Stuck With You | Katsuki Bakugou x OC [Book One]

Chapter 131 - Akira Kiriya's Limits

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Each battle had a maximum time limit of twenty minutes, but of the three fights that occurred, only one actually ran out of time. Class A and Class B were tied on points with one win to each side and a draw. Kira's classmates were resilient and inspiring and headstrong, never giving up, never forfeiting the second the battle became more difficult than they realised. Her friends fought well, using tricks she never even knew they had, with unwavering determination and tactics that she never would have even been able to form herself.

One example was from Momo's battle - she was smart and calculated and resourceful, using her final moments in the fight to give her team mates an advantage. It actually gave Kira an idea when it finally came to her team's battle. Team Four are lacking a scout-type hero, someone to locate Class B so they don't get ambushed or snuck up on. But, Kira has an ability that allows her to pinpoint people using their body heat: her infrared vision when she closes her eyes. Tokoyami's goggles, created by Momo's Quirk, reminded her of that.

So, after their fight was over and it was Round Three, Kira closed her eyes and focused. Instead of relying on the cameras placed around Field Gamma to watch the fight commence, Kira focused on her ability, hoping to make herself useful if at all. Obviously, she couldn't strain herself, as the last time she used this ability, her eyes began to react to its overuse. Back in the hospital... when she ran with Bakugou... hand-in-hand... Kira shook her head and opened her eyes, her Quirk sizzling as she loses concentration.

"Hey, are you okay?" Sero asks, noticing her sudden movement.

"Yeah," she responds, a little breathless. "I'm just- I'm getting ready for our battle next."

"Oh yeah?" He says slowly. "Getting ready how?"

Kira looks up at him. "If I concentrate, I can find people with my Quirk."

"Find people?" Sato adds, leaning around Bakugou's frame, who seems to be listening, but not including himself. "How do you manage that?"

"It's sort of like Tokoyami's goggles that he used," Kira explains. "It's like infrared, but it's- it's hard to get the hang of."

"Well, make sure you don't wear yourself out before our match even begins," Sero says uncertainly.

Kira nods at that, but she closes her eyes again, calming her mind and focusing. She uses this unfamiliar ability to stare through the busy training grounds, pushing her skill to locate any kind of heat signature, until she sees one. In fact, this whole section of the training grounds is ablaze - it must be Todoroki's Quirk. It's almost blinding to look at, so Kira opens her eyes again and looks up at the screens. The whole area is filled with a burning inferno and Tetsutetsu is powering through it all, his steel Quirk being the only factor saving his life.

"That's insane," someone in the crowd comments.

"Todoroki is unbelievable," someone else adds.

"It's like I can feel the heat from here," someone towards her left says in awe.

Despite Todoroki's raging Quirk, it still wasn't enough. Tetsutetsu was stubborn and eager to take down Todoroki, but he wasn't the one. Honenuki was the one to disable Todoroki, turning the ground at his feet into a mud-like texture and in turn gets knocked unconscious by a falling pipe. Everyone in Class A and B fought valiantly, but it just wasn't enough for either side in the end. That fight ended with the draw.

"Team Four," Aizawa says, sounding tired even though he hasn't done much. "You're up."

Bakugou doesn't say anything as he leads the way to their starting place in this battle. They walk without saying a word to each other and Kira looks up and around at the piping and bland buildings towering around them. They had to set up their starting position elsewhere in the training grounds, as Todoroki and Honenuki's Quirk had reduced the area into an unusable space.