So writing this chapter, I felt there was dozens of ways it could have been written, I think I like this one the most because it's more characterization for the less prideful Bakugo. Well, I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Make sure to fav/follow or to leave a review telling me your opinions.

Midoriya stood on the stage waiting for Shoji, with him nowhere in sight.

"Umm… Midnight, did Shoji get the announcement the match was starting?" Midoriya asked.

Midnight was standing on the stage, just as confused as Midoriya, "We'll give him another minute, then it will be a forfeit."

As Midnight finished talking, Kirishima, Bakugo, and Shoji came out, carrying Todoroki off the ground.

"Let me down! I'll freeze you!" Todoroki yelling.

"Alright, we'll let you down" Bakugo said deviously.

The three boys then threw Todoroki onto the field, "Midnight! We're gonna switch the battles around, Shoji and I are gonna fight, so Todoroki and Deku can go first."

Midoriya then nervously said, "Midnight? They can't do this, can they?"

Midnight replied, "I'll allow it."

"Whaaaa?" Midoriya cried out.

"Fine with me, I just to crush you even earlier…" Todoroki said dusting himself off as he finished rising to his feet, "I'm ready."

Midnight quickly got off the stage after seeing the anger in Todoroki's eyes.

Bakugo, Kirishima, and Shoji all ran back to get to their seats before the match started.

"What were you thinking, Kacchan?" Midoriya said to himself as he nervously got in his fighting position.

"START!"

Todoroki slammed his foot into the ground, making a glacier grow towards Midoriya.

As the ice approached, Midoriya threw his hands up in defense, focusing his quirk.

The glacier kept growing, Midoriya kept pushing, creating a stalemate between the two.

Midoriya's feet started sliding across the stage, so he started focusing part of his quirk into his feet.

He stopped sliding back, but the glacier started growing closer towards him as he had weakened the force from his hands.

"I have to go higher, 15% maybe 20…" Midoriya muttered to himself as the chill from the ice started to make him shiver.

He closed his eyes and tried thinking of a way out of his situation, increasing his power would only delay the glacier from reaching him, and it would likely damage his muscles or bones.

"What would Aizawa do?" Midoriya asked, "Probably negate Todoroki's quirk… All Might would just punch it… Kacchan would fly over it, or dig through with his explosions…"

Midoriya struggled to think as he was feeling colder and colder.

Then his instincts took over, One for All started coursing through his body separate from his quirk.

His repulsive force weakened as the power from One for All channeled into his muscles.

On Todoroki's side, his body was sweating, and that sweat started hardening into ice on his body, making him start to feel the chill of his ice.

"I won't use my left side…" he muttered as his teeth chattering, "I just need a little bit more…"

He stomped his foot into the ground once more, making his ice surge towards Midoriya even stronger than before.

Then there was a sound that echoed through the stadium, a cracking of ice that silenced the crowd.

One crack after another, the glacier slowly breaking.

Then an explosion of ice.

It looked as if it was snowing on the stage, no one could see anything for a moment.

But as the ice began to settle, people could see lightning arcing around a human figure.

"What… what is this?" Todoroki asked as he looked at Midoriya in 12% Full Cowl.

Midoriya was panting, sweat dripping down his body, he didn't know how long he could maintain this form, but he knew that he could beat Todoroki's ice with it.

Midoriya zoomed across the stage, jumping into the air, he did a front flip, swinging his leg overhead, slamming his heel into Todoroki's ice he created trying to defend himself.

The ice shattered, leaving Todoroki defenseless as Midoriya followed the kick with a quick jab into Todoroki's stomach, making him stumble back.

"You'll have to use your flames if you want to beat me!" Midoriya yelled out confidently, taking quick shallow breaths between every few words, "COME AT ME WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!"

"Everything… I've got?" Todoroki muttered, "Did my bastard of a father pay you off or something?!"

Todoroki charged at Midoriya, angrily trying to hit Midoriya with his quirk, but Midoriya's speed was greater than Todoroki could have predicted, letting him dodge each attack.

Todoroki was getting slower as his ice started glazing over his body, but Midoriya was getting slower too, becoming unable to sustain his Full Cowl.

Todoroki's right leg was frozen to the ground, and Midoriya was on one knee panting.

"Why are you pushing yourself this far?" Todoroki asked.

