Chapter 17:

The Sports Festival: Part 1

Summary:

The intro to the sports festival all the way to the beginning of the battle royal.

The two weeks leading to the Sports Festival flew by, between training and getting scouted by the other classes. The class 1-A students were feeling the pressure. A declaration of war was issued by a gen. ed. Student. He looked familiar to Izuku, but he could place where. Katsuki wasn't letting the 'Extra's' bait him. He is going to make it to the top with Izuku, Ace and Luffy. They were in this together and they will show the world they are ready. Even the other Hero Course student class 1-B were fuming, they were pressuring the students of the other class. Clearly, they were jealous of the recognition they received for participating in a Villain attack. Yes, the publicity was great, but that did nothing to sooth the minds of the students that suffered from might mares. Katsuki hid it well but he would wake up in the middle of the night to make sure Izuku was still breathing. Katsuki walks past the other students blowing them off with a "You weren't there so shut the fuck up. There is no glory watching your teacher being murdered in front of you and only one student can help. So, fuck off you're an eyesore." Walking away with his hands in his pockets.

"I thought everyone survived." Extra 1 commented.

Katsuki stops on the other side of the group hands clenching into fists. "How were we supposed to know they weren't dead we are first years; we were placed in a situation we were not ready for. When both our teachers were unable to fight anymore, and we couldn't escape. YOU WEREN'T THERE, to see the amount of blood coming from our teacher. You didn't see one of our classmates take a killing blow to save his friends and protect his. I can't stop seeing it. Every night I see it playing on a loop I can't get it out of my head. You can stand there and pretend you would have done different? You can stand there and mock us because we survived? Can you stand there and pretend that if you were there you would handle the aftermath any different than we are. Do you know what it is like to be saved by a hero, only to find out you weren't the target and because of this another student gets his chest crushed. Because I DO. He survived because he can heal, but IF ANY OTHER STUDENT GOT HIT BY THAT MONSTER THEY WOULD HAVE DIED. YOU KNOW NOTHING." All the students in Class 1-A are shocked they all suffered but Katsuki was there in the thick of everything. Katsuki is good at hiding things that bother him only Izuku can see past the stoic mask the explosive boy uses to hide behind. Ace and Luffy can somewhat tell when something is bothering the other boy, but only in private. Izuku approaches Katsuki he grabs him and walks off. The rest of the class didn't see the state Izuku was in thought they all seen him flying off to the other side of the plaza.

"Sorry, he is right we let jealousy cloud our judgement. We figured because no one died that everything was fine. We didn't even consider that your lives were in danger. I am sorry that you had to go through that. I am sorry I didn't consider the mental strain that incident would have had on you. Katsuki right? You are absolutely correct I don't think I would have been able to keep myself together if I had to experience something like that." The general education kid stated.

"Thank you" Katsuki whispered.

"This doesn't change anything; I may have a newfound respect for those of you in the Hero class; but that also pushes me harder to show I have what it takes to transfer. I'll see you in battle."

Katsuki nods and continues on his way. "You good Kacchan?" Izuku whispers when they get far enough away from the rest. Katsuki pushes him to an empty hallway and pulls the boy into a crushing hug. He shudders as Izuku hugs him back. "Yeah Nerd I just need a couple of minutes to settle my emotions. I understand now what you went through when we were kids. I dream about it every night. I replay the part where you get hit and I could do nothing but stand there and watch. And then when I found you, I thought you were dead. I was so scared. But you're here and mine and I love you so fucking much; I just want to hold you forever and never let go. I'm terrified that if I let you go; I'll be able to hold you again." Katsuki is whispering into Izuku's chest.

"Take as long as you need Kacchan, I'm not going anywhere." Izuku rubs Katsuki's back.

Katsuki nods and holds Izuku tighter. They stay like that for a few minutes while Katsuki tries to calm the raging storm of emotions in his heart. When he can finally bare to part for Izuku, he looks up to see the other boy smiling at him so softly, love, adoration and promise shining from the other boys eyes.

"I'm good Nerd. Let's go the others are waiting for us."

"Of course, Kacchan, I love you Kacchan."

Katsuki blushes and grunts out an embarrassed "I love you too Nerd."

After that those two weeks sped by. The next things the boys knew it was the day of the Sports Festival.

"GATHER ROUND, MASS MEDIA! IT'S TIME ONCE AGAIN TO SEE THE HIGHSCHOOLERS YOU KNOW AND LOVE REVEL IN THEIR OWN YOUTH… IT'S U.A.'S SPORTS FESTIVAL. EVERYBODY- ARE YOU READY?!" Present mic announces.

"Given that they always put their experience to good use and give it their all for this last chance… the third years are usually given the center stage." A spectator comments

"But all eyes are on the first-years this time around." Another spectator comments back.

"I would have liked to do some scouting myself" Kamui Woods pouting.

"Whaddya gonna do. They asked us to take security detail." Another pro hero Comments.

"Looks like they called in pros from all over the country." Mount Lady stated.

**** Inside 1-A prep area****

"THE EVENT IS ABOUT TO START!" Iida shouts

Completely ignored the students continue their conversations "Wish I could have worn my costume." Shoji pouts.

"They're not allowed in the interest of fairness." Ojiro comments.

On the other side of the room Izuku, Katsuki, Ace and Luffy are getting into the zone and preparing for this events.

"Midoriya" Is called from across the room by a stoic Todoroki.

"What's up Todoroki?" Izuku asks curiously

"I'm here to prove I am more capable then you. I will beat you."

"Ooh! A declaration of war to the strongest in the class?! Pretty bold Todoroki." Kaminari comments.

"Hey man, why pick a fight now?! We're about to go on…" Kirishima puts his hand on Todoroki's shoulder.

Todoroki interrupts the red head "I really don't care; I'm not pretending to be anyone's friend here." He shrugs Kirishima's hand off him.

Izuku smiles warmly "Todoroki, come at me with everything you've got. You might have a chance then. Good Luck." Izuku walks off to Katsuki.

"Right…"

**** In the stadium****

"The students are coming out" Shouts someone from the audience.

"IT'S U.A.'S SPORTS FESTIVAL! THE ONE TIME EACH YEAR WHEN OUR FLEDGLING HEROES COMPETE IN A RUTHLESS GRAND BATTLE! FIRST UP… YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKIN' ABOUT! THE MIRACULOUS RISING STARS WHO BRUSHED OFF A VILLAIN ATTACK WITH THEIR STEELY WILLPOWER! THE FIRST YEARS OF THE HERO COURSE! IT'S CLASS A"

Class 1-A head out into the arena, the cheers coming from the audience is almost deafening.

"They're really shining a lot of light on the USJ incident, but we won't let it shake us right Bakubro…?" Kirishima starts a conversation with Katsuki.

"Nope, just gets me pumped up." Katsuki smirks.

"We are really expected to put on a show in front of this many spectators… I suppose this is merely one more necessary skill if we plan to be pro's"

Present Mic introduces the other classes onto the stage. Once all the students are in the arena a cracking sounds blows through the stadium. "NOW FOR THE ATHLETE's OATH!"

"Ooh! The first years ref this time is the R-Rated hero Midnight!"

"What about the principal"

"He's always with the third years."

"R-Rated? Should she really be in a High School?" Asks one of the students.

"Shut up" Midnight roars "Pipe down! Your student representative is…"

"From Class 1-A, Izuku Midoriya!"

"Really it's Izuku"

"You idiots, it's because he placed first in the entrance exam" Katsuki boast proud for Izuku.

"The hero course entrance exam you mean?" Someone from the support class asks condescendingly.

Izuku walks up to the stage, hands in his pockets. He looks over the audience, over the other students. He takes a few breaths to center himself.

"The athletes oath…" Izuku starts. Looking over the crowd seeing All Might, and Shanks looking down at the students proudly. He clears his throat "We are all here today whether Hero course, general education student looking for their time to prove themselves, support students looking to show their gear off to the pros, and business class students. To give our all today with everything we have to show the world that "WE ARE HERE"." Izuku walks off the stage, hands still in his pockets. The non-class 1-A students are shocked. They all thought he would boast about himself, but he included everyone. Cheering sounds from the stage, respect shining in the pros and other students eyes.

