"You sleeping o the job, Tokage?' Demanded Kamakiri.
"For real!?" Asked Tokage.
"When you guys are in trouble, I'll save ya. "
"Blocked my blast, huh!? I guess bugs do have quick reflexes! Try this!" He threw Kamakiri backwards.
"What's this? Do my eyes deceive me?" Asked Monoma?" It almost looked like he protected Jiro just now."
"HE sure did! By kicking her?" Said Kaminari.
"Don't worry, Monoma! He's got sides to him you wouldn't expect! Your vision's just fine," said Kirishima, patting Monoma on the back. "He even backed us up during the provisional license exam."
"YOU MEAN HE'S GOTTEN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!?" Monoma screamed.
"It's true, though. This is the first time we've seen him put it all on the line for someone else…" said Kirishima.
"Thanks!" Said Jirou.
"Shove it! They escaped, so go find em! Whater it's class training or whatever, I made a pledge1 I will achieve absolute victory every time! We're taking this 4-0, no casualties! The strong don't settle for anything less!"
The others all began to smile.
Moments ago, Tokage had explained, "We don't stand a chance in a straightforward brawl! So if we fail to capture them, make a quick retreat. We'll ambush them over and over, slowly building up an advantage. More likely than not, we'll basically be up against a one-man team since Bakugou'll be taking the lead and barking out orders. If we can keep the pressure on Bakugo, he's bound to stumble. That's when their whole team will fall apart and start screwing up!"
"Crap, they're all falling back!" Said Jirou. "Those extra noises from her make it tough, to be sure, but there're fewer pieces this time. If I focus I can tell what's what!"
"Fewer pieces?" Said Sero.
"They're trying to regroup, huh? Those jerks. Do you all think we're just gonna lie down and take it? Let's go!"
He blasted forward - and was met by Awase.
"HE silently snuck up on them! They're using the opposite strategy now!" Midoriya commented.
With a single fuse, AWase and sealed Bakugou to the nearest pillars.
"Job complete!"
"They've totally seen through our plans!" Snapped Sero, trying to catch Awase with tape - which he evaded.
"DON'T MESS WITH ME!" Bakugou snapped, as Sato jumped to his aid, smashing through the pillars.
"GET GOING!"
"NOBODY WELDS ME AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" Bakugou shouted, blasting after Awase.
Awase threw up shields in a hurry - but -
"HE'S ALL YOURS!" Bakugou called, blasting upwards. Jirou and Sero appeared behind him.
"Got this!" Smiled Jirou. HEARTBEAT SURROUND!
And her earphone plugs appeared above and below Awase, surrounding him with surround sound and stunning him for Sero to bind.
"Bakugou was closing in on Bondo.
"I ain't in top form in the winter…But now I'm finally starting to heat up!" He blasted around Bondo in an arc and threw a giant blast at his back. Sato popped up from behind him and seized his head.
"Gotcha!
"WHAT QUICK TEAMWORK FROM CLASS A! THEY'VE CAPTURED TWO OF MY DEAR STUDENTS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!"
"Really? That little tyrant never had a cooperative bone in his body! But you're telling me he's mellowed out this much!?" Snapped Monoma.
"Jirou and the boys have faith in him too. That trust gets the job done," smiled Uraraka.
"All that drumming paid off, huh?" Smiled Kirishima to Kaminari.
"Once a band, always a band."
"Bakugou!" Jirou shouted, pointing her Earphone Jack for him to follow.
"We know a thing or two about Tokage's Lizard Tail Splitter," said Sero. "She can split up into 50 pieces and move them all around, but the parts drop dead after a certain amount of time. She can regenerate those lost parts, and this next bit's just a guess but there's gotta be a limit to how much and how soon she can regenerate, right? Kinda like Yaoyorozu? If she's tried out, she's bound to lose focus."
Bakugou had caught up with Kamakiri, seized his cowl, and was throwing him, one hand grasping a horn, into the air.
"She split up as much as possible to make those noises to throw Jirou off, but repeating that strategy won't work well with her limitations," Sero continued, as Bakugou blasted Kamakiri into a building with an explode-a-pult.
"She'll bring a few pieces back to her main body to reset their time limit."
The pieces of Bakugou's bombs he'd thrown the others….
"Take a few, just in case they ain't too strong. But they could come in handy."
"Close one -" began Tokage.
She turned- and next to her was Bakugou, preparing a stun grenade.
"WHY'D YOU GO AND CHANGE SO MUCH!?" She demanded.
"I didn't change. MY goal has always been the same. To surpass All Might and be the number one hero!"
As the light cleared, Tokage lay on the ground, defeated.
"DONE IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES! CLASS A'S UNEXPECTED TEAMWORK HAS LED THEM TO A 4-0 VICTORY!"
Sensei gave them a thumbs up. "You all kept overall damage to a minimum and were very efficient from start to finish. With his mobility and power, Bakugou was the foundation that you three worked off of, and everyone did their jobs well."
"You guys had a solid strategy, at least based on your opponents' past fights and strengths. But! The plan was too rigid! Unlike Honenuki's more flexible approach!" Said Vlad King.
"Kacchan!" Said Kaminari. "Looks like you can really get it done when you make the effort! And you were a total heroine out there, Jiro!"
"Just hero is fine!"
"You're like a street rat who starts adopting kittens, dude!" Said SEro.
Bakugou ignored them all. His eyes were on All Might.
"That gave me chills!" Said Sensei.
"Oh yeah? Better see a Doctor," Bakugou muttered.
"Kacchan!" Said Deku, popping up almost from nowhere.
"Outta the way, nerd!"
"I'm not actually in your way…"
"I'm making progress."
"Yeah! You were great out there!"
"At a speed you can't keep up with."
"Nah, I'll surpass you!"
"Shut it! Is that all you got to say? Cuz you'll never beat me you damn nerd!"
"Just watch me."
"You've got a good friend in him," said All Might. "Now if we could just do something about that mouth of his."
The A team was headed off to fight, Midoriya being the scout from up above.
"We'll start with Shinso, okay?" Said Mineta. "As long as he's out there, I'm on edge. I don't wanna get brainwashed."
"Let's not focus too hard on him, though!" Said Uraraka. "The rest of them are the type to stay hidden and launch attacks from who knows where!"
She floated up her helmet. "I float stuff!"
"I melt stuff!" Said Ashido.
"I stick stuff!" Said Mineta.
The wind went out of all their sails.
"We're fighting an uphill battle. Can't attack, can't do nuttin."
"We'd better go with my pop-off vineyard Strat!"
"Nobody's gonna walk right into that! Nah, first we find em, then we trap em !"
"And I'll be the bait!" Said Midoriya, returning to them.
"How's it going?" Said Ashido. "You said your quirk has been acting weird?"
"Yeah, but there's nothing strange enow! It's back to normal! Still, based on how the fourth match went, they're probably gonna be extra wary of me! I'd better be ready to go all out. "
"You ok? We're counting on you here."
"Don't worry. We can win this!"
Uraraka held up her hands. Ashido cheered.
"NOW START, MATCH 5!"