Of all the times for him to open his mouth at the worst possible time in his life it would have to be now, wouldn't it? Now Todoroki wants answers to what the hell he meant what his said earlier. As he looked the boy dead in the eyes, thevery same eyes that were waiting for him to answer his question he thought about lying to him. Which wouldn't be a bad idea right about now, so he'll do just that since he couldn't really tell the boy the truth about his half sibling.
Closing his eyes he looked away, opting to stare at the wall in front of him, "Don't worry about it...just me mumbling, that's all." If there was one thing Izuku hated it was lying to people, especially to their faces, but he has to in this case. He just hopes Todoroki won't ask anymore questions and let it go. Feeling his mismatched eyes on him really wasn't helping either.
"I see..."
Inwardly, Izuku let out a sigh of relief. For as smart as Todoroki is he can still be gullible at times. He dodged a major bullet, but he won't be so lucky this time.
"Was there something else you wanted to talk to me about, or was that it?" Izuku inquired, surely Todoroki had something else to say to him.
Todoroki stared at him for a little whole longer before opening his mouth back up, "Midoriya...are you All Might's secret love child?"
...
...
...What the hell?!
Izuku had the urge to actually bash his head against the wall. All Might's secret love child?! Like hell he was, unless there's something he and his mom need to have a serious discussion about when he gets home.
"Okay...where the hell did that come from?" Izuku sounded utterly tired, and they just started talking to each other.
"I've noticed that All Might has had his eyes on you, and has even approached you on occasion." Todoroki answered.
Wait...what?
"When you say eyes on me...you mean he's been watching me from behind my back like some kind of stalker?" Izuku felt really angry, and was about two seconds from stabbing someone, okay now he sounds like Zoro-sensei.
Todoroki blinked a few times at the implication, but nodded his head anyway.
That's it.
Without a word he turns his back to Todoroki, gripping his sword, "I think I need to have a little talk with our teacher about the consequences of stalking." Before he could make a move to walk away however, Todoroki stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"Sorry, it looks like I was wrong," Todoroki said quickly, "There's no need for you to go after All Might."
Izuku begs to differ!
Somewhere in the stands All Might sneezes before shivering as he felt as though someone has just marked him down for death.
Izuku was rubbing his temples trying to get rid of the oncoming headache that was trying make itself known. He had no idea All Might had been stalking him, and of all people to notice it had to be Todoroki! The boy had a point though, no sense in trying to hurt the Number #1 Hero in all of Japan. Chiyo-baa-chan can do that for him.
"Have you calm down?" Todoroki asked out of concern, which was new for him.
"Aside from feeling a headache coming on, yeah I'm good." Izuku sighed, "Forget about All Might's stalking for now, what were you saying again?"
Please may this conversation not try to give him anymore headaches.
"Have you ever heard of Quirk marriages?" Todoroki inquired.
The air around them felt suffocating at this point as Todoroki dropped that on him. Endeavor that son of a bitch! Not only did he do what he did to Tsumugi's mother, he had the gall to commit the forbidden Quirk marriages. Well, it's forbidden now anyway, but back then when his gramps was still in his late 20's it was legal. He shouldn't even be surprised at this point, since it is Endeavor.
"I know what I know from my gramps," Izuku started to explain, "Quirk marriages started popping up after Quirks began to start showing up. The purpose of the marriages was to find mates for the sole purpose of choosing or enhancing a specific Quirk to be inherited down the bloodline. Depending on the outcome, the child will either inherit the father's Quirk, the mother's, or a Quirk that's a combination of the two." The look on his grandfather's face when he told him that his old man tried to force a Quirk marriage on him almost gave him nightmares. Just remembering it nearly made him shiver.
Todoroki huffed as his expression was still serious, "I figured you'd know."
"Its been illegal for a long time now because of all the protests, but that means nothing to that flame brain, and he's probably not the only one either." Rich families who have a lot of money and influence can easily make the parties keep quiet about illegal Quirk marriages. Not that hard at all.
"True, I'm the product of that Quirk marriage," Todoroki clenched his fist as he brought it up to his face, "My right side is my mother's Quirk, while my left is...his."
The sheer venom in Todoroki's tone was really obvious to anyone, probably even to those who don't know him all that well. Endeavor's created hate to be born within his own son, and doesn't even care just how much this guy utterly loathes him.
"He kept having children until one of them started showing signs of having both Quirks that came from mother and himself, hence my birth." Todoroki explained further.
He and his half sister are the same. Both of whom have a combination of both parents Quirks.
"In my memory, my mother was always crying. She couldn't bare to keep being around that man, but stayed in that house anyway for our sakes. Then one day...she snapped, and did this to my left side, because it reminded her too much of him." Todoroki said.
So it really is a burn mark, and by his own mother no less. Just what kind of psychological damage did Endeavor put the woman through for her to do such a thing to her son? Mental abuse came to mind.
"It wasn't her fault," Todoroki continued, "Endeavor would always train me once my Quirk came out, sometimes he would train me so hard I literally threw up or passed out."
'Training' is just a cover word for 'child abuse.'
"That's why I won't use it," he kept on talking, "Never using my bastard of a father's Quirk...no...by rising to the top without using it...I'll have denied him everything."
That's quite the declaration on his part.
"What I don't get is why you would even tell any of this to me in the first place," Izuku finally spoke, "Are you doing this for yourself...or because of his influence on you?"
Todoroki's expression was an interesting one. He looked like a confused child who didn't understand the question given to him.
"If you challenged me because its your own will then fine, but if not then there's no point," Izuku gets off the wall he's leaning on and starts to walk away towards the waiting room, "Don't let him control you like some kind of puppet. He may believes you to be some tool for his idiotic ambition, but that doesn't mean you have to follow that path. Its your life, Todoroki. No one, not even your father can tell you what you should do, but you."
Todoroki stands there as he hears those words, unsure of what he should say back.
"I have no intention of holding back when it's our time to fight, so I suggest you do the same," Izuku warns him before frowning in annoyance, "Did you follow everything from our conversation, you damn eavesdropper?!" Slamming his hand against the wall, cracks began to appear and someone let out a howl on the other side before footsteps could be heard in the opposite direction.
Todoroki blinked a few times before he stood next to Izuku who was glaring down at the stairs, "Was someone there?"
"Not anymore, anyway I'm heading to my waiting room since my match is first." Izuku gives him a wave goodbye as he walked away.
"Ah..." Todoroki stared at his back as he was walking away, his words still going through his head.
UA Sports Festival Arena
"DID YOU GUYS ENJOY THAT BREAK, CAUSE ITS TIME TO GET THESE BATTLES STARTED!" Present Mic's voice boomed through the microphone.
The audience cheered as they were eager to see some good battles today. Class 1-A was no longer the only ones they were eager to see, but some of the other classes as well.
"WELL ALL RIGHT! LET'S BRING OUT OUR FIRST CONTESTANTS! IN THIS CORNER IS THE ONE WITH THE TRASH PERSONALITY! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S MONOMA NEITO! VERSUS-THE COMBAT MEDIC WITH A SADISTIC STREAK! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S MIDORIYA IZUKU!"
Monoma strode out into the arena with an air of arrogance that in matched his personality. He had a confident smile on his face as he was ready to face his opponent and win.
Izuku frowned as he made a mental note to cause problems in Present Mic's class the next time they have English. He was certainly no combat medic thank you very much! He was so going to get those two for this. Like Monona he walked onto the arena with a calm air around him, not nervous at all. Monoma Neito, his Quirk is known at 'Copy' from what he observed during the Calvary Battle, where he copied Bakugo's Explosion Quirk. Good strategy to use the homicidal maniacs Quirk against him, but Monoma didn't count on Bakugo's relentlessness, nor his drive to get back at others who humiliate him. This was just his guess, but Monona probably has more copied Quirks in his arsenal that he either plans to use or not. The other option simply try to copy Izuku's 'Quirk,' except he can't since its not a Quirk.
