Rescue the Hero
"YOOOOOOOOI, who are all these humans and alieeeeeens?"
"Don't question it Mic. We've got a job to do."
While Aizawa went onto explain all that had happened, the others prepared the ship for flight. Tokoyami, Shinsou and Momo all volunteered to stay on ground if Bakugou managed to transport Uraraka down or they had to make a crash landing. At first Aizawa wanted Kirishima to come along with them, but he saw the way the alien had been staring at the human named Jiro. The human who pointedly ignored every attempt he made at talking to her. Aizawa couldn't think that day could get any more surprising. He'd told Kirishima not to do it. The heck with the laws, Aizawa knew it would hurt him. Kirishima must have known how much pain he would put both he and his human in when he finished his mission and had to say goodbye. Why hadn't the boy listened?
On the other hand, Aizawa should have seen it. Kirishima was quite an emotional person and reckless in his own regard. Somewhat selfish too, if Aizawa was honest. He'd do what he thought was right without any regard to the world around him. When Aizawa recruited him, he thought those traits would be good towards finding Bakugou. He understood Bakugou's recklessness and one-track mind, but was emotional enough to be able to get along with even a man with Bakugou's differences. What Aizawa hadn't been counting on was Kirishima's personality making it easier to get closer to more than just Bakugou. In the past few weeks, when Kirishima was in his original form he was always glowing a bit brighter. His smile was a tad wider. He'd agree to any job without as much as a frown. The man had been light on his feet, practically singing on even the dreariest days and skipping through mud. Definitely a man in love.
Aizawa had been so focused on what was going on with Bakugou he hadn't paid attention. But Kirishima was his friend, just as old as Bakugou and had just as much experience in the world, if not less. They both needed Aizawa's support, just in different ways. Aizawa hadn't seen that, and now Kirishima was paying for it. He knew Kirishima would never see it that way, but Aizawa did. All he hoped now was that by allowing Kirishima to stay on earth with the human he'd have the chance to work it out. Aizawa hoped giving Kirishima some space to work it out on his own was what he needed.
At the moment, Aizawa had to focus on someone who did need someone to talk to.
"You know human, you're pretty good at flying a space ship," Present Mic was commenting to Todoroki who had taken the wheel. Todoroki ignored Mic who eyes him curiously. "Sooooo how can you do that?"
"It's really not that different than driving a car," Todoroki replied, pushing a few buttons and pulling a crank to get them airborne. Aizawa didn't remember what a 'car' was, but doubted that was the case. The human technology he had seen was far too different.
It he was able to help pilot the ship, Aizawa wasn't going to complain. He instead ignored them and went to Bakugou. The alien, amazingly, hadn't destroyed anything on the ship when they'd arrived. Instead he had picked a spot in the corner and sat there. For the next half an hour he did not say a word, or react when anyone walked close to him. Aizawa supposed there was a chance he was planning how to get on Endeavor's ship and past all the guards when they got there. However Aizawa thought it more likely the man was just sulking.
Bakugou looked up when Aizawa sat on the ground next to him. He narrowed his eyes, but there was less venom behind it than normal. Perhaps he'd decided to save his rage for the fight to come…or had used all of it up that day. "What do you want?" He snarled at him.
Aizawa barely reacted. "At the moment I'd love to take a nap and never wake up," Aizawa grunted. "But since that doesn't seem to be an option, I thought I'd see how you're doing."
Of course Bakugou barred his teeth at him. "None of your f #($*()g business!" He turned away instantly. Aizawa shrugged and leaned back, twiddling his thumbs while he waited patiently for Bakugou to give in and speak like he really wanted to. After not much time, Bakugou muttered, "So hair-for-brains was an alien? A soldier I'm guessing." Aizawa decided he must have been talking about Kirishima.
"Yes. I picked him specifically because I thought you two would get along." Bakugou scoffed but didn't argue. "If you like, after all this, I'll show you how to identify when an alien is hiding their true form."
"You're assuming your people don't try to kill me again and you've gotta chase me around again," Bakugou tested.
Instantly Aizawa turned so he was looking Bakugou in the eye. "Don't give up. We've still got a chance to convince them not to."
"At this point I don't really care," Bakugou admitted. "Why should I care about a bunch of f (#&$)*g weakling extras who don't know s #t about me? They can hate me for all I care…" But Bakugou's voice trailed off, his mind only half in the conversation. Aizawa waited to hear what was really bothering Bakugou. While Aizawa may have been bothered by the government, he knew Bakugou wouldn't care. But that wasn't anything new. "…She said she never wanted to see my face again." That was new.
"The human girl? Uraraka?"
Bakugou snarled at him. "Who else is there?" He growled again before turning away. "Found out who I was and what I'd done and hated me. Said she couldn't believe she'd ever loved someone like me." Bakugou shook his head, eyes low to the ground. "Its f #($*g stupid that I even cared. Now she's gone and I've got this…" Bakugou tried gesturing to his chest. "Pain that won't go away. All because of stupid round-face." Again, Aizawa assumed he was talking about Uraraka.
