"Fighting with Quirks?!"

  Tetsutetsu's eyes widened in surprise. Kaminari had expected at least some hesitation, maybe even a refusal, but the boy's enthusiastic rea caught him off guard, rendering any words of persuasion Kaminari had prepared useless.

  "Are you serious? We're really gonna fight using our Quirks?" Tetsutetsu asked, his voice filled with excitement. He stared at Kaminari, half-expeg him to backtrack or ge his mind. After all, using Quirks in a fight was teically illegal unless you were a lised Hero, and he'd been itg for a ce like this for a long time.

  For years, his own Quirk had felt like a waste, uo be used for anything meaningful. Was there anything more frustrating?

  "Absolutely," Kaminari firmed without hesitation. "That's exactly why I brought you here."

  At this, Tetsutetsu's excitement reached new heights. He couldn't help but look at Kaminari with even more eagerness. But a flicker of doubt crossed his face, and he frowned slightly as a thought occurred to him.

  "But… what if I hurt you?" he asked, his voice tinged with . His Quirk, after all, wasn't just about being made of steel—it was about having the raw power and resilience of it too. He could break rocks with a single punch, and if he actally hit Kaminari too hard...

  "Hurt me?" Kaminari scoffed, already seeing where Tetsutetsu's thoughts were headed. But he etsutetsu to fight without holding back, so he swallowed his amusement a his fidence shihrough.

  "I think you're dreaming if you think that'll happen," he retorted, smirking.

  *KZZT-CRACK!*

  Electricity crackled as Kaminari ched his fists, arcs of golden lightning snaking across his skiared Tetsutetsu down with a look of cool disdain, his body glowing with energy. "Your Quirk may be tough, but mine…" He paused, letting the electricity sizzle for effect. "…is on a whole different level."

  Tetsutetsu blinked, momentarily speechless. He hadn't expected this side of Kaminari. In the short time they'd known each other, Kaminari had seemed like a id-back, easygoing guy. But now, there was a fire in his eyes that Tetsutetsu hadn't seen before.

  It didn't bother him, though. If anything, it fired him up even more. After all, what was the point of a fight if your oppo didn't have some fire of their own?

  "Hahaha! Then don't bme me for not holding back!" Tetsutetsu excimed, his voiing with excitement.

  With a deep breath, he activated his Quirk, his entire body turning a shiny bck as steel encased him from head to toe. He ched his fists, testing his hardened form, and the sound of metal grinding against metal echoed through the clearing.

  *BOOM!*

  With a powerful step, Tetsutetsu unched himself forward, the grouh his foot crag from the force. He charged at Kaminari like a human battering ram, his steel-coated fists ready to smash through anything in his way.

  *KZZT-CRACK!*

  Electricity arced across Kaminari's body as he braced himself, deg to meet Tetsutetsu's charge head-on. He o gauge the differen their strength, and there was er way than a direct csh.

  "Electric Light Fist!"

  "Bring it on!" Tetsutetsu roared back. He saw Kaminari's fist crag with electricity a his excitement swell. He was fident that his steel would be more than a match for a little lightning.

  *BOOM!*

  The two fists collided, and the impact sent a shockwave rippling through the clearing. The goldericity exploded outward from Kaminari's fist, and he felt it surge through Tetsutetsu's arm. But as the current coursed across Tetsutetsu's steel body, Kaminari's fident expression faltered.

  *WHAM!*

  A momeetsutetsu's fist broke through the electric resistand smmed into Kaminari's chest, knog him back several steps. The impact left him breathless, and he could feel the dull ache spreading through his torso.

  It wasn't a light hit, but it wasn't enough to knock him dowher. He dug his feet into the ground, steadying himself as quickly as he could.

  Tetsutetsu, meanwhile, held back from pressing his advaaying where he was and watg Kaminari curiously. The remnants of the electric current still g to his body, crag and popping. But aside from a mild tingliion in his fist, he didn't feel much else.

  "Heh, looks like your electricity doesn't affect me that much," Tetsutetsu taunted with a grin.

  Kaminari took a deep breath, rubbing his sore chest. He wasn't particurly surprised by the result. "So, goio-head doesn't work…"

  He thought back to the impad what he had felt. It wasn't just that Tetsutetsu's Quirk made him hard as steel; there was more to it than that. "It's not just the steel… He's got enharength and enduraoo," Kaminari muttered to himself. "Makes sehough. A body like that would need some serious muscle to move around."

  It assive trait, much like his own immunity to electricity. And with the way his Quirk worked, Kaminari suspected that as he grew stronger, he might even gain some resistao heat and fire after all, lightning did gee high temperatures.

  Tetsutetsu broke his train of thought. "Well? Are we done here, or do you want another round?"

  Kaminari didn't respht away. Instead, his eyes narrowed, and a determined smile crept onto his face. "Oh, we're just getting started."

  "What?"

  Before Tetsutetsu could process the words, Kaminari's entire body lit up with electricity. This time, the golden arcs danced across his whole form, not just his fists.

  "You're just gonna k up the voltage?" Tetsutetsu asked, raising his guard. He wasn't sure if Kaminari was stubbornly refusing to accept that his electricity didn't work, or if he had some other trick up his sleeve. But he wasn't about to let his guard down now.

  *KZZT-CRACK!*

  In an instant, Kaminari surged forward, his entire body moving with a speed that seemed almost unnatural. Tetsutetsu's eyes widened as he watched Kaminari close the distan a blur of golden light. He tried to react, raising his arm to intercept, but it felt like his limbs were moving through mosses.

  *KRAK!*

  Kaminari's fist ected with Tetsutetsu's chest, sending a burst of electricity across the steel surface. Tetsutetsu gritted his teeth, but his real wasn't the hit—it was the realization that Kaminari was already slipping past him, dug to his left and cirg around.

  His braiered every movement, and he could clearly see Kaminari's every step and shift i. Yet somehow, his own body felt slow and unresponsive, as if it were gging behind his thoughts.

  "What…?" Tetsutetsu's frustration grew as he spun around, only to find that Kaminari had already moved out e again.

  His mind knew what to do, kly how to ter every move Kaminari made but his body simply couldn't keep up.

  Why? Why did it feel like his own limbs weren't responding the way they should? Why was he always a beat behind?