"All right. Teams A and H will follow me to the building for the match. The rest of you, please make your way to the monitor room; I will join you shortly."

After a chorus of 'yes sir', the rest of the class departed, leaving the four students to follow All Might. Leading them to a modest-looking multi-story office building, All Might directed Fumikage and Tsuyu to wait behind.

"Ah, before I forget, here. These are floor layouts of the building. The villain team will be allowed five minutes to prepare for your break-in. I would suggest you study well while you make your plans Young Asui, Young Tokoyami."

Taking the papers, both nodded and as they began to read them over. All Might then brought Izuku and Ochako to the building's main entrance and handed them a similar set of building plans, those these contained the location of their bomb. All Might then added that once they reached the bomb room, their five minute set up time would start.

"Now you two, I know this probably isn't a role you were expecting to play, but I encourage you to embrace your villainous sides for the match. Thinking like a villain can give you a good insight into how they act and plan."

Izuku thought about that for a second, "If I were a villain, I'd probably just use the bomb as bait. and when the heroes come for it, I'd blow it up to cover my escape."

"Er…"

Looking at the concerned looks he was getting from Ochako and All Might, Izuku back pedaled, "What? He said think like a villain."

Ochako shook her head, "You just came up with that idea off the top of your head? 'Oh no heroes, guess I'll just blow everyone up.'"

Izuku turned away, trying to hide his embarrassment, "It was just an idea is all."

"You worry me sometimes, Deku. Besides we have to protect the bomb to win."

"You're right, I get it. I guess since all we're doing is protecting it, we don't get some remote detonator for it."

Ochako tilted her head to the side, "Remote detonator? Deku you don't think the bomb is real , do you?"

Izuku just nodded, making Ochako's jaw drop, "Why would you think the bomb is real!?"

Holding up his hand, Izuku counted off his reasons, "All Might said this is a more advanced class than what we'd normally be taking."

"Yeah, but…"

"We also fought giant killer robots for our entrance exam."

"Um…"

"And don't you remember the sports festival last year? They had students running through a literal minefield. Nonlethal sure, but they were still blasting runners up into the air."

Ochako blinked a few times, before whirling on All Might, "It's not an actual bomb right!?"

All Might waved his hands around frantically, "No, no of course not! It's paper mache. U.A. would never dream of letting first years near an actual armed bomb."

Ochako placed a hand over her heart, to steady herself, "Oh thank god…. Wait what was that part about first years?"

"Anyway! You two should get going. Remember you'll have five minutes to get yourselves ready. Oh, and Young Midoriya," Izuku looked up at All Might when he mentioned his name, "please remember that villains are selfish by nature, and try not to put themselves into situations where they are at a disadvantage. Do you understand?"

Izuku gulped, recalling the conversation about liabilities he had had with Aizawa the day before.

"I understand All Might," Izuku answered with conviction, putting All Might at ease.

Happy with the answer, he watched the two enter the building and turned to leave. Just before he was out of earshot he picked up Ochako's voice echoing faintly, "Are you sure you don't want me to translate that for you?"

"Uraraka!"

All Might chuckled as he walked away and towards the monitor room.

Young Uraraka sure has her work cut out for her with that boy.

Ochako and Izuku quickly made their way up to the room that held their faux bomb. While they had been reassured that their time limit wouldn't start until they reacted it, they didn't want to take too much advantage of the small window they had. That didn't stop them from opening a few doors along the way and taking stock of the items skewen about.

"Lots of nice heavy office furniture in some of these rooms, and some construction equipment too. I saw some plywood sheets and some metal barrels," Ochako noted.

"At least we have plenty of stuff to work with," Izuku said as he examined the overall layout of the building compared to the plans he held, noting that besides the outer fire escape, there was only one set of stairs in the small building.

With that and the how narrow these halls are, there are plenty of choke points we could exploit, if we set up barricades. But would things like that even be effective on them in the first place?

"You know, speaking of plenty to work with, we should probably go over what gear our costumes have." Ochako motioned to the numerous pouches Izuku had on his red utility harness.

"Oh yeah that's a good idea Uraraka. I don't really have anything too fancy if I'm being honest. Some basic first aid stuff like bandages, painkillers, cut ointment, and some sutures. I have some captures tools too: a net, bolas, nylon cord, and some folding cuffs. I have some ammo for attacking too, but I think I need to go over with the support department what I mean when I say non-lethal…"

"Oh? What'd they give you?"

Reaching into one of the longer pouches, Izuku pulled out a metal dart and showed it to her. Ochako winced at it, "Yeah that could be nasty."

"Uh huh," Izuku agreed and put the dart away, "What about you Uraraka? "

"Well besides it being so tight," Ochako pulled at the material at her hip, inadvertently drawing Izuku's eyes, though he immediately looked away and chidded himself, Ochako patted the gear around her wrists, "The stuff I requested helps me deal with the effects of my quirk if I over use it."

"That's really useful. I also remember you saying you wanted something space themed, like how Thirteen looks. Those those bracers look a lot like Gunhead's."

Ochako smirked as she laid a hand on a bracer, "Yeah, I wanted to add something from his look as a way of saying thank you and to show my appreciation for the time he spent helping me."

"Well they look really good on you."

Ochako flushed and Izuku, realizing he may have embarrassed her, quickly added, "Cool! You look really cool with them."

"Oh, thank you, Deku," Ochako said with a smile, "But I haven't told you the neat little trick these things can do."

Izuku's interest was immediately piqued, "Trick?"

"You know when I float myself I can't really maneuver around very well?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I decided to see how stuff, like satellites, orientate themselves in space. Turns out they use gyroscopes. They spin around and turn the satellites so they're facing the right direction. So…" Ochako tapped the bracers, "I put some in here and in my boots. It should give me much better control when I use my quirk on myself. In theory at least. Still haven't tested it yet."

Izuku's eyes glazed over as he fanboyed some over this new information, "That's incredible. You've opened yourself up to so many possibilities now."

The two finally reached the room with the bomb, as Ochako opened the door, she could hear Izuku behind her start to mumble to himself, "Actually, if Uraraka can now maneuver around while she's floating, she might be able to counter…but what about...hmmm"

Looking back at him, she waited a few seconds before asking "Deku? You have a plan?"

Izuku nodded, "Yeah, the start of one at least. There's just one problem."

"Oh?"

"Dark Shadow. Tokoyami's quirk is a living being, but he isn't flesh and blood. So I don't know if my quirk would work on him."

Ochako could understand Izuku's concern, that was a pretty big unknown to try and work a plan around, "Alright, lets go inside and we can work on the plan together."

"So where do you think the bomb is going to be?" Tsuyu asked as she looked over her building layout.

