Midoriya and Momo weren't sure what to think as they watched Uraraka walk off towards the stage for her fight against Bakugou. The Omnitrix bearer and creation girl had initially gone to see Kirishima's match but after seeing how drawn out it had become, as he was facing a steel version of himself, they had agreed to go give Uraraka some moral support and maybe even a strategy.
Instead she had denied it, saying she wanted to do this by herself without relying on anyone. A noble goal to be sure, still it didn't make Midoriya any less nervous when Present Mic had announced she and the blonde were to go toe to toe in the next few minutes, their red headed friends match ending in a tie.
Along with his still slight worry for Yaomomo, who he couldn't be a hundred percent sure wouldn't need another pep talk and wondering if Kirishima would maybe need a pick me up as well, one could forgive him for losing himself inside his brain as he and the raven haired girl walked back to the stands.
Well, most could. Unfortunately, he ran into the one person he could probably be sure definitely wouldn't. He let out a oomph as he fell back, looking up to see a muscular man covered in flames looking down at him. "Ah! Watch where you're going you brat!"
Normally, he would apologize, but remembering what Todoroki had told him before, he choose to remain quiet as Momo helped him up, looking between the two with a look of concern.
"Actually…. Maybe it's fortunate I ran into you. That watch of yours, it's capable of quite a few feats. One might even say they could be comparable to All Might's, in the right hands…." The man started to drawl, a grin growing on his face. "Be sure to give it everything you have. I need my creation to see how foolish his rebellion is, if he's going to serve his purpose."
"Your….creation?" Yaoyorouzu asked, brows furrowing as she processed that. "You don't mean Todoroki, right?"
"What else would I be talking about, girl?!" The man asked, as he began to stomp away and Midoriya gritted his teeth. 'Don't react. Don't cause a scene.' "He has a duty to surpass All Might and he's being disgraceful about it. He has to learn to get over himself if he's going to fuffill my dream."
"He's your son! Not just some… thing for your amusement!" The creation girl said, face contorting in disgust at the man's attitude.
"Not to mention the only disgrace here is you." Midoriya muttered quietly, looking at the ground. Maybe not his best idea, as a moment later the number two pro turned, stomping up to them both.
"Excuse me?!" The flame coated man asked, balling his fists and Yaoyorouzu quickly put herself in front of the greenette, getting him to look up as she basically covered his body. "Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"
"Sir, I don't think people are allowed to be down here besides students. As a class representative I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The raven haired teen said, keeping her voice level as she tried to defuse the situation. The man just growled.
"A child will not tell me what to do." Endeavour said, flames seemingly starting to become more intense on him as his frustration grow.
"Sir-"
"Brats like you should know to respect your betters!"
"Sir, we'll respect you as long as your respect our boundaries-" Momo continued to try to reason with him, however it only served to infuriate the man more until finally he raised his hand into the air, bringing it down swiftly and for a moment, the greenette could almost see Todoroki on the receiving end.
The sound of a palm slapping against a face never came however, as a green flash engulfed the halls. A moment later it dissipated and Chiller stood tall, holding the pro's fist in place as he covered his friend.
Dead moth like eyes, with a stare as cold as his own powers, met the flaming pro's own. The flame coated hand started to die down as it was forced back, finding itself overpowered by the alien as his arm started to become coated with frost.
Then, in a quiet, breathy voice, he spoke with a tone deadlier than he ever had before.
"You know…. I guess it wouldn't be wrong to say… All Might is your dream, Endeavour. We all know you want to be number one, and he represents that." Chiller said, as the air turned cool, endeavor flames unable to provide warmth to any of them no matter how hard he struggled. "Let me tell you something though…..If you ever try to lay a hand on any of my friends again…."
He leaned in, body going intangible as he went straight through the man, watching as he fell to the floor. "I'll become your nightmare."
"Izu-Midoriya…." Momo muttered, backing up a little bit as she grimaced. "You're scaring me…"
Blinking, the alien silently tapped the Omnitrix symbol and turned back to normal with a frown, walking ahead. He wasn't worried about getting in trouble, if there was one thing he could be certain about when it came to the number two pro, it was that he was too prideful to admit to being brought to his knees by a teenager.
"Good. Then he'll know I was being serious." Was all Midoriya said as he walked away, the girl trailing behind confused over his change in attitude. "Come on, we should catch Uraraka's match while we still can…."
Uraraka lost her match. The two friends had managed to catch the end of the show, seeing the plan she had been working towards put into action as she rained debris on the stage yet ultimately, she still had failed.
Needless to say, Midoriya had found himself running back to the waiting rooms once again, starting to get a little frustrated he couldn't seem to get five seconds to just sit down for a moment and think.
To his surprise though, instead of finding another girl sobbing her eyes out he'd have to give a pep talk to, he instead found her doing surprisingly well as she wished him luck on his own upcoming match.
He'd left her alone, getting the impression that even if she wasn't alright, she didn't want him to see her crying so he decided to respect that, instead going to wait at the entrance to the stadium.
On the stage, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were engaged in an arm-wrestling match to decide who would win their tie, however slowly but surely the greenette's friend started to gain more ground over the steel coated 1-B member, eventually smashing his fist into the table.
Mic went nuts, as he had a habit to do while announcing Kirishima as the winner and Midoriya smiled, happy for his friend.
For all of a minute before he remembered what he was walking into and he grimaced. He knew what he wanted to do in this fight but that didn't mean he didn't still want to win.
Unfortunately, Reverb would be at two distinct disadvantages. The first was that he was physically one of his least durable forms, able to be defeated relatively easily and Todoroki would definitely be going all out with his ice.
The second was that, to compensate for his lack od durability and need to keep a distance, he'd have to utilize his clones heavily, making it so much easier for Todoroki to ring him out if he got rid of a clone at the wrong moment.
"NEXT UP! HE'S THE COOLEST KID IN 1-A AS WELL AS THE HOTTEST, OR SO I'VE HEARD! IT'S SHOTO TODOROKI!"
'No pressure, right?' He thought, as he set his watch the selection he wanted and began walking out to the field. Todoroki glared as the two reached the top of the stairs.
"ALSO FROM 1-A! IT STARTED WHEN A CERTAIN DEVICE DID WHAT IT DID AND STUCK ITSELF UPON HIS WRIST WITH SECRETS THAT IT HID! IT'S IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
The two students eyes met, and Midoriya placed a finger over his watch.
"You know… I will acknowledge you are a serious threat, if you make the right decisions." Todoroki said quietly. "That's why…."
"BEGIN!"
"..I'll end this quickly!" The ice teen said, as a barrage as large as the ice berg that stopped Sero from before launched out at the greenette. The flash of green dissipated right as the ice came upon him.
It looked like it would be another quick match, but then…. Pure sound filled the stadium, causing even those who weren't in the direct line of the sound waves to cup their ears as the ice shattered completely, leaving a towering wall of white short clones on one end of the stadium.
They fused back into a team of five, and Todoroki gritted his teeth.
"Al-right. Le-ts do th-is!"
