CHAPTER 16. Fire and gold.
Im so sorry for Disappearing for a month. I just needed a break from writing and stuff. But here's a long chapter as an apology!
please ignore any grammar or spelling mistakes.
enjoy~
"Now that lunch is over, it's finally time to reveal the last game!" present mic shouted as The demon slayers walked into the stadium with their classmates. "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! We've even brought real cheerleaders from America to liven things up!" he exclaimed into his microphone.
"huh?" "what are they wearing?" Both hero's questioned before the camera panned to the girls from 1-A wearing revealing cheerleader outfits. The colors drained from kiyatais face as she stared at them in horror. "What's the matter, class A? What kind of fan service is this??" Present mic yelled in shock.
Kiyatai looked to the side and saw kaminari and mineta blushing and giving each other a thumbs up. Her eyes twitched in anger as she stomped towards them, the boys noticed her coming their way and they exchanged looks of fear. She walked up and towered over them. "you did this, didn't you?" she asked with a glare.
The two buys gulped nervously before nodding. Kiyatai raised her hand and slapped kaminari before crouching down and slapping mineta, too. "NEVER FUCKING DO THIS AGAIN, YOU PIECES OF SHITS." She screamed in their faces. The boys held their cheeks and hissed in pain as they stared at her in shock and fear.
Kiyatai glared at them one last time before walking to the girls. "If they do something like that again, tell me." She said with a somewhat calm expression before walking away. Everyone in the stadium just stared at her in shock. "Wow.." present mic mumbled through the microphone.
A few minutes later, everyone calmed down and paid attention to the students. "Alright, everyone! Let's have some fun competing in the recreational games! When that's over, the 21 from the five teams that made it to the final round will file it out tournament style, one-on-one!" The blonde hero shouted as the audience began to scream and cheer in excitement.
"The last rounds a tournament where we fight one-on-one, huh? I'm gonna stand on that stage that I watch every year on tv!" Kirishima exclaimed with a grin. Inosuke started to tremble as he cackled manically. "AGHAHAHAHA! Im gonna win this damn thing!!" He shouted as he continued to shake like a rabid dog.
Iku smiled nervously and scratched the back of her neck. "I have a feeling this will be chaotic.." she mumbled. Zehira furrowed her eyebrows as she stared at the screen. "Wait, how are we supposed to fight without our katanas? The teachers won't allow us to bring any weapons, and we wont stand a chance against people with literal superpowers." She asked before glancing at kiyatai.
The gold pillar continued to look at the screen with a troubled expression. "..I don't know. we'll probably figure out something before the tournaments start." she mumbled. Yamiki nodded at kiyatai before turning back to the other slayers. "Yeah, I'm sure it'll be okay. We're strong, so there's nothing to worry about." She said with a slightly uncertain smile.
Iku and Zehira nodded as Inosuke just ignored them. Midnight held a box that read 'lots' 9' the front, and began to speak. "Now, let's draw lots to determine the bracket. Once the bracket is determined, we'll have the recreational games and then start! The 21 finalists can choose whether or not they want to participate in the recreation. I'm sure some of you want to rest or save your strength. Now, from the first place team-"
She was cut off by ojiro who raised his hand. "Um, Excuse me? I'm withdrawing." He spoke loud and clearly. People looked at him and gasped, obviously not expecting that announcement. "Ojiro, why?!" Midoriya asked. "This is a rare chance for pros to see you!" Iida argued the point.
Ojiro put his hand back down and stared at the floor. "I barely remember anything from the cavalry battle until almost the end. I think it was that guys quirk." He mumbled as midoriya gasped. The slayers raised their eyebrows in confusion as ojiro continued to speak. "I know that this is a great chance and that it's foolish to waste it.." he trailed off.
"Ojiro.." midoriya called out. "But- everyone here competed by giving their all! I can't..I can't be up there with everyone without knowing what really happened." He said with a frown before Hagakure quickly butted into the conversation. "You're worrying too much about it! You should just make sure you produce results in the final!" She said as she waved her pompoms around.
