Chapter 4: Yuichi Kaminari and the First Round
While the tournament participants waited, the teachers at UA got the stadium ready for the one-on-one tournament. Miné was the first one on, so she left to get ready for the battle.
"You've been through hell to get here, but now it's time for the one-on-one tournament!" announced Present Mic, the audience going wild, "You've only got yourselves to rely on! Even if you're not a Hero, this saying holds true: Sprit, technique, wisdom and knowledge! Use them all and show us your best!" Miné was packing her things in her bag in the prep room when her phone started ringing.
"Hey, dad. I'm about to go on, what is it?" Miné's dad's voice could be heard faintly from the other side of the phone., "No, I'm not nervous at all. I'm going to make you, mum and Toshinori proud."
"OK but remember this: Especially when you're feeling nervous and scared, that's when you have to smile!" Izuku told her. Then, it was time for Miné's first battle. She walked out onto the arena, a wonky smile on her face. On the other side of the arena stood Ronin Kabuto, who had a determined smile on his face.
"The first match! The child of the famous number one, it's Miné Midoriya! Versus… He's a real daredevil, this one! It's Ronin Kabuto!" announced Present Mic, "Ready?! Start!"
Ronin pounded his foot into the ground. Miné was flung into the air. Acting immediately, she flicked downwards, and a shockwave of air pressure was sent towards Ronin, who narrowly dodged. Miné landed on her feet and ran forward, winding up a punch, which Ronin dodged again. He then slammed his foot again and Miné was flung into the air again, landing on her bottom. She got up and dusted herself off. Miné and Ronin locked eyes for a while before simultaneously hitting their feet on the ground. There was a slight tremor but aside from that, nothing happened.
"Woah, the two shockwaves cancelled each other out," exclaimed Present Mic.
A look of worry filled Ronin's face. Miné touched herself and floated upwards. She flicked downwards again, but with both hands instead, and the massive air pressure knocked Ronin onto the ground. Miné landed onto the ground and ran to Ronin, making him float. She then punched the air, the air pressure pushing Ronin out of the ring. Miné released him and he fell flat onto the ground.
"Kabuto is out of the ring! Midoriya moves onto the second round!" Control Freak announced.
"We're off to a great start! Applaud our first two competitors!" commented Present Mic.
"That was a great match, Midoriya-chan! Thank you, and congratulations," Ronin congratulated.
"You didn't do too bad yourself, Kabuto-chan," Miné nodded. They both turned around and walked out of the ring.
Back inside the stadium, Yuki and Rikona had left the stand and went to look for someone they know is here. They turned the left corner and then they saw him. Their father.
"Dad! Dad! You came!" they called out as they ran up to their famous Hero father and embraced him.
"Yuki, Rikona. My children," Shoto Todoroki said as he embraced his twin children, "Your old man just had to come see his little champions!" the kids pulled away and looked at their father. Due to the nature of his Quirk, Shoto was like a fusion of Yuki and Rikona. The ice powered right side that he inherited from his mother had flowing white hair and a calm, soothing brown eye, which his son, the calm and gentlemanly Yuki, inherited. The fire powered left side he inherited from his famous father had striking crimson red hair and a piercing, strong turquoise-y blue eye that was surrounded by a burn mark, which his daughter Rikona, whose personality was like a dancing flame, inherited. It was as if his sides were cloned and spilt apart to create the twins.
"If you're here, are Mother and Fudo here too?" Rikona asked eagerly. Shoto shook his head.
"Unfortunately, no. Fudo had school, so he and your mother are watching at home," he replied. Shoto had another son with Momo. Yuki and Rikona's little brother was called Fudo, and he was ten years old. The little boy looked like his father in terms of physical features, same hairstyle, same face and body shape, etc., but in every other feature he looked just like his mother. They had the same black hair and eye colour. He also had a pair of square, orange-y yellow glasses. He even inherited her Quirk. That's why he was such a bookworm. He was also a massive bookworm and Mummy's Boy. If he wasn't in his room studying, he was always around Momo, practising his Quirk. He seemed to always be uncomfortable around his siblings and dad, probably because of their Quirks. Hopefully one day they can get to Fudo's closed off heart.
"You guys have been doing well today," Shoto told them, "You remind me a lot of how me and your mother were when we were your age. A little too much…" his brown and blue eyes narrowed and eyed Yuki. "I recognize some of those tricks in the race, Yuki Todoroki. Are you trying to imitate me?"
