The Tale Of Izuku Midoriya

by All What If's

what if izuku decided his own story, instead of living the life of a normal Quirkless boy, his past is shrouded in mystery, the life of a hero is not as bright as people think, izuku midoriya will live the life of a 'true hero', one full of blood. instead of having power given to him, he is born with his own. My Hero Academia belongs to Kohei Horikoshi and this is just a fanfic.

4. Chapter 4: The sports festival over!

Hello, i read the reviews on the fanfic, even if their were only 5, i am grateful for your reviews.

G-4Ce: This fic is absolutely fire! Can't wait for the next chapter!

my reply: thanks G-4Ce i am already working on chapter 5.

diazrichard446: To be honest when I read through chp 1 it was good but through 2,3 it felt kinda rushed oh and izuku almost kinda reminds me of one story from Wattpad called 'Izuku The Vanquisher' you should get to read it, it's good

my reply: I read the first chapter so far and you're right it's good, but glad to say my fanfic has a much different backstory, so stay tuned to find out.

my username before was cringe: honestly I don't know what you could change, I loved the first chapter and I can't see much, if anything wrong with it, I know this doesn't really help but i just want to give my imput :P

my reply: thank my friend, your review did help, it motivated me to finsh this chapter. PS: what was your last username?

TwinstarDragon: on chpater 1: This just got even more interesting.

on chapter 3: Izuku is a madlad.

my reply: hey man you had two comments and i want to thank you too for the encouragement.

these past few days i've had a cold, but reading just 5 reviews, calling my work great made me really happy so thank you all.

at the end of the chapter i have some questions for the future chapters and love intrests as well as ideas for new fanfics so please answer them too.

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THE TALE OF IZUKU MIDORIYA

CHAPTER-4

Izuku was walking in the stadium when he felt he could access his quirk again, nezu had texted him saying that he would turn the quirk-canceling bracelets off for the one-hour break.

While walking izuku couldn't help but think back to the look he saw in Todoroki's eyes. "I wonder what happened to him, those eyes held rage and hate, and even more than that, there was pain and loneliness in them," izuku was snapped out of his thoughts when he noticed a man walk towards him, the man was huge, about as big as All Might and parts of his body were covered in flames and he was wearing a blue skintight hero suit, his expression was slightly aggressive with a small frown present on his face.

This man is also strong, very strong, not close to All Might's level but he has one of the strongest 'life force' signatures izuku ever sensed and izuku could tell that he stood no chance against him just like All Might.

Izuku used his quirk to sense if anyone was around them only to find out that they were alone, and this man was staring at him specifically. Normally a person would look away from such a stare but izuku returned it making eye contact, causing the man to look surprised if only for a second.

The man stopped about 20 feet away from izuku causing him to stop as well. Both of them stared at each other for a few seconds when the man spoke up.

"I've been looking for you," the man spoke.

"How may I help you?" izuku asked back.

"I saw your performance up until now, not only were you the fastest in the first round but you can use 'killing intent'," the man said.

He knows about 'killing intent'," izuku thought as he narrowed his eyes. "That doesn't answer my question, how may I help you? And other than that, you still haven't introduced yourself," izuku asked again this time confusing the man.

"Huh? You don't know me?" he asked confused.

"Why would I know you?" izuku asked back.

The man's eyes furrowed as he let out a confused, "Huh?" causing izuku to tilt his head and let out a confused, "Hmm?". The sight was a bit funny.

The man's expression changed back to a slightly aggressive one, as he introduced himself, "I am Japan's number 2 hero, endeavor, the flame hero," endeavor introduced himself, "It's surprising that you don't know me," he said.

"I was raised in a very sheltered area far from cities, I couldn't access the internet or television there," izuku replied.

A little surprised endeavor asked, "There are still places like that?"

"I'm afraid so," izuku replied.

"Anyways, I want to who taught you 'killing intent'," endeavor asked.

"I'm afraid that's a personal question and I wouldn't like to tell a stranger about that, even if it's the number 2 hero," izuku said and endeavor huffed.

"Very well then, not that it matters, in the end, my son will defeat you," he said confusing izuku.

"Your son?" he asked.

"Yes, my son, Shoto Todoroki," Endeavor answered as izuku understood.

"Ahh, I see, but I'm confused, you sound like you're sure that Todoroki-san will win," izuku said and Endeavor replied.

"of course he will, it's his duty as my son to surpass All Might, so naturally he can't lose in this festival," he said.

"Ahh, this might explain, that rage and hate in Todoroki-san's eyes and his scar," izuku thought as he connected the pieces in his mind.

He saw Endeavor walk back from the direction he came from and called, "endeavor-san,".

"Hmm? What is it kid?" endeavor turned to izuku again.

"I want to say that you're wrong," izuku said confusing him.

"Wrong? About what?" he asked turning to izuku fully.

"You're wrong Todoroki-san won't win against me, I can guarantee that," izuku said with more confidence than endeavor liked.

"You're quite overconfident, aren't you?" he said getting angry.

"It's not overconfidence if I can live up to my words," izuku replied.

At this endeavor frowned and released 'killing intent' but was again surprised to see izuku unfazed.

Feeling Endeavor's 'killing intent' izuku released his own and thus a clash of intents began. the temperature around them seemed to drop a little as they both intensified their intent.

Endeavor's killing intent was different from izuku's. right now, Endeavor's eyes reflected anger and hate in them, the anger and hate were like an intense fire, unlike izuku's cold eyes which were like an unmoving body of cold water the total opposite of Endeavor's. where the flame hero constantly used rage and hate to strengthen his mind. Izuku used temporary apathy and coldness to strengthen his mind since he couldn't bring himself to hate anyone, making it a battle of wills between polar opposites with neither willing to give up.

"I admit I'm nothing compared to you in combat, but you can't defeat my willpower that easily," izuku said as endeavor frowned but stopped his intent,

"I don't have time for this right now, but one day I'll show you your place," Endeavor said and walked away.

As izuku watched him walk away he let his muscles and facial expression relax to normal, "my knowledge of heroes is not good, I need to research all the heroes I can," he thought and was about to walk away himself when he sensed someone approaching him from behind turned to see the younger Todoroki come towards him, looking straight at him.

"Midoriya, if it's not a problem, can we talk for a minute?" he requested calmly.

"Yes, go ahead," izuku responded quickly, surprising Todoroki a little, regardless he calmed himself instantly and started.

"I want to tell you about my past and the story behind this scar on my face," he said and paused, thinking izuku would ask something, but when he didn't Todoroki continued.

Over the next seven minutes, the boy summarised his life. Apparently, Todoroki's parents had a quirk marriage, meaning, in his case, Endeavor, the number 2 hero, paid money to his wife's parents and bought her because of her ice quirk, in hopes of making a child who would have both quirks to counter each other weakness and regulate their body temperature as to not overhead and vice-versa. Shoto is their fourth child and the only one with both quirks, because of which endeavor trained Shoto harshly from a young age, and neglected his other children and wife. One day when Shoto was 5 years old his mother, in anger compared his left side to his right and poured boiling water on his face leaving the scar, leading endeavor to hit her and later put her in a mental hospital.

Todoroki finished his story looking down he said, "After that, I decided to never use my fire quirk in battle, and only fight with my ice powers to retaliate against my father and reject him,"

Todoroki finished his story and looked up to see izuku, wondering what his reaction would be only to find Izuku's narrowed eyes boring holes in his head, for some reason, Todoroki got the feeling that izuku wasn't shocked or moved by his story, not that he wanted that to happen, but still, he had expected a little more reaction. Before Todoroki said anything izuku spoke.

"am I supposed to care?" he said sharply surprising Todoroki, however, izuku didn't stop, "I understand that you had a sad childhood but that doesn't excuse you for not using your fire quirk," he said, "your life is bad, but I assure you there are children out there who would exchange their conditions with yours in an instance," now this offended Todoroki a little but izuku didn't give him a chance to speak, "right now, somewhere out there a little child is dying, working as a slave for some random merciless criminal, that child never knew his parents, that child never had a warm meal in his life, that child doesn't know the meaning of happiness and love, and as future heroes, it's our job to save those children, but here you are sitting with a meaningless grudge against your father, you think anyone cares if you refuse to use your fire? well no." izuku said as Todoroki listened, deep down he knew izuku was right but his anger against his father was still clouding his judgment.

Izuku continued his attack of words, "No one cares about those things, and not using your fire doesn't mean you don't have it. Your father's blood in you will never change, but if in the future people have to suffer casualties because you didn't want to use your fire, then never forget that those lost lives wouldn't be accidents, they would be murderers committed by your unwillingness to go all out, and their families will never forgive you. At that moment you will realize that you become something worse than your father," izuku finished what he wanted to say, and without waiting for an answer he left, leaving a stunned Todoroki who started thinking about what izuku said after recovering from his shock.

on the other hand, izuku stopped after walking a little far away and stopped thinking, "well I might have gone a little too far, but making him realize his flaw is important, otherwise he will never reach his full potential," izuku thought, "if his unwillingness to use his fire causes casualties in the future then he will become a disgraced hero and people will never forgive him," izuku paused again as a more darker thought came to his mind, "but more than that I believe Todoroki-san himself will never forgive himself if that happened and that might break him, he's already trying to fight his pain alone, he really needs some guidance and companionship to save him," izuku though, he looked at his fist as he clenched it a little, "but that will come after I help him to use his fire," he thought and then realized something, "well if he uses his fire then that would cause me a little more trouble," izuku then smiled again confidently, "but that still won't be enough to beat me," he thought as he sensed two more familiar people coming towards him.

'Aizawa-sensei and principal nezu? Guess I have some questions to answer" he thought and walked towards them, going through some corridors and flights of stairs he saw them walking towards him.

"Hello, I believe we have to talk about some things," he said getting close to them and aizawa nodded.

Aizawa opened the door to his right, confirmed that it was empty, and entered the room, "come in," he said sternly, and izuku and nezu entered after him and aizawa locked the room.

