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Well, I'm back with the third chapter! Like I mentioned last time, this chapter will actually be pretty detached from the events of the actual episode/chapter due to Ryuki being in a different area from Izuku. I'm pretty excited about it since I like what I came up with! And I'm sorry for how long this took me! I had maybe half of the chapter written up already, but I got stumped on a part of this chapter. I had it planned out, but I just couldn't figure out how to execute it for the longest time. I kinda started putting it off bc the more I tried to figure it out, the more frustrated I got with how much nothing I was coming up with. Regardless, I'm sorry for the long wait. I didn't intend for it to be this long. 
Also, I wanted to say I have an instagram where I post art of Ryuki and my other character, Ryo. I also post one or two sneak peeks of the chapter I'm working on and post in my story when a chapter is live. I was thinking I might open up questions regarding this chapter (and the two previous ones) once this is up, too. My handle is the_phantom_otaku if you're interested in any of that!
Disclaimer: I do not own BNHA, just Ryuki Tatusko and her mother.
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Tatsuko grinned up at the gates of the battle center. This was the kind of stuff that made UA as great as it was, and it was only a taste of what they could do. There were whispers from many in the group, most expressing their awe that the school had the funds and time to build not just one but eight different fake cities for their exam. Some simply stood and stared up in amazement at the structure before them. It was no wonder UA was so revered.
Everyone was jolted from their shock and astonishment by a sharp, angry cry, "You little pervert!" Everyone looked in the direction the yell had come from and saw a pink-skinned girl glaring down at a short boy with an oddly-shaped mohawk. The girl wore a short-sleeve shirt, capri leggings, and no shoes. The boy, on the other hand, was dressed in a stylish-looking warm-up suit. "I can't believe you're trying to get into UA, but you'd say something like that!" 
Frowning, Ryuki walked up behind the boy just as he was beginning to defend himself, letting her tail grow out as she went. "I didn't mean anything bad by it! You just have a really nice-" He was cut off when Ryuki's tail wrapped around him and the end covered his mouth. He was still trying frantically to speak, but all that came out was a muffled noise that neither girl could make out.
"Is this guy bothering you?" she asked, nodding towards the boy currently struggling to break out of her tail to no avail.
The girl crossed her arms and huffed, glaring at the short boy. "More like totally creeping me out! I don't even know him, and he walks up to me to tell me he thinks I have a nice butt!" 
The dragon cringed after hearing the comment then glared back at the boy still in her tail. More sweat poured from his forehead as he grew even more nervous. While still keeping him constricted, she pulled her tail back and tossed him, making him scream as he sailed away. With the pint-sized pervert taken care of, her tail returned to its normal size and she turned back to the girl he'd been bothering. "Now that he's gone, what's your name?" 
The pinkette's expression brightened. "Thanks for that. I'm Mina Ashido," she introduced herself with a smile. "You?"
"Ryuki Tatsuko. Just call me Ryuki," she mentioned. 
Before the conversation could go any further, Present Mic's voice came over the speakers, "Alright! Let's start!" All the applicants looked up expectantly at the speaker, waiting for further direction. Seeing this, the hero continued, "Get moving! There are no countdowns in real battles! Run, run, run, listeners! You're wasting air-time here!" 
Ryuki broke out in a run towards the entrance when she finally processed the information, yelling a, "Good luck!" behind her for the pinkette. It seemed the others had realized the same thing and were reacting the same way, too. Everyone was rushing through the large entrance in a mad dash to find as many robots in the first few minutes to avoid struggling when most of them had been picked off. Large wings sprouted from Tatsuko's back and she took to the air, soaring above the crowd and towards a building on the corner of an intersection.