*Midoriya's P.O.V*
"Izuku!"
I shot up and turned, "Mom?" I asked as I walked over to her, "What's wrong? Did something happen?" I asked.
"Y-You lost!" She yelled while crying... I thought something bad happened. I rolled my eyes and hugged her.
"Mom... it's alright. This tournament was too much work anyway." I said as she looked at me, her eyes red from her short but powerful crying fit, "Besides, he went all out so did I, it was fair."
She laughed, "You were always lazy." She quipped.
"Ehh, I prefer to call it, 'Conserving my Energy'." I countered, then I remembered, "That reminds me... did you agree to the weights?" I asked.
She tensed up, "Oh look at the time, gotta go, bye!" She said before running off.
... Should have known. Well it doesn't matter ultimately. I then felt a bunch of stares behind me. "What now?" I asked.
"Your mom works here?" Tsu asked.
"Yeah, she does." I said, "That's the reason why the food is so good."
"I taste no difference." She said.
"... I'll pretend I didn't hear that." I said before sitting back down. "Anyway the match is starting."
It was... one sided. Kaminari used his indiscriminate shock, but Iida jumped out of the way of it, it's amazing how much range it has on the ground, but not in the air. Once Kaminari was dummified used his Bo staff to shove him out of bounds.
"Well... I was expecting some sort of fight from Kaminari." I muttered, but Sero and Bakugou's match is first, "Hey Bakugou, destory Sero and avenge my cake."
"H-Hey!" Sero yelled.
"I don't need your orders. I was planning on doing it anyway." Bakugou growled before stomping off.
Once they were gone, Yaoyorozu asked the all important question, "Why are you so obsessed with the cake?" She asked.
I just shrugged, "I just wanted to see how far I can run that joke into the ground." I said simply, "And I spent good money on that cake..."
"But I do have a question Midoriya." A voice said... it was Iida.
"Yes, what is it?" I asked.
"... I would like to speak with you im private." He said.
"... Sure?" I asked as I got up to follow him.
... I have a bad feeling about this.
We went far from the 1-A spectator seats so Iida and I could talk, "So what did you need?" I asked.
"I talked to my brother." He said.
"Great, what did he say?" I asked.
"He said how proud he was that I made it to the final event. But, he also told me to tell you something." He said.
"Which is?" I asked.
"He wanted me to invite you to a family dinner." He said, "I don't know why, but he wants you there."
... Probably about the Hero Killer, but it'd be rude to reject, and free food. "Sure, can I invite mom?" I asked.
"By all mean." He said, "However, did you two meet before?" He asked.
"... I'll explain at the dinner, makes it easier for me to not explain it multiple times." I said, "When is this dinner?" I asked.
"Tomorrow, at 5:30." He said.
5:30, got it. "Alright, we'll be there. Anything else?" I asked.
"That, would be all." He said before walking back to the spectator seats.
... Well that went well.
Once we made it back we saw Bakugou stick the bo staff in his mouth, and then he used his Quirk to blast towards Sero to bat him out his Bo staff. It took one hit, but it was all that mattered.
"Such brutality." Tokoyami muttered.
"Yeah." Uraraka responded.
"Ehh, par from the course." I said while shrugging, and pulling out a book, "He's basically known for not holding back at all. However, he could be a little nicer." I said as the next two combatants entered the stage. Kendou and Shiozaki. "Now this... will be an interesting one."
"How so?" Iida asked.
"They both use their Quirks for offense. It'll be interesting how they adapt when a weapon gets thrown into the mix." I said, "Kendou's fighting style is mainly hand to hand, and Shiozaki uses her vines to attack and capture. However, they're supposed to attack mainly with the weapons, and even with that there are stipulations. Like Kaminari's indiscriminate shock. So we'll have to see." I said.
Kendou grabbed a bo staff and held it with one gigantisized hand, leaving the other one for I assume defense, while Ibara got a bo staff as well. A lot of bo staffs... what happened to dual wielding? I mean sure with a bo staff you sacrifice speed and mobility for power, and it makes sense given their Quirks, especially Shiozaki's with her range.
"Man... that hurt." I heard a voice said, I turned to see a lightly bandaged Sero, I smiled.
"That's what we called karmic retribution. The cake has been avenged." I said as he glared at me.
"Will you stop talking about the cake, I said I was sorry." Sero said.
"Actually... you didn't." I said.
"You really didn't." Tsu replied.
"O-Oh... I'm sorry." He muttered.
"Pay me the money the cake costs, and we'll be square." I said.
"Sure how much do they cost?" Sero asked.
"1,500 yen per." I said.
...
...
"1,500?!" Sero asked.
"Makes sense, that cake was pretty damn good." Bakugou said.
"So pay up." I said.
"... Fine." He said as he payed me 1500 yen.
"Oh I lied by the way, it costed like 700." I said with a smirk.
