Chapter 17

"Welcome to the quarterfinals of the Sports Festival, everybody! This round is gonna be an interesting one! On one side, we have the matter manipulating and devious schemer, Izuku Midoriya! On the other side, we have the ice cold personality of Shoto Todoroki!" Present Mic announced. Mitsudo leaned forward in anticipation; this would be an interesting round, as Present Mic had said.

"Ugh, this fight is gonna be so boring! When are we gonna get a good brawl?" Tataki whined. Of course he'd be annoyed, Tataki found hand-to-hand combat the mark of a good fighter, not strategy and skill with quirks. The only reason Tataki wasn't in the top 3 of the class was simply because he refused to be flexible like Futeki or Koryu.

"Who do you think's going to win?" Seigyo asked. Mitsudo liked Seigyo, she actually knew how to stay quiet and she was skilled. She would probably be the strongest in the entire school if her quirk wasn't so hard to control. He shivered as he remembered the time she let a hurricane get out of control during training.

"Mm, I reckon the Midoriya kid," Mitsudo replied, glancing at Seigyo.

"Oh? And why is that?" Chumoku prodded. Mitsudo…didn't like Chumoku. He was obsessed with popularity and fame, a quality that had only been worsened after he started his work study with Uwabami. Frankly, if he was a girl, he'd be unbearable, because then he'd be constantly trying to be sexy or something, and he already had one too many people in his class who did that.

"Didn't you see? Todoroki was shivering a bit after he made that massive glacier back in his first fight. Midoriya can just break anything he sends his way, meaning that a prolonged fight will almost certainly be in Midoriya's favor," Mitsudo explained. A hand clapped him on the shoulder, and Mitsudo immediately recognized it even through the fabric of his Hero Outfit.

"Course you would be that analytical, Eraserson!" Akabara Kayama laughed, sitting down next to Mitsudo. He groaned; she must have somehow been able to tell he'd been thinking about her and teleported to them. She had her spiky dark blue hair tied up into a ponytail, and her red eyes with white heart-shaped pupils were staring at him cheekily.

"Shut up, the round's about to start," Mitsudo growled. And sure enough, the round started a few seconds later. Immediately, Todoroki sent out a massive glacier towards Izuku, who predictably destroyed it once it reached him.

"As I thought, Midoriya has this in the bag," Mitsudo said.

"Aw, that's a shame, I was hoping that hottie Todoroki would win! Then I could give him a special reward," Akabara purred, circling her finger around Mitsudo's chest, which he quickly slapped away.

"Sexually harass someone else, Akabara," Mitsudo muttered. Akabara let out a 'hmph!' and sat back in her chair, arms crossed and a pout on her face. Back in the arena, Todoroki sent out another ice glacier, which Midoriya once again destroyed. However, this time he left chunks of it to fall to the ground. Did Midoriya get tired if he destroyed larger things in quick succession? It made sense, a quirk as OP as his would have to have some kind of weakness. Although even then, it was still strong. He would clearly be the MVP of this round.

When Todoroki sent out his third glacier, this time Midoriya didn't destroy it, which surprised Mitsudo. Had the kid finally reached his limit? A quick glance at Todoroki showed that his opponent was equally confused at what had happened and was looking at Akabara's aunt for some kind of instruction. Suddenly, the ground next to Todoroki opened up, and a hand swiped at his ankles. Todoroki barely dodged, and Midoriya's curly green hair could be seen emerging from the hole, followed shortly by his freckled face.

"Aw man, I totally thought that would work!" Midoriya's voice, amplified by speakers, rung out through the arena. Mitsudo was impressed by the kid's quick thinking. Midoriya seemed to have figured out that this wasn't merely a battle of endurance, but a battle of wit and strategy hidden behind a battle of endurance. In Mitsudo's opinion, Midoriya should stick to hit-and-run tactics to preserve his own energy while slowly draining Todoroki's.

"Huh, I wonder where Seiya is?" Akabara wondered out loud. Chumoku laughed, a sound that very much irritated Mitsudo; couldn't that oaf just shut up?

"He's probably forgotten to take his damn meds and ended up in London!" He joked. As much as Mitsudo hated to admit it, Chumoku had a point. If Seiya forgot his ADHD medication, there was a high chance he'd impulsively use his quirk to warp to some random place without thinking. It certainly threw Mitsudo for a loop when he and Seiya jumped into one of his wormholes and ended up in fucking Turkey. However, he'd be lying if he said he didn't have fun looking at all the historical buildings.

