Toru and Sero narrowly defeated Ashido and Aoyama as the sun drooped lower in the sky. Unfortunately for all the class, the heat still remained. They were more than halfway through their match-ups now and Uraraka started to feel a pang in her gut as the class moved on to the next match.

'Oh man, oh man, oh man! Bakugo and I are next and we have no game plan!' Uraraka was not only sweating from the sun, but also from stress.

Aizawa led the class toward the lake and pointed out at the water. "This is where team Bakugo and Uraraka will face team Midoriya and Yaoyorozu."

Uraraka stared out at the lazy waves, "We're battling on the water?" The words weren't directed at any specific person but she still hoped for an answer. Aizawa wasn't kidding when he said the landscapes wouldn't be particularly useful for our quirks. She tried to shake her worried thoughts out of her head.

"Good luck, Uraraka!" Midoriya smiled from his spot beside her. "I'll see you out there, okay?"

Uraraka laughed airily, "Y-you too, Deku!" She turned around wildly to see Bakugo already heading to their starting post on the south shore. "Wait up, Bakugo!" She breathed frantically and chased after the hot-heat.

Midoriya hovered for a moment as a mild concern for his friend washed over his face. This was going to be a long and tough fight, he was sure of that much.

Bakugo didn't slow his pace as he began hyping himself up for the fight. 'I'm going to trash that fuckin' Deku and that nuthead Youyor-whatever-the-fuck-her-name-is. I'll send them both back home in wheelchairs tonight.'

"Bakugo!" Uraraka pleaded with her teammate. "We need a plan!"

"Fuck off!" Bakugo spat back to her. "I got this."

Uraraka scrunched her face up, "Stop this, Bakugo! We won't win if we don't work together."

"What did I just fuckin' say?!" Bakugo flexed his shoulders in frustration. "I don't like to repeat myself!"

Uraraka angrily fired back, "Fine! If you want to act like a jerk, then you can lose like a jerk!"

Bakugo blocked her out completely as they arrived at their starting posts. He clenched his fists as he stared down Deku and Yaoyorozu menacingly across the water. His eyes blazed with the spirit of the competition. 'Get ready to die, Deku. I'm coming for payback this time.'

"Fourth match… BEGIN!" Present Mic's voice thundered over the waves.

Just as the time started, Bakugo sprung off the ground propelling himself with his explosions. The water splashed up wildly as he rocketed toward his rivals. "Here I come!" His voice was laced with vengeance and passion.

Deku immediately reacted, firing himself off into Bakugo's direction to counter attack. Yaoyorozu instantly began utilizing her creation quirk on the shore, quickly creating a blow-up boat and a tool for Midoriya.

Uraraka stood frozen for a few moments, contemplating her first move. Without the support of her teammate, she wasn't sure what her plan was.

"SMAAAASH!" Midoriya hollered as he came into contact with Bakugo, who was equally ready.

"DIE!" Bakugo howled and fired off one of his heavily loaded explosions in Midoriya's direction.

Both boys were thrown back by the impacts of the other's attack. Bakugo pummelled into the water, mirroring Midoriya.

"Bakugo!" Uraraka called worriedly, activating her quirk on herself and gunning for her teammate.

"Midoriya!" Yaoyorozu also called out to her teammate as she loaded herself onto her boat and started toward her teammate. "I finished your support gear!"

"Thanks Yao-momo!" Midoriya replied as he swam to meet her halfway from the shore.

Uraraka moved herself as quickly as she could toward her teammate, "Bakugo, let me use my quirk on you! I can keep you up while you fight Deku!"

Bakugo threw her the dirtiest look he could muster, his eyes burning with fury. "Fuck off, air-brain! Leave me the hell alone!"

Uraraka's voice caught in her throat. "I want to win, Bakugo! Don't you?!"

Just as her teammate was about to reply, their attention was deterred to see Midoriya leaving the water with a jetpack on his back. He circled around in the air for a moment, getting used to the new tech. "Thanks for this!" He smiled at his teammate.

"You get Bakugo's flag and I'll go for Uraraka!"

"That shit-face isn't getting anywhere near me!" Bakugo barked ferociously.

"Bakugo-" Uraraka started but was cut off.

"Zip it!" Bakugo spat at her. "I don't need your help!"

