Chapter 8: Akira & Sakura
Shizukesa ga shimikomu you de iki wo tometa gozen goji
(All Might stands triumphantly with light being shone upon him.)
Hijou kaidan de tsume wo kamu asu wa docchi da? THE DAY HAS COME
(Then, Star Saber appears behind him. All Might turns around to see him.)
(When the guitar solo goes in, it cuts to individual shots of the students of Class 1-C.)
Keshite akenai yoru mo furitsuzukete yamanai ame mo
(Class 1-A are having fun together, all walking together towards U.A.)
Kono roku demo nai sekai ni wa arunda yo
(Class 1-A then stops as they were faced with a group of students, Class 1-C, who were walking in from the other direction.)
Sukoshi mo hen de wa nai no madoromi ni ashi wo torareteru
(The background fades to white, leaving both classes in a white void.)
Anata wo semeteiru wake ja nainda yo
(Class 1-A looks on at Class 1-C, with Class 1-C doing the same at Class 1-A.)
Hitori kuusou ni asobu soko de omoi egaita koto made hajiru no kai?
(Daisuke steps forward slowly. He then flips out his DiEnd Blaster and fires off a shot. The screen flashes at he fires the shot.)
Karamiau meikyuu meikyuu soredemo yuku to iu no?
(Star Saber and Eraserhead look at each other and then down below, where Classes 1-A & 1-C were fighting.)
Chiisaki tabibito ga kanaderu hajimari no kane no ne
(Class 1-A just charges in with Bakugo taking the lead.)
Yukuate mo DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW hontou wa kowai'n ja nai no?
(Sakura jumps into air smiling, Akira puts his arms on fire, Takeru spits into XXR an XXL, Ryotarou slashes with his sword downward, Sento shakes his two Full-Bottles, Fumiko spins her tires on her arms, Jin lunges out like an animal with his arms out.)
Fumidasu sono ippo ippo ga kaete yukeru sa THE DAY HAS COME
(Daisuke stands up, and fires several blasts.)
(As the song ends, the other classmates pose: Miku poses with a baton in her hand with Kusaka holding his Kaixa Phone in Blaster mode; Rei and Ginko stand tall with their hands on their hips; Misao gets into a fighting position with Sora floating beside him; Hiromu twirls a small quill in his hands with Kuroto doing some kind of zombie pose beside him; Tsurugi looks back with his tail right next to his face and his back facing the screen with Shotaro rubbing his hands; Kasumi puts her blades across her face with Akaza towering behind her.)
(To finish off, the whole class picture with Star Saber.)
It was now Izuku and Uraraka's turn. They slowly walked out together. However, Uraraka seemed a bit tense.
"Uraraka?" Izuku asked. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Uraraka muttered as she looked up. "Oh… it's just…"
Izuku realized what was up. She was worried for both Kaminari and Jirou. They saw them on their way here, and saw how serious Kaminari's situation was. He was still unconscientious, with a bit of his vomit drooling down his chin. Jirou followed behind, resisting the urge to cry.
"I hope they're both okay." She admitted.
Izuku smiled, and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"They'll be fine." He said. "They're heroes."
Uraraka looked up at her partner, and then felt his warm hand on her shoulder. She smiled lightly, and pumped her fists.
"Right!" She smiled.
Izuku nodded, and quickly turned around. In his mind, a lot of things were going through his mind, as he had just touched Uraraka's shoulder. They walked on for a bit, but then they heard something. Izuku made a gesture that prompted Uraraka to stop as well.
"What is it?" She asked.
Izuku didn't reply, as he slowly approached the corner of a building. He peeked out, and saw something he never thought he would've even thought. He even made a sweat drop.
"Uraraka!" He called. "It's okay… I think."
Uraraka got puzzled as she slowly walked over to Izuku. Together, they walked out so that Uraraka could see what Izuku had seen.
