The few minutes that came before a sparring match were always the most nerve wrecking, even more so than the actual fight itself. It was like that at Beacon, even during Professor Goodwitch's class for the simplest of fights. She was a Schnee, and such a name didn't always bring the best kind of attention. She had a name to uphold, a legacy to protect, and her own pride at stake whenever she stepped into the ring. Weiss was sure that half of her class was praying for her downfall, the faunus ones especially.
Weiss' eyes scanned Dolt's blunt blade, checking each and every Atlesian rune that she had painstakingly carved. Even with her skills, Dolt was still inferior to Myrtenaster in every way, which was made out of the finest steel available. Still, at least her aura allowed her to turn even a raw swordfish into a deadly weapon. Sliding her electricity Dust into Dolt's chamber, she closed it shut with a snap.
The dog was fast, and his explosions could be deadly when combined with his attitude. She would have to fight smartly, and attempt to end it as soon as possible. Weiss gave Dolt a few practice swings as the Dust chambers shifted. Overconfidence would be her downfall, she would have to treat this like any other fight. The dog's fighting style primarily relied on his aggression to surprise his opponent, the best defense would be a good offense.
Some idiot kicked the door to her waiting room open. She whipped her hair around to glare at the intruder, who just so happened to be that foul mouth rabid dog.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" The dog shouted angrily. He paused and read the sign next to the door. "Wait, it's waiting room…"
"How did you even make it into UA if you can read?" Weiss sighed, keeping her glare focused on the dog.
"Shut up you stupid Ice Extra! Damn it!" The dog sauntered in anyways, his hands in his pocket. Hm, was he already trying to build up his quirk? "Don't think that you're going to win just because you made it to the finals."
"Ice Extra? My my, I wasn't aware that you were a theater kid." Weiss smirked as she sheathed Dolt. "What's wrong? Juilliard kicked you out?"
The dog swung his hand in the area in front of her, setting off a small explosion that filled her nose with the smell of smoke. Good, Weiss was sure that his body was already pushing itself to the limit.
"I'm going to beat you." The dog growled. "And I'm going to show-"
"-everyone that you are the strongest student at UA, thereby humiliating me on live television. Something, something number one hero." Weiss interrupted, replacing her glare with a bored expression. "How much of that did I get right?"
The dog clenched one of his fists, and kicked the lone table in the room, flipping it on its side. He pointed a finger at her accusingly. "You better go all out, I know that you've been holding back this whole time."
Weiss only shrugged in response, walking past the blond boy. She stopped at the doorway, angling her head to look at him with one eye. It was time somebody put that bully in his place. The dog's face contorted into something ugly with an evil smirk on his face. She had fought countless Grimm, survived White Fang assasination attempts, survived a crash, and fought against blood thirsty bandits, including the Spring Maiden. Who was the dog when compared to all of that?
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
The walk down the tunnel felt longer than the last few times Weiss had walked through there. The world was watching, Kyouka, Mina and the rest of the class were watching, Yu was watching, and deep inside, Weiss hoped that Ruby was watching, wherever she was. Hardening her eyes and keeping her back straight, she approached the end of the tunnel, the sunlight shining brightly.
"IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRST YEAR'S FINAL MATCH! AND BOY HAS THIS BEEN ENTERTAINING!" Present Mic screamed. The crowd roared to life as well. Weiss gave her loyal fans a polite wave, showing off her pearly white teeth with her idol smile. She would have to talk to Mina later, since it was probably her idea to sell licensed wigs.
Weiss reached the top and took a few steps until she finally reached her position. The dog was already there, his hands inside his pockets. She held Dolt casually in her right hand, just as she planned.
"FROM THE HERO COURSE WE HAVE WEISS SCHNEE!"
The crowd roared and cheered as the large screens showed a photo of herself looking rather bored.
"VERSUS BAKUGOU KATSUKI, ALSO FROM THE HERO COURSE!"
The cheers lessened for the dog, but the excitement never left the air. The dog's glare never lessened as he bent his knees slightly. He was expecting her to go on the defense, allowing him to make the first move and take the initiative.
"LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!"
Weiss took a deep breath, and placed her right foot forward. Remember the training, don't underestimate the bastard, make Yu proud.
"FIGHT!"
Mina had to admit that she was nervous, and she wasn't even one of the fighters! Weiss was one of the strongest people she knew, and that included a few of their teachers. Her friend even made it out of the USJ attack without even a scratch, despite being covered in blood! Whoever sprayed that must've had a weird quirk.
"FIGHT!"
Weiss launched herself forward with one of her snowflakes instantly, and she slammed Dolt into Bakugou's side, sending him flying through. Bakugou recovered quickly and used his explosions to change his direction. Landing on the ground, he charged Weissy, using his explosions to increase his speed. Black smoke was starting to make it harder to see both of their classmates.
"Oh no." Mina could barely hear Kyouka mumble over the sound of Bakugou screaming. Tearing her eyes away from the fight for just a second, she turned to her other friend.
"What's wrong Kyouky?"
Kyouka frowned and shook her head. "You didn't see that?"
"See what?"
One of Kyouka's earlobes lifted and pointed back at the match. "Weiss is left-handed, but she's using Dolt on her right."
Mina turned back to the fight just in time to see Weiss dodging one of Bakugou's explosions easily, the concrete shattering beneath her. And her sword was in fact, being held by her right hand.
Why would she handicap herself?
The smoke cleared as Weiss used her snowflakes to skate around Bakugou, slamming Dolt into his joints. She danced away the moment Bakugou used his explosions.
"STAY STILL AND DIE!" Katsuki screamed as he swung his arms. Shitty Ice Brat was fast, faster than that one Four Eyes guy with the nasty looking legs. Katsuki launched himself into the air, using his explosions to observe the ground. Good, there wasn't any movement from that cloud of smoke, but that didn't mean she was down. Destroying the flat ground would deprive her of her snowflake's use, forcing her to chase him into the air where he could knock her back down.
Shitty Ice Brat didn't stand a chance against the future Number One hero. Suddenly, something sliced through the cloud of smoke, and a flash of white slammed into him before Katsuki even had a chance to react.
"Gah!" Katsuki reached for Ice Brat's head using his other hand to launch himself toward her, that should make her back off. Instead she formed a snowflake in between him which tanked the explosion and pushed away. She stood on a snowflake several feet away, an annoying smirk on her face.
Katsuki could feel his body being pushed to the limit, which was stupid Deku's fault!
"And here I thought you would be a challenge." Ice Brat bounced her shitty sword from her right hand to her left. "I guess you're all bark and no bite."
"AHHH! SAY THAT AGAIN!" Katsuki formed a large explosion behind him. Ice Brat caused her snowflake to disappear, dropping beneath him at the last second. He swung his arm in her direction, another explosion obscuring his view.
Ice Brat landed onto the shattered battleground, and aimed her sword straight at him.
"I'll run circles round ya I can touch the sky, I'm gonna make ya heart and I'm gonna make you cry!" Ice Brat started to fucking sing, which made Bakugou scream. She wasn't taking him seriously! That was it! He was going to end this now!
"You want to mess around? Well come on and go, I got no time to waste so let's start the show."
Using his explosions to launch himself further into the air, he allowed gravity to take him. Aiming straight towards Schnee, he used his explosions to make him spin around. It wouldn't be as strong as the Howitzer Impact he used against Deku, but Katsuki was more than strong enough to take Shitty Grandma out with this attack. Even if it pushed his quirk to the limit!
Schnee formed another snowflake in front of her, this one not having a pattern that he recognized, not that he paid much attention before. It was larger than the others.
"MORTAR BARRAGE!"
Katsuki would make her pay for not taking him seriously.
The enormous explosion from Katsuki ruffled Izuku's hair. It took some convincing, but Recovery Girl finally allowed him to come and watch the final match in person, instead of on the TV in the infirmary. Using his bandaged arms to protect his face from the gust, he lowered them slowly, the entire stadium silent.
