Little Alice

-Years Ago; Promise Clinic-

Reina couldn't remember the last time she had a good night's sleep, or even if she had any at all. Since she came to that hospital she always seemed to have trouble with shutting her eyes for the rest of the night. She would try over and over again, though it would end up being pointless in the end. Most days, she found herself watching the sunrise over the horizon that the view in her window had provided.

Which was nice, if she hadn't been so tired for the rest of the day.

She found herself at one of those nights again, as she sat in her room the hospital had been kind enough to provide. It had been standard as hospitals go, though not without a few of her own accessories. In the corner of the room sat a dollhouse as well as a set of toys that had been scattered about around the dollhouse. Many drawings had either been hanging on the wall or were on the floor or even on the couch that the room had provided, and a sheathed sword sat just next to her bed, along with a red baseball cap.

For a moment she looked over to the wall where the television used to be. She remembered that she had broken it accidentally, after she saw something scary, so they had to remove it. She tried to ask them to get her a new television, though ultimately they ended up refusing.

She wanted to do something else than draw just to pass the time.

At least see what kind of cartoons had been on.

It hadn't been long before she had been startled when she heard the door open.

"Reina-chan? Why are you still awake?"

Reina looked over and saw it had been her doctor; Doctor Shimizu.

"... I couldn't sleep…" The child replied softly.

Shimizu let out a sigh as her ears on her head dropped slightly, "... Little Alice, you need your rest. If you can't sleep you won't be able to grow."

"The funny samurai said that milk makes you grow though…" The child said nonchalantly.

"Ah, you must mean Oda-san." Shimizu said after she gave a soft laugh, "Well that's true too, but sleeping is healthy for you as well.."

This time Reina stayed silent as she looked over to the picture that she had drawn with the crayons the hospital had provided for her. Shimizu looked at the picture as she saw in crayon she looked to have drawn a creature of some kind. It had been done with black crayon as it looked to have a deer skull head with horns like that of a bull; It's back looked to have spikes coming out from it's back as it stood tall in the drawing; she had been using a red crayon to color in its eyes.

"This one looks new…" Shimizu pointed out as she sat on the bed beside her, "... Is this from a story…?"

Reina shook her head, "... It was from my dream…"

Shimizu's expression changed slightly at this as her ears twitched. She had remembered Reina telling her about the dreams she had been having, and needless to say, they were horrific.

"Is that why you can't sleep…?" Shimizu soon asked, "... Because of your dreams…?"

Reina stayed silent for a moment or two before she gave her reply, "... Maybe…"

"May I…?" Shimizu soon said as she gestured to the picture. Reina nodded as she handed the colored drawing over to her, so that she could take a closer examination.

It hadn't been long before she heard the child say, "... Shimizu… I heard Riichi and the others talk about me again… They saw one of my drawings, and said…They looked creepy… They called me crazy…" The doctor's expression softened at this, as Reina had asked, "...You don't think I'm crazy… Do you…?"

Shimizu gave a smile, before she shook her head, "Don't mind what they say about you little Alice. You're not crazy. You're just a normal little girl."

"But…" The child soon said, "... The dreams I've been having… The monsters I've been seeing… I know that they're real. They don't believe me when I tell them. They keep saying I made it up… They said…Only people that have lost it do that sort of thing..."

"Well I believe you. Oda-san, Malcolm-kun, and those. nice people from UA believe you too." Shimizu said, "Riichi, Wan and Will, just have a hard time understanding it is all… Sometimes they're others that don't click on certain things right away. Just give it time… And I'm sure they'll come to their senses."

Reina let out a sigh as she had her doubts about it. "... I know what they really think of me…" Shimizu heard her whisper, "... They think I'm a freak and that I'm dangerous… It's not my fault that I can't control it… Maybe that's why they're scared… "

Shimizu's expression softened once more as she let out a sigh. She soon noticed the time on her watch, "We'll talk about this more in the morning okay?" Shimizu said as she stood up, "Now please… Get some sleep."

Just before Shimizu could exit the room Reina had stopped her.

"Wait…" She said, "... Could you stay… Until I fall asleep…?"

Shimizu gave a nod, as she smiled again, "... Of course." She dimmed the lights of the room as she took a seat on the couch provided. After what had seemed like an hour, Reina had fallen asleep; though Shimizu had fallen asleep on the couch soon after she did.

***

-Present; Sports Festival-

The very minute Katsuki's mind had been done processing what Eijirou had just told him, he stormed out of the stage before anyone could have a chance to look him over or even escort him to Recovery Girl. Despite the protest and how tired he felt, he felt himself running down the hall calling out for Reina's name; he didn't even care if he left a trail of blood behind him.

"REINA!" He called out, "REINA!! WHERE ARE YOU!?"

The minute Katsuki turned the corner, he felt himself stumble as he braced himself on the wall nearby. For a moment he felt his stomach churn as he put his hand to his mouth to prevent himself from coughing out what he had previously eaten. It hadn't been long before Eijirou and Floyd had caught up with him.

"Bakugou, hey!" Eijirou said as he put his hand on his shoulder, "Are you okay!?"

