Unless stated otherwise all characters in this FANfiction are 18 years old or over.
"ARE YOU READY FOR THE FINAL SIXTEEN!?" Mic screamed, "I SAID ARE YOU REAAADDYYYYY YEAHHH"
The crowd had erupted into cheers, finally getting to the bloodbath that was direct combat. Izuku was the first to step up to fight against someone who he hadn't had time to analyse yet. He had no idea what her quirk did; therefore no idea how to counter her.
'I need to play this safe, I have to figure her out before I attack' he thought
'We aren't using any more than your full body 20% either kiddo, I don't like the stress you keep causing your body' Nana said sternly
'But...'
'No buts, you're gonna lose the use of your arms if you keep this up. If you can't win at 20% then we lose and come back next year. You can't rush these things Izuku' she said warmly
'Izuku?' he questioned
'Yeah, I kinda think I can call you that seeing as I know everything that has ever happened to you and we talk more than anybody else you know' she smiled
'Y-Yeah that's a good point'
'How do you even stutter in your own thoughts' she laughed, 'You need to be more confident, you have the strongest quirk in the world!'
'Fine. Then I'm going to win no matter what' he said
Izuku stood at the start of the long corridor that led towards the stadium. He could hear the roars of the crowd. Present Mic had really whipped them up into a frenzy.
"Young Midoriya! Hey, how are you feeling?" Toshinori asked appearing around the corner
"All Might! I thought you would have to be with the teachers," he replied
"Well All Might does, but Toshinori Yagi can wander around. They think I've popped out for a bit. I just wanted to check on you. How are you doing my boy"
"I'm a little nervous, I don't know what she can do which means I have to be careful"
"I could tell you her quirk but I know you wouldn't like to win from an unfair advantage so I'll just say this, you have the ability to beat everyone in this top sixteen, not just because I know what your quirk can do but because of the fight in your heart. Nobody else here has the same drive you do; that's why I know you'll make me proud Young Midoriya" Toshinori finished.
'Oh god, not this again' he thought looking at Izuku noticing his eyes were about to burst.
"What did I say about waterworks eh kid" he added
"T-Thank you A-All Might," Izuku said rubbing his eyes dry, "That means a lot"
"No worries, now get out there and knock 'em dead" he started. With a puffing noise, Toshinori bulked up into his muscle form, "Show them that YOU ARE HERE!"
"Yes Sir"
Izuku turned around and walked towards the arena at the call of Midnight leaving a smiling All Might behind him. The Symbol of Peace left to make his way back to the teacher's box to get a better angle on the first fight of the day.
"FROM CLASS 1A, THE GREEN WHIRLWIND. IZUKU MIDORIYAAAAA" Mic announced, inciting a huge scream from the crowd/
"AAAND ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM CLASS 1B, THE PREHISTORIC LEGO GIRL. SETSUNA TOKAGEEEEE"
'Really... Lego girl?' she sweatdropped at the comment
"Now you two, the rules are that you stay in the arena at all times. If any part of you touches the white line you're out. You win by rendering your opponent unconscious, knocking them out of the arena or tying them up" Midnight said licking her lips at the last part. "Any Questions?"
"No Ma'am" they both replied
"Hey, good luck fellow greenie," Tokage said outstretching her hand to shake Izuku's. He met the handshake, "Good luck to you too"
They both walked over to their starting position.
"AAAND BEGIN!" shouted Midnight with a crack of her whip.
Izuku allowed 5% of One For All to flow into him. He wanted to use a lower percentage to make sure he didn't fatigue his quirk which could be an issue if he was able to make it to the final. The green lightning swirled around his body gently.
'I've got this' he grinned
Tokage looked at the light show in front of her and detached her arm launching it at the opposing greenette, "HEY CATCH" she shouted.
