What's up everyone, SomebodyWhoLovesThings here.

Just going to say that this is going to contain much longer chapters now that I'm getting into the Combat Club's first tournament.

Because I'll be describing certain fights, these chapters could even split certain days into multiple chapters.

Personally, I'll try to avoid that. But if it becomes a necessity, I will do that. I want to release chapters regularly.

Also,

Screw The iPhone App.

Hope you all enjoy! :)

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Day 11 of 21 - Part 1

Tuesday

- POV - Uraraka -

I've had combat training with Gunhead during the internship, so I don't think I'll lose both matches at the tournament.

Apparently, this tournament is going to be a tad different from the others ones in that it's double elimination. So I can make a losers' run if I fail early.

Additionally, Class 1-A and Class 1-B will both have their own tournaments, and the top four of each will move on into a final top eight clash for the hero course.

During training, I've been trying to accentuate my own mobility with my quirk. I don't have a powerful or enhancing quirk, rather, one that can weaken opponents.

And due to an increase in training with my quirk, I can also decrease the gravity of an object rather than simply removing its gravity all together. But I cannot increase the mass or gravitational properties of objects.

With all of these improvements in my capabilities, I feel that I may have a chance in combat. But I have to hope that I won't go up against a super strong offensive or defensive combat type, such as Kirishima, Bakugo or Todoroki.

Additionally, the rest of our classes are going to be held up by the hero course today. The hero course, general studies students and other departments all stay in other classes (such as history or science) together, so the teachers were fully aware and were ready to allow a break in their schedule.

So they've been keeping this from us this whole time. It's such a radical change; I would've expected that they at least let us know something was going to happen even without specifics.

Meh, I don't mind.

The arena will be the same as the one used for the U. A. Sports Festival, and the rules are the same. You must make your opponent surrender, immobilize/render them unable to fight back, or push them out of bounds.

I'm getting the feeling that I will be pushing for the last of all of the strategies, because the idea of beating someone into a pulp doesn't appeal to me, and I don't have a quirk that would allow me to put a hypothetical gun to my opponents' head.

"Uraraka!" I shrieked.

"Ah! Deku!"

"Sorry if I startled you. You just seemed very deep in thought. How do you think you'll do?"

"I... I'm not sure. I think I might have a shot at top 4 though I really don't expect to get there..."

"Yeah. I honestly feel the same way, though I'm a bit more confident that I might be able to make it in. Maybe I can redeem myself versus Todoroki."

"Oh geez, he'd be a nightmare for me to fight."

"Yeah. You wouldn't have anything to grab or hold onto so you could use your quirk, and touching him would be difficult due to his fire quirk."

I panicked just at the thought of fighting him. "Make sure you don't say this too loudly..."

"Yeah, I know. You have a solid chance though, Uraraka. I think you'll definitely make top 8 with your combat training." Top 8?! With people like Bakugo, Todoroki, Momo, Kirishima...

a-and you?!

"A-Ah! Keep your expectations modest, Deku!"

"I am! I just think you'll do very well. With the way you think shown in your fight against Bakugo, I think you just got unfortunately put up against number one. You'll definitely be fine against others!"

I blushed. I did get eliminated round one by the person who won the event... but that's besides the point. "T-Thanks... I think you'll be top 3."

"Three?" He looked flattered, but only slightly surprised. "Who else do you think will make top 3?"

"Bakugo and Todoroki."

"Yeah, I agree. Though I think third will be either Iida or Kirishima. But I think others, like us, have a shot too."

"We'll both do our best. That's all I know."

"Yeah!" I gave him a high five, and then he left to talk to Iida. I scanned around the classroom.

I wonder if the tournament is seeded based upon the rankings. Or is it seeded based on the U. A. Sports Festival results? Or the provisional license exam?

No, not the provisional license exam. Todoroki wouldn't be that high. Mineta would be seeded higher. I continued to ponder on and on about the tournament.

I reflected on about my moves that I had worked on and Gunhead Martial Arts.

All this thinking is getting to me. I don't want to burn out my brain before I get to the tournament. Let's just relax a bit.

I stopped thinking for a while and just went to sit by Iida and Midoriya, who didn't notice me and just kept talking. I smiled. Those two are the greatest friends.

"All right, everybody! Head to the stadium for the first U. A. Combat Tournament of the Combat Club! And also, your pretest for the combat unit!" Present Mic shouted to the class.

