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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Chapter Three: Monster Attack
A few years had passed and now Kagome and the boys were about seven years old (give or take a few months) and she still had not told Izuku her secret about having a quirk. She would often go to her mom worried about ruining her friendship with him because she had been lying to him about not having one for so long.
She originally thought that keeping it a secret from him and acting quirkless would be better so that he wouldn't feel so alone with not having a quirk, but now as years passed, she felt horrible for keeping such a huge secret from her best friend. Would he hate her for lying to him? She didn't know what she would do if Izuku stopped being her friend. Could she somehow convince her mom to let her move back north to stay with her grandmother if things got bad? She really hoped it wouldn't get to that point.
Kagome sat on the swing alone in the neighborhood playground, just rocking back and forth as she let out a huge sigh. Everyday she worried about her secret and telling Izuku. So far no one except her mother knew about her quirk, she has been doing a good job on not using it too much. She still had to use it once in a while to heal Izuku, but overall, she can only practice it when she's at home or when she can find a quiet and secluded place to train herself. Her mom told her that her quirk was very similar to the one her grandmother has. Her grandmother called it "Reiki" or "Spiritual Energy."
With this quirk, she was able to do many things with it, such as heal, make a shield, and even channel it through other items to increase the power of the object, but Kagome wasn't able to do the last one yet. Her grandmother was able to channel her energy through a bow and with excellent precision, destroy enemies with one blow. Kagome hoped that one day she could do the same.
Kagome let go of one of the swing chains and looked at her hand. She was able to heal minor injuries and create weak shields so far, but she hoped that when she got older she would have a better grasp of her powers. Her mom did tell her that without a proper teacher, her quirk would be very hard to control.
One day, she's going to have to go back north and get proper training by her grandmother. And when that day comes, she's going to have to leave Izuku, which made her worry. Izuku was still not able to defend himself and was too much of a pushover. Besides missing him when she left, she also worried about his safety.
She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice a set of footsteps walk in her direction. "What's with that stupid look on your face, ugly?" a familiar, yet unwanted voice spoke out.
She closed the hand she was looking at into a fist before turning her head to the blond. "What do you want, Kacchan?" she asked while spitting out his nickname.
Bakugou was alone today as he stood to her side in a casual black T-shirt with a white cartoon skull on it. A smirk played on his lips as he put his hands into his shorts. "Were you crying before I got here? What a loser?" he said with a chuckle.
Kagome glared at him. "Back off. I'm not in the mood to deal with you today." She got off the swing. "And I wasn't crying!" she shouted before starting to walk away.
Bakugou got annoyed that she was going to ignore him so he reached out and grabbed her shoulder. "Hey! Don't ignore me!"
Kagome tries to shake him off. "Let me go!" He grabs onto both her shoulders and shoved her onto the ground, trying to make sure her back hit first and not her head as he sat on top of her so that she couldn't get away.
"I'm not getting off until you tell me what is up with you. You've been quiet for a few days now," he stated as he sat on her.
Kagome gave him a look. "Oh?" She smirked up at him. "Are you worried about me, Kacchan? How sweet," she said with sass clearly in her voice.
Bakugou's hand found its way onto her head as a scary expression appeared on his face. "Say some more stupid crap and I'll blow your head off." Despite his cruel words, Kagome knew he wouldn't do it. For many years, Kagome noticed that even though Bakugou had many opportunities to hurt her, he never did. Even though he was a jerk, he was also smart enough not to use his explosions on another kid. Whenever he would beat up Izuku, it was always with his fist, never with his quirk. Kagome looked up into his eyes with defiance shown in hers, clearly showing him she wasn't scared of his threat.
Before either child could say another word, They were suddenly blown away by a gust of wind and dust. "Wah!" she cried out as Bakugou's weight released her as he flew off of her and she began to tumble on the ground with him.
Once they got their bearings, the two of them looked up at the villain that had shown up. "Such energetic children~! I'm going to love devouring your youth," the hideous monster said. With incredible speed, it sped up to them and grabbed Kagome around her leg.
"Ahh!" she screamed as she was lifted up by her leg and brought closer to the large mouth of the weird tentacle monster with multiple eyes.
