KamiJirou-Dreaming

Welcome to the World of Monsters

Credit @AzSearunon twitter for the colored manga panel :O

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As Kyouka sat next to Denki, she was again remindedof how far she would need to go in order to acheive her dreams of becoming a hero. Everyone around her just seemed so far ahead, how would she catch up? Of course, she was already knocked out of the tournament, as her team didn't place in the top 4, but she thought she did okay, right? But no matter,what was done is done, she thought, but she still couldn't shake the silent frustration, what did she do wrong, why wasn't her work enough? She tensed up as the first match, Midoriya versus Shinso, commenced. She gritted her teeth as Tokoyami ousted Momo. She despaired when Todoroki froze half the stadium in ice, how could she compete with such monsters? 

She was shaken from her thoughts as Denki rose. 

"Where are you going?" she asked the blonde. 

"It's my turn to fight," he replied softly, "Wait for me, yeah?"

But as the earphone jack looked at her partner, there was something different about him. His eyes burned the fires of determination, his voice focused and concise. The aura was not that of a happy-go-lucky figure who could make anyone smile, who acted like a dunce in class tomake her smile. No, it was of a man on a mission, and the whole class could feel it, the drop in temperature as he made his way to the door. 

"I'm gonna win this thing and beat all of you," Denki said under his breath as he passed the section where Todoroki, Midoriya, Kirishima, and Bakugou were sitting, "Consider it a declaration of war." 

The class was shocked, was this guy? It was for certain not the sociable Denki Kaminari, who would never challenge the 4 strongest in the class? But for Kyouka it was different. He was leaving her behind to compete with the monsters, to acheive his dream, but what was she doing?   She looked down at her pants and gripped them in frustration. 

Another monster has entered the building.

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Denki sat in his waiting room, analyzing his situation. His opponent Ibara Shiozaki. She had a very versatile quirk, which allowed her hair to grow like vines and manipulate the subsequent vines. A quirk that warranted a place in 1-A. However, what kept her back, as he had seen in most 1-B students, was a lack of drive and desire. Of course, there were exceptions, but that did not matter. This eliminated the full on discharge until he dropped; he probably would be countered and sent back. Her vines proposed a mighty challenge as he did not have wis sword or his knives.

"C'mon man, think!" Denki told himself, "It's just like another test! O-oh wait, I'm not good at those either... ummm whatever."

"Whatever the case I need to close the gap between me and Shiozaki, so that I can unleash my full power without getting countered, but how?" Denki racked his brain for answers, "Ughhhhhh why'd I challenge them if I can't even get past this." 

He thought about taking other people's moves, what he could use. Bakugou augmented his speed with explosions to boost him to his destination. Todoroki propelled himself by pushing off with ice then gliding smoothly on an icy path. Kirishima lacked speedand made it up in pure stopping power, so that was out of the question. But Midoriya stored energy in his legs my the looks of it in order to push off, so that was a viable option, but what wouldhe do to blast apart the vines in order to get close enough to win? The wasn't much to go of of, the only example was Bakugou but was an explodey boi so he wasn't a goo example. Then he thought about Kyouka and her quirk. The circular waves would tear it apart  and open up a window. That was it.

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Denki stepped out to cheers and screams, but he could hear nothing but his hollow steps and Present Mic. It was a hot mid-summer's day, but he felt cold. He had eaten breakfast, but he was still hungry. His eyes locked on his opponent. Shiozaki certainly wasn't a sore sight, but Denki could care less right now. He stepped onto the floor, and took a breath of cool air as the wind blew his hair around. Miss Midnight stood at the podium, and he could feel his stomach drop and the world fade.

"Start!"

Denki reacted quickly, side stepping a vine and snapping it in half with a chop of an electrified hand. Quickly, he charged his legs as dodged her attacks, sliding, leaping, deflecting, and cutting her vines. She could not get a clean hit. Shiozaki had surrounded herself ina shell of  vines as she peeked through portholes in her shell, only attacking with one vine. Denki figured she was limited to how many vines she could grow and manipulate, and most was being used in her shell. As her frustration mounted, she gritted her teeth as he dodged her vine. With a uncharacteristically loud yell, she unloaded a barrage of vines. But with this, her shell broke. 

Denki smirked, chance had peered at him with eyes of gold. He cut the first 2 vines, side stepped a sneaky vine, and jumped into the air to avoid a large one. It was Shiozaki's turn to smirk; she had him where she wanted, isolated and unable to move as the vines closed in. But Denki still had his ace, and he let out electricity in a conical fashion, clearing his the vines in front of him. Above, Class 1-A recognized it as Kyouka's signature blast, but Denki paid no heed.

An "ooooooooooohhhhhhh" from the crowd as he somersaulted into a crouched position, having absorbed the kenetic energy and translated it into power. Then he made a hand signal like and slammed his palms into the floor.

"Energy Prison Technique: Stage 2!" he yelled, momentairily freezing Shiozaki and stripping her of her kenetic energy; she could not move. In the same instant, he exploded out of his stance and had a fist at her stomach. Time had slowed around him, but Denki could not notice. As soon as he connected, he was back in real time. Shiozaki flew to the wall and crumpled against it, knocked out. Behind him, a trail of thunder lightning crackled and the stadium heard a loud thunderclap. 

A moment later,, the stadium erupted into cheers and screams of disbelief. 

"What the hell, who is this guy?!"

"It only took him two moves, the rest of the battle was her trying to catch him!"

"Amazing, did you see that speed, he was there at one moment and in the blink of an eye, he's sending her to the wall!"

"The thunder was so cool!"

As Midnight announced Denki as the winner, he walked over to the crumpled Shiozaki and lifted her onto the stretcher. Her eyes flickered open as she looked at him. Denki placed his hand on hers and bowed his head in respect.

"My apologies, Miss Shiozaki, I did what I thought was adaquate, forgive me."

"I-it's nothing, Kaminari," she replied softly, her voice faint, "It was a good fight."

He walked away to his waiting room, but as he passed the section where his classmates were sitting. They were dead silent, shocked at his power. The actual time was 10 minutes, and it was mostly Shiozaki on the offensive. Denki had about 30 seconds of offensive action. The next competitor, Iida didn't even have enough time to get prepared. As he reached the top floor, he awkwardly made his way to Kyouka and sat down next to her. 

In front of him, Sero muttered, "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed and we've been, quite possibly, bamboozled." 

The meme was there but no one would laugh. They were too busy brooding over how to defeat Denki. 

The monster had indeed arrived.

Literally I hate quarentine cuz I'm being bombarded with work like it isn't even funny. Thanks for reading tho :3 - J. Linz