Here's the next chapter and I wanted to thank you all for enjoying my fanfic, as I said before this is my first major attempt at an MHA fanfic and I also have a few apologies.
Well, one is that a few chapters ago I kept calling All Might "Yoshinori" instead of his canonical name "Toshinori" why? Because I was being an idiot and mixed his name with someone else's.
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Akemi and her team cautiously approached the doorway as Tsu dropped down from the roof.
"What happened?" she questioned as she noticed that her team leader had a few scratches and her uniform was slightly burnt.
"We guess that Midoriya set a trap with "explosive" results" Jiro complained checking out a window but finding the inside too dark to see and she wasn't willing to try opening it in case of another booby trap. Tsu's eyes widened in surprise.
"So that's what that explosion was," Tsu said.
"Did you manage to find a way inside from the roof?" Momo questioned her froggy teammate.
"No the roof access door was seemingly welded shut and the windows I checked I was unable to open," Tsu said as they saw inside the doorway and it wasn't looking good as Sero's tape crisscrossed across the hallway and worse of all it was pitch black inside with all the lights damaged beyond use and all the windows was covered by yet more of Sero's tape leaving the girls no option but to tread VERY carefully.
"Wait I have an idea," Momo said, stopping Akemi from entering the building, taking a few steps forwards to the front of the group pulling a small screw from her arm she tossed it forwards and the second it touched the ground the patch of concrete detonated with a small explosion.
"Good idea Yaomomo!" her leader praised patting her back with a smile "Thanks we still have a problem" the creati user sighed.
"We have no idea how many of those "mines" Midoriya planted and I'm gonna waste a lot of my lipids if I have to make a lot of items just to trip them safely, and even then with the tape blocking our path it's gonna be very slow," Momo said pondering to herself *"Not to mention what else he could have up his sleeve, there's no telling how many more traps they've set up, plus there's still Shoji, Kaminari and Aoyama who hasn't shown themselves yet"*
– Meanwhile –
Izuku's team was resting they had to rush to fully set up their plan, which consisted of Aoyama, Midoriya, and Shoji blocking off most entrances, either using their quirks to weld doors/windows shut (Midoriya and Aoyama), or using their strength to bend pipes/beams into place to lock off the doors that they couldn't weld shut (Also Midoriya and Shoji), Sero and Kaminari had placed their "trip wires" all across the lower building with Midoriya having to place his mines soon afterward, his quirk "Detonate" allows him place a "bomb" into any surface but the explosive power relied on how much of his energy he put into each so besides the door bomb every other "bomb" he planted were closer to flashbang grenades than any worthwhile explosive and even then he was running low on energy due to the sheer number he had placed. Though Sero wasn't in much better shape as the amount of tape he expended left his elbows sore but he was still in fighting shape he just needed to rest up a little bit.
Kaminari and Shoji were guarding the briefcase as their quirks were currently the best to hinder and capture their enemies with Shoji being the muscle and Kaminari would be acting like a living Taser.
Once he recovered a decent amount of energy "Alright now all we have to do is wait" Izuku said with a smile.
"They'll have to take it slow and use up resources to get through the barriers we've placed just to get to us, hopefully by the time they reach us Sero, me, and Aoyama have recovered from the base defense"* he thought as he flickered between his teammates checking on their statuses.
– Observation Booth –
All Might and the rest of the class watched as Akemi's team was forced to make slow progress VERY slow progress due to having to systematically set off Midoriya's mines and cut through Sero's tape. 20 minutes of the test had already passed since they had entered the building and they were only halfway done with the second floor.
"Man they sure packed that place right" Kirishima muttered slightly feeling sorry for Akemi's team, being forced to go so slow but he was still happy as his bud Midoriya was technically in the lead.
"This is goddamned boring!" shouted the angry pomeranian "Why do I have to be here anyways I don't wanna watch the fucking copycat," he said in a soured tone.
Mina would speak up as she refused to stand back and watch her friend be bad-mouthed "Would you calm down already you aggressive pomeranian" she scolded Bakugou.
"What the hell did you call me pinky!?" The explosive teen exclaimed, annoyed, his hands popping off with his quirk.
"I called you an aggressive pomeranian" Mina shot back unafraid by the explosions.
"You better take that back! I ain't no fucking dog!" Bakugou snapped, but before Mina could respond she was interrupted by All Might.
"Now now! There is no need to fight!" Their teacher said scolding the duo who huffed and turned away from each other, well Bakugou scowled and scoffed.
"I should inform Hound Dog about young Bakugou, that anger of his could prove fatal in the field if not kept in check"* All Might thinks, turning his attention back to the screens in front of him noticing the hero had finally made it to the third floor but at this point they only had 18 minutes left in this test.
"The defense the villain team has put up is impressive, hindering their movement and forcibly depleting Young Yaoyorozu's resources to ensure their safety, well done young heroes"* he praised as he heard someone behind him speak up, he believed it was Kirishima.
"Hey look, something is finally happening!" The shark-toothed boy pointed out grinning as finally, they were gonna see some action!
– Back At The Testing Ground –
The third floor was strangely devoid of tape and Momo's brief testing showed that at the very least the area around the staircase was devoid of Midoriya's "mines".
"Be vigilant" Warned Akemi as she stepped forwards, hearing a small noise from the darkness she raised her arms as something small pierced her arms causing a yelp of pain.
"Ow!" she exclaimed as she looked at her arm and saw that 20 or so small needles protruded from her left arm.