"Little girls always let out such lovely screams," the monster said as it brought her closer to its mouth. Tears trailed down her face from fear before she shut her eyes, not wanting to see her demise.
"Let her go!" A boom slammed to the side of the monster's face, startling it and dropping Kagome onto the dirt floor. "She's my target, and I don't plan on letting you eat her!" he shouted as he held his exploding hands to his side, ready to release more explosions.
Bakugou stood over her protectively, which surprised her. She wiped her tears away as she stared at the strong back of the blond. She couldn't help but admire how heroic he was in that moment with his hands popping with small explosions and his face full of determination (even if she could tell he was scared too).
The sudden sound of the monster picking itself up got her attention back on their situation. This time, the monster wrapped its tentacle around Bakugou's body before pulling him in quickly. Luckily, Bakugou was a quick thinker and when he got close to the monster, he aimed one of his explosions on one of the many eyes, causing the monster to screech out in pain and fling the boy onto the ground.
Kagome watched as the boy was slammed down onto his back as the wind was blown out of him. She quickly picked herself up and ran over to the groaning boy. "K-Kacchan!" she shouted as she looked him over. She didn't have enough time to heal him as another tentacle shot up from the monster.
"You insolent brats!" it shouted, still in pain from the large explosion Bakugou had let off.
Bakugou turned to her. "R-run. You're a quirkless loser. You can't fight him," he told her between pain-filled breaths as he clutched his side.
Kagome tried to hold him down since she knew if he moved too much, he would be in worse pain than he was in already. "Stop moving, idiot," she said as she began crying from distress and the fact he had actually risked his life to protect her. For a moment, Bakugou was actually taken back that she would cry for him. He has never seen such an expression on her face when looking at him before.
"I'm done playing your game!" Another tentacle shot up and in their direction with extreme speed.
Kagome channeled her quirk, using her distressed emotions in her favor. She began to glow pink with power, more power than she had ever felt before. Bakugou's eyes widened when she began to glow above him. "Leave. Us. Alone!" she shouted as a blast of energy made a shield around the two of them. When the tentacle touched the shield, it disintegrated into dust, causing the monster to scream in pain.
Kagome surged with power as her wild emotions caused her to release every ounce of power she had. Another blast of energy shot out at the monster, turning it into dust as it shouted with surprise and pain. Once her blast had subsided, the playground was laid in ruin with only the wind making noise around them. After the monster was gone, Kagome finally stopped glowing as she fell unconscious onto Bakugou's lap from over-exerting herself and her quirk.
The next time she woke up, it was already evening as the crows cawed and the sun was setting in the horizon. Her head laid on something soft as she turned her head to look up at red eyes staring down at her.
After registering who she was using as a pillow, she suddenly jumped up from her position and banged their heads together. "Ow! What the hell! That's the sort of thanks I get for helping you?" Bakugou said as he rubbed his sore head.
Kagome turned to the already battered boy. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" She went to hold his head in her hands as she began healing his head with her remaining powers. The blast from earlier had really taken a lot of her quirk, so she couldn't heal him as fast as she would've liked.
Bakugou sat there, letting her gently hold his head in her hands as he witnessed her use her quirk again. "So… you're not as useless as I thought," he stated. "Why were you hiding your quirk? Were you trying to make fun of me?" he asked with bitterness in his voice. He hated being looked down on and made fun of.
Kagome shook her head as she let go of his head to work her hands onto his injured back. "It was not to hide it from you. It was to hide it from Izuku."
He gave her a confused look. "Deku?"
Kagome began telling him why she kept it a secret. "That's why I been so upset lately. I don't know how to break the truth to him," she said as she dropped her hands from his back, which was mostly healed. "I don't want our friendship ruined from my lie, but I also don't want him to feel like he's the only one who is quirkless." She sat herself back onto the bench to rest.
Bakugou looked at her as she looked down at the ground and began fiddling with her hands. She always seemed a bit interesting to him compared to other kids. She was smart and brave, and one of the few who would stand up to him. Now, having witnessed her incredible power, he was partially upset by her having a quirk as good as his, but at the same time, he was, for a reason he couldn't explain, happy by this new discovery.
