A new day at UA began, and for the most part, everything was your standard high school morning, several classes with various heroes, one of which, English, was by far Ciana's easiest subject, same for Izuku who learned from her. Before they knew it, lunch had arrived, with all of 1-A gathering in the cafeteria in their own groups, mostly it was an even split between the boys and girls for the most part.

"Man, Finley and Yaoyorozu really nailed English, guess it pays to be from the west, huh?" Sero remarked, twirling his knife in his hand.

"I really get lost trying to use the right words still, it's probably my worst subject next to math," Kirishima scratched his head, taking a drink as he eyed Izuku. "Say, Midoriya? You have any notes on how to make this stuff easier, or does Finley?"

"O-oh, um, I can g-give you some pointers in the a-afternoon, I'm sure Ciana wouldn't m-mind," He answered.

"Great, you're a life-saver, man!" He clapped his hands in praise to the greenette.

Just then, Mineta and Kaminari made their way to the end of the table, the short one looking mighty confident. "Now then, it's time we discussed an important matter while we have this golden opportunity,"

"What's that?" Sato pipped up, the others looking to Mineta for an answer.

He smirked, waving his finger, "Why, about the girls of course," Mineta's words had various reactions from the boys, more so Izuku's face froze up as he dropped his fork. "To discuss who's the hottest babe in the class."

"Nope, I'm out," Sero put his hands up, grabbing his tray.

"Sorry, man, but that's totally uncalled for, especially since we've only met them and all," Kirishima frowned awkwardly.

"Told you they'd be against it," Kaminari shrugged, trying to act innocent in all this.

"You agreed with me - and besides, what's wrong with it?" Mineta shrugged.

"Mineta, that is highly inappropriate behaviour, and especially toward our female classmates! It's harassment!" Iida shot back, looking furious with him.

But he waved it off, "No it's not... is it?" He blinked.

"I'm with Iida on this one," Sato added, having already got his tray too.

"So it's wrong for me to say that Uraraka is hot?" Mineta pushed.

"Yes!" Iida chopped the air with his hand but sighed sharply as he looked to his friends. "Come now, Midoriya, Kirishima, we shouldn't fuel their sick fantasies," But Izuku was still like a mouse, staring down at his food. "Midoriya?"

"Stick in the muds - so, what's you take? I'd say my choices are between Ashido and Yaoyorozu, both have really great bodies," Mineta moved on without a hitch as Kaminari rubbed his chin, looking around aimlessly.

"Hrm... I guess what you said, Hagakure's bit of a unique case what with her being invisible and all," He replied.

"This is outrageous...!" Iida spat, moving out of the booth but again, Midoriya didn't budge, his eyes hidden from view by his eyes as the next comment made his heart stop.

"Say, what about Finley? She's pretty cute, shy too," Kaminari motioned with a finger but Mineta blew a raspberry, rolling his eyes.

"Too bland, compared to the others she doesn't stand out, like-"

Suddenly, a loud snap shook the table, and the boys still present all froze at what they saw, even Mineta and Kaminari shrunk back as Iida cleared his throat, appearing worried for his friend. "Midoriya?"

"Huh, yeah?" He blinked, completely unaware of what just happened.

"Your hand," Iida pointed out as Izuku glanced to see that he now held the corner of the table, completely snapped off like it was made of plywood. His eyes widened, looking at the others with a somewhat frightened expression.

"I-I gotta go, s-sorry," Without even grabbing his lunch, he swiftly made his way out of the boys' circle and out of the mess hall, feeling his heart racing with panic and anger.

Ciana just returned to the mess hall from the bathroom… in time to see Izuku rushing out with an upset expression… Ciana was very surprised to see him like that as she watched the way he left. "Huh? Izuku?" She mumbled out in concern for her friend…

Glancing at the boys behind her, she took notice the guys looked just as confused and frightened? Cianas eyes narrowed in question as she ended up going to approach their table. "Hey… what's wrong with Izuku? He looked kinda upset… Did something happen?"

She asked the boys as her eyes scanned them in suspicion what one of them could have said and done to her friend.

"...well, ya see," Kirishima rubbed his nape, but Mineta cut in.

"Don't rat us out!" The short teen's warning was a red flag in Ciana's eyes as she looked to Iida who shared her disapproving stare.

"Mineta and Kaminari were trying to start an inappropriate conversation about our female classmates, yourself included, but Midoriya seemed to have had a bad reaction to that as you can see," His firm glare softened a little at how Izuku snapped silently.

Ciana was confused about what that sudden topic was about for him to get upset… was it about Uraraka? Or… Ciana wasn't sure what set him off, glancing behind her in concern then to the pervy kid…

Ciana glared at him. "I'll be back to talk about this later…" Ciana tells him with a very serious tone, not even showing any shyness or stuttering… now quickly running out of the mess hall to go find Izuku, already looking very worried for him.

Locating Izuku wasn't hard. Not far down the hall, Ciana spotted him sitting on the stairs, doing the same breathing exercises they learned to improve their training with Total Concentration. She frowned at the knitted brow and distraught expression he wore. Sitting down next to him, he flinched and glanced at her as he continued his pattern. "Hey," He said with as little energy as possible.

"Hey…" I noticed you ran off looking upset… what happened in there?" Ciana asks as her expression looked pretty concerned, she eyed her friend with worry.

"...just, really stupid things," Was all he allowed himself to say, cupping his hands together, not meeting her gaze. What Mineta said about Ciana made his stomach turn and his blood begin to boil. He had never felt like that before, it was honestly unexpected. "I didn't mean to make you worry,"

She was indeed worried about her friend, staring at him as she wondered what suddenly made him like this. Ciana placed her hand on his shoulder in a comforting manner. "I never seen you look that upset before… this is unlike you, what did the guys exactly say to get under your skin like that Izuku?" Ciana asks as her tone was soft and gentle.

"They were saying rude things, t-that's all, l-like I said it was dumb, a-and I snapped I guess..." He lied slightly, he couldn't tell her, his thoughts wouldn't allow it. "Really, i-it was nothing."

"It really didn't seem like nothing…" She was pretty observant and knew he wouldn't take off like that if it was nothing. "I heard they were talking about some inappropriate things about the girls here… were you… mad about something they said about a girl you liked?" Ciana took a guess, thinking maybe it was a jealousy reaction.

"N-no, it was because he..." Again, he found himself clamping up, looking down at his lap. "Sorry, I... I can't say,"

Ciana guessed her hunch might have been right… her eyes looking more sad, Ciana tried to take another guess as she looked up at the ceiling. "Did they say something mean like you'll never get a girl here? Or… was it… something about me?"

She asks as her eyes scanned any reaction of the ideas she guessed.

Shaking his head, Izuku bit his cheek. What should he do? He didn't want to say what Mineta thought of her, Ciana already saw herself pretty pessimistically, this would only further that destructive mindset. He just stared at his feet. "...I can't say."

