For a few seconds pass before anyone moves, the students of 1A once again too wary of him to make the first move.
Yesterday during that first lesson he had spent the time prioritising which students would need to be taken down in a fight first, which he is very glad about now. He ordered them in three groups, low, mid, and high-level threats. He had also taken the time to ask Dazai about any Quirks he couldn't remember from the sports festival last night, which the idiot had actually been helpful with. There were a few students that he couldn't order at that time, ones that he would have to actually fight to access their placement, but none of those were high threats. No, only two students made the top of the list.
The obvious one is Shinsou with his brainwashing, his Quirk has crazy potential and could likely take Chuuya down if he didn't have any prior knowledge of it. That being said, as long as he stays silent then the kid's Quirk is rendered useless and, in all honesty, the kid looks weaker than Dazai does. Chuuya is very confident he could take him down in a fistfight and that's completely ignoring Upon the Tainted Sorrow.
The other threat is a bit different, at this current level Chuuya doubts that she could really do anything to him but the potential is there. That threat is none other than the invisible girl Hagakure, someone whom Chuuya doesn't doubt typically files under people's radar. From what he's observed she acts quite bubbly and carefree, the type of personality that typically wouldn't be too good at fighting. Her fighting skills are irrelevant in this situation though, because the moment Chuuya takes his eyes off her she could slip away. With a Quirk like hers, she could easily sneak up on Chuuya, possibly even pull a knife to cause injury depending on how her Quirk works. Naturally, any physical contact would alert Chuuya to her presence and allow his Ability to affect her, but still, she could get an attack in before he reacts.
Shinsou he can keep an eye on throughout the fight, Hagakure however needs to be dealt with first. With that in mind, Chuuya decides to stop wasting time and attack first, he relishes in the red glow that surrounds him along with the faint rings of literature before launching himself forward towards his target. Like many others he has fought, the kids of 1A can't react fast enough to his speed, this gives him a clean opening to grab Hagakure and deposit her out of bounds.
The students finally jump to attention as Chuuya turns around to face them, he doesn't bother fighting the grin that forms on his face, "Alright then, whose next?"
The students exchange looks, perhaps trying to wordlessly form a plan. They aren't that good at it though, so Chuuya doesn't see the need to let them continue. For now, he'll pick them off starting with mid and high-level threats, Shinsou can be ignored for now though, instead, Chuuya sets his sights on the electricity kid. Once again launching himself forward he soon arrives in front of the kid and prepares a kick to his stomach, however, it seems after that first attack 1A has turned more vigilant. One of the kids beside electricity boy jumps in front and at the last second hardens his skin, not even flinching when Chuuya's foot makes contact. Ignoring the slight sting in his foot Chuuya pulls himself backwards and out of range of the kid, while he can't remember his name this guy is a low-level threat. Hard skin would be useful against say, Dazai's gun, but not against gravity.
Of course, he has already made contact with the kid so he could just increase gravity and be done with him. He won't though, not yet anyway. Just like the pros don't know about Corruption, they don't know the limits, or lack thereof, surrounding his Ability. They'll know it's touch-activated, that he can affect himself and objects, maybe even that he can make things both heavier and lighter but not that he can affect people. He'll keep that a secret for now, it may be useful as a surprise move later.
From the corner of his eye, Chuuya notices as the tail guy, Ojirou if he remembers right, runs up behind him and prepares to hit him. In response, Chuuya drops low enough that the attack misses. Still crouching, he turns to face the kid before kicking his leg upwards, effectively hitting the kid in the chin. The hardening kid is still standing behind him, so Chuuya swings his leg right around and launches off the kid and towards Ojirou. Using a little extra acceleration curtsey of his Ability, Chuuya manages to push Ojirou all the way to the boundary and then beyond. Two out already, this fight really shouldn't last that long if it continues at this rate.
