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Enso walked to the edge of the railing, grabbed onto it, and glared down at Bakugo below.

"During our fight... I'll find out..."

His grip tightened on the railing.

"Go For Broke!"

Bakugo and Tokoyami changed into fighting stances.

"Fight!"

Enso let go of the bar and turned around to leave, not bothering to watch the fight and left a visible dent on the railing he grabbed.

As he started making his way back, his classmates started to notice him.

"Hey Ureshi!"

Enso stopped and turned right to see some of his male classmates rushing over.

"Dude, you guys were insane!" Sero was the first to say.

"How is Midoriya doing?" Sato asked him.

"Did you really teach Midoriya how to fight?" Kirishima asked him with excitement.

"..." Enso sighed. "First of all, call me Enso. Second, Izuku is doing fine and should be coming back soon. Third, where did you hear that I was the one who taught him?"

"Um, I heard it from Bakugo." Kirishima said, looking a little worried if he said something wrong based on Enso's response.

Enso glanced at Bakugo currently blasting away Tokoyami's Dark Shadow with an evil grin on his face.

"How vexing..."

Enso scratched his head. "I suppose there's no point in keeping silent about it... I did teach Izuku what he knows about fighting."

"Really!? Teach me!" Kaminari said with a determined smile.

"Hell no."

He turned black and white.

"Wh-Wha-?"

"I'm not going to take more out of my time to teach you. Plus, I have standards for the people I choose to teach."

"Standards? What standards?" Ojiro asked curiously.

"If you listen and do every single thing I say until life itself ends."

"Those are too high!" The group thought.

"C-Can't we talk about this?" Kaminari hoped.

"Not right now at least. I have prepare for my fight... It looks like Tokoyami isn't going to last long..."

The group turned to see what he meant, noticing that Tokoyami was visibly struggling against Bakugo's explosions of light.

Enso used this chance to walk away from the group, leaving their matters until later.

"Bakugo won't be a pushover. I'll have to be careful."

He kept marching back into the hall until he caught sight of Izuku walking towards him as well, arm in a cast and the other wrapped in bandages.

"Enso? Where did you go to?" Izuku asked as he met up with him.

"I went to watch the first part of the battle, but now I'm going to get ready for my final match."

"Oh, okay then." Izuku smiled.

Enso tilted his head as he noticed that Izuku's eyes were watery and a little red.

"...Don't tell me you cried again?"

"Eh?" Izuku was surprised. "I-It shows!?"

"Of course it does you idiot. It's you we're talking about."

"Why do I feel insulted?" Izuku thought with a blank expression.

Enso sighed and pulled a black handkerchief from his pocket.

"Hold still."

Izuku complied as Enso gently patted the handkerchief on areas near the boy's eyes. He did this for a few seconds before adding conversating to it.

"Why were you crying this time?"

Izuku opened an eye as the handkerchief wiped the other.

"W-Well... All Might told me how p-proud he was o-of me and I-I was really happy to hear it..."

Enso paused his wiping for a moment, staring at Izuku's eyes.

"Wh-What?" Izuku stammered.

He just sighed.

"I'm proud of you too, you idiot..."

"Eh?" Izuku blinked. "R-Really?"

"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be? You did so much during our fight, even ignoring Ikari's rampage. You knew what you were doing and applied everything I taught you."

He reached up and patted the boy's hair, yet he still maintained an emotionless face.

"Before being happy that others are proud of you, you should be proud of yourself."

Izuku's eyes started waterfalling again as he put a comedically crying face.

"E-Enso!" He wailed happily.

Enso knocked him on the head.

"Ow!" A red bump formed. "B-But why!?"

"Stop crying again after I literally just cleaned you up you crybaby."

"S-Sorry!" Izuku whimpered as he took a deep breath and closed his eyes again, letting Enso clean his face again.

After a few moments, Enso removed his handkerchief.

"There."

Izuku opened his eyes and blinked, then forming a small, blissful smile.

Enso raised an eyebrow, "What is it now?"

