Team A: Tsunotori, Tetsutetsu, Honenuki, Kaibara
Hopping up onto a nearby ledge Dazai sighs loudly and is promptly ignored by Chuuya, expected but still rude.
Honestly, Dazai isn't sure what to make of these fights with 1B. Don't get him wrong, he and Chuuya will absolutely win all of the fights and he will get some enjoyment out of it all but it's just… Stupid. When creating his plan to get into UA he knew they would end up stuck with one of the hero classes, that much was a given. Bringing two known murderers into UA is a risky move, even with the pros around Nedzu would want the reassurance of knowing that the kids spending the most time around them would be able to protect themselves should anything happen.
Dazai had made plans for what to do should they end up with a different hero class than 1A, that meant he did spend some time researching all the other hero classes and their Quirks. He had expected to end up fighting the hero class kids at some point, either in a training fight set up by UA or when he and Chuuya eventually make their escape.
What he didn't expect was Nedzu parading him and Chuuya around UA for free training fights. If he remembers correctly, and he most certainly does, then they only agreed to help out 1A.
The way he sees it, there are two reasons why Nedzu would make them fight 1B despite it not being part of the original deal. The first reason is simple, Nedzu wants to make the most of having two skilled fighters at UA. It makes sense, no matter how good at acting the pros are they will never be able to truly replicate the mindset and fighting style of a villain. Two actual villains, or criminals as Dazai would prefer to be called, on sight will give the hero kids more real world experience than fighting the pros would.
The second reason is similar in nature, Nedzu wants to see him and Chuuya fight. Dazai has no doubt that the training grounds are covered in cameras, in fact he can see a few right now, so it only makes sense for Nedzu to be reviewing the footage of their fights to analyse them or something similar. Maybe he's trying to find weaknesses or maybe he's using the footage to come up with counter attacks for all their moves, he might even be watching to see how they work together in a fight so he can use that against them. So far he and Chuuya haven't really worked together all too much in fights, oh, maybe he set this fight up with 1B in hopes they would?
Dazai resists the urge to grin a little, no matter how hard that mouse bear looks he will never be able to figure everything out. If he really is as smart as they say then he might be able to come up with a plan to successfully take one of them down but there would be no chance if the two of them are together- which they are, all the time. Actually, Dazai knows the pros would need one hell of a miracle to take Chuuya down in a real fight. Even holding himself back the Slug can easily wipe out a whole class of hero hopefuls, that's not even to mention Corruption. Nedzu might have figured out by now that Chuuya is holding himself back but Corruption is something he won't have even the faintest of ideas about. Ah, what Dazai wouldn't give to see Nedzu's face the first time he lays eyes on the beauty that is Corruption.
Chuuya, who previously was busying himself stretching, looks at him in suspicion, "Whatever you're thinking, stop."
Dazai adopts his most innocent expression, "I have no clue what you mean Chuuya."
"Sure," Chuuya scoffs before turning his attention to the training grounds around them. A large industrial area full of twisting pipes, large buildings, and tricky narrow spaces- which is to say, the perfect place for someone like Chuuya to fight. Dazai can almost see it now, his loyal dog jumping from pipe to pipe in ease. Sure, it would be better if there were more projectiles laid around but Chuuya can always make those himself from pipes and walls.
The fight should be starting soon so really he and Chuuya ought to be coming up with plans. As if reading his mind Chuuya looks back to Dazai, "How are we playing this?"
Dazai hums a little as he thinks. There are five matches so, in theory, they would draw or even lose one to keep things interesting. It would be funny to see how mad Bakugou would get if he heard a group from 1B did what he couldn't. Then again, 1B's teacher Vlad King seemed so sure his class would win and Dazai would hate to prove him right.
Alright then, so they'll win these matches. Dazai thinks back to his earlier thoughts about Nedzu, maybe he should just give the mouse bear what he wants. He and Chuuya can work together, show off a little bit, and then hopefully Nedzu won't send them off to fight the other hero classes in UA. They'll have to hold back a bit though, lest Nedzu gets an idea of how strong they truly are.
Mind made up Dazai hops down from his perch and turns to Chuuya, "Say Chibi, how about we show them a little bit of what we can do together?" He would have said to show off what Soukoku is made of but if his theory is right and Nedzu is watching through those cameras then he would rather not have him hear that. Soukoku is an infamous name in the Yokohama underground, he wouldn't be surprised to hear people outside of Yokohama know of them- especially Nedzu. If Nedzu finds out that they're Soukoku then Dazai imagines they'll be arrested on the spot, which would make their mission so much more annoying.
"You sure that's a smart idea?" Chuuya asks somewhat dubiously.
Dazai nods, "Just don't overdo it, alright? No one needs a show off."
Chuuya rolls his eyes, he's probably about to make some comment about Dazai being the one to go overboard more often. Fortunately, Dazai doesn't need to hear it as the loud abrasive sound of metal hitting metal suddenly rings out. A second later the ground begins to rumble and Dazai watches in slight disbelief as a large metal tower begins to fall. He really hadn't expected 1B to start out so boldly.
"Crab dinner?"
Dazai glances over at Chuuya before sighing, "Fine fine but next time I pick the plan!"
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Chuuya moves with an easy confidence towards the source of the noise and destruction. The closer he gets the more the ground shakes, if Chuuya wasn't able to stabilise himself with his Ability then he would probably be disorientated as hell right now. Is that what 1B is aiming for?
Unfortunately, not many 1B kids made it to the one vs one fights during the Sports Festival which means he has little idea what exactly he's about to go up against. He would have asked Dazai but that idiot had disappeared off into the maze of metal pipes and buildings soon after agreeing to a plan, then again he doubts Dazai would have told him anyway.
He's pretty sure Tetsutetsu has a Quirk similar to Kirishima's and the horns on Tsunotori probably mean something but beyond that he has no idea. He is thankful though that Vlad King had taken the time to actually introduce his class by name, if Chuuya had to fight them while saying shit like silver guy and horn girl then he'd hate this whole thing ten times more. He had enough of doing that during the period where 1A had yet to introduce themselves.
