Soul Marked

Chapter Fourteen

A Brutal Game

Alright guys so I know the rules of Bo-Taoshi prohibit the pole from being moved from the ground but I'm changing that to it can be moved but has to stay within a certain distance from where it originally was. Also I couldn't find anything on if the Ninja could leave the pole but I'm allowing it but for only a specific amount of time.

Also guys I have decided to give you a little sneak peek of the third season in song form. If your interested in finding out a little of what I have in store for you please go look up I'll be Good by Jaymes Young preferably the AMV for BNHA as I think that's the best. Leave me a review and tell me what you think

I suck at action scenes just warning you.

This chapter was becoming too long so I cut it into two.

Izuka began to glance around trying to find those who would work well in a group together. The quirks she needed would have to be powerful offense and defense, those who could help protect the one million flag, and she wondered if it would be possible to hide it among the other flags so it was harder to detect if someone broke through their ranks.

"Fufufufufufu," came a familiar voice from right behind her. Spinning around she came nose to nose with Hatsume Mei, the girl was invading her personal space as she could feel their noses graze one another. The other girls eyes shined in excitement as she moved back and sent her a thumbs up. "Team up with me Miss. First Place! You are the perfect person for me to show off my babies with. All eyes will be on you, and my babies can help."

Izuka took a few careful steps back even though she already had. Her personal space was quite a wide area now days.

"Oh, hey Hatsume," Izuka said with a small smile. She couldn't disagree with her facts, the equipment she had with her could be very useful. "Yeah, actually I could use your help."

"Great!" she said with a nod as she began to rummage through her stuff. "I'm sure you can find a thing or two that will spike your interest. Find the rest of our group and come back and see my babies!" Another awkward laugh left Izuka as she nodded and began to turn her attention back to the others around her. She had to find more people, she still had six member roles to fill.

"Don't think we wouldn't team up with you," Kaminari said dragging Izuka back under his arm. The smaller girl grumbled at the action but a smile was lighting up her face.

"Yes, we would like to team up with you," Momo said with a nod. "I would have told you right after Midnight finished talking but Todoroki came over to ask me to join his group." Izuka raised an eyebrow at that. Todoroki was a powerful fighter and she would surely do great with him. In her opinion Izuka believed Momo would have had better luck with the boy. At least not everyone would be coming after him.

Momo frowned having had been tempted about saying yes but it had nothing to do with wanting to be on his group for the event. It only had to do with the pull from the bond that they shared. He hadn't bothered to even talk to her after USJ and even though she knew it would benefit her to go with him she was upset and hadn't wanted to agree.

It was a sad excuse and one she shouldn't have made based solely on her feelings but she had. There was no going back on the decision even if everything inside of her was screaming at her to go do it, if only just to have a few moments with him.

"That's great!" Izuka said becoming excited that it was easier to find teammates than she had previously thought. Though two were her friends and the other one was only using her because she would be a popular choice to keep their eyes on. Still that only left four more people to convince and she felt like it wouldn't be easy for her to do.

"Who else were you thinking about?" Momo asked her own eyes darting around watching as people began to quickly team up with those groups they thought fit them best.

Izuka's eyes landed on Bakugo her subconscious wanting to see him before they would be battling against one another. She felt like there was so much changing between them, the last several weeks had been weird as he had begun to hang around her more. To offer her help and there was always less animosity between them.

She saw the group of people that had flocked to him. He had come in second place and even if they weren't able to get any flags everyone knew it would be enough to still pass. That and paired with his quirk they bet he was the one to go with.

Izuka was only happy she had shown her quirk so much during the last event, it gave people a sense of what they were working with, she doubted everyone on her team would be from her class. She had to show them she was worth it, that her quirk was worth the risk.

"Ochaco," Izuka said knowing that having her quirk on their side could be invaluable. There wasn't any rules against moving or using the pole as a weapon and her quirk would make it easy to use it in such a way. Darting away from her group she began to head in the way that Ochaco had previously fled to after Midnight began to talk. Izuka could almost bet that she had sought out her Bonded One the look in her eyes before leaving had led her to such an idea.

