Back To School
She sat up with a start, hand outstretched in front of her like she was reaching for someone. She gasped and clutched her chest. Body trembling, tears running down her face.
She sat alone in her bedroom, taking deep breaths to calm her nerves, but they only came out in sobs. She brought her hand to her mouth to try and muffle them as much as possible, not wanting to wake up Fumikage who was only separated from her room by a wall.
She leaned forward, her tears dripping onto the blanket spread across her lap. She pressed her ears to her head and wrapped her arms around herself, whimpers escaped her lips as salty tears traveled down her face and neck.
Why… why?! Why me?! Why can't I just sleep without seeing them dead?!
She heard the creak of a door and heard footsteps next to her bed. She felt someone sit on her bed behind her. She looked over her shoulder and peered through her puffy eyes to see Fumikage and Dark Shadow who was sprouting from his back.
She opened her mouth to speak, but it only came out in a sob. She brought her hands to her face and covered her eyes, sobbing into her hands. She felt arms wrap around her and turned around, placing her face on Fumikage's shoulder as she cried.
Dark Shadow wrapped his claws around them, locking eyes with Fumikage. Fumikage sighed and sat in silence.
Fumikage looked over to the clock on her bedside table.
3:26... He placed his beak ontop of her head, a sad frown forming.
Yamiyo's face was beat red as she tried to stifle her laughter, although Kirishima and Sero were being very open when they saw Bakugo.
"Really, really Bakugo?!" They both laughed. Bakugo trembled with rage as he had his right hand out threateningly. His hair was combed to the side, VERY unlike him.
"Shut up, my hair has gotten used to this and won't go back to normal, even after I wash it. Did you hear me, I'll kill you both!" Yamiyo pounded her fist on the desk as her body trembled with laughter, it took all of her willpower to hold in her laugh.
"I'd like to see you try, pretty boy!" Sero called out.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" Bakugo roared as he threw his hands up and brought them down threateningly, little pop emerging from his palms as his hair poofed back to its normal state. At this point, Yamiyo burst out laughing, clutching her stomach, a slight pain stinging her chest.
"Its back!" Kirishima and Sero laughed. She leaned back in her chair, laughing her head off and knocking her light gray blazer off of the back of her chair and onto the tiled floor. She had the sleeves of her white button up rolled up to a bit past her shoulders, exposing her bandaged forearms.
When she had calmed down, she leaned forward and placed her elbows onto her desk, still giggling a bit.
"Hello Yamiyo." She looked up and saw Yaoyorozu standing by her desk. She smiled.
"Hey Yaoyorozu! How was your internship?"
"It… wasn't what I was expecting…" She admitted, then pointed to her arms, "I saw the battle on the news, how are you healing?" Yamiyo waved her hand.
"I'm doing a lot better! Just some burns, nothing that stopped me before!" She placed her fists onto her hips and brought her shoulders back, which she immediately regretted as the action stretched the burned skin alot and felt a sharp sting through her chest.
She stopped and chewed her lip, leaning forward a bit.
"Ok.. they might hinder me a bit.." He grumbled as the stinging still lingered. Yaoyorozu smiled warmly and reached towards her hand. Yamiyo jerked her hand away and pulled both her hands close to her.
"Are you ok?" Yamiyo nodded, throwing a smile onto her face.
"I'm alright, they just sting a little." Yaoyorozu gave her a questioning look before nodding slightly.
"If there's anything bothering you, were all here for you." Yamiyo took a second to let that sink in before smiling.
"Thanks." Yaoyorozu smiled and started walking over to her desk. She stopped and turned back towards Yamiyo.
"I like your new haircut! Really suits you!" Yamiyo smiled towards Yaoyorozu, who returned it and walked back towards her desk. Yamiyo's smile fell and she leaned over her desk, staring at it intently.
She didn't know how long she was in that position. Didn't feel very long.
She felt a hand placed onto her head and she stiffened, flinching away. She looked up and saw Bakugo looking at her. He gave her a skeptical look and opened his mouth, but Aizawa walked into class and Bakugo had to hurry back to his desk.
She looked forward, still holding her hands to her chest. She then felt something she almost rarely felt… she felt…
Empty.
