"Well, this is awkward." [Name] sighed from her position next to Izuku where they had been for the last two minutes as they waited for the 'villains' to get to the bomb. Even if the two had been known each other since childhood, the silence shared between them could only tell you otherwise. "So we both have quirks now and we can't lie our way out of it, so what's yours." [Name] felt a hand slap against her head making her wince. [Name] quickly shot Ren a glare as Mari burst out laughing while Izuku became flustered next to her.

"W-what!? I- I mean we don't really have to, we already know how to deal with Kacchan and-" Izuku rambled before [Name] cut him off mentally preparing herself for anything.

"I know Zuku but this about more than just Kacchan." [Name] seemed to internally wince as she mentioned Bakugou's childhood nickname. "We need to understand each other's quirks to work together and we need to trust each other to do that. Also, you can't lie for shit." she gave a resigned laugh only to get another slap to head. "Ow! That was uncalled for!" 

"You deserved it, leave him be if he's uncomfortable drop it!" Ren sighed waiting for Mari to get up as Izuku raised an eyebrow. 

"I- um w-well it's super strength but it damages my body de-depending on how m-much power I use..." His voice was almost a whisper as Ren gave a sigh of relief before cracking his knuckles giving Mari barely enough time to get up. [Name] gave a light nod of understanding before realisation hit her like a  brick wall, she also couldn't lie that well to someone like Izuku, a person who knew her since she was a kid. 

"[Name], what's taking so long I wanna fight that asshole!" Mari groaned before being shut up by Ren, who had promptly covered her mouth. 

"Yeah [N/N], you need to get this over with before they're allowed to come down." [Name] shot him a glare before speeding up her search for a lie. "[N/N], hurry up I can already feel Baku-bitch's rage seeping out of the building." he hissed agitation growing.

"I will Ren just give me a moment please." [Name] hissed, head turned to him as Izuku seemed to pale the name clicking into place with his memories.

"D-did you just say R-Ren b-but R-Ren is dead! B-but he- he died y-years ago and I- I went to his-" Izuku murmured as [Name] began to panic. 

"Ghosts!" Izuku snapped out of his daze slowly beginning to process what she was saying. "I can see ghosts. And ghosts who've I've bonded to I- can um... use their quirk- borrow it? I don't know I'm new to that part of it." [Name] sighed brushing [H/C] strands out of her face. Taking a deep breath she turned back to Izuku who had finished taking in the remaining information. "So what's the plan?" [Name] said, clapping her hands together.

"Well I- I'm guessing you'll be using Ren's quirk so it'd be easy to r-restrain Iida from a long distance but Kacchan my be a problem, but he'll probably go after me." He mumbled, scratching his neck. 

"Sounds good but It's still Kacchan and I did something not that smart that definitely pissed him off, so it'll be a gamble of who he finds first so we'll need to split up at the first chance possible." Izuku nodded in agreement as All Might came through their earpieces.

"Heroes enter the building!" [Name] gave him a soft smile before entering, 

"Good luck, I know you can do it Zuku!" she whispered before heading inside.

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[Name] was halfway up the building when she finally found herself comfortable enough to talk to Mari and Ren. The two had been walking both in front and behind being an extra lookout for the meantime and it was surprisingly peaceful. With hands tucked into her pockets [Name] turned her head to the girl behind her. 

"Mari I was wondering- what exactly was your quirk. I mean we never used it the other day so are you ok with sharing it?" Mari seemed to brighten at the mention of her quirk before giving a slightly puzzled look. 

"Well I think it was regeneration, I'm almost certain it was but something doesn't quite add up." Mari sighed as the group continued walking. As they approached the staircase leading to the final floor Ren went up ahead leaving the two to sit and wait. "I shouldn't have died" Mari whispered.

"What?" 

"I mean, it was a bullet and sure memory issues and all that but death no- I would have just regenerated it all..." Mari stopped and pieces clicked together in her mind, her mouth forming a small o. "I was drugged." [Name] paled as Ren finally ran down a small smile crossing his face.

"It's only Iida and he's the only thing between us and the bomb!" He smiled as [Name] refused to think about Mari's revelation. Slowly she walked up the steps, keeping herself silent as possible, which through years of practice was still easier than expected. Keeping herself to the building's shadows she slowly wrapped her hand around Ren's, a metallic smell seeping into the air. Taking the final step onto the top floor, chains shot out aiming for his legs. 

Iida narrowly dodged it as [Name] finally stepped out rolling her shoulder. Iida began monologue before she began to block him out, she needed to focus. [Name] swung another chain at him as she slowly began to draw a knife. Iida began to charge at her, leaping and aiming a kick at her chest. Chains wrapped around his foot pulling him to the ground, Iida wobbled and desperately tried to wrangle his foot away from the chains. When he finally did a large amount of distance had been created between the two, Iida against a pillar and [Name] slowly approaching the bomb. Iida once again tried to use his speed against her before he felt a blade whiz past him sticking into his clothes, then another. Iida ducked and weaved as [Name] jumped back knife, after knife, after knife thrown at him. Finally, once he tried to make a final sprint he felt his costume snag, the knives had pinned him to a wall.

[Name] slowly let go of Ren's hand, shaking off the remaining blood slicked onto her hand. Her pace slowed to a walk as she made her way to the bomb when the building shook. An explosion rang out from the lower floors and [Name] instantly blanched as stinging memories sent pain searing through her scars. [Name] quickly changed her priorities incapacitating Iida and rushing down the stairs. With nearly half the building destroyed made her mad dash difficult and earned her cuts and abrasions as she jumped across the rubble. 

Panting she looked down to find Izuku blasted a few feet away from a deranged looking Bakugou. Slowly he stalked forward explosions blasting off in his palms making her wince. Then she saw the look in his eyes he was trying to kill him. Squeezing her eyes shut she jumped down and began running planting herself in front of her crumpled friend. Arms raised and outstretched through teary terror-filled eyes she shouted, "I'm not going to let you hurt him!"

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[A/N] 
Damn, ok so this was meant to be one part but part two should be out tomorrow or the next day at the very least and I am very much still interested in your wild theories about our ghostie pals so,

Anything about Mari?

More theories about our Boi Ren?