Izuku jumped out of the way of her arm, mentally screaming as he did, 'She can rip herself apart? How can I counter that?' he thought
Tokage set off running before Izuku had even landed; she threw her other arm at him, fist clenched, ready to deliver a blow to his jaw. Izuku managed to block the punch with his left arm before getting ready to fire one off of his own. As the punch was mid-throw Tokage smiled.
"You forgot my other arm," she said
"Shit" he whispered before feeling a sped-up fist clobber into the back of his head. It dazed him slightly as it blindsided him. Tokage gave him no time to recover chasing after him. She reattached her arm and started to unload punches and kicks into Izuku's body. He could feel he was nearing his limit for punishment, which incidentally he'd been training all his life.
'Kid, do something, she's gonna punch you out of the arena at this rate!' Nana shouted
'I'm going to 15% I need to be faster' he said
Izuku pushed more of his quirk through his body. Tokage noticed this and backed off wondering what he was planning. The lightning started jumping between his limbs and his skin glowed very faintly. Izuku felt the throbbing of the impacts dissipate as One For All reinforced his body. He loved the feeling of One For All empowering him; that's where the smile came from, he felt strong, like he could help people and win at the same time.
"Thanks for that" he started, "You pushed me to need more power, unfortunately for you, it's over now"
With his feral grin spreading across his face, he leapt towards a stunned Tokage and started to fight her back. Izuku delivered a lethal kick to her mid-calf causing Tokage to drop to one knee; Izuku followed that up with a right hook aimed directly at her jaw. This impact would knock her out cold if it connected.
WHOOSHHHH
"What?" he said out loud in shock.
"You didn't think only my arms could detach did you?" smirked Tokage, her head no longer connected to her body. "I couldn't get in on recommendations if I only had one trick"
"Nice quirk, so I'm guessing you can detach any part of yourself then?" he asked
"Yup! And yours is definitely an enhancement type" she replied
"If you can detach them like that though, then I've just won" he smirked back
"Whaaaa" she screamed feeling her head get grabbed. Izuku ran towards the line of the arena and with all the power he had access to, he bellowed "SMAAASSSHHHHH", sending Tokage's head flying out of the arena to find itself embedded in the wall of the stadium. Her eyes were spinning.
"Setsuna Tokage is out of the arena! IZUKU MIDORIYA WINSSS!" shouted Midnight.
Izuku smiled a true smile, he was on the way to show the world that he had arrived and was there to stay.
'Nice job Young Midoriya, you played it safely even though your fighting was sloppy' thought All Might with pride
"These fights are weird," Miruko said to no one in particular.
"Tokage certainly needs to work on speeding up her quirk," Snipe said
"Midoriya was slow too, he has power, he should use it" Miruko responded, "He won't be any fun to fight if he spends more time thinking than fighting"
"Miruko! They have less experience! Be nice" All Might said
"HA! Since when did the Symbol of Peace go soft?" she smirked, "Do I need to beat it back into you?"
"N-Now Miruko, we are at a public event, there is no need for us to fight" All Might replied slightly worried as he no longer held One For All and didn't want to fight the Number Five Hero.
"He's scared of me" she laughed, "I never thought I'd see the day"
"Let's just get back to the matches, I don't think I can mediate all day" Nezu sighed
Izuku walked back into his changing room to be greeted by Momo, Uraraka and Iida.
"Nice job Midoriya, you showed the spirit that one attending UA should always aspire to have" Iida complimented
"You certainly fought with more strategy" Momo added
"YOU WERE AMAZING DEKU!" Ochaco shouted
Izuku laughed, "I just did my best you guys," he scratched the back of his head, "I didn't know what her power was so I had to play it slow. I didn't want to lose in a couple seconds"
"I think you fought admirably," Momo said
"T-Thanks Momo" he blushed
"We should return to our designated seating area, the next fighter will want to prepare" Iida chopped.
"Do you ever relax Iida?" Ochaco giggled
"I am always relaxed!" he protested, "I just like to follow the rules laid out to us".
