"' My father earned his title, but was never able to become number one thanks to All Might, that is why he is an eyesore to him. I will not become a tool for that scums plans! In my memories, my mother is always crying. Your left side is unsightly. She said as she poured boiling water on my face.'
...Todoroki. I can never understand your pain, and I wish you had never suffered. No child should ever have to be put through that much pain because of their father's will...But...when you challenged me before the Sports Festival started, we both agreed you were the better one. But right now, right now that will change. It has too if I want to live up to those who have supported me."
Class 1-A looked down intently at two of their best. The one with all the power in the world, Midoriya, was facing off against the boy born with ice, Todoroki. Easily they were in the top 3 of the most powerful in the class. Now, they will get to see who is the stronger of the two.
"At this year's sports festival, both have shown top class performances! It's like two great rivals fighting against each other! Now, Midoriya vs Todoroki! Todoroki vs Midoriya!"
Both fighters stared down each other for the first time ever. The number two vs the number three.
"Who will come out on top?! FIGHT!"
The instant the 'T' left Present Mic's mouth, Todoroki reused the same iceberg attack he did on Sero in an attempt to achieve victory early on. Deku was prepared for this however, as he used his thumb from his right hand to flick his middle finger to unleash a massive windstorm that broke through Todoroki's ice.
"I knew he would do that…" Todoroki said and looked closer at Deku, "He would sacrifice his own limbs to win."
"WOW! Midoriya broke through Todoroki's ice like paper!"
From a different part of the stadium in the crowd, All Might watched with concern. "Midoriya didn't know what scale of attack Young Todoroki would use, so he abandoned control and fired off a shot at 100%! Though it is true that was only way to evade Todoroki's attack…It doesn't mean that Todoroki will give up on that attack entirely."
Todoroki used the same attack again, and the results were the same. Deku used a different finger to fight against this attack.
"Okay, let's see. Todoroki always attack in an instant, and if someone is faster, he has a hard time keeping up.
…
No...that's all I have on him?! I need to find an opening then, or I'm through!" Deku told himself. The pain was unbearable, but he needed to fight through it if he wants to win. "The ice behind him, it's acting like a wall so he doesn't get blown away. Which means I was right to use my fingers. I still have ammunition to use against him, but…only six!"
"You can't keep this up forever, Midoriya." Todoroki stated and launched yet, another iceberg attack while Deku sacrificed another finger. Five fingers left.
"Damn it! It started!" Mina said as she ran into the stands along with Kirishima.
"Mina! You're back!" Hagakure said to her while motioning for her to sit next to her, which Mina did so.
"Hey, Kirishima," Sero said, "Good job making it to the second round." Sero said.
Kirishima smirked and looked down to Bakugo, "Yeah, I'll be up against you next, Bakugo. Let's have have a good fight!"
"I'll kill you." Bakugo responded plainly.
"But man, you, Todoroki, and Kaminari can all shoot off powerful attacks that cover a lot of ground. Like 'bam!'" Kirishima said, kinda jealous of the range of attacks the three have at their disposal.
"And apparently, you can do it with no time lag." Sero said to Bakugo as he recalled when Uraraka got behind him, yet Bakugo still managed to blast her away.
"I'm not just shooting them off widely, don't underestimate my aim." Bakugo said, keeping his eyes on the fight.
"What do you mean?" Kaminari asked.
"If you overuse your muscles, the muscle fibers tear, and if you keep running, you'll run out of breath." Bakugo said then looked at his right arm. "The amount of power I used to destroy all of those rocks took a real toll on my arm. There is a limit to what I can produce from my power, too. Hmph. It's exactly the reason why I had my costume designed to store the sweat so it could fire much more powerful blasts without the risk of injury." Bakugo looked up from his arm and back to the fight, "Quirks are physical abilities, too. They all must have some kind of limit."
"That makes sense. It applies the same way to non physical ones too, like my overuse of electricity." Kaminari said.
"Too bad it doesn't fix stupidity." Jiro mocked. Kaminari said nothing, much to the girl's surprise.
"So...that's his weakness? If I stress him out too much, he'll be weakened. Well then, that's good to know if I have to face him." Peter thought to himself as he listened to the conversation.
"So...you are aiming for an endurance match, Midoriya?" Todoroki said as he got prepared to launch another attack, "Then I shall end this quickly!" Todoroki did launch another attack and Deku responded just as the norm. Deku blew it away by using the last finger on his right hand. This is what Todoroki wanted as he made an ice slide for him to travel on over the win.
Deku looked up and saw what Todoroki was doing, "Crap! I fell into a trap!" Deku then used one of his already broken fingers on his left hand to attack, but Todoroki somehow dodged it and went for an ice punch. Deku moved out of the way as Todoroki punched the ground. Todoroki then froze up the ground in an attempt to freeze Deku. Deku did jump out of the way, but wasn't fast enough as his foot got caught in the air. "Oh no! I'm caught!" Deku looked to Todoroki, who was preparing for an attack. Deku had his fingers ready, but instead, he made a fist and smashed the ice away. The force of the smash was so powerful that it blew away, and melted, the ice and caused a vertical, yet harmless, tornado in the arena.
"A TORNADO?! A HARMLESS, VERTICAL TORNADO?! HOW DOES THIS OBEY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS?!"
"You live in a world filled with super powers called Quirks, I think physics left us a long time ago."
"...I guess so. BUT STILL!"
Deku screamed out in agony as he felt his arm brake. It was a huge risk to sacrifice his arm, and this early in the match, but he had no choice. Deku looked into the tornado, but the wind was moving so fast he couldn't tell if he knocked Todoroki off or not.
"That was a lot more powerful than before." Todoroki froze the ground underneath his feet to help prevent him from flying away from the intense wind. Once the wind was calming slowly, he created a small circle of ice in all directions to stop him from moving. Deku was shocked to see Todoroki still in bounds. "Are you trying to tell me to stay away?" Todoroki asked him.
Deku's arm was broken. It was purple and blue until it met the shoulder. "It's not just his Quirk...His judgement, application skills, mobility, everything is strong! How am I going to win against this?!" Deku was panicking. Todoroki was on a whole other level, maybe getting close to Peter's level already. This show of power was already causing whispers to go around about how strong Todoroki is, and if he is already better the some pro heroes.
