Nightfall comes quicker than Kagome had anticipated, the conversation with Sesshomaru taking up most of her time. With a yawn, Kagome heads home for the night. Koga had left some time before her while Hawks had gone shortly after she disappeared with Sesshomaru. So she was alone walking home, much to her dismay. Though she couldn't really say she was alone, seeing as that familiar flame was back. Finding strange comfort in its presence, she relaxes despite her mind telling her otherwise. If this villain had wanted to hurt her, they would have done so by now right? But she wanted a face to put to the flame, surprising herself with how much she wanted to know. "Hello again," she calls out once she feels them close. "I'm sure you're trying to use intimidation or at least trying to scare me, but you might as well give up. I promise I'm nothing interesting." Her voice echoes down the street as she keeps her pace, the moon being one of her only sources of light. "I don't know why you're still hiding." The flame does nothing in response, keeping a good distance between them. "Have a goodnight then," she calls back for the last time before entering her house.

Exams were here and Kagome was ready for them, excited for the practical with the robots. The written exam goes by quickly, Kagome feeling much better about her score this time around. "You're the best, Zuzu!" Kagome cheers, giving Izuku a hug in thanks. The poor boy still becoming a blushing mess despite it just being Kagome.

"O-of course, 'Gome!"

The day of the practical exam had the class ecstatic since once they were over it would be time for their summer training camp. Before anything else, however, Kagome wanted to brag to the girls. In the locker room, Kagome has a bit of a daydream expression as she remembers visiting Inuyasha and catches the attention of her female friends. "So," Ochaco smiles slyly as she moves closer to Kagome. "How was your study date with Deku?"

"It was fun," Kagome beams. "He always knows how to explain it to where I can fully understand."

"Anything interesting happen?" Mina asks as she wiggles her eyebrows suggestively.

"Well we did get some things off our chests if that's what you mean," Kagome shrugs. "I really missed hanging out with Zuzu." The girls nod in understanding just before Kagome smirks proudly. "But what happened after is the interesting part." Putting her costume on fully, she pulls out her phone without turning it on. "I had to go talk to Sesshomaru so I went over to his agency."

"What's interesting about that?" Tsuyu asks bluntly, making Kagome laugh.

"The interesting part is who was there talking to Inuyasha when I walked in."

"Did you get to meet another Pro?" Hagakure gasps.

"Yep!" Kagome turns her phone on and shows them her new lockscreen.

"WHAT?! NO WAY!" The girls scream loudly as they look at the picture of Kagome and Hawks. The loud yells alert the males on the other side of the wall, confusing them as to what they were going on about.

"Turns out Inuyasha is good friends with him," Kagome explains. "And he's really cool in person!" She was blushing and she knows it, not caring to be embarrassed about her fangirling.

As the girls race out of the locker room with giggles and hushed comments, the males watch them in case they were planning to do something. "Those girls are terrifying," Mineta shivers slightly.

The students meet up with Aizawa and quite a few other teachers. Kagome decided to wear her mask this time around, mentally thanking herself as she bites the inside of her cheek. Katsuki had been glancing at her, guilt present in his eyes as he turns away from her. Kagome knew he was genuinely sorry about what happened before interns, but it hurt her more emotionally than physically. She wants to go up and talk to him again, wanting to forgive him and move on but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Not just yet, at least. Aizawa brings everyone's attention to him and the teachers behind him as he begins explaining the practical exam. "If you want to attend the training camp, then don't mess this up." Mina cheers enthusiastically about how it's the robots from the entrance exam when Aizawa mentions that they were snooping around for information.

"Not quite!" Nezu says as he climbs out of Aizawa's tape. "Various circumstances have demanded a revision to the exam format." Kagome sighs softly, knowing exactly where this was going to go. They were to go against a teacher with a chosen partner based on many considered factors. Todoroki and Momo were the first to be named, Aizawa informing them that they would be going against him.

