Hello everybody to this chapter! Hope you guys enjoy my new story, and stuff.

Highschool is currently going pretty well, AP classes though...pretty tough if you ask me, especially since I'm taking AP Physics. All I have to say is goddamn, too much stuff to remember!

As for the reviews, apparently deleting the non-chapters screwed up the reviews and such, so sorry if you wanted your review to be responded to, my bad! :P

Anyways, for this story, please don't bash the first chapter without reading the rest of the chapters as I got several people who read the first chapter and was like nope. Have you not heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Well, not exactly like that...more like, "Don't judge based on the first chapter." or something like that. Going of of a tangent, hehe...

Sorry, for this, but I'm going to need some help and advice for my other story, Personafied Hero. If you do, please PM me, or leave it in that story's reviews. Thanks!

As for the Hatsume situation, it's still on the fence, so...

Anyways, here is the next chapter!

Chapter 9: A Festival to remember...

Izuku's group didn't need to go that far as nearly everyone was gunning for him, and were currently sending everything they had at the group. He watched as it came crashing down on his team, but the barrier he had put up really helped them out as they tried to avoid teams left and right, starting with Kyoka as she launched soundwaves from her boots directly at them, but Fumikage blocked it as they used Mei's jetpacks and Ochaco's quirk and they zipped past people. Noticing as they zipped past people, a lot of the teams already had lost their headbands, even Katsuki lost his and was currently confronting Neito from Class 1-B.

"Are you guys okay?" Izuku asked as they stopped to catch their breath as they saw Shoto freeze the ground, trapping more teams in the process and grabbed their headbands. Izuku breathed heavily as he dispelled his barrier around them and wiped some sweat from his forehead.

"Hey leader, you alright? Seem out of it." Mei said as she surveyed the area, and launched an explosive device, sending the team that tried to sneak up on them flying to the other side. She smiled with pride as her gadget worked perfectly, while Ochaco was resting from using her quirk for some time. Fumikage and Dark Shadow scanned the area and blocked some incoming attacks.

"Got you, fucking Deku!" Izuku turned and saw Katsuki going in from high up in the air. Izuku blocked the incoming explosion and countered with a punch to the stomach, adding some OFA at the last second to maximize the output. Hanta wrapped him with his tape and reeled him back to his group consisting of him, Hanta, Eijiro, and Mina. He growled at Izuku and stared him down. The air around got chilly and the ground began to freeze over, signaling that Shoto was there as well.

"We're trapped." Ochaco said as she looked at the two groups before them.

"We can get out of this, just relax. Izuku, what now?" Fumikage said as he had Dark Shadow out just in case for an attack. Izuku was scanning each of his opponents as it was going down to the wire.

"Todoroki has Momo, Denki, and Tenya. While Kacchan has Mina, Hanta, and Eijiro. Todoroki seems like the obvious threat right now, but we can't disclose Kacchan either." Izuku said as his eye color changed to gold as he enhanced his vision and studied his opponents carefully, seeing Shoto talking with Tenya and then looking at his other two partners, who nodded and they began to position themselves. They shifted their position to better align themselves, but Izuku saw that they purposefully blocked his view to cover for Tenya.

"Do you guys trust me? This plan is really risky. Hatsume, we're going to need to use your jetpacks at max power."

"Just call me Mei, Muscles!" Izuku blushed at her nickname.

"Actually, it's Izuku..." He mumbled, but Mei wasn't listening as she was tinkering with her remote. He sighed and looked over at Ochaco, who had a queasy look on her face. He placed his hand on her shoulder and gently rubbed her back, easing her sickness. She looked surprised and turned to Izuku, who gave her a thumbs-up.

"What was that, Deku?"

"Oh, just a little trick I picked when I was training my quirk, how are you feeling?"

"I, 'm feeling just fine! Thanks for that!" Ochaco smiled at him brightly. He reciprocated her smile and looked at Shoto's team, frowning as they seemed they wanted to wait this out.

"ALRIGHT! ONE MINUTE! OH YEAHHHHH!" Present Mic said over the speakers, and Izuku perked up on that and pieced everything, they were waiting for the last minute so that they wouldn't have a chance to get it back. He saw both of them getting ready, and alerted his teammates to get, seeing Mei with her remote ready and nodding to her.

