Recently I had to buy like a new mouse for my laptop because I hate the trackpad. My old mouse kept double clicking…any idea why that happened?

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The group rounded a corner, and came to a stop. A bunch of zombies were slowly sauntering forward. These zombies looked super strong...like they were 'alphas'.

"Okay, then... We'll have to go all out!" Kirishima scowled and slammed his hands together. He then started to get harder.

"Let's try not to bust them up TOO bad. These kids could still have a chance to pass after they get turned back to normal!" Kaminari cautioned.

"Dunno if I can promise that!" Mina said.

As soon as the three of them were ready, they ran at the zombies. As they got ready to go down swinging, Kaminari's body was filled with lightning, Kirishima's was getting harder, and Mina's Acidman was quickly taking shape.

These zombies thankfully weren't coordinated at the other ones- they just swung randomly and tried to mix in some 'biting' into their attacks. Kaminari fired another disc the crowd, and unleashed a surge of energy. A bunch of zombies were caught in the crossfire, and quickly went down.

Kirishima, meanwhile, was throwing out punches left in right- straight to the face! It'd hurt like a bitch but he wasn't getting bitten today! Mina yelled and threw big globs of acid at the zombies to break them up into smaller groups so the others could kill them one by one.

Mina huffed, before she saw something zip past her head. She looked over to see this horrid grey flesh flying back, zipping past zombie faces and deforming them. Mina gasped- "Oh, crap! GUYS!" She yelled. Kaminari and Kirishima had barely seconds to duck as they watched the grey meat flying past them; it seems that they would be facing more than just your usual zombie.

Seiji stumbled forward, body still twitching as he moved. He was drooling, and his face especially seemed...grotesque. Kaminari grit his teeth.

"What are the chances he remembers I shocked him?" Kaminari asked Kirishima. Before Kirishima could respond, Seiji sent a massive grey, fleshy hand towards Kaminari.

"...VERY high." Kirishima gasped, as Kaminari yelled.

"KAMINARI!" Mina yelled, throwing multiple globs of acid at the massive hand. Kaminari quickly let out a gasp, then pulled out a few discs and threw them at the hand before firing a pretty big bolt of lightning.

The blast made a giant hole in Seiji's hand, allowing Kaminari to jump right through. The hand pushed forward, slamming into other zombies and smashing them against a wall. Mina gagged.

"I thought this dude was gross when he was pre-zombiefied..." Mina said. "Now it's just worst!"

"We'll have to speed things up. I didn't wanna do this, but...you're going to have to deal with a REALLY stupid me for a while!" Kaminari yelled. It looked like he was about to use an ultimate move when he quickly threw out all the discs he had left.

Mina blinked. "W-what the hell is he doing!?"

"Prepping for something, looks like!" Kirishima looked up to see some of Seiji's gross fingers soaring around. "Mina! Can you shoot down those things?!"

"Got it!" Mina said this as she threw more and more globs of acid at the fingers to try to break them apart, which seemed to help more than they knew.

I'm like the perfect counter to this guy's power! I'd like to see Todoroki deal with this guy! Mina grinned.

Then, a horrible image entered her head- Todoroki roasting the meat with his fire.

Mina cringed. I hate you, brain!

Seiji sauntered forward, as his arms struggled to regenerate. He roared, before pouncing at Kaminari.

"Electro Cage..." Kaminari started to smile as his body quickly took in as much electricity as it could. Mina and Kirishima could see that the electricity was arcing towards the discs.

Electro-magnetic manipulation is a powerful way to pull metal toward a magnetic pulse made by a large amount of electricity.

And this is what Kaminari wanted when Seiji came at him. He pushed his arms out, and a powerful cage of lightning surrounded the whole area.

"HELL IN A CELL!"

Kirishima and Mina ducked for cover as Seiji was hit with a MILLIONS of volts of electricity. It smelt like his body was being fried by it, and giving off the scent of...rotten chicken or meat. Kirishima and Mina plugged their noses.

