Hello there! I'm late again... Sorry. I know you guys are already tired of hearing me give excuses so I'll be quick... I'm having exams this week and I also have a lot of projects to organize, it has been really time consuming but I managed to finish this one for ya, so...
Without any more hesitation...
Enjoy the read =D
"TEAM IZUKU WINS THE CAVALRY BATTLE!"
Present Mic announced as the crowd began to roar in excitement after watching the ferocious competition that this event was.
With the fight now over, dark shadow returned to Fumikage and Katsuki flew by the green haired's team, landing nearby.
"W-We…" Izuku muttered.
"WE WON!" Ochako yelled while bouncing up amd down curving her lips into a giant smile.
"We did it!" Mei cheered, although she wasn't nearly as excited as the brunette was. "Now I need to think on how to keep the companies' attention on me…"
"W-We really won!" Izuku cried, more than he should to be honest… Letting a geiger of water flow from his eyes, the beloved introvert soaked his teammates and everyone around him.
"Calm down Izuku! You're going to dehydrate if you continue to cry like that!" Tenya said, worried with how much water his friend was releasing.
"STOP CRYING OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, USELESS NERD!" Katsuki roared while small sparks appeared in his hands.
Izuku didn't even think twice as he stopped the water works instantly. "S-Sorry!" he apologized.
"With the Calvary battle over we can finally announce the winners and who will go to the next round!" Present Mic beamed.
"In first place is team Izuku, composed of Ochako Uraraka, Mei Hatsume, Tenya Iida and, the leader, Izuku Midoriya!"
"In second place we have team Shouto, composed of Momo Yaoyorozu, Fumikage Tokoyami, Denki Kaminari and their leader Shouto Todoroki!"
"At third place we have team Katsuki, with Mina Ashido,Sero Hanta, Eijiro Kirishia and the leader Katsuki Bakugo!"
"And last but not least, we have team Tetsu… Wait, team Hitoshi?!" the pro corrected himself. "Who could have seen the turn around coming? Anyway… Team Shinso with Yuuga Aoyama, Mashirao Ojiro, Nirengeki Shoda and the leader, Hitoshi Shinso!"
"The next event will be our traditional fighting tournament but we''ll have a one hour break before it starts so I''ll see you there!" he finished, leaving the announcing room.
But while the teams unformed and celebrated, Shouto stared at Izuku in the back ground with a displeased expression on his face…
'I lost to you again…' he thought as he began to walk towards the green haired.
"Izuku!" Shouto called, drawing the intovert's attention.
"Come with me, I want talk with you alone…"
Now in a silent hallway away from the crowd were the green haired and the heterochromic teen, both standing in opposite walls and staring at one another…
Izuku was extremely nervous. He barely knew Shouto, he didn't know how he was, why he was here, what were his reasons… He knew nothing… And the silence between the two was just making the borrower's fears worse, but he called him out like that, he must have a reason to do so…
"W-Why did you call me?" Izuku asked hesitantly.
"You really overwhelmed before, both in the obstacle race and calvary battle…" Shouto started. "I've only seen All Might up close a few times but his power really is outstanding, his presence alone was enough to pressure anyone… But that moment, when you were running through the minefield towards me and Katsuki… The same pressure All Might emanates… I felt it coming from you!"
At this point, Izuku heartbeat was as fast as a rocket. Is Shouto implying what he think he is?
"W-What are you saying?" Izuku asked.
"Are you related to All Might in some way?" were the only words that left Shouto's mouth.
Izuku began to sweat cold. Shouto said the only thing he didn't want to hear… Had the heterochromic teen found out about One for All?
"T-T-That's not it…" the green haired stuttered. "I-I mean, our quirks are similar, Tsuyu even pointed it out once, b-but the similarities stop there!"
"'That's not it'?" Shouto repeated. "That is a weird way to put it… I know you're hiding something, but I'm not going to brag about it." he then paused and took a deep breath. "Do you know what are quirk marriages?"
"Y-Yeah…" Izuku muttered. " It's when people get married with the sole purpose of producing children with stronger quirks but, what does it have to do with this?"
"My father is the No.2 hero, Endeavor… His whole life he trained in order to achieve the tittle of No.1, but All Might has shown to be an impassable roadblock, no matter how hard he trained, my father never managed to surpass him… Eventually he understood that he just couldn't do it and found another way to reach his goals…"
"Thanks to his wealth and status, he was able to force my mother into marriage and user her as a literal breeding machine so he could have a child capable of surpassing the person he couldn't…" Shouto continues as his hand reached his scar. "'I can't stand to see that left side of yours…' is the last thing I remember hearing my mother say before throwing scalding water in my face…"
Izuku shivered. Was the No.2 hero really this cruel? Knowing that Shouto was forced to live through all of that just made everything worse…
"I swore to myself that I would deny everything from him, rising to the top without using his power, and defeating someone who resembles the only one he could not will be the first step to do it!"
