Weeks have passed, all students have been training for this day. The U.A. Sports Festival. Yuki calmly walks towards an apartment building, where Midoriya lives. When she arrived, she knocked on the door a few times. "Coming!" She heard Midoriya.
Seconds later he left after bidding his mother goodbye, and started walking to school with Yuki. The girl could see he was sweating slightly, despite the warm morning they were having. "Nervous?" She asks. Midoriya chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
Yuki blinked at him with blank eyes, before wrapping an arm around his neck and leaned her head on his. The gesture made Midoriya's face turn red, but he kept silent. "You'll do just fine. There's no need to be so nervous," she said, attempting to ease the green-head's worry. Midoriya only nodded and Yuki released her hug as they continues to walk.
"Izuku, Shouto asked me about you and All Might yesterday," Yuki informed. Midoriya visibly flinched at the information. "A-and?" Midoriya ask nervously. Yuki shrugged, explaining her anwer. "I couldn't fully lie, I'm sorry," she apologized.
"No no no, it's okay!" Midoriya exclaimed, waving his hands in panic. "It's okay, really. You did tell the truth, but not all of them. So it's like half-and-half," Midoriya said. Yuki raised an eyebrow at him.
"Did you just referenced his hair?"
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Everyone was anxious, yet excited at the same time. "Okay, okay, calm down, everything will be just fine..." Midoriya mumbled, patting his chest while Yuki was fanning him with her hand, using her Quirk to make cool wind.
"Midoriya," Todoroki called, walking over to the said green-head. "Objectively speaking, I'm stronger than you," he said. Midoriya flinched, nodding hesitantly while Yuki stayed close to Midoriya. "All Might has his eyes on you, right? I'm not going to pry into that, but I'm going to beat you," he declared.
"Oooh, war declaration from the strongest in class?" Kaminari whispered excitedly. Yuki rolled her eyes, her arm protectively casted in front of Midoriya. "Picking a fight?" Yuki said with low voice.
"I'm not exactly here to make friends," Todoroki said, walking away. Yuki frowned, sighing as she shook her head. 'I should've known,' she thought. Midoriya stares at the floor, clutching the hem of his uniform. "I'm not sure why you need to say you'll beat me. You're clearly stronger, and obviously the best in the class..." Midoriya said, making Todoroki stop and turns around.
Kirishima stood up, and patted Midoriya's shoulder. "C'mon Midoriya. Don't say th--" "But everyone, and I mean everyone is aiming for the top with everything they've got!" He suddenly exclaimed. Midoriya raised his head with a determined look. "I'm not falling behind. I'm going for the top too."
"Bring it on, then."
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"Here it is; U.A.'s Sports Festival! The yearly competition where our hero candidates compete for the ruthless, grand stage!!" Present Mic announced. "First up, the first year who brushed off the recent villain attack with their sheer willpower! Hero course, class 1-A!!"
The said class enters the stage. The crowd went wild in that instant. "T-this is something..." Midoriya said nervously, caressing his chest to attempt to calm down his thumping heart. Yuki smacked his back, making him yelp in surprise. "Face them with your chin held high," she reminded. Midoriya nodded with a determined smile etched on his face.
The rest of the class enters the stadium as well, while giving class A some quite vicious glare. A sound of whipping was heard; Midnight stood on the stage, announcing the Athlete's Oath. "Your student representative is Bakugou Katsuki from class 1-A!"
"Katsuki?" Yuki mumbled as Bakugou walked past her. He stood in front of the microphone, hands thrusted in his pockets. The rest of the students stayed silent, in fact the crowd stayed silent as well, waiting for Bakugou's oath.
"I swear, that I'll take first place."
'That's just like him,' Yuki sighed, facepalming as the other class was 'boo'ing at him. However, she noticed something noticeably different from him. "Hey, Izuku," she called to her childhood friend, "shouldn't Katsuki be smiling when he say that?"
"I was thinking the same thing," Midoriya answered. Bakugou walked past them, bumping their shoulder as he did so. Yuki merely glance back at him, slight annoyance in her mind.
"Now, let's get the first event started!" Midnight announced, a screen popped up behind her. "The Qualifier Stage! Where many students are sent home crying! And the fateful first event this year is..." The screen showed the first event. "This!"
"Obstacle Run..." Yuki mumbled. "A four-kilometer lap around the stadium, where all eleven class race! Stay in course, and everything's a fair game!" Midnight explained. Whipping her whip, she instructed them to get in position before the race starts.
Yuki took out a snowflake-pattern hair-tie from her pocket, tying her abnormally long hair into a ponytail while leaving the two braids. Midoriya noticed, and he gulps. 'Whenever she ties her hair, it always means serious business,' he shuddered at his own thought. One might simply think she doesn't want hair covering her face, which, is one of her reason, but not the main one.
