An explosive start!

"...you feeling okay?" Izuku asked Ochaco as she came up, looking a little depressed. They both ignored Present Mic's commentary as he introduced the current combatants. She glanced up at him, and managed to **** a smile.

"I could be a lot better," she admitted honestly. "But... It's not like there's a **** need to support my family as soon as possible anymore... They're still getting decent contracts from Momo's family. And Yanagi is right... No one can say I didn't do well today."

"You're right. Even teaming up with Setsuna in the first event showed you were a team player. A lot of Hero Agencies are going to like that," Izuku replied, before sighing. "...though I can just hear Monoma saying Class 1B is two for three now..."

Ochaco giggled. "Well, you'll have the chance to even the score if you beat Shinso, which I'm sure you will. Your next opponent after will be Yanagi or Setsuna."

"Yanagi will be tricky," Izuku mused. He could always resort to a finger flick right off the bat, but if Yanagi was quick enough, she could redirect it.

His thoughts were interrupted when Midnight shouted, "Begin!" Izuku and Ochaco nodded to each other, wordlessly agreeing to shelve any further conversation, and watch Momo's match.

"Die!" Bakugo roared, blasting away at Momo immediately, making her hastily dive to the side as she pulled open her top. She then produced a riot shield as Bakugo reaimed, and fired more blasts at her. She raised the shield, which took the blasts, but the metal warped and her arms vibrated.

"Damn, that bastard packs a punch," she muttered, immediately producing some drones and throwing down a smoke bomb from behind the shield, hoping to hide what she was doing, and quickly moved.

"I've been wanting to kick your ass for months, Ponytail!" he cackled, clearly still sore about all the times she had screwed with him.

"Same for you, Terrorist Wannabe!" she shot back before changing directions to avoid his blasts, sending the drones up out of the cover of the smoke, hoping his grudge against her and her voice would distract him.