*Bursts into the frame in a cloud of smoke* Hello you beautiful people how are you, I'm back with another chapter for y'all, now let's look at the reviews.

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Cyber: Okay, so we are back with another chapter. This chapter schedule is working quite well for me and school is not kicking my ass as hard as usual.

Naruto: Nice to know it's working for you, but it's not working out for my need to kick some ass

Izuku: You do know that you don't need to be constantly fighting.

Naruto, rolling up his sleeves: Are you challenging me. You trying to fight.

Izuku, slowly backing up: No, you misunderstood. Author, help.

Naruto: He can't help you now.

Cyber: Okay, onto the story

Naruto: Damnit.

"ARE YOU READY, IN ONE CORNER, WE HAVE THE GIRL WITH A QUIRK THAT CAN MAKE THE WORLD. MOMO YAOYOROZU. AND IN THE OTHER CORNER WE HAVE THE EDGELORD THAT IS PROBABLY A PRODUCT OF EDGAR ALLEN POE'S WET DREAM, FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI!" yelled the ever eccentric Present Mic.

Dark Shadow emerged from Tokoyami, "How did he just introduce us?"

Tokoyami shrugged, "Just ignore it, we must focus on the battle at hand."

Momo steadied her breathing as she walked onto the stage, 'Keep a cool head Momo, think.'

Midnight raised her whip above her head, "Okay kids, are you ready," both opponents nodded their heads, although Momo seemed to nod more absentmindedly, "then, BEGIN!" Midnight screamed as she cracked her whip.

Immediately Tokoyami sent Dark Shadow quickly towards Momo. She wasn't prepared but was able to quickly form a small shield and block the quick strike. She thought that she'd have time to think, but had to quickly react to another attack from Dark Shadow.

Momo gritted her teeth as she felt the force behind the strike, 'He's too fast. There has to be an opening.'

Momo blocked more strikes from Dark Shadow as she shielded her face. Before Momo could come up with another thought, she heard the crack of the whip, "And the winner by ring out is Tokoyami."

-In the stands-

Naruto winced when he saw Momo's lost, "Oh, that's not good for the ego. She should've been more offensive."

Izuku nodded, "Yeah, she's thinking too much during the battle, I know what that is like. But Tokoyami is surprisingly powerful, I never really did see his quirk in action."

Naruto looked at Momo's downtrodden composure and grew concerned, "I'm gonna go check on her, call me for the next fight," he said as he went down towards the arena.

-In the arena-

Momo looked down to see how she has crossed the line. She couldn't believe all of the progress and effort made to get her here was taken away because her foot crossed a line. She couldn't hear the crowd cheering for her classmate's victory. She couldn't believe that she failed in such a way. She put on a smile and congratulated Tokoyami, but once she left the public view, her smile faded and Momo walked dejectedly.

Her gaze was downcast as she meandered slowly so she didn't notice Naruto making his way towards her.

"Momo," Naruto said as he tried to get her attention.

Momo looked up before quickly looking away, "Naruto, what are you doing here?"

"I came to check up on you. You seemed pretty upset."

Momo looked down, "Well, you saw what happened, I had such a humiliating defeat. I lost before I could even attack. I know I'm not the best student here, but I thought I'd do better than that."

Naruto put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a little smile, "Hey, keep your chin up. You lost in one area of this competition, most of the competition didn't even make it this far. You need to give yourself more credit, you've been pretty awesome at this festival already if you haven't noticed yet. You made a freaking cannon for crying out loud."

Momo still looked down, but was blushing now, "D-do you really think that."

Naruto put his hands behind his head, "You should know already that I don't do a lot of thinking. I'm just telling you what I know, and I know that you're pretty awesome, you wouldn't be my vice president if you weren't."

Momo looked up to the blonde's face and her blush seemed to deepen at the sight of his grin, "T-thank you Naruto, that means a lot more than you think."

