Interlude 1: Fights all around

The monitor room was full of anticipation, Class 1-A was focused entirely on the screen in front of them as they watched Midoriya narrowly avoid Bakugo's initial ambush.

"Damn!" Kamninari exclaimed "That Bakugo is pretty brutal, he went straight for them."

"Yes, he did" Yaoyorozu agreed before turning her attention to the screen showing Iida and Kirishima looking somewhat dumbfounded at their teammate immediately running off "But look. He's abandoned the objective in favour of fighting the heroes in a three-on-one battle."

Tokoyami nodded at her before shifting his focus back too the screen as the Hero group recovered themselves from the initial attack "It is a fool hardy endeavour. He may have scored the most villain points in the exam but I fear he is underestimating his opponents."

"Bakugo's going again!" the class returned their focus as Bakugo charged Midoriya and swung his arm in an overhead punch. They collectively widened their eyes as the green haired student charged Bakugo and grabbed his arm before pivoting himself and throwing the explosive teen over his shoulder.

"Woah!" Kaminari shouted "Midoriya threw him!"

"He's like a martial artist!" Ashido exclaimed with an excited smile on her face as Bakugo smacked into the ground in a rather painful looking manner.

"What's Bakugo even saying?" questioned Sato as the teen seemingly raged as he stood back up "These camera's have no sound so I can't tell."

All Might turned to the tall teen and gestured to his ear "He's talking to his partner through an ear piece." he turned away and reached down and picked something up in front of him "You can take those, plus the floor plans and this…" he help up a small role of tape "This is capture tape. Once you wrap it around your opponent it shows you've captured them."

"The battle limit is fifteen minutes..." Ashido spoke out and turned her attention to All Might "...and the heroes don't know where the bomb is right?"

"Yes!"

"Then aren't they at a huge disadvantage?"

The number one hero shook his head slightly at her "A hero should always be able to turn the tables, no matter what situation they're in." he then turned to the class and his already gigantic smile grew a little wider "Besides didn't Aizawa-san tell you? You know-"

The class finished the sentence with a loud cheer "Plus Ultra!"

"Monsieur! Bakugo is-" Aoyama called out which instantly turned the classes attention back to the screen as Bakugo launched a kick at Midoriya's head who barely blocked it in time.

"Hey?" Kaminari looked at the screen in confusion "Where are Kotomine and Uraraka going?"

They watched as the pair split off from Midoriya and made for the staircase at the end of the hallway.

"They appear to be prioritising the objective and allowing Midoriya to deal with Bakugo…" Yaoyorozu spoke out "From their scores in the practical test Bakugo appears to be at a huge advantage of Midoriya in terms of fighting power, it looks more like Kotomine and Uraraka and sacrificing him to delay Bakugo-san…"

"Bakugo and Midoriya look like they have history though don't they?" Ashido raised an eyebrow and Yaoyorozu "Maybe this is one of those fated rivalry things?"

"In that case Bakugo is foolishly allowing his emotions to get the better of him."

"Ummm..." Jiro called out to them and they turned to see her pointing at another camera "Is Iida-san. Cleaning?"

"Eh?" the class turned to see Iida rapidly putting away all the furniture and other objects on the floor with the bomb.

"Ah!" Mineta pointed at another screen "Kotomine and Uraraka have run into Kirishima!" the class was instantly fixated on the trio in a standoff.

"Kotomine-san got the most points in the entrance exam didn't he?" Sato spoke while and some of the class nodded.

"True" Yaoyorozu replied "But he only won with the addition of rescue points, he and Kirishima were actually quite close in terms of Villain points."

"Hey? How come he let Uraraka go past?" Kaminari raised an eyebrow as Uraraka rushed past Kirishima who made no attempt to stop her.

"Oh! I know this one!" Ashido excitedly raised her hand "It's because recently he's been doing this whole 'manly' thing like fighting people one-on-one!"

"That's a very naïve thing to do then with Kotomine-san then." Ojiro spoke for the first time and the class turned their attention to him.

"Eh?" Kaminari tilted his head in confusion "Why? Kirishima can make his skin as strong as steel."

Before Ojiro could reply Kotomine rushed forwards at incredible speed at Kirishima and proceeded to floor him in a brutal opening barrage.

"Jesus!"

"My word!"

"This is supposed to be a training exercise right?"

Ojiro nursed a phantom pain on his side, he had also been a victim of Kotomine's particularly nasty style of fighting in the past. "That's why."

The classes attention was undivided as Kotomine continued is assault as Kirishima was helpless to do anything else but dodge or block.

