DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MY HERO ACADEMIA, BUT I DO OWN THIS VERY LIT STORY AND JUST AS EQUALLY AMAZING CHARACTER - KASAI TODOROKI!

Enemy Fire by Bea Miller

CHAPTER 11: SCORCHING BLAZE

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THIRD POV

THE SOUNDS OF cheering filled Kasai's ears as she stood in the arena once again, out of breath. But the exhaustion was with an overwhelming sense of victory. She crossed that finish line and despite her placing, she felt proud of herself. Huffing to regain her breath, she steps forward and follows the green haired boy who managed to steal her win at the last second. Of course, she's still angry that she didn't win the first event, but he did manage to outsmart her and she'll give him that. 

"Midoriya Izuku! His will be a name to know," Present Mic yells, announcing the winner of the race which makes the crowd in the stands roar with enthusiasm. 

Glancing over her shoulder, the pale haired Todoroki gives a smirk towards the two other boys who were just as determined. 

"And now, they're steadily crossing the finish line. One after the other! We'll compile their results later. So for the time being, enjoy your breather," the blond pro hero announces.

Taking her turquoise eyes off her rivals, she closes her eyes and breathes in, inhaling what her lungs are desperately yearning for. With every breath, the girl can feel her muscles relax, her heated body cooling off. Slouching to rest her hands on her knees, Kasai ignores the congratulatory comments given to Midoriya from his friends, and instead focuses on calming her body. To say, that race was the fastest she ever ran, pushing way past her limits. 

Opening her eyes, she glances at the tunnel and watches as Yaoyorozu stumbles in with Mineta latching on to her lower back. The Todoroki sympathizes with the ravenette, to have such a vile person like him clutching on to you, well she would have burned him the moment he laid a finger on her. No one touches her without her permission!

"And so it's over! Now everyone, here are the results!" Midnight yells, gaining their attention. 

1st - MIDORIYA IZUKU

2nd - TODOROKI KASAI

3rd - TODOROKI SHOTO

4th - BAKUGOU KATSUKI ...

The girl didn't care for the rest of the results because she was too busy grinning in victory. The sense of accomplishment made her heart swell at the little win. She beat him, she actually did it! Oh, she was over the moon right now. Years of trying to outshine him and she finally did it with an obstacle race, even better that their father was there to witness the whole thing! Oh, she's happy, so much that she laughs in content, giving a small whoo! 

Now, all she has to focus on is beating him throughout the whole festival, and come out as the winner.

"The top forty-two have earned the right to advance! I'm sorry for the kids who failed, but have heart! This festival's showstopper is still being prepared! And now for the post-preliminaries, the final selection! From here on out, even the press corps will teem in a white heat of excitement, so go all out," Midnight yells, informing the crowd as she stands on her small stage. "Now then, onto today's heart-pounding second event! I already know what it will be, but the suspense is killing me! What could it be? Well, I'll tell you! Behold!"

The holographic screen, once again, shows their challenge.

'HUMAN CALVARY BATTLE!' 

The pale haired girl quirks a confused brow. She understands the words separately, especially battle, but together it makes no sense. She's not the only one confused, and for that she mentally sighs in relief, as she hears kids murmur behind her in hushed tones. She can see a point of being paired in groups, but to battle everyone by themselves, well, that's utter chaos. 

"You can all form two-four person teams freely and form a horseback configuration! Basically it's the same rules as a normal human cavalry battle : swipe enemy riders' headbands and guard your own . Except one thing. Everyone will receive points based on their performance in the last trial!" Midnight informs, only to get interrupted by a student.

"Which means that the point value of each human warhorse will change based on who's in it," Hagakure says, summing it up.

"Don't say what I was going to say before I can," the R rated hero yells, miffed that they figured it out. She sighs, calming down. "But yes, that's right! And the number of points you're worth will be five points if you placed forty-second, and so on. With the exception of first place, whose head is worth ten million points!"

