I'm literally so stupid. They're supposed to pick names after the sports festival. Killl meee. But it's fine! Just pretend that didn't happen? Or not. It can happen. Let's just say... That in this version uhhh they pick their names before the sports thingy. Sorry! I am actually usually going off of my memory when I write things, so there may be tons of little things I got wrong!

Warnings • none today! One good wholesome chapter at your service!

The night before the beginning of the sports festival, Tori barely got the chance to sleep. The anxiety and high stakes gave her too much to think about, and not to mention Leilo was up talking to her friend again. Even though Tori tried to keep her thoughts away from the following day, she couldn't stop herself from over thinking it. She had only watched last year's sport festival, so she had no idea what to expect. Eventually she passed out curled around her blanket.

Waking up was quite a task, because her alarm did little to stir her from slumber. Tori forced herself to rise from her bed, feeling a little dizzy when she did. She quickly got dressed, although her eyes were still half closed. When she had her shirt and skirt on, she lay on her bed once more, her long white shirt still untucked and her messy tie falling to her side. Rei came not too later to make sure she was awake, and notify her about breakfast.

Tori finished getting her school uniform on and went out to the kitchen/living room for food. Rei had made pancakes. They were the frozen store bought kind, but they were still pancakes. Also, they were blueberry! Rei said they were the only kind they had, but it was nevertheless a kind gesture. Tori ate two, Leilo ate one, and Rei ate three. The morning had gone faster than Tori expected, and soon after they all left to go to the sports festival. Rei had work and leilo had school, so they wouldn't be attending to watch her performance.

After arriving, Tori quickly met up with her fellow classmates to figure out the schedule. She easily spotted Mina Ashido from her pink tone and her loud demeanor. She was hanging around Denki Kaminari and Ejirou Kirishima, who were all laughing at a joke Mina made. Tori cautiously approached them, not wanting to interrupt, but also needing information from them. She had no idea where she was supposed to be, and she was hoping they could point her in the right direction. Unfortunately, fate had other plans for Tori.

A kid stopped her before she could make it to her classmates. He was laughing, and saying something Tori didn't understand because of his laughter. It sounded something like :

" Class 1A, I will defeat you! You pathetic HAHaHahaHaHa I am greater than you all!" ( and so on)

Tori didn't like the dude. He was drawing attention to himself and her, and attention was the last thing she could ever want. A girl with ginger hair pulled up into a loose ponytail slapped the dude on the back of his head, and a nasty 'WHAP' could be heard, causing Tori to flinch back, and the kid to collapse on the ground.

"Sorry about Monoma, he gets like this sometimes.. Uh- I'm Kendo! Nice to meet you! I'm from class 1B"

"Don't worry about it.. I'm Tori, Class 1A, more importantly, will he be okay? "

"This happens more often than you'd think. He'll be fine" she said before literally dragging him away, which concerned Tori, but she didn't want to say anything.

She went inside to find the rest of her classmates, and eventually did. Everyone else was in their gym uniforms, so Tori went to go change into hers. She stood in front of her little mirror, staring at herself. Her eyes were brown from the contacts, the same as they usually are. They would probably fall out, but she wanted to keep them in for now. Afterwards, she went back out to her classes room, finding the others had all arrived. Midoriya and Todoroki had just held a tense conversation, but the thick and rigid air. Tori did her best to keep calm and ignore the violent yet.. Different air. There was something hidden. Something small and barely existent. Tori ignored it, not wanting to stick her nose into other peoples business.

After a few more silent minutes, the whole class was summoned to the field. This was the part Tori was most worried about. The sheer amount of people, how much energy would that create? At a sport event like this, with cheering, exited people, huge crowds of happy people, how much power would that make?

Every step seemed to fill Tori with dread. Every second she was closer to all those people, it scared her. She wanted to run away and never come back. But this was something she had to face, otherwise, how would she call herself a hero? When she couldn't even be brave for herself? The roaring crowd grew louder and louder, the mass of energy like a crushing weight. She felt like she could barely breathe. She was taking energy through the air, which was quite rare. Only a few people could let off that kind of energy. It was hard to forget that it was dangerous for her to use too much energy at once, but she had so much energy at her disposal. She could very well die if she didn't properly take care of herself today.

She swallowed all her worry, and put on a brave face. She couldn't screw this up. This was an opportunity she would never have again.

Stepping from the shadows and coming out with her classmates was not the hardest thing she had ever done, but it took a lot of her courage. She came to stand in a huge crowd with the rest of her class, and apparently the rest of her school, too. With so many people there standing beside her, it made her feel a little better, but it wasn't something she would ever admit. The other people she was with were going through the same things as her. They weren't different. She didn't feel alienated anymore. She soon lined up near the front outside the gates, crowded with many people she didn't even know. The horn blared, and she set off pushing and shoving out into the open air. She was faced with fighting the 0 point robots, which many had already passed. She wanted to win, yes, she wanted to win! She had to beat this, not for her mother, not for anyone else but her! She had to do this!

She pushed past the robots, blasting them apart from both sides. She ran as fast as she could, energy coursing through her body and flowing through her veins. Her heart seemed to go a mile a minute, it was fluttering in such a huge way. She couldn't stop moving,she kept running and running, she had to do this!

Sorry about the weak ending, I don't know any other way..

Next chapter will be another flashback, and oh goody, it's huge. Sorry about all these flashbacks interrupting the current events, but they're super important..

Have a lovely day! -Ace