(Department Store, 49 Years Earlier – Philadelphia, United States, 7:56 p.m.)

People gathered around in an area in the back of the store trying to see what the current situation was as store workers tried to keep them away from the source of the sounds of an infant's cries. A woman and an older man were leading another man carrying a store bag past the crowd and into the restricted area.

"This is Mr. Mathison. He's a doctor." The woman said to the other woman holding the crying baby.

"Are you ok?" Dr. Mathison asked.

"An ambulance is on the way." The woman that led him in informed him.

"Thank you." He said before walking over and kneeling down in front of the new mother. "Is there a name yet?"

"Elijah." She said with a bright smile as Elijah continued to cry. "Is he supposed to be crying like this?"

"May I?" The doctor asked holding his hands out.

She handed Elijah over to him and the doctor tried to sooth him until he looked under the baby's blanket and an expression of concern came over his face.

"Can I have him back?" She asked growing concerned herself.

Dr. Mathison looked to the woman that led him into the room. "What happened during the delivery?"

"Nothing, it was very quick. The baby just wanted to come right out. There were no problems."

"Did you drop him?" He asked as he looked at the still crying infant.

"What?"

He looked back up at the woman. "Did you drop this baby?"

"Jesus Christ, no!"

He looked back down at Elijah. "Inform the ambulance that we have a situation."

"Alright…" Was all the woman could say before rushing out the room.

Elijah's mother sat up quickly, filled with dread.

"Ma'am…" He looked up at her. "I've never seen…this. It appears that your baby has sustained some…fractures while inside your uterus. His arms and his legs are broken."

Elijah's mother couldn't stop crying.

(U.A. High School 1-A Dorm Common Area – Musufatu, Japan, 4:57 p.m.)

A few of the 1-A students sat on the sofas and at the nearby tables. Iida, Asui, and Yaoyorozu sat at one of the tables to study. Ashido, Hagakure, Uraraka, and Jiro sat and talked on one of the sofas. Sato was cooking in the kitchen with Koda and Ojiro helping. Finally, on the other sofa were Kaminari, Kirishima, and Todoroki sitting with Midoriya watching TV and keeping him company.

"What do you think will be the lesson tomorrow?" Uraraka asked.

"It's more than likely something to do with physical training." Ashido groaned.

"If so they'll probably add new obstacles to challenge us." Todoroki added.

"Even worse…"

"Then let's not dwell on it." Hagakure suggested. "Let's talk about something more positive."

"Yeah, that's a great idea." Kaminari said. "And who better to mention something positive than Midoriya?" He said as he pointed toward him but not catching his attention.

"So, what's been keeping you busy, Midoriya?" Kirishima asked. "Something good we hope."

Noticing that he was still distracted he looked to what Midoriya was watching and his happy expression fell at what kept Midoriya's attention. He was watching a news report covering the train crash showing the aftermath with the train cars strewn about all over the street and dangling from the elevated railway. He nudged Todoroki and nodded toward the TV. Todoroki understood the gesture, grabbed the remote, and muted the volume making Midoriya look at them.

"Why did you mute it?"

"Because we've been trying to talk to you." Kirishima said. "And because you had that sad look on your face that you've been wearing lately."

"I did?" He asked. "Oh, well, just as good that you did that then." He said with a sheepish smile.

Everyone else on the sofas exchanged worried looks between each other.

"Do you…do you want to talk about it?" Uraraka asked.

"Oh, no, I'm fine!" He said waving his hands. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you all worry."

"If you're not you don't have to put on a face." Todoroki said.

"Yeah, we're your friends, man." Kaminari said. "If you're not doing alright you can tell us."

"And if you don't want us to pester you and help, that's fine, but don't pretend that you're doing better than you actually are." Jiro said.

"I…" Midoriya failed to finish his thought.

"Leave the nerd alone!" Bakugo said as he entered the area. "He said he doesn't want to talk about it so shut up. Hearing your damn pestering is getting annoying."

