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"T-Ten million..." Izuku muttered to herself again, still in shock over that number. The others had all started running about, making teams. She jerked her head up, looking around wildly as she tried to formulate a plan in her head. She needed to make a team, and quick, but who could she ask? The points hanging above her head was a strong target...
"Deku-chan." Uraraka was still there beside her, and she had her fist clenched and a broad smile on her face.
"O-Ochachan..." Izuku was surprised as the girl looked at her, brimming with confidence.
"I want to be apart of your team." The slightly taller girl said as she put her hands on Izuku's shoulders. "I'll stand by you, and protect you so that we can face each other in the finals."
Izuku felt tears start too form in her eyes as the other girl smiled down at her. She bit her lip, and clenched her own fists as she turned her head to look around for who else she could find, "Okay, then lets see who else we can get!" She turned around to look at all the others, seeing many had flocked towards Todoroki and Katsuki with pleas to make teams. She made eye contact with those big ruby orbs that were staring her down from afar, and she almost took a step towards him.
"... Let's ask Iida..." Izuku said, stopping herself. Sure teaming up with him would be a good plan, but she knew deep down that Katsuki was now looking to challenge her more than ever. She could see it in his eyes. As badly as she wanted to ask, she knew he'd refuse her out of pride. She turned her head to look away, and ran after Iida. "Iida! Hey, I'd like to ask yo-"
"I'll stop you right there." The tall boy said with his hand up, and he gave her a smile briming with pride. "You want me to join your team."
"Yes!" Izuku smiled up at him, clenching her fists tightly as Uraraka nodded her head. "I have a plan, with your quirk and Uraraka's quirk, our mobility would be unstoppable." Izuku looked up at him, her eyes shinning.
"You're as amazing as ever, Midoriya. But I must refuse..." Izuku was shocked by his words, and so was Uraraka. "Ever since the entrance exam, I was stunned by your way of thinking, and your quirk. Then during that race, you over took me and the rest with ease. I've done nothing but loose to you, so even though you're my friend. I must refuse your offer, and challenge you head on myself."
"Iida..." Izuku stood there, and saw the look in his eyes. Iida was nothing but truthful and Izuku smiled, that was a part she liked about him. "Alright, I'll take your challenge. Let's go Uraraka," Izuku looked at the other girl who was stunned.
Izuku was crossing the field, her eyes scanning the area. She was running out of time as she looked at each face who turned their gaze away from her. She could tell her classmates all took her declaration in the waiting room seriously now, and were determined to win. She needed a defense, Uraraka had an amazing quirk for their mobility, and would give them a chance to fly away if need be... "... Tokoyami." Izuku said with a thought as her eyes landed on the quiet boy from their class with the features of a bird. "TOKOYAMI-KUN!" she cried out, running up behind him to grab his arm with her small hands. Her eyes were shining with ideas up at him as she thought about his quirk.
"So You want to use me as a Defense..." He seemed surprised by Izuku's thoughts, who nodded her head wildly. "I see, that's very interesting considering you know little about my quirk. I like it, I'll take you up on your offer." The boy seemed to smile at her, as he held out a hand to shake with her.
"This is great, we just need one more person..." Izuku looked at the other two. "A wild card, we need some one who can surprise the others..." She was looking around at the others who were left, still forming teams.
"I don't know... the others all seem to want to avoid us completely." Uraraka was also scanning the crowd around them, looking a bit miffed. "I guess I can understand their feelings, we will be a highly targeted team right off the bat."
"Izuku-chan." A familiar voice spoke behind them, and the three teammates turned their head in surprise to look up at Yaoyorozu. "I'd like to form a team with you. I witnessed your strength and capabilities during the race, and I must say I'm impressed with how you handled yourself out there." The older girl was smiling brightly down at Izuku, who was starting to tear up. "But I'm worried about you and all these ruffians who will be after your head. I'd like the chance to work with you."
"MOMOCHAAAN!" Izuku cried happily, as she looked up at the one person who she knew could help her surprise the others. "THANK YOU!"
"Now now, don't cry." The taller girl laughed as she hugged the smaller one, and looked at Uraraka and Tokoyami who were also stunned by her offer. "I look forward to working with all of you. Let's all do our best to make it into the finals!" She said with a smile.
The time limit was close to being up, and Izuku looked out at the other teams that had formed, surprised by a lot of them. She saw that Katsuki had a strong line-up, with Sero, Kirishima and Aoyama who looked like he was about to throw up. Her eyes then looked towards Todoroki and was surprised to see Iida in front, Kaminari too one side and a girl with a crazy pair of goggles on her head and a look that buzzed with excitement.
"Our two main opponents seem to have formed strong teams..." Izuku said thoughtfully as she was hoisted up into the air by Yaoyorozu to be the rider. "They really want to win here..."
"So do we." Tokoyami said proudly from in front of her, his quirk at the ready. "And we will protect your headband with our whole being."
"RIGHT!" Uraraka laughed loudly, "LET'S TAKE THEM DOWN!"
"You guys are all fired up!" Asui called out from their left, and she noticed the rest of the girls in their class had grouped up with fire in their eyes. Ashido in the front, Asui and Jirou in the rear and an invisible Hagakure on top, distinguishable by her head band. "But so are we, kero!"
