A/N: Hello! So this chapter is going to be dedicated to the two part OVA that recently came out b/c it literally takes place right before the licensing exam... exactly where I am now! Perfect timing don't you think?
Spoiler warning! If you haven't watched it yet... go watch it! Then come back here to read! :)
Ground Beta
On today's schedule, Mr. Aizawa planned a well suited survival exercise for the students of 1-A. Knowing the licensing exam well, these kids are going to need all the help they can get.
The class was split up into two teams. A and B. At this very moment team A was on the training grounds, in their hero costumes.
"Two hours ago, a fire broke out underneath a large shopping mall. Fortunately, most of the flames were extinguished and the citizens were evacuated" Momo began holding up a holographic diagram of the area
"However, we received word that somewhere inside of this building there's still one stranded person that needs our assistance-"
"Our mission is to rescue that citizen as quickly and safely as possible" Iida nodded
"For all purposes, the 'citizen' will be a training dummy-" He dramatically posed
"Damage from the power have taken out the underground power lines, but luckily a backup generator is working" Yaoyorozu went on
"That's good, everything would be easier if the lights stayed on-" Uraraka eyed the hologram
"Looks like this boils down to a race against the clock- I propose we split up into teams" Tokoyami commented
"H-Hey you guys?"
All heads turned to the thunder heroette.
"Are any of your phones working? I'm getting nothing-" She rose her cell phone as everyone began to pull theirs out
"Woahh, look at that-" Kirishima gasped staring at his red phone
"This whole place is like a dead zone-" Kaminari spoke
'It's no coincidence that our most common form of communication is out for this exercise...' Midoriya thought
"If that's how it is, then we'll need a rendezvous point... as well as a time to meet up there-" Todoroki turned
"This mall has six underground floors. What if we went down the main central stairwell and searched the floor B1 in teams?" Asui suggested
"We can meet back at the stairs ten minutes later, then continue to sweep each floor until we find the person that needs to be rescued-"
"That's a great idea Sue!"
"I agree-"
"H-Hey Kaachan... Where a-are y-you going?" Midoriya sweat dropped as he watched his blonde haired rival walk off
"Where do you think?" The fiery blonde snapped
"I'm going to track down the stupid citizen that didn't escape in time-" He growled
"Wait a minute Bakugou, going off alone ruins our cooperative efforts!" Iida spazzed doing his continuous hand gestures
Komei jumped as she unexpectedly felt her arm being tugged.
"K-Katsuki!" She squealed now stumbling forward losing her footing
"We'll find this dummy while your still figuring out what to do-" He glared at Midoriya and Iida as Komei watched his expression
"You see, that's the difference between you and me..." Bakugou turned back towards the entrance with Karin in tow
"N-No d-don't!" Midoriya reached out an arm
"Wait up you guys, it's dangerous! I'll come along-" Kirishima followed the duo
"Yeahhh, I guess we better go with them~~" Kaminari lazily put his hands behind his head
"H-Hey you guys... we need some kind of plan..." Midoriya's shoulders dropped
"We're good, just meet us at the stairs in ten!" Kirishima rose up a reassuring hand
"Don't worry, we'll make sure Bakugou is with us-"
"Probably-" Kaminari scoffed as Midoriya frowned
"R-Right- s-suree, be careful in there..."
"H-Hey! Slow down, it's like you're trying to lose us!" Kaminari shouted, walking alongside Kirishima. Bakugou was at least six feet ahead of them with Komei, still holding onto her arm
She quickly matched his pace trying to keep up.
'These boys with their height and long strides...'
Komei felt the grip on her arm tighten after hearing Kaminari's shout.
"I didn't tell you guys to follow me-" Bakugou scowled
She glanced over to Katsuki... and boy, he was fuming.
Without admitting it, this was his chance to be alone with her... but thing one and thing two had to ruin it.
Perfect.
