" Yuu! Oi Yuu!" The boy's eyes snapped wide open when he heard Whisper's call. " Thank God! I thought you might have died for real!"
" Are you alright, kid?" A woman with blazing green hair looked down at him.
" Where... what?" As he tried to sit up, a sharp pain nipped at the back of his head. Rubbing the spot, he was surprised to see blood on the tips of his fingers.
" You, Iida, and Asui hit your heads hard when that villain clobbered you together, remember?" Whisper approached him.
" To a certain point," the boy answered, searching his foggy memory.
" Here, use this to cool it down," Burnin said handing him a white piece of cloth which he dabbed at the wound. He flinched at the cold liquid applied to it as it stung him.
" We heard of the situation, you guys did well handling it all on your own." The pro hero gave him a broad smile as she embarked on gathering the first aid box. " You would make good heroes in the future if you keep it like that," she said looking back at the rest of his friends, they all were injured one way or another and had to be looked after.
Todoroki on the other hand was being either hugged... or strangled and burned by his father, Yuu couldn't tell until he saw the boy's annoyed face. He then settled on the former and couldn't help but laugh with the others. The fact they were all alive and well relieved him.
" That man, he really should get over his Shoto addiction." Burnin snorted with a shake of her head.
Yuu then looked up at the pick of the island mountain, wondering how his friend was doing.
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By the time Sora woke up, she was lying on her bed in the Iogi manor. She felt rather stifled and it was then she realized that she was wrapped in gauze almost everywhere. It took a moment for all of her memories to rush at her. The fight, the rock avalanche, the villains... she quickly threw her duvet away and stepped off her bed only to lose balance.
" Woah! Take it easy girl!" Sora looked up as she was supported by Jiro's earphone jacks before she fell off. From the open door of her room, Shoji, Ojiro, and Yuu came in along with her. " Recovery Girl still didn't heal your wounds completely," she said settling her back on the side of the bed.
" How are you feeling, Sora?" Yuu asked.
" Um... I'm not sure... I think, I'm fine but..." She shook her head before looking up at them. " More importantly what happened? Did we win? Are Katsuma-kun and Mahoro-chan safe? What about Midoriya and Bakugo-kun? Everyone?"
" Hold your horses." Ojiro held his hands up as though trying to quell her before he gave a soft smile. " We won, and everyone is fine. The kids are safe and sound, Midoriya and Bakugo though, they need some tending to from Recovery Girl. Everyone else is fine, going up and about."
" Thank God..." Sora heaved a tired sigh upon hearing that.
" You should focus on recovering for now," Whisper told her. " Recovery Girl has a lot of healing to do on you and that means you will be requiring so much stamina."
" It's best if you just rest," Shoji said, retrieving the blanket Sora had thrown moments ago with his dupli arms. " When I took you from under those rubbles, you were all battered and bloodied. Resting your body is important."
Hearing that, Sora was thankful. Because she was in such a state, it must have been hard for Shoji to see her transformed form. Giving him a nod, Sora laid back on her bed just as her friends waved her goodbye and went to take care of their chores. Only Yuu stood there by her side.
" Frankly, we were worried about you, soldier." Whisper shook his head.
" Well, I was already mortified when I saw the waterfalls almost razed to the ground." The girl pointed.
"... I think that's fair enough." The boy gave a mild smile at her. " But please, don't act reckless again."
" We're heroes, we'll be always required to move our bodies to help and shield those in need, right?" She raised her eyebrow. Yuu couldn't find words to retort and simply sighed. That earned a broad triumphant smile from her.
" Seems you're already awake and loud." The door swung open, admitting Recovery Girl into the room. " My, the future heroes have a knack for hurting themselves," she said making to the white head's bed.
" I'll be off then." With a bow to the elderly lady, Yuu left the room. Recovery Girl looked after him as he disappeared behind the door before speaking up.
" You have such good friends, they were really worried for you."
" I know. And I'm most grateful to them."
