Get Ready! PT 1-Here's the Competition

"Lastly you… The next All Might… The fledgling Symbol of Peace… Izuku Midoriya… I want you to tell the world… I AM HERE!"

Reina, Floyd and Izuku couldn't help but look to one another once more as they were taking in what All Might had been saying. True, they wanted to prove something, and they had their own reasons for wanting to make themselves known, but what All Might had said to Izuku was something that had been really unexpected. Reina and Floyd couldn't help but look to Izuku as he fidgeted nervously at All Might's words.

"That's kind of a lot of pressure to put on him." Reina said.

Floyd added, "Yeah that's a bit too much on the dude, ya know?"

"All Might… Not that we're taking everything your saying seriously, but how are we supposed to make ourselves known?" Izuku asked.

"Well, you all know about the sports festival system don't you?" All Might asked. The three of them nodded their heads in reply; He continued on, "The Hero, Support, Business and General Studies courses come together in the Sports Festival, and fight through preliminary games of different types per year. The students who make it through face off in the finals. It's a round-robin tournament divided by grade. In other words…"

All Might soon pointed to the three of them catching them by surprise before he said, "... The three of you can sell yourselves with everything you got!"

"Wow dude! That's just wrong!" Floyd said, "We're only fifteen!"

At this All Might fell backwards along with the couch as the three of them jumped. "FLOYD-SAN!" Izuku yelled as his face was a little red.

"THAT'S NOT WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT YOU INKY DINKY DINGUS!" Reina shouted as she hit him in the back of the head.

Floyd yelled as he went to pinch her cheeks again, "DON'T HIT ME LIKE THAT, DUMMY!"

"STOP PINCHING MY CHEEKS!" Reina yelled back as she slapped him silly.

"S--Sorry Al--All Might!" Izuku stammered, "Floyd-san didn't mean it like that! What you're saying is absolutely correct, but…" It hadn't been long before he started to mumble aloud, making everyone feel awkward, "Honestlyit'skindofhardtogetcompletlyintoitrightaftertheVillainsattack.BesidesAllMightisalreadyteachingme,soI'mnotasmotivatedtostandoutatthesportsfestival--"

As Izuku continued to mumble, Reina and Floyd scooted away from him a little as they fidgeted awkwardly in their seats. "Man, he really overanalyzes these kind of things doesn't he?" Reina asked as she looked at Floyd.

"Yup." Is what the young artist replied.

"No one is better at spouting nonsense than you!" All Might said as he coughed out a little bit of blood.

"Nonsense?" Izuku said with confusion.

The whole room was in complete silence as they looked at each other when All Might got himself up off the floor.

Reina simply put both of her hands on his shoulders before she said, "Never change you sweet boy." This only confused Izuku all the more as he tilted his head slightly and Floyd couldn't help but snicker.

"Those who are always aiming and those who aren't aiming for the top and those who aren't." All Might said as he set the couch back to the way it was, "That slight difference in attitudes will have a big impact on society."

Izuku looked down at this; Reina and Floyd comforted him. All Might let out a sigh, "Young Midoriya, I understand how you feel, and this is more for me than you. Don't worry, I won't force you. However, I hope you won't forget how you felt at the beach park. That goes for you two as well."

Reina and Floyd nodded their heads, before they heard the bell go off.

"Oh! I didn't realize the time!" Reina said as she looked at the clock, "We better get back to class!"

"Right, I'd rather not have to deal with my sister again!" Floyd said.

The three of them cleaned up the table before they started to make their way out of the lounge. "We'll see you later, All Might." Izuku said to him.

"Take care of you three. Your studies are important, remember that." All Might said.

"Like we'd forget that!" Floyd said.

"We'll keep you posted on our training." Reina said.

With that being said the three of them left the lounge area and headed back to the classroom.

***

-Later that Day-

Before anyone knew it, it had been the end of the school day, and everyone was getting ready to go home for the day. Reina had gotten together her notebook and textbook, putting them into her bag, before throwing it over her shoulder. For a moment she looked over to the red hat, hypnotized by it once more having a certain thought.

"Hey! Rei-Rei!" She soon heard Mina say as she approached her, along with Kyoka, Tsuyu, Momo, Toru, Chouko and Ochaco, "Us girls are planning on going to the mall for a shopping spree before we start on our training for the Sports Festival!"

