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Chapter 18: Ludens

Midterm exams sucked.

Exams in general sucked.

What else was new?

"All right everyone! That's it. The last test is over. The four in the back row will collect your tests. Pass all of your papers to them." Shota ordered his class as the bell rung.

Uraraka, Todoroki, Hinikuna and Yaoyorozu gathered all the papers and brought them to Aizawa's desk.

Hinikuna was mentally drained.

All this testing that he went through had better strengthen his mental fortitude whenever he deals with Bakugo.

Luckily this was the last test.

Now lunch could break his thoughts away from the horrors of regular school work.

It was a simple lunch.

A can of soda and two big ass bags of spicy chips.

He sat down in his group's circle ripping the bag of chips open and pouring them down his mouth.

Ashido, Kaminari and Sero all stared in surprise.

"Dude, how the hell aren't your tastebuds on fire after eating all of that? Those chips are mad spicy!" Denki's face morphed into that of discomfort. Vividly imagining his mouth on fire after eating all of that.

"I can withstand extreme temperatures yet you think a simple bag of chips is wnough to have me rushing for a cold drink?" Hinikuna raised an eyebrow.

"I've had the technique where I breath fire from my lungs and out my mouth since I was ten. Im used to it by now." He added on. A burp flew out of his mouth along with a small stream of fire and smoke.

"Fair enough I guess..." Ashido shrugged.

Hinikuna was about to open the second bag. He looked at Bakugo who was chewing his food with his eyes closed. Seemingly having no interest in the conversation at hand.

He tossed the bag straight at his face.

"Agh! The hell?!" Katsuki grabbed the bag of chips. Looking to see that they were spicy.

Katsuki loved spicy food in general.

He didn't know if Sunshine magically knew about that and he didn't care to know either.

"Happy late birthday you fuck head." Hinikuna opened up his can of soda. Looking away from the blonde with a embarrassed look on his face.

In the beginning of the school year, they hated eachother's guts.

But after the Festival things seemed a little different between these two.

A sense of mutual respect it seems.

Hell during the first day back from internships, Hinikuna noticed Bakugo staring at his left hand. Eying the scar left from Stain with that same expression that he couldn't read.

"Tch. Whatever fuck face." Katsuki rolled his eyes and ate the chips.

At this point the group pretty much were convinced that this was their way of bonding.

'If I didn't know any better I'd ship 'em together.' Mina joked in her mind. Her eyes lit up in playfully.

She had a trap set for Hinikuna.

Now she just needed him to fall for it.

"Just kiss already boys." She said teasingly.

"I'd rather have both my arms ripped off!" Bakugo instantly responded.

"Fuck that! I would never kiss that fucking Caveman. I'd rather take some advanced calculus tests." Hinikuna rolled his eyes. Now proceeding to take a sip from his soda.

"Because you would rather kiss Yaomomo right?!" Ashido grinned. Hinikuna fell for her trap.

Hinikuna spat all the soda he had in his mouth out.

"'Scuse me?!" Hinikuna yelped. He was starting to panick internally.

The group all stared at him shocked.

Kirishima had his eyes staring off to the side. Pretending that he didn't know anything. Which Hinikuna was thankful for.

Bakugo just kept muching away on the chips acting like he wasn't paying attention but was listening anyways.

"I didn't know you liked Yaomomo. Go get that dude!" Kaminari did his best not to feel jealous.

"Wait. Ashido how do you know he likes her anyways?" Sero questioned the pink skinned female.

'Sero don't you fucking dare!' Yuyake sent a harsh glare at the tape user.

"During that race we had when we came back during internships he was staring at Yaomomo quite alot during her race." Mina started spilling some of the beans.

'God dammit all Ashido!' He now gave Ashido that same glare.

Yuyake then rolled his eyes, he wasn't about to admit shit.

"That's ridiculous. Me and her are good friends but that's about it." Hinikuna defended himself. Or at least he tried to.

Ashido on the other hand wasn't buying any of it. She just nodded and went along with it.

"Now that I think about it, you and her seemed close during the beginning of the year." Sero thought back to the first month of classes.

"Oh really? I didn't notice that to be honest." Kaminari scratched his head.