There, in front of them, stood Akira, the Class 1-C student they had met just this morning. He was in costume, which consisted a short-sleeve black jacket with white stripes so his arms are exposed, black training pants and orange shoes, and a pair of orange sunglasses on his flame orange hair. But he didn't notice them. He seemed to be distracted by his partner.
His partner was a girl, dressed in yellow and black, like a bumblebee. She had midriff exposed, with her breastplate covering her chest. She was also wearing a skirt that only go to about halfway down her thigh, but she has black bicycle shorts underneath. She also had yellow shoes with black stocks that stop just below her knees. She also had some kind of devices on her wrists, and her top didn't have any sleeves.
Currently, she had her arms crossed and looking away, pouting. Akira was trying to get through to her.
"Sakura, please!" He asked, motioning his hands a bit. "Why do you have to be like that? Pourquoi*?"
Sakura turned around to face Akira. She was still pouting.
"Because!" She began. "You gave me a salted pretzel this morning!"
Uraraka and Izuku just watched on, sweat dropping.
"Well, that was all they had left at the bakery this morning!" Akira explained.
"And you should know that salt with honey makes me drowsy!" Sakura pouted back. "I slept through the first two classes because of you!"
Akira desperately tried to explain his reason for giving her a salted pretzel, but Sakura seemed to having none of it.
"Look, let's just get this over with, okay?" She replied. "You owe me dinner now!"
Then, in an instant, Sakura pumped her fists, extending out two needle-like stingers on her wrists. She then turned around, and noticed Uraraka and Izuku just standing there.
"Oh, hello!" She greeted with a smile.
Uraraka and Izuku also waved back awkwardly, but nonetheless waved.
"Alright then, let's get buzzing!" Sakura cheered.
She then suddenly darted forward, leaving behind a flustered Akira behind. She quickly grabbed Uraraka and, like she said, quickly buzzed away.
Izuku was left alone with Akira. He looked back at Akira, who was currently had his hands on his head.
"So…" He spoke carefully. "Are you okay?"
"Well, that's what you get for a relationship, Midoriya!" Akira replied. "She is very difficult sometimes!"
Izuku sweat-dropped, not knowing how to respond. Truthfully, Akira is the first one he met that is in a relationship.
"But, with that said." Akira then smiled, putting on his sunglasses. "Dansons*!"
He made two fists with his hands, and his entire lower arm turned into flames. He quickly twirled them around, and then, gathering the hands together, he fired a vortex of flames at Izuku. Izuku squealed, and quickly dodged, taking cover behind a nearby building wall.
Akira Jason Kageyama-Lacroix! Wow, that name's a mouthful! Anyway, Quirk: Flame On!
He can set his arms ablaze to attack his enemies! He can set fire to his arms only!
"Monsieur!" Akira called. "That can't be why you came all the way out here! Show me what you got!"
Luckily, on the wall Izuku was hiding behind, there was a small window. Izuku quickly peeked out of it to assess Akira's Flame On.
"It looks like he can only shoot the fire…" He mumbled to himself. "All I have to do is get up to him up close!"
With that said, Izuku quickly came out of hiding and ran towards Akira. Akira saw this, and began to fire small balls of flames at Izuku. Izuku dodged most of them, and once he got close enough, he jumped and pulled one of his arms back for a punch.
"Hope you're ready, Akira!" Izuku called as he got close.
Akira, hesitated a bit, but, getting his act together, he quickly backflipped out of the way, making Izuku miss his punch.
"So, that's the approach you are going with?" Akira smirked. "Then I shall oblige!"
He opened his hands, and the flames that covered his arms evaporated. Then, on the bottom of his arms, two sharp blades purely made of the same flames extended out. Izuku gulped, realizing that this might be bit more difficult.
Meanwhile, Uraraka was running. Running away. She repeated to herself that this was actually a tactical retreat, as she had something in mind. As she ran on, she accidentally tripped on a small rock on the road, which caused her to fall over.
"Ow…" She moaned.