" Then, you must take into consideration their feelings from now on." The woman looked back at Sora with a mild smile on her face. " A hero has a responsibility towards the society, but he also has a responsibility towards those close to him. Make sure that you don't worry them much and that you will always make it back to them. Understood."
The memory of her grandmother hugging her tightly in the lounge and crying after the Kamino incident was revived in her mind. The girl then gave a nod and Recovery Girl's smile broadened. She reached into her pocket and pulled a bunch of gummy bears. " We have a lot of healing to do today so you would be needing lots and lots of these."
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" Heave! Ho!" Sora hauled up the box of tools and flew across the island, watching over her classmates as they helped with repair works around.
Although the inhabitants were safe and sound, the same couldn't be said for the structures all over the island. Luckily enough, those could be fixed and put together with some effort. Although the Public Security Commission's program was suspended, that was no reason for class 1A to slack off. They soon embarked on helping with restoring the island.
" I'm beginning to wonder whether we're cursed or not, seeing how everywhere we go, it must turn out into some chaos," Tokoyami muttered as he passed her and Sora laughed sheepishly at that.
Tokoyami was also helping with transporting gear and tools between the working groups. Mineta, Sero, and Sato were supporting shaky buildings with Jiro running around, getting rid of the debris and whatever may cause harm to passersby. Yuu, Ojiro, and Koda on the other hand helped with scavenging everything that was yet in working state.
Aoyama, Shoji, and Ashido were taking care of the beyond-repair sections, demolishing them entirely with Kirishima too helping people get their things out. Uraraka and Asui were helping get rid of rubbles.
Iida took care of transporting elderly people around while Kaminari provided electricity.
" Sora-chan!" The girl halted and looked underneath her to see a brunette young woman waving at her.
" Amane-san!" Sora flew down and landed before her. " You ought to be resting."
" I heard you would be leaving soon so I wanted to come see you while I had the chance," she said before looking down at the bundle of blue cloth in her hands. Sora peeked down at it too and her face beamed at the small child wrapped within, sleeping peacefully.
" How cute! I heard you gave birth while I was out! I was hoping to see him! What's his name?"
The woman smiled at her brightly. " Tenma."
" Heavenly Horse, such a cool name!" The girl exclaimed as she held onto the kid's tiny hand.
" Thank you a lot Sora-chan," Amane said giving her a soft and grateful smile it befuddled her." You've worked hard and risked your life along with your friends to save ours, right, all of you," she said holding the girl's hand in hers. "This kid and I will always owe you our lives. I'm really thankful to you."
" Amane-san..." Sora's vision became blurry as she was deeply moved by the woman's words. She didn't exactly think she contributed much, but seeing that baby stirring and turning around in his mother's arms filled her heart with joy and hope.
" From here on too, do your best, hero."
" Hai!" Sora saluted.
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The next day marked the day the duration of their hero agency experience ended. With their costumes packed and their uniforms on, their class mounted the boat and were ready to set for the mainland again at an early hour.
" Are we going to leave without saying anything?" Kaminari complained.
" Right?" Ashido agreed.
" We cannot disrupt the reconstruction work," Iida explained.
" Well, shutting up and leaving..." Kaminari winked at Kirishima.
" Is what a hero does."
" But that was quite the experience!" Sora stated as she stretched up. " We got to be heroes for a whole two weeks with our own agency!"
" Don't forget the part of dealing with villains on your own," Whisper added.
" Speaking of that, is the fourth villain's whereabouts still unknown?" Yuu shook his head at Jiro's question.
" Even though they send boats out there and tried hard there was no sign of him whatsoever," Kirishima added.
" I'm beginning to get worried about it." Yuu looked down at the waves sloshing against the boat as it moved to leave the port.
" You don't have to, I'm pretty sure the pro heroes will be dealing with him." Whisper pointed.
Just as the boat blew its loud whistle, they were all able to see Mahoro and Katsuma running by its side, waving at them joyfully. " Everyone! Thanks for protecting us all!"
Seeing those two running with broad smiles on their face warmed their hearts. That was all a hero could ask for. And so, with another adventure over, Class 1A went back to UA...