Even though she wasn't late at all, the girl walked as fast as she could. Hiyoka felt her heart beating fast inside her chest as her eyes gazed around the hallway, searching for classroom 1-A.
She yawned once more, feeling the consequences of not sleeping so well because of anxiety. Well, who wouldn't be anxious? It was U.A. afterall!
Looking at the students walking past on the hallway, she got confused. There were eyes on her and she could sense it. Judging eyes? And she didn't really know why.
Maybe it was because of her appearance? But she wasn't anything out of normal. Maybe something was on her face? It couldn't be, she checked it out two times already.
"Isn't she the girl who started to bleed a lot on the entrance exam? That looked like a horror movie," one of the students said to other one. Both stared at her with strange expressions.
Oh, that's how it is. Her bleeding always scared people away, and Hiyoka was kind of used to it. But she had to admit it - what happened wasn't something normal. And it wasn't her intention at all.
"Come on, screw capitalism," she said between deep breaths. Not good, her breath was heavier than she'd like. The girl barely could stand on her feet any longer and she knew her body was almost at its limit. She managed to defeat some robots pretty quickly, but she didn't even know how many points she had. The time was passing and she already gave up. Maybe failure was her fate, just like everything in her life.
The ground suddenly started to shake, bringing her attention back to her surroundings. "What? An earthquake?" she wondered confused. Until her eyes landed on the enormous figure coming at her direction.
The zero point villain robot. That thing was huge. Hiyoka was getting ready to run away from it when she heard a voice coming from meters away, closer to the giant robot. There was a red head boy, who tried to craw away desperately - he apparently hurt his leg and couldn't run. He was going to be totally smashed!
"Ah, how cool," she tried to calm herself down. The girl knew what she had to do. It didn't matter if she was almost at her limit, she wasn't going to let the boy get hurt any more. Not in her presence. "Oh, my God. SCREW CAPITALISM! SCREW EVERYTHING!"
Her legs started to move on its own, soon reaching the boy. Kneeling down at him, she grabbed his shoulders gently. "Please, stay calm! My name is Tominaga Hiyoka and I'll protect you!"
He was a little taken aback but nodded quickly, having no other choice but to trust that girl. "I-I'm Kirishima Eijirou."
The girl quickly nodded too, and got up, turning to face the huge robot and asking herself if she should just protect both of them or try to defeat it. Taking a deep breath, her right hand pointed at her target as she narrowed her eyes threateningly. "Screw you, robot."
The ground under the robot started to shake - and it was not only because of its heavy steps. Suddenly, a wall of large trees and roots appeared from the ground around the robot, hugging and paralyzing its metallic body.
Both teenagers sighed in relief. The girl, however, never took her eyes away from the robot. "Maybe it will handle it, giant sequoias trees are pretty tough, ya know. But I can't be sure yet, this is the U.A. entrance exam afterall."
And Hiyoka was right to think that way. The robot began to move again, breaking from the trees' embrace and started to make its way to the two teenagers. "DAMN! How the hell is that thing passing through?!" she shouted angrily.
"Tominaga, I think the only way is to defeat it! And as much as I hate to admit it, I'm not manly enough to do so right now!" Kirishima said fielding himself behind the girl's body and gritting his sharp teeth.
"Shit, man, I wish you were wrong, but oh, well." the girl added, having no choice but to defeat the large robot. It was way too close. "Here goes nothing!"
She took a deep breath, feeling the adrenalin flowing through her body. A new wall of trees and roots wrapped around the robot again, but this time it started to crush it.
The girl felt liquid escape from her nose, eyes, mouth and ears. Blood, and it was lots of it. Hiyoka winced, feeling the pain inside her body grow stronger. She was trembling hard, trying her best to keep on her feet. But the robot was still moving, so she had to try more.
Hiyoka let out what it sounded like a war scream, willing to give her all to protect both her and the boy. A last wave of power flowed through her, a power she never knew she had.
As Hiyoka forced herself one last time, the trees responded her commands and crashed the robot like it was made of paper. The now defeated robot fell in pieces and the roots and trees disappeared back to the ground.
Kirishima stared at the scene in awe, never noticing other teenagers far from them, watching it somewhat horrified both about the state of the teenage girl and her power.
"T-that was amazing, Tominaga!" he exclaimed excitedly, but Hiyoka didn't respond nor move. For being behind her all the time, he didn't notice the blood. "Uh, Tominaga?"
His eyes got wide as he watched the girl fall to the ground, looking almost lifeless. He rushed to her, grabbing her body and getting extremely worried.
"What? You're bleeding so much!" he said shaking her slightly, but she was still unmoving. "Someone, please, help!"
Seconds after there was an announcement saying that the time was over.
Thinking back about what happened, Hiyoka felt confused. Part of her wished she hadn't done such a thing and the other part felt glad that she could actually save someone. Like a true hero.
Back to reality, she finally found her destiny. The girl took a deep breath, stopping in front of a large door with an 'A' in it.
A new era has began.
As the girl quietly opened the door, her eyes immediately locked with a pair of heterochromatic ones. Across the room, basically isolated, was a boy that gave a strange aura to her.
He had such a stoic and cold expression - it was clear he didn't give a damn about anything. But looking directly in his eyes was surely breathtaking - and it somehow felt familiar to her.
