the use of persuasion, influence, or intimidation to make someone do something
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It's another fresh morning day at UA, as you got to the front of the big gym. The same gym where you faced Ojiro and Kirishima. You showed up in your Dexter High gym uniform, as you waited for Bakugou to show up. Luckily there was a small bench for you to sit on, so you sat down, putting your gym pack down next to you. Some time has passed, and you began to question whether he'll show up.
You sighed. What's taking him so long?
You open your bag, unzipping it, deciding to drink some water to hydrate yourself before he shows up, so you went through your things inside.
Hm? You thought, not finding the water bottle anywhere in your bag. What? Where's my..
You gasped. Did I forget to take it with me?! You facepalmed.
"Oh no" you said to yourself. "I can't believe this.. without my bottle, I'm screwed! What am I gonna do? If I go back he'll show up and see that I'm gone and think of me as a complete idiot!"
You talked to yourself. It was very important that you have it with you, which is supposed to be your first priority, especially on a day that you'll be training. You began to self guilt and panic.
Grrr! How could I have forgotten? You thought.
"I haven't drank anything since I left, now I'm so gonna lose to that guy for sure!"
You suddenly hear a sip nearby, which caught your attention.
"Ahhhh, that hits the spot"
Huh? Wh-where did he..? You didn't see him coming at all, which took you by surprise the moment you turned your head to see him.
"Hey there" The student said, his attention now on you. "Heard you're in trouble there, is everything alright?"
"Oh! Uhh y-yeah" you answered. "Um, who are you?"
"I could ask you the same thing" Mirio said. "I never saw you around here before, who are you?"
"Well I'm (y/n)" You answered. "And I'm not from here. I'm from out of the country and simply here as part of an alliance program"
As you kept on explaining why you're here and where you from, a head pops out of no where.
"WOW really? That sounds so cool!"
"Hi I'm Nejire Hado it's nice to meet you! I never met anyone out the country before -um well maybe accept for my uncle who visited China- but that's still pretty cool! Isn't it Amajiki?"
You turned around to face who she was talking to, which caught you by surprise too, making you jump a bit.
"U-um..."
"Yeah.. cool.."
"Aw don't be so shy now, say hi" Nejire said.
"H-hi.."
"Un, hello" you said, never seeing a guy so nervous before.
"So what's a girl like you doing all the way here in Japan?" Nejire asked curiously. "And where are you from again?"
"Uhh I'm from-"
"Wait! Let me guess" Nejire said. "Canada!"
"Nope, I'm from America" you corrected. "And I'm here as part of an alliance program to study abroad other hero schools"
"Woah that sounds cool!" Nejire said, greatly interested in you.
"Yeah sounds neat" Said Mirio. "Welcome to our school, how are ya liking it here so far?"
"Well I'm already liking UA High, I mean who wouldn't want to attend here?" You answered.
"You're right" Mirio chuckled. "I'm guessing you're first year, right?"
"Yeah" you said. "How'd you know?"
"Just a wild guess"
"So what are you doing here at this time at the gym?" Nejire asked. "Seems pretty early to be here at this time"
"Well someone invited me to go training" you answered. "So I'm waiting for him here until he arrives"
"Who is it?" Nejire asked. "We're third years so we know lots of people here, maybe we'll know who you're talking about"
"His name's Katsuki Bakugou" they all widened their eyes at your answer, all except Mirio, who was the one laughing.
"Woah, good luck with that guy!" Mirio said. "It takes a pretty special quirk to face him. What's your quirk?"
"Ooh yeah, tell us your quirk!" Nejire said. "I'm excited to hear about it!"
"Oh! Un, well my quirk isn't as powerful as Bakugou's.." You answered slowly. "But it's pretty useful. My quirk is called phase, in which I can take all three phases of matter; solid, liquid, and gas"
Nejire gasped. "Woah, that sounds awesome!"
"Yeah I like yours too! It kinda sounds similar to my quirk" Mirio said. "My quirk is called permeation and I can phase through any tangible matter, as well as walls and enemy attacks"
You looked surprised at Mirio's description of his quirk. "Woah, so that means you don't have to worry about any enclosed spaces then like me"
"That's right" Mirio said with a wave of his arms around which caught you off guard. "I'm unstoppable!"
"My quirk is called wave motion, it grants me the ability to release my vitality energy in the form of powerful spiral shockwaves" Nejire shared.
You looked surprised again. "Whoa, really?
"Mhm" Nejire nodded. "Now share yours Amajiki!"
