To say it was going to be a hard 10 months would be an understatement. Midoriya trained nearly 24/7. The poor kid was packing on muscle but he looked like a zombie. It didn't help that Mercy had volunteered to be his work out partner since All Might couldn't really waste Hero time to train a skinny kid. So as the weeks wore on the female teen found herself to be irritable. Bakugou hadn't caught on to that until he'd already been punched in the face. And he'd been doing so good too, but Mercy could only be called a fat cow so many times before she snapped. Rolling to his feet the ash blond was seething. "What. The. Fuck?!" Explosions blazed to life in his palms nearly setting off the fire alarm. "You wanna die bitch?" She growled baring her fangs, it was times like this that the teacher was glad he'd made a special drill just for their fights. Mercy could look absolutely demonic when she wanted to.
"I'm not in the mood for your shit today, Kit Kat. I'm tired. I'm sore. And you're pissin' me off." Crimson orbs narrowed. She had a split second before he lunged. Spinning out of the way she caught the back of his neck and used her momentum to push him further away. Mercy knew she should've stayed home today. Being an empath normally she was in control of her emotions, but even she could only take so much. She was too angry to think straight. And his rage was just feeding into hers which was feeding back into his. Dodging another punch she flipped over a desk, pushing it towards the ash blond. Making a quick decision she rounded on the other teen just in time for him to tackle her to the ground, explosions blazing behind him. Something in her mind snapped and the only warning Katsuki got was the stream of blood that gushed out of her nose before she lost consciousness and his rage faded away. Sure he was still pissed but no where near enough to actually attack her. The teacher peeked out from behind his desk.
"She needs to go to the nurse." Bakugou blinked as she was pulled from under him by Izuku. The greenette shifted to try to carry her but her wings, relaxed in unconsciousness, still drug the floor. Pushing to his feet Katsuki groaned, she was such a pain in his ass. He could already feel his eye swelling shut. Yanking her out of Deku's grip he growled when the littler teen made to protest.
"Shut the hell up, nerd. You were about to step on her wings. She'll be even more pissed if you do that. Just open the damn door." Izuku didn't need to be told twice.
When Mercy woke up it was to a migraine and the worried stare of her father. Groaning she rubbed her forehead already feeling the cotton in her nose. "Now I get why mom always carried around Tylenol. Ow, what hit me?" Her father sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Mercy, you can't keep doing this. UA has standards that even my influence can't over turn." He sighed again sinking deeper into the office chair. "It's the last day of school this week and you give Bakugou a shiner? For the entrance exam?" She gasped covering her face.
"Oh no. He's gotta be pissed. I'll have to apologize tomorrow." Her dad nodded happy that he didn't have to make her do it.
"They're letting you go home early. I don't think the poor teacher can handle another fight between you two this year. And they don't want to chance it." Well at least there was that. Yay.
Looking up at the nice, giant house in front of her the electric blue eyed teen huffed. Of course Bakugou would have to be the son of the fashion tycoons. Reaching up she knocked on the door. There was a screaming match before a slender woman yanked the door open. With ash blond hair and sharp crimson eyes she was an exact copy of Bakugou, or rather he was a copy of her. Bowing low her hair tumbled over her shoulder in golden waves. "Excuse the unexpected visit, I've come to apologize to Katsuki. I acted out yesterday and took my anger out on him." Mitsuki smirked folding her arms over her chest.
"So you finally decided to put my no good son in his place. You don't gotta apologize, hell, he deserved it." Mercy's eyes widened. Surely she didn't mean that. Bowing lower she insisted.
"Please, I shouldn't have done that yesterday." She shrugged not that the teen could see.
"Suit yourself. Hey, Brat, you gotta visitor!" Mercy winced. She was starting to see where Bakugou got his attitude from too. Something crashed up stairs.
"Who is it you old hag!?" Katsuki stomped down the stairs and Mercy finally raised her head. His left eye was swollen shut and a quarter of his face was bruised yellow and black. She gasped covering her mouth.
"Oh Kacchan. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that." He glared. Crap, he only let Izuku call him that.