"What? Are you that beaten up from defending and running away?" Todoroki asked while breathing out a cold breath from his mouth.
Deku could only glare at him in pain. "That's all I could do right now! I don't have a good plan to beat…his arm!" Deku looked close and saw that his arm was freezing up. "It's trembling! Is that a backlash from the use of the Quirk?! Please tell me it is! I could really use the knowledge of knowing one of his limits right now!"
"I'm sorry Midoriya, but you also have my thanks. That guy's face is clouded over thanks to you." Todoroki said while eyeballing his father who was standing in the crowd. Deku looked down in pure frustration. "With your arms like that, you can't fight anymore, can you? Let's end this." Todoroki didn't move an inch as he sent out one more iceberg attack.
Class 1-A was in total astonishment. The whole match was just Todoroki and Deku had not done any damage to him whatsoever.
Everyone is fighting with everything they've got…To win and get closer to their dreams...yet...How is how strong?
"Is Midoriya really going to lose?" Jiro said with slight shock on her face.
"Todoroki just overpowered Midoriya." Kirishima added in.
"I can't see Midoriya winning this now." Tsu said, leaning in.
As everyone made expressed their thoughts, Bakugo and Peter both spoke in usion, "Do you really believe Deku would go down without a fight?" Both boys looked at each other for a second before Bakugo scoffed and looked elsewhere. Now no one was paying attention to the match, they were just bewildered that Peter and Bakugo said the same thing.
"TODOROKI JUST KEEPS POUNDING AWAY! THIS IS THE END FOR MIDORIYA!"
The iceberg was closing in on Deku as he held his head down still. Todoroki watched as his attack was surely to be his last against this disappointing battle against Midoriya."Do you really believe I'm just going to lay down and let you win?!" Deku suddenly said with passion and looking up with fire in his eyes, and using one of his fingers to blast through the iceberg. Todoroki was stupefied by this as he was nearly knocked out of bounds, only being saved by a ramp of ice he created to keep him in bounds.
"Told you guys!" Peter said with a smirk while Class 1-A was shocked once more.
"With your broken finger?" Todoroki said, looking at Deku. Deku's right index finger was a deeper shade of purple. Todoroki got off the ramp and was confused, "Why are you still fighting?"
Deku, as if he was possessed by another spirit, answered, "Because you are trembling, Todoroki." Todoroki didn't know how to feel seeing and hearing Deku's response. This was another person. "Quirks are physical abilities, too. That means, there is a limit to it. Like your arm for example? Your running to your limit too now, wouldn't it be neat if you used your left side to solve this problem?" Todoroki grimaced a bit as he knew where Deku was going with this. "Everyone is fighting with everything they've got…To win and get closer to their dreams...to be number one...yet..." Deku looked up and gave Todoroki a glare that shook the half and half student a bit, "YET YOU WANNA WIN WITH HALF YOUR STRENGTH?! You know, I may be damaged, but you haven't put a single scratch on me!" Deku then squeezed his right hand into a tight fist as some blood dripped from it. "Come at me with everything you've got!"
"How...how strong is Deku?" Uraraka said out loud, surprised that Deku could even continue with that much pain.
"I don't know, but I do know that his will be quite possibly stronger than ours if he still is willing to fight through broken bones and ligaments." Iida said with just as much surprise.
"...The real fight has just begun." Peter thought and smiled a little.
Todoroki's shaken state wore off and was replaced with a taste of anger, "Midoriya, what are you planning at? Everything I've got? Did my father buy you off or something? Now I'm angry!" Todoroki yelled out as he ran towards Deku, relatively slower than usual.
"His movements, they are slowing down." Deku told himself, watching Todoroki running to him. "The more he uses it, the lesser he gets." Deku waited for Todoroki to do something before making his move. Todoroki jumped once he was close enough and pulled his arms back, his right side preparing to freeze Deku. Deku then made his move, which caught Todoroki off guard. "Imagine the microwave! Don't let it explode! Don't explode! Don't explode! Don't explode!" Deku kept saying while charging up his right side, and with that, Deku landed a straight punch into the sternum of Todoroki while Todoroki was able to freeze Deku's left arm.
"FINALLY! SOME ACTION!"
Deku yelled out in more pain as he lifted up his left hand, all of his fingers being a darker shade of purple.
"Wow. I can't believe Midoriya still went on the offensive even though he looks more broken than healthy." Tsu said, quite amazed at Deku's persistence.
"Why?! Why won't you stay down?!" Todoroki said as he unleashed another iceberg, but this once was smaller and slower.
Deku was easily able to dodge it. "Not coming as fast…" Todoroki was now in front of Deku as Deku was prepared to injure his finger more, to which he did as he blew himself and Todoroki apart from each other. Todoroki was able to stop himself while Deku landed on his feet and looked at his hand. His fingers were looking as if they could turn black, besides his thumb, which was red. Deku didn't care, he aimed his hand once more and looked ready to flick his index finger.
"Midnight should I end this?" Cementoss asked over an earpiece. "That Midoriya is thinking that 'Recovery Girl will heal me anyway,' and is being reckless." Cementoss asked while Midnight was listening on her end. "He's full of adrenaline right now, so he can't feel the pain…" Deku flicked his finger again as both him and Todoroki would not go out of bounds and clashed once more. "But, those injuries...They can't be fully healed in one go now. Even if he does win, he won't be able to fight the next match."
Aizawa watched Deku fighting. He remembered telling him that he can not say 'he can't control his Quirk' anymore as an excuse. "His power has gone down, but he's also gained control. This isn't reckless fighting. This is just the best he can do to win at this point." Deku tried to punch Todoroki again, but Todoroki dodged and used a weaker iceberg attack, but missed.
"To be able to fight in that amount of pain, that requires a lot of resolve. Deku. What the hell are you, honestly? You will be one scary guy to fight once you control that great power of yours." Peter watched intensely and was feeling his nerves getting riled up.
Todoroki used the same attack again, and while Deku tried to counter it, he couldn't make a fist anymore. "I can't make a fist, but I can still flick with my thumb!" Deku placed his thumb in his mouth and flicked it to counter Todoroki's attack. "Smash!" The force of the power pushed them apart once more.