"Next is Midoriya…" their teacher starts as he shifts his eyes towards Kagome for a split second, giving both students some hope they would be paired together. "Is with Bakugo." The male students called turn to look at each other, dumbfounded and upset they would put them together. Kagome bites her lip, fear almost reaching her eyes as she watches her closest friends. They were going against All Might and they had the option of fight or flight. Kagome comes back to reality at the call of her name with Ochaco's, saying they would be against Thirteen. Kagome smirks a bit smugly since she already knew how to go against a quirk like his thanks to Miroku. Her eyes catch Izuku's nervous ones, nothing finding some amusement in Kagome's matchup while they try to make nerves calm down. All of these were to be done simultaneously from what Kagome understood, meaning she couldn't watch Izuku and Katsuki's fight against All Might.

Heading over to her assigned hero, Kagome looks around at the other matchup before her stare is met by the red eyes she's been avoiding. Her breathing almost hitches as the pushed down emotions start bubbling up to the surface. They hold each other's gaze for a few moments before Kagome forces herself to look away from him, not letting herself break under his stare no matter how much she wants to run to him.

"You girls ready?" Thirteen asks excitedly as they enter their exam area. "I'm not going to go easy on you." Kagome glances at her friend beside her, nodding with determination. The test starts quickly, making Kagome move away from her opponent to strategize with Ochaco about what to do only for Thirteen to rip apart the pillar they were behind. So that's how it was going to be.

Katsuki glares forward as he searches for All Might, getting increasingly annoyed with Izuku following him. "Beating him down is the best option!" He was angry with many things. That he was stuck with Izuku, that he was against All Might, that Kagome could barely look at him, that Izuku somehow found his way back to Kagome, and a few others. Clenching his jaw, he listens to Izuku. "We'll let him toy with us until the very end."

"Kacchan, th-this is All Might we're talking about. Even with that handicap, theres no way you can beat him-" Izuku is cut off by Katsuki backhanding him with his gauntlet, making him fall over.

"Stop talking," he sneers. "You really think you're all that? First it's her then All Might?" Katsuki almost couldn't control his words. "I'm past my damn breaking point."

"If, if we wanna pass this, you gotta state listening to what I'm saying, Kacchan!" Izuku knew there was more to this than just him keeping his quirk from Katsuki. "And not just in here!"

"You think I need your stinking power to pass this?" Katsuki glares darkly. "That I need your help at all?! Forget it!"

"Stop yelling for once!" Izuku screams, his heart hammering in his chest. "This is exactly why we can never actually talk! Why she wo-" All Might cuts him off with an attack, sending Izuku back a bit.

"We should head for the exit when he's distracted," Ochaco whispers to Kagome, both panting from the running they had been doing. Kagome was trying to stay focused but hadn't found the perfect shot to throw herself at the pro, knowing that he wouldn't want to break her down into atoms like everything else. The announcement of Izuku and Katsuki passes had her slightly distracted. Nodding, Kagome watches their opponent closely and once his back was turned whole looking, the girls race towards the exit.

"Found you!" Thirteen yells as he points his finger at them just as they get to the railing. Both hold on tightly as the Pro taunts them while stepping closer.

"Shit, so close!" Kagome whines.

"What are we going to do?" Ochaco asks, nearly defeated as she thinks hard about what Izuku would do in this situation.

"Hey, Ochaco," Kagome's voice calls teasingly. "I bet I can guess what you're thinking and I'm sure I have the answer."

"W-what are you talking about?!" Ochaco blushes slightly. "And stop teasing me!" Kagome laughs, knowing she was right.

"Fine, fine," Kagome sighs after a moment before smirking. "But don't think I didn't notice you're blush when you were asking Iida to help you study."

"Huh?!" the brunette gasps as she let's go of the rail and holds her face, making her head straight towards Thirteen. "Ahh!" Crashing into her opponent, Ochaco's reflexes kick in as she cuffs the Pro and takes the victory. "Kagome you can't just say something like that!"

"We won didn't we?" Kagome smiles brightly as she helps her friend up, the announcement going off that they had completed their exam. "But seriously, you like him, don't you?" Ochaco says nothing, holding her face like before as her face darkens. "That's so cute! I promise to keep it our little secret," Kagome winks as she puts a finger to her mask.

