Okay so just as a warning, there is mention of suicide in this chapter. It doesn't go into much detail but it's there. Just thought I'd put a warning up.

I trudged into class on Monday morning. School had only started a week ago but I was already exhausted. I did not want to be here. We all sat at our desks waiting for the teacher to arrive. I laid my head down on the desk. The teacher walked in and we started our class.

"So as third-year students, it's time to start thinking seriously about your futures and what you want to do with your lives. I could pass out some career aptitude tests but why bother?" The teacher tossed the paper in the air. "I know you all want to go to the hero track."

Everyone cheered and activated their quirks, everyone but Katsuki, Izuku and me.

"Yes, yes, you've got some very impressive quirks. But no power usage allowed in school."

"Hey teach," Katsuki called. "Don't lump me in with this bunch of losers. I'm the real deal but these guys will be lucky to end up as sidekick to some busted d-lister."

Everyone started yelling again.

"Let's go, I'll take you all on." Katsuki laughed.

"You've got impressive test results. Maybe you will get into UA High." The teacher said.

"He's going to try for the national school?"

"That school has got a point two acceptance rate."

"It's impossible to get in to."

"That's why it's the only place worthy of me." Katsuki jumped onto his desk. "I aced all the mock tests. I'm the only one at this school who stands a chance at getting in. I'll end up more popular than All Might himself and be the richest hero of all time. People all across the world will know who I am. And it all starts with UA High!"

"Oh yeah Midoriya, Chino, don't you two want to go to UA too?"

Katsuki froze. Everyone looked over at Izuku then burst out laughing. I sighed, I was once again invisible. The girl in front of me turned around.

"You want to go to UA?"

"Well yeah my sister went, so I thought I could try. You never know until you try. I have backup plans but it's worth a shot." I shrugged.

Suddenly there was an explosion. I turned and saw Izuku on the floor and Katsuki's hands smoking.

"Listen up Deku," Katsuki yelled. "You're even worse than the rest of these damn rejects, you quirkless wannabe. You really think they'd let someone like you in when they could have me?"

"Katsuki!" I stood up.

"No, wait, you've got it all wrong. Really. I'm not trying to compete against you." Izuku backed up until he hit the wall. "You gotta believe me! It's just that I've wanted to be a hero since I was little. I may not have a quirk, but I can still try my hardest, can't I?"

"You'd never be able to hang with the best of the best. You'd die in the exams. Defenseless Izuku. This school's already crappy, you really want to embarrass it more by failing so hard."

"Katsuki," I grabbed his shoulder. "Leave him alone. I think you've scared him enough."

He shrugged my hand off. "Back off, no one asked you."

"Katsuki," I lowered my voice, tail twitching. "You don't want to make a scene. If you hurt him it'll leave a permeant mark on your ledger."

He glared at me but backed down. He shoved his hands in his pockets and stomped back to his seat. I sighed and helped Izuku up. The rest of class went by without any incident. I knew as soon as school was over I would have no control over Katsuki. I watched as Katsuki made his way over to Izuku. Katsuki grabbed Izuku's notebook.

"I don't know what you think you're doing Deku but we're not done."

"What'd you got? His diary?" One of Katsuki's "friends" walked up.

Katsuki held up the notebook, I knew instantly that it was one of Izuku's hero analysis notebooks.

"Huh? Don't tell me you're taking notes on how to be a hero?" Katsuki's friend laughed.

"He's delusional." The other boy laughed.

"Yeah, real funny guys." Izuku stood up. "Just give it back."

Katsuki did the opposite. He exploded it then threw it out the window. Izuku screamed.

"Most first string heroes show potential early on. People look at them and just know they're destined for greatness. When I'm the only student from his garbage junior high to get into UA people will start talking about me like that. They'll realize I'm legit, the big thing. That's not ego talking, I just know I'm good."

I scoffed. That was ego, one hundred percent.

Katsuki put his hand on Izuku's shoulder, it started smoking. "Here's a little word of advice, nerd. Don't even think of applying or else."

Izuku was still shaking, even as Katsuki let him go and walked off.

"That's just sad. I thought you had at least some fight in you." One boy said.

"He finally gets it. He'll never be a hero." The other boy replied. "Better to find out now instead of later I guess."

Katsuki stopped at the door and turned back. "You know if you really want to be a hero that badly, there actually might be another way. Just pray that'll be born with a quirk in your next life, and take a swan dive off the roof of the building."

