What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

-Monitor Room-

The remaining students from the first matchup had joined up with the rest of their class back in the monitor room, most of them Katsuki especially had tried their best to regain their bearings. Reina still stood by Katsuki's side as she still held onto his hand in order to comfort him. She could still feel his hand shaking and every so often. She would give him a comforting squeeze to reassure him. It was a small effort but it was enough to keep him from having a panic attack right then and there.

As Reina felt his hand shake on her own, she couldn't help but think about what had just transpired and how it had affected one of her closest friends.

"Bakugou-kun's still taking it hard…" She thought to herself, "... He hasn't said anything since we got back…. What should I do to help him now… What should I do…?" "

"Well… Despite all that took place…" All Might said, "The MVP's of this battle are Tenya Iida, Chouko Shoichi and Reina Nouki!"

"EH!?" Tenya and Chouko exclaimed in confusion.

"Huh?" Reina said with confusion.

"I have several questions!" Gio said as he raised his hand that had been functioning; as his other hand had been wrapped in a cast.

"It's not either of the other winners, All Might-sensei?" Tsuyu asked.

"Hmm…" All Might had said, "... Why is that…?" He held his fist in the air before he had said, "Does anyone have an idea as to why?"

"I do, All Might-sensei." Momo said as she raised her hand; she soon started to explain to the whole class, "It is because Iida-san and Shoichi-san adapted to the most context of the training and because of Nouki-san's selfless act to protect her teammate. From watching the match, it appears that Bakugou-san had acted on his own because of an obvious personal grudge. As All Might-sensei said earlier it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors. As for Aihara-san while he did try to stop Bakugou-san, he ended up attacking his own comrade, which is unwise even when you're a Villain."

Lena, who had returned from the nurses office earlier, had said as she shook her head, "Don't worry, I'll punish him later."

Momo had continued, "In the same way… Taking into consideration the damage he received, Midoriya's plan was also rash. Uraraka-san and Terebi-kun let their guard down in mid-battle, and their final attack was too reckless. Had they both treated the papier-mache as a real weapon, they wouldn't have done something so reckless. Iida-kun and Shoichi-san had prepared for their opponents arrival and assumed it would be a fight over the weapon, which made Iida-kun late in responding in the final attack. And Nouki-san, she put others safety before her own despite the situation she was in. It is indeed a noble act for any kind of Hero to perform."

Reina couldn't help but turn red by Momo's words, as did Chouko while Tenya couldn't help but cry as he smiled and put his hand over his heart.

Momo had soon concluded by saying, "In any case, the Hero team only won because they took advantage of the fact that this was a training exercise. They were practically breaking the rules." Everyone looked at Momo, surprised by what she had just explained, even All Might and Lena who had looked at her with wide eyes.

"Okay…" Lena said, "Now I've heard everything!"

"She said more than I expected." All Might thought in his head before he cleared his throat and said to the class, "W--Well, in any case, Young Iida, Shoichi and Nouki have parts of them that could be more relaxed… But other than that, it was correct!"

"As expected from one of the students who got in through recommendation." Chouko said, as she was nearly speechless.

"Yeah… That is amazing." Reina said, just as surprised as she was.

"Enough chatter kiddies!" Lena said before reaching in the boxes marked Hero and Villain, "It's time to set up the next match-up! For those of you that will be a part of this, take into consideration what we just talked about, and make sure you give it your all and treat this as if it were real combat."

"Yes ma'am!" The whole class had said. Reina looked to Katsuki still with concern for him as he could still break down at any given moment. She placed her hand on the side of Katsuki's head before she put his head against her own. She combed the spiky yet soft texture to keep him calm as she soothed him by humming softly; Katsuki couldn't help but lean in as he gripped her hand tighter.

It hadn't been long before the next matchup had been decided.

-Battle Building B; Ground Beta-

"Match 2! Team B will be the Heroes and Team I will be the Villains in this scenarios!"

Of course the members of team B were Shoto and Fubuki Todoroki and Mezo Shoji, while the team who had been playing the part of Villains was Mashirao Ojiro and Toru Hagakure. They had all prepared themselves for the coming battle with one another, as Mashirao guarded the weapon, and Toru who had removed her gloves and boots since those were on the only thing she had been wearing so that she could be completely invisible though Mashirao himself found it to be awkward considering that she is a girl.

Shoto's costume consisted of a plain white shirt and pants, along with a pair of boots, while Fubuki's costume had been simple as well. She had on a black shirt turtleneck with black leather pants and what looked to be red straps just along her midriff; the shirt showed off her stomach which looked to have a scar their as well, and she had on a pair of gray sneakers and on her hands she had on a silver ring and a glove on her left hand.