"Well, unlike you, at least we're concerned about how he's doing." Jiro said.

"Tch. Follow me, Deku." Bakugo ordered.

"U-uh, yeah. Ok." He said getting up and going after him.

They made their way out the front doors and saw Aizawa a few feet away waiting for them. Standing next to him was Togata who donned his biggest smile.

"Togata? I had no idea you-" Midoriya then saw a small figure move from behind Togata.

"Deku?" He saw that it was little Eri. "They said you were in an accident."

He walked over and knelt down in front of her. "Yes, Eri, I was."

"And they said you were feeling sad."

He was silent for a moment until he spoke again. "Yes…"

"I don't want you to be sad." She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a hug. "I want to see you smile."

Tears began to form in his eyes. "I remember wanting to make you smile…" He then hugged her back. "…I guess now it's your turn to help me."

As they hugged Bakugo and Aizawa left.

"That was generous of you." Aizawa said. "Calling Togata and me about Midoriya seeing Eri. And I overheard you stopping the others from pestering him."

"How did-"

"I had to use the bathroom and walked past the common area on my way back outside."

Bakugo donned his scowl again. "I did so that I can finally get some peace. It was either this or listen to them endlessly overwhelm him and call it helping."

Aizawa let out a small chuckle. "Either way. It was nice of you."

"Tch, whatever." He looked back to see Midoriya hugging Eri, huffed, and walked back inside the dorm.

Midoriya looked to his side to see Togata giving him a sympathetic smile to which he smiled back. They eventually made their way inside the dorm and talked for a while. After a time, he felt compelled to look back at the news report. He saw footage of himself and his mother exiting the hospital and moving through the crowds of photographers, reporters, and other bystanders. He stared absentmindedly at the screen until he saw a familiar face wearing a familiar tint of orange. He saw that amongst the other bystanders was the same man that he accidentally ran into and made him miss the first train.

(6:15 p.m.)

After Eri and Togata had left Midoriya went straight to his room. He looked up the footage online to see if it was who he thought he saw and found that he was right.

"Showing up twice at the same locations I was can't be a coincidence." He thought. "Or maybe he recognized me and wanted to see if I was ok? Maybe. Or maybe…"

He looked through more footage of the aftermath of the crash and looked through all of the crowds to see if the stranger was there too. After a while he began to feel fatigued of looking at the very incident that caused his more recent troubles. He selected one more video and after a few minutes his suspicions were proven true.

"There he is."

In the crowd behind the line of yellow tape he saw him again staring at the accumulation of ambulances and EMS helicopters.

"He's probably trying to see if he can spot me. Why? Who is he?"

He noticed that the coat he wore over his orange coveralls was unbuttoned and he could see a tag. He zoomed in on his phone and saw that the tag displayed a logo.

"Yavin Station Custodial." He read. "That must be where he works. I should bring this to All Might."

He reached for his shoes by his desk and as he looked in their general direction he noticed the damaged plastic cover containing the comic book that was gifted to him. All the recent unpleasant feelings returned and he just kept staring at the book.

"Or maybe…"

(6:36 p.m.)

Aizawa stood in Nezu's office with the mouse in question sat at his desk and standing beside him was Detective Tsukauchi.

"You want me to help you arrest Midoriya?" Aizawa asked.

"We're not arresting him. We're just bringing him in for questioning."

"I'm sure he's smart enough to know that there's not much of a difference."

"Please." Nezu said to Aizawa. "I don't appreciate the situation either but I'm afraid that this decision comes straight from the Commissioner General. Based on the evidence provided, we are legally not in a position to refuse. I'll notify his mother while you escort him to the detective." Nezu then turned to Tsukauchi. "Outside of the dorms. We'll allow you to take him into custody but I will not have him taken in front of the other students."

"That's fine."

"What does All Might have to say about this?" Aizawa asked. He noticed both of them exchanging looks between each other. "You didn't tell him, did you?"