She could only hope that he had not formed a team himself yet and it would be easy to talk her into join her own. Quickly spotting that annoyingly familiar purple hair she glanced around for her angel faced friend. As she had thought she was standing in front of him seeming to be talking to him in a rush, her fingers connecting with one another all at different times. A nervous habit she had been prone to showing.

"Ochaco!" Izuka called out as she pushed past a few B-Class kids. The brunette's head snapped up at the call of her name and she smiled widely.

"Izuka!" she said with a nod and waved her over. "I was just about to come find you. This is Shinso, I've been talking to him and he said he would join your group with me if you have the spots open." Izuka came to a stop next to her friend her eyes peering warily at the boy in front of her. After his comment from earlier she was hesitant of even talking to him, but he was Ochaco's Bonded. Though that still led to the question of what his quirk could even do.

"What's your quirk?" she asked her green eyes staring into his own purple, with the way he had spoken to them in class that day she knew he had one. A smile spread across his face slowly, almost lazily.

"Where would be the fun in just telling?" he said with a smirk. Izuka frowned at his answer her eyes darting over to Ochaco who was giving her a pleading look. It was obvious she wanted to be on the same team as him, Izuka understood the urge to be close to your Bonded One so soon after Marks were activated but she still didn't want to give away a spot to someone who refused to tell her their quirk. She had to know so she knew what position fit best for him.

"Oh come on," Izuka ground out as she frowned at him. "It would be easier and helping me out if you told me." Her mind began to feel funny as soon as she had answered him. A light weird feeling began to fill her mind and for once in her life she didn't feel any thoughts or feeling racing around. All of her anxiety disappeared, all her fear, everything that connected her to this earth just disappeared and no longer was important.

She was merely just there, her mind no longer under her own command, she was no longer in control. The feeling was horrifying but there was no way to fight it, to fight him. She was sure he had been the one to do this to her.

"It's really no problem right?" he said as he his eyes never left hers. "I promise I'll be invaluable."

Even if she had wanted to say no there wasn't any way she could. As soon as the words left his mouth an urge to say yes, to let him join overcame her so suddenly that all she could feel was the need to have him on her team. Before she knew it she could feel her head begin to nod as the muscles of her mouth and throat began to move without her choice.

"Yes, please join us," she said with wide eyes. It was then that she realized what kind of quirk he had as he released her from his hold and continued to smile innocently at her.

Her will came rushing back causing her a slight head rush as she came aware of everything that happened in a matter of seconds. He had been the one to say yes not her. He was able to gain control over her mind, but it hadn't happened until she spoke to him, specifically answering his question.

Even though she was back to herself she didn't speak up only stared at him in disbelief but acknowledgement of his quirk and how it could be useful to her. He had answered her question about his quirk even if she believed he could have went at it differently she couldn't fault him for the fact that he had indeed told her his quirk. That didn't mean she was happy about it.

"I still need two more people," Izuka said deciding to ignore the boy for now. She would just talk to him later about it. "I have an idea of who else I want as long as she's not already taken." Darting off she could hear her two new teammates following from behind her. Her eyes searched for any sign of a floating suit, gloves, and shoes.

It was probably harder than it should have been, the poor girl could easily be overlooked because of her quirk but in a game like this the fact that she was invisible was very valuable. She only hoped the others had forgotten about her in this instance so she could get to her first.

Their time was quickly running out and Izuka feared that she wouldn't be able to spot the girl or that she was already taken and that's why it was so hard to find her. They only had a little under ten minutes left and she wanted to get the group together before the event started. She could feel the stress begin to press down around her.

It was a miracle that several people had an idea about the highest point person not being a hindrance but could quite possibly be used for their own benefit. After all the only thing they needed to do was keep that particular flag away from everyone else, even if they went down with the flag they were safe. Finally her eyes fell upon the girl in question she was by herself but looked to be thinking about where to go.

