Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia

The fourth match that would begin soon was between Tenya and Mei. Mei and Tenya were already on the stage and ready for the match to begin.

"ON THIS SIDE,WE HAVE THE SPEED RUNNER WHO ENABLED TEAM TODOROKI TO GET THE 10 MILLION POINTS IN THE FIRST PLACE! FROM THE HERO COURSE, TENYA IIDA! VERSUS THE ONLY SUPPORT COURSE STUDENT IN THIS TOURNAMENT! FROM THE SUPPORT COURSE, MEI HATSUME!"

Mei was using gadgets of her own making which the rules allowed. Though, Tenya was also wearing the gadgets. Midnight then began to state the rules.

"As per the rules,a hero course student isn't allowed to use any support gadgets in a fight!"

"I'm sorry! I didn't know! I had assumed that since Aoyama had worn his belt,I could've used it as well!"

"He has permission."

"Please forgive me! I didn't know about this rule! I was inspired by this girl's chivalry and willingness to have a fair fight that I ended up accepting her offer to use her gadgets!"

Commentary room

"If both parties agreed to this then I don't really see a problem with it",said Eraserhead.

"Are you sure it's alright though?"

"...You have the final say on this,Midnight."

Arena

"Such innocent words...I'LL ALLOW IT!"

"WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, READY! START!"

Tenya then began running at full speed towards Mei and he was running faster than he normally would.

"HOW IS IT,IIDA?! MY LEGS SUPPORTS SURE ARE HELPING YOU GO A LOT FASTER!"

Somehow she a mic on her. Tenya kept running but a metal prong popped out of Mei's backpack which moved her away from Tenya.

"AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I COULD EASILY AVOID HIS ATTACKS THANKS TO MY HYDRAULIC ATTACHMENT BAR!"

Tenya,not being used to the faster than normal speed that he was currently running at,ended up almost touching the edge. Some jet thrusters then popped out of his back which propelled him back into the arena. Some of the businessmen in the audience then started to observe her.

"Yes! They're totally into it! AS YOU CAN SEE, MY JET PROPULSION SYSTEM PREVENTS ITS WEARER FROM FALLING DOWN UNLESS IF THEY WANT TO! THERE'S THAT AND SO MUCH MORE!"

Commentary room

"This is turning into one big advertisement...",said Present Mic.

"She's a real hard-seller...",said Eraserhead who was facepalming.

10 minutes later

"Ah...I'm done with showing everything."

Mei then intentionally walked out the arena's edge. Midnight then announced the results.

"Ummm...Hatsume is out of bounds. IIDA MOVES ONTO THE NEXT ROUND!"

"YOU TRICKED ME!"

Mei then said with an evil smile,"I'm sorry, I ended up using you."

"That was kinda brutal. Though not unexpected from you, Hatsume."

Akira had met Mei before when he had gone to check out the maintenance of his suit after the USJ incident. His first impression of her was that she was a rather interesting individual.

The next match was between Akiko and Yuga.

"ON THIS SIDE WE HAVE THE FAST RUNNER WHO EARNED TEAM BAKUGOU THEIR LAST SECOND VICTORY AND WHOSE SPEED COULD PUT A PASSENGER JET TO SHAME! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, AKIKO TAKAHASHI!"

Akiko entered the ring.

"VERSUS! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, YUGA AOYAMA!"

Yuga entered the ring with his normal dazzling expression.

"READY! START!"

Yuga shot his navel laser once. Akiko vanished and reappeared beside the laser.

"Too slow."

Up in the audience stands

"Woah, Akiko's really fast,isn't she?!",Ochako was in awe at Akiko's speed.

"Yeah,she is! She managed to avoid Aoyama's laser like it was nothing!",Izuku said while noting everything down vigorously.

Yuga kept firing his laser and kept missing. At every interval of firing,Akiko would disappear and then reappear. Eventually at one point, Yuga's stomach started hurting. It was then that Akiko decided to go on the offensive.

Akiko rushed forwards and then straight punched Yuga in the guts with her left hand,completely destroying his belt. Then with her right arm, she used an uppercut to Yuga's chin to completely blow him out of the stadium. He ended up landing on the edge and was out cold.

"AOYAMA IS OUT OF BOUNDS! TAKAHASHI MOVES ON TO THE NEXT ROUND!"