Todoroki made an ice barrier behind him, feeling the effects starting to get to him from both his frost on his right side and the force from Deku's attacks. "Why...why are you still fighting?!" Todoroki suddenly said.
"Because I have to live up to everyone's expectation!" Deku was running towards Todoroki, his arms limp, and his head down. Deku then spoke with a mighty voice, "I WANT TO BE HOW WE ALL LOOK AT PETER! HOW THE WHOLE WORLD LOOKS AT ALL MIGHT! That is why…" Deku looked up to Todoroki, "THAT IS WHY I AM STILL FIGHTING! TO BE NUMBER ONE!"
In that moment Todoroki heard a voice. A voice he was familiar with. "Shoto." Todoroki heard his mother's voice…but she was happy. Todoroki remained frozen until Deku headbutted him in the chest, causing the two to fly a bit forward.
Deku stayed on his feets and paused, looking at his classmate with rage, "That is why I am fighting with everything I got! There is no way I can know all of your circumstances, or resolve. But for you to become number one without giving it your all, to completely reject your father...Right now, I think you should stop screwing around!" Todoroki was remembering, remembering memories he never thought he would ever remember.
*Cough* * Cough* *Wheeze* *Cough* *Wheeze*
"Stand up!" Endeavor said while looking down to a small boy. The boy had thrown up his lunch, while grabbing at his small stomach. He was Todoroki, but without the scar. "If you're downed by something like this, forget beating All Might; you won't be able to even beat small fry villains!"
"Please stop! He's only five!" Yelled out a desperate woman. She had white hair, was wearing a yellow shirt with jeans and white socks. She knelt down to the Todoroki and held his shoulder.
"He's already five! Get out of my way!" Endeavor roared with rage before Todoroki heard a noise that would haunt him forever.
*PUNCH*
It wasn't a slap this time, he punched her…Todoroki looked to his side to see his mother on the floor, holding the left side of her face. "Mom…!"
Todoroki felt his right side freezing more as he watched Deku rush him. His right side was being consumed by frost, it was getting to a dangerous point too. "Shut up!"
In a bedroom, there was 5 year-old Todoroki and his mother sitting on a bed. His mother was holding Todoroki in her arms as he was crying her chest while gripping her shirt tightly. "I don't want to, Mom…" Todoroki said through his cries, "I...I...I don't wanna be like Dad...I don't want to be someone who bullies you, Mom!" Todoroki said before he sobbed into his mother's chest once more.
His mother put his her hand on the back of his softly to try and comfort her, "But you want to be a hero, don't you?" Todoroki stopped crying for a second as he looked up to and saw her smile.
Smile.
…Smile…
Her beautiful smile...
Todoroki remained still while Deku was nearing him, still recalling his memories and hearing his mother's voice. "It is okay for you to be one. As long as you have a future you feel strongly about." Todoroki was too frozen to react as Deku charged his fist once more.
"I will win this because you won't put your full power into this!" Deku yelled out as he struck Todoroki once more, "I'll surpass you!"
Time slowed for Todoroki. He felt the pain leave, but he felt himself being lifted off the ground slowly. He saw the bright orange-red sun; he saw the clear blue sky, and he could make out many of the faces in the audience. His memories clouded his mind once more.
Todoroki watched from a stand podium above. He was watching his siblings playing around with a ball. They were playing with a Futboll, kicking the ball around, laughing and smiling like there was no worries. He wanted to play too...His thoughts were suddenly interrupted as he felt a strong grip on his hand and began pulling him away from his happy family.
Endeavor was pulling him away while he spoke, "Don't look at that, Shoto. They're different from you. They are in a different world." Todoroki didn't want to go with his dad. He wanted to play ball. He wanted to laugh. He wanted to smile. He didn't want to feel…pain.
*That night*
Todoroki couldn't sleep. Dad had tired him out again, but at this point he was used to it. As he was walking across the hall, he heard his mother in the kitchen talking. He stopped by the door and listened.
"I can't take it anymore." Todoroki looked at his mom and saw her in distress. It made him scared. "Every day, the children seem to become more and more like him…" She was boiling water in a teapot, the lid rumbling lightly, but the steam coming out more forcefull by the second. "Shoto...That child's left side sometimes looks very unsightly to me...I can't raise him anymore...I feel like I shouldn't…"
Todoroki could feel his heart breaking. He couldn't believe what his mother was saying. Was she being serious? Was she going to run away? Did she…not love him anymore? "M...mom?" Todoroki said with shakiness and heartbreak in his voice.
Todoroki's mother gasped and slowly turned around. He saw her eyes. They were full of fear. In that moment, the pot started to scream as the water was now at the maximum boiling point. The heat, the pressure was too much. It had to be released now, or it would explode. She suddenly grabbed the pot and…
*The next day*
Todoroki was standing by a wooden door, looking at the ground below him. The left side of his face was covered in a bandage. It hurt. It burned, yet felt so cold.
"Good grief, this is an important time too..." Endeavor said to himself.
"Where's mom?" Todoroki asked, his voice emotionless.
"Oh, she injured you, so I put her in a hospital." Endeavor responded.
He...put mom in a...hospital? Da-...no…he just did that? How could he? How could he just say that so calmly?! Did he even feel upset?! Depressed?! Or he was just as he always is. Angry? Angry at what?! Angry at her for doing what! He did this to mom! He did this to him! He did everything to them, yet she is the one being treated like the criminal here?!
Todoroki looked down and felt his tears running down his cheeks, "This is your fault." Todoroki said. Endeavor looked to his son in surprise. What he saw was an angry, cold stare from a child who was feeling the effects of hell. Hell has consumed this child's soul. This was the final straw. But then he noticed one more thing on this child's face. Hate. "You're the one who made Mom…" Todoroki couldn't finish his sentence. Not out of fear, but because he saw his father's look. It showed no remorse. He felt nothing. He's just a…bastard...
Time moved regularly as Todoroki hit the ground. He then got to one knee and looked down to the ground. "I will...reject...my old man's power…" Todoroki said, not budging one bit.