He was jolted out of his thoughts when Kagome turned towards him. "I wanted to thank you for saving me back there." She began to blush with embarrassment at what she was going to say. "Y-you were very heroic," she said without meeting his eyes.
Bakugou looked at the cute pink-color blooming on the girl's face as he began to blush himself. 'She called me heroic,' his mind kept replaying the sentence over and over again. If anyone asked him, he would've never admitted to ever thinking it, but at that moment, Bakugou found her to be rather cute.
He rubbed the back of his neck. "You're welcome," he said softly.
After resting for a few more minutes, Kagome got up again and stood in front of the blond. "I had to rest a bit to regain my energy to try to heal you again," she said as she looked him over. "I hope you can bear with me touching you. I know you don't like me much, but I feel like I owe you for everything you've done for me," she told him as she felt his arm and began to heal any scrapes and bruises before moving to his legs and finally to his back again, which had taken the biggest blow earlier.
"Have you been doing this for Deku too?" he asked as he watched her hands glow pink with her quirk.
Kagome nodded her head. "Yes, but not this much. I only channeled enough of my power to make him heal slightly faster, but not fast enough that he would notice it was me," she told him. Since he already knew her secret, there was no point in hiding anything else.
Once he was finally healed, she pulled back and stared at him. "I want you to promise me that you won't tell others about my quirk. I want it to be a secret until I get the courage to tell Izuku myself," she pleaded him while subconsciously giving him puppy eyes.
Bakugou had to prevent himself from blushing again and instead put on his trademark smirk. "Are you telling me, little Kago-chan, the girl who always stands up to bullies, who always stands of to me, lacks courage?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Ha-ha. But I still want you to promise me."
Bakugou crossed his arms. "What do I get out of it?"
"My fist not in your face."
Bakugou pretended to think about it. "Tempting, but not good enough. What do they usually do in shows to reward the hero?"
Kagome thought of the movies she had watched where the damsel in distress would often give her savior a kiss. The thought made her blush like crazy as she held her heated face in her hands. She couldn't possibly do that with Bakugou! It would be so weird. She's only supposed to kiss someone she likes.
Bakugou gave her a weird look, wondering why she was so embarrassed. "What are you thinking about now?"
Kagome knew that she had to do something or else her secret would be revealed and her friendship with Izuku may be forever ruined. "I-if I give you the thing, can you promise to close your eyes," she asked him.
Bakugou was confused. "Why do I need to close my eyes? Are you just going to run away after I shut them?"
Kagome shook her head. "No, I promise to give you a gift if you close your eyes, but once you get it, you better not tell others about my quirk."
"Hmph, that's only if I like the gift," he replied while crossing his arms.
Kagome puffed out her cheeks. "Just please shut your eyes so I can get this over with!" Bakugou was still confused, but he decided to humor her and shut his eyes.
Kagome gulped down her nerves as she moved closer to his face and pressed her lips to his cheek. Most movies had the damsel and the knight kissing on their lips, but she wasn't about to give her first kiss to him so the cheek should be fine.
Bakugou's eyes flung open when he felt her soft lips on his cheek before he felt her pull away with her face flushed red with embarrassment. He reached up to touch his cheek where she had kissed him.
"Now, I hope you'll keep my secret," she said while rubbing the back of her head. "And also please keep this a secret too. It would be too embarrassing if everyone else knew about this," she said while not meeting his eyes.
Bakugou blushed from what she had done. "Yeah…" he said without really registering what she had said. He was still in a daze at the first kiss he's gotten from someone that wasn't his parents.
"W-well...uh...I better head home!" she suddenly said. "B-bye!" Kagome turned around and began running back to her apartment, hoping to escape the embarrassing situation. She didn't even know how she will be able to face him at school next Monday.
Katsuki continued to sit there while watching her run away as he continued to touch his cheek. If someone had told him a week ago that he would get a kiss from her he would've blown that person's face off, but now that it actually happened, he didn't want to admit it, but he sort of liked it. If this is what he got every time he saved her, then he wouldn't mind being her hero. Bakugou still didn't have words to describe what he was feeling, but he couldn't help the warm fuzzy feeling that was developing in his stomach.
Red: Ah.. l'amour is in the air. Poor Bakugou doesn't know it though. ;)
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