Nezu looked to him. "Given his relationship with the boy we felt it best that we notify him after in the event that he…complicates matters."

After a moment Aizawa turned around and walked toward the door. "Fine, I'll go get him for you."

(6:48 p.m.)

Aizawa raised his hand to knock on Midoriya's door only to hesitate and keep his hand from knocking. He took a moment to sigh and eventually knocked on the door.

"Midoriya, open up." There was no response. "Midoriya!" After receiving no response again he opened the door and walked in. "Midoriya?"

He looked around the room to find that it was empty.

(7 p.m. train to Hosu City - 7:25 p.m.)

"-so I'll be back by Friday. I'm sorry that I did this, mom, but I need answers. I left a message for All Might too so that you're both in the loop. Alright, call me back when you get this. I love you." He pressed 'End Call' and put the phone into his pocket. He pulled out a green hoodie from the backpack at his feet, bunched it up, placed it against the window, and laid his head down on it. As he looked at the darkening sky he felt his eyes go heavy until he eventually went to sleep.

(8:30 p.m.)

"No, I don't know where he's going." Midoriya heard as he began to wake up. "I just know that it's in Hosu. Oh, crap! He's waking up."

When Midoriya looked around he found that there was no one there. He looked over the seats to find that the people nearby sat closer to the exit doors and nowhere near him. After sitting back down he spotted a phone in the seat next to him. He reached for it and instead of grabbing the phone he felt like he had grabbed onto someone's hand.

"Wait…"

(Earlier)

Hagakure was walking back toward the dorms when she heard a ping from her phone and opened the new message.

Kyoka: The cops are looking for Midoriya.

Toru: WHAT?! Why?

Kyoka: Aizawa won't say. Says we need to find him right away so keep a look out.

She heard quick footsteps go past her causing her to look behind her to see Midoriya jogging out through the main entrance.

Toru: Spotted him! Gonna follow behind, stealth style.

After discarding her clothing to appear completely invisible she followed him for several blocks when she received a message.

Unknown: Toru Hagakure. This is Detective Tsukauchi. Just follow him and report his directions to us. Do not engage him, we'll handle that.

Toru: Ok, I'll do my best.

"Hagakure?" Midoriya asked the empty seat.

"Midoriya, what a coincidence."

"Who were you talking to?"

"Nobody, just my mom."

"You're mom wants to know where I'm going?"

"Uh…yes?" After a moment of silence she spoke again. "It was the detective from the USJ. He asked me to keep him updated about where you're going."

"What? Why?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's something to do with the train."

"Wait, do the police think I have something to do with the crash?"

"I said I don't know. It could be."

The train then stopped at the station and as he tried to evaluate her answer he saw three officers, through the window, standing on the platform most likely waiting for him. He grabbed his bag, rushed past Hagakure, activated his Full Cowl, ripped the doors open on the opposite side of the open ones, jumped out onto the track, and jumped off the ledge onto the street below.

After finding an alley away from public view he grabbed his costume out of its case and put it on. As he reached for the braces, iron soles, and support gloves a tongue grabbed the case and pulled it out of his reach. He looked in the direction where the case was taken and saw all of 1-A standing in front of him and on the rooftops of the buildings above.

"Midoriya." Iida announced. "The police have requested that we help bring you into custody. They wish to ask you questions about the incident and hope that you will cooperate. To resist would mean…" He struggled to continue before straightening up again. "Would mean that we will have to treat you as a villain. So, please, come with us."

Midoriya looked at them shocked. "This isn't…I'm not…"

"Deku." He saw Uraraka step forward. "Please, just come with us. Tell the police everything that happened and this will all be settled."

"I've already told them everything I know. To go back and do it again would only waste time."

"Waste time on what?" Todoroki asked. "What do you know?" Midoriya didn't answer. "Why else would you be back in Hosu unless you found out something."

