Camp Mishap


"Yamiyo." She coughed a few times before standing upland dispersing the shadows and darkness she was using.

"Eh?" She replied, running the back of her hand over her lips, the rough bandages scratching them slightly.

"You'll be with me for a majority of the day." She looked at Aizawa confused.

"Why?"

"I want to see your mele fighting. I also want to test a few things." He pulled one of his hands out of his pocket and motioned for her to follow him. She did so, still a little confused.

They walked past her fellow classmates and she couldn't help but feel uneasy, hearing them yell and scream from the training. Yamiyo looked forward and caught up with Aizawa, sticking to his side as they walked.

"Here is good." He stopped walking, Yamiyo stopping as well. They were close to the treeline in a fairly large area unoccupied by the other 1-A and 1-B students. Aizawa backed up to give her some room. "I want to see how big and small you can grow when changing to a wolf, and how long you can stay in that form."

Yamiyo hummed and brought a hand to her chin. "To be honest, I never tested my limits that far. But the biggest I go right now I can hold for about five or eight minutes before getting very exhausted. Same with how small I can get. If I stay in either too long, I won't have enough energy to change back and will have to rest until I can." She explained. Aizawa nodded and stared at her. She took this as a hint to begin.

She opted to go for small first, as getting bigger would ruin her uniform and it would be a very awkward and embarrassing situation if that happened. She got onto her hands and knees, willing her body to change and shrink.

The black streak in her hair spread and took over the brown, followed by black fur sprouting all over her body. Her body shifted and she shrunk and shrunk and shrunk until…

She was a little bit bigger than a newborn.

Changing size doesn't affect her in any way. She can still walk, see, hear, and smell normally, just her size is different. She wobbled for a moment before she was on all fours and started moving around a bit. Everything was so big. It was weird being so tiny, albeit kinda fun.

"Oh." Aizawa mumbled. She barked out a small laugh and looked up at the teacher. He looked a little surprised. "I didn't expect you to get that small." He admitted.

She wobbled and fell onto her stomach, fatigue hitting her hard. Her eyelids grew heavy and she moved her head, looking at Aizawa. She raised her head slightly and whined, her head dropping back to the ground.

Yamiyo began growing and returning to normal. She laid on her stomach for a few moments before she slowly crawled onto her hands and knees, head hanging low. "Big…" She mumbled.

"Yamiyo-" She was already growing when Aizawa tried to stop her. He watched her grow and grow and grow… well past his own height. He was stunned by how large she was. If he had to estimate, he would say she was a good ten or twelve feet tall.

The massive black wolf was sitting on its haunches, head hanging low. She yawned broadly before she slowly leaned towards Aizawa.

Aizawa stared at her before quickly stepping back and watching Yamiyo fall onto her side with a loud 'thump'. "Yamiyo?" He didn't hear anything in response, but he did notice the slow breathing and light snoring, hinting that she was asleep.

He cautiously stepped towards her head and she was, in fact, dead asleep. He sighed and was about to activate his quirk, but he remembered her shredded clothing after changing to a wolf during the Sports Festival.

"Pixie-Bob, Mandalay!" He called, getting to his knees and placing a hand on Yamiyo's head. The women stopped what they were doing and looked towards Aizawa, stunned to see the massive black mass he was kneeling next too.

"Whoa! What's that?!" Pixie-Bob exclaimed, running over. Mandalay followed not too long after.

"It's Yamiyo. She pushed herself too far and passed out from exhaustion." He explained. Mandalay looked at him, a paw on her hip.

"Why don't you erase her quirk?" She questioned.

Aizawa ran a hand through his hair. "The first time she shifted was during the sports festival, I'm assuming you remember what happened to her clothes after she shifted back?" He paused and watched them until their eyes widened and their mouths opened in an 'O'. He turned toward Pixie-Bob, "I'll need you to carry her to a private cave, Mandalay could you get her a spare pair of clothes?"

"Of course." Mandalay turned on her heel and started jogging away. Pixie-Bob kneeled behind Yamiyo and placed her hands on the ground. They glowed a faint blue before the ground rose and lifted Yamiyo up.

"I'll handle her." Pixie-Bob gave Aizawa a thumbs up before walking away, carrying Yamiyo on a large pad of dirt and rocks. Some students stared at Pixie-Bob and Yamiyo as they walked through the training area.

"What is that?!" Mina screamed, pointing at Yamiyo.

"Get back to work, Mina!" Aizawa called. The pinkette jumped and immediately turned back to the rock in front of her and continued with her quirk training.


"Hey.."

She felt herself floating, unable to move or respond to the voice.

"Kid.. come on!"

She wanted to open her eyes, figure out what was going on… but she couldn't. Instead, she felt this suffocating pain on her chest, as if all the air was suddenly stolen from her lungs.

"I need some help over here!" Yamiyo was finally allowed to open her eyes… and she wishes she hadn't.

She was floating in the air, away from the scene in front of her. She was floating above a destroyed building. Heroes, police officers, firefighters, and medical teams were rushing onto the scene.

"No! Let me go!" She froze upon hearing her own voice shout out… but she hadn't said anything? "Fumikage! No- Bakugo help me!"

She looked around and spotted Edgeshot dragging someone away. Upon closer inspection… she saw herself being the one dragged away. Yamiyo stared at her look-alike and saw that her front was covered in blood, but it didn't seem like she had any major injuries to cause her to bleed that much. She was sobbing and pushing against Edgeshot, trying to get away.

Yamiyo floated down uneasily. She spotted Bakugo slowly walking after them, his face pale and hands trembling slightly. Yamiyo felt her stomach drop as she floated closer to where a pile of rubble was laying.

She screamed and covered her mouth. Fumikage was laying on his side… in a puddle of his own blood. He was still, there was no rise and fall of his chest and his skin was pale.

Yamiyo couldn't get any closer than she was… she could only stare at what she saw. She felt and saw someone run through her ghost-like form and fall to the ground next to Fumikage.

"Why?! Why didn't you help him?!" Yamiyo sobbed, hunching over as her shoulders shook. "You shouldn't have allowed him to come!" She cried, covering her face with her hands. Yamiyo watched as Bakugo stumbled over to her look-alike and wrapped her in a hug. Yamiyo responded by burying her face in Bakugo's chest and wrapping her arms around him.


Yamiyo jolted awake, her body jerking. She whined and clenched her jaws, hot tears sticking to her fur.

She slowly pushed herself up and started to shift back to normal, crying the entire time. Once she finished shifting, she sat there on her knees. She looked around through blurry vision and saw a pile of new clothes.

The 'clothes' she was wearing could hardly clarify as clothes anymore, hanging onto her body by literal threads.

She shakily stood and collected them, stepping into the dark cave. She swayed with every step, her legs threatening to give out on her.

Yamiyo...

Hey, it was only a dream.

Yamiyo tumbled forward, landing on her bare knees. She clutched the clothes close to her chest and she hunched over, tears streaming down her face.

Uh huh…

It's alright… it wasn't real.

With the help from Aneko and Yami, she was able to recollect herself long enough to change out of her destroyed gym uniform and into the new ones left for her.

As she stumbled out of the cave, arms wrapped around herself and a bandaged hand tightly gripping the shredded clothes, she spotted Mandalay walking towards the cave. The woman smiled cheerfully and jogged over. "Hey! I came to see if you had woken up!" Mandalay's smile slowly fell and her eyebrows arched upwards. Her jog slowly turned into a walk as she grew closer to Yamiyo. "What's wrong?"

Yamiyo stared at the woman for a few moments. She clenched the ruined uniform tighter and shook her head. "Just a nightmare.." Mandalay frowned and stepped beside Yamiyo, wrapping her arm around Yamiyo's stomach in a side hug.

"You know you can talk to us, right?" Mandalay said. Yamiyo nodded and smiled up at the woman, but the smile seemed forced.

"Thank you Mandalay." The woman smiled and nodded. They both leave the cave together, heading back towards the training area. Mandalay glanced behind them and held Yamiyo a little tighter.

Yamiyo stared at the edge of the cliff and made a move to step closer to see the view, but Mandalay tugged her away. "Don't get too close. This area is more prone to crumbling, if you get to close the ground will give and you will fall the entire way down." Mandalay said. Yamiyo looked up at the woman, curious.

"What's at the bottom?" She questioned. Mandalay stared at the edge.

"Jagged stone. Down there used to be the old training spot, but because of someone else's quirk, they completely dug up the ground and caused stone to protrude from the ground. We tried to clear it up for you guys, but we didn't have enough time and we decided to abandon that area completely and create the one your class and Class 1-B is training at." Mandalay explained. Yamiyo stared at the woman for a few more moments before turning towards the edge and staring at it.

"I'll take those." Yamiyo handed over the ruined uniform and Mandalay waved before jogging away, leaving Yamiyo alone with Aizawa.

During her rest, she had missed about an hour or two of training, and she was still a little tired. "During your time at UA, it's become increasingly apparent that you know some skills that most of your classmates don't." Aizawa stepped closer to her.

"And…?" Yamiyo crossed her arms over her chest.

"And I want to see what you can do." Aizawa lunged forward, whipping out a small knife from a pocket on his belt.

Yamiyo dashed to the side and avoided a slash from the knife. She kicked his side and lept forward, grabbing his wrist and elbow. She planted her knee into his back and drove him to the ground, twisting his wrist until he dropped the knife.

"Get off." Aizawa huffed. Yamiyo froze for a second before jumping off her teacher, who stood up with the knife in hand. "You didn't even notice this." Aizawa held up the knife and pushed against the tip with his finger, the plastic blade sliding into the handle. "It's fake." He shoved the plastic knife into his pocket and stared at Yamiyo. "Yet you acted out of impulse… or instinct?"

Yamiyo gulped and stared at Aizawa, biting her tongue. "I guess I did."

Aizawa narrowed his eyes slightly at her before sighing slightly and stepping back a few steps. "No quirks allowed, just hand to hand." Aizawa stated.

"Why am I training with you instead of Tiger? Isn't he working with the students who have strength type quirks?" Yamiyo questioned, easing into a fighting stance.

"Because I'm your homeroom teacher and I want to see what you can do. Again, it's obvious that you may know more about combat than some of your classmates- I want to see how much more you know and if I should bump your training up a level." Aizawa explained. But Yamiyo could tell he was hiding something.

"If we're not going to work with weapons- why even bring out the fake knife?" Yamiyo had a feeling that she already knew the answer to her question before he answered.

"I was just testing something." Aizawa replied, simply. He ran forward, not giving Yamiyo a chance to reply.

His attacks made her go on the defensive as she blocked his punches and kicks, sometimes throwing them off or just taking them with a block. Quickly, she began throwing in her own attacks and they were even with attacks and blocking.

He's onto us..

No shit sherlock.

Language!

Really?

Let me focus! But Aneko is right… he may be onto us-

"Get your head out of the clouds." Yamiyo yelped and Aizawa kicked her legs out from under her. She tried to block, but instead of attacking, Aizawa lept on top of her and pinned her to the ground, hands keeping her wrists together. "You'd most likely be dead or injured right now. Heroes can't afford to lose focus, if they do, they could either get themselves killed or kill the people around them." Aizawa scolded before stepping off of her.

Yamiyo sat up and rubbed her wrists, staring at the ground bitterly. "Don't you think I know that?" Yamiyo glared at her teacher. "I know how dangerous hero work can be and I'm up for it- you don't have to keep reminding me of everything that could go wrong if I screw up- because I know what can happen if I do." She snapped, standing up and rolling her shoulders.

Aizawa stared at her before settling into another fighting position. "Again."

