TWO SYMBOLS
CHAPTER NINE: ROAD TO THE FINAL; LET THE BATTLES BEGIN
Izuku: *Runs into the classroom* Guys, have any of you seen Ken anywhere?! I don't know where he is.
Bakugo: Shut it you stupid deku! Besides why should I care?
Uraraka: Hiro-kun hasn't been here Deku-kun.
Iida: Yes and that's not responsible as the class rep. *Says while performing chopping motions with hands*
Momo: Where would he be though? It doesn't seem like him to just disappear.
Shoka: Well have you guys checked that room? *She says as she points at a door that was at the back of the class*
Class: …
Mina and Kaminari: Where did that come from?
Shoka: No idea.
Izuku: *Runs to the door and opens it to find Ken in it with a figure around the same height as him wearing a black cloak that hid his whole body and face, both sitting in front of a computer*
Ken: …and that's the way to go about it.
Author: Wow Ken, that's genius. Thanks for that idea.
Izuku: What are the two of you doing in here?!
Ken: *Looks back and sees Izuku and the others looking right at them* Oh you guys found me. I was helping my dear friend author here with a problem he had with some other story he has in mind.
Momo: I didn't know you were into writing fictions.
Ken: I'm not. I just happened to come up with some cool idea.
Kaminari: So what is it?
Mineta: Yeah, tell us!
Ken/Author: Secret.
Class: What?!
Author: Anyway, thanks for the idea. Now time to get back to this story. You guys should get back to doing whatever it is you do. *Pushes Ken out of door and shuts the door which then vanishes*
Uraraka: Woah.
Ken: Anyway, let's forget about all that. You heard the man, its showtime. *Puts on sunglasses*
Bakugo: Finally!
Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of its characters. It all belongs to Kohei Horikoshi. The only thing I own are the OC's used in the story and the many twists in the plot of the anime.
Chapter 9: Battle Rounds; Road To The Final
'Man, Todoroki-san sure can be indimidating with those cold eyes.' Izuku thought with a gulp as the girl kept staring at the two Midoriyas for what seemed like a while now. Ken was getting a bit annoyed at how quiet it was and was about to say something but was beaten to the punch.
"You both got me overwhelmed today." Shota says while she still leaned against the wall opposite from them. "And because of that, I almost broke the promise I made to myself years ago."
'Is she talking about using her fire side?' Ken thought.
Shota then raises her left arm. "It's not just that though. That power of yours Midoriya, it feels awfully similar to All Might's too." She stated causing Izuku to flinch slightly something that caught Ken's attention.
'Okay, there's definitely something he's not telling me.' Ken decided he would question the boy later.
"So tell me Midoriya." Shota turns to Izuku with narrowed eyes. "Are you really All Might's secret love child?"
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'What the?!' Izuku thought with eyes wide as dinner plates. Ken just stared at the girl in front of him with a 'Are you serious' look. 'Although, I do get why she would think that.'
"Well are you?" Shoka asks still waiting for her answer.
"No, that's not it at all. Why would you think that about me anyway?" Izuku asks back looking at the girl.
"Hmm. You said 'That's not it at all' meaning there is something between the two of you that you're not supposed to talk about." Shoka then looks at Ken. "And something tells me you're not aware of this."
"You can say that." Ken answers while looking at Izuku with suspicion.
'Crap! This isn't good'
"My father's the hero Endeavor. I'm sure you've heard of him." Shoka says surprising both boys. Her father was Endeavor the Flame Hero. Well, that explains how she got in through recommendation. "And since you know, you also know he's the number two hero. So if you're connected in anyway to All Might." She narrows her eyes at them. "I have more reason to defeat you."
Unknown Area
"Man, watching in that stadium, while cool, is also a big bother." The same hooded figure from earlier says as he walks farther from the stadium and into the city of Musutafu. "At least I got to see those 1A students in action, I can watch the rest at home." He continued as he walked into a dark alley. He stopped walking when he saw people in front of him, blocking his path. He glances back and notices a few behind him. By the way they looked, it was obvious they were thugs.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" One of the thugs, the leader probably, says as he stares at the hooded figure. "What's a kid like you doing in our turf, looking for trouble?"
