Chapter 21: Chapter Twenty
A week flew in before anyone had time to prepare it was time for the UA Sports Festival!
Your classmates woke up feeling excitement as they got ready for the day. The long debate about whether or not you were going to be allowed to participate due to your healing injuries' finally came to a conclusion.
You passed.
You never seen All Might angry before, but sitting inside the hospital he made it crystal clear he would not support you if you competed in the festival. Unlike your new friends who got pats on the shoulder and wished good luck while their folks prepares hot breakfasts for them, you got a nothing.
Two bowls of cold cereal and a cup of hot tea and you were out the door.
So now here you sit, inside a waiting room for your class to finish collecting so you all could be called to enter the arena. You leaned back in your chair munching on a bag of salty chips with a steaming cup in your hand.
"(y/n)-!" Mina's voice startled you, you quickly leaned forward not to slip any tea down your chin and onto your shirt. "-there you are! I was scared you weren't going to be here!"
"What do you mean?" You wondered, Bakugo entered the room just then with Kirishima tailing behind him.
"We might have gone to the wrong waiting room-!" Mina laughed, rubbing her neck. "-when I didn't see you there Midoriya explained you might not be allowed to compete!?"
"Uh-" You shot an annoyed look to Midoriya with his big mouth, "-yeah that was a possibility."
"Are you sure you should be doing this?" Midoriya worriedly asked.
"I was cleared." You shrugged.
"Really!?" Mina gasped,
"Your doc cleared you to fight?" Asui pulled up a chair beside.
"Yeah." You nodded, Bakugo sat a table away. He watched you from the corner of his eye. Your leg was bleeding only a few days ago...you could barely walk, Bakugo was surprised you passed and was allowed in.
"I wonder what they have in store for us in the first round." Rikido Sato nervously played with his hands. You referred to him as sugar boy, since his quirk is activated by eating sugar.
"No matter what they've prepared we must persevere." Tokoyami called who spoke more like a fortune cookie each day.
"I am so bummed we can't wear our hero costumes!" Mina whined, "I wanted to look so cute today!"
"I guess it does make it fair among everyone." Sero yawned.
"Speaking of costumes-" Asui commented, "-(y/n) do you have a hero costume?"
"Not yet." You answered,
"What!?"
"I haven't turned in the packet."
"Why!?" Ochaco leaned forward, "It is so cool to get your costume! When I got mine-!" Ochaco rambled on, you sipped your tea watching her talk with her brightly smile.
Why haven't you completed your packet for your hero costume? Maybe it was because you didn't really feel like you could become a hero, so why would you need a costume to play dress up in?
"If you need help with it-" Mina warmly smiled, "-I can help."
"Really?" You turned.
"Of course!"
"That...would be great actually."
"I cannot wait, I have so many ideas for your costume!" Mina gushed.
"Everyone-!" Ida came barging into the room, "-get your game faces on! We are entering the arena soon!"
Could he be any more dramatic?
You watched from your seat sipping on the lukewarm liquid as your classmates physically became nervous.
Midoriya was taking deep breaths in and out.
Mineta was spouting something about swallowing your fear.
Mina was muttering, giving herself a pep talk.
Bakugo caught your eye. He was gone when you woke up that night of the storm. All Might explained he took him home since the weather was so bad, you hadn't really talked since that day.
"Midoriya-" You turned hearing Shoto Todoroki calling out the green haired mop, Shoto looked so serious you almost laughed as his stern expression.
"Hey Todoroki, what's up?" Midoriya asked, sounding so innocent.
"From a projective standpoint, I think it's fairly clear that I'm stronger than you." Shoto stated,
"U-Uh...yeah."
"-the fuck is going on right now?" You muttered to no one, a disgusted look plastered clearly across your face, watching Midoriya agree with Shoto.
"What is with these declarations of war lately?" Kaminari lightly joked, trying to break up the tension in the room.
"Yeah-" Kirishima agreed, "-what the big deal? Why are you picking a fight all of a sudden?"
