Villainous Quirk, Heroic soul

Chapter 11: Mistakes

A/N: God, a full month to write one chapter, I'm sorry everyone for the long wait, this chapter just didn't want to come to me. thank you everyone for your patience. I have recently gotten myself a beta-reader who helped me with this chapter, and I hope that they will help me get future chapters out faster.

"No." Izuku mumbled in his sleep as he tossed and turned, drenched in sweat. "Stop. Don't! NO!" He screamed as he shot up. His instincts kicked in, and he slammed his hands over his mouth as his fear skyrocketed.

It wasn't long before his mom came into his room, looking like she just wanted to rush over to him, but restrained herself to not frighten him more. Izuku sat where he was, not moving a single muscle, afraid of the beating he believed would come if he did. He just sat there staring at Shoka, eyes full of fear, as she calmly got closer to him.

As she got to his bed she sat down and gently put a hand on his shoulder. It hurt any time she saw him in this state, and even more so when he jumped at her merely touching him. It tore her heart to pieces. But he was slowly improving. Just last week he was jumping away from her when she touched him, she was glad that progress was at least being made.

"Izuku, it's ok. It's not real." She said gently, as she brought her free hand to one of his arms and gently lowered it to show he didn't have to stay silent. He let his mom lower his hands from his mouth. His breathing started to slow down as the fear in his eyes transitioned into sadness. On seeing this Shoka brought him into a comforting hug, one he slowly returned after a couple seconds as he started crying into her shoulder.

Shoka gently rubbed his back with her right hand, while

the left was on the back of his head. "It's ok, you're safe. No one is going to hurt you." Said Shoka gently. She was a little confused when she felt him shake his head no.

"It... it wasn't that." Said Izuku quietly.

"Then what was it?" Shoka asked, concerned. But Izuku remained silent. Shoka released Izuku and cradled his face, making him look at her as she used her thumb to wipe away his tears. "Izuku I just want to help. I can't do that if I don't know what's going on." Said Shoka, voice filled with the concern and compassion only a mother could possess.

Izuku stayed silent for a couple seconds staring at his mom before looking down sullen. "It was the sludge villain." He replied.

"The one from a couple of days ago?" What about it?" Asked Shoka.

"I dreamt I was back there again when he held that girl hostage. Only when I tried to save her I got stopped by Death Arms, and no matter what I tried he wouldn't let me do anything. I watched as the life faded from that girl's eyes, while the villain just laughed. Then... then..." Said Izuku before he started to sob again.

Shoka grabbed and held his hands in hers, giving him a reassuring smile, giving him the strength to continue. "Then suddenly everyone was gone, just me and the Sludge villain. Or so I thought. Mei and Kinoko showed up. The villain just tossed the girls body, and grabbed the two of them. But instead of suffocating them, he just brutally killed them!" He said, starting to panic. He closed his eyes as the image of the villain tearing Mei in half at the waist and crushing Kinoko's head came back to him. Izuku started to hyperventilate as tears poured out of his eyes.

But Shoka wouldn't let him suffer. Izuku started to calm down as he felt her squeeze his hands reassuringly and gently cupped his cheek. "You don't have to continue if you don't want to." She said gently. Dream of not, she knows the pain of losing someone close to you before your very eyes. Her heart hurt knowing Izuku was suffering that pain.

Izuku on the other hand after calming down just couldn't stop, and continued to explain his nightmare. "Then more people kept showing up. Aunt Midnight, aunt Mic, Uncle Nezu, Mr. and Mrs. Hatsume, ...you. Everyone just kept showing up. And you were all murdered by the villain. And... and I... I couldn't move." Said Izuku as he gripped both of her hands tightly, not noticing Shoka wince in pain. But she didn't care about that, all she cared about was comforting her son. "I couldn't do anything at all! I wanted to stop him so bad. But I was useless." He said growing quieter as he spoke until it was just a whisper, before he started sobbing again as the memories of his dream flooded through him. The memories of watching everyone he's grown to care for get murdered before his very eyes.