Making Amends

-Sometime Ago; Midoriya Residence Apartment-

Reina didn't know how this happened. Honestly she didn't.

One minute she was trying to get through the day with fighting off of a fever, since Shota had been out on another mission, and the next she found herself here, in her best friends room, lying in his bed with a wet cloth on where her eye had been; though thankfully it was closed shut so she didn't have to deal with the stinging pain from the water.

The day could've gone like that, but it didn't as she was almost beaten down by the third years. Though Izuku ended up defending her as he usually did; sometimes however she wished he didn't.

The door opened and Izuku had stepped in with a tray of food; his face bruised and bandaged up at what had happened earlier that day.

"Reina-chan?" He said as he approached the bedside, "How are you feeling?"

Reina let out a cough before she replied, "... Idiot, I should be the one asking you that. Your in worse shape than I am…"

Izuku couldn't help but laugh a little, "Ye-yeah, you're not wrong."

"Don't laugh, you dork." Reina said before she coughed again, "... You didn't tell Floyd-kun about this did you?"

"Knowing him, I think he already knows." Izuku replied, as he helped her to sit up, "I hope you don't mind, but I made some soup, and found some medicine that should help you. You should take them first before you eat."

Reina couldn't help but laugh a little before she popped the medicine in her mouth; drinking the cup of water to help swallow the pills.

"... Thanks for letting me stay here… Again…" Reina said, "... Though I hate to have to take your bed because I'm sick."

"It's okay." He reassured her, "You need it more than I do."

She shook her head at this, "Says the guy that's all bruised up."

"Don't worry about me, Reina-chan. It doesn't hurt as much as it did before."

"Are you sure?"

Izuku only nodded; Reina's expression changed at this as she looked at his wounds, "I got a movie from the video store not too long ago. We can watch it together!" He was just about to walk out of the room before he was stopped.

"I'm sorry…"

Izuku looked to her surprise though saw that she had a saddened expression. "... I'm sorry… For not being able to do anything…" She told him, "... You ended up getting yourself hurt because of me."

His expression softened as he turned to her, "They were going to hurt you… I couldn't let them."

"And I appreciate it." Reina said, "... But… I'm supposed to be the one protecting you, remember?"

"I know…" Izuku said, "... But… Who's going to protect you?"

Reina stayed silent at this as she looked to the floor, thinking of something before her eyes turned back to Izuku. "You want to be a Hero that saves everyone with a smile, like All Might, I get it…" Reina said, "... But you're not invincible. The last thing any of us want is to lose the only few that seem to give a damn about saving people."

Izuku couldn't help but nod at this statement, though he soon responded, "Isn't that the same in your case too? I mean, you stayed with the Black Knights to protect me and Kaa-chan."

"That was different." She stated, "I knew what I was dealing with at the time. For you, you tend to take unnecessary risks. You keep doing that, and you might end up getting---"

Reina stopped herself as she had been afraid to finish her sentence, though Izuku seemed to know what she had wanted to tell him. She picked her sentence as her expression changed, "Just promise me… When you get into UA with Floyd-kun and I… You'll be more careful, okay?"

Izuku saw the concern in her eyes. He knew Reina never doubted about him becoming a Hero, though he had to admit she was a little protective. Though in a way it had been normal for her; He had been the only friend she had, and she didn't want to lose him.

He didn't like how she had been protective, though that didn't mean he understood why she felt that way.

He soon gave a smile as he said, "I promise Reina-chan. I'm sorry for worrying you."

Reina smiled back as she had been glad, although this moment had been short lived when they heard the door get kicked down.

They soon heard a familiar voice yell just from down the hall, "IZUKU! REINA!"

Izuku was frozen, while Reina slapped herself in the face, "Don't tell me he kicked the door again…"

They heard stomping coming towards them, and lo and behold, Floyd kicked Izuku's room door open; he looked to be pissed off. "YOU TWO WERE PICKED ON AGAIN?! AND DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME?!"

"MY DOOR!!" Izuku exclaimed as the door hung limply from the screw.