In a flurry of pink, his next opponent comes gliding up with a determined look on her face, as she gets closer the ground behind her begins fizzing. Moving to the side Chuuya remembers what he can about the girl, acid Quirk, low-level threat, doesn't look like a fighter. With that information he easily dodges the girl's acid attacks, it would be better to fight at a distance with her but whatever, he'll make do. Chuuya waits for a pause in her attacks before diving forward, in a swift movement he grabs the back of her neck and pulls her chest down. Without hesitation he knees her stomach, notably with less force than he would use normally, before sliding a finger across her throat, "And that's you dead."
The girl's voice rang out, "What do you mean dead?!"
Perhaps if Chuuya wasn't still beside her then he may have fallen for the little trick, as it stands however he can clearly see that acid girl's mouth never opened. The only person with a motive to impersonate someone would have to be Shinsou, by using a different voice Chuuya would be less on guard and might respond. In theory, anyway, it clearly isn't going to work now. Rather than verbally respond, Chuuya sends an unimpressed look over at Shinsou before jumping back towards electricity kid. In a real fight, electricity kid could still attack him even if held down by gravity, not to mention that a high enough voltage could do some damage, so he has a mid-level threat ranking.
Alas, once again the moment he gets close to the electricity kid someone jumps in front. This time it's tape arms, yet another low-level threat. Chuuya could dodge here, although… this might be advantageous actually.
Rather than jumping out of the way, Chuuya continues forward until the tape that the kid sent out is in grabbing range. With a smirk, he grabs the tape and immediately makes himself lighter, so light in fact that tape boy is helpless but to dangle from his own tape. Honestly, he could just swing the kid around like some messed-up bowling, but he has another plan in mind. Instead, he uses the kid as a bat to hit into both the electricity kid and Iida, the force making all three group together. In a matter of moments, Chuuya increases his gravity and finds himself on top of all three kids making a show of 'killing' them, "Three more dead."
Standing, Chuuya can't help but notice the nearest kid is just standing there. It's the small purple one and, frankly, the kid looks seconds away from wetting himself. The kid is a low-level threat anyway, so without any more thought, Chuuya kicks him out of bounds.
When he turns around to face the class once again, he barely has enough to time dodge an attack. The shadow creature lunges at him once again which causes him to dodge, this must be bird boy's Quirk. On the next attack, Chuuya lets the shadow graze his arm and, as expected, finds that Upon the Tainted Sorrow has no effect on the thing.
Unconsciously, Chuuya feels a smile pull at his lips. A mid-level threat, one that might actually make this fight a bit more interesting. He'll have to adopt a new plan, one that doesn't centre around taking each student out individually.
With a sharp stomp of his foot the floor below splinters, not a second later the larger chunks glow red and rise up to be used as projectiles. Some of the kids seem nervous at the flowing kanji that appears, which is amusing considering that is the least threatening part of his Ability. Hopping onto one as it climbs higher, Chuuya keeps his eyes on the shadow creature. For now, he'll keep it busy with dodging, once more of the students are out he can try and get closer to bird boy and knock him out, or well, pretend to.
A few of the chunks begin flying out to attack the shadow while a few stay put, this allows one of the students to jump up onto it. Frog girl, if the long tongue is anything to go by, continues jumping up and Chuuya pretends to have not noticed her for a few seconds. Then, before she can get too close, he changes the gravitational pull of the chunk of concrete she's on. Now instead of hovering upwards, the chunk is snugly lodged into the nearest wall, which also brings Frog Girl out of bounds.
With the shadow sufficiently distracted, Chuuya jumps down with the intention of landing on some student. At the last second, however, the kid angles himself backwards and shoots a goddamn laser upwards, fortunately, Chuuya is able to dodge it before getting hit.
"How'd you dodge that, Chibi?" The bastard's voice says, but once again Chuuya knows it isn't him. The real Dazai wouldn't care about asking, instead, he'd probably be whining about how Chuuya should have got hit. In fact, the idiot might be doing that right now up in the observation room. Maybe if Shinsou had started yelling insults in Dazai's voice he would have responded.
Once again, he shoots Shinsou a 'try harder' look before turning back to navel laser guy. Sweeping the guy's legs out is easy, made even easier by the way he just clutches his stomach rather than trying to dodge. With the kid on the floor, Chuuya goes to elbow him in the face but stops short, "There, another out."