"We are not here to be each other's friends-" Shoto snapped, shrugging off Kirishima's hand. "Don't forget this isn't a team effort."
"Hm." You nodded, lifting yourself to your feet. "Well in that case-" You called, shifting everyone's gaze towards you who walked over to Shoto; "-I hope I get you in the finals."
"Huh!?" Mina and Asui gasped.
"Why is that?" Shoto questioned.
"Because I'm going to knock you down a few pegs." You felt yourself smirk.
"(y/n)-"
"I'm still kind of new-" You cut Midoriya off, "-at the whole classmate bit-" You never removed your eyes off Shoto, "-but even I know this is the time to encourage each other to do their best and not be a dick."
"I-" Shoto opened his mouth.
"I would expect this kind of bullshit out of him-" You shrugged your head at Bakugo who surprisingly remained silent through this conversation.
"Hey!" He protested.
"-I'll see you in the finals-" You directed at Shoto, "-if you can back up that mouth of yours of course." With your final statement, you pushed passed Shoto and took your leave of the room.
"She uh..." Kaminari broke the thick silence, "...she can be kind of scary."
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Your class stood at the entrance to the arena waiting to be called. You could feel scorching eyes on your back and hear faint echoes of fireworks. Your back muscles were tense. Finally, after what felt like days the door opened, allowing Class 1-A to walk onto the field.
"-the Hero Course students of Class 1-A!"
You walked beside Mina and Asui looking around at the packed stands filled with reporters and people alike. Their cheering voices mixed into a waterfall of anxiety.
"I didn't know there'd be so many people-" Midoriya sounded like he was about to throw up his breakfast.
"I hope we are still able to give our best performance, even though all these eyes are watching us." Ida said. "I suppose it's just another aspect of being a hero-"
Ida was right, if you were going to be a pro-hero then millions of eyes watching your every move was only to be expected.
"President Mic sure did talk us up a lot-" Kirishima looked like he was bathing in the attention. "Kinda makes me nervous, how you feelin' man?" Kirishima questioned Bakugo who stood in front of him.
"I'm not worried, makes me wanna win this thing even more." Bakugo's cocky voice had you rolling your eyes. Of course, he would thrive in this environment.
You turned, watching the rest of the classes get called into the arena.
"Now the introduction speech-!" You turned back around hearing Midnight. Every male was entranced by her appearance.
"Uh..." Kirishima blushed, avoiding Midnight with his eyes. "...someone should talk to Ms. Midnight about what she is wearing."
"Yeah-" Kaminari agreed, "-that costume should come with a warning."
"Defiantly not high school appropriate." Tokoyami added.
You smirked, seeing how uncomfortable the three boys were. Mineta on the other hand was standing in a pool of his own drool.
"-for the student pledge, we have Katsuki Bakugo!" Midnight announced, you tilted your head, not expecting to hear his name.
"Uh- H-He's the first-year rep!?" Midoriya seemed just as shocked as you.
"I guess that hot head did finish first in the entrance tests." Sero muttered, you turned to watch Bakugo walk up the stage, it didn't surprise you he finished first.
"Only for the hero course exams." A girl snapped, correcting the statement.
"R-Right" Midoriya apologized.
"That girl hates us." Sero sighed.
"We have Bakugo to thank for that." Kaminari said.
"I just wanna say-" Bakugo's voice in the microphone pulled everyone's attention to him. "-I'm gonna win."
The students around you exploded in disapproval and Boo's as you laughed.
"Could have been worse." You muttered to yourself as Ida lectured Bakugo as other students glared and shouted at him. Thankfully Midnight turned the scene back onto her as a screen decided your fate.
"Ta-Da!" Midnight cheered,
"An obstacle course?" Not something you expected.
"All eleven classes will participate in this treacherous contest! The track is four kilometers around the outside of the stadium. I don't wanna restrain anyone, at least not in this game-!" Midnight winked, "-as long as you don't leave the course, you're free to do whatever your heart desires."
