"Now it is time for Combat Training!" All Might announced. As soon as that reached your ears, endless nerves inside you were going haywire. Combat... That meant fighting... And you couldn't fight even if your life depended on it! How the hell were you going to survive this? Maybe if you fake-fainted, you would be let off the hook and you would ensure your own safety? Yeah, that sounded like a planㅡ but if you did that, gramps would surely be disappointed in you! He would think that after all of those years of training, you would somehow get accustomed to brawls, and just imagine the look on his face once he found out that you flaked out on purpose...

You just gotta make sure that you remain conscious the whole entirety of the battle!

With a new resolution in mind, your shaky hands gripped your baton that was firmly held by the belt strapped around you. You would make use of this... You promised yourself that you would never let fear get the best of you.

All Might finally finished his explanation regarding the training. "Well then, let's do this quickly!" He sounded so enthusiastic about this whole ordeal. Maybe if you tried your hardest to somehow see this thing in a positive light, things would take a greater turn for you?

Yeah, no. Impossible.

Once done drawing lots, you looked at the paper you had in your hands. "Team.. A?" You muttered as you looked around to hopefully see who your partner was. Closing your eyes, you depended on your ears for this very task. Hearing the voice of Midoriya mumbling out an 'A', you walked towards him and presented him the paper in your hands.

Joy filled you once you realized he was your much-supposed companion in this whole thing. "Midoriya... I think this is fate telling us that we are to be rightfully wedded," you said to him with a stern look on his face. It wasn't like this was the first time that you uh, popped the question, but every time you did, he couldn't help the flusteredness overtaking him.

'I c-can't speak properly!' Even in his mind, he stuttered.

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"The first teams to fight will be... these guys!" The number one ProHero held two balls in his hands that read D and A. With A being the heroes and B being the villains. Wait, A- you guys were the ones going first?!

"Everyone else, head toward the monitor room."

"Yes, sir!"

You could feel holes boring unto the side of your head, and there he was in all his glory, the blonde-head that you didn't exactly hope to deal with. And what's with that look on his face?! Did he want to murder you or something?! And what's with these people staring at you?! You were sure you've done nothing wrong the whole time you've been admitted to this school, so why?!

"Stop looking at me so nefariously you... you porcupine!"

Oops.

"Huh? What did ya say?" His voice grumbled, and holy damn, did you plan your own death? Trying to stand on your ground, you opted to return to him the looks he gave you, but you didn't look all that intimidating since you were shaking like a leaf.

"Try saying that when you aren't quivering in fear, shithead."

Yeah, you'd try that next time.

"Villain team, go in first and set up! In five minutes, the hero team will break in, and the battle will start!"

"Yes, sir!"

Before the two villains entered the whole establishment, All Might halted their steps, "Young Iida and Young Bakugou, learn to think from the perspective of the villains. This is pretty close to a real battle so don't be afraid to get hurt and go all out." Since this was Bakugou we're talking about, the way his brain processed it must be 'don't afraid to hurt and go all out!'

Why did All Might have to say that to them?! Just the thought of that blondie following the hero's words made you shiver in fright. Were you really going up against him?!

"Yes!"

"If things go too far, I will stop it."

Well, ain't that the greatest form of assurance someone could give you.

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"Hey, Deku has a quirk, right?" Bakugou asked, his back turned from his teammate. Iida answered immediately, "You saw that extraordinary strength, didn't you? Though, it appears to carry a lot of risks... However, you seem to be especially angry when it comes to Midoriya..."

"And that h/c-haired punk?"

"Oh, L/n? She also seems to be a lass of a great caliber. She has been shown to have been able to move in a speed of light, something not any other has been able to do."

'Tch. Did he dare trick me?! I'll crush him to a pulp alongside that damned twoman!'

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"I'm so agitated right now I think will faint," you did say that you would at least attempt to keep your emotions at bay, but with how things were being awful to you already, you knew that that wasn't entirely probable. "But... I won't," you gulped down the saliva that formed itself in your mouth and struggled to flash Midoriya a thumbs up.

Midoriya's eyes widened at this. With how you were still wide awake right now, it was obvious you were trying your hardest to not appear woozy and not lose to the state of unconsciousness clawing at you. Midoriya felt quite proud that you were pushing yourself like this to overcome your weakness.

Yes, he was proud of you, but he aspired to reach your level in attempting to stay relaxed because he was feeling far from it. He was now facing against his childhood friend that now hayed every inch of him from the bottom to the top. Things could get dirty and he knew that, so his worry doubled when he realized that you could get caught up with the one-sided rivalry on Bakugou's side and end up getting hurt as well. Just the thought of that happening made his stomach churn in trepidation.

"We're up against Kacchan... And there's Iida too... I promise I would protect you to the best of my capabilities..." Your fear should've dropped by that, but with how he was in the same state as you made it more intense and you knew things weren't going to be pretty especially with Bakugou put into the mix. "I would believe that if you weren't looking as perturbed as me... And that by itself is saying a lot..."

Even though you didn't like him not one bit, you couldn't help the words from escaping your mouth next, "But that spiky bastard's quite amazing, right?" It dryly left your mouth as a humorless chuckle made its way out of you.

