That time I was reborn as a warrior princess

Chapter 8- sports festival part 3

Lucina was surprised to see Endeavor before her. Why did he want to talk to her? Her inner Izuku was screaming with excitement but her inner Lucina was telling something was off.

"I don't think you know but my son is Todoroki Shoto. He's one of your classmates." Endeavor says.

Lucina wanted to slap herself for not noticing this sooner. When she was Izuku, she knew everything about the top pro heroes, including their real names. She should have imagined Todoroki was his son.

"I was aware Sir Todoroki was a child of a top pro hero. He has a strong quirk after all but he still has a lot to grow ." She comments. She wants to keep this conversation as neutral as possible.

"Indeed" he nods to her " I just wish he could just let go of his rebel phase and just use his fire already. His duty is to suppress All Might after all. And I admit your quirk is also strong. A rare dual elemental quirk user like my Shoto, only you're fire and wind. And besides, you're also a sword fighter; a rare ability. Usually most of the girls do not like to use weapons like you do. Most of them only focus on their quirks and their beauty."

Lucina frowns at this comment. She is not liking how this conversation is turning to.

"Tell me, who are your parents?" he asks, curious.

Lucina is surprised by this question. What does her parents have to do with this odd conversation? Lucina only answers that she can not reveal anything because she is under UA's witness protection. Endeavor sighs in disappointment.

"That is a shame. You have potential to be my son's bride."

Lucina's jaw just dropped by the shock. What?

"Wait a minute! What do you mean by that?!" she exclaimed in shock

Endeavor explains UA's sport festival is not only an event to look for potential sidekicks and interns for hero agencies but also an opportunity to see the potential of the quirks of the girls. He mentions it is their duty to breed future generations of heroes.

Lucina didn't believe what she was hearing. Did Endeavor really want to do some kind of quirk arranged marriage with her and with his son?! She felt disgusted. Of course back in Ylisse, arranged marriages were quite common but her father, Chrom, never allowed her to go through such a thing. He wanted his daughter to find her own happiness and a marriage made by love and not by duty or business.

"Listen sir, due all respect, I may be unable to talk about my parents and my past but I can tell you one thing; my parents believed weddings have to be made by love and not by duty or business. Your son deserved to find his own happiness with the person he loves. And I am not a prize to be won."

With that she left. However she was not aware Todoroki had heard the whole conversation. And he was furious, extremely furious.

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Lucina's match with Uraraka was quite easy. The brunette girl had a good tactic but she was better. The meteor stunt she tried to do was end up in failure. Lucina used her fire magic to burn all the rumbles into ashes. Uraraka fainted in exhaustion.

The next matches were still going. Iida won his match, Tokoyami won, a girl from the 1B class won and Mina won. Now the last match before the final was Sero Hanta vs Todoroki Shoto. The 1A class wondered who would win in this match. Most betted on Todoroki.

When the match starts, Sero uses his tape to wrap Todoriko's body. Todoroki makes his counterattack...by creating a huge glacier, which covers half of the station. Poor Sero was totally frozen. Even Midnight does not escape from the brutal attack; half of her body is covered by ice.

"D-D-Dude! That...w.. over...kill!" poor Sero was feeling cold

"Sero-Kun, can you move?" Midnight asks

"Of course not!"

"Todoroki Shoto is the winner of this match!" Midnight declares

"Shoto defeats Hanta! It was over in an instant! Jeez, he's too damn strong! Don't worry about that one, Hanta! I don't think I could do anything against that!"

Lucina sees Todoroki say something, but the distance coupled with the calls of encouragement from the crowd—all aimed at Sero—make it impossible to hear. Sero responds, and Todoroki starts melting the ice that he just created.

His shoulders slump, and there's something in his posture, some angle of his spine, that betrays a sense of misery. There's no triumph here. Not even relief over a quick victory.

He just seems… alone.

Lucina knew this must have to do with Endeavor. And she needed to talk to him.

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President Mic had announced another 30 minutes break for the staff to fix the arena for the semi-finals. Lucina could not help but to think whenever something "big" happens, they always go to a 30 minute break to fix whatever it has to be fixed. But that break gave an opportunity for Lucina to talk with Todoroki alone.

"What you did was overkill. I hope Sero's self esteem does not go down because of the stun you pulled on him." Lucina frowns, crossing her arms.

Back in Ylisse, her uncle, Frederick, has always told her he pushes the cadence of the royal knights force to his limits but he is always careful to not destroy their self esteem. Great potential people are always destroyed when their self esteem is sharded.

"I've already apologised to Sero about the incident. And also I want to apologise for my father's behavior towards you. He had no right to pull you into a quirk marriage with me."