Mina decided to join as well. "If you're gonna say that, then I didn't do anything either." she said with a sympathetic smile. Ojiro covered his eyes as he trembled. "That's not it..I'm talking about my pride here..I can't.." he said. the poor boy sounded like he was about to cry.
Iku, Yamiki, and zehira sighed with frowns as they looked at him. "Also, why are you guys wearing cheerleader outfits?" He asked the hero's in training who stood behind him. The girls gulped nervously and stood silent.
Some random kid from class B decided to withdraw too. kirishima looked at them as he clenched his fist and began to cry at their 'manliness'. midnight watched them before lifting up her whip "Youthful talk like that is something..I like! Shoda, Ojiro, I accept your withdrawal!" She shouted with a blush.
Kiyatai stared at her with a bothered expression. "she's so weird.." she whispered to herself. Midnight placed her finger on her chin as she looked at the students. "In that case, we'll have to move up three people from the cavalry battle.." she mumbled.
A orange haired girl named kendo perked up at this. "If that's what's going to happen, then rather than us, who barely did anything during the cavalry battle, it should be them, right? The ones who fought to the end and stayed in the top. Team tetsutetsu, right?" She turned to the silver haired boy.
Tetsutetsu looked at kendo with a look of shock. "Kendo.." he mumbled. "This isn't a conclusion or anything. It just makes sense." She finished. Tetsutetsu clenched his fists and closed his eyes. "Y-you guys..!" He stuttered before yelling out.
"Well, if that's what you want, then that's final! But we're gonna need one more person to make this equal. And so, tetsutetsu, Kendo, and shiozaki have moved up to make 22! This is the bracket based on the results of the drawing!" Midnight shouted as she pointed to the students. The screen behind her showed who will be fighting who.
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Midoriya vs shinso.
Todoroki vs sero.
Kiyatai vs tokoyami.
Denki vs shiozaki.
Hatsume vs iida.
Yamiki vs momo.
Zehira vs kendo.
Kirishima vs tetsutetsu.
Mina vs Iku.
Inosuke vs aoyama.
Bakugo vs ochako.
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Everyone began scanning the screen to see who they'd be up against, and kiyatai smirked when she saw her name next to tokoyamis. Inosuke instantly charged at aoyama and began to insult and challenge him to a battle with 'the great inosuke'. zehira looked at kendo with a kind smile, and kendo returned the smile back.
Iku gasped and turned to Mina with a frown. "No way! I don't wanna fight you!" Iku complained as Mina frowned back at her. "I don't wanna fight you either!" Mina whined before giving iku a bone crushing hug. "Good luck girl!" she exclaimed. Iku hugged her back with a sad smile. "You too, Mina!" she mumbled before pulling away.
Yamiki and momo looked at each other with calm smiles. "I wish you the best of luck." Yamiki said as she bowed. Momo nodded and bowed back. "I wish you the same." she said as she fixed her posture.
"Alright! Let's leave the tournament aside for a momentary interlude! Let's have fun with the recreation!" Present mic yelled out. Kiyatai sighed and looked at the other slayers. "Do you guys wanna do this thing or not?" she asked with a bored expression. "I think it would be better to save our energy and get some training in before we go up against those psychotic kids with quirks." The gold pillar stated as she crossed her arms.
Zehira sat in thought for a second before nodding her head. "Yeah, that's probably the best choice we have. I'm kinda nervous tho. What if they like, kick our asses??" She asked with a nervous look. Inosuke scoffed and looked at Zehira while picking his nose. "We'll kick their asses first." he said plainly as he ate the snot off his finger.
...
iku and Yamiki looked at him in disgust before gagging. "there's no way you just did that.." Iku mumbled as she held her mouth. Yamiki turned away from Inosuke and gagged again. "I think im gonna puke." she muttered. Kiyatai and zehira stared at him in complete horror.
"...goodbye." kiyatai said before walking away.
