Souls Hero Academia (Rewrite)

Chapter 26: Battle Trials (3)

The next fight wasn't any more interesting than the last one. Koda was useless, not knowing how to fight and being too timid while his quirk was also doing jack shit in a place without animals.

Fumikage was without a doubt, carrying their team to victory. Being able to 2 v 1 the hero team by his lonesome thanks to his very interesting quirk. Izuku had to ask if the quirk was really sentient and not just something that was mimicking a base part of the avian teen's baser personality.

The hero team, meanwhile, was doing okay. Not too good, but not too bad either. Their teamwork isn't gonna win any awards, but hey, it's still their first combat drill since enrolling in the school. That, plus, they're teens with little to no experience in real-life combat.

The Flame knew Izuku had years to learn through trial by fire back in Lordran. Who's to say his classmates didn't have that potential trapped within themselves, just waiting to be brought out by rigorous training and near-death experiences?

Izuku hummed as he watched Fumikage, or rather Dark Shadow, toss Kyoka away from the bomb and directly into the leaping Tsuyu, smashing into the frog teen and causing them to tumble for a good few seconds before smashing into a wall.

Kyoka was out of the fight at that point, her teeth gritted as she tried to get up, but failed. Tsuyu, however, was still in the fight as she quickly got up to her feet and out maneuvered Dark Shadow, her arms outstretched to reach the bomb.

Which was promptly interrupted by Dark Shadow grabbing her by the ankle, making gravity take hold of the frog girl and slamming her nose into the solid ground. That got a wince from the students watching the fight and a nostalgic sigh from Izuku.

The frog girl looked like she was about to conk out, but in a last-ditch effort to win, she opened her mouth and out came her tongue, rushing for the bomb. Fumikage panicked and tried to intervene but was too slow to reach it and the pink muscle touched, if barely, the bomb prop.

"HERO TEAM WINS!" All Might yelled through the intercom and the fighting in the screens stopped, followed by sighs of relief and frustration from the participants.

"Well, that was anti-climactic." Denki quipped and the class burst into light chuckles.

"Agreed, but isn't this a little... unrealistic?" Ojiro frowned and a got a wave from Momo.

"To be fair, we are still students, so it can't be helped that some wins will be based on technicalities since we're still new to all of this." Ojiro's frown vanished as he pondered the ravenette's words.

"I don't know, man. Feels cheap." Eijiro sighed as he scratched the back of his head. "So unmanly."

"STUDENTS, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST YOUR FIRST COMBAT SIMULATION. THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME IN THE NEAR FUTURE." All Might chuckled as both Izuku and he spotted silhouettes coming from one of the tunnels. "WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDEEM YOURSELF FOR SUCH A FAILURE IN THE FIRST PLACE."

As the four students came into view, the students got a closer look at the battered forms of the hero team and the near spotless figures of the villain team. That didn't hide their shame though at the fact that they lost the fight.

"SO, CARE TO TELL ME WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE VILLAIN TEAM?" All Might noticed Momo raise her hand and motioned for her to lower it. "ANYONE ELSE?"

"Sir." Izuku raised his hand, and All Might nodded to the white-haired teen. "To be perfectly blunt and honest, and trust me, this will hurt you a lot more than it will hurt me, Koda, you're a pussy. Fumikage, you're useless without your quirk. Kyoka, you have shit fighting skills. Tsuyu... Eh, you did good. Just need to polish your skills and heighten your spatial awareness."