In Loving Memory

Finally, some relevant plot details

"Of course I do. I know everybody."

"Right. Get on that, I'll manage the situation here while you do that." Mina started making phone calls as Ochako played with Kyoko, floating her into the air and letting her fly around. It didn't take long before Mina set down her phone.

"We have help on the way," Mina declared. "Aizawa is calling in some help from some combat and rescue heroes to catch whatever villain destroyed the stadium and to rescue everyone!"

"Great," Ochako sighed in relief. "All we have to do is stay here until help arrives.

It would be a long time until help arrived, but they saw someone else almost right away. It was a girl with pink hair, rushing through the ruins, calling a name that Ochako recognized almost immediately.

"Midoriya!" she shouted, running and looking through the ruins. "Midoriya!"

"Excuse me, ma'am," Ochako said, standing up.

"Huh?" The woman turned to Ochako. She was beautiful, with soft features and looked maybe twenty-one at the oldest. "Wait, you're that girl, yeah? The one fighting the blond boy before everything crumbled. Uraraka, was it?"

"Yeah," Ochako nodded. "You're calling for Midoriya. I think I know who you're talking about."

The woman shook her head slowly. "Maybe not. Izuku Midoriya? Green hair, freckles, a little under your age, scrawny, yay tall?" The woman held her hand up at a certain spot in the air, estimating the boy's height.

"I saw him, yeah," Ochako said. She must not know he's dead. Ochako pointed off into the direction she had seen Izuku go. "That way. I saw him go that way."

"Thank you! If I see any heroes I'll send them your way!" The woman ran away in the direction Ochako had pointed her.

"Alright, double backup!" Mina exclaimed happily. Himari smiled.

"You girls are going to be great heroes," Himari said.

"Thank you, ma'am, we hope to be," Mina said.

"It's a good thing you were here," Himari sighed. "I don't really have a quirk that works for this situation. All I can do is calm down people with my singing."

"That would be great for cooling down this little munchkin," Mina joked, gesturing to Kyoko.

"Kyoko is a special case," Himari smiled. "Like her dad. Immune to mental quirks like mine."

"Ooh, that's rough, at least for this situation."

Ochako was deep in thought, trying to strategize the best way to move forward. She hadn't been in hero school that long, it's not like she knew much about search and rescue.

"Uraraka!" A voice jerked Ochako out of her thoughts, and she whirled around to see it was Present Mic and a whole bunch of heroes.

"The heroes!" Mina exclaimed. "We're saved!"

Meanwhile, Izuku sat on a piece of rubble, lost in thought. What would happen to Shigaraki now? He grumbled. Here he was again, back in his sympathizing habits. He could almost hear Katsuki now, making fun of him for worrying about everyone else, even if they didn't deserve it. He smiled sadly, remembering how his life had been. He had spent most of his middle school years in fear, and even some of elementary school. He wondered how Katsuki was doing now, as he spent much less time tailing him around as he did when he had first died. Now he had many people to protect, heck, a whole class to watch over. He shook the thought away. It wasn't like this was his job, or anything, right?

In that moment, an old memory came to mind, that of his mother and the All Might video he watched on repeat. He remembered his old dream, to become a hero one day. He wanted to be just like All Might, to make people feel safe. A pang of sadness wrought itself around his heart, if he still had one, that is. It's not like he was any closer to that dream. Nana's voice jerked him out of his thoughts. "Sakura's looking for you," She said gently.