Weird Hair passed on to the next round, and then it was time for round 2 to start with them. Deku vs Todoroki.
"AND NOW FOR THIS GO-ROUND OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL! BOTH COMPETITORS ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASS, AND THE WORLD AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. TODOROKI VS MIDORIYA!"
I was pretty sure of how this would go at that point. Even if Deku hadn't come up with Uraraka's plan, he was still going for the top. And IcyHot was too busy handicapping himself by using half his power to get back at his old man to go all out, not enough to beat Deku anyway.
"START!"
IcyHot started off with a full blast of ice straight at Deku. With the snap of a finger, Deku unleashed a pretty staggering amount of energy, smashing straight though the ice and blasting IcyHot back hard enough that if he hadn't set up an ice barrier behind himself, he would have indeed been blasted out of the ring. Well what'd I say, IcyHot?
"OH! HE BROKE RIGHT THROUGH!" came Present Mic's cry.
Once more - a smash, and the ice destroyed and blasted to bits. Sure, Deku's fingers were broken, but like hell that'd stop him.
"AND THERE GOES ANOTHER!" cried Mic.
Another blast from IcyHot and another snap from Deku.
"Damn, they started already?" cried Weird Hair as he showed up in the stands again.
"Oh, Kirishima! Heard you advanced to the second round!" said Dunce Face.
"That's right. And next up it's you against me, Bakugou," he grinned.
"I'll freaking kill you," I replied. I sure as hell wasn't sweating fighting him.
"Hah, just try it. Though actually, both you an Todoroki can just blast out super huge range attacks willy-nilly, one after the other."
"Don't make light. I can't do it 'willy nilly'."
"Huh?"
"Overwork your muscles, the muscle fibers will give. Run too long, run out of breath. Quirks are just functions of the body. So even those two must have limits." Even I sure as hell have a limit to how much power I can put out. That's why I have a costume to expand how big the blast waves I shoot can get. I put some real thought into that.
IcyHot struck with ice and again Deku countered. All the fingers on his right hand were done now.
IcyHot responded by attacking with a true onslaught of overwhelming ice power, closing in.
"TODOROKI CLOSES IN WITHOUT SO MUCH AS FLINCHING FROM MIDORIYA'S POWER!" commented Mic.
He jumped from the Ice straight at Deku, ready to move fast enough to stop him from using that power again. Punched the ground and threw more ice at him, as it started to cover his foot. He seemed cornered - and this time made a fist and used his whole arm.
Everything was blasted out of bounds with an explosion. IcyHot just barely avoided a ring out with the ice, but now Deku's whole left arm was broken. One more ice blast would be enough to send him out of bounds.
"AND TODOROKI PRESSES HIS RELENTLESS ASSUALT! ANOTHER FREEZE ATTACK FOR THE CLINCHING!"
SMASH
IcyHOt was blasted back this time - another blast from Deku, , destroying the ice and nearly pushing IcyHot completely out of bounds. Deku had used an already broken finger.
He'll keep going, IcyHot. He'll break em all, and more, unless you use everything you've got.
IcyHot started running at him, meaning to close the gap, seemingly enraged. But moving much slower than before. His body must've formed frost. From looking, it's different from my upper limit. It's more like a video game's MP meter. Was the range he showed off against Tape Arms his maximum?
Deku suddenly moved - warming up, winding up - and he punched IcyHot in the stomach. Just enough to blast him across the ring.
"OOH, AND A BITTER BLOW ON A BRITTLE BODY! BET YOU ALL FELT THAT ONE!"
Icy Hot was choking and coughing in pain, wrapped his hand around his stomach. He threw another blast of ice at Deku, but not as strong as before. Deku blasted again, but was out of fingers now. No way he could do anything else, it looked like. More ice his way - and Deku jammed his thumb inside his cheek and blasted off at him again.
You won't be able to win this way, IcyHot. You're an idiot for holding back, whatever the reason. And Deku's the type to take advantage of that.
Deku ran forward, screaming words we couldn't hear at IcyHot. He head butted him in the chest. Punched him again. Threw him back. Now IcyHot could barely begin to stagger to his feet now. Deku was still yelling at him.
Then - almost out of nowhere, for no reason that anyone could tell besides something Deku must've said - IcyHot had activated his flames.
"I will never use his fire power." "I'll show him I can be first without using it."
But there they were.
"SHOUTO!" we could hear Endeavor screaming. "So you've finally accepted yourself, have you? Good, excellent! Now is your true beginning! You who holds my blood, surpass me! And realize my ambition in yourself!" so it was all true
"AND MR ENDEAVOR WITH A VERY SUDDEN PEP TALK? MUST BE QUITE HTE DOTING DAD!" came Mic's comment.
IcyHot seemed to be crying. But he hadn't put them out yet. He was raising his hand and Deku was activating his full power. The blast from both sides going all out with everything they had was so huge that we were all blown backwards, the resulting explosion obstructing everyone's vision and leaving us to struggle to see - who had won.
"WHAT WAS THAT - WHAT THE HELL EVEN IS YOUR HOMEROOM CLASS, DUDE?"
"The heat other cooled down air which then expanded."
"SO THAT'S HOW HE MADE SUCH A FIERY WIND BLAST - DAMN THAT'S HOT! AND I CAN'T SEE A THING! JUST WHO WON THIS MATCH!"
Like there's any doubt. After all that egging on, even with the fire, Deku's -
slumping against the opposite wall, pushed outta bounds, all limbs broken, and completely unconscious.
"MIDORIYA IS OUT OF BOUNDS. TODOROKI ADVANCES TO THE THIRD ROUND!"
You lost?! how could you lose…how? That fire. You got him to…how did you do that? What did you do? What are you?
The next two fights of the first round passed away in a blur, as Deku was taken to be healed and I got ready to blow Weird Hair away. It was basically a kind of disappointment. I'd expected to finally beat Deku today. But then…if Deku'd fired up IcyHot to use his full power, then at least I'd be taking #1 against an opponent going all out. This was gonna be my win.