We all headed over to the stadium. When we got there, no audience or cameras were in sight. Just a couple of teachers and administrators. Good to know I won't have much pressure on me.

"Good morning, students! This tournament is based off of the seeded rankings for this class! We have a full ranking for each class, as well as a combination of both classes, which we used the first to seed the tournament!"

That answers my question. That was off of a panel as well as results.

"We will have a few preliminary rounds of fights before we get to everyone else!" said All Might. "Any questions?"

Iida raised his hand. "Yes, Young Iida?"

"Will we be staying in the stadium?"

"Good question! We want there to be as little pressure and distractions as possible, so you all will go to a separate classroom as a lobby and watch on screens. You will be in charge." He gawked, and All Might continued.

"Anyways, we would like to call some students to prepare for these rounds! These students by last name are Koda, Hagakure, Jiro, Aoyama, Sero, Koda, Mineta and Ojiro!"

Ojiro surprises me. He has a pretty good physical combat quirk.

The bracket was displayed on the screens around the stadium. Deku was going to fight Kaminari. Iida was going to fight Sero. And I had to fight... Tsu?

I felt blood drain from my face. Oh gosh... round one and I already have to face somebody who has a pretty decent combat quirk? My quirk isn't combat based at all!

I went to Momo, who would end up fighting Mina. "Hey, how do you think you'll do?"

"I'm not sure. It'll be tricky both shielding myseld from Mina's acid and trying to find an opening, but I can probably find a way. You've got a good chanve for round one match."

"I-I do?"

"Yeah! Asui has tricky movement, but luckily, no super strong physical prowess unless you're in water. It'll all depend on how you adapt."

I forgot that Momo is one of the big strategists of our class... she'll definitely do well. "Wow, that was a pretty quick summary you just gave me. But it helped. Thanks."

"No problem. You've got to be careful. If you win, you'll probably fight Kirishima next." I stopped my speech suddenly.

"K-Kirishima?" He's a full-blown combat type! He's practically genetically engineered for these type of things!

"Well, if he beats the winner of Shoji and Hagakure, yeah. You still have a chance, as your quirk can lighten the potential damage, but it'll be tricky to incapacitate him or get him out of bounds."

Things just got a whole lot worse for me! I can't let my nerves take over! "What are your goals for this tournament, Momo?"

"I want to hit a home run here and make the top 4. I wanted to join the combat league, but they didn't even put me in top 10. It's my turn to show them what they've been missing."

I think they know what they're missing. You had the highest positive difference in objective and subjective placements on the rankings. You'll be sure to make the top 10.

"Yeah. I really won't be a combat inclined hero, but I need to brush up on my weak areas. The Gunhead internship got me a lot of free points for the rankings, but it means nothing if I can't use it."

"Good point. I think we'll both be on the rankings by the end of the season."

"You definitely will. I'm going to go think for a bit. Goodbye, and good luck!"

"Good luck!"

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- POV - Deku -

I am continuously mentally preparing myself for my fight against Kaminari. I didn't focus too much on the preliminaries because the only threat I can personally see is Ojiro, but he got beaten by Mineta.

Crazy, right? Mineta ended up with a bloody head afterwards, but he used enough of his balls to completely immobilize Ojiro tail-first. I was surprised.

For the rest of the matches, Aoyama defeated Jiro (which I also wasn't expecting), Hagakure lost to Shoji, and Koda was defeated by Sero. That was all for the pre-lims.

I play the winner of Todoroki and Mineta if I defeat Kaminari, and that's concerning because I really doubt Todoroki will drop the game to Mineta unless a miracle happens.

"Momo Yaoyorozu and Mina Ashido, please come to prepare for your match!" I heard All Might say over the reciever.

"Good luck to both of you!" I stated with a smile. Momo waved and left, and Mina shot off a finger gun and smiled. Both appeared confident.

The two eventually faced off, and it was a compelling match. When the match happened, Mina was on the offensive.

She was producing a lot of her acid and moving quickly around Momo, trying to find openings to where she could come in and knock her out of bounds or push her back with the acid.

Momo put up a strong fight, however. By producing a shield, which she grew in size when needed, she blocked most of the acid and slammed it against Mina if she tried to rush in on her.

The majority of the fight was very defensive and heavy on how the two observed each others' actions.