"I Am Here! I hope your ready to return to our lessons! Today is Hero basic Training! Feels like I haven't seen you in a while! Welcome Back!" She stared blankly at the concrete ground. She was sure to stand at least a few feet from the group.
She held her left bandaged forearm in her hand, inspecting the bandages and making sure they were on securely and won't slip off and expose the injury upon injury during the training.
"Now, listen carefully for what's in store. Were going to be conducting a little race, take everything you learned from your internships and apply it to this rescue training." She fiddled with the black choker secured on her neck.
She dropped her shoulders and felt the bandages wrapped around her shoulder and torso rub against the gym uniform she was wearing. Due to the fact that her other costume was pretty badly burned, she had to have it re-made. Hatsume asked if she could make it more flame resistant, and she complied.
"If its rescue training," Iida's hand shot up into the air, "then shouldn't we be at the USJ?" She snapped out of her thoughts and returned her gaze to the Pro Hero.
"Ah, the USJ specializes in disasters. But as I've said before, this is a race. So.. prepare!" She looked beyond the hero at the blue wall behind them. Then she looked up and saw a few stray iron pipes peeking over the wall.
"You are about to step into 'Field Gamma'! Inside is an area filled with factories that form an intricate labyrinth, so good luck finding your way through. You will be competing in groups of five, each person starts from different positions on the outskirts of the model city. I will send out a distress signal, and you will do what you must to rescue me. Whoever gets to me first wins!
But try to keep property damage to a bare minimum please." His hand slowly inched down until his finger was pointing accusingly at Bakugo who turned away, a stone hard glare on his face.
"why're you pointing at me?" She smiled slightly.
"Alright, first group, get to your places!"
As Sero, Mina, Midoriya, Ojiro, and Iida disappeared behind the wall, Yamiyo started making her way to a spot that strayed from the group, but kept the huge screen in her sight.
"Young Yamiyo." She felt a large hand placed onto her shoulder. She quickly ducked and stepped back a few paces from the hero. He waved his hands in front of him.
"Sorry! Didn't mean to startle you!" She stood up a little straighter and held her elbow in her hand.
"It's ok, did you need anything All Might?" She tilted her head a bit.
"I was wondering if you feel that you are alright enough to participate in class today, because of you injuries. I just want to make sure that they won't hinder your mobility during the activity." She looked at her hand, then curled her fingers inward.
"I should be ok, I'll slow down if they do hurt. It is an activity after all and I don't want to injure myself further and make it harder to participate in classes in the future." He nodded and gave her a big thumbs up.
"Ok! Don't push yourself when your still healing!" And with that, he walked away to get into position. She sighed tiredly and rubbed her eyes with her index and middle finger.
I wish I had those Adrenaline pills…
You can't keep abusing them, they were made for you to use when your out on the field, not so you can stay up! It's not healthy!
Yamiyo grumbled lightly, her tail twitching in irritation.
She continued walking until she was in the spot. She crossed her arms over her chest and shifted her weight to her left leg. She stared at the screen, waiting for the first round to begin.
"Are you alright Midoriya?" He watched as she walked up to the greenette. He stopped paying attention to the conversation between Shoji and Koda, and focused on his sister's behavior.
She didn't get in arms length of Midoriya and she kept her hands folded behind her back, but he could barely make out that they seemed to be shaking.
After a moment, Midoriya waved and walked off. Yamiyo smiled and waved after him. Suddenly her smile fell and she looked exhausted, she definitely didn't look like the same person a few seconds ago.
She turned her head and they both locked eyes. Her lips pressed into a thin line and she averted her eyes, heading towards the entrance for her test.
"Tokoyami." Fumikage turned his head to see Mina and Kirishima walking over.
"Is something wrong?" Mina looked over to Yamiyo's retreating form. She turned back to Fumikage.
"Whats going on with Yamiyo? She's being so distant, and she won't let anyone near her, or touch her."
"Yeah." Kirishima placed a hand to the back of his head, "I gave her a noogie earlier, she flinched away and looked scared before apologizing and smiling again." Fumikage looked away, clenching his fists from beneath his cloak.
Their her friends too! You can't handle this on your own and they will be able to help!
I just hope we can trust them.