Deku looked on with a desperate look on his face. "STOP IT! IT'S YOUR QUIRK! YOURS! NOT HIS! YOU MAKE YOUR QUIRK WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE! HE DOESN'T!" Todoroki looked up and remembered one more memory.
"Yes, that's right! Children inherit Quirks from their parents. But the important thing is not that connection, but recognizing your own flesh and blood. Recognize yourself." Todoroki was watching TV on the couch with his mother beside him, her hand on his shoulder. He was absorbed into what All Might had to say. "That's what I mean when I say: 'I am here!'" All Might said on the TV with his smile.
"You see?" Todoroki's mother began to say, "You want to be a hero, don't you, Shoto? It's okay for you to be one."
How did I forget this memory?
"You don't have to be a prisoner of your blood. It's okay for you become who you want to be." Todoroki felt the heat. His left side was smoking. The pressure inside was screaming, the boiling point was at its maximum. It has to be released now or else it would explode. Todoroki suddenly began to feel the fire, and it was unleashed.
A huge blaze of fire was released from Todoroki's left side. All of the pent-up pressure was now outside of the pot. Deku stared in awe as well as the crowd.
"Th-This is…" Present Mic tried to speak, but was at a loss for words.
"The fire is here…" Uraraka said, feeling the heat on her face. Iida and the rest could not even think straight. No one knew what Todoroki's left side was capable of, since when was he able to use fire?!
"So. You finally realized it Todoroki. You aren't chained to your dad. You have a great power, and your dad's will doesn't apply to your will. You use that power however you want, as long as you use it responsibly and not to hurt others." Peter said, smiling widely now.
All Might was in shock for a moment, but then he realized the true reason why Todoroki suddenly used his left side. "Young Midoriya, don't tell me this whole time you have been trying to save Young Todoroki?"
"Even though you want to win…" Deku heard Todoroki speaking, "To help your enemy...Which one of us is screwing around now?" Deku saw a pose, a pose of a hero who was just born. On the left, Todoroki's fire was ignited and burning greatly. On the right, Todoroki's ice was freezing the ground and his body. It was the perfect combo. "I...I want to be a hero, too!" Deku was ready to face Todoroki at his best. He succeeded in his goal; he saved Todoroki and made him realize his full potential. Now, now he can be a real hero. Both future heroes were smiling at one another. They were ready for one last round.
"SHOTO!" Endeavor yelled with all his might, very happily too. Everyone looked towards him with a confused look. Endeavor began to walk down the steps, his flames burning with pride. "Have you finally accepted yourself?! That's it! Good! It all starts from here for you! With my blood, you will surpass me...You will fulfill my desire!" Endeavor's voice echoed throughout the stadium.
"Too bad it isn't for you." Peter looked at Endeavor, and the smile that was on Peter's face was now replaced with rage.
"Uhh...Endeavor suddenly shouts encouragement? Such a doting father." Present Mic said, his confusion not wearing off.
"Wow…" That was Deku could say at the moment. He never expected to feel this excited to see Todoroki's true power. He was so happy for him.
"Why are you smiling?" Deku blinked and his smile slightly faded. "With those injuries…In this situation…You're crazy." Todoroki told Deku. The only response Deku gave was a look of a determined fighter. "Don't blame me for what happens next." Todoroki stomped on the ground as the floor below him froze quickly. Deku activated whatever power he had left as some part of his clothing ripped. His power was building as a windstorm was emanating from him.
Cementoss had seen enough fights to know where this was going. He used his Quirk to start building cement walls. "Midnight! If they keep going, it'll be bad!"
Midnight ripped off a piece of her clothing on her arm as she agreed with Cementoss decision. "His body won't hold up!" She released a pink gas from her skin, the gas being able to put others to sleep.
Todoroki, at full power, discharged an iceberg that was shot forward; it was meant to push Deku out of bounds. Deku jumped over it and pulled back his right hand one more time. One for All at full power. Todoroki charged up his fire, and in a blaze of glory, he set off like a jet and rushed Deku head on. He put out his left hand, charging up a massive fireball. "Midoriya…Thank you." Before they could clash, Cementoss barely made it and put up a few thick walls of cement between them. The walls were broken when the Quirks met them, and they still collided. The result was massive explosion of a heat and cold wave that completely obliterated the ring. The force of the wind was so powerful, that people began to fly out of their seats, while some took cover, ore were able to endure it.
"Hng! Holy-! Deku! Todoroki!" Peter yelled out, putting up his hands to endure the wind.
"Too powerful! Kero!" Tsu said, doing the same.
"These two are insane!" Uraraka said, Iida holding onto her arm to keep her from being blown away.
Once it was over, the arena was silent, so silent that a pin drop could be heard. There was so much smoke and dust everywhere that it made it impossible to see.
Up in the announcers box, Aizawa was perfectly fine while Present Mic was flipped over, his feet on the desk area and his head on the ground. "What the fu-flip what that?!" Present Mic said, almost cursing."What the heck is up with your class, Aizawa?"
"The air that had been cooled thoroughly was suddenly heated up and expanded." Aizawa explained the science behind the windstorm.
Present Mic quickly did a jump kick and was back on the seat, "That's what created this explosion? Just how hot was that?! Jeez! I can't see a thing! Midnight, who won?!"
Midnight was thrown to the ground from the wind, her hair a mess and her mask gone. Once enough smoke and dust were cleared away, Deku was seen standing against a wall. Blood was on the wall; his head was down, his arms broken, his clothes barely hanging onto his body. Slowly, he fell over. In the ring, Todoroki stood awake and well. The clothes on his left side were burnt away, showing off his body. He took no damage. "M-Midoriya is out of bounds." Midnight whipped out her flogger, but was still in shock as she yelled out, "Todoroki advances to the semi-finals!" The crowd broke out their paralyzed state and roared for the amazing spectacle that was put on in front of them.
Second Round:
Midoriya vs Todoroki (Winner: Todoroki)
Parker vs Iida
Kaminari vs Tokoyami
Kirishima vs Bakugo
Mineta, Uraraka, Peter, Tsu, and Iida were all rushing towards Recovery Girl's office. They wanted to know if Deku was alright. They saw his condition, and it scared them all to their core. Once, they got there, they all burst through it without a second thought. "Midoriya/Deku!" They all yelled. Inside was Mr. Toshinori and Recovery Girl. Deku, however, was laying on a bed without a shirt, his feet without socks or shoes, his right leg in a splint, and both of his arms heavily wrapped in bandages and being supported by a sling.
