Welcome to the next chapter!
Darth Simp; I'm glad you like it! Yeah, they could go at one another during that time. I'm sure they would do yeah, they're pretty smart. It's gonna be quite fun to see what happens next~ Eri could do yeah~
wellingtonlucas282; Thank you!
ShadowUzumaki55; Katsuki is yeah, I'm glad you like it! Nejire does mean well yeah~ Momo will do. Glad you like the costume. Katsuki and Himiko, we'll see how that goes.
Silver crow; Thanks! Yeah, she surely is. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see. She does yeah, she doesn't want to lose the person she really cares for. Yeah, he lived a good chunk of his life alone, or with only little contact with others. I'm sure Nejire would want that yeah. Glad you liked the bath scene~ Glad you liked the Momo and Yuki moments. Himiko's able to befriend a good few people~ Yeah, Yuki's life as a child was pretty harsh and left him quite lonely. Yeah, he quite likes them. Yeah, Woman could have those kind of Quirks. Yeah it seems that those Nomu had roles like that. When the time comes, he'll experience good times with them. We'll see how the fight goes. Yeah, the meeting between Endeavour and Yuki is going to be quite interesting to see. I'll probably do the movies as they'd come up during their placement within the timeline. Thanks for the harem suggestions. He could befriend Rody. Melissa could do yeah. Gang Orca he could do yeah. Mt Lady doing that would be fun.
djinn; Thanks!
Eavise; Thanks for the harem suggestions. Midnight could do yeah.
Andrew123456; Maybe yeah.
MDM11; He could do yeah. That would be nice for Shinso. They'd be cool for having such a placement. Thanks for the harem suggestions.
TheGreatGodzilla; Not sure who my favourite is. They could be intrigued by it. Yeah, here Himiko's got the support she needs so she'll not be tempted by such things. I've got some thoughts about who will be replacing her there. I've got some ideas about their Hero names, suggestions are welcome. Thanks for the harem suggestions. Himiko and Katsuki are teamed up for a reason. Yeah, he did in canon before being turned. Endeavour's relationship with Yuki is gonna be quite interesting to explore.
Guest 1; Ochaco will show some stuff here. Yeah, Himiko's pretty tough with her stealth skills. It's a battle that will progress their relationship, and get whats going on out on the table. Momo and Shoto don't really know much about Yuki's Quirk, and what it truly is capable of yet, so they'll come in time to understand more about it. Yeah, when his Quirk grows he could do that. He'll meet the past possessors at some points. Yuki will be able to use the Quirks in some fun ways with his original power.
Momo fan; Yeah, all done this chapter. We'll see how it goes. Katsuki and Yuki's relationship will be shown more as a result of this fight. Glad you liked their introduction. Thanks for the harem suggestions!
Guest 2; Maybe in the future yeah. Thanks for the harem suggestions.
With those reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Battle Trial!
A very young Katsuki went to the park most days, ever since she saw the boy do something fantastical. Being able to save someone like he did, she wished to know more about him, why he was there at the park, and what he truly could do.
But each time she went, he wasn't there.
She didn't know where else to look, so she stayed there, and kept wondering if he'd return there.
It took many days, but eventually he did come back.
Sitting on the same swing she had seen him on.
So she marched on over, and stood close by, while he glanced towards her.
"So, are you strong? What you did, what is your Quirk?"
She played it rather cool to see what he was all about.
The boy didn't reply and simply looked at her curiously, so she pulled closer.
"What, you can't talk?"
The boy didn't answer once more, and kept his curious eyes on her.
Twitching her eyebrow, she moved close to his face, as his forever curious eyes stared at her.
"I just wanna know...why did you save me?"
The boy didn't answer for a few moments.
But then he cupped his hands together.
"...Because...you needed...saving."
It seemed so simple of an answer, but it was one that she quite understood.
"Heh, are you strong?"
She asked, with the boy tilting his head.
"Why?"
"Haven't you seen people like All Might? He's strong."
The boy adopted a small smile, pulling out his stuffed All Might toy, which looked like it had seen better days.
"All Might...he's one of my favourite's..."
"Mine too, I'm going to surpass him one day! To become the Number One Hero!"
The boy adopts a very small, almost not noticeable at all, smile.
"I...want to...become...the Number One...to protect people, families...from the bad guys."
Katsuki adopted a half smirk.
"Is that so? You're gonna have to get through me!"
The boys tiny smile caused Katsuki to smile also...
Arriving in the battle arena, Yuki and Ochaco stood outside a large building that had multiple floors. Ochaco looked rather nervous, so Yuki placed his hand on her arm, and gave a reassuring look towards her.
"Don't worry. we're gonna do our best, okay?"
"Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm a little nervous since I know how good these two really are."
"I know, Kacchan is a powerhouse, and Himiko-chan is very stealthy and skilled. If we aren't careful, she could sneak up on us, and get the upper hand immediately. That's why we should think about the best kind of plans for us to have."
Ochaco could see why that was a wise decision to have.
"Yes...maybe it would be best if you fight against Bakugo-san, Yuki-kun. You know her better than me."
"Yeah. Though the problem is Himiko-chan. She might not have a Quirk that helps her physically, she's got a lot of skills that could be detrimental against us if used correctly."
Ochaco furrowed her brows as she thought about what would be for the best.
"Ooh, so what are we going to do?"
"It would be best if we could bind her somehow, but she is agile, and if we lose sight of her for even a moment, she could turn the tables on us. Uraraka-san, your Quirk could be good in keeping her at bay if you can get your hands on her."
"Hehe, easier said than done~"
Yuki let out a small laugh.
"Winning this doesn't mean beating our opponents. What we have to focus on is getting to the bomb. That's what All Might said, so our primary objective should be to secure the bomb. If necessary, I could lure them away while you get the bomb."
"But to leave them all to you?"
"We've got a number of options, I'm just saying in worse case scenario that we could do something like that. Also, we could take advantage of your power. With your ability, I've got a few ideas on how to use it."
Ochaco nodded slowly.
"But still Yuki-kun, building off that idea of my Quirk, I have an idea on how to use your own with my own."