"I didn't come here to cause any problems man. So for your sakes, you and your thugs should get out of my way." The hooded figure says in a rather neutral tone. He continues to walk forward but the thugs in front of him continue to block him and the ones behind him continue to walk closer to him, some getting ready to teach this boy a lesson.
"Oh ho ho. A tough guy aren't you?" The leader says with a chuckle. "Listen here kid, I'm gonna forget about that threat you just made and let you leave with only a few injuries if you hand over everything you have on you. Otherwise…" He stops as he gestures to the larger member of the group who punches his fist together.
The hooded figure didn't seem intimidated. "And why would I do that?"
"You better take his offer kid. The boss is being nice enough to give you this chance." One of the other thugs says as he glares at the hooded young man.
"Well, I was being nice too when I gave that warning earlier." He says earning a small growl from the leader who gestures for the larger man to grab him while the others prepared to attack him, activating their quirks. The hooded young man frowns, not that it was seen, and sighs. "Well, don't say I didn't warn you." He says as the larger man's muscles bulged up slightly and he grew a few inches taller. The man goes to grab him, however, with quick movement, he grabs the large arm and breaks the wrist with a vicious twist. The others were shocked and backed away in slight fear. They were wondering how someone like him could break a larger man's wrist like it was nothing. One of them got brave enough and charged at the hooded figure with a large blade made from his bones shooting out of his right hand. He swings the bone blade at the figure planning on cutting his head off. However, to his and everyone's shock, the blade passed through the hooded figures neck like he wasn't even there. It just fazed through him.
"W-wha-?" He didn't get to finish as he was grabbed by the head, and in a shocking display of strength, the hooded figure ripped his head clean off like it was nothing. Blood splashed from the neck and severed head and rained down on the hooded figure and the thugs close to them as the body fell limb.
The other thugs watch with great fear evident in their eyes. They were shaking as they stared at the figure in front of them.
"You know, you idiots should be careful who you try to mess with, especially in this world of quirks." He then looks up at them with a glare, bright red eyes glowing from under the hood as he glared at the thugs who backed away slightly. "It may just be your last fight."
To anyone that was passing that alley during that moment, they would hear the loud pain-filled screams of the thugs as they were brutally beaten and murdered by the mysterious hooded figure.
Shoka, Ken and Izuku
"My father's an ambitious man that aims for the top. He used his power to make a name for himself as a hero but he was never able to best All Might. To him, the Symbol of Peace is living proof of his failure of being number one." Shoka says as she looks away from the two brothers for a few seconds before turning back to them. "He's still at it though, trying to take down All Might. One way or another."
"Okay, I get all that but I don't see what you're trying to tell us Todoroki." Izuku says causing her to once again look away for a bit before facing them.
"Have you ever heard of…quirk marriages?" She asks earning confused looks from the two boys. What did that have to do with anything? "They became a problem in the first few generations after these superpowers became widespread. There were those who sought out potential mates for the sole purpose of creating powerful children, forcing many people into unwanted relationships like old fashioned arranged marriages."
'Don't tell me…' Ken thought as he continued to listen to the girl in front of him.
"My father has a rich history of accomplishments and with that he earned plenty of money to throw at his problems. He bought my mother's relatives to get her hands on her quirk and now is raising me to usurp All Might." She says with clenched fists.
The two Midoriya brothers eyes widened in shock at what they just heard. One of the top ranking heroes of the country had done something like this?
"It's just so annoying." She continued with gritted teeth. "I refuse to be that bastard's tool." Izuku wanted to say something but didn't know what to even say to her. "Whenever I think of my mother, the first thing that comes to mind is her always crying." Shoka then raises her left hand and puts it over the left side of her face. "She once called my left side unbearable before pouring boiling water on my face." Izuku gasps while Ken can only listen on in shock.
"The reason I picked a fight with you two was to show my old man what I can do, that I can defeat the likes of you without relying on his damn fire quirk. I'm going to show him…" She trails as she uncovers her left side, gaining a cold and slightly intimidating look to some. "…that I reject his power and I can get first place without using it."