" I-It really looks like a deserted underground mall don't you think?" Komei questioned trying to at least lighten the mood
"..."
He was silent until he matched his piercing red eyes with hers, letting his shoulders slightly drop in relaxation from the tension he placed on himself.
"Yeah-"
BBBBRURRRRUMMM-
"Woah! What the heck is happening!?" Kaminari jumped
"A-An earthquake?" Karin stuttered as the ground beneath them began to crack
'Oh crap-'
"AHHHHH!"
and down they went.
"Awe man, BEING BURIED IS TERRIBLE!" Kirishima shot straight up through the rubble
"Hey, Kaminari... are you still alive?" He lifted up the blonde
"Ughhh, I think so-" The boy slumped over
The room felt like it was spinning after that fall. Ears ringing, Komei slightly lifted her head looking around. Wow, they must've dropped all the way down.
"Hey-"
Her head whipped over to the faint voice she heard in the distance.
"You alright?"
The shadow closing in on her was easily recognizable. Spikiness due to his hair and mask, gauntlets wrapped on his arms, his built body... it was Katsuki without a doubt.
He was leaning over offering her a hand
"Y-Yeah, t-thanks-" She stuttered blinking
It took her a second to get her thoughts in order before grabbing his welcoming hand with hers. The momentum of his strength easily knocked the girl into his chest making her slightly blush, and him smirk
"Jeez, Bakugou was amazing back there- If he hadn't blown up the ceiling as it was falling, things would've been a lot more painful for us-"
Hearing Kaminari's voice in the distance Karin and Katsuki turned.
"Take some credit too man-"
"You're the one who used your hardening to protect me from the shards that flew from the explosion... if you think about it, I'm the only one who hasn't helped anyone yet... I'm just dead weight..." Kaminari sighed shuffling
"Come on Kaminari, stop beating yourself up-" Komei turned to the dirty blonde
"We're a dynamic duo, you can't have one without the other right?" She walked towards the two with Bakugou slightly behind her
"You guys!" Kirishima jumped in joy happy he found his friends
"Yeah! You're right Komei!" He pumped up his fists making his eyes sparkle
"Heh, COULD YOU BE ANY STUPIDER?" Bakugou growled trudging towards Kaminari
"H-Hey you d-don't have to say that to my face, I know I'm not the smartest kid out there... but come on!" The dirty blonde ranted
"Shut up you moron-"
"You said it again!"
""K-Katsuki..." Karin edged forward trying to somewhat defend Kaminari
"Listen-" Bakugou began turning
"Your's and Komei's power is what we need from here on out-" He pointed as the pinkette rose her eyebrows in surprise
"You don't even know that spark plug?!"
"THINK FOR ONCE-"
"Y-you mean it?" The dirty blonde softened
Bakugou might be a hard head... and an ass, but when all else fails... his classmates do respect him when it comes down to his talents.
Being acknowledged by one of the strongest in your class. That's just what Kaminari needed to hear.
"So what do we do now?" Kirishima questioned
"Isn't it obvious, we got to find a way to get out of this place. We should forget about that dummy and save ourselves-"
"But what if this is a part of the exercise Kaminari?" Komei questioned
"I mean, we're kinda the ones that have to be rescued at this point... it's dangerous down here!" He spazzed
"The teacher's have to know what's going on, don't they?" Kirishima thought
"H-Hey where are you going?!" Kaminari pointed as Bakugou began walking in the opposite direction... once again.
"I'm going to track down the stupid citizen that didn't escape in time!"
Komei, Kirishima and Kaminari all sweat dropped simultaneously.
"Hey wait up! This is just training, not a real person-" Kaminari reached out, trying to be the voice of reason
"We shouldn't risk our lives to try and save some doll-"
But the next sentence is what changed their outlook completely.
"All Might would keep searching."
"I don't care if it's training or not, All Might would save the person if they needed help-"
"If the number one hero would keep on fighting, then I'll do the same thing..." He growled
"I don't need anyone to come save me, I'll do the rescuing myself..."