Yuki tilted his head in wonder, so Ochaco began explaining while Yuki offered his own thoughts at the same time.
Inside of the building, Himiko, and Katsuki stationed themselves near the bomb. Katsuki gave a curious look towards Himiko, who in turn twirled around a knife in her hands again and again, seemingly thinking about the best thing that she could do.
Katsuki hadn't said anything while Himiko glanced at her.
"Geez, are you really just gonna ignore me huh?"
"Just focus on the bomb, I've got Yuki."
"Yeah, makes sense. You do have the boom power, and he is pretty fast huh."
Katsuki tightened her fist.
"Even if he is, I will show my strength today!"
"What's that about huh? Showing strength?"
"Isn't that what it means to be Number One?"
Himiko tilted her head side to side.
"I guess part of it is."
Katsuki wore surprise on her face.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that yes, it probably does take a good deal of power to always be the Number One, but it isn't everything. It is more like...you also have to be able to instill calmness to the masses you know? Connect with them. Like Yuki-kun did with me."
"Connect with you? How did he do that?"
Katsuki wondered, with Himiko nodding a single time.
"If it wasn't for Yuki-kun, my life could be going quite differently right now. He helped me see that I don't have to hide who I am, and run at the same time. I can be me, without having run away. He accepted my normal, and then came to my side when I needed him. Life can be hard, but...Yuki-kun makes it easier~"
Katsuki didn't know much about Himiko's past.
But it did seem like Yuki had done much for her, and helped her.
She did have some curiosity, but she also felt the desire to fight Yuki more and more, to try and see where it was Yuki currently was, in power, and what it meant for her if she was weaker, stronger, she needed to know for personal reasons.
As that went on, All Might, and the other students looking on through the cameras. They saw Himiko and Katsuki speaking quietly, while Yuki and Ochaco were standing together, and seemingly forming some plans.
Shoto's eyes lingered on Yuki's form, wondering what he was going to do, while Momo furrowed her brows. She also was curious as to what Yuki was going to be doing, and she also thought that people such as Katsuki wouldn't hold back either.
As All Might watched on, he suddenly showed an enthusiastic smile on his face.
"Alright!" All Might announced with a large booming voice through the microphone that was before him within the control room. "Lets begin the Indoor Combat Training! Your time starts now!"
As soon as that was said, Yuki and Ochaco launched themselves into the building.
Katsuki turned to Himiko, and exhaled.
"Make sure that pink cheeks doesn't make it to the bomb, I've got Yuki!"
"You got it! I'll take pink cheeks as you affectionately call her~"
Himiko saluted as Katsuki ran out, with Himiko soon following.
Yuki on the other hand began using his Quirk on the walls, and began reshaping the building in sections that he had begun running into, while Ochaco also began using her Quirk as Yuki hollowed out some portions of the building for her, into the ideal shape.
At the same time, they also seemed to be doing some kind of plan.
Momo clapped her hands together.
"Astounding, they're taking advantage of one another's powers."
"But like, what are they doing? I don't get it."
Mina murmured, as Kirishima thrusted his hands out.
"It seems they're both being quite manly right now!"
"Even Uraraka-san?"
Jiro laughed to herself ever so slightly, Kirishima didn't hear her, and kept going with a strong mentality.
As they did, Katsuki searched the building, but she couldn't find either of them.
She searched rather quickly, running and moving through different areas, but wasn't able to find them right away.
"Damn it, come out Yuki, lets finally fight each other."
Determination wrote itself onto her face, as she charged through the area as fast as she could do.
On the other hand, while Katsuki was searching, Himiko managed to catch onto the sight of both Ochaco and Yuki.
Like a cat, she began sneaking forward, sticking to the shadows, and making sure she did her best to be unseen by those that were before her.
When they rounded a corner, Himiko did the same thing, and pulled out a knife.
Stealthily, she got behind Yuki, and Ochaco.
She gazed between them, wondering which would be best to take out first, ultimately she thought Yuki was the more dangerous threat.
When seeing the knife, some cringed at the sight.
"S-She's got a knife!"
Mineta cried, while Momo gave him a curious look.
"Snipe-sensei uses guns to fight, if that's what she uses, I don't see the problem."
As she said it, Tenya surprisingly agreed.
"Yaoyorozu-san brings up a good point, she has a knife, but everyone else in the Battle Trial has dangerous ways to use their powers."
Tenya's words caused the others besides Mineta to simply shrug. Accompanied with Momo's words as well. If Snipe could wield guns and be a Hero, they couldn't see why Himiko couldn't wield a knife and be a Hero as well.
Mineta simply looked scared and kept his head down.
As Himiko got in close, she managed to get all the way behind Ochaco, making her way to Yuki, when Yuki saw her coming in.
"Himiko-chan!"
Yuki exclaimed, Ochaco jumped, with him going to place his hand on the ground when Himiko took her knife, launching it right for Yuki's shoulder to disable him.
Within a moment, Yuki grabbed the knife, and parry the next one that she launches towards him, hitting it right out of the air to the bewilderment of those watching at how accurate the pair were being.
"He's able to match her thrown weapons with quick timing and effort. He's trained really well, such an awesome manly display."
Kirishima observed, becoming more excited to see how manly Yuki was going to be.
Momo couldn't help but nod in agreement, seeing how strong and smart Yuki was being in such a fight.
Himiko, seeing her own attack being deflected so well, became astonished, yet happy at the same time as she began to blush at the sight of how manly Yuki looked.
"Yuki-kun! It seems you haven't lost that accuracy from last time!"
As she said it, Yuki saw her launch several knives towards him, so he elegantly began moving around said knives. Each passing by him as he weaved through the throws of her bladed weapons, then he pushed off of the ground and crossed the distance.
Seeing him come in, she brought out one of the needles on her machine, launching it for the incoming boy, only for him to leap up, allowing the needle attached to the machine to slide under him.
Getting before her, Yuki tightened his hand, and began running One For All through his arm to the point that he'd be able to generate wind pressure.
"Detroit Smash!"