"She was angry," Aizawa suggested. "She had every right to be." Bakugou let out a humourless laugh, eyes never lifting to meet Aizawa's. With a calm exterior Aizawa put a comforting hand on Bakugou's shoulder. "But people aren't always thinking clearly when they are angry. This doesn't mean that she really wants that. That doesn't mean you can't fix this. Men are judged by what they do in the face of defeat." Aizawa tried gently pushing Bakugou's shoulder to get his attention. After a moment Bakugou tilted his head just enough so he could see Aizawa's eyes. "Are you the kind of person to just give up? Or will you get her back?"
Bleeps and the ships were the only answer Aizawa got. Bakugou held eye contact for a moment, trying to come up with an answer that would satisfy Aizawa. But in the end, the confident, ever so reckless and explosive alien, could only turn away and stare at the ground. "What good would anything I do be if she doesn't accept it? She hates me now." Aizawa sighed sadly. Unfortunately he couldn't think of anything to say that would help with that. Through their conversation, neither of them noticed the silence in the ship.
"I-If I can say something…" Both Aizawa and Bakugou looked up to see the human Midoriya in front of them. Aizawa couldn't recall much information on the human. All Kirishima had said was that he was a friend of Jiro's, but closer to Bakugou's human Uraraka. He was twisting his fingers in his hands, looking quite nervous. "You know…Uraraka…"
"Go the f #k away deku!" Midoriya jumped in fear. Aizawa glared at Bakugou for the insulting term, but decided not to clue the human in on it. "What the f #k do you want?" So much for going away…
"Well…Uraraka and I have been friends for a while and…when she lost her parents, she was really angry for a while. Did she tell you how they died?" Bakugou seemed to pause his fuming, curiosity sparking his interest. "Workplace injuries technically. They were trying to work on some houses with worse materials than they should have. The materials ended up poisoning them and they got sick…" Midoriya trailed off, clearly not wanted to go into further detail. But Bakugou's eyes were wide, interest clearly caught.
"…She was mad at a lot of people. Mad at her situation that they got sick and died in the first place. Angry that something like that could even happen to two nice, innocent people. And for a while, angry at her parents themselves for leaving her. Angry that despite the many times she told them to get better materials, they didn't listen. She doesn't like talking about the few days after her parents passed. But somehow, she got through it," Midoriya confirmed. "She was able to get up and keep going. And even though she felt somewhat betrayed, she still fought to keep the house that all her memories of them were in. All because she loved them very much." Aizawa glanced in Bakugou's direction, hoping for some sign that this was getting through to him. Bakugou said nothing, just kept his eyes trained on Midoriya, waiting.
Midoriya paused to take a breath. "They may have made a mistake not listening to her. And whether they were good reasons or not, Uraraka was angry with them about it. But in the end, she loved them so much that it didn't matter. So…that's why I'm thinking she'll forgive you. Love doesn't make someone weak enough to just give up on others. Love makes us stronger so that we can decide when someone should be let go of and when we need to forgive. Even when forgiving others is hard." He smiled, quite an innocent looking smile for a man his age.
Bakugou said nothing for a moment. Then, after a pause he grunted. "Get out of my face deku and get this f! ($$g ship off the ground." For those who didn't know him, they may have assumed Bakugou heard nothing. However those who did know him couldn't help but smile. His tone was much calmer than it was before.
Midoriya nodded, clearly happy he could help. Before going back to the ships controls he added, "Besides, if you really love her then you'll be strong enough to save her." He then left Bakugou to contemplate that information.
All the humans talked about love like it made them strong. It still didn't make too much sense to Bakugou…But there were quite a number of humans who were standing by their side to help because of it. And Uraraka…Bakugou didn't care if she hated him. He cared about her, and because of that, he felt like he could do anything.
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"So…that's kinda the whole story," Kirishima explained. "There are a lot of details I missed, but it would take WAY too long to go through everything right now."
Tokoyami, Momo, Shinsou and Jiro all just stared at him. "…Would you mind just explaining…everything again?"
The laws stated that Kirishima wasn't allowed to explain everything about life outside of the planet for people on level 2 planets or lower. However given the situation, Aizawa said it may be necessary to at least give them enough information so the humans wouldn't freak out. Besides, he was only telling the few who had already seen aliens of their existence. It wasn't like the rest of the world would believe them if they told anyone. So when the rest of their new team went off to save Bakugou's human, Kirishima stayed behind to explain what was going on to the few humans who had the least amount of information.
Tokoyami, their world's police officer, rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Worlds in space…truly the wold is captivated by darkness."
Kirishima…really wasn't sure how to respond to that. "Uh, maybe. Sure."
Yaoyorozu was tapping her cheek thoughtfully. "Hmm. It seems that aliens work in many of the same ways that humans do."
Shinsou snorted. "Really? How do you figure?"
"Well it sounds like they have a military. A court. Same way to measure time and days. Structure of authority. Emotional capacity. Even the morals that gives a person a soul are the same. Despite being on completely different planets with their own history and, arguably, biology that would shape them differently, the social standards all seem to be the same." She mused over the information, carefully organizing it to avoid worrying over the fact that life outside of her planet existed. "I mean, really, they aren't that different."
