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Chapter 11
Secrets
March 25th, Sunday, 1:45 AM
Late that night, Katsuki couldn't sleep, as usual, so he went on a walk. His head was buzzing with dumb thoughts, heart occasionally raced for no reason, and skin felt grotesque from the near constant sweating. Three showers a day wasn't enough, lately, especially with his quirk.
Walking sometimes cleared his head a little, but that night, it didn't really help. He kept thinking about Hana's roaming hands, and how he'd felt helpless to stop her. He hated feeling helpless.
If he wasn't so tired, he'd start jogging, but he didn't want to accidentally pass out somewhere. Last time he started jogging with his mindset, he ran until he passed out, and woke up half an hour later in the soccer field.
The cloudy skies threatened to pour, but hadn't yet. Once the water starts to fall, he'd head inside.
As he walked near the dorms, he heard a rustling in the bushes, and stopped. Over in the bushes, near the women's side of the dorms, he saw the faint light of someone's phone.
Someone creeping on the girls?
… a good excuse to beat someone up. Katsuki had learned that if he was violent towards people threatening to harass women, he generally got away with it more. Teachers were lenient if he was "teaching his peers to treat women with respect."
At least, that's how Recovery Girl put it. She was overall pretty nice to him, despite how many people he put in the infirmary.
Katsuki was quiet as he moved from the path, moving closer, and got close enough to look over their shoulder. His heart leaped to his throat. His eyes widened.
They were pictures of a girl, naked, who was clearly sleeping, and he recognized who they were of. Katsuki kicked them in the head, and the phone fell from their hand as they stood to run. Katsuki grabbed the phone and put it in his pocket, and then ran after the asshole.
Whoever the fuck they were, they were fast, and he lost them in the chase. After running around for a while, he doubled back, and cursed.
Fucking pervert.
He wanted to rip them apart.
"Damn it." He muttered again, and pulled out the phone.
They were pictures of Yurei, and some of them looked a few years old. Some of them had that asshole's face, Ikari, in there. Katsuki did a little searching on the phone, and found that it was hooked up to his cloud. The idiot also had all his passwords saved, so he could get into everything.
Katsuki got started deleting the photos, and thinking of ways to mess with him. Once all of the photos were deleted, he started searching for back ups, and found them hidden in some folders.
So, he just deleted everything. All his photos. All his class assignments. All his everything.
He downloaded the sketchiest shit he could find to his cloud, so that when he opens up his laptop, the viruses will get onto there. He went to the asshole's social media, and liked all the nastiest shit he could find. He kept an ear out as he worked, in case the guy came back for his phone. He hoped he would come back so that he could kick his ass.
As he came across the guy's private messages to other people, he grimaced, disgusted by what he found. That guy was into some nasty shit. Like, rapey shit. He had chats about gang raping other girls, and exchanged photos with guys of those girls when they weren't paying attention.
Why the fuck isn't this guy in prison? Katsuki wondered, and then froze. … what did he do to Blue Hair Girl when she was sleeping?
A chill ran down his spine.
He wanted to hunt this guy down and murder him.
… that blood in her bedroom…. He'd wondered why he had stabbed her there.
He didn't stab her.
Ikari was friends with his mother on Facebook. He had a sister, too. Katsuki started tagging them in the grossest conversations, and started walking over to the security building. Hopefully law enforcement could do something about it.
On his way, he used Ikari's card to buy thousands of dollars worth of crap online, including a bunch of things with the words "I'm a piece of shit!" on them. He made sure to purchase from places that wouldn't offer refunds or returns.
1.
March 25th, Sunday, 6:00 AM
Yurei groaned, unable to get back to sleep. Katsuki had gotten her used to waking up early.
She got up, grunting and groaning as she got her jacket and slippers on, and went downstairs to get her morning coffee. The jellyfish stings still hurt, sending pain through her with every movement.
Yurei paused when she reached the kitchen, slightly surprised to see Katsuki there. He looked like shit.
"Hey." Yurei said greeted.
He didn't make eye contact with her, and something about his emotions felt different than usual. When is he not being weird, though?
"Another rough night?" Yurei asked.
"... yeah." Katsuki replied, focusing on making eggs.
"Maybe we can head over to Recovery Girl at nine to see about getting you some sleep meds." Yurei suggested as she went over the coffee maker, and started the process. As she got the water, she looked over at him again. He avoided eye contact with her.
"You okay?" Yurei asked.
"I'm fine." Katsuki muttered.
"You seem a little… different this morning." Yurei commented.
He didn't respond.
She poured the water into the machine, got a new filter, coffee grounds, and pressed the "Go!" button.
"Ikari was outside your window last night. He ran off before I could kill him." Katsuki said in a low voice, and she froze in place. "He dropped his phone. He had a lot of pictures of you, so I deleted them. I deleted everything on his cloud. All his files, folders- everything. I even managed to get into his backup one, and deleted everything on that. Then I gave it to security. There was a lot of rapey shit on there. Hopefully that shit head goes to prison."
Yurei gripped the table for support. She'd thought that Ikari would be too scared to come back.
How many nights has he been out there? Does Katsuki know, now?
"When you said rapey shit… what do you mean?" Yurei asked.
"There were a bunch of open chats about gang raping girls. I tagged his mom and sister in all of them, and then handed it over to security. I also charged $5,000 to his account for a bunch of things with the words 'I'm a piece of shit' on them." Katsuki said, and she smiled.
Her chest hurt, and her head felt fuzzy, trying to absorb all of that.
"Since I deleted the photos of you, that means that they won't be able to prosecute him for those, but that also means that a bunch of guys you don't know won't be looking at pictures of you, and then be stored forever in the government database under 'evidence.'" Katsuki explained.
… he learned that from research into H.T.S.
"Was that the right call?" Katsuki asked.
"... yeah." Yurei nodded. She felt like pin needles were poking her along the inside of her skull and hands.
Ikari got so close to her. He could have been outside on her balcony, for all she knew.
Watching her.
"If I ever see him on campus again, he's dead." Katsuki added.
… Yurei was too stunned to reply. Her head felt numb.
"And you… saw the photos?" Yurei asked.
"Only to delete them." Katsuki replied. She bit the inside of her cheek and tasted blood.
"His $200 comforter saying 'I'm a piece of shit' should arrive at his home tomorrow. Non-returnable." Katsuki added.
… she wanted to laugh about that.
"The coffee is done." Katsuki said.
… he saw the photos.
He said that Ikari had been in rapey chat threads, which meant that there were pictures of her circulating the internet. People she didn't know were seeing her unconscious, vulnerable, and violated.
"... you okay?" Katsuki asked.
"No." She replied.
Her body felt numb. She felt like her world was crashing around her. It was bad enough with her mom… that was her body, her choice, all of that- but Yurei never got a choice.
"... I can make some extra eggs for you, if you want." Katsuki offered.
"Not hungry." Yurei replied.
