We saw All Might on our way back to class, which is when it was decided that we would meet him in his office for lunch, he was on his way to our class and decided to wait until we were inside to actually come in. He even waited long enough for us to return to our seats. Eraserhead on the other hand was reading the note Recovery Girl sent and he looked pretty pale.
"Why would she send this with students?" We heard him grumble and Kacchan snorted again but I decided to answer him.
"We are both very aware of her reputation. We are not dumb enough to look at any notes she writes unless they are for us," I smiled ignoring the fact that Kacchan and I were still in our gym clothes while everyone else was back in their uniforms.
"Her repu-" he started but just then the door opened and All Might came in.
"I AM HERE! Using the door like any regular person," he announced laughing at the end and everyone's attention turned to the number 1 pro hero. Eraserhead was still looking at me, I could feel it but my attention was on All Might and just like all those years ago I felt that excitement of him being our heroic's course teacher. Judging from how everyone around me was reacting I didn't hide my excitement very well. Oh well, this is who I am after all, even if he is my dad now that won't change.
All Might gave his introduction before sending everyone to go change back into their gym uniforms and we all went to gym gamma, Eraserhead following, still deep in thought. I mean it wasn't a lie, Recovery Girl DOES have a reputation for beating the hell out of heroes who are irresponsible, I can't help rubbing my side where she used to get me with her cane all the time. I am also fully aware that I am nowhere near her first patient when it comes to it either. I can only shudder at what she would do to a teacher who hurt a student.
"Young Bakugo, Young Yagi a moment of your time," All Might motioned us away from everyone else, catching Eraserhead's attention. The way his head snapped up probably hurt. I'm going with it's a good thing that I gave All Might sample teacher materials to study as a thank you gift for training with me. He is doing SO much better than the first time around already, but he had really studied hard while we were training, he went over the materials and I saw him reading books that I didn't even get him by the end of it.
All Might leaned down and kept his voice low, "Are you two sure about showing them the video of the attack? For that matter are you really okay with recreating it? I know Power Loader did a good job creating something to act like the sludge villain but this is a traumatic event in both of your past." His whole face softened as he talked to us out of earshot of our class, unless Shoji or Jiro used their quirks they wouldn't be able to hear us either.
"It's okay, we'll be fine," I answered quietly, nodding while Kacchan stayed quiet for an extra moment.
"I'm going to warn them to keep their fucking mouths shut but I'll be fine," he answered and All Might nodded in understanding before motioning us back to the rest of the class.
"So today," All Might started his voice loud enough that everyone could easily hear him. "With permission from these two young heroes we are going to see a hostage situation and I need you all to understand that this is not an act. It really did happen, the good, the bad and the ugly. There are rarely ideal conditions for heroes and this will only prove that."
Kacchan raised his voice once he was sure All Might was done, "And no fucking jokes or snide ass comments. We almost died and I won't take your shit." Several of our classmates flinched hearing that, looking at us as if we were aliens or something.
All Might motioned towards the large screen and after hitting a few buttons a fairly decent video of me caught by the sludge villain and slowly suffocating, filled the screen. While everyone was watching the screen he gave Kacchan a small device.
"Once you're ready just throwing it at the ground by your feet, if at anytime it's too much set off an explosion, it's set to immediately recoil and fold back into this shape once you do. Midoriya- I mean Yagi, will also be at the ready. It's not too late to change your mind," he reminded him but Kacchan just shook his head.
"It's really okay, being trapped like this is something all heroes have to face sooner or later. I'm good," Kacchan reasoned, but his voice was shaky and I could see the way his fingers trembled at the memory. Sadly by the age 30 the sludge villain was nowhere near as bad as some things done to us. But we are after all only 15 and 16 now.
All Might nodded his head and looked at me and I nodded as well, if Kacchan shouldn't do it then I would take it from him and do it myself. Which is what I wanted in the first place. Kacchan however feels some kind of need to prove something to himself. A flash of color crossed the screen and I saw Kacchan desperately fighting to free himself on the screen, only for him to obviously weaken as lack of oxygen made things more and more difficult for him. Until someone ran out from the crowd, no one could make out who it was until I reached him and they saw me trying to free him with my bare hands.
Something else we decided to change; I looked up instances where life and death situations forced a quirk to manifest so we are going to tell our classmates at least that much, when the video was taken I was still quirkless.
All Might turned and went back out of the gym, leaving just Kacchan and I alone. Thankfully we had talked about this before today so we already know that the mic inside the gym would be turned off already.