They head to Recovery Girl's tent to check in, mainly to see who else was in the tent. "What about you and Deku?" Ochaco asks as they find the tent, catching Kagome off guard as she stops to look at the brunette.

"W-what do you mean?"

"Oh you know what I mean, Kagome!" she beams getting closer to said girl. "Do you like like him or not?"

"L-like Izuku?" Kagome repeats her as her face becomes flustered. "I-I, uh…" Kagome had never thought about liking Izuku in the way her friend was implying. She hadn't thought of anyone like this since before she made the wish and even then she had a hard time figuring it out. Considering everything she went through with Inuyasha, she had put her love life to the back of her mind.

"Well then what about Bakugo?"

"W-wait let's s-slow down for a moment," Kagome stumbles in embarrassment. Ochaco had to be joking, asking things like this when they were supposed to be focusing on hero training. "I-I don't like anyone like that!"

"Your reaction says otherwise," Ochaco teases. "You gotta like someone!" Kagome shakes her head as her hands cover her heated face. "Is it Todoroki?!" she gasps.

"I'm going to stick with my favorite hero, how about that?" Kagome says as she continues to the tent, not wanting to continue the conversation.

"What about that purple haired guy? The one that called you 'damsel'."

"I-I don't like anyone," Kagome whines, her mind now racing with possible romances. She couldn't be thinking of that right now, she was trying to become a hero, not act like a normal school girl with a crush. Did she have a crush?

Kagome enters the tent, finding Recovery Girl and Izuku watching monitors of each exam. Izuku smiles widely at Kagome and Ochaco as they walk in. "Congratulations on passing!" he says cheerfully.

"Yeah, you too," Ochaco beams back. Kagome opens her mouth to speak, only for the words to die on her tongue as she spots Katsuki's unconscious body laying on one of the beds. Kagome rushes to his side, concern evident in her eyes as she grabs his hand tightly. Just because she was upset didn't mean she doesn't care about him. "Is he going to be ok?" She turns to Recovery Girl as she takes her mask off.

"He just needs some rest," the Pro confirms as Kagome sighs out in relief and looks down at Katsuki's sleeping face. They were training to be heroes and that came with a lot of hard work and exhaustion, that Kagome knew, yet she couldn't help but worry over her destructive friend. Izuku keeps his gaze solely on Kagome's form, watching how her thumb gently rubs Katsuki's hand like nothing had happened between them. His heart clenches painfully as his eyes gain a gleam of jealously. Ochaco glances between Kagome and Izuku, feeling slightly out of place in the tent yet wanting to know how the scene would unfold for her friends. Recovery Girl keeps her focus mainly on the monitors in front of her while keeping track of how the teens around her were acting.

"I'm going to see where the others are at," Ochaco chimes nervously before leaving the tent. Kagome waves at her as she moves over to Izuku.

"What happened in there?" Kagome asks with a soft voice as she sits down. Izuku swallows dryly, not sure how to tell her that All Might had been talking to Katsuki about her at one point.

"I get it," All Might says. "This is about Midoriya's incredible growth, right?" The Pro narrows his eyes as he continues. "Or is it something completely different?"

"Zip it!" Katsuki pants out. "It's none of your damn business!" Izuku could tell he was tired, they both were. Yet when Katsuki spoke the next line, something in him snapped. "If you're telling me I have to rely on him to pass, I'd rather lose." Izuku pushes from his confinements and lands a punch on Katsuki's cheek.

"That's not you!" Izuku yells. "The Kacchan I know would never say that! The Kacchan she knows would never back down." If he had to use her against him, so be it.

"All Might just really had us cornered, you know?" he says, promising to tell her about it later if he can. Kagome nods silently, looking back towards Katsuki's unconscious form. Izuku knew she was worried for their friend, but couldn't reduce the building pain in his chest at the look she was giving Katsuki.

Shigaraki holds a picture in his hand of two students from U.A. as someone calls for him from the door. New recruits were showing up to talk to him and he wasn't in the best of moods. Shippo sits next to him, eyeing the picture before Shigaraki makes them decay. He should have known they would become interested in her abilities considering how she did in the Sports Festival. None of his colleagues had come to him for any answers about her, however, thinking that he was lying about how he knew her to begin with. "Well, who are they?" Shigaraki sighs. A blonde school girl and a patchwork male walk in.

