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Ragnas Bredvolts: To answer your first review, I gotta say this is a good question. The time of day doesn't affect how powerful his quirk is. The only affect the night has on his quirk is that he can't recharge it. This also reminds me that I need to catch up on Seven Deadly Sins. Lol.
As for your second review yea they all can pretty much boost eachother in some way. As for the romance, don't worry :) I haven't even gotten these two on first name basis. I already know how Ima do that to. And I know when they are going to officially get together :)
For your third review, Im really happy you enjoyed the chapter! I haven't abandonded the idea of Hinikuna vs Todoroki at all so you'll get those answers in due time :)
Devil2024: Thank you!
J0ker981: LMFAO Idk why I even wrote that last bit tbh.
Here it is the aftermath of the festival. I hope you guys like this one! We're going to be starting the Hero Killer arc soon! There is something I want to add to this story when we reach that arc! In the meantime, enjoy this one!
Chapter 11: And The Snakes Start To Sing
Hinikuna took a deep breath as he walked out of Recovery Girl's office.
He had been kissed by the hag once again.
Hinikuna's movements were already slow because of his lack of solar energy. The fucking hag made it worse.
He had changed into a new P.E uniform. Now clearing his mind from that interaction with Yaoyorozu. He strolled through the hallways of the stadium. It took him longer than he liked to admit to find a place to get some damn sunlight. As he recharged, he moved his arms, feeling more energized by the second. Rotating his shoulders.
Once he got enough energy to walk around at a good pace, (which only took about thirty seconds to be able to move around at the pace he wanted) he spotted Bakugo heading to his waiting room. He had a bit of an evil smile on his face.
Hinikuna walked to the blonde's waiting room. He kicked the door open.
BAM!
"...The fuck are you doin'?" Asked the blonde.
"Just wanted to say, you better give Icy hot one hell of a match. Force that damn fire outta him if you need to. Although Im pretty sure you had that in mind already."
Bakugo remained silent and just stared at Hinikuna. His eyes stared at the scar for a second before going back up to the solar teen's face.
Hinikuna blinked.
There was now an awkward silence between the two.
Hinikuna took a deep breath.
"You." He pointed a finger at Bakugo.
"Make." He began making gestrues with his hands. As if he was making food.
"Todoroki." He gave his best Todoroki impersonation. A stoic expression on his face.
"Use." He took out his phone, pretending to use it.
"Fire." Flames flickered on the left side of Hinikuna's face as he kept his Todoroki face. Now expecting Bakugo to explode.
"YOU DON'T NEED TO WATER IT DOWN FOR ME! IM NOT AN IDIOT!!! I FUCKING UNDERSTOOD IT THE FIRST TIME YOU FUCKHEAD!!!" Bakugo snapped.
Yuyake chuckled.
"Good. Just making sure." He turned around to walk out.
"Oh and uh Bakugo...that was a good fight. Let's fight again sometime..." He whispered. He walked out the room. Shutting the door behind him.
However, Bakugo was able to catch those words though. All of them.
"Whatever you dumbass." Katsuki smirked to himself. Crossing his arms.
He walked back to the 1-A stands. On his way there, people watching the sports festival noticed him.
"Oh wow! Look! It's that Hinikuna kid! Man that was one hell of a match! Are your wounds healed?" Asked a man, gaining everyone's attention.
"Hey! Are you Supernova's son? You don't really look like her though." Asked another spectator.
The questions kept being asked over and over again. And it was driving him mad.
His expression quickly morphed into one of pure annoyance. Which the people in the stands noticed.
"Just leave me alone dammit." The anniyance he felt was audible. Hinikuna made a quick escape back to the 1-A stands.
"What a bunch of fucking idiots..." He cursed. Kicking a crushed soda can across the hallway.
That whole interaction from the people in the crowd had put him in a bad mood. He continued walking with his head down.
"Oh, H-Hinik-Ah!"
Bump!
He had bumped into someone.
The two fell back. Yuyake looked to see Midoriya on the floor.
Midoriya still had his bandages on his arm.
Midoriya looked to see Hinikuna with an angry expression on his face.
"Oh! A-Ah! H-Hinikuna! Im so sorry I bumped into you! I should've looked where I was going-"
"Can it." He growled.