The shadow creature from before loudly squawks, clearly overwhelmed with all the concrete being thrown around. Chuuya takes this as his opportunity to take down bird boy, or at least pretend to. He easily launches himself in the direction of the bird boy, but at the last second changes direction to hit right into a different student. The force of the acceleration causes the kid to stumble, which gives Chuuya the perfect chance to 'kill' him.
The kid beside him, some basic strength enhancer, makes a move to hit Chuuya. Naturally, he jumps out of the way and sends his own attack back which takes the kid down just like his friend.
The ground rumbles and not a moment later a loud beating hits Chuuya, the sheer volume takes him by surprise and forces him to stumble and jump upwards to dodge.
One of the mid-level threats has made her debut it seems. The girl herself doesn't seem like too much of a threat, but Chuuya can't control the gravity of the sound waves she sends out. He'll have to get close to 'knock' her out, but getting close would increase the volume of her attacks, so using a projectile might be best.
Speaking of, with Chuuya being a tad distracted he hadn't noticed how some of the floor pieces slipped from his control. A discrete glance tells him the chunks are now covered in a light pink glow, the obvious work of 1A's own gravity manipulator. Back when he and Dazai had watched the sports festival Chuuya had taken note of the girl, Uraraka if his memory is right. Her fight with Bakugou was impressive, despite her age and relevant lack of experience she still showed a good grasp of her Quirk. Naturally, she still made a bunch of mistakes, ones that stood out to Chuuya like a sore thumb.
Her mistake now though is challenging Chuuya.
For now, though, he'll let it slide. If she thinks the chunks are no longer under his control then he'll go along with that, pretend like he couldn't increase the gravity on them and snatch the control right back. Taking survey of the remaining seven students a plan quickly forms, if he pulls things off just right he might be able to take down three at once.
Lowering himself back to the ground Chuuya intentionally moves slower than before, he then launches forward towards a certain student, the creation girl. The shadow creature, now free from distraction, dives to attack him just as earphone girl lines up her next attack. The sound waves boom across the gym and Chuuya waits until the last possible moment to jump upwards, the result of this is the shadow creature taking the brunt of the attack.
Chuuya then increases the weight, not only on himself but on two of the floating chunks of concrete. The pieces of floor slam down onto both bird boy and Uraraka to keep them trapped, effectively taking them out of the fight. Chuuya himself lands on top of the creation girl and pretends to hit her in the face, "That would've knocked you, just so you know."
Chuuya jumps up off of her and is immediately met with the next attack, this time an attempt at restraining. This kid is the mutant one with the many arms, arms that he now uses to wrap fully around Chuuya like a deadly hug. It's a good attempt, especially considering that Chuuya can't just make the guy float away, but not good enough. It's very easy to increase his own weight, this causes the guy to fall forward, or more specifically, onto Chuuya's back. Now with the positioning correct, Chuuya jumps upwards and does a slightly dramatic spin to loosen the guy's hold. Just as predicted, it doesn't take long for the guy's arms to slip and soon he goes barrelling into the earphone girl, two students down, two left.
The hardening kid from before rushes over to his classmates with a worried expression on his face, before he can ask about their health, however, Chuuya dives down and grabs him. Caught off guard, the kid takes a moment to react and when he does it's too late as Chuuya has already dropped him out of bounds.
Coming back to rest on the ground Chuuya turns to face the last opponent, Shinsou. The kid does a half-decent job of hiding his expression, the voice changer around covering most of his face certainly helps, but Chuuya can tell the kid knows he's screwed. Maybe, if he were like Dazai, he would drag this out a little but fortunately for Shinsou, he is nothing like that idiot.
Before Shinsou can even make a last-ditch attempt at brainwashing him, Chuuya has already launched forward and hit the kid to the ground. In a swift movement, Chuuya brings his foot up and then slams it back down next to the kid's head, the ground below once again fractures due to the force.
"Looks like I win."
