"Twenty-Five Percent: Texas Smash!"
Barely a split-second before Togata unleashed a devastating right punch that destroyed even more of the surrounding area, Midoriya and Yoarashi were quick to make their moves.
"Dance of the Mountain Wind!"
"Zephyr's Glide!"
Somehow, both first year hero course students not only managed to dodge the blonde haired boy's attack. But they were able to get their teammates out of the way as well. Midoriya used his telekinesis to secure Tetsutetsu's unconscious body from the pavement. While Yoarashi's winds quickly moved Monoma and Kuroiro to a safe distance.
'They still had the wherewithal to get the less mobile ones out of harm's way. Not bad.' Togata smiled outwardly. He wasn't really surprised considering the greenette seemed to be that kind of guy based on what Hadou had told him. But it was still a bit refreshing to see the Shiketsu kid also taking the appropriate actions.
"Not bad, first years! Most people instinctively abandon their teammates in a situation like that." The blonde haired boy said with another grin. "In fact, I'm so impressed that I'll give you guys a ten minute head start!"
"What?!" The four boy's questioned.
"What are you talking about?!" Monoma shouted.
"I'm serious." Togata responded. "I'll give you guys ten full minutes to catch up with your other teammates and regroup. That should be plenty of time to come up with a strategy. Oh, and you can have her back to." He then tossed the unconscious Asui over to Midoriya. The green haired boy being more than capable of gently taking control of her body with his quirk.
"Do you really think that we're going to fall for that?" Kuroiro was the next to speak.
"Yeah, for all we know you could just attack as soon as we turn our backs!" Yoarashi continued.
"You have my guarantee that I will not attack you. To be honest, if I wanted to...I would've already done so."
Although Midoriya wanted to call bullshit on all of this, there was some truth to Togata's words. Based on what he's seen, the guy's speed rivals that of Ingenium. If the top student at U.A. was being serious, he would've already knocked them out cold instead of standing around and talking to them like this. So as much as he didn't want to admit it, it wasn't wise to look a gift horse in the mouth.
"You guys, let's hurry and meet up with the others. We don't have a lot of time." Midoriya ordered rather than suggested.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah." The boy nodded. "We're at a disadvantage right now and it would be best for us to use every chance that we can get. Besides, I'm worried about Juzo-san and Tokoyami-san."
Monoma, Kuroiro and Yoarashi all shared a brief look with one another before nodding and agreeing to the plan. Without a word, all six students were lifted into the air and made a beeline right to where their other two teammates were supposed to be. And while they made their tactical retreat, Togata simply dropped down to the ground and began stretching.
'Nezu-san and Toshinori said that I'm supposed to take it easy on these guys. So this should be more than good enough. Besides, maybe I'll get a chance to actually cut loose for a bit.'
"It looks like Togata is giving them some time to re-group." Snipe stated casually while twirling his empty pistol on his index finger.
"Either that or he's giving them a chance to all gather into one spot." Kendou remarked.
"Either way, it makes sense that they would take the chance. Fumi-kun and Juzo-kun probably don't even know what's going on yet. I know I'd hate to be the last to find out that a monster just showed up from out of nowhere." Said Yanagi.
'Did she just call him Fumi-kun?' Tokage smirked while giving her pale friend the side-eye.
In the back of the group posted up against the wall, Bakugou couldn't help but feel a bit miffed at what he was watching. That damn nerd hadn't changed one bit. Even with a flashy quirk, his first instinct was to just run away with his tail in between his legs. He didn't know anything about the blue eyed weirdo aside from that one video he saw. Which really only told him that he had an above average strength enhancement quirk. But Katsuki Bakugou knew for damn sure that he would never run away from a fight.
"Fucking cowards…" The 'explosion' quirk user growled under his breath.
"Did you say something, Bakugou?" Aizawa gave the boy a stern look.
"No, sensei."
"Hmm…." The black haired man simply nodded.
Ever since coming back from the training camp and starting the new semester, Bakugou was fully aware that he was on Aizawa's "shit-list". Which he thought was completely unreasonable. Apparently, there had been complaints about his behavior from the staff and other students through the school year. And the principal decided that action needed to be taken. On top of that, his failure at the provisional license exam didn't exactly help his case.