'Wow, she really had it rough.' Ken thought as he stared at the girl who stared right back.
'Her childhood sounds terrifying. Even worse than mine before I met Ken. To think we'd be aiming for the same thing with such different childhoods.' Izuku thought. 'Now that I think about it, what was Ken's life like before we met?' He asked himself glancing at Ken who was staring at the red and white haired girl in front of them who then starts to walk away.
"Somehow, Midoriya, you're connected to All Might and you don't seem to want to tell anyone, including your brother." Izuku flinches slightly. "But no matter how fiercely you come at me in the future, I will defeat you using only my right side. You and your brother. I assure you of that."
'Man, to think this is why she's always so focused.' Izuku thought as he watched her continue to walk away.
However, before she could get far, Ken calls out to her, stopping her. "Hey Todoroki." Ken says as he walks up to her. "I don't know much about you and I don't quite care much about your past, neither do I care much about what Izuku's hiding from me." Izuku flinches again. "But you want to be number one which means you're gonna have to get passed me cause that's what I plan on doing." He says. "I have a goal just like you and my motivation may not seem much now compared to yours but that doesn't matter to me. When we face on the ring, left side or not, I don't care, I'm gonna beat you and win this thing." He finishes with a grin. Shoka just continued to stare at him with her blank expression, before turning and walking away, not saying a word.
Izuku just stared at his brother in slight awe. Ken then looks at the boy. "Yo, let's get something to eat bro before the next competition starts." He says as he starts to walk away, Izuku following after him. None of them noticed Bakugo listening to them from behind a corner before he walked away.
-Two Symbols-
Momo groaned loudly while throwing the pom-poms in her possession on the ground in frustration. During lunch, she and Jiro had been approached by Mineta and Kaminari who had told them that it was instructed for all female students to put on cheer-leading outfits for a cheer leading contest as one of the side games before the final event. She was suspicious but he sounded genuine so they had believed him. It ended up being a lie to get her and the other girls in their class to put on cheer leading outfits. Now she stood with the girls, except Shoka, in the field, frustrated for getting tricked again and embarrassed.
"WHAT'S THIS?! WHAT'S WITH THE FANSERVICE FROM CLASS 1A?!" Present Mic asks loudly through the mic. Even Aizawa was a bit surprised as he stared at the girls in his class.
"Damn those perverts!" Jiro shouted in anger as she threw down her own pom-poms as she watches the two grinning at each other with a thumbs up, celebrating their success. Uraraka was trying to cheer up Momo who was on the ground. "I swear when I get my hands on them."
"Well, it's not all that bad." Hagakure says. "The final rounds aren't starting soon and I really like this outfit so let's just flow with it." The invisible girl finishes as she dances around. Jiro didn't share her optimism.
"Well that's gotta be embarrassing." Ken says as he looks at the girls.
"Y-yeah." Izuku stutters slightly. 'Oh my. Uraraka-san looks really good in that outfit.' He thought mentally with a small blush.
"Man, I'm so excited." Kirishima says, an excited smile on his face. "I watch these finals every year and now I'm actually in them." Ken had to agree with the boy. It was exciting.
"Wait so is it always a tournament?" Mina asks, still in her cheerleading outfit.
"The final round is always a one on one contest but they tend to switch it up every year." Sero explains to the pink skinned girl.
"Alright everyone. Come up and draw lots to see who you'll be up against." Midnight says from her position on the podium while holding up a yellow box labeled 'Lots'. "Then enjoy the pleasure of the recreational games before we start. The sixteen finalists have the option of participating in the games or sitting it out to conserve their strength. I'll start from the team that got fourth place."
"Um, excuse me." Ojiro calls out as he raises his hand, getting everyone's attention. "Sorry, but I'm withdrawing." There was a loud gasp of shock after he said that, most from his classmates.
"Wait Ojiro…" Izuku tries calling out to the boy.
"You okay man? What's with the withdrawal?" Ken asks as he faces the boy.
"Yeah. This is a rare chance for you to get scouted." Iida says hoping to reason with the boy.
