Title: an eye for an eye
A/N: For the second @misteriida zine, which sadly got cancelled due to covid. The theme was Bnha Fantasy, so I couldn’t resist covering Iida’s arc in this world.
Summary: Paladins upheld the law. Paladins strove for justice. Yet, as Tenya held his brother’s limp hand, all that burned within him was a desire for revenge.
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Standing in the middle of the hallway, Izuku glanced at the wooden door in front of him, and then at his best friend Uraraka. She looked just as nervous as he felt, her teeth worrying her lip as she slowly nodded. Turning back to the door, he timidly knocked. It was strange. Very strange. Usually it was the reverse; Tenya knocking on Izuku’s door to make sure he wasn’t just on time but early for their paladin lessons.
In fact, this morning, as Izuku tumbled out of bed, he had been afraid he’d overslept and missed Tenya’s knock. Only that wasn’t the case, Iida had been nowhere in sight when he and Uraraka left the dorms. The only answer, as impossible as it felt, was that he’d overslept.
“Tenya?” Izuku tried, knocking a little louder. There was no response, not even the sound of someone fumbling for their clothes. He bit his cheek. This was starting to feel serious. “Do you think he left early?”
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