The alarm soon went off and the training began.

Mezo had gone into the building first before he activated his Quirk. His arms extended before the tips of them turned to ears and moved to hear what had been around him, before the tips turned to mouths.

"There's one on the north side of the fourth floor." Mezo told Shoto and Fubuki, "The other one is somewhere on the same floor. They're barefoot." The other mouth leaned down a little, "The invisible one is coming to ambush us huh?"

"What should we do?" Fubuki had signed to her brother.

"Shoji, go outside." Shoto said, "It's going to get dangerous. Fubuki… Give me your hand.."

Fubuki looked to her brother and nodded before she did what he had asked her while Mezo went outside. "I'm sure that our opponents intend to fight a defensive battle…" Shoto said before he and Fubuki generated what looked to be ice mist from their hands before they placed it on either side of the wall; Shoto's right side had generated the ice however, "... But that doesn't matter to us."

In a matter of seconds the building had suddenly been covered in ice, surprising their comrade as he stepped outside. This had taken Mashiro back a bit as he found himself incapable of moving as he saw that ice had been stuck to his feet. Toru had no such luck either, since she had been a pair of feet, the ice had hurt her feet.

Mashiro tried to move as best he could, though he found himself unable to. "I can't move!" He said aloud, "This Quirk--" He soon heard footsteps that came in pairs; Shoto and Fubuki soon stepped into the room, and Mashiro readied himself, despite the fact that his feet were frozen.

"You can move if you want to." Shoto said as he gave a smirk, "But the skin on your feet will come off so you won't be able to fight at your best."

Mashiro still stood his ground, though deep down he knew he made a point. With Fubuki trailing close behind him, he approached before placing his hand on the weapon.

"The Hero Team wins!" Lena said over the speaker.

-Monitor Room-

The whole class couldn't help but shiver as they felt the cold in the air, as the Quirk had affected the monitor room as well. Everyone tried their best to warm themselves up even All Might who had an icicle coming from his nose. "Well, they didn't cause damage to the weapon nor their teammate…" All Might said as he shook, "... On top of that he weakened the enemy!"

"Well damn!" Lena said, as she wasn't affected by the cold, "Don't they have a strong Quirk!"

"Aihara-sensei, how are you not freezing!?" Mina yelled.

Lena simply replied with a smile, "Endurance my girl!"

"What does that even mean!?" Most of the students yelled.

Mineta said as he drooled a bit, "American chicks are amazing…"

It wasn't long till he got slapped by Tsuyu with her tongue. "Leave Aihara's sister alone."

Reina couldn't help but watch with amazement as she saw Shoto melt the ice with his left hand as the ice seemed to have vanished completely. She had placed her hand on her forehead as she couldn't help but feel… Well in a way small compared to her own Quirk. For her whole life, she had spent it living in fear of her own Quirk; many told her that her Quirk had been dangerous, that she could hurt people. That's what she lead herself to believe. She couldn't help but feel--

"Rei-chan?"

Reina let out a small gasp as she heard a familiar boy just behind her. She turned around slightly as she found him standing there; He held out his hand to her and gave her a smile, which Reina herself couldn't help but find familiar.

"Let's go home Rei-chan… She's waiting for us."

"... Go… Home…?"

Reina's vision suddenly became fuzzy as she started to stumble on her feet. The next thing she knew she found herself falling towards the ground; before her eyes shut completely, the last thing she saw was Katsuki's eyes in a state of panic as he yelled out her name.

***

"Reina… Did you know…Heroes can get scared too....?"

Reina groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. Her vision at first was fuzzy, everything had been a blur. All she could make out were lights and what looked to be a person looking at her up close, which had startled her. She let out a scream and out of reflex she punched whoever it had been across the face. Though it had turned out it had been Floyd, as she recognized him when he cried out in agony before hitting the empty bed that had been nearby.

"Floyd-kun!" Reina exclaimed as she sat up, "Were you trying to give me a heart attack?!"

Floyd yelled as he rubbed his cheek, "Well you didn't have to punch me in the face, dumbass!"

"DON'T YOU CALL ME A DUMBASS, DUMBASS!" She shouted, "YOU SHOULDN'T BE UP CLOSE TO ANYONE'S FACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS!"

Floyd shouted back as he stood up, "HEY! AT LEAST YOU'RE UP AND EVERYTHING!"

"Well the odd couple is back.." A familiar voice said.

Reina and Floyd looked over and saw what looked to be a small old lady, having on, a doctor lab coat with a dress and a red and yellow vest, using a large syringe as a cane. This had been of course the school's nurse, many knew as Recovery Girl. Next to her, they saw All Might standing there as well, back to his skinny self and his costume now looking baggy on him.