Mina got in a few times, but never quite managed to get Momo out of bounds. And she wasn't able to land much acid on her to force her to surrender. At most the acid burned her clothes.

Momo never really got too many openings on Mina, but the ones she managed to get mattered. She even produced a pair of handcuffs and placed it on Mina when she tried to rush on; though they were gradually melted away by the acid.

The handcuffs that she produced served nothing more than a mere distraction and set-back for her mobility, which was still a plus, but it wasn't going to get her anywhere without application.

But eventually, Momo pulled it out in the end. Mina's main offensive strategy was quick mobility, observation, and keeping Momo defensive with the acid.

Momo realized this and managed to find openings on Mina by forcing her to avert to freeing her hands rather than pushing her offense on Momo, which eventually got Momo rushing on her, and led to her pushing her out of bounds.

The next match was Tokoyami vs. Sato. The match-up didn't last very long, mostly because the quirks are kind of similar.

Tokoyami's Dark Shadow is impaired by light, making his match-ups against Todoroki and Bakugo horrid. But it can serve as a disjointed entity or as an enhancement to Tokoyami's physical capabilities.

Sato, similarly, has a quiek which enhances his physical strength. The difference is that his setback actually harmed him severely in this match-up, as the cognitive function deteriorating hurt more than Tokoyami's weakness which was never really exploited in the match.

Sato put up a strong fight in the beginning, but all he could really do was delay the inevitable. He started our aggressive, and gradually got more defensive as his lack of strategy and fear got to him, until he was forced out of bounds.

The two victors, Momo and Tokoyami, will likely have to face Bakugo and Iida respectively, if the tournament goes according to my expectations.

The two losers, Mina and Sato, will have to face Hagakure and Ojiro respectively on the losers' side of the bracket.

"Izuku Midoriya and Denki Kaminari, please come to prepare for your match." I heard All Might say over the intercom.

Uraraka grabbed me by the shoulder before I lefr. "You got this, Deku!"

"You can do this, Midoriya!" said Iida.

"Thanks, you guys! I know you both will do well. See you in a moment!"

I walked over to the preparation rooms with Kaminari. It was a bit awkward at first. I was walking down the hallway with the person who I was going to try to physically fight in the next fifteen minutes at most.

But Kaminari was the first to reach out and talk to me. "Hey, let's have a good game!" He held out his hand.

"Thanks, Kaminari!" I shook his hand, and I felt a light shock. "Gah!"

Kaminari laughed. "I'm just toying with you, Midoriya. Good luck in the match!"

I smiled and walked into our separate rooms in the same hallway once we got to them. I took some deep breaths before the game started.

The ground that the stadium is on is not very conductive, but Kaminari's quirk can force enough electricity to electrify the ground.

I need to find a way not to be hit straight on with his electricity, but I need to be able to touch him to force him out of bounds or hit him.

I can use wind pressure and smashes in the air to try and blow him out of the way, but I'd have to exhaust my limbs trying to actually blow him somewhere.

This will likely be a game of exhaustion and patience. I need to find the right time to strike rather than rushing in and ending the game quickly like I could if I had full control over my quirk.

Aizawa walked into my room to escort me onto the field. When I went onto the field, Kaminari was in his U. A. uniform like everybody else.

We all did the battles in regular uniform attire rather than our hero outfits, because that was simply the rule of the first tournament. We were told that in later tournaments, we would be allowed to use certain support items or costumes.

Present Mic started announcing us off.

"Midoriya vs. Kaminari starts in 3...

2...

1...

BEGIN!"

Alright, let's do this.

Hm...

Wait...

There's... there's not much going on right now.

W... Why?

Kaminari didn't start the match off with an immediate shock. He stayed observant, with a confident grin on his face, watching to see what I was going to do first.

It's clear that he understands the limitations of his quirk. I need to find a way to pressure him into using it, or forcing him into using it. I know trying to rush him down will end badly.

I ran my quirk through my legs. "All right, let's stop standing around and get to fighting, shall we?" I took a quick stride towards Kaminari.

He walked slowly as I came in at blazing speed. What is he doing? I can't let him catch me off guard. If he hits me with a full shock, I'll be finished!

I smiled, trying to hide my questioning thoughts in the back of my mind. I couldn't let him know I was unsure of what he was doing.

