Chapter 20: Well… That Was Easy…

Izuku was a little nervous for the match. Only a little once he found out how the quirk worked he had a plan.

A plan that hopefully wouldn't count as responding to him.

He took a breath as he remembered what Ojiro and Mina warned him about.

(Flashback)

"So if I respond to him then I'll be under his control?" asked Izuku.

"Yeah." Said Ojiro.

"I messed up." Said Mina, "I should have kept my big mouth shut but after he said stuff about Ojiro I was put under too…"

"I wonder…" said Izuku.

"Wonder what?" asked Ojiro.

"Would casting a spell be considered responding to him." Said Izuku.

"I don't know." Said Ojiro.

"Is there a spell to shut him up?" asked Mina.

Izuku nodded.

"Try that." Said Mina.

Izuku laughed nervously.

"Is there a spell for everything?" asked Mina.

"I don't know…" said Izuku, "Probably…"

"Hopefully his quirk won't affect you casting that spell…" said Ojiro.

"Good luck!" said Mina.

Izuku nodded somewhat nervously.

(End of Flashback)

"All right now it's time for round 2 of the tournament!" yelled Present Mic, "It's the wizard of the Hero Course Izuku Midoriya VS the brainwasher of General Studies Hitoshi Shinso."

Izuku nervously had his hand over his wand.

The general studies student looked at Izuku.

"And begin!" yelled Present Mic.

"So you're in the same class as…." Said Shinso almost immediately.

Izuku grabbed his wand and called out "Silencio!" on Shinso.

Shinso didn't even finish his sentence as he could no longer speak.

Izuku was breathing heavily.

In the stands both Ojiro and Mina cheered when they saw that it was clear that Izuku wasn't brainwashed.

"I guess there's a spell that affects his quirk." Said Katsuki.

"His quirk is voice activated if he you say something back to him, then he puts you under." Said Mina.

"Oh… so he silenced him." Said Katsuki.

"Is that a common spell?" asked Iida.

Katsuki nodded, "It's often used on other wizards when fighting."

"That's convenient." Said Ochaco.

Back on the battlefield…

"Look I'm sorry…" said Izuku.

Shinso stared at Izuku and glared.

"Look you have an amazing quirk and even if it reminds people of the Imperius curse, that does' mean it can't be used for good." Said Izuku.

Shinso stared at him confused.

"That's' the brainwashing curse." Said Izuku.

However Shinso looked at him like he wanted to fight.

"I guess even if I took your voice you still want to fight." Said Izuku.

Shinso didn't say anything…. Not that he could, but still he ran towards Izuku ready to fight.

Izuku held his wand.

"Flipendo!" he called out.

Shinso fell back hard.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Shinso found he couldn't move at all.

"Can he move?" asked Midnight.

"No." said Izuku.

"Hitoshi Shinso is unable to fight." Said Midnight, "Izuku Midoriya is the winner."

He went over to Shinso to undo the spells on him.

"Once again sorry about all those." Said Izuku.

"Depending on the results I could be transferred to the hero course." Said Shinso.

Izuku blinked.

"I got to the second round." He said.

"Yeah…" said Izuku.

That was when he froze, his body couldn't move.

"You're supposed to be a wizard isn't there something about not trust words or something?" asked Shinso.

He let go of the brainwashing.

"There's a lot of misconceptions about magic." Said Izuku.

"What did people think you would put a curse on them by just looking at them?" asked Shinso sarcastically.

Izuku didn't say anything.

Shinso stared at Izuku.

"Only in elementary school." Admitted Izuku, "It took a while for them to realize that magic didn't work that way…"

Shinso realized what he meant by that. That Izuku was bullied because of magic. He knew how it felt, after all a lot of people always said that his quirk was perfect for villains.

Shinso finally left the battlefield.

"I doubt you'll be the one they transfer out." Said Shinso.

Izuku looked at him and was confused, but then realized the same thing that Shinso realized.

Izuku nodded and then left the battlefield as well.

As they did they didn't noticed that Aizawa was watching from the announcers box with interest.

In the teacher's box, All Might breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile Tsubasa was listening into the conversation about the fight.

"I don't what he did to that guy but it couldn't have been good." Said one of the people in the stands.

"You don't think there's a spell that takes quirks away?" asked another person.

"Oh man… that's a terrifying through." Said the first person.

Tsubasa's eye twitched as they counited to talk.

Meanwhile in the class 1-A box Iida took a breath and finally left for his match.

"Good luck." Said Kirishima.

"You're really going to need it." Said Katsuki.

Iida nodded as he left.

Not too long later Izuku came up to the stand.

