Freedom (Deku x Reader)

Part 19

"All Might! You're finally he-" Y/n cheered but was cut off. I look and see her on her back with the Nomu's hand over her face. The ground was similar to the spot where Mr. Aizawa's face was smashed in. I could hear her skull crack, and blood splatted everywhere. Her body was stopped stiff, and slowly fell limp.

I screamed. "Y/N! NO!" 

"GET OFF OF MY STUDENT!!" In a flash, All Might had knocked the monster off of Y/n and they both started an intense fight off to the side. Quickly I stumbled to her side and lifted up her head. Her face was covered in cuts and bruises and covered in so much blood.

"Don't touch her," Tsu said as her and Mineta slowly crawled to Y/n's other side. "we don't know what kind of injuries she's sustained before now, and that head injury will only leak more if you move her around." I nod and carefully set her head back down. "We don't have any training in first aid yet, so we're gonna have to wait for help to come, and protect ourselves until then."

"What do you mean protect ourselves!?" Mineta screamed. "We can't fight any more of those villains! The Ship Zone was just luck! L/n and All Might are the only ones who can fight that monster, and L/n is out! Plus we don't know if help will come or not, or if our other classmates are dead or not!" 

"Calm down," I say. "I know we're all scared, and some of what you're saying may be true, but that doesn't mean we just sit here and give up, or run and hide. We have to focus on trying to help Y/n and Mr. Aizawa." I couldn't help but take Y/n's hand. It was rough and cold. I noticed the knuckles on the back of her hand were covered in countless scars big and small, showing possibly the many stories of her fighting. 'Why? Has she really been fighting all her life? How could she be left all alone to fend for herself in a prison? Was she on her own the entire time before she came here?'

"Aw~ did you forget about me already~?" Tomura's sickening voice came at us again. He runs at us and goes to grab me. I yell out in fear and instinctively raise my arms to block the attack and close my eyes, but felt nothing.

Tsu shakes me. "Look!"

I turn my head back and see his hand stuck in a wall of soft light. He growls as he tries to push his way in, then giving up, and trying to yank his hand back out, but it wasn't any use. He was stuck. "What the hell? Are you still alive?!" He yells.

The three of us snap back to Y/n on the floor. She hasn't moved, but her eyes were slightly open, just barely, as if stuck in the state of just waking up. We call out to her and shake her arms, but she gives nothing more than the smallest breath. Thank goodness she's still breathing.

Mineta squinted at her. "Is she even awake?"

I shook my head. "I don't think so. She could be in some type of survival state." 

Tsu took her fingers and opened her eyes slightly. "Yeah, her eyes are dilated, not as before, but this proves she's still fighting somewhat, even if she is doing it unconsciously." I suddenly felt a slight pressure in my hand. I look and see her hand slightly twitching in mine. Her entire body was moving ever so slightly, as if she was trying to get up again.

A pang of pain hit my chest as I watched her continue to fight endlessly. I don't want her to continue any more. She's been fighting for too long. So it's my turn to protect her. 

I stood up. "What are you doing?"

"I have to help fight. How can I call myself a hero when I'm hiding behind a barrier of someone who won't stop fighting, even at the brink of death?"

Mineta grabbed my pant leg. "No, don't! You're gonna get killed!"

I pulled my leg back. "I'd rather die knowing I fought to protect the people I care about like a hero, than hiding like a coward. That's not me anymore. You two stay here and protect y/n. I'm gonna go fight." I glare over at Tomura, who is staring right back at me. "And I'm gonna take this joke with me." An explosion came from the side and blasted Tomura from the barrier and staggering back. There stood Katsuki, Kirishima, and Todoroki.