AN: There is something to read at the end. Why not here?...It just seems more appropriate to put it there.
Chapter 10. End of one thing, beginning of another.
" The bones in your right arm were shattered. I am afraid it will never be the same as it was before:"
Midoriya had been lay in bandages and was laying in hospital bed. Next to him was All Might in his weak form and Recovery Girl who was giving them a stern talking to." I need to remove the bone fragments or they'll stuck in your joints. I'll heal you afterward." She turned her head to All Might and sighed." You lit a fire under this child and pushed him too hard. Look what he has done to make you proud. I don't like it one bit. You are going too far, you hear? You and the boy. Don't praise him for what he has done today."
All Might was doleful but had no time to say anything as the door to the nurse office without warning sprang open, startling him. "MIDORIYA!" The people who entered were Iida, Uraraka, Kikuchi, Mineta and Asui.
"Are you okay?" Uraraka asked the rough upped Midoriya, but the noticed a man in a suit right next the hospital bed. Thinking this was just some family friend, Uraraka didn't bother to ask, but rather just greet. " Oh, it nice to meet you sir."
"He is no condition for visitors." Recovery girl said.
Weakly Midoriya spoke to his friends." Hey, you guys… shouldn't you be watching the matches?"
"The stage was far too damaged. They are taking a quick break to fix now." Iida explained.
"You and Todoroki went completely overboard. You both nearly hit some of the audience members with all that debris." Kikuchi said.
"That match was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life Midoriya." Mineta said showing a horrified expression." What pros want a side kick that hurts himself- "
It was also then that Asui slapped Mineta with her tongue. "Now you are just rubbing slat in his wounds. Probably now is not a good time."
"Hey I am just speaking the truth!" Mineta protested.
It was also then when Alexander then entered the room." What's up, Midoriya how many body parts did you wreck this time?"
All of you are too noisy! I know you are worried, but I got to focus on surgery now." Recovery Girl said trying to get all of them out of the room.
"SURGERY?!" Iida, Kikuchi, Mineta, Asui and Uraraka shouted in extreme worry.
"Woaw that much?" Alexander said in a calm and then yelled in a jokingly tone with a small smile just for fun." That can't be good!"
"Go on get out of here." Recovery girl urged them.
As they all turned around to leave the nurses office Alexander quickly locked eyes with another person in the room and raised an eyebrow. The weaker form All Might.
All Might saw the how the demonic youth looked at him, and then he looked like he tensed up for a moment. Then he also broke eye contact.
However, there was no talk between them as the Alexander and his classmates was then locked outside the door.
"Oh man! She is going to give him surgery!" Kikuchi said.
"I hope he is going to be okay." Asui said. All of them were pretty worried of Midoriya's well-being.
Iida then turned and said." Recovery girl is the best there is so maybe we shouldn't worry. You thoughts Alexander? Hm? Alex?"
Alexander was in other thoughts as he thought about that man in there. Who was that? I have never seen him before. But…there is something familiar about him. But more importantly why was he allowed in there when we were shut out? Alexander thought to himself.
"Alex?" Uraraka said and caught his attention.
"huh? Yeah sorry what?" Alexander said.
"Midoriya is going to be fine, if it is Recovery Girl taking care of him right?" Kikuchi said.
"Oh yeah sure, buuuut…" Alexander said and the put a hand on Iida shoulder." Don't you have a match to get to? I saw cementoss was just about done before I came here."
Iida was alarmed. "AH! Of course! I must get ready! See you guys afterwards!" He said and then ran down the corridors to get the stadium field entrance.
" I think I am going to the waiting room, to…well wait out." Alexander said and left the company of Uraraka, Mineta, Kikuchi and Asui.
Iida's match was over with quick. He was fighting against Shiozaki, the girl with vein hair. Iida won the match by literal shoving her over the edge of the ring.
" Shiozaki is out! Iida wins the match!" Midnight announced.
Meanwhile many of the class 1-B members groaned.
"Oh damn it all of our guys are out!" Tetsutetsu said in annoyance.
"Oh well to bad I guess." Jason said." Still tho we gave it a good crack." Trying to get lighten the mood.
"Of course you'll say that." Monoma said catching the class's attention." You are practically a traitor for teaming up with two them. you are and Nobunorih. Both of you are-"
It was then that the unpleasant Monoma was karate chopped again by Kendo, and so he fell unmoving and none threating back on to his seat." Oh, you are just the worst today! Listen here, we were all against each other. It is not their fault you have a vendetta against class 1-A"
"Next up is Alexander against that bird guy Tokoyami with his shadow quirk. Since Alexander is a short-range fighter, I wonder how he will fare." Nobu said, actually interested in this part of the sports festival.
Alexander walked up onto the ring, while his opponent did the same thing.
"NOW LADIES AND GENTELMEN IT'S TIME FOR THE THIRD MATCH! TOKOYAMI WITH HIS SO FAR INVINCIBLE QUIRK VERSUS THE PUCKISH ROUGE ALEXANDER!"
Meanwhile up on Class 1-A balcony.
"Iida how do you think Alex will fare?" Kikuchi asked.
" Well to judge from what I have experienced from them both. Tokoyami's dark shadow can be used at long range as well, which means that Alexander will have to get in close soon to better handle himself. Which I have almost no doubt he will. But dark shadow is a fast quirk as well, meaning he might actually be fast enough to counter Alexander advance. And since Alexander does not have his sword." Iida pointed to said sharp object right next him." His fighting prowess is limited just like in his fight against Ashido. Still I learned is better not to underestimate him."
"But Tokoyami will also be aware of this, and he is also…a great fighter." Yaoyorozu said. Ever since her and Tokoyami's match she felt down because it was over in an instant. She was not mad at Tokoyami, she felt sad that she didn't get to show off more of her skills.
Back in the Tokoyami and Alexander exchanged no words to each other and simply waited for the countdown.
"Aaaaannd…..begin!" Midnight said.
"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami yelled and the quirk flew against Alexander.
"I got him!" Dark Shadow yelled as it advanced towards the Devil Hunter.
Alexander jumped to the side and carefully dodged Dark Shadow. But the thing was like a flying sneak and change directions quick and attack again.
Alexander managed to dodge again. That thing is not holding back huh? Alexander thought and dodge yet another attack.
The audience was looking with great interest.
"If that Kowalczyk doesn't get to him quick he is going to lose all of his stamina."
"All those jumps and dodges are impressive sure, but Tokoyami's quirk is relentless."
The thoughts were similar on Class 1-A's balcony.
"Whoaw, Tokoyami is actually holding back Alexander!" Kaminari said very surprised at Dark Shadows speed.
"His defense is almost solid. Is Alexander really giving his all?" Sero asked.
Bakugo actually liked what he was seeing. That damn transfer student was having a hard time. If birdhead Tokoyami could be beat him, then all he had to do was beat birdhead with his explosions. Then he would just have to face either Engine Legs or Half and Half bastard. If Alexander did win, he'll just have to trap him within the radius of his explosions. Either way, if Alexander was having trouble at this point then he be finished if he went further in the tournament.
Meanwhile Iida was a bit stunned." What is going on? Alexander is on the ropes, why is he not going further? Is he too worried about Tokoyami's attack? He faced Nomu why is Tokoyami giving him a hard time?"
It was then that Monoma popped over the wall again." Maybe he used up all his power earlier and now he completely useless! Ever thought of that class 1-A? You are not very smart."
And then Kendo karate chopped him again." Seriously?!" And took him back to the seats.
At the same time Todoroki was also over looking the fight but from another part of the stadium. You said you will not lose to both me and Bakugo before the sports festival started, now you barely clinging on. I have seen you fight I know this is not your limit. You are faster than this. So why are you not taking offence? he thought.
