Shoto was utterly frustrated at the moment, after having a 'chat' with the bitter disappointment of his 'creator', he was now standing in front of the blue haired 'engine' user in the said boy looked confident as he was staring right into the heterochromatic's teens eyes,
'You're not a dual quirk user, I know because… I know.' The recent memory flashed before his eyes thus he was slithering with hatred and a much elevated anger.
'He doesn't know anything… HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH!' He internally screamed while glaring hard at his opponent.
"WE GOT STARTED ON A HIGH NOTE, AND IT'S TIME FOR THE SECOND BATTLE! THE PRODIGAL SON OF ENDEAVOR THE NO. 2 HERO AND ONE OF THE MOST FAVORED PERSON TO WIN THE FESTIVAL! FROM CLASS 1-A, IT'S SHOTO TODOROKI!"
The mere mention of that dirtbag was the last straw, he felt the coldness seeping through him and his appendages ready to unleash his ultimate attack.
"AND IN THE OTHER CORNER WE HAVE, COMING FROM A LONG LINE OF HEROES, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF INGENIUM! ALSO FROM CLASS 1-A TENYA IIDA!"
The muscular statured teen's eyes glittered at the mention of his brother, his idol.
Shouta knew that he couldn't muster the enthusiasm needed for this round, so he let Mic take the announcements while he took over the technical aspects of the fights.
"BEGIN!"
"RECIPRO-!" Iida kicked his engines into full throttle, he knew this match would be all about speed, either Todoroki would encase his surroundings in ice and he'll have to forfeit or he'll be able to throw him off the boundaries.
"-BURST!" Tenya completed naming his special move as he dashed towards his enemy and picked the rag-doll of a body of his opponent, cheered internally and was about to throw him off the line, when suddenly.
"Boom" The heterochromatic teen uttered a single word and unleashed an icy-hell.
The whole visible stadium froze, even Midnight and Cementoss were half frozen, a humongous glacier encased Tenya, with only his face left out to breathe.
Then the 'perfect creation' broke off the ice on his back that was following the bluette's hands and stood-in front of him with his arm raised before the teen's face and the rich-coldness coming off from it.
The R-rated hero got the gist of it and spoke through her chills. "Iida, can you continue?"
Tenya was completely baffled at what just happened, he was disappointed beyond anything he could imagine, even his tears were half frozen, so thinking rationally, he conceded. "I-I can't."
"HOLY SHI- SHIVERY! TODOROKI WINS!"
At the field, Shoto came close to the encased teen and began heating him with his left hand. "I am sorry, I got a little angry."
While the crowd was going wild with the show of power, a thought crossed Aizawa's mind 'The hatred on his face was all too familiar...'
Class 1-A
"Damn! It'd be hard for anyone to stand up to Todoroki!" The invisible girl thought out aloud.
"I don't know, from what I experienced in the obstacle race, Midoriya can cut off his connection to the ground and then he'll be powerless. Ribbit"
"Yeah! Deku can do a lightning strike on him and he'll be toast!" Uraraka chimed in during the ongoing conversation.
"Seems like you got a little fanclub of yours." Momo whispered to the greenette beside her.
Izuku was too deep in thought to respond to their pleasantries, he saw the look on Shoto's face when he unleashed his attack, that hatred for one's father is not normal. He was now almost entirely sure that the half-and-half teen was a victim of abuse, but since he didn't have much to go on, other than his story about the quirk marriage, he really couldn't do anything.
'Or maybe I can?' He thought while rubbing his temple.
"Earth to Izuku, do you copy~" Melissa gathered his attention.
"O-Oh, sorry guys I was just thinking... Anyways, hey aren't you next Momo?"
The newly 'Destruction' user stood up. "Yes, come on Ashido, let's go!"
"Yeah don't think, just 'cause you're my friend, I would go easy on ya! And I said, call me MINA!"
"Of course Mina."
With the argument, both of them left the viewing booth. Izuku knew they would need a couple of minutes to repair the field after a certain heterochromatic teen's attack, so taking the time for his plan he spoke to the blonde sitting on his other side.
"Hey Melissa, can I talk to you?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"N-Not here, it's kind of private"
Melissa was a little confused as to what he had to say. "Alright, lead the way."
Both of them left the area.
Melissa noticed that Izuku had brought her to the empty cafeteria, in front of their table, there was a screen displaying the on-going festival.
