Battles! Vol.1
"Congratulations all eighteen of you for making it to the final section of the UA Sports Festival! This round, you will be doing 1v1 fights in a tournament- " Midnight was explaining the next event, she was interrupted by two hands shooting up into the air. "Is there something the two of you would like to say?" The woman asked, slightly annoyed by the interruption.
The boy from Izuku's class, Mashiro Ojiro, spoke first, "Yes, I don't remember anything from the cavalry battle round, as if I were asleep. Therefore I would like to withdraw from the festival." This statement left the crowd shocked, as well as most of the other contestants.
"Me too," The other boy spoke up, far less confident than Ojiro, "It just wouldn't sit right with me, you know?".
Pinching the bridge of her nose, Nemuri let out a long sigh, "Sure, go meet your classes in the student viewing area.". The two boys left the field as the woman began her speech again, "As I was saying, you will be competing in 1 vs 1 fights where the winner of one match versus the winner from another match. This will continue until there is one final winner." The curtains of the stage lifted behind the Hero, showing the brackets for the upcoming matches. Katsuki Bakugo and Eijiro Kirishima, please prepare for your matches." And with that, the children were dismissed.
In The Prep Rooms
"I can't wait to turn that asshole into red paste!" Eijiro growled, sounding eerily similar to said asshole, with Izuku just quietly nodding along hoping his friend would eventually calm down. "What do you reckon my chances are Izu? Will I win?!" He asked as if Izuku was a prophet, which he wasn't. Currently, most of the class was hanging around in the preparation room before the match, just idly chatting with each other.
"W-Well, I'll be rooting for you!" Izuku said trying to dodge the fact that Katsuki would most likely win the fight, which wasn't unnoticed.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" The red-haired boy shouted, getting a snicker from Asahi, who was sitting on the table opposite theirs with Hakagure and Mina. "Something funny Marble Dispenser?" He asked in an argumentative tone.
"Just thinking about when you lose this match you overgrown pebble!" The girl easily matched Eijiro's hostility, shooting him a dangerous glare.
"Hey! Izuku thinks I'll win, don't you buddy?" He said too confidently.
"No, he doesn't, do you Izuku?" Asahi argued, making both look at the poor boy for backup.
"W-Well I c-can't play f-favourites." Izuku tried to deflect the questions, badly.
"YES, YOU CAN!" Both parties shouted simultaneously, making Izuku flinch from the noise.
"Come on bro! Don't let yourself get seduced by this succubus!" Eijiro said, grabbing his friend's shoulders.
"S-Succubus?!" Asahi repeated, her face turning crimson, "W-Well you're a £%*!%£$!" The girl retaliated getting her friends' attention now.
"ME A £%*!%£$ ?! SAYS THE "$%£"!"£$%$ TRYING TO STEAL MY BFF!" Eijiro retorted, both of them needing to be held back from physically fighting.
"Why does it always end like this?!" Izuku complained as he held back his equally strong friend.
"Come on Saki, let's work on those breathing exercises we know!" Ashido said as she dragged her friend back to her seat. "We don't want your boyfriend any more scared than he already is." This only put Asahi into an even stronger rage.
"EVERYBODY MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE FIRST 1v1 MATCH OF UA'S 107TH SPORTS FESTIVAL!" Mic's voice echoed through the stadium as the crowd went ballistic, whoops and cheers filling the stadium. "PLEASE WELCOME THE TWO CONTESTANTS, KATSUKI BAKUGOU AND EIJIRO KIRISHIMA TO THE ARENA!" The crowd became even wilder as the boys finally appeared, staring each other down from opposite ends of the stage.
The tension between the two could be cut with a knife, the dangerous glare they were shooting each other as they stepped onto the arena not breaking once. "Now boys, I want a sportsman-like attitude when you lose and don't hurt each other too bad. If you are knocked unconscious, unable to move. or knocked out of the marked zone, you are out and your opponent wins. Do you understand?" Midnight explained, getting a grunt in response from the opponents. "Alright," She said, raising her whip into the air, "BEGIN!" Nemuri shouted, cracking her whip.
Immediately, they both leapt into action, Eijiro Hardening his body as Katsuki launched himself towards him, blasting the redhead with a powerful explosion and pushing him back a few meters, on the edge of the border. 'Shit!' Eijiro thought as he barely dodged a second blast.
Sprinting further into the centre of the circle, Eijiro planted his feet firmly into the ground to fully negate the force of the explosion coming his way and countering with an uppercut to Katsuki's gut, sending the boy sprawling into the air. Using this new opportunity, Eijiro grabbed his opponent's leg and smashed him into the floor, getting a resounding "Oof" from the crowd.
