Battle Training

It was a few moments of unbearable heavy silence as they watched Midoriya and Uraraka sneak in and cautiously make their way through the corridors.

" Ambush!" A blue glove pointed at the screen as Bakugo jumped from behind a corner, blasting his explosion at Midoriya who acted in time to avoid him and protect Uraraka. When he stood up again, half his mask was burned.

" A surprise attack from the start!"

" Bakugo, that's cheating! A surprise attack isn't manly at all!" Kirishima punched into his hand irritably.

" A surprise attack is a strategy, too." All Might stated, pen in hand to evaluate their work. " They're in the middle of a real battle right now."

" Midoriya's reaction speed, it was good." Whisper noted.

" Green-kun avoided it!" Ashido seemed excited.

" There goes Bakugo!" Kaminari shouted as the other lad went for the attack. However, Midoriya was able to block him and performed an over the shoulder flip, slamming Bakugo on the ground.

" Martial arts!" Sora blinked at how he managed to throw Bakugo off his feet. " That was a good move!"

" It couldn't have been possible if he didn't manage to predict Bakugo-san's moves." Yuu added, staring at the green head. " He really is cool."

Bakugo stood up again, and he seemed angrier than any of them had ever seen him. On another tab, they could see Iida throwing his fists up in frustration.

" Did something happen?" Yuu turned to Sora who shook her head. She didn't have the slightest idea what happened.

" What was Bakugo saying? Can't tell with just the cameras in a fixed position and no sound." Stated Kirishima.

" He's talking to his partner over the small wireless radio." All Might jabbed his finger towards his ear to show them his own. " You can bring that plus the building's floor plan, and this capture tape!" He showed them a role of white tape. " Once you wrap this around your opponent, it shows that you've captured them."

" The time limit is 15 minutes, and the heroes don't know where the nuclear weapon is located, right?" Ashido asked.

" Yes!"

" The heroes are clearly at a disadvantage here!"

" Heroes should be able to turn the table on whatever predicament they're in. Besides, didn't Aizawa-sensei tell you, too? You know-" His fist thrusted upwards. " Here we go!"

" Plus Ultra!" The whole class chorused, pumping their fists as well.

" Monsieur, Bakugo is..." It was by far the most important thing Aoyama had ever said. They all focused back on the screen as Bakugo bolted at Midoriya while Uraraka sprinted down the corridor.

Midoriya managed to guard against Bakugo's kick and he almost wrapped the capture tape around his leg, but another swing from the blond made him duck away from the explosion.

" Awesome! He is really fast!" The white head marveled at him.

" He got brains, that kid." Whisper smirked.

" That guy's amazing!" Sato exclaimed.

" He's not even using his Quirk, fighting against the guy who finished first in the entrance exam!" Sero was astonished.

" He's pulling back." Yuu spotted the green head running away from his opponent.

Aoyama sighed. " Running away isn't stylish."

" Idiot! He is being cautious. He needs a plan." Elaborated the ghost as they watched Bakugo searching the corridors for the green head.

" He seems really angry. It's scary!"

Yuu gulped. " He is someone I definitely don't want to face..."

Bakugo started blasting away the doors of the corridors and checking within the rooms. " This is going too far! He is getting reckless!" Sora was worried for Midoriya's safety after seeing Bakugo in that state.

Meanwhile, Midoriya was on the second floor, trying to catch his breath and avoid fighting Bakugo. " I see... So he wants to shake the delinquent away and catch up with his teammate. That's the most rational plan in this situation." Whisper squinted at the screen. " It seems Bakugo is acting on his own, so if they could just get him out of the picture and make it a 2 vs 1 for Iida, they can win."

" Though... Using the training to clear his personal problems..." Sora couldn't help but glare at the picture of the blond.

Bakugo made it for the second floor after ruining the first one.

On the other hand, Uraraka made it for Iida's hideout. It could have gone well had she not revealed her spot by bursting into laughter.

" Ochaco-chan..." Sora face palmed herself.

" Ho! The whole floor is empty. Iida must have thought ahead and disposed of anything she may be able to use. He isn't half bad." Whisper smirked.

" Is it me... Or is Iida-san getting in the role of the villain?" The purple head backed a step when his eyes fell on the male in the armor suit.

Sora checked the time. " They have 6 minutes left."

" Green-kun should stop hiding and do something." Ashido placed her hand on her side as she glanced back at Midoriya.

" Ashido-san... His name is Midoriya..." Sora interjected with a bead of sweat.

