Chapter 24: The Final Match… Yay!
Todoroki got to the room that was meant for him to rest in for a bit before the final match, as it turned out Katsuki was in there.
Shoto looked outside the room and saw the sign.
"Bakugo…" said Shoto, "You're in the wrong room."
Katsuki looked at the sign.
"Shit! This is the wrong room!" he yelled.
Shoto just gave him a lot.
"Look I wanted to tell you something anyways… I get whatever is going on with your dad is why you've been holding back! But you better not hold back one bit." Said Katsuki.
"Even if holding back gives me an advance." Said Todoroki with a smirk.
"You better give me a real fight." Growled out Katsuki.
Todoroki rolled his eyes at Katsuki.
"Look Leg Day gave me a fight! You better give me one too." Muttered Katsuki.
Todoroki looked at her unsure what to say and decided to go to the room that was meant for Katsuki as Katsuki was there first…
In the class 1-A box things were a bit tense, everyone could feel something must have happened.
"So… what happened?" asked Kirishima.
"Cipher pulled something again…" said Tenya, "It's fine though… but I don't want to talk about it."
Everyone knew that while the Sports Festival was important in the end, stopping Bill was far more important.
Sure they all wanted to be heroes and get noticed by the agencies but what good is that if there no world where it could happen.
They knew hopefully they would get news soon, but still…
"Hey! I'm back!" called out Ashido.
That was when she felt the tension.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Cipher." Said Tsuyu.
"Oh…" said Ashido.
Thankfully the tension would mostly went away once the match was about to begin.
The crowd was going wild for the final match after all.
"It's time of the final match! To determine the strongest first year!" yelled Present Mic.
"I wouldn't say that…" muttered Aizawa.
Back in the Class 1-A box Dipper nodded in agreement.
"Tournaments don't really show who's the strongest." Said Dipper, "The best could have been beaten for one reason or another by someone who just got lucky."
"What are you talking about?" asked Kaminari.
"Just a nerd who's not good at sports trying to tear down everyone enjoyment of them." Said Mabel.
"Mabel!" yelled Dipper.
"What… it's true." Said Mabel with a shrug.
"You know that doesn't work when it's the two strongest students in class are the ones in the finals." Said Jiro.
"Well we don't know how strong the strongest in that class compares to them" said Dipper.
Mabel slapped Dipper on the back of the head and then whistled innocently.
That was when the two competitors made it to the stage, ready for a fight.
"You want to give it my all then I'll give it my all." Said Shoto.
"Let's see it then. And don't half ass it like you did with the others." Said Katsuki.
"And begin!" yelled Present Mic.
Katsuki ran towards Shoto, however Shoto used his steam move to blind the area.
"Ha!" laughed Katsuki, "This steam only makes me sweat even more!"
He head towards where he thought Shoto was in the thick steam that was when he saw a stream of fire headed towards him.
But he dodged.
"Was that supposed to hit me?" asked Katsuki who realized it was too easy to dodge.
Shoto didn't answer.
But that was when Katsuki saw him nearby and ran towards him.
He set off an explosion but Shoto created some ice to use as a shield.
Then he sent out a stream of fire which Katsuki easily dodged.
Katsuki smirked.
"Each move you make without your fire make my explosions that much bigger." He mocked creating a larger explosions and nearly sending Shoto out of the bound but thankfully Shoto created a wall of ice to make sure it didn't happen.
Katsuki smirked.
"Good because I'm not done yet." Said Katsuki.
"Neither am I!" said Shoto.
He once again created the steam.
Katsuki smirked and decided to wait until Shoto made the next move.
It helped that probably was going idea thanks to the blinding steam to not make a move or he might end up running out of bounds.
That was when he had to dodge a stream of fire, and then another one.
Katsuki blew away the steam with an explosions.
In the stands. Izuku was watching the match intently. And of course gone on a mutter spree.
"Todoroki knows that if he keeps up the heat then Kacchan will just keep sweating more. But does he knew that if Kacchan over uses his quirk that he'll be severally dehydrated… no I don't' think it's that it has to be something else and…" muttered Izuku.
That was when he stopped.
"I figured out Todoroki's strategy." Said Izuku.
"Really what is it?" asked Dipper.
Back on the battlefield the fight continued.
However every time Shoto used a stream of fire on him, Katsuki was always able to dodge.
"What the fuck Icy Hot! You're seriously unable to fight with your fire that you can't even aim it properly?" mocked Katsuki who was honestly getting tired of it.
"No… I've been aiming where I've always intended." Said Shoto.
"What!" yelled Katsuki.
Before Katsuki could put two and two together, Shoto sent a small fireball towards Katsuki's hands.
"Shit!" he yelled relating what the move was meant to do.
He wasn't able to move out of the way in time. The fireball ignited all of the leftover sweat and created a huge explosion.
Shoto create an ice shield in time but the explosions did its job and knock Katsuki out of bounds.