He stood still for a moment, and started charging up his quirk. When I got up close to him, I started charging my own quirk in my arm, though I started slowing down.

I can't actually hit him. I'll face reprecussions of his quirk, and I won't quite knock him out of borders. I need to bait him into wasting it. I slowed down, and lifted my arm to signify a punch was coming.

Kaminari relaxed his body and grimaced. He... did he call my bluff? Did he notice my hesitation? He lunged forward with both of his hands, and I had two options.

I could jump back, or I could try to hit him. I went with the latter. He thinks I'm afraid of his quirk... he's probably trying to collect info on my escape methods under pressure without exhausting his quirk.

I quickly ducked under his arm and ran my quirk through my hand, shoving his stomach. He flew backwards, collapsing on the ground. Not out of bounds yet.

I knew it. He was trying to bluff me out. Now is when he'll start actually using his quirk. I rushed towards him as he got up, and he visibly started charging his quirk.

He's going to hit me with full force if I'm not careful, and he's near the side boundary. He's trying to bait me. As I ran towards him, he once again lunged at me, this time with his actual electrified arms.

I leaped backwards, dodging his attack. He can't play like this forever, but I can't evade him forever either.

I made another quick dash for him, and he immediately shocked the floor, my legs violently jerking from the shock. This is bad!

He ran forwards and punched me hard in the chest, knocking me over near the boundary. He ran up to me, as if to kick me out of bounds.

I saw the electricity sparking off of his uniform as he ran towards me. This is really bad! I needed to turn around the scenario. So close to the boundary, this could result in a win.

I ran my quirk through my legs, and did a turn around flip from a squat position. His foot ran under me as I flipped over him. Retaining this balance is tricky... and this is gonna look flashy, but I have a reason.

I ran One for All through my arm as I landed onto the ground at around a five foot distance away from him. I held it backwards. "Detroit..."

"SMASH!" I threw my fist right up to his back, without even hitting him. Just getting near his body made my arm hair stand up on end due to the electric charge.

The manuever went over smoothly and my turnaround worked just as planned. The wind blew Kaminari off of the ground and a bit into the air, propelling him out of bounds. My arm was worked, but not broken or bruised.

"Midoriya blows Kaminari out of bounds with an INSANE jump over his opponent into a carefully timed punch! Midoriya moves on, defeating Kaminari in the FASTEST match of the tournament so far!" exclaimed Present Mic.

That was fast? I have to admit, time feels slower to me in battle. Kaminari stood up and turned around, awestruck. "T-That... was like lightning! N-No pun intended of course."

I held out my hand for a handshake. "Good match."

"Y-Yeah... I'm scared now..." he shook my hand, and his hand was shaking. Did I really move that quickly with that flip?

I walked back to the lobby where everyone else was watching the games on screens. The teachers and administrators wanted the pre-test to be free of distractions.

Uraraka ran to me before I even made it to the lobby. "DEKU! I had no idea you could do that!" She ran up to me and hugged me tightly. "I'm so proud!"

I blushed hard when she let go. "N-Neither did I, Uraraka!"

"That was CRAZY! You finished him off so quickly! And that punch was so strong it had a gust of wind behind it, almost like one at the entrance exam!"

"U-Uraraka, your match is next! Shouldn't you be preparing for it?" Uraraka paused, and then her face went pale she looked puzzled.

She then looked embarrassed, and her face turned pink. "Y-Yeah! I'm fighting Tsu! W-Wish me luck!" She ran off into the lobby.

Iida came back down the hallway. "Man, she sure is riled up about that. Everybody's mouth dropped at that flip though, great mobility and position reversal!"

"Thanks, Iida. A-About her... I..."

"Uraraka?"

"Yeah. I have a question if you can answer it." I looked down at the ground.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Do... do you think she likes me?" Iida's face widened at the question. Did I catch him off guard? "Sorry, is that a bit weird?"

"No, no. I'm just... a bit... s-surprised! Have you been thinking about maybe dating-"

"Shh!!!" I said quickly, interrupting him. "A... a bit... yes..."

"So you have the hots for her?"

"Y-Yes! Now answer the question!" Why can't he get to the point?

"I... I'll let you in on who she likes. But you can't tell anyone who it is, and you can't tell anyone, especially her, that I said it."

"No."

Iida was caught off-guard. "H-Huh?"

