Our class sat in a group in the stadium while we watched Midoriya head down for his first match. We all cheered him on except two certain broody boys. One of whom Mina and I ended up sitting next to because like always everyone saves me a seat next to him so no one else would have to. I watched uninterested as Midoriya immediately got his mid controlled by his opponent until he was closing in on the borderline and snapped himself out of it. Excitement went through me as I watched Midoriya make a run at the guy and end it almost the second he got ahold to the stupid bastard. I felt bad for Sero since his moment to shine in front of everyone ended before it even started because he was up against Todoroki but I knew it was coming anyway.

When it was Kaminari's turn I lost interest and started listening to music while I waited for the next fight but glancing up, I saw it was Lida on the field and continued with my music while getting comfortable. While I wasn't paying attention however, I shifted my weight and leaned to one side, my hair got caught in a breeze as the Support girl's machines had Lida flying by causing it to caress Bakugo's face and he got a pretty good whiff of my "Sweet Pea and Vanilla" scented shampoo. After a while I got up and headed down to the waiting area since it was my turn next. I was a little nervous having to fight in front of so many people but at the same time, I was fighting Aoyama and he isn't all that great in this arc so I had nothing to worry about.

While in the waiting room I relaxed my body in the chair and closed my eyes, focusing on my breathing. I couldn't take the chance of freaking out on the stage because of nerves or I might make a mistake. I relaxed as much as I could until I heard Present Mic calling our names to the arena.

I stood there as Aoyama made flashy poses while we waited to start the battle. BEGIN! I stood in a ready stance knowing Aoyama would probably use his beams right away thinking he'd get an easy shot. When he fired I dodged to the right and kicked the ground to make a boulder and kicked it at him.

Distracted by the boulder coming at him he had no choice but to use his beam on it. I used that to my advantage and took off running to the left and edging a little closer to him until he saw me. Stopping in my tracks I knelt down and dug my fingers into the ground to pull up more of the arena and threw it at him, this time spinning in a three-sixty spin to the right of the boulder as he beamed it and ran right for him. I could see the sweat and nausea on his face as I drew close. He made one last attempt to use his beam on me and I dropped down, rolled and launched off the ground into a sprint to come face to face with him. As I stood up to get a better angle with the momentum from running, I pulled back fist and aimed for an uppercut. I hit him full force but he was still standing so just to be on the safe side I spun again and kicked him in the gut, knocking him to the ground.

I was declared the winner as Aoyama laid on the ground clutching his stomach. I walked over and helped him up. "That was a good fight. Try not to rely so my on your quirk until you have better control of it." I say to him as I reach for his hand and pull him up. Patting him on the back and brushing away any dust, I lead him back to recovery girl before going back to the stands.

When I got back to the stands I saw Tokoyami and Yaoyorozu about to start their fight. When I sat down I saw Bakugo barely paying attention to the fight since his fight is next. Looking down at the arena I scoffed as the girl chocked and kept getting knocked around, not realizing that she was getting pushed back. I saw Bakugo moving in the corner of my eye so I looked over and saw him standing leave for the waiting room. I reached up and caught some of his clothes, stopping him. He paused and turned to me with an annoyed expression. I laughed a little not at all deterred by it since I knew if he were really annoyed he'd be loud about it. "Good luck on your fight, I know you'll be great." I say. He looked at me in thought for a moment before nodding and started walking away, making me let go of his jacket.

Next was Kirishima and the steel dude, I was actually pumped for this one. I joined Mina in cheering loudly for her boyfriend in encouragement but it ended in a draw like I knew it would, but it was still a good fight. It definitely helped pump me up for Bakugo and Uraraka's fight. I absolutely loved that one when I watched the anime. It really showed how smart, skilled and determined both people were. And I like to think that Bakugo had respect for her after it.

