The battling teams entered the building containing the maquette weapon, while we, the rest of the students, headed to another nearby one.

We were watching both teams' performance from a bunch of screens. No sound just pictures.

'I can guess what Modoriya and Bakugou are talking about from their expression, in addition to Bakugou's words and actions in the gym quirk tests.'

He thought Midoriya was quirkless from since childhood, but he found out he is not this year, after so long.

He is so powerful and naturally talented as it is clear from his performance. This has probably gotten to his head and made him over prideful.

Midoriya was cracking that pride.

He was catching up to him.

Bakugou was forced as consequence to see things differently. To see people differently.

Midoriya, on the other hand, is a whole different story. The way he was speaking to his friend was not coming from a place of broken power, it was from a place of old wounds.

He is someone who probably was always left on earth while everyone else was soaring their wings in the sky. Now that he had a chance to fly, he did, and so powerfully that it stunned his sky ruler, Bakugou.

'But flying with wings you are not used on using will not get you to your goal immediately, let alone all safe and sound... Midoriya is going to fall and hurt himself, even if he won as I anticipate.'

Now the reason why Midoriya is going to win is mostly Bakugou himself. The latter's anger blinded him from making a strategy with his partner. If he had fought together with Iida, they would have defeated Midoriya and Uraraka with ease.

'They both are executing their actions based on personal feelings. While Midoriya is more of a clear mind thinking things through, Bakugou is much more of a good executor with excellent reflexes and control. In this battle, raw power alone is not the key.'

But there was something else that felt off, too.

When the two's fight intensified too much (blame explosion boy for that), All Might sensei did not stop them. He wanted to, but did not.

'Why though...'

Looking at his expression, he looked like was feeling responsible if something. This something preventing him from stopping the match.

'This something is related to either Bakugou or Midoriya...

Or I am just over thinking things...'

I looked back at the screen.

In the end the green head defeated the angry one. With an awesome ending move, too.

However...

The ones untouched are the villains' team, the defeated ones, meanwhile the winners, the hero team, are the ones with broken bones. In Midoriya's case, literally.

'His quirk caused him damage again... it is acting like he manifested it from a very short time.

Even though science denies the possibility of such a thing, something is still not in place.'

After the match, the two teams excluding Midoriya were brought to the same room with us to receive criticism on their strong and weak spots in battles.

Bakugou was living in his world now, and could not interact with anyone else.

'His pride was just a moments ago crushed... he needs time to recover.'

"Now to decide who the MVP in this test was!" said All Might sensei in excitement.

He thought for a moment then said: "Hmm, I'd say..." He made a small pause again then exclaimed: "I'd say it is Iida shonen!"

Iida became wide mouthed (probably eyed, too but I can't tell from his glasses) and screamed: "WHA-HUH?!!!"

The shadow on Bakugou's eyes deepened.

"But weren't the winners Ochako and Midoriya?" The frog like girl asked a hand on her chin.

All Might sensei, too pumped up, asked us why he thinks so.

Yaoyarouzu-san raised her hand.

'Let's see how deep she has gotten into the situation.'

Why didn't I raise my hand to answer, you say?

Well even if she did not raise her hand, I most likely was not going to imply my analysis.

People get usually scared of how accurate I see through them.

Anyways, she explained that Iida was the one who adapted to his situation the most, while Bakugou acted upon a personal grudge. She also noted that his wide range attack indoors was idiotic.

Bakugou's face got gloomier, his eyes now hidden with his hair.

Then she said that the same analysis for Bakugou goes for Midoriya.

She also implied that Uraraka was careless and exposed herself halfway through her ambush, and attacked recklessly in the end of the fight. The nuclear weapon maquette, according to her, had to be treated like an actual weapon by us. This is where Uraraka and Midoriya failed.

After that, she explained that Iida was the MVP because he made an accurate strategy and treated the test like a real life mission, even though he was too slow to react to Uraraka's "home run" attack.

