A new chapter is here. This is the last one before everyone will have to wait for six more to be done. As the title suggests, we've got a lot of short little fights that are hopefully as enjoyable to read as it was to write. Also I have a picture of Karen, the red hair girl shown with Kumoko, up on my deviantart (just search zmanxv). Nothing left to say so let's get on with the chapter.


Sports Festival Arc

Chapter 36: Fight, Fight, Fight!

Kumoko walked away from the arena back where she had originally came from. She stretched her upper arms raising them up over her head.

"One down…" She muttered.

She looked up to the screen that displayed everyone's current position.

"Five to go." She added.

"Way to go Kumoko." She heard a familiar voice cheer.

She looked to see the girl from her team with reddish-orange hair.

"You really showed that guy. Keep that up and you'll get in the hero course for sure." She added.

Kumoko smiled.

"Thanks Karen, though be sure you don't trip too much during your match. You don't want a repeat of the Entrance Exam do you?" She returned.

"Oh I've gotten better and you know it!" Karen shouted. "I trip and fall down way less than I used to."

Kumoko giggled lightly.

"I know…" She sang. "Anyways I'ma head to the waiting room to watch the matches from there. You want to come, you still have one set of four to go before you're up."

"Sure we can…" She began, only to trip on her own two feet and fall forward as she stepped.

The floor cracked on impact. Kumoko sighed.

"Please don't say anything." Karen expressed.

"I won't." Kumoko replied.


Round one, Bracket one, Set two…

Mashiro stared down his opponent Hans Erfinder. A young man with blond hair and blue eyes with a muscular build. He had all kinds of gadgets on him. Most notably mechanical boots that went up to his knees and gauntlets that went up to his elbows.

"I hope your ready tailman." Hans stated.

"Tailman?" Mashiro replied with a confused look.

"Round one Set two, Start!" Mic shouted.

"For ze power of Zerman Engineering!" Hans shouted with an exaggerated pose.

He rocketed forward. In a near instant, Hans was already on Mashiro. He sent a fist barrelling towards him. Mashiro barely managed to dodge in time. Hans fist slammed into the ground, cracking it slightly. Mashiro quickly countered with a swing from his tail. Hans raised his other arm and blocked it. The force of the impact knocked him off balance slightly, but he was quick to recover. He shook his right arm as a slight numbness ran through it from Mashiro's attack.

"Hmm… seemz I'll have to make some adjustments. Ze kinetic impact absorption could zuse some improvements." He noted.

Kinetic impact absorption. Mashiro thought to himself.

"You must be vondering about what I just mentioned. Vell I don't have time to give an explanation but let me give you a demonstration." Hans stated.

He pointed his right arm forward. Static electrical energy powered up in two ports on the gauntlets. Mashiro's eyes widened as they were fired at him. He barely managed to roll out of the way in time. I see any impact those gauntlets take will be absorbed and the energy converted into electrical energy.

"Impressive right. But it's not just electrical energy I can fire out of it." Hans stated.

He readied up another shot and fired forward a blast of air. Mashiro barely managed to dodge it. Hans brought his right arm up to inspect the gauntlet. Impressive offense, defense ranged, and close combat all wrapped up in one package. If I had to guess he has his boots operating the same as his gauntlets. He probably has them hooked up so they can power each other up. Meaning even walking can slightly charge them up. That's probably how he was able to move so fast and punch so hard. That or he has a strength enhancement quirk. I'm gonna assume the former instead of the later. Doesn't change the plan though.

"Hmm… impressive zhat strike of yours was enough for three shots." He noted.

Suddenly Mashiro was on him, swinging his tail at him. Hans barely managed to block in time, using both arms to absorb the impact. Mashiro didn't let up, he continued his assault, aiming for body shots. He gave Hans little time to rest. However Hans was able to find an opening when Mashiro swung a bit too wide. He took the opportunity and aimed a punch straight for Mashiro's stomach. However Mashiro used his tail to fly up over it. He wrapped his tail around Hans' arm. He spun in mid air and used his tail's strength to throw Hans out of the ring. Quickly Hans recovered in the air and used two air shots from his gauntlets to fire himself back into the ring before he hit the ground. However, Mashiro had already leapt into the air and swung his tail to knock him to the ground.

"Winner, Mashiro Ojiro." The faculty member watching them announced.

Mashiro landed and breathed out a sigh of relief. Hans grunted as he tried to push himself off the ground. He walked over and held out a hand to help his opponent up.

"Hey good job out there. You really put up a tough fight." He complimented.

"Thank you," Hans replied as he took hold of Mashiro's hand.

Mashiro pulled him back up to his feet.

"Though it is said I can not show off my glorious inventions some more." Hans lamented.

"Don't worry. I'll put in a good word with my friends in the hero course to come to you if they need any gear." Mashiro assured him. "Your inventions are something else though. If it wasn't for your lack of fighting experience you probably would have won our bout."