Emerald eyes lit up and quickly moved around the people between them as she came to a stop in front of her classmate. "Hello Midoriya," she said and Izuka could only assume what her facial expression was without being able to see it.

"How would you like to join my team?" Izuka asked as she took a hesitant step forward. "I think the fact that your invisible would be probably one of the best quirks for this type of game. You can go unnoticed when stealing flags from other poles, or taking back any flags from those who steal any of ours." There was silence from Hagakure as she thought it over and Izuka knew that she still needed to find one other person to fill their team and hoped she responded soon.

Around them people rushed by but the chaos was slowing down as people had found groups and there was no reason to move as much as it once was. That thought caused her to grow a little colder as she knew finding that last person was going to be that much harder.

"I think I would like to join you Midoriya," Hagakure said finally. "I believe we could win this." Izuka smiled brilliantly as she rushed off moving back toward where she had left the rest of her group. Behind her the three new members followed none of them talking just staying silent.

Izuka could practically feel the rushed looks that Ochaco would send off toward Shinso and as her eyes looked around for their last member she wondered how Shinso thought about Ochaco. Was he happy about the pairing? Or did he feel nothing towards it? She hoped that they would have time to talk soon, but she wondered if he had activated his quirk all those weeks ago and why he wouldn't have gone up to her? Perhaps he hadn't spotted her that day either?

It was a lot to take in and had nothing to do with their event so she shoved it away. There was no point in thinking about things like that. Even if her own thoughts began to drift back over to Kacchan and what had happened toward the end of the race.

Her cheeks flared up at the memory, she hadn't meant to do what she did, she was had just been trying to push him off and her hand had slipped. Her thoughts began to spiral from embarrassment and she forcefully shut her mind down and only focused on those who looked like they weren't a part of a group yet. There wasn't that many left.

A tapping on her shoulder had her spinning around her eyes widening at the sight of a girl from class 1-B. Her hair was like vines that lay delicately framing her face and looking much the part of hair as it could. The girl smiled hesitantly at her and Izuka wondered if her hair was part of her quirk.

"I saw what you could do during the race," she said with a determined gleam in her eyes. "I would like to join your group and help you keep the one million."

"You can form me in on your quirk as we go back to the others," Izuka said with a nod her eyes lighting up with the fact that she had found her last member. "Welcome aboard!" Her mind began to whirl at the thought of how the team would form.

She felt like it would be best if she stayed as the ninja on the pole guarding the flags and making sure no one could knock them down if they broke through the barrier. Her quirk could easily knock people back and she flexed the muscles in her arm as she tried to figure out how they felt. There was no soreness as she had mostly used her legs more than her arms but she thought she was in pretty good shape.

She had also been training her fighting style and getting it hashed out the last several weeks so she felt like she could resort to protecting the pole without her quirk as well if it came down to it. As they came to their group she began to assign people their spots and making sure they understood and was happy with their spots.

Ochaco was tasked with stayed near Izuka and the pole, she would need her quirk to keep the pole from being overrun if more than one person got to them at a time. Hatsume was told to stay nearby as well to help with transporting the pole away after Ochaco used her zero gravity on it.

Though Shinso never outright spoke of his quirk Izuka was sure of what it was or at least knew how it worked and tasked with him going out and grabbing flags along with Hagakure. Momo would be part of their defence, her quirk being used to build up a defense that would take people a while to get around. Kaminari was placed with her using his electricity to keep people at bay.

Upon finding out what the 1-B girl's quirk was, after having been introduced as Ibara, she assigned her to go out with Shinso and Hagakure. It seemed like a solid plan and everyone agreed with how they were being used, all understanding what their roles were, and promised to do their best.

It was nerve wracking to Izuka as she watched as the other teams began to move to the poles and people began to get into place.

It honestly didn't come as a surprise as she watched Kacchan place someone else on the pole, she just knew he would be one of the people going out and capturing flags, he wouldn't be able to stay behind and protect his own flags. He would be one of them that would be coming after the one million, she would have to keep a watch on him. It was possible for it to get out of hand when he attacked and she knew she would have to keep an eye out for anyone to take advantage of that.

