Angel: I don't know if I'm just that popular or I just underestimate how much people like my content. But I've gotten at least 25 people as of now asking me about commissions. And I'm flattered, but I cannot stress enough that I am basically broke. You're gonna have to take my word for it. And even when I start making money again, I can't accept everyone all at once because that's a lot of money. I already booked a spot with only one person because I need the rest of whatever little funds I have in my accounts. So whenever I can pay for a commission, I will reach out to people who have asked, but only one at a time. Just bear through me having gone through unemployment, going to 2 schools, and not having much money to barely pay all my bills. Once again, take my word for it.
Is everybody shipping Izuka with Shoto more than Bakugo...? Do you mean the fans? Because I tend to get more comments talking about Izuka with Bakugo than anything else when this topic gets brought up. Or did you mean the actual characters in the anime? Because either option is just as confusing to me. Literally last chapter Izuka said in a flashback that she does not like Shoto in the same way she does with Bakugo. And Izuku came to the same conclusion. Plus, Ochaco and Momo supported her after she kissed Bakugo in season 4. The only person who has been very stuck on Shoto and Izuka is Endeavor, something both of them don't even know about. So I really don't understand this question.
It'd also be a HUGE stretch to say that Bakugo planned on being captured by a villain to get Izuka to show that she has a Quirk. Especially with the way he treated her back then in the first episode. And I would not say he's isolating her, just read the rest of the chapter to see what happens. He wants to win, after all. I don't think he would even consider being captured just to get her to show her power, there are different ways around it.
At UA High School, hero classes 1-A and 1-B are competing against each other in combat training.
And it's been really intense since then because we're all showing off how our Quirks have changed.
Three matches have passed, leaving each class with one win, one loss, and one draw at the beginning of the fourth round.
And because Shinso-San was a special guest, it was deemed that someone from Class 1-A join 2 teams, one from our class and one for Class B. Take a guess on who that was and who they have to fight with next...
Kyoka flinched in alarm. "Wait, bad idea. Let's talk about this, okay?" She asked while Katsuki was standing a few feet away from them.
"Yeah, you're not serious, right?" Rikido asked a bit skeptically.
Izuka looked up at Katsuki with a small frown. "Shut up!" He retorted back to them, smirking. 'Just watch me, Deku and Izuka!'
'I'm really not too sure about this idea...but Katsuki's trust has never steered me wrong before' Izuka thought as she looked up, a hand on her hip. This was the same boy who had saved her so many times that she couldn't even keep track anymore. And he had inspired her to change how she fought, she couldn't start doubting him now. 'So do I really have a choice but to follow his instinct?'
As the fourth match was starting, Hanta was already on the move, as well as Kyoka. She put her hands to her headphones, plugging in her earphone jack to a pipe. Hanta used his tape around it, grinning as he had tape everywhere in the area.
"The stage works for them," Kojiro pointed out as he was running. "With Sero setting traps and Jiro on recon, this could be way bad. Like a total pain."
"Plus, there's Sato's strength and Bakugo's absurd explosions," Yosetsu reminded his team. "And Mido's powerful star and planet moves...it's a super-balanced team. We should assume we're dead if we mess up at all."
"None of that crap matters," Togaru smirked a little as he ran. "Let's just slash 'em all to pieces."
"We'll take 'em by surprise; the early bird gets the worm," Setsuna grinned as they were all running together as a group.
"Currently, Class A and Class B are neck and neck when you look at the stats," Vlad King stated as they looked at the results of all the matches. "But while they may seem evenly matched, the truth is, Class A's win was mostly thanks to Shinso, so it barely counts! Plus Class B's win was only barely thanks to Mido!" He then laughed as he held his head. "I think we all know what that says about them."
"You've gotta stop rooting for your class, Mr. Vlad!" Eijiro and Denki exclaimed in disappointment that he was still keeping this up.
"Vlad sure is hot blooded for someone with blood control," Midnight deadpanned as she and Toshinori watched the protesting students from behind.
"He obviously loves his students. A lot..." Although, Toshinori could agree that Vlad King was definitely being biased.
"Stop complaining," Mr. Aizawa stepped up to his students.
"What?!" Denki turned around while gritting his teeth. "Sir, this is a legitimate protest!"
"Is this how you'll react if you mess up in a real fight?" He retorted right back to Denki. "Meanwhile, Class B is coming up with plans and countermeasures to win." Denki, Fumikage, Yuga, and Eijiro all gave him defeated looks as he wasn't wrong...technically, the first team did have Shinso, while the 2nd and 3rd matches didn't indicate it was because of Class A for the results. "Vlad speaks the truth. Which means he's technically beating me."
Vlad King kept laughing as he was acting like Neito, who was cackling himself. "Not surprised these troublemakers can't hack it! Wanna know why? The reason you get caught up in so many disasters is because you're immature!" He continued laughing at their expense, much to their dismay. Itsuka came up and hit him in the neck with an annoyed look. Vlad King turned around in confusion for her reaction.
"Class B has been training hard every day to become stronger," Toshinori told Midnight as they looked at the screen. "Class A still has plenty to offer."
"You certainly are sweet on Class A," Midnight teased him a little.
"I'm fond of every student!" He protested back so that he didn't seem biased either. But he was looking forward to seeing how two particular students would handle this. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do and what you've learned, Young Bakugo. And I'm also looking forward to seeing if you can apply what you've seen into this match, Young Mido. I really hope your Quirk doesn't react the way it did that night... He was referring to the dream that caused the twins to react. Izuku was hoping for that as well as he clenched a fist.
Katsuki landed on a pipe, using an explosion to send him further. He glanced back at the girl, wanting to keep her close so that he could stop any power potentially getting out of control. Izuka landed on a star platform nearby, lunging forward and using the pipe to do a flip to get closer to him. "Why can't you keep up?!" He shouted at the rest of his teammates.
