Chapter 15: First Round! Mix-n-Match!
Battle 1: Izumi Midoriya vs Inasa Yoarashi!
As soon as Present Mic's words rang out to signal the beginning of the match, Inasa propelled himself forward on gusts of wind while Izumi produced jets of flames from her feet to meet him in the middle, the two grasping hands and pushing against each other.
"Such hot-blooded passion! Don't hold anything back!" Inasa said with a wild grin which Izumi returned.
"Okay, you asked for it!"
Izumi suddenly moved and caught Inasa by the wrists, moving and spinning him around a small tornado forming around them. With a cry, Izumi threw Inasa to the ground, his back impacting against it and bouncing up from the force.
"Such strength despite how small and petite she is...I FRICKIN' LOVE IT!" Inasa grinned before blasting himself into the air again and then holding both hands up as if creating a Spirit Bomb.
"Hope you can handle this!"
Izumi got on guard as Inasa harnessed the winds and compressed them into a ball. He then aimed the wind ball downward at Izumi and fired it. Izumi crossed her arms, coating them in metal to increase her defense as the wind ball impacted against her and pushed her down. Quickly landing on her feet, the viridian girl made a small crater on impact before uncrossing her arms to see Inasa flying down toward her.
"COME ON, MIDORIYA! DON'T GO HOLDING OFF ON ME! GIVE ME YOUR HOT-BLOODED FIRE!"
"Poor choice of words..."
Izumi thrust her hands out and shot waves of spiraling flames, causing Inasa's air currents to rise and send him spiraling towards the edge of the arena. Quickly throwing his hands out and projecting bursts of wind, Inasa stopped himself from going out of bounds before flying back and going with a diving kick to Izumi's back, knocking her back.
"Not bad!"
"Just because I'm a bit of a meathead doesn't mean I'm not quick on my feet!" Inasa proudly declared as Izumi got up and turned around, smiling.
"You're every bit as good as I expected, Yoarashi-Kun! Class 1-B has just as much talent as Class 1-A!"
"Yes! See, Monoma doesn't get it! Class 1-A and 1-B should be hot-blooded together! So what if you guys fought villains, it just means we gotta get strong enough to keep up and stand by your side!"
"I like to hear that!"
Izumi stomped her foot and three stone fists shot out from the arena, aiming to strike Inasa. Quickly taking off into the air again, he surrounded himself in a barrier of wind and flew down to ram into her but she smirked as she tapped her heel against the ground and before Inasa knew it, a stone palm shot out underneath him, hitting him in the chest and sending him flying out of control past the arena and out of bounds.
"INASA YOARASHI IS OUT OF BOUNDS! IZUMI MIDORIYA WINS!" Midnight announced as the crowd cheered. Inasa got his head out of the ground after it accidentally got planted and shook the dirt off before turning to see Izumi approaching him with her hand offered.
"That was a good match. We need to get our classes together for training sometime."
Inasa smiled widely and took Izumi's hand, holding it firmly.
"I'll hold it up to that!"
Battle 2: Katsumi Bakugou vs Juuzo Honenuki!
"Alright, it's my time to shine!" Katsumi grinned as she stepped into the arena, standing across from her was Juuzo Honenuki of Class 1-B.
"IN THIS CORNER, SHE'S THE HOT-HEADED POMERANIAN BABE WHO AIN'T GONNA BE GIVING ANY MAN THAT KIND OF BLOWJOB, IT'S KATSUMI BAKUGOU! AND IN THAT CORNER, WE GOT THE COOL AND SLICK JUUZO HONENUKI, READY TO MELT AWAY ANY WALLS IN HIS WAY!"
"Did you really have to phrase Bakugou's introduction like that?" Aizawa said flatly. "You'll be lucky her parents don't accuse you of sexual harassment!"
"Hey! I said it WASN'T that kind of blowjob!"
"Still doesn't change the fact you used that word."
Katsumi scoffed. "Present Mic-Sensei's an idiot..."
As soon as the battle commenced, Katsumi charged forward as quickly and as light-footed as she could. As soon as the explosive blonde was close enough to her opponent, she threw a non-explosive right hook to test the waters. Juuzo quickly ducked and punched Katsumi in the gut, making the girl groan and retaliate with a knee to the face.