Watching as Todoroki himself didn't stay at his own pole also didn't surprise her. Those were two people she would have to hope that her plans worked and able to keep them back. It would be interesting and terrifying to see how all of this worked out.

Izuka could feel her heart beat wildly in her chest. Her own group made their way to the pole as she hesitantly began to climb up on it trying to settle for a more comfortable position.

"I can make you lighter just enough to help stay on the pole," Ochaco said reaching up to Izuka.

"Will it be too much for you to keep hold of?" Izuka asked as she stared down at her friend. "You'll have to do it to the pole on and off and on occasion Hatsume's equipment and possibly herself."

"Yeah, it shouldn't be too much," Ochaco said with a nod. "I'm not completely taking away your whole weight so you won't just fly away, just enough to lessen the burden of staying on the pole. If it become too much I can always stop."

Thinking it through she finally consented allowing the brunette to make her feeling just the slightest bit lighter. It was an odd feeling but she didn't feel so weighed down and it was easier to stay on the pole. After making sure Ochaco would give her a warning before releasing her quirk they heard Midnight's voice.

"You're time is up!" Midnight announced loudly. "It's time to start the event!"

"Let's get a battle cry!" Present Mic yelled out. "Here comes the starting signal! Blood begets blood in the U.A. grand match!"

Izuka tightened her grip and began to think of the best way to move around this pole. On the top lightly swaying in the breeze was the eight flags and she knew that somewhere in the group was the one million. Her eyes darted to find it and committed it's spot to her memory. She had to make sure it stayed there.

"Formed your teams, made your plans, too bad if you haven't!" Midnight said as her eyes glanced over the five groups. "Here's the countdown to the brutal battle!"

Izuka could feel the uneasiness begin to creep up into her stomach. She had to stay focused. This was just a test. She would have to face worse as a hero. This was nothing. Her eyes flickered over to Kacchan and she knew that this was different, she hated going up against him, and she knew it was inevitable. Crimson eyes locked with her own and she knew she was his target.

"Three!" Midnight called out.

All she was unsure of was who would get to her first.

"Two!"

Most would be coming after her.

"One!"

Her muscles tensed as she watched as her team readied themselves.

"Start!"

Shinso, Ibara, and Hagakure darted off getting lost in the sea of people. Hagakure had already taken measures of not being seen as it was, she was their secret weapon.

Izuka quickly lost sight of the three as they went off to capture flags or take out poles. She hoped they were able to get rid of some of the competition before the game could get too out of control. As she had told them earlier capturing flags wasn't a priority, taking the poles out was, they only needed to capture the flags that anyone were to steal from them.

She knew they would work as a team to get this done. Izuka was putting her faith into three strangers to get this job done so she hoped they would be.

From a few feet ahead of the pole she could see Momo beginning to form a wall like structure with her quirk, the fence flaring out several feet. It would cause people to have to take the time to jump over it but they would still have to dodge Momo and Kaminari. Momo had made a metal bo staff for Kaminari to conduct his electricity better, as she made her own wooden one.

Izuka's eyes peeled away from the two as she heard a loud boom announcing that Kacchan had taken off.

"Get ready," she called down to Ochaco and Hatsume. They might had too move at any second. Her heart was pounding in her ears, it was the only thing she could see as she watched Kacchan grow closer. It would seem he would be the first person to reach them.

"Fuck!" his voice yelled out as a loud whack resonated through the air. Her eyes darted down to where Bakugo had landed on the ground a wire seeming to be wrapped around his waist. Izuka followed the wire to Momo who had seemed to have made some kind of contraption to pull people from the sky.

Her eyes widened with pride at the quick thinking of her friend. She watched as Momo and Bakugo struggled as he tried to get free and she was forming a plan to get rid of the rival. He couldn't stay on their side of the field.

