*Midoriya's P.O.V*
The race was underway, I stayed back on purpose to avoid the first major obstacle... the door. As expected everyone was antsy and rushed through the door, only for the door to be clogged. Then suddenly the doorway got frozen, Todoroki must have done this to stop me. Well he's got another thing coming.
I rushed over to the person in the back who was frozen to the ground, and I climbed on top of them.
"Ah! Hey what the f**k?" She asked.
"Sorry!"
Totally not sorry. Once I was on her shoulders I jumped as high as I could and used my secret weapon, as I flew over the flood.
"What the f**k? He can fly?!" One of the students yelled.
"Midoriya?!" A familiar voice yelled, I believe it was Ashido.
I smiled and continued to fly over them. Once I made it past the flooding, and the frozen pathway, I continued running towards Todoroki.
"LOOKS LIKE IZUKU MIDORIYA HAS BYPASSED THE FIRST OBSTACLE AND HAS TAKEN 5TH PLACE!" Present Mic yelled over the intercom.
"You have a microphone, there is no need for you to yell." Aizawa said. No kidding...
Anyway... it seemed to be smooth sailing, I could even see Todoroki a few ways away. I just gotta spe-
BOOM!*
"What the? The robots are back?!" I yelled as I stopped running to get ready to fight. Then Todoroki just stood underneath it and froze it... wait, now's my chance. I surged One for All into my middle finger, and flicked it at the robot, it shattered into a million robot pieces.
I can't stay here and fight off these robots, I have to keep going!
"Ahh!"
Wait... was that... Uraraka? I turned to see her surrounded by Robots. I should leave it to... dah f**k it! I flew back and with another finger, I knocked the robot that was blocking her way out of the way and towards the others.
"Come on! Move it!" I yelled flying back towards Todoroki, she was right underneath me, keeping up rather well.
"You didn't have to help me you know!" She yelled, I landed next to her taking the bandana off my face.
"Well, it would be a boring show if it was just me, Todoroki-" I said until a loud explosion rang behind us, Bakugou zoomed past us with his explosions propelling him forwards, "- and Bakugou all in the front now would it?" I asked as we ran towards the next obstacle.
"Why did you stop flying?" She asked confused at the fact that I'm not using my new technique.
"Because I don't know what Present Mic has done to make sure that flying wasn't as over powered in this contest, so I'm using it sparingly." I explained as we made it to a giant chasm. There were many plateaus and tightropes connected to the plateaus, not that this wouldn't be easy... but I could hear the loud stomping of the other students. "Well, time to go... see ya." I said as I put on the bandana again. As easy as it would be to fly over the chasm, I'm certain there are counter measures in place for people like me just in case. So I used my flying mode as a hovering mechanism. I was hoping from plateau to plateau, without a care in the word until.
"Agh!" Another yell? I turned back to see Uraraka standing on plateau a few ways back kneeling on the ground. A blond guy was looming over her.
"Oh sorry, didn't see your leg there." He said with a s**t eating grin, as he gripped her shoulder, "Now is a time for you to leave." He said as he shoved her off!
"WHAT'S THIS?! MONOMA FROM CLASS 1-B PUSHED ONE OF THE CLASS 1-A STUDENTS OFF THE CLIFF!" Present Mic yelled.
"Goddamnit!" I yelled as I put on my bandana and flew into the chasm to get her, not on my watch. "Uraraka use your Quirk!" I yelled as she was falling.
"Huh?! Okay!" She yelled as she touched both the tips of her fingers together, floating in midair long enough for me to fly under her and fly her back up.
She gripped onto my back as I landed on the closest plateau, then I set her down.
"Does it hurt?" I asked as I felt her leg, she winced when I touched her ankle, "S*t... alright get on." I said.
"W-what?" She asked confused.
"You heard me... get on my back." I said glaring forward towards that blond haired a*hole, "There's a blond haired guy I need to destory..."
She hesitated, "But... you'll just be doing all the work!" She yelled.
