The Future Firecracker

PS.3 | FIRST PRIORITY

PREQUEL SERIES. 3
'first priority'

Handing the vendor some money, you thanked him with a smile when they gave you a little paper boat of fries and chicken.

Yum! I'm starving! You thought to yourself, sighing with glee as you took the first bite. Shit! It's hot.

You slowly ate as you walked back into the stadium to prepare for the one-on-one battles. You were glad to have run back inside after getting tricked by Kaminari and Mineta into cheerleading costumes, deciding that instead of doing that, you went to get food instead.

But it came with a price. The number two hero Endeavour had stopped at the entrance to the stadium, staring at you as you chewed on your chicken bites.

"Endeavour," you greeted shortly. "How are you, Sir?"

"I'm well, [name]."

You continued to stand there and eat, waiting for him to speak whatever his business was. You could see on his face he wanted to say something, but he showed no indication of words forming sentences.

It was so awkward.

Shoto was always with you when you'd see his dad, or any of his siblings would stand by you if you were at their house and Shoto was getting something from a different room.

"You trained with Shoto for this?" He asked.

You nodded. "A couple of times. We didn't want to give away any tricks in case we were put against each other."

"Shoto will end up winning if that is the case."

You swallowed the food in your mouth, shrugging in indifference. "I'm getting better. I'm training my quirk to halt solid objects too, so I wouldn't be too sure about that, Sir."

"Can you, though?"

Not yet.

"You'll know when you see." You began to walk inside. "If that's all, Endeavour, I'll be going now."

"Eating before a fight will make you sick."

"Luckily for me, I can stop time and won't need to move that much during a fight."

What the fuck was that about, you thought. Endeavour never usually made small talk with you. You'd have to ask Shoto later.

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"She will positively rock your shit," Kaminari said to Bakugou. "Like boom pow knockout after she stops you with her quirk."

He made it through to the semi-finals after beating Kirishima in the quarters and now he was getting ready with some of the boys in the class who followed him to the waiting room.

"She won't."

Kirishima shook his head. "Confident. Manly."

"Shut up?" Bakugou huffed and stretched his arms, rubbing his palms together to create a warm. "Idiots."

"You say that," Kaminari leans back on the chair, rocking back and forth, "but she's the daughter of a pro hero—All Might's sidekick in fact. She's definitely been one of the ones people are watching."