Kasai Todoroki is the epitome of rule breaker, the literal definition. She lived to defy everything. She has a temper that is as hot as fire. People will claim her to be arrogant, but in reality all she did is never care. She was that enigmatic mystery that everyone tried to solve, but she kept all her secrets sealed with a smirk. Though, as fiery as her temper is, Kasai sparked an interest with another hothead.
CHARACTER BIO
NAME: Kasai
SURNAME: Todoroki
AGE: 15 - 16
HEIGHT: 5'5"
FAMILY: FATHER - Enji Todoroki
MOTHER - Rei Todoroki
O. BROTHER - Touya Todoroki
O. SISTER - Fuyumi Todoroki
O. BROTHER - Natsuo Todoroki
O. TWIN BROTHER - Shoto Todoroki
LOOKS: Fair skin. White straight hair that reaches her upper back, bangs in her face; though it's tied in a ponytail. Turquoise colored eyes. Slight curves and feminine body. Muscle tone on her arms and legs. Medium chest size.
OUTFITS: NORMAL - Whatever she finds comfortable.
ACADEMY - Classic female uniform with the addition of spandex shorts, black knee socks, and black and white vans.
FITNESS - Standard UA athletic uniform with the addition of her black and white vans.
QUIRK: Holy Fire - It's basically the ability to produce, and manipulate, fire at her will, and has the ability to use with both defensive and offensive techniques. But with white flames. She tends to be immune to other types of flames as well. (She tends to make her hair into fire for fun).
SIDE EFFECTS: Higher body temperature. Overheating. Faster burning metabolism, has to eat more than the average.
WEAKNESSES: Umm...coldness? Whatever is the opposite of high temperature fires! So ice, water?
HERO NAME: The Blazing Hero - Solar Flare
HERO COSTUME: White, and silver, body suit. The suit is sleeveless on the right arm, and the left leg is also cut off. She's wearing white, shin length, boots. On her waist is a utility belt. For a weapon, she carries two hilts which she can use her flames to create blades of fire.
PERSONALITY: Hot tempered when poked at, but is usually perceived as calm. Confident, somewhat arrogant. Careless about what she does. Cunning, a rule breaker. Intelligent, observant of her surroundings. And bluntfully honest, doesn't care if her words hurt. Slightly narcissistic. Self depreciating and self destructive. Seeks and aims for approval by overworking herself. Has some sense of anxiety. Becomes guilty when people get hurt because of her. Depressed, will talk down to herself and feel unworthy, tends to be alone. She's complex.
LIKES: Being enigmatic, a mystery to people. Breaking the rules. Showing off in a smirky cool way. Fighting.
DISLIKES: Losing. Showing weakness. Going home. Being underestimated. When her father favors her brother. Hating that she dislikes her brother.
HOBBIES: Breaking the rules. Arguing with people. Lighting things on fire. Smoking (yes, I know it's bad). Getting into fights.
SKILLS: -Decievement
- Hand to Hand Combat/Strength
- Observation
- Intelligence/Strategies
- Endurance
- Flexibility
- Weaponry
WEAPONS: Fire Blades
BROTP: Momo Yaoyorozu
OTP: Hmmm...not telling.
CHAPTER 1: THE BEFORE
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE FABULOUS FRANCHISE THAT IS MY HERO ACADEMIA!
CHAPTER 1: THE BEFORE
THIRD POV
KASAI TODOROKI WAS always a rule breaker. No matter how small or big the rule, she made it her mission to break it. When she did break the rules, she would always smirk the consequences away. She simply didn't care.
Her turquoise colored eyes gleamed with mischief, darting around to find the next adventure. Her stark white hair was blinding against the sunlight, too bright for the eyes. Of course, she despised it. She would rather prefer the brilliant red locks that her father had.
Rolling her eyes, Kasai strolled through the streets as she inhaled the toxic smoke from her cigarette. The streets bustled with a gathering crowd, but she ignored the chaos happening above her. She found no interest for the fight between Kamui Woods and an overly large villain.
In fact she found no interest in heroics. Well, she did a little. She wanted to become a hero in order to gain her father's approval since he always spent time with her older twin brother, and ignored everyone else. While her brother was at home with tutors, and training, she went to school in the city.
Kasai was often told that she had the habits of a villain due to her breaking the rules. When her peers professed their opinions, she glared murderously into their souls which only added to the argument. Her peers saw her as a villain type, but with her classmate Katsuki Bakugou, who had a fiery temper, often got praised for being cool and hero material.
Sure, she was the silent, broody type, and had a temper as well, but that didn't mean she wanted to be a villain. Was it because she didn't boast about being a hero that it made her peers view her like that? Ah, who cares, as long as she got dubbed the best in something she wouldn't mind. Maybe she should feel pride for being called a villain, some villains were great masterminds. At least, from what the comic books she reads tell her.
