25: Semi-Finals (II)

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"ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK BREAK, FOLKS!"

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"Hey, Aizawa... Did you give Takumi some private lessons..?" said Present Mic, thinking that the mic was turned off.

"What? Of course not. I don't play favorites." Aizawa replies.

"Are you sure!? He's sneaky just like you! Don't lie to me! I'm your best friend!"

Aizawa just sighs and gets up.

"Aizawa? Hey, where are you going?"

But he receives no reply.

"Hey, I'm sorry!"

"What? I'm just going to the restroom. Idiot. The mic's still on."

"Eh??? Oh! Hehe, sorry for that folks!" said Present Mic, scratching his cheek.

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{Akira POV}

Well, that was embarrassing...

Anyway, I need to talk to Momo.

Her opponent is Bakugo. And he doesn't hold back against anyone.

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"Hey, Takumi-san, didn't know you were so sneaky!" exclaimed Kaminari.

"Yeah! What did you do?" asked Kirishima.

I replied, "It's nothing. I just created a tunnel towards Todoroki-san."

"Hm..."

"Oi. You better not do anything like that between our fight, you hear?!" shouted Bakugo.

"Hm? What makes you think that Momo-san won't beat you?" I retorted.

"Che. She just can't." he replies as he walks away, probably to the waiting room.

"Well, congratulations on winning, Akira-san. I need to get going too..." Momo states with a nervous smile.

"Ah. Well, let me take you to your waiting room."

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"So, are you nervous?" I ask.

"W-well, yeah. I mean it's Bakugo-san..." she replies.

To be honest, I don't think she's going to win... But still. There's a chance...

"Just be careful on the fight. As we know, he can be brutal to his opponent."

"Yes..."

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After we arrive at her waiting room...

"Good luck, Momo-san."

"Thank you, Akira-san." she replies, still quite nervous.

"Hey, relax. It's you. I'm sure you're going to do great out there..." I say with a smile.

"Yes... Thank you." she replies with a smile of her own, and now easing up.

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"ALL RIGHTO! IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT MATCH!!! BUT THIS TIME, IT'S BETWEEN KATSUKI BAKUGO, AND MOMO YAOYOROZU!!!" announced Present Mic.

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{General POV}

"Are both contestants ready?" asked Cementoss.

"Yes" replied Momo and Bakugo nods, surprisingly calmly.

"Then, begin!"

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"Oi. You're that girl who creates shit, right?" Bakugo asks and Momo nods.

"If you want to withdraw, then do it now. You won't just get an "ouch" during this match." he adds.

"I'm sorry, but I won't be doing that. There are people believing in me." she says as she throws a smoke grenade on the ground.

"Tch." Bakugo clicked his tongue as he blasted towards the air, dissipating some smoke.

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After a few moments of blasting in the air, Bakugo finally spots a movement in the smoke.

He blasts towards it and gets ready to attack but he stops...

"The fuck? A wig?"

"Hey!" shouted Momo from behind him.

He immediately blasts an explosion towards the voice, but there was no one there. When he looked down, he saw a flash-bang already in place.

She then aims a taser and shoots. Something clips onto Bakugo's arm and he flinches and quivers.

"I got you..." Momo says triumphantly.

As he falls backward,

"Y-you sneaky... bitch!!!" he shouts in a shaky voice as he opens his palm with difficulty.

When Momo was coming close to Bakugo, an explosion was shot out of his hand.

"You think... that... I'm going to lose!???"

Momo was pushed away and Bakugo tries to stand up.

He points his palm on the ground and activates his quirk.

With a straight body, he "stands" up.

"Come." he said.

"AND BAKUGO HAS RISEN UP! HAVE THE TABLES TURNED, OR IS THIS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR YAOYOROZU!?"

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Momo throws another smoke grenade while running away.

After a few seconds, he can finally move his body, albeit still twitching.

"Ya think that's going to work a second time!?" shouted Bakugo as he summons a huge explosion, dissipating a part of the smoke.

He raises his hand... And summons an explosion the size of a bus.

He clicked his tongue as his hand hurt.

It dissipated the smoke and he spots Momo creating a steel shield.

'Explosive Speed!' he calls out as he blasts and speeds toward Momo almost instantly.

When he arrives, Momo raises the shield in panic and Bakugo raised his hands and touched the shield.

"Point-blank Impact!!!" he shouts as two enormous explosions were summoned.

Along with the shield, Momo was blasted away.

"Momo Yaoyorozu is out of bounds! Katsuki Bakugo wins!" announced Cementoss.

When Bakugo was about to walk away, he couldn't, as his foot was stuck to the ground.

"... Tch. So fuckin' sneaky, just like that bastard." muttered Bakugo in an angry voice.

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The match ended with a mixture of cheers and boos.

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On his way to Recovery Girl, Bakugo stumbles upon Akira.

When he spots him...

"Oi. Don't you dare hold back during our fight, ya hear me?" he tells Akira.

"Of course, I won't. And you should probably let Recovery Girl heal you... Or you won't have a chance in winning against me."

"Tch."

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"EVERYONE, ARE YOU READY!!???" shouted Present Mic as the crowd cheered.

"IT'S THE MOST AWAITED MATCH OF THE DAY! IT'S THE FINALS!!!!"

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"COMING FROM THE LEFT! IT'S THE SNEAKIEST STUDENT HERE, AKIRA TAKUMI!!! NOW, FROM THE RIGHT! IT'S THE EXPLOSIVE KING HIMSELF! KATSUKI BAKUGO!!!"

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"Are both of you boys, ready?" asked Midnight.

"Yes, Midnight." replied Akira, and Bakugo nodded.

"Then, begin!"

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No words were spoken as Bakugo blasted towards Akira.

Akira quickly summoned a wide wall to cover himself.

"Fortify." he said, touching the wall.

Bakugo, going too fast from the blast, stopped in his tracks as he was about to tackle into the wall.

As he was about to blast upwards, a foot appeared from above.

Akira did an Axe Kick but it was blocked by Bakugo's forearms.

Bakugo, remembering how Akira's quirk works, summons an explosion, separating them both.

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{Akira POV}

After summoning another wall, I touch the ground and say,

"Shatter." The ground forms a web of cracks and I grab all of the small pieces from it, shrinking the large ones.

I touch another part of the ground and summon myself a staff.

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After hearing the explosions coming closer, I immediately grab the stones and say,

"Enlarge" "Float"

I do this repeatedly and more than 20 Pieces of rocks are in front of me. Once Bakugo was coming relatively close, I blast one towards him.

"You bastard! You think this is going to do anything!?"

Bakugo blasts himself up in the air and prepares what I think is the Howitzer Impact.

But I quickly blast all of the rocks towards him, halting his move for a moment. After that, I summon a dome-like wall.

"Tch, I'm just going to shatter that away with this!"

"HOWITZER IMPACT!" I hear him shout.

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{General POV}

After Bakugo used his move, Akira got out of the wall, but not before doing something else to it.

Bakugo was coming towards the wall when he noticed something. It slowly melted. Due to the momentum Bakugo gained, he wasn't able to stop himself in time.

When he came into contact with it, it "splashed" a little. He tried to move his body but he couldn't. His arms and below were submerged in the melted wall.

That's when he heard a snap. The moment he looked up, dozens of rocks were falling from the sky.

The rocks crashed onto the stage, a few hitting Bakugo. Finally, one huge rock hit him in the head, knocking him out.

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"Katsuki Bakugo is knocked out! Akira Takumi wins this year's Sports Festival!" announced Midnight.

The crowd bellowed, even some of Class B were cheering.

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