Entrance Exam, Part 2

Last Chapter: "What's wrong?" Present Mic said with a grin, "The test has started, and enemies are roaming the city. Go! Go! Go!"

Now:

As the horns went off, everyone went into a frenzy and sprinted towards the entrance. Since Mika turned into something fast and athletic, she passed by some people and jump over others.

Mika looked at the other examinees, *If I were to take a guess, most of the people want to go to the center where there are a lot of robots.* she thought as she entered the faux city, *Then... the best plan of action is to get away from the crowd and try to find some stragglers.*

Mika spotted a small alley towards another street and sprinted towards it, "Hope this gamble works!" she shouted to herself with confidence. Once Mika separated herself from the others, she moved her tiger ears around, "Where are you robots?" she asked herself.

When one of Mika's ears twitched to the sound of some machine noises, she dodged the robot's laser beam. When Mika turned around, she saw a robot with the number three on its side, "A three-point robot." she said. Mika smiled a bit, "Let's see if my training paid off." she continued.

Mika sprinted towards the robot and dodged the robot's lasers as much as she could. When Mika got close to the robot, she jumped towards it and made a fist with her right hand, "Take this!" she shouted as she punched the robot dead center on its face, making it short-circuit.

Mika landed back on the ground and smiled, "That's three points for me!" she shouted. When Mika turned around, she saw three robots, one worth three points and two worth two points.

Mika had a devious grin and cracked her knuckles, "This should be fun." she said. Both two-point robots sprinted towards Mika and attacked her, but she dodged the robots with ease.

When Mika was behind one of the two-point robots, she grabbed the robot where it can't reach her, "This might not be a walk in the park picking these robots up as a human, but I have a tiger's strength!" she shouted.

Mika lifted the robot with all her might; she swung it to the other two-point robot, destroying it. Mika threw the robot she held towards the three-point robot, destroying both of them.

Mika had a big smile, "That's ten total!" she shouted with excitement. Mika calmed down and looked around, "But I have to keep going." she said; she continued running in the streets.

(Time Skip)

After a few robots, Mika ran through an unfamiliar area to find any more robots, but she was having no luck. As Mika was running, she spotted a camera, *I wonder if they're testing something else on us other than destroying robots.* she thought.

Mika stopped running and looked around; she saw an examinee, a tall guy with spiky brown hair and big lips near her. He destroyed a robot in front of him; he looked happy to destroy something but did not notice the robot behind him.

Mika's eyes widened, and she sprinted towards him, "Look out!" she shouted as she pushed the examinee out of the way. Mika blocked the robot's punch and made a fist with her left hand, "Take that!" she shouted as she punched the robot's face.

The robot had a two on its side, "That makes twenty-five or twenty-six... I lost count." Mika said to herself. Mika walked towards the examinee on the ground and held her hand out, "Are you okay?" she asked.

He looked at Mika and nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine." he said as he grabbed her hand, "Thanks for the help." Mika nodded as she helped the bigger guy get back on his feet.

He scratched the back of his neck, "I know this isn't the right time or place for this, but I'm Rikido Sato." he said as he held his hand out.

Mika smiled and shook Rikido's hand, "Mika Lyoko is my name." she said, "I hope that we'll become future classmates, Sato." Rikido blushed a bit and smiled, "Y-Yeah, me too." he said; they waved goodbye and went their separate ways.

(Small Time Skip)

As Mika tried to find more robots, she was in some park. Some parts were just grass, while other parts were covered with trees, *I hope Koda is doing okay.* Mika thought with worry.

Mika used her tiger's eyesight trait and looked around; a few seconds later, she saw Koji being cornered by two robots, both worth two points.

Mika's instincts kicked in as she sprinted towards Koji; she kicked the two robots in front of him, scoring four points. Mika did not care how many points she had any more... she was worried about Koji. Mika walked towards Koji and held her hand out, "Are you alright?" she asked.

Koji nodded as he took Mika's hand and got up with her help, "*We need to keep finding more robots before time runs out.*" he signed. Before Koji left the park, Mika looked at him, "W-Wait a minute, Koda." she said with a bit of hesitation.

Koji stopped walking and turned to Mika; she looked at him with a frown, "I want... to apologize... about what I said at the entrance." she said.

Koji panicked a bit, "*I-It's okay, what you said was your honesty.*" he signed, "*So, you don't have to worry about it.*" Mika shook her head, "But the way I said it didn't feel right at all!" she shouted; she bit her lip to control herself.

Koji got worried, but Mika calmed down and looked at the ground, "Whenever I use my Quirk... the animalistic side of me mixes with my emotions... and the way I said that stuff made me feel like a jerk." she said.

