Tape vs. Brainwashing, and Creation vs. Electricity

Midnight cracks her whip, "Kirishima has been immobilized. Shiro advances to round two!"

The crowd cheers wildly at this and I let out a small sigh, 'That… was harder than it should've been.'

Dispersing the Bungee Gum, I walk forward and help Kirishima up, who looks at me with a smile, "Damn it! I was hoping I would be able to beat you this time, but I guess not. As always you have some trick up your sleeve."

He sticks his hand out and grins at me with a huge smile, "It was a good fight! Good luck in the next rounds."

I look at his hand with a blank expression before nodding slightly, "Thanks."

He looks at me funnily before I turn around and head towards the nurse's office, 'Hopefully, it's quick. I wanna see all the fights…'

I start moving quicker, but wince slightly as I feel my ribs move around a little, 'Tch, guess I shouldn't push it too much.'

Wrapping my torso in Bungee Gum, I make my way to Recovery Girl's temporary office. Minutes later, Recovery Girl is wrapping my torso in bandages and moves away, nodding in satisfaction, "Mhh, this should be good. You'll feel a little fatigued but it wasn't anything serious so you'll be fine."

I bow slightly, thanking her, before quickly exiting the room. I make my way to Class 1-A's viewing box and take a seat next to Momo. Sero and Shinso are boh making their way onto the field

She looks at me for a second, "Are you ok, Shiro?"

I reply swiftly, "Yeah," and narrow my eyes looking down at the field.

Sero is stretching his arms, a grin on his face, "Hehe, Ojiro told me, all I need to do is not talk to you and I'll win."

Shinso replies with a bored expression, "I guess so."

"Hehe, this will be easy!"

'What… an… idiot…'

A second later, his eyes glaze over and his expression goes blank.

Ojiro puts his hands over his face, "My god… I even warned him."

'Well, I guess that confirms it. It's voice-activated.'

"START!!!"

Shinso raises his eyebrows briefly then smirks, "Walk out of the arena."

Sero slowly turns around and starts towards the edge of the arena. My classmates yell out for him to snap out of it, but to no avail.

Sero crosses the line and Midnight calls out, "Sero has moved out of bounds. Shinso advances to the next round."

Shinso releases his brainwashing and looks towards our box and makes eye contact with me for several seconds. We both silently watch each other before Shinso breaks off and walks into the underground of the arena.

I notice Bakugo quietly sitting in the back, but no sign of Todoroki. Other than him, the rest of my class is present.

Momo taps my shoulder and points her finger to the back, and I shrug. We both stand up and head to the back of the booth, away from the other's ears.

She looks at me seriously before saying, "Shiro, are you sure you're ok?"

I sigh, "This is what it's about. I told you, I'm fine."

She shakes her head, "No, you're not. What did Kuro tell you?"

I glare at her slightly, "How do you know he told me something?"

She rolls her eyes, "Shiro. I'm not an idiot, you know. It was kinda obvious that you were gonna talk to him when you had the chance, and you disappeared during the games. Once you got back, you were different. You were Shiro, but you gave off a different aura."

I chuckled lightly and looked up at the ceiling, "Heh, you don't miss anything do you?"

"Of course."

I sigh again and begin explaining. Kuro's whole speech about instinct and winning, and how I am too weak. At the same time, Iida and the support course girl, Hatsune Mei, had walked onto the field and were "fighting." Or more accurately, Hatsune was using Iida to showcase her creations.

At the end of it all, she sighs and looks down at the arena, "Well, he's not completely wrong. Both of you know that he's stronger than you, and that's partially because of his instinct. He's like a wild animal or something. Sometimes your calculation and planning can lead to hesitation and he's kinda right about that being your weakness."

I slump over the railing and watch as Iida spins around with his ridiculous automatic balance stabilizers, "You think so too, huh?"

She smiles softly, "But at the same time he's wrong."

"Huh?"

"Your planning helps you fight against people who are stronger against you. Honestly, I doubt even Kuro would've been able to survive against that Nomu for that long if it weren't for your drugs. Also, being a winner doesn't mean you can't be friendly. Maybe for people like Kuro or Bakugo, but for people like you, who like to mess around, you'll be fine."

She pats my shoulder and I look up at her, my mood feeling slightly better, "Yeah, yeah, I know. Hearing it from someone else's mouth reassures me a bit more."

But at the same time, a small feeling of doubt still lingers.

I look at Hatsune, "Hmm, you know, using the sports festival to advertise herself isn't such a bad idea. Maybe I should ask her to fix up some of my gear. If my marionette gear moved more smoothly, it could be a lot more practical."

Momo's eyebrows suddenly raise, "Oh yeah, that reminds me, what is with the thing you did against Kirishima?"

"Ah, that. It's actually kinda simple. Remember how I increased the pigment for the screens when we set up the lab?"

She nods her head and her eyes widen in understanding, "So then…"

"Yeah, a similar concept, but reverse. I got rid of the pigment and rearranged the surface of the Bungee Gum to soften its visual shape and make it "invisible." It's closer to

Momo raises her eyebrows, "That's impressive. But should you really be telling this to me now? You do realize that I will most likely be your opponent."

A smirk appears on my face as Hatsune walks out of the arena, ending the match in Iida's win, "Ah, dear sister, now that you know this, you'll become more cautious for something that I might not even use. I expect you'll go all out, and I probably will have to as well. A battle isn't limited to being only physical. Mind games are rather important as well, you know."

I get up and head back towards our seats, a smirk on my face, "Our battle has already started."

I hear her mutter, "Bastard. I shouldn't have talked to you."