Part of Chuuya wants to stay standing there for a few more moments, mainly because he feels cool as fuck right now. The other part of him knows that if he stays too long Dazai will start making fun of him, so instead he moves back from Shinsou and turns to face Aizawa. The man's expression is unreadable, but the crowd of students behind him look both in awe and terrified.
Dazai, the slimly bastard, must have come down from the observation room at some point as he now slips through the crowd of 1A students with ease. Once at the front, he dramatically sighs, "I was hoping one of you would beat Chuuya around a little, but oh well, seems he's too much of a brute for that."
Mentally Chuuya debates the merits of using his Ability to throw some concrete at the idiot, it would re-enforce the brute comment and Aizawa would probably scold him…
Slightly nudging the nearest rock with his foot, Chuuya launches the thing right at Dazai's chest with no remorse.
Naturally, Dazai acts like he's been shot, actually, he doesn't even whine like this when he does get shot. "Owww, Chuuya is so mean to me!" Dazai exclaims while clutching his chest.
"Nakahara," Aizawa sends him a stern look, "Don't throw things at your classmates."
To that, Chuuya just shrugs, "Does it really count if it's Dazai though?" Personally, he would say no. Their partnership is way different than just being classmates so Chuuya should be allowed to get away with things like this, especially when Dazai is the one who starts it all. Plus it's not like he's actually hurt, he's just being dramatic to annoy people.
Aizawa doesn't seem to share the same thoughts though, "Yes, it still counts."
It's hard to not roll his eyes at that, but somehow he succeeds. Wait a few weeks and Chuuya can bet the 1A kids will be on the verge of violence, actually make that a few days. Of course, if they actually try anything then Chuuya will have to stop them but still, it's the thought that counts.
Proving that it was all an act, Dazai stops whining and turns to Aizawa with a begging look, "So, that gun you promised?"
"I didn't promise any gun," Aizawa responds, "Can't you fight without one?"
Dazai sighs deeply, "Well yes, I can, but it would be so much more fun to have one. Plus if your students get to fight with their Quirks it's only fair!"
Aizawa looks a second away from pointing out that Dazai's opponents could fight without Quirks, something that Dazai must notice. Instead of waiting for an answer, the Mackerel turns to the creation girl, "Hey, you can make me a little paintball gun, right?"
Creation girl looks over at Aizawa with an unsure look and after a moment it seems the man relents, "Fine, Yaoyorozu-kun could you please make one?"
Despite still looking apprehensive at the notion, she complies and not a moment later a gun and some ammo starts forming out of her skin. It's kinda weird to watch, but seems like a pretty useful Quirk. Although Chuuya can't help but take notice of her outfit, naturally he'd never judge someone based on how revealing their clothes are but this is different. If she plans to head into a fight with that much-unprotected skin then she's going to end up in the hospital fast, hell, now he's paying attention most of the 1A kid's costumes are terrible. Never has he been more glad that the Port Mafia considers both style and safety with its uniform.
Dazai looks delighted by the whole thing, even more so when the gun is passed over to him. With a little grin, he speaks, "I want to fight split dye first!"
From up in the observation room Bakugou yells, "Hell no! I'm fightin' you first!"
Dazai simply threw a glance in his direction before turning away, "Nope, I'm fighting you last explodo-boy, so get comfy waiting~" Despite his relaxed posture Chuuya can tell something is up by the look on Dazai's face, he's up to something.
With Dazai already walking towards the main fighting area it isn't too hard for Chuuya to get close and whisper, "You better not traumatise anyone."
The sly smirk he gets in return is very telling.
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The view from the observation room is pretty decent and it doesn't take long before Chuuya finds himself leaning against the railing. If Chuuya was to be honest, and he would never say this aloud, then he's kind of excited to watch Dazai fight. Typically he doesn't get the chance to see him in action as the bastard just lets Chuuya do all the fighting, it's a shame really as watching Dazai fight is always so… interesting, for lack of a better word. Dazai's style of fighting is more sly than Chuuya's, rather than being obvious with his movements Dazai will use sleight of hand to hide his true intentions until it's too late. He fools opponents into walking straight into their own demise, he uses that annoying mouth of his to pick apart weaknesses mid-fight as some sort of psychological warfare. Not to mention his skill with guns, that perfect precision that never seems to miss its mark. Everything about how he fights is the opposite of Chuuya, which might be why they are such a good match, they do say opposites attract.
