Hey guys time for a new chapter.
MisfitWatcher: Don't worry I make mistakes like that all the time. I hope your enjoying the story.
DrakeNath: Thanks and I do write for fun, I love writing about these characters. Also yeah Yae has no social skills at all blunt as a rock fits her perfectly. Hibiki will be explained don't worry I have plans for her.
Papaprep: Yep when I put myself into Yae's shoes that's the first nickname that came to mind for Momo.
Chapter 19 Bomb Rush
'This isn't going to go well.' Thought Ojiro. Both he and Yae were in the bomb room on the fifth floor of the building. 'My partner not only has made this a personal grudge match but she hasn't spoken once since we got here. Does she even want to cooperate with me? She doesn't even call me by my name.'
"Hey this thing is made out of paper." said Yae examining the 'bomb'. As she lifted it with ease.
"Uh yeah it's not like they would give us a real bomb." said Ojiro. "It's easy for us to move and come up with a good strategy." Yae wordlessly grabbed the bomb and put it in the corner of the room. "Uh what are you doing?" Yae then grabbed her knife and stabbed the wall and began to run around the room, she then started hitting the pillars, and carving out rocks from the ground and walls. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING." she then looked up at the ceiling and saw the vent, she tied a rope to her knife and wrapped it around the vents and pulled them down.
Yae began to move the various pieces of the fallen ventilation shaft around along with the rocks she made. "There we go, that should do it."
It took Ojiro a second to realize what she had just done. "You made rings of dust and debris on the floor so the invisible girl couldn't sneak up here. That's a great idea- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
As Ojiro turned to Yae, taking off her jacket, boots and most of her gear. Leaving her in her cargo pants, tank top, and bandana. "I already had planned on going hand to hand with them down stairs. So I won't be needing my equipment at all."
"You're going to fight quirkless and weaponless." said Ojiro in total disbelief. "Yae I've seen footage of you in action on tv but don't you think you're taking our opponents too lightly. Yaoyorozu got in on recommendation and who knows what trick the invisible girl has. Are you even listening to me?"
She wasn't. Yae was too busy thinking about her confrontation with Momo from earlier. 'Izuku and Melissa never got angry when I said stuff like that before. Neither did any of my dad's friends. I've only known this girl for a day so why is it bothering me this much. I never cared when I was talking to flame face. Maybe it's because I know now that I'm going to have to deal with her for awhile. Even before that I wasn't very nice. Why wasn't I nice? I've been acting differently since I came back to Japan. It's weird.'
"Why the hell am i even thinking about this." she said. As she began to walk away.
"Wait," said Ojiro, stepping in front of her. "Are you seriously going to go down there? We haven't even come up with some sort of plan."
"Easy. You wait up here for invisible girl while I go down and play with magic tits for a bit." as she walked past him.
"That's not really much of a plan." he said giving up and letting her do what she wants.
"Hey, before I go make sure to pay attention to the floor and her footsteps. I'm only going to play with them for a bit so you might have something to do."
~o~
"All right Toru, you have the building lay out memorized." asked Momo as they were looking over the map.
"Yeah, I think I got it." said the gloves giving a thumbs up.
"Okay so here's the plan, chances are Yae is going to get cocky and come at me first, while I distract her, you head upstairs and look for the bomb. When you find it, sneak past Ojiro with your invisibility and we'll win for sure."
"Got it but Momo do you really think you can beat her."
Momo thought for a moment. "I don't know but if she thinks she can take me without her quirk then I know I can get her surprise. I just need to watch out for any weapons she might have."
"ATTENTION YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE UP YOU MAY BEGIN THE BATTLE CITY TRAINING." came All Might's booming voice.
"Let's go." said Momo as they made their way inside the front door. They carefully checked the entrice when they were sure it was clear they slowly made their way inside. The entire way was quite open so it gave them plenty of options. "Looks like they did lay any traps down in the front."
"Wait, Momo. Do you hear that?" said Toru.
Momo stopped and listened for a moment. Then she could hear a slight slapping noise. "It sounds like footsteps and bare footsteps at that."
They both looked down the hall where the sound was coming from to see Yae casually walking towards them. "Sup."