It was clear that Katsuki needed to see Recovery Girl… as he could barely stand after that explosion.
"Katsuki Bakugo is out bounds! Shoto Todoroki is the winner!" called out Midnight.
The crowd went wild due to the intensity of the match and the fact that they had a winner.
Katsuki gritted his teeth… he didn't know how to deal about it.
That was when the robots showed up to help him.
"I can fucking walk there myself!" he muttered.
"I'm sorry but my programing says you have to go by gurney." Said the robot.
"You don't want to fight the robots." Said Cementoss.
"I'll fucking fight the robots if I want to!" yelled Katsuki.
The robot took out a syringe from its arm, Katsuki stared at the robot.
"I'll get on the gurney…" he said not wanting to know what it in the that syringe.
Shoto decided to follow as he had a few of his own injuries from when Katsuki did hit him.
They were both taken to Recovery Girl who sighed.
"Your body can handle your explosions but of course there is a limit to everything. "said Recovery Girl.
"I'm sorry for this." Said Shoto.
"Don't' fucking apologize!" yelled Katsuki.
Recovery Girl whacked him with her cane.
"Please don't swear in the office." Said Recovery Girl.
"I'm the one who told you to go all out." Muttered Katsuki.
Shoto nodded.
"Next time we fight I will get stronger and I will beat you." Growled Katsuki.
Shoto just nodded.
That was when the rest of the team along with the Pines that were already at the Sports Festival arrived in the room.
"What come to congratulate Icy Hot?" muttered Katsuki.
"No…" said Izuku.
"Actually something happened during Todoroki's match with Ashido." Said Tenya.
What happened?" asked Shoto.
Tenya explained Bill's rescue of Tensei and what he told Tensei.
"What the fuck!" yelled Katsuki.
Recovery Girl once again whacked him.
"We need to have a meeting." Said Stanford, "We haven't had a real one yet…"
"There's also something I need to bring up." Said Tenya.
"You can tell him." Said Ford, "All of you can tell your families if you're up to it. But remember what's going on is very dangerous."
"Wait do your families know?" asked Tenya.
"Mom's been a part of it since the beginning so she knows." Said Izuku.
"Fuck no! No way in hell am I telling them." Said Katsuki.
Recovery Girl was about to hit him again but just sigh knowing she couldn't stop him at the moment and it probably wasn't a good idea while talking about Bill.
"Wait… you've been a part of it for a year and your parents don't even know?" asked Ochaco.
"It's fine." Said Izuku.
"What is he just like his dad?" asked Ochaco.
"No… he's not." Said Izuku.
"Don't fucking say it." Said Katsuki.
"He's just like his mom." Said Mabel taking over having heard what Katsuki's mother Mitsuki was like.
Katsuki just groaned and face palmed.
"I think you do have a lot to discuss but now's not a good time for it." Said Recovery Girl, "Considering that three of you have a medal ceremony to attend to soon."
Todoroki and Tenya both nodded.
Katsuki just grumbled.
"Kacchan… you can't win all the time and…" said Izuku.
Katsuki glared at the puppet who began to slink away.
"Come on Icy Hot… Leg Day…" muttered Katsuki.
"I feel so bad to whoever is giving you guys the medals." Joked Mabel.
"I'm sure he won't explode them…" said Izuku.
Everyone looked at Izuku's puppet.
"Come on… Kacchan wouldn't do that." Said Izuku.
And soon enough it was time for the medal ceremony.
"I want to give you this year's winners of UA's 1st Year Sports Festival!" called out Midnight.
And three podiums rose out of the ground with the four (with Tenya and Ashido standing on the third place as they shared it).
"And now to give the medals…" called out Midnight.
Everyone heard a booming laugh and soon they saw the hero who would giving the medals and the crowd went wild…
Of course it was All Might.
Who was giving his introduction of "I am here!"
But Midnight took his opportunity of introducing him.
"It's All Might!" she called out.
There was an awkward silence at this trip up.
Once the awkwardness was over, All Might proceeded to hand out the two bronze medals.
"Now both of you didn't make it to the finals." Said All Might, "However I'm sure that you will learn a lesson from this."
"It's fine! I didn't stand a chance against Todoroki." Said Ashido taking it in stride.
"Ashido." Hissed Tenya.
All Might just laughed it off and hugged the two.
Then he approached Katsuki.
"Now Young Bakugo, I know you didn't win. And from what I can tell winning is a very big part of you." Said All Might, "However not everyone can always win and I hope you take that to heart."
"Give me the damn medal and don't hug me!" yelled Katsuki, "Sweater's hugs are bad enough! I don't need one from you!"
All Might began to sweat as he placed the silver around neck and patted him on the shoulder.
He knew that Katsuki wasn't a hugger… and knew that the only reason why he tolerated Mabel's hugs was being she was immune to his explosions.
That was when he approached Shoto.
"Now Young Todoroki. You showed quite a lot of skill. And knowing your father." Said All Might.