"The top floor would be the most logical place. Keep it as far from the building entrance as possible." Was Fumikage's quick reply as he handed his paper to Dark Shadow to hold for him.

"Then let's take the fire escapes on the side and work our way down ."

Fumikage was about to agree, but Tsuyu shook her head, "That makes too much sense. Remember the other day, Midoriya was taking so many notes during the test. He might be a strategic thinker, kero."

"Hmm, in that case, he might think that putting the bomb at the top floor is too obvious and put it somewhere else… Of course, that's assuming they could even move it to begin with."

"With their quirks, I think they could easily."

"If the thing isn't too big to fit through the doors."

Both Tsuyu and Fumikage nodded in agreement, it was a good point.

"So what do you think we should do?" Tsuyu asked as she looked up at the building, tapping a finger against her chin.

Fumikage crossed his arms as he looked over the building layout that Dark Shadow was holding up for him, "There are too many unknown's. There are several large rooms on each floor that I could see them barricading themselves and the bomb in. We don't even know how big the bomb is. If the bomb is small enough, it could be anywhere in the other rooms too. We need to be methodical; cross off each floor one at a time."

"I could climb to the top floor and work my way down, while you work your way up. That could cut our time searching in half"

"Hmm, no. I don't want to run the risk of a two on one fight. We're already at a disadvantage here as it stands."

"Speaking of fighting, we don't just have to worry about the bomb, but Midoriya and Uraraka themselves."

"Smart move would be to hide with the bomb."

"I agree. Coming after us would open them up to getting captured. They have no reason to do that. Staying with the bomb and running out the clock is the best strategy here."

Tsuyu wasn't sure she agreed with Fumikage and Dark Shadow. Something about their opponents made her think that they weren't the kind to sit back and wait. But it was almost time to go into the building, and getting into a potential argument didn't seem like the right decision at the moment. "So, when we do run into them guarding the bomb, what then? Midoriya will probably stay back and pepper us with anything he can throw."

"Midoriya's quirk does lend itself to long-range, so he won't want to get in close. Dark Shadow will be able to push through his attacks and capture him relatively easily."

"Kero, Uraraka seems like she has to touch what she wants to make float. So if I stick to the walls and keep jumping around her, she won't be able to use her quirk on me."

"Hit and run for infinity-girl and power through for the glow-stick."

Tsuyu looked over at her partner, all the basics of the plan seemed solid enough, but there was one thing that bothered her, "We shouldn't forget that Midoriya did take out the zero pointer during the entrance exam. He must be pretty strong to be able to do that. Remember his ball throw score."

"True, but he doesn't seem to have the best control over his quirk. Don't forget his long jump results."

"Team H. You are free to enter the building. Your time starts now!"

Hearing All Might in their earpieces, both students nodded.

"Alright, Asui, are you ready?"

"Yeah. Oh, call me Tsu."

As planned, the two entered into the building on the first floor. Tsuyu took the lead, clinging to the walls as they made their way through the building. In only a short time, the two were able to find and clear the rooms on the floor, and at no point did they see any evidence that either Izuku or Ochako laying in wait for them, or had even been down on the floor. Climbing the stairs, the two began the process again for the 2nd floor, moving from one room to the next.

"Kero, we may want to pick up the pace. If we keep going like this, time will run out before we reach the final floor."

Tsuyu looked up ahead as she rounded a corner, eyes scanning the hallway that lead to the stairway to the next floor. While Tsuyu looked where they were going, Fumikage hung back, making sure they were not ambushed from behind.

"Agreed. Being cautious is fine, but we need to be aggressive too. Once we hit the next floor we may need to change our strategy."

As Tsuyu neared the door for the stairs, she looked back at her partner, "We still haven't seen Midoriya or Uraraka yet either. Maybe they are hiding with the bomb?"

"As I said, that would make the most sense. They don't have to do anything in order to win since we are the ones against the clock."

"Maybe, but-"

"Hey was that door always green?"

Dark Shadow's interruption was all the warning either teen got before the door in front of them exploded off its hinges and rocketed towards them. Tsuyu kicked herself backward, landing behind Fumikage, while Dark Shadow shot out and used its arms to swat the door to the side.

Recovering from the sudden attack, both students watched as Izuku and Ochako walked into the hallway.

"So much for them hiding with the bomb, kero" Tsuyu said dryly.

"Yeah, maybe not one of your better predictions there."

Fumikage side-eyed Dark Shadow, but held his tongue. No point in possibly putting his foot in his mouth again.

Izuku crossed his arms and giving his voice an overly dramatic deepness and flair, started to laugh, "mUahahaha!"

Ochako turned her head to the side, doing her best to contain the sputtering giggle that threatened to kill the villainous mood the two were trying to put on.

Oh man, Deku, I know All Might said embrace our roles as villains, but you are going to kill me if you keep that up the whole match!

"Such foolish heroes! Why would I hide in my own lair!?"

Ochako turned her head back around, "Our lair."

"Our lair!" Izuku quickly corrected before pointing at the other team, "You have no hope of victory heroes. Surrender now, and save yourselves the embarrassment!"

Fumikage got into a battle stance as Dark Shadow puffed up menacingly, "Come on, we can take these guys."

"Asui, when I send out Dark Shadow, try and get behind them. Let's try and pinch them between us. Cut off their escape route."

Tsuyu nodded and crouched down ready to move.

"Looks like they aren't going to surrender, Deku."

"Perfect."

For a few brief moments, all four glared at each other. Each ready for the fight that was about to happen.

"Dark Shad-!"

Fumikage was cut off from giving Dark Shadow his command when Izuku surprised him by charging forward, quickly closing the distance between the two of them.

He isn't keeping his distance!?

Alarmed, Fumikage had Dark Shadow shield him from the assault. Izuku didn't let this stop him and delivered a strong right hook right into Dark Shadow's beak.

"OW!"

Izuku didn't let up, he kept throwing hooks and jabs, pushing Dark Shadow back into an increasingly alarmed Fumikage.

"Grr! Stop punching me in the face!"

When he yelled, Dark Shadow swiped at Izuku in a flurry, his talons leaving gashes in the concrete floor. For Izuku though, the movements were almost identical to what All Might had shown him when an opponent went wild. Leaning back and dodging, Izuku waited until he saw an opening. Dark Shadow swung down with both arms, causing him to lean forward, and that was the perfect opening for an uppercut. Stepping into the gap between his arms, Izuku twisted to the side, and launched his fist up and right into the jaw of Dark Shadow, snapping his head back. Seeing that the dark bird was dazed, Izuku reached out and shoved Dark Shadow back into Fumikage with his quirk.

