Coco: Well, we are almost through the sports festival (thank-god). I've enjoyed writing about it, but it's taken my so much longer than I had planned. And I guess I'm just a bit excited to move on. So much excitement and drama is coming and I can't wait for it. I expect to wrap up the sports festival in the next chapter, actually, which means we'll get getting to the internships and the individual chapters for Ayumi, Hachiro, and Konan. And as mentioned in the previous chapter, I do have an OC profile ready for you.

Name: Tsugu Naosu

Nickname/Alias(s): The Sadistic Nurse, She-Devil, The Surgical Hero: Doctorine

Age: 30

D.O.B: May 6th

Gender: Female

Height: 170cm (5'6")

Quirk: Graft

-Gives Naosu the ability to graft parts of her own body onto another's body to heal injuries from a small to large variety.

-This includes grafting her healthy organs into someone with failing ones. She can replace bone, muscle tissue, etc. as well. Due to her being able to give up parts of her own body to someone else, she has a high healing factor. However, the more she uses her quirk, the slower her healing becomes. If she pushes too far, her healing factor could fail and she could die.

-If needed she can also graft organs, muscle tissue, etc. into herself. Even if what she is grafting into herself is unhealthy, her body's natural healing ability will repair them. In fact, taking in organs, tissue, bones, etc. can help increase her healing factor if she's had to overuse her ability. She can also match all blood types to ensure safe transfusions.

Birthplace: Aichi Prefecture

Occupation: Nurse, Pro-Hero

Affiliation: U.A. High School

Team(s): Nursing Staff (with Recovery Girl)

Trivia

-Naosu's surname means to graft or piece together a reference to her quirk while her birthname Naosu means to fix, correct, heal, or repair.

-Naosu comes from a family of doctors and was expected to follow in the same foots steps as her father and his parents before him. However, she to use her quirk to heal people, she needed a pro-hero license, which led her to U.A. where she attend the same classes as Aizawa Shota and Yamada Hizashi.

-Her birthday (May 6th) is National Nurses Day and marks the beginning of National Nurses Week.

-Naosu's hero name comes from another eccentric woman with a knack for healing, and that woman is Dr. Kureha (Doctrine) from Oda Eiichiro's One Piece. However, I added an additional "o" to Naosu's epithet to make it Doctorine XD

-If I did have to give Naosu a voice actress, I do believe I'd pick Laura Bailey. She's known for voicing Lust from FMA and Kushina from Naruto along with other anime and videogame appearances.

"I suppose that's enough strategizing." Ayano said as she dropped her hands, which deconstructed what she had used her quirk to construct. "And if Plan A doesn't work, there's always Plan B."

And since she finished a bit earlier than she expected, perhaps she can see the rest of Izuku and Shoto's match. The stadium shook slightly a few times, which told her the two were giving it their all. And she wanted to see just who she might be facing next and what to expect. With that in mind, Ayano left the waiting room. It didn't take her long to reach the entrance that led to where her classmates were sitting. Just as the ginger was stepping out into the stands, she felt a heat hit her and it was quickly rising. She looked down into the arena with wide eyes as they immediately zeroed in on Shoto who had steam rolling off of him.

'Is he really about to unleash his left side?' Ayano wondered.

She thought Shoto refused to use his left side because of his father. That's what he, himself, had told Ayano and the others.

'What have I missed?' She wondered as flames started to lick off of Shoto' body. 'What pushed him to this?'

As the flames grew and shot high up into the air, Ayano stepped back in awe.

'Amazing,' She thought. 'Such power.'

She didn't see how Izuku was going to overcome this. Speaking of Izuku, Ayano looked to her friend to see his mangled arm and fingers. He's been putting himself through hell just to stay in the ring. And despite Shoto using his left side, Izuku seemed…happy.

'Izuku…what did you do?' Ayano thought. 'Did force Todoroki-kun to use the power he inherited from his father?'

Ayano still doesn't know the full story behind Shoto and Endeavor's relationship. She just knew it wasn't a good one. In fact, it was so bad, Shoto wouldn't use his quirk the entire time he was in this festival…until now. But Izuku changed all that.

'Speaking of amazing,' Ayano thought with a small smile. 'Trying to reach the top, but you stop to save someone along the way. You probably just threw yourself out of the running for first place, Izuku, but…that's just the kind of person you are, isn't it?'

Ayano kept watching as Izuku himself prepared to attack with everything he had. She was completely focused on the two giving it their all in the ring that she didn't hear Endeavor's shouting, or Present Mic's commentating, or even the fans' cheering. She couldn't look away as Shoto sent a long wave of ice at Izuku who was readying himself for one last move.