The group walked back towards the 1A seating area to be greeted by Bakugo along the way. "G-Good l-luck K-Kaachan" Izuku stammered.
Bakugo slammed his shoulder into Izuku's, "I don't need it Deku, I'm better than all the extras here"
He carried on walking, not even turning to antagonize Izuku further.
"Wow, he's a real piece of work" Momo commented
"That's just Kaachan, let's go" Izuku said dejectedly
"I think he needs someone to show him up!" Uraraka said in her usual full-of-energy way.
"HEY MIDORIYA! That was such a manly fight!" Kirishima complimented as the group sat down.
"Yeah! How'd it feel having a girl's head under your control" Ashido teased causing Izuku to go scarlet.
"Teach me your ways," Kaminari said in complete seriousness
"Perv" Jiro said jabbing him in the ribs with her jacks, "But nice fight Midoriya"
"Thanks, g-guys" Izuku said hoping the head in his face would go quickly
Shoto simply looked at the group out of the corner of his eye.
"Who's the next fight? Ribbit" Tsu asked
"Bakugo against someone called Kendo" Sato replied
"Ahh Kendo, she's class B's representative!" Momo said clasping her hands together, "She's really nice"
"AND SHE'LL BEAT YOUR 1A SUPERIORITY BACK IN YOUR FACES HAHAHAHA!" came the shrill shriek of Monoma over the divider.
'Wow this guy doesn't have an off button' the class thought.
"FOR THE NEXT FIGHT WE HAVE THE HUMAN NUKE KATSUKI BAKUGOOO FROM CLASS 1A AND FROM 1B, THE MARTIAL ARTS MASTER ITSUKA KENDOOOO" Mic announced causing the crowd to cheer once again.
Kendo walked to the centre of the arena hand outstretched as a sign of sportsmanship and Bakugo simply looked at her hand and didn't move.
"BEGIN," Midnight said
The crowd had begun to boo Bakugo at his display of arrogance. He looked around in disgust at the people jeering him using the time to flip off the crowd. Kendo used his distraction to her advantage; she closed the distance. Enlarging her fist she swung at Bakguo and clocked him in the back of his head knocking him off balance.
The crowd erupted at their deemed champion getting in a clean hit.
Bakguo recovered with an explosion to keep himself in the ring. He turned with an evil look in his eye like he was about to enjoy this. He leapt at Kendo letting off another explosion to block her vision before pummeling her in the stomach with his 'famous' right hook. Kendo felt spit leave her mouth as it connected.
She brought her other enlarged hand to protect the area where Bakugo was attacking and completely blocked herself off from the blonde.
"FIGHT ME" he shouted using an explosion to jump over the wall she'd created before releasing another one directly behind her. Kendo flew forwards and stopped just short of the line. She turned her head to see Bakugo making his way over to her like a predator toying with its prey.
Kendo struggled to her feet and ran at Bakugo determined to show that she wasn't outclassed. However, the effort was in vain as the blonde simply dodged every punch she threw. He ducked the final punch before she gassed out and outstretched both his hands.
The sweat was pouring from his arms down to his hands, his palms glowed orange.
"She's just lost," Izuku said to his classmates
"How? She's still in this!" protested Hagakure
"No, Kaachan has just won this fight, look at his hands, they're covered in sweat. He's gonna knock her out or push her out of the ring. This fight is over" he finished
"Bye Extra," he said releasing the stockpiled explosion in her face. A huge boom ricocheted around the arena and Kendo was sent flying out of the arena already unconscious.
"WITH AN EXPLOSIVE FINISH, KATSUKI BAKUGO WINS" Mic cheered to the dismay of the crowd. They were torn between rooting for him for the great fight and hating him because he displayed no concept of sportsmanship.
Bakugo simply said "Hmph" and walked out of the arena. He made his way back to the 1A seating arena to be met with compliments from his classmates.