"Oof!"

"Gah!"

Almost immediately Dark Shadow wretched himself free of Izuku's hold, but that was fine. In that instant, Izuku now knew that he could effect Dark Shadow with his quirk, even if it was just for a moment.

I got what I needed.

"Uraraka, we need to fall back!"

"Dark Shad-!"

With Izuku taking off, Ochako scanned the hallway, looking for her opponent. She found her right away. As Fumikage had asked, Tsuyu was already on the move leaping forward off to the side as she hurried to get behind them.

"And where do you think you're going!?"

Ochako side stepped till she was standing in Tsuyu's way, the frog girl didn't stop and jumped up onto the wall so that she could climb past. Ochako however, was not going to let her get past. Breaking out into a run, Ochako quickly made it to the same wall Tsuyu was on and to her great surprise, she watched as Ochako effortlessly stepped up onto the wall and ran up it.

"Kero!?"

"You aren't getting past me!"

For Ochako, the wall might as well had been the floor. The gyroscopes in her boots and bracers spun and directed their momentum down, perpendicular with the soles of her boots, though their angle could be changed with a simple command from her heads up display. So that down for her could be any direction she wanted. Unbeknownst to the other two, Ochako had already floated herself before Izuku had blown away the door, giving her the element of surprise.

Ochako slid to a stop and dug her heel into the wall, planting herself as she spun and kicked at Tsuyu's head. The other girl was only just able to dodge, thanks to her frog reflexes. Ochako launched another kick, followed by a knee and elbow, both striking Tsuyu's side and making the girl groan in pain. She was going to have bruises for sure after that. When she saw Ochako swing one of those huge bracers at her, she scrambled backward and lept over to the ceiling, trying to put some distance between the two. Ochako followed after her, jumping up and twisting in the air, and landing with her feet flat on the ceilings surface before taking up her fighting stance once again.

"Like I said, you aren't getting past me."

A flash of green caught Ochako's eye followed by two loud grunts.

That must have been Izuku.

"Uraraka, we need to fall back!"

Bingo.

Ochako pushed off the ceiling and flipped over, landing on the floor right besides Izuku, startling Dark Shadow and Fumikage, both looking up to see Tsuyu looking lost at Ochako's sudden retreat from their fight.

"Fall back?"

"Yeah, up the stairs, move!"

Pivoting, Ochako bolted back into the stairwell with Izuku right behind her leaving Fumikage and Tsuyu confused, but only for a moment.

"After them!"

Fumikage rushed after the two but stopped dead in his tracks when the stairs and walls suddenly glowed bright green. Once they had made it to the next floor, Izuku used his quirk and crushed everything he could behind them.

"Follow us if you dare, heroes!"

Exiting the stairwell, Ochako slammed the door shut and Izuku snapped off the door handle, locking the door closed.

"You good, Deku?"

"Yeah I'm fine. Come on, we need to get to our places before they follow us up here."

Ochako nodded, and with how quickly Tsuyu was able to move around, she doubted they had very long to wait. Moving down the hallway Ochako looked over at Izuku, "I guess you found out if your quirk will work on that Dark Shadow."

"Yeah. It's not as hard as trying to hold a person, but not as easy as holding object. I can grab him, but only for a second; he can break my hold pretty quickly. I can push him around a bit, but I don't think I'd be able to hold him still for very long."

"Every little bit that can throw him off helps."

Izuku agreed, "Yep. Oh, so you were able to keep up with Asui?"

Ochako grinned confidently, "Oh yeah. The gyroscopes worked perfectly. I can orientate myself however I want, and still be able to fight."

"That's great!"

A loud bang from the locked stairwell got both of their attention.

"Looks like they took you up on your dare."

Another bang echoed down the hall. The door now had a huge dent in it.

"Perfect. Now let's see how far we can keep leading them."

A final bang ripped the door clean off the wall as Dark Shadow pulled himself and Fumikage up and Tsuyu jumped through the opening.

Izuku smirked behind his mask as he summoned up his villain voice, "Ready for round two, heroes?"

Ochako bit her lip to stop herself from giggling

Deku trying to sound all evil, is so cute...Wait?

"Team H. You are free to enter the building. Your time starts now!"

All Might took his hand off his headset and turned to look at his class, "Now, I want each of you to pay attention to this battle. Feel free to speak up if anything catches your eye. This is an open forum."

Several screens popped up showing both the hero and villain teams moving through the building. The class watched as Fumikage and Tsuyu swept through the first floor.

"Are they actually going to do anything? They're just walking around. I thought we were going to see some action." Denki said after getting tired of the slow pace of the first match.

"They're checking every room for the bomb. Better to do that then to just run around and check randomly. They could easily miss their target; it's the best option." Momo countered.

"Bullshit it is."

Katsuki huffed from the back of the room, leaning up against a wall, "They're wasting their time. If they want to win, they should be going after the other team."

"They have no idea of the combat capabilities of their opponents. It's a much bigger risk to go after the other team versus going for the bomb." Tooru added.

"If they're too afraid of a fight, they why the hell are they even here? They don't have time to be acting like a bunch of pussies."

Momo put a hand over her mouth as she looked away from Katsuki, "How vulgar."

"You bring up good points." All Might interjected, "On the one hand, you have an option that may be easier, but takes up more time, of which there is a limited amount. On the other, a more direct path that is fraught with peril and comes with the greater risk of losing. This very question is something that pros are forced to decide on every day, and there is no way of knowing if you've picked the correct option until the end. Or, if there was even a correct option to begin with. Both choices could very well lead to defeat."

While the class though this over, Mina looked up at the monitor and noticed something, "Hey, what are Midoriya and Uraraka doing?"

Eijiro looked at the same screen, that showed Izuku with his ear pressed against a door, and Ochako standing a few paces behind him in the stairwell, "Are they hiding? That's not manly at all."

"Stealth is a viable strategy in a battle, Young Kirishima." All Might corrected, though he did not confirm that was what the two were doing.

Katsuki laughed, "Yeah that sounds like, Deku. He's too much of a coward to do anything else."

Himiko looked at the monitor showing Izuku and Ochako, then the one that showed Fumikage and Tsuyu, "You're a fucking idiot. You know that?"

"You want to say that again, Bun Head?" Katsuki growled.

Himiko didn't bat an eye at Katsuki, "There's a huge difference between hiding and lying in wait. Also, that's a lame nickname. At least give me something funny like 'Lightning Dolt'. Try again."

While Katsuki fumed, Tenya rubbed his chin as he thought about what Himiko had said, "Midoriya does appear to be listening through the door. You think they are going to try and ambush the other team?"