Izuku turned to face them, "I assume you want to talk about my 'killing intent'?" he asked.

"Yes, tell me how did you get the mindset to stay sane after killing someone," aizawa asked sharply.

"I simply learned to control my emotions a long time ago so I can make proper decisions in combat, nothing big" izuku replied like it was a simple skill.

Aizawa narrowed his eyes dangerously, "To be able to control what you feel and when you feel it or feel anything at all, that skill is not simple and most people won't achieve it even if they train for the rest of their lives, it's not a simple skill kid, the focus and control needed for that is on a different level," aizawa paused for a second, "theirs's a reason why most 'killing intent' users rely on intense hate and anger to use it" aizawa said and looked at izuku for an answer.

"I understand that sensei, and my quirk requires me to have complete control of my mental state at a meditative level to control my 'life force', while I don't need to control my emotions to use my quirk learning to control my emotions was not that different so I decided to learn it," izuku answered and aizawa excepted it.

"Okay, I'll accept that, but what about the second step, if you don't use anger or hate then you couldn't have used some past memory to create the 'killing intent' so did you imagine killing them?" aizawa asked, this time there was a different edge to his voice.

"Yes, I used the visualization method and created hypothetical scenarios of killing them," Izuku said making aizawa widen his eyes with surprise and then anger, he then narrowed them and activated his quirk making them glow red, with anger still present, he said, "You better explain yourself then!" he said as he grabbed his capture scarf.

"Calm down sensei, like I said, they were hypothetical scenarios I was able to make since I block off all my emotions, rest assured I can still make logical decisions in that state and go back to normal in an instant. I would never hurt anyone innocent," he said as aizawa calmed down a little, but he was still not happy.

He sighed, "You really are a problem child so I won't ask more questions," he said causing izuku to chuckle a little.

Aizawa looked at nezu, who was observing everything calmly till now, "I'm leaving, are you staying here?" he asked.

"Yes, I have just one more question for young midoriya, I'll leave after that," nezu answered and aizawa nodded and walked to the door.

He turned his head to look at izuku, "midoriya," he called getting his and nezu's attention who looked at him. Aizawa continued, "If you need to talk, you can come to me," he said and left the room, not waiting to see izuku smile at him with a nod.

In a few seconds when izuku was sure that aizawa left and no one was around he looked at nezu and said, "You want to know about my performance right?" he asked and nezu nodded.

"Yes, your physical abilities in the first round were impossible to achieve without a quirk, so how did you, do it?" nezu asked.

"Not impossible sir, after all, I did it, and the secret is called 'total concentration breathing'" izuku said confusing nezu.

"'total concentration breathing'? I've never heard that term before, what is it?" nezu asked.

"It's a style of breathing that requires the user to take in as much air as possible and accelerate their blood flow and heartbeat while increasing their inner body temperature as well, making the user's bones and muscles become more energized, with this you can achieve a superhuman level of strength, speed, stamina, durability, endurance, as well as the mental abilities needed to keep up with their enhanced abilities, like a faster thought process and reaction time and control over slowing down one's perception of time. It also increases your natural healing speed and physical growth," Izuku explained leaving nezu stunned, and once again nezu didn't show his emotions on the outside. Izuku continued, "Of course, there is a limit, as someone who mastered it, I can tell you this, 'total concentration breathing' has its limits and the boost is limited and the power I displayed is the highest you can achieve with this skill, no more than that. While it's useful, in a world with quirks, it's not that great of a skill," he finished.

Taking in a deep breath nezu calmed himself and replied with a smile, "Well young midoriya, that sounds like a useful skill indeed, does it enhance quirks too?" he asked.

Without missing a second izuku answered, "No. Quirks are more complicated than that, but to sum it up, increasing your blood flow and heartbeat is going to enhance your quirk," izuku said.

Nezu smiled and said, "I see, but it's still a useful skill, I was wondering if you could teach it to the student and teacher-".

"No, I won't,"

Nezu blinked and asked, "may I know why?"

"Sir this technique was originally used by warriors in ancient times, when weapons like guns and canons weren't invented. In those times the 'breathing techniques' were used by the strongest of warriors to cut through their enemies' iron armors and slice off their heads and libs with ease," he informed surprising nezu and continued, "However, in order to use this 'breathing technique' the user needs a strong and muscular body because the average person's body can't handle the stress. Overtime as humanity progressed in technology and made normal life easier, this martial art became forgotten in history, however, even today there are some marks left by the ones who mastered it long ago, one example is the dents and cracks in the floors and walls of the various martial arts temples in Asia. In the 21st century athletes used these techniques but on such a low level that they were still within the normal human limits." Izuku explained as nezu absorbed the knowledge.

"I understand young midoriya, you don't want such a skill to be known by just anyone and risk villains knowing about it, and it would be disrespectful to the martial artists of the past who spent their entire lives perfecting their skill. I understand your reasoning and accept them, but if you ever change your mind, please let me know." Nezu said.

He then narrowed his eyes without a smile, "but may I know, how you remember all this, didn't you lose your memories?" nezu asked.

Izuku blinked and answered, "You may know this sir, that the human brain stores different information in different parts, my specific type of amnesia caused me to lose the memories of the events I lived through, but the information I shared with you just now is more like facts to me, so I remember it like I remember my basic education," he said and nezu chuckled.

"Relax young midoriya, I was just pulling your leg," he said and izuku tilted his leg a little confused.

"Pulling my leg? Is that a metaphor sir?" he asked surprising nezu.

"You don't know? I was teasing you," nezu said as izuku nodded and then looked at the time on the wall clock.

"Okay, now I need to leave sir, if I may?" izuku asked and nezu nodded.

"of course, young man, good luck in your next match," nezu whished and izuku accepted it and left the room.

Nezu looked at the door as izuku left the room and thought, "That boy is keeping his secrets well hidden, oh well, one day I will find out everything," nezu thought with a smile.

Outside, a few corridors away izuku was walking away from the room.

"of course, principal nezu is on to my lie about the memory loss, I better not give him more hints," izuku thought and looked forward, "but It's fine, in a little time, he'll be too busy to investigate me further," izuku thought remembering his plan against nezu, when a man walked past him and he blinked.

Izuku turned to see who had passed him to saw a fragile blond-haired and blue-eyed man wearing oversized clothes.

He concentrated on sensing the man's signature on his face and thought, "This, life force is," his eyes widened a little and he called out.

"All Might-sensei?"

CHAPTER 4.2

The blond man froze up when izuku called him that but kept moving.

"All Might-sensei? I didn't know your quirk was a transformation type," izuku said and the man stopped again and turned back sweating.

"Who are you talking to young man, I don't see All Might around here," he said trying to hide his nervousness.

"Hmm, sensei I recognize you from your life force," izuku said as All Might widened his eyes a little comically and then grumbled "dammit," and then sighed and looked at izuku.

"Young man, can we talk in private for a minute, this is important," he asked.

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Izuku hearing the seriousness in his voice nodded and followed him to an empty office.

"Would you like anything? Tea or coffee?" All Might offered but izuku declined as they sat down on the sofa, facing each other.

"Sensei what is all this about, I mean your physical state? And your life force is so much weaker than before, why is that?" izuku asked.

"Young midoriya, first you must understand that this state of mine is a secret from the public, only a few teachers in the school alongside principal nezu and a few of my own trusted friends know about this," he said as izuku nodded, and asked him to continue.

"About 5 years ago I fought a man, he was my strongest enemy, after a hard-fought battle I managed to defeat him, but in the process, I lost my stomach, and my respiratory system was damaged beyond repair, since then I've been stuck in this weakened state for most of the time, and can only stay in my hero form for 3 hours a day," All Might revealed surprising izuku, but the look of seriousness didn't leave his face.

"I see," he muttered.

"Young Midoriya I need you to keep this a secret, can you do that," he asked and izuku replied.

"Of course, sensei, your secret is safe with me," he said causing All Might to smile a little, and then he suddenly coughed up some blood.

Concerned izuku got up and asked, "Sensei, are you all right, should I contact recovery girl?" he asked, ready to provide some basic medical assistance.

All Might waved his hand, "no need, it's normal," he said and izuku sat down again.

"On another note, I saw you can use 'killing intent'" All might questioned.

"Yes, aizawa-sensei and Principal Nezu had a chat with me about it, are you concerned about it as well?" he asked and All Might chuckled.

"No, not at all, people who can't use 'killing intent' but know about it tend to get worried easily, but unlike Aizawa-san and Principal Nezu, I can use 'killing intent' as well, so I know its users aren't evil, just skilled," All Might answered, surprising izuku a little.

"Sensei you can use 'killing intent' as well? But how?" he asked,

All Might's mood turned a little saddened but he kept his small smile, "The man who injured me, also killed my master a long time ago, when I need to use 'killing intent' I simply remember his face," All Might explained and izuku nodded in understanding.

"I see, I apologize if I triggered painful memories," izuku apologized but All Might waved it off.

"No need, it's been a long time, I've moved on, and also my real name is Toshinori Yagi, so call me that when you see me in this form," All Might said.

"I understand, Yagi-sensei," izuku said and All Might realized something.

"I noticed you call me sensei, unlike other students who just call me All Might, why?" he asked and izuku blinked.

"Because you're my sensei," izuku said and All Might blinked again and then smiled.

"I see," he said, and then thought, "the first student who always calls me 'sensei', strangely that makes me happy,"

All Might didn't notice but the look in izuku's eyes changed a little and he stood up and bowed, startling All Might a little.

"Young man what happened," he began but was interrupted by izuku's next words.

"As a part of the community you protect, I want to thank you Sensei, for not giving up and for still fighting even in your painful state," izuku thanked him as All Might looked at him.

"Young man, there's no need for this, it's my duty-" Again he was cut off.

"No, it's not your duty to protect others, it's your choice, if every person used their power for good because it was their duty then there would be no villains in this world. You chose to use your power for the betterment of society, no one forced you to, and you still do it willingly in your injured state, and for that, you have my respect sensei," izuku finished.

