Lil Fucker Fuko:
START!
It was Sunday morning and I was currently training inside the school gym. I've been training since five in the morning and It's already 10:00. My joints were hurting but I ignored the pain and kept at what I was doing. I need to get stronger.
In the two weeks that I've been training, I can say that I've definitely improved. I haven't mastered my new combat moves just yet, but I'm getting there. I've been practicing my new moves with my feet as well, but it's not as well developed as when I used my hands.
I destroyed my fifty-sixth dummy today and I decided to take a break and get a drink of water. I walked over to my stuff and uncapped my water bottle, chugging down half the bottle. I put the bottle down and grabbed my phone, looking at all the notifications.
/Dance Queen\\
- Hey, call me when you get the chance! -
I blinked at the text and wondered what Mina wanted to talk to me about. I clicked the call button and place the phone to my ear, waiting for her to pick up.
Seconds later and Mina's voice ranged through the phone. "Good morning Fumiko!"
"G'morning Mina. You asked for me to call you? Do you need help with your homework again?" I asked.
"Not at all, I finished my homework already. I just wanted to let you know that the whole Bakusquad will be going to the arcade today after lunch. You should join us."
I sighed, "Thanks for the invite, but I think I'm going to train for the Sports Festival today."
"No. I'm not asking you to join, I'm telling you to join. You've been training non-stop for two weeks straight! The only free time you allowed yourself to have was to eat, sleep, and do homework! It's not healthy!"
"I know, but I need to get stronger. And I'm getting some pretty good progress."
"Fumiko listen…" She started and I gulped at the serious tone in her voice. It was very rare for her to be so serious, and it made me nervous, "Ever since the USJ attack you've been less happy. You have me worried. I don't know fully what happened with you during the attack, but I know enough to figure out that you blame yourself for some stuff that happened. You want to get stronger to protect everyone, I get it. I do too, heck, everyone wants to get stronger, but you can't do that by overdoing it. Your body will only get weaker and weaker if you don't allow it to take a break once in a while. The same thing goes for your mental health. If you keep your mind focused on just one thing, then you'll fail in everything else. The USJ attack was scary and left everyone feeling stressed, but it's over now. You can't dwell on the past, it's already done and over with you know?"
I smile at her words. I couldn't help but get a little emotional. "You're right Mina, thanks. You know, for someone who always compliments how smart I am, you're pretty wise. I'm glad you're my friend."
"What are girlfriends for? So does that mean you're coming? I even convinced Katsuki to join us too."
"Yeah, I'll join. I need to go home and shower first though. I'll meet you all after lunch. Thanks again for being there for me."
"No problem Fumiko. I'll always be there for you."
We hung up the phone and I smiled. Mina's right, what happened at the USJ is over and done with. There's no reason for me to dwell on the incident anymore. I'll just focus on what's ahead.
I packed all of my things and went home to get ready for my day of fun.
I meet everyone at the arcade shortly after 12:00 and saw that Kirishima, Mina, and Katsuki had already made it. Mina waved me down and I walk up the three of them with a huge smile on my face.
"Hey ,guys!" I greeted and they greeted back as well. We talked about school and stuff, waiting for Sero and Kaminari to arrive. Kaminari was the newest member of the Bakusquad and I made sure to get a picture of all of us with him included as well.
Fifteen minutes later and they arrived at the arcade. Walking in, we looked in awe and excitement at all the neon lights and sounds within the small building. We payed for our entrance and looked around at all the games.
"What game should we play first?" Kirishima asked
"I don't know, there's so much to choose from," Sero responds.
"I know! Let's go play that!" Mina says excitedly and runs over to the corner of the building where the game, Dance Dance Revolution, stood.
She sticks a few quarters inside the machine and get it started up. "So who here is willing to accept my challenge of the classic Dance Dance Revolution?" she challenges.
Katsuki just huffed and crossed his arms, "I am not fucking dancing"
"I don't know. I know you can break dance Mina, you'll most likely win against me," Kirishima says
"I was, but now I'm having second thoughts." Kaminari says, looking nervous as soon as Kirishima said that she could break dance.
"I'll go!" I say happily and jumped onto the platform.
"Hazah! Let's get funkay!"
She picked a song to dance too and we both got into our positions. The song starts out slow and easy, but then it started to pick up the pace. The boys cheered us on from behind as Mina and I go at it. I was doing a good job at keeping up with Mina, but I wasn't as smooth a dancer as she was and ended up losing. I didn't mind though.
Kaminari got pumped up after watching us and decided to try it out against me. He was pretty good at the game too, but I beat him in the end.
Kirishima, Katsuki and Sero still denied to play so we went and found another game to play. Kirishima found the Strength Test Machine with the hammer. He went up first and made it up to the 700 point mark. Sero went next and made it just an inch below the 700 mark and Kaminari made it halfway between 600 and 700. I sadly made it only to 400. Mina went next and she made it to the 800 mark, making the three boys whine.
Everyone looked to Katsuki and he smirked. He grabbed the hammer and swung it as hard as he could onto the big red button thingy and the marker scaled up real fast and crashed into the bell at the top. We all gawked at his score, watching as Katsuki cockily pulled out all the tickets that he won from the machine.