'Well, at least we'll know when to go out, but why does he look so... conflicted?' She thought while the greenette pulled the chair for her to sit.
"Oh, such a gentleman~"
When Izuku just brushed off her remarks, then she got a little nervous, why was he so deep in thought, what did he want?
"M-Melissa, I am going to tell you something, that shouldn't leave this table"
The girl could see the aforementioned confliction, so paying caution to the wind she replied. "Alright"
"Before, when you were talking to Shield-san, someone wanted to have a word with you too"
The blonde's mind was going mile-a-minute, after a minute of confusion she asked. "Who?"
"Todoroki, he came to talk to you but had to settle for me." There was a hint of snickering at the end of his sentence which was a little calming for the girl.
"What do you mean?"
"Tell me Melissa, ever heard of quirk marriages?"
15 minutes later
The Field was ready for the next battle, it would've been ready much earlier but turns out Todoroki's ice damaged a few recording equipment and they had to take some time to fix them up.
"WITH THE ARENA ALL THAWED OUT, IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT MATCH!"
At Mic's announcement, the two lovely ladies of 1-A reached the 'battlefield' from either side.
"IT'S AGAIN 1-A VS 1-A, your class is killing it out there Shouta! ON ONE END, WE GOT THE ONE WIELDING THE POWER OF BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION! PERFECTLY BALANCED LIKE ALL THINGS SHOULD BE! RUNNER UP FROM THE CAVALRY BATTLE, IT'S MOMO YAOYOROZU!"
The crowd went wild at her introduction, the said ravenette glanced at the viewing section and saw her two friends giving her a 'thumbs-up' for good luck.
"AND ON THE OTHER, WE HAVE THE CHEERY! THE ATHLETIC! THE DEADLY FUN-LOVING PINKETTE! WINNER OF THE CAVALRY BATTLE, THE SELF PROCLAIMED ALIEN GIRL, MINA ASHIDO!"
"Damn! that was a great introduction, Mic-sensei!" The 'acid' user exclaimed from her position towards the announcing booth.
"YOU GO GIRL!" Hizashi cheered back, the man had developed a soft spot for his student as both of them loved the 'Dance like no-one is watching' ideology, or 'Listen to a song, until you start hating it.', ordinarily speaking, both of them were alike.
"BEGIN!"
Momo instantly prepared a tranq-dart and flung it at the pinkette, while Mina swiftly ducked under the projectile, she acid-glided through the arena towards her opponent.
"LOOK AT THAT, A CLEVER WAY TO USE ONE'S QUIRK! ASHIDO IS PREPARING THE ACID FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER FEET TO USE THEM AS SKATES!"
"She's being resourceful, it's an important quality for each aspiring hero." Shouta chimed in.
Mina smirked as she formed a couple of acid-balls and started flinging them at the girl in front of her, Momo in defence produced a teflon shield to defend herself against her attacks.
"WOW THAT SHIELD ISN'T EVEN BULGING A BIT!"
"From the looks of it, it seems like an acid-resistant polymer."
By the second Mina was getting closer to the girl behind a shield, when she was just an inch away, she made a smooth puddle of acid in her hand and was about to throw it on the exposed area of Momo's legs, when suddenly the said girl threw the shield away and jammed a device in the pinkett's abdomen, within a second electricity coursed through her body, effectively shocking her out of commission.
"While people were thinking that Yaoyorozu was just playing defence, she was intricately creating a low powered 'Taser'. Since such creations take time, all she needed was a distraction."
"THAT'S SMART! THE RESULTS ARE QUITE CLEAR FOLKS, MOMO YAOYOROZU WON!"
Back in the stands, Kaminari snickered. "And I thought, I was the class's shocker!"
Izuku and Melissa cheered for their friend, while a couple of medical bots came and picked up Mina from the arena and the 'Creation' girl followed.
It was time for the fourth battle, Young Sekigai was moving towards the arena, she reached the field and glared at her opponent.
"So, you crawled your way to UA, never thought I'd see the day when someone having such a hopeless quirk would be standing here!" The 'Zombie-Virus' user laughed maniacally as he spat those words onto his opponent.
Sekigai kept silent, she had learned in middle school that it's better than to not elevate such unwieldy arguments.
"Still doing that silent treatment huh!"