"I should tell them. They could help and it'll be easier to track him down with more people on this." After finishing his thought, the memory of Wakana flashed through his mind and the unpleasant feelings came back. "No. I need to do this on my own. Besides, if they help me the police would consider them villains. I wouldn't ask that of them. And if I try to ask the police for help they'll spend hours or even days trying to find out if the facts I have check out and he could use that time to get away."

"I'm sorry." Midoriya said. "But there's something I need to do. Things to make right. So, please, don't try to stop me."

Iida clenched his fists. "I'm afraid we can't let you do that, Midoriya."

"…I know." Midoriya quickly grabbed his bag and ran further down the alleyway in the opposite direction forcing the others to give chase.

Todoroki tried to block his path by creating an ice wall but Midoriya managed to jump through an opening before the wall completely formed. Kirishima activated his quirk and ran through the wall for the others to get through.

Midoriya kept running and dodging. He was able to outmaneuver Sero and Mineta, making sure they used their attempts at restraining him with their quirks backfired on each other. He was able to force Kaminari to accidently go over his wattage limit and incapacitate Ojiro, Ashido, Shoji, and Sato while also rendering Kaminari useless after using all of his power and cause him to 'short circuit' as he walked around giggling and giving thumbs up.

He turned a corner and saw Yaoyorozu on street level holding silver bands in both her hands and Jiro on a balcony behind him.

"We don't want to do this, Midoriya. But you've left us no choice!" Yaoyorozu shouted.

"This isn't right. Jiro's on a balcony but her ranged attacks would be better at a distance on the ground. Jiro should be the one in front of me, not Yaoyorozu. Her sound waves could incapacitate me while Yaoyorozu could throw a restraining device of some kind at me. This is all wrong. Unless they thought that I would anticipate that and came up with a new plan. But what is that pla-" His train of thought was interrupted when he saw Tokoyami and Dark Shadow coming in from his left side as Yaoyorozu threw one of the restraints into the air. "He's coming at me! I have to jump out of the way! Wait, that's their plan. Tokoyami forces me to jump, Yaoyorozu throws the restraint, and Jiro catches me as I fall backwards. Unless…"

Instead of jumping, Midoriya ducked under the attack as Tokoyami moved above him, summoning Full Cowl he quickly stood up and sent him into the air. The restraint wrapped around Tokoyami and Jiro made sure to catch him. While Yaoyorozu focused on Tokoyami and Jiro, Midoriya quickly moved in, took the remaining restraint from her hand, and wrapped it around her abdomen trapping her arms behind it. Jiro was too focused on not dropping Tokoyami that she couldn't move to help Yaoyorozu and was forced to let Midoriya escape.

He didn't get very far. As he ran he was stopped by something wrapping around his torso and when he looked down he saw that it was a very long tongue. He looked up one of the alley walls and saw Asui clung to it.

"Sorry, Midoriya. But you need to come with us."

Midoriya looked in front of him and saw Aoyama and Koda with a small group of squirrels. He looked between the walls and the sky above and summoned Full Cowl. He jumped between the walls upward and eventually pulled Asui off the wall until she was being dragged behind him. When he ran out of wall and drifted upwards into the air he spun in the opposite direction of which her tongue had wrapped around him, grabbed it, and threw her toward Koda. The impact incapacitated both of them.

"Honteux (Shameful). Time to bring this performance to a close." Aoyama said before firing his laser up at Midoriya.

Midoriya did his best to dodge, only managing to have it nick his left shoulder. He managed to slow his descent by jumping between walls on the way down until finally landing on the ground. Aoyama struggled to aim at Midoriya as he jumped between buildings and did not manage to bring the laser back onto him in time as Midoriya grabbed the side of Aoyama's belt, ripped it off, and swept his legs with it bringing him to the ground. He then wrapped it around Aoyama's legs and crushed the ends together so that he wouldn't escape.

"Midoriya!" He heard Iida shout.

He looked up to see Iida near the end of the alleyway standing with Todoroki and Uraraka.

