AN: Beta Read by Brawn1984 and Starrmastrr.
AN: I do not own the Characters other than the OC's used in this fic.
AN: Sorry for the evil cliffhanger a few weeks ago. Enjoy.
"And we're back from the break!" Present Mic yelled. "I hope you all stretched, got some snacks and Drinks, and are ready for an exciting finale! Cause with only the Semifinals and the finals this promises to be an epic finish!"
The crowd erupted in cheers and applause.
"The next match is Izuku Midoriya Vs. Shoto Himura!"
The crowd cheered as Izuku and Shoto walked onto the field.
"I won't use my fire." Shoto said.
"Fine." Izuku said, walking back to his side of the field.
"Are you ready?" Midnight asked.
"Yes." Izuku said.
Shoto nodded.
"Begin!"
Shoto launched a glacier at Izuku hoping to knock him out of bounds.
The glacier shot out of the arena and Shoto turned to leave the arena.
"HEY HIMURA!" Izuku shouted.
Shoto turned around and saw Izuku standing to the side of the glacier, about to fall out of the arena.
"YOU MISSED!"
"And it looks like Young Midoriya has thrown down the gauntlet!" Mic shouted.
Shoto shot an ice ball at Izuku who flicked it away with ease.
Izuku punched the glacier, shattering it so he had space to move. He ran and stared Shoto down. "I told you that I was going to give you the fight that you gave me!"
"You don't get it!" Shoto shouted. "I can't use my fire! Otherwise people will only see me as Endeavor's son and not as the Hero I want to be!"
"Do you even WANT to be a Hero!"
That caused Shoto to stop. Did he want to be a Hero? It's what his father had wanted, but was it what HE wanted? "I... I... I don't know."
"Then you better figure that out! Because everyone here is putting their all into showing what they're capable of, and all you can do is complain about your kick ass Quirk! I didn't even have a Quirk until the day of the Exam! I had to push myself harder than everyone to get where I am today, and you don't want to accept YOUR Quirk! It's not your dad's Quirk! It's YOURS!"
Shoto looked at Midoriya and was shocked. What was he going to do?
"Psst!" A voice hissed from beside him. He looked over and saw his family.
"It looked like you needed some encouragement." Touya said.
"So we decided to give you the push you needed." Natsuo added.
"We believe in you Shoto." Fuyumi cheered.
Shoto looked at his mom and saw that she had tears running down her cheeks, but she was smiling. "Mom?" He asked.
"You can do whatever you want." She said, "If you want to be a Hero then be a Hero. If you don't want to be a Hero then you don't have to be a Hero. Please don't hold yourself back because of me or your father. That's all I ask."
Shoto nodded and looked at Izuku. "You're going to regret not taking the easy win." He said.
"No." Izuku smiled. "I don't think I will."
The arena exploded in flame as Shoto's left side became consumed in his fire. He threw a fireball at Midoriya only to have it blasted out of the way and a second shockwave that shattered his glacier.
Izuku pushed One for All to his limits and shot off towards Shoto. He stopped and transferred his momentum into a kick and kicked out at Shoto who barely ducked the kick and rolled out of the way and to his feet. He froze the Arena hoping it would make Midoriya slip, but Izuku grabbed him with the Black Tendrils he'd become adept in using.
Shoto coated both sides with his fire and ice, but it didn't seem to affect the tendrils.
Izuku pulled Shoto towards him before he tossed him towards the out of bounds.
Shoto rolled in midair and landed before stopping himself before he fell out of bounds. "Fine." He said. He slammed his foot on the arena floor and made walls grow around the edge of the Arena. "You want my fire!" He yelled at Izuku. "You can have it!" He made his fire as intense as he could until the tell tale signs of a stream explosion could be heard.
"CALL THE FIGHT!" Cementos yelled while waving his arms.
Izuku looked at Shoto and Smiled before he raised his arm at Shoto and with a flick of his finger sent Shoto flying out of bounds.
The Arena exploded, and Izuku squatted before he propelled himself into the air with a One for All powered jump.
The sounds of explosions could be heard as Izuku kept himself aloft by flicking his fingers as releasing One for All blasts into the incoming explosion.
He dropped to the Arena floor when the explosion died down, and looked at Shoto.