Momo stood there for a moment dumbfounded as she scanned her opponent. 'Bandana on her head, a tank top, and just her pants.' "You came here with nothing."
"Yep."
All the anger that Momo had earlier came back with a vengeance. "Do you think that
little of us, of me. That you would fight us quirkless and without any weapons, tricks, or gear."
Yae raised an eyebrow. "Can't you tell the difference between us. I mean I am a lot stronger than you."
For a moment Momo thought for once she went blind with rage. In a low voice "Toru go on ahead. I need to teach her some manners." with fire in her eyes as she materialized her bow staff.
Toru shifted a bit before making a run past Yae who did nothing to stop her. Yae was just wondering what Momo was doing. 'I've fought off poachers before and several fighters from tribes, land, and countries from around the world. Even they could tell at a glance what level of strength I was at. Can she not tell? Isn't she a warrior'
Yae began to step forward while Momo made a silent charge as she began swinging at Yae. Yae dodge each strike Momo made. 'She's definitely been trained before but I don't think she's been in a real fight before or even in a serious spar before. Well let's see how she handles a few simple maneuvers.' thought Yae as she changed up her dodging. She still kept dodging but each time she moved closer and closer into Momo's personal space.
Momo realized what she was doing. 'I underestimated her. I guess I shouldn't fight fair if I want to win.' as from her shoulder she materialized a flash bang. She made sure to close her eyes before it went off so she could keep her sight. 'I've practiced this move several times when I can see again I'll give her a quick strike.' and like she thought when Momo opened her eyes she saw Yae standing there rubbing her eyes. 'Nows my chance.' Momo made a big swing at who still couldn't see, but something happened. She didn't hit anything.
"Now you're just embarrassing yourself." said Yae as she put her left hand on Momo's back. That's when Momo realized in that brief moment Yae was able to get right behind her. Though Momo wasn't done yet as she swung her right arm at Yae while materializing a tonfa. Though it did little as Yae caught it with her hand. "Please tell me that-" Yae's instincts instantly shouted at her that she was actually in danger. Yae jumped away as the Tonfa lit up with electricity. "A stun tonfa, clever. So you do have some tricks huh."
Momo grit her teeth as she realized that Izuku and Melissa weren't exaggerating at all. Yae was good, but she didn't need to beat her to win. Momo then began to make several Matryoshka dolls. "Alright I'll give you this battle but I'm going to be the one that wins the war." she said as she threw the dolls at Yae.
Yae had been to Russia before and knew what a Matryishka doll was but instead of another doll inside of it there was something else. "GRENADE."
~o~
"Holy crap that was a legit grenade." said Denki as he and the others in the viewing room watched as several grenades exploded in front of Yae, blocking the view of the camera. "I think she might be hurt."
"Well duh." said Sero. "No one can take grenades and come out okay."
"Shut it." said Jiro as she pointed to Izuku and Melissa who looked worried.
Ochako put a hand on Melissa to try and comfort her. "Don't worry, she's tough, she can recover from this."
"Sir shouldn't we stop this." said Iida "One of our classmates is injured."
All Might looked at the class. "What are you talking about?"
"Yaoyorozu isn't injured yet." said Izuku, confusing everyone.
"Is Momo going to be okay?" asked Melissa with concern in her voice. "Yae's not going to go too hard on her is she?"
"Of course," said Izuku, faking a smile. "Yae can control herself and that shouldn't have been enough to get her serious. Hopefully."
Mina looked at them. "Okay we're missing something here."
"LOOK." said Sato, pointing at the screen.
The screen showed the smoke clearing and Yae standing in the middle of the room without a single scratch on her. "HOW, there's no way she should have come out of that unscaved." shouted Denki.
"She dodged it." said Bakugo getting their attention. "You losers can't see worth shit. She used the walls and vents to dodge the explosions."
"Very good young Bakugo." said All Might pressing some buttons on the computer. Showing a replay of the explosion. "To the untrained eye it might be hard to spot but here you can clearly see Yae running towards the wall and using it to get to the ceiling where she used the lights to hold on to, and the nearby ventilation duct as a shield from the blast."
