From the Ground Up: Kacchako

Chapter 9: water

Bakugou moaned complaints when she got off him and helped him up. His hand was bigger than hers and it was hard to hold on, but she managed. He stood on his good leg and rolled his shoulders. She looked down at his leg worriedly.
"I think we only have a few hours before that's in danger of being infected"

He looked up and down the hall before nodding once.
"Looks like we have a lot of less time to figure this out. Let's get moving"
He swung his head to the side and eyed the wall.
"I know this is the school and everything..."
She frowned at him.
"Why do I get the feeling that you have a bad idea?"
He whipped his gaze back to her.
"Who said it was bad?"
She shrugged innocently and he smirked, looking back at the wall.
"Why don't we...just break our way out?"
"Katsuki-"
"Yeah yeah, whatever, I know. It's a school but- we've already blown a giant hole right in the middle of the damn building, why not make just one more hole?"
She sighed and gestured to the wall.
"Go ahead, then. I'll be standing over here"
She went to step away but he grabbed her arm gently.
"Oh no, no, no. I'm not doin' all the work. You've gotta help too"
"With What?"
"You'll figure it out"
He said, and she chewed on her lip. She was still worried about his leg, and what would happen if he fell on it or twisted his thigh wrong, but, it wasn't like she could stop him. Bakugou did what Bakugou wanted.

He blew the biggest hole he could without any balance on his leg, and blew out a small sliver in the re-enforced wall. Uraraka quickly realised what he meant and she gathered up the small amounts of fallen debris with her quirk and hurled them again and again at the wall, effectively making the hole bigger and bigger. He blew the last amounts away and they popped their heads out, finding that the black second layer outside ended at the top, there was no ceiling or roof. He grabbed her hand.
"Let's get the fuck outta here-"
"No. We have to go get the others"
He looked at her with his brows lowered.
"This is the exam, Ochako. We're not allowed to help the others"
She pouted.
"You just don't want to"
He grinned, showing his sharp eye teeth.
"No, not really"
She looked over her shoulder for a few seconds before sighing and taking his hand again.
"I guess you're right, and we have to get your leg checked out"
"Ah, this little thing?"
She narrowed her eyes.
"I'll poke it"
He shifted his jaw.
"Don't"
She giggled in triumph.
"I knew it, but I won't"

They jumped through the opening and fell for a second before her quirk kicked in and they began to lift. Slowly spinning in the air Bakugou held her close to him, catching a glimpse of them in the reflection of the building's glass windows. They both looked tired, ragged, and worn out. He shrugged and grabbed the very top of the black wall when they finally reach it and swung, sending them falling as Uraraka whispered 'release'.
He used his explosions to soften their landing, and they now stood in the front entrance to the school. It was midday, a few teachers gathered on the stone pavement, waiting. Midoriya was there too, waving.
Uraraka waved back, but stopped when she saw Bakugou's face. Present Mic threw his hands in the air.
"Yeah! You made ittt! First and second place, guys. Not bad, not bad at all!"
Mr. Aizawa congratulated them both on making it out first, and on graduating. The next few minutes were a blur of each teacher saying their congratulations and giving them wishes of luck, shaking their hands.
"I gotta admit, it seemed pretty easy"

Bakugou said, once the teachers had cleared away from them and began discussing on how long to wait for the other students to come out. Uraraka tilted her head to look at him.
"Easy? We were trapped in their for two and a half days"
"Yeah but- didn't it seem too easy to you? All we had to do was-"
"That's probably the easiest thing to figure out, Kacchan"
Midoriya had stepped up to them, scratching the back of his neck. Bakugou glared at him.
"Do explain then, deku"
Midoriya smiled and turned to Uraraka instead.
"They wanted to see if you'd overthink an easy test, whether you'd realise the big picture. I heard that the meaning behind the whole 'you have 3 days' was to see if you would use force to get out instead of doing what a villain said. Sometimes a bit of damage is needed"
Uraraka's lips parted and her eyes hung heavy.
"Wow. So I'm just stupid. Great"
Bakugou glared at her now.
"Shut up, you're not stupid"
A new voice chimed behind them,
"Ooooh, I see someone's taking my advice!"
Bakugou turned quicker than lightning to glare at Kirishima, now standing with them, grinning. Mina was with him, cheerful as usual. Uraraka started conversation with her as the two boys engaged in what Mina liked to call 'a peacock contest'.

Uraraka giggled and watched, Mina's arm around Uraraka's shoulders, a grin on her face.
"Man, I'm drained. I used up a lot of acid to weaken that wall so Kirishima could break a hole in it"
Uraraka smiled brightly.
"Hey! We did that too! Except, Bakugou blew a small hole because he couldn't balance- oh my god! Bakugou, your leg! I almost forgot!"
He stopped his yelling conversation with Kirishima to look at her, then at his leg.
"oh yeah, I completely spaced on that"
Kirishima looked puzzled.
"What?"
Uraraka explained best she could with worry clouding her mind. Within a few seconds Kirishima had- with mostly Uraraka's help- ushered Bakugou over to the nurse to heal his leg. Two scars on either side of his thigh were left afterwards, and also Kirishima crying to Mina how he didn't notice and how he must be a bad friend. She sat with him and patted his hair down, only to have it spring back up. She smiled softly and ran her fingers through it as he went on and on. Uraraka marvelled at Mina's patience.
Present Mic held his arms up again.
"Alright!! Let's get on to phase two!!!"
Mina and Uraraka perked up.
"Phase two?"

Uraraka said, too curious to notice that midoriya had been heading over to her.
"Yeah, we'll have to meet the others there, but this is the fun part"
Before she knew it she was being herded towards a bus by the teachers and was sat down towards the middle. She was at the window seat, suddenly unaware of how or why she'd chosen this seat. Midoriya smiled brightly and went to sit next to her, only to be shoved harshly between the shoulders by Bakugou, sending him almost tripping the next few steps.
"Katsu-"
She started, but was cut off as he swung down into the seat next to her, his arms crossed and an angry mood about him. Midoriya shrugged and sat in the seat directly in front of her, turning to start a conversation. She smiled and kept up the talking, but felt slightly wary of Bakugou next to her. He seemed to be seething, furious, but she couldn't grasp why.
What's he so pent up about?
She thought, but didn't ask as other students began to load onto the bus. No one knew where they were going.