The sound of metal on metal suspiciously stops the second Chuuya arrives at a rather large clearing, he gets the hunch there might be some sort of trap around here. The question now is if he should walk into said trap or find a way around it, he can't see any 1B kids around but it surely shouldn't take too long to find them if he tried. Then again if he does fall for the trap he may gain some information about someone's Quirk, plus it is likely the 1B kids will come out of hiding once they think Chuuya is trapped.
Mind made up, Chuuya begins walking into the clearing, he makes it about half way before something weird happens. What should be stable, cold metal sinks beneath his foot like quicksand. In a matter of moments his legs have been consumed up to the knees, for a brief moment he feels a surge of panic and goes to activate his Ability. He manages to stop himself though, mainly because he isn't sure if struggling will make things worse, plus the whole point of getting himself trapped was to lure the 1B kids out.
For now he'll have to let himself slowly sink, if needs be he should be able to pull himself out using Upon the Tainted Sorrow, if not then he's sure Dazai will be able to nullify the metal back to normal. Although, that does raise the question of if his legs will be trapped in the metal once it becomes solid again.
"I told you it'd work out!"
Chuuya snaps his head in the direction of the voice, Tetsutetsu and Honenuki. He can't see the other two anywhere, so whatever is going on with the floor must be due to Honenuki. It's most likely the kid turned the floor into quicksand by touching it, so for now he'll have to make sure the kid doesn't touch him. The chances that he can turn a person into quicksand are low but Chuuya would rather be safe than sorry.
Honenuki nods before turning to Chuuya, "Vlad King told us all about you, I know you're the stronger fighter but you can only be as strong as the floor you stand on." Honenuki looks around for a moment, perhaps trying to find Dazai, before continuing, "You're more difficult to deal with, so we'll be leaving you trapped for a while."
Chuuya can't help but respect the kid for his confidence there, not to mention that his plan is actually half decent. Chuuya guesses that they plan to go find their teammates after this and take down Dazai as a group of four, not a bad plan indeed. Unfortunately for them, there are a few major gaps in that plan. Leaving Chuuya alone is an idiot's move, they should have at least one student keeping watch to prevent escape.
Not to mention how ironic it is to say 'you're only as strong as the floor you stand on' to the guy who can literally fly. Chuuya gets the feeling these kids either haven't properly factored in Upon the Tainted Sorrow or have just underestimated it, he isn't sure which is worse.
Tetsutetsu with his shiny metal skin grins and begins walking away, "Alright, now we just gotta find the other guy!"
Another reason their plan won't work is because of Dazai, more accurately because of the fact they have yet to notice him creeping up behind Honenuki. When he wants to, that idiot can walk without making a single sound, something that has led to Chuuya getting scared half to death before.
Honenuki probably made the entire ground around here into quicksand in preparation for Chuuya's arrival, he clearly isn't expecting anyone to brazenly walk across the quicksand area to get to him. Chuuya briefly wonders how much Vlad King actually told his students about the two of them, he feels like knowing that No Longer Human would allow Dazai to walk across the ground like it had never been changed would be a rather simple thing to think of.
Chuuya keeps his attention solely on Honenuki, easily ignoring the familiar light of No Longer Human that gets closer and closer until…
The second Dazai's hand makes contact with Honenuki Chuuya uses his Ability to launch himself upwards, he would rather not find out what would happen if his legs were still underground and Honenuki's Quirk got nullified.
Chuuya watches as Honenuki begins to turn his head in shock to Dazai, that's when he strikes. Adjusting his weight Chuuya easily drops back down to the now solid ground, in one swift move he swipes a leg out to trip Honenuki over. Clearly not expecting the attack the kid crumples to the ground.
He won't be down for too long though, so Chuuya will need to 'knock' him out. Once again the rule of no actual harm coming to the students was put in place, so for now he'll have to deal with pretending to do the job.
Tetsutetsu yells in shock from behind him but Chuuya trusts Dazai will deal with him, as predicted the sound of a gunshot soon rings out.
Honenuki still needs to be dealt with so Chuuya throws a punch at his face only stopping at the last second. The kid makes a confused sound, to which Chuuya explains, "I'm not allowed to actually knock you out, so just pretend I did."
It would be annoying if the kid just got up and continued fighting, if that did happen and neither of the teachers overseeing this fight said anything then Chuuya would be pissed. If any of these kids managed to 'knock' Chuuya out, which won't happen, he would have the courtesy to play along.
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Kaibara, who had insisted on staying close to the trap just in case, looks out at the current situation and resists the urge to sigh. He knew they should have set up some sort of sneak attack, but no, Tetsutetsu just had to start destroying things. The moment he had done that all stealth they could have used had gone out the window. Honenuki had been confident they could use all the noise to their favour but now look at him, Kaibara isn't an expert but that certainly looks like a disadvantageous position!
Oh well, he might be able to turn things around with a new plan. "Alright," He starts while turning to his classmates Pony, "Getting Honenuki back is going to be difficult but if we get Tetsutetsu and then-"
Pony nods her head enthusiastically, "Yes, I know what to do!"
Kaibara gets the chilling feeling she does not, in fact, get what to do. He's about to question that and maybe explain his plan more when Pony simply turns and runs off into the clearing, as in the clearing where the fight is taking place.
This time he doesn't bother holding back his sigh.
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Chuuya is very familiar with all the sounds Dazai makes in a fight, partly because they're in fights together so much but also because Dazai likes to communicate information and ideas with tiny gestures- which, unfortunately, Chuuya has to learn. He knows the difference between a 'ugh I have to do work' sigh and a 'wipe them all out Chuuya' sigh, he knows what an actual cough sounds like and what a 'this guy is so stupid' cough sounds like. Other people might think he's insane for thinking that Dazai sneezing means they have five minutes until the building blows up and honestly the Chuuya from a few years ago would have agreed, now though he just accepts that this is his life.
That's all to say when Dazai takes a sharp intake of breath, one that is slightly shocked, Chuuya knows to dodge left. He does just that and moments later a flying horn wizzes past where his head would have been before swinging around and going straight for Dazai. That fishy idiot makes no move to dodge so the horn hooks onto his coat and drags him off, the sight reminds Chuuya of a kitten being dragged away by the scruff of its neck.