All Might was stunned, never had he expected to be thanked so sincerely by someone he had just met a few days ago, right now he was truly happy, he was thinking of what to say back when izuku looked up again, this time making eye contact with All might and with eyes filled with determination seen in a few, he said.

"Sensei, don't worry, I will become strong enough to relieve you of your burden, I promise you, so don't worry about the future generations." He said once again making All Might smile.

"I see, well then, I'll leave the future to you, kid," he said and got up, "but for now, you kids can relax, because-" Suddenly smoke came from him and he became larger in size and in his deep voice finished, "I AM HERE," he said and patted izuku's head.

"You should leave now young midoriya, you only have another 30 minutes left to rest before the next round begins," he said and izuku nodded in agreement.

"Please allow me to leave sensei," he said and All Might wished him luck before sending him off. "What a kind child," All might thought as he turned back to his weakened state and thought of how to tell the others about the fact that now a student knows of his truth.

"Aizawa-san is gonna kill me?" he sighed.

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Izuku walked outside and stood in front of a railing, looking at all the people enjoying their day and students participating in sports events, and smiled.

He reflected back to the last 30 minutes that were supposed to be for him to rest but turned into some stressful revelations instead, "well I haven't caught a proper break my whole life," he thought and pulled out his phone and called someone.

"Hello midoriya-san," izuku heard.

"Hello Hiroshi-san, how are you,".

"I'm fine, how about you, are you well," he asked.

"I'm fine as well," izuku answered.

"Kid you did great, I was worried in the second round when you said you wouldn't move, you really scared me there, how did you keep everyone away from you?" he asked.

"Right, most people don't know about the 'killing intent'" izuku thought and answered, "Well it has something to do with my quirk," he lied smoothly. "Hiroshi-san I wanted to know about the advertisements, is anyone taking them?' izuku asked, changing the topic.

Excited, Hiroshi answered, "Taking them? Of course, they did! Some girls are going crazy about it, I saw two girls pulling each other's hair for your photo, till some heroes separated them, apparently teenage girls think that you're really hot and cute, and some little kids already like the cool big bro, and that's good for the future, the higher-ups are impressed," Hiroshi said.

Hearing about the fight between girls Izuku blinked in surprise, "I'm not that handsome, am I?" he asked himself.

"Hey midoriya-san I gotta leave now, bye," Hiroshi said and disconnected without waiting for an answer.

Izuku looked at his phone and sighed pocketing it, "Well I should rehydrate myself and come up with some strategies or maybe I can meditate." He thought and went to recharge some energy for the battles ahead.

CHAPTER 4.4

The one-hour break was over, izuku's quirk-canceling bracelets were working again, and everyone was ready to start the 1 on 1 tournament.

"All right everyone! Let's start the 1 vs 1 tournament, here are the match-ups for the first round." Midnight exclaimed into her mic and pointed towards the huge stadium screen.

Everyone watched in anticipation as student pictures blinked on the screen dramatically and then suddenly stopped.

"THEIR YOU HAVE IT FOLK'S! THE FIRST MATCH IS BETWEEN IZUKU MIDORIYA AND HITOSHI SHINSO." Present mic yelled as the crowd roared.

Izuku looked to see that he was in the first match against shinso and started walking away as his classmates, wished him luck. On his way, Ojiro had tried to tell him something about shinso's quirk, but izuku refused to listen and left saying, "Don't worry, I'll win no matter what his quirk is,"

Izuku stopped in the tunnel which was the exit to the battle stage.

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"All right everyone!" midnight called, "the rules are simple, defeat your opponent by their knock out, submission, or throw them out of the ring, if a fight goes overboard myself and Cementoss will stop the battle," she explained the rules.

"Now walk in!" she yelled and shinso walked out first.

"NOW ENTERS THE ONLY STUDENT WHO MADE IT TO THE FINAL MATCH! GIVE IT UP FOR… HITOSHI SHINSO!" Present mic announced and the crowd cheered for the boy.

When shinso got on the stage, it was izuku's turn.

As izuku walked out of the tunnel, the crowd cheered way louder, and present mic had much more to say.

"NOW WALKS IN THE STUDENT OF THE HERO COURSE! THE ONE WHO HAS MAINTAINED A WINNING STREAK SINCE THE START AND HIJACKED THE OPENING SPEECH! THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Present mic finished.

As izuku walked onto the stage, the crowd cheered louder, something that made shinso scoff.

"Dame privileged brat," he thought.

"I know those eyes, he has the potential to be a hero but only if I can get through to him now," izuku thought.

Seeing that both boys were ready, midnight started the match with a loud, "BEGIN!"

Even though the match started, neither boy moved for a few seconds.

"You're quite lucky, aren't you?" shinso began. "Being born with that quirk with that strong quirk, and having the ability to make everyone scared of you, you're quite gifted," he then looked at his own hands, "Me on the other hand? I was born with a villain's quirk, so I didn't get accepted in the hero course, man…I did lose the genetic lottery," he said with a mock chuckle and looked at izuku.

Izuku to his credit didn't reply, causing shinso to narrow his eyes, "does he know?" he thought and calmed himself. "Did the monkey boy tell you not to speak?"

Hearing the insult on Ojiro izuku narrowed his eyes and began to say something.

Seeing izuku open his mouth, shinso got excited, believing that his victory was certain now, but hearing the one-word izuku said made shinso stop using his quirk, he narrowed his eyes in anger and asked, "What did you just call me?"

Unfazed by the look izuku repeated himself, "Hypocrite, I called you a hypocrite Hitoshi Shinso, because you say you were discriminated against because of your quirk, yet you called Ojiro-san a monkey because of his quirk, what else should I call you if not a hypocrite," izuku said.

"It worked," izuku thought.

When shinso had tried to make izuku speak at the start of his speech about 'luck', izuku hadn't suspected it much, but stayed quiet since the boys' quirk's name is 'brainwash', but when he tried to anger izuku by insulting Ojiro, shinso had made a slip up by asking if izuku was warned to not speak, which allowed izuku to understand that shinso's quirk requires the enemy to talk for some reason, but because of izuku secret agenda of reaching out to shinso an emotional level, izuku had taken a risk by calling shinso a 'hypocrite', something that he believed would anger shinso enough to seek answers for the accusation, and since izuku was still in control of himself, it seemed his little physiological game had worked.

Shinso scowled, anger plastered on his face he said, "What do you know, you privileged bastard!" he retorted.

Izuku sighed and said, "More than you think-" his sentence was unfinished as his eyes turned a little white and he froze up.

Shinso smirked and thought, "he fell for it," and without wasting time he said, "Now walk out of the ring,"

The audience was confused and then shocked as izuku turned and started walking out of the ring. Present mic started asking questions about izuku's behavior and his classmates looked at him in shock and worry.

However, aizawa was calm, "the 'brainwash' quirk is quite strong when a person replies to shinso, shinso can use his quirk and control them into doing anything," he thought and then sighed, "The winner of this match was confirmed the moment the match-up was announced," he thought as he looked at izuku.

Shinso was smirking as izuku walked closer to the edge, while 1-A was looking in worry, and the audience was still a bit confused.

"I win," shinso thought.

However, suddenly izuku stopped walking.

"What the?" shinso muttered in surprise and confusion.

Izuku's body trembled a little as shinso felt his loss of control over izuku's body, "what the hell is happening?!" he muttered in confusion and shock.

Aizawa closed his eyes and thought, "The 'brainwash' quirk is strong, and would be effective against a normal person, however," he opened his eyes and looked at izuku again, "those who can use 'killing intent' have the kind of mental strength that can counter quirks like that," he thought, "shinso just had the misfortune of facing midoriya in the first match," aizawa finished as izuku got control over his body again and turned around.

"Okay, done, now I know that replying to you is the condition to using your quirk, so as long as I don't let you start the conversation, I can talk," izuku said. "Now shinso-san I have something to say to you, so please listen," he said confusing a still stunned shinso.

"Shinso-san, while I accept that hero selection is highly dependent on what quirk you have, but that doesn't mean you didn't have a chance to join, you just didn't try hard enough," izuku said angering shinso with the last part, but izuku didn't give him time to say anything and continued, "if you walk into my classes boys locker room, you'll see that just about everyone have abs and defined muscles, even though some of their quirks aren't reliant on them they train their body every day and gain muscle mass, because they know it's important regardless of their quirks," izuku said causing shinso to flinch a little and looked at himself again. Izuku walked towards him and continued.

"I can tell from here that you didn't have any muscles, your posture tells me that you don't know any martial arts either, you didn't even try to work hard and blamed luck for your incapability," he said, "If you want to blame luck for the way your life is then fine, you can do it, but remember it won't change the fact that today you sole relied on your quirk both in the first round and the second round because you knew that you didn't have the stamina to run for long in the 'obstacle race' and that you didn't have the strength to snatch anyone's headband by force in the 'cavalry battle'," he finished as he reached shinso, who now had a look of horror on his face as he faced the facts.

"y-you're right, I-I didn't even really try my whole life, did I?" he asked as he fell to his knees, now grabbing his face.

The others were confused about what was happening except Midnight and Cementoss, both of whom were close enough to hear izuku and shinso.

Izuku sighed, and said, "shinso, one must first understand oneself before trying to understand others, till now you refused to see your own flaws and blamed luck, which held you back, but now that you understand and accept your mistakes, you can finally progress," he said and shinso looked at him.

"If you want then I can help you get stronger," izuku said.

"Help… me?" shinso repeated in confusion.

"Yes, help you, but only if you have the resolve to change yourself," izuku said.

"W-Why do you want to help me?" he asked.

Hearing that, izuku looked at him, with the sun shining right behind him, he answered, "Because I'm a hero," he said making shinso widen his eyes, izuku continued, "And if I give up on you now and don't even try to help, then my words and ideal would be proven meaningless, and I refuse to let that happen, so know that Hitoshi shinso, I believe in you," izuku finished.

