As they reach the rest of the group, the others are already drawing straws to determine their area. Before she can reach for one, Bakugou cuts in front of her and grabs a straw. He turns to face her, briefly saying "Mountains" before continuing past her.
She silently trails behind him, nervously twiddling her thumbs. Soon enough, a sign reading "Mountain training area" looms over them. They are only partially through the door when he suddenly grabs her wrist.
"Round-face, I want you to promise me that you won't try anything big with my quirk." His hardened gaze shutting down any questions she might have had. Without breaking eye contact, she nods slowly. Letting her wrist fall back to her side, he shoves his hands into his pockets gruffly.
They walk for a while in heavy silence. The atmosphere was driving Uraraka mad. She had to change it but Bakugou's a flipping minefield. Literally anything could set him off, but she can't take the silence.
Steeling herself, she dons a bright smile and says, "So, how were you able to get accustomed to my quirk so quickly? Didn't it give you nausea?" She cocks her head and looks up at him fondly.
Noticing that his only response was a death glare, she elaborates. "You know, when you were floating earlier!" She makes wild gestures with her hands as though they would be able to get her point across better.
"Shut up, I know what you're talking about. I'm used to being in the air, so it wasn't a big deal." Ok, yeah, it did make him nauseated but he sure as hell wasn't letting her know that.
He watches her silently through the corner of his eye as she tries to come up with something to talk about. He doesn't understand why she's so goddamn antsy and it was making him more tense, if that was possible. Before anything else stupid can fall from her lips, he stops in his tracks and the sudden movement (or lack of movement) causes Uraraka to walk squarely into his back.
She stumbles backwards, a hand shooting out to grab her shoulder. Steadied, Uraraka takes a deep breath before meeting his gaze. Ruby eyes show the slightest hint of concern while his grip on her shoulder softens.
"Look, Pink-cheeks, we only have 3 hours to find 5 items in this stupid huge area. We need to get to a point of elevation and scope it out. Are you to where your quirk doesn't make you sick yet?"
She glances downwards before looking back at him with a gleam of determination in her eyes.
"I'll do it."
A shit-eating grin finds its way back on his face as he releases his hand completely, taking a step back while she activates her quirk on herself and leaps into the air. Latching on to tree branches to alter her trajectory and stay moving, she eventually comes to rest at the top of a great oak.
From where she was sitting she could just make out the high concrete wall separating their zone from the next. To her left, the ground elevated steeply before morphing into a large mountain. It was hard to tell with the number of trees and foliage, but they had already made it most of the way up the base of the mountain. Knowing the items were bright blue, she narrowed her eyes and attempted to separate her surroundings by color.
Blue, blue, blue, blue….. Aha! Peeking out from amongst the green, she could just make out some pops of blue.
Just in time for the growing bundle of nerves below to start barking at her.
"You find anything yet?" His voice boomed against the quiet of the forest, scaring off any animals that had attempted to make a home here.
"Yeah, actually!", Uraraka yelled back, "There's 2 blue things North of here, one maybe 1,000ft off. Check those out while I get the one to the South."
Without another word, he grunts and shoots off in that direction. She removes half her weight and gingerly starts making her way down the tree, pushing off branches to gain momentum. As soon as she reaches the bottom, she sets off towards her item.
Hopping over roots and weaving her way through overgrown plants, she eventually catches sight of something blue dangling from a tree. With a stupid grin she bounces over to the tree, removing part of her weight once more to jump and meet it. Aizawa had mentioned that it was large, but the item looked more like a frisbee than a coin.
She unhooks it and tucks it under her arm. Before heading back, she lets herself wander the area in search of another item.
(Bakugou's PV)
He finds the first coin almost immediately, propped up on a stump. Pleased that she gave him proper directions, he grips it tightly before rocketing through the air. He soars past a blur of green, casually angling his hands to change direction. When he doesn't find another coin as quickly as he would like, he shoots himself high into the air, hoping to see that garish bright blue.
Soon, but not soon enough, he finds what he needs. Cursing under his breath, he sandwiches both 'coins' under his bicep and sets off for the tree they left at.
He arrives before her, much to his distain.
"Damn her, what about 'time limit' is she not understanding?", he kicks a nearby rock hurtling into a tree. He mumbles and grumbles and curses, pacing back and forth around their meeting place.
He is about to hunt the bitch down when a shrill scream causes him to freeze.
"FUCK"
He bolts in the direction of the sound, worse case scenarios littering his mind.