"... if I held your hand, would that make you feel better?" Katsuki asked.
… this morning is filled with surprises.
"You think holding my hand will make this less shitty?" Yurei asked.
"... it makes things feel less shitty when you do it."
… that would be so cute in literally any other situation.
"... I appreciate the gesture, but there are naked pictures of me online. Creeps from potentially all over the world are staring at me right now. Holding my hand is not going to help." Yurei said.
She really did not want to yell at him. She really did not want to cry in front of him.
"How can I help?" Katsuki asked.
"You can't." Yurei replied.
She didn't know what to do. She was screwed. Her life was over. There was no recovering from that.
"... would yelling at me help?" Katsuki asked.
"Why?" Yurei asked.
"It's what I do when I'm upset." Katsuki said.
"I don't yell."
"You yell at me."
"Because you yell at me."
"What would make you feel better?"
"Nothing, Katsuki. Nothing is going to make me feel better." Yurei told him. Nothing could make this better.
She was jolted from her thoughts in a shove, and she looked up at him in surprise. He was coming at her, so she shoved him back.
"Punch me." Katsuki said.
"Why?" Yurei asked.
"Pretend like I'm Ikari." He said, and when he stepped forward again, she moved without thinking. Her knuckles collided with his cheek. He barely moved, as if it had been nothing more than a light poke.
"We need to work on your punching skills." Katsuki said.
She punched him again. This time, she hit his nose, and a small amount of blood dripped down. She thought back to seeing Ikari bleeding on the ground.
Her fist hit his chest. She hit him again. She kept hitting him, unable to think any more, and eventually crumbled into his arms.
2.
March 25th, Sunday, 9:00 AM
Mirio was surprised and concerned when he got the text from Katsuki.
When he got to the dorms, Katsuki let him in. One of his cheeks looked slightly bruised, there were bags under his eyes, and his skin looked a bit more ashen than usual. He looked like garbage.
"What happened to you?" Mirio asked.
"Don't worry about it. Blue Hair Girl is hiding in her room crying. I found Ikari outside the dorms last night, and now she's freaking out." Katsuki explained, and Mirio's eyes widened.
"What did he do?" Mirio asked.
"Nothing. I chased the shit head off." Katsuki answered, and Mirio let out a sigh of relief. "She's freaked out, though, and she locked herself in her room."
"You did good in calling me." Mirio said, and went for the stairs, jogging up them. He went to Yurei's room, and knocked.
"Yu Yu, I'm going to come in, okay?" Mirio asked, and then poked his head inside. He didn't see her, and the lights were out. He came back out, turning to Katsuki.
"You sure she's in there?" Mirio asked.
"Yeah. I hear her crying sometimes." Katsuki said. Mirio walked into her room, looked around, and then heard sniffles from the closet.
"Yu Yu, your little friend called me." Mirio said in a calm, soothing voice. He crouched down next to the closet, and sat down. "He told me about Ikari."
He didn't hear anything for a moment.
Then, sniffles.
"Great way to start the term." Mirio joked.
No response.
3.
March 25th, Sunday, 10:00 AM
Katsuki told Mirio to call or text if he needed anything, or if Yurei needed anything. He was anxious, and had no idea what the fuck to do. He walked around campus, keeping an eye out for that psycho. He checked in with Security, to see what they were going to do about the asshole.
Since Katsuki didn't see his face, and security cameras didn't catch his face, either, the police couldn't charge him for violating anything. They passed the phone along to the police to investigate into the chatrooms, but ultimately, Security doubted that anything would be done.
If he'd known that they would do jack shit, he would have kept it and charged more shit to his dumb card.
Made posts on his social media outing him for the pig he was.
As he stomped around campus, some people were startled by his appearance. … maybe seeing Recovery Girl about the dumb sleep meds will make her feel better. I'll talk to her, go get food, and then bring lunch to Yurei and Mirio.
4.
March 25th, Sunday, 12:00 PM
When he got to Yurei's room, he was surprised to see that her door was open and the light on. Mina, Eijirou, Mirio, Deku, Ochaco, and Tsu were inside, talking to her.
"It'll be okay, Yurei. We're all here for you." Ochaco said.
"No. It won't." Yurei replied from the closet.
"... I brought some food." Katsuki said, getting their attention. "I only brought enough for Mirio, Blue Hair Girl, and I. The rest of you can get your own shit."
"I don't think she needs to get yelled at right now, Bakugou." Ochaco said, and then gave a small shriek when he sent a glare her way.
"Thank you for lunch, Bakugou." Mirio said to Katsuki.
"Hn." Katsuki grunted. He took out one of the boxes, checked the label, and handed it to him. Then, went over to the closet, and crouched down with another box. "I got you some lunch, loser."
"I'm not hungry." Yurei replied.
"I don't care. Reach your hand through the door and take it." Katsuki snapped at her. Her hand appeared in front of him, and he put the box in her hand. She took hold, and phased it into the closet with her.
"I wish I could do that. You have so much more control over your quirk." Mirio complained.
"Oi, you need chopsticks too, loser. Stick your hand out again." Katsuki snapped. He heard a grunt from the other side of the door, and her hand came out again. He put the chopsticks in her hand, and lingered slightly as their hands touched.
She grabbed the chopsticks, and the hand quickly disappeared behind the door.
"Yurei told us about what you did last night… about the photos." Mirio whispered to him. Katsuki ignored him, getting out his own box, and started to eat the noodle dish. "Thank you." Mirio added.
"Whatever. You eating, Blue Hair Girl?" Katsuki asked.
"I told you that I'm not hungry." Yurei replied.
"And I told you that I don't care. Fucking eat." Katsuki told her.
"Maybe you should be a little nicer, Ka-chan." Deku said, and Katsuki turned, narrowing his eyes at him. Deku stilled, gulping down the lump in his throat, and inched towards Ochaco.
"Classes start tomorrow, Blue Hair Girl. There's going to be a lot of sparring and weight lifting." Katsuki said.
"... so?" Yurei muttered.
"You'll get to show off all the training you've been doing for the last few weeks. I haven't been teaching you shit for you to slack off." Katsuki told her.
"You'll get to throw me again, Yurei!" Mina said excitedly behind him.
Yurei didn't say anything else. Katsuki took another bite of his food.
"We're all here for you, Yurei. Whatever you need, we're here for you." Deku said, and Katsuki rolled his eyes. Katsuki stood up, opening the closet partway, and caused everyone behind him to yell at him. He slipped inside, closing the door behind him, and tried to make sense of all the crap in there.
… there were a lot of clothes hanging.
"Why the fuck are there clothes in here?" Katsuki asked.
"... it's a closet, moron." Yurei muttered in a low voice. He roughly shoved the clothes around, trying to make sense of where things were, and his eyes slowly adjusted.
"You're going to get food all over my clothes, asshole." Yurei told him.
"You're the asshole hiding in a fucking closet."
"Fuck off."
