Kabe-don!

The low sizzling of Katsuki's explosive palms echoed in her ears as she stared up at him. How had this happened? Did he follow her? She only left for a few seconds, and now Katuski had ambushed her in the middle of the hallway to the waiting room. She looked at him, his eyes boring into her with a seething anger that had her heart racing. Why was her heart racing?

"I told you," He growled looking at her, either completely unaware that he was currently pulling off the classic romance move known as a wall slam and not caring, or worse, this was intentional. "I wanted to talk."

"And I don't—"

"I'm sorry."

"Ehh?"

Katsuki took in a deep breath and let out a low growl as his arm fell to the side. "Don't make me repeat myself, Izumi. Shit's hard enough to say once."

She continued to look at him, her shoulders slumping. Did he really just want to apologize to her? He could have just said it earlier. "There are better ways to apologize, you know."

He snorted. "Maybe, but that ain't all I wanted to say." He slammed his back against the wall next to her and tapped his fingers against the back of his head. "You really piss me off. In pretty much every single way possible. It took you leaving for me to really find out why." He grabbed at his stomach, fingers sinking into his shirt. "I still remember that pit I felt when you discovered what your quirk could do. I got jealous that you were spending so much more time trying to figure out your quirk than you were spending time with me. Yeah, back then I was an asshole." He paused for a moment and let out a single laugh that sounded like a grunt. "Still am, but I was just so frustrated because of you."

He took in a deep breath and gave a level glare her way. "Basically, I was a dumbass kid that was picking on his cute childhood friend that he had a crush on. It doesn't make up for what I did, but, that's the reason I was such a little shit back then."

"Umm, why are you telling me all this?" Izumi tilted her head to the side. "I still kind of hate you."

Katsuki let out a genuine laugh that echoed down the hallway. "Believe me, I've been kicking myself extra hard when I found out you turned into a grade-A hottie. But no, I told you this for one reason." Katsuki's smile spread from ear to ear as he held up a sparking palm. "So that I can crush you without holding anything back."

Now it was her turn to laugh and giggle. "Fine! But don't think I'm going to go easy on you just because you said you were sorry!" She smiled and placed both hands behind her back and winked at him. "But do you really think I'm a grade-A hottie?"

He blushed. "Don't let it go to your head!"

"Can I let it go to my boobs?"

"Guh!"

"You know, if you beat me I might consider letting you be one of my simps."

"What the fuck is a simp? You know what, forget everything!" He stomped away with a loud huff. "You're even more annoying than I remember."

Izumi smiled and continued on her way to the prep room.

All things considered, that went rather well.

Wait.

Did that count as a confession?

If Inasa won, he was going to confess to her.

Dammit! How many people did she have to beat today!?

At least four.

Why did that number sound like a lot?

Then again, that was four chances to show people what she could do. Besides float and sit in a bubble.

Now she was even more fired up!

XXXX

"And let's start off this one-on-one single elimination tournament the right way!" Present Mic's voice echoed from around the stadium. Everyone was so excited; she could practically feel the energy in the air. "With an impressive showing in the race and a cheeky way to secure winning in the cavalry battle, how will Izumi Midoriya, the Witch of 1-B, handle Class 1-A's Class president Tenya Iida?"

Izumi stepped up onto the arena and found her opponent had already beat her there. Tenya was a tall, awkward guy that she had seen shouting in the hallways a few times. Izumi just assumed that his spirit animal was a hallway monitor. Still, he seemed like a nice enough guy.

Tenya bowed and then adjusted his glasses. "I look forward to our match! And I'm sorry, but I won't be giving you anytime to draw your spells."

"Oh, no hard feelings, I'll try not to beat you too bad." She gave her sweetest smile and shrugged. Katsuki might be a damn jerk, but at least he knew he had to take her seriously.