"Get off me shitty hair!" Katsuki said as he shook him off; He started to move forward again, "REINA!" He shouted, "I KNOW YOU HEAR ME! ANSWER ME DAMN IT!"

He staggered as he walked, though ended up nearly falling to the floor, if it hadn't been for Floyd who had managed to catch him by the arm, as he went to catch his breath again.

"Easy dude!" Floyd told him as he helped him to stand, "We gotta get you over to Recovery Girl! You're in no shape to find her!"

"SCREW THAT, HALF-BREED!" Katsuki shouted, as he stumbled a little, "I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE HER THE WAY SHE IS!" He pointed over to Eijirou, "AND I SURE AS HELL DON'T TRUST HIM, OR THE OTHER EXTRAS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM! WHICH BY THE WAY THEY STARTED!"

"Come on man, that just hurts…" Eijirou said as he had been offended.

"Do you really think you can find Reina-chan?" Floyd asked "Have some common sense for a sec. If she finds you all bloodied, how do you think she's gonna react to that?"

Katsuki's eyebrow twitched, "Are you saying that she won't trust me!?"

"No man, that's not what he's saying!" Eijirou said, "He's just saying that you might scare her if she sees you the way you are!"

Floyd soon added, "Exactly my point!".

Katsuki soon let out a growl, "... She's not going to hurt me." Floyd and Eijirou had been taken back by this response.

"Wait, how do you--" Floyd said.

"Because she knows me alright!?" Katsuki said, as he started to walk; he had been shaking slightly with every step he took, "Not quit wasting my time and let me find her damn it!"

"Man… He really is stubborn when it comes to Reina huh?" Eijirou said.

Floyd couldn't help but groan out of annoyance as he said while he started to stomp after him, "That's one thing I hate about him." Eijirou soon followed behind him as they caught Katsuki again.

They had eventually caught up to the rest of their classmates in no time at all; luckily they had been nearby. At first most of them had been worried since they Katsuki had been covered in his own blood, as he could barely stand up.

Though all it took was one threat from the angry blonde and they had immediately shut up about it. Floyd would've hit him on the head for it, though he was still injured from the fight. Best to be left alone is what he thought.

The whole class had been looking for Reina outside of the stadium; each of them calling out her name, hoping that she would give a response. However it turned up fruitless, as no matter how loud they shouted her name. Right now, the whole class had been taking a breather.

"How is Reina-chan so good at hiding!?" Kaminari exclaimed.

Floyd merely responded as he had been getting annoyed too, "She was the champ at hide-n-seek. So I wouldn't know."

"... I wonder where Rei-Rei could be though…" Mina said worryingly, "Or for that matter what got her so spooked?"

"I can't think of other places where we haven't looked." Ochaco said.

"Perhaps she's in the UA building." Tenya suggested.

"But she would have no reason to go there!" Gio said, "I doubt the cafeteria is open at this time!"

Floyd and Izuku flinched at the mentioning of cafeteria as they both remembered what they saw; They didn't even notice that Katsuki had a reaction to the mentioning of the word. "Ma--Maybe we should try looking elsewhere!" Izuku had been quick to suggest.

Floyd had added, "Ye--Yeah, there's other places we can check out!"

"Like where?" Sero asked, "We practically searched the entire school grounds!"

"Not necessarily." Fumikage said, "There's still the USJ building."

"That and the training grounds." Tsuyu added.

"Not to mention the PE grounds!" Yuga had also added.

Izuku soon started to go through the options in his head. "I doubt even with her Quirk she would reach USJ, especially in her current state…" He said aloud, "... The same can be said for some of the training grounds that UA has…" Izuku soon looked at his classmates, "... From the way I see it… We have only two options, the PE grounds and Ground Beta."

"Ground Beta!?" Most of the Class exclaimed.

"But that place is huge!" Mineta exclaimed, "It'll take forever to look for her there! If she is even there!"

Floyd and Gio gave Mineta a smack on the head as they both said, "Shut up Mineta."

"Chou-chan and I can help!" Ochaco soon said as she raised her hand, "We can see everything once we're up in the air!"

"She's right." Chouko said, "If we head over to Ground Beta we might be able to spot something."

"Not if she's inside one of the buildings." Kyoka soon said as she stepped forward, "You're gonna need me to help with that."

Izuku and Floyd looked at one another as they nodded. "Okay." Izuku said, "Myself, Floyd-san, Uraraka-san, Shoichi-san, Jiro-san, Tokiyama-kun, Terebi-kun and Yaoyorozu-san will check Ground Beta. Everyone else will go check the PE grounds."

The class seemed to have nodded at this, though Katsuki on the other hand--

"Hell no, Deku!" He said, taking everyone by surprise, "I'm going with you and the Inkhead!"

Izuku started to nervous as he soon replied, "Kaa-chan, I know you want to help her, but she might react badly if she sees you injured like tha--"

"--DON'T ASSUME SHIT LIKE THAT SHITTY NERD!!" Katsuki shouted as Izuku shrunk at the tone of his voice.