He'll just stand here and see what he does.
Class 1-A Stands
"This is gonna be good!" Kaminari said with a grin.
"Deku-kun's Quirk looks really complicated to use, despite it looking easy to activate." Ochako observed.
Tenya moved his arm rigidly, "Yes, I agree with you. From what I can tell it seems as though Monona Neito can copy the Quirks of others."
"Should be an interesting match, kero." Tsuyu said.
Kirishima nudged Bakugo, who was sitting next to him, "Hey, bro what do you think?"
"Like I give a shit about Deku and some random extra!" Bakugo scoffed.
"There you go again..." The red head sweat-dropped.
Todoroki was sitting off in the corner, away from the rest of the class. Midoriya's words were still going through his head, making him think about some things.
Arena
Midnight cracked her whip, "Okay, kiddos let's have a clean fight, okay?"
Monoma flipped the bangs from his forehead, "But of course."
Izuku said nothing as he stared at the blonde.
"FIRST MATCH, START!"
Now while normally Izuku would end this battle quickly, he wanted to see what his opponent will do first.
"Hey, that was a nice little speech you gave earlier, but who are you trying to fool? You and I both know that Class 1-A got popular because of the USJ incident, right?" Monoma taunted with a smile.
Okay, this guy is really unlikeable. Izuku almost had the urge to either smash his head against the floor with his foot, or just slice him to pieces.
"Not very bright, are you?" Izuku said with a raised brow.
"Now, now..." Just as Monoma said that he charged at Izuku, his right arm beginning to harden. He thrusted that arm forward, but Izuku already knew what he was trying to do, but decided to play along anyway. Blocking Monoma's weak strike with one of his swords, he allowed the boy to touch him with his other hand. As soon as contact was made, the blonde jumped back quickly with a victorious grin on his face.
"OH, LOOKS LIKE MONOMA JUST DID SOMETHING TO MIDORIYA, BUT MIDORIYA DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT WORRIED! WHAT DO YOU THINK, MY FELLOW COMMENTER!" Present Mic turned to Aizawa.
Aizawa looked down at the arena with a bored expression, "Midoriya's calm because he already knows what Monoma Neito's Quirk is, and isn't all that concerned about it."
He's right.
Izuku looked at Monoma with a bored look, "Well, now that you have my Quirk, what do you plan on doing with it?"
"AHAHAHA, serves you right, Class 1-A scum! Take this, ROOM!" Monoma tried activating Izuku's Quirk, only for nothing to happen, "What?! Why isn't it working?!"
Of course it won't work, because after all...its not really a Quirk.
"Dammit, why won't it work?! Work, damn you, work!" Monoma was still trying to get his 'stolen Quirk' to work, but you see the thing is...no matter what he does its not going to work.
Anyway, this was getting tiresome, so its best to end this now, "Room," a giant blue circle surrounded them, "Anpyutēto (Amputate)." With a swing of his sword he severed Monoma's head from his body, "Shambles." He brought his head over to him and just bounced it up and down without a care in the world.
"Good effort...but not good enough," Izuku said to Monoma's head, "By the way, my Quirk was never going to activate for you anyway, so I wasn't all that worried."
"Stop tossing me in the air like this! I feel sick!" Monoma complained, while his body meanwhile had run out of bounds as it tried to navigate itself towards the head.
The audience was silent at first but then cheered at the display of Izuku's Quirk again. Izuku thought the audience was quite strange, but they also probably found Monoma's current situation funny.
"Monoma-kun can no longer continue! Midoriya Izuku is the winner!" Midnight announced happily.
Izuku looked at her, "Sensei, I need someone to catch his body so I can reattach the head."
Midnight out right laughed at that.
"TALK ABOUT A WIN! MONOMA TRIED TO COPY MIDORIYA'S QUIRK, BUT IT WAS A NO GO, AND NOW HE'S FOUND HIMSELF IN A FUNNY SITUATION!" Present Mic commented.
"Monoma got arrogant, believing he fully understood how Midoriya's Quirk works. He caused his own downfall." Aizawa stated.
Izuku tossed Monoma's head over by the medics before going over to them himself and reattaching the blonde's head back to his body. Without a word he walked away from the arena to head up to the stands.
"Ah, welcome back!" Ochako greeted with a grin.
Izuku gave her a small smile, "Nice to be back." He sat down next to her, leaning back in his seat.
"That was very impressive, Midoriya-kun! You took Monoma off guard and achieved victory!" Tenya congratulated.
"Thanks, by the way its Todoroki and Sero's turn, right?" Izuku inquired as he forgot who was going up after him.
"Yep! They both left already, Todoroki had a strange look on his face as he left the stands, while Sero looked ready to fight." Ochako told him what happened after he was announced the winner.
Izuku looked down at the arena, a part of him wondered if Endeavor was around here somewhere, and if so then Todoroki won't be able to fully concentrate to the sports festival. Sure he might win against his opponent, but at the cost of his anger? Not worth it.
UA Sports Festival Arena, Stadium Halls
Todoroki was walking out of his waiting room as he thought about Midoriya's victory over Monoma Neito. The green haired boy was calm as he analyzed his opponent with a calm gaze, and didn't care that Monoma tried to copy his Quirk because he would have had a counter balance had it actually worked. He will admit though that when he calmly lopped Monoma's head off like it was no big deal...he did find it humorous. Since the very first day of classes he had his eyes on him, believing he had seen him somewhere before, but couldn't remember where. It was like a memory that refused to resurface itself after many years, due to trauma or the need to forget. Feeling this way really bothered him.
Sensing another presence in the hall he frowned when he saw it was his father of all people. The look of utter disdain would be enough to make anyone turn heel and run away, but not Endeavor. To him, this was nothing more than teenage rebellion his son was showing him, which is so far from the truth. Todoroki despised Endeavor with a passion, and wanted nothing more than to make him disappear off the face of the earth.
"What do you want?" Todoroki's hard voice demanded, evident he didn't really want the man here at all.
Endeavor scoffed at his tone, "Your display in the festival is an absolute disgrace. Coming in second in those two events, and not even using your fire. Had you used it then you wouldn't have gotten second place in both events. Stop rebelling and remember the reason why you were created, to surpass All Might. Unlike your siblings, you're my greatest masterpiece."
Todoroki glared daggers of hatred at him, "I'll win the whole tournament without giving you the pleasure of seeing me use my left side!" With those venomous words, he walked away from the man that had no right to call himself a father, nor a hero.
Endeavor was still leaning against the wall as she watched his son walk away and head out to the arena, "Even if that works for now, you'll soon reach the limit of that power."
It was a good thing Todoroki's back was facing the large man, otherwise he would have seen the absolute livid face his son was wearing at that statement.
Arena
The flames on each side of the stadium arena lit up as both competitors were already down there.
"THANKS FOR WAITING! NEXT UP IS...THESE GUYS!" Present Mic announced as a picture of both Todoroki and Sero appeared on screen, "HE'S GOOD! HE'S GOOD, BUT WHAT'S WITH THAT PLAINNESS HE JUST CAN'T GET RID OF? FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S HANTA SERO!"
"That's mean." Sero commented as he was stretching his arms.
"VERSUS—TAKING SECOND, THEN SECOND AGAIN IN THE PRELIMS! YOU'RE WAY TOO STRONG, KID! HE WASN'T RECOMMENDED FOR ADMISSION FOR NOTHING! ALSO FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S TODOROKI SHOTO!"
