Under pressure

Chapter 10

"Objectively, I am stronger than you"

The stunt Todoroki pulled earlier still rung in (Y/n)s mind clear as day as she walked with her class on the way to the arena. Since his training sessions both with Tsu and Ochaco, as well as Todoroki, she had become confident in herself, well even more than she previously had been. The night previous, she fell asleep listening to her badass bitch playlist, so her attitude was noticeably more smug. She walked into the light of the arena and heard the applause surround her. She didn't look up, she walked under the gaze of the world and smiled in the glory of it all.

'Let's do this'

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"I'm just saying, I'm going to win"

All she could ask herself was why. Why on earth would he say that.

'Oh wait, this is Bakugou we're talking about, are we really surprised?'

She laughed at her own thought quietly and began to walk over to the starting line. People were looking around nervously and (Y/n) was tempted to do that before she was reminded who was watching. She knew that hero's were scouting for internships and she was determined to get into one specific agency, Nighteye.

"On your mark"

She looked down and steadied her feet.

"Get set"

She lifted her head back up and looked forward, catching Ochacos gaze from the corner of her eyes.

"GO!"

She sprinted, an ice trail quickly passing her but she didn't care.

'Keep running faster'

She lifted her chest up

'Come on go faster'

The air hit her face hard and gave her a shiver, but she trained for this.

'Don't look behind you, just keep sprinting'

And that's exactly what (Y/n) did. All the way until the first obstacle she kept the fastest pace she could push herself to. Anytime she saw someone pass her, all she could do was reaffirm herself that it was an obstacle course, she would have a chance to get ahead.

She arrived just in time to see him freeze the robots while they were falling. She smiled to herself.

'He wants to play dirty then didn't he'

50 meters away, she sees them start to fall. She picks up her pace faster than she even thought possible.

The crowd seemed to momentarily silence for her when in actuality, they were losing their minds, convinced they were about to witness the young girl die. She was in her own world, solely focused on the ice patch she was approached.

15 meters away the machinery was halfway fallen and even her competitors stopped to just watch how it all was about to unfold, but she kept doing what she had been doing the entire time, she kept running.

Right when she got to the ice, she slid on her side, her momentum carrying her far along the path left by the ice boy.

'I'll be sure to call him that when this is over'

She glanced up only for a moment, yeah now she understood why everyone was screaming, she could practically touch the falling metal, but she knew she made it the second she started sliding.

She was right.

'Damn right I am'

She made it.

She smiled wider, even cockier than ever and got back onto her feet.

The crowd finally was heard by her as she started to run again. Their screams only fueling her to go faster, she felt like a sociopath and she loved it. The adrenaline went straight to her head and it was like all other function was nothing, she was addicted to the rush that she got whenever she was in action, and this was not different.

The crowd was now introduced to the competitors of this years sports festival. Bets were already placed on who they thought would win, and they were entirely focused on the entertainment infront of them.

When she approached the second obstacle, she get even more excited. A pitfall with ropes strung across.

'They're making this too easy for me'

Years of martial arts, gymnastics, and dance were finally paying off. She took it like a champ and to the audience she looked like she was still on solid ground.

With that she had officially separated herself from the others.

'5th place, not bad'

She could see the end, but damn it this was going to be difficult.

'Seriously, a minefield...'

She had to slow her mindless sprint to focus on not accidentally killing herself. She kept her eyes shifting from infront of her to downwards. About halfway through she heard a loud explosion from behind her. She didn't dare look back but when she saw her green haired classmate go flying through the air, she wasn't surprised. He was always better at strategics than (Y/n), but how did he even come up with that.

It was too late to be thinking about that, she kept running even harder when she saw him prepping for a second explosion infront of her.

'Oh no, absolutely not'

Before she could stop him, he had gotten everything ready, (Y/n) only had time to grab on with one hand at the last second as she suddenly was catapulted through the air, losing grip right before he passed Bakugou and ice boy.

In one last burst of energy, she lunged towards the finish line, clawing at the air desperately, trying to gain any more speed before it was finally over.

Once she confirmed she was done, she wasted absolutely no time and immediately started walking in a circle, stretching her calves as well.

'I already have to deal with my period, I will ABSOLUTELY not be getting leg cramps'

4th place she had gotten, she was with the top, establishing her spot as a threat.

Usually (Y/n) tried to stay passive and wasn't too competitive, but she looked over at Todoroki who looked at her like she was insane (to be fair she was still pacing in a circle like a lunatic),

"Objectively, I'm stronger than you"

'I am going to make you eat your words ice boy'

Hi, I know I already posted today but I'm having a very good day so I wanted to tell you about it! You can skip if you want, but I lost my period about 8 months ago because I suffer from bulimia nervosa. I've been in recovery for a while and just today I finally got it back. I don't know, I'm really happy because if you've ever suffered from anything like this you know it's hell. I don't know why I'm telling this but yeah, you get another chapter because of it! :)