As the two teens prepared to give one last shot for the top spot, Cementoss and Midnight hurried to try and stop the match. However, they weren't fast enough as Izuku quickly shot forward over the ice—which kept on building—to get to Shoto. As Izuku was getting close, Shoto switched all his power to his left side with the fire rapidly heating the chilled area around them.

Shoto soon couldn't be seen as a blinding light surrounded him. Shoto sent forward a blast of fire as Izuku used his unbroken arm to perform a smash. The two attacks hit against the walls made by Cementoss, but due to their strength and ferocity, the attacks broke through to cause a huge explosion.

Ayano gasped as she was sent falling backwards into the wall behind her. As her classmates all tried to hold onto their seats, no one could believe the backlash caused by the two attacks. It was awe inspiring and frightening all at the same time. As things started to calm down, Ayano pushed herself up and off against the wall. She looked down into the arena for any sign of her two classmates. The smoke started to clear to show the destroyed arena, but she still couldn't see Izuku or Shoto properly.

"What happened just now?" Present Mic asked. "What the heck is up with your students?"

"The air around the ring had been thoroughly cooled down then rapidly expanded when heated up." Aizawa explained plainly.

Ayano thought that was the case, which is why that huge explosion happened. That add Izuku's power had added onto it.

"Wait, that's what caused the explosion?!" Present Mic asked in shock. "How hot did that fire get?"

Hot enough to cause an explosion, apparently. Present Mic didn't seem to care enough about his own question to wait on an answer apparently because he continued on speaking.

"Geez, I can't see a thing!" Present Mic said. "Is the match still going on or what, huh?!"

The smoke continued to clear and the boys were starting to become visible. Though Ayano didn't need to see them to know who won. One of them was about to fall unconscious and she knew exactly who.

'I hope you don't beat yourself up too bad, Izuku,' Ayano thought as Izuku was revealed out of bounds. 'You did wonderfully out there.'

As Shoto was declared the winner, the crowd roared into loud cheers—drowning out the silence that had been caused by the two's astounding fight.

'Though I suppose you'll need a scolding for your recklessness, Izuku,' Ayano continued to think as she ignored the crowd. 'I'm certain All Might won't give it to you, so I suppose I'll have to do it.'

Ayano turned towards the exit to go check on Izuku who was being picked up by the medical robots.

Ayano looked down at Izuku as Recovery Girl was finishing putting his arms in slings. Both were severely damaged along with his fingers. His leg was broken as well. He also had other wounds here and there, but none of those wounds were as troubling as his arms. Behind her stood All Might in his weaker form as the two waited to hear the exact extent of Izuku's wounds.

"The bones in your right arm were shattered." Recovery Girl informed Izuku. "I'm afraid it'll never be the same as it was before. Even if Doctorine was able to get over here to you, by the time she arrives the damage would be worse and still the results would be the same."

All Might stiffened as he turned to look at Recovery Girl with a disbelieving gaze. Ayano just bit her lip though wasn't too surprised by the news.

"I need to remove the bone fragments or they'll get stuck in your joints." Recovery Girl added. "I'll heal you afterwards."

The old woman then sighed as she turned her gaze to All Might. As she leveled him with a look, Ayano gently reached out to stroke Izuku's hair as he shook in pain.

"You lit a fire under this child and pushed him too hard." Recovery Girl said. "Look at what he's done to make you proud. I don't like it one bit. You're going too far, you hear? You and the boy. Don't praise him for what he's done today."

Ayano could agree and disagree with Recovery Girl. It wasn't just for All Might that Izuku did this too himself. Izuku's where he's always wanted to be. Learning to be a hero, and he's doing just that. Though at the expense of his body, which Ayano wasn't happy about.

"Izuku didn't fight like he did just for All Might-sensei." Ayano said.

As she spoke up, the two adults looked to the girl as she continued to stroke Izuku's hair.

"It's true he wanted to reach the top for All Might-sensei, but he put that aside to try and save a fellow classmate." Ayano said. "That's why Izuku pushed himself to such extremes in that match."

Izuku opened his eyes to look at her as she spoke and she gave him a slight smile.

"You really know how to worry me, don't you?" Ayano asked him. "You were bad enough when we were kids, but now you have this crazy power…and it makes you even more reckless. But your recklessness is born from trying to help others, and even when they don't ask for it-even when they don't think they need or want it, you still go above and beyond to help them."

All Might watched the two silently while seeing a bit of Etsudo shining through as Ayano spoke with Izuku. Ayano might act more like her father, but she had her mother's caring nature as well.

