A/N: Forgot to mention this last time BUT TV Tropes page! Oh yeah! This makes me so happy! Anyways enjoy the chapter... there's a big twist that I hope you like!
Chapter 22: On to Round 2!
Izuku returned to the box. Thankfully the match hadn't started yet.
"Did you manage to talk thing through?" asked Mabel.
"I think so…" said Izuku.
Dipper and Mabel knew it was because it was hard for Katsuki to talk about his feelings.
And soon enough the match had begun. It seemed like Kirishima had the upper hand as he was able to take Katsuki's blows.
Those watching in the class 1-A box were wondering if Katsuki would get tired out but Mabel had her own idea what might happened.
"You know what be weird…. If it turned out that that Kacchan's quirk could somehow chip away so much that he shrinks!" said Mabel.
"Yeah his quirk doesn't work that way." Pointed out Ashido.
"Was she always like this or did she snap because of being an immortal spirit?" Jiro asked Dipper.
"She was always like this…" said Dipper.
"I see…" said Jiro.
"I heard that." Pouted Mabel.
However as time went on it was clear that Kirishima couldn't hold his quirk for much long and Katsuki was able to bat him by playing the long game.
Durring this time Tenya was getting ready for his next match.
One of the things he did was call his older brother and see if he was watching.
However the call went to voice mail as it turned out his brother was on duty at the moment.
Tenya sighed, he understood that his duty as a hero came first.
Also part of him was happy he missed his first match.
But still he has his next match to go to.
Ad hopefully it wouldn't be humiliating in anyway.
And thankfully it wasn't… the match went rather well for him.
Shiozaki tried to block Tenya running towards her with hair but it wasn't enough and he managed to push her out of bounds, with him winning the match.
In the 1-A box, they heard the yell coming from the box next to them.
And then some scuffling and Kendo scolding someone with "You need to calm down… this will only make things wrose!"
And Tetsutetsu saying "Look the rumors are true that the class is haunted! Don't make that ghost girl angry!"
Mabel gave an evil smile.
"Just go…" sighed Izuku.
Mabel went through the wall between the two boxes.
"What the!" yelled Monoma.
"Will you please stop badmouthing the class that I haunt, it's annoying." Said Mabel.
"Oh come! You just have a quirk…" they heard Monoma say.
"I don't! I'm sure one of you can prove it!" said Mabel.
There was an awkward silence from the box, as Class 1-A couldn't see it, they assumed Mabel did something to proce she was a spirit.
"What the! You are a ghost!" yelled Monoma.
"I'm a spirit! Ghosts are something else!" said Mabel, "And stop badmouthing the class that I haunt! I beat up some guys at the USJ! I can beat you up too!"
"I'm going to go get her before she starts a fight." Sighed Dipper.
Dipper went to get her.
"No! No! There's another one!" they heard Monoma yell.
"You got that right!" yelled Mabel.
Dipper pulled her through the wall.
"They're not going to bother you guys for a while." Laughed Mabel.
"All right Mabel!" cheered Ashido.
"Uh… Mina should you be getting ready for you next match?" asked Dipper.
She noticed that Mezo had already left.
"Oh come on!" she yelled.
She ran to start the match hoping she wouldn't get disqulified again.
"Seriously…" muttered Katsuki (as he got there after his match).
"It happens." Said Mabel.
And soon enough it was the start of the match.
"There's no way you can beat me." Taunted Ashido to Mezo.
Mezo just looked at her and tried to figure out way to stop.
Unfortunately it did seem like she the advantage while Ochaco could only use her hands, Ashido could summon acid from her whole body.
"IF you're not going to make the first move then I will." Said Ashido.
Her shoes had holes in them that allowed her squirt acid and "skate", she skated towards him ready to fight.
"Melt his shirt off!" yelled Mabel.
Dipper face palmed.
Kaminari and Mineta goth stared at her.
"Seriously!" yelled Mineta.
"I'm just yelling at her to melt his shirt off." Said Mabel, "And I'm sure there's someone else in the crowd yelling the same thing."
"It's also different than trying to trick me." Said Yaoyorozu taking Mabel's side in this.
Dipper just groaned his into his palms.