"I'm trying to listen for sounds while I run," Kyoka called out to him. Rikido and Hanta were close by as they looked up at the duo moving using the pipes.
"You better not fall behind!" He yelled towards the three.
"Really?" Izuka sighed towards him as he got further into the pipes. She landed on one and jumped swiftly, spinning around and landing on another star platform. She watched his movements, a little out of breath. Is he testing my speed right now? Because I can hardly keep up...
Rikido took note of this as well. "He's expecting people to follow as usual, yet he asked Mido to stay closer...why?"
"Hasn't changed much since the Sports Festival," Hanta remarked while using his tape to keep himself up into the air.
"From a certain point of view, he is cooperating," Kyoka looked up at the two, running. "Sort of..."
"Listen up, you underlings!" Katsuki announced before the match started. Izuka pinched her nose for the term. "Just follow me when this starts."
"That isn't what I'd call teamwork," Hanta commented, a hand on his hip. Then again, he should've expected this...
"Did you call us underlings?" Rikido asked the blond in disbelief.
"Already not a fan of this plan," Izuka muttered loud enough for them to hear.
"I'll take the lead and head toward the fight. Look alive! You three better be ready to support me," He pointed at everyone except Izuka, causing her to raise a confused brow. He then pointed specifically at Kyoka. "Specially you! Make sure you keep track of the enemy, Ears!"
"Hey! My name is Jiro," Kyoka protested while furrowing her eyebrows.
"Oh, and Izuka. Got an important job for you," She tilted her head in confusion from what he said as he turned around. He just kept staring straight ahead. "I need you to stay next to me. Think you can keep up?"
"Uh? Well, I can use my teleportation so yeah," The green-haired girl tapped her chin curiously.
"Hmm..." Katsuki glanced over his shoulder to stare at her for a few seconds before looking back up ahead. "Don't use that until I give you the signal."
"Huh? Why?" Izuka looked at him in bewilderment.
"Just do what I tell you!" He snapped a bit at her.
"Okay, okay," She waved a hand in front of her to try and calm him down. "Jeez..."
"Are you gonna charge them?" Hanta couldn't help but wonder. "Cause...the other team looks really good at counterattacks. Jiro's a recon pro. We should just hold back. Play it safe and wait for an opening."
Rikido silently nodded in agreement.
"Idiot," Katsuki snarled while he turned back to his team. Hanta raised a brow at him. "That's exactly what they're expecting us to do. We're not waiting for the right moment. We're making our own opening," He glanced around at the four of them. "If we get eyes on them, we've won." Kyoka then gasped as she saw four little grenades in his hand. "Got it?" He tossed them into their hands. Three of them yelped while tossing them around in their hands. The only one who didn't freak out at this was Izuka.
"What the heck, man?!" Kyoka yelped and then glanced at Izuka in disbelief. "How can you be so calm about this, Mido?"
"Relax," Izuka sighed a bit, holding her mini grenade and shaking it to show that it wasn't going to explode. "Pin's in it, I've used these before." Albeit it was only one time during the provisional license exam, but she knew Katsuki wouldn't just give them something like this if there weren't precautions...maybe.
"Take those just in case," Katsuki informed the three, who looked up at him in confusion. "They don't pack much of a punch, but they can be useful. One more thing."
Kyoka looked up after ducking from a pipe. Not much of a plan. Is this gonna work? She thought skeptically as she watched Katsuki use an explosion to keep himself in the air. Izuka did a jump flip from a pipe while Hanta swung using his tape. Kyoka and Rikido were still on foot.
Katsuki flinched as he sensed something, looking up. "Got you!" He reached out his hand to fire an explosion straight ahead. He landed on the pipe, Izuka landing next to him a few seconds later. "Ears!"
"Jiro!" She corrected as she came to a stop, using her earphone jacks against the ground and a pipe.
"They should be around here somewhere. Find them!" He told the girl while Kyoka focused her Quirk, her eyes closed. As she listened to the sound waves, she could hear faint clinking coming from somewhere...something was moving against the pipes, but it wasn't just in one direction. It came from multiple spots, all of them making the same noise. "What's taking so long?" Katsuki gritted his teeth while looking over his shoulder.
"Jiro, is something wrong?" Izuka looked back in a bit of alarm, since Kyoka's time was usually shorter listening for things.
"Hang on!" Kyoka informed as she planted her earphone jacks in different areas to see if something changed. However, she got the same result as last time, hearing the exact same noise all around her. But then...she saw a flash of someone's eyes moving around the area and she gasped sharply. "This is a trap!" She yelled as she got onto her feet.
Katsuki flinched as Izuka gasped sharply. "Hi," A different voice spoke up before they could react. They turned around to see a floating fanged mouth nearby. "And bye!" Katsuki swung his arm, but the mouth moved away with a laugh. Izuka summoned her bow, pointing up and trying to get a good shot. However, there were several other moving parts nearby, blocking her shot. "I used Jiro's search ability against her! Smart, huh?"
Class B, Setsuna Tokage. Hero name: Lizardy. Quirk: Lizard Tail Splitter. She can divide her entire body into pieces that move at her will!
Lots of her body parts were swarming around as she let out a laugh, one of her eyes looking down at them. She then gasped as she saw Katsuki using his power.
Since improving her Quirk, she can break into 50 fragments at a time!
Katsuki used his Quirk to get away from the fragments. Izuka jumped backwards, landing on another star platform. She then looked back at Katsuki gritting his teeth and leaped again. "Cheap move," He growled, looking over his shoulder at Izuka. "Can't you stop her?!"
"I can't! Her pieces are obscuring my sight too much to get a good shot," She called out while Hanta used his tape around him and Rikido. He looked up as he had made a trap out of his Quirk.