"Guys, please, let me through."

"I'm afraid we can't do that, Midoriya. Even if we don't wish to do this, it is a hero's duty to bring in the suspect."

"What?!" Uraraka exclaimed.

"What do you mean a suspect?" Todoroki questioned.

Midoriya's eyes widened. "I'm a suspect?"

Iida sighed. "The detective told me that they believe you lost control of your quirk and that caused the train to derail."

"That's not what happened!"

"You said you blacked out before the train crashed. How do you know if you don't remember what happened? As much as it pains me to admit, it's not entirely unbelievable. You couldn't control your quirk when school started. You started to show control but that hasn't stopped the injuries entirely, especially if the training camp is to be used as an example." Midoriya looked down at his right arm, the arm that was broken during the training camp incident. "What if this is another one of those scenarios? One where you lost control again and repressed the truth because it was too terrible."

"No…" He saw Wakana's face and the face of the orange suited man flash through his mind again. "No, you're wrong."

"Speculation doesn't matter." Todoroki said. "The police want you in their custody and it's our job to bring you in. Don't resist any further."

Midoriya looked to Uraraka who had a look of heartbreak donned across her face. "Please, Deku. Just come with us."

Midoriya, now donning the same look, nodded no. Iida put on his helmet, Todoroki's right side began to frost over, and Uraraka eventually took a fighting stance. Midoriya tossed his backpack aside and took on a stance of his own, waiting for them to attack.

After a few moments of waiting, Todoroki slammed his leg onto the ground sending a wall of fire toward Midoriya. He jumped out of the way, burning the legs of his suit up to his knees and slightly melting his shoes, only for Iida to speed in and grab him.

Iida slammed him to the ground. "Please, Midoriya! We're only doing our jobs."

Midoriya summoned Full Cowl. "And I'm only doing what's right!"

He kicked off from the ground below him, sending Iida flying backward through the air. Todoroki created a smooth curved wall of ice for Iida to land on and slide down safely. Midoriya landed and brought his focus back onto Todoroki and Iida, not noticing Uraraka behind him. She used his being out of breath as an advantage when he couldn't move fast enough away from her hand and he began to float off of the ground.

"Now, Todoroki!" She shouted.

Todoroki sent a wave of ice toward Midoriya and froze him onto a nearby wall. They all gathered around Midoriya who tried to struggle, through the cold, out of his restraint.

"I'm sorry, Midoriya." Iida said. "But you are under arrest." They turned to the sound of distant sirens. "The police will be here soon. Before they do we should-"

The wall Midoriya was frozen onto exploded sending the other three to the ground and a wave of moisture and dust to fill the air. Midoriya looked up to find that he was free and saw the one person he didn't see trying to bring him in with the rest. Bakugo.

"Deku…" He said as he turned to him with a look of anger present on his face as he walked toward him. "You're a nerd, an annoying sap, and a major pain in the ass." When he eventually got close enough to him he didn't make any move to strike, instead presenting Midoriya with his bag. "But you're not an idiot who loses control."

Midoriya, through his shock, accepted the bag and placed his arms through the loops to wear on his back.

"Kachan, I-"

"They're gonna get back up any second so you better move fast and catch the bastard that killed all those people." Bakugo then placed his right arm on the wall. "The cops and heroes are gonna be looking all over for you, so move it."

His hand then ignited and collapsed the wall down into the alleyway, separating himself and Midoriya. Midoriya leapt back to avoid the falling debris.

"Damn it, Deku! You can't run from me! I'll find you!" Bakugo yelled.

"He's pretending I escaped." Midoriya thought. "Good. Hope he doesn't get into too much trouble."

Midoriya turned around, ran down, and out of the alleyway. He stopped as two police officers that were running towards the alley spotted him.

"Freeze! Put your hands up!"

"Damn! I can't get caught! I need a way out of this."

"Put your hands up!" The second officer shouted. "Do not resist, or we will use deadly force!"