"You wanna come with us?" Kyoka asked, "We can get to know each other."

"And it'll take your mind off of what happened at USJ." Toru said cheerfully.

Reina looked at her hat before she put it on her head, getting her ponytail through the gap of the hat, "I'd love to, but I'm afraid I'm going to be busy."

"Your study sessions again?" Momo asked curiously.

Reina nodded her head in reply, making a couple of her classmates groan. "What?" She asked.

"It's just that you've always been studying after the rescue training." Tsuyu said, "Don't you think you can take it easy just for a little bit?"

"Yeah Reina-chan." Ochaco said, "It'll be fun!"

"We can shop for all kinds of cute outfits." Chouko added with a smile.

"Sorry guys." Reina said as she went to the classroom door, "Maybe next time we can--?"

The very minute Reina opened the door she had been greeted with a crowd of people, surprising her and her classmates. All the students were whispering about each of them in the classroom, that Reina could hear.

"Those are the people that survived the Villain attack."

"They don't look that tough."

"Aren't those two the ones that were caught by the sludge villain?"

"She's also the one who was almost kidnapped."

"That girl thinks she's soo special."

"What in the world?" Floyd said surprised.

"What's going on!?" Ochaco exclaimed.

"What business do you have with Class 1-A?" Tenya asked.

"We can't get out!" Mineta yelled, "What did you come here for!?"

"They're scouting the enemy small fry." Katsuki said as he went to Reina's side who just stood there frozen at the crowd, "We're the ones who made it out of the Villains attack. They probably want to check us out before the sports festival."

Mineta's jaw dropped at the way Katsuki spoke as he looked at Izuku. Izuku had said awkwardly, "That's Kaa-chan in his natural state."

Floyd added, "Yeah, Mr. Hot-shot."

Katsuki soon stopped and looked to the people at the front; most of them were intimidated by his presence. "There's no point in doing something like that." Katsuki said, "Move extras."

Izuku's jaw dropped at this, as did Ochaco's and Tenya and Floyd let out a gasp at this.

Tenya yelled as he moved his arm in a funny way, "STOP CALLING PEOPLE EXTRAS JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE!"

Floyd added as he yelled, "YEAH MAN! GET OFF YOUR DAMN HIGH HORSE!"

Surprisingly enough Reina found herself not saying anything which some of the others failed to notice as her body shook a little. Katsuki had been the only one who noticed since he had been closest to her. Before he could say anything to her, they were drawn to a particular voice.

"I came to see what the famous Class 1-A was like, but you seem ignorant."

There they saw a teenage boy around the same age as them, having messing indigo hair that mostly sticking out, and he had eyes that were of purple, and it looked as though he had bags under his eyes. He approached them pushing his way through the crowd getting to the front. He looked at the students of class 1-A.

"Is every student in the Hero course like this in general?" He asked them with a monotone expression.

Katsuki let out a growl at this, while the others, Reina excluded, shook their heads vigorously.

Floyd had added, "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE, BEDHEAD FREAK!"

"Geez, so loud… This must be an American student huh?" He said.

Floyd shouted at him, "DAMN STRAIGHT! BEDHEAD!"

"Stop it man, you're not helping!" Gio said.

Floyd barked loudly, "IT'S WHAT HE GETS FOR LOOKING DOWN ON US!"

"Seeing someone like that is making me delusional." He said, rubbing the back of his head. He soon took notice of Reina who had a somewhat fearful expression on her face.

"I know you. You're that girl that was adopted by one of the pro-heroes." He said. Reina seemed to have snapped out of her trance as she looked at the teenager with indigo hair. "I'm sorry, who are you?" She asked him.

"It's Hitoshi Shinso." He replied, looking her in the eye, "From general studies. I heard stories about you from my class."

Reina had been a bit taken back by this as her other classmates looked a bit surprised.

"What… Sort of stories?" Reina asked with a bit of hesitation, noticing the crowd giving her a harsh glare.

"About how you got into this school." The teenager named Hitoshi replied, "Everyone knows that you were adopted by a Pro-Hero, and everyone knows that he's a teacher here. But rumor has it that the only reason you got in is because you were favored by the teachers here."

