I do not own My Hero Academia/ Boku No Hero Academia

Soooooo, the start of the tournament, I have no idea what to say besides thank you to everyone that has been with me and read my story so far, also if you read Power of Thor, I am still working on it, just getting gears rolling.

Anyways let's get into it.

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The entire group of students were now surrounding Midnight, she announced that the top four teams would move onto the next event, Izuku got second or third, he didn't care, or rather didn't want to care, his mind was elsewhere.

'She looked so lost….'

'Kid? What are you talking about.'

'Ochako, she was scared, she needed help, and I didn't help her, I'm a failure as a hero, aren'tI? One of the closest people to me needed help and I saw it but still didn't do anything, what's wrong with me!'

'Hey kid, calm down, it's okay, you're probably just feeling emotional instability, that is a drawback of using darkness power, it messes with your emotions, you did the right thing trust me, plus we'll take down that purple bush in the tournament, if we're lucky.'

'T-That…..it won't solve the problem, I left her- s-she was in pain, I caused that pain.'

'Izuku, buddy, everything's going to be okay, you just need to calm down, don't freak out-'

"AND OF COURSE OUR NEXT EVENT IS THE TOURNAMENT!" Midnight announced atop her podium, breaking Izuku out of his conversation with Kokoro, he couldn't think about anything else, Ochako looked so scared and lost.

'I'm a terrible person' Izuku thought as he put his head down. He was knocked out of his thoughts when someone tapped him on the back. "Huh, uh sorry Iida."

"It's fine Midoriya, you looked out of it, is something wrong?" Iida raised a brow, Izuku had acted this way before yet now there was a tremendous amount of sadness in his eyes, like he had just heard that someone he looked up to or a family member had just died.

"I-I" He contemplated for a moment, he didn't want to get Iida involved in his own emotional troubles, but Tamada had acted as a therapist for him in the past weeks, he told him it wasn't good to keep pain bottled up, it would only make it worse. Izuku took a breath as he decided, "I'm a bad person…. a-aren't I?" His eyes were hidden under his hair, his voice was low and it cracked as he spoke.

"NO, of course not, w-why would you even think that?!" Iida raised his voice, it wasn't loud enough for people around to hear, but it did startle Izuku a bit as he jumped at his friend's tone and volume.

"I-I, she needed help Tenya, and I couldn't, no I d-didn't help her, that makes me a terrible person and an even worse hero r-right." His voice was breaking with tears forming in his eyes, 'J-Just tell me the truth Iida…' Izuku thought as Midnight finished explaining the rules, win by knockout, surrender, or getting the other person out of bounds.

"M-Midoriya, I-"

"NOW IF EVERYONE MAY TAKE THE NEXT HALF HOUR FOR A LUNCH BREAK, AFTER THAT WE WILL START THE TOURNAMENT!" Present Mic announced as Midnight finished the explanation, Izuku wasted no time in getting out of there, not even going to the cafeteria built into the stadium, just to wander around the halls to collect his thoughts.

"Iida, what happened with Izuku?" Momo approached the taller students, she had both Ochako and Shoko behind her who looked very worried and off in the corner of the crowd Itsuka herself was worried. "He looked like he was freaking out."

"I-well, you see…."

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Izuku was running through the halls, his breathing becoming sporadic, for some reason he kept on picturing the USJ, Ochako looking helpless as villains surrounded her, he thought that the invasion of the dome was behind him, he took down Nomu, he saved his teacher, he saved everyone, yet it still plagued his mind.

He thought then that he was a good hero but now, 'Wh-Why did he choose m-me-'

Izuku waited for a response from at least one of the two in his head but none came, for the first time since he met All Might a year ago, he truly was

'alone'

Izuku just kept running, the side effects of using dark power were emotional instability, but this was too immense to be just that, it was like Izuku had darkness in his heart growing and growing for an eternity.

'With your shitty quirk, all you're good for is charging my phone Deku'

'I'll become a hero for the both of us, don't waste your time.'

'I can't see you becoming a hero with the way you are now young man but-'

'But-' Izuku paused his run, 'Does he still think I can be one, I-I changed- was it for the b-better or f-for worse-'

"You there."

Izuku was snapped from his thoughts as someone approached him from the hall, his eyes were filled with tears resulting in his vision being a little hazy but he could distinctly see flames, and the man was HUGE.

"Endeavor?" Izuku asked as he wiped the tears

"You do not know the name of one of the top heroes." He grumbled

"N-No, that's not it, I know who you are, j-just c-couldn't see that good is all…" Izuku answered. 'Maybe I can-' The man began to grumble more he opened his mouth to speak, however Izuku spoke first, " I-If you could save someone, b-but don't because of a competition, how would you feel after the fact…." Izuku asked slowly, head still down, hair shadowing his eyes.

