A random NPC | BNHA

Chapter 32

"I challenge you to a cook off!" Exclaimed Mizuno as she bowed down.

Shinso and I just stood by watching, actually multiple students were staring at us as it was lunch break and that meant they had free time.

This all started when I told Mizuno about the shokugeki system from food wars, then she decided it would be a good idea to challenge Lunch Rush, who was cooking for the whole student body, to a cook off.

Lunch Rush just sent a thumbs up and said "This is the first time in UA history that someone challenged me to a cook off, how entertaining. Sure, I have the time, you sure you're going to be okay with this?"

"Yes! My friends helped me realise my dream of cooking better, so I want to see what I can do for now." Replied Mizuno as she looked back at Shinso and I with a fire in her eyes, glad we somehow helped her identify that dream.

"Let's start now then, does anyone want to be the judge?" Lunch Rush voiced out.

No one raised their hand until Kaminari came out saying he wanted to taste a girl's cooking. I think a guy with a purple grape shaped mohawk wanted a bite as well but before his sentence got finished, some girl resembling a frog stopped him.

The cook off started and they both started on their cooking.

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At the end of the cook off, Mizuno's fried rice lost to Lunch Rush's fried rice, it was honestly expected but Kaminari did mention that both of their food was good, it was just that Lunch Rush's was top notch. After that, a brunette girl with matching brown eyes came out and said "Free food!" Then dug in. My eyes widened in surprise as I think I met this girl in a supermarket before, I just don't know if she remembers me, probably not but oh well.

"Uraraka? Where did you go off to?" Said a green haired boy as he caught up to the brunette with the air chopping Iida by his side.

"Ah, Midoriya, Iida, sorry that I ran off, I was hungry. Hehe." Said Uraraka as she scratched the back of her head in embarrassment.

I heard a sigh next to me and the sight of Mizuno sighing filled my eyes.

"I knew I would lose from the start, just thought trying would somehow help. I could have made the whole dish more delicious by...." then she started muttering to herself.

Lunch Rush stepped over and tried Mizuno's fried rice.

"You know, it's not that bad. I like your attitude, if you're interested, I can help you out with cooking better."

"Eh? You mean it?"

"I do, so you up for it?"

Although I couldn't tell if Lunch Rush was smiling as his face was covered up by his big chef hat, my gut feeling was telling me that he was smiling wholeheartedly.

"I definitely am up for it! Thanks!"

At that moment, I felt a tug in my heart, the type of tugging that came up every time some kind of danger related to the shadow clan shows up.

I tried shoving it to the back of my mind, but the tugging got worse and more apparent. I gripped my head in retaliation.

"You okay?" Asked Shinso in concern.

He noticed?!

"Oh yea, am fine. Don't worry, just my imagination messing with me again." I laughed it off like it was nothing.

"Hmmm... okay. If you need help, tell me." Shinso returned to listening to Mizuno and Lunch Rush's conversation after that.

"Thanks." I muttered.

The tugging got more desperate and it's making my head hurt. I really need to check what was making it happen now.

That's when alarms blared loudly nonstop throughout the school.

"Fire alarm or something?" I looked at Shinso and shrugged.

He shrugged back.

That's when a third or second year shouted out that it was a level 3 threat or something, so we, the student body, had to evacuate, which caused the whole student body to rush through the exits to assure their own safety.

I didn't move. There was no point to move when the exits were flooded with students, plus it would be a struggle to actually survive in the mob of students.

Shinso stepped away and looked back at me when he realised only Mizuno was following him.

"What are you doing? We are supposed to evacuate now."

"Too much humans there, my soul can't stand it."

"C'mon, some top tier villain may have broken in, who knows? It's better safe than sorry." Mizuno reached her hand out.

That's when a group of students separated us, which meant that I was alone.

Sighing, I decided that evacuating would do me some good, so I stepped into the crowds of students and tried to find Mizuno and Shinso to reunite with them.

I failed. It was impossible. After getting pushed around several times and apologising to said people, I got to the windows and saw the entrance of UA disintegrated with the press trying to barge in. If I had to guess, it definitely had to do with All Might being apart of the staff and teaching the heroic students to be better heroes. I don't blame the press, it was definitely good scoop, but did they have to disintegrate the entrance gate of UA? No, they did not have to, but they were desperate.

What? A big shadow just crossed over me. I rubbed my eyes and checked again. It was floating Iida in all his glory, he then slammed into a wall. Oof, that must have been painf——

"Calm down! It's just press!" Iida's voice came out loud and clear over the panic of the students. After that, everyone stopped their pushing and shoving, which meant my face wasn't smack against the window. Now that, my face wasn't kissing the window, I realised that the oil from my face got on the window and made it dirty. I muttered an apology to it, then tried to use my uniform sleeve to wipe it off. A blond guy standing next to me with grey eyes arched an eyebrow at my apology then looked away when he probably realised that I wasn't apologising to him.

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After that, everyone just went off to their own classrooms.

I was about to enter my classroom when I felt another tug in my heart, I really needed to investigate this. It was getting annoying.

So I turned away from my classroom ignoring Shinso's questioning gaze and went out into the school yard. The tugging implied that it was far beyond the premises of UA, meaning that I couldn't do anything about it. The UA staff would probably notice if I stepped out of the entrance. I looked at the direction it keeps tugging me towards and it looked awfully peaceful, the sky was even clear and blue, but I know that in the distance something suspicious was happening. After glancing at the clear spring sky, I decided that it was time to head back in, so I said farewell to the school yard and entered the giant maze that is UA.