"That's true but…it just wouldn't be right." The blonde tailed boy says as he lowers his hand. "I barely remember anything throughout the cavalry battle until the very end. I know this is a big opportunity and I wish I could take advantage of it but my conscious won't let me."
"Wait just think about this." Izuku says trying to convince the boy.
"I have okay. But everyone else gave their all in the last round while I was just someone else's puppet. I don't want to advance if I can't even remember how I got here."
"You overthinking this Ojiro." Hagakure says. "Just kill it in the finals and prove that you should be here."
"No that's not it." Ojiro speaks up. "I'm talking about my pride here." He continues covering his face. "That's just something I can't just give up." He finishes as he bows his head down and sounded like he wanted to cry. "Also…why are all the girls dressed as cheerleaders."
The girls, who were behind him, were all hit with a wave of depression as they remembered how they got into that mess. Another student, a grey haired boy from 1B also decides to withdraw much to his class' surprise. After a few seconds, Midnight decides to allow them to withdraw and replaces them with two students from the fifth place team who were Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu and a fair skinned girl with long green vines as her hair, Ibara Shiozaki.
A crack from her whip gained the attention of the whole stadium. "Alright! With that settled, the competitors names have been generated and filtered. Here's the lineup for the tournament." She says pointing at the large screen that was displaying the matchups which received rowdy shouts from the crowd.
Match 1: Hitoshi Shinso Vs. Izuku Midoriya
Match 2: Momo Yayaorozu Vs. Yuga Aoyama
Match 3: Ibara Shiozaki Vs. Denki Kaminari
Match 4: Mei Hatsume Vs. Tenya Iida
Match 5: Ken Hiro Midoriya Vs. Mina Ashido
Match 6: Hanta Sero Vs. Shoka Todoroki
Match 7: Eijiro Kirishima Vs. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Match 8: Katsuki Bakugo Vs. Ochako Uraraka
Ken stared at the screen before looking towards Mina. 'Ashido? If I'm not careful I may get a few burns from this.'
'Dammit. Now my chances of winning are pretty much slim.' Mina thought while internally crying anime tears. The others were still fixated on the screen and their own thoughts. Some were satisfied with their matchups while others weren't as satisfied. Some were petrified to see they'd be up against the stronger competitors.
'Hmm, now who's this Shinso guy?' Izuku thought looking at the screen.
"That's you right? Izuku Midoriya?" A male voice says from behind him causing him to freeze up before jumping back and facing the person who happened to be the purple haired Aizawa look-alike, Shinso.
'Wait, it's him.' The green haired boy thought thinking back to when Shinso had confronted the class days back. 'The guy from General studies.'
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Hope you're excited for this." Shinso says eyeing the OFA user. Izuku was about to answer when a large, familiar tail wrapped around his mouth. Ojiro walks up glaring at Shinso who smirks before walking away. Ojiro then lets go of Izuku, allowing the boy to breath.
"Wait Ojiro? What was that for?" Izuku asks the blonde.
"Midoriya, you can't say a word to him." Ojiro says simply confusing Izuku.
"What? Why's that?" The green haired teen asks.
"I'll explain later." Ojiro says gesturing the boy to follow him. "Come on."
Meanwhile, Shoka stares intently at the screen, satisified with the matchups. "Good. So he'll be my next opponent after this." She says looking at Ken who was talking to both Uraraka and Momo not too far from her. "I'm sure he'll win and then I'll finally be able to beat him with just one hand." She muttered to herself.
"…and that's exactly how I like to eat my Katsudon." Ken finishes and Uraraka and Momo look at him before turning to face each other.
"Okay, how exactly did we start to talk about food?" Uraraka asks. Momo merely shrugs. "I can't quite remember."
"Hmm? Uraraka?" The three turn towards Bakugo who had called the girls name while looking at the big screen. "I wonder who the hell that is." He wonders out loud causing the brown haired girls eyes to widen in shock that one of her classmates doesn't even know her.
There were a few minutes before the start of the final rounds so during that time, most of the students participated in the recreational games. However, those participating in the final rounds were preparing themselves for the fight to come and soon enough it was time for the matches.
