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"Hey, [ F/F/N ]." Someone had called for the sleeping girl while gently placing their hand onto her shoulder, their voice soft, feeling almost guilty to wake her up.
Lunch break was nearly over and the cafeteria was becoming more and more silent as students filtered out to go on field or in the crowd. Custodians were cleaning the tables and sweeping the floors in silence as the future heroes made their way to the next challenge.
The person trying to wake the girl shook her shoulder a bit seeing that their calling didn't work, yet this seemed to have no effect either. Her mask was facing downwards, still intact since it was a public setting. Snores could be heard coming from the girl while the person who called their name shook their head in disbelief.
"Agh! Why did they leave me to do this!" The purple haired girl complained out loud as she rubbed the side of her head in aggravation. She didn't want to cross her personal boundaries seeing as they were not too close yet, but she really was a deep sleeper like the others had said.
"Maybe... this is why they told me to do it..." Jiro mumbled while contemplating using her quirk to wake the girl up or not. She looked around and noticed nearly every student was gone and no custodians were nearby, and decided she would just sneakily use her quirk.
Before she could even begin to start her plan to wake the girl up, a loud voice came walking in her direction making her freeze up and jump, looking to where the voice came from in surprise.
"YOOO~ What are you students still doing here, you should get going before you're late!" Present Mic shouted while pointing two finger guns in Jiro and (Y/N)'s direction, a large bright grin showing on his face.
"A-ah well, you see..." Jiro trailed off while waving her hands around as if she wasn't just about to use her quirk on the oblivious girl who was fast asleep.
"No need to explain, I'll handle this." Aizawa mumbled as he stepped out from behind Present Mic, startling Jiro for the second time since she had not noticed him beforehand.
Aizawa walked over and raised an eyebrow as he saw a line of drool coming from the mouth hole of the mask. He quickly dug into his pocket, searching for something until he pulled out a crumpled-up tissue. He clenched it in his hand making a fist, swiftly bonking her over the head to which she shot up immediately.
"...The hell was that for, geezer?" (Y/N) questioned and was no doubt glaring from behind the mask. Aizawa unclenched his fist and wiped at the face of the mask before reaching over and lifting it up slightly so only the lower half of her face showed.
"I'm not a kid, you know." (Y/N) mumbled as he wiped the remaining drool. He paused what he was doing and nodded, taking the tissue off from her face and momentarily frowned before his stoic expression returned.
"...Yeah, I know. It was just instinct I guess." Aizawa mumbled before fixing her mask back in place, making sure it wasn't crooked as it was before.
"You slept too long. Get going, the next event will start soon." Aizawa said, covering a yawn himself at the end. Meanwhile Present Mic was whispering things to Jiro while hiding an obvious laugh to which Jiro hid a laugh as well. Aizawa grunted and narrowed his eyes at Mic before walking away, mumbling to hurry up and that they had to get to the commentary booth.
Jiro and (Y/N) then walked with one another in silence, the both of them not having many interactions leaving a slightly awkward air. They passed by a vending machine to which (Y/N) stopped momentarily to stare at, Jiro quickly noticing the lack of presence beside her and walking towards where (Y/N) stood.
"Did you want something to drink?" Jiro asked while playing with one of her long earlobes, twirling it around her finger like a girl with long hair would do to a strand of hair.
"...Do you think an energy drink would help with my stand?" (Y/N) asked curiously while looking at all of the different options in interest.
Jiro looked contemplative for a moment before nodding her head.
"Probably, do you have any change on you?" She asked to which (Y/N) immediately shoved her hands in her pockets and sighed realizing she was broke.
"Ah, don't worry, this is on me." Jiro said with a slight smile and walked ahead already assuming (Y/N) had no change on her after fishing through her pockets and coming out with nothing. (Y/N) didn't decline and moved out of the way to let Jiro grab the drink while she counted some change in her hand.
"...So, I wanted to ask something." Jiro started while she stopped counting the change in her hand and just looked down at her open palm. (Y/N) urged her to continue saying she would be a bad person to not answer any of her questions after she so kindly bought her a drink.
