*Yaoyoruzu's P.O.V*
The stage was finished and Iida was heading back for his battle.
Mineta and Asui sped ahead of us to watch the battle.
Leaving Uraraka and I the last to head back.
"So... what did you say?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"What you said to yourself, you looked pretty determined." She responded.
"Oh that... I said... that I was gonna win this whole damn tournament." I said as determination and anger seethed in my words.
It took her a second for her eyes to light up.
"Oh, you want to win this... for Deku?" She asked.
"H-Huh?" I asked as she started laughing.
"That's adorable!" She yelled.
"I-It's not like that!" I yelled back.
"Oh really? Then how come you didn't have this determination when you beat Tokoyami, and how come you suddenly feel determined after we just saw Deku in Recovery Girl's office and just heard he's getting surgery?" She asked.
"T-That's because... I-."
"You have taken a liking to our little cinnamon roll?" Uraraka finished.
"No! ...And cinnamon roll?" I asked.
"Yeah, he's sweet enough to be a cinnamon roll, do you not watch anime?" She asked.
Yeah when I was like 5.
"Anyway not the point! You wanna win to avenge Deku, which makes sense because both Bakugou and Todoroki will be in your path." Uraraka said.
"Even if what you're saying is true. Which it isn't! How can we be certain that I will face those two during the tournament." I asked.
"Well Bakugou will probably beat Kirishima... don't tell him I said that, and it's between Todoroki and Iida in the finals." She said.
"B-But." I said.
"No buts! You want to win do you?" Uraraka asked.
"Y-Yes." I said as she stomped her foot.
"That's not loud enough, say it with me, 'I'm gonna win!'" She yelled.
"I'm gonna win!" I yelled with a tad bit more enthusiasm.
"LOUDER!" She yelled.
"I'm gonna win!" I yelled louder.
"ONCE MORE FROM THE PITS OF THE NECK! I'M GONNA WIN!"
"I'M GONNA WIN!" I yelled as loud as I possibly could.
"Atta girl! Now go, Iida's match ended." She said as she roughly turned me around and shoved me towards the center stage.
After drinking some water from a nearby fountain, thanks to the impromtu hype up exercise I made it to center stage to face off against Mina.
Her acid will be a problem, not only can she use it as a projectile but can slide on the ground with it.
I need to be careful.
Wait.. maybe I could use the projectile attack to my advantage, I just need to make a bunch of throwable objects to distract her or make her move back, then with one strong hit, I'll knock her out of bounds.
But what will suffice, maybe something that's threatening enough to warrent her stepping back.
"Begin!" Present Mic yelled.
I wasted no time in making a Flash Bang grenade, and tossed it directly at her.
She shot it out of the air with her acid.
"Ha! That the best you go-." She taunted until I hit her in the stomach with an upclose attack.
"No." I said making a smoke grenade, "I got plenty more," I said as I threw it on the ground, enveloping us in smoke.
"Cheap Trick!" She yelled.
"Then watch this!" I yelled as I gripped her shoulders and shoved her out of bounds.
"Ashido's out of bounds!" Present Mic yelled.
"Aww dang it!" She yelled but stood back up, "Oh well, I gave it my all, and at least I didn't come in last like someone!" She yelled, garnering a 'Hey' from I assume to be Kaminari.
One down... two more to go.
I made it back up to the spectators seats and watched Bakugou pummel Kirishima, his quirk couldn't withstand the onslaught as his quirk gave way and he was defeated.
After that, we were given a small break for Cementoss to fix up the stage again and then the semi-finals would kick off.
That gives me time to come up with a strategy for Bakugou.
He can beat me in a physical confrontation with that dang quirk of his.
How does it work exactly?
He sweats nitroglycerin... wait sweat.
If I lower his temperature, then I can weaken or even stop his quirk temporarily.
Maybe... but no how will I buy myself enough time to get it set up.
If I can somehow disrupt his vision.
Smoke grenades?