Those eyes met in a intense stare. Shouto's were filled with anger and shade while Izuku's were filled with fear and remorse. Tension filled the air as they let their emotions take the best of them but the heterochromic teen had said enough…
Turning around, Shouto began to walk away, leaving the green haired alone with his thoughts. "Sorry for wasting your time, but I'm going to crush you with only my right side!" And with this declaration of war, Shouto disappeared.
So many thing roamed Izuku's mind in that moment. Everything that Shouto had gone through, how cruel Endeavor really was, his reasons, his motivation, and the that didn't leave his mind even for a moment…
All this time, he never used his full power…
After the one hour break… And the 'surprise' fan service from the girls of class 1-A, all remaining competitors were in the stadium, prepared to move to the next event…
"All right everyone, I hope you have rested well because the next event is sure to tire you out!" Midnight beamed. "As Present Mic already said, the next round will be our traditional 1v1 battle tournament, so let's stop wasting time and begin drawing the lots…" she continued but a hand being raised interrupted her.
"E-Excuse, but me and Shota would like to drop out!" exclaimed Mashirao, the one who raised his hand.
"But why?! This is your chance to get noticed by the pros!" yelled Hanta.
"The Calvary battle… We have no memories of it." the tailed teen started with a low voice. "Everyone got here by their own strength, yet we are here, with no idea on how or why. Call it pride if you want, but it doesn't feel right for us to proceed."
"I know how it must feel, there is no reason to be ashamed of it…" Midnight comforted. "If that's the case then Mashirao and Shota have officially withdrawn fro the tournament, so let's decide who will replace them!"
After a small discussion and a couple of tears, it was decided that TetsuTetsu and Ibara would fill the empty spots and with that decided, the tournament matches were formed…
1. Izuku vs Hitoshi
2. Shouto vs Hanta
3. Tenya vs Mei
4. Ibara vs Denki
5. Mina vs Yuuga
6. Fumikage vs Momo
7. Eijiro vs TetsuTetsu
8. Katsuki vs Ochako
With everything settled, all students were released and headed to the prep rooms, so they could make plans for their fights, just like Izuku was…
The green haired was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, leaning on the table in front of him as he tried to come up with a plan.
'Think Izuku…' he thought. 'I know nothing about Hitoshi's quirk, and I didn't pay attention to anyone around me during the other events, what can I do against someone I have no information about?'
Interrupting the introvert's thoughts, a light knock came from the door…
"C-Come in!"
As the door opened, Mashirao revealed himself with a somewhat nervous expression on his face.
"Hey Izuku, mind if we talk for a bit?"
In the stadium bleachers were the students of class 1-A that wouldn't have to fight at the moment, all of them sitting on the chairs of their reserved section, although most of them were at least three rows from Katsuki, except for Eijirou and Denki… These two had guts.
"What do you think Mashirao wanted to talk with Deku?" Ochako asked to Tenya, who was sitting beside her.
"I'm not sure… Maybe he wants to give some advice, he did team up with Hitoshi in the Calvary battle." he answered.
"But it was so out of nowhere… Is that even fair?"
"We''ll have to wait and see…"
"Hey guys!" a familiar voice called from afar.
Turning towards where the voice came from, the first year students saw Mirio, Tamaki, Nejire; all of them in gym uniforms; and Snipe coming down the stairs and entering the first year's seat section.
"How's the festival going?" Mirio greeted, shaking his arms frantically.
"W-What are you guys doing here? Don't you have a festival too?" Mina asked, surprised with the third years' sudden appearance
"We do but we're currently on break and since Nejire wanted to see how Izuku was doing, we decided to stop by as well." Tamaki explained.
"I see, but why is Snipe here as well?" Tenya asked.
"To watch over them. As their homeroom teacher, I can't let these three roam free around the campus while the festival is occuring, 'Big Three' or not, their still students!" the pro explained with his arms crossed in front do his chest.
"Do you mind if we sit with you?" Nejire asked, lowering her back a bit.
"Of course not, make yourself comfortable!" Ochako answered smiling.
Taking a seat in the front row and next to Ochako and Tenya, the third years settled themselves, looking around the stadium while doing so…
"What's happening now?" Nejire asked, looking at the two first years beside her.