"Fumikage, I'm going to need you to put everything into this last defensive push, are you ready?" Izuku asked as another barrier. Fumikage nodded and and made Dark Shadow bigger. They got into a defensive stance as Katsuki's team charged at them, Katsuki jumped from the group and once again tried to attack Izuku, but was swatted by Dark Shadow.

"Fucking Little Shit, Deku! Stop being a coward and fight me!" Katsuki yelled out as Hanta retrieved him. All of a sudden, a boom was heard and Izuku quickly looked to see Shoto's team zooming in on them at an alarming rate. Izuku saw Tenya's boosters producing a large amount of thrust to the group, with the other two struggling to keep p with the pace. Izuku held his hand as he waited for the right moment, they came even closer, Shoto had his hand out, ice covering it. They crossed the barrier that Izuku placed and his eyes darted to Mei.

"Now!" She nodded and powered the jets up, and Ochaco used her quirk. It was all slow motion as Izuku's group quickly dashed to the left, avoiding Shoto's team from grabbing their headbands, causing the Shoto's eyes to go wide as they dodged their attack and Izuku snatched a couple of headbands from his forehead. Tenya was shocked as he skidded to a halt as that burst of speed stalled his engines, and looked over at Izuku, who held the two headbands and looked at the values.

"A 75 and a 130." He said and placed it on his forehead. Shoto was stunned as his attempt at beating Izuku failed and he even grabbed a couple of his own. He felt anger that he never experienced and his left side started to ignite, but was soon diffused as the signal blared that it was over. Several disgruntled moans were heard through the arena as everyone relaxed and Izuku jumped down from his place. He stretched his arms and sighed in relief as he popped some stress out. Everyone just stood around as the results were being tallied up.

"Good job guys." Izuku said and everyone nodded, except for Mei as she was looking at her jetpacks with a passive look. He went up to her and saw how bad it looked, the soles of it were melted and severely damaged. She didn't say anything as she had her goggles on and was scavenging what she could. Izuku looked at her with sympathy and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, I'm sor-" He was interrupted as Mei jumped up suddenly, causing him to take a step back. She turned around and had the biggest grin that he had ever seen in his life. Her eyes basically had stars as she was all giddy with her destroyed contraception in her hands. Izuku looked at her with a confused look as she continued to bounce up and down, causing her chest to do the same. He turned away from her as his face became red from the bounciness.

"Stop thinking about it! Even though they bounc-! Stop thinking about it!" Izuku coughed into his hand and looked over to Mei smiling at him. He faced her and gave her a small smile.

"You don't need to be sorry! You gave my gadgets some good spotlight, and I got some great data I can use for my next project. Thanks for the help there, Muscles!" She slapped his shoulder hard, causing him to stumble a bit. He turned around and half-heartedly glared at her, but a smile threatened his lips. Soon, the announcements came on and the scores were decided.

"HELLO EVERYBODY! THE SCORES HAVE BEEN FINALIZED! SO, IN 1ST PLACE...TEAM MIDORIYA! 2ND...TEAM TODOROKI! AND FOLLOWING THEM, TEAM BAKUGO FOR 3RD PLACE! LAST TEAM TO ADVANCE TO THE FINALS IS...TEAM SHINSO! ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THE TEAMS THAT WILL ADVANCE TO THE LAST EVENT!" Present Mic said, and the crowd was cheering with excitement. A couple of minutes later, it was time for lunch. Izuku made his way to the cafeteria, where they were serving lunch, his mind running through what happened during the event.

"Team Shinso, huh? They replaced Team Tetsutetsu, but that doesn't make any sense, unless something happened during the last couple of seconds. Anyways, this Shinso guy, I need to be cautious of him." He thought and entered the cafeteria, grabbed his tray, and sat at his usual spot. The smell of the burger made his mouth water with anticipation, so he took the big bite out of it, only to chew slowly and placed the burger down on his tray.

