Warrior: A MHA Fanfic

Part Ten

It was obvious that I wasn't the only student desperate to prove themselves in the festival, due to this over the short two week period everyone in Class 1-A and every other class was training tirelessly. None of us knew what the games would be so we all had to train in a variety of different fields, I decided that it would work in my favour if I mostly trained my reflexes and reaction time, even though it wasn't explicitly stated that any of the games would include a fight with another student I couldn't help but assume that would be the case. If I trained my reflexes and reaction time it would increase my chances in a fight against students with heavily offensive quirks such as Bakugo and Todoroki.

Although I did focus on that I also worked on my own speed and strength, I recognised that due to many of my classmates quirks they were able travel at incredible speeds whereas mine was only average. Because of my quirk I am able to use a variety of different techniques that can help me run at high speeds compared to someone quirkiness yet it still couldn't compare to someone such as Iida or even Mina. 

Throughout the two weeks I barely spoke to any of my classmates, other than Mo. I spent the majority of my free time including our lunch and breaks to train so it gave me an excuse to ignore and suppress the feelings of betrayal and hurt that were brewing deep down inside. I told myself that the festival was the most important thing right now, everything else could wait.

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When we arrived at UA early on the morning of the festival we were informed that to make sure that the games were totally fair we would be unable to wear our costumes and would have to settle with out gym uniforms, this didn't bother me too much as my costume didn't stand out much in the first place yet I was aware that some of my classmates were hoping to be able to show off their flashy outfits. 

While we all waited to enter the arena each classroom was given their own room where they could sit and converse, with Iida being the class representative he was the one who told us when it was time for us to enter. Just as he did so Todoroki stood up from his seat and headed towards Midoriya, it was obvious that the both of them were incredibly powerful so I wasn't that surprised when Todoroki revealed that his intent in talking to Midoriya was to declare that he would beat him. I was also unsurprised when Midoriya replied with his own declaration that he would be the one rising to the top. When the two of them had finally finished their discussion i quickly adjusted my hair, making sure it was secure and at that I stood up from my chair with a large sigh and quick roll of my eyes, immediately heading towards the door of our waiting room before anyone else had even had a chance to stand up.

As we waited in the tunnel which would lead us into the arena I could hear Present Mic's voice booming over the speakers, "THIS NEXT GROUP ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE SPOTLIGHT, YOU KNOW THEM FROM WITHSTANDING A VILLAIN ATTACK, THEY'RE THE DAZZLING STUDENTS WITH SOLID GOLD SKILLS, THATS RIGHT IT'S CLASS 1-A!"

At his mention of the villain attack I felt a slight chill trickledown my spine yet I shook it off as we began to walk forward, into the view of million of eyes. The screams of the audience were deafening, drowning out even my own heartbeat as I walked as confidently as I could into the centre of the stadium. It wasn't only our class entering the stadium however, as Present Mic listed off each first year class.

Once all of the classes had reached the designated area in the middle of the stadium Bakugo was asked to give an opening speech as he was somehow given the role as First year representative, as all of us in Class 1-A had predicted this did not go well with Bakugo's 'speech' only consisting of him announcing to everyone that he would be the one to win. I only tsked and rolled my eyes once again, whispering over to Mo who was stood next to me "I wish I could say I'm surprised."

"He really should consider how his actions have effects on us too, everyone already hates our class now he's just making it worse." Mo replied.

Not long after that it was announced that for our first game of the festival we would be competing in a four killometer obstacle course around the stadium, we were also advised by Midnight that as long as none of us left the course we would be able to do whatever we pleased in order to win, as she spoke I felt the beginnings of a smile begin to tug at the edges of my lips, this would be fun.

Without a second the even think the race begun and the group surged towards the tunnel out of which we would exit into the track, it didn't take me long to realise that this was already part of the course, they wanted to see how we would react and get out of the situation. I had realised this just in time as I threw myself into the air above my fellow students and began to ruthlessly use them as a means of escape, I quickly leapt from student to student and managed to exit the tunnel before anyone else. Even though I was happy to have made it out of that in first place I didn't have time to congratulate my self as a wall of ice blasted from behind me, completely enveloping the outside of the stadium, immediately after Todoroki burst from the crowd behind me and began to run along the track just as I was, it didn't take me long to notice that as well as running he was also spreading out a sheet of ice which was covering the ground behind us.

Todoroki and I were in the front of the pack as everyone behind us was forced to slow down due to his ice so I knew it wouldn't be long before he singled me out and froze me to the ground so he could attain first place unfortunately, there was anything that I could do if he chose to attack me other than push myself to run even raster, hoping that soon there would be a break in this battle for first, taking the target off of my own back.

As if answering my wishes when Todoroki and I turned the corner to keep running we were met with the colossal robots that the other hero students had been made to fight in their entrance exams. It was then that I realised just how lucky I was to have gotten in through recommendations because if I were made to go against these I knew I wouldn't have stood a chance, with that in mind I came to the conclusion that while it wasn't a flashy tactic if I wanted to get past the obstacle I would have to do everything in my power to dodge their attacks and get by without engaging in a fight. 

After all, this was a race. Not a battle.