After the match was over, Ochako had a melancholy expression and left the audience stands to get ready for for her own fight later. She had a melancholy expression. Nobody had noticed that she had left, not even Izuku.

As Yuga was being carried out the of the arena on a stretcher and was out cold, Akiko approached him.

"Sorry. I ended up using more strength than I intended! I'll pay for your belt to be fixed!"

The 6th match would be taking place soon. It was between Fumikage and Momo.

"OFFENSE AND DEFENSE IN ONE! THE DARK SAMURAI AND HIS DARK SHADOW! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI!"

Fumikage entered the ring.

"VERSUS-! ALL PURPOSE CREATION! SHE WAS ADMITTED THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS SO HER ABILITIES ARE PROVEN! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, MOMO YAOYOROZU!"

Momo then entered the ring.

Audience stands

"Say Deku, who do you think will win this match? I'm curious because the person who wins this round will be my opponent in the next round.",asked a curious Akiko to Izuku.

"I can't be sure...I'd say it's a matter of timing. If Yaoyorozu can create both a solid attack and defense in time against Tokoyami then she might have a chance."

Arena

"READY!? START!"

Within the first second of starting, Fumikage released Dark Shadow and it headed straight towards Momo. She created a shield which allowed her to block Dark Shadow from hitting her directly. Even then, the impact of the blow was so massive that she was moved a few metres away. Dark Shadow then moved in and again managed to push her some distance back. Momo then tried to create a weapon but Dark Shadow impacted against her shield once more. She was still on the defensive but then she noticed that Dark Shadow was still. She figured this would be a good opportunity so she attempted to create a weapon but...

"YAOYOROZU IS OUT OF BOUNDS! TOKOYAMI ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND!"

It was then that she noticed. She was out of bounds. The match ended as quickly as it began. Her confidence had been shattered completely.

Up in the audience stands, Izuku had finally noticed that Ochako wasn't there anymore.

"You go ahead Deku. I'll give you the details of this match afterwards.",said Akiko.

"Thanks, Akiko."

Izuku then left the stands and entered the waiting room area.

The 7th match would begin soon. It was between Ejiro and class B's Tetsutesu. The two of them were ready and facing each other in the arena.

"WITH MANLY AND PASSIONATE STEEL! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, TETSUTETSU TETSUTETSU!"

Tetsutetsu then released a growl.

"WITH MANLY AND PASSIONATE HARDENING! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, EJIRO KIRISHIMA!"

EJiro then shed some manly tears at him being given the exact same intro.

"READY! START!"

Both of them rushed towards each other. Both of them launched a punch at each other at the exact same time.

Their fight continued for a few minutes. Every single one of their moves was a direct copy of one another. Every punch,block or dodge. All of it. Until eventually, they both hit each other square in the face. They were both knocked out cold.

Midnight then entered the arena to see if either one of them was even barely conscious. They weren't.

"KIRISHIMA AND TETSUTETSU ARE BOTH IMMOBILE! THIS MATCH IS A DRAW!"

The audience roared and was actually impressed that they were able to see a draw. According to them, it apparently displayed great will.

"WELL THEN FOLKS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A DRAW! THE TIE BREAKER FOR THIS WILL BE DECIDED THROUGH A ARM WRESTLING MATCH AFTER THIS ROUND IS OVER!"

The eight match would be beginning soon. It was the dreaded match between Ochako and Katsuki. Everybody in class A was waiting for this match. Or rather...they weren't. The entire class knew very well how powerful Katsuki was. Not to say that Ochako was weak but compared to him, they couldn't help but feel otherwise. And of course, there was the issue of his temprament and merciless attitude.

"Deku, Iida. What did you guys talk about with her?",asked Akiko.

"Well, she talked about how she felt the need to see me as a rival and she sounded confident about her match but...I could tell that she was afraid of this. I had a strategy prepared for her to use in this match but she ended up refusing to learn it..."

"What was that strategy that you wanted to give her, Midoriya?", asked Tenya.

"It wasn't much really. It was just a rough idea. All she needed to do was avoid Kacchan's explosions and touch him only once to end the match."

Ochako and Katsuki were now in the arena. Katsuki had a expression on him which could be described as half confused and half disgusted.

"HE WAS KIND OF A BIGSHOT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUST LOOK AT THAT DETERMINED FACE, FROM THE HERO COURSE KATSUKI BAKUGOU! VERSUS! SHE'S THE ONE I'M PERSONALLY ROOTING FOR! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, OCHAKO URARAKA!"

