Kendo and Awase waited outside the building and began talking to one another, discussing their plan and how they could win. Komori and Kodai also did the same, though there was less input from Kodai, ever the silent girl she was.
During the prep time Kodai shrunk some of the crates that were in the room and handed them to Komori, presumably to throw at their opponents. As much as I hate to say this but there wasn't much that the two girls would be able to do in this battle, their quirks just weren't battle oriented.
When the battle started Awase fashioned a metal pole using his quirk and some thing metal cylinders that came with his costume and handed it to Kendo. Kendo took the lead in the assault, her martial prowess making her an obvious vanguard. They made their way through the building cautiously, expecting a surprise attack from one of the girls that never came.
They eventually made their way to the top floor where the two girls were waiting for them, miniaturized boxes in hand as they prepared to assault them. Kendo charged first, Kodai throwing her miniaturized boxes before growing them while the were in mid-air. Kendo deflected or smashed the boxes with her metal pole, making her way quickly to the girls. Awase made his way around the girls, trying to sneakily make his way to the bomb to win the match. Unfortunately, Komori noticed and used her quirk to cover his body with mushrooms, causing Awase to fumble and try to scrape them off his body.
This distracted Awase enough for Komori to approach the boy and attack him with a sloppy punch. The punch was barely passable to a martial artist but it was enough to cause Awase to stumble backwards. While this was happening, Kendo had managed to arrive in front of Kodai and was attacking her using her skills with a staff and keeping Kodai moving back and on the defensive. Eventually, Kodai was forced against the wall where Kendo hit her in the stomach with the staff, forcing the air from her lungs out of her body and leaving her winded. Kendo then turned to Komori who was in a stalemate with Awase, rushing the mushroom girl from behind and knocking the staff against her back, knocking her down to the ground.
Kendo and Awase hi-fived, wrapping the limbs of the girls with the capture tape they were provided and winning themselves the match.
"WELL DONE HERO TEAM, AND GOOD EFFORT FROM THE VILLAINS. NOW WE WILL ONCE AGAIN DETERMINE WHO THE MVP OF THE MATCH IS AND DISCUSS WHAT THE TEAMS COULD'VE DONE BETTER IN THIS EXERCISE." As the teams walked back into the room All Might heartily laughed with Kuriboh on top of his head playing with his tufts.
I raised my hand to answer the question. "All Might sir, the MVP of this match was Kendo. Her martial arts prowess and leadership skills were on full display with Awase and allowed her to easily dispatch of Komori and Kodai. I don't mean to offend anyone but against a trained martial artist, Kodai and Komori who have clearly no training never stood a chance." I looked over to the two girls who nodded their heads, even though they looked down. "However, there were still things that could've been done to stop that from happening. Kodai could've shrunken the device and kept it on her at all times, stopping the hero team from finding the device even if they captured her because they wouldn't expect it, or Komori could've spread her spores through the air and created mushrooms in their throats, though I understand why she didn't do it."
The hero team looked astounded as they didn't think about that, they figured that no one would be allowed to touch the bomb or move it besides the heroes. The villains also widened their eyes, understanding that there were ways they could've won even against someone with more skills than them.
"WELL DONE YOUNG CLAY, YOU ARE COMPLETELY CORRECT. ALTHOUGH YOUNG KENDO IS THE MVP OF THIS MATCH, YOU HAVE GIVEN THE OTHER TEAMS NEW IDEAS AND WAYS TO USE THEIR QUIRKS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. ALTHOUGH I WOULD HAVE TO ASK YOUNG KOMORI TO NOT CREATE MUSHROOMS IN THE THROATS OF HER CLASSMATES UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER." The students all nodded their heads and the next matches continued.
The next match was between Shishida and Tokage as the hero team while Kaibara and Tsuburaba were the villain team. The two teams left to do their match, Tokage reluctant to leave Kidmodo Dragon in the hands of Kendo. The three girls that had come into the room from the match were surprised to see some more monsters out in the open, but they weren't complaining, they were too cute to care about safety.
Shishida and Tokage began discussing strategies before they had even left the room, being excited for this test. Kaibara and Tsuburaba on the other hand spoke when they arrived at the bomb, discussing something for a bit before heaving a sigh as one. They must have realized that they wouldn't really be able to do much this match against their opponents. They still looked fired up though, prepared to give it their all.