"We're preparing for the battle tournament!" Tenya replied.
"You're already on the tournament? That's really cool, we just finished out second event!" Tamaki exclaimed, surprised by how quick they were.
"Really, what did you guys do?" Ochako wondered.
"Well, we had…"
"Wait, its about to start!" Mina beamed, interrupting the dark haired.
"Welcome back everyone to the first round of the 1v1 battle tournament!" Present Mic announced, making the crowd cheer. "In the first battle of the day we have on our left side, from the hero course, the madman who ran over a minefield, IZUKU MIDORIYA!" the crowd's cheering intensified as the green haired climbed the stairs of the arena.
"Izuku is going to fight in the first round? He must be nervous!" Mirio said, noticing the green haired's shaking legs.
"He sure was…" Tenya affirmed. "But the problem isn't his nervousness…"
"Than what is the problem?" Snipe asked.
"Who he is facing."
"And on our right side, the general studies' underdog, Hitoshi Shinso!" the pro announced as the purple haired climbed the stairs, making the crowd cheer once again.
"And to make things more interesting, for this event alone, we've placed hidden microphones on the arena so everyone can feel like they're side-to-side with the fighters!" the pro added. "But enough of me talking…"
As both teenagers entered the arena, Izuku began to observe his opponent…
He was fit, not as much as Izuku but he would put up a good fight, he had deep bag under his eyes, maybe he was sleep deprived, and he was calm…
Way too calm…
"You know, Izuku…" Hitoshi called, grabbing the introvert's attention and letting his voice echo through the stadium. "That monkey who was babbling about his pride… He must be a real idiot to throw an opportunity like this away!"
Izuku's blood ran cold. This guy forced his friend to do his biddings and is insulting him for following his ideals…
Letting One for All run through his veins, Izuku charged at his opponent with clear anger in his face.
"What did you say about Mashirao!?" he shouted but, as Hitoshi smirked, Izuku felt the control of his body fading away.
"Victory is mine!" Hitoshi muttered as the green haired stopped a few feet away from him, completely frozen.
"W-What's happening?! Izuku was charging at full speed and suddenly stopped!?"
"W-What's going on… Why did Izuku stop!?" Nejire asked, worried about her boyfriend.
"It's that guy's quirk…" Mashirao answered, grabbing everyone's attention. "I warned him, but he fell for it…"
"Hold on… What is his quirk?" Fumikage asked.
"If you say anything to him, he can take control over your body…" the tailed teen answered, sending shivers through everyone's spines. "He used me in the Calvary battle so I tried to warn Izuku but Hitoshi got him anyway… It is over."
"Is there anyway to break the control?!" Mirio asked.
"Something must hit him hard enough to snap him out of it… But with the way thing are…"
"Oh no…" Ochako mourned.
Nejire began to shake. She knew how much her boyfriend had dedicated himself for the festival… Would all that time and effort be thrown off the window because he tried to defend a classmate?!
'C'mon Izuku, snap out of it… I know you can!' she yelled in her mind, struggling not to say it out loud.
"Now then…" Hitoshi started. "Turn around and walk out of bound like a good little hero!" he ordered and mocked.
And just like that, Izuku obeyed…
Turning around, Izuku began to walk slowly, heading towards the tunnel he came out of minutes ago.
Although Izuku's body seemed almost lifeless, his mind was a completely different story…
He could still think and see, but his vision was blurry and twisted and his body would not follow any of his commands, all he could do was watch his body slowly move towards his defeat.
'Wake up Izuku! Wake up!' he struggled. 'You need to get back to normal, you can't lose like this!'
His efforts were useless. His body continued to move foward like a machine and stare at the darkness of the tunnel… But there was something strange inside of it…
There were various silhouettes covered by the shadows of tunnel with only their eyes shining over it, all of them were whispering something he could no comprehend but all of them looked encourage him and, for his surprise…
One of them moved…
Stepping out of the shadows, one of the silhouettes revealed it's appearance. It was a beautiful woman with dark eyes, black shoulder-length hair with some of it tied into small ponytail, and a cute mole under her mouth. She was wearing a sleeveless black jumpsuit, thick yellow gloves and boots, a long white cape and a golden belt formed of a shorter red cape.
His body managed to ignore the brainwash and stopped at her presence, luckily stopping before getting out of bounds. She emanated confidence somehow…
"So you're the ninth... Looks like you're having a bit of trouble over there…" she with a bright smile while pointing at the purple haired behind him, who looked mad at something.