"H-Hey, wait a sec... you're getting way too worked up-" Kaminari went on
"Don't worry man, I got your back-" Kirishima stepped forward
"You too?"
"Nah, it makes sense-" He smiled
"Once we get our provisional licenses we'll be doing real hero work on the streets right?"
"and when that happens we might be put in tough situations like this one. Would a pro leave someone alone who needs rescuing? That's not very manly-"
"Crimson Riot would never do something that low, so that's why I'm going with you!" The red head smacked his fists together
"O-Okay, now you're getting wayyy to worked up..." The dirty blonde dropped his shoulders
"Yeah! You're right!" Komei jumped
"Endeavor would never let something like this happen on his watch either! Let's do it!" Her eyes sparkled walking towards Bakugou and Kirishima
"Seriously? Did you both get hit in the head earlier?" The dirty blonde sweat dropped as he watched the three slowly disappear
"H-Hey!" He spazzed
"W-Wait for meeee! I don't want to be left alone down hereee!"
"Okay, this is the bottom level of the mall. B6..." Kirishima used his hardening to cut through the door
"Woah..." Komei gasped at the destruction
"What a mess... how are we going to find someone with all this crap on the ground?" Kaminari questioned
"Find the area that doesn't look like it's taken damage-" Bakugou spoke walking down the staircase
"I don't know why that matters, but... that place over there looks stable-" Kirishima pointed to the right
"Look, the walls are still in tact-"
"Alright, let's go-" Bakugou took the lead
"Okay-" Kirishima and Komei nodded as Kaminari went on with the questioning
"How come? Why there?"
"Anyone with a brain would guess the most fortified place is where the emergency power supply is located-"
"There we go... it still managed to get pretty banged up.." He looked over to the generator
"Come on Kaminari," Komei whispered pulling his arm forward smiling as he was dumbstruck in confusion
"Get over here and use your electricity to juice up this power supply!" Bakugou ripped off the metal door and pulled out the wires
"Uhhhh, right!" He stumbled
Kaminari then grabbed the wires of two batteries as Komei took charge of the other two.
"If that's all I gotta do, then this will be a piece of cake-"
"Stand back you guys-" The boy smirked
"Take this, I'll shock two million volts!"
Komei's eyes widened "KAMINARI NOOO!"
"THE BATTERY IS GOING TO BREAK IF YOU PUT IN THAT MUCH POWER" Bakugou smacked him into tomorrow
"Slow and steady Kami-" The pinkette whispered
"That way, I won't over exert myself and you won't... go stupid-"
"Right! I'll try again!" He totally disregarded her insult and put his glasses on
"H-Hey! We did it!" Kaminari turned to Komei
"Oh yeah!" They high-fived each other
"Now we just have to find that stupid dummy-" Bakugou began
"Okay... well, let's take a look around since we're down here" Komei got up dusting off her clothes turning to the three as they all nodded in agreement
"H-Hey! Kyo Kyo! Look I found it! The training dummy that needs rescuing!" Kirishima pointed as the girl walked over hearing the red heads shouts
"Nice we nailed it!" Kaminari smiled
"But how do we get him out?" Komei questioned with a hand on her hip
The dummy was under a bunch of rubble from the collapse.
"If we grab him without a plan this whole pile of debris could come piling down on us..."
"Hey, so what should we do Bakugou?" Kirishima turned
...
"Blow it to hell!"
"That's reckless Katsuki..." Karin sighed
'There's no hope for him sometimes is there?'
"Didn't you hear what I just said? It's unstable!" Kaminari spazzed
"I know, that's why we have to grab him before it does-" The ash blonde replied
To save the training dummy, the plan went smoothly. Kirishima would be the main rescuer, while Kaminari and Bakugou would blow up the main pieces of debris while Komei would grab the excess pieces to protect them, as well as Kirishima.
