The halls were dark around them, bare as well, and which left Suzuka feeling uneasy and defenseless. With nothing to latch on to, how could she fight? Carefully, twins took the halls, Izuku leading his sister from corner to corner, corridor to corridor. She wasn't too thrilled about the simplistic walls, they all looked the same, and she knew if she didn't pay attention she would get lost in here.

"There's a lot of blind spots." Izuku whispered over his shoulder as he peaked around the corner quietly. Suzuka nodded her head in agreeance, but since she wasn't used to her visor, she chose not to use it. Katsuki could be around anyone of these corners. Deciding that the corridor was safe enough, he nodded for Suzuka to follow his lead down the hallway, which she did as quietly as she could. She wished her steps could be quieter, she could hear everyone of them as loud as gunfire.

"He's only going to go after one of us, you know." Izuku told her quietly. "it's me he's angry with. It's always me."

"That's not true. He isn't happy with me either." Suzuka told him. Izuku shook his head.

"Hes only going to come after me and when he gets that tunnel vision you need to find Iida and the nuke." Suzuka frowned at her brother, fear welling inside of her. Lol

"Wait-" Suzuka stopped suddenly, as the kinetic field around them shifted. But it was too late to run. From around the corner Katsuki jumped, his fist already on fire as it sailed for the girl twin's head. In a flash, Izuku had grabbed his sister by the waist, hurling her and himself away from Katsuki's assault, just of out reach of his fist. Katsuki's hand collided into the wall where they once stood, taking stone with it in fiery show.

"Suzuka?!" Izuku shouted, pushing himself onto his knees.

"I'm fine." Suzuka told him as she too sat up, pushing him away. Terrified, she saw that not only was there a hole in the wall, but Katsuki had also blown off half of Izuku's mask. This is what I was afraid of. She thought as the dust began to settle in the hallways, Katsuki stepping through it intimidatingly. He sneered at the twins, cutting through the remaining dust with one wave of his arm.

"What's the matter, Deku? Afraid to fight me?" He asked the boy twin haughtily. Suzuka glared at Katsuki, opening her mouth to admonish him for nearly killing them, when Izuku gave her a frightening look. Don't. It said.

"I knew you'd try to catch us by surprise." Izuku goaded, standing up. Katsuki glared at Izuku, ignoring Suzuka entirely as he ran for him.

"I'm gonna hurt you so bad that they have to stop the fight!" Katsuki shouted. The twins shared a look and Suzuka nodded, taking off down the hallway, only looking back to make sure that Izuku's prediction had been right. It was, Katsuki was here for one thing and one thing only; a fight with Izuku. With a tight frown, Suzuka pulled out her map, her eyes trailing quickly over the paper. The top floor, that's where they were keeping the bomb, Suzuka was certain of it.

Upon arriving at the top floor, Suzuka was greeted by a giant, open door, which allowed for light to bathe the once darkened hallway. As she peaked around the corner, Suzuka was surprised to find Iida standing his back to the door, paying little attention to anything as he practiced his best villain laugh. Suzuka shook her head, clicking her visior into place as she entered the room. Hiding behind a pillar, Suzuka surveyed her surroundings quietly. She could see most of the room, which elated her, meaning she had grown stronger since her exam. The very edges of her vision, the edges of the room, were fuzzy, which would only mean a few blind spots, and as long as she kept that under wraps, Iida would never know.

With a deep breath, Suzuka searched the room for something, anything, she could latch on to, but Iida had prepared in their five minutes. There was nothing here. Suzuka stifled a groan, so much for her surprise attack. She had to think of something else, quickly. Tentatively, she reached out for the large bomb at the other end of the room, as it was the only free standing thing around. To her chagrin, it was too heavy to move. She would have to capture Iida and take it for herself.

"I know you're there, hero." Iida spat menacingly. Suzuka froze, her eyes widening. "You tried to move the bomb, shifting it a mere fraction. I guess you already realized it was the only thing in this room for you to manipulate." He articulated evilly. Suzuka pushed herself off the wall, squaring up to Iida cooly.

"You forgot about yourself." Suzuka held her hands up threateningly, hoping to god her bluff would work. Iida let out a maniacal laugh, crossing his arms across his chest.

