Aizawa scowls at Kagome, not wanting to give into her demands but also understanding that she was worried for her friends. "Kagome I'm not going to tell you again." Then again, she doesn't need to know what had just happened out in Hosu.
"I have to see them," Kagome says softly as her energy pushes itself out in large amounts, making the males near her slightly shiver from the force of it.
"Fine," he sighs after a few moments of suspenseful silence. "But you'll make up for this in training." Kagome nods her head quickly, feeling herself start to relax about the situation.
"Thank you, Aizawa," Kagome says as she darts back to the restrooms to change.
"Would you like to come along, as well?" Aizawa glances over to Hitoshi.
"Well my training partner is taking off, so might as well," the male shrugs indifferently.
As they get to the hospital, Kagome bolts out of the car to ask for where her friend's room was located. Aizawa and Hitoshi are moments behind, following the frantic girl. Kagome nods in thanks to the receptionist and dashes off once again, pinpointing Izuku's position. As she gets around the last corner, Kagome can see Izuku from down the hall heading back into his room with a crutch, talking to the people inside. Kagome relaxes slightly, finding that Izuku was still somewhat walking this time. Walking the rest of the way, she knocks on the door and waits patiently for someone to answer. She could hear some quiet shuffling from the other side, like someone trying to get comfortable. "Come in," Izuku calls.
"Izuku!" Kagome cries as she quickly opens the door and dashes to Izuku's side to envelop him into a hug. The sitting boy turns his head in time to get a face full of Kagome's breast, her arms wrapped around his head as she holds him. "Stop doing this to me!" Kagome whines, not realizing that she was smothering her friend to her chest. The poor boy had nearly lost consciousness from how flustered he became from the attention as Kagome pulls away.
"S-s-sorry, 'Gome," he fumbles, trying to look everywhere but her. Confused by his sudden bashfulness, Kagome ruffles his hair and moves over to the flushed Todoroki. Their eyes meet for a moment before Kagome starts snapping.
"You can't just text me something like that and not respond! You had me worried sick while I was training!" Todoroki looks at her, startled by the sudden yelling yet doesn't say anything. Still feeling out of place to say anything to her. The other two in the room stare at her, astounded by a few facts. Those being that they message each other often, they were much closer than they let on, and Kagome had started yelling at Todoroki. He still says nothing, looking everywhere but her much like Izuku was doing. "I hate seeing you guys hurt like this" she says after a moment, pulling Todoroki into a hug similar to the one she had given Izuku. Willing for the fire on his right to not flare, Todoroki blushes madly and clears his throat as Kagome pulls away.
"Iida just got his diagnosis," Todoroki says, directing the attention towards the third male in the room.
"My left hand," Iida starts solemnly. "Could have permanent damage."
"Let me take a look," she smiles at him, seeing as this is why she had come here. "I'm sure I can reverse some of the damage." Iida nods without a word, knowing it was part of her quirk. Kagome gently takes his left hand, being careful not to pull at the bandages as her hands glow her signature soft pink, her energy traveling up Iida's arm to do it's intended work. Kagome's eyes close in concentration, her energy getting brighter as she works. Her classmates watch her, almost enchanted by her display of power. The last time Izuku had seen this was while she was running to school after Katsuki had hurt her. No wonder she couldn't heal those scars, she has to have complete concentration to feel what she needed to heal. For Todoroki, however, this was the first time he was seeing this side of her quirk. The air around them is silent and still, the males watching with bated breath as she works. The analog clock on the wall being the only sound throughout the room, ticking by softly in the background as the minutes go by. Kagome finally opens her eyes, examining the arm she had just treated. "How does it feel now?"
"Definitely less tight than it was before," Iida smiles kindly at her. "I appreciate your assistance."
"That's what friends are for right?" Kagome grins widely as she hugs him, still being mindful of his other injuries. "So, are you three just going to be quiet or are you going to tell me what happened?" She pulls away from Iida and crosses her arms like an upset older sister.
"W-well, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were amazing," Izuku speaks up after a moment. "They took down the Nomus like they were nothing." The others nod in agreement, hoping it was enough to distract her.
