The final tournament of the Sports Festival continued with excitement at every corner. The final match of round 1 had been a close fight between Bakugo and Uraraka of Class A. Both students gave it their all, but in the end Bakugo won with his overwhelming power and moved on. Afterwards, another match between Kirishima and Tetsutetsu occurred to settle the tie between them earlier. Rather than a fight, this one was an arm wrestling match. It seemed like neither side would give in at first, but Kirishima managed to overpower his opponent and win, moving onto the next round.

The second round had started with Midoriya and Todoroki. Midoriya had managed to force Todoroki to use the fire half of his Quirk, amazing several people in the audience. After an intense fight, Todoroki defeated Midoriya to go onto the semi finals.

Dan had been paying close attention to the fight, able to see both Midoriya and Todoroki would be tough opponents for him to beat. And the winner was going to be his opponent in the semi finals if he won his next match. When it was decided that Todoroki would be that person, Dan knew he had a tough road ahead of him to reach the finals.

But first he had to win his second match. And his opponent was Tenya Iida of Class A.

Stepping onto the field, Dan and Iida both stared each other down. They each had gotten a good chance to observe each other's Quirk so the chances of surprises were rather slim. It was going to come down to strength and skill.

"May it be a good match." Iida said.

"Yeah." Dan nodded.

With both students ready, Present Mic began the match. "Ready? Start!"

Iida was the first to make a move as he sped at Dan with his impressive speed. Dan barely had time to block with his arms as Iida delivered a swift kick to him. Dan was sent back, but recovered as his feet skidded near the edge of the boundary line.

'He's even faster than I thought. I need to be careful.'

Iida kept the pressure coming as he moved in to attack Dan. The member of Class C quickly dodged to the side. Iida stopped short of the boundary. Dan doubted his opponent would be foolish enough to make such a trivial mistake and let himself go out of bounds so easily, but he would have been lying if he said he hadn't hoped it would occur.

"Class A's Iida attempts for a quick victory, but Hiryo of Class C has no plans to let himself be beaten easily!" Present Mic announced. "Does Hiryo have any way to counter attack though?"

If he had more water to work with, Dan normally would have tried to leave an ice trap for Iida and make him slip out of the ring. But with the limited amount of water in his body, all he could really do was make armor and weapons for himself. He could try and trap Iida by the legs like he did with Ashido, but with the force of Iida's engines in his legs, Dan would likely be the one thrown for a loop instead.

"Take this!" Iida called out as he rushed at Dan with his high speed. Dan managed to dodge the first kick that came his way, but the second his foot touched the ground Iida swung his other leg right into Dan's gut. The air rushed out of his lungs as he was knocked into the air. He flew back, moving past the boundary line midair.

"Dan!" several students from Class C exclaimed.

'No… I can't let it end like this.' Dan thought to himself.

Enduring the pain he felt, Dan stretched out a watery arm and managed to hook it around Iida while his body was flying back midair. He then retracted himself towards Iida, using his water arm like a grappling hook. It would all come down to whether he could make it back in bounds before his body touched the ground.

Iida widened his eyes and quickly brought up one arm to defend himself as Dan crashed into him with a kick and let go of him with his watery arm at the same time. Dan finally touched the ground and breathed a sigh of relief that he had made it back in bounds just barely in time. He was lucky Iida's kick had hit him mostly upwards.

"Not bad. You've clearly got skill." Iida told his opponent.

"Same to you." Dan replied. "But I don't plan on losing."

"Once again, Hiryo just barely manages to stay in the game! But how long can he hold out?!" Present Mic commented.

"Come on, Iida! You can do it!" Uraraka cheered.

"Win this, Dan! Show them that Class A's nothing special!" Shiro called out.

Knowing he couldn't afford to risk staying near the boundary line, Dan decided to rush Iida with an attack. He concentrated all of the water in his body to his arms and proceeded to freeze it, creating a pair of large ice hands. He threw a punch with his right hand stretched out with water, but Iida dashed to Dan's left side to dodge it. However, this played right into Dan's plan. As Iida moved to dodge, Dan moved his left arm horizontally, delivering a painful chop to his opponent.

The students gasped as Iida was knocked straight into Dan's large right icy arm. "Darn. He got lucky, guessing how Iida would dodge there." Kaminari said.

"You idiot." Bakugo told him. "He led him that way ahead of time. With a fist as big as his, it was easier to go to the right, which put him on that Class C loser's left side."

Kaminari widened his eyes at Bakugo. "Wait, you mean he planned for Iida to dodge that way?!"

"Because of Iida's speed, he can't easily keep track of him. So he got him to move how he wanted in order to get him right where he wanted him." Midoriya realized.

