Chapter 10: Spark
A/N: Hey everyone, Chapter 10 is up and here. This project will be seeing most of it uploads on the weekends as that's when I have all my time. So maybe once or twice a week expect an upload as long as I can keep my motivation up. Enjoy this chapter!
" Seems the kid knows we are watching" Clint Barton says nudging Tony. "He is a good guesser so it was only natural to roll the dice on the fact we would watch him." Tony says with a chuckle as even my old team is hanging around watching with Peter the main one creating the chaos.
"Mr. Stark! If he wins, we have to go down there again" "Yea all of us have too!" my entire team says basically begging for this to happen. "If he wins then we all will" "This is something I agree on! The boy was my favorite as he was a good sponge for my lightning!" Thor says laughing as on my end I see Iida going down to his staging room as I get up and decide to walk with him.
"Hey would you like some tips?" I ask as he shakes his head. "I appreciate the offer Sen; however, this is something I need to do on my own. While working in teams is something that is enviable to happen, we do need to stand on our own as well." I nod and think, 'He has a good head on his shoulders, hopefully he can stay with this progress.' As I'm thinking that Iida sneezes. "Excuse me, hmm seems someone may be talking about me" He laughs not knowing how right he was.
His brother is currently laying on the ground listening to the sports festival as his little brother fight is about to start "Tenya..." Ingenium whimpers out before passing out. "Fake hero's litter the world, everyone is all about fame or money. Allmight is the only true hero in this world, not even those fakes in America can stand up to him!" The Hero killer says walking away from the bloody crime scene only hearing bits and pieces of the sports festival.
To say he is invested in the festival is a bit of an understatement as he always has watched. This year however, some fake hero kid from America has come just to ruin so many of the young hero prospects. "He will need to be purged soon..." As now I'm walking back it is my turn to sneeze. "Geez I heard Iida earlier hope you're not getting it too Sparky" Jirou says as she was seemingly waiting for me before heading back to the seats as in the distance Kaminari and Yaoyorozu are talking a little bit ahead.
"I'll be fine, how are you holding up?" I ask as we walk back towards the group. "Honestly nervous, we worked with Pony in the Calvery Battle, now I have to fight her now. UGHH" She groans as Kaminari chuckles, "What long range versus long range? It'll be fun to watch." "Agreed, but do be wary as the points on her horns may do some real damage to your jacks."
Momo warns, as I nod with the group making back to the chairs, Momo seems to be making herself a bit distant deciding to sit next to Ochacko and Izuku rather than me Kami, and Jirou. "Momo how do you think Iida fairs?" Izuku asks as Momo doesn't hear him the first time before shaking her head. "Him if I had to say, he has a good chance to do something against Bakugo" she says as she prepares to study this match, she looks over to me as I am intently watching and then to Izuku with his notebook and paper in hand.
'To keep up with them I need to learn from them and exceed what they practice' she tells herself as Iida and Bakugo are currently walking up to the arena. "Here we have the next round of the tournament starting! Our resident class president of 1-A, Tenya Iida! His opponent has an explosive personality and a face only a mother could love! Katsuki Bakugo!" "Mic is really letting out whatever he feels huh?" Kaminari says chuckling as the Bakugo comment has nearly the entire class chuckling, minus a bi-colored teen that is.
"Clean and fair boys as we have always had it, please! Now Begin!" Midnight starts the fight as in and instance Iida is on the offensive which catches everyone by surprise even Bakugo. Dashing in and to the side not straight ahead as Bakugo has to use his explosions to dodge out on a kick to his side that would have sent him flying. "Tch! Trying to get a cheap shot in!" He roars out and begins to position himself in the air with his explosions and rain fire down at Iida.
"Seems Iida was going for a quick win, if it is a battle of endurance, I don't think he can hold out" I say studying the fight with Izuku writing a mile a minute as Ochacko yells in encouragement for Iida. "I would never take a cheap shot at a fellow classmate! However, an opportunity needs to be taken when there is a chance!" Iida yells up at Bakugo as he uses the debree from the arena as cover and even kicks some rocks acting as small projectiles at Bakugo.
The rocks knock into Bakugo at high rates of speeds and cause him to fall to the ground when one clocks him in the side of the head. 'This is my chance!' Iida says turning it up to overdrive seemingly flames from his engine turning blue. "Yes! He has this!" Jirou cheers as Kaminari is seeming whooping his way as me and Todoroki both watch closely and even from this distance the smirk coming from Bakugo is evident.