It was then that Midoriya stood up, apparently deciding on facing his opponent. However...

" Bakugo found him." Ojiro pointed out.

The second moment, Sora wished her Quirk could work through electronic devices. She wished she had seen what Bakugo was intending to do. But that wasn't the case. " Young Bakugo, stop! Are you trying to kill him?!"

A large explosion erupted from Bakugo's gauntlet, destroying the corridor and shattering the glass of the second floor. They could feel the shock wave even from their safe place.

" This is supposed to be a class!" Kirishima objected.

" He's so strong!" Whisper grunted.

" Young man! Young Midoriya!" All Might tried to call for the boy.

When the dust cleared, it revealed Midoriya was, alive none the least. His right sleeve and the rest of his mask were burned to smithereens.

Uraraka used the confusion caused by Bakugo's explosion and rushed to retrieve the weapon. Iida tried to block her but she rendered herself weightless, jumping overhead and trying to touch the paper-mâché missile.

Still, Iida was faster and managed to take away the weapon. Uraraka fell to the ground, flipped and slammed back on the wall.

" She looks tired." Whisper commented.

" Seems using her Quirk on herself takes a toll on her." Sora stated.

" Sensei ! You should stop them! That Bakugo's really crazy! He's gonna kill him!" Kirishima insisted.

Frankly, both Yuu and Sora agreed. They didn't know why All Might didn't stop the training yet after Bakugo's last attack. In that narrow space, if he made the slightest mistake Midoriya would have been reduced to ash.

" No..." Was all he said before holding the mic again. " Young Bakugo, the next time you use that, I'll stop the fight, and your team will lose."

Bakugo certainly disapproved.

" To attack on such a large scale inside is inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting. That's a foolish plan for both heroes and villains! You'll lose a lot of points for it!"

Irritated, Bakugo jumped at Midoriya. He used an explosion to distract him and propel himself upwards, landing behind the green head, he attacked from behind.

That took everyone by surprise and made them even more scared, if it could be, of the berserk blond. " What was that just now?" Kirishima questioned.

" He doesn't look like the type to think," Todoroki squinted." but he's more subtle than I expected."

They looked back at him. " What do you mean?" Said Kirishima.

" He changed his course in a blast that doubled as a smoke screen and then did it again immediately."

" Getting in a clean hit while fighting against inertia requires fine lateral adjustment to the power of the explosions." Yaoyorozu elaborated.

" He's too talented... Too talented... Ugh..." Kaminari was feeling down seeing how strong the blond kid was. He made it clear just how much the difference between them was.

Bakugo aimed at Midoriya's arm with a right swing and grasped it, using a chain of blasts to pivot and slam the boy on the ground.

" No mercy..." Yuu's lips quivered.

" This is a lynching! He can capture him for this exercise by just wrapping the tape around him!" Ashido complained.

" He is doing it on purpose! He wants to fight!" Sora bit her lip and looked back at their teacher who stood there and allowed that torture to continue.

" Those are not the actions of a hero." Tokoyami interjected.

" I thought Midoriya was pretty amazing, too," Kaminari scratched the side of his head and dared to look up. " but in terms of combat power, Bakugo is definitely a ball of natural instincts."

" Natural... Huh?" Whisper hummed.

" He's running away?" Ashido pointed at Midoriya.

" That's not something a man should do, but he has no choice." Kirishima agreed with the decision. " But something is strange... Why..."

He can't use his Quirk against him. He can't control it and he is worried he may cause harm to his opponent! This isn't fair at all!. Sora gulped. This isn't going to end well for him!

Midoriya stopped by the window as Bakugo advanced on him. After a brief moment, they launched at each other, both activating their Quirks.

"This looks bad, Sensei !" Kirishima shouted out, figuring it was probably Midoriya's end.

All Might hesitated, much to Sora's frustration. " Both of you, sto-"

Yet, Midoriya did an unexpected thing. Instead of directing his attack at his opponent, he pointed it upward, tearing apart the ceiling and breaking through the high floors. Uraraka grabbed tightly to a pillar as a strong wind wave erupted from underneath.

She used the weightless pillar to throw debris at Iida, and while he was guarding against them, she jumped overhead floated above the huge hole made by Midoriya and landed on the weapon much to Iida's shock.

With Midoriya, they could see he was seriously injured after fending off Bakugo's blast with one hand. " That blast... With his arm..." Yuu couldn't begin to imagine how hard that was.

