Kagome groans loudly as the sunlight from her window hits her eyelids. She throws off her blanket and slowly sits up yawning, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. As she gets ready for the day, a note on her desk catches her attention. Curious, she unfolds the paper and reads the contents. You looked so cute that I couldn't wake you, but we are going to Souta's soccer practice for the game tomorrow. I'm not sure when we'll be back. I left a list on the fridge of some things I'll need you to get from the store while we're out… The note carries on with her mother's rambling. Kagome smiles softly as she puts the note down and grabbing the items she needs to leave the house.
The scenery on her still had her missing Edo. The building and man-made objects contaminating the air that used to be so clean. Sighing, she tries to clear her thoughts with her objective for the day. As she enters the convenient store she hums a soft tune, grabbing what she needed and then some. Once happy with her selection, she heads over to the cashier. Getting lost in thought again, she ends up bumping shoulders with someone. "I'm sorry! Shoot, I wasn't paying atten-" she stops herself, captivated by the male's bi-colored hair and eyes. His aura was almost split like the rest of him, a baby blue mainly covered the left side of him while the left was a soft violet, like the right was wanted from the male and the original left side was red. Deep troubles plague his mind; however, inner torment and longing for something not exactly lost. "I-i'm sorry, again, for not paying attention." The male calmly watches her, not shooked in the slightest of her reaction to him.
"It's fine," he softly speaks. Kagome's heart clenches painfully, hearing the hidden sadness in his voice.
"Let me make it up to yo-"
"An apology was enough," he interrupts her. Kagome shivers from his icy tone but nods anyway.
"I'm Higurashi, Kagome by the way. Maybe the next time we meet we could be friends."
"I'm not trying to make friends, Higurashi." That coldness was fake and Kagome wanted to get past it for some reason, she just hopes she can see him again.
"Well, if you ever change your mind I'll be a call away." She writes her number down smiling softly, she hands it to him as he takes it hesitantly. "Your eyes are too kind to have that much sadness in them." He doesn't get another word out, confused whether he actually heard her right or if he was just hearing things. He pockets the slip of paper and carries on with his day.
Kagome drops off the groceries at home, putting everything away before leaving once again. This time she heads to the park to enjoy the nature of the area and to get her mind off the white and red-haired male she met in the store. His eyes hold such a terrible sorrow, Kagome almost couldn't stand it, not with how beautiful they would shine if he was ever truly happy. Entering the park, she sits against one of the many trees, breathing in the fresh air they were providing. She closes her eyes, enjoying the presence of the wildlife and the soft breeze. After a minute a shadow is cast above her, making her open her eyes to see who dared come up to her.
"I didn't take you to be the 'nap in the park' type, Higurashi," the male speaks coldly, offering her a hand up. Kagome laughs slightly and takes his hand, brushing the dirt off of her.
"I promise it's not something I do often," she smiles at him. "So, stranger, what's your name? Or am I going to have to give you a nickname?"
"Todoroki, Shoto," he answers. "You walked away before I could say anything else." Kagome laughs more.
"So what brings you here then?"
"Same as you, I guess. It's calmer here than at home…" he puts his hands in his pockets. "But that doesn't matter."
"Are you a hero in training?" He seems to flinch at the question, Kagome notices.
"If you mean U.A. then yes. I got in on recommendation." Kagome nods. "Yourself?"
"I passed the test to get in the Hero Course." Their conversation continues with them walking over to a bench and getting lost in finding new things to ask each other.
Nightfall comes quicker than both had thought and it was time to leave the park. "I'll see you in class then, Kagome," Todoroki says as he stands from the bench. Kagome nods smiling up to him.
"Have a safe walk home, Todoroki." She waves to him as he walks away and to his home. Kagome sighs softly, her curiosity cured, for now; she just needed to know why he has that burn. She won't until she has permission to call him by his first name because she has a feeling that that was a very, very touchy subject. Kagome takes a moment for herself before heading home herself.
The morning of Kagome's first day at U.A. has her already scrambling. Souta had moved her yellow backpack, not remembering where he had placed it and she couldn't find her hairbrush. Rushing herself, she manages to get out of the house on time and starts heading to her new school. On the way, she meets up with Izuku and Bakugo; more like she stops the explosive blonde from yelling at the Izuku. "Bakugo what the hell?!" she snaps at him as she pulls the innocent male behind her.
"Fuck off, Kagome. This is between me and Deku." It was almost like he snarled at her. Kagome stands her ground, glaring at him. "Tch." He walks away, going ahead of them to go to class. Kagome sighs sadly and turns to the shaken Izuku.
"What was that about?"
"J-just Kacchan being Kacchan…" he stampers, hiding something from her. Kagome decides to leave it be and nod.
"You know that nickname of yours would be a good hero name." Izuku looks at her like she's crazy since she was there when it was given. "I'm serious. Deku suits you as a hero, don't you think?" Izuku blushes slightly, forgetting about what had just been said between him and Bakugo only moments before. "Anyways, let's get to class." Kagome links her arm with his, having a self-celebration for cheering him up as they continue on their way to school. "I wonder if Aizawa is going to let us go to the orientation or if we have to train right away."
