•Manipulation• [BNHA × Male!OC]

Chapter 78: SUSSY BAKA

After the exam started, we laid low in an industrial area of sorts.

"The others are moving around in groups of 10 or more," he mumbles to me as we inspect the area. "We could attack first but it'd be annoying if they had a quirk that we're weak to."

"We could wait until the teams have clashed with each other but-" He places a hand over my mouth and pulls me against him. 

I stare up at him as he places a finger on his lips.

That's when I hear footsteps.

"Things are moving quickly now, 52 have already passed," a deep voice sounds from the catwalks above us. "No, make that 53," a different voice adds.

We share a worried look.

'we can't afford to wait, over half the spots are gone!'

We nod at each other and silently take off.

That is, until I realize Shoto had turned around, using his flames to stop a ball that had been thrown at him.

"Not bad," I glance around, spotting some power ranger wannabes in ninja outfits atop the steel vats. "Expected from the two runner ups from the UA Sports Festival."

"Todoroki and Yamada? Just the two of you?" he laughs "You must be confident."

I slowly grabbed the capture balls from my pant pocket.

"Thanks, you saved us the trouble of finding you." 

'SNARKY SHOTO ALERT!'

I followed Icyhot's lead and ducked behind him as in an instant he conjured and ice wall to block the barrage of balls headed our way.

'hehe, balls'

I ducked around him and threw my arsenal at them while they were still mid drop, scoring a point off two of the among us cosplayers.

Shoto placed a hand on the floor, freezing the floor over and trapping them.

He trapped me too but thankfully I was able to melt the ice around my feet rather quickly with my quirk.

'I think we work together pretty well!'

We grabbed our balls (good lord) and headed out to claim our prize.

"Are you sure you guys watched the Sports Festival?" Shoto taunted and I nearly slapped him.

"You can't say stuff like that! You're going to-"

"OF COURSE WE WATCHED IT" the red ninja yells before throwing a metal nut at us. It grew before our eyes to massive proportions.

"jinx it..." I mutter unhappily as he narrowly blocks the hunk of metal with his ice.

He looks over at me apologetically before more enlarged hardware pieces are launched into his shield.

'That's not gonna hold...'

"When the ice breaks, get behind me." I whisper, moving closer to the cracking ice.

He nods and dodges behind me just as the ice shatters. I lunge forward, making contact with the giant hunks of metal. It groans as I shape it into a barricade just before another giant nut is sent our way.

'hehe, nut'

But in doing that, I realize something. "They're using tungsten, your flames wont do anything to those," I pointed to the metal before us. Shoto furrows his brows.

'The fireproof tungsten against his ice and a water quirk for his flames. They really did read up on Icyhot's quirk.'

"Very clever!" The red ninja, likely the leader, and the impostor, spoke as he used the tools to shatter the ice around his and his teammates' feet.

"Like we said! Acting in a pair even though you're from UA..." He glowers over us. "I'd say your overconfident."

Icyhot steps forward and launches his flames at them but a different pair of ninjas jump out, one with a water quirk and the other with what looked like dirt.

I pulled him back and he put up another ice barrier.

'They're too far for me to affect, but for Icyhot...'

"Try that again," I whispered to him. "I'll keep the dust in the air and make a smoke screen."

He nods and attacks once more.

The moment they stop I lift up my hands, keeping the dust particles from falling by increasing the heat in the air.

Peppermint runs off towards one of the tanks.

Quietly, I position myself just around a corner from it.

I hear footsteps above me, familiar ones.

Dropping my hands, the smokescreen disappears and the ninjas realize they'd been tricked by a decoy fire.

Shoto attacks the weakened tank with his flames, causing it to explode. And boy did those guys fly.

'Kinda looks like a proper rainbow now.'

"You guys... are crazy....!" The weakened leader speaks but he's having a hard time seeing as I sunk them into the concrete floor. Up to their shoulders so he wouldn't be able to break out again.

"I guess the commission kept the scale of the explosion down," the duo-toned boy mumbled as we approached the fallen team.

"We can't win if they die you edgelord," I laugh as we proceed to clear each and every one of those power rangers, successfully passing the first round of the exam.

Our targets turn blue and a small voice calls for us to head to the waiting area.

As we walk, I notice Shoto looking down at his hands.

"Don't worry," I place my hands on top of his, "You'll learn to use both simultaneously soon enough."

His eyes widen for a split second before softening.

"It's like you have a mind reading quirk-" he pauses, then looks me up at down.

I tilt my head in confusion but he just grabs me and practically presses his forehead against mine as he stares intensely in my eyes.

"Uh, Icyhot...?"

He squints at me for a bit before he was satisfied and set my down.

"Come on, we should hurry to the waiting area," he mumbles, walking off ahead.

'huh?'

'what just-?'