18 Chapter 18-Drawing the short straw...
A/N: Inspiration for this chapter comes from the milkshake I just drank. 9/10 was pretty good definitely will drink again. If I don't update tomorrow, it is because I'm binging the Grandblue Manga which is a perfectly valid excuse.
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The day of the sports festival soon rolled around, and Killua found himself skateboarding past the large crowd waiting to get admitted into the stadium. He held a liter large creamy chocolate milkshake that he idly sipped on as he made his way through the side entrance for the students.
The security had been heavily beefed up, and holding the sports festival soon after the villain attack was U.A's way of saying they didn't fear anything. Naturally, many pro heroes would keep a careful watch on the event, and there was a security perimeter around the building keeping an eye out for any suspicious behavior.
"Cutting it quite close" one of the guards at the door observed with a small smile seeing that they were scheduled to start opening ceremonies in five minutes
Killua took a long blissful sip before flipping his skateboard back into his arms "Traffic was bad" he replied casually opening the double door and going through a few hallways before he arrived at the 1.A lockerroom
"Now, not only the world is watching these events, but also many pro-heroes are watching it, so it is important to give it your all and-" Aizawa suddenly paused noticing a certain white-haired teen walk through the door casually like he wasn't supposed to be here a couple hours ago
"Aren't you a little late?" Aizawa questioned with an amused yet not surprised look like this was some sort of daily routine
Killua shrugged "Family emergency" he nonchalantly replied taking a seat on one of the benches as he got several strange glances from the classmates nearby
"Didn't you say you were an orphan a couple days...." Todoroki slowly trailed off noticing Killua's eyebrow raise further with every word
"It's quite cruel of you to rub that fact in my face like that" Killua said in an aggrieved tone "I expected a little more sympathy from you especially. I try to live my life normally, but each day the hurt of being without a family eats at me and-..." Killua continued ranting
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"Is he being serious?" Todoroku looked to Aizawa for guidance who only shrugged
"We never know, I've learned to just deal with it, you should do the same" he replied before looking back down at his clipboard
"Anyway, I'm legally required to explain the rules to you which is pretty much no killing or brutally maiming." the eraser hero said getting an annoyed look from Bakugo who was currently making throat-slitting gestures towards Izuku
"And I have been specially informed that attacks to the nether regions are strictly off-limits. Girls, I'm looking at you" Aizawa looked up from he clipboard he was carrying as collective boo's and aw's rang out through the room particularly from Jirou who was already eyeing Mineta with an evil glint in her eyes.
Soon the time came to head out, and class 1.A walked from their door onto the large open stadium field. To the left and the right of them came the other classes including class 1.B and the other classes for the first years. The competitions for the other years were being held at another place at the U.A campus which was pretty interesting.
Killua almost snuck into the third year event just for the hell of it, but he decided against it. There was this group called the big three in that year which he thought would be a pretty fun competition to go against.
Killua walked across the densely packed dirt ground with an indifferent expression as the announcer's annoying voice blared out
"It's The U.A's Sports Festival Which We Only Have Once A Year!, our little fledglings will compete in a ruthless grand battle " Present Mic loudly exclaimed as the crowd cheered
"Ruthless my ass" killua muttered under his breath
"First Up, We Have Class A The Miraculous Rising Stars Who Brushed Off A Villain Attack" the sound hero exclaimed as Killua noted with interest that they received many jealous looks from the other classes.
One blue-haired kid, in particular, was looking at them hatefully which took him back to an event which happened a couple of days after the U.S.J incident
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They were finishing up classes for the day preparing to head out after dismissal, but a huge crowd of students was blocking the door.
"What are they doing?" Uraraka asked excitedly
"Scoping out the competition, the ones who survived the hero attack duhh" Bakugo grinned an evil smile appearing on his face as he walked up to the door
"Move aside cannon fodder" he said in a loud voice attracting the attention of the crowd who looked shocked someone would say something like that
'Always interesting with Bakugo around' Killua thought with an amused grin just watching the scene play out as Iida immediately began scolding Bakugo for being rude
"I wanted to see the competition the class that survived the villain's attack would offer, but so far all I see is a bunch arrogant fools" a cold voice spoke to the side which was an average height teen with spiky blue hair and a bored look who introduced himself as Shinso.