"..." He looked at it and went over to their to the salad bar area and made himself a Caesar salad. Going back to his seat, he took a bite and felt relieved at the fresh taste it gave him. The sound of footsteps were heard and everyone else came in, and the peace and quiet turned into chaotic and loud, but it was fine since it was all fun and games. Izuku felt a tap on his shoulder and saw Momo smiling at him with her tray in her hands.

"Mind if I sit here?" She asked. He nodded and moved his tray with burger on it. She placed her tray down, and he saw that she had the exact same burger he had. She took a bite out of it and moaned in delight, she wiped her mouth with a napkin. Silence overtook the two as they continued to eat their lunch, and Izuku would catch Momo's glances, causing her to turn away. He sighed and looked at her.

"Look, before you say anything, it's alright. I know you're going to apologize that you teamed up with Todoroki, and it's okay. No hard feelings, and you are my girlfriend, so..." He started to fidget with his fork as he impaled some lettuce over and over, trying to find the right words to say. Momo looked at him with surprise before laughing at his antics, bringing him out of his little conflict and making him look at her.

"Well, that's one of the things I wanted to talk about, but I guess I don't have to. Anyways, t-thanks for that, I appreciate it..." She blushed and looked away. His face also turned red as he tried to stammer out a response, but to no avail. They both managed to calm themselves down and both chuckled at their actions. She looked at him and blushed a bit, causing him to cock his head in confusion.

"What's wrong?" He asked and she slowly pointed at is uneaten burger, and he got what she was asking. He scooted his tray over to her and she smiled at him before grabbing the burger and eating it. Tenya and Ochaco arrived with their food and sat down, greeting both of them.

"I have to say, you were amazing out there, Izuku. To think, you would be able to read our plan and dodge it while grabbing some of our points. I still have quite a ways in order to defeat you. Same goes for you too, Ochaco." Tenya said. Both of them blushed and tried to deny it, but ended up being a stuttering mess.

"By the way, who was the other girl on your team?" He also said as he took a bite of his salad, Momo perked up from her food and then looked at Izuku, who rubbed the back of his neck and laughed awkwardly.

"Her name is Mei Hatsume, Class 1-H. She may seem a bit eccentric, but she is a really nice person at heart, bit too blunt at time." Izuku said and chuckled as he remembered her antics from the Cavalry Battle. Momo frowned a bit as she went back to finishing her food. They ended up talking about the event and giving their opinions on what it was going to be.

"Midoriya." Izuku looked up to see Shoto looking at him, a passive look on his face. The entire room became silent as people were watching the scene. Ochaco looked at the two with concern as the tension between the two was thick. Tenya felt sweat on the back of his neck, and his glasses fogged up from the temperature around Shoto. Izuku stood up and looked at Shoto, and both of the boys were staring each other down. The cafeteria's temperature dropped, making the room like a chiller area for drinks.

"I would like to talk to you, will that be fine?" Shoto asked and turned to walk out of the room. Izuku looked at his classmate before following him. They traveled quite a bit, reaching the Festival stadium and entered on of the hallways leading into the main area. He stopped and leaned on the right side of the hallway, Izuku took the left and waited for the ice and fire user to speak.

"Midoriya...Are you All Might's bastard child?" Shoto asked bluntly, causing Izuku to go red and deny the claim. The heterochromia boy looked unamused as he brought his hand to his chin.

"I see, however, I do feel like your relationship with All-Might isn't what it seems. The relationship with my dad is the reason why I want to defeat you, to show him I don't need his quirk to defeat you." He said as he clenched his fist with anger. Izuku looked at him with shock before looking at the burn on his face.

"The burn was from my mother throwing boiling water at me when the abuse of my father got to much for her to take. After that, she was admitted to a hospital, and I still blame my father for my mother's insanity. That is why, I will defeat you using only my mom's quirk." He turned and walked out of the hallway. Izuku was thinking as he heard Shoto's back story, and could sympathize with it, but he pushed that back.

"Wait." Shoto turned around and looked at Izuku dawning a serious look on his face.