"I wish our fight wasn't so gross." Kirishima gagged.

"Blame the writers!" Mina frowned, shaming the person writing this.

(Sorry, Mina.)

Kaminari, on the other hand, was just...kind of singed in the center of it all, with his face revealing that all too familiar dopey looking look as he began to hold up two thumbs.

"Wheeyyyyyyy…." Kaminari laughed, giving an EXTRA enthusiastic thumbs up.

Mina and Kirishima looked down to see Seiji, now reverted back to normal. Looks like Kaminari gave him the 'shock of life'. Kaminari could be thought of as a living CPR machine, but they were going to need a lot of rest before the next part of the exam.

"Come on," Mina said. "I think all the zombies died down after that attack..."

"Let's hope this attack didn't take him out for the rest of the exam." Kirishima said.

"I'm hoping not..." Mina grabbed Kaminari quickly and almost dragged him along as they went back to the Ante room.

When the Class 1-A split, small 'splinter groups' had been formed in order to prevent students from getting picked off like insects.

Momo found Jirou, Tsu, and Shoji. Even though they had all decided to try to work as a group, Momo didn't know what to do. So, they decided to head to the city. But, that was a mistake. Maybe her biggest. A supremacy of students had overtaken the city.

They were Atlas's best, and they weren't going to play nice.

Some people may already know the name "Atlas Academy." Once a gathering place for some of the best and brightest people, the academy was now "double tracking" as both a huntress and hero school. Winter Schnee was in charge of the school. She was a very decorated headmaster who had been involved in a lot of different things since her glory days. She was also the most famous hero in Atlesian. She had some of the best teachers working these kids into shape.

And they were such a dangerous group of kids. Their plan to get ahead of their opponents worked very well.

The group found themselves being quickly put on the back foot, mostly due to the likes of the brains of the operation, a rather haughty looking girl who definitely represented the best (and worst) that Atlas had to offer.

"Fancy seeing you all here, but please do try and make this easy for us - Atlas needs to have some names on the board and us taking you all down would surely be inevitable~" The woman then started to adjust her hat before motioning for the two boys beside her.

"You two take out the gutter trash, I will deal with her." She murmured as the group quickly got to work.

"Of course." The blue-eyed boy with brown hair agreed. He wore purple pants, a red belt, and a white monk's robe with black flames on it. His chest was also not covered by the robe. He and the other people in his group went to another building.

"I don't need to be told again." The boy with a small patch of grey on his left side grumbled. He had light yellow hair that was combed back and wore gray suits with green ties. He was always with a "butler." His group moved to a different building.

They were the next generation of Ace Ops, and their names were Gunki, Yamami, and Seiko.

Seiko started to quickly head over toward one of the other buildings, but not before deciding to engage so that she could properly split them up…

Each of them had a different plan. Gunki thought there was only one suitable method for overwhelming an opponent. Strength that can't be matched. Once the boy started moving, there was nothing that could stop him. And that was apart of his power.

Gunki's group had chased down a group of random student into a single room, and were closing in…

The students that were inside the building would have assumed they were safe: But they would be proven wrong quite quick...as from the bottom of the building, Gunki quickly slammed his fist onto one of the walls of the structure, causing it to crack and warp.

"W-what the hell is he doing!?" One of the poor students yelled.

"My job. Not my fault you guys weren't trained for this." Gunki mocked as he leapt up to punch the ceiling. "This will be easy pickings for us..." He then walked out of the room, and slammed the door shut...

And then the room imploded on itself.

The students quickly scrambled to try and escape, but Gunki simply laughed as he looked back behind to the collapsing structure.

"Tch-! You shouldn't mess with the elites of hero society!"

Gunki Itoshima! Quirk: Collapse! With a few well timed hits, he is capable of collapsing any structure regardless of how well maintained it may be!