Up in the student stands, Izuku was furiously scribbling in his notebook, writing down every little detail of the fight for future analysis, catching the attention of many of his classmates. "Watcha writing?" Asahi asked, leaning over the boy's shoulder to look at the scrawls of his notebook, which were barely comprehensible to her.
"Noting down how they fight for future analysis, it is useful to help Eijiro grow his fighting style and improve with his quirk as well as help me get ideas for my quirk." Izuku over-explained to a distracted Asahi, who was busy admiring his writing speed.
"Huh cool." She said shrugging her shoulders, "How do you feel about your fight with Ashido?" Asahi idly asked as she ate her snacks.
"While I don't want to fight my friend, I also don't want to lose." Izuku continued as he noted the fight.
Refocusing back on the match, we find Eijiro on the winning side of his battle, having Katsuki pinned to the floor, he decided it was time for a taunt, "What's wrong Firecracker? Aren't you meant to be number one?" He said with a grin. Big mistake.
"Shut it Shitty-Hair!" Katsuki barked, his hands lighting up a vivid orange as he let off the largest explosion he ever had that match, sending Eijiro flying across the ring and nearly tumbling out of bounds. He then began his blitzkrieg on the poor boy, pummeling him with large blasts and giving him no chance to escape. Inch by inch, Eijiro was pushed back closer to the border, Bakugo cackled as he finally pushed him back with a rocket-propelled punch (An RPP).
"KATSUKI BAKUGO IS VICTORIOUS!" Present Mic wailed, signalling the end of the match. Eijiro just sat there stunned, his brain still processing the information that he had just lost.
"Could Denki Kaminari and Asahi Saki please make their way to the preparation rooms, your match will begin in ten minutes." Aizawa's monotone voice called over the speakers, causing the two students to make their way towards their rooms.
"Wish me luck!" Asahi said as she stood up, bumping Izuku's shoulder on her way out.
"I can't believe I lost," Eijiro moaned to an uninterested Izuku, who just kept jotting notes on the fight, "I had him pinned and everything! He just magically broke free and kicked my ass!" The boy continued.
"You shouldn't have annoyed him. Bakugo gets scarily strong when he's pissed." Izuku said, still scribbling in his book, completely oblivious to Eijiro's shocked face.
"You said a swear!" The redhead awed, pointing accusingly at Izuku as if he had committed a heinous crime.
"So? You do it all the time." Izuku shrugged as he looked at his friend strangely.
"But you never swear! Not at me anyway." Eijiro said with the same shocked look, "Your Mom would never let you say such things!".
"Eij, I am fifteen, I think I'm allowed to swear." He mused, watching his sputtering companion.
"But it goes against your character! You are shy and careful, you don't swear. I'm loud and brash, I swear a lot!" Eijiro waved his hands in emphasis, "You never used to swear.".
"Thoughts for later, the match is starting." Izuku ended the conversation, focusing on the match.
"EVERYONE PLEASE WELCOME OUR TWO CONTESTANTS ASAHI SAKI AND DENKI KAMINARI!" Mic shouted from the commentator box, not even using his microphone this time and sending the crowd wild once again. Kaminari strolled up to the stage with an unusual amount of confidence, even winking at a few of the girls in the crowd, Asahi was far more nervous, trying to not look at the audience whatsoever, even when her family were calling her name she tried not to get distracted.
"I want a sportsman-like attitude when you lose and don't hurt each other too bad. If you are knocked unconscious, unable to move. or knocked out of the marked zone, you are out and your opponent wins. Do you understand?" Midnight repeated, getting a nod from both students. Raising her whip into the air, she cracked it, "Begin!".
"I don't want to hurt you too bad Saki, Midoriya would get mad, so I'll go easy on ya!" Kaminari quipped, a grin spreading across his face as he charged electricity in his hands, letting it crackle between his fingers.
"Thats why you're gonna lose." Asahi retorted, charging up three marbles to fire at her opponent. Kaminari dashed forward, if he could get a single fingertip to touch the girl it was game over for her. Thinking quickly, Asahi fired a shot at the boy's face, knocking him back and dazing him enough to get out of his reach.
Recuperating from the blow, Denki sprinted for the girl as he ferociously flung his arms at her in a desperate attempt to shock her. As he did this, Asahi used her other two marbles to tip Kaminari up, leaving him defenselessly falling towards the floor. Quickly, she swung her fist upwards at the boy's jaw, connecting and making a loud thump as she knocked him unconscious.