Todoroki just stood there, his silent anger brewing, festering deep within his very soul.
Class 1-A Stands
Izuku could feel the aura around Todoroki had changed completely. Anger and hatred were very much present, that told him Endeavor was indeed here, and causing nothing but problems.
"Flaming bastard." He muttered.
Ochako and Tenya both gave him a worried look.
"AND NOW, FOR THE SECOND MATCH OF THE FIRST ROUND—"
Arena
"—READY...START!"
"—Well, I don't feel like I can win..." Sero grunted as he stretched his muscles some more before going on the attack, wrapping his tape around Todoroki, "...but I don't feel like losing, either!" He dragged Todoroki to the side, trying to throw him out of the ring.
"A SURPRISE ATTACK AIMED TO PUSH HIS OPPONENT OUT OF BOUNDS! DON'T YOU THINK THAT WAS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THIS SITUATION?! SERIOUSLY, GET HIM, SERO!" Present Mic encouraged.
Todoroki finally looked up as the cold anger in his eyes were present for all to see, "Sorry."
Class 1-A Stands
As soon as those words came out of his mouth and as the ice from beneath his right began to gather, Izuku already knew what was about to happen.
"Everyone lean back!" Izuku warned.
His warning was warranted.
Arena
As Todoroki's ice slid towards Sero quickly, a loud booming sound was heard before the ground began to shake, as though there were an earthquake.
In the infirmary where Toshinori currently was with Recovery Girl, they too felt the earth rumble.
"Wh-What was that?" Recovery Girl wondered as she felt the whole stadium shake.
"What's this vibration?" Toshinori questioned.
Present Mic's jaw was dropped as the sheer display of power from a kid.
Aizawa's eyes also widened at the display, he knew the kid was strong, but damn.
Izuku's eye twitched as the giant icicle was literally right in his face, even though he leaned back along with everyone else. If you were to look right outside the stadium, you'd see a giant wall of ice with spikes at the end of it sticking out clear as day.
Todoroki let out a huff of ice breath, while Endeavor, who was in the crowd merely grunted. The bicolored haired boy broke free from his restraints easily as they were also frozen.
"Don't..." Sero said with a shiver as he was incased in his ice prison, "Don't you think that's a bit much?"
Even Midnight was frozen, well half of her was anyway, "Sero, can you move?" She asks with a shiver.
"O-Of course not...ow..." It should be pretty obvious he can't move.
"Sero is immobilized! Todoroki advances to the second round!" Midnight announced.
Izuku shook his head as the crowd had gone silent, "Room," he summoned a blue sphere around half the ice that was in front of him and the others before cutting it in half and letting it fall down the arena, "Way overboard, even for him."
Someone in the crowd finally spoke after a few minutes, "D-Don't worry about it..."
"Don't worry about it!"
"—Don't worry about it!"
"—Don't worry about it!"
Izuku rolled his eyes at the crowd's chant to Sero, "Like that's really helpful."
Ochako nervously laughed.
"I have to agree with Midoriya though, Todoroki did go overboard in this case." Tenya agreed.
"Probably wouldn't have if it wasn't for a walking flame disaster." Izuku frowned at the look in Todoroki's eyes.
Todoroki approached the immobilized Sero, "Sorry, I went overboard." He touched Sero's chest, using some heat to melt the ice, "I was angry." Todoroki was grateful that Midoriya cut some of the ice in half and let it fall to the arena, allowing him to melt it easier.
Izuku was sure now...the look in his eyes was that of sadness.
'Are you looking at your half-brother right now, Tsumugi?'
The Orphanage, Same Time
Tsumugi was watching the sports festival, and was impressed with Izuku's match against Monoma Neito, but when it came to Todoroki's match she was slightly concerned. She may not know the boy all that well and refused to admit that she was scared of telling him about her origins, but she hated seeing the look of anger and sadness on his face.
"The one who spews the fires of hell will try to corrupt my brother's soul with his flames, however...the knight will not let that happen." She said with a smile.
UA Sports Festival Arena
With the ice finally cleared up, the next match can now proceed. Todoroki had come back and opted to sit by himself in the corner of the stands, Izuku shook his head to everyone. It was best to just leave him alone for now.
The next match will pit Kaminari and Ibara Shiozaki from Class 1-B against each other.
Kaminari grinned, "Yosh! Its my turn now! This'll be easy!"
"If you really think that then you'll lose. By the way, you might want to take your fight seriously, underestimating your opponent isn't smart." Izuku warned him.
"It'll be okay!" Kaminari dismissed his warning.
Jirō rolled her eyes, "Idiot."
"Kaminari-kun! You need to take your battles more seriously!" Tenya scolded him, but it fell on death ears as Kaminari walked off to the arena.
"This is gonna be Shiozaki-san's win." Izuku said it as a fact.
"Why do you say that?" Ojiro questioned.
"During the Cavalry battle I saw her hair move slightly, she uses her hair to fight, and its probably very durable and strong, too." Izuku explained as he analyzed everyone during the cavalry event.
"So Kaminari's lightning..." Ochako trailed off.
"Probably won't even make a dent." Izuku finished.
Jirō snorted, "He's screwed."
Momo sweat-dropped, "Jiro-san..."
"SORRY FOR THE WAIT EVERYONE! NOW THAT THE ICE IS ALL GONE, LET'S GET BACK TO BUSINESS, SHALL WE? INTRODUCING THE ASSASSIN FROM CLASS B! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S IBARA SHIOZAKI! VERSUS—SPARKING KILLING BOY! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S DENKI KAMINARI!" Present Mic introduced the two students as the crowd went wild, "NOW, WE'LL HAVE A SUPER FLASHY BATTLE THIS TIME TOO—"
"Um..." Ibara said, cutting him off from his hype, "What do you mean by "assassin?" I have only come to find victory, not to take my opponent's life."
"I-I'M SORRY!" Present Mic apologized.
"In the first place, I wished to enter UA High School not for wicked reasons, but for the salvation of others..." Ibara said as he brought both hands together as if to pray.
Class 1-A Stands
Izuku smirked, deciding to mess with Present Mic, "Yeah, Present Mic-san! How could be so mean and call her an assassin?! Apologize!"
"I SAID, I'M SORRY!" Present Mic repeated, "MY BAD, OKAY?!"
"Deku-kun!" Ochako cried out in surprise.
He didn't look very sorry at all, "Payback for saying I have a sadistic streak."
Ochako and Tenya sweat-dropped.
Arena
Ibara smiled as she walked onto the arena, Kaminari was eyeing her the whole time, 'She's got big eyes and a pretty face, but it looks like she's really strong. I've gotta discharge all my electricity here, huh?' His eyes looked over her again, 'I've gotta ask her out sometime, huh? All right...!'
Both students faced each other.
"When this is over, wanna grab a bite to eat?" Kaminari asked in an attempt to flirt with her, "I'll comfort you if you'll have me."
Ibara was surprised by the request.
Class 1-A Stands
"She should strangle him." Izuku dryly said.
Jirō nodded her head in agreement.
Satou sweat-dropped, "You two are scary."
"Look at that stupid grin on his face, he's about to do something really dumb." Izuku commented.
Arena
'Cause this match'll probably be over in a second!" Kaminari declared, and just as Izuku suspected the moron was about to do something really dumb, "Musabetsu Hōden...130-man Boruto (Indiscriminate Discharge...1,300,000 Volts)!" Charging his body with over a million bolts of electricity all around him he sent that overcharge of power at Ibara.
Ibara turns around just as the electric attack was about to hit her, "Feisuzu Shīrudo (Faith's Shield)." She calmly summons a thick wall of vines that sprouted out of the ground to protect her from getting electrocuted. After that she summoned some more vines to grab Kaminari as his brain short circuited, holding him in the air.