Midoriya immediately shut his mouth. Sweat trickling down his head as he averted his gaze.
"Y-Your m-match was great!"
Hinikuna nodded, stood back up and dusted himself off. He looked back down at Midoriya.
"Well, ain't ya going to stand back up?" Yuyake raised an eyebrow.
"Oh! Right! Sorry!" He stood up.
"You don't need to keep apologizing."
"Right! S-Sorry!"
Hinikuna facepalmed and shook his head. Now walking past the green haired boy.
"Umm...Hinikuna."
"Huh?" He turned back around to face Deku.
"...Are you alright? You seem uh kinda...a-angry about something." Midoriya had noticed the angry look on his face just before bumping into him.
"Just brooding about my loss in the festival. I'll be over it in a hour or so. Sorry about snapping at you. It was my fault for bumping into you anyways. *Sigh* Is your arm okay?" Yuyake raised an eyebrow.
"Oh u-uh yeah! I just need to rest for a bit. How about your arm? I know you burned yourself pretty badly at the end of your match with Kacchan." Midoriya tilted his head slightly.
"My arm is alright. You better hurry up if you wanna watch the final match." Hinikuna said as he turned around.
He continued treading back to the 1-A stands.
Midoriya watched Hinikuna walk away.
Midoriya heard some chattering from behind him. Coming from the direction where Hinikuna came from. Midoriya had decided to walk over there. His curiosity getting the better of him. When he got there he was able to hear what the people were talking about.
"I wonder what ticked that Hinikuna kid off so much? Was it us asking about Supernova? If he really is her son then that makes sense. It would be a sensitive topic for the kid."
"I dunno. I mean I guess. At first I thought his spunk and cocky atittude during the fights were cool, but he just seems like an ass." The man next to him replied.
Midoriya stood there absorbing the information...
The match was now about to begin. Hinikuna made it back to the stands and everyone there had congratulated him on making as far as he did in the festival.
He watched Bakugo and Todoroki stand on the stage.
Kirishima wrapped his arm around Hinikuna's shoulder. Startling the solar powered teen.
"Hinibro! Who do you think is gonna win this match? Todoroki or Bakugo? I know Todoroki is a beast but Im still rooting for Bakugo!"
"I couldn't care less about this one to be honest." Hinikuna remarked.
"Then why are you even paying attention?"
"To see Bakugo get burnt to a crisp or turned into a popsicle. Which ever one comes first. What else would I watch it for?" Yuyake arched an eyebrow.
"Soooo you're rooting for Todoroki?"
"No."
To say Kirishima was confused about this was an understatement.
Midoriya had came back. His eyes fixed firmly on Hinikuna's back. He wanted to ask Hinikna something, but not with everyone around. It was very clear to Midoriya that Hinikuna had a connection with the former number ten. He would save it for sometime later.
The match began and to no one's surprise, Todoroki started off with summoning ice. Which Bakugo comepletely avoided by drilling through it with his explosions. After Bakugo broke through it, he propelled himself to Todoroki and grabbed him, flipped forward, and threw him away.
Hinikuna smirked at the display.
'It would be pretty damn boring if you had been beaten by his ice. You fucking idiot. It's up to you to beat that stubbornness out of him. So that way next year I can have a fair fight with the bastard myself.'
He wasn't rooting for Bakugo. Honestly, he wasn't! Well...maybe a little bit...
As the match went on, Todoroki showed no sign of wanting to use his fire.
That is until Midoriya gave him some words of encouragement.
Bakugo smirked as he saw fire and shot himself up with an explosion.
He hit the dual elemental user with his Howizter Impact only to realize that Todoroki had put out his fire. The heterochromatic boy was slumped against his ice.
'So it wouldn't have mattered if I had won against Bakugo anways...Nice.' After seeing how Bakugo got a empty victory, Hinikuna felt a bit of frustration flow through him. Although to him, it felt like this whole thing had been a waste of time.
Twenty Minutes Later
All students who participated in the festival were now on the field.
The top three contestants rose up from the ground. Hinikuna in third place, Todoroki in second, and Bakugo was chained up in first place. Thrashing around in a fit of rage.