"Yeah. I mean, who wouldn't? you're awesome!" replied Yuki happily, giving his father a thumbs up. Shoto sighed.
"Remember what I said, nobody should effect your path, your future, except you," the father told the son, "And Rikona, events like these are no time for childish competitions." Rikona's eyes narrowed.
"Right… Well, the next battle might be starting soon, so we need to go now, Dad," Rikona half grumbled. She then perked up with her usual cheerful attitude, "Last hug!" the family embraced again.
Miné was returning from her battle and was walking down the corridor. She stopped when she saw the Todoroki family. The stairs were right next to them, so she tried to sneak past them and get to the stands.
"Hey, Miné-chan!" Rikona called out. Miné froze.
"Midoriya," Shoto began. Miné turned around.
"Y-yes, Todoroki-sama?" stuttered Miné, trembling slightly.
"Good job on your battle just now. Have you been looking after these two?" Shoto asked.
"Thank you, and yes, Todoroki-sama,"
"And have any boys been near my daughter?" Shoto continued to press questions, his voice tenser.
"Dad!" moaned Rikona.
"C'mon, guys, we have to go. The next match will be starting soon," Yuki saved them, "Bye dad." The kids then started to walk off.
"Bye, you three, and good luck," Shoto said.
The three got to the stands and Miné sat down next to Yuki. The second pair of fighters walked into the stadium.
"Moving on! Next match, the school's personal calendar, it's Kozakura Hitotose! Versus… the man of mystery, Yoshikazu Suzukaze!" announced Present Mic, "Start!"
Kozakura blew a massive gust of heated wind at Yoshikazu, who waved his hands around as if he was pulling something towards him. Suddenly, the heated wind shaped into a rotating orange sphere. Yoshikazu then thrust his hands forward and the wind blew back towards Kozakura. The heat was so bad that she stepped backwards until she was out of the ring.
"Hitotose is out of the ring. Suzukaze moves onto the second round!" announced Control Freak.
Yoshikazu Suzukaze
Quirk: Airbend
He can manipulate and control the air particles to do many things, such as stopping things from falling. Using this Quirk takes away some of the breath in his lungs though.
How amazing! Hitotose's Quirk stood no chance! Suzukaze can do many wonderful things with his Quirk! The best thing to do against him would be to catch him off guard, and…
"Midoriya-chan, you're muttering," Yuki spoke up.
"Ack! Sorry," she gasped, shutting her notebook, "It's just… We still don't know much about the Quirks our classmates, so I thought this would be the perfect time to…"
"No, no, it's fine. In fact, I find it kinda cute," Yuki reassured her, waving and smiling, "It's really cool how you're able to observe well and make amazing strategies! How you're always eager to learn. You're amazing, Midoriya-chan!" Miné blushed deeply.
"I'll be facing Suzukaze next, so it's best to strategize while I can," Miné added.
"Time for the next match! She's as serious as it gets, it's Maria Aoki! Versus... The Big Cat, Tora Onoue!" announced Present Mic.
Maria shoved her arms into the arena and large, undulating vines rose out of the ground. Tora's claws popped out and she leapt high into the air, slashing at the vines and cutting them. But Maria kept making more vines and slamming Tora with them. Tora nimbly dodged most of them until one wrapped around her legs and suspended her in the air. The vines slapped her a few times before throwing her out of the ring.
"Onoue is out of the ring. Aoki moves onto the next round!" announced Control Freak.
"Oo, Aoki-chan is powerful!" beamed Sumiye, who was seated next to Rikona, "She's like a grounded version of Kamui Woods!"
Miné nodded, "If we both win the next battles, we'll be facing each other, just like she hoped."
I'm going to beat you. Maria's words echoed in her mind. I'm going to surpass your family when I go pro. Miné was wondering what got her so worked up.
"The first round is almost half over! Next up is the electric shocker, Koichi Aki! Versus… the Wild Dog, Hiroki Inuka!" announced Present Mic.
"This match will be bad for me… Right, I'm gonna just come out with it!" announced Hiroki. His body swelled, and contorted, and practically doubled in size. His clothes ripped up, only his gym pants left on. He had turned into muscular, green furred werewolf.
Hiroki Inuka
Quirk: Beast Form
He can turn any part of his body into a powerful wolf-like beast, granting him more strength and agility, as well as upping his defence. The more of his body that's transformed, the less control he has. However, if he transforms just his head or his entire body, he has a major risk of letting the beast take over his mind.