Floyd gave him a light tap on shoulder as he said, "Hey, hey, easy. You're still injured. You don't wanna reopen your wounds to a worser scale."

"Don't do that to me again, Inkhead!" Katsuki said, before he started to go in the direction of Ground Beta, "Like or not, I'm going with you idiots! You won't be able to handle her like I can!"

"But dude, you don't even know if she's over ther--" Rikido started to say before he had been cut off.

"I KNOW SHE'S HIDING THERE!!!" He yelled before he started to make his way towards where Ground Beta was, "NOW SHUT UP, AND LET'S GET MOVING!"

Class 1A looked completely shocked at this as Katsuki went in the direction of Ground Beta; Most of their jaws had dropped by the way he had acted.

"How can a guy like that have so much adrenaline?" Chouko couldn't help but wonder aloud.

"Maybe it's from all the blood he lost…?" Kaminari said.

"Seriously, he scares me sometimes…" Mineta said as he shivered.

"We should get moving now!" Izuku told the group, "If you find Reina-chan before us, text us!"

"Right!" Tenya said, "Let's hurry and find Reina-kun!"

The group split apart as Floyd said with a wave, "Good luck guys!"

And thus, the search began.

***

-Meanwhile-

The very moment Floyd ran off with Katsuki as soon as they had gotten the news from their fellow classmate; Josephine, Joji, Lena and Aaron had been quick to take action too. While Lena and Joji went to see if anyone on the fairgrounds had seen her, Josephine and Aaron went to go and tell Oda about what had happened. Unfortunately for them, when they had arrived with Oda, they saw that Shota had been speaking to him.

Of course they had no choice but to say what Eijirou had told them; and needless to say, Shota didn't take it well.

"She did what!?" Shota exclaimed.

Josephine soon told him, "It's just as one of your students said. One minute she was talking to herself, and the next, she tried to attack them."

"She didn't mean to, she just looked scared according to him." Aaron had added.

Oda said as he pinched the bridge of his nose, "oh… That girl.."

"Do they have an idea on where she could've gone?" Shota asked them.

"No." Josephine replied, "By the time they recovered he said she already ran off."

"Bakugou and Floyd already ran off to look for her." Aaron said, "But… From what he said, and given the way Reina acted, there's no telling what she could do now. For all we know she could hurt herself, or another person… Maybe worse."

Oda soon said to Shota, "Then you realize what this means right?"

Shota couldn't help but let out an annoyed groan, "Damn it Reina… The one time she doesn't tell me what's been happening, something like this comes our way!"

Aaron had been taken back at this, "Wait, then you know what's happening to her?"

"More or less…" Shota replied before turning to Oda, "... We need to handle this situation carefully. If something or someone sets her off, you know what will happen."

Oda gave a nod as he replied, "Right, that said we need to hurry. We don't have time till the next match up starts."

"Wait, dad, do you know something about this?" Josephine asked, "About Reina-chan?"

Oda had told his daughter, "... Yes… I do. I'll explain the rest later when all this is over."

Shota soon made his way down the hall, as he said calmly, "For now, let's look through the places she could've gone." For a moment he turned back to Oda, "But be careful. If they catch wind of this, then it won't be just Villains we have to worry about."

Oda nodded as he replied, "No need to remind me of that"

"Where are you going?" Aaron soon asked.

"To tell the Principal of this." Shota said, before he picked up the pace, "Now hurry and find her. We don't have much time."

Aaron and Josephine soon turned to Oda. "Alright… So what do we do?" Josephine soon asked her father.

Oda soon gave his reply, "We follow suit."

***

-Beta Ground-

It hadn't been long before the small group had reached the Beta Ground, where they thought Reina could've gone. Though as they approached the doors they had been in for a big surprise. As they approached the entrance to the Beta Ground they saw that one of the gates had been gone; instead they saw that the left gate had been flat on the ground.

"Well…" Ochaco said awkwardly, "... That's new."

"... I think it's safe to assume that Reina-chan came through here." Chouko said.

"See?" Katsuki said, "What did I tell you?"

Floyd said to him as his eyebrow twitched, "Yeah yeah, you told us so.."

"Come on you two, now's not the time to start a fight!" Gio said.

"Still I'm amazed…" Fumikage said as he looked at Katsuki, "... How did you know she would even come here?"

"... It's what she does." Katsuki replied, "Everytime she gets scared… She'll go to a place that's quiet yet safe. Trust me, I've seen it before."

"Now I can see why she would come here." Momo said as she noted the distance between Ground Beta and where the Sports Festival stadium had been, "It is far from people."

"Not to mention hiding in any of these buildings would make anyone feel fortified." Kyoka added.

"Even I didn't know that about her." Izuku said, "Did you know, Floyd-san?"

Floyd shrugged as he replied, "No, she didn't tell me."

Kyoka soon kneeled onto the ground as she attached her plugs to the floor, putting her hand to her ear.

"I hear something…" Kyoka said, "... It's faint, but I hear breathing. Up ahead I think."

"Sounds like that's my cue." Chouko said as she stretched her wings a little, "I'll go up ahead and see if I spot anything."