You glanced over your shoulder to your classmates, you had a strong feeling this was going to get ugly.
"Now then-" Midnight called, "-take your places contestants!"
You watched as a light counted down, glancing over in the stands where All Might sat. His harsh words echoed around inside your head.
You stole a quick glance at Midoriya, he got words of warm encouragement from All Might while you got a cold shoulder. You took in a deep breath as your chest felt compacted by something that felt like...jealousy?
You looked a head; all you knew is you wanted to prove All Might wrong. You were injured so what, it never mattered before why did it matter now? Staring at the entrance you noticed how narrow it was.
No way was everyone getting through that space, it was the first test.
"Begin!" Midnight called, and just as you predicted students began to get crammed together. Activating your quirk, turning yourself into air you gently passed through the crowd while they were shoving and pushing into each other like mad men.
You had to be smart about this, while you wanted to prove All Might wrong you were still injured. You had a limit that was tagged with a time frame of how long you could stand and fight. Wasting a lot of energy in the first stage would be foolish, so you casually walked through the people instead of running.
A chilly frost collected on the ground, you smirked watching it freeze people's feet. So, Shoto did have moves shoved up those sleeves.
To your luck, Shoto answered your call. You were worried about speed but now you hopped onto his ice and fluidly skated past people.
"No fair-!" People complained. You felt a smile on your lips seeing Bakugo, Momo, Kirishima and Aoyama dodge Shoto's attack to get ahead.
"Nice trick Todoroki!" Momo shouted, anger filling her bones.
"I won't let you get away so easily-!" Bakugo yelled, "-you Icy-hot bastard!" A genuine laugh escaped your lips hearing Bakugo. Mineta was flying, using his weird balls from the top of his head to bounce along the ice.
You felt blown away by the strong display of power your class held.
For a small moment, you really thought Mineta was going to be able to trap Shoto with his sticky ball but before too much hope could blossom on the short pervs face, he was slammed to the side taken out by a large green machine.
You slid to a stop, looking up at the towering bot.
"Are you ok!?" Midoriya called,
"What the hell are those?" You called out to anyone who would answer.
"It's those robots from the entrance exam." Midoriya gazed up at the bots.
"Entrance exam-" You sighed, you weren't in the exam, you had no idea these were even a thing. Shoto shot ice upward, freezing one in its place.
"Dude he stopped the robot!"
"Careful now-" Shoto called, "-I froze them while they were off balance, on purpose."
"He is such a dick-" You sighed as Shoto's robot unfroze and came crashing to the ground while more robots crawled from seemly out of nowhere.
"Todoroki's attack was both defensive and offensive." Aizawa's voice announced through the speakers.
You looked back at the students behind you who were trying to figure a way past the bots without getting trembled to death. "-but I guess he had the right idea." You hated agreeing with that half and half, but you reached down letting your fingers shift through the dirt. You gazed up, watching the ground crack in half letting the bots fall to their doom.
"What is this!?" President Mic's voice echoed,
"Sorry-" You called, watching the newly developed trench separate you from the other students. You stood up, glancing down at the dark abyss. How those kids were going to get over this mile wide cut in the earth without falling miles deep was unknown to you, but you couldn't care.
"What the hell!?" Voices protested, you turned on your heel pulling out a bag of sugary candy, popping one into your mouth.
"I-Is she eating candy!?" President Mic gasped.
"That was an agreement the board had for (y/n) (l/n) to enter the festival-" Aizawa boredly explained, "-she is allowed to eat if she wants to."
"(y-y/n) (l/n) pulls ahead!" President Mic calls through the camera robots, after a moment he covered his microphone with his hand. "I thought she only had wind, fire and ice quirks-?" President Mic said, "-how did she make that hole in the ground?"
"(y/n) has a lot of secrets up her sleeve." Aizawa said, lazily looking over to his cohost. "I have no doubts in my mind that she will win this thing."
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