Todoroki then narrowed his eyes in on Alexander face and noticed how he was looking confidant as always, but there was something in that look that was different.
Are you planning something? Todoroki thought.
"WHAT IS THIS?! THE GREAT DARK SHADOW QUIRK IS OVERPOWERING KOWALCYZK?! AELXANDER IS COMPLETELY OUTMATCHED!"
It like those guys haven't seen me in action at all. In fact, I do have a plan, Alexander thought to himself.
Alexander evaded another attack from Dark Shadow. He then raised his hand at Tokoyami and he then with both his index and middle finger he signaled to Tokoyami to come at him.
Tokoyami gave it a moment's thought. He had no idea what he was planning but he himself had already looked at Alexander's surroundings. Behind Alexander was a corner of the corner of the ring. Whatever Alexander had planned Tokoyami was confident enough to believe he could counter it.
Alexander's plan was rather simple. He had pretended that Tokoyami giving him a hard time. Originally, he was not going to use any of his demonic powers in the festival. But the thought of the look on everyone's faces they would be priceless, once they saw what he had planned to trick Tokoyami with. The main part was to make it look convincing.
Dark Shadow attacked the ground where Alexander was standing, but he dodged in time. Alexander then did his beat to fake a retreat to the side, this worked as Dark Shadow attacked to his right blocking the way.
He then tried go for the left side, and there to Dark Shadow came and blocked the way.
As Alexander predicted, dark shadow then began slowly making its way towards him but striking the ground more and more until Alexander nothing more than a meter of space left in the ring where he stood.
Class 1-A could hardly believe it.
"No way Alexander is really gonna lose?!" Ashido yelled.
" Dark Shadow is OP!" Jiro yelled.
" After making it this far effortlessly, he is done for?!" Ojiro yelled.
"KOWALCZYK IS CORNERED! THIS MIGHT BE THE END OF THE PUCKISH ROUGE, FOLKS!"
Finally! Bakugo grinned.
At the same time Todoroki, sighed in disappointment.
"Dark shadow finish this!" Tokoyami yelled to his quirk.
"With pleasure!" It said and went to strike at Alexander's location.
This is exactly what Alexander hoped for. Time slowed down for himself. Jumping high up he had flown out of the ring, as soon as he touched the ground he would lose.
"LADIES AND GENTELMEN KOWALCZYK HAS LOST ALL FOOTING ONCE HE TOUCHES THE GROUND ITS ALL OVER!"
"No!" Iida yelled.
"Alex!" Kikuchi and Uraraka yelled at the same time.
Now was the time.
Grinningly Alexander then crossed his arms together, then underneath his feet a red glowing circle of symbols appeared and became solid for a small moment. Alexander then used the circle to then jump up and over dark shadow. One of Alexander's favorite moves Air Hike!
Everyone in the stadium gasped from the sudden turn of events, even Tokoyami and Dark Shadow he thought he had him beat.
Time returned to normal as Alexander then landed on the dark substance connected Dark shadow and Tokoyami. Alexander swiftly ran down the substance.
Tokoyami was caught completely off guard and didn't managed to block Alexander's attack (Not that it would have worked anyway) as Alexander shouted out loud." Hey Tokoyami! flock off, would you!" Alexander's punch sent Tokoyami out of the ring.
Alexander jumped of the dark substance get out of the way of Dark Shadow that was also forced out of the ring flowing back into Tokoyami.
Alexander landed on the ground smiling as he had just won.
The stadium was quite for moment but it suddenly became loud as the audience cheered for Alexander.
"UHM WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"
"Kowalczyk won somehow. By using some type of technic."
Midnight then collected herself and shouted." Tokoyami is out bounds. Alexander Kowalczyk is the winner!"
Meanwhile Alexander and Tokoyami's class were baffled." HUH?!" They all sounded.
"How did he win?!" Sero asked.
"He beat Tokoyami?" Yaoyorozu said.
"What was that thing he did?" Iida said.
Damn it! Fine I guess I'll have to beat you myself, Bakugo thought while being thicked off.
At the same time with Todoroki. So, you were toying with him? He thought. What was that thing he did?
On the field Alexander walked over to the edge of the ring to talk to the Tokoyami who was recovering from the defeat." Damn it." He muttered to himself.
" That went smoothly." Alexander said.
"Alexander what was that thing you did? That glow?" Tokoyami asked.
"Oh this?" Alexander said and jumped and another circle appeared underneath him and he preformed another Air Hike move." Just one of many tricks up my sleeve. I told you all on the way to the USJ. Remember?"
" I see. It's just like Midoriya said, you are in a whole other league." Tokoyami said getting on his feet and walking over and up to him." That being said…." He paused." You are holding back in this festival, aren't you?"
Before answering Alexander held one finger as a gesture to wait patiently. Alexander then raised his other arm over himself.
The next thing that happened was also astonishing.
Back on the balcony with class 1-A. Uprising, Alexander's sword, began to move.
Since Alexander had used the blade for years it had become like an extension of himself, because of all the times he had channeled his demonic power into it. He was able to use it ways that other Devil Hunters thought impossible at first.
The Uprising sword slowly started to float upwards on it's own.
The first to notice it was Kikuchi when she saw it out of the corner of her eyes. "UHM IIDA YOU MIGHT WANNA MOVE!" She said in a worried tone and pointed.
"Huh? Why do I-"Iida was saying until he followed the way she pointed." AH!" He yelled. The rest also became startled once they saw the sword move and float upwards.
"THE HELL?!" Bakugo yelled.
"THE SWORD IS FLYING!" Kaminari shouted in fear.
In the other side of the stadium,
Tokoyami saw to where his classmates were and heard the noise they were making, and then he also noticed the sword floating and many spectator also started to notice.
A moment later the sword began to spun around it self and once it had picked up speed it flew at downwards onto the ring.
Tokoyami was concerned that it was coming at them at high speed but then Alexander caught it easily with one hand." You tell me." Alexander said looking a little coky.
Tokoyami and many others were astonished by yet another feat, but Tokoyami had almost come to except this sort for thing from him by now and started chuckling a little." I think you answered my question." His face a bit more serious." Alexander. This festival may not mean much to you but… I am going to try my hardest and to get recognized from this point forward. Perhaps one day I can give you a more satisfying fight." His eyes filled with determination.
Alexander chuckled back." Well you are always welcome to try." The two then processed to do a quick fist bump.
Meanwhile in another part of the stadium. Todoroki was very curious and stunned over Alexander's quick.
He had super speed, strength, precision and reflexes, but now he had also showed off two more powers whatever that glowing circle was, and telekinesis to transport his sword over to him. Was he- no, no? Could he be a child from a quirk marriage as well? It would explain how he had so many varied powers, but he never breathed a word of it. Master Rouge… that was the name. There were a lot things that guy was not telling.
It was at this time that Bakugo left with a sour (And angry) mood from the balcony. His match was next. On the way he passed both Tokoyami and Alexander. "I am going to beat you." Bakugo said in a low tone so Alexander could hear it.
Alexander gave a quick confidant glance and kept on walking.
A few moments later both Tokoyami and Alexander arrived back on class 1-A's Balcony.
"Hey!" Alexander said before he was almost swarmed by a few of his classmates.
"Alexander what the hell was that move?!" Kaminari said.
" You have telekinesis and super strength?!" Ahsido said.
" Wow, calm down guys. Gee." Alexander said and then found his seat again to sit down." Just more of my amazing prowess is all."
Around the same time with Midoriya.
Midoriya had just been let out of the nurses office and was walk and talk with All Might.
Recovery girl had just warned she will not assist them further if it always ended with him breaking his body. They had to figure out another way of fighting for Midoriya.