"Floyd-kun, not so loud…" Reina groaned, "... You're giving me a headache…"

"WELL SORRY! I HAD TO GET REVENGE FOR YOU TWO!" Floyd shouted.

"Seriously you didn't need to do that, you already got in trouble last time." Izuku said as he tried to straighten out his room door.

Floyd turned to Izuku as he had noticed the bruises on his face, "Oh They did THIS to you huh?

"It doesn't hurt that mu--OUCH!!" Izuku started to say before getting cut off when Floyd started to pinch his cheeks.

"NOW I'M DEFINITELY GONNA KEE HAUL THEM NOW!" Floyd shouted as he sketched a storm.

"Floyd-kun!" Reina said as she coughed a little, "I can't hit you right now, but don't make me get your ass sick!"

"TRY ME!" Floyd shouted, as he let go of Izuku's cheeks, he held his Ink axe before walking out "IMMA HEAD THERE RIGHT NOW AND GIVE THEM ROUND 2!"

"FLOYD-SAN NO!!" Izuku shouted as he grabbed his arm, "YOU'RE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE AGAIN IF YOU DO THAT!!"

"Hey now break it--" Reina started to say as she stood up; she had been cut off when she took only one step and fell to the floor, as their struggles had ceased.

"I definitely shouldn't have done that…" Reina soon said as she had been in a daze and her eyes had been in swirls, "... Oh look turtle doves~"

"AAH! REINA-CHAN!" Izuku shouted as he started to panic, and let go of Floyd, "WHAT DO WE DO!? WHAT DO WE DO!?"

Floyd started to panic too as he yelled while he dropped his axe, "uh.... I don't know! I don't know! Uhhh Water?!"

"WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE WATER!?" He shouted.

Floyd shouted back, "SPLASH HER WITH IT OBVIOUSLY!"

"Oooh wow~" Reina said, "There are pigs with wings! Red Bull really can do that! The more you know and all that Jazz~"

"Reina-chan stay with us!" Izuku said as he had still in a state of panic.

Floyd soon made a mad dash for the kitchen, "I'LL GET THE BUCKET!"

"Hey! Who wants Trix Cereal?" Reina said still in a daze, "I could go for some! Where's the dang rabbit?"

Floyd came back just to say to Reina, "Stop being crazy for two seconds, damn it!"

***

-Present-

Reina found herself running towards the temporary office of Recovery Girl the minute after Izuku had been taken out of the stadium. Her heart had been racing anxiously as Izuku had been the only thing that had been on her mind. Finally she reached the office as she nearly tripped on herself, as she yanked open the door.

"IZUKU-KUN!"

Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the state he had been in. Both of his arms had been casted as well as his leg. The fingers on his hands had been mummified to the point where no one could tell if he had fingers anymore.

Not only had Recovery Girl had been in the room, but Shimizu and All Might (In his real form) had been there as well.

"Young Nouki!" All Might said surprised to see her.

"Reina-chan please keep your voice down." Shimizu said, "This may not be a hospital, but you have to think about other patients."

"I--Sorry…" Reina said softly, putting her hands over her mouth, "But Izuku-kun… I had gotten--!"

"Reina-chan?" Izuku groaned as he opened his eyes, "Is that you?"

Reina gasped lightly before she ran over to his bedside, putting her arms around him, though she was being very careful not to agitate his broken bones. "Are you okay?" She said worryingly, "Tell me you're okay…"

"I'm alright…" Izuku reassured her, "... I'm fine."

Reina took a deep breath as she pushed herself out of the hug, "... Good."

Everyone in the room jumped when Reina suddenly bonked Izuku on the head as he had been paralyzed with pain.

"Ow! That hurt!" Izuku said as he had a tear.

"WHAT IN THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING YOU KNUCKLEHEAD!?" Reina shouted, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS!? I WAS PRAYING FOR YOU NOT TO DIE WITH THE WAY YOU WERE GOING AT IT!"

"So--Sorry!" Izuku stammered as he didn't want to face Reina's wrath, as his eyes turned seemingly bigger, "Don't hit me again!"

"OH DON'T YOU GIVE ME THE BAMBI EYES IZUKU-KUN!" Reina yelled, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE LET OFF THE HOOK SO EASILY!"

