While the first two teams took their positions in the city, Izuku and the rest of the class gathered in a nearby observation room. Inside was a massive screen for viewing the fight from dozens of camera angles.
Recovery Girl was sitting in a small chair watching the monitor with a steaming cup of warm tea in her hands.
"Hi ! What are you doing here?" Izuku saud in greeting.
"Hi Izuku, I'm here because All Might wanted me here for when someone inevitably got injured." She answered tiredly.
He offered her a glowing hand. "Want something stronger than tea?" He asked knowing that she was running on fumes now that it was the last class of the day.
Recovery Girl placed her small hand in his palm and smiled. "It's good to know there are still some gentlemen left in the world."
"Is he always such a cinnamon roll?" Kyoka asked no one in particular.
"Yup," Mei answered easily.
On the screen both teams had taken up their positions, one inside the building and one outside across the street.
All Might keyed his mic. "Both teams will have five minutes to prepare followed by ten minutes to complete your objective. Your five minute prep time begins…NOW!"
The monitor split into two feeds with one watching Rumi and Mina while other watched Kirishima and Tokoyami.
"Who do ya think'll win, Izuku?" Ochako asked.
"It's hard to say, but I think Kirishima is a very straightforward fighter like Rumi. I have a feeling this will end up as a match between an unstoppable force versus an immovable object." Izuku pondered aloud.
Speakers came to life and the audio from the cameras began to stream into the room. Everyone's focus was solely on the monitors.
Tokoyami placed a shadowed hand onto Kirishima's shoulder and whispered, "New move: Umbral Doppelganger." The shadow on his hand moved and slithered onto Kirishima's back.
Dark Shadow popped out of Tokoyami's back and slung an arm around him. "They grow up so fast." He said while pretending to wipe away a tear.
Kirishima gave a thumbs up and headed off to meet the attackers head on.
The feed switched to the attacking team.
"So what should we do, Rumi?" Mina asked, her eyes darting all over the rabbit girl's muscular form.
"Kirishima will probably come straight for us, I'll keep him and hopefully Tokoyami busy. While I'm doing that you can look for the bomb. If you need help, radio me and I'll break away, I'm way faster than them so it shouldn't be a problem." Rumi answered confidently with a grin.
The buzzer sounded and Rumi blasted forward low to the ground and into the building with such force that she left rabbit footprints in the asphalt.
Mina approached the side of the building and used acid to create handholds in the concrete to climb the face of the building to the top floor.
Almost immediately upon entering, Rumi came across Kirishima in a boxing stance in the middle of a dark hallway. He was alone.
The hallway lights had been smashed out until only enough to see were left. In the darkness Izuku could have sworn he saw Kirishima's shadow blink.
Kirishima pounded his hardened fists together. "I knew you wouldn't let me down! Let's do this!" He challenged.
Kirishima's shadow moved then.
It lifted itself off the ground and floated behind him, attached to his back. The shadow looked much like Tokoyami's Dark Shadow but this one was a shadowy specter of Kirishima's upper body, it even had the same sharp teeth.
Then it spoke.
"Let's do this!" It parroted its host.
"Now we're talking!" Rumi roared as she charged.
She jumped with her left heel high in the air. "Luna Arc!" She yelled as she brought her metal encased heel down.
Kirishima's shadow blocked the attack with crossed forearms as Kirishima himself lashed out with a jab at Rumi's stomach. The hardened fist met flesh but Rumi didn't even grunt in pain. He might as well have punched a brick wall.
Izuku might have worried that Rumi would overdo it and kill the poor boy but he knew that since she could gauge an opponent's strength so well she could also tailor her incredible strength to match each opponent flawlessly.
Rumi began trading rapid fire blows with the shadow and its host. The redhead was mostly defending against the white haired girl's onslaught but the shadow loosed a barrage of punches with no care for its own well being. After dodging a haymaker, Rumi cracked the boy's Hardening with a solid push kick to the stomach.
Kirishima slid backwards as he clutched his abdomen before straightening to his full height with a defiant gleam in his eyes. His Hardening reformed and creaking could be heard as the sharp angles created by his Quirk began to multiply.
"You won't get past me!" He challenged as his Quirk went into overdrive and he began to look like he was made entirely from jagged stone.
"Unbreakable!" He bellowed as he dove back into the fray, Rumi meeting him head on with her grin shining in the low light.