Immediately after the heroine announced that, Kasai sharply turns her head to smirk threateningly at the green haired boy. Everyone seems to copy her actions as they all look towards Midoriya because right now, he's the common enemy. They all want that ten million! Despite her having the second most points, Kasai still wants the extra ten million, and she's not going to let anyone else steal it from her! 

"If I were you, I'd aim for the guy who placed first," Midnight comments what everyone is suggesting, persuading them to see him more as a target. "This is the chance for the low to supplant the high! Welcome to our survival game!"

Kasai takes her words into consideration and thinks. She's aware that after Midoriya, she's the next big target which means she needs to pick her teammates carefully - wisely. But she also wants some strong players in her team. 

"The time limit is fifteen minutes. The point value of each group's headband is worth the total point accumulation of each warhorse's members. And the one to wear the headband will be the warhorse's rider! Think of him or her as a standard-bearer. Until time is up, you'll all be fighting and stealing as many of each other's headbands as you can!" The raven haired heroine explains the details of the game. That's before she points to the screen next to her as an example displays. "You may not equip your headband on any area besides above your neck! As more and more headbands are taken, maintaining control of the situation will become more and more demanding! And the most important aspect of our human cavalry game, is that if you should lose your headband or crumble as a horse configuration, you're still not out of the game!"

Hmm, even if I can't manage to steal Midoriya's ten million, I can still steal enough to gain enough points and move on to the next part of the festival! Huh, I'm liking the idea of this cavalry a lot more, Kasai smirks, crossing her arms. 

Midnight continues, lashing out her whip. "Quirks are of course allowed, so I want to see some fine brutality out there! That being said, this is still just a human cavalry battle game! If you attack any other group with malicious aim of breaking them up, that's a red card and you'll be forced to sit out the rest of the game! Alright, you have fifteen minutes until then! Start negotiating your team ups!"

"Right, teams," the girl mutters to herself. Bringing an arm up, she taps her chin in thought as she glances around at the students. "Who should I team up with? I need someone who can strategize under pressure, and I also need some who compliments my type of fighting, but I also need someone fast because I can't team up with someone who'll only slow me down. Think, Kasai, the answer is in front of you."

She looks up and sees a kid cowering under her gaze. Well, not literally in front of me, she scoffs.  

Pushing past students who are begging to be on her team, she walks away trying to find the potential teammates. Like she said, she can't team up with just anybody. She needs members that can make her team a literal powerhouse. Strong enough to attack and defend, fast enough to move both precise and swiftly, and calculated enough to lead them to victory. 

Breaking through, she comes to a stop as she connects her eyes with a pair she least expected. 

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STANDING IN THEIR current team of three, Kasai keeps her arms crossed as she listens to the person dish out a strategy that's sure to help them win. The girl never saw herself as a team player, but if it's necessary she will do what's expected of her in order to succeed. And this team up is just that.

"So, let me get this straight," the pale girl sighs out, locking her turquoise gaze with her brother's mismatched one. "You want to be the rider while Yaoyorozu and I get to be horses? Not to be completely rude, Shoto, but with your muscle weight, you're basically a fatass compared to us. Wouldn't it be easier if we carried Yaoyorozu," she questions before nodding to the raven haired girl who's awkwardly looking between the siblings. 

The double quirked Todoroki gives his sister a blank look. "No. Yaoyorozu has a quirk that benefits this team greatly, she can create anything whether we're on offense or on defense against the other teams," he simply explains.

Kasai nods, accepting that notion. "Then, what about me? I'm shorter than the two of you," she asks, shrugging. 

"I want you as a horse because you can use your flames to push others back, away from us," Shoto answers, narrowing his eyes at the mention of using fire. She's comfortable with her fire quirk, he isn't. 

The girl quickly bites back, "You have a fire quirk, too. Along with an ice quirk. You can literally make walls of ice to block others out - side note, you should definitely use that! With that we can lessen the chances of more people aiming at Midoriya, giving ourselves the advantage -"

"I can still do that as the rider, Kasai," Shoto tells her, cutting her off from her strategic rambling. 

Her left eye twitches before she gives up, sighing dramatically. "Fine, if you want it that badly, you can be the rider," she waves off.

