The Nurses' room. Surprisingly, there was no nurse inside. Perhaps she was on break, or just out for the moment. Either way, when Kokei woke up, there was no nurse present. Kokei blinks his eyes a few times before moving his upper body up. He laid on a fairly soft mattress, not as comfortable as his bed back at home though.

He had bandages on the places where blood was visible, which was on his forearms and left cheek. As well at on his right thigh, dark shadow did a good number on him. He wore the same gym uniform, but it was now patched with white thread in the areas where it was damaged. Since he had a short sleeve, his forearm bandages were visible still. As well as the white bandage on the center of his cheek.

When Kokei looked around the room, instead of seeing a nurse, he saw Ochaco. She was on the bed next to him, she looked to be in really bed condition. Cuts and bruises all over her body, her black tank top really showed all the physical damage she took. Kokei gasps and quickly jumps out of bed, reaching a hand out to tap her shoulder. "Ochaco.. are you awake?" Kokei asked, he gained no response.

It was obvious she was out cold, completely knocked out with no sense of consciousness. "What happened to you..?" Kokei questioned, looking about the room he was in. He felt like he was on a horror movie and Ochaco was the first victim. Kokei breathes in greatly, moving his head down to hers. Then, bringing one ear to her lips. And he waited, not breathing and just waiting.

Luckily, she was breathing. Kokei brings his head up from hers, breathing a loud refreshed sigh. "I don't know what happened to you, but get your rest. You need it." With that, Kokei left the Nurses' office.

"That match was so rigged!" Denki shouts, slamming his head into the darkness wall just outside the nurse's office. "That dude didn't even fight me, he just moved out of the way! That was my match to win!"

Minoru, who sat on the ground next to Denki, shakes his head. "At least you got a shot at the last event.."

"That was such bull!" Denki slams his right fist into the wall, but doesn't break it. Only causing for his hand to hurt and swell up, making him have immediate regret. "Ow ow ow.."

While the boys conversed, the nurse's door opens. It quickly captivates both of their attention, gauging who it was that would leave. And who stepped out was none other than Kokei. Kokei peers to his right, seeing the two boys. "Hey guys, and what're you doing here Minoru?"

Minoru looks down to the ground, "just because I didn't make it to the final event doesn't mean I'm not allowed on school grounds!"

Kokei nods, "good point. Oh yeah, how long was i gone for?"

Denki holds his right hand in his left hands' embrace. "Awhile." He answers, but he could tell Kokei wasn't content with that. "After your match they took ya here. You've been here for like an hour. Hope you enjoyed you took advantage of that time and rested."

"Yeah, i took a nap in that time." Kokei rubs the back of his head, he had a bit of a headache. But since the nurse wasn't in the room, he took the liberty of taking 2 of her aspirins. "In that much time, the other matches surely ended."

Minoru sighs, "yeeep."

"Eijiro beat Mezo in a really close battle and Katsuki just beat the mess outta Ochaco. It was really unneeded." Denki firmly grips his right hand. "I wouldn't beat her up like that even if she wanted it.."

Kokei peers at Denki sternly, "would you really?"

Denki sighs and shakes his head, "no.. no, I'd- I'd do it."

"You're sad." Kokei responds, 'i can't believe Katsuki did that to Ochaco. Well, i can but it's just.. wow. I don't wanna ask anymore about Ochaco. I might slip up and let them know she's in there, since they didn't know i was in there they probably don't know who else is in there. I don't wanna leave her alone with these creeps, but i need to go prepare for my next match.' Kokei clears his throat, "alright, I'll talk to you guys later."

Denki and Minoru wave at Kokei, "seeya." They say on unison while Kokei takes his leave.

--

"Match 2: Iida Tenya vs. Kro!" Midnight shouts, the crowd having mixed emotions on cheering or not. Considering how the last match involving Kro went, the crowd was skeptical. But, the complete war that had just occurred between Izuku and Shoto got the crowd pumped up for more. Especially since it involved the first sighting of Shoto's fire ability.

The appearances of Tenya and Kro got the crowds' motivation all over the place. Tenya was used as a model and Kro didn't even fight and won due to a peculiar occurrence.