When the match started Shishida walked in first, sniffing the air to try and identify where the two were. Tokage followed behind the beast boy watching behind them for an ambush. The two arrived at the floor with the bomb and the two boys, both boys in battle positions ready to defend the bomb to the end.
Shishida charged in first, using his quirk to gain mass and towering over Kaibara who had run up to meet the boy head on while Tokage activated her quirk and sent her fist and arms in multiple pieces to attack Tsuburaba. Kaibara decided that he should get close and personal with the beast, making use of his quirk and the hardened gloves that were on his hand to deal more damage to the beast and try to keep him away from the bomb. Tsuburaba created shield after shield of air in an attempt to block the attacks from Tokage, but no matter what direction he shielded he was attacked from a different direction. He was forced to continuously create these shields, unable to get close to the girl and stop her, eventually running out of breath and collapsing to his knees where a fist to the face knocked him to the ground. Kaibara wasn't fairing any better, the strength of Shishida being too much for his quirk and equipment to match up against. He was soon swatted aside by beast, hitting the wall and collapsing to the ground. Tokage moved to the bomb and touched it, ending the match with another win for the heroes.
"I CONGRATULATE THE HERO TEAM FOR THE VICTORY. VILLAIN TEAM, DON'T FEEL DOWN BECAUSE OF YOUR DEFEAT, SOMETIMES WE HEROES ARE FORCED TO DO ALL WE CAN AGAINST VILLAINS THAT ARE OUR NATURAL COUNTERS OR ARE JUST TOO STRONG. THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT. NOW THEN LET'S GET ONTO OUR EVALUATION OF THIS BATTLE." All Might gave a thumbs up to the villain team which lifted their spirits somewhat and got them out of the dumps because they lost.
Kendo and I both raised our hands to answer the evaluation this time, but I let Kendo have her turn as I spoke about the last battle. "I believe that the MVP of this match should be Shishida, he was able to utilize his quirk in order to locate the bomb while also being able to defeat the 'heavy hitter' of the villain team." Kendo gave air quotes as she said 'heavy hitter' to say that he was the strongest on the team, but not really the strongest in general. "If I were to be in the position of the heroes though, instead of solely relying on the quirk of Shishida, I would've also sent one of Tokage's eyes to scout the building for traps or to find the location of the bomb."
All Might nodded he his before turning to me. "YOUNG CLAY, IS THERE PERHAPS ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUNG KENDO'S EXPLANATION?"
I nodded my head and began my evaluation. "I won't speak about the hero team since Kendo already covered them. The villain team were clearly on the defensive side of this match, not being able to match the raw power that Shishida's quirk gives him, but there were somethings they could do to increase their chances of victory or at least last longer. Tsuburaba could've created a prison of air around Tokage, stopping her from touching the bomb with a detached hand or sending body parts to assist Shishida. This prison would allow Tsuburaba to aid Kaibara in holding off Shishida long enough for his quirks drawbacks to kick in, leading him to lose all conscious thought and become a wild animal. If they could reach this stage, then they could lead Shishida away from the bomb and draw the match out longer."
All Might was stunned that I had so much to say about the villain team and how they could've improved, he hadn't thought about any of that when he was watching the match. "GOOD WORK YOUNG CLAY, AND STUDENTS, MAKE SURE TO TAKE YOUNG CLAY'S AND KENDO'S ADVICE TO HEART, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPROVE YOURSELF BY USING THEIR SUGGESTIONS."
Everyone nodded their heads before the next match was announced. This match was between Fukidashi and Yanagi as the hero team and Tsunotori with Shiozaki as the villain team. I figured that this would be a decent match, after all, Shiozaki is probably one of the strongest in our class besides me and Yanagi should be able to deal with Tsunotori effectively. If what I understand of Fukidashi's quirk is correct then he should be a good counter for Shiozaki as well, as long as he figures out what to say.
