change of plans || todoroki shouto x reader

chapter seven

the training starts with the two pairs of hero and villain. bakugou and iida against midoriya and uraraka.

very fittingly, at least in [name]'s eyes, bakugou's team is playing the role of the villains. he didn't seem to give a fuck though, he only cared about beating midoriya's ass.

midoriya.. doesn't seem to have much control over his quirk. [name] thinks. i probably shouldn't be one to talk but he should really work on that.

daamn. is it bad that bakugou's actually attractive when he has his mouth shut?

[name] snickers to herself. wow i'm such a loner.

she feels a vibration on her waist and sees her phone lighting up.

to: [name]
hey, can you do today for the spar?

to: cat man
uhh, yeah i think so?? ima text u the deets later im in class rn

to: [name]
you should've just replied later then, tsk tsk

to: cat man
meh, im just watching some of them spar rn. im in hero basics and there's some battle training going on for the first day

to: [name]
great, maybe you'll get some practice so i won't beat you as hard later in our own spar

to: cat man
u ever stop and think maybe you're the overconfident one :/

to: [name]
i think my confidence is pretty justified

to: cat man
whatever floats ur boat, dabi. whatever floats ur boat

[name] smiles to herself. she hasn't been this happy ever since she got to japan. dabi truly did remind her of her own brother in a way. before he started becoming busy with hero work, at least.

she looks up to see the match still ongoing. a large portion of the building has been destroyed, which will probably cost a lot of points on the heroes' part.

the view is focused to bakugou and midoriya who are starting at each other in extremely different manners.

bakugou, angrily glaring down at the cowering midoriya's figure.

with one move, midoriya finishes the fight. a powered punch missing bakugou completely, aiming at one of the building's foundations.

midoriya and uraraka win, [name] very much impressed. her increasing interest in midoriya and his quirk is pushing her to make friends with him and his lovely trio.

[name] brushes it off. maybe later.

the rest of the battles speed by, only one of them catching her attention.

todoroki finishes his in less than two minutes, baffling the entire audience.

[name] overhears that he's one of the students that got in through examination recommendation. no wonder.

[name] takes note of his quirk. either an ice manipulation quirk or an ice and fire quirk. he didn't use his fire in a way as flashy as he did the ice but melting down his mess suggested he had a heat quirk.

after a couple more battles, it was [name]'s turn. paired with yaoyorozu, against whoever it was–she didn't pay attention.

"so [last name]-san, do you have any plan in particular?" yaoyorozu asks. they play the villains, which meant they had two main things to focus on. capturing the heroes, and keeping the weapon.

[name], not recalling her partner's quirk, answers, "yeah. just guard the weapon and i'll take care of the rest. if one of them comes after the weapon here, immobilize them."

yaoyorozu nods. she didn't seem to mind being bossed around. which wasn't good for her, her quirk is powerful in harmony with her intelligence–much like [name]–so she should take confidence in that and establish a stand of her own.

who was [name] to complain, though? this just meant that the battle would wrap up faster.

all might signals the start of the battle. [name] exits the room where the weapon was and yaoyorozu immediately goes to work. she barricades the door with metal beams, which meant even [name] couldn't pass through that entrance if she wanted to.

[name] walks around, hands in the pockets she thankfully had put in her suit design.

step

[name] jolts and turns, squatting to the floor and immediately placing her hand on it. the sound of concrete buzzing as it moved ringed in her ears and when she looked up she had already caught one of the heroes.

her quick movement built a thick layer of concrete on the hero's legs, covering them completely up to their neck.

"dammit," they curse. [name] chuckles in response, "better luck next time..," she trails off not recalling his name.

"kaminari. kaminari denki," he responds. "i was one of the people who tried to tell you off when you were bickering with bakugou on the first day."

"ah yes," [name] answers. "i remember now."

"so, where's your fellow hero, kaminari," she asks. "i want this to finish up already."

suddenly the sound of all might's voice comes up in their earpieces again. "the heroes have been immobilized. the villains win!"

"i don't think you need to worry about that anymore," kaminari laughs.

ah, i guess yaoyorozu caught the other one who was coming for the weapon.

[name] places her hand on the thick concrete on kaminari's back. it breaks apart and goes back to its former position, replacing itself on the cracks on the walls and floors where it came from.

they exit the building and head back to the viewing deck, [name]'s eyes on her phone for the rest of the walk back.

sure, she hated hero school. but the smile she was keeping to herself just told her that she never not loves showing off her quirk.

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tl;dr: [name] is intent on keeping to herself despite growing interest in midoriya and todoroki. first proper use of her quirk is shown.