Flicker (KatsukiXOC)

5. Battle

"I have...!"

"Come through the door like normal!"

The booming voice of All Might shook Awako awake. She made a little snorting noise as she did, and quickly scrambled to wipe the drool off of her face. She heard Tsuyu let out a tiny croak of laughter.

Rubbing her eyes she watched All Might swagger into the room and suddenly felt the brewing excitement of all of her classmates. She, too, felt excitement bubble in her chest. She had heard a rumor that he was teaching at U.A. but never dreamed of seeing the number one hero in the flesh let alone see him as her teacher. Her face brightened and she clapped her hands quickly with the other students.

"Hero basic training," he boomed, "The class that'll put you through all sorts of special training and mold you into heroes! No time to dilly dally! Today's lesson is this! Battle training!"

Awako froze mid cheer, turning as white as a sheet. Kirishima and Tsuyu exchanged glances with one another before looking back at Awako. She moved her gaze to the side, looking.

Katsuki was indeed grinning like a demon. She wasn't surprised in the least bit at this fact.

"And for that you'll need these!" All Might said, holding out his arms. "In accordance with the Quirk Registry and the special forms you filled out before being admitted. Costumes!"

Everyone was on the edge of their seats with excitements. Kirishima even jumped up from his chair.

Awako still stood frozen, looking just about as rigid as Iida.

"After you change, come out in ranking order to ground beta!" All Might said. Everyone cheered as Awako stared blankly at a wall.

"Ba...Battle training.." she whispered, her eyes as wide as dinnerplates.

~

Awako had spent what seemed like ages on her costume design. It was on a rainy afternoon that she finally settled at her desk to draw up plans for what she would wear on her long journey to become a hero.

She was completely lost.

It took her hours to come up with the initial sketch. She wanted something light and flowy. Something she could move easily in and had a specific flair to it. Her quirk required many spins and turns in it as she maneuvered the water with her hands and body.

Her first sketch ended up looking like a ballerina costume.

She crumpled it up and tossed it, letting out a long sigh as she tapped her pencil on her desk.

Maybe she should request something more padded. And what about color scheme? She always liked purple and blue. Yes, those were the colors she wanted in her costume. She needed something she could take a few dives in if she had to. Something that could absorb the shock if she had to throw herself at an enemy. And what about her mask? Every hero had a mask of some sort. Goggles. Perfect

This time her sketch looked like a giant marshmallow.

She ripped the paper to shreds and pulled her hair, letting out an exasperated grunt.

At this point she was ready to reconsider her choice to become a hero. She called Tsuyu for inspiration and then finally turned to reading manga to figure some sort of design out. After a walking around her house a few times and staring blankly inside of her refrigerator she dragged herself back to her desk.

Then all at once her costume seemed to come together.

She kept her goggles, finding them too cool of an idea to ditch. She drew out a sleeveless turtleneck the cut off below her ribs. From the bottom of that was sheer fabric that stretched down to her mid thigh. She added shorts beneath that and thigh highs as well as arm warmers. They were all made from stretchy breathable material, something easy to move around in. All of this was from her first design. From her second she simply incorporated elbow and knee pads. Finally she added simple slip on shoes. Overall the outfit varied in her blue and purple color scheme.