Izuku's match with Terumi was next. The verdant-haired lad took a deep breath, having seen his classmate's ferocity firsthand many times before. Right now, he needed all his wits about him.
"ALRIGHT! THE NEXT MATCH IS UNDERWAY!" Present Mic announced. "IN THE RED CORNER, OR SHOULD WE CALL IT GREEN, WE HAVE THE THE KID WHO PUTS THE BRAINS AND THE BRAWN TOGETHER! GIVE IT UP FOR... IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
Izuku walked out to uproaring applause, giving some time to wave to his mom, friends, and teachers.
"AND IN THE OTHER CORNER, HE MAY LOOK LIKE A HORROR MOVIE MONSTER, BUT THIS KID HAS GOT THE HEART OF A HERO! INTRODUCING... TERUMI HAIIROIWA!"
Terumi walked out, standing to his full menacing height. Despite his fearsome appearance, many people in the crowd cheered loudly for him.
Izuku and Terumi stared at each other, their eyes locked down as they got into position. As soon as Midnight gave the signal, Izuku lunged at Terumi with his fist pulled back...
...only for Terumi to grab him by the face with his giant clawed hand and slam him down into the ground.
"Oh! Okay!" Minoru winced.
Izuku was pinned down by Terumi's surprising strength as the lanky man put just enough pressure to keep him pinned to the ground. Knowing he needed to get out, Izuku aimed his fist at Terumi and fired a single strand of [Blackwhip] at it, slugging him in the face and making him stumble back.
"AND MIDORIYA MAKES IT OUT OF A PINDOWN BY SMACKING HAIIROIWA IN THE FACE!"
Terumi shook his head to get the stars out before glaring at Izuku and letting out a primal roar before swinging his claws at him, making sure to bend the fingers so he didn't fatally cut his classmate.
However, Izuku was fast as he ducked out of the way of Terumi's strike and then pulled his fist back, charging it with [One For All].
"DETROIT SMASH!"
Terumi was punched in the stomach by Izuku's supercharged fist, sending the beastly boy flying out of the arena and tumbling across the grass.
"AND JUST LIKE THAT, MIDORIYA SENDS HAIIROIWA FLYING OUT OF BOUNDS IN A SINGLE BLOW! JUST HOW STRONG IS THIS KID?!"
Terumi got up and rubbed his stomach, wincing as he actually felt the blow despite his nigh-unbreakable skin.
"Your strength is something else, Midoriya..."
Izuku walked over to help him up. "Don't go selling your own strength short. You had me pinned down and if you had thought to hold my arms as well, you would have won easily."
"Heh, no need to butter me up."
Next was Twilight's match against Trixie, the two old rivals looking at each other with differing expressions. Twilight had a look of determination while Trixie had a look of smug anticipation.
"So, we meet on the battlefield once again, Twilight Sparkle! Prepare to be dazzled by the Great and Powerful Trixie once again!"
Twilight rolled her eyes. "We hardly ever really fought, we just trained our Quirks together. But it's been a while, so show me what you can do!"
"ALRIGHT, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MAGIC DUEL HERE, PEOPLE!" Present Mic excitedly said. "WE HAVE THE BADASS BOOKWORM LYDIA YUGURE AKA TWILIGHT SPARKLE AND THE FLASHY SHOWWOMAN, TRIXIE LULAMOON! HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS, PEOPLE!"
Trixie made the first move, waving her arm and somehow manifesting a large net to entrap Twilight with. Twilight blinked and then teleported away before the net could hit her.
"Thanks to Trixie's great and powerful Quirk, I can pull just about anything I desire from anywhere in the world with spatial manipulation!" Trixie laughed. "I can even bend space to my whims to create illusions so real they might as well BE real!"
"You always did like to use your Quirk to its most dramatic effects," Twilight said with a good-natured chuckle.
Trixie attacked once again, this time dashing forward while surrounding herself in firework-like sparkles, making her a literal comet. Twilight saw the attack coming, knowing Trixie used her Quirk to pull in actual sparklers to act as makeshift fire sticks.
Twilight threw up a magic barrier to block the attack, being pushed back by the force of the blow as Trixie smirked and backflipped off and into the air before seemingly duplicating herself, all the clones raising their hands as they formed giant crystals that rained down on Twilight.
However, Twilight saw through Trixie's illusion, knowing only one of the crystals was real as she dashed forward, turning into a literal bolt of magic energy to zip through the air and strike the real Trixie, causing her to tumble to the ground.
