MHA: Slipstream

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<Ground Beta>

Todoroki looked indifferently at the building in front of him, he already knew what the outcome of this test would be.

He would win without any effort, as he had always done when fighting others.

"They're on the fourth floor, I don't hear them moving so they must be waiting for us" Shoji spoke in a deep voice as he withdrew one of his limbs that was shaped like an ear. "What's the plan?"

"Plan?" asked Todoroki casually, when the preparation time was over he stretched out his hand to touch the wall of the building. "Just stay out of my way..."

FUUSSHH!

Without warning, the entire building in its entirety had been frozen.

Todoroki could hear Shoji's exclamation of surprise but simply ignored it as he slowly walked towards the door of the building. "Stay here...you'll only be in my way."

Walking calmly in the middle of the frozen building as if it was a simple walk in the park. Though I can't help but feel a strange regret in his heart as he looked down the icy corridors....

'Let's just get this over with...' Todoroki thought with boredom as he continued walking at a slow pace.

Being in the UA for now was no big deal, the threat of Eraserhead never bothered him in the slightest, he was always the best and would remain so.

And so it was, managing to get second place in the Eraserhead test.

That detail had bothered him but knowing that this test favored Yaoyorozu's Quirk he didn't complain.

His thoughts stopped as he reached the door to the fourth floor which was completely frozen. He could hear some noises inside the room which confirmed the presence of his opponents inside.

Once he entered he could see Lena with frozen feet trying to free herself with an anxious look on her face.

"Break! Shit!" Lena exclaimed as she pounded the ice on her feet with her hands, but not a scratch was left on the hard ice. "Why is it so tough?!"

"Give up it won't break..." Todoroki said causing Lena's attention to turn to him, Lena was looking at him furiously... not that Todoroki was bothered by it. "Just give up."

Lena frowned as she moved in an attempt to free her legs. "Never fucking Frozone!"

"Too bad" Todoroki replied coldly casually brushing past her. "You'd save me the trouble of walking to the b-"

Unnoticed Lena smiled arrogantly at his back "You're a bit arrogant, aren't you?"

Before Todoroki could process Lena's words, his vision was consumed by a blinding light.

Flash!

It was at that moment that he realized something.

He had forgotten about the invisible girl.

'Light?' Todoroki thought confused but still keeping his cool. 'Wasn't Hagakure's Quirk just a mutant Quirk that made her invisible, never mind I just have to-'

Todoroki still blinded, lifted his foot slightly-

But he was interrupted by a strong kick in the side that sent him flying before crashing heavily into a column.

"Serves you right you!" Lena's triumphant shout was heard not far from him.

'She managed to break free?' Todoroki thought as his vision slowly adjusted. 'She was pretending to be trapped?'

Even dazed by the role reversal, he quickly placed a hand against the floor of the building generating hundreds of spikes all over the place. "Just... it was a lucky break..."

Shiz!

Suddenly there came a voice in his ear. "Actually, you're right."

With a loud bang on his head, Todoroki's world became even more confused.

He tried to move but his confused state would not allow him to think clearly.

Quickly the darkness rushed into Todoroki's consciousness.

Like a predator devouring its prey.

And so, Todoroki Shoto fell into the dark realm of unconsciousness....

 

***

"Good!" Lena exclaimed happily as she captures Todoroki's hands quickly with handcuffs. "Captured baby!"

"TODOROKI SHOTO HAS BEEN CAPTURED!" All Might announces, which makes Lena smile with joy.

"For a moment there I thought we hadn't made it..." Lena sighed with a smile plastered on her face.

Toru let out a relieved sigh as he sat down on the cold ice of the building and let out a light laugh. "I can't believe it worked..."

Lena's "Plan" was basically a roll of the dice.

Lena during the Eraserhead test had watched all of her classmates closely, mainly out of curiosity as to what their Quirks were doing.

Among them Todoroki, Bakugo, Yao and Tokoyami stood out the most in Lena's opinion. Bakugo for the destructive power of his Quirk, Yao for the versatility, Tokoyami for how strange he was, and Todoroki for his control over his Quirk.