'As I expected, she has fabulous analytical abilities. Now, what is left is her practical ones.'

Iida became so emotional that he had stars forming around his face, and a weird proud smile.

Class was covered in complete silence.

Sensei gave nervous Yaoyarouzu-san a nervous thumbs up and told her: "We can add that Iida was a little bit stiff... other than that correct answer, he he..."

She exhaled in silent excitement then said confidently: "We should always start our studies with what's familiar! And if we don't cheer on each other wholeheartedly then we won't succeed in becoming top heroes!"

I smiled to myself.

'She is an amazing person, and I am sure she will also be an amazing hero.'

I turned my face, and my gaze fell on Bakugou.

He was in a pitiful state. He seemed like a hopeless person who lost all faith in everything. Who lost faith in himself.

'That look he's making... I know that look so well...'

I felt bad, so so bad. All of that hopelessness was getting to my mind. I was slowly drowning in his mess.

Now every nerve in my body urged me to comfort him, but I knew that it was not the right time to do so.

'He is still dealing with the aftermath of the what has occurred; if I go now, I will only get pushed away, make things worse or get no reaction at all (which is so unlikely to happen) .'

"Now, team B and I! your turn! Head to the building E-106. Hero team B, just like with team A, you will have a rough sketch of the building and 10 minutes to compose a plan. The rules are the same, either capture or secure the weapon. Villain team I, same goes for you. Good luck, and do not forget, always go plus ultra!!!" Sensei announced.

'Team B... this is nii-san's turn... and the other one, as I recall his name was Shoji. I do not think I will get to observe much of him... after all... nii-san is going to finish this with one cold blow.

This is his style after all, one fast and killer hit.'

Nii-san marched outside first, without saying a word. Shoji followed closely after him.

The villains' team, however stayed for a little longer time. Hagakure and Ojiro.

The female one, Hagakure was with a kinda troublesome quirk: invisibility.

'Well, she can be tricky, but not for nii-san. He can and most likely will freeze her along with everything.'

Then there is Ojiro. His quirk is having a strong tail, which is combined with outsatanding physical abilities. He can be a tough one for a close combatant, but not for a ranged attacker like my brother.

'Their only (small) chance to win this is to make an ambush just before he attacks and capture them. Other than that a defensive game is a zero percent chance of winning.'

I thought as the duo exited the watching building.

And just as I anticipated... the only thing I have gotten to know about Shoji was that he can change his tentacle like extra arms to other forms of senses, like ears and mouth.

I suspect he can also make eyes and hands, even nose.

'He is like a sensor. Having extra sensory organs makes him a very accurate sonar that can locate almost everything. He is going to cause me some trouble, but I can fix that.'

And for nii-san, he did freeze the whole building.

'So like him... the villain team were not a good match to his quirk's type, and his level in using that quirk.'

Everyone in the control room was awed, saying he is 'on another level' and 'something else'.

But he did not do that for compliments, or for proving anything. For him, these tests are just stepping stones toward his goal: becoming the strongest hero, with just his mother by his side, aka just and only his ice.

He melted all the mess he made the moment his left hand touched the supposedly nuclear weapon.

He looked at the produced steam in pain, saying something we could not hear here in the control room.

'But you can't deny your roots... it's something in your blood. No matter how desperate you are, you cannot change your origin. You can just blossom beautifully despite them. So prove him you can be someone different, instead of solely opposing Endeavour in everything...'

How much I wanted to tell him that. How much I wanted to convince him that his fire does not make him Endeavour. He can tame and use it in the way he wishes, even if the number two hero does not like it.

But how am I going to counsul him without getting closer to him and endangering his safety?

How can I do that and avoid letting him become the chosen one for my father and breaking his life...?

I know this rebellion cannot last for too long. He will have to eventually use his fire. Then, if not careful, he will face emptiness, especially if he had to inherit everything of Endeavour.

