Seasons Conflicts

Maria had climbed down the ladder of the building, standing the in middle of the alley. She gave a small groan. "Why did the ceremony have to be today...?" she pulled her phone to glance at the time. 7:23 pm

Fantastic. She thought. She twisted her body and punched the wall, her hair growing and changing pink as well as her eyes; however, she wore a blue and white outfit. "Time to go and present myself... before I am called to do something I don't wish to do," she whispered as she put on her fake childish act.

She grinned as she then used acrobatics to quickly go to Justice Tower. "I should be here before they start at 7:30" she hummed as she kept her track towards the large gathering.

"Is it wrong that I am hiding my true self from the others? It shouldn't be... right?" she whispered to herself as she managed to meet up with the other heroes.

Wild Tiger grinned as he put a hand on her shoulder. "Fate, nice to see you! I didn't think you'd come~!"

Maria smiled at him. "Why would I miss such a huge event, Tiger?"

Barnaby looked at her with a distant, but faint smile. "We're just glad you're here before the event starts, unlike last time where they had to delay because you were late. Glad to see you a bit more punctual."

Rock Bison gave a hearty laugh. "Ha! You owe me a drink now Tiger!"

Origami Cyclone and Blue Rose seemed to hang their heads in annoyance. "Why do you two insist on betting on Fate's punctuality?"

"It's not the quality of a hero," Sky High butted in.

Fire Emblem hummed as he looked at the group. "We should line up before they decide to move the show to 8:00. Now come on~ Time to see who racked up the most points~"

Maria gave a nod and moved to her spot, the other heroes doing the same thing. Her pink eyes gazed at the crowd as she gave a gentle smile. Each of the heroes gave a pose, lining up to her pose where she almost seems like a cat. A voice called out to the citizens of Sternbild. "And now for the Hero with the top score. With 13,770 points as well as sponsored by Square Enix, the Queen of Heroes is the explosive Fate!"

Maria blinked and blushed brightly at the words used for her and for the fact her sponsor was brought up. She didn't realize she had that many points and she believed that Barnaby would have gotten first once again this season. "Thank you, everyone... I plan to keep being the ideal hero you want with the others to protect this city!" she called out, causing some of the men in the crowd to whistle and woof at her.

The actions of the men caused her to blush more. With that, the cameras turned off and she turned away from the crowd and started to walk off, her arm getting grabbed by Tiger. "Let's go celebrate, Fate!" as if the previous calls didn't do anything, her face was an even brighter red due to the grasp of Tiger suddenly around her arm.

Maria gave a nod, smiling gently. "Okay then. L-let's celebrate, but first... Please take your hand off of my arm? It's really weird being touched by an older man," she purposefully spoke that way to get Tiger to both freak out and back away from her while mumbling "I didn't mean for it to seem like that Fate! Honest!"

The other heroes chuckled at the endeavors of the two while Maria rolled her eyes until she stood there, pulling her phone out. She sighed after looking at the time. "Actually... I have to leave. I will make it up to you for this, Tiger!" and with that, she ran off, almost hurriedly as if something was bothering her.

Barnaby watched as she ran, taking note as to the way she was running. What is she in a hurry for and how is it important that she would make even Kotetsu confused?