My Hero Academia: Overcoming Fear

Plus Ultra

Hikari

I thought I was awake.

But I couldn't move.

I couldn't speak. 

I couldn't even breathe.

I could hear, though.

Was I dreaming?

I remembered hearing Bakugo speak to me. He was telling me to wake up.

But I couldn't. 

He came and talked to me a lot, telling me about his day and what happened at school. Then he would break down crying. He would hold my hand and kiss my forehead or my cheek, sometimes. 

Then, one day, instead of Bakugo visiting me, it was Kirishima. 

Kirishima told me that Bakugo had been crying a lot and he tried to kill himself.

That scared me.

He told me to wake up, because me being here in the hospital in a coma was affecting people in bad ways.

I'm in a coma? I found myself thinking. Is that why I can't move?

I didn't know what time it was, so I quickly lost track of time. It could've been hours or days since Kirishima visited me. 

But then, I felt my fingers twitch. 

My body began to slowly wake up, my toes and fingers wiggling. I tried to move my arms and after a moment they responded with a huge jerking motion. I could suddenly breathe again and I sucked in a huge breath like it was my first in a long time. 

My eyes slowly opened and I found myself staring at a white ceiling. I blinked a few times, disoriented, and sat up.

The pain in my ribs was horrible. I don't know what happened to them, but they hurt almost as much as Kaiya's quirk. 

Ignoring the pain, I found a remote next to me. One of the buttons said call nurse. I pressed it and waited.

"Hello?" A female voice said through the intercom in my room.

"Hi," I said, coughing to clear my throat. "What's the date?" 

***

Everything happened in a blur after that. Doctors and nurses were everywhere in my room, checking my vital signs and all this other stuff. Finally, they said I was fine and most of them left except for two.

"Today is August 2nd," one of them said politely. 

My eyes widened. "Wait, August 2nd? I've been here... for an entire month?"

"Yes, although your coma should've lasted about another week," the other nurse said. "I'm surprised you woke up this fast."

A thought suddenly occurred to me and I leaned forwards, my breathing picking up. 

"Katsuki? Where's my Katsuki?!"

The nurses looked confused for a moment before one of them asked, "Katsuki... Bakugo?"

I nodded. "Where is he? Is he okay? Can I see him?"

"Of course, let me get him," the nurse said, and she left my room. 

About a minute later, a boy ran into my room, his eyes wide.

It was Bakugo, but he looked so different. His hair was flat with the occasional spike here and there. He looked skinner, but maybe my eyes were just messing with me.

He ran over to me and wrapped his arms around me. I wrapped my arms around him and tears filled my eyes.

"I heard you, Katsuki..." I whispered. "I heard you speaking to me..."

He just hugged me tighter. 

"I-I tried to wake up but I couldn't..." Tears started falling from my eyes. "And then Kirishima-"

I stopped as he pulled back and held my face in his hands. He had tears glistening on his cheeks. 

"You're awake now, that's all that matters to me," he said, then he closed the gap between us and kissed me, hard.

I drunk it in, enjoying being able to kiss him back after a month of not being able to do so. I don't remember how long we sit there, but eventually he pulled back and stared at me.

"Holy sh**, I missed you..." he whispered, his eyes flicking from mine to the rest of my body. "G**, I can't believe you're awake..."

I grabbed his wrist and turned it over so I could see it. To my surprise, there was a pale white scar running across it.

"You're-you're okay now, right?" I murmured, looking back up at him.

"Yeah, I'm fine now," he said, hugging me again. "G**, you don't know how hard it was without you..."

"I could probably imagine, but I don't want to think about it," I said. 

We sat there hugging for about another minute, then he pulled back and kissed my forehead. 

"I'm going to get ready to leave this place," he said as he pulled back. "I'll visit you until you can leave."

I nodded. "Okay. I'll talk to you later, Katsuki."

He smiled a little as we walked over to the doorway. "I love you."

"I love you, too," I said, then he left.

***

Over the time I was recovering, I was visited by my classmates, my family, and Kaiya. Although Kaiya's horn was just a little stub on her head, she was still considered dangerous, so she still wore her gloves on her hands.

I found out that Deku had saved Eri, so the two sisters were reunited. 

Eri's quirk was called Rewind, so whatever she touched would be put back in its previous state. Deku said that he used his quirk to its full extent and broke his bones while Eri was touching him, and he was instantly healed.

Kaiya's quirk was called Fast Forward. It was the opposite of Eri's. It put anything she touched forwards in time. Although Eri had to concentrate to use her quirk, Kaiya's quirk was stronger and went out of control often, which was why she wore gloves.

Eventually, I healed enough to be released from the hospital. It was nice to be going back to school with my classmates again. 

 After saving Eri and Kaiya, I thought back to what I had been through. I had been through a lot in the past couple of months, and I had grown stronger than ever. 

Although I'm still a hero in training, I saved someone. 

Saving that person required me to go through a lot of suffering and pain, but it was worth it.

I went beyond my limits.

Plus Ultra.

And now I'm stronger than I've ever been.

I still have things to learn.

I'm not perfect, but I'm trying.

But here's the most important thing I've learned through my few months at U.A High School:

Sometimes, the only way to be a hero is to recognize your fears and weaknesses...

And overcome them. 

Word count: 1100

Sorry this chapter isn't very long! I didn't really know what to put so that's that.

Future edit: finished editing a few grammar mistakes and added in a few more parts to the story, but other than that i think this book is over unless i decide to randomly rewrite the whole thing again. thanks once again for reading everyone :D -ziakalar