Sibling Teamwork
Yamiyo smiled and cheered lightly when Midoriya's plan pulled through. Thanks to his upwards punch, he was able to give Uraraka a chance to secure the 'bomb'. Since the round started, Bakugo went after Midoriya and would relentlessly attack him. But, because of this, Uraraka was able to slip away and go after the 'bomb'.
Yamiyo's smile fell when she saw Midoriya fall to the ground, battered, bruised, and bloody. The room began spinning and she felt that she was about to throw up. Looking at Bakugo's expression didn't help at all either.
Yamiyo slowly stepped through the crowd and eventually exitted the viewing room, arms around her stomach.
She slowly wobbled down the hallway, swaying and stumbling over her feet. She eventually leaned against the wall and sunk to the floor. She clutched her head, trying to block out the gruesome images that kept flashing in her eyes.
I thought you could handle a little blood.
Not like this…
Psh. You're so weak. You know Midoriya will be fine, right? Recovery Girl is used to stuff like this.
I know that! I'm not weak either-
Then why do you freak out whenever you're reminded of-
Please… don't say it.
You're not gonna get better if you don't move past it!
It's not that easy!
Then make it easy! I can't keep coming up whenever your panicked because of this stupid crap! You faced it before! Why is it so hard now?!
Because…
Because why?!
Because I don't want to be a monster!
After no response, Yamiyo stayed seated for she didn't know how long. With every memory, she squeezed her head harder and harder until it went away, only for another one to resurface.
She didn't even realize she was crying until she felt the tears drip off her chin and onto her lap. She ripped off her soaked eyepatch and threw it to the side. She was so absorbed in trying to block out the memories that she missed someone walking up to her.
"Hey-" Yamiyo nearly screamed, jerking forward and kicking behind her. Luckily, Fumikage was well out of range since he got hurt last time she did this. Yamiyo froze and trembled slightly as she brought her leg down and slowly sat back up.
"I-I'm sorry.." She mumbled, wiping the tears from her eyes. There was a beat of silence before she felt him wrap his arms around her. She quickly returned the hug and buried her face into his shoulder.
They stayed like that for a few moments. "Do you wanna talk about it?" Fumikage asked quietly. Yamiyo shook her head into his shoulder. She felt him nod before she lifted her head and allowed herself to see behind them, although she wishes she didn't.
"Hey! You guys ok?" Yamiyo quickly broke the hug and scrambled for her eyepatch, quickly scooping it up and sliding it on her head. She turned to see Tsuyu and Shoji walking towards them.
"We're ok… she just got a really bad headache suddenly." Fumikage lied. Yamiyo nodded and rubbed the back of her head. Tsuyu put a finger to her chin.
"Does it happen often? Ribbit?"
"Yeah, actually…" Yamiyo responded sheepishly. One of Shoji's hands(?) turned into a mouth.
"Will you be able to battle? Yours is only a match or two away." Yamiyo froze for a moment before nodding.
"Yeah- yeah I should be able too. I just needed a bit of time to myself." Yamiyo quickly stood up and dusted herself off before jogging past Tsuyu and Shoji towards the viewing room. "Don't be too long Fumikage!"
There was a long and awkward silence before Fumikage stood up."Did you see…?" They both nodded and tension grew.
"Please… don't say anything." The two looked at Fukimage surprised. "She already has enough stress piled on top of her right now.. I can't imagine that more stress and worry will be good for her mental health.." Tsuyu and Shoji both looked at each other, then back to him before they both nodded.
"How did it happen?" A different hand(?) turned into a mouth.
"I honestly don't know… and if it makes her feel better to not talk about it at the moment… I'd like to keep it that way until she's ready.." They all stood in silence for a few moments.
"Lets head back, we don't want to miss anyones battle, do we?" Tsuyu piped up. The boys nodded and they made their way to the viewing room.
"Begin!" Yamiyo and Fumikage observed the building in front of them. They were selected to be the heroes while Yaoyorozu and Shoji were the villains.
"It will be too easy for them to plan if we both go in through the front…" Yamiyo mumbled, "Maybe there's a backway in or a roof entrance?" Fumikage nodded.
They both made their way around the right corner of the building, Yamiyo supporting a lot of Fumikage's weight so his footsteps would be less noticeable to Shoji. On the way to the back, she noticed multiple metal trash cans almost piled up against the wall.