The villain team entered the building, reaching the bomb before beginning to discuss their strategy. After finalizing one, Tsunotori walked out of the room while Shiozaki activated her quirk and spread her vine hair around the room covering the wall and floors. Before long she began spreading her vines out the door that led into the room, though only along the floor. Tsunotori activated her own quirk and balanced herself on her horns before flying down the stairs to near the bottom floor.
Finally, it was time for the hero team to enter the building and they cautiously peeked around the entrance for any surprise attacks. Yanagi entered first, presumably to stop any horns that attacked them, with Fukidashi following behind. As they reached the stair well two horns rocketed down and zoomed at the two, causing Fukidashi to jump in surprise while Yanagi just held out her hand and activated her quirk to stop the horns in their tracks. A purple glow surrounded the horns and they stopped in their tracks, shaking violently as Yanagi and Tsunotori fought for control of the horns.
Fukidashi stepped forward, using his quirk to create the word 'Fwoosh!' and released a gust of wind that blew the horns back the way they came. Yanagi let her control of the horns go as they smashed into the wall and smashed. There were no more attacks from Tsunotori as the two made their way up the stairs, eventually reaching the third floor that had been covered in Shiozaki's vines.
Tsunotori floated above the vines, using her horns as platforms to float above the vines and with two more horns by her side, floating as they were ready to launch. Yanagi activated her quirk on the horns underneath Tsunotori's feet, causing them to shake and knock the horse girl off balance and fall into the pit of vines, entangled as Shiozaki's quirk reacted and wrapped the girl up.
Tsunotori tried to struggle, unable to reach their communicator to contact the vine girl, though no matter what she did nothing could let her escape except Shiozaki herself. Yanagi spoke to Fukidashi for a moment, saying something that caused the other hero to hold his hand to his… chin? In contemplation. Eventually he nodded his head and spoke the word 'Crash!' at a wall, creating a hole and debris. Yanagi used her quirk on a piece of debris, stepping on it and flying over the vines and through the building, leaving Fukidashi behind.
Yanagi arrived at the bomb's location soon after, Shiozaki having her back to the door, unable to see the ghost girl. Yanagi floated the platform she was on quickly over to the bomb, trying to touch it before Shiozaki could react, but was caught by surprise when a vine attacked the platform from underneath. The platform split and Yanagi ended up losing concentration, falling to the ground and into the floor of vines that ensnared the girl.
With her hands restricted Yanagi couldn't use her quirk to send the debris she brought with her to distract Shiozaki, and she couldn't break out of the vines with her natural strength, so she submitted. Shiozaki did what the rest of the class assumed was a prayer as she held her hands together and bowed her head. A beam of light also shone down on the girl, confusing us as there shouldn't be a light source in that area.
Fukidashi was having problems, he was trying to think of a word that would let him get past the vines and to help Yanagi, yet he was coming with a blank. All Might announced that the halfway mark of this exercise was being reached causing Fukidashi to panic and make a hasty decision. He used his quirk to make the word 'Neyoom!', grabbing it and using it to speed his way over the vine field before any of the vines could catch him.
It was hard maneuvering at that speed, so much so that Fukidashi ended up crashing into the wall on the staircase and falling back down to the vines that happily ensnared the boy. Thus ended the match between Fukidashi and Yanagi and Shiozaki and Tsunotori.
"I MUST SAY, THAT WAS CERTAINLY AN INTERESTING MATCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VILLAIN TEAM FOR COMING OUT VICTORIOUS, THOUGH NOW WE MUST DO ANOTHER REVIEW OF THIS MATCH."Everyone turned their attention to me and Kendo, expecting us to have a response to the number 1 hero. We looked and each other and sighed, I pointed to myself, and she nodded her head.
"All Might, the MVP of this match is Shiozaki, though I don't really know if she should be called the MVP instead of the only player. No offence to the other people in the exercise, but you didn't exactly do much." The others all nodded their heads while Shiozaki held her head down in shame. "That' not to say you didn't do well in the exercise, you just need to think about other things you can improve upon in the future. Now, I'm going to start with the hero team for my evaluation while letting Kendo deal with the villains, sound fair?" Everyone nodded their heads, including All Might for some reason even though he was meant to be teaching the class.
