Under pressure

Chapter 26

From the view on the monitor, the girls seemingly wandered about the arena, examining for the building. (Y/n) pointed one out specifically to Ochaco, calling her over she spoke up.

"It's concrete, you think it's good enough?"

"It's perfect!"

The two smiled and as if the timing couldn't get any better, they heard thirteen approach them. (Y/n) turned quickly to see her activate her quirk. Black hole was powerful, knocking (Y/n) down and dragging her forward, ripping up some of the ground as well.

"OCHACO RUN"

So she did, Ochaco ran through an alleyway, directed behind the concrete building they previously examined.

(Y/n) got up quickly, running as hard as she could to get out of bounds of thirteens quirk and started to slide towards her. Activate her quirk once more, thirteen drew her towards, then shutting it off as soon as it was dangerous, her momentum slamming (Y/n) against the building behind them.

The continued a game of cat and mouse, (Y/n) getting close, but never close enough.

Their classmates watching observed as Thirteen seemingly kept (Y/n) at bay, but also a close eye on the exit. They also saw Ochaco finally making it to the back of the surprisingly large building. Seeing the fight between the two through windows that went all around the building, Ochaco made eye contact with (Y/n) and nodded.

"What on earth are they doing"

"Yeah, at this rate they'll run out of time"

"Mhmm, Uraraka should have just made a break for the exit"

Midoriya watched them, trying to observe what they were trying to do, but once he realized what they were doing in the beginning, it started to click.

Seeing the signal, (Y/n) whispered, just loud enough for Thirteen to hear.

"Ochaco?"

She turned her head towards where (Y/n) was looking and saw the hero in training, right before she ducked down. Activating her quirk, she collapsed the building separating the two.

Reduced to nothing but a pile of rubble, Ochaco stood up, her facing giving an expression of absolute terror.

(Y/n) ran towards Thirteen again, turning quickly, she continued to run out the clock with the hero's in training, but she managed to keep an eye on Ochaco, who only seemed to slowly approach. Her attention mainly focus on (Y/n), but after a while, she stopped attacking.

Standing back, sweating and breathing heavily, everyone observed as (Y/n) smiled cockily. She nodded upwards, gesturing to behind the pro hero so she turned, but she saw nothing other than Ochaco smiling too, one hand slightly clutching her stomach.

Even more confused when (Y/n) ran towards Ochaco but only making it half way between the two before facing Thirteen when she realized what was wrong with the scene infront of her the same time everyone else did. Midoriya frantically switched his eyes from the screen and his notebook, making a new page, one for both Ochaco and (Y/n).

'They decided to use a combination move, but right now it's only Ochaco using her quirk.'

Midoriya, along with the rest of the class, watched on, excitement building up in their chest for the next few moves.

Looking up, she saw all the rubble from the building above her.

'The move from the sports festival'

(Y/n) reached into a pocket of her cargo pants, pulling out a hand full of needles. She threw them at Thirteen, and while she tried to uncap her finger, nothing happened as the needles hit the distinct points on her body. The class looked on in shock as Ochaco uttered her iconic word.

"Release"

The two girls charged at Thirteen, dodging the oncoming shower of rubble. Ochaco unclipped the handcuffs from her belt.

(Y/n) got behind Thirteen, pulled her down and held her arm up while holding her down, and Ochaco snapped the handcuffs on Thirteen, successfully subduing her and winning their match.

The last of the rubble fell and the dust settled, revealing a scene of the two girls hugging at the side of Thirteen, sitting, feeling a sense of pride for the students, but especially towards Ochaco as she looked up to Thirteen. Something about seeing a person who idolizes you defeat you gave Thirteen the upmost feeling of accomplishment.

"You two were incredible out there, a great sense of creativity and tactility in combat. Congratulations, you two pass your practical exam"

Midoriya stopped writing for a moment to watch as the two girls hugged and jumped excitedly, cheering for their own victory and smiled to himself, so proud of his friends.

He looked down at his new page, finishing the sketch of needles, and a meteor shower.

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Walking back into the room, the two girls are bombarded with a hug from Tsu. Falling back, Tsu lifts her head and eyes filled with wonder, she exclaims to them loudly

"You two were incredible!"

Smiles break out on Ochacos and (Y/n)'s face as they look up to the rest of their classmates, who stare at them in awe.

"Yeah, you guys were amazing"

"So strong"

"Your internships must have done wonders"

"What even was that?"

Basking in the praise, they let their chests swell with pride and (Y/n) looked towards Ochaco, giving her a look as to say

'I told you, you're better than you think'

After the next test had started and their classmates attention was now focused on Ashido and Kaminari, (Y/n) retreated to sitting by her friend group, specifically aside Shoto.

"Was that what you learned at Nighteye agency? What you did with the needles?"

"Yeah, pretty impressive huh?"

"It is"

They rested their knees against each other and kept their eyes directed towards the screen.

"I guess we're both going to the training camp then!"

"Yeah, I'm really excited!"

(Y/n) bumped her shoulder into his

"Well then, I believe this calls for celebration"