The pair waste no time in attacking one another. Katsuki fires off an explosion towards Kagome to try pushing her back. Kagome ducks under his arm and slides between his feet, the end of her hair slightly burnt from the blast. Katsuki jumps forward and turns his body towards her with the help of his quirk. On her knees, she had her bow aimed at him as to take the upper hand in ranged attacks. Kagome shots her arrow at Katsuki, making him cross his arms to block the hit. Kagome readies another arrow as Katsuki throws himself closer to her. The arrow misses as Katsuki tries grabbing at her arm, blasting the ground as Kagome moves away in time. She kicks his back as he passes her and sends him rolling to the ground.
"So you're keeping secrets from me too?" Katsuki snaps, wondering where Kagome had learned to be this quick.
"How would it be a secret if you never ask?" Kagome retorts. Not liking the answer, Katsuki makes another attack and throws Kagome to the ground by her hair. He had tried grabbing her shoulder but she had moved her body out of the way. Grunting, Kagome jumps back to her feet and fires off several arrows towards the advancing male. A few hit but most slip by him by a hair. "It's not like you gave a shit to begin with." Why now? Why did he want to start being in her life again?
"You really are a dumbass." Katsuki places his hands together for a bigger explosion, forcing Kagome to put a barrier up to protect herself. She was running out of time, the exhaustion starting to get to her.
"How? I'm still just the helpless princess to you!" The smoke clears with the barrier, showing Kagome with a large pinkish sword with fur at the base. "I'm not weak, I'm not helpless. Not anymore." To Katsuki, Kagome seemed older and almost otherworldly with that look in her eyes. Not wanting it to distract him, he fires off another large blast at her. As it gets close, Kagome raises her sword before bringing it down onto the attack. "WINDSCAR!"
The explosion disappears and is replaced with claw-like winds. Katsuki is thrown back from the force, almost going over the line before blasting himself closer to the middle. As he lands and gets ready for an attack, he watches Kagome's weapon dissipates as she collapses from her exhaustion. The last attack had been a gamble, knowing that she would use too much energy to make another if it had failed to get him over the line.
"Bakugo Katsuki is the winner and is moving to the final round!" Mic yells through the stadium. Katsuki rushes to Kagome's side only for her to be pulled away on a gurney. The crowd finally cheers, having been on the edge of their seats throughout the fight. The howl from earlier sounds off again, but this time louder and with more voices. Katsuki looks over the bleachers, searching for the source of the sound and locks gazes with aqua eyes. It was the Pro Hero Steel Fang.
Kagome wakes up as Katsuki and Todoroki's fight ends, wincing at the soreness of her muscles. "You woke up quicker than I thought you would, Higurashi," Recovery girl smiles at her. Kagome tries to relax in the uncomfortable bed. "You should be fine in a little while, so you can get back out there for the awards." Kagome nods slightly and wills herself out of the bed and tries to stretch out some of the soreness. Waving at the elder woman, Kagome leaves and goes towards where she knows everyone would be. Getting there, however, made her almost die of laughter. Katsuki was changed up and tied to a pole on the first place spot.
"Oh, there she is!" Mic calls through the speakers. "Higurashi is still standing and ready to go!" Kagome waves at everyone nervously as she makes her way to the third-place spot on the stage. All Might then hands out the medals to the winners, putting Katsuki's in his mouth because he wouldn't receive it any other way.
"Shippo, you said you know this one?" Kurogiri asks the ginger demon as they watched the event on the small tv.
"Yeah," the demon says simply. "She was like my older sister when I was a kit." He leaves the room and heads to his own, locking the door behind him. He seemed worried for the girl as she fought through the event and it didn't go unnoticed by the others in the building. Kurogiri shakes his head sighing at Shippo's actions. Ever since the USJ attack, he hasn't been his usual mischievous self.
"So now he's lying?" Shiguraki groans. "How is a fourteen-year-old the older sister to an adult male?" Shippo left them with more questions than answers about Kagome, not wanting her to get hurt even after all this time. The sword she had used was a replica of Inuyasha's Tessaiga, catching Shippo's attention. The attack they had made on her class in the USJ still had him shaken up, having to fight her and get hurt by her. It made him start questioning himself and where his loyalty lies.
Kagome or All For One.
Kagome got home that night to a house full of cheers and praises from her family. Tears stung her eyes as she was overcome with emotion from her family, mostly Souta. He was looking at her the way he looked at Inuyasha. Admiration and completely starstruck. "My sister is going to be the greatest hero!" he cheers.
