The unfortunate fact was that he simply could not do so either. Unlike him, Uraraka did not possess a healing factor, that would take care of all injuries.
Meaning he simply couldn't unleash a force that could be deadly. Uraraka however could. She could beat him black, blue, and break his bones, and as long as he was still alive, he would recover from it in time.
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It was a rather huge disadvantage for this fight. Not to mention the arena itself. While the open space and little cover might not be the worst thing for him, the actual fighting space he had available meant he couldn't jump as much as he would have wanted. That hadn't been a massive problem so far, but he could see in his mind's eye how he would have preferred to be able to fight this battle, and getting Uraraka up in the air would have been his first choice for an easy victory.
Either way, this battle would be a tough one. Uraraka hit just as hard as he did, if not even more so while being faster than him.
There were a lot of disadvantages for him in this fight.
Yet as he walked, adrenaline pumping through his veins, he felt only one thing. Confidence.
Win or lose, he was ready for what was to come.
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As she walked out into the arena, Uraraka felt an overwhelming pressure come upon her.
The source of that pressure came into view as a figure clad in black, entered the ring on the opposite side of this arena.
Izuku walked with a strong, confident stride, as if he had been born for this battle, and that this was where he belonged. It was as if he was the opposite of how she felt right now. Nervous, out of place, in over her head.
Those blank white eyes were unnerving in a way that Uraraka had never really thought of them before now.
Still, as she entered the ring, she plastered a confident smile on her face, just like All Might would have done.
"Ready for the final bout Izuku?"
Izuku didn't answer her with words, and instead just nodded. Then got into a makeshift combat stance.
On her own end, she did the same, as Midnight positioned herself near the end of the arena, well away from the two of them. Above them, Present Mic began talking.
"AT LAST WE'VE ARRIVED! THE TWO BEST AMONGST YUEI'S FIRST YEARS WILL NOW BE DECIDED IN THIS FINAL BOUT! THE ADORABLE PINK WONDER THAT IS OCHAKO URARAKA, VERSUS THE POWER OF YUEI'S SPIDERMAN, MIDORIYA IZUKU."
Uraraka felt every single bone, sinew, and muscle in her body tense, as she and Izuku both waited for whether there would be a countdown or the match would just start immediately.
"START!!!"
Pink energy burst out around her, and forward she moved.
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As Izuku had predicted, Uraraka launched herself forward with a massive burst of pink power.
He could have moved, but he didn't. Nor did he take the risk of a counter like he had in their previous bout.
Instead, as Uraraka brought up her fist in a punch, his arm shot up and hit, not her fist, but the forearm of the swinging arm.
They hit hard, a sharp "crack" sounding across the arena as his fist clashed against the forearm, and Izuku could feel the shock of their massive powers clashing, and her fist stopping before it could reach it's goal.
However, the first blow was Izuku as Uraraka winced in pain as Izuku's fist hit true.
The follow-up was a hard backhand across her face, which sent her flying.
She skidded across the floor, as Izuku quickly maneuvered himself to face her.
As she got to her feet, she spat to the side, a clear red hitting the floor. So he'd cut the inside of her cheek with that blow.
This time, Uraraka brought forth a sideways kick as she launched herself forwards.
He ducked beneath it, barely avoiding the blow, though he felt the very air itself move along with the move.
Her back was exposed, and Izuku hit with a mighty hook, which once more sent her flying.
This time as she once more got back on her feet, Uraraka did not launch herself into another attack, instead, she considered what to do now.
It seemed she, as Well as Izuku, had realized a massive flaw in her power set.
The way Uraraka moved in short bursts was very fast, hit very hard, and wasn't easy to react to. You'd need a pretty high level of superhuman reflexes, and no small amount of speed to react in time.
However, If you had that, then the way she launched herself straight ahead in one direction wasn't hard to counter at all.
Izuku might not have had the speed necessary to just make mincemeat out this weakness with direct counters, but it was not hard for him to read her moves, then avoid or block the first move, then hit her with a punch of her own.
He suspected that Mina would have been able to do so. If so, luck had favored Uraraka well today.
Izuku read Uraraka's next move before she did it, as in a flash of pink she launched herself forward, not at him, but past him.
Both of them turned on their heels to face the other, Izuku stationary, while Uraraka snapped around as she was still in motion.
Izuku expected her to launch herself forward into another attack.
Instead, Uraraka brought her hand up in a manner like a Karate chop, then brought it down towards him, like she was breaking an invisible board in front of her.
-MOVE-
The warning came barely too late, as Izuku tried to move sideways, but all that achieved was that instead of hitting him head in, the attack hit him slightly to the side punching straight into his left leg, and the left side of his body.
It felt like Uraraka had just launched an invisible wall at him, and that said wall had slammed into him sideways.
It had hit hard, and though it hurt, it was only enough to knock the wind out of him. Izuku then realized that Uraraka was preparing the same attack again.
He jumped to the side, as her hand came down again. This time, the invisible blow broke the rock beneath it, just where Izuku had just stood.
It would seem that Uraraka was putting in more power into it, now that she had seen the first one didn't do much.
It was as he dodged the fourth attack that Izuku finally realized what Uraraka was doing.
One of the more unconventional attacks all might could do, was that his full-powered punches hit so incredibly hard that he could attack with the sheer force of the air itself.
Uraraka was doing something similar, though instead of just letting the air go indiscriminately forward, she instead focused it into a very simple chop motion, which let her use what was a pretty strong ranged attack.
And as he dodged, it became clear enough for him that the force of said blows could vary rather heavily, from simply stopping someone in their tracks, to breaking a normal person's ribs, to shattering stone.
Obviously, she had trained a lot to master this move.
However, she wasn't the only one with a ranged attack.
As he landed on his feet, and Uraraka was preparing another blow, two lines of black slammed into her ankles, and with a pull, Izuku wrenched her feet down from under her.
Then, rather than pulling her towards him, he instead just let the line go, letting Uraraka slam into the ground back first.
He was over at her in an instance, as she scrambled to her feet, his knee connected to her forehead. Amazingly, she did not go flying, as she dug her hands into the cement floor beneath them.
To attack him though, she had to let go of said floor, and Izuku had already jumped back, and well out of reach by the time her fist shot forwards.
As she got to her feet she shook her head, clearly shaken by the blow.
So far, she had definitely been taking the worse of this dance.
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