Naruto shrugged, "I do what I can. Let's head up to the stands before the fight starts. The others are waiting for us."

Before they began to head to the others Momo grabbed Naruto by the arm. He turned around, confused.

Momo didn't say anything for a while before she suddenly hugged him, "Thank you, again. I needed that."

Naruto didn't say anything and just reciprocated the hug.

"Hey guys the fight bout to sta-, oh sorry, am I interrupting something," Mina said. A huge grin on her face when she saw the two.

Momo immediately removed herself from the hug quickly, her entire face lit up in a blush, "N-n-no y-you weren't i-interrupting anything. I mean we were doing something, but not what you were thinking, not that I would know what you were thinking."

Mina was holding her gut as she laughed at Momo's ramblings, "Calm down, I just came to tell you that the fight will start soon. You should probably start coming up, but you two can finish your 'activities' first."

Momo somehow gained a deeper blush and stuttered out more word vomit. She stopped when she felt Naruto put a hand on her shoulder, "We should get going, we need to cheer on Ochaco."

Momo nodded but didn't listen cause she noticed something as she made her way to the stands, 'Was he . . . blushing'

-In the stands-

Izuku looked down at the arena with worry, he knew Ochaco said she wanted to fight Bakugo without his help, but he was hoping he'd be able to contribute at least a little. Bakugo was far from lousy when it came to his battle prowess.

He turned around when he heard footsteps coming from behind him, "Naruto, Momo. You guys made it here just in time. The battle's about to start."

Naruto sat down next to his brother, "Good, I want to see if Bakutard became a better fighter."

Izuku frowned, "Aren't you worried for her though, I tried to help her out before the battle, but she refused."

"Well, we just have to trust that she knows what she's doing. I don't like to admit it but Blue Bomber is pretty strong, I say he's got a good chance of beating Ochaco, but that's not to say there's no way for her to win."

Izuku nodded, "I know, I'm just worried is all. Bakugo isn't known for his leniency in battle. She could get really hurt."

Naruto patted the green teen's back, "You worry too much, she's at a hero school. I'm sure she can handle getting a little hurt. She won't be able to avoid it when we go pro. Don't sweat it, your crush will be every bit as cute after the battle."

A blush crossed Izuku's face, "Shh, I can't have people knowing about my cr-"

"Hey bros, what are you guys talking about?," said Kirishima.

"AAH!" exclaimed Izuku, breathing rapidly at the sudden intrusion of their red-haired friend, "Kirishima, aren't you supposed to be with Recovery Girl?"

Kirishima waved away the comment, "Nah, only for a little. You didn't knock me out, I just needed a little rest before I was back in tip-top shape. So,

"No Kirishima, the fight hasn't started yet. The author has been nice enough to let us have this dialogue before starting the fight."

Kirishima sat down next to the whiskered blond, "Nice, thank you author"

The clouds open up and a very irritated teenage weeb looked down upon them, "Hey stop with fourth-wall-breaking, it's being overused."

"You're the one that's writing this part, just erase it."

The weeb was silent, "You win this time, but look. The fight is starting now."

True to the gallant author's words, the all too familiar voice of Present Mic boomed throughout the stadium, "OKAY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TIME FOR THE FINAL FIGHT OF THE FIRST BRACKET. IN ONE CORNER, WE HAVE THE GIRL THAT WILL RAISE YOUR SPIRITS IN MORE THAN ONE WAY, URARAKA OCHACO. IN THE OTHER CORNER, WE HAVE THE BLOND WITH AN EXPLOSIVE PERSONALITY AND QUIRK KATSUKI "THE BLUE BOMBER" BAKUGO.

Bakugo looked towards the speaker booth, "What the hell did he just say. I'm killing that dumbass blond nerd."

Up in the stands, Naruto was laughing uncontrollably, "HAHAHA, he actually said it. I told him that he loved that nickname, he actually said it in front of everyone. Oh my god, this is the best day of my life."

