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Ako stood beside Koharu as they stared at the screen in the monitor room, along with their classmates - watching the fight unfold between two rivals, Bakugo and Midoriya.

"Who do you think would win, desu no?" Ako suddenly asked Koharu, but was heard by the other classmates behind her - which is Sero and Tsuyu.

"I think Bakugo will win, kero." Tsuyu said, placing her finger on her chin as her long tongue hang around wide mouth.

Ako looked behind her and saw Tsuyu and Sero. "Realy, desu no? I think that will not be the case. Since Bakugo's aim is not to win, but to fight Midoriya-kun."

"But in terms of strength, Bakugo would win. And Iida-kun is smart." Sero said while rubbing his chin.

"Yeah, i do think Sero is right - kero."

Koharu giggled when Ako is starting to straighten her back again, "In terms of skills and strength, Bakugo is certainly in advantage - while in Midoriya's case who is still unable to control his quirk would like think of a tactful plan to win the battle because he already knew that he could not win against Bakugo."

As if in sync with Ako's analysis and what she said to Sero and Tsuyu, they caught sight of Uraraka's sudden disappearance while Midoriya is currently fighting the raging Bakugo. And then they saw Uraraka hiding behind the walls in the same room with Iida, trying her best not to get caught.

"While there is no advantage in terms of strength of Bakugo and Iida's team, Midoriya and Uraraka's teamwork could work against an unplanned team who could only do nothing but attack and defend. Being strong is a skill, but being clever is also a skill. Who do you think would win, 'strength' or 'brains?" Ako continued as she watched the monitor that did not produce any sound coming from the battle itself.

"Woah!! You're pretty observant, Ako-chan!" Sero praised the smiling Ako. "Of course I am, desu wa!" She smiled widely and held her chin high with a look of haughtiness.

"So Midoriya would win this battle, kero?" Tsuyu asked.

"Yeah, he would win the battle - but not the war. Since he would get beaten up by that pompom dog." Ako pointed her finger to the screen where Bakugo's raging face appeared - resulting to Sero laughing his lung out when Ako said the dog part.

Koharu stiffled her laugh before she continued watching the fight between the two groups. The fight were so intense that it made the class focused on the whole fight. Even Ako who knows how the battle would turn out is watching the fight very intensely. Studying every kind of move they make, how they fight, their habits. Everything that could be useful in the future.

As the fight between Bakugo and Midoriya become more life threatening, the class started panicking and began asking All Might to stop the fight. Koharu is very nervous for the both, but more on Midoriya's beat up condition.

The whole class watched Bakugo wrecked the whole building with his huge explosion, almost getting Midoriya seriously injured. Thankfully, he evaded the attack. But man, that was scary.

"Oh! That was smart." Ako muttered when Bakugo attacked Midoriya on the front and immediately switched behind Midoriya, before Bakugo attacked Midoriya.

"Ako-chan, how could you be so calm about this?" Koharu is trembling while watching. It's almost unbelievable that Koharu is the fifth powerful princess of Slor. Ako shook her head.

"Have some faith on Midoriya, Koharu." Koharu nodded even though she is still very worried.

The fight didn't last long when Bakugo launched a huge explosive attack again, but Midoriya didn't attack without a plan. While Bakugo launched the attack right at Midoriya's direction, Midoriya punched his arm upwards that it made the whole building shook and made a huge hole in the entire building.

While Uraraka used this chance to attack on Iida, and secured the nuclear bomb right away.

As expected, Ako's calculation were very on point. "Man, that was intense." Kirishima just had to say it.

"As Saotome said, Hero team would won the battle but they lost the war."

Ako flipped her hair gently while smiling softly, "Well, as expected from a genius." The class sweatdropped.

After the battle, the class criticised the battle between 'Hero' team and 'Villain' team, but mostly by Yaoyorozu. Ako had no interest with partaking with criticising so she said nothing and just watched the whole thing. She could feel though, that Bakugo is still in a state of shock and disbelief.

Ako understands Bakugo right now, because she too had a rival that she had lost into. So, even though Ako doesn't care about Bakugo, she walked towards him in the furthest corner where he sat. Ako crouched down to match his eyes because he was looking down.

When Bakugo catched Ako's cat blue eyes looking up at him with a very curious gaze, he almost bursted in rage. He does not have the patience to be all kind right now. But when he was about to shout at her to get away from him, Ako put her finger on his lips to hush him. "Calm down right now. I just had to say something."

"I don't need your f*cking sympathy. Go away!" He growled, but he dared not to slap her hands away that was touching his lips - because for some reason, her hands are very soft and it made him calm down.

"I don't pity you though. And even if i pity you i wouldn't give you my sympathy so rest assured."

"WHY NOT?!" He snapped at her.

Ako cheekily smiled, "I thought you don't need my sympathy? Have you changed your mind?"

Bakugo clicked his tongue and looked away from Ako's face. Ako giggled. "But Bakugo, you consider Midoriya as your rival now, Isn't it?"

At her words, Bakugo's calm but angry face became even more distorted. "Such loser like him doesn't deserve to be my rival! HE IS JUST A PEBBLE ON MY WAY TO THE TOP!! But even so! Even so!" He clenched his teeth and his calloused hands. Ako understood his feelings more than anything, because she had been through this kind of pace in her life as the third princess of Slor.