"A quick reminder about the rules!" Midnight-sensei cracked her whip and smiled. "Victory is obtained by knocking your opponent out, rendering them unable to move, knocking them out of bounds, or by getting them to concede. And as a reminder for our little fliers this year, you can only spend twenty seconds at a time airborne. This is to show off your skills in a fight, not to show off your ability to run! That's what the first two events were for!"

"What? Since when was that a rule?" Izumi shouted, flailing her arm and broom around. It wasn't really her plan, but it sucked!

"Two years ago when Nejire Hado competed."

Dammit Nejire-senpai!

"Sorry Izumi!" Nejire's voice drew Izumi's attention up towards the third year seating. "I'll make it up to you!"

She better!

"The match starts when the buzzer sounds!"

Izumi braced herself, holding her broom with one hand while she prepared to cast a spell. She had seen Tenya run once or twice, and he was pretty fast, but there was a good chance that he could go even faster than that. On top of that, fast things were hard to hit.

But how would he knock her out?

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The buzzer started and Tenya shot forward, the engines in his legs letting out a blue flame.

"Sorry!" In the blink of an eye, Tenya appeared behind her, both hands on her shoulders, and he began to run forward, attempting to push her off.

So fast!

Izumi felt her feet siding along the ground as the edge of the arena appeared in front of her.

She had to think quickly!

No.

She had to act.

With her broom in both hands, she pulled her entire body up and around Tenya just in time to kick him in the back and send him nearly out of bounds. Black smoke was coming from his legs. He had a cool down period.

She didn't.

Barrier, target object, ring, constrict.

The glowing ring appeared around Tenya's shirt where it quickly bound his arms together, hopefully keeping him off balance.

Control, target object.

She released control of her broom for a few moments and instead took control of Tenya's shoe.

She pushed up.

Tenya stumbled, barely keeping his balance near the edge of the arena as he fought against her binding and his own shoe.

Izumi pushed forward and swung her broom around, hitting the smooth hard end into Tenya's stomach, pushing him back, again and again she shoved him until the whistle sounded and he was outside of bounds.

"And the winner by ring out is Izumi! I guess that broom of hers is more than just for flying! Makes you wonder why she was given one in the first place!"

Aizawa took the moment to respond next. "She made a good case, by denying her a broom we'd have to consider denying someone like Tenya shoes. Besides, it's just a broom."

Izumi let out a cheer and jumped for glee!

Her first fight went well! Just, like, three more to go?

Now to find out who she was fighting next.

XXXX

It was always against the odds, but Momo had hoped that Itsuka would somehow manage to beat Shoto, if only so that Izumi wouldn't have to deal with him. Not that she didn't think Itsuka was a great fighter or anything, it was just that Shoto's quirk was incredibly powerful. And he was in something of a mood today.

"Relax!" Izumi stretched, her shirt lifting up to show her stomach a bit. "I got this! He just has ice powers and stuff right? I can totally deal with that."

"Well, yes, but Izumi," Momo let her shoulders slump and glanced towards Itsuka, hoping for some kind of backup considering how Itsuka was still shivering from being stuck in a glacier. "Itsuka, help me get Izumi to take this seriously!"

Itsuka looked up from the hot soup and took a very loud slurp.

"I am taking this seriously Momo, I know you like to worry, but I'm seriously starting to wonder if you're doubting my ability." Izumi waved her off with a great big smile before she frowned for a moment. "Though, I am worried about who I'll probably have to fight after Shoto. Inasa's probably going to beat Reiko, and I don't think that Red-Tetsutetsu can beat Katsuki."

Izumi blinked.

"Is it considered rude if you beat the tar out of someone after or before they're going to confess?"

Confess? She knew that Inasa had plans to confess if he won, but, "Did Katsuki confess to you?"

Why did she have to fall in love with someone so gosh darn desirable! Guh, if only Izumi was unpopular! Then she wouldn't have to worry about having so many potential love rivals! She should have let the girl keep her wild uncombable hair. But she liked Izumi's hair like this.

Crap, her efforts to make Izumi cuter have backfired.