"You didn't think I'd have the wherewithal to ask Bakugou about your quirk? You can't move people." He pointed at her, shutting down her threat entirely. Suzuka fought her disappointment, pushing it off to the side.

Damn Katsuki. She cursed. In an instant, Iida had disappeared, reappearing behind her only seconds later.

"Too slow, Hero." Iida whispered as he grabbed her by her waist, using his quirk to hurl her across the room. Hitting the ground hurt like hell, and suddenly she was thankful she went with the full body suit. Dress for the slide, not the ride, she thought darkly as she came to a skidding halt. With a groan, she pushed herself onto her hands and knees, her body twitching as it ached everywhere. Suzuka grabbed her shoulder, looking up at Iida quietly. He was really taking this villain role seriously. Again, Iida vanished, but Suzuka wasn't going to fall for that twice. With a flick of her hands, she created a bubble around herself, and she smirked when Iida ran into it full force.

"Fool me once…." Suzuka tsked as Iida recovered from his crash, standing to his full height in front of her. Suzuka awed at how tall he was as she too got to her feet. With a single knuckle, Iida rapt against her invisible shield, which echoed hollowly as he did.

"Impressive." He barked, his hand returning to his side. "Bakugou told me about this trick as well." Iida quipped, rearing his foot back and striking the shield with a full powered kick. Suzuka took a deep breath as he continued his assault, throwing fists and engine powered kicks her way.

"Suzuka, have you found the bomb?" Izuku's voice came over her earpiece.

"It's on the top floor, like you said it would be." Suzuka strained as the blows kept coming.

"Are you alright?"

"I've engaged Iida, I tried to keep him monologuing but apparently that only works in the movies. My shield is stronger, but I'm going to need your help." Suzuka told him, as Iida's next punch resulted in a hairline fracture of her dome. "Dammit." Suzuka hissed. Bringing her hands up her shoulders, readying herself for a kinetic assault. With a growl, she sent her kinetic energy at Iida violently, using her shield as a weapon. The speedster went flying across the room, falling head over heels until he too skidded to a stop across the pavement.

"He said you didn't hit that hard…." Iida groaned as he stood, brushing off his armor and cracking his neck. Suzuka felt a bubble of rage well up in her gut at this revelation. She'd tossed Katsuki across the quad plenty of times!

Suzuka was mad, she couldn't believe Katsuki! Always underestimating her! And she decided now it was time to show Iida her true potential. With a wave of her arm, Suzuka grabbed hold of the kinetic force, throwing violent walls of it towards an unprepared Iida. The boy flew several feet one way, only to be tossed several feet in a different direction once he'd landed. Hiding behind a pillar to take some form of shelter, Suzuka threw another wave at him, which to her surprise, shattered the piller into tiny pieces.

"Oh!" Suzuka gasped, taking her eyes off of Iida for a fraction of a second to admire her destruction. "I didn't know I could do that…." She muttered to herself, her mind going a mile a minute. Iida's pained groaning brought Suzuka back to their fight, but this time he'd learned, and took off around Suzuka at high speed. The air around Suzuka trembled violently with his running, threatening to blow Suzuka off her feet as he created a mini wind tunnel around her.

I have to stop this! Suzuka thought frantically, struggling to stay standing. He couldn't maintain his speed, she'd noticed, he was getting slower, obviously tiring, and as soon as he made his next pass in front of her, Suzuka knew it was her time to strike. With a growl, she raised her hand, picturing in her mind a bubble, which she placed around Iida, who smacked into it full throttle. The sound echoed through the room and as the wind died down, Suzuka could see he was completely trapped.

"Ha! Not so fast." She told the speedster confidently. Iida groaned, climbing to his feet, placing his hands flat against her bubble. "Did he tell you I could shield others?" Iida remained silent, his hands on his hips. With her head, Suzuka motioned for him to start heading towards the front of the room while she slowly made her way towards the bomb. She'd used her quirk a lot and could already feel her head ache setting in, she'd have to end this as quickly as possible. Suzuka took several shaky steps towards the bomb, but if she moved to fast she was afraid she'd lose her shield. Slow and steady was the best route, not that she was too concerned about that, they still had five minutes and Iida was effectively trapped.