Juuzo felt his entire face shift from the force of the impact and he was sent tumbling backward, barely righting himself by using his Quirk, [Softening] to let the ground swallow him and spit him out on the other side of the ring. He appeared behind Katsumi and ran as fast as he could to land a dropkick on her back while she was still confused
"Nice move, but not enough!" Katsumi taunted, feinting to the side and grabbing Juuzo by the ankle before throwing him with explosion-powered force into the ground, making him cough up spit from the impact.
"I'm not...done...yet!" Juuzo said defiantly as he touched the ground and caused it to soften, making Katsumi start to sink up to her waist before Juuzo unsoftened the ground back to its original state.
"Katsumi Bakugou is unable to-!" Midnight began to announce, only for Katsumi to let out a furious shout.
"Don't count me out just yet!"
From all the sweat she began building up, Katsumi focused the power of her Quirk, feeling it resonate in her soul. She then grinned as she felt herself unlocking a new side to her Quirk that she had never thought to use before, her skin glowing red and glowing slightly.
"You might want to step back...ATOMIC FLASH!"
"SKIBID BOP MM DABA!" Minoru exclaimed, realizing what was about to come and wanting to capitalize on this moment.
In an instant, Katsumi's entire body detonated with so much explosive force, the shockwave sent Juuzo flying out the ring before the actual fire and full force of the explosion radiated out from Katsumi in a perfect sphere. The intense heat could be felt from the very back of the arena stands and everyone in the first few rows got knocked back in their seats from the force of it. Even Midnight and Cementoss were knocked into the walls of the arena floor.
When the smoke finally cleared, the battle area was gone; replaced only by a perfectly sheer crater with Katsumi standing in the middle, his uniform completely destroyed leaving her in just a pair of flame patterned boxers and a flame-patterned sports bra. There wasn't even any rubble from the explosion, as everything the heat touched had been basically atomized.
"K-KAACHAN, PLEASE COVER YOURSELF!" Izumi squealed, her face bright red as she quickly held her hands out and the ground shifted to form robes made of solidified mud for Katsumi to cover her modesty. Huffing, she moved out of the crater she made.
"Juuzo Honenuki is out of bounds. Katsumi Bakugou wins!" Midnight announced, coughing away the smoke. Juuzo groaned in disappointment as he pulled himself to his feet and headed off as well.
"Damn, Bakugou was RIPPED..." Eijirou said silently as Mina nodded, both their faces flushed.
"Did you SEE those biceps?! I wanna be crushed by them so bad..." Minoru whined as Sero and Denki could only silently agree.
"Ugh, never one to be ashamed to show her body to the world." Momo sighed, a slight dusting of pink on her cheeks. "Then again, she gets it from her mother."
"Yeah, it's something I really admire in her," Ochako said with a smile before pouting as she inspected her plush frame. "My chubby pillowy body isn't much..."
"Nonsense!" Melissa said as she playfully grabbed her friend's belly, making her squeak and giggle at the tickling sensation. "You're absolutely beautiful just the way you are!"
"T-Thanks, Melissa..."
Battle 3: Shoto Todoroki vs Hanta Sero!
Shoto had just finished getting a drink of water and was heading out to begin his match with Sero. It was there he noticed his father waiting for him, a disappointed look on his face.
"You're acting disgracefully, Shoto. If you had only used your fire in the previous two rounds, you would have scored much higher against your classmates."
"Why do I need to keep hearing you preach the same damn words you've said to me every goddamn day of my life?" Shoto scowled. "I'm winning this with mom's power alone and that's final."
"Be that as it may, you'll reach your limits soon enough." Endeavor said sternly but Shoto ignored him as he went out into the arena. The Flame Hero watched his son's retreating form before sighing in resignation.
Sero gulped as he saw Shoto step into the arena, a look of absolute anger on his face. Though Sero knew it wasn't directed at him specifically, but instead at something else he didn't wish to disclose.