"I couldn't help but observe you during the first course... why were you helping people even though they were competing with you? Wouldn't it just have been better if you ignored them?" Jiro asked as she began to input the currency into the machine slowly, listening to each coin slide through the slot loudly. (Y/N) stood silent for a minute while she contemplated what to tell Jiro.
"...I'm not sure." (Y/N) mumbled while Jiro moved slightly to the side so (Y/N) could choose the drink she wanted. She scanned the options, her fingers hovering over the buttons while Jiro waited patiently for her to continue. She paused above an energy drink that seemed to be a fruity flavor, hovering her finger over that option.
"...I guess, maybe I was just worried they would get hurt. I forget that there is advanced healing here sometimes."
"Ah, I understand..."
She wasn't really sure how she was supposed to respond to that. Was she supposed to reassure (Y/N) that this world was better than her last in that regard? It sounded kind of insensitive, so she held the thought and only nodded her head.
Jiro stood silent as she watched the girl pop open the energy drink and lift it towards the opening in her mask to presumably take a sip. She was one of the eight in the class to have watched Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, so she knew a lot about this strange girl and her home world.
With a small smile, Jiro listened to the girl complain of the drink's awful taste before taking another large sip.
Coming to take Jiro away, a few girls from her class told her she would have to change into a cheerleading outfit since Mr. Aizawa said it was mandatory. They asked if (Y/N) would like to come too, but she just said she didn't want to after seeing the outfit and determining she was too tired to keep changing out of clothes, adding she would suffer the consequences later.
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"Now that lunch is over, it's finally time to reveal the last game! But before that, there's good news for all of you who didn't make it to the finals! This is just a sports festival! So we've prepared recreational games that everyone can participate in, too!" Present Mic announced from the commentary booth as all the students situated themselves on the field. Faint cheering could be heard as foreign girls cheered on the students about to participate in the games.
"We've even brought real cheerleaders from America to liven things up! --"
"--huh?" Present Mic started to explain the presence of the girls but paused when he looked to the other side of the arena, noticing there was an extra group of cheerleaders that didn't belong.
"What are they doing?" Aizawa mumbled out loud while looking down at his students in either disappointment or bafflement.
"What's the matter, class A! What kind of fan service is that?!" Present Mic questioned while the girls stood stiff. None of them cheered or danced as they stood in shock, their eyes shadowed as they realized they were tricked.
Kaminari and Mineta sent thumbs up to one another as they smiled in victory, their plan of tricking their classmates to wear cheerleading outfits succeeding. Next to them stood (Y/N) who looked down towards the ground, her mask hiding her expression as always.
"...I'm conflicted to either punch the both of you or thank you." She mumbled out to which Kaminari and Mineta let out evil smirks, Kaminari throwing an arm over her shoulder.
"Ehhh? What's that I hear? Don't tell me you're enjoying this!" Mineta said too loud for (Y/N)'s comfort so she subtly summoned her stand and swung at him as hard as she could with it, making him fly across and land in the opposite side of the arena. Kaminari quickly took his arm off from around her shoulder and held his hands up in surrender, chuckling lightly with a sweat drop as she looked in his direction, daring him to add on or say anything.
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"The last round is a tournament where we fight one-on-one, huh? I'm gonna stand on the stage that I watch every year on TV!" Kirishima exclaimed excitedly as he looked up at the glowing screen that showed the empty brackets.
"Was it a tournament last year?" Mina asked curiously as she happened to miss the prior year, seeing as Kirishima seemed to watch them often.
"It's different every year, but there's a one-on-one competition every year. Last year, it was a sports chanbara match." Sero added on as he stood right beside them, Kirishima nodding confirming what he had said.
Midnight had finally revealed herself as she moved to stand in front of the chatting students who awaited her arrival. She hastily picked up a yellow box with the word "Lots" sloppily written onto it and held it up for everyone to see.
"Now, let's draw lots to determine the bracket! After that, we will begin the recreational games for all of you students to enjoy!" Midnight said as she grinned while moving to place the yellow box down and readying to draw names of who will be going against each other. She stopped when a hand shot up into the air, a voice following it mumbling out an "excuse me" before they continued talking.
"I'm withdrawing." Ojiro stated while looking conflicted for a moment, though it soon turning into conviction. His eyes briefly looked over to (Y/N), but immediately turned away with a sweat drop when he saw she was already staring at him. There were many gasps from his classmates and those from other classes as everyone turned to look at him in disbelief.
