07.04.2020

I'm just going to address the comments and let you get to the action this time! Don't worry ;D

RandomReader867 - [Two chapters in a row!] I do agree that he would be an ease match up for Shinso, but I have something planned for our favorite, sleep deprived student. Thanks for the wishes ;D

GunBlade2020 - I wholeheartedly agree that brute strength can only get you so far. That's why I want to make Midoriya into more of a well rounded fighter, that has enough brawns to level a scycraper and enough brains to know that doing so is not good for your image xD Thanks for the comment and the wishes ;D

And now, let the Tournament commence!

"The plan to eliminate a team right of the bat was an excellent one Midoriya", the boy in question heard someone speak from behind him and turned around to find Momo standing with a small smile on her lips. "I know that I come off as a grand strategist, but I'm still nowhere near your level. Your plans are always brilliant and flawless"

"Let me stop you right here", the green haired student cut in with a small blush on his face.

"Why? I'm telling the truth", Momo retorted immediately.

"The truth that you believe in. Flawless plans don't exist", he answered and then resumed his walk out of the stadium, motioning for his raven haired classmate to follow.

"I still think that your plan was really good"

"Then let me explain why it wasn't. First of, the plan itself was full of opportunities for my opponents to be exploited. Shinso wasn't very sneaky with his Quirk and showing off its activation, so it was easy to avoid if you paid enough attention. My plan also had to have the perfect setup in order to be successful. If at least one other runner decided to run counter clockwise and start on their border, then the other teams would cover both of their sides right from the start. Iida could've easily ignored Shinso's question and carry on. Heck, even Mina might've ignored him if she focused everything she had on the event"

"Wow… when you say it like that… I start seeing the flaws you mentioned. So now I have to commend you for being able to identify the mistakes in your own plan"

"Momo, cut if out, seriously", he looked at her with a kind smile and continued. "I'm starting to feel very depressed vibes coming from you and I just can't stand the thought of you doubting yourself because you got outsmarted once"

"I'm pretty sure that it wasn't the first time that you managed to outsmart me", Yaoyorozu replied bashfully with a red hue tainting her cheeks.

"And it surely won't be the last, I just hope that you will use these experiences to hone your skills and not to depress yourself", they were now out in the open, the somewhat cool spring air helping them relax a little.

"I'll try my best", she smiled happily and clasped her hands in front of her.

"I'm happy to hear that", Midoriya replied as a small chuckle escaped him.

"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! It's time for the Battle Tournament!", announced Midnight after the break has ended.

Midoriya was already walking to the arena. He couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. His fight was officially opening the third event.

"I'll let our commentators handle the introductory part of our very first bout!", her shout accompanied by a crack of a whip.

"Yeah!", yelled Present Mic and nearly everyone had to cover their ears. "We are going to kick things of with a siblings bout! Emerging from the blue entrance - he outruns and outsmarts his enemies using power of modern cybernetics - it's the Big Brother from 1-A, Izuku Midoriya!"

The crowd roared as Izuku made his way into the spotlight, only one thought on his mind. "Since when am I a Big Brother of 1-A?"

"And his opponent, emerging from the red entrance - she has the smarts, the looks and a Quirk that's insistin' on a fistin'! - the Big Sister of 1-B, Itsuka Kendo!", the second introduction was followed by a loud smack, sound of a chair falling and a heavy thud.

The girl in question however had only one thought on her mind. "Is this what I'll be known for, the girl that's 'insistin' on a fistin''?"

"Kendo!", she heard her opponent call out to her, so she raised her head to show that he had her attention. "Don't let it get to you! I won't fight you if you'll start going easy on me!", he had a reassuring smile that was visible from across the arena they were about to step onto.

"Thanks Midoriya!", she shouted back with a small smile of her own.

"The battle hasn't even started and Midoriya is already showing great sportsmanship by cheering his opponent up after SOMEONE'S rude introduction!", Midnight glared daggers in the direction of the commentators' booth as she finished her sentence, the crowd clapping and shouting their own motivational comments at the duo.

"You can't back out now!", Izuku chuckled as he took in all of the crowds encouragements.

"As if I would ever do that!", his opponent retorted immediately.

"Now, before we begin let me explain the rules! In order to win you have to either subdue your opponent, knock him or her out or throw them out of bounds! A ruleset very similar to the one used in the previous event!", the R-Rated Heroine explained and the crowd seemed to be hyped up to the maximum. It was time for a showdown.

"Begin!", and they were off!

Midoriya immediately shot forward and Kendo followed suit. They met in the middle and clashed, greenette's enhanced fist colliding with the redhead's enlarged one.

Itsuka switched her arms and expanded the left one to blindside her opponent, who was caught of guard, but managed to perform a backflip, avoiding the strike and putting distance between the two of them.

"I'm not holding back, so why are you?!", the Class Rep of 1-B shouted with a taunting smile.

A grin started slowly splitting his face in half. "You wanna know why?", he asked in a smug voice.

"Why?", the grin unnerved her slightly, but what was the worst that could happen?

Instead of a verbal response she got a first hand experience.

"Kinetic Capacitors: Tenfold Acceleration!", the massive strain of jumping from zero to hundred in a millisecond hit him like a truck and he had to drop to his knees not to pass out where he was standing.

"You alright?!", Kendo shouted with slight worry in her voice.

"More than good!", he responded with a smirk as he stood up.

Well, I say stood up, because that what he did. Everyone on the stadium swore that he just suddenly vanished from his kneeling position and teleported to where his stood now. Some of them gasped when a wild, yellow electricity started sparkling around his body.

"I'm sorry Kendo!", Midoriya didn't even wait for a response, she didn't have enough time to make one anyway.