An accented voice accompanies more horns as they fly out towards Chuuya, "I must separate you two!"
Now that he's aware of the other 1B kids being present it's easy to jump up and put some distance between himself and them. One kid, Kaibara he thinks, rushes forward with his two arms rotating like drills- Chuuya ignores the urge to think how odd that is, he has a fight to win.
Just as Kaibara gets close Chuuya notices movement from behind him, annoyance fills him as he notices Honenuki trying to get up. Easily dodging Kaibara's spinning fist, what he assumes is a fist anyway, he calls out, "Oi, mud kid! I knocked you out so stay out!"
Honenuki looks over to him, "But-"
Chuuya aims a kick at Kaibara's stomach which sends the kid tumbling away, "No buts dammit!"
Before Honenuki can try to argue more another horn swoops in and begins to drag him away. "I will save you!" Tsunotori pauses for a moment before looking over to Tetsutetsu, she seems confused for a moment before asking, "Do you need saving?"
Tetsutetsu nods enthusiastically, "Yea! I totally got shot in the leg see! Can't walk on that." Chuuya glances over and there is, in fact, a splotch of paint on Tetsutetsu's leg. Well, at least the kid is playing along with the whole fake injury thing unlike a certain someone.
Tsunotori does not seem phased by this and instead smiles, "Ok! I will save you all!"
More horns fly out that hook around her teammates, in a matter of moments all four of them have made a speedy retreat back into the maze of twisting pipes and large buildings. Chuuya could chase after them, using his Ability he would be able to catch up to them in no time really, but if he did that Dazai might complain about being left behind…
Speaking of that idiot, Chuuya glances over to where the horn had dragged him earlier. On the very edge of the clearing lies Dazai motionless, the horn seems to have pinned his coat to the ground. Someone else might worry about his lack of reaction, Chuuya knows better, "You planning on getting up any time soon?"
Dazai doesn't respond, Chuuya sighs and begins making his way over to his partner. He really should be able to get out of this himself given how he can get out of any pair of handcuffs no matter the situation. Hell, he could ever just take his coat off and stand up.
Once close enough Chuuya finds Dazai just laying there while staring off into space, "Oi, Mackerel."
Dazai's eyes trail over to him, for a second he still doesn't say anything. Then he blinks and Chuuya watches as his face changes from emotionless to overly dramatic, "Ah, has Prince Charming come to save me?"
"As if," Chuuya scoffs and yet he still leans down and rips the now motionless horn from the ground.
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Kaibara takes back his previous sigh directed at Pony, despite not being what he had planned at all she had done really well. Not only had she successfully gotten Honenuki and Tetsutetsu out but she had also been able to put a decent amount of distance between them and the other team.
They might be down a teammate now but that's fine, Kaibara is sure he'll be able to figure something out before those two show up again. They might be able to pull off a stealth attack but it would be risky, splitting up again likely wouldn't end well now they have an odd number. Ok, so a three on two fight, that's doable.
"Alright you two," he looks over at Pony and Tetsutetsu, "I have a plan that might just work."
Pony nods, "Yes, tell me!"
Kaibara is about to do just that, except all of a sudden he finds himself laid on the ground with a very sharp and familiar object pinning him down. He looks up to Pony in shock and confusion because why the hell is one of her horns pinning him down?!
Tetsutetsu jumps up from his spot on the floor, although he very obviously is balancing on one foot, while Pony gasps, "No, that wasn't me!!"
It wasn't? Then how…
The realisation comes just a second too late, Kaibara watches helpless from the ground as a bandaged hand grasps Tetsutetsu from behind, then a blue light appears, and finally Tetsutetsu's steel turns back to flesh just as Dazai brings his gun up and pretends to hit him in the head with the end. "Annnd you're out!" Dazai announces.
Tetsutetsu glances back at him before sighing, "Yea true." With that he flops to the ground like he truly had been hit. Say what you want about him but at least Tetsutetsu knows how to play along.
Pony, thankfully, doesn't wait around before acting. Horns shoot out from her head to scoop up Tetsutetsu, Honenuki, and herself before flying as high upwards as she can go. Kaibara understands why she didn't bother trying to save him, after all, if Nakaraha has control over the horn pinning him down then he might just take over any other horns sent this way.
Speaking of the devil, Nakahara appears with his head tilted upwards, "She's just sat up there… You think she wants to force a draw?" Kaibara thinks the same, while Pony is great at what she does there is no way she could beat both of those two on her own. Hiding up in the sky is the best way to ensure that their team doesn't lose this fight.
Dazai hums, "Probably, but you can deal with that right?"
Nakahara rolls his eyes as a red glow envelops his body, a second later and he is floating without a care in the world. Kaibara grimaces, it seems there isn't a way for them to win after all.
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Team B: Shishida, Shiozaki, Rin, Tsuburaba
Chuuya sighs, annoyance quickly building with every second Dazai wastes. That fish had insisted on picking the plan this round, which was all fine and well until they actually went in for the attack on the 1B kids. The beast man Shishida wasn't much trouble but then his teammates Tsuburaba turned up and now here Chuuya is, trapped in a cube made out of solid air.
The only plus side to all this is the fact the cube blocks out any sound, which means Chuuya doesn't have to hear whatever teasing Dazai is spouting off right now. That idiot is refusing to nullify the cube and let Chuuya out, instead for the past three minutes he's been talking about something. Chuuya made it a point to look away from him when it became clear Dazai wasn't letting him out of the cube just yet, whatever he was saying will just have to go unknown.
Finally, the solid air around him disappears as the familiar light of No Longer Human illuminates the area. Chuuya gives his partner an unimpressed look, in turn Dazai grins, "So Chibi, you heard all that right?"
Chuuya scoffs, "As if, why the hell would I stare at your fishy face trying to decipher whatever you were on about?"