Izuku nodded, "If you see something let us know on our phones."

"Got it." Chouko said.

With a running start she jumped high into the air and started to fly through the air as she flew as fast as she could. "Let's trail behind Shoichi-san in the meantime." Izuku said to the group, "Just in case she runs into any trouble."

"Right!" Everyone agreed.

They started heading into Ground Beta as they stayed close behind Chouko. They walked slowly as they kept on their toes; keeping their eyes peeled as they didn't know what to expect. Katsuki had tried to keep up his pace, though found it difficult to do so. His line of vision seemed to have gotten worse, as he felt exhaustion take hold of him. His skin seemed to have gotten paler as he finally collapsed on his knees.

The group took notice of this.

"Kaa-chan!" Izuku exclaimed, as he ran to him, "Are you okay?!"

Katsuki's expression changed when Izuku approached; he batted his hand away when he reached out to him. "I'm fine!" He told him, "I just--Need a minute!"

"You're not fine man!" Gio said, "Look at yourself, you can hardly stand up!"

"I said I'm fi--"

Katsuki tried to stand up again, but he only fell back onto the ground as the group jumped. "Bakugou-kun!" Ochaco exclaimed as she noticed the look on his face, "You're getting worse!"

"We gotta get you to Recover--" Kyoka started to say.

"Don't finish that sentence!" Katsuki said to her, "I'm not gonna leave here and leave it to you to help her!"

"Bakugou-san please, think about your condition!" Momo said, "I know you want to help Reina-san, but you can't do that if you end up killing yourself!"

"To hell with that!" He said, "She's all that matters! She's scared right now because of the way you tried to handle things, I'm the only one that can calm her down!"

"Bakugou stop being stubborn!" Fumikage said, "You won't help her if you act like this!"

"Don't tell me what I can't do birdbrain!" He said.

"Kaa-chan--" Izuku started to say.

"I'M NOT LEAVING HERE WITHOUT HER!" He soon shouted as he took everyone back, "Not when she's like this…"

"... Kaa-chan…" Izuku said surprised as he had never seen him act like this before.

Floyd couldn't help but say as he had been speechless at this, "woah...just...woah.."

It hadn't been long before Izuku's phone let out a ping. He removed it from his pocket and saw Chouko had sent him a message.

"I think I found her, but there's something you should see." Is what the message had read before he saw what looked to be an image. Izuku's eyes widened in shock at the sight of the image, as the group noticed his reaction.

"Deku?" Ochaco asked, "What is it?"

Izuku didn't reply right away as he stuffed his phone in his pocket. "Shoichi-san said she found her!" He told them before he started to move ahead, "Come on!"

"Midoriya, wait!" Fumikage called out before they started to move. Katsuki managed to pick himself up before he had started to follow behind them.

They soon arrived at a familiar place as it had been where they first had their combat class; and where Katsuki had his first loss. They had been taken back at a sight; the building had still been under repairs after what had happened, but what really shocked them was the construction tools that had been left behind had been floating in midair. Some had only been a few inches off the ground while others had been several feet in the air.

This had left the whole group baffled at the sight.

"Is that.." Floyd started to say.

"Is Reina-chan doing all of this?" Ocacho wondered aloud.

"It looks that way…" Chouko said, "... I didn't even realize she could do this sort of thing…"

"Yeah…" Izuku said as he had been in awe.

Just than the group had been startled when they heard the sound of metal groaning. They had been taken back when they saw small pieces of glass fall just above them as a shadow covered over them. They looked up to see a bulldozer just hovering over them. They had all been startled when the bulldozer was suddenly crushed into a ball, just as it started to fall; the group scattered like rats as it came crashing down.

"Did Reina do that too!?" Gio exclaimed, not realizing the metal beams above him as it bended into the shape of a ball. It had fallen towards him giving him no time to react.

Floyd quickly drew up a lasso and pulled Gio to safety as it came crashing down. Floyd had exclaimed, "watch out!"

"This is insane!" Chouko exclaimed, "If it weren't for my injuries from my match, I would be able to fly us out of here!"

"We have to get out of here!" Momo said.

"No! Reina-chan's in there!!" Izuku said, "We have to find a way inside!!"

"Are you crazy!?" Kyoka exclaimed as she avoided falling debris, "We can't get close without getting crushed!"

"I'll go!" Ochaco said.

Before anyone could ask, Ocacho put her hands together before she activated her Quirk, making herself float. Using the railing just behind her, she kicked herself off, before flying headfirst.

"She's nuts!" Chouko exclaimed.

"Uraraka-san, be careful!" Momo shouted.

Ochaco started to use the various machines and tools to bounce off to get herself closer towards the entrance; although what she didn't count on was two metal beams heading towards, as they had been about to collide.

"Uraraka-san, look out!!" Izuku exclaimed.

Floyd quickly drew up a giant axe before shouting, "TIMBER!

Just before the two metal beams could crush her, they had been sliced into several pieces before falling to the floor. "Thanks Aihara-kun!" Ochaco said with a wave.

Floyd said with a smile before he sliced the debris ahead of her and over his head, "not a problem!"