"…Touché…" Shinsou muttered.
Kirishima ignored them. As he'd spoken he kept sneaking glances at Jiro to see how she was reacting. Now that he was done however, he blatantly stared right at her. Like before she refused to look at him. The only way he could tell that she was listening was thanks to how she reacted to the others words, but she would not look at Kirishima the whole time. Kirishima had tried to add bits and pieces of his own story into the mix and his associations so she would know, but she didn't react to any of it.
There was no way, at the end of all this, that Kirishima would be allowed to stay. But if this was the end…he couldn't let things end like this.
"Jiro…" She didn't react. The others all glanced at each other nervously, sensing the tension in the area that was even thicker than it was before. Carefully Kirishima took a step towards her, hoping that maybe after hearing his story she'd at least be willing to talk. "I'm sorry…"
"Sorry?" Jiro snapped. Kirishima cringed at the fire in her eyes when she glared at him venomously. "For which part? Oh, how about the part where you only got to know me in order to find information on an escaped, murderous criminal? No? Then maybe you mean the fact where you pretended to care about me and played with how I felt? You know, it was probably for the fact that you lied to me about absolutely everything, completely led me on for months and after this you were just going to leave and walk away from all this like nothing happened! Yet I would have stayed here completely confused and heartbroken without any answers! That's what you should be apologizing for!" The other, by the time she'd finished talking, had all taken a few steps back. Kirishima refused to move, it wouldn't be manly to run away when she was mad at him.
Would have been easier to talk if she didn't look so terrifying when angry thought. "I-I swear Jiro, I wanted to tell you everything! But it's illegal."
"Telling me the truth?" Jiro asked incredulously.
"No! " Kirishima waved his arms around in defiance. "Well, ah, kinda. I'm not allowed to show people from worlds under level three the existence of life forms beyond their world. And relationships with those people are a big no." Kirishima wished the truth behind those words wasn't so apparent. Aizawa may cover for him. Kirishima hadn't told him anything but he doubted he hadn't been able to figure it out. But with their fight with Endeavor, it was unlikely that he would be able to hide it if Endeavor came down to investigate. If only there wasn't that stupid rule, Kirishima cursed.
Jiro was glaring at him, probably deciding whether to flay him alive or throw him into a boiling pot of water. If she cared any less about him, she wouldn't have let him speak anymore. However she did. And that made her want to hope that perhaps his intentions weren't meant to be as painful as they felt. "Then," She grunted, crossing her arms angrily. "Why was your cover dating me?"
His answer was a bit more complicated and…one he knew he couldn't risk not telling the whole truth about. "That's because…it wasn't. My cover was just being your friend. Both my partners told me not to and didn't know we were dating the whole time. I dated you because…Well, I knew it wouldn't last but…" He paused to take a deep breath. When he was calm he lifted his head so he could look her in the eyes. Jiro was startled to see an honest vulnerability in his red eyes. "I'd never liked someone as much as I liked you. And I wanted to be with you for as long as I could. Even if it was only a few months, I didn't want to live the rest of my life without it."
"..."
"Oh my gosh, now you have to forgive him!"
"Yaoyorozu, not now!" Jiro hissed. Her cheeks had enflamed to the brightest shade of red Kirishima had ever seen in them. Just the sight made him smile a little. Tokoyami seemed to nod in approval while Shinsou gave him a silent thumbs up. Unfortunately Jiro still wouldn't look directly at him, even if she did have her friend's encouragement.
Again he tried to take another step forward, effectively shutting the others out so it was only Jiro and Kirishima. She hesitantly looked into his eyes, a choice that she knew she was going to pay for. And she did, when she caught the sight of those big, bright, red eyes fill with love for her but no regret towards his actions. Maybe for lying, but he did not regret dating her. Yes, the pain was awful. But he would do the same thing over again if it meant he could stay with her for those few months.
"I didn't want to lie to you, and I'm sorry that I first got to know you in order to get to Bakugou. That is the one thing I regret. But I swear, I'm really sorry. I didn't want to leave you without telling you anything but I didn't know what to do! I really like you Jiro and I knew it wasn't allowed but I went ahead and dated you anyway. I…If I can do anything to stay on earth with you after all of this I will. I swear. As long as…As long as you are okay with me staying here as well. If I'm not staying with you, then I don't care about this planet. I just want you."
With that admittance, silence followed his words. Jiro was staring into his eyes, making sure there was no doubt in them. The others were all watching curiously, waiting to see her reaction. Kirishima was holding his breath, chest frozen as he waited for Jiro's answer. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, a small smile traced her lips.
"We'll…see how I'm feeling when we get Uraraka back," Jiro finished, turning away from him. Kirishima was about to start again, but before he could he spotted the small blush of pink on his cheeks.
"You forgiiiiive me."
"What!" She snapped, spinning around to stare at him. "No I don't!"