They kept staring at eachothers eyes for just a moment, but for Hiyoka it felt like forever. It was almost like a scene playing in slow motion.
Her attention was soon directed to a familiar boy also across the room - close to the bi-colored hair boy -, talking with other two boys. As soon as he noticed her, he got up from his chair calling out her name excitedly, jumping above some tables to get to her as fast as he could.
That made every student to curiously look at her, which obviously made her a little nervous.
"Kirishima?" she said low, a mix of confusion and joy in her voice.
As Kirishima finally got to her, he grabbed her hands and smiled widely, showing his dangerously sharp teeth. "I can't believe we're in the same class, Tominaga!"
The atonished girl blinked a few times to process what was happening - she was still a little taken aback because of the half'n'half boy, who was still strangely staring at her.
Hiyoka tried to shake it off, giving the red head a friendly closed-eyes smile. "Isn't it a coincidence? But I'm glad to have here someone I've actually met before!"
Looking around she noted that the classroom was fairly full, with about sixteen students including her. The girl lamented that the best seats were already taken.
"Me too!" the red head let go of her hands and rubbed the back of his neck.
He then looked Hiyoka directly in the eyes, changing his expression to a softer one, but still being loud enough for the whole class to hear. "You know, you scared me to death there! They told me you were going to be fine, but, man, I sure thought you were dying. I mean - you were bleeding so much! And it was just because of me."
The girl could feel a hint of regret in his voice even if he was trying to be cheerful - it broke her heart entirely.
Somewhat nervous to look in the girl's eyes any longer, Kirishima continued, "I never got the chance to thank you before, so... Thank you for risking your own well being just to save me, Tominaga! You are a true hero," he bowed respectfully.
The last sentence left Hiyoka speechless and silenced the classroom for a few seconds as well. Until the girl laughed out loud, soon putting her hands on his shoulders and smiling reassuringly. She tried to shake the feeling of everyone's gaze on her - one of the things she hated the most was to be the center of attention.
"Kirishima, no need to praise me like that! It was the right thing to do!" she said like it was obvious - and in reality it was -, and crossed her arms on her chest. "How can I even think about becoming a hero if I'm not willing to give my all to help those in need?"
The red head boy only stared at his apparently new friend when a lot of tears suddenly started to fall from his eyes.
It startled Hiyoka, who got immediately worried. "Eh, Kirishima? Why are you crying? Is everything okay?"
Said boy just clenched his fists and closed his eyes, wearing a proud smile. "That was so manly of you, Tominaga!"
"Manly?" she asked giggling softly at the boy's goofness, finding it extremely funny. "Why, thank you, mister-"
"Tch, as if that shit was a fucking big deal!" interrupted a blonde boy obviously irrated, turning everyone's attention to him.
He put his feet on his desk and looked at Hiyoka and Kirishima with a disgusted expression. "Almost dying to protect the idiot that couldn't even save his own ass on an exam? You both are fucking weaklings."
Quickly, a tall boy wearing glasses got up from his desk and walked to the angry one. "Please, don't put your feet on the desk!" he said way too formely.
"Huh?!" the other one grinned. Maybe he enjoyed being the center of attention. Oh, no.
Something clicked inside Hiyoka and she knew what was coming. She began to make her way to the angry boy's desk while he still argued with the glasses one, leaving Kirishima just watching her confused.
"Don't you think that's rude to the U.A. upperclassmen and the people who made the desk?"
"Of course I don't!" he rudely shouted, still grinning. "Which junior high did you go to, you side character?!"
The glasses boy was going to answer when Hiyoka suddenly punched the angry boy's desk and grabbed him by the collar, bringing his face closer to hers. The whole class gasped by her actions, including the angry boy itself, absolutely not seeing it coming.
Her eyes stared at his in a threatly way, the friendly smile that once was there just disappeared.
"Don't you think you're being overly rude, you asshole?!" she shouted irritated, shaking the boy violently. "Who the FUCK do you think you are to treat people like that, huh?!"
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY, BITCH?" the now more angry boy grabbed her wrists, trying to break free from her grasp but not really succeeding - making him even more mad, if that was even possible. The explosive blond noted that her grip strength was almost the same as his - and he absolutely didn't like that.
Hiyoka shaked him again, more violently than before. "WHO'S THE BITCH HERE, FUCKBOY?"
"HUUUUH?! YOU WANNA DIE THAT HARD, DIPSHIT?!"
The students were so immersed in their fight that they didn't even notice the three figures on the door: two students looking shocked and a certain teacher unimpressed.
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GONNA DIE HERE, HOE!"
As they were about to punch each others' faces, a too familiar voice interrupted.
"I see you got into a fight already."
Everyone turned their attention to the entrance of the classroom, where the voice came from. Except for Hiyoka. She just froze, abruptly letting the angry boy go.
"Please, God, spare me." she prayed, but no god could save her now.
The girl slowly turned her head to the door, her nightmare becoming real. His eyes - the truly judging eyes of the Devil - looked directly at her, sending shivers down her spine.
His expression could seem aloof to anyone who haven't spent so much time with him, but Hiyoka knew she was screwed up.
She tried to fake an innocent smile, but the nervousness was clear to anyone. "U-uncle Shouta, it's not what it seems!"