Endeavor closed his mouth, the kid obviously seemed like something was bothering him, "Walk and talk kid." He walked away and motioned for the boy to follow.

Izuku did so and they were now walking in sync. He waited for the man to speak, since it clearly looked like he was thinking about what to say.

'This boy is friends with Shoko, if I befriend him then maybe we can start talking-' Endeavor's train of thought went to his wife, every time he saw or thought of his daughter he'd end up thinking of her too, the guilt of what he did to the both of them haunts him. "So about your question earlier, what happened in the past, you can't change it, the best thing to do is make sure that person is alright, try to fix things." Endeavor grumbled, 'As if I could do that.'

Izuku looked up the man, he was about to speak however Endeavor continued, "It doesn't make you any less of a hero, just makes you human, all humans makes mistakes" 'Not as big as mine' he thought when he finished his sentence

Izuku stopped his walk and clenched his fist his head was down, "Y-You can't change what happened…." His head shot up revealing both a smile and tears to the pro, "Thanks a bunch Mr. Todoroki."

"M-Mr. Todoroki." Endeavor paused, Izuku was walking towards the cafeteria, "Hey! Kid wait!" Izuku turned back to see Endeavor now walking beside him, "They let certain pros in the cafeteria, don't worry about it, and I need to talk to you."

His tone seemed so threatening and it made Izuku gulp.

"So, you're a friend of Shoko's right?" Endeavor asked.

Izuku had totally forgot that this guy was her dad in the short time since he called him Mr. Todoroki, Izuku remembered the day he and Shoko met her nightmare…..

Everything bad that's happened to me is because of him' Her sentence rang throughout his mind, this man, he hurt her, Izuku grit his teeth, 'I'm getting angry again.' He noted, he was about to go full inferno until.

"She must have told you a bit about me. I-I was a different person back then, I'll admit I haven't changed much, but I do care about my daughter."

The dread that Izuku felt left as the words came out of the pro's mouth, he seemed so sincere.

"Everytime I look at my daughter, I see my wife. I'm not sure if she's told you about Rei yet, but I did terrible things to her, at first I didn't care, but something happened to our first son, something I'd rather not mention, and ever since then, well you seem smart enough to figure it out."

"I'm assuming Shoko's hated you ever since then." Izuku said, his voice was surprisingly sweet, Endeavor looked down in response, his flaming mask and beard disappeared.

"Yes, she has."

"I-If you want me to I could-"

"No, I want her to accept me on her own terms." Endeavor's cut into Izuku's sentence surprised the green boy. "I've manipulated her for her entire life, it wouldn't make things better if that's how she starts to trust me again."

"Oh, I see…." There was an awkward silence in the hallway, only the sounds of their footsteps were heard.

"S-So, I see Shoko smiled when she interacted with you. Are you two by chance dating."

Izuku paused, he looked utterly dumbfounded, "N-NO! I- we're just friends, that's all I p-promise!" Izuku yelled as they finally approached the cafeteria.

"Hmph, fine, whatever you say, but as for what you ask, just try to save them now, I've been trying to get Shoko to open up and visit her mother, she has her own house that the kids visit from time to time, but Shoko doesn't for whatever reason, so if I may ask this of you."

Izuku turned to meet Endeavor's gaze, and was shocked as the pro bowed, "Along with the person you are trying to save, save my Shoko, she needs to visit her mother."

Honestly, Izuku thought Endeavor was going to be a dick, well he was at one point, but whatever happened to his first son must've been terrible, now he just seemed like a worried dad, Izuku bowed back to the pro, "I'll do my best sir."

"T-Thank y-you.." He seemed to struggle with that as he left Izuku to his own thoughts and to eat, Izuku was pretty hungry.

'Man, can't tell if he's a dick or a nice guy at this point.'

'Oh NOW YOU SHOW UP!'

'Hey hey hey, when you get too involved in your thoughts we can't talk to you, so basically it's your fault not ours.'

Izuku dejected a sigh, 'Of course it is.'

'Aw come on kid, cheer up, you got to the next round, got advice on how to make everything better, and I'm pretty sure you got that guy's blessing to date Shoko.'

'I guess you're right….'

'Always am'

'Yeah right'

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Izuku had joined his friend's table, with Momo Ochako Shoko Iida Eiko and Jiro, and currently they were just eating and enjoying their meal, or Izuku was, everyone else was currently staring at him.

'Midoriya, are you going to respond or.'

'Give me a second Tamada.'

'Alright alright' He sounded like a dad.

Izuku brought his hand into his mouth and coughed into it. "S-So, it seems like you guys want to t-talk, right?" He had a nervous smile on his face as he spoke.

