"ALRIGHT SPORTS FANS! AFTER THAT FAIRLY ONE-SIDED FIGHT, LETS PRAY THAT THIS ONE WILL BE A BIT MORE EXCITING!"

Present Mic's voice got everyone cheering again. Izuku's fight had been pretty boring, it was basically just a thinly veiled quirkless beatdown.

"OUR FIRST CONTESTANT, HE'S SURE TO SHOCK YOU! MEET KAMINARI DENKI!"

Kaminari walked onto the stage with a swagger and a confident grin, shooting finger guns at the crowd, doing the occasional 'call me' motion. There were a few groans from the crowd and… was Jirou already booing him?

"NEXT, WE HAVE A BOY WITH AN EXPLOSIVE PERSONALITY, GIVE IT UP FOR BAKUGOU KATSUKI! HE CAME 4TH IN THE OBSTACLE COURSE AND 3RD IN THE MANHUNT! LET'S SEE HOW HE DOES NOW!"

Kaminari's smirk fell off of his face when Bakugou stomped onto the stage with a feral grin, his hands occasionally crackling as he got into a fighting stance.

Midnight got the boys attention. Alright you two! You both understand the rules? Excellent! In that case… BEGIN!

Kaminari, expecting Bakugou to come right at him, started sparking as he charged up his super move. "INDISCRIMINATE SHOCK, 1.5 MILLION VOLTS!"

Right before he short-circuited, he realised that Bakugou had propelled himself upwards instead of forwards. But by the time he had realised it, he was too dumb to figure out what to do next, resorting to waddling around making a 'whey' noise.

Bakugou used an explosion to slow his fall before landing on the ground with a thud. He knocked Kaminari to the ground and put his boot on the boy's back while looking at Midnight. "Dumbass short-circuited. You gonna call the fight or what?"

Midnight was shocked (heh) for a moment but gathered herself quickly. She cleared her throat. Right! Kaminari Denki is unable to continue! Bakugou Katsuki wins!


Izuku sat with Itsuka and Momo, watching the fight.

Momo sighed. "Well, that went about as quick as I thought it would. If Kaminari had just been a bit more patient he might have actually beaten Bakugou."

Izuku nudged her, flashing her a smile. "Well, not everyone is as smart as you Mo, he probably thought Bakugou would just rush him, which is a fair guess with Bakugou's track record."

Momo blushed at the compliment and turned away, pointedly ignoring Itsuka's growing smirk. Itsuka gave up after a moment and went back to chatting with Hitoshi, who was sitting on her right.

The compliment, as well as Itsuka's knowing smile, had just been another thing today that had been convincing her to just take the plunge and ask Izuku out.

Momo took a deep breath, steadying her nerves. "Hey, Izuku… can we talk after the festival ends? I got something I want to tell you, but It needs to be after…"

Izuku gave her a confused look before smiling and nodding. "Of course! I'm always down to talk with you Mo."

Momo grinned and refocused back on the field as Present Mic started yelling again.


"ALRIGHT SPORTS FANS! MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ROUND WE HAVE THE ALIEN QUEEN HERSELF, MINA ASHIDO!"

Mina slid onto the stage and waved with both hands to the crowd, nearly blinding the viewers with how bright her smile was. Izuku smiled, as his friend was obviously in her element.

"AND WELCOME HER OPPONENT, THE LIZARD LADY OF 1-A, SETSUNA TOKAGE!"

Setsuna ran onto the stage beaming as well, seemingly loving all of the attention just as much, or maybe even more, than Mina was.

Alright girls! Do you both understand the rules? Excellent! Now let the fight… BEGIN!

Mina immediately went on the offensive, sliding over to Setsuna, who was pulling an odd pose and smirking at the girl. "Oh ho, Mina, you're approaching me? Instead of just dousing me in acid, you're coming right to me?"

Mina smirked as she chucked a glob of acid at the girl. Not enough to do permanent damage, just enough to hurt. "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer."

Setsuna just roared in laughter as she split up into almost 20 different parts. "Then come as close as you like!"

"It's been 200 years, can we stop referencing that show?" Man, eraserhead sounded even more tired than usual.

She flung her body parts all over the field, causing Mina to bob and weave to avoid all of the projectiles. She flung another glob at the centre mass of Setsuna, who was just a second too late to avoid it.

