"I apologize everyone but due to Todoroki's injuries from his previous match he will be unable to participate in the final rounds." Present Mic announced to the audience. "But don't be too down in the dumps because this is still the final round of the tournament! The two finalists came from the same middle school, now also in the same hero school! We have Kastuki Bakugo from Class 1A up against Youta Okazaki from Class 1B! Which can prove that their class is the better?!"
Bakugo and Youta walk onto the arena standing on opposite ends of each other. "Hey Stop Light. How is she doing?" Bakugo asked Youta.
"Why do you want to know?"
"That's right I don't want to know."
"You may begin!" Midnight announces.
"Die!" Bakugo shouts as he charges forward swinging his right arm. Youta backhands the swing and leans forward grabbing onto Bakugo's collar. "Like I'm that easy to read!" Bakugo, positioning his right hand behind him, used an explosion to propel him forward latching onto Youta's arm and putting Youta into a lock.
"If I had to say she isn't doing so well," Youta said falling over because of the uneven weight Bakugo had put into his arm. Youta lets go of Bakugo's collar and in that moment Bakugo also lets go of his lock and goes for a kick to Youta's head. Youta grabs the ankle of Bakugo's leg he used to kick and flung him away with Bakugo doing a back flip to land back on to feet.
Bakugo not giving Youta a chance to use his quirk charges right back in with two hands at his side sparking. Youta got into a stance, one foot forward one foot back, arms up front, and eyes on the target. "I've seen this one before!" Bakugo yells as he stops just before getting into Youta's range. Placing his hands together Bakugo unleashes a powerful explosion. Not even waiting for the smoke to clear Bakugo jumps straight into the smoke. Youta's arm now has burn marks on his arms as he defended himself, but he did not move from his position waiting for Bakugo to get into range. And like he predicted Bakugo got within range. The moment Youta sees Bakugo through the smoke he punches him right on the chin with a right hook.
"Why'd you come into my range? If you wanted to win you could have just continued blasting me until–"
"Shut Up!" Bakugo grabs onto Youta's arm throwing him off balance again by pulling him over his shoulder. Bakugo hadn't anticipated how hard it would be to throw Youta over his shoulder as Youta didn't even budge.
"I haven't shown you everything in our previous fights," Youta says as a hint of red glow came from his eyes and hair. Youta's arm was encased with the invisible red light as he slips out of Bakugo's grasp. Backing away from the smoke into the center of the arena Youta waits for Bakugo to approach again.
"Countering is all you were ever good at when it comes to hand-to-hand combat!"
This comment hit a nerve in Youta as he was not in his right mind right now because of the recent events. Normally this wouldn't even phase Youta, but he is now going on the offense which was exactly what Bakugo wanted. Youta takes steps forward in quick succession his fist in front of his head. Bakugo leaps out of the smoke as Youta strikes at the center of his chest which Bakugo catches. Taking this chance to land his punch on Youta's face as he pulls Youta in clocking him in the jaw.
"It looks like I do need my quirk to win," Youta said as Bakugo's fist digs into his cheeks.
"Like I'll let you have any time!" Bakugo point blank opened his palm on Youta's face and lets out an explosion. The smoke clears and Youta's red light barrier separated him and Bakugo. "Damn, It!" Bakugo shouts as he unloads explosion after explosion onto the barrier doing nothing. The barrier then starts pushing Bakugo out of the arena, but Bakugo uses an explosion to jump over the wall. As he lands back down ready to charge Youta again, the red light fades as Youta falls over leaving everyone confused.
A moment goes by before Midnight had anything to announce. "Bakugo is the winner!"