At that moment shinso's eyes widened as he heard those words, as he remembered the only other person who ever believed in him, who dedicated her to his dream and worked day and night to raise him all alone, he remembered his mother's-tired face which never stopped smiling for him, who was still at her job right now so she can raise him in comfort after a hero finally arrested his abusive father.

Now seeing izuku say that he believed in him and offer him help some tears fell out of his eyes unwillingly

Seeing this izuku looked at midnight and nodded, causing her to sigh. Shinso was no longer in the mental condition to fight anymore, "Hitoshi shinso is no longer able to fight. Winner, izuku midoriya!" she announced.

Izuku turned and left the stage with some more words to shinso, "Seek me when you have your resolve," he said and left.

…

Seeing the victory everyone was confused, but soon cheers were heard, although they were low and confused.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE?" for the first time, even present mic was confused and not loud for once.

Next to him, aizawa had just finished hearing from Cementoss about what had happened and thought, "What a fairytale ending, well, he did manage to help someone, but I don't think that kind of victory can be repeated," he thought.

As fate would have it, aizawa is right, because this was izuku Midoriya's first and last battle won by words. After this, all other battles will be bloodbaths for the rest of his life.

…

As izuku reached the 1-A's sitting area, he thought, "I need to put up a show now, I'm surprised that my speech worked at all, oh well, at least I managed to start one of my plans,"

When he got to his class he was greeted with congratulations and questions about why shinso didn't fight and what happened down there, izuku didn't give a straight answer and sat down on a seat, and looked down to see Sero, his classmate with a quirk that lets him shoot tape from his elbows, and Todoroki facing off against each other.

The match began and ended in a second as Todoroki created an ice glacier that went higher than the stadium itself, shocking everyone, including izuku, however, he kept it well hidden, unlike others.

Izuku looked at Todoroki in surprise, "Okay I did not expect that, if he uses that attack on me, then breathing technique won't be enough to let me break free, what can I do to avoid that," as he was thinking of different ways to defeat Todoroki, who had just become his next opponent, he noticed something about Todoroki.

The right side of his skin seems to be covered in patches of ice, "is he suffering from frostbites? Ahh yes, both his quirks are to control his body temperature but if he doesn't use his fire quirk then…" an idea clicked into izuku's mind. He smiled, "Well I would be making a 180-degree turn, from using kindness to defeating shinso to using literally using 'killing intent' to defeat Todoroki. Still, yeah, this should work, and if everything else goes properly, I'll be able to make Todoroki use his fire and make a destructive battle happen as well, that should excite the audience," he thought and luckily no one noticed his smile and the matches continued.

The rest of the matches were quite predictable for izuku.

In match 3, Ibara defeated kaminari with ease, "her plant-based quirk nullified Kaminari-san's attack," izuku narrowed his eyes, "but the main reason he lost is that he lacks greed, and I'll change that".

In match 4, Mei Hatsume used Ida to display her gadgets, used him as a tool of advertisement, and then gave up the match, "well, I did not expect that," izuku thought with a sweat drop.

In match 5, it was obvious who would win, Aoyama had limited use of his quirk so Mina won with ease, izuku wasn't really interested in this match-up.

Match 6 had izuku's attention because he wanted to see tokoyami in action, and he was not disappointed, tokoyami made his match look easy and won but there was room for so much progress.

Match 7 was entertaining, but Kirishima and Tetsutetsu have similar quirks and about the same stamina and after a tie, the match was settled with an arm-wrestling match which Kirishima won.

Match 8 was between uraraka and bakugo, which bakugo won, while the winner was obvious to izuku, he was impressed by Uraraka's performance.

…

When the first round was finished, midnight called for the combatants for the first match in the quarter-final round, which were izuku and Todoroki.

When the names were called izuku's eyes searched for the 1 person who influenced it indirectly and saw Endeavor walk inside the stadium, most likely to meet Todoroki, who never came to the stands after his match.

Izuku sighed and started walking, with his classmates wishing him luck again, this time telling him to do his best instead of winning since he was fighting a classmate. Something that made izuku smile, "they all are nice people," he thought and left for his match.

As izuku was close to the tunnel he would enter the stage from, an extremely enraged Todoroki was also ready for his battle ahead after having an unpleasant talk with his father.

…

About 5 minutes later izuku and Todoroki walked out as present mic introduced them again.

"ON ONE SIDE IS THE ICE PRINCE, SON OF THE NUMBER 2 HERO ENDEAVOR, THE ONE WHO WON HIS MATCH IN A SECOND AND LITERALLY SHOOK THE ENTIRE STADIUM! THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S SHOTO TODOROKI!" he yelled as the crowd roared in excitement.

"ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE TODAY'S STAR! THE ONE WHO HASN'T LOST EVEN ONCE TODAY! THE BOY WHO DEFEATED HIS OPPONENT WITH WORDS ALONE! EVERYONE WELCOME, IZUKU MIDORIYA!' he said and the crowd was slightly louder this time.

Izuku looked at Todoroki and narrowed his eyes, "That look of rage and hate, it's not directed at me, looks like Endeavor said something to make him mad, on top of his own resolve those specific emotions will help him overcome my 'killing intent' more. Did endeavor-san this specifically so Todoroki-san can withstand my intent easier?" izuku thought looking at Todoroki's terrifying expression, one would think that the boy has gone insane.

Midnight looked at the boys and asked if they were ready, getting nods of agreement in return, she said, "BEGIN!".

Unlike izuku previous battle, the combat began instantly as Todoroki swung his right arm forward creating a wave of ice that traveled toward izuku.

Seeing that the wave was about 7 feet in height and 10 feet in width, izuku who was using his total concentration breathing without break, jumped over it as the wave passed from under him harmlessly and he began his strategy.

Once again, he released his 'killing intent' that reached Todoroki, specifically targeting him, while his expression didn't change the intent accomplished its task making him a little nervous.

"It's that feeling again, should I make a huge ice attack as I did before? No, I don't know the limits of his physical enhancement. If he breaks out and my body temperature drops too much, he'll win easily, I'll cover the entire stage with my ice and force him out of bounds." Todoroki made his strategy not knowing he was falling into izuku's trap.

"Good, the killing intent is making him nervous about the outcome of his huge ice attack just enough as to not use it," izuku thought. "But maintaining killing intent with physical movements is extremely restrictive and difficult, I have to finish this quickly." He thought.

Indeed, 'killing intent' was not meant to be used in the middle of physical combats, the focus required to maintain it can't be achieved, in this case, izuku does not even have the time to visualize any scenario and has to work with just the vocal thoughts of killing his target, making it far weaker than it was during cavalry battle.

Izuku looked at Todoroki and then charged forward to cover the distance.

Seeing this Todoroki created a small wall of ice on his side facing izuku and shot blunt spikes of ice from them.

Seeing the fast-approaching ice spikes, izuku glided on the ground letting them sail over him harmlessly, he jumped a little and started running again.

Todoroki again sent a wave of ice towards izuku, and izuku jumped to his right and tried to make his way around the new ice wave, only to be stopped by a third, forcing him to jump again only to see, that more ice spikes were flying towards him.

"He can't dodge them mid-air," Todoroki thought but was surprised when izuku changed his position mid-air and managed to avoid the spikes.

Todoroki's expression hardened again as he got ready to attack, when.

"Tell me shoto," izuku called him by his first name with no honorifics, surprising him a little. Izuku continued after landing on top of the third ice wave, "Tell me shoto, why don't you use your fire, wouldn't it be much easier to push me out of bounds with fire?" izuku asked, or more like said.

Todoroki narrowed his eyes in slight anger and said, "You already have the answer, I refuse to accept my father,"

Izuku raised an eyebrow, "you're still stuck on that, didn't I say before, no matter how much you hate him, the blood in your veins will never change," izuku said angering Todoroki.

"Shut up!" he yelled and released another ice attack, but izuku jumped to his right on the previous ice waves.

"You say that power is your fathers then how do you control that fire!" izuku yelled as he stopped his 'killing intent' since the battle movement didn't let him maintain it.

Todoroki's eyes widened slightly but he didn't stop his attacks and sent more ice spikes and waves.

Izuku performed a back flip letting some spikes fly from under him and then performed a front kick breaking another, then quickly caught one in his right hand and threw it like a dagger at another, and then jumped over another wave of ice.

"shoto, what you want to reject is your father, so why ignore your fire quirk, that will achieve nothing, pushing others away and isolating yourself will make you the same as your father, don't make that mistake, quirks are mere tools to be used, your ideals is what defines you, use that fire of yours and become someone different from your father, remember why you want to be a hero at all, BECOME THE HERO YOU WANT TO BE SHOTO TODOROKI!" izuku exclaimed with passion in his voice, a passion he hoped would reach Todoroki and be answered the same way.

Hearing izuku's words shoto remembered a day from long ago, when he was with his mother, watching the news, amazed to see how All Might had managed to save many people all the while smiling, and how the screams of fear had turned into cheers filled with hope at his arrival. Shoto Todoroki remembered the words he had said to his mother with a bright smile, "Mommy one day I'll be a hero who can save everyone!" and his mother had sweetly replied with a smile and a hug, "Then I will wait for that day my little hero,"

Todoroki widened his eyes as the memory finished, he looked down a little, stunned he muttered to himself, "I-I haven't been keeping that promise have I, Mom?"

Then he clenched his fist, "But," he looked up with a new resolve in his eyes, "it's time I change that! It's time I become the hero I want to be!" as fire ignited from the left side of his body he yelled, "I'll become the hero I want to be!"

…

In the stands, endeavor walked to the railing with heavy steps, the fire around him seeming more excited, "that's it shoto! Except your fire and surpass All Might!" he yelled with a crazy smile.

The audience was also surprised at the display of fire and cheered louder.

The students were also shocked to see Todoroki's fire powers properly for the first time.