If she wanted him out, it would be pretty easy for her to kick him out with her quirk. One of the things he'd learned from her quirk is that she rarely used it to its full potential.
Katsuki grunted and crouched down, trying to keep the clothes out of his food, and reached around to find her. He found one of her legs, which jerked when he made contact.
"She kicked me out when I tried to do that." Mina whined from outside. Katsuki cursed as he accidentally knelt on a shoe, and tried to push things around to sit down next to her, but she had too much crap in here.
"Why the hell is there so much shit in here?" Katsuki asked.
"It's a closet, asshole." Yurei replied.
"You're a fucking hoarder. My closet doesn't have near as much shit." Katsuki replied, and ended up sitting near her, with his legs over hers, and next to a large box. Shoes surrounded him, some of them pointy heels that could stab him, and random small shit that hurt his hands when he put weight on them.
Yurei was wedged between two large boxes, which made sitting next to her impossible.
"Fucking hoarder." Katsuki muttered under his breath, and then shoved some of her dresses away, so that he could eat his damn food.
"My mom got me new stuff when I transferred here. Everything else reminded me of Ikari." Yurei said in a low voice.
"He's a creep that can go fuck himself." Katsuki told her.
"What's the point in anything?" Yurei asked, and Katsuki could see everyone leaning in from outside. There were slats in the fucking door.
"Would you assholes fuck off?" Katsuki snapped at them, and they leaned away.
"... we could do a lunch break." Mina said.
"Let's do that. We'll do a lunch break and then come back in a little while. Text us if you need anything." Mirio said.
The group seemed hesitant to leave, but slowly, they made their way out of the room. They even closed the door behind them.
"I hated having so many people here." Yurei said.
"Did you tell them to leave?" Katsuki asked.
"Yeah. They were afraid that I would be suicidal."
Katsuki paused as he took a bite of his noodles. I shouldn't have told her about the pictures. She didn't need to know about them.
"How do you deal with it?" Yurei asked.
"With what?" He asked, going back to eating.
"Your uncle did something to you, and it sounds like he knows things about your life, which means that he's in touch with your family. I'm guessing that he did something to you pretty young. Every family gathering, you have to see and put up with him. That sounds like a nightmare." Yurei said.
He felt a swell of feelings in his chest, but he tried to push them down. He didn't want anyone to know about that.
"That girl, Kagura… Momentum had me talk to her because she was raped, like me. Now she's spouting shit all over the internet and shit, and she's telling people that I inspired her. I don't want to be associated with that shit. I don't want to be known as the rape victim. I don't want pictures of me being raped on the fucking internet. That shit never goes away. Once something gets on the internet, it's never gone." Yurei continued.
"... I never apologize, and I always win." Katsuki said.
"What?" Yurei asked.
"That's how I cope with it. I don't let people screw me over, I always win, and I don't apologize. My mom made me apologize to him, and it's the biggest regret of my life." Katsuki said, and went back to eating.
A deafening silence followed, and anxiety built in his chest the longer she didn't say anything.
"Can I ask what he did?" Yurei asked.
He opened the door, checking the room. They were alone. The door slid to a close.
"... I traded candy for sucking him off. If you repeat that, I will end you." Katsuki said quickly.
"How old were you?" Yurei asked.
"I dunno. Three. Four. It went on for a while before I found out what was going on. I didn't fully understand until I was a teenager. When dad found out, he was disgusted. My mom thought I was a pervert, and blamed it on me." Katsuki explained.
"You have shitty parents. Your uncle is a monster." Yurei said.
… weirdly, that made him feel better. Lighter, even.
Yurei was suicidal and still helping other people through their shit.
"Did telling you that help at all?" Katsuki asked.
"... yeah." Yurei said.
"Are you eating the fucking food?" Katsuki asked.
"I can't see shit in here, nonetheless actually eat." Yurei told him.
"Well, if you didn't have so much shit in here, you'd be able to see." Katsuki said, and then pulled his phone out, and pulled up his flashlight app. He shifted awkwardly, moving to straddle her legs, and cursed as the dumb dresses kept getting in his way.
He set the flashlight on the top of one of the boxes, letting it shine light on them, and then kneeled on her legs and his heels, careful to not put too much pressure on her.
In the light, her face wasn't flattering. Her cheeks were red, eyes bloodshot, and hair a mess. Nonetheless, she started to open the food box on her lap, picked up her chopsticks, and started to eat.
"I went to Recovery Girl, by the way." Katsuki said.
"You did?" She asked in surprise.
"Yeah. I got some sleep meds to try out tonight. Downside is that they might make me a bit groggy for tomorrow's early class."
5.
March 26th, Monday, 6:00 AM
The next morning, Yurei showed up to training class, bright and early. Instead of meeting two times a week, they would be meeting three times a week this term.
She sipped her coffee in the lounge area of the small class gym, which was the second floor of the old PE building. There was a padded area for hand-to-hand sparring, a weight lifting area, and then a normal gym area with two basketball courts. There was a small lounge area, with multiple cushioned chairs and couches. Yurei quietly sipped her coffee as her classmates similarly yawned and groaned about having to get up so early.
She sat on the couch next to Mina, who complained with the other girls about the training they'd do this term. They would be focusing more on building muscle and quirk strength.
"Good morning, my youthful students!" All Might greeted, shifting to his big form. "I hope you are ready to start off the new term! This term we will be focusing on muscle building, strengthening your quirks, and hand-to-hand combat. In the second half of the term, we'll delve into common weapons. We're going to get each of you trained on how to safely use a firearm, should you ever be in the position of needing to use one."
Some excited whispers came from her classmates.
"I know that some of you have been worried about the strength building portion, but don't worry! Everyone has to start somewhere, and there's no shame in that. Just do your best, consistently train to work harder, and you'll get better.
"Next week, as you may or may not know, will be our second UA Sports Festival of the year, where we will broadcast our students' skills. This will be like the first competition, but the challenges will be slightly different. For anyone who didn't do well at the first competition, this will give you an opportunity to make up for that, and show everyone what you have learned. You may even get summer internships this way." All Might announced.
Yurei kept sipping her coffee, and debated asking All Might to let her skip the competition.
She didn't want her face out there anymore; she just wanted to keep her head down and focus on school.
"For this term, most of this class will consist of rotating between stations. Ten minutes at weight lifting, ten minutes at sparring, ten at the different stations set up in the gymnasium." All Might continued, and went into more detail. It wasn't that different from what Katsuki made her do for the last few weeks.
Since she was still recovering from the jellyfish stings, and the stings hurt like hell, All Might let her sit out for the exercising portion. Since Katsuki also got stung, he was allowed to take it easy, but of course, didn't.
As everyone else worked, Yurei sat in the lounge, sipping her coffee. Once everyone was going, All Might joined her, sitting near her.
"I heard about Ikari showing up on campus the other night. Are you okay?" All Might asked. He'd shifted to his smaller form, making him look much smaller and sickly looking.