"We welcome the challenge!" Yaoyorozu said with a bright smile as she struggled for a moment and removed her jacket. Everyone blushed as they saw her only wearing her sports bra now.
"M-Momochan..." Izuku said with shock in her voice, but she knew the reason behind it. Yaoyorozu needed her skin to be free to use her quirk to the fullest. Izuku shook her head to rid herself of her blush, and looked up, fire lighting in her eyes as she eyed up the other teams. "Well then, LETS DO THIS!" She shouted, making sure her headband was on firmly as it displayed their point count which was well over ten million now.
"READY!" Uraraka shouted confidently.
"At your service." Tokoyami said with a grin as he looked back at their rider.
"Lets win this!" Yaoyorozu said with a shout, and the horn blared around them to signal the start of the battle.
"URARAKA!" Izuku shouted as several teams bared down on them immediately, and the brunette grinned wildly as she activated her quirk on the other three, and Izuku charged her fists with One for All, and let out a battle cry as she punched towrds the ground, sending them flying into the air, and the other teams skidding back. "That was close!" she laughed out as the team floated high above the others.
"Let's reign ourselves in!" Yaoyorozu shouted, and started to form a grappling hook gun out of her side. She grabbed the handle of it, and fired it at the ground, and the hook sunk into the dirt. "We're sitting ducks up here for the others with quirks that have long range!" She shouted out, and hit the button on the gun that reeled them in towards the ground. She was right as vines and a tongue shot out her way, but Dark shadow defended her in a flash, roaring out at the others who tried to attack as their team ran away.
"D-Dark shadow is amazing!" Izuku said happily as they ran around the edge of the battlefield while others turned to attacking everyone for the moment. "The perfect defence!"
"That's why you picked me, right?" Tokoyami called back to her, his eyes forward. "He tends to get fired up when some one he likes is around, and it's hard not to like you, Midoriya."
"Uhm..." Izuku blushed a bright red, before she heard a horrifying laugh behind her. She turned her head back as balls were thrown in their direction and the boy Shouji from their class stormed towards them with his arms back like a tank. "And Mineta?! What the heck!"
"I'M COMING FOR THAT CROWN ON YOUR HEAD, AND A GROPE FROM THE FRONT!" Mineta cried out loudly from inside the human tank, and Uraraka and Yaoyorozu both glared murderously back at the boy, before Dark shadow shot out towards their attackers.
"MIDORIYA, NOW!" Tokoyami shouted out and Izuku charged her fists, and once again they took off too the sky with Uraraka's quirk activated. Izuku let out a sigh of relief, shivering a bit from the thought of the boy jumping at her. "That guy needs some sense knocked into him."
"AGREED." the girls under Izuku growled out, and she laughed a bit, before there was a loud explosion from below them, and Izuku's eyes widened in fear.
"HE'S COMING!" she shouted as Yaoyorozu made another grappling gun, and Izuku turned to look at Katsuki who was coming in like a rocket.
"You can't run from me!" He shouted at her, as he flew directly towards her, the look in his eyes one of a hunter pouncing on it's prey as he reached out to grab her headband.
"DEKU-CHAN!" Uraraka cried out, as Izuku wound her arm back to counter, but while they were this high up, he would go flying if she used it, and she hesitated, grinding her teeth together. She didn't want to hurt anyone!
"DARK SHADOW!" She cried out loudly, and Tokoyami's quirk came up like a a wall, and defended her. She heard a boom against the bird like defence, and he pulled back as Katsuki began to fall out of the sky, glaring at her now.
"KACCHAN!" She cried out in concern as he went down, but saw that tape wrapped around his middle and pulled him back to his team. She let out a sigh of relief, glad that he chose a good team that could deal with his recklessness. "MOMCHAN, LETS BRING OURSELVES DOWN!"
"GOT IT!" Yaoyorozu shot her gun and they landed once again, making another break for it from the others. As they ran, she could hear Presnt Mic freaking out about the team standings, and she looked up to see that almost all the teams had zero points, except for the top 6. Her eyes widened as she sat Katsuki's team lost it's points, and looked back to see him chasing after another team, going wild with rage.
"Kacchan is focused on another team now, so all we have to worry about is keeping away from the others for only a bit longer..." Izuku turned her head forwards, "it seems the others have given up for the most part, considering time's almost up, and we present a challenge that's to hard to keep up with."
"Ugh, I don't feel so good.." Uraraka said with a sick look to her face. Izuku looked down at her with concern, before they slid to a stop.
"Midoriya..." Tokoyami's voice made Izuku look up in front of them to make eye contact with Todoroki who still wore his head band. She felt shivers down her spine as she looked into those eyes that challenged her. "I think we might be up for a struggle with our last moments..."
"Nows our chance!" The girl under Todoroki laughed loudly, "to be in the spot light as we take the headband from the top player! Let's show them my babies!" she cried out happily, and Izuku raised an eyebrow. The team seemed to be equipped shoes that had wheels on them. "DO YOU LIKE THEM?! THEY'RE MY SPECIAL ROLLERBLADES, EQUIPPED TO WITHSTAND ANY ELEMENT!"
"Uhm... we need to run..." Izuku started to sweat as Todoroki bared down on them, as well as the other teams now.
