Chapter 18:
Short notice: Next chapter won't be a chapter. More of a character analysis on how I thought of my OCs or some personality changes I made on some of the canon characters. I figured that I'd take a break from writing for a week. Don't want my ideas to burn out.
Well the first match was definitely something. The girl with the pink hair basically used the purple-haired guy as a walking advertisement for her inventions before throwing the match away.
"SHINSO WINS?!" Even Presentation Micycle was not sure about the result of the first match.
"Huh. I did not see that coming."
"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU EVEN HERE, ASSTRACK?!"
"Asstrack? That's a pretty new insult." Izuku thought to himself loudly while shutting Bakugou's mouth tightly with his quirk. Yeah, the seat in 1A is a lot more fun to be in than the other seats in the stadium. Moreover, he actually gets to discuss the fights with Yaoyorozu, who he sees as an intellectual rival. Quick note; Momo is still smarter than him in terms of academics but he's smarter than her when it comes to strategy and planning. Intelligence varies, after all. Besides, he hates to admit that both Camie and Trish are psychologically smarter than him. Not even starting with Murry's suspiciously high street smarts. Everyone is smart in their own way but some(Kaminari) just choose to be idiots out of laziness and arrogance.
"STOP WITH THAT SELF-THINKING, YOU FUCK!"
"What the-? I swear I sto- No, I feel as if my quirk just got erased. That means…" Izuku turned around just in time for a binding cloth to hit him in the face. "You're not supposed to sit here, SpiderStorm."
"How do you even know my hero name, Eraserhead?"
"I asked your sister about it." He felt a tugged and it pulled him instantly outside. He could hear Ochaco giggle in amusement.
"Traitor!" He jokingly thought to himself. Now he's outside. Not really outside the stadium, but outside the seats. He could only watch from the cafeteria from now on. The fights he saw was pretty quick.
Present Mic, being an situational dumbass, made a mistake of calling Ibara an assassin which resulted in her lecturing him for ten minutes, much to Izuku's amusement. Kaminari promised that he'd finish the match in ten seconds and Izuku believed that he did keep that promise by losing to Ibara in a span of ten seconds. Izuku had a good laugh at that one.
He felt bad for Momo on her fight with Iida. He didn't give her time to think of anything before he just Recipro Burst'd her out of the arena. He's not gonna pity her though. It's probably that last thing she'd want right now.
*BEEP BEEP* And now his goggles are suddenly making a sound. "What could this even mean?" His thoughts were answered once he put them on. Apparently his goggles are now a wearable police scanner, courtesy of his dad's brilliant upgrades to his ever-evolving hero suit.
"Whatcha got there?" The voice behind him startled him and made him jump a little bit too high up. It was his sister, who just finished doing her rounds around the stadium. He glared at her for a second before taking a look on what's happening.
"Apparently dad turned my goggles into a police scanner. If my guess is correct, he only made it so that big-time crimes are going through this wavelength. I don't know how he did it nor am I gonna question it. It looks like there's an attack on a moving train at the station in Musutafu."
"Ugh, I guess I'll check it out." Tatsumaki was about to head out but Izuku grabbed her arm. "I'm coming with you."
Tatsumaki scowled at him before making let go with her quirk. "You're staying here. You're supposed to be taking a break for the day."
"My break's over anyway. I'm going whether you like it or not, Sis." He insisted. It was a staring contest and neither was backing down. Tatsumaki finally broke eye contact and sighed internally. "All right, from what you've said, this seems like an planned-out crime. Do NOT do anything that would risk YOUR LIFE or CIVILIAN LIVES, okay?"
"All right." He felt the grab of her quirk on him and mentally prepared himself for another telekinetic throw over Musutafu. This is gonna be pleasant.
Mineta was nervous. He didn't think he'd make it this far. So far, he's only been carried this far by his friends. All he did was rely on them and help out a little bit. Only a little bit. Overall, he hasn't done jackshit. Now he's facing a guy who could just fuse his feet with the ground and turn him into a literal punching bag. Now that's some scary shit. He walked up to the stage and in front of him was a guy way taller than him and is probably way more dangerous. All Mineta had was his smarts. This dude can render him immobile with a touch. "YOU BETTER NOT FUCKING LOSE, SCUMBAG!"
"What the hell?"
"It's your encouragement mind-ghost Bakugou. I'm just a figment of your stupid and dirty ass imagination to give you some shitty encouragement."
