บท 23: Chapter 20: Sport's Festival Pt.7 - I Can Do It Too! Uraraka vs. Bakugou

Uraraka sat inside the waiting room in deep thought, her brows knit. Her match was up soon and she would be facing one of her strongest classmates, Bakugou. He's got a short temper, like a bomb with a short fuse and he's a bully.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaa~ this is so-"

"What was that Uraraka?", Iida walked in through the door followed by Midoriya.

"OH! No it was nothing, just talking to myself hehe...", she scratched the back of her head while smiling weakly. "I get why Iida's here since he must be tired, but shouldn't you be watching the matches right now Deku?" she questioned.

"Ah, well most of the matches have ended. Mina got knocked out of bounds by Tokoyami. Akutagawa and Momo's fight was short but pretty exciting, after their clash Momo was pushed out of bounds, it should be Kirishima against that Class B kid right now". As Midoriya finished speaking the cheers of the audience were heard.

"Then the next match is..."

Pushing up his glasses Iida started chattering, his hands rigidly flitting up and down. "Well you have no need to feel so down Uraraka. I'm sure that Bakugou is chivalrous and wouldn't dare go all out against a fema-"

"Yes he will", Midoriya stated bluntly.

"Everyone in this tournament is giving it their all to become a hero, to achieve their dreams, so there's no way that Kacchan wouldn't give his all just because you're a girl", Midoriya took a deep breath before continuing.

"You've helped me so much Uraraka, so this may not be much in comparison but", taking out his notebook he held it out. "-this is filled with possible strategies against Kacchan. It's a bit hasty but it should give you some ideas!"

"Thank you Deku but...It's alright."

"Huh?"

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"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH"

"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRH"

""OOOOOOOOGH!""

"C'MON KIRISHIMA, HEADLOCK, HEADLOCK", Mina yelled as Kirishima and Tetsutetsu traded blows, no side showing any advantage over the other as sparks flew. Kirishima must have heard Mina as he rushed forward and tried putting his arms around Tetsutetsu's head. Tetsutetsu must have ears equally as sensitive as he too lunged for a headlock, ending in the two gripping each other's hands trying to push the other off.

"Why don't you just go down already!"

"No, you! Damn copycat, you're stealing my spotlight!"

"C'mere!"

"Ha!"

A sharp cracking noise rang out as both Kirishima and Tetsutetsu landed brutal hits on each other's faces. They both collapsed onto the ground, their skin slowly unhardening and losing its metallic luster.

"WHAT A CLOSE MATCH. TWO TITANS DUKING IT OUT BUT THE RESULT IS.....IT'S A DRAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!"

"NOW YOU FOLKS MAY BE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENS. IN THE CASE OF A DRAW THE TWO CONTESTANTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A SIMPLE GAME AND THE WINNER WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADVANCE. IN THIS CASE, IT'LL BE AN ARM-WRESTLE!"

"Damn that was a pretty close fistfight".

"Yeah, they're pretty much matched in strength"

"Dang, I really wanted Kirishima to win", Mina sighed as she leaned back into her seat. Akutagawa beside her hummed in response as he slurped his smoothie. Coughing, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

"Well he'll make it in the arm-wrestle, so don't sulk too much".

"Yeah yeah. But hey, it's Uraraka's match now, isn't it? Against..."

"Bakugou, yes"

"Man, I really don't know if I can watch this", Jiro rubbed the goosebumps that rose on her arms. Akutagawa slurped his smoothie silently but inwardly he was cringing. 'Yeah, I remember watching that episode, I couldn't watch it without looking away either ', he thought.

"IT'S THE LAST MATCH OF THE FIRST ROUND, COMIN' IN WE'VE GOT THE BOY WITH THE THUGGISH FACE, HIS EXPLOSIVE ATTITUDE A MIRROR OF HIS EXPLOSIVE HAIRSTYLE! BOY DOES HE NEED A HAIRCUT!! FROM THE HERO COURSE, WE'VE GOT KATSUKI BAKUGOU!!!", Present Mic announced excitedly, not forgetting to add in a jab.

"AND THE GIRL WE ALL MUST BE ROOTING FOR, OCHAKO URARAKA!!!"

The class watched as both Bakugou and Uraraka stepped past the boundary line and entered the arena. Bakugou sneered while Uraraka had her face set with determination. Her fists clenched as fire spewed from the side.

<<<< Arena >>>

"You should just give up right now, cuz I won't be pulling any punches", Bakugou called out to her, his sneer still on his face.

Uraraka ignored his words and took a deep breath. 'C'mon, focus. I can do this. I've got the plan down. All I need to do is-"

"MATCH START!"

'GET CLOSE'

The moment Present Mic announced the start of the match Uraraka rushed forward with her body lowered to the ground, hands outstretched.

'He's going to keep me away from him. From what Deku said he'll start with a big right swing so all I have to do is dodge right now!'

BOOM!

"HOLY-"

"IS SHE OKAY!?"

Smoke covered up where Uraraka stood as the audience and her classmates expressed their worry. Slowly it cleared as she stood with her arms crossed, slightly blackened.

'Damn, I couldn't react in time'

"You think you can stand against me? Fat chance, now die!" Thrusting his arm forward all Bakugou's palm struck was a jacket. Jumping out his behind him Uraraka reached out for his back.

"WHAT A QUICK MANEUVER FROM URARAKA!"

Before she could touch him she was once again blasted back, her figure flying across the ground before landing on all fours.

Before she could get back up Bakugou was on top of her, sending a harsh blast to her face. Over and over, Uraraka got blasted back but she kept standing up, advancing forward.