"Yeah!" Izumi smiled and acted like the boy that had tormented her all through elementary school confessing was just like someone saying hello. "First he apologized, and then he was all like, 'I'm kickin' myself that you turned into a hottie and I had a crush on you! Wah!' Setsuna says that if someone says that they used to have a crush on you that they actually still have a super crush on you! And then there's Inasa, and I think he's been avoiding me all day because of it. He's weird."

First Inasa, now Katsuki, and even Itsuka admitted to fondling Izumi's boobs!

She wanted to fondle Izumi's boobs!

She wanted Izumi to fondle her boobs!

"Well, that's good, I think."

"It is!" Izumi leaned back into her chair and kicked her legs. "I'm totally going to kick his butt too! But I just have one question."

"What is it?"

"What do I get after I win?" Izumi's bright cheerful smile was almost enough to get Momo to promise her the world.

But, Itsuka spoke up first.

"First place, you get first place Izumi." Itsuka grabbed onto Momo's arm and pulled her towards the door. "Now come on, we need to get back to our seats if we're going to be able to cheer for Izumi."

"Aww, I wanted a spa date for all of us! Like, me, you two, Setsuna, and Nejire!" Izumi slumped down and placed her face onto the table. "I guess first place will be fine."

Itsuka rolled her eyes and flicked Izumi in the forehead. "Remember, first place also gets to go to I-Island."

"Oh yeah!"

Momo was led out of the room by Itsuka, leaving Izumi to prepare for her match against Shoto. "Do you really think she'll be—"

Kabe-don!

Momo let out a light squeak when Itsuka pushed her up against the wall, her hand landing a few inches away from her head. Itsuka looked at her with thirsty eyes, and moved in just a bit too close for comfort. "Itsuka?"

"Look," Itsuka gave a sweetly chilling smile and touched Momo on the hip ever so slightly gently. "I'm just going to say this once. If you ever get sick of chasing after Izumi, I'd be happy to date you in a heartbeat."

Apparently her quirk had a second part to it, in that against her will she could create a blush that covered her entire body. "Huh?"

"You heard me," Itsuka was so close. There was an edge to her that normally wasn't there. "I'm well aware of what it's like being around that walking lesbian bait, probably not as well as you are, but I'm also no where near as dense as she is, so I'm very aware that you have feelings for her."

Itsuka let her hand drop and took a step back from Momo, with her own cheeks turning a bright pink she looked towards the stairwell and sighed. "Look, I'm just saying, you're smart, talented, drop dead gorgeous, and kind. You have options, I'm just making sure I'm number two behind Izumi. Now come on, we do actually need to get to our seats."

"I umm. Yeah." Momo pushed her hair back into place and found that her cheeks were absolutely burning up a storm.

It wasn't that she was going to give up on Izumi anytime soon, but, it was nice, knowing that another girl was into her.

Options were nice.

Really nice.

Momo barely managed to make it back to her seat in time to watch Izumi's fight.

"Momo!" Inasa shouted and gave her his usual stiff, energetic, and slightly awkward greeting, one hand sticking up into the air. He and Tenya had completely different personalities, but both of them acted so robotic sometimes. "You almost missed—"

Bzzzz!

The buzzer sounded.

And just like in the first round, a wall of ice erupted from Shoto, nearly skewering half the audience and completely encapsulating where Izumi had just been standing.

Over already?

But.

She wanted to take Izumi on that spa trip!

"Bastard!" Inasa shouted at the top of his lungs. "He didn't even give her a chance and—"

They didn't see it did they?

"Wow! Another instant victory for Shoto Todoroki, as expected of Endeavour's son, now we just need to—" Midnight-sensei began.

Momo ran to the railing and conjured a megaphone. "She's not out!" She pointed towards the glacier. "Look! See the lights?"

"Looks like we spoke too soon! The Witch of 1-B is still inside that iceberg, but can she fight her way out?"