Shoto looked up at Midoriya. He'd lost, but for some reason it didn't seem to matter so much. He nodded at Midoriya in a sign of respect. Izuku returned the nod, and walked over before reaching out a hand to help him up.
"Not yet." Shoto said. "They haven't ended the match yet."
Izuku looked up and saw that the Stadium was looking at them.
"IZUKU MIDORIYA WINNNNS!" Present Mic yelled.
Izuku grabbed Shoto and walked him to Recovery girl.
"Thanks." Shoto said. "For doing that. I don't know why you took a chance at losing the fight to help me, but..."
"Isn't that what being a Hero is all about? Helping people."
"I suppose so."
"But seriously. You need to take being a Hero seriously. If you don't take it seriously then you're only telling those of us who are trying our best that our best isn't good enough. Is that what you really want?"
"No. I just didn't want to be known as Endeavor's son or Endeavor's kid."
"I can't say that I understand, not fully at least, but your Quirk isn't your fathers. It's yours. Show people that your Quirk is yours."
"Okay."
They were met by the Himura's.
"Congratulations Shoto!" Fuyumi cheered and ran to hug him.
Shoto was caught off guard by this, but let Fuyumi hug him.
Natsuo walked up and clapped him on the back. "You did good."
Touya walked up and ruffled his hair. "Way to go kid brother."
Rei walked up and hugged him. "I'm so proud of you." She said,
"Thank you." Shoto said.
"We're going out tonight to celebrate." Touya said.
"Will Izuku Midoriya please come to the arena for the finals match?"
"That was fast." Izuku said. "Then again it is Jason we're talking about. See you later Himura." Izuku said before running to the arena.
The crowd cheered as Izuku and Shoto walked off the field, Inko and Hizashi being the loudest.
"YOU DID IT BABY!" Inko cheered.
"YES!" Hizashi cheered. "YOU DID IT SON!" He almost released a gout of fire into the sky, but stopped himself at the last second.
"Way to go Izuku!" Agnarr and Iduna cheered.
"YEAH!" Barton cheered.
"You did it Izuku!" Clara cheered.
"That's how you do it!" Raven cheered.
"Well done Izuku!" Jason Blood cheered.
His friends cheered for him from the students' seats.
"NEXT UP IS JASON TODD VS. RIO BUSUJIMA! Please report to your waiting rooms while Cementos repairs the Arena!"
Jason stood up but felt something in his gut.
"What's wrong?" Johnny asked.
"Something's wrong. I'm not sure what, but something is very wrong."
"What do you want us to do?"
"Johnny. You try to figure out what's wrong. Rogue. Come with me. Let's see if you can borrow Rio's Quirk. Then see if you can push it to see what's wrong."
"Right." Rogue said, getting up.
"Elsa. Contact the teachers. See if they can do something."
"Right." Elsa Said getting up to leave.
"What can we do dude?" Kirishima asked.
"Momo, is there anything you can do to try and detect anything wrong with the stadium?"
"Can you be more specific?"
"Any kind of threat. I'm not sure what it is, everything."
"No. I'm sorry."
"Damn it." Jason said.
"What?"
"I'm an idiot." He looked at his wrist computer and began looking at it. He checked for threats, but it was taking too long. He took it off and handed it to Momo. "Can you give Elsa an earpiece so she can communicate with you? The computer will do the work. Just tell Elsa what the computer says when it flashes red."
"O-Okay." Momo wasn't sure what was going on, but Jason seemed to think that something was wrong. Maybe it was nothing, but maybe something was wrong. She created two earpieces and handed one to Elsa.
With that Elsa went to find Nezu. She ran to a Camera and looked at it. "Nezu Sensei. I need to talk to you! It's about Jason!"
She only had to wait a moment before a panel opened and Nezu was motioning her to follow him. "This way young Martin." He said.
Elsa followed Nezu and they appeared in his office.
"Now." Nezu said. "What is this about young Martin?"
"Thanks Momo." Jason Said.
"You're Welcome." She said looking back at the computer.
Jason looked at Rogue and the two ran towards the waiting rooms. They stopped by the other waiting room and knocked.
Rio opened up. "Yes?" She asked.
"Can Rogue borrow your Quirk?" Jason asked.
"Why?"