Rumi began wailing on the now seemingly indestructible boy while taking hits from the shadow as it rained blows shouting 'ORA!' each time.
"Now this is a fight!" Rumi cheered with near manic glee.
Izuku knew that Rumi's options were limited in this situation, she couldn't grapple without losing most of her skin in the process and she couldn't build up enough speed in the hallway to blow through Kirishima's defenses in a single blow. She could probably just pick the red head up by his feet and wield him like a club until he lost consciousness but the shadow prevented that. She probably could just run and meet up with Mina, but Rumi would rather die than run from a fight. It was honestly her biggest weakness. He had faith in his girlfriend though, she wasn't just a fighter, she was a warrior, and a prodigy at that. He had never managed to beat her in a spar afterall.
Izuku turned his focus to the other screen with Mina entering the room with the bomb.
The room was dark like the hallway as Mina creeped along.
Then the shadows spoke.
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Said the shadows.
Mina eeped and flung acid at the voice only for it to be swatted aside by a massive Dark Shadow that made the large room feel cramped.
Tokoyami was positioned in front of the bomb ready to intercept while also baiting Mina into accidentally damaging the bomb and losing.
Dark Shadow thrashed after Mina as she skated around the room on her acid. She was proving to be an incredibly nimble fighter as she dodged sweeping blow after sweeping blow. In the darkness of the room Dark Shadow was much, much bigger than before and his strength matched his size.
After dodging a blow that would have sent her through the concrete wall, she spun in place and flicked her tail towards Tokoyami.
On the end of her tail was a huge glob that launched and slapped against Tokoyami's chest, sending him splatting against the fake bomb.
Capitalizing on Mina's momentary stillness Dark Shadow swatted her into a wall where she slumped to the floor unconscious.
Instead of burning acid the glob turned out to be a very sticking substance that behaved like rubber cement on steroids. Try as he might, Tokoyami couldn't move, even Dark Shadow only ended up getting stuck as well trying to help.
"Tokoyami and Ashido are both out! One minute left!" All Might announced over the earpieces.
Everyone refocused on the fight between Rumi and Kirishima. Rumi was bruised and bleeding in places where Kirishima's hardening had scratched at her. Kirishima was breathing hard and barely able to move as he defended with every ounce of strength against the force of nature that was Rumi.
Rumi hopped backwards and grinned in a way that could only be described as feral. She bolted forward in a white blur that displaced the air in the cramped hallway. She jumped into the air and launched herself into a forward spin. "Luna Fall!" She yelled as she used her built up momentum to swing a powerful axe kick straight down towards Kirishima's head once more.
Kirishima and his shadow both crossed their arms to block the blow but the heel just kept coming. It blasted through the shadow's block and met his hardened forearms, cracking his Hardening but effectively halting the blow once again.
Above him, Rumi smirked.
With her momentum halted, she whipped her upper body backwards into the beginnings of a backflip and lashed out with her other leg in an upwards motion straight for Kirishima's jaw.
"Blood Moon Rising!" She roared as steel toes met a hardened chin, causing a clacking of teeth that echoed down the hall.
Unprepared for the sudden blow, Kirishima was lifted off his feet as his Quirk failed.
Rumi landed on her feet from her backflip just as Kirishima's unconscious form landed in a heap with his sentient shadow slithering away along the walls.
"Kirishima is out! Offense wins!" All Might cheered.
A few minutes and kisses from Recovery Girl later both teams met in the observation room. When they had entered most everyone cheered for the two teams but none louder than Izuku, Mei, and Himiko. Though Tsu and Ochako were pretty close.
Rumi nearly collapsed into Izuku's arms while grumbling, "Tired." He began restoring her energy via Cell Activation as he held nearly all her weight up.
Mina flopped against him while whining, "Me toooo." He rolled his eyes but complied anyway.
Mina was not so subtly pressing her face into his pecs as attraction wafted off the bubblegum skinned girl. He wondered if she had forgotten that he was an Empath or if she just didn't care.
"Sorry Midori, Mina's kind of a brat when she's tired." Toru apologized as she tried and failed to remove Mina who still had her arms slung around his neck.
Izuku laughed. "I don't mind, so don't worry."
"An excellent first matchup that showcased how your Quirks have evolved in the past days. Can anyone tell me who they think deserves the title of MVP and why?" All Might asked.
Izuku would have raised his hand to answer but both were currently occupied with holding up Mina and Rumi's weight.
