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Blazing Emeralds

Summary:

After 2 years of no contact and an undercover mission when Midoriya Izuku returns as a grown up and hotter(?) version of himself, taking not only 1-A with surprise but also sweeping Katsuki's heart right out of his ribcage it is a journey of healing, fighting, banter, laughter and closeted realisations.
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Of course as the dust settles Deku still looks glorious as ever. Blood smeared across his freckled cheeks, dust and debris collecting at his clothes and hair, the glasses now with a cracked glass, he still looked gorgeous. Just as Katsuki's world blurred at edges and he regained his ability to speak his world tilted axis and was caught in warm arms. Looking up at green eyes Katsuki grinned before closing his eyes and whispering.
"Welcome back Freckles"

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: Bleeding out rubies met blazing emeralds.

Chapter Text

Katsuki was seething. Anger was a common emotion but this was truly the worse combination of not only rage but also heart break. Okay, Deku was on an important mission, acceptable. He was undercover, acceptable. But that was after an year of graduating and it has been a solid 2 years already.

20th March 20XX, tomorrow, would mark the annual 2 years of Deku leaving for some shittyass mission that all he could explain was;

“All information is classified, I can’t share anything guys” with a bashful scratch of temple and a small smile.

And ever since then the fucking ball of sunshine was gone. Aunty Inko had stopped asking the students, Uraraka had stopped breaking down every time he was mentioned, Todoroki stopped biting his lip and looking away bitterly, All might stopped sighing all the time. Katsuki had not stopped seething, he was only 19 years old, he would be returning as a 21 years old gone through God knows what.

Katsuki’s debut as a hero was an exploding headlines alongside of candy cane with a marvellous rescue mission with 27 civilians. Basic school bus hijacking by a lowlife villain. Easy shit.

Katsuki angrily wore the grey hoodie all the while shoving his feet in his shoes.

“Yes I know you fuck, I’m literally fucking leaving my fucking apartment I’ll be there in 10 fucking minutes” Katsuki growled at the phone, snatching it to take it off speaker and pressing it to his ear.

“Damn bro the amount of fucks, Kay then see you soon” Eijirou chuckled before he hung up. Rolling his eyes Katsuki left his apartment grumbling. Fucking Deku and fucking reunion in his fucking name. Barely could even be called a reunion, half the class couldn’t make it, more of a friends hangout. Harshly slamming the door to his car Katsuki continued grumbling.

“That fucker’s still alive out there why the fuck are they acting like he died or sum’”

 

The reunion was in full motion when Katsuki arrived. Rather then the high school rowdiness it was more of a decent setting with everyone in almost formal attire with drinks in hand. This made a vein almost pop in Katsuki’s forehead. He was coming back alive the shit is up with this? Going around with the casual greetings, Katsuki slipped in between his friends with a glass of juice, Hey he might be a dick but he doesn’t drink a night before duty.

“Aeyo Sir Dynamight-”

“I kinda miss the Ground Zero era” Hanta whispered in the back.

“How are you my duuuude” Denki drawled out as Katsuki rolled his eyes.

“Usual, whats up with the depressing mood?” As if the group sobered after a night of partying Mina spoke up with everyone sitting in a more straightened manner.

“It was Tenya’s suggestion that it would be better to keep it civil and decent rather then going all out for Mido’s sake”

“Sure talk like he’s fucking dead when he’s probably out kicking ass” Katsuki rolled his eyes and felt the room stiffen a bit.

“We know he’s not dead Katsuki, it just seemed disrespectful to be rowdy drunkards when our friends out there who knows where” Uraraka spoke up from the other side of the room.

“Ochako...” Iida whispered and slightly held up his hand as if to calm her.

“Gosh sure might as well start bawling your eyes like a dumbass while you’re at it Uravity” Katsuki’s tone was way too loud then needed in the now silent room.

“Not cool man...” Jirou spoke up from some corner in the room, followed by Ejirou holding Katsuki’s arm in a warning way which Katsuki swatted away.

“Dude what the fuck is your problem? You think you’re the only one who misses him? We were his literal bestfriends when he left!” Uraraka’s voice went up a few pitches as she got up and walked towards him, standing in the middle of the room. Todoroki stood up straighter, abandoning his drink as if getting ready to break apart a brawl. Which would probably end up happening.

