The battles ranged on. The match between Tsuyu and Ren was an interesting one. It was obvious the two had become close friends and Ren didn't seem to like the idea of fighting Tsuyu. But she had to anyway. Or she could have just quit, but she didn't do that.
Ren is nothing special when it comes to hand to hand combat. Or strength. She's small, fast, has a high dexterity level and is super agile. But so is Tsuyu. An even match with both of them containing similar skills. They're both good at long range battles. Where Tsu uses her tongue, Ren uses her drawing. They were never really in close contact during the entire fight. Ren had to find time to draw up something and Tsu would not allow it. Ren would have her drawing pad in hand and nimbly jumping around the arena, dodging Tsu's attacks as best she could. She got caught once and almost fell out of bounds. It was when she was tumbling over that she activated her drawing. Another odd creature appeared. It was small. Could be her size. It pulled her back into the arena just in time. Another video game creature. Ren must really have a thing for video games. She would get along well with Sora. The thing was unnaturally fast. Tsuyu couldn't keep up with it. At that point Shino was infested in the match. Tsu needed to get away from the creature and go for Ren. If she took out Ren the creature would be no problem. Getting past the thing was a challenge. It could predict her movements and would stop her before she could do anything. So Tsu being Tsu was calm and searched for a weakness. The weakness was smack dab in the middle. Right on the thing's chest. The creature was completely white while that one spot was creamish yellow. Who wouldn't assume that to be a weak spot? It took Tsu a couple of minutes to get a successful hit. Once her tongue connected the creature froze motionless and silent. Slowly it shrunk and was back to the small piece of paper. Holding the thing active wore Ren out. She barely dodged Tsu's attack. Her speed wasn't as impressive anymore and she rushed to create a new drawing.
"Game over" Sora mimicked the sound of a losing game when Ren lost her balance and fell out of the arena.
Tsuyu was the victor. She climbed out the arena and helped Ren up. Ren was a blushing mess, utterly embarrassed about her lost. It was her own fault she lost her balance. She was focused on her drawing and dodging Tsu that she wasn't even aware that Tsu was pushing her towards the edge.
"She did pretty good"
Shino nodded in agreement. Ren needed to learn to fight. She could use her size to her advantage. That coupled with her speed and agility would make her an interesting opponent. Seeing as she lacked strength she would need to fight in a way that uses her enemy's strength and momentum against them.
Next up was Sora against Kaminari.
We all know how that ended.
Kaminari used his full power, completely burning out his braincells. Sora only had to pull up his shield and watch. After that Sora just pushed him out of the ring. So simple. Kaminari really shouldn't have pulled out the big guns like that. The attack was utterly useless.
"Poor guy"
"There was no winning against Yagi anyways. But he should have been a bit smarter with his attack"
The fights ranged on. Shino had started to snack on the chocolate bars she had restocked. Each match was interesting to her and gave her a lot to think about. She learned how different people used their quirks against others. In ways that would benefit them and bring an advantage even if their opponent had the complete opposite quirk. It was fun to watch. Her friends moved on to the next round easily. Shoto completely annihilated the poor class B student that went against him. Kirishima's fight with TetsuTetsu ended in a draw and to settle it they had a very manly arm wrestle.
It was a very manly fight. Between two manly men with very manly quirks who declared to be each other's manly rival. Very manly.
Shino zipped up her shirt completly as she stepped onto the arena. For some reason she started to think of the Cell games. The arena was very similar.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen here we have it! Class president of class 1A, we have Kiddo Shino! "
There we're loud cheers upon hearing her name. Probably because she won the last two rounds.
"And her opponent also from class 1A and the vice president Yaoyorozu Momo! "
It's starting to feel like something from WWE. All that's missing is an entrance song.
It's John Cena!
Que his awesome song.
Alright enough playing around. The two friends stood opposite each other. Shino with a smile on her face and Momo with an exasperated look. Of course she had to fight Shino
"Well, this is interesting isn't it? " Shino chuckled openly. "Who would have thought"
"It wasn't really something I was hoping would happen. That's for sure" Momo sounded as if it was the last thing she wanted to do but still had a smile on her face.
"Ah so you don't want to fight me? "
"I never once won a fight against you"
"Yes, but I never once won as well. Plus you can make anything you want including anything that could easily disrupt my quirk. So I think all is fair"
"I find it hard to believe " as she spoke Momo was already in the process of creating something. She had to admit that Shino had a point, but she just couldn't see herself winning a fight against her. Especially when she declared she would win the entire Competition. When Shino puts her mind to something there is hardly anything anyone could do to stop her.
The match began and Momo immediately set to work. Shino couldn't see what she had made and really didn't try to. She would enjoy the surprise even if it would be a disadvantage to her.
Momo was fast on her feet as she headed towards Shino. Shino reacted just as fast and twisted her body away from her. She may have no problem with a surprise but that does not mean she won't avoid it. Whatever Momo had made needed to be in contact with her target. That is something Shino does know. Or she could have created something to work on her heightened senses. That was actually the best way of taking Shino down. But it would have been pretty cruel as well.
Shino was actually surprised to be pushed back by Momo. Her own attacks worked for some time, but Momo adapted almost immediately and changed her fighting style. Shino wasn't using her full strength, but she was using a lot more than she usually allowed when fighting Momo. And she was pushing her back.
Shino couldn't help the smile on her face.
She dropped down into a low kick dodging a fist in the process. She swept Momo off her feet and moved to restrain her, but Momo did a handspring that turned into a backflip, succesfully making some distance.
"Wow" Shino let out out a low whistle. "That was impressive " and kind of a turn on, but she wasn't going to say that out loud. Not on live television. She would be embarrassing Momo.
A coy smile graced Momo's lips at the compliment. "Thanks"
"You learned that from me didn't you? " Shino tugged her scarf a bit lower with a wide grin. She had never seen Momo do any type of flip. That was more her style.
"Maybe. This is actually the first time I tried it. I didn't think it would work"
"You're kidding. You actually just tried that technique? For the first time? "
"Y-yes" Momo was a bit embarrassed at the moment. Maybe it had to do with Shino's un blinking stare and huge grin.
"Jeez, and people call me a fast learner" Shino tapped the tip of her boot on the hard floor. She was geniunly impressed. She didn't know Momo could copy a move just by seeing it happen. And on her first try.
She already has the fabulous hair and dark eyes, let's just give her the sharingan and it's official.
"Gonna tell me what you got there? "Shino asked as she started to approach Momo.
"No, not really. I know you like surprises. " Momo smiled as she twirled the unknown object around at her palm.
With a smirk Shino pushed into a sprint at the same time as Momo.
She had to swerved out of harms way when a metal pole suddenly materialized in Momo's hands. Momo used her momentum to vault over Shino's shoulder, pushing herself in the opposite direction.
The two were still. Standing opposite each other. Shino allowed herself a laugh when she felt something digging into her shoulderblade. There was a slight sting and soon she could herself getting weaker. She gripped her fist to test her strenght to find that it was below average now.
So that's what she was up to.
Not bad.
"Ah, well that really was a surprise "