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Part 9: "Mom..?"

Izuku's POV

I'm surrounded by darkness. It's pitch black and I can't see a thing. I frantically swing my head around trying to look around any form of light but nothing. I get up and walk around, I'm not on the floor, it feels like I'm floating. Then I hear faint crying.

"I-Is he okay?" I recognize the voice, It's Shoyo. He sounds like he's crying.

"I'm sure he'll pull through..." That's Suga. What are they doing here?

"Hey Zuzu..." Noya? I feel a warm sensation on my hand but nothings there. Where the hell am I?

"H-hello? W-where am I-I?" Nothing, absolutely nothing but silence. I start walking again, I'm not sure where I'm going but I'm moving and there's nothing, just darkness.

"Hi sweetie..." I stop immediately. No, it couldn't be. She's not here, she's dead. She's not really there just keep walking.

"Izuku?" Keep walking. She's not really here, she's not. Your minds just screwing with you. There's no way. I feel hand on my shoulder causing me to stop. At this point I'm shaking slightly and tears are threatening to breach my eyes.

"Please stop..." I whispered. I'm already lost in a black abyss and now I'm hearing her voice. I'm still coping from her death, I can't take this. The thoughts had stopped and I slowly turned around. My breath hitched in my throat. There she stood, as beautiful as ever. Her long, green hair pulled back in a bun, her eyes sparkling, her smile broad and bright, her facial features soft and happy. Her hand was on my shoulder and I'm paralyzed in my spot.

"M-mom...?" I can't handle it anymore. My tears roll down my cheeks and I'm hugging her. It's been so long since I've been in her arms, her warm embrace causing me to cry more. She smelt like her normal lavender scent, her hands make their way to my back rubbing it softly. I'm trying to form words but I'm crying to much all that comes out are hiccups and heavy breaths. She's here, she's really here. I'm not dreaming, she's here. I pull away and put my hands on her face kissing her forehead repeatedly. She's here, she's here. She came back. I'm not alone, she's here. She holds both my hands and laughs through her tears.

"I'm here, I'm here okay?" she tells me while kissing my hands and laughing. 

"You have no idea how much I missed you..." I say during light sobs. She looks at my face for a bit then her face straightens up and she has a serious expression on.

"What happened?" I was confused.

"You shouldn't be here."

"What is 'here'?"

"You're always putting yourself before others. You knew you would injure yourself yet you still continued to fight! You knew the consequences, you knew what was gonna happen. Do you know where you are? You're in between. Do you know what that means?! You're between life and death! You could die here!" she cried out lightly hitting me in my chest.

The what? I was in the what? It took me a while before I could've comprehended what she said.

"What? I'm in between? Like a coma?" I felt calm, surprisingly. She looks at me surprised.

"Are you not worried? Izuku, you could die! You can't die!" I wasn't worried about myself, I was more scared of leaving her again. She's not really here, she's dead. She's temporarily here. I feel the tears well up in my eyes gain.

"Y-you not h-here..." she looked at me softly.

"No, I'm here to comfort you and most of all tell you to go back." I was shocked. How could say that so calmly, like she's just gonna ignore the fact that she's dead, like I'm gonna leave her here, like I'm gonna abandon her and go back to my living life.