Momo raised her hand. "Tokoyami should be MVP because he was the one that came up with his team's plan, assisted Kirishima from afar, and defended the objective while baiting Ashi-Mina into making a mistake by destroying the bomb."
He wanted to argue that Rumi was the MVP but he couldn't fault the tall girl's logic. He still wanted to argue but he might be a bit biased, so sue him.
"While everyone's effort was truly Plus Ultra I have to agree with young Yaoyorozu. Tokoyami's team may have lost but his decision making earned him the title of MVP."
The bird headed boy's feathers ruffled at all the positive attention.
Nejire flitted in front of All Might."Hey! Hey! I think Rumi should get some recognition for holding back on that last kick enough to not kill Kirishima. I can tell she had the strength to do it." Nejire cheerfully added, causing some faces to drain of color.
On that dark note All Might announced that the next team should take their positions.
Tsu pecked Ochako on the cheek. "Don't you dare hold back on me, ribbit."
Ochako's face became frighteningly determined. "I'd never insult ya like that."
Seeing this, Momo clapped her hands together before turning to Kyoka with an excited gleam in her eyes. She bent at the waist until she was eye level with her much shorter girlfriend and pressed a finger to her cheek, silently asking for a good luck kiss as well.
Kyoka rolled her eyes but smiled nonetheless. She pressed her lips to Momo's cheek. "You're lucky you're cute," She groused in fake annoyance with red cheeks as her jacks poked each other.
Several minutes later Ochako and Momo approached the building but did not enter.
Ochako's helmet was sealed and she was wielding two bulletproof shields that police often used, each shield had the faint pink glow of Ochako's Quirk.
Momo stood protected behind Ochako's shields as the side of her abdomen glowed with her Quirk. A belt of grenades burst from her self healing costume just above her hip. She fed the belt into her grenade launcher and took aim at the windows. She began launching a barrage of tear gas canisters through the windows of the building. There were more than was probably necessary but there was also more than someone could just pick up and throw back out the window.
Gas was pouring out from every window and door when Aoyama appeared in a window coughing and fired two lasers from his palms at the girls. Barely able to see, one laser went wide but the other struck Ochako's shield.
The laser reflected off of the shield and struck a nearby building. Momo had mirrored the surface of the shield.
Before the ravenette could retaliate, Tsu's tongue launched out from a window and snatched one of Ochako's shields from her grip.
The gravity wielder must have increased the shield's gravity at the last moment because it crashed into the face of the building and stuck there like a shuriken.
"Five minutes left!"
"Now!" Momo cried as she loaded a different belt into her weapon and ran for the door.
Ochako squatted low, her thick legs coiled like a spring.
"Shootin' Star!"
She slapped her thigh as her legs unfurled in a burst of strength. She weightlessly careened at the window where Aoyama was still trying to aim his lasers. She held the shield in front of her and increased her weight to the maximum as she collided with the wall next to the window. She crashed through the face of the building and directly into Aoyama as he attempted to take cover, sending him sprawling.
Tsu was almost on her too fast for her to move the shield in time to block a roundhouse kick that dented the shield and sent her sliding backwards despite her increased weight. Ochako threw the shield at Tsu and increased its gravity mid flight, it collided with Tsu with a slap that sent her flying backwards.
Aoyama was just getting to his feet again when Ochako bull rushed the diminutive boy and shoulder checked him into the wall with all the grace of a runaway train. Aoyama slid to a seated position as unconsciousness claimed him.
"Aoyama is out!"
Ochako whirled to face Tsu but she was nowhere to be seen. The tear gas filled room was empty.
A cough sounded from above her.
She whipped her head up just in time to see Tsu reappear and shoot her in the neck with a dart fired from her blow gun.
Ochako wobbled on unsteady legs as Tsu's paralytic toxin did its work. She collapsed to the ground wholly unable to move.
"Uraraka is out! Two minutes left!"
Tsu lept from the ceiling to the floor and raced into the hallway to find Momo. Her senses were shot from the tear gas but there wasn't enough time left to be cautious.
Momo was standing in the hallway with her grenade launcher pointed directly at her.
Momo had found her first.
Even from the cameras Momo cut an imposing figure with tear gas billowing around her tall, gas masked form.
Momo held down the trigger as she marched forward. Rapid fire explosions of pink smoke erupted in the confines of the hallway and against Tsu.
Tsu was sent pinballing down the hallway as the concussive rounds blasted everywhere. She finally came to a stop against the end of the hallway in a crumpled heap, unconscious.