"We'll know soon enough, I think. I think that's the hallway that leads to the door Izuku is behind."

Himiko pointed at the screen showing Fumikage and Tsuyu. As they got closer to the door, Izuku pulled his head away, and motioned for Ochako to step back. Izuku pulled back his hand while at the same time he and the door glowed green.

"Um, what's he doi-!"

Before Kyoka could finish her question, Izuku punched his palm forward and the door was ripped off its hinges and rocketed right towards the other team.

"-ng! Whoa!" Kyoka flinched as the door headed right for Fumikage.

"Man, Midoriya isn't playing around!"

"All Might did say we should treat this as a real battle," Shouto observed quietly to himself.

"Ah, looks like Tokoyami was able to block it though."

Katsuki frowned as he watched the fight finally start.

If that's all the little shit can do with his quirk, he's still a nobody. I could easily blow up anything he could throw at me.

"Um, is Midoriya posing?" Denki asked.

"Look at Uraraka, she looks like she's about to burst."

At the same time, All Might turned his head and coughed hard into his hand, doing his best to not break out into a laughing fit.

Young Midoriya, that is not what I meant by embracing the role!

"All Might, are you alright?" Momo asked, looking at the teacher with concern.

"Er, yes. Just had a tickle in my throat is all. Ah, looks like you all will get some action after all."

The fight had started, and the class was not disappointed with what they saw.

"Holy crap, look at Midoriya throw those hands!"

"He's actually punching a shadow in the face. Tokoyami looks completely lost."

"Izuku's going after him like a prize fighter. WOW! That was totally a shoryuken. That is so hot!"

"Yeah that's cool, but look at Uraraka! How is she doing all that!?"

"She's running on the ceiling! Wait, she doing flips on the ceiling. The laws of physics are broken!"

"That martial arts style seems familiar. Where have I seen it before?" Shouto whispered to himself as he watched the fight.

Once the fight had started, Katsuki's mood had soured quickly. Disbelief had quickly turned into rage as he watched Izuku move in ways that should be impossible.

What the fucking hell!? Just what was that little shit hiding from me?!

"Ready for round two, heroes?"

Dark Shadow bristled, "Grr, he's so cocky. I hate it."

Tsuyu could understand the dark quirk's aggravation. Unquestionably that first match up had not only gone in the other teams favor, but it had also eaten up precious time.

I had wondered why they decided to fall back. I guess now I know.

Unlike the hallway one flight down, this one was littered with office desks, chairs, miscellaneous supplies and large filing cabinets from the adjacent office rooms.

They must have spent some time setting this up for themselves.

The huge mess would slow Fumikage if he had to fight, and it forced Tsuyu to have to move to the walls and ceiling if she wanted to move freely, which Ochako had shown she could do as well, somehow. It also supplied Izuku with ample ammo to be a huge worry on top of the fact he did not have any issue getting in close.

"We need to be careful, kero. They have this whole hallway set up to fight us."

Fumikage agreed, but his eyes were drawn down the hall, past where Izuku and Ochako stood. Further back there was much more debris strewn about that got denser and more compact the closer it got to a large double door.

"Asui…"

"Call me Tsu."

"...Tsu, look behind them. Doesn't it look like they made an effort to keep that door back there blocked off?"

Tsuyu blinked and looked where Fumikage had pointed out along with Dark Shadow.

"You think…?"

Izuku and Ochako noticed that their opponent's attention had shifted, and looked behind themselves. Both stiffened and closed ranks, blocking the door from their view.

"Bingo. The bomb has to be there."

"Tsu, we have to find a way to get by them."

Tsuyu nodded, "Yeah. I think we need to bull rush them. If even one of use makes it by, they can get to the bomb and win."

"Not the most clever solution."

"We have to be past the halfway point by now. We don't have time to be clever."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's win this!"

Dark Shadows voice carried down the hallway, Izuku powered up his quirk while Ochako took up her fighting stance, "Here they come Deku. You ready?"

"I'm good to go. Just remember the plan."

With Dark Shadow's declaration, Tsuyu jumped onto the wall and began to bounce from one side of the hallway to the other, crisscrossing over the blocked floor. Ochako followed her with her eyes, timing how quickly she was able to jump around. Running forward, Ochako jumped and swung her feet up, the gyros spinning hard, pulling her upward to the ceiling. She had timed her jump so that her feet collided right into Tsuyu, sending the frog girl tumbling backward as she desperately stuck herself onto the ceiling to prevent herself from falling.

Ochako's landing was not much better. She was forced to tuck and roll after getting thrown off kilter from the collision. Getting her bearings, she launched herself at Tsuyu, but skidded to a halt when tsuyu's tongue shot out, and smacked her across the head. Tsuyu was able to strike Ochako two more times before she dodged the third hit. When Tsuyu tried a fourth time, Ochako was able to get three of her fingers to brush against Tsuyu's tongue, her thumb and pointer fingers just missing the pink appendage. The close call was enough to make Tsuyu change tactics though. She shot out her tongue again, but instead of aiming at Ochako, she wrapped it around one the filing cabinets and threw it at Ochako.

"Oh shoot!"

Ochako jumped out of the way, which gave Tsuyu and opening to get past. Ochako quickly closed it though. Landing on the floor, she floated two large desks, "Oh, so you want to throw things huh!"

"Kero!?"

Tsuyu jumped back when the first desk cut off her path. She jumped to the other wall when the second desk hit where she had been, shattering the wall's window and floating outside before hitting the side of another building across the street and coming to a stop.

Ochako wasn't done throwing things though, after the two desks, Ochako backpedaled, picking up anything within arms reach and chunking it as Tsuyu who either, jumped around to avoid the objects, or was able to kick or catch it with her tongue to launch it back.

"Will you keep still? If you dodge like that I'll keep missing!"

Tsuyu watched as Ochako stopped her ineffective bombardment, and rushed towards Tsuyu, running up the wall. When she did, Tsuyu noticed that a great deal of the clutter that had been blocking the far of the hall was gone.

Uraraka opened up the hallway. If we can get by them, we'll have a pretty clear shot to that room!

Ochako was only halfway towards Tsuyu when below them someone screamed, "Uraraka! Stop them! They got by me!"

Ochako skid to a stop and turned to look down. Izuku was sprawled out on the floor against the other wall, and Fumikage was rushing by him and through the opening in the hall that Ochako had opened up.

"Oh no!"

Ochako kicked off the wall and shot towards him, but Tsuyu wasn't going to let her get to her teammate. Shooting out her tongue and wrapping it around Ochako's waist, Tsuyu yanked her back and threw her right into Izuku, sending both tumbling to the ground. With Izuku and now Ochako out of the way, Tsuyu quickly joined up with Fumikage and rushed for the room with the bomb.