Exhaling, the burning toxins in her mouth from the cigarette relieve themselves into a puft of air. She knew smoking was bad for her, but for some unknown reason, Kasai finds the smell comforting. Maybe because it smells like freshly burned ash. Or maybe it's because the smell of smoke clings into her clothes like a security blanket.
Kasai never had a comforting upbringing. Actually, her childhood was quite hostile and lonely. She often wonders if that's why she's the way she is now. The neglect, that was something she didn't care much about, but the mental abuse. Kasai hated that she was victim of a person she's known her whole life. She hates that she fears her father yet she still seeks for his approval.
Huffing at the sight of school, Kasai crushes the cigarette in her hand before burning it into ashes. Letting go of the pile of remnants, she stuffs her hands into her pockets and strolls into the building. Once inside, she lets a smirk decorate her lips, feeling confident as usual. It's a silent confidence because she knows that she's the best, or at least better than the majority.
She never made friends, and she was completely fine with that. Kasai didn't need anyone to slow her down, either in schoolwork or in rule-breaking. She enjoyed being a lone wolf, but also because when she got caught, all the trouble fell on her shoulders. Which just helped build her reputation.
Arriving at the classroom, she walks towards her seat. However, as she walks, Kasai notices Bakugou with his feet up, as usual. She smirks.
"Hey, Hot-head, why do you always sit with your legs up? Is it because you enjoy shooting glitter out of your ass," she taunts, already awaiting his explosive reaction.
"The fuck you say, you flamebrain," Katsuki roars at her.
"Flamebrain? Is that the best you've got, glitterbomb," she muses with a smirk, crossing her arms.
They stare into each other's eyes. Icy blue clashing against a ruby fire. Mischief staring calmly against halted anger. Kasai and Katsuki were always meeting in a verbal scuffle. Their arguments were the only way they communicated, well the only way they chose. Though, if she chose to really look at it, Bakugou's the closest thing she has to a friend...not that she will ever tell him.
"Listen here you, stupid punk-"
Unfortunately, for him, the bell rings and cuts him off. It's the signal that class is starting. As their teacher walks in, she smirks in victory.
"I'm listening," she muses, walking past him to her seat.
That only adds to his silent anger.
"Okay, all of you are in the third year now! In other words, it is now or never that you should think of your future," their teacher announces, holding a pile of papers. "I will now distribute the career aspiration documents! But hey, you have, for the most part, the ambition to go the section of heroes, no?"
He states, throwing the papers into the air making the classroom erupt with cheers. Kasai rolls her turquoise eyes. It always hero this, hero that, the hero talk gets pretty old when you have no aspiration for it. A part of her likes the idea of becoming a hero, but that's only because she craves to be the best...and also, her father's attention.
Glancing around her, Kasai notices that everyone, well, almost everyone, is displaying their quirks in cheer. Some aren't that impressive, like that boy who's pulling his eyeballs out of their sockets, or that girl who's making her hair float.
"Well, well. Does everyone here have good quirks? But be aware that the use outside the establishment is against the rules," their teacher says making the students calm down, somewhat.
That's when Kasai hears his obnoxious voice.
"Sir, please don't put me in the same place as these extras," Bakugou informs, making her eye twitch. "I really do not intend to make buddy-buddy with those who have 'weak' quirks, you know?"
She scoffs. "Why not sparkle-spaz, afraid someone might take away your number one ranking of bad assery,"she narrows her eyes at him with a smirk on her lips.
"Shut it, white-out! You're the one to talk, always breaking the rules and making mistakes," Bakugou exclaims, turning to yell at her.
"Ooh~! Was that suppose to hurt me? That barely tickled," she questions, her hair subconsciously turning to white flames.
"Hah! Then, I'll give you something that will hurt! Along with all you secondary characters" Bakugou smirks evilly, raising his hand to indicate an explosion.
"What do you mean by that, Katsuki," everyone yells, pissed that they were called secondary.
Instead of answering them, he just laughs, not giving them a care.
"Ah, yes, indeed, Bakugou. You want to go to UA High School, don't you?" The teacher questions.
The students around the class start to murmur, gasping at the awe of Bakugou even applying at the said school. The pale haired girl rolls her eyes, not finding anything about the aforementioned interesting. Yes, he's outspoken and constantly claims that he's going to be number one. That he's going to beat All Might. That he's going to become even better than the current number one hero.
"I'm not surprised that extras like you are quacking! I already aced the mock tests! I'm the only one here going to U.A! I will surpass All Might! And then, I will become the most highest ranked hero of all! I'll leave my name in the annual ranking of the richest people in the world," Bakugou exclaims, jumping on his desk.
"Oh," the teacher nervously breathes. "Now that you mention it, it's true that Midoriya and Todoroki also wish to enter U.A." The man informs, calling out the two students.