"W-Who are you?" Izuku asked, startling himself as he managed to speak.
"Who I am is not important now…" she said. "There are people cheering on you… You don't want to let them hanging, do you?"
"O-Of course not!" he answered instantly.
The woman smirked. "That's the spirit kid! The road you''ll cross is a hard one, full of holes and sharp turns, but you need to know something…"
In a flash, all silhouettes behind her dashed towards the green haired, changing from dark bodies with shining eyes to pure rays of light the enveloped the borrower's body.
"You are not alone in this journey!"
Back in the real world, the arena was silent and tense, nervous with the fact the once outstanding performer was unwillingly walking towards the edge of the arena and to his defeat.
Our beloved students could barely contain their nervousness to themselves and Nejire, who was standing up at this point, was sweating cold as all the efforts of her childhood saviour were about to be wasted.
But, intensifying the pressure inside the arena, Izuku stopped moving as he was in front of the line…
"W-What's going on?! Izuku suddenly stopped following Hitoshi's orders!" Present Mic announced.
"What are you doing?" Hitoshi grunted. "Walk out of bounds!" he ordered once again.
But Izuku did not move…
"Are you listening to me!?" Hitoshi yelled, losing his calm composure.
Once again, Izuku didn't respond, but his body react strangely, shaking itself in place. Suddenly the wind began to swirl around his body as One for All's sparks began to appear, coming from his legs and slowly climbing the introvert's body, but they were different than before, they were thicker and a lot more vibrant.
Hitoshi took a step back in fear. This had never occurred before… 'What the hell is happening inside his mind?!' he asked himself.
As the sparks reached his head, his hair shot up and became a vibrant electric green, different from the usual forest green that he had everyday. As he slowly turned around, Izuku shot a death glare towards the purple haired with his now sparky irises.
"What's that?! Izuku has gone through some sort of transformation!"
Back in the bleachers, all students had their eyes widened as Izuku's showed his new form.
"I can't believe it…" Tsuyu muttered. "Isn't that…"
"It's just like in the U.S.J.!" Nejire continued.
Hitoshi was scared. No one had ever broken out of his brainwashing willingly, and that transformation… It scared the hell out of him.
"H-How did you get out of my quirk?!" he shouted but got no response…
Izuku just stared at him with a serious expression in his face as the sparks crackled around him but even him knew he had to end this.
Entering in position, Izuku extended his right arm toward and pulled his middle finger back, preparing to flick it.
"ANSWER ME YOU IDIOT!" Hitoshi yelled, trying to make Izuku speak before he unleashed his attack.
In a swift movement, Izuku flicked, releasing an immense air blast towards the purple haired, who tried to stand his ground for a few moments but was blown off anyway, hitting the wall behind him with a big thud and falling on the ground after the impact.
The arena was silent. No one knew what they had just witnessed, but it was true to agree that…
"I-Izuku breaks out of Hitoshi's brainwashing and throws him out of bounds with a single finger flick!" Present Mic yelled.
"IZUKU MIDORIYA WINS!"
Following the pro's lead, the crowd roared, cheering for victor of the showdown who stood proud on the arena. The first years weren't different, all of them celebrating the victory of their classmate… Except for Katsuki, he was just frowning in the corner.
With his victory now assured, Izuku let a deep sight come out and detransformed, letting all sparks disappear, his hair and eyes return to their original state, and falling on his back with his arms spread out.
His breathing and his body felt heavy, he could barely feel the coldness of the floor, but he still tried to understand what just happened.
'Those were the previous holders of One for All… Weren't they?' he asked himself. 'But how could I talk to them… And why now?'
A lot more questions roamed inside his mind but with so little time and information, it was practically useless to try to explain it. He would need to talk to All Might. With relative difficulty, Izuku lifted himself from the floor and looked where Hitoshi once was with observant eyes…
'The flick didn't break anything, it just pushed him off the arena… Whoever controlled me, they were aware of what they were doing.' he concluded, but Midnight's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"We're preparing for the next battle, we need you to leave the arena!"
"S-Sorry!" he apologized while leaving the battle field.
On the bleachers, Izuku walked down the stairs but before he could even greet his friends, Nejire immediately rushed towards him and hugged the green haired with all her passion.
"That was amazing! I knew you would win!" she beamed while pulling her boyfriend closer to her chest, causing him to blush.
"N-Nejire?! Why are you here?!" he asked, while the rest of the class surrounded them.
"She came to watch you, and oh boy was she happy to see you fight!" Mirio explained.