Uraraka felt a spark of determination and courage in her gut, "No! You shut up! I'm not losing today, so you're just going to have to buck up and put up with me!" She reached her hands out and grabbed Bakugo by the shoulders, activating her quirk.

As they rose out of the water, Uraraka recited a short plan. "I'll keep you up so you'll have to use your explosions to go anywhere from here. I'll go take on Yaoyorozu, but you'll have to be fast taking care of Deku because I can't hold my quirk for the rest of the time in the match."

"Whatever!" Bakugo snarled, "Fuckin' get down there and fight then!"

Uraraka eyed Yaoyorozu on the boat across the water and Midoriya hovering in the air. She contemplated how she'd get to Yaoyorozu and take her down, but as she tried to organize her jumbled mind, Midoriya hurtled himself toward them, gearing up for another attack.

"I don't know how I can get down to her without her hitting me with an attack!" Uraraka cried suddenly.

"No time to talk!" Bakugo jeered and grabbed her by one of her wrists, which were hovering above his shoulders. He yanked her roughly to face her back toward him. "Get ready!"

"Get ready?!" Uraraka squeaked out before realizing his intentions. "Bakugo, no!"

"Too late!" Bakugo bellowed and hurled her down toward the water with the force of an explosion. She rocketed at a near break-neck speed toward Yaoyorozu, screaming horrified the entire way down.

"How am I supposed to land?!"

Yaoyorozu's expression was unmatched while she watched unbelievably as the blur of chocolate hair come barrelling toward her. "What in the world?!" She cranked the rudder of the boat and steered it out of Uraraka's way in the nick of time.

The brunette hit the water with a force that made the black-haired recommend student wince and worry about her opponent's well being.

Midoriya watched in equal horror as his friend and opponent was fired toward his teammate indiscriminately and completely unprepared. He didn't have time to think as he came up on Bakugo, "What was that?!" Midoriya shouted, concern mixed into his tone. "You'll pay for that, Kacchan!"

Bakugo balanced himself in the air and smiled eerily at Midoriya, "You ready to die, Deku?!" His palms sparked and warmed up for another attack. He planned on doing more than take Midoriya's flag. He planned to completely annihilate his childhood classmate.

Midoriya reached Bakugo just as Bakugo fired off an attack aimed for his face. "SMASH!" His electrified fist met the heat of Bakugo's flames. He could smell his hair singe as he pushed through the blonde's attack, hoping to land his hit. His fist reached it's target, landing a partial hit on Bakugo's shoulder, blowing the blonde back a decent amount. Midoriya gassed his jetpack again, hoping to snag Bakugo's flag while he was disoriented.

Bakugo stopped his tumble through the air with a series of controlled explosions, sending himself back toward Midoriya. "That all you got, Deku?! My grandma hits harder than that!"

"And yet you threw Uraraka down like a madman!" Midoriya fired back, maintaining his determination against the blonde explosive.

Bakugo sneered at Midoriya before replying cooly, "You need to quit thinking that girl isn't tough as nails, Deku!" Bakugo sparked his hands, getting ready to fire off another attack against the One-for-all user. "You better stop thinking about her and start taking this fight more seriously!"

Uraraka finally resurfaced, gasping manically for air. 'What the crap, Bakugo?!" She took a moment to breath before seeing Yaoyorozu's stunned expression only a few feet away. 'Right, I need to take down Yaoyorozu and we can win!'

Uraraka forcefully lifted herself from the water with the aid of her quirk. To her surprise she noticed that the use of her quirk on Bakugo was already starting to slow her down a little. She floated easily toward the boat in time to see Yaoyorozu's expression turn from surprised to determined.

"Come to get a piece, Uraraka?" She taunted the brunette, her creation quirk began to mold something for her.

"You know it!" Uraraka fired back defiantly. "Surrender now or regret it later!"

Yaoyorozu laughed trivially, "I will do no such thing."

Uraraka smirked as she reached the boat and plopped down on it across from Yaoyorozu, the space between them becoming much more limited. The boat rocked with the new weight, "I guess you want to do things the hard way, then?"

"Damn straight," Yaoyorozu gritted her teeth as she finished her creation. A new weapon, a thin but sturdy wooden stick. She twirled it in her hands as she took a defensive pose. "Are you sure you want to take me on, Uraraka?"

