Next in Line | ShinKami

XXI - "Victory"

Third Person

Kaminari jumped up, Sero's tape and Shinsou's scarf wrapping around his legs as he tapped a zapping finger on Kodai's shoulder, getting quickly pulled back into the group, the rope around them falling back around his waist, the headband now set on his neck.

Sero pat his back as Mina slid them away from a different group. Hatsume pointed up a group they could go after, the group going back onto the attack and keeping up with their strategy until the ending bell rang.

Ashido pulled the rope around them open, wrapping her arms around the group of four next to her, Shinsou quickly slipped out of the hug as he heard his father announce their names as the winners.

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Kaminari shook his hands by his hips, cracking his neck as he walked towards the small stone arena, his eyes razor-focused on his upcoming opponent.

"We're here again, then," Kaminari stated as he looks at Shiozaki, the vine-haired girl nodding at him in acknowledgment, "let our rematch be a good one."

Kaminari bowed and Shiozaki did as well, the two standing up straight yet again as Midnight announced for them to start.

The blond threw himself towards the girl, the girl following with a vine wall. He focused his electricity onto his feet and climbed up the vines, bending the wall as he did. Shiozaki split the wall from her hair and went for an attack, charging her hair toward Kaminari.

Kaminari jumped from the top of the makeshift wall and onto one of the vines flying towards him, running on it while staying stuck onto it with static. 

He jumped onto Shiozaki and sent out a shock through her body, causing her to stop attacking. 

He got off of the greenette as Midnight announced his victory. Kaminari sighed happily and helped Shiozaki up, feeling the surges of electricity in her body as she shook every now and then.

"Sorry--" he said as he helped the robots lay her onto the stretcher.

"It's al-" she shook, jumping back to her normal state quickly after, "-right. Good fight, Kaminari."

Kaminari bowed towards her and ran back to his class' seating area, flopping himself down to where he was sitting before.

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Kaminari held his bronze medal happily, standing by Kirishima's side on the lowest podium. They both wore a wide smile as their photos were taken, the flashed somewhat blinding them but giving it no thought.

The flashes and camera shudders eventually came to a stop as reporters started asking the four on the podiums questions, some personal and some general.

Kirishima's gaze moved over to Bakugou as he wrote down stuff from the answers some of the others gave, walking towards him as he excused himself.

Bakugou looked up from his notebook and put it away into his pocket as Kirishima wrapped his arms around the shorter boy, smiling softly as he looked down on him.

"You did well," the redhead said softly, leaning down with a peck. Bakugou looked away, a bit flustered.

"Yeah," he whispered, "but you did so much better."

"Hey," Kirishima tilted his head to the side a bit, "you still got fifth, that's an honorable spot."

The two kept talking, Bakugou arguing that 3rd is much better than 5th, some reporters turning their attention to the two with their cameras and some continuing on with the questions towards the 1st place winner.

Kaminari's smile faltered a bit and he walked away from the big crowd, passing by the lovebirds as they kept complimenting one another aggressively.

Shinsou turned his attention from the chessboard as he watched his boyfriend flop down onto the seat next to him, smiling at him and turning his attention back to the board.

"Checkmate," Shinsou said as he placed down his bishop a few spaces away from his opponent's king, the blue-haired baffled by the move as she looked it over, nodding and shaking Shinsou's hand as she stood up with a smile.

"Good game," she said simply and walked off towards her friends, saluting at Shinsou as she left.

"Who was that?" Kaminari asked, tilting his head as he looked at the girl leave.

"Childhood friend," he smiled towards Kaminari and gave him a quick kiss, leaning back onto his chair after, "congrats on 3rd place."

Kaminari smiled and looked around the stadium, watching as the reporters finally left, happy with their work. He watched as Midoriya ran towards Todoroki, congratulating him on his 1st place.

"When do you think they'll get together?" Kaminari asked Shinsou, the purple-haired insomniac following his gaze.

"No idea," he shrugged, turned back towards the blond, "probably next year."

Kaminari squinted his eyes, shaking his head in confusion, "how do you know?"

Shinsou shrugged and stretched as he stood up, Kaminari standing up right after and following him out of the stadium, "just a hunch."

*finally!!! I'm done -sigh-. I don't know if I'll make a third book or leave it up for your imagination because I really don't wanna write a TodoDeku story sorry. I like it as a side ship more because I prefer Kiribaku and Shinkami dynamics so... Sorry to disappoint if anyone was excited for that!