" He... Predicted it... The coming attack..." Whisper was at a loss of words.

The allotted time was over. Everyone gaped at the screen, unable to take in the sudden turn of events.

" Hero..." All Might began. "Hero team..." Midoriya dropped to the ground, all worn out. " ...Wins!"

" Indoor person-to-person combat training..." All Might repeated, this time, Uraraka slid down the long of the missile tiredly." Hero team...Wins!"

However, the monitor room was filled with worried gasps. " What the heck? The losers are practically uninjured and the winners are on the ground..." Midoriya laid motionlessly while Iida was helping a nauseous Uraraka.

" They lost the battle, but won the war, huh?" Tokoyami remarked.

" This is training, though." Pointed Asui.

" This is... Scary..."

" Yuu! Don't you get cold feet now! Pull yourself together soldier!"

" How can I do so after what I've just seen!"

" Hope Ochaco-chan and the rest are alright..." Sora murmured as her eyes flicked back toward the screen...

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After seeing to it that the unconscious Midoriya was transported safely to the infirmary, All Might returned with the other three.

" Ochaco-chan... You alright?" Sora rubbed the back of the brunette as she walked in with Iida.

" I'm... Feeling better... Don't you worry..." The way her face seemed drained out of colors didn't help her at all conveying her words.

All Might showed the result on the screen. " Team A : win VS Team D: loss ".

" Well, even if I say that, the MVP for this battle was young Iida!" He announced over all of them. Iida was taken aback by that.

" It's not either of the winners, Ochaco-chan or Midoriya-chan?" Asui also was surprised.

" Hmm, well... Why is that? Does anyone know?"

" Yes, All Might Sensei." Yaoyorozu's hand shot high in the air. " That's because Iida adapted the most to the context of the training."

Everyone kept silent as they listened up. " From watching the match, it appears Bakugo-san acted on his own because of an obviously personal grudge. And as Sensei said earlier, it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors. In the same way, taking into consideration the damage he received, Midoriya-san's plan was also rash. As for Uraraka-san, she let her guard down mid-battle, and her final attack was too reckless. If she treated the paper-mâché as a real weapon, she would not have been able to do something so dangerous."

Her look went for the blunette still thunderstruck with his head lolling a tad to the side. " Iida-san had prepared for his opponent's arrival and assumed it would be a fight over the weapon, which made him late in responding to the final attack."

Iida smiled widely as he held his hand to his chest, apparently touched. " Good job, Iida-kun!" Sora grinned holding two thumbs at him.

" The hero team only won because they took advantage of the fact that this was training. They were practically breaking the rules." Her words left everyone else speechless. Whisper could bet even All Might himself didn't think of all of that.

" W-Well, Young Iida also has parts of him that could be more relaxed, but well, that was correct!"

" We should always start with the basics to develop depth of learning. We must strive ourselves wholeheartedly. Otherwise, we cannot become top heroes." She announced proudly while the rest of them merely gapped at her.

" So that's one of the 4 people admitted based on recommendations..." Sora's eyes sparkled. " Cool and smart! That's an elite for you!"

" All right everyone, let's change locations and start the second match." All Might stated, drawing their attention back to him. " Tackle this training after thinking about what we just talked about."

" Yes!"...

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Battle Building B

" Match two! Team B are the heroes and Team I are the villains!"

" Straight after them... This isn't good..." If possible, Yuu would have liked to vanish under his cloak.

" Come on! You can do it soldier!" Whisper bellowed.

" Good luck! Do your best, Yuu!"

Sora's smiling face flashed in front of him and he took in a deep breath. He can't put up a lame fight after she cheered for him.

" Ojiro-kun, Seijin-kun." Hagakure called. " I'm going to get serious. I'll take off my gloves and boots, too!"

" O,okay..."

" Doesn't this girl have any shame... Weirdos." Whisper mumbled.

" You can't look, okay?" She tried to hide herself, though they couldn't see it at all.

" I can't see you even if I tried."

" Ano... Um..." After several attempts at getting his voice to be heard, Ojiro, and apparently Hagakure, turned to him.

" What's the matter, Seijin-kun?"

" Etto... Ano..." He fumbled around for words but couldn't find them. Whisper grew impatient and punched him on the head.

" Hurry up and say it!"

" It hurts! Alright!" He rubbed his head. " Ojiro-san... Hagakure-san... I think... Maybe... We should... Split up..."

" Split up? Why?" He could see Hagakure's soul, a blazing and glowing golden flame, approaching him.