"Okay, MY TURN."
Twilight then raised her hands into the air and formed a cube of magical energy before slamming it down on Trixie like a hammer. However, instead of crushing the showgirl, the cube trapped her before closing in on her until she could barely move around. Twilight then thrust her hands forward and sent the cube out of the arena, opening it up as Trixie landed on her butt, groaning in frustration.
"BY PROCESS OF RING OUT, THE WINNER IS TWILIGHT SPARKLE!" Midnight announced.
"Are you okay?" Twilight asked as she helped Trixie up.
"I'm eternally jealous of the fact your Quirk lets you use REAL magic..."
"Your Quirk is just as amazing, Trixie. You can reach through space and pull out anything from anywhere in the world." Twilight smiled. "That and you can even bend space to cast all sorts of illusions."
"Must you always try to butter Trixie up?"
Twilight just giggled as she and Trixie walked off together.
"AFTER THE FLASHY SHOWING, WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT MATCH! FIRST, WE HAVE THE GUY WITH THE ELECTRIC PERSONALITY! THE HUMAN STUN GUN! HERE COMES...DENKI KAMINARI!"
Denki did a few warm-up stretches as Ibara walked into the arena next, her eyes closed serenely.
"AND HIS OPPONENT, THE PURE-HEARTED MESSENGER OF HEAVEN! THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD! IBARA SHIOZAKI!"
"May we both give our all in this match," Ibara said gently, her hands clasped together.
"Well, you're certainly a sweetheart," Denki smirked. "But this'll be over faster than lightning!"
Denki unleashed a quick blast of electricity but Ibara used her vines to block the attack easily. Denki's eyes widened in surprise as more of Ibara's vines snaked toward him, forcing him to go on the run.
"Man, you're good! If I don't think of something on the fly, I'm toast!"
Acting fast, Denki unleashed another electric attack, but Ibara's vines carried her over while absorbing the electricity. The electric boy did his best to avoid the vines but knew that Ibara's control was better than his.
"Alright, I know I can't win this...BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF I DON'T LOOK COOL GOING DOWN!"
Denki yelled as he unleashed his entire electric voltage. Ibara formed a large barrier of her vines to block the attack, grunting as she could actually feel the electricity buzzing through her hair but when the lights died down, Denki was down for the count, having gone into stupid mode.
"The lord acknowledges your noble efforts," Ibara said, gently picking up Denki in some of her vines and carrying him out of bounds.
"And by process of what is essentially knockout, Ibara Shiozaki wins!" Midnight announced.
"Man, Shiozaki is sure something else!" Rainbow said.
"I've talked with her a few times. She's a very nice girl." Fluttershy smiled. "She's also open-minded about her religious beliefs."
"What's this?! Class 1-A took a loss to Class 1-B?!" Monoma said as he loomed over the railing. "How strange! Aren't you supposed to be the superior class?! Does this mean you're not as strong as you think you are?!"
"Shut up, Monoma!" Itsuka snapped as she punched the blonde loudmouth over the head as hard as she could, sending his face into the railing and knocking him out.
"Sheesh, what the hell is up with that guy?" Sero asked.
"You want the long version or the short version?" Setsuna sighed.
"ALRIGHT! NEXT, WE HAVE THE ROCKET SPEEDSTER! COMING FROM A LONG LINE OF NOBLE HEROES EVEN BEFORE THE AGE OF QUIRKS, GIVE IT UP FOR... TENYA IIDA!"
Tenya walked up to the arena, a look of determination on his face.
"AND HIS OPPONENT, THE CUTIE FROM THE SUPPORT COURSE! A FULLY-EQUIPPED GADGET DYNAMO, READY TO SHOW HER STUFF! LET'S HEAR IT FOR... MEI HATSUME!"
Mei walked in next, a proud smile on her face which dropped slightly when she noticed Tenya.
"Hey, where's the gear I offered you before the match?"
Tenya fixed his glasses. "My friend Twilight Sparkle warned me ahead of time about your intentions to showcase the gear you created. But wouldn't it make more sense to give the CEOs you're hoping to impress a more personal demonstration, rather than use someone else as a guinea pig?"
Tenya had to thank Twilight for giving him the warning about Mei a few matches earlier. He honestly would have accepted her offer without question if he hadn't.
As for Mei, she actually considered Tenya's words before shrugging her shoulders as she took out a remote control and pressed it, causing several crates to crash down around her from out of nowhere.