It was bad enough that he was forced to go anger management counseling once a week on top of the remedial classes for the license exam. But now he had to pretend like he was some stiff with a stick up his ass all damn day. He didn't really see the problem though. So what if all these extras thought he was a bit too rough around the edges? Their opinions didn't matter anyways. As long as he performed at a top level, there shouldn't be any issues. At least, that's what Bakugou kept telling himself.
~A Couple of Minutes Later~
"Mirio Togata...we have to defend our droids from and try to beat Mirio Togata…" Honenuki's lipless face expressing a level of exasperation that Midoriya didn't even know was possible.
"Yeah…"
"This is quite troublesome." Tokoyami stated.
"How much time to do we have left before he comes after us?"
"About seven minutes."
"So...what's the plan?"
Unsurprisingly, Midoriya was the first one to speak up. "On the way here, I thought up a way that we might be able to bring Togata-senpai down. It'll be a massive risk for all of us. But I'm fairly certain that we can manage."
"I believe that we are on the same page then." Monoma interjected. "A coordinated attack with some of us acting as bait would be our best option."
"That's right. We only have a few minutes left before he comes after us. So let's try and come to a consensus quickly."
"Alright." The others nodded.
-(o)-
"Alright!" Togata cheered before standing up on his feet. "That's ten minutes. I hope these guys were able to come up with something good."
Without a second thought, the ninth weirder or 'One for All' activated roughly ten percent of his power and leapt high into the air before landing on top of a nearby building. The boy proceeded to dash from rooftop to rooftop in the direction that the other students retreated to. And in no time, he came across quite the peculiar sight.
Standing atop one of the nearby buildings was Honenuki and Monoma. Along with the two droids surrounded by a few of the 'copy' quirk user's shields. He couldn't see where any of their other teammates were, but he had a pretty good idea of what they were trying to pull.
'Using the droids as bait while the others wait to attack while my guard is down, huh? Not a bad strategy since they don't know what all I can do yet. They made the right choice by keeping their main attackers hidden away. But this is a bit audacious.'
Since he wasn't at all worried about what they were trying to pull, and he was still trying to go easy on them, Togata simply decided to play along. The boy charged right for Monoma at a fraction of his top speed before finally coming up on the building. Instead of knocking him out right then and there, he was going to intimidate him a little more.
However, the moment he stepped on the concrete, the 'One for All' user's feet immediately began sinking into the ground. Togata honestly didn't even have enough time to react before the ground instantly re-solidified. Firmly locking his ankles into place.
"So...you prepped this entire area except for the spots where you're standing. Not bad!"
"Thanks." Honenuki said sarcastically. "Granted, I wasn't expecting you to actually stop right in front of us. Why didn't you use one of those air blasts to blow us off the roof?"
"I'm trying to keep damage to a minimum. Cementoss-sensei hates it when I cause too much chaos."
"I think you're taking us a bit too lightly. Oh well, that just makes things even easier for us!" Monoma then said. "Midoriya-kun, Yoarashi-san, now!"
As soon as he gave the order, the two airborne students suddenly appeared from behind the nearby buildings and made their move. What surprised Togata was that the both of them were controlling multiple smaller versions of Monoma's shields. Without a moment of hesitation, both boys sent everything they had flying at him at full speed while the 'copy' quirk user dashed towards him with a dulled version of Kamakiri's blade sticking out of his forearm.
'You may be strong. But even someone with an enhancement quirk isn't strong enough to take all of this at once.' Midoriya thought.
Time seemed to slow down as the shields and blade closed in on the blonde haired teen. If it had been anyone else, they might have started panicking. But unfortunately for all these hero course newbies, the next 'Symbol of Peace' had another trick up his sleeve.
What happened next truly stunned them. Instead of using his strength or one of those air bursts to break free, Togata stood his ground. And everyone watched as not only Monoma's blade, but all of the miniature shields quite literally passed through the third year student's body.
'What?!'
'Huh?'
'How the hell?!'
Obviously because he wasn't expecting this, Monoma's momentum and confusion forced him to stumble onto the ground right behind his opponent. Luckily, Midoriya and Yoarashi's aim was good enough to where he didn't have to worry about accidentally getting hit.
