Fifteen
Back To The Search
Izuku Midoriya
Katsuki Bakugo

NOTE: I don't speak French, so I'm relying on Google Translate for most of this chapter. Ellie is translating.
Feel free to correct any mistakes if you do speak French.

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Izuku

The next week, we went back to searching. Everyone was split up again, but it was more organized, and everyone had a way to contact each other if something happened.

Because of the incident last week, Tara, and Kaminari had to stay behind. Tsuyu was still sick, so she stayed too. Uraraka had immediately afterward volunteered to take care of her, but Hawkins said no.

That was kind of strange to me, I knew they were best friends, but I also knew Uraraka wanted to help.

Anyway, everyone else was split into groups of three and with the help of a friend of Hawkins, teleported to different locations again. I was with Ellie. We were in Montreal.

"Midoriya and Ellie? You two made it safely?" Hawkins asked over the radio.

"Yeah, we did," I reply.

"You guys are in Montreal, right?" Uraraka asked.

"Yep, guess I'm playing translator." Ellie sighed, rubbing the side of her head.

"What do you mean?" Todoroki asked.

"Most of Quebec speaks French," Kara explained. Everyone is on the channel, including those staying behind, "I hope you speak French..."

"Uraraka, Todoroki, did you make it to Quebec City?" Hawkins asked.

"Yes," Todoroki replied.

"Do either of you speak French?" Tara asked.

"Not fluently, but I can." Todoroki said.

"Kirishima and I are in Sherbrooke," Kara said.

"Alright, those three cities are fairly close together, so if anything goes wrong don't hesitate to call for help. Do not engage any villains in combat. We're only here to look for Bakugo and Pearl," Aizawa said, "and if any of you die I won't be happy about the paperwork."

"Is that your way of saying good luck?" Kirishima asked.

"Yep," Hawkins sighed, "just start looking."

Everyone got quiet. I turned off my microphone and turned to Ellie.

"Where should we start?" I asked.

"Let's ask around, you keep an eye out for anything suspicious." She replied, walking towards a random person.

"Excusez-moi, avez-vous vu une grande blonde cendrée aux cheveux hérissés et une grande fille aux cheveux couleur corbeau dont les cheveux couvraient son œil gauche?" Ellie asked.

"Huh?" I asked.

"I asked if they've seen a tall ash blonde with spiky hair and a tall raven haired girl with hair covering her eye," she explained.

"Non je ne l'ai pas, si je les vois je leur dirai que vous regardez." The person replied.

"Merci," Ellie said, and moved on.

"What did they say?" I asked, completely confused.

"He said he hasn't seen them, but if he does he'll let them know we're looking, I thanked him." She explained, "Try not to pay attention to what we're saying, just keep an eye out."

I nodded, and decided to do that.

After a couple hours of nothing, we got something.

"Oui, j'ai vu deux personnes correspondant à ces descriptions. Ils ont demandé où ils se trouvaient, puis sont retournés dans la forêt." The man said.

"Vraiment?! Je vous remercie! Pouvez-vous nous dire où aller?" Ellie asked.

The man pointed to the east exit of town, and Ellie replied again.

"What were you saying?" I asked.

"He's said he's seen someone matching Bakugo and Pearl's descriptions," she replied happily, "they went into the forest over there. I thanked him and asked for directions."

"Seriously?!" I cheered, "Let's go!"

"Hold on, the forest is far away," she said, "it'll take us a while to get there."

"Well, how else do we get there?" I asked.

"I have an idea."

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Katsuki

"Oi Raven," I snapped, looking up at Pearl.

"Why do you call me Raven?" She asked quietly.

"Why does it matter?" I retorted.

"Just curious, what do you need?" She asked.

"You see people's worst fears, right?" I questioned. She visibly tensed. Sensitive subject apparently.

"Yes, why do you ask?" She sounded wary.

"What's Deku's?"

She was quiet for a moment.

"That's not my place to tell you." She said quietly, so quietly I barely heard her.

"You're fucking weird..." I muttered.

"I've heard that before..." she grumbled.

"So what am I afraid of?" I asked.

"I told you before, why do you ask again?"

"I want details."

There's a shirt silence.

"I saw three instances, all different, but with the same message. The first one was Midoriya dying, because of his parents, and nobody able to save him. The second was Midoriya turning away from you, and refusing to speak or forgive you for whatever you've done. The third... was Midoriya jumping off the roof of your middle school, just like you had once told him to do. All of them were you losing him in some way. Sometimes, I see things like that. They carried the same message, you losing the person you care about the most in some way. That's what your biggest fear is."

I was silent. I really didn't want to believe it.

But I knew she was right, that was the worst part.

"Why do you cover your eye?" I asked.

"Why do you keep asking about me?" She questioned.

"Answer my question first."

"That's none if your business."

"That's a stupid excuse. Why, is it ugly or something?"

"It's painful..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Gee, you're certainly pushy."

"I wanna know why the hell you cover it, of its heterochromia I hope you realize it's not a big deal."

"I'm not heterochromatic."

"So then what's the issue?"

"Stop asking."

"You're just making me want to know more. How could it possibly be so bad?"

"Because it's a painful reminder that all I do is scare everyone!" She snapped, suddenly angry. I was slightly taken aback by her response.

She seemed to realize that she had snapped, and shrunk back.

"Sorry..."

"The fuck? Why are you apologizing?" I demanded. She blinked in confusion.

Before she could reply, there was a a loud snapping noise, and a tree started falling, heading towards Pearl.

She stared up at it, but before we could do anything, a familiar flash of green appeared, kicking the tree. It went flying away.

The person landed on the ground, breathing heavily. Someone was on their back.

I could've recognized those green curls anywhere.

"Deku?!"