Heroes and Ninja

九

"Ah, shit, I forgot to walk out the door..." Kanna trailed off, walking out to the two boys. Bakugou seemed to be in a state of pure shock, unable to move. Kanna sighed, kneeling down to Izuku.

"Look what you did, you jackass," she remarked as she began healing Izuku's minor injuries.

'At least Bakugou's not out for revenge...'

Bakugou seemed to be having an inner conflict as he was breathing heavily, eyes wide and mouth agape.

"LET'S GO BACK, BAKUGOU MY BOY. IT'S TIME FOR YOUR CRITIQUE," All Might said, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. "NO MATTER WHETHER YOU WON OR YOU LOST, YOU TAKE ONE LOOK BACK, YOU REFLECT ON THE EXPERIENCE, AND YOU MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE."

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"HMM, I'D SAY THE BEST IN THIS MATCH WAS YOUNG IIDA!!!"

"Wha-huh?!!"

"But weren't the winners Ochako and Midoriya?" Frog girl asked.

"I WONDER WHY I COULD POSSIBLY THINK SO~~? WHO KNOWS WHY?!!"

"Yes, All Might-sensei," Momo started, raising her hand. "It's because Iida was the one who adapted the most to the situation. Having watched the fight, Bakugou's behavior was clearly driven by some personal grudge, and thus totally arbitrary. Furthermore, just as you told us earlier, sensei, a large-range attack in an indoor arena is just idiotic. The same reasoning goes for Midoriya. Uraraka's game got loose halfway through and her final attack was too reckless. We were treating that paper mâché thing as an actual nuclear weapon, so that kind of attack wouldn't have flown. Then there's Kanna. As a hostage, stealth would have been her best weapon, however she chose to jump right into action, putting herself in unnecessary danger. Iida devised a counter strategy against an opponent because he correctly supposed the match would revolve around the core. While he was too slow in reacting to that last attack I believe the hero team's so-called "victory" is being too nice in calling this "just training." And that gets dangerously close to skirting the spirit of the rules."

Silence.

"W...well...young Iida might also have been a bit too stiff...But...correct answer! Hehe..." All Might stuttered.

"We should always start our studies with that's familiar! And if we don't cheer each other on wholeheartedly, then we'll never become top heroes!"

The second battle began at a new arena. Once again Kanna was tied up, sitting in a corner leisurely.

"Ojiro, I'm getting a little pumped up, so I'm going to take off my gloves and shoes too!" The invisible girl, aka, Hagakure said.

'Isn't she already naked tho?' Kanna thought, low-key confused.

As soon as the battle began, Kanna slipped out of the ropes, making her way (downtown) the building without being noticed. Shortly after, the building froze, trapping Kanna's feet.

"Great..." she groaned.

"So I see you've already escaped. Not surprising considering what you did the last battle," came the voice of the heterochromic boy.

"Since you're already down here it's simpler to capture you, so stay still."

"Don't think I will," Kanna responded, pulling out a kunai with a paper bomb attached to it.

"What are you-"

She threw the kunai at her feet, letting the paper bomb detonate.

"You're crazy!" The boy shouted.