"A new way of using your quirk…" All Might pondered.
"Hey All Might." Midoriya said catching the number one heroes attention." Remember when you told why went to work at U.A in the first place? To find a worthy successor for One for All. "
"Yeah?" All Might said.
"I put everything I had into the sports festival…but still…. There were other competitors who fought for victory harder then I did…. So maybe…"
All Might caught on to what he was trying to say." You think it might be better for someone else to be my successor, yes?"
"Yes…" Midoriya answered.
"You speak the truth. This place is full of incredible potential heroes." All Might said." One for All is a crystallization of power. It bolsters quirks. For example, if young Todoroki were to inherit it, the strength added to his own quirk would probably make him an unstoppable super hero. Hehe and I am terrified to think of what would happen if young Kowalczyk got it."
"…Then" Midoriya was about to say when All Might continued.
"But you know. I was quirkless to when I was a kid." He said.
Midoriya was stunned by this information turned and looked at him with wide eyes." Quirkless? Seriously?"
All Might replied with a smile." Back then it wasn't as rare of an occurrence, but it was still out of the ordinary. Even though I didn't have a power of my own. I had someone who believed I my potential. My master gave me One for All and raised me to become a hero."
"You never told me about that!" Midoriya said.
"It's not my fault you never asked." All Might countered. Which he was right about." Which is surprising." He gave a thumbs up.
" I just can't believe that the number one hero was quirkless." Midoriya said.
"Oh its ture. When we first met I saw a little of the old me in you. But kid, you have gone beyond my expectation time and time again. One day you are going to be a great hero, that is something I truly believe."
Every time Midoriya was told that by All Might he always felt like he was bursting with cries joy, but he also tried to hold it in not to embarrass himself.
Midoriya and All Might talked for a bit more but eventually Midoriya headed back to his classmates that was in full swing watching Bakugo versus Kirishima.
Too bad Midoriya had missed the previous fights, such a bummer.
When he looked down at the fight he noticed that Kirishima was giving Kachan a tough fight. Guess is quirk is better than he originally thought.
But his concentration was broken when he heard Iida call out to him" Midoriya! I take it your surgery has gone well. I am glad."
"Yeah thanks. Congrats on your win." Midoriya said.
"I am up against Todoroki next. I watch your fight with him earlier. Maybe I can learn from it." Iida said.
"Yeah…" Midoriya responded." Isn't Ingenium excited that you have blown through the bracket? He must be so proud of his little brother." What kind of brother wouldn't?
"hmmm, not sure. I tried calling him earlier but he was working." Iida explained.
"oh..Sorry." Midoriya said.
Iida smiled." Nah its fine. When we do talk, maybe I get to tell him I won."
Midoriya was happy to see that talk of Ingenium always made Iida so positive.
But their attention turned to the arena once they once they heard Present Mic shout over the speakers.
"WAH! BAKUGO COUNTERED ONCE AGAIN! BUT WHAT IS THIS?!"
The hit Kirishima took made him flinch in pain.
"IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING THIS TIME!"
Bakugo smiled mischievously after hitting Kirishima." You have been straining to keep your body rock hard this whole fight right? But that means you are over using your quirk. AND SOONER OR LATER YOU'LL FALL APART!" He said unleashing another explosion.
Kirishima initially blocked it but he was surprised to then see Bakugo was already coming at him again but this he unleashed a whole volley of explosions that wore Kirishima down quick, all while Bakugo still kept on grinning. "This is -argh! To much!"
"THIS IS IT! FINAL BLOW!" Bakugo shouted unleashing the finishing Kirishima off one last explosion.
"Kirishima has been knocked-out! Bakugo is the winner!" Midnight announced and the audience cheered.
"WITH THAT VISCIOUS CARPET BOMBING, BAKUGO ADVANCES TO THE THRID ROUND!"
The screens in the stadium displayed a picture of Todoroki, Iida, Alexander and Bakugo.
"LADIES AND GENTELMEN, OUR FINAL FOUR!"
"Right, I am off." Iida said to Midoriya and left to get ready.
Midoriya in the meanwhile left to back to the balcony where his class was.
"Deku." Uraraka said when she saw him.
"Good to see you are up and about again." Kikuchi said in a friendly tone.
"Recovery girl let me out, thinking I walk well enough." Midoriya said.
"Don't you want to relax a bit?" Uraraka asked.
"No, I would want to miss these up coming matches. Oh, has Alex already gone to get ready?" Midoriya asked when he noticed that the sword wielder was nowhere in sight.
"Yeah he is the waiting room I think. He is going up against Bakugo after all. Maybe e coming up with a good strategy to beat him. Hopefully Alex has a good idea after watching my fight." Uraraka said.
"Sure…He is so amazing after all." Kikuchi muttered in an annoyed tone which made Midroiya and Uraraka look at each other with confused expressions. What was that about?
Meanwhile in the waiting room.
Alexander was relaxing on a chair with feet up on the nearby table and hands placed on the back of his head. All that was left for today was to beat Bakugo and Todoroki and he had absolutely no concerns about it. Despite both being somewhat good at what they did, Alexander thought he could wing it no problemo.
Just then his phone sounded.
Alexander took his legs of the table and pulled out his phone. It was an incoming call from Michelangelo (Miss Colhoun.) That's odd, what does she want? Alexander thought to himself. He pressed the answer button." Yellow! Something you need, Miss Calhoun?" Alexander asked.
"Alexander. The board wants a word with you. Redirecting you now." Miss Calhoun said.
Alexander knew what this meant. Quickly he the placed phone on the table and on the back of the phone came a little pen out so it could stand up. Standard procedure when the Board has to connect with their agents in field, they always had to go through the Handler for safety reasons.
The picture on the phone vanished and a second later the it lit up again now showing a direct video feed from the Board's secret room, all members outline in a low-lit room." Hey Boss. What do I ow this unexpected call?" Alexander with a small smile as usual.
"Alexander, we have called you for a very serious matter…. We want you to throw the match." The Dicretor said.
Alexander expression turned confused." ...What?" he asked.
Meanwhile out in the arena.
"Iida has been immobilized, Todoroki advances!" Midnight announced.
"TODOROKI MOVES ON TO THE FINALES WITHOUT USING HIS FIRE AGAIN. " Present mic shouted.
The match had between Iida and Todoroki had ended with Todoroki standing victorious and Iida encased in solid ice. Despite having used a secret technic to temporarily boost his power in his engines. But it resulted in his engines being burnt out after a short use. Todoroki took the advantage and froze him.
"Poor, Iida." Midoriya said. Even from where he sat he could see how saddened Iida looked.
"I am sorry brother." Iida muttered to himself, holding back his tears.
Meanwhile of to the side of the stadium Endeavor frowned. His son was being a fool for once again not using his fire. Why is he not using it?
Somewhere completely else.
In an alleyway in Hosu, a fresh and still alive body of a man in armor like Tenya's own was lying on the ground bleeding, with multiple cuts over his body.
"Fame…Money…that's all of you who call yourself heroes are really after! …But your bastards are NOT heroes!" A phone that was on the ground got stomped on." Expect him…the only with the exception to kill me. All Might is worthy!" A person shadowed in the dark wielder a rough katana said out loud.
This was a man with a purpose. A man who would kill for what he believed in.
The man who is known as the hero killer.
Stain, was in Hosu.
However not to far away a pair of eyes was looking at the Hero Killer with him noticing him, or A EYE rather, was large and red with slit pupil. It's body wasn't exactly a normal body but huge mass that was moving." Hehehe, you are interesting Hero Killer. I hope you entertain me more with your excellent display of hurting your own kind. Oh, how humans are such suckers for killing each other when it suits them. I am almost jealous. Can't wait for your next piece of art." The figure said and disappeared.