Obviously, he won't be going all out on a bunch of hero kids regardless of how skilled they may be. Still, though, Chuuya finds himself hoping Dazai will drag the fights out just a little.
Chuuya watches as Dazai and his opponent, who he is pretty sure is Todoroki, take their positions across from each other. They both look on in silence, the difference being that Dazai has a teasing smile on his face. Chuuya can tell from that alone that the idiot has something planned, the only question is what that might be.
Aizawa still looks somewhat nervous about giving a gun, paintball or otherwise, to Dazai but he starts the fight nonetheless and if Chuuya leans in slightly to get a better view then no one has to know.
Unlike his classmates Todoroki does not wait around to be attacked, instead, he shifts a foot forward and a glacier of ice appears. He shows no mercy and easily encases Dazai, well that explains why he's considered the top three of 1A then. The kids Chuuya had fought waited around too much, but this kid is far more confident and less scared. An attack like that as an opening move is impressive too, a weaker opponent would be taken down before the fight could really begin. Unfortunately for Todoroki, Dazai is not a weak enemy.
In the blink of an eye the ice disappears from view, even quicker is the gunshots that follow. Two paintballs fly straight towards Todoroki with deadly precision and, had they hit, Chuuya has no doubt it would have been 'fatal'. As it stands though, Todoroki manages to summon a slab of ice just before the paintballs hit.
The ice melts away a moment later as Dazai hums, "Looks like your ice doesn't work on me, ah~, too bad you don't use fire in fights."
Todoroki does not respond verbally but instead with another wave of ice, this time in an attempt to stab Dazai. Like the previous attack, the ice disappears the moment it comes into contact with Dazai, and since this time the view isn't blocked by ice Chuuya gets to see light blue activation of No Longer Human in all its glory. That's another thing that Chuuya would rather die than admit he likes about Dazai, there's just a unique beauty in his Ability that Chuuya can't help but like.
"Actually, that's wrong. You did use fire during the sports festival after Midori-kun said 'It's your Quirk.'" If said 'Midori-kun' minds the nickname he doesn't say, then again it's not like Chuuya is paying attention to that. It's clear now how Dazai intends to win this fight, bring up a sensitive topic and be a rude bastard about it, in other words, torment Todoroki into making a mistake.
The look on Todoroki's face somehow turns more serious, clearly he would rather Dazai not bring up the sports festival at all. Knowing that his ice won't work but still reluctant to use any fire Todoroki instead begins running towards Dazai in a zig-zag pattern, it's a smart move to try and avoid being hit by paintballs.
Rather than try and shoot the boy, Dazai watches as he gets closer and hums to himself, "What an interesting phrase…"
"No Longer Human is my Ability because no one else has it, it lives and dies with me, but you… You were given someone else's fire and ice, so can it really be called yours?"
For the first time a flash of real emotion appears on Todoroki's face, a flash of anger to be specific. Chuuya isn't surprised, that Mackerel has always been good at getting under people's skin, that includes people that aren't his target. The class around Chuuya begins to mutter and shift, a few even voicing their anger at Dazai's actions.
Electricity boy shakes his head in anger for his classmate, "Why the hell would he say something like that?"
Almost instantly after he says that Chuuya can feel multiple students' eyes on his back. Lamenting the fact he has to look away from the fight, he looks back at the students, "I did say Dazai wouldn't show any mercy," Chuuya taps a finger against his head, "That includes psychological attacks."
A few students seem to want to protest at that, probably coming up with some stupid excuse of it being unfair. Chuuya doesn't pay them any mind though as he turns back to the fight, in his brief glance away it seems Todoroki had created yet another ice structure around Dazai.
Before Dazai could nullify the ice, Todoroki easily climbs up and positions himself above where Dazai was standing. The effect this has is that when the ice does get nullified Todoroki falls directly atop Dazai in a surprise attack.
