23: Matches (III)

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Another one...

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"Good luck, Tetsutetsu-san." said Akira with a nod.

"Thank you..."

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Tetsutetsu makes the first move as he activates his quirk and punches the ground, cracking the stage.

"OH? WHAT IS TETSUTETSU DOING?" commented Present Mic.

Once Akira touches the ground, he says,

"Grow" and a small pillar of cement rises. He trails his finger at the bottom of it, and then saying,

"Separate" "Enlarge" "Elongate" "Unbreakable"

While he was doing this, Tetsutetsu was punching the stage, and in doing so, creating pieces of debris he can throw.

As Akira finishes, he dashes towards Tetsutetsu with a grip on his staff.

His opponent notices this and starts throwing pieces of debris, but Akira blocks his attacks with the staff.

"As long as you can't touch me, you can't beat me." said Tetsutetsu.

'So, I was right. They really are brilliant, but it wasn't that hard to figure out anyway...' thought Akira.

'Now, should I show my transmission or reserve it for the finals...?' asked Akira to himself inwardly while blocking and dodging debris.

Akira decided against showing his trump card and continued to rush towards his opponent. Tetsutetsu noticing that Akira was getting close, started to lift huge debris with difficulty.

Akira starts speeding up and Tetsutetsu throws the debris towards him. But Akira grips his staff and,

"Widen" The staff widens and it shields Akira from the debris but due to the impact, sends him a few meters back.

Tetsutetsu seeing that his attack worked, prepared to lift another enormous debris. Akira gets up, dashes to the thrown debris, and touches it.

"Pulverize" Then the block of cement breaks down into dust. After that, he touches the concentrated dust, closes his eyes and covers his mouth and nose, and says, "Burst".

As dust covers the stage, Akira crouches and touches the ground.

'Locate' he says inwardly. A surge of unseen energy ripples in the ground. And when he feels another energy,

'There! A disturbance in the force!' thought Akira, amused.

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"WE CAN'T SEE ANYTHING! WHAT DID TAKUMI DO!??? Ahem, can we remove that dust, Aizawa?"

"No, dummy. It's a strategy produced by a contestant. You can't do that." replied Aizawa.

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"Dang! We really can't see anything. I hope Takumi-san is all right." commented Sero.

"I'm not worried about Takubro. He's strong, so he wouldn't lose to his opponent." stated Kirishima.

"I agree..." said Momo.

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Tetsutetsu was confused, shocked, and wary. Confused at where the dust came from, shocked that it managed to cover the whole stage, and wary about Akira since he has difficulty in seeing.

After a few moments, he hears footsteps. He hastily lifts the enormous debris again, getting ready to throw it.

Suddenly, a staff blasted towards his face, clearing the dust from its trail. Due to lifting the debris, he couldn't dodge so he took it head-on.

That's when Akira appeared and touched his side. As Tetsutetsu reacted to Akira's action, it was too late since his opponent said,

"Blast Away" The Steel Boy was blasted after Akira said those words. The debris he was holding was left behind.

'I needed to use additional energy on that last attack... He's heavy...'

"Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu is out of bounds! Akira Takumi wins!"

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[Moments Earlier...]

"Look! The dust is clearing on that side of the stage!" exclaimed Uraraka.

"Looks like Takumi-san finally made a move." said Tokoyami.

"See? Look, you shouldn't really be worried about him. I mean come on, he single-handedly destroyed a 0-Pointer!" commented Kaminari.

"True. You-" as Sero was about to reply, a figure suddenly flies out of the dust cloud.

"Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu is out of bounds! Akira Takumi wins!"

It was a more anticlimactic fight than the last one but the crowd still cheered nonetheless.

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After the announcement, Akira went back to the stands.

"Nice one, Takubro/Takumi-san!"

"Good fight, Akira-san."

His class greeted him.

Akira responded with a smile, "Thank you, everyone. And Ashido-san, Momo-san, both of you should go on to the waiting rooms now..."

"Haiya... Come on, just accept the compliments, man. Can't you just turn off your Class Pres mode once in a while?" stated Kaminari as he wrapped his arm on Akira's shoulder.

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"THANK YOU FOR FIXING THE STAGE AGAIN, CEMENTOSS!!!"

"NOW! LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MATCH!!! IT'S HEROICS STUDENTS VERSUS EACH OTHER!!! IT'S, THE CREATION MASTER, MOMO YAOYOROZU!!! VERSUS, THE ACIDIC SLIDER, MINA ASHIDO!!!" introduced Present Mic.

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"So, who do you think will win this, guys?" asked Sero.

His classmates just responded with a mix of shrugs and grunts.

"Well, I think Momo-san has a reasonable chance to win. Her quirk is very versatile..." replied Akira.

"True, kero. But for me, Mina-chan is more athletic. So she might win, kero." commented Tsuyu.

"Haish. Come on, let's just watch the match!" exclaimed Kaminari.

"Je suis d'accord, everyone!" added a wannabe french boy.

[A/N: Je suis d'accord means "I agree" (According to Google)]

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"Are both of you girls, ready?"

"Yes, yes!" replied Mina, giving Midnight a thumbs up.

"Yes, Midnight-sensei."

Midnight commences with a whip from her whip, "Then, begin!".

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'All right... Be calm... Ashido's quirk is Acid... What are the non-acidic materials..?' thought Momo as she exhales air.

'Got it!'

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