"Well, first of Yanagi was able to use her quirk to disrupt Tsunotori and cause her to get ensnared by the villain teams own trap, a smart move. What wasn't a smart move though was leaving your teammate behind. I know this may seem harsh, but if this were a real scenario then you shouldn't leave your only support behind, it could get you both killed." The two looked down but still nodded their heads in understanding. "I'm sorry for being brutal but I want to see you all at the 10-year reunion for our class so I'm gonna make sure you survive. Fukidashi, I saw that you had what I'm gonna call a blank, not being able to think of a word to help in the situation. Maybe think of adding a device that can store your usable words for easy access. You could've used the word 'sizzle' or 'crackle' to set the vines on fire, instead you rushed into them and got yourself captured."
Fukidashi smacked his head as he finally thought of the word he could've used in the exercise. He mentally took note to put a request for the device to hold the words his quirk could use in at the support department.
Kendo took a deep breath and stepped forward. "The villain team did well, creating a terrain that was easily able to stop the opposing team while also not hindering their teammate, at least until Tsunotori was caught. As much as I would like to talk about how well the two did, I need to talk about what could've been improved. To avoid having a situation like that happening you could've created a scenario where Shiozaki was able to feel for your horns or something similar, as I'm assuming you can feel things through your vines?" Shiozaki nodded her head, confirming Kendo's theory. "You could've created a bubble around your hostage, looking for her horns to release her if she was trapped. And Tsunotori, I saw that you fell after Yanagi used her quirk on your horns. You could've put your two extra horns underneath your arms to stabilize yourself until you needed to use them for an attack, stopping yourself from falling into the vines."
Kendo did some hand gestures to help Tsunotori understand what she was saying easier. Tsunotori nodded her head, keeping that in mind for the next time they had an exercise like his. All Might gave a thumbs up at me and Kendo, flashing a larger smile after we explained the downfalls of the other teams and how to improve on them.
"WELL DONE YOU TWO, YOU TWO WILL BE A BIG HELP IN HELPING YOUR CLASS DEVELOP, I'M SURE OF IT. NOW THEN, ONTO THE LAST MATCH OF THE LESSON." The last teams stepped out of the room, Tetsutetsu and Bondo as the heroes and Kamakiri and Rin as the villains.
Tetsutetsu and Bondo waited outside the building for the time when they could enter the building, discussing their strategy. Well, Tetsutetsu was discussing, Bondo was just nodding his head. Kamakiri and Rin on the other hand had arrived at the bomb but weren't discussing anything. Rin was trying to speak with his partner, though Kamakiri wasn't having any of it.
When the timer started, Kamakiri rushed out of the room, much to Rin's dismay if his outstretched hand and slumped shoulders were anything to go by and the hero team entered the building with Tetsutetsu at the front. The three met on the second floor, Bondo trembling while Tetsutetsu grinned and pounded his fists together and Kamakiri looked ready to pounce with two blades extended from his arms.
Kamakiri was the first to move, pouncing like a praying mantis at speeds faster than one would assume and Tetsutetsu meeting him in response. The steel-clad boy raised his arms into an X to defend him and his partner, sparks flying as the blade and steel skin met. Bondo used his quirk, spraying glue at Kamakiri's legs to trap him in the ground, though the boy dodged. Tetsu then took the opportunity to charge at the boy, causing Kamakiri to cross his blades to block the blow.
Bondo continued to support Tetsu, spraying glue whenever he got the opportunity and causing the blade boy to move back to avoid being trapped. After a few minutes of back and forth, a glob of glue hit the Kamakiri and caused him to be trapped in the ground, surprising him and causing him to receive a hit from Tetsu that knocked him down. Bondo took the opportunity and trapped him with more glue, trapping him to the floor with one hand still exposed.
Kamakiri struggled, creating blades over his body to destroy the glue, though Bondo continued adding layers to the glue to stop him from escaping. Tetsu managed to wrap the capture tape around Kamakiri's wrist after a minute of the boy struggled.
Rin shook his head as he waited for the other team to arrive at the bomb. If his teammate had even tried to plan, then this may not have happened to them. After another minute of waiting the hero team arrived at the bomb room with Rin guarding it. The Chinese exchange student held his arms up, ready to fire his scales at a moment's notice.
