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Without further ado, the next chapter of Might and Magic!
Chapter 14: Tournament Trials; Round 1
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
Izuku stared nervously at Todoroki. The other boy continued to stare silently.
Silent treatment, huh? Well, two can play that game. Eventually, Todoroki spoke.
"Your power. It truly is only limited by your imagination, isn't it."
Izuku let out a nervous chuckle. "That, and my energy reserves, but pretty much."
"And every new skill is claimed as property of the Mighty dragon."
Izuku sighed mentally. He's not listening, is he.
"With your strength and ability, as well as what seems to be the source of your power. Are you... All Might's secret child or something?"
Izuku stared for a second, before letting out a huge laugh. "HAHAHAHAHA! All Might's secret child! That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!"
He continued to laugh for a few more seconds, before forcing himself to calm down.
"Okay, now let me ask you something. Why would you care about what my relation to All Might is? I'm sure you have some reason."
Todoroki sighed. "My old man, Endeavor, has been stuck as the Number two hero for years. If you have some kind of relation to All Might, then I have even more of a reason to beat you. My old man only cares about one thing, and that is turning me into a weapon to be used to crush All Might and put the name Todoroki in the Number one spot."
Izuku's eyes slowly grew wider as Todoroki continued talking about his past. He blinked when Todoroki started moving, finally coming out of his own thoughts.
He hesitated, then stepped forward. "I won't pretend to know the pain you feel. I have been supported all my life. Even where I am today, with the power I wield, can be attributed almost entirely to support from others. But I was quirkless once."
Todoroki turned ever so slightly, as though to hear better.
"I know what it feels like to have the world against you. I know what it is to be alone. I just want you to know that you're not alone anymore. You're part of my thunder now."
At this, Todoroki turned around fully. "Your thunder?"
Izuku nodded. "Yeah. Wolves live in packs, fish live in schools, and dragons live in thunders. You have us now, Todoroki. So I'll return that declaration of war you gave earlier. I'll come at you full force, and I expect you to do the same."
Izuku gave Todoroki an uneasy smile. The scarred boy simply nodded in acknowledgement and walked away.
Izuku glanced back towards the tunnel they had started the conversation in. That means you too, Kacchan, Izuku thought.
Izuku snarled as he looked at the brackets.
Jiro vs Todoroki next to me and Shinso, huh? Good, I'll be able to crush that guy for what he did to Ojiro right off the bat.
He glanced across the board. Tsuyu vs Iida? That'll be interesting.
"It's you right? Midoriya Izuku." Izuku's elbow snapped backwards in surprise, slamming into Shinso's chest. The purple-haired boy gasped in surprise, and Izuku leaped forward and turned to face him as he landed.
Shinso tried to say something else, but Izuku just growled and walked away.
Izuku snarled as he stood on the field across from Shinso. He heard Mic call out "ready" and vaguely registered Shinso talking.
"You have messed with my thunder!" Izuku's enraged roar interrupted Shinso's speech and drowned out Mic's "start".
"And when you mess with the pack," Izuku said, his angry words cutting through the shocked silence of the stadium as his body flared with a visible Booster spell.
"The alpha brings down the hammer!" Izuku lunged forward with a glowing Iron Fist.
Shinso barely managed to dodge to the side as Izuku's fist came down and slammed into the stadium, the impact spreading cracks across the entire battlefield.
Shinso began spouting something about being mocked for his quirk, and Izuku's anger flared even higher. "Shut your mouth you lucky asshole!"
Izuku felt the buzz of a quirk flash across him, so he devoured the energy before continuing.
"I got my power ten months before the UA entrance exam! I was quirkless until then! I bet you never got told to go jump off of a roof and save everyone else the trouble!"
Shinso stumbled, seemingly shocked by the information, and Izuku's Iron Fist caught the other boy in the chest, hitting hard enough to knock him out of bounds.
Izuku wanted to keep going for a second, wanted to teach this brat what happened when you messed with his friends, his family, his thunder, but took several deep breaths as Midnight announced him the winner.
He looked down at Shinso from his position at the edge of the arena stage.
"You know, that mind control quirk really is something. You got really unlucky to have pissed me off. You could do a lot of good with a quirk like that."
Izuku turned and walked off the stage, not looking back to see the profound effect his words had had on the star of Gen Ed.
Izuku stared in shock at the screen that he could just barely see around Todoroki's ice.
Jiro had attempted to trip him up with her earjacks, but Todoroki had simply summoned a glacier and trapped her full body, except the ends of her earjacks where the sound was channeled.
Unable to move, Jiro was declared the loser, and Izuku caught some of the water on his tongue as the titanic ice structure melted.
He flinched at the horrible taste. Sorrow…anger…hatred… why does your quirk taste like this? How badly did your father hurt you, Todoroki? How much did you not tell me?
Izuku began taking notes as Kaminari just managed to dodge to the side of Shizokai's vines.