The new Ace Ops were more...intense than the previous generation. You see, the new Ace Ops believed heroes need to have 'total domination' over the situation. Their mere presence needed to strike fear into others, like their headmaster entering a battle. It was a strange way to pay her respects- especially considering how nice she could be. It was also a bit of a misunderstanding because one of the other teachers was the original members of the Ace Ops. She seemed to have an interesting view on the history of the Ace Ops and the heroes of the past, like Ben Tennyson and Ruby Rose.

At least, back then.

The next Ace Op was a bit less physical. Rather, his presence needed to be felt to send a message of how dangerous he could be.

...and how effective he was. The closed room made the students feel like they were in a sauna in overdrive.

"P-please...let us out..." One student weakly croaked.

The man started to simply scoff as he looked at the students that he had in his clutches. His entire body almost glowing with the intense heat that was radiating off of it. "You were foolish to hole yourself up in a building like this. You should have played smarter."

One student tried to aim their support item at his back- his body was weak, but he had enough strength to pull the trigger-

And suddenly, the item was gone. And in the hands of the 'butler' mentioned earlier.

"Sorry," The butler sighed. "We don't do 'cheap shots'."

"You are also cheating! You literally have a butle-"

The taller man grabbed the student by the face and slammed him into the wall. He just scowled and said, "You have no right to say anything to me about "cheating."

Yanami Tsurumisaki! Quirk: High Body Temp! His body can generate a nigh unlimited amount of heat, but he caps out around 500 celsius. Pretty useful for someone in the arctic.

Shoko Kamimine! Quirk: Item Teleportation. By making eye contact with an object, she can automatically attract it into her hand. And this is not limited to one object! If she needed to find a bunch of needles in a haystack, she could just imagine the needles, and they'd all go flying into her hand!

Yanami set the boy down, and tapped his targets. "Our positions are secured." He muttered into an earpiece.

"Good, good. Well, I will let you go about your business whilst I deal with the rabble-rousers here. Be sure to keep the perimeter clear and inform me of any individuals that happen to get close." Seiko spoke into her earpiece and then started to walk into the building. She then adjusted her glasses a little bit more.

She had a lot of catching up to do with a certain rich girl.

"I've confirmed four UA students," A girl with pink hair in big 'pom pom' ponytails said.

"Let's see our victims." Seiko smiled.

The girl opened her eyes, and projected a hologram of Shoji, Jirou, Tsu and Momo entering the building from the other side. Seiko hummed as she looked at them for a few moments.

"Arm duplication. Soundwave manipulation. Amphibian mimicry. And...her." Seiko noted, as she closed her eyes. Calculations and theorems swirled around in her head, allowing her to revise some plans.

"It seems our prey has been decided." Seiko announced. "Gather the others- and initiate plan Omega 482-H."

Up in the stands, Aizawa had taken notice of the Ace-Ops' well thought-out tactics. He had to admit it was impressive, even if he had his own personal reservations about the more militaristic curriculum. Atlas Academy had changed, no longer slightly nudging its students to stay in the kingdom, but the school's teaching methods were more or less the same, with changes for the better.

"Don't give them too much credit," a voice suddenly huffed, getting Aizawa's attention. Sitting above and behind him, with her arms crossed in disapproval was one of Atlas' own pro teachers, a former Ace-Op herself, Harriet Bree. Appearance wise, the speedster of the Ace-Ops hadn't changed much, but she was wearing an entirely different outfit. Gone were the usual red, blue, and white trappings of the best unit to defend Atlas, replaced instead by a mostly gray tracksuit with magenta accents on her legs, upper chest, and down her arms. Her tennis shoes were a darker shade of magenta to compliment the look, too.

"Miss Bree. Any reason why? Their tactics seem to be as sound as ever," Aizawa mentioned.

"Fair, but…they're not putting their heart into it," Harriet sighed.

