Exploding Through Dimensions

Chapter 21: Not Even Close

"Stupid good for nothing idiots." Bakugo irritatedly grinded his teeth as he continued stomping down the hall, not even carrying if after every step he continued to leave a trail of water behind.

How the hell did they make it sound so easy to tell someone you loved them when he never had the experience of telling someone he liked them, let alone love them. And not just that...but to tell someone who was probably still pining after a certain green broccoli haired boy whom Bakugo rather not think about right now since that would only sour his mood even further. "Stupid friends. Stupid Deku...even when that idiot not around he still manages to irritate me." He continued to mumble as he angrily quickened his step.

Musutafu, Japan...same time.

""Achoo!"

"You alright?" Todoroki worriedly asked again while watching Deku sheepishly rub his nose. "You've been doing that a lot right now."

"I'm fine." Deku confusingly blinked when he felt another sneeze coming on. He knew he was fine just a minute ago.

"Perhaps you're coming down with a cold?" Iida raised a questioning brow.

"Well, whatever it is, don't bring it in here or anywhere near my babies!" Hatsume dramatically began removing some of her experiments further away from the One for All user.

"Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't those-"

"Those! Those are Hatsume's babies! No need to open up that conversation!" Deku hurriedly waved his hands in front of Todoroki to plead him to stop as soon as Hatsume stopped what she'd been doing to excitingly stare back at them.

"Oh, I must be mistaken."

"Any progress?" A tired Mr. Aizawa asked as he walked in with a cup of coffee. "Or is there a reason for all of you being here?"

"Other than Midoriya coming down with an unusual case of cold I'd say...no." Hatsume's smile faltered. "But not much to really expect when we only have one piece of the puzzle." She placed one hand on her hip while waving the other up towards the ceiling. "But at least we know they're alive somewhere out there, so that's a plus, right?"

"Yes, but out where?" Iida puzzlingly frowned. "We don't even know what alternative dimension they're in or if they're even hurt. These are our classmates and friends and Bakugo we're talking about here!" He frantically waved his arms up and down.

"Well like I said Tenya, we know they're alive and—wait why are you suddenly so red?" she curiously asked once he began to stiffen his shoulder at the sound of his first name that Hatsume oh so casual threw out. "Great Midoriya, now you gave him whatever you have!"

"I'm not sick honest!" he pleaded.

"Could be life-threatening..." she thoughtfully spoke out loud as she rubbed her chin completely oblivious to Deku's horrified expression. "Maybe deadly..."

"D-deadly?!" Both Iida and Deku shrieked.

"No one's gonna die." Mr. Aizawa tiredly pinched the bridge of his nose. "At least not today."

"WHAT?!"

Ignoring his two students, Mr. Aizawa quickly returned to the girl in the room. "Hatsume."

"Right!" Redirecting her attention to Mr. Aizawa she quickly moved over to the same device she'd been working on. "I've managed to get the information from whoever created the bracket as well as the tracer."

"And?"

"And the person who created it was named Doctor Yemon Teramoto, he was one of the original founders of this school so you can imagine he's very much dead." She rambled off. "Probably from the same thing Tenya and Midoriya have."