Izuku felt nothing but pain, beating through his lungs like stakes with every breath, all the way back to the school.
As Mina carried him in her arms, he also very quickly learned the downsides of having a relatively powerful healing factor.
It was an aspect of his powers he had never really thought would have a downsize, but as Venom explained in his mind, that same healing factor was now keeping him conscious, whereas any normal person would have been knocked out by the pain and damage.
That was a good thing that had saved his life in the battle itself. Not so much now where he had to suffer through every waking moment in agony, as his mind just got clearer, and the pain sharper as it did so.
Adding to his discomfort was occasionally coughing up thick bouts of blood. That didn't help with his pained breathing, nor did the way Mina would stiffen up every time it happened.
As it turned out, their side had thankfully won the battle.
While they had been dealing with Rhino and Shocker, All Might had come, fought the brain guy, and won a spectacular victory by sending him flying through the roof.
And with him, or a bit after, Izuku wasn't entirely sure how it had gone down, the rest of the teachers had come and decisively driven away the remaining villains, and as they got on a car back to the school, he heard the sirens of police cars outside as they passed.
Venom had made some snarky comments about the cavalry of law and order finally arriving, but Izuku ignored it.
He didn't manage to ask any questions himself, but thankfully Mina asked the question he so desperately worried about, as well as telling the adults about Rhino needing medical help.
No one had died. All the students had made it out fine, with him and Mina being the only ones truly wounded. And as long as Rhino got medical help, none of the Villains would die either.
It had been an unambiguous victory for the forces of good. And even as he coughed up more blood, a relieved smile came to his face.
No one had died.
Thank God in heaven.
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"Merde."
Tifa Rolle, better known as the criminal Tel, stood on edge of a rooftop, staring down at a scene that seemed ludicrous to her.
It was her standard procedure. She'd leave Rhino and Shocker to do their thing, and unless they called her up, she'd only return after half an hour.
That had almost always been enough time for Rhino to deal with whoever it was he was fighting, while she could go enjoy a soda and some snacks.
She had been in a great mood, thinking she would finally get revenge for that embarrassing failed mission where they lost hammerhead, tons of the shitty Trigger drug the Japs were so fond of, and she had gotten her jaw and her finger broken at the hands of the snotty brat with the green hair.
And so, it had been a shock as she came back to the scene, and after a bit of tracking across the rooftops, she had finally found Rhino and Shocker.
On the ground below her being apprehended by several pro heroes, was Rhino, clearly unconscious, and Shocker webbed up in a black cocoon.
It had seemed such an impossible sight she had done a double-take, just gaping down at them, before swearing.
No, it was real. That were the two of them, and Rhino, one of the physically strongest people she had ever meet, was lying unconscious on the ground.
Someone had actually beaten them.
This was actually happening.
Swearing was a mistake as it turned out, as literarily 4 seconds later, two bullets slammed into her chest, one through her arm, and one through her left leg, as she was thrown back towards the roof floor screaming.
She never hit it, however, as in a flash of purple energy, she vanished from the land of the rising sun.
And instead slammed into padded ground, in a white room.
Her screams of pain immediately woke attention of the guy on duty at the moment, and he almost scrambled over himself as he ripped bandages off the table he was sitting at as he came towards her.
"Tel? The fuck happened?"
He quickly bent down, and not saying another word, he began to hastily bandage her two bleeding limbs, as she swore in pain the entire way.
As he tightened the bandage, she swore between gritted teeth from the pain. God, it Hurt being shot! What kinda hero used guns anyway?
The man she now recognized as Tom, stared down at her worried, as he was bent over her on one knee.
"I'll go get someone to carry you, then we can get you actual treatme-" Her hand shot up, and clench the hem of his shirt in her fist. "NO! I... I need to talk to the Big Man, NOW! RIGHT AWAY!"
Tom got a confused look on his face, but thankfully he went with it and did NOT start asking questions at her.
What he had to say though, wasn't much better.
"You can't. The Big Man is out meeting the Brazilian delegates. We can't interrupt that, even if I could contact him right now."
Her eyes widened. That was TODAY? FUCK!
"Ok, so who IS in charge here now then?"
...
The healing Kiss from recovery Girl was like the hand of God reaching down and curing all his ails.
In one moment, he was lying flat on his back over a stretcher. The next, all his pain was gone, only the coppery taste of blood in his mouth revealing that he had ever suffered any injury at all.
As he got up on his feet, the small elderly woman moved on, and just as Miraculously as she had healed him, she did the same to Mina, who had wrapped a ripped-off piece of Shockers yellow quilt costume around her head to stop the bleeding.
Judging by how she looked, as she hesitantly took off the makeshift bandage, with dried blood crusting half of her long, Fluffy pink mane, and her face as well, one would probably have judged her to be far, far worse off than Izuku.
"WOW. It's completely gone!" Mina marveled as she brought her hand up, obviously tracing where the wound had just been.
As Izuku got to his feet, Recovery Girl turned towards him with an expression that distinctly told him to get back unto the bed, making him freeze in his tracks.
Then her harsh face softened.
"That's right, you have a healing factor don't you?"
Izuku mutely nodded in affirmation, for a moment wondering how in the world she could have known about that, only to remember he had written it down when he had updated his quirk description before entering the entrance exam.
"In that case, you can get up and move as you please. I have some other patients I need to take care of at the moment."
She then turned to Mina and nodded towards a water tap and a pretty large sink in the corner of the room.
"You'll want to clean your hair and face now dear. The police will want your statements now that you're treated and trust me, you do NOT want to let it finish drying up before you begin cleaning your hair. Just give your face and hair a quick cleanup now, then you can take a shower to finish it, after the police statements. Those might take half an hour or more."
Mina nodded, and hastily went over to the spring, as Recovery Girl turned towards Izuku as he got up.
"The detective taking the statements will be with you shortly, he just needs to finish talking with All Might."
Then, she left, leaving the teenagers and the alien, alone in the room.
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