Back in the waiting room.
Alexander was starching his neck after hearing what the Board had told him."Care to run that by me one more time."
"We want you to throw the match for the sake of you mission. We believe that it would be unwise that were you to win the sports festival. You face will be on the front of every news outlet and the amount of people wanting you for internship could be jeopardizing since we also don't want you to standout too much. Your victory could potential become an annoyance later. We want people to think you are just another student at U.A and you to stay in the dark much a possible. We are sorry if this seems unreasonable to you, but we think this is the best course of action." The Director said.
"You know, if you wanted me to become a hero quietly, maybe you shouldn't have sent me to the most famous school in Japan slash the world." Alexander said with narrowed eyes.
"We agree that is our fault, and we apologize for the inconvenience. However, we also think that it would wasteful to change school this early, so we ask you comply." The DARTA Director said.
This was irritating. Alexander really wanted to beat up Todoroki and Bakugo, but he was not going to get his pride get in the way of his assignment for some personal satisfaction. He may not like it, but that's the way, he had to do it. Losing to that A-hole Bakugo though, that could be really annoying.
However suddenly an idea popped into his head, and he smirked." Alright. I'll play ball. I'll throw the match." Alexander raised his hand in a hold-a-moment manner." Buuut…. I'll do it my way."
Alexander could hear all the Board members sigh heavily and the Board Director took a deep breath." Alright agent…. We leave the rest to you. But please…don't do anything too wild now…"
"Thank you boss. It will be done, I promise." Alexander smiled mischievously.
The video feed cut out and the screen on Alexander's phone returned to normal.
Alexander walked over and lay it back in his pocket.
A voice suddenly the speakers, it was Present Mic." WILL BOTH KATSUKI BAKUGO AND ALEXANDER KOWALCYZK PLEASE SHOW THEMSELVES TO THE ARENA!"
The smiling Alexander walked over to the door." This is going to be fun." He said to himself.
The audience was wild and impatient for the next match.
Todoroki had located himself to the same point as before to watch the match. The next standing competitor is going to be in the final fight against me. Alexander, I am going to win against you. With this match against Bakugo, I will have a better understanding on how handle myself against you. Todoroki thought.
On class 1-B's balcony. " Alright! Now it's Alexander's turn again." Jason said excitingly.
" Oh com on! These finales have been one big showcase for class 1-A. We should have been the ones to show off our quirks!" Tesutesu said.
"Relax, there is only two more matches left to go and we can be done with this." Nobunorih said.
" Hmhp. I guess I'll receive some small pleasure in seeing two class 1-A student beating the crap out of each other." Monoma said.
With class 1-A next to them.
"Bakugo versus Alex. This fight is going to be hectic." Uraraka said.
"Yeah. Kacchan's explosions are fearful. Alexander is going to be dodgy once more if wants to avoid them, and I think Kacchan knows that as well." Midoriya said.
"But with Alexander's speed don't you think he can keep up?" Yaoyorozu asked from her seat.
"Sure, but I also highly doubt that Kacchan is going to let him use that as his advantage." Midoriya answered back. This fight could go either way in his opinion.
" Bakugo is also very brutal. However, Kowalczyk was very calm when he fought me and not to mention all the tricks he has up his sleeve." Tokoymi said.
"Surely you don't think he has more do you?" Kaminari asked.
"I don't see why he wouldn't have." Tokoyami said." Hmmm…that thing he did to."
"Something the matter Tokoyami?" Midoriya asked.
"It was that red…platform thing Alexander used to defeat me with…it was…odd…" Tokoyami said looking downwards in deep thought.
"Odd? How so?" Sero asked.
"For the split second it was there, I was fortunate to have a good look at it. It was strange…it was so detailed." Tokoyami said.
"Detailed?!" Ahisido said.
"Yes. It looked like there were symbols inside the circle." Tokoyami said.
"Symbols? Huh…That is strange, indeed." Sato said keeping up his unreadable expression.
Just then Kikuchi noticed the two students step inside the arena.
"They are here." She said and the class turned their attention to the arena.
Bakugo and Alexander both stepped up onto the ring.
I am going to beat the ever-living crap out of you Just so you finally understand who you are messing with. Bakugo thought to himself.
Alexander looked confident as ever.
"OH YEAH! THIS LAST MATCH OF THE SEMI FINALES IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! IIIIIIIIT'S KATSUKI BAKUGO VEEEEERSUS ALEXANDER KOWALCYZK! THE VICTOR WILL DETERMIN WHO GETS FIGHT AGAINST TODOROKI FOR SPORTSFESTIVAL CHAMPION!"
"Pretty much."
"LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!"
Midnight raised her wipe once she saw both fighters had taken their respected places."Begin!"She shouted.
Bakugo got into to a fighting stance and waited for Alexander to move.
Alexander however didn't move, in fact he just stood and watch Bakugo for a few seconds.
Just after those seconds, he closed his eyes.
Bakugo was taken back by this and Present Mic saw it to."WOW! UNBELIEVEBLE! ALEXANDER IS BASICLY SHOWING THAT HE DOSEN'T THINK BAKUGO IS A THREAT AT ALL!"
Chatter could be heard around the audience.
"Is Kowalcyzk claiming that he is going to win?"
"I think that is what he is doing."
"Well someone is definitely feeling confident. Or is he really stronger than that Bakugo?"
At some point Bakugo had enough of all the background chatter and charged at Alexander." RAAAGH!" He shouted with hands ready to unleash explosions.
Midoriya was taken back but not surprised to see Bakugo react that way.
"BAKUGO IS GOING FOR IT!"
This is it, Todoroki thought.
"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Bakugo screamed at Alexander, running fast ready to throw the explosions right in his face.
Alexander stood motionless, waiting, eyes still closed and a confident smile on his face.
Time slowed as Bakugo came closer.
"IS HE JUST GOING TO STAND THERE?! MOVE ALREADY, ALEXANDER!" Kaminari shouted.
"What's he doing?! Is he letting Bakugo win?!" Yaoyorozu said.
"What ever he is doing is over in the next few seconds!" Sero said.
Midoriya, Uraraka and Kikuchi baffled over Alexander's inaction.
As Bakugo was only around a meter away, Alexander calmly opened his eyes to look directly into Bakugo's
In that single moment Bakugo raised his eyebrow in confusion. What is he?
It was then Alexander moved faster than Bakugo could respond and grabbed hold of the hand Bakugo was going to use for an explosion. Because of the tightened grip the explosion was canceled and only smoke came out as a result.
Bakugo was surprised but not deterred." Damn you!"And he tried again with his other hand.
But Alexander easily caught that too with a relaxed and confident smile on his face.
Bakugo was mad and tried to head-butt Alexander, However the secret Devil Hunter responded with a head-butt first and Bakugo was knocked to his knees from the hit and he held his head in pain and Alexander let go of his hand.
Bakugo coughed a little from the attack. That hit hurt! He thought.
From where class 1-A sat they could see how much pain Bakugo was in.
"Wow Bakugo is on his knees!" Uraraka said. She was completely taken back by how little Alexander had to do to make Bakugo feel pain.
Midoriya sat observing the match. It seems that Alexander's hit was powerful enough to knock the wind out of Kachan with one strike, but it didn't create a force wave like his? That could mean Alexander's punches were more precise than strength based.
After Bakugo caught his breath and he looked up and narrowed his eyes at Alexander and then in his rage unleashed a powerful explosion forward to hit him." DIE!" He shouted in anger.
The explosion was sent out from Bakugo's palm and in a wide diameter that seemingly engulfed Alexander and after a huge cloud of smoke covered it's place.
Everyone in the stadium was surprised and thought Alexander was blasted out of the ring.