"He's completely outclassed." Yaoyorozu nodded to the screen.

"It seems that Kotomine has the advantage in the bout." Tokoyami spoke again and the class nodded in agreement.

"Uraraka has reached the bomb." the classes attention shifted from Kotomine manhandling Kirishima to the top screen as Shoto interjected for the first time.

"I see." Yaoyorozu nodded to herself with a thoughtful expression "So that's why he cleaned up the room."

"Huh?" Kaminari turned to her with a raised eyebrow "What do you mean?"

"Uraraka has to touch something for her Quirk to activate. By cleaning up the room, Iida has deprived her of possible weaponry."

Most of the class nodded as Uraraka repeatedly tried and failed to float herself over to the bomb to avoid Iida, however Iida would simply speed over and move the bomb out of her range.

"Hey. Guys…" Mineta nervously pointed at the screen where Bakugo had cornered Midoriya and had an arm raised at him "What's Bakugo doing?"

All Might suddenly panicked at something Bakugo said that the class couldn't hear and began shouting into the microphone in front of him "Young Bakugo! Stop!" the class turned to their teacher surprised by this sudden change in tone "Are you trying to kill him!?" the students eye's widened in panic as Bakugo pulled something on his gauntlet.

At that moment a massive explosion was released form his gauntlet which accelerated down the hallway to Midoriya. The explosion blasted him back and ripped its way through the side of the building which such force that the class could feel a slight shake in the monitor room.

All Might began to speak into the microphone to try and reach Midoriya and Mina suddenly shouted in surprise and pointed at the screen "Kirishima just headbutted Koto-kun!"

Sure enough the class turned their attention away from Bakugo's attempted incineration of Midoriya to see Kotomine recoil from the headbutt with a small explosion of blood coming from his nose.

"This is quite brutal for a training exercise isn't it?" Asui spoke in a somewhat worried tone as Kirishima went of the offensive, wildly swinging punches while Kotomine was on the retreat.

"Kirishima has manage to turn it around then?" Tokoyami mused as the classed attention was divided between Kirishima's desperate offensive against Kotomine and Midoriya struggling to defend himself from Bakugo.

"Damn…" Mina spoke in a somewhat solemn tone as Bakugo flipped Midoriya in a similar manner they he had been on the receiving end of earlier "Midori was doing so well earlier…"

"He doesn't look like the type to think…" Shoto spoke out again as he continued to watch Bakugo beat up Midoriya "But he's quite subtle."

"Huh?" Kaminari turned to him with a raised eyebrow "What do you mean?"

"In that last attack he created an explosion to change his direction which also doubled as a smokescreen and then did it again to strike Midoriya in the back."

"To get a clean hit while fighting against inertia." Yaoyorozu interjected and the classes attention immediately returned to her "That requires precise knowledge on the controlling the lateral force of the explosions."

"He's way too talented…" Kaminari sweatdropped

"This is a lynching!" Mina exclaimed as Bakugo landed another hit on Midoriya "He can use the capture tape at any time! He's just doing this to injure him as much as possible!"

"Such brutality…" Tokoyami narrowed his eyes at the screen "These are not the actions of a hero."

"Hmmm?" Shoji leaned forward and looked at the screen with an expression which could only be interrupted and intrigue "Why is Midoriya retreating to the Window?"

The class watched as Midoriya and Bakugo seemed to shout something at eachother before Midoriya kicked off the wall towards Bakugo and Bakugo jumped at Midoriya.

"Sir!" Asui spoke out in a tone of concern "If this continues someone going to get greatly injured!"

Before All Might could cancel the match however Midoriya shouted something.

Three things happened at once after that.

Kotomine, who had been manoeuvring himself and Kirishima away from the side of the building Midoriya and Bakugo had been fighting, suddenly kicked himself away from Kirishima with enough force to send him hurtling down the hallway.

Uraraka gripped a concrete support at her side.

And Midoriya punched upwards with enough force to put a whole through the entire building.

The class watched in shocked silence as Kirishima and Kotomine were blown away by the force of the punch and Uraraka used the support she was holding onto and batted the debris kicked up by the punch at Iida.

She then leapt across the room and then landed on the bomb just before the time limit expired.

The shock in the air was palpable as the hero team, who were on looked to be on the verge of defeat, managed to snatch a victory.

"Hero…" All Might began in a disbelieving tone "Hero team...WINS!"

"What the heck…" Kaminari was the first one to speak, his eyes wide as he took in the view on the cameras "Everyone on the winning team is on the ground, while only Kirishima on the losing team got hurt."

"They lost the battle." Tokoyami started nodding his head, eyes closed "But won the war."