Kasai's eye twitches at the revealing. However, the class breaks out in laughter, not directed at her, but to the former.
"Seriously?! Midoriya it's impossible for you! I understand Todoroki, but you," one student calls out, incredulously.
"Someone who only knows how to study can't join the hero course," another shouts.
She watches as the green haired boy stands up from his seat, slight confidence. "I-it's not set in stone! You say that because it has never happened," he defends.
Sighing, she turns around and faces the front, not caring for the display happening behind her. She knew that Midoriya didn't have a quirk, or she assumes, and she knows that they always pick on him. She wasn't his friend and to put it simply, she didn't care, it wasn't her place to stick her nose in unwanted places. Well, emotion wise.
Tapping her pencil at the corner of her desk, she thinks about what the teacher said. Yes, she wishes to enter U.A and she's planning on keeping it a secret until she actually gets in. She already knows that her brother's going to get in since her father's giving him a recommendation.
She despised how her father only focused on Shoto, not even glancing at her, or their older siblings, way. She hated that she despised him just because of the attention he got. She despised how she had to work her way into the school, how she craved for the slightest of attention given to her. It made her sick.
But until then, she's keeping everything about entering at U.A. a secret.
Unfortunately, just as she decided that, two hands surprise her by grabbing on to her shoulders. "And you, white out! Do you really think that a shitty extra like you can get in," Bakugou shouts in her face.
Even though his face is a few mere inches away from hers, Kasai keeps her calm. "Why? Afraid that I'll be better than you," she questions.
"You shit," Katsuki yells, insulting her.
"Now, I suggest you get away from my face...or are you going to kiss me anytime soon," she smirks, raising a suggestive brow.
He glares at her one final time before pushing her away, and walks back to his desk. Rolling her eyes, once again, she crossed her arms. Eventually, the class continues with its lesson.
Releasing a quiet sigh, Kasai frowns, is this hero thing really worth it?
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ONCE CLASS ENDED, Kasai didn't bother to stay any longer. All she wanted to do is go to sleep, but she didn't want to be in the presence of her father. Why? Because seeing him will only remind her how much of a failure she really is. Seeing him will only attack what's left of her self-esteem, and she doesn't have that much of it.
Stuffing her hands into her blazer, she walks towards the train station, kicking a few stray pebbles. On the way there, she enters a store and loiters around by walking through the isles several times, before buying a mere something. Checking her watch, she noticed that she's missed her train, and she'll have to wait for another hour before the next one.
Smirking in victory, she walks around the streets and revels in her free time. It's a little slice of freedom, away from the tense atmosphere of her home. Kasai knew that she should get going, and that her absence wouldn't really change anything. It's not like her father would notice her.
The excitement quickly dwindles away as she sighs in a saddened mood. Turning on her heel, she abruptly turns around and heads to the train station. Kasai hates that she's so complex. She's always stating that she doesn't care, however, in reality, she does care.
Is it bad to want just a little attention? To be praised, even if it's just one time? Is it bad that she wants to feel like she's worth something? All she wants is to be acknowledged, is that so bad?
Huffing, she glares at the ground and harshly wipes at her teary eyes. She won't cry, not now, not ever. She'll use her pain and become something better. No matter how many conflictions she has stirring inside herself.
Though, just she turns the corner, she halts in her steps when she sees a sore sight. Her emotional demeanor quickly phases to a bored frown.
"Look, if it isn't the personification for glitter bombs," Kasai states, crossing her arms.
The two henchmen stop talking as Katsuki sharply glares at the pale haired girl. "The fuck you say, you shit for brains," he roars, immediately triggered by her words.
She sweetly smiles at him, unaffected. "You heard me, or are those petty explosions you make finally making you deaf," the girl questions.
"I'll kill you," he yells, marching towards her.
The Todoroki smirks, only adding fuel to the fire. "If you're strong enough," she muses, taunting him.
She watches as his right hand produces mini explosions, trying to intimidate her, but she retaliates with lighting her hands on fire. Though, something Car Yes her attention. It's the sight of a cowering duo behind her rival, looking as if they're about to piss their pants. The Bakugou also stops, his eyes widening.
"What? Why do you have a stupid look on your face," she questions, completely confused, her fire disintegrating into her skin.
Looking at the duo's pointed fingers, indicating behind her. Following their fingers, she turns her head. That's when her turquoise eyes widen at the towering slime monster.
"An invisibility cloak with a good fire quirk," the monster announces, looking down at her.
As she stands in shock, the villain takes advantage of her frozen state. Her mind is yelling at her to burn him away, but she doesn't. Her body is unwavering to any movement as she stands completely still. Suddenly, she's startled back to reality when someone roughly pushes her to the ground.