"He'll show up later if he wants to. Now shut up so I can watch this," Mitsudo grumbled.

"Ok, grandpa," Chumoku snarked. Mitsudo simply turned and used his quirk on Chumoku's hair, causing his face to slam into the ground. He smirked a little before turning back to the arena. Todoroki had sent another wave of ice, this time a sheet at Midoriya's feet, and while Midoriya bent down to remove the ice Todoroki sent a larger wave to catch Midoriya off guard. It was a decent plan, and Mitsudo almost thought that Midoriya had been finished. However, over a dozen stone columns exploded out from the ice, with Midoriya riding on one of the lower ones. He dropped off next to Todoroki, who barely dodged a swipe from Izuku's hands. That was something Mitsudo was curious about: how did Midoriya's quirk interact with living organic material? It must work, because otherwise he wouldn't be getting in close and trying to slap Todoroki, but what would happen if Midoriya used his quirk on the other boy? Would Todoroki just disappear and reappear slightly different? Would he explode into blood and guts for a second before reforming? Mitsudo wouldn't care if it was the latter, too many violent video games had desensitized him to violence. However, he doubted that the many children watching this from home or in the stadium would feel the same. And don't even get him started on the parents…

"MIDORIYA IS PUSHING A FULL-FRONTAL ASSAULT ON TODOROKI! WHY IS TODOROKI SCARED? HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST FREEZE MIDORIYA AWAY IF HE TOUCHES HIM!" Present Mic commentated.

"Isn't it obvious?" Mitsudo perked up as he heard Eraserhead's voice over the mic, excitement filling his body as his idol and mentor gave his opinion, "Midoriya purposely landed on Todoroki's left side, which is unable to generate ice. It can generate fire, but so far he's refused to do so," That made a lot of sense, and if Todoroki didn't start using his fire, he was going to end up losing this fight. And by the looks of it (not that it was easy to tell from so far away), Todoroki was shivering slightly. Midoriya had this in the bag by the looks of it. All he had to do was keep attacking Todoroki…

Reiko was practically falling over the railing as she watched Izuku fight, the only thing keeping her from falling being the hair that Kurono had wrapped around her ankles. Everyone else was too shocked to do anything, as Reiko was screaming. Nobody had even seen her raise her voice even a little before, so seeing this was extremely unexpected

"BEAT HIS ASS, IZUKU! FORCE HIM TO SUBMIT TO YOU! MAKE SURE HIS DREAMS ARE HAUNTED BY YOU FOR THE REST OF HIS LIVING DAYS!" She shouted, a frenzied look on her face.

"You know he can't hear you, right?" Sato stated, looking slightly afraid. Reiko whipped her head around, glaring at Sato.

"SHUT YOUR WHORING MOUTH, YOU LECHEROUS SLUT!" Reiko decreed before turning back to the fight that was raging on, leaving Sato petrified. Kurono quietly chuckled as he recorded surreptitiously from his phone; there was always time for blackmail collection.

Interestingly, Izuku chose to step back and slam his hand to the ground, creating a mass of blunt spikes that shot out at Todoroki. Todoroki countered with his ice, but not even a second layer even more blunt spikes emerged, actually pushing Todoroki back who had to stop himself with a well-placed ice wall behind him. Yanagi grinned in delight, prepared to watch her friend crush this bug from existence. Todoroki was clearly on the ropes, and sure enough, the spikes disappeared and were replaced with a circular arena, effectively trapping Todoroki near the edge of the arena.

"If you don't use your fire, you're done for Todoroki!" Izuku exclaimed, beginning to rush forward, "I understand why you're not using it, but if I'm giving it my all then you should too! You shouldn't hold yourself back from using your own quirk!" Something seemed to click in Todoroki, and a determined blaze filled his eyes as his left side exploded into flames, which made Izuku pause. "Shit…I didn't want to convince him to do that yet…why the fuck did I say that?" Yanagi giggled slightly; Izuku was just so cute sometimes!

"I think Yanagi's lost her head," Kaminari muttered.

"Does that make her a headless horsewoman?" Mina jokingly asked, eliciting some laughter from the class. A quick glare filled with a blaze of malice and hatred shut them up.