Thrusting his fist forward and slightly curved upwards at the same time, he released a shockwave of air which slammed into Himiko. Not enough to cause her damage, but to send her flying backwards while also forcing her high into the air, enough that she could even be near the ceiling of the corridor that they were in where he'd be able to capture her.
Her body went through the air, while Himiko's eyes widened, seeing Yuki's hand landing on the floor, and almost instantly, the ground erupted behind her, with two pillars being formed behind her to wrap around her form.
All Might saw how he moved, and could see how Yuki's fighting experience truly was on full display. All of the times that he had to fight those creatures, and outsmart his pursuers for a good long time, he managed to put that into good use, and disable Himiko, without actually harming her, which he found to be rather outstanding.
"It seems that Yuki-san is able to react to many situations. He managed to capture her within a few movements."
Shoto said it with amazement, seeing how fast he reacted, and how well he was able to disable her despite her agility, Kirishima thrusted his fists out.
"Yeah, it's wicked!"
As he said it, Tsuyu placed a finger to her mouth.
"This is the first battle and it is already intense ribbit."
While saying that, Himiko groaned while the earth bound her form, fully capturing her.
She took her knife with what little movement she had, and stabbed the pillars, but it didn't make much of a dent.
Ochaco looked on, seeing Himiko pouting.
"You did it Yuki-kun, you got her!"
Yuki nodded, he couldn't think of a way for her to get out of it.
Himiko also felt something similar, that she'd have a very difficult time in escaping the hard ground that was formed around her foot…
Well, usually she would have done.
But she had something that might be able to help her out.
She peeled her hand open that didn't hold the knife, and shocked Yuki by showing what looked like a grenade.
"W-What the..."
Yuki was astonished, knowing it came from Katsuki as he remembered seeing them on her Hero outfit, but the fact that Himiko had it now, was surprising.
"Hehe, I received it as a gift from Kacchan~ She begrudgingly gave it to me, I managed to grab it before you bound me, so here we go~"
Himiko pulled the trigger with two quick fingers, and threw it a small distance away behind her with as minimal movements that Yuki had allowed with the binding.
The explosive grenade went off with enough force to break the ground and fracture it near her, enough for Himiko to break free.
Smoke rose up, concealing Himiko for a few moments.
Yuki thrusted his fist upwards, as he announces "Texas Smash!" which caused All Might to internally squeal at how well Yuki adapted his moves, and use them at lower levels, but still showed great accuracy.
Since it was a straightforward punch, the air managed to blow all of the smoke away, and Yuki thought would have revealed Himiko as well on the ground.
But it didn't.
They both saw that Himiko was gone.
"W-Wait, what? How did she escape so quickly? Where did she go?"
Ochaco was confused, while Yuki furrowed his brows.
"She's able to hide so well...she could be anywhere. Take your eyes off her for even a few moments, and she can disappear. Knowing Himiko-chan, she could appear behind either of us, lets get back to back and look for her so she can't surprise us, covering any blind spots that she could exploit. We also have to worry about Kacchan, because of that explosion, she'll have heard and she'll be on her way here."
Ochaco understood what Yuki said, and thought that it was a good move for them to make.
"That's a good idea Yuki-kun. I'll keep my eyes peeled."
"Yeah, lets do it."
So, getting back to back, Yuki and Ochaco began moving around.
Ochaco looked around as did Yuki, making sure their backs kept touching so they could cover all blind spots they potentially could have.
Momo leaned forward, intrigued.
"How did Toga-san do that? Did she really hide away when the smoke covered her? But it's such a tightly closed corridor...and that grenade as well she received from Bakugo-san, it really is quite a good device for her to have on her as a last resort. But she can't resort to having that save her again, and Bakugo-san will be on her way..."
Momo murmured, while Shoto furrowed her brows, thinking something similar as well.
"I don't know how the fight shall go, she has skills that even we don't know about it seems."
Tenya agreed.
"She certainly is skilled! Her abilities lend themselves to being rather heroic!"
Even All Might was amazed to see how well Himiko had done that.
While looking, Yuki saw a shadow moving across the ground, and turned to see Himiko within a few inches of them, coming out a stairwell close by.
"Not this time."
Yuki managed to propel her down the corridor with a swing of his arm, wind pressure being enough to volt her away before she could get either him or Ochaco.
Landing on her feet, Himiko looked back up at Yuki.
"Yuki-kun, you reacted again. I shouldn't be surprised, you also train very hard. So I am glad that we are able to meet like this, and you can keep fighting me. I am also happy Ochaco-chan is your partner, it means we can talk about our crushes~"
Ochaco did a spit take, and kept shaking her head side to side, while Yuki raised a brow.
But then shook his own head.
"Lets end this Himiko-chan."
Yuki placed his hand on the ground and within moments, the entire area began to shift.
The walls, the floor, the ceiling, all began to twist and bend into shapes that were wrapping around Himiko, who gasped.
"So fast!"
Himiko yelled, as she rushed forward, as pillars of earth rose up, so she leapt over them with only seconds to spare.
Getting over them, she saw the wall next to her coming out to try and pin her to the wall, so she took her hand to the side of her machine on her back, and then she pressed a button which she used to propel her through the air by releasing some kind of jet like propulsion from behind it, surprising both Ochaco and Yuki.
"I didn't know her machine could do that Yuki-kun! She was close to being caught as well!"
"It's probably a good function to have to move around a battlefield. As well as using her needles, she can also have a jet like propulsion, which can help her evade, and get close to her targets, it seems Mei-sans been busy with this outfit for her!"
As he said it, Yuki twisted his hand, which caused the floor below Himiko to twist up, and become a wall, blocking her off all together, so she stopped mid air, and landed on the ground.
Himiko went to move around the giant earth wall, but she saw the earth beginning to restructure in a way where it was beginning to form all the way around her.
"Ooh damn..."
Himiko didn't think she'd be able to get out of this one.
She could see the speed, and due to it being made of materials she couldn't cut through, she was in a bind.
However, as it went to fully wrap around her, suddenly a yell of "DIE!" came out, erupting powerful explosions that shattered the pillars.
"Kacchan! You saved me!"
"I'm not losing here! You go and deal with pink cheeks, I've got Yuki!"
