A/N: Hey all! Here's my second ever BNHA Fanfic. Definitely not replacing my main one, "Rise of the Quirkless Hero." Just an idea I thought up and really wanted to make. This won't be a very long story though!

Please Read and Review to let me know what you think!~

The Disappearance of Izuku Midoriya

Part One - Crashing Down

Ochaco Uraraka walked out into the fresh air, looking up towards the clear blue sky, shading her eyes from the Sun's brightness as a cool breeze fluttered over her. There was a sense of intense joy and excitement for what the future might hold, but there was also a lingering, painful sensation within her chest.

Izuku… We did it…

Uraraka clutched at the chest of her uniform, feeling her face growing colder as the wind caught the tears that were now streaming down her face.

We're Heroes…!

The girl looked down, sniffling as she was finally able to let go of the intense emotions she had been hiding during their graduation ceremony.

Uraraka had grown into a fine woman over the three years at the prestigious U.A High School, and would always attribute her success to her amazing friends and the thoughtful teachers and Heroes that guided her to that point. But now, the last year and a half of containing herself was breaking through to the surface, returning her to her old tearful ways of when she was a first year student.

She still remembered it all vividly— The day Izuku vanished.

During their second year, the fateful showdown between Izuku and the villain known as Tomura Shigaraki had unfolded. At the time, nobody really knew the reasoning or the consequences behind such a battle, and by the time they were told, he was already gone.

Uraraka had wanted to go to him. Knowing Izuku was risking his life like he always did, without anyone to back him up, was too much for her to handle.

Heroes rescue civilians… But who will be there to rescue the Heroes if we don't go!

That train of thought had nearly led her to fight against her own colleagues to go to Izuku, but she was luckily brought down to Earth by the ever-truthful Bakugo.

"Shut the fuck up! You'll only get in his fuckin' way and you know it! Why do you think I'm not going? It's not because I'm a goddamn pansy or something— I know that it's not my fucking business!"

Those words were heart shattering at the time, but now she was thankful that Bakugo was able to give her a reality check.

Nobody, not All Might or Aizawa or any other Pro Hero, not Uraraka or any of their classmates, nor any of the other people whose lives Izuku had touched could stop the inevitable.

When their battle had concluded, both had mysteriously vanished, with only the scars left on the terrain around marking that something dramatic had occurred there.

Now, on the day of their graduation, there was a void that couldn't be filled via the empty seat they had left for Izuku. The entire time, a dark cloud hung over the spirits of the students and faculty present, a feeling that they couldn't shake away no matter how hard they tried to be happy.

She had managed to contain herself the entire time… Until All Might approached the podium.

Looking down at the students he had come to know and cherish as a teacher, All Might couldn't bring his usual heroic smile to the surface. More than ever, the students thought he really looked like a moving skeleton, devoid of warmth.

"Saying it's been a tough road is an understatement," the once #1 Hero began. "What I have felt over the past years isn't important— But I know how you all must be feeling at this moment."

The deathly thin man motioned with a hand to the empty seat, which had Izuku's old costume draped over it, a recreation from the Support department to honor his legacy.

"A Hero must give their all, or they cannot expect any change to occur. This was what held me back for so many years, but young Midoriya had finally shown me what it meant to be a true Hero."

Everyone was already starting to tear up, even the ever-angered Bakugo who was physically twitching to try and stop himself.

Uraraka was looking down at her lap now, fighting the tears that wanted to come. Everyone had missed Izuku, but she had a major regret that she knew would haunt her forever.

I loved him so much… I've wanted to see that smile again for so long, to hear him say that everything was going to be alright…

She wanted nothing more than to break down for the first time since Izuku had left, but she fought on— Until All Might brought it all crashing down.

"Midoriya was the true spirit of what being a Hero is about. He was the true embodiment of Plus Ultra, and I…" The man turned away slightly, visibly shaking a bit as a thin stream of tears came down his face.

"I will always remember him as the #1 Hero!"

There was loud sobs from some of the students of the A and B Hero classes. Uraraka was shaking, trying desperately to fight off the emotions, but it was getting to be too much—

So she ran.

"Uraraka!" The voice of their class rep, Iida, called after her with a choked-up voice as she burst out the doors of the gymnasium and fled.

Once Uraraka had ran out of breath, she stopped, and now here she was, falling to her knees while clutching her chest, wanting the pain to go away.

Izuku! Izuku please come back…

Uraraka's cries echoed all around the empty school grounds.

"Izuku please! Come back to us!" She shouted loudly til her voice went hoarse, screaming at the tearing agony inside of her soul.

To her surprise, however, she got an answer back.

"You want to see him again too… Right?"

Uraraka looked up, her face a mess of tears that blurred her vision, wiping them away to see who had spoken.

"Eri…"

The girl whom Izuku had saved years ago was standing in front of her now. She had grown a bit over the years and, though still young, Eri had become the light of the future of U.A, breaking out of her shell and paving the way to a bright future for the school.

"I can save him," Eri spoke softly. "I know I can."

Uraraka blinked tears away, looking at the young girl in confusion.

Eri gave a slight smile, tears starting to well up in her eyes. The young girl clenched her fists tightly, til her knuckles turned white.

"I've been practicing, and I… I know I can bring him back!"

Uraraka was in disbelief. Eri was never one to want to use her powers, even though she was slowly training to learn how to utilize it more effectively. It was something that Uraraka had never considered, because it seemed like such an impossibility.

