22: 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒
"A team exercise. This sucks balls."
Bakugou clinched his fists and looked around with a glare, which was not really helping get more team members. "No one is gonna want to be on my team. And it's only gonna make things worse for Kira, but she won't fuck off. Besides what happens if I don't end up on a team? Will I be disqualified?"
"Looks like it's just you and me." Kira said with a shrug. "I'm top, I'm not carrying your ass around." She propped an arm on his shoulder.
"That's crazy! Look at all of the other damn teams! They have four to five members each!"
Bakugou looked around and scoffed. "Go find another team." He said. "Staying with me won't get you anywhere." He admitted. His voice was so low, he sounded almost ashamed. "Raccoon eyes would probably take you in. So fuck off, I'll figure something out."
"Yeah as much as I appreciate the self sacrifice, that's not happening." Kira crossed her arms. "I'm gonna tell you a secret. I don't care about this whole festival, I don't really want to win."
Kira stepped back and put a finger up. "Buuuut, I want you to win. And you can't do that without a team. So here I am, if we fail we fail together. I'd rather lose with you than get stuck in a competition I don't really want to win."
Bakugou stared. "You really think we could make it? Use your damn brain, you're supposed to be a genius right? So tell me. What would our advantages even be? Can we do this, be honest." Bakugou said. His voice was low, Kira had never actually seen him be so... Calm. So strategic. He was waiting on an honest thought out answer.
"We'd have an advantage. With your quirk we could travel through the air. Not to mention our group would be more agile than everyone else. I know most of these kid's quirks, and I'll be able to direct you."
She said, looking around.
"But listen, this will only work if you promise one thing."
"And what the hell is that?"
"You have to listen to me. No side quests, no running off after whoever you want. No being impulsive. We'll make a plan and follow it unless absolutely sure it will fail. Got it?" She asked. He scrunched up his face.
"I'm starting to think you just like bossing me around." He scoffed.
"Is that a yes?" She asked. "Can you do that? Carry me while paying attention and CARING about what I say?"
He glared at her and then looked away.
"How much do you weigh?" He asked.
"Excuse me?" Kira raised an eyebrow.
"You heard me."
"Mom said never to ask a woman that, but I need to know if I actually can do this. Though by the looks of her I'd say it wouldn't be that hard."
"Fifty four point six." (54.6kg = 120lbs)
Kira said, crossing her arms.
"Easy."
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"Run!!" Kira screamed.
"I TOLD YOU TO STOP YELLING IN MY EARS!!!" Bakugou barked back, he jumped up and blasted the ground with his quirk
"NO!!" She yelled back. "LEFT!"
"DAMN IT!!!!!" Bakugou screamed, jerking left. Kira screamed, gripping him tightly. He just barely dodged an attack from Tsu and Shoji. Tsu was trying to get their headband from Kira, and Kira was trying to avoid her tongue.
Fortunately Tsu wasn't targeting them specifically, so she ended up moving on.
"TEAM KOKOA'S SCORE IS THREATENING TO REMOVE MONOMA FROM THE FOURTH PLACE POSITION!! Present Mic screamed. "WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED THE TEAM BEING PROPELLED BY ONLY ONE PERSON COULD CLIMB THE RANKS SO QUICKLY!?!"
"SHUT UP DAMN IT!!" Bakugou yelled at his teacher. Who obviously couldn't hear him.
He stopped and stood panting. Him and Kira were trying to utilize every spare moment. He needed to take a breather as often as possible if he was going to keep this up. Sure Kira wasn't too heavy and Bakugou was really strong. But he had to run, jump, dodge and even fly. All with her attached to his back and shoulders.
"Why can't we just get the ten mil and crush Deku?" He panted. "If she'd just let me get em... Why am I so damn tired?!"
"Because EVERY team is over there plus they have dark shadow at their front. He could block any attack. He's significantly more agile and that group can also fly. It would be
Basically like handing our headband to them."
"Oh crap there's Bakugou... And Jirou hasn't redirected us..." Kirishima's thoughts popped up behind them.
"Get ready to move." She whispered in Bakugou's ear. "Jump and do a high backflip exactly when I say. I think I can get their headband." She told him.
She only got a "tch" in response as Bakugou got in his stance. Feet spread apart, palms facing down. Ready whenever she gave the word.
"Uh oh. If I take her headband will she hate me forever? I mean it's not like we're friends but still... I really hope not... But their obviously distracted, I could use my earphones..."
"Three..."
Kira mumbled. Their steps approaching.
"We're going after Bakugou?! It makes sense, he must be exhausted. But I'm still scared of the guy."
"Two..."
"Yes, this is our chance. If Jirou can snag their top two we'll be in the running again!"
"ONE!"
Bakugou blasted the ground and grunted as their bodies flipped. In a second Kira tilted her head back, eyes locked with Jirou. Their faces inches away. She had cut it close, definitely. She snatched the top headband off when they tilted again towards the ground. "Got it! Now run!"
Bakugou sprinted away and Kira turned, the group stared in shock at them. Jirou grasped at her hair, looking for the headband.