"I'm good, just remember the plan."

The brief nod from Ochako was all the reassurance Izuku needed before he refocused on Fumikage and Dark Shadow.

"You're mine now, you green rabbit! No more bouncing around and punching me in the face!"

"Oh? Is that so."

"It is, Midoriya. You may have limited my movements with all this debris, but you have limited yourself as well."

Dark Shadow loomed over Izuku, doing a good job of looking menacing, "Yeah, and while you're down there, I can get you from up here. So what are you gonna do now?"

Izuku had to concede to that. Shrugging his shoulders he looked up at the huge shadow, "you're right. I'm just as hampered as Tokoyami is. So I don't think I'm going to be able to box with you in here," Dark Shadow started to laugh, " but aren't you forgetting something?"

"Eh? What?"

Izuku's green glow flared to life as he grabbed one of the large pieces of office debris that Dark Shadow was hovering over and launched it into him, sending both crashing through the ceiling.

"I can do that."

Dark Shadows voices echoed from the hole he was in, "Oh right. Quirks."

Fumikage rubbed his brow, "You are a quirk, how do you forget about quirks?"

Pulling himself out of the ceiling, Dark Shadow went on the attack while Izuku pulled more debris from around himself and threw it at the two. While a few smaller pieces did graze Fumikage, Dark Shadow was doing an excellent job acting as a shield, batting away the larger and more dangerous projectiles. Even the pieces that Izuku pulled from behind them, Dark Shadow was able to react fast enough to stop.

It's no wonder they scored so well on the practical exam and Mr. Aizawa's test. Their combat potential is phenomenal.

When Dark Shadow shattered a desk that had been thrown at him, Izuku could see that Fumikage wasn't looking just at him, but around and past him. Around them, the debris Izuku had used lay scattered and in pieces. While the amount of stuff was still relatively the same, it had been broken down and spread out. Opening up the hallway and making it easier to move about. Izuku then glanced behind himself and saw that much of the large obstacles were no longer blocking the past to the door.

Guess it's time to move in.

Izuku grabbed as many of the broken pieces of clutter he could and used it to create a giant wall between himself and Dark Shadow as he rushed forward.

Fumikage tensed as Izuku rushed towards him.

He must have realized how badly the situation has changed for him. Now's he trying to push me back so I can't capitalize. Sorry Midoriya, but that not going to work.

"Dark Shadow, breakthrough Midoriya's barrier and get him out of the way!"

"Got it!"

Dark Shadow reared back, then dove right through. Izuku had just enough time to raise his arms to protect himself when Dark Shadow's arms ripped through and slammed him into the wall. Izuku groaned in pain as he fell to the floor, gasping for breath as his makeshift barrier fell uselessly around him. Fumikage paused only briefly to make sure that Izuku did not look to hurt before he moved past, and ran for the door.

"Uraraka! Stop them! They got by me!" Izuku cried out behind him.

Fumikage turned, trying to find where Ochako would attack him from. He found her just as Tsuyu pulled her out of the air, and threw her back behind them. Landing beside him, Tsuyu joined him as they rushed for the door, "We need to hurry. They'll be right behind us, kero!"

"Don't worry! This match is as good as ours!"

Reaching the doors, Fumikage and Tsuyu yanked them open and rushed into the room. Their momentum carried them almost halfway inside the large space before they came to a confused halt.

"Wait, what's going on?"

"Kero?"

The room was empty. The bomb that they had expected to find to win the match was not there. Quickly the pieces began to click into place as a feeling of dread filled the two.

"Um, guys? Was this…?"

"It's a trap! We have to get out of here!" Fumikage yelled in alarm, but it was too late.

A loud bang startled both teens, making them turn around to find Izuku and Ochako standing in front of the closed doors. Both of them, doing a great job of suddenly looking very intimidating. Izuku raised a hand and clenched his fist, his green aura enveloping him. From out in the hallway, a loud rumble and screeching echoed into the empty room, followed by a series of loud bangs and thuds. Each one was the result of Izuku pulling all the largest debris, filing cabinets and desks, right against the door forming a solid barricade to keep the door from opening. Locking them all in the room.

"I told you heroes at the start to surrender and save yourselves the embarrassment. Now it's too late, and you have to deal with the consequences."

Ochako rapped her knuckles against the side of the large faux bomb, sighing in relief at the hollow noise it gave off. Izuku snickered behind her which only made her roll her eyes, "Anyway, back to the plan. We'll confront them on the 2nd floor first. I'll keep Asui busy while you take on Tokoyami and find out if you can affect his quirk with yours. Once you have your answer, we fall back to the next floor."

"Yeah, I'll also try and see if I can slow them down at all. Time isn't on their side, so we might as well eat up as much as we can."

"That's a good idea. Now how are we going to trick them into thinking that the bomb in on the 3rd floor?"

"We'll need to set up a barricade to try and protect the room. Have stuff thrown about to make it harder for them to move, but really clog up the area in front of the doors."

"Maybe try and draw attention to the fact we're keeping them from that room. Block their view of it or something."

Izuku nodded in agreement, "Yeah, if this trick is going to work, we'll really have to sell it."

"I'm not too worried about that. It's the next part that's gonna take some good acting. We're going to unintentionally open up the path for them. If we're too obvious they might suspect something and not take the bait. If that happens, we'll be in trouble. We aren't going to have time to set up any kind of defenses to protect the real bomb since all our time is going into the trap."

"And of course they could always use that fire escape and come in on some random floor," Izuku said with a sigh.

Ochako just shrugged, "We can't go back and forth on every single possibility. Let's stick with what we got, and if worst comes to worst, we just improvise and win."

"Right...so where were we?"

"Luring them into the fake room."

"Okay, yeah. The room you selected is a perfect trap. It's right off the main hallway from the stairs and in the interior of the building. So no windows for them to escape through. They go in, and we block the door shut...and wait out the timer…" Izuku trailed off. Ochako couldn't see it because of his mask, but she could tell he was frowning.

"Something wrong, Deku? The plan sounds good to me. By that point in the match there shouldn't be that much time left. I'm sure we'd be able to hold them in."

"It is, it is. It's just…" Izuku reached back and pulled out the capture tape they had each been given, "I don't want to win because of the time limit. I want to have a complete victory. I want to capture them."

The look of determination in Izuku's eyes startled Ochako. Compared to when she had met him over a year ago, when he had been so timid, to how he was now was so different. He always had a spark in him, she had seen it so many times even before their training. Now though, it wasn't just a spark, but a full-fledged fire that burned brightly within him. It brought back a memory of something she had said to All Might, when they had gotten into trouble for working outside the bounds of his training plan.