Kaminari was right, this fight was over in a second.
Midnight raised her whip over in Ibara's direction, "Shiozaki advances to the second round!"
The crowd cheers for the girl for her easy victory over Kaminari.
Class 1-B Stands
"Good job, Shiozaki!" Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu cheered for the girl.
Class 1-A Stands
"That was really impressive, her vines really are durable." Izuku commented, impressed.
"She calmly took that idiot down, I like her." Jirō grinned.
"What's that? Didn't he say he'd settle this in a second?" Monoma's annoying voice butted in, "That's strange, he was defeated in a second, wasn't he?"
"Nala." Izuku called out the cat that jumped out of his hair, "Play."
Nala started attacking Monoma's face, making him cry out and fall back as he tried to get the cat off of him, but Nala was persistent and wouldn't let him off easy.
Class 1-A all sweat-dropped, and Class 1-B were trying to process just how in the hell did a cat manage to hide in Izuku's hair.
"Um, Midoriya-san..." Kendo called out to the boy who looked over at her, "Could you please call off your cat?"
"Sure, Nala." Izuku called out to the cat, who stopped scratching the now passed out Monoma and jumping over to him, landing in his lap, "No hard feelings?"
Kendo smiled with a shrug of her shoulders, "None at all, he started it."
"Thanks."
With another nod, Kendo grabbed Monoma and dragged him over to a seat. The rest of Class 1-A just stared at Izuku.
"Good girl, you get a nice snack when this whole festival is over." Izuku smiled down at Nala.
"Meow~" Nala purred happily.
"Deku-kun, you shouldn't make Nala attack people." Ochako said to him.
"He was really annoying." He defended his actions, "Anyway, its Tenya's turn to fight now, right?"
"Yep! Let's cheer for him together!" Ochako happily said.
Izuku let out a snort as he saw Mei already down in the arena with a grin on her face. Not an ordinary grin, mind you, but a grin that reminded him of the cunning Cheshire cat.
"I don't think we have to worry about him winning." Izuku assured her.
"Eh, why?"
"You'll see."
Arena
"HERE WE GO! WE'RE BACK WITH OUR NEXT COMPETITORS! IT'S LIKE HE'S THE EPITOME OF THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S IIDA TENYA! VERSUS—FULLY-EQUIPPED WITH SUPPORT ITEMS! FROM THE SUPPORT COURSE, IT'S HATSUME MEI!"
Tenya then straps something on his waist that looks like a pair of metal wings.
"He's equipped with some support items!" Satou exclaimed.
Midnight spoke out about this, "That's generally against the rules for those in the hero course."
Tenya's face was one of realization, "I forgot about that! Aoyama also wore a belt, so I thought it was fine!"
Speaking of said boy, he was calmly leaning back in his seat as he pointed at his belt.
"He submitted a petition." Midnight countered.
"I-I understand that! However, my heart was moved by my opponent's sportsmanship. She said she wanted to fight fairly. So, she gave me this equipment!" Tenya explained his reasoning, "I did not think I could ignore her fighting spirit!"
Wow...Izuku forgets just how passionate Tenya can be at certain times.
Midnight was moved by his speech and looked like she was turned on by it as she blushed and steams flared from her nostrils, "Oh, youth!" She squealed before coming back down from her high, "I'll allow it!"
Mei grinned as she chuckled, adjusting her microphone so everyone could hear her.
"WELL, SINCE PERMISSION'S BEEN GRANTED, LET'S START THE FOURTH MATCH!"
Tenya charged at her, and Mei used that opportunity to start talking about her 'baby.'
"Isn't that acceleration wonderful, Iida?" Mei excitedly said to the boy.
As Tenya was running towards her he was confused as to why she had a mic on her, "A mic?"
Present Mic and Aizawa were also confused, "Why?"
"She's wearing speakers?" Aizawa questioned.
Mei started explaining her babies and what they can do, "Those leg parts are helping the wearer's movements along!" She was explaining about the braces Tenya was wearing on his legs, "And I..." metal legs shot out of the metal backpack she had on her back, lifting her in the air, "...can evade easily with my hydraulic attachment!" Her eyes then left Iida as she used her Zoom Quirk to look at some sponsors who were watching the match, "Oh, they're biting! I've got 'em!" She used her attachments again to escape Tenya as she tried to get at her again, "Since I've got sensors in every direction," Tenya nearly tripped over his own two feet again as he just missed her, but then the wings on his back started to move on their own and moving him in another direction and helping to keep his balance, "It's thanks to the auto-balancer that I made!"
Present Mic still looked confused as to what sort of match this was, while Aizawa just looked done.
"—What is this...?" Present Mic questioned.
"—She's very good at hard selling..." Aizawa mumbled as he had his bandaged hand over his face.
"The leg parts detect the wearer's brainwaves to predict their movements," Tenya was spinning around in place like some kind of spinning toy, "It will be sure to keep the wearer from falling unless the wearer wants!" As he tries to come at her again she jumps high in the air, avoiding him again, "What do you think of this lightness?! These electro shoes use electromagnetic induction on both feet to allow for instant evasive action!"
Tenya tries to attack again but she counters by shooting a red net at him, effecting tangling him all up, "Wh-What's this?" He rolled around not he ground to try and get free.
"A capture gun to use against villain. Who developed all of these items? It was me, Hatsume Mei! Everyone from the support companies!" Mei stood there proudly as she announced herself.
One of the sponsor commented from the stands, "What is she, a politician?"
"And now, I will talk about the next support item!" Mei continued.
"There's still more?" Another one said in disbelief.
10 Minutes Later
That...had to be the most interesting, if not weird ten minutes ever in the history of UA. Never has anyone from the Support Course ever stood there and talked about their equipment with such a satisfied look, ever.
Mei stood there out of bounds, satisfied, "I've presented each and every last one of them."
Midnight, clearly confused as to what just happened decided to just call the match over to Iida, "H-Hatsume is out of bonds. Iida advances to the second round!"
"You tricked me...!" Tenya yelled angrily as he finally realized her intentions to the very end.
Izuku had to cover his mouth so as not to laugh at Tenya, but his shoulders were shaking as a result of him trying not to laugh. God, its been so long since he got to laugh like this.
"You shouldn't laugh, Deku-kun...Iida'a pride will be even more bruised if you laugh at him." Ochako said, trying to get him to stop laughing.
Mei turned her head away with a smile that told him she wasn't sorry, "I'm sorry, I used you."
"I hate you!" Tenya declared as he raised his hand in the air to signify just how angry he is.
Class 1-A Stands
That did it.
Izuku broke down laughing, "Gyahahahaha-*snort* hehehehe." He had to look away to catch his breath, meanwhile his classmates all stared at him in astonishment.
"He laughed..." Kirishima stared in awe.
"Yeah...and it sounded pretty cool." Satou agreed.
"Midoriya-chan has a nice laugh." Tsuyu commented.
Suddenly Mina stood up from her seat, "Its my turn, now!"
"It sure is, good luck out there, Mina-chan!" Ochako encouraged.
Mina grinned, "Watch me win!"
Izuku calmed down finally, "Hatsume Mei's good with me."
"Really." Ochako wasn't so sure.
Tenya came stomping back to the stands, sitting down next to Ochako. The look on his face told them that he was still annoyed that Hatsume used him to promote her inventions.
"Welcome back, did you have fun promoting Hatsume's "babies." Izuku teased.
"Absolutely not!" Tenya exclaimed.
Izuku snorted, while Ochako simply shook her head with a sigh.