"You'd think I'd just follow you willingly?!" Iida chuckled. To her surprise, Iida hopped into the air, using his engines to run laps around her shield. It wasn't unlike the motocross riders at the circus who rode laps around the caged sphere and for a minute she wondered exactly what he was doing. That was until she realized that with his momentum, he could easily cut through her shield. In a panic, Suzuka began to move quicker, the bomb slowly becoming more attainable.

She could feel the shield straining already, as Iida's white blur zoomed around her bubble at an incredible speed. An audible crack could be heard as Suzuka's dome began to spider web, the fine white light obstructing her view of Iida. Suzuka was close enough to the bomb that she could easily run for it, and the girl realized she had to drop her shield, it was her best chance at getting to the weapon. She hadn't the chance to willingly remove her shield, however, as Iida broke through it an instant later, sending shockwaves through Suzuka's body. She lurched dangerously towards the bomb, her first few steps heavy as a wave of nausea overcame her. She wasn't going to make it.

Two strong arms wrapped themselves around her midsection, once again tossing Suzuka to the other side of the room like a rag doll. Suzuka only stopped as her body collided with the wall, where she sat in pained silence for several long moments before:

"What the-?!" Iida muttered incredulously. Suzuka propped herself on her elbows, looking over at Iida in a mixture of joy and shock. She knew she wasn't going to make it to the bomb, she was banking on being able to capture his shoulders. She wasn't sure if she'd managed to get the tape fully around him before he threw her; but Iida's arms were bound, not tightly but bound all the same, with a single layer of capture tape. On her pointer finger, she twirled the small roll of tape as Iida dropped to his knees with a bellowing NOOOOOOO.

"Yes!" Suzuka hissed, slowly rolling over onto her back. Above the bomb she spied a timer, three minutes to spare, and she laid quietly on her back taking deep breaths as she did. Suzuka's head hurt and her whole body was in some kind of pain. She had the spins, though whether it was from her quirk usage or the violent way Iida kept tossing her, she didn't know. Nor did she care. She'd just won them the entire scenario!

"Are you going to touch the bomb?" Iida asked her after several long seconds of her laying there. Suzuka said nothing as she held up a single index finger, one sec, before slowly sitting up. That movement alone caused Suzuka to gag and she held her head and abdomen in pain.

"I think you broke a rib." Suzuka groaned as she stood up, taking a few seconds to collect herself and cull the dizziness.

"I apologize, I was merely playing a part!" Iida said bowing profusely. Suzuka waved him off, taking several cautious steps, her ribs rubbing weird as she did.

"Definitely a rib." She winced, taking another step.

"Suzuka get to the edge of the room, I'm ending this." Izuku's voice suddenly came over her earpiece.

"No, Izuku, wait-!" Suzuka shouted. Suddenly, beneath her feet there was a low rumble, which caused her to freeze where she stood. Taking a deep breath, Suzuka began to panic as the floor beneath her started to shake, buckling under her feet before finally giving way to a massive amount of pressure. "Oh!" She cried out, as debris pelted her, breaking her visor and tearing her suit. Suzuka, bleary and dizzy, reached out blindly for something to grab on to, as she went flying through the air. Once the pressure had gone, her belly flipped as gravity began to do it's work, pulling Suzuka towards the ground below.

"Midorya!" She heard Iida shout, but to no avail. It had all happened so fast and he had been in no position to run to her aid.

"Iida!" Suzuka shouted, daring a glance underneath her. She was falling, falling so far, and below her she could see her brother and Katsuki, both staring up at her with wide, fearful eyes.

Katsuki was prepared for an adequate amount of destruction after they both used their special move, but the boys had destroyed nearly half the building by the end of their quarrel. This pissing contest had gone too far, and he knew that much was certain as Suzuka came careening towards them from the floors above. He felt his heart sink in his chest.

"Dori!"

"Suzuka!" Katsuki and Izuku shouted, their fight forgotten as Suzuka fell towards them.