"Asui is out! Offense wins!"
Izuku made a mental note to never let Mei and Momo team up in the future.
Speaking of Mei, he turned to the pinkette. "When did you have the time to make Tsu a blow gun?" He asked.
"While I was drinking my morning coffee, why?" Mei responded as if it was no big deal.
"Just curious." Izuku said while laughing at himself internally for underestimating his inventing prodigy of a girlfriend.
Once everyone was conscious and healed the two teams came back to the observation room.
Momo was still apologizing profusely as she came in. Tsu was steadfastly waving her off as she held up most of Ochako's weight. Aoyama was walking behind them looking the least sparkly he had seen the boy.
Tsu was feeling indecisive for a moment when she saw him watching them but quickly seemed to make a decision as she steered Ochako towards him.
"Ochako is still a bit numb, ribbit. Could you see if your healing Quirk could help? Please?" Tsu asked.
"No problem, you want some too?" He asked as he held out two glowing hands.
Before Tsu could answer Himiko snuck up behind the pair and pushed them both into his chest while trying to reach him from around them.
"Group hug!" She said with mischief.
"Himiko, maybe they didn't want to hug me." Izuku lightly chastised, not wanting to make them uncomfortable.
He felt Ochako and Tsu melt into the hug and against him. He could have sworn he heard Tsu inhale deeply through her nose as affection and attraction made themselves known.
"I think you know otherwise, ribbit," Tsu croaked happily against his abs.
"Mmhmm," Ochako hummed in a slurred agreement, still somewhat under the effects of the toxin.
"Both of you were amazing out there." He whispered.
A moment later All Might took his position but not before Nejire landed next to Momo.
"How come you didn't have Uraraka use her Quirk on you and jump through the window with her? Were those pink explosions the same as the mines that are sometimes used in the sports festivals?" Nejire asked so close to Momo that her prodigious chest pressed against Momo's stomach.
Kyoka was standing right next to them with a nearly glowing blush. Her eyes were glued to the way Nejire's chest was pressed against her girlfriend's stomach and Momo's chest looked like it was about to smother the shorter girl. To Izuku's surprise Kyoka wasn't feeling jealousy at the proximity, quite the opposite in fact.
Momo didn't seem to mind in the least surprisingly, she just pursed her lips together as if she was trying to think of a way to explain.
"They are the same, the company that provides those mines is a subsidiary of the Yaoyorozu conglomerate. I was worried that Uraraka's Quirk would affect my rounds and increase their velocity to potentially lethal levels." Momo explained with a smile down at the shorter girl.
"That's some quick thinking! It's good you're so smart!" Nejire praised.
Momo blushed a bit at that and Izuku could feel some affection as well as attraction come off the girl. In fact all three were feeling something similar.
"Wait, you're a Yaoyorozu of THE Yaoyorozus?! Sero asked in bafflement.
Momo blushed even harder. "Yes, but please don't treat me differently due to who my parents are." She pleaded.
All Might clapped his hands together to gain everyone's scattered attention. "Now that was some siege by the Offense! The Defenders also adapted admirably! Who wants to tell me who the MVP is this time?"
"Ochako, because she kicked ass!" Rumi blurted out without raising her hand.
Izuku raised his hand away from Ochako's back, making the girl grumble at the loss of contact before returning it quickly.
"I think Momo should be the MVP. Not only did she come up with a plan that capitalized on the other team not having air filtration but also planned for Aoyama's lasers. She also had the foresight to not have Ochako use her Quirk on her in case it would make her weapon more deadly." Izuku explained his reasoning.
"I agree! Young Yaoyorozu proved a capable leader! Now let's move on to our next match!"
Mei zipped up to Rumi and pulled her down by her shoulders for a kiss before grabbing Iida by the wrist and dragging him off.
Hitoshi caught up to Todoroki as they began to exit the room. "I don't think we've properly met, it's nice to meet you. Wow, I didn't realize your eyes are so pret-"
"I'm not here to make friends." Todoroki interrupted with a dismissive tone.
"Ah. Sorry." Hitoshi apologized dejectedly as they both left the room.
Izuku wasn't sure what the hell Todoroki's problem was but that was uncalled for.
Once the teams were in position everyone watched the two teams prepare.
"Ok, I think I have a plan-" Hitoshi started but was cut off by Todoroki.
"Just stay out of my way." Todoroki dismissed yet again.
