The Spectacular Spider-Deku

23- Bus Ride To The USJ

Some new art above for you all—just made it so you could see all angles. (I got lazy a bit so you can still see the template I searched for behind it a bit. I was tired when I made it lol)

Turns out it was just the media who had broken into the school. They were too eager to see All Might and caused 37 fractured bones, 3 concussions and 1 panic attack.

The school helped parents in suing the media channel for hurting their children, and in most cases they got a few thousand pounds. In others, they got a little more.

My mother didn't file for one though. I still hadn't told her about the panic attacks. It would break her heart.
Instead, I reassured her that nothing had happened to me and that I was fine, even though half of it was a lie.
Uraraka carried on the entire rest of the day after I passed out as normal, except for the fact she was carrying me on her back when walking and having me sit on her lap during class. This information was only given to me by Mina—with pictures as proof, which are definitely not resting in a folder on my camera roll.

Aizawa apparently thought it was funny and let it happen, getting the entire Teacher Squad™ to take pictures of us without Uraraka noticing just for the fun of it.
It just so happens some of those photos reached my phone too—probably by accident though. Either way, I saved them to my camera roll and sighed as I slumped on my bed.

Mr Aizawa wouldn't let me return to school yesterday, so I was left to dwell on my thoughts without a diary to write them in. Unbeknownst to you until two chapters ago, I had taken to writing my feelings down in a diary.
I was foolish to give it to that arrogant prick.

What would he do with it? Perhaps he would share it with everyone I know? Maybe he'd burn it? Or he'd read it and carry on ignoring me like he has been doing for just under a year.

Never mind that.

As me and Ochako left the school building, I woke up from my 4-hour nap and was allowed to walk home so my mother wouldn't suspect anything. Now that I think about it though, the gate behind Uraraka when she put me down was.. decayed..? Decreased to dust..? Almost disintegrated completely..

Now, I know the power of hundreds of people can break down a gate but.. that was not normal.
People's hands break through things, it does not turn that thing to dust.
Deciding to think about it more later, I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep, tiredness starting to take over. Just as I was about to drift off, a tiny voice in my mind shook me awake.
'What if it was a small, subtle threat from villains?'
I bolted up, my stomach churning—and not from hunger.

I sat there, my guts twisting inside of me, and somehow I knew..

I wasn't wrong.

- - - - -

As we boarded the coach, I double-checked I had brought everything I could ever need with me;
A vaulting pole, just in case my quirk can run out,
A small knife disguised as a pen just in case I need to defend myself,
A compact first-aid kit just in case someone is hurt
And a can of pepper spray just in case there's someone with an eye-based quirk there.

Just in case.

My gut still churned in warning when we walked towards the bus, worry showing all over my face.
Mr Aizawa seemed to notice my concern as I boarded the coach and pulled me aside for a minute, ignoring the curious glances from my classmates.
"Midoriya," he started, one hand on my shoulder as he spoke in a low whisper, "is something wrong?"
I nodded slightly, shuddering at the idea still circling my mind.
"I saw what the gate looked like.." I said, "and I don't think it was the press. And I have a gut feeling that something is going to go wrong today.."

Shota nodded towards me and let me back onto the coach, signalling to the bus driver to start driving as soon as I sat down.

Asui turned to face me from her conversation, a questioning look in her giant green eyes.
"Midoriya."
I looked up from my utility belt pouches on my sports kit and raised my eyebrows slightly. "Yes, Asui?"
"I told you to call me Tsu, and I have a question to ask you."

I closed my utility belt and faced her properly, a weak, quite obviously fake, smile quivering on my face.
"Yes Asu—I mean Tsu?"
She blinked at me in slight disappointment that I couldn't hide my nerves and mild confusion before saying her question.
"I feel like there's something more to you and your quirk." She said, "I don't know what it is though."

Thanking the world for my previously invisible quirk, I sighed out in relief and replied to her.
"Oh—Well, I only recently discovered my quirk! Just over 11 months ago. I had an invisible quirk before a few things happened."
Asui tilted her head—probably wanting to know what happened—and I sighed before reciting my answer.
"I was left in an alleyway by Bakugo, I fell off a tall building because I was paralysed by a spider's venom—brown recluse spider to be exact—, I was in the hospital for a few hours, I was then beat up so much I couldn't walk home and had to rest in a tree for a while before being found by Mr Aizawa, who saw me in just my underwear after leaving me for a bit to get Recovery Girl, I was attacked by a sludge villain and I met All Might. All in three days."

Everyone around me snapped their necks towards me in astonishment. I just rubbed the nape of my neck and laughed sheepishly, blushing a little.

- - -

Eventually the bus stopped and we all filed out of the bus, gazing up at the giant USJ.

I've had an idea for a while for after the USJ attack and I think it'll surprise you a lot—it's not the Deku-Bakugo forgiveness scene, no. That's later on. Don't worry.