Dazai sighs very fakely, "Oh well, I suppose it can't be helped. Now, carry out the plan well little doggy~"
"Shut up!" Chuuya exclaims as he begins stomping off in the direction the 1B kids had run, "What plan are you on about anyway?"
"The plan I just told you about of course! Not my fault if you didn't pay attention~" Dazai grins as he speaks, which only causes Chuuya more annoyance. That bastard won't bother repeating his plan so Chuuya doesn't bother asking, instead he gives Dazai a nasty glare before continuing on to find the 1B kids. Whatever, he'll figure out what Dazai wants when the actual fight begins.
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Chuuya can't help but grin a little, he would never tell Dazai this but he really does love the move they're about to pull off. There's just something about it, the fact that Dazai takes the lead and puts those top notch acting skills to use, the fact Chuuya gets to jump in like a badass before beating people up, the fact that their opponent never sees it coming- he isn't sure which aspect makes him love it.
The 1B kids are immediately on guard the moment Dazai strolls into view with both arms held high, unbeknownst to them Chuuya is tucked close behind him. Dazai sighs dramatically before any of the 1B kids can attack, "That Chibi yelled at me, so I'm swapping teams!"
Chuuya can't see them but he just knows the 1B kids must have been thrown for a loop at that. Dazai lets the confused silence hang for a moment more, then Chuuya can feel it as his partner begins to bend slightly at the waist, almost as if second nature Chuuya places a hand on Dazai's shoulder and launches himself over. There are a few vines coming from that Shiozaki girl which Chuuya makes sure to kick as hard as possible on his way back down to the ground.
In their defence, it doesn't take long after that for the 1B kids to jump into action. Chuuya spies Tsuburaba take a deep inhale of breath and waits until the last moment to yank himself away from the air cube just as it forms.
After successfully dodging that Chuuya changes trajectory and aims a kick towards another 1B kid called Rin. The kid throws an arm up, Chuuya watches as his flesh turns into a much harder looking set of scales. Unfortunately for him, the momentum gathered by Chuuya already means he is powerless to prevent himself from being knocked over.
Chuuya aims a kick in the general direction of the kid's face, close enough that he'll be out but not close enough that any harm will actually come to him.
There's a shocked yell from behind him, which when he glances over turns out to be the work of Dazai. There his partner stands with a handful of vines and a grin on his face, across from him Shiozaki has her hands clasped together as if in prayer.
"You have taken my vines from this world, this is a sin that cannot go unpunished!" Shiozaki declares, ah, Chuuya understands now. Dazai has hold of some of her hair vines so, if he had to guess, she likely can't use those ones anymore.
Shiozaki's vines begin growing in length and move to surround Dazai, interestingly the girl herself starts to move away from the scene, almost like she's getting ready to make a run for it.
Chuuya hears a growl from behind him, without looking Chuuya simply jumps out of the way. Unintentionally, he's ended up far from Dazai- something he now doubts is a coincidence.
If only to prove that theory moments later a large box of solid air forms around Chuuya, it's large enough he has space to move around sure, but when two of the 1B kids are making a run for it with Rin over their shoulders that hardly helps.
Tsuburaba is still loitering near the edge of the cube of air, he's likely supposed to stay here and keep Dazai from getting Chuuya out too quick.
Speaking of, it seems that idiot has only now managed to get out from all those vines. He says something, probably taunting Tsuburaba or insulting Chuuya, before turning and running towards the edge of the air cube.
Chuuya gets a strange sense of deja vu as he watches Tsuburaba create another air cube the moment Dazai nullifies the first one. Dazai's eyes find his and Chuuya sighs upon realising what that idiot was on about earlier, that little plan he refused to tell Chuuya once he could actually hear suddenly becomes very obvious.
Chuuya, in a mirror of the first time they pulled off this move, activates Upon the Tainted Sorrow and plants his feet in the ground. It won't quite be like the time they fought Rimbaud but as long as Chuuya stays put then it doesn't matter how many air cubes Tsuburaba puts up, all Dazai needs to do is come to him.
Which he does in the most annoying way possible, which is to say the idiot waits until he is close enough before just jumping like he expects Chuuya to catch him no matter what.
Chuuya does catch him, but that's neither here nor there.
Tsuburaba looks taken aback, which may be due to Dazai jumping at Chuuya and not the fact his air cubes have been rendered useless.
An idea pops into Chuuya's mind, one that will not only take down their opponent but also give Dazai a little payback. With a smirk Chuuya closes the distance between him and Dazai, and Tsuburaba. Once at a close enough distance he, with no hesitation, flings his partner right at Tsuburaba.
Both Dazai and Tsuburaba make similar sounds of shock and confusion as the pair collide. Chuuya knows the Mackerel will complain about that for the rest of time but man, that sure did feel good to do.
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Team C: Tokage, Kamikiri, Bondo, Awase
Aizawa watches with amusement as Vlad King tensely calls out the beginning of the next match. His fellow Pro certainly doesn't look happy about this turn of events, something Aizawa knows all too well. He too had once thought his students could put up a decent fight against Dazai and Nakahara only to be shown wrong, that understanding doesn't make him spare Vlad King any smugness.
If anyone were to ask, Aizawa would make it clear he is not getting enjoyment from seeing the 1B kids lose but rather at the knowledge that Vlad King will have to tell their coworkers how the matches went. Vlad King had spent the morning subtly bragging about his students and how they would succeed where 1A couldn't, Aizawa knows a few Pros that won't let the man live that down after finding out what really happened.
Vlad King shoots him a look, "There are still three matches left."
"There are," Aizawa easily agrees. He does not say that he severely doubts 1B could win any of them but Vlad King seems to hear it anyway. With a huff he turns his attention back to the screens as his students begin moving.
Aizawa too lets his attention trail back to the screens, he chooses to focus on Dazai and Nakahara. On the surface they seem to just be standing in place chatting, something Aizawa often tells his students off for doing. He knows whatever they're talking about must be relevant though considering they have done the same thing for the past two matches and won. They must be discussing plans then.
Tokage, a girl from 1B who got in on recommendation, begins splitting her body into small parts using her Quirk. Her parts split off into two groups and begin wizzing across the training grounds, if Aizawa had to guess then he would say her plan is to try and split Dazai and Nakahara up.
