Hello people! Today's my free day and I decided to stay at home for once, so here you have your new chapter. By the way, I think I forgot to mention the ship was decided. It will be a Kirishima/Bakugou/Shana ship, with the three of them together as equals. The reason is that I love KiriBaku as a ship, and also that the lack of polyamory in fics saddens me. So, I hope you all agree with my decision. Enjoy 3
They were out after having lunch, and Midnight announced the next test
"Between the 16 members of the four winning teams... We'll have a formal tournament! A series of one-on one battles!"
"A tournament, huh? So we'll be up in that ring I see on Tv every year!"
"Was it a tournament last year too?"
"The format's always different, but most years involve some kind of head to head competition"
"Yeah, last year it was some form of sword fighting, I remember watching it with my sister" She added
"The match ups will be decided by drawing lots. Once that's settled, we'll move on to the festivities and then the tournament itself! It's up to each of you 16 finalist whether or not you participate in the fun. I expect some of you would rather take a breather and save your strength. Now, let's start with the first place team.."
"Um.. excuse me" Ojiro, the guy with the tail from her class, raised his hand "I'd.. like to drop out"
"Ojiro! Why?! This is your chance to be noticed by the pros"
"The cavalry battle... I have no memories of anything up until the tail end. It's probably his quirk that did it..." The guy from one of the other class with the messy hair, he meant. She remembers they were teamed up.
Another one withdrawed, and Kirishima at her side was deeply moved, he seemed
"These guys! so manly! "
She had to fight Todoroki. She had no real advantage to him, after all they both had a fire quirk, and it would be useless against his ice one, ice overpowered fire. She had to go with wind as her primary, then, but she was used to use it more as a defensive and speed up than an offensive one. Damn, another thing she had to be better at, she was starting to lose count.
"I need to do my best" She whispered to herself, and Kirishima patted her in the back
"I believe in you, little flame!" She jumped in to her arms almost in tears
"You're too kind to me Kiri-san"
They had an hour till the matches, and everyone was doing different things to cope with it. Shana went to search for her family, that she knew was on the crowd
"Here Shana-chan!" His big brother called her from the crowd "You did good, little one"
"Thank you guys, it means so much to me you being here"
"There there, it's not a big deal" His tousan patted her in the head, patiently "You were teamed up with the guys that went to visit you"
"Uh?" Hizashi Kaze, older than Shana but younger than Yoko, had a fire quirk too. But his one wasn't very powerful, and he was never interested in being a hero, but instead worked as a cook, his real passion. Shana loved him with all her heart "Why didn't I heard about that before?"
"We were all too worried about what happened with the villains, we didn't want you to have another worry otouto" Yoko calmed him
"Why would my friends visiting be a worry to neesan?"
"Ah, sweet obviously kid. Keep being like that" Yoko squeezed her, almost suffocating her "Now go go relax a bit, you have a big match against Endevour son"
The first match was the weird guy with the mind control quirk and Midoriya. The plain looking guy surprised everyone by getting out of the mind control when he accidentally answered the other guy, and won the match.
"The match is over! moving on, the girl who doesn't look like much but it's to be feared... Shana Kaze, from the hero course" Fuck you Midnight, she said that on purpose." versus the best of the best! Strongest of the strong! Shouto Todoroki, also of the hero course
"I won't go easy" Smirking she used her wind to speed her up, and trapped her opponent in a strong tornado
"I'm sorry about this, Kaze-san" Huh?. Everything went white for a moment before she noticed half the stage along with all her body was covered in ice.
"I'm not a fucking popsicle Todoroki-san!" She yelled. In the row seats, Kirishima sighed and hide his face in his hand, Yoko laughed loudly and Genji asked the gods why all his family was this foul mouthed. She started using her fire to melt the ice, and the temperature grew pretty hot
"Can you move, Shana?" Asked Midnight, half freeze herself
"Give me a moment for god's sake" Pushing her fire to grow hotter she finally freed herself, and Todoroki sighed
"I htought I overdid myself, but your fire is stronger than I thougth. Sorry to underestimate you"
"Oh don't be, happens all the time"
"Stop talking and fight!" Yelled Midnight and Shana happily obliged. Todoroki tried to freeze her feet and she used wind to jump, and noticing all the floor stage was covered in ice she covered her feet on ice while trying to punch Todoroki, who evaded it like it was nothing. She kicked him in the ribs, and Todoroki retailed a little, to her credit. He froze her feet or tried to, and she made the fire hotter to made it melt away. Todoroki then landed an ice covered punch with her cheek, making her almost fall but with a quick movement involving her hands she landed on her feet. Todoroki still seemed unfazed, and kept on covering the floor in ice forcing her to use her fire. She was growing hotter and hotter, and she was gonna punch him in the face with a powerful wind helped movement when everything went black.