This meant it could've been either, but a gut feeling told Ciana it might've been about her.

Ciana wasn't sure why he didn't want to say unless he thought it was going to hurt her feelings… Ciana had no idea what he was mad about that involved her. Ciana sat in silence for a few moments as she tried to figure out what to say. "I'm not sure what they could have said that bothered you so much… but if it's anything rude that they said about me then I couldn't care less." She waved it off and might have laughed a bit.

"I can guess they probably said something like I'm either boring or unattractive, but not like I really care what they think. I mean I already knew people might think of me that way, after all they don't know I'm not like them and I stand out anyways compared to everyone. So you don't have to worry about how I might feel." She tried to lighten the mood with a smile, not wanting something like this to bug him over how she felt.

"Please, Ciana, it's just... it was just stupid slander, that's all," He tried encase she questioned the source itself.

"Hm?" Ciana blinked her eyes a few times, a bit of confusion, this really seemed like it was serious to him. "Why would this concern you so much? It's just dumb gossip, you really don't need to worry about how I feel, really." She tries to cheer him up, putting on a sad smile. Ciana is confused why he was so bothered how she felt… she didn't think he cared so much.

Slowly, he stood up again, sighing as he realized there was no point trying to argue with her now, she was adamant she wouldn't care but Izuku knew words hurt like hell, more than punches most of the time. "...lunch is nearly over, so we should go back," He murmured, not facing her. He just couldn't understand it, he believed what she was saying, but her eyes match that at all. "...and I can't help but worry,"

Ciana watched the way he stood up as she looked really surprised how he's actually taking this… Ciana never guessed how much he actually cared what other people thought of her… it confused her a little but… Ciana knew how words hurt him when people always look down on him… Ciana guessed he was afraid she felt the exact same thing he did…

Ciana frowned more as she stared at her friend. "Izuku…" standing up herself… Ciana ends up hugging him from behind." I… I won't lie, there are things people say hurt me… I lived with that most of my life as well… but… meeting people like you really helped me to be strong about it…" she ends up saying softly, her grip tightened a bit more around him…

Izuku's frown lifted a bit, feeling his heart race at her hug before resting a hand on her arm. "...I still can't say..."

"You don't have to say anything…" she says with a little smile in her voice as she hugged him tighter. "Whenever anyone says anything in a way they look down on me now, I think of you… knowing you see me the same way I see you that's there's more to us that meets the eye, I learned to be strong and still be happy knowing I have amazing friends like you… and because of you I know they will see the real me one day, just like how I know they will see how amazing you are." Ciana says, her arms not letting go of him yet. What people might say about her does hurt her inside… knowing even Bakugo still disapproves of her… but Ciana was determined to be strong…

She might even be starting to shed some tears as she is holding him now… secretly she is worried she might be becoming a nuisance to people lately…

"I just... don't want you to go through what I have," He whispered, squeezing her arm. "Sorry, if you do ask then... be strong," It was the best he could think of. But he knew better, that wasn't enough, he just hoped her words were true and she could handle being basically ladled so callously. "We should really head back though,"

"We probably should start heading back… it's not good for us to skip lunch." She responds, Ciana felt a bit warm inside realizing how much Izuku cared about her enough to consider how she felt… it actually made her feel a little happy as a blush slowly rose to her cheeks.


Afternoon classes soon started up again, with Izuku and Ciana returning in better spirits on the surface at least. Parting ways, Ciana's desk sat at the end of the class due to the odd number, meaning Ciana sat behind a boy with hair split perfectly down the middle, white on the right side, and red on the left. So far, the boy never really talked to anyone, he, alongside Katsuki, never made an appearance until much later yesterday.

As Ciana was sitting at her desk, she didn't pay much attention to who she was sitting next to. Cianas thoughts began to drift towards Bakugo, after the other night she still worried what he exactly planned to do… it seemed like he was really set on confronting Izuku. "This could end up really bad… I have to make sure to keep a close eye on the both of them, I'm afraid how bad Izuku might get hurt…"

Ciana remembered how Izuku's powers affected his body… it really scared her to imagine how much he might push himself to defend himself… Ciana glanced at Izuku a few times with fear in her eyes. "Izuku… whatever happens, please be careful…"

"I Am Here!" From the doorway, All Might flew into the door wearing a different costume than his normal attire. "Coming through the door like a hero!" He declared proudly. His sudden appearance had the whole class in a buzz at his Silver Age costume, others for the fact he was really a teacher at UA now.

"Time for the most important class at UA High, think of it as Hero 101, here you will learn the basics of being a pro and what it means to fight in the name of good!" He stated loudly. "Let's get into it!" With a flex, he spun around with a card held high saying 'battle' in bright letters. "Today will hold no punches!"

"Fight training!" Katsuki grinned like the Devil.

"Real combat...!" Izuku gulped. His worst fears might've just come back to bite him.

"But the key to being a hero is... looking good!" Against the left-hand wall, several silver cases came out of the wall with numbers matching their seating. "These were designed based on your quirk registration forms the requests you sent in before school started," This, of course, put the class into another uproar. "Get suited up, then meet me at Training Ground Beta!"

"Yes Sir!"

It was really nice to see the top hero again after so long, Ciana giggled at everyone's excitement toward him. "Already he's a teacher and he looks like he will make the class a lot of fun." Ciana comments to herself with a smile.

Ciana was surprised to hear they will be getting new outfits to wear that perked her up in a little confusion. "Huh? O-our own hero costumes? T-that almost sounds too soon…" Ciana felt pretty flustered by the idea, turning her attention back to Izuku. She wondered if he would wear the outfit he designed for himself… already she was very interested to see what he would look like in his own outfit, once everyone was getting up she went to her friend for answers.

"Izuku, I-I never heard that we get our own costumes already… aren't we still training to be heroes?" Ciana asks him a bit flustered and nervously, knowing they are training but thought they would be in their gym wear again.

After grabbing his case, Izuku turned to Ciana's anxious expression. "Well, while we can do that, learning while wearing our costumes helps us grow used to wearing them for long periods of time, and if there needs to be any adjustments," He then grabbed a case labelled '21' and held it out for Ciana. "But after overviewing our designs we shouldn't have any discomfort but we're free to add modifications by sending a notice to the company that designed our outfits or the Support Course,"

"Huh, I see…" the idea of her wearing a costume already made her feel like she's attending a comic convention… not that she didn't think the idea was cool but it was a little odd for her, rubbing her neck more flusteredly as she smiled shyly.

"T-this sure is becoming more exciting… I can't imagine how I'll look, especially since I didn't have any ideas for my costume yet, what about you? Are… you going to wear the costume you designed from your notes?" Ciana now asks as her eyes now show curiosity of that possibility.

