The Difference Between Strength & Power ( MHA x Maki Zenin Reader)

What ultimate moves can I come up with? P2

Maki was with one of Ectoplasm's clones, discussing what she could do for an ultimate move, considering she didn't have a quirk.
"I'd say we should focus on your combative abilities because that is your greatest strength." He said "You should try to come up with ultimate moves with and without your quirk tools.  For now, let's spar hand-to-hand."
"Alright!"  Maki went in first by charging at Ectoplasm.  From what she'd seen during his match against Tokoyami and Asui during the final exams, he tended to rely on kicks like Mirko did.  So as soon as the pro launched a kick as she got close, Maki ducked under his leg, pivoted 180 degrees and brought her right arm up under his supporting leg, knocking him off balance.  Unfortunately for him, unlike Mirko he didn't have his hands free to catch his fall due to the trench coat so he ended up crashing to the ground.  He was quick to dodge Maki's oncoming kick and get back to his feet, he clearly hadn't expected that move.
"Well that was a good start." He said before going on the offensive himself.  What he wanted was to get a gauge on Maki's hand-to-hand martial prowess without her weapons because the teachers hadn't seen much of it, apart from during the Sports Festival. 

Their exchange of hand-to-hand strikes continued with Maki parrying, redirecting and working her way around the pro-hero's kicks.  Eventually the exchange went on long enough for Maki and she decided to end the fight.  Ectoplasm went for another kick after delivering a sharp blow to the girl's face, clearly knocking her off balance.  But when he went to deliver the kick, Maki disappeared from sight. Maki did this show of weakness intentionally, making it look like the kick hurt more than it did in order to lure her opponent into a false sense of security.  She was using ancient martial arts technique called 'knee release' which eliminates starting movement.  Maki adjusted it by not only releasing her knees but her hips and shoulders too.  Instead of falling down, this move guided her towards Ectoplasm's feet.  Then from the lower position, she utilised the momentum along with Taido martial arts to unleash a devastating kick to Ectoplasm's face.

"MANJI KICK!!"

Due to her immense physical strength and the force of the blow, the clone was destroyed and she had to ask for another one.
"Well, I'd say you already have a candidate for an ultimate move there." The new clone said. "One of the reasons you're so adept at combat is the you utilise both armed and unarmed attacks together, take the attack sequence you used against Yaoyorozu during your first combat training. You used your weapons and your hand-to-hand moves to close in on her, steal her weapon and take her out the fight. So I think we should on developing a move that plays to that strength." At that, Maki brought out her go to pole arm and prepared for a fight.

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Several days went by and they were still training on their ultimate moves. Most of Maki's peers had gone to the Support items department in order to get upgrades on their costumes. Maki didn't need many upgrades on hers due to her immense physical durability that made up for it. The only thing she requested was an upgrade on her weapons bag. It was now made of more durable material so it couldn't be damaged easily.

She had been experimenting with using different quirk tools with hand-to-hand strikes. Normally, her hands were occupied when using her weapons and usually used kicks. After several experimentations, she began to find a move that worked. It involved her using three different quirk tools at the same time along with hand-to-hand strikes. She used a black sword, the Playful Cloud and the hand sword to deliver a series of attacks to her opponent. First she would attack using the black sword and strong kicks from the front, keeping her opponent occupied, then the hand sword would telekinetically deliver a series of slashes to the opponent's back before Maki would launch them backwards with a powerful kick and back off a bit. Then she would swap the sword for the Playful Cloud that the hand sword was holding on to and then both would rush at the opponent from both sides and deliver a devastating attack at the same time.

It proved very effective when she tested it out. She also realised that it could be an effective combo move so she started to teach some of her classmates how to use her quirk tools so they could deliver the other attacks if the hand sword became unavailable. That had led her to where she was, sparing with Ojiro. She raised her arms to block a heavy tail attack. Her body flinched upon reflex when the tail was lifted and ducked into a crouching position on her hand and the balls of her feet. She launched herself forward when the other landed, jumping upwards with her right leg whist her left leg was raised almost above her head and the brought it down on a surprised Ojiro. It took him a split second before her jumped backwards. She did a twist of her waist, landing easily on the ground. Ojiro was quicker than before and he was fighting differently. Ojiro got into a stance and kicked of towards Maki, aiming a jab at her right lung and a tail strike at he right, as he got close however, Maki disappeared from his view and he found himself being knocked to the ground by a strong kick from below.

"MANJI KICK!!"

Ojiro often forgot that Maki's strikes were stronger than his despite not having a quirk.

Vlad King eventually tried to kick them out but Aizawa wouldn't have it because they still had ten minutes left. The two homeroom teachers dashed the competitive Monoma's hopes of them facing against each other by saying they'd be taking the exam in different locations. Midoriya also pointed out that they were taking the exam earlier than most students.
"That's true," Maki piped in "most first years don't participate in the licensing exam. That means we'll be up against students who are more experienced than us and who have strong quirks we don't know about. The actual content of the exam is a mystery because of it changes every year but we can expect it will be difficult. In addition we also have the annual 'Crushing of UA' to worry about."
"Wait, you know about that, Maki?" Aizawa said, surprised. He hadn't planned mentioning this because he wasn't worried about his students failing.
"Of course I do, my cousins have bragged about participating in that. Because the Sports Festival is broadcasted across the country, the other students will already know about our quirks, fighting styles and weaknesses. So the students from other schools try to use that knowledge to their advantage and crush UA's pride as the top school. However, one thing people can underestimate is how much people can change in a few months so we don't need to be that worried about it." She explained, a confident smirk spreading across her face.