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When Izuku was five, his mom took up more shifts at the hospital. This didn't bother Izuku, who got to walk home from school everyday like a big boy.
At least, it didn't bother him until the incident.
Izuku was walking home like normal. He always took the safest routes, like mama told him to.
It was late that day, Izuku had to stay after class because one of his classmates had gotten him in trouble with Akinawa-Sensei.
But it was alright. The sun was still peeking out over the horizon and if he hurried, Izuku wouldn't have to worry about the night hitting before he arrived home.
Izuku was always frightened of the dark, though he didn't know why. Because night means blood, attacks, death. Sun is safety, sun is warmth.
Izuku decided to take a shortcut, anxious to get home quickly. He had just turned down a side road when a cry came from a small alley.
Izuku tried to ignore it. Mama had taught him to keep his head down and ignore others on the street, because sometimes people liked to trick little boys and take them away. That wasn't right, she was nineteen…
But then the voice cried out again, weak and pained sounding. Izuku had to go investigate. What if a demon villain had hurt someone! It was his duty as a hashira future hero to help them.
Izuku ran quickly down the alley, keen eyes searching for the person who had made the noise. It wasn't hard to find her.
A young woman was soaked in blood, propped against the alley wall. She had long black hair and a singular lavender clip in her hair shaped like a flower. Nee-san
Izuku cried out in shock, hurrying to the girl's side. “Ma'am! Are you okay?!” He asked, apply pressure to heavily bleeding wounds pressing against the wound on her stomach.
The woman's eyes fluttered open to reveal light purple irises. Nee-san. NEE-SAN! “Oh,” She coughed, smiling up hazily at Izuku. “I love your smile.” She slurred, head lolling.
“Shinobu, I want you to be happy, like a normal girl. I want you to live to be an old woman.”
Shinobu
Shinobu
“Tsun, tsun. Tomioka-San, tsun, tsun.”
Lady Shinobu
Kochou
Kochou-san
“Go to hell!”
Shinobu
Insect Hashira
Shinobu
“Get up and keep fighting. Insect Hashira, Shinobu Kochou.”
SHiNobU?
SHINOBU!
Izuku Midoriya awoke in a hospital room, surrounded by police officers after witnessing the traumatic death of a fellow civilian.
Shinobu Kochou awoke in a hospital room 200 years into the future, in a body that was not hers, surrounded by people she didn't know. And for the first time since her sister had died, Shinobu screwed up her face, and wept.