Here comes chapter 18, and with it the last chapter till I get six more done. Glad everyone seemed to enjoy my take on the Katsuki vs Izuku fight. I enjoyed writing it a ton. But I enjoyed writing the fight next chapter even more. Unfortunately you all's will have to wait a bit till I get more chapters done. Now let's get on with this chapter.
Battle Trial Arc
Chapter 18: Against the Odds
The CCTV erupted into cheers at the hero teams incredible victory. Since Izuku and Katsuki and first traded blows everyone had been transfixed on the match as chaos ensued. The first match had set the bar high in terms of action and suspense.
"Oh my god I can't believe they won!" Nora cheered.
"I knew they would. Way to win one for the team guys." Ruby cheered.
"Midoriya looks pretty banged up though and Ochako looks like she might throw up at any minute." Itsuka noted.
"The hero team may have won but they are in far worse shape than the villains. Iida isn't really hurt at all." Ren added.
"Indeed, in a sense they won the war but overall lost the battle." A boy with a crow head pointed out.
"But it could have gone worse I'm just happy no one got seriously hurt." Jaune expressed.
"Yeah no kidding I thought that Bakugo guy actually killed that Midoriya kid there." A punk looking girl stated.
Not long after Izuku and Ochako entered the room, and were immediately rushed on by a mob of their fellow classmates.
"That was insane man I can't believe you took that Bakugo guy head on. Super manly dude." Eijiro complemented.
"Huh wah…" Izuku muttered.
"Hey there girl see something you like." Mina teased.
"Ah well… I uhmm… well…" Ochako muttered with a bright red face.
"Yeah you saw something you reeeeeeally liked." A pair of floating gloves teased.
"Well… uhmm… well…" Ochako continued to mutter.
"Great job out there you two!" Ruby complimented.
"Alright that's enough students! Now those who were in the match line up and we'll go over your evaluation." Glynda ordered as Katsuki and Tenya entered the room.
Quickly doing as they were told, the four students lined up. Tenya stood tall despite his shame at losing while Katsuki stood with his head hung low taking in his own failings in the match. A tired, fatigue, and injured Izuku was still supporting himself on Ochako who herself was still trying to keep her lunch in from over using her quirk.
"Alright now a bit rough for the first match. I nearly had to put a stop to it but thankfully nothing too serious occurred. Though in hindsight the minute Young Bakugo was willing to uses such an attack inside I should have stop the match. Keep that in mind for the future." All Might warned.
Katsuki didn't respond.
"Young Bakugo…" All Might pressed.
"Yes sir." Katsuki whispered.
"Good now we can move on." All Might continued.
"Indeed, we'll start with going over who the MVP of the match was." Glynda stated. "While it was close between the two favorites, ultimately Iida was the MVP of the match."
"WHAAA?!" Tenya exclaimed.
"Neither Midoriya or Ochako? I thought they both did well and they won." A frog-like girl pointed out.
"True but can anyone explain why we choose Iida?" Glynda asked.
"I can ma'am." Momo stated with raised hand. "It's because out of everyone he adapted best to the scenario. Bakugo let a personal grudge cloud his better judgment eventually leading him to foolishly unleash a massive attack like that. Midoriya, whom I would say was the closest to being the MVP behind Iida, was much better in this regard. However in the end it seemed he still let a personal grudge influence his judgement if only a little. Though his plan was fairly solid. Uraraka got caught out even if it was by accident preventing her from ending sooner. Iida on the other hand remained focused on the task at hand. He developed an effective counter strategy and was able to keep the bomb safe even against two opponents. In the end he only lost due to Midoriya pushing his quirk beyond it's safe limits."
Glynda smiled.
"Exactly right young lady, near spot on it fact." She complimented. "Though the main reason we gave it to Iida and not Midoriya is for overdoing it on a risky attack. You were right about something of a personal grudge but it had little to do with the their actual plan of attack."
"Understood ma'am, thank you." Momo replied.
Damn these two are better than me at this. All Might thought to himself.
"Right speaking of which, Young Midoriya you should go see Recovery Girl. You got pretty roughed up out there." All Might directed as he wrote up a note for him to go.
"I'll help him get there. I should probably… Ughhh… see her too." Ochako stated.
"Very well." All Might replied as he quickly wrote up another note. "Rest up and get well. If possible I suggest you return to see the other matches. It'll be a valuable learning experience."
"Yes sir," The injured duo replied.
After some more words of praise from their classmates exited the room.
"All right then, on to the next match." All Might declared as he reached into the hero and villain bins.
Out of the hero bin he pulled a ball marked 'B'. Out of the villain bin he pulled a ball marked 'I'.
"It'll be these two, please make your way to out there my wards." All Might directed.
"Yes sir," They replied.
The two teams made their way out. In the that time Itsuka took the time to size up her opponents. There was the split colored hair Shoto Todoroki. A handsome boy who's outfit consisted of a white shirt, pants, and boots. He has gold straps over his shoulders and something resembling ice covering his left side. Then there was the six-armed Mezo Shoji. His outfit consisted of a light blue tank top and pants with dark blue belt around his waist. He also wore a dark blue mask and boots.