Landing on the pavement with a grunt, she looks up and finds Bakugou in her previous spot. Her eyes widen again when she watches the slime monster devour him. The monster taking, and trying to invade, the boy's body as a disguise. That could have been me, Kasai's mind reveals, he saved you.
The boy who always yelled and insulted me. The boy who always endured my own comments and insults. The boy who's my rival since we first met, he saved me. Why would he do that? We hate each other.
"Hey, hey! Todoroki, get up," one of the henchmen says while pulling at her shoulders.
She watches as Katsuki yells, activating his quirk towards the villain. The blasts are too big for the enclosed street, catching fire to the closest buildings. However, The blasts are also a good thing because people yell, and that buys attention. And attention buys the help of heroes who will deal with this villain.
However, as she's too busy watching the boy with newfound wonder. So when she gets pulled into a standing position, several minutes have already passed, only seeming like seconds. Though, before she can protest, a wooden contraption wraps around her waist.
"H-hey! Wait! He's my...I know him! He's my classmate! I have to help," Kasai yells, trying to free herself.
"You can't help him, kid! That's why the heroes are here," Kamui Woods tells her.
That's where her lack of self esteem comes in, attacking her with doubts and insecurity. Frowning, she listens as her mental voice says that the hero is right, that she's too weak. She's ashamed, if she had made a move to defend herself from the start, none of this would have happened. She's blaming herself, and now she'll be viewed as a weakling. She's a disappointment, how can she be a hero if she's too afraid?
I'm nothing but a failure, no wonder father ignores me, Kasai bashes herself.
She notices Mount Lady, but sees that the heroine can't fit through the one laned street. Then, she hears Kamui Woods, who's currently carrying her and the two henchmen, say that his quirk doesn't work well with flames. Ironic seeing as he's carrying a beholder of fire. Anyways, Backdraft yells that all his attention is needed for the fire since he's the only one who can stop it with his water. Death Arms states that the villain is too slippery to even grab onto, not being able to save the kid.
Once Kamui Woods places her and her two other classmates down, she turns to look at the scene. She never cared about breaking the rules or getting in trouble, but if someone got hurt because of her mistakes, the guilt would eat her alive. Heck, the situation right now is making her drown in guilt.
But as time passes and the heroes continue to stand in contemplation, Kasai feels herself fill with anxiety. Her worry overwhelming her to a point of uneven breaths, and prickling tears. People claim her to be arrogant, to be careless, and confident, but that's all a mask. What she's feeling right now is real. This isn't her fake confidence and fake smiles, this is real guilt and panic. A person she's known since the start of middle school, a person who she constantly butted heads with, a person who exchanged daily insults with is in danger because she was too slow. Too scared. Too weak.
But as Katsuki pushes forward and as his eyes show real pain, that's the last straw for the Todoroki. Shutting her eyes, she finally let's the tears fall.
It's all my fault, she thinks. He's in pain because of me, because I was too scared!
Though, before she can crumble under the weight of guilt, she's harshly shoved to the side. Opening her turquoise eyes in alarm, they widen even more when Kasai notices Midoriya running towards Bakugou. Her emotional state quickly diminishes as she narrows her gaze at the boy.
W-what the hell is that idiot doing?! He's going to get hurt, she mentally yells, perplexed.
Her concerns come to a stop when she watches as he pathetically throws his backpack at the villain. The said action spills all of his school supplies, hitting the monster in the face. With the sudden surprise attack, all the heroes rush forwards, taking the advantage.
However, someone else beat them.
He flashes in, appearing out of thin air. Instantly, All Might takes the arms of both kids and pulls them to safety. Softly throwing them aside to a safe distance, he continues with the villain.
"You have managed to persuade me, that my morals are not there just for me to just listen. To me it's saying that I do not set an example! The professionals put their lives on the line all the time," the blond pro hero announces with the signature smile. That's before he pulls back his arm, preparing a fist.
"Detroit SMASH," All Might exclaims, punching the sludge monster.
The whiplash sends a wave of violent winds towards the other heroes and the crowd. Kasai lifts her hands to block against the wind currents. Though, that seems useless when rain suddenly patters against her skin.
The villain attack finally drawing to an end.
Sighing, Kasai eventually walked up to the ash blond. She witnessed that he was being praised by the heroes for having a strong quirk, but she quickly noticed his impassive face. She knew that he didn't care for the praise when he already believed that he was best. Walking up to him just as the pro-hero left, she awkwardly stands there for a minute, not really knowing what to say.
"What do you want, you flamebrain," Bakugou huffs with his usual insult.
"Don't start," she starts. "...I uh...thanks," her cheeks involuntarily burning as she continues. "You know, for uh...s-saving me and stuff."
"Whatever! It just proves how strong I was, you extra," he huffs, glaring at her.
"Oh yeah! I bet you were so strong, but you still couldn't defeat that villain, you sparkle shit," the Todoroki retorts, after her eye twitches at his arrogance.