"TODOROKI IS USING HIS FIRE! NOW THINGS ARE REALLY GOING TO GET SPICY!" Present Mic yelled. Todoroki sent another iceberg at Izuku, who destroyed the center part, allowing him to both conserve energy and still keep an eye on his opponent.

"Come on! You gotta do better than that!" Izuku goaded, an uneasy smile on his face. Yanagi agreed, Todoroki was totally underestimating Izuku's power. Todoroki, in response, sent another iceberg, this one even larger. Some flames appeared on his left side as he regulated his temperature, but still, Izuku broke through the iceberg, this time looking slightly tired as he raised a fist up to Todoroki.

"I want you to g-give me your best! All or nothing, you hear me?!" Yanagi nearly swooned at how cool Izuku was. God, nobody deserved him, especially not Yanagi. She pushed aside Kurono's nagging voice that was living in her head rent free as it tried repeating what the real Kurono had said earlier in the cafeteria.

This time, the fire on Todoroki's left side increased in volume, and he held his arm back.

"Don't say I didn't warn you, Midoriya," He said. He then launched a wave of fire at Izuku, who grinned nervously, as if he was hoping for this to happen but was aware of how he needed to take his next steps very carefully if he wanted to win.

"Gotta get to cover," He muttered, creating a dome around himself. Todoroki raised an eyebrow.

"Wha-," Todoroki didn't even get to finish his sentence as the entire fucking arena exploded, with steam covering whatever had happened down in the ring. Cries of shock emanated from the crowd, and for once Present Mic had actually shut up. Yanagi strained her eye to find her boyfriend, and as the steam cleared, it revealed Todoroki had been knocked unconscious. But where was Izuku?

Her question was answered as the dome he'd made earlier was disassembled, and Izuku climbed out, tired but safe.

"Midoriya Izuku wins after an explosive climax! Heh," Present Mic announced, and the entire stadium was filled with cheers for Izuku, who tiredly smiled up at everyone. When he caught sight of Reiko, she felt her breath hitch as his eyes got even brighter and he waved. She waved back and watched as he walked out of the arena. The 1-A stands were silent.

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"Whipped," Kurono said. He then had a pink glow on his hair as he slammed into the ground face-first.

Izuku strode through the hallways, confidence in every step he took. Of course, he was absolutely fucking tired, and he was planning to get in a nap at the preparation room, surely around 30 minutes was enough time to rest up? Damn, he should have bought one of Aizawa's sleeping bags. Unfortunately, he had no time to think about what-ifs, as at that very moment he had to stumble backwards to avoid bumping into Endeavour. A very angry looking Endeavour. Shit. Izuku realized that the man might not be very happy after Izuku just dunked on his masterpiece.

"You!" He barked, startling Izuku who nervously pointed at himself in confusion, "Yes, you, Midoriya brat! How did you get my Shoto to use his flames? I've tried everything, and yet he continues rebelling against me…" Endeavour grumbled. Izuku narrowed his eyes at the number 2 hero, fully intending to chew him out. But then he got a better idea, and he quickly had to school his expression so as not to show the smirk trying to work its way onto his face.

"What?" Izuku asked, putting on a confused expression. Endeavour raised an eyebrow, but nevertheless obliged.

"I said, how did you get Shoto to use his fire? I-,"

"What?" Now Endeavour was looking seriously pissed off, and Izuku noticed his flames flare up just a bit, perhaps in an attempt to scare Izuku. Unfortunately for Endeavour, this failed, mainly because Izuku could heal himself but also because Izuku knew Endeavour wouldn't attack a child in the halls of UA…right?

"I said, how did you get Shoto to-,"

"Huh? I can't hear you!" Endeavour's face twisted into one of annoyance, and he jabbed a finger into Izuku's chest.

"Listen here, brat, I-," Endeavour started, but Izuku saw a way out and immediately grasped at it.

"Oh, Yanagi! You're up next, right?" Izuku called out, looking behind Endeavour to see his friend, who looked positively baffled at what was happening. However, she quickly cleared her face of any signs of confusion and cleared her throat.

"Oh, erm, yes, it would appear that my battle against Yaoyorozu shall commence momentarily, I was just coming down to prepare myself," Reiko replied, looking slightly nervous. Izuku grinned and pushed past Endeavour, and he put an arm around Reiko's shoulder as they walked to the prep room, leaving a heavy blush on Reiko's face. Endeavour growled as they left before pulling out his phone. He aggressively swiped down his contacts list before slamming his finger onto the cracked screen. It rang only once before answering.