Given the information she has at hand it isn't an unreasonable plan, in the past two fights Dazai and Nakahara have worked as a pair, to assume they would be weaker apart makes sense.
Which, as a side note, Aizawa knows for a fact Nedzu is having the time of his life watching through the cameras right now. The principal has never said that he has a live stream of all of UA's camera's but Aizawa knows he does, that's a Nedzu thing to do after all.
Nedzu has been wanting to see Dazai and Nakahara fight together since they joined UA, that's one of the reasons he kept organising more training sessions between class 1A and those two. Although, now Aizawa gets the feeling the mouse bear had an ulterior motive after all.
At first Aizawa had thought that once Nedzu had gotten the footage he wanted his class would no longer have to fight the two boys, now though he gets the feeling the training fights will not stop. Not necessarily because Nedzu will push it but because his class is starting to enjoy those fights and see them as learning opportunities rather than a one sided beat down. Aizawa is proud of this class for that but he can't help but feel like he has walked right into Nedzu's trap.
Anyway, back to the current fight. While a good idea Tokage and her team will not succeed if they follow this plan, Dazai and Nakahara are strong opponents apart and even stronger when together.
Aizawa's attention snaps back to the fight just as the familiar sound of a gunshot rings out. Dazai, with his arm aimed high, shoots once again. The paintball bullet smashes into one of Tokage's body parts with just enough force to send it tumbling to the ground.
A few of the 1B kids seem taken aback by this, Aizawa however is used to this sort of thing by now. Dazai is a real menace with a gun.
A few minutes later and all the floating body parts have been shot down. On the cameras Aizawa can see Tokage look taken aback for a moment before turning to her classmates to rework a plan. She has a good set of Quirks to work with here, if she was up against anyone else then Aizawa would have more confidence she could take them down. As it stands though, Dazai and Nakahara are just too high a level for first years. Briefly, Aizawa wonders if Nedzu plans to make the third years fight those two to see who wins- for Aiazwa's sanity he hopes not.
Aizawa can't help but make one remark to Vlad King though, he makes sure his voice is low enough that no 1B kids can overhear, "Well, you still have two more matches."
Vlad King simply glares at him.
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Team D: Yanagi, Kodai, Monoma, Shoda
Dazai sighs, partly out of boredom, at the current situation. That loudmouth 1B kid let it slip that there's a girl with telekinesis on his team, which naturally piqued Chuuya's interest enough for him to bench Dazai for most of the fight. Well actually, the girl hadn't gotten Chuuya's attention that much but Dazai was tired of running around so he might have manipulated Chuuya just a little.
What's a little manipulation between partners anyway?
Maybe he should have tagged along with Chuuya after all, sitting on some random pipe waiting for the Slug to return isn't as nice a break as he thought it would be. Instead of waiting around for the 1B kids to come to him, Chuuya had instead gone to them, which is well and fine except Dazai is now deprived of any entertainment- which was definitely an intentional move. Well, Dazai can only hope his partner drags the fight back to him before things get good. After all, there is someone in particular he's looking forward to seeing in action. The other 1B kids have interesting Quirks sure, but in the end they all pale in comparison to the strength of Upon the Tainted Sorrow- all but one that is.
Monoma Neito with the Quirk Copy. As the name suggests that Quirk allows him to copy the Quirk of anyone else he touches, a very useful Quirk indeed. Dazai had taken notice of it way back when he and Chuuya were watching the UA Sports Festival together, if he remembers correctly Monoma used Bakugou's own Quirk to set explosions off in his face. That had been funny back then and even more so now he actually knows Bakugou, ah, what Dazai wouldn't give to see that again but in person.
As funny as that had been, what really caught his attention was the possibilities created by Monoma's Quirk. Mainly, would he be able to copy Abilities? Before coming here he would have assumed no, despite the similarities Quirks and Abilities are very different after all. Now that he knows it's a possibility, due to the fact that Erasure and No Longer Human work on both Quirks and Abilities, the next question would logically be how good would his control be- although Dazai is rather certain it would depend on the Ability. Odasaku's Flawless would be easy to use theoretically as it doesn't require too much active control, in contrast Chuuya's Upon the Tainted Sorrow would be a nightmare for Monoma to try to use. That's what Dazai assumes anyway, he hopes to find out some answers today though.
Of course, there's also the matter of a certain other power that Chibi has. It really would be troublesome if Monoma was able to copy that, the kid would probably die instantly if he managed to activate Corruption. That's very unlikely though given that Corruption isn't an Ability but Dazai will keep an eye on the kid, just in case. Well he would if that damn Slug was fighting anywhere near him.
Dazai is rather certain in his theory that the Ability affects how much control the kid has, which means even if he can copy Upon the Tainted Sorrow he likely won't make it far. Dazai loathes to admit it but that Slug really does have to have a decent amount of intelligence to control his Ability like he does, while the kid's Quirk is useful there is no chance Monoma has the brains for it. Dazai has noticed that aside from Nedzu the people from outside Yokohama tend to be quite dim witted, a rather amusing fact really.
For example, if Midoriya was to step foot in Yokohama his little secret would be found out by multiple people far quicker than the kid would like. If Dazai managed to figure it out then Mori definitely would, that detective he keeps hearing about likely wouldn't be far behind- and that's just the ones who would figure it out within a day or less. Dazai supposes that it's fortunate Midoriya will never enter Yokohama then.
Admittedly, when Dazai first saw Midoriya in the Sports Festival he hadn't thought much of the kid. In fact, if he remembers correctly he and Chuuya spent a solid five minutes making fun of him, then an extra five minutes when the cavalry battle was announced and Midoriya looked dead inside at his point total.
It was only during the 1 vs 1 matches that Midoriya caught his interest for a better reason, that reason naturally being his Quirk. What sort of strength Quirk is so powerful that the user breaks his own bones?