" Well... You see... We're a team of three... And if two of us get captured... We're out... So..."

Ojiro seemed to think of it. " Right, we shouldn't give them the chance to capture us. Good thinking, Seijin-kun." He nodded approvingly.

" I told you, have some confidence soldier." Whisper huffed.

" I'll stay here and guard the weapon. In terms of physical strength, I'm the best bet. Hagakure-san and Seijin-kun, attack them on different floors to prevent their advance."

" Sounds like a good plan."

" Well then! Let's go!"

" Now, let's start the second indoor person-to-person combat training match!"

From his floor, Yuu watched as Shoji entered the building and walked out after a moment. That took him by surprise. " What..."

Less than a moment later, the whole place froze down. " What happened!" Whisper shouted.

" I can't move... My feet froze!" Yuu looked down at the piles of ice around his feet which pinned him right there.

Footsteps could be heard as Todoroki made his way through the corridors of the fourth floor. " He passed Hagakure!" Whisper was enraged.

" I advise you not to move or you may end up injuring your feet." Todoroki stated coldly. His eye, covered with ice, glowed in red, intimidating the purple head.

Yuu bit on his lip as Todoroki passed by him.

" Good luck!"

" Your Quirk is amazing. It's built on trust and teamwork."

" I don't need to move..." With a shaking hand, he reached for one of the fires. If I can only summon Kyubi right now!

Todoroki stopped on his tracks and his eyes widened when he looked back at Yuu. " This guy..."

The flame just started to enlarge but with a wave of his hand, Todoroki froze the whole of Yuu's body. All the flames around him were extinguished and Whisper almost faded.

" Yuu! Oi Yuu! It can't be, you knocked him out!" Whisper turned back to Todoroki as he breathed, a puff of mist came out.

" I've dropped his temperature enough to make him lose consciousness. What are you going to do?"

Whisper bit his lip, however, he didn't make a move. " Figure."

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Back in the monitor room, everyone were shivering due to the sudden drop of the temperature.

" He did not cause any damage to his teammate or the nuclear weapon, and on top of that, he weakened the enemy." All Might mattered through chattering teeth.

" He got him." Sora's look softened at the picture of her frozen friend.

" What happened?" Questioned Uraraka.

" When he rendered him unconscious, Yuu can no longer share his energy with his spirits, so they faded away." Sora explained.

" Why didn't Whisper-chan act to stop him." Asui asked, fighting to stay awake.

" It'll be considered cheating." Sora stated.

" Eh?"

"As young Shirogane said, right now, Whisper exists on the field using his own energy. He no longer depends on young Seijin's Quirk. If he acted, it will be the same as interfering." All Might elaborated.

" Sensei, you know about spirits?" Sora was amazed to hear All Might explain.

" I'm a teacher, I had to study young Seijin's Quirk in order to understand it."

At the very back, Bakugo was gritting his teeth in frustration.

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Todoroki continued on. A few seconds later, he managed to retrieve the weapon.

" Hero team wins!" Shouted All Might.

The ice engulfing the building started melting and Yuu dropped down as soon as he was freed.

" Yuu! Oi Yuu wake up!" Whisper grunted. " It will be a while before he comes to. But this strength... It's on another level." He looked at the water puddles around them. " Is he another recommended student?"

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" W-Wow!"

" What's up with that Quirk?"

" As expected of someone who got in through recommendations."

Uraraka's face contorted in worry seeing Yuu didn't come up. " Seijin-kun... Is still knocked out."

" I will check on him and bring the rest." All Might left the monitor room.

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When he came back, Yuu was wrapped in a blanket with a runny nose. As the five of them stood side by side for the review, Todoroki glanced down at him. " Sorry... I overdid it."

"It... It's alright..." The boy was shaking underneath the blanket that didn't do much to warm him up.

" You better go get a bath when we're done here... If possible some hot cocoa too or you will get a cold."

" I... I will... Th... Thanks for... the concern..." Yuu uttered. Surprisingly he is not a bad guy. Though back at the building... He flinched at the memory of his face back then.

" All right, everyone gathers around for a review of the second match." All Might told them. " Though there is little to review."

" It was a one sided battle. Ojiro-san and the others didn't have much to do against that attack of Todoroki-san." Yaoyorozu stated.

" True. Young Todoroki's actions were perfect. Young Ojiro's team also thought of their situation well. Splitting up was a good choice considering that once two of you are captured you would lose." He held up a thumb at them. " You did well. Next, we will begin the third match!"