"A-Ah! Well… I-I was just thinking... I'm really glad I met you Enso... Y-you've taught me so many things... I'm so much stronger than I've ever been before, I learned so many things I never would've thought about learning... You've done so much for me..."

He gave him a close-eyed smile that brightly lit the halls like a sun.

"Thank you for always watching over me…"

Enso stared at Izuku as he shined, his eyes starting to visibly sizzle as if getting fried.

"Note to self, carry sunglasses around."

Enso used his handkerchief to cover his eyes.

"You're welcome. Now stop burning my eyesight."

"Eh?" Izuku blinked as he was confused by what he meant.

"My battle is next and your classmates are worried about you... Get out there." He finished as he walked passed him.

Izuku watched as Enso started walking off, remembering just how much the boy had helped him over the last year.

He smiled before calling out, "Enso!"

He stopped and looked back, cautiously removing the handkerchief from his face.

"What is it?"

"Good luck! Kacchan is strong, but... I know you can do it!"

"Of course I can."

"No hesitation!?"

"But... Thank you for the encouragement." Enso continued on, heading for the intended contestant preparation room.

Izuku smiled as Enso turned the corner, then turning to the outside light and taking a nervous deep breath.

He stepped out and saw Bakugo swinging his palm at Tokoyami.

"SHINE!"

"Shine?" Izuku thought with a blank face.

Tokoyami backed up with a worried look on his face, Dark Shadow looking oddly timid.

Izuku glanced over at his class and saw them engrossed on the fight, although many of them had different faces of concern.

"Well, here goes nothing..."

Izuku carefully walked down the stairs and to his classmates' seating.

"H-Hey guys."

Nearly everyone turned to him. "MIDORIYA!/IZUKU!/MIDORI!/DEKU!"

Izuku's hair blew back by the combined power of yells, then blinking in shock as the force died down.

The next thing he knew, nearly all of his classmates surrounded him.

"Midoriya, are you alright!? What happened to you out there man?!" Kirishima was the first to say.

"What was all that!?" Sato added.

"Were you using our quirks!?" Sero asked, the visual fresh in his mind.

"Could you teach me how to fight!?" Kaminari tried his luck.

"U-Um..." Izuku awkwardly backed up as he was bombarded with questions.

"Izuku... What is your quirk?"

Everyone got silent at that question and turned to who asked it, finding out to be Momo with a stern gaze to him.

Izuku gulped nervously as everyone's eyes focused on him again.

"How am I supposed to explain Ikari without bringing up One For All?! If I lie then she'll just see right through it!"

"U-Um... I-It's kind of complicated."

"Fumikage Tokoyami has surrendered! Katsuki Bakugo wins!" Midnight called out from the arena.

Everyone's eyes momentarily turned to see Bakugo on top of Tokoyami with an evil grin, letting out consecutive explosions from his palms to keep Dark Shadow down.

"With this, the final match will be between Ureshi and Bakugo!"

The crowd cheered.

Izuku formed a serious look as he saw his childhood bully look more serious than ever, the boy tightly gripping his hands into fists as he thought about his next opponent.

"Kacchan..."

"Well, we have time before the final round so... let's hear it." Momo said, her gaze remaining on Izuku despite hearing the winner.

"Eh?" Izuku turned and saw her furrowed brow.

"Let's hear your quirk. Everything about it." Momo sternly demanded again.

"She's really mad!"

He gulped nervously.

"W-Well... My q-quirk as a whole i-is called... Ikari." Izuku decided to start off with.

"Ikari? As in anger?" Todoroki raised an eyebrow.

"Y-Yeah. Although, I only recently started calling it Ikari because of the recent events involving me using it... Basically, how it works is that the angrier I become, the more powerful I get."

"Really!? But what about the normal strength you used during our previous classes before? You didn't seem so angry." Sato pointed out.

"Th-That was just the base form of it! I could charge up my power throughout my body to enhance my strength and speed. But when I end up getting really angry, more of my power ends up getting unleashed and causes it to u-um... 'change' I guess you could say?"

