Chapter 13 - Finding Them

"H-Hey." He whispered to her as he stared at her face. "Please wake up."

Izuku looked straight at her closed eyes intently, hoping for it to open. He then placed one of his ears to her chest, listening if her heart was still beating.

Fortunately, it was. He sighed in relief and started forming tears in his eyes. His sobs soon got louder as he tightly grabbed onto her clothes. His tears flowed down to her cheeks to her exposed chest, that was teared by Kacchan.

"Why couldn't I protect anyone?" He cried, gritting his teeth in anger. "I fucking hate myself."

His cries were filled with anguish. He just can't help but get angry at himself. He couldn't protect her. He couldn't do anything for her at all. All he does is make her life miserable, even though, he did not want to intend to do that anymore.

He cares too much for her. She's the only one he had left. The only one who can show him his true happiness. What it's like to not live in a living hell, in where, he was all alone, just with his dreadful memories being constantly reminded to him.

His past, his experience, are no longer being carried around him, ever since, Ochako came to his life.

He loves her.

His weak legs got up and carried himself to stand up. He covered up Ochako and carried her up to recover her quickly. He walked outside the door with a blank expression plastered on his face.

His dull eyes stared at anything that's ahead of him infront.

He muttered while on the way to the hospital.

"Don't worry. I'll never leave you again."

Those words he said just kept on repeating.

At times, he would constantly glance at Ochako to check on her to see if she's okay. Her expression looked as if she was already dead. Her face bruised, with marks on her neck and clothes ripped apart, filled with her blood.

He knew he had to be quick due to her losing a lot of blood and a chance of actually causing her to die. But he just can't seem to function properly. Seeing someone he loves, dead, infront of his eyes was the last thing he wanted to see ever since that incident.

Luckily, his friend, arrived inside the apartment. 

"Are you the-" Before one of his friend, Kirishima, saw the scene, two people on the ground in a room full of blood, he immediately grabbed onto his stomach, about to vomit everything out.

It was too horrifying to look at.

"Bring us to the hospital." He demanded the guy with a low tone.

He looked over to the girl Izuku was holding. He recognized her. He then asked. "She's still alive?"

"Hurry!" He shouted at him with anger. 

The guy flinched with fright and straight away followed his commands. He ran downstairs to the parking lot with Izuku following him from behind, still walking slowly.

But he knew it wasn't helping, so he decided to pick up the pace, even how much it hurts.

When he finally reached the bottom, he walked towards Kirishima's car with him standing next to it as he waited for them. 

Izuku arrived at the car and Kirishima tried to help Izuku carry Ochako inside, but before he could, the green-haired gave him a death stare as he shouted.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!"

Kirishima, again, jolted in fear and began trembling with a nervous laugh. "S-Sorry."

Izuku went to the back seat, with Ochako. After that, he set her injured body next to his as he hugged her close. Kirishima, on the other hand, drove off to the nearest hospital as fast as he can. He was just scared Izuku might get upset once again at him.

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They have finally reached their destination. Izuku has restored so he rushed inside the place. The doctors and nurses immediately got Izuku's attention when they saw him carrying a girl covered in blood. They all went to him in a hurry.

"What happened here?" One of the doctors asked.

"S-She got kidnapped and she got shot at the back too." He explained it to the man.

"Okay, sir, we'll bring her to the emergency room right now." As the nurses were about to place Ochako on the hospital bed, Izuku stepped back, hugging Ochako tightly away from them.

He doesn't want anyone to touch her anymore.

"Sir, I need you to hand her over so that we can help her survive now."

He stared at all the nurses and doctors, as well as the patients inside the hospital, who were all looking at him, worried and confused. He gave them a scared look, afraid of what will happen to Ochako if they hand her over to them.

After that, a person's hand was placed on his shoulder from the back. Izuku turned around to see Kirishima with a concern look on his face. Izuku just can't think anymore. He doesn't know what to do. He doesn't know what was right.

Kirishima told him. "Don't worry, if you hand her to them now, I promise, she will be in your arms again."