Iida decided to take the lead, "Yes Midoriya, where were you and what took you so long?"

"I needed a breather, you know after the cavalry battle, I was just so happy that I placed, ya know? But I do have a question."

Momo spoke up this time. "What is it Izuku?"

"Well since the tournament needs sixteen people, and they only pick from the top four, and I was only a team of one, how does that work?" Izuku recalled the other top teams, those being Team Kaminari, Team Bakugo, and….Team Shinso.

"They pick whoever they thought did the best, and it ended up being Tetsu, Kendo and Shiozaki, man they are pretty manly, I hope I get to fight Tetsu again." Eiko exclaimed, and Izuku began laughing much to everyone's surprise, Iida had told them how down in the dumps he was after the fight, and he and Momo explained to Ochako what happened, and she didn't blame any of them yet Izuku still felt bad, now twenty minutes later he's laughing. "Did I say something funny Midoriman?"

"No no, just" Izuku chuckled a bit, "Last time you guys fought it was a complete stalemate, it'd be funny to see that again."

Eiko pouted at his response, and proceeded to pump her arm into the air, "Well this time I'm gonna beat him!"

"Ok ok…" He had a smile on his face, so everyone decided not to push the topic, he seemed to be doing relatively fine. "So do any of you guys know the brackets?"

"Well-" Momo started, "Looks like me and Shoko and going up against each other"

Izuku shot a look at the two, they seemed fairly confident, yet he knew only one would win. "Well, that's going to be interesting." He smiled.

"Midoriya." Iida sounded so affirmative.

Izuku stoned himself as he became just as serious, "What's up Iida?" Izuku gripped onto the table, he had suspense and hope for it to be him.

"You are going to be fighting Shinso, that's his name."

'LET'S GO, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT PURPLE FUCK HIS PLACE!'

'K-Kokoro, no not the pool table, NOT THE POOL TABLE!'

Izuku cracked the table with his grip, startling a few people, mostly Ochako, she advanced because of the guy, and while what he did was underhanded, and wasn't the most heroic, she still got to the next event.

Izuku looked towards the part of the table he broke then looked back up towards the group, "S-Sorry, just" he dropped the ruined piece and clenched his fist, "Excited." Sending chills through the spines of the group. He then gained a dumb look on his face, "Hey Sho, I actually need to talk to you about something."

The girl turned her head and put a finger on her chin, "What is it?"

"E-Eh, somewhere a little more private than this."

She agreed and they both went off into the halls of the stadium. Both Momo and Ochako were both very curious and nervous about what was going to happen.

"Guys, Green isn't gonna ask her out or anything, don't worry about it" Jiro reaffirmed the two.

"Y-Yeah"

"Ok..."

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"So, what did we need to talk about Izuku?" Shoko asked.

Izuku stopped and turned towards her. "W-Well, can we talk about your family?"

"Y-Yeah, why?" Shoko lifted a brow.

"Well" Izuku sighed, it was best not to beat around the bush. "Your dad had a talk with me."

"Oh."

Izuku waited for her to say something, anything. Yet she just stared blankly at him. Izuku was beginning to feel uncomfortable as the glare seemed to intensify. "I'm assuming you want….an explanation, right?" Shoko seemed shy more than anything else, "After all….I haven't made my dad out to be the 'nicest guy'."

Izuku gulped, it was always nice to have Shoko come more and more out of her shell, but he felt like he was kind of intruding on this one, still though he did ask her for an explanation.

"You've heard of quirk marriages, right?" Shoko asked as she rubbed her arm, Izuku nodded in response. "W-Well" She looked down, "I'm the product of a quirk marriage." She seemed disgusted with herself when she said that. "I'm my parent's fourth child, third that is currently alive." She ended.

Izuku honestly had no idea what to do, well he had one idea so he decided to go with it.

Shoko's eyes widened when she felt a mass wrapping around her, it was Izuku and he was currently hugging her. "W-While quirk marriages are really bad and all I can't be too mad." Shoko looked up to see him blushing a bit with a smile. "After all we wouldn't have met if it weren't for Endeavor, right?"

Shoko's eyes squinted a bit as tears began to come out of her eyes, she hugged Izuku back, "Y-Yeah, I guess you're right…" The words were mixed with sobs but they both were still happy.

"He may have been bad then but he's trying to change now, I won't influence your opinion about him though." Izuku said as they separated, "Now we should probably head to the stands, the tournament is gonna start soon." He said.

Shoko responded with a nod as she wiped away her tears with a little help from Izuku and went to watch the first match of the tournament.

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Sorry this took so long, I was just kind of drained and started working on something else, it wasn't power of Thor, sorry if I got your hopes up.