"You know many of us wanted to be in the hero course too, but we apparently weren't good enough. There are rumors that if we do well in the sports festival, we can be moved up to the hero course" the teen spoke with a feral grin
"Naturally the opposite can be said for you" he said as several people gulped nervously especially Midoriya who looked like he had just seen a ghost.
"Shouldn't have to worry then since you all are too weak to be a threat " Bakugo spoke without hesitation like this was a fact as he stood calmly in front of the annoyed crowd.
Bored of this dick-waving contest, Killua walked out pulling out the familiar skateboard that hung off his backpack and throwing it on the ground, but he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder.
"And you, the famous star of 1.A who got first in the entrance exam" the boy spoke in distastefully .
"There are some rumors going around that you took care of most of the villains on your own" the teen said with annoyance
"And what of it" Killua's eyebrow raised
"You must think your pretty hot stuff huh? We're going to enjoy knocking you off your pedestal" he said provokingly looking to get a rise out of the boy who only sighed
"I look forward to it"
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He was interrupted out of his thoughts by a cheerful feminine voice "Now it's time to pick the student representative for the Athletes oath"
Killua looked up towards the provocatively dressed hero as whispers went around him.
"It's midnight, the R-rated hero who is going to be the Ref fo the first years!" one guy in the stands said in hushed excitement.
"Is that even allowed in a highschool?" the guys friend to the side questioned with a stupid smile on his face as he seemed to be daydreaming.
"I'm not complaining" said another licking his lips lustfully "If I was a villain, I would definitely let her tie me up"
"Now I kinda wish I was a student there. I'm sure they get all the extra credit if you know what I mean hehehehe" a college aged guy didn't even try to make his voice quiet.
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"The representative is Killua from class-1A" the R-Rated hero exclaimed gesturing for him to step onto the stage
Killua wasn't exactly surprised he was the representative, but he was kinda annoyed he had to give some speech when he was trying to enjoy a milkshake.
Everyone turned to face him, so Killua idly walked up onto the stage still sipping the chocolate milkshake. Midnight made a move to hand him the mic, so he took it in his right hand taking a deep sip before he finally spoke up with a bored expression "Can we try to wrap this up quickly, I have plans later today"
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Killua then handed her back the mic walking off the stage back to his stunned class wrapped up in his own world as he blissfully continued sipping on the milkshake that was only half empty.
"...Anyway" Midnight recovered from her stupor
"The first event up is an obstacle race, A race between all of the classes to make it to the finish line" she excitedly yelled directing their attention to the narrow passageway leading outside the arena that was blocked off by a metallic wall that looked like it would open up like a door.
"The track is 4 kilometers, and you must be careful since there are many threats hidden on the way. No attacking others directly, but you can hinder others and slow them down. Now racers, get to your positions" Midnight spoke as students hurried to the starting line
Killua reluctantly handed the milkshake over to Aizawa with a serious expression "I'm trusting you with the sacred duty of protecting the holy item" he said before turning away from the deadpanned hero 'what a weird kid'
"Ready? Go!" Midnight shouted with little warning as the mechanical passageway opened up revealing the narrow path leading outside.
Everyone immediately burst out sprinting and Killua was no exception. Hands in his pockets, he lightly jogged starting out near the front of the group as nimbly flitted through the crowd.
'Quite nostalgic' he thought with a wry smile remembering another run he went on in the past, before he noticed people getting bunched up. Noticing they were staring to crowd him, he had to get a little creative.
The commentary was already going behind him "Starting off the race is this narrow passageway. This part right here will spread out the group here so it will be interesting to see how they plan to adapt. Todorki sending ice across the ground freezing many in place- Wow! Killua from class 1.A is wall running" present mic exclaimed.
Sure enough, Killua was lightly running on the wall of the narrow passageway jumping sides every time he felt himself slipping. Below was pure chaos as people used their quirks left and right not directly attacking each other, but basically doing everything in their power to keep others from advancing.
They emerged from the alleyway with a few noticeably taking the lead. Todoroki so far was in the front with the trailing students mostly from class 1.A. Killua continued lightly jogging hands in his pockets getting a few pissed off looks at how relaxed he looked.
Right in front of them were a bunch of the robots they had faced in the entrance exam. Killua was in the front with both Bakugo and Todoroki as they didn't even pause. With a massive surge of ice, 3 of the large 0 pointers were completely frozen as Todorki ran through the passage he made between the robots.
'That ought to keep them busy' Todorki thought with a grin as he looked back to see the 2 near 30 meter tall robots falling over with a loud bang blocking anyone from making it past.