"Hook line and sinker!" He yells as Iida blinks not realizing he is now like a fly in a trap, all other escape routes seemingly blown up from the earlier rain of fire as there is only a straight shot at Bakugo, even if Iida had room to maneuver his speed is too fast to control as he comes face to palm with Bakugo. The boom being heard from the arena may have been a bit excessive as Iida is exploded out of bounds and into the wall.
"Tenya Iida is unable to continue! Katsuki Bakugo is the winner!" Midnight yells out as Bots are currently hustling their way to Iida as Bakugo looks winded and very very upset. "Seems he is more than just explosions in the head" I say stretching my back as Todoroki seemingly grows more upset after seeing that fight. "Does anyone have Iida's spare glasses?" Izuku asks as he is wanting to go visit him as I get up.
"I'll go check on him, you need to get ready for your match, Ibara seems like she will be a really tough cookie to crack." I tell him as I look towards the hall and look up to Todoroki as he is brooding. "Midoriya, they have to fix the ring, come with me" Todoroki says as I look to this and decide to sneak around and listen in to this.
They walk towards Midoriya's staging room as just in case he needs to go in there quick. "I may not be in the tournament, but I want you to know, you are way out of your league. You are far from Allmight, and it may not be today, but I will end up showing you and the world and my father..." "That you are not him?" I say turning the corner looking at them both.
"Sen?! What are you doing here" "Yes this is none of your business" Todoroki says walking over to me grabbing my shirt. "Todoroki stop!" Izuku says trying to get him off of me but I wave Izuku off. "No no its okay let me handle this." I look Todoroki in the eyes, and grab his wrist. "Whatever you have going on with your father, that's none of my business but sitting here and telling Izuku he is out of his league, when he is giving it his all" Todoroki's hair starts to stand up on end. "While you're sitting here with some petty ass grudge only half assing it, pisses me off to no end."
Izuku's eyes go wide looking at me, someone is actively defending him and his ideals and its someone he really only met a little while ago. "What do you me-" Todoroki's face is met with my fist. "You know exactly what I mean, you could still easily be in this tournament if you wanted to, but no due to some daddy issues you bowed out like dog with his tail between his legs!" It's now my turn to hold him by the collar of his shirt. "I've had people train under me, look up to me, give their all and still die. I have given it my all and still had people die on me!"
I have angry tears in my eyes at this point, "And here you are half assing this competition because you wanna show the world you're not your father! What happens when someone dies when you're only half assing it, only using half your strength?! What happens then huh? If someone can give it their all and still not save the day, then they aren't at fault because you know what! They FUCKING TRIED THEIR EVERYTHING!" I end up tossing Todoroki to the ground.
"However, if you let someone die without giving it 100% out there, you are no Hero, you are pathetic, and what use is it to have a grudge against someone, when all it does is limit what YOU do as a Hero. I didn't know your name is Enji Todoroki, with a quirk called Hell-Flame. I thought it was Shoto Todoroki with a quirk called Half-Cold Half-Hot!" I say saying both names to their respective quirks in hope of him realizing its his quirk not his fathers.
"You want to say Izuku is out of his league, no he is in a league all his own, while you...need to grow up" I say before walking away Iida's glasses smashed in my hands as with how pissed I am, I didn't realize I squeezed them so hard. "Todoroki are you..." Izuku goes to pick him up as Shoto sits against the wall I threw him against replaying my words in his head.
"I... I want to be a hero too..." Todoroki says coldly looking at his fire side and getting up to walk away. "Wh..what just happened?!" Izuku shouts as he is now being summoned to the arena as I head over to check on Iida.
"Thank yo- Sen are you alright?" Iida asks as he has finished being treated by Recovery Girl, he sees me walk in even with his blurry eyes. "Yea, just a bit ticked off... by the way I owe you a pair of glasses... I may have accidentally broken them on the way here. "Ah it's no matter I have another pair here with Recovery girl just in case." He smiles at me, as I sigh and sit down next to him. "Iida, can I ask you something?"
"Of course, Sen it is my duty as class president to listen to my peers!" "Well... I..." I don't manage to get the word out as his entire body starts to vibrate. "I do apologize let me answer this and I will answer your question." He smiles and picks up his phone, however my question would go unanswered as his face goes from the smile, he showed me down to something I recognize easily... the pain of someone you love being in the hospital.