"Awe yeah! And that's how it's done-" Kirishima posed with the training dummy making Katsuki smirk and Karin laugh
"U-Uhhh y-you g-guys..." Kaminari turned pale causing the trio to turn around
Enormous amounts of water came shooting out of the walls.
"Fix it fix it fix it! I told you guys we need to be careful down here!" He spazzed
The water quickly went up to their ankles.
"SHUT UP!"
"No use whining man-"
"Kaminari relax!"
Bakugou, Kirishima and Komei all yelled at the boy. Nerves shot, they obviously realized they were not in a great position.
"You two don't move!" Bakugou quickly turned to Kaminari and Komei
"Good call Bakugou, if their quirks happen to go off then we'll be zapped-"
"Roger Roger!" The thunder pair saluted hugging each other comically
"Okay, let's head for the stairs-" Kirishima turned and just then, water gushed down crushing the staircase in the process
Water now waist deep.
Crap.
"Where's this water coming from? If we don't do something fast we're going to drown!"
"BLURAHH!"
Kirishima quickly turned to the ear shattering scream.
"KOMEI!"
From the pressure of the water Komei slipped, letting the waves take her, getting caught in the current. She would've drifted off if it wasn't for a specific blonde that caught her.
Head poking up from under the surface, she looked up coughing excess water.
"K-Katsuki?"
He grabbed her waist and held her in-front of him protectively.
If this was any other situation, the pinkette would've found this gesture flattering but...
She didn't like the look in his eyes.
He almost had a look of fear. Not knowing what to do.
"I-I don't think I c-can g-go any f-farther-" Kaminari moaned in exhaustion as the ceiling began to crack
"Oh no! what now!?" Kirishima spazzed the water began to freeze
"Not good..." She squeezed Katsuki's hand
"This way, climb up- quick!"
Karin's eyes widened hearing a specific voice.
"Shouto!" She shouted
"Todoroki!" Kaminari and Kirishima jumped in relief
"NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR HELP ICY HOT!"
...
"Phew, that was a close one-" Kaminari laid down on the ground
"Thanks Shouto, Tokoyami, you saved us-" Komei smiled letting her muscles relax next to the distraught dirty blonde
"We're happy to assist-" Tokoyami nodded
Bakugou clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"We can't get comfortable yet, the water in here is going to continue to rise. I'm going to freeze it to the best of my ability so the rest of you can escape-" Todoroki spoke
"By yourself?" Kirishima questioned
"I don't think so Shouto-" Komei stood up in worry
"We'll stay with you!" The red head defended
"I get the concern..." Todoroki began sighing
"Karin-" He turned to the pinkette
"I appreciate the offer, I do, but your quirks... just aren't the best for this..."
Her shoulders dropped and fists balled.
"I don't want you to get caught up in the ice-"
"If you don't want to be a burden, then leave this to me." He spoke coldly
He didn't mean to say it rudely, but it was the only way to get through to her.
"As Todoroki was saying, this is still a race against the clock. We should make hast-" Tokoyami spoke
"Right!" Kirishima nodded following the bird boy
"Always gotta be so cool huh? Alright, see you up top" Kaminari winked following the two... as there was just Komei left looking at the ground, struggling with herself.
Todoroki watched and waited. There's no way he'd let her stay down here in this destruction.
Feeling her finger tips dig into the palms of her hands, she looked up.
"F-Fine..." She matched his eyes with hers, before flicking over to the ash blonde slightly behind him
oooo, she's mad.
His burgundy eyes watched her pained expression before she ran back over to Kirishima and Kaminari.
He knew what he had to do.
"Now the question is, why are you still here Bakugou?" Shouto turned in question
"..."