"Wh-"
"BEAT HIS ASS LIKE I BEAT DEKU'S LITTLE SISTER!" Mineta did not need to be reminded of that. He stayed quiet after that. That was not the encouragement he wanted but he'll take what he can get.
"Are the both of you ready?" Midnight asked them. They both nodded at her. Mineta faced Yosetsu who did the same. They both gave each other a curtly nod of understanding. "Mineta."
"Yeah?"
"Whatever happens, no hard feelings, alright?"
"Well I'm not gonna complain now since I somehow made it this far."
"START!" Present Mic announced loudly which startled the both of them. Mineta started throwing his hair into the air while Yosetsu made a run for it towards him. "If either one of you makes contact with each other with your quirks, then the match is over, you shitty scumbag. Don't let his hands near you."
He listened to the voice of encouragement inside his head. He sprinted to the right and avoided Yosetsu just in time. Most of his balls has finally landed as he kept throwing more into the air. His traps are set on that side. He jumped on one and bounced off of it. His maneuverability has now been enhanced thanks to his quirk. He's been practicing on avoiding attacks for a week straight with his quirk thanks to Bakugou's relentless training. "YEAH I FUCKING TRAINED YOU TO BE A DISTRACTION! THEY WON'T NOTICE ME UNTIL I BLOW ALL THEIR ASSES UP AND WE TAKE HOME THE GODDAMN GOLD!"
He was too busy listening to the mind-ghost Katsuki to realize that Yosetsu managed to grab him midbounce.
"IT LOOKS LIKE AWASE HAS MANAGED TO GET A GRAB ON A DISTRACTED MINETA!? COULD THIS BE THE END OF THE ROUND?!"
"Mic, shut up. I'm trying to watch. You're like that parent who asks about a movie that the entire family is watching then gets angry because nobody answered their question even though its the first time that the family is seeing that movie."
"THAT'S WEIRDLY SPECIFIC, ERASER. ARE YOU THROWING SHADES AT YOUR MOTHER AGAIN?!"
"Yes. This is why I never go home for Christmas."
Mineta tuned out their commentary as he was slowly being fused to the ground by Yosetsu while holding out his quirk and sticking it on Yosetsu's other palm. "HIS FUSION IS ACTIVATED NOW! IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OCCURRING ON BOTH HIS HANDS! FUCKING TRY SOME DESPERATE SHIT!"
"I am doing something." He replied back to his imaginary encouragement Katsuki. He stuck another ball to the one that's already attached to Yosetsu's farm. It was supposed to fuse together, and it is, even though it's supposed to repel each other.
What happened then was that the balls started vibrating. Mineta did not know what the hell was happening when he made Yosetsu fuse two of his quirk together. Now he figured out what's about to happen. Luckily enough, Yosetsu doesn't know. Things that repel each other will be in an endless cycle of repelling once they are fused together. Or at least, that's what Mineta thought.
"What the heck is happening with your balls."
"That's what she said…" That was the last thing Mineta muttered before the balls were forcibly unfused in great speeds. The first one hit Mineta in the face, knocking him out. The other launched Yosetsu's backhand to his face, also knocking him out.
"A DRAW?!" Present Mic was surprised while Aizawa tried to suppress a sigh before going in on his explanation. "Mineta knew that sooner or later, Awase would be able to catch him even when he's bouncing around using his quirk. The best thing he could do here is rush him and fill Awase up with his quirk or force a draw and change the match into something that isn't battle oriented making it more favorable for him. His intelligence have always been present but it was with the help of two people that helped him focus that intelligence in battle and academics."
"THE COMPETITORS WILL BE FIGHTING IN A GAME OF… CHESS! ONCE THEY WAKE UP!" Midnight told everyone while striking a pose. The more horndog heroes cheered a little bit too excitedly. The unconscious competitors were wheeled from the stage by the medibots, who were insulting them.
"ALRIGHT, WITH THAT ASIDE, NEXT UP: WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE! THE SILENT SHINOBI OF THE NIGHT! THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND MOUTHS! SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Shoji stepped into the ring, with his ears ringing from Present Mic's loud voice. Everybody's ears were ringing because of Present Mic's loud voice. Jiro had to ask Momo for soundproof headphones back at the seats.