"Ahh… tis good to hear. But I must improve further. Until ze world knows the power of Zerman engineering!" Hans declared.

Mashiro chuckled nervously.


Round one, Bracket two, Set three…

Nora faced her opponent Hiryu Rin, a young man with lightly tanned skin and black haired tied in a low braid. She had a confident smile on her face.

"Round one Set three, Start!" Mic shouted.

Nora charged forward. Hiryu covered his arms in scales. Once she was on him she sent a punch forward. Hiryu quickly spun around it and back handed Nora in the face. She rolled off of it and delivered a powerful uppercut. Hiryu barely saw it in time and barely moved his head out of the way in time and back flipped away. Before he could react Nora was already throwing a punch at him. He raised his arms to block it. His scales were shattered and he was sent flying out of the ring.

"Nora Valkyrie is the winner!" The faculty member watching them announced

"Ahh yeah one win for Nora!" She cheered.

Hiryu groaned in pain.


Meanwhile…

Karen stepped up to face her opponent Rikido Sato, a tall muscular man with short brown hair spiked upwards. Remember Karen, don't trip up and show this hunk who's boss. You can't get left behind and have Kumoko be the only one to get into the hero course. She put on a determined face, that everyone saw as incredibly cute.

"Round one Set three, Start!" Mic Shouted.

She charged forward at frightening speed.

"AHAHHH!" She cried like a warrior.

She tripped.

"AHAHHH!" She cried in terror as she continued to fly forward.

She crashed right into Rikido. A cracking sound could be heard from his ribs. He was knocked on his back with Karen on top of him. She slowly got up still dazed from the crash. She realized immediately where she was and blushed heavily from it. She quickly hopped off of Rikido.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to crash into you like that it was a mistake." She apologised with several bows. "Please don't say anything about my weight I…"

She stopped when she noticed he wasn't moving. The faculty member went over to check on him.

"Rikido Sato is unconscious. The winner is Karen Mitsudo." He called.

Karen's face lite up with a big bright smile.

"I winnnn! Yah yah yah yah!" She cheered as she hopped into the air.

She skipped over to her still unconscious opponent.

"Sorry for knocking you out like that. I'm kind of a klutz. Here let me carry you to the nurse. I'm pretty sure I broke your ribs so I'd like to make it up to you." She stated.

As though the man who was over almost a foot taller than her and had a much bigger more muscular build weighed nothing, she picked him up and put him over her shoulder.

"Don't worry I'll do my best not trip in fall on the way." She declared.

She skipped off to the nurses office. Everyone could only watch in confusion.


Round one, Bracket two, Set four…

Ren stood across from his opponent Pony Tsunotori. She was a short girl with long blond hair and horns on her head.

"Round one Set four, Start!" Mic Shouted.

Pony fired off her two horns from her head, two more grew to replace them. She soon fired off another two before firing several more at Ren. Ren took a breath and disappeared. Pony's eyes widened and she stopped firing. She kept four horns floating around her.

"Invisibility?" She questioned.

She hopped on her horns and flew up high.

"If I'm up here he can't get me. Now just wait and see if he reveals himself. It looked as though he breathed in before disappearing so maybe it's limited by how long he can hold his breath." She noted.

Her eyes scanned the area around her. After a little bit she caught sight of one of her horns flying up at her out of the corner of her eye. She barely managed to dodge it. She saw Ren standing where it had come from. She sent off two horns towards him. He broke off into a sprint. However the horns were faster and were catching up to him. Right before they did, he disappeared. The horns passed through nothing.

"Darn he just got away. I'll have to catch him unaware somehow." She noted in english.

She brought her horns back up to her. She was about to continue to look around when she caught sight of a foot flying right at her. She barely managed to block the kick from Ren but was knocked off from the force of the kick. Did he ride up using my horns but how I didn't notice any sign of him being there. She flew two horns towards to catch her while sending the other two to attack Ren. However he had disappeared again.

"Again with this?!" She shouted in English.

She didn't bring her other two horns back. Before she could even sit up, she felt the pain of something slamming into her gut but didn't feel anything there. I get it now he's completely undetectable not just invisible. She tried to fire horns at where he'd be. However Ren had already moved and grabbed hold of the horns on her head. While in mid air he flung Pony onto the ground and out of bounds.

"Winner, Lie Ren!" The faculty member observing their match called.

Ren landed using a roll to break his fall. He breathed out a sigh of relief. Pony got up and dusted herself off.

"Dammit, I almost had him!" She shouted in english.

"Yeah you had me on the ropes there for a bit. Nice job." Ren complimented.

Pony's eyes lit up. Her head snapped to him.

"You can speak English?!" She questioned in English.

"Fairly well thanks to my friends helping me to learn it." Ren explained. "They're bilingual."

Pony rushed up right into his face.

"Hey you think they'd be willing to help me? My Japanese isn't too great." She expressed.