The first light went off. Yuki feel around her pocket, and clicks her tongue. 'I didn't bring my key,' she thought. Then the second light went off. All prepared to run as fast as they can, while Yuki sighed. 'Oh well. I'm not dealing with the petition anyway.'
And the last light finally went off.
"Start!!!"
All students dashed through the narrow starting gate. Immediately, they started squishing each other. Yuki huffed. "I know what you're going to do, Shouto," she mumbled, collecting wind around her feet to jump. The instant she felt a cold breeze, she leaped before her feet had the chance to get frozen. She gained extra height from the wind, and since she's airborne, she used that chance to ride the wind out the gate.
Todoroki was already running far in the front, but Yuki caught up to him. In fact, she flew past him and landed safely a few meters away from him. "You're naive," she said, looking back at Todoroki. Todoroki clicked his tongue. The ice underneath him quickly creeped up towards Yuki, attempting to freeze her feet. However Yuki spun around quickly and swung her arm, from bottom to top. As if the ice denied Todoroki, it grew into a wall, stopping Todoroki from advancing.
"It just started, but someone's already taken the lead!!" Present Mic screamed. Yuki winced; the ice skin at the tip of her index finger had peeled off and melted by its own. However she continued running. "It's worth the few seconds headstart," she said to herself. Forcing someone else's ice against the user's will was a new technique, however her skin will melt faster than normal.
And it didn't take long until Todoroki was behind her. It is his ice, and he could still control it anytime he wants. Behind him are the others from class A. But turns out, more are following behind.
"ＴＡＲＧＥＴ ＡＣＱＵＩＲＥＤ!" A robotic voice exclaimed. Yuki stopped dead in her tracks, head nodded up to see a gigantic robot. Todoroki caught up, and so did the rest. More robots came to view as they blocked the path.
"So this is the faux villain Izuku told me about?" Yuki said. The robot slammed its hand down on them. Luckily, both Yuki and Todoroki managed to dodge. Once again, she uses her wind to fly past. She was too focused on flying past them that she didn't see a robot hand coming towards her.
That hand was quickly freezed by Todoroki, who ran below the robots. Yuki landed, looking back at the mobs of robot. The frozen faux villain fell down, creating a large cloud of dust. Yuki sighed. 'I'm still not dealing with the petition.'
"So the first obstacle was a piece of cake?! How about the second one?! Fall and you're out!!" Yuki huffed. "This is still easy for me," she said. She jumped onto the middle of the road, and jumped once more to the platform. 'Still, I'm impressed. When did they build these?'
A crackling of ice was heard. Todoroki was right behind her, and it didn't take long for him to catch up. Todoroki attacks her with his ice, but Yuki will either dodge or counter with his own ice, the cost being another small portion of her skin melting.
"So intense!! Since the lead is tied, they are fighting for first position!!" Present Mic shouted. It's true they are tied. But the only one fighting for first position is Todoroki - Yuki had something else planned in mind.
"Hey, are you still keeping your promise?" She asks him, dodging another ice attack. Todoroki paused his attacks. "I didn't promise anything," he replied. Yuki huffed, shaking her head. She was a bit disappointed, but that was all because of her high expectations.
"I don't know what I was expecting," She said to him in an almost sorrowful way, flying off towards the distance. Todoroki grunted in irritation, sliding on the ropes using his ice. Once again, he is just right behind her. Yuki is hopping on the rope, precisely on the middle. Todoroki observed and counted her momentum, and decided to take away first position from her.
Just when Yuki was about to land on the normal tracks, Todoroki slipped past below her, the tip of her shoe grazing his dual-colored hair. The result of that she lost her momentum and her foot slipped from the platform.
Yuki gasped. Gravity pulled her body down, but it wasn't as if she had already fell deep down. Her hand reached out to grab anything she could possibly hold on to. She couldn't grab onto anything, but instead a cold, firm hand grabbed her instead.
"What is this?!" Present Mic shrieked. "He just took her position and saved her?! What is up with your class, Eraserhead?!" He yelled to the hero beside him. Aizawa himself didn't say anything, simply watching the race from a screen.
"I thought you could fly," Todoroki pointed out, still holding Yuki by her wrist. While Yuki herself was in a daze. Until Todoroki tugged her wrist harshly, pulling her up on her feet and continues to run. Explosion was heard behind them, which means Bakugou is close.
"Why did you do that?" Yuki asked the heterochrome boy. They didn't bother to attack each other now, for some reason. Todoroki shrugged, not even sparing a glance towards Yuki. "I don't know," he answered truthfully.