"Well, then it's a good thing I registered for my instant delivery cases just in case!"
Tenya lowered his body, ready to fight as he dashed toward Mei at top speeds. She quickly lowered her goggles and launched herself out of the way using her hydraulic attachments.
"My Uncle Connagher helped me make these!"
One of Mei's cases opened up to reveal a sentry turret unfolding open before firing pellets in quick bursts at Tenya, who did his best to dodge them before another of the crates burst open and special gear magnetically flew toward Mei before grasping onto her, forming into a special suit that lightened her body and improved her stability.
Tenya managed to kick the sentry off its hinges, making it fall backward before deactivating due to having no targets to lock onto. However, Mei took the opportunity to charge right at Tenya with electromagnetic shoes to increase speed, and special gauntlets to improve punching power.
"Heads up!"
Tenya dodged the first blow and prepared to come in with a leg sweep, but Mei quickly pulled out a gun meant to fire capture nets, forcing him back to avoid getting trapped. He didn't quite succeed but was able to get up and launched himself full force at Mei, catching her off-guard and causing her to land out of the ring.
"WINNER BY RING OUT! TENYA IIDA!" Midnight announced.
Tenya walked over to Mei to help her up as she shook her head before looking past his shoulder, using [Zoom] to see all the CEOs she wanted to impress talking animatedly with each other about her showing, her audio enhancers allowing her to hear them talk about how impressed they were with her gear.
However, she looked away and into the stands to see nine men who were basically her family in all but blood. All of them were clad in red and smiling proudly at her, especially a stout man with goggles and a hard hat.
Mei's eyes began to tear up before she suddenly hugged Tenya as tightly as possible, making him yelp in surprise before she gave him a big kiss on the cheek, making his brain short-circuit trying to process it.
"Thank you so much!"
"ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT MATCH!" Present Mic called out. "WE HAVE THE SPARKLING LASER BOY YUUGA AOYAMA AND THE FUN PARTY GIRL WHO LIVES TO MAKE EVERYONE AROUND HER SMILE, DIANE HANASAKURA AKA PINKIE PIE!"
"Pinkie's got this in the bag," Rainbow smirked. "Trust me on this."
Sure enough, Pinkie kept zipping around sporadically as Yuuga tried to hit her with his laser. The party girl then spun around before donning a cowboy outfit and taking out a cartoon revolver.
"Alright, buster, here's how it goes!" Pinkie says. "I'll carry my shot off'n the wall, then off that water tower, through the window, off the bottle on this bar, then snap your belt off your pants!"
With a quickdraw that would make an Old West-style hero jealous, Pinkie fired a shot that ricocheted off the stadium wall, off a water tower that manifested out of nowhere, through an open window, off the bottle on a bar that manifested beside Pinkie, then past Yuuga.
"Sorry, mademoiselle, you missed!"
"Wait."
Yuuga gasped as his belt snapped off, followed by his pants falling down.
"Mon Dieu!"
He tried to pull up his pants to preserve his dignity, but dignity was ultimately the least of his concerns as Pinkie got close and nailed him with a hard uppercut to the jaw.
"Winner by knockout, Diane Hanasakura AKA Pinkie Pie!" Midnight announced.
Pinkie then picked Yuuga up bridal style and skipped out of the arena, whistling a cheery little tune as she did so.
The next match was between Applejack and Sunset Shimmer, the two girls circling around each other like wolves as Sunset flared her phoenix wings while Applejack's body crackled with energy.
"Alright then, Sunset! Let's see ya handle this!"
Applejack dashed forward, her legs hardened and charged as she delivered a flying kick to Sunset, who closed her wings around herself to block the blow before unleashing a fiery shockwave that knocked the cowgirl back a bit. Applejack flipped through the air and landed on her feet before cracking her neck and then grabbing the ground.
"Let's do this!"
With the strength enhancement of [Core], Applejack yanked a chunk of the arena out and then threw it at Sunset who delivered an Axe Kick that took the form of a phoenix talon, slicing the chunk in half and making both fall down beside her as she flew toward Applejack and delivered a fiery punch to the face...only for her to simply shrug it off and push back.
"My Quirk also makes it so I don't feel pain, ya know!"
Sunset quickly flew back and shot out some fiery feathers at Applejack, who dodged them with finesse before leaping forward and delivering a punch to Sunset's gut, making her keel over as Applejack followed with an elbow to the back sending her crashing to the ground.
As Sunset struggled to get up, Applejack landed on top of her and then put her in a hold, keeping her from using her Quirk in fear of getting her legs dislocated.