Dan brought the water back into his body and charged at Iida. This was his best shot to end it. He had to hit Iida with everything he had. But Iida soon recovered and met Dan's attack head on. Acting quickly, Dan got ready to punch, but with Iida's speed the Class A student closed the distance between them quickly. He hit Dan with a powerful kick while at the same time Dan's fist made contact with Iida's cheek. Adding extra power as ice came out from his arm, Dan sent Iida flying back at the same time as Iida's kick did the same to him. Both students flew in the air towards opposite edges of the arena.

"Dan!"

"Iida!"

Both combatants hit the ground and their feet skidded across the cement field. They each approached the boundary line. Acting quickly, Dan moved water out from his heels and froze the tip, digging it into the ground to stop himself. Likewise, Iida tried his best to skid to a halt to avoid going out of bounds. As both students came to a halt, everyone looked at their positions. The monitor showed a close up of each of them.

And both students were past the boundary line.

"No way… so it's a draw?" Kirishima asked.

"No." Midoriya said. "They're both out of bounds, but one of them crossed the line first."

Midnight held up a hand to declare the winner. "Iida moved out of bounds first! Hiryo moves onto round 3!"

Dan let out a large sigh of relief as he fell back and landed on his rear. He had managed to win, but it was an extremely close fight. And his next match would be against the son of the Number 2 Hero Endeavour. Even with his Quirk being able to help against Todoroki's ice, would he be able to win?

With the match over, Iida zoomed over to Dan and offered his hand. "That was a well fought battle. Well done."

"Yeah. Thanks." Dan said, accepting Iida's hand as he pulled himself up. "Your speed is really something. It was all I could do to keep up. And if I had been a second slower with slowing myself down at the end, you could have won."

"Perhaps. But this is the result and I must accept it." Iida told him.

"Well folks, I think we can all agree that was a nail biter!" Present Mic spoke to the crowd. "But now it's time to move onto match three of the second round!"


After Dan and Iida left the field, the next fight occurred. It was another Class A face off between Kirishima and Tokoyami. Kirishima had a strong amount of power with his hardening Quirk, but Tokoyami managed to pull out a win in the end. All that was left of the second round was the final fight. Hyde versus Bakugo.

Both Hyde and Bakugo stepped up onto the field, determination burning in each of their eyes. Neither one of them had any thoughts about losing this fight.

"Show him what you've got, Hyde!" Jill cheered.

"Don't lose, you idiot!" Nene called out.

Both students took their starting poses. Hyde had seen Bakugo's Quirk in action plenty of times throughout the Sports Festival, so he knew just how powerful it was. But Hyde was sure it was nothing he couldn't handle.

"Ready? Begin!"

Bakugo hit the ground running as he charged towards Hyde, jumping off the ground and using his Quirk to launch himself at Hyde with frightening speed. Hyde slammed his hand on the ground and created a wall between them, planning to have Bakugo slam straight into it. But to his surprise, Bakugo blasted straight through the wall with his Quirk.

"Ha! You thought that weak little wall could stop me? Get real!" Bakugo mocked with a smug grin.

"Damnit." Hyde cursed under his breath. "In that case, I'll just knock you straight out of the arena!"

Using his Quirk, Hyde created a series of diagonal pillars that shot up out of the ground and flew towards Bakugo while he was still midair. Bakugo dodged the first pillar with the force of an explosion from his hand, but the following pillar hit him straight on. The pillar continued to rise, pushing him into the air.

"Nice one!" Fiona grinned.

Bakugo wasn't planning on being beaten so easily. He moved himself off the pillar and fell down towards the ground. Using his Quirk, Bakugo rocketed himself towards Hyde.

"Let's see you dodge this!" Hyde shouted as a flurry of cement fists rose up from the ground and all flew towards Bakugo. They came at him from multiple directions, making it impossible to avoid them all.

"Don't make me laugh!" Bakugo said as he spun his body around, blowing away the fists with a barrage of explosions. He then launched another blast to continue towards Hyde.

Hyde's options were limited. He could try immobilizing Bakugo by trapping his arms, but the likely result would just be Bakugo destroying whatever restraints Hyde made with the force of his explosions. That meant Hyde's only hope was to play defense and wait for an opening to force Bakugo out of bounds.

"Time to end this!" Bakugo smirked as he positioned his arms strangely. He made small explosions from his hands that began to cause his body to spin as he came flying at Hyde like a rocket.

"He's coming in fast!" Sarah exclaimed.

Hyde quickly created a series of large cement walls between him and Bakugo. With so many up, he knew even Bakugo wouldn't be able to break through. Or at least that was what he had thought. But he was proven wrong as he watched Bakugo break through all of the walls together as if they were tissue paper.

'Crap!'

"Howitzer Impact!" Bakugo yelled as he slammed into Hyde. The force of it sent Hyde flying back. A large cloud of debris covered the field.

