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Chapter 11

I stared at Shinso, he hasn't heeded my advice on doing some training, he relies too much on his quirk, I can beat him since I'm stronger, but I do need to be careful, I couldn't respond to his taunts.

Midnight started the match, the crowd was quiet, waiting for us to make a move. "So most of your class made it to the finals, they're no such pushovers after all." Shinso commented, I felt my brow twitch, this guy…

"Nothing, huh so that monkey told you about my quirk." Shinso smirked, "Well at least he was useful to you as he dropped out." I gritted my teeth as I started to walk towards him, I needed to end this.

"You know, I saw you and that brat with the horn." I stopped dead in my tracks. He better not. "She's not that cute." OH HELL NO!

"YOU -" My mind blanked. DAMN!

"I win, now turn around and walk out of the arena." Shinso ordered me, my body robotically moved, it turned and started to walk to the edge.

"THAT ASS!" Jiro screeched, "Whoa Jiro what's got you so mad?" Kaminari asked, "HE JUST INSULTED ERI!" Everyone in class A met the little girl. They were attached to her and hearing Jiro's words, everyone, minus Bakugo and Todoroki had one thought.

'He's chosen death.'

I continued to walk, I couldn't control my body, my mind was foggy, I should have kept my emotions in check… Okay easier said than done.

"Wow I thought you wouldn't fall for the same trick twice but, considering it's because he insulted Eri, I guess that's fair." A familiar voice echoed in my head.

"Nana?" I asked mentally, "Yup, since Shinso brainwashed you, I am able to speak to you, don't ask how, but I can also do this!"

I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head. I blinked and shook my head, I could move!

"What!?" I turned around and glared, Shinso glared back, "How did you do that, answer me!" I ran towards him, I didn't even need Full Cowling for this.

I drove my fist into his gut, he almost lost his lunch. "Should have taken my advice." I whispered as he tried to retaliate but I stopped his fist, I laid another punch on his cheek.

He stumbled back and I walked up to him, "Sorry about this." I pushed him off the white line,
"Shinso is out of bounds! Izuku Midoriya is the winner!" The crowd cheered. I ignored them as I offered Shinso my hand.

He glared at me and got up. "I don't need your sympathy." He spoke with venom in his voice. "... really are you pissed at me for winning?" I asked as he walked away, I followed him.

"You beat me, you didn't even need your quirk." We entered the hall, "Because I trained to fight, you on the other hand rely on your quirk too much." I told him.

Shinso turned to me, glaring, "What does that have to do with it?" He asked, "Isn't the hero course about fancy heroic quirks?" I sighed and rubbed my face, this boy.

"No, it's about training to save people, sure, sometimes quirks are a factor but if you don't have the muscle to back it up you won't get anywhere. Also, there is no such thing as an evil quirk, only people who use it for evil." I explained. "So what do you suggest?" Shinso crossed his arms.

I smiled, "Train, do exercise, find different ways of activating your quirk, taunts are good but don't go overboard." I then punched him hard in the stomach making fall to his knees, "Why…" He asked weakly.

"Don't ever insult my little sister ever again, or else." I threatened, he nodded, "Clear.." I helped him to Recovery Girl's office and went to where my class was sitting.

"Hey." I smiled, "Hey good work on beating that Aizawa look alike." Jiro gave me a thumbs up. "OH SHIT HE DOES LOOK LIKE MR. AIZAWA." Mina screamed out laughing, Kaminari joined her.

I laughed also. "So who's fighting next?" I asked Uraraka and Camie, "It's Todoroki and Sero." Camie replied, I looked at the arena, oh no…

I took the ones who were up front and moved them to the back. "Umm why do you want us to move here?" Uraraka asked.

"Wait for it." I sat down, "START!" I watched as Sero taped Todoroki, swinging him and then….SHING!

Instantly half of the stadium was covered in ice, everyone was leaning back. Geez.. He was pissed.

I looked at Todoroki and frowned, things were gonna be difficult with him, but first I had to watch the other students, next was Kaminari and Ibara.