The blonde didn’t know why he was this sensitive either. It was stupid Deku anyways. Maybe it was stupid Deku that’s why he was upset in the first place. Stupid Deku and his bright smiles always trying to keep everything bright was here getting a shitty ass reunion on his name as if he died.

“God shut it with the bestfriends bullshit everyone misses him, what are you 12? This aint grade school where only you and your little squad misses the nerd” Katuski was riled up and in Uraraka’s face in a second. Katsuki heard Mina whisper to Hanta, ‘someone stop him’.

Before roundcheeks could open her mouth the room froze and almost everyone’s heads snapped towards the door. Hero instinct. The door was kicked open as a big group of people shot into the room. Everyone was up and alert as Katuski stepped infront of Uraraka and glared at the group.

“HA HA HA ROOKIE HEROES FIGHT?” A guy with hideously blue hair spoke up. Katsuki heard Denki cough super loudly in the back.

“What is this? A raid at a place where a literal class of heroes is gathered? I’m not sure if you’re stupid or overconfident” Uraraka scoffed before glaring and slapping Katsuki’s protective arm in front of her away.

“I’m a hero too you know” She muttered before coughing and clutching at her throat. Her eyes went wide as Katsuki’s eyes snapped at the group. 5th person on the left.

“You poisoned the drinks” He spat at the woman with swirling yellow eyes. The air in the room went tight as he heard more people in the room cough.

“Oh no honey it’s more of a” She slurred almost sultry as she snapped her fingers and a zing in the room was heard before everyone of the former UA class was dropped on their knees. “Mind control thing”

The bitch had the audacity to wink.

“Well you see it wasn’t that hard” 2nd guy to the left, purple spots on a blue skin, “We hate heroes, heroes were in a vulnerable spot in a restaurant why not?”

Katsuki tried to snap at him but found himself struggling to even move his lips. Even the fucking juice.

“Dynamight’s mine, this fucker deserves to be killed by me after doing that to my brother,” The blue haired snarled and walked up to Katsuki as the blonde’s breathe flared in anger. The guy simply put his hand on his forehead before moving his hand to gesture a gun pointed at Katsuki’s forehead and winked.

Katsuki’s eyes went wide. Blue hair, brother, the cocky gun gesture. Explode on touch quirk same as his twin brother that Katsuki had put away last week. Time slowed as Katsuki felt his stomach dropping and let out a guttural throat noise.

“Go on enjoy the buffet you bastards” Pure malice dripped from the fucker’s voice as the group of around 11 people broke out into disgusting laughter and noise of catastrophic triumph. It was if everyone had someone they wanted to fuck with. Noise was blocked out as Katsuki’s eyes zeroed onto the incoming kick to his face. The impact left him wheezing through his noise as his body wouldn’t budge from the kneeling position and only acted as a punching bag. The next impact was paired with an exploding fire right onto his jaw.

The guy crackled loudly as pain seared up into the blonde’s ear and face. The searing hotness felt like fire had blazed all across his jaw.

“You like this Dynamight? I make the air particles right next to your face explode with the touch of my fist”

‘when the fuck did I ask for the analogy you fucker’

Another impact was before every hit was paired with menacing laughter leaving the young hero charred and bleeding at random spots. Pain and agony was all over the room as Katsuki blinked harshly at the blood clouding his eyes. Sounds of torment and misery filled the room as Katsuki felt consciousness fading in and out.

“ALRIGHT LISTEN YOU FUCKERS, The first to die will be this bastard.” The chaos paused as the evil motherfuckers crackled like a fucking theatre was prepared for them while the blue haired fucker grinned at Katsuki.

Catching Uraraka’s eyes from across the room Katsuki almost choked at the roughed up young hero looking directly at him with dreadfully tearing up eyes.

Fuck he really was going to die before finding out what the fuck took Deku to come back huh?

Katsuki squeezed his eyes shut as a hand inched closer to his face, hoots and cheering filled Katsuki with ground shattering terror as he realised he was seconds away from accepting death.

“I would appreciate it if you got the fuck away from Kacchan”

Time stopped.

Bleeding out rubies met blazing emeralds.

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