The next two participants take the field for the final fight of the first bracket: Luna Yagi versus Aisha Rozu. Luna and Aisha take their battle stances and brace themselves for their epic bout. Shoto, Amora, Katsuki, and Selene looked at the fight very carefully.
Aisha sprang up high in the air as she dove forward to deliver a downward, roundhouse kick to Luna. But Luna surrounded her hands in circular light energy and protected herself from Aisha's attack with her arms in a X shape formation. Luna attempted to deliver punching and kicking strikes to Aisha, but Aisha kept evading the attacks with swift movement. Aisha then delivered a back elbow strike to Luna's midsection before rotating and hitting her opponent with an upward side kick that sent Luna flying almost close to the bounds.
"I see. Your martial art skills have been improving lately since the USJ attack." Luna commented.
"I've been working on some new techniques since then." Aisha said. "But don't forget. We're fighting to win this festival and only one of us could move on to the next round."
"Don't have to tell me twice." Luna grinned.
Luna then sprang high over Aisha in the air and fired a large light energy bolt from one hand at her. Aisha's entire body turned intangible before letting the attack fly right through her to avoid it.
"Oh my." Tarot Chariot commented to All Might. "Truly impressive. Amazonite and Vondergeist truly raised a strong daughter for this festival."
Aisha created two sea green crescent-like blades of psychokinetic energy from her hands and released them at Luna. But Luna struck out a strong punch to destroy the psychokinetic blades at once with one light energized fist. Luna attempted to deliver swift punching strikes at Aisha, who has been effortlessly avoided them with amazing reflexes. Luna then twirled her upside-down body to strike Aisha in rapid speed. But Aisha avoided the attack and performed three powerful pinwheel kicks toward that sent Luna flying close to the bounds.
Back at the stands, Diana quickly returned to her seat next to Selene.
"Hey, Selene! What did I miss?" Diana asked.
"Heh, you didn't miss much." Selene responded.
Then, Kirishima joined in the stands.
"Oh, crap! I'm missing it!" Kirishima complained.
"Hey, nice job on making it to the second round, Kirishima." Kaminari said.
"Thanks, man! Looks like I take down Bakugo next." Kirishima replied.
"I'll kill you." Bakugo said coldly.
"In your dreams. But seriously though, you and Todoroki have moves that blast the whole stadium. Must be pretty nice." Kirishima complimented sarcastically.
"Plus, you don't have to pause between attacks." Sero added.
"It's not as easy as you think, you morons. If you overuse your muscles, you risk tearing them apart. If you sprint too much, you run out of breath." Katsuki explained.
"He's right." Selene said to Diana. "We all have limits to how much Quirk power we can produce. We can't use them nonstop no matter how much we wanted to surpass our limitations."
"Well, when you put it that way, it does make sense." Diana said. "Since Luna and Aisha both produced powerful Quirks, it's gonna be hard to determine who will be the victor in this match."
Meanwhile, Shoto and Amora observed the match from the sidelines. He sat on the edge of the stairs as Amora sat onto top of his lap.
"Do you think that Aisha will win this match against Luna?" Amora asked.
"Her Quirk may be powerful compared to Luna, but she doesn't seem to possess any signs of emotions during this match." Shoto answered. He turned his head to Amora. "Which leads to my question. Why is she acting this way?"
"Because she wasn't always that." Amora said.
"How come?" Shoto asked.
"After Endeavor forbids Aisha from visiting you when she was young, Aisha became completely obsess with her psychic training." Amora said, looking down with a frown. "All she wanted is to be left alone to develop her Quirk. Her parents and her sister tried to help, but Aisha used her Quirk to drive them away. That conflict caused her to split into two girls." She looked up to Aisha, who was using her telekinetic Quirk at Luna. "A strong girl who solely trains her powers into its fullest potential." She looked down at her hands as she started to cry slowly. "And a lonely little girl who badly desires to have fun and spend time with friends."
Shoto's eyes widened in surprise as he took a good long look at Amora. He immediately connected the dots.
"That doll Aisha always spends her time around represent her true self before her training and rejecting her own emotions." Shoto said in realization. "You're her other half."
Amora nodded her head in response. She closed her eyes to fight back her tears and hugged Shoto with a small smile.
Shoto was taken aback briefly, but he placed one comforting hand on Amora's back and looked back at the match.