"Ya fucking think, bitch." Mitsuki gave no sign that she was going to hit Bakugou on top of his already bruised head. But she did and Mercy finally figured out where Bakugou learned it from. He was so violent because he thought it was normal. That's how he was raised. Bowing again she nearly touched her forehead to her knees.
"I'm so sorry. Is there anyway I can make it up to you?" He stepped forward, shoving her back.
"Yeah go away. I don't wanna see your face today. And stop fuckin' calling me Kacchan. Its annoying enough when Deku does it." The door was slammed in her face none to gently. Biting her lip she sighed and started walking towards the beach. Izu-kun and her Dad would already be there as it was almost noon, she had woken up with a headache from hell and a slow nose bleed. It had only just stopped as she was leaving home. Not many people knew it but she suffered from brain overload when to many emotions started swirling near her at the same time. Bakugou had been so surprised that she'd hit him yesterday it had filled her senses and along with the anger she was already experiencing it had been to much. Mercy also tried to stay tuned into Katsuki just in case he snapped and attacked with out a proper cause. It was only ever her he jumped though. Probably because he knew she could take it. She was the only one to stand up to him besides Izuku and even then Kacchan held back on the greenette most days, he didn't wanna kill him afterall. Sure he was a dick but he did still wanna be a hero eventually. Accidental murder would make sure that never happened for the ash blond. And honestly when his followers weren't around Bakugou wasn't that bad. The shore line came into view and with it the salty breeze of the ocean. Pulling her beanie further down over her ears the golden blond marched down the sand. She'd been training too, not strength training but she needed to do something if she wanted a shot at getting into UA. Watching Izuku flip a massive tire over she made up her mind, dropping to the sand she started stretching. Her couch had told her to work on this anyway.
Brushing out her hair Mercy set her brush down before pulling her beanie over her head. After years of wearing it, it was habit more than anything now. Today was the day, the entrance exam for UA high school. She'd already seen her dad off to work this morning she was just waiting for Izuku to text her to let her know he was heading out. A small ding from her bedside table had her leaning over to reach her phone.
'See you soon.' Sliding her phone into her shorts' pocket under her skirt she huffed ruffling her feathers. Why they had to wear school uniforms when they weren't going to their actually school was beyond her. Shoving her house keys into her other pocket and grabbing her bag beside the door she shut it behind her. Sprinting off she nearly ran into Katsuki as he stomped out of his driveway. Jumping sideways she barely missed him. He was bundled up to stay warm. He'd always hated the cold, because it effected his Quirk and because he got cold easily. Sliding to a stop she grinned.
"Sup, Kit Kat? Feeling better today?" He buried his nose further into his scarf.
"Piss off, Heifer." At least his eye wasn't completely shut today so he should be able to see a little bit out of it. Walking beside him she exhaled to watch her breath drift away.
"I really am sorry I hit you. I was already mad, then you started insulting me and I jush snapped. Then your rage was feeding mine and well my brain jush melted." She reached up to scratch her head through her beanie. "Thanks for taking me to the nurse too." He narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah, well Deku couldn't fucking do it being as weak as he is, now could he. And all the rest of the extras wont come near me, its not like I had a choice, Heifer." She laughed, as tough as Bakugou thought he was he was still a nice guy sometimes.
"Thank you anyway." The train station came into view and with it a familiar head of green hair. Racing off Mercy missed the look that crossed Katsuki's face. Her bell like laugh filled the air and his eyes narrowed sharply. Fucking Deku.
The greenette's eyes were bright and darting around as they stepped through Yuuei's gate, pausing he gazed up at the building. "I finally made it." Patting the shorter teen on the back Mercy smiled baring her teeth.
"I always knew you could do it, Izu-kun. Now you jush have to show them what your made of today and you'll be on your way to being a hero." He gulped tugging his backpack higher.
"You really think so?" She nodded.
"Fuck off, Deku! You too, Heifer!" The emerald eyed boy jumped, scrambling to move aside. Mercy only raised an eyebrow. Shaking her head when the ash blond bumped shoulders with her she rolled her eyes.
"Suck a dick, Kit Kat." He gritted his teeth but kept stomping. His attitude got worse the closer he got to Izuku it seemed lately. Watching the crimson orbed boy stomp inside she nearly missed when Izuku tripped only to be saved by a passing brunette.