"Yep," He perked up, then slumped a bit. "Of course, after being told the attachments to my head looked like rabbit ears... had to shorten them," Ciana giggled at that. It was meant to be an homage to All Might's hair but Ciana said it looked more like rabbit ears, and changed up his mask to be a metal rebreather instead of the hard plastic version from his original design. "That aside, I hope my designs for yours are good,"

Ciana blushed remembering the costume he put together for her, knowing that Izuku designed something just for her made it feel like it's going to be special… blushing a bit more now as she looked away bashfully with a smile. "I-I'm sure it will since it came from you…"

Ciana ended up saying happily and a little excitedly, having a big smile on her face just knowing Izuku did that just for her. "Well! We better start getting suited up like your hero said!" Ciana expresses with her fist pumped as she waits by the door for Izuku to come along.


Suited up, the class made their way toward the end of the tunnel to meet with All Might. "They say that the clothes make the pros ladies and gentlemen and behold you are the proof," All Might announced. "Take this to heart, from now on you are all heroes in training!"

They stepped outside, admiring each other's costumes that ranged from simplicity and effectiveness to style and flash. "You're getting me ramped up, you all look so cool!" All Might gushed over their designs.

Izuku's was a green full-body jumpsuit with a red belt, elbow pads, knee pads, and gloves, along with his signature red boots. He also wore a mask with short ear-like protrusions, and a steel respirator that hung around his neck. Despite the few tweaks, he felt giddy in his new suit, it felt breathable and durable as he adjusted the respirator. "I wonder what Ciana... looks..." His face was covered by his mask, but steam visibly rose from his head as he saw the sun catch her appearance. "...wow..."

Ciana stepped in to reveal her own costume she was now wearing… still having her hair in a ponytail with a light green elastic in it. It still felt strange for her to be dressing up like the hero's she thought were fictional… but so far it's becoming really cool for her! Ciana took a moment to look over herself, hardly believing this is the very one Izuku designed for her. "Wow… it even looks better than the picture."

Glancing up, Ciana could see everyone in their own outfits, looking very cool and interesting. It wasn't hard for her to discover Izuku… recognizing the costume he designed for himself, Ciana smiled when she saw him. Waving as she goes to approach. "Izuku!" She called out as she approached, once she was close enough she looked over his outfit, he looked like a rabbit which was cute. But his costume looked very unique as she smiled more. "Wow, you look great! I actually hardly even recognize you in that outfit." She comments with a bright smile on her face.

But Izuku didn't respond, taking in Ciana's new look. She wore a visor in the shape of a butterfly in emerald green, her costume consisting of a light green jumpsuit, the sides a darker shade with two yellow lines from her shoulders down to her thighs, and down the length of her arms. The right thigh is decorated with three butterflies in honeycomb yellow. Light green thigh-high socks tucked into tall black boots with two metal bands around the neck below her knees.

Two braces were present for her forearms and two bands of metal across her biceps, and a breastplate all a silver tint. Lastly, a yellow belt with two white pouches strapped to her left hip. And while he couldn't see it, there was a large yellow butterfly on her back. Izuku's face was scarlet beneath his mask, out of every girl, she was the only one he really paid attention to. She looked beautiful and fierce. Now how was that possible?

Ciana wasn't expecting no response, her expression now looking confused as her head tilted in curiosity and wonder. Ciana couldn't tell how Izuku was feeling due to his mask hiding his expression. "Izuku? You alright?" She asked as she wondered if he was nervous about starting their training soon…

"A-ah, yep, never better! Haha...!" He swore he might've actually been staring a little too much at how her new costume defined her figure, shaking his head of those tantalizing thoughts. "Y-you look awesome too!"

"Thank-" She blushed a bit herself.

"Hey you guys!" Running up to them was Uraraka wearing... a very defining suit herself. Hers was skin-tight from appearance alone. "You two look so cool! And your colours really go together so well!" Then she rubbed the back of her head embarrassingly. "I really should've been more specific about my costume, this suit's skin-tight!" She just went ahead and said it.

Ciana noticed their new friend coming over as well as her new costume, it looked like a very stylish pink space suit. It looked really cool to her as it really matched her superpower. Ciana smiled as she looked wowed by her superhero look. "Whoa, Uraraka you look amazing! I love the unique pink space style on you, it looks a lot like a cool space suit too, which is really cool because it matches your superpower perfectly, it's so you!"

Ciana commented with a wide smile, definitely finding her costume so pretty and very detailed on her. Ciana now glanced over to Izuku to see his reaction to her own outfit…

"I agree, it really fits your space aesthetic well," He nodded, simply offering his compliments to a friend, but his gaze didn't linger for even a fraction that it did on Ciana, in fact, he barely gave the other girls much of a glance aside from his usual mutterings about their choice in design and support gear. Compared to the drooling state that was Mineta, and even Kaminari's goofy smile, Izuku was completely unfazed.

Ciana was… very surprised by Izuku's reaction. Recently she had another vision the other night that they were in the middle of a training battle, but… not only was she not in it again but she thought that vision was going to be much later as she never expected they have their hero costumes already. It secretly surprised Ciana enough that her dream premonition was happening but that Izuku… didn't look very flustered around Uraraka as it went…

Ciana narrowed her eyes in confusion at Izuku while he had his focus on her. "Again, he… didn't act so bashful like in my dream, doesn't Izuku have a crush on her?" Ciana thought to herself in much confusion, not understanding why it's not going completely like how her dream went…

"Now that you're ready, it's time for combat training!" All Might declared to gather the class along the city street. But before then, Izuku turned his head to Ciana, noting her silence.

"Hm, you okay, Ciana?" Izuku echoed her previous question as she blinked slowly.

"Huh?" O-oh yeah! I-I'm fine…" Ciana replied, looking away while rubbing the back of her neck anxiously. "Things are not adding up as I thought they would… maybe it's because Izuku is used to being around girls more now like he mentioned before? Maybe he's getting better at hiding his feelings… that could be why he's not being obvious about it."

Ciana theorizes to herself, knowing Izuku likes Uraraka bothered her enough but her premonitions going differently definitely confused her. "I wonder if I should ask him about it later…"

"Sir-" Both Ciana and Izuku looked genuinely surprised to hear Iida's voice under the suit of armour. "-this if the faux city from our entrance exams, will we be conducting urban battles again?"

"Not quite, I'm going to move you two steps ahead!" All Might held up two fingers. "Most of the villain fights you see on the news happen outside, however, statistically speaking most run-ins with the most dastardly evildoers happen indoors. Think about it? Backroom deals, home invasions, secret underground lairs, the truly dangerous hide in the shadows; thus, your exercise will be a two-on-two battle, one side will be the heroes, the other, the villains,"

Unfortunately, everyone had questions on the dos and don'ts that All Might grumbled about him not having finished talking. Then, from his pocket, procured a tiny script to read off of. The situation was as followed, heroes will infiltrate the villains' lair and locate the bomb they have hidden, the villains must defend said bomb. If the bomb is touched by the heroes, that side wins, if time runs out, villains win or if one side has been incapacitated, the winning side... well wins.