"Oh yeah, you guys didn't know I could do that, huh? I'm surprised Midoriya-kun, I would've thought that Nejire told you about my other quirk." Togata grinned.
"His...other quirk?"
"Okay, timeout!" Kirishima announced while throwing his hands up in a 'T' shape. "Am I going crazy, or did all those attacks just pass through Togata?"
Hoping to shed some light on the situation, Tsunotori was surprisingly the one to explain what was going on. "Mirio-senpai possesses double-quirk."
"Huh?"
"Yeah...he has super strength and can move through solid objects." The horned teen continued.
"Wait, so this guy's like Todoroki then?" Ashido asked.
"Who the hell is this guy, Obito Uchiha?" Kaibara remarked.
The situation seemed pretty lopsided before, now it was downright unfair. At least that's what Tokage thought. Not only was this guy crazy powerful, but physical attacks didn't work on him either. In her opinion, those two powers were practically the perfect combination. How someone was lucky enough to possess two quirks that complimented each other so well was nothing short of spectacular.
"I fear that our friends truly won't be able to come out of this scenario victorious." Shiozaki clasped her hands together and offered her classmates a silent prayer.
Back with the main group, all of the boys were trying to wrap their heads around what just happened. Mirio Togata had another quirk this entire time? One that apparently let solid objects phase right through him? How was that even possible? It wasn't unheard of for people to inherit more than one power from their parents. But this was just ridiculous. Even Honenuki was visibly stunned by what just happened.
"Dammit!" Monoma cursed. "You have two quirks?"
"Yeah, 'permeation' is my original power. And I manifested my 'strength augmentation' a little over a year and a half ago." The third year student explained.
"Juzo-kun, get the droids out of here!"
"God dammit!" The 'softening' quirk user clicked his teeth before turning ground around himself and the two droids into mud.
"Well, we can't have that now, can we?" Before anyone had a chance to blink, Togata dashed over to where the droids were and grabbed one right before it submerged. And in one swift motion, the boy completely obliterated it with a single punch. "Now you guys only have one droid left to defend. Good luck dude!"
Thankfully, Togata decided to simply let Honenuki retreat with the other droid instead of destroying the other one right then and there.
"Mirio Togata has destroyed one of the droids. Only one is left remaining!" Midnight's voice said over the loudspeakers.
'I need to stop him from moving!' Midoriya told himself before using his telekinesis to freeze his opponent in place. Now that the boy was standing still, this was the perfect chance to try and take him down. "Monoma-san, Yoarashi-san, hit him!"
The 'copy' quirk user didn't need any further invitation before creating yet another one of Crust's projectile shields and launching it at their foe. While the Shiketsu student sent a large blast of wind his way. However, all of them were shocked when the muscular blonde simply jumped to avoid their attacks.
'Wait a second...did he just…'
"Hey, I guess my theory was right!" Togata looked up at Midoriya.
"What?!"
"My quirk let's all things pass through me. It even works at a molecular level. I'm assuming that your telekinesis works by emitting some kind of force or wave, right? Even if you do manage to get me, you can't completely immobilize me with your power!"
To be completely honest, Midoriya didn't really know what to say at that moment. This was the first time that someone had ever broken free from his quirk aside from Katsuragi. But if what this guy was saying was the truth, even his "Palace of Inertia" would be useless against him. And if that was the case, then their best chance at winning just went down the drain.
"Monoma-san, get out of-"
"Too late."
*Bam!*
Before the 'copy' quirk user even knew what happened, Togata closed the distance between the two of them and delivered a devastating gut punch that knocked the boy out cold.
"Neito Monoma has been incapacitated!" Midnight said over the loudspeakers once again.
"Now then...before I go and hunt down those teammates of yours and destroy the last droid, how about we have some fun?" Was all that the current wielder of 'One for All' said before firing off yet another "Texas Smash" in the direction of Midoriya and Yoarashi.
Both teens were immediately blown back by the sheer force of the wind pressure that was generated from the blast. Even Yoarashi had difficulties making a counter current to negate some of the force. However, that was when all hell broke loose.
Togata followed up by launching himself into the sky right towards Midoriya and gearing up to deliver a punch. The green haired teen was barely fast enough to react just in time to fly to the right and avoid getting hit. But the blonde haired teen quickly followed up by twisting his body around mid-air and unleashing another air blast that nailed Midoriya right in the back.
