"Now that lunch is over; it's finally time to reveal the last game!"
Akemi looked up towards the announcer's booth, and fixed her outfit.
"You sure that Aizawa-sensei said that?" She asked Momo, who nodded seriously. "This doesn't sound like something he would say..."
"I'm sure of it! Kaminari-kun told us about this!" Momo replied and Akemi sweatdropped.
Kaminari... Oh God he's just messing with us, isn't he? But whatever.
"But before that, there's good news for all of you who didn't make it to the finals! Since this is a sports festival, we have prepared recreational games that everyone can participate in, too! We even bought real cheerleaders from America to liven things up!"
Akemi looked over towards the cheerleaders, and sighed as Momo and Kyoka-chan finally realised they had been tricked.
"What's the matter, Class A? What kind of fan service is that?!?!"
At that, Akemi grinned and yelled back.
"The best kind!!" She shook the pom-pom and cheered.
"Kaminari-san! You tricked us, didn't you!" Momo shook her pom-pom furiously, then slumped. "I even used Creation to make the outfits..."
Meanwhile, Akemi glanced at her classmate and cheered, waving her pom-pom as she did some cheerleading moves her sister taught her.
"Go go go! Plus Ultra!!!"
"...Akemi-chan, you're enjoying this, right?" Tsuyu asked, as Akemi looked at her and nodded with a grin.
"I love this!"
When Akemi skipped back to the group, still in the orange outfit, some of the boys weren't quite looking at her straight, and Izu just straight up avoided looking at her.
This is fun, she thought.
"The last round is a tournament where we fight one on one, huh?" She turned to look at Kirishima, who's talking to himself, "I'm gonna stand on the stage I watch every year!"
Her classmates began to discuss about the one-on-one battles every year, and Akemi turned her attention back to Midnight.
"Now, let's draw lots to determine the bracket! Once the bracket is determined, we'll have the recreational games and then start! The sixteen finalists can choose whether or not to participate in the recreation, but I'm sure most of you want to restore or save your strength!"
"Now, for the first place's team—"
"Em. Excuse me."
Akemi turned towards Ojirō, who had spoken up.
"I'm withdrawing."
What?
The crowd gasped and Akemi whirled around to look at her classmate.
"Ojirō-kun, why?"
"This is a rare chance for pros to see you!"
Akemi just stared in shock.
"I..." Her tailed classmate began to explain, "I barely remember anything from the cavalry battle until the end."
There was a general start.
"I think it's was that guy's quirk." He continued and Akemi realised.
Right... He was with Hitoshi-kun... She glanced towards the teen, who now had Hibiki clinging to him like a koala, poking at his hair and face.
"I know this is a great chance." She turned back to look at Ojirō, "and it's foolish to waste it... But, Everyone has competed by giving their all! I can't be up here with everyone without knowing what really happened!"
Some of the girls began to comfort Ojirō, but Akemi shook her head knowing that if Kōko had been in the same position, she would've done the same. Martial Arts is about honour and honesty, and she knows that someone so obsessed with it would not go on like this.
Another student, probably from class B, also made the same declaration and Akemi couldn't help but smile.
The bright and dark side of humanity shown, greed and honour, huh...
Daym, that's some writing reference!
Then Midnight decided to let them withdraw... Due to her tastes.
Later it was decided that two others from Tetsutetsu's team would move up, and that ended up being Tetsutetsu— God what's up with that tongue twister of a name— and Shiozaki.
Then finally, finally, the bracket is decided.
Shinsou vs Midoriya
Todoroki vs Sero
Shiozaki vs Kaminari
Iida vs Ashido
Kimura vs Aoyama
Tokoyami vs Yaoyorozu
Tetsutetsu vs Kirishima
Uraraka vs Bakugou
Wait a sec.
Tetsutetsu vs Kirishima?! What the heck?!
"Merci! Too bad you got me as your opponent!" Aoyama patted her shoulder, and Akemi turned around before shaking her fist in front of him, charging it with golden light and electricity.
"Nah. I'm glad." She grinned, "laser is energy too, right?"
Aoyama trembled and her grin widened.
I'm gonna enjoy this.
Then Toru calls her to the side, and she leapt with glee.
"Let's do this!"
"Hey guys! Are you ready?!"
The crowd cheered, and so did Hibiki. She grinned as she noticed who's gonna be in the first round, ah~ Izu-chan won't know what hit him! Hito-chan please win!