"You got it Kacchan, leave Ochaco-chan to me, I'm gonna go and cuddle her tightly~"
Himiko saluted while Katsuki placed her hands on some of the broken pillars, launching them towards Yuki at high speed, even surprising him.
"Kacchan, so you've finally come."
"Took me long enough huh? You and pink cheeks, sneaking off like that!"
"Sorry, lets make it up right now!"
Running One For All through him, Yuki punched forward several times, breaking through the broken pillars, but caught the last piece, and then broke it down as he launched it back, causing it to become several pieces, looking like bullets, being launched right back towards her, who widened her eyes, landing on the ground.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Setting off several explosions, she destroyed each piece of the ground fired off at her, only to see Yuki coming in fast.
So fast that it caught Katsuki off guard and saw him appear before her body within brief moments.
"His speed...I thought maybe an aerial battle would work to my favour...but something is different now..."
His fist drawn back, and aimed towards her, so she placed her hands out before her, setting off several explosions once more, propelling her right through the corridor as fast as she could while Yuki punched forward.
"Detroit Smash!"
Unleashing a good deal of air pressure, the wind swept through the area as Yuki angled his punch to curve upwards, and All Might saw Yuki using the debris in his attack, sweeping that along with the wind towards Katsuki.
"That's quite a good idea to use such an attack Young Yuki. These skills are the ones I saw back when you fought that creature. It seems that it truly has helped him, adapting my techniques, and making them work in his unique kind of way. Interesting Young Yuki..."
While All Might thought it, Katsuki looked stunned to see several pieces of debris coming for her.
"Shit..."
She murmured as she tried destroying them all.
But she wasn't fast enough for the last one to hit her shoulder, and sent her down into the ground, with the wind then catching her, and blew her up into the air enough for Yuki to come in with a strong punch towards her.
"This is what you wanted, right Kacchan?"
Yuki knew if he held back, it would be insulting to Katsuki.
She'd hate it immediately, so he'd give her his current best.
Pushing her power, she placed her hand back, and then propelled it forward with a strong explosion, using enough momentum that Yuki turned his hand towards the hand she used, and clashed as she set off an explosion and he used One For All's strength, the destructive blast between them propelled Katsuki back as it did with Yuki.
Both landing on the ground, Katsuki let out a small breath, as she saw that she was sweating more and more, while Yuki showed a strong smile on his face.
"Because of his speed on the ground, I thought an aerial battle would have been for the best. That he'd not be able to use his Quirk like that against me. But no, it seems that he's able to cover for that weakness now, and his strength has grown. Damn it, I have to be even better, but this kind of area is more suited to him than me, I've got to bring him to a more open area, so I can move around. Even then, he's so fast...and strong...his Quirk on manipulating the area has gotten faster...but if he doesn't have a ground to manipulate...then maybe I can get the upper hand."
As she panted, she thought about what best to do, while Yuki took in a deep breath, ready to fight once more.
As they disappeared, Himiko faced Ochaco who was looking nervous.
"Well, well, well, Ochaco-chan. It seems you and I are going to be together now~ Best friends, we can talk about our mutual crush~"
"Erm..."
Ochaco grimaced.
Fighting against Himiko, seeing what she was capable of, she didn't think she'd get very far.
So she had to be tactical, and she began running away.
"Hey wait for me!"
Ochaco shook her head, and ran away from Himiko.
Himiko giggled, and chased after her.
"Ochaco-chan! What's wrong?! Don't you wanna cuddle?!"
"Not right now!"
She shot around a corridors corner, so Himiko did the same thing, seeing that Ochaco was heading for the stairs.
Taking out a small knife, she launches it forward towards her, Ochaco sees the knife fly by her face, as Himiko didn't want to damage Ochaco too badly, so it doesn't hit her, and stabs into the ground close by, so Ochaco leaps over it and continues down the stairs, but also gives time for Himiko to gain ground between them.
"Ooh Ochaco-chan, you're such a sweetie, you're making me excited right now, I wanna get to cuddle you even more than ever before!"
Ochaco continued running as Himiko activated the jet on her blood machine, shooting her towards Ochaco.
She took a needle from her machine and threw it to Ochaco's leg, who tried to dodge, but it pierced her leg, and she let out a cry.
"Ribbit, she's quite accurate with them."
Tsuyu murmured, while Mina clasped her hands.
"Come on Uraraka-chan! You can do it!"
Mina said it with excitement, Tokoyami nods his head.
"Toga-san is very skilled, I am unsure of how Uraraka-san is going to get out of this."
As he said it, Himiko held a red face, as she kept saying "Suck, suck~ Suck, suck~" something that Momo noticed and wondered what reason Himiko would need for blood to be drained from her opponent, and how that activated her Quirk at the same time.
Ochaco panted with the needle in her leg, but she grabbed it, and pulled it out, with Ochaco throwing it right for Himiko, who blocked it with her knife, but that gave Ochaco time to run away from her.
"My, she's determined, but I got some blood now. All I have to do is capture Ochaco-chan and then impersonate her, then it'll be over for my adorable Yuki-kun. Sorry Yuki-kun, but I have to think like this in a battle you know~"
Giddily, she chased Ochaco through the corridors, with Himiko having some fun with Ochaco and teasing her about crushes, but Ochaco kept pressing on, until she arrived with a large room, where Himiko came flying in.
She looked at Ochaco who was panting hard which slghtly confused Himiko since she thought Ochaco wouldn't be that tired.
Himiko also noticed Ochaco was stood close by the window.
"Ochaco-chan, it seems that's the end of the fight. Sorry Ochaco-chan, you did very well, but I've been training hard, gotta make up for that lack of physical Quirk and all, so gotta keep going."
Ochaco accepted that between them, Himiko had the superior ability to fight.
"Himiko-chan, a Hero doesn't always have to be the strongest, sometimes it can come down to who is able to outwit the other, I'm sure you're also aware of this, right?"
Himiko moved closer, and twirled her knife.
"Hmm, have you got one last trick?"
Ochaco nodded as she opened the window.
Himiko furrowed her brows.