He always used ice without getting tired and used fire simply to warm up the frozen parts of his body. His Quirk was not only a very strong combination of defense and ranged attack, but he could also use it to move quickly by sliding across the ice.

Lena had a theory that Todoroki would freeze them once it detected them, which turned out to be partially true.

Lena's bet was that Todoroki would not freeze them completely, as that could seriously injure a person's body. So Lena played with her morality in her favor and asked Toru to take off what little clothes she had left and climb on top of her shoulders so that the ice would not reach her.

However Lena didn't count on Todoroki freezing the whole damn building.

The only thing that saved them was Toru's quick reaction as she felt the temperature drop rapidly and in less than 2 seconds she jumped into Lena's arms to stay away from the ice.

The Goddess of Fortune had smiled on them and Todoroki didn't freeze Lena's upper body, and that meant Toru was safe. 'Wait a minute, I was holding her while she was naked?'

Whatever. Then knowing what Toru's Quirk was capable of, Lena suggested stunning Todoroki with a strong flash.

Lena all she had to do was break the ice using a combination between her special boots and all the strength in her legs. Then she would hit Todoroki in the head and GG!

Well, she missed the kick...

Fortunately Todoroki was still stunned enough to weakly counterattack which allowed Lena to use an Acceleration and knock him out.

"Haha... I didn't expect it to work either..." Breathed Lena as she relaxed her muscles. "Now there's only Shoji left... what something Toru?"

"It's just... using the light glows makes me too tired..." Toru said as she sat down and caught her breath, though she was more surprised to beat Todoroki than anything else. "Plus it's too cold..."

'You're basically naked and sitting on a damn floor freezing, for god's sake woman...' Lena thought with a roll of her eyes. "By the way, if it can generate light that means you can manipulate it...is that why you're always invisible?"

Toru let out an uncomfortable noise before answering evasively. "I've always been invisible since I was born.... I'm one of those rare cases where children are born with their Quirks."

"I see..." Lena said as she plunged into her thoughts. "Maybe it's related to their Secondary Quirks..."

"Secondary Quirks?..." Toru asked in confusion as she cocked her head to the side.

"Oh nothing, just me and my weird thoughts" Lena replied as she stuck her tongue out at Toru. "Anyway now I'll go get Shoji... I know you're tired but I need you to do something, it's not important but it's better to make sure..."

Although Lena couldn't see her, Toru tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Insure?"

"Toru once the confrontation with Shoji starts I want you to move the bomb to another location, I'll give you a signal through the communicator, understood?"

"I... Understood!"

 

***

<Supervision room before the confrontation between Toru and Lena against Todoroki>

"So... who do you think will win?" Kirishima asked Ashido.

"Well... I have no idea, yesterday in the trials Todoroki and Lena were pretty evenly matched, but in a sparring trial... I think Todoroki has the advantage" Ashido replied as she put a hand to her chin to make her look wiser.

Kirishima nodded with a sour face. "I'm of the same opinion... man, this pairing is not manly at all, putting Lena together with Toru and making them fight a defensive battle against Todoroki and Shoji is not fair."

Ashido simply sighed before her eyes flashed with an idea. "Yao-chan! Who do you think will win the fight?"

Momo had an analyzing look on her face as she looked towards the Todoroki who placed his hand on the building. "I wouldn't know but-"

The next moment the whole building was frozen.

"-I think the winner will be Todoroki's team"

A whistle of admiration caught the attention of the whole class, the originator of this was none other than Jiro who was looking at Lena's screen with a surprised look.

The others looked at the villains screen... and saw Lena carrying what they assume to be Toru by her gloves and Lena frozen. Toru after a minute let go of Lena to take off her gloves and hide them in a corner of the room, making her totally undetectable.

'I see... so Todoroki's ice can be avoided...' Momo thought with a small smile before she disappeared as she saw Todoroki slowly walking towards the fourth floor. 'Now what will they do to face him...?'