"The fuck you call me, white-out," he stands up, yelling in her face.
"You heard me!"
And like that, they were back to where they started. Only interacting with yells and insults. However, Kasai was actually relieved that he wasn't majorly hurt, not that she'll ever express it.
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Well, that's chapter one, I hope you enjoyed it. Originally, Kasai wasn't going to be a Todoroki, but I said, why not, and went with it.
Was it angsty, I felt that that it was.
Anyways, don't forget to COMMENT and VOTE!
BYE!
Total Word Count: 3,455
CHAPTER 2: BURNING DOWN
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MY HERO ACADEMIA, I ONLY OWN MY CHARACTER AND A FEW PLOT CHANGES! THOUGH, I CAN STILL DREAM!
CHAPTER 2: BURNING DOWN
THIRD POV
KASAI SPENT THE previous ten months training. After the sludge villain incident, she didn't want anything like that to happen again, where she's frozen with shock. She wanted to be prepared, for any fight and any situation. She wanted to train her body to move, despite the fear.
So, during these months she went to school, studied, and when she got home, she would train in her room, or in one of the training rooms. She first started with hand to hand combat with a punching bag, of course she had them covered with handwraps. Once she was skilled at punching, she added the kicks.
Then, when she acquired a fair amount of muscle to tone her body, she continues the cardio with running. This was done at home, and since they practically lived in an estate, she could run around the perimeter. This often kept her outside the home until the late hours of the day. She didn't mind. She was used to being lonely.
On the weekends, she got up in the early hours of the morning to train with her Holy Fire quirk. She will spend time extending the length of her flames to create walls of brilliant white fire. She would also incorporate them with her combat by creating two dual swords, well, sort of swords, since they only extended from her hands. Kasai also practiced time and time again to perfect the ability to encase her whole body in flames.
All of her fire techniques took an average of 6 months to perfect, since she only worked on them during the weekends. If her afternoon weekdays weren't spent studying for the entrance exam, she worked on her flexibility. Starting with yoga was the obvious first. It was a few hours everyday doing a series of different multitude level stretches.
All in all, she spent her ten months training and reshaping her body to the perfect extent. She fights like a skilled boxer, not the best, but skilled enough. She can light herself on fire and become a literal human torch. Then finally, she can bend in the most flexible of ways, almost like a combination of a ballerina, gymnast, and yoga instructor. Mentally and physically, Kasai was prepared.
So, on the morning of the entrance exam, she left a bit earlier than expected in order to ride on the train. She could have gone later and gotten a train with her twin brother, but they're not really that close. Growing up, her brother was separated from her, and their siblings, in order to undergo her father's training. Their relationship grew strained, one full of jealousy and resentment on her side. She had a quirk too, a fire one, but she never got her father's attention. In his eyes, she was viewed as a failure along with her other siblings, Fuyumi, Touya, and Natsuo.
Anyways, eventually after a train ride, she walked towards the Academy with a scarf around her neck. Unfortunately, due to her fire quirk, cold weather seemed to affect her more than others, so she had to dress in layers. Well, not that much layers, but enough to keep her content. Plus, she can also use her fire manipulation to raise her body temperature.
"Stupid winter and your cold weather," she scoffs to herself, rubbing her gloved hands together.
Hopefully for the written part of the exam, Kasai won't be seated next to Shoto. Because that would be awkward to explain. Like, oh, I didn't expect to see you here, but I did! I just didn't want you to know I was taking the exam as well. I mean, you're getting through recommendations, but I'm not. And that's okay...psych!
Yup, that would be completely awkward if it happened.
Turquoise colored eyes scan the area, carefully, before the pale haired girl resumes towards the prestigious school. She was in awe at the mere sight of the building, and suddenly, it was becoming very real. She's here. A chance to finally prove herself. A real chance to gain her father's approval, to not be a failure.
At the revelation, Kasai steels her nerves. Her determination burning like a raging wildfire in her soul. She won't give up. This time, she'll fight like hell to prove herself. She'll incinerate the whole test and come out on top.
She'll be number one...well, she'll do her best.
Though, just as she closes some of the distance between the gate and the school, she notices the familiar green locks of her classmate, Midoriya. She's not baffled at his presence since she's known about him applying at U.A for ten months now. Though, she still finds it weird. Not once in her school life has she seen him use a quirk, Kasai often wonders if he does have one.
"Move, flamebrain, or I'll kill you," Bakugou insults, walking on her left.
She smirks, like usual. "You've said that many times, but I'm still waiting if you'll actually do something," she states.
"Oh yeah! Then, I'll do it right here, right now," he snaps, turning to glare at her.
The other students walking by get startled by their yelling, but the duo don't pay them any mind.
Kasai crosses her arms in a defying manner. "Oh yeah? Then, do it! I dare you," she smirks, smugly.