"You may be stronger than me, but I'm only going to say this. I won't lose to you, Todoroki." The green-haired boy said. Shoto didn't say anything, instead he walked out of the hallway, but had a small smile on his face, which Izuku caught for a split second. After the taller boy left, Izuku looked at the center stage and sighed before walking out of the hallway. He looked at his phone for the time, which was noon, so he hurried back to the cafeteria. He reached his destination and stopped to take a little break. He was being waved over by Toru and Mina, well mostly Mina since he could barely see the gloves of Toru. He walked over and saw most of Class 1-A there, having a picnic. They all greeted him and he sat down beside Kyoka and Rikido. He saw the flinch from Kyoka, and sighed before grabbing a watermelon from the bowl and bit into it, smiling at the tartness of it.

"Right, me and Kyoka aren't on the best of terms right now. I need to fix this or else it's going to be awkward." He finished the watermelon and sighed before leaning back and watched as the clouds were gently moving, the winds carrying them. The sounds of his classmates' conversations in the background, and the relaxing feeling which he got as he leaned onto his back and closed his all felt really nice, until someone kicked his head. Izuku quickly got up and looked at the perpetrator, which was Neito Monoma. The Class 1-B student had a smug grin on his face, as he faked a concern look.

"Are you alright? I didn't mean to do that, me and my clumsy foot." He said with a sinister grin on his face. Izuku didn't say anything, but didn't stop some of his classmates from saying something.

"Hey, you did that on purpose!" Denki said as he stood up and faced Neito, Eijiro and Mina flanking his sides as he glared at the blond. Toru and Tsu went go over and check up on him.

"Are you okay, Deku?" Toru said as she looked at Izuku with a worried expression, or that's what he thought at least. Mashirao and Mezo ran up to him as well. Neito smirked at them and had the biggest smug look on his face.

"Well, that's a disappointment, I thought the Class 1-A student that has held 1st place was a little tougher than that, but I guess a kick to the head is all he can take." He said and Eijiro scowled. He grabbed Neito's shirt and glared at the arrogant Class 1-B student.

"Stop dissing my friend, you smug bastard." Eijiro growled at him, but Neito seemed unfazed by it. But, Mina pipped in.

"If I remember correctly, Deku's team got 1st place, while your team didn't place. So, I don't understand why you're acting all smug about it." That made Neito's facial expression break a bit, but he stayed passive.

"I'm pretty sure if you and Deku fought, you would get destroyed by him." Hanta said as he stuffed his mouth with sandwiches. The others nodded in agreement, which pissed Neito off.

"Say what you want, you pea-!" He suddenly dropped and was caught by Itsuka as she chopped his neck, knocking him unconscious. She smiled and bowed to them before dragging Neito away from them. Everyone just stayed silent as they watched the Class 1-B representative walked off.

"Well, that was...interesting." Minoru said as he looked at Denki, who nodded and they went back to their picnic. Izuku sighed as he sat down and groaned as the kick left a some irritation, but he managed to ignore it. They all went back to their conversations, and the theatrics of Yuga grew as he had a mirror and was currently posing for it.

"Hey, you okay?" Izuku turned and saw Kyoka looking at him with a slight irritation on her face.

"Yeah, it was a shocker, but I'm fine." He said as he grabbed another piece of watermelon and began nibbling on it.

"That's good, but what an asshole..." She clicked her tongue as she looked at Itsuka and Neito disappearing around the corner of the cafeteria. He had to agree with her as he felt the irritation disappear. Kyoka glanced at Izuku before looking down at her sandwich. She sighed before tapping him on the shoulder, getting his attention.

"Hey, I...just want to apologize for what I said after the battle simulation..." She saw Izuku give her a confused look, and she huffed with annoyance.

"When I called you naive! Gosh, is your memory capacity that low?" She snapped at him, causing their classmates to turn towards them. Koji looked worried as he though the same thing was going to happen, but Fumikage stopped him and shook his head.

"No! I mean, yeah, I remember what you said, but you weren't wrong. I just blew up since it reminded me of stuff from the past, that's all..." Kyoka's face went into shock before feeling guilty about what she said and pulled him into a hug, which surprised everyone, including herself. But, she continued to embrace Izuku, how was currently short-circuiting.

"She's hugging me! It does feel nice though..." Izuku snapped out of his thoughts and felt Kyoka pulling away, and she had a tiny blush on her face.