"Yes, Endeavour-San? I'm in the middle of my patrol with Burnin', but I can always help!" Kyōsaku stated, unusual cheer in his voice. Or, well, unusual unless he was talking to Endeavour.

"Himura, I'll need your help with something, and I can only trust you to do it," Endeavour started. He'd teach that green brat a lesson if it was the last thing he'd do. At least the ginger brat had the balls to insult him directly, meanwhile this asshole had the audacity to make fun of him by tricking him! He'd ruin him for this, no matter what.

Reiko breathed in and out as she stood opposite Momo. To be entirely honest, she was absolutely terrified of her opponent. After all, compared to the ability to basically create fucking anything she wants, telekinesis is pretty bland. Really, Reiko's only advantage here was that if Momo created anything lighter than the average person then Reiko could just bash her with it.

"On one side, we have the spooky telekinetic ghost of 1-A, Reiko Yanagi! On the other, also from 1-A, we have the girl who can create anything for the job, Momo Yaoyorozu!" Present Mic announced to cheers from the audience. Oh god, Reiko just realised that she was also being judged by all of Japan. Because apparently fighting Momo wasn't enough of a demoralizer.

"Are you both ready?" Midnight asked. Once the both of them gave the word, Midnight nodded and spoke into her earpiece.

"Let the fight begin!" Immediately, Momo started creating a large blanket to cover herself, which confused Reiko. Shouldn't she be trying to make a weapon? Either way, Reiko lifted the blanket and threw it to the side, only for her eyes to widen as she saw what Momo was doing under the blanket. A cannon was pointing right at Reiko, and Momo was wearing a smile of determination.

"You can't lift a cannon this heavy!" Momo exclaimed before she set it off, and Reiko had to dodge as a net sped past her. She would have used her quirk, but it was going too fast for Reiko to even consider it. Reiko grimaced as she realized that Momo wasn't going to give her any ammunition. So, in that case…she'd just have to make her own!

"Woah, she just stole that guy's pizza!" Present Mic stated as a pizza flew at Momo from the audience. Reiko did kind of feel bad for doing that, but she really needed to win this fight.

"Why are you throwing pizza at me?!" Momo cried as she slapped away a greasy slice of said pizza.

"Because you have found it in your favor to not create anything!" Reiko declared, continuing to slap Momo with the stolen pizza. Over the mic, Aizawa sighed.

"Midoriya's a bad influence on my students," he moaned, and Reiko could easily imagine him facepalming. Unfortunately, at that moment, the pizza slapped one final time before becoming too mangled and floppy to be useful. Reiko looked behind her at the audience, looking for something else to chuck at Momo. Unfortunately, this meant she turned her back to her opponent, a rookie mistake which allowed Momo to smack Reiko on her calves with a pole. Reiko let out a hiss of pain as she steadied herself and began defending her body from Momo's onslaught. The problem was that Reiko needed her hands free to move objects, as they moved in the way her arms did. As her arms were focused on blocking, she couldn't even think about doing that.

So instead, she decided to try something else.

"Testicle Destroyer!" Reiko announced before landing a kick on Momo's crotch. This caused Momo to stumble a bit in pain, which allowed Reiko to finally grab Momo's pole and begin whacking Momo with it. Under pressure, Momo chose to make a shield to block the attacks, which Reiko also grabbed as well. Reiko was growing aware of the fact that she was getting a headache due to approaching her limit, and her arm muscles were aching. Nevertheless, she continued attacking Momo relentlessly, pushing Momo closer and closer to the edge of the ring. However, Reiko accidentally dropped her quirk for just a moment after she felt a particularly awful pang of pain in her head, which gave Momo enough time to grab her pole and approach Reiko again.

"Oh, and Yaoyorozu makes a comeback! Will Yanagi be able to get herself out of trouble again?" Present Mic questioned. Reiko chose to retreat for the moment to regroup. Momo ran after her as well, which was when Reiko noticed that the blanket Momo had covered herself with at the start was still there. Reiko extended an arm and pulled the blanket forward, wrapping it around Momo, who looked shocked.

"Oh! And it seems that Yaoyorozu's plan to cover herself with a blanket at the start has backfired! We might be approaching the climax of the battle!" After wrapping her in the blanket, it didn't take long to drag Momo out of bounds. No matter how much she struggled, Reiko refused to drop her quirk, and once her enemy was declared out, Reiko dropped her quirk and helped her friend up.

"AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! REIKO YANAGI MOVES ONTO THE SEMI-FINALS, WHERE SHE WILL BE FIGHTING IZUKU MIDORIYA!"

Oh.

Shit.

Reiko had forgotten about that.

Maybe she should have given up after all? Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk. For now, she supposed she would revel in her victory. And rest. Because holy shit, did she have an awful headache right now. Before she left the arena, however, Reiko did help Momo up from the ground.

"You fought marvelously, Yaoyorozu," Reiko complimented as she pulled the taller girl up. Momo sighed, brushing a loose strand of hair out of her face.

"Mm, you were better," She lamented, looking saddened. Reiko shrugged in response, beginning to walk back into the stadium with her friend.

"I won only due to luck. If it had not been for the blanket from the beginning of the match, I would have failed for certain," Reiko replied, glancing up at Momo, "Anyways, I shall be taking my leave to rest. Perhaps you may ask Kendo how you did? I am positive she would give excellent responses," Momo smiled slightly, the shadow of a blush on her cheeks. She thanked Reiko before leaving, allowing the ghostly girl to lie down and rest until her next match.

Kendo had hoped that Bakugou and Kirishima's fight would go on longer. But for some reason, the explosive boy seemed particularly troubled about something, and he didn't hesitate to explode Kirishima to kingdom come, granting Bakugou a fast and rather anti-climactic victory. But now, Kendo was facing off against someone she was admittedly worried about, Iida. Sure, she had power, but Iida was undeniably the speed demon of 1-A, and even perhaps the entire year level.

Although, maybe he was also feeling nervous? Kendo had been waiting in the arena for 3 minutes at this point and Iida still hadn't shown up. She glanced at Midnight, who was wearing an uncommonly sympathetic expression as she listened to an earpiece she was wearing. She looked up at the commentators box and crossed her forearms to make an 'X'. A moment later, the speakers crackled to life.

"Oh, uh, apologies, folks! It turns out Tenya Iida will be withdrawing early due to unexpected circumstances! So, Kendo Itsuka automatically moves onto the Semi-Finals!" Present Mic's announcement was met by moans and even boos from the crowd, which slightly annoyed Kendo. But, at the same time, she was kind of glad she didn't have to fight Iida; she'd rather find out if speed or strength was better another time. However, she hoped that whatever had caused Iida to withdraw wasn't too serious. Although…weren't the Iida family made up of Pro Heroes?

Oh well, it probably wasn't anything too severe…right?

"Welcome back to the Semi-Finals, everybody!" Present Mic said calmly (not) as the crowd cheered, excited for some bloodshed after the disappointment that was Iida vs Kendo. Izuku and Reiko awkwardly looked at each other, thinking of completely different things.

'Reiko's quirk can be incredibly strong when used right, and if she's quick enough she could easily stop me from using my hands,' Izuku thought, a determined but anxious smile on his face.

'I am going to perish, which I quite honestly find partially kinky,' Reiko thought, a slightly terrified and yet also excited look on her face.

"For this round, we've got the star of 1-A! He's powerful, he's smart, and he's a bit of a troll! Give it up for Midoriya Izuku!" Present Mic exclaimed, eliciting a massive amount of cheers from the crowd, "And for the other side, we've got the ghostly…gigachad? Er, yeah, that works! The ghostly gigachad of 1-A! She'll use your own weapons against you, it's Yanagi Reiko!" This was also met by a roar of applause and cheering, and both teens in the arena were giggling from the stupid alliteration that their English teacher had just used. Midnight asked if they were ready, and with confirmations from both parties, the round officially started.

And ended.

Almost immediately, really.

Before Reiko even had a chance to move her arms, Izuku dropped to the ground, pressing his hands against the ground and sending a torrent of pillars towards Yanagi, Within seconds, Present Mic called her as out, and Izuku cleared the field before rushing over to his friend, who had fallen over.

"A-Are you okay?" He asked, fussing over her, "Oh my god that was way too much force but I couldn't risk letting you use your quirk because it's so strong and if you grabbed my hand with it I would have lost instantly oh my-,"

"Izuku, please quiet down, the entire stadium can hear you…" Reiko muttered, embarrassed. Izuku blushed heavily at that realization, and simply offered her a hand up, which she gratefully accepted. Izuku pretended to ignore Midnight swooning over them as they left the arena.