"ALRIGHT! HEY SPORTS FANS ARE YOU ALL READY?!" The crowd cheer loudly. "AFTER ALL THE ACTION YOU'VE ALL WITNESSED IT'S NOW TIME FOR THE RAL ACTION TO BEGIN! I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS!"
"Yo Izuku, what's with that face?" Ken says walking up to Izuku who had a nervous look on his face. Even though he felt a bit more confident after learning of Shinso's quirk from Ojiro, he still felt a bit nervous going out for his fight. He turns to Ken who didn't look the least bit nervous. "You know I always wonder how you can be calm in times like this?" He says.
"Hmph, that's because I'm awesome." Ken says with a smirk. "From now on we'll be on our own so you better not lose cause this time I'm gonna get serious and beat you for this time." He says and Izuku then smirks back at him. "We'll see about that."
"Hey there." The two brothers turn around to see All Might walking towards them though Ken didn't know that since he was in his skinny form. "Sorry I haven't said hi but you've been great out there." He says more directly to Izuku.
"Who are you?" Ken asks.
"Oh Ken, This is Mr. Yagi. He's one of the staff members of the school. I met him some time before we started at UA." Izuku lies quickly and Ken stared at the man for a few seconds, finding him awfully familiar.
"Oh hi." Ken greets casually.
"Nice to meet you. Anyway, I'd like to talk to your brother alone for a few minutes if you don't mind." Toshinori says and Ken shrugs. "Sure." He says as he walks away. When the blonde felt he was gone, he turns back to his successor. "I see you've improved a lot with OFA."
"You really think so All Might?" Izuku asks. "Well I do feel myself getting stronger and better with this quirk. But…" Izuku says looking down at his right hand that he clenched into a fist. "I'm still nowhere as strong as I should be with this power. I need to get better so what happened back then…" An image of Ken's bloody body forms in his head.
"Don't get too worked up over something like this young Midoriya. What happened at the USJ wasn't your fault. To push yourself too hard, it'll get you nowhere."All Might says knowing what the boy was thinking of. Izuku sighs and looks back up at All Might. "Besides in times like this always remember to face it with a huge smile on your face." He says transforming into his muscular form. "Like this!" He adds with his usual large smile. "Don't forget that I'm counting on you so you better make me proud out there!"
Izuku stares at the man in awe for a second before smiling. "Right."
"ALRIGHT THEN IT'S TIME FOR OUR FIRST MATCH!" Present Mic says. "FROM THE HERO COURSE WE HAVE THE GREEN HAIRED MENACE, IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Izuku walks out towards the battle ring. "AND FROM THE GENERAL STUDIES, WE HAVE THE UNDERDOG, HITOSHI SHINSO!" The crowd cheered once more when the purple haired boy walked out as well. Both boys then entered the battle ring and stood opposite each other. "THE RULES ARE SIMPLE! IMMOBILIZE YOUR OPPOENENT OR THROW THEM OUT OF THE RING TO WIN! OR JUST MAKE THEM CRY UNCLE!"
Toshinori watches as Izuku walks out, not noticing Ken hiding at a corner not too far behind him. His eyes were wide with surprise when he found out that that skinny guy was All Might. 'Explains why he looked familiar.' He thought. 'Now what the hell is OFA?'
Few Minutes Later…
"SHINSO IS DOWN! MIDORIYA FROM CLASS 1A IS THE WINNER!" The whole stadium applauded vehemently. "IT WAS KINDA A BORING FIRST MATCH BUT THEY BOTH DID THEIR BEST!"
'I lost.' Shinso thought as he stood up from the ground. 'How?' He had managed to trick Izuku and brainwash him with his quirk but Izuku was somehow able to injure himself to break out of the trance and then knocked him down easily, without having to use his quirk. The purple haired teen gritted his teeth. What did he expect anyway?
"Why do you wanna be a hero? What really drives you?" Izuku asks gaining the boy's attention. The question surprises him but he remains silent for a few seconds as he thought on what to say before he turns around and starts walking away.