"Hm, I did see the green electricity and other colors change into darker ones..." Sero said while recalling the showcase.

"But doesn't it seem a little too different than the normal form?" Kirishima asked him curiously.

Izuku flailed his one good arm in panic. "I-I know it's really weird by how it changes! One moment it seems like a simple speed and strength enhancing quirk, then the next I'm sudden leaking energy that could change in shape and mimic the properties of other quirks! B-But even I don't really know why it changes that way!"

Momo squinted her eyes suspiciously.

"I-I'm guessing that because what I have is just energy, it doesn't have an actual shape or form! A-And that's what allows me to change its form to mimic what I think of, i-including y-your quirks!" Izuku continued.

"So you're saying that it only looks like your using our quirks?" Todoroki asked with a hand on his chin.

"Y-Yeah. I wasn't actually 'copying' them. I-It was just me changing the properties of my e-energy to try and match them the best I could."

"The best that you could?" Ochako asked, walking through the group with a look of concern. "But... Didn't you say something about not being in control? What did you mean by that, Deku?"

"Eh?! Did someone else take control of you with a quirk!?" Kaminari shouted in a shocked state.

"N-No! It was nothing like that!" Izuku shook his head side to side to reassure them.

He turned to Ochako and noticed the concerned looks of her and all of his other caring classmates, wondering what he did mean.

"Look, during my fight against Enso, I learned that... Ikari... may have its own consciousness in my head."

Everyone blinked

"..."

"EHHHHH!?" Everyone shouted with bulging eyes.

"Wait, wait, wait! You're telling me that you have someone else in your head!?" Ojiro asked in disbelief.

"How does that work!? Who is he?! Is he some kind of parasite that tried to go up your nose but then got stuck in your hand!?" Mina frantically spoke.

Hagakure sweatdropped. "Mina, you watch too much anime..."

"How did this happen? Kero" Tsu asked, the calmest out of everyone else.

"U-Um, I don't know... It was right before Enso was going to knock me out of the arena. I went into... a kind of dark place and saw... him? Her? It?"

Comedic question marks appeared on his head from the thought.

He shook his head to get back on talking, "B-But anyway, I-Ikari kind of... took over... Even now, I'm not sure exactly what happened... I can only guess that it must've formed as a side effect of my quirk... Or is he my quirk? I don't know anymore!"

Izuku grasped his head with his hand in frustration.

Momo stepped forward with a horrified look.

"So... Your own quirk formed a mind of its own and took over!? Then choosing to injure you again and again past the point your body could handle?! It looked like it was trying to kill you!"

Izuku quickly flailed his movable arm.

"No, no, no! I-It wasn't like that at all! I-Ikari seemed to act out based on what I wanted!"

"Eh? So you wanted to break every single bone in your body? I didn't think you were into that kind of thing..." Mineta shivered.

He was punched.

"I-I didn't want to break my bones!" Izuku immediately responded with a small blush. "I-I just... really wanted to win..."

His voice trailed off.

"And then your quirk acted based on that, Kero?" Tsu asked him.

The boy nodded shamefully.

"So 'Ikari' detected how you felt and took it upon himself to achieve what you wanted under any means, even if sacrificing his own host in the process..." Todoroki summarized.

"Y-Yeah, so... This was... kind of my fault..." Izuku sighed.

Everyone was silent for a few seconds, staring in wonder at the boy after receiving more insight into his 'quirk' and understanding what was it that actually happened to him.

"Have you ever been able to actually talk to it? Get into some kind of communication with it?" Momo asked him.

"N-No... When I saw it in that dark place... I found myself unable to talk. I don't know why."

"Then find a way. Please." Momo pleaded. "I... I don't want to see you get so hurt anymore... We all don't."

Izuku glanced around at his entire class, noticing the similar faces of worry.

"I'm sorry..." Was all he was able to say looking down.

He felt two arms wrap around him and heard the dropping of jaws.

"Eh?" Izuku blinked and realized that Momo was hugging him. Hugging him in front of everyone.

"Stop worrying me so much..." She whimpered.