"You might have lost the match, Izuku, but you helped Todoroki-kun." Ayano said. "Any good hero would see that as a win."

Izuku's eyes widened a bit at her words, but some of the heaviness in his chest lifted a bit.

"That being said, you can't be a hero if you break yourself before you even graduate." Ayano said firmly as she placed her hands on her hips. "Take this to heart, Izuku, if you're not more careful and keep destroying your body, you'll never get to be the hero you want to be. Every time you injure yourself like this, remember that's one less life you'll get to save in the future. If you turn your body useless, many others could suffer because you'd be unable to help them."

"…Right…I'll try to be more careful." Izuku said.

He then winced when Ayano pinched his cheek harshly, which had it turning red.

"I want you to promise me, Izuku." Ayano said. "Remember what we talked about in Ko's room. I don't want that to be you, understand?"

Izuku stared up into Ayano's worried gaze as she stared down at him in return.

"I promise." Izuku said.

Ayano stared at him a bit longer before nodding her head. She released his cheek, and stepped back.

"Good." Ayano said then roughly hit All Might in the gut causing him to start coughing up some blood, which Ayano ignored though Izuku freaked out a bit. "As for you, All Might-sensei."

All Might paled a bit as Ayano turned her stern gaze onto him. Now, her father's personality was back.

"You are meant to be guiding Izuku down this path." Ayano said. "I've never stepped in before because I trust you know what you're doing. However, this isn't acceptable."

She gestured to her injured and upset friend, but kept her eyes on the tall blonde next to her.

"I trust you'll pay closer attention to Izuku's development from now on." Ayano continued. "If this happens again, I will step in, and it won't be pleasant, understand?"

She asked this with a closed-lipped smile as her eyes curled shut, and All Might gulped. It was like he was looking her father in the face. That frightening smile. That sickly-sweet tone. It was as if Giichi was in the room with them.

"Y-yeah, I understand." All Might assured her.

"Good." Ayano said as she dropped the smile, which had All Might relaxing a bit. Though when she let out a sigh, he jumped while becoming as stiff as a board all over again.

"I already have Izuku and that hothead to worry about." Ayano said. "I really didn't need the added stress of having to monitor the Symbol of Peace."

She pinched the bridge of her nose as she said this while All Might sweat-dropped.

"I…I'm sorry for the trouble…?" All Might said though it sounded like more of question.

"Don't worry about it," Ayano said as she dropped her hand from her nose. "Just don't you start being reckless too. I already got Izuku and Katsuki for that."

All Might blinked as he tilted his head down at Ayano as she once more pat Izuku on top the head.

"I don't want to see you making a habit of being in recovery too." Ayano continued. "Either of you."

Before All Might could ask what, she meant, the door to the recovery room loudly slammed open causing him to jump and spit up more blood.

"Deku/Midoriya!" Ochaco, Tenya, Tsuyu, and Minoru all shouted as they came in.

As All Might tried to calm his nerves, the students hurried up to Izuku's bed. Though Ochaco paused when seeing All Might—not that she knew it was him though.

"Oh, it's nice to meet you, sir." She said politely.

"Uh, yeah," All Might replied awkwardly.

Ayano snorted at him while wondering why he was so nervous. It wasn't like any of them would recognize him as the Symbol of Peace.

"He's in no state for such rowdy visitors." Recovery Girl said.

She allowed Ayano in here because the girl actually beat Izuku here and she wasn't loud.

"Hey, you guys," Izuku greeted. "Have they fixed things in the arena yet?"

He knew Ayano said it'd be a little while until her match due to the damages caused by his and Shoto's fight. He didn't see the end results of their battle, but if they're still making repairs, it must have been bad.

"No, it was far too damaged." Tenya explained. "Though I suppose it won't be much longer."

Which means Ayano will soon have to say goodbye to Izuku to head off to her match.

"That match was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life, Midoriya." Minoru said as he pointed to the greenette. "No Pro is going to want a sidekick who hurts himself."

"And I'm certain no Pro will want a perverted degenerate either," Ayano said bluntly. "So, you certainly have no room to talk."

Minoru frowned at her, but before he could retort, Tsuyu hit him across the cheek with her tongue.

"Yeah, and now you're just rubbing salt in his wounds." The Frog Girl pointed out. "Probably not a good time."

"Hey, I'm just speaking the truth." Minoru retorted.

He then gasped when Ayano bonked him on the head with a psionic hand to shut him up.

"You're much too noisy." Recovery Girl scolded as she started herding the students out the door. "I know you're worried, but I have to focus on surgery."

Her words caused panic in Ayano's classmates and she sighed. She gave Izuku one last smile.