"Kacchan?" He looked up as if I caught him doing something he shouldn't. I walked with him to where it's supposed to happen before I slipped the device out of his hand. "I'll do it first. We both know that this applies to both of us anyway," I waited holding the little thing in my hand. A knot in my stomach over how terrible this was going to be. I already know that All Might should be telling everyone out there that Kacchan wasn't the first attacked by that villain and how he was able to get to me right after I passed out.
"No, I'll do it," he took it from my hand again, this time he seemed more stable. He isn't shaking but I know that he is still terrified.
"I'll free you, no matter what," I put a hand on his shoulder and when he looked into my eyes. His beautiful red eyes, always alive with so much passion in them, it was like looking into a fire. I glanced up to see All Might still talking to the class and I highly doubt any of them noticed that we weren't with them anymore.
"I love you," I whispered making sure I was facing away from them, just in case one of them happened to look down and see us.
"Me too," he grinned and after closing his eyes he started taking deep slow breaths controlling himself and calming down.
There was a small thumping noise signaling that All Might had turned his mic on, "Boys, are you ready?" I made eye contact with Kacchan who nodded and I yelled out that we were. "Alright whenever you are ready you can begin."
I turned my whole focus back to Kacchan who took a few deep breaths before I saw him lift his hand, I crouched down ready and he threw the thing at the ground by his feet. All Might wants us to show me panicking at first and try to free him like I did the first time and then correct myself midway through.
But the moment the thing came alive and grabbed Kacchan all I could see was the villain slowly strangling my then friend and future lover. I was covered in my quirk and Kacchan was panicking too much, trying to swim out of the sludge instead of setting off his quirk but I wasn't doing much better. The only difference was how I was covered in green energy while I was trying to desperately claw the villain away from him. The fear in Kacchan's eyes hurting me.
I don't know what came over me but I stopped trying to claw the villain away and tried to pull Kacchan out, I had his wrist and I was pulling hard which gave him a mouthful of air before the thing covered his mouth again and I remembered what I was supposed to actually do and I let Kacchan go and aimed a punch at the ground, affectively blowing the device away using the same air pressure technique that All Might did. Kacchan crashed on the ground, gasping for air and I ran over to check him over and help him up.
He was shaking but I don't think it was fear so much as exhaustion and lack of oxygen. I held him while he steadied himself, I kept looking around because I only blew the thing away and it would be coming back for us, searching for us using our body heat soon enough.
"Kacchan, are you ready?" I asked and he was still coughing a bit but he nodded anyway as we both kept our eyes open looking for it. Sadly Power Loader did a better job than the actual villain at keeping hidden, he made his device almost clear where the villain looked like some kind of murky green/gray like color.
I saw something out of the corner of my eye and yelled, "10 o'clock!" and ducked down ready to send another blast if Kacchan froze up but he set off an explosion as soon as it was above my head and in front of his hand and the thing folded back into what looked like a small piece of clear square plastic. I caught it and we both let out a sigh of relief as we sat with our backs to each other to catch our breath.
A thud from the speaker had us both looking up, "Are you alright?" All Might waited for our answer and we nodded holding a thumbs up for him to see easily. "Take your time to set up for the second part, I'll tell you when we are ready. Do. Not. Rush." Again we nodded in understanding and just sat back breathing large gulps of air.
All Might wants me to go next but with Kacchan as my safety net, after all no one was around when I was attacked. All Might thinks that I am too comfortable putting myself in danger, a thought he only came up with after studying all of those books, and he wants me to lean on Kacchan in a way that would enhance our trust in one another as well as keep us safer. The fact he already knows about OFA only made that decision easier I think.
After a few seconds we stand up and I took the device, I'm not supposed to throw it at the ground, I'm supposed to use my quirk and crush it so I will be attacked from a different area, my side, than Kacchan who was attacked by his feet.
Once I was ready I looked up at Kacchan who nodded and then I looked up at All Might who nodded as well. One last breath and I snapped it in between my fingers and I was almost instantly blinded by it coming straight for my head. The need to breathe out weighting rationality, I tried to pull it out of my mouth, I tried to see through the clear, foggy like material but I couldn't and it wasn't until Kacchan's arms were around me and I felt him gently slapping my face that I came to gasping for air again. I choked on nothing but air and I could feel the tears staining my face as I tried to control my body only for Kacchan to just take all the abuse from my quirk going haywire.
Seconds, it was only seconds and I just shut down.