Alone. Only muffled voices are accompanying me now. I slow the pace of my walk down till I'm not moving. Closing my eyes I set my head against the wall and run my hands down my my face. I sigh then punch the wall and keep walking. I fasten my pace to the stands when I hear Present Mic. "Let's keep pumpin' out these hits and move on! Time for the fourth match! Get ready to watch two new players duke it out! He's the kid with engines in his legs. Tenya Iida from the hero course! Versus...a fully equipped gadget dynamo. The support course's Mei Hatsume!"
'This seems like it will be an interesting fight.'
I get to the stands and sit in the seat behind Bakugo. Thankfully they were all too invested with the match to look at me and create an awkward moment. There's not to much going on in the ring so it must have just started. Hatsume's voice is booming throughout the stadium like she's hooked up to a mic. As for Iida... "What's with the wings and equipment on Iida?" I ask Bakugo lean forward.
"Tch I don't know. The girl gave them to him and MidNight allowed it."
"Weird."
"Right?"
Hatsume stands their for moment as if thinking about something, so Iida takes that opportunity and runs at her. She dodges with a pole thingy that's attached to her back. As Iida runs towards her he trips over the pole, like he totally biffs it. As he stumbles forward and almost eats ass the wing things move and turn him around. "Look how adeptly Iida just changed his course! It's all thanks to the ingenious auto-balancer I created."
Hatsume continues to spout her nonsense as Iida charges at her. As he once again dodges and trips him making me bored. It is quite funny but it's getting a bit repetitive. He runs towards again and she jumps flying over him. When she lands she fires a net gun at Iida which causes him to fall to the ground. "Well it's not very original." I mumble leaning back into my chair and rolling my eyes.
"The nets are loaded into small cartridges. You can fire up to five before having to reload! And all of these items were developed by yours truly—Mei Hatsume, support course prodigy! So, to any support companies out there looking for strong new recruits, the choice is clear. You want me! Again, I'm Mei Hatsume that's H-A-T-S-U-M-E. And now let me introduce you to a few more of my babies."
'Oh dear lord.'
—Ten Minutes Later—
*snor*
"-Iida advances to the next round." Midnights voice startles me awake.
"Huh? W-what?" I look around and Bakugo chuckles.
"You seriously fell asleep?" He asks and I watch Uraraka get up and walk out with her head down.
"I couldn't listen to her explain everything about her 'babies' for ten minutes. Especially when her designs are so flawed. Why are you even judging me?! Shouldn't you be going to a waiting room about now."
"Yeah, I guess your right." He says standing up and walks away then stops "aren't you going to wish me luck."
"Nope. I'm rooting Ochako." I smirk looking back at him. "And if you don't be careful she might just beat you."
"Yeah right." He quips, but his eyes say something completely different.
The next match is...I can't remember oh! Yeah. I remember as they walk into the stadium. Mina Ashido V.S. Yuga Aoyama. Once in the ring Present Mic starts. "We're gonna charge right on along to the 5th match. Let's hope that gaudy belt serves some kinda purpose. It's Yuga Ayoama from the hero course! Versus! Is there some kinda purpose for those things sticking out of her head? From the same class Mina Ashido! Now let's get started! Fifth match...Begin!" As the last word from Present Mic rings out through the arena Aoyama immediately shoots his Navel Laser at Mina. She jumps out of the way and secretes acids from her feet then uses it to slide across the stage. Ayoama keeps..thrusting, sending laser blasts at Mina and she keeps dogging while running towards him. He sends another exceptionally large shot at Mina which misses and he goes blue. She runs up to him and throws acid on his belt. He freaks out then if it couldn't get any worse for him his pants fell down. He pulls them back up as I cover my laughter with my hand and Mina rushes him giving him a finishing move of an upper cut. He falls on the ground and Midnight begins, "Ayoama has fainted. The winner of this match is Ashido!"
The arena roars as Mina smiles and throws up peace signs in all directions. "I got to see panties but why were they his?" Mineta pouts making me shake my head.
The next match is Tokoyami V.S. Yaoyorozu there both strong so it'll be an interesting match, whatever interesting may mean. They walk onto the ring with Present Mic announcing them, "Offense and defense in one! The dark samurai and his darker shadow! From the hero course, Fumikage Tokoyami! Versus...The great creator! She was admitted because of recommendations and I think we can all see why. Also from Class 1-A, Momo Yaoyorozu! Sixth match...Begin!" As soon he says that Tokoyami immediately sends Dark Shadow for Yayorozu.