"Whatever, you shit for brains," he waves her off before continuing towards the building.
The pale haired girl rolls her eyes, smirking in victory. Despite the incident with the sludge monster, Kasai and Katsuki still continued their verbal onslaught on one another. It always started with one insulting the other before they butted heads. Then, it would either finish with one of them walking away, like how the ash blond just did. Or their argument will become very heated, to the point of them almost using their quirks.
As she walks forwards, the Todoroki witnesses as Bakugou intimidates Midoriya up ahead. Shaking her head, she ignores everything else and continues walking. Passing the freckled boy who's now floating due to the girl next to him, she says nothing to acknowledge him.
Though, she does wonder. How is he going to fight in the combat testing if he, what I assume, doesn't have a quirk?
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ONCE THE WRITTEN exam was over, they took a short break. It was so the recommended students can take their leave as well. Kasai counted herself lucky when she didn't intercept with her brother. Though, she did spot him since he was seated towards the front while she sat more in the back, away from his peripheral vision.
Now, however, they're back in their seats about to start the second portion of their exams. Well, first there's going to be a brief explanation of the mentioned task. Kasai knew that it was a combat type of task and that it involved robots, but other than that, she knew nothing.
Sitting in her seat, next to a boy with navy hair and squared glasses, she waits patiently while drumming her fingers on the desk. As the Todoroki waited, she scoured, and gazed, at the examinees around her. Some caught her attention, like a girl who was completely pink with some horns on her head, she wondered what quirk she had. Though, others creeped her out, like a short boy who had purple orbs as hair, she noticed him during the break when she caught him staring at her. She literally physically cringed.
Luckily, her wait was shortly over when the auditorium dimmed to darkness. The stage caught their attention as it lit up in a spotlight. Immediately, she noticed the new proctor. A blond male, maybe in his thirties, dressed in all leather.
Blond mohawk? Rockstar vibe? A speaker around his neck? This is obviously the pro hero, Present Mic, Kasai evaluates.
"Welcome, one and all, to my live show! Everybody say heeeyyy," the girl deadpans at his introduction.
However, she silently laughs when no one responds to him. The silence is so much that it practically begs for a cricket's chirp. Or a pin to drop. Anything really.
"I've got shivers down my spine, too, listeners! All right examinees, I'm going to give you the low-down on how this'll go down! Are you ready?! Yeah," Present Mic informs with a yell, his voice amplifying through the room.
Again, the silence was deafening.
"Now, pay close attention, listeners! We'll be testing your mettle by running a ten-minute practice run at our replica city-district! You can take whatever you like! Everybody gather at the designated meeting area after the presentation, ya dig," he informs, showing a diagram of the several districts in the screen behind him.
Kasai glances down and her turquoise gaze reads the information on her card. She's in Area D. Secretly taking a look at the boy's card, she notices that he's in Area A. Even if their serial numbers are one after the other, they're separated into different groups.
"We'll be sprinkling a large number of 'villains' over the battlefield. And they'll appear in three different varieties, with point value scaled according to difficulty! Using each of your individual quirks, dispatch as many villains as you can, your goal, listeners, is to rack up a high score! And don't think about directly attacking any other competitors or any of that nasty anti-hero stuff, because that's against the rules, capisce," the pro hero explains, showing the different kinds of 'villains' which are really robots.
Kasai nods in understanding, taking in the information. Though, she's surprised when the boy next to her suddenly stands up, raising his hand.
"Excuse me, may I ask you a question," he calls out, holding his copy of the written rules.
A spotlight suddenly turns on, giving him the necessary attention.
"In the handout there are clearly four types of villains listed! Such an error would be the height of embarrassment for a top-tier national academy of U.A's caliber! The reason we are seated here today is because we seek guidance on the path to becoming model heroes! Moreover, what's with you?! Yeah, you, curly haired kid," the tall boy informs in a scolding manner before turning toward the back.
The Todoroki follows his pointed finger and finds it directed at Midoriya. She bites her lip, holding her laugh, at the sight of an annoyed Bakugou, who's sitting next to the former.
"Can't you sit still for a second, you're distracting! If you think U.A is some pleasure juant, then leave this place at once," the navy haired boy reprimands with a sharp glare.
The girl raises her brows before smirking. Good thing I decided to stay calm and not act like my careless self, wouldn't want to be at the end of his crossfire, she thinks as the room fills with snickers of amusement.
"Okay, okaaay! Thanks for the segue, much appreciated, examinee 7111! The fourth type of villain you'll encounter is worth zero points! Let's call them 'arena traps'! Any of you ever played Super Mario Bros, I guess it's rather retro. You remember those thing that would go thwomp on you? There's like that in each arena! Their gimmick is that they rampage when crowded," Present Mic answers, explaining the importance of the fourth villain.
