AUTHOR WARNING:I AM NOT GOOD AT WRITING BATTLES SO UNLESS IT'S GOT STORY RELEVANCE I'M GOING TO SKIP THE FIGHT. EVEN THEN STORY FIGHTS WILL BE SHORTISH THE LONGEST FIGHTS WILL INVOLVE IZUKU.
Chapter 11
Third round
'OK FOLKS THE LINE UP HAS BEEN DECIDED IF YOU WOULD BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE ROUND ONE LINE UP!"
SETSUNA TOKOGA/MINA ASHIDO
IBARA SHIOZAKI/SHOTO TODOROKI
KYOKA JIRO/ HANTA SERO
EIJIRO KIRISHIMA/ KATSUKI BAKUGO
MOMO YAOYOROZU/ HITOSHI SHINSO
TENYA IIDA/ FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI
IZUKU MIDORIYA/ OCHACO URARAKA
ITSUKA KENDO/ MEI HATSUMEI
"IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRST MATCH! FOLKS AND BOY WHAT A MATCH UP THE SASSY LIZARD OF CLASS 1-B SETSUNA TOKOGA VS THE ACID QUEEN OF 1-A MINA ASHIDO!" Izuku was curious how this would play out, he had seen the support profiles on both Tokoga could split her body apart and move the parts simultaneously. How would this Mina counter it? In less than a minute Ashido was overwhelmed and forced out of the ring. Izuku was taking notes and didn't hear there'd be a five minute break.
Kirishima watched how fast Mina lost and went down to find her to see if she was doing fine. He found her skipping back to their section but he knew she had a look that told him she was annoyed with herself. "Mina." The pink skinned girl stopped and waved at him "Oh hi Kiri! Guess I lost huh? It's a shame I had wanted to show off my skills." Kirishima smiled "Yeah. Hey you want to get a drink my fights two matches away so I've got time." Mina's smile faltered for a second before coming back "You don't have to do this I'm sure you'd rather be pumping yourself up to fight Bakugo." Kirishima knew what to say "Nah. The drink will calm my nerves and you can vent all you want." With that they left for the concessions area. Lunch Rush greeted them and they received their drinks. Kirishima glanced at a monitor and saw Todoroki's fight was about to start. "God I can't believe they let a recommended student fight someone who got in through the entrance exam!" Mina was going on about her fight. "Maybe they wanted to see how you'd take the challenge. There's not much difference between a recommended and entrance student once they get into UA. It's not like they get special treatment." Mina wasn't happy that Kirishima was being rational "I know but it just feels like I had a disadvantage. Look there Todoroki totally roasted that poor girl that's so not fair!" Kirishima wasn't surprised Shoto won but it was over so quickly. "Yeah that's a little unfair he's the son of the number two hero." Kirishima got up and excused himself as he needed to get ready for his match.
It was now time for the match between Bakugou and Kirishima. Izuku chuckled to himself with Kirishhima's strength and hardening, Katsuki had no hope of winning. The match was dragged out but eventually Kirishima landed a solid right hook that sent an exhausted Bakugou tumbling into unconsciousness. Izuku stood up and went to the support course's shed he didn't plan to use the suit for the first round but the gyrostabilizer would work in his favor when he fought Uraraka so he spent the time before his match attaching ti to his retractable grabber pack with that his plan was set in motion.
"AND WITH THAT FOLKS TENYA IIDA HAS OUT RAN THE BIRD OF DARKNESS FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI AND WILL MAKE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND! NOW PUT YOUR HAND TOGETHER FOR THE MISTRESS OF GRAVITY OCHACO URARAKA VS THE QUIRKLESS WONDER IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
Izuku knew she would go in for a grab with her quirk it was obvious so as soon as the match began he took a defensive stance. Ochaco was impressed this kid made it so far but she wanted to win. "I'm sorry." she rushed in to grab or touch him but the moment her hand came in distance she was flipped over his shoulder and slammed into the ground. "With your quirk it was obvious what you would do. I suggest either taking hand to hand training or using some kind of sling for long rang." Ochacko was caught off guard and her opponent was helping her by pointing out her flaws, but he was distracted. She took this moment to grab his leg causing him to float. "Sorry but I need to win. I'll take your suggestions to heart though." She waited for him to float higher and as she brought her hands together she heard metal hit concrete "Guess you forgot about these huh." The next thing she knew her opponent shot towards her foot outstretched slamming into her gut. Ochaco tumbled out of the ring. "Midoriya is the winner." Izuku walked over and gave his opponent his hand. "It was a close match. If i didn't use my gyro-stabilizer you would have got me."