"You're going to jump?"
"No, I'm not going to jump, I'm going to be walking down some stairs, that's all."
"Stairs? What stairs could be out there?"
"The ones Yuki-kun made."
Himiko became baffled, but then Himiko giggled.
"Sweetie, you're so cute all of a sudden. But you know, I can run down stairs too~"
Ochaco shook her head as she placed her feet on the windows ledge.
"No, you can't. Because, I've got these."
Ochaco placed her hands together and she said "Release.", with Himiko blinking.
But then she saw debris falling down, so she looked up, and gasped.
All up at the ceiling, around the areas that she could get out of the room, various levels of debris had been floating there.
"Ochaco-chan!"
"We set up a trap for you, you wont be leaving here!"
Ochaco said as she ran down the makeshift stairs Yuki made.
Himiko tried to give chase, but the debris blocked both the entrance she came out of, and all of the windows Himiko could escape out of.
It seemed Ochaco with assistance from Yuki, managed to fully trap Himiko inside of a room, with Himiko sighing.
"Rats."
All Might watched on with a bright smile, as Ochaco got to the lowest level, and looked back up to the building.
"She's trapped...now, I can go and find the bomb. Yuki-kun has Bakugo-san, I can leave her to him, my priority is to get the bomb...don't worry Yuki-kun, I've got it...phew, I'm glad we did it quickly, I was getting really tired holding up all that debris."
Ochaco ran inside of the building as the onlookers cheered for what had happened, excited to see what was going to happen next.
Meanwhile, Yuki and Katsuki stared one another down, with the latter being more curious as to the true capabilities Yuki had, while Yuki saw that Katsuki looked unusually tired for the brief time they fought. While it seemed like she could keep going for a good while, he noticed that she did look more tired than he would have expected
Katsuki looked at the bracer on her arm, then towards Yuki himself.
"If I was to do my best, then I'd use this..."
Yuki notices Katsuki's eyes on her bracer, so he pulls forward.
"Kacchan. Are you going to use it? I want to see your best, like I know you want mine."
Katsuki's eyes met with his own for a few moments.
She looked at the bracer, then towards him once more.
Seeing the determined face he had, reminded her of her own determination.
So she placed her hand to her bracer, and pulled out the pin, something that All Might widened his eyes at.
"Young Bakugo! Do not pull that-"
"Don't worry All Might, it's alright."
Yuki replied as he landed on the ground, and placed both hands on said ground.
All Might looked through the camera, and though Yuki couldn't see him, Yuki's eyes glanced at the camera briefly.
All Might held back as Katsuki growled.
"You asked for it! Have this!"
Katsuki unleashed all of the sweat she had stored up, becoming like a beam of explosive power that broke through the entire corridor. The power behind it was something even surprising the likes of Momo and Tenya.
Shoto watched as Yuki reformed not only the level they were on, but the upper and lower levels, the entire corridors all bent and twisted around, that was a sight to behold.
Each of the levels corridors formed several walls before him, all within a matter of a few moments, and as the explosive force went on, Yuki reformed a few more walls from the levels above and below to have some extra protection.
Some of the walls were shattered thanks to the explosive power, and then some began to crumble after having huge cracks in them. Then finally the last few walls Yuki had laid managed to only gain some of the shockwave of the power which lead to having some cracks run through them.
Seeing him shape such things in quick succession, All Might could see he had come a good long way.
Yuki allowed the remaining areas to return to how they were before, but left a good deal of damage.
Katsuki stood on the other side of the destructed area, as Yuki twitched his neck, exhaling.
"Damn it Yuki, you've gotten better."
"Goes the same for you Kacchan. Such power behind your explosions, and your speed has increased a good bit."
Katsuki tightened her hands, as she stood tall.
However, she felt the throbbing in her arms, from using her Quirk so much so quickly.
"Even back then, you were someone I thought was a strong guy. It's why I quite liked you."
He was surprised she brought that up all of a sudden.
"Kacchan..."
"But I need to become stronger, seeing how you've progressed, I can't stop, I have to become stronger than I am now..."
Yuki could sense something within her voice.
Like she was trying to hide something, and the way she spoke, he believed he had an idea on what was going on as well.
So Yuki pulled forward, as he looked around.
"What do you say we find a better space than this to fight? I want your all Kacchan, and I know you want mine, and this area isn't suited to our all."
Katsuki was slightly surprised.
But she was more than willing.
"Fine, lets go."
Yuki and Katsuki ran down a corridor together, neither attacking the other.
They eventually found a large room. Windows were on the back, and pillars were also within the room.
Yuki's eyes met with Katsuki's own, as Yuki held his hand out while she did the same thing.
"So tell me Kacchan, what's going on? You've been acting different to usual."
"If you beat me, you'll find out!"
Katsuki thrust her hands back, and unleashed strong explosions, propelling her through the air, and at Yuki himself.
Yuki saw as she did, she winced. He looked at her arms, and saw that they were shaking as she did what she did.
"She's in pain right now...she's pushing herself so hard. While indeed she is getting stronger with sweating more, there's something else going on. Like something inside is driving her to go beyond the normal limits she should be going…."
When getting close, she thrusted her hand towards him, but she set off an explosion before reaching him, and creating some smoke before his eyes, as she propelled herself up above him.
She then whirled above him, and got behind, detonating an explosion to try and take him out.
But he whizzed around, and kicked her hand, so her explosion went off towards the windows, shattering a few of them with the shockwave produced by her power, then he got in close, and slammed his hand down, creating a massive pillar that came flying at her.
She tried to dodge, but because she was so close, the pillar slammed into her upper body and pinned her to the back wall.
She let out a wince, while placing her hands onto the structure that he had formed.
Yuki looked at her arms, seeing that her fingernails digging into the structure before her the best she could do.
"Kacchan..."
"Damn it, I wont be beaten so easily!"
Yuki's eyes broadened when he heard that, as she channelled her power into her hands, and released a very strong explosion. Aided by the fact that she was sweating more, she was able to fight better the more she moved around and became sweatier, her power destroyed the pillar, albeit with a pant.