…

However, the two boys on the battle stage covered in ice didn't care about anything, not the cheers of the audience, the shock of their classmates, and neither what endeavor was yelling.

At that moment, their battle was all that they cared about.

"You made me use my fire, but you might lose now, izuku!" he yelled with a confident and pleased smirk.

Izuku gave his own confident smile and said, "We'll see about that in a few seconds."

Todoroki instead of being angered, smiled even more, "then let's finish this!" he exclaimed and even more intense fire and ice came from his body and he shot forward huge amounts of both.

Izuku looked at his surroundings and smiled, "Looks like it's ready!"

Midnight and Cementoss widened their eyes as they saw the huge attack from Todoroki and decided to intervene.

"This has gone too far!" they thought and released their quirks, midnight creating purple sleeping gas and Cementoss creating extremely huge walls of cement in the middle of the fighting ring.

Izuku looked at the rising wall of cement and thought, "Well this makes it easier," he jumped on the rising wall that was going to be at least 10 stories high.

…

Watching this nezu's eyes narrowed a little, "the air temperature in the ring is extremely cold and now young Todoroki is heating it quickly which would result in…" nezu's eyes widened in realization.

…

Aizawa came to the same realization and muttered in disbelief, "This crazy brat!".

…

The extremely cold temperature suddenly turned blazing hot causing the air to expand rapidly and create a huge blast, blowing up the walls Cementoss created as izuku jumped as high as he could on top of the wall, barely saving himself from the explosion.

At the moment of the explosion, huge and small chunks of ice and debris from the 5 cement walls flew all over the battle stage and out of bounds, crashing on the grass harmlessly. The fire from the explosion was scorching and very bright, forcing many to clench their eyes shut as waves of hot and cold wind hit them all.

Stunned, shocked, and baffled, everyone looked at the rising smoke caused by the battle of the destructive battle of the two young boys.

As the smoke cleared, everyone saw izuku fall and land on one of the walls leaning on another and using it like a ramp, and ran on it a little, getting the momentum needed he jumped on another wall and made his way down with multiple hops, and used a diagonal part in the rubble and skidded to a stop, and dusted himself. Izuku wasn't completely uninjured, parts of his uniform had cuts and small holes in them as well as some burn marks on his skin and forearm.

…

Aizawa looked at izuku sill in a little shock, "This kid, he was running around acting like he was just dodging the ice attacks, but he was just trying to make the air temperature drop." Aizawa said in the mic as most people who didn't know what happened started listening to understand how the explosion occurred. Aizawa continued, "When Todoroki used his fire quirk the air expanded quickly causing the explosion, midoriya fought this battle with mostly intelligence," aizawa explained as everyone understood what happened and slowly started cheering.

But aizawa had one more question he kept to himself and thought, "The chances of the explosion happening were dependent on Todoroki's fire powers, if they weren't strong enough then the explosion wouldn't have happened, and no one had seen his full ability with fire before so why did midoriya make such a gamble and held back when he is much faster and stronger?" aizawa thought recalling izuku's powers and speed from his battle with the nomu, not knowing about izuku and nezu's little bet and izuku's quirk restriction.

…

Midnight snapped out of her daze and looked to see that Todoroki was out of bounds and izuku was still inside, seeing that she raised her hand and said, "Since Shoto Todoroki is out of bounds, Izuku Midoriya is the winner!" She announced and the audience cheered louder.

As everyone started cheering, izuku walked towards the almost unconscious Todoroki, who was on the rubble of his own ice, he looked at izuku weakly and listened to the words he would remember for the rest of his life.

Izuku looked at Todoroki and began, "The toad trapped in the well will never comprehend the depth of the ocean," he said, "Till now, you were that toad, and your anger and hate were the well that trapped you. Now that you are free, go and see for yourself how vast the ocean really is," he said and walked away, as the medics came to take care of both boys.

CHAPTER 4.6

After the stage was fixed from the destructive battle between Todoroki and izuku, which almost destroyed the entire battle stage, the matches continued. At the same time, izuku and Todoroki were taken to Recovery Girl. Todoroki was still unconscious but izuku's injuries healed completely and he had recovered by the time of his match in the semi-finals, which was against Ida.

The semi-finals were, izuku, Ida, tokoyami, and bakugo, an outcome he had already predicted from observing them and their opponents earlier.

Izuku had made his way to his usual spot in the tunnel waiting to be called. "Well, at least this time I don't have to worry about fixing someone's emotional damage," he thought with a light mental chuckle.

Outside, everyone was waiting for izuku's next fight. After his destructive battle with Todoroki, the other battles weren't as impressive so they hoped to see izuku again.

Without delay, midnight called both Ida and izuku onto the stage.

As Ida walked in, present mic began, "NOW COMES IN THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CLASS 1-A! THE SPEED DEMON OF THE CAVALRY BATTLES! THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S TENYA IDA!" at his intro, the audience cheered for him.

Then izuku walked in and present mic began again, "NOW WELCOME THE BOY WHO'S MAINTAINED HIS SPOT AT THE TOP TILL NOW AND BECAME THE VICTOR OF HIS DESTRUCTIVE MATCH, WELCOME IZUKU MIDORIYA!" he finished and the audience roared again.

Once again midnight confirmed if they were ready and started the match with a loud, "BEGIN!"

This time izuku rushed in first at full speed, surprising Ida a little since he never attacked first, "I won't give him the time to use his 'Recipro burst', it'll be too annoying to deal with that speed without my quirk," izuku thought as he reached Ida and threw a punch to his face.

Ida tilted his head a little to dodge as he jumped back a little, activated his quirk to his first gear, and dashed to his right at about 20 km/h as izuku followed him.

"I see, he won't give me the time to use my 'recipro burst'," Ida realized as they made a sharp turn at the corner of the huge stage, running close to the edge, Ida activated his second gear and jumped a speed of 40 km/h.

Izuku who was running at Ida's side just 2 steps behind thought, "Ida-san has 3 gears, first gear takes his speed to 20 km/h, second gear takes it to 40 km/h and finally third gear is his top speed of 60 to 65 km/h. on the other hand, my top speed is 55 to 60 km/h. I can't let him activate his third gear." He thought as he remembered the conversation he once had with Ida in the first week and ran slightly faster.

Just when Ida ran long enough to activate his third gear, izuku came next to him and threw a left kick to his head, forcing him to duck and slow down as he turned on his heel to face izuku.

Izuku didn't waste time in recovering his balance and by the time Ida faced him he had transitioned from his left kick to a side kick with the same leg, hitting Ida in the chest and forcing him back a few steps as izuku charged him again.

Izuku threw a jab to his jaw hinge, and then a punch to his temple, followed by a left hook to his ribs, and then a right uppercut to the chin making him lose his glasses, izuku then grabbed his shoulders and pulled him down, and kneed him in the solar plexus making him cough out Silva. Izuku pushed him back a little and then performed a left kick sending him out of the edge they were standing close to. Ida's right nostril (right hole of the nose) and left side of the lower lip were bleeding, the knee to the solar plexus had knocked the wind out of him. izuku had aimed for some of the best spots to hit a person at, being the nose, jaw hinge, chin, and temple, causing Ida to black out.

Izuku had obviously held back on the strength of the attack so as to not break Ida's bones. The hand-to-hand combo was precise, all the attacks were thrown perfectly with no wasted movement with a level of skill and precision that could only be reached from years of practice, letting all the heroes watching know that he had trained himself beyond just his quirk and focused on other skills as well, something most people don't do for nowadays.

Midnight looked at Ida and then at izuku and announced, "Tenya Ida is unconscious and out of bounds, Izuku Midoriya is the winner," he announced, and everyone cheered but this time the civilians were less audible.

…

Aizawa watched this and told present mic to say something specific confusing him, but he followed anyway, "WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT! ANOTHER QUICK VICTORY FOR IZUKU MIDORIYA! A LITTLE TO QUICK I WOULD SAY!" he said as most of the civilians nodded, and seeing their reaction, the heroes around finally realized the reason behind their lack of cheers.

The lack of enthusiasm was caused by the fact that izuku was winning his matches, quickly, a little too quickly. The matches between other students lasted a few minutes, but izuku's fights ended in 10 minutes at most. Aizawa seeing this decided to give the hopeful 'symbol of piece' of the next generation a hand again.

Aizawa seeing that his stage was set, acted as if he was replying to the present mic, "It's true that midoriya won quickly and it's good for a hero," he started getting everyone's attention, "the battles against villains happen on the streets in crowded cities, and there can be many villains, so winning as quickly as possible is good, so midoriya winning quickly is good since in real life, as a hero he can go and save more people and defeat more villains," he said, as everyone nodded to themselves at answer's common sense, but that still didn't answer the question of how izuku was winning so quickly and effortlessly.

Aizawa sighed and began answering, "As for the reason he won so quickly is that, so far midoriya has been smarter than his opponents, using his intelligence and knowledge to defeat them," he said and many remembered how izuku used Todoroki's quirks against him and how he analyzed the tunnel trap at the beginning of the obstacle race.

Aizawa continued, "he is also a little above his schoolmates in terms of physical abilities," he said referring to his display of speed in obstacle races and his strength when he destroyed metal plates with kicks alone and dented them with his punches.

Aizawa added the last piece of his analysis, "he is also far more skilled in martial arts and gymnastics compared to others," he said and they remembered izuku's gymnastics skill from the mine trap in the obstacle race, and martial arts skills from him destroying the robots and his fight with Ida. The answer came to many people's minds and they blinked in surprise, wondering how they didn't realize the reason behind izuku's quick victories, for those who didn't, aizawa said it out loud, "The reason he's winning so easily is that no student as has been a challenge for him so far," he said and many blinked and realized. Izuku midoriya was just far superior to his schoolmates.

The students started talking and complaining to each other about what was said, saying that they weren't inferior to izuku. Except for the students from the hero course, who knew that aizawa wouldn't say anything like that if he didn't truly mean it, which also means that aizawa recognizes izuku as someone worthy of his praise publicly. None of them said anything, wondering what they should do to be like izuku, none of them had a complaint about being called inferiors to izuku, this just meant that they had to somehow catch up to him.