"Oh, thank you so much Jiro!" Kirishima beamed, bringing the rays of the sun to shame. "I swear I'll never lie to you again!"
"You- don't get cocky! I didn't say anything!"
"I really like you too!"
"Stop it!"
"Sorry to interrupt," Shinsou cut in before Jiro could explode from embarrassment and Kirishima could explode from happiness. "Kirishima, is there any chance your species of alien can see clearer into the sky?"
Kirishima blinked, clearly baffled by the change of topic. "Uh, I suppose. Why? Can't you?" Shinsou didn't answer. Instead he pointed to the sky and all the others followed his gaze. There was the big, dark cloud where their enemy's space-ship was likely hiding behind and the small red dot ship that was following it with their allies. Kirishima thought he caught sight of something green in the sky as well, but didn't pay attention. However Shinsou was pointing in the opposite direction. There Kirishima saw another small, blue dot. One that looked like it was getting closer.
"Will that be a problem?"
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"Alright. So you're going to want to jump into the third window, that's closest to the prison area. There is likely to be a few guards, though if the cloaking device is working properly, they would all be in the head of the ship. Regardless, you need to be prepared to fight them off. We will try and cover you from the outside, but we don't want to put more people in the ship than we need to in case something goes wrong. B-but the point is that this is not supposed to be a battle. The objective is get Uraraka, then get out. If we have to fight Endeavor head on, wait for after you've managed to get Uraraka out of the ship. Oh, and of course we can't forget-"
"Deku?"
"Yes?"
"How the f! k are you able to make plans up like this?"
Midoriya blinked, as if that was the last question he expected to hear. When he realized that all the others who were standing at the cockpit with them were waiting for his answer, he immediately got flustered and started waving her arms around. "I-I do a lot of mission planning in my line of work! It's nothing weird!" He worked in human 'security' something right? Bakugou wondered if there was more to earthen military than he had learned during his stay. Aizawa narrowed his eyes suspiciously at Midoriya, but decided it wasn't the time to ask any more questions.
As they closed their ship in closer to the enemy ship, Bakugou ignored Midoriya in favour of focusing on his target. They began closing in on the third window from the front and Bakugou knelt forward on the deck. His tail was flickering in agitation, spikes tingling with anticipation and eyes darting all around in excitement. Finally, he was back in his element. Preparing to break into an enemy ship and destroy their property. Well, rescuing a person was not part of his original training, but he was sure he could adapt.
"HEEEEYYY, we've only got a thirty second window!" Present Mic called to the ground waiting by the cockpit. "If he's gonna jump in, he's gotta do it sooooon!" Bakugou wanted to leap to his death just to avoid that shouting.
"Fine," Aizawa mumbled. "Bakugou, I know this goes against your nature, but try to avoid fights if you can. If you must take them down, but they will just waste time." Bakugou snorted but didn't argue. As he prepared to jump however, Aizawa grabbed his shoulder. "Wait. One last thing?"
"What?" Bakugou hissed without looking back. If he had, he would have noticed the smirk that had grown on Aizawa's face.
"It wouldn't be a bad idea to make sure that they can't fly off while you and Uraraka are still in there." At first Bakugou was going to say, 'well duh,' but after a second of thought he stopped.
With caution that was slowly growing into excitement, Bakugou turned to look at Aizawa. "You want me to destroy?"
"As much as you can."
His smile was as dark as a gremlin making a deal with the victim. "F!#k yeah."
And Bakugou launched himself through the air.
For a second he was freefalling, the air rushing past him as he raced forward. The world around him was silent, nothing but the wing rushing against his tail and through his hair. The ship was just hanging in midair for a moment. Then, faster than even the quickest skydiver had the chance to recover from, the ship went from a far distance to right in front of him. A sane creature would have tried to dodge. Bakugou really didn't care enough to pretend he was sane.
With a blast from his arms the window was crashed to smithereens. Ignoring the rush of wind that followed him Bakugou hugged his body into a ball and crashed into the ship, the most damage going into his arms and legs. Bakugou barely grunted from the pain as he forced himself into a standing position. Around him he could hear alarms blaring and soldiers stomping through the halls. The ship was the same layout as the one he had been imprisoned on before- long circular hallways that all connected together with doors to the side that would get him into specific rooms.
Sure enough, just a short distance behind him was a door labelled 'prisoners.' At least that stupid Deku is good for something. Bakugou bared his fangs in a cocky grin.
"Monstrosity!" then again, maybe he was just a fool. Spinning around, Bakugou found Endeavor standing behind him, looking like he couldn't decide between being shocked at Bakugou's arrival and completely enraged that he was not in the prison where he ought to be. Well, he was trying to get there anyway. The plan hadn't involved running into Endeavor right off the bat. Bakugou shifted into a fighting position as Endeavor pulled a laser from his belt. "How come you aren't in the prison?"