"NOW WITHOUT ANY DELAY, LETS GET THE FIRST EVENT STARTED." Midnight shouts. As the screen behind her runs through all of the events she continues "THESE ARE THE QUALIFIERS! IT'S IN THIS STAGE THAT SO MANY ARE SENT HOME CRYING EVERY YEAR! AND THE FATEFUL FIRST EVENT THIS YEAR IS THIS!" On the screen the first event shows "Obstacle course race"

"An obstacle course"

"IT'S A RACE BETWEEN EVERY MEMBER OF ALL ELEVEN CLASSES! THE COURSE IS A FOUR-KILOMETER LAP AROUND THE STADIUM ITSELF! OUR SCHOOL PREACHES FREEDOM IN ALL THINGS SO AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT GO OFF THE COURSE ANYTHING IS FAIR GAME!" Present Mic calls.

"RACER, TO YOUR POSITIONS"

The students move to the entrance Luffy is preparing Gear Second, Katsuki is gripping Izuku's shoulder, he is gonna explode them past all the others. Izuku is hanging back letting his wings unfurl. Ace is gripping Luffy's shoulder.

"START"

Immediately several things happen as the gate opens, everyone packs into the narrow passage. Todoroki slips in front of everyone and freezes a path behind him catching a few people in the Ice. Izuku and Katsuki take off above everyone, Luffy launches his arms to the outside walls gets a grip and sling shots his way past everyone. Ace lets go and lights his feet on fire. Katsuki is keeping up with Izuku using his explosions to propel him forward. In no time at all the boys plus Todoroki reach the first obstacle. The same Zero-point robots block their paths. Izuku looks at Katsuki and smirks wide easy.

"I really wish they would have prepared something a little more challenging" Todoroki hums as he starts releasing Ice on the ground. "Especially since dear old dad is watching!"

Ace uses all his fire making his signature "Flame Emperor" move creating a ball of fire that looks like the Sun.

Luffy bites his thumb and blows air into his arm making it resemble a giants fist.

Izuku activates full cowling 25 percent and folds his wings in.

Katsuki starts exploding the air around him while rotating.

At the same time the four boys unleash their massive attacks on the robots below them.

"FLAME COMMANDMENT"

"GEAR THIRD: ELEPHANT GUN"

"DETROIT SMASH"

"HOWITZER IMPACT"

The audience is shock the collective thought 'Holy Shit' Present Mic recaps excitedly "WHAT TOTAL DEVASTATION BY OUR VERY OWN IZUKU MIDORIYA, KATSUKI BAKUGO, LUFFY MONKEY, ACE PORTGAS, AND SHOTO TODOROKI FROM CLASS 1-A."

The spectators commenting on what they just saw. "Did Ace just drop a sun on the bots?!"

"I think so, did you see that giant fist?!"

"Yea, the kid with the wings took the robot out with a single punch"

"The other kid created such a massive explosion."

"Did you see the amount of ice that was made"

"The current leaders of the pack are overwhelmingly class 1-A" thirteen state next to All Might.

"But class B and the other students are not bad! It's just" All might comments.

"Those boy's know there is no time to hesitate" Aizawa states. "They've been exposed to the outside world, up close and personal. They've had that fear planted in them, and they have endured and overcome it. Each has grown from that experience… And forgotten how to hesitate."

The teachers are commenting on the rest of the students that are dealing with the rest of the robots. "You're better off dodging these fellas in the exam. But they are just slow hunks of metal if ya trying to take them down. You just need to find a weak spot."

"IT LOOKS LIKE OUR LEADS ARE APPROACHING THE SECOND OBSTACLE, THE FIRST BARRIER WAS A PIECE OF CAKE. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND. FALL AND YOUR OUT! YOU GOTTA CRAWL ACROSS IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT! THIS OBSTACLE IS CALLED THE FALL"

The leads of the group come across a pit with skinny spikes of land jutting out randomly all connected by ropes.

Ace is at a slight disadvantage here if he uses his flame speed, he risks burning the ropes and falling. He just needs to time his jumps to land on the platforms. Luffy just rockets from one platform to the next. Izuku flies over the obstacle. Katsuki blasting his way through the air next to Izuku and Todoroki uses his Ice to skate across.

The other students make their ways across, using their quirks. Tsuyu crawls on top of the ropes. The support class uses their gadgets to get them across. Iida using his speed and some weird hip twisting motion to skid across the ropes.

"THE LEADS KEEP BREAKING AHEAD WHILE THE REST OF THE PACK IS BUNCHED UP. OUR RACERS DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WILL GET TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND. SO, ALL THEY CAN DO IS AIM FOR FIRST PLACE."

"IT LOOKS LIKE MIDORIYA AND BAKUGO ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE THEY AREN'T EVEN TRYING TO OUT PACE THE OTHER JUST EVERYONE ELSE. FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND IS ENDEAVOR'S SON FOLLOWED BY LUFFY AND ACE. AND OUR LEADERS HAVE REACHED THE FINAL BARRIER! THAT IS TO SAY THIS MINE FIELD! IT'S A DEADLY AFGHAN CARPET! A QUICK GLANCE IN ENOUGH TO REVEAL THE MINES' LOCATIONS! SO KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN AND WATCH YOUR STEP" Present Mic announces.

"I SHOULD MENTION THAT OUR MINES DON'T PACK A DEADLY PUNCH… BUT THEY ARE LOUD AND FLASHY ENOUGH THAT YOU MIGHT NEED A CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR WHEN IT IS ALL OVER." Present Mic laughs

"Depending on the individual, of course" Aizawa adds dryly.

Just like the last obstacle Izuku and Katsuki just keep to the air. Izuku folds is wings in and gains speed, Bakugo using his explosions to keep pace. Todoroki runs on the ground if he explodes the mines with his ice, he gives the others an advantage. He watches his footing but still keeping his place in third. Luffy and Ace are catching up. Luffy uses a rocket and grabs the posts at the end, and slingshots himself. Ace quickly latches on to him for the ride. They land right behind Izuku and Katsuki. Luffy and Ace are trying to beat Izuku and Katsuki as they always attempt during training. Izuku smirks and shoots a glance at Katsuki, He smirks back. Time to leave these two in the dust. Izuku powers up OFA on his wings and flaps down, boosting him and Katsuki closer to the goal while sending everyone behind them tumbling back several meters. Some people causing chain explosions slowing even more people down.

"WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, WHAT A POWERFUL GUST OF WIND CREATED BY MIDORYIA. LOOKS LIKE HIS ONLY COMPETITION IS BAKUGO THEY HAVE BEEN NECK AND NECK THIS ENTIRE TIME. NEITHER ONE GAINING FIRST PLACE. IT ALMOST SEEMS INTENTIONAL." Comments Present Mic

"Those two, they are not competing they are pushing each other. They plan to tie. While still being in first. Their main goal is to prove to the world they are an unbeatable team. Their teamwork far surpasses most Pro heroes today." Aizawa informs.

"IS TIEING EVEN POSSIBLE.?!" Present Mic shouts "YOUR CLASS IS SOMETHING ELSE ERASERHEAD! WHAT'RE YOU TEACHING THOSE KIDS?"

"It has never been done before it will be interesting to see how Midnight handles this outcome" Aizawa answers. "This isn't my doing. They've been spurring each other on all on their own.

Izuku and Katsuki are quickly making their way through the finish line. Everyone can tell they tied for first. Midnight calls it. "In first place we have Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo. This is the first time in U.A. history that we have had a tie"

"Shoto Todoroki comes in at 2nd place. Hot on his heals is Luffy coming in at third. One step behind Luffy is Ace coming in at 4th." The other runners start trickling in. The first 42 members passing on to the next round.

"The 42 students that passed the first round will participate in the second round, but for those that did not make it we have another opportunity for you to show your stuff later. And now the main selection really begins! The press corps' going to be jumping out their seats, so give it all you've got!" the buzzing of the screen "Now on to the second event! I already know what it is, of course… Dying in suspense!? Next up is" Pause for the hype. "This: Cavalry Battle"

"Cavalry Battle…!" one excited student shouts.

"Cavalry Battle…!" One terrified student shouts.

"So, we are teaming up but how exactly?" Tsuyu questions.