One interesting difference between Abilities and Quirks has to be how the body adapts for them. Today's Quirks are a result of years and years and years of Quirked individuals having children, that's years and years and years for their genetics to start changing to better accommodate the powers they have. The most obvious examples of this would be mutant Quirks, but more subtle ones would be Yaoyorozu and Bakugou. Dazai would put money on it that Yaoyorozu's body retains fat easier and that Bakugou sweats more than the average person. Small things like that just improve the, well, user experience when it comes to using Quirks. In other words, their Quirks have become intertwined with their DNA and heavily rely on adaptations to work well.
Now, Abilities, not being genetic, are not quite the same. In some instances the body may be more resistant to certain things, for example Chuuya never gets motion sick, but those tend to be things that develop after using your Ability for a while, not something that happens from birth. If someone had the Ability version of Bakugou's Quirk then they would likely sweat just like a regular person would, perhaps their explosions would be stronger though.
Now, Dazai is not a scientist so he can't say for certain, but if he had to guess why Quirks have more negative drawbacks then Abilities do then he would pin it on the very reason why they work well- DNA. Abilities are not intertwined with DNA like Quirks, so it's reasonable to assume they can't have a major effect on the body.
Quirks are so well ingrained in DNA that if they are pushed too far or used incorrectly the consequences of that will spread throughout the body, although it seems the backlash tends to stay within a related area to the Quirk. For example, Aizawa had complained of dry eye a few morality and ethics classes ago, Dazai can only assume that is the drawback of using it too much as his Quirk relies on his eyes.
But, from what Dazai has observed, as long as you don't overdo it then the body is perfectly equipped to handle whatever Quirk you have.
In contrast, Abilities are not connected so heavily so backlash doesn't really occur. Sure, you might get sick after using your Ability too much but that's about it. Because Abilities aren't genetic there's no way for the backlash to come back to you.
That all boils down to a very simple idea, unless you're intentionally pushing far past your limits then your body should be equipped to handle whatever Quirk or Ability you may have.
So, why does Dazai care about Midoriya and his Quirk? Well, simple, he follows none of the rules previously discussed. The end result of how both Quirks and Abilities work is that negative backlash on the user is kept to a minimum, and yet here Midoriya is breaking bones like twigs! No matter how powerful his supposed strength Quirk is his body should have adapted to handle it, at the very least it should be able to handle smaller uses like a finger flick.
No, that's not quite right. During the Sports Festival he was breaking them all over the place but between then and now he did something, likely got some half decent training, that allows him to actually use his Quirk without such a huge backlash.
Someone else might just assume Midoriya got unlucky when it came to genetics, maybe he got the strength Quirk from one parent and the weak body from the other. Dazai isn't someone else though, he noticed how sketchy Midoriya acted when he asked about passing Quirks along. He also knows a little something about All for One supposedly being All Might's enemy since the dawn of Quirks, implying that either All Might is immortal- unlikely- or his power is transferable. All Might who had coincidently joined UA's teaching staff this year just as Midoriya joined for his first year.
When you put it like that it hardly takes a genius to see the connection.
Fortunately for both Midoriya and All Might, Dazai has no interest in spilling their little secret. He'll have to tell Chuuya eventually, if the Slug doesn't figure it out himself, and of course Mori will want to know but other than those two Dazai doesn't see the need to tell anyone. After all, once he and Chuuya are back in Yokohama it will hardly matter who has what Quirk and why.
Speaking of, Mori will likely also want information on anyone else Dazai thinks may pose a threat. The biggest ones currently would be Monoma, Shinsou, and possibly Aizawa but maybe he won't tell Mori any of that, the old man should do some work on his own sometimes and not send teenagers to do it instead.
Even while distracted by his thoughts Dazai does notice when an object comes flying in his rough direction, fortunately he doesn't need to bother moving as the thing collides with one of the large metal pipes beside him. Whoever launched that thing truly has terrible aim.
Dazai waits for a second attack but finds nothing coming his way. Instead, he spies a familiar head of hair dashing in between the various pipes and buildings some distance away. From his vantage point Dazai can see as Chuuya leaps around with two 1B kids trailing behind and- ah, some distance away he can just about make out that Monoma kid. He's probably trying to keep his distance so that Chuuya forgets about him, that'll make getting closer enough to copy his Ability easier. Dazai can't see the fourth 1B kid anywhere, Chuuya must have gotten her out already.
A chunk of metal goes flying towards Chuuya, must be the work of that telekinesis girl, before he deflects the object and it smashes into a nearby wall. That piece that almost hit Dazai earlier must have been an attack Chuuya either dodged or re-directed then, he most definitely will be complaining to Chuuya for almost hitting him later. Nevermind the fact it didn't get that close and Dazai would have been able to dodge it if it had.
Hmm, well, Dazai supposes he can forgive his dog for this since he did bring the fight to Dazai as he wanted. Now Dazai can sit back, relax, and enjoy watching Chuuya beat up some children.
Or at least, that's what he wanted to do. Despite having many opportunities to do something, Chibi just keeps dragging this fight out. Rather than attacking he just keeps dodging and running around, which yes, Dazai recognises he does the same thing but that's different! Chuuya is supposed to be the bull headed one that never steps down from a fight, not the one who dances around attacks without doing anything in return.
Movement catches his eye and a grin soon forms on Dazai's face, whatever that Chibi was hoping to achieve by avoiding attacking will soon be ruined. Unless his goal was to drag Monoma out of the shadows, in which case his plan seems to be unfortunately working.
Despite his loud, abrasive personality Monoma seems far too talented at sneaking around unnoticed, in a matter of moments he has managed to scale a rather large pipe and position himself to be just out of sight from Chuuya. Dazai can see what he hopes will happen, if his teammates continue to push Chuuya back then he'll have to pass by that pipe to get away- which will give Monoma a chance to copy Upon the Tainted Sorrow.
As predicted, a minute later another chunk of metal flies towards Chuuya. He dodges by jumping backwards with his Ability and just so happens to fly past that very pipe Monoma is hiding behind. A hand quickly reaches out and, dammit, Chuuya's body is in the way so Dazai has no idea if Monoma managed to make contact or not.