Hinikuna looked like he was trying not to smile as he was staring at Bakugo thrashing around like a animal. He remembered the teachers trying to chain Bakugo up five minutes ago.
Flashback
Bakugo's screams echoed through the hallway.
"C'MERE ICY HOT!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!! GRRR!!! LET ME AT HIM!!! I WANT A REMATCH GOD DAMMIT!!!" Bakugo's legs and arms were restrained by Cementoss.
"LET ME GO YOU BLOCK HEADED IDIOT!!! I DON'T WANT THAT PIECE OF SHIT MEDAL!!! IT'S WORTHLESS!!! IM NOT ACCEPTING THAT GARBAGE!!!" He screamed.
Aizawa had to be there to make sure the bomber hero didn't use his quirk.
All Might was the one they needed to put the muzzle on him, even though he thought they were going overboard with it.
"I think this is going completely overboard!" The Symbol of Peace voiced his opinion.
Bakugo's loud screams soon turned into muffled noises as the muzzle kept him from opening his mouth.
Todoroki just stood on the second place podium with a blank expression. He semed to be lost in thought. Not even Bakugo's death threats seemed to break him from his thoughts.
Hinikuna was laughing his ass off. Recording the entire thing with his phone. This would be something he looked back on fondly, even if he hadn't won the festival.
Present
"Tenya Iida was supposed to be here, on the third place pedestal, but he had a family emergency." Midnight winked at the camera.
'That's so unnecessary...' Hinikuna deadpanned at the dominatrix.
He looked to Todoroki.
'Todoroki you are so damn lucky it wasn't me you fought today. I swear if I had gotten an empty victory like that, you would fucking need a restraining order on me.' He glared at Endeavor's son.
"Here are the medals for our top three! The only one worthy enough to hand them out is..."
"HAHAHA! I AM HERE!"
"All Might!"
All Might jumped down and landed.
"Opps! Sorry! Ruined your entrance didn't I?" She apologized as All Might shook his head.
All Might took the medals and wlaked up to the podium. Going to Hinikuna.
"Aha! Young Hinikuna!"
"Sir!" He bowed in respect.
"You earned your third place medal today! Your final match was incredible! You showed everyone watching your strength and your potential! Think of that scar on your arm as a reminder of how far you've come and how far you must go! Keep training yourself to refine that new technique of yours and you'll be an unstoppable hero!"
"Thank you sir. I will keep training. Im grateful for your words."
All Might patted his head and hugged him.
"I know your mother would be so proud of you." He whispered as he hung the medal around the child's neck.
"Thank you sir."
He then moved to Todoroki.
As the hero talked with Todoroki, Hinikuna looked down and stared at the medal.
'The road ahead of me is far longer than I had previously thought...' His grip on the medal tightened.
U.A High School. Class 1-A Homeroom.
Everyone in 1-A was back in their class. Bakugo still had the first place medal in his mouth, shaking with rage.
As much as Yuyake laughed at him, Hinikuna knew he would react in a similar fashion. This whole sports festival might have seemed like a waste of time to him when he woke up after his match with Bakugo, but now, it served the purpose of showing him the long road ahead. It did show him just how strong he really was at the moment.
"You all did well out there. You all have two days to rest from the festival. When you all comeback on Monday, we will discuss your internships. Dismissed." Aizawa got in his sleeping bag.
Hinikuna walked out the building. He was extremely grateful that he had decided to move into the dorms before the festival. Surely the train ride back to his home would be stressful to say the least. However, before he could begin walking to the dorms he saw Todoroki walking past the gates.
He remembered overhearing the story of his classmate's less than stellar upbringing.
He sighed and jogged to catch up to Shoto.
"Aye Todoroki!"
Todoroki turned around.
"Hinikuna?"
Hinikuna sighed once again.
"Look I...I heard your conversation with Midoriya after the cavalry battle." Hinikuna told him.
Shoto's eyes widened.
"Don't worry I won't tell anyone. I didn't hear everything." He then prepared himself for what he was about to say.
"Look, I know we don't really talk at all. But, I think you should know, that like you, I kinda hate my quirk to. Well more accurately, part of me does. But if I can muster up the strength to be able to use it then you can to..."
Todoroki stood silent. He could slightly relate to somebody in this class at least...