No that would be only temporary, and besides he can blow the smoke away with his quirk.
Flash grenades?
Better, but the effects would only last for about 10 seconds.
I could cover myself with a tarp?
No, the confusion would probably last about 2 seconds until Bakugou blasts me anyway.
What if I throw sand in his eyes?
Wait... that might work.
If I throw sand or dirt or anything, in his eyes, then he will not only be stunned but lose his vision temporarily.
The problem is that while he can't see, he could hear me.
Even if I make everything silently, he could hear when I use them.
Maybe I could make something that makes sound, a speaker or something?
Yeah, okay I think I have a halfway decent plan.
Phase 1, block his eyesight, if his eye sight his blocked then I can create my secret weapon.
Phase 2, distract his hearing, with his hindered eye sight, his hearing would in turn be heightened, the cheers of the crowd might be enough, but better safe than eliminated.
Phase 3, weaken his quirk, if he sweats nitroglycerin then if I lower his body temperature I could weaken his quirk enough to shove him out of bounds.
Well it's all I got, time to iron out the kinks.
"Hey Jirou." I said as Jirou looked towards me.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I need some music, loud and obnoxious ones." I asked.
"Hmm... well I've heard of this band called One Direction, will that suffice?" She asked.
"Anything will do." I said.
"Alright hand me your phone." She said, as I handed her my phone.
"Alright that should be enough, why do you need these?" She asked.
"You'll see." I said as I got up and headed to the waiting room.
Thankfully I ate a lot of food during lunch period so I had lipids to spare.
Also thankful that Jirou needed a speaker a few days ago for practice.
I made one, and tried to figure out how to connect my phone to the speaker, thankfully it was simple enough.
Present Mic announced over the intercom that Iida was defeated by Todoroki, meaning that when I defeat Bakugou, I'll face Todoroki.
I made my way down to the center stage, all the while ironing out the remaining kinks of my plan.
Okay, with the secret weapon I'm thinking of, and the handful of dirt I plan on throwing at his face, I could only make 3... should I make them now?
No I don't want to be convicted of cheating.
I'll just have to make dirt as fast as I can, and then swiftly go to phase 2.
Soon Bakugou and I were at center stage, he has a sheer look of determination... I shouldn't leave anything to chance.
"Begin!" Present Mic yelled.
Bakugou wasted no time charging towards me preparing a blast aimed directly at my face.
Okay, I've prepared the dirt, and recalling his battle with De- Midoriya, he'll probably launch himself behind me... all that I've got to do is make him do that.
I moved my balled up first forward, as expected he propelled himself over me, I pivoted swiftly and tossed the dirt at his face.
"Agh!" He yelled as he collapsed on the floor.
He opened his eyes for a split second then closed them again, "Cheap trick... but it's going to take more than that to defeat me." He said as he just stood there... waiting for me to make a sound, now's my chance.
I slowly and quietly moved around in circles, luckily Present Mic knows when to not say anything during commentary, as I was walking I created the 3 speakers I allowed myself to make, and connected them all to my phone through, 'bluetooth'.
"Where are ya? Scared I'll beat you?" He taunted as he waited for me to slip up.
Unbeknowst to him I placed the 3 speakers a good ways away from him, the point isn't to keep him distracted through out the whole match, the point is for them to be destroyed so I can create the secret weapon ahead of time.
Once I placed them down, I moved a few feet away, and pushed play.
The songs started playing... and Jirou was right... this was loud and obnoxious.
"Agh! What is this garbage!" He yelled as he started firing at the general direction of one of the 3 speakers.
Quickly while he's distracted!
I made two of the catapults I plan to use on him, once I made the second he destroyed one of the speakers.
2 more another speaker was destroyed, as the third speaker was destroyed I managed to angle them and load them with their ammunition.
"Hah... what are you trying to do?!" He yelled frustrated.
Once he was finished yelling I launched one of the catapults.
