p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Bakugo!" A worried wail escaped Taiyo's lips as he saw the blond male being blown back by an explosion to the face. Team Bakugo's attempts at chasing down class B's team, which had stolen their headband and taunted them to booth, weren't going very well. In fact, Bakugo was em style="max-width: 100%;"losing/em. To… em style="max-width: 100%;"his own Quirk/em? Well, no, that was impossible. But then, what were the odds of the two having such similar abilities?/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""That's cool! Such a nice Quirk..." The blond leader of the team – Monoma, as his classmates had called him a few times already, only continued with his daunting tone. He really did not know when to stop. And it was going to be his downfall. After he had shaken off the momentary shock of the unexpected explosion, Bakugo hit back with one of his own, more powerful than what had hit him. em style="max-width: 100%;"That/em was bound to have done it. Except, when the smoke finally cleared, the other rider had but a scratch on him. Actually, him being unharmed wasn't the only peculiar thing Taiyo noticed./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Huh? My Quirk too?!" It was the red-haired boy's turn to exclaim as he was met with a carbon copy of his own power. But Taiyo had something else in mind./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""No. He's just aem style="max-width: 100%;" copycat/em." With a dangerous glint in his eyes, the male glared in Monoma's direction. The festival was really bringing out an interesting part of him. The boy only smirked snarkily./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Ding, ding! Though any idiot would be able to figure out as much." Well, if Bakugo had been angry beforehand, he was now em style="max-width: 100%;"raging/em. The only thing stopping him from blowing Monoma to bits right there and then, was the giant puddle of glue that somehow appeared at his team's feet. In mere seconds the liquid became solid and the three carrying the boy couldn't move anymore./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Quick, Taiyo, destroy this damn thing! This asshole's getting away!" As Kirishima and Sero were doing their best to break their feet away, Bakugo shouted impatiently. If they hadn't been in the middle of a cavalry battle, Taiyo might've registered that he hadn't called him some made-up nickname. em style="max-width: 100%;"Nope/em. He actually said his em style="max-width: 100%;"name/em. Not just em style="max-width: 100%;"any/em name either. His em style="max-width: 100%;"first/em too! Perhaps he had listened when he had told him to call him Taiyo. And he definitely wasn't going to miss em style="max-width: 100%;"Emo-freak/em./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""I've already started!" The male was, fortunately, one step ahead as he had already freed one of his feet, his arm stretched so he could blast the solidified glue./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"em style="max-width: 100%;"I can feel Bakugo's anger… And that's no good. I have to hurry!/em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"In just over a minute the boy had already freed enough for his teammates to free themselves but Bakugo gave them no time to catch up to Monoma, instead jumping away by himself, glaring daggers at the boy. As Kirishima called out to him in annoyance, Taiyo tried to be the rational one and think ahead./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Quick, we have to catch him when he lands!" With a nod, the two boys followed his advice and moved closer to the ash blond, who was just about to grab the stolen headband and more, only to be stopped in midair by the Quirk of one of the boys on the opposing team which made the air solid. That, however, didn't hold him off for very long because just when they had thought they'd managed to get away, Bakugo broke through the clear pane, separating him from them, and threw himself onto Monoma, successfully snatching two of the headbands. Right before he hit the ground, Sero caught him with his tape and brought him back. Taiyo glanced at the scoreboard./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"em style="max-width: 100%;"Third place with 685 points. Not enough…/em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""I'm still not done yet! We'll get our points back and em style="max-width: 100%;"then/em the ten million!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"em style="max-width: 100%;"That's the Bakugo I know!/em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Well, what's the plan?" The male looked to the ash blond, confident that he knew what they had to do. After all, he had proven himself time and again. He only returned his gaze and smirked./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"strong style="max-width: 100%;"***/strong /p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"The plan was already in motion. And, em style="max-width: 100%;"oh/em Taiyo was glad to be able to finally get back at them./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""em style="max-width: 100%;"Soy sauce!