"Kaminari... His quirk is electricity." Yaoyorozu said with a thought, and Izuku felt herself tense, "I think I know what he's planning, that guys a human stun gun!"
"WE NEED TO FLY!" Izuku shouted, and Uraraka groaned as she nodded her head, and activated her quirk. Izuku felt horrible as they took off with a blast once again, but was glad they did as they saw the other teams get zapped by Kaminari's quirk.
"WAHAHA! I ALSO EQUIPPED MY BABIES WITH RESISTANCE TO ELECTRICITY!" The mad pink haired girl yelled out happily as Todoroki's team chased after Izuku's.
"You're pretty good at getting ahead, Midoriya. But I won't let you get away this time!" Todoroki shouted up at her, as their team came falling back down, and was buffered from the impact by Izuku's powerful punches.
"BRING IT ON!" Izuku shouted out, at him, as they turned, Uraraka looking sicker than she did before. "TOKOYAMI!"
"DARK SHADOW!" Tokyami shouted out as his quirk lunged towards Todoroki's team, but he brought up a wall of ice to protect himself. Izuku watched as the quirk shadow avoided Kaminari, and Izuku thought back to what Tokoyami explained about his quirk.
"We need to hold our ground," Izuku bit her lip as she watched the team advance towards them, "Momochan, can you do something?"
"On it," Yaoyorozu was currently making another object to help with them.
"We can't take to the air anymore, Uraraka can't handle it again." Izuku said, clenching her fists tightly, she could hear her friend groaning in pain from the sickness. "We need to do something... but what? The battle is almost over... We just need to hold out for..." She looked down at Dark shadow, and thought of something. "... Let's make a feint... The others don't know about his weakness, do they?"
"No, I only told Kouda at USJ, but he's a man of few words." Tokoyami said with a look back at their rider. "This is your battle, commander. I'm ready to follow through with what ever you've got."
"Alrigh then..." Izuku looked up at their opponents. "Yaoyorozu, what do you have?"
"A way to take down their mobility." the other girl held up a blue ball. "With this, their wheels will stick."
"Perfect, with Iida, I'm sure they can make a dash in a heartbeat..." She looked around herself, and noticed that walls of ice had formed in a flash, and she gripped Tokoyai's shoulders tightly. Todoroki was out to corner them... she looked forwards to her opponent. "STAND YOUR GROUND!" She shouted at him loudly as they put distance around him, keeping to the left away from Todoroki's left side by Izuku's orders.
"TAKE IT, TODOROKI!" Iida shouted loudly, and suddenly the other team was coming at them with a startling speed.
"MOMOCHAN! DARK SHADOW!" Izuku shouted loudly. Yaoyorozu threw her ball at the feet of the other team and it exploded in a sticky goop. Dark shadow came up fast to defend Izuku, as the other team lost control of their speed from the wheels no longer working on their shoes. Izuku's eyes widened as Todoroki's hand came towards her face, only inches away, but Dark Shadow had stopped his advance quickly.
"DAMNIT!" Iida cursed loudly as they skidded to a halt behind the other team.
"That was close..." Izuku said, her heart pounding from the look that Todoroki gave her when they had gotten close. She turned her head to look back at them, eyes wide. "I didn't know Iida had that speed in him..."
"DON'T GIVE UP!" Iida shouted loudly, and turned his team around despite their footwear no longer working. "WE NEED TO GET THOSE POINTS!"
"We can't attack, that Kaminari is too much for dark shadow..." Tokoyami hissed out, and Izuku ground her teeth together.
"We have no choice, I'll do it." she said, charging up her fist. "Be prepared... DEFEND THE POINTS!" She shouted, her eyes had the look of a wild tiger in them as Todoroki's team came back for another attack. She raised her right fist as it crackled with electricity. "BRING IT ON!" She screamed out at her opponents. They other team came crashing in, and Izuku aimed her punch for Todoroki's left side. She noticed his eyes widened as he lifted his left arm up to grab at her headband, but she slapped it away with her right arm. She felt the scorch of flames lick at her skin, but her eyes stayed focus as she grabbed his right hand with her left one to keep him from grabbing her headband, and drew her right fist back again. There was a loud explosion from her right, she knew it was Katsuki, but she was too focused on the threat inches in front of her. The count down too the match being over was down to 5 seconds.
"SMAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" She screamed out, punching the space between her and Todoroki,and in a loud sonic boom, the teams were all blown back away from each other. Izuku almost toppled off her team, before Present mic screamed over the arena.
"TIMES UP!" There were loud cheers from the stands all around them, a Izuku groaned out in pain, and fell back into the arms of Yaoyorozu. She could hear her teammates talking to her loudly, but the ringing in her ears was almost deafening. She felt a horrible pain in her right arm, and couldn't even lift it up as she heard Present Mic announce the team standings.
"IN FIRST PLACE, TEAM MIDORIYA HOLDS HER GROUND! IN SECOND, TEAM TODOROKI, THIRD IS TEAM BAKUGO AND IN FOURTH WE HAVE... Huh?! IT'S TEAM SHINSOU!?"
"Deku-chan?!" Uraraka was the loudest of them all as Yaoyorozu knelt to the ground with Izuku, and let her sit. "Y-Your arm... what happened?!"
