Explochan was in the stadium seats, frowning. Great, now this Little Green Clown is going to get wrecked by Ice Breath. But as he watched Green Boi smile and talk to Mind Kid while they walked off the stage, Explodey Boi began to wonder, When did he get so brave? Last year all I had to do was look at him funny, and he'd shrink like a turtle into his shell. Now he's throwing people around like ragdolls. What the hell happened to my best friend? As he ruminated on the extreme character growth of his so-called, "ex-boyfriend", Angry Boi got really angry. And the last thing he wanted to hear was Pikachu-kun saying, "Didn't Green Boi throw your ass like that during combat practice?"

"Shut your damn face Sparky."

…

In Nurse Kiss's office, Green Boi and All American chatted while she fixed his broken fingers.

"You used some advanced mechs and good reads during that fight Green Boi," complimented Blonde Superman.

"Thanks," Green Boi replied, quite flattered. "But I didn't smile like you told me to."

"Meh, he was talking mad shit so it's fine."

"Yeah, I felt bad for him. But I couldn't be nice. I had to whoop his ass because I'm aiming for the top, just like you said I should."

Nurse Kisses groaned. "Precious Green, has he been pushing you too hard?" She turned around and elbowed All American in his gut. "Stop pushing him too hard!"

"Ack! Right where my spleen used to be," cried out Blonde Superman in pain.

Green Boi insisted, "No, no, he's not pushing me too hard! If anything, he can push me harder!" Then he turned to his mentor. "By the way, All American, um, during the match, um, when he had me under his mind control…"

"What? What's wrong?"

"…I saw dead people."

"GHOSTS?!" All American was All Horrified.

"Yeah I had a vision of eight or nine people ahead of me, lurking in the hallway where you were. Actually, you might have been one of them."

"I'M A GHOST!? Oh no, is this foreshadowing my imminent doom?"

"You can't die All American. You're immortal."

"No I'm not."

"You're not!? Oh my god, seriously?!"

All American could see the panic in Green Bean's eyes, so he decided to change the subject. "Don't worry about that. Worry about your next match. You'll be fighting Fire Daddy's son, right?"

"Oh, yeah, because Duct Tape Dude doesn't stand a chance, unfortunately." Green Boi stood up, and started muttering. "Actually maybe he does. His power is sticky elbow tape, so if he traps Ice Prince in a cocoon of tape, maybe he won't have the chance to use his ice powers. And he keeps whining about not wanting to use his fire powers, so he won't burn the tape…" Green Boi walked out of the room, while muttering to himself about strategy.

"What a cute kid," All American said. "He's the kind of son I'd want. Maybe one day, I'll settle down and start a family."

Nurse Kisses raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

"Really."

"Then are we going to talk about how he had a vision of your imminent demise?"

"I'd rather not…"

…

Ice Prince was walking down the hall, heading toward the Tofu Stage for his battle. As he rounded the corner, his mind was focused on one thing—make quick work of his opponent and move on to the next round. But upon seeing the person waiting for him on the other end of the hallway, The Prince lost his cool. "Daddy," he curtly said, doing the man the favor of acknowledging his existence.

"Son," the older man said, returning the favor. The Prince kept walking. The Father kept talking. "You're acting disgracefully Son. If you'd just use the power of your left side, you would have sealed your place as the top hero in this pathetic school. So stop this childish rebellion, and awaken your true potential. You have a duty to me to surpass that imbecile, All American Blonde Superman. Do you understand?"

With each passing footstep, Ice Prince got angrier and angrier. He clenched his teeth and hands and tensed his arms and legs and jaw. "I'm not going to use your quirk, you giant flaming asshole. Mom's quirk is more than enough for me. So why don't you go fuck yourself, Daddy?"

"Hm. Let's see how far you get without using it. Good luck. Son."

If there was one thing Ice Prince hated more than his father, it was his father's condescending attitude. So yeah he was SUPER FUCKING PISSED OFF as he stepped on the Tofu Stage to fight Elbow Grease Guy.