Nevertheless, both people arrived on their appropriate side of the arena. Kro had his usual flock of crows around himself, while Tenya just had a serious stare at Kro. "Alright, both people are here, so.. let the battle begin!" With Midnights words, Tenya began a swift sprint at Kro.

Once again, Kro simply stood and looked at Tenya. Tenya uses his jets on his calves to propel himself at Kro quickly. Using this method he got within 20 feet of Kro in a few seconds. But, instead of rushing Kro fully, Tenya stops moving when he got around 10 feet close to Kro. He figured that why Denki lost was due to rushing himself out of the ring, and Tenya didn't want this to happen to him.

Yet, in the next moment, Tenya was now outside of the rectangle of a ring. And Kro, once again faced his opponent while his crowd flocked around him. Tenya looks around himself in disbelief, and the crowd stays silent in disbelief as well. Even Midnight, he referee, was completely confused.

Kro turns his head to look back and up at Midnight, "did i win?" He asks in a monotone voice, sounding uninterested.

Midnight clears her throat, "ah- yes. The winner of Match 2 is Kro!" The crowd slowly begins clapping, not sure if they even should. "We will begin the second half of matches momentarily!"

--

"Match 3, Kokei Kyōryokuna vs. Asui Tsuyu!" Midnight shouts, Kokei and Tsuyu taking this opportunity to take place on stage. While these two took to the ring, the crowd cheered loudly. Both these students had promising battles and the people couldn't wait to see the victor. Once they both were there, Midnight began again. "Since both people are here, let the battle begin!"

The battle between Kokei and Tsuyu was short lived. In the beginning, Kokei dodged her attacks and stayed on the defensive and Tsuyu could do near nothing to get him. Once Kokei learned this, he used a couple 'pushes' on her. She used her frog-like ability of jumping to avoid most of these attacks. When he landed a push, it pushed her a good bit back. Since she was lighter than Fumikage, she actually got pushed.

It kept up like this up until Kokei used one 'destroy' on her while she was in the air. This launched her back real far, she couldn't use her tongue on Kokei to latch onto since the air was too strong. All she could do was hope she didn't land outside the ring, to which, she was lucky. Up until Kokei used another 'push' on her while she was on the edge of the rectangle, giving her the shove she needed to fall outside the ring.

Midnight nods her head, looking at Tsuyu clearly being outside the ring. "Alright, the winner of match 3 is Kokei Kyōryokuna!" The crowd loudly cheers, even though the battle wasn't too close and anyone's game like it seemed to be in the beginning, it still was a entertaining battle.

After Kokei was declared the victor, he went to the side of the ring where Tsuyu had fallen off. Once he was there, he saw her below him. Upon seeing her, he smiles. "Good job, you fought well."

Tsuyu smiles back at Kokei, nodding her head. "You went easy on me, ribbit."

Kokei shrugs his shoulders and looks away, "maybe a smudge. Didn't wanna hurt you." Kokei's eyes widen, 'did i really just say that? Sounds like I'm some prince!'

Tsuyu huffs, "you, ribbit, shouldn't have. Ribbit, i can take it, ribbit."

Kokei giggles and holds the back of his head, "my bad."

--

"Eijiro has been knocked out!" Midnight shouts, causing for Katsuki to huff and look away from the beaten down Eijiro at his feet. During the match, Eijiro had tried to use his harden ability to protect himself from Katsuki's powerful explosions. Unfortunately for him, it didn't work in his favor and Katsuki just blew through his defenses as well. "The winner for match 4 is Katsuki Bakugo!"

The crowd has a mix of cheers and boos for Katsuki, meanwhile, the boy huffs and turns away from Eijiro. Their fight was pretty short lived, only lasting a few minutes and it went on that long with Eijiro just played defense.

"The semifinals will begin shortly!" Midnight announces, the crowd becoming wild with anticipation for what came next.

And back at the 1-A stands, Kokei sat with Shoto. There was a icky feeling in his stomach once again while he thought about who his next opponent was bound to be: Katsuki Bakugo. The beast of his classroom, the roughhousing, aggressive bully of his class that had been bullying him for years.

Kokei didn't let the bullying happen willingly, though, he'd try to fight back and save himself. Too bad that during his younger years, there was no All for One to his name. Only thing he had was his fists, which didn't fare well against explosions.