This is why, I took this on my shoulders. I am the one responsible of inheriting everything, even if it meant breaking. This way he can build himself safely without being bothered by the blazing hell flame.

At last, my turn came. According to my observations, I came up with this:

Jiro-san, my teammate, is luckily my own sonar too. She can be a vital member of the counter strategy for the villain team. She can locate their exact location, and we can know then if they are following us or not.

Second, Yaoyarouzu-san tends to do an attacking defence. She strengthens the weapon's room defence by laying traps.

She is smart too and can be a fearsome strategist.

Shoji-kun is the sonar of the enemy, and he is going to be the real trouble. He can demolish all chances for a sneak attack by informing his strategist. Then we get caught in a trap and end up losing.

And I cannot afford that, not with my goal, can I.

We lefy to our assigned building: E-155.

Both I and Jiro-san sat out with the maps in our hands.

"Jiro-san, I want to know all of your abilities, if you do not mind. Our opponents are a strong team, and we only have so much chance to win with what I know. But I am sure you are much more capable than I perceived. And if you have anything to add, please tell me it." I asked her.

She smiled, a bit surprised. She probably thought: "she is not as cold and blunt as I had first thought..."

"Well as you had seen, I can locate others with my earjack quirk. Also..." She started, but interrupted her, putting my index finger on my lips in a shushing motion.

It was because I realised something. I took out a pencil from my belt and gave it to her.

Where the pencil came from?

I always have one with a small drawing book, no matter where I go. My costume is no difference.

I wrote that Shoji may be listening.

Because Yaoyarouzu is a clever person, she will probably ask him to eavesdrop on us, to know more about our abilities.

I asked her to write me her other ability on paper, and she did.

What she wrote enlightened me with an idea for a counter strategy that will most likely work.

I wrote it down for her. She became pumped up.

Then I froze a prototype of the map on her and my arm.

"Now start the match." All Might sensei's voice sounded in the comms.

I smiled.

'Let's begin.'

First, I froze the whole building like nii-san did. I gave Jirou-san my boots since I was used on walking on ice. Someone who trained to balance herself on it barefoot won't have a problem wearing Jirou's shoes. We began walking toward the almost empty storage room, close to the weapon room.

'First we have to lure Shoji away. Since Yoayarouzu-san saw nii-san's ice attack, she will prioritize taking precautions for that instead of making traps. So, she will spend the preparing time making winter equipment, assuming that my style is just like my twin's because, well, we are twins. The move I executed will insure her assuming of her success; that her plan is working. This way, she will make Shoji-kun locate us so she can measure the time she has available to make defences. When she finds out it is close to zero, she will send Shoji-kun on our tail to capture one/both of us or at least buy her time. She will most likely tell him to wait until we are on an average distance to her position so that she can send him immediate backup if the situation turned dire. This will ensure our safety in the trip to the storage room.

Then comes Jirou-san's turn...'

We were reached our position. I hid myself behind a pile of metallic boxes in the east of the room, and so did Jirou but on the north side of it. Shoji got in, as expected. The moment he got deeper into the room, since the instructions logically are to capture Jirou, because of her weaker combat abilities and vital role, first.

I swiftly ran to the door of the room and closed it quietly.

Shoji turned his an eye-tentacle toward me, but he could not see a single thing. The room is in complete darkness. He turned the eye into an ear.

In the same moment, Jirou plugged her earphone into the speaker in her leg. She sent ultra strong soundwave of her heart beat.

This stunned Shoji's senses and made him lose balance. He fell to the floor, hands on his head.

You are wondering how we survived this, right?

All we did was to put cotton from my first aid kit in our ears before we started the match.

I captured him with tape and froze him in position, in case he could rip it. I also took out his tele-comm and put it in my ear.

"Sorry, Shoji-kun. I will come back to melt your ice when we are done." I apologised as I and Jirou exited the room, taking out our ear defences.

In the outside, Jirou got into the ventilation network.

I headed to the weapon room.