"Yeah. Katsuki was the one that scared him off." Yurei answered.
"Katsuki? Again?" All Might asked in surprise.
"He's had really bad insomnia for a while now. He was walking around at night when he saw him." Yurei answered, and then remembered the competition. "Is it possible for me to sit out the competition?"
"Are your jellyfish wounds that bad?" All Might asked.
"No, I just… don't want to be on TV." Yurei said awkwardly, and looked down at her coffee cup. It was almost empty, now.
"Do you still want to be a hero?" All Might asked.
"Yeah, I just… I don't want to be seen right now. I just want to focus on my classes." Yurei admitted.
"... well, the competition is going to be considered part of your grade for this class… but I can put together an alternative assignment for you. The competition will be a lot of exposure for you, though, and with how much positive publicity you've had recently, I really think you should compete. The news is fickle and you're going to lose that publicity in time. You should make use of it while you can." All Might explained.
Yurei pondered that idea.
More publicity means more money. No matter what agencies she chose, they would offer her more if the public liked her.
"Also, consider, that even though you won't be allowed to wear full costumes, you can wear a mask. If you're just concerned about your face being out there, you can wear something under the uniform. Heroes wear costumes for other people just as much as they wear it for themselves. We can even introduce you as your hero name, rather than just your regular name." All Might added.
… she would feel better if she had a costume.
"Just let me know if you want to do that, and I'll let the other teachers know." All Might said, and she nodded.
"I want to do that." Yurei said.
"So you'll compete?" All Might asked.
"Yeah." Yurei nodded.
"That's great. I'm so glad you'll be competing. Make sure to let some of your competitors have the spotlight, okay? Some of your classmates really need the publicity." All Might requested.
"Alright." Yurei said with a nod.
"I look forward to seeing what you've learned while you've been at UA. You be sure to show off too, okay?" All Might showed her.
"Alright."
6.
March 26th, Monday, 7:30 AM
"So you're going to wear a mask the entire time?" Mina asked her.
"Yeah… I'm thinking of doing a different design than my current costume. I don't want any skin exposed." Yurei explained.
"Because of the pictures thing?" Mina asked, and she tensed.
"Yeah." Yurei nodded.
"... well, whatever makes you feel better, I fully support." Mina said.
"Thanks." Yurei said. She considered different hero designs in her head, and thought about how they'd look with the school uniform over it.
Something simple for this. All of Japan will be watching, so it needs to look good.
"I might dye my hair again. I might do sky blue and gray." Yurei said.
"Why those colors?" Mina asked.
"They help me blend in a little more." Yurei answered.
"Oi, Blue Hair Girl." Katsuki spoke as he jogged up to them. Eijirou was close behind. "Will we be training tomorrow morning?"
"I think I need at least one more day. I don't want to aggravate my wounds so close to the festival." Yurei answered. Katsuki seemed slightly disappointed, but nodded in understanding. "Thanks to you I've been waking up ridiculously fucking early, though. We can still do an early breakfast."
"Why would I eat breakfast with a loser that doesn't train?" Katsuki asked.
"I don't care how you have to justify it in your dumb brain. Speaking of which, how'd you sleep?"
"Slept through the night." Katsuki shrugged.
"Good. How are you feeling?" Yurei asked.
"Fine."
"Why aren't you two dating? You're speaking couple language right now." Mina asked.
"Mina, leave them alone." Eijirou requested as he put an arm around her, and whispered something into her ear.
"I'm going to be wearing a mask for the competition." Yurei told Katsuki.
"Tch, why?" Katsuki asked.
"I don't want to show my face. All Might said I can do it as long as he approves the mask first." Yurei said.
"Everyone already knows your face, though." Katsuki pointed out.
"... I still think that a mask will make me feel more at ease." Yurei said.
Eijirou picked up Mina, and she squealed as he started running off with her.
7.
March 26th, Monday, 2:30 PM
Mina and Eijirou kept laughing and giggling. Eijirou was teaching her some wrestling moves in the commons, by the couches.
Katsuki tried to focus on his textbook for hero general studies, just wanting this done.
"Eiji! Am I doing this right?" Mina asked, and Katsuki glanced up. Whatever she was trying to do was completely wrong.
"... yeah, Mina, you're doing great!" Eijirou lied, and she cheered excitedly.
Yurei isn't nearly as dumb when I'm teaching her grappling techniques. Eijirou wouldn't put up with that bullshit technique from anyone else, so why her? Wasn't it doing her a disservice by encouraging bad technique? Mina was training to be a hero, too, afterall.
Katsuki had the brief mental image of Yurei wiping the floor with Mina in a grappling match. He chuckled, and went back to reading.
"Aah!" Mina squealed, and Katsuki glanced up again. Eijirou was over Mina, smirking down at her, and there was an intensity in their eyes. Some kind of weird connection, something he didn't quite understand, but they clearly did.
Then, Eijirou's hand moved, cupping Mina's butt, and Mina's smirk widened.
It didn't seem quite as… gross, as most intimate interactions were. They were both completely engrossed in each other, giving each other their utmost attention, and there was an underlying respect in the way they interacted. A brief mental image of Katsuki and Yurei doing that made him blush, and he went back to reading his book.
There were some days where he really wanted to touch her, but could only think of dumb excuses to do so. Stealing her fries. Shoving her. Tackling her. She was the only person he could touch without all the other nagging voices bouncing around his head.
He wished that he was normal, in that respect.
I could just ask her out.
But that would freak her out, and his head was so messed up, he didn't want to inflict more of that on her. It was bad enough that he went to her for help sometimes.
"Is this a move?" Mina asked, straddling Eijirou's waist and looking down at him.
"Yeah, it's called the Sexy Mina move." Eijirou said, and Mina cackled in laughter.
Katsuki rolled his eyes, grateful that Yurei and him weren't like that.
8.
March 28th, Wednesday, 6:00 AM
By Wednesday, Yurei had her costume planned. Since it was only the base layer, the costume department would have it done by Friday at the latest.
She yawned, and then took the last sip of her coffee.
"We'll be doing hand to hand sparring today, and you'll be practicing it throughout the term, so don't worry about getting it perfect today." All Might announced. As people started pairing up, Yurei was surprised that Mina and Eijirou partnered up.
… most of the other girls had partners almost instantly. Girls usually paired with girls, and boys with boys, to avoid awkwardness. Yurei saw Hana make a beeline for Katsuki, giggling and smiling along the way.
As soon as Katsuki realized what she was doing, he practically ran over to Yurei, and told her that they were partnering up.
"Since we're going to be working so closely together in the coming weeks, I thought it would be good to spend time together." Hana said in a cutesy voice.
"Working together?" Yurei asked.
"We're going to be doing an internship together. Kind of like how you two did an internship last term but… closer." Hana said. Katsuki shuddered next to her, and she could feel his dread.
"Is that some kind of weird payback for the one sided rivalry you have with me, Hana? You think I like him so you start harassing Katsuki?" Yurei asked her.
