At the sound of the whistle Bessie's fight against Kirishima began. Bessie was quick to shoot a fireball at him, but his skin turned to rock and he shrugged it off like it was nothing. She shot another and he did the same. He gradually began to advance toward Bessie and her heart sank. Slowly inching backward she shot a few more fireballs to no avail. Finally, realizing her quirk would not help her she approached him head on and tried to overpower him with strength.

Bad idea.

She took him by the wrists but couldn't move him. Instead, his rock-like arms moved freely and Bessie's efforts were as nothing. She let go and tried to get away but Kirishima grabbed her arm instead and she was unable to wrestle free. Bessie struggled as Kirishima dragged her effortlessly and placed her outside the circle without breaking a sweat.

"That was… unfairly OP!" Bessie half-complained, rubbing her arm.

"It depends on the situation," Kirishima said humbly. "I lucked out with your quirk."

The next battle was against Sero. Right at the start of the fight he quickly fired his tape at Bessie, who promptly set it alight. The organic adhesive burned rapidly and Sero had to keep ejecting more tape to prevent the fire from reaching him. He was so frightened at what would happen if the flames reached the roles inside his elbows that it did not even occur to him to detach his tape. Meanwhile the battlefield gradually filled up with the burning substance. When it finally occurred to him that he could easily release the tape he did so, but he was backed to the edge of the circle with nowhere to go.

"Poor Hanta-kun. Put out of action before he could get serious once again." Ashido commented.

"Such is his curse." Tokoyami added. "And with that, it looks like it's my turn."

The battle against Tokoyami was inside a massive hall with wooden decorations and lanterns hanging overhead. As soon as the fight started Tokoyami put the living shadow creature that was his quirk into action.

"Dark Shadow! Get the lights!" Dark Shadow shot out and extinguished most of the lanterns (But not all of them, as this would have made it dangerous even for Tokoyami himself). The battlefield was draped into a mild darkness, making Tokoyami's dark, bird-like head and his black cloaked body difficult to see.

Bessie had to dive aside to escape the swooping shadow monstrosity.

If he doesn't need light to fight me, then as long as it's dark I'm at a disadvantage. She thought. She used a fireball to cast some light around her and sought out the wooden carvings around her. As soon as she spotted one she shot at it and the battlefield was illuminated. As a result, Dark Shadow's power lessened and the next time Bessie ducked it she noticed it was considerably less scary-looking.

So the darker it is, the more powerful he is! She realised. In that case, let's light the place up!

She stuck out her hands and spun round on the toes of her right foot, shooting fireballs at anything that would burn. Soon the battlefield was bathed in so much light that Dark Shadow was no bigger than Tokoyami himself. But he was not ready to give up. The shadow creature stormed Bessie one more time but she held the brightest fireball she could manage out in front of her. Dark Shadow started at the harsh light and fled, dragging Tokoyami out of the battlefield in the process. Bessie had racked up another victory.

Bessie's next opponent caught her eye. And held it.

"Next Battle! Bessie versus Todoroki Shoto!"

I remember this kid from the sports festival on TV. He has ice powers on his one side and fire powers on the other. He acts fast, but if I can act faster… So handsome… Focus, Bessie!

When the battle started Bessie fired as soon as she could, but Todoroki surrounded her with a layer of ice. She hastily bombarded the barrier with her fire but as soon as she broke through Shoto created another one. This one, too, was melted down quickly and again she found herself faced with a large wall of ice.

Melting through Todoroki's gigantic ice walls was no small feat, and by the third one Bessie could really feel the familiar sting of overuse. For some quick relief she pressed her palms against the ice that remained. An idea that her opponent was expecting. With expert swiftness Todoroki sent out a fourth, smaller surge of ice. This one only cemented Bessie's hands to the surface where they rested, and as there was no oxygen around them Bessie could not get them free.

"Bessie has been immobilized! Todoroki wins!"

Bessie struggled, trying to pull her hands free. "That's some powerful quirk." She remarked.

"Here. Let me help." Todoroki offered. He placed his left hand on the ice that was keeping Bessie stuck and it gradually began to melt away. Standing so close to Shoto she couldn't help but giggle like a schoolgirl (not to mention the fact that she was a school girl).

Bessie went through the remaining battles in a wistful haze. Some of them she won, others she lost. Nothing could tear her thoughts away from Shoto. At times he appeared in her mind's eye astride a horse and dressed like a prince. Once the day was over her head met her pillow and she sighed dreamily as she drifted into a sugary slumber.