Kokei clenches his hands into fists while he looked down at the unfazed Katsuki, but his gut was still terrified. 'Well, I've done all that i wanted to do. I think that maybe i should just forfeit this one. I'll put on a show, then back out. He doesn't deserve all of my attention.' Kokei thought, nodding to the idea in his mind.

After Kokei's internal brainstorm, he began conversation with the only other person with him. "So.. Shoto, you're gonna use your fire powers now?"

Shoto glares at Kokei, they sat two rows apart due to all the available space. "I may."

Kokei nods slowly, looking away. "Shoto," Kokei looks back up at Shoto, and he looks down at him. "What is it that you were thinking about earlier? I really- REALLY wanna know."

Shoto breathes in and out coldly, so much so that Kokei thought he saw a snowflake come out his mouth. "I suppose i could use your assistance on coming to a conclusion." Shoto began, "there's something that I just can't wrap my head around during the Cavalry battle. At the end, around 20 seconds left, i read the timer-"

Kokei suddenly cuts Shoto off, "is this about the timer malfunction? I noticed that too, but didn't they fix it?"

Shoto sternly stares at Kokei, "let me finish. And no, this isn't completely about the timer. During this time i know i had the 10 million headband on my person, along with 2 others worth 250 and 645 points. While my team fought with Katsuki's, the timer malfunctioned. Going from 12 seconds to 7. I paid no attention to this, but after the battle had ended, i looked to my headbands and my most prized one was missing. And when i looked to what team had possession of it, and it was Katsuki's."

Kokei awes, "huh, that's really weird. Between 20 seconds to the end, which really was 15 seconds, Katsuki must've gotten hold of your headband."

"That's the thing, during our scuffle, i purposely kept far enough away from him as to prevent my headbands from being taken. It's odd to me now he obtained it anyway, and my 10 million no less. Instead, i had a measly 190 points to show for it."

"That really is weird.. sorry but, i have no ideas to what happened. Maybe something will come to me later, though." Kokei answers and Shoto huffs looking away.

"I expected no less." Shoto responds coldly, and the two sat in silence until Shoto was called for the first match of the semifinals.

"Ooookay!" Midnight announces with a pose, "it's time for match 1 of the two part semifinals!" The crowd loudly shows their appreciation for this event, a wave of cheers and happy shouts plagued the stands. "Presenting our first 2 fighters of this event: Kro and Shoto Todoroki!"

Upon hearing Kro's name again, the crowd began their usual awkward and confused half-cheer while the boys take stand on the stage. This was sure to be a great battle, the boy who won all his matches in a matter of seconds verses the son of Hellflame. "Alright," Midnight begins, "both people are on the field so.. let the battle begin!"

Kokei, who stood in the corridor for his match, takes this opportunity to think. 'Alright, this is a good matchup so it should at least give me some time to come up with a plan to beat-' Before Kokei could even complete his thought, the match was already over, Shoto had won. The reason for this: moments after the battle began, Shoto preparing himself for a serious duel, Kro simply turned away from Shoto and walked out of bounds. Getting himself disqualified within just a few seconds of the battle beginning.

Everyone, literally, everyone in the crowd was in complete shock. Even Midnight, who needed to confirm what happened before announcing the winner of the fight. "Well- alright, the winner of Match 1 is Shoto Todoroki!"

The crowd took a very long time before beginning to clap and cheer for Shoto's victory, it felt like such a unearned win. Even Shoto looked disappointed, but that was his usual facial expression. "So, it's now time for Match 2 of the semifinals!" Midnight shouts, barely regaining any excitement from the crowd. "Could i please have the fighters for this battle, Katsuki Bakugo and Kokei Kyōrokuna, on the field?"

And, just like that, it was showtime. Kokei clears his throat before walking out the corridor and onto the battlefield. When Kokei and Katsuki made their way onto the field, the crowd began cheering. Even though their last battle was disappointing, they had a feeling this one wouldn't end up the same.

Across the field, Katsuki angrily stared at Kokei. Even his gaze was intimidating to Kokei, he was a scary guy. "So," Midnight announces, "both contestants are on the battlefield. Since this is the case, the battle.. starts now!"

Out the gate, Katsuki immediately rushes Kokei. He had a sadistic smile while he used his explosions as a means of propelling himself. As for Kokei, he simply runs toward Katsuki. Even before running there already was a sweat drop dripping down his forehead.