Mic Man, however, was in a good mood. "Alright that first match was relatively boring. But get ready to see wild action as our next two opponents face off! That's right, we've got none other than Abusive Fire Daddy's son: Half White Prince Zuko!"

Another thing he hated: being introduced as "Abusive Fire Daddy's son".

"And his opponent is someone from his own class! Will this battle cause a rift between them? Who knows? It's Duct Tape Dude! Wow look at his weird elbows!"

Duct Tape Dude was stretching, and grinning from ear to ear. "Why he gotta talk trash about my elbows?" he wondered aloud. Nonetheless, he was excited for this battle.

"ARE YOU READY FOLKS! THE BATTLE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! GET READY! AND BATTLE, START!"

…

When Duct Tape Dude had seen his name on the board, and that his opponent was Ice Prince, he turned to Six Arms, who was standing beside him, and said, "Alright! I'm gonna knock that guy off of his high horse."

Six Arms shook his head. "No he's gonna whoop your ass man."

"No he's not. I'm pretty strong."

"Yeah, you're strong. And you've got a good quirk. But he has a better one. If there was a tier list for our class, he'd be S-ranked and you'd be B-ranked. I think you'd be better off trying to showcase your quirk and make the battle last as long as you possibly can, rather than trying to win."

Duct Tape Dude was slightly offended. "So you're saying I've already lost? There's no way I can win?"

"I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm just saying is highly unlikely. Like if it were me against him, I'd say it's impossible. But you're good at fighting long range, so maybe try to keep your distance."

"I can win a fight against him, Six Arms."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah!"

"Oh, well, then I'm rooting for you."

…

So when Mic Man shouted, "BATTLE, START!" Tape Boi immediately shot out a double dose of his super stickiest tape. It wrapped around the Ice Prince. Tape Boi spun around and threw Ice Prince across the stage. He shouted, "I don't want to lose, so I'm giving it my all, Ice Boi!"

Mic Man cheered, "HOLY SHIT A STRONG OPENING ATTACK FROM THE UNDERDOG OF THE BATTLE!"

But Tape Boi's advantage didn't last long. With a click of his boots, Ice Prince erupted a mountain of ice that towered over the edge of the stadium. It quaked the ground. It dropped the air temperature. It literally rendered everyone speechless. Even Mic Man didn't know what to say.

The mountain of ice loomed over the stadium, casting a shadow over a third of the spectators. Although several people were frozen, no one was seriously hurt.

Ice Prince panted. He broke free of Tape Boi's now frozen tape. The attack had taken a lot of energy, and he had accidentally frozen half of his own body. Although he looked pretty cool, with patches of ice scattered on his skin and clothes, it was actually quite painful. He'd wake up with a bad case of freezer burn tomorrow morning.

Sadist Woman, who had been in the line of attack, and whose body was half frozen, said, "I'm calling that a win for Half White Prince Zuko."

Duct Tape Boi, frozen in a thick slab of ice, shivered, and asked, "Uh, don't you think that was a bit too much, Ice Boi?"

"Yeah, you're right, sorry," he replied, as he walked over to thaw his classmate with his flame powers. "Daddy pissed me off and I was angry. My bad."

Duct Tape guy tried to laugh it off. "Haha, yeah that always sucks when parents are annoying I guess." But, honestly, Tape Boi was super embarrassed that he got wrekt like that, five seconds into his battle. And it didn't help that the crowd started cheering, "NICE TRY! NICE TRY! NICE TRY!" That made him feel like the slowest 1st grader during a field day race. He'd probably go cry in the bathroom after this.

But as embarrassed as he was, he couldn't help but notice how upset Ice Prince was. Even though he'd won, Ice Prince looked like he'd lost. So Tape Boi said, "Hey, um, I'm not mad or anything. Of course you'd go all out during your battle. That's what you're supposed to do. You have a stronger quirk than me. Haha, but, hey, maybe next time, let me show off a little bit? Haha."

Ice Prince nodded. But he still looked sad.