This was bound to be interesting, with Kaminari's new tricks, he probably won't be as easily defeated.

I watched Ibara and Present Mic's interaction and sighed, "A little much Mic..." I mumbled.

"START!" Midnight started the match.

Kaminari took a deep breath and let the electricity flow through him. He shot a bolt of lightning at Ibara who blocked with her vines.

He shot another one again but yelped as his leg was grabbed by one of her vines and he was thrown out of the arena.

I sweat dropped at that, that was anticlimactic.. he needed more practice.

The next match was Hatsume vs Iida..

I watched with an amused smile, Hatsume presenting her inventions, using Iida as a mannequin. I bet Melissa is liking this.

Melissa looked at the match with a blank face, on one hand she liked the inventions that Hatsume was presenting.. But was this really the best time? David laughed next to her. "Well she's really making a splash."

"Weird." Eri whispered.

I chuckled as Mei forfeit and walked out with the crowd booing at her.

I rubbed the back of my neck. Typical Hatsume…

Next was Ashido and Aoyama, I saw Ochako get up and walk to the prep room, I looked at her as she left, I frowned, the match went on as I expected, Mina won with her athletics, needed to help her get stronger also, just needed to figure out how to do so.

I watched Momo's battle with Tokoyami and he bested her easily.

I remembered that Momo started to have confidence issues after this! I got up and immediately ran to meet her.

I ran down the stairs and I stopped as I heard light sniffling.

I slowly turned the corner to see Momo crouching against the wall. This must have hit her hard. I walked over. "Hey." I greeted as she looked up at me and quickly wiped her tears.

"Ah Midoriya, what are you doing here?" She asked, I ignored her question. "You don't have to act, I can tell that you're devastated about the match." I spoke. Momo flinched and looked down.

I crouched next to her. "Come on, talk to me." I nudged her, her eyes watered once more. "Do.. I deserve to be here?" She asked me.

I frowned, "Of course you do." I told her, "You're one of the best students in our class." I praised her, "Intelligence wise!" She snapped at me, "When it comes to power I'm useless!" She cried.

I bit my lip, "That's not true." I denied. "The match was proof.." She sniffed.

I took a deep breath. "Momo." I spoke softly, "When it comes down to it, which is better, brawn or the brains?" I asked her. Momo looked at me, her eyes puffy, wiping her nose she answered. "Brawn.."

I shook my head. "No, the brains, when I fight, I don't just rely on my quirk," I explain, "Sure I have a super strength quirk but what good is that when I don't have the smarts to use it, in its core, brawn is nothing without the brain to guide it." I poked her forehead.

"You have the brains, you can make plans and create the tools to make those plans a reality." I continued.

"But Tokoyami beat me.." Momo said, "Because you were slow." I replied, I couldn't sugar coat this, she needed to know. "You were slow on strategizing, you were slow in your creation." I listed out as she flinched.

"You lost. Okay we have that out of the way." I got up and walked in front of her. "So what are you gonna do about it?" I asked, Momo looked up at me. "You can sit here and cry, think about your loss or." I offered her my hand. "You can rise above it, you can be faster, and train to cover your flaws ." I smiled, "Loss is a part of life, if there was no loss, the world wouldn't be as it is today."

Momo stared at my hand for a few moments, I was scared that I made it worse but she took my hand and got up, a wobbly smile forming on her face, "Your right, I can learn, I can be better." She declared. I smiled wider, "That's the spirit!" Mission accomplished!

… Ochako! "Umm I have somewhere to be Momo, sorry!" I instantly ran off to find the prep room.

Momo watched me leave with a hand over her heart, it was beating wildly, "Izuku.." She whispered.

I hope I got through to her, things like that needed time but hopefully I sped it up.

I found the room and entered it. I saw Iida talking to Ochako. "Oh hi Iida, sorry about Hatsume." I apologized. "It's fine, it's not your fault." Iida sulked.

