Notes: All righty! over 300 followers and over 100 reviews! i love your support already and we are still in season 1 timeline. while some of the storyline will remain the same since this is all buildup still, later the plot will begin to divert from normal canon, so don't worry about this being a simple retelling of the show.

Now this chapter was fun but difficult to write. hope you all enjoy!

Standing outside of the new testing building, Katara and Kirishima held up the ear pieces they were given by All Might before they left the media room. She looked over at her partner as he slipped his into his own ear and clicked the button on the side, deciding to follow suit and do the same. Once in, she waited a moment before she did anything.

"So… how do these work?" She asked him while they both walked into the abandoned building.

"Oh these things? Just push on this when you wanna talk if we get separated. Here…" He clicked on the surface button before speaking. "Got it?"

Katara's eyes widened when she suddenly heard his voice not just from outside, but from inside her ear itself. "Now that is handy..." She chuckled to herself. "… we may need this against Tokoyami."

"Yeah, I saw his quirk during the testing yesterday. Seems pretty crazy." he rubbed his head as they continued up the stairs.

They eventually reached the room with the large bomb on the third floor. Katara sighed as she stared at the large yet fake device they were protecting. "Seems weird we are playing villains, protecting something bad like this."

"I mean it's just practice. We can always pretend its a helpless family stuck here." Kirishima grinned her direction, at least getting a chuckle from her.

"I guess you're right. Now… we need some kind of plan." She lowered herself to one knee as he squatted down as well. "first off, what is your quirk?"

"Mine? It's hardening…" Kirishima held up his arm in front of her, the skin across the top suddenly locking tight and appearing like stone. "… I can harden my body so I can take any hit."

"Huh, that's a pretty nice one…" She responded as she opened her canteen and bended a small amount of water to her hand. "… I can waterbend, so any water I can control."

"I saw that during the testing, pretty sweet." Kirishima smiled at the flowing water.

She sighed at his compliment. "Thanks, but I need a source of water. I can't just create it. So I'm limited to what I can do here, and Tokoyami's quirk is really strong."

"Yeah, he has that weird thing coming out of him. It's kinda creepy."

"He calls it Dark shadow. He told me about it during the entrance exam. And that thing has a mind of it's own."

"Wait what?" his eyes widened at that statement, "That is creepy."

"Well the problem is that means they have a third set of eyes too, so sneaking around them will be harder." Katara put the water back in her canteen and grunted. "I don't know much about Tsu though."

Kirishima grabbed his chin as he thought back. "Well she's a frog so I saw she jumps really far, and she's pretty quick too."

Rubbing her own chin, Katara wished she actually paid more attention to some of the others more during the test yesterday. "I guess so, but if we aren't careful we could-

"Ah don't worry about it…" Kirishima stood back up and braced his body, "… Why don't we just rush them and end this early?"

"Uh yeah, not a good idea…" She frowned, "...If we try rushing them we may end up like the last team, separated and overtaken."

"That's why we rush together. Come on! It's more manly than just waiting here!" he seemingly begged as he raised his fists up and down. "It will look so cool if we just dominate!"

Rolling her eyes, she stood back up. "Fine, we can try and catch them out of this room, but we will stay on this floor and near the bomb at least. We can't leave it defenseless."

He grinned at her suggestion. "Deal, now let's do this!"

"What are you thinking about?" Tsu asked as she noticed Tokoyami deep in thought.

"It's our opponents. Kirishima is pretty straight forward, a brute fighter. It's Katara that concerns me." he answered as they waited outside the building.

Tsu tilted her head to his comment. "What do you mean? She has her water so we know how it works."

"Yes, and she can also make it into ice."

Her eyes widened in shock. "Ribbit… Really? I didn't see that yesterday." She looked up to the building, "She did so well with just water, and she can do even more…"

"Indeed…" Tokoyami stood up and stepped forward, his beak forming the smallest of grin, "...She also beat my score during the entrance exam. This will be very interesting."

"Alright, you newbies…" All Might's voice boomed through the streets intercoms, "...the time starts… now!"

The cloaked shadow user furrowed his brow and walked forward. "Let's go."

The eyes in the media room looked between the two teams making their way to their spots, the students already debating the outcome.

"So, who you got with this one?" Kaminari asked the others outloud, "… I got Tokoyami on this fight."