"I..." Izuku opened her eyes, and she squinted down at her arm. It was covered in burns and bruising. She ground her teeth together to keep from crying out in pain. "I'm Okay... I'll be alright.." she choked out as there was a lunch break announced. She looked up at her team who was surrounding her, and grinned at them all. "We did it... We stayed at the top. Thank you everyone for your hard work!" She said with a big grin, and Uraraka's eyes welled up with tears as she went to hug the small girl.
"We need to get you to Recovery girl right away." Yaoyorozu said firmly, stopping Uraraka.
"I'll go myself, don't wo-REEEEH?!" Izuku felt her body get jerked up off the ground by a pair of strong hands. She looked up as her legs were lifted, and her back steadied. "K-KACCHAN?!"
"Shut up." Katsuki was glaring down at her with murder in his eyes, and Izuku gulped in fear. "You stupid idiot! Why the fuck didn't you just let him take it from you?! MORON!" He shouted down at her as he held her like a princess, and Izuku shuddered in fear. "Now look at your fucking arm! You're not going by yourself, I'm fucking taking you there, and you're going to sit quietly and let her fucking fix you!"
Izuku's whole team watched in stunned horror as Katsuki shouted down at the small trembling girl in his arms, and start to walk off.
"... Is she going to be okay...?" Tokoyami asked the girls with concern, and Uraraka looked back at him.
"If it's him she'll... be alright?" Uraraka asked herself, and looked up. "He seemed pretty concerned."
"He was yelling at her..." Tokoyami said with a frown, and Yaoyorozu stood up.
"Don't worry, don't worry! That's just Bakugo talk for 'Are you alright?! Let me help help you!'." Kirishima had approached the others, laughing. "I think he's shy!"
"... Shy...?" The others asked dumbfounded by that statement.
"K-Kacchan... I can walk..." Izuku said in a small voice as he stormed through the hall towards the medic centre. "... Really... You can put me down..."
"JUST SHUT UP!" He shouted over her, and Izuku stopped talking. She just let herself be carried off, and when they arrived, Recovery girl looked up at them with a smile. Izuku was treated rather quickly, but because her skin still felt a little raw, Recovery girl had wrapped it up for her. She was feeling pretty tired as she stood up from the bed she sat on, and looked to Katsuki who was standing by the door still with his arms crossed. He had a dark look in his eyes as he watched her tiredly walk to him. "Let's go." He said firmly and left the room with her. They walked down the hallway silently for a while, before he spoke again. "Let me see."
"Huh...?" Izuku looked up at him as they stopped, and she was confused. He growled out in frustration, before he grabbed her right hand, and lifted it up to look at the bandages. He had a dark look in his eyes still. "K-Kacchan, It's perfectly fine. It's just a bit tingly is all, stop worrying."
"That guy fucking burned you, I'm allowed to be fucking pissed, Okay?!" He shouted at her, surprising Izuku with his words. "You better not let anyone fucking do this shit to you in the finals, got it?!"
"Kacchan...?" Izuku's head was spinning in confusion as he glared down at her. His attitude didn't match up with the meaning behind his words. He growled as he pulled her close to him, and their faces were inches apart. "Eep!"
"Only I can get this close too you, Alright?! Don't let anyone else get this close ever again!" He snapped in front of her face, "You better make it through all the god damn rounds, because I'm going to beat you and show you I'm number one! Forget that fucking Icy Hot guy, I'm your real opponent!"
"... A-Alright..." Izuku's cheeks were a bright red as he relaxed his grip on her hand. She watched him bring her fingers to his face again, and lifted her hand higher to look at the bracelet she still wore. The paint long faded from it, but his name still carved into the metal. She was standing on her toes now, her thoughts spinning wildly and her heart pounding loudly in her chest. She squinted her eyes shut, trying to calm herself down, but felt something warm and soft press too the exposed skin on her wrist that the bandages didn't fully cover. But when she opened her eyes, Katsuki had let go of her hand, and she pulled it back to her chest. "K-Kacchan...?"
"Stop with that stupid look, and go get some fucking food!" He shouted down at her, and she jumped and instinctively took off at at run down the hallway. "AND SLOW DOWN, MORON!"
"Wh-wh-what happened..." Her cheeks were burning with heat as she jogged down the hallway, clutching her arm to her chest. "D-d-did he just... No... But why? No, he wouldn't do that..." She was freaking out, touching the spot on her wrist that also burned hot like her cheeks. "There's no way..."
"Midoriya," a voice called out, and she nearly tripped and fell flat on her face. A hand reached out and grabbed her by her shirt to stop her from falling, and she looked up at Todoroki as he got her to her feet.
"T-T-Todoroki?" She asked curiously, wondering why he was here. He had a strange expression on his face she didn't understand as he looked at her bandaged arm, then her eyes.
"Why are you all red, what happened?" He asked, and Izuku clapped her hands on her cheeks, her whole face and neck going red now. Todoroki realized that maybe it was a topic he'd be better off not asking about and shook his head. "Never mind, can we talk?" He asked, and Izuku nodded her head, still trying to hide her blush.
He led her down a hallway, his hands dug deep in his pockets as he went, and Izuku watched the back of his head curiously. When he finally turned around, she stopped dead in her tracks, frozen cold by the icy stare he had in his eyes.