Luna sprang up in the air and unloaded a machine-gun barrage of light energy bolts in rapid succession. But Aisha avoided through the barraging light energy bolts without so much as getting hit thanks to her intangible body with the help of her ghost Quirk. Once Luna landed on the ground, Aisha swiftly sprinted towards her and gathered some psychokinetic energy in her right boot. She then drove her right boot straight into Luna's stomach and the gathered psychokinetic energy bursted right through her from the stomach to the back in a single instant. Aisha viciously pushed Luna away that sent her flying in the air before crashing hard on her back to the ground.
All Class 1-A students stared in complete shock for Aisha's attack. Even Tarot Chariot and All Might are collectively shocked by Aisha's unexpected attack.
Some viewing fans even commented that Aisha is already stronger than the average pro hero and her parents.
Damn! I gotta say Aisha's combat skills is really amazing. Luna thought as she got up on her feet in a windmill breakdance style. Her fighting style has been roughing up mostly on her kicks and her psychokinesis Quirk. The only thing I can do is find the right moment to strike when she's not using her ghost Quirk to evade my attacks.
Aisha leaped forward and spun herself to hit Luna with a roundhouse kick, but that attack ended up connecting to Luna's punching fist. Luna charged forward and swung her light energized punch to hit Aisha, who instantly went intangible to avoid the swinging fist. Luna then attacked Aisha by twirling her upside-down body in rapid speed, which Aisha remarkably dodged with swift speed. Luna aimed her light energized fists forward and released a couple of light energy bolts directing towards Aisha, who swiftly dodged them one by one with lightning-fast reflexes. Aisha concentrated psychokinetic energy swirling down her legs and toward her ankles as she swung her legs around and sent a spinning sea green disc-like projectile toward Luna, who immediately moved away with a swift backflip.
Wow! Luna gasped. Her Quirk has seriously become more powerful than mine! I can't find one weakness out of her! This is bad.
"I'll make this battle short for you." Aisha said coldly. "Until you're now no longer capable to strike back."
Aisha and Luna kept lightning speed blows, but Luna had a bad time dodging as she wasn't able to keep up blocking Aisha's powerful attacks even with the help of her Quirk and martial art skills. Luna tried striking a barrage of punches at Aisha, but Aisha turned herself intangible and evaded the barraging punches before suddenly dashing behind Luna and delivering multiple spin kicks in a tornado-like fashion that knocked her away.
"For years, I inherited an incredibly strong psychokinetic Quirk that even exceeded my mother's." Aisha explained. "As my Quirk began increasing, I've spent the rest of my life perfecting it. Even if it means I have to separate myself from my family to do so."
Luna froze instantly. What does Aisha mean separating herself from her family? Did Aisha focus only her Quirk and drive herself away from the ones that cared about her?
But then, something suddenly hit Luna. All those times wherever Aisha goes, Amora follows. Not only that, but Amora shares the same Quirks as Aisha when she saved them from the Shatrix at USJ. Could she have something to do with Aisha's current demeanor?
Luna slowly stood herself up on her feet and looked back at Aisha over her shoulder.
"Are...you...kidding me right now?!" Luna spoke irritatingly.
Suddenly, Luna sprinted forward towards Aisha. Before Aisha can react, Luna delivered a swift butterfly kick followed by a powerful axe kick that hit her opponent's chest and face unsuspectingly out of nowhere. Aisha was pushed back from that sudden attack.
"W-What?" Aisha asked surprisingly.
"Is this really the best you can do?!" Luna shouted. "I've been attacking you with everything I got! What are you even trying to do exactly?"
"What are you trying to say?" Aisha questioned in a slight angry tone.
"You managed to strike me a few times, but you weren't zealous enough to take me down!" Luna responded. "But you know what? Your emotionless face has been getting on my nerves lately! No matter how many times Selene, Diana, and I try to make you to have some fun, you refuse to take a crack at it! I'm fighting to become a hero and the only way to do that is to be strong and fucking passionate of it!"
Luna began running and punched Aisha rapidly with her light energized fists while sprinting forward and then delivered a swift kick that sent Aisha flying in the air and back to the ground. But Aisha managed to levitate just in time to prevent herself from falling out of bounds.
"If you really think shutting your emotions and drifting away from your family will make you a better hero, then you're wrong!" Luna barked. "I'll take you down no matter what it takes!"
Aisha wasbriefly caught out by Luna's words, but she narrowed her eyes with a slightly agitated face. That quickly caught Selene, Diana, and Shoto's curiosity while Amora looked in surprise.