Hmm, so if there's only one and they rampage then that means it's a pretty large robot. And if it attacks when it's crowded, then this robot acts more like a natural disaster than a villain, Kasai ponders, taking the information that the hero gave.
"Thank you very much! I apologize for being rude," the boy next to her bows in apology before sitting down, the spotlight switching off.
Eventually, the pro hero dismisses them to their designated areas after a few patting words. Though, before the Todoroki goes to her area, she enters the girl's lockers and changes out of her middle school uniform and into some athletic clothing. It's basically a white tracksuit, with pants and a jacket, along with her converse.
Though, as she leaves the locker rooms, she only has one thought.
Let's burn these villains down, she smirks with determination.
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STANDING AT HER designated area, she stretches while waiting for the combat testing to start. A few examinees are still arriving, so that means that not everyone has arrived to their spots yet. It doesn't bother her, because in the meantime she can build her strategy.
Kasai thinks that she can go about it all planned out, or she can just wing it and destroy everything in her path. Maybe she can do the both, destroy every robot she sees, but go at them with strategic attacks. However, she still has the thought of coming out on top to think about. She wants that high score, she wants to be number one.
Working on her arm stretches, she's suddenly pulled out of thoughts when she hears Present Mic's voice. It's not hard to miss. Especially, when amplifies through the school speakers.
"And start!" The blond pro hero announces.
Turquoise colored eyes widen before she calms down, and without hesitation, she takes off. With a running start, she shoots her white flames from her palms and feet, launching herself into the air. They basically act like jets, and it works, seeing as she's ahead of everyone else.
Touching the ground, Kasai keeps running, not wanting to slow down. Not even reaching the center of the city, she's already bombarded with villains. Narrowing her icy eyes, she analyzes the situation. Coming up with a quick, solid, plan, she attacks.
Stretching out her arms, she shoots a torrent of fire from each hand. She uses the lowest level of heat to attack them. It doesn't take more than a few seconds before the fire melts through them. Especially if they're one pointers.
Two points.
Continuing with assault, Kasai keeps melting through the hearts of the robots, taking them down easily. It's one after another. If she's not shooting fire at them, she's melting them with her touch. It doesn't long to multiply her points several times over. Besides, if she wasn't tearing down at her own robots, she also lended a helping hand to those who were caught off guard by unsuspecting villains. She always blasted them away before checking on the examinee, making sure they didn't get hurt.
Running around a corner, she spots a crowd of three pointers. Nobody has reached them yet since she's further into the city. Smirking at the collection of incoming points, she runs towards the villains. Once she's a few feet away from them, the Todoroki smiles at their convenient positions. They're basically creating a crescent, trying to block her.
Narrowing her eyes at the challenge, she summons her Holy Fire from her palms and manipulates them towards the ground. The flames dance at her feet, but they grow in size as she moves her hands back and forwards. Eventually, with the rowing patterns of a wave, her flames become as large as the mentioned.
And with a final grunt, she pushes the tidal wave of fiery hot flames towards the grouping of robots. It's fast, their destruction, since she used the hottest temperature she can render. Though, her flames were already hot enough to begin with. Once the robots are incinerated to piles of melted scrap metal, she extinguishes the flames.
51 points.
Running up ahead, she glances to the sides, into the alleys, for any robots. When she does find a hiding robot, she quickly blasts them with a stream of fire. Mostly at their heads, since it's the easiest way to destroy them. Kasai could go all out, but she's finally feeling the effects of overheating. The sweating doesn't bother her, though, instead it's the shortness of breath.
She never really used her quirk in combat situation before. Not to mention, she has been using her higher techniques for the robots' destruction, and that may have wore her out.
But she isn't giving up yet.
Kasai needs to push herself if she wants to be the best. She has to endure the pain, the exhaustion, all of it. She said she wanted to be the best, and now isn't the time to back out.
"Six minutes, two seconds left," the Todoroki hears Present Mic's voice announce.
Smirking at the time limit, Kasai pushes herself forward. Turning several corners, the pale haired girl finally meets a crowd of diverse robots. She finds two one pointers, four two pointers, and one three pointers. Not hesitating, she generates flames from her palms and builds it up, large enough before bringing her hands together.
The sole action creates a wall of fire, much like the one from before, but this one stays in front of her. Though, that's before she pushes it forward and towards the robots.
64 points.
Quickly extinguishing the flames, she continues running. Noticing a bunch of one pointers, Kasai puts her flexibility to use. She runs and cartwheels, before slashing at the droids with a fire 'sword', cutting them in half. It sounds easier said than done, but she had to have an exact precision and accuracy, or she would have slashed her sword through the asphalt.
68 points.
Huffing with exhaustion, she pants out of breath while resting herself on her knees. Unzipping her jacket, she exposes her red shirt before fanning herself. The heat is getting the best of her, and right now, she's cursing her higher body temperature.
