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Chapter 17 - Team Battle

"Sooo~ What do you think?~" Mina asked Sukuna, twirling once in front of him, making sure he sees every part of her hero costume.

The pink haired boy could only stare, his mouth opened a little. A plain white mask with thin lines over her eyes mixed with a purple and turquoise skintight bodysuit with a camouflage pattern. Over this, she wore a cropped, sleeveless, beige-colored waistcoat with white fur along its collar. To end it off, she had custom made beige acid-proof boots with holes in the sole.

"What? No reply? Did I get your heart going or something?~ Hihi!" Mina giggled, loving his speechless reaction. She's never had him like this, having him wrapped around her finger was fun, Mina decided to find ways to do it more. From the side, Denki, Kirishima, Sero and Bakugo were mock vomiting at the scene.

"Eugh get a room already! Someone get me bleach!" Bakugo shouted, clenching his throat. The girls watching could only laugh at the scene. Ida wanted to scold them for this behavior, it isn't nice mocking a private moment after all, but he held off on it, as it was just friendly banter between friends.

Ida was a 'Sukuna x Mina' shipper since day one, along with the rest of the 1-A girls and boys, except for Mineta who seethed in rage and jealousy. Even if they weren't a couple just yet (though Ida did not believe that was the case at all), he'd secretly hoped they would soon get together, as they surprisingly do fit well even though they were complete polar opposites.

"What wonderful outfits you all have! You all truly went Plus Ultra with the designs!" All Might clapped his hands as he and Aizawa both approached the class. The class smiled at his praise, having worked hard on the design themselves, and it isn't often that the number 1 hero praises someone after all.

'Can't say the same for Midoriya though... Sorry man but that outfit is just not it.' Denki cleared his throat to himself. The green haired boy's mother had apparently made his outfit, which consisted of a light green full body jumpsuit and a mask with long ear-like protrusions that resembles All Might's haircut.

Out of pity, no one roasted him, not even Bakugo who desperately wanted to, but knowing how dedicated the boy's mother was in taking care of Izuku, he held off for now.

"Alright! Let's get this party started!" All Might clapped his hands, gathering everyone's full attention. "Today we will be conducting an indoor battle trial! Usually, villain cleanup is seen out in the open, but the real dirty work is done indoors. After all, most villainy is done indoors statistically. You'll find any villain with some intelligence and planning skills lurking in the shadows most of the time!" All Might then pointed at a bland five storey building.

"We will be conducting our test in here! For this test, it will be two on two battles, the hero team and the villain team will fight it out. The villains will be guarding a nuclear weapon, while it will be a heroes job to either defeat the villains or capture the weapon."

He continued. "There is however, a time limit, so you have to act fast! And since we have 21 students in this class, one person here will have to be placed in two teams. Young Sukuna! Are you up for the challenge?" All Might pointed at Sukuna who blinked before sighing.

"Sure, sensei." He replied. All Might gave a thumbs up before taking out a box out of nowhere.

"We will decide teams and opponents via lottery! Pros are often times forced to form impromptu teams with heroes they don't know very well, so this will be a very good test of trust and skill. Anyways, let's start drawing lots!"

After All Might's declaration, the students drew the lots. Sukuna raised an eyebrow as he looked at who his teammates would be. Kirishima would be his teammate. Then he looked at Mina who was already staring at him.

Mina pointed at him, then at herself. Sukuna nodded at her. "Yes!" Mina cheered, pumping her fist. She would be teaming up with him, finally a dream come true. They'd discussed this a bunch of times, even sillily creating moments about it.

Kirishima came over and fist bumped Sukuna. "Here's to a good partnership." Kirishima grinned and patted Sukuna's back. Sukuna nodded in return before All Might gathered everyone's attention again.

"The first battle will start! And the first two pairs will be the following..." All Might reached into two boxes before taking out two balls of different color.

"Team C will be the villains! And Team G will be the heroes!" Sukuna and Kirishima, both in Team C, looked at each other and smirked.

"Villains, please head into the building to prepare. Heroes, please stay outside and form a battle plan. You have five minutes before the battle commences. The rest of your, follow me to the surveillance room."

"Damn... We're fighting them?" Denki, in Team G with Jiro, swallowed his saliva a little as he looked at Kirishima and Sukuna entering the building. Jiro sighed and rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming.

"Let's just get into positions..."

...

Jiro and Denki entered the building warily. The girl extended one of her headphone jacks to plug it in the wall on her left. Denki waited patiently as she listened in, catching faint sounds through her jacks.

"They're.... Behind us?!" Jiro widened her eyes in panic, both her and Denki turning around to see Sukuna walking towards them with hands in his pockets. Just then, Kirishima leaped off the stairs and rushed them too, his body hardening due to his Quirk.

"Wait!" Jiro shouted, holding out both of her hands. The two men stopped advancing on them.

"We surrender!" Jiro declared, as Sukuna and Kirishima blinked. Denki looked at her in disbelief, jaw wide open.

"What the hell Jiro?!"

"Don't 'what the hell' me Denki! I'm not going to toe to toe with two of the physically strongest guys in our class! I'm not spending the night at Recovery Girl's alright?!" Jiro reasoned, panicking a little as Sukuna and Kirishima advanced towards them again.

Denki was about to argue with his teammate, saying that they should give their all in this trial. Then his mind conveniently remembered the day Sukuna punched Bakugo and froze.

Denki laughed nervously, glancing back at Kirishima cracking his knuckles. Sukuna had a grin on his face, staring down his opponents like prey.

Denki slowly raised his hands up, while Jiro and him were back to back with each other.

"Hey so uh...I don't think getting my nose broken is worth it... You guys win okay?..."

Well that was underwhelming...

To be continued...

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