"Amazing, Bakugo took the moment and attacked while Kowalczyk was wide open!"
"Well, looks like that's that."
Bakugo grinned as he thought he beat that loser.
However before he could gloat in his own victory, Bakugo soon saw spotted two red glowing lights from the dust cloud.
And he heard the words." Did you honestly think you won?" It was Alexander's voice
Just then for some reason he couldn't explain he felt fear. Fear was traveling through his body.
When the dust cloud dissipated enough, it was revealed much to his shock that Alexander with no injury what so ever his U.A outdoor outfit only slightly roughed up and a sinister smile on his face.
"WHAAAAAT?! KOWALCZYK IS STILL STANDING!" Present mic said.
The spectators were astonished.
"WHAT KOWALCZYK IS UNHARMED?!"
"No way you are telling me the kid can jump around like crazy AND HE CAN TANK EXPLOSIVE ATTACKS?!"
And so was class 1-A.
" I thought he was knocked out!" Sero yelled.
"He took that explosion head on!" Kaminari yelled.
That is incredible! If Alexander can take Kachan attacks that meant he would have been able to handle Nomu's attacks too, to an extend or perhaps more! Midoriya thought.
Back in the ring, Bakugo got to his feet and was the only one to actually see Alexander's eyes glow.
What the heck is up with his eyes? He was also annoyed that explosion he threw that was enough to destroy concrete didn't do much against. Bakugo thought quick but then let it go and was about attack again and was ready to throw an explosion.
Alexander had survived explosions before so that was no big deal. After he was hit his body's demonic regeneration naturally kicked in while covered by dust cloud from Bakugo's explosion so no one saw him get healed quick. For that little scratch Alexander felt like he wanted to make Bakugo suffer a bit for fun. One of the many perks of being a half demon meant he had access to whole wide range of dark abilities.
And he was about to use one.
One that admitted fear into his enemies.
Alexander raised his demonic presence to use against Bakugo.
As Bakugo was about to throw the explosion the fear that was in him rose and made him stop dead in his tracks.
Everyone was baffled at this sudden turn.
"HUH?! BAKUGO SUDDENLY STOPPED FOR NO REASON!" Present Mic said through the speakers.
Bakugo didn't know why but he was unable to move it was like there was this overwhelming fear. What was this, it felt like there was this dominating presence?! He thought as he began breathing faster. WHAT WAS GOING ON?!
"Hehe" Alexander laughed and it send a chill down Bakugo's spine." What's wrong Bakugo? Weren't you going to kill me like you said? "
Bakugo slowly turned his head to Alexander saw he had formed a devilish smiled that felt like it was staring right into him. "Boy you are pathetic."
Is he doing this?! Bakugo thought franticly.
Bakugo frighten but still not showing his fear, though everybody could see he was scared as he took a few steps back away from Alexander. Trying to show his pure will, Bakugo tried to throw another punch with explosive power however when he once again tried to connect his fist, it was like his body screamed at him to stop.
He tried a few more times to go in and hit him, but each time he stopped when he felt the fear rise.
"WHAT IS BAKUGO DOING NOW?! WHY CAN'T HE LAND A HIT KOWALCYZK?!" Present Mic shouted through the speaker.
Meanwhile back with class 1-A couldn't believe what they were seeing. Bakugo was
Kirishima just arrived on the scene.
"Hey guys, who is fighting now?" Krishima asked.
His class noticed his arrival." KIRSHIMA?! BAKUGO AND ALEXANDER ARE UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, MAN!" Kaminari yelled to his classmate.
"WHAT?! Alex and bakugo are fighting?! Aw man I nearly missed it!" Kirishima shouted.
"Never mind that look!" Jiro said and pointed down on the ring.
In the ring they then saw Bakugo was had started to walk backwards.
Kirishima was shocked to see Bakugo was retreating." Wow wow wow what is he doing?!"
Midoriya looked closer at Bakugo and saw how he was acting. Kachan was scared?! He could hardly believe it as he looked on with wide eyes.
With Bakugo and Alexander in the stadium ring.
Bakugo was still feeling the fear within him as he was walking backwards.
"Haha." Alexander laughed once more." What's wrong, out of fire? Oh well then. Time to end this." He said.
Next thing that happened was that Alexander slowly and calmly started walking towards Bakugo.
Bakugo too scared of Alexander responded with the only thing his mind could come up with while in a state of terror. Walking backwards while unable to take his gaze off Alexander." GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Bakugo desperately shouted. In anger he somehow managed to throw an explosion at Alexander.
However Alexander noticed the attack and dashed to the side to evade it." Hehe, nice try. But not good enough." He chuckled and went on to advance again. Kowalczyk then dashed up next to Bakugo and lightly(Very lightly) kicked Bakugo so tripped and fell on his face. Bakugo huffed and puffed as he steadily got up on his feet again and took more steps to get away from Alexander.
Everybody in the audience took notice.
"Wow! That Bakugo kid is retreating!"
"Kowalczyk is scaring him out of the ring somehow!"
Todoroki who was in his on personal spot could hardly believe what he was seeing. Bakugo is getting frighten out of the tournament?
From the way it looked, it looked as if Alexander was the one doing it, but how? Was it another power from his quirk?
The master Rogue quirk is so varied. It goes over amplification of strength, speed and agility, yet he also has telekinesis and manifestation of energy-wait. During this whole festival there wasn't a single moment were Alexander showed a hit of fatigue. Great stamina too? He more he thought, the more it seemed that Alexander's quirk wasn't a quirk at all. It was all too wild. Could…Could Alexander use this against him too? How would he be able to fight him if Alexander could do that?
Midoriya meanwhile was frighten, shocked over how poorly Kacchan was faring. It was almost impossible for him to imaging him scared of all people. There was that one time. The same day he met All Might, was also the day Kacchan was taken hostage by the Sludge-Villain.
This is crazy. All Might thought. Young Bakugo is getting defeat with barly any of his physical attacks hitting Alexander. For heroes this is a good thing. No way endangers any bystanders and destruction of property is kept to absolute zero. I have idea how he is doing it though. Seems the young Kowalcyzk's quirk is just too powerful for young Bakugo.
After forcing Bakugo to be dominated by the fear from Alexander's demonic presence. The audience was on the edge of their seat while witnessing this incredibly one-sided battle.
Soon Bakugo had walked backwards right to the edge of the ring but he did notice until Present Mic said it through the speakers." OHHHH JUST ONE MORE STEP FROM BAKUGO AND HE IS OUT OF THE GAME!" In a panic of those words he quickly looked down at his feet to confirm what Present Mic said. DAMN!
When Alexander came close enough he stopped walking and waited for Bakugo to notice him which he did after seven seconds.
Bakugo was to scared to move couldn't process he was being beaten like this. IT'S LIKE HE HAS A CLAW THAT IS SQUEEZING MY HEART OF ALL IT'S BLOOD! I MU-MU-MUST…BEAT HIM! Bakugo thought. In his right hand Bakugo was forcing himself to gather as much explosive power as he could.
However before he got to fire it off Alexander place his hand of Bakugo's shirt. Bakugo held his breath and wide eyed." Sorry, Bakugo. Like I said… This ends here." Alexander said. Alexander then slightly pushed Bakugo but due to Bakugo's fear there was no resistance and in Bakugo's mind he fell slowly to the ground landing on the other side of the line of the ring. He was knocked out of the arena.
The audience was silent at first but the erupted in cheer of such an unexpected battle.
If class 1-A wasn't scared by Alexander's abilities before they sure were be now.
"Wow, Bakugo defeated so easily?" Kirishima said.
"I-I. I can't hardly believe it." Midoriya muttered. Seeing one of the people he had known for such long time being humiliated in such a way was shocking to say the least.