"Time's limited so we'll decide using lots!" All Might shook a box before them.

"Isn't there a better way?" Iida asked.

"No, think about it, Pros often have to team up with other agencies on the spot, so that's the reason we're seeing it here," Izuku explained sharply.

"Yes, I see... life is a series of random events," Iida then bowed. "Excuse my rudeness,"

"No sweat! Let's draw!" All Might declared.

"Sounds a bit like my situation with the guy that's stalking me…" Ciana places her hand on her chin to process this. "Also sounds like we will be doing this in teams too… right, doesn't Izuku pair up with Uraraka in this?"

Ciana glances at Izuku again as she recalls more of her vision. "They made a good team during the battle test… I guess it makes sense why they pair up here, I'm already getting nervous again…" Ciana looks around the group to see how serious and determined they are to pass.

"Everyone sure is all fired up again, especially Bakugo… I wonder who I'll end up getting paired with?" Ciana asks herself anxiously as she focuses on what All Might might say more.

"And in case you're wondering, with your class being an odd number I'll leave the choice up to all of you on who should fight a second battle and on which team will have the three person advantage! Sometime to spice up the challenge!" The Pro added as a few groaned at the idea of being beaten due to misfortune.

With that, everyone came up to pick their lot, Ciana fished around for hers, procuring a ball with the letter 'A' on it. "Then who am I with...?" She pondered until a slight tap on her shoulder drew her gaze around to her ally.

"G-guess we're a team, t-that's good," Izuku smiled under his mask, holding up a ball with the same letter. In reality, he was relieved it was someone he could work with, and his best friend no less. Maybe that bad luck was starting to waver? He could only hope.

Not that Ciana wasn't happy with the idea but once again she was very shocked. "Wha…?" Ciana had to blink a few times to once again process the letter she got, glancing at Izuku in disbelief. "M-me and Izuku? B-but I thought…" Ciana was very confused, this is not going completely like her vision. What changed the premonition?

Despite being stunned, Ciana quickly pulled herself together to not look suspicious. "Oh wow! I-I never guessed we would be teaming up for this round." She really never did… leaving a lot more questions in her mind. "This should be pretty exciting."

Things were only about to get worse. Ciana gulped, realizing what was about to come next. "And I declare those that will be fight will be... These Guys!" He threw up his hands from the two boxes, 'D' and 'A'. "Team A will be the heroes! Team D will be the villains! Everyone else can head to the monitoring room to watch,"

Izuku's heart plummeted to his stomach. This really was a cruel twist of fate, I mean, of course it was obvious. "I'm fighting... Kacchan," His hand trembled a bit as he spared the blonde a glance only to find his scarlet eyes drilling into his emerald. No... Izuku knew this would happen, he had to change things or else he couldn't face any hardships when the cards were against him. He closed his fist, and gave Katsuki a look that said, 'I'm not backing down'.

Katsuki's face twitched, and it only deepened his scowl before walking off in silence. As soon as he did, Izuku gulped. "...I'm so dead,"

"How ironic…'' Ciana says as she glares at Bakugo with her arms crossed. "He really is going to suit this challenge well." She says, not very afraid of what he might do to her but more afraid of what he will do to Izuku.

Ciana could see Izuku was shaking up a little because of this guy, she goes to hold his hand with a tight squeeze to try and bring his spirit back. "Don't worry Izuku, whatever happens I promise I got your back, that guy doesn't scare me so I'll be there for you the best I can." She responds with a smile, Ciana was at least glad to help boost Izuku when he might need her, but she will also make sure to watch out for his well-being knowing what his power does to him…

"It's really not what he'll do to me that worries me..." It was the impact this had as a whole. This was all that bitterness he's kept under wraps for the most part since Izuku started to defy all expectations, since meeting Ciana. This was a ball rolling down a hill, gaining traction to the point there was no stopping it now. Squeezing her hand back, he didn't let his fear override him. "Whatever happens, let's do it together,"

She nodded, smiling brightly as they stood by with All Might at the entrance to a random building. "You bad guys can head in to get set up, in five minutes the good guys will be let loose and the battle will start,"

"Yes, Sir!" They chimed.

"Young Iida, Young Bakugo," All Might added quickly. "The key to being successful in this challenge is to embody villainy, think from the perspective of a villain. So if things go too far, I'll step in,"

Iida did all the talking, Katsuki simply glowered at the two nerds going over their costumes quickly. Soon, he too stepped inside with a jittery frown.

Ciana furrowed her brow at the floor plan All Might gave them, it was a complex series of hallways and rooms spread about several floors, hidden on one of them was the bomb. Even so, she didn't have a clue where to start. "So, any ideas on - a-are you sweating through your costume?" She blinked as Izuku shakily held his map down.

"W-well, you see, easier said than done when it comes to Kacchan, s-so I guess I'm still very anxious about this," He answered honestly.

He wasn't the only one who was anxious, knowing people still be watching them just gives her the jitters, but despite the hate Bakugo has for her… his words to not shake up still lingered in her mind, Ciana put on a determined smile as she rose her fists to feel more confident.

"We got this Izuku, I'm nervous too but I know we can make it through since we're together. Remember All Might is watching so whatever Bakugo does or says you don't let him get the better of you and continues proving to All Might that you have what it takes to be the hero in his eyes." Ciana smiled more encouragingly at her friend.

"I believe in you no matter what, you're the smartest guy I've ever known so I know this will be a breeze for you." Her smile became more confident towards him, now glancing back down at the map. "So lead us to victory, Hero, what's the plan?"

Confidence wasn't with Izuku today, and yet, he felt it replenish by Ciana's side, she just made horrible feelings like his melt away. His smile returned as he slapped his own cheeks twice. "Okay... Well, the plan is more of a 'on the fly' but it's guaranteed that Kacchan will gun for us and Iida remains on the defence. To be honest, I'm hoping I'm right," Izuku processed. "When he does, we'll use our training against him, he can fight both of us but if he's angry it may throw him off. Iida will be a hurdle in of itself but we'll worry about that after Kacchan,"

Ciana nods at his plan, Bakugo will be very eager to blow one of them up… Iida is also smart like Izuku so he definitely will have an open mind, Izuku studies people powers very well and knows strategies to overcome them so Ciana was sure he will think of something fast when they come across them.

"Alright, though when the situation calls for it, what if I distract Bakugo when he tries to target one of us and you can make your way to the bomb, will that help?" She asks, Ciana knows she's been warned not to get in his way… but she couldn't have him doing something stupid to Izuku.

