"One, two," Ingenium looked around him in the ally he was in. He was hearing a voice that didn't sound friendly, "We're coming for you," He felt someone cut his legs. Shit that hurt a lot. He wouldn't be able to move as fast now. He then saw an imagine of his family being killed in front of him, "Three, four,"

The voice cut off then as Ingenium looked around him, "Come out villain!" He then saw an image of his little brother covered in blood. His own blood. His bones broken and his body resembling a bloody flower, "I won't tolerate these tricks anymore!"

The voice chuckled, "Your career is no more!" Ingenium felt pain in his leg. He looked down and saw it was gone. His left leg was taken away. A clean cut. Relatively. There was still some hanging flesh and it hurt a lot. 'So this is what getting a limb cut off feels like... huh.' Ingenium couldn't help but wonder what these villains wanted.

He heard more chuckling as he placed his hand on the wall so he could continue to walk, "I do not need my legs to beat you you fiend! As long as I have my arms I will be able to beat you," That was comfort to Ingenium at this point.

More dark chuckling was heard, "Five, six," Ingenium watched a figure bounce around the ally. Toward him, With a sword out. He couldn't see the figure's face as it was cloaked, "Here and There, We're everywhere!" He then felt a blade stab into his spine. All feeling in his lower body ceased as he fell down.

Ingenium tried to stand up, "My spine? This is a new low you villain!" He fired up his engines in his arms. Tactical retreat was needed. He tried to get away.

"Seven, eight, it's far too late!" He was kicked in the stomach as he tried to get out of the ally. Even with his crippled state he should have been able to get away. Key word being should. He landed in the ally, crumpled in defeat. It hadn't even been a fight.

Ingenium felt his mask be taken off by another figure, this time with a mask and cloak. Then five figures were seen. Nobody else appeared so this was it, "Good. He's still awake," The one who looked to be the leader said to the one with the blade. They gave a thumbs up gesture and the leader looked back to Ingenium, "Do you know who we are Ingenium?" Her voice was laced with genuine curiosity.

Ingenium did nothing. He wouldn't give these villains the pleasure of hearing his defeated voice.

The leader sighed, "Figures. A shame we had to kill you really. I'd have preferred to go for someone lower on the ranking and then skip you but you are a perfect target. Number eleventh pro hero. Good man, Notable family history. You were the perfect person for us to kill so we could announce our existence. We are the Quirkless Battle frontier. We are fighting for the people who were unlucky enough to not be quirked. Or those who are late bloomers like us Minus Dabi," Their voice sounded feminine so Ingenium decided to assume they were a she. She pointed to the person on the far left of her, "But he's had plenty of a shitty life so he's with us," She gestured to the one with the sword, "Okay I've said my piece, Finish him, H&T," She saluted the one with the sword with two fingers and stepped back.

He could practically see the grin on their face, "Nine, Ten. Your dead, lets play again!" Ingenium saw black then.

"Alright its over. Lets leave our symbol here so we can get out of here and celebrate! The leader said to her subordinate's.

The one with the sword grinned under their mask, "Alright! Can we have beer this time?"

His head was pat, "No. Last time you had beer, we found you streaking inside of Deika city and we had to break you out of prison,"

The man groaned, "THAT WAS ONE TIME!"

The figure to the right of him chuckled, "Yeah, yeah. I still remember the time you accidentally went to Shiketsu and mooned the entire third year class. Beautiful times," The figure wiped a fake tear from their eye. Everyone else began laughing as they left the scene.

The man slumped, "You guys suck,"

Midnight cracked her whip as soon as the break was over. I had gotten back from a scolding from Recovery Girl to not break my arms in a competition and I shouldn't become the next Midoriya. She also announced the finalists were Yoarashi, Asui, Kazehana(their Teammate) Midoriya, Uraraka, Kendo, Tokoyami, Bakugo, Ashido, Tetsutetsu, Kirishima, Me, Pony, Kodai, Hatsume, and Todoroki whom threatened his teammates into allowing him to compete pretty much. We were all announced under our hero names of course. Or in Hatsume and Kazehana's case, their code names, "Alright. We have 16 final participants! Our final event is one by one matches. Here are the fights for the first round!" A screen appeared once more and the fight order was listed.