Fuck! Katsuki thought, running towards where Suzuka was falling. The boy dove, and so did Izuku, as both of them lunged to catch Suzuka, landing hard as she took them to the floor with her weight. Katsuki groaned, he'd taken the brunt of her fall, but to his dismay she was still knocked out cold. Her visor had been broken, either during the explosion or the resulting fall, revealing a bloodied face.

"Shit-!" Katsuki started, only to be cut off by Izuku, who sat up despite his injuries, taking Suzuka from Katsuki's lap.

"Suzuka!" Izuku hissed, pulling his bad arm back to his side.

"You idiot!" Katsuki raged getting to his hands and knees. He clicked the buttons on the side of Suzuka's helmet, he had to get this thing off her face. Izuku, trying his best to remain conscious, but he could feel himself fading underneath Suzuka's weight.

"Catch… her…." He managed to grumble, before his eye lids grew heavy. Quickly, Katsuki reached out, cradling the girls head as she too fell to the ground. He removed her helmet slowly, examining her face in the process. The visor had cracked into the side of her face, causing several cuts with pieces of glass still embedded in them. With another growl, Katsuki turned back to Izuku, ready to melt the lying, conniving bastard into oblivion, when All Might and Recovery Girl burst onto the scene.

"That's enough, Bakugou!" All Might shouted suddenly, freezing Katsuki in place. In silence, All Might and Recovery Girl both joined the teens in the rubble, flanked by two automatic stretchers.

"We will need to get them to the infirmary, right away." Recovery Girl told the pro hero as she kissed both Izuku and Suzuka. With a disappointed frown she regarded Katsuki for the first time, gesturing to the gurney beside her. Katsuki obeyed, slowly placing Suzuka on the stretcher and stepping away as All Might did he same for Izuku.

Katsuki leaned rigid against the wall outside of the nurses office. School had let out and when the twins still hadn't returned to class, Katsuki decided he needed to check on Suzuka. Despite his brooding, hell, he'd won the simulation and still didn't feel better, he couldn't stop worrying, even if they weren't on speaking terms currently.

"Are you going to come in or are you going to stand there all afternoon?" A frail voice asked from within the room. Katsuki froze, ceasing the nervous clenching and unclenching of his fist. He smacked his lips as he pushed off the wall, stepping into the door frame. He was greeted with a wide smile from the elderly healer, who gestured for him to join her at her desk.

"I brought Suzuka Midoriya's things, where should I put them for when she wakes up?" Katsuki asked, as Recovery Girl gestured behind him. He turned, his eyes lingering on the bed nearest him. After realizing it was Suzuka, he bit back a frown.

"She'll be fine, she's just tired. healing takes a lot out of a body." Recovery Girl told him matter of factly. Katsuki sustained his poker face as he watched Suzuka sleep, a mask shielding her eyes from the light in the room. Thankfully, the cuts on her face seemed to heal without any scarring. Suzuka curled up into a tiny ball, smothered in several blankets and still shivering. Absentmindedly, Katsuki strolled to her bedside, pulling the itchy hospital blanket up further to her ears. Suzuka sighed in response, breathing deeply as her lips parted. "My healing can only do so much, it's more for physical injuries than mental. Her IV will bring her back to where she she should be, which is good, even if it makes her cold. Her quirk dehydrates her and I told her she needs to take it easy and not over do it until she's strengthened herself first." Recovery Girl mused from behind Katsuki. "I assume you'll help with enforcing that?" She asked the boy dryly. Katsuki scowled at the woman, who hoped down from her comically high chair. She walked over behind her, to another curtain that was drawn. "As for Izuku Midorya-"

"I don't give a fuck about him." Katsuki bit, his shoulders tensing. He clenched his jaw as Recovery Girl regarded him over her shoulder. With a smirk, she flung the sheet open, causing Izuku to jump where he sat. The boy visibly cowered under Katsuki's glare, which made Katsuki feel even more angry. What a weak, pathetic, worm.

"Mister Midorya is awake and healing well. He'll be ready to go in a half hour or so." Recovery Girl continued. The watch on her wrist beeped and she sighed heavily, shaking her head. "I have a staff meeting to attend, if you don't need anything, Midorya, I will be stepping out for a bit."