She creates a shield which Dark Shadow hits. Dark Shadow circles around and attacks her shield again pushing her back. He once again attacks her and knocks the shield out of her hand. Automatically she creates a new shield which Dark Shadow immediately swoops down and hits. The force of his attack sends her sliding back across the out of bounds line and Tokoyami stops his offense. Yaoyorozu doesn't notice that's she's out of bounds and makes a metal pole. "Yaoyorozu! You're out!" Midnight announces and she looks down in shock. "This match goes to Tokoyami!"
'Wow. That was interesting I guess. Found out Yaoyorozu can't fight. Hey it could be have been the nerves, give her a break. Don't tell me what to do. Yeah. Yeah. Shut up. I just told you- Ugh nevermind. I just had a whole ass conversation in my head. Yep your crazy. You're me. Fuck!'
"The seventh matchup includes two completely redundant quirks! One of them's a passionate, manly fighter made of steel. The hero course's TetsuTetsu TetsuTetsu! Versus...a passionate, manly fighter made of rock! The hero course's Eijiro Kirishima!"
"Uhhh..."
"Can't wait to see how this one ends! Begin!"
As soon as the match starts they both charge at each other full speed before planting feet and colliding fists. Kirishima then punches TetsuTetsu in the face then TetsuTetsu punches Kirishima in the face. Izuku stands up walks up the steps stopping next to me. "This fight looks like it's going to drag on quite a bit. I'm going to, um-I'm just gonna-"
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want me to." I cut him off.
"No. No. No. No. I'm just gonna check on Uraraka she seemed kind of shook up." He tells me.
"Well...okay." I say awkwardly and he nods then walks away.
'God he's weird. Why did he feel the need to tell me where he was going?'
As I watched TetsuTetsu and Kirishima beat the living hell out of each other I began to think about how crazy this whole thing is. This is a high school, most of us are like 15 and we're participating in an all out brawl, a duel if you will. Ain't they some laws against this or sum? Like what's the schools liability if someone dies? Or gets permanently paralyzed. And I know they beefed 🥩 up security but them bitches throw one bomb in here it's night night. Sleep but make it ✨forever✨ and make it a ✨stadium full of a people✨Like anyone one of these people could have an ulterior motive. Idk maybe I'm just paranoid.
I didn't even notice but when I look up I see both Kirishima and TetsuTetsu laying on the ground. They must have knocked each other out. "-The hardheads look like they're KO'd! But who is the winner?" Present Mic asks and Midnight walk later onto the stage. She looks between the both of them before saying.
"They're both down! It's a draw! When the contestants recover from this battle, the winner will be determined by a simple contest. Perhaps arm wrestling."
"Well okay then." I nod.
'Todoroki never came back to the stands I wonder if he's even watching the matches. It'd be stupid not to....wait a minute I sense cold aura with daddy issues...SHOTO!'
I look around and see him leaning up against a wall looking cool and aloof😎. Hehehe ...The next match is about to start and I'm a bit worried for it. I honestly don't know what to expect. Bakugo V.S. Uraraka.
"Hey." I say suddenly standing next Todoroki which causes him to stumble forward.
"Wha-(L/N)?"
"Hello to you too." I nod and he leans back where he was. "Look...*long exasperated sigh* I don't like where we left things off earlier."
"(L/-"
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Shtzb szzet mhm." 🤏🏼I cut him off shaking my head. "Don't-don't interrupt me. We both got a little frustrated with our matches, you with almost killing everyone on one half of the stadium, and me when no one applauded."
"There was...some."
"Dude. All I'm saying is that we used to be kinda cool and now-well now your just acting like a bitch."
"Excuse me."
"Oh come on. Don't get all high and mighty now. Both of us....I didn't care that no one clapped. Yeah sure it pissed me off a little but they're just bigets with pea sized brains. And I can definitely tell that you don't care what other people think about you."
"So you're just making an assumption."
"Look me eyes and tell me I'm wrong."
'Are you going to sit there and tell me I'm wrong? Am I wrong?! She wore a crown and came down in a bubble, dog!'
(That's a reference to a viral argument if you don't understand, if you don't understand smh)
...
"Exactly. So clean slate let's start over and be friends again. Just take that stick out of your ass." I say and he gives me a look. "Sorry."
"Fine. But that doesn't mean I'll go easy on you during our match."
"Hey that's assuming I beat Iida." I say and he once again gives me a look like it's obvious. "Shoto! That's so rude!" I whisper yell after lightly hitting him and he smiles lightly. "Well I'm not going to sit down and watch the match because I'm not a psychopath. ...Standing the whole time like a WeIrDo." I say the last sentence to myself but make it loud enough for him to hear as I walk away.
"Hey, I'm back stop crying." I joke sitting down behind Izuku. (He came back..obviously)
"Oh, h-hi (Y/Chan."
"Hi Midoriya." I respond like he's a kid.
