Light My Heart On Fire: Chapter 25; Mall Trip

I woke up with the worst headache ever. It felt like my head was splitting in two.

Groggily I sat up in the unfamiliar bed, trying to remember what had happened.

"Ah, you're up. That's good!" A squeaky voice caught my attention and I turned to the speaker.

"Recovery Girl?" I said, surprised by the old woman's presence. Did that mean I was in the infirmary?

"Do you remember what happened Dear?" The woman asked, rummaging around in her desk, eventually pulling out a otoscope.

"Um, sort of. It was the practical exams and Jirou and I were up against Present Mic and - " I paused, remembering what had happened. Present Mic had caught up to me, I'd passed out because of the noise.

"What happened? Did Jirou get out? Did we pass?" I asked, though I thought I might already know the answer.

"Unfortunately not dear."

"Oh….is Jirou ok?" I asked. Looking around the room, I didn't see her.

"She's perfectly fine, only left a few minutes ago. Now, before you can go I'll need to check your ears just to make sure you're ok." Recovery Girl said, holding out the otoscope. I nodded in understanding and the woman quickly checked my ears before giving me the all clear.

After I changed back into my uniform I made my way back to class where Aizawa was giving us more information on the training trip. The training trip Jirou and I wouldn't be going on, because of me.

It was my plan that made us fail, my fault. And now everyone else would go to the training trip and learn new things and get stronger, but we'd be behind….

As I entered the classroom I saw Mina waving me over. Reluckinly I made my way over to my friends. Once I got there Mina imditly wrapped her arm around my shoulders.

"Misaki~! Hang out with me during the break! We'll do so many fun things, it'll be so much better than that stupid training camp!" Mina exclaimed, laying her head down on my shoulder.

What?

"Hey, we better be included! You two aren't the only ones who failed!" Kaminari protested, poking Mina's cheek.

"Wait a second, You guys failed?" I asked, eyes wide in disbelief.

"Yup!" Mina chirped.

"Well, not Bakugou or Sero." Kirishima interjected, causing the boy in question to look from his seat.

"Don't worry Bakugou! We'll make sure to include you in everything else we do this summer!" Kaminari exclaimed, reaching down to ruffle Bakugou's hair.

That ended as well as you'd think. Bakugou yelled and explosions popped from his hands and Kaminari hid behind Kirishima.

They'd all failed.

I giggled as Bakugou fumed, Kirishima playing peacekeeper.

They all failed

Maybe, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Aizawa entered the classroom and we all went to our seats.

"I hate to say that some of you have failed the practical exam. And, as such, everybody's going to the forest lodge." At his words, Kirishima, Satou, Mina, Kaminari, and Jirou shouted in surprise and happiness, some louder than others. I was too stunned to make a sound.

"There were no failing grades for the written exam, but for the practical Satou, Kirishima, Ashido, Kaminari, Jirou, Kogami, and Sero all failed."

I tilted my head in confusion, I thought Sero had passed?

"For the exam, we 'Villains' left you a way to win while gauging how you faced the challenges we set for each of you. So, the students who failed are the ones who need it the most." Aizawa explained.

"But, failing grades are failing grades, so you've all earned yourself special remedial lessons. To put it bluntly, they'll be harder than they would have been if you just stayed on campus."

Remedial lessons were to be expected. We did fail after all.

After he was finished talking, Aizawa handed out the lodge guides. Looking through it, I learned that it was a week long boot camp. I'd need Umi to take me shopping, there were a few things I needed.

Then, as if she'd read my mind Hagakure asked me if I wanted to go shopping with the class tomorrow since we had a free day. Elated to be included, I told her I'd ask my mom and get back to her.

That night when I asked Umi and going shopping with the class, she gave me her blessings and some money for the next day. It turned out that Toshiw as also going to the mall, she had a date. This time with a second year in the Hero course.

I texted Hagakure, telling her I was able to go and she told me when and where we'd be meeting up.

The next day Toshi and I were on our way to the mall. Toshi had put my hair in a high ponytail, which felt kind of weird.

We split once we entered the mall, Toshi off to meet her date, and I was off to our designated meeting spot. It seemed most of my classmates were already there. Upon seeing me, Mina gave me a hug and squealed about my ponytail, which of course caught Hagakue's attention who also got very excited about my change in hairstyle.

As we waited for the last people to arrive, we talked about what we were hoping to buy.

Mina and Hagakure both wanted to buy a new swimsuit, even though swimsuits were not on the list to bring, because, in Mina's words, "You never know."

Soon enough everyone had arrived and we all split up into different groups, depending on what everyone was looking for. Iida, Shouji, Yaomomo, Jirou and I were all buying new shoes, so we set off to the many shoe stores the mall had.

I'd had the same pair of runners since my first year of middle school, and they were practically falling apart so I really hoped to find a new and affordable pair.

It was a lot of fun. Yaomomo especially seemed to be enjoying herself, which I guess made sense. With her quirk she could make whatever she needed, so she probably didn't have to go shopping often. She was also pretty well off, so I don't think she really had a limit.

We got sidetracked a few times, stopping at a cute clothes store, where I did actually buy some nice hair accessories, Yaomomo treated us with some ice cream, and we stopped at a record store so Jirou could see what new stuff they had.

Unfortunately the fun couldn't last forever. Before we'd actually made it to a shoe store, the mall was closed down with no one allowed to leave. Apparently Shigaraki, the leader of the League of Villains, had shown up and seemingly threatened Midoriya.

Even with no one allowed to leave, the police and Heros didn't find him and everyone was free to go. No one stuck around through, the carefree mood we'd had was gone.

Summer was just around the corner, along with the training camp.