"I...I yield..."
"Winner by forfeit, Applejack!" Midnight announced.
Applejack let Sunset go and helped her to her feet before carrying her off to get checked up by Recovery Girl.
"NOW WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT MATCH! FIRST WE HAVE THE DARK SAMURAI, FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI! AND THE ELEGANT HIGH-CLASS BADASS KNOWN AS RARITA KAGAYAKU! OR JUST RARITY, FOR SHORT!" Present Mic said.
Fumikage sent Dark Shadow out to strike Rarity but she quickly dodged and any attacks that did reach her were blocked with diamond barriers. After a few minutes of dodging around each other, Rarity then thrust her hands up and pillars of gold crystals came out of the ground around her, refracting the sun's rays to hit Fumikage and Dark Shadow, making them recoil.
"THE LIGHT! THE LIGHT!"
"Seems I've found your weakness, darling." Rarity playfully winked as Fumikage grimaced, knowing he was practically crippled before closing his eyes.
"I surrender..."
"And with that, Rarity is the winner!" Midnight announced.
"Apologies dear, but with a name like Dark Shadow it's clear he's quite averse to light." Rarity said, dispelling the crystals as she went to comfort the whimpering Dark Shadow. "Which is too bad, he really is so adorable."
Fumikage just rolled his eyes as Dark Shadow actually blushed from Rarity's affection.
"MOVING ON, WE'VE GOT LOR D. GHIDORAH, THE BEAST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AGAINST THE GREAT CREATOR WHO CAN PULL ANYTHING OUT OF HER BODY, MOMO YAOYOROZU!"
"Alright, Rec Girl...get ready for pain!" Ghidorah said as he got on all fours and his back burst open to reveal four hydra heads, each one made of a different element; fire, ice, bone, and blood. "FOUR HEADS OF DEATH!"
Momo had a shocked look on her face as she created various shields to block the onslaught of attacks from Ghidorah's hydra heads. The best she could do was stay on the defensive as Ghidorah crawled forward on all fours, keeping his hydra heads pressing the assault.
Momo gritted her teeth as her mind raced to come up with a solution to bypass Ghidorah's fearsome offense only for him to suddenly stop. Seeing this as her chance, she prepared to charge him only for Midnight to raise her hand.
"And the winner by ring out...LOR D. GHIDORAH!"
Momo's eyes widened as she realized she was already out of the ring. Ghidorah got up back to his feet as the hydra heads dissipated into nothingness, gauging Momo's devastated expression as she fell to her knees in despair.
"She came here hoping to showcase her skills... Only to get beaten too easily..."
"Alright, here comes the battle of brothers separated at birth!" Pinkie said excitedly as Eijirou and Tetsutetsu's match was next.
"Wow, seriously?" Denki asked.
"Yes, seriously!"
"Pinkie..." Twilight sighed, pinching her forehead.
Sure enough, Eijirou and Tetsutetsu entered a slugfest, both sides not letting up for a single second as they kept wailing at each other. Ultimately, it ended with both boys knocking each other out, ending in a draw.
The next match between Rainbow Dash and Flash Sentry was a fast-paced one. Both fighters flew through the air, Rainbow with her wings and Flash with jet boosters coming from his feet. It was a literal dogfight as the crowds couldn't help but watch in awe at the spectacle before Rainbow finally got the upper hand and divebombed into Flash, slamming him into the arena so hard, it generated a rainbow-colored shockwave.
"Damn! What do we call that?!" Rikidou exclaimed. "A Sonic Rainboom or something?!"
"Yeah, Sonic Rainboom sounds accurate," Twilight said. "I'm surprised Flash didn't get obliterated!"
Flash weakly gave a thumbs-up after Midnight called the match in Rainbow's favor.
"Nanomachines, son..."
Next was Katsuki's match against Juuzo. The skeletal-faced boy tried to soften the ground and make Katsuki sink only for the explosive blonde to keep himself airborne with his explosions before getting in close and unleashing a powerful shockwave explosion that sent Juuzo flying out of bounds.
"THAT'S MY MAN!" Elleanor cheered, morphing her arms into a heart shape as she jumped up and down.
"Settle down..." Tony sighed, pulling his sister back into her seat.
Fluttershy's match with Starlight was a close one. Fluttershy tried to restrain Starlight with vines from the ground, only for her to transmute them into water. Starlight then sent a wave of stone to form around Fluttershy into a prison cage but she easily busted out of it by growing an honest-to-god tree and then sending its branches to try and entangle her.