Tenya had arrived in that moment and saw Dipper's reaction.
"What's going on?" asked Tenya.
"I'm not explaining it." Muttered Dipper.
Back on the battlefield Ashido had gotten close to him and sprayed some acid onto one of his tentacles.
He hissed in pain and clutched the tentacle that was hit.
"Don't worry it's a mild acid, I won't use the dangerous stuff on a person." Said Ashido, "But it will still burn the skin."
Mezo decided to try to make limbs sprouting off from limbs to grab her however when he did so she realized some acid from her skin and burned his hands.
He let go of and her and realized something.
"I give up!" he called out realizing there wasn't a way to win.
"Mezo Shoji has given up! Mina Ashido is the winner!" called out Midnight.
"All right! Semi-Finals here I go!" cheered Ashido, "One step closer to winning!"
"You are aware that you'll probably face off against Todoroki." Said Mezo.
"Dang it!" she muttered.
In the Class 1-A box the others discussed.
"You know had Shoji won I would have thought that the whole Team Zodiac thing was a weird good luck charm or something." Said Sato.
"Not cool." Muttered Mabel.
"We've been through this… you don't want to be a part of it." Muttered Dipper.
"Okay… okay… we get it." Said Sato.
"Seriously Sato… you saw him." Pointed Sero.
"I know…" said Sato.
"It's Todoroki in the next match." Said Izuku trying to get things calm down a bit.
"You're not even hiding about the fact that you're taking sides." Joked Ochaco.
"Well…" laughed Izuku.
Soon enough it was time for the final match of Round 2, which was Shoto VS. Tokoyami.
"And begin!" yelled Present Mic.
Tokoyami unleashed Dark Shadow onto to Shoto.
Shoto eyed the shadow like being and realized something.
A possible weakness.
It was very much like a shadow.
Which meant that light could affect it.
And if it didn't work then he could still freeze him.
But he knew he had to learn how to properly use his fire.
Because he knew Izuku was right, it was his power.
As dark shadow was about to attack him he unleashed a stream of fire towards him.
The shadow like being whimpered when it got close.
"So you figured out his weakness." Said Tokoyami.
"It wasn't hard." Said Todoroki.
In the class 1-A stands Mina arrived.
"All right! I win…" said Mina, "SO how the match going?"
"Todoroki figured out Tokoyami's weakness." Said Hagakure.
"Oh I get it light affects dark shadow." Said Izuku figuring it out.
"Yeah he explained it during the Cavalry Battle." Said Kirishima as he had recovered earlier.
Koda nodded and signed that he told him during the USJ incident.
"Interesting." Said Izuku.
And then he began his mutter spree as he realized this.
Back on the battlefield unleashed and other steam of fire at them… Dark Shadow whimpered… while Tokoyami glared at Shoto.
However before the fight could continue this happened…
"Yes! It's about time to properly use your fire Shoto!" yelled Endeavor, "Using it the proper way will be the only way you can live up to what I made you for!"
"Well… what a doting father…" said Present Mic unsure how to respond to that.
Shoto gritted his teeth, and Tokoyami saw his face realizing he might have stumbled onto something he really shouldn't' have.
"You need to ignore him and focus on the fight." Said Tokoyami.
"I know that." Muttered Shoto sending a stream of fire towards dark shadow.
"Someone has daddy issues…" said Dark Shadow under his breath.
"Dark Shadow…" hissed Tokoyami.
Thankfully Shoto didn't hear this.
In the Class 1-A box, Dipper, Mabel and Izuku all glared at Endeavor.
"So… another haunting?" Stan voice echoed in Mabel an Dipper's head.
"You know it's better to get his permission." Pointed out Dipper.
"Yeah…. Yeah…" muttered Stan.
Back on the battlefield, Shoto was much angrier than before, but knew that he had to beat Tokoyami.
He unleashed a large fire ball toward them, Dark Shadow pulled Tokoyami out of the way, but was also whimpering at the same time.
Tokoyami knew that Dark Shadow couldn't handle much more of this and he was starting to get smaller as well.
"I concede the match." Said Tokoyami.
"Fumikage Tokoyami has given up, Shoto Todoroki is the winner!" called out Midnight.