Ochaco managed to reach the entrance just as she deactivated her Quirk. "She made it!" Gio said with a smile, before he let out a scream when the ball of metal beams came flying towards him; he was quick to jump out of the way, like he had been Mario.

"Tokiyama-kun!" Izuku said, "Can you protect us from the debris?!"

"I can!" Fumikage told him, before he called out, "Dark Shadow!"

Dark Shadow soon emerged from his body as it circled around just in front of him creating a shield, "Got it!"

"Everyone! Get under Dark Shadow!" Fumikage said.

The whole group ran under Dark Shadow; just as they did Izuku said, "Floyd-san! Make a shield for Tokiyama-kun!"

Floyd nodded as he replied, "You got it!"

With all of his might Floyd drew up a shield around Fumikage before he joined the others.

"Yaoyorozu-san!" Izuku said, "Use your Quirk to make a rope! Than throw it to Uraraka-san!"

"Right!" Momo said.

The railing soon started to unburying itself from the ground as it made Gio jump. "Uh, guys…?" Gio said, "... What do you call that…?"

They had all been taken back when they saw the railing seemingly move on it's own, before it flew towards them. The group let out a scream, before Dark Shadow protected them from the attack.

"OW, THAT HURTS!" Dark Shadow exclaimed.

"How is she even doing this right now!?" Kyoka exclaimed.

Floyd said, "I have no idea!"

"Whatever you're going to do, you're gonna wanna hurry!" Fumikage said, "I don't know how long Dark Shadow can hold out!"

Momo had soon materialized a rope from her body, thanks to her Quirk; she then tossed it towards Ochaco which she had managed to catch.

"Uraraka-san! Your Quirk!" Izuku yelled.

Ochaco nodded before activating her Quirk again as the rope seemed to become lighter in hers and Momo's hand.

"Everyone, grab the rope!" Izuku said.

The whole group nodded as they held onto the rope. "Tokiyama-kun! Get ready to put away Dark Shadow!" Izuku said, "Uraraka-san, be ready to pull on 3!"

"You got it Deku!" Ochaco said.

"Guys, the railing snake is coming back!" Gio exclaimed.

The railing soon started to move towards them, as it had been ready to attack them again.

Floyd soon said, "oh mama! This is gonna suck!"

"On the count of three…" Izuku said.

Ochaco tightened her grip on the rope and Fumikage prepared himself. The rest of the group prepared themselves as they held onto the rope.

"1… 2… 3!!"

Dark Shadow went back into Fumikage's body just as he went to sprint, and Ochaco gave the rope one hard tug the minute Fumikage grabbed onto it. The whole group let out a scream as they felt themselves getting dragged over. Though Ochaco couldn't brace herself as they had accidentally tackled her, causing them to topple inside of the building.

Floyd quickly kicked the door shut just as railing came towards them.

At this the group had caught their breath. "Is… Is everybody okay?" Izuku asked with a groan.

"We're still alive… Somehow!" Chouko said.

"That… Was close!" Gio exclaimed.

Floyd said as he breathed a sigh of relief "too close for comfort."

"Seriously…" Momo said, "... I know we're trying to help Reina-san, but she owes us an explanation."

Everyone stood up from the ground as they brushed the dirt off of them. Katsuki stood up with effort as he still felt drowsy from the loss of blood. "Hey, Earphone girl!" Katsuki said as he turned to Kyoka, "Can you hear where she is?"

Kyoka stood up from the ground before going towards the wall; she plugged herself in as she listened to the vibrations.

"She's above us." Kyoka said, "Just two floors.."

Just then they had been startled when they heard crashing sounds coming from above their heads. At this most of them had shivered.

"Don't tell me she's making other things fly up there!" Gio said.

"This is bad…" Momo said, "... At this rate, she's going to hurt herself with her Quirk."

"Yeah…" Izuku said, "... Who knows how much time she has left, or even if she's gone past the limit."

"But looking through the rooms up there could take an eternity." Fumikage pointed out, "Even with Jiro here, we won't be able to find her in time."

"But even if we do find out which room she's in, we won't be able to get close without her noticing." Ochaco said, as she soon earned a glare from Katsuki, "Okay, maybe Bakugou-kun can, but we can't risk scaring her!"

"Well we've gone too far to turn back." Chouko said, "We have to think of something…"

The group couldn't help but ponder on what they should do; though it hadn't been long before Floyd had come up with an idea. "I got it!" The group looked at him shocked.

"You thought of something, Half-Breed?" Katsuki asked.

Floyd replied as he started to draw something in his sketchbook again, "I know I hate your dumbass right now..but if you mean what you really say about Reina then you're gonna have to do this favor."

"What in the world are you drawing up this time?" Kyoka asked.

Floyd chuckled a little before he pulled out something the group didn't expect. It was a drone, a bomb defusal drone to be exact; and he pulled out a controller as well, in the form of an XBox Controller. The group of course had been left shocked by this.

"Dude!" Gio said, "You never told me you could whip up something like this!"

Floyd said with a smile as he started to explain, "I did something like this back in America! Plus y'all never ask"

"But I don't see a camera on it…" Fumikage said.

