Chapter 7

We trudged through the hall on the ground floor, silently moving towards the stairs. I activated the pads on my shoulders and used echo-location to find if Bakugo was nearby.

As expected, he was running downstairs and was in a mad rush to find us. Meanwhile, Iida had been left alone with the 'bomb'.

"Someone's coming." I whispered.

"It's only one person."

"It must be Kacchan coming for us."

We waited for him to turn around the corner when I ambushed him with a 'Quick attack'. His insane instincts immediately kicked in and he managed to send a blast at me while he was thrown into the wall.

"I'll kill the two of you!! And you, Deku!! All this time, you've be-"

'Shadow sneak.'

I rose from his shadow and struck him from behind. Too startled by the surprise, he couldn't react and I took complete advantage of it.

'Stun spore.'

I blew the spores out of my mouth right at his face.

*Cough* "What the fuck is.. tha..?!"

"Asui-san?"

"He's paralyzed from inhaling the spores. Tie him up with capture tape and we'll fight Iida."

Midoriya perked up and took the opportunity. Bakugo couldn't even move his jaw, much less use his quirk and watched helplessly as Midoriya captured him.

"Bakugo Katsuki, captured!"

We made our way to the room where Iida and the bomb were.

Iida was making exaggerated poses and oaths about doing his best at being the villain. It was quite funny and I tried hard not to laugh.

Even Midoriya was having a hard time controlling himself.

We retreated from the room and discussed the best and fastest possible way of winning the battle.

"Midoriya, do you think you can distract him, or, engage him in a momentary fight?"

He nodded and said, "I can, but, wouldn't you be a better opponent for him?"

I hit the top of his head with a soft chop and said, "You threw the ball farther than Bakugo using just your finger. Don't think you're any lesser than us. How about this? We play rock-paper-scissors. Best of three. Loser fights Iida."

"Uhh.. alright."

Suffice to say that I easily won.

To be honest, Iida was good at close combat. His kicks were sharp and their speed was greatly enhanced by his quirk. But his technique was severely lacking. Midoriya, ever the analytical savant, was easily able to discern the flaws and within a few seconds, he was easily able to hold his ground.

I then came out of hiding. Iida's attention was easily grabbed by the big water shuriken in my hand. But, with Midoriya's relentless assault, he couldn't do much. I immediately used 'Double team' which seemed to overwhelm Iida.

He tried to intercept me from going towards to bomb and managed to land a kick... to one of the illusions.

"What?!"

I ran towards the bomb as Midoriya successfully held Iida back.

It was our complete victory.

"The bomb has been secured! The hero team wins!!"

"We won, Midoriya!"

"Y-Yeah!"

I smiled and clapped my hand with his. As Iida sat by the wall and sighed, we tried to console him though he wasn't too depressed.

Both the teams were practically uninjured, with Katsuki suffering from minor bruises on his chest and was still unable to move a muscle.

In the observation room, everyone approached us and gave a pat on our shoulders.

"You were really manly! Midoriya!"

"You're a bag full of tricks, huh?"

"That shuriken is super manly!"

"Isn't my cape shiny?"

"..."

When everyone calmed down, All Might addressed us, "Well, I'd say the M.V.P. of this battle trial is... Asui!!"

There was no disputing that conclusion. We had won and while Midoriya played his role well, the fact that I perfectly utilised the element of surprise and was leading the two of us, it was obvious that I would be the M.V.P.

As the battle trials continued, I watched all of them very intently.

Uraraka was paired with Yaoyorozu and they were up against Ashido and Jiro.

It was an amazing cat fight... if the cats had superpowers and actually utilized all of their skills instead of simply making a mockery of a fight.

'Well, that's hero course for you. No one is incompetent... Unlike Sakura and Ino.'

There were some good battles, some heavily one sided and some downright waste... Like Aoyama and Sato. Kaminari and Mineta bulldozed through that one.

'... I take it back, Aoyama is a useless shit. You have to be a special kind of person to be even more useless than a ten year old condom. At least that can be used to decieve the girl into thinking you won't be finishing inside her. Was that how he was conceived?'

... I clearly had some miss givings about Aoyama.

I was standing next to Hagakure who seemed to fidgeting from the close proximity of the source of the disturbance.

"Hagakure-san, right?"

"Ah! Y-Yeah! Hagakure Tooru!"

"If you won't mind me asking, do you feel uncomfortable with having to undress for your quirk to be properly utilized?"

Her gloved hand went behind her head and she said with a giggle, "I've gotten used to it, to be honest."

"Yeah, but, couldn't you just, I don't know, have a costume made out of your hair? You know, because even they are invisible to the naked eye. Aizawa-sensei is officially known as 'Eraserhead'. He can erase a person's quirk by looking at them. It's possible that there are others with similar quirks. It would be... very unpleasant if at some point you are unable to be... hidden by your quirk."

By the time I was done, everyone was listening to us.

All Might cleared his throat and said, "You do have a point, young Asui!"

Hagakure was getting a flustered as she became the center of attention. So, I lightly patted her head as All Might continued to speak, "A student from third year also had his hero costume made from his hair! So, it's not something bizarre! I will talk to Aizawa and the Support department later today! Do not worry about anything! U.A. Support department is the best in Japan!"

"Y-Yeah! Thank you, All Might-sensei! Asui-san!"

The class was over and All might rushed out of the room as he was out of time. While we were making our way back to the changing rooms, Hagakure approached me and said, "Asui-san, thank you for suggesting that! Honestly, it truly is embarrassing and I always push myself to not care. I would feel a lot more secure with having some form of clothing on me."

I smiled gently and said, "Hagakure-san, both of us know what kind of society we live in. We are from the same group and will become heroes together, so, we have to take care of each other."

"You're absolutely right!"

Unbeknownst to me, I earned brownie points from many of my classmates that day.

(APIBNHA)

A/N: 'The Ninja Hero: Phantasm' is the clear winner of the poll.

Btw, Kermbit was a fusion of Kermit the frog and Karambits that are used in Silat. Throg was Frong Thor.

Froakie was also a favorite, but, again, it doesn't suit the MC or the world setting.