Well, saying that everyone was quiet would be wrong, the loud blonds of both classes were quite vocal about their opinions.

"OHAY, DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME INFERIOR, I'M THE BEST! YOU HERE ME! I AM THE BEST!" Bakugo yelled.

"I KNEW THAT THE BRATS FROM 1-A HAD EGO BUT TO THINK THEIR TEACHER WILL SHOW FAVORITISM AS WELL!" Monoma yelled.

Both boys were being held back from the railing by their classmates, thankfully their voices weren't loud enough to go beyond the area for the student body.

…

After Aizawa had managed to make everyone's doubt clear, midnight declared izuku the winner again and this time the cheers were louder and the medics finally took Ida away.

Izuku looked towards the commentator booth and nodded to aizawa gratefully, and walked towards the exit.

What he didn't know was that aizawa was looking down, gritting his teeth, thinking if he should change his decision as present mic looked at him concerned, "No! I have to do this, it's the best option!" aizawa thought and got to his mic, "in a way," he started getting everyone's attention, including izuku who stopped and turned to listen.

Aizawa continued, "In a way, midoriya is similar to All Might," he said, "All Might overwhelms his opponents with superior physical abilities, and midoriya overwhelms his opponents with skill and intelligence," he said and turned off his mic and widened his eyes as his friend looked at him with shock.

The audience was suddenly quiet, trying to process Aizawa's words. Even the students suddenly froze at hearing those words. The teachers of U.A. were shocked as well and looked up to the commentator booth, it didn't matter if they could see him or not.

Nezu sitting in his office watching everything narrowed his eyes and thought, "So you decided to go that far, huh Eraserhead," nezu had already realized the reason behind Aizawa's actions.

Even Izuku Midoriya was greatly surprised by aizawa words.

"Shota do you know what you just did!?" present mic looked at him and said after turning off the microphones.

"I know what I did," aizawa answered with his hands covering his face, and fingertips rubbing his eyes.

"Well, I don't think you understand!" present mic said back, "Shota, what you just did put a huge burden on midoriya. A student from U.A. is already expected to be one of the best future heroes in their future, and the one who's been defeating his competition with ease is looked at even more, and now you just compared him to All Might! do you realize the number of people who would look out for him now, the number of citizens who would have huge expectations from him!" present mic exclaimed.

Aizawa lost his cool and yelled back, "I know dammit!" he exclaimed back, surprising his friend with his rarely-heard loud voice. Aizawa continued now in his normal volume, "I know the burden I put on midoriya, I didn't want to do it, but I had to after seeing his 'killing intent'," he said surprising present Mic.

"his 'killing intent'? what does that have anything to do with it?" he asked and aizawa looked up.

"While I don't fear that skill, and it's good to have a mindset that can accept the concept of death in the work field as dangerous as hero work, for a person as young as midoriya to have that much mental strength is not a good sign," Aizawa said.

Present Mic understood what aizawa meant but he was still not happy with his friend's decision and said, "So you decided to put all eyes on midoriya to make sure he's warier of his actions? Are you trying to say you think midoriya has killed someone?!" he said loudly and aizawa snapped his head towards him.

"NO! That's not what I meant. All I wanted to do was make sure, in the future I have a way to force midoriya into therapy, and talk about any problems he could have." He spoke.

"There are many more ways to do that, so why this? I know that's not the only reason." present mic asked confused.

Aizawa hearing this sighed and decided to come clean, "You know All Might is close to his limit and soon he will have to retire," aizawa said and present mic nodded. Aizawa continued, "That's why this world needs to know that there are people in the younger generation they can look towards for the future, so they can know that in future there will be heroes who can keep this world safe even without All Might." aizawa said.

"And you decided to start with midoriya for that?" present mic asked and aizawa nodded.

"Yes, he is the best option, I've seen his abilities and skills at the U.S.J. and you've seen his abilities compared to other students as well. Not counting his physical abilities his combat skill is still at the level of a second-year student or even a third-year's. If we make him and his generation reach their full potential then we won't have to worry about the future and theirs the 'League of Villains' too, I'm sure they'll strike again soon, it's best to prepare the kids." Aizawa said.

"Still, to put midoriya at the front of everything, that's dangerous," present mic said and aizawa looked at him.

"This world is dangerous mic, and this morning midoriya decided to show himself as a leader with his speech. I'm sure he knows what he did and if he wants to take action then he will have to face the consequences as well." Aizawa said.

Present mic looked at him now calmer, "still you do know what this means, civilians and heroes aren't the only ones watching the festival," he said and aizawa narrowed his eyes, understanding what his friend meant.

"Yeah, I know," he said, "villains are watching too," aizawa finished with an edge to his tone.

..

At that very moment, all the villains who were watching the festival in Japan and the entire world finished making their decisions about izuku.

Most had decided to ignore izuku, believing that he was being overestimated.

Some had decided to be warry of izuku.

But some had decided that izuku was a great future threat. These were all the smart ones, and they had marked izuku as a threat that needed to be eliminated quickly. Bounties were being decided already and would change depending on his future performance.

…

Aizawa looked at present mic, both of their expressions were serious when aizawa spoke, "I know there are some villains who will target midoriya now but it's our job to prepare the next generation as well as protect them till they are ready, and I am going to make sure that happens, I will protect the kids even it costs me my life." He said, but present mic wasn't surprised.

"I know and I will do the same, but I still think putting a target on Midoriya's back was not a good idea, I guess I can only help him and the other kids now, so know this, we'll get them all ready together, that's what we swore to do long ago." Present mic said, now more optimistic as aizawa nodded.

"you two are indeed right," they suddenly heard a third voice and turned to see nezu standing there.

"The hell are you doing here?" aizawa asked.

"Well, it's my school, I can be anywhere I want, but forget that," nezu said, "I came here personally to tell you that I don't like the method you chose, but will accept it, I have no other option," he said and spread his arms a little, "this just means that we have a little more work to do. after all, I won't let some villains touch one of my students much less harm them," he said and the other two nodded.

"Now continue the festival, look everyone has calmed down while you two were talking, midnight called the next students already," nezu said and the other two looked to see that it was true and present mic welcomed them as the crowd cheered for them for another entertaining fight.

…

Down on the stage, unfortunate for tokoyami, he was facing an enraged bakugo, whose quirk could create enough light to weaken Tokoyami's dark shadow quirk.

"Dame that green-hared bastard!" a fuming bakugo thought, "How dare they compare him to All Might when I'm here. I am the only one who will surpass All Might and become the number 1 hero," he thought and looked at tokoyami with a menacing face and yelled, "First I'll kick your ass and then that bastard's!" he yelled as tokoyami prepared himself to go all out.

…

On the other side, izuku reached the seating area for his class and saw Todoroki sitting at the back seat closest to the door, watching the match going on below, he was alone.

Izuku didn't expect to see Todoroki so soon, he had a few bandages visible on his arms, hands, and head, izuku was sure that there were more of those underneath the gym uniform he was wearing.

He walked close to the boy and sat down next to him and Todoroki looked at him for a second and then looked towards the battle again. It seems no one noticed izuku arrive since they were sitting a bit far from the others.

"I didn't expect to see you come back so soon Todoroki-san," izuku started without taking his eyes off the match.

"Hmm, you said I should not isolate myself, so I decided to come here when I woke up, but I didn't know how to approach them after my behavior till now. Besides I don't know how to start a conversation," Todoroki said, also watching the match, his arms folded.

"You know if you try, they will talk to you happily, they are all great people," izuku said.

"Yes, I have observed that much, they are friendly, I just don't know how to start, but I have decided to begin changing myself," Todoroki said.

"I see, have you decided to start with something specific to do?" izuku asked.

"Yes, I have decided to meet my mother again, it's been nearly 11 years since I last saw her," Todoroki replied.

"I see, that's great," izuku said back.

The battle below seemed to be reaching its end as bakugo started to overpower tokoyami with the light of his explosions.

"What will you do next?" Todoroki asked after a little silence.

"About what?" izuku asked back.

"The thing Aizawa-sensei said, it will get you a lot of attention from all kinds of people, and everyone won't be happy, I can already think of one person," Todoroki said, indicating the last part to his father, endeavor, who had already left after confirming that his son would recover.

"Yes, there will be consequences, and villains will target me" izuku began, "but I'm not worried," he said.

"You believe you can defeat them all?" Todoroki asked.

"of course I can," izuku answered simply.

"You were having a hard time against me and had to use my quirks against me, and I know that I'm at the level of, at best top 30 to 50 heroes, and that's if I use both my ice and fire to control my body temperature and give it my all, and the different between top 10 heroes and the ones below them is dimensional, it would take all of the top 11 to 20 just to beat the 10th rank. And I know that in the top 10, only All Might can beat my father, the others don't stand a chance. How can you defeat the villains who are that strong?" Todoroki asked.

"I'll be fine, after all, I'm strong, well, not as strong as the top 10, but the hero rankings aren't based on power, it's based on the number of cases you solve," Izuku answered back.

"More than 90% of the cases are villain fights, which means the number of cases you solve is high if your power is high, so indirectly your power will decide your rank." Todoroki shot back.

"Still, most heroes don't have combat-related quirks like All Might and Endeavor so-", "Stop trying to dodge the question." Izuku was cut off by Todoroki, forcing izuku to turn his eyes from the battle to Todoroki, but the boy didn't look back.

"Tell me are you strong enough to protect yourself or not?" Todoroki asked, "because if you aren't, then you can rely on me, friend," he said causing izuku to blink.

Izuku understood, "ahh, he wants to offer any help he can as a 'thanks' for helping him," izuku thought, and then looked back at the match, with an amused smile and said, "You right, you don't know how to start a conversation," he said and from the corner of his eyes, he saw Todoroki turned his head slightly to the other side, a little embarrassed at being read so easily.