"Ojiro, why?" Midoriya questioned, worried for his friend. This was an opportunity that was hard to come by and for him to be so willing to give it up made Midoriya worry that something was wrong.
"This is a rare chance for pros to see you!" Iida added. Ojiro once again looked conflicted for a moment before lowering his hand and clenching it into a fist.
"...I barely remember anything from the cavalry battle until almost the end. I think... It was one of my teammate's quirks." Ojiro mumbled, to which everyone collectively wondered who in his team would cause Ojiro to lose his memories, some trying to remember just who was in his team.
Midoriya quite easily remembered the members of his group, his eyes shooting over to (Y/N) immediately. He put his finger to his chin in thought.
'Could it have been...? No, there's no way. Her stand never mentioned anything with altering someone's memories... So then...'
Midoriya thought as he turned to where another class stood, his eyes locking onto a purple haired boy who stared right back at him. Midoriya looked away and swallowed thickly as he wondered just what quirk that guy possessed, the guy whose team took first place from him.
"I know that this is a great chance, and that it's foolish to waste it... But everyone here competed by giving their all!" Ojiro explained to which everyone who was looking around or eyeing his previous teammates carefully looked back at him.
"I can't... I can't be up there with everyone without knowing what really happened. I'm talking about my pride here... I can't just go into the next round without properly winning the previous." He mentioned while covering his face with his hand, almost as if he were trying to hide his shame. Kirishima had tears in the corner of his eyes as he spoke about how manly Ojiro was but got distracted by someone from another class stepping up as well.
"I'm Nirengeki Shoda from Class B. I also want to withdraw for the same reason. Regardless of ability, don't you think it goes against the goal of this sports festival for those who didn't do anything to move onto the final round?"
After that, it was determined the students were allowed to withdraw and two other students from fifth place would now be allowed to participate. The draws were quickly announced, students being dismissed to go to the stands or participate in the recreational games.
(Y/N) observed carefully as Shinso walked up to Midoriya, the both of them about to engage in a conversation seeing as they would be going against each other. Ojiro looked as if he were about to interfere, but (Y/N) was quick to step in his way.
"...I can't let you do that." (Y/N) said, crossing her arms across her chest as she stood in front of Ojiro, blocking him from reaching Midoriya and Shinso. He looked confused and conflicted, probably not wanting to waste his time in conversation when he knew he should warn Midoriya about Shinso's quirk.
"Was there something you needed, [ F/F/N ]?" Ojiro swiftly asked as he put on a strained smile, stealing glances at Midoriya and Shinso, Midoriya looking frightened about something.
"You were about to tell Midoriya about Shinso's quirk, were you not?" (Y/N) asked as she kept her feet planted on the ground firmly, showing she wouldn't let him do that for whatever reason. Ojiro looked at her baffled and slightly angry since she was preventing him from warning his friend.
"Yeah, that's it. Now if you don't mind--" Ojiro started to walk around her but (Y/N) was quick to grab onto his forearm, holding on tightly. He looked back in aggravation, and he was about to tell her to let go, but she interrupted him before he could even speak.
"You were just spewing about your pride, weren't you? Was what you claimed to believe so strongly about all just a lie? Is it really alright to deprive that pride from someone else, to expose someone's secret when it's not your battle? That wouldn't be a 'proper win', would it?" (Y/N) questioned as she pressed on, watching Ojiro's face closely as its tenseness seemed to lesson.
He looked extremely conflicted as if he wanted to protest, but he also recognized that she had a point. He clenched his hand at his side as his eyes darted over to Midoriya and Shinso, who seemed to have finished their conversation long ago and looked back over to (Y/N).
He didn't say a word but harshly pulled out of her grip and sent her a nod, quickly walking away but not without sending a few glances over to Midoriya.
After that, recreational games between all of the students began which were completely optional to participate in. Those who did participate had plenty of fun with all of the mini challenges, most who passed the cavalry battle opting not to participate to conserve their energy. It was over rather quickly but was no means boring for the crowd to watch as they got to see some of their favorites that were sadly already disqualified in action again.
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