My Beast Hero Academia (BNA x My Hero Academia)

Chapter 13 - Cavalry Battle

NOTE: I would suggest playing the theme at the top once you get to where the Cavalry battle begins, it'll sound so much better as you read it! Hope you enjoy!

"Yes... this game is survival of the fittest, with those at the bottom now having a chance to take on those at the top!"

Shirou and Hound Dog were watching from one of the hallway tv's that captured Midnight's live announcement of the cavalry battle. Shirou calmly watched the screen, despite being taken by surprise by what Midnight said moments before about the ten million points. He understood where the game was going, and of course he expected a twist beforehand but he didn't think after Michiru got first place she would be a target for other students.

"Raaaawrrrr!! They're gonna go after Kagemori that's for sure. Agh! I hate it when the rules are unfair! Raaawr Arrr Raaawr!!" Hound Dog almost couldn't speak clearly, even growling and almost snarling in between his human speech, taking a few audience members walking around them by surprise.

'Does he always get like this when he's angry?' The only person that could actually understand Hound Dog was Shirou under that snarling and barking, while being rather confused about the teacher's behavior. But Hound Dog was too annoyed about how the rules sometimes played out for the Sports Festival events. He knew they were trying to keep things competitive but even so it usually put the top students at a disadvantage.

"Now she will understand the burden of standing out." Shirou sighed, despite being correct about what he believed would occur for Michiru if she had been in the lead it brought him no comfort. Michiru's stubbornness and confidence in herself was often how she got far, but it would cause her to hit more obstacles along the way such as this.

"This year's litter is our best but most hardest group to teach from what I can tell..." Hound Dog started to calm down, actually taking a second in between to breathe while Shirou looked over. Shirou took notice of Hound Dog trying to relax due to his difficulty controlling his temper.

"Nothing we can't handle as heroes right?" Shirou stated, trying to ease the heroes tension with reassurance, even taking the risk of placing his hand on the ancy Dog hero's shoulder like a mouse trying to not trigger a trap. He saw Shirou in his beastman form, but it wasn't a sign of dominance or challenge but it was comfort. Hound Dog stopped for a second to close his eyes, sighing as he finally seemed to be calming down, Shirou turned his head in confusion until a brief moment later Hound Dog pulled Shirou in by the shoulder. Shirou got startled for a second, being thrown into what seemed to be a firm side hug.

"Looks like we're gonna get along after all, I like you, it's nice to see another guy like me!" He was holding Shirou tight enough but not to crush him, even howling for some odd reason. Shirou always knew every beast man species had their own thing as a whole, dogs were similar to how wolves would act but they were more unpredictable, perhaps this was just a part of his quirk he thought. But at least he seemed to be leaving a good impression on the faculty, sighing in relief.

Things went quiet when Shirou felt the setting change for a moment, hearing a small projectile getting thrown in his direction. His eyes widened, breaking free of Hound Dog's grip when he moved forward reaching his arm out to grab what was a fast moving ball. The force of the ball was strong at impact, but still caught it easily.

Shirou first inspected the ball of what seemed to be All Might themed, with an "I am here!" Logo printed onto it. The two heroes tensed up, unsure of who threw it and why when they looked at the direction it came from, and saw the thrower.

"Nice catch! Didn't think you were gonna get it!" Miruko yelled from a distance, grinning when Hound Dog yelled back.

"What the hell was that for!!" Hound Dog started moving ahead of Shirou when he was stopped by Shirou's arm.