Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

Title: Fear...

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-Kaminari POV-

I just wait for the others to arrive and I sit down and grab some ice tea. I can't help but think about the future. One For All, Shigaraki, and all that, if I said that I wasn't scared as hell, then I would be lying. 

I want to be someone who isn't influenced by fear and can think more clearly and without fear in the face of danger. 

But that is an unrealistic goal for the current me and some people are naturally born without the need to fear.

Back in the day, in my first life when I was scared of something, my brother was always there for me. When I was scared of darkness and told him that he spent two days explaining to me that the dark is just the absence of photons in the visible wavelength --400 to 700 nanometers. That is when I understood the reality and logic behind it… and well... It's silly to be afraid of the absence of photons. Ever since then I have never been afraid of the darkness.

Brother wasn't afraid of anything and that was because he knew the world around him and understood it. I don't know that, I don't even know where Quirks come from and how illogical some things about it are, like Eiri's Quirk which returns a living being back in time… like what the hell?!! How is that logical at all? Something like that should normally be impossible, and that is what I am afraid of, I am afraid of something that I don't understand… So I Must Learn More!!!!!

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I am broken out of my thought process as I see Midoriya pass through the finish line. Way after me, the difference between us is undeniable. People in the stands were even kind of bored by just how unimpressive the 2nd place is in comparison to me.

*sigh* I really shouldn't waste time thinking about things that I don't understand. I must be more in reality and enjoy my life some more. In my last life, I only had a couple of girlfriends during my teenage years, I was never the most charismatic person in the room even later in life. 

In comparison, my brother could make two straight girls kiss each other within twenty minutes. He had that scary charisma and manipulation skills, he could put doubt inside even the most confident person in the world.

Fu*k!! Why can't I be like that?!!

Well I am definitely going to try and be like that. I want to be like that, maybe then I won't need to have all these doubts about the future. Doubts that suddenly All For One will escape prison and come straight for me.

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As everyone finishes, Midnight says that we have fifteen minutes to find teammates, it doesn't take long for me to find Momo. She was in the top five, just right after me, Midoriya, Todoroki, and Bakugo. 

It's pretty good because her quirk isn't speed-based, she is just that… good enough. 

And that will be the rest of her life too, just good enough. That is where being the 5th Best gets you. At just good enough, pretty much no better than a loser. 

This is the difference between someone like me and her, I will never be 2nd place at anything I do. Though I still plan to marry her and have children with her, because she is… good enough.

Still even while I think that I have a smile on my face as I approach her. "Yo, Momo, wanna join up?"

She looks a little surprised that I called out to her, and she even seems unsure for a second but in the end, she agrees. "O -Okay…"

I smirk at her and just take a hold of her hand. "Don't worry about the 10,000,000 points that I have on my headband and all that. I promise you that we won't lose them. Hahaha…"

She smiles at me and nods. My brother always said that a strong man doesn't have to fear anything and that he will act 100% sure of everything. 

So I am doing my best at acting 100% sure of everything I do, for I am neither strong enough nor am I sure. But that doesn't mean that I can't act like a strong man who knows everything. I see that even though she says that, Momo's body language expresses that she is still unsure of some things.

Everyone here has amazing Quirks, from Mind Control, barrier, Copy Quirks, and many others. They just need to get my headband and I will lose… or even if I pass into the next stage, it would suck being 2nd place, that is just the best loser.

In the end though, despite my doubts, I just smile brightly and reassure her by saying. "Don't worry Momo, I am going to be the number one Hero. I am not going to be Number One by losing a simple highschool match, Hahahaha…"

As she sees my confidence and reassurance in me, she too starts trusting in me. After all, one can't have someone believe in him if he doesn't believe in himself.

I look towards the stand and don't see my brother, I know that it is a hallucination. But… I still want to at least have it reassure me that everything will be alright. That would help…

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In the end, though, even I can't lie to myself for too long. So it is all up to me, I must be the best by myself 

In the end, Mina, Momo, and Itsuka Kendo from class 1-B joined us. I don't become the Rider, I have Itsuka do that, as she can use her Big Hands Quirk to keep people at bay.

"Remember the strategy, Itsuka you keep away everyone who gets close to you. Though that is very unlikely. Also, Momo, make some rollerskates for Mina too, and a rope to keep all of us together. I don't need the skates, but when I move at my top speeds I want to be able to move you too." I keep explaining everything to them and what their roles are. Though I am confident on plan A, I am not arrogant or stupid enough to put all of my eggs in a single basket.

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"Okay now get ready….3...2…."

I just look around me, seeing that everyone has their eyes on me. I can't blame them, they want to level up by taking out a high-level character. Except that they are so consumed by greed… or naivety… that they can't see the difference between us. Then it seems like I will have to show them the difference between us. There must be no mistakes on my part.

"...1… START!!!!"

Immediately, as soon as she says that, the world around me slows down as I look at the people around me, I go at my top speed.

I just go around by myself, stealing everyone's headbands. And I do all of that in a split second 

Fwoosh!!!

Suddenly everyone stops and looks at each other. I smile at them all and show the stack of headbands that I have in my hand.

"You are too slow…" I tell them and I see their faces covered in shock.

Boom!

Bakugo immediately uses explosions to propel himself towards me.

Fwosh!

But before he is even halfway to reaching me I am on the other side of the arena. I smirk at all of them and say. "Catch me if you can…"

Fwosh!

Again I move at top speeds, dragging Momo and Mina along. The crowd goes wild as I gained all of the headbands. The people in the stands start cheering my name. 

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I dodge them all for the next five minutes, taking on all of the quirks and either dodging them with ease or blocking them. Even when Todoroki tried to freeze the whole platform on which we were standing. As soon as the ice got close, I used my electricity to break and heat the ice around me. I had Momo create a plastic sheat around the rest of my team so they don't get electrocuted.

That is when I decide to roll the bandages in a ball and…

Fwosh!!!

Throw them away towards the rushing mob of students. Immediately like fish, they fight amongst each other. I can feel Momo's gaze as she looks at me.

I just give her a side glance and smile. "Now no one will chase after us anymore, seems like Plan A worked…"

Momo smirks back at me too. "You knew this would happen all along didn't you?"

"C'mon now you give me too much credit," I tell her with a knowing smirk on my face. Obviously I kenew.

"Yeah, we all did it," sarcastically says Mina as she looks at me. "We totally contributed, not like we were all just dragged around by you."

Heh, someone is salty.

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It doesn't take long for the game to end, and no one came after us at all anymore. We in the end did hold on to the 10,000,000 points.

Now comes the time to tell the world that I am here!!

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AUTHOR NOTE:

The MC is trying to copy and be like his brother, he is just scared of future events. But when he acts like his brother (his version of his brother, the one he saw, not the real brother), it makes him feel like he is his brother. It gives him a false sense of confidence. It's like a minor multiple personality disorder. It's his way of coping with his fear… he can do all of this on his own, it's just the confidence boost. He will have to learn that one can't be the best at everything.

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