"Reina-chan… What did I just say?" Shimizu said it had a monotone expression.

"Huh… I never realized Young Nouki had a short fuse." All Might said awkwardly, before he said softly, "She really is like her."

"At least it can't get any worse…" Chiyo said after she sighed.

Just as this was said, the door had been kicked down, revealing a very angry boy with paintbrush hair. Floyd had shouted in a pissed off tone of voice, "IZUKU 'DEKU' MIDORIYA!!!"

"Oh god… Is that who I think it is?" Chiyo said as she face palmed herself.

"Fl--Floyd-san!?" Izuku exclaimed as his body shook.

Floyd stomped over to Izuku before he proceeded to pinch his cheeks. "YOU BROCCOLI HEAD! I TOLD YOU NOT TO BREAK A LEG! N O T T O I S A I D!"

"Stop it, that's mean!" Izuku begged.

"Like I said, you're NOT getting off the hook that easily!" Reina said.

Floyd added as he let go, "DAMN RIGHT, YOU AIN'T!"

"You're both ganging up on me!?" Izuku exclaimed as he had been shocked.

"WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT AFTER WHAT JUST TRANSPIRED!?" Reina yelled as she smacked him on the head again.

"YEAH MAN!" Floyd yelled as he clapped his hands. "MULTIPLE TIMES WE TOLD YOU TO BE CAREFUL! AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO YA!"

"Bu--Bu--But I--" Izuku started to stammer.

"NO BUTS FROM YOU!" Reina and Floyd yelled.

"FLOYD-KUN AND I ARE GOING TO DECIDE YOUR PUNISHMENT AFTER THIS SPORTS FESTIVAL IS DONE AND OVER WITH!" Reina added as she crossed her arms.

"THAT'S RIGHT! AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP AN EXTRA EYE OUT FROM NOW ON!" Floyd shouted as he pointed at Izuku.

"Wow, its like a mom and dad barking at their kid for doing something stupid.." All Might said.

"WE'RE NOT A COUPLE DAMN IT!" Reina and Floyd shouted in unison.

Chiyo soon smacked them both with the cane she had; both of them were hit in the shin as they fell on the ground face first.

"It's good that you care about your friend, but I would very much appreciate it if you didn't raise your voices so loudly!!" Chiyo said angrily.

"Floyd-san I can get, since the apple doesn't fall from the tree…" Shimizu said, "... But Reina-chan, you should know better!!"

"Ow--!" Reina groaned, "--My kneecaps…!"

"We're sorry.." Floyd groaned in pain. "Oh God.. I sound just like ma and pa.."

"Man, you really are Oda's Grandson aren't ya?" All Might said.

Floyd groaned as he stood, "more or less.."

Shimizu couldn't help but pinch the bridge of her nose, "I tell ya Toshi-chan, he's gonna grow up to be like him and Malcom-san."

"I certainly hope not." All Might said with a laugh.

Reina, Izuku, and Floyd had been taken back at what Shimizu had called All Might as they looked at one another. "Toshi-chan?" The three of them said in unison.

Shimizu's ears perked up at this, "Oh, he didn't tell you?"

"Toshinari Yagi is All Might's real name." Chiyo added, "Shimizu-san calls him Toshi-chan."

"Is that true?" Izuku asked as he looked at All Might, surprised.

All Might couldn't help but laugh nervously at this as he turned red from embarrassment, "Ye--yeah. Kind of stuck to me."

"Wait, how long have you two known each other?" Reina asked as she looked at Shimizu.

"... We've actually known each other through our High School years." Shimizu replied, "We even went to the same college when we studied abroad in America."

Their jaws dropped simultaneously. Floyd exclaimed out of shock, "You guys knew each other for that long?!"

"High School--!?" Izuku said, "Wait, does that mean you attended UA like All Might did Kenko-san?"

Shimizu merely laughed, "Oh heavens no! My Quirk wasn't fit to enter UA anyway. I enrolled in a medical school in my high school years. I just happened to know a--" Shimizu stopped for a moment before she cleared her throat, "A close friend of mine that attended UA and even went to the same class as Toshi-chan. In fact she's the one that came up with the nickname."

