Rushing through the corridors Akemi races for the infirmary. The match she just witnessed was...
It was... A lot. She wiped at her eyes. Todoroki and her, then lastly Hibiki. The three of them...
Out of the three of them, Akemi and Hibiki had both been saved from themselves, in a way, by each other. And Todoroki...
Somehow, Izuku saved him.
Akemi rounded a corner, only to collide with someone. She stumbled and looked up to see Peppermint, looking startled to see her.
"Todoroki." She greeted, the teen nodded back, looking a little off. "You've got a lot on your mind, haven't you?"
He glanced towards her. "... Yeah." He answered at length.
"Me too. I suppose." She looked away. "I... I was partially the same after Hibiki found me in the bathroom."
He looked towards her knowingly; she've already told him about the cutting incident. "It's..."
"A lot." They spoke in unison. Akemi offered him a smile, and unlike the many times before, albeit somewhat awkwardly, he smiled back.
She passed her classmate (friend, maybe?) And continued her way to find Izuku, only to open the door to find Toshinori-san already inside.
"Toshinori-san." She blinked, "Izuku, how're you doing?"
"...Alright." He answered meekly, tilting his head.
If under any other circumstances, she would've whipped out her clipboard and smacked him around. But this time...
"Thank you." She said, after a moment of silence, "he... He needed it." She looked away, "I needed it; we needed it." She gave him a watery grin, "You big, self-sacrificing dummy, you just can't leave this one alone, can you?"
He looked at her, in shock for a few seconds. Toshinori-san seems surprised that she wasn't smacking him, but Akemi couldn't care less. She strides across the room and pulls Izuku in a quick hug, "You save him." She said gently in his ear, "And... I suppose I feel less along now."
"DEKU-KUN!"
"MIDORIYA!"
Tenya and Ochako-chan burst down the door and into the room. Akemi jerked back and looked at them, who panted and looked up.
"Oh, God. Akemi-chan I understand, but enough interruptions already, I need to prep him for surgery!" Recovery girl groaned and Akemi's head whirled around.
"Surgery?!" They screeched, and Izuku winced.
"Yes...?"
Before Akemi could get another word out, Recovery girl ushered them all out and after telling Ochako and Tenya to go ahead without her, she turned to face Toshinori-san.
"Young Akemi..." He seems hesitant, but spoke anyway. "I... Your relationship with your father is... Rather strained, isn't it?"
Akemi sighed.
"It's not that I don't trust you." Akemi finally spoke up. "And... Yes. My relationship with my father is somewhat... Strained. Very strained." She added, after second thoughts. "Do whatever you want with this, Toshinori-san. But... I don't want to do anything. Not yet." She winced, "would it be cowardly to say that I want to avoid this problem for as long as possible?"
"No- of course not." The man shook his head, but sighed. "But Young Akemi, I'm... worried. The conversation between you and your father was... Least to say, concerning. And... I'm not sure it's healthy for you."
"It isn't." She nodded, "but I'd rather endure it for now."
She turned around, and walked away.
Her match is up after Tenya's, against Tokoyami. But that isn't worrying at all since she knows exactly how to disable him. The match will be over in seconds, but Akemi wants to show off, so... She shook her head, no. It's best to finish this one quickly. She need to show judgemental skills in this round, then her combat with Bakugou.
What's better is that even if Kirishima wins, her moves will still work against him.
"UP— NEXT!"
"Hero Course, The Prince of Darkness— Tokoyami Fumikage!"
"Versus! Hero Course! The Female Powerhouse, Kimura Akemi!"
Akemi walked onto the stage, and rolled her shoulders before nodding.
"Ready? START!"
The match was over in an instant.
Tokoyami's weakness is light. Light is energy and so slamming her fist to her palm she charged the area around her full with light energy, and a white flashbang sounded.
"WOW! Kimura starts this match off with a flashbang! What—" she didn't pay attention to Present Mic's announcement. Akemi was instantly charging through the lingering light and with a roundhouse kick, sent Tokoyami out of bonds.
"Tokoyami out of bonds! This round's winner is Kimura!"
Okay okay. I get it this chapter is more like a filler. I'll update again soon so please look forward to it!
