The Immortal Hero: Phoenix

Chapter 21: The Light Builds

The ten minute break passed far too quickly for Izuka, who spent it pouring over her notebooks, thinking up strategies on how to beat Momo. The Problem with Momo was that she could literally pull out anything so long as it was inorganic. Momo's genius allowed her to understand extremely complex chemical compositions and mechanical creations, allowing her to make complex items with only a moment's thought, and that's when she isn't using Plus Ultra Mode, which allowed her to whip out almost anything in an instant. Izuka had overwhelming strength, the manoeuvrability of flight and powerful flames, but that all meant nothing if Momo could simply nullify them. Izuka only had the most basic of plans put together when she was called down to the arena, ready to battle. Katsuki was watching from the Prep Room as he readied himself to fight Todoroki, but he had wished her good luck with a kiss, or more accurately, he'd demanded she win and then kissed her breathless before sending the crimson cheeked girl on her way.

Momo had spent her ten minutes of prep time in a similar fashion, carefully thinking up plans and items to fight Izuka, then transferring the items' construction information from her own mind to her Quirk's consciousness. She had a fair few plans and contingencies in place, but when facing a foe of Izuka's power, it wouldn't do to become self-confident, so she remained cautious as she stood and went to the arena. Momo didn't like the idea of fighting Izuka very much, since the girl was like her little sister and had been a valued companion during their work for the Class Council, but she also recognised Izuka as a rival, competing with her every step of the way, especially in Academics, which was one of the few areas Izuka had yet to earn a victory in against Momo.

Finally, the time came and the two stepped out into the ring, bowing and shaking hands as they met in the centre before backing off and waiting for the fight to begin.

"AS THE FIRST OF OUR TWO SEMI-FINAL MATCHES, WE HAVE A DUAL BETWEEN CLASS 1-A's PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT! THE QUEEN OF CREATION MOMO YAOYOROZU WILL FACE THE FIERY ANGEL IZUKA MIDORIYA!"

"Are both fighters ready?" Midnight asked, looking between the two girls.

"I am ready!" Momo called.

"I am too!" Izuka added.

"Then let the match... BEGIN!"

Izuka struck first, jumping forward at incredible speed with a burst of fire and One for All. Her best bet was still to catch Momo before she could create something, as even at the incredible creation speed of her Plus Ultra Mode, Momo still needed a moment to create and use her items. Momo had anticipated this and rolled to the left of Izuka's dash, allowing her to dodge beneath the girl's outstretched wings that would have caught someone just dodging normally. Izuka stopped her dash just as Momo swung a metal staff at the back of her legs, hoping to topple her over the side of the arena. Izuka quickly flew up to evade the blow and was almost immediately hit in the back by a mystery projectile. Looking down, Izuka noticed her opponent pointing a small paintball gun at her, which was loaded with small blue pellets. Before Izuka could puzzle through what the pellets were, she suddenly felt her wings dissipate and drop her to the floor, forcing her to use One for All and a burst of fire to cushion her fall.

"What on earth?" Izuka complained, reaching back and scooping a wad of blue foam from her back.

Momo grinned, "These Pellets are filled with a similar formula to the inside of Fire Extinguishers. As soon as the membrane of the pellet breaks, the liquid rapidly expands into a foam that extinguishes fire, and I just soaked your back with it."

Izuka scowled; her flame wings were useless so long as that foam was on her. She considered just taking off her soaked jacket, but opted to save that for later, as if Momo hit her shirt too, she'd have to be basically topless to get another chance at flying. Izuka leapt at Momo instead, aiming a punch at the girl's jaw. Her blow struck Momo, though the other girl turned at the last instant, turning the strike into a glancing blow and allowing Momo to spin around and crack Izuka across the head with her metal staff. Izuka winced at the blow; even with One for All bolstering her defence, a metal pole to the head still hurt like hell. Despite her dizziness, Izuka attacked again, this time purposely baiting Momo into spinning again to deflect some of the force. As Momo turned to repeat her early strike, Izuka opened her fist and grabbed Momo's face, then used her strength to toss the girl into the air. Once Momo was in the sky, Izuka peppered her with her Phoenix Feathers, producing them from her hands instead of her wings. Momo's hand-eye coordination was top notch and she was able to shoot some of the projectiles with the pellets even while creating another weapon that resembled the rocket launcher she'd used on Kirishima. Unfortunately for Momo, Izuka's feathers were simply too numerous and they struck her, exploding with some fairly low intensity fire.