"STARTING THE THIRD MATCH, WE HAVE THE TAPE BOY WHO CAN SWING LIKE SPIDER-MAN, HANTA SERO! AND HIS OPPONENT, HE'S HOT AS HELL BUT COLD AS ICE, IT'S SHOTO TODOROKI!"
As the match began, Sero wasted no time in shooting a strand of tape at Shoto, wrapping it around him and pulling him into the air.
"Sorry, Todoroki! I know you outclass me...BUT I DON'T PLAN ON LOSING!"
"You're pissing me off..." Shoto said with a look of feral rage in his eyes as he pushed him down to the ground and slammed his right foot, generating a massive pillar of ice at Sero, encasing him halfway in a massive glacier that overtook half the stadium. Not even Midnight was spared as half her body was caught in stray frost.
"S-Sero, can you move?" The R-Rated Heroine asked through chattering teeth.
"N-N-No way!" Sero said, his teeth equally chattering. Shoto sighed apologetically as Izumi witnessed what had happened with sadness in her eyes.
"Todoroki-Kun...you're still bottling up your pain..."
Izumi then held her hands out and the glacier melted into a massive ball of water before being evaporated into steam that drifted harmlessly into the air. Sero sighed in relief as he felt warmth return to him before walking off, feeling rather disappointed that he couldn't do more.
"Sero..." Shoto called out as the boy turned to him. "I'm sorry about that...I...I lost my temper."
"Nah, it's fine. I was just outclassed from the start."
Battle 4: Akatani Mikumo vs Sen Kaibara!
"Hey, Sen..." Akatani said with a fond smile as the two boys stepped into the arena.
"Hey, Aka-Chan...been a long time. Especially after...what happened to Katsuo."
"Wish I could have done more that day..."
Sen shook his head. "You did all you could, man. I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for you."
Akatani smiled as he put a hand to his chest, feeling the soft golden funnel flickering in his soul.
"He's still with us...I know he is..."
"Yeah, bet he's cheering us on from the heavens."
Sen spun his hands like drills with his Quirk, [Gyrate]. Akatani smiled as red and black electricity flickered from his hands from the Electromagnetic part of Ochako's [Dynamokinesis] which he had copied.
When the battle commenced, Sen dashed forward, his hands continuing to spin as he slammed them at Akatani, who erected a barrier of electromagnetic energy. As soon as Sen made contact with it, he was blasted back by the voltage, tumbling across the ground but stopping himself as he once more charged, this time going for a slide kick, his outstretched foot spinning as he managed to tag Akatani's leg, making him go down to his knee.
"Nice shot!" Akatani grunted as he switched to a Quirk he called [Lightbulb], which allowed him to emit bright lights from any part of his body that he got from a rescue ranger.
Sen grunted as the blinding lights hit him, forcing him to squeeze his eyes shut, giving Akatani the chance to recover and coat his arm in stone with Izumi's [Elementumkinesis] and punch his friend in the gut, causing him to fall to his knees as the air went out of him.
"No hard feelings, okay?" Akatani said as Sen smirked and looked up at him.
"Same here!"
With that, Sen spun two of his fingers and did the classic eye-poke maneuver, causing Akatani to yelp and stumble back. Sen rushed forward to try and push him out of bounds at that moment but Akatani grinned, using a Quirk called [Sonar] to sense his friend's approach and counter effectively...
By stepping to the side and holding his leg out to trip Sen out of the arena.
"SEN KAIBARA IS OUT OF BOUNDS! AKATANI MIKUMO YAGI WINS!" Midnight announced as the crowd went wild. Sen groaned as he got up only to turn and see Akatani holding his hand out to him.
"Need a hand, pal?"
Sen chuckled as he grabbed on, being helped fully to his feet.
"WHAT CAMARADERIE! DESPITE ALL THE CHEAP SHOTS IN THIS FIGHT!" Present Mic commented.
Toshinori smiled as he watched this before looking down in remorse. "Akatani, my boy...I'm sorry that my actions caused you to lose one friend, but you still managed to save the other from sharing that same fate."
Battle 5: Melissa Shield vs Mei Hatsume!
"NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR HONORS STUDENT ALL THE WAY FROM I-ISLAND IN AMERICA! GIVE IT UP FOR MELISSA SHIELD!" Present Mic announced. "AND HER OPPONENT, THE DYNAMO OF CLASS 1-H'S SUPPORT COURSE; MEI HATSUME!"
Melissa smiled as she and Mei stepped into the arena, both of them decked out in all kinds of inventions.
"Remember what we talked about?"
Mei grinned and nodded. "Heck yeah! I really hope your dad's watching this right now!"
"I'm sure he is!"
Mei grinned as she lowered her goggles and launched herself with special hydraulic attachments. Melissa took out small golden discs attached to her hips before sending them flying out, forming super-sharp blades from them as they cut through the hydraulics but Mei was prepared and used special Electromagnetic Soles on her boots to regain her footing.
"Your Quirk is so cool! Being able to not just manipulate technology to give your inventions an extra oomph but all the other stuff you can do! It's the golden package!" Mei laughed.
"Yeah, the drawback to Phastos' Technopathy is that I need the proper raw materials to make the inventions work, otherwise, they're nothing but props!" Melissa replied.
"Still, they're amazing! I can see that you're every bit David Shield's daughter!"
"Don't flatter me! This is a fight, not a date!" Melissa laughed.
Mei took out a Capture Net Launcher and fired it at Melissa, but she held out her hand and transmuted the net into a swarm of butterflies, which flew off as Mei smirked, using the diversion to form collapsible gauntlets over her hands to try and punch Melissa out of the ring. However, the Daughter of David Shield coated her arm in a golden exoskeleton of cosmic energy and met Mei's fist with her own, creating a shockwave.
Melissa's power proved to be greater than Mei's and the inventor was sent tumbling out of the arena. Despite this, Mei happily looked with her [Zoom] Quirk to see plenty of Support Tech company heads talking about the inventions she managed to show off.
"Are you okay?" Melissa asked as she walked over to Mei, only to be shocked when the pinkette leaped into her arms and gave her a big fat kiss on the lips. Izumi, Katsumi, Ochako, and Momo couldn't help but feel intense jealousy at that moment.
"HEY, I WANTED TO BE MELISSA-CHAN'S FIRST KISS!"
Mei broke away, a trail of saliva separating herself and Melissa's mouths as the blonde was blushing heavily. Mei then backed away and winked, giving a 'Call Me' gesture as she walked off.
"Melissa, my girl, it seems you've stepped into the real world." Toshinori chuckled at witnessing his niece's first kiss.
Battle 6: Ochako Uraraka vs Mina Ashido!
Ochako was still pouting jealously as she stepped into the arena, facing across from Mina as her pink-skinned friend gave her a playful wink and a wave, making her blush slightly.
"Ugh, maybe Mina will help me get over it..."
"AND FOR OUR NEXT MATCH, WE'VE GOT THE MAIDEN WHO HARNESSES THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE THEMSELVES; OCHAKO URARAKA! AND HER OPPONENT, THE HIP AND PEPPY PINK-SKINNED ALIEN FROM OUTER SPACE; MINA ASHIDO!"
"Please be gentle, Occhan~!" Mina teasingly said as Ochako's cheeks turned redder and sighed.
"Okay, I'm not even gonna bother..."
As Mina ran forward, sliding on her acid, Ochako slammed her palms into the ground and a bright pink dome of energy surrounded the arena. Mina yelped as she ended up floating into the air, gravity around her being disabled as Ochako then pushed her hands forward and sent the pink-skinned girl flying back and out of bounds.
"Hey, no fair! Where's the showmanship in that?!" Mina whined as Ochako huffed.
"Don't be so embarrassing next time!"
"Come on~! What do you want me to do to make it up to you~!" Mina said as she followed after Ochako, both of them ignoring the announcement of Ochako's victory and progression to the next round.
"Wow, that was almost as anti-climatic as Todoroki and Sero's fight!" Present Mic commented.
"What do you expect when Gravity is your plaything?" Aizawa pointed out.
"Touche."
Battle 7: Momo Yaoyorozu vs Itsuka Kendo!