All Might simply watched the confrontation as he was deep in thought, mainly about Todoroki's attitude and his relationship with Endevor. 'Maybe I should talk to him...'

Now on the screen, Todoroki could be seen approaching the door where Lena was standing who seemed to be making an effort to get out of the ice.

Momo was sure that this was Todoroki's victory, even if Toru managed to attack him Todoroki only needed to touch the floor with any part of his body to beat them...

Suddenly a bright light blinded Todoroki making him retreat a few steps, as if that was a signal Lena broke free from the ice and hit Todoroki in the side, pushing him away from the bomb and crashing him hard against a column. Todoroki tried to create ice spikes all over the room, but Lena was quicker and appeared next to Todoroki and knocked him out with a blow to the head, then hurriedly handcuffed him.

The whole class was in shock.

Kirishima smiled fiercely. "DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME!"

"Impossible..." Momo muttered with wide eyes. "I had it all planned out....no, impossible..."

Jiro blinked in surprise. "Now that's what I call a good plot twist..."

"TODOROKI SHOTO HAS BEEN CAPTURED!" All Might announced confirming the capture of the top 2 of the class....

 

***

Lena waited in a hallway for Shoji to appear... there were a few minutes left until the test was over and the villains would win. She felt a little nervous, mainly because of how small the hallways and the rooms in it were.

Swallowing her nervousness she gritted her teeth as she controlled her breathing.

After a few seconds her opponent appeared.

"Cheers, love!" greeted Lena with a friendly smile on her face even though her posture was ready for a fight. "How are you feeling on this nice evening?"

"Mnnn, I'm fine... but it seems my teammate not so much" Shoji replied half jokingly. "Should we get started with the evening?"

Lena let out a chuckle as her gaze hardened. "Too bad Todoroki can't join you, we'll have to start without him."

Shoji, without a word, did the same and they stood looking at each other....

'This hallway in too small for me...' Shoji thought as he squinted his eyes and looked at Lena. 'She decided to wait for me here on purpose to hinder my mobility...?'

'Why is he looking at me so much, does she like me or something? 'The "Cheers, love" thing was a joke you know...' Lena thought as she waited for Shoji to take the first step. 'Well... if he's not going to move...'

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Shiz!

From one moment to the next, Lena disappeared and appeared in Shoji's face ready to kick him full in the face as she grinned wildly.

Shoji's eyes widened as he barely managed to block the blow with one of his limbs. 'Shit I couldn't see her at all!'

"Well, that was dazzling" Lena commented as she disappeared again and appeared behind Shoji, this time he couldn't dodge and received a strong kick in the back that managed to push him a bit, but didn't seem to have hurt him much. "Sheesh, you're a tough bastard you know that?"

Shoji didn't even look back as he sent those of his fist-like limbs to strike Lena.

The latter barely managed to dodge the first blow, but the second managed to hit her in the shoulder. "Shit!"

Seizing the opportunity Shoji sent more of his limbs to punch her... only for Lena to appear in front of him and give him a hook to the jaw.

"You like that?!" Lena exclaimed with a frown. "Because there's more on the way!"

Shoji simply lowered his head to glare grimly at Lena. "I'm looking forward to it..."

 

***

"Well, that was dazzling" Lena commented through her communicator to Toru, taking that as the cue she quickly loaded the bomb and took it to another room.

"I hope this works..." Toru muttered as she shivered through the ice on the floor. "I want a hot shower..."

 

***

Shoji was sweating as he looked at his opponent.

Lena simply gave him a mocking look as she breathed heavily. "Don't tell me you've had enough?"

"You wish..." Shoji said annoyed at Lena's speed, that superspeed was a pain in the ass. "But it stops here."

Suddenly a loud beeping sounded. "TIME'S UP VILLAINS WIN!!!"

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"Yeah, looks like it's over here hahaha!" replied Lena as she started laughing merrily. "God, but you're so strong my punches almost didn't hurt you at all!"

With a sigh Shoji simply smiled. "And you're really fast. It was a good fight."

Shoji had forgotten about the time limit, he was too focused on his fight with Lena and missed the timing of the test.

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