Mr. Vlad King was able to call emergency services not too long after the villains left, ambulances and fire fighters arrived. Of the forty students, fifteen were unconscious and in serious condition because of the gas and eleven others were injured. Thirteen were unharmed physically... and one of us was missing.
Meanwhile on the villains side, three were caught and arrested. The other attackers managed to disappear without a trace thanks to the warp villain... the summer training camp we were all looking forward to, couldn't have been more of a disaster.
A Few Days Later
U.A High was facing major backlash due to all the villainous attacks during this school year. The Usj, Hosu, and now the training camp? There were many civilians outraged, and the pro heroes of U.A had to face that responsibility.
"Kyo Kyo?" Kirishima slid the girls hospital door open peeking his head in as she slowly sat up in her bed
Wearing a hospital gown with her hair down, the girl winced as she tried to move.
Her injuries weren't as bad as Yaoyorozu or Jirou's for example but the burns all over her body stung like hell.
Recovery girl tried her best to heal the pinkette, but the girl suffered third degree burns. Her skin was practically charred.
The pro hero did everything in her power to help heal the girl.
At the moment, different parts of Komei's body were wrapped up in gauze. In specific, the top of her right shoulder, both wrists and abdomen.
Kirishima walked in closer, unable to match the girl's eyes. The boy shook and he stared at the ground standing by her bedside.
'Oh Kiri...'
"I'm..." He shakily bowed catching her off guard
"I'M SORRY!"
"I-I couldn't protect you... and that villain up right took you away from me!" He shouted
As the boy spoke, each sentence got louder and louder as he tried to express his pent up feelings.
"They targeted my friends I stood there... helpless and defenseless-" He strained his eyes shut as tears slipped down his face hitting the tile floors
"And now Bakugou's gone..."
Hearing a sniffle and a soft hand rest on his shoulder the red head looked up. Her eyes were puffy as she quickly slapped her hands over her eyes.
Her heart felt empty, the girl broke.
She couldn't hold it in anymore. Hearing Kirishima actually say it made it even more real. Katsuki was gone. The villains took him.
"Komei?" His eyebrows furrowed in worry as he watched the girl
He quickly moved closer and wrapped his arms around the pinkette.
Feeling the amount of emotion in the red heads embrace, she cried into his shoulder as he held her close.
The top of his shoulder felt wet, stained with her tears as she began rubbing his back in circles trying to sooth the boy.
They were both having a difficult time dealing with this situation, but one thing that they had was each other.
"Listen..." He whispered now leaning back to look at her as she wiped her face
"I wasn't gonna ask you but-"
'Ask me what?'
"I came to the hospital to visit you and everyone else yesterday and I ran into Todoroki..."
"And?" The pinkette questioned as her cheeked heated up
'What was Shouto doing here? Was he okay?' She thought
"We heard All Might and some police officers talking to Yaoyorozu... looks like they're tracked one of the villains with a receiver she made-"
"..."
"Y-You think Momo will make us one too?" She curiously questioned rubbing her puffy eyes
"That's what I was hoping for...but I think it'll be safer for you here..." He looked away as her eyes narrowed down
"It'll be me, Todoroki, if we talk to Yaoyorozu we'll see if she's in and I was thinking of asking Midoriya-"
"Midoriya?" She repeated in concern
"Kiri... I don't know... you've seen his injuries haven't you?"
"Yeah I know-"
Komei thought. 'There's no way he's going to say no.' Knowing the green haired boy by now, he would want to save his childhood friend.
"But the pro heroes-" Komei began as Kirishima forcefully cut her off
"I can't just sit around! What if something happens and the heroes can't do something? We at least need to try..."
"I'm coming too-" She shifted
"No-" He flat out responded
"You can't Kyo Kyo..."
"W-Why n-not?" She stuttered
"That flame guy was after you, what if-" Kirishima narrowed his eyes as the girl swift fully cut him off
"...You'll protect me like you said you would-"
"A-And Todoroki's backup-" She lightly smiled
"Just like you said Kiri, Katsuki's out there-"
Karin pondered for a moment as flashes of that night played through her mind.
It'll be pretty risky... Kiri's right. What if she ran into that flame villain again? Then what? He wanted her... but for what?
Images of Katsuki popped into her brain. Her and Midoriya were fingertips away; they almost had him...
She saw the glance he gave her just before he disappeared. He looked terrified. Never in the school year has she ever seen Katsuki Bakugou scared.
"Okay." He whispered
"Let's do it."
Karin, Shouto and Kirishima stood outside the hospital doors.
"So we're really doing this?" The pinkette whispered as the boys stood on each side of her in deep thought looking down at the ground
"I-I wonder what Yaoyorozu decided..."
