My Hero Academia: The Next Generation

Chapter 16: Nightmare

My eyes slowly opened, I was laying on the floor in the position I was in before I slept. But both Kazu and Zota we're gone. The tv screen was shattered and static played, I looked around in a confused daze. There was no color apart from my own body and the clothes I wore. Everything else was black and white. I sat up, rubbing my head. Outside the window it was just empty, nothing of what should be outside was there. It was just an endless white void, but soon I heard a voice echoing through the room.

"Suraki..."

I turned to look to where I thought the voice came from, but nothing was there. I heard the voice again, it was a very familiar voice. One that I needed to hear again, it was Nosido's. I turned my head to see him standing in the doorway, he was devoid of color. He stared back at me before slowly turning, walking down the hall of the dorm building.

"N-Nosido, wait!" I jumped to my feet, running into the hall. But he wasn't there, my heart was racing now. What's going on? Why am I here? I stopped for a moment to breathe, before I heard Nosido's horrified scream. In an instant I sprinted through the hall and down the stairs, but the stairs seemed almost endless. They continued on for what seemed like hours, and by the time I finally reached the bottom, the environment had completely changed. I was back at the mansion party. More specifically around the corner of the backyard, I heard Nosido scream again. And quickly I whipped myself around the corner, I could see Nosido being dragged away into the forest, the same man from that night having a tight grip on his neck just like before. But this dream had altered the events, there was no gateway that Nosido was dragged into.. "NOSIDO! I'M COMING, DON'T WORRY!"

I broke into a full fledged sprint towards the forest, I almost made it. I could see Nosido right there, but as soon as I crossed through the shrubbery into the dense forest, they disappeared. My heart physically ached, I clutched my chest as I started to tear up. Stop this... I-I don't want to go through this... Another one of Nosido's screams rang out through the forest, and my mind was on autopilot as I began to run towards the origin. The screams got more frequent and louder, starting to hurt my ears as they echoed throughout the forest. But I soon reached a clearing, the screams had suddenly silenced and in the center I saw Nosido lying there, motionless. No... My eyes went wide as I sprinted over, dropping to my knees beside him and lifting him into my arms. His body was limp and cold, hard to even hold from the weight of his dead corpse. I couldn't help but cry, seeing him like this pained me and I needed to close my eyes. T-this isn't real, this is just a dream! T-this can't be real!

"You didn't save me, Suraki..." I could feel the weight of his body lessen in my arms. I shot my eyes opened, his body was withering away, turning into dust in the wind.

"N-No... NO! NOSIDO, PLEASE!" But soon, his entire body disappeared. I tried to grab at what was left blowing in the air, trying to clutch onto what was left of him. But it was too late, he was gone... I broke down into an emotional mess. Gripping my hair and screaming out in anguish. But I heard him speak out again... The voice came from behind me...

"Why didn't you save me, Suraki? Do you not love me?" I turned my head slowly to meet his gaze, he had bags under his eyes. Numerous scars and cuts on his body, his gaze had a traumatized and psychotic look to it. "Why didn't you just say you didn't love me? I would've screwed off out of your life...." He was dressed in a baggy, ripped up t-shirt underneath a black trench coat with red accents. Only his eyes and the red of his coat had color, he slowly staggered towards me.

"N-Nosido... You know that's not what happened, please don't say that. Of course I love you!"

"LIAR!" The ground shook as he yelled, black tendrils of ink began to emerge from his back like tentacles. "YOU ABANDONED ME WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST! YOU LET ME BE TAKEN AWAY! LOOK AT WHAT I'VE BECOME!" The surroundings began fading to black, all it was that I could see was Nosido walking towards me. I started to back away, tears streaming from my face. But as soon as I tried to move, a tendril shot towards me. Wrapping itself around my neck and starting to choke me as it lifted me up into the air, I gripped the tendril tightly in my hand, trying to pull its grip off of my neck. But it wouldn't budge, I felt my throat being crushed as I tried to gasp for air, my legs kicking beneath me. "Awww~ you're struggling..." Nosido chuckled insanely, the tendrils grip only tightening as I let out noises of pain. "Any last words my love?" The grip only tightened as I tried to speak, letting out strained scoffing and coughing. "No? Well... That's too bad... I didn't care anyways." In an instant, I felt my throat completely crush. My eyes widening as my neck snapped from the force of the sudden crush, immediately. Everything snapped to pitch darkness.

My eyes snapped open, I was being shaken awake by Zota. Having a worried expression on his face, Kazu knelt on the other side of me.

"Suraki! Are you okay! You were gasping for air in your sleep!" I didn't even answer. I hastily sat up, looking around the room as my heart raced. I didn't even realise it. But I had bruises on my neck that looked like something was wrapped around it. Like a rope.

"S-Suraki? Y-your neck.. What happened?" Kazu spoke with a bit of a shaky voice, he seemed afraid for me. I looked towards him with a confused face.

"W-What do you... mean my neck?" I rubbed it slightly as they pointed towards the door to Zota's bathroom. I stood up and went to the mirror, my eyes widening in shock when I saw the bruises. "Where did these come from? T-that was a dream... Right?" Zota and Kazu soon stepped in, both having worried expressions on their faces. I looked over to them, having a confused and concerned expression. "That wasn't a normal nightmare..."