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Klexxsny: Ha, jokes on you. I'm not a genius, who's the stupid one now. Wait a minute…

Uzumaki-kun1: Love is reciprocated

Kitsunenaruto: I am also looking forward to the fights

ShiningShadow1965: I'm flattered, I don't plan on changing anytime soon

Cyber, wiping off his hands: Okay, he's taken care of

Naruto: Where is Izuku

Cyber: Keep talking and you'll find out

Naruto: Nope, no more questions. Let's just get to the chapter

Unidentified muffled voice: HELP!

Cyber: Ignore that

The group of students gathered around Midnight as they prepared to hear the next event. The screen behind her flashed to show a bracket.

"ARE YOU READY FOR THE FINAL EVENT. THE WINNERS OF THE LAST EVENT WILL BE COMPETING IN A 1-ON-1 TOURNAMENT."

Midnight cracked her whip, "One tiny problem though. Only 14 total students are in the groups that won last round. So that means that two lucky teams from 'Team Shinso', the team that got 5th place, will be advancing. So who will the lucky two be?"

Not long after that Ojiro raised his hand, "I, won't be advancing."

This shocked his friends, Mina went up to him, "Why not Ojiro, this could be a major opportunity for you. You worked hard to get this far"

Ojiro shook his head, "That's the thing, I didn't. I don't remember anything that happened from the last event. My pride won't allow me to continue. I don't deserve to move on when I didn't even really compete to get here."

Naruto went up to Ojiro and patted him on his back, "Respect Ojiro. Respect."

Another kid stepped up, he was of average height and a little chubby with short, ice-blue hair, "I don't want to continue as well. I don't remember anything either, and I wouldn't feel comfortable advancing, not on my own strength."

Midnight licked her lips, "That's some conviction kids. Okay, then. The brackets are set, everyone chooses from lots to see who they'll be facing."

Once everyone picked a card the matchups were thus:

Naruto vs. Shinso

Kaminari vs. Sato

Todoroki vs. Sero

Iida vs. Mei

Aoyama vs. Mina

Kirishima vs. Izuku

Tokoyami vs. Momo

Ochaco vs. Bakugo

"Okay, we'll begin the recreational games now. The final event will be commencing later so stay tuned," Midnight said while she waved her whip.

Naruto grinned as he walked with his brother, "This is it, this is the moment we've been waiting for. All-out fight against each other, this is gonna be epic. You better get to the finals if you want to fight bro. I won't forgive you if you lose to Blue Bomber."

Izuku matched his brother, "Not even All Might himself will stop me from getting the chance to fight you. This is the tie-breaker Naruto. Who knows when we'll get a chance to end it like this."

"My thoughts exactly."

"HEY BROS, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS. THIS TOURNAMENT IS GONNA BE SO DAMN MANLY. I'M EXPECTING YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR ALL DEKU!" a very energetic Kirishima yelled.

"I wouldn't dream of it Kirishima," Izuku replied, he looked at the bracket again, "I'm going to prep myself. Need to psyche up a bit before I start fighting," he left waving to his brother and friend.

Naruto nodded in agreement, "Yeah, never waste a moment to train."

Kirishima clenched his fist, "That's such a manly sentiment. I'M GOING TO TRAIN TOO!" he yelled as he ran off, somewhere.

Naruto looked up at who he was fighting once more, "Who the hell is Shinso? I wonder what kind of quirk he has?"

Naruto's musings were cut short when he felt someone tap his shoulder. He looked behind himself to see Ojiro with a serious expression. Naruto flashed him a grin, "Sup Ojiro, whatcha need."

"It's about Shinso, you should know what his quirk is. It's some form of brainwashing that activates after you answer him. I advise you to not speak at all when facing him. He's a dangerous foe," Ojiro said.

Naruto gave him a thumbs up, "Thanks dude, that's one less unknown. Now I can properly prepare. I'll make sure to knock this guy down a peg, just for you."

Ojiro smiled, "Thank you Naruto. I wish you the best of luck."

-3 minutes before the first fight-

Naruto grinned as he walked through the tunnel. He has been waiting forever for this fight. Cementoss has made the arena and there were thousands of people in the stands. He waved to the crowd as he made his way towards the stage, this will be his chance to show the world what he's made of.