"You took my by surprise, and I broke my pledge..." He looked down at her arm, and reached out a hand to grab it. His touch was gentle and she felt his fingers cool her skin through the bandages. "... I'm sorry I let it get away from me."
"Uhm, that's alright." Izuku looked away from him, her cheeks still red. For some reason her arm was a popular topic at the moment.
"The others didn't feel it... But I did." Izuku looked back at him as he continued to speak, "I felt something similar from that guy back at USJ, too similar... Are you All Might's daughter or something?"
Izuku froze, her eyes wide at that question. The air between them was silent, and Izuku let out a laugh.
"What...? That's ridiculous!" She laughed, and shook her head, "No no, but I guess that's what I would say even if I was, right?!" She shook her head again, "But I swear, I'm not his daughter!" She felt his hand grip her arm tightly, and the cooling sensation spread on her skin. "... I wanted to ask though..." she looked up at him, and frowned. "Why... Why me? Why did you challenge me...?"
"Because you're connected to him, to the number 1 hero." Todoroki told her, and looked her in the eyes. "My father is Endeavor... The number 2 hero..."
Izuku stood in that hallway by herself 10 minutes later after Todoroki had left... She couldn't believe it... She had never heard such a heartbreaking story in her life... She held back tears of sympathy for him, and clenched her fists in front of her. "Some one like that... if this was a book he would be the main character..." she told herself, before some one called her name.
"Deku-chan! There you are! Oh, hey Bakugo." Uraraka came to a stop in the hall, and looked past the corner she was stopped at, as Katsuki stepped out, glowering at her. "Come on! I have a sandwich for you, let's eat cause Yaoyorozu says we have to change for the break!"
"Alright." Izuku looked up at her best friend with a small smile, and chased after her to the waiting room. She ate her sandwich along the way, wondering if Katsuki had heard her conversation with Todoroki...
"We need to wear these for a cheer battle?" Izuku asked curiously as she changed with the other girls into some cheering uniforms Yaoyorozu made with her quirk. She pulled the skirt on, and realized just how short it was. Her cheeks turned a bright red as she saw that there was a lot of space between the top and the skirt, exposing her flat toned stomach to the world. "U-Uhm... Are you guys sure about this...?" she asked, full of nerves as she turned to look at the others.
"Sensei said we had to, it's apart of the festival!" Yaoyorozu said with fire in her eyes. "Besides, You look very cute," She held up her phone, smiling warmly. Izuku sighed, as she picked up the pompoms, and steeled her nerves. "Alright, but just a couple!" She told the tall girl, and posed a bit, letting the others take her picture as they all pulled out their phones. "But... You all look very cute too..." she said in a small voice, her whole face turning red.
"UUUUWAAAAAH! ANOTHER TREASURE!" Uraraka cried out as she showed the others the video she took of Izuku blushing and calling them cute.
"Haa..." Izuku let out a sigh, but smiled warmly. She followed after the other girls out to the field, but was met with a loud cry from Present Mic as he pointed out they were the only students from Yuuei dressed as cheerleaders.
"MiiiiiineeeetaaaAAAAAH!" Yaoyorozu shouted over the cheering from the crowd. She knelt over, groaning about her own stupidity for being tricked.
"MINETA! KAMINARI! YOU PERVERTS! YOU LIED TO US!" Jirou took off at a run to go beat up the boys with Asui and Ashido right behind her. Izuku let out a laugh, and looked to Uraraka. The girls both shrugged, and tried to cheer up Yaoyorozu.
"It's fine, right! Let's have fun with it!" Hagakure's pompoms waved wildly in the air, and the three girls laughed happily,
"The fuck is this?" Katsuki's growl was heard as some of the boys stepped back out onto the field. He was walking with Kirishima and Sero.
"If this is meant to distract your opponents, it's not going to work." Todoroki made a comment as he passed by them cooly, and Izuku blushed a bit as the boys stared at them.
"Mineta and Kaminari lied to Yaoyorozu, So this was all just a misunderstanding..." Izuku said in a small voice, trying to hide her exposed stomach from the boys, and avoiding their eyes.
"Izuku, Banzai!" Kirishima went running at her, and threw his hands up in the air. Izuku blinked in surprise, and threw her hands up in the air as well.
"Banzai!" she shouted back. He started laughing loudly as he continued the motion, and she dd the same, laughing in confusion at what was so funny?
"Izuku..." Uraraka blushed a bit at how easily the girl was fooled by Kirishima, who took a swift punch to the back of the head from Katsuki while Sero laughed loudly. "She's too good for this world, being tricked by that..."
"Agreed." Yaoyorozu and Hagakure said with a nod, as Kirishima laughed at Katsuki, then poked Izuku's exposed stomach.
"HEY! NO TOUCHING!" Uraraka called out, stomping her way over, before Present Mic's loud voice boomed over the arena.
"WOW WOW WOW! IT'S TIME FOR THE 16 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CAVALRY BATTLE TO GET THEIR SPIRITS READY, AS WE PUT THEM TOO THE TEST IN A TOURNAMENT, OF ONE ON ONE COMBAT!"
