Only one more chapter for this season following this one, likely won't be up for a few days maybe this weekend? Anyways, to everyone out there that celebrates, Have a Happy New Year!

Season Two, Episode XXI

Season Finale Part 2

A Whole New Kind Of Power

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Sonzai Suru

. . .

"Team Ashido and Kaminari, Practical Exam."

"Ready? GO!"

The matches had been going by pretty quickly so far, now my match was finally here. In this massive industrial complex, I was up against the pink girl and electric guy. I knew Kaminari's quirk from the festival, all I could remember about Ashido was her knocking out that one guy with a punch though. I wasn't too worried, all I had to do was give them the runaround for a few minutes and run out the clock.

There was a big disadvantage I had however, given our terrain. We were fighting in a place I'd never been too before, with people I'd only been in close proximity with for a short period of time. So my power cells hadn't gotten a chance to spread out, my teleportation would be limited to the immediate area and I'd have to stay in close range to them for a few minutes if I wanted to start teleporting them as well.

"So what do you want to do?" I could hear her voice, they were close. I blinked across another rooftop, peering down over the duo.

"Lets just run," Kaminari replied, "Even if she does find us, she's really small right? Besides I can just zap her if she gets close."

"Sounds like a plan." Mina nodded.

"Besides it'd probably look bad if you ended up melting our opponent."

I took a deep breath, breathing out as I calmed my nerves. Analyzing and going over every way I could think of to mess with them. I had a lot of time to kill right? Once I felt I had a good idea in mind, I vanished. Reappearing in the street down below, blocking their path and making the duo come to a halt.

"There she is!" Ashido exclaimed, a viscous ooze emitting from her fingers in preparation. Any drops that fell sizzled on the ground, no wonder they were afraid of melting me.

"Alright stand back!" Kaminari declared, marching forward, "I'll take care of this one easy!"

A burst of electricity was released around him, I teleported further back to stay clear. Dammit, that kind of defense was only gonna make this harder. I needed to get in close, and stay there to be effective. "That's right she can teleport!" The pink one called out.

"Yeah, she teleported that injured kid at the festival," Kaminari nodded as his electricity died down. "We've just gotta keep her at a distance and we'll be fine!"

Well, they figured that out pretty quick... Crap.

"You sure that's all I can do?" I asked, blinking around them with every other word. "Maybe I've got some secret, ultimate moves you never got to see~?" Disappearing again as Mina tried throwing a glob of acid at me.

"She's too fast!" Ashido lamented.

"Just keep moving!" Kaminari ordered, breaking into a sprint once more. "She's not attacking, only messing with us! Just wasting our time! Come on!" I blinked in front of them once again, trying to make them stop but the boy didn't even hesitate. "You may be fast but you can't get close if I do THIS!" Unleashing another small burst of electricity around himself as he reached out for me.

A few sparks caught me, sending a jolt through my system but I managed to blink clear a little further up the street. "Geez you two are headstrong..." I offered, but he was definitely right. I needed time, and they just wanted to rush through me. I'd never do damage like this, I can't rely on teleportation, and I can't use the Rift because I need to actually show off my skills here! Which only left one ability... "You're right sparky, I can't teleport faster than your lightning, there is a brief delay between jumps and I really can't account for every bolt you're firing off at once." Though it was hidden beneath the mask, my face twisted into a grin. "So I guess I'll just have to move faster than time itself to reach you!"

"What?" Kaminari blinked.

"No way, she's bluffing!" Ashido argued, shaking her head. "No way somebody with that kinda power wouldn't be in the main class!"

"It's a new ability, you see..." Ah yes, my favorite part of the show. Where I gloat and flash my new moves~ "A variation, of my time skip..."

"Hold on, what is Timeskip!?" Kaminari demanded.

"I have a bad feeling we're missing some important context here..."

"A power that lets me push myself forward in time by 1 second," I explained, "Works by increasing the speed of my cells to effectively push them forward through time before I jump ahead to meet them, but that's an inefficient method of attack... And in the grand scheme of a fight, 1 second isn't that much time." My body began to tremble, as I started the process, "However... I realized that if I super charge my power cells, without jumping forward." I took one step, and in that moment crossed the distance between us. "Everything my body does becomes exponentially faster!" Before delivering a brutal uppercut to Kaminari, the blow making him stumble back. I had to back-step immediately though, easily evading Ashido's acid as she tried to cover for him. "Physically, I'm not that strong, but when moving this fast I can land dozens of bullet punches in just a few seconds!"

"Stay back!" Mina tried to stop me, getting her arms up. But I moved right between her defenses, delivering a barrage of super speed light punches. She stumbled back as well, Kaminari refocusing.

"We've gotta push through to the escape gate!"

"I know but she's too fast!"

"Get to cover! I'll electrocute this entire street!"

Are you watching Aizawa? Principal Nezu?

Because this is it, blink and you'll miss my ultimate technique!

"Chrono-Boost!"

As Ashido took to cover, Kaminari released all his power. It was a desperate attack, and against anyone else probably would have worked. But I was too fast, pushing my body even faster and faster. I moved through the lightning storm with incredible speed, evading every single bolt of electricity and blasting right past him. I didn't need to hit Kaminari of course, he was already going to burn himself out. But his lightning would be useful to me, as I reached Ashido hiding in an alleyway.

I hope Adachi didn't mind me borrowing his finisher from earlier.

I think we'd just about spent enough time together to make it work after all.

"Hi there!" I grabbed Ashido by the wrist.

"Agh! Wh-Where did you- WAIT!" And teleported her right into the lightning with me. I, of course, was just barely on the edge and only received some light zaps, she was right in the middle of it.