"Nah, Katara's taking this herself." Jiro responded smirking.

"Yeah, she's definitely gonna win, she's so good…" Mina cheered on, her eyes also going to the red haired boy on screen, a small smile forming on her face. "… plus Kirishima is really tough too. That's a strong team."

Tenya nodded in agreement. "They both are very formidable, especially Katara... but Tokoyami seemed quite strong himself. Not to mention he has Asui with him, too."

Momo stepped forward and crossed her arms. "Yes, she seemed quite talented too. Katara's abilities with Kirishima's strength are good, but you have a balanced pair with Tokoyami and Tsu. This will be an interesting match up. I am not fully sure who will win this one."

As the class chatted among themselves, Todoroki glared up from the back of the room. He had hoped to be matched up with her now, but luck wasn't on his side. His gaze stayed on the blue robed girl onscreen, watching her crouch behind a corner.

"Don't disappoint me now, Katara. I need to be the one to beat you…"

Peaking around the corner she hid by, Katara looked down towards the stairs below. Her ears were poised and ready trying to hear anything coming up her way. She reached up and clicked the piece in her ear on. "Kirishima, you hear anything yet?"

"No, not on my end…" the earpiece rang out, "… I got nothing so far."

"Keep yourself ready. There are only these two sets of stairs coming up here so they have to come through them." She responded before clicking hers off. She popped her canteen open and readied a large hand full of water out and over her skin. She looked down once more as she suddenly heard the tapping of footsteps coming from below.

"Hey, I got something!" she quickly whispered into her mic, standing up and taking a deep breath, "I hear them coming."

Over on Kirishima's side, he nodded his head and stood up. "Got it, on my way over to-

He paused as he heard tapping coming from his stairs as well. "Wait, I hear them here, too."

"What?" Katara questioned, "They separated too?"

"Yeah, that means we can take them each one on one!" He happily cheered and faced the stairway, his body hardening all over. "Let's get 'em!"

Katara's eyes widened as she heard him yell both in the mic and down the hallway. "Wait, don't just rush forward! Something doesn't feel right!"

"What's wrong? Afraid of a little action? I'm going in!"

"Wait, don't!" Katara could hear him cheer in her ear as he stomped down the stairs on his side. "With Tokoyami I doubt he would-

Her mind suddenly remembered the day of the entrance exam, and how far the shadow in Tokoyami's body reached out from inside his body. She looked back towards the stairs and saw the outline of a shadow moving by, and the shape of the shadow looked like some form of snake bird. Her eyes widened when she began guessing what had happened, sprinting down the steps and looking to the left. She caught the glimpse of Dark shadow retracting back down the hall towards the other side, which was where the other stairs were.

"Shoot…" Katara hissed and ran back up the stairs, hand pushing against her ear. "… Kirishima, they used Dark shadow on my side for a sound diversion. They both are on your side!"

Kirishima didn't hear however, the red head yelling too much as he charged onward. "Time to show what a real man can do!" he grinned when he reached the bottom of the stairs and locked eyes with Tokoyami. "There you are, let's get it!"

Roaring out, the hardened Kirishima ran forward hand drawn back and swung, only to find his forearm wrapped in a long tongue. "What the-!?"

He trailed the pink tongue up the side of the wall, his mouth dropping in shock at Tsu clutched to the side below the ceiling. "Where did you come from, Asui!?" he yelled out.

"You should call me Tsu…" She mumbled out and yanked him backwards and threw him against another wall. Thankfully for his hardening, he hit the concrete with no damage himself, but was helpless as Dark shadow launched out from his body and prepared to crash into him. Before he was hit, a stream of water wrapped around his waist and yanked him back up the stairs landing in a thud.

"I told you to wait before running down!" Katara growled releasing the water from her partner.

Kirishima glared and stood back up. "Hey, how was I supposed to know they were both there!?"

"How about wait until I was for sure, not run out like an angry Moose Lion!"

"I didn't just…" Kirishima's face went blank to what she compared him to. "A what!?"

She rolled her eyes, "Never mind, just stay together!"She looked back as she heard their footsteps getting closer. "Let's get back, we need to rethink this."

Not a fan of running away, Kirishima sighed and nodded. "Fine, let's go!"

