To Overthrow The Stars

Chapter Seven

Warning: mild cursing, flirtatious teasing (she isn't actually flirting, just likes people making people uncomfortable).

1169 words.

I'm writing this as I'm in the car driving to Maryland. We're in heading to Indiana right now actually! No music this chapter, sorry, I hope this chapter is enjoyable though! The car ride is a bit bumpy so it's making me a little woozy to write (I have minor motion sickness). The art at the top was drawn by me by the way!

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Cavalry battles haven't really been my thing after playing chicken in the pool one day after school back in junior high, but when I see a tired, purple-haired boy I get the feeling I may have a chance. I barely have enough confidence to call myself a well-rounded human being, but I strut up to that boy with a pep in my step and an idea of what his quirk is being that I worked with the girl who read the general courses roster; none other than Yamagucci herself. He looks like he has eye bags, but it could just be the fact that he has long, thick eyelashes that cast shadows across his cheeks.

"Hey, Shinso, is it?" I ask, looking him directly in the eyes. He nods slowly, looking utterly confused and lost by my words, "Listen, I'm from support course and an acquaintance of mine told me about your quirk while making clothing suited to your size." I back track, "Sorry, I didn't come to ramble about how I know you. I just want to be your horse I suppose, I have a strong back and a decent quirk, and you can mind control so I'd like to be on the winning team if you don't mind." Perfect, I just have to stroke his ego and hope for the best, as long as I don't bring up the crap rumors people said about him being a villain I should be fine. I remark, but if heroes and villains are basically same difference different method, I guess it isn't a bad thing if he was called a villain, at least not to me.

"My name is Chikako Hinako, if you were wondering."

"I wasn't but it's nice to meet someone with a brain. I'm Hitoshi Shinso, and I guess if you wanted to you can join my team." He rubs the back of his head, looking around at the competition, "Do everything I say and maybe you won't become vegetables like these two." He points his thumb towards Ojiro and a boy from class 1B.

"No need to be so morbid, and I'm not getting bossed around by some overconfident looser so have a good plan, yeah?" I lean down and stretch my legs, then briefly stretch my back before cracking my knuckles with the extension of my elbows, "Maybe after all this we could even be friends." I add nonchalantly.

"YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES ARE UP! PLEASE STAND WITH YOUR GROUP MEMBERS AND GET READY!" Midnight announces, and everyone starts clambering over each other to prep for the game to come. I offer my back to Shinso and he gets on, I use my quirk to push him up on my shoulders, my 160 centimeter tall body short enough to allow Ojiro and the class B kid to grab onto Shinso's legs.

"Hey, thanks for volunteering I guess." Shinso mutters to me, barely audible over the sound of the cavalry battle starting. I smile to myself and take off in the direction Shinso tells me, grabbing a headband right off the bat.

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I hold up my hands for a double high five to Shinso, he looks at me skeptically. He doesn't high five me so I put my hands in my pockets and walk beside him to the cafeteria, "You're not a bad guy, you know. Your personality is... debatable, but I'll share my good karma to you And maybe one day you'll share good karma with me in return."

"We'll see." He murmurs, walking up to Lunch Rush as we make our way through the line, "I'll get katsudon, please."

Lunch Rush starts prepping it, the name familiar from eating with Midoriya and his friends a few times. Lunch Rush then looks at me as he finishes up the food for Shinso, "Fried rice, please. Ooh and can you add shrimp?"

He nods and hands Shinso his food and makes mine. Surprisingly Shinso waits for me off to the side while Lunch Rush makes my food, then walks with me towards a table off to the side near a window. Asui waves to me as I pass, to which I wave back before sitting down across from Shinso. He seemed to... lead me to the table, as if he wants to eat with me, "So, you're considering my offer of friendship huh?" I tease.

"Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions." He mutters, digging in to his katsudon as I start on my fried rice.

"I'm not as self-centered as you may think, your aura is kind Shinso-san, and I find your karma pleasant. Whether you're friends with me or not I don't care, so long as you keep good energy." I mutter through a mouthful of rice, "Sorry if that sounds super weird, just thought I'd share, you're closed off though which is very deceiving."

He nearly chokes on his crusted pork, but regains his composure quickly, "Your prying isn't helping your proposal." 

"Who said I'd want you as a husband?" I joke, stifling a chuckle underneath a sip of water. He nearly drops his crusted pork and loses some sauce in a small drop out of his nose as he grows red with embarrassment and quietly laughs in an uncomfortable manner. Listening to his laugh as his nose and ears go full on red and laugh. Not one of those cutesy giggles either, a full on open mouth, people would mistake me for a hyena, laugh.

Shinso snorts in return, and that's the beginning of his unwanted friendship with me.

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Ojiro's pride stunted him from going on into the qualifier for one on one student battles, same with the kid from class 1B, and Tetsutetsu and Ibarra were chosen in the places of them. I stayed because I wasn't mind controlled by my new acquaintance, so now I get to beat up my schoolmates... lovely. I really hope my karma against the other students won't come back to bite my butt later, I don't want to use too much bad karma or I'll get a hell of a kick to my back later.

"Hinako-San!" Midoriya walks up to me, waving his hand, catching up to walk beside me, "I want to know about your quirk if that's okay, I saw you when I used Hatume-san's jet pack and I'm super curious!" He gets flustered and waves his hands around, "If that's okay!! I uh don't want to intrude or anything I'm just curious!!"

"You're quite the flatterer, fanboy, aren't you?" I tease, "I'll tell you my quirk after the battles are over, in case we come face to face with each other." I tap a finger to my chin and enter the room where Midoriya has to get ready to battle Shinso, "To put it simply and vaguely, I am 'what goes around comes around'." I wink for good measure over my shoulder and head to the viewing place with my support course class.