"There's no- fine, how about this. Team effort, you use zero gravity to help us float, and I can use my Quirk to fly without fear of falling." I said.
"...Okay." She said as she got on my back and got rid of my gravity causing us to float.
"Alright..." I said putting on my bandana, "Time to take down that blond bastard."
"WHAT A SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT! IZUKU MIDORIYA HAS JOINED FORCES WITH OCHAKO URARAKA AS A DYNAMIC DUO!" Present Mic yelled.
"Seriously... tone it down... a lot." Aizawa said.
We made it to the final obstacle, a mine field. Todoroki and Bakugou are up front fighting each other for first place. While everyone else are slowly catching up. I can fly to them, but they would then divert their attention to us. I need to the gate... fast! Wait there's that a**hole... hold on.
"I have an idea." I said.
"Let me hear it..." She muttered still holding onto my back.
"How about I show you." I said as I turned myself to face away from the door. "HEY MONOMA!" I yelled as I surged One for All through my whole hand. He turned to look at me. "EAT THIS BASTARD! NEW HAMPSHIRE SMASH!" I yelled as I punched the air aimed at the mind field, causing a shockwave to hit the mine field causing a string of explosions enveloping not only the blond haired a**hole but a few others as well. But that wasn't the only thing, it also knocked us back with incredible force surging us towards the gate way past Bakugou and Todoroki and zooming into the final tunnel.
Wait... did I just say 'New Hampshire Smash'?! Man... he's rubbing off on me, and I hate it.
"Midoriya!" Todoroki yelled.
"Deku!" Bakugou yelled as they ignored each other and sped towards us. I'm losing speed and their gaining ground on us. At this rate I won't make it in time before Bakugou nailed a blast and hits both Uraraka and I, even with me flying with my one good arm. Wait I can use that to my advantage.
"Sorry Uraraka!" I yelled as I turned to face the front of Bakugou's blast, "This is gonna hurt!" I yelled as Bakugou hit me in the stomach with an explosion, it sent us careening towards the gate. I could hear explosions and ice forming... but they were too far away to stop us from crossing the door first.
"AND THE WINNER IS... URARAKA OCHAKO!" Present Mic yelled, as we were hurdling towards the ground.
"URARAKA RELEASE THE GRAVITY!" I yelled.
"R-RIGHT!" She yelled as she touched her fingers together, "RELEASE!" She yelled reverting my gravity back to normal. With quick thinking, I put on my bandana and slowly set us to the ground, it was difficult with one arm... but it worked.
She got off of my body and laid on the ground.
"T-Thanks..." She muttered.
"Don't worry." I said taking off my bandana, "No one hurts my friends and expects to live without reprocussion." I said.
She laughed, "I'm certain he's not going to make it now."
I laughed... until the air got colder... both figeratively and literally. Todoroki loomed over us. "...You should get those looked at." He said simply, "Recovery Girl is in the stadium up those stairs to the left." He explained, ...That was not how I expected that to go down.
"Well... let's go." I said extending my only good hand, "Here, lean on my shoulder."
We slowly made out way to the nurses office, after a quick scolding she healed our wounds, just in time for us to make it to the next event.
It was a cavalry battle, where teams of 2-4 are put in groups, we're given bandanas of different point values depending on where you placed going up in integrals of 5. Except first place... who is worth 10 million... for whatever reason? Anyway we were given 15 minutes to build a team, then it's a battle of who can steal the most headbands. Once time started, I was swarmed by literally everyone! Class 1-A, 1-B, Support, Business, everyone. But... I had something to do.
"Hey... need help?" I asked.
Uraraka turned towards me, she looks nervous understadably so, but she shook her head, "No. I appreciate what you've done for me and what you are doing, but I need to win this myself, what will the scouts think if they see me as a person who relies on others?" She asked.
"Heh... you're declaring war on me too?" I asked in a joking manner.
"Yeah, pretty much." She said with a shaky smile.