He quickly finds out though when Chuuya once again leaps away, Monoma jumps out from his own hiding spot and grins, "You think yourself so much better than class 1B because of that Ability, well, let's see just how well you'd do without it's advantage!"
Now, there are two, no three, reasons why what Monoma just said is incorrect. First has to do with how he said it, Dazai recognises that tone, Monoma is sincerely trying to taunt Chuuya in the way Dazai does. He's nowhere near as good as Dazai though, so that won't work on someone who has to put up with him on a day to day basis. The second reason is that Chuuya is better than 1B with or without his Ability, that's just a fact. And finally, Monoma says all this because he assumes Chuuya won't know how to fight someone that can use the exact same power as him. Sadly for Monoma, Chuuya already has experience in that department due to one Paul Verlaine.
Monoma, with a grin that most certainly won't last, raises a hand in what must be a dramatic flare before his body begins glowing in that oh so familiar red light. Dazai can't make it out from here, but he's sure the typical kanji will be floating around the kid somewhere signifying that he really is using an Ability.
There's no sign of Arahabaki lurking around though, so that's one less thing to worry about.
Everything seems to pause for a moment as Monoma looks at Chuuya and laughs arrogantly, "Let's do this, unless you're scared?" He raises a foot and makes the move to step forward… Only for the ground beneath him to crumple, leaving him in a mini-crater.
Monoma looks shocked, which only works to prove Dazai's earlier theory. He likely wanted to add some extra gravity to his step, things would be more dramatic that way, but heavily overshot it.
Huffing, Monoma bends his legs a bit like he's planning on jumping up and out of the mini-crater. Dazai grins with anticipation, he knows exactly where this is going.
Monoma jumps up to the surface and then just keeps going, without intending to, he is now floating in the middle of the air at eye level with Dazai- who had intentionally chosen a rather high pipe as a vantage point so he could see more. Honestly, Dazai is surprised the kid was able to stop himself from just flying up into space.
Dazai holds back the urge to laugh, if only to avoid Monoma discovering his spot.
The 1B kids remaining on the ground look up in shock and concern, Chuuya meanwhile sighs before jumping up to Monoma's level. In one clean move Chuuya grabs Monoma and deposits him next to Dazai before turning back to the other 1B kids, and it seems he's finally going to start attacking back.
Dazai grins before placing a hand on Monoma's back, nullifying his Quirk gets rid of the possibility of the pros finding out more than they should about Upon the Tainted Sorrow. For good measure Dazai then shoots the kid with a paintball to the chest, just in case he tries to fight back or something.
"Chibi will get mad if I don't bring you to the jail right away, let's be quick so I can come back and watch him win, alright?"
Monoma sighs sharply but nonetheless stands up and begins walking to the jail with Dazai, it takes more time than he would have liked to get there due to all the climbing they had to do. Neither of them speak, which somewhat surprises Dazai. He had thought Monoma would still be going on about being better than 1A or whatever, and yet here he is walking along in silence. Maybe he's in a grumpy mood since he lost, he does seem the type.
Once they arrive at the jail, which already contains a 1B kid, that changes. Monoma sighs as he passes him and walks into the jail, "I really can't believe any human could control that Ability."
It's an off-handed comment really, and yet Dazai can't help the anger and annoyance that fills him upon hearing it. If Chuuya had heard it then he would get upset, which Dazai won't stand for- especially when his partner is by far the most human anyone could possibly be.
Maybe he's over-reacting. Upon the Tainted Sorrow is a hard Ability to control after all, it makes sense Monoma would be so self centred to think that if he can't control it then no one should be able to. He was just expressing his frustration or something… Upon review Dazai decides he isn't over-reacting at all.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Monoma's hands fly up to cover his now paint splattered forehead.
Dazai puts on his best apologetic face, "Oops, my finger slipped." Now to get back to Chibi and watch him wipe the floor with the remnants of the 1B team.
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Team E: Kendo, Komori, Fukidashi, Kuroiro
For the first time Dazai finds himself truly regretting coming to UA. Of all the possible plans he just had to choose this one, they could have infiltrated the LoV or became some vigilante knock-offs- hell, they could have just found the LoV's base and stormed the place. But no, Dazai just had to choose the plan that sounded the most fun while also getting him and Chuuya away from the Port Mafia for as long as possible, he should have known it sounded too good to be true.
From behind him Kendo groans a little, Dazai debates the merits of 'accidently' knocking her head into a wall. Surely Aizawa wouldn't get mad if he made it look like an accident? This whole situation is her fault anyway so surely everyone would understand if she got a little more injured than her classmates…
Dazai had expected this fight to go like the other four, which is to say he expected it to be an easy win. While the kids of 1B might have lasted longer overall than the 1A kids overall they are far too weak to be challenging him and Chuuya, a few of them made half decent plans to make up for this lack in strength but in the end those plans couldn't hold up.
The class president, Kendo, seems to be just a step above her peers though.
Kuroiro was the first 1B kid they encountered, his Quirk allows him to hide away in shadows- something that would actually pose Chibi a challenge. Of course, should Dazai get close enough then he could easily drag the guy out of hiding, so, rather smartly, Kuroiro made sure to stay far away from Dazai's reach.
How is Dazai now separated from Chuuya and dragging an unconscious Kendo around? Well, it all comes down to a certain hat. Chuuya is always so on guard about keeping his hat where it should be at all times, during fights he tends to use his Ability for the sole purpose of keeping it on his head. Actually, Dazai has even seen Chibi use his deadly Ability just because it was a windy day.
But for all of Chuuya's worries about losing his hat during a fight it had never actually happened, not until now that is.
In a truly inspiring move Kuroiro had pretended to attack only to snatch away Chuuya's hat at the last moment. With a grin the kid had then immediately dashed off, the whole time Chuuya's hat was dangling along like a toy meant to be chased.
And chase he did. Chuuya hadn't bothered to listen to Dazai's warning before sprinting down the hall after Kuroiro and his hat.