'Thankfully, Calamari is a total idiot...' Hinikuna mused.

"Don't think you're safe Hinikuna! I've got my eye on you two!" Ashido announced.

'What did I ever do to deserve this?' His shoulders slumped.

Class 1-A Homeroom

Class 1-A made it back to their homeroom waiting patiently for their next class to begin.

"AHA! Fear not children! For I am here!" All Might barged through the door.

Some of the students began booing at the hero.

"Boo!"

"Get a new entrance already!"

"Yeah this one blows!"

'Wow. They're that bored of it already? Didn't expect it to get played out so fast...' Yagi chuckled nervously.

"Okay everyone! Change into your hero costumes we will be doing combat training today! Meet me at Ground Beta!" The hero zoomed off to Ground Beta.

The class got up and grabbed the cases that held their hero costumes.

Hinikuna had decided to ditch the stupid ponytail that he wore whenever in his hero costume. It just didn't fit in his opinion.

The class gathered in the monitor room in Ground Beta.

"Ah there you are young heroes! Now what we will be doing today is the same activity that we did in the beginning of the achool year." All Might explained.

Everyone had a look of understanding.

It was the heroes vs villains activity they did before in the beginning of the year.

All Might turned around and started typing away on the keyboard.

Two screens were turned on. One said "Heroes" and the other said "Villains."

"The first match of today will be decided! Prepare yourselves!" All Might pressed enter.

Both monitors that had the villain and hero teams began flashing though the names of the students randomly.

Heroes: Izuku Midoriya and Fumikage Tokoyami

Villains: Yuyake Hinikuna and Momo Yaoyorozu

Hinikuna's eyes went wide.

'Oh shit. I am so fucked...' Yuyake was panicking. The mask and shades hiding his fears very well.

'Well, it was either this or probably be paired up with Sweaty.' Hinikuna was grateful to have a team mate who would actually fucking cooperate with him.

Momo felt nervous. Her opponent was one that had beaten her in the festival. On top of all that, she was paired up with one of the strongest students in class. She didn't feel too much pressure on her shoulders since Hinikuna was with her. But he still felt anxious.

"The same rules as last time apply here. Each of you, whether you passed or failed, try and think back on what you could have done better. Now villain team, you may go to hide the bomb where ever you choose." All Might instructed his students.

The two villains nodded.

All Might gave both teams capture tape. Hinikuna picked up the bomb and left with a nervous Yaoyorozu behind him.

"Where do you think we should place it?" She asked her partner.

Hinikuna was caught off guard a little by her question.

"I mean I thought you of all people would have an idea. Strategy isn't my strongest suit but it isn't my weakest either. That's where you excel at." He admitted.

"I...I don't know to be honest. Ever since the Festival I..." She trailed off.

They now stood infront of the building.

"Hinikuna, do you know Tokoyami's weakness?" She asked.

"Uhh...If I remember correctly, during his fight against Sweaty, Dark Shadow was being pushed back by the explosions. Why?..." Hinikuna remembered the fight.

"The roof. That is our best option. I hope..." She whispered that last part.

"The roof hm? Care to explain why?" He asked.

She pointed up. Towards the sun.

'I can't believe I didn't figure it out during the Festival...' She thought in disappointment.

"Oh...Light. Why go to the rooftop though? Me and you can make light already with our quirks." Yuyake questioned.

"Because it will be easier for both of us to stay out in the sunlight. Unless you want to constantly use your quirk. Why use up our quirks when we have something else to do the job for us? Besides you know Midoriya's going to take advantage of us constantly using our quirks in such a situation. He has proven to have great analytical capabilties." She answered.

'Damn she's kinda hot when she talks all mature and shit...' Yuyake shook those thoughts quickly from his mind.

"Right I got it." He nodded and shot himself up with his fire and planted the bomb on the roof.

He landed back down infront of her.

"Okay now..." He stopped talking as he realized he would have to carry her up.

And her current attire wasn't helping whatsoever.

"Uh...Climb on my back..." He said. Being grateful that his mask and shades were covering his face.

Momo nodded in agreement. Blushing as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

His brain almost shut down as he felt what seemed to feel like two large pillows squish against his upper back.