"They're not?" Miss Joke suddenly interjected, "Ehhhh, I don't see it. They look just as motivated as everyone else!"

"You say that…but just because they got hard work in mind doesn't mean they got everything ELSE figured out."

As Momo and the others stepped inside the building, they quickly set up barriers so they could take a break. All of them had at least eliminated one target. "Okay, that should work pretty well. How is everyone else doing?" Momo asked.

"I'm fine," Tsu said. "Pretty worried about the others, though."

"Maybe we should try and scout them out," Shoji suggested. "This place is secure enough- we could properly plan out some counter attack."

"Sounds like a good idea." Momo agreed. "Let's try and find a good vantage point." The group went up a few levels, to a floor that could overlook the arena with ease.

"This looks good. Jirou, Shoji- you're up." Momo said. Jirou and Shoji walked over to the window. Jirou plugged her jacks into the ground, while Shoji began producing a multitude of eyes.

Tsu looked out the window, and noticed some kids walking out of the neighboring buildings. Wow- looks like those guys all passed. We should be careful so we don't end up like them…

As Momo kept watching, she also felt the hairs on the back of her neck start to stand up a little. She didn't know why, but something told her that something wasn't right.

"You okay?" Tsu immediately took notice.

"Y-yeah. I dunno why, but I just had this premonition that...something's gonna happen." Momo said, looking around.

"We should be fine. There's no one else here, right?" Shoji asked.

"Plus, you're magic now. That's an instant win condition." Jirou pointed out.

"If necessary." Momo said, crossing her arms. "I don't want to freely abuse my new powers, especially as a beginner."

"Don't worry. Even though you now have magic, we'll be there to make sure you don't have to use it." Shoji said as he turned his attention to a few of the other students.

"Find someone?" Momo asked.

"Yeah- it's Midoriya, Uraraka and Sero." Shoji said, eyes focusing in on them- he was able to get more 'clear' images by adding other layers onto his eyes with his quirk. "Looks like they passed."

"Oh good... Well, at least that means a fair number of us have passed." Momo smiled, and. All of a sudden, that feeling ran through her again…

"I can hear noise, too..." Jirou said. "...Izuku's just kind of muttering about his theories about who's already passed."

"I'm not surprised," sighed Tsu.

"Is there anyone nearby, like in the same building as us?" Momo thought aloud.

"Gimme a sec." Jirou said. "Let me check to see if-"

Suddenly, Jirou jerked back in pain. As she yowled in pain, her jacks shot out of the ground. "D-damn it!" She swore, and Momo came running over to help her right away.

"K-kyoka!? What happened?" Momo asked with worry.

"I don't know what happened, but my body just...froze!" Jirou rubbed her ears for a while before trying to look over at Shoji.

Shoji made an ear, and placed into the ground. "I'm hearing something- sounds like a pretty intense high frequency pitch. I can barely hear it, though..."

"It's a targeted attack." Momo realized. "To counter Kyoka's quirk!"

"Then there's someone else with us." Tsu said before she started to try to get into a position from which she could quickly attack if the room was broken into.

Momo looked around. If they're rooms away and launching an attack, they must have some sort of surveillance in here…did they bug the room?

Momo kept looking around until she decided to use a bit more of her quirk to try to get a better sense of the room. She was going to have to find this person quickly. But before she could do that, the windows suddenly cracked. Shoji jumped back in shock- their vision was slowly being obscured by someone firing at the windows. "T-the glass!" Shoji yelled.

"Move!" Momo yelled, and everyone quickly moved away from the window. As the shots kept hitting it, the glass was getting more and more blurry.

"Shit! Now they're trying to block our view of the outside. We need to move right away!" Shoji exclaimed.

The second they tried to rush to an exit, but the sounds of something on the other side gave pause. Momo and the others stepped back as the door was forcibly welded shut.

"O-oh, crap." Jirou cursed.