"ON THIS SIDE, WE HAVE A MYSTERIOUS HALF OF THE TWINS! SHE MAY LOOK WEAK BUT DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HER! JIKANOMUDA OOOOOOONNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Onna enthusiastically stepped into the ring. Shoji narrowed his eyes at her in suspicion. More hands and ears appeared on his appendages in preparation for her fight. "Are you two ready?"
"Ready." Shoji nodded.
"YES!" Onna said while giving a thumbs up and sticking her tongue out. "Very well, let's start the match!"
Shoji began to rush at her at full speed while she stood there. His multiple arms are ready to throw her out of the arena. She then said something in another language.
"Hmm?" Shoji could not help but say. Midnight did the same thing. He felt something hit his head but it didn't really faze him. He looked down at the object and it was a ball used in dodgeball. He grew eyes on his appendage and look around for someone who threw the ball. There was no one else but him, Midnight, and Onna in the stage right now. He looked at Midnight who seems to be rubbing her head for some reason.
"Ah poop. Didn't think it wouldn't affect you that much." He heard Onna say.
Onna Jikanomuda
Quirk: Confusion ball
Every time she confuses anyone, a rubber ball similar to that of dodgeball gets launched at a random spot of their heads. Yeah. That's it.
Likes: Balls, animals, more balls, wasting time on petting animals
Weakness: Meat.
"Well," Onna raised her hand. "I surrender."
A very confused Midnight accepted her surrender and ended the match. Shoji sighed internally but didn't complain on a free win.
"WELL. THAT ENDED QUICKLY! HECK, A RANDOM BALL EVEN HIT ME IN THE HEAD!"
"That's her quirk. Nobody could explain what it is."
"WELL ALRIGHT, NEXT UP, THE MUSICAL GIRL FROM THE HERO COURSE! THE SUPER AGGRESSIVE JIROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KYOKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I'm a fan of your mother by the way, please give me a shoutout."
"Mic, stop."
Jiro got unto the arena. She looked bored. In reality, she's only trying to look bored just to look cool in front of the crowd. "It's just a guy from Gen Ed. What could go wrong?"
"AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE OTHER HALF OF THE JIKANOMUDA TWINS! JIKANOMUDA SHINSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"
Shinshin got into the arena while carrying a bottle of vodka. He waved calmly at Jirou, who only glared at him. Midnight was not looking too eager to start the match. "Are you two ready?"
"Sure." Jiro said coolly.
"Yeah." Shinshin calmly responded. He began drinking the vodka when Midnight started the match.
"You left yourself open, drunk fuck." Jiro thought to herself as she launched her earjacks for a painful stab to his eyes. He dodged it. Or he just bent upwards, drinking the whole bottle. Once he finished drinking, he smashed the bottle over his skull while doing a stance. The calm demeanor from his eyes are gone and his face is redder than red.
"Lets get this…zzz… show on the goddamn road, bitch!" He didn't give her time to respond when he was suddenly in front of her. He delivered a devastating palm strike to her stomach while doing a very silly pose.
Shinshin Jikanomuda
Quirk: Drunken Master
His physical strength and speed multiplies when he is drunk. Best utilized with drunken Kung-Fu.
Likes: Reading, Hanging out with his twin, Studying, Getting really wasted and waking up in a random apartment's couch on a Sunday morning.
A single hit from the palm strike was enough to make Jiro rolling and vomiting on her knees. Apparently Shinshin wasn't done yet when he delivered an axe kick to her back, knocking her out instantly.
"JIRO KYOKA IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE! THE WINNER IS JIKANOMUDA SHINSHIN!"
"How does he even fight while drunk? Even with the enhanced strength and speed, he should be staggering by then." Aizawa was asking the same question in everyone's mind but nobody seems to be able to answer.
"GOOD QUESTION, NEXT UP, WE GOT TWO BEST FRIENDS FIGHTING EACH OTHER!"
"That's seriously the best thing you could say?"
"IGNORING WHAT KILLJOY JUST SAID HERE, ON THIS SIDE, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE URARAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCHAKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"She may not look like it, but she's definitely one of the more adept combatants in the competition, with her creative usage of her quirks. A single touch from her might be the end to anyone's chance of winning the tournament."