Both challengers walk onto the stage and face each other with fierce determined eyes. "The eighth and final battle in the first round of matches . He was kind of a hot shot in middle school. And just look at that determined face! From the hero course Katsuki Bakugo."
'Oh my goodness. There was so much to unpack there. Okay first off who comes up with these intros and second 'a hot shot in middle school' I mean...that's one way to put constant bullying and dictating the will of his peers but okay. And third....what the fuck?! Hahaha! A determined face? He looks like he's constipated while trying to get into a gang! *ugly inside voice laughter*'
"Versus, the one I'm personally rooting for, also from class 1-A, Ochaco Uraraka!"
"Midoriya. I'm curious. What was that strategy you came up with that would give Uraraka an advantage against Bakugo?" Iida asks with both hands up. I jump over the seat next to him and sit.
"You know you don't need to talk with your hands so much. You might smack someone if you're not careful." I laugh forcing his arms down. After I succeed I look back up at him and he's looking down at me strangely.
"Um...the advantage? Well, honestly, it wasn't really much of a plan. Kacchan's so strong. When it comes to close combat he almost never has any openings. And the more he moves the more he sweats which just makes his quirk more powerful." He explains and I make a disgusted face as he goes on.
He says that if Uraraka is able to touch him then she'll be able to send him out of bounds. "That's why-"
"Woah! Wait! Your dumb! Your dumb." I yell dramatically throwing my arms over Iida.
"Wha-your so mean."
"No-sorry. It's just if she just tried to use her quirk to get him out of bounds then-well he already knows how to basically fly with his quirk so I don't think that would work." I tell them.
"O-oh I-I guess your right." He admits sadly.
"Uhhhh. I really didn't mean anything by the dumb comment that's just my way-I would say how I treat my friends but I've never had friends and it sounds really sad when I say it out loud BUT I SWEAR ITS A CHOICE!"
"I-I believe you calm down." He says making me laugh.
"Let the eighth match begin!" Mic yells making us all turn towards the stage. Uraraka immediately rushes him which makes Bakugo counter with a right hook explosion, sending her back. "Uraraka!" Both Iida and Izuku yell.
"He blasted her!"
"Ugh, looks like Bakugo's not planning on showing her any mercy." Tsu says as the whole class worries making me silently judge.
Bakugo yells as he lets off an explosion. With his hand to the floor he realizes she's not there, only her jacket as decoy. She suddenly appears from the smoke behind him and tries to touch him. However Bakugo sends an explosion her way before she is able to lay a finger on him. She recovers quickly and rushes him again but before she can even get close he blasts her. Uraraka doesn't let up, she ke-
'Hold up why is there a rock floating up towards the-uh, holy. *impressed laughter* ok imma have to give props for this one, what a bad bitch and no ones noticing. Wow just wow.'
Anywho, she don't let up, she keeps on going after the hot head and keeps on getting blown back each time. Everyone is thinking that Bakugo is winning, but he's on defense right now. Uraraka is going after him. It's honestly really pissing me off to see everyone pity her like this. I mean look at her, why do you feel bad? I just-she's doing amazing and there all looking at her as if she's standing still and being beaten on, but that's not the case.
"This is shameful! Listen kid, you really wanna be a hero? Then stop acting like a bully. If you're so good, just send her out of bounds." A pro yelled from the stands.
"Are you kidding me?" I stand up. "I've held my tongue long enough. You, you're the real bully a fully grown man picking on a kid? And all of you really to proud and entitled to clap for a quirkless person? I mean seriously how old are you? Get over yourselves. If you all weren't so simple minded and misogynistic then you would be able to see how wrong you ALL are." I say looking at my classmates. "We are all trying out best in these game's including Uraraka. Bakugo isn't going to go easy on her, he knows how strong she is and realizes she deserves to be here. And by you saying that he should just send her out, is putting her down and making her seem weak when in actuality she's awesome. And the fact that you haven't noticed is actually embarrassing. Are you a pro? Because if your deduction skills are this crappy I think you should retire...do-do you hear an echo?" I ask looking around and see a kid crouched at my feet holding a microphone to me.
"I'm going to run away now." He says in response to my visibly angry expression.
"Yeah. I'd think that'd be best." I nod as he scrambles to his feet and flees the area.
I scoff. "I don't blame Bakugo for not noticing but for all of you to let it slip by, I mean you guys are heroes." I shake my head and Monama cuts me off.
"She kept low to the ground which meant blasts tore up the floor of the ring, creating weapons for her. And then she kept him focused on her by attacking relentlessly, without rest. Rendering him oblivious."
Uraraka touches her hands together as she yells causing the many boulders in the air to fall simultaneously. "A meteor shower!" Present Mic screams, surprised.
