The Ridewatch Hero (Kamen Rider Zi-o x My Hero Academia)

Ch.42 - Vengeance

After that night, nothing was the same anymore.

Ryou had learned that All Might had defeated All For One, threw him in prison, but ended up losing his power in the process.  Midoriya and the others watched from a tv as the fight erupted.

But he didn't care.

A while after the fight ended, reports came flooding in on the attack on Ryou's apartment.  Pro Heroes had arrived on the scene after everything happened with All Might and All For One.

Of course, there was nothing they could do.  The apartment was blown to pieces.  No valuables were left behind, everything was destroyed, burned, or both.  Everyone else who was in the apartment building have evacuated the building long before Ryou's Grandmother was held hostage by Genus.  To them, it was an ordinary fire, until they learned too late that it wasn't.

When the Pro Heroes arrived, like Endeavor, Gran Torino, and Kamui Woods, they were met with a black body bag being towed away in an ambulance, and Ryou looking destroyed, like all the life was sucked out of him.

Endeavour walked forward to Ryou, in disbelief and shock, trying to do or say something to make him feel better, but that was pretty well impossible.

Ryou was led right to the school after that, and crashed in the teachers lounge.  Sunny stayed at Uraraka's house for the time being, giving Ryou his space to sort himself out.

But that didn't happen.  Ryou sat up in the sofa he was supposed to be sleeping on all night, he couldn't rest.  The memory of seeing his Grandmother dying by the hands of Doctor Genus played over and over in his head.

At one point, he started hysterically screaming, getting out of bed and slamming his head on the table in front of him, screaming for his Grandmother to come back.

Luckily Aizawa just happened to be there that night, and restrained Ryou, and sat down with him until he passed out due to exhaustion.  Ryou was a mess.  Mentally unstable, irrational, but most of all, hurt.

The next morning, Principal Nezu arrived to see Ryou sitting up on the sofa, red eyes looking down at his hands.

"Good morning Ryou..." Principal Nezu put a cup of tea in front of Ryou.

Ryou simply looked at the tea and looked back at his hands.

"Ryou...I... I'm not sure what to say about your situation...but please hear me out, I have a place where you can stay."

Principal Nezu went on about how they were making accommodations for the students, close to the school, so that they could keep a better eye on them and for their own protection.  Ryou heard only bits and pieces, he was just out of it. 

Nezu said they had to pick out a room for him and Sunny each, and they could move in right away.  And since they hadn't told any of the class yet, they could choose whichever room they wanted.

"Can I leave now?" Ryou softly said.

"Yes."

Ryou grabbed his bag, and slumped out of the office, and made his way over to the accommodations.  Of course, he didn't really care much to take a look, he just made his way inside, took the first room he could find, and shut the door behind him.

He flung his bag down, and slammed his head against the wall.

I was too late...I went from being on top of the world...and I have nothing.  Every family member is dead.

Ryou proceeded to take out all his Ridewatches and took turns tossing them around his room.

"IDIOT!  WEAKLING!!!  WORTHLESS GRABAGE!!!  YOU CAN SAVE EVERYONE BUT THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU!!!"