"Not everything is about you, Kasai. You sound a little conceited right now." Hana said with a slight smirk.
"It looks like Mineta needs a partner. You two are close to the same size, so it works out." Yurei said, and Hana tensed, looking over at Mineta, who was about to have the best class ever.
"It looks like you and Mineta will be partners today, Bakugou. Everyone get ready." All Might said, and both Yurei and Hana's eyes widened as they turned to All Might. Of course All Might isn't going to let Mineta pair up with a girl.
Hana and Yurei exchanged a death glare, and walked over to the edge of the group, making sure that they had enough space.
"Alright, today, we're going to work on the flying tiger. This is a very specific move for someone with a knife. Midoria, let me demonstrate on you." All Might said, and Deku walked up to him. He got Deku into the right stance, and gave him the fake knife.
Deku did as instructed and ran at him. All Might did a series of moves that resulted in Deku on his front, arm twisted behind his back, and knife safely a few feet away.
"This move is complex and a bit of a showy move to take down your opponent. This move involves some extra punches to the opponents rib cage and abdomen. I only recommend this if you're dealing with a stronger opponent that's giving you trouble, and if you can be fast enough to execute it. If you're too slow, it'll leave you open to attack." All Might explained.
Katsuki had already taught her that move. She had learned to be fast, since Katsuki kept jabbing her to make a point. He was not nice. She got a lot of bruises from that.
"One person will be the attacker, the other will be the defender. Work together to make sure that you get this right. Go slow at first, since the first few times can be prone to injuries. I'll demonstrate a few more times with Midoria." All Might instructed.
Hana was excited to get the fake knife. Even though it was plastic, if jammed hard enough in the right place, Yurei had no doubt that it would hurt.
They got back to their space. As All Might was about to demonstrate again, but slower, Hana charged at Yurei with the fake knife. Yurei side stepped and grabbed her wrist, punched her midsection several consecutive times, and followed through to slam her into the ground.
Hana gasped for breath on the matted floor, dumbstruck. Yurei's knee was in Hana's back, Hana's arm twisted a little more than necessary, and the knife was several feet away.
Everyone in the class was staring in surprise and shock.
"Did I do that right?" Yurei asked All Might.
"... yes, but for today, don't actually hit your opponent." All Might told her.
"Oh, okay." Yurei said with a smile, and got off of the crying girl. She walked over to the knife a few feet away, and kicked it closer to Hana.
Katsuki had them practice with real knives. She wasn't scared of Hana.
9.
March 28th, Wednesday, 6:30 AM
Katsuki still wished that Yurei and Mina had been paired up, but this was a good close second.
Yurei was brutal.
It was great. She kept getting called out on being too rough with Hana.
As Katsuki and Mineta went through the move again, Katsuki holding the knife, he got bored with Mineta moving so slow. He ripped his hand away, elbow jabbed him in the solar plex, and watched him gape like a fish on the ground.
"Bakugou, Kasai, stop hurting your sparring partners." All Might told them.
"Hana keeps running at me with the knife. If I don't do the move right, she jabs be with it." Yurei explained.
"Hana, you're not supposed to actually stab your classmate." All Might told her.
"I wasn't!" Hana yelled with a pout.
"Fucking liar. Give me the knife so that we can switch roles." Yurei told her.
"No! You'll stab me with it!" Hana yelled.
"Hana, give Yurei the knife." All Might told her.
Mineta was still crying and gasping for breath, so Katsuki watched Yurei and Hana switch roles. Yurei moved slowly, letting Hana try and move at a slow pace. Hana was focusing intensely on the move, trying to get it right with the teacher watching.
Then, Hana cried out in alarm and fell over.
"Hey! You pushed me!" Hana accused.
"She was doing a hip check. If your feet hadn't been so narrow, you wouldn't have fallen over." All Might explained, and Hana's face turned completely red. "Try it again, but keep your center of gravity low."
This time, when she tried it again, she still toppled over.
Mineta finally got up, so Katsuki went after him with the knife again, and Mineta screamed and ran.
"I'm so glad I didn't pair up with Yurei today. She's been working with Katsuki a little too much." Mina said next to Eijirou.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Katsuki asked.
"She's acting like you right now." Mina said.
"You trained her really well, though. That technique is pretty good for just a month." Eijirou complimented.
"Of course it is." Katsuki said, and rolled his eyes at how painfully slow Hana was to go through the move. Katsuki looked back to Mineta, who cowered at the mere sight of him. With a sadistic grin, he lunged at him, and Mineta ran to hide behind Mashirao.
Idiot.
"Good! Good! Now, do that a few more times." All Might said, and then went over to Deku and Tenya to answer a question. As soon as All Might looked away, Hana landed a punch to Yurei's abdomen.
Yurei switched to a different move, with resulted in slamming Hana to the ground on her back.
"Stick to the fucking rules. I'm not going to be your punching bag." Yurei said.
"Kasai and Mineta, switch." All Might said, finally caving. Katsuki held back a smirk, as Yurei made her way over to him.
"Have fun?" Katsuki asked.
"Surprisingly, yeah." Yurei replied in a low voice.
Now, Katsuki could actually practice. He lunged at her with the knife, and she started to do the move. He struggled against her, not acting like a dumb practice dummy, and she managed to wrangle him to the ground as the move required.
Then, they switched.
He was a bit more graceful as he took her down. Even though she had improved over the last few weeks, he was still stronger.
As he kneeled over her, with her arm twisted, his mind flashed back to seeing Mina and Eijirou "wrestling." Quickly, he let go of Yurei to stand up, and she got up, too.
"How do you not scream and run when Katsuki charges you like that?" Mina asked Yurei, and he glared.
"He's not that scary with a fake knife. When we train, he sometimes brings a real one." Yurei told them, and Eijirou gaped in alarm.
"Are you serious!? You practice with real weapons?!" Eijirou asked.
"It helps." Yurei shrugged.
"Bakugou!" Eijirou shouted at him, and Katsuki shrugged indifferently.
10.
March 28th, Wednesday, 12:30 PM
"You were so scary in class this morning, Yurei!" Mina cried out as they ate lunch at the dorms.
"I did train with Katsuki." Yurei shrugged, and popped another sushi roll into her mouth.
"How do you train with a hot guy so much and not try to bone him?" Mina asked.
"I think it's the other way around, Mina." Eijirou told her.
"I don't care! Clits are like tiny penises, anyway." Mina said with a roll of her eyes, and then looked to Yurei for an answer to her question.
"I try not to think about that kind of thing when we're training." Yurei said awkwardly.
"Do you think Katsuki is cute?" Eijirou asked.
"I'm not blind. Katsuki is gorgeous. He doesn't want to date anyone, though, and I'm not going to push him." Yurei said.
"Push him, push him, push him," Mina chanted excitedly.
"When Katsuki gets pushed, he blows stuff up. Don't push him." Eijirou said.