The three girls quickly followed her, leaving Inosuke behind as he stared at them in confusion. "WHAT???" He screamed at them, but he got no answer. He huffed in anger before following them as they made their way outside.
After a minute of walking, they made it outside. They went into the forest and stood right in the middle. Kiyatai began to stretch her arms before cracking her neck and her knuckles. "Alright, who's gonna go up against me?" She asked as she eyed the others In front of her.
Zehira stepped up and looked Kiyatai in the eye. "I'll do it." She said with a determined look. Kiyatai smirked before getting into a fight stance. "Alright. You're not allowed to use breathing styles tho." she said as she tilted her head. Zehira nodded and got into a fighting stance as well. "Got it." she said as she clenched her fists.
Yamiki stepped forward as well and began to count down. "Start in 3, 2...1!" She shouted. And without warning, the two ran full speed at each other. Zehira threw a quick punch, but kiyatai easily dodged it and dropped to the floor. the gold pillar moved her leg straight at Zehiras legs in an attempt to sweep her off her feet, but the orange haired girl barley avoided it by backflipping away.
Kiyatai stood back up with a smirk. "You're not bad, kid." she said before running at her again. This time, she managed to land a hit on zehira, and punched her in the face. Zehira stumbled back a bit as she held her cheek in shock before gritting her teeth in anger. "you wanna play dirty?? Fine, we can play dirty." she muttered before spinning around and landing a kick straight to kiyatais side.
Kiyatai held her side before looking at zehira wide eyed, but the girl didn't stop there. Zehira ran at her again and punched her in the gut. Kiyatai let out a strangled grunt as she stumbled back, but that only fueled Kiyatais anger even more. And soon enough, the two were engaged in a close up hand to hand fight. Their moves were lined up perfectly, making the battle look like a beautiful dance.
Kiyatai suddenly disappeared from Zehiras vision and the teenage girl went wide eyed. She quickly looked around her surroundings to find kiyatai, but she was too late. Kiyatai harshly drop kicked her from behind as zehira fell to the ground. The hashira walked up to her before stepping on her back harshly. "I'm surprised you managed to keep up." Kiyatai said with a smirk.
Zehira looked up at the woman with a smile. "So am I." she muttered with a small laugh. Kiyatai stepped off her back and offered zehira her hand. The teenager gladly took it, and kiyatai helped her off the ground. The gold pillar dusted her hands off and turned to the other slayers with a smirk. "Who's up next?"
"Hey guys, are you readyyy?!?" Present mic asked the audience as The crowd started to scream and cheer in excitement. "A lots happened, but it's now come to this! A serious battle! You can only defend yourself!" The hero yelled out into the stadium.
The demon slayers walked through the halls as they made their way to the 1-A spectating booth. Iku stretched out her sore muscles as she looked at kiyatai. "You really made us break a sweat back there, huh?" she muttered before wiping the beads of water that dripped down her face.
Kiyatai glanced at iku and snickered. "I did, didn't I?" She asked with a cocky smirk. Yamiki smiled lightly and stretched her arms out. "Uh huh. I think you should've went easy on them, tho." she stated as she let her arms fall back down to her sides. Kiyatai scoffed and opened the 1-A booths door. "They'll be fine." She said before walking to a chair and sitting down.
Mina looked at the doorway and smiled widely at the sight of the slayers. "Hey, guys! You made it just in time, the first match is about to start." She stated as she was practically jumping in her seat in excitement.
Iku smiled widely and sat next to Mina. "I'm so excited to see this!" She exclaimed happily. The other slayers sat down and looked ahead. Kiyatai placed her hands behind her head and leaned back into the chair with a smirk. "I bet Midoriya is gonna kick his ass." she said as she eyed the demon slayers and her temporary classmates.
Zehira tilted her head with a smile. "Let's hope so! that shinso guy looks really suspicious, tho." she said as she fidgeted with her hands. Yamiki shrugged and looked at her. "I'm sure Midoriya will be fine. He's strong after all." she stated as she sat up straight.