"Goddamnit!" Yamiyo shouted, half of her face being pushed into the ground with her teacher on top of her. This was the third time he pinned her, in almost the exact same way.

"Your not taking this seriously-"

"I am!" She spat.

"You're not." He pushed her head harder into the dirt. "You're not dealing strong enough blows and you're focusing too much on my eyes and not enough on the attacks. I've told you before, we're not using our quirks." Aizawa got off of Yamiyo and he let the girl stand up and kick a lump of dirt in frustration.

"This is bullshit." Yamiyo growled.

"Is it now? If that's what you think, then you're not going to dinner until you can effectively immobilize me three times." Aizawa smirked. Yamiyo growled.

"Three times?" She seethed, getting into another fighting stance.

"If that's too challenging for you, then you just need to pin me once." Aizawa crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm not going to use my quirk," He reminded, "So stop checking- and stop holding back. You have that werewolf quirk for a reason."

"I thought we weren't allowed to use quirks?" Yamiyo snapped.

"Were not- but your quirk is technically classified as a mutation type- although I'm not sure why your quirk seemed to disappear when you wore the quirk suppressant cuffs." Aizawa stared at her, expecting an explanation.

"You know how werewolves 'change in the night'? It's similar to that, but the moon is out 24/7 for me. If that's taken away, then I 'lose' my quirk." Yamiyo explained. "Can we just get started already?!" She demanded, hunger eating at her stomach.

"Alright. Begin." Yamiyo dashed forward with a growl, jumping and kicking outwards.

Aizawa grabbed her foot and spun it, making her whole body spin mid air before she hit the ground. Yamiyo rolled out of the way and avoided Aizawa trying to get on top of her again.

She hopped onto her feet and blocked a punch from the man. Yamiyo ducked and was able to nail a punch to his gut.

In her small moment of victory, Aizawa grabbed her by her hair and moved to pin her to the ground again, but Yamiyo wants to eat dinner with her classmates.

She grabbed his wrist and planted her right foot on her chest and brought her left leg up, trying to kick at his chin. Aizawa dropped her and jumped back, avoiding her kick. Yamiyo chased after him, eyes narrowed in determination.

Yamiyo dove and rolled on the ground, lapping back up and slamming into Aizawa's chest. Yamiyo gripped his shirt and twisted her hips, planting her feet on the ground. Yamiyo pulled Aizawa over her head and spun, throwing Aizawa to the ground.

He landed on his back, but before Yamiyo could do anything else, he rolled to the right and was back on his feet. Yamiyo growled and started punching at the hero, who deflected or blocked her attacks.

Yamiyo spun to the left and avoided a punch, spinning around Aizawa's left and towards his back. Aizawa spun around and blocked Yamiyo's kick, making the girl growl. Aizawa threw her leg to the side and punched upwards, which she blocked.

Aizawa then punched her in the jaw, making her stagger back a bit. Aizawa followed with a solid kick to her chest, sending her staggering back and falling flat on her back.

Yamiyo kicked up and ran forward, snarling. She reared back and Aizawa brought his arm up and blocked her fist, throwing his own punch at her. Yamiyo lurched to the side, dodging his attack and grabbing his elbow. She spun inwards and slammed her elbow into the center of her teacher's chest.

Yamiyo pushed off of her leg and drove them both onto the ground. Yamiyo flipped forward off of Aizawa before doubling back and hooking her arm around his neck. She slammed the heel of her shoe into his right palm, keeping his hand away from her. She watched as his left hand came up, seeming to grip at her arm.

She screamed for a second when she felt Aizawa harshly grab her ear and started pulling towards the side, making her body lurch to the side. Yamiyo let go and latched onto his wrist, prying it off of her ear.

"God damnit!" She yelled, hopping away and gently rubbing her ear. Aizawa stood up and started running towards her. "Fine, asshole. You asked for this." Yamiyo growled.

She waited a second before spinning on her heel and kicking her leg up towards Aizawa's head, making him block and step to the side. Yamiyo threw a quick left hook, catching Aizawa's jaw.

Yamiyo hooked her arm under Aizawa's armpit and neck and swung her body around, hitting his back and pushing him back onto the ground. Yamiyo let go of his neck, but kept her grip on his arm tight.

She grabbed his wrist and pulled his arm across his back, pinning it. She used her right leg to drive her knee into his back and her left foot stomped down onto his left hand.

She heard and felt Aizawa cough once before wiggling underneath her, trying to find a way to throw her off. "Alright!" He grumbled whe she pushed her knee harder onto his back. Yamiyo jumped off and rubbed her slightly bruised jaw.

"Can I go now?" Yamiyo grumbled, hunger eating at her stomach lightly. She hadn't eaten a full breakfast due to time and the fact that she was scolded for throwing her hot dinner on Mineta the night before.

"Not yet." Yamiyo groaned. "Your training is done for the day, but expect more training tomorrow for the hours you missed today." Aizawa stated, staring at her and rolling his shoulder. Yamiyo rolled her eyes.

"Yeah yeah- I'm going to eat." Yamiyo jogged away to join her classmates who had just started making dinner from the fresh scent of food in the air. Yamiyo sighed and rubbed her eyes, the bandages scratching her eyelids slightly. She knew training the next day would be horrible, but she would put up with it. She needed to push herself further and regain the strength she slowly lost since being separated from Yukichi.

Yamiyo opened her eyes and looked at herself. She didn't have time to change out of the sweaty gym uniform and, frankly, she didn't care enough to change out of them. She really just wanted to eat.

"Hey! Yamiyo!" She slowed to a walk and smiled at Mina who was waving her arms wildly. "We were wondering where you disappeared to!" Mina smiled, jogging towards Yamiyo to walk side by side with her. "Can you help us with the cooking tonight? We had a bit of trouble the other night because someone just sat around!" Yamiyo glared at Kaminari, who threw his arms out.

"It wasn't my fault!" He cried.

"It is. You tried to light a fire with your electricity!" Mina snapped back.

"Uhhh… I can't help cook." Yamiyo stated, rubbing the back of her neck. Mina spun around to face Yamiyo.

"Why?" Mina pouted lightly.

"I ruin literally everything I try to cook or heat up." Yamiyo said, resting her hands on her hips. "I really don't know how, but I'm doomed to screw up anything I cook." Yamiyo sighed and laughed lightly.

"Uh uh- I won't allow this! I'm going to teach you to cook!" Mina declared, hooking her elbow with Yamiyo's and dragging the girl towards the fire powered ovens.

"Mina-"

"No! Your learning to cook!" Mina cut off, stopping in front of the oven, which was already lit with an orange flame. "Alright- I'll go get the ingredients, you stay here!" Mina ordered, quickly walking away to gain the freshly cut ingredients to prepare to make the curry.

Not wanting to fight with Mina, Yamiyo stayed where she stood and rubbed her ear. Aizawa really pulled her ear hard, the pain still very present.

"Hey Yamiyo." She looked up and smiled.

"Hi Shoji." The six-armed boy was carrying a few boxes in his arms, ready to drop them off to be cut and prepared.

"Why do you have a bruise?" One of Shoji's dupli arms turned into an eye and stared at her or, more accurately, the faint bruise on her face.

"Oh- Aizawa punched me in the face."

"What?" Yamiyo laughed.

"We trained one on one and he was able to punch me in the face. It's not that bad though. I can still feel it- don't get me wrong, but it doesn't hurt that much." Yamiyo shrugged. Shoji hummed and rearranged the boxes so he could stand up straight.

"I thought you couldn't cook?" He questioned, jerking his head to the oven beside her.

"I can't, but Mina demanded to teach me how to cook. She'll learn not even halfway through that I'm not exaggerating." Yamiyo layed her left arm across her abdomen and rested her right elbow on her arm, rubbing the bruise on her chin with her thumb.

"Depends if she's a good teacher or not." Shoji replied. Yamiyo stared at him for a moment before shrugging.

"True. I really only had Fumikage as a 'teacher' and when the first thing I tried to cook caught fire, we both decided very quickly that I should steer clear of the kitchen." Yamiyo smiled when Shoji chuckled lightly.

"What were you cooking?" He asked, curious. Yamiyo hung her head, shoulders bouncing lightly with laughter.

"I was trying to fry some chicken, but it didn't work out." Yamiyo laughed. Shoji chuckled lightly with her.

"I'm back!" Mina walked past Yamiyo and started sorting through the ingredients. "Yamiyo- watch me."

"See you later." A dupli-hand turned into a mouth appeared in front of her while Shoji walked past her.

"See you!" Yamiyo waved before turning to Mina. "I hope you know that this isn't going to go well." Yamiyo warned, stepping beside Mina.

"Ah- don't be negative!" Mina lightly bumped shoulders with Yamiyo. "I'm going to walk you through this step by step! I won't give up until you can make a bowl of curry!" Mina declared, earning a groan from Yamiyo. This was going to be a looong night.

Turns out, Mina was a pretty good teacher when it comes to cooking. Although they had their bumps and Yamiyo had to step away so Mina could save the nearly overcooked curry, Yamiyo actually managed to cook a few proper bowls of curry that didn't taste half bad.

"It's not bad.. But it's not good either." Bakugo grumbled, scooping curry into his mouth. "I'm a better teacher than Raccoon eyes." He growled.

"Hey!" Mina snapped. "I did my best!" Yamiyo chuckled, dropping her spoon into her bowl.

"And I now know how to make curry." Yamiyo smiled. Bakugo scoffed, eyes narrowed in a scowl as he continued to eat the curry.

"Yamiyo. Where were you before you joined Mina?" Fumikage questioned from across the table. Yamiyo sighed and slouched in her seat, much to the irritation of Bakugo sitting next to her.

"I went hand to hand with Aizawa. He wouldn't let me join you guys until I pinned him." She grumbled, pouting and shoving a spoon of curry into her mouth.

"And you did?" Yamiyo hummed and nodded, another bite of curry in her mouth.

"He also said I need to train for longer tomorrow because I missed an hour or two of training." Yamiyo added, "I'm just hoping I get enough rest and a proper breakfast." She mumbled.

"Why did you miss training?" Kaminari asked from her left.

"I pushed myself to my limits when I shifted to see how small and how big I could get." Yamiyo explained. "I remember getting nearly as small as a newborn and I wasn't sure about how big I got… but I remember feeling really large and everything seeming smaller." Yamiyo hummed, eyebrows furrowing as she tried to remember.

"Wait- you were that large black glob?!" Mina exclaimed, jumping out of her seat and looking past Kaminari towards Yamiyo.

"Eh?"

"When I was training, I saw Pixie-Bob using her quirk to carry a large black blob looking thing. Was that you?" Mina explained, pointing at Yamiyo.

"Most likely. I did wake up in front of a cave and I highly doubt Aizawa could carry me that far." Yamiyo shrugged. "Did you see how tall I was?"

"No, I just saw your back." Mina shook her head.

"You were around twelve feet tall, nearly crushed the hobo when you fell over." Bakugo snorted. Yamiyo stared at him.

"Twelve feet?" He nodded. Yamiyo puffed out her cheeks and blew out air, running a hand through her hair.

"The tallest I've gotten before today was about six or seven feet tall… I never thought I could get that big." Yamiyo mumbled, surprised. She honestly never thought that she was capable of getting that large.

"That's so cool!" Kaminari smiled, looking down at Yamiyo. She laughed lightly and rubbed the back of her head.

"I guess. But I can't stay that small or big for a while- if I do I might pass out from exhaustion and I won't be able to change back until I rest. I can only handle being my max size for about ten or twenty seconds it seems, so you won't be seeing me getting that big or small anytime soon." She raised her hands before picking up her spoon and continuing with eating her curry.

