in the shadows - Bakugou x reader

5 - the plan: part 2

Y/N's POV
Hirou led me down the hall to where Levi was sat in a small room on a laptop.

"Levi, what's up, man? Guess who I brought with me!"

His eyes darted up from the blaring screen to meet mine, "y/n!"

I felt a weak smile form on my face as I offered him a small wave, "hey, Lev."

His eyes then trailed down to my wrists and he immediately beckoned me to come and sit beside him, "again? Really? I don't know why you let him do that to you."

I shook my head, ignoring his statement as I sat beside him, "it was nice of you to let me know that you weren't dead, by the way."

He gently placed his hands around my wrists, earning a hiss of pain from me, before shutting his eyes tight and activating his quirk. As he did, his grip in my tightened and he yelled out in pain as the burning sensation slowly left my body and entered his.

When he finally let go, he leaned his palms onto his knees and took a few deep breaths, "I'm sorry I didn't call, I was in a complicated situation."

I held my wrists up to my face and examined the newly healed skin, it was still pretty red and slightly sore, but easily more bearable than what I was enduring before, "thanks for that, Lev, I owe you one."

He shook his head, "Rokuro is a bastard, if anything I owe you for getting you involved with him."

Hirou sighed, "have you gone to see the boss since you've been back?"

Levi shook his head, "no, and I don't think I will, I can't stand him."

"So, why'd you bother coming back at all?"

Levi paused for a moment before glancing over at me and then darting his eyes back to his laptop, "I have my reasons, they don't really concern you- anyway, how was the mission?"

Hirou sat on my other side and exhaled, "well, Shadow here got herself into a pretty sticky situation with Ground Zero."

Levi immediately stopped what he was doing and focused all of his attention to me, "wait, what? What happened?"

I groaned before leaning back, "he was already after the guy I was after, so when I killed him, Katsuki cuffed me and tried to turn me in, that's why the boss used his quirk on my wrists."

His eyebrows were furrowed but his eyes were wide as he asked, "so, why didn't you just kill them both?"

Hirou immediately slapped his knee and yelled, "that's what I said!"

I shook my head, "no, not like that... That's too easy."

Levi's volume slightly raised, irritation laced in his voice, "what other chance are you gonna get to kill Ground Zero!? That was pretty damn stupid, y/n."

"Well, actually, Levi," I inhaled, "I'm not a terrible person, so don't think that I am, but I have a plan to destroy Katsuki's life and I need your input."

He raised an eyebrow and gestured for me to continue.

"I wanna play a very public game of cat and mouse with him; if the public see how incompetent he is as a hero, he'll get to watch his stupid career crumble before his eyes, everything he worked so hard for- poof, gone! It's the only thing that I can think of that the bastard actually cares about, when he's so low in the ranks that he can't even fathom what's going on, I'll end his life in front of everyone- it'll be brilliant."

"And? Have you even thought this through, y/n? He isn't a crappy low ranked hero who you can dispose of just like that- he's number two, he's Ground Zero! And aside from that, your public games of cat and mouse will obviously attract more heroes to rush to his aid. It won't work."

I held up my finger, "ah, ah! That's where you've got it all wrong, it's true that I'll have to be careful when playing cat and mouse, that's what I've got Hirou for-"

"Wait, what?"

I smirked at Hirou before turning back to Levi, "and on the topic of heroes, look at any news coverage of Ground Zero... he doesn't like to work with anyone. Nine times out of ten, if you see another hero try to intervene, he goes ballistic! And heroes know to stay out of his way. The only time you see him working with other heroes are on pre-organised missions."

He placed his hand on his chin, "and how are you even going to find him every single time?"

I flashed him a pleading smile, "well, I thought since we're such good friends, you'd help me out with a little bit of computer magic."

Levi groaned, "you want me to hack into Ground Zero's shit to find out what exactly?"

I let out a satisfied sigh as I leaned back, "anything relating to public locations that he'd be at regularly, maybe his patrol schedule? If that's a thing... that's a thing, right?"

He pursed his lips, hesitating for a moment before huffing, "I'll see what I can do."

I sat back up and wrapped my arms around his neck, careful not to knock his laptop from his hands, "thank you so much, you're the best, Lev!" 

He turned his head away from me before batting me away, mumbling, "yeah, yeah, I know."

—

That night, Hirou's fiancée, Rina, made the three of us some delicious curry- I was living with them for the time being, until I made enough money to support myself.

"Babe, you'll never guess who y/n fought today!"

"I didn't fight anyone."

"She totally fought Ground Zero!"

Rina raised her eyebrows at me, "and he's still alive?"

I sighed, "I didn't fight Ground Zero, we were after the same guy, I killed said guy, then Ground Zero tried to arrest me; I got away."

Hirou jumped in, grinning widely, "I'm the one who got her away!"

Rina sarcastically praised, "wow! Congrats, babe! You're a side kick!"

Rina and I chuckled together before Hirou interrupted, "anyway, I wasn't done telling you what's going on. Guess what y/n and Levi are planning..."