speedy | bakugo katsuki x fem!reader

71 | we're friends with a mass-murderer

The weather was nice as they walked down the busy streets of Otheon's biggest city. People were bustling around, some rushing for work, some taking a stroll, tourists and locals alike.

Y/n walked next to Bakugo as she held onto two grocery bags containing fruits and vegetables. She, like the three boys, was clad in her hero costume, ready to spring into action if necessary.

''It's so lively here,'' Midoriya commented from the back where he walked alongside Todoroki.

''That's because it's the biggest city in Otheon,'' Todoroki pointed out the obvious.

Bakugo scoffed under his breath. ''I don't care if we're standing by or whatever, but why do I have to run errands?!'' He was yelling by the end of his sentence as he looked back at Midoriya, as if he was the one who'd forced the four of them into this.

''You're literally a student intern, the lowest of the lowest in the team. You should be glad to even be here,'' Y/n pointed out, not even looking at him.

''HAH?!''

''The only reason we're even here is because we happen to be doing our work studies with agencies that were called into the mission, like Endeavor's and Mirko's,'' Todoroki reminded him. ''We're like freebies thrown in.''

''But since we're on the team, we need to give it our all so we can protect everyone,'' Midoriya said.

Todoroki looked between all three. ''The ideological organization, Humarise.''

''The damn organization that's obsessed with a damn delusion,'' Bakugo said. ''What the hell's with the Quirk Doomsday Theory?' They're seriously taking a cock-and-bull story like it's the truth.''

Y/n blinked once, twice, then spoke. ''What's with you guys just stating the obvious?''

Before any of the three boys could answer, there was a small explosion nearby, making all four teenage heroes halt for a moment. Dust rose from inside a shop right in front of them, two people running out, following by a worker. ''It's a jewelry thief! Catch him!''

With the groceries long forgotten, the four sprung into action. Y/n activated her Quirk, running after the one holding the case with the jewelry. She was about to catch him when he suddenly turned into a small tornado and escaped her grip.

She clicked her tongue, deactivating her Quirk and noticing Bakugo was splitting from the group. ''Speedy, come on, this bastard's tryin' to be fast!''

''Got it!'' Activating her Quirk again, Y/n caught up to where Bakugo was following the thief, who was expelling small pink clouds from his hands that resembled his pink afro towards Bakugo.

Running past them, Y/n tackled the thief on the ground, deactivating her Quirk just as the pink mists exploded right where Bakugo had been. Y/n's eyes widened and she was about to activate her Quirk and run towards the dust to check on him when, from above, she heard, ''Speedy, move! That was a pathetic blast! Let me show you a real one!''

Y/n ran to the side with her Quirk, watching as Bakugo sent an explosion at the guy, sending him flying over the edge of the stairs and straight down, his body tangling into laundry cords, saving him from hitting his head on the ground.

Bakugo dropped to the ground next to Y/n, straightening up as he rolled his shoulders. Y/n, with hands on her hips, looked at him. ''You good?''

'''Course,'' Bakugo looked at her, too. ''You?''

''Yeah.'' With a shrug, Y/n raised a fist, holding it up to Bakugo.

He, on the other hand, quirked an eyebrow. ''The hell are you doing?''

''A fist-pump? Since we're such a great team and all,'' Y/n said, her grin never wavering. ''Remember back in that first hero exercise we did, when I had to force you to give me a high-five?''

''You're so lame.''

''Come on! I'm not gonna do it for you again!''

Bakugo sighed. He watched her, she watched him. He scoffed and looked away, but raised his arm, his hand curled into a fist. Y/n chuckled at his reaction and bumped hers into his. ''See, it wasn't so bad! Let's go get the villain, now!''

''You idiots! We're in the middle of an important mission right now! You should leave everything else to the local heroes!''

Y/n's grin and playfulness was gone as soon as they'd returned to their stand-by hotel, where Endeavor had been informed about what they were up to. Todoroki stood in front of his father, while Y/n kept her distance, opting to stand near Bakugo in the back. Bakugo leaned on the wall, his arms crossed as he wasn't even looking at Endeavor.

''Heroes are supposed to save those in trouble, right?'' Todoroki pointed out.

''We didn't learn to assign importance to jobs during our work study,'' Bakugo added.

Y/n piped in, too. ''Besides, there were no other heroes that jumped in to help or stop us! We were the only ones there.''

''YOU'RE NOT EVEN SORRY?!'' Endeavor's flames lit up along with his anger. No one really paid him any mind until he calmed down. ''Well, what happened to Deku?''

Y/n's brows furrowed. Now that Endeavor mentioned it, Deku was missing.

''He's following someone who was working with the jewel thieves.'' Todoroki took his phone out. ''But he's not picking up his phone at all.''

''SLACKERS!'' Endeavor yelled as he looked up. Y/n could only wonder what he was directing his anger at. ''I shouldn't have brought you with me even if you were doing your work studies!''

Y/n turned to Bakugo. ''Is he always like this?''

Bakugo grunted, still not looking at Endeavor. ''Pretty much.''

''I'm so glad I'm with Mirko,'' Y/n pointed out, crossing her arms, too. ''You should've joined, you know.''

''Don't remind me.''

Todoroki's phone suddenly rang. ''It's from Midoriya.'' Putting his phone to his ear, Todoroki spoke. ''Midoriya, do you have the suspect and the case?'' Y/n and Bakugo couldn't hear what Midoriya had said to make Todoroki gasp. ''What did you do?'' Y/n and Bakugo shared a look. ''Calm down, tell me what happened in order.''

Everyone moved closer to the phone at that, listening in to Midoriya's faint explanation. ''Um, I chased the guy who ran away with the case and caught him, but there wasn't any jewelry in the case he was holding—''

A door slammed open, cutting Midoriya off. ''Endeavor, this is bad! Deku . . .''

They rushed off to where all of Endeavor's Sidekicks were gathered as they watched the news on a big screen. A picture of Midoriya was next to the news report, the words IZUKU MIDORIYA AKA JAPANESE HERO 'DEKU' WANTED FOR MASS MURDER underneath. Y/n's eyes widened.''. . . any information. Once again, according to police reports, the suspect who is thought to have killed twelve people is the Japanese hero, Deku, the alias of Izuku Midoriya. He has been put on a nation-wide wanted list. There are also reports that he has an accomplice.''

Todoroki, with the phone back to his ear and his eyes still stuck to the screen, spoke. ''Midoriya, what did you really do?'' Y/n, Endeavor and Bakugo all looked at Todoroki. ''You're on the wanted list as a mass-murder suspect!'' There was a moment of silence before Todoroki continued. ''We'll look into it on our side. You just get away from there immediately. They'll track you using the GPS. Once you turn off your phone, don't forget to take out the battery.''

Y/n ran a hand through her hair as her stomach started to churn. It was almost as if she'd been the one accused of a mass-murder. ''We literally separated for ten minutes!'' Y/n looked back at his wanted picture on the screen, the words of the news reporter falling to deaf years by now. ''Holy fuck, Midoriya.''