"We're not going to settle for good enough ."

Izuku looked up at Ochako. She now had the same determined look he had.

"Alright Deku, instead of locking them in, lets lock all of us in the room. You can still barricade it from the other side of the door, right?"

"Definitely, and you're okay with this? It's the riskier option."

Ochako grinned and held up her fist towards Izuku, "Yeah, let's show everyone what we can do."

Izuku returned her grin, and raised his fist up to hers, bumping them together, "Then let's get everything ready."

With a nod, Ochako hurried out of the room to start getting stuff set up. They had only a few minutes left, and a lot to get ready.

Break

"They've been trained." Shouto said with absolute certainty.

The second round of the match had only just started but Shouto didn't need to see anything else to come to his conclusion. A few students looked over at him waiting for him to explain further.

"We'll I'm sure they practiced a bunch before they got into U.A. We all had to if we wanted to get in." Denki reasoned.

"Yeah, I practiced and worked out like crazy to make sure I passed." Eijiro added

"That's not what I mean. Those two have been professionally trained. The way they're fighting isn't something you learn by watching some work out videos. It has to be taught."

All Might did his best not to show how much his ears were burning as he listened to the students behind him.

Himiko hummed as she watched Izuku continue his assault against Dark Shadow, "Izuku did mention that he and Ochako trained together."

Tenya nodded, "That's right. If I recall, he mentioned something about it during dinner the other day."

"That doesn't explain how they're this good, though." Hitoshi added, watching the match closely with the others.

Katsuki glared at the three before turning his attention back to the match, just in time to see Dark Shadow slam Izuku into a wall. That brought a huge smile to his face, "Ha! Take that you little shit. You sure you know what you're talking about over there Half-and-Half?"

Shouto didn't reply and kept silently watching. He wasn't looking at Fumikage and Tsuyu as they ran off, but kept his eyes on Izuku and Ochako.

Neither of them is panicking. If they really were that close to losing, you'd expect them to be worried, but they aren't. Why?

"Oh man, they made it by them. They're making for the door."

"That's game and match. Midoriya and Uraraka won't be able to catch them in time."

Oh thats why.

"Look, they made it in….wait….WHAT!?"

"No way! No way!"

"Wait, where's the bomb? Why were they guarding an empty room?"

Himiko had a huge grin on her face, "It was a trap. The whole thing was a trap."

Katsuki's smile vanished as he watched the two slam the doors closed behind them and Izuku drag a pile of debris up against the door. Several more students looked back at Shouto who simply shrugged, "Like I said. They have been trained."

"Yeah but by who?"

All Might really hoped no one saw through his poker face.

Break

"I told you at the start heroes, surrender now and save yourselves the embarrassment. Now it's too late, and you have to deal with the consequences."

Izuku and Ochako began to advance forwards, while Fumikage and Tsuyu backed up, the realization of their situation sapping away most of their fighting spirit.

"We're trapped."

"We are."

"They had everything planned out from the start, didn't they?"

"Seems that way."

"What do we do now?"

"...I don't know."

"We have to try and capture them, kero."

Both Dark Shadow and Fumikage looked over at Tsuyu, "Can we do that?"

"If we want to win, we have to."

"Teams! You have one minute left!"

All Might's voice rang out from the students earpieces freezing them still, but only for a moment. Time was almost up, and if Izuku and Ochako wanted their perfect victory, they couldn't afford to waste any more time.

"Deku! Launch me!" Ochako turned off her gyroscopes so she started to float up into the air as she extended her hand for Izuku to grab.

Izuku grabbed on and as fast as he could reared back and threw Ochako as hard as he could right towards Tsuyu, who only had enough time to let out a surprised ribbit before Ochako body checked her and sent her flailing into the wall with a solid thud. Tsuyu didn't even have enough time to catch her breath before Ochako was on her, pressing her attack with kicks and punches.

Fumikage was left gaping in shock after his teammate was suddenly and violently taken away from him, fortunately Dark Shadow was able to bring him back to the present with a warning, "Here he comes!"

Izuku dashed forward, pulling out his capture tape at the same time. He had just gotten by Dark Shadow, and reached out to try and wrap the tape around Fumikage's arm, but he was pushed back by one of Dark Shadows claws, "oh no you don't!"

Stumbling back, Izuku let the tape go with his hand and grabbed it with his quirk. Whipping it around a panicked Fumikage, "Dark Shadow, don't let that near me!"

Displaying some impressive agility, Dark Shadow was able to bat the tape away, even as Izuku manipulated it in the air so it darted and twisted around while trying to wrap up Fumikage. When Izuku regained his balance he snatched the tape back and reset himself so that he was ready to try again. Fumikage narrowed his eyes, in his mind he could hear the seconds ticking away, "Dark Shadow, I want you to grab Midoriya and hold him down so I can capture him."

"Got it!"

Izuku's green glow flared up, warning them that he was about to attack again. This time both Fumikage and Dark Shadow rushed Izuku, intending to overpower him. Izuku however was prepared for it.

Almost out of time, I need to make this count!

When Dark Shadow was almost on him, Izuku reached out with his left hand and ensnared Dark Shadow in a green aura, stopping him dead. Fighting through the strain to hold him, Izuku wretched his hand up and forward, sending the shadow flying back into the ceiling with as much force as he dared.

Fumikage, now defenseless, didn't have enough time to come to a stop when Izuku turned his attention to him. Dropping his left hand, Izuku pivoted his body as he threw a haymaker right into Fumikage's beak.

"Smash!"

Fumikage's head whipped around as he dropped to the ground dazed and with a harsh ringing in his ears. Dark Shadow was able free himself just in time to watch Izuku wrap the capture tape around Fumikage's wrist.

"Tokoyami Fumikage has been captured!"

After getting thrown by Izuku, Ochako had moved her and Tsuyu's battle upward, so that now both were up on the ceiling.

If, during this fight, Tsuyu had learned anything, after going two rounds and going on three, against Ochako it was this.

Keep your distance.

After taking a series of hits to her side and stomach, only just dodging a huge swing from one of Ochako's bracers that left several spiderweb cracks in the wall when she missed, and on top of all of that, she was still reeling from the flying body check, Tsuyu did not want to be anywhere near Ochako anymore.

So if close quarters was out of the question, she had to rely on her tongue, but having only one method of attack, as unorthodox as it was, made her very predictable for Ochako, who was doing a great job dodging and weaving through her attacks. Ochako however, was not able to close the gap between herself and Tsuyu, so the two were in a stalemate. With time running out, if Ochako wanted to get her capture win, she was going to have to get creative.

