// Breaking the Tension //

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Denki stretched out in front of test ground D, anxiously awaiting the practical test. As was explained the day before, he would be fighting robots in order to gain points. Of course, Denki like robots, since they were easy to take down, for him at least. While stretching, Denki assessed the competition. He liked what he saw. Everyone in Ground D was at the least, moderately athletic, but not as much as he, for sure. "Wow, I really drew a lucky card!! Now it's up to me to take advantage of it." Denki smirked.
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Kyoka liked her odds, to say the least. A lot of her competition looked to be close quarters combat dependent, giving her range a added bonus. Also, while many of them were, in her opinion, fit and ready for a long fight, Kyoka assessed, correctly, that her fellow testers, while big and strong, sacrificed a ton of speed, compared to her. She always liked running, and she was reasonably fast. "Wow, what a lucky pick, at least I didn't get the explosion guy or the engine dude, they looked like the real deal." Kyoka thought.

"GOOOOOO!!!!"

Immediately, after the surprise start, Kyoka bolted out of the newly opened gates. Her colleagues, however stood at the entrance, confused. "A real villain doesn't give you a start signal!!!" Present Mic exclaimed. By the time her classmates came to, Kyoka had already marked up 29 pts. "Heh, what a breeze..." Kyoka thought, amused.
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In all honesty, the same thing happened with Denki. He bolted straight out of the gate while his troop stayed behind, surprised and confused. Denki charged a 3 pt robot, dodged its nasty right hook, and gave it his own electrically charged fist, piercing through the metal and leaving a hole. With his fists charged and the robots rolling at him, Denki got into his "zone". He was focused, sharp, and nimble. He dodged hooks and jabs, then followed with a electric combo, destroying any robot who appeared in his path. He ended losing count at 60 pts, he was just too good. His classmates weren't too bad, they were holding their own. Particularly this one cute girl with the big hand, she looked to be in good shape. "She's pretty cute, maybe I should try asking her out?" Denki thought while taking down another robot, "Her name was Itsuka Kendo, if I remember correctly." Kendo noticed Denki looking at her, and ran over. " 'Sup? You've been looking at me this whole time, d'ya need something?" Kendo asked. Denki chuckled, "Hold on lemme finish this one off." Denki ducked under a punch, climbed onto the robot, and released a fair amount of electricity, frying the robot but keeping him intact.
Trying to look as heroic as possible, Denki jumped down and grinned at Kendo. "Nailed it!!" He thought to himself. Obviously, Denki was always the one person who wanted to be a womanizer. Sometimes it worked, sometimes... not so much. But this time, the look on Kendo's face said it all, he looked amazing. "Wow," She said, sounding slightly speechless. "Wow, wow, wow, wow, WOW!!!!" Denki chuckled, "Am I that amazing?" He said with a wink. "Yeah, you looked real professional there." Kendo's responded, smiling in disbelief. "Well, I try." "So, what's your point count so far?" She asked. "Oh I lost count at around 60, but that was 5 minutes ago." Denki responded.
"15 minutes left"