Yuki didn't give her time, and sent several pillars for her, each moving so fast that All Might was surprised.
But Katsuki shot off her explosions to the right, and dodged several of the pillars. Each pillar slammed into the wall, causing it to shake from the attack, and leave holes in said walls as they collided together.
She did well to dodge them all, only for Yuki to be riding on the last one, and used the momentum of the pillar to propel him through the air, getting towards Katsuki, and charged his fist up with One For All's energy.
"Detroit Smaaaaaaaaash!"
Yuki aimed his fist down as it embedded into Katsuki's stomach, using the pressure to blast her down towards the ground.
As she did, she hit the ground hard, Yuki flipped back, landing on the ground as he looked over her.
He made sure he didn't use enough power to cause enough injuries to hurt her more than he should do.
Still, even when punching, since he didn't want to hurt Katsuki, he cared for her, even if this was a practice match, he didn't want to cause any damage to her.
But he knew if he did pull any of his punches, even if she didn't know of his full power because right now he couldn't fully use One For All, if she sensed that he wasn't trying to win the fight, then she wouldn't be happy with him, so he would do his best.
Katsuki placed a hand on her torso, as she looked up towards him.
"Yuki..."
She began pulling herself up, while Yuki clenched his fists together.
Seeing her try so hard, truly was something he found amazing.
"You've...gotten stronger...you had to...survive on your own, because I, I couldn't..."
Yuki could hear sadness in her voice.
Something that made him wonder what was truly going on.
"We've both gotten stronger Kacchan, but there's something else...what is-"
"I wont be weak again!"
"Again...when were you weak before?"
An anguished expression passed on her face for a brief moment as Yuki gazed at her.
As he did, a memory came to the surface…
It had been a week since the young boy, and Katsuki began speaking to one another. It was on a semi regular basis, the boy who wasn't sure what to really say at first, was becoming more accustomed to speaking to her.
He thought it was because of her ability to speak her mind and didn't hold her opinions back, he really did like that about her.
As they sat in the park, under the slide so they didn't get caught up in the snow with Katsuki's Mother not far away speaking to some of her friends, the boy held cards out in front of him, as did Katsuki, while the boy looked at the scarf around her neck.
"Right, we're gonna play this. It's a game to do with Hero's, you see, lay it down and they have stats. You have the better ones, and you win, simple right?"
Katsuki explained, the boy looked at his cards, before smiling.
"All Might."
"Yeah, I've got lots of All Might's, you got any?"
The boy shook his head.
"No."
"Why? Your parents not buy you any?"
The boy shook his head.
"No...I don't...have any."
"You don't have any..." She paused, realizing what he meant. "...Oh, you don't have any parents..."
Katsuki looked over him, and couldn't imagine it, since she did have parents, even if she didn't always get along with them, she still had them, so to hear this boy didn't have any, made her wonder what it was like.
"Yes. Are...your Mommy...and Daddy...nice…?"
"My Dad...he's a clown...and my Mom's scary...but they're alright I guess."
Katsuki replied as the boy placed a card down, and took one of Katsuki's own.
"I'm winning, yes?"
"Not for long..." As she spoke, she realized she didn't even have a name for him. "...Wait, I just thought, what do I call you?"
"Hmm?"
"Your name, you never told me."
"I...I…my name...I don't..."
"You don't really have a name huh. You have to have a name! Come up with something!"
"Eh...I don't know...what's a good name…?"
Katsuki laughed.
"What about Bluey?"
"Is that a name?"
"Maybe not. What about Blueberry?"
The boy tilted his head.
"A blueberry?"
"Never mind that, it sucks. Erm...Ocean."
"Ocean?"
"Well, maybe that wont be good, I was going off your hair but maybe...ugh, hmn, a name...a name..."
Katsuki furrowed her brows, as she looked around.
She looked at the different things around to see if anything could give her inspiration…
Then she saw from the sky, snow was coming down.
Snow…
The white pure snow…
Her eyes went towards the young boy, then she smiled.
"Yuki."
"Y...Yuki?"
"Yeah, spelt like this, it means snow..." Katsuki wrote it in the forming snow outside of the slide. "See? Perfect or what!"
"Yuki...Yuki...I'm...Yuki...!"
For the first time, she saw that he became a little more energetic, something that she liked.
"Right, Yuki."
"Then...Kacchan."
"K-Kacchan?"
Katsuki demanded, Yuki nods.
"Yes...a nickname...Kacchan. I saw...friends give...each other nicknames...you gave me...this, so I thought...Kacchan was nice..."
"Kacchan...seriously, calling me such a cutesy thing like that..."
Though she said that, it didn't seem she was against it either.
But then she saw that he was shaking.
Furrowing her brows, she took off her scarf, and wrapped it around his neck, surprising him.
"Kacchan..."
"You looked cold, that's all."
The newly named Yuki's cheeks turned red as he smiled towards Katsuki, who looked away with some embarrassment, but to Yuki...this was something that he truly did cherish...for the first time in a long time...someone cared, and to Yuki...it was the best feeling, to have someone he could begin thinking of as his friend...
Snapping out of the memory, Yuki watched as Katsuki thrusted her hands backwards, and then set off her explosive power.
She came at him with several attacks, but each he managed to dodge out of the way, the explosions ripping through the floor they were on and turning it into a place full of holes, something Yuki could tell was showing how much stronger she had become.
When she got in close, she came in from the right, so Yuki twirled his body and got behind Katsuki.
His legs wrapped around her, as he bent back.
"What the-"
Before she could finish, with her between his thighs, he did a back flip, and threw her towards the back wall.
Katsuki thrusted her hands back to stop the momentum, managing before she did hit the back wall, only to see that with Yuki's hands still on the ground as his body was bent backwards.
The ground came up in a pillar, which hit her shoulder, and sent her down to the ground.
Yuki did the full flip, getting to his feet, and turned to see that she was pulling herself up.
"You have...gotten better, and you're not...taking it easy on me...good. If you had...I would have been so pissed at you!"
"I know, that's precisely why I can't take it easy Kacchan."
"But even then...I wont give up. I'm going to become stronger!"