"There's a problem and Rogue's going to try and figure out what it is. If she can borrow your Quirk."
"Is this a trick to take my Quirk for the fight?"
"Will Jason Todd and Rio Busujima report to the arena!" Present Mic announced.
"We're out of time, Rio. Please. I'm not trying to trick you."
"Fine. Tell me what I have to do."
"Shake my hand sugar." Rogue said, extending her hand.
Rio shook Rogue's hand and felt a momentary discomfort before Rogue let go. "Thanks. Don't worry, I didn't take your Quirk, just borrowed it. You'll still be able to use it. Now get goin'."
Jason and Rio walked towards the arena.
"Why did you need Rogue to use my Quirk?"
"I've got a bad feeling that the Festival is in trouble."
"What? Why? How?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to figure that out."
"I See."
"YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THIS LISTENERS TEMPER BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE A HOT QUIRK, BUT HE'S PROBABLY ALREADY FIGURED YOUR STRATEGY OUT, BUT WILL THAT HELP HIM OUT AGAINST A LISTENER WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO BEFORE HE DOES! Give it up for Jason Haywood and Rio Busujima!"
The crowd burst into applause as Jason and Rio walked onto the arena.
Jason created a pair of bat shaped daggers and stood in a fighting stance.
Rio drew her Odachi longsword and looked at Jason. She took in a deep breath and waited.
"Fight!" Midnight yelled.
Jason ran towards Rio and spun around her before she could get her Odachi up to block him and slashed at her.
Rio spun and let her momentum help her swing her sword at Jason.
Jason blocked the wooden blade with his arm and punched at Rio who jumped back and swung up at Jason who blocked the blade and caught it in his blade before he reached forward and caught the blade in his other blade before reaching forward again.
Rio let go and Jason tossed the Odachi out of bounds. She grabbed her Wakizashi and Katana and held the Wakizashi in a reverse grip.
Jason let his blades disappear before he created a Katana and a Crowbar.
"IT APPEARS THAT THE FIRST ROUND GOES TO YOUNG HAYWOOD!" Mic yelled.
"As I predicted." Anna Said into her mic. "Jason and Izuku are going to face off in the finals!"
"It could be Busujima who faces off against Midoriya." Aizawa said.
"Sorry Aizawa Sensei, but I have to disagree. As you can clearly see from my chart... My very colorful chart... my very colorful and scented chart..."
"We get it Martin."
"Jason and Izuku are going to face off in the finals."
Jason let Rio determine the fight for now. Rio moved to the left, so Jason moved to the left. They circled each other until Rio lunged at Jason. Jason deflected with his Crowbar and swung at Rio who blocked with her Katana.
"You're Good." Jason said.
"This isn't even a warm up for me." Rio countered.
"Then how about we give them a show?"
"Think you can keep up?"
In response Jason put on a burst of strength and pushed Rio away before he created a pair of curved daggers and held the Katana out for Rio. She took it and waited for Jason to make his move.
Jason held the daggers in a reverse grip before he ran at Rio who blocked his first dagger, but wasn't quick enough to block his second knife and he cut her uniform, leaving a tiny cut on her side.
Rio looked at her side and looked at him. "You are very skilled with daggers." She said,
"Yes, yes I am."
Rio swung her Katana at him again and again; he blocked with one dagger and left a small cut on her arm.
"We can keep doing this, but unless you change your strategy, I'm just going to keep cutting you until Cementos tells me to stop."
"How did you get so good?"
"Necessity." Jason replied. "I couldn't use Quirk for the first few years because of how dangerous it was. You ever see a kid with a fire Quirk throw a tantrum?"
"No."
"Then what about a kid with anger management issues?"
"Yeah."
"Combine the two, and that's what I was like. I needed to learn how to fight Quirkless."
"Oh. I see." Rio said before she swung the Katana up trying to throw Jason off his game, but Jason blocked again and cut her shoulder.
Rio's Quirk cut out. No matter what she did Jason always had a counter! Why?! Why was he able to counter her every move!? No! There had to be a way to beat him! She had a Quirk that let her get around peoples attacks and defenses! She could do this! She could win!
Jason watched as Rio ran at him and he could tell what she was going to do thanks to Bruce's training. He watched her and waited for her to attack. When she did he sidestepped and tripped her out of bounds.
