Taking Flight

I'm a killing spree in white, eyes like broken Christmas lights

Ochaco

I lounged on the couch at Izuku's, wallowing in my misery. How come loving one moron was so difficult? I wondered how he could be so moody. He was worse than any woman I'd ever met.

"Ochaco-chan?" Inko perched on a side chair, "Can I get you some lunch?"

"Oh! I'm sorry, Inko-oba chan!" I scrambled to sit straighter, "I was just thinking."

Inko nodded, "About Bakugo-bo?"

I returned the nod, "He never lets me have the last word."

"You need to say the most important part first then." She reached out to pat my leg, "Some men are just too hasty for anything else but the most direct conversation."

"Was Midoriya-dono like that?"

"He was a fire breather, and I've long ago come to the conclusion that people with a fiery quirk have a fiery personality to match. Hisashi could be hotheaded, but he was passionate and gentle too. I always loved that about him."

"I like that part of Katsuki-kun too." I folded my legs, resting my forehead on my knees. "Thing is, it's not really all so different from me, you know? I always just say what I'm thinking. I wonder if we're just hopeless."

"Then, why are you going to America with the boys?"

I huffed out a breath, "I need to tell him he's wrong. About me. About him being a villain." Izuku came out of the hallway and sat next to me, "Everyone has things they have to work on, but I want to work on things with him."

"With someone like Kacchan, you have to show them." He handed me a sheet of computer paper.

"I'll pay you back. I promise."

Izuku shook his head, "You had more than half of it. The rest came from what Toshinori-sensei left me." His arm pulled me closer, "You want to pay me back? Then make Kacchan understand that he doesn't have to be so damned hard all the time."

I laughed suddenly, throwing arms around my best friend, "If you couldn't teach him that, I don't know what chance I'll have!" He rested his head on mine, "I won't give up."

"Good," Izuku let me go, "I got you a room near ours, too. We're sharing, but you're on your own. Which is probably better."

Inko laughed, "My goodness, I would have burst something otherwise. Kids these days."

...Some few days later (Tokyo time 5pm)

I always wondered why my parents never took me on a vacation farther than you could go by train. Now, I understand. I handed the agent my ticket and passport. Silly me thinking that I could fly like everyone else.

"Your passport has your quirk listed as 'Explosion'." The woman behind the counter gave me a look that plainly said that the faster she could see my back, the better off she'd be.

I pulled out my wallet, and slapped my provisional license on the counter, "As you can see," I took a calming breath, "I am fully trained. Although my quirk can be triggered accidentally..." My teeth ground as I thought about the soot mark left by even a tiny unbidden spark. "I'm taking the precaution of wearing clothing that will help." I held up my arms, the gloves I wear under my grenades already on. "These absorb the stuff that makes the explosions. Plus, it's cold and I'm wearing a tank top."

"What?" Her twisted lip would have made me wild a couple of years ago.

Instead, I smiled widely, "It's all in the sweat, ma'am. Less sweat, less problem. I also have a tranquilizer that my doctor said I might need to get aboard."

She held out her hand, and I passed her the drugs, "Kolonapin? Jeeze, kid. I'm going to have to call someone. Please step out of line." She picked up her phone, talking quietly for a moment before hanging up, "Next?"

Midoriya gave me a small smile as he gave the agent his ticket and passport. She asked him a couple of questions, passing him though quickly. Eijiro went through the same, and though she asked to see an example of his hardening, he got though. A few more people with unoffensive quirks went though the line before a meaty guy addressed me.

"Excuse me, you're Bakugo Katsuki-san?"

"Yep."

"The same Bakugo who nailed that kid during the Sports Festival with that bone quirk? Man! That was awesome!"

To say you could have knocked me over with a feather would be too easy, "Uh? Yeah! That was me, that guy was a pain in the ass!"

"I'm Kino Jin, hey, if I come back with my book will you autograph it? Ten minutes, tops. I'll even get a cart for you and your friends! Holy cow! Is that Deku? Man! Talk about - Oh, god, my wife is going to die! Red Riot? You single-handedly took down that lava villain during your apprenticeship. My wife works just around the corner from..." He coughed into his hand, "Got a little carried away, but you guys are cool. Let me go grab that autograph book and call up a cart. Man." He stuck out his hand, and I shook it and he repeated with the other two. "Okay. I'll be right back. Wow. Shook hands with the big three!" He took off at a lope as the agent printed out my ticket with the instruction to take a tranquilizer half-hour before the flight.

"Wow." I shook my head, "That guy, he must be as nerdy as you."

Eijiro pumped his fist, "That was freakin' cool. I was mistaken for the top three! Todoroki, here I come!"

Deku smiled, "That was pretty awesome. Just wait until we're pros and everyone knows our names!"

Meaty guy came back, and we all signed his autograph book. So that's what the Pro Hero life is like, huh? Not bad, not bad at all! The three of us hopped into the cart, and were taken straight to security.

"Sorry, Bakugo-san, you know, your quirk is something else. If you weren't... you..." He shrugged, "We would have refunded half your fare and sent you home. If an exploding quirk were to go off on a plane? Well, you can guess." He stopped at security, where we were all patted down and then he took us over to the gate. "Hope to see you when you return!" He sped off.

We found seats and I bought a water from a vending machine and popped a pill. Midoriya took out his phone, texting his mother, knowing him, while Eijiro wandered off to get a couple of mags and dinner. I drank the rest of the water, and put in my earphones to wait until boarding in peace.

"Kacchan?"

Oh, peace, what is that? "Yeah?"

Izuku pocketed his phone, "You know we all know about Uraraka-chan."

"What?"

