Aoi quickly flew towards her and catched her opponent's unconscious body. Her head hurts from using too much of her Quirk.

"You're a worthy opponent Uraraka-senpai." She stated.

"The winner for Round 4 is Kiseki Aoi from Class 1-A!"

~*~

The next round was Shin and Yaoyorozu. It was difficult battle but Shin lost. His friend was not convinced of the result though. Aoi visited the clinic where all the injured students rested, including her closest friend.

"You were about to win, why did you surrender?" Aoi asked.

"I can't take the satisfaction of defeating when you're the one who wants it the most." He smiled.

"Why would you do that for me?"

He shrugged. "I'm fine being the Top 2 of the first year level. I have no desire of winning. I'm only helping my annoying classmate."

"Why? Why are you helping me?"

"Heroes don't compete all the time. They help each other in getting their goal. I already achieved mine so I'm helping you achieve yours."

Aoi sighed. Shin widen his eyes. Did his robotic friend just sigh? He fought his urge to laugh at her. Well, he did saw her anger during her last battle.

And she's still angry right now.

Shin sat up from his bed.

"No, you shouldn't strain yourself."

"Awe~ is Aoi worried about me?"

Aoi pushed her classmate back to the bed.

"Ow... Let me go near you please~" Shin whined. Aoi sighed once again. Shin chuckled.

"What?" Aoi asked.

Shin sat up again. Then he raised his left hand

And flicked his index finger on Aoi's forehead. Her mind went blank. She touched the red spot of her forehead before it glowed and healed.

"Calm down. Don't overuse your Quirk."

Shin noticed. Shin always notice everything.

Shin placed his hand ontop of Aoi's head. "People say that you don't have an upper limit. But you know that's not true. So be careful, okay?"

Aoi wanted to be careful. During her years of training, she only experienced extreme headache when using too much of her Quirk. She had never tried to go beyond that. She had never felt the need to and was always careful of her limits. But now, she can't stop this desire of proving Yaoyorozu wrong.

Yaoyorozu does not understand what she's talking about. She is not the one who trained for twelve years to support Shouto. She does not know all the hardships Aoi had to go through.

The engagement is only an excuse. Aoi doesn't really need the engagement. But if she tells Shouto the real reason, he would reject her. Knowing his pride, he will reject her just like he did in the past. The engagement is the only way to stand by his side but Yaoyorozu is taking that away from Aoi. All of her hardwork will have been for nothing because of Yaoyorozu.

"You really love Shouto, don't you?"

Shin had read Aoi's thoughts. What Aoi is feeling, this deep desire to protect him. Is this love?

It doesn't matter what it is, all she wants is to stand by him.

~*~

"Here we are in this next round! Another freshman versus a third year senior! Wow, I don't know if the third years are lucky or is it just freshmen are the unlucky ones. Anyway, it's not like the freshmen can't stand on their own! Especially this freshman who defeated her senior! Here comes the first year champion! Kiseki Aoi!"

The crowd cheered as the pale-blue haired girl entered, but her eyes were as emotionless as ever.

"Next is a third year who defeated a freshman in her last battle! That freshman was the top 2 of the first year! Could she defeat the top 1 as well? Here comes, from Class 3-A Yaoyorozu Momo!"

The girl with black hair tied in a ponytail and onyx eyes entered. Unlike the last time Aoi saw her, Yaoyorozu's expression is not gentle. They are full of determination to defeat her.

Aoi kept a calm expression, but her the glow in her golden eyes are blinking on and off, like she's preventing her Quirk to activate when the time didn't even start yet.

"Begin!"

The buzzer rang, and a ton of russian dolls popped out Yaoyorozu's arm. Aoi's irises finally glowed fully and all the russian dolls were flown out of stadium. Yaoyorozu started charging towards her with her fist.

Aoi charged as well, but it doesn't look like she'll punch Yaoyorozu back. When they came close, all the russian dolls from outside the stadium came back and attacked Yaoyorozu like a wave. The black-haired girl got moved back but she already created a shield, defending herself. The wave of dolls stopped and her shield cracked into pieces.

Her eyes widen as she saw Aoi's hand reaching out, far away from her but it was no mistake that she was the one who turned the shield into dust.

The dust flew towards Aoi and with the wave of her hand, the dust clumped together and formed a metal spear.

"Turning her own creations against her, a cruel yet effective strategy against Yaoyorozu"

Aoi threw the spear towards Yaoyorozu. She dodged the spear but it flew again, chasing her.

Sweat beaded down Yaoyorozu's face. She saw one of her Russian dolls on the floor. The pulled out half of its body and threw the lower half towards Aoi.

"Tch." Aoi already figured out what it is but even though she already flew the object away from her, the flash bomb still gave off a blinding light.

Then Yaoyorozu was already infront of her, wearing a special tinted glasses against the light. In her one hand is a high-voltage taser and in the other is a spray bottle of alcohol.

As soon as Aoi opened her golden eyes, Yaoyorozu sprayed the alcohol on her eyes, causing a burning sensation. Aoi reflexively covered eyes. Then her opponent pushed the taser on Aoi's upper stomach and activated it.

The spear Aoi was controlling fell to the ground, the same moment Aoi fell down.