"I'm just… trying to meet expectations…" Midoriya said, "A smiling… dependable… cool hero… that's what I want to be."

Midoriya rose to his feet, his legs trembling under his weight.

He held his hand out in front of him, in the shape of a finger gun. Todoroki started raising his right arm.

"20%" Midoriya muttered, firing off his repulsive force.

"I won't lose!" Todoroki yelled out as he slung ice at Midoriya.

Their quirks met, creating a small cloud of snow between them.

Midoriya held his finger in pain, the joints in his finger feeling like they were locking up, "30%" Midoriya muttered desperately.

This time when their quirks met, the cloud of snow shot back hitting Todoroki, distracting him long enough for Midoriya to close the distance.

When Todoroki could see again, he was skidding across the stage, a pain in his stomach.

Midoriya was kneeling in the pile of snow, panting once more, "If you become number one hero, without giving it your all… then I don't think you're serious about denying him everything…"

"Shut up!" Todoroki said as he looked at Midoriya's injured finger, swollen and red, "You don't understand! I'll show my father I don't need his-"

"YOUR QUIRK IS YOUR OWN! IT'S YOUR QUIRK NOT HIS!" Midoriya yelled, tears running down his face.

He rose to his feet, and started walking at Todoroki, his body swaying side to side as he stepped, he was nearly about to fall over.

"You're still giving it your all… even in this state…"

"A hero… always gives it their all" Midoriya said as his head rose, revealing a smile, "With a smile on their face, that says 'Not to worry, for I am here.'"

Todoroki felt tears running down his face, as he remembered sitting on his mother's lap watching old All Might interviews.

The stadium them was lit up by an orange glow, and Todoroki smiling, "I… I want to be a hero too!"

Endeavor started yelling out, proud of his son, but his voice wasn't heard by Todoroki and Midoriya battling below.

He was confused why he was being ignored, and when he looked up from the battle, he saw class 1-A across from him.

Bakugo slowly raising his middle finger to Endeavor.

"You wanted this… I won't hold back anymore, Midoriya!" Todoroki yelled out as his fire and ice were exploding from each of his sides.

"I'll give it all I've got too…" Midoriya muttered.

Todoroki attacked with incredible speed, knocking Midoriya across the stage, nearly off the edge.

"I guess I have to use a special move I've been saving… my final attack…" Midoriya laughed exhausted.

He crossed his arms and closed his eyes, focusing his quirk.

Todoroki shots blasts of fire and ice at Midoriya, but they were repelled around his body, a small barrier of force protecting him.

Todoroki desperately slammed his foot into the ground, trying to get a glacier to knock Midoriya off, but the barrier held, protecting him.

"My ultimate move… Unrelenting Force!" Midoriya yelled out as he threw his arms to the side, the glacier started sliding back across the stage, the ground beneath Midoriya crumbled away, leaving him floating over a crater, the walls of the stadium behind Midoriya even began crumbling.

Midoriya's barrier around his body was growing at an exponential rate, destroying everything around him. His shirt slowly shredding off of his body as his quirk grew stronger.

Aizawa leapt out of the announcer booth, trying to activate his quirk on Midoriya, but the barrier of force was distorting his line of sight, making him unable to hit Midoriya with his quirk.

"Midoriya, stop it! You're endangering the audience!" Aizawa yelled out, but the force had even distorted the sound making Aizawa's voice unable to reach Midoriya's ears.

All Might leapt onto the grass and started walking at Midoriya, trying to through the barrier, using One for All at 100% in his body, just slowly being able to move forward.

"YOUNG MIDORIYA! STOP!" All Might yelled out, his voice still unable to be heard.

Right as Todoroki stumbled backwards off of the stage, onto the grass below, Midoriya's barrier vanished, making him land in the crater.

He held his hand up in victory, then collapsed on the ground, his entire body looking broken, he had drawn too much of One for All through his body when releasing his ultimate move.

Midoriya was taken to the infirmary to recover, while Cementoss repaired the damaged stadium. Luckily, Midoriya had controlled his power to the point that no one was injured from his quirk, just the stadium walls were cracking.

Midoriya laid unconscious in the bed, no sign of waking up soon, Bakugo standing over him.