God, Izuku hoped Itsuka would beat Bakugou.

"Oh, I like this girl! She looks like she might have some spunk!" Futeki cheered, a bucket of popcorn spilling around her feet as she watched Kendo fight Bakugou. Mitsudo kind of liked Futeki. She was tough, creative, and logical, almost like an improved version of Tataki. Plus, she was relatively friendly with Mitsudo, probably because he didn't treat her like a weakling because her quirk sounded weak on paper. That had been Chumoku's first mistake when talking to Futeki for the first time, and Mitsudo was pretty sure the guy was still petrified of her.

Mitsudo watched as Kendo avoided another explosion from Bakugou, jumping over the smokescreen it made and preparing to deliver an axe-kick to Bakugou. However, the explosive brat had been hyper-focused when he went into this battle it had seemed, and he had noticeably toned down the anger issues. Had something happened to him or something? Maybe that broken arm humbled him or something.

"They're both pretty talented, but I definitely like Kendo's attitude more," Mitsudo commented, grabbing a piece of popcorn for himself, "She seems easy to work with amd capable of keeping her mouth shut, unlike someone else I know," If Tataki noticed Mitsudo turning to glare at him, he didn't acknowledge it. Futeki grinned and punched Mitsudo's shoulder playfully.

"See? This guy gets it!" Futeki cheered.

"Hm, that Kendo girl has such wonderful looks! I'm certain Uwabami would want her and the Yaoyorozu girl for-," Chumoku started before yelping as Futeki's free arm exploded into strands of string and wrapped around his throat.

"Listen here, punk," She whispered, getting uncomfortably close to an absolutely petrified Chumoku, "Ask Uwabami to intern either of those girls, and I'll end you. Those girls have plenty of potential, and I'm not letting them waste it at your excuse of a hero's agency, got it?" Chumoku nodded quickly, and Futeki reverted back to normal, including cheering for Kendo, "KICK HER ASS, GINGER!"

Kendo flipped to the other end of the arena, and enlarged her fist to flick a massive amount of air at Bakugou, who took to the skies to avoid it. Kendo followed with a massive leap, and Mitsudo swore she looked like she was floating through the air with grace when she landed on Bakugou's back and began choking him out.

"Forfeit, you exploding baby!" Kendo growled as she tried to bring Bakugou back to earth. In response, Bakugou flipped midair while creating a circle of explosions around him.

"Shut…UP!" Bakugou roared, punctuating the end of his sentence by throwing Kendo back to the ground. Kendo attempted a roll, but she failed and instead crashed into the concrete arena. Bakugou exploded down, preparing to grab her and fling her out of the arena when she suddenly rolled to the side and kicked Bakugou in the ribs, knocking him back a bit before he could recover via his explosions.

"WOO! THAT'S MY GIRL!" Futeki roared, a look of pure ecstasy on her face. At that moment, a swirling blue vortex appeared, and out of it stepped Seiya Kemuri in all his 5'2" glory, the blue vortex behind him returning to his gas-like hair and floating upwards.

"What'd I miss, guys?" He asked, an easy grin on his face. Futeki grinned at his arrival and slung an arm over his shoulder, flustering the boy, "YOU SEE THAT FUCKING GINGER? SHE IS HARDCORE!" She yelled in his ear, causing Seiya to wince from the volume. Mitsudo sighed at his frie- classmates – Eraserhead doesn't have friends – antics, turning back to the fight.

"WOAH, DIDJA SEE THAT? IT LOOKS LIKE BAKUGOU WAS TRYING TO EXPLODE KENDO'S EARDRUMS – LITERALLY – BUT KENDO DEFLECTED IT BY KICKING HIM IN THE GROIN! Jesus, there's been a lot of groin kicks today…" Mic added as an afterthought.

"It's a logical move, being both a powerful stun attack and usually unexpected in an honest fight" Mitsudo hung off of every single word that Aizawa said, and he mentally put a note to remind himself to write that quote down later. Meanwhile, in the battlefield, it looked like things were coming to a head, as Bakugou and Kendo were now on opposite sides of the field like at the start. Both were panting, but Kendo looked noticeably more tired; she must be reaching her limit by this point.

Suddenly, Bakugou smirked, and he flew all around the stadium at high speeds, slowly creating a smokescreen around the entire arena. When the stadium was filled with smoke, however, Kendo began waving her hands around.

