Joint Training Battle/Round Four

The fourth round of the Joint Training Exercise is a battle fought between four members of Class 1-A consisting of Katsuki Bakugo, Kyoka Jiro, Hanta Sero, and Rikido Sato against four members of Class 1-B consisting of Yosetsu Awase, Setsuna Tokage, Kojiro Bondo, and Togaru Kamakiri.

Battle
Before the battle started, the two teams began planning their strategy. Bakugo highlighted his plan to his teammates: they were to stick close to him, and support him as needed. He stated that if they protected him and supported him, he would do the same for them. His teammates expressed their skepticism of his plan, with Sero noting that due to Jiro's presence, they should take caution. Bakugo dismissed that, noting that they had to take charge. The rest of the team seemed more nervous than eager with the plan, but nonetheless agreed. He gave his team some grenades before setting out.

Meanwhile, Class 1-B plotted out their strategy as well. Bondo and Awase noted that Class 1-A had a great mix of offense and defense, and that they'd have to move quickly and decisively to win. Tokage gave the team her plan: to swarm Bakugo, and force him to make a mistake. She reasoned that if they made him slip up, they could quickly take out the rest of the team as well. She told Awase to stay back and cover the team's retreat. With this, she directed the team to move, and began splitting up her body.

As Class 1-A moved to find Class 1-B, Bakugo yelled at his teammates for being too slow. Jiro protested, saying that she was trying to listen for the other team, but Bakugo angrily told her to forget about it and hurry up. As Bakugo went on ahead, his teammates wondered if his strategy would really work.

Suddenly, Bakugo called for his team to stop, saying he'd spotted one of them. He ordered Jiro to find the members of the team using her Quirk. When she used it, she instead found that they'd wandered into a trap: Tokage, using her Quirk, had split up her body, and used the pieces to draw Class 1-A into a specific area. Tokage revealed herself to Bakugo, and began attacking him. He attempted a counterattack, but found it difficult, due to the small size of her split pieces. Sero put up a large barricade of tape, aiming to protect Jiro and Sato, but at that moment, Bondo revealed himself, and used his Super Move, "Glue Squall" to coat the area in his adhesive, happily noting that Tokage's plan had worked.

Sero and Sato tried to escape from the adhesive storm, but Kamakiri suddenly arrived, using his Quirk to slice up parts of the industrial complex, aiming to drop it on Class 1-A. Sato attempted to stop the dropping parts, but Bakugo instead fired off an explosion to save his teammates. Delighted, Kamakiri noted that Class 1-A was completely open, and went after Jiro.

Noticing this, Bakugo rushed over and fired off a massive explosion at Kamakiri, to save Jiro. This shocked Tokage, Kamakiri, and some of the spectators, who didn't think that Bakugo would ever work with others. Bakugo taunted Kamakiri as he tried to escape, and continued to attack him with explosions. Jiro thanked Bakugo for saving her, but Bakugo dismissed her gratitude, and told the team to find the rest of Class 1-B. He announced that he'd decided to make sure that Class 1-A attained a perfect victory: 4-0, with no injuries, much to the delight of the rest of his team.

As Class 1-B ran away, Tokage used her split pieces to cover the team's escape. Jiro noted that it was difficult to figure out where they are, but noted that Tokage's split pieces had seemingly decreased in number, something that piqued Sero's curiosity. Furious that Class 1-B was retreating, Bakugo started to go after Class 1-B, but was ambushed by Awase. He welded Bakugo to some pipes with his Super Move, "Swift Formation: Weldcraft". Meanwhile, Sero captured a split piece of Tokage, and used his Quirk to attach one of Bakugo's improvised grenades to it.

As Awase ran away, Sato came and freed Bakugo, who went chasing after Awase as soon as he was free. As Awase prepared to face down Bakugo, Bakugo instead used his Quirk to boost up into the air, revealing Sero and Jiro behind him. Jiro used her Super Move, "Heart Beat Surround (Sound)" to incapacitate Awase, and Sero tied him up.

Flying through the arena with his Quirk, Bakugo chased after the other members, finally encountering Bondo. Bondo attempted to stop him, but Bakugo attacked him with a chain of explosions. As Bondo reeled from the attack, Sato captured him, and the rest of the team started to catch up to Bakugo. Tokage was horrified by these developments, as she had believed that Bakugo was incapable of teamwork.

Jiro finally located Kamakiri, and pointed Bakugo in his direction. Delighted, Bakugo rushed to his location, and began ferociously attacking him, finally grabbing him, and smashing him into the wall with his Super Move, "X-Catapult". During this, Sero explained the mechanics of Tokage's Quirk to Jiro and Sato, noting that the pieces were decreasing, theorizing that she had to regroup occasionally, and postulating that she would be vulnerable at that time.

Meanwhile, Tokage attempted to regroup, so she could figure out a new strategy. However, as her split pieces came back to her, the piece that Sero had attached a grenade to arrived, and promptly exploded. Quickly dodging, Tokage noted that it was a close call. Suddenly, Bakugo arrived, having noticed the explosion, and attacked her with his Super Move, "Zero Distance Stun Grenade", as Tokage cried out her disbelief that Bakugo had changed so much. As the dust cleared, Tokage and the rest of Class 1-B stood defeated, and Bakugo refuted Tokage's statement, noting that he was still the same, as he was still aiming to surpass All Might, and become the Number 1 Hero.