Claws Out (Marvel x MHA fanfiction)

Chapter 9 - The Girl Born With Nothing

Once the door opened, it was a mad dash to get out. A tangle of limbs flailing, hitting, and shoving against each other. The horde of students were yelling, activating quirks, sending stray punches and hoping they hit something. It was madness.

Yeah... fuck this. If I time it right, I might be able to run along the wall by anchoring my claws into the metal. It's probably gonna hurt like hell for a minute, but my claws are definitely sharp enough to puncture the steel. It's just a guess of how to get up there...

Wasting no more time, the girl ran forward, quickly accelerating herself. Sucking in enough air to completely fill her lungs, she leaped forward– her strength and momentum catapulting her forward into the darkened hallway. Y/n jumped over a few students and unsheathed her claws, hitting the wall and sinking them into the smooth surface.

Yep. Yep, holy shit that hurts! The angle it took to keep herself hanging on made the blades dig into her knuckles, drawing blood. Okay, okay. You're up here, don't fuck it up now. Keep running, maintain speed, if you fall into the crowd there is a very good chance you won't be getting back up.

Below her, students reached and grasped at her heels, hoping to drag her down. Y/n heard people scream out, yelling that she was cheating or that she was playing dirty. 

As if Midnight didn't say this was an 'anything goes' free for all.

Just as she was nearing the exit, an arctic blast hit her from behind and momentarily froze her feet to the wall. Todoroki skated past her.

Alright then, flamboyant ass. Y/n picked up speed and finally made it out, launching herself from the wall and over a bunch of students who were iced to the ground. All around her, fellow 1-A students slingshot themselves out of the tunnel.

Aoyama dazzled on by with his laser, Yaoyorozu created a pole from her hand that gave her the perfect amount of leverage, Kirishima shoved and jumped, Bakugou let off fiery explosions. Y/n was right alongside them all, racing her way forward.

"Nice trick, Todoroki!" Yaoyorozu's voice sounded angry and Y/n noticed the slight way she was shivering.

"I won't let you get away so easily! YOU ICY-HOT BASTARD!" Bakugou set off larger, stronger explosions– his voice echoing through the field.

Y/n's feet hit the ground once more and she had to steady herself before slipping on the ice. The speed and strength from her jump let her slide forward on the cool path Todoroki was leaving behind, but she couldn't slide forever or else she'd slow down and lose the slight lead she had gotten.

God I wish I had my boots. I could've used the claw in them as a way to keep steady on the ice while running. She slipped forward landing on all fours, the girl dug her claws into the ice to remain steady. Wait... this could work! I could just imitate the way Tsu is always running and use my claws to pull myself forward!

It wasn't a bad plan at all, soon enough Y/n was racing ahead once more. It wasn't as uncomfortable as she had thought it would be, the worst part was the growing numbness in her knuckles from constantly hitting the ice, but she could manage that.

As she turned a corner, the sound of robotic clicking and whirring grabbed her attention. Glancing ahead, Y/n saw everyone stopping in front of three big robots. The same type from the entrance exams.

Hey! I've killed one of them before, why's everyone stopping? Taking them out is easy!

The ice trail soon ended and the girl was back to running on her two legs, she maintained her speed– shoving past all the slowing and stopping people. The students around her were unsure of what to do against the robots, but Y/n wouldn't let that faze her. Of course they'd throw robots into the mix, it was an obstacle course after all!