FIRST ROUND: [Denki Kaminari (Class 1A)] vs. [Mei Hatsume (Class 1F)]

The Outcasts sat at a picnic table under a tree. The makeshift food court in the courtyard was cleared of civilians to let the students get lunch uninterrupted. Pro heroes and a few officials were still allowed to roam the area, meaning the entirety of the Outcasts could group up.

"Guys! You could have warned me!" Denki shrieked, gesturing to Ms. Jelavich.

"Haha, you picked up a cutie!" Jelavich chuckled.

"Look, three loud blondies causing a scene!" Keigo chirped.

"And three introverts questioning their life choices," Hitoshi sighed. Ituna and Izuku nodded in affirmation.

"And Mei!" the inventor added to the end.

"And Mei," Izuku agreed. He gained a thoughtful expression. "So, Mei, Denki, have you figured out what you plan on doing for your match? I already know Mei just wants to show off her inventions."

"My quirk could potentially destroy all her hard work in one go, and I don't want to take away her chance to show off," Denki said with a small smile.

"You can borrow some of my babies!" Mei cheered, raising one of her inventions in the air.

"Hey, how about we stage a commercial? I'm sure we can convince Ritzu to play along," Jelavich commented.

"I'm on board with the idea if you two are," Ritzu replied.

"Let's go for it!" Denki cheered.

"Muhahaha! The whole world shall witness the glory of my babies!" Mei cackled.

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Denki and Mei approached Midnight right before their match.

"Hello, Midnight!" Mei approached Midnight.

"Hey there, you two!" Midnight greeted.

"I was wondering if I could share my babies with Denki!"

"She means her inventions," Denki clarified.

"Oh, the youthful passion!" Midnight cooed. "As long as both parties agree, I can't see why not."

Mei handed Denki a bunch of gadgets, and the electric teen donned the support gear with practiced ease. The inventor liked making him recharge batteries or test her inventions with his natural resistance to electric discharges.

"For the first round of the tournament, we have the Electric Menace of Class 1A DENKI KAMINARI vs. the Support Witch MEI HATSUMEI!" Mic yelled over the speakers.

"Ready?" The R-Rated Hero asked. When the two nodded in confirmation, she announced the beginning of the fight. Then she saw their matching smirks and the microphones on their headpieces. "Oh no…" she mumbled.

Mei clicked a button and set off some flares from her backpack. "Welcome to today's exhibition of my glorious babies!"

"How did she get into the speaker system!" Yamada whisper-yelled at his co-host. Said co-host simply shrugged in reply. Neither of them noticed the guilty-looking AI.

Then Denki joined the advertisement, expertly explaining the support gear he used to zip around the stage and put on a brilliant show. The duo went on for ten minutes, displaying every gadget in Mei's arsenal. The banter between the two made the advertisement surprisingly fun to sit through. To end the round, Mei lowered herself from the sky with her jetpack just outside the out-of-bounds line. She waved to Denki as she descended from the stage.

"Kaminari wins by ring-out!" Midnight yelled. She gave the electric teen a knowing smile, but the boy was confused by the gesture. He waved at her before running after Mei to return her inventions.

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SECOND ROUND: [Shoto Todoroki (Class 1A)] vs. [Hanta Sero (Class 1A)]

"Let's hope this next round goes a little quicker! We have the IcyHot Hero SHOTO TODOROKI vs. the Tape Boy HANTA SERO!"

The match was over in under ten seconds. A massive glacier reached out of the stadium and nearly hit the crowd. After being announced the winner, Todoroki erupted into a pillar of fire to melt and evaporate most of the glacier. Instead of cheering for the winner, the crowd chanted condolences to Sero for the poor pairing.

"It didn't need to be that quick!"

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THIRD ROUND: [Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (Class 1B)] vs. [Mina Ashido (Class 1A)]

"Class 1B's brawler with a will of steel TETSUTETSU TETSUTETSU vs. Class 1A's Alien Queen MINA ASHIDO!"

Ashido rushed at the steel-clad teen and sprayed acid at his face.

"It burns!" Tetsutetsu shrieked.

"My acid is corrosive," Ashido informed.

Tetsutetsu grunted in pain as the acid ate away the steel coating his skin. Ashido slid across her acid to close the distance and deliver a brutal uppercut to the 1B student's jaw. His armor cracked in its weakened state, and Tetsutetsu fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Ashido wins by knock-out!" Midnight declared, and the audience cheered loudly in response. This was the most exciting match yet.