Kirishima clenched a fist close to his chest with comedic watery eyes.

"So manly..."

"WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN RIGHT HERE!?" Sero confusingly shouted.

Mina pouted and her ears turned slightly lilac.

"Oh boy." Hagakure sighed.

"Um... Did I miss something?"

Momo and Izuku blinked as they turned and saw a confused looking Tokoyami standing behind them, just finishing coming back from his battle against Bakugo and witnessing the sight of Momo hugging Izuku.

The girl realized what she did in front of everyone and immediately let go, covering her face with her hands in embarrassment.

"What am I doing!?"

Izuku hid his face down to hide his intense blush.

"Teach us Sensei!" Kaminari and Mineta wept as both bowed before Izuku after the demonstration of conquering power he displayed.

"Teach you what!?" Izuku was genuinely confused.

"After Bakugo rests up for a moment, it'll finally be time for our two strongest first years to duke it out!"

Everyone turned to the screen and saw the profile pictures of Bakugo and Enso, both looking cold in their pictures.

"Enso... Kacchan..."

Turned away in thought.

"I can't imagine what's going to happen..."


Enso stretched his arms as he headed for the player participant room for the last time. His final battle would be up against Bakugo, a battle that he was going to take very seriously.

Not for winning, but for finding the truth.

After all, he had to find the actual reason for Bakugo's harsh treatment towards Izuku. Otherwise, it seems that the matter might continue to haunt Izuku like during his fight against the boy.

Enso turned the corner of the hall and saw a built-up man of flames standing right next to the participant room door.

Endeavor's arms were crossed as he waited for the boy with a stern look.

He walked up to the door and paused to look up at the number two hero with his usual cold expression.

"..."

"..."

Enso slowly opened the door, went inside, and closed it without much thought.

But the moment he turned his back to the door, it exploded open and sent him comedically slamming into the wall.

"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Endeavor stomped in with his flames erupting in comedic anger.

Enso slid off the wall and plopped on to the floor, then glancing up at the hot-heated hero.

"Was that really necessary?" He asked in annoyance, getting back to his feet and dusting himself off.

"Hmph, irritating brat." Endeavor growled, grabbing one of the chairs from the ground and placing himself down onto it.

"What do you want? In a moment I'll have to leave for my last match." Enso glared at him.

Endeavor rested an arm on his knee, leaning forward and regaining his composure.

"Then I'll get straight to the point. I wish for you to train Shoto in combat."

Enso narrowed his eyes.

"What?"

"I've seen your fight against Midoriya. You both have a similar fighting style, but clearly, you have a better grasp of it. You were the one who taught the boy, correct?"

"He's sharp... I haven't once ever talked to him and he already figured this out? Is this the intellect of the number two hero?"

"I take your silence as a yes?" Endeavor raised an eyebrow.

"Good grief... You're so annoying..." Enso sighed as he rubbed his eyes.

Endeavor was irked but chose not to call him out on that comment.

Enso lowered his hand. "Fine. You want me to admit it? Yes, I taught him how to fight."

"I expected as much." Endeavor leaned back in his chair. "You shall be the one to teach my prodigy."

"Hmph. Why have me train Todoroki? Why can't you have him be under the guidance of a professional? I'm sure your 'status' would allow that." Enso rebutted against Endeavor's request.

"Because something about you tells me that you clearly have professional experience. And by being a fellow classmate of Shoto, I'm sure he'll accept this help from you rather than any help I try to give him... He's still somewhat in his rebellious stage after all."

"He only seems rebellious to you? Why is that?" Enso interrogated.

Endeavor looked pissed, "Don't go asking about family matters." he snarled.

"Family matters huh? Hmph." Enso leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms.

Endeavor calmed himself, trying to keep a professional stance.

"The way you fight is unique. Those spinning movements, the mixture of fighting abilities, and applying these abilities to your quirk to create your own fighting styles-"

"If you're trying to butter me up, it's not working." Enso interrupted.

"I'm giving you reasons as to why such skill would benefit Shoto. This knowledge will be invaluable for him."