'It is not that I will enter recklessly and face her head on, like if it was nothing. This is plainly stupid.'.

I put my right hand on the doorknob of the hidden door of the weapon room.

'This should get me behind her.'

She still had not contacted her teammate, so she does not suspect that he was captured,yet.

'This must be their safe zone to walk out and into the room.'

The logical thing is that she won't lay a trap that triggers the moment it is opened.'

I opened the comm while simultaneously opening the back door. As I suspected, it was close to the fake weapon.

'It's just a hunch but, I think there will be a trap laid on this door in her control. Opening the comm like that will make her assume it is Shoji-kun, so she will not trigger the it.'

I opened the door as normally as I could. I was still luckily safe.

"Shoji-kun, you are done, what a relief. Fast as-" She started turning to face Shoji but cut mid sentence when she saw me instead. I shot an ice attack right at her, but she had already made a platform pop out of the ground interrupting it.

'First trap, the closest one to the weapon was cancelled.'

I gave her no time and kept shooting ice at her left and right. She had no chance to think, and triggered trap after another for protection.

Meanwhile, Jirou was out of the largest air vent in the ceiling.

"Oh no!!" Yaoyarouzu yelled upon seeing her. She tried to reach her, but I interrupted her with another ice attack.

Jirou touched the weapon, and we won.

"Hero team, wiiiiins!!" I heard sensei's words echo through the building.

"Sorry! There is something I have to do!" I apologized immediately after that and headed to Shoji as fast as I could.

I melted the ice around his body and warmed him up, to make sure he will be okay.

'I avoided all vital organs so he should be alright. Just stiff and upset arms, tentacles and legs.'

"Sorry, Shoji-kun... I hurted you with this..." I apologized again.

"Do not worry, this is what you had to do to ensure victory. I understand. I am not upset with you." He answered.

I smiled in relief.

"Thank you."

"Woooaaah Todoroki-san that was amaazing! So manly! Errr-so cool!" A muscular boy with spikey red hair and all "manly" attitude yelled excitedly in my face the moment I returned with my friends to the control room.

A chorus of "yeah"s, "the hero team was awesome", "Wow, Todorokis are strong!" and "Tdodroki-san and Jirou-san were the best team" echoed in the room.

'Seriously this is too much... I did nothing important...'

"Great performance, both of the hero and villain teams! You both had strong strategies and great execution! It is hard to decide the MVP this time, HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!" Sensei commented letting out an All Mighty laugh.

"Sensei, that was nothing... I was just lucky that my intuition was right... I made a lot of risks and put Jirou-san in dangerous situations. If this was a real life experience things could have turned drastically bad..."

"No, she is not right. you made a strong and bold strategy and brilliantly put it to work, both you and Jiro." Yaoyarouzo said smiling.

My eyes widened in surprise and I blushed at her compliment and turned my face away.

My eyes fell on nii-san. He was staring at me with awe, but at the same time with hidden frustration.

'He knows the goal I am aiming for from this victory... but nonetheless he is admiring my performance.' I turned away quickly, awkward.

'I want to talk to you more than anything right now...

But I have to endure...'

I suddenly felt a poke on my shoulder. I turned to it's direction and saw Jiro.

"Thanks for depending on me and trusting me with the most important role. I appreciate that so much..." She said blushing but nonetheless admiring.

I smiled (stepping on my wounds) and said brightly: "You are a trustworthy person, you deserved it. It is not me who was generous with it, so you don't have to thank me for a trait existing in you."

She smiled at this, blushing even more and said: "Thanks...!"

She paused a moment, looking like if she wanted to say something, but felt it was awkward.

I added then: "Why don't we be friends..."

Her eyes shined and she said immediately: "Sure!!"

'But at least, I can make friends...'

This chapter was amusing.

The strategy burst into my head out of the blue, as much as it did that with Hikoori.

You know, the "just a hunch" phenomenon.

Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

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Look forward for upcoming chapters!Regards.

Author-chan.