"Well, well, looks like you do have some bite after all"
Izuku narrowed his eyes as the figure of the number two pro-hero Endeavor came into view as he exited the tunnel "What do you want, Endeavor?" Izuku questioned trying to keep his anger from influencing his action.
The flame covered face twisted into something unreadable. The pro looked at the hero in training as if to examine him, he then spoke. "I am here to sweeten the deal that I had offered you earlier, I like that fire that you displayed young man." Izuku moved to speak but was stopped with the raising of a hand. "Before you say no, I believe that this is an opportunity for you... And or one of your classmates." Izuku looked at the hero confused. "To be brief, I was only going to mentor my son but that can be changed. If you or another student of your choosing is willing then I will open my doors to you or them. In exchange I want you to do everything possible to beat... No, crush Shoto's spirit. No matter what that boy thinks of me he needs to learn to use the tools available to him." Endeavour finished. "If you really are someone who takes after All Might then you are the only one I can hopefully ask for this."
Izuku was ready to tell the pro off, deny his request, and win for his and Todoroki's good. Now however he was having doubts that was the best course of action, so he took the time to think it over. The more he thought about the best course of action the same answer came back. "Fine... I'll do it, that is if you are willing to mentor Momo Yaoyorozu from 1A as well."
"The creation Quirk girl?" Endeavor asked for a nod from Izuku. "I am sure that other pros would want to throw their hats in as well. I don't see her taking my offer even if she did file a request." he said plainly. "But do I have to ask, why her?"
"Well to be frank with you, something happened recently that was out of our control that made her lose confidence in herself, I have been helping her through it but... There is little I can do from my end. I thought that working with someone who had something similar happened to them, but I still see it in her eyes." Izuku paused looking down. "I don't want to be someone's security blanket if I can help it."
"So this is a scratch on my back, I will scratch your type situation... Fine by me, if you keep your end of the bargain then I will do the same. So just the two of you then?" Endeavour asked.
"Wait what? I never said that I wanted..."
"Oh?" Endeavour seemed almost amused. "You are now my child's rival and a student favored by All Might, not to mention a recommendation student like those two. It would be out of character if I settle for just two of them. Out of the five of you three are in 1A after all."
(...)
Izuku was in the waiting room provided by the venue for the participants in order to prepare for each round when he heard a knock at the door. After a couple taps he answered the person knocking. "Come in..."
The door slightly opened and Momo peeked her head in nervously. When she noticed that Izuku was looking at her curiously she let out a short breath of relief before letting her nerves take over again. "How are you?"
The question took Izuku off guard, he had taken no damage from his fight with Iida, a quick examination of himself later he answered her. "I am okay... I think." The hesitation was noticed. "I was just about to go back, if you need the room I'll be out of your hair in a moment." With that said Izuku started packing up. Momo watched him put his hero notebook back into his school bag before he made his way to the entrance that she was still standing in front of. As Izuku was about to leave Momo stepped in front of him, blocking him from leaving. "What's up?" Izuku asked, confused.
"I'm sorry… but I can't let you leave Izuku." Momo began. "You were acting weird out there, it was almost like you were angry, but not at Iida. Did something happen between you and Todoroki?" Her pensive question was asked with her nervousness clear to anyone paying attention.
Izuku took a minute to gather his thoughts, he didn't want to expose the deal he had made with the number to hero, and he could not betray All Might's trust and let the One for All secret fly so he looked at the situation at hand and came up with something that was both true and dodged the situation, although he hated the fact that this was a form of lying. He had no other choice, so he spoke of something close to the truth. "Ah… No. I-I-I… we are not fighting or anything, if that's what you are thinking." Izuku paused to think of his approach. "He challenged me, he brought my parents into it, things were said." a cold distant look came across his face as he spoke.
Not wanting to put Izuku into a worse mood she changed the subject choosing to focus on her match she asked Izuku for advice for the upcoming bout with their classmate Tokoyami and his Quirk Dark Shadow, but a graceful exit eluded her. "So... Uhhh... There was one more thing that I wanted to speak to you about."
"Oh what about?" Izuku said.