Lucina understood why he had behaved the way he had; he had eavesdropping on them. Lucina had asked if Todoroki was a result of a quirk marriage. He nodded to her. The red/white haired boy started to explain everything to her. All the memories he had of her mother were always sad ones.

"I only remember her always crying, always sad. My father had no mercy on anyone, not even his family. My mother was slowly losing her soul because of the abuses. She was disgusted with me because I looked more like Endeavor each day. One day, she just snapped." Todoroki says as he touches his left side of his face. " She poured a kettle over my head."

Lucina put her hand over her mouth, gasping horrified by his story. She knew something was odd with Todoroki but she never had he had suffered child abuse. Todoroki also told her after the incident, his father sent his mother to a mental hospital and he has not seen her since then.

"This is why I will never ever use his fire. Fire has caused nothing but destruction on my family. I am sorry for my father trying to get you involved into a quirk marriage Lucina-san, but I will not hold back in our match. I want to prove I can be a hero only using my mother's quirk, I do not need to use his fire. And by defeating you, I will save you from this stupid quirk marrige my father is planning."

With that he left. Lucina just stood there, motionless. She never knew Todoroki was so hurt inside. She knew she had to help him somehow, but she was not planning to lose either. Her mother, Sumia, always told her sometimes you need to hit men where it hurts the most to snap them out or just to listen to women. Actually if she was not mistaken she remembered her mother and her aunt Cordelia used to tell her how their former teacher, Captain Phila, usually hit men to make them listen to her whenever male cavalry and the pegasus knight squad ( formed only by women) needed to work together. Lucina smirked; looked like she will go to Captain Phila's way to win this and to save Todoroki from himself.

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"ARE YOU READY?!"

The crowds cheered as Present Mic continued to rile them up. "We've got one of the biggest matches in the tournaments coming up! From the hero course, the incredibly overpowered contestant who dominated his first fight in a single move! It's Todoroki Shoto!"

Todoroki walked out onto the arena, watching steadily as his opponent climbed the steps to meet him on the other side.

"Also from the hero course, it's the tactician mastermind who's led this tournament from the very beginning! The amazing exchange student Lucina Ylisse!"

Lucina stared back at Todoroki,though her face was showing calmness but inside she was in full determination.

In the audience, both the 1A class and Endeavor were watching the match with interest. They knew they were strong but who would win in this match? Lucina or Todoroki?

"START!"

Todoroki immediately launched a stream of ice at his opponent along the ground, only for Lucina using her wind magic to increase her speed and using her fire magic to melt the ice.

"Dodge this ," Shoto thought a moment before unleashing the massive, glacial blast he'd used against Hanta in his first match.

Lucina's eyes widened at the massive stream of ice flying at him. She quickly raised her hand and a small magic circle glowed on the back of her hand. Falchion, her sword, came out from the circle. The blade glowed in a blue aura and she waved all her power towards the ice.

The shockwave ripped the ice apart and sent a blast of freezing wind through the stadium, causing people to shriek in surprise.

"Wow, did you see that? With only a swing of her sword, Lucina counter attacked Todoroki's ice!" President Mic shouts in excitement.

Lucina frowned; She survived from Todoroki's biggest attack. Todoroki was surprised to see the girl using her sword. In the last matches and the cavalry battle, she did not use her sword: she only used it in the first event. Todoroki knew she was serious and she would not hold back. He remembered how easily her sword cut that monster's arms off back at USJ.

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"She is serious, very serious." Gerome comments

That gained everyone's attention.

"What do you mean? " Uraraka asked

Gerome mentioned Lucina's initial plan was not to use Falchion in the last events of the sports festival. She wanted to give everyone equal chances to win after the first event. Kyoka commented she never saw Lucina using her sword in the cavalry and her last fighting matches. She asked why she only used it in the first event.

Noire tells them that Lucina's plan was to use the sword only for the first event of the sports festival because she thought it would be enough to get Grima's attention. The reason why the four of them were not participating in the events was because Lucina wanted them to keep them hidden; she wanted to use the surprise factor against their enemy.

"Grima fears Falchion. Lucina knows this and she is using the festival to get his attention on her. She wanted to get Grima out from wherever he's hiding. " Gerome says, not moving his eyes in the match. "But I just don't understand why she is using Falchion against Sir Todoroki. She could defeat him without using the blade."

Everybody was quiet as they returned their attention

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Todoroki attacked Lucina with his ice once more but this time in several directions. Lucina moved as she swung the sword,using the shockwave to destroy the ice.