Ochako looked at me confused. "Deku, shouldn't you be watching the matches?" She asked, "Well the two matches have already ended, Mina beat Aoyama, Tokoyami beat Momo, the next one is Kirishima and Tetsutetsu. But I think it'll take a while." I explained.

I looked at Ochako, "Nervous about going against Bakugo?" I asked, she looked down and slowly nodded.

"I can't imagine Bakugo going all out on a female opponent." Iida said. "Iida, this is Bakugo we're talking about, he won't go soft with her." I interjected.

Ochako gulped and bit her lip. "Uraraka, I have strategies on how to beat him…" I spoke, "But.. I get the feeling that you don't want that." I said, Iida looked surprised, Ochako looked up at me just as surprised.

I laughed, "I could tell that something was up with you, you're taking this very seriously." Ochako blushed, "Well, it is Bakugo.." She commented, "Thanks for the offer but as you said, I won't take it." She got up.

"In the cavalry battle, I was putting my faith in you, I want to be able to fight on my own, to stand on my own." She walked up to me and gave me a warm smile. "Thanks for supporting me but I need to do this myself." I couldn't help but smile back at her.

"I can understand that." I put a hand on her shoulder, "Win or lose, it doesn't matter, you did your best and that's what we're here to do, give it our all." She nodded. "Right."

Iida looked on awkwardly and gave a cough, Ochako then blushed and pushed right past me. "I gotta go wish me luck!" She ran out, her face was hot as she put a hand on her shoulder smiling.

I blinked, "Well let's get going then, I don't wanna miss this." I said to Iida as we walked back to the rest of the class.

I sat down and watched as Ochako and Bakugo walked into the arena. I never liked watching this.

Ochako Uraraka

Ochako took a deep breath as Present Mic shouted their introductions, the one about her filling her up with a bit of confidence. Bakugo stared at her with heated eyes.

"You're the floaty one right, round face?" Her face scrunched up at the nickname, "If you're gonna back down then do it now, giving up halfway won't do anything."

Midnight cracked her whip. "START!" Ochako started to run towards him, her body low with her arms wide, "Not gonna happen!" She screamed, Bakugo swung his right arm as she tried to dodge but was too slow, the blast sent her back.

She ran again, 'Just need to touch him once!' Ochako thought as she tried to touch him again but was once again blasted away.

Inko gasped as Katsuki was going all out on her, she held Eri close who whimpered at the sight, she covered Eri's eyes. "So ruthless."

Melissa watched as Bakugo blasted Ochako over and over, she saw Ochako's plan and was surprised by how far she was willing to go.

David was reminded of Toshinori's determination when they worked in Ameirca. He was also surprised by how merciless the blond boy was.

Izuku Midoriya

I watched biting my lip, "Man he's not holding back." Kaminari said, Jiro nodded. "Yeah."

I sighed and looked up, Camie tore her eyes from the battle to look at me, confusion was forming on her face. "What are you looking at?" She asked me.

I pointed up, Camie looked up and gasped, everyone did the same, now it was clear, I smiled, "Atta girl." I whispered in English.

Ochako Uraraka

Ochako was panting, she was tired, her body ached, she fought her hardest and not a scratch on him, she wouldn't give up!

She stood up, "Thank you Bakugo.." She had one more ace. "Thank you for not dropping your guard!" She put her finger tips together.

"Meteor storm!" Present Mic shouted, Ochako ran towards Bakugo, hopefully as he was distracted with her attack, she could get a hit in!

But Bakugo let out a huge blast, destroying all the debris falling and the shock wave sent her back again.

She fell on her stomach and slowly got up, "No.." She glared at Bakugo who looked at her with something she hasn't seen before. "Come on URARAKA!"

He acknowledged her.. NO NOT YET. In her body, pink sparks started to manifest, her hand slowly started to glow pink.

I blinked as I felt something, I looked for the source and saw Ochako's body sparking pink lightning, I withheld a gasp. I could feel a small part of One for All steering inside her.

But when.. The cavalry battle! When she tried to touch me after I redirected Kaminari's blast, some of it must've seeped into her, but I don't feel anything missing. I needed to talk to All Might about this.