"How's your training going with your other quirk?" Shoji asked from next to Fumikage. Yamiyo frowned lightly and rubbed the side of her neck.

"I guess it's going well… although with Dark Mending… not so much." She admitted. She chewed the inside of her cheek before continuing, "I am getting better with the drawback and I can use it for a lot longer, but I can only push myself over and over again before it gets too much for me to handle." She paused to put a spoon full of curry into her mouth, "But I am getting better with controlling it and using it." She concluded.

"That's good! Ribbit." Tsu smiled.

"You'll get the hang of it eventually!" Mina smiled, waving her hand slightly. Yamiyo shrugged and chewed on the spoon for a moment before turning to the people around the table.

"How are you guys's training going?" She questioned.

"It's going fairly well, but Dark Shadow is getting more antsy and wanting to stay in the cave for longer." Fumikage admitted. "He's getting more riled up."

"If you ever need any help, let me know." Yamiyo stated, "I'll always help out." Fumikage nodded.

"It's really boring!" Mina exclaimed, "I have to stand around and use my quirk on a rock!" She pouted.

"But- is the training helping?" Yamiyo replied quickly with a smirk on her face.

"... I guess? My skin isn't really affected by my acid as much as it was before-"

"Then it works and there's no need to complain!" Yamiyo laughed at Mina's expression, but she could see that Mina seemed to have something on her mind. Yamiyo shrugged it off as she shoveled the last bit of curry into her mouth. She dropped the spoon in the bowl and pushed it forward slightly.

"What about you, Bakugo? I hear you yelling when I'm training." Yamiyo questioned, laying her arms straight out in front of her and laying her head on her arms.

"Fine." He growled.

"That's it? Just, 'fine'?" She questioned. Bakugo grunted and didn't reply. She shrugged. "Alright."

"It's good, I guess. It's making my blasts stronger and bigger." He grumbled, hunching forward slightly. Yamiy stared at him for a moment before humming thoughtfully.

"I can imagine that it helps with the drawback of your quirk as well." She tilted her head and smiled.

"Yamiyo." She turned towards Tsu with a tilt of the head. "Your full name is Yamiyo Moyako. Why is it not Yamiyo Tokoyami? Ribbit." She questioned. Yamiyo turned to Fumilage with a smile.

"Officially, it is. But.." Yamiyo looked down sadly. "I haven't been able to grieve the loss of my birth family properly until the Tokoyami's adopted me. I plan to move on and take their last name… but not now." Yamiyo smiled up at Fumikage who nodded.

"We discussed it when Yamiyo brought it up. And we all agreed that it would be best that she would choose when she's ready, even when her last name is Officially Tokoyami." He explained, sending her a small smile back.

"Hey… Yamiyo." She lifted her head and stared at Mina.

"Yeah?" The pinkette looked hesitant to speak. "What's up?"

"Since we seem to be asking questions.. I have one." Mina stared at Kaminari. "Can we switch…?"

"Uh.. sure?" Kaminari stood up and let Mina slide into his original seat while he sat in Mina's seat.

"What's wrong, Mina?" Yamiyo asked, a nervous smile on her face. "Your starting to scare me a bit."

"I've been thinking about it ever since you mentioned you had an ex in the changing room. I've been wanting to ask, but I was so nervous because of how you reacted the first time- but I don't want to never ask." Mina glanced at Tsu across the table, and the frog girl nodded.

Tsu pressed her pointer finger to her jaw, "The rest of the girls were very curious too, but none of us were able to ask about it." She admitted.

"Uh… well." Yamiyo chewed her lip, bringing her hand up to cover her mouth slightly, "I was ticked off at that time because you were giving him compliments that completely didn't suit him. But…" She sighed, "If you must ask, then go ahead. It's only fair that you know about it since there's…" Yamiyo paused for a moment and stared at Fumikage, who looked uncomfortable, ".. possibly a chance you've seen or will see him."

Mina was silent for a moment before she spoke again, "We've been wondering… why did you two break up? What happened?" Yamiyo closed her eyes and rested her forehead on her fist.

"Actually, this probably wasn't the best place to ask." Yamiyo laughed lightly, "But since it's out there…" Yamiyo trailed off, shrugging.

"Wait- you dated someone before?" Bakugo asked, a scowl on his face.

"Yeah, but I wish I could take it back." She stared at the table's surface. Bakugo scoffed.

"What- you two didn't get alone or somethn?" He growled. Yamiyo didn't move for a moment before she shook her head.

"No, actually. We got along very well." She admitted. Yamiyo jumped lightly when Dark Shadow emerged from under the table and wrapped around her, burying his face between her shoulder blades.

"Then why the hell did you break up?" Bakugo snapped.

"Bakugo!" Mina snapped, glaring at the blonde. But Yamiyo spoke before he did.

"I would show you the marks, but bruises don't last years and the only long lasting mark he left was the scar on my stomach." She mumbled quietly. She felt Dark Shadow's arms tighten around her stomach for a moment before he shifted and rested his head on her shoulder, which she reached up and started petting him.

"Oh.."

Yamiyo shrugged. "I'm alive." She sat up straight, but kept her eyes on the table.

"What his name?" Mina spoke, her hands clenched into fists. Yamiyo scratched her cheek, actually needing a second to remember.

"Nikushimi Akukage, but everyone just called him Kage." (I am not familiar with Japanese names) Yamiyo shrugged.

"Are you..?" Mina trailed at the table for a few moments. She always told herself that she was over him… but somewhere deep down… maybe she wasn't. But looking around the table at all her friends and her brother, she smiled in content. She didn't need K- Akukage to know her worth when she had so many people who would tell her and let her grow stronger alongside them. She didn't need Akukage to know how much she was loved.

"Pah- to hell with him!' Yamiyo waved her hand. She wrapped her arm around Mina's shoulders. "I got you guys now, and that's all I need!" She laughed, Mina's shoulers bouncing with laughter as she struggled to get out of Yamiyo's grip. Yamiyo felt her chest swell with pride, knowing that those words were a sign of her finally letting go.

Honestly… she felt better than ever. There will always be a part of her that will miss those little moments filled with love when she was with Akukage before he changed, but… she accepts that. She knows that she will have more troubles with her past as time rolls along… but she was happy with taking baby steps.

"Wait- did I miss something? What about the marks?!" Kaminari asked, clearly confused.

"You're dense, Kaminari. Really dense." Yamiyo snickered.

"Ah- wha- I-" Kaminari stuttered, "No I'm not! I'm just-"

"Dense?" Mina finished. Both girls burst out laughing as Kaminari began playfully hitting them while trying to explain why he isn't dense, which wasn't going well.

Fumikage stared at the scene for a moment before sighing, the corners of his beak turning upwards slightly. He didn't know what Yamiyo was thinking about, but seeing how her expression changed and how she was fooling around with their classmates, he knew that she surpassed the first hurdle… but he knew there were more to come. But for now, he was going to enjoy the little victories.

"Perfect! We've filled our bellies and cleaned the dishes!" Pixie-Bob announced. With her paws on her hips she continued, "It's time for.." She trailed off.

"A totally awesome test of courage!" Mina cheered, arms waving in the air.

"Yeah! We're gonna win!" Sato, Kaminari, Kirishima, and Sero followed up.

"Not so fast." The five teens abruptly froze, "It pains me to say it, but the remedial class will be having lessons with me tonight instead." Aizawa said, staring at them with hands in his pockets.

"YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Mina shouted, eyes bulging.

"Sorry," Aizawa wrapped all five of them with his capture scarf, "But your training during the day didn't impress me so I'll be using this time instead." With a simple tug, Aizawa pulled Mina, Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero to the ground, Sato only shifting but keeping on his feet.

"Oh, give me a break! I just wanna prove my courage!" They whined. Yamiyo chuckled beside Tokoyami, who had his arms crossed over his chest. He sighed and shook his head slightly. Yamiyo pulled the elastic from her wrist and started putting her shoulder length hair in a small ponytail.

"Ok- so! Class B is going to start off as our scarers! When they're in place, Class A will leave in pairs every three minutes! There are tags with your names on them at the far end of the route, your goal is to collect those!" Pixie-Bob explained.

"Revelry in the dark." Yamiyo snorted and elbowed Fumikage in the side, which made him swat at her. She snickered and slid her hands into her black shorts, having changed just before they gathered for the 'Test of Courage'. The wheat colored sweater fell far enough to reveal her shoulders, also revealing a black sleeveless high neck top, the black choker that blocked Dark Mending resting right on the edge of the top and her neck. It was topped off with her black shorts as well as a black strap that connected to the shorts and wrapped around her thigh. She also wore knee high black boots.

"Now, those who are scarers aren't allowed to make physical contact! Use your quirks to terrify the others, got it?" Pixie-Bob explained.

"The winners are… the most creative students who make the most people piss their pants!' Tiger announced. Yamiyo snorted and had to cover her mouth with the back of her hand to keep herself from laughing aloud.

"We would be pretty good at this." Yamiyo motioned to herself, Shoji, and Fumikage. She rubbed her hands together, bandages scratching against each other, a smile forming on her face. "I'm already thinking about amazing ideas! Oooh! I can't wait till it's our turn!" Yamiyo pouted slightly.

"You would take it a step too far.." Fumikage mumbled.

"What do you mean?" Shoji tilted his head slightly.

"Yamiyo always went too far when scaring people. Once making us believe that she was dead for ten minutes straight." Fumikage replied, glaring at Yamiyo who whistled innocently and looked around.

"Alright, everyone draw to see who your partner will be!" Pixie-Bob announced, holding up a fist of paper strips with black numbers printed on the bottom.

Yamiyo walked up and took her own, stepping away as she stared at the bold, black '8' on her slip. She hummed and looked around, her classmates already getting together with their partners.

Yamiyo's eyes glazed over all of her classmates before settling on a familiar head of green, curly hair who was standing alone. She smiled and slowly creeped up behind Midoriya, who looked around in front of him.

"Hey Midoriya!' Yamiyo leapt up and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, making him stumble for a moment. Yamiyo laughed as her feet lifted off the ground for a moment before Midoriya lowered down a bit and let her drop her arms. "Looks like we're partners!"

"U-uh y-yeah!' He stuttered, blush dusting his cheeks. Yamiyo locked her hands behind her back and she tilted her head, a smile on her face.

"I'm glad we're partners! We haven't really talked much since the year started.." Yamiyo looked at the ground, shrugging.

"Oh.. Your right." Midoriya smiled a little, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm sorry-"

"Don't be." She smiled and looked up at Midoriya. "It was partially my fault as well for not reaching out." Yamiyo smiled and they both stood in an awkward silence for a few moments. Yamiyo's eyes locked onto a single little yellow dandelion.

Yamiyo squated abruptly and picked the dandelion at its base before standing up and rolling it between her fingers. Yamiyo lifted her eyes and stared at Midoriya blankly, making the boy shift his weight between his feet. "What?"

Yamiyo stepped towards him and reached up towards his head, making him flinch back with his face turning bright red. "Hm?"

"W-What a-are you d-doing?" He stuttered. Yamiyo tilted her head and raised the yellow dandelion in her hand. He didn't look any closer to figuring out what she was doing.

Yamiyo laughed and took a step forward. "Remember when we were four? I would always weave dandelions and other small flowers into your hair?" She reminded him, raising the flower towards her own head. Midoriya stared at her for a moment before he lowered his head slightly.

"I remember.." He mumbled. Yamiyo smiled and started weaving the dandelion into his green hair. It only took a few seconds for her to finish and step back, laughing lightly.