The fight did not go the way he had expected, Schnee had thrown out his predictions out of the window. She was fast enough to catch Iida off guard, and she even managed to keep Katsuki on his feet. Even so, there was no way Schnee could take that explosion and still keep standing.
The smoke started to clear, and he heard Uraraka gasp. Standing on the other side of the concrete was Schnee with a frown on her face, a light blue coloration shimmering over her body.
Izuku's eyes widened and he stood up as the stadium was suddenly filled with cheers. How was that possible? How was she able to take that attack? How did she cross all of that rubble in just a few seconds? Schnee must've definitely been holding back during those training exams-
"Quiet Midoriya! Your mumbling is quite distracting." Iida said sharply. Izuku bit his bottom lip. Where was Katsuki?! The smoke disappeared, revealing the blond boy who was barely standing on his feet. In a flash of white, Schnee slammed into Katsuki, sending him flying out of bounds.
T-That was impossible!
"WEISS SCHNEE WINS!"
"FUCK YEAH! I TOLD YOU DEATHY! I TOLD YOU SHE WAS GOING TO WIN!" Yu shouted, all of her tension gone. She had been sitting on the edge of her seat the whole time. The screens showed a picture of a bored Weiss with winner on top in English, and in Japanese on the bottom.
"You act like you're the one that won." Shinji said dryly, but she ignored the haters. Weiss had won! She won! Yu felt like crying, but instead she threw herself into her cheers.
This called for a party!
"And with that, all of the first year events for the UA Sports Festival have been completed." Midnight announced. Weiss wasn't paying that much attention, even as the reporter's cameras kept flashing, and as her classmates crowded around her. She underestimated him, even though she had told herself not to. "And now we will begin the award ceremony!"
Weiss stood on the highest podium, a forced smile on her face. She allowed her distaste for the boy to show in how she played with him, extending the fight by pulling her strikes. Still, allowing the dog to tire himself out was a solid plan. Speaking of the dog, he was silently standing in his spot on second place podium, he kept staring at his hands. Standing on the third place podium was Monoma and Iida, the two of them proud.
"And now we shall present the medals!" Midnight posed seductively. "And we have a special guest!"
The shadow of a man appeared above one of the large screens. The man jumped, revealing a large grin and two strands of blond hair.
"All Might!"
He landed in front of them with a thud, and flashed them all a grin.
"I am here! With the medals!" All Might declared much to the delight of the crowd and other first year students.
"We shall begin with both our third place winners!" Midnight added, licking her lips.
It felt weird, now that this was all over, now that Weiss had won. She wished Ruby was here to see her, she wished that their Vytal Festival didn't have to be ruined. What would life look like if the Fall of Beacon never happened?
"Congratulations Young Schnee!" All Might's deep voice pulled her from her thoughts. He held a golden medal in his large hands.
"Thank you Sir, it means a lot coming from you." All Might was a true hero, always giving his all.
"May I offer you some advice?" He placed the medal around her neck gently.
"Of course." Weiss said. What was he going to say?
"Don't be afraid to show your real smile." All Might patted her shoulder. He turned around before she could respond. What did that mean? Could he see right through her?
"Here are our this year's winners! But that doesn't mean you won't get your chance to shine. Each and every one of you have the potential to stand on these podiums. Keep competing! Keep improving! Climb even higher and tell the world that you are here!" All Might spoke clearly and truthfully. Next time, anyone of them could replace her. "Now I have one last thing to say, and I want all of you to say it with me. Are you ready?!"
The crowd cheered yes.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
"PLUS ULTRA!"
Well that was awkward.
"N-No! Please!" The voice of the false hero Native did little to stop his blood from spilling onto the alleyway floor.
"False heroes deserve no mercy." He raised his katana high into the air. "You became a hero for profit, you're no true hero." The katana came down, and thus, the life of another imposter had come to its end. Placing his katana back into its sheath, the Hero-Killer sniffed the air. He had done the best he could here in Hosu City, it was such a pity that he wouldn't have a chance to finish off Ingenium who ran away like a coward. Still, he had bigger fish to topple, and he did hear that Mustufu was pleasant this time of year.
After all, it was Idol hunting season.
A/N
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