"Holy mary mother of Galactus! Deku!" Peter said, approach the bed with obvious fear.
"Are you okay?!" Uraraka asked. As she approached it too. This the first time she's seen Mr. Toshinori so, she looked at him, "Oh, nice to meet you..."
Mr. Toshinori looked at Uraraka and smiled, with sweat dripping down his face, "Hey…"
"You're all so noisy." Recovery Girl said.
Deku stirred a bit, waking up weakly, and speaking, "Hey...what about your match?" He asked to Iida and Peter.
"Really?! That's what you are thinking about right now?!" Peter said to Deku, kinda aggressively too.
Deku flinched and looked away, "I'm sorry…"
Peter shook his head and had a nervous look on his face, "Just don't do something that reckless again. You really scared us." Peter said gently patting Deku's good leg.
"That match from earlier was scary, Midoriya." Mineta said, while point at Deku, "What pro's gonna want that?"
Tsu slapped Mineta with her tongue and looked at him, "I don't like your style of rubbing salt into his wounds."
"Mineta is right you know!" Peter said to Tsu.
"You wanna get slapped too?" Tsu asked Peter. Peter said nothing and looked away.
"Be quiet, now! I know you all are worried, but you need to leave. I have surgery to do!" Recovery Girl said, pushing them all out.
"SURGERY?!" The five yelled out while backing up towards the door.
"Surgery is a big deal, isn't it?!" Mineta asked.
"Will his injuries be completely healed?!" Both Uraraka and Iida asked as well.
"Don't worry about that. Just leave it to me." Recovery Girl said before she closed the door on them gently and locked it.
The five stood outside looking at the door. Peter sighed and looked to them with a smile, "He'll be fine, I promise."
"How could you promise something you have no control over?" Mineta asked Peter as they all looked at Peter with the same question in mind.
Peter turned to them with a smile that made everyone somehow feel calmer. "You all look up to me in someway, yet, I look up to Deku. In some weird fashion, I can't help but idolize his actions. He's strong, maybe even stronger than me. That's how I know he'll be okay. Now…" Peter looked towards Iida, "We have a match to get too." Peter then walked towards his side of the tunnels as he left everyone behind.
"He's so calm." Uraraka said as Iida then walked the other way.
"But he has a point. We have a match to get too, and worrying about Midoriya isn't what should be my top priority at the moment."
"Kero. We should go back now." Tsu, Uraraka, and Mineta then went back with the two girls getting obvious distance from the smaller boy.
"Holy crap I don't think anything else is going to be able to top that battle! Anyways, let's get back on track! Everyone right now is from the hero course, just telling you now! Now, from the left, we have Tenya Iida!" Iida was in the ring with his arms crossed and his glasses somehow not falling off. "Aaaand on the right, we have Peter Parker!" Peter stood on the opposite end with his arms as his sides, smiling.
"I'm running out of references, so Round Two! FIGHT!"
Iida quickly blasted off towards Peter as he caught the boy off guard with a gut shot. Peter's body came off the ground a few inches as he curled inwards from the strike. Iida then tried to push Peter off the stage by running him off backwards, but Peter was able to grab Iida by his arms and throw him to the side. Iida regained his balance quickly and ran towards Peter as Peter was regaining his surroundings, but Peter's senses flared up and he jumped over Iida.
"WOW, HE CAN JUMP!"
As Peter landed, he kicked backwards as Iida ran into the boot and hit his knee on it. Peter spun around quickly and literally threw Iida out of the ring. "Iida is out of bounds, Peter advances to the semi-finals!" Midnight announced as Peter was breathing rather quickly, and deeply.
"Damn. That punch threw me off. If I didn't throw him out now, I would have lost." Peter thought in his head as he walked to his tunnel. Iida got up and took a bow before heading inside his tunnel too.
"That was quick."
Second Round:
Midoriya vs Todoroki (Winner: Todoroki)
Parker vs Iida (Winner: Parker)
Kaminari vs Tokoyami
Kirishima vs Bakugo
Kaminari and Tokoyami had made their way into the ring already. Tokoyami was standing still with a black robe over him while Kaminari had a rather disturbed look on his face. Tokoyami noticed that Kaminari was not in the right mind to be fighting. "I'll make this quick then." Tokoyami announced to Kaminari, who looked up to him.
"Quick? Don't underestimate me." Kaminari said before he noticed what he said, "Oh great, now I sound like Bakugo."
"I can't think of any more references. FIGHT!"
Tokoyami quickly summoned Dark Shadow while Kaminari ran and was discharging low electricity shots from his body to keep Dark Shadow away. Once close enough, Dark Shadow tried to strike Kaminari in the chest, but Kaminari made his voltage higher so the shadow retreated back in pain. Kaminari stiffened a bit, the effects from his last battle still affecting him. Though it was short, it took a lot of electricity to knock out Mina. Tokoyami noticed this split second show of weakness and knew what was happening. "Dark Shadow, keep attacking." Tokoyami said. "Um...okay." Dark Shadow replied, growing more and more timid.
Dark Shadow kept striking at Kaminari as Kaminari kept increasing his voltage use. "Damn it! I know his plan is to drain me out, but I can't figure a way…A way to do what now?" Kaminari was slowly losing his thought of process as he his brain was frying. And sure enough, the match ended rather quickly due to Kaminari not being able to conduct anymore electricity as Dark Shadow pushed Kaminari out instead of hurting him.
"Kaminari is out of bounds, Tokoyami wins!"
"Another quicky!"
Second Round:
Midoriya vs Todoroki (Winner: Todoroki)
Parker vs Iida (Winner: Parker)
Kaminari vs Tokoyami (Winner: Tokoyami)
Kirishima vs Bakugo
Kirishima and Bakugo stood in the ring facing off. Both were ready for a fight, and eagerly waiting for the call.
"FIGHT!"