"Your hair looks like a bush." She laughed, making Midoriya's face more red.

"What looks like a bush?" Fumikage walked up behind Yamiyo. She smiled and shook her head.

"Nothing. Who's your partner?" She questioned. Yamiyo glanced behind Fumikage and saw Shoji walking towards them, makingher wave.

"Shoji." Fumikage looked over his shoulder and watched as Shoji walked towards them. "Were the first pair to go." He stated, crossing his arms.

"Oh, cool! When you get back, tell us how 'scary' it was." She chuckled. Fumikage cracked a small smile before nodding.

"We'll be seeing you when we get back." Shoji waved before the pair walked towards the entrance to the forest.

Yamiyo hummed and looked around. She spotted Bakugo not too far away, 'talking' to Ojiro with a hand on the boy's shoulder. "I'll be back Midoriya." He nodded before Yamiyo jogged towards Bakugo.

"Just trade with me!" She heard Bakugo growl. Yamiyo smiled a bit before jumping and wrapping her arms around Bakugo's neck, making him stagger back. "What the hell?!" He cursed, hands flying up to Yamiyo's arms.

"Hey Bakugo!" She smiled, dropping her arms. Bakugo rounded on her, scowling.

"The hell you want?!" Yamiyo saw Ojiro stepping away.

"Just wanted to see what you were doing? I saw you were yelling at Ojiro and got curious." She smirked. Bakugo scoffed.

"I don't want to be on a team with him." He jerked his thumb over his shoulder to Todoroki who wasn't standing too far away. Yamiyo hummed.

"He's not that bad." Yamiyo laughed when Bakugo stared at her, glaring with his fists clenched. "It's just this one time! You guys probably won't even be in there long." She reasoned, a smile on her face.

"Tch!" He jerked his head away. Yamiyo thought for a moment before she sighed.

"Fine, how about this? If you can go through the entire course with Todoroki and deal with it, we can go do something. I'll try to pay." She put her hands on her hips. "Deal?" Bakugo stared at her out of the corner of his eye before he scoffed and turned back towards her.

"Fine, whatever." He growled. Yamiyo stuck her hand out and he stared at the bandages for a moment before shaking her hand.

"Team Two! It's your turn!" Pixie-Bob called out.

"Good luck!" Yamiyo patted Bakugo on the shoulder and turned away, walking towards Midoriya. She heard Bakugo scoff behind her before she heard his footsteps getting farther away.

You're going to be poor before this year is even over.

I know..

Yamiyo laughed lightly before turning towards the woods. She reached up and tugged on the choker around her neck. She took a deep breath and took in all the calming smells of the forest. She took another deep breath and abruptly stopped, her head whipping towards the woods.

Perfume..?

She did smell perfume, it was extremely faint… but she could smell it. She knows the other girls in her class wore perfume… but this scent was so different but yet, familiar.

Yamiyo's eyebrows quirked downwards, making a line in the center of her forehead and she frowned. She just stood there, trying to catch the scent again as her classmates walked into the woods every three minutes.

"Yamiyo?" She glanced at Midoriya who had watched her for a bit. He stared at her worryingly and followed her gaze to the forest. "What's wrong?"

"I caught a scent but I can't find it again. I know the scent though… but I need to make sure my mind isn't playing tricks on me and it's not one of the other girls." She stated, taking a step closer to the forest, sniffing the air.

"Whose scent is it- assuming it's someone!" Midoriya aked hurryingly.

"I think it's Nariko. She's the only one I know who would wear the perfume smell I caught." She growled lightly.

"What?! Why would she be here?! I thought nobody else knew about this place!" Midoriya started scanning the treeline.

"That's why I want to make sure it's not another girl from our class. But the scent could be from someone in class 1-B. I wasn't around them long enough to tag them to their scent like I did the rest of the class.." Yamiyo chewed her lip and glanced around.

"Should we report it?" Midoriya questioned. Yamiyo stared at the trees for a moment before nodding slightly.

"Although it could be a false call… I don't want to take any chances." She responded. Together, they quickly started walking over towards Mandalay, Pixie-Bob, and Tiger who were standing with the rest of their class.

Yamiyo sniffed the air once more and her eyes widened. She coughed violently for a moment before she gaged a bit and staggered to a stop. She covered her mouth and nose, gagging a few more times. Midoriya jumped at her and held her shoulders. "Yamiyo?! What's wrong?!"

"The smell… it's bad!" She gagged, "Pixie-Bob!' Yamiyo pushed past Midoriya and hurried over to the older woman.

"Yamiyo? What's wrong?" Mandalay hurried over and stood beside Yamiyo holding her like Yamiyo was going to fall over.

"The smell! I- I can't-" Yamiyo wiped away the tears in her eyes and she breathed through her mouth, refusing to breathe in that horrible smell. Mandalay took out a cloth and gave it to Yamiyo, which she quickly pressed over her mouth and nose.

"Hey, do you see that?!" Midoriya pointed over the trees, right towards black smoke and a blue glow.

"Black smoke.." Mandalay trailed off.

"That's strange! Maybe a fire in the mountains?" Iida reasoned. Yamiyo stared at the smoke for a long while.

"Mandalay. I caught a scent earlier… I couldn't tell who it was but it definitely won't anyone in my class. It could be from class 1-B but… I don't think so anymore!" Yamiyo stared right into Mandalay's eyes. The woman gasped lightly before her head whipped towards the forest.

"Huh?! What's- AHH!" Pixie-Bob screamed as a weird pink aurora enclosed her and she was violently pulled away from the group. Yamiyo watched helplessly as Pixie-Bob's head was smashed into the ground by a large stone pillar wielded by a man in an orange open shirt, sunglasses, and large lips as well as brown hair. A reptilian-like man stood next to him with long purple hair and a red scarf along with a mask that looked sickeningly similar to Stains's old mask.

"No way.. I thought they made it so nobody could find us. So why are villains attacking?!" Mienta exclaimed.

Yamiyo growled feraly and threw the cloth to the ground. With a snarl, Yamiyo lurched forward, rey to charge the villains but Mandalay quickly grabbed her and held her in place. She pushed against her arms and tried to run forward, but she wouldn't budge.

Yamiyo stilled for a moment, her eyes widening before a violent scream tore through her body. Mandalay quickly let go and let Yamiyo fall to her knees, her palms pressing hard against her ears, trying to block out the loud high-pitched sound.

Yamiyo couldn't hear anything around her, only the sound in her ears. She whimpered and clenched her teeth, eyes squeezed shut. She felt arms lift her onto her feet. She cracked her eyes open and would've screamed at the sight if her jaw wasn't clenched.

No..

She watched the man crack a smile, his thumb pressing a button on a small device with a peaker on the front.

NO.

She watched as the man's scarred face stretched to follow the smile on his face.

"No.." Yamiyo whispered through clenched teeth, tears running down her face.

LEMMIE KICK HIS ASS!

Yamiyo's eyes dilated and she started growling and snarling loudly, baring her fangs. Koda, who was holding her up, flinched and quickly let her go and stepped away from her. Yamiyo burst forward, running faster than her classmates have seen her run.

She jumped into the air and lifted her hand, her claws ripping the bandages wrapped around her fingers. With a roar Yamiyo slashed down at Yukichi' wrist. He jerked his arm away and sidestepped around her.

Yamiyo whipped around and lept towards him, jaws open. She gripped his arm and dug her claws into it, drawing blood. She heard him grunt and she bit down before he waved his arm around wildly.

He raised his arm above his head and slammed her into the ground, making her let go. Yukichi reared back and kicked her side, making her skid across the ground and back towards her classmates.

Yamiyo laid still, her ears pinned to her head. She pushed herself up and glared at Yukichi who held out his now empty hand.

Yamiyo growled and crushed the small device in her mouth, breaking it to pieces. She spit out whatever material was in her mouth from the remote and pulled herself onto her feet.

"You've grown soft, Miyako." Yukichi growled, crossing his massive arms over his broad chest. He wore a dark gray t-shirt and black cargo pants topped off with black combat boots with literal steel on the toe.

That's why that goddamn kick hurt..

Yamiyo's eyes returned to normal and she glared at Yukichi. "I haven't grown 'soft'.. I always have been. You just changed that around whenever you killed someone." She spat back.

"Yamiyo!" Iida ran towards her, but she stopped him by raising her hand. "What are you doing?!"

"Get everyone back to the camp. If I go with you, he'll just follow and we'll put everyone there at risk." Yamiyo forced her canines to grow and she lowered herself closer to the ground.

"Yamiyo! Go with Iida and the others! It is not safe!" Mandalay ordered. Yamiyo shook her head.

"For them it's not."

"Yamiyo!" Mandalay shouted. "This is serious!"

"Ah, don't take her away just yet.." Yukichi called, opening his arms wide. "I have a new fighter to go up against her. After all… she has to prove if she's worthy enough to go back to the arena." Yukichi grinned. Yamiyo spotted movement in the bushes behind his right arm.

"I got nothing to prove to you!" Yamiyo snapped back. "I don't want to go back! I'm happy here!" Yamiyo tensed up her muscles and got low to the ground.

Yukichi laughed, sending chills up their spines. "Well… that mark on your neck is physical proof that you have no say if you go back or not. You remember what it means, right? I get to decide what comes of you! And right now… I want to see how much stronger you've gotten from the years you have been missing." Something shot out of the bushes and charged towards them.

"Run Iida! Get them back to camp!" Yamiyo ran towards the incoming person, intending to meet them head on.

Yamiyo ran for a few quick seconds before she threw her arm out, slashing at the person's head. But, before she could make contact, a yellow forcefield stopped her claws. It was glowing lightly and had a hexagon pattern, and it wasn't very big, but by god did it burn her hand. Yamiyo froze from the sudden burning pain and it gave the person a window of opportunity, one that they took.

Something solid hit Yamiyo's stomach and sent her flying back, but in the short time that she was hit back, she felt the solid object move against her stomach then suddenly felt a slicing pain.

Yamiyo landed on her back and rolled over her head, landing on her feet with her hands on the ground. The male in front of her had a slight purplish tint to his skin and he was taller than the average person and seemed fairly skinny. He was completely bald and it seemed like the skin on his head was… thinning? It was enough that Yamiyo could almost see his brain (gross). His mouth was slightly open and his eyes seemed glossed over.

An inhuman sound gurgled out of the man's throat and he threw his arm forward, straightening out his fingers. Yamiyo watched as his fingers changed and took the form of a metal arrowhead. The arrow heads shot towards Yamiyo, the bases attached to a chain seeming to come from the knuckles. (Their similar to the Grindcutters in 'Alita Battle Angel')

Yamiyo jumped up and avoided the attack, the arrowheads embedding themselves into the dirt where she used to be. Yamiyo rolled in the air and landed on her shoulder to minimize the impact.

Yukichi laughed, his smile making Yamiyo growl. "It seems Hayate has taken a liking to you." Yamiyo growled.

"If you have another, why do you need me?!" Yamiyo spat, slowly rising up in case Hayate chose to attack her from her movement.

"As you can see, he also has multiple quirks like you, but he's basically a Nomu. He wouldn't be able to fight without my command. They also won't allow him to fight." Yukichi frowned. "Bastards." He hadded.

"Yamiyo!" Said girl watched as Mandalay tried to run towards her, but the reptilian man swung his massive sword and blocked her path. Mandalay threw her arm out, flinging a card Yamiyo's way.

Yamiyo jumped to catch the card, Hayate attacked from her sudden movement. The arrowhead chains shot after Yamiyo, who closed her fist around the card. The second her feet touched the ground, she jumped to the side and avoided being speared from the attack.