Their full attention was directed to the large screen above the stadium. The people who had made it through the prelims all made their way to the stage, and Izuku let out a sigh as the whole satdium focused on them as Midnight announced that the match-ups were going to be decided by lottery. She looked around at the contenders, and all of a sudden saw Ojiro's hand go up, a look of sadness on his face as he dropped out. Another kid followed suit behind him, but Izuku was concerned for her classmate who looked upset and angry at himself as he explaine to Midnight why.
"You know... Green Horns like you.. GET ALL MY LOVE!" Midnight shouted to the stadium, "I hereby recognize these young men drawing back, and allow the 5th place team to-" The woman was cut off as the leader of the 5th place team denied the right with her teammates, and passed it along to a the boy named Tesutesu and his team.
"Wow..." Izuku was shocked by the good nature of class B, and smiled warmly, before she turned to look up at the board as the match ups were decided.
"Wow..." She scanned the board, and saw that She was up against some one named Shinsou... She glanced across the board. If she won, she would be up against either Kaminari or a Shiozaki after that... And then if she got to the next round... She saw Todoroki's name, and she was sure she would meet him then.
"Oh boy, I didn't expect this." Uraraka said with a shakey laugh as she looked up at the board. Izuku raised an eyebrow at that, and looked down the lineup, too see her name matched up with Katsuki's.
"Uraraka..." Izuku looked up at her friend, concern filling her eyes. Vut she saw that Uraraka looked more fired up than ever before.
"I'll take him down, and I'll challenge you in the final match." Uraraka smiled proudly down at Izuku, who smiled back up at her and nodded her head.
"It's you, isn't it? Midoriya Izuku?" Izuku felt a shiver run down her spine and she turned her head sharply to look up at the guy with purple hair who had challenged their class weeks ago.
"Y-UMMPH?!" She felt a hand cover her mouth as she went to respond, and looked up at Ojiro who was beside her.
"Midoriya, don't." He said protectively, and Shinsou let out a laugh.
"Heh, nice navel." He said with a scoff before walking off. The rest of her class glared after him as he stepped away.
"Ojiro-kun?" Izuku looked up at her classmate, who frowned.
"Midoriya, what ever you do, don't respond to what he said, ever." He looked down at her, frowning. "That guy has a brainwashing quirk, I'm sure of it. If you answer him, that's how he gets you. The only way to escape is to get a shock to your system, so you can't answer him back."
"Uh..." Izuku was surprised by this information, but she smiled, and nodded her head. "Thanks, Ojiro-kun."
"Any time," He smiled at her, "Just promise me you'll defeat that guy for the both of us."
"I promise!" Izuku shouted proudly and thrust her fists into the air. Ojiro blushed a bit and took a step back, looking away.
"Nice rack!" Mineta called from below, and Izuku looked down at him, and blushed a bright red, before Katsuki kicked him out of the way roughly.
"PUT A SHIRT ON!" He shouted at Izuku loudly, and she looked up at him, and lowered her pompoms to cover her stomach. "GOD DAMNIT. DO YOU WANT PERVS STARING AT YOU?!"
"I-I LIKE THIS OUTFIT! IT MATCHES THE OTHER GIRLS!" Izuku shouted back at him, her cheeks still a bright red.
"WHO CARES ABOUT MATCHING WITH IDIOTS?!" He shouted back at her.
"I CARE! WE'RE HAVING FUN!" She shouted back, and the whole class let out a collective sigh at the fight, before Uraraka steered Izuku off, and Kaminari and Kirishima turned Katsuki away. "That jerk! What's with him today?! He's mad, then he's nice to me, then he's mad again!"
"I think he's just crabby because he'll loose to me soon, don't worry." Uraraka said with a bright smile as Izuku calmed down quickly. "Let's go have some fun before the matches!"
"Ya!" Izuku smiled brightly, as she went with the others to enjoy the afternoon activities and cheer their classmates on who participated in the afternoon games.
"You know, I'm starting to think being tricked wasn't so bad," Jirou said as she crouched down on the ground, smiling as she watched Izuku and Hagakure cheer loudly for their classmates.
"I agree," Uraraka said with a bright smile as she took picutres of the two ecstatic girls. She looked at them for a second, before she scrolled through her contacts and crouched down near Jirou who watched with interest.
"What are you doing?" She asked curiously, seeing the close ups of Izuku on the other girls phone.
"Distraction tactic." Uraraka grinned, "Besides, why not tease him, right?" she asked Jirou, before sending the pictures of Izuku off to Katsuki. A moment later they heard a loud bang from the benches.
"WHO SENT THIS SHIT?! FUCK YOU!" He shouted over at his classmates, and Uraraka and Jirou both started laughing as the boy stormed off.
"I think he likes it," Jirou laughed out.
It wasn't long before the sports part of the sports festival ended, and the stage was set for the battles. Izuku had changed back into her gym uniform, and was standing at her entrance alone, staring out at the stage.
"I've placed 1st in both parts so far... Only a few battles left to go..." She told herself, and took a deep breath. "Show them you're here, Izuku. Show them what you've got." She told herself, before some one surprised her from behind. She turned around to see a grinning All Might.
"Little Midoriya," He spoke, before she ran at him, and threw her arms around his middle in a tight hug.
"All Might...!" She cried out happily and hugged him tightly.