'Oh my lord! Please help me!' He shouted in his mind as he shot flames out his feet towards the rooftop.

They landed on the roof of the building. Hinikuna silently thanked the Heavens as she let go of him.

"So we've weakened Tokoyami's quirk. Midoriya is going to prove to be a problem." Yuyake spoke to his partner.

Midoriya was basically a wild card in this.

"He'll most likely try and drag us inside the building. Allowing Tokoyami's quirk to be more effective." Yaoyorozu mused.

"We need to stay with the weapon and keep them distracted. We should try and capture Midoriya since Tokoyami's qurik isn't going to be at it's full power out here." Yuyake stated.

She nodded.

"Ya know Im glad I have someone like you who would actually cooperate." Hinikuna sighed.

Momo looked at him. Her expression telling him to continue on with that statement.

"I have a feeling if I wasn't paired up with you, I would have been stuck with Sweaty..." He rolled his eyes at the thought.

Momo smiled in amusement. Chuckling to herself.

"Im surprised that you of all people actually laughed at the Neanderthal comment I made about him when we got back from internships. I never expected the mature one in our class to laugh at a insult made towards a classmate." Hinikuna said to the wealthy female by his side.

"It seems your sense of humor along with Jiro's has been rubbing off on me." Momo admitted.

They smiled at eachother for a few seconds. Even though she couldn't see his face.

The villain team was ready for action now.

"Since we're on the roof we need to check our blind spots. Dark Shadow can easily grab the bomb if we aren't looking." Momo called out as her and her team mate looked around.

With The Hero Team

Midoriya and Tokoyami walked towards the building.

"What do you think of our opponents Midoriya?" Asked Fumikage.

"Hmm." Deku put a hand on his chin. "Our enemies in this combat simulation are Hinikuna and Yaoyorozu. We're up against Yaoyorozu's strategic abilities and Hinikuna's combat prowess. That's a dangerous combination. It's going to be diffifult. Especially since they both can counter your quirk." Midoriya began rambling as they walked on the mock city street.

"I have beaten Yaoyorozu before in the Festival. Yaoyorozu needs time. Which is being given to her at this moment since the match hasn't begun. And Hinikuna is another problem for me in this scenario." Said the dark hero.

"So I'll have to take on Hinikuna and you go for Yaoyorozu. After you've beaten her, go straight for the bomb. I'll try and hold Hinikuna back." Deku looked at his partner. Who nodded in agreement.

They stopped infront of the building.

"START!"

All Might's voice was heard on the loud speaker.

"What floor do you think they're on?" Fumikage questioned as he eyed the structure.

"I don't know. Can you use Dark Shadow to look through the windows? That should narrow down the number of rooms they're in by quite a bit." Deku requested.

Tsukuyomi nodded, "Dark Shadow!" He called out.

"Aye aye!" The dark creature appeared.

"Dark Shadow, look through the windows of the building then come back and tell us if you spot Hinikuna and Yaoyorozu with the bomb in one of the rooms." Tokoyami ordered the creature.

"You got it Fumi!" The shadow creature flew up towards the first window and began checking all the windows quickly.

About three minutes later, Dark Shadow came back.

"I didn't see them through the windows, but I saw some burn marks on the floor. I'll lead ya to it." Dark Shadow pointed out.

The two heroes nodsed and walked as they were lead by the bird.

"Over there, look!" He pointed at the floor.

Deku looked and narrowed his green eyes.

"Burn marks. Hinikuna can use his flames to propel himself...Wait! Are they on the roof?!" Izuku's eyes widened in realization.

Izuku turned to face his partner.

"We need to be careful though. They might have traps." Midoriya said to Tokoyami.

With The Villain Team

Yaoyorozu prepared some flashbangs.

'I can't believe I didn't think of it before! Tokoyami's weakness is light. But, can I really take him on again? Or Midoriya? They're both so strong...I...I don't...'

Her train of thought was cut off.

"Yaoyorozu! We got company!" Hinikuna's voice caught her attention.

Tokoyami and Midoriya were up in the air. Dark Shadow chucked Deku towards Hinikuna. Tokoyami landed by the ledge.