"SORRY!" Kira called out.
"DON'T APOLOGIZE!!!"
Bakugou screamed back at her.
"DUCK!"
Bakugou ducked under a plate of solid air he had almost bashed Kira's head against. Kira tucked her head into his shoulder to hide her face from any more attacks.
"HEY THERE!" A familiar blonde said. Waving his hand. "I remember you... You were on the news." He said, ignoring Kira and looking at Bakugou with a smirk.
"The news... What is he talking about-"
"You were attacked by that sludge villain a few months ago. With that and the USJ it must be frustrating to find yourself always in the position of being the victim..."
He said with a smug look. Kira didn't really know what he was talking about. But she did know one thing.
It was pissing her off.
"Newbie...."
Bakugou growled, he wanted to go after them.
"Go for it." She said, jaw clinched. "He can copy quirks, one of his guys can harden air and another can make the ground soft. The air is our best bet. But it takes a good bit to break the air shields." Kira whispered, calmly informing him of everything she knew about them.
"Her whispering in my ear like that is gonna drive me crazy.... BUT FIRST I HAVE TO KILL THIS BASTARD AND HIS GOONS."
'I'm just gonna ignore that first part.'
"Just know, he's provoking you on purpose. He wants you to act rashly, he's counting on it. So stay rational and please promise to listen to me." She asked and he grunted.
"Yeah whatever runt." He said, bursting towards the now retreating team.
The fight went on for awhile, Bakugou and Kira were able to easily avoid their attacks. Bakugou stomped through any air shields and blew up the ground whenever the other guy softened it.
"Try the same flip move we used earlier, maybe I could snatch the headbands and we can ditch them." Kira advised him.
"Yeah whatever! I was just about to do that."
"I was not. But whatever."
"Then do it already smartass." She hissed, ducking her head so she will be less likely to get hit. She glanced at the board.
Midoriya was still top.
Todoroki was behind him by ten million.
Monoma's team was placed third.
Some Shinso guy, she assumed was the purple haired boy they met earlier.
And Jirou's team has climbed back up to fifth somehow.
Her and Bakugou were a close sixth.
"I don't mean to alarm you... But we're not in the top five anymore." She said. "The times running out, it's now or never."
"Alright... Hold on then newbie and be ready to grab those fucking headbands!!" He said, running forward, his quirk went off and they were in the air again.
He burst through a glass-like barrier and flipped. Kira reached over and gripped the headbands. The world seemed to move in slow motion as her skin made contact with the blonde boy's forehead.
Kira jerked her arm away, almost losing a headband.
"I wonder..."
The blonde thought, even as his hand went to his head.
"What type of quirk she has?"
"DON'T!" Kira screamed. Bakugou came to a stop and looked up, the smirk wavering. But Kira wasn't concerned with him.
She watched in horror as the boy looked over and smirked and then...
He clutched his head in his hands, face contorted in pure agony. He let out a scream and his teammates finches back.
His ears started to bleed as the force of millions of thoughts crashed onto him at once.
Kira's quirk had come to her slowly. Starting out as only feeling people's emotions. Then seeing fuzzy pictures. Then she heard mumbles when she touched people. Then slowly as she grew it expanded with age. It wasn't until age seven she could hear distinct thoughts. It wasn't until twelve she could pick up on more than twenty people at a time.
Her mind and body had years to adjust.
But Monoma had used her quirk in it's fullest form, all at once.
Then the screaming stopped. He leaned forward and braced himself on the head of his classmate. Breathing heavily, rubbing his eyes.
Did he deactivate her quirk? Or maybe... Did someone else.
She looked up at the announcement booth. Aizawa was standing up and looking into the chaos with glowing red eyes. Staring at Monoma, deactivating his quirk and saving him from the pain.
"What... What was that?! There was so much noise... I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think... What kinda quirk was that?!" He looked over at Kira as her and Bakugou ran away. She tucked her head into his shoulder again, trying not to cry.
She shouldn't have been so careless. She knew what his quirk was but she had touched him anyways.
"What the hell was that?! She yelled and he screamed- wait... His quirk..."
Kira held onto Bakugou tightly, keeping her head hidden in the crook of his neck.
"Her quirk..."
He thought, glancing backwards.
"Just... Keep running. T-times almost out." She whispered to him. Not bothering to actually look at at the time or their scoring.
"She's upset. What type of quirk could cause that kinda reaction? The way he screamed... He even started bleeding... Does she feel guilty? Or is she upset because she wants everyone to believe she's quirkless?"
Bakugou wondered.
His thoughts stayed on her and her quirk. It seemed to be something for him to think about and focus on as he ran and dodged. Something to think about other than his aching muscles and back.
"I don't understand why someone would lie about being quirkless. Yet I know two people who've done it. Is anyone actually quirkless? Or are they all just faking it? Maybe her quirk is something embarrassing, something useless that she might as well hide. But I don't know how a quirk like that could cause such a powerful reaction. Should I... Should I ask about it? Maybe later. When she's not upset. Is she crying? I can't really tell, that could be my sweat."
He cringed slightly.
