Changing the Future for a Better Past

A slight creak of the bed is all that alerted Izuku to another's presence. His eyelids flew open and he jumped out of bed, quickly planting a foot to prep himself for attack. As his eyes adjusted to the low light level, he managed to make out the features of the supposed 'assailant'. An auburn bob-cut, round cheeks with a near-permanent blush, and wide brown eyes staring at him. Izuku let out a breath, the tension leaving his shoulders as he climbed back into bed.

"Ocha... what wrong?" He pulled the girl into a gentle embrace. She shivered slightly, her arms reaching to grab him tightly. she let out a quite mumble that Izuku had to strain to hear. "Nightmare..." Izuku sighed, pulling her into a tighter embrace and started to whisper into her ear. "Do you want to talk about it?" Ochako nodded gently, the slight patter of her tears  the only noise. She took a deep shuddering breath and started to speak, albeit very quietly. "I was back there, and..." she trailed off, feeling her beau nuzzling up to her.

"Don't think about then, think about now. Its not 2429, its 2415. We are fifteen, not twenty nine." Ochako tearfully nodded, a slight whimper slipping out of her lips. Izuku snuggled closer to her, a gentle breath on the back of her neck alerting Ochako to his presence. "Do you want to sleep here tonight?" Ochako nodded, and Izuku looked at the clock. 22:43. He sighed, and sent a small thought to the vestiges, asking them to wake him up in seven hours or so to make sure Ochako was in her room before anyone else woke up. The slight hum from the back of his mind let him know that one of the vestiges had heard. He hoped it wasn't Nana, as she wouldn't wake him up until it was at least seven. She tended to try and prank him quite a bit.

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A sharp sting in the back of his mind woke Izuku up. His eyes gently opened, taking in the slightest hint of sunlight filtering through his blinds. He looked at the clock. 05:00. He knew that the rest of the students wouldn't wake up for at least another hour, so he gently picked Ochako up and carried her to her room. Quiet as a mouse, Izuku snuck through the dorms and opened up Ochako's door, the plain interior making him smile in nostalgia. He gently set her down, careful not to move to quickly or she could wake up.

He turned to the desk in the corner of the room, grabbing a small slip of paper and writing a short note to Ochako. Satisfied with its contents, Izuku slipped out of the room, the gentle rustle of the paper being the only indication he had been there at all. 

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Izuku threw on a pair of shoes, starting a light jog to the student gyms. He was lucky enough to remember where they were located, something he had not known until he was in his third year. Izuku always beat himself up about that. There was a perfectly good, student-available gym that he had not bothered to use or work in until it was to late to improve much of his abilities. The keypad's glowing green touch-pad alerted him that he was close. 'Let's see, the password was... 8-5-18-15?" The click of the lock made him smile. 'Alright, lets work on testing the changes to One For All.'

Izuku opened the door to the practical portion of the gym, hitting the keypad along the side that brought up a large chunk of uneven terrain. Pulling out his computer, Izuku looped the camera and audio feed from Gym-B to Gym-A, effectively keeping Nezu out of his hair for a while. He grinned to himself. 'A perk of learning from the Chimera. You eventually surpass him.' Izuku had typed up a few thousand encoders that would take even Nezu a while to break through, and by then he would be finished in the gym.

Letting OFA flow throughout his body, Izuku felt the familiar burst of energy Full Cowl brought. The bio-electric sparks shooting off, Izuku took off from ground zero, gently upping the percentage as he dodged around debris. 'That's odd. I'm pretty sure I'm at 2% right now, yet my strength feels like it's compounded!' Izuku upped the percentage, increasing his strength farther.