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The rest of their walk home was in silence, they had said all they could. They were still a little sheepish about the embrace and couldn't work up the courage to face each other.
Mei, who never had a problem with Izuku, found it difficult to even look in his general direction without feeling like a bumbling mess, she started to think of what could have changed, and what was this new feeling was.
Izuku was thinking of every possible scenario that could happen, all at once his brain was complete mush.
'Okay you've made it this far, maybe she feels the same?…. Or I could just be overthinking this and I'm seeing something that isn't there…. aghhhh why is this so confusing!?' He took a deep breath and let out a mental scream to psych himself up he, then in a single leap, he turned his whole body to face Mei.
"MEI HATSUME!" His yell was probably a bit too loud, making the teenage girl jump while letting out a small yelping noise.
They both where a deep shade of red, unable to do or say anything. Izuku, trying his absolute darndest, was stammering noises hoping that it would make some sort of coherent sentence.
'Mei, do you feel like there's something that's special between us, something that's special only to you and I… I want to know if our bonds can be stronger and deeper than that. What I'm asking is… if you would want to be in a relationship together?' Is what Izuku really wanted to say but what came out was more nonsense gibberish, until he slapped himself and with all his heart he finally asked.
"I-I was w-wondering if after I c-come back t-t-tomorrow… would yo-you like to g-g-go and ha-ha-have a da-da-da-DAY to-together?" Izuku was finally able to get all the words out, but Mei, still harboring a pink hue, was confused.
"W-what do you mean? We practically spend every day together?" She tilted her head slightly, looking like a slightly puzzled puppy.
Izuku still held his hands to his face and simply shook his head no.
"I m-m-mean like… no testing out gadgets or h-hero stuff... Like m-m-maybe g-g-go to the arcade or maybe s-see a movie together, a d-d-day together?" At this point Izuku's heart was beating so fast it activated the battery, causing his eyes to glow that bright fluorescent green.
It had finally dawned on Mei what exactly Izuku was asking of her, she was completely dumbfounded, she never thought that anybody would ever be interested in her enough to ask her out on a date. The young flustered inventor quickly lowered her goggles on her face and turned away so he wouldn't see her face turn a deeper red.
"W-well…"
Izuku woke up from his light nap and looked out the window of his train, although he wasn't paying any mind to the scenery they passed. Instead, he was replaying his moment with Mei over and over in his head. Pairing with the thought of Uraraka's warning and his upcoming bout with his newest foe, Stain. So much was happening so fast that it was overwhelming for the poor quirkless hero.
He gave himself a quick few self-inflicted slaps to his face.
"Man, how did my life become so complicated?"
On another train headed for Kyoto Mei was thinking about what her plan was, after all, she never thought she would ever be going back to her parent's home. But it was crucial for her strategy to help Izuku, although she was not looking forward to going back after her fall out with her father.
"It's for Izuku, it's for Izuku," she kept repeating. She fidgeted in her chair, completely jittery at the thought that she might have to deal with her old man again. She let out an agonized scream, unsettling the passengers around her.
Uraraka was struggling with her own demons and currently very on edge, as it was 30 minutes prior to the start of the Sports Festival. She was trying to hype herself up after all her performance would help make or break her future as a pro-hero and she had so much on the line. The brunette took a deep breath and cleared her mind, thinking of conversations she had with Deku.
As Uraraka helped Izuku adjust back to the groove of things after his near-death experience, the rogue hero and the UA student began trying to learn more about each other.
Izuku figured he might as well answer any questions the gravity user might have since there was no point in hiding his identity from her.
"So Deku, what makes a quirkless kid like you want to risk life and limb trying to be a hero. I mean, you can't get paid and clearly you don't want the fame and recognition, so what is it?" Uraraka asked, her curiosity bubbling over.
Izuku was a little nervous to explain, telling her that All-Might inspired him as a little kid and that his dad always had complete faith in him, so he made it his mission his life to be one no matter what.