As my peers quietly mentioned their discomfort I told them aloud tat they shouldn't disregard Uraraka just because she's a girl. If that were the case, it would be almost every man's down fall since power isn't always based on strength alone. It got them to shut up but only for a short while since the fight was getting intense and everyone in the audience was looking down on Bakugo.

I couldn't take it anymore, I stood up and shouted as loudly as I could that the heros here weren't all that great if they couldn't see that Bakugo was fighting Uraraka as an equal. and not taking her lightly just because she was a girl. And that they shouldn't think so lowly of Uraraka just because she doesn't have some flashy quirk, she's still getting up and fighting despite being knocked down. Some men started badmouthing me but I yelled that they could hate me and talk all they wanted but their words meant nothing to me if they couldn't take a fight seriously. After that no one talked to me and that was fine, I was pissed and needed to calm down before my next fight.

The following match was an arm wrestling one since Kiri and the steel guy ended up in a tie, this time Kirishima won. Next was Todoroki and Midoriya and I was not looking forward to watching the green haired boy practically break every bone in both of his arms. It was disgusting in my opinion and how would someone even fight through that kind of pain and still willingly do more damage. It's incredibly reckless and stupid.

Lida headed onto the field to fight the Christian Vine-girl, so I headed down to the waiting room knowing it wasn't going to be a long fight at all. I was also getting nervous because I wasn't sure how I was going to fight Tokoyami with his dark shadow.

In the end, I couldn't think of a solid strategy and decided that close range was the best bet. All I had to do was dodge and get around Dark Shadow.

When it came time to fight, I tried to put on a confident face before walking out for everyone to see. We stood face to face and gave each other a nod of acknowledgment then got into fighting stances. This time, I was the one to dart off immediately, hoping to get as close as possible to Tokoyami before he called out Dark Shadow. I was a little more than half way across the arena when Tokoyami had Dark Shadow, who was out and waiting for instruction, lunge at me and knock me back only to miss as I spun to the left and kept running.

I was so focused on Tokoyami that I forgot they can talk telepathically while I waited for the shadow to go back to his master's side, only it didn't happen. Instead, I was rammed in the side and thrown across the arena, nearly touching the boundary.

I got up as quickly as I could and tried to run at him again only to jump back and dodge a side-swipe from Dark Shadow.

Dodging was the only thing I could do for a solid minute while I couldn't think of a way to get past the thing! I was starting to get frustrated and running out of stamina. Desperation kicked in as I looked around me to see where Tokoyami stood. I noticed debri around us from all the times I kicked into the ground to dodge his shadow. I guess I'm a bit of a messy fighter, I'll have to work on that.

I came to a stop finally deciding on a deperate idea that might not even work. But something was better than nothing! When I stopped I grabbed decent sized boulder and threw it at Dark shadow only for him to swipe at it and knock it away. But I was counting on that, when he focused on me again I had another large boulder in hand and threw it in the air to kick it with all my strength at Tokoyami.

I knew he wasn't strong enough to stop it and he wasn't very fast, so the only option was to have Dark Shadow help him. And in their panic, they lost focus on me and I ran right behind Dark Shadow. When they were able to crumble the boulder before it hit it target, they both finaly noticed me but it was too late. I leaped over Dark Shadow and angled myself to grab Tokoyami's cloak. Mid-air I did a one-eighty spin and landed on my feet. When I landed I pulled forward as hard as I could and swung Tokoyami into the air and slammed him onto the ground in front of me. With his body on the ground face down he couldn't see well as I had got on top of him to hold his head down while I made a quick punch to his face, using some strength in my quirk to punch a little harder than necessary and knocked him out. Incredibly winded from all the running I did I fell back, landing on my ass. Not even bothering to see if my opponent would somehow be able to fight because if he was, I wasn't. I was again declared a winner but I got less cheer than last time, probably because of my outburst earlier and the men in the stands were upset at watching me prove my worth against "the better sex".