He looked back towards the two.
"She… hasn't been getting enough sleep. She's been having nightmares every night, last night she woke up screaming saying it was her fault over and over again, wouldn't let me go near her." (The nightmare above was a few days before this) They both looked shocked, Mina wrapped her arms around herself.
"God… what is she dreaming about?" She wondered aloud, looking back to where Yamiyo disappeared beyond the gates.
"She won't tell me... " Kirishima sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Does anyone else know?" Fumikage shook his head, crossing his arms underneath his cloak.
"Only you two and me, other than that I'm not sure if she told anyone else." Kirishima turned his gaze.
"Man.. I hope she's ok."
"Begin!" A loud air horn sliced through the air.
Yamiyo immediately went into action, jumping and landing on a pipe before repeating, weaving between the pipes and digging her claws into the metal to change her direction or slow her speed.
She could hear explosions in the distance and opted to follow since Bakugo would most likely be in the air and heading straight towards All might.
She jumped off a pipe and transitioned into a frontflip. She proceeded to plant her hands firm on a pipe and launch herself forward, bringing her limbs close to her and being as thin as she could. She flew right between two pipes and continued.
She jumped, slid, climbed, and vaulted over the obstacles, having no problems yet.
I spoke to soon…
The area up ahead was more complex, pipes built very close together to form very small openings that she wouldn't fit through with her body shape.
She quickly looked around.
Should be safe, nobodys around.
Shadows wrapped around her arms. She lifted them in front of her body and the shadows shot forward, wrapping around the pipes and flinging her upwards and over the maze of metal.
She saw Bakugo flying through the air, and Todoroki moving quickly with his ice.
She lowered her arm and more shadows shot from her limb, throwing her forward. She smiled to herself as she quickly made progress.
I can win!
More and more shadows accompanied her and helped her move through the course faster. Slowly a smile crept onto her face as she flew through the course, closing in on Bakugo and Todoroki.
She laughed lightly as the wind whipped through her bobbed hair. She can't express how much she missed this.
Your almost there, Bakugo's right above you.
She looked up just as Bakugo looked down, their eyes locking.
Yamiyo smirked, challengingly. Bakugo smirked his devil smile right back, blasting forward.
"Outta my way, Icy-Hot!" He hollered as he flew by.
Oh Crap-
She propelled herself forward, shadows forming under her feet and hands. She lifted herself up and was a few feet behind the exploding ash blonde, neck and neck with Todoroki.
Uh uh, I don't think so!
She dropped and landed on a pipe, she bent down, her legs tensing. She looked forward, a crazy smile plastered onto her face.
Suddenly, she shot through the air, two shoe marks on the pipe. She held her arms out by her sides horizontally, shadows forming around them and forming a shape to allow her to glide.
"WOO HOO!" She called out as she quickly gained up to Bakugo.
Quickly, she was right beside him. At that point, she had lost her explosive speed and was resorting to shooting herself forward with the help of the shadows below the pipes and metal.
She threw her arm forward and shot the shadows coating her arm to a pipe several feet in front of her, shadows wrapped around the pipe and shot her forward.
She was neck and neck with Bakugo.
"Nice going so far, Sparky." She smirked. He glared at her, before his face turned into a wicked grin.
"Whoever loses has to pay for a day out with the other extras." She smirked back, showing her canines. She assumed the 'other extras' were the BakuSquad.
"Bet." Shadows a few yards in front of them wrapped around her waist, jerking her forward and pulling her along. When the end of the shadows grew closer, they flipped her into the air, only for more shadows to wrap around her and pull her forward.
"You ain't getting away that easily, furball!" Bakugo hollered as he quickly gained on her, Todoroki hot on his tail.
"Uh oh." She moved quickly, more and more shadows pulling her along, but Bakugo quickly gained as she lost speed.
It felt like she needed to cough, and she knew that just because of that, she needed to stop. She was nearing her limit.
She dropped onto a pipe and continued on foot. Or, feet and claws.
She looked up and saw Bakugo fly over her, taking his time to look down at her and flip her off with a snarky grin on his face.
She exaggerated her gasp and stuck her tongue out, scrunching up her face.