The UA student felt awkward knowing that the green haired teen had a very admirable reason and felt that hers was a little shallow.
"He he, now I feel silly."
"What do you mean? I'm sure that your reasoning is just as noble?"
"Well, really it's for the money," Uraraka reluctantly answered. "But don't get it wrong, it's not like I'm greedy or anything, you see… My parents own a construction company and lately, they haven't had much work, so they're kinda poor. I figure that if I became a hero I'd make enough money to help my parent's," Uraraka explained, keeping her head bowed.
"That's great, what's nobler than making sure your parents are taken care of?"
"Thanks, Deku. That's why I've gotta give it my all in the sport's festival," Uraraka announced suddenly raising her head and clenching her fist in front of her in excitement. She had a fiercely determined look in her eyes and Izuku felt like she was emitting a very intimidating aura.
"That's the spirit Uraraka, just keep that attitude and you'll do amazing!" Uraraka yelled in a war cry and almost startling Izuku out of his chair.
The memory was enough to get the UA student worked up, she stood up ready to take on anything the festival would throw at her.
The gravity user's tenacity was noticed by some of her peers.
"Woah now Uraraka, I wish I had some of your enthusiasm," Mina, one of Uraraka's classmates, called out as she walked in. Following behind her were Sero, Kaminari, and Tsu, all of whom were surprised to see the usually modest girl with so much vigor in her spirit.
"Yea, I think you could share some of that enthusiasm, I'm feeling a little weak-kneed myself," Sero said rather meekly.
"It's alright, you don't have to win you just have to impress the heroes watching, that's what really matters. ~ribbit~" Tsu stated.
"Haha, somehow that doesn't make me feel any better," The tape user responded, somehow feeling even more pressure than before.
"HA! Well, in that case, I'm sure I'll be able to shock and amaze those pros," Kaminari said while striking a pose in an effort to showboat.
"Not unless you end up making yourself look like a complete dunce like always," Jiro joined in on the conversation, not wanting to waste a good opportunity to tease the lightning user.
"Heyyyy come on, cut me some slack, will ya? Who was it that took down all those bad guys when we were surrounded? That's right, it was I!"
"Did you forget about the part where you were rendered a complete idiot due to your quirk, and that you managed to get yourself captured as well?"
The yellow electric user became flustered while trying to save face. "Y-yeah, b-but I at least got out."
Jiro scoffed at his rebuttal.
"You mean right after Tsu came to our rescue and surprise jumped the guy. You only managed to get in his way, thankfully the teachers were able to come to our rescue before that guy could do some serious harm." Jiro's explanation left Kaminari feeling discouraged, he looked down at his feet and pressed his fingers together.
"You don't have to sound so mean about it…" he whined under his breath, the earjacker patted him on the back.
"At least you make a good lightning rod."
This was enough to lighten his spirits back up. "Thanks...I guess?"
The gathered members of 1-A laughed at Kaminari's dense nature. From out of the corner of her eye Uraraka noticed that she was being observed by Bakugo, who kept his eyes locked on her.
There was something ominous about him that she couldn't place a finger on. But what? She was never intimidated by him before, in fact, she was one of the few who waved off any threat he made. Uraraka was sure that Bakugo was a mind reader because the moment he realized she was staring at him he started to approach her direction.
'Oh crap, oh crap!' Uraraka freaked out, surely he wouldn't try anything as long as she was surrounded by her peers right? Bakugo picked up the pace slightly, what was she thinking, of course he would try something. This was the walking nuclear bomb with a short fuse, he would be willing to pick a fight with kittens if he wanted to.
Thankfully her savior was there once more to rescue her from the fire breathing dragon and her shimmering knight was none other than the upstanding gentleman, Tenya Iida.
"Uraraka-chan, I just wanted to say good luck, I know that you've been working really hard these last couple of weeks." The young girl's worries were washed away due to his presence and were replaced with exhilaration.
