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▬▬▬▬▬⠀( friendly competition )

❝強力な対戦相手...

▌fun fact #15 ; if kourin was adopted
by a nicer couple, she'd be fucking so
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With the upcoming U.A. sports festival, Kourin was working herself harder than ever, the injuries that'd been inflicted on her no longer hurt but training with Adan, herself and the whole class, it only made her more tired, so, two days prior to the famed sports festival she slept. She made sure that she was ready and prepared, unlike the attack on the USJ, so she slept for two days straight. In a blink of an eye, it was finally time for the sports festival.

On her way to the waiting area, she spotted a takoyaki stand and her eyes lit up. Though, as much as she wanted to buy one, she'd left her money at home and she could already imagine the class representative scolding her. Fuck. I can't buy my precious takoyaki.

Probably noticing the dejected look on her face, the man working the stands called out to her. "Hey kid! Can't have you look so dejected in front of my stand, here, take it on the house," he smiled widely, handing her a couple of pieces of takoyaki. "Good luck."

Her eyes lit up once more as she eagerly took the takoyaki from him. "Thank you, so much!" A warm smile appeared on her lips which made the man flush. "I'll come back after the matches and buy some more!"

"It's a promise, kid!" He shouted, waving her off.

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Uraraka made her way to the brunette who was wiping her mouth, ""Koucchan, you're late!"

"It hasn't started yet, so technically, I'm not late." Kourin shrugged and shoved the last bit of takoyaki in her mouth before throwing the scraps in the bin. "Relax, floaty."

"Man, I wanted to wear my costume.." Ashido whined, tugging on the fabric of her pants, which happened to be the pants everyone was wearing, the U.A. sports uniform.

"To keep everything fair, we can't." Ojiro said.

Nodding in response, her attention moved to the tired looking girl. "Koucchan.. I want to see you in your sexy hero costume!" Ashido cooed, wrapping her arms around the brunette.

"It got wrecked after the USJ incident, so I took the opportunity to change some other features, they're adding some things to it and also taking away a few things," she told her, a soft yawn escaping her lips. As if anticipating some sort of quip, she opened her mouth to speak. "I slept for two days straight, okay? I'm just always tired now, so, don't ask."

Suddenly, the door burst open, revealing the overly excited class representative. "Everyone, are you ready? We'll be entering soon!"

"Midoriya," the half and half boy called out, earning the attention of everyone in the room.

"Todoroki-Kun? What is it?" Midoriya asked, facing him.

"Looking at things objectively, I think I'm stronger than you," his bold comment caused the meek boy to nod. "But, All Might has his eye on you, doesn't he? I'm not trying to pry about that. But I'm going to beat you," he wasn't planning on losing to anyone, the only person he would even consider losing to was.. her.

"Oh? Is one of the best in the class making a declaration of war?" Kaminari rose an eyebrow, slightly intimidated.

Kirishima, feeling that a fight was about to break out stood up and placed a hand on the half and half boy's shoulder, "hey, hey, hey! Why are you picking a fight all of a sudden? Not now, we're about to start!"

Todoroki shrugged off his hand, the cold expression still lingering in his eyes, "we're not here to play at being friends. So, what does it matter?"

"Todoroki-Kun, I don't what you're thinking when you say you'll beat me, but of course you're better than me." Midoriya mumbled, clenching his fists. "I think you're more capable than most people. Looking at it objectively..."

"Midoriya, you probably shouldn't talk so negatively.." Kirishima smiled nervously as he put his hands up.

"But, everyone— the students from the other courses are aiming for the top with everything they've got! I can't afford to fall behind. I'll be going for it with everything I have, too," the green haired boy declared, a fierce look burning in his eyes.

His words, the look in his eyes, it reminded him the brunette. "Yeah."

"Now that everything's sorted, you do know that you two are making everybody else tense." Kourin draped her arms over both their shoulders. "We're all trying to relax here, and neither of you are making it better, "her voice was calm, but the aura she emanated frightened them both causing the pair to nod frantically. "Better."

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This was the much anticipated U.A. sports festival, it was natural that the arena was filled to the brim with an overly excited audience, and their cheering only got louder when Present Mic appeared on the screen. "Hey! Pay attention, audience! Swarm, mass media! This year's high school rodeo of adolescence that you all love, the U.A. sports festival, is about to begin! Everybody, are you ready?! It's time for the students to enter the first year stage!"

Kourin could hear the pro hero's voice from all the way in the waiting rooms, but needless to say, she was absolutely excited. To beat everyone.