Using the split moment before Dazai reacts, Todoroki has already thrown a punch directly at Dazai's head. His other hand makes a grab for the gun and after a short tussle, it falls to the ground.
Blocking the punch Dazai leans in, "You know, I met a fire Quirk guy, he was a total mess, just all over the place." He speaks with a relaxed tone, something that contrasts Todoroki's steadily increasing body posture. Dazai then swings his arm around to break the hold Todoroki has on him before kicking him in the stomach.
With a little more distance between the pair, Dazai gasps dramatically, "You two are so similar actually… hey, I don't suppose you know him? Endeavour that is."
The look on Todoroki's face grows darker as he rushes forward once again, this time aiming to sweep Dazai's legs out from under him. It works and not a moment later Dazai is sent tumbling to the ground, however, he very quickly rolls backwards before pulling himself back up. To doesn't slip by Chuuya's notice that the fishy bastard managed to pick his gun up and stuff it into his waistband.
With a little laugh, Dazai continues his mental attack, "Oh oh! So you do, I don't suppose that's who gave you the fire?"
In retrospect, it is impressive how quickly Dazai can pick apart someone and turn a steady demeanour into one shaking with anger or upset. Maybe if Chuuya wasn't the victim of that skill so often he would be able to appreciate it more.
Like many before him, Todoroki falls for Dazai's taunts hook, line, and sinker. A sliver of smoke escapes the boy's mouth as he once again gets close enough to throw a punch at Dazai, this time one that is ever so slightly sloppier.
Chuckling, Dazai dodges, "Oh you're getting angry now! I suppose the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!'
Another punch is thrown followed by a hand grabbing at Dazai's collar. The hand tightens as the two stare at each other, or well, one glare and one stare.
Chuuya can see it from his vantage point, but Todoroki obviously hasn't noticed the hand reaching for the gun. In fact, he doesn't notice until the gun is snugly pressed into his chest and the paint begins to seep into his clothes.
Dazai grins, "Looks like you're dead."
A second passes before Dazai is unceremoniously dropped to the ground and Todoroki stalks off.
Dazai doesn't seem bothered by this, instead, he smiles and looks up at the observation room, "Midori-kun~ You're next!"
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Midoriya feels conflicted by Dazai and Nakahara. A large part of him hates the pair for what they did to Mt. Lady, hates that they could kill someone so easily and go about their day like nothing happened afterwards. He both hates and fears the strength Nakahara had shown in his fight, the way he didn't even break a sweat. He hates how Dazai speaks and acts, how is just as scary as Stain but without even trying.
He hates them…. But that smaller part of him is so curious. Nakahara had perfect control of his Ability, he knew exactly how to use it while maximising efficiency but not risking any of the lives of 1A. Dazai picked up on Todoroki's mental weak point and used that to his advantage while fighting Quirkless, he managed to take down one of the strongest in the class without any extra power that an offensive Quirk or Ability could give. Someone like that would have been an inspiration a year ago, someone Midoriya would look up to as proof he could be a Hero without a Quirk.
Not to mention the fact they're from Yokohama, that they have Abilities and not Quirks. The fanboy side of him wants to grill the pair for all the information he can possibly get, he wants to know every difference between a Quirk and an Ability. He wants to know why words appear when an Ability activates, he wants to know the limits and variety of Abilities. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a secluded community, to fight against those who are masters of their own powers and bodies.
He wants to know so very badly, but how would he even approach that topic? How could he possibly go up to Dazai and ask about Abilities without the death of Mt. Lady playing on loop in his head? Not to mention the strength he now knows they have, if he were to get close to them would Nakahara take him down? Would Dazai rip him apart with his words?
Now, as Midoriya stands across from Dazai in the fighting arena he feels all those questions and conflict coming back. Todoroki had been taken down so easily, will Midoriya face the same fate?
No, there's no use thinking like that. Right now he should focus on Dazai, keep an eye on his hands and ignore anything he says.
Aizawa-sensei calls the start of the fight and Midoriya wastes no time in closing the distance between him and Dazai. At close range using a gun would be harder, that only leaves hand-to-hand combat. While Dazai's skill level is unknown, Midoriya is cautiously hopeful that his training will come in handy.