"ALRIGHT, HOPEFULLY, THIS MATCH WILL BE A TREAT! IT'S THE LOVELY SPOILED SWEET PRINCESS WHO CAN CREATE ANYTHING, MOMO YAOYOROZU! AND HER OPPONENT, CLASS 1-B'S KUNG-FU BIG SIS, ITSUKA KENDO!"
Momo took a deep breath as she created a staff from her arm and held it firmly in her hands. Itsuka smiled and enlarged her hands, punching them together as she took a martial arts stance.
"I mustn't falter. I've trained in Bojitsu and other forms of discipline in order to get far without having to just rely on my Quirk. I need to prove I can stand alongside Izumi-Chan and the others." Momo thought.
As Midnight cracked her whip to signify the beginning of the match. Itsuka charged forward and thrust both her hands out to try and push Momo out of the arena but she held her back with her staff. Despite this, the Yaoyorozu heiress could feel herself being slowly getting pushed back, forcing her to dig her feet into the ground to maintain traction.
"I...won't...give...up!"
"I don't expect you to!" Itsuka said but then noticed Momo grinning and looking down to see that she had rolled up her tracksuit enough to expose her stomach, which had a small cannon coming out of it.
"Oh...clever girl."
A spring-loaded boxing glove shot out of the cannon, punching Itsuka square in the stomach as she wheezed, tumbling back as Momo regained balance and dispersed the cannon, pulling her tracksuit back down and spinning her staff to demonstrate a little skill before rushing forward.
Itsuka got up to see her opponent rushing toward her and enlarged her right hand to deliver an uppercut, only for Momo to create a large shield to tank the impact. The force was strong enough to send the heiress into the air but she was quick to react and threw her staff down at Itsuka, who clapped her hands around it to catch it.
However, that was what Momo wanted as she dove down and created boxing gloves over her hands. Itsuka barely had time to react as she felt herself get slugged across the jaw, sending herself spinning out of bounds and landing in a heap.
"ITSUKA KENDO IS OUT OF BOUNDS! MOMO YAOYOROZU WINS!"
Momo moved over to Itsuka and helped her up, creating a first-aid kit to check for any lasting injuries on her.
"Heh, for a girl who can create weapons of mass destruction from her stomach, you certainly have a heart of gold..." Itsuka chuckled as Momo dabbed some medicine on her cheek.
"My family and I are philanthropists above all else. We lookout for the little people."
Monoma growled as he watched this going down, tapping his foot in an impatient manner.
"Why is that all of the Class 1-B students so far have been so chummy with those arrogant Class 1-A scum? They won't get anywhere or stand out for themselves doing that!"
"Ugh, Monoma is stewing again." Awase sighed. "Give the hate boner a rest, for Horikoshi's sake."
The Next Few Battles...
The next few battles came and went rather quickly. Eijirou and Tetsutetsu's match was a practical slugfest, both boys being evenly-matched until Eijirou stopped and suggested an alternative when he noticed the fight was going nowhere. After accepting the challenge, the two had an arm-wrestling match, which Eijirou eventually won, allowing himself to progress to the next event
"Dammit, I should have stored up on more iron before the match..." Tetsutetsu grumbled but he and Eijirou had now formed a mutual respect for each other.
"Ha! I knew it! They ARE brothers separated at birth!" Mina cackled.
Next was Tenya against Yuuga. Yuuga tried blasting Tenya with his laser but he was too fast for him. Soon, the drawback of Yuuga's Quirk caught up to him and Tenya, being the sympathetic soul he was, gently pushed his classmate out of bounds before taking him to the bathroom so he could relieve himself.
Next was Tsuyu against Kosei Tsuburaba, who tried to box her in with walls of solidified air using his Quirk, [Solid Air]. However, Tsuyu's natural agility allowed her to escape the trap and wrap the boy in her tongue before throwing him out of bounds.
"Are you okay-Kero?" Tsuyu asked as Tsuburba covered his mouth with a wide-eyed blush on his face.
"Oh my god, her tongue...!"
Next came Minoru against Reiko, the dwarfish boy tried to catch the ghostly-looking girl with his hairballs, only to be shocked when she caught them all in a telekinetic grip.
