I opened my eyes to see that I was still in the middle of the arena that I had just fought in. I saw everyone standing around me, while some of my classmates asked me if I was okay.

"Yes, I'm fine. It's just a side effect if I overuse my quirk." I explained to those who didn't know. After I was checked by one of the paramedics at the games, Midnight started announcing the scores.

"Okay everyone, in first place, we have team Bakugo. No surprise there. Second place is Team Todoroki. In the third we have team... Shinso? Where did that come from? Anyways, in fourth place, we have team Midoriya, just barely scraping by. All students in their respective teams please come forward." Midnight told us.

The sixteen students that had passed the second round of the tournament came forward. We were all waiting for whatever Midnight had to say next.

"Excuse me, Midnight?" I heard someone ask. I turned to see it was Ojiro, who was in my class. He looked mad at something.

"Yes, what is it, young man?" Midnight responded. She had one hand on her hip and tilted her head to the side.

"Well... I don't think that I should go to the next round. I don't remember fighting in the cavalry battle, and I think that it is unfair of me to move on to something that I didn't even do myself." he explained.

"I feel the same way." Said another boy, also on Shinso's team.

"I remember looking for teammates before talking to Shinso, and suddenly the battle was over. I think it's his quirk. I would also like to drop out of the battle." the boy explained.

"Wow, how chivalrous! I'll allow it." Midnight announced with a snap of her whip. "The question is, who will replace you two? Maybe two people from Team Kendo?"

"No, I don't think it would be fair for us to move on." the girl I assumed to be Kendo said. "We were stuck in the ice half of the game. My team agrees that team Tetsutetsu should choose two people to move onto the next round."

"Are you sure? Well, okay then. Team Tetsutetsu, please choose two of your members to move onto the next round."

"Thank you guys so much, you're all so... manly!" Tetsutetsu said in tears.

After a few minutes, his team chose himself and a girl with vines for hair named Ibara to take Ojiro and the other boy's places.

"Okay then, now we will decide who will be fighting each other in the next event, the tournament!" Midnight said, as the screen once again rose and started to randomize the people still remaining.

A few seconds later, a screen popped up with all our names on it and who would verse in our brackets. I scanned it and saw that you would have to win four battles in order to win the entire tournament. I wasn't sure if I would have enough energy to do this.

I saw my name and realized that I would be versing Ayoyama, the boy in my class that seemed to be very egotistic. Joy.

I was the fifth match of the first round, so I had a little bit of time to prepare. I went to the watching area for class 1-A and sat down, ready to watch the first match which happened to be Midoriya and Shinso's.

I was sitting next to Kirishima on the bleachers, and we were both talking about who we thought would win. Since neither of us knew that Shinso's quirk was, we decided to go with Midoriya since he was in the hero course.

"Alright, were about to start the first match of the tournament. Are you all ready? Well, then. Three, two, one. Go!" Present-Mike announced.

I could see Midoriya and Shinso talking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying obviously. Suddenly, Midoriya seemed to pause and Shinso got a large smirk on his face.

"Hitoshi Shinso, his quirk? Brainwashing. If someone responds to what he says, he can brainwash them to do anything he wants!"

"What! That's insane!" I yelled. Why isn't he in the hero course with a quirk like that?

Midoriya suddenly started walking out of bounds. We were all yelling at him to stop, but nothing seemed to be working. Just as he was about to step over the line and lose the fight, a huge gust of air erupted from where he was standing.

I saw him clenching his finger, and realized that he had somehow activated his quirk while still being brainwashed.

He turned and started running towards Shinso. They had a sort scuffle and then Midoriya threw Shinso out of bounds.

Wait, you lost if you went out of bounds? Wasn't this super unfair then? I could win literally every round instantly.

"Guys, you lose if you are pushed out of bounds?" I asked.

"Yeah, if your opponent even steps out of bounds, they lose the fight," Kirishima explained. The realization seemed to show on his face after a few seconds.

"Well, doesn't that mean that I can't lose?" I asked him.

He said nothing, just thinking about it. A few seconds later, he said "I'm not sure if that's allowed. You should go ask Midnight before your match starts, man."

"Okay, thanks, Ei." I made my way out of the viewing stand and down the ground floor. The second match had started now, and it seemed that Sero was versing Todoroki.

I could see the match going on and Midnight from the bottom floor.

"Go Sero!" I shouted. Of course, I wanted my friend to win.

The match started off well for Sero, but Todoroki just... I don't even know, he just made a huge icicle and it was over. The whole side of the arena was covered.

"Sero, can you move?" Midnight asked, shivering.

"Of course not," he responded, frozen in the ice.

I saw Todoroki say something to Sero before starting to melt the ice that he had trapped him in.

I decided then to walk out onto the stage.

"Robaato, what are you doing here?" Midnight asked.

"I have a question about the rules of this match," I told Midnight.

"Okay, what is it? Also, you shouldn't be on the field until it's your turn..."

"Well, if your opponent goes out of bounds, the other person wins, right?" I asked her.

"Yes, that's true. What about it?" she asked.

"Well, don't you think that's a little bit unfair? I can't lose if we play by those rules." I told her.

She seemed to contemplate this. How had no one realized how unfair this was?

"Well, Robaato, I think that you should be the one to decide if you want to have a real fight or just win. I won't force you to do either." She told me

Great, if I just swapped people out of bounds, I would look like I was scared or just an asshole.

"Okay, thanks," I told her before returning to my seat next to Kirishima.

He asked me what she had said, and I told him what she had told me. He seemed sort of surprised but was excited for me.

"Wow, Ri, this just means you can win the whole tournament!". Well, what he was saying was true, I think he knew that I wouldn't just swap people out of bounds unless I had to.

After watching a couple of other matches and then a sort of speech by this one pink haired girl that went on for what felt like an hour, it was finally my turn to fight.

Everyone wished me luck (well, not Bakugo), and then I headed down to the ground floor to start my match.

I walked onto the field as I heard Present Mike announcing random stuff about me.

"And here we have Robaato! The winner of the obstacle race and the cavalry battle, will he win this one too? Let's find out!"

I tried to ignore him and focus on my battle. I was fighting with Aoyama. From what I knew about his quirk, he could shoot lasers out of his navel. If he shot them for too long, he couldn't fight anymore. Obviously, I wasn't going to knock him out using my quirk, so I decided to try to dodge his attack and get in close to beat him in a physical fight. He didn't seem all that strong in close quarters combat.

All I had to do was get in close. Then I could win.