"ASAHI SAKI WINS!" The announcer called as two recovery robots came out to collect Kaminari and deliver him to Recovery Girl.
"Could Hanata Sero and Shoto Todoroki please make their way to the prep rooms?." Aizawa lazily announced, lowering the crowds' mood with his voice's mere tone.
"So... what did you think of my match?" Asahi chirped to Izuku, who was still scribbling in his notebook.
"I'm impressed with your use of ranged and melee combat, if you made a fighting style incorporating those attributes then you could definitely become a great Hero," Izuku said with a smile that made Asahi's heart flutter and her face heat up.
"Where is my praise?" Eijiro complained from the seat next to Izuku, "I've been in the battles too!".
"You lost!" Izuku snapped at Eijiro, "Thats why you get no praise!" Asahi giggled at the two boy's shenanigans.
"Well sorry..." Eijiro mumbled, slumping into his seat. Mic began to shout the boy's introductions but Izuku wasn't listening just watching and writing down the match. Sero began to make his way towards Todoroki using his tape to launch himself across the pitch, suddenly the entire side of the arena Sero was on was encompassed by a giant glacier structure.
"TODOROKI WINS INSTANTLY!" Mic announced as Todoroki began to melt the iceberg he had created, freeing Sero from his imprisonment.
"Holy shit man!" Izuku exclaimed, not noticing Asahi's shocked face, "Todoroki's going all out!".
"You swore!" Asahi scolded the boy, who just groaned, "You never swear!".
"Not this again!" Izuku cried as Eijiro and Asahi managed to finally find common ground.
"Could Mina Ashido and Izuku Midoriya make their way to the prep rooms?".
Izuku swallowed thickly as he walked down the tunnel to the arena, his nerves getting the best of him. "You'll do great Young Midoriya, you have trained for this for weeks." All Might tried to calm the boy, which partially worked, "Speaking of which, I have a request of you.". Reaching the edge of the path, Toshinori put a hand on Izuku's shoulder, a rare genuine smile plastered on his face, "When you are out there, I want you to announce to the world 'I am here'.".
"I will try my best Mr Yagi." Izuku said as he heard his cue to leave, "Wish me luck!".
"EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP TO OUR TWO OPPONENTS, MINA ASHIDO AND IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Izuku walked out of the tunnel, feeling the crowd's eyes burn into his back like mini lasers. Looking across the ring, Izuku saw Ashido, who he gave a meek wave to in the hope of lowering his levels of stress, but after seeing the serious look on her face (A rare occurrence), he was sweating even harder than before.
"Now, I want you two to have a sportsman-like attitude for this match, sore losers will not be accepted. You are out if knocked unconscious, pushed out of the ring, or can't move, do you understand?" Midnight asked, to which Izuku gave a weak affirmation. "Alright," Raising her whip into the air, Midnight cracked it above their heads, making Izuku flinch, "BEGIN!".
Izuku immediately used Black Body to shield himself from a hail of acid shot out by Ashido, however, a bit of acid still managed to burn his legs. In retaliation, the boy fired off a Black Cluster at Ashido, which she easily dodged while skating across the floor at rapid speeds using her acid. 'I can't hit her because she's skating all around me.' A plan formed in Izuku's mind as he charged up Vibrate in his hands, "Tremor Style: Earthquake!" He chanted.
The floor Mina was on quickly crumbled under the intense vibrations Izuku's palms were emitting, making her lose her balance and nearly tumbled out of the ring. Suddenly a jet of acid flew from the girl's hand, propelling herself away from the ring edge, "You won't get me that easily!" She chirped as she landed on stable ground and began to pelt Izuku with acid shots.
'Crap! I need to lose her attention!' Slamming his foot onto the ground, a wall of rock shot up in front of the boy, separating the two. He then quickly sent out a shadow clone of himself, successfully distracting Ashido. 'It's Plan B then!' He thought as he mentally commanded the Shadow clone to kick up as much dust as possible, which it easily did, and then transformed into smoke drifting his way towards his opponent.
'Thanks for the help.' Izuku thought to the clone as he de-smoked in front of Ashido, causing her to slip from fright. He then charged up 2X Kinetic Stockpile and delivered a strong gut punch to the pink girl, launching her towards the barrier. Hoping to soften the blow, Izuku shot out extra fluffy slime where the girl was going to land.
Surprisingly, Ashido used another acid jet to prevent her disqualification again "You nearly had me there! But that won't work twice!". Landing, she blasted copious amounts of acid at Izuku's shadow clone, damaging it to the point it had to return to his shadow, "Now fight me one on one!" Ashido said with a feral grin.