"Imagine how much calmer he would be if he got laid, though. Maybe he's screaming and upset all the time because he needs to get laid." Mina suggested.
"Katsuki needs therapy, not sex." Yurei said in a low voice, and Eijirou nodded in agreement.
11.
March 28th, Wednesday, 2:30 PM
A couple hours later, Mina caught Katsuki right before his pre-workout walk. She smiled and greeted him, unsurprised at the annoyed grunt in response.
"Mind if I walk with you?" Mina asked.
"Why?" Katsuki asked with an indifferent glare. He didn't take out his earbuds.
"I wanted to chat with you. One on one. You're best friends with my boyfriend and best friend, so I feel like I need to get to know you more." Mina explained as they walked.
"Why?" Katsuki repeated.
"... do you like Yurei?" Mina asked, deciding to be direct.
"Fuck off." Katsuki grunted.
"Becaaause she likes you." Mina said. He briefly glanced at her, giving away his interest, and looked back at the path.
"You two seem to really get along. So why not ask her out?" Mina asked.
"Because fuck off." Katsuki replied, and flipped her off.
"Hmph! I'm glad you two aren't dating!" Mina told him, putting her hands on her hips and stopping.
12.
March 29th, Thursday, 6:00 AM
When she got to the main entrance the following morning, Yurei was surprised to find Katsuki half asleep and leaning against the wall. "You ready?" Yurei asked.
He blinked tiredly at her.
"For once you're the tired one. Can we work on more grappling today? I really liked kicking Hana's ass yesterday." Yurei requested.
"Sure." He grumbled.
"Will you be okay? Is it the sleep meds?" Yurei asked, and he nodded.
"I took extra last night." Katsuki said.
"Looks like it may have been a little overkill." Yurei commented, and he nodded tiredly. "Do you want to go back to bed?"
"Fuck no." He grumbled.
As they made their way to the gym, she was a little worried about him. He did a lot of swaying, and she was ready to catch him if he fell. Now that I'm excited about training, this happens.
Eventually they got to a secluded, padded area of the gym building, and got started. Even half asleep, he caught her off guard, and did a series of moves that ended up with her on her butt and her wrists pinned above her. She wasn't very good at fighting when she was more awake, and apparently was even worse than Katsuki when he was half asleep.
… it didn't feel very… secure, though.
Her legs were free, and he didn't feel stable above her. He sat on her, and not in the usual way, either. All of this just felt off.
He leaned down, eyes half lidded, and looked at her neck.
"... Katsuki?" Yurei asked.
… then she felt it.
Her cheeks heated up as something hard pressed against her stomach, and eyes went wide. She double checked that no one else was in the room.
Katsuki didn't seem like his normal self, emotions wise. She would liken it more to a lofty dream state. His nose trailed along her neck, sending warm air across her sensitive skin.
Tingles spread through her at the sensation. He felt so warm, so strong, so-
"Katsuki, you know you're awake, right? You're not dreaming." Yurei asked him.
"Of course it's a dream." Katsuki mumbled against her neck, and his hardening length probed against her stomach. She felt incredibly awkward and turned on, both concerned about his current state and wanting to let him keep going.
"This is reality. You're awake." Yurei said, and then pinched part of his hand. He looked up at his hand, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion, and then his eyes went wide in horror.
He immediately jumped off of her, accidently kicking her in the process, and sprinted out of the room.
The one time I was actually excited to train. She sat up, frazzled from the strange encounter, and then wondered, is that what he usually dreams about?
13.
March 30th, Friday, 6:00 AM
Yurei was nervous when she got to class the next day.
Katsuki was there. She already finished her coffee, so she didn't have anything to distract herself with.
All Might was telling everyone to get into pairs, and panic rose in her chest. Katsuki had been adamantly avoiding her since yesterday.
I'll die if I'm paired with him.
"Mina, please, be my partner today." Yurei begged her.
"But I wanted to pair up with Eiji today." Mina said.
"Please pair up with me." Yurei pleaded.
"Why? Do you not want to pair up with Katsuki?" Mina asked, and Yurei's face turned red. "What happened? Did he kiss you?"
"No, but things are awkward. Please be my partner today." Yurei pleaded again, wanting to cry from embarrassment.
"Tell me what happened. Tell me, tell me, tell me," Mina chanted excitedly.
"I'm already embarrassed. Katsuki's embarrassed. Please don't make me tell you." Yurei pleaded.
"Either tell me or I'll assume it's whatever I'm imagining right now." Mina told her, and Yurei frowned, her shoulders falling. They went to one of the stations in the gymnasium, away from everyone else.
"Katsuki's sleep meds were really strong. When we started to train yesterday morning… he thought he was still asleep." Yurei said awkwardly in a low voice.
Mina gasped.
"When we went to spar he sat on me, but… he had…." Yurei trailed off, and Mina's eyes went wide as her hand flew to her mouth.
"Eiji said that sometimes happens in wrestling, but they just walk it off." Mina whispered.
"That wasn't a wrestling move." Yurei said with a shake of her head.
14.
March 30th, Friday, 6:10 AM
Katsuki wondered if it was possible to die from embarrassment.
"Why's your face all red, Katsuki?" Eijirou asked.
"Shut up." Katsuki snapped.
15.
April 2nd, Monday, 11:00 AM
Katsuki was still avoiding her.
Yurei stood with her fellow classmates in the center of the stadium.
People were cheering for their class; all of the first years were in the center, while all their friends, families, and other spectators, were in the stadium cheering.
Yurei was in a silver and gray mask that covered her entire head, and then the same fabric covered the rest of her body. Wearing a skin tight suit beneath her blue and white clothes was strange, but at least the fabric didn't bunch up too weird.
There was a hole in the back of her mask for her ponytail. She dyed her hair a mix of sky blue and grey, to match cement and the sky. The colors would allow her to blend into her surroundings more. Her hair was braided in a fishtail braid that went down her back.
Katsuki went up to the small stage.
She remembered the speech he made for the fall term.
He didn't disappoint.
"I'M GOING TO BEAT ALL OF YOU ASSHOLES!" Katsuki shouted at them. No one seemed particularly shocked by the announcement, but there were a lot of face palms and curses muttered.
Yurei smiled behind her mask.
Weirdo. She missed spending time with him.
She heard from Eijirou that he'd been training particularly hard this weekend, and was ready for a fight.
Yurei was, too.
16.
April 2nd, Monday, 12:00 PM
Yurei passed the first two rounds without much problem.
When the one-on-one combat came up, in the same style as fall term, she was a little surprised that Tenya was chosen to fight her. They faced each other on the field.
"I'm going to fight you with everything I have, Yurei! I expect you to do the same!" Tenya yelled at her.
Yurei shrugged. He nearly fell over.
