do you need anything?.

Midoriya immediately realises that he without thinking held onto Denki's slender wrist.

Izuku feels something jagged rubbing underneath the pads of his fingers. Izuku scowls at the thought of the words that flashes in his mind but shakes his head and lets go of Denki's wrist slowly.

Izuku was having a dreaded feeling in his chest that he was going to lose Denki and out of reflex he caught Denki by the wrist.

Denki smiles at his Greenette friend and says, "Bye Izuku".

Midoriya immediately goes beet red as he was not used to being called by his first name by his friends and Denki takes this opportunity to run away from there.

Luckily today was the half day of school for them.

The hallways wore a deserted look as the majority of the students had left the school building as their summer holidays had begun officially from today .

Denki steps out of the entrance gate and walks down the hilly slope and smells the air and smiles, it was finally beginning to smell like summer and the sun too was setting in the distance with its beams dancing off from the window panes of the houses and buildings in the nearby area and the sky had turned into a lovely shade of pink, blue and orange it looked like a beautiful painting.

Denki starts singing to himself while he walks down the quiet road.

🎶You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us?
Another Start
You fade away
Afraid our aim is out of sight
Wanna see us
Alive🎶

Denki shivers slightly as he passes by the same dingy alley. The one through which Dabi had pulled him into, a few days ago and continues with his singing while trying to forget the event and to avoid getting another set of panic attack from the memory and continues walking down the road and continues with his singing.

🎶Another dream
The monster's running wild inside of me
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost
I'm faded🎶

Unknown to Denki there was a movement in the alley as a dark silhouette figure grins madly and says "Phase 1 begins".