Floyd couldn't help but laugh, "Oh man! Toshi?!"

"She?" Reina said, "What do you mean by she?"

Shimizu ignored this as she soon said with a smile, "It's actually kind of funny, and cute. We should tell them the story."

"Shimizu please!" All Might said as he had been flustered, "It's embarrassing!"

Floyd still laughed, "Please do!"

"Okay, so--!" Shimizu started to say before All Might started to pinch the ears on her head.

"What did I just say!?" All Might said as his face still had been red.

"Come on Toshi-chan! I'm just having a little fun!" Shimizu said as she giggled.

Reina didn't really understand as to why Shimizu decided to ignore her question, though she shook the thought out of her head as she soon looked over to Chiyo. "So than…" Reina started to say, "... What's Izuku-kun's condition? Anything serious?"

"I'm afraid serious is the right term." Chiyo said, taking Floyd, Izuku and her back, "The bones in his right arm were shattered… It won't be the same as it was before."

Reina looked horrified at this as Floyd looked to be in shock as well as Izuku.

"What… Does that mean?" Izuku soon asked.

"Wait a sec you mean to tell me his.." Floyd said in shock.

"I'm afraid so." Shimizu said, "Chiyo-san is gonna have to remove the pieces of the bones to avoid any of them getting stuck in his joints. Once that's done, she and I will do what we can to heal the rest. But… There's a good chance it won't be the same as before."

Reina looked to the floor as she had been processing the information, as Floyd ran his fingers through his hair. Floyd had said, "there has to be another way..right?"

Chiyo shook her head, "To push and light a fire under a child who would destroy his body this much for what he yearns for… I don't like it."

"I can agree." Shimizu said before she turned to All Might, "Chiyo-san told me and Oda-san that you made Midoriya-kun your successor but… He's still a child. You can't push him to do something impossible, Toshi-chan. If anything, you shouldn't praise him for this."

All Might couldn't help but look off to the side at this. None of them seemed to realize that Reina's body had been shaking as if she was trying to hold back something. Izuku was the only one who noticed, "Reina-chan, are you--"

SLAM!

"MIDORIYA!"

"DEKU!"

Everyone jumped at the sound of the door getting slammed open, and All Might coughed out some blood as it had been revealed to be their classmates. That being Ochaco, Mineta, Tenya, Chouko, Gio, Fumikage, and Tsuyu.

"God, that scared me…" Reina said as she sighed with relief.

"No kidding…" All Might added.

Floyd couldn't help but yell, "Serious guys! Read the room will ya?!"

"But dude--!" Gio said, "--We got worried!"

Floyd gave Gio a smack on the head, "READ. THE. ROOM!"

"Like you're one to talk!" Shimizu said giving Floyd a smack too, before she wondered aloud, "Why are kids these days so noisy?"

"Who knows?" Chiyo replied.

"What are you all doing here?" Izuku asked, "I thought you would all be watching the next match."

"Since there was a lot of damage to the stage, they're taking a break to repair it." Tenya replied.

"I must admit that match was surprising Midoriya." Fumikage said, "I didn't expect you to take it that far."

"You really did scare us." Chouko added, "Reina-chan especially. I don't think I've ever seen her that frightened before."

"Really?" Izuku said as he looked at Reina, as she had avoided eye contact.

"Seriously, it was scary..." Mineta said as his body shook, "What Pro's gonna want that?"

Tsuyu put her tongue to his ear to stop him from saying anything more, "I don't like your style of rubbing salt on his wound Mineta-chan."

"Yeah man" Floyd added as he stuffed ink balls in his mouth. "Not cool! That mouth of yours will get you killed one day, ya know?"

"Hey I'm just stating facts!" Mineta said with his mouth full.

"That doesn't mean you go pushing it dude!" Gio said.

"Alright, alright that's enough!" Chiyo said as she started to usher them out, "I know you're all worried, but Doctor Kenko and I have gotta do surgery now!"

"SURGERY!?" Ochaco, Tenya, Chouko, Tsuyu, Fumikage, Gio and Mineta exclaimed.