"I-I talked to a g-girl!" Icy blue eyes narrowed dangerously.
"1. You didn't actually talk and 2. I'm a girl, you ass." Throwing his hands up in defense the stuttered over his response.
"I-I m-meant… Y-You're my best friend, it's d-different with you." She snorted.
"If you say so, Izu-kun. If you say so." Shoving her hands inside her school jacket's pockets she huffed. Following behind him she slide into the spot between Izuku and Katsuki. Settling down she hissed when an elbow caught her in the side.
"Move over, Cow! You're in my space!" Dodging the next hit she shoved him back.
"Jush deal with it right now. There's no room." He scowled, sneering at her.
"Yeah, because your fat ass is taking up all of it." Oh how she wanted to punch him.
"WELCOME TO MY LIVE SHOW!" Wincing the winged female wished she could shove something in her ears to block Present Mic out. Focusing on Izuku's muttering she flipped the card in front of her over. She sighed seeing the same letter on Bakugou's. Great of all the people to get stuck with it had to be him. Shuffling along her two childhood friends she gave herself a mental pat on the back. Izuku would be fine, All Might had faith in him and she would always have faith in her best friend, no matter what. Seeing the corridor where they would split she pulled him into a hard hug.
"Be careful, I know you can do it." Then she was sprinting away down the hall and out of sight. The greenette watched her go. He was lucky to have her as a friend. She'd always been there for him even when no one else was.
Changing into a white tank top and black spandex shorts she took the time to stretch and limber up. Her Quirk wouldn't work on the robots, she'd be dodging left and right out there. Knotting her shoe strings so they wouldn't come untied or fly off she nearly ran right into Bakugou on her way out of the changing room. "I didn't know they were letting cows take the exam too. I though this school was the best of the best, must've been wrong." The icy eyed girl snorted, rolling her eyes.
"You'll have to do better than that, Kit Kat." Reaching over she patted his head, dancing out of the way when he made a swipe at her. Tail twitching she giggled. "Too slow, Kacchan." Gritting his teeth the ash blond opened his mouth to scream at her.
"Begin." Many of the students blinked up at Eraser Head. "What? You expect villains to give you a ready, set, go?" Shaking her head Mercy dashed forward. Bakugou cursed behind her before using his explosions to rocket past. She'd just have to go the oppisite way to stay as far away from him as possible. Skidding to a stop when one pointer dropped in front of her the golden haired teen bit her lip. How the hell was she supposed to score any points when her powers didn't work. Feeling another robot drop down behind her she sprung away, flipping to avoid incoming swings. Only Izuku knew it but Mercy had been in gymnastics since she was 3. Pausing just long enough for the bots to gain momentum she dove out of the way letting them take each other out. Metal crunched behind her. Skidding around a corner she ran face first into another one. Really? Rubbing a hand down her face she waited, tail flicking back and front behind her. Bakugou often commented it reminded him of a cat. Letting it gain speed she back flipped out of the machines view at the last second. Turning sharply in caught a lamp post. Its light faded a it deactivated. Dashing away she tried to stay off the main streets. That's where the other students were, she needed to find robots on her own. A redhead rounded the corner in front of her, with no time to stop the rock hard body plowed right into her knocking her off her feet. He gasped, pulling her back on her feet and dusting her off.
"Sorry, sorry! Are you okay? Shaking out her feathers she smiled barig all her teeth.
"Yep yep. Peachy." He grinned and she noticed he had shark teeth.
"Hey, I know. Why don't you let me take you out later to make up for me running into you?" A golden eyebrow shot up. That was new. She'd never been asked out before. Yes it was true. Mercy had never been on a dated at the ripe age of 16. She took too long to answer because in the next instant a screaming ash blond ball of rage rocketed by nearly sending her to the ground again. Bakugou stopped, Panting.
"Are you still in this thing, Heifer? Haven't given up yet?" It didn't escape her notice that he rubbed his arms gently. They were probably starting to hurt from the over use of his Quirk. Flexing his fingers he looked up. "I figured a spineless chicken like you would've given up by now and went home crying to mommy." Feathers ruffled, she started after him when he took off hot on his heels.
"You fucking prick! Say that to my face, Bastard!" Kirishima blinked after them. Umm… What just happened? He shrugged heading off in a different direction.