As they both sprinted away, Tokoyami grunted and retracted dark shadow back into himself. "Our first plan didn't work. Katara foiled that one."

"Yeah, I thought it would give us plenty of time to catch one of them." Tsu responded. "Kirishima ran right into it, but she still saved him."

"Indeed, now we do not have the element of surprise. Facing them head on here is our best option."

"Ribbit… are you sure?"

"We cannot waste time, if we don't capture them or the bomb we will lose." Tokoyami ran up the stairs and glanced down the hallway, seeing them out of sight. He looked back and forth between the many doors, noticing several were cracked open. "Let's go, dark shadow."

The shadowy mass exited his body, the dark hand giving a thumbs up. "Got it!" it hissed out and rushed towards one of the jarred doors and slamming it open, peeking inside quickly but saw no one there. Backing out, dark shadow went towards the next door and hit it open too, but was once again met with no one there.

"Where are you hiding?" Tokoyami glared down the hall, searching for his prey. He was so focused, that he didn't notice the closed door behind him slowly opening.

Peeking through the crack, Katara watched as Tokoyami walked down towards the bomb room, but not before checking all the opened doors going that direction. Slowly reaching up to her ear, she clicked the piece and whispered as quiet as she could.

"He's almost there. A few more seconds…"

Then, Dark shadow reached the last opened door on the right, the shadow bringing its fist back to punch it open.

"Now!"

the door to the left of Dark shadow burst open as Kirishima bull rushed the dark mass and tackled it into the adjacent wall.

"Gotcha now!" the hardened teen yelled out in glee, his arms locked around dark shadow's neck and pinning the creature.

"Hey, that hurts!" the shadow yelled out in frustration.

Tokoyami tried retracting the shadow into him, but the sturdy Kirishima held tight. Grunting, Tokoyami ran forward, "Hold on dark shadow, I'll be right-

His words were silenced as the door behind him kicked open and Katara burst out into the hallway. Her hands pulled out a pair of water spheres and smiled. "Nice work, Kirishima! Now we got you!"

She prepared to throw the water forward, but the sudden yank on her ankle made her scream in shock and fall onto her stomach. Kirishima's eyes looked up from the shadow to his downed partner. "Hey, you okay ov- whoa!"

The second of distraction was enough for dark shadow to break free of the grip and throw off Kirishima, the shadow retracting back to its owner. "Ah shit, this isn't good…" the red head groaned and rubbed his head.

Katara tried to stand up, but she felt something tugging her back by her ankle again. She looked back around and saw the frog girl's tongue wrapped around her leg. "Got you, Katara."

'Ugh that's so gross!' Katara screamed inside as she whipped water backwards towards Tsu, forcing her to release her tongue and jump out of the way. Now free, Katara stood back up and faced the crouching frog girl, while to her back Tokoyami eyed her and his shadow kept watch on Kirishima.

"Great, so much for that plan…" Katara moaned out as she gathered more water onto her right arm. Now that their surprise on Tokoyami was foiled, they had no choice but a full frontal attack against the two of them. "Kirishima, you can't let them passed you no matter what."

"Yeah, I got it!" Kirishima yelled out, bringing his arms across his front and rehardening, "No one is getting through me!"

looking back to Tsu, Katara watched as she slowly moved in her crouched position. While she saw her hop around like a frog, she honestly didn't expect the tongue to come along with it, adding a gross factor and a combat factor to the table. 'So she also has range like me and Tokoyami. This is really a tough spot now.' she sighed inside as she looked to her canteen, annoyed by her limited supply. 'Don't have too many options here.'

Crawling forward, Tsu let her tongue hang out slightly as she stared down the waterbender. "Ribbit… You okay, Tokoyami?"

"I'm fine, thanks for the assist…" the shadow user answered calmly, glancing to Katara "...It seems I was the one needing rescuing today."

Katara chuckled at his joke. "You still holding that entrance exam stunt over me?"

His beak made a small grin, "No, but I am impressed with your plan. However, we will be victorious today."

"Oh, is that so?" the waterbender pulled another stream of water to her left hand. "Let's find out then!"

Throwing her hands outward, the water whipped out towards the other two but they both jumped out of the way in time. Kirishima rushed forward and crashed into dark shadows body, but this time the dark mass matched his strength and pushed back. With them locked locked together, Katara turned back towards Tsu who now crawled along the side wall. She threw a stream of water out to catch her, but once again the green haired girl leaped out of the way in time.