"Participants will, on their own, form teams of two to four members each and get into a horse-and-rider formation! The rules are fundamentally the same as those of an ordinary cavalry battle- snag your opponent's headbands while guarding your own but with one exception… Each of you has been assigned a point value based on your ranking in the last event!"

"We'll earn points like we did in the entrance exam. Sounds simple." Sato asks.

"So the point value of each team depends on its members!" Ashido states.

"I'm about to explain it, just shut up already" Midnight rages. "Anyway yes! And your individual point values start at 5 at the bottom!" So, the student who took 42nd place is worth 5points, 41st is worth 10points get it? But… OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS ARE WORTH 5MILLION EACH. USUALLY THE WINNER OF THE RACE IS WORTH 10 MILLION POINTS. SINCE MIDORIYA AND BAKUGO WANTED TO SHARE 1ST PLACE THEY CAN SHARE THEIR POINTS."

"5 million points?!"

"So that means there are two main targets."

"THE HIGHER RANKED STUDENTS ARE THE ONES TO AIM FOR…" Midnight smirk wildly "THIS SURVIAL GAMME IS A CHANCE FOR A COMEBACK. IT'S ANYONE'S GAME!"

"There's more suffering for those at the top." The pro's in the stands consider.

"AS YOU MUST HAVE HEARD COUNTLESS TIMES SINCE ENROLLING AT U.A. THIS IS …PLUS ULTRA!"

"THE MATCH WILL LAST 15 MINUTES. EACH TEAMS POINTS ARE DETERMINED BY ITS MEMBERS. THE RIDER WILL WEAR A HEADBAND DISPLAYING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS! UNTIL THE MATCH ENDS, YOU'LL ALL COMPETE TO GRAB EACH OTHER'S POINTS WHILE MAINTAINING YOUR OWN." Midnight shouts out "ANY HEADBANDS YOU GRAB MUST BE WORN AROUND THE NECK OR HIGHER. BUT THE MORE HEADBANDS YOU'VE GOT THE HARDER THEY'LL BE TO MANAGE!" She pauses "MOST IMPORTANTLY EVEN IF YOUR HEADBAND IS TAKEN… AND EVEN IF YOUR HORSE FORMATION IS BROKEN… IT'S NOT OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER!"

"That means…" Momo begins.

"With 42 contestants there'll be 10-12 teams on the field the whole time…?" Sato comments.

"So there is no need to panic if your if your points are temporarily stole, yeah?" Ashido wonders.

"but you can't really tell if you're not paying attention to the minute- by- minute point breakdown, mina" Tsuyu responds.

"QUIRKS ARE ALLOWED, SO IT'LL BE A BRUTAL BATTLE! HOWEVER…" Midnight continues "IT'S STILL A CVLVARY BATTLE! MALICIOUSLY ATTACKING ANOTHER TEAM WITH THE INTENT OF MAKING THEM FALL WILL DISQUALIFY YOU." Midnight informs finishing the rules. "YOU'VE GOT 15 MINUTES! TIME TO FORM YOUR TEAMS"

Most of the other students that do not know Midoriya are grinning manically at him. Easy target, Izuku catches Katsuki's eyes and grins. Let the cannon fodder come, they will win. Time to bring their team together. Ace and Luffy approach the other two boys.

"What's the plan?" Ace asks.

"Time to go all out." Izuku grins manically.

"Who's the horse" Luffy asks.

"You three are." Izuku finishes.

"Like that time fighting Shanks, it was simple yet effective." Katsuki continues

"If we get surrounded, I can jump and hover. While you all protect from my back."

"We are gonna win this thing."

"How many points do we have if we team up?" Luffy wonders.

"10,000,385. We are the targets for everyone. We have to be careful and watch our backs." Izuku informs.

"We got this, most people outside our class are afraid of Blasty here, so only the strongest and desperate will come after us." Ace supplies.

"True but, there are ways even the small fries can take us out. If they are smart, they will go for the others points first then come at us. And take us out at the end. We will be doing the same of course. We also have to watch out for Todoroki, He seems to have a grudge against me." Izuku warns.

"Tch, as if Icy-Hot can do anything to you. We got this Nerd." Katsuki smirks.

"Yea let's win this thing. And show everyone "We are here"" Luffy finishes excitedly. He gets nods from the others.

Up in the stands All Might, and Shanks are talking. "How do you think they will overcome this challenge." All Might wonders.

Shanks thinks for a second. "If I know our troublemakers, Izuku is going to go full wolf and have the others on his back."

"Do you think that will be allowed?" All Might didn't even consider that.

"Midnight said quirks are allowed. I don't see a problem with it." Shanks states.

****Outside the Stadium****

The pros guarding the stadium are commenting on what they can hear inside. "This U.A. sports festival… guess it is all about preparing them to be heroes" One of the pro's comments. "A simulation of the dog-eat-dog society of heroes they'll soon be a part of."

"Yeah, if your particular agency just can't cut it, you can't even put food on the table." Comments another pro.

"And that qualifier match… it's like how sometimes we have to drag others down in order to get a piece of the action yeah?" Kamui Woods comments.

"Yeah, it's pretty awful." Mount Lady states smiling.

"You're one to talk!" Kamui Wood grumbles under his breath.

"On the other hand…" Mount Lady starts another point. "There are tons of cases where we need to cooperate with business rivals." Realization dawns on her face. "Ah that's the point of this cavalry battle! I get it. Victory for yourself means victory for the team." She continues "But that takes compatibility and understanding of each other's quirks… It's all a give and take."

"Kind of like coordinating with sidekicks." A pro suggests.

"Or meeting up with other agencies for quirk training" Kamui Woods adds.

**** Inside the Arena****

Everyone is partnering off mostly sticking close to their classes. It is hard to group with someone if you can't figure out how your quirk will pair with them. During the boys conversation Kirishima approaches the group.

"Sucks that we can only have 4 to a group huh?" Kirishima states solemnly

"Yea, sorry Kirishima." Luffy apologizes guiltily.

"Nah its cool, I came over here to tell you, that I'll be partnering with Todoroki. I'm the lead of his group. I can handle his Ice and Fire if I need too."

"That's great, so for this round you're our rival." Izuku states with a smile.

"We won't take it easy on you, Shitty Hair." Bakugo smirks.

"If Todoroki thinks he can take us out, well he better make sure he brings his best." Izuku smirks

Kirishima nods and walks over to his group. Todoroki, Kaminari and Momo waiting for him, Kirishima needs to prove to himself that he can fight alongside the other boys to do that he needs to fight against them. He is not denying their teamwork is flawless, he doesn't even know most of their capabilities. But none of that matters. He is going to give his all to win.

The other students are grouped up. They are all ready to turn around and attack the lead group. Izuku smiles as he transforms into a massive wolf. The other students are shocked.

"IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED?!" Most of the students shout.

"If it is because of a quirk I will allow it." Midnight informs.

"How is this even fair." One student from class B states.

"Can they have three riders?"

"I will allow it." Midnight is amused. She figured something like this would happen. She is allowing it because all the other students will target that group and she is interested to see the plan they come up with.

"15 MINUTES ARE UP" Midnight calls out "TIME TO GET STARTED!"

"HEY WAKE UP, ERASER! THEY'VE HAD THE TIME TO MAKE THEIR GROUPS AND STRATEGIZE." Present Mic informs "NOW ALL 12 TEAMS ARE LINED UP AND READY TO MOVE!"

"Interesting." Aizawa comments "The teams they have come up with."

"LET'S GET A BATTLE CRY!" Present Mic hypes up the crowd. "HERE COMES THE STARTING SIGNAL!"

Izuku lets out a growl, as the other students watch them. He knows their plans he shakes out his feathers and detached a few to spin around him they are a lesser dose of the paralytic agent he uses; He doesn't want to be disqualified if he accidently causes someone to collapse. His feathers are now altered to make the person feel heavy and sluggish. He looks around at the other groups Todoroki's group looks at him determined.

"The reason I've chosen you all" Todoroki begins "Is because our formation will be the most stable. Kaminari, you guard the left flank and keep enemies away with your electricity. Momo you take right, provide an insulator shield and supplement our movements. Kirishima will take the lead, I need someone who can handle taking a hit without destabilizing us."