"If she doesn't like me, then I don't want to know. It'd be unfair for me to know, and nothing good would come out of it. I'd probably just get jealous a-"

"Midoriya, it is you!"

My face lit up, and I looked at Iida with my eyes practically falling out of their sockets. I paused for a bit before talking, and Iida just let me have some time.

I covered my face and collected my thoughts briefly. "I-I-I knew something w-was up!"

"What something's up?" Uraraka came to my side, with Asui next to her as well.

"AAGH!" I exclaimed. "I-I didn't see you there!"

"I'm sorry, Deku. But what is it? Tell me now; I have to go to the match!"

"Spill it, ribbit."

I... I can't think or talk too confidently right now...

"I-It's nothing. I'll be sure to tell... to tell you after the... uh... match! The match!" My face was burning, and I scratched the back of my head.

"Are you okay, Midoriya? You seem pretty uneasy right now-"

"I'm fine! Really! Good luck with your match, you two!"

The two shrugged and left. Once they were gone, Iida gave me a look.

"How are you going to ask her out again if you can't even talk straight to her face?"

"I-I don't know, man! I don't know!"

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- POV - Iida -

We were back in the lobby, and Midoriya was still on the topic of Uraraka. Her match was going on right now, actually.

"I... I still feel oddly afraid to do anything despite the fact that we actually went out at one point."

I stopped and thought here. Should I tell him I already know all this stuff because I'm practically Uraraka's psychiatrist?

No, not for now. I know by telling him she likes him too it'll end well, but I don't want to compile extra embarrassment. "What? You did?"

"Y-Yeah..."

"Nice job. Did it go pretty well? Any signs that she might like you?"

"We... held hands..."

"What? Shouldn't it be obvious?"

"Yeah, I know, but I still can't-"

Bakugo came over and interrupted me. "What are you nerds talking about?"

"AGH!" Deku squealed again. "Geez, Kacchan."

"What do you want?"

"What were you guys talking about?"

"O-Oh, n-nothing! We were just discussing... u-uh..." Damn. Izuku just suddenly can't talk now... he is a terrible liar all of a sudden...

"We were discussing match-ups for the tournament. He's concerned about how he's probably going to play Todoroki. Knock it-"

"Oh, so he knows now too?"

Wait, Bakugo knows? "Knows what?"

"N-No! It wasn't that! It was-"

"You know, Deku's little... crush." He spoke oddly quietly, as if he were trying to hide the secret.

Wait, he told Bakugo? What the heck was he thinking? "Don't speak too loudly, Kacchan!"

"Midoriya! Why'd you tell him?"

"Tell him what?" Kirishima came up behind me. He probably came here because Bakugo left his little posse behind.

"N-Nothing! Absolutely nothing!"

"Both of you go away! I was talking to Midoriya first!" I signalled, a bit too loudly.

"Hey, what's going on here?" said Mina, walking up to us.

Midoriya hid face under his arms on the table. "I swear... it's nothing... just go away..."

"Are you okay, Midoriya?" she asked.

He looked up, and his face was beet red. "I'm fine, just leave me be."

Kirishima grew a sinister smile on his face. "Hey... I think I know what's happening here."

Midoriya looked up at him, still blushing furiously, and had a concerned look on his face. "Y-You do?"

"That's enough," said Bakugo. "Leave the damn nerd alone." He started walking back to the table where Kirishima, Kaminari and Sero were hanging out. But they were all now hanging around my table.

Now that I looked around, most of the class was around my table looking at Izuku.

"What is it?" said Hagakure. "Are you hiding a secret?"

"No, no, no! Just stop it!" said Midoriya, hiding his face on the table. I heard a bunch of people talking now, theorizing on what was going on.

"Come on, it's not a big deal! Do you have a crush on someone?"

"What's the big holdup here?"

"Why was Iida being so loud? What happened?"

"Why is Midoriya so embarrassed?"

Tons of people just kept talking. I didn't like this. Not one bit. This is starting to get out of hand... nobody's even watching the matches anymore! They're all focused here!

"EVERYONE, SHUT UP!" I shouted.

"Iida, geez! What's happening?" Uraraka walked in to hear me screaming at the class.

There was an awkward silence. Nobody said a word. They all just sort of glared at Uraraka, and then slowly and silently made their way back to their tables. Midoriya lifted his head, now finally looking a bit normal.