On the other screen Mei was waving her hands animatedly at Iida and seemed to be arguing with him.
"Come on! It's technically not against the rules to move the bomb or leave the building!" Mei argued.
"It violates the spirit of the exercise to take the bomb and just run!" Iida countered.
All Might laughed before holding his hand up to his ear. "Young Hatsume is correct, and a hero must use every advantage given." He said over the radios but only to their team.
Mei laughed in triumph before they readied their plan.
Minutes later the buzzer rang and All Might boomed, "Begin!"
Todoroki confidently approached the building with Hitoshi trailing behind him. He laid a single hand on the building, and in a matter of seconds every surface of the building was frozen in a layer of ice. He breathed out a mist of supercooled breath as he was about to step into the building but stopped short.
"Up there!" Hitoshi yelled while pointing to the neighboring rooftops.
Iida could be seen with the bomb strapped to his back with cables sprinting across rooftops away from them. That wasn't all though, something floated high above him, back lit by the sun.
On the other screen a floating drone camera was focused on Mei. She floated high above the street with metal wings that unfolded seamlessly from her powercell backpack. The metal wings looked skeletal in appearance but each 'bone' was rectangular in shape with thrusters burning at the tips.
She aimed her Exitus rifle, there was a charging sound for a moment before she fired. A sonic boom sounded as the round traveled for Todoroki. The round struck him in the chest with a wet slap that was comparable to the sound of someone belly flopping from a great height followed by the sound of electricity being discharged.
Todoroki had the wind knocked out of him and was thrown bodily to the ground from the sudden transfer of kinetic energy as his muscles seized.
Thinking fast, Hitoshi grabbed a surprisingly still conscious Todoroki and dragged him inside the building.
The tables had suddenly been flipped as they found themselves on defense. Mei patrolled the skies outside looking for an angle with her X-ray vision.
"Cool wings!" Hitoshi yelled to Mei.
"Thanks!" Mei's distorted voice responded.
"Why didn't my Quirk work?! She's just going to keep us pinned until the timer runs out!" Hitoshi yelled over the sounds of Mei's bullets whizzing through windows by their heads.
Todoroki was scowling and didn't say anything, he just stomped a foot down outside of cover.
A glacier exploded into being and managed to reach all the way up to Mei and encase her feet in ice.
Mei held her rifle in one hand and punched the ice encapsulating her feet, shattering it with the enhanced strength of her suit.
Hitoshi looked down and noticed that the ice that layered the floor was now melted into a thin layer of water but too late.
Mei fired another round but this time at the ground. Another slap could be heard before both boys' muscles locked up from the electricity of the round but were still conscious.
"Mei-fly," Mei said through her helmet speakers in a distorted voice. Dozens of small winged insectoid robots flew from a small cylinder on her lower back. They swarmed the building while the two boys were still recovering from their shock. The Mei-flies kamikazed into them and exploded into a pink capture foam that quickly spread to cover all but their heads.
"Aizawa and Todoroki are both out! Defense wins!"
"I wonder if Hatsume would be open to exchanging some blueprints." Momo wondered aloud.
"Hey Green, remind me not to let your girlfriend and mine team up." Kyoka said while side-eyeing Momo.
Momo scoffed in indignation but didn't argue.
"Was thinking the same thing, Heart Throb." He said in a teasing tone.
Kyoka blushed as her ear jacks spasmed. "W-WHAT?" She asked.
"Well you send your heartbeat through your jacks, so Heart Throb seemed an appropriate nickname." He answered with a smug grin.
"I-It makes sense I guess, but just call me Kyoka." Kyoka said as she tried to get her blush under control.
He might have been worried he had overstepped if he couldn't sense her affection.
Momo yanked the girl into a suffocation by boob type hug. "Awww that's a perfect nickname for you, Dear! Maybe as a hero name?"
Kyoka gasped for breath once she managed to free herself. "I'll think about it," She mumbled, still red faced.
A couple minutes later Mei flew into the room with her helmet open and scooped Rumi off her feet. "My babies worked perfectly! Did you see? Did you see?!" She frantically asked as she twirled Rumi in the air.
Rumi laughed heartily. "Of course I did and of course your babies worked! You're the one that made them after all!"
Mei beamed and kissed Rumi deeply as she descended to the ground.
Todoroki had a hollow look as he trudged over to a corner and stared down at his feet unseeing.