"W-What?!" He asked.
"Thanks for the money Sero." I said which got laughter from Bakugou and Ashido.
"He got you good." Ashido said which caused Sero to collapse into his chair with a groan.
Cake time has been avenged.
Onto the battle, and it was pretty intense. Kendou rushed forward with her enlarged hands for both offense and defense, while Shiozaki stood her ground for defense. When Kendou took a swing Shiozaki blocked it while using her vines to try and disarm her... interesting strategy. But an obvious one, Kendou gripped her hair vines and tossed her behind her and rushed after her.
Shiozaki was quick to get up and parried her swing with one of her own, which Kendou blocked. Each exchange has been met with dodged and blocks. However, Shiozaki decided it was time to end this. She used her vines to grip Kendou's arm... but Kendou was much stronger than Shiozaki, she gripped the vines that held her arm, however instead of throwing her behind her, she lifted her up and shoved her out of bounds.
... Oh wait a minute. It's Itake and Yaoyorozu's turn. Man, I'm conflicted. I like Yaoyorozu, she's one of my better friends, but I also like Itake as well, guess I'll have to root for both.
They both took the stage, after grabbing their weapons, they both prepped themselves for battle. It was... one sided in Yaoyorozu's favor. I heard she has experience fighting with weapons, and Itake... does not. She was knocked out of the ring after a few seconds.
... I should see if she's alright.
I headed down to Recovery Girl's office, after hearing that Ashido stepped off the stage on her own accord and Shinso advances. Once I entered Itake was getting healed up. "Hey, how you holding up?" I asked.
She shook her head, "I couldn't do anything." She muttered.
"Yeah, because that was a field you weren't experienced in." I said before sitting besides her. "There are many different fighting styles out there. This one? Just so happened to be one Yaoyorozu was a master of."
"Really?" Itake asked.
"Yeah, she can literally make weapons for her to use, it'd be stupid for her to not be good at using them." I said before lightly tapping her forehead, "So don't get so bummed out over this loss. Besides, no one can be as good at using weapons in battle like her or me." I said.
3... 2... 1...
"Can you teach me?" She asked.
There's the ask, "Hmm... I don't know, would that even work with your Quirk?" I asked.
"I can make it work. Besides I need a different combat style. My Quirk isn't offensive, aside from the throat thing." She said.
"Well stop thinking that offensive Quirks are everything." I said.
"You're one to talk." Recovery Girl commented.
"Hush." I snapped at her, "Look, offense is cool and all. But all that matters, is capturing the villains and helping those in need. Off the top of my head, you can make edible mushrooms, boom world hunger eliminated. You can grow a mushroom on an enemy's gun. Boom stopped a hostage situation. You can even block the door to an enemy's escape." I said, "You're Quirk isn't offensive, that much is certain, aside from the throat thing, which can and is a viable strategy. So don't think of yourself as an offensive hero. If those heroes out there don't think that, then they clearly don't have their eyes on the big picture."
She stared at me for a few seconds... before hugging me, "T-Thanks." She muttered.
I smiled and patted her head, "No problem. Now let's go."
"WHAT A FANTASTIC MATCH! TOKOYAMI'S RELENTLESS ONSLAUGHT EARNED HIM THE ADVANCEMENT!" Present Mic yelled.
"We're missing all the action."
Itake and I parted ways so we could go to our respective booths. Once we made it back Honenuki had Kirishima submerged in liquified stage, and was declared unable to battle.
"Man, I came back to a one sided battle?" I asked as I collapsed onto my seat, "Oh well, I'll watch the highlight reel of Tokoyami's battle."
So the fighters were given a 15 minute break before the second round started. And to our surprise, Todoroki is back.
"Oh, you're back, so I didn't punch you too hard." I commented, "Hey, I really respect what you did back there. Thanks."
"For what?" Todoroki asked.
"For using your fire. For listening to my yelling filled speech." I said.
He didn't respond, and looked away. Better than saying no.
After 15 minutes Todoroki and Iida headed back down to the stage. Iida landed some good hits, but was frozen by Todoroki... he didn't use his flames again. Then again, the situation didn't call for it. So it's fine in that regard.
But still... that's a tough break for Iida.
Next match was between Bakugou and Kendou. Kendou held strong, but Bakugou's swap from bo staff to dual wielding, as well as his unrelenting force earned him the edge with his flurry of swings. Kendou was pushed back and was shoved out of bounds.
Next battle was between Yaoyorozu and Shinso. Which reminds me... "What's that guy's Quirk?" I asked Ashido.
"I don't know... one moment I said something to him, the next I walked off the stage, my mind was foggy during the time." She answered.
"Said something... that must be what triggers his Quirk. Mind Control. Or something along those lines." I suggested.
"Most likely." Tokoyami said.
It didn't matter though... Yaoyorozu did the exact same thing Ashido did and walked off the stage.