"It's a huge batter where fledging heroes sharpen their swords once a year! Anyway, these are the guys right?" Fireworks had begun going off as Present Mic talked, "the miraculous new stars who overcame enemy attacks with their hearts of steel! Hero course, Class 1-A, right?!" Despite the loud fireworks and the deafening cheers of the crowd, she could hear her classmates nervous chatter.

"Th— th— there are so many people.." Midoriya stuttered out, grabbing onto the brunette's sleeve. "Koucchan, are you nervous?"

"Nervous? No. I'm excited. It's all in good fun,"she shrugged and gave him a reassuring pat on the head. "Don't worry your little head about it too much."

"Will we be able to give out best performance being watched by so many people?" Iida mused, looking to the crowds, "this is also part of the training required to become a hero."

"Man, he's going overboard with that praise! I'm getting nervous!" Kirishima grinned in excitement and nervousness. "Aren't you, Bakugo?"

A malicious looking smirk appeared on his lips. "No, I'm just getting more into it."

Kourin scoffed at the face he was making, causing her to bite her lip to prevent herself from laughing. "Katsuki, the face you're making, you might scare the crowd," she heard him mutter some slurs before she turned to the half and half boy. "Good luck, icyhot."

The corners of his lips twitched slightly and he nodded, "good luck, Kou."

As the second hero class walked into the stadium, his blue hues landed on the stoic brunette, conversing with her classmates and his lips curved up into a smirk. There she is, mon ange. Perhaps this will be fun.

When Shinsou walked in with the general studies classes, his eyes met with the brunette and he almost thought she would ignore him now that they were in front of an audience, but he was proved wrong when she shot him a wave before turning away. She didn't ignore me...

A classmate walked up to him and nudged his shoulder, questioning him about Kourin, "she's a friend," he answered truthfully, they were friends but why did his heart flutter every time he thought of her?

Once everyone had gathered, Midnight's voice boomed through the microphone, "time for the player pledge!" Due to what she was wearing, murmurs erupted from the crowds, directed to her costume. Half the stadium were blushing due to the pro hero's costume.

"What's Midnight-Sensei wearing?" Kirishima mumbled, a light blush appearing on his cheeks.

Similar to the red haired boy, Kaminari had a light blush on his cheeks as he looked at the woman before them. "I guess that's an R-Rated Hero for you."

"Is it okay for her to be at a high school even though she's R-Rated?" Fumikage mused, unaffected by the whole thing. For some reason he thought of the brunette in place of the teacher and his face immediately flushed.

"She's fine as she is," Kourin chimed in, gazing up at the pro hero. "Midnight is pretty hot." Her comment caused those around her to stare at her with wide eyes, causing her to shrug nonchalantly. "I mean, I'm just stating the obvious? Don't you all think so?" At her statement both Jiro and Yaoyorozu glanced over to her, a new sense of hope filling them.

"Quiet, everyone! Representing the students is Katsuki Bakugo from Class 1-A!" Midnight called out, whilst the majority of the class gave him worried looks.

"What? It's Kacchan?" Midoriya's eyes widened as the ash blond boy slowly made his way up the podium. "K— Koucchan, it's Kacchan!" He tugged on her sleeve, shocked by their choice.

"I mean, that guy did finish first in the entrance exam." Sero mused.

"In the hero course," a girl corrected, glaring over at them.

"It's obvious she hates us," he mused with a frown.

Kaminari pursued his lips, turning to glower over at the boy who'd been chosen to speak for the students. "And it's all Bakugo's fault."

"You shouldn't group everyone in the same category, not everyone's the same, so if you could, direct your misplaced hate somewhere else," Kourin spoke up, staring coldly at the girl who'd sighed and glared at them.

"K— Koucchan.." Midoriya tugged her sleeve.

"You're so bold Koucchan." Kirishima said, "so manly!"

Kourin huffed folded her arms as her heterochromatic hues focused on her best friend. "Knowing him, and what he's going to say.. I bet that they're going to hate us even more."

With his hands in his pockets and a nonchalant expression gracing his features, he leaned in slightly to speak into the microphone. "I pledge that I'll be number one." It wasn't a surprise when the whole crowd of students erupted in boos, though not that he cared, only one person's opinion really mattered to him.

"Why're you doing something so disgraceful?!" Iida scolded and began pointing his hands at the ash blond.

He turned back around and made eye contact with the brunette, there was another meaning to his words. A meaning only she knew. "At least become a bouncy step for me to jump off of," he said and gave them a thumbs down. Whilst the rest were still clamouring at him and scolding him, Bakugo paid them no mind and walked to his best friend. "You better not go easy on me, Kou."