Kirishima hardened up as Bakugo wasted no time rushing him, and blasting hom face first. "DIE!" He yelled out, only to feel a hand grab his arm. "What the?!" Kirishima was unfazed as he yet for a solid punch on Bakugo, but Bakugo dodged it and broke free of Kirishima's grasp before putting distance between them.
"Your explosions won't work on me! When I am hardened like this, I'm invulnerable to explosions!" Kirishima said while going after Bakugo now. Kirishima threw a sharp right hook that Bakugo was barely able to dodge while getting some of his skin peeled off from Kirishima's rock-like skin. Bakugo set off an explosion at Kirishima's left kidney, but to no avail. "Like I said, that won't work on me Explosion Boy!" Kirishima taunted.
Bakugo knew he was a predicament, but there is always a way. A way to win.
Everyone was watching intensely as the two friends were going at it with each other. Most were surprised that Bakugo was on the defensive while some were not. Deku had finally arrived from Recovery Girl's office as he was standing at the top. "Kirishima and Kacchan… Which means" Deku looked up the screen above to see what he missed. "Peter and Tokoyami advanced." Deku closed his eyes, mildly upset. "Aw, I knew it… I wish I could've seen it."
Bakugo was having a difficult time figuring out what to do against Kirishima. All what he could do was dodge his attacks. Blasting him wouldn't work, so what good would it do now? "Damn it! Shut up you fucking loudmouth; I know I'm being pushed back!"
Deku was amazed by the fight before him. All his life he has seen Bakugo always on the offensive, but now, now he is on the defensive. This was very intriguing. "Kirishima's Quirk is simple, but that's what makes it strong. It hardens his skin so attacks that would normally do massive damage to one would do little to nothing to him. Bakugo's Quirk is limited to what it could, but depending on the amount of sweat he puts into his palm he be able to break Kirishima's harden, but if he does too much he'll shatter him instead. But at the same time, Kirishima…" Mumble mumble mumble. Deku was in full mumble mode as he didn't realize Peter and Iida were behind him with a bizarre look on their faces. Both have been friends with Deku for a long while, but they still weren't used to this.
"Deku!" Peter said, snapping Deku out his trance. Deku turned around as the two friends walked to him.
"I see your surgery went well." Iida said with smile on his face. "We're glad!" Peter nodded his head as the three stood together.
"Thanks guys. And…" Deku looked at both of them as a sweatdropped. "I don't know if I should congratulate Peter in front of you, Iida."
"It's okay. Peter bested me, and to be honest with myself, I am not surprised." Iida said while Peter chuckled with slight pink on his cheeks.
"Yeah, but I will admit I was scared." Both Iida and Deku looked at Peter, "I mean…" Peter looked back at Iida, "When you rushed me in the beginning, I was caught off guard. I was prepared, but I guess I didn't think you go all out straight away. I was on my heels the whole time, I think I just lucky at the last moment." Peter said while a smile as he patted Iida on the shoulder. "That just means your improving, good job man."
Iida smiled back and bowed, "Thank you, Peter." Iida straightened himself out.
"Is your big brother, Ingenium, watching your progress, too?" Deku asked Iida. Since one of Iida's goals was to make his brother proud, he thought Iida would have called him to see his reaction.
"I called him earlier, but he was working." Iida replied.
"Oh. Well...I wonder how it'll go when you tell him that 'the prodigy' beat you." Peter referenced towards what Present Mic kept calling him. He enjoyed the name.
"It doesn't matter. I got this far, so that must mean I have improved. I will watch over the rest of matches and learn from them, just like how I did from Midoriya's."
"What could you have learned from mine…" Deku mumbled under his breath.
"We learned not be an idiot." Peter remarked while Deku shrunk a bit. "Hey, I'm kidding man, come on."
"I know, but it still hurts."
"The injuries or your feelings?"
"...Be quiet…" Deku whispered, slightly smiling. Deku knew Peter meant no harm with his jabs; it's one the things he likes about him. It's just and games with Peter, until its time to be serious.
"OH! ANOTHER COUNTER BY BAKUGO!" All of three of them looked back down to see that the tables have turned in Bakugo's favor.
Bakugo struck Kirishima in the right kidney with a powerful explosive. Bakugo has figured out how to win because of how Kirishima looked like he was in pain. "You've been straining to keep your whole body rock-hard this whole time, right?" Bakugo asked with a sadistic grin. "If you attack quickly in that state, sooner or later, it'll start coming apart!" Kirishima's face told what Bakugo needed to know. He was right. And with that, Bakugo set off a violent and much more mighty explosion.
Kirishima was able to block it, but he was struggling to stay up. His eyes widened as he saw Bakugo's signature 'attack' face and his right hand reeling back. Bakugo fired off another explosion, then another, and another, and another, and kept putting on a barrage of explosions in Kirishima's face. "The finishing blow!" Bakugo yelled out as he struck Kirishima in the and took him off the ground. "Well, I understand why you wouldn't want a drawn out match with me, though." Bakugo exclaimed as Kirishima fell flat on his back, knocked out.
"Kirishima is immobilized! Bakugo wins!" Midnight said as the crowd cheered once more.
Second Round:
Midoriya vs Todoroki (Winner: Todoroki)
Parker vs Iida (Winner: Parker)
Kaminari vs Tokoyami (Winner: Tokoyami)
Kirishima vs Bakugo (Winner: Bakugo)
Semi-Finals:
Todoroki vs Peter
Tokoyami vs Bakugo
"AND WITH THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMAN THE SEMI-FINALS HAVE BEEN SET AS THE WINNER OF THE FINAL SECOND ROUND IS-"
"DEADPOOL!"
"They call me Deadpool, I'm hella fast
Came to merc the bad guys, and get some ass
Got blades for days, got guns galore
Got combo moves, evades and more
With bear traps and hand grenades
Pull the pistol like a maniac right in your face
Poppin off caps, leave a trail of guts
Sittin' on my chair, scratchin' my nuts
Don't stop when I shoot, full-auto is on
Your ass is grass, and I'm mowin' the lawn
Hot lead to the head, and I won't stop
Whatcha crew gunna do when I hack and chop?
But all these bitches are prima donnas
I stuff my face with chimichangas
Tacos and beers, always keepin' it loose
Hang on for a minute while I'm droppin' a deuce
(Deadpool)
Sexy mothafuckaaaa!