"Whether or not we go after them... It's her choice-" Shouto began as the doors opened
"She's here!" Kirishima jumped as Momo walked along side Midoriya
"So how about it?"
"You decide?"
"...I think that-" Momo began as a voice in the distance cut her off
"Hold on-"
"Iida..." Midoriya whispered
"Why are you here?"
"Why did it have to be you three out of all people..." The class rep bit his lip struggling as Todoroki, Midoriya and Komei looked up
"Why...Why are you trying to make the stupid mistakes I made? Didn't you learn?" He shouted as Kirishima walked forward
"What are you talking about?"
"We're still just students... and U.A is in a bad position as it is, anything we do will reflect on our school, don't you get that?!"
"Iida, we have to- I know you don't like us breaking the rules but-" Midoriya walked forward trying to reason with the boy as he punched him in the face leaving the rest of the students in shock.
"I'm frustrated too! And concerned obviously! I'm the class rep damn it! I'm worried about all my classmates! Not just Bakugou!"
"When I saw your injuries I could only think of my brother in the hospital-" His voice began to crack
"Did you ever stop to think where I am coming from?" He grabbed Midoriya's shoulders
"Or do you not care how I feel?"
"...Of course I do..." Midoriya whispered with his hair shagged over his eyes
"Iida, you got it wrong. We don't expect to face them head on and win-" Todoroki began
"We'll get him back without fighting-"
"Yeah we'll be stealthy-" Kirishima smirked
"Ninja mode-" Komei struck a pose
"I'm talking covert ops, we'll rescue him without breaking the rules-" Kirishima went on
"I trust in Todoroki's judgement, but things could always go wrong... so i'll go with you guys. I'll stand behind my classmates" Momo nodded
"You can't be serious?" Iida spazzed
"Your the best" Kirishima turned to face the girl
"And you Komei..." Iida looked over to the pinkette catching her attention
"The villains seemed to be after you too... what if-"
"There's no what if Iida-" The girl spoke confidently
"because they're not going to get me."
Iida looked down as he scrunched his face.
"I'll never agree... so i'm going to come with you all..."
"Ehhhh!?"
and with that, the six student's were off.
"Midoriya..." Iida whispered as the green haired boy turned around
"I'm sorry I hit you back there-" He bowed
"I have some concerns Iida... what exactly is your justification for changing your mind and joining us?" Momo questioned
"W-Wait! Y-You d-don't need to apologize!" Midoriya spazzed
"To be clear, I'm coming because I don't condone your behavior-" He pushed up his glasses making Todoroki, Komei and Kirishima halt
"If there's a hint that a piece of physical combat might break out, i'll make you retreat immediately"
"So in other words... I'm your watch man!" He pointed making Midoriya jump
"The same goes for me" Momo nodded in agreement
"Rescuing Bakugou is a job for the pros, objectively speaking there's no reason for any of us to go after him" She pulled out the receiver
"But I understand how each of you feel, so i'm compromising. Don't forget that."
"Right."
"Understood."
"Thanks Momo." The pinkette smiled
'Okay this is it...Katsuki... I'm coming.'
On The Train
"The coordinates are located at Camino Ward. Yokohama city in the Kanagawa prefecture. Our travel time will be about 2 hours from here" Momo proclaimed
She sat next to Midoriya as Shouto and Karin were sitting in front of them and Iida with Kirishima in the other booth across from them.
"So um..." Midoriya began
"Did you tell the rest of the class about this? Do they know what we are doing?" He looked towards Todoroki
"Yes, and they tried their best to talk us out of it..."
"Even Uraraka ganged up on trying to get us to change our minds-" Kirishima butted in stuffing a rice ball in his mouth
"Anyways..." Shouto looked over to notice the pinkette aloofly staring out the train window
"You know, we're going against everyone's wishes and being completely selfish by doing this..."
"We can call this off if we want to-"
Karin quickly shifted her position, before she was able to retaliate someone beat her to the punch
"Does it look like I want to turn back?!" Kirishima snapped
"Bakugou wouldn't think twice about going after the villains if he were here..." He furrowed
"What about you Midoriya?" Todoroki eyed the green haired boy
"He's my friend... I refuse to turn back-"
"Alright."
Kanagawa Prefecture
"Woahhhh so this is Camino Ward..." The U.A students eyes sparkled walking through the bustling city
"It's too crowded..."
"Those villains are hiding somewhere!"
"Just tell me where to go!" Kirishima jumped
"Wait a second!" Momo spazzed
"From here on out we need to be extremely careful, these criminals already know what we look like remember?"