At that moment Bakugo's fury was about to explode. "This isn't how it was supposed to end," Bakugo whispered under his breath. Bakugo just stood there dwelling in agitation as he approached Youta's unconscious body. He had won but all of his opponents were weakened due to their previous matches or a bad matchup. Not just that but he had missed out on an entire round while everyone else had been able to show off everything they could do. He wanted to win but this was not how he wanted to win. Izuku had a better fight than him, and the moment Izuku crossed his mind he picked Youta up by the collar with one hand. "HEY GET BACK UP! OUR FIGHT ISN'T OVER YET!" Bakugo yells in desperation and anger. He then notice that Youta wasn't faking it he was unconscious and there was nothing he could do about it. "YOU COWARD! USING YOUR QUIRK AS AN OUT ON THIS FIGHT! I EXPECTED THAT FROM THAT SPONGE, ICY-HOT, AND DEKU. BUT YOU…" Bakugo sparks some explosions on his free hand. "WAKE THE HELL UP!"
At that moment Midnight's sleeping gas was released putting Bakugo to sleep as a stretcher was brought to take them both away. "Now let's move on to the award ceremony," Midnight announced as the whole of the first-year students start to gather around the front of the arena. "At least that's what I would have said if the contestants were here to accept their reward. Sadly due to unfortunate circumstances, all top placers of the tournament will receive their award off-stage. But worry not because we have a special message from everyone's favorite number one hero, ALL MIGHT!" All Might jumped down from the top of the stadium roof, landing next to Midnight.
"I AM HERE!" All Might looks to the crowd and then to the students and the crowd cheers. "BEFORE I GET TO MY SPECIAL MESSAGE, FOR EVERYONE WONDERING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE RECENTLY INJURED STUDENTS WORRY NOT! THEY HAVE BEEN STABILIZED AND ARE RECOVERING SAFELY. FOR ANYONE WONDERING WHY YOUNG OKAZAKI FAINTED JUST NOW IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS OVER USAGE OF HIS QUIRK, IT'S NOTHING LIFE-THREATENING." All Might clears his throat. "NOW, I LIKE TO SAY THAT EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS SPORTS FESTIVAL DID WONDERFULLY! EVERYONE IN THIS ARENA COULD HAVE STOOD UP ON ONE OF THESE PEDESTALS! THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEROES WILL SURELY SPROUT FROM THE SEEDS PLANTED THIS DAY! AND TO THAT I SAY ONE LAST THING! EVERYONE SAY IT WITH ME NOW!" With that said everyone in unison shouts, "PLUS ULTRA!"
Bakugo wakes up in a bed wanting to blow something up. He quickly gets up and punches the wall bruising his knuckle. Izuku walks in hearing that Bakugo was awake, "Congratulations on your victory, Kacchan."
"What do you want Deku!" Bakugo angrily shouts.
"They say Akumi, Todoroki, and Youta will be fine."
"Get out of here before I break you more than you already are!" Bakugo gives a death stare at Izuku his hand sparking.
"If…" Stopping himself, Izuku decides to leave. He knows nothing good would happen if he continued talking.
Bakugo also leaves stomping his way out of the room. "It's all that Sponge's fault. Everything that has happened so far has her influence all over it."
Izuku arrives back at the room where Akumi is in seeing that Akari was still unconscious outside of it. "I leave her for one moment and this is what she get's into," A woman's voice spoke from down the hall.
Izuku turn to see that it was Akari's sister. "Shimizu-San!?"
"It's been a while Izuku. It looks like you do have a quirk." Shimizu-San stares intently at Izuku as she approaches.
"Y-Yes I do. It's good to see you again," Izuku said with a smile. "Sorry for not moving Akari to a more comfortable place. As you can see I can't use my arms right now." Izuku gestures toward his bandaged arms.
"Seriously. If it was Youta I'm sure even if all his bones were broken he manage to place Akari into a better location than the floor."
"Well, that's because his quirk would allow him to move even if his bones were broken."
"Chill out Izuku. It's a joke. Of course, I know Youta was here. There is no way Akari would let Youta go through that situation again." Shimizu-San picks up Akari putting Akari on her back.
"Where are you taking Akari?"
