EXPLOSIVE INSIGHT
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"Bakudan (Explode)!" ...Because no matter what, Bakugo Katsuki had a temper short as the fuse on a stick of dynamite and a personality sour as a TNT Sour Chew. Even as a girl. [Fem!Katsuki]
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08
Warfare
"READY, SET, GO!"
The entrance was huge but apparently not big enough as more than two hundred students ran through as a giant mob. Katsuki was sure she elbowed someone in the face once or twice but dismissed it quickly as she pushed her way through the crowd. If she could get a lead in the start, the better chance of her keeping that spot for the whole tournament.
All of a sudden, she was frozen to the spot. Literally. Ice covered her ankles and stuck them to a large sheet of ice and several others around her were in the same predicament as her. The only person who could control an ice quirk to a point like this would be… no doubt about it, Half 'n' half.
Looks like he was planning to eliminate the competition from the start which honestly, Katsuki was a little grateful for. Most of these people were weaklings anyway.
Kneeling down until her fingertips could barely reach the ground, she sparked a small explosion with a single hand. A cloud of dust covered her view and created confusion but with her feet now free, she jumped forward, pushing herself with her free hand.
"Like hell something this small is enough to stop me!" Looking back for just a second, it looked like most of her class managed one way or another to break free but she kept her eyes focus on the road.
Up ahead were several large robots, which were giant and bulky. Katsuki recognized them as the zero-pointer, useless bot from entrance exam–did she want to blow them up? Create a mess too and cut off some contestants from the race. It would be good to do that but she didn't want to tire herself out so quickly at the beginning. Her quick had limits, after all. If someone could do the job for her…
Half 'n' half charged forward with a 'cool' expression, freezing all foes before him without blinking an eye. She didn't really understand why he did that, it would be better to conserve strength for the main event and if you asked her, it seemed like the guy was showing off. Katsuki wouldn't let him take the spot light though.
He ran through the field of frozen robots and she was about to as well when–"CRASH!" The giant blocks of frozen metal started to tumble on top of each other, created a barrier between him and the rest of the group. The red haired idiot–like an idiot–had been caught up in the commotion.
"1-A's Todoroki has forged ahead and blocked all the others in a one, fellow swoop!" The Mc spoke loudly in the speaker and the stadium cheered.
Damn it, she thought. The girl should have been faster, gotten through before the guy had gone and done that. Oh well, she had means to get over this obstacle; her quirk. Just before she was about to run and jump, the red-haired boy who had been crushed under the robots jumped up and through the thick material.
Taking a deep breath, she started running for a speed boost before jumping with her right foot and leaping into the air. Her hands flung behind her as she shot her body through the air, onto the top of a robot. Katsuki continued the momentum by vaulting over several more robots with several timed explosion to limit the amount of sweat she had to use.
"Knew it! With a hot-headed personality like yours, there's no way you'd back down!" The girl glanced back to find two of her classmates following shortly behind her–it was the weird tape guy and bird face. She grumbled, of course, some people would find a way to use the force of her explosions.
Katsuki, ticked off at the fact people had been using her, made a slightly large explosion to throw them off and slow them down a bit as she continued running along the 'heads' of the robots. She had to preserve her strength for the other events, use the least amount here. Soon enough, she cleared the robot obstacle and reached the next one.
There were several tightropes connecting pillars of rubble which seemed to go down on for a while. A fall of that height would most definitely kill you. The girl didn't hesitate though, sprinting across the rope as quickly as she could and use a micro-explosion to keep her balance. When the rope didn't lead where she wanted, Katsuki simply jumped across with the aid of another explosion.
At this stage, she took over a couple of people like the blue-haired four-eyes with the motor legs and before she knew it, was at what seemed to be the final obstacle; a field of mines, just like in the wars.
Half 'n' half was in front of her, a quarter-way through the field treading carefully. This would be the perfect chance to catch up! However… she probably couldn't use her quirk as it would set off a whole bunch of mines and would most likely bring her back rather than forward. That sucked.
The first ten steps into the obstacle and Katsuki was screwed.
'Well, shit'
As she was jumping one foot to another, the teen's foot stepped on what looked to be a hidden bomb. She was bracing herself for the smoke when the force had pushed her off balance and down like a dead dog (…poor dog) she went. Instinctively, her hand shot up to keep her stable but then another mine blew up.
The explosions from the mines affected her much less than she would have thought. She scratched the plan of saving her quirk and effectively blew up, plunging forward with her whole body and landing right next to Half 'n' half.
"AAAAANNNND BAKUGO CATCHES UP! CAN SHE TAKE OVER?!"
He turned back with a some what surprised face and Katsuki smirked, "Yo. I think you forgot about someone,"
From then on, it became war; if the boy got a chance to move forward, she would stop him by grabbing his arm or something and vice versa. None of them planned on losing and the girl was beginning to grow tired. Her heart pumped blood and her mind was in over drive. Thrill filled her mind; this was just so… fun!
All of a sudden, a large explosion came from behind them. It was way too loud to be a single mine.
The two of them looked back and the same time only to find… holly fucking shit is that Deku?! The boy was charging forward at an incredible rate using the force of the explosion, much like she did with her quirk. He flew on top and past them and Katsuki could just stare as she was overtaken by the person she least expected.
"WELLLLLL…. THIS IS UNEXPECTED! MIDORIYA HAS OVER TAKEN THEM!"
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What. The. Fuck. Just. Happened.
She blinked and Deku was even further than before. Mentally, she punched herself. This was no time to be thinking about pointless crap! She couldn't let the nerd over take her! Nope, it wasn't going to happen. She wouldn't let it!
Thump-thump
A whirl of emotions fuelled her as she set off a couple of mines and used the force to her advantage, trying to catch up. From the corner of her eye, Half 'n' Half was doing his best to pull ahead of her and even spread a sheet of ice in front of him to run on.