"I'm sure they'd be willing to help." Ren replied. "Though you might want to back away from me."

"Why?" She questioned.

"Just a feeling I have." Ren answered.

He could feel Nora's murderous aura radiating from one of the tunnels leading out to the field.


Later…

"Alright! It looks like the first round is over. Let's take a look to see who will be facing who in the next round then go to a quick break." Mic stated.


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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Mezo Shoji vs. Kumoko|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Juzo Honenuki vs. Karen Mitsudo||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Kyoka Jiro vs. Kojiro Bondo|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Lie Ren vs. Koji Koda|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||


"Alright! Team RNJR(Ranger) is looking hot!" Ruby cheered.

"Team RNJR?" Momo questioned.

"Yeah, it's what I call me, Jaune, Ren, and Nora." Ruby answered.

"Why?" Momo asked.

"It's a thing I like to do with either my friends or a team I'm on if I have the time." Ruby explained. "I take either the first letter of the members given or family name and combine it to form a word that either is a color, sounds like a color, or is somehow related to a color. Personally I normally only try and do it for groups of five or less"

"What color does Ranger relate to?" Denki questioned.

"Ranger Green." Ruby answered.

"That reminds me, have you come up with a team name for me, Deku, Kendo and Iida?" Ochako asked.

Ruby didn't answer. Her face turned red. She looked away in shame.

"It's not always easy, okay." Ruby grumbled.

"Aahhh Ruby I'm sorry! Don't be sad." Ochako quickly expressed.

"Why don't we think of one while we wait for the next round to begin." Itsuka brought up. "Anyone else wanna help."

"I think we should focus on preparing ourselves for the finals since…" Tenya began.

"Yeah let's totally do it!" Ochako exclaimed.

"I don't mind helping." Izuku added.

"Thaaaat… actually sounds like fun. I'd be interested in helping out." Momo stated.

"Count me in too. I'm always willing to help out a lady in need." Denki declared.

All the girls rolled their eyes.

"Sweet!" Ruby cheered. "Alright let's see for Izuku we have 'I' or 'M'; for Ochako, 'O' or 'U'; for Tenya we got 'T' or 'I', and for Itsuka we have 'I' or 'K'. Hmm… oh forgot something. Who would be the effective leader? I normally have their initials first."

"W-w-well I think…" Izuku began.

"Deku." Ochako stated.

"Midoriya." Itsuka stated.

"Midoriya." Tenya stated.

"Huh?" Izuku expressed in confusion.

"Alright Izuku it is." Ruby declared.

"W-wait I don't think…" Izuku began.

"So the team name has to either start with 'I' or 'M'." Itsuka noted. "Hmm… this is hard." Itsuka ntoed

"I know right. I've been working on it for like three months and I still can't think of one!" Ruby exclaimed. "I've even tried using one you's guys as the leader and still couldn't think of one."

"Yeah I'm drawing up a blank here." Denki admitted.

"Hmm… have you tried using another language? Maybe that'll help." Momo suggested.

"There are a lot of languages you know. It'd be hard to find one word out of all of them that'll work." Itsuka pointed out.

As this was going on. Ochako had entered a state of deep thought. As everyone continued to discuss this for a little while, it suddenly came to her.

"I got it!" She shouted, drawing everyone's attention.

"Our team name is… Team MOKI." She declared

"Team MOKI?" Ruby questioned.

"Yeah MOKI it sounds similar to mochi." Ochako explained.

In reality, most of the time Ochako spent thinking had been about mochi since Inko had gotten it for her from one of the stands.

"It was the best I could come up with but it works right?" Ochako noted.

"True… it does work. And we don't have any better ideas." Ruby stated.

"I guess MOKI is the winner." Itsuka declared.

"Alright everybody!" Mic shouted.

"And just in time for the next round." Denki added.

"It's time for the second round of the preliminaries. I hope you're ready cause the fists are about to fly!" Mic declared as the crowd roared to life.

The students in the first set made their way onto the field. They went to a battle arena each staring down their opponent. Kumoko took a deep breath to calm herself as she faced down the towering Mezo Shoji. This'll be tough but… I can't back down now!

"Round two Set one… START!" He shouted.

Mezo charged at Kumoko as she readied some thread.


Kumoko: Alright back again for another next chapter preview. Thank you author.

Izuku: And just in time too. Your match is about to get underway.

Ruby: Just wish the author could get more done.

Izuku: He's doing his best... I think.

Kumoko: Focus guys we gotta do the next chapter preview.

Ruby: Right, next time we got to even more fights.

Kumoko: Speaking of which that Shoji guy's gonna be a tough fight. He seems strong.

Izuku: He's easily one of the strongest in our class. I honestly don't know who to root for.

Kumoko: Doesn't matter to me. I plan on winning this. I won't be stopped here.

Izuku: That's the spirit Kumoko. Next time Chapter 37: More Fights!

Ruby: Don't miss it!


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