I was carried off as well as Tokoyami since I couldn't move anymore and I needed Recovery Girl to heal my aching muscles but I got going as soon as I could because I really didn't want to miss Bakugo and Kirishima's match. I could decide who to cheer for so I cheered for both not knowing that my classmates were watching me cheer for my angsty-soulmate with a little fear. In the end Bakugo won since Kirishima tried to use his quirk on his entire body rather than in synchronized moves to attack and defend. I'll have to tell him about that and offer to help. I relaxed as I watched Lida and Todoroki and tried not the think about my fight with Bakugo. I was both excited to fight someone with as much strength as I do normally without using my quirk but at the same time I was freaking out because I really didn't want Bakugo to hate me whether I won or lost. If I won, his ego would take a hit. But if I lost, he might not respect me anymore, if he even did at all. I was really at a stand-still but I knew he would be pissed if I didn't give him my all and I needed to show off if I wanted anyone to sponsor me.

It wasn't long before I found myself staring face to face with Bakugo. He had a serious look on his face like he definitely wasn't going to hold back, even if I was his soulmate. Which I knew was the case anyway. And from the sounds of it, so did everyone else in our class. I had to be as focused as possible with no distractions so I quickly untied my hair and fixed it up in as tight of a ponytail as I could before Midnight asked us if we were ready.

Once we started, Bakugo, in usual Bakugo fashion, blasted his way towards me so I kicked the ground and kick debri and boulders in his face to block his view as I ducked down and slid out of the way before righting myself and preparing for the next attack while trying to think of a way to win. I wanted to keep my full strength with my quirk a secret since I didn't want anyone from the other schools to know when we test for our licenses so I had to rely on my own natural strength that was pretty much on par with Bakugo's. So my only options were to use my agility to tire him out before I did and to use any close combat moves to get close to him and try to knock him out like I did with Tokoyami. This was going to be a tough fight for sure!

Every time I kicked boulders at him and dodged, Bakugo got madder and madder. In his anger, his attacks got faster and he landed a bunch of blows on me. Knocking me all over the place. "I know you can do better than that!" He yelled at me while I got up from the ground. "Don't disappoint me! Give me your best or I'll make you give it to me! I won't accept a pathetic girl who won't do her best!" He finished before blasting himself at me. When I stood up I stood in a sturdy position while I waited for the right time.

When he got close enough I angled my body to the side out of range of his fist coming at me ad aimed my own at his face using his own momentum to help propel him across the stadium.

"Fine!" I shouted at him before switching to English, "If you want my best, you're gonna get it!" I went running at him as he stood up and came running at me as well. Once we were face to face we basically exchanged blows like he did with kirishima. Only this time I was angry and used more and more of my quirk with each blow, knocking him further away or deeper into crevices of the arena that we created. I hoped that it looked like the more beat up I got the stronger I got. I can't go giving away all my secrets to the people watching.

I was running out of stamina and strength from my quirk and fast. I knew I was about to pass out so I needed to do something fast. While he stood to catch his breath ran at him and leaped as high in the air as I could without my quirk to aim a punch with all my might at him but he was able to dodge it. With that punch I basically devastated the arena in Sakura Haruno style. My mistake though was not taking into account all the dust from the debri filling the air as I steadied myself onto my feet, barely conscious. Bakugo must have known I was at my limit as well since he used the dust to his advantage with the sounds of his blasts. I blasted himself in every direction disorienting me even more until he finally appeared in front of me through the smoke. He took one look at me and smirked before punching me in the face and everything went black. While I was out, I had no idea that as my body desended to the ground he caught me before I could collapse and held me until the paramedics came with the stretcher to take me to Recovery Girl.

"-Ark-san. Clark-san?"

I woke up groggily, slowly sitting up in the bed before I focused on my surroundings and saw Recovery Girl and Miss Midnight standing nearby waiting for me to come to. "It's time to wake now Miss Clark. The Medal Ceremony is about to start and you and Mr. Bakugo are needed in the arena." Recovery Girl told me.