"Look, I'm sorry for what I said. And I'm sorry for reminding you of your past." She said firmly. Izuku shook his head and smiled at her.

"Don't worry about it, it's all water under the bridge." They both smiled at each other, and the announcements came on, causing everyone to listen.

"Will all the remaining participants please make your way to the center stage of the stadium? All other students, please go to your designated class areas." Izuku looked at everybody before nodding and helped clean up the picnic area before going to the stadium.

"By the way, who made that picnic?" He asked to Kyoka and Eijiro.

"It was Mina and Toru, as they had planned on it since yesterday. Kyoka here helped as well." Eijiro said as they continued on their little journey to the center stage.

"Really? That was really good food there!" Izuku said as he sighed and stretched his arms. Kyoka smiled as Eijiro agreed with him. They got to the intersection, and Kyoka wished them both luck as she went up the stairs with the rest of her classmates that didn't place amongst the top 4 during the Cavalry Battle. Mina, Hanta, Mashirao, and Fumikage were heading down the hallway. They both followed, trailing some distance behind them.

"So...cheating on Momo already? Eijiro said, elbowing Izuku's side. He groaned and held his side and glared at the laughing red-head.

"Of course not, why would you say that?" Izuku said.

"Just messing with you, dude." Eijiro said as they reached the center stage, as they were the last ones to enter the area. Midnight was standing once again near a screen as she looked at the two boys.

"Now that everyone is here, we can announce the final event. Which is a tournament amongst the top teams from the last event. Now would you please turn to the-" Midnight saw Mashirao raise his hands up and she stopped herself, and she nodded at him to speak. He sighed before looking at the hero.

"Ma'am, I would like to resign from the tournament." Everyone looked at him with shock as he was giving a rare opportunity up. Midnight looked at him with surprise, and another hand went up.

"I also would like to resign." Shoda Nirengeki of Class 1-B said.

"Are you both sure about this?" Midnight said as she looked at both of them, who nodded and explained how they weren't giving it their all while everyone else was. And how they were feeling manipulated, and they felt that they weren't allowed to participate. Midnight smiled at their dignity and allowed them to resign, giving the two open slots to Team Kendo, but they declined and gave it to Team Tetsutetsu. After a little discussion, Ibara Shiozaki and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu were replacing the two.

"Alright, here is the bracket for the tournament! We even have some amazing pictures for each and everyone one of you!" Midnight motioned for the screen as the first bout was scrolling through each of the picture until the first one stopped. Izuku looked at the screen with a blank expression.

"Seriously..?" It showed his picture, with his PE uniform all ripped, showing some of his toned muscles. He could only sigh as he heard several whistles directed towards him. He saw Mei to his left as she smiled and waved at him before walking up to him. She pointed at the picture.

"That's why I called you Muscles. my bad!" She stuck her tongue out and lightly punched the side of her head. He smiled at her antics and looked at the screen for his opponent. After a couple of seconds, the second image stopped and Izuku felt like fate was all too real.

"Alright, the first bout is Izuku Midoriya vs Hitoshi Shinso!" Mashirao tapped him on the shoulder as Hitoshi walked up to him.

"Don't answer him, Izuku. He has a brainwashing quirk that allows him to control anyone who responds back to him. Be careful around him." Izuku nodded as his adversary walked up to him.

"Nice to meet you." He held out his hand, but Izuku didn't take it. Hitoshi looked at him before walking away. He looked at all the other matches and he looked at both Ochaco and Momo.

"They have to face Katsuki and Fumikage, respectively. Hopefully, they will be alright. Anyways, Eijiro vs Tetsutetsu, Mina vs Yuga, Shoto vs Hanta, Tenya vs Mei, and Denki vs Shiozaki. I need to pay attention to Shiozaki's and Tetsutetsu's fights in order to get some data." After the matches were decided, there was a 5 minute break before the tournament started, so Izuku roamed the halls until he saw All-Might behind a corner and waving him off. He sighed and entered the room All-Might was in and sat down on the couch.

"My boy, you have done a fantastic job thus far! I am proud of you as your mentor and teacher! With OFA under your control, you will do great things!" All-Might saw the downcasted look on Izuku's face.

