Explosive Touch [Bakugo Katsuki x OC] - Book 2

Chapter 3 - What's Wrong With You!?

That's a mine... And another one. Left's clear. Now to the right-

BOOOM!

Just as she turned her head back, the female spotted someone flying up into the air. Not because of their Quirk or anything, no. They were just casually flung off the ground by a mine, as a light pink gas spread underneath them. Well, that was one less mine to worry about.

Turning her attention back to her own feet, as she was wary not to meet the same fate as that person just now, Atsuhi sighed impatiently. This obstacle had really slowed her down. She couldn't risk stepping on a mine as that was surely going to push her quite a few positions back. She couldn't easily avoid them either so the only option she was left with was to carefully scout out their locations and slowly make her way through. Fortunately, she wasn't the only one facing similar struggles. Most of the leads were, in fact, just as stuck, cautiously stepping around, eyes frantically darting in all directions to find the next safe spot as quickly as possible. It was a slow game which required a lot of patience. And when you could clearly see the finish line right in front of you, patience wasn't really something you had a lot of. But almost everyone had to find some if they wanted to continue being in the lead as opposed to flying up in the sky.

Well, almost everyone...

Somewhere up ahead a bunch of smaller explosions sounded off, this time not coming from a mine though. Instead, their source was Atsuhi's own classmate. Even this obstacle couldn't stop Bakugo who flew forward, propelled by his Quirk, and caught up to Todoroki in the blink of an eye. It had been like that since the start. The male's explosions could always be heard a few meters ahead, as he and the dual-haired boy were constantly racing for the lead. As Present Mic loudly announced the appearance of a new leader, Atsuhi couldn't help but smile.

Maybe Bakugo-kun will be able to keep that oath, huh.

But then she shook her head. Worrying about a probably-friend was great and all but now really wasn't the time for it. Bakugo was going to be just fine. No, the one she had to worry about was herself. It was her success over everyone else's. As things were right now, no one other than the ash blond had changed their positions drastically and if things stayed that way the female should've been guaranteed a spot in the next event.

But fate seemed to have other plans, yet again throwing those unexpected twists her way. One day she was going to get used to it. Especially if they kept up at the same rate. Yet another explosion went off behind the female, and though it sounded a lot like that of her classmate, it couldn't have been as he was well ahead. So then why was it so much louder than the ones the mines made? She might've turned around to check it out but she suddenly felt something blocking the sun's rays above her. As she looked up, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Midoriya-kun?!

It sounded ridiculous. It looked ridiculous. The green-haired boy was flying on top of a metal panel, one that probably came from the robots of the first barrier. He soared over a dozen people but he hadn't yet reached his goal. He was aiming for the two leads who had no time to even turn around and see who was coming for them before Midoriya barely slid past their heads.

Actually I think he hit Bakugo-kun. Ouch.

The struggle between the three became vicious. Quirks, fists, feet, anything they could use to push the others back. Atsuhi grit her teeth in frustration and picked up her pace, taking an irresponsible risk as her eyes weren't quite able to keep up with her feet anymore.

That's bad. Bad, bad, bad. I can't lose my lead now!!

Her eyes were frantically darting back and forth between the ground and the three boys in front of her. At the last moment, Midoriya slammed the metal panel down, activating a few mines which sent him flying up ahead, leaving the other two to bite his dust. Some stopped to let the pink smoke clear but Atsuhi did not. She was getting desperate. And she could only pray she was going to reach the end. She wasn't cautious anymore. She wasn't careful. Just desperate. Maybe it was dumb. Actually, it probably was.