It all happened in a time shorter than a singular blink of an eye. This moment was seen by almost none, but remembered by nearly everyone.

First - Izuku suddenly stood right in front of her, their bodies touching and his breath tickling her nose.

Secondly - a hurricane-like gust of wind hit her straight in the face, her hair coming undone from her usual ponytail.

Thirdly - her fists started expanding to serve as a quick defensive tool.

Another gust of wind - weaker than before, but strong enough to ruffle the hair of women sitting up front in the audience - hit her in the back. Kendo started turning on her heel, desperate to get out of Midoriya's reach.

Her head did a one hundred and eighty degree turn and her eyes immediately landed on a fist - that she was pretty sure had the kanji for 'death' written on it at the time - heading straight for her.

"Good fight", she heard him whisper and gave up with a small smile.

"I have only myself to blame for this", she thought and would chuckle if she had the time to do so.

The fist collided with her abdomen with enough force to turn her lights off upon contact. Miraculously, she didn't suffer any internal damage.

Kendo's body started falling onto the concrete arena and would hit it if it wasn't for Midoriya extending slightly his inhuman speed to catch her in a bridal style carry.

At this point, the yellow lightning vanished and the crowd tried to wrap their heads around what the fuck they just witnessed.

Their thoughts were interrupted by a sonic boom, caused by Midoriya's first step.

Midnight was the first to get over her shock, but only when the winner stepped out of the arena with Kendo in tow, heading for the infirmary.

"I don't really know what happened, but I can see good sportsmanship when I see it and this boy seems to have an unlimited amount of it! First encouraging his opponent to do her best and then carrying her to the infirmary after! The winner is Izuku Midoriya!"

The crowd cheered, but the greenette didn't pay them any mind, too focused on the calm face of the redhead in his arms.

"So… are we going to address the elephant in the room?", asked Mina, still starstruck from the display of power that happened right in front of their eyes.

"I think I'm going to forfeit…", muttered Mineta who somehow managed to worm his way into Todoroki's team in the second event and qualified for the tournament.

No one blamed him for the cowardice, it was justified.

"I knew he trained hard and was already fast as fuck, but… damn…", Kirishima was the next one to voice his opinion.

"I'm more interested in how he was able to overcome that nasty drawback of his?", wondered Sero in a slighlty bitter tone. All of 1-A had already learned the ins and outs of Midoriya's augments and some of them still shiver whenever the thought of his 'Death Mark' resurfaces.

"I wonder how hard he had to train to achieve some much in two months?", was the question that lingered in Momo's mind.

"I knew the fucking nerd was looking down on me! Not using those fancy moves of his!", the angry shout of Bakugo made Yaoyorozu realize something else.

Midoriya turned up his power when he fell to his knees, but it looked like it took him time to achieve his speed, which he did by standing still not to injure himself. Everything happened in a blink of an eye and the sonic boom confirmed her theory about Midoriya's show.

"I think I know how he did it", she announced and suddenly all eyes were on her.

"Spill it then girl", encouraged her Jiro, who was sitting right beside her.

"The best comparison I can think of is a crash test. A car crash test shows that it is possible to stop a car instantly, no matter how fast it is moving, though the car gets wrecked in the outcome. I think that Midoriya 'accelerated' when standing still and then 'stopped' in this short while when he took out Kendo", Momo explained her theory.

"But, shouldn't he be wrecked then? The crash test and all of that?", Hagakure chimed in, not quite grasping the rich girl's explanation.

"I was about to address that. I think that he managed to 'slow down', but not 'stop' completely, therefore suffering only partial damage, before 'removing the wall' by cutting of his power"

"That's the most half assed theory I ever heard of High Class!", Katsuki voiced his discontent in his usual, explosive way.

"It sounds like it took a good bit of guessing and estimating, but the theory is more or less right", the heads of 1-A snapped towards the entrance to their seat section as they heard Midoriya's voice from behind them.

"How did you improve so much man?! It's super manly!", shouted enthusiastically Kirishima.

"And that sweet backflip! I was trying to learn it myself for ages, you gotta teach me Midori!", demanded Ashido.

"Oi, Nerd, how did you get all this power?", Katsuki questioned, not getting up from his seat.

"It's a secret", he said with a smile.

I couldn't lay my mind out before the chapter, so I'm going to do it now! xD

Don't go yet! This time it's plot relevant I swear!

So, I should've probably said this at the start, but... anyway - sorry for the short chapter, I just had no idea how to write this out and the idea of skipping right to the award ceremony was almost too tempting to pass, but I decided that I just couldn't run from everything that posed a challenge. It didn't make writing this any easier though, but I'll just have to push through!

And now, the big topic - I'm conflicted as fuck. On what topic? The ships. I already have a very memey group in mind, BUT, I recently remembered a masterpiece called M-K Ultra by AkeenCarter - I highly recommend reading at least the first few chapters, maybe it'll catch your attention - where the main ship is Kendo x Midoriya... and Itsuka is one of the best girls in BNHA in my opinion. Yes, yes I know, the romance part of this story has been reworked so many times that I lost count a long time ago, but... Kendo just grew on me as a likable person. She's like the adorable/attractive and supportive girlfriend that will not hesitate to use force to put you in your place if you start doing some weird shit. I may or may not base my opinion on Yojimbra's fanfics... If you've read them, you can't blame me, they are great.

Anyway, I have many of my personal opinions and preferences that have already influenced this story in one way or another - like me not liking the IzuOcha ship at all and my tendency to make the MC overpowered by 'mistake' - so this time I would like to take YOUR opinion into consideration.

Do you want me to add Itsuka Kendo to the main ship of the story somewhere down the line?

And on that note, I would like to thank you for your support and invite you to come back next time to learn the secret behind Midoriya's sudden power spike ;D