A/N: Time for Hitomi to experience a test of courage!

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Hitomi watched in pity as Aizawa dragged Mina and the rest of the remedial group away.

Poor Mina and the others…

"Okay everyone," Pixie-Bob said once they'd left. "Class B will be the first to be the scarers. Class A will leave in pairs every three minutes. There are tags with your names written on them in the middle of the route, so bring those back with you.

Now, you'll draw lots to determine your partners! Come on up, everyone!"

…

Hitomi glanced at her slip of paper, being one of the last few to draw lots.

8.

Looking back at her class, she checked for anyone who seemed to be alone, singling a specific person out.

Walking up to him, she placed a hand on his shoulder, holding up her paper and smiling at him. "Looks like we're a pair, Midoriya."

Midoriya beamed at her. "Kanetsukabe-san!"

Hitomi stuffed the paper into her pocket as Pixie-Bob called the first pair up.

"This is the first time I'm doing a test of courage, y'know. The closest we got to these were haunted houses in America. If this is anything like those, please bear with me, Midoriya. I might end up hiding behind you or gripping your shirt the whole time," Hitomi sweatdropped.

Midoriya shot her a warm smile, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I won't mind, Kanetsukabe-san! I'll protect you if you need me to." He laughed lightly, scratching his cheek sheepishly. "Though, you're the one with the better protection quirk between the two of us…"

Hitomi smiled back, realizing even more what Uraraka liked about him.

He's like a puppy.

12 minutes later…

Midoriya glanced up at the sky, the sight leaving him confused for a moment. "What's that?"

Hitomi followed his gaze, seeing black smoke rising into the air. "Is… something burning..?"

"What is this?!"

The two turned to the sound of Pixie-Bob's voice, only to see her body surrounded in a pink glow as she was pulled through the air.

It had taken less than a second.

There was a loud thump and pieces of Pixie-Bob's visor scattered across the ground. Hitomi's eyes widened in fear as she saw blood leak from the pro hero's head.

"Those pet cats are in the way."

Hitomi gripped Midoriya's shirt, the sight in front of her making her stomach churn.

"W-why…?" Mineta choked out as he took a few fearful steps back. "I thought they made doubly sure… Why are there villains here?!"

Two villains she had never seen before were standing before them, the one wearing sunglasses holding Pixie-Bob to the ground with a weapon of some sort.

"Pixie-Bob!" Midoriya cried out, about to dash forward before Hitomi grabbed his arm and Tiger blocked him.

"This is bad…" Mandalay said.

"How are you this evening, UA High School?" said the other villain, spreading his arms out dramatically as he stepped forward. He seemed to have a lizard-type quirk and was dressed in a way that reminded Hitomi of the hero killer Stain.

"We are the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains!"

…

Hitomi stared in horror as the villain that introduced himself as Spinner unsheathed his weapon, revealing an amalgamation of various swords and blades held together haphazardly with belts.

"You bastards," Tiger growled as he stepped forward. "That woman lying there, Pixie-Bob, has started worrying about getting married recently. She was doing her best to find happiness as a woman, despite her age." The man unsheathed the claws hidden in his gloves, pure rage on his face. "You can't damage her face and then just stand there laughing thoughtlessly about it!"

Spinner didn't back down, moving to take Tiger head on. "What's a hero doing trying to be happy like the average person?!"

Mandalay and Tiger exchanged a few words before the man charged forward, clashing with the villain.

"Go, everyone!" Mandalay told the remaining students. "Listen carefully. Do not fight. Class Rep, you're in charge!"

"Understood!" Iida said, he and the others turning to return back to camp. "Let's go!"

Hitomi followed after them, halting when one didn't follow. "Midoriya!"

"Go on ahead!" he told her before turning to Mandalay. "Mandalay! I know where he is!"

He turned towards a direction of the forest and ran, leaving Hitomi and the others behind.

"Wait, Midoriya! Where are you going?!" Hitomi called after him.

"I'm going to get Kota! I'll meet you at the campsite, I promise!"

Kota…? The child…?

"Come on, Kanetsukabe-kun! Let's go!" Iida called for her, prompting the bluenette to follow him and the others back to the trail that led to the campsite.

Hitomi tried to ignore the loud crashes she heard as they followed the trail, not missing that it seemed to come from the direction Midoriya ran off in.

Midoriya tends to be reckless in dire situations like this.

CRASH!

What if there's a villain there?

BOOM!

Hitomi began to slow down, falling behind as Iida and the others kept running.

What if he's destroyed his body again?

Hitomi stopped as another crash sounded, watching the others begin to disappear from view as they headed to the campsite.

There was a very real possibility… that Midoriya could be in trouble. Him and Kota both.

Hitomi's head snapped towards the trees at the sound of another loud crash, biting her lip before she stole one last glance at the path her classmates had run down.

I'm sorry, Iida.

Following the direction of the noise, she ran into the forest, disappearing from sight.

Iida and the others saw the campsite come into view, seeing Aizawa restrain a villain with his capture weapon.

Without warning, Aizawa's scarf ripped through the villain's body, it suddenly falling apart as if it were mud.

"Aizawa-sensei!" Mineta yelled as he and the others approached the campsite. "What was that just now?!"

Their teacher ignored them, running past them into the forest as he said, "Get inside! I'll be right back!"

Iida, Ojiro, Koda, and Mineta watched him disappear into the darkness of the forest. They turned to head inside before Iida stopped and suddenly turned around, doing a mental headcount of those with him.

He felt the air leave his lungs as he realized someone was missing.

"Where's Kanetsukabe?!"

The others swiveled around to check behind them, looking for the bright blue hair they all knew so well.

"She's gone…" Ojiro said as his eyes widened, distraught. "Kanetsukabe-san's gone!"

A/N: Hitomi's fueled by impulsivity and ran off on her own! What's going to happen?