"The obstacle test"
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"Now that all couples are formed" Professor Aizawa announced. "I'll call you and tell you your destination in the gym field, understood?"
Everyone nodded.
"Good" He snorted, taking out a card. "Midoriya and Todoroki"
Both Midoriya and Todoroki looked up, attentive to the next instruction.
"You will go with me" He said, carrying great seriousness, something that petrified Midoriya, but Todoroki tried to remain calm in his appearance. As he approached, the professor told them in confidence. "I'll send you to the new facility"
Midoriya's eyes widened in amazement.
"New facility?" He repeated, also interrupting the professor who paused in annoyance. "Oh, sorry, you can continue, Professor."
"As I said," He rolled his eyes in indifference. "It's the orange building that is outside, passing the courtyard of the treetops, there what you will have to do is place this Christmas star" He took it out of the box he had on a four-legged table next to him. "In the Christmas tree, in a period of fifteen minutes"
Midoriya took the star, looking at it with scruple and detail.
"We will do our best." He raised his fist in the air, expression full of determination. He looked at Todoroki, in confidence. "You coming?"
"Yes" He replied, a little nervous about training at his side, but glad that Midoriya chose him on the subject.
And so the two men went to the orange building that awaited them outside.
"I don't know what strategy to formulate" Midoriya said hurriedly. "They didn't tell us what obstacle we will face." He put both hands on his cheeks in panic.
"Midoriya" Todoroki spoke calmly. "Don't worry, we'll do our best to pass the test, I'll be with you" He said for sure.
Midoriya nodded, breathing in relief.
When they reached the facility, the door was open for them to enter, so they entered without preamble that stopped them from passing.
Todoroki hoped they would not be given such a difficult test, because Midoriya had just recovered from the cold less than twenty-four hours ago. If he made an immense effort he would fall back or pass out in full test.
"Ah, young students." The unmistakable voice of All Might, accompanied by his characteristic heroic laugh startled them. "I was waiting for you." He approached them in his normal form, that is, almost skeletal wearing their yellow master uniform.
"All-All-Might!" Midoriya exclaimed in wonder.
"Did they give you your star?" He asked, hands on his waist.
The two nodded.
"Well, I'll tell you what the test will be about" He said after letting out a wide laugh. "You must place the star on the tip of the Christmas tree, but you will be prevented by metal bars that will be attacking them around the tree, that is" He pointed to the air. "That you should pay attention to the way the thick metal bars attack you, you are also in a small cylindrical room, so I don't recommend using your powers to their full potential because you would destroy the building." He laughed again. "Everything clear here?"
"Yes." The two chanted.
"Then, you can start." He told them where the entrance to the test area was, and gave them some communicators for the ear, as well as told them that their companions would be watching them from the cameras they had covering much of the room.
"I'm counting on you, Todoroki-kun." Midoriya took him from the sleeve of his suit, shortly before they gave the shot that they could start.
"Me too, Midoriya" He assured vehemently.
"Let's do our best!"
The shot they could start had been executed.
In the middle of the room was a huge Christmas tree decorated with bright red and golden spheres, golden lights, and the only thing missing was the star that Midoriya had in his hands.
The room consisted of five floors, thick quadrangular folds were located at each end and at each opening of the building. Just when Midoriya was going to say something, the folds opened and the metal bars sent him flying to the wall.
"Midoriya!" Todoroki shouted worried.
"I-I'm fine." He got up immediately, a little exalted, breathing agitated. "Is it that they are aimed at the movement? Or in any case, me?" He muttered, and as soon as he finished that sentence, four metal bars were thrown at him, but Midoriya reacted this time and with the power of his Quirk he dodged them. "Todoroki-kun, don't move!" He ordered, taking another leap to the wall, landing on the second floor, on the railing.
"I'll help you." He moved.
"Stay there!" Midoriya pointed out scrupulously. "I am formulating a plan"
"I don't think it's convenient to do it yourself" He let him know, looking at him in distress.
He saw him mutter with his finger under his chin in a thoughtful gesture, moving his lips in frenzy and his eyes took possession throughout the building with a broad spectrum.
What will he be thinking?