"Hehe thanks Iida-kun, I hope you do well too!" Iida scratched the back of his head and smiled at the compliment.
"Thanks, I just hope I can make my family proud, I especially want to impress my brother."
"I'm sure you'll do excellent!" Uraraka encouraged her friend with glee in her voice. Mina, who was observing everything, scooted over to Jiro to whisper in her ear although it was loud enough for everyone close by to hear.
"Hey Jiro, do you ever noticed that Uraraka gets super peppy when Iida comes over." the pink-hued classmate snickered.
"Ha, ya I think we got ourselves some high school sweethearts." Jiro had a smirk on her face as she whispered with Mina.
Uraraka, hearing everything, turned around to glare at her friends and revealed that her face was the same pink hue as Mina.
"Wait, no! It's not what you think, we're just really good friends!"
"Oh yea, HOW good of friends hehehe?" The collective class looked to see Mineta, who nobody noticed (or bothered to acknowledge), was sneering at whatever unadulterated thought that brewed in that perverted mind. Out of retaliation, Uraraka hurled the purple gremlin at the wall.
"Uraraka-chan, was that really necessary? I mean, I understand that Mineta was way out of line but as heroes in training we should try to act a bit more mature," Iida said, motioning his arms in the signature karate chop motion he was prone to do.
"You're right ,sorry Iida-kun. I should have known better," Uraraka lied while flashing Iida a pleasantly fake smile. 'Next time I'll just hit him with one of the chairs so I don't end up touching the small weasel.'
Iida was forcibly pushed out of the way by none other than Bakugo.
"Hey round face, don't think that what we discussed the other day is over, I still want some answers," Bakugo said very obtrusively, the unnerving feeling came back to the gravity user almost in full force. Iida came in front of the two feeling slightly irritated at his fellow classmate.
"Bakugo, what is the meaning behind this rude behavior?"
"Hey shut up four eyes, this is between me and her?" Bakugo got up in Iida's face, ready to throw down with him.
"God, give it a rest Bakugo, can't you shut that trap of yours for like five minutes?" Monoma groaned from the other end.
"Who the hell told you to butt in you copycat freak, I'll make sure to destroy you!"
Monoma got out of his chair, with a smirk across his face and sauntered over to where Bakugo stood.
"Ha, why wait? I'll show everyone here that you're unfit to be a hero." Just like always Monoma would fan the flames, rather than help defuse the situation, things were getting out of hand in the small break room.
"HEYYYY!" Present Mic's voice could be heard booming through the whole room and everyone looked up to the ceiling.
'Its starting' Uraraka thought. The door opened and someone from UA told all of class 1-A that it was time.
Izuku and Mei looked at their phones as an alarm they had set earlier went off, coverage for the festival was beginning. They quickly inserted their earbuds and watched the live stream start, they both had promised Uraraka that they would watch her perform and cheer her on.
Present Mic was getting the audience fired up with his co-commentator, Aizawa, who… was just there.
"NOW LET'S BRING OUT OF FIRST YEAR STUDENTS STARTING WITH OUR HERO COURSE!"
Everyone was cheering and shouting as the class of 1-A emerged from the stadium tunnel. Uraraka was the first to come out, her face was lit up with determination, eager to start.
As more and more of UA students piled out, the first years looked around them and were stupefied by the roar of the audience, this really was their time to shine.
"There are so many people here I think I'm going to be sick," Uraraka said with a hand over her mouth. Iida rested his hand on her shoulder.
"Relax, think of it as part of our hero training. After all, we have to learn how to perform while with an audience watching, don't we?" Uraraka nodded her head in agreement.
"Man, he's really going overboard with that praise. Doesn't it make you a little nervous?" Kirishima turned to question Bakugo, who was a complete 180.
"No… I'm getting more into it!" Bakugo wore a fearless grin.