"Shut your mouth." Aisha growled.
Aisha concentrated psychokinetic energy to shape it into ten wide sea green crescent-like blades and swung her hands to release them at Luna one by one. Luna evaded them with acrobatic reflexes and backflips as she unloaded a powerful blast of light energy that hit Aisha to the ground.
"You think I care? You don't know me or my life, so why don't you just mind your own business!" Aisha shouted. "Not all of us are stuck in the world, where everything's great and positive all the time!"
"Oh, really? I don't know you?" Luna snapped angrily. "Go ahead and deny all you want! So, what if I always see the bright side of things all the time? Or haven't you forgotten what have you've done to yourself ten years ago! Guess that explains why you need your emotions to manifest as something that doesn't exist to improve yourself. If you want to win this match so bad, give me everything you've got! Just like what I've been doing all along!"
Aisha narrowed her eyes in slight anger and enveloped herself in psychokinetic energy as she fired several sea green crescent-shaped blades at Luna in rapid succession. But Luna avoided the blades with lightning-fast reflexes and charged forward at the same time. She swiftly punched Aisha in the stomach and bashed her to the ground with her left fist.
[Flashback]
A four-year-old Aisha was floating meditatively above the surface of the floor in the living room. Her eyes were completely shut and her face calmly composed in concentration.
"Aisha?"
Aisha looked considerably annoyed as a voice of her fourteen-year-old sister Ophelia was breaking up her state of concentration.
"Please forgive me for interrupting, but would you like to take a break?" Ophelia asked. "We can go to that bakery café you love so much."
"No." Aisha answered simply.
Vondergeist phased out of nowhere and appeared tangibly in front of Aisha. He was holding a plate of sliced apples and pineapples.
"Hello, Aisha." Vondergeist greeted. "I thought you would like a snack."
"No." Aisha answered again with a wearily sigh.
Amazonite then walked up next to Ophelia as she was holding up an All Might marionette and a Tarot Chariot marionette in her hands.
"Then, how about we play with your favorite dolls?" Amazonite pleaded. "You know you want to play with them."
Aisha's eyes blazed with a fierce glare.
"NO!" Aisha answered with a snarl. She surrounded herself in a sea green telekinetic aura. "NOW, GO AWAY!"
A sea green force field appeared around Aisha, expanding itself rapidly from her body and pushing her parents and her older sister away from her.
[Flashback Ends]
Luna rushed forward and attacked Aisha with a powerful barrage of light energized punches.
[Flashback]
Amazonite, Vondergeist, and Ophelia hopelessly watched as Aisha huddled in a sea green telekinetic aura while floating in the air with a tear-streaked face inside her bedroom.
"I can't believe Endeavor forbids our daughter from seeing his son Shoto." Amazonite said angrily. "Damn that bastard."
"I know you're upset, but all we can do is be there for Aisha right now." Vondergeist said calmly.
"Dad's right, mom." Ophelia agreed.
Aisha squeezed her eyes tightly as she held her head with her hand.
"Don't lost control…don't lost control." Aisha muttered to herself.
Aisha opened her eyes and voiced a tormented scream. Before her family can react cautiously, she felt a warmth glaze over her body and forcibly pulled something out of her before positioning her on the floor. Aisha descended slowly to the floor with a stoic look on her face. She turned to find another little girl next to her. The little girl looked completely identical to her from top to bottom.
Amazonite, Vondergeist, and Ophelia stared at Aisha and the little girl in utter shock.
"How…how is this…possible?" Ophelia said.
"Hi. Do you want to play dolls with me?" The little girl asked Ophelia with a smile.
[Flashback Ends]
Aisha recovered and glared back at Luna.
"You're actually starting to get on my nerves, Luna." Aisha warned. "Do you know what happen to those who get on my nerves?"
"If that's how you feel, then take your best shot!" Luna snapped.
Aisha quickly performed rapid cartwheel kicks through the air to strike Luna with psychokinetic energy emanating from her boots. But Luna swiftly avoided the attack and fired several spheres of light energy continuously from her hands to hit Aisha at very high speeds.
"Come on, Aisha! You know what I'm saying is true! Quit bottling up your feelings right now and fight like you mean it!" Luna hollered. "Because I promise I'll do enough damage to bring you pummel to the ground and out of the ring! Why become a hero if you can't express yourself?!"
Aisha gasped astonishingly at Luna's words.