"HA!" Anna yelled from the announcers box. "I told you that it was going to be Jason Vs. Izuku in the finals!"
"Martin!" Aizawa scolded.
"Hopefully it will be better than this fight." Mic complained.
"Are you in for a treat?" Anna said.
"Will Izuku Midoriya please come to the arena for the finals match?"
They had to wait a few minutes before Izuku ran out to the arena.
"THERE HE IS FOLKS!" Present Mic yelled.
"Yup! It's Izuku Midoriya! Or as I like to call him..."
"Martin!"
"Finnnnne!" Anna whined.
"LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF SHOW THESE TWO WILL GIVE US!" Mic yelled.
Jason and Izuku walked into the center of the Arena and looked at each other.
"We made it this far." Izuku said.
"Then let's show them what we're made of." Jason said, holding up a fist.
Izuku tapped Jason's fist with his own and they went back to their respective sides of their stadiums.
"Let's not use our Quirks." Jason said. "Only our Fighting abilities."
"Sounds Good." Izuku said.
"Fight!" Midnight yelled.
Jason and Izuku took a breath before they ran at each other. Jason kicked out at Izuku only for Izuku to dodge out of the way and spin around Jason.
Jason caught Izuku's arm and threw him over his shoulder before he curb stomped Izuku.
Izuku rolled out of the way of Jason's foot and spun trying to knock Jason to the floor, but Jason backflipped and vaulted back up before he brought his fists down on the spot Izuku had been, but Izuku brought his hand in for a clawing motion like Blood Sensei had taught him, but Jason rolled out of the way and threw a punch at Izuku who grabbed his arm and tossed him to the floor.
Jason relaxed and hit the floor before bouncing up and lashing out at Izuku and caught him on the face with a spin that sent him into a backflip.
Izuku landed in a kneeling position while Jason landed in a three point landing. They had both taken a few good blows.
Jason stood up and spit blood on the floor.
Izuku stood up and wiped his nose.
In the stands
Inko and the others were keeping Eri Distracted, as much for their benefit as it was hers.
Eri wasn't the least bit interested in the fight. Not when she had pictures to draw.
Back in the arena.
"So." Jason said. "What say we add in our respective speed to the fight?"
"All right." Izuku said activating One for All.
Jason let his legs bulk up enough so he could take advantage of his speed, but not his strength.
There was a flash and the two were at it again. They delivered a flurry of punches and kicks to each other, both trying to gain the upper hand. That didn't happen seeing as they kicked each other, sending each other to the edge of the arena.
Jason got up and brushed himself off before he looked at Izuku who was also brushing himself off.
They went in for another attack, but they ended up kicking each other in the face.
They staggered back and Jason spit out a tooth. He smiled to show that it had already grown back. "How about we go all out?" He asked.
"Will the Arena be standing when we're done?"
"Only one way to find out."
'One for All! 50%!'
' Efreeti! Hear my plea! I unbind your chains, and set you free!'
Izuku was shrouded in green lightning while Jason burst into flames, and went from an eight foot student to a twelve foot Djinn.
"HERE WE GO!" Anna and Present Mic yelled at the same time.
Jason and Izuku looked at each other. They circled each other and when they found a good moment to strike, they took it.
Jason and Izuku pushed off their respective sides of the arena, shattering it with the pressure they were able to produce.
"WHOA!" Present Mic yelled.
"Okay. I didn't know they could do that!" Anna yelled.
"Shota! What are you teaching those kids!"
"I Didn't teach them that. They came that way."
Jason and Izuku ran at each other and pulled back to deliver one final, devastating punch.
When they hit, the shockwave was so powerful that the arena shattered.
The safety measures put in by Nezu activated and the stands were surrounded by protective glass polymers to keep everyone safe.
Cementos created a bunker around himself and Midnight.
"TALK ABOUT AN EXPLOSIVE FINISH!" Mic yelled.
Everyone looked at the destroyed arena. Izuku was balanced on a piece of the arena while Jason was stuck in the wall.
"IZUKU MIDORIYA WINNNNNNNS!" Mic yelled.
Jason shrunk down before he fell out of the wall. He rolled to his feet and walked over to Izuku and held his fist out.