Izuku just stared at his brother exasperatedly, of course, he'd find a way to prank Bakugo during this time.

Midnight looked at the two combatants, "Are you two ready."

Ochaco gave a determined nod while Bakugo gave a feral grin and mini explosions popped in his palms, "Okay then, let the fight BEGIN!"

"You should just give up right now, I'm not gonna go easy on you," Bakugo said as he got ready to attack.

"I don't back down that easily. . . Blue Bomber," Ochaco said while grinning.

Bakugo's glare darkened and he gritted his teeth, "You just dug your grave Round Face."

Before Ochaco could comprehend the insult Bakugo was already on the offensive. She saw his infamous right hook coming but was unable to react to it in time to avoid it.

"I told you that you should've dropped out," Bakugo stopped his insults when he saw that he merely blew up her PE uniform. Ochaco appeared behind Bakugo, prepared to tag him, but he was able to react quick enough to blow her away before she got too close.

The battle was intense, with Bakugo having to constantly blast Ochaco away, lest he be tagged and lose control of himself. The crowd looked down disdainfully at Bakugo and began to boo him, "You're being too rough. Just end it already, no need to play around with her."

Shota looked down at the crowd to the person who shouted out, "If you actually paid attention to the fight you would see that Bakugo is trying to keep her at bay and doing everything in his power to keep her at bay. Going all out is his way of acknowledging her strength, so sit down and stop complaining about things you have no knowledge of."

The smoke finally cleared fully and Ochaco was still standing. Bakugo gritted his teeth, "Tch, how are you not dead yet."

Ochaco wiped some sweat off her cheek with the back of her hand, "I'm more durable than I look. Thanks for focusing on me by the way," as she said this she touched the pads on her fingers to each other.

Bakugo was confused and looked up. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw thousands of pieces of debris over his head began to fall at a rapid rate. Bakugo gritted his teeth, 'Damnit, how did I not see this. Goddamn round face kept me distracted.'

Ochaco ran up to Bakugo the moment he looked up to the debris, 'Now's my chance. There's no way he can win no-'

Her thoughts were interrupted when the explosive teen aimed his palm up and let out the biggest explosion he's released yet. The sheer magnitude of the explosion caused Ochaco to get blown away along with the debris. She tries to get back up, but is unable to and ultimately stays prone. Midnight was about to crack her whip before Ochaco slowly crawled towards him.

She gritted her teeth as she painfully crawled towards him, "I can do this. I need to become a hero,' those were her last thoughts before she succumbed to unconsciousness.

Midnight waited to make sure that Ochaco was done before cracking her whip, "AND THE WINNER BY KNOCK-OUT IS KATSUKI BAKUGO!"

Medical bots come to the arena and escort Ochaco to Recovery Girl's office. Bakugo didn't acknowledge the audience and walked out of the arena angrily.

- In the stands-

Naruto sighed, "Dang, I knew that he was probably going to win, but I still would've loved to see his ass get beaten by someone else. What do you think Izu-"

He turned to see his brother was not next to him, most likely to go check on Ochaco, "Oh, so that's what that feels like. Not gonna lie, that hurts a little. Betrayal aside, you ready Kaminari. We're up next."

Kaminari visibly stiffened as he remembered who his next opponent was, he slowly turned towards his friends, "I'm going to die guys. Please promise me that you'll remember as a valiant hero."

Mina put a hand on his shoulder, "We promise, we'll never let your memory fade away."

Naruto smiled at his friends' antics as he made his way towards the waiting room. As he turned the corner he came face to face with another trigger happy blonde.

Naruto's smile vanished instantly and Bakugo's demeanor seemed to become more agitated than he already was.

Bakugo scoffed in Naruto's face, "Round Face was a pain in the ass to the fight. Do you goddamn nerds have to make everything harder than it has to be? Can't you mind your own damn business."