Maestro's training had done them all some good, and Kaminari had slightly higher tolerance than he did before.
It ended a few seconds later, Shizokai's vines moving too fast from too many directions for Kaminari's semi-fried brain to handle.
Izuku casually tossed an Energy Bolt in the direction of Monoma's face as it appeared over the wall.
He really didn't want to deal with the annoying boy any more today than he had to.
Izuku smiled as Tsuyu and Iida faced off against each other.
He really hoped Tsuyu won, but also didn't necessarily want Iida to lose. He became completely absorbed the minute the fight started.
Iida burst right out with his high speed, but Tsuyu countered by leaping into the air to avoid him.
Iida quickly turned to follow her, and aimed to grab her as she came down. He didn't see that her legs weren't pointed towards the ground until they were connecting with his face and chest.
Tsuyu used him as a springboard and launched herself backwards, flipping to land upright.
Iida flew backwards a few feet, but managed to stay on his feet and charged her again. This continued on for a few minutes, with Tsuyu alternating between her tongue, feet, and fists to deliver blows randomly.
Iida managed to land several blows of his own, and the crowd was cheering wildly for the two fighters.
Tsuyu landed from her most recent jump in a handstand, and curled into a fetal position as Iida charged her.
Iida's engine powered kick hit her stomach at the same time as both her feet hit his chest with the full power of her frog legs.
The two went flying backwards, and Iida grinned as they landed.
"Asui-san is out," Midnight called. Tsuyu glanced at the white line in dismay. She had been much closer to the out of bounds marking than she had thought.
Izuku sighed, and continued to write notes on their quirks and combat abilities.
Izuku looked at the field as Uraraka and Katsuki faced off.
I hope you know what you're doing, Uraraka. This is a dangerous situation.
He jumped slightly as Tsuyu took his hand and squeezed it, but squeezed back.
They were both worried for Uraraka, and would support each other through the fight.
Uraraka rushed forward the moment that Mic announced "start", keeping her body low to the ground.
Katsuki, despite the situation, grinned ferally at her speed, before quickly blasting at her.
She's faster than I expected, Katsuki thought. This is gonna be great!
He snapped forward as Uraraka appeared out of the smoke from his first attack, only to hit her decoy jacket as she appeared behind him.
Snapping his focus backwards, he dodged sideways and brought his hand up for another sweeping explosion, knocking her backwards again.
He continued to blast at her wherever she came at him, but took notice of her pattern.
Always low to the ground, huh? That's too predictable!
Over and over again, Katsuki blasted Uraraka, until there was almost nothing left of the original field and Uraraka had taken some heavy damage.
Katsuki barely registered Aizawa's defense of his decision. He was entirely focused on the girl in front of him, glaring at him with determination.
"Thanks, Bakugo-san. But," she said as she touched her fingers together. "I'm going to win!"
Katsuki tensed as he saw her release her levitation.
What was she levitating, he wondered as he looked up to see a storm of rocks raining down towards him.
Shit! She levitated the entire field! My blasts just separated the floated stone from the field base! His wild grin stretched even further as he raised his hands and blasted as hard as he could while simultaneously leaping sideways to dodge her grab.
The intensity of his upward blast sent her rolling across the field, but also strained his arm.
Shit, that hurts. "Wow, Deku's plans really are something, huh?"
His mocking voice made her glare at him. "That wasn't Deku-san's plan. I refused his offer."
Katsuki's eyes widened in shock as Uraraka forced herself to stand. "I swore… I swore I'd beat you with my own power, and that's what I'm going to do!"
She lunged toward him with her own gravity negated, and he grinned ferally as he hit her with one last explosion, sending her spiraling out of bounds.
"Uraraka-san is out," Midnight called. Everything was quiet for a moment, and then Katsuki let out an exhilarated laugh.
"HAHAHA! That's what I'm here for!" The crowd muttered, unsure of what to make of him as Katsuki leaped down and held out a hand to Uraraka.
"Hey. Let's fight again sometime." Uraraka stared for a second, before grabbing his hand and allowing herself to be pulled up.
"Yeah," she said with a nod, and her legs promptly gave out.
She waited for the feel of the cold, hard ground, but instead felt something warm and smooth catch her.
She turned beet red at the realization that she was resting in Katsuki's arms, and laid face down on the stretcher to hide her blush.
So there you have it!
Yes, I know, I changed everything. Please don't kill me, I'm actually a little bit proud of this. I get that Izuku isn't supposed to get angry, but he's a dragon slayer now. He's gonna get angry when you give him a reason.
Also, Tsuyu vs Iida! I hope I did well! All of class 1-A got a boost in skill, but things kind of evened out.
Yes, I know, I made Katsuki too nice. He grows up a little faster in my fic. Deal with it.
ANyway, next time we get the second round of the fights! Izuku meets Endeavor! SHit hiTS THE FAN! I CAN'T WAIT!
See you soon! PLUS ULTRA!