Izuku fist bumped Jason and was caught off guard when Jason lifted him in the air and grew to twelve feet to show everyone that there was no ill will between them.
"Look at that folks! Jason Haywood and Izuku Midoriya met in the arena as rivals, and leave as brothers!"
"They already were brothers Mic Sensei."
"Then they left as friends!"
"They already were friends."
"They left the stadium."
"That works."
Jason and Izuku left the field for Recovery Girl's office, and Jason put Izuku down. "Good fight." Jason praised.
"You too. Too bad we couldn't go longer."
"Are you kidding? If we threw more than one punch then the stadium would have been destroyed."
"Probably."
Elsa and Nezu were in his office when something piqued Nezu's interest. "Hmm." He thought.
"What is it Sensei?"
"It says that we're scheduled for an annual system update. Most unusual, most unusual."
"What's unusual about that?"
"Well for one thing, I'm the one who updates the systems. Secondly... Do you know of anyone who uses a plumber's truck to do system Maintenance?"
"No. What should we do?"
"I'll send a message to the teachers and Heroes to evacuate the school."
"What should I do?"
"For now..." Nezu was interrupted as Someone said something into the Earpiece in Elsa's ear.
"It's for you." Elsa said, handing Nezu the earpiece.
Jason, Izuku, Shoto, and Rio stood on the pillars that would raise them into the air for the award ceremony.
They didn't have to wait long as they were raised into the air. They were met by the thunderous applause of the crowd above.
They waved at the crowd as they rose into the air, and Jason looked around and saw that people were being ushered away. 'I guess they found something.' He thought.
"I AM HERE!" All Might bellowed. "To give these students their medals!"
The crowd ate it up.
"Young Himura. Young Busujima. Do not think of your losses as something to be ashamed of. Think of them as a stepping stone that will propel you into a win next year." All Might put a third place medal around each of their necks.
Jason's gut clenched with the feeling that something was very wrong.
"Young Haywood. You have shown great skill. This does not mean that you can take it easy. In fact you might find it more difficult next year. Keep up the hard work and dedication to be a Hero." All Might placed the second place medal around Jason's neck.
Tensei was in the stands when his phone vibrated. He took it out and looked at it. It was Nezu. He answered the phone and placed it to his ear.
After a moment he leaned over and whispered something to his parents.
In unison the three Heroes sped away.
Barbara Allen was in the stands when her phone rang. She answered it, and within a moment she took off, speeding through the stadium to find out where she was sent to.
Touya's phone went off and he looked down before answering.
"Mom. Fuyumi. Go with Natsuo, get to Shoto."
"Where are you going?"
"Something came up." He said walking towards the school where Hawks was waiting.
Natsuo led his mom and sister into his pocket, and they appeared In Shoto's pocket. They waited until the ceremony was over and he pulled Shoto into his pocket.
"What's going on?" Shoto asked.
"Not sure, but Touya said that something was up, and to get to you as fast as we could. So, here we are."
"Okay." Was the only thing that Shoto could say.
Aizawa and Mic heard their phones vibrate and looked at them.
Aizawa began scanning the stadium for any sign of the threat.
Anna saw Mic and Aizawa Sensei start looking around the stadium as if they were looking for something. She knew that look all too well. Something was wrong, very wrong. She took out her phone and sent a group message to her friends.
Anna: Trouble.
Midnight's pager went off and she looked at it to see Nezu Sensei was calling her. She looked at Cementos who was looking at his own pager. Something was wrong.
Emi Fukukado's phone rang and she answered it. She grabbed Ichiro and Honoka by their hands and led them to the tunnels throughout UA and towards Principal Nezu's office.
All Might walked to Izuku. "Well done young Midoriya. You did an amazing job today. You all did, but reaching the top is only a part of the sports festival. Now, you have to keep the top spot. Train hard, and try to reach the top again next year." He placed the first place medal around Izuku's neck.
Izuku looked up and smiled a watery smile.
"No tears young Midoriya. Enjoy the spotlight."
A reporter came up with their camera to get pictures of the group, and Jason's gut clenched with dread.
The reporter took their picture and as the bulb flashed, and Explosion rocked the stadium with a bone shaking *KA-BOOM!*
AN: Sorry for another Evil Cliffhanger. Enjoy.