Well regardless, she has a point, maybe I should let her do her own thing, "Alright, well I'll see you in the finals." I said turning away, "But keep in mind... I'm coming for that headband." I said with a smile, "Can't take first without it."
Before I was out of ear shot, she responded, "Well good luck getting it."
I stopped then walked back towards her, "Say that with more confidence."
"Um... what?" She asked.
"Instead of saying 'Good luck getting it' you should say, 'good luck TRYING to get it.' Adds more ommph to your statement and makes you sound more confident." I said before walking away.
Now back to my conundrum... I need a team. There was that wave of people who want to be on my team, but I'm going to be honest... I don't know s*t about them, aside from my Class 1-A classmates. Wait... there's Iida.
"Hey Iida, wa-"
"Sorry, Midoriya... I don't think I should be on your team." He said. Well that was fast.
"Are you declaring war on me too?" I asked.
"To put it in simpler terms, yes." He said, "I appreciate all you've done, and you are a good friend. But I need to do this on my own without your help." He said as he walked over to Todoroki's team, "I apologize Midoriya..." He muttered.
I'd be lying if I wasn't a little hurt by that, but I'd be lying even more if I said I didn't respect his decision. But the questions lies... how many of these guys are going to declare war on me?! Like serious that's 5 different people, though Bakugou's was a non-spoken declaration. Ugh... I nee-
"Hey. You need a team?" A voice behind me asked.
I turned to see an orange haired girl.
"Uhh... yeah, but, sorry. Who are you?" I asked.
"Oh sorry about that, I'm the class representative of Class 1-B, Itsuka Kendou." She greeted, "My Quirk is Big Fist, it's pretty self explanatory." She said as she demonstrated her Quirk.
"Hmm... that'll be good in blocking enemy attacks from the front." I muttered out loud, "Alright welcome to the crew... the crew of one whole person." I commented as she laughed.
"Don't worry, I have someone else." She said as she looked around, "Hey! Tetsutetsu!" She yelled... oh great, she's bringing him in.
"Hey Ken- No." He said.
"Come on, he's the best chance we got." She said.
"But he blew us up on the mine field remember?" He asked.
"Well, I did that to get back at your bastard of a classmate for breaking one of my classmates legs." I explained, "You two were just at the wrong places at the worst time."
"But."
"Ugh, look I'm dealing with World War 3 over here with 5 people who declared war on me. So if you don't want to it's fine, but I only have... 5 minutes left to look for teammates, so are you in or not?" I asked getting straight to the point.
He sighed then looked at me, "Answer me this... why are you here?"
I was afraid he'd ask that, "Look, I don't have much time left, so I won't go into full detail. You know what happened, in fact you are quick to bring it up. The reason I'm here is for one person. My mom." I said as they looked at me with expressionless faces, "When I called her when I was arrested, she was crying and apologizing for not raising me properly. She is taking the blame for the stupid s**t I've done. What I've done, ruined her, so me being here is me trying to make it up to her for being a s*t excuse for a son." Once I finished I sighed and wiped the lone tear out of the corner of my eyes, "Was that good enough?"
They stared at me, not saying a word.
"Ugh for-"
"I've completely misjudged you." Tetsutetsu said, "You have as much as a heroic drive as anyone, f**k it I'm in." He said, "Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, my Quirk is Iron, I can make my body turn entirely into iron."
"Great, now we ne-"
"Can I join you guys?" A girl with green hair said walking up to us.
"Ibara... great just who we needed!" Tetsutetsu cheered.
"Who are you?" I asked bluntly.
"Her name is Ibara Shiozaki, her Quirk is 'Vines' hence the green prickly hair, she can manipulate the vines to do many things." Kendou explained.
"For example, I can create a wall, control them to take things, and use them to grab opponents." She explained, demonstrating each of them as mentioned.
"Wait... wait wait wait, I have a good idea on how to win this whole entire thing."
Shiozaki, Tetsutetsu, and Kendou looked at each other with a mix of amazement and worry, "We're listening." Kendou said.