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FOURTH ROUND: [Hitoshi Shinsou (Class 1A)] vs. [Tenya Iida (Class 1A)]

"Class 1A's mini Aizawa HITOSHI SHINS–ow!" Yamada whined and muttered, "You didn't have to elbow me." He cleared his throat to retry his announcement. "The chronically tired HITOSHI SHINSOU vs. Class 1A's speedster TENYA IIDA!"

The match started, and Hitoshi took a defensive stance to brace for Iida's attack. The insomniac was barely within the boundaries. When the speedster got close enough, Hitoshi shifted to the side and parried his kick. Iida was thrown off balance. In a fluid motion, Hitoshi shifted his weight and pulled Iida between him and the boundary line. Letting the bespectacled teen flail in an effort to regain his balance, Hitoshi delivered a brutal roundhouse kick to Iida's lower back. The blow ultimately tipped the Iida off balance, and he fell with a thud out of bounds.

"Shinsou wins by ring out!"

"We still haven't seen this kid's quirk in action! Who taught this kid martial arts? He's a natural!" Yamada announced.

Meanwhile, in the pro hero section of the stands… "That's my baby bro!" Hawks cried, earning strange glances from his fellow pros. The winged hero turned and tugged on the shirt of the hero next to him. "I taught him that!"

Mt. Lady looked at the blubbering number three hero with a raised eyebrow. "You're acting like a proud mom," she deadpanned. Little did she know, Midoriya's proud mom had been in a similar state since the beginning of the Sports Festival.

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FIFTH ROUND: [Izuku Midoriya (Class 1A)] vs. [Itsuka Kendo (Class 1B)]

"The shrub-looking strategist of Class 1A IZUKU MIDORIYA vs. Class 1B's martial arts master ITSUKA KENDO!"

The two walked onto the stage and bowed to each other. As the match started, they rushed at each other without hesitation. A fury of blows consisting of parries, jabs, and punches was exchanged. Then they began adding quirks. Kendo would mix the sudden enlargement of her hands as part of her regular attacks. Izuku wrapped Black Whip around her wrists in retaliation. Then, channeling the strength that lifted trashed appliances, he gripped his end of his quirk and flipped Kendo over his shoulder, slamming her into the ground. Izuku gritted his teeth and swung the orange-haired girl out of bounds. He dissipated Black Whip to let her fly out. She was able to right herself, landing on her feet, but she couldn't stop herself from flying over the white boundary line.

The crowd went wild at the display of skill as Midnight announced Izuku's win.

Keigo appeared to have acquired the Midoriya tears. Are they contagious?

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SIXTH ROUND: [Ituna Horibe (Class 1F)] vs. [Momo Yaoyorozu (Class 1A)]

"The spider-demon from the support course ITUNA HORIBE vs. the hero course's 3D printer MOMO YAOYOROZU!"

Ituna and Yaoyorozu engaged in a staring contest while waiting for the match to start.

"Ready?" Midnight asked. After receiving subtle nods, she raised her whip in the air. "Start!" she shouted and cracked her whip.

The arena went silent in anticipation, but the fighters continued their staring contest. Ituna fumbled with the controls of a device on his wrist without breaking eye contact. The glow of Yaoyorozu's quirk illuminated the stage as an object materialized from her arm. The heiress grabbed the item, and a cacophony of clicks sounded from Ituna's gadgets. Four of Ituna's mechanical legs raised in the air as the other two stabbed into the concrete stage. The support student clicked the last part of his wrist gadget into place, and two drones flew from the sidelines to form gauntlets over his arms.

The staring contest was broken when Yaoyorozu rushed forward with her staff raised to strike. Ituna tanked the attack with the gauntlets and the legs stabbed into the ground. Yaoyorozu spun around, dropping her weapon and detonating a smoke bomb in Ituna's face. Ituna retaliated by launching her with his legs and leaping forward to get the jump on the hero student. The two exchanged blows numerous times. Ituna used a mixture of spider legs and a small army of drones to counteract Yaoyorozu's functionally infinite arsenal.

Clicks and bangs could be heard within the smokescreen, accompanied by faint flashes as Yaoyorozu's creations crumpled and Ituna's gadgets gave out. The smoke screen thinned, and the audience was graced with a spectacle of machines and constructs. A swarm of drones threw off the trajectory of a net launched from a cannon, and the crowd cheered in anticipation.

If they dragged the fight out any longer, neither of the fighters would have enough resources for another round. Yaoyorozu had to end the match quickly. She formed a small, black device. Ituna's eyes widened when he saw what it was.