"Whatever, Bakago," she huffed in response and turned away from him. It would hurt him and his pride to know that she had to hold back, otherwise he'd get seriously hurt.

"Now, let's get started right away!" Midnight announced with a grin. "The first game is what you'd call a qualifier! Every year, many drink their tears here! Now, here is the fateful first game!" A large screen appeared from behind the pro hero and it began running through all the possible challenges before it finally landed on one. "This year it's.. this!"

"An obstacle race, huh? Sounds fun." Kourin nudged the boy beside her who simply scowled.

Midnight turned to face the screen before she continued talking. "All eleven classes will participate in this race. The course will be the outer circumference of this stadium, about four kilometres," she held up her whip as the monitor showed the course. "Our school's selling point is freedom! As long as you stay on the course, it doesn't matter what you do! Now, take your places everyone!"

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All the students gathered at the the starting line and bunched up, it reminded of the brunette of the time the reporters had triggered the alarm and everyone had bunched up and began pushing. Bakugo saw that the brunette was content in the back and a scowl appeared on his face, "the fuck are you doing here, weird eyes?"

"It's too crow—"

"You belong in the fucking front, with me. Got it, nerd?" His fingers wrapped around her wrist and dragged her with him as he pushed his way to the front. Naturally, he earned some clamours from the other students but he simply shot them a glare and they shut up.

Once they made their way to the front, he let go of their hand and they silently nodded to each other, a way of saying good luck, before focusing on the green lights above that began to turn off.

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Two...

One...

"Start!" Midnight's voice echoed the stadium and the students broke out in a run. Everyone on cue had began using and shoving, trying to get their way to the front.

Kourin was starting to get frustrated at all the pushing and shoving, so before someone could hit her, she focused her strength to her legs and jumped up into the air, some students watched her curiously, wondering what a pro hero's daughter would do. She sprouted red wings made of fire, illuminating the tunnel. Many looked to the brunette and awe, but in their eyes held envy. Suddenly a massive chill swept through the tunnel, freezing all those on the ground. "Sho..?" Her eyes widened as he ran past the students. Deep down, the hero in her wanted to help them but this was a competition and she was determined to win.

Midoriya stared up at the brunette, who, from below looked like an angel. Koucchan, you're amazing!

She flew out of the cave and soared in the air, flying past everyone as she stayed on par with the half and half boy. Even from the distance she could hear students groans and her best friends explicit slurs when she passed him. You won't get away that easily, Sho. She could've won in an instant, but where was the fun in that? Her attention flashed to the hopping purple boy on their tail.

"I've outwitted you, Todoroki! How pathetic! Take this! My special attack!" Mineta shouted as he hurtled towards the running boy. He grabbed a piece of his hair and aimed it at him, "gra—"

"Obstacles have shown up suddenly! Starting with... the first barrier! Robo Inferno!"

Robo Inferno. She could hear muttering from down below from everyone who'd managed to get past Todoroki's attack but the name Present Mic had given them gave her an idea. She saw that Todoroki was about to freeze them, but she beat him to it as hot lava spewed from her hands, melting down the gigantic robots who were in her way, leaving some for the half and half boy to freeze. Her lips curved up into a smirk as she flew past them.

"As expected of the daughter of Elemental and Hercules to pass through that one easily! Class 1-A's Yagami! Oh, but what's this?! Todoroki is hot on her tail! As predicted of Endeavour's son! He attacked and defended in one hit! What an elegant pair! They're the first ones through! As expected of those who got in through recommendations! They've never fought them before, but those Robo Infernos couldn't get past their elite moves!"

"He's giving us too much praise.." Kourin mumbled from above him. She was fully rested, meaning if she wanted to, she could've flown the entire way, but, she wanted to save up her energy for the rest of the festival. Her wings of fire disappeared and she landed gracefully beside the half and half boy.

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"Eh?! She got past those fucking robots?!" Kinto bellowed out, throwing a peanut at the TV. "I could've done that too! Stupid runt!"

Ami ran her fingers through her husband's hair as she tried to calm him down. "Of course dear, no doubt about it.," she spoke in a soft voice as she too, enviously watched the brunette fly.

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"That's my girl!" Adan shouted, leaping off the couch. "Beat 'em all!"

Beside him, Chisa was just as hyped, "kick their asses! Show 'em who's the boss! You are!" A soft giggle escaped her lips. "I'll make her so much takoyaki, she won't know what to do with it."

"Fight on, Kou!" He shouted, pumping his fist into the air.

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From behind, she saw Kirishima and a boy from the neighbouring class, Tetsutetsu emerged from underneath the robot, screaming their hearts out. She could hear the Present Mic explaining their quirks which only made her laugh at how similar they were. Though her expression became more serious once she heard others were advancing.