Midoriya looked around only to find an open window on the fourth floor of the building across the street. "There! It's my only shot!"

He summoned Full Cowl, ran onto the hood of the car next to him, and leapt off toward the window. As he was moving through the air he heard two loud bangs. Midoriya yelled as he felt the bullet imbed itself in his left shoulder which caused him to lose his composure as he flew through the window and tumbled onto the floor of the apartment he was now in.

The announcing officer pushed the other officer's gun toward the ground. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"I said don't resist!" He started running toward the entrance of the building. "Come on! We can cut him off!"

The first officer shook his head and ran into the building.

They made it to the apartment and found the door wide open. They looked around to find any trace of him but only found drops of blood lined along the floor in a trail leading towards the stairs.

(U.A. Highschool – Musufatu, Japan, 9:02 p.m.)

"Why am I being told now?!" All Might said, standing in Nezu's office.

"Please, All Might." Nezu said, trying to calm him down. "We withheld the information because of your affinity with him. We didn't the possibility of you causing a fuss or otherwise interfering in a police investigation. 'All Might arrested for obstruction' isn't exactly a good headline for you."

All Might sighed. "Tell me he's ok at least. Have you notified his mother?"

"Mrs. Midoriya has been notified of the situation after expressing concern over her son's strange voice message. As for his well-being, we were informed moments ago that the police are apprehending him as we speak."

"Apprehending…" All Might thought. "I can't believe this…after everything he's done they're treating him like some villain. Hopefully there aren't any problems bringing him in-" His thoughts were interrupted by Nezu's phone ringing.

"My apologies, it's probably the police." Nezu answered the phone. "Yes?" His expression changed.

"What is it?" All Might asked worriedly.

Nezu held up his hand telling All Might to stop. "What do you mean?" There was a pause. "On whose authority?" Another pause. "Is he alright?" Another painful pause. "I'm coming down to the station and talking to whoever's in charge." He hung up and began moving toward the door. "Let's go." He said to All Might.

"What's going on? Is Midoriya alright?" Nezu stopped and looked at him.

"How bad?"

"It's…it's bad."

(Hosu City, Japan, 9:18 p.m.)

Midoriya moved, bleeding, through the streets trying his hardest to not feel the drowsy effects of his blood loss. He navigated the streets, moving through the paths not blocked off by road work signs and barriers. Every time he thought he could go through a street he remembered from his time in Hosu it was blocked off by signs.

"What's with all the construction all of a sudden?" He thought. "This has been going on for blocks. Can't keep moving…so tired."

He stumbled and kept himself up by using the walls of the alleyway he found himself in. He felt himself slowing down and felt his eyes struggle to stay open. He tripped over some garbage bags and fell onto the ground. He tried to pick himself back up but quickly found he couldn't. He slumped against the garbage bags and tried to catch his breath. He heard voices coming from where he came from and saw flashlight beams moving across the buildings on the opposite side of the street in front of the alley.

He sighed. "I'm sorry…I tried…" He whispered through tears.

"Midoriya?"

He looked up to find the source of the voice. He saw an open door and in the doorway holding a garbage bag was Elijah Price.

"Elijah?"

"What happened?!" He asked.

"What about down here?!" They heard from the end of the alleyway.

"Come on, Midoriya." Elijah said, helping Midoriya up and through the door. He set Midoriya down by the door and went back to standing in the doorway as an officer stopped at his door.

"Sir! Have you seen a green suited boy coming through here?"

"Yes, I have." Midoriya stiffened up a little at the answer. "He ran down that way." He pointed in the direction of the other end of the alleyway.

"Thank you." The officer then quickly made his way down the alley. "Suspect heading down…" The officer spoke into his radio, his voice fading as he moved further away.

After the next few officers ran past him, Elijah then threw the garbage bag he held into the trash and went back inside. After locking the door he looked down at Midoriya and found him passed out.

(Blocks Away – Hosu City, Japan, 9:30 p.m.)

