Chapter 25

                                    

                                          
It has been a whole day since the USJ attack and all the students from Class 1A sat on the waiting room. Izuku nibbled his bottom lip, eyes focused on the bright green light of the operating sign as Uraraka tapped her feet impatiently. Iida paced back and forth, eyes darting around the door, while Kaminari chewed on his nails. Yaoyorozu fiddled with the magazine as Jirou sweated.
Only Todoroki looked calm, leaning against the wall and eyes plastered on the light of the operation. But his hands kept clenching and unclenching as the ticking sound of the clock grew louder and louder as each second passed. The temperature of the waiting room also seemed to be dropping to the point that Izuku's teeth was shivering.
"Are the waiting rooms supposed to be this cold?" Mineta rubbed his arm.
Everyone ignored the question, only glancing at Todoroki. The mismatch boy only fixated his eyes at the glowing green lights of the operating sign. It would have been strange if the boy wasn't worried, out of everyone in their class; only Uzumaki was really close to him. Izuku shook his head as Kaminari jumped up from his seat.
"Is Uzumaki going to live? Why are they taking so long to operate?" Kaminari clenched his hands into a fist. "Is this normal?"
"How the hell is Uzumaki going to be okay? The villain tore through her stomach!" Mineta gulped and chewed on his nails. Everyone winced, lips pressed into a thin line. The temperature in the room dropped again and the students rubbed their arms again. "It will be a miracle if she lives."
"Don't talk like that!" Ashido yelled.
"He is right," Jirou closed her eyes and gulped. "Aizawa-sensei couldn't defeat the villain and he got destroyed. Uzumaki might have defeated that monster but that thing tore her stomach through, bruised her and I don't really understand why Uzumaki went for it. She did know that she could have died?"
Izuku's hands trembled as bloodied lips flashed before his eyes. Uzumaki bled, clutched her stomach and must have been in the world of pain, but there was still a smile on her face. His hands shook. He always wanted to make a smile like All Might did but it was a whole different story to see Uzumaki do it. He gulped. It reassured them that everything was going to be okay but it was not worth it.
Not when she was in the operating room.
"She lost control of her Quirk," Tokoyomi commented. "It is hard to stay in control with a Quirk like hers."
Everyone swirled their head at the raven-headed teen. He offered them no other explanation, while the students flickered their eyes at each other. Was that really Uzumaki's Quirk? What was her Quirk? Izuku pressed his fingers around his forehead, rubbing circles around it. Clones? Super strength? And a monstrous energy? Nothing seemed to be connecting.
Uzushiokage was the person they kept comparing her Quirk to, but Uzumaki's Quirk seemed more powerful. It was probably stronger than One For All. Izuku clenched and unclenched his hands, before darting his eyes to Todoroki. The younger boy rubbed the back of his neck, eyes shut before looking wildly to the operating sign.
The green light of the operating room switched off and the students straightened their backs. The door swung open and the surgeon stepped through. Sweat built upon his forehead, eyes darting around the waiting room till it landed on the gathered students charging straight towards him.
"Did she live?"
"Is Uzumaki okay?"
"Please tell us there is good news!"
The surgeon held his arms up, his eyes growing wide as Hagakure and Ashido grabbed hold of his legs. Tears streamed down their eyes, sobs echoing throughout the waiting room as Yaoyorozu and Iida tried to yank them off the surgeon. The surgeon laughed but his eyes didn't hold the glint of joy. Did something happen? He chewed on his bottom lips, hands shaking as Uraraka rubbed his back.