"Then, if you consider him your enemy means that you'll definitely beat him once more, right?"

"OF F*CKING COURSE! I CAN'T LET THAT SHITTY NERD TO STAND ON MY WAY!!" He growled again and snapped his eyes to Ako again, but he suddenly stopped when he saw Ako's gentle smile.

She nodded, "That's right, Bakugo. It's not a bad thing to have a rival because it only means you'll be improving yourself even more. It's up to you whether your progress is a bad thing or not." Ako booped Bakugo's nose and began walking away from him, leaving him stupefied.

When he snapped out of his trance, he immediately bursted in pink hues. "OY! DON'T JUST TOUCH ANYONE'S NOSE, YOU CAT BITCH!" Ako flinched when she heard his nickname for her and had a very scary face for a moment. But she let it go for now since she knows he needs some time to clear up his head. Her purpose to tell him something had already served its purpose. So engaging more in conversation with him is not her priority anymore.

Ako came back to watch the next battle, which is Todoroki's team and Hagakure's team.

It ended quickly because Todoroki immediately frozed the whole building, gaining them the easy way to obtain their victory. "Wow, he doesn't waste time huh?"

"I guess he just doesn't like wasting too much time since the last battle lasted out for a while..."

After the whole battle of the class, it's finally Ako and Koharu's turn, and their rival is Bakugo and Todoroki.

Since it's lacking on teams, All Might decided to draw teams again. And coincidentally, Todoroki and Bakugo are now teammates.

"Wow. Talk about fate. The four strongest in the class!!" Kirishima pumped in the air, very excited for this match.

"I hope that this battle doesn't end up like what happened with Midoriya." Kaminari commented as they stared at the screen.

This time, Todoroki and Bakugo are the heroes, while Ako and Koharu are the villains.

As the two of them stood infront of the nuclear bomb, Ako and Koharu both decided to have a plan. "Ako-chan, what do we do?"

Ako sniffed the air to feel the presence of the two, and she creased her eyebrows when she felt that Bakugo and Todoroki is having a debate, or a fight to put it simply.

Todoroki's plan was pretty much the same as he did on the first trial, but knowing that Ako and Koharu were not ordinary students, he decided to have a proper plan this time.

Although he wished to have discussion with this person, it would be just a waste of time. So he need to be straightforward.

"Bakugo, you need to stop behaving like you own the world so you can listen to me." Unfortunately, his bluntness only worsened the situation because Bakugo snapped at him.

"HA!? LIKE I CARE FOR YOUR TRASH WORDS YOU HALF 'N HALF BASTARD!"

"Like i said, we need to form a plan. Saotome-san and Nanakura-san are on another level. We can't beat them alone."

Bakugo smirked, "I don't have the time to listen to your blabbery. If you're gonna cower like that because you are scared, you should've told me. I don't need a shitless coward to tell me a word." He growled and was about to enter the building when he was suddenly freezed.

"Bakugo, i don't care what you say to me but my grades are important to me. So if you're gonna stand on my way and be a prick like you are, might as well stay and behave right there like a dog."

"YOU SC*MBAG!! LET ME OUT OF HERE! YOU HEAR ME! LET ME OUT THIS INSTANT SO I CAN BLOW YOUR FACE TO PIECES! HALF 'N HALF BASTARD!"

Ako's ears stung from Bakugo's loud angry shouts. She rubbed her cat ears before looking back at Koharu. "It looks like they haven't made of a plan yet. We still have some time, desu wa."

"Okay, so what's the plan Ako-chan?"

"Koharu, you'll be my trump card. I will be casting my barrier on the newclear just in case, desu wa."

"O-Okay..so what do i have to do then?" Although Koharu is a very strong princess, her heart is still weak because she is very kind. And her kindness sometimes is her weakness. But that's what made people love her even though she is a succubus.

"Koharu, you'll be hiding on the ceiling. You can conceal your presence right? Make sure that they wouldn't notice you."

"Mh, how about the plan Ako-chan?"

"Since Todoroki is another smart ass in the class - I'm pretty sure he'll come up with a plan that could distract me from protecting the bomb, and he'll probably use Bakugo because that dude is a brute. He wouldn't care about my gender. And although I am strong, I can't underestimate my enemy. The moment you look down on the enemy will be your demise."

"So in short, you'll approach them?"

Ako smirked, "Yes. And I'll also bring a lie with me, let's see if i can trick them."

"Do you mean, you'll use me as your trick?"

"Fufu, Koharu you're so quick to catch on. You'll be guarding this nuclear bomb while I fight Bakugo. I'll trick them that you are not guiding the bomb, with that Todoroki would probably think that no one's on the room and he'll leave Bakugo to fight me."

"And then he would come in this room to retrieve their victory, and that's when I show up?"

Ako closed her distance with Koharu just a few inches away from her face, "You'll be catching him off guard from behind, Koharu."

Koharu blushed madly before nodding her head slowly, careful not to touch Ako's lips.

Ako pulled away and smirked, "Now, let's see what they've got, desu wa!"

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