Heartbreaker | BNHA x Reader

[32] Obstacles

Thanks to Shigaraki's bitch-ass, you were already off to a terrible start.

Gritting your teeth, you scrambled to mute the system notifications and avoid any more distractions. You were slightly behind everyone else, but it wasn't the end of the world. You could make up the few seconds that you'd lost. More importantly, you needed to try and push Shigaraki to the back of your mind, because knowing that he was out there somewhere, creeping on you in true villain fashion, was really not making this any easier.

In a way, though, Shigaraki had inadvertently helped you. Because almost immediately after the signal to start went off, a thick layer of ice spread across the ground, freezing a whole bunch of students in place.

If you had charged ahead blindly towards the front of the ground, rather than standing still near the back, you might have gotten caught up in that attack as well.

So, Shigaraki had... kind of helped? Sort of?

Actually, fuck that. You weren't willing to give him even the slightest bit of credit. Creepy bastard.

The person who'd created all that ice was none other than Shouto, and already, he'd managed to place some distance between himself and the rest of the crowd. Currently, he was all the way in first place, and given how strong he was, you had no doubt that he'd be able to maintain his lead for quite a while longer.

Okay, I just have to take it slow. Avoid the ice for now. Being immobilized this early in the game would pretty much ruin all my chances.

A good deal of your classmates had managed to use their Quirks in order to avoid being frozen, and for the most part, they were keeping a pretty good pace.

Up until a bunch of giant robots showed up, at least.

"Holy shit," you muttered, gaze trailing upwards. They were seriously massive, and suddenly, you were reminded of the entrance exam. Was this the sort of thing Izuku had gone up against? You already knew he was impressive, but this just reaffirmed it that much more.

"So, this is what they use during the general entrance exam," you just barely heard Shouto remark aloud. Right. He'd gotten in by special recommendation, so this was all new territory to him. Not that he seemed particularly worried. It was very much the opposite.

Instead, he swept his right hand across the ground, and in a few seconds flat, several of the robots had been frozen solid.

He ran straight through them, right before they crashed to the ground and blocked the path ahead.

You were dumbfounded. Well, sure. You already knew he was ridiculously strong, but the gap between the two of you was becoming a bit too staggering to make sense of.

While you were floundering, trying to determine your next course of action, several other students-Katsuki included-had already vaulted up and over the robots, instead of wasting time by trying to fight them head-on. You wondered if you could adopt a similar approach. Perhaps you could craft something like a grappling hook? So that you could clear the area quickly? But then again, you needed to be selective with your abilities. If you used them too often, you would run out of stamina, and the Sports Festival was only just getting started. You also didn't have a recipe like that on hand anyways.

You could tell that you were getting overwhelmed, but perhaps luck was on your side for a change, because a deafening blast suddenly cut through the air.

One of the robots had just been absolutely destroyed, and the cause?

Being blasted by the literal cannon Yaoyorozu had just created.