"Tch, I just don't want to owe you anything-" The fiery blonde scowled crossing his arms
"H-Heyy!" Kirishima and the gang waved grabbing the attention of Yaoyorozu and Iida
"Kirishima, Komei, Uraraka, you guys!" Iida smiled in relief
"I'm so glad your all safe-" He went on before noticing some missing figures
"Hey, aren't we missing three people from team A?" He questioned
"Yeah... about that..." Kirishima put the training dummy down
"Water suddenly began to flood the bottom of the mall, Todoroki bought us some time for us to escape-"
"K-Katsuki stayed behind to help..." Komei looked down
"And when Midoriya heard that, he took off saying he was going to help safe em' both-" Kaminari finished
"He did what?" Iida's eyes widened
"You mean, the three of them are all still down there?" Momo gasped
"I-Im... I'm sure they're okay." Uraraka spoke up confidently
"If Deku said he was going to save them, then it's because he knew that he could save them!"
"And anyway, Bakugou and Todoroki are way strong. They won't go down without a fight."
"Don't worry, all three of them are going to be fine!" She reassured and that's exactly what Karin needed to hear. Who knew that Uraraka would be the one to step up.
The group decided to search B2 to see if they could help anyway. And what did they find? The three boys on B3.
"Look!" Uraraka pointed
"I SAID NOT TO TALK-"
Komei bolted hearing the familiar shout, a smile slowly forming.
'They're okay-' Her heart thumped in joy until she opened her eyes analyzing the trio
Shouto was in the front with Midoriya holding up Katsuki slightly behind
Wait, Midoriya holding Katsuki?
That didn't make sense.
She quickly scanned over the blonde and her stomach clenched.
He was bleeding.
8:00 p.m | U.A Dormitories
'Oh... what am I doing, what am I doing?' The pinkette spazzed as she got off the elevator to the 5th floor.
'Stop being a baby Komei and just do it-' She smacked her cheeks before knocking on the door
. . .
No answer...
'Maybe he's sleeping already?'
'No, it's too early-' She looking at the clock on the wall as his door creaked to open
"Idiot-" He let out a breath making her freeze
"The hell are you doing?" The blonde questioned with a carefree expression
Katsuki's sleepy yet stern eyes stared at the girl as she began to sweat.
"I- uhhh, wanted to k-know..."
'Why does he always make me so nervous?'
"You know what, I'm sorry-" She scratched the back of her head
"I'll just go back to my-" Her voice was cut off when she felt her arm being yanked into his room
Her eyes instantly wandered around his dorm room. It was similar to how his bedroom looked in his house.
"I-I wanted to check on you-"
"Heh, for what Sparky?" He scoffed
As if it wasn't obvious enough...
"You leg dummy!" She spazzed
"I'm fine-" He limped going over to his bed, sitting down
"Katsuki-" She sighed putting a hand on her hip
"You know it's okay to hurt, right?" She questioned making his body go stiff
"Your the strongest guy I know-" Komei walked up to the side of the bed taking a seat next to him
"And even the strongest feel pain, physically..."
"and or emotionally-" Her maroon orbs flickered up to him but was caught with nothing
He was avoiding eye contact, hair shagged over his eyes.
Something... ever since they got him back from the league of villains... he's different.
Grabbing a pillow and patting it down, he twisted his body shutting off the light in slight agitation
"I'm going to sleep-" He spoke leaving Komei sitting in the dark
'Okay... is this my cue to leave?' She thought before her body got yanked down onto the mattress
She blinked feeling a strong arm wrap around her waist. He pulled her into his chest as she got comfy under the covers.
A smile gracing her lips, she put a hand over his, sinking into the embrace.
Her anxiety going down, heart rate steadying, the girl fell asleep in no time.
The only time she was able to get a good night's sleep was with Katsuki. Just being with him made her feel safe, protected...
But little did she know the blonde was still up, holding onto her with tears welling up in his eyes.
He was hurting... and not just from the injury...
She was right.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed! I was really obsessed with this ova, love it! Comment below what you think!
-Julia