"But don't worry," Izuku began, "I am stronger than you have seen, I was holding back against you," izuku answered causing Todoroki to look at him and blink in surprise, then he calmly looked at the match again and spoke.

"you told me to go all out while holding back yourself, quite contradicting," he said. "How much were you holding back?" he asked.

"A lot," izuku answered, not giving a proper answer while hiding the fact that he wasn't even using his quirk. He continued,

"I see," Todoroki sighed, "Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do if I want to do better," he said, "so how strong are you actually," he asked now looking at him.

Izuku started thinking, "Hmm, that's a good question, I'm not sure as to who I should compare myself to, but if I had to say," izuku looked at Todoroki with a confident smile, "I am the strongest student in the school," izuku said making Todoroki widen his eyes a little in surprise.

"That's a bold statement," he said.

"It's true," izuku replied.

The way both boys were talking till now, would make anyone understand that their minds were beyond their ages, thanks to their life experiences.

As the conversation finished, the match was also over and bakugo was announced as the winner.

Now with bakugo and izuku being the confirmed finalists, midnight announced a 10-minute break after which the match for 3rd place will begin between tokoyami and Ida.

Now that the match was over, the students of 1-A finally looked around and most spotted izuku and Todoroki sitting together. Seeing them some were about to say something, but suddenly froze up a little, confusing Todoroki a bit.

Seeing this izuku decided to answer him, "They are worried that you might hate me after I defeated you in the war you declared on me this morning," izuku said and Todoroki blinked in surprise and then nodded his head in understanding.

Izuku stood up, "everything's fine everyone, me and Todoroki have managed me solve the problems between us, we are friends now," izuku said causing the others to blink, and then sighed in relief and walked closer to them.

"Man! I was worried that a fight might break out," Mina said.

"Yeah, no kidding, with how tense things were this morning between them, it's no surprise," Jiro added.

"That aside, how did you make that huge blast happen, I mean, aizawa-sensei did explain how it happened but did you know it would happen?" kaminari asked Todoroki.

"No, I didn't," the boy answered, "while I understand the science behind it, I didn't know how cold the air needs to be, or how hot and fast the fire needs to be either, I didn't match the ratio on purpose," Todoroki said.

"Then how did it happen," tsuyu asked confused but then a lightbulb went off in everyone's head, and they looked at izuku.

Izuku seeing all eyes on him, decided to answer them, "Yes I was the one who matched the ratio but it was just a rough estimate that worked, don't think even I could repeat something like that again," he answered.

"But how did you know the full capacity of my fire, I never used it properly before, and without knowing how hot my fire can get you couldn't have decided an estimate on the cold required to match the ratios," Todoroki asked.

Izuku looked at him and answered, "During the cavalry battle, you used it for a single second to not touch the ground, it was enough for me to get an estimate," he said, causing everyone to blink in surprise and Todoroki to widen them a little.

"That was enough? But I wasn't even going all out, how could you get an estimate on my full power?" he asked.

"It's my quirk, I used it to sense the amount of energy you have and put a rough estimate on it to decide how much you have to use for your quirk," izuku answered.

"Wait, energy? What energy? aren't quirks supposed to be like muscles, like work on instinct, you make it sound different," Momo asked.

"On that note, what even is your quirk?" Jiro asked.

Those questions were left unanswered when the announcement took their attention.

"TENYA IDA IS NOT PRESENT, FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI, WINS BY DEFAULT." Midnight said.

The class adopted looks of confusion and concern, "not present? Why is that?" ojiro asked out loud.

"Did you hit him too hard mido-bro?" Kirishima asked.

"No, recovery girl should have been able to heal him." izuku answered.

"Maybe he left the stadium," Mina suggested.

"Whatever the case is, we shouldn't worry, there are many pro heroes here, and Ida-san is with the school authorities, I'm sure he's fine, I will contact him later," Momo said as everyone calmed down upon hearing that.

"Anyways, we should give midoriya some space, his match will start in a few minutes, kero." tsuyu said and everyone agreed and walked back to their seats after wishing him luck.

Izuku narrowed his eyes at the opportunity and walked to his target, "kaminari-san," izuku called as the boy turned to see him. now they were a few seats ahead of Todoroki and further away from the others, exactly far enough to not be heard by the others.

"Yeah?" kaminari asked and izuku smiled.

"I wanted to congratulate you, you almost won your match," that was a huge lie and izuku knew it.

"w-well it wasn't that big of a deal, plus I lost, so…" kaminari trailed off with a light nervous chuckle.

Izuku decided to play his gamble, "Yeah, I'm sure you'll be better if you train harder." He said and Kaminari's eyes widened just a little and for a single second many different emotions reflected on them, surprise, sadness, shock, pain, and most of all, guilt.

"y-yeah your right, I should train harder," kaminari said, his eyes were not focused on anything, it seemed like he was looking far away.

"Okay, need to go for my match, bye," Izuku said and turned to leave as kaminari got out of his daydreaming and went to his seat.

…

Izuku now walking to the tunnel where he would enter was in deep thought about his interaction with kaminari and the emotions the boy's eyes showed.

"I had guessed that something was wrong with him. I've studied psychology enough to know that Kaminari's personality is mostly an act, his body language told me that much," izuku thought, "and that act is good, it took even me some time to see through it, and the teachers haven't seemed to notice it yet, that boy his hiding something and he's been doing it for a long time," izuku then remembered Kaminari's performance till now.

"Depending on the amount of energy, there is no limit to how much lightning his quirk can create, if used properly, he has the same level of potential as Todoroki and bakugo, but he seems to be not using it properly." Izuku thought. "But what's worrying about his reaction to our conversation is the fact that his family name is 'kaminari' which means 'thunder' or 'lightning', which suggests that his electricity quirk is a family trait." Izuku thought.

In the past, when quirks first appeared, wars all over the world started, but when everything was settled, the quirk wielders were given many benefits as an apology, and changing names was a small one of them. Many people made their family names a reference to their quirks and this was the source of izuku's worry for his classmate.

The family name 'kaminari' referencing his quirk suggests that the electricity quirk is a family trait, and the fact that kaminari isn't using his quirk to its full potential and his reaction to izuku telling him to train harder could suggest that he was already being told that by someone and may even be under emotion and mental stress which he was hiding with his funny and goofy personality.

Izuku looked up to see the tunnel exit and stopped and waited for his name to be called, again he started thinking, "his act is almost perfect, how long has he been hiding behind that mask of fake personality, however long it's been I have to help him," izuku thought, "failure to meet family expectations in the hero world is not that simple, kaminari might be a neglected child, or maybe always under pressure from his family to do better, and worst case scenario," his eyes narrowed, "he might even be abused, and not like Todoroki who was trained harshly, kaminari might be actually physically abused for being weaker than his families expectations," for just a second, Izuku's eyes turned a little colder at the possibility.

Izuku took a deep breath calmed himself and sighed, "I shouldn't jump to conclusions, I'll have to wait and find things out first," he thought and looked forward when his name was called by present mic, he moved thinking, "but being prepared for the worst-case scenario is better,".

…

"AND NOW WE CALL UPON THE FINALISTS OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL! THE BATTLE OF THE TOP 2 FIRST-YEAR'S BEGINS NOW," present mic said loudly as the audience cheered, "THE HOT-HEADED BOY WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE TOP SPOT YET, WILL HE KEEP HIS WORD OF BEING THE WINNER?! WE WILL KNOW THAT SOON! WELCOME KATSUKI BAKUGO!" with the enraged expression bakugo had, he didn't like his intro.

"ON THE OTHER SIDE WE HAVE THE TOP SPOT OF THE FESTIVAL! WILL HE KEEP HIS WINNING STREAK AND TAKE THE TROPHY HOME OR IS GOING TO LOSE?! LET'S SEE IT FOR OURSELVES! HERE ENTERS IZUKU MIDORIYA!" the audience roared again as both boys made their way onto the stage.

Bakugo looked at him and scowled, "I'm gonna beat you here and let everyone know that I'm the best!" he shouted.

Izuku narrowed his eyes but didn't say anything, enraging bakugo even more.

Midnight looked at the boys and asked, "Are you two ready?"

"Yes," izuku replied calmly.

"Just start the dame thing!" bakugo yelled.

"Alright then," Midnight said, "BEGIN!".

As soon as she said that izuku fell into the basic martial arts stands, bakugo used his quirk to propel himself toward izuku.

"TAKE THIS," bakugo yelled as he threw an open palm right hook.

"Again?" izuku thought calmly, remembering that bakugo used the same move to start all his fights.

Izuku reached bakugo's right wrist with his left hand before the explosion ignited and pulled his hand towards his own right side, making the explosion harmless to him, while simultaneously blocking bakugo's left hand with bakugo's own right arm.

As bakugo turned his eyes to look at his palm, izuku used his distraction and threw a left kick to his chin.

However, bakugo noticed this and pulled his head back in him, yanked his arm free, and made distance, as izuku ran after him still both in running motion izuku threw a jab, which bakugo dodged by leaning to his right and saw izuku abdomen open and thrust his right hand with an explosion.

Izuku noticed this and kicked his arm away with his left leg in time, and both jumped back and made distance.

Bakugo had a serious expression, he realized he had to be more serious than before.

Izuku maintained a stoic expression as he watched bakugo.

The audience was at the edge of their seats.

Suddenly both boys charged.

Bakugo threw a left hook with an explosion, but izuku ducked under it and threw a right hood to his abdomen, but bakugo blocked it with his left leg.

Izuku in his crouched position transitioned his right hook to grabbing bakugo's left leg with his right hand and quickly stood up and threw a left punch to his gut as bakugo was thrown off-balance.

Bakugo landed on his back but used his quirk to get back up quickly.

Izuku didn't give him any more time and threw a left-side kick, connecting to his gut, and pushing him a few feet back.

"Tell me," Izuku called getting bakugo's attention, "tell me Bakugo-san, why do you want to win?" izuku questioned.