Fortunately for the girl, Mic's voice flared up on the speakers. "HERE WE ARE AGAIN EVERYONE! ON ONE CORNER WE HAVE THE CALM AND INTELLIGENT GIRL FROM 1-A, IS THAT CALM THE ONE BEFORE A STORM! WAIT TO FIND OUT, THE WINNER OF CAVALRY BATTLE AND A PERSONAL STUDENT OF OUR VERY OWN PRINCIPAL, IT'S KASHIKO SEKIGAI!"
Izuku saw that for a second there was a hint of sadness in the silverette's eyes and he consequently made a mental note to ask her about it later.
"AND THE OTHER, THE LIVING ADAPTATION OF 'THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD', THE ONLY STUDENT IN THE HERO COURSE WHO WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR A SUPPORT GEAR, JUST PRAY WE WON'T BE ZOMBIFIED! FROM 1-B IT'S ROMERO FUJIMI"
"BEGIN!"
Sekigai knew how volatile Fujimi's quirk can be and the fact that he had only one nozzle to eject out the virus was a blessing for her, now she just have to use her superior mobility and throw him out of the boundaries, with this strategy in mind, she took a stance to lay an attack on the running boy.
"LOOKS LIKE, FUJIMI IS GOING FOR THE OFFENCE, ERASER! CARE TO EXPLAIN OUR AUDIENCE WHY DOES HE HAS TO WEAR THAT GEAR!"
Aizawa took out the card that he received from Vlad that contained detailed information about the said boy's quirk. "His quirk is called Zombie Virus, it allows him to release a pink gas from his body. Anyone who breathes it in will take on the appearance and mental capacity of a zombie. The people transformed into zombies gain zombie-like strength and endurance. Anyone bitten by one of these zombies will also be transformed into a zombie."
"THAT'S A LOT OF ZOMBIE'S, AND THE MASK ERASER?"
As the announcements were going on, Romero reached the silverette and threw a punch at her while simultaneously activating his quirk and releasing the gas. Sekigai ducked under, held her breath and kicked the boy away from her.
"You see, Fujimi is not immune to his gas's effect and since he is the only one who can deactivate the effect of the virus, he uses the mask to protect himself."
Kashiko flipped and landed a solid blow in Fujimi's face, the boy fell on the ground back-first and the 'Chart' user lowered her elbow near his neck and spoke.
"Do you concede!"
"WOW. SEKIGAI HAS OVERPOWERED HER OPPONENT WITH A SHOW OF SOME AMAZING CLOSE COMBAT MOVES!"
At the last moment, it was getting too much for Kashiko to hold her breath so she released it and as if on cue Romero's pink gas surrounded them both.
"GOT YOU!" He exclaimed while picking himself up.
Within a second the misty cloud vanished resulting in showing off a newly turned Zombie and the user.
"HE'S DONE IT EVERYONE! SEKIGAI HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A ZOMBIE, WHAT NOW MIDNIGHT? IS THE MATCH OVER?"
The said woman was prepared for this event, so she remembered the re-defined rules and spoke up. "No mic, she has to be physically out of bounds to lose, or she has to be immobilized. Since it's neither, the match will go on!"
The 'Zombie-Virus' user gritted his teeth, he charged at the mindless body of his opponent in order to push her out of bounds, when suddenly-
Zombified-Kashiko swung her arm at the incoming Fujimi and launched him out of the arena.
The whole stadium laughed their eyes out at the sight before them, even Aizawa too grinned at the punch.
"HAHAHA, OOOF, TALK ABOUT HARD LANDING. WELL, THE RESULTS ARE PRETTY CLEAR FOLKS, KASHIKO SEKIGAI WINS!"
The thrown Fujimi let her out of her state and she was baffled to see the whole stadium cheering for her.
"I-I won?"
"THE FIRST ROUND IS ALMOST HALF OVER! NEXT UP IS THE PERSON WHO CAN BEND WINDS TO HIS WHIMS, THE MUSCULAR POWERHOUSE OF 1-B, RUNNER UP OF OBSTACLE RACE… IT'S INASA YOARASHI OF HERO COURSE!"
The sister class went wild with the cheers, it was clear that they had all their hopes on the 'Whirlwind' user.
"THE ONLY NON HERO COURSE STUDENT TO ADVANCE TO THE TOURNAMENT STAGE, MASTER OF INVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDED INTO THE SUPPORT COURSE HATSUME MEI"
The maniac-inventor adjusted her microphone and gave a thumbs up to her 'opponent'.