'What's the matter, my boy?" All-Might frantically said as he rushed around the room. Izuku sweatdropped at his mentor before sighing, causing All-Might to stop and look at the boy.

"I haven't controlled OFA all, at the most is 35% and 5% for Full Cowling. I hardly call that progress..." Izuku said as he clenched his fist in anger.

"Listen, even if 35% doesn't seem all that much, it's al lot when it comes down to time. You mastered that much in 5-7 months, I call that control." Toshinori said as he reverted back to his true self. He placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and gave him a wide grin.

"No matter what you think, I will always be proud of you, my boy. Now go, your match is going to start." Izuku looked at him before nodding and ran off to the center stage. Toshinori sighed as he made his way to the Pro-Hero section.

"Had a talk with your disciple, Toshinori?" Principle Nezu said in his chair, which was suspended higher so he could see.

"Yeah, just giving him some encouragement."

"I see, well he's become a fine young man, if I do say so myself." Toshinori nodded as he saw Izuku walking up to the stadium. Izuku looked up at the place Toshinori was in and gave him a thumbs-up. The green-haired boy smiled and closed his eyes, remembering his little meeting with Mashirao after the matches were decided, and clenched his fist. The last thing that he said to him.

"Win this Izuku, for me."

"Yeah, I will win this for you." Izuku exhaled as he waited for the match to begin.

"Wow, what is this?! Class 1-A bringing the fanservice to this event!" Present Mic's voice boomed over the intercom and Izuku looked over to his class' booth and nearly had a nosebleed. He saw all of them in cheerleading outfits, that were hugging some of their...assets. He then looked over to see Denki and Minoru giggling while Momo was yelling at them. Aizawa shook his head at his class.

"What the heck..."

Mashirao came back from his little talk with Izuku and saw their outfits and just simply didn't say anything as he saw that the match was about to begin. Hitoshi finally appeared as Izuku got ready as Midnight appeared from the little platform to the right of the green-haired boy. They both got into position as Midnight explained the rules.

"Okay, this will be a 10 minute battle, no intent to kill, and first one to be out of bounds and/or unable to fight will be eliminated and the winner will proceed. Are you both ready?" She said as she waved her whip in front of her. Izuku clenched his fist as he stared at Hitoshi.

"Remember, don't respond to him. I don't know if answering via gestures will trigger his quirk, but verbally will surely do it. Win this for Mashirao." Izuku said as he got into a fighting stance as Midnight counted down.

"3, 2, 1. Begin!" She yelled and everyone cheered as the tournament officially began.

"Alright! Go Deku!" Toru said as she jumped up and shook her pom poms. The other girls looked at her with shock, except for Mina as she also followed Toru's example and cheered Izuku on.

"Yeah! Go Izuku!" Ochaoc looked at her with surprise.

"What?" Toru said as she saw Ochaco looking at her.

"It's just that...you know..." She sputtered out, but Toru didn't hear her, so she cheered louder. Kyoka looked at Momo, who was still furious and still embarrassed from being in the cheerleading outfit.

"Are you going to cheer for your boyfriend?" Momo's face rivaled a tomato as she ducked down to cover herself, shaking her head no, but she actually wanted to cheer him on. Kyoka sighed and went along with the cheering for Izuku, Tsu later joined, following Ochaco, and finally Momo as her face was still red, but not that much as they cheered for Izuku.

Izuku charged at Hitoshi, who was standing there calmly.

"Mashirao, that's his name? The monkey that resigned after me controlling him. What foolishness." Izuku's eyes flared as he was about to speak, but his mouth wouldn't let him, more specifically, his OFA and the voices he heard that told him not to respond. All of a sudden, silhouettes of several people appeared in his mind as their voice grew more and more clear.

"Are those...the previous holders of OFA?" Izuku shook his head and followed their orders and blocked everything out. He charged at Hitoshi once again, but a lot faster as Hitoshi once agian tried to get Izuku to respond, but he didn't. Izuku rushed him as he ignored everything that was being said to him and once he got up close. He dodged an uppercut from his opponent and punched him right in the stomach, and another to the side. With his speed, Izuku managed to get behind Hitoshi and threw him out of bounds. Izuku panted as he had just one the match. Midnight waved her whip in front of her.