Once they made it around back, Yamiyo quickly made a beeline for the door and tried to swing it open, but it didn't budge. She grumbled and got onto the ground,pressing herself as flat as possible and looking beneath the crack of the door.
The sunlight slightly bounced off the metal plate keeping the door blocked. Yamiyo sighed irritably and hopped back onto her feet. Yamiyo, being cautious, shook her head and pointed to the roof.
Fumikage nodded and Dark Shadow appeared out of his chest a moment later. Yamiyo hopped onto Dark Shadow's head and the sentient shadow slowly flew towards the roof, carrying Yamiyo.
"What's the plan?" Dark Shadow whispered.
"Going to get inside and let Fumikage in." Yamiyo muttered. Upon reaching the roof, Yamiyo patted Dark Shadow on the head.
"There's no way in.." Yamiyo groaned and threw her head back.
"I'll just break a window. Make a lot of noise." Yamiyo jogged over to the side of the roof and looked down. The closest window was out of reach.
"Little help?" She called over her shoulder. Dark Shadow whined and silently complained about the light, but he floated over to her. "Lower me to that window, I'll do the rest." Dark Shadow nodded. His claw could barely wrap around her torso due to his smaller size, but he managed to get a good hold of her with both his claws.
He lowered her over the roof's edge and right in front of the window. Yamiyo looked up at the sentient shadow. "Ram me at it." Dark Shadow didn't respond as he pushed her back, now almost over the street. "Now!" Yamiyo crossed her arms in an X as Dark Shadow brought her forward and threw her right towards the window, at the same time a loud banging and clattering sound was made in the alleyway. Fumikage had stacked the trash bins and kicked them over and onto other bins littered around the pile.
Yamiyo tucked inwards and landed in a roll, quickly going back onto her feet and jumping away from the broken glass. She shook herself off and brushed the broken glass from her hood and hair.
Yamiyo quickly left the room and slowly, silently walked through the dimly lit hallways. She threw her hood off and allowed her ears full range of motion. Her ears twitched and moved all around, carefully listening for anyone.
"Raven! Go Raven!" Fumikage's voice picked up in her earpiece.
"Copy that." Yamiyo quickly picked up the pace and started running through the halls, her shoes/socks keeping her feet silent.
Once throwing open the door to the stairwell and ran over to the railing, peering down. The building was easily about six or seven stories tall, going down the stairs would waste time. She caught a whiff oh Shoi's scent, it was faint but it was there. She did a quick scan and concluded that he wasn't there. He definitely came through the stairwell though.
Yamiyo hopped over the railing and planted her feet on the cement right next to the base of the railing. She sucked in some air and jumped back a little, letting herself fall to the next railing. She reached out and her hand hit the metal railing, but her hand bounced off the metal.
She cursed loudly and missed the next railing. She quickly reached her arm out blindly and was able to slap the metal railing and grip onto it as hard as she could. The sudden motion caused her body to swing under the concrete steps and the railing groaned under the sudden weight, but didn't break. She swung her legs out then back under the stairs and let go of the railing, landing on the stairs and tumbling down them before she stopped herself.
She grunted as a slight pain ebbed into her shoulder. She rolled her shoulder and sighed heavily in relief when she found it wasn't dislocated. She could pop it back into place, but she wouldn't be able to do much with it if it was dislocated.
Yamiyo sat still on the stairs as she closed her eyes and focused on her hearing. She didn't hear anyone open any of the doors or any rushing footsteps. After waiting another second, she hopped onto her feet and looked back over the railing. She was already three floors down and there were only four more before she reached the ground level. She reached up and adjusted her mask, pulling it back up to its original position.
"Raven! Go Raven!" Fumikage's voice rang out in her head.
Yamiyo sighed and nodded to herself. She was about to hop down another level as to their plan, but Yamiyo froze and jumped back away from the railing upon hearing the door a few floors below her lam open. "Block it!"
"Got it!"
"Fumikage!" Yamiyo ran back towards the railing and looked down, Fumikage running to the open space below her and looking up. "What happened?!"
Loud banging sounds echoed through the starwell as Fumikages head snapped towards what she believed was the door. He abruptly turned on his heel and began running up the stairs, taking them two at a time. "It's Shoji!"