The audience waited for the smoke to clear. What had happened to Hyde after taking such a heavy attack? As everything cleared up, Class C quickly began scanning the area for their classmate. They soon found him as they looked towards the edge of the arena. Two walls were standing, one in front of the other. The first one had a large hole in it, but the other wall was still intact. Leaning against it was Hyde.

"He's still in it! Yes!" Shiro grinned.

It was clear that Hyde was in quite a bit of pain. Anyone would be after being blasted with the force of a freight train, crashing straight through a cement wall, and then slamming against a second one all in the course of a few seconds.

'I was barely in time with using my Quirk there.' Hyde thought to himself as he walked forward.

Bakugo's scowl was a clear sign that he wasn't happy about Hyde still being in the match. "Tch, so you managed to save yourself at the last second? Doesn't matter. Either way, you're finished."

Hyde knew his stamina was at its limit. Another hit from Bakugo, even a light hit, and he'd be down for the count. He had to end this now if he wanted any chance at winning.

"Time to end this!" Bakugo said as he sped at Hyde.

It was now or never. Hyde used his Quirk and a large slab of the field rose up with Bakugo. The Class A student was about to jump off, but before he could, the sides curved up and sealed him in a long tunnel slide. With its structure, the end of the slide was past the boundary line. If Bakugo moved through the slide, he'd end up out of bounds.

"Yes! He's got him this time!" Shiro said.

"That was pretty clever." Marcus said. "He might just win the match with this."

Just as everyone was waiting for Bakugo to fall out the end of the slide, a large explosion occurred in part of the tunnel and blew a gaping hole in the structure. Bakugo emerged from the hole, still in bounds.

"Don't mock me, thinking you can win with such a pathetic attack!" Bakugo shouted. He pressed his hand against one of the chunks of cement and sent it flying towards Hyde with an explosion from his palm. "Eat this!"

Hyde quickly managed to put up a wall right in front of him to block the cement chunk. He waited for Bakugo to come at him from either the left or right. But to his surprise, the wall in front of him shattered as Bakugo smashed right through it. Hyde was left completely defenseless as Bakugo hit him with an explosion at point blank range. Hyde flew back and hit the wall at the edge he had made earlier, keeping him in bounds. But he could no longer fight and collapsed onto the ground with a thud.

Bakugo stood still as Midnight rushed over to Hyde. After checking on the boy for a moment, she held up her hand. "Bakugo moves onto round 3!"

Cheers came from the crowd with the end of the match. Class A cheered for their classmate, while Class C let out a sigh.

"Darn. I can't believe Hyde lost." Vivi said. "That Bakugo is really strong."

"You can say that again." Melody nodded.

Alicia looked over at Dan. "Do you have any ideas to beat him if you fight?"

"If I'm being honest, no." Dan admitted. "Water and ice both can't contain him, and he's extremely good at using his Quirk. If I end up fighting him in the finals, I'll probably lose."

Bakugo was going to be a tough competitor, there was no doubt about that. But Dan had a more pressing concern in his head. Before he could even think about the finals, he first had to win the semis. And his opponent was someone that he was equally worried about winning against.

"Alright dear listeners, that's it for round 2!" Present Mic announced. "We'll be moving on to the semifinals in just a few moments so stay tuned!"

Dan was in the first match so he walked away to prepare. "Wish me luck guys."


The U.A Sports Festival was drawing to a close. There were only two rounds left, and excitement was nearing its limit. But for Dan, rather than excitement, he was feeling nervous. He was in for a tough fight. Stepping out onto the field, he was greeted with cheers from the spectators. The same was true for his opponent Todoroki. The two of them stood across from each other.

However, something seemed different as Dan looked at Todoroki. Both of his opponents in the first 2 rounds had a fierce look of determination in their eyes. But Todoroki was different. His eyes were clouded. It was like he was only partially there, while the rest of his mind was elsewhere.

"I hope you're prepared." Dan said as he got ready.

No response came from Todoroki. With both contestants at the ready, Present Mic gave the signal to begin. "Ready? Begin!"

Todoroki started the fight off as he sent a huge wave of ice Dan's way. However, Dan had seen this coming and had a counter strategy ready. He surrounded his body with a membrane of water. As Todoroki's ice slammed into him, Dan turned any ice that touched him into water and moved it around him. He soon found himself completely surrounded by ice. But since he could alter the state of any water or ice he touched, he was safe.

Dan showed a smirk as he quickly turned all of the ice Todoroki made into water, giving him plenty to use as a weapon against the Class A student. "Alright, let's get this sta-"

"Hiryo is out of bounds! Todoroki moves onto the finals!" Midnight declared.

Dan blinked in surprise at the announcement. He quickly looked down and realized it was true. He was past the boundary line. 'What?! When?! How?!'

