Hello, yes, it's been a MINUTE, and i'd like to apologize, school kicked my butt, and I promise you guys itreid to write I just never had any motivation between everything else I was doing, but I'm getting this chapter out now, I'm sorry it took so long, Semi-finals and finals will be the next chapter. Thank you all for reading.

Part 3: Friend Versus Friend

Izuku sighed, letting his head fall back onto the cold wall of the hallway, going by the cheers he had heard, Reiko had won. "R-Reiko…when did I start calling her that? Is it alright for me to do that? Did I accidentally say it earlier? Does she think I'm weird?! But- NO- calm….down…."

He placed a hand on his chest and felt his racing heart, he willed it to beat at a slower rate, taking deep and calming breaths before sighing. "It doesn't really matter…..just stop calling her that, easy!"

It wouldn't be easy, but he didn't know that.

The successor bounced up onto his feet and stretched his arms, in truth he did feel a whole lot better compared to earlier. Just sort of drained now, a little tired, exhausted maybe. But they still had the festival to finish, and his next match would be up soon, right….?

"CAN WE GET CONTESTANTS MIDORIYA AND TETSUTETSU UP AND ONTO THE STAGE PLEASE? TO START THE SECOND ROUND OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL! YEAH!"

Well, going by that screaming, yes he did. Very very soon.

"Well, I better get going then." He turned down the hall and started walking, slow steps, he didn't really want to leave. After all, his heart was still fretting over Komori. "Please, be okay…."

He would just have to wait and see on that one, and he hated that.

"You lost control."

He silently fumed, he couldn't do anything. He had just woken up in this room, one of the waiting rooms for the festival, after his match. And now he had to put up with his overly strong hobo looking ass hero who had been in here since he woke up.

Aizawa raised a brow at Bakugo's silence. "Do you have nothing to say about your actions?" He had just been asking the same question over and over, and Bakugo had yet to respond.

Bakugo grit his teeth.

"You're a student, but you're still a person, you're allowed to speak your mind, Bakugo." Aizawa narrowed his eyes.

He boy grit his teeth before finally letting all of his built up anger explode like a dam, "FINE! IT'S A FUCKING TOURNAMENT, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO! PUNCH HER WITH PILLOWS, NO! MY QUIRK IS FUCKING EXPLOSION! IT EXPLODES THINGS DUMBASS!"

The blonde glared at Aizawa and the pro was not impressed. "Bakugo, when you're a pro hero you have a lot more to worry about then just taking down the "bad guys"." He said as he pulled up a chair and sat down, across from Bakugo.

The man let out a long sigh, "You have to worry about the press, because as annoying as they are, they have a say in how people see you. You do something like what you did to that girl out on the streets with a license? They'll crucify you. And that could lead to your license being revoked."

Bakugo's eyes widened and he growled before sighing, "That's such horseshit…."

"But it's reality Bakugo." Aizawa cut in, "And there's nothing you can do to change it, so get a better attitude before your actions come back to bite you." The tired pro stood up and let out another long sigh, pushing his chair in and walking to the door, "Just think about what I said Bakugo….."

Bakugo growled before sighing, "Such horseshit…"

Izuku let out a breath, the echo of his footsteps ringing throughout the empty hall before he heard the explosion of cheers as he exited into the sunlight. "WE'VE GOT THE CINNAMON ROLL FROM 1-B, IT'S IZUKU MIDORIYA!" The cheers grew louder and Izuku had to fight back a blush.

"AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE WE GOT THE METAL MAN WHOSE GUTS IS UNRIVALED, IT'S TETSU TIMES FOUR!"

Tetsu sighed at Present Mic's commentary as he stared at Izuku from across the \area. "Letting you know now Bro, I'm not gonna hold back!"

Being truthful, he wasn't sure if that was a good thing. Tetsu knew that his friend was in pain, but this fight was something he had been looking forward to for such a long time. Midoriya was strong, and the only thing he ever wanted to do was fight him, and see who would come out on top. In a real one versus one matchup.

Izuku let out a breath, gulped, and allowed a shaky smile to make its way into his face. "Thank you Tetsu-kun! I wouldn't have it any other way!"

Midnight smiled as she raised a hand. "The Match between 1-B's Izuku Midoriya-" The boy crouched and let One For All activate, the lightning dancing across his body, "And 1-B's Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu-" Said student instantly activated his quirk, grinned, and crossed his arms. "WILL NOW BEGIN!"

"STARTTTTT!"

With Mic's yell Izuku shot forward and threw a bunch at Tetsu, the boy blocking with his crossed arms. Izuku grimaced, Tetsu hadn't even skidded back an inch.

"I know how to fight you now Midoriya! You've got speed, I don't, so I've just gotta be so good at defense that your offense does nothing!" Tetsu yelled.

Izuku laid a foot on the group and jumped back. Out of Tetsu's reach before he could do anything.

'Even so, I don't have much iron left after my match with Kirishima….' Tetsu knew that he couldn't do this forever.

All Might's successor grinned, "You've gotten way better Tetsu-kun! I don't think I could dent you at all if I fought like I usually do!" The metal man grinned in satisfaction. "So….I guess I have to change how I fight, and go plus ultra! Right here, right now!"