"ON THAT CORNER, WE GOT THE FROG! THE AMPHIBIAN! THE DEADPAN! THE GIRL WHO JUST STARES AT ME EVERY TIME WE HAVE ENGLISH CLASS! ASUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
"Will you stop disrespecting my students? Her calm demeanor even during intense situation is doing very well at keeping her allies at ease. Her frog-like abilities gave her super-strength in her legs as she gives devastating kicks. Not to mention her tongue, which is very beneficial at throwing anyone out of bounds. See, Mic? I'm better at describing people more than you. I barely knew people."
"IGNORING WHAT HE SAID!"
"Those two…" Midnight scoffed at them from afar. "You were never the same since… anyway, are you two ready?"
Tsuyu stared at her. "I'll take that as a yes."
"Yeah!" Ochaco said a little bit too excitedly. Her menacing aura is with her again.
"All right! MATCH START!" Midnight raised her whip to start the match. Tsuyu made a major mistake as she used her tongue to grab a hold of Ochaco. The one thing Ochaco did to counter that is by touching Tsuyu's tongue, making the frog girl weightless. She began floating up while still holding on to Ochaco using her tongue.
"IT SEEMS LIKE URARAKA HAS TURNED ASUI INTO A HUMAN KITE!"
"The first mistake of fighting Uraraka is that as long as she manages to get a hold of any of of your bother parts, you already have a big chance of losing. Weightlessness is a very big disadvantage to have in a fight, especially once you realize that punching holds no weight."
"Kero." The frog girl said in panic. Using Tsuyu's own tongue against her, Ochaco pulled her towards her to deliver a well-placed and strong punch to the weightless frog, before trapping her limbs. "Well, Tsu-chan?"
"I surrender, kero."
"ASUI TSUYU HAS CONCEITED! THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH IS URARAKA OCHACO!"
"YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" A very large bump sound followed, interrupting Mic.
"Will you stop screaming. Do you WANT us to get sued because you made someone's ears bleed again."
"SORRY!"
Ochaco lifted Tsuyu up before releasing her from her quirk. "You were great, Ochaco-chan."
"Nah, I got lucky." The girl was back to her old self and was sheepishly rubbing the back of her neck. They both went back to the seats together.
"IT SEEMS LIKE THE FINAL MATCH OF THE FIRST ROUND IS ALREADY HERE!"
"Considering how most fights ended quickly due to multiple surrenders or bad matchups, it is to be expected. Still, we have a chess match later between Mineta and Yosetsu. This next match might just be interesting."
"ALL RIGHT! NEXT UP! WELL, I GOT NOTHING SPECIAL TO SAY ABOUT THIS GUY OTHER THAN HIM BEING PRETTY NORMAL! OJIROOOOOOOOOOOOO MASHIRAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Ojiro may not seem much but his tail is made of pure muscle strong enough to crush even steel. Combined with his vast knowledge of multiple martial arts, he might be the next Monkey King when he decides to go beyond his limits and be the best at what he does."
"ON THE NEXT CONTESTANT! SCUM BEYOND SCUM! SOMEONE WITH A FACE NOT EVEN HIS MOTHER LO-"
"Bakugou Katsuki. Aggressive. Brash. Has a need for anger management classes. I'm not going to deny his fantastic skills in combat and he may have one of the highest fight IQ in the first years alone."
Bakugou and Ojiro walked into the stage at the same time. They were facing each other. The explosive blonde has a blank look on his face while the tailed boy had a mix of determination and nervousness on his. "I'm fucked. Rickity Rickity fucked."
"Are you ready?" Bakugou nodded quietly.
"As ready as I could be."
"Good luck, kid. MATCH START!"
Bakugou didn't give Ojiro time to think when he propelled himself forward using his explosions. Ojiro was lucky enough to realize that his reflexes are enough to dodge that. He bent down from an incoming right hand that burst to life with an explosion and jabbed Bakugou right in the stomach.
The explosive blonde was launched a little bit but regained control in the air as he went and tried again. He went for both his hands this time but his explosion was blocked by Ojiro's own attack with a swing of his tail.
He hissed in pain as he felt the burns on his tail. He ignored whatever Present Mic was saying. This is a fight that would take a toll on him. Probably on either of them. "Izuku told me that this is my chance to show off what I can do. Might as well take his advice." He saw Bakugou massaging his palms. "I guess my tail strike did hurt his hands. That's right… I should focus on his hands."
Ojiro didn't give Bakugou time to recovery as he kangaroo-jumped at him using his tail and went for a downwards tail strike. It hit Bakugou square in the head and almost sent him down to the ground. "This guy isn't backing down."