"I knew you and Todoroki needed that fight, but I was hoping we would fight in the finals, but in this state, I doubt you'll be able to…" Bakugo muttered, "How did you get so damn strong? When we were kids, were you just messing with me the whole time? Pretending to be weak, thinking I wasn't good enough to know? Were you looking down on me this whole time?!"

Tears were running down Bakugo's face, his expression a mixture of sadness and anger. He just felt like attacking Midoriya to get his feelings out.

"Damn it!" Bakugo yelled as he walked out of the infirmary wiping his tears away, leaving to get ready for his match against Shoji.

In the newly repaired stadium, Shoji and Bakugo stood face to face. Bakugo's eyes red and puffy.

Midnight started the match, then in a blink of an eye, Shoji was on the grass.

"Get back up here!" Bakugo yelled at Shoji, "I'm not done yet…"

"Bakugo, you've won, I can't compete with you" Shoji said.

"Bastard!" Bakugo yelled out as he leapt off the stage onto the grass trying to attack Shoji.

Bakugo's quirk wouldn't activate, and his arms were bound by white material.

"You've won Bakugo… let Shoji go" Aizawa said.

Bakugo relaxed and sadly dropped his head, Aizawa then released him.

Bakugo walked off, hiding his face from the crowd.

Uraraka was on her way towards the infirmary, to see how Midoriya was doing. Along her route, she saw Bakugo depressingly walking down the hall.

"Hey Bakugo, good job in your last match" Uraraka said, just to be friendly.

Bakugo slammed his head into Uraraka's shoulder and started crying. Confused, Uraraka started patting Bakugo's back, trying to console him.

"W-What's wrong?" she asked.

"Fucking Deku…" Bakugo muttered as he pulled away, "Sorry about that…"

Bakugo then wandered off.

Uraraka got concerned about Midoriya, wondering what Bakugo had meant, so she started running down the hall, rushing to the infirmary.

When Uraraka made it to the infirmary, she saw Midoriya talking to the skinny All Might.

"-used One for All apart from my force" Midoriya said, confusing Uraraka.

"Deku? Are you alright?" she asked worried.

"Oh… Uraraka! Yeah, I'm alright… Recovery Girl healed most of my injuries… I'm just tired" Midoriya said.

"Kid, I'll let you and Uraraka talk… good job in that match" All Might said as he walked out of the room.

"Deku… Bakugo was… I was…" Uraraka was saying.

"Oh! That's right Bakugo just had his match against Shoji, can you tell me about what happened?" Midoriya asked excitedly, like a child.

Uraraka laughed and sat next to Midoriya telling him about the match.

Bakugo was walking through the hall, running into Endeavor.

"You're that kid…" Endeavor said.

"Yeah and you're that bastard of a father, who wishes he was as good as All Might…" Bakugo said angrily.

Endeavor's flames heated up, "Just you wait, Shoto will beat you in the finals."

"So what if he beats me, we know that Deku won that fight. As much as you want your son to be number one, you'll always know that Deku beat him…" Bakugo said walking off.

Endeavor yelled out, "It was only because Shoto doesn't know how to use his flames yet."

"Yeah yeah yeah… how does it feel trying to live your life through your son?" Bakugo said as he stopped and looked over his shoulder, "Don't worry, he'll probably win the sports festival. I don't really feel like fighting anymore."

Then Bakugo started walking off once more.

"How dare you?!" Endeavor yelled out, accidentally firing his quirk at Bakugo, burning his back.

Bakugo and Midoriya both laid in the infirmary recovering, and Endeavor was locked in one of the prep rooms, being interviewed by the police about what happened.

Todoroki was willingly participating with the police, telling them about his childhood.

Kirishima and Shoji were fighting on the stage, they were the new final match as Todoroki, Bakugo, and Midoriya were all disposed.

"How did it end up like this?" Kirishima asked as the two of them fought.

"I don't know, but no one is even watching our match" Shoji said nodding his head to the empty stands, "I'm just gonna give up, congratulations Kirishima, you got first in the festival" Shoji said as raised his hands in surrender.

So that's the chapter, I felt like I wrote quite a bit, but then when I looked at the word count, it was actually not that long of a chapter, just about 2250 words. Anyways, I hope you've all enjoyed it. I think my plan is to next do a Halloween special chapter. After the Halloween chapter, the hero internship arc will be coming up, as well as the introduction of the SHINI.