Tetsu's grin grew ten times, "Come on! Show me your manliness Midoriya!"

Izuku clenched his muscles, feeling One For All's output double from five to ten and then even a little more. 'This…..this is my limit.' He grinned, more lightning birthing over his form. 'One For All: Full Cowling 12%!'

His bones were creaking, and his muscles felt like they were being stabbed, but like an incredibly strong soreness, not pain. He could handle this. "Come on! Tetsu-kun!" Izuku yelled as he leaped.

"Alright!" His metal friend responded.

Izuku impacted Tetsu with his legs, kicking, before being repelled into the air. He landed on the ground, and then jumped again, the processing repeating, Izuku going over and over, slowly but surely wearing Tetsu down.

He landed on his feet and skidded to a halt, panting, and wiping a bit of sweat from his face, "Tetsu-kun, you look tired!"

His friend did indeed look tired, panting, much harder than Izuku was, visible rising of his shoulders and chest. "No way bro, I can keep on going!" But that was a lie, he knew that he was going to run out of energy soon, his quirk would stop working, and he'd have nothing to fight against Izuku with.

An idea popped into Izuku's head, one that allowed both of them to give their all, one final push, and if Izuku was being honest with himself, it made him excited. His grin stretched as words came out of his mouth "How about one more push, Tetsu, put all you got into one attack and I'll match it."

Tetsu didn't need to say a response, his own grin widening as well, telling Izuku all he needed to know.

He pushed One For All to fifteen percent and charged in one bound. For once, Tetsu didn't cross his arms to defend but instead pulled back to punch. "COME ON!"

Izuku met with his own and released with all of his might, a metal fist slammed into his face, but soon receded, a sign of his opponent losing the last of his energy, before Izuku's own fist impacted Tetsu's face, sending him flying back. "SMASH!"

A small gust of air came from the impact, right before Tetsu hit the ground, staying there as still as a stone in a vast field, and not getting back up, just like the crowd right before they erupted into a chorus of cheers. The green haired child gasped for air as the lightning that adorned his skin died out, though despite how tired he was he still smiled as Present Mic yelled.

"THE WINNER IS IZUKU MIDORIYA!"

Izuku took a large gulp of water, his adam's apple bobbing as the water ran down his throat before he stopped and handed it back to his new friend. "Thanks a bunch, Shinso-kun, I really needed that!" He let out a smile.

The lilac haired boy nodded in satisfaction, "You're welcome…." Said Shinso with a small smile.

The water helped Izuku relax, and he was going to need it because he was going to take a lot of notes on the next match, glad that he had been able to visit Recovery Girl rather quickly this time and that the damage wasn't as bad either. But the next fight was 1-A versus 1-A, recommendation students against one of their own, Momo Yaoyorozu and Shoto Todoroki.

Izuku gulped as the two came onto the stage, each showing emotionless faces. Though if he could see closer, he would notice the nervousness on Yaoyorozu's face. The heir gulped as she stood across from Todoroki, her hands felt clammy, and her mind clouded.

'Oh, what to do, what to do, I don't know what I can do, maybe…ah yes! A flamethrower!' With a small smile, she nodded to herself, as she developed a plan. Of course, this wouldn't work with anything too big, but she was sure that he wouldn't. He could only do things like that a certain amount of times after all. And he'd already done it multiple times today.

Still though, the idea of a flamethrower reminded her of Bakugo's explosions, and her mind went back to the small girl she had gone to see earlier.

Momo walked through the halls, seeing the Class Representative for 1-B slide down the door to the infirmary and put his head in his hands. It was clear he was terrified, and that made her believe Bakugo had done even more damage than originally thought.

She gulped, the boy seemed to be entering a state of increased panic, she wanted to go comfort him, but then one of his friends arrived.

As much as that did to ease her worries, the damage done to Komori made her think back to the USJ, and what Thirteen said, their quirks really were dangerous. They could cause so much damage, they were deadly.

And now, she had to face probably the most deadly one of their entire class.

With a raise of her head, Midnight yelled. "Ready!" Turning to both combatants before nodding to herself. "BEGIN!"

Todoroki let out a cold sigh, frost coming out of his mouth as he rolled a shoulder. Momo smiled widely, knowing that he wouldn't push his quirk too much.

But frankly, Todoroki didn't care, he only wanted to fight Midoriya and prove that he was stronger, so he pushed his quirk until he felt himself shivering and created a giant glacier.

Yaoyorozu's eyes widened quickly, she wasn't expecting him to go all out, she just felt herself pulling the trigger of her weapon, but it wasn't enough and she was consumed by the ice.

Izuku gulped, seeing the giant result of Todoroki's power, the boy walking out of the stadium as his victory was called, though it didn't appear that he cared all too much. He frowned, knowing what he needed to do. "Todoroki…. I promise. I'll save you."

Only a few minutes passed until the next combatants came down to the arena, their own Ibarra against 1-A's Iida. Izuku pulled out his hero notebook, Reiko and Shinsou shot him a raised brow, both wondering where he got it from, but they both decided not to ask. Instead Reiko asked, who do you believe will win Midoriya?"