But there was no time to waste, as Sakura just flew in from the air and went for a dropkick. Uraraka quickly rolled out of the way, making her dropkick the ground which made a crater in the ground. Sakura looked to her side, and quickly used her arms to spin herself up. Uraraka, not knowing what to do, covered her face as she was knocked back by Sakura's upside-down kick. After that, Sakura stood back up properly and crouched down to Uraraka.
"Oh…" She said. "Are you okay?"
Uraraka rubbed her head, but she smiled.
"Yeah…" She said. "Just caught me off guard, I guess."
Sakura stood up and extended out her hand. Urarakra took it, and Sakura pulled her up. Once Uraraka was up though, Sakura began to slowly float in the air. It was only until when she realized that her feet were off the ground.
"What in the-?" She spluttered.
Uraraka gasped, and quickly closed her finger together. Sakura landed face-flat on the ground. She got back up with a bit of dirt on her, and Uraraka got sorry again.
"Sorry…" She admitted. "Sometimes, I forget how my Quirk works."
Sakura smiled, accepting the apology. Despite this, this was still combat, and she wanted to win.
"Makes me feel bad about doing this…" She whispered.
She walked up to Uraraka, and then she just tapped her index finger on her left palm. Then, she quickly pulled away. Uraraka was confused by what that was about, but she ignored it as she began to make an attack plan. But then, she felt a sharp pain on her left palm. She looked to see what it was, only to find a large bee sting.
"What the…" She asked. "Where did this come from?"
"Well, now we're even." Sakura smiled. "You showed me your Quirk, now I showed you mine."
Sakura Tsutsuji! Quirk: Bee Sting!
Whenever she touches an organism with her index finger, a bee sting is formed on where she touched that said organism! It has no effect on non-living objects though!
Then, Sakura landed a critical punch right on Uraraka's nose, causing her to stumble back.
Uraraka fell back, with Sakura not far from her. And as if by coincidence, Izuku flew back and scraped the ground and stopped just a few inches from Uraraka.
"Deku!" Uraraka called. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Izuku smiled.
Uraraka looked at him though. Izuku wasn't okay. He had several burns on his costume, most of which revealing his skin. Sometimes, some areas of skin even look slightly red, meaning that it might've been burned.
Akira walked up slowly, with his arms still having the flame blades.
"Très bien, Midoriya!" He smiled. "You are very light on your feet!"
Izuku stood up, getting back-to-back with Uraraka. Sakura and Akira then both slowly began to walk over together.
"Izuku, what's the plan?" Uraraka asked.
"Well…" Izuku thought aloud. "I think they've separated us because they can handle us individually. Maybe if we could focus on one of them, we might win."
"Sounds good." Uraraka replied. "But…"
She slowly lifted up her hand to show Izuku the bee sting she got from Sakura.
"This is Sakura's Quirk." Uraraka explained. "A bee sting."
Izuku then quickly though of a plan.
"Looks like we'll have to take out Sakura first, then." He said.
"Yeah." Uraraka agreed.
Akira rubbed his hands together, making some embers fall onto the ground. Sakura, on the other side, cracked her knuckles, smiling.
"On my mark…" Izuku whispered.
Akira gathered his hands, and then fired a ball of fire.
"Now!" Izuku shouted.
Uraraka, albeit in pain, then tapped Izuku's back with her fingers. Izuku floated into the air, and Uraraka ducked, as the fireball roared over and almost scorched Sakura's front, had she not dodged.
"Hey!" She shouted. "Watch where you throw that thing!"
"Oh, pardon, Sakura!" Akira hastily apologized.
Sakura didn't realize that Uraraka had rolled below her, and had her fingers closed together. This allowed Izuku, who was still up in the air, to come down with a punch.
"Sorry, Sakura!" Uraraka whispered. "Release!"
Sakura just now looked up, and saw Izuku coming down. So, she quickly jumped back as Izuku missed his punch. Izuku then jumped forward toward Sakura.
Akira saw this, and immediately thought up something. He quickly reached for the back up his waist, and pulled out some kind of firearm. It was shaped like a rifle, with small cylinders attached in an octagonal shape on the butt of the rifle.