Uraraka met Yaoyorozu's fierce gaze, "You bet I do."

The girls both shouted cries of war as they lunged at each other. Yaoyorozu immediately attacked with her weapon, swinging it toward Uraraka's side with the entire strength of her arm. The stick sickeningly slapped against Uraraka's forearm as she was barely able to block the attack in time. Before Uraraka could land a hit in response though, Yaoyorozu was already sailing over her, landing on the opposite side of the boat from where she started.

"Fast," Yaoyorozu held the stick in front of her, parallel to her face, "But not fast enough."

"We'll see about that!" Uraraka lobbed back as she held her fists in front of her face in an american boxing form. 'I've got to protect my head. If I get knocked out, then I won't be able to use my quirk on Bakugo anymore. If that happens, then we're definitely screwed! I must beat Yaoyorozu. If I do, then maybe Bakugo will restore his confidence in me.'

"Don't make me laugh, Uraraka!" Yaoyorozu smiled. "Your quirk is useless against me if you have to get in close enough to grab my flag." She displayed the flag openly in front of Uraraka. The presentation was almost insulting to the brunette.

Uraraka discarded the last comment and made her move. She rushed Yaoyorozu, effectively throwing the boat off balance. Uraraka used her quirk on herself in the blink of an eye and lifted herself off the boat, sending it rocking wildly under Yaoyorozu's feet.

"Whoa!" Yaoyorozu's tone was surprised and unprepared as she fought the boat for balance.

'Now's my chance!' Uraraka reached pleadingly for Yaoyorozu's blue flag, begging her fingers to make contact. A sound of sheer determination escaped her lips as she lunged for her target.

Yaoyorozu knew in a split second that she'd have to sacrifice her balance for her flag's protection. She swatted Uraraka's hand blindly and stumbled to the floor of the boat, amazed that she wasn't thrown overboard. The flag grazed Uraraka's fingertips, but remained barely out of her reach.

'Crap!' Uraraka mentally berated herself for a moment before circling around in the air. She glanced up for a split second to check on Bakugo's progress but only saw clouds of smoke and heard the sonic booms of his explosions. He was getting awfully heavy for her quirk to hold up.

Midoriya rushed Bakugo again and again, bearing the brunt of Bakugo's explosive onslaught of attacks. All he had to do was confiscate Bakugo's flag and he was sure they could win. He dared a look down to check on Yaoyorozu and was surprised to see his teammate struggling against Uraraka's hand-to-hand combat. He contemplated how wise he'd be to bring his fight down to her level.

"Pay attention, Deku!" Bakugo roared, only a few feet away from Midoriya. He fired off another violent attack in Midoriya's direction.

Midoriya cursed himself for getting distracted as he was blown back by Bakugo's frenzied discharge. He noticed that his jetpack was beginning to whine in their struggle. It wasn't going to take much more before the support item would be rendered useless. They had risen up a few hundred more feet during the heat of his battle against the prideful hot-head. The realization dawned on him that he had to take care of the blonde now or suffer a dreadfully long fall to the lake's surface.

"You afraid or somethin'?!" Bakugo cackled devilishly, springing to meet his opponent once more. "Or is your backpack finally succumbing to my explosions?!"

Midoriya gritted his teeth determinedly, "I won't lose to you, Kacchan!" He fired up the jetpack to full power and gunned it for his former childhood friend. "ONE FOR ALL!"

Bakugo fired off an enormously explosive counter attack in an attempt to keep Midoriya's attack at bay, but was shocked to see the now blackened Midoriya haphazardly forcing his way through his flames. Bakugo barely had the time to dodge, but felt his flag being pulled from his waist. He reached for it, but Midoriya was already long gone by then.

"You fuckin' prick!" Bakugo roared, the anger in his voice boiling over. "I'll fuckin' KILL YOU!" He fired up his explosive rockets and began a hot pursuit of Midoriya, pushing the limits of his explosive quirk as he rocketed after his opponent and new mortal enemy. He followed after Midoriya feverishly as they descended at an alarming speed toward their teammates on the boat.

Back on the water, Uraraka was gasping in exasperation as her duel with her bunkmate continued to no avail. The stress of holding Bakugo in the air was beginning to slow her down significantly.