"Yeah your right! Swoosh! Stealth mode-" Midoriya created an X with his arms
"Your standing out even more Midoriya..." Todoroki sighed
"Okay, so what should we do?" Kirishima scratched his head
"I have and Idea-" Momo blushed
"Though it is a bit old school..." She pointed at one of the thrift shops
Komei wore a light grayish blue wig similar to her own hair style to cover up the pink as well as a light gray dress to match with a pair of red rimmed glasses and short ankle boots
"Watch it you punks!"
"You got it all wrong, you need to stick your chin out more-"
"YOU TALKIN' TO ME?!"
"That's it!"
"The whole point of this is to blend in and not stick out..." Karin and Shouto sighed simultaneously
"Yaoyorozu... couldn't you have used your quirk for this to save money?" Shouto asked as the girl stood still
"W-Well technically! But that's against the r-rules! If I started making everything, think of the economy!" She clasped her hands together
"Right? It's our duty! AS CITIZENS!" She spazzed
"Sure..."
'So the rich girl just wants to go shopping huh?'
Komei walked between Todoroki and Kirishima. Even though she didn't show it, the girl was absolutely terrified. Maybe they all were one way or another... but she kept her feelings to herself.
That flame villain... she was scared... but Katsuki...
There were moments throughout this whole trip where she just wanted to tell Shouto to take her back, but she didn't.
Any time that thought would come to her brain, she'd get angry with herself.
'Katsuki's life is on the line and you want to go back!?'
'That's not what being a hero is Komei!'
She felt like beating herself up. She knew Katsuki was strong, but these villains were stronger.
Komei had to keep reminding herself. They were only first years at U.A, and these villains have hurt and killed people.
Oh, what were they getting themselves into?
"Everyone, our destination is this way-" Momo pointed
'Woahhh, it's U.A high!' A man gasped as all the students froze slowly turning around
Their eyes locked onto the big screen on the side of the building.
"I-It's Mr. Aizawa..." Komei gasped next to Shouto
"Vlad King and the principal!" Momo whispered as they shoved their way through the crowd trying to get a better look at the screen
Aizawa made his statement regarding the training camp. They apologized, taking blame for the attack.
"This is crazy he hates being on tv-" Kirishima spazzed
'First question, since the beginning of the year, U.A has had four encounters with villains. This time, there were some gravely injured. How did you explain this to their families? What are some specific steps you are going to take in the future to protect their safety?'
"T-There treating them like... villains..." Midoriya sweat dropped
'We will increase patrols around the school grounds and review security measures within the school. The safety of U.A's student's is our main priority and make no mistake about it.' Principal Nezu proclaimed
"What are those dude's thinking?"
"They're going to get those kids killed-"
"They should be ashamed..."
All the students began to look around.
"Increase patrols give me a break-"
...
The mood was changing, you could feel it in the air. People were turning against heroes. If we didn't do something, it was only going to get worse.
"Heh. The teacher's know me better than I thought-"
"I'LL NEVER JOIN YOUR LEAGUE OF BASTARDS!"
"Hey Dabi! What about the girl!" Twice jumped trying to shake off the intense aura
'What girl?' His two faced personality struck a pose
"Wow-" Toga clasped her hands together blushing
"I want her too, she smelled amazinggggg~"
Bakugou froze.
'What the hell were they talking about?'
"With a spiraling quirk like that? Ah yes... that girl would make a splendid addition to the league-" Shigaraki opened up his arms as he evilly smiled
"She got away, but next time she won't-" Dabi crossed his arms
The gears we're grinding in Bakugou's brain.
They weren't talking about...
Flashes of the pinkette appeared in the blonde's eyes.
'Oh hell no-' His burgundy eyes narrowed
"Oh, struck a nerve did we?" Compress teased as Dabi quickly whipped his head over to watch the unruly boy
Kurogiri, Compress, it's time to put him back to sleep-" The blue haired villain commanded
"I can't believe he's such a bad audience member..." The magician sighed
"It's almost impressive-"
"IF YOU WANT ME TO LISTEN THEN GET ON YOUR KNEES AND BEG!" Bakugou shouted
...
"You little brat-" Shigaraki grimaced as his hands began to shake
"No Tomura Shigaraki be calm!" Kurogiri shouted in full on worry as Shigaraki's red villainous eyes matched with the blondes ready to attack
At this moment in time, Bakugou felt the intensity of a real villain. His body went still as his eyes slightly widened and cheeks puffed out.
Shigaraki let out a breath trying to calm himself down.