"Huh? Ahh! Snow?!" He yelled as he was hit in the face with one of my massive snowballs.
"Ingenius, she's planning to weaken Bakugou's quirk!" Present Mic yelled in the microphone.
I wasted no time in pelting him with more, they're aimed at his face, so his dirt would be cleaned off, but if I keep hitting him, he should be cooled down enough to not be able to use his quirk.
"Gah... stop!" He yelled as he tried to use his quirk... but a light spark came out of his hands nothing more.
"You said it yourself!" I yelled as I launched another one, "Quirks are physical abilities, yours is a special case, where your sweat is your Quirk, so if I cooled down your body temperature then your quirk gets weakened, am I right or am I right?" I asked as I launched the last of the snowballs.
He groaned in frustration.
I had to knock him out fast, if he gets frustrated he'll just heat up again!
I wasted no time in running to him, going for the kill.
"No you don't!" He yelled as he aimed his hand for one last blast.
Quick, make a snowball!
With the last of my energy I made one last snowball.
His hand started to spark, but I shoved a snowball in his open hand.
"Huh?!" He yelled as I gripped his shoulders and pushed him towards the edge.
He planted his feet, not surrendering yet.
But I didn't have time for this, I gripped his arm, and with my last ounce of strength, flipped him out of bounds.
"Hah... hah..." I breathed heavily... that took every ounce of strength I had left.
"Yaoyoruzu is the winner!" Midnight said as Bakugou kept laying on the ground trying to process what had happened.
In all honesty, I contemplated walking over to him to help him up.
But... I feel like not only would he hate that, but I also feel like he would rip off my arm the moment I reached out to him.
So I just... walked away, hoping to get any type of food before the next match.
As I headed up the steps however...
"Yaoyorozu!" A familiar voice yelled, Midoriya?
"Why are you here?!" I asked with concern, I understand that Recovery Girl heals people quick... but how, why is he walking?
"Oh Recovery Girl deemed me free to walk around, but your fight was so cool!" He yelled with excitement in his eyes.
I smiled as he retold the events of my match like an excited little kid.
But I had priorites, "Hey Midoriya, do you know where a kitchen is?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh that reminds me." He said fumbling around in his bag, "I made you another lunch... it may be a bit cold though." He said.
"W-When did you?" I asked.
"Oh, during the games before the tournament, All Might was nice enough to get me ingredients, so I made it before my match, hopefully it's 5 stars to your liking." He said with a smile.
I felt my face get warm, "Thanks De- Midoriya, I needed the fats for my match with Todoroki." I said as I hoisted it over my shoulder.
"Oh yeah... be careful with him, he's strong, and in my opinion a better opponent than Kacchan." Midoriya said.
"What did you say Deku?!" An all too familiar voice growled.
We turned to see Bakugou stomping up the stairs angrily, angry at both Midoriya's comment and him losing to me.
"Throwing dirt in my eyes was a dirty trick." He said his tone seething with venom.
"Hey it was well within the realm of the rules, I'm surprised you didn't just violently attacked." I said.
He stopped suddenly, "Well if I shot violently I could have hit the spectators, and besides all the noise I would have made would have helped you and your noise trap." He said as he moved past me, he turned around probably wanting to say something, but turned and walked away, "Out of my way Deku!" He snapped, making Midoriya move out of the way like a kicked puppy.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
After recovering form his panic attack, he stood up and faced me.
"O-Oh yea... fine." He said.
I was not convinced... but I shouldn't probe him.
"Anyway I'm glad that you didn't face the full front of Kacchan's anger when you beat him." Midoriya said.
"I feel like he couldn't do much, if he were to attack me within the walls of the stadium he would have probably faced punishment." I answered.
"Makes sense." He said facing me with a smile, "Anyway you should eat that, you're given a break before the finals to prepare mentally." Midoriya said as he slowly walked away.
As he left, I looked down at the bag Midoriya gave me.
I can't wait to eat his amazing cooking...
End of Chapter