"You did so well, Kagome," Mama Higurashi smiles proudly at her daughter as she pulls her into a bear hug. "Papa would be so proud of you." This was the first time her mother had brought up her father since he had been killed by a villain when she was five. He wasn't a hero, but he did protect the family shrine from anyone who tried to do something. In her other life, he had been killed in a car accident.
Kagome sobs into her mother's shoulder, hugging her tightly. "I love you guys, so much." After the moment was over, Mama Higurashi leads her daughter to the dining room and serves her favorite meal.
The following morning, Kagome excitedly gets ready for class. The soreness from the day before was still present but she could deal with it. Finding it raining outside, she grabs an umbrella and a red scarf. Heading out opening her umbrella she looks at the ground lost in thought. Moments later she felt like someone was following her and quickens her pace without alerting them. Not wanting to confront the person this morning, Kagome tries to act as if she doesn't notice and scrolls through her phone. She could feel his aura pulling at her own in a nearly comforting way. It was dark and hatred flickered around like a flame dancing with the wind; not wanting to be there but holding on for a purpose. A male she has never met before was following and possibly unknowingly calling to her. It was a villain. Guard up and ready for action, she goes to pass by a corner and bumps into someone. Kagome falls back and drops her umbrella before being caught by an arm around her wrist. "Watch where you're fucking going, dipshit." The unmistakable voice of Katsuki rings out in annoyance. Kagome hugs him tightly, sighing in relief.
"Good morning, Kacchan," she greets him. Katsuki blinks a few times to process everything.
"Kagome did you hit your head on something?"
"Nope! Just really happy to see you," she says as she smiles at him. "Let's get to school before we're late." Kagome pulls away from him and grabs his hand and her umbrella as she hurries to class.
"What the hell has gotten into you?" Nearly jogging at this point, the pair reach the gate of their school. "Answer me, dammit!" Kagome simply smiles at him without a care as the gates close behind him.
"Just the usual," she laughs. "Being followed by someone with a dark aura like a villain and running into one of my best friends."
"You were being followed?! Why the fuck didn't you tell me?" Katsuki blows up, causing a scene as they go through the halls. Kagome shrugs as it was actually pretty usual that people followed her. Demons, thugs, fanboys (Hojo), you name it. "How are you so damn calm about it?"
"Last time I was followed it was by this guy that tried to force me to marry him," Kagome absentmindedly confesses before realizing it. Katsuki just stares at her for a moment. "I'm only joking, Kacchan," she laughs trying to cover it up. They enter their class and take their seats, Kagome turning towards Todoroki to greet him.
"Good morning, Higurashi," he says before her, making her smile widely.
"Good morning, Todoroki," she greets back, glad that he was still talking to her. Before she could continue their small talk, Aizawa walks in stating that they were to choose hero aliases today.
"But first," Aizawa cuts the excitement in the room. "Concerning the pro draft picks I mentioned the other day." Kagome listens closely, wanting to know who had put in for her. "It's based on who the pros think are ready to join the workforce after two or three years of experience. It's a way for them to show interest in your futures." The list of names appears on the board with numbers by each of them. Todoroki having the top spot, Katsuki having the second most, and Kagome following after. Midnight arrives shortly after so they can begin picking their aliases. One by one they then go up and state their chosen names, some were pretty bad while others had put a lot of thought into it. Uravity, Froppy, Tsukuyomi, Deku, hell even Grape Juice was better than Katsuki's 'King Explosion Murder'. Kagome volunteers to go after a few others stating her name to be Shikon no Miko, or Miko for short. Aizawa and Midnight exchange glances as Kagome confidently shows her name.
"A rather interesting choice, Higurashi," Midnight comments. "You are referring to the Shikon no Tama's guardian, aren't you?" Kagome nods, knowledge and history shining behind her eyes.
"It has been my name for many forgotten years," Kagome whispers to Midnight. "And my curse." Kagome then goes back to her desk, acting as if she hadn't said anything. The pros exchange another look, knowing they would have to report this to Nezu as soon as possible.
The class continues picking out their names before they got the information about who had wanted them as an intern. Kagome looks at the paper in her hand, her eyes widening at the names and nearly cries. The first two names made her not bother to look at the rest. The Yoro Agency in the east and the Taisho Agency in the west. Koga and Sesshomaru found her.