"(Y/n)! Please wake up! Please!"

'My ears are ringing. I can't hear anything...'

"Ughhh... my head... is this blood?"

I looked at my hand, it was covered in something. I couldn't exactly see what it was, but it felt warm. If its blood, then whose blood is it?

My vision cleared up a bit. I was in an area that was completely destroyed, I tried to get up when suddenly, a sharp pain shot up my leg.

"Ah!"

I looked down and saw that my ankle was completely dislocated! What the hell happened!

"(Y/n)! You're awake!" Called out a child.

I looked around until I spotted him. He was kneeling down, desperately trying to shake someone.

"They won't wake up!" He cried.

"(Y/n) watch out!!!" He warned.

I looked behind me and...

"AH!" I screamed as I shot out of bed.

I looked at my surroundings and saw that I was still in the lodge.

'It happened again... it was different though. It didn't just end with the child screaming & crying, it also showed that I was injured. That pain I felt in the dream... it seemed so real...'

I grabbed my phone to check the time and saw that I had another hour left to sleep. After seeing the time, I tried to fall asleep but thanks to my luck, I came to no avail. Since I couldn't go back to sleep, I decided to go get some fresh air, maybe start with a little jog around the lodge to start off my day. With that decided, I threw on a pair of sweatpants and matching sweater before making my way outside.

The weather was peaceful, the crisp morning air and the way the sun shone through the trees was something else. The scene made me feel relaxed and at peace.

As I was in the middle of stretching, I heard a "good morning, (y/n)." I looked up and saw Izuku who was dressed up in a tracksuit as well.

"Oh, good morning Izuku. What are you doing up so early?"

"I always wake up this early, it's part of my routine." He giggled awkwardly.

"Ohh, I see."

"How about you, (y/n)? Do you wake up this early too?" He asked.

"Hmmm, no not really. I just couldn't go back to bed." I admitted

"Why's that?" He kindly asked.

"Ehh, just this dream I've been having lately, it's been getting more intense. I don't want to focus too much on it though so that's why I decided to squeeze in an early morning run." I explained.

"Mind if I join you?" He smirked.

"Sure, as long as you can keep up!" I teased.

We got ready and internally counted to three. Everything started off as nothing but a jog, but things were starting to get intense. For some odd reason, my competitive side kicked in. Every time Izuku would get ahead of me just a bit, I would go faster. He noticed this too, but hey, he can't judge because he too was doing it.

Eventually, our morning jog turned into a morning race as we activated our quirks to boost our speed. Now I know what you're probably thinking. "Where are you two even racing to?" That is a good question because I myself don't even know, we were basically running until one of us ran out of stamina & grew tired.

"Gettin competitive too now, aren't ya Izuku!" I giggled at him.

He looked to me with a smirk and replied.

"You're one to talk!"

Then in a flash, Izuku was gone. The only thing I witnessed in that split second before he vanished was him running into a tree. I stopped and turned back to go check on him, hoping he wasn't knocked unconscious.

"Oh my gosh! Are you alright?!"

There he was laying on the ground with his eyes half-lidded and a red mark on his head.

"Owww... my head." He groaned.

I sat down in the ground and gently placed his head on my legs before making cold water run to my hand and wet it just enough to make it cold to place on his injury. Izuku blinked a few times before he scanned the area above. He looked into my eyes, seeming quite relaxed.

"Better?" I kindly asked.

"Yeah.." he exhaled.

Suddenly his body went stiff. This got me concerned again.

"What? What's wrong?"

He didn't say anything, instead, he moved his hand upward to try and feel what he was lying on. The moment his hand hovered over my thigh, I realized that I may have fucked up. When coming to that realization, he had already squeezed my thigh causing my jaw to drop at his action.

'WTF NO THE PURE BROCCOLI BOY HAS BEEN CORRUPTED.'

"I-IZUKU!" I yelled as I jumped up.

"A-AH, I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT IT WAS JUST SOFT AND IT GOT ME CURIOUS-" He panicked.

Both of us were extremely embarrassed and flustered.

"W-we should head back now... Everyone is probably waking up by n-now.." I stuttered.

"R-right.."