"Rest well, okay?" Ayano said. "I'll be sure to win the next match, so I can get Todoroki-kun back for you in my third match."

"Right," Izuku said with a slight smile. "Good luck."

Ayano nodded before she turned towards her classmates who didn't want to be herded outside.

"Alright, that's enough," Ayano said clapping her hands once to their attentions. "Izuku will be fine. With Recovery Girl looking after him, we have no reason to worry. Now, let's leave her to it. The longer we stay in her way, the longer Izuku has to lay in bed in pain."

The others weren't happy about it, but they did let her push them out the door. Ayano bowed her head to the tiny healer as she herself stepped into the doorway.

"Thank-you for all your help." Ayano said. "Please take good care of him."

"Of course, dear." Recovery Girl said with a smile. "Now, you go concentrate on your match."

"Yes, ma'am," Ayano said.

She was about to head out the door, but All Might called out to her. She paused while turning to look towards the blonde. He gave her a thumbs up and a grin.

"Do your best." All Might said. "You've come so far since the beginning of the semester…I'm…I'm proud of you."

Ayano's eyes widened a bit at his words as her hand dropped from the door handle.

'He's proud of me?' She thought. '…No one has said that to me since before Ko…since before Ko was placed in the hospital.'

She didn't know why but that simple sentence made her happy. As she remained silent, All Might dropped his thumb while thinking he might have stepped a bit far out of bounds with that comment. He just thought she deserved to hear someone was proud of her, and he knew Giichi wouldn't be the one to do it. But he knew his old friend had to be proud of her too. Ayano then smiled, and it was wider than any of the smiles he's ever seen her give since meeting her. It had his own eyes widening.

"Thank-you, Sensei." Ayano said. "I'll try to be worthy of your praise."

Before All Might could reply, Ayano bowed her head to him then left while shutting the door behind her. She was sure with Cementoss's quirk that the fighting ring was almost finished. Meaning she had to get into place.

After making her way onto the stage, Ayano stood across from Tenya as the two waited for the signal to begin was given.

"Now that clean up is out of the way it's time for our next match!" Present Mic announced.

The crowd cheered in excitement as Ayano rolled her shoulders to loosen them.

'Iida-kun will most definitely use his Recipro to take the advantage and shove me out of bounds before I can make a grab for him,' Ayano told herself. 'Meaning when we begin, I won't bother with him. I'll worry about the failsafe I came up with when strategizing. Even if he does get his hands on me first, I won't be going out of bounds by any means.'

Tenya leveled his gaze while knowing he needed to worry about being the faster of the two of them. He can't let himself be disgraced like he was in his match against Hatsume. He had to do well to bring pride to the Iida Family name, and to make his brother proud of him.

'I'm sorry, Ishida,' Tenya mentally apologized. 'But I can't let you advance.'

Whether she heard his thoughts or not, he didn't know, but she did grin slightly.

"Second match of the second round…begin!" Present Mic declared.

Tenya wasted no time as he quickly crouched in a runner's start. Then before anyone could blink, he shot forward with his Recipro. He grabbed Ayano's shoulders quickly then he pushed her towards the edge.

"Looks like it's going to be a fast match, folks, as Iida prepares to shove Ishida out of bounds!" Present Mic said.

However, just as they were about to reach the boundary, Ayano kicked her feet out, which confused those watching. They then gasped when Ayano's feet made contact with an invisible wall. At impact the force pushing back against Ayano's contact with the wall, sent Tenya bouncing back as he lost his grip on her. Ayano dropped down to her feet while feeling a bit shaky.

'That was more force than I thought to prepare for,' She thought as her legs tried to recover from that hit against her own psionic wall.

Tenya stared with wide eyes as he realized what Ayano had done as said girl dusted off her pant's leg.

"What just happened?!" Present Mic inquired. "It looked as if Ishida was done for, but she managed to avoid being pushed out of bounds!"

"She placed a psionic wall at the boundary line," Aizawa explained. "In fact, it's most likely that the entire ring is boxed in."

Aizawa was correct for the most part, but there wasn't a top to this box he mentioned. If there was, Ayano wouldn't be able to move Tenya out of the ring then, would she?

"Sorry, class rep, but if you want to win against me, you'll have to either when by knockout or get me to yield." Ayano said. "The latter being highly unlikely."

Tenya frowned while looking down at his calves since he knew his engines would stall at any moment. He had to make things quick. He dashed towards Ayano once more. He didn't want to strike her with enough force to knock her out, but he had to try and win. Just as he was about to reach her, Ayano activated her board to get her airborne. She flipped over Tenya then threw out her hand. Tenya gasped as he was lifted off the ground into the air.