"Alright..." I said squatting down, "I'll be in the middle, Kendou, you'll be in the back right, with your giant hands you can block attacks that we may come across."
"Got it."
"Okay, Shiozaki, you'll take the back left." I said, "We need your defensive capabilities to defend out six, and I don't want to hit you with these." I said holding up my funnels.
"Absolutely."
"Now Tetsutetsu, you'll be up front, you'll be our offensive power house." I said.
"I like this plan already."
"Well it's about to get better, how well can you take heat?" I asked.
"Pretty well... I have the composition of Iron, so I can take really high temperatures, why?"
"Heh... you're about to add a firey punch." I said as I gripped my funnels.
"What do y- Oh... I see where this is going." He said with a smile as big as mine.
"Okay, the formation is down, but what's the plan that will 'win this whole entire thing'?" Kendou asked.
"Simple, Shiozaki also can take things correct? So take other people's headbands." I said.
"That doesn't guarantee us-"
"Think about the Endgame." I said, "Many opponents are going to go for the 10 million, us included, but before we go after it... how about we eliminate people who we don't want to face in the finals?" I asked.
"...That is a brilliant idea." Shiozaki commented.
"As far as I could see." I said looking around, "There are... 2 groups who will keep going after the headband no matter what. They being Todoroki's group, the one with the red and white hair, and Bakugou, the blond explody guy. Bakugou loves to win, and Todoroki will stop at nothing until he defeats me himself. So while Uraraka, the one who has the headband, keeps them occupied, we'll spend half the time going after different headbands, then we nab the 10 million under their noses, and win." I explained.
"Hold on, there's a flaw with your plan." Kendou said, "Say we execute your plan flawlessly, you'll still be over loaded with headbands and it will be hard to manage, so even if we get the 10 million, how will you keep it with all those headbands obstructing your vision?" Kendou asked.
"Simple, make it a guessing game." I said as I flipped over my 205 headband, "So that way, we turn what is a disadvantage for us, into a disadvantage for them."
"This is an insane plan..."
"But?"
"Alright, I'm in." She said as time was up, "Not like we have another."
We got into formation, Tetsutetsu was up front, Kendou and Shiozaki was behind us, and I was in the middle.
"Alright whose our first target?" Kendou asked.
Uraraka's P.O.V*
The cavalry battle has begun. My team consists of; Asui, Tokoyami, Myself, and Shinso, the purple haired kid who declared war on Midoriya.
"Are you all ready?" I asked tightening my headband around my forehead.
"Ready." Asui said.
"I'm prepared." Tokoyami said.
"Do you really need to ask?" Shinso asked.
I decided to ignore his snide comment, because the match started. As expected everyone started rushing towards us, everyone... except Midoriya's group. In fact they weren't moving at all?!
"Uraraka, mmph, pay attention!" Asui yelled as we were running.
"S-Sorry!" I exclaimed.
"Look, Midoriya isn't coming after us right now, so we should worry about that later." Tokoyami said as his Dark Shadow fought off another team.
"R-Right!" I exclaimed, but still glanced at Midoriya's group, who wasn't moving. What are they doing?
We were running away from the other groups, fighting them off if we needed to, then suddenly Todoroki's group closed in and as an added precaution froze all the other groups including Midoriya's
"I'll be taking those points now..." He muttered.
"Over my dead body." I said.
"Alright... the hard way." Todoroki said as his group rushed towards us. Then the ground started to shake, it stopped Todoroki dead in his tracks, as a bunch of vines shot out of the ground. Snagging not only the 10 million point headband, but the headbands of all the frozen groups as well. The vines resubmerged back onto the ground.
"What the heck?" Todoroki muttered.
"WHAT A SHOCKING PLAY! TEAM MIDORIYA JUST SHOT UP TO FIRST PLACE!" Present Mic yelled into the microphone, as the crowd roared.
Both of our groups shot towards Midoriya and his group. He was putting on the headbands.
"It was a good idea to freeze us Todoroki... but you should never underestimate us." He said with a smug face.