Mika looked at Koji, "But... I meant what I said at the entrance; your Quirk sounds amazing to have." she continued. Mika had a wry smile, "I don't know if this apology was enough, but... I hope we can still be friends after this mess." she said.

Before Koji could sign anything, he looked behind Mika and saw a three-point robot preparing to fire its laser at her; his eyes widened, "L-Look out!" he shouted.

Before Mika could say anything, Koji grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the way. The robot shot its laser where they were standing and got destroyed by another examinee; Mika and Koji hid behind a tall tree and sighed in relief.

Koji turned to Mika, "Ar-Are you o-okay, Lyoko?" he asked with worry. Mika was speechless, *That's what Koda sounds like.* she thought, *He sounds... cute.* Mika got out of her thoughts and nodded, "Y-Yeah, I'm fine." she said, "You know... I think this is the first time I heard you speak."

Koji realized it and blushed a lot, almost looking like a tomato. Mika panicked, "I-It's okay! If it makes you feel any better, I expected your voice to be lovely." she said with a warm smile. Koji looked at Mika and gave her a wry smile, "T-Thank y-you..." he said lowly.

Mika nodded and looked around, "It looks like there aren't any more robots here, so we should go to another area." she said. Mika stood up and started walking, "Come on, Koda." she continued; Koji nodded as he got up, "R-Right." he said as he followed her.

(Time Skip)

They left the park and went to the streets to find more robots to destroy; unfortunately, they could not find any. Mika placed her hand on her chin, "This doesn't feel right." she said, "There aren't many robots here, but the test should have around two minutes left."

Koji nodded, "I-I wonder if s-something else h-happened." he said lowly. Mika stopped walking, making Koji turn to her with worry, "I-Is something w-wrong, Lyoko?" he asked.

Mika looked at the ground and started shaking, "S-Something's not r-right." she stuttered; Koji panicked, seeing her shaking in place. Was it anxiety? Was she getting too tired and about to pass out? Or was it fear?

Mika's fur and tail puffed up, "M-My animal instincts are sc-screaming at m-me... telling me we need t-to run away." she stuttered, "B-But I don't know w-why they would be d-doing this in the f-first place."

Mika stopped shaking when she felt a hand on her shoulder; as she looked at Koji, she noticed that he was scared but also calm, "Wh-What d-do you mean b-by running a-away?" he asked.

Before Mika could say anything, screams interrupted them. They saw other examinees running away, "Wha-What's going on?" Mika asked with concern.

When Koji looked in the direction they were running from, he was terrified, "L-L-Lyoko!?" he shouted and pointed to what they were running from.

Mika turned to Koji, "What is-" she stopped mid-sentence when she saw what they were running from. Mika was terrified, "You've got to be kidding me!?" she shouted.

They saw a giant robot that was just as tall as the buildings, maybe even taller, coming towards them. Mika shook her head and turned to Koji, "We need to get out of here!" she shouted; he quickly nodded, "R-Right!" he shouted as they started running away.

Mika and Koji ran as fast as they could, *How the hell are we supposed to fight a robot of that caliber!?* she thought, *The small robots are hard enough to destroy as they are, but what are the chances of destroying that!*

Mika looked from behind to see if Koji was following her, but he was nowhere in sight. Mika panicked and stopped running, "Koda!?" she shouted as she looked around.

Soon after, Mika found Koji helping an examinee out of the rubble. The giant robot was getting close to them, and it looked like Koji did not notice; Mika looked at the other examinees running away.

Mika turned to Koji again, "What do I do? If I run, they'll get crushed, but if I help, it might crush me with them." she said as she debated between her instincts and her heart. Mika pulled on her hair, "Aaaahhh, screw it!?" she shouted as she sprinted towards Koji and the injured examinee.

As Koji helped the examinee under the rubble, he looked up and was terrified when he saw the robot's foot above them. Koji tried not to look at the robot, knowing the inevitable, but there was a delay in the step. When Koji looked up, he saw Mika holding the robot's foot, shocking him.

Mika turned her head to Koji, "Get the examinee out of the rubble and go!" she shouted. Koji was shaking but quickly nodded, "R-Right!" he shouted as he got the injured examinee out of the rubble and ran away.

Mika turned to the robot, "Now to focus on this thing." she said. As the robot tried to move, Mika gritted her teeth, *I need to give this thing everything I got!* she thought.

Mika let out a tiger's roar as she pushed the robot back, making it somewhat lose its balance; once the robot spotted her, it shot one of its lasers at her.

Mika tried to block it, but the laser was too strong as she flew back and hit a wall hard. The last thing Mika saw was a scared Koji before everything went dark.