"Your guess is as good as mine," he softly responds. Getting inside the building and up to their classroom. Kagome opens the door, still linking arms with Izuku. They walk in to see a male with glasses yelling at Bakugo to get his feet off his desk, saying it was disrespectful. Kagome rolls her eyes and finds a seat next to her solemn store friend in the back.
"Good morning, Kagome."
"Good morning, Todoroki," she smiles at him as she gets her things ready for the day. The pair don't notice an angry Bakugo glaring at them, not liking how friendly Kagome was being with Todoroki. The class continues to chat among themselves until a man in a yellow sleeping bag comes through the door telling everyone to stop talking.
Aizawa leads his class outside for the tests he had prepaid for them, not caring for the complaints of his students about not going to orientation. He starts with Bakugo who screams "DIE!" as he throws his ball. Kagome shakes her head disappointedly at her friend, not finding his action very hero-like. The tests go on with everyone using their unique quirks, but Kagome mainly focuses on Izuku and Todoroki, seeing neither of their quirks in action before.
When it gets to Kagome's turn to throw, she studies the ball for a moment, thinking of what to do. Smirking after a second, she pushes her energy into the ball itself making it hover above her hand. She stays in the circle as told and making the movements to draw back a bowstring. A bow of soft pink light appears in her hands with an arrow attached to the ball. Taking her aim, she lets go of the string, sending the ball flying faster than she thought. The light bow dissipates as she turns to Aizawa to hear her score.
Everything turns into a blur after that, Kagome finding herself with her hero costume in front of her. She had decided to go with the traditional uniform of the Taijiya demon slayer, feeling most comfortable in them because of Sango's constant lessons in them. All Might leads them outside to a different training area telling them what was expected of them. Kagome wasn't paying much attention until her name was called. Kagome sighs softly from behind her mask, drawing from a box to see what team she is on. Looking around at her classmates, she barely recalls why they were here. It was a hero vs. villain team exercise. Two people on a team and the villans had to protect their fake bomb from the heroes. Kagome sighs, hoping to be on the hero team, only to hear her letter be called for villans and for Bakugo to walk up with the matching D. The heroes turn out to be Izuku and Ochaco, much to Kagome's dismay. After this morning, Kagome knew Bakugo was going to go only for Izuku and try to hurt him. Kagome looks at All Might with concern, knowing he knows about the two's unstable relationship. The Pro Hero puts his hand on her shoulder telling her not to worry and to get set up with Bakugo in the building. She sighs and follows her partner.
"You'll stay here and protect the bomb, got it?" he demands.
"You're crazy if you think I'm going to do that. Not with how you two are," she glares darkly at him. Kagome is fully aware that their classmates can see what is going on in the preparation phase of the exorcise.
"I don't give a shit what you want, just do as I say." Kagome's eyes fill with hatred for a moment before she silently walks past him and towards the bomb, putting a barrier around it.
"I'm not letting you hurt Izuku." Bakugo goes silent for a moment, not liking the fact that she brought him up.
"So that's it huh? You care about that nerd more?" he accuses. "What about him hurting me with that new quirk of his? What about him keeping secrets from his friends?"
"We are not doing this right now," Kagome snaps, not liking where he was going with this. "We have shit to do before we can get personal here, got it?" Bakugo shuts up completely this time, knowing she was right.
All Might's voice in their ears tell them to go forth with the mission, the Heroes needing to find where the bomb is hiding. Kagome closed her eyes for a moment, pinpointing the location of the opposing team. Ochaco starts going off on a different path to try and find Kagome's location while Izuku anxiously waits for Bakugo's inevitable appearance.
Bakugo leaves the bomb room, Kagome watching him full of worry for both boys. She touches her barrier for a second before leaving the room herself. The first explosion goes off making her heart sink. Kagome runs to them, terrified of the outcome if she isn't there on time.
"I want to hurt you so bad, they'll have to stop the fight!" Bakugo screams as he attacks again just to be thrown over Izuku's shoulders.
"I have analyzed every amazing hero, even you," Izuku pants, not looking at his friend. "I wanted to learn everything I could about them. You can call me Deku," he says with more confidence than before, looking straight at Bakugo. "But I'm not that defenseless little kid anymore." He spots Kagome from the corner of his vision, not daring to actually look at her. "From now on Deku is the name of a hero!"
"Deku," Bakugo glares. "You're shaking in your boots you're so scared. But you want to fight me anyway. That's why I hate you!" Izuku dodges the next attack in time only for Bakugo to hit him from behind. Izuku retaliates with a right hook and an uppercut with his left, knocking Bakugo back. More attacks between the two of them occurring faster than some of the students were able to keep up with.
"Kacchan, please stop this!" Izuku yells back as he blocks a jab. "I've always looked up to you, never to be better." Bakugo blasts him back, not wanting to listen to anything he had to say.
Kagome starts tearing up at the sight before her. There was so much anger and hatred around them. Remembering back to when they were little and going on adventures, she will always wonder why it turned out like this.