Katsuki then began talking.

"You're the one that controls gravity. Aren't you, pink cheeks?"

"PINK CHEEKS-!"

"Well. If you're gonna give up then do it now. I don't intend to hold back in the slightest..."

"NOW THEN! LET THE FINAL MATCH OF THE FIRST ROUND BEGIN!"

Ochako began running as fast as she could towards Katsuki.

"GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME!"

She kept running towards him. He pulled his right hand back getting it ready for a punch.

"A right hook...that's his starting move..."

She was ready to avoid his punch but... Katsuki swung his arm downwards then upwards and launched an explosion while. The right hook was a complete feint. The explosion that was launched ended up pushing Ochako back to her side of the arena.

'You should've dropped out of the match."

Ochako charged at him one more time. He launched an explosion again. Only,this time...he ended up grabbing her jacket instead of her. She then slipped behind him and tried to touch him but...he turned around and launched another explosion. This one sent her hurling back as well.

The cycle continued several times.

Again.

And again.

Yet again.

Ochako would attempt to make Katsuki float away but he would react almost instantaneously and blow her away. This had already happened several times and the audience had pretty assumed that he was just toying with her at this point.

"These fools. They still haven't noticed. Have they?",said Neito Monoma of class B.

"I've got to hand it to Uraraka. She managed to not just distract Bakugo with her ploy but the vast majority of the entire audience as well...", thought Akira.

"Hey Deku,Iida. I think you two are underestimating her.",said Akiko.

"...But,just look at her..."

"Look up."

So Izuku did. What he saw struck him with surprise and relief.

The audience then had enough of this "bully".

"Hey,kid! If you're that strong then end the match already! There's no need to keep toying with her! If you wanna be a hero then stop this madness immediately!"

"You heard the guy!"

The audience then began to boo Katsuki.

"THE AUDIENCE IS BOOING BAKUGO! AND,THE TRUTH IS I AGR-!"

Eraserhead then elbow slammed Present Mic.

"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FO-!"

"Whoever just said that. If you're a pro then this profession isn't for you. You should consider a new career path."

The audience went completely silent.

"Bakugo knows that his opponent is strong and capable as she was able to make it this far into the festival. He knows that she deserves to be treated as an equal so that's why he's going all out on her."

With these few words from Mr. Aizawa, the audience's views had been completed altered. Ochako then rose up once again.

"She's not dead yet!", thought Katsuki.

"I don't blame Bakugo for not noticing but the that fact the pros missed out on it is just straight up embarrassing. Everyone look up."

Right above the stadium, hovering above the arena was hundreds(if not thousands) of pieces of rock and debris.

"Hey Bakugo...thanks...for not lowering your defense!"

Katsuki then looked up and saw it with his own eyes. Ochako then put her fingers together and released the effect of her quirk on the rocks and debris. She then began to run towards him. She put her hand out in order to grab and make him float away. He slowly raised his left hand. Ochako was getting ever so closer to him. He gripped his left arm with his right hand. She was very close to victory but...

Katsuki launched a massive, arena shattering explosion which blew all of the debris away. It even blew Ochako back to her side of the arena. It was so bad that she was barely conscious.

"IN A STUNNING DISPLAY OF POWER, BAKUGO SENT ALL THAT DEBRIS FLYING AWAY!"

"You're friends with that goddamn nerd. So I knew you must've had a stupid plan like this up your sleeves."

Ochako was shocked and horrified to see that her ultimate attack did almost nothing to him. Even then she still stood up and still had some will left to fight.

"Now then. Let the real battle begin! COME ON, URARAKA!"

Ochako and Katsuki then began to run towards each other. But after only a few steps, Ochako fell down and couldn't move anymore.

"No...Just a little bit more..."

Katsuki then stopped moving himself. Midnight walked onto the stage and checked Ochako.

"Uraraka is KO'd. Bakugo advances to the next round."

The audience roared.

"That was far too close...", thought Katsuki while gripping his left hand.

After all was said and done, Ochako was carried out of the ring on a stretcher and the first round was officially over.

"WITH THAT, THE FIRST ROUND IS NOW OVER...Oh yeah and Bakugo advances to the next round, I guess. Man, I was really rooting for her..."

"You're supposed to be unbiased."

