A/N: HECK YEAH TWO UPDATES IN ONE NIGHT!

Second one-on-one battle is here! If I'm being honest, I really don't think I'm that good at writing fights... My writing comes off as repetitive to me...

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Hitomi stood across the stage from Tokoyami as Present Mic started his countdown.

"START!"

Immediately Tokoyami called out the dark creature living inside him, the shadow lunging for Hitomi.

All she got to see of Tokoyami's quirk was during the battle training and glimpses of it during the cavalry battle, so she decided to stay cautious.

The bluenette launched some force fields at Dark Shadow, but it simply dodged her attacks.

It was fast approaching her, leading Hitomi to put up a force field in front of her right as the shadow hit her barrier.

She pushed the wall forward, pushing the shadow back as she ran towards Tokoyami.

I shouldn't make the same mistake I did with Ashido by staying near the edge.

Tokoyami's quirk tried to attack Hitomi again, causing the girl to stop and protect herself.

Dark Shadow continued its relentless attacks, leaving Hitomi no room to move forward.

Tokoyami's trying to keep his distance.

Dark Shadow swung at her again, this time with enough force it pushed her back near the edge of the ring.

Damn it.

Uraraka was in the stands, watching Hitomi struggle against Tokoyami. It had been several minutes already, and neither party had managed to bring the other any closer to losing, leaving the two at an impasse.

"Come on, Hitomi-chan…"

A few rows behind her Mina was yelling. "SHOW HIM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF, HITOMI-CHAN!"

Uraraka clenched her fists in worry as Hitomi fell to the ground from a hit from Dark Shadow.

Figure out his weakness, Hitomi!

Tokoyami hardly gave her any time to get back up as Dark Shadow's fists hit Hitomi's force field.

So this is what Yaoyorozu was up against…

Present Mic was getting enthusiastic over his commentary. "It looks like Kanetsukabe's struggling against Tokoyami! Is his quirk tooooo strong?!"

Hitomi enclosed the force field she had made around herself into a dome before expanding it, trying to put some distance between her and Dark Shadow.

I'm going to have to try and fight him head on!

The bluenette charged at Tokoyami again, throwing as many force fields as she could at him and Dark Shadow.

"And now it looks like Kanetsukabe's trying to turn this into a close combat battle!"

Dark Shadow dodged each of them, but as she was running towards the boy she noticed the shadow creature covered its eyes, as if quivering back, whenever her force fields flew past.

Dark…

Of course!

Hitomi wanted to facepalm herself for not noticing sooner.

His quirk is literally called Dark Shadow; it only makes sense!

She stopped in the middle of the ring, leading Tokoyami to send Dark Shadow barreling towards her again.

Hitomi put up another wall, feeling the vibrations from Dark Shadow's hit.

Now!

Hitomi concentrated on condensing the barrier, the force field growing hot as she drew in more plasma. She winced as she felt her hands heat up rapidly.

"Eh? I don't know what Kanetsukabe's doing, but it looks like her force field is getting brighter!"

She could see Tokoyami's eyes widen before her force field gave off a blinding flash, hearing Dark Shadow cry out in pain.

There's my opening!

Hitomi took her chance to run past Dark Shadow, running towards Tokoyami as she formed a large wall. She threw the barrier at him, pushing him away past the boundary line.

"She used that as a distraction to push Tokoyami out!"

Midnight raised her arm in Hitomi's direction of the ring. "Tokoyami is out of bounds, Kanetsukabe moves on to the next round!"

The crowd cheered as Hitomi panted, cradling her hands from the hotter-than-usual force field she'd made.

Tokoyami took a few moments to gain his bearings, picking himself up from the floor as Dark Shadow retreated. He was looking at her before he turned towards the stairs. "You… figured me out, didn't you?"

Hitomi was rubbing her palms tenderly as she replied. "Ah, yeah… but I kinda hurt my hands in the process; I overdid it this time…"

Tokoyami had a slight smile as he was walking down the stairs.

"It was a good fight."

Hitomi made a stop by Recovery Girl's office to fix up the first-degree burns on her palms before heading back to the 1-A stands.

On her way there, she saw Midoriya and Iida standing at the terrace at the end of the hallway. She stopped beside them to watch the fight between Kirishima and Bakugou.

"Great job on your match, Kanetsukabe-kun!" Iida said.

Midoriya sighed. "I'm sorry I didn't get to see it…"

"Oh, don't worry Midoriya, it's fine!" Hitomi held up her hands to try to reassure him, before Iida and Midoriya noticed the bandages on her palms.

"What's that?!"

"Hm…? Oh… it's nothing to worry about. My hands are fine, seriously."

"But what happened?" Iida asked.

"Well, that really bright force field I made… I don't know if you could hear me during my fight with Ashido, but my quirk superheats the air and uses plasma for my force fields. That one I used to weaken Dark Shadow condensed a lot of plasma, making it really hot, and I was already kinda overdoing it from all the small force fields I was making along my arms anyway…

But it's fine! Recovery Girl healed me up, and she just put some aloe vera on my hands to make sure they're okay by my next match…"

Midoriya leaned on the railing as he turned back to watch the current fight. "Ahh, I wish I was able to write right now. I wasn't sure how exactly your quirk worked yet, and I could've written it down in my notebook…"

"Eh?!"

Iida waved Hitomi off as he explained to her, "He's written down and analyzed the quirks of all his favorite pros and everyone in our class so far. It's quite impressive, you should see it sometime!"

The three turned back to the fight when they heard Bakugou yelling.

The boy started setting off rapid explosions at Kirishima, making Hitomi lean over the railing in worry for her friend.

Come on, Kirishima…

She wanted him to win. Not just because she wanted Kirishima to succeed, but because… she would much rather fight him than fight…

"NOW DIE!"

Bakugou set off one last explosion, throwing Kirishima back.

Hitomi could see Kirishima's face contorted in pain, various scratches and slight burns on his face.

As the smoke cleared, she saw his body fall to the ground.

"Kirishima is immobilized!" Midnight said. "Bakugou wins!"

The crowd cheered as Present Mic announced Bakugou would be moving on to the third round.

"And that completes our final four!"

Hitomi felt her stomach drop.

She'd be fighting Bakugou next.

A/N: The next one-on-one battle is ... next chapter! Lemme tell you, next chapter I will put in SO MUCH effort into those drawings, because I'm super excited for it. Hopefully I'll be able to draw them up tomorrow!