Okay, I need to get Asui stunned. If I can do that, I can win.

Ochako side stepped as Tsuyu's tongue shot out and immediately retracted back.

She really doesn't want me floating her, does she.

Ochako ducked as this time Tsuyu swipped at her.

She's either tried to spear me with that thing, or grab me… Wait…

A planned formed inside Ochako's mind. It was risky, but at this point she was out of options and almost out of time. With her mind made up, Ochako waited for her moment.

Alright, doge the spear strikes, and wait for her to… THERE!

After multiple thrusts with her tongue, Tsuyu once again went to swipe at Ochako to try and grab her. This time, instead of dodging, Ochako let the tongue wrap around her arms and upper body. Tsuyu's face lit up at her victory as she yanked Ochako off the ceiling and held her in the air. Which was exactly what Ochako had been hoping she would do. Tsuyu had her arms pressed tight against herself, but she had left her hands unbinded, and close enough together for Ochako to spring her trap.

Pressing her fingers together, Ochako cried out, "Release!"

Suddenly, her weight returned to her, and she plummeted towards the floor, along with a startled Tsuyu, who, not expecting her capture prey to suddenly weigh so much, was yanked off the ceiling before she had a chance to brace herself. Ochako was able to land on her feet, her boots absorbing the full impact. Tsuyu was not as lucky and belly flopped on the hard floor, having the wind knocked out of her. Ochako felt Tsuyu's tongue loosen, and quickly broke free and dashed for the downed girl.

"Tokoyami Fumikage has been captured!"

All Mights voice rang in her head from the little earpiece she was wearing , proclaiming Izuku's success. Ochako let herself grin at the news, but she could celebrate with him after she had finished with her end of things. Tsuyu was only just starting to prop herself up when Ochako grabbed one of her wrists and twisted it behind her back, while at the same time used her knee and body weight to push Tsuyu back onto the floor. With her free hand, Ochako pulled out the capture tape and wrapped it around the wrist she was holding.

"Asui Tsuyu has been captured! Both heroes are out! THE VILLAIN TEAM WINS!

After the match, both teams were given quick examinations by several medical robots, and while Team H were nursing some bruised bodies and ego's both were given the all clear and sent on their way to the monitor room where All Might and their classmates were waiting for them.

Upon entering the room, the class as a collective turned to look right at Izuku and Ochako, both of which gulp nervously at the sudden intense interest. All Might cleared his throat, "Well done all of you. Both teams performed admirably and it is time to review your match with the rest of the class. Win or lose, it is important to look back on your action and learn from them. Now...er… Does anyone have any comments or questions they'd like to ask the participants."

Katsuki, who looked ready to either bite Izuku's head off, or just strangle him, opened his mouth to demand how Izuku had learned to fight like that, but he was cut off as the rest of the class started asking questions.

With everyone talking over each other, neither of the two teams knew who to answer first, or even which question was directed at how. Seeing that this was going nowhere, and that the four students were getting quickly overwhelmed, All Might stepped in, "Okay, okay! Lets everyone settle down."

The class immediately quieted down. All Might nodded in approval, "Now let's try to keep this organized. Why don't we have questions for Team H go first. Now does anyone have anything they would like to ask?"

Momo raised her hand, and after getting acknowledged by All Might, asked, "What was your plan of attack? We had no audio and the video feed only started once the match had begun."

Fumikage answered, "My plan was to do a full sweep of the building. Since we did not know anything about the bomb we were looking for, that left too many places to look for us to try and pick at random."

"We never actually got to see the bomb now that I think about it. How big was it, kero?"

"About the size of a couch," Izuku answered.

Fumikage groaned, "That would have been nice to know…"

"You said, 'your plan.' Does that mean Asui didn't have a say in what you did in the match?" Tenay asked.

"She never said anything against my ideas, so I assumed she agreed with my assessment of the situation."

Tsuyu scratched her cheek nervously when Fumikage looked over at her, "I… had a few doubts about some of you ideas. Like when you assumed Midoriya and Uraraka would stay with the bomb the whole match."

"And you chose to keep these concerns to yourself?"

"We only had a limited amount of time to come up with a plan. Getting into an argument seemed like a worse idea so I stayed quiet."

All Might nodded and turned to address the class, "This is in fact a very common problem that can crop up when heroes and agencies team up on the fly. Communication break down. Young Asui prioritized team cohesion and prompt action over the risk of possible arguments and losing time."

"So I did the wrong thing?"

"As with most things in life, there is no cut and dry answer. If you had said something, you and Young Tokoyami might have spent more time talking before you had a plan, but that extra time may have led to your victory. On the other hand, teams that bicker amongst themselves are inefficient and run the risk of suffering devastating losses."

After a few moments of silence as everyone in the class thought this over, Mashirao raised his hand, "To be blunt, what went wrong?"

"Everything!" Wailed Dark Shadow, wiping away non existent tears.

"To be precise, how we figured Midoriya and Uraraka would fight was way off, kero."

Fumikage nodded, "I believed that Midoriya's psychokinesis would mean he would stay back and avoid any direct confrontation."

"And I thought I had the mobility advantage."

A few students winced at that. Neither had been prepared for what either of their opponents would end up bringing to the table. It was no wonder things had gone so wrong for them so quickly. When no other student raised their hand, All Might prepared himself for what he knew was going to be some extensive questions, "Now. Would anyone like to comment on, or have a question for Team A?"

Immediately, a sea of hands rose up. With so many, All Might decided to get the most troublesome one out of the way, "Young Todoroki."

Shouto wasted no time and got straight to the point, "Who trained the two of you?"

Ochako went stiff, while Izuku started stuttering, "What, train? Who said...um…"

No giving Izuku a chance to come up with a story, Shouto pointed towards Himiko, Tenya and Hitoshi, "Those three said that the two of you trained together before coming to U.A. and you both clearly have some fighting experience."

Tenya quickly added, "We were caught gossiping. I am deeply sorry."

Izuku raised his hands, "No, it's okay. It not like we were trying to hide anything. I guess we didn't think it would be that noticeable."

Ochako nodded in agreement. The whole class stared at them in disbelief.

"You're joking right? You guys were working like a machine out there," Kyoka said.

After a few more moments of silence Shouto asked again, "Will you tell us who trained you? You're avoiding the question."

"Um…"

Seeing the two struggling, All Might stepped in, "It was Mr. Yami if memory serves. He spoke about you two a lot."

Izuku and Ochako snapped their heads up to All Might, while the rest of the class looked over at him.

"Let me explain, sometimes U.A. will use talent scouts to find potential students. Mr. Yagi was the one that scouted Young Midoriya and Young Uraraka and helped them get ready for the entrance exam. As for why they may be hesitant to disclose this information, we want the scouts to be able to operate anonymously. If people found out who they were, then potential students or their parents might start seeking them out."