"After him..." Todoroki said.
*Midoriya's P.O.V*
We got the points, launching us into 1st place. However everyone... well everyone who wasn't trapped in the ice came after us.
"Heads up, we have a fight on our hands." Tetsutetsu said.
"DEKU!" Bakugou yelled launching off of his group to fly towards us.
"Kendou... launch me in the air." I said.
"What?" She asked.
"Just do it! I have air superiority." I said putting on my head band.
"O-Okay!" She yelled as she expanded her hand and launched me into the air. With my circular breathing, I met Bakugou in the air.
"A FULL ON AIR BATTLE BETWEEN BAKUGOU AND MIDORIYA!" Present Mic yelled.
We have 3 minutes left, I have to knock him out fast.
"Let's go, DEKU!" Bakugou yelled launching himself towards me. I lifted my arms up to drop altitude, then I swiftly put my arms behind me to fly away from him.
"TOKOYAMI!" I hear Uraraka yell, as suddenly a shadow bird launched towards me. I aimed my fire towards him, he recoiled and zoomed away. Fire is it's weakness, noted.
"GET BACK HERE!" Bakugou yelled.
I turned around and rushed towards Bakugou, only for a vine to wrap around my waist.
"Midoriya! Get back down here!" Tetsutetsu yelled as Shiozaki dragged me back down to the group.
"You may have air superiority, but two against one is a disadvantage for you." Kendou said.
"Fine..." I muttered as Todoroki's, Bakugou's, and Uraraka's team started to rush towards us. We have a minute left to fight them off and keep first place.
"Midoriya, heat me." Tetsutetsu said.
I nodded and headed up right arm.
Uraraka struck first, "Tokoyami!" She yelled as his shadow rushed towards me. I countered with my fire.
"Kaminari!" Todorki yelled as Kaminari sent a wave of electricity towards us.
"Shiozaki!" I yelled as a wall of vines shot out from the ground.
"Bakugou!" Kirishima yelled as Bakugou launched himself towards us.
"Kendou!"
"I got this!" She yelled as she batted him away with her giant arm.
"Iida!" Todorki yelled as Iida used his calf to zoom towards us.
"Shiozaki grab him!" I yelled.
"He's coming in too fast!" She yelled.
S**t... I have to do it.
"I'm sorry Iida!" I yelled as I used One for All, and prepared to use my power to kno-
"TIMES UP!" Present Mic as Iida barreled into us knocking all of us onto the ground.
"Ow..." I muttered, "I think your face broke my collarbone."
"NOW TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE SCORES... OR LACK THERE OF SCORES!" Present Mic yelled, "IN FIRST PLACE WITH 10,002,345 POINTS!"
"Ugh..." I moaned as I sat back up.
"IN SECOND PLACE WITH 985 POINTS! TEAM TODOROKI!" Present Mic yelled.
"So close..." Iida said still laying on the ground, I walked over to give him a hand up, to which he excepted.
"IN THIRD PLACE WITH 485 POINTS! TEAM BAKUGOU!"
Bakugou just yelled in frustration. Still it was a good air battle.
"IN FORTH PLACE WITH 345 POINTS! TEAM URARAKA!"
"Well, we advanced." Tokoyami stated.
"Yeah... but we were so close!" Uraraka yelled.
There were a few glares sent in our direction.
"Look, I'm sorry you couldn't handle the sheer intellegence that I-"
"WE!" Kendou yelled.
"Fine... We, had when we made our plans." I said.
After that interaction, we were allowed to go out for lunch. I decided to speed over to my Mom... where is sh-
"Oh, Izuku."
Oh, there she is.
"Hey Mom." I said walking up to her. "How are you enjoying the festival?" I asked.
"Oh, it's good. I'm glad you helped that girl, and won." She said.
"Yeah it was no-" I said then I saw another woman, "I'm sorry... who is this?" I asked.
"Oh she-"
"Mom...?"
I turned to see Todoroki, on the stair case.
"Shoto?" The woman asked.
