Fighting Tournament Starts Off Strong
"Aw, yeah!" Eijiro excited as he looks up at the board.
"You seem pretty excited for the final round to start, Eijiro." Ruby noticed the Harden Boy having a grin on his face.
"Yeah, we're finally gettin' the chance to show what we're made of. Iwatch these finals every year, and now I'm actually in them!" Eijiro remembered all those finals he used to watch from home every year.
"So, wait, is it always a tournament?" Mina asked curiously.
"The final's always a one-on-one competition, but they switch it up every time. Last year, it was a foam sword fighting match." Hanta explained.
"For real?! That would've been so cool if Weiss could've taken part in that since she's the skilled sword fighter out of all of us." Ruby imagined Weiss winning the tournament if they came here last year.
"Yes, I would've like to see if any of the students from back then would fair again me in a sword fight." Weiss brushed her hair to the side.
"I'm sure you would've been great in that department, the elegant movements of yours is something I can't seem to look away from you." Izuku complimented causing Weiss to blush.
"Well, if you need lessons in fighting with a sword, I'll be happy to teach you some." Weiss offered as she looks away.
Yang saw how Izuku was giving some compliments to Weiss and felt rally jealous for some reason.
Then it was Midnight's turn to speak.
"Come closer and draw lots to see who you're up against. Then enjoy the pleasure of the recreational games before we start." Midnight said holding up an orange box.
"The 16 finalists have the option of participating in those activities or sitting out to prepare for battle. I'm sure you all want to conserve your stamina." Midnight advised.
"I do want to do my best in the tournament, but the recreational games sound super fun that I want to play in them! What about you guys?" Ruby asked her team.
"Sorry, little sis, but I'm gonna have to this one out because I'm more excited about the tournament to pound my fists into anyone's face that dares to cross them!" Yang smirked with her fists pounded together.
"I agree with Yang, I'm not gonna waste my time in these silly games for children." Weiss turned down.
"You know they're only two years younger than us, we're all children." Blake pointed out.
"But I guess I wouldn't mind taking part in these games." Blake decided to try them out.
And soon, after all the 16 finalists drew their lots from the box getting their names on the board of the screen and being sorted out for a few minutes.
"Now everyone, take a look at the bracket, my dears. These are your opponents!" Midnight slapped the air with her whip and the bracket appears on the screen as the crowd cheers.
Izuku vs Weiss Schnee
Shoto Todoroki vs Hanta Sero
Ruby Rose vs Denki Kaminari
Tenya Iida vs Mei Hatsume
Mina Ashido vs Blake Belladonna
Fumikage Tokoyami vs Momo Yaoyorozu
Eijiro Kirishima vs Yang Xiao Long
Katsuki Bakugo vs Ochaco Uraraka
"Alright harden boy, I want you come at me like a meteor!" Yang smirked.
"I'm gonna make you regret requesting me of that." Eijiro smirked back with his fists together.
"I'll give it my all." Fumikage said to Momo.
"Good, that's all I ask of you." Momo said as she'll give the fight her all too.
"Well, it looks like I'm going against you, Mina. Hope you're not the type to be easily fooled." Blake said with a small grin.
"Oh, we'll see how's the fool after I melt your kitty butt!" Mina taunted with a smirk.
"I hope you don't take it personally, I intent to win even though you're a cutie." Denki said with a handsome wink.
"I'm gonna do my best and make it to the top!" Ruby cheered loudly.
Izuku looks up at the bracket to see his name being in the first match against Weiss.
"(I'm the first match of the first bracket. Which means I might fight Todoroki next. Great.)" Izuku thought worried a little but decided to focus on his current opponent first.
"(First thing first, I have to get myself ready for my fight against Weiss.)" Izuku thought clutched his fist.
"I see you're getting yourself mentally prepared for our fight." Weiss said walking up to him.
"Yeah, it looks like we're really gonna have to fight each other. This will be tougher than our sparring matches through the two weeks of training you and the girls helped me." Izuku said.
"It certainly will be, so I come by to make sure you give me your all and don't you dare even think about holding back on me. I intent to win this as much as everyone else has, I'll be expecting a challenge from you." Weiss said with a strong scolding look.
"Don't worry, I intent to win too." Izuku determined with the sparks of One for All emitting on his body.
"That's what I like to hear." Weiss smiled and looked towards Todoroki.
"I'm also hoping that one of us would knock some sense into Shoto should he still refuse to use his flame." Weiss stated.
Meanwhile, Shoto is looking at the bracket seeing the first match is going to be Izuku vs Weiss as he is having trouble with wondering which of them is going to move on and face him in the second round.