Okay, that was the final straw. I jumped up, knocking my chair over. Izuku turned around as if to say something but Katsuki fired off several explosions.

"Something wrong?"

Izuku froze. I growled, ears back and tail twitching, and followed Katsuki out of the classroom. I grabbed Katsuki's wrist and copied his quirk. He pulled out of my grasp.

"Get lost Neko." He growled.

"Yeah, get lost you stupid cat." One of the boys laughed.

I turned around and fired off a few of my own explosions. "How about you leave?"

"Okay," the boys backed off.

Once they were gone I turned on Katsuki. I grabbed his shirt collar and pressed him against the wall. He grabbed my wrist and fired off an explosion. I winced but didn't let go.

"Listen, I get that you don't like Izuku. But don't you even dare tell him to kill himself. You have no idea what that can do to a person." I hissed. "If you ever do that again, I will hurt you. Slowly and painfully."

He scoffed. "Yeah right."

I slammed my hand against the wall firing an explosion close to his head. "I don't play around when it comes to people's lives."

He didn't answer. I let go of his collar, tail twitching aggressively.

"Mark my words, Katsuki. Don't ever play with someone's life. You may just be the tipping point." I turned and walked off, trying to ignore the onslaught of memories. I clenched my hands into fists. I had seen it happen before, to a quirkless girl. She had been so happy, until one day she wasn't. She had thought she would have a quirk in her next life. I quickly wiped at the tears that were running down my face. I pressed my hand against the wall, gripping my head. I tried to ignore the whispers.

'You should have done something.'

'You could have helped.'

'You should have told someone.'

'You could have stopped her.'

'Some hero you are.'

'You couldn't even save your best friend's life.'

'Do you think you could ever save anyone else?'

"Stop!" I yelled, my voice echoing in the empty hallway. But it didn't help, my chest tightened as the words continued. Spiraling me down into a pit of despair.

'You can't do anything.'

'You can't become a hero.'

'Useless.'

'Stupid.'

Even Katsuki's words came back.

'You can't get into UA. You don't have what it takes.'

A sob escaped my lips. They were all right. I couldn't do anything.

'Useless.'

That word kept spiraling around my head. Suddenly there was a hand on my shoulder. I looked up, realizing that I was on the floor. Izuku stared down at me, concern evident in his eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked softly.

I stood up. "Izuku, promise me you won't listen to him. Your life is too precious, don't waste it." I touched his cheek. "Please, I can't lose another person."

"What? Koneko, I would never take my own life." He grabbed my hand. "Is that what you're so worked up about?"

I nodded, ears down. "Just promise me, please, that you won't even consider it. And if you did, you would tell someone."

"Of course. I promise." He looked into my eyes and I saw it was true. He would never do the same thing she did.

It was like a weight lifted off my shoulders. I sighed. "Thank you." I glanced down, he had his notebook in his hand. "You got your notebook back."

"Yeah, it's a little wet but it's still intact." He looked down at it.

"Katsuki's a jerk, huh?" I tried to smile.

"Yeah, but that's just Kacchan." He paused. "Wait, since when were you on a first-name basis?"

"Since two days ago." I rubbed the back of my neck, ears laid back. "Did I ever mention that I trained with him on the weekends?"

"No!" Izuku gaped at me.

"Yeah, I've been training with him for several months." I smiled. "So yeah."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Izuku suddenly became excited. "Have you learned anything new about his fighting style?"

I laughed. "Yeah actually. Um, why don't you come over later? I can show you some of my notebooks."

"Really?" His eyes lit up.

"Yeah." My smile widened and I started to forget everything that happened.

As we walked home, Izuku ranted about all the different ways Katsuki was amazing. He completely overlooked the fact that the same person told him to kill himself earlier. As I listened to Izuku talk I started to remember why I loved Katsuki, despite his faults. My phone chimed and I pulled it out.

"Oh shoot," I cut Izuku off. "I'll have to catch up with you later. I have to go pick up some stuff for my mom. I'll see you later right?"

"Yeah, I meet you at your house." He grinned.

"Okay, bye!" I jogged back to the store.