A cold gust of air seemed to surround Izuka as her breath left in a puff of visible air. Green eyes widened as ice appeared in her vision. Her arm shot forward without thinking as she released One For All to break away the ice.

"Ochaco!" Izuka screamed as emerald eyes locked with mismatched ones. Todoroki seemed to have gotten past her defence while they were struggling with Bakugo and Iida. Kaminari seemed to be trying to fend of the taller boy with his quirk, barely keeping him at bay.

Ochaco reached out causing the pole to become lighter, the only weight coming from Izuka, but with her already lighter, it was easy to pick up the pole.

"Hatsume!" Izuka yelled as she tightened her grip on the pole. Her hands wrapped around the holdings that were jutting out of the poles side, there to make it easier to hold on, as she shoved the lower half of her body away from the wood. Her legs kicked out hitting Todoroki's side as she flung her body around the pole, connecting her feet once again with the boy. Pulling up she flung herself up into the air bouncing off the top as she twisted her body using one last kick to knock him off his ice. His body rolled down hitting the ground with a loud thud.

Breathing heavily Izuka didn't take the time to catch her breath her eyes darted for any signs of anyone else who had gotten pass. The pole stayed in Ochaco's hands as she waited for the signal from Izuka so that Hatsume could dart them away.

She could already see him picking himself up off the ground. Her kick hadn't sent him far enough away, he was still behind the defence and the only thing standing in his way was Izuka, Ochaco, and Hatsume.

"He's going to come back," Izuka said in a hushed voice only allowing the two girls to hear her. "When he comes back Hatsume get us out of here. Do not let him make contact."

"Got it boss!" she called up to the green haired girl. "Leave it to me. Fufufufufu."

Todoroki glared up at her as he once more formed the ice but instead of using it to go after them the ice darted out moving across the ground trying to encass the two girls on the grounds feet within it's hold.

"Now!" Izuka yelled out as she felt the pole and herself jolt as Hatsume grabbed the other side her jetpack activating at the same time that the boots on Ochacos feet did. They lifted off the ground just in time to miss the ice by a mere inch. Izuka leaned over punching the air letting a small portion of her quirk force the ice underneath them to crack and break apart so when they landed back down they wouldn't slip around.

"Koneko!" a voice yelled, it seemed that Bakugo had slipped past finally coming at them fast, his red eyes wide with anger. Izuka kept her eyes trained on Todoroki who was beginning to move himself.

"Ochaco use the pole as a bat," Izuka said letting the girl take care of Bakugo, trusting the care of the flags with her. In front of her Todoroki had once again darted forward using his ice to reach their level seeing that he would have to get in close to take her out. Behind her she could hear the blasts getting louder, the heat coming from Kacchans quirk warming the air.

She felt the shift of the pole as Ochaco began to bring it back in preparation of hitting Bakugo. Izuka's body tensed as she felt her weight come back full force, it seemed Ochaco wasn't able to hold her anymore along with the pole and Hatsume's equipment.

Todoroki was within reach his ice just mere inches from herself. Taking a deep breath she pushed off from the pole giving Ochaco's swing an extra force behind it as she flung herself toward the ice and fire user. Her hands latched onto his form as her actions surprised him he tried to rear backwards and break her hold.

Behind her she could hear wood make contact with a body the crack sounding harsh. Bringing her focus she had to force the worry of Kacchan being hurt from her mind. Todoroki still seemed surprised in front of her but that was fading fast. She used her heels to get a grip on the ice, it took slightly more force to release herself from it's hold, but it kept her from sliding around.

Her fist darted forward aiming to make contact but Todoroki blocked it with his elbow as they engaged in hand to hand combat. Izuka dodged and countered all of his hits as she leaned back bringing up her leg to swipe painfully into his side. It caused him to double over allowing her a few precious seconds to think. She had to get him out of here, to get him over back on the other side of Momo and Kaminari. Her time limit away from the pole was coming to a rapid end.