"This is training, though." Asui spoke as the cameras showed the medical robots arrive to begin carting away the injured.

"Kotomine and Kirishima though…" Jiro said in a concerned tone "They practically tore eachother apart…"

"What about Midori though?" Ashido's voice was marred with an equal level on concern "All those injuries from Bakugo and he looks like he broke his arm with that punch…"

"Lets not focus on their injuries right now" All Might's voice turned the classes attention back to him "Start thinking about who the MVP of this match was. I'll see to their injuries and then we'll reconvene to review the match."

With that said, All Might sped off down the hallway towards the Battle centre while the class was left to themselves.

"Well…" Kaminari began and awkwardly scratched the back of his head "I don't know where to start really."

Unknown POV (Same Time in Fuyuki city)

I narrowly avoided the spear that had been hurtling towards my head, ducking just at the last moment as it embedded itself in the wall.

This was bad, I couldn't get close enough to use my Quirk and I can't rely on distance between myself and my opponent. My only saving grace right now it that although his fighting style with that spear is nothing short of viscous it isn't good for such enclosed spaces.

But a prolonged fight between myself and the number 15 Pro Hero, Hound of Ulster: Lancer, will only end in my defeat. I have to either escape him or find away to get past his guard. If I can just get my hand on him I'll win.

The winds picking up behind him, he's going to charge me again.

I have to-

Pain!

The air is kicked out of me as a kick lands on my gut at speeds I can't register. I'm flung from the alley and I smack into something hard, a parked car judging by the alarm currently going off behind me.

This is bad, my only advantage was the enclosed space. It seems Lancer knew that too judging by how quickly he wanted us out of there. I'm barely back onto my feat before the Hero appears before me again, he uppercuts me with the but of his spear. For a brief moment my fast slips from my face as I sail over the car.

I land on the road with a thud and Lancer swiftly follows and puts himself into another stance.

"Saw my face...didn't you Lancer?" I question him while I breathe, I have to stall him long enough to think of a strategy. Most of the civilians in the area already fled the scene when I came shooting out of an alleyway. Those that are left are too far away from me to be used as shields and I can't waste my dirks either, I've only got a couple left.

"Heh!" He just laughs at me and his blood thirsty smile grows larger "They'll be time for that later!" he charges me again.

I can barely keep up with him, he's lowering the density of the air around him to speed up his movements. The only thing thing that's kept him from overpowering me is my skill but even that won't be able to do much more than stall the inevitable. If I don't do something now he's going to win.

He thrusts his spear at my head, I was fortunate to predict that one, I redirect it with the dirk in my left hand. My right hand goes for his chest, he punches down at my forearm with the force of an air cannon. The impact itself is agonising but I can't contemplate before he kicks me again in the gut and launches me across the street.

My forearms probably fractured and that kick to my chest definitely broke some ribs, but it doesn't matter. I managed to graze his chest fingers, I can already feel my quirk at work as a phantom weight begins to form in my palm.

Something's wrong, the air around me feels heavy. I can barely move now. My eyes widen in realisation "This is…!"

"Indeed!" The blue haired man across from me is forming a new stance, this one I recognise. His ultimate move, from what I've seen no villain has ever been able to avoid it in the past and now being on the receiving end I can see why. The air around me feels like someone's thrown me in swamp, moving around his strenuous.

"Gae…" He begins to draw back the spear, ready to throw it at my like a javelin. My Quirk hasn't taken full effect yet. If I use it now it won't kill him but it should at least by me time to escape.

"...Bolg!" he finishes and the Javelin is about to leave his hand.

I fight against the pain in my right arm. I have milliseconds before he hits me.

I squeeze the phantom weight in my palm.

Lancers eyes widen in agony.

"You...lose" I say through gritted teeth.

AN: Rancer Ga Shinda!?

You've probably figured out who the unknown POV is by their Quirk.

Also I'll explain Lancers Quirk quickly. He can control Air. Only in terms of propulsion and density though. He can lower the air density around him and combine that with his propulsion to move faster or increase the air density around a target. It's only got a limited range though so he can't throw jets of air at people like an Air Bender or something.

I'll also explain his Ultimate move

Gae Bolg: Short range attack, increases air density around opponent to slow their movements and propels his spear at them while they can't move.

Notorious for 'Never missing its target'

But you know...When has Gae Bolg ever actually worked as intended?

Figured I'd do a little interlude to see how the Class reacted to the fight, don't worry though. The next Chapter will be a normal one.

Also considering how close we are to the Sports festival I'll also start taking suggestions for which Hero you guys think Kotomine should intern with.