Up in Smoke (Soulmate AU)

The Battle: Part I.

It didn't take much brain power to see that she was a natural. Observation was more than enough, she was made to be a hero. Everything she did was so careful and precise. Attentive as she put her body into her own methods of combat. Relying on flexibility and the ability to turn her own body weight into an incapacitator. She wasn't very heavy, but when you're running through a cloud of smoke and suddenly it solidifies into a force that could easily hand you your ass ~ You're pretty quickly taken by surprise.

Her legs were a strong suit. Resilience. God forbid she's able to catch you in an open stance. - He called it the "Split, Kick, and Spin." It was a simple maneuver, quick, easy, and painful. ~ A brief sprint tailed by the hook of opposing ankles. Completely disregarding the weight (and lack of tensility if you're unlucky enough) of the other person's legs, she'd lift you in a neighboring high split. Within that same moment, she'd catch the peek of your leg in her hand and then proceed to aim heel first for the groin. ~ But that was a fake out. ~ Natural reflexes would kick in and you'd catch her foot. Big mistake. That little reflex now supports the "spin" portion of this demonstration. Pulling herself into an in-air roundhouse, you're now kissing the better side of her heel with the worst part of your jaw. Fatality.

God,

She was awesome.

He couldn't wait to kick her ass.

"And here we have it ladies and gents! Our final set of the evening! May the best pair.... win !"

They had found themselves sprinting away from their last battle, the successors of a fight that had left both parties nearly equally as wounded. Crystals of ice still bouncing off of his hair onto his shoulders. He almost couldn't believe he had actually made it.

That was intense. God, if it weren't for his anticipation and sheer determination to reach his final battle with the opponent (and girl) of his dreams, he was sure Todoroki would be here in his place instead of the verses. The freezer burns on the back of his legs were a minor sting through his peaking adrenaline, but he was certain that when this was over, he was gonna be out of commission for at least a few days.

Taking cover near the corner entrance of a neighboring building. Uraraka spoke in short pants. "Where do you think they could be?"

"Close," He peeked over his shoulders. "Kacchan's explosions sounded pretty near when we were up against Todoroki-kun and Tsu. So they can't be too far."

"What's our plan?"

He thought for a moment, flipping through the pages of his hero analysis book as he searched his head for an answer. "We'll have to split them up somehow. Further them from each other to cut them in power. Kacchan's quirk works in good favor of (Y/N)'s smoke techniques so we need to make sure to keep those attacks to a minimum. Keep them separated. Encourage (Y/N) to overuse her smoke quirk so we can disorient her and at the very least keep her grounded. Then it's just a matter of avoiding the fire."

"But wouldn't fire just be fuel for smoke?"

He shook his head. "Not if she's already overexerted that portion of her quirk. Any more after that and she'll risk making herself too weak to continue. She'll have to depend on her fire for a while, which should give one of us time to attack while she's still physical. But that's another thing-"