"Looks like we got uninvited guests" They heard as Midoriya stepped out from the darkness flanked on either side by Aoyama and Sero, both looking much better after their rest.
"You like my spines?" He questioned his right arm covered in many spines, "Cactus" allowed him to produce just that cactus spines from any part of his body and fire them off not very damaging but did hurt a lot as Akemi could contest to that.
Growling in annoyance the tall girl then grinned "So the villains decide to finally fight face to face, what did you run out of traps to make?" She teased with a cocky look on her face her antlers cracking with electricity.
"No Mon Cherie the traps were merely a distraction to ensure our victory was guaranteed~" Aoyama chuckled tauntingly causing annoyance in the highly competitive Akemi.
"Oh, I'll show you who is victorious when I whip your blonde butt into the ground Frenchie!" She exclaimed and charged forwards like a wild bull her large antlers covered in blue electricity which illuminated her as she ran.
As if expecting this maneuver Sero swung his arm forwards and fired a line of tape at Akemi forcing her to dodge or get tangled.
"My turn Mon Ami~" He cooed placing his arms behind his head and firing off a blast at the charging woman forcing her to stop her charge and dodge the blast stumbling but managing to stay on her feet.
Midoriya charged forwards and punched the giantess in the gut with a lot of force, enough to send her back and collide with the approaching Momo who had a staff in her hands which she was forced to drop to catch her teammate who knocked her to the ground due to the sudden weight redistribution.
Jiro grunted as she desperately wanted to help her teammates but they were in the way so she would just be injuring them, she was more here for reconnaissance, her quirk was devastating when used for offense but that was the problem, the punk girl's eyes widened.
"He forced us into an enclosed space so I can't use my quirk," She said as realization hit her, it explained a lot as every door they had come across had been sealed which prevented Hagakure from sneaking around, and the enclosed forced Jiro to remain on the defensive, the traps also forced Momo to deplete her lipid supplies, leaving only two of their fighters at their max efficiency while one was nearly out of their resources while the last two were nearly useless in a fist fight situation.
Both Momo and Akemi were suddenly wrapped up in Sero's tape causing All Might's voice to blare over the speakers.
"Young Akemi and Yaoyorozu have been eliminated! There are also 10 minutes left in the mission!"
"Oh come on!" Akemi loudly complained she was reluctant to leave her teammates but was forced to by MedBots who wanted to take her to Recovery Girl about the cactus needles still in her arms, sighing she lay down on the provided stretcher and was carried out of the building while Momo walked her hand on her stomach, she was hungry after expending most of her body's lipids disarming Mido's bombs, there was just so many how Midoriya was able to set that many in the allotted time frame she would never know.
Meanwhile, Tsu was forced to dodge the onslaught of projectiles being fired at her, the only good place for the cover was in the stairwell and the villains had pushed them back and were now guarding the only way to get to the next floor, they only had ten minutes before the test was up and two of the villains were still hidden, from what she can hear from Jiro the unseen duo was two floors above them but they had to get past these three and she was the only one with any hand to hand skill. Her eyebrows furled in annoyance as she tried to find a way past the onslaught of pressurized air, cactus needles, lasers, and tape.
– Observation Booth –
"Man I feel kinda sorry for the heroes they lost two of their teammates and are forced into a corner and I don't see a way for them to get out of this" Ochako said, meanwhile Mina and Kirishima were impressed/happy that their friend's team was winning and Kirishima showed it openly crying "manly" tears.
"Rather impressive, the villain's team forced them into a situation where two of the heroes' quirks were rendered useless while also gifting their own team the advantage"*
– Back to the battle –
Tsuyu seeing a small opening lashed her tongue out and curled it around Midoriya's waist and pulled him towards her before kicking him in the gut and sending him tumbling across the ground before he caught himself and standing up. As they heard All Might called for five minutes remaining.
Tsu's foot throbbed in pain and the cause was soon revealed as Izuku stood up showing his body had gained a rigid appearance.
"Nice try Asui but you'll find I'm a lot harder to defeat than that," He said grinning.
– Observation Booth –
"ALRIGHT he's using my quirk cool!" Kirishima smiled widely as his own body hardened to match his friend on the screen, though his happiness was slightly dulled by a certain explosive student.
"See!? I told you he was a damned Copycat!" Bakugou explained expecting to hear affirmations as the rest of the extras to agree with him but was annoyed to find them either ignoring or glaring at him.
"Hey for your information Kirishima let him copy his quirk" Mina shot back.
"Yeah! Mind your own damned business and stop insulting our friend" Kirishima exclaimed attention back on the blonde.
"Why don't you shut up shitty hair!?" He demanded his hands popping off to his frustration on being called out.
"Yes I agree with Kirishima you should avoid insulting fellow classmates if you wish to make it far as a hero," Ilda said waving his arms though no one could see his face he was rather annoyed by this increasingly annoying Bakugou.
Before Bakugou could threaten Ilda he was interrupted as All Might called out.
"VILLAIN TEAM WINS" the students who were distracted by Bakugou turned towards the monitors showing Tsuyu pinned under Midoriya the timer beeping showing the time had run out, distracted Mina and Kirishima whooped and wailed for their friend's victory while Bakugou ground his teeth in annoyance.
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Here is the next chapter in the story, sorry I took so long with the update I was really stumped on what to do with this and make it interesting so it's shorter than the others but don't worry the next chapter will be more focused on battling as it would be Team Todoroki Vs. Team Bakugou. Which I hope goes rather well, I'm still inexperienced when it comes to fights.