"That's kind of Floyd-san's limit." Izuku said, "He told me that when it comes to machinery, he can't make an exact copy of them."

"What does that mean?" Kyoka asked.

Floyd soon added, "Think of it like Crazy Diamond's abilities to fix items perfectly. I can't draw machinery that well. Like our teacher Thirteen mentioned, Quirks are like extensions of our physical limbs. Even they have limits."

"Does that mean… The ink is your blood?" Chouko soon asked as she seemed to have put two and two together.

Floyd gave a nod as he said, "Something like that"

"So in other words, it would literally kill you if you use a whole lot of it?" Gio said, "That's kind of a downer."

"It's fine.." Floyd said as he panted a little, "Though if I had to compare, Reina-chan probably has it worse than I do."

It was then Izuku, Katsuki and Ochaco noticed something on Floyd's fingers; instead of ink dripping out they noticed blood had begun to leak.

"Hey pisshead.." Floyd told Katsuki as he panted. "Better make good on that promise or imma kick yo butt when this is over."

Katsuki only nodded as the look in his eye seemed to change.

"Still we're going to be flying blind." Kyoka pointed out, "Even with this we won't be able to see where we're going."

"Maybe not." Momo said.

The group had been taken back when Momo had started to unbutton her jacket; Floyd, Izuku, and Gio's face turned red as they quickly looked away along with Katsuki and Fumikage.

"Come on Yaoyorozu!" Floyd shouted. "This is no time to be ridiculous!"

Gio said as his nose started to bleed ,"y-yeah! Kinda not the time for a beach party.!"

"I'm not trying to be ridiculous, Aihara-san!" Momo said as her face turned a little red from embarrassment. It took a couple of minutes before a camera emerged from Momo's stomach along with what looked to be a monitor with an antenna and a microphone; the camera looked just about the size to fit on a drone as it had an antenna as well.

"Perhaps this can help" She said as she buttoned back up.

"Yaoyorozu, you're amazing!" Ochaco said as her expression brightened.

Floyd smiled as he gave a thumbs up, "appreciate the upgrade, Momo! This really makes this easier!"

Momo couldn't help but be embarrassed yet grateful for the positive remarks she was getting from Floyd and Ochaco.

After attaching the camera to the drone and connecting it to the monitor, they proceeded to head up the stairs provided; heading up two flights as Kyoka had said. "Okay just a little more!"

Just as Izuku went to open the door provided, his hand had been nearly taken out when a chair flew by hitting the door frame; most likely from a prop used for the building to simulate a real Villain hideout scenario. Despite this the group remained undeterred as Izuku turned to Kyoka.

"Can you still hear her?" Izuku asked.

Kyoka put her ear plug in the wall before she shook her head, "There's too much noise on this floor. I can't tell where she is."

Izuku nodded at this before turning to Floyd, "Send in the drone." He told him.

"Roger!" Floyd replied as he sent the drone up in the area with the help of the controller.

Momo got the screen on as the group gathered around. The image came on as they saw the floor looked to be different. It had been filled with several doors leading into different rooms; though they looked the same, each one had been filled with various items that were now floating or getting thrown, like tables and chairs, even ones that simulated a kitchen or a standard meeting office.

"Huh that's funny. I don't remember seeing this when we did combat training." Gio pointed out.

"It must be used for a different exercise." Chouko had pointed out.

"Wait… What's that?" Fumikage said as he noticed something on the screen.

Floyd stopped the drone as it had been a door where the lock had broken; He picked up his head and took a peak noting that the drone had stopped at the eighth door.

"It's the second to last door." Floyd told them.

"Wait…" Izuku said, "... Yaoyorozu… Can you turn on the microphone?"

Momo nodded before doing just that, as Floyd started to move the drone in the room. The room that it had entered looked like that of a hospital room filled with dummy patients; or at least that's what it was supposed to look like if the mannequins had been either on the ground, slumped over against the wall or looked as though it had been tossed.

The microphones picked up the sound of sobs; all too familiar sobs. The drone looked over and saw something… They weren't expecting.

There she was, Reina Nouki.

Hiding underneath one of the beds; she had been laying on her side, her body shivering ever so slightly. They heard whimpering as her eyes had been closed; her hands had been over ears and they could hear her talking.

"He--help…" She whimpered into the feed, "... Help me… Please… So--Someone… Save me…"

Their eyes softened at the way Reina had been acting in the camera. "I've… Never seen Reina-chan like this before…" Ochaco said.

"The poor thing…" Momo said, putting a hand over her mouth, "She looks so terrified…"

Izuku watched the feed as he couldn't help but think, "... This is definitely the effect of her Quirk… But, it's never been this bad before… What could it be…?"

Reina soon moaned in agony before the feed showed static; the next thing they knew, the picture had gone blank. Just as it went blank, the microphone let out a screech noise causing the group to cover their ears at the sound.

"Jesus…" Kyoka said, "... Did Reina do that too?"

"Okay, we found her, what do we do now?" Gio asked.

Floyd looked over to Izuku, "What's the plan Izu?"