"Go on now, shoo!" Shimizu said as she ushered them out as well.

"Oh geez, does no one read the room?" Floyd asked.

"Says the guy that nearly kicked the door down?" Reina said with a raised eyebrow, "His 150th door I should mention?"

"Don't make me punch you." Floyd replied with a sneer.

Shimizu soon started to usher Floyd and Reina out, "Come now, you guys too. You can check back with your friend later once we're done."

With that being said the whole group found themselves in the hallway as a sign had been put up that read, "Surgery in Progress."

"Huh…" Gio said with a shrug, "...We've been kicked out."

"Oh geez..." Floyd said with a sigh "What an overwhelming day."

Mineta puked out all the ink before shouting to Floyd "Come on, Aihara! Really ink?!"

Floyd said as he flipped him off, "Well, I wouldn't have stuffed ink down your throat if I just kept ya mouth shut!"

"I was just being honest!" Mineta argued.

"THERE'S A THING CALLED BEING TOO HONEST DAMN IT!" Floyd shouted as he stuffed more ink balls in his mouth.

"Wow…" Gio soon said, "... I am REALLY glad I have you as my bestest friend!"

Floyd smirked at Gio as he said, "Aww, thanks!"

"Still surgery is a big deal--ribbit." Tsuyu said, "I hope Midoriya-chan will be able to recover alright."

"Me too." Ochaco said.

"Despite what transpired, Midoriya is strong." Fumikage said, "He'll overcome this."

"Right you are Tokiyama-kun!" Tenya said, "I know we're all worried, but we have to focus on our own matches!"

Chouko soon came to realize something as she looked at Floyd, "That reminds me Aihara-san… After Fu-kun's match you're up against Bakugou-san, right?"

Floyd flinched slightly at this as he couldn't help but smile as he cracked his knuckles, "Oh yeah, that right! I go one on one with Pisshead McGee."

"Damn, your mood changes so quickly!" Gio said, impressed, "That's like a record!"

"But are you sure you're okay to fight?" Tsuyu asked, "You've been on edge since before Todoroki-chan's match."

Floyd only gave a laugh, "Don't worry, my froggy friend! I'm 100% a-okay!"

"If you say so." Tenya said, "But try not to push yourself when your match begins."

Floyd gave Tenya a good slap on the shoulder as he said, "that I can't promise!"

Reina who had been silent the whole time as she looked to the door. It hadn't been long before she started to walk away from the group.

"Reina-chan?" Ochaco said, "Where are you going? Our seats are back that way."

Reina stopped in her tracks, as she stayed silent, which they couldn't help but be concerned about. It hadn't been long before she turned to them as she gave a smile, "I just got a craving for some ice cream, that's all! I'm gonna head over to the fairgrounds to see if I can get some! I should have time before the third round starts!"

"Well don't hold up too long, dude" Floyd told her.

"Of course Floyd-kun!" Reina said, "You should know me by now!"

Before she was about to make her way down the hall again, she had been stopped by Fumikage.

"Reina-san?" He said, "Are you… Sure you're alright?"

"I'm just fine, Tokiyama-san!" Reina reassured him, "I was a bit shaken up before, but I'm alright now!"

"Are… You sure?" Chouko asked.

Reina only gave a nod as she still held her smile, "You guys just head on back to the rest of our class! I'll be sure to catch up!"

With only a wave she started to make her way down the hall before anyone could stop her. "Did… Reina-chan seem sad to anyone else?" Ochaco asked as Reina had gone out of view.

"Yeah…" Tenya asked, "... In fact she looked more down than usual. I wonder why that is?"

"Maybe it's because Midoriya lost?" Gio suggested.

Floyd only laughed as he said to them, "No way, Reina's the toughest girl I know. We know that Izuku always gets back on his feet!"

"That could be true…" Tsuyu said, "But on the other hand--"

Floyd cut her off suddenly, "What are we standing here worried for? We might as well head back. The old lady and that wolf doctor will scold us again if we stay too long."

"Aihara's right. We should get a move on." Mineta said

"Shut up, Mineta." Floyd said to him.