"Hurry!" Yamiyo called. Fumikage just passed the first floor as Shoji broke through the door and started sprinting up the stairs, taking them three or four at a time. He was moving quick, too quick.
Fumikage took note of this and looked over his shoulder. "Dark Shadow!"
"On it!" The shadow shot out of Fumikage's back and right towards Shoji.
The six armed individual dodged Dark Shadow's first attack and managed to lay a three handed punch on Dark Shadow's head. Even with Dark Shadow's attacks, Shoji was still managing to quickly move up the stairs.
"Dark Shadow!" Yamiyo yelled as she planted her foot on the railing and jumped forward. Quickly, the sentient shadow moved just in time for Yamiyo to slam into Shoji and knock him against the wall.
He grunted at the sudden impact and wrapped his arms around her middle, holding her tightly with her back pressed against his chest. One of his hands clamped around her mouth and pulled the mask from her face. Yamiyo growled and threw herself at the wall, pulling Shoji slightly towards it.
Yamiyo pressed her feet to the wall and kicked off it, slamming Shoji's back against the railing. His arms, instinctively, lessened their grip and one arm from each side went out to support himself. Yamiyo slipped out of his grip and held her elbow in front of her. She turned and body slammed her classmate in the chest.
The slightly rusted railing groaned in protest before it quickly snapped and left Shoji unsupported as he started to fall backwards. Luckily, they were only on the third floor. Even then, Shoji turned mid air and put his arms on his chest and stomach to soften his fall.
Yamiyo almost went down with him if it wasn't for Dark Shadow quickly grabbing her middle and pulling her up to Fumikage who had stopped halfway to the fourth floor. "Thanks," She patted Dark Shadow on the head and sniffed the air. "Shoji's scent is stronger here…" Yamiyo muttered as she followed Fumikage to the fourth floor door. "Here! This is the floor!"
"How do you know?"
"Shoji must've had to leave the bomb when pursuing you, his scent is still strong here." Yamiyo kicked the door open, causing it to slam against the wall.
"Stealth-" Fumikage started.
"No point, Yaoyorou definitely heard us in the stairwell. Yamiyo quickly darted out of the stairwell, knowing full well Shoji would get up and start chasing them again. With Fumikage and Dark Shadow behind her, Yamiyo charged down the hallway. She followed Shoji's faint scent and took a sharp right turn before she saw the open doorway blocked off with metal slabs.
"Here!" Yamiyo stopped and waited for her brother to catch up. "Dark Shadow!"
"Got it!" Dark Shadow pulled his arm back and swiftly punched the metal, bending it. He continued to punch it before the metal gave away and burst inwards, exposing the inside of the large room. They saw Yaoyorozu between two speakers that just about reached her hips, she turned some dials on the speakers.
"Yamiyo!" Fumikage called out. But, at the same time, an unbearable high pitched sound hit Yamiyo's ears and she immediately fell to the ground with a scream. She closed her eyes and covered her ears with her hands, pressing them against her head as hard as she could. The earpiece hurt her ear at the sudden action but she didn't care. She just wanted the sound. To. stop.
She felt her anger and irritation bubble over as she slowly lost connection to what was happening around her, her eyes dilating.
She was vaguely aware that an inhuman noise bubbled out of her throat, vaguely aware that her claws appeared and she launched herself at Dark Shadow and Yaoyorozu, who were currently fighting in front of the speakers. Yamiyo was vaguely aware that she swiped her claws at Yaoyorozu, causing her to quickly make a shield and Yamiyo was vaguely aware that she was savagely racking her claws against the shield and pushing Yaoyorozu backwards easily.
The moment the sound stopped, Yamiyo came back to her senses abruptly and paused for a second, slightly confused of what was happening. Yaoyorozu took this chance of weakness and pushed Yamiyo back with the shield, creating a metal pole with her other hand.
Yaoyorozu discarded the shield and started swinging the pole at Yamiyo expertly. Yamiyo dodged the first few attacks before grabbing the metal pole and kicking Yaoyorozu's chest with enough force to knock the girl onto her back.
"Fumi!" Yamiyo abruptly turned around and saw Shoji pinning Fumikage to the ground. Yamiyo raised the pole above her head and threw the pole like a javelin, but not high enough for it to hit the ceiling.
The pole flew towards Shoji, who looked up just in time to lift his arms and protect his head. The pole hit his arms and left Fumikage a chance to quickly get out from beneath Shoji.