Reina gave an awkward look in her direction as she said, "Chiyo-san, not you too."

Floyd couldn't help but say to Recovery Girl, "Please don't, I'm already sick today.."

"Nonetheless it's nice to see that some of you are conscious." All Might said before he coughed a little.

Reina had a worried look on her face, "Are you alright All Might-senpai?"

"I should be asking you that Young Nouki." All Might said, "You gave everyone a scare after you collapsed."

Reina gave a somewhat questioning look by what All Might said as her eyes widened slightly. "I… Collapsed?" She repeated. She couldn't help but think back to the boy she had seen before she had passed out; The boy who had worn her red hat. She placed her hand against her forehead, just where the third eye had been hidden.

"I wonder… Could it have been…" She thought before she had been brought back to reality.

"I have to say, you even gave Young Bakugou quite a fright as well." All Might explained, "He even rushed you over here as soon as it happened, before Lena-san and I could get a good look at you."

"Bakugou-kun?" Reina said, a bit surprised.

"Yes." Recovery Girl added, "Why has he been right by your bedside this whole time."

Reina looked at Recovery Girl a bit confused before she motioned her to look down. Reina did and saw that Recovery Girl had been right. Right there she saw Katsuki had been sound asleep as he had still been wearing his Hero Costume; his head had been buried in his arms as he had been kneeling. She saw that he still held onto her hand which she found surprising.

Floyd soon said as he couldn't help but give a sneer as he tried to say as casually as possible, "Huh, well at least that was decent of him. I'll give him that."

"You didn't try to draw on his face did you?" Reina asked, giving him a look.

"Come on dude. What do you take me for?" Floyd said, giving her a look.

"Gee I don't know, your Quirk is art so I figured who would do something to Bakugou-kun while he slept!" She told him, giving him a suspicious look.

"What was that?!" Floyd snapped back.

Recovery Girl couldn't help but laugh "Oh, young love. It shows itself in many ways!"

"CHIYO-SAN!?" Reina yelled as her face turned red.

"WE'RE NOT A COUPLE!" Floyd yelled as his face turned red too.

Reina soon lost the red in her face when she realized something, "Izuku-kun! Is Izuku-kun alright?"

"Ah you mean Midoriya?" Recovery Girl said, "Don't worry he's resting." As she said this she pointed over to a bed that had been on her left and she saw Izuku still sleeping, though he had on a cast and was wrapped in bandages and was even hooked up to an IV capacitor. "Holy hell…" Reina said in complete shock by the way he looked.

"Even though it's the beginning of the year, the poor boy's been in here three times, not to mention I had to treat Reina-chan's wound." Recovery Girl said before turning over to All Might, "All Might! Why didn't you stop them!?"

All Might flinched at this before he had said to her, "I apologize, Recovery Girl."

"I'm not the one who you should be apologizing to, you idiot!" Recovery Girl said, still angry.

Floyd had added, "Yeah man. Tell that to him when he wakes up."

"Even you Young Aihara?" All Might said.

"On top of his total exhaustion, he was here yesterday." Recovery Girl said, "Need I remind you I can't heal him all at once. I did the first aid treatment already, so after the IV is finished we can only wait for his body to heal overnight."

"Overnight!?" Reina exclaimed out of confusion.

Recovery Girl let out a sigh, "Jeez, I know Midoriya is your favorite and that you passed your powers on to him, not to mention you told Reina-chan and Aihara-kun, but that doesn't mean you should spoil them!"

"What she said!" Floyd said.

Though it hadn't been long before Reina and Floyd did a double take at a certain thing she said, as they looked to her completely shocked. "Passed on powers." Is what she just said. They had soon put two and two together by what she meant.

"You know about the One For All Quirk Chiyo-san!?" Reina couldn't help but exclaim out of confusion.

"Well when your a nurse, you have to know everything about your patient, and I mean everything." Recovery Girl reasoned with her.

Floyd couldn't help but add on as he turned back to All Might, "Really dude. And you tell us to keep it on the DL"

"Young Aihara, rest assured I-"

"Don't give us excuses." Reina said, "Who else knows about the One For All Quirk? Do the teachers know? Does Shota know?"

All Might soon looked over to Katsuki, "Is it really okay to talk about it? What if Young Bakugou wakes up?"

"Oh don't worry." Reina said, "He's actually a heavy sleeper."

Floyd added, "Yeah, don't wanna wake Sleeping Beauty here. Now answer her question."

All Might let out a sigh before he replied, "Well, first off, my injury and this form is common knowledge amongst the teachers here and a certain group of Pro Heroes. But as for the One For All Quirk… Not including the three of you, and Recovery Girl, only a small group knows about it."