Katsuki leads a group of five-year-olds across the log, holding a scared Kagome's hand. He smiles back at her confidently then slips on part of the log, making him and Kagome fall into the shallow stream below. Katsuki laughs slightly as he wipes the water from his face then looks over at Kagome who was crying slightly with a smile on her face. He smiles widely at her and continues to laugh, not noticing Izuku coming down to help up Kagome. She gladly takes his hand, not letting go when she was standing. Katsuki loses his smile when Izuku offers his other hand to him, hitting it away rudely. "I don't need your help." He gets up on his own then continues on their path with the other two boys. Kagome and Izuku stay behind, confused about why Katsuki would react like that.
Kagome shakes her head, coming back to the reality of Bakugo in a half squat with his finger on his grenade gauntlets a few meters away from a defensive Izuku. He was in the middle of explaining how he designed his gear. Kagome's eyes widen as he pulls the pin despite what All Might was telling him. She runs in between them, throwing up a barrier to try and block the attack only for it to shatter completely and hit her head on, missing Izuku all together. Kagome sits up coughing slightly and holding her bleeding stomach. "I told you I wouldn't let you hurt him, Bakugo," she says as the smoke clears, Izuku rushing over to help her.
"And I told you to stay with the bomb!" he yells back, marching over to her. "Are you out of your fucking mind?"
"Are you?" she quips, coughing more and heals herself. Izuku assists her in standing, much like back then. "Why did you change…"
Katsuki drags him mom by the hand over to Kagome's house, excited to spend the day with her. "Come on, mom. We have to move faster! I wanna see 'Gome!" Mitsuki laughs at his actions, imagining how cute of a couple the two could be. She knocks on the door a few times, the door opening a moment later.
"There you two are," Mama Higurashi smiles. "Come inside, I'll go get Kagome." Mitsuki nods closing the door behind them as Ms. Higurashi leaves the room. Moments later a sleepy Kagome emerges from upstairs, instantly waking up at the sight of Katsuki.
"Kacchan!" she cheers tackling him into a hug. The two giggle, happy to see each other again. "Let's go play heroes!" They quickly run away to explore the shire grounds, Katsuki pretending to be a hero and saving Kagome from villans.
By the end of the playdate, Kagome and Katsuki were both very tired and wanted to sleep but neither wanting to since they were with each other. "Ok you little gremlin, let's get you home," Mitsuki chuckles patting Katsuki's head.
"But I don't want to go home," he whines, holding Kagome's hand tightly in his.
"We'll have a sleepover another night, ok kiddo?" she bargains. Katsuki whines slightly before kissing Kagome's forehead goodbye; something he had done since they first met.
Kagome and Izuku had passed out from exhaustion; Izuku from the fight and breaking his bones, Kagome from trying to balance two barriers and one shatter. The hero team had won by Ochaco holding onto the bomb once the barrier disappeared. Kagome woke up in the Recovery Girl's office with bandages littering her body. Looking over she finds a just awaking Izuku with a cast on his right arm. "'Gome?"
"I'm here, Deku."
"I'm sorry…"
"You're not the one that needs to apologize," she nearly snaps at him then covers it with a cough. "We need to get home…" Kagome stands up trying to get her balance as she heals herself the rest of the way, the major wound was already taken care of from earlier. She places her hand on Izuku's casted arm, healing the bones as carefully as she could without hurting him. "Let's go." He nods as the grab their things and bid an astonished Recovery Girl a goodnight. Kagome walks ahead of Izuku, both lost in thought with what happened today as they exit the building had head to the gate. Kagome stops, making Izuku bump into her back and look at what she was looking at. An upset Bakugo was walking their path out of the campus gate. "Kacchan!" they both call to him, making him stop and turn around as they run to him. Bakugo does look at Kagome, still upset she got in the way, but she doesn't pay mind to that. She hugs him trying not to cry at the situation he had put them in.
"There's something I need to tell you guys," Izuku starts as he looks at the ground. "My quirk is something I got from someone else. I still can't control it properly, so that's why I tried to beat you, Kacchan, without using it." Izuku holds his sore arm before looking at Bakugo head-on. "One day, I will make this quirk mine and beat you with it!"
"Are you trying to make me out to be more of a fool than you already have?" Bakugo retorts after a moment. "Today, I lost to you and as I watched that ice guy, I thought 'I can't beat him'!" he starts raising his voice wanting to push Kagome off of him but not having the heart for it right now. "Damn it! Damn it, damn it!" Kagome holds him closer to her, feeling his pain. "I'm just getting started, Deku, just you wait!" He turns and walks away with Kagome under his arm. She wanted to talk to him and if this was the way to do it, so be it.
Izuku is left with All Might wanting to talk to both Kagome and Bakugo, only for Kagome to shoot back a fierce glare. Their classmates watching through the window of their classroom gasp at the turn of events.
"A fated battle between rivals of love," Ochaco cheers. "It's not hard to tell they both like her." Mina and Tsuyu nod in agreement. "I just hope no one gets hurt and that Kagome is happy." Again the girls nod, not knowing a certain bi-colored was listening to everything and was thinking of ways to possibly steal the girl in question away from both parties.