Her partner, on the other hand, was Mashirao Ojiro. A rather tall boy with blond hair and thick long hairy tipped hair. His hero outfit denoted a martial arts background as it was white gi with fur lining his left shoulder and a black utility belt around his waist. He also wore black boots.
From a simple glance Itsuka knew the gap between them was great. It wasn't that her partner was weak it was that the two she was up against, specifically Shoto, were overwhelmingly strong. She could see it before her as she walked behind them. A giant chasm was between them.
"You see it too don't you?" Mashirao inquired. "The gap between us on our opponents."
"Yeah, it's immense but Midoriya overcame his own chasm and so can we." Itsuka stated.
"Your right let's do this." Mashirao expressed.
"Right," Itsuka replied.
Though she knew the chasm was great she was determined to cross it and obtain victory.
Later outside the building…
"And begin!" All Might announced over the intercom.
Shoto and Mezo stepped into the building. Using his quirk, [Dupli-Arms], Mezo turned some of his appendages into several ears to scout out the building. After listening in for a bit he morphed one of his appendages a mouth.
"They're on the northside of the fourth floor. It doesn't look like they plan on going out to meet us." He stated. "Also one of them is breathing heavy."
"I see, it makes no difference to me though." Shoto confidently stated. "Wait outside, it's about to a little chilly in here."
He placed his right hand on a wall.
"Once the building's fully frozen come back inside and keeps tabs on them for me. This should take them out but in the off chance it doesn't. I'd rather not get caught off guard." Shoto directed.
"Understood." Mezo replied before making his way outside.
Immediate Shoto went to freezing the whole building. It took several seconds for the building to freeze over. With his primary task done he made his way through the building. Mezo reentered to fulfill his task.
"Todoroki I'm picking them up they're still in the room but it doesn't sound like your attack got them." Mezo stated over the coms.
"Thanks, I'll be careful when going to confront them." Shoto replied.
Seems I was right to be extra cautious of her. That last match reminded me that overwhelming power isn't everything. Proper strategy determines everything
"You sure you don't want be to come with you make it two vs. two?" Mezo questioned.
"No we'll run the risk of you getting caught in one of my attacks. You'll help me out plenty from where you are." Shoto answered.
"I see, very well, I'll inform you if I pick up on anything unusual." Mezo replied.
"Thanks," Shoto returned.
Let's see what you'll do next, Itsuka Kendo.
Before the start of the match, inside the building…
"You ready?" Itsuka asked.
"Of course, as weird as this gonna be." Mashirao replied.
"And begin!" All Might announced over the intercom.
Itsuka immediately went up into a handstand, enlarging her right hand to balance on. She was careful to make sure only the tips of her fingers were touching the ground. She enlarged her free hand and held it out. Quickly, an embarrassed Mashirao hopped on it. Then, they waited. Itsuka took deep heavy breaths as she strained to keep her stance. They waited, and waited, and waited, until they final saw ice creeping along the ground and cover everything. Despite the speed at which the building was being frozen, to Itsuka those few moments as the ice just coated her finger tips, locking them into place, were like an eternity. The pain from the cold shot through her earning several grunts of pain. But she battled through it.
Once the freezing had ceased, Mashirao quickly got off of Itsuka's hand. Said girl returned her hands to normal size braking her fingers free of their icy prison. She returned to an upright positions. She gripped her right hand, pain still coursing through it s she took deep breaths.
"Hey is your hand okay?" Mashirao asked worriedly.
She smirked lightly as she held out for her partner to see. While it her fingertips were red there was no real damage to it.
"Plenty good to give that Todoroki a good wack." She answered clenching it into a fist.
Mashirao chuckled lightly. He turned his attention to the door.
"And now we wait." He stated.
Itsuka nodded and began mentally preparing herself for the coming battle.
Later, somewhere inside the building…
Shoto slowly made his way through the building. He knew from Mezo's warning that his two opponents were waiting for him. Let's me think. Assuming they know that Shoji can scout them out, what would their likeliest course of action be? While I should remain on guard for a surprise attack if they don't, I should be prepared for anything.
Slowly he marched towards the room his opponents were in. He entered. Immediately he was flanked from behind on both sides by Itsuka and Mashirao. They made no effort hide themselves or charge from behind. I see so that's their game. Mashirao swung his tail full force at Shoto's legs at the same moment Itsuka went for a palm strike. However the duel-colored hair boy ducked under Itsuka's attack at the same moment he leapt over Mashirao's sweep. Quickly he swept his right hand up directing ice up encasing the tailed boy up to his neck. In the same moment he swept his right leg to direct ice towards Itsuka's legs freezing her in place. He landed and returned to an upright position. Both Itsuka and Mashirao were too stunned to even speak.
"Not bad, you figured out that I can only use ice on my right side." Shoto stated. "Attacking from both sides in that manner was your best bet."
He confidently walked towards the bomb.
"Unfortunately you were simply outclassed." He declared as he placed his hand on the bomb.
"The hero team has captured the weapon they are the victors!" All Might announced.