"I've fought alongside them before," Kagome shrugs slightly, already well aware of their abilities. "I know they were fine out there, but you three? Why are you guys so injured?" Izuku knew the distraction wouldn't work against her when it came to the safety of others, especially her friends. He feels guilty about not telling her something as important as this. They never really hid anything from each other until he started training with All Might and her sudden connection to all of these Pro Heroes. But now the secrets were starting to pile up and pushing them farther away from each other.
"It was me," Iida says softly, catching everyone's attention. "They only got hurt because of my reckless decisions." He doesn't look at them, feeling the guilt fully settle in. "I went after the Hero Killer." He was whispering at this point, too ashamed of himself to want to admit to his mistake. Kagome frowns but she has a look of understanding in her eyes, one they were not expecting to see.
"You wanted to avenge your brother, did you?" Kagome asks gently as Iida nods. His expression reminds her of when she had first met Shippo, making her heart clench at the thought of the fox demon. Shippo had tried to avenge his father from the Thunder Brothers all those years ago and it nearly cost him his life, almost dragging Kagome with him if it wasn't for his father's fox fire protecting them. Thinking of that memory makes her want to cry, but she doesn't let her emotions take control of her. This was about Iida and not Shippo.
Izuku could tell she was bothered by something, however. Knowing how her eyes gleam when she's hurting, even if it was there for a split second. He wants to know what had changed about her, what had caused her so much trauma that she felt so useless to people when she is the strongest person he knows.
The police had stopped Aizawa on his way to the hospital room, telling him about the matter in slight code because of Hitoshi's presence. Understanding the situation, Aizawa steps into the room where four of his students were as the Chief tells Kagome to exit the room. Hitoshi waits in the hall with her, making small talk with her until Aizawa leaves the room and takes them back to training. While Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had not been injured in the attack, they had been held up with interviews and paperwork meaning that Kagome wouldn't be able to go back to her internship with them. Kagome understood the situation and made the most of it, training with Hitoshi and Aizawa for the rest of the week while checking on Izuku, Todoroki, and Iida as much as she could.
The last day of interns came too quickly yet not soon enough, the trio from Hosu were healed and returning to their homes. Kagome on the other hand, was still training until Aizawa let them go. Maintaining a thin barrier on her skin while she ran, trying to keep Hitoshi out of her head, maintaining weapons of different sizes, holding a barrier away from herself, dodging his attacks with the capture tape; needless to say it has been a long week. Sesshomaru gave Aizawa information about how he was training Kagome prior to the Hosu accident, not wanting her to slack on anything she was taught before her wish.
One thing that wasn't told to Kagome, though, was the fact that Aizawa was planning to keep up this training past this week. After some questions were answered, of course.
Kagome is currently hiding out in a tree, watching Hitoshi from a distance as she tries to silence her harsh breathing. Sweat covers her face, making her bangs stick to her forehead. Hitoshi listens closely to his surroundings, knowing full well she was nearly exhausted.
Kagome's foot slips from the branch shes on, shaking it slightly and causing the leaves to rustle. Hitoshi snaps his tape towards her instantly as she gasps and jumps down. Kagome runs as soon as her feet hit the ground and Hitoshi is quick to chase after. Low on her energy, Kagome has a slower pace than usual, making it easier for Hitoshi.
"You know, kitten," Hitoshi begins taunting, making her blush from the sudden pet name. "You should really pick up your speed if you don't want to get caught." Kagome's eyes flicker towards him, seeing how close he was actually coming to capturing her.
"Ha! That's what you… think…" she trails off, Hitoshi's quirk gaining control over her as she falters from being caught off guard. The capture tape wraps around her tightly, making her drop to her knees with a dazed look. Kagome snaps out of it after a few moments and struggles against the tape. "Dammit," she groans in defeat, ceasing her attempts to get out. She was tired, the sun was setting, and she wanted to sleep. "I give." She falls to her side panting. She was done and didn't want to move, not even bothering to move out of the tape once it loosened.
