This' Where My Demons Hide (Villain AU)

Chapter 32 - Another One Out

Every ligaments, muscle and bones in Midoriya continue on a cycle of fix-and-break. He uses every last ounce of his energy to fend off his opponents with Eri behind him and using her quirk to heal him.

Now the only person he left standing is Chisaki. He still have the drugs they needed so he have to continue. However, both of them are at their limits. And fighting further could really drain Midoriya's energy.

It was around a few minutes earlier that he found out that the Bakugo that came to them was a clone and melted away while Todoroki have to retreat for overusing his new flames.  He don't know where Nekta is or the real Bakugo at the moment and he's too busy fending off Chisaki than to contact them.

"The drug is completed and I don't need Eri any longer," and also he just found out that Chisaki totally faked the whole 'father-daughter' thing with Eri.

"So you'll dispose of her?"

"Her quirk is very powerful and she have no control of it. It won't be long for you to die if she keeps touching you like that," Midoriya turned his gaze to the poor girl who clutches the fabric of his clothes. She made a sound that suggest she wanted to cry, but words and tears are kept inside her little body.

"Well, I think she likes to live than die in your hands," he said and his body lit up again as he whispers into Eri, "Eri-chan, help me bear this guy, okay?"

As if not sure what to do or say, Eri just nodded and hold on tight Midoriya as he bolted towards Chisaki and releasing a powerful smash. His arms turned limp and got fixed in a second with the help of Eri and the process continues, both Chisaki and Midoriya feeling weak each time.

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"Where are you...Ochako-chan?" Tsuyu asked as she limp somewhere inside the building. After being led to the commotion that Midoriya had made inside, she made it her mission to find her missing partner after being abducted by Midoriya.

She's not in the battlefield earlier so she assumed she tried to escape somewhere. Going left, she started to hear grunting of pain and intinctively ran towards it, ignoring the aching pain of her body.

She saw Uraraka on the floor, clutching her right leg as her face display pain. She run to her friend and crouched down next to her.

"Are you alright, Ochako-chan? [Ribbit]" She asked with a worried look on her face.

"I'm fine. Just my leg. It got stuck under a debris earlier before Deku came to save me and Eri-chan," after hearing that, Tsuyu felt a wave of emotions. Confusion, hope, disappointment and anger. She's starting to lose hope on her friends that went to the villains' side.

"Let me get you to the medics--"

"No! Tsuyu-chan! I have to go with Deku!" She exclaimed, surprising the human-amphibian girl. Uraraka refused to look at Tsuyu on the eye and clutched her injured leg with a hand.

Tsuyu, on the other hand, thought and tried to convince herself that what she heard is wrong and just something that her tired mind is making up. Yes, Uraraka is really close to Midoriya, but that was the old Midoriya Izuku. This Midoriya is entirely someone else.

"Tsuyu-chan...I know it may sound weird, but I really know that Deku is still in there somewhere. I feel it! I'm not losing hope anytime soon. I still want to be a hero and save Deku and the others," Uraraka confessed and Tsuyu slumped her shoulders and dropped on her knees, beside her friend.

"If I have to be abducted and taken in by the villains then so be it! I'm risking everything for them. And Tsuyu-chan—" this time, the brunette looked at her friend and smiled, "I trust you to make the others, our friends, understand what I am trying to do."