The two of them meet in the middle, Kokei aiming his hand at the boy, "pu-" but before he could finish the words, Katsuki does a roundhouse kick into Kokei's right side. As the foot lands with his ribs, there was a cracking noise of his bones breaking. Kokei, oblivious to this attack, gets launched by the kick. It sends the boy flying, tumbling on the ground like a tumbleweed. Kokei finally stops a few feet away from Katsuki, laying on the ground in pain.

Katsuki groans, taking a couple steps closer to Kokei but keeps his distance. "Come on Kokei, you and Izuku finally get quirks yet you still suck!"

Kokei places one leg down firmly on the ground, leaning on this leg to get himself up. But, once he got fully up, Katsuki uses an explosion on Kokei. This attack launches Kokei back even further, putting him on the edge of the ring. 'This isn't going as i hoped..' Kokei thought, a smile on his face. 'Well, I wasn't expecting on winning anyway.'

"Come on, young Kyōryokuna, don't let him disrespect you like this!" AfO shouts at Kokei, but he could barely even move his body. "Don't let him have the satisfaction."

Katsuki huffs, taking even more steps closer to Kokei. "You're such a disappointment, loser. Nothing changed, and to think i was getting excited for just another massacre to happen. Feels kinda like middle school, doesn't it?" Katsuki asks, arriving at Kokei's body and giving him a swift kick. In response to this, the crowd loudly boos Katsuki for his unsportsmanlike conduct. But it seemed like Katsuki didn't care.

Kokei places both his hands on the ground, attempting to push himself up before Katsuki roughly slams his foot down on Kokei's back. Kokei flops back down onto the ground, coughing up blood that of which pooled into a puddle on the ground under his mouth. "I guess you really do just suck, whatever. If you're not gonna fight back then there's no point in wasting my time." Katsuki states with a disinterested tone.

"Do something, Kyōryokuna!" All for One commands Kokei, trying his best to make Kokei do anything other than let himself take this abuse. "You have my quirk to prevent beatings exactly like this, how do you expect to be a true hero if you don't give it your all?"

Katsuki takes his foot off Kokei's back and uses it to slam into Kokei's side once more. But this time, Kokei wraps his left arm around Katsuki's leg. Then, Kokei looks up at Katsuki, blood running down his bottom lip and dried blood on his cheeks. Not to mention his bandage was burned off by Katsuki's attacks. Kokei stares at Katsuki with anger in his eyes, and Katsuki simply smiles back. "You finally gonna fight back now?"

Kokei doesn't respond, instead throwing his fist towards Katsuki's stomach. But Katsuki lunges his body back, breaking free of Kokei's grip. Kokei uses this time to get himself up onto his feet, the entire crowd simultaneously cheering for the unexpected juicy turn. Everyone had lost hope in Kokei, but in just a few seconds he made them regain it.

Kokei's uniform already took a lashing, and his face was slathered in his own internal and external blood. Kokei aims his left hand at Katsuki, "push!" Kokei shouts causing for Katsuki to vault to the side of his attack. 'I need to see how well my attacks do on him so i can have some bearings.'

So, Kokei begins reusing Push on Katsuki. It takes him 4 pushes before he finally lands one, to which Katsuki barely moves an inch back. And in response to this, Katsuki launches himself toward Kokei with the intent to use another roundhouse. Kokei knew this, since his moves were becoming predictable.

As Katsuki arrives in front of Kokei, his leg swinging around to kick him, the crowd holds their breath in anticipation. But, Kokei jumps up over the kick. Using Air walk to bring himself high enough in the air that he'd be out of range.

Katsuki already had so much force in his attack that he couldn't stop it even when he knew it didn't land. Kokei aims his left hand down at Katsuki's head below him, loudly shouting "DESTROY!" And what came of it was nothing lees than destruction.

The destroy slams Katsuki down onto the ground, like gravity was pulling heavy onto him. He was shoved so hard into the ground, that the cement below him cracks to allow for him to go down lower. His outfit was getting scraped and cut up, rips and tears appearing on it. Katsuki tries to raise his arms so he could use explosion as a counter, but the force was too strong. Instead, he uses explosion on his right hand, propelling himself to the left.