"READY? FIGHT!"
Thus ensued a 15 minute presentation by theirs truly, Hastume. Between their battle, the pinkette asked Inasa to wear a couple of her 'babies' while she did the demonstrations, Mei also plugged her earset through the ground speakers and relayed the necessary information about her inventions for the representatives of several high-end support companies. It was a live advertisement for the audience as they witnessed the 'Whirlwind' user kept 'accidentally' letting Mei's gear capture him to show off just how talented she was.
After 15-freakishly boring minutes, Mei was done with her act and she gracefully shook Yaorashi's hand and stepped out of the bounds.
There was a long pause after the girl took her exit, the people were bewildered that she didn't even care to stick around for the announcements.
"Oh, god it's finally over..." Mustering up his enthusiasm, Mic continued. "INASA YOARASHI ADVANCES!"
Rest assured, only his class were the ones applauding.
"IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT BATTLE OF OUR FIRST ROUND, this one will hopefully be better than the last one, ON ONE CORNER, WE HAVE THE HARD! THE MANLIEST MANLY MAN! THE UNBREAKABLE! WINNER FROM THE CAVALRY BATTLE, 1-A'S EIJIRO KIRISHIMA!"
The redhead waved at the cheering audience and then made his way towards the arena sporting a toothy grin.
"AND ON THE HAND, WE HAVE THE EXPLOSIVE POWER-HOUSE OF 1-A, A NATURAL BORN LEADER AND THE WINNER OF CAVALRY BATTLE, IT'S KATSUKI BAKUGO!"
Katsuki just 'Tched' at his introduction and came walking to the field with his hands in his pockets, looking casual and careless as ever. The most distinctive feature was that, while most were wearing their PT shoes, the ash-blonde had brought his costume's boots with him.
"FIGHT!" Midnight chopped her hand in the light of commencing the battle.
Kirishima didn't waste a moment and directly charged at the explosive boy with his hardened fists. A simple attack, but Katsuki avoided them as he prepared to thrust his hands at the red head. Kirishima simply fastened his attacks as he saw his opponent preparing his own. The moment the ash-blonde thrusted an explosion at Kirishima, he hardened his chest, leaving no effect. The blonde clicked his tongue and got into his crouching stance with his palms facing up.
This time Katsuki launched himself with his explosions as Kirishima activated his second quirk. With a twist boosted from explosions, the blond teen smacked the teen's hardened forearm.
"DIE!"
Kirishima winced as there wasn't any recoil, and if there was, his opponent didn't show it.
'So I really need to be 'hit' for it to work.' The new 'Impact Recoil' user thought as he stared at his charred arm.
The red haired teen rushed to the spiked blond with his hardened fist propelling him even further. Katsuki tried to dodge but was a little late as he felt cold air rush through a new open cut on his cheek. His rage rose as he felt a hard blow land on his abdomen,
Katsuki saw nothing but red.
"THIS IS AMAZING, LOOK AT THOSE TWO GO! AFTER THE LAST MATCH, THIS WAS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PICK ME UP I NEEDED"
"AAHH!" It seems that the red head pushed the angry teen over his limit. "DIE!"
His yell somewhat frightened Kirishima but he held his ground as Katsuki slapped another explosion after another.
"Quirks are just physical abilities, they're bound to give out after a prolonged and rigorous use"
'Crap, I'm being pushed back!' The two quirked user thought.
Katsuki slapped his two wrists together, lifted his arms above himself and yelled even louder. He swiped his arms down with his palms open to the other teen.
Kirishima saw it all in slow motion. 'Oh crap.'
Before the red head could even see the explosion, he felt the intense heat and after that all he saw was darkness.
"GO TO HELL!"
Notes:
Current Quirk List
Izuku Midoriya : Weather Manipulation + Unknown Quirk, All For One, Minor Cell Activation, Scanning, Hydra
Melissa Shield : One for All
Shouta Aizawa : Erasure, Metal Manipulation
Momo Yaoyorozu : Creation, Decay
Eijirou Kirishima : Hardening, Impact Recoil
Rikido Sato : Sugar Rush, Shock Absorption
Denki Kaminari : Electrification, Insulator
Dabi : Cremation, Super Regeneration
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Stage 3 continues
What does the quiet girl from 1-B has in store for the resident greenette?