"I think him being the rider is better," Yaoyorozu speaks up. "You being a horse gives the team the best chance at winning since you, from what I've seen so far, can manipulate your flames with skillful precision rather than him using his fire side which he only used once, and that was only briefly during the combat lesson weeks ago."

Kasai stares at the ravenette after her explanation, "I like you. You obviously tell the truth based on facts and say it no matter how bold or blunt it comes off as. Guess I'm a horse after all," she smirks. Shoto gives her an unimpressed look seeing as Yaoyorozu said almost the same thing he did. "Anyways, is the team just us, or do you have someone else in mind?"

"Most likely, Iida. He has the speed that can help us," the male Todoroki informs, glancing behind them.

Both girls follow his gaze and spot the aforementioned, and Kasai nods. "As much as it pains me, I agree with you. He'll be a definite key member to this team," she says making the other girl nod. 

The three watch as Iida glances around, obviously trying to find teammates, but Kasai buys his attention as she waves him over in their direction. Giving a nod to confirm his place in their team, Iida walks forwards to meet them. However, just as he nears Yaoyorozu and the two Todorokis, he gets intercepted by Midoriya calling out to him. The pale girl glares at the green haired boy, burning holes at the side of his head. She won't allow him to steal first place again!

Sure, she calmed a bit after the race, but that was only because she managed to beat both her rivals. However, if Midoriya is going to steal first place out of her hands again, she won't give him the opportunity to even try. One time is enough for her. Plus, that's the only reason why she's working with her brother on this, because they have a common enemy and right now he's currently worth ten million points. 

"...As awesome as ever, MIdoriya, but my apologies. I refuse." Kasai hears Iida reject whatever Midoriya just offered. She smirks when she watches the tall boy turn towards their trio. "Ever since the entrance exam, I've been doing nothing but lose to you. You're an amazing friend, but it's precisely because of that that if I only ever follow you, that I'll never grow myself. And Bakugou and the Todorokis aren't the only ones who see you as a rival, my friend. So, I'll be doing my best to challenge myself against you," Iida informs, finally walking to them.

Kasai gives Midoriya and Uraraka a threatening smirk, feeling smug. Izuku slightly deters at the sight of both Todorokis working together, especially after the girl's declaration to beat her brother. He's known Kasai since middle school, so he knows how skilled she is, and if her brother is anything like her, then he's in trouble. 

He noticed that they act like the quirks they use. The male Todoroki is as cold and stiff like his ice and the female Todoroki is just as hot and temperamental like her fire. Opposites, but working together makes them powerful. 

Looking away from the duo, Kasai turns to her complete team and listens as her brother informs Iida on their strategy. 

"The reason I chose all of you is because I think this is the battle formation with the best balance," Shoto informs, finally getting into detail on why he chose them. From the moment he walked up to her, Kasai always wondered why when there's obvious tension between them. "Kasai, you're on the left. And like I said, you'll send out flames  to make sure the enemy never gets too close."

She stiffly nods, accepting her role.

"Yaoyorozu, you're on the right. Also, like we talked about, you'll be making us an insulator sheet, plus whatever defense and mobility you can provide." Shoto reminds, making the girl nod.

"Iida, you're at the front with your engine power. You'll be our physical defense as well," the Todoroki says to the class president. 

He accepts his role, though as prepared as he always is, he voices his concern. "And Todoroki, you can feint your attacks by using either ice or heat, right?"

Shoto looks away, narrowing his eyes. This Makes Kasai follow his gaze and immediately spots what he's looking at.

More like who.

Their father. 

A minuscule frown paints her lips as insecurity fills her, is he also trying to impress him? Why? It's not like he needs anymore praise, he is the golden child after all! Apart from his need to be here, is he only here to watch Shoto? It would make sense if he did, after all in his eyes, I'm nothing but a failure. Kasai instantly deflates as her euphoria of her earlier win diminishes to rejection. 

"No," her brother's answer shocks her. She always wondered what kept him from using his flames. Why wouldn't he? "While in combat, I'll never, ever, use my heat side. That's why Kasai is here. If the situation arises for the need to use fire, I'll entrust it to her."