"Right now we have the Ghost, Yurei Kasai, fighting against Tenya Iida! Iida comes from a long line of heroes and made it to the third round in fall term's competition. Yurei Kasai doesn't have a long family history of heroes, but she has been in the news the last few months for saving the lives of over thirty people in the H.T.S. which included her own father! She's wearing a mask right now, but she's also on the school website's front page with Katsuki Bakugou, looking adorable!"
Yurei's face heated up in horror, and she could hear Katsuki yelling in the stands.
They put that on the front page of the website? Why?
Tenya suddenly moved, running towards her at full speed. Normally, she'd let him go right through her, but she wanted to test something out. Katsuki training with her and her sparring with Hana made her a bit more bold.
As Tenya ran at her, she side-stepped him, grabbed his shoulder and back, and used her quirk and his momentum to change his direction, adding more push, and sent him flying in another direction. The momentum caused her to twist and fall to the ground, and she phased, so that she didn't hurt herself.
She looked up, and saw that Tenya went flying all the way to the wall of the stadium.
Shit! I didn't know he would go that far!
"Wow, what a hit! The elusive Ghost took a direct approach this round! With her ability to phase through objects and knock people out with a single touch, I'm surprised she went for such a bold move! She's proving that she doesn't need to rely on phasing through hits, she can make them, too!"
Tenya fell to the ground, groaning, and she let out a sigh of relief. She stood up, and looked around.
"This Ghost wins this round!"
People started to cheer, and went back to her class in the bleachers, where they congratulated her on the win.
"I didn't think that you could throw people so far, Yurei!" Mina told her.
"Is that what you and Katsuki were working on in your secret training sessions?" Eijirou asked, and Katsuki glared daggers at him.
"Not exactly. I was trying out something new out there. It worked a little better than I expected." Yurei said awkwardly. "I had actually planned to draw out the match a little more, but… well, the move worked a little better than I'd planned. I thought it would throw him off balance, not throw him into the wall." Yurei explained.
"Yurei is super strong!" Mina cheered in a silly way.
As the matches progressed, she sat with her classmates and watched. Katsuki was one of the matches, unsurprisingly. He was set to go against Mezo.
Mezo put up a good fight, but Katsuki won in the end.
Then, it was Hana against Fumikage. And… she miraculously won with her "ghosts", which possessed objects from her hair and shot blasts at him. The light from the blasts were a major advantage against the light sensitive quirk.
Her win meant that Yurei and Hana would be fighting each other.
17.
April 2nd, Monday, 12:30 PM
When they went to break, Yurei hurried to the food stands for food, and still ended up being the fifteenth person in line. To her surprise, the person who stood behind her, was the number one hero: Endeavor. He had a strange vibe to him, a strangeness similar to Katsuki. A twisted sense of guilt and hatred and she couldn't make make heads or tails of.
"I was impressed by your performance out there, Ghost." Endeavor said behind her. She turned, looking up at his massive, hulking form.
Heat radiated from him as fire shot from various parts of his body.
"I look forward to seeing you fight my son." Endeavor said with a creepy look on his face.
"Last time we fought, I won. He did put up a good fight, though." Yurei said, and turned back to face the food vendor.
"Have you considered the internship my agency offered?" Endeavor asked.
"I decided to take an internship this term that's closer to school. I might consider bigger agencies this summer, though." Yurei said.
"People with two quirks are rare. Does that run in your family, by chance?" Endeavor asked her.
"... nope." Yurei answered.
"How many siblings do you have?" Endeavor asked.
"None of your business." Yurei said, and was relieved to finally get to the counter to order food.
18.
April 2nd, Monday, 1:00 PM
After a quick meal, Yurei stood on the platform across from Hana, whose hair was curled and cutesy pink. Her make up emphasized her young features, and she giggled and smiled like a child. Everything about her was perfectly done, not a hair out of place or smudge of make up.
"I'm not going to hold back, Yu Yu!" Hana said in a childish voice.
"Neither will I." Yurei said, and felt a tremor of fear from Hana.
Yurei caught on that Hana was doing something to Katsuki, and had set up the internship with him through their parents. She was hurting him, and she was guessing that he couldn't fight back at risk of getting in trouble.
She remembered seeing Ikari's face, bloody and raw.
Yurei imagined Hana's face, that perfect make up smudged and smeared, with that same blood and gore.
"Hana Kojo is facing off against the Ghost, Yurei Kasai! They are known to be rivals in their classes! Hana Kojo comes from a family of law enforcement and has the ability to create ghost like creatures! She may look cute, but she's deadly! Yurei Kasai has the ability to phase through anything and manipulate emotions; we haven't seen her break a sweat all day! Will this be a quick match, or will Hana take her down?"
"Do you see us as rivals, Hana?" Yurei asked her curiously.
"Of course we are! Ever since I met you in second grade, I've wanted to try my hardest and win against you!" Hana said, posing as she pointed at her. There were a lot of 'aaw's in the audience.
"That's cute, but I don't see perverts who hurt others from a pointless vendetta as my rivals; I see them as people to crush." Yurei told her, and there was an awkward murmur in the audience.
Hana glared. Instead of arguing, she sent her ghosts after her gray masked opponent, possessing small objects from her hair, and started shooting at her. Yurei simply stood there, untouched, and started walking towards her.
Hana kept trying to hit her with those blasts.
Yurei kept walking, unhindered. Hana started to get nervous.
"I'll go easy on you, Hana. I won't use my emotions quirk on you this time." Yurei said, and then glided to her fast, startling her.
Yurei punched her in the face, hard, causing her to fall to the ground. She couldn't keep shooting at her without risk of shooting herself. Yurei knelt down, and as Hana started to get up, she punched her again.
"Get up and fight me. That's what you want, right?" Yurei asked as she stood up.
Hana was crying, but glared up at her through the tears. Yurei took a step back, letting Hana get up again.
"I-" Before Hana could speak again, Yurei punched her hard in the stomach, kneed her in the face, and then shoved her to the ground.
There was another round of "ooh"s from the audience. Hana was curled up on the ground.
"This match seems to be personal! The Ghost seems to be drawing out the fight! Kojo doesn't stand a chance!"
"You claim to be my rival, but then you lay on the ground like that? Instead of fighting me, instead of confronting me about your goddamn issues, you're dancing around me like a stupid toddler and attacking the people I care about. If you're pissed at me, Hana, fucking fight me! Stop fucking around, wasting your life on dumb shit! You have an amazing quirk and you're wasting it!" Yurei told her, and Hana finally got up, and ran at her.
Yurei easily side-stepped her. Hana turned, running at her again, but Yurei hit her in the solar plex, hard enough to knock the wind out of her.
Hana fell to the ground, gasping for breath, bleeding, and crying.
"If I recall, Ghost has been training with Katsuki Bakugou recently- that training is showing!" The announcer yelled.
"I'll consider that a compliment." Yurei said.
Hana charged at her again. Yurei started with the move from class, punching her multiple times in the abdomen, but then swung her around, and smashed her into the ground.