When he saw his opponent he looked surprised before grinning. He waved at Shinso, "Hey, I remember you. Good job on making it this far. You weren't kidding when you said you wanted our seats huh."

Shinso looked at Naruto uncaring, "I don't have time for useless chitchat. Just be prepared to lose."

Naruto slowly stopped waving, "Aren't you just a ray of sunshine."

Midnight cracked her whip before they could say anything further, "Okay, are you ready for the first battle of the tournament!" the two boys nodded, "All right then, begin," Midnight cracked her whip for emphasis.

Naruto immediately made his way towards the purple-haired boy before he began speaking, "You truly are blessed huh."

Naruto stopped, confused.

"You were born with such a cool quirk. You're the class representative of the most prolific class of this year. You were even the top scorer in the entrance exam. I wouldn't be surprised if you were even popular amongst your peers. I would kill to have your life. You must be grateful for how lucky you've had it"

Naruto clenched his fist, he couldn't believe the shit that this guy was saying. He didn't know shit about his life.

"You wouldn't know about the struggles for people like me. You don't know what it's like to be born with such a villainous quirk. How lucky you are to be given the easy road in life. Never having to worry about not being good enough. Even your brother had the same advantages as you."

That was the final straw for Naruto, "Don't bring my brother into th-" his eyes suddenly went dull.

Ojiro tightened his grip on the bars from the stands, Naruto ended up getting tricked.

Shinso smirked, "Okay now, turn around and walk out."

Naruto shuffled a little but didn't move. This confused Shinso, "Did you not hear me? I said to walk out of the ring."

'I can't move, why can't I move.'

'Why is my body wanting to walk out?'

'Why is my body trying to follow this guy's orders?'

'I'm trapped.'

'Have to get out now.'

Naruto slowly started to crouch and grab at his head, confusing Shinso further.

"Get out," Naruto all but whispered.

"What?" Shinso asked, not understanding the whole ordeal.

"Get out. Get out. GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT," Naruto repeated as he slowly went into three-tails worth of energy surrounded him. He shakily went onto all fours. Midnight felt an overwhelming aura of rage flood the stage and shivered a little. Naruto looked around wildly before he stared at Shinso.

The purple-haired boy inhaled sharply when he saw the look in Naruto's eyes. It was a primal rage and it made Shinso freeze in shock. He's never seen that look on anyone ever, he didn't know how to react.

He didn't have time to think any further when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He looked down and saw that Naruto has already run up to him and implanted his fist deep into his stomach. He felt like he was hit by a speeding truck and he rocketed towards the arena wall, creating a sizeable crater at the point of impact. He coughed out and saw blood escape his mouth. His only relief was when he fell into unconsciousness.

Once the brainwash quirk user was incapacitated Naruto seemed to relax a little. He looked around a little bit then at himself. He was surprised when he saw he was in his cloaked form and immediately deactivated it. He was startled a little when he heard Midnight yell.

"AND THE WINNER OF THE FIRST ROUND IS NARUTO UZUMAKI, BY KNOCK-OUT AND RING OUT."

Naruto was confused before he looked and saw his opponent being carried away. He turned to look at Midnight, "Wait, when did I win."

The 18+ hero looked concerned, "Do you not remember what happened."

Naruto shook his head, "Nope, I remember that he said some shit about my brother and then I blacked out."

Midnight gained a thoughtful look, "Go see Recovery Girl, your opponent's quirk may have affected you. It's probably nothing, but you should make sure."

Naruto nodded, "Okay, thank you."

Naruto exited the ring, following the med-bots that were carrying Shinso because they were also going to Recovery Girl's office. In the stands, Izuku looked down with worry. His brother was acting weird during that fight. He went to follow him to the medical office.

"Where are you going Izuku," he turned his head to see Ochaco calling after him.

"I'm just going to check up on Naruto, he was acting weird there."

"Okay, just don't be too long, the next fight will begin soon."

Izuku gave her a thumbs up before leaving. He finally made his way to the med bay and found Naruto talking to Recovery Girl, with an unconscious Shinso next to them.

"You need to be more careful young man. You could've seriously injured this student. No damage will be permanent, but the next couple of weeks won't be a breeze."

Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause that much damage. I don't even remember causing any damage if I'm honest. I just remember he said something I didn't like. I answered him, then I blacked out. When I came back to, he was unconscious."