"You've done an amazing job, the stands are buzzing with excitement every time you move... I can't believe you've done so well, and you handle One for All splendidly!"
"I-I'm still a bit shaky with it..." Izuku said with a smile up at her hero.
"Not at all! You've made this power your own with those amazing kicks, and those punches were out of this world, Midoriya my girl..." He looked down at her, his hands on her shoulders. "No matter what happens from this point on, I want you to know, I couldn't be prouder of you."
"A-All Might..." Izuku's tears burned in her eyes and spilled down her cheeks.
"Now now! That's not the face a champion should have!" All Might laughed loudly, and rubbed her tears away for her. "Your best feature is your smile. So go out there, and show it too them!"
"ALL RIGHT!" She shouted loudly, grinning up at him brightly. All Might turned her around, and she heard Present Mic speaking. She ran off, and the man let out a sigh, but smiled after the girl who ran towards her cream with all her power.
"WELL NOW FOLKS! IT'S TIME TO START THE MAIN EVENT! THE ONE YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! THE ONE-ON-ONE BATTLES!" the man yelled out over the crowd who cheered loudly as Izuku walked up the steps and onto the stage. "MATCH ONE IS HERE! WHAT'S WITH THAT HUGE GRIN ON HER FACE?! SHE KNOWS SHE'S THE ONE TO BEAT SO FAR, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEROIC'S, MIDORIYA 'THE WILD CAT' IZUKU!" Present Mic shouted, and Izuku turned her head in confusion at the strange nick name from the teacher.
"NOW FOR HER OPPONENT, HASNT-REALLY-DONE-ANYTHING-NOTABLE-YET, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION'S, SHINSOU HITOSHI!" Present mic screamed out over the crowd as the two students came to a stop, about 20 feet from each other on the stage. Izuku clenched her fists, and glared darkly at the boy who looked bored. She held her gaze towards him as Midnight explained the rules of the match for the whole the whole arena.
"You ready for this?" The boy called out to Izuku, and tilted his head to the side. "Don't get made at me if I make you kiss my shoes or take your top off." He called out to her, and Izuku bit down on her tongue as he taunted her. She could hear Midnight yell out to start the match, and Izuku kicked off the ground to run towards her opponent. "Oh, here you come. Are you out to avenge your classmate? That stupid chimp must have said something..." He stepped back as Izuku threw a normal punch at him. "Whoa now, careful. How'd you get into the Heroics department like that? Did your boyfriend, Bakugo carry you this whole way?"
Izuku glared up at him, still biting down on her tongue to keep herself from saying anything. She knew she couldn't, she'd loose instantly if she did.
"Come on now, what's a cute girl like you doing following around that idiot? He thinks he can be a hero with that mouth and attitude? He should give up and become the villain he was born to be!" Shinsou taunted her, and Izuku's eyes flashed a bright green in anger. "His effort is wasted!"
"NO IT'S NOT!" She screamed at him, angry he had said such things about Katsuki. She stopped, something in her mind clicking out of place, as she froze, before her body relaxed.
"MIDORIYA?!"
"IZUCHAN?!"
She could hear the muffled shouted from her classmates as her hands dropped to her sides.
"FUCKING DEKU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" She could hear quiet explosions of anger from the stands as someone shouted down to her.
"Ooo, Looks like I've upset him." Shinsou laughed, and looked down at her with his tired purple eyes. "Oh well... Lets end this. How about you turn around, and walk out of bounds." He said with a wave of his hand, and Izuku did as she was told, slowly turning before she headed back towards the edge of the stage.
No... no stop! Stop walking! Idiot! You're going the wrong way! Izuku's thoughts screamed in her head, but her body wouldn't listen. You can't go over there, you'll loose! You need to stop! You need to win! You can't let this guy beat you! All Might is counting on you! Your class is cheering for you!
Izuku's eyes focused on the entrance of the stadium where she knew All Might was watching from. You've got to stop... You can't let it end...
YOU CAN'T LET IT END LIKE THIS!
She felt something pulse deep within her chest, and spread out through her limbs. The familiar crackle of power... She looked into the entrance, and saw many pairs of glowing eyes, all looking to her with high expectations.
What is... What is this?!
She felt her fingers twitch, and her arm pulse.
NOW!
The resulting boom of power shot out of her arm, and made her stumbled back away from the line she was about to cross. She caught herself in her surprise, and looked down at her hand. She could still feel it, that surge of power leaving her fingers in tiny sparks. She then realized she could feel it all over her body, and looked at her legs.
"WHAT?! WHAT THE HELL?!" She heard Shinsou yell from behind her and she turned her head around, glaring back at him. "WHAT DID YOU DO?! HOW DID YOU BREAK FREE?!"
Izuku bit down on her tongue hard, tasting blood in her mouth. She started to walk towards him slowly, but he growled out in anger.
"SAY SOMETHNG!" He shouted at her, "DO YOU ALWAYS LET PEOPLE JUST SHOUT AT YOU?! YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH POWER, I'M SO JEALOUS! THERE'S NO WAY SOME ONE LIKE YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS, YOU WERE BLESSED!"
I was... Izuku picked up the pace as she ran at him now.