Izuku thought to himself, "It's best to approach Reina-chan slowly. If we get this wrong she could activate her Quirk."

"That's a bit easier said than done." Kyoka said, "After what Reina did earlier, who knows what could happen now."

"And if she throws more stuff at us." Gio added.

"There's gotta be something we can do." Fumikage said.

Chouko soon noticed a certain someone had been gone. "Uh… Guys…" Chouko said, as she peeked down the door, "... Bakugou-san is already going in."

The group looked shocked as they peeked through the door frame; there they saw Katsuki using the wall for support as he had been struggling to walk.

Floyd whispered to himself, "Don't screw this up man…"

Katsuki had gotten to the second to last, where the drone had entered earlier. With a deep breath, he stepped inside, nearly tripping on himself as he did. He managed to steady himself as he used one of the beds to support as he nearly fell to his knees; in the process he had accidentally knocked over the mannequin provided as it echoed.

"Who… Who's there…?" He soon heard Reina say, "Is someone there?"

Katsuki steadied himself as he took another deep breath. "Don't freak out." He said casually, "It's just me, Lollipop Head."

"... Katsuki-kun…?" She said in a soft voice.

"Who else were you expecting?" He said as he turned his head sideways, "You look silly under there. Come on out of there so I can see ya."

"I--I can't…" She told him with her voice shaking, "... I--I saw them--The men in suits--They were coming for me-- They were going to take me-- I can't let them find me… I can't let them take me…"

Katsuki soon approached the bed she had been hiding under; as he did he picked up one of the blankets provided in the room before he got on his knees, so that he could get a better look. "And what?" He said, "You think hiding here is going to keep you safe?"

"You don't understand…" Reina said, "... These people are powerful… They'll stop at nothing to get me… If I let them take me--"

"--Reina." Katsuki soon said sternly, "No one like that is here… There never was."

Reina's eyes finally opened as he saw that her eyes had been different; her eyes had been that of gold, as she looked horrified. Though Katsuki remained unphased at this as she pushed herself up off the ground.

"But I--I saw them…" She said as her voice shook, "... They were here… They were trying to…"

Katsuki only shook his head, "That was your Quirk… It was making you see it. Whatever you saw wasn't real."

Katsuki saw the look in her eyes; they had been filled with doubt, as she didn't know if she should trust his words. At this he couldn't but feel his blood boil up.

"Reina come on…" Katsuki said, "... Don't look at me like that! You know me! I'd never make something like this up, especially not to you! If I told a lie, I'd be no better than the Villains out there that would use them to manipulate people!"

Reina had only stayed silent as she allowed the words to sink in; in the whole time she had known him, he never did tell a lie. If he wanted to say what he thought, he would just say it straight out; no hesitation whatsoever he would say it, even if it was an insult to another person. She thought about it, for a moment or two, before the images in her head became clear.

It didn't help to keep herself calm.

Instead of the men in suits, she saw her own friends; she saw herself attacking them, despite their comforting words. She heard Izuku call out to her as she ran, though didn't listen; she didn't turn back, she just ran. And she saw all that came before, as the boy's words echoed in her head.

"Oh my God…" She said in realization, "...I… I attacked them…"

Katsuki took Reina's arms and pulled her out from underneath the bed, allowing her to sit up on her knees, before he put the blanket over her.

"They saw me Katsuki-kun…" She soon said, "...The Boy… He appeared again… I was talking to him… But… They couldn't see him… Like I did…"

Katsuki only stayed silent as he saw her start to scratch at her arm. At this he acted, as he took her hand to stop her from breaking the skin; instead he allowed her to squeeze his hand. "They saw me talking to him… They couldn't see him like I did… Oh God, what are they going to think!?"

Katsuki took notice that the beds in the room started to shake; though despite this he stayed calm, his eyes just stayed on her and her only.

"They're going to think like them! Like the others from the hospital!" She exclaimed, "They'll think I'm insane! They'll think I'm crazy! Why wouldn't they!? I just talked to a wall!"

"You're wrong." He said, making her freeze, "They don't think you're crazy."

"How do you know that?!" She practically yelled.

"Because they've spent this whole time looking for you!" He couldn't help but yell, as Reina froze up at this again, "Shitty Hair came to the Inkhead and I after our match! He told us what happened, and what you did and he was scared! But he wasn't scared for what you did, he was scared for you! They all were!"

Her eyes had been filled with doubt again as she looked at him in complete and utter shock. Katsuki calmed himself down as he continued, "They didn't care that you tried to hurt them, they didn't care that you almost killed them… They just… Wanted to know that you were safe, like Deku and the Inkhead… And me…"

Reina couldn't help but gasp lightly at this, though he could still see she didn't believe him.

"You told the three of us once… That people around you were scared of you… That if they ever saw your third eye… They would just turn around and run the other way…" He said, "... But that's not true for the extras here!"

"But…" Reina started to say, "... Why… Why aren't they scared of me…? Kirishima-san told you about what I did… How can they not be scared of me? How can YOU not be scared?"

Katsuki couldn't help but look surprised at this.