Dark Shadow was flying towards Yaoyorozu.

Momo tossed a flashbang at Dark Shadow. Stunning the creature as she made her way towards Tokoyami.

Hinikuna and Midoriya's forearms clashed. Midoriya threw a punch at Hinikuna's face. Hinikuna grabbed his fist, used his quirk to burn him and twisted his arm.

"Ah!" Izuku cried.

Hinikuna kneed him in the chin and shot a stream of flames at his chest. Sending Deku flying back. Slamming into the door to the staircase.

Tokoyami ran towards the bomb. He stopped as a staff was thrusted infront of his face. The bird boy was forced to lean back and jump away. Turning to his left to see Yaoyorozu with her weapon in her hands.

"Dark Shadow!" Fumikage requested for backup.

Dark Shadow was still reeling back from the flashbang. Before the shadow creature could recover Hinikuna appeared by the creature's side.

"Flashbang!" His hand shined bright. Making the creature even weaker.

Deku got back up. Rubbing his chin as he still felt the pain from Hinikuna's attack. He saw Tokoyami struggling with Yaoyorozu.

"Oh no!" He yelled as he went in to assist Fumikage.

Only to get cut off by a torrent of fire.

"Damn it!" Midoriya gritted his teeth. Looking over to see Yuyake handling Dark Shadow with ease.

'Wait. I can still get to the bomb! Everyone is distracted!' There was still hope for the hero team.

"Yaoyorozu!" Hinikuna called out just as Midoriya jumped over the fire.

They looked at eachother and nodded. Hinikuna flew towards Tokoyami and Yaoyorozu moved towards Midoriya. Smacking him in the side of the head with her staff.

Yuyake elbowed Fumikage in the back of the head. He then hit the boy with a red hot right hook with his left arm.

WHAM!

Sending him to the floor. Yuyake grabbed the capture tape and wrapped it around Tokoyami's arms.

"Captured. Im a bad match up for you." Hinikuna said with a grin.

"Dammit." Fumikage looked down in disappointment.

Hinikuna looked to see Yaoyorozu being pushed back by Midoriya.

Deku sent a Detroit Smash towards her. She moved her head to the right instantly. Now panicking as she saw that he was about to touch the bomb. Deku opened his hand. His fingers mere inhes away from the bomb.

'C'mon...' He thought.

Victory was so close.

FWOOSH!

Deku was blasted away by a stream of fire.

Momo let out a sigh of relief.

"I deeply a-apologize about that Hinikuna, I..." She looked down for a moment.

Yuyake walked up to her.

"It's fine. Let's just focus on winning this match." He saw Deku get back up slowly. The green lightning dancing around his body again.

"You're right." Momo was still a bit nervous.

Hinikuna ran towards Midoriya with Momo behind him. Midoriya sent a right hook which Yuyake blocked with his forearm. Yuyake sent a red hot fist straight to the center of Midoriya's face. Momo jumped up, landing on Yuyake's shoulder with her right foot. She leaped off and smacked Deku with her staff in the side of the head.

THWACK!

As Deku reeled back in pain, Momo landed behind him. Momo moved into capture him but Midoriya rolled out of the way. The green haired hero took a few steps back. He could see Yuyake and Momo infront of him.

Gritting his teeth he got ready to jump. Izuku leaped to the left to get around Yaoyorozu and towards the bomb.

'I just need to touch the bomb and we win!'

Something landed infront of him.

It was a flashbang.

"Oh crap!" Midoriya shut his eyes tightly.

BAM!

Deku coughed as he felt something very hot hit him in the stomach. He opened his eyes to see that Hinikuna's red fist hit him square in the gut.

Hinikuna's eyes glowed red and red hit solar energy shot out. Hitting Deku in the chest. Sending him rolling across the floor. He felt a pair of hands grab his wrists and wrap something around them.

"Captured." He heard Yaoyorozu's voice.

"THE VILLAIN TEAM WINS!" All Might shouted over the loud speaker.

"Damn." Deku whispered to himself.

Hinikuna pulled his mask down and lifted his shades up. Resting them on his forehead.

"We did good Yaoyorozu." Yuyake tried making her feel better.