Ochako felt stronger, she raised her arm, Bakugo suddenly found herself floating, "WHAT THE HELL?" He screamed as he waved his arms around.

Ochako felt her stomach getting upset, she was past her limit. "No.." She fell face first, passing out. Bakugo fell back to the ground face first. He got up and stared at her.

"Ochako Uraraka is no longer able to continue, the winner is Katsuki Bakugo!" Midnight announced.

I got up and immediately went to Recovery Girl's office to check on her.

Okay, Uraraka's quirk evolved, she couldn't control gravity from a distance, now she can… OFA was a stockpiling quirk, it stockpiled power, when she touched me as I was electrified, some of the power must've transferred to her, not a lot but enough to boost her quirk to evolving..

Was it permanent? "Deku!" I stopped and looked to the side to see Bakugo coming towards me, "You gave her that plan didn't you?" He asked, I narrowed my eyes. "No I didn't, she did that all on her own." I spoke as I started to make my way to the nurse's office.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to check on my friend." I said leaving him to his thoughts.

I found Uraraka sitting down, "Oh hey Deku." She waved with a weak smile. "I guess I lost." She rubbed the back of her head.

I knew she was hiding her disappointment, I walked over and sat across from her, "You know, I understand that you don't want to show your frustration." I looked at her seriously.

Ochako blinked, "What are you talking about." She bit her lip, I sighed, I reached over and held her hand, "You didn't disappoint me." I said. She stared at me before whispering, "Your not…?" She asked.

I shook my head, "I'm actually proud of you and I bet that your parents are proud also." I smiled as she started to tear up.

"You may have lost but you fought tooth and nail, that is something that shows who you are, people will want someone like that interning under them." I squeezed her hand. "If it helps you feel any better, I'll kick Bakugo's ass for you in retaliation." I winked.

She laughed as she wiped her tears. "Deku you don't have to promise that." I got up, letting go of her hand.

"I made a promise to win today, I intend to keep it, I can make the same promise to you." I heard my name being called. "Well I better go." I said as I walked to the door. "Sorry I wasted your time!" Ochako tried to apologize. "It's okay, I wanted to talk to you before anything else." I gave her a smile and walked out.

I walked down the hall. I couldn't stop the smile on my face, that girl was gonna be big.

I was stopped by Endeavour who stepped in front of me. "There you are." He spoke, his voice deep and intimidating.

I looked at him, "What can I do for you Endeavour?" I asked as I kept my cool, I didn't have much against him… well future him, this him was a jerk.

"I saw what you did out there, those black tendrils and super strength, that strength that could be close to All Might's." The number 2 hero spoke.

I raised an eyebrow. "And what does that have to do with anything?" I asked.

Endeavour's gaze hardened, "My son Shoto, has a duty to surpass All Might." He said, "Your match with him will be a great stepping stone, so give it your all, put up a good fight." I felt anger build up inside me.

He started to walk past me, "That's all I have to say, sorry for bothering you."I unconsciously activated Full Cowling, Endeavour stopped to look at me, my body covered in teal lightning,

"I'm not All Might." I spoke in an angered tone, "Of course you aren't-" "And Todoroki isn't you." I finished, our gazes met, he was surprised by how much hatred I was radiating. "So don't push your ideals onto him, let him pick his own path, you're only making him hate you." I walked away without another word.

I deactivated FC, I sure hoped I didn't make an enemy of the number 2 hero.

I walked out of the hall and towards the stage, this was it, my battle with Todoroki, I had a mission, a goal, help Todoroki, but I also had a promise to win. I was gonna do both.

Todoroki glared at me from across the arena, my stare unwavered. "Are you ready!" Midnight asked, "Yes." I answered, Todoroki nodded.

"MIDORIYA VERSUS TODOROKI!" Mic announced, the tension was high, I needed a strategy that didn't involve breaking my fingers.

"START!" Midnight cracked her whip!

Todoroki sent a wave of ice at me.