Todoroki however had to come up with a way to defeat Alexander in their next match.
The defeat Bakugo was fuming with rage but didn't try to attack Alexander. Perhaps he felt himself weak for loosing.
Midnight announced the winner." Bakugo has been thrown out of the ring! The victory goes to Kow-!"
However suddenly Alexander yelled." HOLD IT!" Everybody in the stadium went quite. Alexander formed a wide smile and then announced." I am forfeiting the tournament!"
The stadium was silent for a moment then it went.
"What?"
"What?"
"What?"
"WHAT?"
"WHAT?!"
Todoroki, Bakugo, class 1-A and 1-B, Present Mic and then last the spectators, in that order.
I did not see that one coming All Might thought and sweat dropped.
"Huh?! Yo-you won the match. This is unacceptable behavior, Mr. Kowalcyzk!" Midnight snapped at him.
"Yeah I don't really care. This tournament is boring me, so I am quitting. Deal with it. By the way I don't want some dumb third place award either. Just pretend I was never even there to begin with." Alexander said with a confident smile and started walking. Putting his hands up near his face head he then let out." Besides this whole festival is a pile of shiiiit!"
That kind of talk actually angered many in the audience.
"What the heck?! How can he say such things?"
"He has no respect for others who dream to be here and us for watching good entrainment!"
" Faker!"
"I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU! BUT NOW I SEE THAT WAS A MISTAKE!"
Suddenly spectators started throwing down trash on the stadium field and also the arena, booing Alexander as he walked to the tunnel entrance of the field. All while he grinned devilishly.
"HEY, NO THROWING TRASH INSIDE THE STADIUM!" Present Mic shouted trying to stop them but to no avail.
Class 1-A was all sweat dropping from Alexander's behavior. Honestly his shenanigans shouldn't' have surprised them but it did.
Kikuchi frowned over Alexander behavior and turned her face away from the stadium field.
Bakugo angrily punched the ground he was sitting on. What was this mercy?! Quitting so he could get to be in finales after being humiliated. NO way in hell was he going to accept it so casually!
Todoroki was taken back that Alexander tossed aside his declaration of war so easily simply because he was bored. Honestly it was kind of insulting in a wired way.
Alexander was satisfied. He had done what DARTA had ordered him to and did it in a way that made him unpopular and unlikable to the audience and at the same time humiliate Bakugo immensely. Not beating Todoroki was kind of a bummer but maybe he'll have another chance later in the semester. What a day.
Perhaps this sports festival wasn't that bad at all. Least when he had all the fun.
Mr. Aziawa who was in the commentator booth could see from where he sat how happy Alexander was. To him it seemed as if Alexander had completed something, he had set out to do. It was kind of a skill he picked up for all the time teaching. What is he really thinking? Aziawa wondered.
After Alexander left, Midnight had to play it cool." Oh uh, Kowalcyzk has forfeited the tournament! Bakugo goes on to the finales!"
Jason on class 1-B's balcony was taken back." Okaaaay? Huh, that happened."
Monoma snickered." Wow how foolish of Kowalczyk. I never thought that member from that class would be soo stupid!"
"Oh shut up Monoma!" Both Nobunorih and Kendo said at the same time.
At the same Iida had returned to class 1-A's balcony.
"Guess I have to take notes next time." He said making his presences known.
"Iida!" Midoriya said when he noticed him.
Uraraka, Kikuchi and Midoriya guessed that Iida would still be sad, however Iida gave a small smile signaling that it was alright that he lost. Glad to see he wasn't still wallowing in his defeat still.
Then for absolutely no reason he started shaking.
Startled by this the three went." WOW WHAT'S WRONG?!"
"it's just my phone." Iida said and reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.
"Oh that's a relief." The three said at the same time and calmed down.
Iida looked who wanted to contact him. It was his mother?
Going away from the balcony to get privacy Iida called his mother up. "Hello mom? I hate to tell you this, but I lost." He told her.
But his mother had other things she needed to tell him. "No son I am not calling about that. I am mean I am sorry. But Tenya…please listen carefully…" She sounded off. "It's your brother…a villain got Tensei!"
The words made the world Iida turn bleak. It cut right through him.
A…villain got Tensei?...
Oh god…
Back in Hosu.
The hero killer Stain was sitting on a ledge watching the police helping out the hero Ingenium, Tenya Iida's older brother.
"You haven't even noticed it have you? This warped society, mired by hypocrisy. And vanity…. that's why I will open your eyes heroes…. I will show you the world you have created." Suddenly the Hero Killer felt something was behind him and quickly drew his sword and cut at it.
The thing he cut at was in fact the black smoke like villain Kurogiri from the league of villains. "Please remain calm. We are off the same mind. I have been searching for you Hero Killer Stain. I wanted to meet you. I think you'll be interested in what I have to offer."
The hero killer raised an eyebrow. What could this be about?
After finding his coat and getting dressed back to his normal attire. ( As in his civilian and hero outfit) Alexander returned to the class 1-A balcony." Hey." He said.
"Oh look who it is. Mr. I ruin everything for everyone." Sero of all people sarcasticly remarked.
"Quite profane." Yaoyorozu agreed.
"Wow okay, getting hostile, are we?" Alexander said and made his way down to his seat.
"Well you are not exactly fun to be around if you keep dishonoring this festival." Asui said.
"Yeah, so? This festival is not going to make you great heroes in the long run. I am pretty sure most villains won't bat an eye if your famous or not." Alexander argued and sat down next Kikuchi who then moved herself to the seat longest away from him on the same row." She okay?" Alexander asked and turned Midoirya.
"Uhm I don't know what she is thinking. Probably the same as the rest of the class." Midoriya said. Only Uraraka and him were somewhat okay on how Alexander acted." But…Alex. We just heard from Iida he had to leave."
"Leave? Why?" Alexander asked.
"It was his brother. Apparently a villain got him." Midoriya said with a concerned expression.
"He is on his way to see him now." Uraraka said equally concerned.
"What? Damn. I feel really sorry for him." Alexander said, also now looking concerned." I hope things go right." It's never easy to see your loved ones hurt or worse. Alexander knew that last one too personally.
"The fight is about to start." Ojiro said.
The crowd cheered as the fighters made it on to the arena floor and stood opposite of each other."THE FINALE MATCH OF THE U.A SPORTSFESTIVAL IS ABOUT TO BEING! IN JUST A MOMMENT WE WILL SEE WHICH OF THESE TO WILL COME OUT ON TOP! YES IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS! FROM THE HERO COURSE, SHOTO TODOROKI VERSUS KASTSUKI BAKUGO!
And here the two members from the same class were head off against each other. One being irritatingly frustrated at his humiliation. The other was mentally questioning himself and his motives. But that didn't stop from getting ready for fight.
"BEGIN!" Present Mic said and the two students charged at each other.
And the secret Devil Hunter who is actually also half demon himself…fell asleep.
…
Yep.
That's what he did.
Fell asleep and missed the entire fight.
A few minuters later
" What a showdown! Don't you think too Alex?" Uraraka asked and turned her head to him. She was shocked to see that the sword fighter was snoring.
Midoriya and Uraraka dropped their jaws and Midroiya gave him a small shook to wake him up." Hey Alex, you there?!"
"ZZZZZ Oh what?" Alexander after waking up." What did I miss, who won?" He asked tired and casually.
"YOU ACTUALLY FELL ASLEEP?!" Uararak asked jaw looking like it was about to drop through the floor.
"Yeah, yeah I was tired okay? So, who won?" Alexander asked and rubbed his face awake.
Midoriya pointed down onto the arena.
On the stadium field, the ring was a complete mess. Ice scattered everywhere and signs of explosions.