Todoroki finished off the final bandage on Uraraka's right hand, placed his right hand on hers, and summoned ice to cool her hand.

"That should help with any swelling." He said.

"Thank you."

"I'm gonna go see who else needs help." He then got up and walked over to Ashido and the others.

She got up and walked around the damaged alleyway and watched as the police questioned her classmates. She saw Bakugo leant up against a wall being berated by Iida so she decided not to bother them. She looked over to see three officers huddled together talking amongst themselves and walked over to them.

"How could we lose him? He's wearing a green suit for god's sake." One of the officers said in a hushed voice.

"Not to mention all the blood he must've lost. He'll need to get patched up."

"Where could a shot teenage kid even go in this city without anyone seeing him?"

"Deku's been shot?!" She asked loudly, grabbing all her classmates' attention.

"Uh…well-"

"Wait, Midoriya's hurt?" Kirishima asked.

"How bad is it?" Sato then questioned.

Soon the officers were being bombarded with questions from the entire class until one of them shouted for the students to be quiet.

"After resisting arrest, one of our officers opened fire on the escaping suspect. Yes, he has been wounded and we're doing our best to find him so we can provide medical attention."

"You haven't found him?!" Ashido asked. "What if it's really bad and you don't find him in time?"

"Don't worry about that." The officer said. "We'll find him in time and he'll be fine. Right now, get patched up and give your statements to the other officers." The three officers then walked away.

"But, what if we don't find him in time?" Asked one of the officers.

The man sighed somberly. "Then there'll be no survivors of that train crash left."

(Limited Edition – Hosu City, Japan, 11:43 p.m.)

Midoriya awoke groggily and feeling a sharp pain in his left shoulder. He looked to find it bandaged. He took in his surroundings and found himself in a bedroom with his damaged suit resting on a chair next to the bed he was in with his bag resting up against one of the chair legs.

The door to the room opened and Elijah walked in with a plate of food. "Well, I appear to have timed that well." He walked over and presented the plate of food to Midoriya. "Will you be able to raise your arms?"

Very shakily, Midoriya raised his arms and took the plate. "Thank you." He began eating.

"You're welcome." He sat down at the end of the bed. "I'll call All Might in the morning and possibly tell him of your whereabouts."

Midoriya paused eating. "Possibly?"

"We don't know if he agrees with the police's efforts in trying to apprehend you."

"I see…"

"You mind telling me why the police are hunting you?"

"…They think I was responsible for derailing the train."

After a moment of silence Elijah spoke. "Well, did you?"

"No."

"Do you believe it was an accident?"

"No."

"Do you think someone derailed the train?"

"Yes, and I know who did it. Or, at least, I know who to ask."

"Do you have proof?"

"I have something."

"Then…ok."

"Ok?"

"I'm guessing this person is in Hosu. Otherwise you wouldn't have come back."

"Yeah, and I know where he works."

"Then, when you're healed up enough to investigate, that's where you should go. But not now."

"Wait-"

"You need to finish that food, rest, and heal. You will not be able to provide justice if you can't even move." He then got up and began to walk away.

"Wait." Midoriya said, stopping Elijah. "Why are you helping me? Why do you believe me?"

Elijah turned to him. "I believe you because I don't think you're the type of person to lie about something like this. I also don't believe that you of all people would derail the train. And I'm helping you because forty nine years ago in Philadelphia there was a fragile baby born in a department store. He cried and cried because he was in so much pain, but eventually he stopped crying after someone came along and helped him out. Think of this as something like that. You were hurt and needed help. Luckily for you, I was there to come along and help. Be sure to get some sleep." He turned and closed the door.

Midoriya smiled a little, thankful that someone believed him. After finishing his food he placed it on the chair and looked down at his bag. After looking at it for a few moments he reached in and pulled out the comic book Elijah had gifted him.

He looked it over and, after a moment, pulled it out of the damaged plastic sleeve and began reading.