In the Class 1-A box Dipper got up.
"Hey I need to talk to Shoto about something, I don't think he's coming back so I'll be back into a bit." Said Dipper.
He left the box to find him.
Meanwhile Todoroki was walking through the hallways and saw his father was waiting for him.
"So now that you're your childish relation is over are you ready to accept your role in one day taking down All Might?" asked Endeavor.
"No." said Shoto, "I refuse to still be your pawn."
Endeavor glared at his son.
"My friend, the one who came up with my steam told me something." Said Shoto.
"What they did tell you?" asked Endeavor.
"I have no intention of ever telling you." Said Shoto, "Also I believe that before I even become a pro, something will happen to All Might so the way your raising me is pointless."
Endeavor glared at his son who walked away from him, letting his father literally steamed.
Once he turned the corner.
"Hey!" called out Dipper.
"Tonight's a good night." Said Shoto with a smirk.
"Okay! I got permission." thoguht Dipper.
"All right!" replied Stan.
"As tomorrow will be a day off I believe I have some ideas on how to give him a good scare." Said Ford.
"Oh man! After seeing that! I have so many ideas!" responded Mabel who seemed to be laughing evil.
In the class 1-A box she was also laughing outside her mind, scaring the class with her laughter.
"Maybe you should leave now…" Ochaco told Katsuki and Tenya.
"What did Icyhot's dad do?" muttered Katsuki.
"It's not my place to tell." Said Izuku.
Katsuki nodded as he left with Tenya knowing it was better to get away from Mabel when she's like that.
Meanwhile in Hosu, Tensei Iida was laying on the ground unable to move in alleyway. He had been on the trail of a very dangerous villain known as Stain the Hero Killer. As his title suggested he had killed many heroes.
And Tensei could understand why, his quirk was able to paralyze his victims.
And he was about to be one of them…
The figure stood above him ready to strike with his sword.
However before he could make the final move, Tensei heard something strike the Hero Killer.
"Good thing I made it in time…" said the one who rescued him.
While Tensei should be relieved the voice just made his skin crawl.
"Who are you?" asked Tensei looking up at the person.
The person who saved him gave a demented grin.
"The name's Bill Cipher… but I'm sure you're one of the few that heard of me." Said the person who was indeed Bizuku.
Tensei paled, he was one of the heroes contacted when Izuku had his body stolen. Thanks to his many sidekicks the police figured that maybe one of them had heard of him. None of them had, but he had heard that there was a hero that did know of him.
"You're that body stealer from a year ago." Said Tensei.
"You're right." Said Bizuku.
He looked at Bizuku's body and his eyes narrowed knowing that that was still the stolen body.
"So why did you rescue me?" asked Tensei.
"If I hadn't I have good news and bad news… the good news is that you would have lived. The bad news is that you would have been paralyzed and unable to be a hero. It would have sent your little brother into quite the fit. He would have tried to avenge you… despite how strong Stainy here is." Said Bizuku.
"How do you know this?" asked Tensei.
"I know lots of things… including the ability to see possibilities." Said Bizuku.
"But that doesn't explain why you saved me." Said Tensei.
"Oh it does." Said Bizuku, "If your brother suffers it will be by my hands! Sure it would be fun to see him go mad with grief and vengeance but a lot of it was taken away by the fact I had not nothing to do with it."
"What…" said Tensei.
"Oh you can ask him." Said Bizuku, "I'm sure he'll explain it to you."
He picked up the unconscious Stain.
"You'll get out of it in a few minutes." Laughed Bizuku, "Later Tail Pipe's brother."
He ran off with the unconscious Stain leaving Tensei extremally confused and deeply worried about his brother.
After all if a mysterious body snatching villain was after his brother for some reason, it was a real cause for concern.
But even so Round 2 had wrapped up and the soon it would be the Semi Finals. And who knew who would come out on top.
Next Time: It's the semifinals! Who will make it to the finals? Also Tenya gets the news about Bill saving his brother. How will he react? Find out next time!
A/N: Yep! Oh and this is merely the first twist I have in mind for the Stain arc... There's a few more that you have to wait for but still! Bet you didn't see it coming...