She had to think and fast. Todoroki's hand darted out grabbing at her ankle as he yanked hard causing her to fall back hitting his ice hard. The air was knocked from her lungs as she glared up at the sky. Rolling over she grabbed at his legs refusing to let him get up off the ground. It would be hard enough for her to get back up without sliding around she couldn't allow him to have the edge.

He grunted and began to try pushing her away. They both rolled coming dangerously close to the edge of his ice runway. A plan formed in her mind, she wasn't going to be able to get him away within her time limit but she had to get him away from her. She had to get back or she would be out! Izuka could tell that, that was his plan at this point. Get rid of one of the members. It would leave them at a disadvantage.

The blasts from Bakugo seemed to have quieted down and Izuka wondered if Ochaco had been able to fling him away.

As they struggled against one another Izuka allowed him to roll them over his body hovering over her own. Gripping at the front of his gym outfit tightly in her hands she bucked her legs coming to lean against him as she used the force of his momentum forward to kick him over her.

Her plan was going smoothly until his own hand gripped her sleeve tightly pulling her over and off the ice with him. A scream stuck in her throat as she felt gravity begin to pull her down through the air. Her stomach plummeted with the feeling as her mind darted for anything to save herself and somehow appear back on the pole. She only a mere couple seconds left to make it and Todoroki refused to let her go, knowing himself how close she was to being disqualified.

子猫

Shinso easily moved through the sea of people who were all running around following orders of who they were to attack. It was easy to see the loud mouth from class 1-A fly over his head more than likely going for the one million. The guy was easily predictable but it wasn't his job to worry about what happened back there, he had his own job ahead of him. The invisible girl had stripped as soon as the game had started disappearing completely from eyesight but he was sure she had stayed near them like the plan detailed. The other girl from class 1-B ran next to him effortlessly.

Their job was too take down any pole and lessen the competition, the quicker the better. The hard part would be getting past the defence barriers and most quirks would be able to keep you at bay from far away hardly an easy conversation distance. He would have to rely on his teammates until they could get close enough to the ninja. Then his quirk would shine.

"Go after one of the poles that are closer," Ibara said as she darted around people in her way. "We should stay as close as we can for now just in case they need our help. That icy guy and the hot-head are already fighting with them."

He glanced back and surely enough he could see the green-haired girl throw herself around the pole keeping the icy guy away from the flags.

"Alright," he said with a nod as they headed for one of the teams that made up of mostly of class 1-B students. Here they would have an edge with Ibara telling them what quirks who had. From off to his right he heard the confirmation sound from the invisible girl, it was good she was still around.

"The red-head, Kendo, watch out for her fists!" Ibara called out mostly to Shinso as the other girl couldn't be seen. Though it wouldn't do well for her to get hit bit a stray attack.

Within the next instant the girl had enlarged her fists swiping at the two intruders who were making their way over to them. Shinso hit the ground rolling veering off to the right as Ibara did the same to the left. He grunted as his body made contact with the ground, the girls fist barely grazing his shoulder, but he forced himself back up to his feet. Without breaking stride he was darting toward their line of defence.

He dodged another swipe from the girl but was able to spin his body twisting as he moved it around the attack. His quirk hardly had an advantage during a fight especially if he wasn't able to trick them into talking, so his time since he started U.A. was spent training his body in endurance and strength, throwing in a few fighting moves to help as well. He was thankful for his decision to do so.

Making it past the first defense he came to a skidding halt at the guy in front of him. He wasn't just built bigger but was taller, he lumbered toward him and all Shinso could do was prepare himself for battle. His eyes followed every movement but wasn't expecting when a substance was shot from the holes he could only assume were for his eyes.

The white glue like substance flew through the air as Shinso tried to dodge but some of it stuck to his arm. The sticky substance began to dry instantly, harding over his skin and causing his right arm to stick to his gym uniform. A frown tugged at his lips as he tried pulling them apart but to no avail. He dodged another attack careful to keep it from touching his feet, the last thing he needed was to get stuck to the ground.