"And you'll hold them off with your Fire and Ice right Todoroki?" Kirishima questions.

"No, in battle I do not use my left side" Todoroki replies coldly.

Another interesting group is Tokoyami's group. Consisting of Sero as the rider Tokoyami as point, Ashido on the left and Ochaco on the right. Izuku can see how this group would work. Have Sero as the rider they can take headbands without getting into reaching distance. Tokoyami provides excellent frontal support. Ochaco can lighten them to increase speed. While Ashido can make them skate on the acid and stop others from approaching.

Most of the other groups are well formed. But these three really stand out.

"FORMED YOUR TEAMS? MADE YOUR PLANS? TOO BAD IF YOU HAVEN'T!" Present Mic announces "HERE WE GO! THE COUNTDOWN TO THE IS BRUTAL BATTLE ROYAL!"

Everyone is setting up their formations "THREE"

Determination firing on all cylinders "TWO"

Izuku lets out a growl, as everyone turns to him, he protects the others with his wings. To be fair and have his points visible they are tied around his head. "ONE"

"START"

"This is really a fight for the ten million points, and everyone knows it!" One group shouts

"HAH HAH HA! We are coming for you Midoriya!" Another shouts.

"Incoming attacks from the left, light the up Blasty" Ace smirks.

Katsuki jumps off the massive wolf and explodes out snatching the opposing teams points. Luffy is quick to wrap an arm around the explosive boy to pull him back onto of the Wolf. Katsuki take the two head bands and ties them around Izuku's neck

"IS LEAVING YOUR UNIT REALLY ALLOWED?!"

"IT IS HERE, ON A TECHNICALITY! AS LONG AS YOUR FEET DON'T TOUCH THE GROUND!" Midnight informs.

"WOW RIGHT OFF THE BAT… A DARING MOVE FROM TEAM MIDORIYA." Present Mic shouts.

"It is because of the others teamwork that this group will be so devastating" Aizawa comments. "With the mobility of the wolf while also providing almost flawless defense, allows Ace, Luffy, and Bakugo to be on the offensive. Bakugo is covering the left with his jump attacks. While Luffy is focusing on guarding the front while making sure his teammates do not touch the floor. The fire coming from the right side of the wolf is from Ace. The reason they are not worried about hurting Izuku is because the green fire heals and protects Izuku from the damages he would have sustained." Aizawa reports.

"Those Class A kids sure are something else!" one of the audience states

"It's is even fun to watch, given all their flashy moves. Guess that is just the level they're on after fighting real villains!" another states.

"LET'S SEE WHAT THE OTHER TEAMS ARE UP TOO" Present Mic announces while the cameras switch to look at the other teams. Tokoyami is fighting off groups of people while Sero is taking head bands from everyone coming after them. Shoji moves in to attack Tokoyami's group, he appears to be alone. A tongue whips out from the wing like shell of shoji's back.

"Whoa! Is that legal" Students shout because the rider is being guarded by the horses quirk forming more of a tank instead of a horse.

"Sure is" Midnight smiles.

"BOTH THE DOGGEDLY PURSUED FIRST PLACE TEAM, AND ITS DETERMINED PURSUERS FROM CLASS A ARE NOTHING TO SCOFF AT! LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT POINT SPREAD!"

Team Midoriya -10,000,695

Team Todoroki – 950

Team Monoma- 900

Team Tokoyami – 750

Team Tetsutetsu-685

Team Kendo – 240

Team Rin- 215

Team Kodai- 125

Team Shoji- 90

Team Tsunotori- 0

Team Shinso- 0

Team Iida-0

"LOOKS LIKE CLASS B IS CATCHING UP BY STOCK PILING POINTS."

"When midnight announced the first event, it didn't take a genius to figure out they wouldn't be thinning the ranks that much in the preliminary. It wasn't much of a stretch to imagine they'd be letting a good number of us advance to the next event. Forty of so seemed like a reasonable number. The perfect chance to hang back and observe our rivals' quirks and tendencies." A class B student named Monoma sneered as he snatched another headband from an unsuspecting Class A student.

"Looks like the match is half over Izuku" Ace comments receiving a growl in return.

During the commotion Todoroki and Iida's team try to corner the wolf for their points.

"We're coming for you Midoriya." Todoroki calls.

"I'll put you down for sure this time, monster" Iida sneers.

More then one growl sound from the wolfs back. Katsuki launches out targeting Iida. Luffy holding onto the back of his shirt to pull him back. He explodes and engages Iida in a battle to distract him. Aiming carefully to only singe and not make Iida fall.

Todoroki sends Ice flaring at the wolf to try to immobilize him, Ace unleashes his fire to melt the Ice as it comes close. Izuku directs his feathers to slow down Momo and Kirishima. Kirishima hardens deflecting the blows. However, the outcome is still the same team Todoroki is slowing down. Kaminari discharges trying to electrocute the wolf. Izuku doesn't even move, his healing nullifying the sting from the electricity. Kaminari's electricity stops the other teams in pursuit of the massive wolf. Todoroki releases another blast of Ice around him trapping everyone. Ace blasts fire to unfreeze the wolfs legs thawing out a circle of Ice around them. The wolf growls in appreciation for the save. Bakugo heads back holding a handful of headbands he swiped off the immobilized groups.

"He waited until they were stopped by Kaminari's shock attack before freezing them in place. I wouldn't expect any less…" Aizawa recaps "He must have recalled how many competitors managed to dodge his Ice during the obstacle course"

"NICE PLAY-BY-PLAY" Present Mic announces.

Back with our group, Iida has managed to evade getting pummeled by the explosive boy. He notifies his team. "What I am about to do will leave us as sitting ducks, but we have a chance to get the first place. Be sure to grab them. I'll be counting on you guys to defend." Iida revs his engine quirk and shouts "Over Torque: Reciproburst!" he launches his team to the wolf. Luffy sensing the incoming attack stretches his fingers in a net while Izuku moves his head out of reach. Iida zooms past Midoriya as his riders hands clench around nothing. Iida's team stops moving and Luffy's fingers retract to push them back to where they started. Izuku Launches feathers at Todoroki as the attention is now on them. With a minute left Izuku lifts his paw and Todoroki lights his arm on fire. Izuku swipes the air to put the fire out as Todoroki looks shocked at his own arm. Kirishima goes in for the point closing his fist on a headband around Izuku's neck. He pulls his hand back it is not the 10000000 points, but it is something. He looks at the band he retrieved to see 345 points.

Twenty seconds left as people are starting to surround the wolf. Izuku charges OFA in his wings and flaps down around him pushing everyone back again.

"TIMES, ALMOST UP. LET'S COUNT DOWN. HEY, EVERYBODY SAY…" Present Mic

Ten seconds left Tokoyami is launching dark shadow at Izuku, Ace cuts him off with fire.

9 seconds left; the wolf is powering up another wing burst.

8 seconds. No one is attacking the wolf.

5 seconds left everyone is scrambling to get more points from the groups around them

The bell rings the end of the round.

"THE FINAL POINTS ARE IN"

Team Midoriya -10,001,105

Team Todoroki- 1350

Team Tokoyami- 1125

Team Shinso- 520

"THESE FOUR TEAMS WILL PROCEDE… TO THEW FINAL EVENT!"

Todoroki is shaken up because he used his fire in combat. 'I can never use it to attack, but when push came to shove…' he clenches his fist 'no… how could I let that… It's just as my old man expected…"

"WE'LL PROCEED TO THE AFTERNOON PORTION AFTER AN HOUR-LUNCH BREAK! SEE YOU THEN! HEY ERASERHEAD. WANNA GRAB SOME FOOD?" present Mic offers.

"I'm taking a nap." Aizawa dismisses already climbing into his sleeping bag.

"WHA-?"

Kirishima runs over to Luffy, Ace, and Katsuki. "hey congrats on keeping lead guys"

"It was easy" Boasted Katsuki.

"Next round, I'll win for sure" Kirishima challenged.

"Good Luck, Shitty Hair." Bakugo smirked

"My name is Kirishima, remember it" Kirishima reprimanded "It's not like my hair is any different from yours." He finished with a pout.

"Don't mind Blasty, nicknames are his thing. He never calls people he respects by their name" Ace pats Kirishima on the shoulder.

