Chapter 31 - Obstacel Race

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<Japan UA Stadium Alpha>

"Alright! After that amazing and exciting speech from the Class 1A representative let's get right to our first event!" Midnight exclaimed as the giant screen in the stadium displayed the UA symbol. "This will be the preliminaries! Where tears, cries of despair and blood will be shed! Enjoy!"

"How can he have so much energy..." Kyoka muttered rolling her eyes at Midnight.

The screen changed to a large virtual roulette that started spinning at immense speed preventing her from seeing the other options clearly. After a few seconds 

"Obstacle Race baby! A race full of traps and obstacles in which all 11 UA Classes will participate! The course is about 4 kilometers around the entire stadium!" shouted Midnight excitedly as he explained the game in question. "In this race you can do anything! Everything is allowed! So do your best to win!!"

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<UA Stadium Alpha Starting Gate>

At the starting gate, hundreds of students could be seen preparing for the race. Lena was doing some basic stretching next to Kyoka and Momo, she had no idea where Toru had gotten to but he was possibly okay. 

The girls were close to the start which would give them a small head start, which wasn't very significant but it was better than nothing.

Taking a deep breath Lena felt the energy coursing through her body, this time there was no pressure, no waves, no hole. Just the energy that is hers in her own right, energy she lost through her own inexperience and ignorance of her power, energy she reclaimed again with sweat and tears.

Now there were no chains.

Now there were no leaks.

Just her, finally whole.

Feeling the lack of additional weight, she touched her chest with a smile. Though Slipstream never weighed much, the difference was still palpable. 'It's weird that he's no longer with me... it feels like I've said goodbye to an old friend...'

Looking around he made out a few people from her class, as well as from class 1B.

'Todoroki... Karishima... Bakugo... Fumikage... The orange-haired girl... Karishima's copy... and the purple depressive one...'. Lena thought as she looked around, she didn't have information on all the students around her but it served her well to mark the most dangerous ones. She wasn't belittling or underestimating the others... but it was well known that the Hero Class people were more powerful than the other classes.

Looking for a moment at the depressed purple Lena remembered what she said the very day they returned to class after the USJ incident.

"So you guys are the students of the Heroism Class...how pathetic...I thought you would be more dignified and righteous but I see you are just a bunch of vermin who don't deserve your place...you managed to defeat some villains and that's why you think you are better than us.... don't make me laugh...I'll make sure to wipe the floor with you...there are people from the general department who deserve to be in the Heroism Class more than you..."

'God it's like listening to an idiot on Twitter...' Shaking her head and breathing slowly to forget the rage of the stupidity that idiot said, she focused on the race and a strategy to move forward quickly. 'Remember, you may be cured but without a thorough diagnosis from Dad I'm not sure how much I can and can't do. Take it easy...'

"Everyone ready?!!!"

At this point everyone slowed down as everyone's mind was focused on winning.....

"START!!!"

At the same time all the students started running towards the exit door!

The students in the front had little difficulty getting through, but the same could not be said for the students in the back, they had quickly gotten stuck due to the large amount of people and no one wanting to give ground to the others making it difficult to get through.

"It's too narrow!"

"Oi! Move!"

"Go ahead!"

"Get out of the way!"

But we don't mind a few NPCs. 

With a smile on her face Lena used Acceleration and with a mischievous grin turned her head towards Kyoka who was about to be frozen by Todoroki. "I wonder..."

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<PoV - Third person>

"That should stop them for a second..." Todoroki muttered as he kept running, turning his head slightly, he saw how the exit was now completely frozen by a large ice parent along with some unfortunate students. 

He turned his gaze forward... and see Lena carrying Kyoka.

'How did I not notice them?' Todoroki thought with narrowed eyes.

"Huh?" Kyoka let out a sound of confusion as she felt the change in balance. "Wh-what?"

From one moment to the next she was in Lena's arms being carried like a princess causing her cheeks to flush. "L-Lena?! What are you doing?!"

"Taking you out for a ride with UA's prettiest girl, isn't it obvious?" Replied Lena mockingly as she continued running ignoring Kyoka's complaints. 'Acceleration lasted longer than expected... and I barely feel a drain on my reserves!'

CRAAACK!!!

Suddenly with a loud sound, Todoroki's ice wall shattered into a thousand pieces.

"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE US TODOROKI!" Shouted Momo, Bakugo and Karishima as they went through the unofficial ice rink created by Todoroki.

Todoroki turned his head to look at the shouters and was not surprised to see his class on his heels.

Looking ahead Todoroki saw Lena looking at him for a second with a smirk. "Tch!"

Suddenly the ground began to shake slightly, causing Lena and Todoroki to turn their gazes towards the source of the shaking only to see....

"You've got to be KIDDING ME!" Shouted Lena loudly.

In front of them was an army of Zero Points from the UA Admissions Test.

Todoroki wasted no time and walked past Lena who simply gawked at the army of robots, and quickly froze one of them and used it as a catapult to quickly escape the army. 

'WHY IS HIS QUIRK SO OP!' Thought Lena with annoyance as she frowned, if she didn't advance quickly she would be overtaken by the other participants. "Shit! what do I do...?"

Taking advantage of Lena's distraction, Kyoka escaped from the taller girl's hands.

Still blushing she looked towards the robots before taking a sharp intake of breath. "Well, let's see the results of the training..."

Kyoka connected her Jacks on the ground as she stopped breathing, shortly after a large tremor shook the entire field of robots.

Lena had trouble keeping her balance as she looked at Kyoka in surprise.

Little by little she could see cracks appearing all over the robot field until suddenly....

CRRRRACK!!!

The whole field collapsed raising a large amount of dust, after a moment she could see the power behind Kyoka's Jack rendering the whole robot army useless.

"Fuu..." Kyoka took a deep breath while wiping the sweat from her forehead. "It took longer than expected..."

'I take it back Todoroki.... All people with AoE attacks are OP...' Lena thought as she looked at the shorter girl who looked back at her.

Kyoka averted her gaze before speaking. "And are you going to take me or what?"

Lena quickly approached Kyoka, and before Kyoka could say anything, Lena gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and used an Acceleration as she charged her with a cheerful smile. "Two for one! Babe!"

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