Just like Todoroki had done, Midoriya jumps in a zig-zag pattern to avoid being shot, not that Dazai tries anyway. Instead, he stays perfectly still and just watches as Midoriya gets closer. Seeing this, he can't help but be suspicious, does Dazai have some sort of plan?
There's no time to dwell on that question however as Midoriya soon finds himself nearing the distance close enough to launch an attack, for now, he'll go with something simple. Without putting any of his Quirk behind it, Midoriya raises a fist and lines it up with Dazai's face. With one last jump, he flies along the remaining distance.
However, just before the fist makes contact, Dazai smiles and suddenly drops out of view. Midoriya only has a second to look down, whereupon he finds Dazai laid in a whole Nakahara had created earlier, before his stomach flares in pain. Dazai had kicked him hard, the force breaking the momentum of Midoriya's previous jump and sending him flying to the ground.
Pushing through the pain, Midoriya throws himself to the side in case of attack. That proves to be a smart move as not even a second later a paintball splatters on the ground where he once lay, if he doesn't want to get shot then he'll have to keep moving. That's easier said than done, especially with the pain in his stomach yet to go away.
"Hey, can I ask a question?"
Midoriya is back on his feet at this point and keeps a keen eye on Dazai, his innocent tone and expression almost make Midoriya respond on instinct. Then he remembers the match against Todoroki, how Dazai had started innocently and then tore into his friend. The only saving grace here is that he doesn't know about One For All and Midoriya's previous status as Quirkless, if that were the case then whatever he has planned to say would be far more effective.
Without answering the question Midoriya jumps in once again to try and attack Dazai, only to be once again evaded. A paintball lands by Midoriya's feet which causes him to jump backwards, once again creating distance that would be an advantage to Dazai.
"You're control is soooo much better than at the sports festival… I just wonder how you improved so much in such little time, especially if you have your whole life to get to this point." Dazai continues with a curious tone, despite his relaxed tone he never looks away from Midoriya or brings his guard down.
Once again he finds himself at the receiving end of that brown eye staring straight into his soul. It's hard to suppress the urge to tense up at that, with the way he's staring and the words he said it's like Dazai knows Midoriya's secret. That's impossible of course, but it's still so very unnerving.
That's when Midoriya notices where exactly he is, scattered on the ground around him are multiple large chunks of concrete. An idea comes to mind, one inspired by Nakahara's fight. Quickly, he scoops up a piece of concrete and launches it towards Dazai, the chunk is just light enough that it soars across the arena. Without waiting for it to hit its mark, Midoriya runs right after it. Dazai will have to dodge in some way and when he does, that's when Midoriya will jump in and defeat him.
As predicted, Dazai jumps to the side to avoid the concrete and soon finds himself directly in Midoriya's line of fire. As Midoriya pulls back his fist brimming with One For All he feels confident, that he'll finish this fight right here.
Dazai's arm comes up in defence when the punch gets closer, something that should have still given Midoriya the win. And yet, the moment his fist makes contact with Dazai's arm a blue light surrounds them along with faintly there kanji. The words 'No Longer Human' catch his eye and suddenly Midoriya feels like a fool, he had focused so much on Dazai's other fighting techniques that his Ability had all but slipped his mind.
Any regret he feels is soon wiped away by a cold chill settling inside his body, the feeling of something being taken away and left empty. The feeling of being Quirkless.
Midoriya can't move, he can't focus on anything other than that familiar feeling of not having a Quirk. That emptiness that haunted him for so very long, the one he thought he had escaped.
"I just hope your mentor isn't upset with you losing to me"
One cold eye stares down at him as a gun is levelled to his chest and shot. The paint begins to run down his shirt but it is only when Dazai steps away that he truly realises what just happened. When the warmth and gentle thrum of One For All is returned to him is when Midoriya realises he has lost, that not a single 1A student has won a fight today.