"Hey any idea what happened to Sen? He should be back by now" Kaminari ask Momo has promised to take notes of this fight for me and Izuku. "No idea but Sparky is gonna miss this!" Jirou says excited as Ochacko is a bit worried seeing Todoroki coming back to his seat a bit roughed up. "They will be back soon, right?" She asks as Izuku and Shiozaki come to the arena. "This time around we have the two green haired behemoths, two green towers of power! Who is the true green!"
"Let's get this fight underway!" Midnight announces as she signals the fight has started Izuku charges up his legs to a safe 3% of power and starts to duck, dive, and dodge as Shiozakis hair or rather vines spread out fast and wide trying to pin him down. "Woah Midori is really moving out there again!" Mina says happy to see our class do well as Momo is watching carefully both of the fighter's movement.
"Izuku is at a clear disadvantage, he can't seemingly move his power quick enough from his legs to arms to really do any damage" Momo says noticing he is on the defensive purely as Shiozaki is seemingly growing a bit tired her assault with her vines getting less aggressive as time goes on as she needs to bring the length back in as Izuku sees his advantage and charges in. Similarly, to how he pushed and shoved his way through the obstacle course, he uses his super speed to literally run the vine girl out of bounds.
"Ibara Shiozaki is out of bounds! Izuku Midoriya is the winner!" Midnight calls out as I return to my seat at that moment. "Hey what did I miss out on?" I ask taking my seat next to Momo "Well Izuku stayed on the defensive until he tired his opponent out and then shoved her out of bounds" She explains to me as I nod. "Thats smart on him, also good note taking skills." I compliment her as Uraraka asks me.
"Is Iida, okay?" "Y-yea he is, he had a family emergency and needed to step out" I say with a bit of a worried look. "Is everythin-" "Do not ask, it is not my place as well as just let's be here for our friend" I say as Jirou gets up. "Welp guess I'm up next Sparky 1 and 2 and Yaomomo wish me luck yea?" She says smiling at us, as my heart seemingly flutters but I shake my head. "You got this!" "Yea we believe in you!"
Jirou starts making her way down to the staging room as I look to Todoroki and he refuses to make eye contact with me as Izuku walks back into the stand as well nervous. "H-how was Iida?" He asks nervously as I look to him. " He will live, but he had to leave, something came up" I tell him as we all wait to see Jirou's match.
Jirou walks out of the arena tunnel with a big sigh, she could do this, she can push forward... The question is... Did she really want to push forward and win this, her next opponent can be either Izuku, Bakugo, Sen or Tokoyami. 'Oh, I'm so fucked aren't I..." She huffs and decides to just give it her all and continue on if she can. As Pony on the other side cracks her knuckles and looks up to her class 'I have to win and show them I can do this!'
"Speaking in terms of abilities they are honestly evenly matched, Pony is at a disadvantage when it comes to close combat however though, Jirou should have the advantage since she has some training with me" I say as they walk towards the center. "This time around we got the Punk girl from 1-A and the horns of 1-B duking it out!" "Good Luck Pony!" "Y-yea no hard feelings!" She says as Midnight smiles.
"Alright you two know the drill! Have at it!" She says to them both as Pony wastes no time and fires her horns as Jirou uses her jacks to smack them out of the sky as she runs at Pony. "Nope not having any of that!" Jirou yells at pony and tackles her to the ground as Pony is doing her darndest to kick Jirou off of her and get free as her horns are fired and then batted away every time by Jirou's jacks.
"Seems Jirou is trying to use her skill advantage to her advantage!" Izuku says studying up as Momo and Mina are cheering and the rest of 1-A minus Todoroki and Bakugo are in a cheering match with 1-B. "JIROU" "PONY" "JIROU" "PONY" Pony is hearing the cries of her classmates and refuses to give up finally getting a good solid kick off onto Jirou as she fires her horns and sends them at speeds Jirou doesn't expect. "Huh!"
Jirou is sent flying back skidding as she tries to grab hold of the horns as Pony is also rushing towards Jirou. "RahhhH!" Jirou then gets an idea as right before Pony can tackle Jirou out of bounds she retracts her jacks causing her to go up into the air dodging Pony... and having pony literally throw herself out of bounds.
"Pony Tsuninori is out of bounds! Kyoka Jirou is the winner!" Midnight announces as the entire crowd cheers as well as 1-A being super loud. "Ow that was smarts... using my own ability against me" Pony stutters out in her native tongue as Jirou goes to help her out. "uhh.. Can't understand English Pony" Jirou chuckles as both girls head over to get checked out for injuries.