"She's really fast…" Katara groaned and split the water on her right hand into four smaller streams and whipped them outward. Now the many whips were too much for Tsu to evade forward and forced to retreat backwards while shooting her tongue backwards. Not wanting to get grabbed again, Katara yanked the water back and made a thin but wide wall of water surrounding her front and stifling the pink appendage.

"Ribbit?" Tsu croaked in surprise as her tongue was suddenly gripped by the water and pulled forward. She dug her webbed shoes into the ground trying to fight back against the force, but the water was too much and was overpowering her.

Kirishima however was struggling as the larger shadow began pushing him back, his feet scraping across the hard floor. "Hey, this bird thing is a bit much for me!" He grunted out as he felt himself suddenly picked up off the ground. "Shit. shit. shit!"

Katara whipped her head around and watched her partner smash into the ceiling stone. "Kirishima!" she yelled out as dark shadow retracted alone and rushed towards her. Panicking, she let go of Tsu and brought out the little remaining water she had, forming a small ice wall around her backside just as the clawed hands smashed into her shield. She gasped in shock from the force as she was shoved back into the wall behind her, the stone crumbling from the force.

"I've got her, go to the bomb." Tokoyami yelled out to his partner, pushing the ice harder and into the wall.

Wincing at the pain in her back, Katara watched as Tsu hopped off down the hallway to the bomb room. She looked back to the dark claws pushing at her, the thin ice beginning to crack. 'I gotta do something quick!' She yelled at herself.

Swiping her one free hand, she melted the entire ice shield into water and shot it up dark shadow's body and around its neck.

"Hey, back off girl!" dark shadow hissed out as it felt the cold water engulfing its form.

"Dark shadow, return!" Before Tokoyami could retract it inside however, the water refroze and locked it in place. The bird headed teen gasped as Katara suddenly leaped over the ice and knocked him to the ground. Seeing his quirk locked down, Katara looked down and saw Tsu nearing the final turn to the bomb.

"Shoot, don't have much time!" She yelled as she jumped off Tokoyami, leaving him free but dark shadow still frozen in the block. She only had a handful of water left, but she had no choice since it kept him at bay as she sprinted after Tsu.

"Dark shadow, you okay?" Tokoyami crawled off the ground and ran to his quirk. "Can you get free?"

"I-I am t-t-t-trying!" the shadow shivered out as it chipped away at the ice.

Gritting his teeth, Tokoyami hit his own earpiece and turned back around. "Tsu, dark shadow is down. She's right behind you!"

"Ribbit!?" Tsu flipped her head around to see, her eyes widening as a small ice spike whipped passed her face into the nearby doorway. She skidded to a stop and faced the incoming waterbender. "You are very hard to stop, aren't you?" she croaked out and launched her tongue out.

'that's still gross…' Katara hissed inside as she took the very little water she had left and made water gloves for her hands. She batted away the tongue as it came in, swiping it with her covered hands and releasing mini ice crystals onto it as it came in every time. The chilled feeling became too irritating for Tsu, retracting it back into her mouth and jumping through the final door. Katara cursed as she knew where that led to.

"Shit, she's in the bomb room!" Katara yelled at herself as she reached the doorway herself, retrieving the ice spike she sent earlier and enter the final room… only to find the bomb and no girl in sight. "What… where did she-

She yelped out in shock from the sudden force dropping down from the ceiling knocking her down to the ground. Her eyes spun around to meet Tsu, the clever frog hiding above the doorway for her. She tried to crawl away real quick, but the long tongue wrapped her ankles and drug her backwards.

"Sorry Katara…" Tsu mumbled as she pulled out her line of capture tape, "...but I don't wanna lose."

"Yeah? Me neither!" Katara flipped her body over and swiped her finger, a single strip of water flying through the air and slicing the capture tape and part of Tsu's cheek. The sudden sting made her yelp out and loosen her grip, allowing Katara's ankles to be freed. Before Tsu could pull back fast enough, a splash of water hit her chest and soaked her upper body. The cold breath of the waterbender quickly followed suit, and the wet outfit on the frog froze over her body.

"R-ribbit…" Tsu felt her entire body go numb as the temperature suddenly dropped around her, her eyes drooping down and falling to her side. Her breathing slowed as her heart rate began dropping. "so… cold."

