I Don't Run An Orphanage!

Chapter 49: Shorts 12

Sore Loser

Nara sighed, as she stood in front of her brother's room.

Ever since his loss to Kiba, he had been held up there and was in a terrible mood, to say the least.

And so now here she was.

Alright. Time to be a good sister. She told herself, as she knocked on the door.

"Go away!" Ken shouted out.

Rolling her eyes, Nara decided to ignore this and enter the room anyway.

Ken was laying on his bed, still pouting over his loss. He didn't even turn towards the door when he saw it open. "I said go away!"

"Well, I didn't listen," Nara responded.

Hearing his sister's voice, he turned to look at her and scowled. "Oh, it's you. What did you come to laugh at me some more?"

"No, I've done enough of that to last me a few days," Nara admitted, leaning against the wall and preparing to have a long, frustrating conversation.

"Great. One less person laughing at me. Now if all the hundreds of thousands of people who watched that stream could stop laughing that'd be great." Ken said bitterly.

"If it makes you feel better, looking at the comments at that video people are actually pretty impressed with you," Nara admitted.

"They're impressed that I got knocked around the forest like a ragdoll?" Ken asked sarcastically.

"They're impressed you lasted so long against Kiba. She's not exactly someone many people can fight. Let alone as long as you did." Nara explained. "She's an O.P.C. for a reason."

"Yeah well so am I!" Ken pointed out indignantly. "I shouldn't have lost so...so easily!"

"You lost as Four Arms, so easily."

Nara and Ken turned around and saw Izuku entering the room.

"Ah, Mr. Midoriya! What are you doing here?" Nara asked him politely.

"Well, I came to see if Ken was alright," Izuku explained, closing the door behind him.

"I'm fine," Ken said curtly, crossing his arms trying to seem tough.

"I doubt that." Izuku sighed. "As I was saying, you only lost to her as Four Arms. You didn't lose to her as a whole."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ken raised an eyebrow with curiosity.

"It means you still have eight other forms, doofus!" Nara pointed out.

"Right." Izuku nodded. "Four Arms was probably the worst form you could have used to fight Kiba."

"Four Arms power is strength, and you were trying to fight someone stronger than you. Remember what happens when you use Four Arms to fight Humungosaur?" Nara told him.

Ken cringed, as he recalled why he didn't do that anymore. He got literally stomped.

"Kiba in general is kind of a bad matchup for you. Her main weakness is that she gets weaker the more she uses her strength, but with your time limit it's unlikely you'd be able to get her to a point where you could beat her just by stalling her out." Izuku summarized. "Your best course of action would be to take out your opponent as soon as possible. While also making sure you don't get too reckless."

"Easier said than done," Nara muttered. She knew he was talking about Ken but this applied to her as well.

Izuku nodded in agreement. "You're right. It's very hard to both go on the offensive while also remembering to keep your eyes peeled for any tricks and counterattacks. But that's the reason you train. To improve and work on things that you struggle with."