"But why am I Shitty Hair, why not something cooler." Kirishima whines "Anyways where is Midoriya?"

"Nerd?" Katsuki looks around. Danm the nerd slipped off. "I'm getting lunch." He calls as he activates his Haki to track down his nerd. He finds him near Todoroki, engaged in conversation. He gets close enough to hear what's being said, but far enough away that Todoroki can't tell he is there."

"You wanted to talk?" Izuku starts when Todoroki didn't say anything "about what?"

Todoroki continues to study the other boy. He was hoping to see if Izuku's strength and confidence is something his friends give him or something he has himself.

"If you are not gonna talk I'm gonna get lunch." Izuku pushes himself away from the wall and starts to walk away.

Todoroki sighs "You overwhelmed me. So much so that I broke my own pledge."

'It'd have been to his advantage, but he didn't use it… Is this why he keeps staring at Ace… is he afraid of fire.'

"I experienced All Might's true power up close remember?" Todoroki looks at his left hand.

"So… What are you trying to say?" Izuku gets defensive.

"I felt the same power coming from you." Todoroki is still looking at his own hand.

"So…" Izuku waves his hand in a get on with it motion.

"Are you All Might's Love child?" Todoroki states in a monotone voice. Izuku wants to laugh. If that statement came from anyone else, he would have.

"You've got it wrong" Izuku chuckles. "That's not it"

"No, "that's not it" interesting way to phrase it… there is definitely something you are hiding. I'm sure of it." Todoroki glares.

Izuku smirks "I'm hiding a lot of things Todoroki, don't pretend that you can figure me out."

"You know my father is Endeavor right?"

"I'm not sure what you are trying to get at, Todoroki"

"The second greatest hero of all time." Todoroki states "So if you're somehow connected to the number one guy, then… All the more reason to crush you."

"You think it will be that easy Todoroki?"

"My dad… he's a powerful bastard who only thinks of becoming stronger. Yeah, he has gone out to make a name for himself as a hero, but…" Todoroki pauses and glares at nothing in particular. He sighs and continues "My father could never beat All Might on his own, so he came up with another plan."

"Why are you telling me this Todoroki, what is this about?"

"Quirk Marriages, you've heard of them, right?" Todoroki states coldly.

"They started becoming a problem during the second and third generation after quirks manifested. Strong individuals would choose a partner and force them to marry to pass on a stronger version of their quirk."

"Correct, with his wealth and fame, my father forced my mother to agree to the marriage. All to get his hands on her quirk." Todoroki explains. "Raising me as a hero who could exceed All Might, just to fulfill his own ambitions" Todoroki shutters

The thought of forcing anyone into a marriage is sickening to Izuku. "What about her soulmate?"

"They were forced apart by my mothers family. Her soulmate was a female. My mother's family didn't believe that two members of the same gender should be paired and thought she was flawed."

"That's terrible."

"I hate it! Being no more then a tool for that human garbage." Todoroki raises his voice not quite a shout. "As I remember it, mom was always crying… "I can't stand to see that left side of yours" … she said before throwing boiling water in my face."

Izuku is growling now, Todoroki is not his friend or pack but to do that to your kid because you can't stand the father is unthinkable.

"In short not using my left side against you was my revenge on him." Todoroki explains "Never using my rotten father's quirk… No… by rising to the top with out it… I'll have denied him everything."

Todoroki puts his hands in his pockets and starts to walk away while stating "Your connection to All Might… keep it to yourself if you want. Either way, I'll rise above you with just my right side. Sorry for wasting your time."

"I get it Todoroki, you have something you need to prove, we all do. My reasons might pale in comparison to you. But I'm not going to lose." Izuku clenches his fist "Let me return your declaration of war with one of my own… I will win."

Izuku walks the other way and runs into Katsuki. "So how are you gonna break through to him?"

"It depends if we have to fight, I'm gonna force him to use his fire. He is being stupid if he think he can win against me with out it. But I have to show him that he doesn't need to be his father to use his full strength."

Katsuki nods, Izuku has found a target there is no amount of talking about that will make him change his mind.

"BEFORE WE GET TO THE FINAL EVENT, IVE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR ALL THOSE OUT OF THE RUNNING!" Present Mic calls out to all the participants after everyone comes back from lunch. "THIS IS STILL A SPORT FESTIVAL, SO WE'VE PREPARED A RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS! WE EVEN SHIPPED IN CHEERLEADERS FROM AMERICA TO GET YOU PUMPED UP… HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THIS LITTLE RECREATIONAL COMPETITION!" Present Mic pauses "ONCE THAT IS OVER, WE'RE ON TO THE MAIN EVENT."

"BETWEEN THE 16 MEMBERS OF THE FOUR WINNING TEAMS… WE'LL HAVE A FORMAL TOURNAMENT! A SERIES OF ONE ON ONE BATTLES"

"A tournament huh? So we'll be up in that ring I see on the T.V. every year!" Kirishima yells excitedly.

"Was it a tournament last year too?" Ashido questions.

"the format's always different, but most years involve some kind of head to head competition" Sero states.

"The Matchups with be decided by drawing lots." Midnight hold up a box "once that's settled, we'll move on to the festivities and then the tournament itself! Its up to each of you 16 finalists whether or not you participate in the fun. I expect some of you would rather take a breather and save your strength. Now let's start with the first-place team…"

"Ummm Excuse me!" Calls Ojiro. "I'd like to drop out."

"Ojiro! Why?"

"This is your chance to get noticed by the pros!"

"The cavalry battle… I have no memories of anything that happened up until the very end. It's probably his quirk that did that." Ojiro tries to explain. "I know this is a great opportunity, and I know how stupid it must seem to throw it away…"

"Ojiro"

"but this final tournament… everyone else made it here by their own strength." He clenches his fist "Yet here I stand, and I don't even know how or why. I just can't take it."

"You're thinking about it too hard! Just show what you are made of in the tournament!" Someone shouts.

"By that logic I shouldn't really be here either." Ashido states

"No… I'm talking about my pride here. I don't think it is right" Ojiro states.

Another kid from the same team stands up "I can't remember anything either… I wanna withdraw too!" he looks at his clenched fist and continues "This is a contest of skill, letting someone who didn't do anything advance… doesn't it defeat the whole point of the Sports Festival? Isn't it against the rule even?"

"These guys! So manly" Kirishima practically starts bawling.

"WE HAVE SUCH A STRANGE TURN OF EVENTS… WHAT WILL THE COORDINATOR, MIDNIGHT, DECIDE?"

"HOW NAÏVE AND GREEN" Midnight sneers "I… LIKE IT!"

"REPLACING THOSE TWO WILL BE MEMBERS OF TEAM KENDO WHO CAME IN FIFTH PLACE."

"If it is gonna be like that… shouldn't we let them be instead? I mean we were immobilized practically the whole time." Kendo reasons "but they were giving their all to keep what they had until the very end. Team Tetsutetsu I mean" At the shocked looks of the mentioned team, Kendo smirks "don't worry we're not colluding or anything… this just feels right."

"YOU GUYS" Tetsutetsu wails.

"SO BE IT TETSUTETSU AND SHIOZAKI BRINGS US BACK TO 16 COMPETITORS!" Midnight announces, "AND HERE ARE THE MATCH UPS!"

MIDORIYA V SHINSO

TODOROKI V SERO

SHIOZAKI V KAMINARI

LUFFY V AOYAMA

ACE V ASHIDO

TOKOYAMI V YAOYOROZU

TETSUTETSU V KIRISHIMA

BAKUGO V URARAKA

'Shinso that's gotta be…"

"Izuku Midoriya. That is you right?" someone calls out behind him.

'Shinso'

"Midoriya! That guy… Don't answer him." Ojiro warns

'Sooner then I expected, Bring your best Midoriya. I'm taking you down.' Todoroki thinks.

"Uraraka?" Bakugo asked confused 'who the hell was that'

Behind him Ochaco looks appalled how does Bakugo not know who she is.

"NOW LET'S SET ASIDE THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE TIME BEING… AND GET ON WITH THE THRILL- A -MINUTE FESTIVITIES!" Present Mic shouts out.