"My Quirk, [Poltergeist], allows me to harness the art of levitation to control any object I see on a whim. Your crafty endeavors bore no fruit against me."
"Welp, that's it, I quit," Minoru said as he willingly stepped out of bounds, much to Reiko's shock. "This chick has my Quirk beat out. I can't trap her even if I wanted to."
"Um...Minoru Mineta has forfeited, Reiko Yanagi wins?" Midnight awkwardly said.
"Well, that was a bit of a downer." Rikidou sighed. "Then again, Mineta realized he was at a very steep disadvantage there, so I can't really blame him."
"Even though Mineta bounces off his hairballs and is immune to their stickiness, Yanagi still had plenty of ammo to knock him out with," Izumi noted. "I can't help but understand his decision."
"Oh, what's this?" A familiar snide voice came, much to Class 1-A's collective annoyance. "One of your own forfeited to us, Class 1-B? Aren't you supposed to be the elites of the first years?! The ones who vanquished actual villains?!"
Monoma was hanging out at the edge of his class' seats, a smug sneer on his face.
"Good god," Sero groaned. "Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Why?" Monoma continued. "Can't handle a bit of heckling? How do you think you can be heroes if you-"
"Young man..."
Everyone turned to the voice and watched as All-Might appeared over the edge of the opposite side, from the walkway.
"Uncle Might!" Melissa exclaimed in pleasant surprise.
Nobody knew All-Might was gonna show up there, so everyone was caught by surprise. What gave them all the jitters, however, was that he wasn't smiling. If anything, the Symbol of Peace looked furiously at Monoma.
"A-All Might!" The blonde greeted while sweating. "W-what a surprise to-"
"Quiet," All-Might ordered, not a hint of cheer in his voice. Monoma shut his mouth as Japan's #1 Hero spoke. "I heard you harassing your fellow Hero Course students. I believe Aizawa-Sensei spoke to you about such behavior, correct?"
"Uh," Monoma tried to defend himself, "i-it was just some lighthearted joking, I swear? Right?"
He turned to the rest of his class for support, but they were staying out of it. None of them spoke up, and Monoma's face paled as he looked back at All-Might.
"Such language is never funny," All-Might growled. "I had been told by Aizawa that you were already got one strike concerning such abhorrent behavior. I do think this qualifies as strike two."
"Y-You can't prove it to him!"
"Oh really?" All-Might said as he showed a phone that had Nedzu on the other end.
"Hello, Monoma Neito. I believe that you were warned about this sort of behavior. Aizawa gave you your first strike and All-Might has just given you strike two. I believe you know what happens when you strike a third time, correct?" Despite the cheerful tone, Nedzu sounded far from pleased.
Monoma looked ready to piss himself in terror as All-Might put the phone away and backed off.
"I believe this should teach you not to go bothering Class 1-A ever again over some petty rivalry that doesn't even exist."
As this had been going on, Kyouka's match against Awase came to a conclusion, Awase having used his Quirk, [Weld] to weld Kyouka's plug jacks together. Despite this, she used them as a makeshift whip to knock Awase on his ass and send him out of bounds.
"I should have welded them to the ground instead..."
"Yeah, maybe you should have," Kyouka smirked as Awase unwelded her jacks for her.
The next match was Fumikage against Kinoko. The poor mushroom-esque girl couldn't even do anything as Dark Shadow shoved her out of the arena and onto her rear.
"Sheesh, give a girl a little heads up! That's no fun-gi!"
"Hmph, your puns could use a little work there." Fumikage chuckled teasingly, Kinoko puffing her cheeks in a rather adorable pout.
Shouji's match against Setsuna also went by rather quickly. Setsuna had tried using her Quirk, [Lizard Tail Splitter], to separate her body parts and swarm Shouji, but he pushed his Quirk to his limit, growing extra arms and catching all the pieces before jumbling them together and throwing them out of bounds.
Next came Denki and Ibara's match, which ended quickly in the latter's favor. Denki tried going all-out with his electricity output but Ibara used the vines that encompassed her hair as a barrier to absorb the attack and then restrain Denki when he went braindead.