"Quite nosy of you. You have that in common at least. Get a different type of strength and maybe I will tell you." Shimizu said as she walks away. "Oh, and your mother is coming soon."
"What?"
"IZUKU!" Mrs. Midoryia shouts as she arrives, seeing Izuku. Tears streaming down her face. Quickly going over to hug Izuku she says, "You didn't have to go and hurt yourself like that. And with what happened to Akumi!"
"Mom it's okay. Akumi will be fine." Izuku said to calm himself and his mother. "I'm going to be okay. I'm so sorry to have made you worried so please can you stop crying? Because if you don't then I might start to cry too." Izuku looks back and Shimizu-San is gone.
Mrs. Midoriya gets off of Izuku and wipes her tears with a handkerchief, "So where is Akumi?"
"BEFORE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON THE BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DAUGHTER MRS. MIDORIYA." All Might suddenly appeared and bowed his head. "IF WE WERE MORE COMPETENT SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION, TO BEGIN WITH."
"No, you don't have to bow your head All Might. I knew what my children could be getting into when they chose this career. As much as I try to brace my heart, I as a mother just can't help but worry," Mrs. Midoriya frantically said.
"WE HAVE TO SAY THAT HER INJURIES WERE QUITE SEVERE AND SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG SHE WOULD BE UNCONSCIOUS FOR. SHE IS OUT OF CRITICAL CONDITION AND HAS STABILIZED, BUT IT'S STILL NOT SAFE TO SAY SHE CAN RECEIVE VISITORS."
Worry takes over again as Mrs. Midoryia clenches her hand, "I… understand."
A day's break from school activities goes by for the students to rest. Youta managed to recover from his stasis quickly with only minimal side effects of amnesia. Everything that had happened at the start of the sports festivals to just before the tournament Youta had no recollection of. Todoroki recovered enough to be able to move again, and his wound would take longer to fully recover. Izuku spent time resting while Mrs. Midoryia prays for both her children to recover quickly. Bakugo was out and about finding ways to vent his frustration.
Izuku is on a packed train heading back to U.A. His hands and arm are still bandaged up but he can move his fingers with ease now. "Excuse me… You there," a man's voice signaled to Izuku. "You're one of the Midoryia twins from the hero course! You and your sister were great during the sports festival." The people on the train are now made aware of Izuku's presence and begin to look in Izuku's direction.
"Top 10 right? You were so cool," a female passenger said. "You're pretty short, huh."
"You're sister also did amazing."
"I'm sure if you and your sister worked together you would have been able to beat the boy who knocked both of you out of the tournament."
"Yeah like a special twin power or something."
Izuku is visibly getting nervous as the passengers continue their conversation "Although you both individually did great against him."
"Yeah even lost in the same way. That has to be a special connection right?"
"Don't talk like that. You know what happened to them."
"Oh right. Sorry, I was being insensitive." The conversation stops as all the passengers come together to congratulate Izuku on a fight well fought.
Izuku walks off the train and readies his umbrella as it was raining that day. Arriving at the entrance of U.A. Ida comes running in a raincoat and boots shouting to Izuku, "What are you doing walking so leisurely!? We're late! Morning Midoriya!"
"Late? But we're five minutes early, aren't we?" Izuku said beginning to jog lightly behind Ida.
"To be worthy of U.A. we must arrive at least ten minutes early!" After reaching the building and opening their lockers Ida says, "If you're worried about my brother you needn't be. I'm sorry for causing you and Okazaki trouble." Izuku stays silent understanding that he knows how it feels to have someone you love injured. Although Izuku feels like something else was bothering Ida. They then walk together to their classroom.
"I got people shouting my name on the way to school," said Ashido
"I got so embarrassed, everybody was staring at me so intently!" Hagakure says.
"Yeah me too!" Kirishima added.
"I got consoled with, nice try by elementary school kids," said Sero.