"In person, you're super gross, dude," the male says lazily, hands deep in his pants pockets. They were followers of Stain and wanted to help his ideology.

"Warp then out of here." Bad mood becoming worse for Shiguraki, letting Shippo know a show was about to start. Leaning with his back against the bar, Shippo meets the males gaze as a smirk plays on his lips. The girl is the first to be introduced, saying that she is the suspect of a string of murders done by bloodletting yet her face hasn't been revealed to the public. The male didn't give much information about himself, not even his real name. So Himiko Toga and Dabi? Nothing stood out about him besides the staples and scars covering him.

"Well, I'm bored," Shippo sighs loudly as he gets up. It was either they joined or they were going to die by Shigaraki's hands and Shippo didn't care enough to stay around. "Let me know if they end up joining." Taking a deep breath, he hesitates for a split second, his eyes darting back to the pair behind him before leaving the bar. Why could he smell Kagome?

Shopping. Why the hell did she ever agree to go shopping with the entire class? After Aizawa informed them that they were all going to the camp, Hagakure had thrown the idea out to go shopping together as a class. So here she currently is, standing in the middle of the mall like it was a field trip. Most everyone split up to find what they needed for camp, leaving Kagome, Izuku, and Ochaco. "They all went in a hurry," Izuku mutters. "What about you, Ochaco?"

"I need to grab some bug spray, actually," she beams, catching Kagome looking at her with the same teasing look from the practical exam. "Y-you know, pesky mosquitoes and e-everything." Her mind goes back to her study date with Iida and how she hadn't noticed that Kagome saw her ask. Embarrassment fills the girl as she runs off, talking about bugs.

"A-am I the bug?" Izuku points to himself, slightly hurt.

"No, Zuzu," Kagome says as she tries not to laugh. "She doesn't mean that you're the bug." Izuku calms down, thankful that Kagome was still there.

"Ooooh cool! You two are from U.A.," a male calls from behind them. The aura making Kagome go on high alert, remembering it from the day the reporters broke into the school. "Can I have an autograph?"

"Huh?" Izuku says as he starts turning around, only for the male to put his arms on his and Kagome's shoulders.

"You're the kid who got wrecked in the Sports Festival, right?" he asks Izuku then turns to Kagome. "And you're the girl who couldn't be mind controlled." The male goes on about the Hosu incident, making Izuku surprised he knew so much about him. Kagome stays quiet, using the second skin technique she had learned with her barriers. "To think that we'd meet again, here." Now it clicks for Izuku, making him scared for both himself and Kagome, yet she was perfectly calm. "Well I guess for you, we last met at that attack on U.A.," the male says as he slips his hands to their throats, noticing a faint pink gleam on Kagome's skin while keeping at least one finger away from them. "Let's chat."

"If you try anything, the heroes will be here," Kagome says confidently, surprising both with her unfazed expression. Was she bored?

"No doubt," Shigaraki smirks before gesturing towards the crowd around them. "But take a look at them-"

"They'll be fine," Kagome interrupts. "Oblivious, in fact." She could feel Naraku's aura on him, like he had a helping hand in shaping the villain holding her neck. Izuku was afraid before, but now he was terrified for Kagome's safety. One doesn't just talk to a supervillain like that unless they had a death wish.

"'G-gome, you really shouldn't-"

"If he was going to hurt us he would have done so," she says cutting him off. She was far from calm, getting more irate as time went by and she couldn't get Izuku away from this villain.

"You're smart, but you should watch your tongue," Shiguraki chuckles. "It could get you killed."

"It would have already happened if that was the case." She could talk about her death easier than anyone else could, that much Izuku knew, but she didn't have to be so blunt about it. Now she was upset, not being able to control her tongue as it was moving faster than her brain. "How's Shippo? Is he doing ok?" Change the topic to distract them then find your escape.