"Bakugo, Mido, down here!" He shouted towards his teammates. The two soared past them while Setsuna's fragments were still chasing them.
"Nice, that's checkmate," Setsuna grinned as half her face went back to her mouth.
"Glue Squall!" Kojiro was above the three somewhere, shooting glue from his eyes. The tape trap was now covered in glue.
"Ew, gross!" Kyoka cried out in disgust as the glue was completely surrounding them.
"Aw, shoot," Hanta grunted from giving the other team an advantage. "This backfired. We basically built a spiderweb that they've gone and trapped us in." One wrong move and they'd be immediately out of the match.
"Got 'em!" Kojiro stated confidently from above. "I knew Setsuna's plan would defeat them."
Class B, Kojiro Bondo. Hero name: Plamo. Quirk: Cemedine. He shoots out glue and controls exactly how fast it dries!
Togaru suddenly swooped in from the sky, his blades from his arms ready. "Too slow, villains!"
Class B, Togaru Kamakiri. Hero name: Jack Mantis. Quirk: Razor Sharp. He can produce blades on any part of his body!
Togaru suddenly spun around the pipes, using his blades to cut them. Then the pipes broke apart, falling towards Kyoka, Rikido, and Hanta.
Setsuna watched as her upper half of her body started to become whole. I threw off Jiro's abilities by forming a cacophony of noise around her. Then Bondo covered the pipes and tape with glue. One touch and they're stuck for good.
Rikido watched the pipes closely, glancing at Hanta and Kyoka. The two braced themselves, but he lunged forward, holding out his hands. I'll at least protect my teammates!
Before he could sacrifice himself and get trapped, an explosion and a shooting star flew in front of the pipes, saving Rikido. Katsuki flew around while Izuka was nearby, her bow still in her hands ready to fire. "Bakugo and Mido!" Hanta looked up at them in surprise. As Izuka spun around, she managed to fire and explode a pipe in the process.
"Just what I hoped for!" Togaru yelled as he headed straight for Kyoka! She gasped sharply while looking up as he wasn't going to let up. "I'll start with Jiro!"
Suddenly, something pushed her backwards and Izuka looked back wide-eyed. Kyoka was just as shocked as it was Katsuki that had saved her life. He had his hand outstretched to Togaru. Toshinori flinched in shock at Katsuki's action.
Save people to win...
As Katsuki's hand twitched, Izuku's mouth opened in awe. Win to save people!
The boy's hand then sparked. Are you watching? He gave a big grin at his opponent. I've gotten even stronger! He then sent a big explosion Togaru's way. Izuka yelped from the amount of fire, creating a big shield around her teammates. Togaru yelled as he was sent flying backwards and Izuka landed in a crouch. Kyoka looked at Katsuki wide-eyed, remembering what he said earlier...because it was something that he was actually following through with.
"One more thing," Katsuki explained to his team. "Whenever you guys are in danger, I'll protect you."
Rikido and Hanta stared at Katsuki in disbelief as they realized Katsuki was being serious. "Managed to block the blast. Guess bugs have fast reflexes," He mocked as he soared forward. Izuka jumped up to fire a shooting star just as Togaru was sent flying. The shooting star managed to trap him to the pipe.
"Seriously?" Setsuna wondered in shock as some of her pieces surrounded her. Katsuki and Izuka landed side by side on a pipe.
"Thank you," Kyoka called out while getting onto her feet.
"Shut it!" He yelled back angrily, confusing her. "They got away! Look for them! It doesn't matter if this is just training. I've made a decision." She then kneeled and started to use her earphone jacks again. "No one will question our victory." Izuka looked at him curiously from her spot as he gave a fierce look. "Because our match is gonna be flawless. Four to zero and no injuries! Understand?" Hanta and Rikido couldn't help but admire his goal. "That's how somebody with actual strength competes! Izuka, you're gonna prove to everyone out there that you're not a pathetic lame-ass person!" She looked at him wide-eyed for him declaring this. "So don't you dare focus on anything else, you hear me? And don't you dare hold me back!"
Her eyes shined a bit that he wanted to work with her as a team, and wasn't putting any pressure on her. Not when she had to show that she could stand out on her own. "...Yeah!" She nodded sharply with a determined look, looking back up ahead. "I got this!"
"Sorry, what?" Neito wondered in bewilderment, wiping at his eyes. "There must be something in my eyes and ears," He then gave a small chuckle, looking up with a smirk. "Looked like he just protected Jiro just now and gave Mido false hope..."
"Heck yeah he did," Denki grinned happily at the screen. "By kicking her...and it's not false hope. He's saying that because he wants Mido to be at her level for them to work well together."
"You're getting to see what our Bakugo is really like," Eijiro grinned proudly, putting a hand on Neito's shoulder. "Cool, huh? Don't worry. Your eyes and ears are fine."
Neito let out a frustrated yell as he didn't anticipate this. "Are you telling me his personality changed?!" He felt like his world was crashing down as he twitched. "And that he actually respects that nobody?! He did punch me for getting her upset, but in the Sports Festival, he destroyed her!"
"Uh, well..." Eijiro gave a sheepish look. Motivating Izuka wasn't anything new at this point, but Neito had never seen any instance of it until now. He hadn't seen how much Katsuki and Izuka's relationship had changed since then, not that he cared. Saving Kyoka, on the other hand... "I guess what he just did is kinda new. Never seen him put so much on the line." Plus, he's treating Mido like an equal for the most part. Even if he won't admit it.
Togaru struggled while stuck to the pipe thanks to Izuka's prison. He managed to use a blade to cut himself free, though. He then took to the skies, looking around for his teammates. Not smart to face Bakugo or Mido head on. Better stay back. Can't believe he's working together with her instead of pushing her away.