Katara stood up panting as she tried catching her breath. "Now… that's finally done." She shook her empty canteen and sighed. "I got to get more water somehow. This was much harder than…"

Her words caught on her tongue when she looked back up to the door. "You gotta be kidding me."

"Thought I was down for the count?" Tokoyami grunted as dark shadow came out from his chest. "I told you I was going to win."

Stepping back, Katara felt her heart race as she had nothing left. What ever water she had left she used it to keep Tsu contained, and everything else was down the hall. She had nothing left.

Tokoyami slowly walked towards her, opening his cloak and bringing his own arms out. "Now, it's just you and me."

"Nope, me too!"

Tokoyami yelled out in pain as he was blindsided by Kirishima, making Katara's mouth drop as they skidded to the floor. "You're back!"

The red head stood up and was covered in scuffs all over his body, but still grinned over to his partner. "I told you I can take any attack. Now, I want some payback on that bird!"

Tokoyami glared as he crawled to his knees, his body aching from the force of the rock like teen hitting him. "You are quite the stubborn one, aren't you?"

Kirishima smiled and clenched his fists and charged forward. "I'm just doing what any hero would do… and that is not giving up!"

Hearing those words made Katara smile, and even without water, she ran forward to help him. "Alright, we got this!"

Gritting his teeth, Tokoyami stepped back and braced his legs. "Dark shadow, go!"

Katara's eyes focused as dark shadow rushed towards her, quickly sliding underneath the shadow as it swiped at her. Before the dark mass could turn to get her again, Kirishima brought a powerful uppercut into it's stomach.

"That's for the ceiling earlier!" he yelled out and hardened his face and gave a headbutt into the creatures beak.

Tokoyami was about to rush forward to help his quirk, but was caught by Katara's leg sweep and fell backwards. Not giving him time to recover, Katara jumped on top of him and wrapped her arms around his chest pinning him down. She quickly flipped her body sideways and threw her legs across his chest, pinning his right arm between her thighs as she tightened her arm bar. She could feel him wincing from the pain, but he still was trying to roll over and slip out.

"Kirishima, could use some help!" She grunted out against Tokoyami's strength.

"I'm a little busy!" Kirishima yelled as he boxed with the shadow bird trading blows "Use your water to freeze him!"

"I'm out!" katara gritted her teeth and pulled harder, feeling her face turning red as she strained to keep her hold on him. After a few more moments it seemed her grip was beginning to weaken, her arms growing somewhat numb as Tokoyami continued to pull back against her. She grunted and tightened her legs even more, not giving him an inch to spare as she yanked his arm flat against her stomach. She refused to let go even when his free hand tried clawing at her legs to break the hold. She pulled harder and harder, her determination giving her every ounce of strength she could muster.

And then she felt him tap her calf.

"I surrender…" Tokoyami moaned out between his grunts.

The loud bell suddenly rang through the building, signaling the match was over. Sighing in relief, Katara slumped off her opponent and panted for air. Kirishima followed suit and dropped back on his butt. "It's over?" he got out between is own gasps for air.

"The villain team… wins!"

Katara managed a large smile on her face as she laid back on the ground breathing hard. "Yeah, it is…"

"Hell yeah! That was awesome!" Kirishima threw himself on his back and laughed, "Now that was a fight!"

Tokoyami grunted in frustration as he retracted dark shadow back into his body. He sat up and gripped his harm, his muscles aching from the intense strain but nodded his head. "It seems you got the better of us. Congratulations."

Catching her breath, Katara sat up and chuckled. "It was pretty close. You almost had us a few times." She turned around smiling to Tsu. "You did good, too. You are very…" her breath caught in her throat when she saw her, however. "Tsu?"

The girl in question sat silent on the ground, her body not moving other than the slight shiver she gave every few moments. Katara felt concerned and crawled over to her. "Tsu? What's wrong?" She put her hand on her shoulder and was shocked by what she felt. "You're freezing!"

"What?" Kirishima stood up and ran over to the two girls. "She has ice on her chest, that's probably why."

"Yes, but I haven't seen this before…" Katara waved her hands and melted the ice off of Tsu, but the unconscious girl still didn't move. "… Her body feels like it's just as cold as the ice."