"Let's call it a day," Aizawa says as he heads towards them. Kagome nods thankfully, still catching her breath as Hitoshi helps her out of the tape and onto her feet. "Higurashi," he calls after a moment. "You should stop overthinking things, dwelling on something you can't control or change is going to just distract you in battle." Kagome looks down, knowing her teacher was right, but there are so many things she needs to know but doesn't have a way of finding out. She was worried about Shippo. He's been on her mind since the USJ attack, yet she hasn't shown her distress externally. How was Aizawa able to read her so well?
"I'll make sure not to," Kagome sighs softly. "But I will also need to talk to Principle Nezu about a few things." Aizawa nods and dismisses them, thankful that she somewhat knew what she was in for when they got back to regular classes.
Heading home alone after Hitoshi turned onto his street made Kagome go on high alert. She was being followed again and it was the same aura as before. That flame. She shivers as she continues home. They were always there when she was alone, but how did they know? She couldn't think of any reason why a villain would be following her other than Shippo.
The aura gets closer to her yet not in her sight, keeping the man a mystery to her. Kagome wasn't afraid like she should be, her curiosity nearly getting the better of her. She was moments from home but she couldn't help but wonder who this male was, how dangerous he could possibly be.
Kagome walks past her street and stops in front of an alley, not daring to go in. "I know you're there," she says calmly.
"Why do you keep following me?" The male stops, seeming to hear her but doesn't answer. Now that he was closer, she could read him better. He didn't have any malicious intent towards her, more so curious about her. "I caught your attention somehow, what was it?" He still doesn't answer, leaving her with nothing. Sighing, Kagome turns around and heads home knowing he was still watching her.
Back into class the next day and they were already doing a training race with All Might and a few other Pro volunteers. All Might goes into explaining that they would be going to Field Gamma for the rescue training. Something about its dense spread of factories made an intricate maze, Kagome wasn't paying attention until they called out the four teams of five. The first team to go was Izuku, Sero, Iida, Mina, and Ojiro. The first person to successfully rescue All Might wins.
Once the five were in their places, the rest of the class watches them from the screen provided. Starting out it looked like it was Sero's game then Izuku shoots himself forward, his body finally able to hold his quirk and not hurt himself. Kagome cheers proudly at his display of newfound control, knowing he had used one of Katsuki's moves. Once the shock dies from the students watching, Kagome hangs by the remaining girls of the class.
"Oh hey, Kagome I have a question," Ochaco beams.
"I have an answer," Kagome laughs, causing the other the chuckles.
"Who's your favorite hero?" Kagome suddenly blushes, almost embarrassed to say.
"Yeah, you seem to know some really strong Pros, but who's your favorite?" The girls wait patiently for an answer from the blushing girl.
"It's not All Might if that's you guys are thinking," Kagome puffs out defensively.
"Come one, Kagome," Ochaco whines. "Tell us!"
"Please?" Momo joins in. They had been curious for a while now, seeing as All Might was Katsuki and Izuku's favorite.
"It's the number three hero and that's all I'm saying," Kagome huffs crossing her arms. She doesn't talk about her favorite because usually (when they were kids) Katsuki would say that All Might was much better in every way. Jiro takes out her phone, being the only one able to get to it quickly, and looks up the Top Ten.
"Ok so," Jiro mutters, catching the groups attention. "Of course All Might is number 1, next is Endeavor, and number three is," she stops and looks at Kagome. "Wow I didn't take you to be the the type."
"What?" the girls ask, trying to see Jiro's phone.
"Who is it?" Tsuyu finally chimes in while Jiro shows them without saying a word. Jiro could tell some of the males were listening in, curiosity getting the better of them. Katsuki had forgotten who your favorite hero was, having been that long since you had talked about them. Todoroki was intrigued, pulling his phone out to see who the number three hero was. Frowning at his screen , he puts his phone away and watches the race.
"H-hey before you think that way, it's because he's really inspiring and got in the top ten when he was only 18," Kagome mumbles, embarrassed under their stares.
The next team goes up after Sero wins the race. Kirishima, Mineta, Hagakure, Tsuyu, and Sato were going up to their starting positions, ready for the race. Beginning again, the girls fill Mina in on the new information they have on Kagome, the said girl still blushing from being outed.