What is happe-
"What is she doing here?" A booming voice asked as the temperature just got 10x hotter, it was the number 2 hero Endeavor.
"SHE'S WITH ME!" All Might said appearing right behind mom and Todoroki's mom.
The room was silent, silent and uncomfortable.
"So... is having a nice, calm, and rational discussion over lunch a bad idea?" I asked, trying to alleviate this situation in ANY way!
"No... I must apologize, I needed to discuss something with Shoto." Endeavor said, before Todoroki shot him a glare, "But now is not the proper time, please carry on with your day." Endeavor said bowing, as he left the area.
One portion of the awkwardness was gone.
"So... about that lunch?" I asked.
"Lunch sounds lovely." Todoroki's mother said.
"Oh I must agree, lead the way Izuku?" Mom asked.
"It's my pleasure." I said as Todoroki and I led the pack while Mom, Todoroki's mom, and All Might were following us.
"So, when were you going to tell me your mother knows mine?" Todoroki asked.
"The second I found out, which was right now." I said, "Anyway, why is your mother in a mental hospital?" I asked.
He stared at me shocked, "How did you know that?"
"Take a guess." I said as his eyes widened in realization.
"Oh... I apo-"
"Don't." I said before he could finish the statement, I glanced backwards as my mom was chatting with Todoroki's, "She's happy, so this doesn't require an apology."
We made it to the food court. My mom and Todoroki's took a seat on the nearest empty table, while All Might, Todoroki, and I stood in line. We brought back food to the table, and like we expected... it was quiet and tense. Time to break the ice again.
"So mom, how did you meet Ms. Todoroki?" I asked, hoping to spark some kind of nice conversation.
"Oh, she's next door, so she visits occasionally." Mom explained.
"Oh that reminds me." I said out stretching my hand, "My name is... oh sorry." I said moving the funnel out of the way, "My name is Izuku Midoriya."
"Pleasure to meet you, Rei Todoroki, I hope my son hasn't caused you trouble." She said.
"Oh let me tell you..." I said then Todoroki shot me a glare, but I could care less. "He's a quiet one, but when he's competitive then he's a handful." I said with the biggest smirk on my face. Todoroki however saw that as a challenge.
"Well, excuse me. You were the most cocky one in our class." Todoroki shot back.
"You started it, Mr. Declaration of War." I said, "All you had to saw was I'll beat you, not be gung-ho about it and add the 'Declaration of War' bit to it."
Before Todoroki could respond, his mom gave a small laugh.
"See, she agrees with me." I said, "I at least have a drive to win." I said.
"Well... so do I." He said.
"So wait. Why the heck did you declare war on me in the first place? If you didn't have a drive before?" I asked genuinely curious.
"I had an entirely different reason." Todoroki said, "But it has something to do with your fire Quirk."
"What do y-" I said... then it clicked, Endeavor and his Mother, fire and I assume ice. He only uses his ice side. Did something happen between them? Well it's not my place to intervene. "Well you have your reasons." I said eating my food, "But, why?" I asked.
"You can't just say 'You have your reasons' then immediately ask about them." Todoroki said.
"Okay, my phrasing could have been better, I meant why don't you use your fire Quirk?" I asked.
"Pure principal. I'll leave it at that." Todoroki said, clearly sounding upset at my badgering.
"I get the reason, but it's your Quirk." I said, "Who cares what some scumbag thinks?" I asked.
"Izuku..." Mom said.
"Right... sorry." I muttered.
Lunch went on in complete silence. Once we finished we headed back to the stadium, then Todoroki and I headed back to center stage... until I ran into something I didn't expect... at all.
Uraraka and all of the girls were dresses as cheerleaders.
"Okay... I'll bite, what the f**k are you guys wearing?!" I asked.
"Cheerleader uniforms." Yaoyorozu said, "Mr. Aizawa said so."
This sounds sketch, "Who told you that?" I asked.
"Mineta and Kaminari." Yaoyorozu answered.