Even Yoarashi wasn't safe from the oncoming beatdown. After momentarily regaining his footing on a nearby rooftop, Togata once again launched himself into the sky and went straight towards the 'whirlwind' user. The Shiketsu student's attempted to slow him down by sending a few air slashes his way. But it proved useless seeing as they all passed through Togata without any issues. Just when the dual quirk user was about to punch him in the gut, Yoarashi put all the power that he could muster into his feet and flew straight up into the sky.
What followed was a veritable game of cat and mouse all over the area as the two teens tried their hardest to avoid the monster that was chasing after them. As much as Midoriya wanted to check up on his teammates to try and reorganize, it didn't look like he was going to get the chance.
"Well this isn't looking good at all." Shishida casually adjusted his glasses.
"Hey...why doesn't Izuku activate that "Overdrive" thing that him and his sister can use?" Awase looked towards Tokage and Yanagi for an explanation.
'His sister?' Pretty much all of the 1-A and Shiketsu students thought simultaneously.
'What the hell is that extra talking about? Deku doesn't have a fucking sister.' Bakugou said to himself. As long as he's known that green haired nerd, he never once heard anything about him having any other family besides his father who's apparently in America. What exactly was that all about?
"Fubuki-san said that skill is only supposed to be used in life or death situations." Yanagi answered. "The backlash is pretty serious. And it'd be ridiculous to use it in the middle of a training exercise."
Tokage was quick to put in her two cents. "Yeah, it would definitely help them out right now. But it's not worth it."
"Either way, I much doubt that these guys would still to win." Said Tsunotori. As far as she knew, the horned girl was the only one present who was fully aware of what Togata could do.
~Inside The Building~
"Honenuki-san, what's going on?" Tokoyami asked the lipless teen. At the moment, the 'dark shadow' user was on the bottom floor of the building watching over Tetsutetsu and Asui. He wanted to be out there helping out his teammates, but someone had to make sure that the other two were taken care of.
"Togata-senpai destroyed one of the droids, so I had to get out of there. Monoma-kun and the others let me escape."
"What happened besides that?"
"Well, we just lost our ace in the hole. Togata-senpai apparently has two quirks and I don't think that Izuku-kun's telekinesis would work on him."
"...you can't be serious…."
-(o)-
It had been a full five minutes since Togata began his initial charge at Midoriya and Yoarashi. And the two boys had long since realized that there was no way for them to come out of this victorious if they just kept running away. The problem was that their opponent was so damn fast that it was almost impossible to find an opening to attack him. Not to mention how everything they hit him with would just pass right through him.
The more time they spent like this, the sooner they were going to get burned out. And on top of that, neither of the two had any idea how much longer they were going to have to put up with this. The end of the exercise was a few minutes away and they were nowhere close to beating their opponent.
As hard as he tried, Midoriya couldn't really come up with a good strategy to take Togata down that didn't involve them causing a lot of unnecessary damage to the area. After all, they were going up against someone with two very strong quirks that complimented each other well. What made it even worse was the fact that they couldn't hit him, but he could hit them whenever-
'Wait a second!' The lightbulb suddenly went off over the boy's head as he continued zooming through the air. 'Why the heck did it take me so long to figure it out?'
"Yoarashi-san, get as high up in the air as you can!"
"Got it!" Yoarashi nodded before shooting straight up into the sky. He had no clue why his teammate told him to do it, but it was a lot better than being in range of their opponent's attacks any longer.
It took all of five seconds before the boy's finally stopped a good eight hundred meters into the air. As far as he could remember, this was the highest that Midoriya had ever flown before.
"Yoarashi-san, it looks like we don't have many other options left." Midoriya said to the 'whirlwind' quirk user.
"I'd hate to say it, but you might be right." The boy replied.
"But I think I have an idea on how we can stop him."
"Well, I'm all ears."
"Based on what we just saw, I don't think that his quirk works both ways."
"What do you mean?"
"He may be able to phase through solid objects. But it's a double-edged sword. As long as he's intangible like that, I doubt that he's able to land an attack on us. Think about it, a quirk like that works on a molecular level. I'm pretty sure that's why my telekinesis was ineffective against him when he activated it. If 'psycho-waves' passed through him, then that also means that it has to work for basic things like light and oxygen." The boy explained.