By the time it was over, Kaminari was standing there in a daze and Ashido was totally fried on the ground. I let my Chrono-Boost die down, and walked over to Kaminari. Knocking him over with a push, he laughed and cheered for me as he hit the ground. His brain effectively fried by his own Quirk, he was finished as well.

"Ashido and Kaminari have been knocked out, Exam Over."

I collapsed to my knees, panting for breath. My muscles were trembling, everything throbbing with pain. Yeah okay, so maybe Chrono-Boost isn't a perfect technique. The problem with making your body move so much faster is, well, everything moves faster. It essentially puts all your organs into overdrive and even small movements can overwork your muscles. So it's dangerous to use for more than a few seconds. But it got the job done...

"Thats two... Out of three," I muttered, rolling over onto the ground to rest. "You better not let us down, Sen..."

. . .

Sen Shi

. . .

Watching the other students compete, not just Adachi and Suru, but all of Class 1-A.

It was inspiring, it made me want to excel. To show what I can do to the fullest.

"Team Mineta and Sero, Practical Exam. Ready? GO!"

Which is why I also felt a little guilty about our match up.

I took my position at the escape gate, waiting for my opponents to approach. I took a seat on the ground, resting on my knees while closing my eyes. Some simple meditation, leaving me surrounded by a very faint aura. It coated me in red energy, while I steadied my nerves. My new move wouldn't work without focus after all...

It was only moments into the match that I could hear them approaching. Faint footsteps, they were trying to be quiet, but my senses were keen. They wanted to get the drop on me, they probably had some kind of plan. They had seen my explosive power at the festival, they knew I was a powerful fighter. And would likely try to avoid confrontation, I wasn't quite sure how combat effective their quirks were.

The attack finally came, and to their credit it was both swift and precise. As Sero and Mineta emerged from behind the nearby rocks, a hail of purple balls and tape was unleashed. They surrounded my body, wrapping every inch and attempting to stick me to the ground. I was practically mummified by the sheer amount they covered me with. If they'd been up against any other opponent...

"Ha! We got her!" Sero cheered, "That wasn't so bad!"

"Yeah," Mineta nodded as they left cover, approaching me. "Even if she does power up, she'll still be covered and stuck to the ground."

"Hmm, I think I understand why they made me your opponent." I said suddenly, taking them by surprise with the calmness of my voice. My aura starting to shine through a bit more beneath the tape imprisoning me. "Your quirks, they stick on contact right? Well, it just so happens that my aura prevents things from making direct contact with my body..."

Both began to step back slowly, Sero swallowed nervously, "Y-You mean-"

"Agh!" Mineta cried, as I let my aura explode around me. The sticky balls and tape flying in every direction, some hitting Sero as he tried to cover his smaller comrade. "Retreat! We've gotta run!"

"Time for plan B! I don't know everything about your Quirk, but I know you're a close quarters fighter" Sero latched Mineta with a strand of his tape, before throwing him as hard as he could towards the escape gate trying to send him through. "So I've just gotta keep my team mate at a distance you can't reach in time!"

A month ago, that would have worked.

"Not gonna happen!" Turning swiftly, I aimed both hands at the flying boy. The aura surrounding my body left, shooting across the sky and hitting Mineta, surrounding his body and stopping him dead in the air. He'd been caught only a few feet from the gate, if I'd been a second or two late... "This fight is over." I said simply before pulling back hard, throwing the boy down into the dirt.

My new ability, Aura Projection, letting me enforce my aura on other bodies or objects to move them or catch them. The only real drawback, being that I couldn't use the ability at substantial range without dropping the defenses around my own body. But with this new power, I had a strong capture weapon.

While Mineta was on the ground pinned by the aura, I attacked Sero. Rushing him head on, getting in close where he wouldn't be able to use his tape. I didn't have my aura to protect me, or boost my moves, but that was okay. My martial prowess was more than enough to overpower the ranged capture artist.

Sero tried to thrust his elbows forward to shoot more tape at me, but I struck from below knocking his elbow upward and making tape shoot over my head. Before ducking low, and driving my own elbow deep into his ribs. The gasp of pain he released signaled all the air being forced out of his lungs, I followed by sweeping his legs and taking him to the ground.

I finished, by using my aura control to drag Mineta back over to us. Even as he struggled to move, I pulled him through surrounding tape that had been scattered about. Before pulling both him and Sero together, covering them both in tape and my aura.

"You can't move any more," I said simply, taking a seat while my Quirk kept them trapped. "Like I said before, its over."

Putting my focus to the test, the teachers didn't end the match. Forcing me to sit there and run out the clock, likely to give Sero and Mineta some chance of breaking free. But they lacked the strength to overpower my aura. I could feel a similar strain to how it felt actually defending with my aura, but they'd need significantly more power to break out, so I didn't really know what my limit was just yet.

"Team Mineta and Sero have run out of time."

"Exam Over."

I felt a sigh of relief leave my lungs as the aura faded around them. "We did it..." Smiling faintly, elated that all our hard work had really paid off. I could only hope things stayed this good...

. . .

Ryoko

. . .

Hours, days... Weeks.

"Impact Drivers, Kinetic Dampener, Overdrive Matrix... Alone, simple abilities, but combined with her current strengths she will be a formidable weapon."

How long had I been laying here?

"And you're sure she's ready?"

"Her modifications were minimal compared to some of the others, and I've skipped the mental conditioning... For now."

They think I can't hear them.

"Do you plan on properly conditioning her later then?"

"Once we see if she can follow orders properly, need to see what your power has done to her cognitive functions."

They want to know if I've been broken.

"We have a few days before Shigaraki's raid plan, you have until then."

"You want her in the field already, Master?"

"A test, an easy one at that."

They want to use me.

"And if she does not live up to your high hopes?"

"Then we will dispose of her, just like all the other failures."