"No," For once, Izuku sounded firm as he studied the map. "If anything... I have to be the one to face him if it comes to that, the second I run he'll gun for me, and if I lead him to Iida we've failed," But more importantly, he didn't want to leave her to face what was essentially a living blast radius with anger problems. His gaze became hardened with disappointment. "Kacchan... he can be a pain, but his strength, his confidence, and his ambition, not to mention his quirk, they're all so much greater than mine,"

He stood up from the railing, placing his respirator over his mouth with a glare, "But that just means I have to do better, I refuse to lose to him today,"

Ciana was surprised by his firm voice to her strategy… her eyes showed worry for her friend when it came to him facing Bakugo, if his powers didn't hurt himself then it was possible Ciana wouldn't be too concerned about this plan. "But-"

Before Ciana could speak, the speakers blared. ~Alright! Let's begin the indoor combat training! Team A and Team D your time starts now!~

Ciana was worried but… this actually might be a good opportunity for Izuku to show Bakugo he's not a weakling… Ciana is proud that Izuku is standing up, but prays he doesn't break any bones again… All Ciana could do was nod towards her partner as they got moving. "Let's go."

Both did their best to not cause any sound, climbing in through the window of the next floor. The interior was lit with ceiling lights, and every surface was concrete. The unknown had them both on edge, Izuku knew it would only be a matter of time until Kacchan hunted them down and made his move.

"I still have no control over One For All, if I used it I'd probably kill someone," Izuku's mind wandered, keeping focused on the hallways ahead. "We'll just have to rely on numbers and Ciana's Aura to win, the breathing technique too," This list of concerns made the lesson far more difficult.

"I took a lot of notes on indoor battles like this, I can do this," Izuku assured himself. His voice snagged, his eyes snapping upward toward the shadow even Ciana never saw coming. On instinct, he pivoted and tackled the ravenette to the ground even while the explosion tore against his face, the hot air blasting them both down with Izuku atop Ciana for a second. "Ciana! Are you okay!?"

Ciana groaned at the sudden blast, very startled by it. "Ow… should have predicted that would come…" Already Ciana had a few scratches and bruises but it wasn't enough to have her get scared and give up. "Y-yeah I'm okay, are you?" Ciana asks her friend in concern as she goes to try and get back on her feet.

It's already starting and Bakugo is already playing the perfect role as a villain…

"Yeah, he just got my mask," Izuku rubbed his cheek, the left side of his face exposed again as his respirator dangled around his neck.

"What's the matter, Deku? Afraid to stand up and fight me?" Kacchan dared, blowing the smoke away to look at them directly with a hateful glare.

"I knew you'd come at me first, and try to catch me by surprise." Izuku didn't waver, moving to guard Ciana who looked surprised by the stance, despite being unable to fight with his Quirk, he wouldn't let her be harmed, not while he had something to prove.

Not wasting time, Katsuki sped toward them, grinning madly. "I'll hurt you so badly they'll have to stop the fight!" Katsuki bellowed, and again, Izuku wasn't going to let him hurt Ciana or use him as his punching bag, for years it was on a loop and now Izuku had enough.

Izuku's arms locked around the blonde's right thrust, pushing his body up against Katsuki's and using the footing gained to twist and throw Katsuki up and over his shoulder, slamming him into the ground with a cry. This had him gasp, all while Izuku took a stance, trembling but standing his ground.

"Kacchan... you always use a big right hook to start a fight..." Izuku held his head low for a moment, while Katsuki slowly recovered from the shock. "I know because I've watched you for years. I analysed every amazing hero, even you, I wanted to learn everything I could about them, it was all in the notebook you burned and threw away."

Izuku finally raised his head, he was scared, he couldn't stop himself from trembling even after gaining the upper hand, but he wasn't running away, not in front of Katsuki, who bullied and tormented him. Not in front of All Might, who taught and trained him to become a hero. And not before Ciana, the girl he cared for just as much as being a hero.

"You can call me 'Deku', but I'm not the same defenceless, useless kid anymore!" Izuku vowed, yelling at the top of his lungs. "You hear me, I've changed! From here on out, the name Deku means 'you can do it'!"

Ciana gasped when she watched them tackle each other, but the way Izuku was now standing up to Bakugo really made her speechless… She stood by with her hands hovering over her mouth as she took a moment to take in Izuku's bravery. "Izuku…"

Listening to how he grew up dealing with this jerk really pained her heart to hear what he went through… but the way Izuku was standing up now not only made him look cool but strong… she remembered how brave and determined he was back when he saved her from those thugs… Izuku really has come a long way, it actually slowly raised a smile to Cianas face seeing Izuku now standing up for himself, he's truly amazing…

"Deku..." Katsuki growled, small bursts of explosions between his fingers erupted at the memories that surfaced, with each second his anger started to rise into a boiling haze. "You're shaking in your boots - you're so scared...!" The blasts grew louder. "But you want to fight me anyway...!"

"That's why I hate you!" He roared only to freeze as he snapped his finger to his ear. "Just shut up and defend the weapon! I've got better things to worry about!" That broke the tension.

Izuku bit his tongue then yelled out to her. "Ciana, go!"

In a blast, Izuku raised his guard, blocking Katsuki's kick. "Ballsy move, think you can take me alone!?" Kacchan taunted only to hesitate, the capture tape being wrapped around his leg by Izuku.

"Hero Notebook #10, Page 18," The same depicting Eraserhead's abilities. "Luckily I got to see Eraserhead's moves in action. Knowing Kacchan, he'll be impatient and throw another big punch!" Izuku dove away as the wall was blown to pieces behind him.

Ciana was worried about leaving Izuku alone to deal with Bakugo like this… but she couldn't just stand by continuing waiting for a chance to step in… she had to continue on with their task. All Might was watching and he did say he would step in if something goes wrong…

Ciana had to trust Izuku to handle this, she knows how strong he became from all the training he did. "O-okay! Izuku, be careful!" She tells him as she gets going with a dash, using her aura to get her legs moving faster as she starts to glow. If anything goes wrong then she will quickly go back to defend him, Ciana believes in Izuku and knows she can't defend him forever especially when he wants to be a hero that helps others.

Going it alone as planned, Ciana continued her search for the weapon, the occasional explosion echoing down the halls from Katsuki's search for Izuku after he ran. The sooner she located it the faster the battle would be called. She needed to trust Izuku could hold out long enough for her to do so.

Turning another bend, she came to the end of a hallway that hugged the right side of a large room with concrete pillars as support. She moved with graceful silence, maintaining her breathing as she peeked around the corner of the pillar to feel her body tense up and scoot back. The bomb was in sight, and so was Iida.

"Bakugo definitely has a villainous side, and that's exactly what we need to succeed in this mission, hm..." Iida was clearly contemplating his role. "I need to temporarily devote myself to criminal intent," Looking at his hands, he closed them at what he needed to do. "Yes, I won't fail this trial and bring shame down on the Iida family name, that means... I must embrace evil to become a hero!"

"Behold! I am the personification of villainy!" Iida's voice got raspy as his eyes glowered with fake malice, even his aura took on a sickly purple glow that was... really hilarious to look at.