"Awesome job Midori!" cheered Mina.

Ojiro high fived him.

"So it's Iida's match." Said Izuku.

"And it's against Icy hot…" said Katsuki.

"You don't think he knows we heard the whole conversation do you?" whispered Ochaco.

Kirishima, Katsuki and Izuku all realized that there was a good chance he might have realized it.

"Oh… that can't be good." Said Kirishima.

"Hopefully he doesn't react." Said Izuku.

"What are they talking about?" asked Toru.

"Probably they overheard whatever Todoroki wanted to talk to him about." Said Kyoka.

Everyone knew that Todoroki had dragged Izuku somewhere to talk.

But it was clear that it was very personal.

That was when Kaminari and Mineta arrived.

With Mineta looked kind of out it.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Kyoka.

(Flashback)

Mineta was terrified.

"I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE!" yelled Mineta.

"You can't say here since you've completely recovered." Said Recovery Girl.

"She's right man, we have to leave." Said Kaminari.

"NO! THEY MIGHT GET THEIR REVENGE!" yelled Mineta.

"I have an idea." Said Shiro.

He gave Mineta a bottle.

"Here drink this." Said he said.

"What is it?" asked Mineta.

"It's obviously a magic potion." Said Kaminari.

'I'm a trained healer. I would never give anyone poison." Said Shiro.

Mineta took the potion.

"So how are you feeling?" asked Shiro.

"They're going to murder me"! he yelled.

"Here drink another one." Said Shiro.

And he did so.

"They're going to do castrate me!" he yelled.

He gave the little perv a few more doses as it was clear he was still terrified.

"So are you feeling now?" asked Shiro.

"I'm fine thanks for asking." Said Mineta who was clearly out of it.

"You gave him too much." Muttered Recovery girl.

"He'll be fine." Said Shiro, "Still less than the lethal dose."

Recovery Girl sighed at the school's healer.

(End of Flashback)

Momo left as this explanation was being given thanks to a combination of

"So he's hopped up on some potion." Said Kyoka, "Looks about right."

"Hey… is there anything gross in that potion he gave him?" asked Ochaco.

"If he tells you then you won't want to take that potion." Pointed out Katsuki.

"He's kind of got a point." Said Izuku nervously, "It's a really important potion in hero work."

It should be noted that one ingredient of the calming draught was indeed a crocodile heart.

So Mineta just drank something that had crocodile hearts in it… so yeah…

And soon enough it was time for the match to start.

"All right! It's time for the second match of the second round!" yelled Present Mic, "It's the guy who's both hot and cold Shoto Todoroki of the hero course VS the engine power speedster Tenya Iida also of the hero course!"

"You don't have to remind people that they're in the hero course any more as the last student that wasn't was knocked out last round." Reminded Aizawa.

"Well… you're not wrong." Said Present Mic.

Before the match began the two looked at each other.

"How much did you hear?" asked Todoroki.

"I tried to get them to stop eavesdropping but they wouldn't listen." Said Iida.

Todoroki knew what the non-answer meant.

That he heard the whole conversation.

"And began!" yelled Present Mic.

Todoroki sent out ice towards Iida, thankfully Iida ran away from the ice.

However as he did, he saw the look that Todoroki was giving him.

After all he had heard things that he should have heard.

It was clear that Todoroki wasn't going to give him a fighting chance like at all.

He sent out the ice in front of Iida.

Before Iida could react he found his legs completely frozen, blocking his tail pipes.

Not only was he froze to the ground but he couldn't even run.

"Can you escape?" asked Midnight.

"No… I can't." sighed Iida.

"Tenya Iida is unable to move, Shoto Todoroki is the winner!" called out Midnight.

As Todoroki defrosted him.

"I'm sorry…" said Iida, "None of us plan to tell anyone about what we heard though."

Todoroki didn't say anything as he defrosted him, so Iida wasn't sure if he forgave him or not.

Meanwhile in the Class 1-A box.

"Kirishima, it's your match!" said Izuku

"Hopefully you won't get humiliated again." Said Katsuki.

"Good luck!" said Ochaco.

"Don't worry I'll win this time! And not be used!" said Kirishima.

"Are you trying to reassure yourself that?" asked Katsuki with a sweat drop.

"Later." Said Kirishima leaving not really wanting to answer that.

After all it's one thing to have a humiliating loss it's a whole other when it's a humiliating win…

But hopefully this time he'll win and not get humiliated this time.

That's something that really should be said though…

Next Time: It's Kirishima VS Momo and Katsuki VS Tsuyu who will come out on and top make it to the semi-finals. Find out next time!