"Are they attempting to trap us inside?!" Momo screamed and immediately began to look everywhere. The room also started to feel much colder, like they were in a fridge.

"R-ribbit..." Tsu said, as she suddenly fell to the ground. Momo's eyes widened.

"T-tsu!" Momo yelled, as she began shaking and shivering.

"What's happening to her?" Jirou said.

"C-Cold..." Tsu shivered more, Momo quickly looked at the door and the windows.

"Someone's decreasing the temperature! We have to try and find a way out otherwise Tsu could be in some serious danger!"

Tsu's frog side- most frogs have to avoid freezing temperatures, because it may cause their cells to dehydrate and collapse. Or they'll hibernate... Jirou thought as she shivered. Momo quickly made a blanket, and wrapped Tsu in it. Shoji picked her up, and held her close to keep her warm.

"They got us backed into a corner..." Jirou said.

Momo grumbled as she tried to look around. She knew she couldn't use her quirk too often or she'd hinder herself. So, she had to come up with a way to either give them a chance to escape or get rid of the threat posed by the aggressor.

"This is an incredibly coordinated attack..." Shoji frowned. "And there's only one school responsible for it."

"Shoji? You know something about our attackers?" Momo asked.

"I recognized the uniform. Atlas Academy. Bunch of big shots from Greenland." Shoji explained. "I read a lot of Wikipedia. These guys know their way around a battle...and exceed at manipulating things in their favor."

"Damn it...and they want to attack us this way?" Momo was getting a little more annoyed by the fact that they seemed so focused on getting students to submit in the most...inhumane ways possible.

They targeted all of us for specific reasons- a sonic attack to throw Jirou off, taking out the windows so Shoji couldn't look for our attackers, this ice cold hell for Tsu...and I'm surely next. Momo thought. Momo looked around as best she could before trying to keep her cool. She had to think about what, if she was next, could be the weakest part of herself to use against her.

That 'cool' didn't last, though. Suddenly, metal panels covered their windows- Momo cursed. They thought we'd do something risky as a last resort, so they covered up our only other possible escape. Whoever this Atlas student is...she's a fantastic tactician.

"Can you make a lighter or match for Tsu?" Shoji asked.

"Can't." Momo pointed up. "The lighter might set off the sprinklers on the ceiling."

"How about trying to break down the walls with a weapon?" Jirou asked, and Momo just shook her head.

"I can't either. If they've made the walls stronger, they might have thought about my quirk..."

Jirou's eyes drifted over to the two double doors- their only unlocked exit. "...what are the chances they're behind that door?"

Momo shivered. "Very likely."

"We need to give this some thought. Either we wait and risk Tsu, or we all try to go through and risk being eliminated." Shoji thought for a moment before turning to look at Momo.

"What do you suggest?"

Momo didn't know what to think at the moment.

Outside the double doors, Seiko and her girls had mockingly set up a table with sweets and treats. They were waiting for the UA students to just give up.

"Seiko," One of the students said. "Could you pass the Imperial Golden Tips tea? I'm feeling rather parched."

"Of course, Elizabeth." Seiko smiled, as she poured her a cup.

"Are you sure they'll stay in there for that long?" As they turned to look at the double doors, one of the other girls asked.

"Of course, they aren't sure enough about what to do to really take the risk and do whatever they want. If they move, all we have to do is hit them." Seiko was drinking and grinning.

"A war of attrition of spirit." Elizabeth smiled. "A most wonderful plan."

"I abhor senseless violence- especially against lesser opponents." Seiko smirked. "UA thinks they're the best? We'll destroy them with ease..."

Seiko and the other ladies laughed as, behind the door, Momo appeared to be considering her options. Momo wanted to act quickly and, if anyone else was there, she needed to confront in a way that ensured everyone would get out unharmed.

"What do they have planned for you?" Jirou asked.

"Simple. They think I'm going to make a bunch of materials to cover up the vents to save Tsu. But...I don't think they realize something..." Momo said.