It took Yoarashi a brief second to pick up on what the green haired boy was putting down. "I get it...there has to be a time limit on how long he can stay like that. Otherwise he wouldn't be able to breath."
This was exactly what Midoriya was thinking. It had to be true, otherwise Togata wouldn't even bother staying tangible if he didn't need to be. If they managed to catch the blonde haired third year off-guard then found a way to keep him in a negative position, they might have a chance at winning this.
"So do you have any ideas?"
"Only one right now." Midoriya stated. "We'll only have one shot. But with our quirks, I'm pretty sure that it could work as long as we get the timing right. And we might as well since we only have about ten minutes left in the exercise."
"Alright then, let's do it!"
-(o)-
Down below, Togata was taking a little break. He wasn't tired by any means, in fact it felt like he barely expended any of his energy. But he was curious why the two of them suddenly decided to just put that much distance between them. He highly doubted that they were going to try and avoid him until time ran out. Because if that was the case, he could just head back to the other building and hunt down the last droid. But the 'One for All' user was still interested in what they were planning up there.
And sure enough, the muscular blonde got his answer when both boys suddenly came charging towards him.
'A head on attack? No, they're way too smart for that.' The boy contemplated for a moment. Either way, they were coming at him fast. So instead of going to meet them in the middle, he simply decided to let loose with another air blast. "Fifteen Percent: Texas Smash!"
The second he released the attack, Togata noticed two things. One was that Yoarashi has a weird grin on his face. And the other was that he suddenly felt his feet leave the ground.
"Pull!" Midoriya shouted while narrowly avoiding the strong blast of air.
To be perfectly honest, the green haired boy was banking on Togata trying to charge and meet them half-way. But the fact that he didn't try to attack with his fists made this a lot easier. In an instant, Togata was flung into the air at speeds that would be concerning for any normal person. But seeing how this guy could level an entire building with a single blow, Midoriya wasn't too worried about his body being too weak to handle it.
Yoarashi quickly followed up by summoning a rather large gust of wind right under Togata's body to propel him even further into the sky. In barely a few seconds the dual quirk user was well over eight hundred meters off the ground and slightly disoriented. But what he saw when he finally reoriented himself definitely threw him for a loop.
Someway, somehow, Yoarashi was right in front of him. And the 'whirlwind' quirk user didn't look like he was up for some polite conversation. "Sorry about this….Twister!"
"Ugh!" Togata grunted as he was pushed a bit further into the air while his body began spinning around fast enough to make him dizzy.
"Midoriya!"
"Let's do it! Hellstorm!"
"Raging Cyclone!"
What followed was truly a sight to behold. It may have been something that was thought up on the spot by Midoriya pretty much as a last ditch effort. But by using Yoarashi's "Raging Cyclone" as base while Midoriya's "Hellstorm" augmented the winds, the two boys were able to create a massive tornado in the middle of the training ground right underneath Togata. In a matter of seconds the combination move had already taken over everything within a two hundred and fifty meter radius. And the twister itself was well above the buildings.
The purpose of this move was simple. Make it as big and long lasting as possible. Even if their opponent could simply pass through the winds and "psycho-waves" surrounding him, Yoarashi had enough control over his quirk to where he could supply a constant "updraft". So unless the third year student had a way to completely nullify the maximized rotation of both quirks as once, he would be stuck like this for a while.
"How long do you think you can keep this up?!" Midoriya shouted.
"Five minutes if we keep at it like this!" Yoarashi responded with a grin. "Hey, I think I have a perfect name for this!"
"What is it?!" The green haired teen humored him.
"Whirling Tempest!"
"Damn! Did these guys just summon an actual tornado?" Said the astonished voice of one of the Shiketsu students.
"What's going on?"
"They combined their quirks…." Shishikura answered.
"Huh?"
"I'm not certain. But from what I can tell, Midoriya-san's using his quirk to dramatically increase the speed of Inasa-kun's wind."
"They shouldn't be able to do that though." Yaoyorozu interjected. "For them to do something like that, they would have to match the ratio and speed of their quirks perfectly."
"Inasa's hella talented. And if the hype around Tokage's hubby is true, then it wouldn't surprise me if the two of them would be able to pull off something this rad." Utsushimi added.