Katsuki thrusted her hands behind her, and released powerful explosions that propelled her forward.
However, rather than go right for him, she began to surround him more and more, Yuki seeing that as she did, she was building up more and more speed, sweating more and more, which allowed her power to increase.
But as it did, Yuki noticed the pain etched onto her face. Even as she was running around to increase her sweating and therefore increase the potential power that she had, Yuki thought that it was a rather smart move for her to do considering what was going on.
When she finally paused her movements, she turned her hands towards Yuki, and the power she had built up came right for him, so Yuki flowed One For All through his arm, going to 20 percent of his power, and then angled his fist upwards.
"Detroit Smash!"
Using the upwards angle, and the thrust, the wind built up enough force that the explosion was directed away from him, and smashed into the ceiling, causing it to break and come crumbling down towards them both.
Yuki took this time to retract his fist back, and used One For All to create some more wind.
"Texas Smash!"
Using his fist, he fired off a wind blast that came right for Katsuki, sweeping up all of the debris in the attack.
She placed her hands before her, and concentrated, shooting off the strongest explosion she could do. She managed to destroy a good deal of it, but the wind still swept her back, and forced her to hit the back wall.
She spat out bile, while Yuki inhaled and exhaled, feeling more and more emotional pain as he saw Katsuki being harmed.
Landing on the ground, Katsuki panted hard and heavy.
Yuki could see that she was tired, more so than he imagined she'd be.
He presumed it was because she had been working out that morning.
She pulled herself to her feet, thrusting a hand to the side, and set off an explosion around her hand.
"Lets do this Yuki...!"
Katsuki launched herself at him.
Building more and more momentum, Yuki did the same thing, and got ready to deliver a final punch to end this.
Moving more and more, Yuki and Katsuki clash with one another, with a massive explosion accompanied by wind pressure surrounded them.
A clash with their emotions shown on their faces.
Yuki saw his hand being damaged by her explosive force, which he found to be quite amazing due to the fact he was using One For All, but he didn't stop his own attack, and kept powering on.
Katsuki also saw that her arm was shaking from the impact of the attack.
The ground around them shattered, and they fell through towards the bottom of the building.
Large cracks appeared across the building, running upwards more and more as Katsuki and Yuki kept clashing with their fists, that was until the shockwave generated with their initial attack came between them.
As the shockwave ran between them within the span of a few seconds, the pair were launched away from the other.
Yuki flipped, and landed on the wall, while Katsuki hit the wall, and fell down, Yuki noticing that she had fallen unconscious.
"Kacchan!" Rushing closer, then kneeling down when getting to her, he took her shoulders. "Hey Kacchan! Wake up!" Shaking her, didn't help, so he immediately took her into his arms, and carried her bridal style. "All Might, this match has to-"
"With the Hero Team managing to capture the bomb and subdue the Villains, the Hero's win!"
Before Yuki could finish, All Might announced that over the intercom.
Yuki released a breath, and looked towards Katsuki sleeping in his arms, while he was happy for the victory, he was more concerned about Katsuki, so he took off to the nurses office for Recovery Girl to take a look over her.
All Might noticed, and smiled.
"Even though he's won, he's more concerned for his friends. Victories are good, but bonds with others are what makes a good life, Young Yuki, you really do care so much for those around. I'll go and check on them in a bit...but, it seems that even Young Uraraka has been inspired by Young Yuki, pushing herself to keep up the debris for as long as she did, and fight an opponent that had more skill."
All Might was proud of his student and what he had accomplished.
The rest of the day, Yuki spent within the nurses office, and still Katsuki hadn't woken up. Recovery Girl assured him that she simply was exhausted, but he didn't leave her side, even after the school day had ended.
All Might came in several times to check, as did people like Himiko, Ochaco, even Tenya and Momo did a few times along with pretty much all of the class, even Shoto came in to check, something Yuki found to be truly nice of them.
As he sat waiting for her to wake, he held her hand tightly, as All Might came walking in.
"Young Yuki, I should tell you today, you excelled and did very well, your speed and technique as well as power have improved, even your control over your power, how finely you were able to capture the girls, and fight them off. Your use of your power, and the inspiration that you've inspired within the class, they all tried extra hard. I've even had their matches recorded for you to watch whenever you wish. I've sent them to your phone."
Yuki gently smiled towards All Might.
"That's really sweet, I did feel sad that I couldn't see my classmates in action."
"And Young Bakugo..."
Yuki shook her head.
"Still asleep, Recovery Girl said she'd be waking up soon hopefully. But All Might...today, Kacchan...I think I understand what's going on inside of her. So don't worry, I intend to speak to her, and get it out on the table."
All Might inclined his neck.
"Yes, that would be best. Now if you'll excuse me. If you need me..."
"I know, thanks All Might. Conserve your time."
All Might bowed, and left the room.
Yuki stayed with Katsuki, staring at her sleeping face.
"What are you doing Kacchan? Making me feel worried about you…because I am worried about you Kacchan. I understand what's going on now. Kacchan..."
He waited for a good long while, as he held onto her hand.
As darkness was beginning to form outside, Katsuki's eyes finally began to open.
She groaned as she began sitting up.
Yuki became overwhelmed with happiness, and got onto the bed.
Calmly, he wrapped his arms around her, her head falling to his chest.
"Yuki...what are you..."
"I was worried about you, because you've been pushing yourself too hard, haven't you?"
Katsuki paused.
Her eyes looked up to see his concerned ones right back down towards her.
"...I have to become strong..."
"Not like this, pushing yourself to near exhaustion, it isn't healthy at all. Today, even before the battle trial, you were already mentally exhausted, and even looked physically tired as well. Kacchan, why do you feel the need to push yourself so hard-"
"Because I have to...or else...or else you could be..."
She expressed with as tears formed in her eyes.
She didn't want to show them, but she couldn't help but feel emotions beginning to come to the surface.
Yuki exhaled through his nose as he spoke to her.
"Kacchan. You're tired, and you were in pain as we fought." His hand placed itself on the right hand side of her face, brushing it delicately. "Tell me, ever since we came back together...there's something going on, something you're not telling me."