Chouko, Ochaco, Fumikage, Gio, Tsuyu and Tenya looked at each other as they couldn't help but think of Reina; though eventually they went to follow Floyd as they still had their concerns.

***

Reina had many thoughts going through her head as the words from Chiyo repeated. The thought of her friend, Izuku Midoriya having to undergo surgery for his actions put her in a spiral. She felt her body tremble, her legs grow weaker with every step. The voices soon returned, though the voice this time around had been different.

Because the voice this time around… Had been that of her own; though it sounded to be distorted.

"... Your… Fault… It's all YOUR fault…"

Reina felt herself give out as she grasped onto the wall.

She tried to prevent herself from falling though didn't succeed as she finally fell onto her knees. She started to feel as though she had been drowning again as the world began to lose all sense of color as she tried her best to keep herself together.

"Stop it…! Stop it…!"

Reina started to hit herself in the head, as the light began to dim; the only spot that seemed to have light was where she had been sitting.

"No--no! No please! Not again…! Not again…!"

***

"This is all YOUR fault…"

Reina looked to the voice as she saw herself standing; though this version of her though she had the same appearance, had been devoid of all color. Her own aqua green and purple hair had been covered in a sheet of black; her skin had been pale as the snow on a cold winter day. The eyes of gold had been the only thing that shined in all that had been dark. Reina looked horrified to see her as despite the shine, her eyes looked like that of a corpse.

"What kind of a Hero let's her own friend hurt himself…?" She said with a whisper; her words echoing, "...BREAK himself? To the point where not even Recovery Girl… Or Shimizu-sensei couldn't fix him up properly? First Chou-chan, and now him... Your own best friend. The closest thing you have to a brother… Is now lying on a table… Under a knife..."

Reina jumped back as she had gotten close. Her body seemed to have shaken even harder as she appeared to be paralyzed.

"We both know who pushed him to go this far." She said pointing to her, "We both know who's responsible for this… And it's YOU…"

Reina shook her head at this, as she started to hit it again. The ring in her head seemed to have gotten louder.

"It didn't have to be him, you know." She said as she circled her like that of a vulture, "You could've helped Todoroki… You could've SAVED him… You had your chance, and what did you do with it…? You tossed it away at the sight of only one man…"

Reina let out a cry of agony as the ring had been piercing to her ears; she felt as though her brain had been shattering. She started to hit her head onto the wall, in an effort to get it all to stop.

"He's broken because of you…" She told her, leaning close to her ear, "...Because of your mistake, because you failed to help him, he's broken. Everything that's happened, everything that he did… IT'S ALL ON YOU…"

Images passed her by as she found her vision clouded with red; not to mention she heard the sound of familiar giggles bounce off the walls.

A familiar voice soon sang a familiar tune.

"There's a home within the forest clear

Hiding secrets that no one can hear

Shred the broken body from the mind

Immortality through death's design"

She found herself in a familiar place; a run down village, with people looking as though they had been beasts from the depths of hell itself. They crept closer to Reina as she couldn't help but cower at the sight of them.

"N--No…! Get back…! Stay away from me…!"

Reina got up as she started to run from the beasts; she ran down a broken pathway as she didn't care where it had lead her. The beasts chased after her, practically stepping on each other and some even fell off the beaten pathway. Eventually she reached the middle of a forest, were all burnt and dead; the ground she now stood in had been a pool of blood.

"While laughter and the children's hands

They come together in the room

'It is time!' They said, 'Close your eyes!' they said

'And we'll all play Circle You!'"

A sound of a gun had been fired in her direction, which startled her when it flew past her; it hit one of the trees, as it had instantly turned to ash. She turned to the sound of the shots and saw who had pulled the trigger.

It had been the very same Villain that she had encountered before, though she looked to have been coated in blood as she looked to be more demonic than the rest of the beast she had seen. She gave a distorted laugh as she proceeded to attack her. Reina cowered as she ran from the girl; though as she ran through the sea of blood, she found her legs getting heavier and harder to move. It was only then she realized she found herself sinking. No matter how much she struggled she couldn't get free. The Villain stepped closer to her as her body seemed to twitch with every step she took.