Enso leaned forward with unwavering eyes.

"And do I get anything out of this?"

Endeavor raised a hand. "Of course, I will pay you enough for your troubles. Money is of little concern to me."

"I don't need money." Enso immediately rejected.

Endeavor lowered his hand, "Tsk! Then what do you want?"

"In all honesty, I wouldn't want anything from you. But your current standing... may be beneficial to me in the future."

Endeavor was shocked by how he was thinking.

"You can't possibly be thinking to use my power to have an influence on a selfish decision of yours?"

"Just on one future favor. If I ever need your assistance, if I ever need your influence, then you'll come at my beck and call."

"You expect me to blindly agree to such an offer? Like some kind of dog ready to serve his master?" Endeavor stood up with his flames looking more intense, fists tightening in annoyance.

Enso stood back up too and walked up to him.

"No. I expect you to be ready to work with me in the future."

Endeavor was surprised by that sudden claim.

"What?"

Enso poked him on the chest.

"I don't like you. I could tell that you're not a hero to save people. Whether you're blinded by money or obsessed with power, I still have to agree that being the number two hero proves your strength. And we can both agree that there are some things in this world that need to happen. So when one of those moments do come, I'll come with a favor that we both can agree has to happen."

Endeavor stared down at the boy with a newfound curiosity.

"Boy... Just who are you?"

Enso removed his finger and stared at him.

"That's quite the ominous question."

"You're quite the ominous person." Endeavor retorted. "You're unlike anything close to a normal student."

"I agree." Was all Enso responded.

They were quiet for a few seconds before Endeavor actually grinned.

"Interesting. You've piqued my interest boy. I'll go along with this... For now. Teach my boy the art of combat, and I'll swear to grant this 'favor' of yours in the future."

"I'll train him if he comes to me."

"I know he'll come to you. I'll make sure of it." Endeavor's stern face returned before he turned around and left through the doorway, already heading down the hall to who-knows-where.

Enso walked out of the class and watched as he left, then glancing at a dented rectangular object on the floor.

"So...He's not going to fix the door?"


Izuku stood near the railing of the section his class was at, just staring over the edge at the empty arena with a face of wonder.

He recalled what Enso had claimed before he had left the nurse's office.

"It can't be just that. There has to be more to it. And I'm going to find out."

Izuku directed his gaze at the floor now.

"I have a bad feeling about this last battle..."

"Deku."

Izuku turned around to see Ochako and Momo with an empty seat between them. The gravity girl pointed it rather demandingly with a pout, signaling him to sit between the two.

"Oh boy..."

He gulped nervously and walked over to the two, sitting down between Momo on his left and Ochako on his right.

He sweated nervously. "Wh-What is it?"

"You scared us... a lot." Ochako didn't hesitate.

"R-Right…" was all Izuku could mutter back.

Momo sighed, "I know that you wanted to win, but for you to force yourself to the point where you broke your fingers..."

Izuku looked down a little ashamed, "S-Sorry...I-I wanted to end it with pure force... But Enso somehow just kept on going... Then Ikari activated because of that..."

"Deku, you said that your quirk worked on anger, right?" Ochako asked for confirmation.

"Y-Yeah?"

She tilted her head curiously, "Then... did wanting to win really get you that angry? I don't really think it would be enough to let your quirk take over..."

A series of seizure-inducing images flashed through the boy's head in such a quick second. He saw the faded figure of All For One, the cries of help and pain of people, and his lifelong bullies grinning at him.

His eyes dilated. "I-I..."

Momo saw the look in his eyes and an idea immediately came to her mind, an idea that she hated to think about.

"This is about Bakugo... Isn't it?"

He flinched and looked down lower.

"Bakugo? Was it when he a-almost-!?" Ochako started, fear growing when she remembering seeing him and Izuku fight during the first hero lesson they had.

"No Uraraka, you... You don't understand..." Momo calmly said, knowing that the girl didn't have the knowledge of Izuku's childhood.

"Then... Can you help me understand? Please?" The girl pleaded with begging eyes.