Ciana actually couldn't help but chuckle quietly at Iidas villainous act, which managed to perk her up a little smile while she was hiding and watching. "He's really committed to this… he's definitely too nice to be a villain." Ciana comments to herself.

Ducking down, Ciana recalled that he had rockets in his legs for a superpower… which was another odd power. "I can see why they are called quirks now, they are just so… quirky." Ciana tried to think over what she could do, her aura can speed up her own legs so maybe she can get around and get to the bomb when she's close enough so she can use her power to make it quicker…

Though Iida is smart so he definitely will be aware of her actions… Ciana peeked her head out just a little to try and think of a good opening where to go…

However, her small chuckle gave her away as he turned. "Finley, is that you?" He kept up the raspy voice as she held her position, crap, now what?

She glanced to the opposite side of the pillar, if he knew she was here then moving to the next column would be impossible. Even still, Iida prattled on. "I knew you'd come here alone the instant Bakugo ran off by himself to engage with Midoriya!" He raised his hands in a sinister manner. "Your quirk allows you to boost the stamina of those you are near or touch as well as yourself!" Iida then clenched his fist. "But I'm prepared for that! As your top speed cannot hope to outclass my own, do-gooder!"

He pointed straight at her pillar after turning back around. "My planning has left you helpless, you've blundered hero, muhahaha!"

Unfortunately, he played the role a little too well as he raised his head to let out that laugh. Now, Ciana sat behind the middle pillar as Iida continued to talk. With this, she pressed her fingers to her ear, "Izuku?"

~I'm here, what's you status?~ He replied.

"Not good… I think I accidentally gave myself away." Ciana responded as she tried to quietly move from her location, making sure to keep her guard up.

"I think causing a distraction might throw Iida over." Ciana peeks over to an opening, thinking maybe throwing a chunk of rubble could trick him into letting his guard down. Already she grabs something to give it a try. "What about you? How are things on your side?" Ciana asked as she tried to speak as quietly as she could.

~Better than expected~ He sighed. ~Where's your location?~

"Near the middle of the fifth floor," Ciana answered, grabbing an old can.

~That's right above me~ Izuku murmured... ~Hold your position, if you can't reach the weapon, don't, keep Iida talking I guess or avoid him~

That was easier said than done. Iida moved toward the pillar so Ciana shuffled around to toss the can across the room. It clattered, causing him to stop his monologue to rush over to the noise. "Hold it right there!" He pivoted the second he saw the can rolling, but Ciana didn't stop, sprinting straight for the bomb. If she touched it, they'd win!

Suddenly, the exhausts on Iida's calves burst to life, and he crossed the room in a split second. Ciana gasped, turning to the nearest pillar to run and use it to vault up and over his attempted grab, rolling backward as he spun around and lunged, sweeping his right leg to trip her up. Ciana kept light on her toes, sucking in a long breath as her body felt much stronger, and her senses sharper. With her own twist, she kicked back into a twirl over his kick, curving her left leg to strike the his side, the thick material of her boot softening the impact as her kick shoved Iida to the side, his own momentum carrying him to the opposite end of the room as the two came to a standstill, the bomb to Ciana's left, but Iida would catch her if she tried.

~Bakugo! Don't do it!~ All Might's voice blared through the building. His panicked words caused Ciana to freeze in place as her heart nearly stopped. ~You'll kill him!~

Something fast and powerful shook the entire foundation of the building as a massive explosion rang out, almost causing Ciana and Iida to fall over from the sheer shockwave Katsuki created.

~Come in! Come in Midoriya!~

Iida was the same, dropping his act for a moment. "Bakugo, answer me, what is going on down there!? Did you cause that blast!?"

Ciana definitely didn't like the sound of this, glancing at Iida, her expression shown a lot of fear and worry for her friend, despite this possibly being her chance to get the bomb… Ciana couldn't risk Bakugo actually killing Izuku… without another thought, Ciana stood up. "Izuku!"

Ciana shouted in much worry, already she dashed to where the blast was coming from. Darting her head side to side to try and find them as well as where the commotion was happening.

She completely gave up on trying to contend with Iida, his quirk made him faster than Aura could ever compete with. Instead, she ran down the stairs until she found a large section of the hallway torn to pieces by a blast the size of a truck, the outside world visible as a large corner of the building was obliterated.

~Young Bakugo, use that stored up power again and I'll stop this fight, your team will lose!~ That made Katsuki pause, looking up. Just then, Ciana's heart skipped, seeing that not only was Izuku still standing, he only seemed to lose his mask and right sleeve. ~To employ such a strong attack indoors, inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting. That's a poor strategy for a hero or a villain. The penalty would be a massive loss of points!~ All Might reprimanded.

Katsuki visibly trembled with boiling rage, letting out a warcry of utter malice at being restrained as a raging inferno came crashing towards Izuku with a flurry of explosions. "Fine then! We'll fight hand-to-hand!" He screamed toward Izuku who could see for himself that there was no use avoiding his airborne attack, so with his fist thrown forward Katsuki took that as a sign to dodge, using one blast to knock Izuku's hand down, while propelling himself over his body, using his right to slam his fist against his back for another explosion.

This was just crazy… Right now Bakugo was just looking more than a villain… he looked like a monster! Ciana was in complete shock and disbelief as she stood to watch the display, Ciana could see this was clearly getting out of hand, Ciana tried to quickly step in as she shouted.

"Bakugo stop! This is going too far!" Ciana shouted, quickly she tried to dash into the fight to stop this maniac from hurting Izuku… wanting to put an end to this fight as well as save Izuku from possible death.

"You wanna go too, Blank, fine by me! Two nerds for the price of one!" Katsuki growled. "Hey, Deku, here's that right hook you like to go on about!"

He swung wide, slamming his gauntlet across Izuku's right arm as he cried out in pain. Grabbing Izuku's arm, he let out multiple smaller blasts to pivot and swing, "Deku, don't ever forget what you are!" He then tossed him against Ciana's body before blasting to the left, firing a small blast to change course and strike Ciana across the back with his leg as she yelped too, landing on Izuku's back as he struck the ground. "You're a weakling!"

"I knew it, even with... Total Concentration I... can't beat him," Izuku knew that from the start, sure, he was enduring all this pain but for what? Then his eyes widened, feeling and hearing Ciana cough on top of his body, herself battered. "And she came for me, probably after that blast... I... it's all my fault, we're going to fail because of me,"

"Next time," Izuku heard a strained cry as Ciana was wrenched off his body, pulled by her ponytail. "Stay the hell out of this like I told you! You of all people don't belong here!" Then, he threw her across the ground, giving Izuku the time to scramble to his feet to reach her as she laid on her side by the windows. "Why won't you use your quirk on me? Think you can stop me without it!?"