"Circle you, circle you

Can you feel time creeping closer?

Circle you, circle you

I'm so sorry, your turns over"

Reina let out a scream as she started to use her Quirk to attack the Villain; creating waves from the pool of red. She appeared to have phased through it with every attack she threw at her. Half of Reina's body had been in the pool of red, as her arms became restricted from any sort of movement. Though the blood around her started to shake as the Villain stepped closer.

"Till we see the rising sun

They take heads from off our shoulders

Circle you, circle you

Aren't we having lots of fun?"

A shadow soon loomed over Reina, multiple shadows in fact. When she looked up, she saw three more faces; one had been a man with purple mist, the second had been a man with a gas mask, and the final had been a man with a hand covering his face.

"Rei-chan…" Shigaraki said, as he reached out to her, "... I'll bring you back where you belong."

Tadano held a familiar collar in his hand, and Reina started to thrash harder.

"N-n-no! No please!" She begged. The blood shook around her as the ring sound became louder. Tadano reached to her as he went to put the collar on her neck.

"NOOO!!"

***

"REINA!"

Reina found herself getting tackled onto the floor as her hands had been pinned on the sides of her head. She saw familiar red eyes staring down at her as he had caught his breath.

"Katsuki… Kun…?"

Katsuki sighed with relief though still kept his hold on both of her wrists; however he loosened his grip.

"You're back…" He said, relieved, "... Good."

Reina soon heard the sound of the birds, and the sun against her skin; her body laid against the bed of grass. That was when she noticed… She was outside. How did she get out there, she couldn't help but think in her head. She knew she had been inside the building last she checked. It just felt really strange to her. She noticed around her the trees that had once stood tall had been broken apart; some of them were crushe, while most had fallen over, cut down by an unknown force.

She only looked in shock and horror at the sight, just staying silent, as she felt her nose bleeding. She soon felt Katsuki let go of her wrists as he moved off of her, though he stayed on his knees.

"You probably would've caused someone to shit their pants with the way you went out." He told her, as if he read her very thoughts, "I tried to call out to you, but it didn't seem like you heard me. Had to hit you to get you to wake up. Don't give me a chance to do that again, got it?"

Reina was still silent as her head had been to the side; Katsuki took notice of this.

"Lollipop Head?" He said, "Did you hear me--"

"It's my fault…" She said suddenly as he had been cut off.

Katsuki looked at her and finally noticed her tears; His expression softened slightly as she covered her eyes in an effort to get the tears to stop.

"It's my fault…" She said as her voice started to crack, "... It's all my fault…"

Katsuki stayed silent though he had been confused with her words. "Izuku-kun…" She soon said, "... His arms… It's my fault… I could've helped Todoroki-san… If I helped him… Than Izuku-kun… Chou-chan wouldn't have… They wouldn't have…"

Reina couldn't finish her words as she started to sob loudly. She tried to stop her tears but they didn't. Her heart seemed to have ached at the very thought.

Katsuki soon made his move as he moved his arms underneath her; he sat her up and pulled her into his arms, letting her cry in his chest.

"Stop thinking like that you moron." He said to her softly, "Even if there was something you could do… It would've had the same results regardless."

"B-But--" Reina choked, "--Izuku-kun--Chou-chan--Todoroki-san--I could've helped them--If I did--That wouldn't have happened to Chou-chan--If I did--Izuku-kun wouldn't have pushed himself--" She took a sharp inhale as she buried herself into his chest, "He's going to blame me for it… Why wouldn't he? It's my fault! He had to fix something I messed up! He had to fix the mistake I made! He'll hate me for this! I know he will!"

"You idiot." Katsuki said, his tone of voice changing to what sounded to be like that of anger, "I may not like Deku, but I know he doesn't think that about you. If he was going to fault you for something he would've done it a long time ago. He may be a lot of things… But he's never a person that assigns blame to another."

He put his hand underneath her chin so that she could look up to him; he helped wipe away her tears as she sniffled.