Much to his surprise, out of the smoke and dust came Killua right behind him not even fazed still running with an expressionless look on his face. Immediately after that, Bakugo came flying from above explosion shooting behind him as he propelled himself forward.
Todoroki gritted his teeth sprinting forward as the rest of the pack figured out how to overcome the barriers.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu emerged from the wreckage of the frozen robots looking noticeably pissed off "That could have killed me if I'm not me!" they both shouted at the same time comically before looking at each other with annoyance
"Copy cat" Kirishima huffed chasing after the leading trio which was already quite far ahead.
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Killua hadn't even bothered to destroy the robots since there was no benefit. He just flitted through easily dodging the slow lumbering attacks not even breaking his stride. Todoroki kept trying to slow him down by covering the entire pathway in ice, but that only made Killua pick up speed sliding on the ice at a high speed like he was ice skating before going back to a normal jog.
They made it through a boring stretch as they came around the corner. Apparently the next obstacle was a bunch of rock pillars connected by ropes. Between them was empty space that led to a pretty high fall with nets at the bottom.
If you fell, you were out, so people going int it had to be very cautious. The ropes had very high tension, so Killua had no problem just lightly running on top of them since he had good balance.
He caught up to Todoroki who continued running in a grim determined silence similarily running atop the ropes, albeit much more cautiously.
The aforementioned boy gritted his teeth seeing Killua so close not even trying that hard as the boy casually ran with his hands in his pockets. Bakugo was catching up as instead of using the ropes, he was using the explosion to propel himself pillar to pillar.
"Todoroki, Killua, and Bakugo lead the group" Present mic's voice could be hear from the stadium nearby "Behind them, the closest group is a majority of class A along with many others. The crowd inside the arena watched the cameras tracking the fight
"Todorki, Isn't he Endeavors son?" a black haired teen girl questioned with an infatuated look on her face 'Maybe I should write some hero fan fiction hehehe maybe with that blond boy?'-and that's how a trend was born that day....
"It's no surprise he is doing so well, if his parent is endeavor" another commented to the side
"I heard that white-haired boy right behind him is the strongest first year student who took first at the entrance exam" one guy said to his friend with interest as he watched the screen
"Really? He doesn't look like much, my money's on blondie over there. Look, he is catching up to the other two sending those explosions behind him"
"Some people are very enthusiastic about this competition, I didn't see that type of thing when I went here" one younger college aged hero in the stands noticed with interest seeing a cute blond high school age girl waving around a giant flag with the name Killua on it with giant letters
"Must be his girlfriend" an middle-aged looking man in a hero uniform to his side snorted flicking the younger guy on the head "something you will never have to worry about"
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Similar conversations went through the arena as the race continued. The leading trio had already reached the other side of the pitfall course with the fourth placer only around 2/3's of the way through that obstacle making the gap between them very big.
One enthusiastic pink haired girl was propelling herself through what looked like grappling spikes that shot out into the rock as she swung from pillar to pillar.
Up ahead, after a flat stretch the trio leading the race had finally arrived at the final obstacle which was a giant mine field.
"Shit, this is meant to hurt those in the lead" Todoroki spat since they would clear a path for the others while Killua only idly jogged beside him looking amused
"It's simple, just don't get hit"
Todoroki turned to him with an irritated expression "Shut up, you're not even trying asshole" It wasn't exactly hard to notice that while everyone was sprinting, Killua had his hands in his pockets going at a steady jog yet he still kept pace with them infuriatingly enough.
"Am Too!" Killua exclaimed indignantly running faster to prove his point, before he 'accidentaly' kicking a mine right in front of Todorki that exploded in a flash of light and sound throwing them both back a few meters
*Cough *Cough Todoroki was stunned for a few seconds by the nonlethal, yet disorientating effects of the mines, before he stood up shooting Killua a fierce glare "And what was that?"
Killua blinked innocently with a look he had perfected over the past few weeks "What was what?"
Todoroki decided not to waste any more time with this idiot as he immediately ran off shaking the dizziness away as he continued running since Bakugo had a small lead over them.
Killua didn't even try to follow as he picked up a few rocks with an amused expression on his face. "Target 1, Aim Fire!"
*Woosh
*Boom and immediately the cursing followed
"What The FUck" Bakugo coughed from where he was laying on the ground. While some of the mines were pretty hard to see, he had been doing a good job avoiding them flying across the area, until a mine in front of him exploded randomly.