"Well...That's all I wanted to say, uhh good luck with everything..." He turned around to walk back to the dorms.
"Thanks Hinikuna." Todoroki had alot to think about.
Yuyake waved back to Todoroki as he strolled back to the dorms.
He made it inside and took a shower. After all the fighting and running today, it was needed.
He walked out the bathroom and into his dorm room and looked at the third place medal that was hanging on the doorknob. Dressed in a red tank top and black shorts. The shorts just went passed his knees. He looked at his phone to check the time.
5:30 PM
He would need to hurry if he wanted to make it back to the dorms in time...
One Hour Later
He had arrived at his destination. The place he had wanted to go if he won the sports festival. The gates were opened up. He had a grey sweater with the hoodie up with the medal in his pocket. A pair of jeans over his shorts. The sweater was zipped all the way up. He made an effort to hide his face from the people as he waited for the train and got on it.
He stood infront of the gates. Pondering in his head if he should walk through or not. He gulped and forced himself to begin walking through.
He walked through the gates and found what he was looking for.
His parent's graves.
Kuina was buried next to them.
He looked around before pulling his hood down. Everyone in the cemetary was either leaving, or had just found the grave they were looking for. He kneeled down and pulled the medal out of his pocket and hung it on his mother's tombstone.
"Im sorry I failed you all..."
He couldn't help but feel choked up.
"Sometimes *sigh* I don't even know why I try...It's pretty stupid huh?...There's no way I can make up for what I've done..."
He took a very deep breath as he got ready to mutter the truth. Tears threatening to spill from his eyes as he shut them. Holding them back.
"...Because...Im the one who killed you...mother, father, little brother...No matter how many lives I save, I can never make up for the ones I've taken...Isn't that right? So...I doubt you would forgive me anyways..." He couldn't help the way his voice cracked when he muttered the truth...
One Hour Later
He got back to his dorm room and plopped back onto his bed after taking the sweater and jeans off.
He looked at his phone. The class 1-A groupchat was going crazy.
Class 1-A Groupchat
LordExplosionMurder: My fights have more views than Sunshine's!
LordExplosionMurder sent two screenshots
Katsuki Bakugo vs Fumikage Tokoyami - 2.3 Million views
Katsuki Bakugo vs Shoto Todoroki - 5.7 Million views
To be fair their fight together had 6 million. Hinikuna didn't know if Bakugo counted that or not. To be honest, he could care less about that.
WildFire: Do you want a cookie?
LordExplosionMurder: Imagine challenging someone and saying you'll beat them but you still fucking lose lmao
WildFire: Imagine training for two weeks and then telling the whole country "Im gonna win" only to earn a meaningless victory such a sad life LMFAOOOO
Cellophane: LMFAOOOOO HINIKUNA'S A SAVAGE!
Chargebolt: Damn man you're gonna need Todoroki to cool down that burn!
EarphoneJack: Damn LMAO
ManlyBoi: Yikes! Bakugo you got a comeback for that bro?
Alien Queen: (Laughing Emojis)
Creati: Oh my...(Laughing emojis)
Deku: LOL
LordExplosionMurder: STOP FUCKING LAUGHING DEKU! SUNSHINE I'LL KILL YOU ON MONDAY!
WildFire: Yeah sure you will lmao
Hinikuna truly wishes he could have seen the look on Bakugo's face. It must have been priceless.
He placed his phone on his chest and stared up at the ceiling.
He then remembered. Him and Yaoyorozu were supposed to meet up tomorrow.
'Fuck...'
Which meant that they would be noticed by random people because of the festival.
'This just keeps getting better...' He rolled his eyes.
He also remembered that weird feeling that would pop up whenever he would be with her. He did think to himself that he would think about it after the festival. And now here he was thinking about it.
The more and more he thought about it, the more likely it was that he was developing feelings for her.
From what he had experienced, she was an incredibly nice person to be around. Very intelligent. Strong. Easy to get along with. She was very beautiful. He thought of how cute she looked whenever she was in deep thought. The list of things he liked went on and on.
He grabbed his phone and scrolled down his contact list. His thumb hovering over the call option next to Kirishima's name. He froze for a second. Wondering if he should go through with it.