Kirishima shrugged a bit due to how cheesy that sounds but in order to help Izuku right now, this was the only thing he had to do.

Izuku's breathing became calmer as he gazed back to the doctor.

"Please, sir, before it's too late."

Before it's too late?

Izuku's arms reached out to the nurses as they took Ochako away from him. They put her on the bed straight away and rushed her into the emergency room. The doctor said this to Izuku before he left.

"We will let you know what happens after the surgery. I promise we will do the best we can."

Izuku nodded as the doctor left. 

He doesn't know what to do. He isn't himself anymore. Without Ochako, he has to start again from square one. He can't get over the people he once loved.

"Please don't let it happen to her too." Izuku whispered to himself, crying softly as he stared at the floor.

Someone then tapped on his shoulders. It was Kirishima and he said. "It seemed like someone in the apartment heard the gunshot and called the police. The cops are on the way there. What are you going to do?"

Izuku turned around to face him. "We, criminals, have to keep a low profile and not get caught at all. I guess Kacchan failed to do so."

"How about you? You and Uravity are involved. They might suspect you too. You did a lot of murders here. What if you get caught as well?"

Izuku nodded in concern and looked down to ground, thinking. "I-I'll handle this. I'll give them a talk."

"They'll call you any minute. You and Uravity are victims here and you will be questioned a lot. So if they come to the hospital, you better be prepared." He said.

Izuku then told him. "Don't worry. We will get out of here once we're done. They won't find us."

Kirishima nodded. "If you need any help, just come to me."

"Thanks." He thanked him.

•••

"He appears to be Katsuki Bakugou. 45 criminal records, majority is rape and murder." Said one of the police as they carried the dead body, covered in a white sheet.

One of the policeman's son, Monoma, stared at the body. "He seems to be stabbed multiple times in the stomach. But the weapon that is used on him is a knife, but the object is not here in this room."

"Any further evidence?" He asked them.

One of them told. "Three guys found dead, all are wanted criminals with serious crimes. It seemed like the victims that are involved with them must have survived and did this to escape."

"It appears each of them had a gun with them." The other told him, holding the three guns that was with the dead criminals.

Monoma hummed in response. "But how many victims did they capture? I don't think they'll get a lot due to the small room they were in. And how did this victim killed 3 skilled and dangerous people if they were captured so they would be weaponless?" He said. "This victim is no ordinary victim, this person must have had experience in doing this kind of thing. They left us with no evidence, trace, nothing. They must know that they mustn't be found or identified."

He continued. "If he use a knife to kill people who were holding guns, this person might be also a skilled one."

The policemen inside nodded, surprise with this young man's observation in everything. Especially in this serious matter.

"What if this victim, know how to kill people. Maybe they are wanted as well?" He said. "Or it could be a victim who miraculously killed all 3 criminals, but I doubt that will actually be true. They haven't reported anything to the police yet."

As they finished the investigation, they didn't found any clues of the victims and who killed these 3 people.

"This person doesn't want to be identified." Monoma then smiled to himself and looked straight at the ground, holding a file. "Don't you worry, I will know who you are."

His smile was malicious as if this was a challenge to him. He is known to be the greatest policeman in here that can solve any crimes and mysteries. Currently, he had already found and arrested a few so far and it was amazing because the crimes here are very subtle and never found and known. But thanks to him, he can crack any case and will know the whole incident of any that has taken place.

This case might've been the most interesting to him which had caught his attention so much.

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It has been hours since they took Ochako in the room. Izuku waited anxiously, worried about the results of the surgery. He has been constantly asking the nurses, checking if they were done.

Finally, after some time, the doctor came out of the Emergency Room, along with a nurse next to him. The nurse spotted Izuku and went towards him. Maybe they were already going to reveal the results.

"What is your name?" Asked one of the nurses to Izuku.

Izuku then gave them his name. His heart was racing so much because the surgery has just finished and they were already going to tell him the results.

"Don't worry, Uraraka Ochako survived from the bullet. We managed to take it out from the clavicle which didn't really do much damage to any of her organs and bones. I recommend her to stay here for at least 2 weeks for treatment."