A lot can happen in the last 30 seconds of a match, people can win, lose, or die. Her dad always said that a true hero will move without thinking. They don't even realize they're doing it until its too late to stop. Katsuki lunged under the claw of the zero pointer as it reached to smash him, palms sparking and crackling with his Quirk. His arms pulsed and shuddered but nothing happened. No big explosion, no blast, no boom. Fear covered his face as he realized he was probably going to die. His Quirk had failed him. Mercy felt the fear. She felt the terror and betrayal. She moved, running at full speed towards the crimson eyed boy. She had to make it, she would make it. There wasn't any other option in her mind. Digging her shoes in she kicked off tackling Bakugou out of the way just as the buzzer sounded in the arena. Rolling to a stop she huffed letting her head roll back to thump on the ground. Katsuki had landed on top on her so he was fine, she however had bad road rash peppering her back and wings. She could already feel the blood oozing through her feathers. Katsuki blinked at the white cotton in front of his face. Obviously he wasn't dead. Who had? A cerulean feather drifted by and his mind snapped back into place. The cow had saved him again? Him of all people. The soft cushion under him moved as Mercy panted out a breathe. Jerking up and away Bakugou growled.
"What the fuck bitch!? What gave you the right to jump in?!" Nothing moved but her eyes as she tracked his pacing. "I didn't need you to save me! I'm gonna be the number one hero! No extra is gonna save me!" She couldn't help herself, she laughed making the ash blond stop. Rolling to her butt she wiped at her eyes. Wait was she crying? "What's the matter with you stupid?! You're fine!" She sniffled shaking her head.
"You dumbass. I'm crying because you're okay. I thought I was going to watch you die." She wiped her nose on her arm, pushing to her feet. "I can't go through that again. I won't if its at all in my power to stop it. Jush be more careful, Kit Kat. I wont always be there to push you out of the way." He was pissed, so Mercy put extra pep in her step on the way out of the arena. She did chuck a bottle of water at his head on the train ride back home. She knew he wouldn't have the sense to rehydrate after using all that water in his Quirk. He glared and muttered under his breath about no good cows minding their own business but he chugged the water none the less. As for Izuku breaking limbs, she'd have to have a talk with All Might about that.
Izuku nearly worried himself to death over not scoring any points on robots. Luckily the curly haired teen had a heart of gold and managed to save Uraraka earning 8th place. She'd managed 6th with 24 villain points and 40 rescue for saving Bakugou. Mercy had been lounging on his bed then the letter came. His joy radiated over to her and she ended up just as giddy as him. Inko had taken them out to dinner that night as a celebration. Sending a quick message to Izuku, Mercy decided she wanted to fly to school today. What would be a 30 minute train ride would become a 10 minute flight if she paced herself. She needed to stretch out her wings anyway. Shouldering her bag she flapped once to make sure she was light enough with all her school supplies and lurching into the air. Winging up to a good altitude she leveled off riding a slow air current. It was a new school year, maybe this time Katsuki would be in a different class. When UA came into view she tucked in her wings and dropped like a rock. The ground came rushing up to meet her and at the last second she snapped her wings out to slow her landing. She would've liked to land on the roof but with the defense of the school she had to walk through the gate so it could scan her student ID. Tucking her wings tightly against her back she pulled her school jacket on, tugging her beanie further down she shuffled through the archway. Making it to her classroom in record time she was surprised she wasn't the first one there. It looked like most of the students were here, all except Izuku. A tall blue haired boy was fusing at Bakugou to get his feet off the desk. Shaking her head she marched over knocking his dirty boots off. He glared crossing his arms over his chest.
"Bitch." She stuck her tongue out.
"Bite me." Slipping her bag under the desk next to his she sighed, "It's the firsh day can you please try to act a little civil?" He snorted.
"They're all lucky I haven't blown them to bits yet." The blue haired boy gasped.
"Blow us to bits? How awful. Are you sure you wish to be a hero?" Bakugou huffed. A curly head of green hair peaked in the door and Tenya shuffled off. Flopping in her chair the icy eyed girl rolled her shoulders. The road rash was still a little stiff but it was healing.