Yamiyo quickly turned around, only for a new shield to slam right into the left side of her face. "Ow!" Yamiyo called out while falling onto her back. "Ow ow ow ow ow!" She felt blood on her hands and peered between her fingers to see Yaoyorozu frozen out of slight surprise.
Yamiyo quickly took her chance and stopped the act, swinging her legs out and kicking Yayorozu's feet from beneath her, making the girl land hard on her side. Yamiyo jumped onto her feet and quickly backed up to meet Fumikage in the middle of the room.
Definitely going to have a black eye..
You're gonna be blind by the end of this year.
"Dark Shadow, hold back Shoji, I'll go after Yaoyorou while you go after the bomb. You just have to touch it and the exercise is over!" Yamiyo told Fumikage. He nodded and they both made a break for the bomb while Dark Shadow went the opposite way and began fending off Shoji.
Yaoyorozu was back on her feet and she was running to meet the two poles in each hand.
"Can't let you do that Yaoyorozu!" Yamiyo ducked under Yaoyorozu's first swing and wrapped her left arm around Yaoyorozu's stomach and started pushing the girl off to the side.
"Ugh- no!" Yaoyorozu shoved the pole at Yamiyo's calf, tripping her up and making both girls fall to the ground. Yaoyorozu kicked Yamiyo away to the left and held up her right hand, creating a black taser and pointing it at Fumikage as he ran towards the bomb.
"No way!" Yamiyo, from laying on the ground, jumped over Yaoyorozu and pinned Yaoyorou's arm to the side, but the action caused Yamiyo to fall too far and land right in front of the taser just as it fired.
"ARGG!" Yamiyo called out as she felt the shock of it in her stomach. She tensed her body and gasped lightly for air as she felt her diaphragm tense up as well.
"The Hero Team wins!" All Might's booming voice echoed through the building, but a stunned Yamiyo took a few moments to process it.
"I'm sorry!" Yaoyorou was sitting up and helping Yamiyo into a kneeling position. Yamiyo pulled the taser probes out of her stomach and pressed a hand to her sore face. "I didn't mean to hit your eye!" Yaoyorozu pulled Yamiyo's hand away and created a cloth and pressed it to the left side of Yamiyo's face.
"I can't see.." Yamiyo mumbled, waving her arms out in front of her and earning a giggle out of Yaoyorozu. Yamiyo felt hands wrap around her own and she was suddenly being helped to her feet, Yaoyorou keeping the cloth pressed to Yamiyo's face.
"We should wait for the medic bots." Fumikage said.
"Right." Yaoyorozu responded. Yamiyo heard another pair of footsteps walking up behind them.
"What happened?" Shoji asked.
"I hit her with my shield. I wasn't expecting her to turn around so fast." Yaoyorozu explained. Yamiyo chuckled.
"Hey Shoji. Sorry for throwing you down those stairs." Yamiyo apologized.
"Apology accepted. I should've seen that you would pull something like that." Yamiyo laughed lightly.
"Oh, they're here." Yamiyo heard small wheels coming up somewhere behind her and she was carefully led over to where the med bots were waiting, taking the cloth into her own hands and pressing it against her face.
Yamiyo sat down on the stretcher just as she heard All Might's booming laughter. "That was quite the battle you put up!" Yamiyo smiled. "Although I don't approve of throwing your classmates down a stairwell, it gave you the win! Good job!"
"Thanks. I'll try to minimize the throwing people down stairs part next time." Yamiyo joked. She smiled more when laughter reached her ears.
As she was being carried out of the building with All might by her side, she heard him whisper, "By the way… what did 'Raven! Go raven!' mean?" Yamiyo laughed at his confusion.
"Ravens are often seen alone or in pairs. For situations like that, 'Go Raven!' is me and Fumikage's way of saying, 'Go alone!' or 'I'm down!'. It's more so meant to confuse the enemy because they most likely wouldn't know what it means, but it seems to have confused more than the enemy." Yamiyo laughed as All Might sputtered and tried to defend himself.
She knew there would be more questions to come, but for now, she will just enjoy the win.
Ha! Doube chapter rewrite!
I know this was a big change from the original, but I'm happier with it than the original. I'm hoping that from here on out I'll just have to edit a few things in the next chapter and wont have to rewrite massive parts and change it.
Thanks for reading!