Starlight had managed to reach the tree and transmute it so that it rotted away only for Fluttershy to dive down and form a cage of oak spears around her, followed by branches coming out of the spears to wrap around Starlight like a cocoon, trapping her.
"And the winner by immobilization is Fluttershy!" Midnight announced as Fluttershy tore Starlight free.
"A-Are you okay? I'm so sorry if I was too rough!"
"No, it's fine...but I don't think I'll look at trees the same way again..." Starlight sighed.
Tempest sighed as her match was next. Monoma approached her, a condescending smirk on his face as Present Mic made his announcement.
"Well, Class 1-A scum, it seems it's time for me to prove just how much better Class 1-B is compared to you and your peers."
"Honestly, what is your deal?" Tempest said. "Let's just get this fight over with already."
Monoma grinned madly as he dashed forward, reaching his hand out to touch Tempest, who dodged out of the way only for him to graze her shoulder.
"I saw your powers and now...THEY'RE ALL MINE!"
Monoma tried to use his Quirk, [Copycat] to mimic Tempest's powers...only for nothing to happen.
"Wait...this usually works."
"You don't know my Quirk do you?" Tempest asked with a smirk as she began approaching Monoma, which actually made him nervously take a few steps back. "My Quirk is known as [Willpower], it gives me an indomitable spirit...and you lack the spirit to harness it.
"B-But I don't understand!" Monoma snapped. "The lightning! The fire! The ice! You could use all that! Those have to be Quirks!"
"They were just add-ons forced onto me..." Tempest growled lowly. "I never really asked for them but I live with them...you only copied my base Quirk."
"SHUT UP!" Monoma screamed as he rushed at Tempest and grabbed her by the neck. "I'LL TAKE THOSE QUIRKS AND I'LL USE THEM BETTER THAN YOU CAN!"
Tempest barely even flinched as she smacked Monoma's arms off of her before kicking him in the stomach, making him stumble back before she formed shadows over her fist, which took the form of a fanged maw as she thrust it forward.
"SHADOW FANG!"
Monoma was punched hard by the shadow jaws as he was sent flying back, only for a wisp of shadows to tether him and pull him back to Tempest as she punched him hard in the face, breaking his nose and splattering blood everywhere as she let him go and tumble out of bounds.
"Tell me...who's better?" Tempest asked with a smirk as she looked down at the downed Monoma, who was covering his broken nose in agony while writhing on the floor.
"Winner by ring out! Tempest Shadow!"
Vlad King sighed in disappointment as he watched this. "Monoma just displayed truly unheroic behavior...his hopes of being a Hero are officially shot."
Tony sighed as his match with Ochako was the final match of the first round. Eijirou and Tetsutetsu had an arm-wrestling contest to see who progressed and Eijirou managed to win.
"Guess it's time to face the music..."
He headed out to the arena as the fighters were announced by Present Mic.
"AND FOR THE FINAL BRACKET BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, WE HAVE THE GIRL WHO CAN DEFY GRAVITY, OCHAKO URARAKA! AND HER OPPONENT, THE HARD-TO-DESTROY REPTILE MAN, ANTHONY PANELLE! LET THE FINAL MATCH OF ROUND 1 BEGIN!"
Ochako was steeling herself up as she and Tony stepped into the arena. She knew that someone who could adapt to just about anything would be a near-impossible opponent to beat...but she was still gonna try regardless.
"Uraraka...give me everything you got," Tony said.
"Tony...why did you want to become a Hero?"
"Well, my shitty old man was a Villain, one of the worst of the worst. Any kind of crime you can imagine, he committed it. Me, Elleanor, and many others were the byproduct of those crimes. Still, despite how evil he was, he still raised us with love, saying that good was needed to counter evil. Most of my siblings either became villains or settled for ordinary lives as policemen, civil workers, and the like...but Ellie and I wanted to be Heroes."
Ochako nodded. "I can respect that...And you probably already know my own reasons for being a Hero."
"Yeah...you're honestly the most grounded out of all of us in our class, Uraraka...now show me what you got!"
The two rushed at each other, Ochako reaching her hand out to touch Tony and remove his gravity but the reptilian boy moved with a sweeping under-strike, Ochako quickly ducking under it as best she could before tapping Tony's side with all five fingers.
Tony soon began floating off the ground but then his body weight shifted as he landed back down to the ground with a hard crash, his body adapting by forcefully increasing its own gravity.