His eyes darted over to where Ibara was fighting with that red-head. He wasn't going to get any help from her, and he wasn't sure where the invisible girl was.

"Are you okay?" came a small voice from his left. Well speak of the devil and he may appear.

"My arms stuck," he hissed lowly not letting the big guy know someone else was with him. They were at a stand off but he could see him tense ready to engage in combat to get a better chance at sticking him to the ground. From afar it was almost relatively easy to dodge the attacks but close up he would surely fail. He needed the use of his arm.

"I'll help," she said. He couldn't see or hear her move but hoped that she would do whatever it was soon. The guy was beginning to run.

"What's a quirk like yours ever going to do against me," he taunted trying to gain a rise out of the other guy but he stayed silent. He grunted as he dodged off to the right his body turning, his foot taking a step back, as he dodged the punch coming for him.

He felt a tugging at his arm as the girl who he could vaguely recall Izuka calling Hagakure try to pry his arm from his clothes.

"Faster," he hissed as he had to grab at what he hoped was her arms general direction and push her along with him out of harm's way.

"Thanks," she gasped as they steadied themselves. "It's really stuck." He knew that, he had already tried. The big guy shot forward once more his arms outstretched toward Shinso.

"Hang on," Shinso grunted as he lifted her body and swung her around. Hagakure at the last second realized what was going on and flung her legs out. It was probably a comical sight to outsiders as Shinso seemed to be spinning oddly before some kind of force knocked the guy back. The rival was pretty sturdy and it only sent him back a couple steps but it kept him at a distance.

The guys quirk activated once more and Shinso grunted as he shoved Hagakure out of the way to safety using his left and free arm. More hot glue covered his chest and left arm but he made sure to keep it away from his clothing waiting for it to dry and deem safe. The substance felt heavy but he darted away moving toward where he had sent Hagakure.

It seemed useless getting past this guy. He had great strength and his quirk was annoyingly persistent and a pain. He barely caught a glimpse of Ibara only having slightly better luck on her end. Though she seemed seconds away from winning.

His eyes danced back to behind them checking the status of his own team but only to widen his eyes at the sight of Izuka and that icy guy fighting above everyone else. He wondered how long she had been away from the pole, her time had to be coming up soon. Then he watched as they both slid over the side of the ice and the panicked look he could barely make out on her face as they fell.

Darting away from the big guy he had been engaged in a fight with he ran over to Ibara.

"Ibara?" he yelled out hoping she wouldn't ignore him and answer.

"What?" she called out hearing the panic in his voice. Her answering him was enough as he allowed his quirk to take her over. Using his free hand he snatched the vein haired girl away from where that Kendo girl was about to grab her and moved a safe distance away.

"Save her," he whispered willing the girl to use her quirk.

So I decided to make little mini chapters that will base on past chapters of moments between Bonded couples that didn't get fit into the previous chapters or a moment that I couldn't fit into the current one. So here's our first bonus chapter!

Bonus Chapter One:

Mina frowned as she stepped into the hospital room the white walls and the smell of cleaner assaulting her at once. With a sigh she moved to the edge of the bed and stared down at the green-haired girl who occupied it. Everyone had been worried when they saw her in the hands of the villain. It had scared them though for some reason she had seen Bakugo affected by it more than anyone else.

His worry had set off her curiosity but in the heat of the moment she had ignored it favoring the fact that her friend was in trouble over her own questions. No one else was in the room but the chair next to the bed seemed to have been vacated recently.

She sat down planning on staying a couple minutes and leaving before whoever had been here before came back. She didn't want to overstep any family who was visiting. Mina really only came to make sure her friend was doing well and check in on her. With her still unconscious there was no point in staying around.

Several minutes went by as she sat next to the bed and began to speak at random thoughts shooting out as soon as they came to mind. Mina was normally a chatty person and right now when she felt so sad it was natural to fill the silence with her voice. It helped her feel like things weren't so bad.

A knock on the door before it was opened had her head shooting up to see who it was. Familiar red hair entered the room and a toothy grin filled the face of Kirishima.