"Kinda wish she didn't have to press her face against my sweaty neck. But there sure as hell isn't anything I can do about that."
"It looks like our top five aren't budging! But Todoroki is still chasing after that ten million. With only one minute left on the clock it's anyone's game!" Mic said.
"One minute..." Kira whispered. She ignored how Bakugou's muscles tightened and flexed underneath her. His hands gripping her thighs, holding them against his waist.
"Yeah..." He huffed. "I heard em."
"I don't want to do this anymore." She mumbled.
"You're not doing shit." He groaned.
"Somethings really wrong. She's breaking down. I don't know what to do... But she was there for me when I was freaking out right?"
"The sports festival... I don't think I can do this anymore." She said, squeezing her eyes shut.
"You're just tired. You'll have like an hour after this to rest. You'll be fine, you can't drop out now." He said, wheezing. He was exhausted, too tired to even move anymore. He stood in one spot, feet planted firmly on the ground as he kept his eye on every group around them.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Times up! Everyone stop!"
Kira slipped off of Bakugou's back and he fell to his knees. "God... That was exhausting." He gasped, running a hand through his hair.
Kira knelt down and put a hand on his shoulder. Covering her head with her other hand. "I messed up. My quirk... It hurt him. It HURT him. I should have been more careful. And now he knows... Everyone could know..."
"You d-did great. Thank you." She whispered.
Bakugou glanced up. "Are you okay?" He asked, standing up and wobbling slightly. "You look pale." "Er than usual."
He got his bearings and stood up straight.
"At least I don't have to carry anyone on my back anymore. But Fuck I'm tired."
"Up in first by just a hair is team Todoroki! Who just barely managed to snag the ten million points!"
Mic said, Bakugou looked up and blocked the sun from his eyes.
"Second place... Who would have thought?! It's team KOKOA!! They knocked team Monoma out of the running and are still standing strong!"
Bakugou put a hand on her shoulder.
"Second place." He whispered. "Not first but still... Good."
"Team Jirou snagged third place and in fourth is... Team Shinso! Man I don't really remember them but hey! These are our final contestants! Let's give them a big round of applause huh?"
The crowd Complied and noise crushed down on Kira. So much noise. So many thoughts, so many claps and screams.
"Hey. Hey newbie!" Bakugou said, looking closer at her. A trail of red blood leading down from her ear to her neck.
"She's bleeding... Damn it I need something to wipe her up... Where are her headphones? Is this why she wears them? Maybe her quirk is some sort of amplified hearing. That would make sense."
Bakugou put his hands up nervously, Kira glanced up at him. His hands lifted up and gently clasped over her ears. "Hey what's up? Come on, we need to get you to the nurse." He said, leaning forward trying to get her to look at him.
"Come on." He whispered, he dropped a hand to her shoulder and then slid it around to her back. Leading her out of the stadium.
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"Woah... Check that out." Denki said, bumping Mina and nodding over. He had just jogged over from Todoroki's group.
"What? Midoriya crying? He's always crying, what's the big deal?" Mina asked, blinking.
"No! Behind him, at the back of the field."
Denki said, pointing over.
The rest of the group turned to look at the team of two. They were just close enough to see the red blood dripping from her ears. Close enough to see the genuine concern written clearly across Bakugou's face.
The group tilted their heads in perfect unison as Bakugou lifted his hands to cover her ears, the action was so careful, so gentle...
So out of character.
"Oh They're totally dating." Mina said with a nod. "There's no way they aren't."
"Really?! After like, what? two weeks?"
Denki asked. "Isn't that soon?"
"Nah, happens all the time. Especially with how close they got so fast." Sero said, waving Denki away.
"You... You guys really think they're dating?" Jirou asked, scratching the back of her neck.
"Really?"
"Yeah why not?" Mina asked with a shrug.
She glanced over and then gasped, covering her mouth. "Oh my god wait."
"What?" Denki asked.
"No! Don't, stop!"
Jirou said, putting her hands up.
"Please don't."
"Yeah yeah, okay." Mina put her hands up. "But we are DEFINITELY talking later." She said, pointing at Jirou. "Got it?"
"I'm so fucking confused right now." Sero said, looking at Denki who shrugged.
"OoooOoh I get it." Kirishima said. "Jirou likes Bakugou." He said with a clueless smile.
Jirou and Mina shared a glance before bursting out into loud laughter.
"Oh God no!" Jirou said, laughing and holding onto Mina who cackled.
"No, no buddy." Mina put a hand on Kirishima's arm.
"Sorry, but no."
A/N: there have been a few comments about Kira's weight. (Not negative ones just comments)
I figured it was somewhat realistic considering the fact that Kira is a very skinny person as stated several times before in the story.
She's also about 5'3 or 5'4 in the story.
(But as she continues UA and bulks up more she will obviously gain more weight)
I just don't want to give the impression of the cringe: "uwu I'm y/n and I'm 4'11 with big hips and boobs but I have a microscopic waist and I weigh 50 pounds🥺"
But considering the fact that she's almost under weight she'd be really light.
Just wanted to clear that up
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