Yamiyo stared at the card for a moment before grinning and looking back up at Hayate and Yukichi. "If you want me to fight so desperately… it's going to be under MY terms!" Yamiyo shoved the card into her pocket and took off towards the right, leaving the pro heroes behind.

"Chase after her!' She heard Yukichi call. Yamiyo front flipped and dodged some arrowhead chains. She proceeded to land on her feet and duck her head, another chain just missing her ear. Yamiyo felt a slice at her calf and she growled lightly.

Yamiyo turned her shoulder inward, the arrowhead making a light scratch to her shoulder. Yamiyo continued to dodge a few more attacks, but they seemed to be getting faster and faster.

Yamiyo was almost to the treeline when she screamed, her right leg jerking forward. She watched as the arrowhead sliced through her thigh and the chain continued to go through her leg, coming out the front all red and bloody. She could feel the chain moving inside her leg.

Yamiyo fell onto her back, a grunt escaping her mouth. She felt and watched as the chain stopped for a second before it started retracting from her leg. The only thing that kept the chain from completely leaving her leg was the arrowhead which worked like an anchor. The sharp edges of the arrowhead dug into her skin and her leg was pulled around, making her body turn 180 degrees and flipping her onto her stomach.

Yamiyo screamed as she was dragged closer and closer to Hayate who raised his other hand to, most likely, pierce her skull.

"Recipro Burst!" Only a second later, Iida came into her sight. The boy jumped and slammed his shin into the back of Hayate's head, making him lurch forward. Ojiro, who had been on Iida's back, swung his tail aiming for Hayate's front, but the hexagon patterned force field stopped Ojiro's attack and only resulted in Ojiro's tail being burned. Yamiyo quickly sat up and cut the chain connecting her to Hayate, giving her a chance to stand up. Yamiyo stared at the forcefield, seeing a thin crack in its surface.

"Run Iida, I got this!" Yamiyo shouted. Iida stared at her for a moment before he nodded and skidded to a stop, running the opposite direction and back towards the awaiting class.

"Keep your eyes on the prize!" Yamiyo shouted, catching Hayate's attention and making him attack once more.

Biting back the pain, Yamiyo jumped up and avoided the spearheads. Yamiyo landed unsteadily and started running towards the treeline once again, but a lot slower and a slight limp to her step.

Yamiyo could hear Yukichi yell out in frustration the moment she broke the treeline and started running through the forest… her domain.

Yamiyo tore through the forest, adrenaline pumping through her veins. Yamiyo leapt over a fallen tree and only a few seconds later heard a loud mash behind her. Hayate was right on her heels…

Perfect.

Yamiyo continued to jump, weave, or slide under trees, logs, rocks, branches, and more. Although there was a clear path there, she wanted to make it tougher for Hayate in hopes it would tire him out so she could take care of him quicker and easier.

Yamiyo whipped out the card from her pocket and pressed it against the back of her choker. It took a few tries, but she finally heard the small click and she harshly pulled the choker from her neck, throwing it to the side along with the card.

Yamiyo put on a burst of speed when she watched the Arrowhead chain slam into a tree only a few feet in front of her. Yamiyo glanced over her shoulder and saw Hayate keeping pace with her, slicing any obstacles in his path with the chains or bursting them apart with his shields.

Yamiyo focused on the path in front of her and only a few moments later, the grounds started going uphill slightly. Yamiyo started taking small jumps every few steps to get her higher and higher.

Upon feeling something slice her tricep, she jumped one last time and broke free of the trees. She started running up the dirt/rock hill towards a specific cave. Yamiyo threw her arm behind her and sent a large ball of shadows back towards Hayate, and from the sound behind her, she knew she got him.

Yamiyo continued to run until she was at the top and right in front of the cave. Yamiyo took a moment to look over the edge and she saw utter chaos. There was a strange purple mist in a part of the forest while another part was almost completely engulfed in blue flame. Yamiyo clenched her fists and prayed that her classmates could handle themselves.

Yamiyo winced and looked down at her thigh, now noticing the blood almost covering her leg. The arrowhead and chain were still inside her leg and as much as she wanted to pull it out, it would only make her bleed more and the last thing she wanted was to pass out from blood loss.

She heard a growl from beside her and saw Hayate standing not too far away. Yamiyo took a deep breath and raised her arms and wiggle her fingers in a 'come at me'.

Hayate roared and threw both his arms forward, sending ten arrowhead chains towards Yamiyo. She sucked in a breath and jumped into the air, her shadow pushing her further up.

Yamiyo thrusted her right arm forward, shooting darkness from her body. The darkness traveled down the chains and would've slammed into Hayate if it weren't for the forcefield. The moment Yamiyo's darkness hit the forcefield, it shot out in different directions and Yamiyo could've sworn she heard something crack.

Yamiyo yelled out in shock when she felt something pierce her shoulder, feeling her own blood splatter her cheek. Yamiyo's body jerked to the side with the momentum from the jump, making her groan. Yamiyo raised her left hand and gripped the chain behind her shoulder, the arrowhead having pierced her shoulder from behind.

Yamiyo snarled and kicked her foot, darkness shooting from the boot and shot towards Hayate. The male attempted to stop the spear of darkness, but he wasn't fast enough. The darkness cut through his knee, going clean through.

Hayate fell and dropped Yamiyo in the process, the girl making a pile of shadows beneath her to stop her fall. Once Yamiyo hit the shadows, they rose from the ground and coiled around the chain. The shadows harshly pulled the arrowhead chain from her body with a harsh tug that made Yamiyo call out in pain.

Yamiyo's shadows pushed at her back and was able to get her back onto her feet, albeit a little shaky. Yamiyo growled and stared at Hayate as he stood on his good leg, the darkness still inside his knee. Yamiyo jerked her foot back, pulling the Darkness from Hayate's leg and making him fall forward onto his knees.

Yamiyo smiled and breathed heavily, feeling the blood gush out of her wounds. She wouldn't be able to stay on her feet for much longer… she needed to finish this quickly.

"NnnnGAAAA!" Hayate gurgled, standing on his feet. From the hole in his pants, Yamiyo watched in horror as his knee started healing, bone and all.

"COME ON!" Yamiyo shouted in frustration. She roared and bunched up her shadow beneath her feet, shooting herself forward like a rocket. She reared her left arm back and punched just as Hayate made a forcefield.

Her fist connected with the glowing forcefield and she immediately felt the skin on her knuckles and fingers bubble and burn, even smelling burning flesh, the forcefield burning through the bandages with ease. But, the shield did shatter upon contact and she slammed her fist into his chest, breaking some ribs as she did so.

Hayate and herself were flung back, Yamiyo using shadows to softed her fall and carry herself back towards the cave, even a little past it.

"Damn.." Yamiyo winced and stared at her severely burned and bloody hand. It seemed that the forcefield mainly focused on burning rather than defense… but it was a strong quirk nonetheless. Make your opponent injure themselves in an attempt to land a hit. It was incredibly effective… and it's causing some major goddamn problems for Yamiyo. Now having both of her arms and a leg out of commission… she would really have to fight her way out of this.

"Class A and Class B!" Yamiyo visibly jumped at Mandalay's voice in her head. "In the name of the pro hero Eraserhead, you are granted permission to engage in combat! I repeat use your training, fight and defend yourself against the villains! Also, We have confirmed that the Villain's target is Kacchan! Wherever Kacchan is, please refrain from attacking and stick with a group! Do you understand Kacchan?!" Yamiyo gasped and her head snapped towards the forest.

"BAKUGO!" Yamiyo screamed, making her shadow launcher over the edge. At that moment, Yamiyo wasn't thinking… hearing that Bakugo was the intended target… she lost all sense of the battle she was facing and her pure thought of that moment was getting to Bakugo before the villains did.

But Hayate wouldn't let her do that.

Yamiyo felt pain shoot through her left bicep and right leg (again) and she was harshly pulled back over the edge, slamming into the rock wall next to the entrance of the cave.

Yamiyo cried out in pain when she collapsed onto the ground, feeling her own blood start to pool around her. She gasped for air and reached out her left burned hand towards the cliff's edge. She heard a few steps and screamed as another arrowhead pierced her hand.

Hayate gurgled and growled, stepping closer to her, his head lolling to the side with every step. He stopped not too far away from her and raised his right hand. Yamiyo gasped lightly when an arrowhead shot from his pointerfingr and right towards her head.

Yamiyo jerked her head to the side, the arrowhead of the chain slicing her temple, but otherwise missing it's intended target. Yamiyo clamped down on the chain just as Hayate started retracting it, pulling herself along with it.

Yamiyo's body slammed into Hayate's forcefield, sending burns all up the left side of her torst and arm. She bounced off the forcefield and landed on more shadows which pulled her away from Hayate.

Yamiyo growled loudly. "I won't let you take him! I won't let you hurt any of them!" Yamiyo roared, her anger bubbling over. Darkness shot from her body, a tendril slamming into his shoulder, another cutting off his arm just above the elbow, and the third wrapping around his legs and pinning his knees together.

Yamiyo turned her body as far as she could and dragged Hayate into the rock wall, kicking up a large plume of dirt as he slammed into it with a loud bang. The shadows slowly lowered Yamiyo to her feet and she took a few shaky steps back, biting back the pain it made.

Yamiyo's arms hung limply at her side as she stared at the dust cloud, four darkness tendrils emerging from her back in an offensive position. Although she was ready for Hayate to attack, she wasn't expecting it to happen so suddenly after slamming him into the wall.

Ten arrowhead chains shot from the dust cloud and Yamiyo panicked, flinging the tendrils out and diverting most of the chains.

'Most of the chains'.

The three chains that she missed shot towards her, giving her no time to react. One chain wrapped tightly around her neck while the second bound her burned left arm to her side and the last wrapped around her thighs, moving downwards past her knee to wrap around her calves as well.

"Damn… it!" Yamiyo choked out as she desperately clawed at the chain around her neck with her right hand… although it didn't help much. Before she could do anything else, the forcefield appeared around her in a sort of bubble, making her tuck in her tail so it wouldn't be burned.

Shit- this isn't good!

Let me help!

Yamiyo's ears twitched and her eyes widened. She slowly turned her head towards the forest below, noting that the purple mist was now gone. Yamiyo scanned the forest through the yellow glow and saw a large black mass surrounded by trees. She could notice that black moving shadow mass anywhere…

"FUMIKAGE!"Yamiyo screamed. She wiggled and struggled against the chains, but that only made them tighten more. Shaking the blood from her eyes, Yamiyo felt her anger boiling up to a certain point that she didn't even know was possible.

She felt herself trembling out of pure anger and she couldn't help but grip her teeth and glare at Hayate through the forcefield, just looking at his face making her more angry. She growled at the sight of his new arm that had just finished regrowing.

About time..

Yamiyo snarled as she kept seeing flashes in her mind of the people she cared about and loved being taken away.

Let the anger grow..

Yamiyo saw Nariko standing over her with that shit eating grin on her face..

Let it boil over..

Images of Fumikage lying dead under rubble..

Let it take over..

Yamiyo felt her muscles flexing and spasming underneath her skin. She could faintly see Hayate walking towards her, but that was just like a wisp. Images of Bakugo being dragged away by the villains… bloodied, bruised, and chained up.

Let yourself go..

When she saw the image of Kiko being stabbed through the chest… she felt something inside of her snap.

And beat this motherfucker!

Yamiyo screamed and darkness shot from her body, slamming against every inch of the forcefield. Long cracks covered it's surface before shattering and disappearing, but the darkness didn't stop there. The darkness continued to grow and stretch, slamming into Hayate and continuing to expand, only stopping when it nearly swallowed the top half of the cliff.