Uravity vs Pinky

I'd root for them both. Both of them were my friends and I totally didn't want to see Pinky get punched in the jaw for making me interact with people. No. I wanted both to win and neither to lose. Totally.

Tsukuyomi vs Galeforce

Poor Tokoyami was just going to get yeeted out of the ring in the first second. That or pummeled by Yoarashi's wind until he gives up. Probably the latter as Yoarashi wants to see how passionate Tokoyami is. Again; Poor Tokoyami.

Glare vs Real Steal

Either Kazehana gets wrecked or Tetsutetsu is unlucky and is paralysed for too long before he's forced to forfiet.

Bakuhatsu vs Battle-Fist

Either I was going to win because of my quirk or Kendo was going to clobber me. I looked to the Orange haired girl who smirked. Said smirk said all I needed to know, "Your fucked" I'd probably stay long range this round. Fighting Kendo in close range was tantamount to suicide. I was also going to fight the winner of last match so I needed to watch carefully.

Dynamight vs Rule

Oh fuck. Poor Kodai... If Bakugo does any unnecessary violence I was going to acquaint him with something worse than C-0 Impact. Far, Far, Far, worse.

Dekiru vs Froppy

Huh. This one would go either way to be honest. If Asui was fast enough she could kick Midoriya out of the ring before he activated Full Cowling. But if he activated it than it was going to be Pinball but with frogs and Kicks instead of balls and fun.

Mei-Dei vs Frosttorch

Hatsume was going to withdraw. She wasn't dumb. She was a genius with no regard for health codes. She knew she'd lose. She would just walk out of the ring or not even go into it.

Rocketti vs Red Riot

I honestly didn't know how to feel about this one. On one hand, Kirishima's defenses are top tier. On the other hand Pony's offense is pretty damn good. So I could see this going either way to be honest.

Midnight smiled. Alright, would Uravity and Pinky stay here? And would everyone else leave?" She cracked her whip and everyone quickly left.

As we entered our viewing area's I looked to Midoriya, "Who do you think's gonna win?" Uraraka and Ashido were both pretty evenly matched physically although Ashido was faster. Uraraka could just touch her and win though. So it was anyone's game.

Midoriya looked up from his notebook, "They both are pretty evenly matched in most regards. Ashido is a lot faster though. But Uraraka can make herself float if need be to evade her acid. That plus Ashido's fear of using her acid on living people makes me think Uraraka's going to win. Also expect the Unexpected when it comes to Uraraka," Fair assessment.

Kirishima got between us, "Don't count out Mina yet! She has some tricks up her sleeve that'll help her win!"

Like I said. Anyone's game.

Midnight looked to both combatants, "Are you two ready,"

Ashido grinned, "Yep!"

Uraraka nodded, "I am,"

Midnight smiled, "Good. Now fight!" She jumped back.

Ashido sent acid toward Uraraka in an instant, Seeing this, Uraraka ducked and rolled to the side and began running to Ashido Ashido slid back easily to avoid Uraraka.

Ahsido smiled as she dodged Uraraka's attempted to latch on and throw her, "You better try harder than that Uravity-Chan! Or are you too slow?" This time she dodged a punch, "Getting fiesty now aren't we?" She sprayed some acid Uraraka's way whom dodged but some acid hit her arm. Slightly burning her. Uraraka then tried to grab onto her again but she was dodged, "Catch me if you can Uravity-Chan!" Ashido chuckled and began sliding all over the arena on all fours.

'She's holding back on me' Uraraka thought as she tried to catch Ashido. Ashido was sliding past Uraraka on all fours now, Tearing up the concrete below them, "Your holding back!" She tried to grab Ashido once more but she was too slipery and slid out of Uraraka's sight and behind her.

Ashido laughed, "What? Can ya blame me? I don't want to go all out here ya know? I want to save my energy for later," Lie. Uraraka knew that, "But since you asked real nicely I'll go all out on ya!" Ashido spun around and acid came out of her hands as she danced.