Now, that definitely shocks her. He's trusting her. 

They have speed. A calm under pressure. But most importantly, in that moment, they have compatibility. 

Everything to ensure their victory in this round. 

Let's do this, Kasai nods, regaining her confidence.  

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"WAKE UP, ERASER! Their fifteen minutes to form teams and strategies are finally up! And thirteen warhorses have lined up on the field," Present Mic announces as their time comes to an end. 

"Looks like we have quite the interesting line ups," Kasai hears the bored tone of her homeroom teacher say.

Rolling her eyes, the girl then narrows them as she looks around her at the other teams. She can easily spot the ash blond hair that belongs to Bakugou, and notices that he paired up with Kirishima, Ashido, and Sero. When her icy gaze meets his carmine eyes, she gives him a glare - a silent proclamation that she's going to beat him - which he returns. Taking her eyes off of him, she then spots Midoriya's team up of Tokoyami, Uraraka, and a pink haired girl that from the looks of all the equipment she's carrying, Kasai can only guess that she's from the Support course. 

Interesting, she muses. 

"Now raise up your battle cries and fire the signal! May the blood of the rocks be washed by yet more blood! Now's the time UA's deadly feud! Let's do it! Let's start the countdown to this vicious clash!!" 

"3!"

"2!!"

"Just one target," Shoto says to them as he tightens the 720 headband around his head. 

"1!!!"

"Start!"

Kasai smirks.  

Almost immediately, everyone goes straight towards Midoriya. Kasai can hear a team of class 1-B yell out a warcry, determined to the high points. Keeping her composure, the white haired girl focuses on their plan, on her sole part to defend her team. Nothing else matters. Not the other teams, not the other students, just her and her team. But most importantly, getting those ten million points!

Though, as everyone went towards the green haired boy, it turned out to be all of them going against each other in hopes to gain that ten million. Kasai observed on the move how the other class 1-B team used a quirk to sink Midoriya and his team into the  ground like quicksand. Unfortunately, that left him the option to escape with a jetpack, courtesy of the Support course girl. But it doesn't last long when he comes down for a landing making Shoji, Mineta, and Tsuyu attack them with their shielded offense. The first 1-B team of Tetsutetsu also attacks him, but again, they escape with the jetpack.

Kasai sharpens her turquoise gaze when she sees Bakugou follow after him in a desperate attempt. She gets the the desperation, but she's not reckless enough to leave her team like him. She scoffs, idiot. 

At the halfway mark, they check the rankings, and the white haired girl finds herself surprised when most of her class teams are in last. Class 1-B rising in high rankings. 

Narrowing her gaze into a sharp glare, she focuses back on her task as they zero in on MIdoriya. Iida makes it easier for them when he takes the direction to intercept them. She feels her rosen lips lift in a daunting smirk, silently challenging them. 

"I'll be taking that now," her brother declares, referencing the ten million. 

To make the situation more daring, Kasai sets her white locks ablaze to seem more intimidating. 

It's there, in arms reach, and she's not letting it slip away. Not again! This time, she'll grasp onto first place tightly!

Her icy gaze turns to slits when she notices them taking the choice to flee, and luckily she's not the one who notices. Bracing himself, Shoto leans a bit forward and narrows his mismatched eyes. 

"Iida, forward."

"Right," the tall boy concurs, moving forward and revving his engines for speed. 

"Yaoyorozu, prepare to guard us and to conduct heat," Shoto tells the girl.

"Right," she nods, moving to do just that.

"Kasai, you -"

She smirks, glaring at the team ahead of them. "You don't have to tell me twice," she states, knowing her part. 

As they move closer, Kasai smirks even wider when she notices other teams following after them towards Midoriya. It's all coming to play. She can feel the fire in her veins, ready to burst at the seams. 

"Make sure you cover yourselves, you don't wanna get burned," she warns her teammates, her hair wisping with wild embers. "Solar Heat, Scorching Blaaaaaze!"

