He didn't react in time. Before he knew it, Akabayashi was already behind him.
"Cra-", he was cut off by a punch to the stomach.
Drake was blown away by the strong punch. He still couldn't teleport since he felt that she was still watching him. Akabayashi swiftly charged at him and he barely avoided her barrage of punches. He grabbed her hand, used the momentum against her, and pinned her to the ground.
But that was useless. She managed to get out by pure strength. Akabayashi punched him but he blocked. Pain surged through his arms.
This chick's got dangerous strength, he thought.
Before he could have time to recover from the attack, she landed a kick to his stomach. She jabbed but this time, Drake felt that time slowed down. Strength coursed through his body and he no longer felt pain. He dodged her attack and countered with a right hook. His attack worked.
He looked around and saw Kokoro singing with her eyes closed.
Nice one, Nanami!, Drake thought.
Now that his speed and strength were boosted, he had a chance. Akabayashi got up. Akabayashi Kemochi, Quirk: Frenzy Spirit! She gets into an enraged state in which her physical abilities are enhanced. The downside is that her intellect goes down and attacks her targets relentlessly.
No one was directly looking at him so he smiled. He teleported to the sky and…
"Skydive kick!", he shouted and landed a kick on her.
However…
"What?!"
His leg was caught by Akabayashi's hand. She slammed him to the ground. He was protected by Kokoro's Quirk so some of the damage was negated but he still felt intense pain. The ground where he was slammed into formed cracks. He should've passed out already.
"Smith!", Kokoro screamed.
When she heard the loud slam, she couldn't help but open her eyes. The sight of her classmate injured made tears run down her eyes but she still sang. She believed in him. He needed her help more than ever. She closed her eyes and sang even louder.
Akabayashi looked at Kokoro. Drake was alarmed. He couldn't bear the thought of having his teammate feel the pain of the redhead's punches. Since no one was looking at him, he teleported out of her grip and appeared in front of her.
"Take this!", he shouted and punched her.
Akabayashi was blown back a bit. Drake felt that Kokoro's support was getting weaker. Kokoro was already getting tired and her throat was reaching its limit. Drake knew that and so, he had to finish this quickly.
The redhead charged at him.
"Come at me!", Drake shouted.
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Kuroi Niriyama was fighting two students at once. His tentacles danced in the air as it attacked and defended him.
A girl with long black silky hair and red eyes were fighting him. She was standing upside down 10 meters above ground. The other one fighting was a boy with spiky brown hair and blue eyes. His body was muscular. Purple vines extended from his left arm and emitted orange electricity.
The girl was Kaiya Juryoku. Her Quirk was named More Than The Surface. It allows her to change her own plane of gravity which makes her very mobile. The boy was Jokaku Josu with a Quirk named Rippling Vines. He can shoot vines out of his arms and create burning electricity out of it.
But they were nothing against Kuroi. Jokaku's Quirk didn't have any effect on his tentacles and all they could do was restrain one of the four red tentacles. Kaiya couldn't even get near despite changing her plane of gravity many times.
"Kufufufu. How easy", Kuroi said.
"Don't underestimate us!", Jokaku shouted and shot off vines from his arm.
The orange electricity didn't deal much damage.
"Time to finish you off", Kuroi said.
One of the red tentacles hit Jokaku with enough force, he was sent flying.
"Josu!", Kaiya shouted.
"Worry about yourself", Kuroi told her.
One of the tentacles wrapped around her leg and spun her around. She became dizzy and he slammed her to the ground.
"Good night. Kufufufu", Kurooi laughed.
He took the flag and casually walked back to where his teammates were.
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Kai and Jacob were hiding. Good news: they finally found a flag. Bad news: strong opponents were guarding it. A boy with long red hair and violet eyes were standing in front of the flag. Beside him was a girl with indigo hair and blue eyes.
"What should we do?", Kai asked.
"I'm thinking", Jacob answered.
The field around the flag was filled with bubbles. It looked like the same bubbles a child would usually play. Except that when it pops, it explodes like a bomb. That was Shizuka Awa's Quirk, Dynamite Bubbles. Jacob and Kai learned it the hard way.
"Hey 1-A students! Are you going to keep on hiding like that?", Shizuka asked.
"Sorry mademoiselle but we need time to think", Kai replied.
"Hey. Can you clear a path for me?", Jacob asked as a spectral staff appeared.
"Got it"
Kai got out of his hiding spot and shot lasers from each of his fingers. The lasers hit some bubbles which caused them to explode. A chain reaction of explosions occurred.
I may not know the Quirk of the red-haired guy but I need to take the initiative. Saiga and Kido must be doing their best defending the flag right now, Jacob thought.
Jacob ran and then he saw that there were even more bubbles in front of him. Thinking quickly, he made a giant shield and charged through. He was near the flag when the red-haired boy walked in front of him. He faced his palm at Jacob.
"Move", the boy said.
He felt that there was invisible force pushing him away. Jacob flew all the way, passed Kai, and crashed into a pillar. More bubbles floated around and the boy shifted his attention on Kai.
He faced his hand at Kai and Kai felt an invisible force pulling him. Kai flew towards the boy but there were many bubbles blocking his way.
Oh crap!, he thought.
Explosions occurred and when Kai reached the boy's hands, he was badly injured.
Shinra Bansho, Quirk: Magnetic Pulse. He can push or pull anything he wants to. However, if the thing he pulls or pushes is too heavy, he will be the one who gets pulled or pushed.
Kai felt the invisible force pushing him away and he crashed into a pillar like Jacob.
It was then they heard the first winner.
"Team Nanami, Kiri, Gemu, and Smith are eliminated! Team Rantaro, Kemochi, Midnight and Kai advances to the final round!", Present Mic announced.
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"Sorry… Sorry… If only I could fight like you… If only I didn't have this fear of hurting someone…", Kokoro sobbed as she looked at Drake who was down on the floor.
He had a black eye. Bruises were all over his body and he had a few broken bones. She wanted to heal him but she couldn't. The limitation of her Quirk was that her target must hear her sing. If they don't, they wouldn't be affected. And Drake was passed out.
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Meanwhile, Nozomi was fighting a giant scorpion which was a transformed Daichi. Mitsuji was out of commission after receiving a hit from the mantis shrimp form of Daichi. Nozomi was all alone protecting their flag. Luckily, Mitsuji created earth domes with one of those hiding the flag inside.
It was still a tough fight since Nozomi had to avoid both the pincers and the stinger. And it didn't help that the scorpion looked freaky especially that it was human-sized.
She landed a blow on the scorpion but it didn't do anything. The tough exoskeleton proved too much for her. If Mitsuji was able to move and burn the scorpion, they would have an easy time.
"You're quite sad… being alone and all. Where's your teammates?", she asked.
Daichi didn't answer.
"Okay then", Nozomi said.
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"The redhead has a magnetic-like Quirk while the girl uses bubble bombs", Jacob analyzed calmly.
"Yeah. We experienced that first hand. The real problem is the redhead. We can handle a few explosions but the redhead can just push us away whenever we get near the flag", Kai said.
"I have an idea"
"What is it?"
"It'll make me really tired and we only got one shot at this. It's a gamble but we gotta take it"
Jacob told him his plan.
"You can do that?!", Kai asked.
"Yeah. But you have to do your part first", Jacob replied.
"Alright… I'm in"
Hey everyone! Here's a chapter of Rising of the New Heroes! And yeah… I read the reviews and saw that indeed, this fic has a lot of OCs. I'll be posting a Class Roster soon along with their Quirks and other important information. That's all. I hope you liked the chapter and leave a review!