"What a coincidence so was I," Tokoyami said.
The door slides open and everyone was now in their assigned seat as Aizawa walks in saying, "Morning." He makes his way over to the front of the class.
"Aizawa Sensei, I'm happy you were able to remove your bandages," Tsuyu says.
"The old lady got overdramatic with her treatment. But let's put that aside. Today's hero period is a little special." Some of the class had sweat drops down their face. "It's time to formulate your hero names." To the elation of everyone, the class gives a cheer. "This is related to the internships with pro heroes. It will truly matter after you've gained experience and adapted your fighting ability during your sophomore and senior years. In other words, think of this year's internship as your future potential. It's not that rare to see your potential not as you expected and maybe even becoming a dropout is a possible outcome."
"So our internship we received are like personal hurdles then," Hagakure commented.
"Yes. Now I'll tally up the results for your possible internship as follows." Aizawa takes the chalk and writes the names of Todoroki, Bakugo, Tokoyami, Ida, Kaminari, Yaoyorozu, Kirishima, Uraraka, Sero, Akumi, and Izuku in that order from top to bottom.
Todoroki has 4,123, Bakugo has 3,556, Tokoyami has 360, Ida has 301, Kaminari has 272, Yaoyorozu has 108, Kirishima has 68, Uraraka has 20, Sero has 14, Akumi had 10, and Izuku had 7.
"Damn, it's so clear it's practically black and white," Kaminari complained.
"Those pros have no taste," Aoyama comments.
"Look though, Bakugo got less than Todoroki somehow. And Akumi and Izuku got so little barely missing two digits." Kirishima said.
"It's probably because they considered Bakugo lucky to not have to fight as much as the others," added Sero.
"That's because everyone was already dead by the time they faced me!" Bakugo yelled.
"They probably thought Akari and Izuku were a packaged deal. Which I don't understand that should've made their numbers go up?" Ojiro said.
"It's probably how destructive their quirks can be to themselves and to others," Hagakure replied. "Also with how Akumi had acted at the end there. Definitely not normal."
"Just as expected, Todoroki," Yayorozu said to Todoroki.
"A lot of them are probably due to my connections with my dad," Todoroki said gloomily.
"None…" said a dejected Mineta.
"Based on this… Regardless of whether or not you got scouted, I'll be having you all get some so-called workplace experience. You've dipped a toe in the world of pros, unfortunately. But I think experiencing the activities of pros firsthand will prove to be more fruitful training than before."
"And because of that, we need hero names!" Sato pumps his arm in excitement.
"Things have gotten fun all of a sudden!" Uraraka joins along with Sato.
"Of course, placeholder names are fine, too, but something appropriate–"
"Because If Not It'll be Hell From There! The Names You Pick Now!" Midnight enters the room pulling her hair back with her hands behind her head and making her way to Aizawa. "The names you come to be known by the world as now. In many cases, they stay that way after becoming pros."
"Well, she is correct. I'll be having Ms. Midnight evaluate your naming sense. The way your future end up will approach the image projected by the names you choose. For example All Might." Aizawa then passes out whiteboards and markers to the class and they begging thinking of ideas.
"Wait, before we that will Akumi not be here with us?" Izuku asks.
"Akumi has not regained consciousness yet. You don't have to worry though. We will make sure she is caught up to speed when she does," Midnight responds to which Izuku nods to show that he understood. "With that said, please start naming!" Some time passes as squeaking can be heard from the marker on the whiteboard. It was silent until Midnight announces, "All right, it's time. For those who are ready to present their names for the class, please come up."
Aoyama is the first to go up, "Here it comes. Shining Hero: I can not stop twinkling!" And this shocked the class as this name was a sentence.
"If you take out the I and abbreviate the can not to can't it'll be easier to say," Midnight said with a straight face. This also shocked the class as this was acceptable.
"Too right, Mademouselle."