With her yell, her body immediately releases pale whips and fire tendrils of aggressive glowing flames. They all scatter like an explosion of sunlight, attacking everyone around her with constant licks of intense heat. The attack scorches their skin scathing sunburns, almost like receiving several burning punches which makes them all jolt back with the instant heat. It pushes those behind them several steps back as they wince at their newfound sunburns. 

Her teammates were safe due to the fireproof blanket that Yaoyorozu created for them. 

Kasai smirks in satisfaction when she hears the other competitors yell and groan in pain, those of her class yelling out her name.

Shoving the sheet off him, Shoto glares ahead. "Less than six minutes left. We can't break down now," and with that he moves to freeze the metal conductor running along them in the ground.

With that swift move, he froze the ground and everyone that Kasai just burned, making them stick in place. 

"Sorry, but you'll just have to bear with it," he says to them, clearly taking them out of the competition. 

"Todoroki took care of that crowd of teams in an instant!" Present Mic comments out loudly. 

"He froze them after Todoroki's heat-wave stunned them. I guess it should be expected, but he took into account how a lot of people avoided it in the obstacle course," Aizawa assesses.

"Nice comment!" 

As they move passed the teams, Kasai smirks as her brother steals their headbands away. Shoto then takes into consideration of what his sister said earlier, and instantly decides to block the competitors out as he makes a wall of ice to surround them. This motion makes Kasai smile and her heart slightly swell, but she quickly pushes it away to focus on the cavalry. 

Narrowing her eyes on Izuku and his team, the pale haired girl grins maliciously as she notices them slowing down. Especially so, when her team seems to close in on them with Iida's speed. In that moment, she's grateful that Yaoyorozu made her some rollerskates because she wouldn't have kept up with just running. 

As they inch closer, Tokoyami takes the incentive to attack with his Dark Shadow, but Yaoyorozu, who's quick as ever, blocks it with the help of her Creation quirk. The shadow hits the metal defense which raises to shield Shoto at the last second. Giving out a sigh of relief, the Todoroki girl glares at her opposing team. 

Jumping back, Izuku, Tokoyami, Ochaco, and Hatsume all try to add distance between themselves and Team Todoroki. "Yaoyorozu's Creation quirk is too hard to deal with," Izuku breathes out, assessing the girl's power. 

Tokoyami shakes his head. "No... Kasai is worse. With that level of armor, if it had been sunlight, Dark Shadow would've been ripped apart. And her quirk is as close to the real thing."

Izuku looks up to the said girl, finally realizing. "I see, Kasai's Holy Fire..."

"As long as she keeps shooting out flames, attacking will be difficult. Dark Shadow will become timid."

Reaching the field line, Team Izuku comes to a standstill. No where to escape. 

"Team Midoriya has nowhere left to go!" Present Mic announces to spectators. "One minute left! Todoroki made it so he'd have the ten million to himself to seize in an instant! At least, that's what I though five minutes ago! But unbelievably, MIdoriya's been able to keep away in that cramped space for five minutes!"

Kasai assesses the situation silently, taking note that every time Iida takes a step forward, Izuku directs his team a step to her brother's left. Interesting, she muses as she keeps a sharp eye on their movements, it's like they want him to use his fire side. Or did Midoriya figure out that Shoto hardly ever, almost never, uses his left side? Of course he'd notice something like that, that boy's perceptive of every little thing! 

She sighs, however, Shoto trusted me use my fire when he wouldn't. Despite our estranged relationship, this notion of trust will guarantee us first place, and I'm not throwing it away! 

"Everyone, there's less than a minute left. You won't be able to use me after this," Iida says, making Kasai furrow her brows in confusion. "I'm counting on you!"

"Iida," Kasai and Shoto question in synch. They did it again - back at the USJ and now, quickly meeting eyes, they push it away. 

Getting in a runner's stance, Iida bends slightly forward. "Hang on tight."

Kasai tightens her right hand grip on Iida's left shoulder and does the same with his hand, bracing herself for what's to come. Clenching her jaw, the girl narrows her icy gaze on her current enemy. 

