"BEGIN!"

In an instant, a barrage of ice shot out and the Marked greenette and he took a quick breathe. 'Now or never!'

Far Reach burst to life around his hand and he lifted it up in a slicing motion, as the tentacle sharpened and tore through the ice, pieces of it flying over the boys head. He couldn't let up as he continued slicing, preventing it from putting him out until finally it stopped and dropped to the floor, a giant obstacle separating the two fighters. "Ok, so I can slice through...that's good to know.'

"Impressive move, but it'll mean nothing in a moment." Todoroki said with air of finality and the air got even colder as multiple small cracking noises filled Midoriya's ears. 'The floor! Now the fight really starts!'

Without missing a beat he leapt into the air and grabbed atop the ice obstacle the hetreochromatic teen had created, sliding across the top to his opponent.

"WELL TO BE HONEST WITH YOU SPORTS FANS, THIS FIGHT IS ALREADY GOING ON LONGER THAN I EXPECTED!"

'Oh gee, thanks Mic!' The marked fighter thought annoyed as he leapt to the side, avoiding a new barrage of ice Todoroki sent out. The giant cluster of ice somehow turned and chased after him, starting to form on his though. "I don't think so!"

He sliced straight through then connected to the side, fling himself around and atop the structure, sliding down to Todoroki once more. Then, the fire and ice quirk wielder smiled the faintest smile. "Thanks for getting into position, Midoriya. This is almost to easy."

Yeah, he was in the exact position Todoroki could benefit most from, at least from an outsider's perspective but from the greenette's perspective it was actually the best way to counter-act his opponent. The marked teen noticed that Todoroki's arm was starting to get covered in ice, and it was shaking. 'I knew it...Trickery isn't going to do much for me this time so I need to rely on my skills and knowledge. He knows Endeavour is watching, so he's refusing to melt the ice or counteract his drawbacks-'

Another barrage of ice came straight at him. He didn't bother to dodge, putting his faith in his magic and shoving Far Lance in front of him. The ice was sliced down the middle as he slid down, and made sure to keep channelling power into it to keep that up. 'So long as he won't get rid of his ice, I'm just going to end up having more and more of an advantage.'

Finally he was right on top of Todoroki and he slammed his Lance into the ground, letting his momentum carry his legs forth and kicking the boy in the stomach. Todoroki was launched back as Midoriya was rooted to the spot. It wasn't enough to get the ice teen out though, as he was caught by a wall of ice. "Perhaps...I underestimated that tentacle power. No matter."

CRACK

This one moved faster than any of his other attacks. It was the same move that captured Sero and nearly took of the greenette's head. As that memory went through his head, and he remembered why Todoroki was refusing to use his full power, an idea came to mind.

The fire and Ice teen relaxed and Midnight moved to announce the match as over, assuming it to be the same situation as last time. "IZUKU MIDORIYA-

"Heh...hehehehe..." Midoriya laughed as he ignored the chills in his body, hand starting to glow with power. He did wince however as his leg seemed to complain.

"What are you-" Todoroki's eyes widened as the ice started to crack and all of a sudden the boy quite literally punched and sliced his way out. "What?!"

"A popular form...of magic...is escape artistry." Midoriya said as he limped forward, needing just a moment to catch his breathe. His opponent didn't react, seemingly caught off guard by something else. Midoriya looked up with a shaky shit-eating grin. "So it would be a bad look if i couldn't pull it off."

"Your leg..." Midnight whispered and the boy took a moment to inspect it. Then he let out a noise of realization as he saw an icicle that had pierced straight through him, barely missing his bones. Despite it, his smile grew a little wider and he grabbed hold of it. "Wait no you shouldn't-"

Too late, he pulled the fragment out and lifted it up to eye level, staring at Todoroki who was finally snapping back into the fight. 'Guess no one has ever got out of it before or something.' "See this Todoroki?"

Then, he threw it straight at the ground with all the strength he could muster, shattering it into pieces and getting blood on more of the arena. "Shattered ice and drops of blood. That's all this fight will devolve into at this rate."

"You..." Todoroki started to growl, seeming to understand where the greenette was going with this. "Don't you dare-"

"If you won't come at me with a hundred percent then you'll never win! You haven't even scratched me yet!" The greenette screamed as he threw his hand out, the tentacle bursting into those little tendrils and grabbing all four of the hetrochromatic teens limbs. He tried to lift him into the air for a direct strike but before he could a wall of ice shot out and hit him in the stomach, knocking him into the wall of the previous barrage.