With that the tournament continued Mei beat her oppeant with a combo of her metal arms and a pair of handguns that fired rubber bullets. Setsuna was frozen by Todoriki, giving him the win. Kirishima was able to use his hardening to defend against Jiro's earphones and sent her out of the ring with a low powered OFA punch. Shinso was able to use Tenya's admiration for his older brother against him and used his quirk to get him to walk out of the ring.
"IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BATTLE OF SUPPORT. THE SHARP SHOOTING MAD INVENTOR MEI HATSUMEI VS THE KUNG FU QUIRKLESS WONDER IZUKU MIDORIYA! WHO WILL WIN?!"
Izuku walked up to the arena where he came face to face with Mei. Mei was determined she didn't know if she could win or if she should. It was Izu's dream to be a hero so shouldn't she just forfeit? 'No I have to show him I'm more than just an inventor or someone he needs to protect. I can be a fighter too!' there was a split second before Midnight yelled begging her hand twitched over the grip of her weapon. Izuku ran forward intending to get to Mei before she had a chance to draw but she lifted into the air on those mechanical arms she used during the cavalry battle and he skidded to a halt it was now a fight of attraction.
'Alright Izuku let's think Mei has those guns. I could wait till she runs out of ammo. Is there a time limit? Probably. So that wont work. Why does it look like she's got something to prove?' Izuku's thoughts were interrupted by a volley of shots. Mei was circling around him. He had an idea but he didn't know if it would work he had to use the element of surprise. Mei had her two free arms swing at Izuku but he rolled out of the way. This was difficult. The fight was going on for about ten minutes now and both were slowing down. Izuku used the moment she went to reload and used the grabbers to get him towards Mei. "What the?! Izu we're fighting, it's no time for hugs!" Izuku had warped his arms around her so he had on shot at this. "I-I-Izu what are you doing?!" He had jammed his grapple gun into her gun holster. "Sorry It's the only way I thought of to win." He pulled the trigger. "Oh no." He then activated the retractable motor pulling Mei off balance enough to cause her metal arms to lose balance and she sped towards the ground outside of the ring. "Midoriya is the winner."
Izuku ran towards Mei "Are you alright?!" Mei was on the ground groaning "What do you think? This place really doesn't have the softest ground." Izuku helped her up. "I'm so sorry. I figured we were getting close to a time limit and had to do something." He helped walk her towards Recovery Girl who gave her some gummies and an ice pack. "Place that on your back for 15 minutes at a time till the Pain subsides. YOUNG MAN WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! She could have cracked her skull open! Don't go pulling a stunt like that again!" She wacked Izuku hard in the side with her cane. "Sorry. Sorry. I won't do it again." On their way back to the 1-H seats Mei stopped and sighed. "I Guess I am nothing more than an inventor who needs protecting huh." Izuku heard and came to a realization 'I have been treating her like that. But honestly she's more than that. That was the hardest fight I've had since training with Ribbons.' He walked up to her and spoke "Mei you are far more than that. Honestly I was scared I was going to lose. Can you tell me why you choose to fight though?" Mei looked at him. "It's because when I saw you crash that day I was terrified you had hurt yourself. You had two broken ribs! I came to the realization that if you became a hero I would have to sit on the sidelines and watch you get hurt or potentially die!" "Mei I…" "So I decided that day I would do everything I could to keep you safe even if it means I would need to become a hero as well!" There was a silence in the air for what felt like an eternity as Mei cried into his chest. All Izuku could do was hold onto her till she calmed down. "Mei you are my hero. Without you I couldn't have gotten as far as I have, so from today on will you walk by my side not just as me inventor or girlfriend but as a hero." Mei's eyes shone with tears as she nodded. Their faces grew closer and they closed their eyes as they met for their first kiss.