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Chapter 17 - Laser Tag

The group of students gathered outside the laser tag rooms. Some students decided to not participate so there was a group of only the BakuSquad, DekuSquad, and Y/n. The 10 students lined up as a bored-looking man covered in pimples and half-grown facial hair directs them to a room.

On the wall of the room, a screen lights up playing a safety video. "Please no running, cursing, quirk activation, or climbing" The video explained "Bakugo will break all of these in less than a minute" Sero whispered to Kaminari.

As each person was given their vest and cheap plastic gun, Bakugo was already demanding to go inside. Y/n had to have a special vest for avians for her wings. The gun in her hands was obviously fake, she had held and shot guns before and this felt a lot easier to shoot with.

"You nervous Y/n-" Mina cut herself off looking over to her friend who was expertly wielding the gun, holding it up in a way that showed she knew how to shoot. "Ahh dibs being on Y/n's team" She laughed in slight fear "Pretty sure it's every man for themselves" Jirou piped in "Shit we're dead"

"Because of what that or that?" Kirishima pointed at the two eager friends standing at the door. Bakugo seethed in anticipation while Y/n calmly fiddled with her gun. "Both. We are screwed" Mina sighed.

The doors swung open alerting the group that they were able to enter the room "You may start shooting in 1 minute" Frantically the friends all scattered. Sero and Kaminari teamed up while all the girls huddled together keeping a trained lookout.

Even though this was a game they were all trained heroes and had a keen sense of their surroundings. The moment the buzzer went off to signal the start of the game people could hear Bakugo's yells as he shot people. This game was just about getting as many points as possible.

Kirishima was walking down a long corridor with neon spray paint across the walls, his gun pulled to his chest. He looked around the corner to see no one around but as he stepped out his vest beeped signalling someone had shot him, looking around Mina was crouched behind a barrel. With a snicker, she dashed away back to the group of girls.

"I got Kirishima!" "Good job girl!" Jirou smiled. Sero and Kaminari ran around the corner shooting clumsily at the group of girls, they all shrieked and ran away sporadically. Sero turned the corner to see Izuku sprawled out on the floor groaning.

The boy looked up at Sero "Run" He wheezed, and before he could react Bakugo charged at him from the dark, shoulder-barging him into a wall before shooting multiple times at his chest. "Jesus dude you got me! You got me!" He cried. Kaminari turned the corner "Sero where are you..." He looked at Bakugo as he swivelled around like a wild animal before lunging at the boy. His shrill screams echoed through the map.

Meanwhile, people's vests were rapidly getting shot seemingly out of nowhere. Iida was walking like the good boy he was and got shot, looking around there was no one. Assuming he hadn't seen them run away he kept walking and as his vest blinked to life once again he was shot instantly. Baffled he looked around and once again no one.

Still confused he thought maybe it was a glitch in his vest. He made sure to keep a keen ear out for anyone, looking over his shoulder as his vest blinked to life once again. He felt the plastic of his vest collide with similar plastic, looking forwards he met a pair of red glowing eyes that looked at him hungrily. "Got you... Iida" 

He screamed stumbling back, as he looked up again she was gone as quickly and quietly as she appeared. His vest was once again deactivated. Y/n walked with such quiet movement, she blended into shadows and leapt over obstacles with little noise. 

Uraraka and Jirou stood back to back, every so often someone would run past and they'd shoot them. Suddenly both girls were shot, looking around Jirou spotted Y/n standing ominously on a level above them. She was aiming her gun so tactfully at the duo. With a yell, the two ducked for cover.

They could see the girl observe them silently before backing into the shadows. "Gosh, she's even worse than-" "BAKUGO!" Jirou cried as the boy leapt over the wall they hid behind shooting their newly activated vests.

Everyone could hear the yells and laughter of their friends as they dodged and ducked around the rooms. Y/n, though quiet, was having a very good time. Kirishima was having a standoff with Kaminari, both waiting for the other to try and shoot. 

It was a comically tense scene. Right as they both went to shoot their vest's blinked dead. Looking up from their vests confused, Y/n strolled between them quietly before disappearing into the dark. "She's good" Kirishima whistled.

"Come back here Y/n!" Kaminari cried trying to follow her, Kirishima could see Kaminari turn a corner before a flurry of bright lights shot at him. He stumbled back to the boy "She's so quick" He sighed.

Finally, the round was over and everyone was ordered to come back to the starting room. The girls giggled and talked as the big group made their way back. As they all arrived Mina looked around "Hey wheres Y/n?" She questioned.