Izuku smiled in relief and thanked the nurse. "Is she awake?" He asked.

"Not yet, but you can see her right now." She smiled at him.

After that, she led him the way to Ochako's room in where she was recovering in. When he entered, she had IVs next to her and a monitor in where her heart beat is shown in.

And on the bed, was Ochako lying down, fast asleep. She was wearing the hospital gown with an incentive spirometer for her to breathe in properly. She looked alright unlike a moment ago, she looked weak, pale and dead. 

Izuku sighed in relief when he saw her. After that, he sat next to her on a nearby chair. He stared at her face and a smile was planted on his lips. He was glad. He was so glad that she did not die. He would do anything to protect her and only her. He doesn't need anyone else except her.

"Ochako." He called her. She didn't respond. But he still continued. "I know that the surgery was successful and you still need time to recover, but, I need you to get out of here now."

After saying those words, Izuku looked around the place and saw not many people were in this area of the room. He eyed at the exit and saw a few people standing near it and passing by it.

"We need to get out of here tonight."

-

"A report from XXX hospital?" Monoma repeated what his co-worker said to him.

"Yes, they file a report about a woman who was shot at the back." He said to him. "Maybe it was one of the victims from the recent case."

Monoma hummed and took the file from him. But the guy added something. "And you wouldn't believe who's the one who got shot."

When he said, Monoma immediately took an interest and opened the file immediately. As he did, a big smile appeared on his lips with satisfaction. "Well, look what we got here."

He then chuckled. "Uraraka Ochako, age 16. The girl who had been missing is part of this case."

"Does that mean we caught the culprit who kidnapped her?" He asked him.

Monoma answered back. "We'll see about that. I need to ask her a couple of questions." He stood up from his seat. "Call Iida Tenya and tell him we found her, including the others. We're go to XXX hospital now."

After a couple of minutes, they arrived to their destination. Monoma got out of the vehicle and entered the place. 

"I hope she's in here." Iida said with worry, following Monoma from the back.

"Excuse me, we are here to question Uraraka Ochako and the person she was with from the case of the murder of Katsuki Bakugou. May we please have a word with them?" He asked the nurse on the counter.

"Uraraka Ochako." The nurse said under her breath as she typed in the name in the computer. "Yes, she is Room 9."

"Thank you."

After that, the two of them with a couple of policemen at the back were walking to the room. When they entered Room 9, the nurse pointed the area surrounded with the green curtain. "In here, sir."

Monoma walked towards the place. When he reached it,he said before opening. "This is the police, we have come here to ask you a few questions."

When he opened the curtain, it was completely empty with no one inside the area and the bed. The doctors and nurses were stunned from what they just saw.

They escaped. 

The tubes that were attached to Ochako seemed to be taken out of her and just placed on the bed.

"The patient has gone missing. Where is she?" The doctors asked the nurses as they began to search the place. 

"We couldn't get to find her again." Monoma told them. "I knew it, Bakugou wasn't the one keeping her. It must've been him."

"So she's been taken away again?" Iida asked. "By who?"

He looked over to the nurse. "Do you know the name of the person with this girl?"

"Yes, he said his name was Midoriya Izuku."

He then looked down on the floor and began thinking. "Midoriya Izuku?" He said to himself. "I need to search more about this guy."

So then, after their failed attempt to find Uraraka Ochako, Monoma decided to check out and learn more about this person with Ochako, Midoriya Izuku.

Will he be able to know the truth?

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A/N: Hi!! Hope you enjoyed this chapter (^ω^  ) to those out there reading this, I know, yes, the cases of the corona virus happening around the globe but I hope you guys are doing okay :3 please stay safe and healthy. Wash your hands ALWAYS okay? And wear masks when you go outside. Take care everyone (◕ᴗ◕✿) please do not get contracted because I do care about all of you guys :< currently my place is now having cases so I couldn't get out that much and visit my family (╥﹏╥) so please stay safe at home :) love you all.

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