Ojiro went for another tail strike, this time aiming for the legs. Bakugou jumped and sent a flash bang in front of Ojiro's face, temporarily blinding him. Bakugou took this as a chance to deliver a devastating kick to Ojiro's stomach. Ojiro felt it but didn't back down, doing a tail sweep, successfully knocking Bakugou down. He did another tail stomp but Bakugou quickly rolled out of the way and sent another explosion at Ojiro's left side.
The tailed boy groaned in the pain coming from his left side but kept on standing. He's not backing down. The left side of his activity shirt was burnt of, exposing his skin. He ignored the pain and delivered a tornado kick, aiming for Bakugou's head as the explosive blonde was standing up. It connected but Bakugou refused to get knocked out. Ojiro sent one final strike from his tail, using all of is body strength.
Bakugou dodged in time and sent a large explosion in front of Ojiro point blank.
Pain. Burning pain. That's what he felt as he was sent skidding across the ground from that point-blank explosion courtesy of his opponent. He's still standing though. Barely. He recognized his shirt is completely burnt off. His bare chest was filled with first and second-degree burns. His left ear wasn't functioning properly. He was falling down.
He stomped his right foot forward, refusing to fall down. He readied his stance. He took a look at Bakugou. The blonde had bruises and cuts all over him from their melee battle. "If I'm going down, I'm going down with a bang."
He stepped forward. Bakugou did the same while clutching his arms. The explosive blonde gave an acknowledging nod towards him. Their walk evolved into a run. Both of their arms were raised as they prepared one final fist fight. It never came. Ojiro smelled something fragrant entering his nose. He looked at Midnight, who was using her quirk. He turned to Bakugou, who looked just as shocked as he is. Ojiro's eyelids felt heavier until he fell on the ground, asleep.
"As the referee of the entire festival, I declare Ojiro unable to continue without injuring himself any further. Bakugou has won the match by Technical Knockout!" The crowd applauded for what might have been the best match in the first round. Bakugou was still staring at the tailed boy's unconscious body.
"Its… its not supposed to end like this." He told himself. He saw Ojiro as a worthy challenge. He didn't want to win against him like this.
Mineta won the chess match.
Meanwhile...
It wasn't pleasant.
"We're wheeling in an injured intern here, clear the way people!" The paramedic yelled at the people as they wheeled Izuku into the ambulance, Tatsumaki following closely behind. "You saved those people, kid. You'd be doing them a disfavor if you die now." The paramedic told the unconscious teenager.
"DON'T YOU DIE ON ME, YOU LITTLE SHIT! Don't you dare… don't you-" Tatsumaki can't finish her sentence. She's too busy crying inside the ambulance. They didn't expect him to be the one who attacked. Nobody knew what his intentions were or if he even had one. They rescued the kid he kidnapped. The kid is actually beside Tatsumaki right now, not knowing how to comfort the crying hero.
{- To Be Continued...
This AU's Bakusquad:
Ibara Shiozaki
Power: 2/5
Speed: 4/5
Technique: 5/5
Intelligence: 3/5
Cooperativeness: 4/5
Smartassery: 6/5
Minoru Mineta
Power: 2/5
Speed: 4/5
Technique: 5/5
Intelligence: 5/5
Cooperativeness: 3/5
Metaphorically growing the fuck up: 4/5
Yosetsu Awase
Power: 2/5
Speed: 4/5
Technique: 5/5
Intelligence: 4/5
good jokes, good timing: 1/5
Bakugou: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! A CLIFF HANGER?! SERIOUSLY?!
Yeah. It's no secret on who the Midoriya Siblings had to fight. It was bound to end with this. So yeah, and next chapter won't be NEXT chapter. More of some analysis on the characters i made as a practice for my literature class. That also include the characters whose personality I modified.
Bakugou: You planned this, didn't you, asshole?
Not necessarily. Everyone had to know what's been happening with Izuku while the first round of the tournament has been going on. That being said, the next time this story is told, it'd probably be well... I'm not actually telling right now how it happened.
Bakugou: Please tell me you had it planned.
YES! Izuku with a Guitar flows without a plan. I am tired of you BS flows with some bit of planning. This one, has an outline of what's gonna happen. I can just create the minor details for it. Anyway, leave a like, subscribe, comment! PEACE!