"AND NOW GIVE A WELCOME TO THE SUPPORT COURSE CLASS!"
Back on the bullet train, Mei slumped in her chair with a grunt and a sigh as she stomped angrily at the floor.
"Man… that could have been me out there," Mei muttered under her breath.
Once all the students were finally gathered the announcer for the first years was revealed to be Ms. Midnight.
"Now let us hear the pledge from the first years! And the speaker will beeeee! Bakugo Katsuki!"
As Midnight announced Bakugo as the speaker, all of class 1-A's heads snapped to where Bakugo stood, wondering what self-centered thing the foul mouth blonde would say. Bakugo casually walked up to the podium, his hands in his pockets.
"I don't get it, does he get to make the pledge?" Kaminari asked nobody in particular.
"Well, he did get the highest mark at the entrance exam," Sero answered.
Once he got at the top, he cleared his throat and took a sharp inhale.
"I pledge…. to become number one."
Everyone in 1-A figured he would say something so narcissistic. Izuku hit his head on the subway window, feeling the shame the rest of 1-A was feeling.
"Well, I guess it's to be expected…" he mumbled to himself, "still…. The old Kacchan would have laughed while saying that…. I wonder what's changed him.."
"Izuku sure knows how to pick his friends." Mei looked at her phone confused.
The rest of the UA students became irate with Bakugo, screaming that he was overconfident in his abilities and throwing challenges his way.
"Now with the introductions out of the way, let's start with the games!" Ms. Midnight announced. They all looked up to see a billboard light up as a roulette spun around until it landed.
"The obstacle course! As long as you stay on course you're free to do whatever you'd like!" The R-rated hero exclaimed while licking her lips. "NOW TAKE YOUR PLACES!"
The gate lit up and the students arranged themselves behind the starting line, one by one the lights started to fade away and Uraraka's heart beat faster and faster. Once all the lights blacked out everyone made a break for it in the narrow hallway.
The hallway proved to be difficult as the students struggled to squeeze through each other to reach the other side.
Izuku bit the bottom of his lip as he saw his friend struggled to pass through. Mei was also filled with anxiety, shaking both of her legs hoping that her only other friend could make a breakthrough.
"I see, this is just already the first obstacle," Izuku muttered out loud.
"Hey kid, shut up," a nearby passenger called out.
Izuku felt a nudge from behind and turned around to see that he unknowingly created a small viewing audience.
In the midst of the skirmish, Uraraka felt the air getting crisp and chill, a sudden cold rush was fast approaching. Uraraka looked behind her to see Todoroki shooting out a huge blast of cold and with it, the floor started to turn to ice, freezing the students to the ground.
The gravity user squeaked and instinctively climbed on top of the nearest student as the ice passed right passed her, freezing the poor student underneath her in place. He looked up at her with a pissed expression on his face.
"Hehe sorry," she weakly apologized as she made a quick run to catch up, trying not to slip on the ice.
Izuku was intimidated by Todoroki's willingness to just get rid of a majority of his competition.
"That ice kid is really something, he just took out nearly half of the other students!" One of the bystanders exclaimed!
"Of course, don't you know who that kid is?" Another one jumped in. "That's Endeavor's kid."
"Huh? You don't mean the number two hero, Endeavor?"
"The very same."
Izuku remembered now, one day he was curious about Uraraka's fellow classmates quirks. When it came to Todoroki's quirk she explained that he had control over both fire and ice, but she's never seen him use his fire side. Izuku wondered why exactly that would be. Even during the fight with Nomu he still didn't use his the fire quirk.
Bakugo rocketed his way through the crowd, screaming at the top of his lungs, "Nice try half and half, but I'm not going down that easily."
Todoroki looked back, surprised that so many of his fellow classmates were able to dodge his attack.
Mineta quickly threw a barrage of his purple orbs, using them to skip through the ice with ease.
