My Hero Academia Oneshots

(oopsies freebie ig) Tenya Iida

a/n: so this is from another oneshot that i was writing, but i messed up the pairings for the fights so i have to rewrite the whole thing. i still REALLY liked how it turned out though so i didn't just want to throw it away so here i guess lmao there's not much context sorry (๑◕︵◕๑)

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your next fight was against another one of class 1-a's students: tenya iida.

"i will do my best not to hurt you, ms. (l/n)."

you grinned evilly. "i wouldn't make that mistake if i were you, iida."

"i assure you i know what i'm doing! i come from a long line of heroes, including the famous pro hero, ingenium-"

"whatever, dude, just don't say i didn't warn you!"

"FIGHT!" yamada-sensei cheered.

immediately, his engines were ablaze and he was barreling towards you.

his quirk: engine.

with the car-like engines embedded in his calves, he has an insane level of speed. he uses that to fight with his legs, adding a boost to all of his kicks.

somehow, you had to figure out how to steer clear of his legs while getting close enough to him to activate your quirk.

but first, you had to think on your feet and deal with the problem before you as the boy was still shooting towards you at breakneck speed. once he was close enough, you pushed off the floor, grabbing his shoulders and flipping right over him.

he snapped around in surprise as the whole stadium gasped.

if you were being completely honest, you didn't know how you had managed that either, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth i guess.

"still don't want to hurt me?"

he frowned and jumped off the ground, rearing back for a kick. "i will beg for forgiveness for my actions later! now, let me act!"

there was nothing you could do this time, he was just too fast. you brought your arms up into an x in front of you and blocked, pushing him off your arms. he took your momentum as his own and flipped back away from you.

what to do? what to do?

before you could think, iida was coming at you again. he caught you off guard and kicked you all the way across the stadium. you cried out in pain, but couldn't dwell on that for too long, nor were you even given the chance to. you dug your toes into the ground and grabbed onto the floor for traction before his blow took you out of bounds.

you stayed on the ground, crouched down as you tried to regain the breath that had been knocked out of you. iida was an unforgiving powerhouse and definitely didn't underestimate you any more. for the third time, he was charging without giving you a second to plan. you feebly rolled out of the way at the last second and turned to face the boy.

goddamnit, (y/n), think! what the hell's wrong with you?!

"hey, crybaby!" a gravelly voice bellowed from the stands.

both you and your opponent turned to see who was interrupting, but when a big fluff of blonde hair was stood out of his seat, you were both surprised that you hadn't determined it earlier.

"you still owe me a fight! blow glasses out of the park so i have a chance to kill you myself!"

"bakugo, this is highly disrespectful! you and midoriya both need to stop screaming in the middle of fights!"

"hey!" you called his attention back to you, rising from the floor. "eyes here, hero boy!"

you began to run at him and he did the same to you, obviously at a much faster pace.

"WHAT THE HELL, CRYBABY! I JUST TOLD YOU TO WIN, NOT RUN INTO LOSING HEADFIRST, ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING?!"

you ignored the annoying yelling and continued on your path. iida's eyes were locked with yours, slightly worried about how you would take a hit from him head on.

but you weren't planning on letting him find out.

right before your collision, you dropped to the floor and swiped his legs out from under him. you pounced on top of him before he could recover, taking a page out of your opponent's own book. his legs were trapped under your's and his hands were caught in your wrists.

"checkmate," you whispered against his earlobe.

you fell back, ignoring how you were straddling the boy and finally took a good, deep breath. you patted his chest and smiled.

"thanks for not holding back, iida," you spoke over the yells echoing in your head.

you got off him and put your hands under his armpits, dragging him across the arena to throw him out of bounds. unfortunately for you, your last face off had been right in the middle of the huge fighting grounds, so you had quite a bit to drag the boy for.

you stopped right under midnight's perch and dropped iida, resting your hands on your knees to relax as you glared up at her. "is this really necessary? haven't i won at this point?"

"oh, you're so cute! of course not! just like eraser head, if you blink, iida here has another chance!"

you groaned and grabbed him again. you shook your head, desperately ignoring the burning in your eyes as you fought to keep them open. eventually your eyes were fluttering shut and there was nothing you could do to stop them. in a last attempt to finally win the long match, you took a risk and threw iida as far as you could.

seeing his body fall just outside the white line made you groan in relief, rubbing your eyes vigorously.

"(L/N) WINS AGAIN! THIS GENERAL COURSE STUDENT IS ON. A . ROLL!!!!"

not everyone was as excited as your teacher, the stadium was silent for the second time.

but not completely.

this time you could hear everyone muttering under their breaths to each other.

"how can she feel good about doing something like that?"

"i would never be the same if i had to go under that quirk."

"can you imagine being trapped in your own body like that?"

"i wouldn't wish that quirk on my worst enemy."

"her parents must be so ashamed."

you cupped your hands over your ears, trying to block out the words. but they were like rocks, jabbing straight through your makeshift barrier.

if they're too stupid to see that quirks don't make the person then they're a good reason that villains exist.

you opened your eyes and dropped your hands. you searched for bakugo in the stands, immediately reassured when your eyes met his. he had a wicked grin on his face, the closest thing to acknowledgment you could probably get from him.

you returned it with a small smirk of your own and walked over to iida, offering your hand to him. to your surprise, he took it and gave you a tired grin.

"did you really have to throw me? is that even allowed?"

you leaned on him dramatically and draped a hand over your forehead, "all's fair in love and war."

"you're a weird little thing, aren't you, (l/n)?" he pushed you to stand on your own.

"and proud of it," you bowed to him.

"tenya iida, we should take you to the infirmary now," some medics came up to you both.

iida nodded and began to climb into the gurney. you turned away and threw a wave over your shoulder.

"until next time-"

"(l/n)!" you spun back to face the boy who was now sitting up in the gurney. "bakugo has faith in you... that's saying a lot. don't let what people say get to you. you're better than that. i hope to see you in our class soon!"

you grinned and began walking away, punching a fist into the air. "you got it!"