Yuki shook her head, clearly not believing his answer. "Whatever it is, I'm not giving you first spot," she warned him. Todoroki simply nodded in silent. However he can't help but recall what Iroha had said to him. Her voice was very quiet, barely audible even though her lips was only centimeters away from his ear.
'Snowflake?'
Suddenly Todoroki bumped to a slender hand, stopping him from advancing any further. It was Yuki. She had stopped running as well. Out in the front is the third and last obstacle. However it is suspiciously empty.
"Our leaders has arrived at the Minefield! It's easily spotted, so keep both eyes open and watch your step! Keep in mind our mines is not deadly, but it's loud and flashy you might even wet your pants!" Explained (read: yelled) Present Mic. Honestly Yuki is starting to get annoyed by him.
"It's just a big show," Yuki mumbled to herself, carefully stepping over the mines. She would've fly, if only first place is her target. However that is not the case for her. "I see. This is to put the one on the lead at a disadvantage," Todoroki said.
"Again, you could fly," he pointed out. Yuki hummed, and nodded her head. "I'm saving up," she replied, hinting her cracking skin. Since a tiny portion of her skin has melted already, there is no way she would risk getting more. Who knows what the next round will be?
"Hah! This isn't enough to slow me down!"
Bakugou flew between the two, knocking Yuki down when he hit her head. Although she didn't pass out, she nearly fell down on one or two minefield, had she not made herself float.
"Your declaration of war was to the wrong person!" Screamed Bakugou angrily towards Todoroki. Using explosion from both his hand, he flew away. Todoroki was forced to step aside because of the explosion.
"And we have a new leader! Just like the old saying, "killing two birds with one stone", Bakugou from class 1-A has taken the lead from both Todoroki and Shimokaze from class 1-A as well!" Informed Present Mic.
Yuki clicked her tongue in irritation. "I'm fully aware of that, Mr. Mic!" She hissed. The girl held out her right hand towards Bakugou out in the distance. Her hand then fisted and she pulled it back as if pulling a rope.
Wind blew from her front, making her hair flutter violently behind her. Seconds later Bakugou was sent flying back from the sudden change of the wind. Once she was sure he's pretty far back, Yuki stopped her wind.
Yuki clicked her tongue. The palm of her right hand has now cracked. And just as she predicted, Bakugou was on their tail once more. He almost flew past them when Todoroki grabbed his arm, freezing it.
'Come on now,' She said in her mind. Skillfully stepping over the mines while keeping Bakugou and Todoroki from going past her is not an easy task. Yuki grits her teeth. 'Hurry up while I stall them, Izuku!'
As if her silent plead was answered, a loud sound of explosion was heard. Looking behind someone was seen flying towards the three at incredible speed, and it's no other than Midoriya. With the help of the explosion he easily flew over and past the former leading trio.
Yuki could feel the corner of her mouth twitching upwards. Ignoring Present Mic's comment and the awestruck Bakugou and Todoroki, she glided using the wind only centimeters above the ground to save up her use. "Get the fuck back here, both of you!" Roared Bakugou as he chased after the two. Todoroki used his ice to run across the rest of the track, not caring if it helps the rest of the racers.
Yuki could see Midoriya slowing down and descending sharpy towards the ground. And of course she know Midoriya didn't thought of that from all the panic. Her hand reached out towards the iron plate Midoriya was on. Adrenaline rushed through her veins when Todoroki and Bakugou was just beside the green-head.
"Hold on tight, Izuku!" She screamed. Her cracked palm slapped on the iron plate. And before Midoriya could react in any way wind blew agains the iron plate, sending Midoriya flying once more. The crack on Yuki's palm extended to her wrist, and to her arm when she flew towards Midoriya.
Midoriya lets go of the iron plate and nearly face planted if only Yuki didn't make him float using a small whirlwind. "Good job, Izuku," she praised, raising her hand to him. Midoriya panted and high-fived her, but immeimmediately frowned seeing the long crack on her arm.
"Don't mind this," Yuki said as if reading his mind. Then she smacked his back. "Now go and win for me," she instructed. Midoriya nodded with a proud and grateful smile, running off while shouting 'thank you' to his childhood friend. Only a few steps away until he reached the stadium, Yuki, Todoroki, and Bakugou was just right behind.
"And the first person to return to the stadium, is none other than that person; Midoriya Izuku!"
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Heya! Rica's here!
Damn I made this chapter long. I wanted to make it through the whole round in one chapter, if it's possible. I feel like its more intense that way. For me at least.
Anyways I also made a new cover! Whaddya think? :3. I'm thinking of changing the cover everytime we move to the next arc. But I dunno. editing is just a hobby of mine. Do you guys think I should do that?.
lastly, my fav and save increase again! Seriously. Things progressed quickly here than in wattapaddd. Thank you all so much for your support! I love you guys~.
With that, Rica's out!