Arena
"WE'RE GONNA KEEP RIGHT ON GOING WITH THE FIFTH MATCH! EVEN THOUGH HE'S WEARING A BELT, HE WON'T TRANSFORM! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S YūGA AOYAMA! VERSUS—IS SOMETHING GOING TO COME OUT OF THOSE HORNS? WELL? FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S ASHIDO MINA!"
Min snickered at Aoyama, "My first match is a piece of cake!"
Class 1-A Stands
"Who do you think's gonna win?" Jirō asked Tsuyu.
"Good question." Tsuyu wondered the same thing herself.
"Aoyama, get her! Beat her like in those fighting games where their clothes get ripped off!" Mineta cheered.
"What are you, scum?" Jirō questioned in disgust.
Izuku's eyebrow twitched, "Nala...fetch."
Nala jumped put of his lap, her eyes glowing before she grew big and had Mineta's head in her mouth, swinging him around a few times until he passed out. Once he did, she just dropped him to the ground with a bleeding head before reverting back to her normal form, and opting to sit in Todoroki's lap, probably because she thought he needed cheering up.
"That's another snack for you, Nala." Izuku said to the cat.
"Meow~" Nala snuggled into Todoroki's warm side as she was curled up in a ball.
"Talk about vicious..." Jirō commented.
"She's so manly!" Kirishima complimented.
"Nala's still a cat, y'know." Satou pointed out.
Tokoyami looked down at Mineta, "Is it wise to just leave him like that?"
"Leave him alone, someone from the infirmary will come to pick him up." Jirō uncaringly said.
Arena
"FIFTH MATCH, START!"
Aoyama's belt begins to light up, "The early bird gets the worm!" He shoots his laser at her, but Mina's agile and limber so she was able to avoid it.
"Whoops!" She spit out some acid then slid around the field, "I know all about your Quirk, Aoyama! So that's not gonna work!"
Aoyama says nothing as he tries to hit her again with his laser, but she once again dodged it, and kept on dodging his attacks with ease. The blonde was beginning to shake as he felt a stomach ache coming on, "My...My stomach..."
Mina took this as her chance, "Now!" She aimed some of her acid at his belt, causing the middle part of melt a little.
"Oh no, my precious belt!" He had to then hold his pants as they almost fell down to his knees.
Mina slid in front of him with a grin, "I'll finish it..." and with that she gave him an uppercut, "...with this!"
"Ah~!" Aoyama fell on his back, knocked out.
Midnight announced the winner, "Ashido advances to the second round!"
Mina was giving the victory sign up as she grinned to the crowd.
"ASHIDO'S EASY VICTORY IS INDISPUTABLE!"
Class 1-A Stands
"Mina used her nimble and athletic talents to avoid Aoyama's Quirk by also adding her own Quirk to the mix by easily avoiding it when the acid slide she created on the arena floor. Since she knows how Aoyama's Quirk works better than anyone she was able to easily take him down quickly and effectively." Izuku analyzed.
Ochako smiled, "Mina-chan was amazing!"
"She's shown great improvement! We should all be very proud of her accomplishment!" Tenya said.
Kirishima chuckled, "I knew she'd come out on top!"
Izuku looked back down at the arena, "Now its Yaoyorozu against Tokoyami."
"Who do you think will win this one?" Ochako asked him.
Izuku didn't even think about it, "In this case, the battle against these two is all about timing, but knowing Yaoyorozu she'll try to ponder Tokoyami's abilities before trying to strategize the best way to beat him."
Ojiro thought about what Izuku said, "Huh...so she'll try to think of what strategy to use against him before attacking?"
"Yeah, but then again that might be the very thing that will result in her losing this match." Izuku said.
"Eh?" Ochako questioned.
Arena
"OFFENSE AND DEFENSE IN ONE BODY! THE DARK SAMURAI ACCOMPANIED BY DARK SHADOW! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S TOKOYAMI FUMIKAGE! VERSUS—ALL PURPOSE CREATION! SHE WAS ADMITTED THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS, SO HER ABILITIES ARE CERTIFIED! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S YAOYOROZU MOMO!"
Yaoyorozu eyed Tokoyami as she tried to ponder just what sort of ability does his Dark Shadow have, and what strategy she should use to beat him. But she never got the chance to think about it for very long.
"SIXTH MATCH, START!"
Tokoyami went on the offense first, "Go, Dark Shadow!"
"Got it!" Dark Shadow loomed out of Tokoyami as he came at Yaoyorozu.
Yaoyorozu grit her teeth, 'Quickly create a shield—'
Dark Shadow hit the shield and bounced off, but came right back to attack it again, the third time Dark Shadow hit the shield it was knocked right off of her. She quickly created another one, just as Dark Shadow came at her once more and sent her skidding backwards as it slammed into her shield really hard. Opening her eyes back up slowly, she saw as Tokoyami stopped Dark Shadow from attacking her.
'His attacks have stopped?' She created a staff next, 'Now!'
"Yaoyorozu! Out of bounds!" Midnight announced.
Yaoyorozu looked confused until she looked down and saw indeed that her foot was out of bounds without her even knowing. She sent both her shield and staff away, as she stood there in disbelief at how quickly she lost without even realizing it.
"AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY! A COMPLETELY OVERWHELMING VICTORY!"
Tokoyami sent Dark Shadow away before bowing to Yaoyorozu then walking off the arena.
Yaoyorozu was still standing there, "No...I couldn't do anything..." she looked down as he eyes were shaking, "Nothing..."
Class 1-A Stands
"Momo..." Jirō murmured.
"This is gonna bother her for quite awhile," Izuku watched as Momo left the arena, "She was a recommended student, so its probably bothering her that she didn't get the chance to show off any of her skills."
"That's right." Ojiro nodded his head in agreement.
'The next match is about to start...the next one's to fight are...' Izuku's eyes went up towards the screen to see the names, the next ones to fight were Vasiliev Esfir and Shinsō Hitoshi. He doesn't even know what their Quirks are, nor does he know who will come out on top, what still bothers him though is this feeling that he's seen her somewhere before.
But where, dammit!
"Are you okay, Deku-kun?" Ochako asks him in obvious concern.
He came back to reality as he saw the worried look on her face, "Yeah...I'm okay." His eyes traveled back down to the arena and saw the two were already down there. Slowly, Esfir turns in his direction with a smile, for a split second he thought he saw Sacchan's face replace her's.
Wait a minute...
She can't be...
Arena
"THE SILENT BOY WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT HE PLACED FOURTH IN THE SECOND EVENT! FROM THE GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE, IT'S SHINSO HITOSHI! VERSUS—THE SILENT WARRIOR WITH AN ICE SMILE, FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S VASILIEV ESFIR!"
Esfir turned back towards Shinsō, still smiling, but it didn't quite reach her eyes. Hitoshi wasn't paying attention to that however, though he probably should have. For if he did, then he would have realized there's much more to her than meets the eye.
"SEVENTH MATCH, START!"
Shinsō decided to get the ball rolling first, "Heh, I've never seen you around before. Then again, you are in the Hero Course so you probably don't bother to know the names of others you haven't met before."
Esfir smiled as she summoned a sword, a yellow Rapier Sabersmith sword.
Izuku's eyes widened as he got flashbacks from when he and Sacchan had started middle school and he was drawing a picture of a creation that looked just like him, but was a female, holding a sword in hand.
"Look, Icchan! This is my—"
'No...'
"What? Nothing to say?" Shinsō tried again to get her to talk as he was starting to get nervous because she brought out a sword.
Esfir's smile soon became not so innocent, as she appeared right behind Shinsō, her sword outstretched to the side. She was blur to others who didn't even see her move...but Izuku did. As she spoke, he stood up out of his seat, sweat pouring down the side of his face.
"Deku-kun, what's wrong?" Ochako was really starting to get worried now.