Apparently she was still stuck on the fact that she almost cost them the match.

They untied Midoriya and Tokoyami from the tape and the group exited the building.

Izuku was muttering about things he could have did differently. Creeping Fumikage and Dark Shadow out while he did so.

Using the noise from the green haired boy infront as a distraction, Yuyake placed a hand on Yaoyorozu's shoulder. Catching her attention.

"You don't need to keep worrying about your little mistake. We quite honestly kicked their asses pretty good if you ask me. We still won the match. Even if we lost, I wouldn't have gotten upset at you. I know it's impossible to win every battle. Besides, I lergh to Sweaty..." He fumbled over his words at that last sentence. Hoping she didn't notice his screw up.

"Pardon?" She tiled her head. Keeping her lips from curling upwards.

'Fuck! Shoulda kept the mask and shades on!'

"Ahem." He cleared his throat.

"I said it's impossible to win every battle. After all, I lehhh to Sweaty..." He just couldn't say it.

'I really fucking hate this...' A vein pulsed in his forehead.

Momo allowed herself to snicker at his inability to say that Bakugo beaten him.

"You know what? Nevermind. Let's just go back already." Yuyake huffed.

The group made back to the monitor room.

"Well done villain team! It's quite difficult to say who is the MVP here! Young Yaoyorozu messed up a little but recovered quickly! Young Hinikuna performed exceptionally well to! Hero team, do not be ashamed of your defeat! There are times when your opponents are too skilled. Now, let us choose the next hero and villain team shall we?" The Symbol of Peace grinned.

Katsuki rolled his eyes at the praise given to the walking nightlight.

'Just wait 'til my turn. I'll blow all of you away! Just fucking watch!' Bakugo nareowed his eyes.

Recess

Classes was over.

Hinikuna and company just exited the building.

"...Says the dumbass who blew up the fucking bomb and cost his own team the match! The rules were simple. Is it really that difficult for you not to blow some shit up or what?!" Hinikuna lauged at Bakugo.

"Can it you worm! Not my fucking fault Racoon Eyes got in my way!" Katsuki shot back.

"Oh for the love of-She was your damn team mate! Do you even know what that means?! Do I need to search it up for you?! Or can you not read?! I don't fucking understand what's so hard for you to comprehend! It's so simple!" Yuyake argued back.

"You two are still arguing about this? All that happened like three hours ago." Denki deadpanned.

"He's the one who fucking refuses to understand for whatever reason. Whether it be his own stupidity or some other factor." Yuyake looked at the electric blonde.

"Yeah yeah. Whatever Shorty. Keep talking when my grades on the midterms are higher than yours." Katsuki sneered.

"Shorty?! I am not short!" Hinikuna barked. The veins in his neck pulsing with anger.

"Fucking Deku's taller than you! Piss off Half Pint!" Bakugo dismissed him.

Sero walked up to Kaminari.

"Ya know, I wonder when we're all old and wrinkly, if those two will still be arguing like that." Sero chuckled at the thought.

"I think so. I wouldn't be surprised if Im honest." Kaminari snickered a little bit.

"Still though, why does Kirishima need to be the one still in the infirmary? You know it's up to us to break up their arguement for today right?" Hanta's shoulders slumped.

"Oh crap! You're right! He's in the infirmary with Ashido and Shoji. All because Bakugo ended up blowing up the whole room." Denki sighed.

Bakugo was going to hear it from Aizawa sensei tomorrow.

The two boys looked at Hinikuna and Bakugo still going at it.

"I hope we survive this." Sero gulped.

The two boys moved in to diffuse the situation.

I know this chapter didn't really add anything. I just wanted to have Yuyake and Momo to work together during one of these combat simulations. I was gonna pair up Bakugo and Hinikuna for this one but decided him working with Mono would be better.

The next time we'll see them work together is in a MUCH later chapter. And I thought it was getting kinda werid that the MC and his love interest hasn't really worked together at all yet.

Another thing is that hopefully due to this update, I can finally have something...special happen on chapter 20 like I originally wanted when I first published this story. So yeah next chapter we'll get back on track with the main events. See all of you people next time!