Todoroki was blown of the ring and had gathered himself in ice out side of the arena. He had a chance to win against Bakugo if he had used his fire. But for some strange reason he just shut down in the most inopportune moment and stopped fighting.
Bakugo won by using his explosive powers to the fullest, but he wasn't happy that he had won. In fact, he was irritated. It was too easy, Todoroki didn't use all his power against him." YOU STOP MESSING AROUND! THIS ISN'T REAL FOR ME UNLESS YOU TRY HARDER!" Bakugo practically screamed at the unconscious Todoroki. "IT CAN'T END THIS WAY!" He was supposed to have won with overwhelming victories. This wouldn't be enough to satisfy him and his battle crazed superiority complex. Even though he won the tournament, it was not the type of victory he wanted, he hated it!
Midoriya didn't know what to think of this outcome and the way it was done. He felt sad but didn't know why. Perhaps he just thought this wasn't what he had thought when he first thought of the sports festival. One thing was sure though. He wouldn't forget it anytime soon.
Just then Midnight used her quick that let out a small pink purple fog that made Bakugo fall asleep. Midnight looked at the two unconscious boys and then said. "Todoroki is out of bounds! That means Bakugo is the winner!"
The audience erupted into a fury of cheer. They do really love seeing two teens beating the ever-living crap out of each other. Alexander thought.
"AND WITH THAT THE FINAL MATCH OF THE SPORTSFESTIVAL IS OFFICIAL OVER! THE FIRST YEAR CHAMPION IS KATSUKI BAKUGO FROM CLASS 1-A!"
Later after the stadium field was fixed, fireworks boomed I they sky for the finale moments of the festival. The award ceremony.
The students from all the first-year classes gathered in front of a new podium and a line of photographers stood and took pictures at them.
"The first have completed all of the events of U.A sports festival. Now it's time to relax an enjoy the award ceremony!" Midnight said.
Fireworks exploded and confetti drizzled around as a small hatch behind Midnight opened and another platform was raised cloud in smoke to reveal the top three victors of the festival.
Since Alexander forfeited himself entirely out of the tournament, in third place was Kirishima since he was the one who faced of Bakugo earlier and Iida had hurried of to his brother who was currently hospitalized, so his placement in third place was more a formality." Why am I even here?" He said in a very discouraging tone to himself.
Next in second was Todoroki who was looking down in a depressing manner.
Last but not least Bakugo who surprised everyone when it was shown he was tied up to a large rock with bindings and gag that you would usually see in an insane asylum. He was trying raging to break his bindings.
While many in class 1-A thought it was embarrassing to see.
"Oh dear lord he is in our class." Kaminari said woefully.
"He is acting like a feral animal." Tokoyami commented.
Alexander found it hilarious. Man he thought today was going to suck, but it actually turned out okay.
"Now let break out the hardware!" Midnight announced. "Of course, there is only one person worthy of disputing the awards."
"HAHA!" The audience heard hardy laugh that could only come from one person. It was All Might himself that was standing on the half roof of the stadium." Citizens! I AM HERE!" He yelled and jumped down from the half roof.
"All Might-!" But the speech of both All Might and Midnight went over each other and made sound kind of awkward for both of them.
Anyway, the audience didn't care. They were more interested in actually seeing the number one hero.
They still couldn't believe that the first-year students had the best hero in the world teaching them!
"So now that you are here All Might, why don't you start the presentation?" Midnight said and handed the number one hero the medals.
All Might grabbed the medals and walked over to Kirishima." Ha ha! Young Kirishima. Despite you must obviously be feeling a little to the side since you kinda forced to take this award, you must remember this is not you final stop and there plenty ahead in the future. You still showed great strength and even more so still filled with more potential to be unlocked."
Kirishima accepted and a few tears were let out as he then saluted All Might. Words coming from the number one hero meant a lot even though he was basically his teacher." Thank you All Might!" he said with pride.
Next All Might walked over to Todoroki." Young Todoroki. Congratulations. I am assuming you didn't use you let side, though it costed you the final."
Todoroki spoke." My eyes were opened. Specifically, in my match against Midoriya. But then I started to doubt myself. I think I now understand why you a little interested in him. I want to be the kind of hero you are…but my path…isn't as clear as I thought it was. I have a lot to think about. And there are still things I need to get settled." Todoroki's attitude was…different from his usual self. All Might could see a change in him.
"hmm…I never seen this look on your face before. I won't ask for details, I trust you can work things out yourself." All Might said and went over to the last tied up Bakugo." Now Young Bakugo! Hmm… this is a little much. Well you did what you said what you pledged. You are true to your word!" He said while removing the gag.
And he then came to regret it." WINNING THIS WAY DOSEN'T PROVE THAT I AM THE BEST ONE HERE, EVEN WITH THE WORLD CONSIDERS ME THE WINNER I REFUSE ACCCPT IT LIKE THIS!" Apparently he was still angry for everything that happened during the festival.
All Might was taken back by his hateful eyes but then gave a small speech."In a world where we are constantly being compared to one another. There are a very few that keep their eyes focused on the top spot. And you are one of them." But it didn't calm Bakugo down in anyway.
It was then that Alexander spoke from the crowd to Bakugo." Hey Bakugo! Enjoying that swelling victory?"
He said acting navi and innocent with a childish smile.
Once Bakugo saw him past All Might and unleashed a hurl of insults." WHY I AM GOIN TO-#¤%&((&%")%" That were not intended for a younger audience.
The students sweat dropped while Alexander took with bright smile like it was nothing." Good to see you are in such a positive mood! " He jokingly mocked him.
" FU-" Bakugo was about to say when All Might put the gag back on.
"I think this is for the best, sorry." He said to Bakugo and then placed the medal around his neck.
After handing out the awards All Might gave another speech." Here they are! Winner of this year's sport festival! But listen closely! Any of you first years could have ended up here on this podium. Think about what you have done today. You have challenged each other, learned, and climbed even further in reaching you goal to being pros. I think the next generation of heroes are proving to be the best! So, I have one more thing to say! I want everyone to say it with me!"
Audience joined in." PLUS ULTRA!"
" Thank you for all your hard work!"
Apparently the audience didn't expect to diverge from his catchphrase and berated All Might for it.
"WHAT?! THAT WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO SAY PLUS ULTRA, ALL MIGHT!" They booed.
All Might embarrassed defend himself poorly." Oh Well uhm… I thought everyone did such a good job!"
The sports festival had ended.
The festival taught the student one important thing. Your best friend could also be a worthy opponent. They had learned a lot of each other. And themselves.
After all the visitors had left all students had changed back into their normal clothes and retreated to their classrooms. It was late in the afternoon.
All student of class 1-A were sitting on their seats while the bandaged Mr. Aziawa gave the final words of the day. (By the way Bakugo was still restrained)
"Nice work. You have the next two days of school off. Take this time to recuperate. I am sure the pros that watched the festival wanna recruit some of you. We'll look over the draft updates once you some rest you still have a lot of training." Mr. Aizawa said.
Right away he got a." Yes sir!" From the class.
The students then left their seats and went home.
Outside the classroom Alexander turned to Midoriya." Alright, ready to head home finally, neighbor?" He asked.
"Sure. Arghhhh… I am so exhausted." Midoriya said cracking his neck a few times.
But before they were about to leave somebody come up behind them." Wait." The turned to see it was Todoroki.
"Todoroki?" Midoriya said.
"Alexander, can I speak with you?" Todoroki asked the sword wielder.
Alexander turned to Midoriya." You go head, dude. See you later."
"Alright if you say so. Later guys." Midoriya said and walked home.
Alexander turned his head back Todoroki." So…What do you want?" He asked narrowing his eyes.