"As you wish," Izuku said as he activated both Muscle Up and Kinetic Enhancement to the max, growing to an astounding 6ft 3in.
"Exposing yourself to a girl on TV? Your pretty ballsy Midoriya!" Ashido grinned as Izuku realized his mistake, someone who is 6ft 3in won't fit in a uniform for someone who is 5ft 9in, causing much of his gym uniform to rip entirely. Fortunately, the boy's crown jewels weren't showing, but the majority of him was, making his face go beet red.
"I-I d-didn't m-mean f-for t-this!" Izuku stammered, getting back into a fighting stance, "L-Lets just g-get on with the m-match." He said, regaining his composure. Ashido began by speedily sliding towards the boy, launching multiple large acid globs at him in hopes to burn him or control his movement, which utterly failed. The boy easily avoided these using a combination of Gear 10, Muscle Up and Kinetic Enhancement at X4.5 made the blobs seem to be moving in slow motion as he simply walked around them.
Seeing Izuku (Appear to) teleport in front of her made Ashido accidentally let out a wave of acid in a panic, which successfully managed to cause a burn across the boy's chest. Izuku leapt backwards as he felt his flesh sizzling from Mina's last attack, and when he looked at it, yep, it was bad. He could only watch as his skin disintegrated, exposing raw muscle underneath, easily a 3rd degree burn.
"H-Holy! Midoriya, I-I'm so s-sorry." Ashido had a look of fear on her face as she gazed upon Izuku's exploded flesh, she seemed ready to throw up. Taking advantage of the girl's stunned state, Izuku slammed his foot into the ground, launching Ashido into the air using Float Impact, and launched out a giant black tendril to latch onto her. Spinning round rapidly, Izuku released Float Impact and Black Body sending Ashido flying out of the ring, not having the energy to give her a padded landing.
"ASHIDO IS OUT OF BOUNDS! IZUKU MIDORIYA WINS!" The crowd went crazy as Mic announced the results of the match, but Izuku was more focused on staying conscious. Using his Quirks at the max throttle and using Smoke to heal his injuries had left the boy's energy reserves at rock bottom, luckily Recovery robots came to deliver him to Recovery Girl. As he was being carted off to get healed, Izuku allowed himself to fall unconscious.
"Izuku/Izubro!" Asahi and Eijiro busted through to the door of Recovery Girl's office, almost scaring the woman to death. "Is he okay? He isn't hurt too bad is he?" Eijiro said, rushing over to Izuku's side like a worried mother, making Recovery Girl chuckle sightly.
"Yes, he is fine and will be able to participate in the next match. You shouldn't worry about him so much, he regenerated his arm fully a few weeks ago." She said looking at the boy's mostly healed chest. "You can also ask him since he's awake." Eijiro jumped back as he saw Izuku begin to laugh even though he had his eyes closed.
"Did I trick you?" He asked with a cheeky grin, making Eijiro go bright red in embarrassment.
"S-Shut up before I put you back to sleep!" He stammered making Izuku laugh even harder.
"Anyway, since your okay, get out of here." Recovery Girl said, pushing the trio out of the room.
"So what happened in the other matches?" Izuku asked, walking to the cafeteria with his friends, desperate for any sort of sustenance to replenish his stamina.
"Well the match after yours was Tokage vs Iida, Tokage won because Iida ran straight through her and out of the ring," Asahi explained as Izuku bought an ungodly amount of food. "Then there was Yoayorozu and Tokoyami, that fight lasted a while, but in the end, Yoayorozu was pushed out of bounds. Aoyama's fight was weird, he went up against some purple-haired dude but he just kinda walked out of bounds." She said while scratching her chin, "And finally Kendo vs Uraraka, Kendo just batted Uraraka out of the ring.".
"So who are you versing next round?" Izuku asked while stuffing his face with whatever he could find.
"Oh, I'm going against Tokoyami, I think I have a decent chance of winning. I don't know about your match though..." She said, cringing as she remembered his opponent.
"Huh? Why not?" Izuku said, finally pulling his attention away from his food.
"You're going against Todoroki," Eijiro finally said, making the boy drop his food in shock.
"Oh no..." That was all he managed to squeak out.
Thank you for reading this chapter of the story! If you have any input for the story or an opinion you want me to hear, please feel free to write it in the comments. The next chapter is where all of the juicy fights are going to happen and Izuku may or may not get a new quirk from a certain red and white boy. As I said last time, new chapters of Inheritance will now be released every other week instead of every week as I am now working on a new fic. Until next time!