Talking to Ashido was off the table. Then again, it was never on the table to begin with.
So was Kaminari and Sero. He just didn't know them like that. And Kaminari was a pervert so that conversation could quickly develop into something else. And he didn't know how trust worthy they were when it came to keeping secrets.
He didn't even want to think of discussing something like this with Bakugo. It would quickly evolve into an arguement for no reason. Hinikuna wouldn't even get the chance to talk about the topic at hand. Even though making Bakugo angry would be entertaining.
Kirishima seemed like the only option at this point. He didn't know if the red head could handle this coversation well. Kirishima didn't tell anyone about his "relationship" with Yaoyorozu yet. Even though he still didn't trust the red head at all right now. But he still needed a second opinon.
He still didn't consider Kirishima an actual friend yet. He was steadily working his way up the ladder.
He ended up calling Kirishima anyways.
'Don't make me regret this Kirishima!' He thought as he put his headphones on.
"Yo Kirishima." He spoke into his headphone's mic.
"Yo Hinikuna. What's up man?"
"Nothing much, I need to talk with you about something. Something important." He spoke to the red head. Still unsure.
"Alright. Go for it." Kirishima encouraged him.
"I...*sigh* I think I-I like...Y-Yaoyorozu..." He admitted. Bracing himself for Kirishima's reaction.
"AHA! I KNEW IT!" Kirishima shouted in triumph. Hinikuna couldn't see it, but Kirishima threw his fists up in the air.
He was forced to turn the volume down.
"Don't yell! Look I just need a second opinon on this whole thing."
"Well then talk to me about it bro. I'll listen."
This made Yuyake very uncomfortable. But he guessed it had to be done.
"Well...uh...Whenever she does like nice things for me or well anything at all, I get this weird feeling in my chest. I don't know what the hell it is! The only way I can describe it is...*sigh*...God this might sound cheesy but it's like these stupid warm fuzzy feelings. What do you think?" His eye twitched. Waiting for Kirishima's response.
'God why am I telling him all of this? I feel so fucking awkward talking about it!' Hinikuna wished he could just go back in time and stop himself from calling Kirishima.
"Honestly bro it does sound like you got a crush on her. That's how it sounds to me anyways."
"I...Wait. Hold up. I was kinda expecting you to not really know how to handle this..." Hinikuna arched an eyebrow.
"I went to middle school with Ashido." Kirishima stated plainly.
"Ohhh. That explains everything." Hinikuna nodded.
"I can fact check this stuff by adding Ashido to the call if you-"
"NOPE! There is no need for that at all!" He sat up on his bed. Feeling worried that Kirishima would spill the beans.
"Hehe okay. No calling Ashido. So bro, what're you going to do about it?"
"I won't do a god damned thing." He replied plainly.
"What?! Why not?" Kirishima shot back. Feeling disappointed in his friend.
"'Cause I don't want to."
"Clearly part of you does if you like her."
"*Sigh* Kirishima, let's just say that Im not cut out for this whole romance thing."
'Not to mention it's only been a fucking month since I met her. It's way too early for this to be happening.' He didn't know if he should've said that outloud or not.
"Why do you say that?"
'She's a innocent rich girl. Meanwhile Im a angry and angsty teenager with issues, a-fuckng-lot of issues.'
"I just don't seem like her type."
"You'll never know unless you try."
"Eh. I guess. See you monday Kirshima. We never had this discussion, capeesh?"
"Yeah. I won't tell anyone, don't worry. I'll see you monday Hinikuna.Take care."
"Thank you for being able to keep a secret."
"Sure no problem bro. See ya monday."
The call ended.
'Soooo...I might have a crush on Yaoyorozu. Guess there's only one way to find out then. Maybe this 'date' is gonna show me if I really do like her or not...' His conversation with Kirishima did help out. He was now 99.9% sure he had some feelings for the rich girl. There was still that one percent that wanted to write it off.
He fell back down on his bed.
He turned his head to the right.
Looking at a picture of him and Kuina.
He was 8 years old with a small smile on his face.
'I'll find who killed you. I just hope that the heroes who request me for internships are stationed in Hosu City...'
All of the pieces are now coming together. Everything will be answered in due time ;) See you all next chapter!