Hitoshi approached Izuku. "That sucked…I'm not a pretty girl but can I have a hug too?" He asked.
"Of course." Izuku said as opened his arms to the boy.
Hitoshi all but collapsed against him, Izuku rubbed a few circles into his back. "It's a shame you're not into guys." He said with a muffled voice.
Izuku laughed and tightened his hug. "So I'm told."
"I think it might be a bit obvious who deserves it, but who can tell me why young Hatsume deserves MVP?" All Might asked.
Momo immediately raised her hand. "She came up with a plan that was not only creative given the rules of the exercise, but also gave little to no chance for the opposing team to succeed. Even if she was taken down, the Offense team would have been hard pressed to catch up to Iida with the head start she gave him."
"An excellent take away young Yaoyorozu, but it should be noted that young Aizawa prioritized the safety of his teammate when he could have just saved himself. Young Hatsume used every advantage she was given and to great effect. Let this be a lesson that a hero should take advantage of anything and everything available to them. Even if I can punch most of my problems away in a single punch I still make advantages where I can. This line of thinking will not only keep you safer but it will also help you save lives. Going forward however, the bomb must remain inside the building." All Might explained.
"Now! Next teams take your positions!" He added a second later.
Momo kissed Kyoka sweetly on the cheek. "Good luck, Dear."
Mina winded up and slapped Toru on the ass hard, and said, "Go get 'em! They'll never see you coming!" Before bursting into laughter.
"MINA!" Toru yelped out as she turned invisible, only causing Mina to laugh harder.
A few minutes later Izuku watched as Toru and Kyoka waited at the top of a staircase in plain view. Kyoka had her jacks plugged into the speakers on her hands and held them forward.
Toru placed a hand on Kyoka's back and whispered.
"Invisibility Cloak."
Toru disappeared and Kyoka began to fade away as well, the refraction field emanating out from where Toru had placed her palm until they both disappeared from view entirely.
Moments later Shoji and Kaminari entered with Shoji listening carefully with several sets of additional ears. The additional appendages twitched and pointed to the top of the stairs.
Kyoka blasted a high frequency wave of sound at the two boys. Unprepared for the sudden loud noise Shoji collapsed to his knees as he held his head in pain.
Kaminari recovered first and made a finger gun aimed at the stairs with the other hand covering an ear.
"Taser: 50,000 volts!"
Electricity shot from his finger and connected with an invisible Toru.
Toru and Kyoka became visible once more as Toru fell to the ground writhing.
Kyoka grabbed Toru and dragged her away and out of sight of Kaminari.
"You find the bomb, I'll go after Jirou." Shoji said as he stood back up and reformed his appendages into fists.
Kaminari nodded and they ran up the stairs together before splitting off.
Shoji raced after Kyoka and found her as she rounded a corner coming towards him with a smirk. He charged forward hoping to reach her before she could get a soundwave off.
Kyoka's jacks slithered behind her neck and crossed sides. They plugged into the backs of what Izuku had mistaken for simple gauged earrings with an audible click.
"Feedback!"
A shockwave of sound emanated not from Kyoka's speakers, but from her chest. The sound of a heartbeat drumming could be heard as soundwave after soundwave pulsed from her in a sphere.
The barrier of sound buffeted Shoji but he swung anyway in an attempt to overpower the force field. His arm snapped and bent backwards at a gruesome angle from a blast of sound.
"Freeze!" All Might bellowed into the headsets and everyone did just that, Kyoka's barrier dropping immediately.
"Shit! I'm so sorry!" Kyoka immediately apologized.
"It's no issue." Shoji said casually as he grabbed the mangled limb with another and tore it off just for it to be replaced with another half a second later.
"Can you continue, Shoji?" All Might asked anyway.
Shoji assumed a six armed boxing stance. "Yes, Sir."
"Very well. Continue in 3…2…1!"
Kyoka's pulsating force field blasted into existence once more as Shoji charged.
"Kraken's Onslaught!"
Shoji began an undaunted barrage of six fists. Anytime an arm broke he tore it off to create a new one as he kept up a pummeling barrage on Kyoka's shield, trying to time his punches between blasts. He managed to sneak one past her defenses and hit her in the mouth.
She hopped backwards and spit out a glob of blood before smiling with crimson teeth.
Kyoka charged Shoji, causing him to backpedal in an attempt to keep his torso away from the shield.