It hit URraka in the face and only burned slightly.

'She's still not using her best acid. Good. I can win if I get in close' Uraraka thought before lunging at Ashido. Ashido dodged but she felt her leg be grabbed, "Gotcha," Uraraka grinned as Ashido began to float. Uraraka began pushing the pink skinned girl out of bounds.

Ashido tried to spray acid at Uraraka, "Oh come on! No fair! Aww Well this blows,"

Midnight chucked as Ashido was pushed out of bounds by Uraraka, "Winner Uravity!"

I looked to Midoriya, "Remind me to not fight Uraraka in close combat. I can tell she'd have been far more brutal if need be," Its true too. Gunhead martial arts weren't just about throws and blocks. No. They were also about the most efficient way of making your opponent wish they weren't your opponent. I learned that the hard way.

Midoriya shivered and nodded, "Noted... Sorry about the loss Sero, Mineta," Said boys handed me some money. Reluctantly of course. With this I could buy a coffee and a donut from the Cafe, Watch a movie, and have some left for the train ride monday. Ah I loved betting and trusting Midoriya. He was oddly confident right now, "Uraraka really was awesome!"

I grinned, "As much as I hate to say, she kicked Ashido's ass. She barely fought but yet it was in a way that proved she could have knocked her out. When she grabbed Ashido's leg she could have pulled her close and went for the knock out in an instant," I loved fighting. I really did. I hated fighting certain people though.

Kirishima sighed, "Both did pretty manly. Still a bit sad though,"

I pat my friend on the back, "Its okay. She did as well as she could have given her opponent. If it were anyone else she would have done better," That was the biggest lie I have ever told but it seems Kirishima bought it as he smiled back. Although if she were facing me she'd kick my ass.

"Thanks. I'll just have to do better in my own match then!"

I grinned, "Thats the spirit!"

I then looked to Midnight who announced the next match, "Would Galeforce and Tsukuyomi come down?" She said it in a sultry tone. I knew this was going to be a quick one. Tokoyami gulped and I placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. I knew the pain of getting beaten by Yoarashi.

Yoarashi screamed about passion once more which I didn't even bother listening too this time as both of them went down to the arena. Midnight looked to the two of them, "Are you boy's ready?"

Yoarashi grinned, "I AM READY!"

Tokoyami nodded, "I'm ready,"

Midnight nodded, "Let the second battle of the Sports festival's third round, Begin!" She jumped back.

I looked to my classmates, "I give it three seconds at most," I looked to the two combatants. I looked to Mineta only this time as Sero was missing, "Bets?"

Mineta shook his head, "Nope. Uh uh. I'm not betting any more of my money this time,"

I shrugged, "Smart man,"

The match then began.

"DARK SHADOW!" Tokoyami conjured Dark shadow, "Attack!" Dark shadow raced toward Yoarashi as fast as it could. Yoarashi couldn't help but smile. He gathered up wind in his hands.

'Ooh boy this one isn't going to end well. He's ending it quickly here,' I thought as I watched.

"SUCH A PASSIONATE FIRST ATTACK!" He released his wind which was sent toward Tokoyami in an instant 'and that's game' "BUT MY ATTACK IS MORE PASSIONATE I'M AFRAID!" Tokoyami was sent into the wall making a Tokoyami sized dent in it.

'Well that was the quickest match of them all' Normally my head just tuned out Present Mic but it didn't this time. Good. I wanted to hear the man's shocked voice.

Midnight chuckled, "Winner by Knockout?" She didn't know if Tokoyami was awake or not, "Galeforce!"

"Hey what did we miss!" I looked and saw Uraraka waving at Me, Iida, Midoriya, and Hagakure who I just noticed wasn't in the 1-B section. To be fair I could see Sero talking to the vine haired girl now. Class 1-B must be pretty dejected that they didn't get anyone in this year.

I looked to the now returned Ashido and Uraraka, "You didn't miss anything by the way."