Both Itsuka and Mashirao sighed at their defeat. Suddenly the room began to heat up and the ice began to melt. Itsuka looked to Shoto in surprise. He has heat too. But if so why is his left side covered up. Given how he was with his ice I doubt it's a control issue. Her gaze was transfixed on to the new mystery that was Shoto Todoroki.
The nurse's office…
"Gah… thanks Uraraka." Izuku expressed as he was plopped down on an examination table.
"No problems what are friends for." She replied.
"Alright now let's see. It looks like there's heavy bruising and burns all over. I take it you were fighting that Bakugo boy." Recovery Girl surmised.
"Yeah, Iida too." Izuku replied.
"I see, any other injuries I should know about before I heal you?" Recovery girl asked.
"I did hurt my legs going over my limit with my quirk." Izuku answered.
"How much over?" Recovery Girl asked.
"Just went up to 15% nothing major." Izuku answered.
"That's good don't need you breaking your legs now do we?" she replied. "Even still my healing will take a bit out of you I suggest you rest up here before going back."
Her lips extended to kiss Izuku on the cheek. Immediately he felt his injuries right themselves as his remaining energy drained from him. Exhaustion quickly took him and he went over to lay down on a bed.
"Thanks Recovery Girl." He expressed.
"Not a problem young man just don't make a habit out of this. Now then deary let's get you taken care of." Recovery Girl stated.
She headed over to one of her cabinets. After hopping up a little ways and opening it she pulled out some medicine. Quickly she grabbed a glass of water and head back over to Ochako.
"Alright now take this medicine and rest for a bit. You should be fine to head to class after it fully takes effect." She directed as she handed Ochako the water along with a few pills.
"Thank you ma'am." Ochako replied as she took hold of them.
She popped the pills in her mouth and took a large chug of water to send them down.
"Your welcome dear. Now rest up you two I'll be around if you need anything." Recovery Girl stated.
"We will, thanks again." Ochako replied.
"No problem my dear." Recovery Girl returned before going back to what she was working on before.
"Man I can't believe we won that." Ochako expressed.
"No kidding, though talk about one hell of an insane match." Izuku expressed wearily. "I thought I might have had to use my full power and break an arm or something."
"Yeah that probably wouldn't have been good." Ochako expressed.
There was an awkward silence.
"Sooo… how's that Eri girl you took in been doing?" Ochako inquired.
"Oh, she's been getting better. There's still a long road to recovery for her though." Izuku answered. "But I'm sure she'll get there."
"That's good. Hey think I can come over today? I've yet to see her in person." Ochako inquired.
Then Ochako realized something and her face turned red. Wait, what am I saying it can't just be me going over to Deku's house that'd be waaaaay too much like a d-d-d-d-d-d-d-date. Mina and Tooru are already teasing me over drooling over Deku's, admittedly impressive, abs. I'm not ready for this we're just friends we're…
"I don't think it'll be a problem. My mom's taking her to get a medical evaluation done today but they should be back in time. We could see if Iida and everyone else wants to come over. I bet Eri would like to see Kendo and Nora again." Izuku suggested.
I hope she's fine with that I can already hear the teasing she and I'd get if it was just her. Not that I'd mine us becoming a thing. Izuku thought to himself with a slight blush. Oh thank god. Ochako thought to herself.
"Yeah that works." Ochako expressed with a sigh of relief.
Oh thank god. Izuku thought to himself.
"I'll just have to check with my mom. By the way are you feeling alright Uraraka?" Izuku asked.
"Huh… yeah why?" Ochako asked.
"Well… your face is all red." Izuku answered.
"Huh… Whaaaaaa…" Ochako expressed as she looked away and began fanning herself off.
"Uraraka?" Izuku expressed worriedly.
"I'm fine, yep, toootally fine. Yep perfectly fine, I'm f-i-n-e, fine." Ochako expressed with an ever reddening face.
Why am I reaction like this we're just friends! She screamed in her head.
"Okaaaay?" Izuku expressed with confusion.
Wait, does she have a crush on me? Izuku squeaked in his head his face become slightly more red. HOW DO I REACT IN THESE SITUATIONS!?
Recovery girl chuckled at the two's interactions.
In the CCTV…
"Alright for the next match we have…" All Might began as he reached into the bins.
He pulled out two balls on marked 'C' and the other marked 'E'.
"Team C, Momo Yaoyorozu and Minoru Mineta as the villains vs. Team E, Nora Valkyrie and Mina Ashido as the heroes." All Might announced.
Ruby: Welp... looks like your gonna be helping me for a little while more Jaune.
Jaune: Looks like it. Kind of feel bad for Kendo though.
Ruby: Hey she did her best against on heck of a tough opponent.
Jaune: True, that Todoroki is no push over. Anyways let's let everyone know what to expect when we come back.
Ruby: Whenever that'll be, author.
Jaune: Anyways, next time Nora and Ashido take on Yaoyorozu and Mineta. Hope Nora brings another win for the team.
Ruby: I'm sure she'll do fine. But I'm sure this'll be one interesting match.
Jaune: Next time Chapter 19: Brains vs Brawns.
Ruby: Catch you guys then.