"This is the hero's course. If you expect to just socialize you can go home now." The others jumped on goody, Eraser Head was there homeroom teacher. "Put these on a head outside." He pulled a blue track suit from his sleeping bag. The U and A clearly stood out. Following the other girls to the changing room Mercy felt a little self conscious. The other shrugged out of their uniforms no problem but she was covered in burn scars. Bakugou hadn't always had the control he did now. When she'd moved here he'd still been learning. Palm shaped prints wrapped around her wrist from fifth grade. He'd had a nastier temper back then and she'd been the only one to keep him from taking it out on Izuku. That was the fight where he'd broken her wing, and given her third degree burns. He'd been desperate as he was losing consciousness in her sleeper hold. He'd kicked out and fired off a huge blast at the same time. She'd had to stay over night in the hospital to make sure she'd regain all the usage of her hands and so they could set the joint back in place in the elbow of her wing. Her dad had been pissed, that was the maddest she'd ever seen him before. After that Katsuki had to go to anger management weekly until a therapist said other wise. Mercy knew he had a good heart he was just misguided. That and they had both been kids. He was having a tantrum. But it was enough to make most students and teachers terrified of having him in their class. Shaking out of her thoughts she pulled her shirt over her head. There were holes in the back for her wings and a strip that came undone when she tugged on it to be taken off so she wouldn't have to squeeze the longer feather through. Finding her locker she tossed her shirt in before pulling the track suit out. Joy. Honestly she was feeling a little inadequate, she had the smallest chest out of all the girls. In today's society, B's were hardly anything to look at, maybe that was why she'd never been on any dates. Sighing she shuffled along behind the girls. The small brunette who had kept Izuku from face planting glanced back every few steps. Waving lazily the blond smiled flashing her fangs. Uraraka gulped. Spotting Midoriya she gently bumped his shoulder when she was next to him.
"This will be a Quirk assessment test. This country still insists on prohibiting Quirks when calculating the averages of school gym tests. The Department of Education is just procrastinating." His scarlet eyes swept over the students before landing on Katsuki. "Bakugou, how far could you throw in middle school?" The ash blond shrugged from next to her.
"Sixty seven meters."
"Great." The pro hero tossed a soft ball at the explosive tempered boy. "Now try it with your Quirk. Do whatever you need to. Just don't leave the circle." Katsuki flexed his hands and stretched his arms. "Give it all you've got." The crimson eyed male smirked.
"Awesome." Winding up he paused a second. "DIE!" With an explosion the ball soared away before smacking down nearly out of sight. The wind nearly knocked her beanie off her head.
" 705.2 meters. Its important for us to know your limits. That's the first step for us to figure out what kind of heroes you'll be." Great. She didn't have super strength or a Quirk to help her stand out. She couldn't scare the ball into running away. Someone, the boy with tape elbows, commented that this was awesome. The pink chick said it looked fun. "Awesome? You think this is fun? You have three years to become heroes and you think this is all fun and games. The one with the lowest test scores will be expelled." Mercy felt Izuku jolt beside her. Shit, he'd literally just got his Quirk. He didn't know how to use it yet. First up was the 50 meter run. 6.72 seconds. The long jump. Technically she just jumped and flew over it like Bakugou. Not cheating right? Grip strength. 53 KG. Gymnasts had to work on grip strength to stay on the bar. Side step. Passable but not outstanding. Ball throw. Uraraka went before her. If Midoriya didn't score a decent grade he'd be going home. Biting her lip she felt her fangs dig in. Maybe if she let the ball slip? Aizawa would probably let it slide, maybe. Izu-kun had worked so hard. He deserved to be here more than anyone. A rough hand wrapped around her wrist. She winced when he squeezed.
"You better fucking not, Heifer." She narrowed her eyes looking down at the shorter teen. "If you think about fucking up to let Deku stay again I'll blow your damn hand off." His eyes were furious. He wasn't kidding around. She nodded jerking out of his hold. Walking into the circle she rolled her shoulders again. Taking the ball she got a feel for it before letting her tail wrap around it. It snapped out sending the ball flying. 96 Meters. Good enough. At the back of her mind pride swelled up. Maybe Izu-kun?
