"…AND WE"RE BACK!" Present Mic announced after the short break. "IT'S TIME FOR A BATTLE WITH CLASS 1-A'S REPRESENTATIVE, TENYA IIDA AKA INGENIUM!"
Tenya was now in his hero outfit, which was a full body white armor set that seemed to have a car motif about it.
"His opponent will be the student teacher and Oogway's star pupil, Shifu!" Kai announced.
"I wish you the best of luck," Shifu said, giving a bow to his opponent.
All Might gave a short laugh as Tenya returned the bow to his adversary. "It's good to see two rivals showing respect for each other! Now then, are you ready? BEGIN!"
Shifu barely had time to dodge when Tenya rocketed forward to deliver a flying kick attack. The red panda jumped over the jackal and landed with practiced grace but had to duck when his opponent turned around to deliver another kick.
"You seem to have a speed-based power," Shifu noted.
"Yes, my Engine Quirk allows me to move faster than a normal person," Tenya replied, going in for another attack. Behind his mask, the jackal's eyes went wide as Shifu used his time powers to bring the fight down to a normal speed, allowing the red panda to land the first hits of the match. "It appears that I'm not the only one with powers, however."
Shifu nodded. "While not a superpower as your Quirk, my Time Chi does even the playing field."
The fight turned into a blur soon enough, as while Tenya and Shifu were moving at normal speed to them, everyone else saw it as a lighting fast battle, only catching glimpses when they had to slow down.
"It looks like Tenya is going all out," Izuku said, taking notes on the battle as it went on.
Toka looked over the owl's shoulder to see what he was writing. "You take notes on heroes? My friend Neyo does something similar to that."
Back at the fight, Tenya stopped for a moment to catch his breath. "Clearly our battle is getting nowhere," the jackal said. His eyes harden with determination. "Time to give it everything I've got. Recipro Burst!"
Shifu got ready to slow time again, but was blindsided by a kick to the face, sending the red panda across the arena. 'He's moving too fast, even for my time powers,' Shifu thought. 'If I don't end this now, I won't last long.' Getting up, Shifu closed his eyes as Tenya came at him for another attack, he jumped out the way, giving the jackal no time to stop his momentum from carrying Tenya out of the arena.
"AND LOOK AT THAT!" Present Mic exclaimed. "Shifu used Engenium's Quirk against him!"
"I… I lost," Tenya said in shock. He turned around quickly and faced Shifu, taking off his helmet as he did so. "You were able to outsmart me, and for that you have my respect."
"You did good as well," Shifu said, giving a bow. "May the both of us lead our classes well."
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"UP NEXT, THE HALF-HOT HALF-COLD HERO, SHOTO!" Present Mic announced. Shoto's hero outfit was basically a blue jumpsuit with a belt, combat vest, and boots.
"And the student with a wild side, Hyung!" Kai announced, his co-host's enthusiasm starting to rub off on him.
"This is going to be interesting," Tenya noted. "Shoto is one of the most powerful students in out class, even if he only uses his ice side."
"Hyung is no pushover either," Karasu said. "His animal spirit is insanely strong if he doesn't reign it in."
"Are the combatants ready?" All Might asked. Both Shoto and Hyung just nodded. "All right then. Let the battle, BEGIN!"
Shoto started by thrusting his right hand onto the ground, making the floor freeze over with ice. Hyung barely had time to jump up and dodge the freezing wave. Using his power, the maned wolf coated his feet in black shadow energy, allowing him a way to grip the ice.
"Hm, his power seems very similar to mine," Fumikage said.
Karasu smiled. "It also looks like Hyung has really gotten a handle on his powers."
Leaping forward to attack, Hyung punched through Shoto's ice shield, pushing the peacock back as they engaged in close quarters. The maned wolf's wild spirit cut through Shoto's ice like hot butter, giving the audience quite a show as their powers clashed.
"You know, I heard from some of the other students that you didn't have the best upbringing," Hyung said as he dodged an icy punch. "I don't mean to pry, but I just want to say that I can relate to that. My family was committed to staying in our home to deal with our curse, but I decided to go out into the world to try and solve the problem instead of doing nothing about it." Coating his arms in shadow energy, he pushed Shoto back to the edge of the arena. "I realize now that I can't get rid of the curse, but I sure as hell can use it to help others."
Giving a shout of power, Hyung became incased in his wild spirit, coating his body in shadows as his eyes glowed red.
"Well then, it's time I go all out as well," Shoto said. He let his powers go full force as the left side of his body became covered in flames as his right side was coated in ice.
The two combatants met in the middle of the arena, causing an explosion of shadow, fire, and ice that rocked the arena and made everyone else duck for cover. As the dust settled, Shoto and Hyung stood facing away from each other, neither wanting to back down…
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"AND SHOTO IS THE WINNER!" Present Mic announced, the crowd going wild from the battle they had just witnessed.
"You did well, young man," All Might said.
"It doesn't matter if I lost," Hyung breathed out. "All the matters is that I overcame my fear of my powers."
Meanwhile, some of the villains were looking concerned.
"Hyung will need to be taken care of if our plan is to work," Su Wu said. "Sisters, I trust that you can do this for me?"
"Yes Su," Wan and Wing replied, running off to deal with their problem.
Author's Note
And another round of fights has been completed! The villains continue to plan in the background as well, but that's not important at the moment.
Next time, a battle between birds commences, along with a duel to see what it truly means to go beyond!