Momo looked down at Izuku for approval, to which the boy nodded up and down.

"Uraraka, you see... Izuku was bullied by Bakugo ever since he was four..."

Ochako's eyes dilated in shock, "Wh-What?"

"It's a rather sensitive matter... But just know that for a long time... Izuku had to deal with a lot." Momo said, looking at Izuku with a sympathetic look.

Ochako connected the dots from there. "S-So... then Ikari activated because...?"

"Yeah..." Izuku responded before she even finished. It was technically true, as Bakugo was basically the one that had sparked Ikari, but he didn't add anything about All For One or the encouraging suicide Bakugo gave.

They were silent as the cheers of the crowd echoed in the arena, Ochako lowered her head and slightly shivered.

"I-I didn't know..."

Izuku turned to her and formed a small smile.

"You weren't supposed to know. But you don't have to think too much about it. I'm just glad that I have so many friends now."

"Oh Deku..." Ochako faintly mumbled, looking down with a sad look.

"Izuku, you now know how Ikari can activate... So do you know how to stop it from happening again? To stop you from hurting yourself again?" Momo asked him.

Izuku glanced up at her, "Well... Enso is going to help me find a way to control Ikari. So then I could finally learn to use it myself."

"Then... Can you promise something?" Ochako piped up, puppy-dog eyes staring at the boy.

"U-Um, wh-what?" Izuku nervously stammered when he saw her gaze.

"Promise me... Promise us that you won't do th-that again." Ochako gently took Izuku's right hand with her left and raised it up to reveal the large scars on it.

"When you broke your arms and then s-still kept using them... I-I was really scared. I thought that you wouldn't be able to use them again, even with Recovery Girl's healing..."

"And to know that you were going through so much pain. It was terrible for us to know that, to know that someone so innocent would go through something so... painful." Momo added with an uncomfortable look.

"I-I'm sorry..."

"Don't just say you're sorry Izuku... Actually don't do it again, please. Promise us that you won't break your arms like that again, we can't bear to seeing you like that..." Momo reached her hand and gently held the same hand Ochako was holding.

"H-HAND HOLDING!?" Izuku's brain exploded and he could swear that all of their hands were blurred out.

"Promise?" Momo and Ochako both pleaded in unision.

"I-I promise!" Izuku didn't hesitate, raising his voice in a confident manner and forming an unwavering expression to prove that he meant it.

Momo and Ochako formed small smiles, feeling relieved that he promised not to do such a thing again.

A long tongue interrupted their moment, quickly but gently wrapping around Izuku's waist below his cast.

"Eh?" They all blinked.

Izuku was yanked up.

"WAH!?"

The girls' grips slipped as their eyes and mouths of shock as they watched Izuku get pulled farther back.

He gently plopped right in the middle of Jiro and Tsu, who released the boy and pulled her tongue back.

"Sorry, we have to borrow him for a bit!" The frog girl yelled to a confused Ochako and Momo.

"T-Tsu!? Jiro!?" Izuku glanced back and forth at them.

"Y-Yanking you here wasn't my idea!" Jiro immediately defended.

"Sorry about that Midoriya-chan, I hope I didn't hurt you. Kero."

"N-No you didn't... You were pretty gentle..."

But then he immediately got hurt by a smack to his head.

"Ow!?" He turned to Jiro while clutching the comedic red bump. "B-But why-!?"

"Because do you know how worried you made everyone!?" Jiro snapped at him.

"I'm sorry!" Izuku immediately responded with comedic tears.

Tsu giggled, "You know Midoriya-chan, Jiro-chan was really worried about you."

"Wh-Why are you saying it like that!?" Jiro blushed with an irritated look.

"I w-won't do it again! I promise!" Izuku slightly bowed in his seat.

Jiro averted her gaze but embarrassingly twirled with her earlobes. "You'd better not... Idiot..."

Tsu nodded in agreement.

"I'd rather see the cute, nervous Izu-chan than the angry, scary one..."

"C-Cute!?" Izuku's skin turned into a deep red tone and he covered his face with his hand.