This effectively gets Katsuki out of the circle range of Kokei's attack, just to the side of his destructive air. Even after Katsuki slid out from the attack, Kokei kept using his cannon for 5 more seconds. And when he finally stopped, Kokei stopped floating and fell to the ground. He was barely conscious and breathing in and out very heavy as he stood, unmoving. There was a mix of smoke and dust where the two had battled, not showing any signs of clearing up soon. A pit in the ground was created with the aftermath of Kokei's attack and Kokei's left arm was severely injured from it all.

But soon after Kokei stopped his attack, something lunged through the smoke at the boy. It was Katsuki, running at Kokei and slamming a hard punch at the boy's jawline. Kokei swiftly raises his right arm to grab Katsuki's arm, but he just uses his other hand to use explosion on Kokei's stomach.

Kokei, once again, goes flying back from this attack. He tumbles and sprawls on the ground, landing on the other end of the field. Now, there was even a hole at the center of Kokei's outfit, showing off his mildly developed abs. Kokei lays on his back, looking up at the sky. He felt so tired, sleepy even. His left arm was tingly from the intensive 'Destroy' that he had used. And when he looked to the timer, it read '5:45'. They were fighting for only 4 minutes, yet it felt like an eternity.

"Come on, Kyōryokuna, you can still win this!" AfO informs the boy, "that one wild Air Cannon attack you used has shaken up Bakugo! Use my quirk: Super Regeneration. It can regenerate any sort of injuries on your body at incredible speeds."

Kokei blinks a couple times, he could hear Katsuki's quick footsteps coming toward him. 'He doesn't show pain too well.' Kokei thought, closing his eyes. 'I can still fight.. right?' Kokei attempts to raise his left arm, but all he felt was pure agony and pain. "Arrgh!" Kokei shouts, trying to pull his arms up. 'Regeneration.. healing, mending wounds..' Kokei thought, imagining his physical wounds mending themselves. And as he did, they did.

The cut on his cheek, the bruises and cuts all of it. Besides the dust and debris on him, his wounds were completely healed. Including his broken ribs and injured left arm. This allowed for Kokei to get back onto his feet much easier, some minor pain but nothing fatal.

Kokei faces Katsuki, he was nearing Kokei at an alarming rate. 'One final attack, that's all I have the energy for.' Kokei told AfO, bringing his left arm up and aiming it at Katsuki. Kokei waits, waiting for Katsuki to get in closer before even thinking about using a attack.

Before Katsuki fully makes it to Kokei, he slams his hands down to the ground. The result of this being a bright light, almost blinding to Kokei. "Stun Grenade!" Katsuki shouts, sprinting at Kokei to cover their distance. Luckily, Kokei used Infared Ray to still see close up. So, when Katsuki was just a few feet in front of him, he saw the boy.

And with seeing him, Kokei launches his final attack. "Destroy!" Kokei screams, then Katsuki does his war cry too.

"Explosion!" Katsuki shouts back, bringing both his hands together in order to create a close ranged monster of a attack. The clash between these monstrous attacks was amazing, many mini-explosions were created by Katsuki to increase his damage. While Kokei curves his fingertips to make a slimmer shot that would hopefully penetrate the explosions.

The result for this collision, was a even huger explosion of blazing fire, bright light and smoke. All the air Kokei was using only fueled the fire and flames of Katsuki's attack, and he was using both hands.

It was only inevitable for Katsuki's explosions to overpower Kokei's air, and when it did, Kokei went flying back. But Katsuki wasn't unfazed by the clash, he was sent tumbling back a few feet as well. In the end, Kokei was sent much farther. The entire crowd held their breath as they waited to see the aftermath of their battle. And as the smoke cleared, Katsuki was in the middle of the ring meanwhile Kokei was facedown and passed out on the outside.

The crowd loudly cheers, they didn't even care who won, they just loved the unbelievably intense battle that just occurred. "What a battle for the ages!" Midnight shouts, Before she could even announce who won, staff members rush out to care for Kokei. Katsuki was still awake, but he was covered in bruises, sweat and wore a damaged uniform. "The winner for battle 2 of the semifinals- is Katsuki Bakugo!"

Authors note: What an intense battle! Unfortunately, Kokei has finally been defeated. Third place is nothing to be mad at, though. That's about all i have to say, so I'll talk to you all later.