"LET'S TRY TO FORGET THAT DEPRESSING OUTCOME!"

"Or not..."

"WITH THE FIRST ROUND NOW OVER, THE SECOND ROUND WILL BEGIN AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK!"

Izuku and Akiko then went to check on Ochako who was currently in the waiting room.

"Oh man! I can't believe I lost! Dang it!", Ochako was way too calm for someone who had just suffered a crushing defeat.

Izuku was completely dumbfounded by how untroubled Ochako was but Akiko wasn't because knew she what she was seeing.

"Y-You seem fine...but weren't you injured?"

"Yeah, I was. Recovery Girl fixed me up but made sure not to drain my energy so I still have some cuts and bruises. MAN! THAT BAKUGO SURE WAS STRONG! I REALLY NEED TO TRAIN A LOT MORE!"

"Umm...Are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah. In fact, I'm better than ever! Even if I've lost, I can't lose hope. I need to keep working harder!", it was then that she received a phone call from her father.

"That's true but-"

"Let's leave her be,Deku.", Akiko whispered.

"Uh...okay. See you later, Uraraka."

"Alright, bye. Good luck with your match!"

Izuku and Akiko then left the room.

"She was definitely hurting, she was just putting on a strong face.", said Akiko.

"...I thought so...She must've taken the loss pretty hard...but...how were you able to tell?"

"Well, I've seen that expression many times before...I've had that expression many time before..."

"Sorry! I didn't mean to bring up any bad memory..."

"It's alright. You should get going, you're match is gonna start once the tie breaker match is over."

"Yeah...See you later!"

Izuku then ran towards his waiting room. Akiko then headed back towards the audience stands.

The tie breaker match between Ejiro and Tetsutetsu was taking place. It was a simple arm wrestling match and whoever would win would be sent to the next round. The arm wrestling match between then was so intense that the pedestal that they kept their arms on was breaking apart.

The match went on for a few minutes and almost nothing happened. Only their mutual screaming could be heard. Then suddenly, the metal in Tetsutetsu's arm began to crack. This weakness allowed Ejiro to overpower his opponent and finally defeat him in this arm wrestling match.

"KIRISHIMA IS THE WINNER! ADD HIM TO THE BRACKETS!", Midnight declared.

"KIRISHIMA EARNS A SPOT IN THE SECOND ROUND!"

"Damn my metal fatigue! I should've eaten more iron today!", said the frustrated Tetsutetsu.

"Hey man. This was a great fight.", said while offering his hand for a handshake. Tetsutetsu accepted. This gesture turned Midnight on.

"WITH THE TIE BREAKER NOW OVER, THE FIRST MATCH OF THE SECOND ROUND WILL BEGIN SOON, YA DIG!"

Izuku having heard the announcement, began to rush towards the arena. As he was heading down the hallway, he ended up meeting someone.

"EN-ENDEAVOR!"

"Ah, it's you. I've been looking for you. I watched your fight against that brainwashing guy. Your power is pretty impressive. To be able to create so much wind pressure from just a single finger flick is no small feat. It reminds of another that I've seen. You're very similar to All Might."

"Uhh..Well..I-I guess I never thought of it that way...I'm sorry but I better get going..."

Izuku then began to walk away.

"Your fight against my Shoto. It'll prove as a perfect testing ground to see how much training still. So, don't hold back and embarrass both yourself and him."

Izuku remembered the conversation he had with Shoto earlier.

"That's all I wanted to say. I apologize for wasting your time."

Endeavor then began to walk away but then Izuku began talking.

"Endeavor. I am not All Might..."

"What are you saying...?"

"And Todoroki, he may be your son but he isn't you."

Izuku then began to walk away.

"That's exactly the point.", thought Endeavor.

Izuku and Shoto were walking towards the arena.

"IN THIS ROUND, WE HAVE THE ONE WHO WON THE PREVIOUS MATCH IN A LANDSLIDE AND LITERALLY FROZE HALF OF THE AUDIENCE! FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT, SHOTO TODOROKI! VERSUS...! THE ONE WHO ALMOST WALKED OUT OF THE RING BUT MANAGED TO MAKE AN EPIC COMEBACK AND SHOW HIS POWER! FROM THE SAME HERO DEPARTMENT, IZUKU MIDORIYA!"

"So, here we are..."

"And only one of us will win this match..."

The first match of the second round was most definitely going to be an exciting one.