Hiroki lunged at Koichi, punching him in the face. He then started to slash at him, Koichi shielding his face to protect himself.
"How absolutely merciless!" commented Present Mic.
Eventually, Koichi got annoyed and fired his electricity at Hiroki. Hiroki's beast form let out a huge groan and he fell on his back. He transformed back into his normal boy form. A few seconds passed, and he started to get up, transforming his left arm. Koichi shocked him again, and Hiroki fell unconscious.
"Inuka can no longer battle. Aki wins!" announced Control Freak.
"Poor Hiroki…" said Rikona sympathetically.
"He's got a really powerful Quirk, but lost to Aki easily," mused Miné, "Must be a Quirk weakness."
"Isn't Koichi-kun really cool?!" squealed Sumiye.
"No, he's a jerk," Miné stated plainly.
"Well, that's because Kaminari was on your team. He really doesn't like the Kaminari family, but he's a pretty cool guy to everyone else," explained Sumiye, "We went to the same middle school." Suddenly, Miné heard humming next to her. Yuki was listening to music on his phone.
"Hey, what you listening to?" Miné asked, tapping his shoulder to get his attention.
"I'm listening to Peace Sign," Yuki answered, "I know it's a bit old. It came out when our parents had their first Sports Festival, after all. But it really captures the feel of the Sports Festival."
"I totally agree!" beamed Miné, "Oh, speaking of Kaminari, he's on next. Let's see how this fails!"
"Next up, the charming boy, Yuichi Kaminari. Versus… Making a weird face despite his excellent performance on the Cavalry, it's Daisuke Takada!"
"Why is Takada-kun looking so nervous?" pondered Sumiye.
"Yeah, he was amazing in the Cavalry, so why isn't he eager to move on?" Rikona wondered.
"Don't tell me someone is actually scared of Kaminari?!" Miné snorted, making her three friends burst into laughter. Then it occurred to Miné. Only three of her friends was sitting with her. Where was Leiko? Before Miné had a chance to scan the crowd for her, the battle started.
Yuichi extended his Earphone Jacks towards Daisuke, but the he started to float upwards. Daisuke was using his Quirk on him. Yuichi started to panic.
"Use your heartbeat attack, git!" snarled Miné from the audience.
Yuichi seemed to have heard her as he tried to extend his whips to his legs, but Daisuke lifted them out of reach. Then he directed Yuichi out of the ring and dropped him.
"Kaminari is out of the ring. Takada moves on to the second round!" announced Control Freak. Miné sat backwards, sighing and rolling her eyes.
"I better go. I'm up next," said Yuki, getting up.
"Ooh, this is going to be a good battle!" squealed Miné.
"Good luck, big brother!" smiled Rikona. Miné sat forward as the opponents walked onto the arena.
"Next battle, incoming! The Siren, Kioshi Kanbayashi! Versus… The Ice Master, Yuki Todoroki!" announced Present Mic.
Yuki started by sending and ice wall towards Kioshi, who screamed with his Quirk's power. It was so loud that everyone in the stadium covered their ears. It was so loud that it shattered Yuki's ice. Yuki removed his hands, and you could see large headphones on his ears.
"Sneaky! Todoroki has created sound-proof headphones to shield himself from Kanabayashi's noise!" commented Present Mic.
Yuki ran towards Kioshi, who continued screaming. It was hard to run at him with the shockwaves Kioshi's voice was creating, but he eventually got there by propelling himself forwards with his ice. Yuki then created a battering ram and pushed Kioshi in the stomach, knocking him out of the ring with it.
"Kanbayashi is out of the ring! Todoroki moves onto the next round!" announced Control Freak. Miné leapt out of her seat and cheered and whooped, possibly louder than any of the people in the former Olympic stadium.
"Well, we better be getting ready, we've got the next match," said Rikona as she and Sumiye stood up, "No hard feelings, eh, Deguchi-chan?"
"Not at all! It would be an honour to lose to a Todoroki!" smiled Sumiye, "But I'm still going to beat you!"
"Good luck you two!" Miné called out to them as they left, "And after your match, it's Leiko's." Miné looked backwards and saw Leiko sitting three rows above hers.
She's been acting odd lately since the start of the festival, and for Leiko, that's saying something. Miné thought. What is that psycho planning?