There was a massive spike in anger that the marked teen felt without even focusing.

"You bastard! Is this your idea of a joke? Did my father put you up to this?!" Todoroki snarled as he rushed forth, abandoning his ice in his anger in favour of a direct hit. A stupid, impulsive move he'd normally never make. "Like i'd ever use that bastards power and hurt people!"

The fist came down, and Midoriya grabbed it. The second those words left Todoroki's mouth, he was certain his idea could work. He head-butted the teen in the stomach before grabbing him with Far Reach and flinging him back across the ring, scaling the ice behind to avoid the floor that had began to freeze.

There gazes met again and Midoriya glared. "If you don't want to hurt others, then you've already failed."

He sprinted forth, Far Lance forming again and cutting the ice Todoroki launched to stop him. He was upon the ice user and punched him in the face. "At the USJ, Hagakure never would of had frostbite if you hadn't froze her."

Guilt started pouring atop the anger. Midoriya winced, not wanting to be harsh yet knowing he needed to be honest.

A pillar of ice burst out the ground, and Midoriya actually let his marked hand be frozen, using it to lift his body and kick Todoroki away, before shattering it by forming Far Lance. "You nearly took my head off earlier because you were angry, and my legs just another injury because of that anger."

"S-shut UP!" Todoroki commanded, blocking the next punch and hitting the greenette in the face. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!"

Far Reach shot out and Midoriya could almost laugh. 'Really? I'm one of the only people who really know.' "You don't know Todoroki. You could have used your fire at the USJ and not hurt Hagakure, you could of burned Sero's tape and not nearly killed me."

One last strike, right to the gut. Todoroki rolled to the edge of the arena and stood up, glaring back with unbridled fury, masked only by the growing waves of guilt. "IF I HAD HELD BACK, IF I REFUSED TO USE MY POWERS DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? INNOCENT PEOPLE WOULD BE DEAD! NO ONE WHO HOLDS BACK DESERVES TO WIN, NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION!"

So much ice, enough that the magic teen had no way to slice it away launched at him, and Todoroki's cold yet shaky voice came through. 'It's...it's working i think.' "I Won't...i just need to do better...I WON'T LET HIS QUIRK HURT ANYONE IN MY BODY."

There was so much fear, hidden beneath those words...

"IT NEVER HAS, IT NEVER WILL YOU IDIOT!" The greenette shouted as he launched himself and flipped over the ice. "IT CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S YOURS! YOUR POWER, NOT HIS!"

The fire and ice teen froze up, as Midoriya sprinted at him. His eyes were shaky and wobbling and he seemed almost...vacant. Midoriya almost worried he's shut down completely, then just a few words escaped the teens lips. "...You still want to be a hero..."

Flames licked at the boys face and Midoriya's eyes widened. Then he exploded into an inferno. The fire flew to the side and Todoroki's face came into view.

And he smiled. Midoriya returned it without hesitation.

"YESSSS SHOUTO! HAVE YOU FINALLY-" 'Holy crap Endeavour can shout.'

"You're helping your opponent." The fire and ice teen said as he started to move both his hands. Midoriya's own smile faltered slightly. 'Oh yeah crap, we're still fighting!' "Now who's screwing around?!"

Suddenly, Midoriya was very glad he hadn't used One for All, if he had he likely would of been too full of adrenaline and panic to realize exactly what was happening. Todoroki was now heating up a rapidly cooled area. 'Sweet void no!'

He rushed forth, intent to stop it quickly as possible. Midnight mistook it for an attack and Cementoss started creating obstacles between them as Todoroki began his last attack.

"NO DON'T!

Fwish!

Too late. The last thing Midoriya did was shoot out Far Reach, and felt it connect with something.

BOOM!

Midoriya blacked out following the explosion. One could hardly blame the teen, he took it straight to the face. The only one likely worse off would be Todoroki at the explosions epicentre.

He looked around as his vision came to and realized he'd only been out for a moment. He felt grass beneath him and a wall at his back.

He was out of bounds. He looked down, following his now limp Far Reach as it slowly retracted...

"IT'S A TIE!"

It had connected to Todoroki. They had gone out together.

He let out a sigh and collapsed. The explosion came back to mind and he slowly trailed a finger across his face.

BOOM

For some reason, though he had no idea what, it brought tears to eyes. The last thing the stadium saw as they were escorted away was Midoriya crying his eyes out.