"You really thought pathetic fools like your goons could hold me?" Bakugou mocked. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed that a majority of the soldiers and aliens were maintaining a distance. Bakugou wasn't sure why, until he felt another wave of wind fly through them. Ah, the window. Bakugou was designed to be able to keep his balance and stay on the ground in case of heavy winds, and Endeavor was large enough to avoid getting thrown through the air. The other aliens around them would be sent soaring the minute they lost their balance and be sent plummeting back to earth.
"You are worse than the devil himself," Endeavor hollered. Bakugou barely paid attention, too busy straining his ears to see if he could catch the sound of Uraraka's breathing, maybe banging on her cage if he was lucky. There was nothing- Bakugou wasn't sure what to make of that. But he doubted that was a good thing. These m #()&$)(S didn't kill her to clear their tracks, did they? The thought made Bakugou's blood boil.
"Uraraka had better be alright you f #($s!" Bakugou screamed, interrupting Endeavor yelling at him to remain silent. Endeavor looked so affronted by his interruption Bakugou prepared to dodge an attack.
His enemy took a second to speak. "Uraraka?" Bakugou snarled. He didn't want her name on HIS lips. Endeavor paused for a moment to contemplate Bakugou's words. "Are you still here for…the human?" Bakugou remained silent. Had Endeavor been in a better mood and believed he could win without much fight, he would have laughed. However the surprise attack coupled with the enemy looking prepared to set the whole place ablaze, Endeavor could only allow himself to frown in frustration. "You little- can't you get it through your head? No one could care about someone like you!"
"Don't care," Bakugou retorted. "I'm saving her whether she likes it or not."
Endeavor scoffed. "How admirable. Perhaps you can take some comfort in your last moments knowing you weren't complete trash." Whipping out his laser Endeavor fired a blast at Bakugou. The fellow alien however was prepared for the attack. His shot hit the ground only a second after Bakugou had jumped away. With a snarl Bakugou raised an arm and sent an explosion fired off in Endeavor's direction. The large alien cursed before managing to duck out of the way just before the explosion singed his face. Instead of Endeavor the blast hit a column of pipes trailing across the ceiling. Even more alarms began blaring. "You little…" before Endeavor could even finish Bakugou turned away from him and raised his arm in the opposite direction. Another large explosion was set off in the opposite direction. Whatever he hit caused the entire ship to lurch to the side, making even Bakugou lose his balance. "My ship!" Endeavor hollered. "You disgusting creature! What do you think you're doing?"
"What I do best," Bakugou grinned at his enemy. "Destroy." For what may have been the first time in a long time, Endeavor felt a twinge of fear.
Two more explosions were shot through the hallways. Aliens screamed and ran around the ship for safety. With a smirk, Bakugou fired again, the second time aiming for the second window closest to the front. The window closest to Endeavor. The general barely had time to react before the ship tilted off-balance and the air sucked him outside of the ship. Endeavor only barely managed to catch the edge of the window before he was thrown into the air. Bakugou took the opportunity to sprint towards the prison doors.
As he ran he felt a sharp pain right in-between his tail and longest spike. He howled in pain, falling to the ground with a thud. Growling he felt around, grateful there was only bits of blood. The second shot however caught him right in the shoulder, sending him down to the ground again. That one burned worse than the first. He was certainly going to feel that in the morning. Spinning around he caught sight of Endeavor trying to claw his way back up, laser still in hand. "A-abomination!" he yelled.
Bakugou just glared back. "Die stupid extra."
Swinging around, he sent another explosion in his direction. The damage caused the side of the ship to burst into pieces, causing at least one engine failure. Bakugou spun around again, not bothering to see if Endeavor had managed to make it or not. Instead he sprinted to the door, finally reaching the handle so he could yank the door off its hinges and send it flying behind him. Barging his way inside, he sprinted through the walls of caged until he could find the only one that was filled.
Relief flooded through him when he found Uraraka in a corner, still inside the same cage that they had caught her in. Her big, brown eyes widened when she saw him while Bakugou was overwhelmed with relief. A part of him had begun to wonder if he would really see her again. Stupid- of course I was going to! I'm the greatest in the universe, you really think I can't save one stinking human? Ochaco was on her feet already, probably startled by all the noise. There was fear plain in her eyes, thought Bakugou hoped that it was because of the ship failing and not because of him. "Uraraka!" He banged his fists on the glass, making her jump in surprise. "Are you hurt? Which one hurt you? I'll kill them!"
If that wasn't something that Bakugou said on a daily basis, Uraraka would have freaked out. Luckily she knew him and the familiarity behind his words actually calmed her. "N-no Bakugou. I'm alright." Bakugou grunted to show he was pleased. Tension as sharp as a knife still hung in the air ready to slice them both through. Bakugou tried to ignore it as best as he could, instead opting to getting her out and dealing with the rest later. He noticed that around the corners of the glass there were scratches and small cracks. Evidence that even when imprisoned she hadn't given up on trying to escape. That's my f #(*%g human.