"We must get going." Miss Midnight stated as I got up to follow her out. "Especially if we're going to wheel him out."

The ending of her statement caught me off guard and stopped me in my tracks as I looked over and followed her line of sight. Before me near the door was Bakugo struggling in restraints and tied to a table-like dolly, Hannibal Lector style.

I didn't really like it while watching the anime but to see it in person really pissed me off.

"Why is he like this?" I demanded, turning to the women in the room.

"He was unreasonable and causing a ruckus because he didn't like the fight he had with Todoroki-kun." She said as she started wheeling him out, not giving me any other details so I followed her into a building that lead to an underground area under the stands. "Clark-san." Midnight says my name after we walked into a room with the winners podiums and Todoroki off to the side, getting my attention. "You are needed on the third place podium." It took me by surprise for a second but then I remembered that I should be tied with Lida if it was by the anime and he shouldn't be here anymore, so I get to accept the medal. I was overjoyed to hear I actually made it to third place in the entire festival. I honestly didn't think I would make it this far at all but am immensely glad I, a female, could be in the winners circle with the top students in the Hero Course. In that moment, I decided that while aiming to be a Hero, I was going to be a Top Female Hero and prove women's worth to the world. Just like in my original crappy world, this world will no longer just be a man's world!

When the podium started to rise and the winners of the festival everyone went nuts and cheered. It was a euphoric feeling to be cheered for as I smiled and waved proudly. I smiled up at All Might as he started the presentations and walked up to me with the third place medal.

"Young Clark, Congratulations. You showed amazing strength out there as well as determination to be on equal footing with the top students with exceptional powers."

"Thank you so much All Might!" I thanked him happily after he said I was on par with the boys.

"However, you have more training to do if you want to stay at the top to prove yourself. It's going to be a long hard battle to prove to the men of this world that you are just as strong as any male." He finished while giving me a hug. I deflated after hearing that, I knew it was going to be hard. Especially if I was going to be the only female trying to prove she was just as good as a man.

He watched as he spoke to Todoroki before moving on to Bakugo. "This is a little much." He says but doesn't make a move to remove the muzzle like in the anime. As we all watched the exchange, I saw All Might do nothing as he examined Bakugo's behavior rather than looking into his eyes. If he had, he would have seen the despair and fear in them. (Yes, I know a lot of people don't see it as a response to a traumatic memory for Bakugo but I can see it as one for a normal person and I'm trying to help Bakugo develop his adolescence slightly faster than the anime.) A memory of watching the episode of him being absorbed by the blob monster resurfaced and I freaked out and made a move hoping to stop a panic attack.

I stepped up to his stand, and in between him and All Might as I looked him in the eyes as said, "It's ok. I'm here for you." Not really sure if he heard me or not but he did stop his struggling to watch me. I think everyone was watching me at the point but I didn't care. I removed the muzzle, careful not to touch him since we weren't close enough for me to casually touch him, and avoided eye contact so he didn't see any more of his vulnerable side than he would probably want me to see. Everything was silent for a while so I looked up and saw him looking at me, it was a bit more intense than I was used to so I am ashamed to say, I looked away shyly, probably with a blush on my face which definitely wont help me prove I'm not some girly girl wanting to play Hero.

"Allllll Miiight…" Bakugo spoke up, his attention now on All Might. He then went on his spiel about not being the best if his opponents didn't give it their best and all that. Then All Might gave his own little speech then tried to give the medal to Bakugo but the boy wasn't having it so I decided to cut in again.

"Excuse me, All Might." I said while ignoring Balugo's grunts of anger. Without another word I held my hand out for the medal, silently asking if I can have it since it would probably be rude to just take it when it wasn't mine. The Number One Hero looked at me for a second before handing it to me and continued watching.

