Falling

Katsuki Bakugo had been expecting a lot of things when he was told he'd be training with Icyhot and two of the three top heroes.

At first it had gone well.

Endeavor had been teaching Icyhot about his fire, and applying it to Katsuki's explosions. 5 hours in, and he had learned about how using his explosive power without careful control was dangerous. He had learned how to use smaller bursts in faster succession, instead of hard hitting bursts in staggered time.

Katsuki had expected a lot of things when training with the two heroes, yes.

What he hadn't been expecting, was for the overgrown pigeon to drop him off a goddamn skyscraper.

"WHAT THE HELL, YOU FUCKING CHICKEN?!" Katsuki roared, feeling the air fly past him as he fell.

Hawks was suddenly in his face, grinning. "Small bursts in rapid succession, Pilot!"

Katsuki growled, but decided that listening was better than death. Just barely.

He fired off explosions from both hands the same way Endeavor had been showing the two students, and felt his descent start to slow. It took a few seconds for Katsuki to calculate the right size of explosion and the right timing, but he did.

When he finally came to a stop in the air, he looked down to see the street just a few yards below him. Fucking hell! The winged bastard had almost let him die!

"Ey, good job Pilot! I didn't even need to step in!" Hawks clapped, appearing next to him.

"And when exactly were you planning to step in, dipshit? Before, or after I fell to my fucking death?"

Hawks started climbing in altitude, yelling down to him.

"WHAT'S THAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU FROM ALL THE WAY UP HERE!"

Katsuki felt his anger spike, and increased his explosions, calculating again to climb higher. It was a struggle, and not at all graceful, but climb he did.

To his annoyance, Hawks kept just out of his reach, causing Katsuki to have to let off more and more powerful explosions as he rose. Finally, they reached the top of the building. Katsuki crash landed next to the Winged Hero, arms shaking from the continuous use, and groaned.

Hawks started speaking as he gazed at the city below them. "You're capable of moving much more freely, Pilot. I wasn't especially interested in training the next generation of heroes when I chose you. But, I still chose you for a reason."

Panting, Katsuki pulled himself into a sitting position, looking down at the city below them in muted awe.

"I saw your move in the last round. The look on your face as you barreled through the air. You were made to fly, Pilot. If I have to make sure you learn something before you leave, it'll be that."

And with that, Hawks pulled Katsuki up, clapped him on the back, and walked inside.

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"I'm- I'm ready." Star Skyline announced to the people in the training zone. Hawks looked up at her, eyes lighting up. "Y-yes, Hawks. For that."

Sir Nighteye closed the door behind them, locking it. "As the final part of our training, she will be practicing switching visuals while projecting. When she informed me of your…" He glared disapprovingly at Hawks, "...deal… I suggested this may be the best way to relay the information, and practice as well."

"What about Icyhot and Hothead Senior?" Bakugo scoffed, shifting uneasily as he remembered the vision she had projected before at the USJ.

"I was there as well, Bakugo." Todoroki reminded him, not taking his eyes off of Star. She could hear his light concern, aware of her struggles. It was his simple way of offering to stay.

She smiled, thankful for having a friend in the quiet man. "They can stay. Slushie has already seen some of it. And as the number two hero, I'm sure the mean one will need to be informed as well."

Endeavor nodded professionally. "Precisely- wait, what did you two call me?!" His flames roared, but unlike Hawks, Star could hear exactly when to back off.

"Anyway, um. Don't panic, I guess?" She finished, looking around her.

Every one of them looked the opposite of panicked, with their stoic stances. Well, all of them stoic except Hawks. He was now laying on the mats lazily with his hands behind his head, like he was preparing to dream. She wished she could show them something pretty instead. What he's going to see won't be very dream like at all.

Ignoring his questioning look, Star sat next to Bakugo. Picking up his water bottle, he made room for her. He looked pretty exhausted, his arms twitching every few seconds. She briefly wondered how their training had gone.

"Er, everybody close your eyes, I guess. It'll make it easier if you aren't switching between two views. I'm not very good at it yet." Star warned nervously. As everyone closed their eyes, she closed her own.

She jumped slightly when Bakugo's side pressed against her, and felt his anxious energy. He was thinking about the last time, and hoped that the contact would remind him it wasn't really happening. She let him, hoping it would keep her grounded from the memories as well.

Star took a minute to go through the exercises and visualized bringing down her walls, imagining connections to every mind in the room.

Bakugo and Todoroki were the easiest due to her familiarity and the fact she was touching one of them, so she concentrated more on the Pro Heroes.

Finally, the last of her barriers fell away, and she began.