"Who then?" She asked, "Shota?"

"No." All Might replied bringing a wave of relief to herself, "Only four more know of this. The Principal of this school, a close friend of mine…" He took a moment to turn to Floyd, "Your father knows too."

Floyd's eyes widened at this, "Wha? Pops knows? Seriously?"

"And…" The Symbol of Peace said as he was a bit hesitant to answer this when he turned to Reina, "... The last one is a woman named Alcina."

Reina raised an eyebrow at that name, "Alcina? Who's Alcina?"

"She's…" All Might said looking to Recovery Girl for a moment before he turned back to Reina, "... A very dear friend of ours. She once worked here in the UA, but… That was a long time ago." Reina and Floyd stayed silent at this, as they both drew their own conclusion as to why All Might sounded sad as he told them this.

Recovery Girl had decided to change the subject, as she directed her attention to All Might, "Now look. I know it's not like you want to rest on laurels at the top, but is being the natural born hero or the Symbol of Peace really that important to you?"

Reina and Floyd wanted to know this answer too, as they looked at him with curious eyes. All Might had soon responded, "It is necessary. If I no longer am… Then the superhuman society will be seized by evil. This is the responsibility of those of us with powers like this."

Recovery Girl gave a smile before she replied, "If that's the case then it's important for you to learn what it means to guide someone." She turned to the two young teens before she had said, "Even if they don't have the same abilities as Midoriya-san."

All Might smiled at them before saying, "Yes, of course."

"Welp!" Floyd said putting his hands together before he held out his hand to him, "Here's to looking forward to more lessons with you All Might-sensei!"

All Might took his hand shaking his hand, "As do I Young Aihara." He had soon proceeded out the door before saying, "Now I suggest you three get back to class. Let Recovery Girl take care of Young Midoriya."

"Of course! We'll be on our way!" Floyd said, as he stood up from his bed, "Come on Reina-chan!"

Reina was about to get up but nearly forgot that Katsuki was still holding onto his hand. She looked to him as she still worried for him, though it hadn't been long before she thought of an idea as she looked down to the young blonde teen. "Hello? Reina-chan?" Floyd said, "Wake up Sleeping Beauty and let's go back!"

"Uh, yeah right!" Reina said.

She looked down at Katsuki and went to wake him up. Using her other hand she pinched his ear, making him jump and groan at the feeling. She pulled back her hand as she allowed Katsuki to stand up. He looked at her and she saw relief in his eyes when he saw her sitting up. Reina smiled back at him, "Let's go. We still have the whole day ahead of us."

Katsuki merely nodded his head, still staying silent. Reina stood up from the bed with effort; still hanging on to her, he allowed her to lead him out of the nurses office and towards the changing room first since they had still been wearing their Hero Costumes. After they had left, Recovery Girl couldn't help but look back at her computer with a sad look on her face.

"He told her about the One For All Quirk, and yet, we still haven't told Reina-chan anything." She said, aloud, "It's not fair to a girl as sensitive as her…"

***

-Later that Day-

Before anyone had knew it the sun began to set over the horizon, as most of the students proceeded to go back home. Reina sat at her desk as she gathered her things, and even took the liberty to double check her bag for a set of training clothes she had at the bottom of her bag. She had been planning on practicing her Quirk along with Floyd once the day had been over, although she had something different in mind this time.

She heaved a deep sigh before she zipped up her bag. Floyd asked her, "Are you sure about this?"

"If it's the only way to help him, then I'm sure." Reina replied.

Floyd let out a sigh before saying, "Do what you have to do, man."

This time Reina had said nothing to him, as she stood up from his seat and approached Katsuki, who had his head down the whole time. She cleared her throat before saying, "Hey, Bakugou-kun? How are you doing?" Katsuki chose not to answer as he just kept to himself mostly. Reina let out a sigh before she had said, "Listen, I was wondering… Would it be alright if I stayed at your place tonight?"

Katsuki merely moved his head so that his eye was peeking out. Reina soon started to stammer nervously, "Um… I already asked Shota, and he said I quote, 'As long as you arrive at class on time tomorrow, than you can do whatever you want.' I know it's last minute, but--knowing your parents, I'm sure they wouldn't mind--But if you don't want me too, then that's fine, I get it! You'd probably want to be alone and I understand that! But--"

"...Fine." She heard him saying cutting her off.

Though she didn't quite hear him as she looked at him questiongly. He soon repeated softly, "... It's fine…"

Reina had only been stunned for a few moments before she smiled at him, and said, "I'm glad to hear it. I'm very sorry if I'm causing you trouble."

