The Semi-Finals

*General POV*

The crowd gasped as they watched Momo cut into her own arm and everyone was confused.

Uraraka's eyes widened, "Momo…"

Izuku frowns, "But, why? Momo is smart, so she must have a reason. Somehow, Shiro must be at a disadvantage…"

Bakugo glares at the white-haired boy who is unmoving, his eyes focused on the blood, 'Concern? No, not at a time like this. Fuck, this is annoying!'

*Shiro POV*

I watch as her blood starts to quickly flow down her arm and form a small pool beneath her, "Momo, you sly fox. You really are going all out."

Momo smirks in response, "Well, what can I say, this is a good chance to show the others everything we've got."

Present Mic is quiet for once, "Uhmm, Eraser… What's up with this? Why did Momo cut herself?"

Aizawa replies, "Hell if I know. Those two are a constant mystery."

In my head, I call out to Kuro, 'Oy, Kuro.'

He responds quickly, 'What? If you want me to swit-'

But I cut him off quickly, 'No, not that. I want you to stay out of it. I don't mind losing if it's against Momo, but I will be the one to fight her.'

Kuro stays silent for a bit, before chuckling in response, 'Hehe, I was gonna deny you if you wanted to switch, cause I wanted to see how this would go, but I guess not. Well, have fun.'

I look back at Momo and a sickening feeling starts to stir up in my stomach, "Hey Momo, I wouldn't be able to use that favor from earlier to ask you to seal up the wound of yours?"

Momo shakes her head, "Sorry, but this is just as important for me as it is for you."

I sigh, "I figured."

The favors had to be reasonable and both parties were ok with it. In a serious situation like this, they were useless.

Diverting my gaze away from Momo, I try to lessen the effect of the blood, but then a smell begins to enter my nose. A heavy, iron smell. The churning in my stomach takes a turn for the worse as memories flash through my head, and I take a step back from the dizziness.

'Impossible! From a distance, I should be safe! The scent shouldn't be affecting me. What the hell did she do?!'

Momo smirks as she sees my unbalance, "Looks like it's kicking in."

That one sentence gave me everything I needed to know, 'Shit! She must've made some kind of pheromone that replicates the scent of blood. She's spent too much time around me,' and I say the last part in a prideful and amused tone.

Quickly rubbing my hands over my face, I make a mask, covering my whole face with vents in the front.

'I won't be able to block out all of it, since I don't have any filters, but it'll last. As for the blood, hopefully, this mask helps with the visual effects, but I need to start attacking now before she pulls out any other tricks.'

I clasp my hands together and create a curved pole, 'Getting any closer to her would be dangerous, I need to keep my distance.'

Attaching a string to the two ends of the pole, I tighten it and flex it a bit, 'A bow should help against her.'

Drawing my hand back from the shelf of the bow, I create an arrow at the same time and aim it at Momo, 'Fire.'

The arrow comes speeding at Momo, but misses her by several inches, slamming into the wall behind her, 'Shit, that pheromone of hers is messing with my head as well, she might've added a drug as well. Momo can't make that many items at once, so she'll probably stop emitting it soon, but the problem is what comes after that.'

I knock another arrow, but I see Momo raise her uninjured arm and point a black barrel at me, 'Shit!'

*PAAH*

A loud popping sound could be heard as Momo fired her gun. I quickly roll to the side as I watch a dart with a red fringe behind them fly past me.

'Looks like she plans to play long-range as well. With that arm of hers, I can't imagine her fighting against me in hand-to-hand combat. But at the same time, I can't get too close to her because of my phobia. She has planned this out well.'

Firing my arrow, it falls low this time and splats on the ground right in front of her foot, and I kiss my teeth in annoyance, 'Tsk, that was rushed. I need to calm myself first.'

Momo fires another dart at me and it misses me by an inch. Pulling my hand back, I create an arrow from the "invisible" Bungee Gum and fire it, aiming for Momo's gun arm.

She sees my movements and her eyes widen and she quickly creates a shield to block the incoming strike.

A loud thud could be heard as my arrow connected with her shield, 'Good, now she'll be more cautious.'