" Yes, sir!"

" Yuu! You okay?" Sora hurried to him.

" Yeah... Just cold... That's all... I will be fine as soon as I warm up..." He assured her.

" Sorry, Yuu. I couldn't do much..." It was probably the first time they saw Whisper that down.

" It's okay... There is no helping it now..."

At the very back, Bakugo bit on his lip angrily...

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The matches went on. In the third one, Team Tokoyami and Asui managed to retrieve the weapon thanks to Dark Shadow, a creature living in Tokoyami, who restricted both Sero and Kirishima with his large claws and Asui's agility in passing though Sero's tape.

The fourth match ended with the villains' win for Jiro and Kaminari couldn't do anything about Yaoyorozu's barrier coupled with Mineta's sticky balls.

It was the fifth match, Ashido, Aoyama and Sora were discussing their plan outside the building.

" I can gorgeously defeat them with my sparkling laser." Aoyama claimed, pausing around.

" No you can't. We shouldn't do much damage, remember." Ashido told him. " Well, I've seen Koda and Sato's Quirks up close during the fitness tests. Sato's Quirk allows him to get stronger the more sugar he eats for three minutes. So he keeps packets of sugar with him. He will be tired when his time runs out. Koda on the other hand can communicate and command animals through speech."

" I see. I wonder what animals he could send after us?" Sora muttered. " Oh, but before that, we need to know more about each other Quirks as well. Mine is Angel, I can fly and am slightly stronger and faster."

" As for me, my Quirk is acid, I can produce it from my body. Albeit there is a limit to how much I can use before it actually affects me." Ashido explained. " Aoyama?"

His glasses sparkled. " My Quirk is Navel Laser. I can shoot a powerful sparkling laser from my belly. But if I fire for more than 1 second it hurts my stomach. The rest of my suits is charged from my navel as well, so I can shoot from my knees and shoulders too."

Ashido thought. " Navel Laser, Acide and Angel. Sounds promising!"

" Still, we need to set a plan." Said Sora.

Five minutes passed by before All Might shouted. " The fifth match of indoor person-to-person combat training, start!"

Aoyama strutted inside, wearing a confident look. Ashido was having her time skidding using her acid. Some of it fell on Aoyama's cape and ruined it, to which his face contorted as though it was the end of the world. " Sorry, sorry!"

Sora sweat dropped from behind them before checking the corridors. " What do you think?" Ashido asked.

" As I thought. I wouldn't be able to use my wings in the corridors." Sora stated.

" Seems we'll have to advance on foot." Ashido exhaled.

Sora's eyes suddenly narrowed as she saw something. A mixture of different auras, all of them heading towards them from a low attitude. " Down!" She shouted.

Ashido didn't lose a moment, using her acid to burn two holes in the wall, she jumped and held into one of them while Sora grabbed Aoyama by his cape and did the same.

Beneath them, a sea of mice and rats rushed. " Must be Koda. He used mice against us."

" Cape! Cape!" Aoyama was waving around, his cape, which was burned by Ashido's acid, was splintering.

" Crap!" Sora tried to haul him higher but the tear widened.

" Take my hand! Quick! " Ashido managed to grasp him before the cape was totally torn. " Heavy!"

" That was a close call." Sora sighed while Aoyama stared at the torn piece of his cape tearfully.

" It's not the time!" Ashido snapped at him." I have my hands full here so use your navel to open a path for us!"

"Open a path, where?"

" The ceiling!"

" Eh! But how will we get there?"

" Just do so! Aoyama!"

He did as he was told. Opening a hole in the ceiling. Sora promptly pushed herself off the wall and held onto the ledge of the hole, hauling herself up to the second floor. " Ashido-san!"

" I will give you a boost so propel yourself with your laser!"

" Wait!"

" Here we go!" She swung him vigorously and let go of him.

" I said wait!" This time he used the laser to push himself up and Sora caught him.

" Gotcha!" She pulled him up. " Ashido-san!" Sora extended her hand. Ashido thrusted herself forward deftly and held onto the white head's hand.

" Thank you!" She thanked once she made it through the hole.

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" Opening a hole in the sealing, isn't this quite reckless?" Kaminari held his chin. " I mean, what if the weapon was in there?"

Whisper chuckled at him. " You don't realize it don't you." The ghost wore a smirk. " If it was so Sora wouldn't allow it. They tore that hole because they knew the floor above them was empty."

" How? They don't have a Quirk like Jiro's!" Kaminari said pointing at the said girl.