We started walking and let me just say that it was awkward as shit. There was barely any communication. We had been walking for about a little over 20 minutes, which was strange since it shouldn't be that long from when we were racing. That only took less than 5 minutes. I kept looking at certain things as we were walking and noticed that some stuff looked the same.

"Izuku... doesn't that tree that looks like the one from Monster House look TOO familiar?" I questioned.

"I'm not sure. I haven't been paying much attention." He replied with confusion.

"Oh my god... I think we're lost..." I pointed out.

"LOST?" He shouted.

"Unfortunately..."

"Okay, let's just remain calm. I'm sure we can get out of here before we go start our training. If not, maybe Aizawa will send a search party." He reassured.

Back at the lodge...

*The Walking Dead theme plays*

"Ugh, who's watching The Walking Dead... turn it down..." Mina groaned.

*continues to play*

"Ughhhhh... I said TURN IT DOWN!" She roared as she aggressively threw a pillow in the direction of the noise.

"Ow! Ashido!" Hagakure cried.

"Oops..."

"What's with all the noise?" Momo stretched.

"What time is it... so slee..py.." Uraraka yawned before falling back to sleep.

"I don't know, but someone's Walking Dead alarm woke me up. Probably would've dreamed about getting chased by zombies if I slept any longer." Ashido explained.

Hagakure got out of bed to find the noise source which was your phone.

"Hey (y/n), why set an alarm if you're not even going to wake - wait, where is she?"

Hagakure put your phone back down and peeped outside the room.

"Maybe she went to the washroom?" Momo assumed.

The girls went silent for a moment as they wondered about your whereabouts before brushing it off and getting ready for the day.

"Hey Tooru, I just wanted to ask but did you sleep naked?" Mina asked.

"A-ASHIDO!" Hagakure squealed.

...

"Okay, I think I know where we are now... so I've seen that rock, I remember distinctly passing by it at some point... wait, was that branch there before? No..." you mumbled as you were trying to retrace your steps.

"Izuku, How is it going up there?" You called out to him.

Izuku's head sprouted out from a tree as he heard your call.

"Not too good, I can't see the lodge even from up here.." he sighed.

You dropped to your knees dramatically and yelled at the top of your lungs.

"WE'RE DOOMED!!!"

"A-Ah! No, we're not! I-I'm sure help is on its way as we speak!" Izuku tried to reassure.

"Oh, did that seem real? I just wanted an excuse to do that." You explained.

"But yeah, we're in deep shit right now." You finished.

"O-oh, okay. I thought I was going to have to give you a comforting hug, i-it's not like I wouldn't mind doing so but you're pretty much not in need of one and... I'll just stop." He rambled.

"Izuku. I just have to say this, but you're freaking adorable." You retorted.

Silence.

"Izuku?"

Followed by more silence.

You looked over to him and saw that he was completely red and frozen still. Perhaps admitting that was too much for him...

An hour later...

"Midoriya & (L/n) are still not here..." Aizawa mumbled as he looked over to all his students in training.

"Everything okay, Eraser?" Mandalay asked, quite concerned as to what was going on with him.

"Not exactly. Two of my students seem to be missing..." he replied.

"Missing? What're their names? I'll see if I can communicate with them using my Telepathy and send Tiger & Ragdoll to go search for them." She assured.

"Midoriya and (L/n)."

Mandalay nodded her head before shortly leaving.

"Hello? Can you hear me? This is Mandalay, I am looking for Midoriya & (Y/n). If you two can hear this, send some type of signal to show us your location."

'Deku & (Y/n) are missing? Those idiots.'

...

"AH! IZUKU! DID YOU HEAR THAT!" I yelped.

"Yeah! It's Mandalay! They must be trying to find us!" He exclaimed.

"We need to send a signal. One that they should be able to see or hear from the lodge!"

"How about your quirk? Shoot some water upwards as high as you can, maybe that will work." He suggested.

"I can climb that tree!" I exclaimed.

Our plan wasn't really thought out very well as we were too excited and relieved about finally going back to the lodge and out of the forest. So, when I shot a string of water upwards into the air, I wasn't thinking about what will happen when it came back down, leading us to basically get rained on.