"Oh, and Deku, what was it that you were talking to Iida about? You seemed so flustered."

Everyone heard that, and they all turned to look at Izuku. He hesitated briefly. "Oh! I... uh... um..." Just talk, dude! "We weren't..."

Midoriya looked up at the classroom, who all were now staring at his face which had gone back to the same color it was previously.

I saw everyone's faces. You could hear a pin drop in the hallway. Many had different reactions.

Kirishima nodded his head, as if to say 'Yep, I knew it'. I heard Mina whisper to Hagakure, who then gasped.

Momo covered her mouth in disbelief. Her expression essentially signified 'Oh, shoot'. I heard Bakugo silently mutter to himself 'Agh, shit.'

"Deku, what's-"

"ARGH, FUCK!" He ran out of the room, covering his face from everyone. I wanted to run after him because he wasn't supposed to leave the lobby according to the teachers, but that's not important right now.

I sighed. This is why they should have at least ONE teacher here. Nobody'll listen fully to me, and of course I happen to screw this up.

"Iida...? What just happened?"

"I... I... don't... know."

"Does this have something to do with what he told you in the hallway?"

"It's not a big deal. I might tell you later. But, can you go outside for a bit?"

"Yeah, what for?"

"I need to talk to the class real quick about their behavior. You heard me yelling, right?"

"Yeah. It was pretty muffled, but-"

"Good, good!" I started pushing her back. "I'll get you in a second. Be right back! Bye!"

"But wai-" I closed the door and turned around to the class. "All right, here's the deal."

Nobody spoke a word. They all still gave their undivided attention to me. Normally, this is what I would want. But I don't like it now because I know it's just because I'm Midoriya's friend and they found out something about him.

"Midoriya likes Uraraka?" Mineta said confusedly.

Of course it had to be you... But I have an idea. "Okay, yes. It's true." The entire class started talking again. "HEY, I'M NOT DONE!"

"It was a bit obvious in my opinion..." Kirishima muttered.

"I don't care right now. Midoriya is flustered because he thinks she'll find out. And he's going to be the one to tell her, you hear?"

An awkward silence came across the class. "Okay, if Uraraka finds out because ANYONE besides Midoriya himself, I'll give a bad report to Mr. Aizawa and you'll have some terrible regrets. Am I clear?"

The class just looked at me. "Yes, Iida," they said quietly.

I slammed a desk. "ARE WE CLEAR?"

"Yes sir!"

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- POV - Uraraka -

I had come back to the lobby after beating Asui narrowly, and Iida forced me out of the class to talk about something.

Iida eventually let me back into the lobby, and everyone seemed more quiet. I heard some yelling, but couldn't really tel what was going on or make out what he was saying.

"Iida, be honest. Was that about what Deku was doing?"

"No, I promise."

"Okay, I believe you."

The next matches were being played, and the teachers had later come to our rooms and asked the losers to come with them.

Apparently, they decided to finish up the tournament today rather than tomorrow and they played the losers in another stadium.

They had two TVs going at once to look at both games, though most crowded around the winners' table.

Most of the rest of bracket went as expected. Bakugo defeated Aoyama in dominant fashion, with just two blasts. The match started with Aoyama firing a laser.

Bakugo then went towards him with a huge blast from his left and blew him out of bounds with his right. It took Deku's spot as the quickest win in the tournament.

Iida defeated Sero, as he was unable to get a solid grip on him before he was kicked out of bounds. Literally.

Todoroki defeated Mineta, mainly because he threw up ice walls to block the projectile balls and Mineta was forced out of bounds by the fire. Kirishima and Shoji was the only match that resulted in an ending where the opponent WASN'T out of bounds. Kirishima ended up knocking out Shoji.

(A/N: Here are the losers' results because I'm not summarizing every single battle:

L: Asui Jiro

Kaminari Koda

Ojiro Sato

Mina Hagakure

(R2)

Asui Shoji

Kaminari Mineta

Ojiro Sero

Mino Aoyama)

We were now in the next round of winners. Bakugo played against Momo first. Momo was once again on the defensive.

Bakugo was relentless in his offense. It was very calculated, but Momo was more spot on with her gameplay. Every time Bakugo was barely off the mark, Momo would ran his stomach with her shield, knocking him over.