Momo then began to concentrate her energy because it appeared as though her rage was genuinely being directed toward something. As she turned to face the double doors, her hands began to emit a strong pink aura.

"They shouldn't mess with my friends if they want to play rough."

"W-what are you gonna do?!" Jirou said.

"...something they won't expect." Momo smiled. She handed something to Jirou- a match box. "On my signal, light a bunch of them."

"You...You're doing something crazy, but sure." Jirou quickly grabbed the match box and got ready as Momo continued to channel some energy.

Jirou then quickly lit the matches. She didn't know what was going to happen, since the flames in front of her started up quickly. Momo put the dome over their heads and gave them a smirk. "They will never guess this..."

The sprinkler system started to go off all of a sudden, but the dome kept the students from getting any colder. "Alright, I get why you deployed this...but what's it supposed to do?" Shoji asked.

"Hold on." Momo instructed.

Seiko was sipping her tea when she heard the sprinklers go off inside the building. She looked puzzled and annoyed.

"Miss Seiko- she...she triggered the fire alarm."

"I...noticed." Seiko said, taken aback.

"What do we need to do? They don't want to flood their room, do they?"

"They're not that stupid to do that. No way they would pull such idiotic gamble at the expense of their own bodies," Seiko said, though even she was a little worried.

"...open the door." Seiko said.

"W-what?!" Another student said.

"Open the door. Now. If they've just surrendered, then we have an easy victory. But be wary...they could be baiting us into an attack." Seiko said.

The other girls were quick to start working on opening the door, but that was exactly what Momo and the others wanted. The doors opened, and Seiko pulled out her weapon. She expected to see Momo and the others, shivering before them on the ground.

Instead, they were greeted with-

"W-what!? Where'd they go? How did they get out?" Seiko yelled, stepping into the room. The other girls entered as well, looking all over for the girls. Jirou blinked, before looking to Momo.

"T-they don't see us." Jirou said.

"And they can't hear us," Momo added. "We're totally invisible and inaudible to them under this dome."

Shoji's eyebrows went up. "Ingenious move."

"Now... Let's get out of here." Momo told the others to slowly follow them while she thought about how she could kill them right then and there or at least try to get them stuck.

Seiko growled and hissed as she searched all over the room. "I-it's impossible! How did they escape from my locked room takedown!? It's NEVER failed me."

Momo looked over at Seiko for a moment, and sighed. "I wondered if it was her..."

"You know her?" Shoji asked.

"Seiko Intelli. Her father is a business partner with my mother." Momo explained. "We met a few times, at a few big parties...she was a bit too condescending for my liking."

"I'm not sure about you, but if your mother is as you say? You sure this Seiko's family isn't trying to...you know?" Jirou thought while Momo just shook her head.

"This isn't a reality show. But I'd at least want to...embarrass this girl a little, because it's clear that she doesn't like me."

"And she's clearly got no qualms about doing whatever she needs to do to win." Shoji frowned as he looked at Tsu. "Disgusting."

"I say we give them a taste of their own medicine." Jirou said.

Momo nodded, and then she started to reach out with her hands and look toward the door. She would at least make sure they couldn't leave until the test was over. The group shut the door behind them, trapping the girls inside. Momo quickly dropped the dome, and touched the door.

"Statua!" Momo yelled, as the door suddenly turned gray in color. Momo looked pleased.

"What did you do to the door?" Jirou asked.

"Simple. I froze the door in time." Momo said. "It doesn't last long, but given how long those poor girls are gonna be in there…"

"It'll be enough." Shoji said, as he set Tsu down.

"And I'm betting they don't have a lot of power types in there. They're still scattered throughout the building." Jirou said.

Momo just let out a small sigh. "I'm sorry I let you all down for a moment. I wanted to make sure we could catch up with the others as soon as possible, but now we have to play babysitter until they give up or we get enough points."