Katsuki merely grunted before he stood up from his seat. It hadn't been surprising to Reina when she saw him grab his bag and made his way to the classroom door. Reina got her bag and looked to Floyd as she noticed he was giving a look.

"Just letting you know this now…" Floyd said as he gave an evil smile, "... If he does anything to you, Imma gonna kill him."

"Get your mind out of the gutter dum-dum." Reina said as she pinched his cheek hard.

Floyd said before he stuck his tongue out as he rubbed his cheek, "Bite me."

With Reina sticking her tongue back at him, she followed Katsuki out the door; most of the students were surprised to see that Reina and Katsuki were suddenly leaving without so much as batting an eye to the others or saying goodbye, though only Chouko and Fumikage had an idea as to why.

Tenya went and asked Floyd, "I thought for sure, she would be mad at Bakugou-kun for what he did, and yet she's walking home with him. How does she even forgive him so easily?"

Floyd merely shrugged to Tenya before he replied, "That's what I asked everyday man."

"I think it's noble of her." Chouko said with a smile, "It just goes to show you how selfless she is."

"And that there is strength in forgiveness." Fumikage said.

Floyd looked at the two of them with his eyes widened. "When did you get here?'

Fumikage gave him a questioning look in Floyd's direction, "We've been standing here the whole time."

Floyd laughed nervously before he said, "Oh right."

***

Reina and Katsuki soon had gotten to the foot lockers as the sun started to set. Reina had gotten on her roller blades while Katsuki had put on his casual sneakers. For awhile the two of them stayed silent, as they prepared to leave the premises. Though Reina found it to be awkward as she twiddled her thumbs as she tried to think of a good topic to talk about. She quickly followed him outside as he started to walk towards the gate. She caught up to him before she started to speak up again.

"It's--Uh…" Reina started to say, "... Been awhile since I've been to your house, I just realized… Have your parents been well? They must be working hard."

Katsuki didn't say anything as he had his hands in his pockets. Reina heaved a sigh before she said, "I bet… They're proud of you for getting into the UA." Reina couldn't help but have a sad smile on her face, "It must be nice, having a mother and father to support you. To be proud of something you achieved on your own."

Katsuki looked at her, giving her a somewhat worried look on his face. Reina realized what she had been saying before she gave a reassured smile, "I'm sorry. I guess I got a little lost in thought."

"KAA-CHAN!"

They both stopped in their tracks as they heard a familiar voice. Reina had been the first to turn around and saw that it was Izuku, still wearing the cast on his arm. Her eyes were widened with relief as she had been thankful to see Izuku standing on his own two feet. Izuku's eyes looked relieved as well when he saw Reina.

"Reina-chan!" He said, "How are you feeling? Are you in pain?"

"I feel like I should be asking you that." Reina said, giving him a small smile, "You doing alright?"

"Ye—Yeah." Izuku stammered, "I'm fine. I'm actually here to talk to Kaa-chan. The others said you guys were—"

Izuku froze a little and Katsuki finally turned to him and said harshly, "What?"

Izuku stood there nervously as he took a deep breath before saying, "Kaa-chan… I can't say much about this, but… I feel like you should be the one to know this at least…"

Reina let out a gasp before she thought, "Izuku-kun! Don't tell me you're going to—"

"My Quirk… I…" He said, before looking him dead in the eye.

"Izuku-kun no don't say it!"

"... I got it from someone else."

Reina nearly tripped on herself as she slapped herself mentally, "WHY DID YOU SAY IT?!" She yelled in her head.

Izuku continued as Katsuki's face looked more angry than before with every word he uttered, "I can't say who I got it from, but… this is like something out of a comic book only… It's real. On top of that I can't even control this borrowed power yet, so it's pretty useless to me. I tried to be like Reina-chan in the exercise, I tried to win against you without having to rely on it, but in the end I couldn't, and she ended up paying the price for it. I won't let that happen again, but I still have a ways to go… Which is why… I'm going to make it my own someday, and overcome you with my own power."

Katsuki stood there with his jaw slightly open while Reina had merely been frozen as she found herself slowly leaning over, prepared to faint out of mere shock. Izuku soon realized what he said as his widened out of shock. Reina finally stood up straight as she made hand gestures over to him.

"Why the hell did you say all that?!" Is what she said through her hands.

Izuku started to make gestures of his own as he looked to be panicked over what he did, "I don't know! I only meant to tell him I wasn't trying to trick him!"

"How did it translate to this?!"

"I wasn't thinking! I'm sorry!"

Finally Katsuki turned around, and he said, "What… The hell is that?" This had taken Reina and Izuku back when he had said something like this. "Borrowed power? Are you kidding me with that crap? Are you trying to make more of a fool than you already have?" Katsuki's body was starting to shake, as he started to yell, "What are you trying to say!? Today I lost! And to make matters worse it was to you! That's all it was! That's all!"