She got in a couple of good hits, but his juggernaut offense was a much easier game to play, leading her to be forced out of bounds.

Iida played Tokoyami next. Tokoyami opted to use Dark Shadow as more of an armor and offensive enhancer than as a separate entity like usual, which worked out pretty well for him.

Iida had a strong edge in mobility, but could not fend off Dark Shadow earlier on, which he realized early, and played a hit-and-run style.

Tokoyami was then forced to use Dark Shadow to reach out and attack Iida, as he couldn't catch up to him normally. This nearly resulted in Iida falling out of bounds multiple times. The class was really on edge watching this one.

But this left Tokoyami open to Iida's advances as he no longer had armor. Iida rushed in with a Recipro Burst and knocked him all the way across the battleground out of bounds, leading to a good, but tight victory.

Deku was now up to face Todoroki. Todoroki was in the room when he left, but Deku wasn't. We all saw him when he went up to the battleground on the TV, though.

Everybody in the classroom was watching this rematch. Now that Deku had been able to control his quirk, he had a much better chance at winning. But now Todoroki would use both sides the whole game.

"START FIGHTING IN 3...

2...

1...

FIGHT!"

Just like last match, Todoroki started with a wall of ice. Deku crushed it with a smash, which had no visible effect on his arm, unlike last time. It was clear: Todoroki couldn't stay back anymore. He had to fight.

Though Todoroki didn't. He opted to stay back and fire walls of ice, a light flame imbuing his body to heat up his colder half.

This continued on for a while, until Deku made a giant leap above the wall of ice. The class gasped in astonishment.

He then started leaping across the ice. "Midoriya is the first to advance on his classmate, using his own projectile as terrain!"

He jumped down about halfway across, and smashed half of the ice into Todoroki from the middle. He ducked and put up a shield of flame to protect from the flying ice.

Deku lunged in quickly, now that Todoroki was still on the defense, but he was prepared for it. He dodged to the right to avoid the smash, placing his hand on Deku's chest.

He released a large cube of ice, completely enveloping Deku's body. No! It can't end here!

"Todoroki immobilizes his opponent in a swift and efficient counterattack! Todoroki moves on!" The class sighed and walked back.

But the body enveloped in ice was still fully conscious, and his skin was starting to glow. Todoroki didn't notice. I was the only one who did.

"Deku...?"

The ice around him flew off, shattering in the air, and Deku jumped into Todoroki and punched him with great force, flying him into the other side of the stage which still had half of the previous ice wall.

The ice broke when his back hit it, implying that he flew back with high momentum, and probably hurt him a good bit. "What's this? Midoriya is still alive! He's still moving!" The class ran back to the TV.

Deku lunged towards Todoroki, who was now less able to move than before. But he wasn't helpless. He stomped on the ground, creating an ice pillar that rose up and hit Deku in the chin, uppercutting him upwards.

Deku flew up, then fell down to the ground. Deku! That looked like it hurt! "And Midoriya advances him again, only to be victim of a perfectly counterattack by Todoroki! This is a lot of action considering their last battle!"

Todoroki raised his flames and ran after Deku, who jumped higher on the side of the pillar where Todoroki couldn't see him. When Todoroki got to the other side, he continued running, believing that Deku had went around.

But Deku jumped down and smashed Todoroki's back again, as he flew right next to the boundary. "Todoroki is forced near the boundary! This could be it!"

Deku rushed in for a final blow, but was once again predicted. Todoroki grabbed his wrist with his left hand and raised it, as he didn't use his quirk for this attack. He then did another ice push with his tight, and then immediately followed him by riding on ice created by his foot.

Deku got up more slowly, and Todoroki rode the ice higher to create walls from skating on the previous ice he made. He encircled Deku, who did a smash through one of the walls when he realized was being trapped.

But Todoroki was already waiting for him, who shoved him back into the small circle encased in ice, his enflamed hand put directly above Deku's face.

Fire had now enveloped his entire body, except his foot, which was placed on Deku's stomach as he had fallen down. "Give up or be burnt to a crisp," he said in an aloof manner.

Deku didn't have a choice. He raised his hands. "And Todoroki moves on, forcing Midoriya's hand after an insane tactical ice cage and reaction by Todoroki! Good on both contenders for fighting despite the drastic blows on one another!"

Todoroki put out his fire and walked off of the battlefield.

To be continued...