"Tough Luck" Todoroki commented flying past him on an ice wave as he headed for the finish line
*Woosh
*Boom *Boom
*Cough "What is this bullshit" the ice user sputtered out as his vision danced and his ears spun. Taking a concussion/flashbang grenade at close proximity tends to do that to you, and he was fully experiencing the effects much worse the second time it happened.
Not only did it explode right in his face, but the shockwave threw him right into another. His head felt like someone had just punched him in the face as he stood up dazed and disoriented falling over a couple of times as he struggled to get his bearings.
Meanwhile, Killua picked up a few more rocks as he idly walked towards the other end as he prepared for the next victims. What made the situation even more amusing was that he could still hear the voice of a confused present mic as he tried to rationalize Killua's actions
"uhhh it seems like the strategy... umm maybe slowing the others down so he can take the lead?" the hero spoke confusedly since Killua was walking in a carefree manner across the dangerous mine field as Bakugo and Todoroki stumbled like drunken idiots"
"Do those cause permanent brain damage?" All-might asked Aizawa sitting beside him with concern who only shrugged holding a gogo squeeze
"I guess we are going to find out aren't we?..."
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*Boom *Boom *Boom Screams and shouts rang out across the mine field as the mass of people tried to cross it with minor success. Killua had reached the very end of the minefield at a walking pace and he probably could of won, but he decided to be a good person and help the faculty add challenge to the course.
He owed it to them after all, since he hadn't been the best student lately. He would aid them in their noble preparation of the next generation.
'After all, training is the best way to prepare for the future, and they will definitely have better resistance to concussive and blinding effects in the future' he observed with interest as he picked up the next batch of rocks.
"I think I could make a pretty good teacher....."
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"I hate you" Todoroki muttered to the side holding his head as they stood next to each other waiting for the race to finish.
Bakugo to the side gave a similar glare, but for once he was actually being quite quiet as the blond was busy trying to think a coherently.
"I don't know why you are so mad, you both beat me after all" Killua commented once again holding up the near liter milkshake that he sipped on leisurely.
Todoroki gritted his teeth Killua had gotten third, but was it really worth it? Top 42 made it to the next round, so the specific place didn't matter much and now they were completely messed up.
Killua watched with interest as the rest of the group filtered in. After him, came Midoriya who had actually stacked up a bunch of mines before launching himself across the field almost clearing the entire thing.
Killua was actually quite impressed with the ingenuity of the idea, but as a fair self-appointed examiner, he made those last ten meters to the end of the field a living hell and it showed...
The boy's eyes were completely unfocused as he stared dazedly into space as he walked over to Bakugo "K-K-Kachaaaann" he moaned vomiting all over the blond before collapsing in a heap on the ground
"Fucking Deku" the blond growled causing an explosion to deflect most of the vomit burning it up as it knocked the boy away
"Medic, he needs healing" Killua idly commented before laying down on the ground since he would have some time to relax.
Earlier, he had left the minefield after exploding most of them. It was losing its effectiveness anyway since most of the mines in the middle of the field were already blown up leaving the others a path to get through.
The rest of the group filtered in with nothing too surprising happening. Most of the people coming in were from Class 1.A and 1.B since they were the hero courses, while a few others from general studies and the support classes slipped in.
A pissed off Momo Yaoyoruzo walked through looking like she wanted to kill herself as the pervert Mineta clung to her back with his sticky balls.
Finally, the purple haired pervert let go with a satisfied look claiming the number 19th spot as she growled "Don't even mention it" she hatefully spoke as she noticed Killua's amused expression
"Couldn't you have just 'accidentally stabbed him or something?" Killua questioned amused at her suffering
"I didn't want to get disqualified" she growled not looking at him again as she stared off hatefully in the distance
Midnight once again took the stage "Alright, the top 42 will move on and...." she noticed how disheveled and dazed most of them looked "errr We will take a 15-minute break before moving on to the next round" she finished looking towards a certain white-haired boy who was the only one who looked fine as he peacefully sipped on a milkshake with a cheerful expression.
'Those assholes; Ref the competition for the first years, it'll be fun they said!' she thought struggling to keep the fake smile on her face as she made a mental note to never use those mines as an obstacle again.
'Now I know why Nezu was so eager to go with the third years' she thought remembering how none of the others wanted to run it either.
*Sigh 'At least It can't get any worse than this.... can it?'