"Still, you'd be hard pressed to find even a hero team that could pull something like this off. And these two literally just met thirty minutes ago." Kan whispered to Midnight.
"You're right. Maybe the two are just naturally in sync or something? Now I'm actually kind of disappointed that we had to interrupt their fight." The "R-Rated" heroine agreed.
Inside the tornado, Mirio Togata fully acknowledged that he might have miscalculated a bit. He'll be first to admit that he wasn't expecting the two to be able to combine their quirks to efficiently. Yet that wasn't the only thing. He was actually having a difficult time escaping from inside the twister. Realistically he could only use his 'permeation' for as long as he could hold his breath. Which was only for about a minute. And there seemed to be some kind of updraft that kept propelling him upwards every time he deactivated his power.
So with the situation what it was he had two options. The first being to just tough it out and wait for them to deactivate this move. Or option two, increase the amount of power that he could summon from 'One for All'. He was holding back quite a bit up until this point, but now it seemed as though he didn't really have a choice.
'I guess I'll just have to do this the way that Nighteye wanted. Sorry you guys, but I'll try to make this as quick as possible.' With his mind officially made up, the blonde haired boy closed his blue eyes and began focusing his power and spreading throughout his entire body. "One for All: Zero Cloak - Forty Percent!"
-(o)-
"How long do you think we'll have to keep this up?!" Yoarashi shouted to Midoriya once again.
"Just a little bit long-"
"Oklahoma Smash!" A voice roared from inside the twister.
Suddenly, the tower of wind began fluctuating wildly before all of the air dissipated with enough explosive power to throw back the two first years. Once they finally got their feet back up under them, both Midoriya and Yoarashi had to pause at the current state of their opponent.
Standing tall in the spot where the "Whirling Tempest" was previously destroyed was Togata. Except his appearance had suddenly changed. Although his hero costumed pretty much covered everything except for his face, Midoriya could clearly see these strange blue lines all over his face. Not only that, if the green haired boy didn't know any better he'd say that their opponent looked a bit taller and more muscular than before.
'Did he just transform or something?'
"I have to hand it to you guys. I wasn't expecting to have to use forty percent of my max power to break out of that. You first years have some real talent!" Togata shouted up at them with an ominous smile on his face.
Even though he had no clue what this guy just did, the fact that the hairs on the back of his neck were now standing on end let Midoriya know that something bad was about to happen.
"Yoarashi-san!"
"What?!"
"We have to get out of-"
"Too late!" In the blink of an eye, Togata was right in front of Yoarashi, seemingly floating in the air. He was so fast in fact that neither of the two even saw him move.
"What the-"
*Pow!*
Unfortunately for the 'whirlwind' quirk user, he wasn't able to finish that thought before receiving a gut punch so powerful that it instantly knocked him out.
"Inasa Yoarashi is unable to continue the match!" Midnight's voice said over the loudspeaker.
Before Midoriya even had a chance to react, Togata suddenly disappeared. His eyes quickly darted around only to notice that the boy was now on top of one of the nearby buildings. Gently placing the now unconscious teen on the ground.
"Now then…" The blonde haired teen smirked menacingly. "Let's go ahead and wrap this up, shall we?"
The next thing that Midoriya saw was the entire world go black. He couldn't tell what, but something was now covering his body. And that something just so happened to be Togata's red cape now wrapped around his torso, completely covering his head.
"Nejire told me that you can't use your quirk on things that you can't see."
'How'd he get behind me so fast?! I have to-'
*Pow!*
Just like how it was for his teammates, Midoriya's thoughts were cut short by a devastating force striking him in his abdomen. One strong enough to to cause a little bit of vomit to come out of his mouth. The last thing that the 'telekinesis' user remembered before finally blacking out was a strong blow hitting him in the back of his neck. Which was caused by a rather restrained neck chop from Togata's right hand.
"Izuku Midoriya is unable to continue!"
Once again, the ninth wielder of 'One for All' took mercy on his victim by placing him down on the same rooftop where he had left Yoarashi. With about five minutes left on the clock, he decided to go track down the final two remaining students.