She quickly recovered and bounded over the pipes, jumping and swinging around them. When All Might came into view, she decided to push her limit. Because god knows that she wasn't paying for lunch!
Shadows wrapped around her body and pulled her forward until she was neck and neck with Bakugo and Todoroki. They were all charging forward, all heading right for All Might.
She shot her arm forward to pull her the last amount of space between her and victory, but a blur of green made her look down.
Tsu had hopped right into the line of fire of her Shadow. Yamiyo's face changed to horror and panic as she quickly dissipated the shadows. She looked forward and saw the concrete coming in hot.
Oh Crap
She curled up and landed on her shoulder, transitioning into a roll.
She got onto one knee and looked up to see Bakugo and Todoroki recovering not too far away. All Might rose a large hand.
"It's all over! It was extremely close, but the winner is…"
Yamiyo pouted as she threw her jacket to the ground.
"Still upset?" Jiro teased. Yamiyo's cheeks puffed out more as her ears perked up, tail twitching in irritation.
"Yes!" She stated stubbornly as she threw off her pants and put her leggings back on. She heard a slight giggling behind her, but it was quickly shushed.
She turned around, confused.
"Eh?" All the girls in the room were looking at her (She assumed Hagakure was).
"What's wrong?" Yaoyorozu walked over and pointed to her back.
"What happened here..?" Yamiyo's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Yayorozu put a hand over her chest as it glowed a rainbow of colors, producing a long mirror with a black frame.
Yaoyorozu proceeded to place it on the wall and lead Yamiyo over, making sure her back was facing it. Yamiyo looked over her shoulder and saw what they were confused about.
It was a scar, only a few years old in fact. It resembled a twisted tree with thousands of branches branching off each other as it ran down her back.
Yamiyo looked at the girls around her, then dropped her arms.
"I can't tell you what my other scars are from… but this one doesn't hurt as much to say." She took a deep breath and looked up.
"It-" A loud slam and 'Boom' caused interrupted her. All the girls looked around in confusion.
"Say that again, I dare you!"
"Dark Shadow?" She walked over to a wall, and saw a small hole. She knocked on the wall.
"What's going on?!" She hollered.
"This damn pest was trying to peek on you!" She growed lightly, then turned to the rest of the girls who looked equally disgusted. No words needed to be said.
She smirked evilly and turned back to the wall.
"Kill him for me, would you?"
"No! No!" Mineta screamed. Yamiyo smiled to herself and turned back towards the girls.
"While we're on the topic of boys.." Mina bounced over to Yamiyo, staring right into her eyes, "...you have to like one of them, right? So, who?! Spill the beans!" She demanded. Yamiyo rose an eyebrow.
"Even if I did, I wouldn't say." Mina looked defeated.
"Oh, come on!" A floating uniform appeared in front of her.
"Please?!" Hagakure and Mina begged. By this point, the other girls were looking at them. She sighed.
"No." She walked over to her locker.
"Have you at least had a boyfriend before?!" They called out, desperate. Yamiyo froze, and tightened her grip on her uniform.
"... One. Were not together anymore." She harshly shoved her gym uniform into her locker. Hagakure and Mina squealed, not noticing her reaction.
"I bet he was a charmer! He must've been an awesome guy! I bet-" Yamiyo slammed her locker, bending the metal.
"DON'T SWEETEN HIS NAME! HE DOESN'T DESERVE THOSE COMPLIMENTS! HE DIDN'T DESERVE ANYTHING I DID FOR HIM, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HE DID TO US" She shouted, her hands shook with rage. Her tail twitched with rage. Her pupils dilated and her mouth opened in a snarl.
She spun on her heel and stormed out of the changing room, throwing on her light gray jacket and sliding her inside shoes on as she walked.
"What the heck was that about?" Sato wondered aloud, looking towards the wall. The boys shrugged their shoulders.
"Whatever it was about, we shouldn't budge. Judging by what was said, it seems like an extremely sore subject." Iida concluded.
"Damn right it is." Dark Shadow growled, Tokoyami kept his back to the rest of his classmates. His left arm was in front of him, his head lowered to stare at the pale scar going down his forearm. He closed his eyes and curled his fingers into a fist.
