[closed] sometimes the only payoff for having faith

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Who: Team Aidos (Izuku, Kido and Shouto)
What: Prayer 20
When: Whatever day today is ICly
Where:n The Near Shore
Warnings: fighting an ayakashi and also a team of self-sacrificing dumbasses.

Kido's used to Deku's selfless streak. They've done a few prayers now. Kind ones and weird ones and ones that they probably should've walked out (2/3 crossdressing in a team is not like the greatest score here). But they've always been safe. Deku seems to play things safe when he can, and she appreciates that. Calm prayers, safe prayers, and a few incredibly dangerous incidents of bullshit thanks to the heavens. But that does mean she's not used to facing something this big or dangerous by choice.

And a part of her wants to shake her boss because why. Morality and shame does not mean freaking war, Izuku. Why do you insist on punching things you shouldn't punch?

"If we get messed up doing this, boss, I'm never going to forgive you."

They're gonna get messed up probably.

She's never going to forget it.

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[fullcowl]

First he pulls the shirt off of his head and sets it on his lap. He'll worry about who he wants to worry about and right now it's Kido. Especially when he notices her starting to shake.

Izuku's seen Shouto catch fire many times, he's seen him frost over even more often. But for Kido who's not used to a world full of strange quirks and is terrified of fire... Izuku grabs one of her hands with one of his. "He'll be okay." She doesn't have to watch either.

[icyhot]

There's an effort, to try and keep his left side angled away from them. But it's instinctive for him to just let the fire overtake him, especially when he doesn't have his very flammable shirt between him and it. And with only the two people behind him, he doesn't have to worry about keeping the flames low when he takes care of the thicker portions of ice, sweeping a plume of fire across the surface, back and forth.

"It won't take that long," he says over his right shoulder, glancing back. "There's no point in trying to melt all of it, but we should at least do enough that no one's going to notice it if they're just walking by."

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"Yeah, I know." She's already seen that the two of them have at least some measure of control over it. It just...

She hasn't known Shouto very long, but it sets off a danger instinct in her mind. She returns the grip, holding onto him a little tighter.

"Just don't do this inside the apartment."

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He lets her cling onto him a little harder and- looks up to watch Shouto clear away the ice.

"There's no reason to use it indoors..."

And he's planning on doing quirk training outside where the apartments can't get frosted over or burned because Izuku has no idea what moderation is.

[icyhot]

"Something like this shouldn't be used inside. Especially since Midoriya can't control it."

Not to say that he hasn't found use for his quirk indoors, or that he didn't do training indoors - but that's a different matter entirely, and one that he doesn't remember.

He extinguishes the fire and shakes his hand out after, pausing for a moment so that he doesn't overheat before he goes to take care of the remaining ice that closes off the lot.

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"Just covering my bases." She sighs and sags a little bit. She watches Shouto. She can't deny that it's impressive, at least.

"Sorry I made you go all out like that. I thought I had this power under control..."

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He pats her shoulder with his free hand.

"It's okay, Kido. It all worked out in the end." And he shrugs, "It's not like I had Todoroki's power under control either." All things considered fighting that much wasn't bad and it sort of reminded him of hero classes. He's never been happier he had One for All under control, though fighting on ice... he's going to need something to deal with the ice he's inevitably going to accidentally make under his feet.

[icyhot]

Rubbing his left arm with his right hand, he turns to look at the two of them thoughtfully. Shouto speaks his mind, when the words are there, and he offers them easily now.

"It could've been a lot worse. Your powers actually worked pretty well, and we've got enough of a dynamic as a team that we could account for a hiccup quickly."

[blindfoldcode]

She feels like the weak link. But she doesn't dwell on it, trying for a small grin. "Yeah, it worked out. It's good we have a new way to fight, too. If you punch ayakashi without gloves, you'll get blighted again."

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Izuku's sure they wouldn't have managed nearly as well without her. Shouto and his powers are good for battle but they're not subtle and they're not support. Kido was crucial in leading the ayakashi out of the way.

"The three of us are a good team."

[icyhot]

Punching ayakashi without gloves. Why is he not surprised by this? Shouto levels a brief look over at Izuku, but then when he looks away again, he inclines his head in a faint nod.

"That was good work, no matter what happened."