"Hey, hey! The first barrier's a piece of cake? Then what about the second? If you fall, you're out! If you don't wanna fall, then crawl! It's... The Fall!"

In the front were Kourin and Todoroki, both using different skills to get across, the half and half boy was gliding on the ropes with the help of his ice whilst the brunette was running on air.

"And now, the leaders of the pack are easily getting through first! Eh?! What's this?! Yagami's running... on air?! Yagami and Todoroki are running together!"

She could hear the sounds of explosions coming closer and that only meant one thing, her suspicions were confirmed when the boy beside her looked backwards. Neither one spoke a word as the pair kept on running, only stopping when they came across the third and final barrier. I can see the finish line!

"And now, we've quickly arrived at the final barrier! The reality here is that it's a minefield! It's set up so that you can tell where the mines are if you look carefully! So you have to exploit your eyes and legs! By the way, these landmines are for games, so they're not that powerful, but they're loud and flashy enough to make you wet your pants!"

Kourin sweat dropped at the commentary and inhaled deeply before exhaling, when she stepped on the minefield, the half and half boy recoiled, expecting an explosion, but upon further inspection, he noticed that she was hovering over it slightly so it looked like she was touching it. It was cool to see, but he couldn't do that, even so, the brunette remained near him, only ahead of him by a little.

"What's this?! Yagami is stepping on the mines, but it's not exploding?! And now, we've got someone new near the front! Rejoice, mass media! It's the kind of development you guys love! Hey, hey, hey, the rest of the pack is also speeding up!"

From behind, she saw that her best friend had finally caught up, both Todoroki and Bakugo were fighting one another, completely disregarding the fact that she was first and not either one fo them. This caused her to quirk an eyebrow before dismissing the thought and running ahead.

"However! Even as they push and pull at each other, can the two near the top remain near the lead?! It's almost as if they're ignoring that.. they're not really in the lead! Yagami is!"

Even his announcements were ignored as the two people she'd kissed fought one another. She knew that the ash blond wanted to get rid of the half and half boy first before coming after her, she knew that much. And judging from Todoroki's little declaration in the waiting room, Bakugo was already agitated by him.

"There's a huge explosion at the back?! What's with that force?!"

Maintaining her speed, she glanced at the back and sure enough, there was a massive fog of pinkish smoke. And from the smoke, she saw a familiar green haired boy flying through the air on a piece of scrap metal from one of the robots. Midoriya. Kourin didn't want to lose, to anyone, but, she'd make an exception for him. She wanted him to win, the boy that was previous quirkless, the boy with such an enormous responsibility of becoming the next All Might.

"Was it an accident, or did he do it on purpose?! Class A's Midoriya is in hot pursuit with that blast!"

He soared past Todoroki and Bakugo who'd stopped to see the commotion in the back and he even flew par with the running brunette. For a brief second, his eyes met with hers and he knew that she wanted him to win.

"Actually, he's taken the lead alongside Yagami! Those formerly in the lead have stopped trying to slow each other down and are chasing Midoriya and Yagami! Now that they have a common enemy, they've stopped fighting!  The fight's not over yet though!"

Now, not only did they stopped fighting, but now, they were chasing after both Kourin and Midoriya. She noticed that the green haired boy was slowly losing momentum but with the flick of her wrist, the metal scrap he was on balanced out and he hcontinued to soar, leaving the competing pair to lag behind, whilst she remained slightly behind him. Eventually, he landed on the ground and began running, with the brunette not far behind him. "Koucchan, thank you!" He gave her a beaming smile as he ran ahead of her.

"Focus in front of you!" She scolded and thrusted her palm at him, propelling him forwards through the tunnel. Sounds of explosions, ice and the crowd rang through her ears as she saw the light from the tunnel.

"Right now, the first person back in the stadium is that man... Izuku Midoriya's made a big splash!"

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Shigaraki's red eyes turned cold as he scratched his neck in frustration upon looking at the green haired boy, that quickly melted away when he saw the brunette on the screen, the same stoic expression of her face. His eyes ran over her body, but what caught his attention was the mark he'd left on her elbow. "You're mine sweetheart."

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...フレンドリーな競争相手❞

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yep so i separated them bc idk y not?
so if you didn't notice in this chapter,
& probably the next couple of chapters
bolded italics will be present mic. oki?
ahem ahem.. FLicK O dA wRIst. GET
IT? :)) also, shorter gaps mean its more
or less happening at the same time,
whereas bigger gaps have bigger time
lapses. luv you guys sm !!