Setsuna was keeping an eye out for any of her opponents. If we fight him like we expected to...we'll definitely lose this match She had no doubt that if any of them came across Katsuki, it was an instant capture. His speed couldn't be matched by any of the Class B team...While Kojiro was running away, some of Setsuna's parts were still hitting the pipes. So...if we can't capture them, we'll retreat and ambush them repeatedly. It's the only way to have an advantage over them!
Kyoka could still hear the clinking everywhere. "So loud!" She reported as she got on her feet, but she did notice something different this time. "But...there aren't as many."
Hanta blinked as he turned to her attentively. "Are you sure?"
"And they're moving further away from us," She explained to the four.
"Then they must be tryin' to regroup," Katsuki flinched in realization, gritting his teeth. "Those morons are underestimating us."
"They might change strategies if they meet back up. We have to stop them," Izuka looked over her shoulder, still crouched next to Katsuki.
Bakugo and Mido are the powerhouses of their team Setsuna grinned while floating away, her pieces following her. The others are simply following his lead and trying to keep up. Even Mido's doing it, and we saw that she's used to that Last time, Izuka trusted her Class B team and that was part of why they won. Setsuna then flew higher into the sky. If we focus on Bakugo and force him to make a mistake, the rest of them won't stand a chance. But first...we'll have to eliminate Mido. She's the weaker link compared to Bakugo.
Kyoka continued listening for the other team. "There are so many sounds in the way," She told the four as she focused. "But...if I concentrate, I can tell them apart."
"Let's go!" Katsuki yelled and then took off. Izuka flinched and used her Comet Burst to give herself a boost. She looked up ahead, eyeing Katsuki's movements as he got around swiftly. She then copied the same path that he took, several feet away, but she still had eyes on him. Kojiro saw the two and immediately yelled in fear, running off. Katsuki swiftly spun around while Izuka landed on her platform. She then jumped a far distance to keep up with the both of them. Kojiro scrambled to move just as Yosetsu came out of hiding.
"He was hiding without making a sound!" Mina exclaimed as the others were in shock, since Yosetsu wasn't anywhere to be seen until now.
"They turned the tables again!" Minoru yelped, more glad that he was in the final match.
"And Construction-Done-Kwik," Yosetsu threw up a bunch of pipes into the air, moving around his arms rapidly. "My Weldcraft is..." He moved away, revealing that he had trapped Katsuki between two pipes. Izuka arrived just a few seconds later, gasping as she moved past her teammate from her jump. "Complete!"
Class B, Yosetsu Awase. Hero name: Welder. Quirk: Weld. He can fuse things together at the molecular level! However, in order for his Quirk to work, he has to touch the things he wants to weld.
"They know us too well," Hanta gritted his teeth while the green-haired girl readied her bow, moving her body around to face Katsuki.
"Katsuki!" Izuka called out to him and suddenly she got hit by one of Setsuna's body parts in the face, causing her to drop her bow. "Uh!" She grunted as Hanta gasped, using his tape to capture Yosetsu, while at the same time to aim for Izuka to grab her. Yosetsu just jumped away and ran off.
"Yeah, like you can catch me with Tape when there are so many pipes in the way," Yosetsu bragged, throwing a pipe to knock Izuka's bow far away from her grasp. Hanta growled as he looked up, and Togaru swept in, attacking the girl as well so that she couldn't make any more moves.
"Was this part of Tokage's plan? She has everything figured out!" He swung his tape again, only for Togaru to swoop in and slice it in half. Kojiro's glue suddenly flew in to capture her hands. Togaru then continued to attack Izuka without giving her room to move, who grunted from the fast attacks.
"Mido..." Ochaco murmured in a little worry.
"They're attacking her nonstop so that she can't use her bow or her teleportation against them..." Izuku narrowed his eyes in thought. Thanks to her first match, they have a good idea of her strategies...come on, sis!
"Izuka!" Katsuki screamed as he felt like he almost couldn't watch, letting out an angry yell.
"I've got you!" Rikido ran over to him.
"Hurry up!" The blond urged his teammate.
Izuka grunted while holding up a star shield, which would break soon judging by the strength of the attacks. Rikido gave an intense look as he yelled, lunging a fist and then breaking the pipes off of Katsuki, but sacrificed his gauntlets in the process. "Here comes Sugar Rush!" He shouted while punching at the pipes repeatedly and Katsuki was free in seconds. "You're good."
Katsuki let out a big grin for his teammate pulling through for him. His hands then sparked as he flew forward. "Get away from her!" He flew in and then in one fell swoop, captured Izuka in his arms. She squeezed her eyes shut while hugging his neck. The Class B team took off running, knowing that if they continued attacking, Katsuki would've destroyed them easily.
"Huh...so he does have a weakness after all...he's sweet on Midoriya..." Setsuna murmured to herself as she glanced back.
Katsuki landed on a pipe to put her down and she dusted herself off. "Are you okay?" He asked her in concern as he looked up, kneeling on top of the pipe.
"I'm fine. I can still use my powers," She assured him and he nodded sharply.
"Good!"
The two then took off together, going after Yosetsu first. "You won't stop me, damn it!" He screamed angrily at the boy.
"You don't have to get so mad. We were just trying to capture her!" Yosetsu protested while sliding to a stop. He threw his pipes, holding up a shield to block the both of them off.
"Handle this guy," Katsuki called out as they didn't actually attack. In fact, the smoke was a way for Kyoka and Hanta to reveal themselves.
"On it!" Hanta grinned while swinging with tape.
"You're mine!" Kyoka declared as she moved her earphone jacks. Yosetsu looked up nervously at their tactic.
"Whenever you guys are in danger...I'll protect you." Katsuki grinned while firing off an explosion to send him up higher. Izuka skated on a flying star to follow him. "And when I'm in danger..."
