Lost in the Darkness

Chapter 43

The stone room is cold. It's dark, damp. And the screams of my family echo in my mind. Mother is crying, begging to spare us. My brother is trying to bear the pain, the other one is lying on the ground, passed out. Everything is so painful. And the stench of blood is almost suffocating. "Again." His cruel voice demanded. Kei and I struggled to remain standing before the chains came again.

Don't fall down. Don't fall down. Don't-!

"Nozomi!" Ow! Something smacked down onto my head, startling me awake. Aizawa stood in front of my desk, a clipboard firmly pressed down on my head.

Huh? Oh. I'm in class. My erratic heartbeat began to calm and the small amount of sweat that began to build due to the dream stopped. I fell asleep again.

Aizawa, who looked angry before, took notice of my pale complexion and the bags under my eyes. He probably gathered I had a bad dream. Well, a memory.

And today was when Izu could come to class. Because of his and Kacchan's fight, the two couldn't participate in these special classes for a couple days.

Huh? Three unfamiliar students stood at the front, a girl and two boys. Seeing where I was looking, he sighed. "Don't sleep in class. These three third years are the ones who stand at the top of all U.A. students. The Big Three."

I blinked before pointing at the dark haired one who was rather gloomy and facing the wall. "Even him?" My friends around me sweat at my question and the said kid became even gloomier.

The girl who seemed to be in la la land laughed before turning to her companion. "Oh listen, Amajiki! That's called having the heart of a flea! Even though you're human! It's strange!" She laughed it off.

I didn't say that. She sure put him down quickly. She turned back to us and gestured to him. "This is the flea, Amajiki Tamaki. And then I'm Hado Nejire. We were asked to talk to you guys about work studies. But wait." She went over to Shoji, looking at him curiously.

"Hey, hey, why are you wearing a mask? Are you sick? Trying to look cool?"

He backed up a bit since she was invading hi personal space. "This is because in the past-"

He was interrupted by her as she took stood straighter to look back atTodoroki. "Oh my! You must be Todoroki, right? Right? How did you get burned right there?"

As he was beginning to answer she turned towards Mina. "Ashido, if your horns break off, will new ones grow in? Can you move them? Well? Ah. Mineta, are those balls of your hair? How do you get a haircut? Asui, you're a tree frog, not a toad, right? There's so much I want to know about all of you! It's so strange!"

My eye twitched. "Are you stupid-mph!" Kaminari and Sero quickly covered my mouth.

Kaminari seemed to think her airheadedness is cute, but it's not. It's annoying. Even Aizawa is getting irritated with her.

The blonde guy began to sweat seeing our teacher on edge. "Don't worry, Eraser Head! I'm going to wrap things up, right?" He moved his arms kind of like Iida.

Hopefully he will. One's depressed, the others a toddler, please let him be the rational of the three. Although he doesn't really look it.

He looked over to us and leaned over, his ear towards us. "The future's gonna be . . ?" He wants us to finish? What the hell are we supposed to say? Scratch that, he's not the sane one, none of them are. Even my classmates didn't know what to say or make of the situation.

"Grim! That's what you were s'posed to say, right? All right, my call-and-response was a huge fail!" He laughed, not letting anything affect his mode.