"Please don't bring up my father." Muttered Todoroki very cold.
All Might sighed, "I'm sorry." He said getting a bad feeling from it.
"but still you did show quite a bit of skill today!" said All Might hugging him.
The other students were all father there watching it.
"Now I know not all of you were able to make it up here. But know this, you still have a chance next year. So don't lose hope yet." Said All Might, "An there's only one thing to say after all that! So I think you know what is and everybody say it with me."
The crowd didn't know he what he was going to say. … they weren't on the same page… like at all.
"Good job everybody!" yelled All Might.
"Plus Ultra!" yelled the crowd.
There was an awkward silence and then the booing started.
Once everything was done with there was short homeroom.
"All right… almost all of you did a good job." Said Aizawa.
Most of the class looked indigent when he said "Almost."
"Uh…" said Izuku.
"Oh… right…" said Mineta.
"He only participated in the recreational games…" said Sero.
"Some of you are already getting Draft Picks. But we'll taking the next two days off to rest so make the most of it." Said Aizawa.
"Yes sir!" said the class.
After class, Izuku and Katsuki gave the other four Izuku's address.
"So is your mom okay with having the meeting there?" asked Ochaco.
"Oh yeah." Said Izuku.
"We made sure that she's completely in the loop." Said Dipper.
"It would be weird if she wasn't." said Mabel, "Really the only thing she's not in the know about is All Might's secret identity."
"I see…" said Shoto.
"What?" asked Ochaco who realized the weirdness of it all.
"Mom just knows him in civilian identity." Said Izuku.
"Why?" asked Mezo.
"All Might helped me train my various robot bodies." Said Izuku.
Mezo was going to ask why but saw Dipper and Mabel's faces and realized not to ask.
"We'll see you all tomorrow. "said Mabel, "Expect for Shoto… we'll be around by midnight…"
"Wait… are you sure you want to help in planning?" asked Dipper.
"He shouldn't have made it public like that." Muttered Shoto.
"We'll just pretend we have no idea what's going on…" said Ochaco.
"It's for the best." Said Izuku.
And so they all headed home… When Tenya got home he saw that Tensei was waiting there for him.
"Tenya…" called out his mother.
"Oh I did get third place…" said Tenya realizing that they wanted to celebrate a bit.
Durring dinner, Tenya was a little embarrassed talking about the first match he had. But after that he was comfortable talking about his other two matches. After all he did win in a less embarrassing way and when he lost he still gave it his all, which Tensei did point out.
Once dinner was over he and Tensei to Tenya's room to talk in private.
"So what is your connection to Bill Cipher?" asked Tensei, "Having a villain targeting you like that…"
"It's a long story and I don't know if you'll believe me." Said Tenya.
Tenya took a breath and told him everything that was going on, including the school's involvement.
"So your homeroom teacher is aware." Said Tensei.
"He is." Said Tenya, "And he had met Cipher."
Tensei nodded, he had gone to school with Aizawa.
"When I met him." Said Tensei, "I knew there was something off about him. I thought it was a possession quirk… but… knowing this…"
"He is evil." Said Tenya, "He has tortured the other members of the Zodiac one way or another… and I understand why he had mostly left me alone."
"The boy… the one who got his body stolen." Said Tensei.
"He's my classmate." Said Tenya, "But after what happened at the USJ and something Cipher said to him he started to doubt himself."
"Because he was tricked?" asked Tensei.
"He's actually qurikless." Said Tenya.
"What?" asked Tensei.
"It's true. Before he had his body stolen he was powerless." Said Tenya.
"What do you think about him becoming a hero?" asked Tensei.
"I think he can be one. We were in the same area of the exam. When the zero point robot showed up, he didn't hesitate to save someone." Said Tenya, "If it wasn't just a test I know I would have done the same… but…"
"He did without it being a test." Said Tensei.
Tenya nodded.
"We all agreed to help him figure out ways he can be a hero when he gets his body back." Said Tenya.
"Well it's a good thing you're talking to me then." Said Tensei.
Tenya blinked in confusion then realized what his brother was implying.
"You don't have to." Said Tenya.
"No but I want to… if you really think so highly of him." Said Tensei.
Tenya smiled at this.
After talking a bit more, mostly about light hearted topics, Tenya went to bed.
He was dreading it, but knew had to fall sleep.
That was when the room turned black and white and he knew what was going on.
"So Tailpipe… aren't you going to thank me?" asked Bill appearing behind him.
Tenya gritted his teeth.
And with that the sports Festival was finally over. However just because it was over didn't mean Bill still wasn't a threat.
And he still had his plans… but who knew what the future held… because things were only just beginning now…
Especially now that they finally have a chance to talk about everything.
Next Time: They finally have a team meeting to discuss things. After all there's a lot going on with Bill that they have talk about. Even so... especially learning what the other signs of the Zodiac are... also there's dealing with Bill in Tenya's dream as well the hauntings of Endeavor... what will happen? Find out next time!