While the extra festivities the 16 competitors chose to prepare in their own ways. Ojiro gave Izuku a warning about hi opponents quirk. Todoroki sat by himself to get hyped up. Others participated in the extra events to calm their thoughts. Before they knew it. The time had come.

"Okay that about does it." Cementoss stated as he finished making the ring.

"Thanks Cementoss" Midnight called.

"HEY GUYS ARE YOU READY?!" cheers exploded out from the stadium. "YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL TO GET HERE! BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE ONE-ON -ONE TOURNAMENT!"

Izuku walks down the hall, getting encouraging words from All Might. Eyes filled with determination; he needs to get through Shinso if he plans to fight Todoroki. It's fine he just wont respond to Shinso's taunting.

"THE FIRST MATCH IT'S OUR RISING STAR WITH HIS EXCELLENT PERFORMACE THUS FAR IZUKU MIDORIYA VERSUS THIS GUY HASN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING TO STAND OUT YET! ITS HITOSHI SHINSO, FROM GENERAL STUDIES." Present Mic announces the first match.

"THE RULES ARE SIMPLE! WIN BY KNOCKING YOUR OPPONENT OUT OF THE RING, IMMOBILIZING THEM OR GETTING THEM TO SAY, "I GIVE UP" BRING THE PAIN! WE'VE GOT OUR GOOD OLD RECOVERY GIRL ON STANDBY! FIGHT DIRTY IF YOU MUST "ETHICS" HAVE NO MEANING HERE!" Midnight explains.

"WELL OF COURSE, GOING FOR THE KILL IS A NO-NO! YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED! BECAUSE A TRUE HERO'S FIST FLY ONLY WHEN IN PURSUIT OF VILLAINS!" Cementoss counters.

"I give up" Huh?" Shouts a member of the audience

"Get it, Izuku Midoriya? This battle's going to test your strength of will. If you've got any kind of vision of your future, there's no sense in worrying about how you get there. Now let's get the thing started!" Shinso boasts

"READY"

"Like that monkey, babbling about his stupid pride." Shinso cockily states

"START!"

"What kind of dumbass throws away a chance like this?"

"What'd you say" Izuku immediately dashes toward his opponent. As soon as he finishes his response his legs are frozen.

"It's my win" Shinso confidently states assured of his victory.

"Dammit Midoriya I warned you!" Ojiro shouts while pulling his hair.

"HEY, HEY, WHAT'S WRONG? THIS BATTLE'S JUST BEGUN. SHOW US SOME SPIRIT!" someone from the audience exclaims.

"MERE SECONDS INTO THE MATCH, MIDORIYA'S FROZEN IN PLACE!? LOOKING BLANKLY, HE'S NOT EVEN TWITCHING! COULD THIS BE SHINSO'S QUIRK?!"

"Nerd?!"

"huh?!"

"WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS GUY EXISTED BUT NOW… HE IS SURE ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON!"

"Like I said that entrance exam was completely irrational." Aizawa states

"HMM? WHATS THAT?"

"here are the simple specs on those two. I've got them here because we knew this would come down to a quirk verses quirk battle. Shinso failed the practical part of the exam, so he lost a spot in the hero course. He got into general studies though, and that's all he could have hoped for. His quirk is extremely powerful but given the objective of the practical his quirk didn't help him out."

"Must be nice having everything handed to you Midoriya." Shinso comments "Now turn around… and walk out of the ring."

"WOW he is actually listening!?"

'What is he waiting for, he is not really under the effects is he?' Aizawa wonders.

"Nerd, whatever your plan is you better do it now" Katsuki worries.

"What the hell is the puppy doing he is gonna blow the entire match" Ace panics

Two steps away from the edge of the ring Izuku stops moving. His body sparking green lightning. "IT WONT WORK" the force of the flick his fingers made broke him out of the mind control. His hand is coated in a green fire healing the damage a 100% flick did to his fingers. He clenches his fist and charges his opponent.

"How you shouldn't have control. What'd you do?" Shinso screams outraged.

Izuku just keeps walking toward him. 'He's not answering me… did he figure it out? No, he probably new from the start. I bet that damned monkey told him.' "Nothing to say for yourself?... I'm jealous though. Just moving your finger must mean you're the real deal. Thanks to my quirk's nature, I couldn't enter the golden gates! You wouldn't get that. You're Naturally blessed. You people… born with your awesome quirks… Getting to follow all your dreams!" Izuku keeps walking calmly to the other boy. Shinso is enraged by the lack of response punches Izuku across the face. "Say something Already!"

Izuku doesn't respond he just lets the green fire heal the damage the punch did to his face. He smirks at the other boy using his wings he channels OFA and beats his wings forward. Getting a point-blank wind blast to the face Shinso looses his footing and gets tossed out of the ring into the wall on the other side. He slumps down defeated.

"SHINSO IS OUT OF THE RING!... MIDORIYA MOVES ON THE SECOND ROUND!"

Once declared the winner Izuku strolls over to Shinso he hold out his hand. "Shinso… Why do you want to be a hero?"

Shinso pauses and looks at the hand most people do not continue to talk to him after they find out about his quirk. "we don't get to choose the things we admire" he goes to exit.

"YOU HAD US ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS!"

"YOU'RE THE SHINING STAR OF US GENERAL ED. STUDENTS."

"THAT QUIRK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT AGAINST VILLAINS. I WISH I HAD IT…"

"WHAT THE HELL IS U.A. THINKING PUTTING HIM IN GENERAL ED."

Izuku smiles warmly at the positive reactions coming from the audience "you hear that Shinso."

"You know people usually tense up when talking to me, why don't you?"

"Because I don't feel I need too."

"That's funny, I could ruin everything for you. You know. It'd be so easy."

"But you won't."

"Yea, your right. Do something for me?"

"What is it?"

"Don't lose pathetically." Shinso smirks

"You got it." Izuku smirks right back.

Izuku makes it to the stands where the rest of the people were watching. Katsuki stomps up to him and smacks him on the back of the head. "What the hell Nerd! What took you so long?"

"Sorry Kacchan, it's just I remembered him from the entrance exam, and wanted to give him this chance to show off a little. He also doesn't have an offensive or defensive style. Seems he relies too much on people responding to him and forcing them to do his bidding. He needed to see that if he is going to transfer into the hero course, he needs something other then chance. I had everything under control. When Ojiro told me about his quirk I quickly remembered that even unconscious I can control OFA and my flames, so I intentionally broke my finger to break out."

"YOU WHAT?!" Katsuki rages. "What the hell nerd?!" he hits him again.

"Owwww Kacchan I said I was sorry." Izuku mumbles.

"What ever Nerd! I'll just beat some self-preservation into you during our match" Katsuki smirks.

"I look forward to it Kacchan" Izuku smirks right back

"THE SECOND MATCH OF ROUND ONE IS SHOTO TODOROKI VERSES HANTA SERO"

As Todoroki is making his way to the arena his father is waiting for him. "Out of my way!"

"You disgrace me, Shoto!" his father sneers "you could've crushed both events if you used your left side. Grow up. Stop rebelling like a child. Remember your duty is to surpass All Might. Understand? You are different then your brothers. You are my greatest creation!"

"That is all you have to say to me. I'll win this with mom's power alone. I will never use yours in battle." Shoto states hatred burning through him.

"That may be good enough while you are in school kid. But you'll reach your limit soon enough."

Todoroki leaves the hallway and strolls to the stage and doesn't move.

"Hrm… I don't really feel like winning…" Sero ponders as he unleashes his tape and wraps it around Todoroki. "But I don't feel like losing either!" he declares as he starts to swing Todoroki to the edges of the ring.

Todoroki seemingly snaps out of his funk and mumbles out "Apologies" before he puts his right foot down and freezes the stadium solid. Excess ice pouring out from the top of the stadium.

"That's overkill, no…?" Sero states shocked.

"SERO… CAN YOU MOVE?"

"you're kidding right? Ow, ow, ow." Sero responds

"SERO IS IMMOBILIZED TODOROKI ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND!"

Todoroki approaches the frozen Sero and start to melt the ice around the boy. "I'm sorry, I was just annoyed"

"WITH THE ARENA THAWED OUT IT IS TIME FOR THE NEXT MATCH IBARA SHIOZAKI VERSES DENKI KAMINARI"

As Shiozaki is talking to the crowd about not being an assassin Kaminari decides he is going to try to ask her out. What she's cute.