A majority of the darkness all converged to one spot, thinning out and revealing Yamiyo, who was holding both her arms out. Her glare could make the strongest of men crumble.

Her ears were slightly bigger and furrier, same with her tail, but that wasn't the only thing to change. There was fur crawling down her cheeks, but stopped before it could reach her mouth, more fur was on her shoulders, coming to the center and forming a point. The bandages on her hands were long gone and her hands were covered in fur, her claws much larger than normal. Other than that, her legs and feet didn't seem to have changed at all.

Yamiyo bared her elongated fangs and pulled her arms apart slightly, the darkness moving with her hands and revealing Hayate, his arms being pulled slightly to either side. Yamiyo roared and threw her arms to the side, the Darkness following suit and ripping off Hayate's arms at the shoulders.

Hayate gurgled and screamed, falling towards the ground. Yamiyo ran forward, faster than she ever has been. Before Hayate even hit the ground, Yamiyo planted her right leg on the ground, the pain completely forgotten, and slammed her left foot into Hayate's chest and sent him flying to the cliff's edge.

Hayate rolled and stumbled, stopping just shy of the edge. He stumbled to his feet, his arms already regrowing. Hayate groaned and screamed, showing his disfigured teeth. Hayate stomped one foot forward, ready to spring towards Yamiyo… but she only smiled.

"You should watch where you stand… this area is prone to crumbling." Without another word, the ground beneath Hayate cracked and broke, sliding down the flicc and throwing Hayate down with it.

Yamiyo could hear Hayate scream and growl his entire fall down, silenced by a loud bang, shatter, and a sickly cutting sound. Yamiyo stood still for a moment, staring at the cliff's edge.

Her shadow lifted her feet and carried her over to the edge, safe from facing the same fate Hayate had. She peeked over the edge and saw Hayate's body pierced in the chest, head, arms, and legs by the stones below. His mouth was still open in a scream.

"Well well.." Yamiyo growled and turned towards Yukichi who was slowly clapping his hands. "That wasn't what I wanted to happen… but you did beat Hayate, albeit not by your own hands-" Yukichi yelled out as Yamiyo slammed her fist into his chest, sending him flying backwards and into the rock wall. The rock cracked and crumbled at the impact, Yukichi falling to the ground.

"I don't wanna hear another word out of you.." Yamiyo growled. "I have no time to be talking to you and listening to your bullshit." She snapped, turning her back to Yukichi and taking a running start.

Yamiyo grew closer and closer to the cliff's edge and the moment she stepped and the ground gave beneath her, Yamiyo jumped and darkness sprouted from her boots, the darkness seeping from the seams.

As Yamiyo fell, she kicked off the wall and shot herself into the forest and out of sight. Once she landed on the ground and she took a few running steps… and collapsed, barely missing hitting her head on a rock.

Yamyio's head was swimming and her breathing became shaper and uneven. She gasped and pushed herself up, staring at all the blood on the ground. "Blood Loss.." She mumbled, staggering to her feet. "I don't have time for this! I have to find Fumikage and Bakugo… and quick." Yamiyo growled, pushing herself forward and wiping the blood from her face. She stared at her hands, the bandages long gone from Hayate's attack. With a heavy limp and small whimper, Yamiyo slowly jogged towards the last place she saw Dark Shadow and Fumikage, praying they were alright.

"Not so fast puppy~."

"Once again, I'm a terrible match-up for you bird-boy." Bakugo stated as todoroki extinguished his flames and he stopped his explosions.

"Thanks… you saved me." Tokoyami replied, keeping his head low and gaze on the ground. Todoroki turned and stared at the blade toothed villain Tokoyami took out, who was out cold and slumped against a tree.

"We could barely defend against that guy, but you beat him instantly." Todoroki stated. Shoji stepped closer to Tokoyami.

"My friend… are you ok? You did what we needed you to." Tokoyami didn't reply and only stared at the ground.

"Shoji… I'm sorry. You too Midoriya. I'm still far too immature. Anger consumed me and I let my quirk take over. The influence of the darkness combined with my fury spurred Dark Shadow into a frenzy until… it got so strong I couldn't contain it and I ended up hurting Shoji." Tokoyami grit his teeth and glared at the ground.

"We'll deal with that later." Shoji said, making Tokoyami look up. "That's what you would say if our roles were reversed." Tokoyami stared before nodding slightly.

"Okay-" Before Midoriya could continue, a pattern of slow claps drowned him out.

"This is sweet and all… but can you hurry up?! Im bored over here!" All the boys looked further down the path where Todoroki's ice was still sitting. They saw a female with stormy gray skin and a dark gray stormcloud for hair. Her pearly white eyes were narrowed in irritation and her hands were clasped together. "If I knew you boys were going to be all sappy, I would've went with Yukichi to watch that Hayate guy beat the shit out of the mutt." The girl pushed off the ice and took a few steps closer, arms crossed over her chest.

"Hey- you're the girl from the mall! Nariko!" Midoriya called out. Nariko smiled and threw her arms in the air.

"Oh, the mighty Deku knows my name! I might as well get an autograph." Nariko rested her hands on her hips, a brief flash of lighting in her hair.

"What are you doing here, Nariko?" Tokoyami glared, pushing himself to his feet. Nariko sighed loudly and rolled her eyes.

"I guess birds aren't very smart." Nariko smiled maliciously, flashing her pointy teeth. "Isn't it obvious? To cause destruction of course! Also, a small part of it the League Of Villains made some good promises and put up a strong argument. Another small part of it was me being dragged here because of Kage and that Yukichi asshole." Nariko shrugged. "The majority of it was to see death, mostly the Mutt's." Nariko stared at a cave, "But I'm assuming that shes already dead by the silence." Nariko cackled.

"You.." Tokoyami's fists shook.

"That means, the next on my kill list…" Nariko raised a hand and pointed a finger at Tokoyami, "... is you." Lightning cracked in her hair and traveled down her arm towards her pointer finger.

"Move!" Shoji yelled, just in time as Nariko fired a lightning bolt towards them. As cover, Todoroki put up a thick ice wall as he dove to the side along with his classmates. As the lightning struck the ice, it shattered and exploded, sending bits of ice flying everywhere.

"Aww… come on. I'll make your deaths quick and easy!" Nariko smiled, throwing her arms out and shooting lightning from her fingers. The lightning forced Todoroki and Shoji to jump out of hiding.

Todoroki stomped his right foot down and ice slithered along the ground, trapping Nariko's feet to the ground. "Ugh! Stop being boring!" Nariko's hair dropped to her waist and small lightning strikes hit the ice around her feet, careful not to hit herself. "Come out already!" She yelled, throwing her large bolts of lightning towards Shoji and Todoroki, making them jump back.

Nariko saw a flash of movement in the bushes to her right and shot a bolton lightning towards it without a second thought. Bakugo leapt from the bushes, dodging the attack and he fired off a large explosion, blowing Nariko backwards and breaking her free of the ice.

Nariko tumbled and rolled before she came to a stop and pushed herself off the ground. "If you come out now birdie, I'll make your death swift and painless!" Nariko cackled, throwing her arms into the air, her hair rising up and pointing towards the sky.

"Don't let her finish!" Tokoyami called out. Nariko smirked and threw her arms to the ground.

"Found you!" Bolts of lightning started hitting the area randomly, making all of them jump and dodge the lightning strikes and cover their ears.

Nariko ran forward, keeping up the lightning strikes as long as she could, which was about ten seconds. Within those seconds, she was able to drive Tokoyami from his hiding place and make him run onto the trail.

Nariko lifted her left arm and lightning formed in the palm of her hand as she ran towards Tokoyami. He, along with the others, were stunned from the loud lightning strikes and were slow to recollect themselves.

"Tokoyami!" Midoriya called out, catching the boy's attention. Tokoyami looked up and staggered back upon seeing Nariko running towards him.

"Bye bye Birdie!" She laughed.

Tokoyami braced himself for an attack, bringing his arms up in a block… but the attack never came. His eyes opened a bit before his arms lowered and his eyes opened in shock.

Nariko was standing still, her arm still in the air as a small bead of blood dripped down her left arm and reaching her shoulder. Yamiyo stood beside Nariko, tightly gripping her wrist and bending it at an unnatural angle. Yamiyo's claws had torng through the bandages on her fingers and the tips were digging into Nariko's skin.

"You…" Yamiyo sneered as she harshly threw Nariko's broken wrist down. The girl clutched her arm and screamed bloody, tears running down her face as her legs trembled. "Dare try to hurt them?" A solid kick to the back sent Nariko falling onto her stomach.

"Yamiyo?!" Shoji yelled.

"You're alright!" Midoriya cried. He had left shortly before Yamiyo had started screaming when the villains started attacking the Wild Wild Pussy Cats back at the forest's entrance, he was glad to see her unharmed without any scratches on her.

"G-gah!" Nariko cried, trying to crawl away with her right hand, her left pressing against her chest. "W-wait! Pl-please!" She pleaded. Instead, she was lifted by the shoulders and thrown to the side with minimal effort.

"Oh, come on Nariko. Where's that bloodlust you had just moments ago?! Where's the overconfident girl who just tried to kill my brother?!" Yamiyo stomped over and planted her foot on Nariko's stomach. "You can't even handle a broken bone!" Yamiyo raised her left claw into the air, ready to strike. Nariko glared and lightning flashed in her hair.

"DIE!" Nariko screamed, a small bolt of lightning shooting from her hair. Yamiyo jumped back, a scowl on her face. Nariko stumbled to her feet and clutched her badly broken wrist, a crazy smile on her face. "Y-your still a-alive and without a mark on you. S-so Hayate must b-be dead, right?! Your no b-better than the r-rest of us, you mutt! Your a m-monster who s-should've been killed in t-the arena! You-" Nariko's rant was cut off when a large shadowy claw slammed into her chest and sent her flying into a tree just behind her. Nariko didn't make a sound as she fell to the ground, a bea of blood dripping down her temple.

Dark Shadow growled and coiled around Fumikage's shoulders. "Nobody messes with them!" He roared, sliding back into Fumikage's chest and out of sight.

".. Yamiyo?" Fumikage hesitantly stepped closer. "Are you alright?" Yamiyo stared at Nariko for a moment and nodded towards Fumikage, flashing a small thumbs up.

"I'm alright. I would like to get out of here though.." Yamiyo let her arm drop to her side. Fumikage walked over and bumped shoulders with her.

"The quickest way would be to follow the trail." Midoriya peeked over Shoji's shoulder and stared down the dark trai. "We know that the villains are after Kacchan, so we should head back to the camp right away." The group silently nodded.

"I could always carry you all back? I can reach my max size for a few minutes and carry everyone, it would be faster." Yamiyo volunteered, earning a heavy scowl from Bakugo. Midoriya thought for a moment before shaking his head.

"You were fighting not too long ago, right? It would be best if you saved your energy if another villain attacks." Midoriya explained. Yamiyo sighed and nodded.

"Alright." Yamiyo stared at Midoriya, not noticing Bakugo and Shoji giving her odd looks.

Only a few moments later, they set off down the path with Todoroki in the front followed by Shoji and Midoriya, Bakugo, Yamiyo, and Fumikage. Bakugo was oddly silent, although he did complain about 'not needing' their protection when they started moving.

"Yamiyo." Speak of the devil.

"Yes, Bakugo?" Yamiyo tilted her head.

"Earlier, you said you could hold your max form for a few minutes, enough time to get us back to camp." Bakugo glared at her from over his shoulder.

"Yes, that is what I said?" Yamiyo raised an eyebrow.