Kyoka gave their opponent a grin. "Hope you like my Heartbeat Surround!" She planted her ears into the ground to send a huge sonic wave towards him.
"You guys had better save me!"
Hanta had his ears covered as Yosetsu tried to hold it back with his shield. However, Kyoka's attack proved to be too much for him as it broke the shield. His face was flying backwards as he let out a scream, unable to move.
Awase! Setsuna looked down at him in worry before looking over her shoulder. Katsuki and Izuka soared past her and then realized where they were going. "No! They're headed after Bondo!" She sent her hands and some of her body fragments towards them. They didn't pay any mind to her as Katsuki was bloodthirsty for some revenge on what they did to Izuka. The girl was currently still skating next to him, and they got eyes on Kojiro running away.
He glanced behind him, coming to a stop. "Not good!" He flung some glue at them, which Katsuki stopped with an explosion, revealing themselves from the smoke. Izuka swung her arm back to power up her Comet Burst.
"Took me a little while to get used to fighting in this cold," They managed to hit Kojiro dead on, causing him to groan in pain. They both flipped over Kojiro while Katsuki fired at him a few more times. "But I'm finally warmed up!"
"Sorry!" Izuka called out to the boy, since she knew that he was a timid person who did not want to get caught by them. She looked up at Katsuki, holding out her hands. "Mercury Blast!" She shot herself further into the sky after him. Before Kojiro could even attempt to recollect himself, Rikido grabbed him with a growl and pinned him.
"I got this guy!" He reassured his teammates.
"What unexpected teamwork from Class A!" Vlad King was very surprised. "They managed to take 2 of my dear students in an instant!" Yosetsu was trapped in Hanta's tape. Kyoka was doing recon behind him.
Neito gritted his teeth angrily, both for Katsuki's behavior and his teamwork with Izuka. I thought he was a tyrant who couldn't work with others, let alone her! He then narrowed his eyes, pissed that none of them anticipated this. Don't tell me he's starting to mellow out now and starting to see her as respectable! Look at them! He's treating her like she can run the whole damn thing!
"Bakugo! Mido!" Kyoka shouted, pointing to the left. The two went in the direction she was pointing at.
He acts on his own accord. While the rest of them support him. And I thought those two were always at each other's throats. The Sports Festival proved that! But now he's letting her be front and center? Setsuna gritted her teeth at her plan falling apart. I thought if we found a small opening...we could widen it slowly until they break down. Not even attacking Mido changed anything!
Togaru headed towards Hanta firing his tape. Katsuki swooped in front of his classmate, to the insect-like boy's shock. But look at them! He grabbed Togaru by the face with a big grin, Izuka looking up fiercely from next to him. He fired up his leg, swinging both of them around in a smoke-filled tornado.
"X...Catapult!" He shouted while holding out a sparking hand, spinning Togaru around rapidly and throwing him into the air, for some reason. "Izuka! Use your teleportation in tune with Ears' sounds," Katsuki called out and she gasped, realizing why she had to stay nearby him. "Now!"
"Oh!" She snapped out of it, nodding. "Right!" She lifted up a hand just as Kyoka moved her ears back onto the ground. The girl twirled a finger as a purple ring surrounded it. A small black hole appeared underneath her and she phased right through it. She could hear Jiro's pulsations around the area and used those to her advantage to head upwards towards Togaru. She created several black holes around her, and they didn't disappear.
"What? She can teleport using black holes?!" Setsuna looked around in disbelief.
"Black Hole...Rush! Haaaaaaa!" Izuka appeared out of nowhere and used her portals to zip all around, hitting Togaru repeatedly so fast anyone could get whiplash.
"Whoa..." Hanta muttered in shock. Katsuki was too, but then masked it with a small smirk.
"Yeah! Get 'em, Mido!" Eijiro grinned while pumping a fist.
"She's using her teleportation in order to get a good grip of her surroundings..." Izuku murmured in disbelief. "And gain the advantage!"
Izuka then swung around, kicking Togaru into a wall hard as she flew back down, looking up ahead in shock and awe. "Ha!" She ran a hand through her hair in shock as she watched her opponent crash into the wall so hard he was unconscious. Setsuna flew upwards to get further away, some of her parts coming back.
How is this team so in sync?
Ochaco smiled proudly while clenching her fists. "Bakugo trusts his teammates so he doesn't have to do it all alone! He even taught Mido a new move just now!"
"Being in the band loosened him up," Denki gave a goofy grin while doing an air guitar.
"But he's still driving the beat," Eijiro mimicked hitting the air with drumsticks. Togaru fell towards Hanta, who captured him immediately. He then saw one of Setsuna's parts flying right past the two.
Tokage's Quirk lets her split her body into 50 pieces, which she controls from afar. The parts that leave her stop moving after a set amount of time. His theory was correct as two of her pieces had just stopped moving altogether. And then she regenerates them onto her main body. I'm guessing about a couple of things here. He looked up attentively while taking his mental notes. But I'm betting that she can't regrow those pieces forever. He had actually taped some of her parts to the pipes to prevent them from getting back to Setsuna. I think she's like Yaoyorozu. Katsuki moved past a bunch of pipes while Izuka was using the teleporting portals that she was creating left and right, but none of them went away. When she's tired, she probably loses focus. Kyoka moved away her ears and ran off, jumping over a pipe. Rikido ran off to keep up with Katsuki and Izuka. If she split herself as much as she could to make noise...then I figure it'll be harder for her to fight at full power He grinned while capturing another piece. In that case, wouldn't she bring some back to her body to reset the timer? Something was taped to one of the pieces as they flew back. And save her stamina so she can keep using her Quirk! Jiro said it sounded like there were fewer noises around. Which just proves my theory!