"The bars are aimed at me," Midoriya spoke suddenly. "And apparently they react to the movement, look" He moved from the second floor in a jump to the third floor, and the huge metal bars tried to hit him in a kind of pattern that struck Todoroki and a feeling of intrigue invaded him. "They follow me, but they are governed by a pattern of blows" He continued, making constant jumps around the railings of each floor, without standing still. At that, Midoriya waved a hand signal, telling him to communicate with the ear communicator.
"Tell me, Midoriya" He pressed the communicator.
"Do you think you can make an ice barrier on the first floor?" He said quickly in a breath. "If the ice breaks with the force of metal, my guess will be true."
"Right" He replied.
"Perfect!" He said, but apparently he was distracted because when Todoroki was going to make the ice barrier, he saw that Midoriya shot straight at the wall of the fourth floor, hearing a rumble when he crashed into the wall.
He wanted to go help him, but if he didn't help him with the barrier, Midoriya would be disappointed at his ineptitude to follow orders. He swallowed, and made the barrier all over the first floor with the best precision he could exercise with his distracted mind.
When he finished making the barrier, the metal bars began to appear and attack him, slowly destroying the ice.
What kind of theory will Midoriya have formulated in a matter of seconds?
"I already did it." He contacted Midoriya through the ear communicator.
"I-I'm fine" He replied in a busy voice. "Go to the second floor," he ordered in a hurry.
Todoroki made a mountain with the ice, and reached the railing of the second floor, noting that the bars suddenly chased him, the only drawback was that he did not possess a speed Quirk like Iida's, or an explosive one like Bakugou, and there he knew: he couldn't protect Midoriya in conditions like that.
He blocked the bars with his ice and with his other hand with his fire, but they had no effect, because they kept going after him. He realized that he couldn't destroy them.
In that, Midoriya jumped into the air and with a Smash he hit the ice barrier that Todoroki made on the first floor, destroying the bars that were there.
He, unbalanced and stumbled from his mountain of ice, but Midoriya caught him in his arms, and landed in excellent condition.
"Are you all right?" Midoriya asked, dismayed.
He nodded.
"What kind of theory are you trying to prove?" He asked, but Midoriya paid no attention to him, because his eyes were directed at the Christmas tree. "Midoriya," he called.
"Todoroki-kun" Midoriya pronounced his name righteously, even without seeing him in the eyes. "I'll jump to the fifth floor." He pointed it with his finger. "I will try to place the star in a single attempt, when I am falling, make a ramp so that I can land"
"Sure." He nodded, feeling the disappointment coming over him.
Midoriya squatted down and made a huge leap to the fifth floor, the wind snorted and stirred Todoroki's hair, who saw the boy he liked, moving deftly in the direction of the mere tip of the tree, dodging the metal bars , opting to jump in zigzag for every point of the wall, until he made a forward-facing trick, a feat that Todoroki watched in slow motion and marveled at how amazing Midoriya was doing doing such a pirouette with both hands in position of the tip of tree, perfectly putting the star in its place.
The shot that the test had ended was heard, in which Todoroki realized that he should make the ramp as soon as Midoriya was falling.
"The heroes win!" Exclaimed All Might's voice in pride.
Todoroki hurried to make the ice ramp, Midoriya also fell quickly, watching him with concern, because the ramp wasn't finished.
As soon as he crush on the ramp, his slim body slid in great speed, in the direction of Todoroki's arms, which caught him firmly, thus falling backwards with Midoriya's body in his arms.
"Are-are you okay, Midoriya?" He could say, with his voice cut off because of the blow.
"Yes-yes." He nodded cautiously. "Thank you"
"Did you got hurt?" Todoroki asked in distress.
Midoriya moved his head away from his chest, shaking his head.
"What about you, Todoroki-kun?"
"No"
"That's good." He sighed in relief, suddenly releasing his hands from his suit, hiding a nervous blush from his cheeks. "Em, I think it's better to leave." He gave a small, helpless chuckle. "The others are missing from passing the test"
"Yes, of course, Todoroki said, disappointed. "Midoriya" He pronounced his name in demand, the aforementioned turned to see him. "We made a good team today."
"Yes." He smiled gratefully. "I liked working with you, Todoroki-kun." He gave him a warm smile, and that was the best gift Todoroki could have received before Christmas.
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P.S. What do you think of the action in the chapter? It was the first thing that occurred to me because I wanted to do it with a Christmas theme.
The next one will be of Bakugou.