"Ooo," Mina smirks. "I heard he's a major flirt to his fans." Kagome rolls her eyes, already done with them. They may be her friends but she can still be over them. The current group was trying to save Aizawa while All Might went over some things with the previous group, minus Mina. Tsuyu ends up winning the race, Kirishima hot on her the entire time.
Third group to go consists of Ochaco, Shoji, Denki, Momo, and Tokoyami against, surprisingly, Koga. Kagome says this and could help but laugh. Ochaco wins the race, catching Koga off guard by coming in from above and just pulling his tail to get him to safety while he was floating. The girls cheers for their gravity defying friend.
The last group was ready in their places. Kagome, Todoroki, Katsuki, Jiro, and Koda wait for the signal to start. The 'distress call' being Inuyasha himself. Kagome smirks to herself. She had the advantage when it comes to Inuyasha. One word and he's done for.
The signal goes off and Kagome dashes towards the sound and Inuyasha's aura, easily pinpointing it. Yet she had to remember she was going against Katsuki and Todoroki. Last time they got above her, now it was her turn to take first place. Spotting red and white hair in the distance, Kagome speeds up as much as she can. They may not be demons, but they were still a bit faster on their feet. Moments later she finds the head of white hair and dog ears waiting in his chosen spot. Back to her, he could tell she was close by her scent. Yet the scene to Kagome had her yearning for the past again. For when times were simple and you knew what was going to happen next. Kagome was supposed to be nineteen her upcoming birthday, not fifteen again and now it was taking a toll on her, her mind slowly breaking from the age change. But she couldn't let that get in the way of her current training and life. What's done is done and she can't change it.
Due to her distraction, Jiro was able to sneak in and try to get Inuyasha out. She goes for him just as Kagome snaps back. Kagome curses slightly, knowing if she was to win this she would have to use it, but didn't think it would be this early.
"Inuyasha sit!" she yells, the Pro falling on his face as Jiro stumbles past him in confusion. The others show up moments later, all ready to get Inuyasha. Kagome throws a barrier around the Pro, making Katsuki bounce off and yell in frustration. Kagome rushes over and enters the barrier, pulling Inuyasha to the goal and winning.
Getting into the locker room after the training was bliss, knowing they would be leaving soon. Kagome slides off her costume as the girls talk amongst each other until Jiro went to the wall. Kagome shakes her head, knowing what was about to happen as Jiro puts one if her earjaxs into the wall.
On the other side of things, Mineta had been trying to coax Izuku to look through the peephole he had found before talking about the girls on the other side. "Yaoyorozu's boob-orozu, Ashido's sexy silhouette!" he was groaning at the eye candy we was getting. "Hagakure's floating panties! Higurashi's mile long legs!" The other males get mad at the shorter, purple male, not liking how he was talking about the girls. Jiro jabs him in the eye through the hole. "Jiro's earphone jack… its accuracy and stealth factor makes for a deadly combo…"
"How despicable!" Momo sighs. "Let's plug that hole right up!"
"How about choosing words better, Momo," Kagome teases as the other giggle. Momo blushes slightly before rolling her eyes and finishing up.
A man gazes at a small television illuminating the dark room he was in. He questions how his successor will come up in order to take his place while a voice deep inside him warns of something yet to be found again. Many years ago, too many to remember the exact number, he had come face to face a man a malice and hatred. He asked to join him and his cause and in exchange he would take them to their victory. He never told him how, yet somehow he knew he was being truthful in his claims. Now he waits on a sign, a motion from the man within to lead him to the prize. The man skips back to when he had watched the Sports Festival, when his attention went to the explosive blond student and the girl that placed third. Her power was nothing that he has seen yet it looked so familiar to him. That day, his old friend within stirred with angry and resentment because of the girl on screen.
Knowing exactly what he had be trying to tell him, he makes it a mission for his successor to bring her to them and keep her hidden until the time was right to strike.
