Finally I updated this fic. We'll see Todoroki and Izuku talking today. Apologies if this was short. Okay, on with the story.
They stared at each other, one serious the other thinking about something else.
Did I leave the stove on back home?
Izuku snap back to reality once Todoroki cough to catch his attention. Izuku saw that he was giving him a glare, what did he do?
Almost as he read his mind he responded "You overwhelmed me. So much so that I broke my own pledge."
Izuku scratch the back of his head "Uhh...sorry I guess? Can I go now? The cafeteria is gonna be full soon."
Todoroki ignored him and continued "You know my father is Endeavour right? The second greatest hero of all time."
Endea- who now?
"Come on, dont you remember? You broke his Hero Agency building's window last Summer."
"Heh, I remember. We also posted a couple insulting memes on him right? You called him Endeawhore."
Oh yeah! I remember. One of my best puns.
Todoroki didn't notice his inner conversation, if he did he ignored it.
"Sure he made a name as a hero himself but he always saw All Might as an eyesore and roadblock. My father couldn't beat All Might so he came with another plan."
"Alright why are you telling me this?"
Todoroki's already serious glare somehow turned more serious.
"Ever heard of Quirk Marriages."
Izuku suddenly realised what was going on.
"Wait a minute..."
Todoroki waited for his reaction.
Izuku suddenly looks panicked "...I totally left the stove on back home!"
This made Todoroki even more angry, how much of a moron can this guy be?
"Strong individuals would choose a partner and force them into-"
"Yeah yeah I know. I get the drill you were born in a quirk marriage, big deal. What's the big problem anyway?"
"He raised me as a tool to fulfil his own ambition. I hate it! Being a tool for that human garbage. As I remember it my mom was always crying." He puts a hand on his scar "'I can't stand to see the horrible left side of yours.' She said before pouring scaling water in my face."
This time Izuku was serious.
"So you're dad was an asshole and your mom was one too?"
He glared at him again "My mother did that because of my father. Before she was a kind woman but that bastard put her into that state that caused this!"
Izuku raised his hand for a high five "Cool, mines the same! Asshole dad's and cool mums, were like 'Similar Backstory Pals' or something."
"Are you never serious?!" He said, sounding really annoyed and angry.
Izuku shrugged "Most of the times. Anyways gotta go! Cafeteria's nearly full." He quickly excuse himself. No one saw the sympathy he had on his face.
He knew what Todoroki's been through, he was in the same position a year ago.
Poor guy. So he doesn't use his fire to piss his old man off huh?
"I know what you're thinking. Don't! It's non of our business, he's got daddy issues so let himself deal with those himself."
"But you're a hero now! You need to help people, even if it's with daddy issues. That's your job now!"
"We only joined because we wanted to avoid jail remember, or is it because you haven't given up on that dream like you though you did?"
You're crossing the line! I gave up on that!
"Then why did you gave most of your money to charity huh?"
Shut up, you both know why! Now shut it before I bash my head on that wall!
He stops and facepalmed in frustration, he knew what he has to do. Being a good guy sucks.
Later
"What the fu-"
In the stadium the boys of Class 1-A saw their female classmates in cheerleading outfits. Izuku did a spittake with his coffee and started blushing, wasn't a pervert but he has to admit, the girls look hot.
"Mineta! Kaminari! You tricked us!!" Yaoyorozu yelled at the two boys who were giving each other thumbs up.
Izuku looks away from the girls and covered his face, he was still shy around the opposite gender even as a hardened mercenary.
He saw Hagakure waving the pom-poms around "Still time before the main event, can't just stand around! Let's just go with it, should be fun!"
They turn their heads to the speakers as they heard Present Mic make an announcement.
"ALL RIGHT! HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THIS RECREATIONAL COMPETITION, ONCE THAT'S OVER WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL EVENT! BETWEEN THE 16 MEMBERS OF THE WINNING TEAM WE'LL HAVE A FORMAL COMPETITION. A SERIES OF ONE ON ONE BATTLES!"
He muted out Midnight explaining the rules. This was where Izuku would excel in, he has been studying with his class for a week and has gotten full view of them using their abilities and skills. His Photographic Reflexes recorded them and stored them into his memories.
That and he watched Lethal Weapon and the first season of Daredevil yesterday [if you don't know what those are, what is wrong with you? Stop reading and watch those now. Not necessary for fic but both have awesome fight scenes. Not sponsored]. He's ready to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and he's all out of bubblegum.
"Excuse me I would like to withdraw."
All eyes turned to Ojiro, Izuku did another spittake with the coffe he was drinking, hitting Iida.
"Midoriya?!"
Izuku ignored him "Dude what the heck? This is your chance to be noticed by pros. It's a once... wait no. Thrice in a lifetime opportunity!"
"During the Calvary Battle, I couldn't remember anything up until the end of it. It's probably his quirk that did it." He said indicating his purple haired teammate, Hitoshi Shinso.
Izuku grimace, even though he read his file he doesn't know the full extent of the brainwashing quirk.
"I know this is a great opportunity and it's stupid to throw away." He started only for Izuku to interrupt him "You think?"
He continues "But everyone made it with their own strenght. Yet I'm standing here and I don't know how or why. I just can't take it."
Hagakure tried to convince him otherwise "You're thinking about it too hard, just show what you're made of in the tournament!"
He covers his face "No, I'm talking about my pride. It doesn't feel right. And why the heck are the girls dress like that?"
Another person also withdraw, some dude from Class 1-B. He had the same reason. Izuku looks more worried, how powerful is Shinso's brainwashing?
Midnight leers at them "How naive and green..." then smiles and cracks her whip "I love it! Ojiro and Shodo have officially withdraw."
After they decided who would replace them (Team Tetsutetsu) they put up the matchups. Izuku looks and saw his first match was with Shinso.
Izuku has fought those with mind control quirks before and won but they worry him the most. He knew that the brainwashing from Shinso will only work if he responds so he has to keep quite. Which was going to be hard since he loves talking and making jokes.
"Izuku Midoriya, thats you right?"
He turns to see his opponent behind him and was about to respond when a fluffy tail covered his mouth.
"Midoriya, don't answer him."
Ojiro pulled him away from Shinso, tail still covering his mouth.
"There's something you need to know about that guy's quirk, he-"
Izuku shrugged the tail off and replied "Needs the person to respond in order for it to work, I know."
Ojiro looks surprised at how fast Izuku figures it out and was about to question how he knew.
"Dude, I've been doing this type of work before you were even a yellow belt. You can say I'm a pro at this." He announces proudly.
Only to then spill the packet of skittles and MMs he was holding.
"Aw man, I dropped my candy."
And that's all for this chapter. Hoped you enjoy. Leave a review and I'll see you in the next chapter.