Her jacket corroded away before Setsuna got the glob of acid off, leaving the floating torso clad only in a black sports bra. Somewhere in the stadium, a purple-haired midget fainted from joy.

"How naughty of you Mina! Are you really gonna strip me down in front of the entire world just to win a fight? Didn't know you swung that way!"

While Mina liked to tease people, she was not used to having her own weapon used against her and hesitated while Setsuna laughed. Midnight was also having a chuckle off to the side.

That was her downfall. Too focused on Setsuna's torso, she didn't see the separated parts around her starting to move towards her at high speeds until it was too late.

She was smacked square in the back by a floating boob, while Setuna's legs kicked the back of her knees. Before she knew it, she was lying face up on the ground, dazed from hitting her head on the concrete.

Setsuna reformed as she moved towards Mina, standing over the girl with her fist raised, ready to strike. Once Mina was fully aware of her surroundings again, she raised her hands.

"Alright, I get it, you win… Guess you'll just have to console me over my loss later~" she purred out the last bit, intending to get Setsuna with her own trick.

It seemed to work, as Setsuna's smirk was now accented with a blush. Midnight squealed in joy before cracking her whip.

Mina Ashido has forfeited! Setsuna Tokage wins the match!

Setsuna helped Mina up and they walked into the hallway. As soon as they passed out of the crowd's sight, Setsuna slammed Mina up against the wall and put her hands next to her head as she whispered in Mina's ear.

"How about I console you over dinner tonight?"

Mina gulped, not knowing what she had gotten herself into.


"WITH THAT FIGHT OVER, PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEXT CONTESTANTS! FIRST UP, THE GHOSTLY GIRL FROM 1-B, REIKO YANAGI!"

Reiko walked up to the stage calmly, hands in front of her hips, in a stance very similar to Tsuyu. She did a quick bow towards Midnight before stopping.

"AND THE PURPLE MENACE OF 1-A, GIVE OUR NEXT CONTESTANT, HITOSHI AIZAWA, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!"

Hitoshi walked onto the stage in what looked like a casual stroll, but Izuku could tell that he was psyching himself up, while also keeping an eye on his surroundings. Aizawa was teaching him well.

He gave a quick bow to Reiko, flashing her a smile. For someone who was so tired and quiet all the time, Hitoshi was a fantastic actor. Apparently he had been practising it to help with his quirk.

Alright you two! I'm sure by now you understand the rules, So I'll go ahead and just start the match! 3, 2, 1… BEGIN!

"May the best student win, eh Reiko?!" Hitoshi yelled out to her and had to stop himself from laughing in joy as she gave a simple "Yes" to his question.

He grabbed ahold of her with his quirk and she froze in place. "Lovely! Now please walk out of bounds for me!"

Reiko complied, turning and walking out of the field. Hitoshi did an overly dramatic bow to the cameras and turned to Midnight, who was giggling.

Reiko Yanagi is out of bounds! Hitoshi Aizawa wins!

Hitoshi let go of the girl and she turned around to face him as he walked towards her. They walked into the hallway together. Hitoshi smirked as he could almost see a pout on her normally emotionless face.


"ALRIGHT! THAT LAST FIGHT MAY HAVE BEEN BORING AND CONFUSING, BUT THIS NEXT FIGHT IS SURE TO BE A GOOD ONE!"

"Or it might not be, who knows."

"GIVE IT UP FOR THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE POWERFUL IIDA FAMILY, TENYA IIDA!"

Iida walked up to the stage almost robotically, waving to the crowd and bowing to Midnight one he reached his spot.

"AND A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAMER, PONY TSUNOTORI!"

Pony ran onto the stage with a smile, waving both hands at the crowd before turning to the 1-A booth and beaming at Izuku, Momo and Itsuka. Momo created some sunglasses for them to wear so they wouldn't go blind from it.

Midnight giggled as Pony bounced up and down in excitement. ALRIGHT! I'm sure you both know the rules, so let's just get started! You may… BEGIN!

Pony started by immediately sending two of her horns into her hands, holding them like escrima sticks, while another two hovered around her shoulders.

Iida looked like he was charging up something when Pony shot out one of the horns and smacked him across the face. His concentration was broken, and his engines let out a whine as smoke came out of them.

"Never let enemy charge attack! That's one thing Izuku taught me!" Pony yelled out to Iida while he stomped on the ground, trying to restart his engines.