"Midoriya-kun?" Tenya was even worried about him now, even the rest of his classmates were staring at him in worry.
Izuku's mouth moved of its own accord, along with Esfir's.
"Daiichigakushō—Tsukuru (First Movement—Construction)."
Shinsō's body stiffened before he fell forward, without so much as letting out a single sound. He hit the ground, as Esfir simply walked away from the arena with a smile. Before she left though, she stopped and turned her head in Izuku's direction once again, mouthing something to him that he understood. As she left the arena and the crowd finally started cheering, he also left to head off somewhere else.
"Deku-kun?!" Ochako called after him before getting up out of her seat and following after him, with Tenya right behind her.
"WELL THAT WAS INTERESTING! ANOTHER QUICK VICTORY! A RUTHLESS ONE AT THAT!"
Ruthless was right, she took Hitoshi down with a smile on her face. While Class 1-B congratulated Esfir on her victory, the rest of Class 1-A were more concerned about Izuku.
With Izuku, Ochako, and Tenya
Izuku was currently in the halls of the UA stadium trying to calm down his beating heart. He couldn't believe it, but its true. She was one of Sacchan's creations, the first creation he made in his version of Alice in Wonderland. Esfir isn't even her real name, not the name Sacchan gave her anyway. Her real names is Sirius—The General. Gotta give her credit though for coming up with an alias, but how long has she been here in UA and with him not even sensing her presence? Unless she hid it carefully so he wouldn't be able to sense her.
If that's the case then it worked really well, almost too well.
'What is she doing here? Is she keeping an eye on me or something?' No, that's not it, if that were the case then she wouldn't have mouthed those words to him before she left the arena.
"Hurry and awaken."
'Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?' What was she even talking about?
"Deku-kun!" The sound of Ochako's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, as he turned towards both her and Tenya.
"What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be watching the next match?" He didn't even know they followed after him.
"We were worried about you." Ochako told him.
"She's right, you looked really pale when you saw that girl's face and even knew the name of the move she used on Shinsō-kun." Tenya spoke up.
Oh, yeah...he did act out of ordinary in front of them, but he couldn't help it.
"I'm fine, but I am going to the infirmary to check up on Shinsō though." He said.
"We'll go with you!" Ochako insisted.
"It would be unwise to leave you alone right now." Tenya was also coming along.
Izuku said nothing to that as he walked in the direction of the infirmary, "...I've met her before."
"Eh?" Ochako questioned.
"Esfir...I've met her before a long time ago. The reason I freaked out so much was because I wasn't expecting to see her here of all places." She hasn't tried to attack anyone from what he observed, so maybe it was best to just leave her alone for now.
"We're the two of you perhaps friends in the past?" Tenya inquired.
He let out a huff, "No...we weren't that close."
Not like he and Sacchan are.
Before they could ask anymore questions they had already arrived to the infirmary where Recovery Girl just finished going over Shinsō again.
"My, my, looks my apprentice has decided to come pay you a visit." She teased.
He rolled his eyes, "How is he?" He walked inside along with the other two.
"Doing just fine, aside from the slight dizziness he felt earlier there's nothing else wrong with him." Chiyo gave him her diagnosis.
"You sure?" Izuku wasn't doubting her or anything, but this was one of Sacchan's creations.
"Positive." Chiyo assured him as she hopped off her chair to head over to the desk.
Izuku addressed Shinsō, "Just some slight dizziness, huh?"
"Yeah..." Shinsō rubbed the back of his head, "She got me good...I didn't even see her move, she was like a blur."
"She really was fast." Ochako agreed with him on that.
"I don't think I've ever seen anyone move as quickly as her, not even my own brother." Tenya admits.
Izuku saw the heartbroken look on Shinsō's face and decides to drop the truth bomb on him, "You still made it here."
"Huh?"
Izuku decides to elaborate, "You're the only one from your course to make it to the battle rounds. Sure you got knocked out, but you made it here by your own strength. That proves you're a lot stronger than some people gave you credit for. Can't say I feel sorry for any villain that tries to piss you off."
Shinsō's eyes widen at the encouraging words, but deep down he knew Izuku was right. He was the only one from his course that made it here this far in the Sports Festival. Somehow, his quick loss didn't make him feel so bad anymore.
"Thanks..." Shinsō sincerely thanked.
Izuku shrugged, "Don't mention it."
Tenya and Ochako gave each other knowing smiles.
"The next match is about to start so we'll leave you here to recover." Izuku said as they were about leave.
"Hey, Midoriya." Shinsō called out to him before he could leave, "When you go up against her...don't lose."
Izuku took that to heart.
"I don't intend to."
It was true because he won't.
Arena
"THE HYPE IS STILL GOING ON FOLKS FOR THE NEXT MATCH IS ABOUT TO START! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S TETSUTETSU TETSUTETSU!"
"All right!" Tetsutetsu yelled.
"VERSUS—MANLY AND PASSIONATE HARDENING! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S EIJIRO KIRISHIMA! THE EIGHTH MATCH IS A MATCH-UP BETWEEN REDUNDANT QUIRKS!"
Class 1-A Stands
"Welcome back." Tsuyu greeted the three.
"We're back, and looks like we made it just in time, too!" Ochako said as she sat down.
Izuku and Tenya sat on either side of her.
"You feeling better, Midoriya-chan?" Tsuyu asked.
"Yeah, sorry about that." He assured her.
"What was that all about?" Mina questioned.
He shook his head, "Nothing important,let's just focus on Kirishima's match."
They left it alone for now, but they looked like they still wanted answers.
Arena
"EIGHTH MATCH, START!"
Tetsutetsu covered his whole body in steel as he charged at Kirishima, who responded in kind with his Hardening Quirk. Both boys met in the middle of the ring before their punches collided with one another. After that, Kirishima's punch connected with Tetsutetsu's face.
"That didn't hurt at all!" Tetsutetsu taunted as his own fist connected with Kirishima's face.
"That didn't hurt, either!" Kirishima taunted right back.
Tetsutetsu covered his face with both arms, but Kirishima got him with an uppercut to which Tetsutetsu responded with another punch to the face. Both boy's Quirks were equal in defense and power as they both kept punching each other to see who would give out first, but neither did as sparks were visible each time they clashed.
Finally they both got each other in the face, resulting in their bodies twisting in different directions before both of them fell to the ground on their backs, knocked out.
"The two guys with the same Quirks! Tetsutetsu versus Kirishima! Both contestants down! It's a draw!" Midnight announced as the crowd cheered, "In the case of a draw, after they recover, the winner will be determined by a simple contest, like arm wrestling."
"They're inspiring. I'd like a sidekick like that." A hero from the crowd commented as the person sitting next to him nodded their head in agreement.
"WHILE WE WAIT FOR TETSUTETSU AND KIRISHIMA TO RECOVER, WE'LL START THE NEXT MATCH!"
That meant it was time for Ochako and Bakugo to start their match next.
Class 1-A Stand
Izuku and Tenya said nothing as Ochako suddenly got quiet and stood up from her seat to head to her waiting room. Tenya saw that Bakugo was already gone, and wondered just how long he was gone for. Izuku got up to follow after Ochako to check up on her, with Tenya following right behind him.
Waiting Room
"How are you feeling right now?" Izuku asks her.
If Ochako were to be honest right now, not so good. She was nervous in her upcoming match with Bakugo and doesn't really know how to feel about it. Bakugo was a beast when it comes to combat, and there's no way he'll go easy on her, not chance in hell.
"To be honest...I'm really nervous," She admits, "Bakugo's the vicious type, that much I know, and he's got a lot of power, too."
"So what?" Izuku says, "He has raw power, but so what? Just because you lack that doesn't mean you don't have something else up your sleeve."