"The winner of the first bout is Izuku Midoriya!" Cheers and applause roared as Izuku went over to Hitoshi and held out his hand out for him to grab. Hitoshi sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Izuku.

"That was my chance to enter the hero course, and to prove I could be a hero." Izuku looked at him confused before kneeling down beside him.

"What do you mean by that?" Izuku asked as he looked at Hitoshi with curiosity. He looked at the green-haired boy before sitting up.

"My quirk is seen as a villainous one. So, I wanted to prove them wrong, and to show I can become a hero." Izuku looked at him before standing up and offering his hand once more.

"I know how you feel about wanting to prove people wrong, and wanting to become a hero that everyone can see. I understand where you're coming from." Hitoshi looked at him before grabbing his hand and pulled himself up. After that, they looked at each other before shaking hands, and Midnight squealed at their little interaction.

"You better win this tournament, Midoriya." Hitoshi said as he began to exit the arena.

"Please, call me Izuku. We're friends now right?" Hitoshi didn't say anything as he made his way to the exit, getting several applause from the General Studies, and several Pro-Heroes stating that even though they didn't see it in action, his quirk would be very useful against villains. After Hitoshi left, Izuku made his way to the exit, smiling as his class cheered for him and he gave Mashirao a thumbs-up, who responded with a grin of his own. After that, the next bouts soon came after.

The next bout was Shoto vs Hanta, it wasn't really a fight as Shoto froze the entire arena, catching Hanta in the process. After Shoto was declared the victor, he went over to Hanta and unfroze him with his left side, and apologized.

The next bout was Ibara Shiozaki vs Denki, as she used her quirk's advantage to defeat Denki. After that, Denki was being transported to the infirmary for minor injuries and as he was currently in his "Whey" mode as he left the arena. Izuku made sure to take meticulous notes over her quirk, and Ochaco excused herself to go the waiting room.

4th bout was Tenya vs Mei, or rather Mei's showcasing of all her gadgets with Tenya as the displayer. After it was almost the end of the match, Mei casually went out of bounds as she saw that her showcasing was enough, giving Tenya the victory. It did leave him disappointed as he was used by Mei. After that, he went into the waiting room where Ochaco was focused and concentrating on her bout. Izuku later arrived as he looked at Ochaco with worry before telling the both of them that the 5th and 6th bouts were over.

5th bout, Mina had defeated Yuga by making his belt malfunction, and the 6th bout, Fumikage defeated Momo by striking her before she could create anything. As she was leaving the arena, Izuku saw the disappointed look on her face, and they both made eye contact, she looked away with shame on her face as she entered the hallway. She hasn't been seen ever since, and Izuku tried to find her, but to no avail.

"Are you alright?" Tenya asked Ochaco, who gave him a smile and stood up as her bout was about to begin. Izuku offered a strategy to beat Katsuki, but declined as she wanted to defeat him on her own accord. He nodded and Tenya tried to comfort her by saying that maybe he would go easy on her, but Izuku shot that down. The announcement for the 7th bout was heard as Ochaco stood up and smiled at the two of them.

"Well, wish me luck you guys!" She said as she walked out of the room, both Tenya and Izuku worried for her safety. What came next was an unforgettable fight. Ochaco gave it her all as she was pushing Katsuki back with her meteor shower attacks, but her wounds and the wildness of Katsuki as he went full power on her caused her to collapse, succumbing to her wounds. Izuku gritted his teeth as he watched the battle and immediately rushed to the infirmary to see if she was alright. During his time at the infirmary checking up on Ochaco, The last bout between Eijiro and Tetsutetsu was finally decided after a draw, with Eijiro victorious from the tie-breaker, arm wrestling.

Izuku was looking for Momo as the 1st match of the 2nd round was about to begin, and his opponent was Shoto. But, he tried to look for her, but to no avail as he searched the building, and even shooting her a couple of texts. After a couple of minutes with no success, he sighed and walked to the center stage, only to run into something. He looked up and saw Endeavor, the 2nd best hero and Shoto's father. He immediately tried to walk past him, but the hero blocked his way.