"We're almost at the final battle of this round! It's the mad scientist, Sumiye Deguchi, versus, the fiery star, Rikona Todoroki!" announced Present Mic.
"Like I said, no hard feelings, Deguchi-chan," repeated Rikona, flames dancing at her shoulders.
"Right, let's go!" replied Sumiye, nodding.
"Start!"
Rikona sent a burst of fire forward, which Sumiye dodged. Sumiye then spat her goo at Rikona's feet. She tried to dodge but the goo set hard around her feet. Sumiye spat more goo at her, but then a water jet appeared in Rikona's hands. She sprayed the water at the goo, making it disappear.
"Ironic. A fire user using water," commented Sumiye.
"Gotta use what you can to win!" Rikona said with a wink.
Rikona continued spraying Sumiye's goo away, who in turn dodged the water from Rikona. Sumiye then got the back of Rikona and spat her melting goo. It landed on Rikona's water tank and melted it away, causing it to soak her. Sumiye then started to run at Rikona, but then there was a sudden burst of flames on Rikona. She had evaporated the water. Rikona then pointed her palm at the floor and a created column of fire. Sumiye then spat her hardening goo, but then a fan appeared from Rikona's fire and blew away the goo back to Sumiye. It landed on and hardened around her legs, her hands and her mouth. Sumiye couldn't use her Quirk.
"Deguchi, can you move?" asked Control Freak. Sumiye shook her head.
"Deguchi is immobilized. Todoroki moves on to the second round!" announced Control Freak.
"Great job you two! You both did your best!" beamed Miné from the stands.
"Next is Bakugo-chan and Homura-chan's battle," said Yuki.
"Let's see how it goes. Hope Leiko doesn't go too crazy…" said Miné.
"For the last matchup of the first round… Our Guardian, Shinobu Homura, versus… The Merciless Murderer, Leiko Bakugo!" announced Present Mic.
Leiko stared the short haired girl up and down.
"So, you're that shield girl that Miné used, eh?" asked Leiko, scoffing, "Weak. Not worth my time."
"W-what did you just say?!" yelled Shinobu, creating a force field. She ran at Leiko, who outstretched a palm and let off an explosion. It hit Shinobu's shield and she skidded back a bit.
"Looks like Homura's going on the defensive!" commented Present Mic.
Leiko continued to let off multiple explosions. Shinobu had to walk back to stop herself from falling over.
"So, you're just going to go on the defensive? Not going to attack?! What an awful tactic against me!" Leiko mocked.
Shinobu swiped her arm forward and the energy shield hit Leiko in the face, stinging her. Leiko put her hand on the cut she got on her left cheek. But then she saw an opening and made an explosion at Shinobu's torso, knocking her backwards.
"Bakugo's not holding back…" muttered Tora.
"I knew something like this was coming…" muttered Miné.
Shinobu created another shield on her left arm and combined it with the other shield on her arm, and then ran at Leiko. Leiko greeted her with a big explosion. Leiko let of many explosions, Shinobu continued to step backwards. Eventually, Shinobu's shield shattered, Shinobu gasping.
"Woah, Shinobu's Quirk is like a shield mechanic in a video game!" pointed out Sumiye, "There's a set number of hits she can take until her defence is down, so it doesn't become too OP!"
"Good observation, Sumiye-chan," agreed Miné.
Leiko wasted no time. She created a huge Explosion and Shinobu stumbled a few steps back.
"Homura is out of the ring! Bakugo moves onto the second round!" announced Control Freak.
Leiko blew away the smoke rising from her palms, a smug, self-satisfied look on her face.
"That concludes our first round. We'll move onto the second round after a quick break!" announced Present Mic.
The two fighters walked out of the ring.
"Well, I got Suzukaze-kun as my opponent next," said Miné, "I'm kinda interested in him. After all, he's probably got a ninja family, after all!"
"Well, I'm fighting Takada-kun next," said Yuki.
"And I'm fighting Leiko-chan next," said Rikona, "And if I win then I'll be fighting you in the next round, big brother! I won't lose!"
"Can you be so sure of that? I might lose the next round," said Yuki, winking.
"But you won't," said Miné quietly.
"Don't forget Aoki-chan versus Aki-kun," said Sumiye, "I think Aoki-chan will win, and then we'll see if she'll actually keep her promise!"
I'm going to beat you.
"Right, well, I better be getting to the prep room. I'm on next," said Miné, getting up.
"Good luck," said her three friends.
So, what will happen next in the next round?