Naruto barely reacted and walked past Bakugo, making sure to bump his shoulder as he made his way towards the waiting room, "We didn't help Ochaco with anything. Izuku tried to offer her some advice, but she refused. If she was a pain in the ass for you that's all on her. Nice to know that an 'extra' made you put in some effort Blue Bomber."

Bakugo looked at the blond leaving and grew even angrier, "JUST YOU WAIT, YOU BLOND HAIRED IDIOT. IMMA BEAT YOUR ASS IN FRONT OF MILLIONS. THEN YOU'LL LEARN YOUR PLACE."

Naruto looked back one last time before turning a corner, "You won't make it past my brother asshole."

-In the stands-

Izuku and Ochaco returned to their friends as the combatants got situated. Ochaco had puffy eyes, but no one seemed to notice, entirely focused on the arena.

Izuku winced when he saw the matchup, "Ooh, Kaminari is going against Naruto. That's. . . not good."

Mina solemnly nodded, "Yeah, Naruto is crazy strong."

Izuku shook his head, "It's not just that, Naruto already proved that he can power through Kaminari's attacks. So unless he did more than learn how to make an even stronger blast, Naruto's win is basically guaranteed."

"Who knows, maybe Kaminari will pull something crazy and prove us all wrong," Kirishima said hopefully.

"Umm, guys," Tsuyu said.

"You know what Kiri, your right. Maybe we should have more faith in our friend," Mina said, suddenly looking more hopeful.

"Guys."

Tenya adjusted his glasses, "Indeed, it is unscholarly of us to disregard our classmate so quickly."

"Guys," Tsuyu said, finally gaining everyone's attention, "The fight's over, Kaminari short-circuited and Naruto knocked him out."

The students looked down at the arena with blank expressions. Sure enough, there was an unconscious Kaminari, and an unfulfilled Naruto.

"UMM, THAT FIGHT WAS SURE, A FIGHT. SORT OF. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO GIVE MY INTRODUCTIONS. WELP, ONTO THE NEXT FIGHT."

Aizawa looked at his loud partner, "Why am I here? I barely have time to add any insight into the middle of all your shouting."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF OUR RENOWNED STUDENTS BEING PLUS ULTRA!"

The crowd cheered when he said plus ultra and Aizawa just sighed, 'I really just wanted to sleep.'

Naruto returned to his friends after his rather bout with Kaminari, and just sat there.

Izuku turned towards his brother, "Hey, umm. Good fight."

Naruto sank into the chair, "No it wasn't, I wanted to blow off some steam, but Pikachu just goes and uses an attack that I've tanked before and makes the fight less than a minute. I demand satisfaction."

Kirishima saw the blond's annoyance and decided he didn't want to add fuel to the fire, "Iida, you should be getting ready, you're fighting Todoroki right?"

Iida nodded astutely, "Correct, I shall head down now. Todoroki will be a formidable opponent indeed."

As Iida made his way towards the impending battle, the group of friends discussed the possible outcome of the battle as they always do.

Mina was the first to speak up, "I don't like to see it cause he's my friend an all, but I don't know if Iida can win this. You saw how quickly he defeated Sero, his power is insane."

Tsuyu nodded in agreement, "Todoroki does seem prime to win this one."

"It may not be so clear cut," Momo said, deciding to put in her two cents, "Todoroki does need time to launch some of his larger scale, even his small relatively small scale attacks need some start-up time, however small that may be. If anyone were to take advantage of that, however, it would be Iida with his speed quirk."

Naruto nodded, "Yeah, Iida may have a chance to win this one if he realizes his win condition and capitalizes on it quickly."

"Guys, the fights about to start," Izuku said.

"OKAY, IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT FIGHT, LET'S HOPE THIS ONE DOESN'T DISAPPOINT. IN ONE CORNER WE HAVE THE HALF-CAR, HALF-MODEL STUDENT, TENYA IIDA. IN THE OTHER CORNER, WE HAVE THE ICY-HOT STUDENT WHO'S MORE ICY THAN HOW, SHOTO TODOROKI!"