Izuku and Reina saw his body shaking intensely, though they couldn't tell if it had been out of rage or something else entirely. He gritted his teeth before shouting even louder, "I watched those two! Those people with ice Quirks! I thought that I couldn't beat them!" He gripped his face before he yelled, "Damn it all! I even agreed with what that ponytail girl said! And if losing to you wasn't enough, I even agreed with what the Half-Breed said back there!" He clenched his fist in rage as he continued, "Damn it! Damn it! DAMN IT ALL!"

Finally they saw on his face, he had tears leaving Izuku and Reina speechless at this before he exclaimed, "YOU TOO DEKU! I'M JUST GETTING STARTED! YOU HEAR ME!? I'LL BECOME THE NUMBER HERO AND I'LL BEAT YOU AT YOUR OWN GAME!"

Katsuki turned and resumed walking all while he wiped away the tears he had shed. "Enjoy your win while it lasts, because you won't beat me again you bastard!"

Though he took the words to heart, Izuku and Reina couldn't help but sigh with relief as he didn't take what Izuku had told him seriously. Just before Reina could catch up to Katsuki--

"THERE HE IS!!"

Izuku and Reina almost fell to the floor when All Might suddenly dashed right by them and towards Katsuki. "YOUNG! BAKUGOU!" He yelled before grasping his shoulders when he caught up, "I FOUND YOU!"

As All Might caught his breath, he had soon said to Katsuki, "Just so you know, pride is important. You definitely have the abilities needed to become a Pro. However you still have a lot of--"

"Let go All Might, I can't walk." Katsuki said, surprising All Might at this, "I'll become a Hero that surpasses even you without telling me!"

"Uh--Ri--Right." All Might said as he had been speechless; he let go of shoulders before he thought to himself, "He's… Completely over it."

"Nouki!" Katsuki soon said, in his usual tone, making Reina flinch, "Hurry it up, or I'm leaving without you."

"Oh! Right!" Reina said before turning to Izuku, "I'll see you tomorrow Izuku-kun. Feel better okay?"

Izuku smiled and nodded to her, "You too, Reina-chan."

Katsuki couldn't help but growl a little, as he kept his head down he stomped over to Reina before he took her hand, surprising again like he did earlier today. He started to drag her, though it made it easier since Reina had been wearing her roller blades at the time. Though what none of them didn't notice was the fact that some of the girls, mainly Mina, Ochaco, Chouko and Tsuyu were watching along with Floyd who had but a sneer on his face and Gio who seemed very interested.

"What was that?" Mina asked.

"The fated battle between men!" Ochaco said.

Chouko smiled before commenting on the way Katsuki acted, "Bakugou-san is a very interesting person."

"Though it looked like Midoriya-san was just giving excuses one-sidedly." Tsuyu said.

"Man, it looks like the plot is thickening ever so slightly." Gio said excitedly, "Don't you think so Floyd?"

Floyd said as he gritted his teeth "Yeah… Intense… If only my Quirk is Super Sonic Hearing, maybe I can hear what they're saying."

"Hey Aihara-san… Are you okay?" Chouko asked curiously.

"It sounds like you're jealous—Ribbit." Tsuyu added.

""I'M NOT JEALOUS!" Floyd shouted as he started to blush.

"Your face is all red." Ochaco pointed out.

Floyd yelled as he stammered, "N—No! That it's not!"

Mina's eyes brightened before she said, "YOU'RE TOTALLY JEALOUS AREN'T YOU!?"

Floyd yelled back at her, "SHUT UP DUMMY!"

***

-Later that Night-

The two of them eventually made it to Katsuki's house and needless to say Katsuki's mom was taken back when Reina showed up to their door with her son; Mitsuki practically drowned her in a hug, only to be broken up by Katsuki himself.

Reina always found it funny yet strange how he would refer to her as an old hag instead of mom. She figured that it had been routine at this point as she would watch them yell and shout at one another. She wouldn't admit to them that she was a little jealous of the relationship they had, as she couldn't remember if she even had parents to begin with. She didn't let that stop her from feeling sad, as she went through it all with a smile.

She soon sat on their living room couch as she sipped some tea provided by Mitsuki, while Katsuki had been in the kitchen washing the dishes while angrily mumbling to himself.

"I'm sorry, I know that this all last minute--" Reina said as Mitsuki approached her with a plate of what looked to be some sort of a sweet.

"Now, now it's alright Reina-chan." Mitsuki reassured her with a smile, "You could never be a bother. Here we are, my speciality." She held out a small plate that had been a tart decorated with what looked to be a green apple, a peach and a peach, all which were in slices; Her eyes brightened up at the look of it.