"O' lord, please forgive this lost little lamb..." The vine-haired girl prayed as Denki giggled stupidly. Monoma was ready to make another snide comment but remembered All-Might's words to him and silenced himself, putting on a mask of confidence as he walked down to face Hitoshi for the final battle of the first round of matches.
"Man, I gotta give Denki an upgrade to his Quirk. Maybe after this is over, I'll talk to him." Akatani thought as Ibara helped carry Denki to Recovery Girl's office.
Final Battle: Hitoshi Shinsho vs Monoma Neito!
Hitoshi sighed as he stepped into the arena, watching as Monoma stepped up and stood across from him.
"ALRIGHT, IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL BATTLE OF THE FIRST ROUND! IT'S THE DARK HORSE OF CLASS 1-C AND MY BABY BOY, HITOSHI SHINSHO!" Present Mic cheered. "AND HIS OPPONENT, MONOMA NEITO, THE BLONDE SCHEMING COPYCAT WITH A PUNCHABLE FACE!"
"Geez, Dad..." Hitoshi sighed, a small blush on his cheeks.
"Kick his ass, kid." Aizawa thought as he watched from the spectator's booth.
"So, Hitoshi Shinsho, the General Ed hero who rises above his station for the world to witness," Monoma said. "To be honest, I forgive you for what you did to me back at the Cavalry Battle. I made myself unapproachable, I'll admit. But let's have a good clean match."
Hitoshi shook his head. "You know... you put on a nice smile for the camera... but you really are ugly inside aren't you? Piece of advice, if you're going to be two-faced at least make sure one of them is pretty"
"Ugh, those Class 1-A dogs have tainted you, haven't they? You know you should really recognize that we in Class 1-B are the real superstars in the end. Despite a few heavy losses, two of our own still managed to stay in the game. We just need to keep pushing and we'll upstage those arrogant brats." Monoma scoffed.
"Monoma..." Hitoshi began. "I'm trying to understand why you hate Class 1-A so much... so in other words I'm trying to see things from your perspective... but I can't fit my head that far up my own ass"
"Excuse me?"
Hitoshi smirked as he snapped his fingers. "Oh wait, I've got it... you didn't get a lot of attention from Daddy did you?"
Monoma recoiled slightly, a look of anger crossing his face.
"S...Shut up...!"
"Monoma you are an open book... your Dad wasn't a good one, was he? I bet he was never there and when he was, he was drunk." Hitoshi taunted, gleefully taking in Monoma's anger. "Your father's such a deadbeat he makes alcoholic stepfathers look like working-class heroes, he's probably the patron saint of single mother households, he probably thinks that dine and dash is a parenting technique!"
"SHUT IT!" Monoma screeched, fists clenched at his sides.
"Who taught him how to handle Responsibility? Peter fucking Pan?!" Hitoshi called back. "He makes God sacrificing his only son look like time out!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Monoma yelled, his face now bright red.
"HE PROBABLY THINKS BEING AN INVOLVED PARENT MEANS TAKING YOUR KIDS OUT WITH YOU TO THE BAR!" Hitoshi shouted back before bursting into laughter, nearly doubled over from laughing too hard.
"AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" Monoma roared in fury.
Midnight was watching this go down and couldn't help but cover her mouth to stifle her building guffaws. Present Mic was laughing his ass off in the commentator's booth while Aizawa was smirking, doing his best not to cave in and laugh alongside his husband.
"While this is rather cruel...I do sincerely hope this humbles Young Neito..." Toshinori thought, feeling a little bit bad but also feeling like Monoma needed a bit of a dressing down.
"HOW MANY TIMES DID HE SAY HE WAS GOING TO PICK YOU UP AND NEVER CAME?" Hitoshi shouted.
"SHUT THE FUC-!" Monoma replied, his momentum halting and his eyes going blank as Hitoshi's Quirk took effect.
"And look at that; You just lost control. In a real fight, you would've gotten yourself killed. If you had been at the USJ with Class 1-A that day, you'd have been the first to die because you obviously would have just run your mouth." Hitoshi said darkly. "My Quirk wasn't able to work on the robots in the Entrance Exam because honestly, how can you brainwash robots? But Aizawa, Present Mic, Midnight...they all saw potential in me."