Iida visibly stiffened at Present Mic's introduction and teared up a little, "To be called a model student on national television by a pro hero, this is the happiest day of my life."

Midnight sweatdropped at the Engine quirk user, "The two combatants are ready. The starts in 3, 2, 1 NOW!"

The instant the fight started Iida had dodge as Shoto sent a wave of ice towards him. Another wave was sent towards him and he dodged with a standing long jump. While in the air, he activated his Recipro Burst and sent a powerful roundhouse towards Shoto, who barely dodged.

However, he was not quick enough to dodge the follow-up kick Iida sent with his super move still active. After his attack successfully connected, he quickly carried Shoto and attempted to carry him out of bounds as quickly as possible.

Keyword attempted, as he was suddenly stopped. He saw that his mufflers were frozen over, "When did you do that?"

Shoto released himself from his grasp and stood straight, "I froze you leg when your second kick connected. I will admit though, your Recipro Burst was too fast for me to dodge."

Shoto froze over Iida completely, making him the victor. Iida was mentally kicking himself in his head, 'I'm sorry brother. I can't seem to jump all these hurdles in my way.'

"WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT FOLKS, THAT WAS A PRETTY SHORT FIGHT, BUT WE CAN ALL AGREE IT WAS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THE LAST BATTLE."

Todoroki unfroze Iida before leaving the arena, leaving the defeated student to wallow in his own self-pity. As Iida made his way to his friends he tried to call his brother to ask if he saw the fight, he was met with no answer, 'He's probably on hero duty. I should've guessed that hero work never takes a break.'

-With Tensai, a few minutes before-

Ingenium was finally face to face with his target, the Hero Killer: Stain. He's been looking all over Hosu for the villain and finally found him, "Your reign of terror is over Hero Killer. Innocents will die no more by your hand."

Stain smiled creepily and unsheathed his sword, "If you think I'm killing innocents then you are blind Ingenium. I'm ridding the world of false heroes who claim their fighting for peace, yet seem to prioritize making a profit. How lucky you found me, you were on my list."

Ingenium got ready to rush the villain, "Good luck with, I will stop you right here right now."

With a burst of speed, the armored hero rushed towards the villain. He was quicker than expected however and deftly dodged the attack. Ingenium didn't let that deter him however and turned around to rush the villain again. Stain dodged, but this time slashed at the joints in the hero's armor, managing to draw blood.

Normally, this wouldn't have bothered Tensai, as a hero he's had his fair share of blood spilled, but he felt uneasy as he saw the villain lick the blood of the blade. Almost instantly he seized up and fell down, unable to move, "What have you done to me?"

Stain glared and smiled maliciously, "Don't worry about what I did to you," he brandished his sword and slowly walked towards the prone hero, "Worry about what I'm going to do."

Tensai couldn't move his head so he could only stay still in fear as the villain made his was closer. When he was looming over him, the last thing Tensai saw was Stain's maniacal stare and then, he was out.

Cyber: And that's a wrap. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.

Naruto, arms crossed tapping his foot impatiently:Really, I still don't get a satisfying fight

Izuku:Don't worry, you'll be fighting Todoroki soon

Naruto, eyes shining with hope: You're right, I'm going to go train right now

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Izuku: Huh, so that's what silence is like. I could get used to this.

Cyber:This is sort of nice.

Izuku: I'm going to take a nap, I forgot what's that like

Cyber: That's the end of this chapter y'all I hope you enjoyed. I'm still a bit rusty on writing the fight scenes so sorry if they seem a little lackluster, I redid them like 5 times, so believe me when I say they used to be a lot worse. I thank everyone for sticking with me, and I appreciate all the comments I've been receiving. Anyways with that, like if you did, follow if you want to know what happens next, and comment to tell me what you think. Constructive criticism is appreciated and even flames are allowed because who am I to stop you. I'll see all you beautiful people, next time.