"Make sure you get it, Todoroki," Iida tells the boy, revving his engines all the way until bright blue flames fire out. "Torque Over - "

And the next thing Kasai knows is that she's shooting forwards at high speed, faster than she's ever experienced. Her breath literally leaves her lungs in shock, her face feels the intense wind velocity of their speed.

"Reciproburst!"

They shoot ahead several feet until Iida turns and makes a stop. The pale haired girl is still in state of awe, of shock, of both! She knew Iida had the ability to shoot forward at high speeds, but she never anticipated this. Shaking her head, the girl finally acknowledges the headband in her brother's hand - which is basically in front of face - and she once again feels that swell of her heart! They got the ten million! 

Who would have thought that working with her brother would turn out to be successful!? 

She didn't! 

Shaking her head at their very good teamwork, she reminds herself that it's not over yet. To focus! It's the last seconds of the second round and anything can still happen!

"What happened? So fast! So fast! Iida, if you can accelerate that fast, then show us in the prelims!" Present Mic yells out, just as shocked. 

"W-What was that," Shoto questions, still reeling with what just happened. 

"By forcing the torque and rotations to increase, I created an explosive power. With the recoil, my engine stalls after a while, though. It's a secret move I hadn't told anyone in the class yet," Iida explains, which Kasai finds herself nodding along to - she understands the point of having secret moves, after all they are the aces of their decks. "I told you, didn't I, Midoriya? That I'd challenge you."

The crowd cheers when they finally realize what happened.

"The tables have turned! Offense and defense right at the edge! Reining that in, Team Todoroki gets the ten million! And Team Midoriya is suddenly left with zero points!"

"Get back in there!" Izuku yells, desperate for points. 

"As long as they have Kasai, we'll be at a disadvantage if we attack!" Tokoyami reminds. "Won't it be safer to try for other points right now?"

"No," Izuku yells, determined. "I don't know how the other points got split up! This is our only chance!"

"All right!" Ochaco exclaims, running, and pushing her team forward. "We'll get it back, Deku! We definitely will!"

Watching at the other team suddenly rushes over towards them, Kasai glares scathingly as she prepares herself to attack. She especially doesn't like how that damned Deku is aiming at Shoto's left side! She knows that the boy will try anything, take any advantage he has, to get back the ten million. In her peripheral vision she notices how her brother raises his left arm. She frowns. 

'If the situation arises for the need to use fire, I'll entrust it to her.'

That's what he told them at the beginning of the cavalry, she can't let him down. 

"Turn right! Iida, turn right," she yells, startling her team, as Team Midoriya nears them by the millisecond. "Do it now!" 

With a swift move, their battle horse is turned to the right, leaving Kasai to take the blunt hit of Midoriya's incoming attack. Raising her elbow slight while still carrying her brother's weight, Kasai ignites her left side and shoots out scorching embers of white hot flames! Though, not being one to let up, Izuku thrives forward and swipes his fist towards Kasai. The air pressure is more than enough to blow out her fire, extinguishing them and making enough of an opening. 

Wide eyed in shock that his punch caused her fire to flame out, the girl grits her teeth and curses at herself for leaving her team open. For failing them! Because in that small opening, Midoriya once again came in at the last second and stole that sense of victory from her. Literally stealing a the headband from her brother's neck. 

She never saw Izuku as a rival, but with the way he keeps stealing her victories, she is definitely reconsidering that! 

"I got it," Midoriya yells, and all Kasai can do at the moment is give him a murderous glare. 

"With just eleven seconds left, there's an angry retrieval here, too!"

"Wait a second. Isn't this the wrong headband?" Hatsume asks, looking at the one they retrieved. 

Momo turns to them. "Just in case, we changed the positions of the headbands! You were naïve, MIdoriya," she informs which makes Kasai shocked before she exhales in relief. 

"Kasai, Todoroki, get a hold of yourself! That was close," Iida tells the siblings.

The pale haired girl clenches her jaw, tell me about it! 

"Oh no! Team Midoriya didn't retrieve the ten million points! Time's just about up! Start the countdown!" Present Mic announces, making Midnight ring the timer.

"Tokoyami!" Izuku yells, desperate. 