Midnight, Present Mic, and Aizawa all smiled as Hitoshi began to recall his past to those who were listening.
"My parents were scared of my Quirk, they thought I'd control them just for talking to them. They made me wear a muzzle. It was demeaning and isolating. Then Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight saved me. They arrested my parents for child abuse, endangerment, and neglect. They adopted me into their family and helped me come to terms with my Quirk. Even though I failed the Entrance Exam, I trained with them so that I didn't have to just rely on my Quirk everywhere...and right now, I'm gonna show the fruits of my labor."
Hitoshi approached and slapped Monoma across the face, snapping him out of his brainwashing as he stared at the indigo-haired boy with a mixture of anger and horror on his face.
"Monoma, you carry too much envy to be a proper hero. You think Class 1-A nearly losing their lives was just a big attention-grabbing scam. Even someone like me understood that and I wasn't even part of what happened. But you come in here, thinking you and your class are all the top dogs but could you have done any better? Those villains had come with the intent to kill. There was nothing fake about it."
Monoma slowly backed away before being grabbed by the collar and pulled close to Hitoshi so that he looked him directly in the eye.
"Monoma Neito, I think that you are the farthest thing from a Hero...and that's coming from someone who isn't even a Hero Student to begin with."
"SHUT UP!" Monoma shouted as he pushed Hitoshi back. "I CAME HERE TO BE A HERO! I'LL PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT I DESERVE THEIR RESPECT AND ATTENTION! YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND SINCE YOU SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE ARROGANT AND SELFISH CLASS 1-A BASTARDS!"
Hitoshi shook his head. "And that's where you'll lose. I pity you, Monoma...but you're too far into your delusions of grandeur to accept that taunts, mockery, and not believing the whole story are not things a Hero should do..."
Monoma lunged, coating his arm in steel like Tetsutetsu and throwing a haymaker at Hitoshi, who ducked out of the way and elbowed the blonde in the stomach before grabbing him and delivering several punches to his sternum and ribs. He then spun him around before throwing him into the air, jumping up, grabbing him again, and delivering a Tombstone Piledriver to finish him off.
"MONOMA NEITO HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT! HITOSHI SHINSHO WINS!" Midnight announced as the crowds all cheered. Monoma was picked up by medical bots and carried off to Recovery Girl's office.
"Looks like Class 1-B will have an open spot soon since Monoma spouted all that hate against Class 1-A on live television..." Setsuna sighed.
"I feel bad for Sir Monoma, to be honest. Being told he couldn't be a Hero with a Quirk like his as a child..." Jurota Shishida said. "But alas, he threw away any sympathy by attempting to antagonize Class 1-A for a situation that wasn't even their own fault."
"It's like I said...He holds too much envy to be a hero and his ideas of what a hero is are all unrealistic..." Itsuka said, feeling a sense of sadness for her soon-to-be former classmate.
*Meanwhile*
A woman with long snow-white hair was staring out the window from her room in Fujiya Hospital. The door opened and she turned to see a tall and relatively well-built young man step in. He had a friendly and boyish face, messy black hair, and was wearing a trenchcoat and fedora.
"Hi, are you Mrs. Rei Todoroki, by any chance?"
The woman turned to the man, looking at him confused since she had never seen him before.
"Oh, hello. Who are you?"
"My name is Rokuro Nomura. I was assigned to be your substitute doctor since your regular is currently out sick."
"Oh, I see. Do you wish to talk about anything?" Rei asked as she turned around to face Rokuro, who smiled.
"Yes, I'd like to talk about your family life, starting with your childhood. I want to be able to understand all the details."
"I see..." Rei sadly said, but she decided to indulge. "I guess it would be for the best to get everything off my chest to someone."
Unbeknownst to Rei, Rokuro was grinning rather evilly.
"Hehehehe, give me all the good stuff, ma'am. I want to know all the dirty laundry Endeavor is keeping and then...we can initiate Curator's scheme!"