"See? Like that. Kero." Tsu giggled.

Jiro smirked at the boy's reaction, enjoying to see him embarrassed.

"Jiro's really cute too." Tsu then added.

"Eh?!" The girl turned red at this unexpected claim, she covered her face with both of her hands. "Wh-Where did that come from!?"

"They're both so kawaii!" Tsu thought in bliss at the sight of both cute teenagers red and covering their faces.

Tsu then noticed the scars on the hand Izuku used to cover his face, getting a sick feeling in her stomach just thinking about how painful those must've been to receive.

She gently took the boy's hand between her own hands.

"E-Eh?" Izuku felt his hand removed from his face and opened his eyes to see Tsu's focus on it.

"You poor boy..." Tsu muttered, gently caressing his hand.

Jiro peaked between her fingers and caught sight of Izuku's hand too, flinching as she saw those scars and slowly lowering her hands at the sight.

"Wow..." The punk girl muttered, cringing at the thought of receiving all those marks. She reached over and touched his hand too, gently feeling each of the scars on it.

Izuku could swear he saw their hands blurred out again.

"Okay, I can't just be seeing things..."

"Psst! Midori!"

The three of them snapped out of the moment in surprise, instinctively letting go of each other's hands and turning away from each other tensely.

Izuku then robotically glanced behind him to see Hagakure's floating clothes crouched down next to his chair as if trying to be secretive.

"T-Toru!?"

"Yeah, I've come on a top-secret mission to recruit you to fix a lovely, fair maiden's heart who is suffering in grief and worry. I need you to be her prince and break the spell of depression and suffering that was placed upon her by a mighty battle of pain!"

Izuku blinked in confusion. "Um, what?"

There was a brief pause, then he heard her sigh.

"Go talk to Mina... She needs you... We both do."

"Oh."

Izuku looked past her to see an anxious-looking Mina fiddling her fingers while looking down.

"Go help her." Tsu encouraged. "Want me to carry you to her?"

"N-No that's okay. I-I can make it myself." Izuku rose from his seat and carefully passed Tsu and through the aisle.

Jiro watched as he left and turned her head back to Mina suspiciously, noticing the unusual nervousness to the upbeat girl's personality.

"Something's up..."

"Probably. Kero." Tsu agreed, but not even looking back to them.

"Yet you don't wanna do anything?"

Tsu turned to her, "Let them feel better. They're just as worried about Midoriya-chan as we are after all."

Jiro lightly blushed and looked away.

"G-Good point..."

"Kawaii." Tsu giggled at her reaction.

Izuku went up the aisle with Toru and sat down between her and Mina.

"So..." He turned his head from girl to girl. "I'm guessing that you were worried too?"

"Geez, how did you know?" Mina pouted. "You... You scared me so much..."

Izuku sweatdropped embarrassingly.

"I-I promise I won't do it again..."

Toru let out a disappointed sigh.

"Making everyone worry is another quirk of yours isn't it?"

"I-I don't mean to." Izuku stammered.

"Then don't!" Toru repeatedly punched Izuku on his shoulder in a comedic fashion.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow! Wai-Ow!" Izuku tried to shield his body in vain.

Toru pouted and put her hands on his hands, fumes coming from her head.

"Make it up to Mina!"

Izuku turned to the pink-skinned girl and saw her just staring at him with puppy dog eyes, eyes that somehow even looked even more adorable with their black and yellow color.

"Midori?" She calmly breathed.

He tensed up in red, feeling as if an arrow had pierced through his heart.

"C-CUTE!"

"Y-Yes!?" He straightened his back as he nervously shivered.

"Um, if you're not feeling well, then... Do you wanna go on our d-date another time?"

Hearing that, Izuku remembered and his head erupted like a volcano.

"I-I-I'm really sorry! R-Recovery Girl wants to heal the rest of my injuries tomorrow! S-So, u-um-!"

"Oh Midori, always making things complicated." Toru sighed.

"W-We'll go on the weekend!" Izuku immediately thought up, assuming it was the best time.