"HAHA foolish Todoroki, you are no match for me, now prepare to feel my signature attack!" The purple blur was getting ready to show off whatever attempt of an attack he was getting ready to make when...
SLAM!
The small teen was struck by a robotic tail and was sent flying. Todoroki looked up to see that a battalion of giant robots, ranging from various sizes, loomed over them.
"AND HERE THE STUDENTS ENCOUNTER THEIR FIRST HURDLE!" Present Mic shouted, his voice brimming with excitement.
"Not these things from the entrance exam," Kaminari whined.
"Where do they get the money to build these things?" Momo questioned, surprised by just how far UA would go to hold an impressive festival.
"So, these are thing they had to face in the general entrance exam. I wish they came up with something more imposing if I'm going to show up my old man," Todoroki talked under his breath. He took a deep breath as he slapped the ground, a huge pillar of ice erupting from the ground that froze one of the massive battlebots.
"AMAZING YOUNG TODOROKI EFFORTLESSLY TOOK ONE DOWN WITH EASE!" Present Mic commented.
"Quick, we can run through its legs now that it's frozen," a random student yelled out to his fellow classmates.
Todoroki looked back with a smirk. The giant robot started to collapse as the ice on its body started to shed off.
It crashed to the ground with a tremendous thud and out of the ruble, Kirishima broke through the robot's body.
"AHH damn it, Todoroki you really are a bastard! Thank goodness for my quirk otherwise I would have been crushed!" The spiky red hair yelled wildly.
"AHH damn that class A, they're really filled with bastards! Thank goodness for my quirk otherwise I would have died," a metallic student screamed as he too also emerged from the robot's body.
"Hey come on, it's hard enough to stand out when we have a similar quirk!" The red hair teen cried as he kept running ahead.
Bakugo looked at a drone with a devilish smile as he rocketed upwards until he met the drone right at it's head and with both hands he unleashed a huge blast, decapitating the robot.
At the teacher's booth, the staff was impressed at first years resolve.
"It seems most of the student ahead are from Class A," one of the teachers pointed out. All-Might himself was also amazed at their abilities, but to him they were all missing something essential for the symbol of peace, something that was needed…. for him to pass down the torch he held.
Izuku spectated in awe, he couldn't believe Uraraka's classmates were so extremely talented as they demolished the robots with ease.
"Wow, this is class 1-A... They're amazing," Izuku said and while he was happy for their progress he couldn't help but cry a little, he felt an empty void in the pit of his stomach growing, if only things could be different, he thought to himself.
Izuku tried to clench his chest but he felt the bump of the battery and the realization hit him. Mei used to attend at UA, she should be out there as well if it wasn't for this cursed device… but without it they never would have met… Izuku shook his head as he didn't want to open that can of worms.
Uraraka finally made through to the second obstacle, her heart sank as she looked down the giant cassim before her.
"OH YEA! WELCOME TO THE FALL, AS IN IF YOU FALL YOURRRRRRRR OUT OF HERE," The UA teacher roared into the crowd.
Mei groaned even louder as she flailed about on the train and the person that sat next to her shot her a glare.
"UGHH this is udder bullcrap, my babies would have totally blasted through this course with ease."
Asui leaped as far as she could, grabbing onto one of the ropes as she crawled on the road to the next platform.
"My older brother is watching, so I can't let this silly hurdle make a fool out of me." Iida balanced himself on the tightrope as he used his engine calves to propel himself to the other side.
The brunette give herself a motovational slap as she started her tightroping endeavor.
"WOW IT'S AMAZING, WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOMEBODY WHO BLAZED THROUGH THE BARRIER! AND HE DID IT IN SUCH A COOL WAY!" Present Mic announced laughing at his own joke.
"Why are you like this…?" Aizawa muttered through his bandages.
Todoroki observed his next challenge, which turned out to be a minefield. He cursed under his breath as he had to slowly traverse his last barrier.
