[center][h1][color=00a651][u][b]Kiko Mazzini-Ishikawa[/b][/u][/color] & [color=00a99d][u][b]Kenji Ito[/b][/u][/color][/h1]

An [@Etranger] and [@Jojo] collab[/center]

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The demo was exhausting, and that was amplified by some amount by the subsequent post-boost crash that came with Kaito's boost. Somewhere along the line he must have separated with Kaito on the path to the grounds Goudo-sensei lead them to. The large boy came out of his daze by himself, well behind the rest of the class but still within view of everyone. For a moment he didn't remember how he got there and considered the possibility that he might have just sleep-walked all the way outside somehow. The campus was pretty and so close to nature that he almost felt like this whole year was going to be a long camping trip. He was excited to be here but the Power Chord crash and the general exhaustion from his long trek here was starting to really get to him. His face gradually sunk until he almost looked like he was asleep again. 

By the time they reached the open field and Goudo-sensei gave them the okay to wander around and socialize, Kenji was far to tired to continue and simply layed down in the grass. The blue of the morning sky enveloped his vision as his eyes struggled to stay open. Falling asleep on the first day? Never. He just needed to lie down a bit...

Unfortunately Kenji would not find rest because someone approached him the first opportunity they had. Having become interested from the moment she saw his demonstration, Kiko had been waiting for the moment she could say something about it. The moment they were left to their own devices she came up and started speaking loudly. [color=00a651][b]"Hey, dude, your Quirk demonstration was awesome! I was watching the whole time, and you were like, "Hiyah, Watah, KERSMASH!"..."[/b][/color] Her onomatopoeia were either exaggerations or outright fabrications. [color=00a651][b]"...it was soooo cool! Oh man, I really wish I could just smash things like that...."[/b][/color] She only paused a moment before carrying on without a care. [color=00a651][b]"Hey, whaddidya think of my Quirk? Was it awesome? Tell me it was awesome!"[/b][/color]

The sudden barrage of information brought about by the student standing over him snapped him back into reality as he tried to register everything she said. His eyes were squinted at the bright sky behind her, but vision focused and the blurry image cleared to show Kiko Mazzini. Kenji was familiar with her but he didn’t think they had ever been officially acquainted. 

Well, he had seen what she could do at least. Bullet Hell, her quirk, he had been on the wrong end of it before. He could never deny how impressive she was, and yet here she was standing over him and calling [i]him[/i] cool. 

[color=00a99d]“Zzzz-- Oh! Kiko-san, right?”[/color] Kenji buzzed into life, his antennae more upright than he could manage himself. He propped himself up on his elbows but was still lying down. [color=00a99d]“You’re quirk demo was awesome! Way more amazing than what I can do alone.” [/color]

[color=00a651][b]"Oh yeah, my Quirk is pretty damn amazing. It's all like "Bang, Whiz, Dakkadakkadakka!""[/b][/color] She would have continued, but she remembered why she approached Kenji. [color=00a651][b]"But come on, Amico, you've got plenty of pizazz on your own! Like I said, I would kill to be able to smash things into other things like that. I mean, I would want to smash things into other things AND shoot them full of holes, but they're both cool things in their own right!"[/b][/color] 

It was here that Kiko remembered her earlier encounter with Kenji. [color=00a651][b]"Oh, right, I shot at you during the exam, right? Sorry about that. I get really excited when I'm in the zone, and I don't pay too much attention to what I fire at. I thought I was shooting at that Croco-dude. Can you forgive me?"[/b][/color] Kiko wouldn't normally make such a big deal of something she considered so small, but she did want to get on Kenji's good side right now.

Though some of the italian lingo was lost on Kenji he understood the kind words she was trying to get across. He smiled at her before she brought up their first meeting.

Kenji thought back to the entrance exam. He and another student fought desperately to keep Croc busy, spending the majority of the exam taking a beating from his family friend. Somewhere along the line, he felt and unexpected pain from his back. It wasn’t too terrible compared to what he was already facing, but it did give him a bit of a start. In that brief moment he turned around he caught a glimpse of Kiko before she turned and ran off as soon as she had arrived. 

He was never upset about it. He had a much bigger problem on his hands after all. 

[color=00a99d]“It’s okay. To be fair you would have hit him a few times if I wasn’t in the way.”[/color] he said, not wanting to discourage her. Enthusiasm like hers was something to be cherished, a true trait of a hero in the making. 

[color=00a651][b]"Yeah, I probably could have put that guy on ice. All I would have needed was a good clean barrage on him and he would be so down."[/b][/color] Her eyes shifted left to right quickly at that moment. She was reminded that said guy was a teacher here, and she could never be sure he wouldn't be within earshot to hear her bragging. Deep down, even Kiko knew she couldn't take Croc in a fight, at least not a fist fight.

[color=00a651][b]"Hey, where do you see yourself after all this?"[/b][/color] Her question was inspired by yet another random thought that popped into her head. [color=00a651][b]"I mean, I see myself being on screen from here to Italy while turning crooks into swiss cheese. I bet I'll be number one in more than one damn country, that's for sure. But how bout you?"[/b][/color] In Kiko's head, she was already conjuring up scenarios of Kenji running around crushing people's skulls with his bare hands. It was a good thing he couldn't read minds, or he might be shocked by images of him committing extreme violence.