"PEOPLE LLIKE YOU WHO WERE BORN WITH PERFECT QUIRKS WOULD NEVE UNDERSTAND MY STRUGGLE!"
I do understand! Izuku could taste the blood in her mouth, and feel it drip down her chin as she ran at him with tears in her eyes. THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO WIN!
She grabbed him by the front of his shirt, and pulled her fist back. Shinsou panicked, cracking her across the face. Izuku could hear gasps from the crowd as she spit blood out onto the ground, before whipping her head to look back at him, glaring. She could feel him shuddering in anger, before he tried to push her off. She grabbed the arm that went to punch her gain, and spun around with all her power, and threw him over her shoulder, and out of bounds.
"MIDORIYA WIIIIIIIIIINS!" Present mic shouted over the stadium, as she caught her breath, blood dropping from her lips as she looked down at a stunned Shinsou. He should have been perfectly alright, she hadn't hit him or anything... She heard loud cheers from the stands, but she walked over to Shinsou, and held her hand out to him.
"That... That's a pretty powerful quirk." She told him, as she helped him up, and looked up at the taller boy. "You almost had me."
"Tch!" He glared at her, as they bowed to each other to close the match, before he turned away. She smiled as she watched him walk off, and heard the crowd praising him from the stands. She let out a sigh, and turned to walk away herself.
"Hey, Midoriya." She turned her head, hearing Shinsou call her name. "... You really should ditch that boyfriend of yours. You're too good for him." He called out, looking back at her.
"Hah, he's no-" She stopped, feeling the effects of his quirk stop her. He let out a laugh as he looked back at her.
"You really shouldn't reply to me, or I might attack you." He said with a grin, before he let his quirk go and walked away from an extremely confused Izuku.
She turned at that moment, and headed back to to the exit she entered through, and saw a fretting All Might standing there. She smiled brightly and ran towards him, "I DID IT!" She laughed happily and he choked, blood coming from his mouth as he looked away from the horrifying sight or a brightly smiling girl with blood dripping out of her own mouth.
"WHAT'S WITH THAT LOOK?!" He cried out, and looked down at her worriedly.
"Oh, I bit my tongue..." She said, stopping short of him, and she could feel it swelling inside of her mouth.
"Let me see," He had gone full dad mode, and Izuku looked up at him as he opened her mouth to look at the bleeding and swelling tongue. "GAH! THIS IS BAD! YOU NEED TO GO SE-"
"DEKU-CHAAAAAN!" Uraraka rounded the corner of the hall with Yaoyorozu, Ashido and Asui. "Are you- PERVERT!" The girl stopped, pointing at All Might in horror, as she saw the scene what she was assumed was a creepy old pervert looking into a young girls mouth.
"NO!" All Might stepped back from Izuku, waving his hands around in a panic. "I'm not! I'm not a pervert, I'm-!"
"He's my uncle!" Izuku interrupted and smiled brightly at her friends. "He came to watch the festival today, and cheer me on!"
"YES! THE NAME IS TOSHINORI!" All Might bowed at his waist, before spitting up blood himself.
"... Is he okay?" Yaoyorozu asked with concern, "You should both hurry too Recovery girl."
"YES!" Izuku beamed at her friends, and laughed nervously as she grabbed All Might by the arm and dragged him off. "I'll see you guys in a bit!"
"... What a strange uncle..." Asui croaked out, before the girls returned too their seats.
After Izuku finished getting healed and cleaned up, and explaining what had happened to All Might, she hurried too the classes seats in the stands. She was greeted by praises from her classmates as she sat down in a seat between Katsuki and Uraraka.
"Hows the match?" She asked with excitement, and saw that it had ended rather quickly, with Kaminari getting wrapped up in a tangel of vines by a girl from class B. "Ooo... That's gotta suck." she said with a frown.
"Haha, He's going to be upset." Uraraka said with a laugh, and looked to Izuku. "You're not going to sit with your uncle?"
"Nah, He's got some friends in the stands." Izuku said with a nervous smile.
"Uncle?" Katsuki growled out his question. "You have an uncle?"
"Y-yeah. My Uncle came to watch me in the festival!" Izuku said, looking up at him in hopes that he didn't remember that she had no uncle.
"Hows your tongue?" Iida asked from the other side of Uraraka, and Izuku laughed.
"It's all good, all good!" She waved a hand. She turned her attention back to the battle stage as the next match began. "Oh, It's Todoroki and Sero!" She said excitedly, and leaned forwards in her chair to watch in anticipation.
The match started with a shout from Midnight, and Sero had made the first move. Izuku watched in awe as he wrapped Todoroki up in his tape, before it happened.
In less than a second, the temperature in the stadium dropped 15 degrees, and she felt a hand on the top of her chest push her back in her seat as a wall of ice covered half the arena, and she was staring at the pointy tips that almost impaled her.
"What's that fucking guys problem?!" Katsuki shouted in anger, punching the ice with an exploding fist to knock a chunk away from their view, his hand was the one on the top of her chest, holding her back so she didn't poke an eye out.
Izuku looked down at the stage, and saw Zero frozen solid, and Midnight declared the winner of the match to be Todoroki. She could only see his back, but saw his left hand starting to melt the ice away from his classmate, his head bowed.
Izuku felt a pang in her chest, feeling an overwhelming sadness coming from him.