Pro Hero Animia

Chapter 36

When Katsuki got to the stand his classmates all congratulated him.

"Damn Bakugo you didn't have to blast a fragile girl like that." Denki commented.

"Where do you see fragile?" Katsuki whispered under his breath as he took a seat in front of Iruka.

"Ochaco isn't fragile in the slightest and if you think she is, I'll show you real fragile Kaminari." Iruka said, getting up from her seat. "I'm headed to check on her real quick. I'll be back before the next round but if I don't give me all the details."

Iruka headed towards the hospital wing but noticed Ochaco entering the waiting room. Recovery Girl works fast.

"Hey Ochaco-chan." Iruka greeted her, entering the waiting room. She saw Ochaco sitting at the tables fidgeting with her jersey.

"Oh hey Iruka. I thought I'd be able to finish him off but I guess I overestimated myself." She laughed. That's a rather hollow laugh.

"Are you ok?"

"Oh ya. Recovery went easy with the healing so I wouldn't lose too much stamina so I'm fine. I'm actually surprised at how fine I am." She smiled.

"Are you ok here?" She asked, pointing towards her head. Iruka knew a loss like that could demotivate anyone.

"Hmm? Ya, it's just I wish I could've done better. I can't stand to lose anymore." She expressed. She didn't look as happy as she did before.

"You know you did really well against Kacchan. He even praised you, in his own way, but he acknowledged that you aren't just some random person he fought. So don't get too down alright. There are so many other opportunities and you did your very best."

"Thanks Iruka." Ochaco smiled a genuine smile this time which made Iruka glad.

"Want to head back to the stand to see the next match?" Ochaco shook her head. "Well alright. If you want to talk about this some more you know where I'll be." Iruka walked out the door and waited a moment. She shouldn't have eavesdropped but she couldn't help it. I have to think of something to make her feel better later. Iruka sighed and headed back up.

When she arrived she noticed the fight between Mina and Eijiro had already started.

"What did I miss?"

"Nothing much, they just started. Who do you think is going to win?" Hitoshi asked.

"It's a pretty good 50/50. If Kirishima can withstand Mina's acid then he'd win for sure." Everyone was watching.

Mina was sliding around Eijiro using her acid. Eijiro did his best to avoid the acid but it became rather difficult as she circled closer to him but doing so gave Eijiro an advantage. The entire time Mina was circling him she had only used the acid from her feet and barely used any from her hands so once she got close enough, right before she sent out a shot of acid, Eijiro grabbed her by the hands and tried to slide her out of bounds using her own acid.

Mina didn't know how to stop so Eijiro's plan had worked and allowed him to move to the next stage.

The next round was between Momo and Fumikage. This too was a pretty short fight since Fumikage struck first and kept going, not leaving any room for Momo to use any of the things she was making. The only thing she managed to use was a shield but this only allowed Dark Shadow to push Momo out of bounds easier.

After the fight between Mei and Tenya, which was mostly a game of cat and mouse where Mei spent almost 10 minutes explaining her "Babies"(I'll spare you the pain Tenya felt during that fight), it was time for Shoto and Hanta to fight and this was a fight a lot of people were waiting for.