"Way to go, Mercy! That was awesome." She beamed at Izuku. Rubbing the back of her head she laughed.
"I was hoping it would get closer to Kit Kat's score really. If I could've scared the ball away maybe?" Midoriya was next. She nearly had a heart attack when Aizawa's hair shot straight up. Katsuki snorted.
"Why bother, he's a Quirkless loser anyway." Tenya gaped at the ash blond.
"Surely you can't be serious. Have you not heard what he did in the entrance exam?" A sudden boom had Mercy's hair whipping into her face. Izuku's finger looked broken but he was still moving at least.
"705.3." The golden haired female whooped.
"I knew you could do it, Izu-kun! Great job!" Bakugou growled and his fist popped.
"What the hell, Deku!? How'd you do that?" She knew what was coming before it happened. She was already moving before Bakugou took off. Flapping hard she landed in front of the small greenette. Blocking him from view with her wings.
"Calm down." Silver fabric snagged the crimson eyed male before he was in range.
"What the fuck? Why's your scarf hard." Mercy huffed out a sigh of relief. Finally teachers that could do something to stop him. Turning around she pulled a splint and bandage out of her small shoulder bag, she'd learned to always be ready. Any thing could happen.
"Here, let me see, you knuckle head." Izuku winced as she straightened his finger out and set it before wrapping it. "Try not to move it around to much, okay? At leash until Recovery Girl can look at it."
"Thanks a lot, Mercy. I don't know what I'd do without you." She beamed.
"What are besh friends for, Izu-kun? Jush be more careful, geez. I wanna be your side kick. Not your nurse."
Waving bye to the emerald eyed boy Mercy made for home only to be jerked into an alley way. Electric blue eyes glowed as her Quirk activated only for her to pause and take in Katsuki's emotions. He was pissed, enraged, murderous even. But underneath it all, he was hurt. He felt betrayed. "You Bitch! You knew and you didn't tell me?!" He was shaking. Eyes glistening in the afternoon sun. Was he about to cry? No Kit Kat didn't cry for anything. "I bet you and Deku were laughing behind my back all these years, making me think he didn't have a Quirk! Keep me out of the loop? So you could make me look stupid in front of everyone?" She frowned trying to break out of his hold. He had her penned to the wall and he was so close. She could make out the tiny scar on his chin he'd gotten in sixth grade for jumping off the jungle gym and trying to fly for the first time with his Quirk. She been sailing around the play ground barely ten feet off the grass testing her new flight feathers after he'd burnt some off. Izuku had screamed for her. She'd dove and held the ash haired boy's hand until the nurse got there. He hadn't cried then even with a fractured arm.
"It wasn't my place to tell. Kit Kat, Izu-kun still sees you as a friend. I wouldn't even have known if I hadn't found out myself. We weren't trying to make you look stupid. He's not like that and you know it." She tried again to push him off but he wasn't moving. "Just talk to him about it. Please?" He growled before sighing and resting his head on her shoulder. He was still shaking and pissed but he was calming down. She was making sure of that.
"Deku is a bug. He always will be a bug for me to step on. A Quirkless nobody." He laughed and she felt his grip loosen on her arms. "I really hate your damn Quirk." She hummed.
"I know and I hate using it on you, but I really don't want you popping a blood vessel here." She sighed leaning her cheek against his hair. As spikey as it was, it was the softest she'd ever felt before. "Wait till you go home so your mom has to deal with it." He smirked against her, she felt it through her clothes.
"Bitch." She laughed.
"Only to you, Kit Kat." She glanced around. Bakugou had pulled them far enough back where no one could see them. It was like they were completely alone in here. Made sense, he hated showing weakness to anybody. Even her most of the time. "You ready to go or you need a few more?" He jerked back crimson eyes narrowed.
"You tell anyone about this and I'll kill you." She waved him off, pulling her bag a little higher on her shoulder.
"Honestly you think they'd believe me? Yeah, right." Turning towards the shopping district she wiggled her fingers at him. "See you tomorrow, Bakugou." Humming to herself Mercy pulled her beanie further down. She had come in 19th place. She needed to train harder. She had to go above and beyond. She needed to do better to make her dad proud of her.
Wal-lah! Chapter two is done. As always read and review. But most importantly enjoy!