"How can I be?" He said, "Reina, I l--"

Immediately he stopped himself before he could finish. He had been glad he did as he didn't know what he had been thinking. He couldn't say it right then and there he knew he wouldn't be able to take it back.

He wanted her to hear him say it… He wanted to say it--But this… This definitely wasn't the right moment.

He soon picked his sentence back up again, "--I care about you, alright? You can bet that they do too. Deku, Inkhead, the other extras, Aizawa-sensei, they all do. If they didn't care about you, they would've just left you to drown. They wouldn't spend this whole time trying to find you if they thought otherwise."

The objects in the room, shaking only had lessened, as Reina's breathing started to regulate. He felt her body shake as she couldn't seem to keep calm despite his words. "I can't stop shaking…" Reina said as she looked to her hand, "... I want to… But I can't…"

Katsuki's eyes had softened as he tried to think of a solution; only one seemed to come to mind.

"Sing." He said softly, "Try singing… Like you did for me."

Reina stayed silent as she had only nodded in reply. She took a deep breath before she started to sing with the familiar angelic voice he had been used to hearing, as she sang softly; Her voice shaking a little as she did.

"When the empress ran aground

And my eyes turned 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

That's how I became the sea…"

The shaking slowly came to a halt, as Katsuki stayed with her; she loosened the grip on his hand as her eyes changed back to red and purple. Her fear seemed to have gone away as she looked up to Katsuki. He gave a rare smile as he looked relieved.

It was only then she noticed how he looked; as he had some fresh wounds. "Katsuki-kun…" She said worried, "... You're hurt…"

"This is nothing Lollipop Head…" He reassured her, "... I just had a couple of scratches, that's all."

It hadn't been long before they heard a couple of familiar voices coming from down the hall.

"Reina-chan!" Izuku soon called out from the end of the hall.

"Reina-chan! We're coming!" Floyd shouted soon afterwards.

"Come on." Katsuki said as he helped her to stand, "Let's head back."

"But… How am I supposed to explain it to them?" Reina soon asked.

"We'll think of something." Katsuki said, "Right partner?"

Reina once more had been shocked, but soon gave a smile as she nodded. Still keeping the blanket around her, she approached the door calling out to them. Katsuki had been about to follow, but his vision became a blur once more, as he felt himself stumble and exhaustion had started to take hold.

"No… Damn it… Not now…"

Reina soon noticed that Katsuki hadn't been following behind as he stopped in his tracks. "Hey Katsuki-kun?" She said as she turned to him, "Is everything al--"

She stopped in mid sentence when Katsuki fell forward; her face turned red instantly as his face landed right into chest; she let out a squeak as she started to heat up with embarrassment.

"Ka--Ka--Katsuki-kun!?" Reina exclaimed as her eyes started to swirl.

Just as this happened, Izuku and Floyd ran into the room. "Reina-chan are you--KAA-CHAN!?" Izuku soon exclaimed as his face turned red.

Floyd's eyebrow twitched as he soon shouted, "ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?"

"Wa--Wa--Wait a second Floyd-kun!" Reina stammered as she tried to move Katsuki, "This--This--isn't what it looks like!!"

Floyd yelled as he looked as though he had been ready to kill, "Don't even! I've seen enough TV to know where this leads!"

"Floyd-san, don't!" Izuku exclaimed as he stood between Reina and him, "You'll get in trouble again!"

"Wait, hold on just a second!" Reina said, "Just let me expla--"

THUD!

The three of them had stopped what they were doing as Katsuki suddenly fell on his side. A puddle of blood started to become visible and some of it seeped through his jacket. "Oh God--! Katsuki-kun!" Reina exclaimed as she took him in her arms.

"Kaa-chan!" Izuku exclaimed as he went to their side.

"H-hey! B-Bakugou! Wake up!" Floyd added as he shook him.

The rest of the group soon came into the room, only to find Katsuki laying on the floor. "Bakugou-kun!" Ochaco exclaimed.

"Oh hell!" Gio exclaimed, "Is he okay!?"

"Someone get help! Quick!" Reina said to the group.

"Way ahead of you!" Chouko said, as she made a mad dash down the hall and down the stairs.

"Kaa-chan!" Izuku said, "Kaa-chan, stay with us!"

"Come on man, don't die!" Floyd added as he was quivering in fear.

They saw that his eyes had opened, though it had only been halfway as he gave out labored breaths. "Katsuki-kun!" Reina exclaimed, "Oh thank God!"

"Bakugou-san, hold on! Shoichi-san went to get help!" Momo said.

Floyd said as his voice shook, "Oh man that was too close… Can you still speak?"

Katsuki couldn't bring himself to answer as he struggled to keep his eyes open. At this point the group started to look nervous.

"Oh man, that ain't good!" Gio exclaimed, "He can't speak! What do we do!?"

Floyd said as he started to sweat, "I-I-I don't know!"

"Katsuki-kun!" Reina said with her voice filled with worry, "Just hang on okay? Chou-chan will be back soon!"

Exhaustion began to take hold once more as his vision became blurry again. The last thing he saw was Reina on the brink of tears, as she had called out his name.