Everyone stood there stunned that she was able to dodge the explosions. Shoto said what everyone was thinking. "She's good."
"Wait, is she shaking?" asked Denki as he noticed Yae slightly shaking.
Izuku slowly shook his head. "All Might is there anyway for us to hear what's going on down there?"
All Might hit a button. "Heheh Hahahaha." they heard Yae as she began to laugh.
"I was afraid of that."
Yae's laugh was beginning to scare Mineta. "Why is she laughing like that?"
"What do you know," said Yae through the speakers. "She actually had the guts to use force against me. She might be more fun than I thought."
"Oh no." said Melissa "She's on the hunt."
~o~
Momo continued to run up the stairs to the third floor of the building. As she was she was assessing the current situations. 'I've blocked all the paths up to the second floor, so there's no way to get up to the next few floors in the time it will take us to find and secure the bomb. If we move quickly and if she sticks to fighting without a quirk then we can win.'
As Momo turned the corner she saw Toru coming from the next hallway. "Toru, have you found the bomb?"
"Yaoyorozu," said Toru. "Not yet but I've checked the second and third floor, all that's left is the fourth and fifth floor. Did you beat Yae, what happened?"
"I'm afraid not, but I did make it so that she's stuck on the lower floors. So if we can move quick enough we should be able to get to the bomb without anything hindering our path." Momo waited for a response but instead Toru just raised one of her gloves pointing to the window outside. Momo slowly turned to see Yae crouching on a light post outside of the building. "SHE CLIMBED THE LIGHT POST."
To the people watching would tell you it was more of a jump and less of a climb. Yae grinned at the two as she crouched lower and both Toru and Momo without saying a word ran for the stairwell as she jumped through the window. Neither of the girls saw Yae but the sound of glass breaking was enough to make them both beat their sprinting record.
"WHAT THE HELL IS SHE?" asked Toru
"I don't know but it's time to stop underestimating her." said Momo as they turned the corner.
Yae chased after them. 'This is more fun than I thought….but they are getting close to the bomb. So I better end this.' Though these thoughts disappeared as Yae turned the corner where she saw the danger end of a cannon.
"TRY DODGING THIS." Momo pulled the cord firing the cannon. Everyone saw as the cannon ball sailed down the hallway exploding at the end creating a huge cloud of smoke. "Did I get her?"
"I can't tell….. OH MY GOD. YOU KILLED HER." screamed Toru
As the smoke began to clear Momo could see that only the bottom half of Yae remained standing while her top half was nowhere to be seen. "AHHHH I REALLY DID KILL HER!"
"What are you screaming about Magic Tits? I'm not dead." as the smoke cleared both girls screamed again at the sight of Yae's head being between her legs. "Will you stop that?"
"But how?"
It took the girls a second to realize that Yae had bent back so far she was able to put her upper body below her legs.
"How?" asked Toru in disbelief.
As Yae bent herself back up without even grabbing her left leg she was able to put it behind her head. "I'm flexible." This resulted in both girls to stare in disbelief as they realized she dodged the cannon by bending under it.
"That's so unfair," said Toru
"NO." said Momo. "I'm not done yet." as she threw several small bombs at the ceiling causing it to collapse. "We need to get that bomb now."
~o~
It didn't take long for the girls to find the bomb room with Ojiro standing in front of the bomb ready to fight. Momo saw the room and came up with a plan. "Hagakure, I'll distract him, you head for the bomb."
"Got it."
"I'm not going to let you have the bomb that easy." said Ojiro
"We are going to win thi-"
"Here's YAE." said Yae as she slammed into Momo with enough force to knock her
to the ground. "Did you really think blocking one path would be enough to slow me down." Momo didn't answer as she struggled to get up. Yae sighed, walked and crouched in front of Momo. Momo glared at Yae with drops of tear in her eyes. Yae reached down and grabbed a small rock. "I admit I took you way too lightly, You've done a lot better than I thought you would and there's room for improvement." Momo didn't know where she was going with this. "Thinking can be good or bad. Just like any weapon your mind can be your greatest asset. You've sharpened it quite well in the dojo but you haven't used it outside just yet have you."