"Yeah... He's also a piece of work... But his goal, his confidence, his physical strength, and his quirk... are way more amazing than mine," you expected him to be even more down in the slumps after what he admitted, but the fact that the confidence that oozed out of him right after astounded you. "But that's why... right now, I don't want to lose..."

"I admire the tenacity you're showing right now, Midoriya."

"O-Oh! I may have rambled for a bit... Please don't treat this as your problem, L/n."

You shook your head at this, "As much as I don't want to add this to my list of things to take care of, we're a team. And you're the first friend I've ever had so you're kind of special to me... So, let's do our best." Midoriya felt his heart skip a beat at that. No, now's not the time for this... He nodded his head at you in confirmation before letting the words slip from his lips.

"Yes, let's..."

The heads of you and Midoriya turned to the voice of All Might through the speakers. "Now, let's start the indoor person-to-person combat training with Team A and Team D!"

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You and Midoriya entered through the window in a quiet manner, not wanting to attract the attention of whoever may possibly be near you.

"There are a lot of blind spots, so let's be careful." You nodded at him. You didn't know why, but you were calming down quicker than you've ever anticipated... But you knew that this side of yours wouldn't technically last long since it's you we're talking about.

'I can't just use my power on someone because I can't control it yet, plus, it may kill them. So I have to rely on L/n's abilities and my head...' Midoriya thought as you two walked in silence.

"Midoriya, I'm hearing someone other than us breathe," you heard someone breathe, and that someone is neither you nor Midoriya. Midoriya just looked at you, perplexed since nothing was audible to him at the very moment... Piecing the puzzle pieces together, your eyes became enlarged. That only meantㅡ

With your quick reflexes, you pulled Midoriya away, just in time for Bakugou to punch the wall where Midoriya was standing previously. Luckily, because of you, you two remained unscathed. But the nervousness that piled out of you just a minute ago was now crashing at you tenfold.

'Don't faint... Don't faint!' You chanted inside your mind as if that would work. You hoped it would because you weren't exactly certain as to how much longer you could last drowning in this fear that is slowly engulfing you whole.

"Come on Deku... You two wimps... don't dodge." Bakugou spoke as he looked at Midoriya with such hatred in his red orbs before it flitted to you making you flinch. 'Don't faint... Don't faint!'

"I figured you'd come for me first," Midoriya said to the person who just entered the scene.

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The Monitor Room

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"A surprise attack?"

"It's a good thing that L/n managed to pull Midoriya out of the way before Bakugou attacked."

"Bakugou, that's cheating! A surprise attack isn't manly at all!" Kirishima gritted his teeth as watched the entire thing unfold along with his classmates.

"A surprise attack is a strategy too, and they're in the middle of a real battle right now." All Might tried to defend Bakugou's actions from the redhead.

"L/n avoided it!"

"There goes Bakugo!" Kaminari yelled in alarm as his eyes were focused on the large screen in front of them all.

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Back to the Training Grounds

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"I won't do so much damage that this fight gets stopped, but I'm gonna get close!" Bakugou shouted as he ran towards Midoriya, before the latter charged at him as well head on before flipping Bakugou on his back. You would've cheered him on if not for the dread encasing you in its void.

"Kacchan... You usually start with a big right swing. How much do you think I've been watching you?" Isn't that stalkerish of him... But hey, you weren't one to judge. Bakugou just turned his head at Midoriya. "I wrote an analysis for all the heroes I thought were amazing in my notebook. In the notebook you blew up and threw away," Midoriya finished. Hah?! That guy?! A hero?! He could've been easily a villain with how wicked he was acting!

This seemed to aggravate Bakugou but Midoriya didn't stop. "My 'Deku' isn't always going to mean 'useless'! Kacchan, my 'Deku' means 'You can do it'!" Your mind reminisced the things that happened yesterday, and it made your heart swell in pride because you managed to change the meaning of that insult to him and show it in a different light.

"Deku.. even though you're scared.." Bakugou began and cue Midoriya shaking like a little lamb, "That's what I hate about you!"

It seemed like Iida was talking to him in his receiver, yet the blonde only growled out a 'just shut up and defend, I'm really angry' before throwing the device away. With your enhanced hearing, you can just hear how your classmate with the robotic costume was complaining. Ah, poor him.

"L/n, go!"

Ah, yeah. That was Midoriya's mistake. It seemed that Bakugou had some kind of vendetta on youㅡ like, why, you hadn't even done anything to him that was remotely morally wrong aside from all the hideous nicknames you gave him! "Where the hell do you think you're going?!"

You could feel the waves of fear coursing within you, your breath getting stuck in your throat as you fought your hardest to not let your consciousness slip from your grasps. You told Midoriya that you would do your best...  But alas, perhaps that was just mere wishful thinking on your part.

Thus, your eyes had flitted towards his own ones, e/c clashing with green. He knew what was about to happen, but he was far too late to try and attempt to even catch you and obstruct your body from making contact with the cold floor.

"Sorry, Midoriya... I'm still... not strong enough," and before you knew it, your body was now lying lifeless on the ground.

"Y/n...!"