"Whoa, it looks so tasty." Reina commented.

"Made it myself just this morning, so it's still fresh." Mitsuki said, "You'll be the first to try this, so let me know how it is."

"Thank you." She said, "I'll happily have some." Reina took a fork that had been by the plate's side before she cut off a piece of a tart. She took a bite from it before her eyes started to sparkle from the taste. "Well what do you think?" Mitsuki asked.

"It's delicious." The young teen replied honestly, "Is this a new recipe?"

Mitsuki nodded her head in reply before saying, "I plan on showing this to my boss tomorrow! Maybe it'll finally reel those customers back in. Things have been slow as of late."

"You're still working in that cafe then?"

"Yeah, it's hell to deal with the customers, though at the very least the pay's not bad."

"Your husband… Masaru-san is he away on business?"

"He's in Paris at one of his meetings, won't be back till next month."

They soon heard Katsuki yell from the kitchen, "NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT OLD HAG!"

"REINA-CHAN CARES SO SHUT YOUR MOUTH IDIOTIC SON OF MINE!" Mitsuki yelled back.

"EAT SHIT AND DIE!" He yelled back.

Reina couldn't help but laugh at how hilarious they sounded. It really is lively in this house, is what came to her head. "You and Floyd-san's mom must really get along huh? I heard from Floyd-kun that you and her meet up sometimes for breakfast."

"Ah you mean Josephine-san." Mitsuki said, "I do enjoy our talks, she's still kicking it as ever." She soon sat forward in her seat, "But let's drop that topic for now, I'd like to hear more of what you're doing. How are you liking UA so far?"

Reina had replied, "It's alright, if you don't mind having your Guardian be your homeroom teacher."

Mitsuki couldn't help but laugh at that, "You're training to become a Hero, and yet your still scared of your Guardian?"

Reina chuckled a little before she replied, "I wouldn't be lying if I said if I was a little bit."

Mitsuki laughed a little at this, "At the very least you have a good teacher." Mitsuki soon took notice of Reina's hoodie that she had worn over her uniform, as Reina continued to eat her freshly made tart. Though she quickly took notice that she had been staring. "What is it?" She asked, "Did something get on my face?"

Mitsuki shook her head in reply, "No, I'm just admiring my son's work. It really does suit you."

Reina couldn't help but turn red at this, "Re--really?"

"You know something…" Mitsuki started to say, "... Despite how idiotic my son can be, you should've seen how focused he was on making that hoodie for you. It's the first time I've seen my boy so determined to give a gift to someone."

Reina's eyes widened slightly at this, as she had stayed silent as she became interested in her words. Mitsuki continued still with a smile, "Often at times I see him staying up all night trying to sew that hoodie together. He even pricked his fingers a couple of times. I thought for sure that would be the end of it, but he just kept working on it for you Reina-chan. You must be special to him."

Reina's face couldn't help but turn red at this as she stayed silent. Her expression soon changed on her face to a somewhat sad look as she couldn't help but think.

"... That's far from the truth, Mitsuki-san… I'm no one special…"

A little more time had passed by in the Bakugou household, as they had decided to turn in for the night. Mitsuki had set up a futon in her son's room, since she didn't think he would mind as much as he didn't make much of an argument about it.

As Katsuki changed into his usual sleepwear he plopped onto his bed thinking about something in particular. His mind was still on Reina, and what she did and how he acted during the combat training.

Most of the time he didn't understand why Reina was the way she was, with people like him. How can a girl like her even forgive someone like him so easily after what he did? That was the question that was on his mind at the moment.

For a moment he looked over to what appeared to be a cat in a top hat plush that had been sitting in the corner of his room, looking torn and beat up a bit. Some images in his head passed him by; most of them were playing back in his brain as if it had been a home movie.

"Kaa-chan come look! That cat there has a top hat!"

"So? It's kind of funny looking."

"Not to me he doesn't! He looks so cute."

"Here you are young man, first prize."

"You can have him Loli-chan. So you'll have something to remember from today."

"Thank you Kaa-chan!"

"Bakugou-kun?"

Katsuki jumped a little as he sat up; He saw Reina standing at the doorway, wearing a plain black t-shirt with gray sweatpants. She had a towel over her shoulder as her hair hung loosely over her shoulders; she still had on the hoodie. He let out a sigh as he realized that it had just been her, before he ran his hand through his hair.

"What?" Katsuki said, avoiding looking her in the eye.

"Nothing, it's just you looked like you were in a daze." Reina said as he saw through the reflection of the window, she had a worrisome look, "I had gotten a little worried."