'Where is she going with this?' thought Ojiro, surprised at his partners actions.
"And don't worry you're not the only one." said Yae quickly standing and throwing the rock. The rock hit the wall but everyone heard a small 'eep' sound. "What are you doing tail, she was sneaking right by you."
"Huh she was?"
"Wait, how did you know where I was?" said Toru, surprised she was almost hit.
Yae groaned. "Before I walked up to Magic Tits I heard you taking off your gloves and shoes and even though you avoid most of the mess on the floor I could still tell where you were. You have absolutely no idea how to erase your presence," said Yae as she walked towards Toru, ignoring all of the debris on the ground. "Do you even know how to be-"
Toru waited for Yae to say something, though for the first time in a long time someone was actually looking at Toru straight in the eyes. It would take awhile knowing a new person for them to be able to know where her eyes were. "Uhh Yae what are you." Yae reached out and grabbed her chest. "Ahh my boob why would you grab that."
"You're naked, why are you naked?" said Yae, examining the invisible girl. "You're in a combat zone and you're naked." she began to pat the girl causing her to squeak and yelp in embarrassment.
"Stop that."
"You actually came into a fight naked. Do you have any idea what would have happened if i used my weapons or Magic Tits went a little too explosion happy. Do you even realize how dangerous this is." Said Yae while looking into the girl's eyes which unnerved the girl. Toru didn't know how to respond so Yae slapped her butt. "Hey Tail can you believe this girl came here naked."
Ojiro's face was slowly turning red both of embarrassment and the fact that his partner was screwing around. "YAE we are in the middle of a match can you please take this seriously and not sexually harass Hakagure."
"Hey this is a fight. In fights you grab and hit other people, so giving good advice here about going into a fight naked and secondly there's only forty seconds left. We already won."
"WHAT." said the three simultaneously.
"Yeah I've been counting since the start of the match. We got thirty two seconds left." said Yae
Momo grit her teeth and summoned as much strength as she could and made a dash to the bomb. Ojiro got back into his fighting stance to intercept but Yae beat him to it as she sent a kick at Momo. Momo saw this and tried to back away only to be surprised as Yae's legs extended and kicked her in the head. The last thing Momo saw Yae's leg dangling in an odd way. 'She really is a monster.'
"Momo." yelled Toru as she went to check her teammate.
"TIME'S UP THE VILLAIN TEAM WINS." yelled All Might over the speakers.
"Huh I was three seconds off." said Yae
"What happened to your leg." said Ojiro, pointing to Yae's leg. "That isn't your quirk is it?"
"Nope." said Yae, grabbing her leg and slamming it into the ground making a popping noise. "I dislocated the bones in my leg to give myself a bit of reach and a little bit of power."
"You just beat two students single handedly without using your quirk," said Ojiro. "You're one crazy girl Yae." Yae gave him a grin as she grabbed her things.
~o~
"Alright class who can tell me who was the MVP of the match." asked All Might to the class.
The class went silent to the question as it was kind of obvious who the MVP was. "It was Yae sir." said Melissa "She more or less had control of the entire match straight from the beginning."
"She could have beaten them from the start." said Bakugo glaring at Yae. "You could
have just beaten the two of them the first time you saw them but instead you practically
played with them, even without your quirk you clearly have them outmatched."
Yae smiled. "You want to fight me next, chihuahua."
"Bring it on, I'll put you in your place. You second rate hero." said Bakugo, making a few sparks in his palms.
"Okay that's enough you two." said Izuku stepping between them. Ignoring Bakugo's glares. Though it did get Yae to calm down. "I think we should move on. We do have other matches to get to."
"Correct you are young Midoriya." said All Might. "No let's see who fights next."
While the screen began to spin to decide the next time, Izuku walked towards Yae and Melissa. "Nice job Yae."
"Yeah you really surprised us out there." said Melissa
"Wait did you guys actually think I was going to lose the match to those two." said Yae.
"Not that Yae," said Melissa "Were just surprised at how mature you acted when you gave those guys advice."
"We never thought you would give opponents help like that." said Izuku "You really have grown haven't you."