"(Either Midoriya or Weiss could be my second opponent of the match. They're both strong and determine to beat me too, so it doesn't matter which of them advance because I'll beat them.)" Shoto thought determined to make it through the second match.
Then he remembers the hard slap Weiss gave him earlier during that private talk and the words she said are still very fresh in his mind about how he should use his flames.
"If you don't see that, then you'll just bring yourself down than going up and that attitude of yours… You're only turning yourself into your father."
"(She thinks that I'll become my father by refusing to use the flames?)" Shoto thought looked at his left arm.
"Damn it, now my head is spinning from all this." Shoto grunted at himself.
"Uraraka, who the hell is that?" Katsuki wondered as he completely forgotten one of his own classmates, and Ochaco herself is freaking out that she is going to fight him in the final match too.
"Hey, legs. You're Iida, right?" Mei asked walking up to Tenya.
"Correct, I'm Tenya Iida." Tenya answered honestly.
"Oh, that's perfect! I have something nice for you!" Mei excited.
Then the screen on the giant TV change from the bracket to the word Recreation as Present Mic starts the side games announcement.
"Okay! Let's pause for a momentary interlude! Before the battles begin, it's time for some pulse-pounding side games!" Present Mic declared.
The first side is a scavenger hunt with Ruby going around trying to find the item of a banana that was on the card she picked up.
"Hey, anyone got a banana they can lend me! It's for a good cause!" Ruby called out as she uses her Semblance to jump close to the audience seats.
"Here, you can take mine!" An old woman with a red mohawk tossed a banana to the girl.
"Thank you! And rocking that hairdo!" Ruby thanked and gave the old woman a compliment of her hair style.
"One score for me!" Ruby giggled.
Another game later, Blake is seen doing a leapfrog game with some of the students as she uses her Shadow Clone power to make herself jump high and go further and making a perfect landing with a pose of a ninja.
"Wow, that was the coolest leapfrog jump I have ever seen." Tsuyu complimented as she landed next to them.
"Thanks, you did well too." Blake said giving some compliments back at Tsuyu.
Ruby and Blake are now rolling a giant ball together in a race as they are neck in neck with two students from Class 1-B such as Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu and Ibara Shiozaki, the latter using her vine hair to move the ball with her classmate.
"You'll never take us alive." Ruby shouted at her opponents.
"Prepare to eat our dust, you little rose!" Tetsutetsu shouted back exciting.
"(I have to say, this is a lot more fun than I had in years.)" Blake thought smiled.
Meanwhile, most of the other finalist are each doing their own thing to prepare themselves for the tournament round to start. Some are trying to plan some strategies, others are relaxing their bodies, some are even either trying to hype themselves or getting themselves mentally prepared.
"Izuku, you feeling okay?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, more than ready." Izuku answered with a nod.
"Glad to hear that because Weiss is no pushover, even without her sword and you know how tough she is during training." Yang reminded him of those training days.
"Yeah, I'll have to be careful with those Glyphs of hers and try to land a strong hit on her." Izuku nodded.
"You better make it to the final because I want to see how mighty the Deku is with his awesome fists." Yang smirked exciting.
"Don't worry, I don't intent to lose either." Izuku determined with excitement.
And then, it was time for the tournament to start with the Concert Hero: Cementoss just finish building the fighting stage.
"That's it, I'm pretty much done here." Cementoss informed.
"Thank you, Cementoss!" Present Mic thanked.
"Hey, sports fans! Are you ready?" Present Mic asked with a grin, and the crowd responded with some loud cheering and even jumping from their seats too.
"After all the action you've already witnessed, it's time for the real battles to begin! Can you feel the excitement?" Present Mic excited with his fists pumping.
"Our competitors are on their own now. Sometimes, heroes have only themselves to rely on! Heart. Skill. Strength. Wisdom. Courage. They'll have to use all those things to rise to the top!" Present Mic stated.
"Oh yeah, I'm already feeling to nerve-wrecking even though it's not my fight yet." Ruby gulped.
"You're telling me, this event is a big deal to show how far and hard we can in combat." Ochaco agreed.
"Weiss and Izuku are the first fight. I wonder how they'll do now that it's going to be a serious fight?" Blake asked.
"All we can do is watch and hope for Izuku to win." Yang smiled.
"Hmm, you sure sound more confident for Izuku than your own teammate." Blake commented.
"I just feel like cheering for Izuku right now." Yang shrugged.
"I don't know who I am supposed to be cheering for?!" Ruby exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Izuku is standing within the path to the fighting stage with his eyes close to get himself ready for his big fight with Weiss and hopes that he will be able to come out winning in the end.
"Hey." Toshinori called out to Izuku walking up to his successor.
"Sorry, I haven't said hi. You've been great. You harness One for All." Toshinori said with a thumb up.
