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Kirishima and Sero's match ended promptly after Sero wrapped Kirishima up in tape only for Kirishima to break out easily, cutting through it with his hardening quirk and charging at Sero. He knocked Sero out only two minutes into the match and was declared the winner, making him the first person to move up to the semifinals.
"Next up we have Shoji Mezo Vs Kendo Itsuka. Please report to the arena!"
Bakugou clicked his tongue. "A fucking boring match," he muttered. Aeri slapped his arm.
"Stop it, you're just being impatient," she scolded. Bakugou frowned and crossed his arms over his chest, slumping back in his chair as he watched Shoji and Kendo walk out into the arena, waiting for Present Mic to tell them they were allowed to start. "Just because they're not usually front runners doesn't mean this isn't going to be an interesting fight, they're both strong."
"I know that, I just want to fight already. I hope they match me up with Canada."
"Y'know what happens when an explosion meets cold, wet air?" Aeri asked with a wild smile.
"What fuckin' batshit crazy idea have you come up with this time?" Bakugou's lips twitched into a slight smirk.
"Well, Honey Bunches—"
"Pause, what the fuck did you just call me?" Bakugou drew back in faux disgust, removing his arm from around her shoulders and dropping it onto his lap.
"Never mind that Schnookums, do you want to hear my idea or not?" Aeri questioned jokingly.
"Ew, I'm not sure I want to speak to you ever fucking again if that's what you're callin' me. Get the fuck outta here with that cringy bullshit." Bakugou grimaced dramatically.
"Shut up," Aeri giggled. She grabbed his arm and placed it back on her shoulder, shuffling closer to him. "So, when cold wet air is met with a sudden and instant change in temperature—your explosions—it causes a bigger, more catastrophic explosion. If you can somehow keep him using his ice for a while until the temperature around you drops, you can end it in an instant." Her voice dropped into a whisper so that Todoroki, who was two rows behind them, wouldn't hear. "But that's only if you're matched up of course."
Bakugou hummed, impressed. "And how will I keep his using his ice?"
"His fire will only feed your explosions and make them bigger, he knows that as well to some extent, you just need to demonstrate that when he tries to use his fire so that he'll use his ice more often and then you can knock him out of bounds with a giant explosion, you just have to stay low so you don't get pushed out too."
"You have such a sexy brain," Bakugou said quietly so no one around him would hear.
"And you say I'm the cringy one," Aeri teased.
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"It was a close call but the winner by a hair is Shoji! Give them both a cheer!"
The crowd whooped and clapped as the two students exited the arena and the next fight was announced a few seconds later.
"Right up next is a very interesting one... Moon Aeri Vs Monoma Neito!"
"He still pisses me off," Aeri said as she stood up, stretching her arms above her head.
"Go fuck him up, babe," Bakugou said intensely.
"I'm so glad it's not me against her," Jiho breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yeah 'cause you know you'd get your ass kicked into next week," Jungwon snickered.
"She's fucking scary to go up against, she beat my mom like it was nothing," he hissed out his reply, watching as Aeri flashed Jungwon a thumbs up before she teleported down to the waiting rooms so head out into the arena.
"Now entering the arena, last year's champion, Moon Aeri!" Present Mic introduced her and she walked out with a giddy smile and a determined walk, stopping just over the white line whilst she waited for Monoma to be called out.
"And 2B's copycat, Monoma Neito!"
Monoma strutted out as cocky as ever, staring at Aeri with a wicked smirk as he walked straight over the line with zero hesitation.
"Match start!" Present Mic yelled, the buzzer sounded a second later.
Aeri walked to the middle of the arena and held out her hand, willingly giving Monoma the opportunity to copy her quirk, but not without a plan, of course.
"You're just gonna let me? What's the catch?" Monoma raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it's not much fun for me if I just shove you over the line, might as well make it a fair fight. Dad let's you copy his quirk all the time so what's the harm?"
"Hmm, fine." Monoma reached out and pressed his palm to the back of Aeri's hand, holding it there for a second as the power coursed through him. Aeri smirked knowingly as her plan was set in motion.
"Let's dance, Aeri."
"No one says that in real life you weirdo." Aeri rolled her eyes but she teleported away, expecting that Monoma would try and follow.
He did and when he materialised across from her, he immediately keeled over and emptied the contents of his stomach onto the ground between them. Aeri shrieked and teleported to the middle of the arena, not knowing that Monoma's stomach would be so weak that he'd throw up instantly after teleporting, it almost never happened when she teleported others, they usually just felt a bit queasy.
"Oh dear, can we get a bucket of water down there please? Maybe some bleach or something?" Present Mic asked over the speakers as Monoma retched and gagged over the puddle of his half digested lunch.
He stumbled as he shakily stood up straight, a look of horror on his face as he tried to steady himself. In a fit of rage, he lifted him palms and shot two shurikens at her, only for two gashes to be left on his palms and for his face to turn impossibly paler as the iron drained from his blood.
He, yet again, stumbled and fell to the side, his vision swimming. He passed out a second later.
"In an unexpected turn of events, it seems Monoma Neito has self-destructed on Aeri's quirk drawbacks and rendered himself unable to fight. Moon Aeri is the winner!"
Aeri blinked slowly. It wasn't exactly what she expected to happen, she just wanted him a bit nauseous so she could fight him when he was sluggish. But nonetheless, a win was a win and she teleported back up to the stands.
"Say, Aizawa, why do people get nauseous when they teleport?"
"It's the same way people get motion sickness in cars or trains. You're moving at extraordinary speeds through pace and time to get to a different destination in a millisecond. You cannot possibly move faster than when you're teleporting, though I've never seen anyone instantly throw up like that, normally it's just the nausea," Aizawa explained.
"You're evil," jungwon held back a laugh when Aeri returned to the stands.
"I didn't know that would happen," Aeri said, bewildered.
"You didn't even have to do anything, the idiot eliminated himself...nice." Jiho nodded, impressed.
"We'll be back for our next match after we clean up the vomit from the arena. Back in a jiffy!" Present Mic announced.
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