I blinked for a few seconds then squeezed the bridge of my nose. "You believed, Thunderdolt, and the biggest pervert, about something from Mr. Aizawa... why?" I asked, "Did you even ask Iida if that was true?" I asked.
Silence filled the room... then the sound of pom-poms hitting the ground.
"Those little..." Yaoyorozu muttered.
"Come on finish the sentence..." I gestured.
"Dirt stains!" She exclaimed.
"Trust me... it's hard to get her to swear." Jirou said.
"Ugh, look just change back into your gym clothes, I'll burn them later." I said.
We continued walking, then Todoroki gripped my shoulder.
"Did you mean it?" He asked.
"That I'll burn their clothes? I mean it's kind of a was-"
"No, the thing at lunch." He muttered.
"The scumbag thing? Or the Quirk thing?"
"Both."
"Well, I don't know the Endeavor story, but considering that your mother was in a mental hospital, Endeavors sour tone with her, and the burn mark, I put twoand two together, and concluded that he's a scumbag. The Quirk part? Yeah, it's your Quirk, and you're your own person. Endeavor may have made you but you're not his puppet." I explained, then shrugged, "But who am I to tell you what to do? If you want to utilize half your potential just to spite Endeavor? Then that's your progative." I said walking away... then Todoroki gripped my shoulders.
"Wait... I have something to ask you." Todoroki said.
I glanced at my phone... we have 10 minutes until the draw starts, "Alright, shoot."
"Have... you ever heard of Quirk Arrange Marriages?" He asked.
...Then it clicked, "Don't tell me."
"Yes, my sad excuse of a father, bought my mother's hand in marriage to make a child that inherited both our Quirks, with the sole purpose of defeating All Might." Todoroki explained.
"... Okay, Endeavor leveled up from scumbag, to pile of s**t." I said.
"That's not even the half of it. His training was the true embodiment of hell, whether it'd be sheltering me from my siblings or as my father called them, the dejects. To beating me when I didn't preform good enough." He explained.
... I didn't say anything. I didn't know what to say.
"My mother had it worse. She would defend me from my father's horrible excuse of training, and in retaliation he would beat her. Her mental stability was slowly decaying, and after a few months... she snapped." He said as he touched his scar, "She was boiling water, while talking to someone on the phone while crying, she called my left side unbearable, right before pouring boiling water on my face." I tensed up, it was like I felt the pain he felt years ago, "My father blamed her for what she did to me, saying she 'tainted my life's work', he told me she sent her to a mental hospital, well imprisoned her was more like it. I blamed him for what he done to my mother, and I swore I would never use his side in battle again."
I was silent for a little bit... I didn't know what to say, or how to say it. Then I took a deep breath, "Seems we are more similar than I thought." I said, "Except I was the sole reason my mother snapped." ...Guess it's my turn to share, "I'm sure you know the details, I got arrested for burning down a hero agency. When I called my mother, she was crying on the other end. She was apologizing and blaming herself for the stupid stupid stuff I've done. She was ushered into a mental hospital thanks to the neighbors." I explained. "I'm here for her, and I will become a hero for her. Now let me ask you, why do you want to become a hero?" I asked.
"Well, it's because..." He said then trailed off.
"I assume your original goal, was to beat me and become a pro without using your father's side, not that I blame you. However, I also assume that you want to become a hero for your mother." I said as I glanced at my phone, 12:50, "So which will you do, spite or love? Hatred or tenderness?"
He didn't respond, "Look, once again, it's your choice. It's not my place to tell you what to do... in all honesty I could care less which you chose. It's a matter of which one sits better with you." I said turning away, "Because in the end, it's your Quirk not Endeavors."
Todoroki once again gripped my shoulder, "But... how will she react?" He asked.
"Why are you asking me?" I asked, "She's up where the other teachers are at most likely if she's with mom. Ask her yourself." I said, "But you should knock 4 times, trust me on that one."
He blinked in absolute confusion, but nodded and walked away.
Well all I can do right now is wait for the drawing.
End of Chapter