-(o)-
~Inside The Building~
"What the hell is going on out there?!" Honenuki wondered. Monoma was taken out a few minutes ago and now both Midoriya and Yoarashi were down for the count? He knew that their new opponent was strong. But to subdue those two back to back like that was just crazy.
"Juzo-kun, we need to get moving!" Kuroiro suddenly appeared from one of the dark corners of the room. The 'black' quirk user had been pulling recon this entire time on the outside of the building just in case something went wrong.
"Kuroiro-kun, what happened out there?!" Tokoyami questioned.
"That bastard is on his way over here. If we don't get going then-"
*Boom!* The front door to the bottom floor practically blew open. Instantly all three boys went on their guards and readied themselves to attack.
"Oh good, my hunch was right! You guys decided to stay here and watch over your friends." An all too familiar voice stated calmly.
"Attack!" Honenuki shouted. Usually the lipless teen would've tried to come up with a better plan than that. But there weren't really any other available options for him at the moment.
What followed was pretty much what everyone watching expected.
*Bam!*
*Bam!*
*Bam!*
Not even half a second after Honenuki gave the command, Togata dashed forward and delivered yet another three power gut punches that put all of the remaining first years out of commission. The 'One for All' user moved so quickly that not even the cameras in the top corners were able to catch him until it was all over.
"All of the remaining participants can no longer continue! Everyone please stand by for the medical droid to come and round everyone up."
~Inside the Monitoring Room~
"Well...that was kind of anticlimactic…" Nirengeki Shoda said what everyone else seemed to be thinking.
"I'll give them credit for being able to last as long as they did." Kendou gave a weak chuckle.
"I see why this Mirio Togata already has a national hero ranking despite still being a student." Shishikura added. "That man is truly a force of nature. Something tells me that he was still holding back quite a bit."
Towards the other end of the room, Nezu, Nighteye and Yagi were quietly voicing their own thoughts on the matter.
"So Sasaki-kun, are you satisfied with the results? It seems that Togata-kun would have no problem dealing with Midoriya-kun in the event of some unforeseen disaster." The unidentified mammal said to the amputee.
Nighteye was silent for a brief few seconds before finally giving the principal his response. "Indeed and my assumptions about him being able to nullify that boy's quirk were correct."
"I still say that this was a bit overboard." Yagi stated.
"Well it's better to be safe than sorry, Toshinori." The green haired man replied. "We still don't know whether or not you know who has some control over that boy. So we needed to be sure. And since I no longer have my quirk, there's no telling what will happen with him in the future."
Outside of a few people that were present during the yakuza raid, no one knew that Nighteye had lost his 'foresight' ability after being shot with one of the completed quirk bullets. If it wasn't for that, he would've never even proposed this little game of his in the first place.
"Although…" The man continued. "Given how powerful Tornado was before her disappearance, something tells me that the boy will become a force to be reckoned with. So we better keep an eye on him for the foreseeable future."
All Yagi could do was sigh at his friend's words. He appreciated his former sidekick's opinion just as much as anyone else's. But he feared that his overly cautious attitude might cause some more problems down the line. Either way, Toshinori Yagi needed to have a long overdue conversation with Midoriya before the day was over.
Back with the rest of the party, Midnight was finally ready to begin the next round. "Alright students, listen up! The next match will be teams three and six!"
"Looks like we're up, Ghosty!" Tokage smiled at Yanagi while glancing over at their opponents. 'We have to face off against Ibara and the rich girl, huh?'
"Looks like it."
"I look forward to working with you." Nagamasa said politely.
"Let's get this party started!" Kamakiri cheered.
"And what will be doing, Midnight-sensei?" Yaoyorozu raised her hand.
The "R-Rated" heroine directed everyone's attention over to the main monitor that displayed Training Ground Omega. More commonly known as the forest training area.
"To put things in simple terms, both of your teams will be conducting a bit of a race."
"A race?" Shiozaki questioned.
"Yes! Both teams will start at opposite ends of the training ground and race to the mountain at the center of the forest. There you have to secure the "hostage droid" and take it back to your gate. The team that does so will be the victor. Standard rules still apply and you will have to accomplish this task within the forty-five minute time limit."
"Nice and easy, just how I like it!" Kamakiri joked.