Class was too much that morning. Finals were coming up in a week and they had that much time to study for it. The class score chart was given from the entrance exam so they could see how they did from last time. Mina had 19th, Denki 20th. Kagome had gotten 10th, knowing it was because of her math skills. She groans slightly, knowing she had studied for it but just couldn't get her head around the math portion. A few of her classmates ask Momo; who got 1st; to help them study and as much as Kagome wanted to ask to join, it looked like Momo had her hands full with the ones that needed more attention. Kagome looks at the list, finding that Izuku would totally tutor her like he did in middle school. Smiling widely, she makes her way to her friend. "Hey Zuzu," Kagome says to gain the males attention and make him blush. "Could you please help me study?" The question caught him, as well as a few others off guard.
"Y-yeah of course, 'Gome," he smiles back, rubbing the back of his head. Inside he was ecstatic, remembering how they would always joke around in middle school. The two were blissfully unaware of the inappropriate comments from Mineta as a few of their classmates snapped at him.
Lunch comes quickly, the Dekusquad sitting at their usual table. Kagome takes her seat next to Ochaco and across from Izuku as they eat before a student named Monoma from class 1-B hits Izuku with his tray. Kagome glares darkly at the blond male looking down on Izuku. "And who the hell do you think you are?" she snaps, her tone rivaling Katsuki's. This catches Monoma off guard, stopping his rant about the Hero Killer. Kagome was not about to let this guy be an ass for no reason. "I bet you wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation." Before Monoma can respond, Kendo chops his neck to make his pass out and apologizes to the group.
"I overheard you guys talking about the practical exam," Kendo informs. "Between you and me it's against those robots from the entrance exam." With that information, Kendo leaves them be while dragging the unconscious Monoma behind her.
Getting back to class, Izuku tells the others about the practical exam before Katsuki snaps at Denki for being a moron who can't dial back his quirk. He then turns his attention to Izuku, much to Kagome's disappointment. She still hadn't said anything to him since the day on the street and the others were starting to notice. Katsuki was more irritable than before and Kagome was just down right avoiding him. "Hey Deku!" Katsuki sneers. "Seems like… you're starting to manage that quirk of yours. Either way…" Izuku nervously listens to him. "Stop pissing me off with all these stunts."
"He means the other say when Dsku was moving around like Bakugo," Ochaco comments.
"I'm not looking for a hollow victory like at the Sports Festival!"
"Or it could be the official start of their battle," Mina whispers to Ochaco. The brunette nods in agreement, getting the girls; minus Kagome; together to speak. Kagome however glares at the blond, not liking how he was still treating Izuku and now he was dragging Todoroki into it. But where did the girls go?
"Ok this is it!" Ochaco yells slightly to the girls in front of her. "The battle is beginning and we have got to help!" The other nods in agreement. "Mina! What do we have on the table first?"
"Right! Remember this is a secret club to help out our obviously lovestruck classmates," Mina brings out a file from her bag. "We have three-"
"Actually that would be four," Jiro cuts in, making the girls gasp. "There is another one and I can prove it!"
"Noo!" Mina whines. "I'm losing chances for my OTP!"
"Get yourself together!" Ochaco snaps. "Jiro, who is the forth?"
"Why her hero himself," Jiro smiles. "She called him her 'mysterious hero'?"
"Ooooooh!" Mina snaps out of her complaining. "Are you talking about that purple haired guy?"
"Yep."
"Oh wow," Momo smiles. "Kagome is so popular!" The girls nod.
"But Kagome isn't talking to Bakugo right now for some reason," Mina pouts again, finding a hole in her ship.
"She's studying with Deku, though!" Tsuyu chimes in, happy that her pair was going strong.
"But have you seen the connection between her and Todoroki?" Hagakure gasps. "Its almost dreamy."
Jiro shakes her head, not agreeing with them in the slightest. "Shinso has been training with her. Its not hard to tell either." The girls gasp, thinking about the days after school where she would leave with Aizawa saying she was training. Or when Hitoshi would be waiting by the door for her right after.
"Do we even count the Pros she knows?" Momo adds. "Steel Fang even called her his woman."
"We could but I don't think she would end up with any of them despite their history," Tsuyu answers.
"Can't argue with that, really. The signs are there."