/em You'll get us closer with your tape!" As Sero shot out some of that tape, he stuck it on the ground right next to Monoma's team, and pulled everybody there. In mere seconds the four went from the other side of the ring to right next to class B's students./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Taiyo, you're going to stop the guy with the solid air!" Now right next to the boy with the short brown hair who was just about to create yet another barrier, the male stretched out his hand to touch the shoulder and used his Quirk on him to distract him with the sudden abnormal blast of wind enveloping his entire body./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""And then he's em style="max-width: 100%;"yours/em!" As Bakugo's final command echoed in her mind, Taiyo felt his arm being pulled up with the help of Sero's tape. Next, a big warm hand grasped his shoulder, as another one settled on his waist and hoisted him up in the air, face to face with the blond leader of the other team, who was left to only stare dumbfounded at the unnecessary display class A was making. As Bakugo was grinning behind him while holding him up, Taiyo gripped Monoma's wrist and looked at him with eyes that could kill but had a sickening smile on his face./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""W-well, thanks for the Quirk!" Monoma had quickly composed himself though and went back to his condescending tone, not realizing yet what the team had in store for him. At least not until his wrist, captured by the blue-eyed boy in front of him, started to hurt. Not enough to break it but just enough to teach him a certain lesson./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Do em style="max-width: 100%;"not/em mess with class A." Taiyo growled through gritted teeth, still smiling in that unsettling manner, and just as Monoma threw his hand out, creating an explosion in a last desperate attempt to get him off of him, he ducked, the blast barely missing him by a hair but not before he snatched the remaining headbands from his neck./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"With Bakugo's help, his feet touched the ground once again, and as the boy adjusted the new headbands, Taiyo couldn't help the small grin that overtook his face. If he was going to mess with them like that, that's what he was going to get. In fact, right now, he was thankful to Bakugo. He could've done all that by himself, yet he chose to let him have this moment. Did he realize how his face darkened when Monoma was taunting them? Or perhaps he knew something he hadn't mentioned to anyone yet? Well, he couldn't blame him – the news about the incident had been everywhere. Bakugo was also showing some unexpected sides of himself this festival too!/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""And after we get out points back, we go straight through the ice, to get the em style="max-width: 100%;"ten million/em!" At Bakugo's command the team ran over to the giant ice wall and with some combination of his own explosions, Kirishima's punches, and Taiyo's shockwaves the four broke through in less than a minute. Which was crucial as there wasn't much time left./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"With a momentary glance at Midoriya and Todoroki, the ash blond realized the headband wasn't in the green-haired boy's possession anymore, and as Taiyo and his two other teammates stood back and watched, crossing their fingers, Bakugo made for the dual-haired boy. Just when Present Mic suddenly started counting down./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Six! Five!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"em style="max-width: 100%;"Come on, Bakugo!/em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Four! Three!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"em style="max-width: 100%;"Almost there!/em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Two!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Panic had ensued. Everyone was trying to get points with the last of their strength. And Bakugo-/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""One! strong style="max-width: 100%;"Time's up!/strong"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Well, he did em style="max-width: 100%;"not/em succeed. If him slamming face-first into the ground was anything to go by, that is. Taiyo turned to the scoreboard hastily./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Now let's see our first four teams! First place, team Todoroki! Second place, team Bakugo! Third-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Taiyo stopped and sighed in relief that he was advancing to the next round. He removed the band that was holding his hair up and let it fall over his face./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"***/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Taiyo sat outside the food center building- he needed to get away from all the screaming. He was thankful that they were given a one hour break from the sports festival./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""I thought I'd fine you here, ribbit."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Taiyo turned to see Tsu standing in her signature crouch near him, the light shined on her hair making her light up./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"em style="max-width: 100%;"She looks... pretty-/em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Taiyo's face reddened as the thought entered his mind. Tsu cocked her head and rested a finger on her lip as she continued to study his face making Taiyo redden even more./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""Your hair is down." /p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"The lavender blinked not expecting to hear that. "Yeah, it is.."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;""You look better with it out of your face." She said bluntly. /p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"Now it was Taiyo's turn to cock his head, How em style="max-width: 100%;"could she possibly think that? I look terrible.. I mean- I look terrible with hair covering my face. But I'd rather have it covering my face./em/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"He was so lost in thought that he hadn't noticed her reaching her hand out to play with his hair. His first instinct was to pull away from the foreign touch but he quickly melted into it. It felt relaxing, he closed his eyes and let himself feel the small tugs and soft hands from Tsu. /p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"They stayed like this in comfortable silence until they were interrupted by a small purple grape. Taiyo couldn't help but miss her presence once she left to follow Mineta. /p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"He didn't know why but he felt his stomach flutter at the continuing thoughts about her. Strange, he never felt like this before./p