Hanta grinned as taped to one of the pieces was one of Katsuki's grenades that the other four still had. Setsuna turned around to see it, looking at the grenade wide-eyed. An explosion went off, but she had moved away in time. "That was close!" However, something appeared behind her and she gasped, turning around. In front of her were Katsuki and Izuka, both of them powering up her hands. "No...you're kidding!" She exclaimed in disbelief as a glow came from the two. "How have you changed this much?!"
A burst of light appeared, knocking her out onto the ground. "I haven't changed..." Katsuki revealed as they stared at her. "My goal's always been the same..." He then looked up ahead with Izuka, her hair blowing behind her. "To surpass All Might and become the number one hero..."
"When you've been through as many things as I have, it gives you a new perspective," Izuka hummed as she turned around, walking up to Setsuna. "And people can say whatever they want about me, that's fine. But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna keep growing."
"Uh..." Setsuna murmured in shock and then saw one of Izuka's black holes nearby. "Wait...her black holes haven't disappeared? No..."
"Jupiter..." Izuka started off as a glow came from her hands. "Wind!" She waved her arms around as a large gust of wind and water restraints appeared, knocking all four students backwards into the black hole portals. All of them then landed inside of the cage as she landed back next to Katsuki. She gave a look of awe at her hands and then back at the battlefield, clenching her fists happily. She was really proud of herself today, all thanks to Katsuki.
"The horror. The shame," Vlad King murmured in dismay. The door closed once they confirmed the entire team was in the cage, not that they were able to move anyway. "The match didn't even last five minutes!"
"Sorry about that, everyone..." Izuka rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly.
"Not bad, Izuka," She flinched in surprise from Katsuki's compliment as he had a big grin on his face.
"Yeah, that was awesome!" Hanta pumped a fist with a smile of his own.
"By not showing them you can teleport, that gave us the advantage we needed from you guys!" Rikido gave her a thumbs up.
"I didn't know you could do that with your teleportation," Kyoka crossed her arms with a smile. "You holding out on us, Mido?"
"No," She chuckled while bouncing in excitement. "I didn't know I could do that either until Katsuki's plan was in action!" She then smiled up at him. "It's really cool, thank you!"
"Tch. Whatever," He turned away, a slight blush on his face. He then scratched his cheek as he walked off and they stared.
"Does that mean he technically helped you?" Kyoka couldn't help but wonder.
"Mm?" Izuka turned to her and realized...she never would've been able to capture everyone if Katsuki hadn't guided her. "Huh, I..." She turned away with a small knowing smile. "I guess he did."
"Thanks to unexpected teamwork, Class A wins with the day's first perfect score of four to zero!" Vlad King announced as he had to swallow his pride for once. Katsuki continued walking up ahead while the others celebrated their victory.
Mr. Aizawa gave his five students a thumbs up. "You didn't do unnecessary damage and you neutralized your opponents efficiently. Bakugo and Mido may have taken the lead, but you three supported them. Solid win. Great job today."
"Hm?" Izuka blinked as she didn't realize until now that she did technically lead the others as well. She then looked up at Katsuki with a light breath escaping her. Was that why he wanted me to follow him? Because it was his way of letting me lead too? Compared to the other team, I was their support. Leaving my second batch of opponents to underestimate me. But with him...my role was much different. Like I was a valuable member.
"And Mido..." Izuka flinched with a cringe, knowing that she might get scolded as usual. He was being more lenient with her nowadays, though. "Nice hustle out there using your teleportation in combat. I'm almost impressed."
Izuka gave a small beaming smile to her teacher. "Thank you, sir! Couldn't have done it without my team!" She bowed to him. Rikido, Hanta, and Kyoka all smiled at her. Katsuki huffed and looked away.
So what? I didn't do it for her He glanced down at the girl, seeing her much happier that she got to show what she could really do. She's always gonna be someone I have to beat, so it only makes sense that she proves she isn't half-assing anything. Not to mention...if she keeps this up…no one, not even All for One, would be able to kidnap her again.
Vlad King clenched a fist in front of his students. "Given what you knew about the other team and Mido herself, you came up with a strategy that should have given you an edge," He then growled in frustration as they looked disappointed with themselves. "But you were stuck on it and needed to be more flexible, like Honenuki! And you assumed that Mido would only drag the team down!"
Setsuna turned to her classmates regretfully. "I'm sorry that I made our team look lame...I failed."
"No, let's carve this loss into our hearts and learn from it!" Togaru smiled, wrapping his arms around Yosetsu and Kojiro.
"Yeah, sure!" Kojiro nodded eagerly at him.
"If a monster like Bakugo turns into a team player, and Mido suddenly turns into him, there's no weakness for us to exploit," Yosetsu looked up, as that was their biggest downfall. They weren't expecting the changes in the two classmates.
"Afraid that's true," Togaru agreed 100 percent with him.
"I agree," Kojiro responded and Setsuna flinched, giving a small smile to herself. She could admit that they thought for a second Izuka was a weakness, but they quickly proved otherwise.
"Kacchan, you can play with others when you want to!" Denki grinned as he caught up with the five. "And Jiro, you were a total heroine out there!"
"Nope, I'm a hero," She corrected with a blank look.
"Our resident delinquent, taking in the strays. And he's even being sweet on Mido~" Hanta teased with a big grin.
"Shut up!" Katsuki yelled, his hands in his pockets while Izuka gave a sheepish expression.
Sweet and Katsuki are 2 words I thought I'd never hear in the same sentence...
"Nope, not a stray, dude. And not sweet," Kyoka corrected once again. Suddenly, Katsuki came to a stop, as did the others. He looked up as Toshinori was smiling at him proudly for his battle today. He didn't think he'd ever see Katsuki the way he did in that fight, so he had to imagine that the boy was taking the advice he got to heart.