"And it looks like Ishida has managed to get a hold on Iida!" Present Mic shouted. "Will she throw him out of bounds as she had done to Shiozaki?!"

'I'm not done yet,' Tenya thought in determination.

Before his engines could stall, he tried to put what power he had left behind them. He was going to use the force to knock himself out of her hold.

"That won't work," Ayano said aloud.

Despite her words, Tenya shot a burst of energy from his engines to shoot forward. He felt her hold on his body drop, and he grinned thinking he got free. However, he soon found himself hitting another wall, which had him falling back onto another platform just under him. And he was still up in the air. He frowned in confusion. He broke away from her hold. He felt it.

'So how…?' He trailed off.

"I boxed you in." Ayano explained. "As soon as I had your feet off the ground, I constructed a box. I knew you'd try to break free with force. Katsuki has done it to me many times. And while you did break free from my telekinesis's hold on your physical body it is still holding the box in the air. Many don't know this, but my telekinesis is almost always in play when concerning my psionic construction. It's how I'm able to move around what I build."

Tenya just stared in disbelief as the crowd cheered loudly for Ayano who did feel a bit bad about what was about to happen. But she wanted to win, and that meant having to beat her classmates even when they want to win just as much as she does.

"This appears to be checkmate," Ayano said. "Sorry, Iida-kun."

Ayano then floated Tenya out of bounds to set him down, which ended the match.

"Iida has been sent out of bounds!" Midnight declared. "Ishida is the winner and will advance!"

The crowd cheered for the winner as Tenya grit his teeth and looked down in frustration.

"I'm sorry, brother," He said as his hands clenched.

"Once again Ishida manages a quick victory and will be moving onto the third round in our finals!" Present Mic said as Ayano went up to Tenya to shake his hand. "I wonder how she'll fair against Todoroki!"

Ayano, who started walking out of the ring with Tenya, wasn't sure how her match with Shoto would go. It'd certainly be an interesting one. He'd most likely stick to his ice attacks despite the fact he did use his fire in his last match. And his ice is mostly for immobilizing his opponent, but he has to know that won't work against her. Meaning he'll have to get creative.

Katsuki watched her leave the arena from the stands with his face set in an unreadable expression. So, she advanced, which wasn't something that surprised him. Question was if she'd beat that icy-hot-bastard. If she did, they'd meet in the final round.

'I'm done chasing after you.'

He frowned as her words came to mind again. If she thought she was going to beat him in the finals, she was wrong. It'd be a hundred more years until she was even close to his level, and even then, he'd still be better than her. Like hell, he'd let her surpass him and move on.

"Whoa, that's a pretty serious face, Bakugo." Eijiro commented. "Are you that worried about me beating you?"

The spikey-haired boy asked this with a teasing grin on his face to show he was just having a bit of fun, but Katsuki turned to glare at him anyway.

"Stupid bastard, as if you'd ever beat me," Katsuki said as Fumikage and Mina went to leave the stands for the ring. "I'll wipe the floor with you."

Eijiro just chuckled as he placed his hands behind his head. He obviously wasn't that worried.

"Well, if you're not thinking about our match, then Ishida must be what has you riled up, huh?" Eijiro commented as his grin grew.

Katsuki stiffened with his eyes widening a bit. However, he narrowed them quickly as his face set in another frown.

"Why the hell would I be thinking of that idiot?" Katsuki asked.

"I don't know," Eijiro said. "I'm not the mind reader in our class. But usually if you're making a face like that it has to deal with her."

'I make a face when thinking about Aya?' Katsuki wondered.

He's pretty sure he's never done that before his entire life. So, it didn't make sense for him to do so now. Katsuki then shook his head.

"Shut the hell up, moron," Katsuki said. "I have better things to do than thing about that idiot."

"But you were thinking about her," Ayumi chimed in. "You were totally staring at her too."

Katsuki whipped his head towards the silver-haired girl as she was grinning. And she wasn't the only one. Denki, Hachiro, and Hanta were too.

"Yeah, man, you couldn't take your eyes off of her." Denki said. "Might as well admit the connection now and save yourself the trouble."

Hanta and Hachiro nodded in agreement as Katsuki's eyebrow started twitching rapidly in annoyance.

"All of you quit your yapping before I explode your damn mouths off your faces!" Katsuki threatened.

As the boys just leaned away from the angered blonde, Ayumi laughed while holding her sides. Off to the side, Konan looked to Mashirao.

"He isn't denying their claims." Konan pointed out.

"Yeah, well, I wouldn't point that out to him," Mashirao said sweat-dropping as Katsuki continued to shout threats at his classmates.