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     Midnight announced the first round as the 'Obstacle Race.' An obstacle between all classes. Now that Ako fired up all the classes, everyone was getting ready at the start of the race. It almost became a stampede because the entrance were very narrow.

Ako, feeling something coming at her feet immediately jumped. Her instinct proving her right when she saw the ice creeping up on every student. Except some of the students, mostly of Class 1A.

  "That's so lame!" Yurika grinned who was using her wings to fly away from the rest, Koharu following behind her - not using her wings though. Ako also ran in full speed, catching up to both Koharu and Yurika that was already ahead of everyone.

"Oi! You're not getting away Yurika!" Ako shouted, her tails and ears already popping out of her body.

"DON'T GET AHEAD OF YOURSELVES, EXTRAS!" Bakugo's aggressive loud shouts was heard by the three, they turn their head behind them and saw Todoroki chasing them with his ice, while Bakugo was behind Todoroki using his blasts.

  "W-Waaah! This is scarier than i thought." Koharu whined and sped up her pace. Not wanting to get caught by the porcupine and the candy cane boy.

  "Pfft—that guy is so explosive as always." Yurika chuckled slowing a bit to recharge her energy. Ako on the other hand is itching to use her telekinesis so she could fly as well. But that was her trump card, she can't use it yet.

A sudden rumble from the ground stopped Ako from running, looking up to see the zero pointer that was used at the heroics exam. She smirked and jumped high, going infront of the robbot - she didn't hesitate to kick it out of the way. While Yurika just flew passed by the robots, and Koharu dodging every attacks of the robots.

  "THEY DIDN'T EVEN STRUGGLE TO ESCAPE THE FIRST OBSTACLE! AND BOY, THAT KICK FROM SAOTOME AKO IS SO DAMN COOL!"

Ako ignored Present Mic's praises and continued runnung towards the second obstacle. Since Yurika is flying, she didn't have to cross over it at all.

"Damn wings." Ako grumbled, not hesitating to jump to the other side of the cliff. While Koharu used her wings to fly to the other side as well.

  Yurika is currently at the first, followed by Ako and Koharu. Behind Koharu is Bakugo and Todoroki, still focusing their attention towards them who was leading the race.

  "IS THAT EVEN CONSIDERED AS AN OBSTACLE FOR THEM!? WHAT'S WITH YOUR STUDENTS, ERASERHEAD?!"

  "Must be nice to have wings, Yurika." Ako deadpanned as she continues to chase after Yurika, not wanting to lose. "Fufufu." Yurika giggled. "Try to catch up to me, Ako!"

"You better be ready, desu wa!" Ako smirked and sped up her pace as well, her figure became a blur in that moment and surpassed Yurika's figure, already arriving at the third obstacle.

  Ako stopped on her track, "There's bomb underground.."

Yurika snickered at Ako, "Must be nice to be on air!" Her taunting made Ako's nerves pop out off her face and neck. "Oh really?!" She didn't hesitate to jump on the bomb, resulting to blast her towards Yurika who was still flying - grabbing Yurika's ankle to save herself from falling.

"WHA!!?"

   "SAOTOME'S SO CUNNING! RIDING ON SOMEONE NOW EH!? WHAT ABOUT OUR DEAR LITTLE NANAKURA?!"

  Koharu panted, not really having energy to use her wings at the moment - she carelessly stepped on the ground, resulting a massive explosion under her feet - also flying her up on the air. "KYAAAAAA!!" She didn't really have the energy to jump on another bomb too so she grabbed on Yurika's feet.

"What the heck both of you! You two are heavy!" Yurika began to slowly fall, and Ako snickering as she grabbed on Yurika's neck.

"Wahhh! I'm sorry!"

  "....what are those three idiots doing?"

Aizawa commented, amused at the three unordinary students that was struggling on air.

"YOUR STUDENTS ARE FUNNY ERASERHEAD! BWAHAHAAH!"

Todoroki and Bakugo managed to catch up to the three as they lost their focus due to Yurika wobbling on air to maintain her balance, as two heavy ass weight is dragging her down.

"Come on Yurika, or those two would beat us, desu no!" Ako repeatedly smacked Yurika's shoulder to try and fasten her speed. Yurika on the other hand, felt an itching on her hands - badly wanting to punch Ako out of her body.

"I'm not a horse for your information! Get away from me, you stupid cat!"

