|7|Game Start|

~O~

First floor, lobby...

"You guys, I'm bored!!"

Ashido said as she flopped onto the couch. Almost all of Class-1-A was sitting there.

Iida asked, still clad in his hero costume, "Have you completed your patrolling duty on the western side of the city?"

"I just finished twenty minutes ago!" Ashido replied.

"Man, I was really excited about this new program. Still can't believe Mr. Aizawa actually let us work as heroes in Yokohama on our own." Kaminari said, stretching his arms, "But now, I'm just tired of walking around all day. Nothing big happens here."

"Shouldn't you be happy nothing happens here?!" Mineta exclaimed from the seat next to him.

"Yeah, but where's the thrill in that? We are heroes. Going up against villains is part of the job." Kaminari shrugged.

"Um, you sure? Just yesterday, on patrol, there was a small time burglar breaking in a jewelry store and you chickened out." Jirou said.

"In my defense, he had a knife."

"That's your excuse?"

"That's my excuse."

The chatting went on till evening when all twenty students were now back at the hotel they were currently stating in. They were supposed to work in the city for a few more days, ending their tenure of two weeks of hero work. They heard that Class-1-B got to work at Shibuya city. Hopefully, they were doing fine just like them.

The last two to come back from patrol were Kirishima and Midoriya.

Once everyone changed into their casual clothing, they went to have dinner on the fourteenth floor's eating place.

It was fun. They shared stories from their separate patrols. Some funny, some serious.

Though, Uraraka noticed that Midoriya was quieter than ever, he was just staring at his plate of food. Usually, when the green haired boy comes back, he keeps on muttering about how many different kinds of quirks he saw that day — Class-1-A was used to him rambling all the time by now.

But today he was acting differently, so the brunette decided to ask him about it.

"Hey, Deku, you're not eating?" Uraraka asked with a smile.

Midoriya looked at her, startled, "O-Oh... Ah, I am. I was just thinking about something...!! Just a bad hunch... But it's fine!"

"You sure? You can tell me if something's bothering you." Iida chimed in.

"Oh no. It's nothing! Don't worry about it!" Midoriya replied, motioning both of them to relax.

And so, both Iida and Uraraka shared a look before shrugging and going back to eating.

Ashido, who heard the conversation, said, "Hey! How about we play a game after dinner? Like truth or dare, maybe Mafia? That'll help lift up your mood. It always does mine!"

"I-I don't think that'll be necessary. You guys must be tired..." Midoriya said.

"Come on, man. Don't be a party pooper. We all deserve to have some fun time!" Kirishima exclaimed, his mouth still filled with food.

"Um... If you guys want to, then fine... I guess?" Midoriya replied with a nervous smile.

"Alright then! Fourth floor lounge here we come!"

~O~

"Who the fuck said I'm doing this shit?" Bakugou asked Kirishima and Kaminari who were currently dragging him to the lounge.

"Aw? Are you scared to answer a truth or are you too chicken to do a dare?" Kaminari teased.

A small explosion left Bakugou's palm as he smirked, "Oh? I'll show you who the fuck is scared." He said said before stomped into the lounge.

"Seriously, how do you guys do this?" Sero asked, coming from behind. The other two just shrugged.

Now sitting around in the lounge, Class-1-A — under the leadership of Mina Ashido — were playing truth or dare.

Midoriya, however, didn't pay much attention to the game. He just knew that his friends were having fun. Maybe playing games with your classmates is a good way to distract yourself. But in any case, Midoriya did not wanted to be distracted. Not after the horrible feeling he's having right now.

So, he just hugged a nearby cushion and watched as the game continued.

Turned out Kaminari once posed as a girl in middle school on Valentine's day and completely nailed it. Todoroki likes cold soba because he doesn't have to boil water for it. Ashido's a pro break dancer. Tokoyami was allergic to peanut butter. Koda can actually speak. Kirishima naturally had black hair... Nobody asked Mineta anything as Asui dared him to skip each of his turns. Poor guy.

Midoriya didn't say anything, until it was his turn.

"Truth or dare, Midoriya?"

"Dare." He said, subconsciously. He didn't realize what he just said until he heard the dare.

Kirishima said, "I dare you to go to the roof and come back with something interesting!"

"Or don't come back at all." Bakugou added on.

"He's just kidding!"

Midoriya sighed, standing up. Guess a dare is a dare. Plus, he'd get some fresh air.

Only if he knew that it might be his last...

~O~

Coming out from the metallic door that led to the roof, Izuku Midoriya took in a deep breath, cool breeze flowing against his face.

Maybe he should have fun with his classmates. What was he worrying about? There was absolutely nothing wrong. He should just calm down and enjoy.

He smiled, "Now, onto finding something interesting!"

Strange, what could he find on a roof of a fifteen story building? Like, did his classmates hid something here before the game? Either way he decided to look around and have fun with the game, possibly distract himself from the horrible feeling he had earlier.

He took a few steps ahead, but then he immediately rushed back and hid behind the half opened door as soon as he saw some figures standing on the other end of the roof.

Some unknown faces he was having a bad feeling about. How did he knew that these were the people he had a bad feeling about? Simple; eavesdropping.

"Alright, remember your part and do not mess it up. Shigaraki said he wants the boy dead. Kill anyone who comes in the way." One of them said.

Ah, some villains affiliated with the League of Villains, trying to kill someone in the building...

...

... They were after him, weren't they?

Like, who else would Shigaraki want to kill? Midoriya knew they were after him. And he got his hunch confirmed when he heard another one talk about the details of the person they were after. Now, now, Izuku Midoriya was a smart one. He can easily tell who amongst Class-1-A has curly green hair, green eyes, and a power enhancing quirk.

And they said they'd kill anyone who came in their way. Knowing his classmates, Midoriya realized they were all gonna come in their way. He wouldn't have been so worried about if it were any normal villains, but the problem was that these guys looked like a lot of trouble and Midoriya was pretty sure he has heard of them before and let's just say... They have no mercy for anyone.

Midoriya heard them talking about how they've already sealed off the entrance so nobody would try and run away. He also heard that they were going to use gas bombs to knock every other person out, just in case.

Midoriya turned to take another quick look at them. But this time, he didn't even look there for for than two seconds as he quickly got in and closed the door.

Himiko Toga and Dabi were with them.

And considering that they just appeared on the roof, there was a high possibility that Kurogiri was here too.

If anything, Midoriya had to make sure that his friends won't learn about this and he can somehow finish this without them knowing...

Maybe he can just inform UA. Yeah, that would do it. Knowing Mr. Aizawa, backup would be there in no time.

The boy then whipped out his phone to call his homeroom teacher only to see that he had no signal. Great, one of the villains was blocking communication. And now, he could hear them moving closer. Oh wow, they weren't even going to wait for everyone to fall asleep. They really did want to get rid of him this time. Worst part, he didn't know anything about their quirks — except for Dabi and Toga.

'Come on... What do I do? Fight them?' He thought. 'No, that'll probably direct attention.... I just don't want anyone else getting hurt...'

They were coming closer.

'Come on...'

The doorknob turned.

'Come on...'

Midoriya quickly stepped back just in case he had to fight. He had to make sure this doesn't goes any further than this floor.

He turned around, his back facing the door to the roof, and took a deep breath.

"Midoriya?"

He turned around, his eyes widened.

Perhaps, he won't be able to protect them so easily.

~O~

I had to cut this chapter short Cuz Wattpad kept crashing for some reason.

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