Different But Not Bad

Chapter 17 {Battle on, Challengers!}

I flexed Shiria's back muscles and crossed his arm over his chest and repeating the action with his other arm. "Everybody, sorry for the long wait! The stage that was frozen in the second match is finally dry, so on to the next match!" I nodded and made my way up the steps of the stage and watched his opponent do the same. Flames erupted from the corner of the stage, how did I not notice that before? "The slacker from Class A! Beauty sleep is important, you know! From the hero course, it's Shiria Higashi!" I scratched his jaw, "Gee thanks," I muttered. "Versus-- Sparking Killing Boy! From the hero course, it's Denki Kaminari!" Taking a deep breath and cracking his wrists I waited for Kaminari to get up here. Eijiro, Ashido, Sero, and he made up the 'Bakusquad' Shiria and Yugo were off and on types of members but Shiria seemed to enjoy hanging out with the group despite their energy being too fast for him to comprehend sometimes. The crowd screamed.

Denki Kaminari

Quirk: Electrification: His Quirk allows him to generate electricity and cover his body with it, he can also emit this energy over a distance but he has little to no control over it. Drawback: Exceeding his wattage limit causes his brain to short-circuit, leaving him in a vulnerable state for 1 hour.

Age: 15

"Now we'll have a super flashy battle thing time too--" "Heh, flashy, electricity against electricity." I faced towards Kaminari. "Start!" He spread his legs apart and we just stared at each other, I didn't bother changing my stance, "When this is over, wanna grab that bite to eat I promised you? I'll comfort you if you'll have me." I sighed and covered Shiria's mouth with his hand, of course he flirted as his first move. I smirked into his hand, "Just like we planned." He's been flirting with Shiria for as long as he learned his name, Shiria didn't like it because he thought he was leading him on because he wasn't a girl. And it wasn't that Shiria didn't like him it was the fact that he liked their friendship too much to convert it into a relationship. He also wasn't his type. "'Cause this match'll probably be over in a second!" Overconfident, something that often led to cockiness which was something Shiria didn't like much in his partners. He's never had one though, just wasn't a trait he found enjoyable but he did his best to put up with Bakugou. He prepared to discharge as he smirked, I bent his knees. Kaminari raised his hand, "Indiscriminate Shock... 1.1 Million Volts!" I was in control now buddy and that wasn't gonna work on me! I had more training with my Quirk then Shiria did his. I could discharge my own electricity and store it without hurting myself, not as badly as Shiria did at least. He discharged all that electricity but I was one second ahead of him, I summoned one of my own tiles, blindly reacting. My Quirk still worked even though I was long gone, my eyes were still worse than Shiria. I wasn't born colorblind but it got worse around middle school so the color-coordinated Quirk I was born with wasn't that great for me but with Shiria's eyes, I was able to see each and every color. It was like a miracle even if it couldn't last.

Kaminari's electricity did a curve-ball move and proceeded to my right, right into a tile. Which wasn't the same lime one Shiria used but it was a lime one nonetheless. I never used any tile higher than 1 million volts so the lime and red tiles were only used as storage. The tile sucked it all up until there was none left for him to discharge. I stood up and got rid of the tile, it left my body with a refreshing tingling sensation that I knew Shiria found irritating. I looked at Denki and found him still able to fight, the fuck--? I squinted at him as he prepared to run at me, "So you don't want that bite to eat?" I felt my control on Shiria's body slip as he peeked through, he always brushed me off! "Damn it Denki! I'm not a girl! Just let it go!" I slapped a hand to his mouth, that wasn't me! I knew he didn't mean to say that either, he wanted to say 'I'm not going out with you, ever!' or something along those lines. But that wasn't what came out of his mouth. "It was decided in an instant! I'll say it once more! An instant! Choosing to store Kaminari's electricity!" I took a deep breath and lowered his hand to take a look at Kaminari's surprised face, "I, um," he gulped and rubbed the back of his neck, red-faced, "I run both ways." I gave him a soft smile and started walking towards him slowly. (In this house we stan Bisexual Denki Kaminari.)