Figuring Things Out

Chapter 6: Change

~9:45 am~

~at field 8~

~Deku's POV~

Yay! It's almost time to start! I'm so excited, but I've got to try my best, while still keeping control of my powers. I wonder who I'm up against! Maybe I should go ask All Might, since he is the one hosting the strength contest. Oh, he's right over there! "Hey All Might! All Might!" I say while running up to him. "Yes, young Mydoria?" "So how is this whole thing gonna work? By that I mean who am I going up against, and how are we doing it?" I'm wanted to get a good idea of the whole competition and what it's going to be like. "Well, young Mydoria," he starts, "first off we are going to test your strength. I'll have you hold something heavy based off of what I can assume your body can handle, and add more weight from there. Once it gets to heavy for you, and you know that you can't hold anymore, I'll stop giving you more weights and you'll hold it until your opponent is pushed to their limits as well. Then you and your opponent are going to hold the weights above your heads for exactly 60 seconds, and I will record how much weight you could hold and everything else you may assume is important. By then you and your rival will be tired from holding that much weight, and you will proceed to battle. The goal of this activity is to see how well you can use and control your quirks even when tired and weak. The reason we aren't doing a normal battle is because often the opponents get tired at different times, so in this competition you will be tired at the same time, making it fair and easier to record, also giving us how much you can carry." "Wow, ok that seems fair! Who is going to be my opponent then?" I questioned. I watched All Might pull a piece of paper out of his pocket, and examine it. "Ah, it looks like it will be Denki vs Kirishima, you vs Bakugou, and lastly Ochako vs Tokoyami." He folded the paper and put it back in is pocket. "Oh ok, thank you All Might!" I reply and head to a bench on the side of the field. For some reason I feel, almost like I don't want to. I don't know why, maybe because of what happened the other nigh? That was awkward, but Kacchan doesn't seem to care, so I should probably just forget about it. But still, it's hard to forget something like that. I can tell my face is heating up from the thought of, well, THAT. Ok Deku, just imagine it being fine, and ok, and not caring. I'm so glad that track didn't take to long, if it didn't then I wouldn't have this time to myself to think. I must think positive. It will be fine, Kacchan isn't pissed, it will be fine, Kacchan isn't pissed, it will be fine.........hey I think it's working! I don't really feel too awkward about last nights situation anymore! But then why do I still not want to fight? Maybe I'm just tired, it was hard to sleep last night, after what happened. No that's not it, I was fine at track. Arg, stupid brain.

~Bakugou's POV~

Well, I'm here on field 8 for my first event. Looks like round face and pikachu are getting here around the same time as me, and I can see bird face with them too. Great. And to make everything worse, that damn nerd is here already. Of course he's muttering to himself, like always. He's the only person I know that does that, so weird. Anyway, I wanna know who I'm going to be blowing up today. "Oi, All Might, I wanna know who I'm going to explode." "Well, Bakugou, your going to be battling with Young Mydoria today. And there will be no deaths, this fight will only go on until one of you steps out of the arena, gets injured, or just can't keep up any longer." Tch, I have to fight with Deku. This is actually going to be pretty fun, now that I think of it. "Oi, Deku." I walk up to him. "Y-yes Kacchan?" "I'm going to blow your face off." Before I can hear that damn nerd respond, All Might announces that the last person has arrived and to gather in the field to know the rules and partners. As we are standing in the field, Deku looks expressionless. Not that I care for that damn nerd, but I guess I'm just surprised. He's always is so annoyingly excited and nervous at the same time, it's almost cute......WHAT?!?! What am I even thinking!?!? Deku isn't cute, he's just a annoying nerd who's always in the way. Tch, my brain must be tired or something, there's no way I'd ever think that. "ALL RIGHT! LETS START!" I hear All Might say, but I forgot to pay attention. I'll just watch the first round and learn the rules from that.

~After the first round~

"Kirishima won! Good try Denki, you did astounding as well! Next up, Izuku Mydoria and Katsuki Bakugou!" I walk to middle of the field after hearing All Mights announcement, and the nerd is walking slow as he possibly can, or so it seems. "OI DEKU! WE DONT HAVE ALL DAY, YOU DAMN NERD! HURRY UP SO I CAN DESTROY YOU ALREADY!"

~Deku's POV~

I really don't want to do this...........I am not sure why, I just don't. *suddenly it hit him* Wait, what if I went up against someone else? The thought of battling against Tokoyami doesn't feel as bad as battling against Bakugou, but why? I mean it's not like I want to hurt him. Wait, why am I thinking like this? It's just a fight for school, its not like I'm doing anything wrong...

Posting this for shits and giggles looking back in 2023 bc I found this draft and it's not getting finished