Izuku thought he wasn't going to get an answer when Shinso spoke. "You can't quite help what the heart longs for." Izuku's eyes widen at the answer he got. He wasn't expecting that but he felt that he could understand where Shinso was coming from. He stops himself from saying anything. It's not like it is going to make the purple haired teen feel any better. He continues to watch as Shinso walks away.
But to both their surprises, Shinso begins to hear some people from the crowd praise him for his quirk and him making it so far in the festival. Izuku couldn't help but smile, looks like he didn't really need to say anything.
"Hey you…" Izuku looks back at Shinso. "Depending on the results, they might transfer people into the hero course. It might not have worked out this time but I'm still gonna get on the hero track and become a better hero than any of you." He says before continuing on his way. "Also, you better not lose and make me look bad." He adds with a grin.
"Don't worry, I don't plan to." Izuku says before he blanks out again. 'Wait huh? He got me again?'
In The Stands(Few Minutes Later…)
"Oh there you are Deku!" Uraraka calls out to the green haired boy once he made it to where the class were seated. "You did great down there." She says with a wave and smile. Iida who sat beside her pointed at an empty sit beside him. "Come on down, we saved you a seat."
"Oh thanks guys." He says as he walks towards them and sits down. He then looks around and notices someone missing. "Hey guys have you seen…"
"Yo Izuku, nice match." Ken says as he makes it to the stands with a bag of chips. "Although you did get yourself brainwashed by that mini-Aizawa." He adds as he sits beside him and opens up the bag of chips. "That was stupid." He also adds munching on some chips.
"Stupid?! You would have done the same thing." Izuku retorts.
"Hmph. Unlike you, I'd never let myself get tricked like that." The black haired Midoriya says munching on his chips. "Nice moves though." Izuku, not in the mood to argue with his brother just ignores him.
"AND FOR OUR SECOND MATCH! WE HAVE FROM CLASS 1A, MOMO YAYAOROZU VERSUS FELLOW CLASSMATE, YUGA AOYAMA!"
"Hmm, this could be really interesting." Ken said.
Few Minutes Later…
"That was just as boring as your match bro." Ken said munching on the last piece of chips he had. Izuku just nods in agreement although he didn't like how Ken had reminded him of how boring his fight was.
The match didn't even last long. All that happened was Aoyama firing his belly laser, as he called it, at the girl who had tried to block it with a shield she made with her quirk but she still ended up getting knocked out easily. He frowned as he wiped his mouth of the crumps from the chips he had eaten.
Momo was the smartest person he knew and her quirk had a lot of potential. A quirk like hers was really diverse and if used right could help her become a top ranking hero. However, she had a problem. From what he could see, she seemed to overthink her battles and was afraid to make mistakes which led her to be rather ineffective in battle.
"I hope Yayaorozu's okay. She looked pretty sad after she lost." Uraraka says.
"Anyone would be after losing the way she did." Iida states and Izuku nods his head in agreement.
"ALRIGHT! NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR THIRD MATCH!" Present Mic shouts out gaining everyone's attention. "EVEN BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS HAVE THORNS, IT'S THE ASSASSIN FROM CLASS 1B, IBARA SHIOZAKI." The crowd cheered. "AND HER OPPONENT, A STUDENT WITH AN ELECTRIC PERSONALITY, DENKI KAMINARI FROM CLASS 1A! LET'S HOPE FOR A SUPER FLASHY BATTLE THIS TIME!
"Uh… excuse me sir." Ibara calls out to the blonde hero. "Sorry for the interruption but I'm not entirely sure why you called me an assassin." She says with one hand on her chest and the other raised up with an open palm. "I've come to the festival in search of victory, not to take my opponents life. That isn't what a hero does."
"O-oh…sorry." The man apologizes as he sits down.
"Gentlemen. I didn't come to UA for selfish reasons." She then spreads her hands wide like some holy figure. "But to spread salvation to others." Kaminari didn't know whether it was just him, but he could see light shining down on her from nowhere. "It is my humble quest to spread good in this world." She adds putting her hands together like she was praying.
"OKAY I'M SORRY!"
"Thank you for your understanding." The green vine haired girl says with a smile while bowing her head.