"Yet at dinner you said you can only hold it for ten to twenty seconds." Bakugo slowed to a stop and turned to face her. Fumikage abruptly stopped behind her and took a step back, Shoji and Todorki stopping when they noticed half their group stopped.

"Oh, my bad. I guess I thought that was the max… I went from my smallest size first and changing back then changing right to my biggest tired me out." Yamiyo smiled, taking a step back slightly.

"Bakugo, what are you doing?" Todoroki asked, stopping closer.

"The deal before all this crap started- what was it? What did you agree to?" Bakugo glared, hands flexing.

Yamiyo thought for a moment before turning her head to the side slightly. "Are you ok Bakugo?"

"DON'T DODGE THE QUESTION!" Bakugo yelled, taking a threatening step forward. "What was the deal?!"

"Bakugo! What's gotten into you?!" Shoji placed a hand on Bakugo's shoulder, which he harshly shrugged off.

"Answer!" Bakugo demanded.

"Uh- I promised that I would hang out with you, Mina, Kaminari, Kirishima, and Sero!" Yamiyo stepped back slightly. Bakugo's glare somehow grew darker and more angry.

"Wrong answer!' Bakugo brought his arm around and fired off an explosion right onto Yamiyo's chest, sending her flying to the side and past Fumikage.

SQUELCH

Yamiyo landed on the base of her neck, making her body fling over her head and make her land on her stomach. She layed there before her body rippled and she just… melted into a weird pile of light gray goo.

"Yamiyo..?" Fumikage mumbled shakily.

"It was a fake. It wasn't Yamiyo." Bakugo looked a little shaken himself. He was hoping he was wrong and that Yamiyo would retaliate or yell at him… he didn't expect that to happen.

"She might be back at camp." Todoroki reasoned. "The quirk could just make some sort of… copy just from looking at someone?" He questioned nobody in particular. They were all silent.

"Yamiyo can handle herself." Midoriya reassured, "We need to get Kacchan out of the forest and to the Pro Heroes as soon as possible. Yamiyo may be back at camp by now." Midoriya paused and waited for the others to nod. "Let's go." They turned away and started moving, everyone but one.

"Tokoyami?" He was staring at the pool of goo, still shaken up. He took a shaky breath before jogging to catch up with them. He prayed to whoever was watching over them that Yamiyo was out of harm's way.

"I'm here!" A white haired male announced, closely followed by a large man with scars across his face. Amber eyes stared at Yamiyo's face, her features relaxed despite all the blood dripping from her unconscious body. Even with blood covering half of her face, Kage couldn't help but feel his heart drum against his ribcage.

"You're slow." A black haired male snapped, purple burned patches of skin on his face, arms, and chest. "You were supposed to be here ten minutes ago."

"Sorry, Dabi. We ran into some… complications. Yamiyo didn't want to go with us and fought, despite her injuries." Kage placed a light kiss on her hairline, "It's what i love about her."

"Barf." Dabi replied, turning away and stopping closer to a man with a full body suit and mask.

Yukichi scoffed and pushed past Kage, making the boy stumble a bit. "When are we leaving? I don't want to be here any longer than I have to." He growled, stepping closer to Dabi.

"When Compress gets here with the prize." Dabi replied, lazily staring up at Yukichi.

"He should be here soon! More like an eternity." The masked man stated, his voice seeming to deepen the second time he spoke.

"Hopefully sooner rather than later, Twice." Kage smiled.

"Oh, yay! I'm not the only one here!" A cheerful voice called happily. A girl with two messy blonde buns and golden cat-like eyes skipped out of the woods.

"Shut up, your both too loud Toga." Dabi snapped. "Huh?" Suddenly, he looked up at the sky, squinting his eyes slightly.

"AHHH-" Compress was slammed into the ground, Shoji, Midoriya, and Todoroki on top of him.

"Whoa whoa- what's this?! Oh hey wait- I know these kids!" Twice raised his hand and pointed at them. "Who are they?!"

"Give Kachan and Tokoyami back to us!" Midoriya yelled.

Everything hurts… Why does everything hurt? She didn't even have enough energy to open her eyes…

Wait..

Is she a 'she'?

What's her name..? Everythings fuzzy…

Yamiyo?

Ah… that's her name.

Yamiyo please! You have to wake up!

Why would she? It was calm in the dark… and the more she relaxed the less it hurt.

Your friends are in danger!

She has friends? She can't remember their names..

Goddamn it Yamiyo! Snap out of it! Your friends are fighting tooth and nail against the villains!

Villains..? Since when were there villains?

They have Bakugo and Tokoyami!

Wait…

What?

Suddenly, everything clicked and everything rushed back to Yamiyo full force. Yamiyo felt herself being carried, but she couldn't figure out who. She couldn't focus on any scent, only the pain in her body and throbbing flashes of pain in her skull.

All the sound that was happening around her all bled together and she could make it out. She did, however, feel the sharp freeze whiz by her and whoever was carrying her jump to the side.

I can't..

I can fight! Gimmie control-

No.

Hah?! What do you mean!?

I can save us! If I just get Kage away, I can get Yamiyo out-

No.

What?

What?!

Save my friends. If what you say is true, they need your help more than anything. You can take full control and I'll deal with the outcome.

Well, what are you waiting for?!

Yamiyo. I'm sorry I couldn't be there for when you grew up and I couldn't comfort you at your worst, but I'm never going to not be by your side.

Eh?

I love you and will always love you. No matter what you do or what happens. I'm proud of you, and Mom and Dad would be as well.

Yamiyo felt something… weird. It felt like something was gently pulling her brain and leaving something warm behind. A bright light on her eyelids made her groan quietly. As the light faded, Yamiyo forced her eyelids to crack open the smallest bit, and what she saw made tears well up in her eyes.

"Stay away from them!" A woman, probably in her middle or late twenties, screamed and made Yukichi drop the pistol in shock. Despite her body flickering like a candle flame in the wind, Yamiyo would recognize her older sister anywhere.

"Ki…. ko." Yamiyo mumbled quietly. Kiko's white hair floated around her head as if she were in water.

Kiko glared fiercely at Yukichi before she opened her mouth wide… and let out the loudest and most horrible scream Yamiyo has ever heard. Yukichi's hands flew up to his ears and he yelled, but it was drowned out by Kiko's scream Yukichi fell to his knees and clutched his head, blood seeming from his fingers. Kiko closed her mouth and she looked completely drained, her body flickering more frequently and making it harder to tell she was there.

Yamiyo locked eyes with Kiko and she looked hesitant, but she nodded towards Yamiyo and spun around, going after a blonde girl who was attacking Shoji and Midoriya.

Yamiyo's eyelids felt heavy and she felt the throbbing pain hit her skull… it felt as if her head was being hit by a thousand hammers. Her eyelids grew heavy and fresh blood obscured her vision. Yamiyo glanced up and saw Kage, his face scrunched up in annoyance. Yamiyo wanted to push him away, but she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. The short shot of adrenaline provided by Kiko was long gone.

"Help… them.." Yamiyo mumbled before her eyes closed completely and she felt herself falling.

"Tch…" Kage, once again, avoided Todoroki's ice while clutching an unconscious Yamiyo close to his chest. These kids just won't give up… will they? He had a feeling that they wouldn't leave him alone while he had Yamiyo, and he wasn't about to go fight some kids in a battle that would only waste his energy. "Twice, Compress!" Kage shouted, running over to the masked man and ducking behind some already existing ice.

"We can't leave without Yamiyo!" Midoriya shouted, dodging a slash from Toga. A loud screech made him wince and flung Toga back. Kiko shimmered back into view in front of Midoriya, her feet a few inches off the ground.

"Uwaa?! Your Banshee!" Midoriya shouted, jumping back slightly. Kiko waved her hand.

"Not now! Someone needs to go after Yamiyo!" Kiko glared at Toga as the blonde stood on her legs, clutching the knife in her hand. "I'll keep whoever goes covered!" Kiko announced.

"Cover me!" Kage shouted loudly before diving into the center, closely followed by Twice as Compress leapt into the air.

"Shoji!" Todoroki stomped his right foot to the ground, sending a wave of ice towards them.

"Got it!' Shoji rushed forward, quickly followed by Kiko as she flew beside him for a moment. Kiko narrowed her eyes and shot into the sky after Compress, screaming and making him pinwheel in the air.

"Ah! Cold! Again?!" Twice was blocked off by more ice and Kage grunted as he slammed his back into the ice, avoiding a hit from Shoji. The six-armed male grabbed the front of Kage's shirt and ripped him apart from the clone, throwing him in the process.

Shoji held onto Yamiyo as he jumped back, closer to his classmates. "I got Yamiyo! Let's get out of here!" He called, his classmates nodding and running with him, Shoji holding the marbles containing Bakugo and Tokoyami tightly. Kiko quickly joined them, floating by their side.

They ran towards the treeline, only to spot a Nomu stepping away from a tree. "A Nomu?!" Midoriya yelled.

"Quick, this way!" Todoroki changed their direction, only to be cut off by a large black and purple mist with glowing yellow eyes. They all stopped abruptly and stared at the villain in shock.

"Not this guy." Shoji muttered.

"He's from the USJ." Todoroki

"The warp villain!" Midoriya finished.

"It's been five minutes since the signal, let's go Dabi." Kurogiri announced, creating warp gates behind the villains. Kage quickly rushed towards Yukichi who had just gotten onto his feet, groaning lightly with his palms still pressed against his ears.

"Sorry Izuku! But I'll see you later, ok?" Toga waved before stepping through the warp gate.

"Damn it Kage… you're useless!" Yukichi growled. Kage raised a hand, a sly smirk on his face.

"Just wait old man." He held back a laugh.

"Hold on- we ain't leaving without the kid." Dabi stared at the students as Compress stepped closer to the gate.

"Don't worry, they were so proud of themselves for rooting through my pockets that I thought I'd let them gloat." Compress stopped and peeked over his shoulder. Compress fully turned around. "But allow me to explain the basic tenant of magic. If I'm flaunting something shiny.." Compress reached up and pulled his mask to the side, revealing his black face mask and dull brown eyes, "... It's because there's something I don't want you to see." Compress stuck his tongue out, revealing the two blue marbles containing Tokoyami and Bakugo.

"Huh?! He's got them!"

"Huh?! He's got them!" Todoroki and Midoriya said, equally shocked. Compress snapped his fingers and the two marbles in Shoji's hand returned to normal, revealing clumps of ice.

"Is that my ice?!' Todoroki shouts.

"That's right. During the freezing attack, I prepared dummies and slipped them into my right pocket." Compress slid the mask back over his face. "Oh! And before I forget… here's your little girlfriend back, Akukage." Compress pulled out a marble from his left pocket and flicked it over to the boy with his thumb.

"Thanks- and just Kage will do." As the boy caught the marble and tossed it into the air, holding his arms out. Compress snapped his fingers… and Yamiyo resized and fell into Kage's arms, knocked out and bloody.

"Haha, you fell for it! You're all idiots!" Twice chanted, jumping side to side slightly. The Yamiyo Shoji held in his arms started to melt and turn into the gray sludge from earlier, dripping onto the ground. "Toodaloo!" Twice turned his back to the students and dived into the portal.

"NO!" Kiko screamed, zooming towards Yamiyo, arms outstretched. At the same time, Todoroki and Midoriya ran after Dabi and Twice as Shoji ran between them, ready to jump into action for either Yamiyo or Bakugo and Tokoyami.

"I promise I'll take care of her… but I can't promise that Yukichi won't let her off scot free." Kage laughed loudly, a crazed look on his face as he sunk into the portal alongside Yukichi.