Yaoyorozu suddenly laughed happily, "Looks like Midoriya got the better of Bakugo!"

Uraraka swung her head around to see Deku attempting to outrun her teammate, a red flag in his hands. 'This is starting to get bad. There can't be much time left… Maybe two minutes or so? I have to get Yaoyorozu's flag now or we're going to lose!' She quickly racked her brain for options but only one stood out. 'I'm sorry, Bakugo. I hope you understand!' Uraraka pressed her fingers together quickly and regretfully slammed her eyes closed. "Release!"

"What the FUCK?!" Was the last thing she heard Bakugo screech before she sprang into action, rejuvenated by the alleviation of her quirk's use. Before Yaoyorozu had time to react, Uraraka tackled her opponent, sending them both into the chilly water. They struggled in the waves, but Uraraka refused to give up now. The flag was in her sight and within her reach! Just as she reached for it, the two battling boys hurtled in on their position and crash landed into the water beside them, destroying the boat with sheer force and sending the two girls reeling in the water. The waves battered them, trying to swallow them up, as they both fought for air while battling each other off.

"TIME IS UP!"

The entire class was on their feet, completely engaged in the so far unknown results of the match. They manically whispered to one another, trying to pin down the winners.

"Another photo finish! It looks like Team Midoriya-" Present Mic suddenly cut himself off. "Wait, what's this?! Hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen! It looks like we have an upset!"

Uraraka threw her arm out of the water, clutching a blue flag over her head triumphantly.

"IT'S A TIE!" Present Mic boomed over the waves.

"Wha-What?!" Yaoyorozu cried as she felt around her waist for her flag. "How did you-?"

Uraraka smiled cheerily at her bunkmate, "I just got lucky, I guess!"

The entire class was stunned on the shoreline. The results were a shock that none of them expected.

"A tie?!" Kirishima bellowed.

"That really was a spectacle of a match!" Iida cheered supportively. "Both teams performed wonderfully!"

Mineta drooled absentmindedly, "Uraraka and Yaoyorozu really are some hot badasses."

Ashido gave the purple pervert an unmatched stink eye, "Okay, you're officially disgusting."

Jiro nodded in agreement, "You can say that again. I'm just really surprised at Uraraka. She almost kicked the crap out of Yaoyorozu and she was using her quirk for most of the match."

"She's tough and smokin'!" Kaminari agreed, his boyish charm failed to faze the two ladies. "Man, she really has come a long way since the sports festival!"

"Bakugo is going to be none-too-pleased," Todoroki muttered from his spot beside Tokoyami.

The dark shadow user nodded in agreement and watched as the blonde psycho swam angrily toward the shoreline, followed closely by his three classmates.

When they reached the shore, Uraraka joined her teammate and smiled at him cheerily. "Sorry that I had to let you fall, but I say that was a great match! Don't you think so, Bakugo?"

"Tch," Bakugo sneered and ignored her outstretched hand. "If it's not a win, then it's a loss."

Uraraka's face fell slightly, "Whatever floats your boat, then."

As Bakugo marched away in wet fury, the class happily surrounded Uraraka, but their praises fell on nearly deaf ears as she worriedly watched her now former teammate leave the shore. She absentmindedly thanked her classmates for their overwhelming compliments as questions filled her head. 'Why can't he just try to have fun like the rest of us? Is he really that determined to win all the time?'

Midoriya walked up with Yaoyorozu following behind. "That was an awesome match, Uraraka. I can't believe how strong you've gotten!"

Uraraka was shaken from her thick thoughts, "Thanks Deku! I could say the same thing to you guys! I thought for sure you had us beat!"

Yaoyorozu took her place beside her bunkmate and leaned an elbow on Uraraka's head, "No way! I was having a super hard time holding you off, even while you were weighing yourself down with your quirk. You're pretty amazing, you know?"

Uraraka blushed at the compliment, "Thanks guys! That means a lot to me!"

Author's Note:

Phew! Here's a slightly longer chapter for you guys! Here's a quick shout out to UraVityeXploS'n for your super nice review! Thanks for that :)

I'll probably have another chapter up for you guys tomorrow :)

Thanks a bunch!

~NumberSixteen