"But… how?"

Eri wiped tears away from her eyes and pointed towards the nearby thick treeline that filled much of the U.A school grounds.

"I can show you, in there… A piece of Izuku that I can rewind, to save him," the girl spoke.

Uraraka stood and looked over towards the trees. Something felt wrong about what was transpiring, but she couldn't think of what it was in the haze of the moment."

"O-Okay… Show me," Uraraka said, sniffling and giving Eri a slight smile.

The young girl returned the smile and led the way. Uraraka gave a nervous glance back before following her.

Once entering the woods, the signs of the U.A buildings began to disappear within the tree cover. Uraraka's mind was still blurry, her thoughts a jumble of Izuku and bad feeling that were gnawing at her senses, trying desperately to turn her back.

But there was no turning back, not for Uraraka. She would do anything to get the person she loved back, even if it was a way she might not like.

Turn back!

Keep going! You have to save him!

You don't have to do it alone!

You won't be alone much longer…

He's gone forever!

You can bring him back!

Thoughts battled within her mind, giving her a throbbing headache until she finally fell to her knees, holding her head and closing her eyes. Eri looked back at her, looking a bit confused.

"Is something wrong… Ochako?"

Uraraka's eyes widened as the voice seemed to shift a bit. Looking up slowly, she noticed an unfamiliar figure standing where Eri had been. Her vision took a moment to clear up, and she gasped.

"H-Himiko… Toga…"

The villainous girl who was one of two from the League of Villains to escape the aftermath of the battle between One For All and All For One, giggled slightly at Uraraka, who was starting to lose feeling in her body.

"I guess the gas worked sooner than I thought it would," Toga said with a wicked smile.

Uraraka glared at her, clawing at the dirt with what little strength she had, fighting to keep herself up right. Toga had taken a slightly different look over the past year, now sporting short ash-blonde hair that was shaved on one side and longer on the other. Her face seemed more worn and less refined as it had once been, showing that she had undergone dramatic changes as well.

"You… You…" Uraraka felt rising hatred within herself at the fact that something like this would happen on a day that was meant for celebrating, that there was even a small chance that Izuku's sacrifice didn't put an end to it all. "You—!"

"Bitch!"

The loud yell from a third party was followed by explosions, as someone flew in and tried to kick Toga away from Uraraka. The girl jumped back, giggling slightly, her eyes narrowing on who had interfered.

"You're not cute at all," Toga said more seriously as she took a long combat knife from her side and licked its steel, eyeing the newcomer as some of her blood trickled down the knife's blade.

Uraraka looked up weakly, seeing the figure of Bakugo standing defensively in front of her, in a battle-ready pose. Explosions rippled from his hands, his body trembling with more anger than Uraraka had seen from him in a long time.

"You think you can come fuck with us today and we wouldn't be ready? You're gonna die for this," Bakugo spat out angrily.

"K-Kacchan…" Uraraka's weak voice saying the old nickname made Bakugo turn and look down to her. He scowled as he watched her slip into unconsciousness.

"Dammit, you've gotta be in the way at a time like this?!" Bakugo picked the girl up in his arms, turning back to Toga. "You better run before I get back! At least make it interesting!"

Toga giggled at this. "The gas doesn't seem to be effecting you, maybe you're cooler than I thought, Kacchan~"

"Who the hell said you can call me by that name?! You wanna die even harder?"

"But if I died, how would we bring back my beautiful Izuku?"

Bakugo's eyes widened at this. "What do you mean..?"

Toga smiled wickedly and pointed her knife at him, a bit of blood dropping from it to the ground.

"I know what happened to my darling Izuku and Shigaraki~"

"You're fucking lying! I—"

Another presence from behind made Bakugo turn, seeing another person leaning out from a tree, a blue flame lit in their left hand.

"Dabi… So both of you bastards are here," Bakugo spat.

Dabi's turquoise eyes flickered and glowed from the light of the blue flame he had created in his hand. The bottom half of his face down to his chest was covered with his signature scarred skin, but many new scars and burns had joined them, making his face reminiscent of Todoroki now more than ever.

"We aren't lying. This is our last chance at redemption," Dabi said simply. "If Shigaraki can return, then we'll have our meaning back."

"As if I'd do anything to bring that guy back," Bakugo retorted. "He's the reason that Deku is gone!"

Dabi let the blue flame dispel, leaving small embers that fluttered away before disappearing. Bakugo was surprised, seeing the intense regretful expression on the villain's face, a site that was unfamiliar for the usually emotionless man.

"If you don't wanna bring them back, we can always do it ourselves," Dabi stated.

"As if I'd let you! You fuckin—"

From behind, Toga ran forward, trying to stab Bakugo in the side. However, the well-experienced Hero jumped to the side to avoid it, before seeing Dabi flicker through the trees and appear in front of him. The villain reached forward, his left hand igniting into blue flames, aiming for Bakugo's face.

With Uraraka in his arms, it was impossible for Bakugo to fight back properly at that moment, but there was no way he'd let her get hurt just because he wanted to fight.

Dammit! Stupid Deku! Stupid Uraraka! Stupid stupid stupid—

Bakugo wasn't going to let the efforts of his long-gone friend go to waste, nor was he going to let these villains, who thought they still had any control over their lives, have a chance to get their way.

He had absolutely had it.

To Be Continued in…

Part Two: A Hazy Heart