"Midoriya-kun is absolutely right! You have your own strength, Uraraka-san, don't take it for granted." Tenya was trying to help her nerves, too.
Ochako found herself smiling at their words as he gave them both a hug at the same time, "What did I ever do to deserve such awesome friends like you guys?"
Izuku was taken by surprise by the hug, but wrapped an arm around her, as did Tenya, "Do your best out there." Izuku said to her.
Now filled with confidence, she grinned at them both, "I will!"
Both boys left the waiting room to let her gather her nerves before her match started.
"Bakugo may be a vicious person like she said, but I believe he will hold back." Tenya foolishly beloved.
"He won't." Izuku turns that foolish belief down easily.
"Why do you say that?"
Why does he say that? Simple.
"Bakugo doesn't hold back against anything," Izuku said darkly, "He won't hold back against Uraraka either, and if he did then he would be insulting her pride."
"Insulting her pride? Why would she be insulted?" Tenya sounded confused.
"Would you want your opponent to hold back against you?" Izuku questioned.
Tenya thought about it before shaking his head in the negative.
"Exactly, and that's how Uraraka feels. True she feels nervous about going up against Bakugo, but at the same time she wants him to acknowledge her strength, and take her seriously." Izuku explains.
Tenya seems to understand now, "I understand, but I must say Midoriya-kun, you do understand Bakugo's mindset, don't you?"
Izuku frowns at that, "I don't...not anymore."
Tenya doesn't ask what he means by that as they walked all the back to the stands and took their seats. Ochako and Bakugo were already there, and were just waiting on Present Mic to start the match.
Arena
Ochako and Bakugo were already down there, facing each other. They were staring at each other, with Ochako no longer afraid and Bakugo just wanting to hurry up and get this over with. The two people he wanted to fight the most were Deku and Icy Hot.
"You're the one that makes things float, right, Round Face?" Bakugo inquired.
"Round...?" Ochako sputtered, obviously offended.
"If you're gonna withdraw, do it now." Bakugo said to her.
Ochako frowned, 'I won't...I won't withdraw!'
"THIS ISN'T THE FACE OF A REGULAR PERSON! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S BAKUGO KATSUKI! VERSUS—SHE'S THE ONE I'M ROOTING FOR! FROM THE HERO COURSE, IT'S URARAKA OCHAKO!"
Class 1-A Stands
"Midoriya-kun, in your honest opinion, can Uraraka-san win against Bakugo?" Tenya asks him seriously.
Izuku become silent for awhile before responding, "Bakugo has the advantage over her in both terms of power and stamina, but if she somehow manages to touch him and send him floating out of the ring then she'll win."
Tenya looked back down towards the arena, "I see..."
All Ochako can do now...is simply fight her best.
Arena
"NINTH MATCH, START!"
Ochako moved first as she sprinted at Bakugo, "Withdrawing isn't a choice!"
Izuku watches her sprint towards Bakugo, while her charging at him seems smart at first, Bakugo can simply send her blasting away from him by using his Quirk.
"Then, die!" Bakugo declared.
Bakugo tends to start with his right hook, but...
Ochako saw him bring his arm back, 'If I dodge here...!' Just as she was about to though, Bakugo unleashed an explosion right in her face. It sent her flying back, but she stayed standing, "This is no good. I couldn't react in time...then."
Bakugo saw her sports uniform and reacted, "Don't underestimate me!" He sent another explosion, when the smoke cleared he saw that it was just a jacket. His eyes widened as he realized this.
Ochako appeared out of the smoke from behind him, but Bakugo turned around and blasted her away, prompting her to cover her face with both arms as she was sent flying away. She rolled on the ground a few times before setting in a crouch position, then coming at him again.
"Too slow!" He sent another explosion at her, creating smoke and causing the ground to create some of cement from the ground to come apart.
Tenya looked on in horror at Bakugo's sheer brutality as he kept throwing explosion, after explosion at her. Izuku was gripping his arms tightly as he was also watching. Ochako kept coming at him, trying to do her best in this fight, never giving up. He won't look away from this fight, there's no way he'll disrespect her in such a way by looking away from this fight.
"Not yet!" Ochako shouted as she came at him again, only for Bakugo to send another explosion at her.
In the Class 1-A stands, the rest of the class couldn't even bare to watch the match going on between the two of them.
"Ochako..." Tsuyu murmured in worry.
Jirō covered her face with her hands, "I can't watch!"
"Don't look away." Izuku tells them, prompting all of them to look at him as though he were crazy, "Ochako's fighting her best out there...don't look away." His voice was tense as he said this, forcing the flashback of Sacchan's unconscious face at the hands of Bakugo in the back of his mind as he watched the match. It was hard for him to watch yes, but he had to. He won't disrespect Ochako by not watching her fight her best out there.
Seeing the look on Izuku's face, the rest of the class also goes back to watching the match, if only for Ochako.
"URARAKA KEEPS ATTACKING WITHOUT REST, BUT...THIS IS..."
Present Mic was even starting to sound uncomfortable with this match.
Ochacko was indeed relentless in her attempts to try and touch Bakugo, but every attempt failed as he always sent her flying back each time she tried to touch him. She breathed heavy, catching her breath as she stared at Bakugo, the fading smoke and black outline with the white eyes making him look like a monster. She came at him again, and once again he sent another explosion her way.
"I can't watch..." someone from the crowd comments.
Someone from the hero stands talks to Cementoss, "Hey, shouldn't you stop this?"
"Isn't he going too far?" Someone complains.
"Her substitution earlier didn't work, so she's getting desperate."
From the Class 1-B stands, Monoma snorts, "What an idiot."
Finally, someone from the hero stands stands up and angrily points at Bakugo, "Hey! How can you say you want to be a hero like that?! If there's such a huge difference in your abilities, then hurry up and send her out of bounds!"
Izuku's eyebrow twitched as a menacing aura appeared around him, "What...did that asshole just say?!"
"HEEK!" Mineta, who had come back at some point squealed in terror as he hide behind Shoji, who sweat-dropped.
"Kero, from the sounds of it he just insulted Ochako-chan's abilities." Tsuyu commented.
"Hearing that really pisses me off." Jirō scoffed.
"For real! Is he calling her weak?!" Mina complained.
"That's exactly what it sounds like!" Hagakure huffed in annoyance, prompting Ojiro to try and calm her down.
"Stop bullying and playing with the poor girl!" The same hero complained as he held both thumbs down, making everyone boo Bakugo.
Okay, that's it.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Izuku roared as the whole stadium goes quiet and looks at him, "If seeing this bothers you then go home and go be an office worker for the rest of your life!"
"M-Midoriya-kun...?" Tenya blinked a few times.
"He exploded." Hagakure said in awe.
Izuku wasn't done yet, "Ochako isn't some delicate flower that needs to be handled delicately, you dumbass! She's someone who tries her best and keeps on going no matter what! "Hurry up and send her out of bounds?" You sexist son of a bitch! Don't insult her pride like that! Her being a girl and different abilities has nothing to do with it, she's proving that she can stand on equal ground with her opponent and that she's stronger than she lets on! She's signifying that she's a threat, and should be taken seriously! How dare you..." Izuku stood up, "How dare you insult her in such a way, and you have the gall to call yourself a hero?!"
Everyone was silent as they processed his words, even Class B nodded their heads in agreement to what he said, as did the UA staff. Their comments just now not only insulted Ochako's abilities, but also therefore calling her weak by saying Bakugo should just send her out bounds, thereby insulting her pride as a hero in training.
Izuku was absolutely right.
"Whoever was the one that said that stand up." Izuku menacingly said as he unsheathed his sword, "I'll cut you to tiny pieces and spread your body parts all over Japan!" He threatened.