"Men you overdid it, that was a nasty strategy, good but not manly!" She could heard a voice. Huh? Wasn't she supposed to be fighting. Oh, she overdid it again, didn't she?"
"I know, but I was annoyed. I'm sorry" Another voice, this one calm
"Don't apologize to me"
"Can't you just shut up? My head hurts" She said, finally opening her eyes. She was in the prep room, a cold ice pack on her forehead being held by Tsuyu
"Glad to see you awake, Kaze-chan" She said, and Shana smirked
"You bastard, I knew you were gonna win" Todoroki was here too, and he nodded
"You were in disadvantage, but you did good. You're strong and were holding good, but I knew about your aftermath problem with overusing fire. Forgive me for using it"
"Forgive you? That was a good damn strategy, so don't apologize. Now, whose matched did I missed?"
"Just a few. Come on little flame, let's go!" Kirishima was almost carrying her and she used it as an advantage. She was tired and her muscled felt sore, so don't fault her. Also shark boy's back was pretty neat and comfortable "I need you to know that you burned half your pants before you fainted"
"What?!" She half yelled in his ear
"Apparently your gym pants couldn't keep up with the heath any longer. Tsuyu changed you in to some borrowed ones"
"Did everyone saw me half naked?" She was blushing furiously
"Uh... Yes, but! I didn't looked and I made sure the other boys didn't either, if that gives you some relief!"
"I mean... yes, thanks, Kiri" She stood in her tip toes and kissed his cheek, before half running to her seat, leaving a red faced kirishima standing like an idiot
It was time for her friend match, and he was up against the guy form B class with his own hardening quirk. It was an interesting battle, seeing two quirk users so alike. She had to admit it was pretty hot too, after all both boys were... really fit, you could say
"Yo pervert, you feeling better?" Bakugo's asked and she nodded
"Yeah asshole. You worried 'bout me?"
"No. Just making sure competition is good, flash out girl"
"It wasn't on purpose!" She yelled "Now let me see the match in peace"
No one won, because they lost conscious. They went to hard (ha!) on to each other, but it was still a good fight to see. Next, the match that had she equally excited and worried, Uraraka vs Bakugo's
"In some ways, I'm more worried about this next one" Commented Tsuyu
"Honestly I don't wanna watch"
"Stop being such cry babies and shut up"
"And for the last match up of the first round.. ." Announced Midnight "A celebrity since his middle school days, with a face only a mother could love... It's Katsuki Bakugo of the hero course! versus … My personal pick, Ochaco Uraraka, sldo of the hero course!"
"Man her personal pick? I thought I was her favourite -Shana whispered to herself but shut her mouth when Tsuyu send her a glare
Uraraka kept charging even after receiving three explosions in the face from rage boy. Her strategy was obvious, as her quirk only worked if she touched her target, but she was still trying very hard and she could see Bakugou's viewed Uraraka as a threat, she knew his corporal language when it came to fighting thanks to having spared with him and fight along him. Someone was talking about how shameful Bakugo's was acting and she noticed it was the copy cat guy
"Shut the fuck up" She yelled at him "You don't know shit" Tsuyu forced her to sit again and she was fuming in her seat. A pro hero standed, shouting to Bakugo to end the match is he was that strong. Aizawa's sensei voice could be heard
"If that's what you're taking away from this, then you can leave. No point in watching. Go home and start looking at job hunting sites. She's come this far and he knows her strength. His caution shows that he recognizes her as a worthy opponent" You go sensei keep telling them! "It's exactly because he wants to win so badly... That's there's no room for carelessness or holding back" Then Ochako put her hands together and broken rock pieces from all around the ring started floating. This one she didn't noticed! She had created a meteor storm but Boom, Bakugo's had evaporated it with just one big explosion
"Time to get serious, Uraraka!" They all heard Bakugo's yell, but next second Uraraka had fell to the floor, unable to move
"She surpassed her weigh capacity" Shana nodded at Tsuyu comment, and with this rage boy won the match. But Ochako had showed everyone how capable she was, so it wasn't in vain.
Haha, did you all think Shana would win? Fools. Now being serious, it was fun to imagine how the matches could go, I hadto decide if I wanted to pair her up with another opponent but decided this was a good ocasion to make her realise she has to get better. We have seen how the friendship with some of the class is developing, tbh Shana reminds me a bit of Tsuyu in some aspects, so its why they seem to get along so well. One chapter and this arc ends and the next one starts, big things are coming.