Puppetry

8

Kuroza's first match was against Iida, which wasn't for a while, well it was the fourth match so she had time to come up with a plan unlike Midoriya and whoever this Shinso guy is. She sits in her chair in the bleachers, watching as the two walk out to the arena and get told to start, a frown appearing on her face as the purple haired boy insults her classmate's decision to dropout. Although she doesn't fully know why due to her missing what he said as his reason, she finds this plain rude. She learns forward in surprise as Midoriya responds angerly and storms forward... only to stop as soon as he responds. "No way... he has a brainwashing quirk" She hears a sigh behind her, and Iida starts talking, "Great... another villainous quirk" Kuroza rolls her eyes as he talks, only getting pissed off when she hears the crowd murmuring about his quirk, not so kind words being said. She stands up along the edge of her classes viewing box and shouts at the crowd "OI! DON'T TALK SHIT ABOUT SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW! SO WHAT IF HIS QUIRK IS 'VILLAINOUS'? HE'S AT UA! YEAH HE'S NOT IN THE HERO COURSE, BUT HE IS HERE AT UA BECAUSE HE TOOK THE ENTRANCE EXAM IN HOPE OF BEING A HERO! SO SHUT UP!" Just as she finishes yelling a shockwave comes from Midoriya who just stopped at the edge of the arena, somehow freeing himself from Shinso's control. "Damn, wonder how he did that" She goes back to her seat, still pissed off that even some of the pros in the crowd were saying that Shino's quirk was villainous.

She crosses her arms, and watches the rest of the match silence, but can feel the stares of her class. Without turning around she confronts them about their stares, "Do you need something?" "No, sorry Azugo. We're all just surprised you shouted like that" "Well I did, so shut up about it. Also Midoriya just won, so focus on that" "Not going to lie Roza, but that was badass" "Kirishima! A hero shouldn't use that type of language!" Kuroza blushes a bit, glad she never turned around, and giggles, "Thanks Kiri. Oh, just so you all aren't too surprised when it's my match, I got permission to use an extra tool" "Cool, what do you have?" "You'll see" The rest of the matches before hers goes by surprisingly quickly, and she's now getting ready for her match by making sure she has her support gear on her, and breathes out before walking out to the field with a determined expression, and stares down Iida as she gets in the arena. "Alright you two, both of you ready?" "Yep" "Yes" "Azugo, you have your approved support gear?" "I do" "You may begin!"

"This will be a quick match Azugo!" "Bring it" She sees him start the engines in his calves, bringing a small metal piece out of her pocket and gets ready to dodge his dash. He begins running at her just as she gets down and the metal piece extends outward revealing it to be a Bo staff, she slides to the right and hold out her staff, making him trip on it before bringing it up and hitting him in the back of the head, sending him the rest of the way out of the ring. "Well, you said it would be quick, not that you'd win" She helps him up and walks away as Midnight announces her victory. She gets back up to where her class is, and Ashido and Kiri are smiling at her, "You have a Bo staff?" "Yeah, I do. Uncle trained me in various weapons, and I chose the Bo staff for today" "Right, you also have daggers" "Mhm. I'm also quite skilled with his capture weapon" "You are?" "Yeah, you really think he wouldn't teach me that?" "Good point" "Anyway, you're up next Ashido" "Right!" She runs out of the viewing box. "Where'd Midoriya go?" "He went go check on Uraraka" "Alright. She's up against Bakugo, right?" "Yep..." "I'm gonna go check on her too, offer some ideas" She walks out and heads to the class's waiting room, quietly walking in and seeing Iida and Midoriya talking with Uraraka, and decides to stay quiet, leaning against the wall.

"I can give you some tips if you want Uraraka" "Nah, it's fine Deku, I want to do this on my own" Kuroza narrows her eyes at Uraraka calling Midoriya that, but seeing that Midoriya doesn't seem to mind, raises her eyebrows. "Well, surely Bakugo would go easy on you right? Whether or not he knows your name or not, he is your classmate. As well as simply wanting to go easy on you because you being a girl, right?" Kuroza rolls her eyes, and rests her chin on the back of her hand, "No. He won't" "AH! How long have you been there Azugo?!" "Since you offered Uraraka some tips," She walks over, and sits next to Uraraka, "I don't say this as a way of scaring you. Bakugo will not go easy on you" "H-how do you mean it then...?" "He won't go easy because he respects you. For as long as I've known him, he has never gone easy in any fights he had, and I once asked him why, especially on those who he beat with a single punch, not even with his quirk. He said that he respected the fact they actually backed up their talk with their actions. They talked up a lot of shit and actually followed through with it. The same is with you here, you made into 1-A. Quirk built for fighting or not, you proved you have the strength to make into UA" "I... guess you're right" "Of course I am. I grew up with the guy. If anything I know more about him than Midoriya, and the dude never left Bakugo's side, even though he was clearly trying to get him to quit it" She says that while slowly looking over at the boy. "Well. I wish you luck, do your best and don't let your worries get the best of ya" "Thanks Azugo... you aren't as cold as I first thought you'd be" "You thought I was cold?" "Well... you didn't really try to interact with anyone other than Kirishima, Midoriya, and sometimes Ashido" "Really? I didn't notice. Sorry" "It's fine. Thanks for talking to me about Bakugo, I feel a bit better now" "No problem. I'll be cheering for you. Now get ready, You're up" "Already?!" "Yep" Kuroza walks out and back up to the class viewing box, where she sees Monoma annoying her class.