In return, I laugh lightly at her, "Don't worry about it too much, sis. Anyways, shouldn't you be heading down there? Your match is next."

She stares at me blankly before she realizes, "Damnit!"

Turning around she breaks out into a sprint and starts running towards the stairs to get to the lower levels.

A few minutes later, both Momo and Kaminari are walking onto the field, with the latter looking rather nervous and the former oozing confidence.

I lean back in my seat and put my hands behind my head, "Let's see how this goes."

Present Mic clears his throat and introduces the two participants, "First up we have the All-Purpose Creation girl. She was admitted through recommendations, so her abilities are certified. From the Hero course, Momo Yaoyorozu."

The crowd cheers and Present Mic continues, "And her opponent, shocking and electrifying. With the power of electricity flowing from his body, from the Hero course, Denki Kaminari!"

Momo unbuttons her shirt, revealing her bra and skin beneath, intriguing many people in the crowd in more ways than one. But only my class understood the purpose.

Mineta grinds his teeth and enviously stares at Kaminari, "Damn that lucky bastard!"

Meanwhile, Kaminari shakes his head, "Man, why'd I have to go up against you, Yaoyorozu? I don't wanna hurt a pretty lady like you. After this wanna grab a bite, so you can have someone who can comfort you?"

But despite his bravado, even from my seat, I could tell, 'He's nervous.'

Momo also notices it and scoffs, "Sorry, but you're gonna be the one who needs some comforting after this."

"START!!!"

Kaminari hesitates for a brief second before charging in and starts getting closer to Momo, 'Ho? He's going for a close-range attack? That's a mistake.'

Momo pulls a shiny metal pole out of her stomach and about 18 inches from the edge is a large satellite dish with the rest being covered in a dark rubbery-looking substance.

I raise my eyebrows, "Hmm, would that work?"

A few of my classmates look at me with curious eyes, and Hagakure asks, "What, Hirota? Do you know what Momo is making? Nehh, tell us too!"

I smirk and reply, "It'll be more interesting if you see it. I can explain when she uses it."

Back in the arena, Momo is holding the staff like a spear, with the satellite dish out in front of her, "What wrong, Kaminari? Why did you stop?"

Despite not knowing what it is, Kaminari couldn't help but be wary of the shiny staff that Momo was wielding.

He pulls on his hair before making up his mind, "Aaaaaaaa!!! This is a pain. Screw it!! INDISCRIMINATE SHOCK 1.3 MILLION VOLTS!!!"

A huge amount of electrical discharge gets released from all over Kaminari's body with half of it even going away from Momo, but the remaining amount was still nothing to laugh at.

Momo smirks at this, "I figured you were gonna do something like this."

Suddenly all the lighting on Momo's side starts racing towards her as if attracted by something. The waves of electricity crash into the metal spear and the tip of it starts glowing an intense shade of red.

I begin my explanation, "To put it simply, it's a lightning rod. She probably used silver, which is one of the more conductive materials, and probably constructed the dish and handle out of an insulating substance."

Uraraka gasps, "But then that means…"

"Yup, the lighting rod attracts the electricity and keeps her relatively safe. Knowing her, she probably added a twist, but we'll have to see."

The seconds pass, and Momo is still standing, holding the glowing red staff and panting slightly, but with a vicious smile on her face. Her opponent, on the other hand, has a slightly dazed expression and his eyes look unfocused.

'So this is the idiot mode that they talked about. His brain fries when he releases so much energy and then…'

Something snaps my brain, and I sit up and start laughing, "Ahaha ahahahaha!!! What a mad woman!!! But she could probably pull it off."

Everyone around looks at me confusedly, and Midoriya asks, "What's so funny, Shiro?"

I take a few breaths to calm myself down, "It's honestly a pretty basic concept. Thermodynamics. Energy cannot be destroyed or created, it can only change forms. Right now, the electricity has transformed into heat, but then what is the satellite dish for? Why is that specific shape? If it were just for protection and attraction, wouldn't a wider shape be better?"

The clueless look still remains on their faces, as they all have absolutely no idea what I am talking about and I just sigh, "You know what, just watch."

The tip of Momo's pole starts crackling and lightning begins to emit from the satellite dish,

She looks at her opponent with a smile, "Sorry about this, Kaminari, but I need to win this fight."

A surge of lightning blasts from the end of the pole and unlike Kaminari's wild and indiscriminate attack, this one is more accurate, and more precise, and also heading straight towards Kaminari.

"Eh?"

The blast of electricity crashes into Kaminari and seconds later, he falls to the ground, unconscious, with his clothes and hair charred.

Momo nods her head satisfyingly and looks at the staff as it crumbles to dust in her hands, "That was dangerous… Well, at least I didn't burn too much energy."

Midnight walks over and looks at Kaminaris condition before nodding, "Hmm, Kaminari has been knocked unconscious. Yaoyarozu advances to the next round!"

Kaminari gets carted away by robots and as Momo walks back I can hear the conversations of several heroes.

"Impressive, she used her opponents' quirk against him."

"She can make stuff right? I wonder what her limits are?"

I smile to myself, 'If they actually knew the whole process they'd be even more impressed.'

Letting out a sigh, I slump back in my chair and look at the TV screen showing Momo waving her hands and smiling, 'That's to be expected.'

AN: Current Bracket

So, for a bit, chapters will be cut down to 1k - 1.5k words, until the summer break starts. I need to keep up with my work so yeah.

Also, it's about time for me to ask. Potential love interests? As you can probably tell, Momo is a sister figure to Shiro and is off the list. Honestly, I was thinking of not having a love interest cuz that suits his character, but I'm open to opinions.

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