There were "ooh"s from the audience again.
"When is this fight going to end? I can barely watch it! That adorable little girl is getting pummeled!"
"That's a good question. When is this going to end, Hana? Because I'm getting pretty bored." Yurei told her.
"You… you think you're better than me?" Hana laughed, and vomited a little, trembling.
"You have an amazing quirk, Hana, and instead of using it to help people, you stalk them. You're not even going after the right fucking person- Ikari is the asshole that rejected you." Yurei told her.
"Only because you made him!" Hana yelled at her, and started to get up again.
"I didn't make him do shit. He's a psychopath that rapes people. If you had dated him, you would probably be dead right now." Yurei said, and Hana screamed as she charged at her again. Yurei side-stepped her, and knocked her off balance.
Hana managed to not fall. She turned, going after her again with a feral scream.
"This might be the most brutal fight that I've seen on this stage!"
Yurei grabbed her throat, stopping her in her tracks. Hana hit her, trying to break free, but Yurei wouldn't let go of her. Not yet.
She used her quirk to make her calm. Hana went limp.
Then, she brought her closer.
"You are not my rival. I am not your enemy. Ikari is a shit bag and you are more than welcome to go after him. Fuck him for all I care. Stop annoying me." Yurei said, and then dropped her to the ground. Hana lay on the ground, gasping for breath, and Yurei released her quirk.
She grabbed her arm, dragged her to the edge of the platform, and tossed her off.
Hana fell down the steps, landing awkwardly.
"... I guess Ghost is the winner. I definitely don't want to get on her bad side."
19.
April 2nd, Monday, 1:20 PM
As she returned to her classmates, Katsuki was waiting in the hallway for her. Everyone else was watching the next fight.
"Shouldn't you be preparing for your fight?" Yurei asked.
"You did that to Hana because of what I did to Ikari, didn't you? To pay me back?" Katsuki asked.
"... partially." Yurei admitted.
"You probably lost a lot of internships that way. I didn't get almost any from the last competition because of how I won." Katsuki told her.
"That's okay." Yurei said.
"Don't go easy on me during our match. I won't be holding back." Katsuki said.
"That's assuming I win the next round." Yurei said.
"If you lose to Deku, I'll kick your fucking ass." Katsuki said, and pushed off from the wall, about to walk away.
"Hey… it's okay what happened, the other day." Yurei said.
His body stiffened, and face turned red as he looked away.
"If you thought that was a dream, though… do you usually have dreams like that?" Yurei asked, and he started walking away. She couldn't help herself.
She grinned behind her mask.
"What else happens in those dreams, Katsuki?"
"SHUT UP!" Katsuki yelled at her, and she started laughing.
20.
April 2nd, Monday, 1:30 PM
Yurei sighed as she made her way back to the locker room designated for her. She really didn't feel like fighting again, but she had to, especially after the last fight.
Like Katsuki pointed out, all the scouters watching would dock her points for that. Revenge was nice and all, but she really liked that internship money.
As she entered the room, she let out a tired sigh, and walked over to the bench. She started thinking about what she knew about Deku's style and quirk. Namely, Deku relied on speed and strategy, and would potentially be a threat to her. He no doubt had multiple plans to win against her in a fight, which meant that she couldn't waste time like her fast fight. As soon as they started, she needed to take him out.
Fighting fair (not just carelessly beating the shit out of him) would give her positive points. Fighting Katsuki would give her points. No matter what, he would be the bigger asshole between them, and that would work in her favor.
She let out a tired sigh, trying to relax, and rested her head against the locker behind her.
Deku might actually be a hard fight for her. He was strong, he knew her quirk, and he'd seen Katsuki fight her and almost win. He no doubt had some ideas on how to fight her.
She relaxed, focusing on her breathing, and tried to calm herself down. Her heart kept racing in her chest, and she tried not to think about the fight with Katsuki.
Pain suddenly erupted from her stomach, and she gasped in alarm.
There was someone in front of her.
There was blood pouring from her stomach.
The invisible person tried to stab her again, but she phased through them, and knocked them out with her quirk. She was bleeding a lot.
A lot of pain.
She left the room, phasing through the door, and stayed phased as she shook and trembled, trying to focus and figure out what to do.
She'd just been stabbed.
So much blood.
So much so much red liquid pooling on the ground below her.
Then, suddenly, there was a sword going through her. She turned, and saw someone dressed completely in black, holding a sword through her. Quickly, Yurei glided through the wall, through another empty room and hallway, and looked around, searching for someone she knew.
"Yurei?" Tsu spoke nearby, and she turned, seeing her, Ochaco, and Deku.
"I-I-I got stabbed, th-there was a n-ninja," Yurei stuttered.
21.
April 2nd, Monday, 1:50 PM
Katsuki was on the edge of his seat as he waited for the next match to start.
Deku vs. Yurei.
He was going to be pissed if Yurei lost.
"Who do you think is going to win, Katsuki? Who will you be rooting for?" Mina asked him.
"If Yurei loses, I'm kicking her ass." Katsuki stated.
"Shouldn't you be downstairs getting ready for your fight with Shouto?" Eijirou asked him.
"There's going to be a five minute break between matches. I have time." Katsuki said.
"Sorry folks, but because of an incident backstage, Deku will be moving to the final round. The next match will be Bakugou vs Todoroki in fifteen minutes! Sorry for the wait!" The announcer said, and Katsuki stilled.
"An incident?" Eijirou asked. Katsuki jumped out of his seat and ran down the hall, to the lower levels, to find someone to talk to. As he ran, he came across one of the locker rooms for contestants.
There was blood outside. Teachers were gathered together, and two random guys were on the ground, knocked out, in handcuffs. One of them was in jeans and a dumb t-shirt, the other was dressed in all black, like a ninja.
His entire body stilled, staring at the blood.
"Aizawa," Katsuki spoke, getting the teacher's attention.
"You're next up, you should be preparing to go." Aizawa said.
"Is Yurei okay? Where is she?" Katsuki asked.
"She's in the infirmary and getting care. She'll be fine, but you should get ready for your fight." Aizawa said, but after he said where Yurei was, he started running down the hallway again.
His heart thudded against his chest, and his legs wouldn't move fast enough. He ran past a group of people, and shoved them out of the way. Once he reached the infirmary, he looked around, and heard Yurei's moans of pain before he saw her.
There was a lot of blood on the floor, which led to a curtained off bed.
"Ka-chan," Deku spoke nearby, and Katsuki looked over, finding his rival covered in blood. His hands were shaking, and Ochaco and Tsu were near him, seeming similarly shaken.
"What the hell happened?" Katsuki asked.
"Someone attacked her. She just came out of the wall, bleeding, and said she was attacked by some ninja. Recovery Girl is treating her now." Deku explained.
"Why would someone do this?" Ochaco asked.
Katsuki saw a shit head in a ninja outfit. Those two assholes were the ones who attacked her.
He ran off, planning to kill them.