"Wanna grab something to eat when we are done here?" Kaminari starts "I'll be happy to console you, if you want"

"?"

"Because this match will probably be over in an instant" Kaminari smirks giving a full powered discharge.

Shiozaki shields herself with her hair and captures Kaminari while his brain is fried.

"Shiozaki advances to the next round" Midnight calls

"Yes, I have not wasted the opportunity bestowed upon me…" Shiozaki states

"her ability to unleash them is something else. She could build walls, bind enemies… Kaminari's quirk was no use against her." Izuku states he pulls out his notebook and jots down all the information he learned on her. "they're similar to Kamui Wood's binding attacks. Binding type are always so strong, almost never see anyone break out. It's pretty much impossible to dodge all the vines. So the only counter is to rip them apart with brute strength…" He starts muttering. Ace whacks him in the back of the head.

"You're scaring everyone"

"Dammit not again" Izuku whines. He can't always tell if his thoughts are leaking out in a muttering fit.

"You're match just ended and you are already thinking ahead and strategizing?" Ochaco comments.

"It's good to plan ahead" Izuku states

"Don't to ahead of yourself, you still need to beat the strongest in the class Todoroki." Ashido states

"He is strong, but he is not the strongest." Izuku states

"Who do you think is the strongest?" Ochaco Asks curiously

Luffy, Ace, and Katsuki smirk and cross their arms over their chests "Honest opinion, Izuku is the strongest. When he gets serious enough."

"Well if you consider is wolf form then yea, I agree." Ochaco agrees

"No, even with out the wolf form. We do not consider that his strength because he can't fully control it." Ace states seriously.

"I'm only this strong because I have those I need to protect." Izuku comments with a fist clenched.

"TIME FOR MATCH FOUR LUFFY VERSES AOYAMA."

"Better head down to your match against sparkles" Katsuki states clasping Luffy's shoulder.

"Give em Hell!" Izuku encourages with a savage smile.

"Watch me" Luffy smiles back. He prepares gear second and grasps the railing and launches himself to the ring. Landing in the center crouched with one fist on the ground.

"AND AN AMAZING ENTRANCE BY LUFFY, HE LOOKS READY TO BATTLE."

"My navel Laser is sure to catch the attention of the scouts" Boasts Aoyama.

Luffy doesn't say anything he just launches his arms back. At the call of "START" he retracts his arms and shouts "Bazooka" connecting with Aoyama's stomach and launching him out of the ring.

"WOW I KNEW THAT KID WAS STRONG BUT THE MATCH STARTED A SECOND AGO AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN WON" Present Mic shouts bewildered; he turns to Aizawa "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TEACHING THESE KIDS?!"

Aizawa sighs "Nothing, they all have their own reasons for giving it there all today. I have no doubt Luffy is no different."

"LUFFY ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND"

"NEXT CAN WE HAVE ACE AND MINA ASHIDO COME TO THE RING"

"Looks like it is my turn" Ace states.

"You better win, Matchstick." Katsuki smirks "You are not allowed to lose until our fight"

"You got it Blasty" Ace smirks right back "I won't go down without a fight." He morphs into flames and floats to the arena while materializing in the center of the stage. Ace summons his Fireflies to dance around the ring. At the call of "START" he commands the fireflies to hit Ashido. She attempts to dodge them, however they still hit her. Singeing her back and arms. She unleashes her acid, but Ace just burns it as it approaches him. Ace powers up a fire fist and launches it at Ashido, he controls the temperature of the fire to not burn her severely, but the stream of fire pushes her out of the ring.

"Dammit Ace." Ashido shouts.

"Sorry but I've got to kick Blasty's ass later, so I had no choice." Ace bows and smiles.

Ashido tsks "You boys"

"ACE ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND"

"THE NEXT FIGHT WILL BE TOKOYAMI VS YAOYOROZU"

Tokoyami and Yaoyorozu make their ways to the stage. Momo creates a shield to protect her from Tokoyami's Dark Shadow. Tokoyami directs his shadow to keep hitting the shield slowly pushing her out of the ring. When he stops Momo goes to make something else but gets stopped by Midnight Calling the match.

"TOKOYAMI ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND"

"NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MAN OF STEEL TETSUTETSU VERSUS THE MAN A STRONG AS STONE KIRISHIMA"

"Wish me luck" Kirishima states.

"This will be a battle of stamina, who can hold their forms longer" Izuku summarizes "Good Luck Kiri."

Kirishima heads down to the arena and stands in front of Tetsutetsu. At the start of the match both boys trade blows, equally hitting and blocking. No damage is taken for 15 minutes blows are being traded back and forth. Finally they power up a powerful punch to launch at each other hitting the other in the face. Knocking the other out.

"IT'S A MIRROR IMAGE QUIRK MATCH UP! TETSUTETSU VERSES KIRISHIMA. JUST A STRAIGHT-UP BEAT DOWN BETWEEN THESE TWO! AND THE WINNER IS…." Midnight looks at the two downed boys "THEY ARE BOTH DOWN, WE HAVE A TIE!" Midnight announces, "IN THE EVENT OF A TIE WE WILL DETERMINE OUR WINNER AFTER THEY RECOVER… WITH A QUICK ARM-WRESTLING MATCH!"

"THE FINAL MATCH OF ROUND ONE IS KATSUKI BAKUGO VERSES OCHACO URARAKA"

Katsuki stands in the ring and stares down his opponent "You're the floaty one, right, round face? If you're gonna back down, do it now. 'cuz crying uncle later won't cut it." Bakugo is completely serious.

At the call of "START" Ochaco charges Katsuki hand raised in hope of hitting him with her quirk and make him float out of the ring. "Backing down is not an option for me!"

As Ochaco closes in on Katsuki he preps his right arm for a counter explosion. He explodes his hand in front of her knocking her back. The audience commenting "Whoa! Harsh!" or "Going all out against a girl" he blows it off. He gave her the chance to back down she didn't. Do the Heroes and Commentators in the stands really think a villain is going to care that the hero they are going to murder is a female. No they wont no one will go easy on her because she is a girl.

"No good…" Ochaco huffs "I saw it coming, but I still couldn't react" She comes in again using the smoke to throw him off. Katsuki sees the shadow of her jacket and launches an explosion at it. Realizing his mistake he quickly counters with another explosion in front of Ochaco and pushes her back again. "Ouch!"

"He reacted after spotting her?" Sero comments

"Smoke screens wont work against reaction time like that!" Kaminari adds

"Her quirk won't work if she can't touch him, it won't matter in the end she is slower then him" Izuku states. It might be cold, but he is analysis mode.

Ochaco charges again Bakugo quickly counters "Too Slow" exploding her back again.

"Ochaco…" Tsuyu states worriedly.

"Ugh. So Bakugo is that type of guy…" Jiro covers her face.

"NOT DONE YET" OCHACO RAGES IN DETERMINATION

"SHE KEEPS CHARGING IN RELENTLESSLY BUT THIS IS … DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD SHE IS AT DODGING SHE IS JUST DESPERATE NOW."

"HEY, SHOULDN'T YOU STOP THE MATCH? THIS IS GETTING PAINFUL…!" A spectator comments to Cementoss.

"…"

"I can't watch this?!" another hero comments.

"Hey! That's not the way someone who wants to be a hero acts" Another shout from the stands.

"If your so much stronger than her just throw her out of the ring and finish it !" Again shouted from the stands

"Stop toying with the poor girl!"

"Yeah he is right!"

"BUT TO BE HONEST I AGREE" Present Mic comments getting an elbow in the face.

The crowd has started booing Bakugo. Izuku has had enough lasing conqueror's Haki in his voice he shouts "THAT IS ENOUGH" everyone has quieted down.

Aizawa uses this chance to get a point across. "Is the one who said he's toying with her a pro? How many years of active duty?" The crowd is in disbelief, but anger quickly surfaces. "If that is what you are taking away from this then you can leave. No point in watching. Go home and start looking for a new job."

Before the crowd can comment again Aizawa continues "She's come this far and he knows her strength, his caution shows that he recognizes her as a worthy opponent. It's exactly because he wants to win so badly that there is no room for carelessness or holding back."