"AHAHA!" Todoroki looked at the source of the sinister laugh to find Bakugo had finally caught up to him. "This is where your streak ends Half-and-Half!" Todoroki grabbed Bakugo's wrist, freezing his arm and sending the explosive user to the ground and near inches away from hitting a mine.
Behind the duo a series of explosions went off, more students were catching up to them, including Uraraka who was exhausted but she wasn't ready to give up. She tensed up at the sight of the students who were ahead of her.
"Crap, at this pace I'm not going to make it." Thoughts of letting down her parents raced through her mind, what was she to do?
Giant slabs of metal rained from the sky and began setting off mines it landed on, alrming the students making their way through the field. The gravity user started to wonder where these metal pieces were coming from until she remembered that Bakugo blasted one of the robots heads off and these parts must just now be falling to the ground. A giant piece of metal fell right in front her, any closer and it would have taken her out of the race.
"Hehe… T-T-that was too close to be funny…."
Izuku and Mei were watching keenly, silently cheering for their friend.
"Come on Uraraka you can still win this if you use your head… don't you remember what Aizawa talked about?"
"Heyyy I'm here!" Uraraka announced cheerfully as she entered the loft. Izuku looked up from the thousand-pound tome that Aizawa made him read through and study up on.
"Man, he's still making you read through that monstrosity?" Uraraka asked, confused on why anyone would be willing to even skim through that book.
"Hehe it's not that bad, I've learned quite a bit from it."
"Oh yeah, like what?"
"Like how to stay calm in tense situations." Both of the teens looked up to see Aizawa enter the building.
"Hehe yea.. I kinda got panicked the other day while doing a patrol and needless to say I wounded up paying the price." Uraraka finally noticed that the green haired teen had a fresh new bruise right across his face.
"But now he's learned from it not to just charge in like a chicken with its head cut off, right?"
Mei came up behind Izuku and smacked the side of his face with a small bag of ice, peeved at the vigilante in training mishap.
"A clear mind is more useful than any quirk, skil,l or gadget," Aizawa lectured, walking over to the teens. "Especially when your back is against a wall, just take a deep breath and clearing your thoughts, it can mean the difference between life or death."
Uraraka took a deep breath. She looked around and noticed how high the students flew when they stepped on a mine. She thought maybe she could use this to her advantage, looking at the hunk of metal before her it seemed to have taken Bakugo's explosion pretty well.
The gravity user picked it up and started to dig at where the mines could be and started to make a pile of the mines she dug up. The students around her looked at her like she was crazy, it didn't help that she had a very sinister smile on her face, thinking her plan would not only let her complete the course but, would allow her to take first.
"Alright, here goes nothing." She grabbed on to some of the wiring that was attached to the metal plate and made a running start, diving on the mines plate first. The explosion was so massive that everyone looked back, scared out of their minds. Uraraka was sent hurling in the air towards the minefield exit, shooting ahead of Bakugo and Todoroki.
"WOW HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THAT DISTANCE, IS SHE EVER SLOWING DOWN?" Present Mic screamed.
"No, it looks like she's using her quirk to keep herself suspended in the air and keep her momentum, but for how long can she keep it up?" Aizawa was amazed at her quick thinking, 'Guess she learned a thing or two from watching Izuku.' The bandaged hero thought.
Uraraka was soaring closer and closer to victory, unfortunately for the gravity user she started to feel queasy and couldn't hold her quirk any longer, she canceled it as quick as she could and started to descend until she rolled on the ground. "Can't… stop…. now…" She continued to make a run for the finish, huffing and puffing at every breath as she pushed herself to her limit.
As she started to run closer and closer she started to hear a loud commotion coming from behind, the brunette turned around to see Todoroki sliding on his ice and Bakugo rocketing towards her.
"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap" Uraraka yelled as the 1-A's best kept closing in on her. She could feel the heat from the explosions and the chill coming off the ice. Victory was near inches away and it all could be yanked away from her in a few seconds. Izuku and Mei were on the edge of their seats cheering loudly for Uraraka.