Katsuki merely clicked his tongue as he looked out his room window. Reina merely tilted her head before she looked around his room, taking notice of the little cat that had been sitting in the corner. "You still have that little cat huh?" Reina said, "Don't worry I'm not one to judge; It's your treasure after all. How come you won't tell me where you got it from anyway? I mean everytime I ask you just tell me to drop it. Don't tell me it was from a girl back in middle school."

"Tell me something Nouki…" Katsuki finally said, "... Why are you the way you are?"

Reina looked confused by this as she tilted her head again, "What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb." He said as he was a bit harsh, "How are you even you? How can you be the way you are? How can you even be forgiving? I hurt you! You should be pissed, but you're not! I almost killed you and yet you just decided to do something like this!! You should've avoided me, and yet your acting like nothing happened! You're talking to me even though I hurt you! How?! Why?! How are you the way are?! Why are you the way you are?! Just say something!! TELL ME WHY!"

Reina noticed that tears were threatening to fall as he finally looked at her. Despite him shouting harshly she calmly stood there before she took a deep breath. "If I was any other person I would probably tell you I felt sorry for you, and I wanted to comfort you. But… Then again I'm not that kind of person." She said, "I can't answer why I am the way I am, but I can tell you this… Being angry forever isn't going to get you anywhere."

Katsuki had been taken back by this.

Reina had continued on, "... Bakugou-kun… I'm not mad. Even though I should be, I'm not. I think it was more because I was more worried for you than I was mad, or even scared."

"What the hell does that mean?!" Katsuki couldn't help but shout.

Reina merely stood there calmly before she had responded, "... You're asking the wrong girl, even I don't know. But in that moment, when you went after Izuku-kun like that… I saw that you turned into me. Or at least, you were about to become someone that was worse than a Villain. I felt like you were about to fall in a place where I couldn't reach you. I guess I was worried that you wouldn't be you anymore."

Katsuki tried to say something but couldn't; though he jumped slightly when Reina took his hands into her own. "Just promise me, if something like that should ever happen again, than I want you to rely on me if you won't rely on Izuku-kun and Floyd-kun. Please come to me for help if you should ever feel that way again, okay?"

This time he felt his face heat up, as he started to stammer. Once more he tried to say something but he couldn't as he tried to move his mouth. Finally he let out a sigh as he pried his hand gently from her own. "Back there… On the training grounds… I never knew you could sing." He soon said softly.

This time Reina was the one that turned red, "O--oh yeah." She said nervously, "I don't really like other people knowing about it. Other than Shota and Hizashi-san your the only person who's ever heard it. Not even Izuku-kun and Floyd-kun know. It's with good reason since, I don't think it sounds good."

"No… " Katsuki said honestly as he avoided her gaze, "Your voice, it sounds beautiful."

Reina's face was soon completely flushed with red, "D--do--do--Don't say things like that it's embarrassing!"

Katsuki couldn't help but chuckle a little at the way she looked. "If you really don't like people knowing about it, than I won't say anything." Katsuki said as he rubbed the back of his head as he blushed again, "But in exchange, could you let me hear you sing again?"

"Wait… You want to hear more?" She asked surprised.

"Don't make me ask again, idiot." Katsuki said in his usual tone of voice as he tried to hide his face from her.

Reina looked at Katsuki just still in shock, as she wondered if he was serious or not. It hadn't been long however before she drew her own conclusion. "Man… You really are complicated aren't you?" She said with an amused smile, earning a growl from him, "Okay than… If you really want to hear it, than I'll sing for you. But you better not tell anyone afterwards you got it?"

"Who the hell do you take me for!? Don't just assume shit like that!"

"Relax Mr. Number One, it was just a joke."

Reina soon pondered at what song she should sing; after but a few brief moments a song came into her head. With a deep breath, she started to sing with a voice of silk and warmth. Katsuki listened closely, as eventually fell back in his bed looking up to his ceiling while Reina sat on the floor at his bedside.

"June was the lobster shell

I dug by hand

A haven that hid me well

Beneath the sand

The white windy waves washed in

But I stayed dry

The great breakers broke again

As I nodded off inside

And then, when the Empress ran aground

And my eyes turn blue and green

I heard a gorgeous sound

And that's when it became a dream

When the sky fell in

When the hurricanes came for me

I could finally crash again

And that's how I became the sea"

Reina soon looked behind her and saw Katsuki already fast asleep, having a peaceful look on his face. She couldn't help but smile warmly as she couldn't help but pat him on the head gently. "Sweet dreams Bakugou-kun." She whispered.

She had activated her Quirk and with a wave of her hand the light had dimmed before she too fell asleep.