"Are you kidding?" Jirou asked. "That was great! You just turned their own trap on themselves!"

"I'm impressed as well." Shoji nodded. "Your skills in handling that situation were on par with a pro."

Momo gave herself a small smile. She wasn't sure if she deserved the compliment, but she decided to give herself a little more credit. She was about to express her thanks when someone began slamming on the door.

"P-PLEASE! LET US OUT!" Seiko yelled from the other side. "We're sorry! We really are! J-just let us out!"

Momo raised a skeptical eyebrow, and motioned for the others to stay back. She made a giant barrier in front of her, as the freezing spell on the door wore off.

"Okay! The door's open." Momo yelled- the second she announced that, the doors swung open, and balls were immediately and desperately thrown. Momo watched them bounce off her shield with an unfazed look on her face.

Seiko blinked. "Wha-?"

"You may not know everything about me, Intelli, but you know a lot about me." Momo merely glanced at Seiko, who was launching a series of balls at breakneck speeds.

"W-what is this!? Is this a glass wall!?" Seiko yelled.

"Your quirk- I noticed it has one major flaw. Each time we met, you'd remember every single previous detail...but anything new caught you off guard." Momo said. "I don't have my quirk to fall back on anymore."

"T-then WHAT is this?!" Seiko demanded.

Momo smiled. "You figure it out." Momo's hand lit up.

"N-No... There must be a good reason for this! You can't just have some extra quirk in your back pocket! I-It doesn't make sense! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS, YOU BRAT!" Seiko was getting angrier and angrier as Momo kept raising her hand.

"STATUA!" Momo suddenly dropped her shield, and launched a beam of magic that hit Seiko and her fellow students. The blast launched them backwards, but they weren't gonna give up. Seiko took one more step forward-

And fell on the ground, totally immobile. All the other girls were stuck as well.

Momo sauntered over. "Ugh- I knew I wasn't ready to cast a multitude of spells yet, but I wanted to do it out of spite for her…"

"Y-YOU! I DETEST YOU! I WILL RUIN YOU, MOMO YAOYOROZU!" Seiko yelled, as her temper reached a boiling point...Before Jirou quickly jabbed her earjacks into Seiko's body, and activated them. Seiko's body was overloaded with sound, making her shake like crazy.

"Shut up- it's already over." Jirou huffed. Seiko let out more screams and shouts as her body was almost completely sent into a frenzy, but unable to move of her own accord...the screaming finally ended as Momo and the others touched their balls to Seiko and her friend's targets. After that, the UA student's targets lit up green- they'd passed!

"Thank goodness that's over..." Momo was a little annoyed, but she didn't want to think too much about what Seiko had said. She was just all talk, right?

"Agreed. But, seriously." Jirou said. "That...was like. Really cool."

"Thank you, Kyoka.'" Momo smiled- it didn't really register just yet, but...Jirou's words were far more impactful than anything Seiko had screamed.

"I'm just glad I'm not hibernating right now," Tsu said as she tapped her chin. "I don't think you can pass by falling asleep.."

"For now though...Let's make our way to the others." Momo started to make her way out of the building, hoping that perhaps it would be the last of their problems.

Gunki and Yanami stood outside the building, impatiently waiting for Seiko to finish the job. "Come on," Gunki frowned. "The hell's taking her so long?"

"She revels in cruelty." Yanami pointedly declared. "She's taking her time. Leave her alone..."

"Wait! Hold on. I see someone coming out." Gunki said, pointing to the double door entrance. When they looked, Seiki wasn't coming out, but Momo and the others were. Each of them was looking at the other before looking back at Momo.

"I-isn't that one Class 1-A girl who got eliminated from the tournament before she could even land a hit!?" Gunki scoffed. "How did she pass?"

"Impossible. Seiko should've had her on the ropes." Yanami growled. "There's no way she outmaneuvered or outsmarted her!"