I grabbed the few things that my mom wanted then headed home. As I was walking home from the store the street next to me exploded. I jumped back, not wanting to get caught up in the blast. Once the blasts stopped I peered down the street. It was covered in smoke but I could make out a few explosions. They reminded me of Katsuki's explosions. People were running away from the blasts but I walked into the street. What was causing the blasts? A villain? Most likely. I stayed near the sides, I knew I shouldn't be here but something was drawing me closer. I glanced behind me and saw a small crowd gathering. Pro heroes were going to arrive soon. The smoked cleared and I could clearly see the villain. It was some sort of sludge villain, in the middle of the goop I could a person, a boy about my age…Katsuki.

"Katsuki!" I yelled, ears laid back in fear.

The villain looked over at me, I realized my mistake. I scrambled backward, trying to get out of the way. I pressed myself against the wall, I should have run away from the villain but I couldn't. I was frozen. DeathArms ran forwards and punched the villain, it didn't work. The villain knocked him backward, other heroes rushed to his aid. The villain swiped at the heroes.

"Stay back or I'll snap his neck!" The villain yelled.

"No!" I screamed.

Katsuki broke his mouth free with a shout. "You picked the wrong guy to mess with! I'm going to send you back to whatever sewer you crawled out of! Let me go!"

The street exploded, I covered my face with my hands. The smoke cleared slightly and I ran forwards. I grabbed Katsuki's face and kissed him hard. The villain pushed me away, I tumbled across the street, crying out in pain.

"Neko?" Katsuki seemed shocked. "Stay back."

The villain covered his mouth again. I could hear the shouts of the heroes and the civilians behind me but I couldn't decipher them, my ears were ringing too much. I pushed myself up and ran back at the villain. I placed my hands on either side of Katsuki's head.

"I'm sorry," I whispered before I let off several blasts.

The villain retreated, letting Katsuki breathe. He took several breaths before he tried to speak. I cut him off with another kiss, strengthening my quirk. I let off more explosions, allowing Katsuki to continue breathing.

"You brat!" The villain snarled.

"Let him go!" I yelled.

"Neko! You need to leave!" Katsuki managed. "Run!"

"Never! A hero doesn't run when someone's in trouble."

The villain swiped at me, I deflected him with another explosion.

"Koneko! I don't care that it may seem cowardly! Just run!" Katsuki yelled. "You can't get hurt!"

"Oh," the villain laughed. "So you two care about each other?"

I panicked and jumped back but the villain was faster. He grabbed me and squeezed me tightly.

"If you don't comply, I'll break her. You wouldn't want that now, would you?"

Katsuki didn't say anything but I could see him relax a little.

"No! You have to keep fighting!" I yelled.

The villain tightened his grip, I let out a strangled gasp.

"No!" Katsuki shouted.

I wiggled around and managed to fire a few explosions. The villain yelped and dropped me. I backed up and let off a few explosions, telling him to back off. In return, the villain tightened his hold on Katsuki. I muttered curses under my breath but backed away slowly. I heard people in the crowd yell something. I forced myself not to turn around.

"No, you idiot! Stop, you're going to get yourself killed!" DeathArms called.

I risked a looked back. "Izuku?"

"Not this brat again." The villain muttered. "You're toast kid!"

Izuku grabbed his backpack and threw it at the villain, hitting him in the face. The villain retracted. Katsuki pulled his face free, gasping for air.

"Kacchan!" Izuku yelled.

"What the hell?! Why are you here?!" Katsuki coughed.

"I don't know. My legs, they just started, moving." Izuku desperately clawed at the creature. "Kacchan, I couldn't just stand there and watch you die."

"Katsuki, for once in your life, accept help," I growled.

Katsuki managed a glare before the sludge covered his face again. I put my hands on either side of his head. Before I could fire off more explosions the villain punched me in the stomach, knocking me across the street. I could feel the bile rise and I threw up. I crashed to the ground, smacking my head hard. I tried to get up but my vision was spotty and tunneled. I collapsed to the ground, my arms not supporting my weight anymore. Just before I closed my eyes I saw All Might step out.

"Please, help him." I whispered before everything went black.

Cliff hanger! Sorry, not sorry :P

Now as much as I love Bakugou, the line "Take a swan dive off the roof of the building" always bothered me.
Never, I repeat, never, joke around with someone's life. I don't care if it was a joke or not, you should never tell someone to kill themselves. You have no idea what they're going through, you may just be the tipping point. Just please be careful with your words.