A few students whispered to themselves while Katsuki started to shake, grinding his teeth together as she stared a hole right through Izuku. Shouto nodded, finding the explanation believable, "you seem to know the man if you heard him talk about them All Might."

"Yes, well he works for my agency. So I'd overheard him a few times when he was in the office or over speaker phone."

More than a few students were looking at Izuku and Ochako in awe. To get picked up by someone what work in All Mights agency was incredible. Katsuki though had heard enough and finally exploded, "WHAT!? When did this happen!? When would someone ever take the time to scout you, Deku?"

"Oh well, you see...um." Izuku hesitated, not sure if bringing up the fact that it was when he had been attacked by that sludge villain was a good idea.

Ochako, seeing that Izuku was hesitant to answer in front of everyone, cleared her throat and looked Katsuki right in the eye, "When do you think it was Bakugou?"

It was extremely satisfying for Ochako to watch as Katsuki thought about what she said, and then for realization to set it. His face turned pale and his eyes bulged as he made a guttural cough like he'd swallowed his own tongue.

That's right. Choke on that you piece of-

Mina cut in, "So you guy got picked up by a scout, and then what, you got trained for a bit?"

"Well, it was actually pretty much our entire last year of junior high so close to ten months. We worked on strength training, endurance, our quirks and then eventually we learned some basic combat skills. I got taught some boxing, and Uraraka learned martial arts."

Mina blinked, stunned. She then recalled something Ochako had said back in the locker room, "Wait is that what you meant when you said ten months of hell?"

"Pretty much."

"So that's why you look fine as hell. You were doing hero training a year before everyone else!"

Ochako blushed at Mina's compliment.

"Alright, we can't spend all our time grilling one team. And many of these questions can be asked later, if Young Midoriya and Young Uraraka want to. Not everyone wants their whole life brought out into the open so readily. It's important to respect a person's privacy. Now, does anyone have any questions about the match?" A few students nodded in understanding, while Shouto looked from All Might to Izuku. He could understand wanting to keep some things private, more than most, but still found it odd how quickly All Might seemed to want to shut down the line of questioning and give them a break.

Hitoshi raised his hand, "If your plan was to trap them in that room like you did, why confront them on the second floor?"

"I had no idea if my quirk would work on Fumikage's Dark Shadow. I figured it would be better to find out early, when we could still fall back on the plan, than finding out after we sprung our trap and getting caught by surprise."

"Your plan?"

"Um, Uraraka and I put it together."

"It's impressive that you two put that together so quickly."

Tooru waved her gloved hand around, "Why not just lift Tokoyami and Asui up with your quirk and have Uraraka capture them? Wouldn't that have been easier?"

Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously, "My quirk doesn't really work on people that well. Every issue I have moving an object is amplified when I try on a person. A weakness I inherited from my mom I guess."

"Oh?"

"Yeah my mom can only use her quirk on small stuff, and not on people at all. Mine is just a super powered version of hers really."

Shouto stared at Izuku for a moment, then let himself look over at All Might.

A powered up version of his mothers quirk, and he was conveniently scouted by someone at All Mights agency.

"We have time for one more question, then we will decide who the MVP of the match was."

Tsuyu raised her hand, "May I ask them something?"

"Of course."

"Why did you two lock yourself in that room with us? With so little time left you had basically won once we fell for your trap. Why risk giving us a chance to capture you?"

Ochako looked over at Izuku, and they both gave each other a small smile, "We decided we didn't want to win because of the time limit."

A few students started to talk amongst themselves. Momo frowned, "But either way, by capture or time running out, it's a win. The result is the same."

"You want to answer that one Deku? It was your idea in the first place."

With everyone looking at him, Izuku took a moment to collect himself. When he did, that fire of determination burned bright in his eyes, "It's not the same if your goal is to become the next number one hero. You don't reach the top by letting victoires come to you. You go out there and grab them yourself."

All Might smiled proudly.

Eijiro pointed at Izuku and proclaimed, "That is one of the manliest things I have ever heard!"

A murmur of agreement passed over the class. Katsuki looked like he wanted to throw up. Himiko whipped her chin to make sure she wasn't drooling.

All might clapped his hands together, getting everyone's attention, "So class. I know who I intend to award MVP for the match, but let's see who you all think deserves it."

Izuku immediately pointed at Ochako, while she pointed at him. Most of the class pointed towards Izuku though a few, including Tsuyu pointed at Ochako. Katsuki kept his hands to himself, sneering at the lopsided victory.

Izuku stood in shock that so many people were voting for him to be the MVP of the match, "Me? But what about Uraraka!? Her fighting style was so much better and flashier than me. She was all over the place and everything."

"Don't sell yourself so short, Deku." Ochako said with a smile, though she did appreciate his vote of confidence in her.

"Indeed, Young Midoriya. You were the MVP of the match. Would anyone like to guess why?"

Momo stepped forward, "If I may?" All Might nodded.

"While Uraraka's fighting skills were indeed very impressive, there are two factors that put Midoriya on top of her.

Minoru snickered before a sharp jab from one of Kyoka's ear jacks shut him up.

"First was his ability to recognize an unknown factor in dealing with Tokoyami's quirk but also to come up with a plan to figure out an answer that did not disrupt the original plan they had already put in place. Second was his drive to win. As Uraraka had said, it was his idea to go for the capture victory. His drive, which she followed."

"Right on all counts. Very impressive."

Izuku blushed at the attention he was getting while Ochako patted him on the back making sure he knew he deserved all of it and more.

"Now, while the stage is reset. Let's find out who's match is up next."

All Might pulled out the lottery boxes and reached inside.

Notes:

HI! Remember me? I'm the person that takes way to long to update his fic. How you all doing? Me? I'm dead. Work killed me. Yep. That's totally what happened.

This chapter was actually a little more challenging to write then I thought it was going to be. Four different fighters and five different perspectives if you count the classes too. So I ended up doing a little jumping back and forth, so I hope this wasn't too hard to follow. So our cinnamon buns came out on top today. Cheers and hurrahs all around! Next chapter will have the rest of the planned fights, so I hope you all look forward to that!

Now as for me, Kingdom Hearts just dropped some DLC and I'm gonna go dive headfirst into that before work decides to kill me again. Huh... what do you mean I can't get killed if I die? Tell that to my back!

If you liked the chapter, or have any critiques, please feel free to leave a comment or review.

A HUGE thank you to my beta reader Tmalasia, and props to GespenstMKIV for giving me the idea for the title of this chapter.