He realised he wouldn't get them ready in time, so he gave up for the moment and rushed Pony without his quirk. Pony charged him as well, her horse-like legs giving her the speed advantage while Iida was recovering.

She tried to duck under his kick, only to have his leg hit her horns. She was pulled back and smacked onto the ground, but got up quickly. With her lack of focus, her horns had fallen to the ground, so she picked them back up and had them hover around her like a shield.

She shook her head to get rid of the last of her dizziness and charged at Iida again, who was just starting to speed up as his engines kicked back into action.

"Haha! You have inadvertently allowed me to recover from your earlier actions! Now I thank you for this excellent fight, but I must do my brother proud!" Iida yelled as he charged Pony.

Pony ran to the side, avoiding Iida's first kick, and blocking his second with two of her horns crossed in front of her. She sent them out at him immediately after and he yelped, diving to the side to avoid them.

As he did, Pony sent out the other two at him, one slamming into his chest, and the other slamming into his forehead. He hit the ground with a thump, and Pony used her horns to hold him down, before placing one foot on his chest.

Iida struggled for a moment, before sighing, falling still. "I surrender, you have bested me Tsunotori."

Iida Tenya has been immobilised! Pony Tsunotori wins the match!


"WASN'T THAT LAST MATCH JUST FANTASTIC! AND NOW WE MOVE ONTO THE FINAL MATCH OF THE FIRST ROUND!"

"After this is the semi-finals, followed by the finals. Recovery Girl is on standby, so give it your all or something."

"EXCELLENT WORK ERASERHEAD! PLEASE WELCOME OUR FIRST CONTESTANT FOR THIS ROUND, THE MUSCLEY OCTOPUS, MEZO SHOJI!"

Shoji walked onto the stage seemingly calm, but if you could see under his mask, you would see a cringe directed at his introduction, as well as his upcoming fight.

"AND NOW, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE SON OF ENDEAVOUR, THE #2 HERO, TODOROKI SHOUTO!"

Todoroki walked up onto the stage, shaking slightly. Both Izuku and Aizawa picked up on this, and worried for the boy. They knew he wasn't having the best day, and that Endeavour was here at the festival. Could he have said something to anger Todoroki?

Alright then boys! You know the rules, so you may both… BEGIN!

Shoji had barely started moving when Todoroki put his right hand to the ground, and everything started shaking. In the span of a few seconds, Todoroki generated enough ice for it to be considered a glacier.

Midnight's teeth chattered as she watched the 'fight'. Shoji, are you able to move?

Shoji gave her an incredulous stare from his position of being 3/4 encased in the ice. He shook his head. "No, I can not, Miss Midnight."

Midnight nodded. Alright! Mezo Shoji is immobilised, Todoroki Shouto wins!

Todoroki walked up to shoji and started to thaw the ice around him with a frown on his face. "My apologies Shoji. It was not my intention to use this much power, I was merely upset."

Shoji nodded, walking off the field with Todoroki once he was out of the ice.


"Hey Izuku, Todoroki looked really bummed out after his fight, do you think this is, like, a Saitama situation, and he's too powerful to feel emotions anymore?"

Izuku frowned and shook his head. He didn't want to lie to Itsuka, but Todoroki's secrets weren't to be spread like gossip. Sure he can tell a responsible adult like Aizawa or Nezu so they can act on it, but telling his peers might be too much of a breach of privacy.

"I don't think that's it Itsuka, but who knows? He is pretty emotionless all the time, he may just be Saitama 2.0." He internally cringed, not wanting to make jokes about something that was so delicate.

Izuku watched Todoroki's quirk offer up the heat from his left side to the boy and got rejected. Izuku frowned.

'You seem to be avoiding your fire due to what your father did to you Todoroki, but I can tell it's hurting you more than he ever could. Your body is meant to go back and forth between generating heat and cold, so neglecting one side is dangerous for you and any civilians you would attempt to save in the future.'

He didn't want Todoroki to die later in life due to his vow, and he didn't want any civilians to die from it either. He was sure Todoroki would feel the same, as long as he wasn't blinded by his hatred for his father.

'I promise Todoroki, I'll help you see that it's your fire, I'll help you become your own hero."


AN: This is the last matches of Round 1! Next up are the semi-finals!

[Izuku is going to try and get Todoroki to use his fire? I wonder how he will go about that...]