"Dude! That move at the end was so cool, I've not seen you use an explosion that big without gear!" said an excited Kirishima.
"You could've been nicer and shook her hand" Sero argued
"Shut up tape arms, I don't need to play nice with extras, they don't deserve my time" he retorted
At that, the rest of the class ignored him and went back to their own conversations.
"Good luck Jamming-Way, you're gonna need it" Jiro teased.
"HEY! That's mean" he replied before walking off to prepare.
"Who do you think is gonna win?" Izuku asked in general
"Kaminari can do it!" Uraraka said excitedly
"I'm unsure, I've heard that Shiozaki is very strong" Momo added
"What do you think Midoriya?" Iida asked
"I don't know, if Kaminari can not short out too quickly I think he stands a good chance, but I don't know how her quirk works so I can't say" Izuku finished
"Who cares, it's only those who get to the finals that are worth my time," Bakugo said in his usual tone of superiority
"FROM CLASS 1B, THE ANGEL FROM THE THE JUNGLE, IBARA SHIOZAKI! AND FROM 1A, THE HUMAN LIGHTNING BOLT, DENKI KAMINARI!" Mic introduced.
The two made their way into the arena.
"Hey cutie wanna grab a bite afterwards" Kaminari flirted
With a look of disgust on her face, "I would prefer not, heathen"
"Begin!" Midnight announced
Shiozaki pushed her hair into the ground behind her while Kaminari charged up his electricity.
"1.3 MILLION VOLTS! INDISCRIMINATE SHOCK!" he shouted releasing everything his body could handle.
Shiozaki simply pulled her vine hair up out of the ground to block the attack. She discarded the charred hair and pushed the rest of it to the now stupid Kaminari. She wrapped him up in the vines leaving him unable to move.
"Shiozaki wins!" Midnight shouted
"WITH THE QUICKEST FIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT, SHIOZAKI GROUNDS KAMINARI!" Mic cheered with the crowd.
"Irrational use of your quirk Kaminari, I expect better" Aizawa added, having been woken up from his nap.
Kaminari was escorted by the medic robots to Recovery Girl's room as he shorted himself out.
"NEXT WE HAVE THE SON OF THE NUMBER TWO HERO, THE ICE PRINCE, SHOTO TODOROKIIIIII AGAINST HIS CLASSMATE, HANTA SEROOOO"
"Wow kinda biased" class 1A sweatdropped
Both Shoto and Sero walked out to the arena to the loudest screams yet. Shoto was sure this was because of his father and that Endeavor was actually attending the festival for once. Shoto looked around and noticed his father standing in the crowd. His face contorted into one of rage.
"Begin"
"Let's have a good fight man!" Sero shouted across the arena.
Shoto looked up and stomped his right foot onto the ground and sent his ice towards the tape man. Before Sero even had any time to react he was enveloped in a glacier so big it was out of the stadium.
"Sero be honest, can you move?" Midnight asked
"A-Are you j-joking, l-look at me" he replied teeth chattering
"Todoroki wins" she announced
The crowd were silent from the display of power they'd just witnessed. "NICE TRY!" one hero shouted; inciting the crowd to praise Sero for getting in the ring with Todoroki.
"I'm sorry, I was angry is all," Shoto said walking over to Sero before using his left side to melt his opponent out of the ice.
'He doesn't look happy or angry. He just looks sad' Izuku thought.
Teacher's / Heroes Box
"Now I HAVE to fight him," Miruko said tapping her foot on the floor in anticipation.
"Miruko! You can't fight all of my students! I won't have any left" All Might exclaimed
"If they can't keep up then they aren't good enough" she retorted
"You show no mercy to anyone, I'm not setting a class of first years against you," Nezu said in finality
"Fine" she pouted, "I'll settle for just Midoriya then," causing All Might to press his fingers to the bridge of his nose, worried for his successor.