Just as Kiko reached them… the portal disappeared. Kiko flew past and phased through a tree, out of sight. Shoji stared wide eyed before he pivoted and made a mad dash for the Villain keeping Tokoyami and Bakugo prisoner.

"A little bit of misdirection… forgive me." Compress opened his arms wide as he was slowly swallowed by the purple portal. "I do so adore a twist ending."

"You can't do this!' Midoriya yelled.

Compress bowed at the waist, the portal crawling up his back. "One last bow… and then the curtain falls-" The man was cut off by a glowing blue laser, shattering his mask. The blue laser traced back to a gap in the bushes nearby, revealing a terrified Aoyama.

Compress coughed, sending the two marbles flying out of his mouth. Shoji and Todoroki both jumped forward, Midoriya tumbling back.

Shoji reached and grabbed a marble out of the air, gripping it tightly. Todoroki, however, went to grab the marble… but Dabi beat him to it. Holding the marble between his pointer finger and thumb with a smile on his face. "Well isn't that a tragedy… poor little Shoto Todoroki." Dabi taunted as Todoroki flew past him and rolled along the ground.

"NO!" A pale white and glowing hand made a reach for Dabi's wrist, but the moment her hand wrapped around his wrist, she flickered and her hand phased through, only leaving a cold chill lingering on the man's wrist. Kiko gasped slightly as she rolled and stopped on her side, too shocked to move.

"Well… looks like you're just a ghost. Confirm it now.. Release them." Dabi ordered as Compress slipped into the portal, only a hand sticking out.

"That lazer ruined my finale!" He snapped his fingers. The marble Shoji was holding grew and popped, revealing Tokoyami. And the one Dabi held popped and revealed Bakugo, Dabi's hand snaking around the boy's neck.

"Checkmate. Heh." Dabi said before his head disappeared into the warp gate.

"Kacchan, no!" Midoriya rushed forward with all the strength he had left. "KACCHAN!" Midoriya leapt into the air as Bakugo's head was pulled into the warp.

"Stay back.. Deku.." Bakugo managed to say before he was fully pulled into the black and purple mass, the warp gate closing immediately after.

Midoriya landed hard on the ground and he quickly lifted his head, staring at the space where the warp gate once was. Now… the view was of just black smoke and blue flames eating away at the forest.

As Midoriya screamed, his classmates all gathered around him… all but one.

Fumikage looked around, somewhat confused on what was going on, but mostly looking for someone.

Kiko slowly pushed herself onto her knees, gripping the sides of her head tightly as phantom tears ran down her face. The scream she let out of her mouth as full of grief and sadness… the pure strength of the cry was enough to tear the trees in front of her out of the ground from the roots and crack the ground beneath her.

Fumikage looked at Kiko, who was sobbing and clutching her head. In shock, Fumikage stumbled over to her and kneeled down beside her, his own tears falling. He didn't have to ask and nobody had to tell him… Yamiyo was taken alongside Bakugo. But, he didn't know where she would be and he didn't know who had her.

As he silently cried beside Kiko, he could only hope that she would be ok.


As the warp gate closed, Kage took a second to figure out exactly where he was. Yukichi was already walking down the alleyway, pulling his hands away from his ears and revealing the blood coming from his ears. "Follow me."

Kage did as he was told and looked at the walls on either side of him. There was graffiti all over the walls, and on top of that there were random posters of missing people or just random cult shit.

"Where are we?" Kage asked, his voice bouncing off the walls. Yukichi was silent for a moment.

"Were still in Tokyo." He answered simply.

"Wow, I didn't realize. What part of Tokyo?" Kage clarified. Yukichi glared at Kage through the slightly glowing vizor.

"Near the outskirts, far away from the heroes that would interfere. I don't want a repeat of last time." He growled, picking up a little bit of speed. "Hurry up! I can't have the mutt dying of blood loss." Kage glanced down at the unconscious girl in his arms and- wow… his clothes were completely covered in her blood. He didn't even realize how much blood she lost. He was happy to see that some of the blood around the large cut on her head and the hole in her shoulder started drying, but she was still bleeding.

"Right." Kage jogged up to Yukichi's side and lazily looked around. "Where are we going, exactly?"

Yukichi huffed. "I have an ol friend with a quirk that can make the mutts' healing go faster. The fighting ring isn't too far from here." He responded gruffly, slowing to a stop in front of a trashed building. Honestly, it looked like it was going to collapse any second. "It's more structurally sound than it looks." Yukichi turned the door handle, only for it to snap and come out of the door.

"You were saying?" Kage smirked. Yukichi growled and slammed his shoulder into the door, making it swing open and slam into the wall. "Won't it look weird if I carry Yamiyo to the ring?"

"Nobody cares what happens around here. The heroes abandoned this area when the criminals and villains just kept popping up. No matter what the heroes did, the criminal rate would just keep climbing, now it's the perfect place for underground fighting and drug deals." Yukichi explained, walking across the bare open space. Kage looked around nervously as the floorboards creaked and groaned under his feet.

"No police officers?" Kage asked, following Yukichi down a flight of mold covered stairs.

"There's a few, but you barely see 'em since they're beat and killed on sight. They're all in hiding and only report big drug deals to the heroes, but none of them reported the fighting ring yet. Mostly because whenever they come across it, their either killed or... well... killed." Yukichi huffed and glared over his shoulder. "And you'll be too if you don't shut your trap." He warned.

Although Kage doubted it, but best not to push the man who towered above him and was built like a goddamn tank. Not to mention the man still had a gun strapped to his waste and more knives than Kage could count.

Kage held Yamiyo tighter and planted another kiss to her forehead, spitting slightly when he tasted blood in his mouth. "We're here. Don't cause a ruckus and don't touch anything." Yuichi growled as he stopped at the bottom of the stairs, in front of a pristine door.

Yukichi slammed the door open and revealed a rather clean open space. The floor was covered in tiles and the walls were painted a creamy white, ceiling lights installed into the cement ceiling above them. There were hospital beds all around the room accompanied by different machines Kage didn't know the names for. There were multiple glass door shelves full of medical supplies and- there were even goddamn plants down here?!

As Kage forze and gaped at the room, Yukichi continued to walk through the room over to a man with a white lab coat standing, almost seeming to wait for him. "Ah, Yukichi, my friend." The man smiled, his green eyes seeming to study the man as he stepped closer. "Been a long time since you requested my assistance."

"Yeah, yeah. Business running low?" Yukichi stopped in front of the man, motioning to the empty cots.

"Yes. Ever since you announced the Immortal Wolf's return, everyones been training and keeping themselves from getting seriously injured before they face her." The man peeked around Yukichi, his sun kissed hair falling over his eyes slightly. "Oh! What happened to her?" He questioned.

"Fought against Hayate. She held back and killed him by pushing him off a cliff." Yukichi grumbled. The man ran past him and towards an open cot.

"Bring her here!" The man pulled the white bedsheet off the cot and pulled over a chair while throwing on a surgeon's mask. "Hurry!" Kage jumped slightly and ran over, laying Yamiyo on the cot carefully.

"Kage, this is Reiki. He's an old acquaintance of mine and has a healing quirk." Reiki bowed his head slightly before he rolled up his sleeves and hovered his hands over Yamiyo's wounds. His palms glowed yellow as his hands moved over her body.

"Hmm… some of these are deep. Some broken bones… this is going to be a lengthy healing process… not to mention pricey." Reiki brought his hands to his lap and stared up at Yukichi. "I demand 900,000 yen."

"What?!" Yukichi shouted in outrage.

Kage let out a low whistle. "Damn… good luck with that." Kage chuckled lowly. Yukichi glared at him before rounding on Reiki.

"I don't have that kind of yen." He growled lowly. Reiki shrugged and stood up, crossing his arms over his chest.

"As you mentioned earlier, business has been running low and I need the money. If you don't have the yen, then you can kiss my services goodbye." Reiki turned to leave, but Yukichi cut him off.

"God- fine! I don't have that much yen on me, but I'll earn it back through the matches." Yukichi reasoned. Reiki narrowed his eyes.

"Like the additional 1,000,000 yen you still owe me from the past injuries she sustained?" Reiki shot back.

"Holy shit, dude! How many times have you brought here here?!" Kage asked, dumbfounded.

"I stopped counting after the twenty-seventh time." Reiki informed Kage before he turned back to Yukichi. "No money, no deal." He stated, slipping past Yukichi and walking away.

"Wait! I promise to pay you back! Just- god- please help." Yukichi pleaded, spitting out the 'please' like it pained him to even think of the word.

Reiki froze and stared ahead before he sighed and turned on his heel, walking back over to Yamiyo. He ducked past Yukichi and sat beside Yamiyo, his hands glowing green as he set to work, his eyes also glowing faintly. "Just this once. I won't heal her fully, but I'll deal with the worst of the injuries. If I'm not paid at least 30,000 yen by the end of the month, I won't work for you anymore." Reiki informed, leaning closer to Yamiyo as he worked. "And since you said please… I'll heal your eyesight so you can get your quirk back and keep her under control. By the looks of it… she's not going to be happy with you when she wakes up." Reiki glanced at a surprised Yukichi. The tall man was frozen for a few more seconds before nodding.

"Thank…. you." Yukichi said slowly, as if he wasn't sure if that was the right thing to say. "What's with her hands?"

"It's a side effect of her quirk. From what I can gather… It helps her control the darkness and shadows easier and with minimal effort." Reiki responded.

"Is it anything to worry about?" Kage questioned.

"Nope." Reiki responded as he lightly touched Yamiyo's bleeding shoulder with his fingertips, the skin beneath glowing and the wound itself glowing a bit as he started healing the inside.

Daisuke Reiki, Quirk: Magic Touch!

He can use his own energy to heal others! He can also use it to find out what sort of injuries someone has! But the process is long and takes a lot of concentration! If he messes up, it could have disastrous consequences! He also has to keep his energy up and sleeps longer than a normal person… he also practically lives off of energy bars!

"With a quirk like that, why didn't you go work at a hospital or something?" Kage asked.

Reiki paused for a moment, pulling his hands away from Yamiyo. "Simple, doing this pays well. And don't distract me! You don't want me to mess up and make her paralyzied, right?" Reiki questioned, raising an eyebrow with his eyes narrowing. Kage, wisely, kept his mouth shut and turned his head away. "Thought so. Make yourselves comfortable, this is going to go well into tomorrow. There's a fridge in the other room- but don't touch any of the energy bars! I need those for my quirk to work. Actually- bring me a few." Reiki ordered, hovering his hands over Yamiyo once again and making his hands and eyes glow once more.

Yukichi turned and stomped towards a door, slipping out of the massive room. Kage stared at Reiki and Yamiyo for a few moments before sighing and sitting on the cot right next to Yamiyo's. He propped his elbows on his knees and let his hands dangle down as he stared and watched.

"You should get some rest." Reiki commented, making Kage jump slightly. "You look like shit." Reiki didn't look up at him, but Kage had the feeling that he was smiling.

Kage huffed, but he laid down. Not only did he look like shit, he felt like shit. Having fought some kids back at the camp, he just wanted to pass out.

Kage turned his head and stared at Yamiyo as his eyes fluttered closed.

I won't let you be taken away from me again.


Ok. This is… the longest chapter I have written so far. Almost 40 pages with the font and font size.

I'm sorry about the delay with this chapter, with all the crazyness and online classes... it's tougher to work on chapters when I have to focus on school work. There was a lot to this chapter. Next may be more chill, but who knows?

Hope you're all staying healthy and safe during this time! Thank you for reading!