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Haru bounced on the balls of her feet with anxiety, she had been cleared by Recovery Girl only a few days before the Sports Festival and had spent that time training, but she knew she was at a disadvantage compared to everyone else.
Sitting on the floor against one of the walls in the 1-A prep room, she began to meditate, trying to not get her hopes up to high. As she was really starting to focus she felt someone touch her shoulder, looking up she smiled at Ochako.
"It's time to start Haru."
Haru nodded and stood up to follow the rest of her class into the stadium and onto the field, looking up she smiled at the large crowd.
"This is going to be fun."
She mumbled to herself as the other classes were announced and the Pro Hero Midnight appeared on a stage with a whip in hand.
"Your student representative is...from class 1-A, Katsuki Bakugou!"
Everyone looked at Bakugou as he started walking towards the stage.
"This isn't good."
Haru muttered and Ochako nodded, watching as Bakugou stood on stage and faced the mic.
"The athlete's oath...Make No Mistake About It. I'm Gonna Take First Place!"
Haru hung her head in defeat as the students yelled at Bakugou as he walked off stage and stood next to Haru for the first time that day.
"Now, without any delay, let's get the first event started. These are the qualifiers! It's in this stage that so many are sent home crying every year! And the fateful first event this year is...THIS!"
The screen behind Midnight lit up saying Obstacle Course Race and Haru nodded as she mentally prepared herself for the race.
"Hey extra."
Haru looked at Bakugo, his challenging tone catching her off guard, he looked down at her.
"Don't lose this round."
Haru nodded, taking a deep breath as everyone moved to the starting line. Haru pushed a little bit of energy into her legs as the race began. Seeing that everyone ahead of her was getting stuck because the entrance was too narrow for so many students, Haru jumped up and used her fire almost like a mini rocket and flew over her classmates head, landing on her feet she almost fell on the ice Todoroki had put down. Growling she started running to catch up, regulating her breathing to not damage her lungs anymore. Haru slid to a stop next to Todoroki and looked up at the giant robots that blocked the course.
"I remember these things."
Haru muttered before using her quirk in her hands and running around the chaos, knowing not to trust whatever plan Todoroki had. Using her quirk she melted her way through the robots and continued running until she came across the next obstacle. A giant pit with pillars of stone to get you across connected by a thin rope.
"Oh you gotta be kidding."
Glancing back, Haru spotted more students heading right for her.
'The rope will only slow me down. I only have one shot to make it.'
She thought quickly as she focused and made a pole vault out of fire like she had done with the whip that saved Bakugou. Keeping her eyes half opened so she could concentrate on the object in her hands, she ran forward and at the last second she planted one end of the pole into the dirt and sent herself flying across the opening. Landing softly she couldn't help the giant smirk on her face.
'Guess all that training did help.'
Hearing an explosion, Haru's eyes widened as she took off running behind Todoroki.
'I'm not letting Katsuki beat me in this!'
Feeling her breath hitch, Haru cursed and focused on regulating her breathing as she came across the final obstacle, a clear field covered in landmines. Without stopping she continued to run and avoided the mines, until she heard someone yell at her and had to duck out of the way.
"Move it Extra!"
Haru glared at Bakugou and went back to running, trying to catch up now that she was in third, just as she was catching up to the guys she heard a massive explosion and looked up to see Midoriya flying by on a piece of metal.
"No way."
And just like that it was a mad dash to the finish line, Haru pushed herself to keep up and managed to pass the obstacle course by coming in fourth. Sitting down she breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath safely.
"Haru, breath."
Haru looked up and smiled at Ochako, who had knelt next to her and was rubbing her back.
"I'm *Gasp* Ok."
Ochako shook her head.
"No, you aren't."
Haru smiled and continued to breath slowly, unaware that Bakugou, while driven to be the best and mad at himself for losing to Midoriya, was watching them anxiously. He didn't want to show weakness at an event like this, but it was killing him to see her having a hard time breathing like that. Finally Haru's gasping stopped and she stood up with Ochako's help.
"Thanks."
The pair smiled at each other and the second event was announced.
Cavalry Battle.
Haru sighed as she looked around.
She wasn't prepared for something like this.
"Extra."
Haru glanced up at Bakugou.
"You're on my team."
It wasn't a question, but a demand.
"Why?"
Bakugou gave her a look.
"You're not strong enough for this and you need a team. Now stop being stubborn and come on."
With a growl, Haru reluctantly agreed and walked to his team. Waving at Kirishima as he greeted her happily. Quickly they got into position and waited for the round to start.
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