First Love
On their way back to camp, they met Uraraka and Tsuyu being attacked by a girl belonging to the group of villains.
"We can't stand here and talk. Let's move," Shoji said.
"I'm just glad you didn't get injured too bad. Now come on, join our group. We are protecting Kacchan and making our way back to camp," Midoriya said.
"If you're talking about Bakugou, then shouldn't he be with you guys?" Tsuyu asked.
"What are you talking about, he's behind-" Midoriya said and everyone looked behind.
The path was empty.
"Y/N weren't you with him?" Shoji asked.
"He was!" Y/N frantically looked around the area and realized something, "Guys, Tokoyami is missing too."
Just then a villain appeared holding two marbles. Shoji was right. They were being too naïve to think that they were going to go back to camp without facing any problems. A part of Y/N blamed herself to be too occupied with her selfish thoughts, so much that it affected her classmates and she didn't even realize it.
Mr. Compress, as the villain called himself, was too fast for them to chase on foot so Midoriya devised a plan to launch them through the air using Ochaco and Tsuyu's quirks. Shoji guided them through the air using his arms and they approach him. Y/N could only use her quirk to move fast on ground, which was of no help since the villain was skipping fast high up from the ground. While the boys were launched to capture him, Y/N decided to follow them wherever they were going to fall.
They tackled him out of the air and ended up landing directly at the Vanguard Action Squad's rendezvous point. Mr. Compress transformed himself into a marble and Dabi threw a fireball at the students. Todoroki evaded while Midoriya and Shoji's arms got partially burned. Y/N arrived at the right moment and used her quirk towards the fire, giving the both of her friends' some time to move away.
Dabi tried to confirm that the villain had captured Bakugou, but Shoji confirmed that he'd taken the marbles Mr. Compress transformed them into.
That was the cue for them to run as fast as possible towards the camp, to get more help. As they were running, someone blocked them.
It was the same villain that attacked U.S.J. back then - Kurogiri. He opened his warp gate and helped the villains to transport back to their hideout.
"Hold on, we're not leaving without the kid," Dabi said as Mr. Compress got near the gate.
"Don't worry. They were so proud of themselves for rooting through my pockets that I thought I'd let them to gloat. But allow me to explain it easy. If I'm flaunting something shiny, it's because there's something I don't want you to see," he replied and revealed the marbles he kept hidden in his mouth. He clicked his fingers and the marbles with Shoji transformed back to ice. When they were attacking the villain to stop him a while back, he took it as an opportunity and turned some of Todoroki's ice to marbles and kept it in his pockets, the ones Shoji took.
As the villains were slowly retreating back to the warp gate, a flash of light hit Mr. Compress on his face and he chocked the marbles out. Shoji, Todoroki, Y/N and Midoriya wasted no time to move fast and catch them. Midoriya's legs gave out and he fell crashing back, while the rest continued. Y/N stopped in the middle, Todoroki was almost there.
Almost.
Dabi was there faster.
Y/N's heart dropped and she felt a sickening tug in the pit of her stomach as she looked at the scene.
"Check it now. Transform them back," Dabi said and on the snap of Mr. Compress's fingers, the marbles turned.
Dabi was holding on Bakugou's neck, slowly moving back to the gate.
There was no time to waste. Y/N sped up and ran towards them, trying to get hold on to him. Midoriya did too, but all they got from their friend was a look that they never got before and a statement, "Stay back."
Y/N stumbled and fell down on the ground, her head hitting hard as she watched the warp gate close and disappear into thin air. She felt dizzy as her visions blurred. Ochaco reached the area soon and pulled her back on feet. Y/N still kept her mouth shut, eyes fixed on the same place he disappeared.
"Y/N pull yourself together-" Ochaco said when Y/N finally spoke.
"Why..." she muttered, "Why did I stop? I should've just ran instead of leaving it to Todoroki. I could've stopped it from happening."
"You did whatever you could in that situation," Ochaco said slowly walking back to the camp, taking her arm on her shoulder. She didn't know how Y/N was feeling at the moment but she could tell. She was just like her when it came to Bakugou. Ochaco could tell just by looking into her eyes that this girl had deeper feelings for the boy like she had for Midoriya. And she knew, no amount of consolation was going to help her and keep her from blaming herself.
But that was the worst part. Y/N was going to keep beating herself up for what happened and there was nothing that she could do to help her. She knew it was better if Kyoka was there with her, but she was injured too.
As the ambulance arrived, everyone, who were injured were taken to the hospital. Those were the last words that Ochaco heard from Y/N. After the incident, she went completely quiet and looked out of it. She was just...not there with them. She got patched up on her head which was bleeding lightly when she hit the ground.
Only one thing replayed over and over in her head. How she was so close to hold him and pull him back, but one of her own decisions that she took before led to endanger the life of her friend.
She didn't get to tell him about her feelings. He was gone.
Her friend.
Her...first love.
All because she thought someone other than her was there to do the work that she should've done.