"Oh my? Since i don't have wings it would be really nice to ride on you. Must be nice to have wings, right? Ohohoho!"

How dare she treat her like a horse! She is Yurika-sama!

Frustrated and embarrassed from the humiliation she felt from Ako, she gritted her teeth - buckling her hips, she accelerated and sped up, the sudden action of Yurika caused Ako to almost loose her grip on Yurika, while Koharu unfortunately fell.

"Aaahh! You should atleast inform me when you do that!" Ako hissed.

"I'm the one in charge." Yurika smirked. This time Ako ignored Yurika and looked behind her, she noticed that they're far from the others already, and Koharu is still running not far from them. While Shoto and Bakugo is trailing behind a very terrified Koharu.

"I feel sorry for Koharu, desu wa."

"You sound stupid so shut up."

"If you don't have anything decent to say, then shut your mouth too."

"Right, right."

Soon enough, the finish line is already in sight. Ako didn't hesitate to jump down from Yurika, speeding towards the finish line. While Yurika on the hand, was stunned that Ako suddenly jumped down, only to see what made Ako to act.

  "I'll be taking the first place, Ako!"

A sudden loud explosion caught their attention, Ako turned her head to see what was the sudden loud noise - it irritated her due to her sensitive ears. But soon her eyes widen in surprise when she saw a blob of green hair flying.

"Midoriya?!" Ako stared wide eyed at the speeding Midoriya heading towards Todoroki and Bakugo. Damn, he is way too smart. Ako had to praise him his way of strategizing to winning this race without using his quirk.

  But, Ako wouldn't back down either. She grinned and turned herself into a cat, running full speed towards the finish line.

  "WOAH THERE! SAOTOME AKO SUDDENLY TURNED INTO A CAT! IS THAT PART OF HER QUIRK!?"

  "It is, desu wa!"

  Nearing towards the finish line, she didn't notice Yurika speeding towards her in a terrifying rate. Her emerald eyes gleaming under the sun as her determination to defeat Ako burned in her chest.

  And before Ako knew it, Yurika had past through the finish line.

"AND WE HAVE THE FIRST PLACE! TODOU YURIKA!!!"

  Yurika dropped to her knees and closed her wings, catching her breath. It's a good thing she drank some blood earlier before she left, or else she would have been in a state of bloodlust by now. But damn, Ako really had some speed. It's hard to catch up to her sometimes.

  "AND COMING IN SECOND PLACE, SAOTOME AKO! AND MIDORIYA COMING IN THIRD PLACE!"

  Ako transformed back to her human body and catched her breath. She looked over at Midoriya who was desperately catching his breath. Ako smiled in adoration from seeing him try his best. "Midoriya, congratulations for getting third place. I was really amazed you could think of such a great idea to catch up to us."

Midoriya who did not expected Ako to praise him, almost bursted out in tears. But he held it in and flashed Ako a wide smile. "Thank you, Saotome-san!"

"Mh! You deserve my praise, desu wa!" Ako giggled, turning away from Midoriya not giving him a chance to speak, she goes to Koharu who were happily congratulating Yurika who defeated Ako from the race.

Midoriya felt a little disappointed that he couldn't talk to Ako longer, but he is happy nonetheless. He got a praise from her.

  Ako went to Yurika who had a smug face plastered on her face.

"I won't lose next time, desu wa!" Ako crossed her arms and smiled. Yurika is a precious friend of hers, but she would definitely not lose to her!

  Yurika is her bestfriend, and at the same time is her rival.

"Then, I'll make sure to win whenever you win against me!" Yurika answered with an equally wide smile.

The race ended with Yurika being the first placer, second is Ako, while the third is Midoriya and Koharu being the fourth. Todoroki placed the fifth and Bakugo is sixth.

  Bakugo fumed inside, he placed sixth in the race! He wanted to let Ako know that he is the best, and he would make sure he would beat Ako. He felt like he needed to work harder, to surpass Ako. To surpass Icy Hot and make sure that Ako knows that he is the best, and she's in the best seat to watch him rise to the top!

He stared at Ako's figure far away from him. Determination filling his whole system.

He is going to make sure he will win.

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To be continued...

  Sorry for the long wait!!! I honestly blocked out from writing this so i had to find some inspiration. And thankfully, i found one that i could get addicted for. Especially for Bakugo.

It's not a long chapter but i hope you enjoyed.

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