"OH MAN THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A PHOTO FINISH!"
Just as Uraraka neared the finish gate, she tripped over her own feet and was sent rolling through the finish line with Bakugo and Todoroki beside her.
She was certain that she had come in third. As her tumble in the dirt came to an end, she sprawled out looking at the sky feeling crushed, she had given it her all and only came in third.
"Ah man that sucks, and I gave it my all, I guess thinking like Deku doesn't really apply here."
"WOW THAT WAS AMAZING! I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D END UP SEEING A THREE WAY FINISH! NOW EXCUSE US WHILE WE GO OVER THE FOOTAGE TO SEE WHO WAS THE TRUE VICTOR!" As they waited for the results more and more students started to come in.
A hand greeted the heroine and she looked up to see Iida, with a warm-hearted smile directed at her.
"That was incredible Uraraka-chan, I can't believe that amazing plan you had! That was exceptional!" Uraraka grabbed his hand and nervously accepted his praise.
"T-Thanks Iida-kun, you were incredible as well. Though I wish I could have gotten in first place, that would have been better." She looked around to see that a majority of the people coming in were mostly coming from her class, a few coming from 1-B and a couple from the general studies.
"Congratulations Uraraka-chan!" Someone from behind Uraraka said.
"Oh thanks-...crap!" She turned around to see Shinso greeting her.
"Relax, I'm not going to do anything. I just wanted to give you a simple congratulations, I guess hanging out with Deku has his perks, huh?"
'Goddamit, am I really that bad at keeping secrets?' The pink-cheeked hero screamed in her head.
"Huh? Deku, who's that? And aren't you from 1-B, how do you know Uraraka?" Iida was confused on multiple accounts.
"Wow, you keep secrets from your friends, that isn't very nice to do."
"Excuse me but could I ask what this is all about, after all I am the class Rep."
"This doesn't concern you, class rep."
"IT ABSOLUTELY….does…"
"Great, why don't you go lie down for a while." Iida simply nodded with a blank expression and sprawled on the ground, staring blankly at the sky.
"Damn, what did you do to him?" Uraraka angrily questioned Shinso.
"Relax, I'll release him after I give you a piece of advice… whatever deal you have with Deku…. Break it off, vigilantes are scum." Uraraka didn't know how to react, Shinso spoke with such clarity in his voice.
"They all think they are heroes in their own right… but really they're just cannibalistic criminals. Men and women who are lost in their own selfish search for glory, they don't serve any ideals or principles and because of this, eventually because of their 'heroic' acts, they'll get someone killed. Then they'll just disappear in the background, unable to stomach the gravity of their mistake and with no remorse for whoever they hurt." His eyes filled with enmity as his tone sounded darker.
"That's not true, Deku isn't like that! All he wants to do is help people!" Uraraka rebutted, Shinso wasn't at all convinced and turned around to walk away.
"Whatever, don't say I didn't warn you, sooner or later he'll be like all the others." Shinso walked away, blending into the crowd of sat back up with no recollection of what just happened.
"W-what was I doing?" Iida asked, looking around. Before Uraraka could answer, Present Mic came back with full force.
"OH YEA BABY, WE ARE BACK WITH THE RESULTS, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT'S A DOOZY, GIVE ME A DRUM ROLL AIZAWA!"
"No..."
"KILLJOY. BUT NO MATTER, WINNING BY SERIOUSLY JUST A HAIR….. URARAKA OCHAKO!" The brunette looked at the results as her name was displayed in bold, gold lettering, she couldn't help but cry out of joy.
"Yeah! Way to go Uraraka-chan!" Izuku yelled, happy for his friend's success, his train came to a slow halt, he looked up to see he had finally arrived at Hosu city. Izuku took a deep breath and stepped out of the train, ready to hunt for the Hero Killer.