"I'm right here" She spoke, Kaminari yelped and fell forwards revealing her silent form leaning into the corner of the room. "Creepy" Kaminari shivered holding onto Kirishima. 

Bakugo quickly ran over to see his score. Everyone looked to see for the first time Bakugo was second, Y/n outranking him by 20 points. "HOW?!" "Actually yeah, that's how I feel. Bakugo was getting so many kills" "Well so was I" Y/n stated plainly. She turned her eyes to Iida who shivered in fear.

"You ok Iida?" Izuku asked "Y/n is very talented at this... She hunted me for 5 whole minutes" He sighed. "So that's why you're last" Uraraka pointed out.

"ANOTHER GAME DAMMIT! I NEED TO BEAT THIS NERD!" Bakugo yelled pointing at Y/n who quietly stood to the side. The boy stomped back over to the door awaiting the next game. "Let's do a free for all! So if we get shot we are out!" Mina suggested.

"Oh, yippie I get to be hunted down by my friends" Kaminari sighed walking towards the doors. As everyone readied to enter the door burst open. Everyone scattered in different directions. Some people paired up but most kept to themselves in hopes it'll better their chances of survival.

A loud siren rang through the room signalling the game had begun. Bakugo stalked around quietly, this time understanding he only had one life he tried to be quieter. Stalking around the corner he saw Kirishima and Sero, instantly he shot at them but there was no sound of their vests deactivating. 

The boys looked at Bakugo with sad looks "We already go out bro, just going to the waiting room" Kirishima laughed awkwardly "How are you losers already out? It's only been a couple of seconds!" Bakugo cried.

"We don't know! I think someone sniped us from the higher levels" Sero explained pointing to a balcony. With a smirk, the boy sprinted off to the higher floors. People taunted and yelled as they hid behind obstacle pieces. Bakugo slid past on his knee shooting Jirou square in the chest. 

Bakugo was sneaky and athletic so laser tag was the perfect game for him. Izuku with his keen sense was very good at dodging and predicting incoming shots. He quietly walked through the tunnels and holes in the walls keeping a keen eye out for anyone. His senses were on high alert, no one could sneak up on him.

Well... maybe she could...

A rough hand suddenly wrapped around his jaw muffling his yell of shock before he felt a gun press to his back and shoot. His vest blinked dead letting him know he was out. Turning around he saw the shorter girl with mischievous bright red eyes glimmering at him. "Sorry Izuku" Her tone was silky and calm but her eyes sparkled with an enchanting look. 

It only took a blink for Y/n to disappear into the darkness of the room. It should be hard to see her, she was wearing a flashing vest and her white wings should glow in the blue light and yet she was invisible. Her feet were delicate and silent, her wings compact making her smaller than usual.

She'd stride around a corner and shoot perfectly at whoever was there. As time passed everyone was slowly eliminated, the only two left was Y/n and Bakugo.

"Come on you Feather Head!" The boy yelled. He heard footsteps dash behind him, spinning around he saw feathers dash around a corner. Running after her he was led all through the room always a little too far to catch her. 

Holding the corner of the all he swung himself around using his momentum to run. As he ran he was suddenly pushed into the wall. From the shadows, Y/n had hid and used his anger and passion against him to catch him off guard. 

Her hand reached out and shoved his chest, keeping her smaller hand against the plastic of his vest she pushed him against the wall. Swiftly she caught his wrist that he held his gun in, holding him against the wall both of them pressed together in the dark of the room. 

"Gotta pay attention more Hot Head" Her voice whispered in his ear before her gun pressed into his chest and shot him. His vest blinked dead. Even though the game was over Bakugo still felt the tenseness of her grip, the rapid heartbeat thundering in his chest. Looking at the girl her hair had come undone at some point, it laying across her features in little pink whisps.

He made eye contact with her, her eyes blazed with passion. They were red with excitement. Trailing down he could see her plump lips curled into a mischievous smirk. Her wings fluttered excitedly behind her showing how much she enjoyed hunting her friends in this harmless game. 

Shoving her off him, Bakugo grew furious. How dare she beat him, how dare she trick him. "You brat" He spat stepping closer, she stood in place unbothered by his dominating appearance. "How dare you-" The lights in the room suddenly turned on "Can all remaining players please exit" An automated voice called above.

With an angry huff, the boy pushed past Y/n, shoving her shoulder as he did so. As they exited Mina and Jirou raced over to Y/n.