Iida sat in the changing room getting ready for his fight against Ashido. He knew that the fight needed to be ended quickly. She won an endurance match as he has no resistance to her acid.
RRIIINNGGGG
The caller ID showed as 'Tensei'
"Brother!" he answered excitedly, "Should you be taking time out of your day to call me? You must be busy with hero work"
"Tenya! Hey! You still need to relax a bit little bro, not every rule needs to be followed to the letter" the older Iida joked
"A hero's job is to always be punctual and follow the guidelines set in front of them" Tenya replied
"I know, I'm the hero remember" he laughed, "Besides, it's my lunch break and I wanted to wish my brother good luck"
"Thank you brother, it means a lot to me"
Tensei laughed again at his brother's seriousness, "Well my break's nearly over, go knock 'em dead bro!" With that, he hung up leaving Iida to hear the announcement.
"WELCOME TO THE STAGE THE GIRL WHO'S TOXIC BUT NOT IN THAT WAY MINA ASHIDOOOOOO! AND ON THE OTHER SIDE THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF MY FRIEND TENSEI, TENYA IIIIIIDDDDDAAAAAA!"
"Way to show no bias Mic" Aizawa drawled
"You guys have heard the rules enough times to know what they are right?" Midnight asked
"Yes Ma'am" replied Iida
"Yup!" shouted Ashido
"Well then! BEGIIN!" she shouted
Iida had to start out in his first gear, he knew Ashido's acid travelled faster at this speed and so did she. Mina swiped her hand in a wide arc dispersing the toxic liquid across half the arena.
"HEY IIDA, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN 'KAY" she shouted
"Right" he responded curtly
Iida used the time she was speaking to up his gear, it was a risk to start from standing in second gear but he needed the additional speed. The flames started to push out of his exhaust as the younger Iida propelled himself towards the pink girl. He swung his leg back getting ready to deliver a vicious roundhouse kick, to hit the air.
Mina had leapt over the top of the kick; Iida pressed the offensive he'd created, however, he was unable to land anything on the girl. She looked like she was dancing, every single attack Tenya tried she dodged. "Oh no you don't," Mina said smiling.
She'd noticed she was getting pressed for a ring out, instead of allowing it she attacked herself. Leaping all over the field she started to coat everything with acid so that Tenya would lose his shoes meaning he wouldn't be able to walk let alone run at his high speeds.
'I don't have time!' Tenya stressed, 'I have to make Tensei proud', 'What would Midoriya do?'
'THAT'S IT! One big attack to end it now'
Tenya pushed his engines into the fourth gear, one he could only sustain for a short amount of time, he was at his current limit.
"TORQUE-OVER RECIPROOOO EXTENDDDDD!"
All Ashido saw was red flames turning azure blue and then Iida disappeared. She turned assuming he would try an attack in her blind spot; only to find a super-powered kick smash into her ribs, breaking 6 of her ribs; sending her flying out of the arena.
"AAND THE WINNER IS TENYA IDA" Midnight shouted with a crack of her whip.
Tenya took it upon himself to walk over to his opponent, "You fought admirably Ashido" he complimented
"Thanks, dude" she winced, "Damn I think you broke my ribs. Can you take me to Recovery Girl?" she asked
Tenya complied and lifted her off the floor to Midnight's excited scream of "YOOOUTH".
Izuku had been left on his own after both girls had got up to leave for their fight. He was unsure of who would win this one. If Momo could keep Ochaco away then it was a guaranteed win, but all Ochaco needed was one touch to win the fight.
"DEKU STOP WITH THE MUTTERING! IT'S ANNOYING"
"S-Sorry" he replied
"NEXT WE HAVE THE GIRL WHO DEFIES PHYSICS, OCHACO URARAKA! AND A STUDENT WHO GOT IN ON RECOMMENDATION, THE GIRL WHO DEFIES REALITY, MOMO YAOYOROZU!"