Hagakure's sleeves raised in what I think was agreement, "Yeah! That was the quickest match of them all! Poor Tokoyami just got sent into the wall!" She was the most friendly with our class out of all of class B. Although Tokoyami and Kuroiro seem to have an underground poker ring going on that they run and they seem to be close friends. Don't ask how I know. Don't ask why Mineta and Sero always try to bet against me either. Most of the time.

Ashido looked to the new dent in the stadium, "I hope he's fine. Yoarashi has one hell of an attack."

A few of the unlucky ones shivered. Including me. Before we had time to talk more I heard Midnight call out for the next match, "Alright will Real steel and glare come down to the ring?"

Tetsutetsu grinned, "Alright! My turn at last!"

Kirishima grinned as well and waved at his friend, "Good luck dude!"

I looked to Mineta, "Bets? 30,000 yen on the Gen Ed girl as much as I hate to say it." Everyone looked to me and I just smiled. Mineta was just a cash cow at this point.

Mineta grinned, "Your so going to lose,"

"Alright are you two ready?" Midnight looked at the excited Tetsutetsu and the bored yet determined Kazehana. Kazehana's posture changed into something more determined.

Tetsutetsu grinned and punched his palm, "I AM! LETS GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!"

Kazehana simply nodded and grinned.

Midnight winked at the camera and cracked her whip, "Begin!" Midnight jumped back.

Tetsutetsu jumped toward Kazehana, in a bid to get her out instantly. Kazehana grinned, "Good attempt but you should have been faster," She glared at Tetsutetsu and her hair raised. Tetsutetsu stopped and fell to the ground. He struggled to move.

Midnight cracked her whip, "Real Steal, Can you move?"

Tetsutetsu cursed under his breath, "Damnit," He struggled to move. Tetsutetsu found he couldn't move a muscle and his quirk deactivated, "I can't," He relaxed then.

Midnight smiled, "Winner by entrapment, Glare,"

I grinned as I took Mineta's money, "You really need to bet with me rather than against me Mineta. I'm the king of gambling," Now normally the teachers would discourage us from betting. But two things said otherwise. Our underground poker ring which Nezu approved as he found it hilarious and the fact a few of the faculty participated as well. Poor Crust lost about 50,000 yen to me in a minute. Beautiful. Now this didn't stop Iida complaining about it but he wasn't the class rep or vice rep so he didn't have the power to boss us around. Midoriya didn't participate but he found it was being done in good fun and Kendo had almost as good of luck as I did.

Mineta grumbled something unintelligible as he handed me my money and Kendo mock punched my shoulder, "Our match is up now! Time to win and kick your ass!" Kendo was oddly competitive. She outside of a fight was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. But when you fought her, she was vicious and brutal. The fact she had the perfect quirk for martial arts didn't help, "Lets go!" She was also excited since I unlike many cowards before me, didn't give up.

I grinned and looked to Midoriya, "Do your best!" He had his notebook out. He was excited. He hadn't managed to get much details about how my quirk is in battle. He also knew about my support item. I imagined I'd have a few ways to improve after the festival

Pony grinned as well, "Explode her ass back to UA! We need to face each other in the finals!" Her Japanese was getting far better. I'd still have to go through Kodai to face her... I had faith she'd beat Bakubitch.

Kodai simply nodded.

I saluted them, "I'll do my best everyone. And Pony I fully intend to fight Kodai first. So you might be seeing her in the finals," I jumped to the arena then.

"Pony? When that change?" I heard Mineta ask.

"Story long,"

Alright I decided to end it here. Normally I'd just be an idiot and push through my low willpower and write the Kendo vs Katsu fight in this chapter. But I consider myself to be somewhat smart and I know it'd be a bad idea to push through me not wanting to write. So next chapter is going to be the rest of the first round fights and the chapter after that is the quarter finals and then the semi finals. And then the finals. I can wrap this up within three to four chapters which is nice. And yes that includes this one.

Anyways I figured instead of focusing on the fights this chapter I figured I'd just focus on the characters a bit. Yoarashi insta beating Tokoyami wasn't planned. Really, I planned a semi-long fight that'd have been good but the gambling kinda won out since I wanted Katsu's insane luck be shown.

So anyways, yeah. Next chapter is when the big fights begin.

- Stalk