Reina gasped at this, while her classmates were taken by surprise by this sort of thing. Izuku, Floyd and Katsuki on the other hand had a different reaction to this. While Izuku looked to Reina with worry, Katsuki and Floyd gave a cold hard glare at him for saying those words.

"You must think you're special because you swayed the teachers here!" One of the students said.

"Don't look down on us because you're a teacher's pet!" Another one had said.

"Now hold on, that's not--!" Reina started to say before she had gotten cut off.

"I bet those guys are going to give her a pass, and give her a gold medal even if she loses or does poorly!" One student said harshly.

"Yeah, she's going to cheat her way to the top, like the stuck-ups in her class!" Another said.

"That's not true I would never--" Reina tried to say before she got cut off again. The crowd started to get more rowdy as Reina tried to explain herself.

"Don't even try to deny it, you pretend Hero!"

"You're just as bad as any of the other Villains!"

"You're a scammer!"

"Please just listen to me!" Reina begged as the crowd continued to attack her verbally, "The teachers here don't favor me, and I'm certainly not a cheater! I'm just like all of you! I'm trying to work my hardest to become a Hero like Shota and the others! I want to do my best for them so I can--"

"So you're not denying the fact that you're a cheater!?" A student yelled.

"That's not what I meant!" She said, "Will you all just--!?"

"Will you all just listen to what you're about to say right?" Another voice had said.

Another person pushed their way through the crowd, this time this voice belonged to a girl around the same age as Reina. This girl had hair that appeared to be nothing but spikes that went up to her shoulder. She held a glare onto Reina making Reina herself shrink at her gaze.

"There's no point in trying to deny anything ya know, little miss perfect." The girl said to her harshly, "Everyone knows that you're the teacher's favorite. You won't even try to get the gold medal since they'll give it to you."

Reina widened at this statement before she said, "How dare you! Didn't you hear what I just said!? I'm no cheater! I would never use my Guardians job to my own advantage!"

"Nothing more than lies, Miss Perfect." The girl said, "The name is Kuriruzu Mahi from Class 1-B and I'm here to declare war on you. Not only will I make myself known by pro-heroes from all over the country, but I'll show them that you're nothing but a fraud who scammed her way into the Hero Course."

Reina didn't know how to comeback this as she was speechless at this point; Katsuki growled in the girl named Kuriruzu's direction, while Floyd held daggers at her. Izuku, Ochaco and Tenya on the other hand had their jaws wide open at this statement.

"Her and Shinso are so bold!" The three of them thought in union.

Floyd yelled at Kuriruzu, "Yo! You wanna fight?! I don't like how you talk to my friends!

"You shouldn't be talking, you stuck up American mama's boy!" Kuriruzu said.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Floyd shouted, getting his quirk with a look to kill.

"Floyd-san, no!" Izuku said as he quickly held him back.

"Don't do it man!" Gio added, "It ain't worth it!"

Floyd shouted as he struggled underneath their grip, "BUT-BUT-BUT--!"

"And this is the son of the famous pro hero duo, huh?" Hitoshi said while scratching his head. "More like a joke if you ask me. You should have stayed in America instead of coming here."

Floyd growled and started to thrash harder, "YOU BASTARD! LET ME AT HIM!"

"No way, Scrappy-Doo." Gio said "We'll get expelled!"

"Hey!" A new voice yelled, drawing her attention as well as her other classmates. This new voice belonged to a student with long gray hair with thick pale eyelashes who soon jumped from the crowd. "I HEARD YOU FOUGHT AGAINST VILLAINS SO I CAME HERE TO HEAR ABOUT IT! YOU BETTER NOT GET FULL OF YOURSELF!"

"Another bold person!" Tenya, Ochaco and Izuku thought in unison again.

"IF YOU AND THE TEACHERS PET BARK TOO MUCH, IT'LL BE EMBARRASSING FOR YOU DURING A REAL FIGHT!" Tetsutetsu yelled.

"I WASN'T EVEN TRYING TO--Huh?" Reina yelled, annoyed at this point. Though she had been cut off when she felt Katsuki take her hand and usher her to the side of the crowd to get out of the classroom.

"HEY! ARE YOU TWO IGNORING ME!?" Tetsutetsu yelled.