[Flashback]
Outside, Aisha was levitating in mid-air as she juggled three action figures of Pro Heroes enveloping in sea green telekinetic aura. Her four-year-old friend Shoto watched in amazement and clapped for Aisha's Quirk. Aisha descended down and landed gracefully, bowing and smiling at Shoto as he kept clapping with a smile.
"Your Quirk is amazing, Aisha." Shoto said.
"Your Quirk is amazing too, you know." Aisha said. "I mean, you can control ice with one side and fire on the other side."
"Yeah, you can move and control things around with your mind." Shoto said. "That's even cooler than mine."
Shoto walked up and grabbed Aisha's hand with his hands.
"Aisha, let's become heroes together." Shoto said. "If we channel our emotions through our Quirks and practice powerful move, we'll be heroes just like All Might and your parents all the way."
Aisha silently and blushingly stared at Shoto with a speechless face.
"Yeah!" Aisha agreed with a smile. "Let's do it! We can be a duo together!"
[Flashback Ends]
Aisha slowly started to feel her anger at Luna with a narrowing glare.
"You want me to express myself?" Aisha muttered. She started to yell with outrage. "THEN LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Suddenly, Aisha's body started to glow bright sea green in a raging manner.
The crowd, the pro heroes, and Class 1-A students were completely astounded with Aisha's display of immense power.
What is Luna doing? Tarot Chariot thought. Her eyes widened wide in recognition. Wait a minute. I see what she's doing. She was getting Aisha to release her concealed emotions this whole time!
Vondergeist and Amazonite held each other's hands. They smiled ecstatically while fighting back tears from their eyes, knowing that their daughter has finally unleashed her emotions at last.
"How...how did you know?" Aisha asked. "About me and Amora?"
"I wasn't that hard to figure out." Luna responded with a smile. "I'll admit it's insane separating your emotions into a living being of your real personality like that. But in the end, you have heroic dreams just like me."
Shoto looked quickly to see Amora beginning to dissolve out of sight.
"Amora, what…what's happening?" Shoto asked.
"It's time for me…to say goodbye." Amora replied.
"What? No. You can't leave." Shoto said.
"It's alright, Shoto." Amora said as she gently touched Shoto's cheek. "You shouldn't feel sad for me. I'm happy Aisha finally found herself again. When that happen, I can't no longer exist. Just promise me you continued your friendship with her for me."
"I promise." Shoto nodded.
Amora leaned forward and pecked a kiss on Shoto's cheek.
"Goodbye, Shoto Todoroki." Amora said.
With that, Amora disappeared.
From the stadium field, Aisha suddenly felt Amora's essence being absorbed into her.
"No, Amora!" Aisha called out with a sad look. "You can't leave! Not now!"
It's alright, Aisha. Amora said softly. Please don't cry. From now, free to express yourself. No matter what, I'll always be with you. Win this match for the both of us.
A single tear started falling from Aisha's right eye.
"You got it." Aisha said. "I promise. I'll will this match for us and our family."
Thank you, Aisha. I'm so happy! Amora smiled sincerely.
The remains of Amora's essence faded into nothingness, causing the two personalities to merge back into one in Aisha's emotional wake.
With the battle reaching its climax, Luna looked at Aisha with a wide smile.
"Get ready for real, Aisha!" Luna shouted. "No matter what, I won't hold anything back!"
"Neither will I!" Aisha shouted back.
Luna and Aisha glanced at each other in their fighting stances as they powered up their Quirks in preparation for one final clash.
Luna attacked first by shooting a barrage of large light energy blasts at Aisha from her hands. But when the light energy blasts hit Aisha, they easily got destroyed. The power within Aisha's body increased greatly that it created a powerful circular force field of psychokinetic energy. Aisha then dropped her force field and fired off two large orbs of psychokinetic energy from both hands at Luna, who quickly avoided with high backflip. Aisha created a bright sea green force field around her body and dashed forward at Luna, who sprinted forward while spiraling herself through the air.
This anger. This determination. I've been avoiding them for far too long. Aisha thought. I'm sorry, mom, dad, and my sisters. And thank you, Luna and Amora.
As Luna and Aisha collided their Quirk attacks, two huge walls of concrete materialized out of nowhere. Luna and Aisha's Quirk attacks created an explosion and destroyed the entire stadium.
Everyone watched that unexpected attack in pure disbelief.
When the smoke from the explosion cleared itself, Aisha stood alone on the fighting stage as she was covered with bruises on her arms and face. She looked around to notice Luna is nowhere in sight.