(Deadpool)
(Deadpool)
Captain Deadpool!
Nah, Just Deadpool!"
Out of seemingly nowhere, and with a vulgar entrance music, a red and black costumed figure came walking out onto the ring with his hands waving everywhere as he blew kisses to the crowd. He had two swords on his back, a utility belt, and two pistol holders on both of his thighs with pistols in them.
"Who the hell are you?!" Bakugo said with furious anger.
"Uhh Deadpool?! Weren't you listening to the song?!" Deadpool had said towards Bakugo before he teleported to Peter. "Peter my man! Give me five!" He said, raising his hand for a high five.
Peter couldn't move one inch. Not out of fear, but out of pure shock, if that was even the right word. "H…How…" Peter suddenly grabbed Deadpool by his collar and pulled him to his face, "HOW DID YOU GET HERE?!"
"Give me a second." Deadpool teleported them away back to the ring, turned away, pulled up his mask, and grabbed a tic-tac box before taking a few. He then chewed a bit before swallowing them. "Where were we, my love?" He said, looking back to Peter.
"Security!" Aizawa yelled out as Peter dropped Deadpool onto the floor.
"No! You'll just provoke him!" Peter's pleas fell on deaf ears as pro heroes began to surround the ring.
"Oooooh pointless heroes that no one will remember because they only show up for one chapter." Deadpool said as he looked around and began to count. "Aaaaaaaand 8. Really? Just eight heroes? And none of them are even that good. What? Was Endeavor too busy beating his ex-wife to show up?" He then looked back to one of them, and it was Midnight. "Nice boobie!" Deadpool said, earning a smirk from Midnight.
Before Peter could do anything, he felt himself being wrapped up by a cloth and dragged away. Aizawa was on the ground with his arms out of their slings. "Get to safety, Peter."
"I can't Aizawa." Peter said looking up to him, "He's from my universe." Peter couldn't see it, but he felt Aizawa's surprise. "Aizawa, don't provoke him. He may seem like a jokester, but he is one of the deadliest assassins in my universe. What makes him deadly is his unmatched skills, his unpredictable actions, his expert knowledge in all types of weaponry and explosives, and the worst thing. He can't die. His healing factor is too fast for death to catch him, and gruesome injuries like impalement only last for a few seconds! He's almost immortal." Aizawa sighed and walked forward as he couldn't believe this was happening now.
"Stand down heroes, let me talk to this child." Aizawa said as Deadpool walked up to him.
"Child?! I'll have you know I stopped believing in Santa Claus when not once did he ever eat the cocaine cookies I left for him under Groot's ashes! *Looks at camera* I needed a Christmas Tree, and he was dead; so I got his ashes, put them in a small bag, but not before I helped myself to snorting some of them up because I needed to be in the holiday spirits, and then I placed the bag on top of the cookies. *Looks back at Aizawa* And what were you saying, rag doll?" Deadpool asked Aizawa nicely. Aizawa could only stare in absolute confusion. Aizawa has seen and heard many things, but this easily was one of the weirdest things he has ever heard. "Did a cat get your tongue?"
"Deadpool!" Peter yelled out to him, approaching him now. "Just stop talking! Sheesh!"
"Didn't we go over this already? I made you watch X-Men Origins with me, and you learned nothing?! I don't shut up, I just get louder!"
"WADE! SHUT! THE FUCK! UP!" Yelled out a feminine voice. Peter's eyes shrink as he knew whose voice that was.
"Oh please no…"
Out of the same tunnel came out a slim teenage girl who had long black hair that reached to her lower back, green eyes, was wearing a choker, black sports bra and pants with a chain belt that had an 'X' as the buckle, had sleeves on her arms and bracelets on her wrists, and knee high boots. This was Laura Kinney, X-23, otherwise known as Wolverine's clone/daughter. "So this is where you have been all this time, Peter?" Laura said to him, walking towards him while Peter slowly backed up.
"Uhhh…Yeah, not like I had a choice Lau-X-23." Peter stuttered as he did not know what to be calling her.
"Just X-23 for now." Laura said. She then saw multiple others start running out of the tunnel that was behind Peter. "Seems like your friends are here."
Peter turned and saw an injured Deku, Tsu, Kirishima, Iida, Jiro, Yaoyorozu, Uraraka, Mina, Todoroki, and surprisenly, Hatsume and Tetsutetsu as well. "G-guys! Go back!" Peter said to them as he worried for the worst.
"Not a chance, Parker!" Bakugo yelled out as all of them stood with him. Tsu and Deku stood on each of Peter's side as he heard Deadpool sequeled.
"OH MY GOD CLASS 1-A IS HERE!" Deadpool then looked at Yaoyorozu, "AND THE-OW!" Before anything got explosive, Laura kicked Deadpool in the ribs.
"Don't you start anything, or I'll rip your head off!" Laura yelled at him, gaining the attention of Bakugo somewhat.
"Oh she's fierce. Maybe she's a worth a fight." Bakugo thought in his head, grinning slightly.
*BAMF*
Out of nowhere, a purple mist appeared next to Laura and what appeared was a humanoid creature with indigo fur, two-toed feet, three-fingered hands, yellow eyes, pointed ears and a prehensile tail. He was wearing spandex that was black with a red vest over it that created a 'V' shape on his chest with white boots and gloves. His hair was darker blue and messy. This was Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler. Though he looked younger, almost as young as Peter and Laura.
"I leave you two alone for a moment, and you somehow end up being in the center of attention." Nightcrawler said while looking at Peter. "Hello Peter, it's been awhile." Nightcrawler smiled as Peter did too.
"Nice to see a civilized person at least." Peter said to him.
A loud crash was heard as All Might had landed in front of the students. "It's alright now, because I am here!"
"WOW! That guy is what would have happened to Captain America if there was a steroid addict in the research group!" Deadpool taunted as the three looked ready to fight.
"ALL MIGHT!" The students and the crowd roared to see the number one hero, and possibly, see him in action "ALL MIGHT! ALL MIGHT! ALL MIGHT!"
"Now! Would you kindly explain what is your purpose here?" All Might asked the three as Deadpool clicked his tongue.