Everyone sat down and watched the two fighters as they stood still. shinso was talking to Midoriya, who wore an irritated expression. Izuku began to run at shinso, but he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Kiyatai raised an eyebrow at him as she crossed her arms. "what the fuck is he doing?" she mumbled in confusion. Ojiro stood up from his seat, seeming annoyed. "After all the warnings I had given him!" He yelled in frustration.
"Hey, what's happening?? It's the first round. Make it more exciting!" Present mic yelled at the two in the arena. Zehira stood up and walked towards the window with a confused, yet annoyed expression. "Right from the start, midoriya has been paralyzed!" present mic called out.
Zehiras eyes widened in shock as she gripped onto the window sill. "HES BEEN WHAT?!?" She shouted. "He's frozen and won't budge at all. Is this shinsos quirk? He wasn't standing out at all, but is he someone to actually watch out for??" Present mic yelled in confusion and excitement.
shinso began to talk to Midoriya again. and he randomly started to walk away from the purple haired boy. The demon slayers narrowed their eyes as they watched intensely. "That's..impressive, but also unsettling." Yamiki said with a frown. Iku nodded at her in agreement before looking back at the fight.
"How is he gonna win now? He's completely under shinsos control." Iku asked as she crossed her arms. Kiyatai stayed silent as she hunched forward in her chair, focusing on the match. Midoriya inched closer and closer to the bounds, and everyone was panicking.
until..
A huge gush of wind suddenly blew throughout the entire stadium. Everyone's eyes widened as their eyes landed on midoriya, who broke out of the brainwashing. Kiyatais eyes widened slightly as she relaxed her tensed muscles. "How the hell did he manage to overcome it?" she mumbled to herself in disbelief.
Izuku rushed at shinso who was arguing with him, and he began to push him near the bounds. Shinso threw a punch at Midoriya, which landed in his face, but midoriya kept going. shinso punched him again, and he stumbled forward from the pain. then, shinso began to push izuku out of the bounds. He grabbed shinsos arm, and threw him over his shoulder.
Everyone went silent as their jaws dropped. Then, midnight raised her hand. "Shinso, is out of bounds. Midoriya advances to the second round." She stated out loud. The crowd began to cheer and scream in excitement for the green haired boy who stood there in shock.
Kiyatai sighed and rubbed her temples. "Kid scared me for a minute. I thought he would lose." she said, clearly stressed out from the whole fight. Yamiki smiled lightly and clapped her hands. "That was amazing. I knew he'd pull through." She whispered.
Inosuke was sitting on the floor, eating a snack that ochako had given to him. "I could do better." He mumbled with a mouth full of food. Zehira rolled her eyes at him playfully. "Yeah, yeah. Self gaslighting is truly working out for you." She said with a smirk. Inosuke stared at her in confusion for a few seconds. "What the hell is that?" He asked before shoving more chips in his mouth.
Iku smiled awkwardly at him. "It's uh..nothing." She said as scratched the back of her neck nervously. A few others chuckled at them in amusement as they continued to bicker with each other. And After a few minutes, everyone went silent.
Kiyatai suddenly cracked her knuckles and looked down at the floor. "So. This is what you quirk freaks are able to do? I wasn't really expecting you to be this strong." She broke the silence as she side eyed her temporary classmates.
Bakugo was about to get mad at her, but midoriya interrupted him by opening the 1-A spectating booths door. A few people greeted him, and he sat down.
now.
Todoroki and sero were going against each other. Present mic was talking and introducing them, but class 1-A wasn't really listening. Sero began to casually stretch before wrapping todoroki up in his tape. He spun todoroki around, but the dual-haired boy wasn't doing anything to stop it.
Suddenly, todoroki stomped his foot on the floor, and summoned a huge wall of ice. It was so overpowering that the entire foundation of the stadium shook like crazy. The arena was covered in ice as the temperature became freezing cold. Kiyatais jaw dropped in horror. "How the fuck is this kid so strong?" she whispered to herself as she stared at shoto in shock.