"Don't lay a finger on him... any of you-" Shigaraki whispered
...This hero... is still a valuable piece. I wish you would listen to what I had to say-" He sighed turning back towards the bar
"Compress-"
"On it~"
'I want to blow them away with maximum fire power, but that warp guy is way too fast. Think damn it, I need to make an opening somehow and get to the back door-'
Knock Knock Knock
"Ahem, Pizza Delivery!"
"Huh?"
With the U.A Bunch
"Okay, this is the spot the tracker is broadcasting from-"
"So that's their hideout?" Midoriya questioned
"Aacho!" Komei sneezed as everyone quickly looked in her direction
This is not the time they should be making noise.
'Sorry-' She mouthed shuttering
"You know, they say when you sneeze it means someone's talking about you" Kirishima nodded as she stared at him in confusion
"Yeah, I highly doubt that-" The pinkette rolled her eyes
"According to the tracker, this villain hasn't left this location for the past day" Momo began
"One villain is hiding here, but that could be it. They may have Bakugou hiding somewhere else-" She turned to face the five others
"I don't like this. None of us are good at sneaking around, we need Jirou or Hagakure here" Iida spoke
"If I think anything is the least bit dangerous we're done. I won't hesitate to call the police either-"
"Thank you Iida..." Midoriya whispered
"Let's go around the back, it'll be safer that way-" Komei pointed towards the small alleyway
"We can't storm through the front doors can we?" She smirked as the others nervously nodded
So they were really doing this.
"Wait guys wait-" Momo reached out a hand as the others turned to face her in confusion
"Listen, everything starts now. The whole trip up until this moment... there's no messing up now, we have to be extremely careful-" She bit her lip in worry
"Right!"
"T-this is so narrow, I m-might get stuck-" Momo shifted
"Y-Yeah, I don't like this-" Komei added on behind Yaoyorozu
They we're all trying to squeeze between the small compacted brick fences.
"We had to keep moving, we have to figure out what's happening inside-" Midoriya began
"There!" He looked up
"We should be able to see something through that window-"
"How are we supposed to see?" Komei spazzed
"We'll be blind in the darkness-" Shouto spoke calmly
"Hold on, I'll make a night vision scope-"
"Wait, no need. I actually brought one along with me for this" Kirishima pulled out a small scope from his pocket
"Woah really?!"
"When I thought about what we'd have to do, I thought we would need it..."
"Kiri, aren't those like mighty expensive?" Komei's eyes ogled the goggles
"I did some research on them when I was trying to put my hero costume together, they cost like 50,000 or something right?" Midoriya question
"Whatever you guys, just drop it-"
Komei turned to see the red heads expression. Wow, he was really serious about this.
"Right, them Kirishima will serve as our scout" Shouto nodded
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"Okay hold steady-"
"Don't lean forward to much-"
"Be careful you guys!"
Kirishima stood on Iida's shoulders as Midoriya stood on Todoroki's. Both the girls stood on the side lines praying they wouldn't get caught as well as waiting to see if the boys could see anything for that matter.
"The place is pretty trashed. It doesn't look-" He cut himself off as his body froze
"What's wrong? You weren't spotted were you?" Todoroki jumped as Komei bit her lip at their nervousness
"T-The b-back left... The c-corner Midoriya" Kirishima shook handing the boy the night vision scope
"No way..."
"Are those all... Nomu?"
SWOOSH!
"Woah! What's going on!?"
"I-It's-" Midoriya began as all their eyes snapped to the left
"Mt Lady!" They simultaneously shouted watching as the pro hero picked up a car with her foot and proceeded to smash it into the ground
A large gust of wind blew through the alley way as all the students gripped onto each other for dear life. Some of their disguises were blown off such as Karin and Shouto's wigs, Midoriya's sunglasses and Kirishima's head pieces.
"Gang Orca and ?"
"Whoa! Even Best Jeaniest is here!" Kirishima and Momo spazzed getting a better look through the window
"Riot squad get the transport ready, there could be more of them-"
"Yes sir!"
"Come on Rag Doll, wake up for me!" Tiger shook his lifeless teammate in worry
"She's breathing, that's good." Gang Orca looked over to the girl
"But look at her, what have they done to you my friend?" He shed a tear
"You see everything is fine, the heroes were on top of this way before we were-" Iida smiled
"Ok then, let's get back home. At least we won't have to explain ourselves"
"It sounded like All Might is close by, does that mean he rescued Kaachan?"
"If All Might is on the scene, I think that gives us a reason not to worry-" Momo perked up
"Let's go, quick!" She nodded as the rest began to follow
"Right."
...
"I'm sorry Tiger, but Rag Doll's quirk was so useful. I just had to take it. How could I not?"
"Are you with the league?" Orca pushed
"Someone get us a light!"
And just like that... the pros were out.