"Kasai!" Shoto yells. 

In a haste, Tokoyami sends out Dark Shadow and Kasai immediately shoots out her left arm - making Shoto lean on the others as she defends - blasting a torrent of sun blinding flames. As their attacks clash, crashing against the other in a battle of darkness and light, the ice barrier suddenly explodes as Bakugou rushes in. Halting her flames with Dark Shadow, she then raises her arm at the ash blond. 

"Uraraka," Izuku yells for support to move faster.

"Got it," she screams out, very determined. 

"Yaoyorozu," Shoto follows the notion when he notices Iida's engines stalling. 

"The ten million points are.." Bakugou says to himself, still in midair, as he looks between the two teams. 

Momo gives Shoto a steel staff which he immediately encases in ice, preparing to attack just as Kasai's outstretched hand flares with white embers, ready to shoot them out. Izuku moves forward as well, planning to take back his lost headband. 

"Half and Half Bastard! White Out!" Bakugou yells at the sight of the two guarding Todorokis. 

Every second is anticipated as it counts down, the two opposing teams moving and inching closer towards the Todorokis. Though, just as they're at arms length, the buzzer sounds. 

"Time's up!" Present Mic yells making the audience roar with cheers, and simultaneously, Bakugou falls to the ground in a heap. "That's the end of the second round, the cavarly battle!"

Getting out of their battle horse positions, Kasai ignores a tantrum throwing Bakugou on the floor and decides to stretch her aching muscles. 

"Now, let's take a look at the top four teams right away! In first place, Team Todoroki!" 

Kasai grins at the victory, acknowledging the fact that she did indeed work with her brother to get it. She can't lie or ignore the fact that they really do work well together. Maybe she needs to think her hostility with him, right? Well, them alone are a great combination, that's fact. But when their father becomes a factor, she still can't ignore the unrelenting jealousy that she feels, it's there for a reason. And it's not going anywhere just because she worked well with her brother for this event!

Her feelings are justified! The jealousy, the disdain, the insecurity, the animosity, everything! Just because they worked well, she still can't help feeling second place to her brother - it's been there her whole life. Like a dark shadow that won't go away. 

Looking away from her brother, she focuses on her victory because she can't afford to be swayed by her doubts right now! She needs to show, to prove, that she's better! That she's not the failure that her father sees her as! That she's worthy enough to become a hero! 

She looks at the audience in the stands and when her piercing eyes eventually land on her father, she glares. 

I'll become a hero no matter what he thinks of me! 

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Whoooo! That is Chapter Eleven! YATTA! Sorry, it took a month to finally update again! I blame my procrastination, because that tedious thing always gets in the way, and also because I get distracted easily - like I say i'll draw today, but then i end up watching tv, and blah blah blah. 

Anyways, i was also in the mood to write because I just finished watching season 4 of BNHA on Hulu, and daaayyyuuuuum! Intense! Chisaki is love even though he's a murderous sociopath - oh well. Eri makes me ultra soft uwu - same goes for Amajiki! Shigaraki is still a badass, i love him <3 And that Endeavor battle had me on the edge! Okay enough gushing *slaps self*

So, Kasai got second place in the race!!!! I love her! She deserves the little wins she works for! 

Oof! Did you expect her to team up with Shoto!? (Sorry Kaminari) They did have a common enemy in that moment - Izuku. Especially when he stole first place in the race from my angry white haired queen! 

Oh, and that Solar Heat-Scorching Blaze, just imagine it as repetitive whips of fire that hit you with a leveled up and instant sunburn! Like have you ever had hot water spilt on you, well imagine little lashes of that heat hitting you several times over. Yeah! 

Shoto definitely entrusts her to help him when needed, and is Kasai slowly learning to like him - I think she is, but she still definitely has her struggles with him. Very slowly, but surely! Expect their progress to be hella bumpy! 

Oop - is Izuku a potential new rival? I don't know! 

Anyways, don't forget to LIKE, to COMMENT, and to FAN!!!!

JA NE, My awesome and very amazing readers! (Remember to be safe and to take care of yourselves!)

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