"Oh, um.." Amajiki shook. "Um, well, the name of my quirk is called manifest. I um, I can take or manifest certain traits of any food I've eaten" Amajiki stuttered.
"Wow, you guys are so amazing!" You said, genuinely impressed.
"Well they don't call us the big three for nothing" Mirio said, flexing his arms out.
"What?" You said, not knowing what that meant until it hit you. "Oh! You guys are the big three?! What an honor to meet you all!" You said with a bow, having no idea who they were from the start. "Greetings from Dexter High!"
"Dexter?" Nejire questioned. "What's that?"
"It's the name of the hero school I'm from in America" you answered. "We don't really have a thing called the big three. It's usually only two that everyone respects called the fearsome twosomes"
Mirio laughed. "The fearsome twosomes?"
"Yeah heh, it does sound a little silly" You said with a neck rub. "But that's what we call it"
"Well we should get going now. Good luck on your training today, I know training for someone like you can be challenging. Better give him all ya got, I know you got this!"
"Thanks I will!" You said with a smile. "It was nice to meet you all"
"Alright, see ya (y/n)!" Nejire waved.
"Yeah take care!" Mirio also waved, while for Amajiki, he just waved.
You stopped waving the moment they turned their backs, watching the big three walk away. The smile on your face faded away, as you dropped your hand in a slow manner.
This place.. you thought, the feeling of inadequacy beginning to fill your mind. This place is beyond my expectations, my school can never compete
You turned around to walk to the vending machine, sadly inserting the money in as you press in the numbers. It instantly dropped your desired drink needed. Water.
I'm a mediocre comparing to these guys.. You thought, opening the top from your bottle as you start drinking it, your eyes looking up to the skies. If I never left here, would I have made it in? Am I worthy of such a spot here? Can I even handle the pressure and expectations of being a 1A student?
You sighed right when you finished the last drops of water from your bottle. You tend to drink pretty fast.
Maybe Shiketsu High is where I would've ended up if that was the case...
"Hey" you hear a familiar voice say, turning your head to see the blonde walking towards you. "Ready for training?" Bakugou asked. You don't see it on his face but he's pretty happy to see you in front of the gym.
"You bet I am" you confidently said.
"I'll destroy that confidence of yours, you'll see, you won't last a minute" Bakugou smirked.
"Weren't you that confident back at the sport's festival? You didn't seem so happy about being first place" you smirked back, crossing your arms. "I guess being a sore winner has it's downsides. I apologize if I make you mad, I hope no one has to restrain you then" you pouted with your lips.
"Just watch me newbie!" Bakugou snapped, quite angered at what you said, especially about the sports festival.
You both entered in the gym, giving yourselves time to stretch before starting off. An obvious thing to do before training to prevent injuries.
"So what type of training we're doing?" You asked.
"Facing each other until one of us drops, what else?" Bakugou answered. "You'll learn to fight better in the moment. I don't wanna be your petty boring instructor"
"Sounds like my kind of training" you said, unbothered. "I always like a good challenge that brings surprises"
"Don't underestimate me, I can take you on and snap ya like a twig" Bakugou said, walking up right to you, standing right in front of your face, sending an intimidating aura into your eyes. His gaze not breaking nor wavering from you, until he furrowed his brows. "Don't hold anything back, got that?"
You fell silent for a moment, responding with a sudden sweep of your legs against his calfs, hitting his leg and causing the blonde to trip and fall on his back without warning. It all happened in a blink of an eye, as Bakugou looked at you wide eyed on the floor, surprised. He never expected an attack to happen so suddenly because training hasn't started yet.
"Oh I'm sorry" you sarcastically apologized. "You told me to not underestimate you, so I thought you were ready for that. I guess I should've held back" You said sarcastically again, looking down at him with your hands on your hips with a smirk.
Bakugou gave a wide grin at what you said, looking into your eyes back while on the floor. He trusted that you'll give it your all after that trick.
"Better not!" He said, quickly jumping back on his feets, causing you to evaporate away before he can take the chance to hit you with a blast.
"Nice try" You said, reappearing a distance away from him, leaving Bakugou to simply stare at you. He couldn't help but feel impressed of how quick you were at that moment.
"So you're just gonna stand there or what?" You asked, making Bakugou shake his head out of his small trance.
He blasts towards you, ready to deliver another attack, but you evaporated and reappeared from behind, striking him this time. Bakugou took the hit on his back, quickly shaking it off, even though it hurt. He's pretty much used to physical pain in fights so this isn't new to him at all.
