Adventure 10
Following a lapse of five minutes, All Might summons the group-2 members.
The said people enter the stage and take their positions awaiting the signal.
"START"
WHISTLE
The minute the whistle is blown a large chunk of ice materialized out of thin air freezing Asui, Hagakure, Sato, and Shouji instantly.
There was no time to react and even if they did, there was nothing they could do to prevent it.
"Man, Talk about over-power" Kirishima and the rest watch in awe.
Todoroki makes his way to the centre and melts the ice leaving only their iced bodies which he easily pushes out of bounds.
WHISTLE
"Todoroki... wins the group-2" All Might announces, a bit taken aback by the outrageous display.
"That was way over the top, Todoroki"
"You are the best."
"Showing no mercy from the beginning, huh"
His classmates praise him while he proceeds to use fire, freeing his friends.
Since there was practically no damage, the next group is called on immediately.
"START"
WHISTLE
"HOWITZER IMPACT"
"AAAAAAAAAA"
As soon as the whistle is blown Bakugo propels himself into the air in a circular motion and hits the ground violently with a big impact, which is large enough to push Sero, Jiruo, and Koji straight out of the stage.
"Sero, Jiruo and Koji are eliminated."
"That hurt"
"Bakugo is really merciless."
Sero and Jiruo can only complain in the overwhelming face of power.
Bakugo always strived for the top. So when he witnessed Todoroki finishing his job easily, Bakugo wanted to show he is better. But sadly, he had a troublesome one as his opponent.
As the dust settles, Momo arises behind a shield she created to block the heat and the ground from hitting her, ropes connecting herself to the surrounding ground to nullify the effects of the explosion.
"Well done, Momo" applause pour from the audience as she defends a ferocious attack.
"That is very exceptional thinking from Momo." Midoriya starts taking down notes. But quickly starts shivering in fear "If Kacchan's attack is blocked or countered, it flips his switch sending him into...into...kill on sight mode."
She looks towards Bakugo, only for her fear to come true.
"You..." he tends towards Momo in rage. His eyes become red and body overflowing with killing intent.
Everyone viewing this felt shivers down their spine. They could only think of how dreadful it is for Momo.
He walks towards Momo taking heavy and hard steps with each step creating a disturbance in Momo's heart.
Aizawa brings up his guard, ready to take action and the students in confusion, whether to stop the fight or stay silent. But finally, they started shouting at him.
"Bakugo don't go overboard."
"Control yourself"
"Calm down"
But none of it seems to work. Since they can't intervene they continue to shout.
By then Bakugo arrived in front of Momo with a mere gap of three feet. Momo sets the shield she built earlier in between them as a barrier covering her pale face shuddering in fear.
But this only added fuel to fire.
"You think that can stop me" he yells in anger as he jumps into the air, forming an arc before transferring behind Momo.
"AP SHOT" he presents his killer move. Because of concentrating the entire power at one point, the attack can even penetrate through solid concrete.
The instant Momo turned towards him, he prepared to launch.
"DIE"
"KACCHAN"
The second he released the attack, he heard Midoriya's voice. None of the others calls reached him. Unknowingly he remembered Midoriya getting hurt during his childhood and during their first fight. This triggered a switch in his brain which made him subconsciously retract his shot thereby reducing the intensity.
Momo takes this opening and blocks it with the shield. But that force is still lethal enough. It was sufficient to send Momo flying out of bounds.
"Momo is eliminated"
WHISTLE
"Bakugo wins in the group-3" All Might declares, while still in confusion why Bakugo backed down at the final moment.
"Thank god"
"He scared us for a moment there"
Everyone assumed he stopped on his own accord. This is because no one could differentiate Midoriya's voice in between everyone's.
Midoriya gasped in relief thinking the same as everyone but if only she knew.
Bakugo gazed at his hands in shock over what he did. He didn't understand what this feeling he for her is, buried deep inside him.
He silently stepped away from the limelight and sat down quietly which is very much unlike him. So it sparked a question in everyone's mind. But no one dared to question him since this is a new angle and who knows what he might do. So they chose to leave him alone for the time being.
In the meantime, the next match kicked off.
"START"
WHISTLE
Times after the whistle is blown, there is still no movement made by anyone. The air is overflowing with tension as they look nervously at each other.
Unable to bear the silence, the anxious ones make their move.
Mina and Uraraka hasten towards Ojiro while Kirishima takes on Tokoyami.
Both the gals look at each other and nod, signalling their temporary truce. Mina rushes forth with Uraraka in the rear.
Mina attempts to obtain touch with Ojiro so that she can use an acid which can paralyze others. But he seemingly realizing this, evades it by leaping through the air. In mid-air, right above Mina, he swings his tail at her.