"She's part frog, that means she's cold blooded…" Tokoyami yelled in fear of her safety as he ran over to them too. "… The ice chilled her too much. She's going into hibernation."

"What!?" Kirishima's eyes widened in fear. "let's get her to recovery girl, quick!"

"No, I can help her…" Katara gathered the water she removed from Tsu and covered her hands. She was hesitant showing this ability, but her guilt was growing as the girl below her hardly breathed. "...I did this, so I should fix it at least."

Kirishima cocked his eyebrow at her statement. "I know you feel bad, but it's cool. Lets just get her to the infirmary and she'll be-

Both of the boys eyes went wide when Katara's water covered hands began glowing a shimmering blue. They watched in awe and shock as she placed her hands on Tsu's chest, the shining water running over and enveloping her numb body. The bird headed teen leaned closer as he stared at the waterbenders act, her hands slowly moving over Tsu's torso. "What is that?"

"I'm using my water to recover her temperature. I'm warming her up back to normal." Katara answered with a small fib as her hands went over Tsu's cold chest healing her. She could sense the internal organs were very slow in response, but they were beginning to move faster as she warmed. After a few more seconds, the green haired girls' eyes opened up.

"Ribbit…" Tsu moaned out as she looked up at Katara. "...what happened?"

"You were out for a little while. Katara restrained you with ice and you passed out." Tokoyami answered.

Tsu's eyes widened as much as she could to hearing that. "R-really?"

"Tsu, I'm so sorry." Katara whispered as she continued her treatment. "If I had known this would have happened I wouldn't have left the ice on you."

The groggy frog sat up slowly, a slight shiver running through her body but as bad as before. "I-it's okay. You didn't know." Tsu's eyes went down to the glowing hands hovering over her body. "You helped me warm up?"

Katara smiled at her, "Yeah. You feel better now?"

"Uh huh, thanks." Tsu rubbed her head as she blushed slightly. "I still feel bad I got beat so easily."

"Well to tell you the truth it wasn't so easy…" Katara chuckled. "… you are really strong too."

"Thanks, i- ow!" Tsu winced when her hand rubbed the slice across her cheek, looking at the blood on her fingers. "You did get me good."

"Here, let me get that." Katara brought one of her hands up and placed it over the cut, the glow starting up again. Tsu felt a strange sensation as the water shifted over her cheek, yet it was so soothing at the same time. A few moments later, the glowing stopped, and Tsu brought her hand up to where the cut was and found nothing there.

The cut was healed.

Kirishima felt his jaw drop slightly at everything that just happened. "Now that is some cool shit right there."

Making their way into the media room, the four combatants were suddenly swarmed by the other students.

"Damn, that was really intense. I was beginning to think you were gonna lose that match, Katara!" Toru's gloves waved in shock to the final outcome. "That was a crazy good comeback!"

"Yeah, you and Kirishima both did really good. That was a close match." Shoji chimed in from the back.

"Katara that was so cool! That move in the end was really sweet!" Mina cheered on from the side.

"Kirishima, that was super badass you taking on that shadow thing like that…" Kaminari gave a thumbs up to the red head. "Nice man!"

Katara smiled at all the compliments and rubbed her head. "Thanks everyone." she turned and saw Tenya walking towards her, his hand stretched out to shake.

"Congratulations, Katara. You did excellent in your match." he said with a big smile.

Katara grinned and took his hand. "Thanks, it was a lot closer than I had hoped. They were really strong."

"Yes, but even when you ran out of water you used your own skill to reach success. Very impressive." Tenya's face slightly changed as he continued. "You suceeded where i failed mine. You've... outdone me once again."

She could see the pain on his face, knowing how hard he always took himself with everything. "Hey, don't be so tough on yourself. You still preformed the best in your group."

He gave a smile to her compliment, but he raised his eyebrow when his mind remembered the end portion. "But what was that last thing you did? To help Asui after she passed out?"

Katara felt her heart skip a beat when he brought up her healing abilities. She knew using it would bring up questions. She was already lying how her bending was simply a quirk, but now healing too? How was she gonna explain this one? What made it worse was after Tenya mentioned it, others chimed in as well.

"Yeah, what was that strange glow stuff you did in the end?" Mineta questioned behind her.