"Oh my god girl! You're way too good at these games! I saw you get Izuku! That was insane" Mina exclaimed. "I'm so upset we couldn't watch from the waiting room! All I could hear was Iida's screaming" Jirou giggled. Iida stood to the side being comforted by Uraraka and Izuku, he was obviously shaken from being hunted for a second time.

"I can't believe Bakugo lost" "I know right, that's unheard of" "Finally someone who outmatches Katsuki's bloodthirsty competitive spirit" The group of boys mingled "SHUT UP YOU THREE BASTARDS!" Bakugo screamed setting off explosions at the three who cried out in fear.

As the group took off their vests and head back into the arcade Mina's eyes suddenly caught on a certain machine. "OH, WE GOTTA DO A PHOTO BOOTH! GIRLS!" Mina yelled waving over all the girls in the class. Mina raced over to the small pink booth, everyone piled in and paid for their photos.

Confused Y/n mimicked the others. Doing a thumbs up, then a peace sign, then keeping neutral as Mina hugged her. As the group of girls left the machine it printed out several pictures for all the girls. Mina looked over her copy and gasped.

"Something wrong Mina?" Uraraka asked, Mina pointed to the final photo, in particular Y/n. Y/n had a sweet little smile on her face as all the girls laughed and acted silly around her, she stood to the side in all the photos but seeing her beautiful smile captures in an image made Mina weep with joy.

"OH Y/N YOU'RE SO CUTE!" She exclaimed reaching over and hugging the girl. For the rest of the night, all the friends played until they ran out of tokens. Heading home everyone was sleepy. Heads on shoulders, heads in laps, legs over legs. Y/n sat upright looking out the window as Mina slept in her lap.

A pair of crimson eyes watched her, she seemed so at peace and yet so dazzled by the night's beauty. 'I guess she never really saw the outside world before' He thought. He still felt salty about his loss but was now far too tired to scream and yell about it. The girl slowly looked over feeling herself being watched. Her wings shifted as she made eye contact with the boy. 

E/c met red as they kept their eyes together. Bakugo feeling far too spied upon turned away with a huff placing his chin on his palm. The train ride home was quiet, Todoroki and Izuku chatted quietly but aside from that it was silent.

As they all got back to the dorms everyone headed to bed, they were all on the brink of adulthood or just on the cusp of being 18. The late night out wasn't the class's first and won't be their last but today they all sleepily tailed to their rooms.

The dorms were peaceful as everyone slept. Y/n carried the My Melody plush in her arms, entering her room she placed the toy on her desk. Pulling the pictures from the photo booth from her pants pocket and pinned the photo to the cork board in her room. Slowly her room was getting more personality.

Laying in bed the girl slept and for the first time she didn't dream, she didn't have nightmares, she just slept.

The next day went as normal, the group of friends walked to class, listened to lectures, got changed and went to hero training. Y/n sat on the side itching to be involved. But once again the class ended and she hadn't participated.

For days Aizawa refused to even let her go on runs. In the afternoons while her friends rest she wished to train, to fight. It made her want to look for more fighting rings to fight. The memory of Aizawa's sad eyes as she collapsed after being captured flashed across her mind. How upset he was at her for leaving. She promised she wouldn't do it again. She promised.

But every part of her body yearned for the feeling of a fight, to get bruised and cut. Stepping onto her balcony and balanced on the railing wordlessly looking to the sky. Pushing off she leapt from her balcony and shot into the air. Her wings needed to be stretched. She flew and flapped in circles above the campus.

Landing in the forest next to the dorms and eyed up a tree. Stepping forwards she strikes into the trunk smashing apart the dried bark on its side. She kicked out again, and again, and then punched, and punched again. At some point, her hands began bleeding from cutting her hands but her body yearned for more.

"Oi Idiot" A voice called, turning Bakugo stood behind her with a towel over his neck. "That's not how you should be training," He pointed out "I need to do something" "Why can't you train in class?" "Aizawa said not to... He won't let me" "In class yeah sure, go to the fucking gym or something" He suggested "Gym?" "Yeah fucker, the gym, you can go kick shit that won't cut up your hands"

The girl thought for a moment "I'm going there now. Do what you want, keep kicking a stupid tree if you think that's how you'll get any better" He started to walk away. Quietly the boy walked along the path, glanced to the side Y/n walked beside him silently. If he hadn't looked he would have assumed he was alone. 

Freaky bitch

As they arrived Y/n looked around dazzled. Time to properly train.