The green haired both jerked up, furrowing his brows, "It depends on who makes the first move honestly." Their class tuned into the conversation, they all enjoyed seeing the depths of Izuku's mind. "Iida has speed, Ibarra has defense, they both have a good offense, but Ibarra's vines are heavy." Izuku also pondered the move Iida had used earlier, "And then there's that move Iida used in the cavalry battle, if he uses that then….."

"STARTTTT!" Mic's yell cut Izuku off as the match started.

"RECIPROOOOO BURST!" They all heard the yell as blue flames came out of Iida's engines instantly, Ibarra's vines already shooting towards him, however in an instant he was gone, behind her, and then she was out of the ring.

Izuku frowned, both because of how down Ibarra would be, but also because of Iida's next opponent. "Bakugo…" That was only if… Izuku turned to his right to see that Reiko had disappeared. He quickly shot out of his chair and ran to the entrance hall.

"What's up with him….?" Tsuburaba asked.

Awase smirked, "He's gonna go wish his girlfriend good luck."

"SO I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES IT?!" Setsuna yelled with a smile.

Izuku ran through the halls and eventually caught up to Reiko. "Reiko!" THe ghost looking girl turned around and quirked her head, placing a finger on her lips. As if asking him "Yes? What is it?" He gulped, it looked.. Cute…. But now wasn't the time. "I- I just… I wanted to say… good luck. You can do it. I believe in you."

Reiko paused before smiling a bit, "Thank you Midoriya…" She turned around and made her way to the arena. Under her breath she whispered. " I will win….so you don't have to face him…"

The two opponents entered the crowd to a chorus of cheers, Izuku watching from the tunnel, anxiety eating at him and he wasn't even the one fighting. "THE MATCH BETWEEN 1-B'S RESIDENT GHOST GIRL REIKO YANAGI AND CLASS 1-A'S HOTHEAD KATSUKI BAKUGO WILL NOW, BEGIN!"

Bakugo instantly raised his arms behind him and exploded, "GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!" He thought about what Aizawa had told him and frankly, it had made a bit of sense, but yet, still….. He had so much anger to work out of his system right now. Reiko quickly flew away to gain distance but Bakugo was much faster than her, she could just evade, using rubble from the previous matches to try to hit him.

It had worked the first few times, but then he learned, and he dodged and exploded any rock shards coming his way. Reiko had to admit, he was good at fighting, frighteningly so.

THe process repeated over and over, her not getting any hits in, while Bakugo was getting some and they hurt. A lot. But…. "Just keep on giving me ammunition…." She muttered.

Izuku looked on with worry, this was too similar to Komori's match for his liking, but… he believed in Reiko.

Kendo didn't like what was going on, she too was frightened of 1-A's villain in disguise, "Come on Yanagi…." She said as she gripped the rail, almost breaking it.

The ever tired looking girl began to sweat, Bakugo's hits had been getting closer and closer, she felt her arms burning, her eyes stung, and her ears were ringing, and yet she saw and heard him. His manic smile, his vicious grin, his yells from hell. "I….will…beat you..!"

"SAY THAT AGAIN YOU EXTRA!" He put both of his hands together and let out a massive explosion, Reiko getting caught right in the middle.

"REIKO!" Izuku yelled, gritting his teeth.

The smoke covered her body, no one knowing what had happened, and suddenly all the rubble around the arena began to glow a bright pink. Izuku's eyes widened and he smiled, "Improvised Move: Stone Storm!" She yelled with a bit more theatrics then she would usually do as all the pieces of rock shot for Bakugo.

The blond grinned and set both hands out, one on either side, he felt his forearms twitch in pain but there was no way he was going to lose in the quarter finals! "GET OUT OF HERE!"

Izuku's hair ruffled, his emerald eyes staring at gold explosions, all encompassing the arena. He didn't hear anything else, the winner, Present Mic, anything, the next thing he knew he was running through the halls, a soot and burned Reiko in his arms. "Recovery Girl… Recovery Girl!" He yelled helplessly.

Why? Why did this always happen to his friends?!

He slammed the door open, panting helplessly, "Recovery Girl!"

The old lady twitched, annoyed by his presence once again, she turned, and saw that for once he wasn't injured. "Well you saved my robots the time, but still you shouldn't tire yourself out before your next match." She chastised as her medical bots took Reiko to an empty bed.

Izuku collapsed into a chair, looking at the motionless Reiko. "She-She'll be ok, right…?" He asked without even looking at the nurse.

"Yes, she should be alright, at least after my healing, but she will need to rest for a few hours." Izuku sighed in relief but that was immediately replaced with something else. Something he wasn't used to. Something he hadn't felt since Middle School, the day he got his quirk.

Anger…..

END

AGAIN, I'M SO SO SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG. School kicked my butt…and i'm sorry this chapter is shorter than they usually are i just wanted to get this out for you guys, i am working on some other projects so if you wanna see chapters for those i'll release them, though i probably won't put much effort into continuing them, so if someone wants to take them then go for it.

Thank you so much, J out!