"Unless..." Gunki started to scowl. "I should have guessed that they would be unlawful in their tactics." He started to crack his knuckles.

"They've cheated."

Momo showed no signs of fear as she and her team passed by. Gunki quickly grabbed her shoulder, and pulled her back.

"How did you beat Seiko?!" He demanded.

"Skillfully." Momo just looked at Gunki and then looked him up and down and said, "Maybe it wasn't a good idea to use the tournament as your battle plan."

"N-no! We needed to have the advantage over our opponents! Yours was just...readily available." Gunki explained.

"And it was heavily outdated." Momo frowned. "We've gone through a lot. We're not the same kids we were when we started."

"How is some stupid first year doing better than US!? Than the other schools!?" Gunki yelled, before Yanami put his hand on his shoulder.

"Gunki. Calm down." Yanami frowned.

After a brief pause, Gunki took a long breath. "You're right. I'm sorry for being rude." He said, and then it looked like he was about to back off…Gunki then threw a punch, directed right to her face. Momo flinched, but someone caught the fist. Momo was shocked to see Shoji, effortlessly holding back Gunki's fist.

"Don't." Shoji frowned, eyes dark with anger.

Gunki grit his teeth. "Oh, what the hell do YOU want, freakshow?"

"I want you to stop." Shoji threatened him.

"What else?! You U.A. fans think you're so great, huh? No wonder there were so many attacks on your academy. Not even willing to take a hit!" Gunki gritted his teeth while Yanami just sighed and looked at his butler.

It was almost like they were letting this happen on purpose...a good lesson in karma.

"...fine. I'll take a punch for her. But then I get to punch YOU back." Shoji said. "Deal?"

"Oh no, you don't get it, Freakshow. I don't have anything against you, but she was the one who pulled some crap on Seiko!" Gunki shouted, then suddenly closed his fist.

"Shame. She beat her. Fair and square." Shoji said, stepping in front. "So, either punch me or leave."

"Tch-! Fine!" Gunki then started to clench his fists even tighter before charging at Shoji with his eyes wide with hatred and aiming to punch Shoji in the Shoji, the blow was nothing. With a jerk of his neck, he managed to take the brunt of the impact. Gunki felt pretty satisfied about the punch, and looked to Yanami for approval. Yanami stared at him blankly.

"Good punch." Shoji said, sounding bored. "My turn." Shoji reared his arm back, and manifested several arms at once. Gunki stepped back in shock. Momo blinked in shock.

This must be the Ultimate Move that Shoji developed... Momo thought.

"I never made it to the tournament." Shoji said. "So you never looked at me seriously...did you?"

Momo didn't know why, but it felt like Shoji was smirking underneath his mask.

"W-What the f-?!" Gunki's cursing stopped when he was hit in the face with three arms, then another three.

"OCTO-BLOW!" Shoji yelled, punching Gunki so hard he went flying into the wall of the building. Shoji shook his wrists and took a deep breath.

"Sorry." Shoji huffed. "My emotions got the better of me." He turned around, revealing some of his mask had been torn. The group could see a bit of his...glasgow smile.

Momo didn't say anything. Instead, she quietly made another facemask for Shoji. "Thank you, Shoji. You really didn't have to do that. I probably would've cast a spell on him or...unleash Jirou on him."

Jirou was SEETHING as she looked at the knocked out Gunki. "Believe me, Shoji- you let him off EASY."

Shoji quickly put on his new mask, and sighed. "I guess I'm...still frustrated about camp. When I saw what he was about to do, I just thought back to..."

"It's fine, Shoji! Really." Momo said.

Shoji didn't say anything else, but he let out a small sigh. "Alright. I guess we should head back."

Tsu nodded. "Totally. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to run into some of our classmates!"

Yanami just looked at Gunki and decided to leave on his own. He didn't have anything against these four people, and he didn't want to risk making them upset.