"yes, I agree. What kind of technique was that with the water you preformed there? I was very impressed." Momo added as well.

Hearing them all question her, Katara blushed slightly and rubbed her head. "Oh hehe, well I control water, so I warmed it up so it warmed her body back to normal. And the cut I… froze it together and then dissolved the water. It's uh… just a trick I learned from my village."

…

…

Momo stared at her blankly from the fake answer she gave. "You froze the cut closed?"

Katara felt sweat roll down her neck as she looked to the other students. 'great… there's no way they will believe-

What!? No way, that's so cool!" Sero yelled at hearing that.

"That is so cool! You have so many cool things you can do with your quirk!" Uraraka cheered as well.

Hearing all of them go along with what she said made Katara stare in a bit of bewilderment to how they just accepted her explanation. 'Wow… that was easy.' She said to herself.

"All right all of you chatter bugs, lets discuss that wondrous match we witnessed! Now, the villains did win, but what did you see that could be improved upon?" All Might asked the large crowd.

Mina raised her hand first, "Uh, the heroes should have been more aggressive?"

"Perhaps, but in terms of the heroes, they actually made very few mistakes! They communicated well and used strategy multiple times in the match. I am actually referring to what the villain team should have improved."

Katara felt a lump in her throat from him saying her team needed improvements even though they were the victors, but she decided to keep her mouth closed and see what the others said about her.

"Sir, if I may…" Momo asked with her raised hand, the entire class sighing since she would finish the entire breakdown herself. "… The first major mistake was Kirishima who rushed into the fight without communicating with his teamate correctly."

"Hey! I wasn't that bad!" Kirishima whined at the comment about himself, but the big brained girl continued.

"Katara did very well during the battle with her ability trying to asses the different situations and communication. She used her quirk in many unique and creative ways that are very practical for scenarios like this. Even when she was without a source of water to use her quirk, she used her own body as a way to subdue the target. However, she made one large mistake."

"I did?" Katara whispered to herself as she glanced over to Yaoyorozu.

"When she had subdued dark shadow momentarily, she didn't use the opportunity to capture Tokoyami himself, which led to him catching up and she be the one needing rescuing from Kirishima."

All Might threw his finger straight towards the silent waterbender to the answer. "Precisely!"

Katara felt her mouth drop slightly to the criticism she heard. "But… if I didn't try and stop Tsu she would have reached the bomb."

"That is true, but you left a downed opponent free giving them a chance to recover and come back. In a few extra seconds you could have restrained him with the capture tape you were given before the match started."

the waterbenders eyes widened and her hand went to the roll of tape she forgot was in her pocket. "Oops…"

"When dealing with multiple opponents, you must always remember to lower their numbers whenever you can to lower the opposition you face not just for yourself, but for others like the police who come after to arrest the villains. If you defeat them but don't restrain them, then those officers may be at risk as well. Remember, these exercises aren't just about winning or losing; its doing the correct thing in a real situation."

Rubbing the back of her head, Katara couldn't believe she made a mistake as simple as that. In a normal fight she would have made sure she did something like that. Did she simply slip because she figured it was a practice test? Because who she was against she figured were her new friends? Either way… she nodded and looked back to her teacher. "I'll try and do better next time, sir."

"Excellent! Learning from mistakes is essential for any hero!" All Might walked to the nearby table and dug his hands into the drawing boxes. "Now, the next match will be… these two!"

Heroes team 'B', and villains team 'I'.

Realizing who was next, Katara turned to Todoroki as he looked towards the exit… which also happened to be where she was standing. There eyes met, and Todoroki's cold gaze only seemed to increase as he walked her direction. All the other voices in the room seemed to be silent to the waterbenders ears while she stared at him… not sure if she should wish him luck or simply ignore him. When he passed though, he was the one to break the silence.

"So you have more than one ability as well. Looks like we aren't so different."

Katara's eyes shot open to the comment he made to her, but by the time she turned to him he was already making his way through the doorway. 'what does he mean by that?'

As the other students began chatting about the next match, All Might peeked out of the corner of his eye to the waterbender near the front of the class. While he was very impressed with her skills with her quirk, that is also what gave him that strange feeling in his chest, and didn't buy her explanation to how her last ability worked.