"Where are you going, All Might's student? You see, I have the power to rival your mentor. And you better not give Shoto a disgraceful match." His smirk made Izuku's blood boil as bumped into the Pro-Hero with added strength with OFA backing him up, causing the hero to bump into the wall and make a crack in the wall. The Pro-Hero looked at the boy with anger as his flame grew.

"What was that, little boy?!" The hero said as the fire around him grew more and more. Izuku didn't say anything as he continued to walk.

"I'm not like All-Might, and Shoto isn't you or your tool." Izuku said as he walked further into the hallway, leaving Endeavor to glare at the boy. Izuku didn't say anything as he made his way to the center stage, only to see Momo waiting there as she had her head down, and her eyes covered by her bangs. As he made his way to her, she suddenly stood in his way. He stopped and looked at her.

"Momo..." He saw the stream of tears streaking down her face as she finally looked at him, her eyes red and puffy from crying. He couldn't bear to look at her like that and went up to her and embraced her shaking form. She returned the embrace as she sobbed into his shoulder, he rubbed small circles on her back as he tried to calm her down. After a couple of seconds, she stopped crying and looked at Izuku, still embracing him.

"I'm sorry...for being so weak..." She said as more tears started to appear at the corners of her eyes. Izuku wiped those away as he laid his hand on her cheek, with a bright smile on his face.

"You don't need to apologize, and you're not weak. You're one of the strongest people I know. You may have lost, but that doesn't mean it's the end for you. I'm proud that you made it this far, so please stop crying, it ruins your beautiful face." He said as he stroked her cheek. She blushed at the comment and gave him a teary smile.

"Were you trying to flirt with me?" She teased, even though it was hard for her. She watched as his expression got all embarrassed as his face took a great shade of red. She laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thank you, for everything, Izuku. You made this girlfriend very happy." Momo said as she pressed her lips on his as they enveloped in a quick kiss, emotions were being conveyed as they both put their all in the kiss. Before they got too far in their emotions, they both pulled back. She smiled at him before kissing him on the cheek.

"Win this, for me." Momo said and once again, pecked him on the lips before waving him off as he walked out of the hallway and into the arena, with Shoto on the other side. They both stared each other down as Midnight looked at their seriousness and couldn't help but feel a bit aroused. Momo made her way back to the Class 1-A booth and sat down. Kyoka looked at her, but she saw her worried expression as she looked at the arena. Kyoka opted not to say anything as she knew that Momo was worried about Izuku, and needless to say, she was too.

"Please, be safe Izuku." Momo thought as the bout was about to begin. The crowd was cheering in anticipation.

"Alright! The 1st bout of the 2nd round is about to start. Is everybody ready?!" Midnight said as the cheering became louder and louder. Izuku calmed his nerves as he powered OFA throughout his body while Shoto was already encasing himself with ice.

"For Momo!"

"I will defeat you, Izuku Midoriya!"

"3, 2, 1! Begin!" Midnight said. Both of them charged forward as they were already going full throttle. As they reached each other, both they reeled back and both punched at the same time, hitting each other's punch. They both separated and charged again.

"MIDORIYA!" "TODOROKI!"

Once again, a long chapter. Sorry about that! Anyways, how did I do? But wow, almost 7,000 words without including the Author's Notes . I mean, this was my favorite part of the season, so...

Anyways, about the Mei Hatsume situation... I will be adding her into the mix. Sorry if you didn't want that, but I love Mei so much I couldn't so yeah, this will be a MomoxIzukuxMei.

As for Kyoka Jiro, no, she will not be part of the harem. This will only be that pairing I mentioned in the last statement. I just made it like that. Problem with that? Please put it in the reviews.

Anyways, review and tell me how I did on this chapter, and please. If you want your review to be responded to, make sue you do it on the latest chapter! Thank you!

Please check out my other story, The Personafied Hero! I will be updating that this upcoming week.

Thank you and I'll see you in the next chapter!

(P.S. Had to do this chapter numerous times as my computer messed up several times when I was trying to type this up, so yeahh..)