Yae blushed at the complement. "What are you talking about. They need to get better if they want to be worthy prey for me." Izuku and Melissa continued to smile at their friend.
"The next round will be Team F vs Team C." said All Might
~o~
Momo began to stir in the nurse's office as she regained consciousness. It didn't take her long to realize that she lost to Yae. "She really is that much stronger than me." 'Am I that weak.'
"She is strong but you're not weak either." Momo turned to see a woman in a kimono standing at the door. "How are you feeling, Miss Yaoyorozu?"
Momo sat up in the bed. "I'm doing better, and I don't mean to be rude but who are you?"
"My name is Tomo," as she went and sat on the bed, "could you please turn your head for me," Momo complied. "I'm sure you guessed it already but I'm a new faculty member of the school."
"I kind of figured that much. UA wouldn't allow anyone to just walk in here." said Momo somewhat twitching away from Tomo as her head was still sore. "How is it, I don't feel any blood."
Tomo was closely examining her head and unbeknownst to Momo she was using a few quirks to check her internally. 'Amazing, Yae didn't damage the brain at all, she didn't even crack the bone.' "Nothings broken and you should be good to go any minute. I thought when Yae rushed at a high speed to intercept you that her kick would do a lot more damage but it seems she has a bit more control than I expected. It looks like she was aiming for your neck for a knockout rather than aiming for damage."
Momo was surprised by this information, though she quickly felt depressed by it. "So she really is that much stronger than me."
"She is, but she has had a lot more experience and I believe that is the bigger factor in your loss. If you couldn't tell her upbringing was not normal."
"Wait, are you an acquaintance of hers by any chance?" asked Momo
Tomo chuckled. "I am. I've known Yae since she was a little girl. She's always been a bit of a handful. To be honest I've always been a little surprised with how well her parents have handled her. Though I doubt you want to hear about that. You probably want to hear why she's so strong." Momo nodded as her curiosity grew. "You may not like it, but the reason she is so good is because she was weak."
"Weak?"
Tomo nodded. "In Yae's family, metal quirks are common. I've seen her father produce entire weapons in seconds, but Yae can't. She can only produce a small amount compared to her family. She would hurt herself if she tried to make a sword or axe like her father. So she found a way to use the small amount she had."
"Okay that explains her quirk but that doesn't explain how she was able to beat me without using it."
"Yes it does." said Tomo "Yae found a way to work around her weakness. When she faced a challenge and lost. She didn't give up, she got up and found a way. When she challenged a bear cub to a wrestling match, she lost and kept losing until she found a way to wrestle better. The same happened when she met the cheetah, the monkey and the boar. She met every challenge and failed, but she always got up and became stronger for it. You should have seen the monster she became when she fought Izuku a second time. After her first loss she came back easily stronger than what she was before. I believe that goes for everyone who wants to get better. So what will you do, miss Yaoyorozu, will you let this defeat get you down and drag you behind or will you get up and meet this challenge again."
Momo thought for a moment as she remembered her loss. "I have never been so defeated before. Near the end of the training I was beginning to give up. I….No hesitating like this will only lead to more self doubt. If Yae could get strong then it should be no problem for me. I won't lose like this."
Tomo smiled. 'She still has some doubt but this is a good start.' Tomo got up and made her way to the exit. "Well then miss Yaoyorozu, I hope you fail and keep getting back up. As a medic I say you're good enough to head back to class."
"Thank you. Hopefully I can learn something from the next few matches." Though as she left she almost hit someone. "Oh sorry."
"It's fine but you should head back to class soon. The second match is already half way done."
"Right." said Momo as she began to return to class. 'Wait was that boy old enough to attend UA. He looked like a middle school student.'
Yushiro watched as she ran off. "Nice work Tomo. If we keep this up she will make a fine hero someday."
"I couldn't agree more."
Next time: Chapter 20 Bomb Timer
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I wanted this chapter to show a few things. One Toru being naked is stupid. Two The power gap between Yae and some of the others. She is firmly in the top five of the class. Three Wanted to show the characters that they can be more then their quirk. Four I kind of want Momo to get over her confidence issue a little quirkier in this story then in others.
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