Stranded

Chapter 9

Yamada paced across the hospital waiting room nearly 100 times, his hands balled up into fists. Aizawa sat in a chair with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.

"Can you please just sit down?" He grumbled. Yamada stomped over to Aizawa.

"We almost killed him, Shota!" He whisper-yelled. "I can't sit. I need to know if he'll be okay."

"Yeah well you're driving me nuts. Just sit still. Pacing back and forth isn't going to do anything." Aizawa rubbed his eyes tiredly and placed his chin in his hands. Yamada glanced at the doors leading to where the hospital staff had taken Toshinori, then finally sat down next to his dark haired friend. After another hour passed by, the door opened and a doctor stepped out.

"Hizashi Yamada?" The doctor looked around the room. Yamada jumped up and sped over to the doctor.

"Is he alright?! Can we see him?" Yamada asked frantically. The doctor was taken aback, he didn't realize that the name on the clipboard was Present Mic.

"Y-yeah, uh you can go in to see Mr. Yagi. He's asleep right now, but he does have pneumonia, so you'll have to wear a mask."

Yamada's eyes began to water. Dammit, it was a terrible idea and I didn't even think about how bad it could've gotten. "Okay! Thanks." He grabbed a mask from the container attached to the wall nearby and ran through the doors. Aizawa sighed and stood up.

"Which room is it?" He asked the doctor.

"Uh.. room 134."

"Thank you." He pulled a mask out and put it on and walked through the doors, his hands in his pockets. "Over here, Mic." He walked up to a door and slowly opened it, Yamada close behind.

The room was small. There was one bed and one chair, and a drab looking curtain over the one small window.  Above the bed was a bunch of medical tools and monitors, some of which were beeping softly. Toshinori looked really small in the bed. He had a thick blanket covering him from his feet all the way up to his neck. He was breathing softly, and his head was slightly turned to his left side, his wild blonde hair splayed out everywhere.

"Dammit Shota." Yamada whispered. "I thought we were gonna lose him."

Aizawa closed the door behind them and walked over to the wall across from Toshinori. He pressed his back against the wall and sighed .

"It was a close call. We almost lost the symbol of peace tonight."

"Don't you feel terrible?" Yamada glanced at Aizawa's never changing face.

"Of course I feel terrible!" Aizawa glared at Yamada. "It was my idea to take him out there and I knew he wouldn't know what to do." He slid down onto the floor and brought his knees up. "I almost killed him."

Yamada wiped away a tear that began to fall and sat next to Aizawa on the ground. "It's my fault too, Shota." They sat in silence for what seemed like an eternity when Yamada spoke up.

"What do you think Tsukauchi is going to do to us?" It took a while for Aizawa to answer that question.

"I don't know."

Knock knock!

Aizawa's head turned toward the door. Yamada jumped up and went to open it. He groaned internally when he realized who was there. Speak of the devil.

"Present Mic, Eraserhead." Detective Tsukauchi walked into the room. Yamada gulped as he watched the detective walk over to Toshinori's bed and look him over.

"Thank God." He whispered. He then turned to the two teachers. "I can't believe you two would do something like this." He placed his hands on his hips and frowned deeply, his mouth hidden by the mask he had to wear. Aizawa remained seated on the floor and turned his gaze to his hands. Yamada began to wail.

"Please forgive us! We know it was stupid! We weren't thinking, please!" He stood in front of the door, trembling and terrified. Tsukauchi rubbed his face with both hands in frustration.

"I should arrest both of you!" Tsukauchi shouted. Aizawa looked up at him. "You dumped the symbol of peace in the middle of a forest on an island and expected him to take care of himself, KNOWING!" Tsukauchi paused. "Knowing, that he wouldn't be able to handle it. Now maybe you could've given him the benefit of the doubt, but then when you go to retrieve him? He's being dragged away by a grizzly bear!!!" He kicked the chair next to the bed.

"I think you're over reacting a little bit, detective." Aizawa said.

"No Eraserhead. I'm not. I am reacting the way any normal person would. You guys are so inconsiderate, and careless and stupid and.." Tsukauchi was cut off by a knock on the door. The door opened, revealing Principal Nezu.

"Hello, boys! It's good to see that Toshinori is resting." He said calmly, shutting the door behind him.

"Hello Nezu." Aizawa stood up and bowed slightly. "I want to apologize, for risking the life of a valued hero. If you're going to punish me then so be it. I'm taking full responsibility for what happened."

"Please Mr. Aizawa." Nezu raised his paws and waved him away. "I'm just as much to blame here. I'm the one who allowed it." He turned to Tsukauchi and bowed. "Forgive me, I should have made the right call, being someone in charge of an entire academy. You should punish me instead. Someone like me should never have allowed something like this to happen."

Tsukauchi was shocked. He looked over to Yamada, who so clearly regretted putting Toshinori on the island, and sighed.

"What you guys did was terrible. But.. not illegal. I'm not going to punish you guys. But please." He sat in the chair next to the bed. "Please don't even think about stupid things like this again."

"We won't! I swear I'll never prank another person ever again!" Yamada nodded firmly. Aizawa nodded his head and slumped back onto the floor.

"Yes of course!" Said Nezu. "There is something I wanted to mention however. I spoke with Endeavour, and as it turns out he knows All Might's secret. I've asked him personally not to reveal this secret and he's promised not to tell anyone, although he wasn't very happy about it."

"How do we know he won't tell anyone?" Aizawa asked.

"Endeavour may be a very stubborn man, but he is still a hero. He values honour and pride." Said Nezu. "I've asked him not to say anything because it could be very bad for All Might and his situation with the League of Villains."

"I would have thought he didn't care." Yamada sighed. Nezu stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"Well... I had to give him some money too, to stay quiet of course." He chuckled softly.

"That sounds more like Endeavour." Tsukauchi shook his head. He looked over at Toshinori and studied his bony face. He had dark circles under his eyes, and he looked a little skinnier than usual. "I'm just so glad that he's safe now."