"Tokoyami?" He ignored Shoji and grabbed his things, having finished changing moments before Yamiyo's outburst.
Fumikage passed by his classmates, Dark Shadow retreating into his back.
"Wait, where are you going?" His hand rested on the door handle as he looked over his shoulder.
"To check on Yamiyo." He quickly slipped out of the changing rooms and wandered through the halls in search of his sister.
Yamiyo gripped the edge of her desk tightly. After the whole fiasco in the girls room,she returned to class early, wanting to get some alone time before class started, and she didn't want to be late because of it.
She leaned back in her chair, glaring at the top of her desk, removing her hands.
"Yamiyo?" Her head snapped to the door to see her brother.
"Hey Fumikage." She watched as he sat down next to her. He turned his head to face her.
"Are you ok?" She looked at her desk.
"More or less." She crossed her arms. They sat in silence, both not knowing what to say or do. They sat there for so long that everyone started entering the classroom.
"Hey… Yamiyo?" She looked up and saw Mina and Hagakure in front of her.
"Were sorry for pushing you like that… it wasn't out business to know." Yamiyo smiled slightly.
"It's alright. I shouldn't have reacted the way I did. I'm… just still mad about what he did." The girls stopped slouching and nodded. Aizawa Sensei then entered the classroom, immediately shushing everyone and sending them scrambling to their seats.
"I know that summer is coming up, but you can't just relax and entire month." Yamiyo tilted her head in response. Not gonna lie, she was excited for resting up a bit during the summer.
"You'll be training… while your camping in the woods." At the word 'woods' Yamiyo jumped out of her seat along with her fellow classmates and started cheering, tail wagging 100 miles per hour. She loved the woods. The smell of pine, the singing of birds, the obstacles and animals to observe. It sort of felt like a second home for her.
"However.." Aizawa-Sensei's eyes glowed red and his hair floated around his head, shushing everyone and making them sit back in their seats, along with Yamiyo, whos tail continued to wag. "Those of you who don't pass the final exam before the semester is over will have to partake in summer school."
Kirishima turned around, determination flared in his eyes. "Everyone do your best!" Yamiyo nodded confidently and stood up, fists waving in the air.
"Let's do it!" She cheered. A big goofy smile plastered onto her face.
"Wow Yamiyo, your really ready for this, huh? Kero." Tsu pointed out, turning in her seat to look at her ecstatic classmate. Yamiyo nodded and pulled her fists closer to her chest.
"I love the woods, and being there again is going to be AWESOME!" She cheered.
"Well, it makes sense since your part wolf and all." Sero pointed out. She nodded, bouncing on her heels. She looked over her classmates heads to the window. She saw herself in the reflection, but this time instead of turning away, she smiled, filled with determination.
"Ahhh this is so exciting!" Yamiyo smiled as she walked next to the Baku-Squad.
"I know!" Mina agreed with just as much energy. They started chatting about what the final exams might be about.
"Oi, Furball." She looked up and saw Bakugo slowing down until he was at pace with her.
"Do you need anything, Pomeranian?" She smirked when he glared at her, hands out threateningly.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU CALL ME?!" She smirked.
"Nothing, Sparky." He glared at her and looked forward, chin jutting out. She looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Do you need anything?" He looked at her with a devilish smirk.
"Don't think for a second that I forgot about the bet." She groaned and looked at the sky, slouching.
"Why?! I don't wanna waste my money!" She cried. The Bakusquad looked at them curiously, Mina looked a little… too hopeful for something. She glared at her lightly, but she only giggled and ushered Kirshima, Kaminari, and Sero forward, leaving Yamiyo and Bakugo behind.
"Well, you shouldn't have agreed to the bet." He challenged. She pouted and stared at the ground in front of her, shoulders hunched over.
Bakugo placed a hand right between her ears. She tensed but didn't do anything. She looked over to Bakugo who was still smirking.
She stuck out her tongue and smiled.
Awww
Shut the hell up.
Hello! Sorry about not posting for a while, school gets in the way and I keep drawing blanks whenever I try to think of something to write down for a new chapter, but I will try to get the next one out earlier! It's more so a side chapter so I won't have to watch an episode of the anime to make sure I get everything in order, so I'm hoping that it comes out earlier!