Tony then saw something moving in the corner of his vision and swung with a backhand strike but found himself only wafting across a floating gym shirt. He then felt his gravity triple, realizing Ochako had released her Quirk's hold on him.
"Nice try!"
Tony realigned his gravity back to normal as he saw Ochako rushing at him, now only clad in her tank top and pants. Tony quickly thrust his arm out, which burst out into multiple tendrils with blunt ends to try and knock her back but she began dodging them as best she could.
Ochako kept up her strategy of moving in close and then backing out of the way using her Quirk as Tony launched all sorts of fierce attacks to try and knock her out of bounds, creating craters in the process.
"Uraraka's giving it all she has despite the odds!" Junko noted.
"Yeah, but she doesn't have the stamina for it, it seems." Applejack frowned.
"Awww man, I don't know who to root for!" Elleanor said, torn between cheering for her friend or her brother.
"THAT'S IT!" Chivalrous Visor, a lower-ranked Pro suddenly shouted. "I can't take this anymore! These kids have been brutalizing their opponents all day, but this is the last straw! What kind of hero attacks a girl so brutally?!"
Some other people in the crowd were calling out Tony for his brutal methods in trying to take out Ochako, only for Aizawa to speak up.
"Where the hell is the man who started this?" Aizawa demanded suddenly, fury clear in his tone as he zeroed in on Chivalrous Visor. "Are you really a Pro? Because if you are, this action proves whoever gave you that license was an idiot. Do villains hold back? Treat hostages with care? What kind of world do you live in?"
"He's right!" Endeavor roared as he stood up next. "In battle, one cannot underestimate their opponent! It's folly to assume anyone could be weak based on looks alone!"
Chivalrous Visor, already cowed, now had the decency to try and look away.
"Glad to see somebody gets it," Tony smirked as he stood tall and addressed the crowds. "Uraraka is pouring every ounce of her determination and drive into this fight! This is a contest of equals, and only a fool would believe otherwise!"
Ochako just smirked. "Hey! Don't take your eyes off me, buster!"
Everyone suddenly looked up to see that Ochako had a plan in place. Tony also seemed to realize this as he looked up and saw all the debris he made from smashing up the arena floating above him, coalesced into a large ball.
"Clever girl..."
In an instant, Ochako brought them all down in a meteor shower. At the same time, she rushed at Tony, hoping to overwhelm him from two different angles.
Tony was pelted down by most of the debris but then his body began producing a type of crust that covered his entire body like armor, allowing him to slowly stand up and stand tall as Ochako rushed at him and began punching his body with everything she had before touching him and removing his gravity again, spinning around to throw him out of bounds...
...only for Tony's armor to explode into tentacles that wrapped around her as he pinned her down hard to the ground before peeling the tentacles off his own body and stepping back, leaving Ochako pinned. Even then, she struggled to break free of the bindings as he looked at her impressed.
"Damn, she's just not giving up..." Tony then turned back to the crowds. He called out to the crowd. "You see that, you prejudiced bastards!? That right there is a real hero! One who refuses to give up, even when her own body tells her she can't go on! Do you still think I'm just picking on her!? That she's so weak that she needs help making it this far!?"
Exhaustion soon caught up with Ochako as she passed out but not before she managed to actually tear away the tentacles and try to get up, only to fall flat on her face before quickly standing up, struggling to remain on her feet.
"Ochako Uraraka is unable to continue, the winner of the final bracket of Round 1 is Anthony Panelle!" Midnight announced.
Ochako moaned as her eyes fluttered open to find herself in the medical wing with Recovery Girl and Jotaro watching over her. She noticed everyone else had come to visit her as well.
"That was amazing work, Occhan!" Junko cheered. "Even though you didn't win, you made people realize what a true hero is all about."
"Especially since some of those assholes needed a kick in the pants to realize it." Katsuki huffed.
"Still, that was AWESOME!" Rainbow smiled. "I had no idea you were planning on dropping a literal meteor shower on Tony like that!"
"Even someone like me would've been thrown off guard by that move." Ghidorah chuckled.
Ochako suddenly felt her phone ring and opened it up to see she was getting a message from her parents.
"Guys, I need to take this."
Everyone got the hint and made their leave but Pinkie gave Ochako a big hug before that, which the brunette happily returned before answering her phone.
Yes, I hate Monoma Neito's guts, how did you all know?
We also get a little history on both Tempest and Tony, nothing major but they will be important later down the line.