"You gave me chills," He confessed to the two students. "Are you seeing Mido as someone worthy too?"
"Ah," Izuka flinched, glancing up at Katsuki. It would only make sense given what happened out there.
"...What, you catch a cold or somethin'? And worthy? The hell is that supposed to mean?" Katsuki retorted as he walked off, the others staring after him. And then Izuku popped up.
"Kacchan!" He exclaimed happily with a smile.
"Outta my way!" Katsuki screamed...even though Izuku was right next to him.
"Uh...I'm not in front of you, so what does that even mean?" He asked in confusion as Izuka walked up to them, shaking her head silently. Maybe Katsuki was just used to saying that even though he didn't realize that Izuku wasn't actually in his way.
Katsuki sighed in defeat from hearing the question. "I'm pushing ahead," He walked past, hands in his pockets.
"Yeah. You were amazing!" Izuku gushed towards his childhood friend.
"Huh! I'm moving so fast, you won't be able to catch up," Katsuki huffed while looking over his shoulder. "Izuka managed to pull it off, so you got a good look for yourself on what you should be doing."
"Uh," Izuka flinched in disbelief, her mouth open at him declaring that. She then smiled towards him, closing her eyes.
"Yes, I will," Izuku declared with a determined look. "Are you and Izuka gonna become a hero team now?"
"Shut it, nerd!" Katsuki yelled as he looked back. "Dumb words don't mean anything! I won't let you or her beat me. You're trash! A frickin' extra!"
"The heck did I just hear...?" Izuka sweated a little towards him, as he was admitting it one second, and then taking it back the next.
Izuku was smiling towards the boy, though, because he could tell that deep down, Katsuki had a lot of respect for Izuka. "Just watch me," He declared silently as Toshinori walked up from behind.
"You have a good childhood friend in him..." Izuku hummed in agreement with a nod.
"Damn it!" Katsuki exclaimed, causing Toshinori to look at him awkwardly.
"If only he were a tad more polite..." The man murmured, though if he was like that, he wouldn't be Katsuki...
The green-haired boy glanced over his shoulder to see his sister, beaming. "Izuka!" Izuku ran up to his sister, looking excited. Several other classmates came up to them as well. "That was amazing! You were as fast as Ida was zipping around like that!"
"And you could've given it away if you had used it earlier. Smart," Ochaco complimented with a small smile.
"It was a great strategy! Keeping your opponents in the dark until it was absolutely needed!" Momo complimented while Toru jumped around in excitement.
"Like a ninja or something!" She shouted as Izuka let out a small laugh.
"It's kinda like a sixth sense in a way," The girl started explaining to them.
Hitoshi stared at the twins in particular, as the final match was coming up...he had no idea how it'd go this time around, but he was determined to win against Izuku this time.
Neito's eye twitched in disbelief, still getting over what happened. "What...? I can't believe that hysterical rage monster was a team player. Since when does he strategize? And last time I remember, that dopey faced girl was weak. And now suddenly, she's just like him?"
"Monoma..." Setsuna murmured as she was walking up, still disappointed with their loss. "Apologies. With one win, two losses, and one draw, Class B can only hope to tie now..."
"What are you apologizing for, my dear Tokage?" Neito ran up to her. "Our immature compatriot reflected on his actions and evolved. And his incompetent comrade managed to grow a backbone for once. It's a marvelous thing. While it's true that Class B can't win anymore, we still haven't lost yet! The people will see! Win or lose, we'll prove our point. We're hardworking students who never cause an ounce of trouble. Meanwhile, Class A gets undeserved attention because they're disasters! Who is on the better path? Everyone is a side character in other people's stories," He gestured to the classes talking with one another. "But we are each the protagonist of our own lives! And I wouldn't say he has no weakness to exploit..." Neito glanced over to Izuka. "Because you're his soft spot, aren't you?!" She blinked while looking over to him, Katsuki a bit baffled as Neito stormed up to them. "That's why we were this close to winning, because they saw that you're the only one to get him to lose his focus!"
"I'm his weakness?" She blinked again and then let out a small chuckle. Neito stared at her in confusion as she placed a hand on her hip. "I think you need to get your eyes checked. I'm no one's flaw. That means that to Katsuki, I'm constantly someone he has to protect...but no. If anything...he makes me stronger."
"Fucker, you better shut up if you know what's good for you. I won't hesitate to explode you again if you don't back off," Katsuki huffed and Izuka looked at him wide-eyed. Neito was also a little put off as he was expecting to get punched like last time, at least get the boy in trouble a little.
"Don't bother with him, but you can't call people that either. Come on, let's get you to Recovery Girl," She grabbed his shoulder, moving him away and looking over to Neito. "Besides, I think we've proved our point."
"I don't need the old hag's Quirk!" Katsuki boasted, earning a look of annoyance.
"Don't be disrespectful!"
Neito gritted his teeth angrily as he found her now to be a bit stuck up...
"So what's the plan?" Reiko asked and he glanced over to her.
"You're killing my vibe!" He complained a little.
"I think we should do something similar to Tokage's team," Nirengeki pointed out to them. "Even though it didn't work out for them. Our team's a lot like theirs was in terms of balance compared to our opponents. We've got a group that excels at technical Quirks, so it would be better for us to hide ourselves and attack when we can surprise them. We have five people. So that gives us the upper hand."
"Mm?" Hitoshi glanced down at him curiously.
"There's no reason for us to choose close combat."
"There's a difficult fight ahead of us," Reiko murmured as she looked up ahead. "Don't you think Midoriya's spooky?"
"He's spooky?" Hitoshi blinked in bewilderment; that would be the last word he'd think of to describe Izuku. He was headstrong and very good at quick thinking, but terrifying?