"You of all people should know that by now." Katsuki told her, as he cupped her cheeks, "Don't say it's your fault, because it's not. Don't assume that someone like Deku is going to hate you because he won't."

His forehead soon touched hers when he leaned forward; he slowly shut his eyes as she had been surprised by this gesture.

"So stop having such a sad look…" Katsuki soon said, "... And just smile like you always do."

Reina stayed silent as she leaned in for his touch. She seemed to be calmer than she did earlier despite the tears that had shed. She took his hand that had been on her cheek into her own, as she gave it a squeeze.

Finally she gave a small smile, as she shut her eyes.

"... Thank you…"

***

-Earlier-

Shoto couldn't even process what had just happened or how the fight had ended. Everyone in the crowd had just assumed that he managed to get the leg up on Izuku, and push him out of the stage. The truth is… He didn't.

He didn't know how, but he knew it had something to do with her.

Reina Nouki.

He knew she did something during the battle, when he and Izuku charged at one other; though he didn't know what she did.

Not only had that been on his mind, but what Izuku did for him, what he was saying to him and what he did for him. He looked to his left hand at the thought of Izuku's words, and the thought of what Reina did.

It was all mixed up in his head, and he couldn't think straight at the moment.

It hadn't been long before he stopped in his tracks by a familiar face.

It had been that of his father, Enji Todoroki who was known better as Endeavor. He had a smile on his face.

"You're in my way." Endeavor said, "You're not going to say that? You need to control your left side… You're just letting it out which is dangerous. But you've abandoned your childish tantrum and finally become a perfect upgrade of me!"

Endeavor soon held out his hand, as to allow Shoto to shake it, "After you graduate, come work for me. I'll lead you down the path of the mighty."

"... There's no way I can abandon anything." Shoto suddenly said, taking his father by surprise; he looked to his own hand, "It's not something that can be easily reversed. But… In that moment… That one moment… I forgot about you."

Endeavor had been really surprised at this; he thought things had been going his way, and expected his son to say something different, or agree with him at least, but this… It was just surprising to say the least.

"Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing… Whether it's correct or not…" Shoto started to say, "... I need to think about it."

With that being said, Shoto went to make his exit leaving Endeavor for the first time speechless. He soon found his way back to the waiting room; the player 2 waiting room to be exact. When he stepped inside he was soon met with another familiar face.

A familiar girl with gray eyes had been holding a brand new jacket for him, as she wore a smile on her face.

"Fubuki…" He said, taking the jacket from her hands.

He soon saw out of the corner of her eyes there had been tears as she still wore a smile.

"You're crying…" He said softly, "... Is it because I broke my promise?"

She looked at him shocked as the smile seemed to have vanished, for only but a brief moment. Though it soon returned as she shook her head.

"Then… Why are you upset?" Shoto soon asked.

Fubuki shook her head again, as she soon signed to him, "I'm not crying because I'm sad. I'm crying because I'm happy."

Shoto couldn't help but be confused by this, and Fubuki seemed to have giggled at his expression. She signed again, "I'm happy because you finally realize it. I'm happy that Midoriya-san helped you realize it."

Shoto's expression changed slightly as he saw Fubuki's hands shake a little, "But… You must've been scared when I used it."

"That may be so…" Fubuki signed, "... But I'm more happy for you than I am afraid."

He let out another sigh as he rubbed the back of his neck, thinking back to his earlier conversation from earlier, "Look…" He began to say, "... About before… About everything… I wanted to say… I'm sorry. And right now, I'm just really confused on what I should think about this whole thing…"

"I know. It must be overwhelming for you." His sister signed, "But that's why I'm here… To help you. And… You know you've got mom too."

"I.. Don't know if she'll want to talk to us… To me." He said.

"Don't be ridiculous." She signed, "Mom loves us, loves you. Despite what's happened, that'll never ever change."

Before Shoto could say anything more, Fubuki put her arms around him, bringing him for a hug just as her tears rolled down her cheeks.

"And I love you…" Fubuki soon added, "... I always will. I could never hate you Sho-chan."

Shoto finally released a sigh as if he had been holding his breath; he returned the hug to his sister, as she finally started to sob.

"I love you too, Fubuki."