Hyped Up.

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"You guys are killing me." Aizawa shook his head as he looked around at almost his entire class in front of him. "I'll rent a bus to take you crazy kids." Aizawa pulled out his phone and stepped off to the side.
"I'm so glad we are all going to do a group therapy. Minus Bakugo and Todoroki of course. But think of all the benefits this will have!" Ochaco was the happiest she'd been since yesterday.
"I'm just hoping we all trust each other enough to go to someone when we are having a hard time." The room got quiet as people thought about yesterday all over again. Hanta cursed silently. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to kill the mood." He looked away.
"Don't worry about it Sero, this is tough for us all." Momo smiled gently and gave him a reassuring pat on the arm. Other students joined in with their own encouragement.
"Oh, hey Todoroki! Didn't know you were coming." Walking down the stairs was Shoto. He looked over at them. Eijiro, the one who spoke, waited for an explanation.
"Therapy for myself was long overdue." Majority of the class didn't know what he meant by that. Some were afraid to ask. They waited for him to explain why. Shoto stiffened up. "Never mind. You guys wouldn't understand anyway." Shoto turned away and pulled out his phone, to do who knows what. In a whisper, Asui spoke to the rest of the class.
"You think we should be worried about him?" Some people looked over at him.
"I don't know. Let's keep an eye on him. If he does anything that gives off any red flags, we'll have one of us talk to him about it. That way what happened with Midoryia won't happen again.." Responded Momo in a whisper. Footsteps sounded and the class turned their attention to them. Aizawa walked back up to them.
"Alright. I've got a UA bus, lets load up. It should be about a 45 minute drive. This is a school approved office, so that's why it's such a long drive." The chatter in the room rose as Aizawa led the way out the doors.
"Mr. Aizawa, don't you have other classes to teach today and this week?" Toru skipped up to where the teacher was.
"Principal Nezu is covering for me today. I will be going back in to teach for the rest of the week starting tomorrow. That reminds me, there's something else I need to tell the class."
Aizawa reaches the bus and turned around. "Attention students. If you're a kid that wants to continue to learn through this turn of events, I have a mini project for you. You can see me after we get back, and I'll explain in more detail. That is all." Aizawa walked up into the bus and began speaking with the driver. Tenya was ecstatic.
"This is perfect. Who else will be taking part in this project??" Tenya raised his voice so that more people could hear him.
"I will. I won't pass up any opportunities to learn." Momo smiled and raised her hand slightly in case Tenya didn't hear her.
"Oh I wanna!" Mina smiled and jumped slightly. "I need to get my mind off what happened yesterday."
"I'll join you Mina!" Toru waved her invisible hand over at Mina. Nobody else said anything after that. The kids loaded onto the bus and took their seats.

"Shoto." Shoto opened his eyes. He expected to see his class. But he saw nothing but pitch black.
"Who's there?" He called out. No response was given. Footsteps sounded in the distance. In an instant, fire covered the ground and surrounded him.
"Watch." The same voice spoke again, but more in a whisper. Shoto blinked and his surroundings changed. He was back at his old house. He looked down, and saw his younger self. He looked to be about 5 years old. He went to move, but found that he couldn't. He couldn't speak either. All he could do was watch. Nothing was happening, just mini him drinking a cup of juice on the floor of a hallway. Then he was blinded. The room in front of him burst into flames. Mini him wasn't drinking juice anymore, now he now was trying to put out the fire with his weak and untrained little ice quirk. It wasn't working or making any difference. He wanted to scream and tell the little version of himself to get out of there. A girl, with white hair and red streaks scooped him up and began carrying him away from the burning room. The fire had spread and was taking over the house. Shoto watched as the entire Todoroki family evacuated the building. Something was off. This scene looked familiar to Shoto. He just couldn't put a word to it. But mini Shoto knew what happened before older Shoto could figure out what was going on.
"Touya no!" It hit him like a brick. This is when it happened. The day he lost his brother. Why did he have to watch this all over again?
"What do you want from me?!" Shoto thought, and then realized he actually spoke. Laughter sounded, and the scene faded back to the pitch black.

Shoto woke with a start. His classmates looked around at him with confused looks. He was sweating and breathing heavy. Aizawa made his way to the back of the bus.
"Are you alright Todoroki?" Shoto looked up, dazed. He was completely out of it. He'd experienced one of the worst moments of his life all over again.
"I-I'm fine." Shoto closed his eyes, praying that he would be left alone on the topic. Why is this happening to me? He thought. He calmed down and the teacher left. Some classmates whispered, Shoto assumed they were about him, but he didn't care. He wiped his palm over his forehead. He just wanted to get the day over with.

They'd arrived at the therapists office shortly after. The students filed out of the bus and looked up at the building in front of them.
"Woah." Kyoka stared at the tall building. Other students felt the same way.
"This place is big for a therapists office!" Eijiro put his hands over his eyes and glanced up towards the top of the building.
"That's because it's one of the best. You might even see a few heroes here. Being a hero can sometimes put you through tough situations. Having a therapy session here and there can help relieve the stress and pressure of heroing." Aizawa stood in front of the door to the building, looking exhausted as always.
"Aha! This is also a learning experience! How smart that we all came along!" Iida's loud voice reached everyone in the group.
"Except for Bakugo." Asui was standing next to Iida, and looked up at him after speaking.
"For the sake of our good moods, I will ignore that!" Iida's hand motions were still crazy as always as he tried to hype up the rest of the class for therapy.

-At the hospital, 1:15 pm-

Toshinori(All Might) tapped his foot lightly on the ground. He was in a small room in the hospital. He'd just gotten back from lunch and was waiting for the doctor to arrive and explain Izuku's condition in more detail. He looked up as the door opened and a man with a white jacket walked in.
"Ah! All Might, you're here." The man took a seat across from Toshinori and glanced at a clipboard in his hand. "Okay, so I would have had recovery girl join us, but she had to get back to UA. If you have any questions I can't answer, she'll have the answers to them. Anyway, thanks to her, Izuku Midoryia is recovering faster than most patients with this same injury. But she cannot pull him out of the coma. If I had to estimate, I'd guess he'll wake up in about a month and a half." A month and a half. It may not seem like a long time in the long run, but it'll definitely have an affect on his skill and he'll fall behind the others, Toshinori thought.
"I see, is there anything else we can do for him? When he wakes up, what is going to happen?" The doctor frowned slightly and looked up from his clipboard.
"You probably already know, but he is to receive therapy. It saddens me to see a kid with enough potential to get into UA, try to wash it all down the drain." He paused. "Since you're his teacher, I'd suggest you keep a closer eye on him and pay attention to what he does. I don't know much of how this happened, but I did hear there was a bully involved. I've been notified that they're getting a punishment for their actions, but I'd like you to personally talk to this kid. Some people have reasons behind their actions, and if we can prevent this in the future, that would be great." Toshinori nodded. This proposal made sense. He knew Katsuki had a personal grudge against Izuku. He should have been paying more attention to their actions towards each other. I'm such a terrible teacher, he thought.
"Thank you for the advice." The doctor waved his hands up.
"Oh you don't have to thank me! I'm just doing my job. I've always been a huge fan of you, and meeting you in person has been an honor." Toshinori smiled a little. He often forgot how much of an impact he had on people. Even though he was no longer a hero, he was glad he could still make people happy.

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