Ciana was in a lot of pain… wincing a lot from the rough treatment the jerk gave her, this was no different to her though… Ciana's eyes turned serious, despite her pain she slowly got back on her feet… standing in front of Izuku as she spread her arms out, glaring very fiercely at the monster in front of them. "That's enough!" She shouted, her eyes once again showing no fear.

"You're not proving your strength by acting like this! Your just proving that your nothing but a monster!" Ciana tells him, once again not backing down. "This isn't what being a hero is about! Hurting others just to prove how strong you are, look at yourself Bakugo! Is this really what you want?! Making people suffer!?" Ciana was having a hard time standing but she doesn't move where she is.

"Being a hero is not about winning! It's about doing what's right! Putting others first! You're just being selfish!" Ciana kept her glare toward him, showing him no matter what he does she's not going to stop no matter how badly he treats her.

"That nerd's been hiding his true powers for years! The hell do you know about me!?" Katsuki glared back. "Your words don't mean anything if you can't even back them up in a fight! You go on and on about what a true hero is, what idiot fed you that bullshit!?" He trampled not just on her words now but her mother's words. "If you want to be blasted, then don't hold it against me, you chose to step into this - tch, that at least I'll give you,"

"So then, what's the deal, Deku!? Did you think you were better than me this entire time!?" He demanded to know, he wouldn't stop walking forward until he knew.

Ciana's teeth were grinding at this point, and her aura started to change, the golden pigment darkened slightly, becoming less like a smooth outline of her body, flickering like static. But then, a firm hand grabbed her shoulder, and her eyes focused back on Izuku as he pushed her back slightly, never taking his determined eyes off Katsuki, eyes that burned with confusion and anger toward the blonde.

"Is that what you think...?" It hit him, all the times he followed after Katsuki, despite it all he never stopped following him and Katsuki thought differently and it frustrated Izuku further. "You complete idiot!" His face still shaken and scared, but his emerald eyes were furious. "You've always been stronger Kacchan, I know that you're better than me! Can't you see that!?" He finally let it out. "Why would I hide my quirk from you, of all the people in the world I'd want you to know! That's why I'm still here, why I won't stop fighting because I want to beat you with everything I've got because you're amazing!"

"You're even more dense than the Blank! Prove it then you damn nerd!" It may have been true, but he grinned at the challenge. "Come At Me!"

"Get ready," Izuku whispered back, pointing two fingers up at the ceiling for Ciana to see before he ran full tilt toward Katsuki, matching his yell to the blonde's. There was no other choice. His right arm sparked with lines of violet again, heat building at his fist.

Ciana quickly took notice that Izukus arm was powering up… she gasped when she saw that as she knew what it meant, he was going to use his super power against Bakugo. Cianas eyes began to swell up with fearful tears as she tried to yell out to her friend. "Izuku! don't do it!" Ciana yelled, quickly she tried to get up to run back towards them.

Ciana was afraid they were going to end up killing each other, that's the last thing she wanted. Ciana wasn't sure what to do but she can't let this go any farther!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

~Both of you stop-!~

"Ciana, get ready to jump!" Izuku screamed back. "I can't beat you, not in a one on one fight while I still don't have control! But I can win!" At the last possible moment of contact, Izuku twisted his fist down, bending two fingers against his thumb as he angled his body back a little while supporting his weight on his right leg. "Delaware Smaaaaash!" With a single flick of his fingers,

The blast from Katsuki struck Izuku, but One For All split the ceiling above, striking the whole building with a shockwave so strong it tore a hole through the rooftop and shattered every window. In the gale, Ciana dove up after the air pressure dissipated a little, giving her enough hang time to jump to the debris and spot both Iida and the bomb. Her face was contorted with conflicted emotions, but she heard his voice loud and clear, she couldn't waste this now!

"What's happening!?" Iida couldn't believe it as he tried to stand firm but the whole building was unstable. Ciana leapt from the large chunks of concrete, kicking smaller pieces to pepper Iida in his place as a distraction. With a final jump, her arms caught the weapon, knocking it to the ground. "Nooo, the weapon!" Iida's expression visibly shook his helmet at the counterattack.

Ciana stumbled back, panting heavily from the exhausting stunt she pulled out of thin air, but instantly, her head spun around as she ran to the edge of the hole down to the floor below where Katsuki stood standing but in great shock, and Izuku who was starting to become visible through the smoke. But what Ciana saw made the color from her face drain.

"-you were playing me this entire time, you bastard!" Katsuki seethed with rage.

"I wasn't... going to use it..." Izuku strained to speak, his right hand's thumb and two fingers were broken, but he held up his left arm, now burned from blocking Katsuki's blast head on. His face screwed up in agony. "Because I can't control it... my body just can't handle the backlash of my power yet... Mr. Aizawa said I'd be useless... but this... was all I... could think of..."

"This is the only way... I had any chance of winning..." Izuku's words and expressions had them both stricken with shock. "Ciana... I had to make it... up to her... because she... worried about me... and I... couldn't keep my word... to her..."

Cianas eyes swelled up with tears just seeing the wreck Izuku was in… he pushed himself this hard just to stand up to Bakugo… Ciana could not keep her tears back as they leaked out, Ciana glanced her own angry glare at Bakugo as her tears fell, hardly believing he would go so far to push Izuku towards this to hurt himself. "And he calls himself a hero! How could he be this stupid!? H-he could of a-actually…" Glaring at Bakugo for a few moments with angry tears in her eyes before her face softened up towards Izuku fearfully, immediately she ran back to him as she cried. "Izuku!"

Despite the pain she was in herself, her concerns were more to her injured friend. Ciana took hold of his shoulders very gently as she scanned over him, she gasped just seeing the state he was in up close. "Izuku… y-you pushed yourself too hard again…" Ciana hated seeing Izuku like this, she could tell he was in much pain… her tears continued to stream down her cheeks the longer she stared at his broken bones, he looked like he was close to actually dying…

Ciana lowered her head below his chest as she began to sob and wail… terrified at the thought she could have lost Izuku because of this. "I-Izuku… I-I thought I was going to lose you!" Ciana cried out as her tears continued to fall, her face pressing lightly to his chest not only to hide her pathetic side but to listen to his heartbeat to confirm he's still alive… shaking like a leaf the whole time as she cries for her friend.

His arms were throbbing, more so his left arm from the burns he endured but shakily, Izuku pulled his right hand up, three fingers broken and purple as he placed a hand on her head, feeling guilty for having put her through seeing that but... at least he avoided making it worse, even if he felt completely defeated. "Sorry... I thought breaking my fingers... would've been better than... my arm, and... thank you, for trusting me," He knew if she hadn't gone through with pursing the bomb after his attack they'd have failed.

Izuku felt his legs begin to buckle but he managed to stand, leaning slightly on her with a sad smile at her crumbled resolve, his injured hand still residing on her head. Katsuki... didn't even move, he was completely overwhelmed with something, what that was, Izuku couldn't tell. It was like he was somehow experiencing a daydream.