Tetsutetsu rushed forward, his quirk activated, while Bondo moved to the side of the room and out of the way of Rin's scales. Rin fired at Tetsu, trying to drive him away though the steel boy just ploughed through the barrage of scales. Bondo managed to reach the bomb while Rin was focused on Tetsu, giving the hero team the win much to Rin's dismay.
The four made their way back, Tetsu and Bondo with smiles on their faces, or what we all assumed a smile was since Bondo didn't have any lips to make a smile. Rin and Kamakiri on the other hand weren't too happy about their loss, Rin especially since Kamakiri decided to do his own thing.
"WELCOME BACK YOUNG HEROES AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR VICTORY. YOU ALL DID EXCEEDINGLY WELL IN THIS EXERCISE, THOUGH WE MUST STILL DO THE REVIEW OF THE MATCH JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER MATCH BEFORE." This time it wasn't just me and Kendo who had raised our hands, other students noticing something in the match. Unfortunately, All Might wanted more depth to the answer than what the other students had noticed in the match.
"YOUNG CLAY, I HATE TO BE A BOTHER BUT COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THE CLASS WHAT COULD'VE BEEN IMPROVED ON IN THIS EXERCISE?" I nodded my head and the class lowered their hands.
"Sure, well the most obvious thing that could've been improved upon and what I'm sure most of the class picked up on was that Kamakiri decided to go and do his own thing instead of planning with his teammate." Kamakiri scoffed at my remark while Rin clenched his fist and held his face down. "I won't talk about the hero team since they did relatively well in the exercise, but the villains could've improved so much in the exercise. If Kamakiri had stuck with Rin then they could've taken care of Bondo who was responsible trapping Kamakiri and giving the hero team an edge in the match." Tetsu hi-fived Bondo who sheepishly returned the gesture. "However, since that wasn't the case then I won't talk about that too much either. Rin needs to improve on his spacial awareness and attacking multiple things at once since if he had then he would've been able to stop Bondo from reaching the bomb as easily as he did. Kamakiri also has to work on fighting multiple opponents with binding quirks. He did well as he tried to get out of the glue by creating blades across his body, though with quirks like Bondo's it's only a matter of time before he gets overwhelmed. He should've gone for Bondo instead of Tetsutetsu in the fight."
As much as Kamakiri hated to admit it he knew that I was right, and he hated that I was right. He crossed his arms and scoffed though he did nod his head after I was finished speaking. Rin also nodded his head, making note to begin training attacking multiple targets that are moving around.
"THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN YOUNG CLAY, THAT IS IT FOR THIS LESSON, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN YOUR FUTURE HEROICS LESSONS. TOMORROW YOU WILL BE REVIEWING YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THESE LESSONS IN MORE DETAILS WITH VLAD SO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THAT." We all nodded our heads in understanding. "SO LONG YOUNG HEROES." And with that the symbol of peace was off.
"Man, that was so cool! We were actually taught by the number 1 hero!" Tetsu spoke all of our thoughts out loud as we headed to the changing rooms. The girls were off in their own group as they headed off to the changing rooms and us guys all spoke together as we made our way to the guys changing room.
"Yes, Sir All Might was truly impressive, to be taught by him is a great honour that we must take advantage of." Shishida also nodded his head, a smile appearing on his face as he imagined all the things that could be gained by learning under All Might.
"I don't mean to put the guy down but he didn't really seem qualified to teach. He brought out a script and everything when he was explaining the scenario and I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining but he called on me and Kendo to explain the results of your exercises too much." I shrugged my shoulders and continued getting changed, getting into my regular school uniform after putting away my hero outfit.
"Yeah but you two were on fire with your reviews. You two are probably gonna be the older brother and sister of the class." Awase spoke up already coming up with a title for me and Kendo.
"Fine, but don't come asking for money." I fake sighed causing the other guys to chuckle except Kamakiri who walked out of the room after getting changed.
"I wonder what we'll be doing after tomorrows heroics lesson, maybe more combat training?" Tsuburaba questioned as we all finished getting changed. We walked back to our class where the other students were waiting for us.
The rest of the day was regular lessons like English, Japanese, math and science. It was super tame compared to the start of the day, though I suppose after throwing punches at one another it would feel like that.