"Stand back." Uraraka was confused, until she saw Bakugou raise his tail. She scrambled back as Bakugou swung his tail around and slashed through the front glass. It shattered into pieces and fell to the floor, creating a clear opening for Uraraka to get through. Already Bakugou was leering with the taste of victory when he stepped away to give Uraraka room. "Come on. We gotta hurry before this ship crashes or those f!##! s come find us." Bakugou waited for Uraraka to climb out of her cage, keeping his eyes on the doorway he'd come from. There was the sound of glass breaking under Uraraka's big boots, ones he hoped were strong enough not to be cut by glass. But after she had stood, there was no more movement. Confused, Bakugou glanced back. She had stood up just find, but she wasn't moving towards him. "What? Come on, let's get the f! k out of here."
"Where?" Bakugou blinked. He met her eyes and was shocked to see her hard gaze staring back at him. "Where are we supposed to be going?"
"Where are we going? Did you lose your brain along the way Uraraka?" It wasn't impossible. Overhaul had experimented with trying to find ways to take the minds out of creatures to create mindless drones… "For f #k's sake Uraraka, we ain't got time for this. Trust me, you don't wanna be here if I have to fight them off."
"Trust you?" Uraraka interrupted with venom. "How am I supposed to trust you? I trusted you, and it blew up in my face!" Quite literally, if they counted the house. Bakugou's eyes widened as the familiar wounds in his heart began to open up again. Did they have to do this here? Now? Bakugou wanted to just grab her and run, but the way she was looking at him shook him to his very soul. If he had a soul.
Unfortunately despite Bakugou's own hesitance, they really couldn't afford to wait. Since Bakugou was in his original form again, he could hear the many aliens thundering around trying to fix their ship. It was only a matter of time before they came rushing in to catch them. Uraraka may be strong but he doubted she could survive the crossfire of an all-out battle. F #k. They're going to be here any minute Uraraka! Can't you trust me for five minutes?"
"No, I can't!" Uraraka exclaimed, hands balled into fists. If nothing else, Bakugou took some pleasure over the fact that she was angry instead of shaking in fear at the sight of him. She hardly seemed bothered by his physical appearance anymore. "You lied to me! You lied about everything! I trusted you!"
"Why the f #k do you think I lied?" Bakugou threw back, throwing his hands in the air. "Because I knew you wouldn't trust me if I didn't! I'm an alien! I was created to destroy, nothing else!"
"What?" Uraraka stopped. Bakugou wasn't sure which part had startled her. She had to know he was an alien, right? "But…you didn't destroy everything Bakugou." She frowned at him, internally still angry at him but caught to off guard to continue.
Bakugou on the other hand stared at her, wondering if she really had lost her mind. "Yes I did. What the f #k is wrong with you?"
But Uraraka was unrelenting. Stubbornly she shook her head. "You didn't destroy everything. You made a ship all by yourself. You cooked dinner almost every day. You worked at a job where you kept bad people in line. Isn't that proof enough that you can do more than just break things?" Bakugou didn't know how to argue. He wasn't sure he was even supposed to. If he didn't he felt like he was the loser, but she was praising him so didn't that make him the loser? And what she said…wasn't it true? Why hadn't he thought about that?
"I…don't know," Bakugou answered truthfully. The sirens, alarms and screaming aliens around them all faded out. The only ones on the ship- in the world- was those two right there. Bakugou shook his head, unable to accept this new information that his heart desperately wanted. "Didn't those a !#*&(&$*(&%s tell you? I'm the f #$$*g destroyer, I was built to destroy!" He stomped on the ground, making the entire room shake. "Where do you get off telling me all this s $*%*y stuff about me? You're the one who's angry! You're the one who made it hurt here so much that I couldn't breathe!" he slammed his fist to his chest, the emotional pain becoming so real it was almost physical. Uraraka seemed startled by his admittance to feeling pain from her.
At his words, all she could do was shake her head, the anger slowly fading. Almost to a point where Bakugou wished it wouldn't. He could deal with anger, he'd had it his whole life. But emotional maturity was something he had only started working on in the last few months. He wasn't ready to work it out yet. "I'm not mad at you because of some fate or destiny other people tried to force on you," Uraraka explained. "I'm angry because you lied to me! Because I don't know who you are anymore!" Her own words caught in her throat. She turned away, and Bakugou thought he saw tears welling up in her eyes. She shook them out before turning back to glare at him. "And because you DID destroy my house!" Oh thank goodness, there was still some anger there.
"That was an accident! Blame the stupid soldiers who barged into your house!" Uraraka looked absolutely horrified.
"THERE WERE ALIEN SOLDIERS IN MY HOUSE?"
"I WAS THE FREAKING ALIEN IN YOUR HOUSE!"
If he wasn't possibly in love with her, he would have left her there out of frustration. Instead he opted to growl and swing his arm around to break the cage next to him. Even through his frustration, a few dots of hope began to spring up. She didn't care? She really, really didn't care that he was a destroyer? That he was a monster? That he wasn't human like her? Bakugou knew enough about society to know that was he was feeling wasn't appropriate for the time, but dang his heart was starting to feel a whole lot lighter.