"Hey, didn't know I'd find you here," he said as he stalked forward to stand on the other side of the bed.

"I wanted to come see Izuka-chan," Mina said waving her head toward the sleeping girl. "What are you doing here?"

"Same thing, Kaminari mentioned he would be coming but I must have missed him," he said as he began to shuffle his feet. Neither one of them had talked after the USJ incident about what had happened between them. They had been so busy afterwards with the heroes and getting help that by the time things had calmed down they had gone home.

Even though Mina had been the one to bring it up that day she found herself growing self conscious not wanting to be the one to bring it up this time. Not a single thing had been mentioned above the fact that they both new their marks had been activated.

They sat for several minutes in silence. Mina had begun to fidget and she heard a sigh come from Kirishima.

"Would you like to go somewhere and talk?" he asked his eyes refusing to meet hers. He felt awkward and unsure about this but knew that inside of him he wanted to have this conversation. He had to know how she felt about the Mark, what she wanted from him. Did she want a relationship like him or just a friendship?

He'd give her whatever she wanted as he was sure she would as well.

They just had to get past this bump in the road, this awkwardness. He wanted to do that. Mina stood up from her spot in the chair a small smile tugging at her lips in happiness. She was happy he was finally bringing it up they were going to have this talk.

Bouncing up to her feet she said a silent goodbye to her friend before bounding out of the room, Kirishima hot on her heels. Neither one of them noticed when ash blonde hair turned down the opposite corner and entered the room they just vacated.

She followed the boy who made her heart pound a mile a minute as they moved from the hospital and walked to a coffee shop just down the street. He held the door open for her as they walked inside ordering something to drink along with dango for Mina. Her eyes had lit up at the mention of getting anything she wanted.

He led her to a table where they both sat down across from one another. Neither said something for several minutes both trying to figure out how they could bring this up. Trying to wrap their mind around what words to say to tell each other how they felt.

"So, what we talked about at USJ," Kirishima stated causing Mina's head to snap up away from her dango.

"Yeah?" she said gently. Her voice was tinted with eagerness wanting him to say whatever was on his mind and hoping it was what she wanted to hear.

"Your Mark really activated when you saw me?" he asked his own hand fiddling with his sleeve that covered his wrist. Mina smiled down at her's a bracelet covering it up away from prying eyes.

"It did," she said amusedly. "Yours did too. So what does this mean?" His eyes fell on her face trying to identify how she was feeling before he spoke. All he could see was her face lit up in happiness. She looked beautiful to him in that moment.

"What would you like it to mean Mina?" he asked. "I'll be straight with you, I like you. I wouldn't mind us going the next step but only if that's what you want. I'd understand if you decided for us to just stay friends."

Mina's heart began to pound loudly in her chest. She was surprised he couldn't hear it as it beat erratically. A feeling of happiness was beginning to take over her body as she felt extremely happy with the thought. He wanted her. He wanted her like she did him. It felt her feel more happy than any other moment in her life.

This felt right.

"We'll be friends of course but I really want something more than that with you." The words came tumbling out of her mouth in her excitement. This is what she had been waiting for. Her mother would be so happy to find out that he had accepted the Mark.

"That's great!" he said in his own excitement. The words wouldn't leave him. He couldn't express everything that he was feeling or what was on his mind. Instead he pushed back his chair and took the two steps to round the table and come to a stop in front of her. His arms wrapped around her small form and hugged her close to him pulling her from the chair she had once been sitting in.

A happy squeak left her mouth before she too wrapped her own arms around his chest burying her face into him. After several wonderful moments of being close to him, wrapped up in the warmth that was just her soulmate, she pulled back causing a small murmur of disapproval to leave him.

"As much as this makes me happy I'd like to finish my dango," she said tugging lightly at his arms. With an over exaggerated sigh he let her go but dragged his chair around the table to sit beside her. "Would you like some?"

He nodded eagerly causing her to laugh as she fed him a small piece.