"Rozu, where's Yagi?" Cementoss shouted to Aisha.
Before Aisha could respond, her eyes widened wide in surprise. Cementoss followed Aisha's stare and saw Luna unconscious out of bounds while lying on the wall.
Everyone, especially All Might, Tarot Chariot, Amazonite, and Vondergeist, are taken back by the match's outcome.
"Luna is out of bounds! Aisha is the winner! She advances to the third round!" Midnight announced.
The crowded audience cheered for Aisha's victory.
From the stands, Katsuki remained quiet as he couldn't stop shaking about the battle.
That fight... Katsuki thought. Even though Luna lost in the quarter-finals, she did everything in her power to provoke that psychic girl into unleashing her emotional potential into her Quirk. I don't admit this much, but those girls are crazy strong.
Aisha exited the arena. She walked into the corridor, but she stopped right in front of her parents.
"Aisha, we're so proud of you." Amazonite praised. "Despite your control on your Quirk, it's still dangerous to release so much energy like that."
"But we're glad you did your best out there." Vondergeist added. "You should be proud of yourself, Aisha. And we know Amora is proud of you too."
"I'm sorry." Aisha apologized.
Amazonite and Vondergeist gasped softly.
Aisha began crying with heavy tears in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry." Aisha apologized tearfully. "For locking my emotions and distancing myself away from you, my sisters, and Shoto. I'm sorry for everything I've said and done. All of that just so I can be focus on becoming stronger with my Quirk. I'm so, so sorry."
Aisha covered her eyes with her hands, trying to fight back her tears.
Vondergeist and Amazonite's eyes grew soft as they stared at their daughter. They stepped forward and engulfed Aisha into a soft hug, making her gasp in surprise.
"We accept your apology." Vondergeist smiled.
"We're just happy that you're finally yourself again." Amazonite smiled.
Aisha looked at her parents and then returned the hug with a happy smile.
Meanwhile, Luna laid on the bed with bandages on her arms in Recovery Girl's office. Recovery Girl stretched her lips and planted a healing kiss on Luna's forehead, successfully healed her injuries and health.
"Your daughter's injuries are perfectly healed." Recovery Girl informed. "Even though the match was brutal, it's almost surprising that she didn't suffer any shattered bone fragments."
"Nice match out there, Luna." Tarot Chariot said. "I still can't believe you find a way to provoke Aisha into unleashing that power like that. You definitely got her to realize something very important about herself."
"I know." Luna said. "But I want to fight and win this match with everything I got. When I was trying to find out about Aisha's sudden behavior, I have to remind her to embrace her passion if she wants to stay on course to become a hero."
"Well, your heart was in the right place and the essence of being a hero." All Might said. "We're still proud of you nevertheless."
Just then, Katsuki abruptly bursted through the office door.
"Luna!" Katsuki yelled.
Katsuki's yelling only startled All Might.
"So noisy, that boy." Recovery Girl muttered.
"No worries, Bakugo. I'm fine." Luna reassured.
"Heh, I wasn't worried." Katsuki said with a blushing scoff. "I just came to check on you, that's all."
All Might and Tarot Chariot noticed a spark between Katsuki and Luna before glancing sideways with smiles.
"How about young Bakugo escort you back to the stands?" All Might said to Luna.
"You don't mind, don't you?" Tarot Chariot asked Katsuki.
"Yeah, sure." Katsuki replied calmly.
Luna waited outside of the nurse's office as she strolled out in the hallway with Katsuki.
"You know, you were...quite amazing in that match against psychic girl back there." Katsuki said.
"Aww, thanks." Luna said.
"Too bad I won't be able to get the chance to fight you in the next round." Katsuki added with narrow eyes.
"But why?" Luna wondered.
"Because you're the only one who can bring a challenge." Katsuki replied. "Ever since you fight that Nomu and psychic girl at full strength, that side...has been...attracting me for quite some time."
Luna looked up at Katsuki with a blushing expression before smiling softly.
"I understand." Luna said. She hugged Katsuki tightly. "But don't worry, we'll challenge each other one day."
Luna walked off, leaving Katsuki alone in the hallways. Katsuki stared longingly at her with a mix of bewildered and awestruck in his eyes.
In the waiting room, Aisha was recalling conflicting memories of Amora's existence and Luna's encouragement in bewilderment.
How did this happen? Aisha pondered. I pushed my emotions out of my mind, transforming them into Amora. And then, that fight with Luna changed everything, fusing Amora back to me.