Aoyama sits down as Ashido goes next, "Right, I'm next! Call me Alien Queen."
"Are you trying to aim for the thing with acidic blood!? I wouldn't if I were you!"
"Tchh," Ashido expressed going back to her seat. Again shocking everyone since the first two names were so weird.
"May I go next?" Tsuyu raises a hand. After being called on she goes up to the front of the class. "I've known since elementary school what name I'd be. Rainy Season Hero: Froppy."
"That's adorable! It's great, it's got a nice friendly feel. It's a great example of a name that everyone will love!" Midnight comments. Everyone is now more relaxed with the normal name and cheers on shouting Froppy.
Next up was Kirishima, "Now for mine! Sturdy Hero: Red Riot!"
"Red Riot! You're paying homage to the Chivalrous Hero: Crimson Riot, right?"
"Yes. It's pretty old-fashioned, but the hero image I'm going for is Crimson himself."
"If you're bearing a name you admire, it'll come with that much more pressure!"
I'm prepared for that!"
Jiro us up next as she runs up after making fun of Kaminair, "Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack."
"That's good! Next!"
Shoji walks up and speaks through a mouth on one of his tentacles, "Tentacle Hero: Tentacole."
"It's like tentacle with some octopus thrown in! Great!"
Sero goes up next, "Taping hero: Cellophane."
"Nice and simple! That's Important!"
Ojiro's turn as he raises his tail, "Martial Arts Hero: Tailman."
"Your name reflects your body! Good choice!"
Sato goes next, "Sweets Hero: Sugarman!"
"So sweet!"
Ashido rushing up to try again yells, "PINKY!"
"Peachy pink complexion!"
Kaminari steps up to the front after recovering from Jiro's insult, "Stun Gun Hero: Charge Bolt, combing charge with lightning bolt!"
"Oh, I feel tingly!"
"Stealth Hero: Invisible Girl!"
"That's Great!"
Yayorozu diligently gets up to the front and says, "I hope I will not bring shame to this name. Everything Hero: Creati."
"Creative!"
Todoroki with lackluster eyes goes to reveal, "Shoto."
"Your name? Is that Okay?
"Yeah."
Tokoyami then goes next with a stark difference in tone, "Jet-Black Hero: Tsukuyomi."
"God of the night!"
Mineta goes up front next, "Fresh-Picked Hero: Grape Juice!"
"Pop and kitschy!"
Koda goes up quietly and raises his whiteboard as it showed, "Petting Hero: Anima."
"Okay, you got it!"
Next up Bakugo with a very explicit name, "King Explosion Murder."
"You probably shouldn't use something like that."
"Why Not?!" Bakugo shouts in anger.
"You should be Explosion Boy!" Kirishima shouts.
"Shut up, Weird Hair!"
Uraraka uses this opportunity to go next, "This is what I thought of, Uravity."
"Sounds stylish!" Midnight said to Uraraka's relief. "Choosing hero names is going more smoothly than I thought it would! All that's left is Bakugo who needs to rethink his, and Ida. And Izuku, Right?" Ida after debating hard in his mind to take up his family hero name or not made his decision. He starts to write the first few letters of Ingenimun but then erases it. He then goes up and reveals his name as just Tenya, "You're using your first name, too?" Ida nods and then goes back to sit down. "Izuku-kun, are you ready?"
"Y-Yes!" Izuku says as he gets up to the front of the class. It was then that he revealed his hero name to be Deku.
"Midoryia?" Mineta said out loud in shock.
"Are you really okay with that?" Kaminari asks.
"You might be called that forever, you know," Kirishima added.
"Yeah. I didn't like this name for all too long. Even if I was called this name for the rest of my life, I thought that I wouldn't care about it because those who know who I am can look past the name. But a certain somebody changed the meaning of the word for me and that had a huge impact on me. I was so happy. So this will be my hero name!" Izuku held his head up proudly. This made Bakugo's jaw drop.