'Wow. Good to know not everyone in 1B are jerks.' Kaminari thought. 'She looks strong. And look at those big beautiful eyes. So cute, I'm gonna have to ask this girl out sometime.'
"UH OKAY! LET THE MATCH BEGIN!"
Seconds Later…
"AND HE'S IMMOBILIZED! IT WAS OVER IN AN INSTANT! IBARA SHIOZAKI WINS AND ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND!"
"Well that was just embarrassing." Izuku says and Ken just nods his head.
"HAHAHA! LOOKS LIKE THAT 1A LOSER WAS RIGHT! IT REALLY WAS OVER IN TWO SECONDS!" Monoma shouts, mocking 1A while laughing like a maniac. "I WONDER IF HIS REAL QUIRK ALLOWS HIM TO SEE THE FUTURE! WEREN'T YOU GUYS SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER THAN US! AHAHAHAHA! He continues to laugh before a chop to the neck knocks him out.
"Sorry about that guys." Kendo says before dragging the boy to his seat.
'Man, that guy seems like a piece of work.' Izuku and Uraraka thought.
Few Minutes Later…
"ALRIGHT THEN! FOR OUR FOURTH MATCH, WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS FROM 1A! GIVE IT UP FOR THE LOVELY PINK HERO, MINA ASHIDO!" Present Mic announced as the girls walks towards the ring, throwing peace signs to the crowd as they applauded her. "AND HER OPPONENT, THE SPEEDSTER, KEN HIRO MIDORIYA!" The man hollered as Ken walked up as well with a confident grin on his face.
Mina, even though she was smiling confidently, was anything but that. While she knew she was a capable fighter, she knew just how good Ken was. He is one of the top students in their class, with Izuku, Todoroki and Bakugo there with him. However, she didn't falter and as a show of sportsmanship, she said. "Let's have a good match Hiro. But don't expect me to lose to you."
"Hmph, I don't plan on losing here Ashido." He says.
"AND BEGIN!"
Mina prepared her quirk as she shot sideways in an arc while shooting acid at his direction. She knew how fast he was and while she preferred close combat, she knew he was better at that than she was so she planned on continuously attacking him with her acid from long range, trying not to give him a chance to use his quirk and catch her while also trying to get a feel on him. She had already seen how he fought during the battle training.
Globs of her acid sang through the air as she continued to fire at the black haired boy. Ken's eyes widened at the onslaught of acid heading his way and began to dodge quickly. Even without his quirk, he still had good reflexes, so he was able to weave through all of them although barely.
"Oi! You trying to burn me!" He shouted as he dodged another glob of acid before leaping back. As he landed, he immediately activated his quirk, he had seen what Mina was planning and while a good plan, it wasn't gonna work on him. He knew the girl was skilled but he was obviously the stronger of the two so he planned on ending the match quickly and save his stamina for the matches ahead. "Sorry about this."
In a burst of speed faster than the girl could follow, he was upon her, with a fast twirl, he pulls his leg back and lands a hard kick to the girls gut. The girls eyes widened as the boys snickers connected with her stomach, sending her straight towards the side boundary and out the ring.
"OH WHAT A VICIOUS KICK!" Present Mic hollered as Mina hit the ground hard, coughing hard while holding her stomach in pain. Even though Ken held back, not that she knew that, the kick still hurt her a lot and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't fight the darkness that had overtaken her as she lost consciousness.
The fight, if you can even call it that, was over in less than five seconds.
"Winner by knockout, Ken Hiro Midoriya!" Midnight announced as the crowd erupted in loud cheers. Ken grinned as he deactivated his quirk as he walked up to his downed classmate, picking her up bridal style and walking off, heading to the infirmary to get her treated.
"Sorry about that again." He says, a groan from the girl his only response.
Sorry for not updating sooner. I've been kinda busy with school and other stuff. Anyway, I'm now back and should be done with both the sports festival arc and Ken's Internship arc by the end of next week. Anyway, I'm also going to continue with two of my other stories as well so just wait for that.
Well till next time,
Read and Review.
Peace.