'It may be pretty straightforward, but we're practically in Ibara's element.' Tokage thought. 'On top of that, Yaoyorozu is going to be our biggest problem aside from her. And I have no clue what that Shiketsu dude in the trench coat can do yet.'
"However, there's one more obstacle that you'll have to face before you can secure the droid." Midnight interjected.
"And what is that?"
Instead of responding, the black haired woman pressed a button on the control panel and switched the camera feed over to where the droid was located. And when she did, Tokage got a really annoying feeling in her gut. Standing right next to the droid was an all too familiar face with sky blue hair dressed in a tight fitting bodysuit.
"Is that Nejire Hadou?" Kaminari asked out loud.
'Great...we have to deal with Ms. Mega-tits too? This is some bullshit.' The green haired teen scowled. She had heard more than enough rumors about how strong Hadou was to know that the difficulty of this exercise was on a whole different level.
"Needless to say, you'll have to find a way to get past young Hadou when you arrive. So it would be in your best interests to save your energy. And since only one team can win...well, I'll let you all figure out the rest."
"So no matter what, we'll have to fight both sides to pass this." Yanagi said in her usually stoic manner.
"Alright!" Kan then spoke up. "Both teams grab your earpieces and head to your designated starting points. We'll begin shortly."
And with that, teams three and six made their way over to their starting locations. They still had a bit of time, so now was as good a chance as ever to come up with a strategy.
"So what will be our plan of attack? You U.A. students are more familiar with the area and everyone's capabilities than I am." Nagamasa asked the group.
Tokage was the first one to answer. "The area isn't that big, so we can't avoid fighting no matter what. And we have to be smart to save our energy before having to go up against Nejire."
"So how do you want to play this, Setsuna-chan?"
The green haired teen took a moment to ponder over their options. She was certain that Shiozaki was the biggest issue here, but with Kamakiri on their team he was more than capable of holding his own against her vines. Shishida was probably the fastest one in their entire class aside from Tsunotori, so they'll need to find a way to keep him occupied for as long as possible. And that Shishikura guy was still an unknown for the moment.
"I have a few plans. But they mainly depend on how we matchup against the others. Ghosty, you're going to be our trump card against Nejire, so I want to stay out of the fighting as much as possible."
"If you say so." The 'poltergeist' user nodded.
"What about the others?" Kamakiri asked.
"Hard to say until we actually get out there. But one thing's for certain, you can leave Yaoyorozu to me."
"Are you sure?"
Tokage then turned towards the 'razor sharp' quirk user with a devious smile. One that definitely sent a bit of a chill down his spine. It was the same smile that everyone in 1-B knew that indicated she had something nasty up her sleeve.
"Oh yeah...when I'm through with her, little miss princess will be begging for me to stop. Besides, it's been a while since I've cut loose and played a little...dirty."
'Why do I have the feeling that I'm not going to like how this all plays out?' Yanagi deadpanned. Whatever her friend had cooked up in that head of hers, she had the sneaking suspicion that it was going to be bad.
"We still have some time before we reach the gate. So we can hammer out the details until then. Alright team, let's get out there and show those assholes who's boss!"
A/N: I'm back once again! To be honest, I'm not 100% satisfied with how this chapter came out. I went back and forth on how I wanted this "fight" to go for like an entire week. But this was the least complicated way that I could wrap up Midoriya's test in one chapter. Naturally, no one stood a fighting chance against Mirio from the beginning. So I didn't want to make it seem like they had a chance when the guy was barely even trying. Hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter.
1. I didn't want to dive too deep into Mirio's control over OfA since this is the only time we'll be seeing it. But this was essentially a glimpse at what his abilities were. For all those wondering, this version of Mirio doesn't have all the quirks of the past users. My theory is that since he had 'permeation' before he got it, then the quirk wouldn't "evolve" like how it did for Midoriya in cannon.
2. For those of you who are wondering how his "Zero Cloak" looks, look up "Akaza" from Kimetsu no Yaiba. That's the vision that I had when I was writing this out. Plus he just gets a bit bigger. There's no reason for it, I just like his character design a lot.
3. Once again, I can't give you guys a good estimate on when I'll be done with the next chapter, especially since I haven't even started writing it out yet. But I'll try and get it done in my free time as much as possible.
Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a review/comment. And don't forget to vote on the poll for my next story whenever you get a chance!