"I tried to tell her, but she didn't want help." She said.
... Should I check on her? Maybe I should.
"Oh Yaomomo you're back." Jirou said.
She sat in her seat, "His Quirk is powerful. I expected nothing less than that." She said.
... No, she's crushed by her loss, I can tell. The Yaoyorozu I know wouldn't let something as petty as this get to her... I'll have to talk to her in private when I get the chance. If I call her out right now, she'll just dismiss it and say nothing is wrong.
Honenuki used his Quirk on Tokoyami, but he gave Dark Shadow his staff so he can fight in his stead. Honenuki's Quirk is powerful, but he's not fast. Tokoyami's Dark Shadow defeated Honenuki... it just took a while.
The final four have been decided. Bakugou vs Todoroki, and Tokoyami vs Shinso.
Bakugou and Todoroki's fight was intense. The most intense match of the tournament. Todoroki used his ice to start off but Bakugou smashed it after a few explosive swings. There were a few more exchanges like that, all the while Bakugou was clambering for Todoroki's fire. But he wouldn't use it.
"You bastard! I'll tell you what'll happen if you make a fool outta me. I'll kill you!" Bakugou yelled, "I don't want there to be any doubt that I'm one of the best students at the festival. That's only possible if you come at me as hard as you can! There's no point if you don't fight me with the same power you used against that nerd. If you don't wanna win this, why are you even here?!" He yelled before rushing back towards Todoroki, "Show everyone you're trying to destroy me!"
Todoroki's still not using it... what a pain, looks like I'll have to step in again.
"Hey! Todoroki!" I yelled which got his attention, "Don't play favorites now! Do you best, and go at it as hard as you can!"
Bakugou dropped his staff as he launched himself into the air as Todoroki caused flames to erupt out of his left side. Todoroki aimed his flamed up hand at Bakugou while Bakugou was spinning around. They both abandoned the rules, so really it comes down to who gets beaten first. As Bakugou was sailing closer, Todoroki... dropped his left hand and his flames.
"HOWITZER IMPACT!" Bakugou yelled as he hit Todoroki's ice barrier causing it, and the ice around him to be destroyed in a array of explosions.
The round was over, and Bakugou won the match... but he wasn't satisfied. He slowly walked over to an unconscious Todoroki and wanted him to get up, but Midnight used her Quirk to knock him out before he can hurt Todoroki any more. She then declared Bakugou the winner of the match.
The crowd was speechless from the display and the aftermath of the tournament. They were both carried off the ring, and it was then Tokoyami and Shinso's match.
Since Tokoyami knew Shinso's Quirk it was a one sided fight due to Shinso not having any combat experience in terms of weapon use. So the final match was Bakugou vs Tokoyami. Tokoyami and Bakugou met on the field. Bakugou looking angrier than ever. I felt bad for Tokoyami, he was completely destroyed in the final match due to a pissed off Bakugou and his barrage of explosive swings.
Bakugou won the Sports Festival, but Bakugou was still not satisfied. Todoroki didn't want to spend more time in the Sports Festival anymore, so he froze Shinso for the third place medal.
Anyway... Bakugou was angry and yelling at Todoroki who stood at the third place podium. So much so that Bakugou had to be muzzled on the post so the crowd of heroes... and children, won't hear his... I assume, swear filled rant to Todoroki.
All Might was in charge of present the medals and after... a miscue, with Midnight, he present the medals to the three finalists. Todoroki and Tokoyami took their medals and I assume advice with no trouble... then it was Bakugou's turn. He was growling at All Might while he held the gold medal.
After removing the muzzle, Bakugou started talking.
"All Might..." He growled, "Winning first place this way... doesn't prove that I'M THE BEST ONE HERE! EVEN IF THE WORLD CONSIDERS ME THE WINNER, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT LIKE THIS!" He yelled, which caused All Might to flinch in fear.
All Might then cleared his throat, "Ahem, in a world where we're constantly being compared to one another. There are very few who can keep their eyes focused on the tip spot. You're one of them." He said, sugar coating this whole thing for the press... I'm actually proud, All Might then held out the medal for Bakugou, "Please accept this medal. Even if you have to think of it as a scar. Something you'll never forget."
"I DON'T WAN'T THAT PIECE OF GARBAGE!" Bakugou yelled.
"Come on now." All Might insisted.
"GET THAT TRASH OFF A ME, YOU IDIOT!" Bakugou yelled... before All Might just placed it on Bakugou's teeth... where he grinded his teeth on the neck part of the medal.
After that... interaction. All Might thanked us for participating, and we can FINALLY go home. Mr. Aizawa congratulated those who won, and that we had the next few days off to recover. I looked around for Yaoyorozu so I can talk to her about her battle... but she left early. Maybe time to herself will do her well. I on the other hand...
Had mom's cooking to look forward to.
*End of Chapter*