Recovery Girl mulled over that information, "It could have something to do with your quirk, you did say it did become harder to control as you went higher in tails because you had to fight primal urges. Maybe when this boy took over your mind, your primal urges were the only thing guiding you. It's probably for the best that he was knocked out quickly then, didn't want things to get to out of hand."

Naruto nodded, happy to hear an explanation, "Thank you. I just needed some answers. I'm going to watch the other fights now, I'll probably be back."

Recovery Girl sighed, "You're probably right. Just try to be safe okay."

Naruto gave her a thumbs-up as he left, "No promises," once he was out of the office he saw his brother waiting for him, "Sup Izuku, what brings you down here."

Izuku walked with his brother, "I just saw that you went to Recovery Girl and wanted to make sure everything was okay. You were acting pretty weird during your fight, it was kind of scary."

Naruto put his arms over his head, "I'm fine. Turns out that Insomniac over there was able to take over my mind. I was controlled purely by my rage for a few moments there. Once he was knocked out I was fine, it wasn't too hard to regain control."

Izuku sighed as he ran his fingers through his head, "Okay, I was just worried. Shinso looked like he was ready to pee himself. I think I also saw Midnight shiver a little."

Naruto cracked a grin, "You sure Midnight wasn't shivering because she liked my feral side. I don't know if you know this, but she is a little bit of a pervert."

Izuku blushed a little and covered his face with his hands, "Of course you'd look at it that way. Forget I said anything."

Naruto laughed at his brother's expense as they made their way to their friends, "Yo, did we miss anything."

Kirishima looked at the whiskered blond with a wide grin, "Not yet, they're just beginning. Come here, sit next to me."

Naruto complied and sat next to Kirishima, Izuku sitting behind his brother.

"Hey, Naruto," he turned to see Mina talking to him, "Why did you go to Recovery Girl. You took down Shinso easily enough, you didn't look like you had any major injuries or minor ones for that matter."

Naruto shrugged, "His quirk affected me in a weird way, I just had to make sure everything was alright with Recovery Girl. Nothing serious."

Mina accepted the answer and opted to look at the arena. Sato and Kaminari were getting prepared to battle. Midnight put her whip above her head as she looked at the two boys, "Are you two ready."

Kaminari nodded, sparking with electricity.

Sato downed a muffin, bulking up considerably before also nodding.

Midnight grinned, "Okay then, in 3, 2, 1, START!" she brought her whip down as she said 1.

Sato immediately begins by ripping out a chunk of cement from the arena and chucking it at Kaminari. The human stun gun dodged by rolling to the side, and immediately did it again when another chunk of cement flew at him.

In the stands, Naruto watched intently, "This should be a interesting match to watch."

Kirishima looked at his blond friend, "What do you mean by that."

"Their quirks both make them less mentally efficient as they use them. It may come down to who could stay mentally capable enough."

Tsuyu put a finger on her chin, "Huh, I never thought of it like that. It looks like Sato has the advantage though, he's not letting Kaminari breath."

Kaminari let out a grunt as he rolled away from another projectile thrown by the bulky student, 'Shit, I'm going to have to go on the offensive soon.'

Kaminari saw another chunk fly at him, but this time ran towards it. When he was close enough he rolled under it, closing the distance between him and Sato.

Kaminiari may be dumb, but he knew he wouldn't beat Sato in a battle of brute strength, 'I'm going to have to end this now.'

As Sato made to punch the electric teen, Kaminari charged his hands with as much electricity as he could, "INDISCRIMENT SHOCK, 1.3 MILLION VOLTS!"

The arena lit up in a flash of electricity as Kaminari released everything he had in the attack. When the light died down, Kaminari had a stupid look on his face as he held two thumbs up. Next to him was a prone Sato that seemed to be steaming.

Midnight pulled her whip tautly, "OKAY AND THAT'S THE SECOND ROUND. THE WINNER BY KNOCK-OUT IS DENKI KAMINARI!"

"Wheeey," Kaminari said as he walked around in circles. Med-bots went out to the arena and escorted Sato and Kaminari to the med bay. While Cementoss began to repair the damaged stage.