"I…." Todoroki was trying to say. Then he took a deep breath and tried again." I want to apologize for earlier."
Alexander raised an eyebrow. He wanted to apologize?" Okaaay?"
"I want to apologize for antagonizing you before the festival started. Up until now I thought I have made my mind up and everyone around wouldn't matter too much. You see my hatred for my father have blinded me for so long, I couldn't see past it. When I faced Midroiya in that match, it cleared the cloud I had been walking in. it is also then I realized that just because someone has the same mindset than me doesn't make them wrong. People are just trying their best. You didn't care for the festival too begin with and but I acted hostile towards you for thinking differently, and that you didn't care for the festival because you knew that the festival ultimately had nothing to do with being a true hero while I was going around that winning the festival was a sure path. But it wasn't, it was just a step in reality. So, I am sorry." Todoroki said.
Alexander didn't expect him to come out like that." Okay I see. Well I accept you apology then…. you are just a little too straight forward, you know?" He said.
"There is also another thing." Todoroki said and reached out his hand." I much rather have a friend then and enemy. That if you it's okay with you."
Alexander was taken back by Todoroki's new friendly attitude and changed behavior. He snickered at first." He he, Wow this is really awkward…. Alright, Todoroki I'll be your friend since you put in so much effort for that little speech." Alexander reached out his hand and shook Todoroki's.
With that the two gained some amount of respect for each other. Todoroki even broke a small smile.
However their new little brotherhood moment was interrupted when Alexander's phone sounded. Alexander reached down his pocket and pulled it out. It was Michelangelo. (Miss Calhoun)" ups I have to take this one, sorry. Catch you later, man?"
"Yes, see you later." Todoroki said and saw Alexander walk away and turned the corner at the end of the hall. Todoroki then also pulled out his phone. He pulled out a number on that read Mom." I have someone to talk to too." He muttered.
Once he was out of earshot, Alexander spoke into the phone." I am here." He said.
Miss Calhoun spoke." We have a new assignment. Get ready in five outside U.A. I already gathered your gear."
Alexander smirked." Oh heck yeah, I'll be there soon." He hung up and walked outside. Another mission from DARTA.
Minutes later Alexander was picked up by Miss Calhoun in the silver car and she gave him the briefing.
" Alright here is the situation. Hours ago, in an old local location that was previously a temple, the police were called when they got a call from a desperate sounding civilian, talking about monsters coming for them. When they arrived the contacted the station a told them that it was just a crazy person, but when they didn't come back they tried calling and all they got was situation normal. DARTA intercepted this call and believe is the work of supernatural origin. Right now, DARTA is holding the police back for now, meaning this is a timed mission. Your objective is to go in a search for the missing police officers and find out what happened."
"Okay sounds simple enough." Alexander said.
After a ride to the old temple the sky had turned to early evening.
Miss Calhoun spoke to Alexander who had gotten out of the car and were holstering his pistols.
"Oh and by the way. Try to keep damages to a minimum. This is a historical site after all."
"Heeey! I didn't destroy anything last time!" Alexander said.
"I know, but still, I feel like it needs to be said. Good luck." Miss Calhoun said and drove to location nearby.
"Okay, time to kill some demons." Alexander said and cracked his knuckles.
Walking up to the gate leading into the temple, Alexander jumped over the walls and went further in.
It was quiet. Too quiet.
There were no active light sources nearby, so it was getting pretty dark as clouds in the sky covered over and turned grey, the wind picked up to. Looks like it was going to rain soon.
Alexander came to the first building on temple ground but the it was closed. But luckily he saw an open window on the first floor. Using his power, he Air Hiked up and entered the building.
Just like the outside there were no light source, but he could still see well enough.
After walking around on first floor like a minute he went down the stairs to the ground floor.
It was then he saw them. The missing police officers laying on the ground motionless. Around were signs of battle, like slashes in stone carvings, walls and the floor itself.
Alexander walked over to examine them.
At first Alexander thought the police officers were dead, but he touched the first one the officer moaned.
They were still alive? That's odd.
Looking at the battle damage around him he noticed small plies of black dust, indicating there were really where demons here. But if the police officer had somehow killed the demons, then why were all of he currently unconscious? It made no sense.
Alexander called up Miss Calhoun on his headset." Michelangelo? I have something wired here."
"What have you found? " She asked.
"All the cops are still alive, but all the demons are dead too." Alexander said.
"That's…wired indeed. This is not standard demon tactics at all. We could be dealing with a rouge deviant." Miss Calhoun suggested.
"Yeah, but my amulet is not responding to anything either. We have a real mystery here." Alexander said.
"Okay, okay." Miss Calhoun took a deep breath." Is anything else you can see?"
Alexander quickly scanned the room, his eyes caught the site of something red near the door leading further into temple ground and walked over to examine it too. To his surprise it was red paint that spelled out THIS WAY and a small arrowhead pointing outside.
"Found something. It's text saying this way. it's leading outside." Alexander said.
"What? Da Vinci, approach with up most caution. We have little enough time as it is, but if something expected us we shouldn't take it lightly." Miss Calhoun said.
"Roger. Let's see what this all about." He said. Alexander didn't like it. The implication that he was expected was something to worry about, since it had never happened before. Regardless he needed to proceed.
The other door that was leading wasn't locked and he went outside.
Right away there was a long staircase that reached all the way to the top of a small mountain that was still temple ground.
Jogging up the long staircase Alexander started to have this strange feeling that something was just ahead.
He couldn't describe it, just that it was vaguely there and got more clear the further he went up.
By now the sky was completely covered with dark clouds.
Just a dozen more steps to reaching the peak, Alexander stopped for moment to prepare himself.
His amulet still hadn't picked up anything, but what ever was responsible for the mess in the first building was just up there. And there was this ominous atmosphere that he couldn't shake.
Regardless Alexander took the finale few steps and reached the top.
The top of the small mountain was this huge open ornate brick floor with Japanese samurai statues around it with no vegetation and the wind could be felt clear.
And there was this deafening silence in the air.
However as soon as he got up on the stone platform, he saw ahead what must have made this whole situation.
A girl?
It was young woman around the same age as Alexander himself wearing a mostly blue outfit, black pony tail and her back was turned.
Who is she? Most likely a demon too. But the amulet still hasn't picked up anything. Alexander thought." Hey! Are you the one that killed those demons below? Gotta say I am impressed that the cops are still drawing breath."
No responds.
" Listen, I don't know what you are planning, but if you don't talk to me, I'll will attack. So, would you kindly answer me?"
Still no responds.
"Hard way it is then." Alexander said, shrugging his shoulders and drew his sword and walked closer.
Just then.
It happened.
The amulet around Alexander neck began to glow violently, but not with it's green color but a blue color that Alexander had never seen it do before. It caught him off guard." What the?!" However, his thoughts were interrupted once he saw another light, but this light didn't come from him but from over where the girl was and it had a red color.
The girl then slowly turned around with closed eye and revealed her front to Alexander.
The moment where she then opened her blue eyes they were instantly locked with Alexander's red as his eyes went wide from shock and he held his breath.
The girl in front of him was holding a Chinese style sword that he had seen before. It was the Han Jian! Along with that the girl also wore an amulet that was identical to the one Alexander wore. But it was her azure blue eyes that truly reminded him that he had seen this very person before.
Back when he was little.
Back in his family home.
But that was impossible…. she was dead….
The light in both amulets then went out at the same time, like a snuffed-out candles.
The girl dressed in blue and holding the Chinese style sword spoke with a cold emotionless tone." …. Hello…. Brother…"
"…. Ch-…Charna?..." Alexander responded in disbelief.
AN: Oh yeah, we are doing this. We are going into new fan made territory!