Element

17: Get in Loser, We're Going Shopping

Third Person POV

"Kyoka, we should probably come up with some sort of plan to win, huh?" Y/N said to her friend, who agreed.

Most of the teams were going off to the side in order to come up with a strategy to beat their chosen teachers.

Y/N and Jiro took a spot away from the others and sat down.

Fidgeting with a little ball of water she made, Y/N thought about a possible way to take down Present Mic.

"If they're putting us against teachers who can expose our weaknesses, then we have to figure out a way to overcome them. I know why they put you against Present Mic. You have a sound based Quirk. His annoyingly loud voice will take complete control of the sound in the area."

"That's true." Jiro agreed. "I won't be able to use my Quirk at all. But you? Why did they put you against Present Mic?"

"I honestly have no idea. Maybe because my elemental Quirk isn't really effective against sound?"

"Okay...so what's the plan?"

"I was kind of hoping you would have one."

Jiro twisted her earphone jacks around her pinky, concentrating.

"You have control over the ground, no?"

"Yeah."

"What if we went underground?"

Y/N's lips parted slightly as she pondered the logistics.

"Yes...yes, I think that could work. Kyoka, you're a genius." She smiled at her friend.

With this plan in mind, the two of them made their way to the monitor room in order to watch their fellow classmates take on the finals.

Kirishima and Sato passed out, losing to Cementoss' high endurance. Tsu and Tokoyami were able to work cleverly in order to defeat Ectoplasm. Iida sacrificed himself in order to get Ojiro to the exit. Yaoyorozu came up with a genius plan that bested Aizawa. Unfortunately, Ashido and Kaminari were outsmarted by Nezu's flawless strategy.

Finally, it was time for Y/N and Jiro to go.

"All right. You ready?" Y/N asked, slipping on her gloves.

"Ready as I'll ever be. Let's crush this human amp!" Jiro exclaimed.

Our arena turned out to be a large forest.

"Team L/N and Jirou. Practical exam. Ready, go!" A voice boomed over the loudspeakers.

"Okay, stay near me. We can't give him any time to—"

"YEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The loudest noise either of them had ever heard echoed through the entire forest. It went all the way through their ears, and felt as if their brain itself was vibrating. The girls had no choice but to pause what they were doing and cover their ears.

Thankfully, it only went on for a couple seconds.

"Holy shit!" Y/N said, shaking her head.

With a new sense of urgency, she split the ground open, creating a deep crevice large enough for her and Jiro to slip down into.

But as they made their way down, Present Mic unleashed another scream. Y/N was able to hover, but Jiro covered her ears and lost her grip on the rocks, falling down to the deep crevice below.

Y/N reached out her hand and caught her before she hit the bottom, at the expense of her left eardrum. When she touched her finger to her ear, it came away bloody, and she couldn't hear anything out of that side anymore.