Dazai must applaud Kendo for doing what her classmate Tokage couldn't. Her plan successfully avoided both Abilities coming into play, if Kuroiro had tried to just drag Chuuya away then he would have increased his weight and made it impossible and if the kid had gotten close to Dazai at all then his Quirk would have been nullified. Going for Chuuya's hat was a wildcard move, possibly the only type of move that could have worked in that situation. Sometimes, when all you fight are opponents that are far stronger and far more intelligent, beginners are able to get one over on you because their inexperience is unpredictable. The same thing applies to chess actually, not that Dazai has ever lost that way.
After Chuuya had rushed off to save his hat Dazia had been left by himself, he could have ran after his partner but he hardly had the effort for it.
That's when Kendo found him.
Again, a rather smart plan all things considered. The other members on her team all have Quirks that could potentially cause Chuuya problems, Chuuya can't manipulate the gravity on shadows nor can he withstand airborne mushroom spores. If Dazai was around then he would easily nullify those Quirks and give the advantage to Chuuya, so obviously they had to be split up.
Kendo had likely left dealing with Chuuya up to her classmates while she fought Dazai in a one on one.
The fight itself hadn't been that hard, but it certainly dragged out. Kendo's large hands allowed her to block paintballs that otherwise would have hit vital spots, whatever martial arts training she must have had certainly came in handy too. Dazai typically likes to keep his distance in a fight and leave anything close combat to someone else, Kendo though made sure to keep the distance minimal when she could.
Unfortunately for her, Dazai's training in close combat far surpasses hers even if he never uses it. Actually taking her down wasn't easy but it certainly wasn't hard, the hard part came after that.
Just as Dazai was about to 'finish' her off, which is to say pretend to do that, Kendo had launched herself at Dazai with all her body weight. That had ended with the pair of them on the ground where Kendo promptly hit her head and knocked herself unconscious. During that whole fiasco she had managed to tightly wrap her hand around Dazai's arm, a grip that did not let up despite Dazai's best attempts.
Sighing, he shifts his grip so the girl will stay steadily on his back and not get a concussion from falling off, if she doesn't already have one, he really can't be bothered getting a scolding from Nedzu or Aizawa if she got hurt despite how tempting the idea is.
Overall, her plan was very clever. From separating Chuuya from him using his hat to forcing Dazai to drag her body around, thus slowing him down and giving her classmates more time to take down Chuuya. She reminds him of Yaoyorozu in a way, except Kendo has confidence in her plans despite how unconventional they might be. Dazai briefly wonders if the two of them know each other.
His arms are starting to hurt from holding Kendo up for so long, he really needs to find Chuuya soon so they can finish this fight.
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Chuuya has decided right here and now that he is not a fan of mushrooms. Before he didn't really have strong feelings either way, but now he hates them.
The reason is due to 1B's very own Komori and her mushroom spore summoning Quirk.
Chuuya can admit it was a foolish move to chase after Kuroiro, he should have at least waited for Dazai so they could chase the guy together but no, he went off on his own. He had thought it would be fine though, all the other 1B kids had been easy enough to beat so what's three more?
Turns out those three more would cause him a lot of trouble.
Kuroiro who can hide in the shadows, aka where Chuuya can't get him. Fukudashi who creates huge words out of thin air, which, sure, Chuuya can use his Ability on but they are annoying to keep dodging. Finally, Komori the mushroom girl, someone who is very quickly rising on his dislike list.
She had very happily declared that the mushrooms she created, which were all around the damn place, had poison that spread through the air. This poison, she had said, would make him violently sick rather than kill him- which is still a rather shitty thing to have happen.
In order to avoid the mushrooms Chuuya had to keep himself high up in the sky, which left him open to attacks by Fukidashi. He did try and go down there to take the kid down but the sheer amount of mushrooms in that area had put him off the idea.
On the ground he spies Komori happily spraying her mushrooms with water, Chuuya sighs. If this was a real fight he would just hold his breath and dive in there, surely if he takes care of Komori or Fukidashi quick enough then it wouldn't matter about the mushrooms. This isn't a real fight though, so he can't use his Ability on Komori or Fukidashi without blowing his cover.
"Oh, Kendo!"
Chuuya brings his attention back to Komori as she turns and waves at her classmate Kendo. Given the layout of the area Chuuya doubts she can clearly see Kendo despite the relatively short distance between them, Chuuya though is able to clearly see from his bird's eye view.
He can just about make out the dark figure of Dazai hunched behind Kendo, ok… So either he took her hostage and is forcing her to hide him, or somehow she's unconscious… God, Dazai better not have been the one to knock her out. So far UA have been treating them well but all that could change if that idiot harms one of the students.
Komori, clearly not realising Dazai is behind this, continues, "My beautiful mushrooms are doing their job great! Now all we have to do is-"
As swift as he can be while lugging around someone else, Dazai rushes forward towards Komori. The girl takes a step back in confusion but only seems to notice Dazai when it's too late, leaning Kendo to one side he reaches his arm out and makes contact with Komori. In a matter of seconds No Longer Human activates and the mushrooms blanketing the area disappear.
Chuuya grins and drops down to the ground, just in case Fukidashi tries to block him with some words Chuuya makes sure to quickly launch himself towards Komori, Kendo, and Dazai.
Both of Dazai's hands are full, one holding Kendo up and the other keeping Komori from using her Quirk, so Chuuya takes it upon himself to 'knock' the mushroom girl out. Despite the fact he literally couldn't have done it Dazai begins to whine, "I did all the work and yet you steal the final move! So rude Chibi!"
"Whatever, Mackerel," Chuuya rolls his eyes before remembering something he wanted to bring up, "You didn't knock that girl out, right?"
Dazai pouts and shakes his head, "Of course not, she did this to herself! Can't believe you wouldn't trust me Chuuya." Despite apparently being offended Dazai wastes no time Kendo forward into Chuuya's arms, "Make her let go Chibi!"
Chuuya looks and finds that Kendo's hand tightly gripped onto Dazai's arm, well that explains why the idiot carried her around rather than leaving her on the floor. With one forceful yank he manages to successfully dislodge Kendo's hand, Chuuya shifts her to a better position to carry before speaking, "I'll take her and Komori to the jail, you deal with the other two."
Dazai nods, "Okay~"