I and Momo were against Todoroki and Mezo, the icy dude and the tank from the sea beneath.
Honestly, the only one I was interested in was Mezo- his quirk allowed him to use his 6 appendages at once and use his 4 limbs to be any part of his body as well as elongate them like a hook shot as well as use his appendages as sensory abilities as well as enhance his strength, speed and stamina.
Just the fact that he could do all this reminded me of that particular race I had only heard of in folklore back on Vegeta- 'Namekians... They possessed incredibly sensory abilities and could manipulate their limbs wildly whilst also being calm and far more wise than most people.'
Smiling slightly at Mezo I walked up to the guy and introduced myself as we waited for the other matches to end stretching my hand out I got a handshake from him as he nodded amicably particularly startled to find that this person wasn't scared of him and he had no judgement in his eyes.
This was the first time someone was not apprehensive of him- he remembered even back home he was shunned by the other kids due to the outward expansion of his quirk.
"Yo- your name's Mezo right! My name's Bardock Shimura- nice to meet you!"
Visibly stunned the calm composure he had a while ago disappeared as even Todoroki noticed that the person he was annoyed to be in a group with was surprisingly nice-
'Guess appearances are just that... Superficial looks on a person..'
"Ah- yes Bardock-san nice to meet you..."
However Bardock stopped him there as he patted his shoulder with a smile- "Nah Mezo just calls me Bardock forget the formalities- and also what do you think of Izuku and Bakugo- them as Villains against Ida and Uraraka the heroes."
Hearing that Mezo seemed to have gotten comfortable as he nodded while he and Bardock began to chat about the match going on.
"The pair of Bakugo and Izuku is rather formidable- with Izuku's tremendous strength and surprising agility- and Bakugo's velocity and destructive power.
However the fault in all that is that Izuku has a stamina deficiency, his gas tank is low compared to Ida and Uraraka."
Agreeing to this Momo chimed in behind Bardock as the two turned to her, "And Bakugo's problem is that though his destructive power is great his sensory skills are low in that a sneak attack can take him out especially a diversion tactic from Uraraka and Ida rushing in behind him tackling him full speed.
And then- through this scuffle Uraraka can take out their WMD."
Hearing this Bardock nodding along like a bobblehead- these two were surprising great at analysing what was around them and analysing others.
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In the end, Uraraka had tied down Izuku by using her quirk and making him go off balance- and tripping quite far before Ida rammed into him slamming him against a wall- as Bakugo retaliated with a blast that was sent straight for Ida- who did an insane drift avoiding it but with flames through half his combat suit as he jumped in the air and delivered a flying kick to the smug Bakugo sending him flying.
By this point Ida had done- he had done his job as a distraction and the WMD was taken out by Uraraka.
The heroes had won-
And soon it was our time- as All-Might looked at Izuku disappointedly-
The two were too overconfident in just strength and used no tactics to counter Ida's speed and ambushes as well as Uraraka's quirk causing them to slip up around the arena like lost kittens.
Now it was our turn as we left to our respective sides me and Mezo fist-bumped each other before heading to our areas in the building ready to hunt them villains down.
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---{Todoroki & Mezo VS Bardock & Momo}---
Heading into our areas we started at the bottom of the building with the villains at the top.
It was ironic that a Saiyan of all things could one day become a heroic figure and save lives hell even in Bardocks mind a 'Hero Saiyan' felt like an oxymoron.
He had never been exposed to being a force of good rather no one on Vegeta had- the only thing that went on in their lives was fight, fight, fight and with no end.
Not to mention being born a low class warrior with a battle power feeble enough he was sent to the outskirts away from the heartlands like many, many other Saiyans.
There it was manual labour till the day he died just working to his death, be it in charge of making supply packs for warriors by cooking various meats and vegetables.
Or being an electrician fixing up ships and hover cars- as well as lamposts and energy grids.
These weren't ever mentioned to the world outside Vegeta because the Saiyans believed such positions were signs of weakness of being unable to fit into warrior society so they were sidelined.
And had experienced many a brain drain- with Intelligent low class Saiyans killed off for being smart enough and on par with the Elite Saiyans who had brawn and brain.
Thus they were disposed of as either energy miners or killed outright for apparently committing 'Treason of the Highest Order.'
So yeah either be a decent enough handyman or cook- otherwise indentured servitude or a ticket to hell.
Bardock knew this so through his freetine at work chopping up meat as a young butcher - he began to learn and even copy his clients who called themselves elite by adding in a few more pieces of food to eat when off planet for missions.
This exchange worked both ways him having an extremely keen eye on picking up whatever he saw immediately unlike anyone else and his giving of food to these Saiyans created a mutual friendship and connections were formed.
And through his work as a butcher he met Gine.
The days for Bardock went by as he worked out in the free time he had doing something Saiyans actually loathed-
Believe it or not Saiyans Power's grew as they grew so all Saiyans never trained only grew and went to missions- never intensely using any of their untapped potential as a species with limitless possibilities.
Bardock knew he was an outlier and as his insight on his anatomy grew so did his techniques and in turn his raw power.
From Low Class to Mid Class to Elite Class.
He had achieved it all and then he quit at the butcher's occasionally lending Gine a hand whilst he took up missions rising in Saiyan Hierarchy and improving greatly by honing his techniques with otherworlders with insane strength and wisdom.
This was only the beginning and he continued to rise up until he was at the top there carefree doing as he wished.
Whilst keeping vigilant of the dangers ahead- training more and more in secret as his body honed itself with energy mastery.
Preventing him from leaking out his true strength.
He had yet to truly find the anomaly within this land but he knew he would encounter it sooner than later.