Naruto was chuckling as he saw the students being escorted by the bots, "Haha, I forgot that Kaminari made that stupid face when he short-circuited. It looks so dumb. Well, dumber than usual"

Iida nodded fervently as he chopped his hand up and down, "It is unbefitting of a class representative to make fun a fellow peer in such a fashion. You should apologize the moment you get the chance to."

Naruto turned to his brother and whispered in his ear, "Watch me freak him out."

Naruto turned to Iida with a stern expression, "Are you telling the class representative what to do Iida. That is a disappointing showing of insubordination from a respected peer. What do you have to say for yourself."

Iida froze for a few moments. He slowly took off his glasses and bowed down as low as he could, "You're right. I was way out of bounds. How foolish of me to just believe that I can boss around someone who is my superior. I hope you can accept my deepest apologies. I promise it will never happen again."

Naruto nodded, still keeping his stern look, "I will accept your apology for now, but this will not be easily forgotten."

Iida nodded, still bowing, "I expect nothing less."

The group of friends surrounding the two giggled at their antics. Momo tried to hide her chuckle behind her hand but was failing as Iida tried to bow down even further than he already was, his head nearly reaching the floor.

They turned their heads back to the arena when they heard Midnight crack her whip. Apparently, the other match has already started. Tsuyu looked up at the screen to see who was fighting now, "Oh, it's Todorko vs. Sero. Todoroki is going to win isn't he."

The others nodded their head, "Most likely."

They looked and saw as Sero attacked first, wrapping Todoroki in his tape. He then attempted to swing him out of bounds.

Izuku looked with interest, "Oh, a quick attack. Maybe he does have a chance to wi-," his sentence was cut short when a massive glacier of ice was formed. Entrapping Sero and covering half of Midnight's body in frost.

Midnight was shivering as she raised he whip to declare the winner, "AS HANTA SERO IS NOW IMMOBILE, THE WINNER IS SHOTO TODOROKI."

Todoroki made his way to the exit, passing Sero's mostly frozen form, "Sorry for going overboard. Just not in the best of moods right now," He finished his sentence with a glare towards the stands, more specifically a certain whiskered blond. Naruto caught onto this and glared back at the heterochromatic teen.

Iida saw that he was next and excused himself from the group. As he made his way to the waiting area he was stopped by a certain pink-haired mechanic.

Midnight waved her whip, albeit stiffly, to gain attention, "The other matches will continue as soon as we clear the ice from the arena."

Naruto growled as he saw Todorki exit the arena, "That douchebag better be prepared. If we end up fighting I'm going to drag his face across every square inch of that damn arena."

Izuku went behind Naruto and put a comforting hand on his shoulder, "Don't let him get to you Naruto. You can deal with any issues you have if and when you fight him. No need to get worked up over nothing."

Naruto slowly sat down and nodded, albeit reluctantly. He didn't like how angry he got over the dual quirk user, but he just couldn't help it. He just couldn't get behind his logic and didn't like the way he was limiting himself for some stupid, petty revenge.

Momo went to Izuku once he stepped away from his brother, "Why is Naruto so angry at Todoroki? Was it the declaration he made before the festival?"

Izuku shook his head, "Not that, he just pressed some wrong buttons before the tournament started. Naruto is just annoyed with him."

"What did he say for Naruto to get like that?"

Izuku shuffled uncomfortably, "That's not for me to say. Just don't worry about it, Naruto is fine. The tournament will help him blow off some steam."

Momo nodded but still sent a skeptical look towards Naruto. She knows something is up with him, she'll just have to find out what.

Cyber: And that's it for today's chapter, I hope you all enjoyed

Naruto: Get prepared for the next few chapters, because there are still plenty of fights to come. That means more asses to be kicked by yours truly.

A muffled voice from somewhere: We hope you guys are looking forward to it as much as we are.

Naruto: Where did that come from, is that you Izuku

Cyber: As said before there are many more battles to come so you better stay tuned. While I was writing this we hit another milestone, 400 followers. I could not be any happier with the growth of this fic. Especially since this is my first attempt and I was nervous about the reception. However, you guys have shown nothing but support and I really appreciate it. With all that said, please like if you did, follow if you are interested in what happens next, and review to tell me what you think. As always constructive criticism is appreciated and encouraged, and even flames are allowed because who am I to stop you. I'll see you beautiful people, next time.

Naruto, with a shovel: I'll find you Izuku. Just hang in there.

Cyber: You'll never find what you're looking for.