Instead of just waiting and watching as the debris fall, she dashes towards him. Bakugo lazily lifts his arm in the air with his other hand supporting the raised arm. He lets off a ginormous explosion that sends her flying back and I stumble back myself. I should probably sit back down. As the smoke slowly dissipates we are able to see Bakugo standing, virtually untouched. Uraraka puts her head down then stands back up. She faces him determined and he smirks. As she takes a step forward he yells and runs towards her, finally ready to fight. She tries to move but when she lifts her foot, she falls over. Bakugo stops. "Uraraka is down!"
She's exhausted, she probably was running only on adrenaline and now that that's gone... She still awake though, and she's not giving up. She's crawling, barley inching her way towards Bakugo. Even so he still gets into fighting position and stares in wait for his opponent. She finally collapses and Midnight comes on the stage putting a hand to Bakugo making him relax. "Uraraka is KO'd! Bakugo advances to second round!" She announces and the stadium roars making me throw my hands up in the air.
'Okay, seriously what the fuck?! They were literally just booing him! But they clap for him and not for me. SMH. Wow, you really salty about that. Huh? Yes! I don't even care, I'm mad. They're a bunch a no good cocksuckers. Woah! Woah! Woah! Geez! No need to get vulgar here. Just take a chill pill. You take a chill pill. I'm you so if I take a chi-SHUT UP!'
The recovery bots take Uraraka away and Bakugo just watches. Present Mic tells us that there will be a short break and Izuku stands up with his head down. Iida and I share a look he didn't even say anything. A minute or two of awkward silence pass when Sero gains my attention. "Hey, Bakugo! Playin' the villain, Huh? Musta been tough." I furrow my brows and turn to them.
"Even if it was just because of who you were up against, you did make a pretty convincing bad guy." Tsu say making me roll my eyes.
"Shut up you idiots! Or else!"
"For real, dude. I don't know how you were able to aim a powerful blast at a frail girl like that." I quickly turn around and glare at Kaminari about to speak.
"I definitely wouldn't call that girl "frail"." Bakugo says making me calm down and turn back around.
"Whatever you say, I couldn't help but hold back against (L/N)."
Slowly turning around I say "What was that?" with an angry smile.
"Uhhhh, I-I-didn't-
"Ya' know voice in my head, I think your right. This guy does want to die. Ahh!" *lunge*
"Ahhhhhhhh! Wait! I'm sorry!"
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"I'm glad you came back to the stands. I was really looking for a reason to leave my spot by Iida. I couldn't stand one more second of silence. So awkward. So really, you're a life safer."
"You're the only person to think so." He mumbles.
"What?" I look at him. "Oh, you mean your match with Uraraka. Don't dwell on it, they're all sexists pigs. The world was going up for a while then quirks came in and ruined everything. Heroes became a manly male dominated industry. I mean it's always "save the women and children" as if we're equal to children in weakness. It's bullcrap, what everyone was saying about your match pissed me off so much. And the fact that no one else sees it, is a problem."
"Dang your angrier then me."
"It's just so stupid." I say roughly falling back into my seat.
"So you don't feel...bad for Uraraka." I look at him slowly.
"Um, well I could see how much it meant for her to win, so I-yes, I do feel a bit bad for her, but it means a lot for everyone and everyone can't win. However if you're referring to what they're talking about...no. I don't feel bad for her. That was meant to be a battle and she's in the hero course. I don't know why they all made such a big deal about it when she's going to face danger like that everyday for her career. It doesn't make sense."
"Hey, stop going back to that. I just asked you a simple question you don't need to get so angry." My jaw drops.
"The audacity!" I laugh. "You?! No. No. No. No. No. You do not get to say that to me. Not you. You don't have the right. Especially after you almost strangled me to death." I lean back with a smile and look at Bakugo's guilty face.
"I-*breath* I'm sorry about that. Really. I didn't even realize I was hurting you." He apologizes making me scoff.
"I told you to stop, you looked into my eyes. Bakugo you left a bruise." I tell him and he looks at me sad.
A few seconds go by and his face turns angry and with a Tch he says, "Take the apology or don't. I really couldn't care less."
"Typical, and just when I thought maybe just maybe you've changed." I shake my head and leave.
'This is so stupid I should be focusing on the festival not on my relationships. Friends are dumb anyway I didn't need them then and don't need them now.'
"Yes my child plunge deeper into darkness deeper and deeper until your drowning in it." An unknown voice spoke filled with only malevolence.
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I'm sorry it took so long for me to post this one I've just been having writer's block for a while and school works been a bitch. So, uh, yeah...sorry.
But guess what? SEASON 5 COMES OUT TOMORROW!!!!! WOOT!! WOOT!!!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you are having a wonderful whatever time of day you are reading this!
Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!