Uraraka did not feel the same lightness in her heart. She took a step away from him, catching his attention once again. "You lied," she said, voice low and full of pain. The same pain Bakugou was going through. "You hurt me. I…I loved you and now I don't know who you are anymore. How can you…"
"I'm sorry."
She stopped. Surprised, she looked up at him. "What?"
"Don't make me say it again." Bakugou grumbled. He was looking away, hiding his sheepish face. "I didn't want to hurt you. If you just f (#)*$g come with me, I'll tell you whatever the f #k you want." He reached out one hand to her, not flinching back when she stared openly at his larger, black and orange hand along with the grenades on his arms. She stared at him, his words tempting her like the pied piper tempted children to his song. If she was honest she wanted to take his hand and trust him without question.
The logical side of her brain stopped her from doing that. "Why should I trust you'll keep your word?"
"My word? I'm the f ($*)g strongest in the universe, what's stronger than my word?" When he could see that didn't convince her, he grumbled. "Just hurry up. I'm not going to let the person I love stay here and die just because she's acting like an idiot, okay?"
Uraraka froze. In all the commotion and travesty that had occurred that day, Uraraka wondered if she'd lost her mind or if she had really heard him. "You…love me?"
Bakugou grunted, forcing his deep red eyes to meet her wide, innocent ones. She was going to be the death of him… "What, did you f ($*)(g not hear me? Course I f ($*(g do, why else would I have come onto this f *($))g hell-hole of a ship if I didn't?" Uraraka sighed.
"You're an idiot."
"What did you say?"
She just shook her head, but there was a small, bubbling smile that Bakugou loved that was growing on her face. "Couldn't you be a little nicer," she muttered. "You know, if I treated people this way when I'm saving them, I would get fired." But, without any more arguments, she took his outstretched hand.
Bakugou scoffed. "That's why you're the hero and I'm the alien criminal." Before she could start talking again Bakugou pulled her closer to him. "Wrap your arms around my neck alright? Don't let go no matter what?" Confused, Uraraka followed his orders without question.
"What are you going to do?"
"Well," Bakugou grumbled, annoyed he had to explain his whole plan. "The plan was to jump out the window I came through and back onto Aizawa's ship, but with all the time you wasted we ain't getting back there in time." Did he just say he'd jumped through a window? How did he get up there? Uraraka didn't have the chance to get these answers when Bakugou wrapped one arm around her waist and…his tail to. Uraraka tried not to think about that. "So we're gonna go with plan B."
"What's plan B?" Uraraka asked innocently.
"Destroy stuff."
Before Uraraka could ask what exactly that entailed, Bakugou had pointed his hand to the ground beneath them. The next thing Uraraka knew the bottom of the ship was blown to bits and she and Bakugou were soaring through the sky. Well, soaring may not have been the word to use. Plummeting to their deaths would have been the better word. Uraraka screamed so loud her throat started to ache. Bakugou winced and yelled something at her, but she couldn't hear it. All she could do was scream as her life flashed before her eyes.
At one point the clouds and sky flying past her was shut out. The next thing she knew Bakugou had pulled her into his chest, wrapped both arms around her and was basically holding her in a ball. If Uraraka could see their position from the outside she could see Bakugou preparing to protect her once they hit the ground. He wasn't built to survive extreme drops. But he still had a better chance of surviving than she did. What good were those chances if he couldn't keep her alive? He forced Uraraka to keep her eyes shut as they fell, but he kept his own trained on her. If he was going to hit the ground then he would die knowing that the last thing he saw was her. If only he'd see her stupidly wonderful smile before he died…
Before he could try and make that happen, Bakugou felt something metal slowly come up under them and catch them carefully.
He blinked. They were still falling, however not at the same speed. Confused, he looked around. Still in the air. Had they died? Had Aizawa caught them? Only then did Bakugou look down and gape. Underneath them was the large wing of what looked like a green spaceship. It had caught them in midair and was gently carrying them down so that they could land on the ground safely. Bakugou searched around the ship, more confused than he had ever been his entire life. Aizawa's ship was red. Where had this green bucket of trash come from? And it looked like a weird model too. Really old.
Either way, that stupid trash bucket had saved his life. Bakugou could do nothing but sit there as the ship slowly leveled them to the ground, dipping to the side so that they slid off easily. He starred as the ship flew away, leaving them in a large patch of grass close to what was Uraraka's house, probably looking for a safe distance to land. Where in the world had that ship…
Bakugou was so stunned it took him a moment to realize Uraraka was still curled up into him. He tried nudging her, not sure why she hadn't reacted when they were on the ship. "Hey. We're on the ground."
"Did we make it?" Her voice was trembling, and he noticed she didn't look up until she got her answer.
"Yeah. You're fine." Slowly Uraraka lifted her head so she could look around. Sure enough she was met by the sight of familiar trees and grass. She was so relieved she pushed away from Bakugou in a flurry.
"We're alive!" She laughed, face so bright and sunny that Bakugou wondered if she was going to explode! "Oh my gosh- we're alive!" Before Bakugou could say anything Uraraka grabbed his face and planted her lips on his. Bakugou's eyes widened at the feeling, completely caught off guard and didn't know what to do. He didn't get much chance before Uraraka pulled way, still completely blown away in relief. "Oh my, oh man, I thought we were dead. I was so sure we were going to die. I mean, we were falling!"