Thump-thump
It was a three-way battle and it was utterly one-sided. Midoriya had become the lead and used the best of his landing, throwing the piece of metal on to the ground and created another explosion. Katsuki looked to the side as a whole bunch of dust and smoke filled her vision but continued running forward anyway.
Thump-thump
Shit. At this rate, she would…
Thump-thump
…lose.
Thump-thump
"The student who has returned to the stadium in triumph is none other than… Midoriya Izuku!"
Katsuki felt as if she wanted to punch a wall, scream from the top of her lungs and stab–no, murder somebody. Her body shook with anger as she panted, looking down to the ground. Not only was she taken over by Deku but also by the crappy ice quirk guy! The least she could of do was beat him but nooo! She just had to be a split second behind him and become third. Third!
She was a complete idiot. If not first, she should have just played the waiting and wait then take over in the final event. Instead, she failed both plans and was in this situation where she was tired, not first and angry. Argh!
The scene replayed in her head over and over again–the one where Deku just showed up out of goddamn nowhere and took the spot light.
The girl gulped down large mouthfuls water from her drink bottle. She used the back of her hand to wipe her mouth and tightly screwed the cap on before throwing the empty container to the side.
Her eyes closed as she tried to calm herself down.
Calm down, girl! There were still two other events! Just win one of those and you'll be fine. You will win. Just breathe in… and out… and try not to make a tantrum. You can get your revenge later… later…
"Next up… Human Cavalry Battle!" Katsuki blinked blankly. What the heck was that?
"Form teams of two to four and form a horse back configuration. Swipe enemy teams bands and guard your own; whichever team has the most points by the end of the time limit wins! Points will be given starting at last place with five–adding five each rank,"
If she was in third place… just how many points would she get? In her current state, she just couldn't do the mental maths.
"…Except for first place with a grand total of 10,000,000 points!"
Everyone stared at the green haired boy, including Katsuki and at this moment, her inner demon thirst for revenge. She'd get the band, win first and get him back for her hurt pride! Perfect!
Nearly all the other students (she assumed) were thinking the same thing which meant that would need a good team for both attack and defense if she wanted to go for the gold.
What sucked was the fact that this was team play–Katsuki hated working with others and preferred doing her own little thing. The others would most likely drag her down and she didn't have time for that.
"Start making your teams!" And all of a sudden, she was surrounded by several people–most of them being her classmates, offering to join her team.
"Yo, team up with me!" "Hey, Bakugo, do you mind teaming up with me!" "Team up with me!"
What the hell? Why was she such a popular choice all of a sudden? It was nice knowing that at least some people wanted to be in her group yet she couldn't just choose randomly. People which had a good amount of points, who were strong and had quirks which were compatible with hers…
"Wait, what the fuck are all your quirks again?" She deadpanned, suddenly realizing that no, she didn't know any of their quirks.
"She doesn't even know her own class's quirks?! Is she really that self-absorbed that she never looked around her?!"
Self-absorbed? Katsuki wouldn't say that… more like too lazy to be bothered to pay attention to other people and had better stuff to do with her time. Yeah…
"Todoroki's already got himself a full team, the bastard!" Shouted out a familiar voice from behind the crowd of people around her, "Bakugo! Let's team up!"
"…Hair-for-brains," The girl said, going blank with the red hair's name.
"It's Kirishima, damn it! Remember my name!" Kirishima yelled, "Besides, your hair isn't so different from mine!"
He came closer, squashing into the group, "Who's the one who can withstand the recoil of your explosions? Me! You can play the rider and I'll be part of the horse; whaddya say?!"
"That's right… you have that hardening quirk of yours," She mumbled. Katsuki remembered that from the villain ambush incident–when the two of them had been transported to the collapse zone. They did work well together as a team.
"We'll be a horse that can't crumble!" The red-haired idiot added, "And we'll definitely get those points! Midoriya's ten million…"
Katsuki grinned, baring all her teeth, "Now you've got me listening!"
"Yes!" The boy cheered, "Anyway, we still have two slots in our team. Have anyone in mind?"
"Nope," She looked at the people already around her, then with a straight face said, "Quirks? Also, points and names,"
"…I can't believe this," The pink-skinned girl let out an over-exaggerated groan, "Mina–my quirk is acid. I can shoot it and all that kind of stuff. I have…120P, I think," The points were low but that was a good quirk… Hmm…
The points were low but that was a good quirk… Hmm…
"Hagakure Toru! My quirk is being invisible!" …Nope, not going to work.
"Ehh… My quirk is called Sugar Rush. Call me Rikido…" Sugar rush? Like, sweets and all? What was that suppose to even do?
"I'm Hanta Seri. My elbows can shoot tape," Depending on how it was used, that would be a surprisingly useful quirk.
Katsuki made up her mind after some quick thought, "I'm taking bubble gum girl and tape boy!"
A/N: Wow! I'm on a roll; two updates in a row! Don't expect this to be normal–I'm just procrastinated on all of my homework...
Anyway, here's a little something extra! It was supposed to be in the last chapter but... well, I didn't want to add to the long as author's note!
Extra Bit:
"–I'm going to win," Katsuki had stated on screen and the whole stadium was brought to life; in a bad way. Most of the students were roaring and yelling in anger and some of the audience were keen to see the show.
Mean while, her mother who was at home, lying on the couch with a bucket of popcorn and a can of coke was shaking with laughter. Her arm repeatedly abused the armrest as her other arm clutched her stomach. "Buahahahahaha! That's my daughter!"
My favorite character if not Katsuki would be her mother! XD
Anyway, I need those questions! If you have anything you would like to ask me/fem!Katsuki, please write that in the reviews!