"And here I thought I drew a lucky card, I'm still at 39. It's pretty obvious you'll make it." Kendo responded, sounding quite discouraged. "Aww man, don't think about it like that, you've still got time," Denki said, trying to sound confident and inspirational. "15 minutes is really a long time, so let's get to work!!!" He held out his right hand. Kendo looked at his hand, then him, smiled and gave him a high five. "Yeah, let's kick some butt!!" She said, smiling.
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Kyouka, on the other hand, was also kicking butt. She ran around the testing grounds, hunting mock villain after mock villain, dodging blows and blasting them away with sound waves. "This is super easy, I might not even break a sweat." Kyouka muttered to herself. "And here Kaminari thought I was weak, look how many points I got, dummy!" She laughed when thinking about his reaction, how shocked he would be. "Well, Pikachu certainly is a powerful dude, he does have the skills to talk that trash, but he doesn't always have to point out the obvious, that jerk... other than that, Kaminari's a cool dude." Kyouka thought. She ended up standing still for 5 minutes straight thinking how cool Denki was. "W-well, he's always been cool, to me at least..."She continued, "He's always trying to help others and make others happy. And he's always been caring, kind, sweet, a-and - " Her thoughts were cut short when she realized who she was talking about, "Wait, why am I being like this? He's just a friend, or like a brother to me, right?" At this point it was just her blushing self trying to reason out why she was thinking this way. There really wasn't anything in her life at that moment that bothered her enough to shake her out of thinking. "Well, what is it then? Has he changed? Well, no he's always stayed the same since the day I met him, I would've noticed. Sexual desires? Ew, gross, no. Desperation for a love interest? No way I'm that lonely, and besides, I haven't any real interest in love for a good portion of my life so why now? Hormones? Probably. Love?" She stopped an thought for a while. " What IS love, anyways? Whatever, I'm pretty sure its just a phase it'll be over soon. Now let's get to work!!!" She turned and started to run, only to run into the biggest robot of them all. She saw other testers running away. But Kyouka wouldn't put it past them, that robot was huge. She started to turn and run the other way until she heard the terrified scream of a female tester. She was on the ground clutching her ankle, looking up t the robot, terrified. Before Kyouka could even think, her body was already in front of the girl, blasting the robots foot away. Another tester, this time a guy with a headband, came and picked the injured girl up with a makeshift stretcher made of welded robot parts. "I think his name's Awase, i'll have to thank him later for helping me out, but for now, let's blow this guy away!!!!" Kyouka said to herself. She could feel her limit, however, and knew she couldn't hold the robot for long. So, with all her might(teehee), she released her most powerful blast that she had ever mustered, blowing the robot back and saving pretty much everyone. "Damn, that was pretty cool. Let's go get some more shall we?" she chuckled and started to head off...but ended up hearing, "The physical exam has ended, please return to the entrance and review your scores, thank you for your cooperation."

Kyouka deadpanned. "Welp, that's... unfortunate." She then realized how long she had been standing around thinking about Denki before the robot showed up. Kyouka grew red hot with embarrassment, dragging herself to the score board. She took a look at her score, the highest with 76 points. "Not bad for a girl who just STOOD THERE FOR 15 DAMN MINUTES!!!" She groaned in embarrassment, " All because HE entered my thoughts, what a pain in the ass. What is it with us anyways?" She groaned and headed over to where she was gonna meet with the dreaded king of Pikachu merchandise himself, Denki Kaminari.

Meanwhile...

Denki sprinted into action. He saw the huge robot stomping along the testing grounds, wreaking havoc. He also saw Kendo desperately holding up one of the robot's feet away from an injured tester. She was losing grip every second, slipping and slipping until... she fell and got pinned by the faux villain's limb. She screamed in pain, her voice echoing throughout the street, her bloody leg crushed under the limb. 

Denki's mind roared in anger, "What kind of test hurts people on their first try, that is such BULLSHIT!!!" Denki roared in anger, putting his hands on the floor and releasing more energy than he ever released. A small part of him was surprised his brain didn't go haywire the moment he released the bolt of energy, but most of his brain was too focused, his mind sharpened by anger. The voltage was stronger than any lightning bolt , and would've definitely killed someone. The robot shuddered, backed up, and exploded by a power overload. Denki walked over to Kendo, electricity still running throughout his veins. "He might've looked cool, but honestly, who gave a shit, his friend was injured and that's not your typical entrance exam. Hell, this kind of test should be illegal, someone can die!!" Denki thought in fury. He knelt down to Kendo, "Hey, you alright?" he asked. "Yeah, just a broken leg it's fine. Besides, let's talk about you, that was amazing!" Kendo exclaimed, "You looked powerful and menacing, it's hard to believe you're the same guy who I met just a few moments ago!" She reached over to pat his shoulder when he stopped her with a wave of his hand. "You don't wanna do that, you might get shocked.". "Well, it doesn't matter cause you've already shocked my heart..."  

A.N.: My bad for the long update, I got serious writer's block but, hey, here I am, thanks for staying tuned. See ya'll in the next one.

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