"Take this"
But how can Mina who is highly mobile and reflexive get hit? She avoids it skillfully from underneath it and draws back. Ojiro lands some distance away from her while drifting using his tail.
TAP
Just then, he suddenly feels someone pat him on the back and turns behind quickly. As he turns, his face whitens seeing Uraraka. This means that damage has been done. He could only sigh in regret.
He senses his body turned weightless as he starts floating in the air. The instant he lifts from the ground, Mina advances from behind, grasping his tail, she starts wheeling him.
"WOW, this is fun" Mina's smile broadens as she enjoys this.
But the said one starts feeling nauseous "Hey, you think this is fun. Release me" he holds his mouth with his hands.
"Okay," Since there is sufficient moment, Mina releases him sending him sailing.
"Release" Uraraka deactivates her quirk, sending him straight into the ground.
"Ojiro is eliminated"
"Yay. It worked" Uraraka and Mina clap hands
That's when it struck in Ojiro's mind. This was all pre-planned. Since they were the last ones, they had more time for preparations. Taking this chance Uraraka and Mina formed an agreement that after eliminating others both of them will fight against each other. So they devised strategies to take down others.
Ojiro could only smile, for he believed this is a fight where they should watch their back and everyone is an enemy. At first, he felt muddled thinking of teaming up. But he failed to understand, there is no rule mentioning that is wrong.
Getting back to Kirishima and Tokoyami, the match turned out to be a battle of endurance.
At first, it began with Kirishima charging with firm fists and Tokoyami barring it using DARK SHADOW and as it went on the DARK SHADOW shifted to offence with Kirishima defending it.
"AAAAAAAA" Kirishima exchanges fists with DARK SHADOW.
"DARK SHADOW" Tokoyami proceeds to command his dweller.
"Who do you think will win?" Hagakure questions the other girls.
"Well...I think it would be Tokoyami" Midoriya voices her opinion.
"Yes," Momo nods in approval " Tokoyami has a huge advantage, he isn't moving much with DARK SHADOW accomplishing all work whereas Kirishima is constantly moving around and on top of it, he has it hard to move in the hardened form."
Their judgments come true as Kirishima starts displaying sluggish movements. Taking advantage, Tokoyami drives him into a corner and deals the final blow, sending him crashing into the ground.
"Kirishima is eliminated"
Tokoyami turns behind, only to face against an unknown gas covering the stage. Although he isn't the brightest one, he could perceive at a glance that this is the work of Mina, presumably to mislead him.
He looks around, seeking to find any signs of actions just to be blinded by the gas. As he walks within it, he starts hearing sounds of footsteps.
"There are nearby. Probably planning for a surprise attack." Tokoyami tries to think of methods to get relieved of the gas deceiving him.
A concept strikes his mind as he leads his DARK SHADOW to whirl around him. His plan is simple, just clear the air using wind created by his dweller to get a clear glimpse.
Soon enough the gas starts to diffuse as he gets a genuine view. He still keeps a check around him as they will act now or never. And he is right as he sees a silhouette comparable to Mina's approaching him. He stops DARK SHADOW and rushes it toward her.
But unfortunately, he failed to realize this is their plan and fell right into the trap.
"Now" Mina shouts making Tokoyami look around him.
TAP
Uraraka comes crawling and taps his foot. He was still looking around but didn't get the insight to look below.
As Uraraka activates her quirk, Tokoyami starts floating and Mina grabs his leg and turns him round and round before releasing him.
"Well done" Midoriya praised their well- designed planning.
"Good thinking" The others stared in admiration.
"YAY" both of them smile as their plan succeeds.
But it is too soon to celebrate. Tokoyami isn't the one to go down without a fight. As he is sent flying across the stage, he summons his partner.
"DARK SHADOW"
The resident of darkness stretches itself and grabs Mina and Uraraka and flings them out.
"AAAAAAAAA" They shriek in surprise as they are tossed on the ground along with Tokoyami.
"Woah! That's super move"
"They let their guard down"
"By the way who is the victor?"
Everyone look at All Might awaiting the result.
"Uraraka and Mina are eliminated just before Tokoyami hit the ground." All Might details.
WHISTLE
"The winner of group-4 is Tokoyami"
"Damn, we were so close" Mina expresses her regret.
"We almost had it" Uraraka sighs.
"Don't fret. That is a great match." All Might consoles them.
"Well, now that all the preliminaries are done. We will start the final after a break." Aizawa informs them before going back to sleep.
"Midoriya, Bakugo, Todoroki and Tokoyami, you should rest up. This match won't be easy." All Might gives his piece of advice. But he is interrupted.
"I withdraw from this."