'Not yet. She's Not Dead Yet'

"Almost ready… Thanks Bakugo" Ochaco calls as the smoke clears. "Thanks for not dropping your guard!" she has her fingertips pressed together.

Katsuki notices and respects the look of burning desire to win in Ochaco face and responds with "Bring it, Round Face"

"The ones booing should be ashamed of yourself. By charging in low every time she kept Bakugo's attacks and attention focused on the ground, with the constant attacks and vision obscuring smoke screens… All to set up her weapons" Monoma points out.

"I'M GONNA WIN"

"IT'S A METOR STORM"

Katsuki smirks as he points both his arms up to the sky he waits until he can get the most debris with his explosion. He unleashes everything he has in a massive upward explosion. It burns his hands and hurts like a bitch, but that ok he can get the Nerd to heal him. His grin turns feral as the massive explosion takes out all the debris while the rest fall harmlessly around him. "Not going to lie, that was a close one"

"WHAT AN EXPLOSION! URARAKA'S SECRET PLAN JUST WENT UP IN SMOKE!"

'that was the best I could do' "ugh" 'but it wasn't enough'

Katsuki glares "Right. Time to get serious. Uraraka."

'but still…' she overused her quirk and falls to the ground completely spent. Breathing heavily she pants out "My… body … it won't… no not yet."

Midnight approaches the downed girl "URARAKA IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE BAKUGO MOVES ON TO THE SECOND ROUND! TAKE HER TO RECOVERY GIRL!"

"ROGER"

"POOR URARAKA… TAKEN DOWN BY BAKUGO IN THE FIRST ROUND."

"If you're gonna be an announcer, then do it right…" Aizawa sighs "you're making this too personal"

"GET IT TOGETHER EVERYONE. THE FIRST ROUND IS OVER NOW! WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ROUND AFTER A QUICK BREAK!" Present Mic announces.

Katsuki puts his hands in his pockets and makes his way to the door to go back up to the stands. Izuku's match is next he might have to wait to get healing. He wishes he could see him before Izuku's match. He is not worried about the nerd losing. He doesn't want to admit it but the comments being shouted at him the whole time started getting to him. Turning the corner he bumped into the one person he wanted to see the most right now.

"give me your hands." Izuku demanded.

Katsuki didn't even fight it. He took his hands out of his pockets and gave them to Izuku. "You should be getting ready for your match, my hands hurt yea, but they will be fine."

"Shut up." Izuku states.

Katsuki closes his mouth, something is bothering the nerd. Izuku sighs "Come wait with me in the prep room?" Izuku asks but the tone in his voice is bordering on desperate.

"Yeah Nerd, let's go" They walk to the prep room together. Katsuki sits down with his hands on the table. Izuku approaches with green fire coming from his hands and places them gently on Katsuki's.

"I was so angry, when they kept talking trash about you." Izuku starts. Katsuki knows how he is viewed by others he has been told since his quirk manifested that he was a villain. He knows how angry Izuku gets when he hears what people say about him. But Katsuki is the type to give his all in battle that will never change. To him that is the difference between winning and dying. Katsuki never wants to be in the position that causes people to get hurt because he held back.

"It's ok Nerd! It is just words and I don't care what anyone, but you thinks of me." Katsuki says with a small smile on his face. Katsuki will give everything he has to this boy in front of him. He is the one person who saw anything good in him and helped pull it to the surface. Ace and Luffy as well, but Izuku has been there from the start determined, even though the Nerd was quirkless to always help his Kacchan become the greatest hero; before they knew they were soulmates. Before Izuku got this incredible power and became more then a faithful shadow to him. If Izuku wanted the world who was Katsuki to say no to him.

"That is not the point Kacchan, I wish people could see you like I do. Like I always have. Kacchan you're smart, determined, passionate, strong and fierce in the protection of those close to you. Kacchan is the most beautiful person I know inside and out. When they starting booing you, I almost let my wolf out. They want to see a monster they are looking at the wrong person."

"How many times do I have to tell you; you are not a monster." Katsuki is about to smack him again over the head.

"I know Kacchan. I'm not a monster." Izuku smiles "But that doesn't mean I can't be a monster. If I need to be, to protect you or Ace and Luffy. I wouldn't think twice."

Katsuki nods they have had this conversation before. Izuku finishes healing his hands. "How do they feel?"

"Good as new, as always Nerd"

"Good. It's almost time for my match I need to go. Congrats on your win. I knew Kacchan could do it."

"Good luck out there, don't hold back"

"I won't. I still have to face Kacchan at the end" Izuku leaves with a smirk.

Katsuki heads to the bleachers to join his class in watching the fight. As soon as he arrives his class mates a berating him. "Ohh… rough match huh? Villain-face" Sero comments while he laughs. It is not funny. His hair shadows his eyes as he looks down at his hands, but the comments don't stop.

"Awkward matchups aside, you do great at playing the bad guy, Bakugo."

"Shut the hell up all of you" Katsuki say quietly.

"No really, nice job blowing up that frail little girl!" Kaminari snarks. "Not like me I held back against mine."

"You were beaten fair and square, Kaminari."

"Aw come on, Tsuyu."

Bakugo stands there for a second trying to brush off the comments. Ace comes up next to him "You good Blasty?"

"'M fine" Katsuki states as he slumps down in a chair. He watches as the tie breaker match between Tetsutetsu and Kirishima starts.

"AHHH, OHHH! KIRISHIMA OR TETSUTETSU? WHO'S GOING TO MOVE ON?!" Present Mic engages the crowd. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu start an arm-wrestling match to determine the winner. Both sides are struggling to gain the upper hand both the boys not giving an inch to their opponent. For a few minutes it continues back and forth until finally Kirishima pins Tetsutetsu's hand down.

"AFTER THEIR DRAW EARLIER KIRISHIMA HAS WON!"

"Gahh! I ran out of metals! Should have put more iron in my diet today!" Sulks Tetsutetsu.

"That was a good match" Kirishima holds his hand out to help the other off his feet with a smile.

"Tch!" Tetsutetsu grunts but still accepts the hand.

"WE NOW HAVE OUR FULL LINE UP FOR THE SECOND ROUND! WITH THAT SAID LET'S GET TO IT!"

Izuku walks out into the hallway about to enter the arena he gets stopped by a pro.

"Hey" Shouts the man with a fire mustache. "There you are." Looming over the small teen trying to intimidate him.

"Endeavor" Izuku greets with a glare "What are you doing back here?"

"I saw what you did out there." Endeavor begins. "That's an amazing quirk. Creating such a force with just a flick of your fingers!" Endeavor points at Izuku "In terms of raw power it seems you are on par with All Might's quirk."

"What is your point, Endeavor?" Izuku asks "I have a match to get to"

"My boy Shoto." Endeavor starts ignoring the glare from the other boy "he has a duty to surpass All Might." He looms over Izuku again "His match against you… will prove to be a valuable test!" He turns away from the boy "So give it your all, put up a good fight against him." Endeavor pauses "That is all I have to say. Sorry for my bluntness."

Izuku doesn't turn around, he can feel OFA coursing through his body. He might just hit the number 2 pro if he looks at him. He faces the ground "You are despicable. I am not All Might"

"Well of course you're N-…"

"Right of course I'm not…" Izuku begins he turns his head slightly "And Todoroki" If glares could maim stares down Endeavor with a little conqueror's and wolf mixed in growls our "Isn't you" without sparing the older man a second look turns to walk out into the stadium. He faces Todoroki a fierce determination in his eyes.

"You ready?" Todoroki asks.

"BOTH OF THESE COMETITORS HAVE WON TOP MARKS IN THIS FESTIVAL SO FAR! BUT THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE OF THESE GREATS IN THE RING! IT'S MIDORIYA VERSUS TODOROKI!"

At the uproarious cheering and catcalling of the spectators and audience everyone is on the edge of their seats.

"START!"

notes

most of the fights I made the same as in the anime.

the winners of each fight

Izuku

Todoroki

Shiozaki

Luffy

Ace

Tokoyami

Kirishima

Katsuki

next rounds line up is

Izuku vs Todoroki

Luffy VS Shiozaki

Ace Vs Tokoyami

Katsuki Vs Kirishima.