To Find A Needle In A Haystack.

Atsushi knew something was wrong as soon as he stepped back into the arena to fight Tokoyami Fumikage. He feels eyes boring into the back of his head, but when the weretiger glances around the crowd to find the person staring, he doesn't recognize anyone other than his classmates. He frowns a bit, and decides to put a pin in that observation for later.

Midnight cracks her whip, and the round begins.

Atsushi easily dodges Dark Shadow, and tries to get in close. He is vaguely reminded of Akutagawa, in the way the quirk attacks with seeming random attacks, but in all actuality is planned out. He moves to the left, easily settling into the rhythm of battle. Dark Shadow goes to try and pin him down, but he jumps back to avoid it. The fight goes on like this for a couple of minutes, just Dark Shadow attacking and Atsushi dodging. But then, Tokoyami moves into Atsushi's attack range, and leaves his side open to attack. Atsushi takes the chance with a slight grimace, kicking the bird-headed boy hard in the side and sending him flying. Tokoyami bounces out of bounds unceremoniously, and Midnight calls the match over.

"Hey, are you ok? Sorry I kicked you so hard." Atsushi asks as he jogs over to his opponent, helping the boy stand up.

"I am fine, Atsushi-San. I realize that I left myself open to an attack, and I will do better next time." Tokoyami says thoughtfully. Atsushi nods and smiles, taking the answer in stride.

"I'm sure you will!" The weretiger says, and the two walk off to sit with the rest of their class and continue to watch.

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As with the first round, the rest of the matches go without much of a show. Well, other than Todoroki's massive ice wall, but that's besides the point. Akutagawa stands, sending Atsushi a look, and the weretiger gives him a thumbs up of encouragement.

Akutagawa sighs as he steps onto the platform. Bakugo scowls from his place across from him. Akutagawa would really rather not fight the explosive blonde, but he supposes someone should put the brat in his place. Even only having been in class 1-A for a few weeks, the mafioso can tell that Bakugo is a piece of work that needs to be knocked down a few pegs.

Bakugo's hands start popping with mini explosions, and rockets forward as soon as Midnight calls the start. With a bored cough, Akutagawa activates Rashomon, and puts up a shield to block the large explosion.

Maybe more than just a few pegs, Akutagawa muses as the blonde tries to explode the space-eating wall.

Suddenly, the attacks stop, and Bakugo comes down from above screaming. Rashomon wraps around his ankle, and throws him like a ragdoll into the ground. The blonde springs back up with a shout of die, or something, and charges the mafioso. Akutagawa raises a brow as he lifts himself off the ground to avoid the attack. He's fast, Akutagawa will give him that, but he's reckless. At least the Jinko would put up a good fight. With a sigh, Akutagawa wraps up Bakugo in Rashomon, rendering him immobile. After a few moments, Midnight calls the match over. And with that, the second round is over.

Akutagawa walks to the resting room, seeing Atsushi in the corner with a confused expression. He slips into the seat across from the weretiger, and frowns. He's never seen the younger this contemplative since the time on the boat when the idiot decided to save Kyouka. Silence lapses between the two infiltrators for a long while before Akutagawa gets fed up with the silence.

"Alright, what's bothering you?" He asks bluntly, and that startles Atsushi out of his thoughts. Akutagawa narrows his eyes. That wasn't good. Usually, Atsushi always has half an ear out for anything. He doesn't know why he knows this, he just does ok? Atsushi shifts in his seat nervously, glancing around the room.