"Don't worry, Sakura!" He smiled brightly. "I will now stop the time!"
Akira then pulled the trigger, shooting out some kind of pulse at Izuku, who was still going for Sakura. Then, the pulse emitted a bright flash of light, blinding everyone. The light faded a short bit later, revealing Izuku encased in some kind of bubble. To note, Izuku wasn't moving. Well, he was moving, albeit really slowly.
"Huh?" Uraraka and Sakura both muttered.
The two both looked at the bubble that Izuku was currently encased in. Uraraka poked it, and Sakura just eyed it curiously.
"What is this…?" Uraraka asked.
Sakura, after eyeing the bubble, just stomped over to Akira.
"Hey, Akira." She spoke.
"Oui?" Akira muttered.
"That was great and all but…" Sakura continued. "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT BEFORE?!"
"Well, it wouldn't have been fun if I used it right off!" Akira argued back.
And soon, the two got into a couple's argument again, completely ignoring what Uraraka had thought up of doing. She had positioned herself in front of Izuku at some distance, with her arms open.
Just then, the bubble popped, and Izuku soared out. He at first didn't realize his current situation, but he quickly got it together, and flailed his arms around in a panic. However, as he soared, he landed on something. He realized that he landed in Uraraka's arms. She caught him gently.
"Hey, you alright?" Uraraka asked.
Izuku, first gathering himself, realized that he was in Uraraka's arms, so he quickly backed away, all flustered and blushing.
"Uh, yes! Um, I'm okay! Thank you!" He said in a panicking voice.
Uraraka giggled quietly, but still realized they still had something to do.
"So, you've got a plan against them?" She asked, pointing at Sakura and Akira.
Izuku looked over, and saw the two students of Class 1-C. The two were still arguing over the fact that Akira hadn't pulled that gun out sooner. Izuku, noticing that the two had left themselves completely open. He thought up a plan, and told Uraraka something. She nodded and then grabbed a nearby metal pipe, easily lifted up thanks to her Quirk, that was laying nearby.
"Ready!" Uraraka called.
"Here we go!" Izuku said.
Izuku then punched the ground, causing a bit of a shockwave. This also caused some pebbles and small debris to float rise into the air.
"Comet Home Run: II!" Uraraka cried.
She then swung the metal pipe as hard as she could. That sent the small pebbles darting towards the two 1-C students, who just noticed the 1-A students that they had some sort of plan.
"Stop the time!" Akira quickly responded, raising his Time-Gun again.
Akira pulled the trigger, creating a bubble to cover him and Sakura from the debris storm. However, Izuku used this opening to swoop in from below. Izuku then landed a critical upper cut right on Akira's chin. Akira was launched into the air, and landed on his back with a loud thud. His sunglasses clacked onto the ground just above his head, but luckily, they weren't broken.
Sakura saw it all go down, but she wasn't able to react in time. Izuku did a low sweep kick that knocked Sakura off of her feet. Izuku then pinned her to the ground by planting his hand on her stomach. Just then, the alarms went off.
"Well, I guess that's it." Izuku commented.
Izuku took his hand off of Sakura's stomach, and extended out a hand. Sakura took it. She rubbed the back of her head, and Izuku and Uraraka just smiled simply.
"That was fun!" Uraraka smiled.
"Yeah…" Sakura replied.
She then took a glimpse at Uraraka's hand.
"Sorry about that." She apologized.
"Oh, this?" Uraraka commented. "Oh, it's fine. Recovery Girl can take care of it."
As the girls talked on, Izuku quickly walked over to Akira, who just began to stand up.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Mon dieux…" Akira groaned. "You've got quite a punch, Midoriya."
"Oh… guess I couldn't control it." Izuku chuckled.
Akira walked back and picked up his sunglasses. He put them back on his head, and then continued to talk with Izuku.
"You are paying for my dentist, monsieur." He joked, adjusting his chin a bit.
Izuku laughed at that, and the two walked over to the girls. Then, all four of them talked together as they exited the stage for the next group.