𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 | 𝐊. 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨

Chapter 19 - Cavalry Battle

We had 15 minutes to pick our teams and I barely had any time to process what was happening when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"(L/N)," I turned around and saw Shoto with Momo and Tenya, "We would appreciate it if you could team up with us." (Sorry Denki) I was a little shocked at first but I accepted.

"Sure and please just call me (Y/N), all of you."

<>-<>-<>

The 15 minutes were over quicker than I expected and soon enough we were all in our teams on the edge of the arena and at the moment we were just talking about strategies.

"I chose the three of you because I believe we'll make for the most stable formation possible. (Y/N) is our left wing, she can use her quirk to keep enemies at bay. Yaoyorozu, you'll take the right wing, focus on insulation and defence. Iida you'll take the front, we'll rely on you for mobility and physical defence." Shoto explained to us.

"And you'll be attacking and creating diversions of ice and fire, is that right?" said Tenya.

"Not quite." responded Shoto. He turned his gaze to the audience. "When I'm in battle," he tightened his fist, "I never use my left side."

<>-<>-<>

We talked strategy a bit more and it was finally time to get in position. Our teams points were worth 715.

(Yes I did do the maths. Momo: 130 points. Tenya: 185 points. (Y/N): 195 points. Shoto: 205 points. Add that sh*t up and bam! Ya got 715 points! Don't try one up me in maths. I will destroy you! Jk you're probably smarter.😂)

"3!... 2!... 1!... Begin!"

"We sprinted right into the centre, it was pretty obvious that everyone was targeting Izuku's team because of the 10,000,000 points.

It was already a few minutes in and we were in 5th place. We hadn't managed to steal anyone's headband yet but no one had tried to steal ours either. Time had passed and now we were the ones standing in front of Izuku's team.

"I'll be taking that now." said Shoto. Izuku's team looked quite scared of us. "Now Iida, forward."

"Right!" Tenya activated his quirk and we were easily gliding on the roller blades that Momo created for us.

"Yaoyorozu, be ready to protect us!" Todoroki ordered.

"On it!" a metal spike emerged from her outside arm.

"(Y/N)!" He said to me.

"Don't worry, I know what I gotta do!" I responded. I shot boiling water into the sky, spraying it everywhere. Momo used an insulating blanket to shield us from getting burned. Everyone around us screamed and got temporarily distracted which gave Shoto the opportunity to freeze everyone feet to the ground. We quickly grabbed the headbands of a few of the teams we froze.

"I might as well take these." Said Shoto. We turned around and made our way back towards Izuku's team. Fumikage's dark shadow was charging at us ready to attack. "Yaoyorozu!" Momo quickly made a shield which blocked dark shadow's attack. Using Shoto's ice, we managed to corner their team.

"Everyone, we have less than 60 seconds." Said Tenya. "I'm gonna do something that'll make me useless to you, but it's worth it."

"What are you gonna do?" asked Shoto. He didn't answer, all he did was prepare himself to run.

"Make sure you get that headband." he replied. "Brace yourselves, hold on tight!... Recipro Burst!" Suddenly we were going at what felt like the speed of light. I held on for dear life and before I knew it, Shoto had the 10,000,000 point headband in his hand! When we stopped, Momo and I were silent in shock.

"Iida, what was that?" asked Shoto in amazement.

"It's a secret move I've been saving. No one in the class knew about it." The audience erupted in shouts and cheers. I turned around and saw Izuku and his team charging at us with his arm glowing. He got right up close and sliced the air making Shoto arm fall out of the way which gave him a chance to grab a headband.

He grabbed the one at the top. He probably thought that that was the 10,000,000 point one because we put that one on last. Idiots.

"He tricked us!" I heard Izuku shout.

"We mixed the headbands up, there's no way we'd leave the prize on top." said Momo. "You underestimate us." I then saw dark shadow charge towards us again.

"(Y/N)!" I shot out boiling water at it making it back down. "Yaoyorozu." Momo made a metal pole for Shoto.

"DAMMIT ICY-HOT!" I don't even need to look, I know that's Katsuki yelling. We were all charging at each other when:

"TIMES UP!" we heard Present Mic. We are all sweating and panting like crazy we were so tired. We were glad it was finally over. "In first place - Team Todoroki!" Thank god for Tenya's special move or we might not have even qualified. "In second place - Team Bakugo!" I looked over at Katsuki and it was not a pretty sight. I guess he really wanted to come first. "In third place is Tetsute- wait, what?! It's Team Shinso! When did they come back from the dead?!" I wonder who Shinso is? "And in fourth place is Team Midoriya!"

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We now had a 1 hour break for lunch. I wasn't really that hungry so I grabbed my favourite manga out of my bag and tried to find a quiet spot to read and pass the time. (Pick something other than Bnha as your favourite manga.)

I thought I had found a place but then I saw Katsuki leaned up against a wall just before the corner. I approached him silently making sure I wasn't noticed. Then, I heard other voices from around the corner.

Is he listening to someones conversation? When he and I couldn't hear the talking anymore he peeked his head round the corner. I silently closed my book and went up behind him. Unluckily for him, I had purchased the hardback version of the manga.

"(Y/N)..." I said and my weapon rose above my head and he sensed someones presence behind him.

"Huh-"

"CHOP!" my hardback book slammed into his head. (If you get this reference then I love you)

"What the hell you basta- it's you?!" he turned around and realised it was me and screamed.

"You better not be eavesdropping on someones private conversation!" I screamed back. "That is really disrespectful Katsuki! How would you feel if someone listened in to your conversation! You wouldn't like it at all now would y- mmf!" he pulled me into a kiss.

"God, I thought you wouldn't shut up." he smirked as he pulled away. "And anyway, I do know what it feels like because it's not like you can really talk." A light blush dusted my cheeks as I remembered the time I had eavesdropped on his and Izuku's conversation. I pouted as I punched his chest.

"I hate you." I mumbled.

"You love me." he replied without thought. Wait what? He suddenly realised what he had just said and blushed harder than I had ever seen. He started waving his arms around covering his face like Izuku would when he got flustered. "U-uh I-I mean, no w-wait I just-" This time it was my turn to shut him up. I placed my finger on his lips and leaned in close to his face.

"Hey, who's saying I don't love you?" I said. His face looked like it was about to explode because it was so red. I giggled and pecked his lips before pulling him into a hug and nuzzling my face into his chest.

"I l-love you t-too or whatever and y-your dumb face." he mumbled and I hugged him tighter with a huge smile on my face.

"I'm glad. Now come on, we don't wanna be late."

A/N: Another chapter complete! Plz forgive any grammar/spelling mistakes that I missed. Next Chapter on Wednesday. Author-chan out!