From where he stands Dazai grins, "I've been told No Longer Human is terrible to experience, seems that's the case when it affects Quirks too~"
Midoriya needs to get moving, needs to head back up to the observation room so Kacchan can have his fight, needs to go tell his classmates about what just happened and yet, all he finds himself doing is nodding in agreement.
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Bakugou stares down the bandaged freak with a violent glint in his eye. At first, he had assumed the two extras would be weak, weaker than half and half at least. Then the ginger had taken most of the class out without even trying, then Bandages over there had beat both half and half along with Deku. They should actually pose a threat to him, not being so weak will make this fight far more interesting. After this he'll have to fight the other one too, just to prove he really is the best in 1A.
Dazai likes to use a gun, so as long as Bakugou gets it far enough away the fucker will be doomed. Emphasise 'far enough away', half and half made that mistake and ended up losing because of it, Bakugou won't make the same mistake.
So, when the fight starts he wastes no time in getting over to the maniac. Soaring through the sky with his explosions is easy and it only gets better when Dazai takes a pre-emptive step backwards, heh, this might be easier than expected if the guy is already wimping out. A smirk pulls at his lips once he gets closer, "No way in hell are you gonna win!"
Dazai seems to consider this as he leaps away from the attack, "If you think so~"
The gun in his hand shoots a few times, all of which Bakugou dodges without much thought. Aizawa-sensei had been reluctant to give the guy a gun but he doesn't seem any good with it, not yet anyway.
Still being in the air gives him an advantage though, so he'll make this next attack really count. Using one large explosion, Bakugou propels himself to be almost completely above Dazai. In one quick movement, he drops himself right in front of Dazai with a grin, before the other can react he pushes himself forward and leads with a right hook.
Once again instead of facing Bakugou in a fight, Dazai slips away like a coward. It irritates Bakugou how the fucker won't stay put and fight, "Oi, fight me!"
Dazai shrugs at that with a stupid smile on his face, then, in quick succession two more bullets are fired towards Bakugou. These ones are better aimed, just barely missing his arm as he leans out of the way, maybe this guy isn't a shit shot after all. Although, that raises the notion the guy has been holding back so far, an idea that just pisses Bakugou off even more.
For a few minutes, the fight turns into a game of cat and mouse, every time Bakugou gets close enough to attack Dazai jumps away again. In contrast to his prior fights he doesn't speak that much, not even to respond to Bakugou's own insults.
Well, not until one certain comment.
Bakugou himself doesn't pay it much mind as it comes out of his mouth, he doesn't consider how Dazai may react, no, in the heat of the moment he just yells, "I'll kill you!"
Dazai's expression changes in that moment, it goes from bored to excited so fast that Bakugou didn't have chance to register it. He especially didn't spare it much thought when the guy finally quit running and instead dashed in closer to Bakugou.
Finally, a real fucking fight! Bakugou runs forward too and once close enough pulls his arm back to throw another right hook, this time with his signature explosions crackling around it.
Dazai doesn't look phased by it as the explosions get closer, in fact, he seems to lean even closer in. One of his hands shoots up and grabs Bakugou's fist, which of course activates the guy's Ability. Bakugou hadn't forgotten about it but he knows how to throw a punch or two without explosions so he figured it would be fine.
But then No Longer Human takes effect, and the momentary stall is just long enough for Dazai to sneak in close. He hadn't meant to pause like that, but the cold rush of having his Quirk stripped away was far too alarming. This gives the bastard just enough time to hook a leg around Bakugou's, Dazai then leans backwards with all his weight, which causes the pair to crash to the ground.
Somehow, perhaps when he had been stunned, the gun had been slipped into Bakugou's hand without his notice.
Slightly shocked by the turn of events, Bakugou can't help but look down at Dazai's face.
From below him, a single eye stares back up, one devoid of emotion and warmth. That eye so deep in its colour that Bakugou can't look away, he can't stop staring at that lifeless eye and eerie face. He's completely drawn in, surrounded on all sides by that empty eye and the matching emptiness where his Quirk should be.
The gun in his hand is manipulated and soon pressed against Dazai's head, all the while that eye stays wide and empty.
"Go on then, kill me