"This doesn't work against me, Bakugou!" Kendo stated, a smile on her face, "You're gonna have to try harder than that!"

"I am," Kendo whipped around, but it was too late as Bakugou let out a blinding explosion at point-blank range, and Mitsudo got flashbacks to the Obstacle Race as he realized it looked like a flashbang. Kendo stumbled backwards, her eyes scrunched up. This was all Bakugou needed, and he grabbed her by her collar and chucked her out of the arena, leaving her as a crumpled pile on the ground.

"Tch, give me a real damn fight! I need to prove that I deserve this fucking victory!" Bakugou yelled, seemingly unaware that Kendo was preoccupied with being unconscious and could not respond to Bakugou or indeed even hear Bakugou. Bakugou stalked away, and Futeki groaned.

"Aw, my poor girl! Fucking rigged," She grumbled, sitting in her seat and pouting.

"Uh, well, that's the Semi-Finals, everyone! We'll take a short break and then we'll come back for the final round: Midoriya Izuku VS Bakugou Katsuki!" Present Mic exclaimed. And if Mitsudo was being honest, he was excited to see who would win this matchup.

"I want the blonde one," Shigaraki stated calmly as the TV went to ads. Kai looked up from his laptop at the manchild; what was he planning now? The speaker in the bar crackled to life, and Sensei began talking.

"If you want him, all you must do is take him," All for One replied, "After all, everything is yours Tomura, as long as you make the effort to take it," Shigaraki thanked Sensei, and Kai got a sudden surge of motivation.

"If you're gonna take the blonde brat…why not do me a favour and take the one with the ponytail as well, Momo Yaoyorozu," Kai suggested. Shigaraki went to retort, most likely to say no, but All for One beat him to it.

"A wise decision, Kai. While she does not display the same inclination to villainy as the Bakugou child, she will surely be worth a fortune in ransoms. I assume that is why you picked her?" He prodded, and Kai could almost hear him smiling, even if he couldn't see him. Kai hesitated for a second, reluctant to answer.

"…Sure…something like that," He replied. Kurogiri cleared his throat, catching Kai and Shigaraki's attention.

"Tomura Shigaraki, I believe I may have found a recruit you may be interested in. Or, more accurately, 2 you may be interested in," Kurogiri stated, his usual blank expression on his face. Shigaraki perked up at this, and Kai could see his disgusting smile appear behind his unhygienic hand mask at the news.

"Well, Kurogiri, you know what to do!" Shigaraki rasped. Kurogiri bowed, and a warp gate appeared behind him.

"Of course. I shall return later. Please don't create a mess," Kurogiri said before leaving, the warp gate closing behind him. And Kai could only wonder just who these potential recruits may be,

Hopefully they made better company than Shigaraki, he wasn't sure how long it would be before he finally snapped and decided to kill the filthy idiot.

Name: Seiya Kemuri (星夜煙)

Hero Name: Star Lord

Quirk: Wormhole – The user's hair is a midnight blue gas-like substance which the user can grab clumps of to throw. These clumps turn into portals which can go to any location that the user has been or can currently see.
The user can only make two at a time currently, and if they make another after they've already made two then the first one made will deactivate.

Appearance: Seiya is 5'2" with a modest athletic build. His hair is made of a gas-like substance which floats upwards, and is midnight blue with small spots of light, giving it a spacey look. His eyes are orange and large.
His Hero Outfit is a midnight blue robe which matches his hair and goes over a dark red shozoku without a face coverage.

Favourite Hero: Edgeshot (Seiya's Hero Costume is based off of Edgeshot's)

Personality: Seiya is loud, obnoxious, and easily distracted, a side effect of his ADHD. He's often the life of the classroom and is rarely quiet. He also has trouble focusing, which means he naturally has abysmal grades.

Favourite Food: Sushi

Likes: Space, Travelling

Other Information:

Seiya's quirk is a mutation of his parent's quirks; his mother can grab chunks of light-blue gas from her hair that could hold things on top of them, and his father can teleport anywhere he can see in a blink of an eye. The quirks mutated into one that created portals from dark-blue gas that acts as hair that can go anywhere that Seiya can see or has been before.

His mother disapproves of Seiya going into heroics because her brother died while working in a Hero Work-Study. When his parents divorced, Seiya went with his father.

Seiya first wanted to go into heroics when he was saved by Edgeshot when a couple of robbers held Seiya hostage.