Don't Let the Spark Die [BNHA Gen 2]

Chapter 32: A Face With No Name

~2 days later~

Shinsou POV

I was chilling in the Class 1-A common room since I needed to talk to Bakugo about her therapy. I got bored with no one in there so I switched on the TV and flicked to the news channel.

'Child villain: suspect kidnapper of UA student' was the headline in bold at the top of the screen. Pictures of a young girl with blue wings and a couple of purple scars were shown as the reporter was talking. Since most of Class 1-A were in the study room next to the common room, I called them in. 

"CLASS 1-A KIDS?!? You may wanna come and take a look at this." Of course, Iida was the first one to make it to the common room. He's like that. As he saw what the TV was playing, his normally serious face was replaced by a shocked one.
"Guys, you need to get in here." He called hurriedly. As the rest of the class slowly made their way down into the common room, I heard each person gasp as they saw what was on the TV.
"It's that girl."

"The one with blue wings?"

"Her scars look like Dabi's"

"She looks too young."

"Is she really a villain?"
"Kaminari, are you okay?" I reach over to brush my fingers against mini Kami's shoulder, careful not to scare her. I guess it didn't work because she started hyperventilating, her eyes glassy with tears.

Panic attack. 

"Kaminari listen to me. I've got you. It's gonna be okay. I know it's the girl but I just need you to breathe with me." I grabbed her hands to partially ground her and hear her shaky breaths going in and out way too fast. "Squeeze my hands if it helps. You're safe Kaminari. I need you to breathe." Kaminari Junior wasn't looking at the floor anymore and was instead alarmingly looking around at her classmates.

"K-Kirishima...I-I need Kirishima..." She said in a breathless panic. Kirishima rushed over and took her hands while I ushered everyone else out of the common room. Kaminari was pretty much not breathing at this point. 

"Hey Kami, can you look at me? I'm right here. Look around. You are in the common room. Look over there. Hitoshi Shinsou is standing right there, he's here to help." Kaminari's legs went out from under her. Kirishima positioned her in a comfortable way on the floor and hugged her tight, rubbing circles on her back and whispering in her ear.
"Shhhh Pikaboo. Nobody can hurt you now. We are safe. That girl can't do anything to you."

Kirishima POV

Kaminari's body went limp. As I moved out of our hug, she seemed zoned out and dissociated.

"It's a flashback." I hugged her tighter. "Pika, ground yourself. Can you talk?" She didn't respond but instead remained in her zoned out phase. I look at Shinsou, who is supposed to be our councillor.

"Shinsou! Help me out here!"

"We need to get her back to reality. Touching her hands, arms and shoulders can help but you're holding her hands and it's doing nothing so that's no use. We should get her to charge something. Maybe that or going brain dead like she does will bring her mind back here." 

I guess one of our classmates heard because all of a sudden Ojiro ran in with a phone charger cord and a phone. I silently mouthed a thank you before placing the cord in Pika's mouth and the phone in her hand. Soon enough, a small volt of electricity was going through her arm, we could see it. As the volt reached her neck, she blinked and looked around the room.

"Huh?" Even the slightest amount of noise was enough to let me know that the flashback was gone.

"You had a flashback baby..." Just as she was about to talk, the rest of our class ran in.
"Hold up. Did you just call her BABY?" Jiro practically screamed at us.

"So what if I did?"
"Are you dating?" This time it was Todoroki and Mei who spoke, both looking embarrassed at their synchronized speech.
"So what if we are?" Kaminari said softly, still recovering from her panicked state.

"No way they're dating. You guys would tell us." Mineta was the one to talk now.
"Would we?" I grabbed the front of Kaminari's shirt. "Trust me." I whispered. Seeing her subtle nod of consent, I hand moved from the front of her shirt to around her neck.
"They aren't going to kiss." Sero said. I could see him nudge Asui out of the corner of my eye. I looked directly at him before looking back to Pika.

"Aren't we?"
I slowly moved Kami's face closer to my own and closed the gap. After a few seconds, we both pulled away, smiling at each other with red flushed faces.

"Definitely their first kiss." I began to giggle before looking to the person who made the comment. Shinsou. Of course.
"Was it?" Pika chuckled next to me as our class groaned at our continuous, bland responses.
"You guys are impossible." Shinsou left with a deep sigh as the news reporter began to give more information about this case.

"Remember this Pika: it's just a face with no name. She can't hurt you."
"Face with no name." I heard her whisper. "Got it."

"A name for this young villain has been identified." We then heard the TV say.

"Fucks sake." I heard more than one person whisper.

"Well? Is she gonna tell us the name or what?" Bakugo yelled. A loud spark thundered through the building as all the power went out. It was pitch black.

"Okay, that wasn't me." Bakugo said quietly.

"Kiri?"
"Kami." When she whispered my name back, I grabbed her hand and interlocked our fingers. A small giggle was heard from the back of the room as a single light shone there. We could see a shadow standing just out of the lights reach.

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