"Nope. I forfeit. I give up!" Ituna panicked. "Do you know how long it'd take for me to reprogram the drones, or how long it'd take to pry my spider legs out of the concrete!" Ituna waved the drones back to the sidelines and pulled his spider legs back into his backpack.

"Yaoyorozu wins by forefit!"

The support student sighed and let his gauntlets revert to their original form. "I wasn't planning on winning anyway… Call me a sap, but I just wanted to help my friends. Good luck with the rest of your matches." Ituna gave her a small smile and walked off the stage to finish packing his drones.

Yaoyorozu held the EMP device in her hand, taking care to ensure she didn't activate it. "Thank you!" She replied and walked off in the opposite direction.

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SEVENTH ROUND: [Ibara Shiozaki (Class 1B)] vs. [Ejiro Kirishima (Class 1A)]

"The assassin with a crown of thorns IBARA SHIOZAKI vs. Class 1A's brawler with a rock-hard will EJIRO KIRISHIMA!"

"E-excuse me? I am merely here to win, not take my opponent's life!" Shiozaki corrected Mic.

"I'm sorry!" Mic called back.

"I would never do something so heinous!"

"Sorry! I'm sorry! Okay?" Mic cried.

"My announcement was practically the same as Tetsutetsu's…" Kirishima interjected.

"I'M SORRY! PLEASE!"

It was a bad match-up. Kirishima's quirk was perfect for countering destructive quirks, but Shiozaki specialized in capture. It didn't take long for the redhead to get wrapped up in the sea of vines.

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EIGHTH ROUND: [Katsuki Bakugou (Class 1A)] vs. [Reiko Yanagi (Class 1B)]

"The explosive pomeranian of 1A KATSUKI BAKUGOU vs. 1B's phantom REIKO YANAGI!"

Yanagi's blank, calm demeanor starkly contrasted with Bakugou's feral anger. The ghostly 1B student could use her quirk to move small objects. She couldn't lift a human the weight of Bakugou. She kept herself low to the ground as she and Bakugou fought. He was forced to aim his explosions downward, creating many small bits of rubble.

This process continued for a few minutes until smoke enveloped the fighting students. Bakugou searched through the smoke with a feral grin and arms poised to strike. Movement in the corner of his eye caught his attention, and his instincts were the only thing that prevented the explosive blonde from taking a chunk of concrete to the face. The smokescreen went abuzz with flying hunks of concrete laced in a soft, blue glow.

There wasn't much power behind the projectiles, but there were so many it clouded his vision like a swarm of bugs. Bakugou thrashed his hands about in an attempt to blast away the swarm, but it only became more aggressive and focused on his head. He began stumbling back to try to clear his eyes. He almost crossed the boundary line, so he changed his tactic.

He braced both of his hands and held them forward to unleash his biggest explosion yet. He couldn't see his opponent, but it didn't matter when the blast launched most of the debris out of the ring along with Yanagi's pale frame.

The tournament bracket updated to show the matchups for the quarterfinals.

- First Matches -

FIRST ROUND: [Denki Kaminari (Class 1A)] vs. [Mei Hatsume (Class 1F)]

SECOND ROUND: [Shoto Todoroki (Class 1A)] vs. [Hanta Sero (Class 1A)]

THIRD ROUND: [Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (Class 1B)] vs. [Mina Ashido (Class 1A)]

FOURTH ROUND: [Hitoshi Shinsou (Class 1A)] vs. [Tenya Iida (Class 1A)]

FIFTH ROUND: [Izuku Midoriya (Class 1A)] vs. [Itsuka Kendo (Class 1B)]

SIXTH ROUND: [Ituna Horibe (Class 1F)] vs. [Momo Yaoyorozu (Class 1A)]

SEVENTH ROUND: [Ibara Shiozaki (Class 1B)] vs. [Ejiro Kirishima (Class 1A)]

EIGTH ROUND: [Katsuki Bakugou (Class 1A)] vs. [Reiko Yanagi (Class 1B)]

- Quarterfinals -

FIRST ROUND: [Denki Kaminari (Class 1A)] vs. [Shoto Todoroki (Class 1A)]

SECOND ROUND: [Mina Ashido (Class 1A)] vs. [Hitoshi Shinsou (Class 1A)]

THIRD ROUND: [Izuku Midoriya (Class 1A)] vs. [Momo Yaoyorozu (Class 1A)]

FOURTH ROUND: [Ibara Shiozaki (Class 1B)] vs. [Katsuki Bakugou (Class 1A)]