Ignoring the pain, he took the chance to hit you back, successfully striking you in return. You hissed in pain, stumbling back from your balance, as the smokescreen spread unto the air everywhere, nearly blinding you from Bakugou's gaze.
"Is that all ya got?" He asked, coming out of the dark smoke clouds like a phantom.
"No, I'm just getting started!"
"Hah! Let's see how long you'll last then!" Bakugou chuckled, delivering another attack, but there was no way you were going to make the same mistake, as you tripped him over you.
Getting totally off guard, Bakugou went cart wheeling. You then predicted that you'll be hit, so you evaporated away from his explosion which came true, smoothly avoiding the attack. And because of gravity, Bakugou hit the floor with a thud.
She almost got me there.. Bakugou admitted, getting up from the floor. She's fast.. but not as fast as I can be!
That was a close call.. you thought. I better move faster!
You and Bakugou kept going at it back and forth for the past 30 minutes or so, and just as you were against Ojiro and Kirishima, you moved cleverly and smoothly, while Bakugou moved aggressively as usual. But it seems that it's getting harder and harder to hit Bakugou - unfortunately for you.
He's good. You thought. Talented even!
Bakugou decide to strike you in the air, blasting his way up to deliver a dive bomb attack, but you phased into gas to meet him in the air, going right through him, hitting his back hard with your foot, making Bakugou crash down towards the floor, as you reappeared landing back on the floor.
Bakugou growled, clenching his hands at what have happened, growing frustrated with the grit of his teeth.
"DIE!" Bakugou blasts towards you once again, charging up his hands to go for a stun grenade, which caught you by surprise when the bright light between his hands exploded, instantly blinding you and your senses.
Wh-what's this?! You thought, panicked.
You quickly used your arm to shield yourself, knowing that at this point you must phase into solid since it's too late to phase into anything else to save you, but right when you turned solid, Bakugou took the opportunity to deliver a powerful blast out of frustration.
"Bet you didn't survive that!" Bakugou said, clearing the smoke away with a wave of his arm, looking around to find where you were in the heavy mist.
He felt like he have kicked something, which caught his attention, looking down to see what the object was, finding what looks to be a piece of solid ice. He wondered what it could be. As the smoke cleared away more, the more pieces of the object revealed.
"Quit playing around" Bakugou said, calling out your name, but you were no where to be found once the smoke fully cleared away.
What are these? Bakugou thought. Did I break something?
Then, it hit Bakugou. Or.. someone?
Bakugou widened his eyes the more he thought about it.
Did.. did I explode her into pieces?
Bakugou thought, looking horrified at the solid parts shattered across the floor like he have dropped the most valuable thing in the world. Processing what he have done, he looks at his hands shakily, believing that he may have murdered you.
"(Y-y/n)?.." Bakugou said with regret, falling silent and feeling panicked at what he have done. He couldn't stand to see the pieces in front of him any longer, so he turns away.
Wh-what do I do?! Bakugou thought, angry at himself. This wasn't supposed to happen!
Bakugou thought of how he's going to carry all the pieces of you back to the nurse. It's all my fault...
"Ack!" Bakugou felt a strong grip on one of his arms, as it twisted up against his back, locking him around with the help of your other arm, pinning him down against the floor with your weight. All this happened in a matter of seconds, surprising Bakugou.
"Aw, did I scare you?" You said sarcastically, nearly whispering into his ear on the floor, as a line of blood dripped down across your face from the side of your head. Bakugou widened his eyes, greatly surprised.
"What?!" Bakugou said, trying to face you. "But how?!"
"I melted and put myself together" you explained.
Of course, you can manipulate your own matter, but never expected that it could happen, so he tries to break away from your grasp, but couldn't. He attempted to use his explosion instead, but couldn't.
"Wh-what did ya do to my quirk?!" Bakugou demanded.
"There's a pressure point on the wrist that blocks quirks while it's being pressured, which is what I'm doing" you answered. "This only works on most emitter types like you. I been practicing it lately so take it as payback for breaking me into a thousand pieces"
"Get off me!" Bakugou kicked around, struggling to break free from your grasp, as you tried your best to maintain him pinned down.
"Never let your guard down in battle" You said. "Take it as a tip from me, I learned it the hard way with my sensei"
How did I fall for that trick?! Bakugou thought with a sweat drop, thinking how intelligent and clever you are. Grrr! No matter what, I'm not gonna lose to her..
I refuse to accept defeat!
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