Walking into class the next day, Mizuki lets out a sigh of boredom. Early days of school are always boring. Too soon to really get into internships. Too soon for the more fun Heroics lessons. Too soon for anything she's actually looking forward too.
Or so she thought.
Snipe walks in soon after the bell, "Alright Y'all, get in your costumes, we're sparring today."
Okay, that's exciting. She gets to fight! Now, Mizuki isn't exactly in love with fighting, but… Being able to go directly against someone, skill to skill, proving who's best? Sign her up! (She's also a massive sadist, but that's not important.)
Changing quickly, she arrives on the field in her costume, definitely not ripping of Blackfire from Teen Titans. Why would you ever think that? It's not like their outfits are exactly the same (Can't infringe on a copyright that old!).
As she arrives a grin is already spreading on her face. When all of Class 3-A is assembled, Snipe nods to them and leads them into one of UA's many sparring facilities.
When they're all inside, he speaks, "Now then, I'm gonna split y'all into two groups and we're gonna do this tournament style. Amajiki, Tokoyami, you two are up first."
Stepping into the outlined circle, Mizuki smiles at Amajiki before her expression morphs into a feral grin. She's ready for this. However, it would seem her partner is not, as he takes a nervous step back upon seeing the way she's looking at him.
Before he can try and run, Snipe shouts, "Begin!"
Rushing forward, a tendril of darkness rushes from behind her to strike at Amajiki, who deftly leaps to the side as his feet morph into those of a chicken. Moving to intercept Mizuki's continued charge, he forms an octopus tentacle before lashing out to try and restrain her.
A sharpened edge of Mizuki's shadow severs the tentacle before it can reach her, while a tendril snakes out of Amajiki's shadow and binds his feet mid-stride, tripping him. As he falls forward, a barrage of fists emerge from down below and strike at his face, neck, and stomach.
In response to the rapid assault, Amajiki manifests a crab's shell to protect himself. Grinning wildly as she gets lost in the thrill of the fight, Mizuki decides to unleash the new special move she's been working on.
Quickly forming her hands into 'Sha' of the Nine-syllable Seals, she points her hands towards the ground and calls out the move's name as a wave of shadows erupts from her, "Chimeric Shadow Garden!"
The shadows surge outward and encase both her and Amajiki in a dome, with only the outer layer solidified and the rest being obscured in total darkness. Due to the nature of her Quirk, Mizuki is unbothered by this and can see just fine, but she knows Amajiki will need to take a moment to adjust.
Taking advantage of her opponent's lack of sight, Mizuki bends the darkness inside the dome into wave after wave of shadow creatures to attack Amajiki from all angles. While her creations charge, Mizuki pulls weapons from the darkness and charges Amajiki herself.
Deftly stepping into her opponent's guard, Mizuki slashes at Amajiki as wolves begin to bite at his legs. The hit lands and Amajiki winces as blood starts lazily streaming down his cheek. Eagerly going in for another attack, Mizuki slashes inwards with both shadow knives, aiming to end this quickly.
Before the hit connects, a shot rings out and punches a hole in her sphere of darkness, causing it to shatter and fall away, all of her shadow creatures going with it. Now in the light, Mizuki instantly freezes, dark vein-like markings covering her body.
Shit. She had overdone it.
Snipe sighs while holstering his gun, "Dammit Tokoyami, again? I'm considering this match over, Tokoyami is the winner. Now go take a break you two, you both look like you need one after that."
A/N: Stopping there for now to move on to what comes next. Whenever that comes out.