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

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Denki walks towards the bushes with anticipatory steps and crouches down and uses his hands to move the leaves to the side and says with a grinning face, " Hah caught you!".

Denki's face deflates when he notices no one behind the bushes and squints his eyes on the soil and catches a fresh  little paw print on it.

Denki clicks his tongue in annoyance for the nth time and taps his shoes while thinking, 'Just where did that black cat disappear to?.

He tries calling out the cat, "Pspsp here kitty kitty".

He was about to step onto the jogging track when he hears someone declaring loudly to All Might that whatever happens in the future they will definitely help in changing his future.

Upon walking further up the path he immediately recognised the loud voice of Izuku Midoriya filled with determination speaking to All Might.

Denki was already on the jogging track and started  sweat dropping.  He did not want  to intrude on this important moment between the master and pupil.

All of a sudden Denki tries to hide himself among the bushes and tries to curl his thin body inwardly as possible so he is not noticeable to the master and disciple.

But All Might catches Denki's golden hair peeking out of the bushes.

In reality Denki's hair was glowing as the soft rays of the setting sun were weaving through the forest trees and falling directly upon it.

All Might despite being in his skeletal form calls out the fragile boy's name.

'Shit' Denki curses himself and steps out of the bushes hesitantly.

Midoriya with tears in his eyes says in shock "Kaminari-kun!?".

Midoriya did not expect his friend to catch him in his most vulnerable state. So he starts rubbing his tears away from his vigorously.

While All Might stared at the sunshine boy.

The boy in front of him did really look like a woodland creature emerging from the forest with his yellow hair covered with green leaves and twigs here and there and the setting sun behind him glorified his beauty much to Denki's dismay.

All Might moves towards Denki in  concern dusts away the leaves and twigs stuck to his white uniform and hair.

Denki blinks his honey golden eyes and quietly asks the former number one hero in front of him, "Are you ok Toshinori-san?".

All Might stops in his actions and gives Denki a soft smile and says, "I am fine Kaminari Shounen. Should I be asking you that same question as well. What's with those leaves and twigs?".

Denki moves away from All Might.

He  wanted to avoid speaking about the black cat and catches Midoriya's tear streaked face and exclaims, "Midoriya-kun are you crying?".

Denki walks towards Midoriya while Midoriya rubs his face wildly only to
stop when he feels Denki's soft fingers brush away the cold tears.

All Might smiles at the two boys before his expression turns dark and he asks in a stern voice, "It's no use avoiding the topic  Kaminari-kun".

Denki flinches at the tone and turns pale and turns to look at All Might with an unsure look on what he could say to avoid the topic.

At the moment, a cold feeling passes through Denki's chest and Denki's pupils go wide. He could feel the sound of the waves crashing ringing in his ears and he unknowingly clutches his white shirt just above his heart. Both All Might and Midoriya have noticed it as well now.

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Stop it Damnit! . Denki grits his teeth from the intense pain.

Shadowy people start appearing in his vision behind All Might.

Those creepy figures looked ghastly under the setting sun rays.

All Might looks worriedly at Denki's expression and starts moving towards the paled fragile boy while Midoriya shakes Denki by the shoulder as if to elicit a response from the trembling boy.
who was panting very badly now.

It hurt to breathe and it hurt to exhale. It hurt to inhale.

Denki's mind screamed one thing:

P

A

I

N

A painful sob escapes from Denki's throat as he weakly says, "Stop this madness. I don't wanna go insane".

Denki hears Midoriya calling out his name while shaking him but he could not even form simple words. It was as if his body had forgotten to speak from the intense pain.

Meowwwww.

Suddenly the shadowy figures turn into black dust and start floating up wards towards the inky black  sky and the ocean sound too stop ringing in his ears.

Denki observes with a blurry vision at the creepy smoke rising up into the atmosphere and thinks to himself, 'All Might and Midoriya can't see these shadowy figures '.

Meowww.

Denki hears the cat sound again but it felt like the strange cat was nearby or he might be hallucinating.

Denki with teary eyes stares at Midoriya's gorgeous emerald eyes gazing at him in a questioning and scared way.

Izuku was scared for his friend's health.

He held Kaminari's hand tightly who wordlessly squeezed  his hand back in a silent response.

Denki opens his mouth and says softly while still in pain he manages to mask it, "I am fin-".

"Don't tell me that same shit" says a rather angry Midoriya.

All Might bites his own tongue and spurts blood while covering his hand on his mouth.

All Might stared at his angered and frustrated disciple in shock who without thinking slapped the fragile golden haired boy right across the cheek.