Reina was about to say something, but Katsuki bought her closer to him, as he soon let go of her hand and put it to the side of her head, covering her ear; Reina couldn't help but turn red at this when her head was close to his chest to cover the other ear.

Floyd yelled at Katsuki, "YO, PISS HEAD WHAT THE HECK?!"

"Wait, Bakugou!" Eijirou yelled, "You're not gonna let Reina make a comeback!?"

"And you're not going to do anything about it!?" Chouko exclaimed.

Floyd couldn't help but add, "Reina-chan has no reason to get so much hate from these guys, but you Piss for brains, you're the main reason for these guys hating on us!"

"It doesn't matter." Katsuki said, taking everyone by surprise, as he looked at the crowd of students, "None of it does... As long as you rise to the top." Reina's eyes widened at this as did Izuku's and Floyd's. Reina soon found herself being ushered out of the crowd courtesy of Katsuki himself.

"DAMMIT YOU BASTARD!" Tetsutetsu yelled.

Floyd was surprised as ever when he heard Gio give a slow clap, "That… Was super epic."

"Not gonna lie, that's a pretty good way to exit." Chouko said impressed.

Eijirou cried a sparkling tear as he said while clenching his fist, "That was simple and MANLY."

"What!?' Floyd exclaimed.

"You said it." Rikado added.

"The top huh?" Fumikage said, "There is truth to that."

"Are--Are you serious?" Floyd said just surprised, "Dude what did you do?!"

"Hang on, don't be tricked!" Denki yelled,"He just made more pointless enemies!"

Mineta yelled, "Yeah! We'll be at a disadvantage at the sports festival!"

Floyd added as he raised his fist in the air, "Way to go, Bakugou!"

Most of the other students in class 1-A felt a bit uneasy as they were shocked to hear that those kind of stories were going on in the school about Reina; Izuku had especially been affected as he had a worried look on his face.

"Reina-chan…" He thought to himself, "... I hope she'll be okay…"

***

Reina found herself practically being dragged from through the school to the train station in what felt like a matter of a few seconds. Her face had still a bit red as she sat next to Katsuki, while he had his gaze out the window. She felt her heart beating rapidly at what had just happened; though she had to admit it felt strange.

"Why the hell is my heart beating so fast!?" She exclaimed in her thoughts, "It feels like it's about to explode! Why? I don't feel anxious about anything! I mean it's just Katsuki-kun! Even if that's the case, why am I--?"

"Hey." Katsuki soon said, making her jump.

"WHAT!?" She exclaimed.

"Don't yell, I'm right here." Katsuki said calmly, though she could see a faint pink on his face too, "Don't let what they say get to you. They don't know jack shit about you, so that doesn't give them the right to judge how you are and what you do. Don't give them the satisfaction."

Reina lost the red in her face as she took in what he said before she replied, "Thanks. I know I shouldn't let it get to me, but… I don't know, it bothered me for some reason. I guess this is what I get for growing up under a Pro-Hero."

Katsuki merely clicked his tongue at this before he had a thought. "That reminds me." He said turning to her, Reina had noticed the look on his face, "In class you were spacing out more than usual. Not to mention you haven't worn that hat since the second year in middle school…"

Reina couldn't help but gulp knowing exactly what he was going to say next. "... Your Quirk… It's affecting you again isn't it?"

This time Reina turned her gaze away from him as she looked down at her feet. Katsuki soon continued, "You told me once you see things that aren't really there because of your Quirk. That whatever you saw used to be of you as a child, but you told me it had been different. What did you mean by that?"

For a while Reina didn't say anything as she looked down to the ground; crunching up her hands into a pair of fists. Honestly she was a bit conflicted. She had been debating whether or not now was the time to say something. Sure she promised him she'd tell him what was bothering her, yet still she had hesitation in doing so. She didn't know what it was she was seeing or why she was even seeing them to begin with so she didn't know exactly what was going to happen if she were to tell someone.

The last thing she wanted was for any of her friends to get hurt because of her. She didn't want to bear that guilt or lose anyone important to her.

Even with that thought in that moment…

"Katsuki-kun?" She said, "I think I need your help."

Katsuki raised his eyebrow at this before he replied calmly, "Okay."