Kyoka lunged and caught Shoji with a blast sending him reeling and off balance. She halted her shield and landed a rapid fire combo of punches against Shoji's midsection.
Shoji gasped in pain. Seeing an opening, he lunged his hands for Kyoka only for her to reactivate Feedback. The proximity of the activation made him go flying into the nearby wall.
Kyoka pinned him between the wall and her shield, causing him to be repeatedly slammed against the wall until unconscious.
"Shoji is out!"
Kyoka turned off Feedback and went in search of Kaminari.
Izuku focused on the screen watching Kaminari.
He was just entering a large room with the bomb on the other side. He looked from side to side before dashing for it.
Something struck his shin hard causing him to tumble in a cry of pain. He landed on all fours and began to try and stand. His head suddenly jerked to the side from an unseen blow. He collapsed onto his face unconscious as Toru's grinning form reappeared above him twirling her steel batons.
"Kaminari is out! Defense wins!"
Mina and Momo hugged each other and bounced together. "WOO!" They both shouted in unison.
Minutes later both teams re-entered the observation room.
Momo picked up Kyoka in a hug and began kissing her cheeks between each word. " .Amazing!" She crowed with affection as Kyoka attempted to hide her face from Momo's barrage of kisses.
Mina picked up Toru by her hips and wrapped her tail around her midsection. "That little grin you did? It did something for me~" She flirted, earning her a giggle from the luminescent haired girl.
"A fantastic round from all of you! Who's the MVP of the match this time?" All Might questioned.
Iida raised a hand as he adjusted his glasses. "I believe the MVP was Hagakure. She aided her teammate in the beginning and prevented Kaminari from reaching the objective. Jirou however should be commended for aiding her fellow teammate in her time of need."
"Indeed! Young Hagakure is our MVP! Final team, take your positions!"
Rumi and Mei pulled him and Himiko into a hug.
"That asshole has been fucking around for years." Mei started.
"It's about time he found out." Rumi finished.
Himiko nodded. "Damn right."
Izuku clenched his knuckle dusters. "This fight is a long time coming."
Izuku stood inside the bomb room with Himiko. The levity of the exercise had vanished, true violence now loomed on the horizon.
"You should hang back and take down Sero when Bakugou inevitably ditches him to go for me." He told Himiko.
"I'm not letting you fight him alone!" Himiko argued with a scowl.
He placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'm not that child you met on that playground anymore…I feel like I have to do this myself."
"...Fine, but radio me if you need help." Himiko begrudgingly agreed.
"I will." He said.
"Promise me." She countered.
"I promise." He said before heading towards the entrance.
"Start!" All Might announced that Izuku entered the hallway that led outside.
He watched as Bakugou came sailing in with Sero trying to keep up.
Both stopped short at seeing Izuku waiting for them.
"We can take him together!" Sero pleaded.
"Fuck off, he's mine!" Bakugou snapped.
Sero made one last look at the two before heading off in a different direction.
Izuku activated Black Cowl at 25%. Bakugou's scowl deepened at seeing his Quirk activate, disbelief and betrayal raged within him.
Bakugou blasted forward and swung with a right hook, but Izuku saw it coming from a mile away even without Danger Sense.
Instead of grabbing the outstretched wrist he ducked under it and slammed his knuckle duster clad fist into Bakugou's stomach.
If Izuku didn't know to pull his punches Bakugou's insides would have painted the hallway.
Bakugou was sent careening backwards along the floor. He pushed himself to his feat and wretched.
He wiped his mouth. "So it's true…I didn't want to believe it…but you really were looking down on me. All. This. Time." He gritted out between clenched teeth.
Something long dormant within Izuku yawned awake.
Rage.
"What the hell are you barking about now!?" Izuku fumed.
Bakugou let out a war cry as he launched forward again.
He let loose a blast of his Quirk just outside of Izuku's range.
When the smoke cleared Izuku was unharmed as he raised his forearms to guard against the explosion.
"My turn." Izuku said before blasting forward with Float and backhanded Bakugou through a concrete wall.
Bakugou slowly stood amongst the debri.
Izuku had to give it to the asshole, he was durable. His Quirk's adaptation had essentially given him a minor shock absorption.
Izuku floated through the hole in the wall with his eyes glowing from Empathy's active ability. He didn't just suggest an emotion, he forcibly hammered fear into Bakugou.
Bakugou put on a good show, but it was futile. He could sense his fear as well as see him trembling.
