Stuck With You | Katsuki Bakugou x OC [Book One]

Chapter 25 - Two Heroes (Part Four)

"Dammit, Bakugou," she mutters through gritted teeth.

His Quirk may be effective, but the visual implements it has on others is going to get her killed one of these days if she's not careful. His explosive Quirk causes his opponents to, quite literally, go up in flames and where there's fire, there's smoke.

Kira wafts some from her eyes, squinting in the smokey atmosphere. An idea clocks her mind, something that should have been obvious from the start and so she brightens her Quirk in her arms, using them as a light source to guide her through the smoke.

A figure makes themselves known, their wobbly silhouette gaining speed as they travel towards her, the smoke swirling behind them. She narrows her eyes further, her hands at the ready for an ambush. Sure enough, another robot has found her - their red light giving them away long before their tiny bodies are noticeable. She aims her arm up when another explosion obliterates it before her very eyes and a very dirty Bakugou steps out from the smoke, a frown set deep onto his brows.

"What?" He snaps and Kira just blinks at him, his tie undone and hanging limp around his neck with faint traces of dirt on his cheeks. He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, glaring at her still. "What the hell's taking you so damn long?"

Kira shakes herself back to focus as she races after Bakugou, careful not to lose him in the smoke again. It's his fault she got lost in the smoke anyways. She wants to retaliate, but chooses to hold her tongue, an endless amount of insults crowding her brain. After all, there are much more important matters to attend to right now, like escaping these persistent robots.

"Let's go." Todoroki nods, once he notices Kira step out of the smoke behind Bakugou.

"Shut up." Bakugou continues to mutter his retaliations whenever he can.

Besides him being a bully whenever he can, Kira can't help but think that Bakugou may still be a little sour about his battle against Todoroki at the Sports Festival. After all, he apparently didn't win the way he intended to. Kira always wondered if that was the same with her fight against Bakugou - she lost in her way, because of her own faults, not because Bakugou beat her. She finds herself shrugging, perhaps it's because it wasn't for the number one spot.

Todoroki blasts an ice wall at a nearby locked door, the sharp shards smashing straight through the barrier. This leads them straight to another stairway and Kira heaves in a mouthful of air before allowing her legs to carry her up the flights. She would love to use her Quirk right now, but she needs to conserve every ounce of energy she can. Those robots are a lot tougher than they look.

Kirishima sticks beside Kira, while Bakugou and Todoroki lead the way, the sirens of the robots right on their heels. One of the robots seems to have a burst in confidence, if that were even possible in the slightest, bouncing off the head of another and rebounding off one of the walls, lunging straight for them. Kirishima lashes his hardened arm behind him, slicing the robot in two. Kira marvels at the strength behind his Quirk - he always complained about it not being the most striking in appearance, but it certainly was something she admired.

Todoroki and Bakugou come to a halt at a clearing, where the hallway splits into two. "We should split up," Todoroki suggests.

"Don't you watch movies?" Kira pants, holding her chest. "Not a good idea. Besides, we're better together."

"I agree." Kirishima nods. "Let's just pick a side and- wait! Bakugou!"

Whilst they've been discussing, Bakugou decided on a direction for them, using his Quirk to blast him down the left corridor.

"I'm not wasting any more time!" He yells from up ahead, his voice getting lost amidst his explosions. "There's gotta be a leader and I'm gonna find him!"