"Thank you, I've been getting some big help from team RWBY, and it was really something to now be able to use One for All without hurting my body. It's a great progress." Izuku relieved.
"Yeah, you five have trained together and now one of them is your opponent. It's not gonna be easy since they have more combat experience because of the world they were born in." Toshinori pointed out.
"Yeah, I figure as much and fighting one of them is going to be the toughest fight I have ever fought." Izuku said looking at the exit.
"I'm very nervous with how strong they are, and I'm not sure if I'll be lucky enough to beat her." Izuku chuckled nervously.
Suddenly he got smack on both the top of his head and bottom of his chin by Toshinori right after finishing that sentence.
"Hey now, all I want is to hear you'd do your best! Damn it!" Toshinori yelled a bit.
"There's no such thing as luck. You're never gonna be the hero you want to be the hero you want to be if you believe in something like that." Toshinori scolded.
"Listen, whenever you're scared or nervous about a fight. Just try and deal with it by smiling! You've made it this far, kid. Even if you're worried, you must stand tail!" All Might encouraged as he transformed into his hero form.
"Don't forget that I'm counting on you and cheering you on!" All Might said.
"Right, I'll do my best." Izuku nodded with a strong smile.
Weiss is making her own preparation, giving herself a little peptalk about her upcoming battle with Izuku and how she will fight as she looks at her right hand.
"(If only I knew about the rules of bringing your support gear sooner, then I could've brought my Myrtenaster to show them how well I do. Then again, it would also reveal some other things this world doesn't have.)" Weiss thought sighed a bit.
"Well, there's no use in complaining about it now. I, Weiss Schnee, shall give this battle my everything and show them the might of myself and my family's name!" Weiss determined strongly.
"Okay, audience. Let's cut to the good stuff and not delay these finals any longer." Present Mic said as the crowd gets very excited and four pillars of flame burst out from each corner of the fighting stage.
"Welcome our first fighters! Whoa, he looks kinda scared in that picture, doesn't he?" Present Mic commented on Izuku's picture looking timid.
Izuku comes walking out of the exit with a nervous smile though does his best to look strong with the crowd watching over him.
"But this boy has proven himself to be anything but scared when he gets really into it. It's Izuku Midoriya from the Hero course versus…"
Weiss also comes out of the exit from the other side of the stadium with a serious icy-like glare on her face.
"Weiss Schnee, also from the Hero course. This girl is white as snow, and her glare is icy that wold make you chill to the bone such as an Ice Queen." Present Mic commented exciting.
"(Damn it, I bet Yang told him about that stupid nickname.)" Weiss thought angered.
"The rules are simple: Immobilize your opponent or force them outta the ring. You can also win by getting the other person to cry uncle!" Present Mic explained the rules of the tournament.
"(It's similar like the rules of the Vytal Festival tournament, but without aura. I hope Weiss doesn't hurt Izuku too hurt.)" Blake thought worried.
"Bring on the injuries, because we've got our very own Recovery Girl waiting on standby!" Present Mic mentioned.
"So, put your morals aside and don't be afraid to play dirty! But of course, no life-threatening crap, folks. It's not allowed. Real heroes use their power to throw villains in jail, not kill them." Present Mic reminded them to honor code of heroes.
"I'll stop anyone who tries to get too rough." Cementoss added.
Izuku and Weiss look at each other intensely as this could be an important fight for them and how they're being watch by some Pro Heroes in the audience seat.
"Izuku Midoriya, may the best warrior wins." Weiss said with a curtsy.
"You too, Weiss. Let's give this battle our all." Izuku responded with a smile.
"Are you ready…?" Present Mic started, waiting for a little moment to start.
"CLASH!" Present Mic shouted to start the battle.
"5% One for All: Full Cowling!" Izuku powered himself up and charges at Weiss.
Weiss quickly jump out of the way to dodge a fast punch and summon small white Glyphs to slide around moving like ice-skater, then make her way back to Izuku to throw a punch of her own but Izuku blocks it with his arm.
Weiss reel in her arm back then starts a rapid thrust attack like she does with her rapier as Izuku blocks them and managed to land a hit pushing her back, but she saves herself with her Glyphs moving around like a skater again and stop with a spin and pose.
"Wow, it looks like Weiss is skating around like an ice-skater. Certainly, cool for someone like her." Present Mic commented.
"I'm still not all good with hand-to-hand combat, but now you shall see how far I have come." Weiss smiled.
"That makes two of us." Izuku nodded.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
The first battle of the tournament has begun with Izuku going up against Weiss though without her signature weapon, but that doesn't mean she won't back down from the fight as she just proven herself to be capable in a fist fight and let see if Izuku can do well.
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