"You feel that? That's what you made me experience. Every. Single. Day." Izuku seethed.
Bakugou lunged like a cornered animal.
Explosions rocked the building as Himiko hunted her prey. She just needed to find Sero and snuff him out so she could get back to Izu.
She was currently wearing Mei's form and loving every second of it. Other people could never understand the level of closeness actually being your loved ones brings.
She panned through walls with Mei's X-ray vision in search of her target.
There! A few rooms away Sero was trying to creep along silently. She would have to show the boy what a real predator was like.
She dropped Mei's form and stalked forward on silent feet. She drew a spike from under her dress and ran her long tongue along it. If she accidentally hit flesh at least it wouldn't hurt.
Sero entered the room she was in. A spike flew from the shadows and nailed his shoe to the concrete, the spike had passed harmlessly between his toes.
"Shit!" He yelled in alarm.
Himiko sprang from the shadows with teeth bared.
Sero shot out tape at her in a panic only for her to easily dodge.
"Tape Tornado!" Sero shouted as he spun around the foot nailed to the floor while spewing double sided tape everywhere, wrapping himself in the process but with none of it actually sticking to him.
Himiko, now wrapped in tape, screamed in desperation, "You're keeping me from him!"
She extended her claws and raged against her bonds, shredding them but some still clinging to her.
She threw spikes in quick succession until Sero was pinned to the doorway with only a few nicking him.
Himiko threw one last spike and simply disappeared from view.
Sero looked every which way to try and find his assailant but to no avail.
"Goodnight." Himiko whispered from behind him before slamming his head against the doorway, knocking him unconscious.
She lapped up some of his blood running down her spikes and changed into his form. The tape still stuck to her fell away.
"Sero is out!"
Well there went that plan. Sero's appearance sloughed off her before she took Rumi's form.
Bakubitch's turn.
Izuku floated inches off the floor with Float, Black Cowl still active, and Empathy still actively cramming pants-wetting fear into Bakugou. He blasted out a Smokescreen that filled the room. He watched with infrared vision as a battered and bruised Bakugou searched for his attacker.
Bakugou let loose a massive explosion that cleared the smoke and pushed Izuku back.
"Sero is out!"
"Fucking useless!" Bakugou roared as he unleashed another massive explosion.
Izuku let some of the muscles comprising Black Cowl go in order to make a single tendril that lashed out and wrapped around Bakugou's leg.
"What the-" Bakugou began.
The tendril that was around his leg whipped him into a wall with a thump.
"Izukun! I'm here!" Rumi's voice sounded from the smoke. Rumi appeared beside him wearing Himiko's dress.
He probably took a moment too long to appreciate how good Rumi looked in a dress.
A two clicks sounded from the debri filled room where he had tossed Bakugou.
He turned to see Bakugou standing with both hands gripping a pin on the opposite gauntlet.
"Guess I'll just have to keep my distance!" Bakugou sneered.
He had designed the things so he knew exactly what he was trying to do.
Time slowed to a standstill as Danger Sense activated to its maximum.
In the control room Mei was next to All Might screaming at the towering man, "Call it off! Call it off! Those gauntlets will level the building!"
"What!?" All Might yelled in disbelief. The gauntlets had undergone inspections like every other piece of support equipment but were deemed non lethal. Could they have underestimated the potency of Bakugou's nitroglycerin sweat?
He keyed his mic. "Stop! This exercise is over!"
Momo held a trembling hand up to her mouth. "I think I saw Bakugou's and Midoriya's earpieces get knocked out…I should have said something."
All Might returned his gaze to the monitor with mounting horror.
"All Might said-" Himiko's voice sounded in slow motion but whatever All Might had ordered was too late.
With Himiko beside him he couldn't be sure if he could redirect the blast safely, especially with Sero somewhere in the building.
If Bakugou believed Mei would leave him with no ranged options he was solely mistaken.
As light began to fill the barrels of Bakugou's gauntlets Izuku reached into one of his pouches and produced two rubber balls about the size of a marble.
With Black Cowl enhanced speed he threw both balls, one with each arm.
Each splattered against Bakugou's gauntlets and began rapidly encasing it in pink capture foam.
The gauntlets backfired.
An explosion much bigger than any before, by orders of magnitudes, rocked the building and blew the entire face of the building off.
The smoke eventually cleared to reveal All Might cradling a limp Bakugou in his arms. Both of Bakugou's arms were purple and broken to the point that they looked mangled.