"C'mon, man. I'm more of a friend now than I ever was. Just be straight with me, how do you feel about her?"

"I'm supposed to stay calm, asshat. Can we talk about this never?" The other boy sat quietly, his big eyes trained on me. "Yeah, I like her, okay? Drop it."

"Huh." He pulled out his phone again, plugging in his own jack, "We'll have to talk about this, you know."

I shook my head. Deku was forever butting in where he wasn't wanted. This was nothing he could even blame on his will to be a hero. Instead of answering, I turned up my music, and took up air drumming to drown out the world.

...Just over 10 hours later (California time: 1pm)

Kirishima poked my arm, "Is he going to wake up? We shouldn't have given him that second pill."

"We sort of had to. That was the dose. Fortunately, we're going to land soon." Midoriya took his own life in his hands and slapped my face. "Besides, he likes to sleep. C'mon, buddy!" He slapped me again, and I batted his hand away, "Woah, no big movements, you awake?"

"I feel like shit." I did. Everything looked watery and my muscles felt like I'd been in the hospital for a week. "How long was I out?"

The boys exchanged a look, "Midoriya carried you onto the plane." Eijiro gave me a tight smile, "We played rock, paper, scissors to decide who would have to buckle you in."

"Is that smell normal?" Midoriya gave me a funny look, "It's a little rank, kinda, just, you know..." He smiled, "You usually smell better. That sounded less weird in my head."

"Smell?" I sat straighter, "It's the drug. Stop sniffing me you damned retard." I was red as a tomato, I could feel my ears burning.

Kirishima laughed, "Aww! You're blushing! That's so sweet."

"I can still kill you." I spoke though a yawn that nearly unhinged my jaw. "As soon as we de-plane."

I fumed quietly waiting for them to settle down. At least this conversation had sharpened me a little. My head still felt like it was stuffed with cotton and I was more than a little dizzy, but I could almost function enough to leave under my own power. "When do we land?"

"In about 20 minutes," Izuku jerked his thumb toward the window he was mashed against, "That's California! Do you think we can go to Disneyland?"

I rolled my eyes, "No one's stopping you. Gotta piss." I fumbled at my lap, and got the seat belt undone and managed to lurch to my feet, "Move, damn you." Kirishima stood, moving into the aisle where a flight attendant tried to make us sit down.

"You should return to your seat," She smiled at us, "We'll be landing soon."

"If you want t-" I was inturrupted by Eijiro.

"He just got up, we promise to be quick."

I pushed past her, and down the aisle to the toilet where I gratefully locked myself in. I dropped ungracefully to the toilet, just sitting and trying to regain my balance. I pulled off my gloves, my skin oddly wrinkled from being trapped in them for...however the hell long. Awkwardly, I got up, and did my business before turning to the mirror, washing my hands and splashing my face. Not only did I feel like crap, I looked it. My eyes were rimmed in red, making my naturally red eye color even brighter. My hair hung limply across my forehead, and I had to grip the sink not to fall over. The plane bumped, and I was suddenly bent over the sink puking up sour bile and stomach acid. "Shit." I put my gloves back on, they were rank with the scent of the spoiled nitro, and I resolved to clean them and restock my supply of 'ammo' when we got to the hotel.

I managed to wobble back to my seat and buckle myself in. I closed my eyes, feeling the plane start it's decent. Unfortunately, Midoriya decided he wanted to finish the talk we were having.

"Look," He started, "I know you said you didn't want to talk about it, but on a scale of one to ten..." He smiled brightly, "One being 'That's so cool!' and ten being 'Nuclear holocaust', how great would it be if Uraraka-chan was waiting for us when we get off?"

My head swam, Uraraka? Here? Why? How? I dragged a hand though my hair, "Twelve." I could barely work myself up to minor irritation.

"Oh, uh, right." His green eyes widened, "Well, you'd be happy, right?"

"She's not going to be there, is she?"

Eijiro frowned, "No. No. Not quite."

"Huh?" The irritation was growing. My stomach churned again, and I swallowed convulsively.

"She's a grown woman, Kacchan." Midoriya had the nerve to say that while giving me the nickname I'd had since I was three. "She decided you were wrong. Women do that. She's right, though, so there's that."

"Kirishima?" I questioned, turning to see the boy on the aisle, "What do you mean?"

"Her plane is like an hour behind ours. She had a stop in Haneda."

"How long have you two idiots been plotting this? I didn't come here to be set up."

"It's not a plot." Midoriya answered, "Uraraka just wants to be here. With you."

"I can't take this right now." I choked, a sickly plume crawling up my throat. Stay down!

"Well, I suppose that's not your decision anymore. We're going to wait for our luggage, get something to eat, and wait patiently for Uraraka-chan to join us."

"Man up, dude. Stop blowing shit up, and just let it happen."

I reached for the airsick bag and tossed again. Looks like it is time to blow shit up.

A BIG Thanks to *Mr. Mosevic (sorry, the name disappeared last time, I hope that'll fix the problem!) who helped me. Any mistakes are solely mine. (And i credited on my profile, just in case it didn't fix!)

AN/ Please love me, I do so much research! Ok, I know. Izuku's dad is overseas. He's right behind Endeavor and Sasuke Uchiha for worst dad of the decade award. I understand Midoriya's character better if his dad is dead, therefore using the past tense when talking about him. It's fanfic. If you ever wonder where I'm going, or have a question, PM me. Reviews make me happy. You never know, maybe doing something nice for me will make something nice happen to you!

ALSO! Taking a break for a vacation! Hopefully, I'll be productive enough when I get back that y'all won't have to wait too long for the next chapter.