that's just how it works [REWRITING]

Chapter Twenty three - Obstacle Number One of the Hellish Course

*Alternate Title: Break your legs while fighting robots (Y/n)

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   'An obstacle course race... Damn.'

   You curse silently, praying to the lord that you would have enough stamina to survive this. 

   "All 11 classes will participate in this race. The course will be the outer circumference of this stadium-- about four kilometers*!" Midnight calls out, crushing your dreams. 'Never mind, I have no hope.'

*Four kilometers is about two and a half miles

   "Our school's selling point is freedom!" The pro heroine shot her arm up, gripping her whip tightly as she licked her lips. "As long as you stay on the course, it doesn't matter what you do!"

   Around you, everyone cheered. It rang in your ears, making you cringe. "Now, take your places everyone!" 

   Everyone gathered around the entrance to the track, poised to start running. You squirm, slipping through the crowd to at least get in the middle so you'd have a better chance. 

   The lights over the gates slowly dimmed one by one, counting three-- 

   'I can't do this, oh my gosh.'

   Two--

   'I'm going to fail this, I can't do this oh gosh.'

   One--

   'No no no no n-'

   "Start!"

   All of a sudden, a wave of students crashed in on you from all sides, pushing you forward in the middle of your thoughts. You gasped back to reality, and got your feet moving under you. You tried to push forward in the too narrow running corridor. But was squished between students-- You started hyperventilating. 

   'It's too narrow!'

   You saw the light of the opening near, You could almost touch it, You were so close, but then--

   A cold breeze drifted in from behind you, and you took note of it immediately. This wasn't right... It could only be... 

   A soft padding of storm clouds formed under your feet, a nanosecond before ice sweeped by, Todoroki pushing forwards to be first. 

   'Todoroki-Kun... That wasn't nice...'

   You poised to jump, and you did, using the clouds you formed to propel you forwards. You clenched your fists as you flew forwards over the stuck students, alongside some of your classmates. You looked around at them, as you, again, formed clouds beneath your feet and landed. It made you bounce, but you regained your footing quickly. The clouds vaporized, leaving the bottoms of your shoes slippery. 'I can slide forwards for a few seconds.'

   Ahead of you, Todoroki was running, and you were catching up slowly, then Mineta sailed above, throwing his purple balls down onto the track to bounce off them. You sputtered, quickly stopping before you hit one. You gulped, using your clouds again to bounce up over them.

   Mineta was yelling something about a special attack to Todoroki when--

   You gasped, freezing immediately. The boy was shoved aside by a robot punch. You gulped. It was one of the robots from the entrance exam. More quickly arrived, their faux glass eyes fixing on you. Someone reached out from behind to grab your arm and pull you back. You turned. It was Midoriya.