"I'VE GOT YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU-"

"Don't kid yourself"

BOOOM!

"Hey, this doesn't feel right"

"Yeah, he's slaughtering her out there"

The audience expressed their concern before someone spoke out to stop the match. "HEY, WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE IS THAT! IT'S OBVIOUS YOU'RE STRONGER THAN HER SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST BLAST HER OUT OF BOUNDS AND END THIS!? THIS IS UNBECOMING OF A HERO!"

"YEAH! BOOOOOOOO!"

The audience erupted with boo's and jeers towards Bakugou before Eraserhead snatched up a mic to speak.

"Which one of you said that? Can you even call yourself a pro when you can't even tell what's happening? Bakugou isn't toying with her, he's respecting his opponent and is thus taking this match seriously by being on guard. If you can't tell that with your years of experience, I suggest you leave and retire"

Back to the match, Uraraka slowly stood up from the ground panting and heaving, her body damp with sweat and marked from taking countless explosions. Wiping her mouth, she cleared her throat.

"Thank you Bakugou, for taking this seriously. Because of that, I had time to prepare...", she stuck her fingertips together.

"Those pros who booed should really get their eyes checked. If they paid any attention to the match then they'd notice what she was doing. By sticking low to the ground and bringing Bakugou attention low, it allowed her to stockpile ample ammunition, the smoke from the explosions covering her actions, so he didn't even notice...", Monoma pointed upwards, bringing everyone else to look up as well to see the massive collection of debris in the sky as they stood suspended before suddenly hurtling down at high speeds.

"ITS MY WIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!"

'There's no way he'll be able to get through this, he can't dodge so many or blast through them. With this, I can go through, just like Deku..!'

Time seemed to stand still as the audience watched with their mouths open as the debris fell down. Bakugou slowly grabbed his forearm, his muscles tensing as he faced it upwards.

"Hmph!"

BA-BOOOOOOOOOM!

A catastrophic explosion lit up the entire arena and its surroundings followed by a huge mushroom of smoke that blocked the vision of the audience. Still in silence the audience watched as the smoke cleared, revealing a unharmed Bakugou and Uraraka sat on her behind with shock on her face.

"H-how..."

"You've been hanging around with that loser Deku for a while now, so I suspected some pissy plan being cooked up..."

"WOOOOOOOOOOW!!! ONE HUGE EXPLOSION TO COUNTER THAT HAIL OF ROCKS AND URARAKA'S STRATEGY IS A BUST! WHAT A MOVE!!!!"

Uraraka's hair shadowed her face as she slowly got up from the ground she's been kissing repeatedly in this match.

'That was all I had, there's no way I can pull that off again but....urgh...I CANT STOP HERE!'

Stumbling forward, she attempted to run up to meet Bakugou. He too advanced with a savage grin on his face.

'Just like Deku and Iida...I can...I can do it too...!'

"A-ah...", Uraraka's body slowly hit the floor, collapsing in a heap as her limbs twitched, struggling to get back up.

"Please...No....I can still go so...haaa...haaaa...mom...dad..."

Midnight kneeled beside Uraraka as she checked on her condition. She gently pushed Uraraka down and shook her head before standing and announcing.

"Uraraka is unable to continue, Katsuki Bakugou advances to the next round!"

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The class sat in silence as they watched Uraraka getting dragged off the stage. Akutagawa had his eyes closed as if uncaring but his brows were knit and his mouth slightly quirked downwards as he thought to himself.

Midoriya had left to go see Uraraka in the temporary nurses office as soon as the match ended and eventually Bakugou returned to their class section. It was quiet before Sero spoke up.

"Hey that was a pretty dramatic match there, good job playing your role of the villain Bakugou!"

"Yeah man, if it was me I'd have a little mercy for a fragile girl", Kaminari shook his head before Tsuyu commented.

"I distinctly remember you getting beat by a fragile girl"

"Ugh..."

"'She's not fragile""

Both Bakugou and Akutagawa said at the same time, eliciting strange looks from the class before they shrugged it off to watch Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's arm-wrestle, their cheer returning.

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Maerdy Note: HEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA it's a me, your cute author-san that you totally aren't mad at for being away for so long. Well I wont make an excuse like I always do, except I will, HERE WE GO YA'LL! So I was just busy getting my holiday cheer on so writing kinda sorta slipped my mind but yall were obv's still on my mind so yeah you can't be mad. Good news is I did good on my exams so thank you for your well wishes, I really appreciate that guys, I hope you all did good on whatever exams you guys had and just general tribulations in life yknow.

I can't really edit this rn cuz i have dinner to make so if there are any mistakes dw ill come back to this to correct them and you can, if you really wanna exert the effort, point out any errors urself luvs

So yesterday I had like the g@yest dream ever. I was in class and my geography teacher leaned over my desk and whispered sweet things in my ear AND GOD THE WAY I WAS BLUSHING. Or at least I think I was, can't really see my face in the dream. I don't have a crush on my geography teacher or anything yall he's just good looking so yeah. I already got a man-crush and he's pretty darn sexy. Smooth skin, silky hair and a DEEP FUCKIN VOICE OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HES SO DREAMY ISTG. Yall he's just too much. I haven't actually tried doing anything for all this time I've known him tbh besides that time we held hands and stuff but yeah, dont need no mans to support me nuh-uh, i got gorls in different area codes. Anyways, thanks for reading and sorry for the longer than usual authors note, hope you have a great day or night, be safe out there and i love you cutie, yes you, the smexy person behind the screen who's gonna give me headpats rn, or else hmph! lol bye guys <3