*BAM*

*BAM*

*BAM*

*BAM*

I fire four arrows in quick succession, two to secure the shield to the ground and two on the sides just as a trap measure.

Behind the shield wall, Momo calls out, "Even though I did that, you still overcame it, I will admit, I'm surprised. You're better off than I thought, but not by much."

I chuckle confidently, "What are you talking about, I'm doing fine."

Momo replies, "You call that fine?"

I looked down at myself, and my shirt was drenched in a cold sweat, both in the front and back. My skin was pale and my limbs were trembling.

'Eh? How did I not notice? Did she add something into the gas that can physically debilitate me? How long has this been going on?'

Momo calls out, "If you're thinking I added something into the pheromones I released earlier, you're wrong."

Momo steps out from behind her shield, an adhesive bandage covering her wound and a bo staff replacing her gun, "It's all you."

I take a shaky step forwards, dispersing the bow and replacing it with a Bo, "You… well played, Momo."

Momo walks towards me with confidence, and I slowly advance, each shaky step, moving me closer to my opponent.

When we are two meters away from each other we both stop, Momo stares determinedly at me and I return it, "Looks like the ending is coming soon."

Momo nods, "Time to end it."

I let out a sigh, "Man, you have been spend-"

I get cut off as Momo thrusts her bo forwards, and I hold my own vertically and push her weapon to the side, "Not even letting me finish, huh?"

Spinning the bottom end of my bo, I aim for a downward strike to the head, when Momo uses her bo and digs into the ground and pivots to her left, spinning away from my strike, leaving me exposed on my right side.

'Shit! I can't react quickly enough.'

Her bo slams into my rib cage and stomach, and I quickly dodge a swinging head strike, 'Tch, she's brutal, and thanks to her mind games, I'm barely in the condition to fight back.'

I dodge another jab, and return one of my own, which Momo easily dodges, 'I need something to throw her off and regain my composure.'

Splitting my Bo into half, I use my two batons and cross-block an overhead strike. Then I drop my left arm and throw it at Momo's stomach. The Bungee Gum lands on her with a splat and covers the left side of her stomach area.

Momo frowns slightly, but dismisses it, as she knows she won't be able to get it off.

'That will limit her quirk and movement a bit, but not enough for me to win yet.'

Tossing several blobs of Bungee Gum on the ground, I quickly create a replacement baton and swing one of them upwards with all my strength. Her Bo gets knocked upwards and there is an opening.

Using my other baton, I thrust forwards but out of the corner of my eye, I see the butt end of Momo's staff coming upwards, 'Tch.'

I block her weapon with my own and let mine stick to hers before leaping back and creating a new one, 'I can hit and run for now.'

I look down at my legs and they are no longer shaking and I was regaining some strength into my arms, 'Adrenaline, perhaps? Either way, this works in my favor.'

Momo also notices my slow recovery and the smell of blood becomes noticeably stronger again, 'Shit! I may not be able to keep on going once this gets into effect. I need to end this now.'

Creating a Bo Staff, I jump onto one of the Bungee Gum wads and bounce off, leaping into the air and swinging my bo down.

Momo puts up an upwards block but a smirk appears on my face. As my weapon makes contact with hers, my weapon seemingly bends as the top half starts swinging down towards Momo's head.

*THUD*

There is a loud thud as Bo slams into her forehead and her eyes glaze over, and her body drops to the floor.

I let out a tired sigh, "Can't believe you of all people forgot, Momo. Bungee Gum has the properties of both Rubber and Gum, remember?"

Midnight hesitates before calling it out, "Momo Yaoyorozu has been knocked unconscious. The winner is Shiro Hirota! Shiro will move onto the finals!"

I look up at the sky and my vision starts to fade, 'Damn, that was a hell of a fight.'

Dropping down to my knees, my head falls towards the ground and the last thing I see before passing out was Momo.

AN: Current Bracket.

I enjoyed writing this chapter. Writing these smaller fights is much more entertaining and complex for me compared to the Natsu one where most of it is just destruction.

<==<>==<>==<>==<>==<>==>

Check out my other story

The Dragon of MHA

Discord: https://discord.gg/BMtDTUtyh2