"...Yuki, the circumstances of you leaving..."
Yuki bowed his head.
He fully understood now what was going on.
"It wasn't your fault Kacchan. It was the fault of a mad man."
"If I was stronger, you could have stayed with me! But...I was weak...back then, I was too weak...and you had to go...and if it happens again...what if I'm to weak to do anything this time as well…? I can't...I refuse to be weak."
"There's nothing weak about you Kacchan."
Katsuki shook her head several times, trying and failing to keep it together.
"I...I don't want to lose you..."
When she said that, Yuki began adopting teary eyes.
So passion filled, so open.
She was being very truthful right now, showing everything she had inside of her.
"So you're pushing yourself so hard...I don't want to lose you either. It's a driving force for me to grow stronger, become better. What happened, I don't want to happen again, I never want to be apart from you or anyone I care for. But doing it this way isn't good Kacchan. We can do it together, you don't have to shoulder my circumstances."
"It's not shouldering your circumstances, I want to be someone that can fight beside you...I don't want to lose you ever again."
"...Kacchan, you don't...have to worry about me, I'm not going anywhere again...I wont leave you. The first time...it nearly broke me. I couldn't even fathom doing it again."
Katsuki began to blush as she shifted her body onto his own.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, he did the same thing, but one arm wrapped around her waist, and supported her with his hand on her back, his other hand still remained on her face, giving her soft skin delicate strokes.
"Kacchan...promise me, you wont push yourself so hard. If you want to get strong, do it with me. Lets become stronger together. I don't want to see you in such a state. Becoming strong is good, working hard is good...but doing it too much isn't good."
"...Only if you promise me something."
Yuki tilted his neck, nodding a single time.
"What?"
Katsuki edges closer, and closer.
Her lips come towards Yuki's own.
He didn't resist, and in fact leaned into the kiss between them.
Inches apart, felt like miles.
Agonizingly, moving closer and closer to one another.
But thankfully, didn't last long as they finally came together in a strong kiss between them.
Years of feelings cultivated in a passionate kiss between them.
One that neither wanted to stop anytime soon, expressing their love for one another.
As they kissed, All Might went to come into the room, but stopped when he saw through the small opening that they were in fact kissing one another.
"So Young Yuki and Young Bakugo huh...it's really sweet, I knew they liked one another."
Not wanting to disturb them, he moved away from the door, and walked away.
Yuki and Katsuki continued their kiss for a half a minute, before pulling away, with the pair of them blushing at the other.
"Kacchan, that was..."
"Yeah...I quite liked it, Yuki..."
"Me too." Katsuki gave a small smirk, as Yuki budges closer with his face. "So, what did you want to ask me?"
Katsuki, with her body still on his lap, placed her head on his shoulder.
"It's not a question, more of a statement. Basically, whatever happens now...ever hold back on me and I will kick your ass! I want your best, and I'll give you my own! Understand?!"
"Hehe...that's the Kacchan I know~"
Katsuki blinks as Yuki lightly kisses her cheek.
Touching the place he kissed, an idea came to her mind.
"Good...now, it's time to go to the dorms."
"The dorms?"
Yuki wondered, since he knew Katsuki didn't live there, or at least not yet.
"I'm staying over, got a problem?"
"I don't."
Yuki smiled out, as Katsuki leaned against him, feeling more calm than before.
Returning to the dorms, Yuki went inside together with Katsuki. Forgoing food for a few moments, Yuki and Katsuki went towards his room.
He knew she had told her parents about it, and he himself also told All Might, which he said he was fine with it.
Inside of his room, Katsuki got onto the bed as she took her shoes off, leaving her uniform on. Yuki took off his shirt, leaving him in pants only.
Her eyes lingered on his toned chest, then her eyes went towards his own.
"Come."
Offering no resistance as she took his hand, he was brought onto the bed.
Getting onto the bed, his arms went around her, as she laid on his chest.
Leaning down, he quietly kissed her forehead, soothing the young woman.
His fingers ran through her blonde hair, while his other hand rested on own his stomach, as Katsuki grabbed said hand and linked her fingers with his own. Giving a soft gentle stroke of her hand with his thumb, Yuki and Katsuki locked eyes.
"You know Kacchan, I always dreamed about this."
"Dreamed of what?"
Yuki lightly laughed.
"I always dreamed about...living normally, you know? This feels...so normal, but a very great thing at the same time. This feels...just being here, with you, my Kacchan, I'm really happy."
"So, we're together..."
"Yeah...Kacchan. So, you're like my girlfriend then?"
"Girlfriend...I guess so."
Sharing a small kiss between them, Yuki and Katsuki curl up to one another.
Katsuki usually wouldn't be into these kind of things, but this...right now, was the best kind of feeling that she could feel, she felt calm and relaxed.
All of the worries that she could have had, were seemingly millions of miles away while Yuki peered at her.
She soon fell asleep, with Yuki smiling towards her.
"Kacchan...I'm not going anywhere, All For One isn't going to get to win anymore...we'll stay together now."
All of the things she felt, Yuki understood well.
She wanted to keep him safe, just as much as he did with her.
He knew now, Yuki and Katsuki would be quite the force together.
That they could work hard, together, and be together, after all this time apart.
With those thoughts in his mind, he began drifting off to sleep as well.
"Yuki...it's your time..."
But as he did, he heard the same female voice once more, calling out his name.
The voice that was connected, to One For All…
End chapter!
So this chapter focused on building more of the relationship between Yuki and Katsuki, getting more of their past together. Himiko also briefly had a confrontation with Ochaco, who right now wouldn't be able to beat Himiko, but managed to trap her in a room thanks to her Quirk. Katsuki also gave it her all, as Yuki repelled her attacks and managed to edge out a victory.
Then at the end, after Katsuki and Yuki become rather close, show their feelings for the other, and Yuki fell asleep, it seems someone's contacting him, so we'll see where that goes!
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Yuki; Ochaco, Mei, Katsuki (fem), Shoto (fem), Momo, Himiko, Nejire, Tsuyu, Jiro, Camie, Itsuka, Ibara, Mirko,