"(Y-Y/n)!" Izuku yelped.

"Shit, my bad..." I apologized.

"Do you think they saw that?" Izuku questioned.

"I don't know... Ugh, if only I brought my phone! We probably wouldn't be in this situation."

"Don't blame yourself! You didn't know this would happen." Izuku tried to reassure.

I sat down on the branch of the tree and went deep into thought.

'I can't stop thinking of how intense these dreams have been getting. Especially this nights dream... I actually felt pain once I woke up. It's strange how this forest seems to resemble the one in my dream...'

"Midoriya, (Y/n), this is Mandalay, can you do whatever that was again, only this time make it higher."

"THEY SAW! IZUKU, LETS COMBINE OUR QUIRKS!" I yelled.

"C-Combine?! How!"

"I'll make a big sphere of water and you use your quirk to punch it upwards, creating a geyser!" I explained.

I started concentrating on gathering all the water and moisture that was within a 200-foot radius from where I was. It was harder than the time I was sparring with Kacchan, but that's because that is because the moisture is deeper within the solid ground.

It took about two or three minutes for me to gather enough water for the sphere. When finished, I lifted my arms up in the air and made my hands flat, kind of like Goku when he's making a Spirit Bomb, except with water.

"Okay Izuku, on the count of three, I'm going to launch the water sphere up high and at that moment, you're gonna punch upwards at it, causing a trail to follow the blast, got it?" I reminded.

Izuku nodded to signal that he was ready and understood. I started counting to three before doing as planned.

"Three!"

"SEEEMAAAAASSSHHHH!" Izuku screamed before sending a powerful blow towards the sphere.

The water busted upwards and caused a huge trail to follow behind it.

"Holy shit it actually worked!" I exclaimed.

...

"Mandalay look! Over there!" Ragdoll pointed.

"It's them! That's their S.O.S. Let's go!" She replied.

About 10 minutes later they had found us. I never felt so damn relieved.

"I'm amazed that you two managed to stay calm. How long have you been out here? Also, how did you get out here?" Mandalay asked.

"Long story short, we got lost while racing. As for the time, maybe about an hour or two." I retorted.

"Also, I probably would've gone insane if Izuku weren't with me..." I added.

"W-What? Me?" he asked, confused.

"Yeah, you." I giggled before walking over to him and grabbing his hands.

"You were there to comfort me when I needed it and you reassured me that we would be found soon. In short, you basically gave me hope. Thank you, Izuku. For helping me keep my sanity." I wholeheartedly thanked.

Izuku pulled me into an unexpected hug but didn't say a word. I didn't get stiff nor did I feel awkward. Surprisingly, I just melted into the hug and went with it by hugging him back.

"Aw. Okay lovebirds, it's time we head back to the lodge Aizawa is pissed." Mandalay interrupted.

"L-Lovebirds?!" Izuku blushed.

...

When we returned to the lodge, Aizawa was already standing there, waiting outside for us.

'We're in deep shit...'

"Enjoy your little getaway?" he asked sarcastically.

"Aizawa-sensei, it's not what you think." Midoriya started.

"Quiet. You two are in big trouble. I'm glad you're back safe but you still have to pay the price, that's why you are going to spend tonight doing training that you missed out on. That means no supper and no bathhouse. Understand." He scolded.

"Yes sir..." we replied sadly in sync.

"Good, now go have a quick snack and meet me back here in 20."

We trudged back into the lodge and did as told.

"Man Aizawa, you're strict." Ragdoll egged.

"You think that's strict? Please, he was going easy on them!" Tiger replied.

"Have you gone soft for this group, Aizawa?" Mandalay asked.

Aizawa didn't reply. He just huffed and walked away.

'I'm just glad they're okay...' he smirked.

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AWWW DADZAWA! Kon'nichiwa my children. It is I, Author-chan, bringing you a new chapter. Now I obviously made this chapter to focus on Izuku & reader's relationship development seeing as I barely put any (sadly). But anyways, I hope you enjoyed this AND I hope you like the new cover for the story!! Please tell me what you think. Until next time.

- Sierra