'She not only has the ability to control both water and ice, but she is able to heal others with water using her quirk? I don't think I have ever heard of anything like that before.' he thought as he stared at her. 'She seems like a good person at heart, but why would she not register a power like that on her entrance sheet? Was she hiding it for some reason?'

He turned back to the screen as the current combatants readied themselves. 'I'll have to talk to Aizawa about this later...'

As the next match was about to start, Shoji stretched his arms while he waited outside the testing building. "This is a good time to think of a strategy for us, don't you think?". He turned expecting to get an answer, but raised his eyebrow as Todoroki was already by the door staring down the entrance path. "Todoroki?"

"There's no need for a strategy." Shoto responded as he looked at the building. "This will be over in an instant."

"What? This is a test that is to show how we work together in situations." Shoji explained as he walked over to him. "If you go and try and do this on your own they will criticize our teamwork."

"There's no reason to worry…" looking back to his partner, Todoroki raised his right hand and activated his ice. "… this won't be much of a match."

"Now you young heroes, the match begins… now!"

As soon as the buzzer sounded off, Todoroki slowly walked into the hallway, his right hand reaching for the wall. "I was hoping to face a more difficult team than this, but it can't be helped."

A small smirk formed at the corner of his mouth as he looked up to the ceiling above him. "Either way, she will see the difference in talent we have."

Her eyes locked on the monitor, Katara stared curiously as the dual hair colored boy walked into the hallway alone. Her mind was spinning thinking of the strange comment he made to her before he left the room. Perhaps he didn't believe her fib about how her healing worked... and judging from the look Yaoyorozu gave her when she said it, most likely she didn't believe it either. She was just hoping the next few matches were crazy enough that the others would just forget it.

But what happened next was beyond anything she could have expected.

In an instant, the wall and ground from Todoroki became engulfed in ice that rushed outward to the rest of the area. The ice didn't stop on the first level, racing up the stairways, the windows, and every corridor through the entire building until it was all engulfed in a cold sheet. Both of the hero students were trapped in the ice as well, feet pinned in the cold prison formed instantly.

The other students and All Might shivered from the cold air and chattered to the amazing display of power from the young teen. Katara felt the cold herself but wasn't bothered by it, she however stared in disbelief from the act. Even with a full moon boosting her power to its max, she had never done anything to the level he had just demonstrated. It reminded her of seeing how much more powerful his father was compared to the firebenders she had seen so many times. Her hands slowly shook as he made his way up the stairs and into the bomb room where both Ojiro and Hagakure were frozen in their spots.

"D-d-dude, he ended th-that in s-s-seconds." Kaminari shivered out as he rubbed his arms to arm his body.

Hearing a small gasp behind her, Katara turned to see the oddly quiet Bakugo staring in shock as well to the screen. For someone like him to shut up at the display before them, Katara felt a lump in her own throat. 'He is so loud and outspoken, but he does have the power to back it up. for him to shut up means this is serious.'

"Todoroki is an absolute powerhouse. That should be expected from someone with such an extraordinary father!" All Might answered even while he shivered himself, watching the screen as Todoroki walked up and placed his left hand on the bomb. "The hero team, wins!"

If the ice wasn't enough already, the ice underneath Todoroki's hand suddenly erupted in steam as a wave of heat rushed out from his body. The rest of the building followed suit, the layer of ice melting down into water dripping off the walls and puddling onto the floor. Katara's eyes shot open as she herself felt the heat dispersing into the media room. "What was that just now? Doesn't he have ice powers?"

"yes, but that is is right side…" All Might answered her, "… his quirk is half hot-half cold. He freezes with his right side, and burns with his left. A truly amazing power."

"Burns!? You mean he…" Katara's words faded as she looked back to the screen, realizing what he had meant when he said more than one ability. For he could control both ice… and fire like his father. She breathed in deep as Todoroki looked directly into the camera in the corner of the room, his mouth moving silently through the video. Katara however could read his lips.

"We are just playing on different levels."

While many of the others assumed it was a simple challenge to everyone else, Katara felt a cold chill from his gaze as he stared through the monitor. While she wasn't for certain, she felt like he was speaking directly to her with a challenge.

Notes: Wow wow wow, Todoroki is a powerhouse. and while it seems strange Katara had such difficulty, remember she only has so much water. She now realizes how versatile quirks really are in combat. Can't wait for the next major arc. Hope to see you soon.