I grabbed the strap with both hands and spread my hands feeling the fabric while making a hole to place over the Pomeranian's head. I didn't say anything yet as I looked up into Bakugo's eyes once more and smiled as nicely as I could. I knew if I said anything it would most likely make him mad and he'd start yelling again but so far all he did was watch me angrily. I lifted my hands over his head and paused to see wat he would do. When nothing happened I slowly eased the strap around his head and placed it on his neck. Smoothing out the fabric of his gym uniform around the medal I took that chance to try and praise him. "Congratulations on being the best in everyone else's eyes, even if you aren't in your own yet. I think you're pretty amazing though."

When I was done, I hurried back to my own podium and avoided eye contact with everyone until All Might continued his speech and got the festival going again until it was time for all the students to go ack to class for further instruction.

When we were released from class, I immediately headed home as soon as I could to call my family. I missed them so much and wanted to hear their voices to sooth the anxiety in my chest.

"You were fucking amazing, sis!" the twins, Liam and Logan shouted as soon as they answered the videocall.

"Is that Violet?!" I heard the feminine voice of my sister in law ask before the camera was jostled around and I could hear shouts and struggling on their end. Soon the camera stopped on the face of Serena with my older brother, Elijah looking at me from over he shoulder. "You were amazing babe! I'm sorry we couldn't be there to see it in person but we'll make time to go see you soon I promise."

"Definitely!" Eli agreed, "I can't have my little sister alone in Japan too long or some unworthy guy is going to try ad snatch her up."

Laughter was heard nearby before the twins shoved their faces on the screen.

"Yeah-"

"-Right,"

The twins said in they're back and forth twin-speak.

"She'd be lucky to get any guys attention-"

"-Because she scares all males away!"

"Fuck you guys!" I exclaimed.

"Language, Vi!" I heard the deep voice of my dad before the camera moved and he was the only one in view. "I'm so proud of you babygirl. You were fantastic out there and I'm sure your mother is proud of you too."

The conversation went on like this for a while with us talking about the festival and how I was feeling, to how much we all missed each other and then the twins would say something to rile me up and we would all start arguing about one thing or another until dad redirected the conversations then Miles walked in frame after coming home from wherever he was. We repeated some of the conversations and he added his own opinions. Then the unthinkable happened! My favorite fucking brother betrayed me!

He was asking about using my room as a small gym whenever it got hot outside and I down right refused and gave him my usual sass. Miles then looked me in the eyes and said offhandled and unapologetic, "Well, if you don't let me borrow your room, even for a fee. I might let slip that you have an irritating guy friend, your secretly crushing on might I add, and that he just so happens to be your soulmate."

The silence around us was resounding until screams from Serena and my other brother's girlfriends, that didn't fight for the camera before were heard, and angry shouts came from my brothers at the thought of some guy having the audacity to exist for my benefit, while my father was both surprised and happy if the twinkle in his eyes was anything to go by. He was always a deep romantic and loved the thought of all his children finding love and having families of our own and his house constantly being a mess with the sounds of pitter patter of little feet running around.

"Well." He said smiling at me. "If he's your soulmate, I'm sure he's an outstanding guy and I'd like to meet him one day."

"He's not." I said almost immediately. "He's an asshole and childish and knows he's attractive and thinks he's such hot shit that people should pay good money just to get a glimpse of his shits before he flushs them down the toilet."

I immediately heard loud laughter from everyone, whether it was because of what I said to describe him, or how I was acting about the topic.

"Who's childish?" Eli says teasingly. "You're both young and still need growing up to do. That's what soulmates are for."

"And besides, he's a guy," Liam starts.

"He's going to be immature while in high school before he has to grow up and be mature adults like the rest of us." Logan finished for him.

I took one exasperated look at them while the twins girlfriends looked at them at their sides before we all spoke in unison, "Who said you were mature?"

And that is how another fight started until it got too late and we ended the videocall so I can sleep. I was exhausted and had a lot to do in the morning. Chores needed to get done and I need to shop for healthy things to cook since I've been lazy and so focused on training for the festival.