"We would buuuuuuuut…NIGHTCRAWLER NOW!" Deadpool yelled out as more 'Bamfs' were heard as 3 smaller versions of Nightcrawler appeared and grabbed onto Deadpool, X-23, and Peter.
"Peter!" Tsu yelled out as she grabbed onto the creature to take it off, however, before anyone else could do anything all five of them disappeared in a purple mist once more.
"Peter! Tsu!" Everyone said as an alarm started to blare while the song kept playing till the end. By now, everyone knew his name.
"...Regenerate, because it's cool, when I fall off a ledge
(Deadpool)
The crazy-ass guards always lookin' to duel, so click, click, boom!
(Deadpool)
I don't believe in the Golden Rule, I came to get laid
(Deadpool)
Note to the ladies: I'm not a tool, I'm a sexy motherfucker!
Sexy motherfucker
Sexy motherfucker
Sexy motherfucker
Sexy motherfucker
Deadpool
Deadpool
Deadpool
Dead... Pool…"
*BAMF*
Peter and Tsu were not at U.A anymore, and instead they were in a broken warehouse. Not bothering to take in details, both Tsu and Peter stood together while the three newcomers were across from them. "You guys just kidnapped us?! Nightcrawler, why?!" Peter yelled at Nightcrawler.
"Because we need your help, Peter." Nightcrawler said while Deadpool looked at Tsu. An idea popped into his head.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey~" Deadpool said in a flirtatious tone as he grabbed everyone's attention. "I see you're a frog. You must have good tongue action~" Tsu was paralyzed by this comment as Peter was now getting really pissed off.
"Deadpool, no." Laura was not going to deal with this as two adamantium claws came out from each of her hands, and one more claw from her two feet.
"Deadpool, don't you dare." Peter said in a protective tone as he put one hand in front of Tsu, getting in front of his girlfriend.
"That's all I needed to see, you two are banging!" Deadpool said as he laughed while causing the couple to blush furiously.
"WHAT/KERO?!" The two wall crawlers looked at each for a second before both of them socked Deadpool on each side of his head. "Deadpool, that was completely inappropriate and-"
"But I am right about you two being together!" Deadpool rubbed his head as the two signed.
"Screw you." Peter said while Tsu put up her blank face.
"We're getting off track!" Laura said as she walked up to Peter while retracting her claws. "You are going to help with our problems!" This time, it was Tsu who pushed Peter back and stared at Laura with her blank expression. Laura just smirked and chuckled, "How cute, you're getting defensive."
Tsu didn't react to the comment, "You kidnapped us, and now you are demanding he helps you? That's not going to work."
"I wasn't asking for permission."
"Don't matter."
Laura and Tsu had a stare down before Peter got in between them, "Girls. Calm down." Peter looked at Tsu while putting his hands on her shoulders, "Let me deal with this, okay?" Tsu nodded, but Peter knew she was a bit angry right now. He then turned back to Laura, "What do you need help with?"
"We need help with capturing the villain that came with us. We know who he is, but he will be a tough one to bring down." A new but very familiar voice spoke out as Peter and Tsu turned to see a dark corner. Out of the corner came out Dr. Banner. "We uh...we need your help since you know this place better than we do, and also because these morons decided to reveal themselves on live TV instead of waiting like how we planned to do, so now we definitely need you." Dr. Banner said as he clapped his hands together. "So. You in?"
"Dr. Banner…" Peter mumbled under his breath. Now, now there is a chance that he could go back home. But…what about Tsu and the others?
"You're the leader of this group? Kero." Tsu asked with her finger on her chin.
"There was no contest on that option." Deadpool said while teleporting next to Dr. Banner. That caught Tsu off guard that Deadpool could teleport. "You see, he is smart but he's also very strong." Deadpool then rubbed Dr. Banner's arm seductively while Bruce intensely stared at him causing the merc to stop and slowly back up.
"Dr. Banner. I would love to, but how did you guys get here?" Peter walked up to Dr. Banner with Tsu tailing him.
"We were all fighting in Queens. Since you were absent, X-23 and Nightcrawler were sent by Professor X to temporarily watch over the city after we asked him for assistance until either we found another supervisor or we brought you back. I came into the city to help them after they had requested me to fight Rhino because he was working with Dr. Octopus." Dr. Banner said as he took a breath. "I don't know why or how Deadpool came in but-"
"I was just walking around looking for street tacos. Real street tacos." Deadpool said, "Then I ran into you guys and we all got zapped away because Dr. Octopus had created a large gun that was supposed to send us away to who knows where, but we ended up here in Boku No Hero Academia, awesome manga, anime, and movie by the way."
Peter took this in for a moment. His mind was eased knowing that Queens was being protected, and that most likely will have more protection since Nightcrawler and Laura are not there; but he felt guilty for placing that burden on them. "How's Aunt May?"
"In the care of Tony Stark, though I won't say they are on even grounds. I think your Aunt May hates Tony Stark after she found out he was part of the reason why your gone." Dr. Banner said. Peter could only sigh at this. The relationship between the two wasn't of his concern, only her well being was.
"So...who is the villain?"
The building looked run down, but inside of it was a bar. A bar that was the hideout to The League of Villains. Inside was just Shigaraki and TV screen on a cart. Kurogiri was out looking for another potential ally they may need right now, so Shigaraki was to meet the new the member alone. Rather, he was being paid to work with them, but it was something the boss was willing to do.
"I sense him coming. Make him feel welcomed." The voice from the TV said. He was right as the door opened and revealed a shadow. It was dark and he blended in nicely.
"I don't see a group, just one man, but I'm not being paid to judge." The figure spoke.
"Some of us are out now and since we are just beginning, so we thought we might hire an outsider to help us." Shigaraki spoke while he scratched his neck. "But I want to know two things. What do you even bring to the table, and who are you?" Shigaraki wanted to know more about this paid mercenary.
"Me? I bring lots of talents." The figure stepped into the light and revealed his appearance. He was holding a sword; a shield, had a bow on his back, and a quiver full of arrows. He wore pure white pirate boots and gloves, blue spandex, a belt with a rope attached to it, a white hood and cloak, and his face was covered by a mask. A skull mask. "I'm not one for revealing my name or origins, but you can call me: Taskmaster."