"Oh," Nirengeki leaned a bit towards him. "She loves spooky stuff. It's kind of her thing," He informed the General Studies student.
"Okay..." Hitoshi said slowly and looked away. Midoriya, huh?
The Sports Festival came to mind. "Considering his mobility and combat skills, he's the same if not better than Bakugo. His own sister is on the same level after what we just saw. And apparently, he's learned a long-distance attack, so he doesn't even need to get close. We stumble even a little, and it'll end up like the last match. He'll destroy us," Reiko explained to the four.
"True. So we'll make Midoriya our top priority, like the last team tried to do with Mido," Hitoshi agreed that Izuku was the biggest obstacle for their team. "No matter what the others do, we'll take him down first. At the Sports Festival, he was able to break free of my Quirk. But...if we use brainwashing in conjunction with Monoma's power, I think we can take him."
All of them were staring towards Neito, who rubbed the back of his neck. "Lotta pressure when you single me out like that," He confessed to his team, pointing to his forehead. "It's possible it'll be a blank on my end."
"A blank?" Hitoshi didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Meaning he won't be able to copy Midoriya's Quirk," Nirengeki informed him once again.
"Oh."
"Well," Neito turned around to the four. "We won't be able to do anything unless we stop him somehow. We're counting on you, Shinso."
He gave a small nod towards his team.
"Match Five," Toshinori stated to Mr. Aizawa and Vlad King. "It's down to this."
"The new guy. How's he doing?" Midnight was referring to Hitoshi.
"This battle will determine if he'll be able to transfer into the hero course," Mr. Aizawa recalled the first match and how Hitoshi was able to help his team. "He already showed that he could hold his own in the first match. But I doubt he can use the same trick. They know it now."
"Agreed. Just like with Mido," Vlad King murmured as he looked up. Izuka was able to take everyone by surprise in her last match thanks to her experience and improving her Quirk. And while Hitoshi had certainly done the latter, he didn't have so much of the former...
"The Class A team is fairly stacked," Midnight hummed a little as she looked towards the screen. "I hope the boy fairs well..."
"Do your best, you guys!" Izuka pumped her fists with a smile. "You've got this." I really hope nothing's happened to Izuku's power that'll affect him...it's been normal as of now, but still...
Mina, Ochaco, and Minoru were walking together. "Yeah, so we should just start by going after Shinso, right?" He asked his two teammates, looking up in a bit of worry. "I'm kinda freaking out about that weirdo. I don't want him snooping around in my head!"
"Don't get too hung up on one member of their team," Ochaco reminded him, holding up a finger. "They've got a bunch of people who can attack from anywhere and catch us by surprise without giving away their location," She took off her helmet. "And we make things...float!" She floated up her helmet.
"Melt!" Mina moved acid between her hands.
"Stick!" Minoru juggled some of his sticky balls.
After showing off their moves, the girls were very disappointed. It was clear who had the disadvantage regardless of the other team having 5 people... "Not great..." Ochaco frowned while sagging her shoulders.
"Now I'm bummed," Mina agreed with the brunette.
"We can't lie in wait and can't attack," Ochaco listed off as Minoru looked up ahead.
"Alright!" He ran towards their cage to get their attention. "Then we should go with my special Pop Off Vineyard Operation and kick their butts!"
"No one's going to fall for that," Mina retorted, a hand on her hip and he whined a little. "We should find them first and make them fall into a trap! No sweat."
Izuku jumped from behind the cage into the sky. "I can act as the bait." He then landed in front of the three with ease.
"Deku!" Ochaco exclaimed, frowning a little in worry. She knew that against Hitoshi's brainwashing, he'd be able to fall for it...not only that, it might cause Izuka to faint again. Because she didn't know the real reason, she just assumed that there was a twin effect or something with Hitoshi's Quirk.
"Hold on a sec. Didn't you say your Quirk was acting weird or something?" Mina pointed out to him.
Izuku looked at his sparking body, as he had warned them before the match just in case something happened. "Yeah. But I think it's fine now..." He remembered his reaction to waking up from his dream, but he didn't tell them about it. Likewise, Izuka didn't say anything about her dream to her teams, which ended up working out in the end thankfully. "After watching that fourth match, I think the other team will be on guard around me. They don't want a repeat Bakugo or Izuka. I need to move even more than usual."
"You sure you'll be okay?" Minoru wondered with a little concern. "We're all counting on you!"
Izuku clenched a tight fist. "Don't you worry," He reassured with a smile. "We can definitely win!"
Mina and Ochaco both smiled, trusting in him for not only his words, but because of what Mr. Aizawa had said about him. That he was an inspiration to his class, along with Katsuki and Izuka. "Yeah!" Ochaco pumped her fists with a big grin.
"Woo-hoo!" Mina cheered while waving her arms.
"Weren't you girls just saying we're not suited for this?" Minoru deadpanned for their reactions.
Izuku tested out his hand as he didn't feel any different. Nor had anything strange happened. Everything feels normal.
"I'm pushing ahead...I'm moving so fast, you won't be able to catch up! Izuka managed to pull it off, so you got a good look for yourself on what you should be doing."
After hearing Kacchan talk, and seeing how much he's changed his perspective on my sister, I can't embarrass myself! He looked up in determination to live up to what Katsuki said. It was now the final match between Izuku, Ochaco, Mina, and Minoru against Hitoshi, Reiko, Nirengeki, Yui, and Neito.
"It's now time for the fifth and final training match!" Vlad King shouted into the microphone. Everyone looked at the screen in excitement. Toshinori was a little worried given what had happened to his students... Katsuki and Izuka watched from the back together. "This one's for all the glory! Are you ready? Do your best until the last student's down!"
The Class A team then took off together. "Begin!"