Chapter 17 - A New Rescue Squad

                                    

                                          
There was a tense atmosphere as they all sat in silence, not knowing what to do. All hero course students had been brought to the nearest hospital for medical aid, not that most of them needed it. And now the members of the Assembly were all gathered in Momo's room, where she was being treated for her nutrient deficiency after overusing her quirk. All of them except for Izuku... And there was only one thing repeating in Katsuki's mind, over and over and over again.
"There's nothing I want more than to save you from your fate, you know that. If there was anything I could do, anything at all, I would do it. Without hesitation."
That self-sacrificing little shit... Why didn't he tell them what he was planning?! Why didn't he talk to him?! Katsuki knew the answer, because he would've stopped Deku from giving himself to the villains, but he still didn't like the fact he was left in the dark completely. Of course there was also the chance that Deku had been their target all along, that they weren't after Katsuki this time. That they changed things without knowing the consequences. And now he was taken, kidnapped by the group that terrorized and traumatized them, scarring them for the rest of their lives.
"Do you think it's because he won the sportsfestival?" Shoto asked quietly, breaking the silence between them.
"What?" Ochako breathed.
"The League is trying to recruit strong members, right?" Shoto continued. "Last time, Katsuki was the strongest, since he won the sportsfestival. But this time Izuku won, so maybe that's why they took him?"
Katsuki frowned, not even considering Shoto's idea. They'd taken Katsuki because he behaved like a villain, because he had a strong quirk and they thought they could influence him. He was the one who'd been kidnaped for crying out loud! He knew damn well why they wanted to take him and none of those things applied to Deku! Well, except for his quirk... One For All... Katsuki's eyes widened and he shot up from his chair, immediately earning everyone's attention.
"It doesn't matter why the hell they took him, we need to get him out of there as soon as possible," he hissed.
"We all want to save him, but we can't rush this. They won't hurt him, Katsuki, you know that," Eijirou said. "They didn't hurt you so-"
"But I didn't have One For All!" Katsuki interrupted, silencing the room once more. One For All... Oh no... 
Before any of them could react to his outburst, Eraserhead opened the door, pushing none other than Yuga Aoyama in the room, the one person they didn't want to see right now. It was his fault the location of their training camp leaked to the villains, his fault Izuku had been kidnapped. The dirty traitor! Katsuki got angry just looking at him, instead opting to glare out of the window and ignore him completely. He didn't care whether or not Aoyama was actually a good person or that he regretted his actions. That was the future. Right now he was still a traitor, one that ruined Katsuki's life in more ways than one.
Aoyama looked rather nervous, though. Tense, in a way. He was avoiding eye contact with the group, staring at the ground while Aizawa kept a firm hand on his shoulder.
"Tell them what you told me," the teacher commanded, clearly making Aoyama uncomfortable.
"I-I, uhm, It's... I told the villains where to find us," he admitted, squeezing his eyes shut, afraid to see their reactions. "I-I've been giving them information about the school a-and about our schedule. It's my fault Midoriya-kun has been kidnapped."
"Yeah, no shit," Katsuki grumbled, glaring at the sparkly blonde as he turned around to face him. "Why the hell are you confessing that now?"
"W-what?" Aoyama whispered, shocked that they were reacting this passively to his confession.