Ciana didn't even pay any mind to Bakugo… She was too upset to even look back at him, Ciana raised her head to meet Izuku's eyes again as her tears still fell. She held onto his shoulders still as she was afraid he would give out. "No, I'm sorry! I-I couldn't even do anything to help you… if I just stepped in more then you wouldn't have had to use your power like that…"

Ciana didn't want to let Izuku down but winning wouldn't have been worth it if he was going to end up like this. "I was the real weakling in this fight… I'm so sorry…" She cried out as her face now lowered to his good shoulder.

Since only one hand was usable at the moment, Izuku felt a weak smile appear as he used the bottom of his hand to wipe a few of her tears away. "You came... running to help despite knowing it would highly increase... the odds of losing the battle, you put your own teammate... before the objective, I'm sure it might... not be seen the same way in a test, but I think that's by far the best possible choice... any hero could make," He tapped her chin to raise her teary eyes to him again as he shook his head. "Your quirk is meant... to support others, there's no getting around that, so I know, just as I'll learn to harness... my quirk, you will for yours, that's why we're here, aren't we?"

Just then, medical bots with a stretcher came through the wrecked walls, clearly meant for Izuku. By now, his stamina had all but tapped out, he wasn't sure Ciana had the emotional strength to use her quirk right now either. Guess that's his punishment. All Might soon came into view too.

"Young Midoriya..." He felt awful for what had transpired, but from how passionate Izuku was at confronting his old bully, a part of All Might felt compelled to let this happen. If Ciana was angry with the Pro, he'd accept that for putting her through this much emotional stress as well as his successor. "Young Finley, please accompany Young Midoriya if you wish, you can review your battle later in the dorms, I'll inform Mr Aizawa."

Ciana's eyes met the top hero as her eyes were still very wet with tears, she didn't show any anger towards him but only sadness. Ciana nodded, wanting to be there for Izuku more while he was in this terrible state. "I-I will, thank you sir…"

Her eyes once again met back with Izukus as she now goes to his side to try and help move him as carefully as she can, hating to see this painful state he was in. "Izuku do you think you can walk?" She didn't think he could but Ciana at least still knew he was strong no matter what.

"I-I can, just... arms, not good," He sighed as Ciana helped him to the stretcher as he laid down with a grunt, Ciana following him and the robots on route to Recovery Girl. Izuku closed his eyes, trying to grit the pain, taking long breaths with total concentration to help soothe the pain, if only for a bit, his breath whistling softly.

Ciana held Izuku's hand when he was put onto the stretcher, staring down at his painful state with sad eyes. Feeling partly responsible for the way he was in. "If Uraraka was in this fight instead of me, then maybe Izuku wouldn't have suffered like this…" Ciana thought very sadly to herself, though soon her gaze went back to Bakugo… her eyes once again showing a serious anger in them…

Letting go of Izuku's hand, Ciana boldly walked up to the jerk while he was in his sorry shock stage. "I hope you're happy now…" is the first thing Ciana says to him with anger clear in her voice…

But again, he was frozen, staring at his hand as he startled to tremble, a cold sweat forming on his face as his pupils contracted. Izuku's words burned in his head, Ciana's coming back for a vengeance too as his breathing became heavier, "You mean to tell me... if we fought... if we didn't hold back at all, Deku... would beat me with his quirk?" By now, he was starting to hyperventilate.

Ciana was pretty disgusted with his state… her teeth gritted more angrily as she surprisingly ended up slapping Bakugo across his face. "Snap out of it! Is that really all you can think of right now?! Ciana shouted, not afraid at all if he even strikes her back or not.

"You were stupidly focused only on winning that you didn't even realize how far your actions gone! Don't you realize you could have killed him?! Ciana clearly expressed a lot of rage towards Bakugo, her fists clenching tighter and her eyes still leaking out angry tears. She wasn't even shaken up in fear just confronting him like this.

He finally snapped out of it, slowly turning his head to Ciana, this time, he saw straight into her eyes as a wrathful fire burned in her irises. His left cheek stung a bit but he still continued to stare at her, not once had he seen her this distraught. Just then, two large hands placed themselves on both Katsuki's and Ciana's shoulders. "Young Bakugo, cool your jets, and you too Young Finley; I understand you're upset, but you and I both know Young Midoriya wouldn't want to see you further your grief, and I believe your point has been heard this time," All Might then eyed the blonde. "As for you, let's review your work, win or lose, you can always take something away from an experience like this."

Thankfully, Katsuki started to move again as All Might left, his own feet pulling him along like a doll on strings. There wasn't anything behind Katsuki's eyes, just a blank stare. It wasn't gone entirely, but his anger had been furrowy suppressed. "...he wouldn't die... Deku... is far too stupid..." His words were empty as he walked away.

Despite how angry Ciana was with Bakugo right now… her eyes surprisingly softened just hearing the way he said that, even the way his expression shown… she should still be furious with him but… it looked like Bakugo was finally starting to see where his actions went, her eyes narrowed. It turned out this was a big lesson for him too besides her and Izuku…

Looking away for a few moments, Ciana clenched her fists for a few seconds before she ended up sighing… her gaze looking back up towards Bakugo as she ended up chasing back after him strangely. "Katsuki wait!" Ciana called as she approached, surprisingly not only was her voice calm but she even used his name.

"...what...?" He didn't bother to look at her. Was she here to gloat? She barely did a damn thing but got in his way. That's all she's ever done, just like Izuku.

Ciana figured he wouldn't, but as she approached… Ciana gently placed her hand on his shoulder, her hand began to glow as she slowly helped regain some of his stamina with the usual warm sensation. "You fought hard in that fight… you deserve to have your strength back at least." Ciana calmly advises, her eyes still softening as her hand stays.

"Bakugo… I won't lie and say that I'm still not angry after what you did… but like I told you before that I still care about you, despite how bad your actions were today… there were times you actually helped me be strong in these kinds of battles." Her smile now rose a little. "I still believe you'll make a great hero… you encouraged me not to shake up, and because of that… I want to do this to thank you for that."

That small amount of fatigue that accumulated was washed away, instantly, he shrugged her hand off. "I don't need your damn quirk, or your sympathy," He grunted, continuing to walk with his eyes to the ground, he was brooding, and he certainly didn't need her pity as his chest stung with wounded pride. "...leave me alone, Finley,"

Even as he disappeared from sight, Ciana blinked before exhaling a small smile. It was the first time he's ever used her name. Right now, Katsuki was mulling over what happened, so it was probably smart to leave him be.

Ciana at least took that message clearly, knowing he needs to reflect on everything that happened. Now thinking of All Might intentions to all that has happened… her expression now became worried. "I understand why he didn't step in… Theres no reason for me to complain."

She ends up thinking to herself, and now goes to run off to be with Izuku at the infirmary, not even having any anger towards the top hero despite Izuku being hurt. Ciana was smart enough to know he had his reasons that they had to learn from this.