"Why would you want to know about a villain," Shigaraki asks, slightly surprised but doesn't show it. So the care between them was mutual and perhaps Shippo wasn't lying about how he knew her. That gave him more questions than answers about the girl. "A fox demon wouldn't care for a human hero."

"So even he hasn't said anything?" She questions, ignoring his comment all together. "He's always been such a loyal little fox." Shigaraki doesn't answer her this time, adding to Kagome's growing annoyance. "Then why exactly are you here? You wanted to talk right?" He wanted her to stop speaking, his unused finger getting closer to her neck much to Izuku's dismay. "Your aura says that you're jealous and upset."

"Kagome you should really sto-"

"You're exactly right. That's why I came here to talk to you abou-"

"Usually you would go to a therapist to vent about problems, not hold two innocent students against their will to get it out." Kagome was done with the villain.

"Humor me then," Shigaraki glares at her before talking about Stain and how he was being overshadowed by the Hero Killer. Kagome didn't care enough to listen to what he was saying, just keeping a close eye on the hand on Izuku's neck. This wasn't a conversation meant for her, she was just caught in the situation it seemed. "I get it now," he says almost menacingly. "It's all because of All Might." He grips their necks tightly, not letting his last finger touch Izuku but somehow absentminded about Kagome, gripping her with all five fingers connecting to her skin. Izuku gasps for air as Shigaraki continues about All Might's smile telling others that there wasn't anyone he couldn't save. Kagome grabs at the hand on her as she struggles to breathe, feeling Ochaco get closer by the second.

"Kagome? Deku?" the brunette says confused. "A friend? No.. It doesn't look like it…" Kagome tries to remain calm as she looks at her friend. "Could you get off of them?"

"Th-theres nothing to worry about Ochaco," Kagome smiles at her just as Izuku goes to say something. "But you should stay out of the splash zone." Shigaraki pulls away from the pair, putting his hands up in an act of innocence.

"I didn't know they came with other people. Sorry about that," he smiles through his facade before walking away from them. "I'll be off. You know what happens if you follow me." As Izuku coughs while trying to breathe, Kagome smiles just as innocently as Shigaraki had been.

"Shigaraki," she beams falsely. "What is All For One after?" Her question shocks Ochaco, letting the girl know exactly who the "friend" was. Izuku glances at her while steadying his breathing, surprised she was able to be so calm in a situation like this despite what she had told him.

"The only thing you should be worrying about is the next time we meet," Shiguraki answers. "Because that's when you die." Ochaco is quick to call the heroes, giving them their location as Shiguraki disappears from view. Kagome releases her skin barrier with a deep breath and rubs her neck gently. He must have realized it, too as she could still feel confusion swirl within his aura.

Their class finds them shortly after as Kagome and Izuku are taken in for interviews. After spilling everything besides the part about Shippo, Kagome and Izuku are almost done with their day when they are greeted outside by their mothers. Mama Higurashi was calm while Inko Midoriya was sobbing over the safety of her son.

With the day done and everything coming to a calm end, Kagome finds herself staring up at her ceiling from her bed. She almost blew it, she could have gotten Izuku killed with how reckless her words were and she knew it. How could she be so stupid as to bring Shippo up? Why did she think she would get any type of answer from an apathetic villain? Her mind races, questioning herself and her choices. Had she always been this careless? Perhaps at the beginning of her first adventure, but now she should be able to think things through, right?

Kagome tries to force herself to sleep, tossing and turning as Ochaco's words plague her mind. "Your reaction says otherwise." "You gotta like someone!" No, she can't let those thoughts take over again. Kagome can't afford another situation like Inuyasha. He was her distraction, yet her main focus. But why had Ochaco mentioned Todoroki and Hitoshi? She could understand Izuku and Katsuki being brought up but the other two? Kagome's heart races at the thought of any of the four males fancying her like that, yet has more of a dull ache when thinking of Katsuki. While she was ready to forgive him, she wasn't ready to face him again.

Later she would let herself dwell on the idea of a crush, but for now she needs to focus on the events happening around her. With the villains, the demons, and the ache of the jewel in her chest growing more persistent as the days go by. "Midoriko, I'm still waiting on your call."