The train soon came to a halt before Reina got up from the chair and motioned Katsuki to follow her, despite the fact that it wasn't their designated stop. Katsuki had caught on quick that whatever she wanted to tell him was definitely important and he followed her with no questions asked.

Eventually they found themselves in a local library, in a study room that had been available on the third floor. As Katsuki took a seat, he noticed Reina looking around making sure no one came by before she took a seat across from him, placing her bag beside her and taking off her hat.

Finally she spoke.

"I'm afraid I haven't been completely honest with you before." She confessed, "I did say it was different now but I didn't go into detail as to what it had been because I wasn't so sure of it myself. But now… I think I have a small idea."

"... What is it?" Katsuki asked, leaning forward a little in his seat.

Reina took a deep breath before she replied, "The dreams… The images I've been seeing, each one is different from the other, but… They all had one thing in common. A boy would always appear and… That boy has been wearing this; MY red hat."

Reina motioned to her red hat that she was holding in her hands and Katsuki sat there a bit shocked, before she continued, "That little boy I've been seeing, calls me Rei-chan, every time he appears. That man Shigaraki, he called me that too. This might sound crazy… But I think the images, the dreams and Shigaraki are connected."

At this point Katsuki had been a bit speechless, though he thought about it himself as he put his hand under his chin thinking to himself. "What makes you think that?" He asked her.

"Well… I know it's not much, but considering the things I've been seeing there's a strong possibility that it might be the case." Reina replied, "I searched up on the web on anyone with the name Shigaraki, over and over again and there's no one with that name. I can only determine that the man we saw in the USJ has an alias; the police might've discovered this too."

Katsuki had been wondering what she was saying until he had drawn a conclusion. "Wait a goddamn minute here." Katsuki said, "... You're not actually planning on finding that bastard aren't you?"

Reina stayed silent at this, though this had only answered Katsuki's question, "... You really are stupid. Your gonna end up worrying a lot of people, not to mention you're just asking for a death wish!"

"I know that!" Reina shouted before she calmed herself down, "... I know that Katsuki-kun. Though… Up until now I didn't even think of looking for the reasons as to why I was stuck in a hospital for most of my life, let alone with wounds I don't remember getting, or even if I had parents. I just went along with what the Pro Heroes told me, and stuck with what I have now. I never bothered to question it, but… After that encounter, back in USJ, I'm sorry but this is something I can't ignore. I know that Shigaraki or whatever his name is, is a Villain, but he might have the answers I've been looking for."

Katsuki stayed silent at this as he thought about what she was saying. Did she really have some kind of a death wish is what he thought to himself. Though he knew exactly why she would think to do something like this. Even if she didn't know about meeting him as a child, he knew her better than anyone ever did; Even better than Izuku and Floyd though it wasn't like he would tell them that. He knew at this point there was no stopping her.

"... Are you really serious about this Reina?" Katsuki asked.

"Yes I am." She replied.

"... Have you told anyone else? Deku or the Half-Breed?"

"No. Your the only one who knows. Izuku-kun, and Floyd-kun I would normally tell them but they're busy with other things and I'd rather not bother them with this. I can't go to Shota or others about this either, they'll try to stop me from getting too close to knowing them."

He saw Reina bite her lip nervously as she clenched her hand, "Katsuki-kun… I know what I'm asking for is crazy, and probably stupid, but I will only ask this once of you, it's up to you if you want to accept it or not… I want you to help me find Tomura Shigaraki."

Katsuki put his foot on his knee before he started to think about what she was saying and even what she had been asking of her; he turned his gaze away from her as she looked out the window. Reina saw the look on his face and she guessed as she had a defeated expression on her face.

"... This wasn't a good idea after all…" Reina said aloud, before she started to gather her stuff and went to go, "... Thanks for listening though." Just when she went to the door she felt him grab her wrist suddenly. She looked back to him and saw the look in his eyes; She turned a little red at the fact that his hand was on her wrist.

"Uh--Wha-what is--" Reina started to stammer before she felt herself being pulled back to him. The next thing she knew she found herself trapped within his arms, making her get flushed with red. "Ka--Katsuki-kun?!" She exclaimed as she stammered, "What are you--!?"