"You said you would not hold back in our match. Are you joking with me, Sir Todoroki?" Lucina asks, coldly. "You're suffering from the frostbite and you're almost getting hypermedia. You need to use your left side."

Todoroki gritted his teeth in anger " I said I would never use his quirk! Fire causes nothing but pain and destruction!" he snaps

"Fire is life, not just destruction!" Lucina snapped back as she stabbed Faltion into the floor. "Sun can burn people but without the sun there would be no life on Earth! Fire burns and destroys but it is from the ashes of fire that can bring new life into this world! Fire protects people from cold! Fire helped the evolution of humankind !"

"My father.." Todoroki mutters but Lucina interrupts him

"STOP THIS BULSHIT!" Lucina yells "I AM NOT FIGHTING YOUR FUCKING FATHER RIGHT NOW!"

Her voice cracks and scrapes raw in her throat, and for a moment Todoroki stares at her.

"And neither are you! He's not standing in this ring right now, we are! Your quirk is your own just like how your body, mind and spirit is your own and no one else's! So hurry up and use your fucking flames already!"

She catches sight of Todoroki's wide eyes one last time, before her classmate bursts into flames.

"What is going on here?!" exclaimed President Mic through the audio " Suddenly Todoroki bursted in flames!"

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Everyone in the audience was amazed by the sight before them. But the one who was most pleased by this event was the number 2 hero himself. His flames were big; he was euphoric.

""SHOOOTOOOO!" Endeavor's flames were burning up very strongly " FINALLY YOU ACCEPTED YOUR FATE! HAHAHAHAH"

Despite the long distance, the 1A class could see the number two hero's outburst and they all had a deadpan look on their faces.

"Dude, what is his problem?" Kirishima asks

"Those flames, I bet they are cursed and making that man crazy. The Flames of madness." Noire says.

Tokoyami found Noire interesting because of this. He may talk to her to know her more.

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"You're damn crazy, you know that?" comes Todoroki's voice out of the mess of power before him—fire on one side, ice on the other. "You might've won that. But no, you just had to run your mouth. And go out of your way to—" He sees the blue haired girl at the heart of the storm, staring at him with eyes blazing. "Why?"

"You looked like you needed help." Lucina says, giving him a gentle smile.

"You can't win this," Todoroki tells him.

"Maybe and maybe not." Lucina says as she holds her sword in a position of attack. "But we can at least make a cool show, right?"

This time, when he bares his teeth in a grin, Todoroki smiles back.

Shoto's flame has gotten bigger and bigger. As for Lucina, she was covered by a blue aura. The aura was also getting bigger and bigger, until it formed into a shape of a winged dragon.

Both the attacks crashed, causing a big shockwave. The shockwave was so strong that the stadium quaked.

Then, Todoroki found himself in a world of white. Everything and everyone was gone. Then, a very tall figure appeared before him. Todoroki knew that figure. He recognized her as the same divine figure that had appeared back in USJ; Naga the divine dragon.

Naga did not say anything. She just gave him a soft and warm smile just like how his mother used to smile to him before her breakout . Naga bent down and holded his face with her gentle hands. Then, she gave him a small kiss on his forehead before vanishing away.

When he came back, Todoroki found himself in the bed of the infirmary. He looked at the Tv on the wall, showing the match between Lucina and Iida.

He lost but he did not feel bad. He actually felt lighter, warmer. He went back to sleep. For a long time he did not have such peaceful sleep. And he was not aware the burn on his left face was gone.

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In the boy's toilet, Katsuki was washing his face as he looked at the mirror. He did not see his reflection on the mirror. Instead, he saw Byleth's image in the mirror.

"I don't want your fucking help, Byleth. I will defeat Blue Hair and win this shit. I am going to win for me and for Izuku." Katsuki says, forwing at Byleth.

Katsuki has not forgiven Byleth for possessing his body and defeating Shinsou in his place. He did not want others winning his battles for him. Byleth only looked at him with sad eyes

"Please, don't be like Dimitri, Katsuki." she says before vanishing away, returning Katsuki's image on the mirror.

Katsuki frowns; who the hell is Dimitri?

End of the chapter

And that's the part 3 of the sport festival.

I admit I had trouble writing this chapter because I suck on battle and fighting scenes.
And unlike most of the rewrite chapters based on sport festival, I made Todoroki losing his fight. And he is happy for losing.

And what did you guys think of the interaction between Endeavor and Lucina? I wanted their interaction being more personal, especially with Endeavor thinking Lucina's magic is a rare quirk.

Next chapter Katsuki vs Lucina and the ending of Sport festival

Do not forget to leave your reviews kudos and comments. They make me write more and more!

See you all in the next chapter!