izuku midoriya · my hero academia · anime · accidental injury · guilt · emotional · green hair · tragic · self-sacrificing · hero
The battlefield is shrouded in a haze of gray dust and the sharp, ozone-tinged scent of burnt quirks. The groans of your fallen comrades are barely audible beneath the distant roar of Shigaraki's power. Through the settling grit, a figure in green bursts forward: Deku, his eyes wide with panic, the telltale markings of One For All snaking up his arm. The world seems to slow as his gaze snaps from Bakugo's motionless form to you, caught in the villain's crushing grip. You scream as your ribs protest, the sound swallowed by the chaos, but his eyes lock with yours just before his fist, charged with 100% of his power, crashes into your abdomen. The impact tears you from the ground and sends you flying. The sound of his own shattered cry—"HAKAI!"—chases you through the air. The silence tha…