"You really are a goddamn idiot." Katsuki suddenly cut her off again. Reina stayed silent at this as she couldn't help but wonder what he meant by it.

"If I had been any other person, I probably would've refused and told you to let it go right on the spot." He continued; she heard him laugh to himself in her ear, "Than again, I ain't like one of the people that I want to be above."

"Wait, does that mean you'll…?" She started to say, not wanting to jinx it.

Katsuki pushed himself out of the hug as he looked her dead in the eye, albeit with a smile on his face, "What do you think Lollipop Head?"

Reina smiled at this as she couldn't help but laugh a little. Katsuki noticed that tears started to come to her eyes. "Seriously you're crying now?" Katsuki said as he used his sleeve to wipe away the tears, "I swear you're worse than Deku."

"Sorry, I can't help it." She said as she rubbed her eyes a little, "It just means a lot to me. Thank you Katsuki-kun."

Katsuki merely clicked his tongue before he said, "However, the only condition I have is that we wait until after the Sports Festival is done."

Reina looked taken back by this, "Why wait that long? I thought the sooner the better would be the way to do things."

"I get why you would think that but you need to think about this logically here." Katsuki said, tapping on his own head lightly, "The Sports Festival is all about opportunity for us, and each of us, even Inkhead and Deku, have their own reasons for getting to the top. You have them too, I know. What do you think finding that bastard is going to do while the Sports Festival is going on?"

Reina was about to counter this but she couldn't find an argument as she thought it over. "I know this is important to you, and I'm not going to tell you to let this go, but you need to focus on what's gonna happen now. If you let this search thing get to you, you're going to end up destroying yourself. No one wants to see that happen to someone they care about."

"... I would never forgive myself if you ended up that way." Katsuki soon thought to himself.

Reina played with her hair a bit before she replied, "... As much as I want to find that man, I'll follow your advice. After all you've never been wrong before, right?"

This time his face turned red at the sight of her smile before he started to stutter, "Si-si-si-since when I was ever wr-wr-wr-wrong!?"

"Are you stuttering?"

"I'M NOT SHUT UP!"

"Don't yell, we're in a library!"

"I'M NOT EVEN YELLING!"

Reina couldn't help but laugh at the way Katsuki had been acting when they heard some of the staff shush them angrily. Katsuki turned redder at the sight of Reina's face as he had been entranced by her laughter. He bit his bottom lip as his hands shook; like he told her before he was poor when it came to timing though he had to let her know one way or another.

He gulped before he said as he couldn't help but stutter a little, "H-hey, Reina?"

"Yes?" Reina asked as she tilted her head a little.

"I was uh--" He said as he found himself struggling to look at her, "--I wanted to say to um--"

"To what?" She said.

"I wanted to say--"

"... Yes?"

"--I--uh--"

"You what?"

"DO YOU WANT TO TRAIN WITH ME BEFORE THE SPORTS FESTIVAL!?"

Just like that they heard the staff shush him again causing Katsuki to growl. Reina on the other hand had a shocked look on her face as she stared at him with wide eyes, as she had found his outburst to be really surprising. Though she couldn't help but laugh again before she replied, "Sure, but why did you feel the need to yell?"

Katsuki couldn't help but stammer a little again, as he couldn't find the words to say. Reina giggled a little at this, "How about say this Friday? We meet up in the park, and go from there?"

"Ye--Yeah sure." Katsuki replied as he stammered a little.

"Great!" Reina said before she gave him a hug, making him freeze up, "Thanks again for everything Katsuki-kun."

The next thing Katsuki knew he felt her lips on his cheeks, making him turn red as he was suddenly in a daze. Reina soon lost her smile as she found her face turning red too, as she had been in a daze as well. She abruptly stood up, with her face still flushed red. "R-r-r-right! I'll se-se-see you Fri-Fri-Friday!" Reina stammered as she started to make her way out of the library, as she moved like a robot drawing the attention of others as they had given her awkward looks.

Katsuki sat there as he was frozen stiff by what had just happened. He placed his hand on where Reina had kissed him, just surprised as ever that she did something like that. Though he couldn't help but let out a growl as he lost another opportunity. He slapped himself in the face, as he ran his hand through his hair.

"What the hell is wrong with me!?"