"But can you blame her?! That fight was amazing!" Denki exclaimed.
"How did you break out of his brainwashing?" Mina asked, getting closer to the green haired.
"Yeah… How did you break out?" Mashirao asked with a low voice.
"I-I don't know…" he answered.
"WHAT?!" was what most of the class yelled.
"How can you not know?!" Tooru asked.
"What you did isn't something that just happens… There must be an concrete explanation!" Tenya exclaimed, shaking his arms frantically.
"I-I'm sorry but I have no idea how I broke out of it…" Izuku apologized. "I just felt this surge of power and then I was myself again."
"Well, if Eraser Head's files are correct, your quirk IS really strong… Maybe it's sheer power was able to snap you back to reality." Snipe presumed.
"But I didn't summon that power… Why did it activate on its own?" Izuku questioned.
"Quirks are still a mystery to us, but that form you took was the same while you were fighting that… Thing…" Nejire added while the memories of how she almost lost the boy she made a promise with held back some words. "Maybe it is something you can only use in emergencies!"
As Izuku was about to begin a mutter spree to discuss with his girlfriend, Present Mic's voice interrupted him, announcing the start of another battle…
"On our right side we have one of the hero course top students and son of the No.2 hero, Shouto Todoroki!" he announced as the mentioned boy climbed the stairs. "And on our left side, we have the tape boy himself, Sero Hanta!"
"Man, how am I supposed to stand out when he describes us like that?" Sero complained while he stretched his arms.
"Match, start!"
In a quick swing, Sero released and wrapped the heterochromic teen with his elbow's tape and dragged him towards the edge of the arena. "That doesn't mean I won't try to!" he exclaimed with a wide grin on his face.
Shouto didn't even flinch at the surprise attack, all he did was shoot a death glare towards the tape teen. It served as a warning...
"I'm sorry…" he muttered.
In and instant, Shouto created a glacier that covered half of the arena, almost freezing everyone in the bleachers as well. Forcing everyone that seated in the front rows to take a step back and shiver with the coldness the attack was emanating.
Sero was at the bottom of the structure, hoping for his life that the ice wouldn't give an instant frostbite… "T-T-That was a b-bit over kill…" he said with the cold making him stutter.
"W-Well…Sero is immobilized… Shouto wins!" Present Mic said, still surprised with the heterochromic's attack.
Placing his left hand on the glacier, Shouto ignited his left side and began to melt the ice, freeing his classmate.
"Sorry, I let my emotions get the best do me…" he apologized while the glacier slowly melted.
Izuku could only shiver at this display of power. He defeated Sero without breaking a sweat… And now he would be his next opponent…
'He's going to be tough…'
Well, that's it! Just a few changes from the canon but I think these changes will make it more enjoyable... And FlamingSkyDragon, just as a fair warning, I'm no expert when it comes to writing stories like this and I'm the 'cheesiest' person you will ever know about, so if you think of something, and it is obvious enough, it is probably going to happen!
But with that finally out of the way... IT IS TIME FOR THE Q/A!
I mean... One of them isn't a direct question, just something I would like to point out so... Yeah... Let's do this!
DragneelX17:
Q:"... My question is what made you want to do a Izuku x Nejire fanfic in the first place (not that I mind because Nejire is obviously best girl ever and best pairing is clearly Izuku x Nejire {Ochako worst girl} and anyone who disagrees with me about why Nejire let alone Nejire x Izuku is the best thing ever then fight me!) that was all keep up the good work!"
A: First of all, Thank you for your support. Second of all, calm down a little, I don't think picking fights with an entire community would be good for you. But the reason why I chose Nejire is simple, I always liked her character, both desing and personality wise. Just a pretty girl, with a bubbly personality that can kick your ass if she wants to, I think that's some pretty good Waifu material over there!
JSua:
Q:"Thank you for the update! Also, what are your plans regarding the future arcs for this story?"
A: I'll try not to spoil it too much, but after the sports festival is done I'll brush over Stain's arc and jump into some 'new' ideas I have... I won't tell what those ideas are, if you want to know you'll have to stick around! =D
Hybrid of Fate:
Q:"This reminded my of how Ash and Serena meet. Love it"
A: That is what I was going for! When the X&Y series was being aired, I was and Amourshipper to the bitter end but, sadly, the series had to end... At least the kiss was confirmed!
That was the Q/A! It was bigger than I expected to tell the truth but don't regret it at all. If you have your own question you can ask it by an review and I'll be happy to answer it! But anyway...
Thank you for reading...
See ya!