Kenji held back his laughter at the thought of Kiko trying to take on his uncle one on one. Itagaki-sensei would wipe the floor with any of the students based on the demonstrations, and he was sure Kiko understood that as well. The question that came next was an easy one to answer for Kenji, even with the somewhat manic expression she was looking at him with. The reason he wanted to be a hero wasn’t very deep at all, and the type of hero he wanted to be was one everyone looked up to. 

[color=00a99d]“I’m not really after being the top hero or anything like that. I just want to be a hero so people will treat me with more dignity than just a gross bug. I want to be a hero like All Might was one day!”[/color] he answered, tiredly holding a fist into the air. [color=00a99d]“Go beyond!”[/color]

Kiko did a double take at Kenji's words. [color=00a651][b]"Wait a minute, woah woah woah. You're telling me people treat YOU like a gross bug? Come on, you can just go "Wacha!" and smoosh them like a REAL gross bug!"[/b][/color] It was inconceivable to Kiko that somebody could let others bully them meekly. [color=00a651][b]"Seriously, dude, why would you even let people do that to you?"[/b][/color]

Kenji averted his eyes at that suggestion, upset at even the thought of hurting someone like that. All he could do is shrug and try to deflect the topic.

[color=00a99d]"Anyway... why do you think we're out here? I imagined the first thing after the assembly would be a tour of campus."[/color]

Kiko was a little put out by having her question deflected, but wasn't nearly nosy enough to push the issue. Luckily for Kenji, he chose the perfect way to distract Kiko; giving her something to rant about. [color=00a651][b]"Oooh, ooh, Guodo Sensei said it was going to get windy, right? Maybe it's like endurance testing or something like that. They're gonna turn on a huge wind machine and see if we get blown away. I dunno about you, but I reckon I could take it. I can and will withstand anything on my path to number one."[/b][/color] As always, Kiko was oblivious to the notion that someone as small and petite as her could easily be knocked down. 

[color=00a651][b]"Actually, no, I can probably say with some confidence a sturdy built dude like you could stand up to a little wind. You reckon?"[/b][/color]

Kenji almost immediately went back to smiling when Kiko took the bait and he had successfully gotten her on another topic. The idea of a sudden surprise windstorm test was intriguing but he hoped that it wasn't the case after the demo had tired him out so much. And he had even left his things behind when he entered the main building, so there was nothing to weigh him down. 

[color=00a99d]"Well, I'm probably one of the heaviest people here. Maybe. Though the surface area of my body might also work against me, more to push on when you're this wide you know?"[/color] Kenji joked, placing a single hand on his hard but bulbous belly. 

[color=00a651][b]"Hehe, yeah."[/b][/color] Kiko laughed along with him. She wasn't the type to make fun of fat people, but Kenji seemed to be making fun of himself, so it was only fair to laugh with him. [color=00a651][b]"But hey, if your legs are half as strong as your arms, you could totally just dig yourself in. Aint nothing gonna move legs that can smash rocks, amirite?"[/b][/color]

True to her nature, Kiko quickly seized on a new topic of discussion. [color=00a651][b]"Hey, what if it involves windbag over there? You know, the one you called Magical Miracle back in the courtyard?"[/b][/color] She was cleary gesturing at and referring to Hiroki. [color=00a651][b]"His Quirk makes wind, we all saw it in the demo. Maybe it's us against him?"[/b][/color] It did not occur to Kiko how unlikely it would be to recruit a student for a test on their first day, but that was par for the course so far.

Kenji remarked in his thoughts how digging himself underground to protect himself from high wind speeds was a tactic to keep in mind, though it highly depended on how soft the ground was beneath him. Did this girl have a tactition underneath the spray 'n pray attitude? 

The possibility that some other students might have mistook his earlier unfortunate confrontation with Hiroki as more than an accident hadn't registered before then. He had to clear that up before someone got the wrong idea about the kind of person he was.

[color=00a99d]"Ah. That wasn't what it seemed like you know."[/color] Kenji remarked quickly, [color=00a99d]"I honestly thought he meant the real #1 was here. But I don't think he's they meant. I could be wrong though, I guess we'll just have to wait and see."[/color]

[color=00a651][b]"Yeah, I guess we'll have to wait."[/b][/color] Kiko remarked along with Kenji. Taking a moment from chattering endlessly, Kiko had an unprecedented moment of insight and noticed that Kenji seemed kindof tired. It suddenly occurred to her that she might actually be bothering him. [color=00a651][b]"Hey man, you look pretty beat. I'mma leave you alone so you get some rest. Can't go beyond if you're out of it, eh? Peace!"[/b][/color] At that, Kiko got up and walked away with a wave. She had no idea how much time was left before it got windy like Guodo said, but if there was any, she would probably spend it gushing over someone else's Quirk. There were a few big contenders...

[hider=TL;DR]Kenji tries to take a much needed rest, but Kiko shows up an acts like too much of a spaz to let him. She gushes over his Quirk for a while only to miraculously realise she's being annoying and leave.[/hider]