"Whoa dude, I forgot how strong you are!"
"It's not natural man!"
"You're like Captain America Kiki!"
We continued to play different games, most of the time making it a challenge to see who can get the best score. We played race car games, zombie killing games, and more.
Overall it was a good day for us.
Today was the big day. After hanging out with Mina and the boys, I decided to go home and rest for the entire day. And boy did I need rest. My muscles was all sore from the constant training I did for the last two weeks and I only started to feel the effects of it when I got home. With a few painkillers and lots of sleep, I was feeling much better. I was currently scarfing down my breakfast, too excited to slow down.
I finished everything on my plate and wiped my mouth with a napkin. "Thanks for the meal!"
I placed my dishes in the sink and grabbed my school bag off the counter and headed for the door. As I was putting my shoes on, my mom came out to wish me luck.
"Good luck during the Sports Festival dear! I'll be cheering you on so loud that the whole city will hear it!"
"Thanks mom! I'll do my best!" I say as I walk out the door and meet up with Katsuki outside.
The school grounds was buzzing with people by the time we got there and we had to hurry to our homeroom class to wait on instructions.
"I'm so excited! I always watched the festival from my t.v., but now I'm actually participating in it!" I cheered.
"Hmph! Just make sure you give it your all Fuko. Just know that I'm going to beat you." Katsuki smirked as he said this and I grinned at the challenge.
"Well, I'm gonna make sure you have a hard time doing it Kiki. I've got some new moves up my sleeve so be prepared to dance around my success!"
Everyone continued to chat and get rid of any nerves that they had. We soon had to go changed into our P.E. uniforms and moved to the class's designated waiting room. Everyone was talking quietly after that and watch as Todoroki declared war on Izuku.
Soon after that, we all were called to go out into the arena.
I honestly couldn't remember the last time I had seen so many people gathered in one place. There was what looked like thousands of people in the stands and they were all cheering loudly at the classes that came into the stadium.
"Pay attention audience!" Present Mic's voice could be heard, booming through the entire area, "It's time to introduce the students from the first year stage! These are the students who overcame the enemy attacks with hearts of steal! The Hero Course! Class 1-A!"
Just as we came into view for the camera's and everyone's eyes, the crowd couldn't help but cheer loudly, making most of us praise the cheers and some of us really nervous.
I looked at all the camera's and waved enthusiastically at them, hoping my mom could see me on the other side of the screen.
Present Mic introduced all the other classes as we all gathered around together.
The crowd cheered as all the classes came out and most of the students started to chatter.
"It's time for the player pledge!" Everyone was drawn to the voice as we all looked onto the stage in front of us. Most of the boy's started to get flustered when they saw the famous R-Rated hero, Midnight.
"Quiet now everyone!" Midnight said, "Representing the students will be a student from class 1-A! Please come up to the stage… Katsuki Bakugou!"
"Whooo! Go Kiki!" I cheered.
Katsuki steps up to the stage and up to the microphone standing before him. Everyone went silent, even the audience, as we all looked to Katsuki.
"I just want to say…" he started, his voice echoing throughout the entire stadium, "... I'm gonna win."
The whole class screamed at this as they yelled and booed at Katsuki's pledge. The classes thought it was rude of him to say that when he was supposed to be representing us all.
I just grinned at his pledge, taking it to heart. They don't understand Katsuki as much as I do so I don't blame them for being angry. But I understand the hidden meaning behind his words.
"Try and beat me."
That's what he's saying to us all. He's giving us a challenge, something to motivate us to give it our all. He's saying that he wants to beat all of us at our best.
Katsuki took his leave on the stage to rejoin the rest of the class and Midnight cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Well other than that, let's get the game started right away!" she exclaims, "The first game is what you would call the qualifier! Every year, many drink their tears here! Now here is the fateful first game!"
A screen appeared just behind her, showing what looked to be a slot machine that some would see at a casino, stopping at Obstacle Race.
Midnight soon started to explain the event as the screen showed a diagram of what they would be doing, "All eleven classes will participate in this race. The course will be the outer circumference of this stadium- About four kilometers! Our schools selling point is freedom!" She licked her lips, causing some of the students to flinch, "As long as you stay on the course, it doesn't matter what you do!"
I grinned at this rule. So we have free reign to use our quirks as long as we stay on the course, huh?
"Now everyone!" Midnight shouted, pointing to the starting line with her flogger, "Take your places!
The students soon crowded over at the red gate that shined a couple of green lights. I stood at the very back, preparing to start the obstacle. I looked at the crowd of students in front of me, getting ready to race off pass the door. I only smirked.
I looked at the size of the door and at the amount of people that would have to shove through.
"This is gonna be easy", I say to myself.
"START!"
Hello everyone! I'm sorry if this chapter ended up pretty dull. I usually plan my chapters out in bulleted form and have every detail written out, but I didn't have time to do that with this chapter this week and just typed it up with out planning ahead. I also don't have that much personal experience in an arcade as those are pretty hard to find now-a-days, so I'm also sorry if there wasn't a lot of things happening in the arcade part. I'll try to make the next chapter much more exciting for you all to read to make up for this chapter.
Thanks again for reading my story and leaving all of your wonderful comments!
