My Hero Acadamia Short Stories (Volume 1)

Grounding: Part 12 (Kirishima)

It's been a couple of weeks since the last time I had a panic attack, and Kiri had been spending time with me every day. Everyone else tried to hang out with me as often as they could too, but they had things they had to do. But really it was just nice that everyone was so willing to try and help me.

"Alright brats, listen up!" Mr. Aizawa said, and walked in to our commons room where we were hanging out. "I've been requested to go on a mission and I'm going to bring a small team with. So Bakugo, I'm making you the team leader. Choose four classmates for your team, and meet me downstairs with your hero outfits in five minutes." Mr. Aizawa then rushed downstairs. Everyone stood up and walked towards their rooms to go get their uniforms.

"Are you coming?" Bakugo asked, and I looked up from my phone.

"What?" I asked him.

"You're part of my team, so lets go." He said, and I got up and followed him.

"Ooo~, exciting." Fear said as she followed me down the hallway after me.

"Wait, I can't go." I said. "Not on a serious mission like this."

"And why not?" Kiri asked walking out of his room with his uniform in hand.

"You know why." I said, and my fear stood behind Kiri leaning against the wall. Watching all of this unfold.

"But you're more than capable of handling it." Bakugo said. 

"Yeah, you haven't seen yourself." Kiri said, as Denki and Mina came out of their rooms. "When you use your quirk, you're so focused. You'll be perfectly fine."

"And if I'm not?" I asked them.

"Then we'll be right there with you." Mina said and hugged onto my arm. I looked at everyone, and they had such confident faces. Confidence in me, that I wouldn't lose my mind while being out there. 

I looked passed them at my fear, and she smiled at me before nodding to me. Encouraging me that I could handle this. I closed my eyes, and released a breath letting my nerves calm down.

"Alright." I sighed, and Mina jumped up and down on my arm before dragging me to my room to get my uniform. 

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"So what exactly is the mission?" Denki asked as we sat on a train that was taking us to Mount Fuji.

"We've been called to go to Mount Fuji." Mr. Aizawa started. "There's been reports of terrorism  in the towns around the Mountain, but it looks like whoever it is, is taking up refuge somewhere in the mountain."

"And they doing what exactly?" Bakugo questioned.

"It seems they some of the powers of Shigaraki's group." Mr. Aizawa said. "Impostors and buildings being set on fire with blue flames.

"Then why is it just us going?" Mina asked, and we all felt a little off.

"It doesn't sound like it is the entire group, from the descriptions. It sounds like it's only one person. That and the group wouldn't act like this, based on their behavior in the past." Mr. Aizawa said. "But we're going to check it out, just in case."

"So far it just sounds like a copy quirk." Denki said. 

"A very flexible copy quirk, with how long he's been using them." Mr. Aizawa said. "Our main goal right now is to figure out what his connection with the LOV is."

"Well at least we can fight fire with fire." Kiri said and nudged my arm. I smiled, but didn't say anything.

"Y/n, you don't have to do this if you're not feeling up to it." Mr. Aizawa told me.

"No, it's just." I started and rubbed the back of my neck. "I know I need to push myself. But I just don't want to let my emotions get the better of me. Although lately, they've been on the more quiet side."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Bakugo asked.

"Yeah." I said and nodded. "But it just makes my anxiety rise a little, thinking about when the dam is going to give out."

"Well as soon as you feel like you're heading off the deep end, say something and we'll get you out of there." Mr. Aizawa said. I lowered my head and nodded. 

"Hey." Kiri said getting my attention and wrapped his arm around my shoulders, pulling me tight to him. "I've go you alright? If you feel like you're losing control, you can believe in me to keep you grounded." 

"Are you going to weight me down, like the rock that you are?" I asked him, ignoring the shadow the stood in the walkway of the train. My joke put a smile on my face, and I didn't look at it. I just put all my attention on Kiri.

"If that's what it takes." He told me, and the smile on his face is what made me believe him.