"Oh, no, I'm fine." Izuku told Recovery Girl with a small smile. The healer returned his smile, grabbing her medical bag before heading for the door.

"Please remember this is a place of healing, gentlemen." She called over her shoulder knowingly before disappearing in the hallway. The room grew stale and after several long, silent moments, Katsuki sneered, turning from Suzuka's bed to leave.

"It's one thing to put yourself in the hospital. You're only doing the world a favor at that point." Katsuki growled at him, turning his red eyed glare on the boy. Izuku frowned, looking over at Suzuka quietly.

"You're right. I was selfish today." He said finally, catching Katsuki off guard. Katsuki tched, turning where he stood. "I've been selfish my whole life." Izuku gave a low chuckle, shaking his head. "I've only ever cared about my dreams, my stupid dreams." Izuku sighed, looking over at his sister. Izuku grabbed at his sheets, pulling them taught as he stared at his feet. "I've roped her into my desires, forgetting almost completely about her." He laughed desolately. "I don't even know if she wanted to be a pro hero. I'm pretty sure it started out as her going along for my sake." He whispered."I hurt her yesterday, and she won't talk to me, and I've done it again today. In a stupid attempt to show you that I'm capable, I've hurt her again." Izuku's eyes burned as he regarded his sister. With a sniff, Izuku squared his shoulders at Katsuki, narrowing his eyes at the boy. "But I'm not the only one to blame."

"What." Katsuki snarled at Izuku. Izuku's heart beat in his chest, he was terrified but something about today's events left him feeling rather bold.

"You've spent so long hating me I doubt you've ever even noticed how important you are to her. How much your opinion matters to her, an opinion that's been wasted on how much you hate me!"

"Deku…." Katsuki warned, but Izuku didn't hush.

"We've both only ever been on conflicting sides of a war that she's spent the greater part of a decade trying to defuse. Because she cares about both of us. And for what? A brother who-" Izuku paused, who lied to her, though he couldn't bring himself to say the words out loud. "And a friend who's spent years in a violent rage against her family." Izuku went silent, but the way Katsuki flinched at the word friend did not go unnoticed. "And she's only ever been there for us. We don't deserve her." Izuku finished, the room growing silent.

Katsuki was boiling inside. How dare Deku talk to him like that? Like he knows anything about Suzuka and his relationship. He can speak for himself about selfishness, the lying little dweeb. Katsuki opened his mouth to speak, quickly shutting it and narrowing his eyes. He'd helped Suzuka, right? He trained her! Took time out of his day to make sure she was better than Deku! He- Katsuki's mind blanked as he returned to the last time Suzuka and him had really spoken. Sure, Katsuki had wanted Suzuka to realized what a snot her brother was, but only because he wanted her to feel better, right? Because hating Deku made him feel better… Didn't it? He had been so confident today that if he'd beaten Deku, not only would his pride feel better, but maybe Suzuka could see that they were far superior to the Deku scrub. That wasn't selfish, right? Opening her eyes to the truth?

Izuku watched Katsuki for several long seconds as his face rose and fell with his thoughts. He wondered briefly If Katsuki knew how much he was giving away right now, but Izuku knew he didn't. He probably didn't even realize that his constant angry facade was crumbling.

"You know I'm right, Kachaan." Izuku mumbled. Katsuki grew rigid as he glared up at Izuku. Again the teens watched each other in silence, a silence only broken by the sound of Katsuki's hands igniting and extinguishing in rapid succession as he flexed his palms. Katsuki grew closer to him, the heat of his palms growing closer as well. Izuku found himself terrified.

"I can apologize for being an asshole, but can you stop lying?" Katsuki returned finally, his voice calm and low as he stood at the foot of Izuku's bed. Izuku's eyes dropped to the floor and the boy said nothing, all the answer that Katsuki needed. "That's what I thought." Katsuki hissed, shutting Izuku's curtain with a single flick of his wrist. Despite himself, Izuku sighed, relieved as he heard Katsuki's footsteps retreating, the scuffling of a chair across linoleum and finally, a groan as Katsuki took a seat at Suzuka's bed.