Said Hero sat down trying to hide as the other heroes around him gave him looks of pity.
"Midoriya-kun, you can't!" Tenya was holding the green haired boy back as he tried to get out of the taller boy's hold.
"Let me go, Iida!" Izuku yells, trying to get free.
"I will not!" Tenya refused.
It was at that point the whole class was trying to calm Izuku down in fear he might actually follow through on his threat.
Aizawa from the comment section snorted in amusement at his student's outburst, but agreed with him, "My student is right. If this bothers you so much, go home, and look into changing careers!"
"But honestly, I also feel the sa—oof!" Present Mic started to say, only to have Aizawa elbow him in the face, "An elbow?! What're ya doing?!"
Aizawa ignored him and grabbed the mic, "Was that a pro saying he's playing around? How many years have you been a pro?"
"Huh?" Present Mic dumbly says.
"Bakugo is being careful because he's acknowledged the strength of his opponent who has made it this far. Shut up and watch, you morons!" Aizawa said.
Back down in the arena, Bakugo stares at Ochako as she was still standing after the constant blasting attacks.
"Not yet..." he says, "She's still...not dead!"
Ochako's determined face proved she wasn't done just yet, "It's about time...I think..." she whispered, "Thanks, Bakugo..." after saying that she gestures above her as Bakugo looks up to see the floating rubble in the air.
Izuku finally calmed down, and was impressed as he saw this, "She played him the whole time. She kept her body low as she advanced, concentrating Bakugo's attacks on the ground, storing up weapons," he explains, "but it's embarrassing for a pro in the stands to start calling out without noticing."
"So that's what she was doing the whole time?!" Jirō exclaimed.
"And then, she narrowed his field of vision with relentless attacks," Izuku gestures for all of them to look up, "to keep him from noticing."
"I'm gonna win!" Ochako declared as she pressed her fingertips together. The floating rubble fell from the sky as they rained down and towards her opponent.
"A meteor shower?" Present Mic exclaimed.
"You should've noticed." Aizawa chided him.
With Bakugo's attention now on the falling rubble, she runs right towards him, 'With this much debris, whether he's evading or counterattacking, there will definitely be an opening!' She watched as he raised a hand in the air then pressed her fingers together again as she was about to aim for his stomach...
But it was not meant to be, as Bakugo released a large explosion that not only sent the debris flying, but also Ochako.
"I thought you'd be up to something." Bakugo says.
Ochako sat up in horror at the sheer display of power, "In one shot..."
He sighed as his arm began to shake, "That was close..."
Ochako stood up, her body protesting the action, "Even so..."
He grinned, "All right, let's get serious then, Uraraka!" He came at her this time.
Ochako's back was to him as she thought about Izuku, after he said all those encouraging words to her and spoke up on her behalf, she couldn't just give up now, 'Deku-kun...he wouldn't give up—' She turned to face Bakugo about to respond to the charge in kind, only for her to lose her footing, making Bakugo stop charging. Her eyes began to get foggy as she fell forward, only to feel someone grab onto her. When she looked up to see who it was, her eyes widened as she saw it was Izuku, who was smiling at her.
'Deku-kun...'
"You can relax now," he told her gently, "Get some rest."
Giving him her best smile she passes out in his arms.
"URARAKA'S DOWN!"
Izuku adjusts her till she as on his back, "I'll take her to her infirmary." He says to Midnight.
Midnight nods her head and makes the announcement, "Urakaka can no longer continue! Bakugo advances!"
It was silent as Izuku walked off with Ochako to take her to see Recovery Girl, then suddenly someone clapped, then another person started to clap, and then another, then another, and soon...everyone was clapping, but it wasn't for Bakugo.
"Uraraka! Uraraka! Uraraka!" The crowd chanted for the passed out girl.
Izuku heard this and huffed in amusement, "Hear that? Everyone agrees you did good." He went through the tunnel, Bakugo's eyes lingering on his back the whole time.
"Oh, Uraraka..." Present Mic sighed, "Oh yeah, Bakugo advances to the second round." Present Mic unenthusiastically said, he didn't even announce it into the mic.
"If you're gonna do it, do it properly." Aizawa chides him again.
"Yeah, yeah..."
Infirmary
Ochako groaned as she was brought back to the world of the living and saw she was staring up at a ceiling, "Where..."
"You're in the infirmary, I brought you here." Izuku spoke as he was sitting in front of her.
She turns to him, "Deku-kun...I guess...I lost..."
He sighs and pokes her forehead, "Yeah you lost, but at the end of it Bakugo's arm was shaking, meaning you made him exhaust his Quirk to the point that he was suffering from his drawback. Today you proved you're a force to be reckoned with."
Hearing those words were enough to get the waterworks going, "I just...I just wished...that I still could've...that I still could've..."
Won.
Izuku let's her cry her heart out, and when she grabs his hand, he let's her. This is what she needed right now, so he'll support her and let her cry till she was satisfied.
After about a minute she stops crying and looks to be doing much better.
"Better?"
She sniffed before giving him a smile, "Mm, much better. Thank you for being here with me, Deku-kun."
"Of course I would, you're a good friend to me." Izuku admits.
Hearing that made her smile even wider, "Mm!"
He then looks up at the monitor, "Looks like Kirishima and Tetsutetsu are about to settle their draw."
Ochako looked at the screen, "Watch it with me?"
"No complaints here."
Arena
"AFTER THE FINAL MATCH FOR THE FIRST ROUND, ITS TIME TO GET BACK TO THE EIGHTH MATCH! THE DRAW FROM THE EIGHTH MATCH OF THE FIRST ROUND, KIRISHIMA AND TETSUTETSU!"
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu both activated their Quirk as they were arm wrestling with each other to see who would come out on top.
"THE WINNER OF THEIR ARM WRESTLING MATCH TO DECIDE WHO ADVANCES TO THE SECOND ROUND IS..."
Kirishima lets out a roar as he slams Tetsutetsu's hand down, winning the arm wrestling match.
"Winner, Kirishima!" Midnight announces.
"Yes!" Kirishima yells.
"THE ONE WHO WON HIS TICKET WAS KIRISHIMA!"
Tetsutetsu grunts as he held his arm, "I should've eaten more iron...!"
Kirishima approaches him, holding his hand out with sparkles surrounding him, "It...was a good match."
Tetsutetsu takes his hand with a grin, "Yeah...!"
Midnight squeals, "Kyaa, s-so youthful!"
Cementoss said nothing.
"NOW WE'VE GOT EVERYONE WHO'S ADVANCING TO THE SECOND ROUND! AND HERE ARE THE ONES WHO'LL BE GOING UP AGAINST WHO IN THE SECOND ROUND!"
Second Round
First Match—Midoriya Izuku vs. Todoroki Shoto
Second Match—Iida Tenya vs. Shiozaki Ibara
Third Match—Tokoyami Fumikage vs. Ashido Mina
Fourth Match—Bakugo Katsuki vs. Kirishima Eijiro
Fifth Match—Vasiliev Esfir vs ?
"WHOEVER WINS THE THIRD MATCH WILL BE VASILIEV'S OPPONENT!" Present Mic explained.
Infirmary
Ochako saw who was fighting first and saw it was once again Deku-kun, looking at his face she saw he was calm and not at all worried about his match against Todoroki.
"So I'm up first again, huh?" He sighs, standing up from his chair, "Better get ready for it then."
"Deku-kun..."
He gives her a small smile, "Make sure to get plenty of rest." He left the infirmary to head off to his waiting room before the match starts.
Ochako knew he didn't need it, but she wished him luck anyway, "Good luck...Deku-kun."
Second Battle Round & Finals