Half of midnights body was completely frozen as she stared blankly while shivering. "Sero, can you move?" She asked the boy. Sero shuttered from the ice that laid on his bare skin. "Of course I can't. It hurts.." he mumbled in pain. "Sero is paralyzed. Todorokis advances to the second stage!" She yelled out.
The crowd was silent for a bit, until someone yelled out. "Don't worry!" and soon, the audience began to chant that loudly. the demon slayers stared in terror as their eyes switched. "We're fucked." Zehira mumbled. "Yep." Iku agreed. "Pretty much." Kiyatai added. "Yeah." Yamiki replied. "I'M NOT!! ILL BEAT HIM IN A FIGHT!!" Inosuke yelled in determination. Kiyatai looked at him in annoyance as the others just sighed.
Kiyatai stood up from her chair and stretched her muscles. "I'm gonna go prepare for my fight." She said as she eyed tokoyami. The bird boy stood up as well with crossed arms. "So am I." He replied. The blue haired woman nodded her head and walked to the door. "Good luck. You're gonna need it." She mumbled before walking out.
Tokoyami stared at the door in silence before making his way out as well. The others stared at each other in awkward silence. "..yeah, this match isn't gonna be nice to watch." Zehira mumbled as she hunched over in her seat with a nervous smile.
iida and ochako just nodded awkwardly as they sweated bullets. everyone went silent for a few minutes until someone broke the tension in the air. "he's fucked." Bakugo said as he crossed his arms. "Oh, yeah." Iku said with a blank expression. "For sure." Zehira said as she held her head in her hands. Kaminari slouched in his seat. "I'll be praying for him." he said with a hint or worry and fear in his voice.
Two figures stepped up onto the platform with stern expressions. Kiyatais hair flowed in the wind as she kept her line of sight on tokoyami.
She cracked her knuckles with a warning glare before they both stopped In their tracks, facing each other as they waited for their fight to start.
"Finally, it's time for the third match!!" Present mic stated. Every camera instantly pointed towards the blue haired woman, and the audience cheered for her. "Shes bold, she's strong, and she's seriously intimidating! This girl can face any danger with a smirk. From the hero course, it's Kiyatai Nayoushi!" Present mic yelled out. The stadium began to roar in excitement as they screamed out for her. The demon slayers and the hero's in training from 1-A began to cheer loudly for her as well.
The cameras then switched to tokoyami, who stood there with his arms crossed. "Versus- Offense and defense in one body! The dark samurai accompanied by dark shadow! Also from the hero course, it's Tokoyami Fumikage!" He screamed out again as the crowd went wild for him. Everyone in 1-A began to cheer for him as they silently prayed for his safety in their heads.
"Third Match. START!!"
"Go, Dark shadow!" Tokoyami instantly yelled out as some kind of...shadow bird emerged from his torso. The creature raced towards kiyatai in an attempt to attack her, but the woman just narrowed her eyes and disappeared from sight. Tokoyamis eyes widened as he grit his teeth in frustration. He began to frantically look around him, desperately trying to find kiyatai.
Suddenly, she appeared behind him and punched him harshly in his side. Tokoyami let out a strangled gasp at the pain as his eyes widened. Kiyatai rolled her eyes before she kicked the back of his knees, which made him fall to the floor.
She crouched down to his height and rested her chin in her hand. "I'll go easy on you, kid. I may not have a quirk, but I'm far more stronger than you." She mumbled to him before standing up. "Do your worst to me, because I might not keep that promise." she mumbled again before walking forward.
Tokoyami weakly stood up and faced her with an aggravated expression. "Dark shadow!" He yelled out as it raced towards kiyatai again. The woman smirked before stomping her foot on the ground, trying to get in a good position. Suddenly, a mountain of pure gold appeared in front of her.
Her and tokoyamis eyes widened in shock as they stared at it. It was exactly like todorokis ice quirk, but it was..gold. what the fuck? Kiyatai stomped her other foot on the floor, and another mountain of gold appeared in front of them. She stared at it in disbelief and shock before her expression turned into a wide grin.