"Our final match of the day is going to be the dark versus the light! Sparks versus Feathers! Sen Denryu versus Fumikage Tokoyami! Both combatants please make your way to the field!" Mic announces as me and Tokoyami look at each other and shake hands. "Good Luck to you sir!" "As to you Sen" As we both go our separate ways to meet up on the field of practice.
I take a breath as back in New York Tony yells throughout his home, "His fight is next! He is going against the one with the shadow bird quirk!" He yells to my team Peter crawling on the walls to avoid the stampede of my friends. "Move it!" "Hell no! I got here first!" My teammates are all fighting as Peter just hangs from the ceiling.
"So, Mr. Stark what do you think is going to happen?" Peter asks as Tony chuckles, "He is going to advance because if he is as smart as I think he is, he would have already noticed the Dark Shadows weakness" Tony smile as me and Tokoyami enter the arena. "Alright boys let's see a good clean fight! Begin!" As soon as Midnight starts the fight Tokoyami summons Dark Shadow as I waste no time and charge up my legs and arms and dash at him.
"Sen is wasting no time.. He is fast, almost as fast as Iida was at first!" "Speed alone won't win him the match though Dark shadow is super strong!" Izuku says furiously writing notes as Jirou makes it back. "I didn't miss anything right?" She asks as everyone just points to the fight. "Dark Shadow trap him!' "Roger!" as Dark Shadow begins to try and enclose on me. I create a ball of lighting in the palm of my hand.
"Oh no you don't!" I end up yelling and expanding the ball in my hand as the sparks travel all around my body basically being a lighting skin barrier as dark shadow refuses to get any closer to me. "I knew it! Dark Shadow is effected by the light!" I say as I charge up my electricity more and even throw the lighting ball directly into dark shadow as the current charges through him and into Tokoyami.
"Ugh Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami tries to get Dark Shadow to attack me as I explode with lighting and cause Dark Shadow to really shrink down as I transform into my lightning form and rush through dark shadow shocking the pair once more and make myself tangible again to land a devastating round house kick charged up with lightning boost and lighting skin armor to send Tokoyami and Dark Shadow out of the ring.
"Tokoyami is out of bounds Denryu wins! That concludes this round of the tournament! Next is the final four!" Midnight reminds us as Tokoyami is taken to the medical room still having spasms due to my lightning. I take a breath and wave to the crowd who is really cheering and wondering where the hell I came from.
"Hell yea! I knew he could do it!" Peter yells as Hawkeye aka Kate Bishop cheer, "He is in the final four!" "Yea! We knew he could make it that far! He isn't our leader for nothing!" Danny Rend aka Iron Fist cheers loudly as Stark, Bruce, Thor and Clint all laugh at the antics of my team.
"Kid noticed that quickly, probably from the Calvery battle" Bruce says chuckling as Thor laughs loudly. "Boy has strong lightning from what I remember, bright yellow too unlike my blue!" Thor is beaming as he helped train my upper limits before I left. "He is a smart cookie, taught him to take in info fast" Tony says like a proud dad.
"We will have a brief intermission; the final two fights will be determined in the mean time!" Mic says as I go back into the stands. Well, Jirou you have a one and three chance of getting Me, Izuku, or the angry Pomeranian." "Oi! Bolts I swear!" Bakugo is about to get up in my face as we all hear the matches being decided.
"Here we are folks! Izuku Midoriya versus Sen Denryu! Then Bakugo Katsuki versus Kyoka Jirou! These are the next two matches, may the first two fighters head to the staging rooms to prepare!" Midnight asks as everyone else gets to have a little bit of a break.
"Izuku, good luck, I expect you to give me a run for my money!" "Y-y-yea... lets!" He gives me a weak smile but tries to be confident. "Ha Bolts I'll see you in the finals!" Bakugo growls disregarding Jirou and Izuku. "Hey don't count me out your ass!" Jirou growls as Uraraka huffs. "Yea Deku has a chance as well! Nothing is set in stone!"
"HA! I'll eat my left shoe if Deku beats Bolts!" Bakugo says as I smirk. "I don't plan on losing but seeing him eating a shoe may be worth it." I joke as me and Izuku shake hands his green lightning seemingly coming out of his hand meeting with my yellow lighting in the center of our hands.
A/N:
Alrighty guys that is chapter 14, Bit shorter than last one, but I tried to make it as detailed as I could without making it drawn out. Hopefully you enjoyed it. Sen is really heated when it comes to Todoroki and hopefully that gave it the moment it deserved, as I think Todoroki needed a harsh wakeup call as well as a little peak into Sens's mind when it comes to situations like that!
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