"BEGIN"
As Momo predicted, Ochaco instantly charged her, she knew the girl knew she only needed one touch to win this match. Momo started to make glue blobs from her quirk and threw them at Ochaco. She was going to try and slow her.
Ochaco dodged the first couple of blobs, but due to the close proximity, she was starting to get covered in the glue.
"Why glue Yaomomo?" she asked
"Now that would be telling" Momo winked back
'Where has that confidence come from?' Ochaco wondered
Momo pressed her opponent's pause making another blob of glue, however, this time there was an electronic device inside. Momo decided she was going to knock Ochaco out.
Ochaco felt the blob hit her stomach but ignored it, trying once again to get in close. She leapt forwards and reached out, her hand mere inches away from Momo, from the win! Only to start convulsing. Momo had electrocuted her? More accurately, she'd been tased.
"That can't be allowed, that's evil" shouted someone in the crowd.
"It's allowed," Midnight said into the microphone sounding bored, "Sometimes a hero has to disguise things, you wouldn't be complaining if she'd feinted a punch and then kicked, it's only the same principle"
Momo smiled at the support her teacher was giving her. Ochaco stood up and she was pissed. She noticed a piece of rubble on the ground from the previous match and she picked it up. The rock started to feel heavier in her hand and it confused her, her quirk was supposed to do the opposite.
"I'm sorry Uraraka, but this is over" came the confident voice of Momo.
"Not yet" Uraraka spat back
She threw the rock at Momo who ignored it, assuming it was a normal stone that wouldn't cause her much damage. The stone hit her in the stomach and Momo spat blood straight away.
"What... was that?" she mused
"Have I got stronger?" Ochaco thought out loud
"NO WAY!" squealed Midoriya.
"What is it Midoriya?" Jiro asked
"Ochaco! Her quirk. It's evolved!"
"How?" the earphone jack user replied
"The stone had increased gravity, not her usual zero gravity!" he exclaimed.
"Wow that's pretty busted actually" Jiro commented
Not giving Momo time to recover from the surprise, Ochaco pressed again determined to win the match. Momo stood up and from the glowing blue and pink she pulled out a shotgun and fired. The stadium went silent as Ochaco flew backwards and out of the ring.
"What? I used rubber bullets" Momo said to the silent stadium
"YEAH! THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE KID!" shouted a loud feminine voice that Momo quickly identified as the rabbit hero Miruko.
Following the cheer from the Number Five Hero, the rest of the crowd forgot their unease and began to shout and scream in solidarity with Miruko.
Momo walked over to Ochaco, "You fought amazingly Yaomomo" Ochaco said, "But did you have to shoot me? That hurt"
"Hey you threw a meteor into my stomach first" Momo laughed
She pulled up Uraraka and they both walked to Recovery Girl's office to get healed.
"That was amazing!" gushed Mina
"It certainly was an interesting fight" added Tokoyami
"It was more entertaining than this fight is," Kaminari said dejectedly
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu simply stood in the middle of the arena slugging each other in the face. Shouting "BROOO" after every punch connected; both with manic smiles on their faces.
The fight was quickly declared a draw and they would have to arm wrestle for it, with Kirishima being the victor.
Hatsume's fight was basically an infomercial in which she trolled Tokoyami before the time ran out and she stepped out of the ring giving the Bird man an essentially free win.
"AFTER THAT... INTERESTING FIGHT, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO THE FINAL EIGHT!" Mic shouted, "MIDNIGHT HIT THE RANDOMISER!"
"Will do Mic" she said punching the button
1st : Momo Yaoyorozu vs Tenya Iida
2nd : Eijiro Kirishima vs Katsuki Bakugo
3rd : Ibara Shiozaki vs Shoto Todoroki
4th : Izuku Midoriya vs Fumikage Tokoyami
"There you have it folks, the last eight, give us half an hour to set up the arena again and we'll be back at it. Try not to get tangled up in the meantime" she winked.
AUTHOR NOTES:
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