"You may have been able to change the property of my ice to water, but not fast enough." Todoroki told him.

Slowly it dawned on Dan what had happened. Even though he was changing Todoroki's ice to water, the force of the ice was still slamming against him at a rate faster than he could change it. And with both his vision clouded by the wave of ice as well as the bottom of his feet covered in water, he hadn't realized he was being pushed back. In the end, he had been defeated in the blink of an eye.

"Damnit." Dan sighed as he released his hold on all of the water around him, causing it to splash onto the field. "I can't believe I was so careless."

Up in the stands, Yamagori let out a frustrated sigh. "Looks like in the end, the semis were the best those kids could do."

"Hehehe, what was that earlier about your class winning first place?" Vlad asked with a smirk.

"Oh shut up. Your class only had one student make it in, and he lost in the first round." Yamagori pointed out.

"Sad but true." Vlad admitted. "Class A. Aizawa's students sure are tough."

"Yeah." Yamagori nodded. "Looks like I'm gonna have to get my class to get the lead out."


The Sports Festival went on and the excitement continued to rise even higher. Bakugo easily managed to win the semi finals, meaning the final match was a battle between him and Todoroki. The fight between the two of them in the finals was intense, but Bakugo managed to pull out the win in the end. However, during the match, Todoroki used his flames briefly but stopped shortly after. It did raise the question of whether he would have won if he had continued to use his left side.

With all of the matches over, it came time for the awards ceremony. Fireworks shot into the air as those with the top standings stood on the podium.

"All of the first-year events for this year's U.A Sports Festival have been completed." Midnight announced. "And now, we will begin the award ceremony."

While it should have been a time to celebrate, many eyes couldn't help but notice the student in first place. Bakugo was tied to a post with chains on his arms and his mouth gagged. He looked more like a wild prisoner than the winner of the U.A Sports Festival. Class A's students had a clear sign of embarrassment around them due to their classmate's behavior.

"Now, we will award the medals!" Midnight said. "The presentation of the medals will, of course, be by this man! Our very own All Might!"

"I have brought the medals here!" All Might declared as he leapt from the top of the stadium onto the field.

Midnight walked up to the Number 1 Hero with the medals. "Now then, All Might, please present the medals, starting with third place."

The muscular hero walked up to the third place podium where Dan and Tokoyami stood together. He put a medal around each of their necks. "Young Tokoyami. Young Hiryo. Congratulations."

"Thank you, All Might." both students said together.

"You are both strong." he said. "However, Tokoyami, to fight different types of enemies, you must not rely only on your Quirk. If you train your own strength more, you'll have more options when you fight."

"Yes sir." Tokoymai said.

"And Young Hiryo." All Might continued. "You have a rather versatile Quirk. But your fighting style with it is somewhat linear. You should work on diversity so you can fight various types of opponents."

Dan nodded his head understandingly. "Yes sir."

All Might walked up to Todoroki next and gave him the silver medal before moving on to Bakugo. Though he gave the gold medal to him, it was clear that Bakugo did not want anything to do with it.

"Geez, does that guy have to make such a scene about it?" Marcus asked.

"It certainly doesn't set a good image, that's for sure." Sarah said in agreement.

"Even still, there's no denying he's strong." Shiro said. "He beat Hyde after all."

"Would you shut up!" Hyde glared. "Just wait! Next year's gonna be different! I'll be the one standing on top there, I swear it!"

"Well if you do make it there next year, just try not to look like Bakugo." Hikari told him.

"Well regardless, I'd say this was a great Sports Festival!" Lilina grinned.

"Come to think of it, where were you during the final tournament?" Nene asked. "I didn't see you watching with us at all."

Lilina showed a smirk as she revealed a large amount of cash. "I was busy setting up some bets. And boy did I make a killing. Give great odds to an underdog that won't likely win and idiots will flock to try and get that million in one chance."

"Of course money is the reason you weren't there." Alicia sighed.

"Thank you all for coming out here today!" All Might called out to the crowd. "I look forward to seeing where the bright futures of these future heroes will end up!"

The Sports Festival had finally come to a close. It had been a long and crazy day for everyone. But they had each done their best. They had all taken as big a step as they could to reaching the next stage of their futures. Now only one thing remained. The result of their hard work.

The decision of what hero agencies would accept them for their internships.

A/N: Well readers, that's it for the Sports Festival Arc. As you can see, a lot happened this chapter. I put both the rest of the tournament in this chapter because frankly doing the third round to the end would have made for a very short chapter. Plus now we can move onto the Internship Arc. Do note that the Hero Killer story will not be involved in this arc. It happens, it just won't be mentioned since it is not the focus of this arc for the fic. It will instead show a look at internships for various members of Class C. Look forward to it everyone.