Mina formed a big smile on her face and her eyes became stars.

"Sure Midori! I wanna make sure your arms are completely healed by then! I have great plans for where we're gonna go!" She reached forward and wrapped her arms around the back of the boy's neck and hugged him tightly, bringing his head down right into her chest.

"MMPH!? MPHINA!?" Izuku muffled, his head his face sinking within the soft feeling as swirls replaced his eyes.

Mina formed a mischievous smile, "How cute..."

"Ah, it looks like she's back to normal." Toru thought when she saw her friend's mischievous demeanor come back.

Mina and Toru then recalled the pure boy's green hair as they saw it right in front of them. They both glanced at each other and grinned.

Face still stuck between her bosom, Izuku felt two heads placed against the top of his head.

"E-EH!?" Izuku was barely even to turn his head to catch a glance of both girls resting their head on his hair. Mina's eyes were closed in bliss and you could practically visualize the same look of bliss onto Hagakure.

"So soft..." Mina cooed.

"So warm..." Toru purred.

Izuku had a blank look on his face now, lips pressed together to form a thin line with comedically emotionless eyes.

"Maybe I should cut my hair?"

"It's finally the last battle of the U.A sports festival!"

Everyone cheered at the top of their lungs in excitement.

Izuku formed a serious look on his face as Mina and Toru turned their heads to the arena.

The boy managed to get both girls off of him and maintained his serious look as he caught sight of the two boys walking out from the separate entrances of the arena.

One boy ad an arrogant grin with every intention to win.

The other's gaze was so cold and sharp that you could swear that it would pierce right through you.

"The top of the first years will be decided with this final match!"

Izuku turned to Toru and Mina, who were surprised to see him get so serious in a moment's notice.

"I'm gonna sit closer, I really want to watch this battle up close."

He turned to leave, but felt his sleeve get tugged. He turned back to them and saw that Mina was holding his sleeve with puppy-dog eyes once more.

He glanced down at the arena as Enso and Bakugo got on the concrete battlefield, then noticing more empty seats in the front near Ochako and Momo.

"J-Just sit in the front with me." He rushed, not wanting to miss a moment of this battle.

Mina and Toru both seemed happy as they got up and followed Izuku down to three front seats, sitting themselves down with the boy between them.

Momo and Ochako saw them too.

"They followed him?" Ochako pouted in irritation.

"Focus Uraraka. I think this may be a battle we need to watch, it's the final one after all." Momo said in all seriousness, focusing her gaze back down below.

Ochako turned to her, then took one last glance at Izuku before taking a deep breath and turning forward.

"On one side, we got the explosive-hot head from the hero course, Katsuki Bakugo!"

Bakugo's hands sparked as he grinned menacingly.

"On the other side, the crazy student that managed to beat up his other crazy classmate, Enso Ureshi!"

Enso rotated his arms to stretch them.

"Go Enso-Kun!" Lunch Rush cheered on with twice as many signs of Enso around him than before.

"Where did he even get those!?" The audience internally shouted.

"It's finally time for you to get what you've had coming to you for a long time!" Bakugo shouted.

Enso grabbed his sleeves and rolled them up, not keeping his gaze off of Bakugo for even a second.

The boy noticed this along with the somehow distinct look in the usually cold boy's eyes, making his smile fade momentarily.

"He's different... This is different than when he was going to fight Deku!"

Enso then took a deep breath and slowly moved his hands into a fighting position.

Bakugo's grin returned.

"Is he being serious from the start? I guess he knows who's the strongest that can beat him!"

Izuku saw the look in Enso's eyes too, which made him worried.

"He's... He's different. I have a bad feeling about this..."

Present Mic slammed his hands on his desk in excitement.

"Let Your Skills Do The Talking!"

Both boys narrowed their eyes.

"Final Round, FIGHT!"

Bakugo immediately blasted himself towards Enso while maintaining his grin.

"SHINE!"

Enso kept still as the boy exploded towards him, the flames of the erupting pots reflecting off his red eyes and making it seem like there were literal flames in his menacing glare.

"About time."