"…What was that?"
"Hmm?" Uraraka looked up to find Bakugou staring at her, looking flabbergasted. Slowly realization hit her, and her cheeks started turning the brightest shade of red. "Oh, ah…" She had been so relieved she hadn't thought about what she was doing until after it was done. "Ah…That was a kiss, I'm sorry. I-I just got excited…" She continued to try and explain herself, but Bakugou didn't hear. Instead he traced his lips with one hand, experimenting with the new feeling.
After a moments deliberation he stated, "I like it."
"Huh?"
Instead of giving Uraraka an explanation he grabbed her face and pulled it in for a kiss of his own. Uraraka's eyes widened in surprise before they slowly closed and she kissed him back happily. When she ran out of breath she pulled away, but Bakugou grabbed her again and pulled her right back. Starting to lose breath she pulled away again, clearly annoying Bakugou. "N-not so much now Bakugou, I can't breathe! We just fell out of the sky you know!" The stubborn alien could see that she wasn't relenting, but refused to relent himself. Instead he leaned forward and kissed everywhere else. Her cheek, her forehead, her neck, anywhere but her mouth. Uraraka cheeks turned pink as she tried to push him away but without as much resistance as she probably should have had.
"Uraraka!" Uraraka glanced to the side, seeing Jiro, Kirishima, Momo, Shinsou and Tokoyami rush over. Jiro was the fastest, rushing to her side. "You're okay! Thank good…" she stopped, her face turning bright red when she saw what was going on. "O-oh. Sorry."
Poor Ochaco turned a bright shade of red as well. She tried pushing Bakugou away to no avail, only to find that he was much stronger than her and wasn't done yet. Momo's cheeks turned a light shade of pink when she saw them and Shinsou and Tokoyami both turned away. Kirishima was the only one who appeared somewhat happy, laughing as he tried to put an arm around Jiro. She seemed too embarrassed to push him away. That embarrassment was nothing compared to what Uraraka was feeling at that moment. Trying to get Bakugou to stop was like trying to push a brick wall.
Soon another ship landed, a group of people rushing over. There was Midoriya and Todoroki, as well as two men Uraraka didn't recognize. One with dark hair and the other with hair shaped like a banana. The man with black hair seemed to look surprised at Bakugou at first, then slowly a smile traced his lips as if to say 'I knew it.' "Uraraka! Oh good, he got you!" Midoriya's voice was enough to get Bakugou to sober up. Immediately his face set into a growl and he turned to glare at him.
"Of course she's f ($)%g okay. I said I'd save her, didn't I?" Midoriya just nodded, too happy to argue. But when Midoriya tried to get closer to see if she was okay, Bakugou tightened his hold on her. "What about you? Where did that green piece of trash come from? It wasn't from Endeavor's guys, and it certainly wasn't the ship we came on!" Todoroki and Midoriya both shared a look, one that said they clearly didn't want to explain but knew they had to.
"Well…" Midoriya hesitated, not sure how to continue. "That was…"
"Filthy little termite!" All members jumped. Out of the forest came one general Endeavor looking quite worse for wear. His uniform was slightly marred and burned, likely from his destroyed ship. Behind him others saw the pillars of smoke, likely where his ship had fallen with the rest of his crewmates. "You little- don't think that you will get away with this!"
"General!" Aizawa rushed to the front as all the others moved around behind him. "Stand down! We can work this out." Bakugou snorted. The jerk tried to kidnap Uraraka and he thought they could work things out? Heck no, there was blood to pay.
Endeavor clearly thought so to, for he stared at Aizawa like he was losing his mind. "Eraser head, you are out of line! Justice needs to be served and if you've gone soft, then I will be the one to do it!" He pointed to the sky, towards a blue dot that had gotten closer than before. "That is emperor Nezu and judge Midnights ship. Do you think their decision is going to be any better than mine? Do you think they'll give you mercy? All of you!" He waved towards Aizawa, Mic, Kirishima and Bakugou. "All of you will pay for what you have done today! None of you will escape justice!" he continued on, not noticing Jiro part from the crowd. Jiro marched straight up to him- and kicked him in the shins.
All of them gaped as Endeavor stumbled back, both in pain and shock that a small human had just kicked him. Without the fear that the others had, Jiro glared up at him. "Shut up! You just kidnapped my best friend and you think you can go on shouting about justice? Go home you jerk! How dare you threaten the love of my life!"
The once shocked Kirishima brightened like the sun. "Are you talking about me?" Kirishima gasped.
Instantly she started blushing again. "I-I don't know, I'm still mad at you!"
"Never thought I'd see the day the great general fell," Todoroki scoffed. The voice caught Endeavor off guard, and he turned from Jiro to face him.
Then Endeavor's eyes widened. "…Shouto?"
Todoroki raised an eyebrow at him. "Hello father."