Aisha's thoughts were interrupted when Shoto opened the door. She was shocked to see her childhood friend at the door.
"Shoto?" Aisha muttered.
"Are you okay?" Shoto asked. "I was looking for you..."
Aisha quickly stood up from her seat and ran over to wrap her arms around Shoto in a tight hug.
"I'm so sorry, Shoto." Aisha apologized with heavy tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry for everything I've said before. Please forgive me."
Shoto looked down at Aisha with slightly wide eyes. He then hugged her back, making Aisha feel relax as she leaned her head on his chest.
"I already forgave you, Aisha. Amora told me everything." Shoto said. "I'm sorry you have to go through this alone. But you were never alone. You have your family, your friends, and even me. Let us keep the promise we made as kids, no matter what comes between us."
Shoto released his arms around Aisha and exited the waiting room, leaving Aisha alone as she watched him taking his leave.
Thank you, Shoto. Aisha thought with a smile. And I wish you good luck on your path of recovery.
Meanwhile, Luna soon returned back to the stand as she readied for the first match of the second tournament round. She was just in time to watch Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's arm wrestling match was set to begin at the field stage.
"Kirishima and Tetsutetsu are finishing their match!" Present Mic exclaimed.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu gripped their heads firmly with their bent elbows placed on a concrete table, beginning to force each other's hand down to the table top in an arm-wrestling match. With their quirks both active, the strength and endurance of Tetsutetsu's steel arm wrestled Kirishima's hardening arm to his victory. But Kirishima got the upper head and pinned Tetsutetsu's cracked arm to the concrete table.
"That must have hurt." Jiro said.
"Whoa..." Diana breathed in awe. "Even though they both shared a similar Quirk, Kirishima manages to win the tiebreaker."
"Kirishima is the winner! Add him to the bracket!" Midnight announced.
The crowded audience cheered for Kirishima's tiebreaking victory.
"Aw damn, my metal deficiency! Should have eaten more iron this morning!" Tetsutetsu muttered in disdain as he clutched his steel arm.
"Hey, man. You put up a good fight." Kirishima commented as he offered his hand to Tetsutetsu.
Tetsutetsu looked up at Kirishima and smiled. He grabbed Kirishima's hand and Kirishima pulled him up on his feet as they shook each other's hands.
"Oh, so chivalrous!" Midnight exclaimed as she was completely aroused by Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's sportsmanship.
With the second-round roster filled, the quarter-final round battle was scheduled to begin.
The stadium cheered wild with anticipation, yearning eagerly for the second round's first match.
"I can feel the anticipation in the stadium, and that's because the second round, first match is about to Is gonna be epic!" Present Mic announced. "It's the guy who won his match by a landslide and literally left half the audience frozen, form the Hero course, Shoto Todoroki! And this kid almost walked out on his first match up, but he made a stunning comeback by showing us some impressive moves, also from the Hero course Izuku Midoriya!"
Izuku and Shoto arrived towards the stadium field.
From the stands, Katsuki watched Shoto and Izuku closely, focusing on their Quirk capabilities in the match. Luna, Diana, Selene, and Aisha focused on Izuku and Shoto as well.
"Aisha, do you think Shoto will win this match?" Diana asked Aisha.
"I believe so." Aisha answered. "But considering Midoriya's impressive luck against Shinso, I'm not so sure."
"As long as Midoriya finds a way to land an attack, I'm sure he'll avoid Shoto's ice Quirk and win." Luna said.
"I hope so." Selene said.
Elsewhere, Tomura was watching the sports festival on a laptop screen in his room.
"Remember, Tomura. Make sure you pay close attention to them." A mysterious masculine voice instructed. "There's also possible that those boys will prove to be formidable obstacles to you as well."
"I say it before and I'll say it again. I'm not worried about a couple of kids." Tomura replied with a scoff.
Back at the stadium, the U.A. teachers looked at the stadium stage.
"Oh, right. Those two students tried to save you at USJ, didn't they?" Thirteen asked All Might.
"Yeah, they may have more in common than they realize." All Might said. "They both have an intense vibe about them then they realized."
From the sidelines, Endeavor watched closely.
"Both of these heroes in training have been front runners since the beginning of the sports festival!" Present Mic announced. "But which one of these rivals will finish to the next round? Prepare for Midoriya vs Todoroki!"
Izuku and Shoto took their battle stances, bracing themselves for their epic match.