Everyone in Class 1-A stared at kiyatai in shock and pure disbelief as they watched the woman intensely. "How the fuck did she do that.?" Zehira whispered to herself with wide eyes. Tokoyami looked at kiyatai before eyes widened again as he sent dark shadow her way. Kiyatai instantly summoned a huge wall of gold with her newfound quirk, and dark shadow ran straight into it.
She started to giggle as she brought it down and raced towards him. Tokoyami started to panic, and he ordered dark shadow to cover him. Kiyatai raised her hand and pointed towards him. But this time, the expected gold didn't appear.
A huge flame erupted from her palm, and she stared at it in shock. "OH SHITT!" She yelled out with a huge grin before shooting the fire straight at him.
The poor boy wasn't fast enough to block her attack, and it landed straight in dark shadows face. The light from the flames made the quirk screech in pain as tokoyami grunted from the impact. Kiyatai didn't stop there. She landed a kick in his side, and a firey punch in his face. Tokoyami started to fight back, throwing punches and his quirk at her, but she easily evaded his attacks.
She created some armor with her newfound gold manipulation quirk and crossed her arms in an X, blocking his punch with ease. "You're pretty good, kid. BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" The blue haired woman shouted in his face before grabbing his arm and throwing him over her shoulder.
The poor boy fell back onto the ground with a loud thud. Everyone stared at her in shock as she looked down at him. She tilted her head with a smirk. "Sorry, was I being too harsh?" She asked with a small giggle.
Midnight stood silent before grinning. "Fumikage is out of bounds. Nayoushi advances to the next round!" She yelled out. The audience began to scream out and cheer as loud as they could for Kiyatai.
The blue haired woman held out a hand for the bird boy, and he hesitantly took it. She easily lifted him off the ground with a smirk. "That's what it's like to fight a hashira." She mumbled in his ear before picking him up bridal style. "I'll get you to the infirmary. I kinda fucked you up." She said as she began walking to the halls.
Tokoyami awkwardly nodded at her before looking away. Kiyatai glanced at him before sighing. "I'm sorry for going that hard in the fight. I kinda lost control when I saw the gold and the fire I produced." she said with a hint of regret in her expression.
Tokoyami shook his head. "Don't worry, I understand. how did you even do that tho?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. Kiyatai went silent for a few seconds before sighing. "I have no clue, if you want the truth. when I stepped on the ground, it just..happened." she said as she narrowed her eyes.
they both went silent for the rest of the trip until they made it to recovery girls room. "Alright, I'll leave you here." Kiyatai said before gently placing him back on the ground. Tokoyami nodded and looked at her. "Thanks." he said plainly. Kiyatai nodded back at him and made her way to the 1-A spectating booth.
she walked for a few minutes before she finally made it to the booth. As soon as she opened the door, people came rushing at her with huge grins. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!?" Zehira shouted in excitement. "THAT WAS LITERALLY SO COOL!" Iku said as she bounced in her spot.
Everyone talked over each other, and kiyatai kept looking at everyone in shock and confusion. She tried focusing on them and their questions, but it was too overwhelming. she hissed in discomfort as a shot of pain made its way into her head. Everyone instantly shut up at that, and they looked at her in worry.
Kiyatai rubbed her temples as she groaned a little. "Please, save the questions for later. you're giving me a really bad headache." she mumbled as she carefully maneuvered past the teenagers and sat down on her chair.
The others sighed and nodded before sitting down as well. she looked forward at the arena and raised an eyebrow. "Isn't Kaminari up next?" she asked as she looked at the others. Jirou nodded as she crossed her arms. "Yeah, he is. I bet he's gonna lose tho." She said with a smirk. The others giggled at her words while Kiyatai scoffed with a smile. "I don't doubt it."
Bet you didn't expect me to give the demon slayers quirks. 😈 chat that was SO exhausting to write what the actual freak.😓
I'm probably not gonna post another chapter until like 3 months 🫡 /j
ANYWAY, thank you for reading!
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