The crowd went wild with the fluid display of flexibility in her flip and the sheer strength she put into the throw. Even though it didn't look as grand as Todoroki's match, this match seemed a lot more balanced and the ending seemed well earned, at least to those who didn't know that Nanami didn't use her quirk. Kirishima was in awe of his opponent but at the same time, he was sad that he lost. Almost all the students in the Hero courses knew that she didn't use her quirk and that made them be wary of her even more.
"Well fought, I don't think I even had a chance.", Kirishima tried to look less dejected than he actually was, but it showed on his face noentheless. But he meant what he said.
"You too…", Nanami was, in a way, proud of what she managed to pull off. However, she soon realised that petty revenge wasn't her thing! Up until she got into UA, any fight she lost or any encounter where she was embarrassed in any way, a simple win was all she could take back with her perseverance and tenacity. This was the first time, in her memory, that she could afford to not go all out! Now that she had tasted what it felt to 'demean' her opponent in this manner, she realised that this wasn't what she wanted. To top it all, she knew that Kirishima did not intend to insult her in any way, he only did what he would do against any opponent (because Tetsutetsu would too)! It was truly a paradox of emotion, then suddenly, something beyond her control took over her body and uttered,
"You fought very well too, I felt that I had literally been pushed against a wall in the last part of the battle and I am also grateful that you did not knock me out of the match when you had the chance!", she did, with some adjustments in some areas, want to say this but could not do so, but this unknown entity took control of her and said what she couldn't say herself. And so, her face did not match what she said, but Kirishima was taken aback, nonetheless.
Her face was that of a horrified person. Never before in her life, even for a moment, did she feel like that she was not in control of what she was doing, but now when she did, not that she asked for it, she felt scared. It was her body and she took it for granted that it was her to control, but it wasn't that simple anymore!
"Oh, come on, you know I did it… so technically, you did it…"
"DON'T give me that technically bullshit! NEVER do that. This is my body!"
"I understand what you are trying to say, but if you didn't say that now, it would haunt you forever!"
"No matter what the reason! Tetsuya or whoever you are supposed to be would never CONTROL someone else's body."
"Yeah, they wouldn't, neither would you! But I am You! Sure, I might sound like someone else, but I am you and so I did something so that I wouldn't have any regrets later."
"Please, shut the fuck up! I can't…"
"I understand, but you should understand that you wanted to do that anyway."
Sure, the other guy in her head wasn't wrong. But that didn't matter, she felt that she was not in control, and weirdly enough she felt violated from herself. No one could help her with this. It would be really great to have her mind just to herself, but until then if the time would ever come, she was stuck with someone she didn't want to!
While she was having her internal struggle, she went to Recovery Girl, got her hand taped and took her seat in B-section's block with her classmates. All of them congratulated her, Monoma felt a compulsion to brag about her win to A-section who had also seen the same match with him. She replied to no one, and everyone assumed that she was trying to concentrate on her next match.
"I think we need to sort this out, I can not…"
"… take this", Tetsuya 2.0 completed the sentence before Nanami could.
"That… Don't do that that's…"
"…creepy, I know! But I think you are missing something vital here, I am you!"
"You keep saying that but that doesn't make it any easier to take… So, here's the deal…"
"What?"
"You won't complete my sentence?"
"I thought we don't like it… Besides, I want to hear what you are going to say!"
"Ughh… Alright then. Don't ever control my body or speak for me, and I would occasionally take your advice!"
"Ah yes, it's as stupid as I thought it would be. This is like asking a perfectly healthy person to become paralyzed all of a sudden!"
"Ughhhhh… You know what I think?"
"Actually yes!"
"I'm sorry Tetsuya, you aren't this annoying, this can't be you…"
"Try telling him that he has to just become paralyzed all of a sudden!", Tetsuya 2.0 retorted!
"That analogy doesn't work because this is my body!"
"You don't understand and it's frustrating because you have all the facts in front of you! I AM YOU! Sure, your personality has more control because you were here first, but make no mistake, this body belongs to both of us."
"Can you not exist; I think I should've asked this already. Tell me anyway."
"No, I can't delete myself out of existence. But I don't want to stretch this with our match coming up soon, I have a deal!"
"Fuck it, tell me!"
"You obviously have more control of the body, so I can't just take over and I have no intention to ever do so. I honestly don't think that I can! So, till we can find any other solution that comes across, I will never speak for us. I will, however, take over the motor controls once in a while."
"Do I even have a choice."
"You mean 'we'"
"No."
"As long as we understand each other. Win this for us and our class as we intend to. A bipolar hero who doesn't even perform can't ever become famous!"
"This will never not be weird."
"Likewise, though I'm not sure that makes sense since we are…", Tetsuya 2.0 said before fading from Nanami's mind as a huge explosion brought her back to reality! As the dust cleared, Midoriya was out of bounds and Todoroki managed to somehow, stay inside.
"What, I missed a match!", Nanami almost shouted in the realisation that she had been talking to, well, herself for so long!
"Oh, so you are done with the concentration thing?", Kendo asked as she heard a voice coming from Nanami's direction.
"Uh… Yeah, I'm done with the meditation… So, what happened in Bakougo's match?"
"You weren't watching? That must be some intense concentration! Bakougo won rather convincingly, though Uraraka had him on the ropes!"
"Wow, I mean so I'll fight Bakougo…", Nanami wasn't particularly excited at the aspect of fighting Bakougo especially after the Mental workout she finished. Somehow, she felt insanely excited to fight a strong opponent even though she wanted to win, no matter what it took!
"Oi Monoma, so what exactly is Bakougo's quirk?"
"I thought you'd never ask…"
"I don't want to, but it'll be quick this way, what exactly is his quirk?"
"Explosion, I was pretty sure that you knew that!"
"I know that but what does he explode? Does he make C4 with his hands or something?"
"I believe he oxidises Nitroglycerin… I'm not completely sure though… All the best Ibara!"
All of them wished their classmate luck as it was time for her match. But Nanami had managed to form a secondary plan now, this was probably the first time she came up with a plan for her upcoming match on her own (sort of), but she still needed some help.
"Tetsutetsu what kind of steel…"
As Nanami gave shape to her plan, Iida managed to overwhelm Ibara with his speed and the second last match was set to start. Nanami's plan had one last part, possibly the hardest part, she had to make a request to someone, and Tetsuya 2.0 could not help her in any way either.