Explosive Touch [Bakugo Katsuki x OC] - Book 2

Chapter 7 - You're Amazing, Ochaco-chan!

After her quick win, Atsuhi headed back to the rest of her classmates, who immediately started congratulating her and gushing about how cool she had been. The female couldn't help the little bit of redness that had rushed to her cheeks at the sound of such kind compliments. Thanking everybody for their words, she had shuffled back to her seat, only to see Bakugo nodding to her in approval with a quick "Not bad". She suddenly felt even more embarrassed but also grateful.

Her conflicting feelings had been washed away rather quickly, since just a few short minutes later, the fourth match's start had been announced. Ida and some Hatsume Mei from the Support department. It was surprising that yet another student outside the Hero Course had made it to the final round, and it was even more surprising how much trouble she ended up being. The match had been a disaster from start to finish - Hatsume had taken advantage of Ida's gullible nature and instead of treating the match like an actual fight, she had simply used Ida to promote her support items. While it was a smart move, it had left the blue-haired boy feeling devastated at being used shamelessly like that.

Next, it had been Kaminari's turn to fight a girl from Class 1B, called Shiozaki. The match had become weird before it had even started due to Shiozaki's insistence that she should not be called an assassin by the poor Present Mic, who could only apologize after her intense speech about merely seeking victory. The girl certainly had a weird aura to her. Kaminari's first thought when approaching hadn't been very smart - he had attempted to flirt with her, only to lose in mere minutes. The poor boy never got a response...

Nearing the end of the first round, the next two to face off against each other were Tokoyami and Momo. Everyone had expected Momo to win, but then again, they had only had but a glimpse of Tokoyami's true power, so no one could say for certain. Momo did look determined, but once the fight had started her creations just couldn't keep up with Tokoyami's fierce attacks, not to mention that she seemed to lack the decisiveness to act in the spur of the moment. For someone who looked so authoritative, she sure faced some unexpected struggles and Atsuhi felt bad for her - failing when you've had such high expectations placed on you must've been really difficult.

She had no time to think about this long and hard though, as the second to last match of the round had soon begun. Somewhere in between all the fights Ochaco had slipped away, no doubt to prepare for her own fight which was quickly creeping close. It was definitely not going to be an easy one. Atsuhi hadn't noticed her walking away, but then again, if she hadn't called for her, the girl assumed Ochaco just wanted some alone time to gather her thoughts.

And she still had some, as Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's fight had just begun. It sure was an interesting one - both boys had nearly identical Quirks and fighting styles to boot. They just took turns hitting each other and getting hit back - it was almost like the whole match was one big choreography they had practiced and mastered so well they were both moving in perfect sync. If they didn't have to fight against each other like this, Atsuhi was sure they were going to make a great team.

The same thing kept going on and on until one of Atsuhi's classmates had finally decided he was fed up with watching. Looking at him, the female saw Bakugo getting up from his seat and after stretching once, he turned away to go to the waiting rooms. However, he stopped when the girl called out to him.

"Good luck, Bakugo-kun! Not that you'll need it but Ochaco-chan's stronger than she looks. May the better one win!" Atsuhi felt bad for Ochaco already, so she just wanted to make sure Bakugo wasn't going to mock her once the fight starts. He didn't look like that kind of person but then again, Atsuhi hadn't seen him fight a classmate since the Battle Training and that had been... an exceptional situation. Bakugo turned his head back to her, showing the serious expression on his face.