" That's right! Sora-chan has super senses too!" Uraraka turned to Iida who nodded at her.

" Which means if it's the floor above her..." Iida began.

"... She can confirm if it was empty or not." Yuu continued.

" They have good team work too, ribbit." Asui stated.

" But why are they splitting up?" Hagakure asked.

" They must have a different plan from ours." Ojiro answered, arms folded.

" Do they?" Todoroki watched as the trio were running away from a herd of pigeons swarming through the corridors of the second floor.

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" Now is pigeons!" Ashido complained, rounding a corner along the other two.

" Calm down, Ashido-san."

" Everything will be alright."

Ashido pouted as she recalled their conversation from earlier.

" Stay together?" Sora nodded at the pinkette question.

" Since Sato's Quirk has a limit, it will be a last resort for them. So I doubt he will leave the side of the weapon. Koda can't fight on his own so they wouldn't be sending him too. Then..."

Aoyama tapped his chin. " They would mostly defend using Koda's quirk."

" The only animals he can find right now are mice and birds. I don't know whether his Quirk is applicable on insects or not so we have to take that into consideration. Either way, I doubt we can deal with many of them each on his own." Her eyes reflected an unwavering confidence. " We need to trust each other and work as a team if we want to reach up."

Trust each other. Ashido's eyes narrowed as they were headed to the end of that floor.

Work as a team. Aoyama's glasses glistened, glimpsing the large window.

That's our path to victory. " Ashido-san, Aoyama-kun," Sora smirked broadly as her ears perked up, picking a slight movement above them. " I've heard them."

Ashido flung her arm forward, melting the wall blocking them. Aoyama skidded to a halt while both girls jumped out the window.

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" They jumped out!" Kirishima yelled.

" Are they forfeiting the battle?!" Kaminari was shocked.

" No they're not." Yuu's eyes widened.

" That's right." All Might began.

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Her wings extended as they flapped through the air. She held onto her teammate's arm and soared.

" No one said that exiting the building was prohibited!"

" Navel Laser!" With a blast from Aoyama, the herd of birds were frightened and scattered away while the blond was thrown out.

" You intend to play around with them?" He questioned.

" Something like that. We need to figure where they're. I'm not like Jiro-san but my hearing is better than average humans. I mostly would be able to find them if they were above us. Until then, let's make them think we are cornered so they let their guard down."

" And how do you intend to get to them?" Ashido wondered.

" I may not be able to use my wings inside the building, but from the outside..."

She grabbed Aoyama's hand as she flew to the third floor. " Ashido-san!"

" Right on it!" She splashed her acid on the glass of the third floor, melting it to nothingness.

" ... We can break through!"

Sora flew through the created opening.

" They're here!" Sato hurried in swallowing down the packet of sugar in his hand before rushing at them, however, he was halted by Sora. " What!"

" I'll take care of Sato-kun. My physical strength should be about enough to match him. You try to capture Koda and retrieve the weapon. But be careful. He may still have animals by his side."

Ashido and Aoyama made for Koda who waved his hands in fear and ducked. From behind him, a swarm of crows then came flying at them. Both of them quickly stepped aside before they could get caught in it.

" As expected!" Ashido skidded away, trying to avoid them.

Aoyama used the small lasers from his shoulders to keep them at bay. " At this rate, we won't be able to reach the weapon!" He shouted once he realized the crows were to keep them away from the paper-mâché missile.

Sora winced as she guarded against Sato's punch. Even with my current strength, Sato-kun is way stronger than me now. But I have to get their back.

There is no much time left! I need to touch the weapon! Ashido was throwing her acid at the crows, trying to force them away without harming the missile.

Aoyama started shaking, his knees buckling. " I'm... At my limits."

Sora's eyes widened when Sato's attacks became weaker. This is it! It's my chance!

The next time he thrusted his hand for the punch, thanks to her prediction she managed to repel it with her right arm and with a quick motion, aimed a kick under his chin, tossing him backward. " The weapon!"

Her attention went for the target, still surrounded by swarming crows. " I need to get through."

Her wings shot out of her back once more and wrapped around her as she forced herself through the herd of birds. She winced in pain as the birds attacked her wings, but she steadily moved on. " I'm not giving up here! Not after they trusted me!"

" Sora!"

" Shirogane-san!"

She extended her hand, trying to reach the missile. A finger... Just a fingertip...

Then there was the sound of a siren that lingered over the field. "Time's up!" All Might's voice told them...