Though, that's before she felt the ground rumble, almost knocking her off balance. Eyes widening, she then remembers the fourth type of robot. The one she evaluated as the natural disaster. She curses a string of swears for forgetting the information.
From afar, Kasai gapes at the towering, skyscraper level of high, robot. People run past her, not wanting to be near that thing, and heck, she doesn't blame them. She knows when she's outmatched, so the girl isn't even going to try to melt that thing. It's made out of the same metal as the other robots, but it's immensely denser.
If she tried to burn that thing, she'll exhaust herself before making a dent.
Launching herself with her fire jets, she flies, and evades herself from being stepped in by the large robot. However, before she can manage to make a start in distance the voice hero suddenly announces the end.
"The test is over," he yells out, his voice sounding through the speakers.
Dropping down to the ground, she huffs with an irritated, yet content, look. She also notices that the robot came to a stop once the test was declared over. Walking away, Kasai feels happy with her outcome.
68 points, not too shabby. Though, if I didn't get the number one spot, I wonder who did, she muses with a smirk.
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IT'S BEEN A week since the exam, and Kasai has yet to tell her father, or her siblings, that she applied. Though, a part of her is too afraid of what their reactions will be, especially her father's. So, to avoid any contact with them, though it wasn't that hard, she kept to herself and stayed busy with schoolwork.
But that soon ended when Fuyumi, her older sister, brought in the mail. At the time, Kasai was in the courtyard, relaxing, and just enjoying the sunny day of February. The sounds of footsteps alerted her of someone's presence, and turning her head, she spotted her sister.
"Kasai, you received some mail. Though, if you don't mind me asking, why are you getting mail from U.A," her sister questioned after handing her the letter.
Meeting her sister's gray eyes with her turquoise ones, she quickly turned away.
"I-I may have applied to U.A and went to take their exam last week," she semi confesses.
"W-what, but I thought father only wrote a recommendation for Shoto," the older sister states, in shock.
The youngest sibling glowers. "He did. I got to U.A on my own. I took the mock test, I studied for the written exam, I trained for months. I did everything myself because he only expects Shoto to become the only hero. Tch, he doesn't even acknowledge me," she seethes, glaring at her letter.
Fuyumi gently smiles. "Well, are you going to open it? I want to see if you got in. I want to know if I should congratulate you, or tell you that you tried your best," she states, moving to sit next to her younger sister.
Kasai smiles in gratitude. "Yeah, let's see if I got in," she tells her before ripping the envelope open.
When she does, a circular gadget falls on to her lap, surprising her. Glancing at her sister with raised brows, Kasai holds up the gadget. Though, that's right before it shoots out the projection.
"I am here, on your screen!"
The youngest Todoroki gapes at the screen, her turquoise eyes widening at the sight of the number one hero. She knows she shouldn't be shocked to see the hero since she saw him up close at the sludge monster incident. However, she does get shocked, especially when this is supposed to be from U.A. Does that mean that he's now working at the top tier, national, academy?
Not realizing it, Kasai missed most of the announcement, barely snapping back when she hears her points.
" You did excellent at the written test, and at your practical skills rating, you passed! Though, the judges were looking at more than just smashing robots for points! They were taking the consideration of insight, agility, judgement, and of course, fighting prowess! But you also managed to do what all heroes do, it's in the job description to put your life on the line! So taking your villain points and your rescue points, the judges saw another foundational hero in you! Todoroki Kasai, 77 points! You passed!"
Kasai stares in shock, she passed. She actually managed to pass. Looking up at the projection, she sees the scoreboard of the total points. She sees that she got sixty-eight villain points and nine rescue points which added to seventy-seven total points. Reading the scoreboard, her eye twitches. In first place is, the one and only, Katsuki Bakugou with the exact same points, however, he only got villain points. Though, he only got placed first due to their names, his is alphabetically first.
"You passed! You actually got in," Fuyumi says, bringing her out of her fixated state. "Congratulations, I'm so proud of you!"
Kasai smiles at the words, feeling her heart warm up. She and her sister weren't that close, but she always depended on Fuyumi's soft attitude. Since their mother was put into a mental institute, her older sister made it her job to look after her siblings.
"Thanks, Fuyumi," she tells her sister, an embarrassed tint on her cheeks.
"Well, here you go. I'll leave you here so you can design your costume," the oldest Todoroki states before standing up. "Oh, and Kasai?"
The aforementioned turns to her sister. "Yeah," she questions.
"I really am proud of you. And I'm sure you'll make a great hero," Fuyumi smiles at her kid sister before walking away.
Kasai trembles, giving a teary eyed smile. Thank you, Nee-chan.
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Well, that's chapter two, I hoped you liked it! Ooh, and a tie for the top spot. Will that bring more tension between Katsuki and Kasai?
Anyways, don't forget to COMMENT and VOTE!
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