Nineteen
Nightmares
Izuku Midoriya

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"Is that all of them?" Todoroki asked, carrying someone over his shoulder.

"I think so," I nodded, "I only found these two." I had two people over my shoulder.

"It better be everyone... can you break us out?"

"The building would probably collapse if I tried, can't you freeze the fire?"

"I can't lay down a layer thick enough."

"What do you mean?"

"It means," Todoroki sighed, and I could tell he was getting frustrated, "that it's hot, and I'm dehydrated Midoriya."

"I thought you could use the moisture in the air!" I exclaimed.

"There is no moisture in the air!" He retorted, "what's your excuse, run out of muscle?!"

"What?! No I-"

A calming feeling suddenly washed over me, confusing me, and apparently the same happened to Todoroki, because neither of us saw the point in arguing anymore.

"That's enough you two," Ellie sighed, kicking down a door, "let's get out of here and get these people to Regen! Oh, and for God's sake, use your code names like you're supposed to!"

Neither of us answered as we followed her out of the building, she kicked down doors and in some cases, walls, while we tried to get out.

"Finally!" Tara exclaimed, once we were out, "you three took forever, Nightlight is finishing up with the terrorist attack, and Uravity and Froppy are on their way back from the flood zone.

"What the hell took you so long?" Kacchan asked, glaring at us. He had a bandage on his cheek.

"Deku and Shoto got into an argument along the way..." Ellie sighed, rubbing the back of her neck, "geez, I didn't even know Shoto had a breaking point like that..."

"Apologies," Todoroki sighed, "I was stressed about the possibility of there being more people in there."

"I checked, it was just those three." Ellie replied, as me and Todoroki both put the people down. Kara came over, and inspected them.

"This one is in critical condition, they need to go to the hospital. The other two will live, but will have scars." She said, before moving them to the side.

"What happened to your cheek Kacchan?" I asked him, and Ellie whacked me.

"Code names!" She hissed.

"Sorry..." I mumbled.

"Ran into a villain, kicked his ass though." Kacchan replied.

"Dude! It was so cool!" Kirishima exclaimed, "There were explosions everywhere, and Bomber just set off explosions everywhere! And manage to not hurt anyone!"

"Because the place was fucking empty Riot," Kacchan rolled his eyes, "but yeah, it was pretty awesome." He smiled.

"I'm back," I turned to see Pearl walking over, carrying a woman, "the terrorists weren't to hard, but I'll probably wake up screaming again tonight..."

"Is she okay?" Kara nodded towards the woman.

"She's fine Regen, just passed out. The villains were holding her hostage." Pearl replied.

"Good," Kara nodded, and Pearl put the body with the others.

"We're back!" I turned to the other side to see some cheerful faces. Uraraka and Tsu were coming over, with some people floating behind them.

Kara ran over, and Uraraka dropped them, while Kara checked their conditions.

"Wow, their must have been a lot of people at the flood zone." Tara commented.

"Did you perform any CPR's?" Kara asked, glancing up at Tsu and Uraraka.

"No, everyone is fine." Uraraka replied, and Kara nodded. The three added the last of the bodies to the pile.

There was a loud beep, and the speakers turned on.

"Good job everyone! Come back to the main center and we'll send out the next group." Thirteen's voice rang out from the speakers around the U.S.J.

We all started walking back to the main center, which was really just the entrance.

"You two need to work on using your code names..." Ellie sighed, looking up at us.

"Sorry, it's a habit..." I mumbled.

"Whatever, at least we finished." Tara shrugged, as we came up. The next group went out.

"You all did great," Thirteen said, looking down at us, "but you need to work on using your code names, and working together."

"We've been told..." I sighed, rubbing the back of my head.

"Don't worry, you all did great with splitting into smaller groups like that, though next time maybe put the people who work well with each other together... and don't go alone." Thirteen glanced at Pearl, and she nodded. 

"So, who wants to go for ice cream?" Uraraka asked, glancing around us. Everyone nodded, and after class ended, we left.

"Ochaco and I found a great ice cream place last weekend, kero, we'll show you!" Asui smiled, and the couple led us to an ice cream parlor. Uraraka

"Midoriya! Bakugo! Go find us a table while we order!" Kirishima exclaimed suddenly, pushing me and Kacchan away from the group.

"HAH?!" Kacchan exclaimed, but before we could protest we had been shoved outside to find an outdoor table for everyone. 

After a bit of searching, we found one, and the others walked over with ice cream not long after.

"Thank you!" I exclaimed happily, taking mine from Uraraka. Kacchan grunted and grabbed his from Kirishima.

We sat there quietly, eating ice cream. 

That night, I woke up to screaming.

I burst out of my room, in my All Might pajamas. It had come from Pearl's room. 

"What happened?" I asked, when I made it there. 

Kacchan glanced at me, and pulled me out of the room.

"Kacchan?.."

"Raven had a nightmare, must have been serious since I've been told she almost never wakes up screaming." He explained. I nodded, and everyone came outside except Ellie. We waited outside for her.

After what seemed like forever, she came out, looking exhausted.

"Is Pearl...?" Kara trailed off. Ellie shook some hair out of her face, and then smiled at us with her eyes closed.

"Pearl is fine! She just had a nightmare, but everything is okay now," She said cheerfully, "she's fallen asleep now, we should all head back to bed."

Everyone nodded, and started to leave, seeking relieved. I started to leave to, and I thought Kacchan was leaving as well until I heard him talking after I turned the corner.

"So, how is she actually doing?"

"Heh, wasn't expecting you of all people to care... she's fine Bakugo."

"Bullshit, your tone couldn't possibly be faker."

"Why do you even care?"

"I was stuck with her for about 3 weeks, you think we just sat in silence without speaking?"

"No, I just don't believe you would understand."

"Try me Starfire."

"Starfire? That's a new one... alright, if you're so convinced you know what she goes through, I'll tell you."

This didn't sound like a conversation I should be hearing. So, I decided to just head back to my room.