Bakugo looked at izuku like he was an idiot, "what the hell do you mean? Who doesn't want to win." he answered back.

"Still, there's always a motive for doing something, what is yours?" izuku asked.

"Because I was born better than everyone! Everyone always told me I was born for greatness, so I am doing what's natural, I will become the best! Even better than All Might! I will become the strongest!" bakugo exclaimed and charged izuku.

Hearing the answer izuku's eyes narrowed, "so it's just to prove that you're the most gifted? Do you really believe that no one in this world can be better than you?" izuku said and charged him.

"of course not! I'll prove it after beating you and then All Might!" bakugo exclaimed and threw a left palm thrush to izuku's face but izuku used his own right palm to deflect it and backhand punched bakugo to the face, and flowed it with a jab to the throat making him cough a little.

Izuku kicked the back of bakugo's right knee with his left leg, forcing the boy to his left knee, izuku grabbed his collar and punched him in the face, making his nose bleed a little.

Bakugo gritted his teeth and used his explosion to force his back a few steps and got up to his feet again.

"If you truly believe that you're the most gifted then you're wrong," izuku said getting his attention.

"HUH!?" bakugo gave a scowl.

Izuku continued, "In our class, there is one person who is much weaker compared to you but has the potential that rivals yours and Todoroki's, but he hasn't tapped into it yet, so I will bring it out, in 6 months you will see his rate of progress to be greater than yours and Todoroki's, and you will acknowledge him to be your rival katsuki bakugo," izuku said, taking a quick side-glance at kaminari.

Gritting his teeth in rage bakugo charged izuku and yelled, "JUST SHUT UP YOU EXTRA!"

As bakugo got close to him with his explosions and extended his right hand forward for an attack, izuku jumped back a little, and while in that motion he grabbed bakugo's wrist with his left hand and twisted outwards making the attack useless and used his right hand to uppercut him in the guts forcing him on the ground, as he held his gut in pain and puked.

Izuku looked at him and said, "Bakugo-san, your potential is great, but you cage yourself with your ignorance, you won't grow stronger if you stay that way. Only when you accept others and acknowledge them will you progress, and I will wait for that day," izuku walked towards him as bakugo raised his head a little and looked at him with rage, "don't waste that potential, the world can appreciate another strong hero." Izuku finished and kicked him in the face, knocking him out.

Midnight looked at the outcome and announced, "KATSUKI BAKUGO IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT, IZUKU MIDORIYA IS THE WINNER!" she announced as the audience cheered,

"AMAZING! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.A.'S HISTORY SOMEONE WILL ALL THEIR MATCHES WITHOUT FAIL! GIVE IT UP FOR IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Present mic yelled as the crowd cheered even louder.

…

Shiro Hiroshi was jumping for joy, "YES THE KID WON HE REALLY WON THE WHOLE THING!" he yelled, right now that man was on cloud 9, he could see himself swimming in money.

…

Izuku sighed, "Well here comes the hard part." He thought.

…

About an hour later, the prize ceremony started.

"And now I present to you all! The winners of the sports festival," Midnight said as the crowd cheered again.

3 platforms rose from the ground, all uneven in height,

Left on the lowest with 3rd place written on it in bronze color. Tokoyami was on it.

The right one was intrusting, with 2nd place written on it in silver color. Bakugo was… tied to a pole, with his mouth covered and hands bound he was trying to yell something. He was still angry.

The one in the center was the highest, with 1st place written on it in gold color. Izuku midoriya was standing calmly, looking forward.

Once everyone took in their forms, midnight started, "and now I invite the hero who-" Her words were cut off when a loud voice came.

"I AM HERE!" everyone looked up to see a figure enter from the sky, and land in front of the students and the crowd started chanting his name.

"You ruined my speech!" midnight pouted.

All might blink, "AHH, I AM SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZED THAT" he said and walked towards the 3 students.

"Well, you're here so let's start the presentation," Midnight said and handed him a tray with 3 medals.

All Might took the bronze medal walked to tokoyami and said, "Great work young tokoyami," he said as he put the medal on his neck and continued, "But you still have a lot of training to do in order to reach your best, so work hard and don't give up." he said as he hugged the boy gently.

"I will make sure to work hard All Might," tokoyami replied as he looked at the bronze medal on his neck.

All Might then moved to bakugo, "Well this seems to be a bit much," he said and took off bakugo's mouth bindings and immediately bakugo started yelling.

"LET ME GO!" he screamed, "HEY YOU GREEN HAIRED BASTARD! FIGHT ME AGAIN! I WANT A REMATCH!" he yelled, but izuku ignored him.

"Now now, young bakugo, you have lost your match, if you want first place then wait for the year's tournament," All Might said and bakugo looked at him glaring.

"HAA?! I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT PIECE OF CRAP MEDAL! I JUST WANNA BEAT HIM! I DON'T CARE WHERE IT HAPPENS I WANNA PROVE THAT I'M THE BEST! I DON'T NEED ANYONE TO GET STRONGER AND THAT MUSHY STUFF! THIS IS ABOUT MY PRIDE!" bakugo yelled.

"Pride? More like your ego," tokoyami thought with a sweat drop.

All Might looked at bakugo understanding, "I see, if you just want a battle then I'm sure you will eventually get a chance in your hero training just be patient," he said and began to put the silver place medal on his neck.

"THE HELL I DON'T WANT THIS! KEEP THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!" Bakugo yelled and didn't let All Might put it on his neck, so All Might forced it in his mouth, forcing bakugo to bite the thing in his mouth like a dog.

Ignoring bakugo's yell, All Might walked to izuku and said, "Congratulations on getting first place young man, good job," All Might said and put the gold medal on his neck.

"Thank you, sensei," izuku said as he received a hug from All Might.

All Might turned and took a mic from midnight and announced, "Everyone please give a round of applause for the winners of the sports festival!" All Might shouted and the audience listened.

"GOODJOB KIDS!"

"CONGRATULATIONS!"

"YOU ALL WERE SO COOL!"

As the audience finished cheering, izuku walked to All Might causing the man to turn to him, "HMM? IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU YOUNG MAN?" All Might asked.

Izuku looked at him as he took off the bracelet on his wrist and reached for his neck and took off the thin collar and said, "Yes, please hand these back to Principle nezu for me," izuku said as he handed them to All Might.

"Ahh, what are these?" the man asked confused, but when he took a look at them, he realized and said, "W-wait are these-" izuku cut him off.

"Yes, these are the quirk-canceling equipment I have been wearing the entire day," izuku said purposefully loud enough to reach the mic in All Might's hands and let everyone hear it, shocking them all.

Silence.

That was what happened, everyone was quiet, trying to process what izuku just said,

Aizawa rose from his seat in shock and accidentally muttered in the mic what he was thinking, "he won the festival without his quirk?!"

And with that like a dame broke everyone started talking to each other about how it was possible.

Everyone was shocked, obviously, including the students and izuku's classmates.

"h-he wasn't using his quirk? T-then how did he do all that?" Kirishima asked no one in general.

"How did he use his quirk to measure my full power if he couldn't access it?" Todoroki brought up the question, he looked calm but he was shocked too.

…

Luckily All Might asked a similar question "D-Did you really not have access to your quirk the entire day?!"

"Well, I was able to use it during the one-hour break, but not during matches or rounds," Izuku answered.

…

"I see, he must have used his quirk to measure my power when we talked during the break," Todoroki thought, happy that his question was answered somehow. But he was still shocked and it was visible, the strength and speed izuku displayed were his physical abilities alone and no quirk, yet his ice attack could not keep up with izuku and he was slower than him in the obstacle race, obviously he had a lot of training to do.

…

Bakugo was shocked, yes, he wasn't angry he was shocked, how was this possible, he lost to someone who wasn't even using his quirk, just how strong was izuku? For the first time, bakugo was too shocked to yell.

…

Aizawa raised his voice and asked through the mic and asked, "How did you get those pieces of equipment midoriya?" he asked.

Izuku looked in Aizawa's direction and said, "I made a bet with principal nezu, you can ask him," he said and aizawa snapped his head back to look at nezu.

"Finally, he gave me an opening," nezu thought and walked to the mic. "it's true, young midoriya and I were just playing a little gave, he said that if he wins the festival without his quirk then I will have to do something specific for him, so to make sure he flowed his deal properly I provided him with those quirk canceling accessories, nothing more than that." Nezu said

"Now you all may be wondering what can be worth such a bet, well I am glad to announce that the 39th U.A. student council exams will be held every soon and if we have a winner than U.A. will meet its 3rd student council president in history." He said, as many eyes blinked at that in surprise taking attention off the fact that izuku wasn't using his quirk.

Many people knew what the post meant. All Might wondered if the title he couldn't once claim would be claimed by anyone this time.

Endeavor who was watching to see who had won, was surprised that the title he once held was again on the line.

Best jeanist was feeling the same as endeavor.

…

"Hmm, good job changing the topic principle," izuku thought.

…

Aizawa sighed, "These two are giving me a headache,"

…

However, izuku wasn't done, there was one last thing he needed to say. "Still, everyone must be wondering how I achieved my feats and physical abilities," izuku said into the mic All Might had, getting everyone's attention again.

"It's simple, I used an ancient martial arts technique," he revealed.

"Martial arts?" all of them repeated in their heads.

"Martial arts can achieve that much?" All Might muttered out the question many were thinking.

"Yes, you can achieve these heights, but only with practice and dedication to it on all levels," izuku replied. "However," he began, getting everyone's attention again, "I'm glad I didn't use my quirk, because if I had used my quirk, honestly this tournament would have been too easy," he said shocking and surprising many with his choice of words, but he didn't just stop there.

Izuku looked at All Might and now with his voice slightly deeper and filled with power, he said, "All Might, just like you're the strongest in your 6th generation," izuku turned to face the audience and to an extension, the world, "while I'm not the strongest in this world I know one thing for sure, throughout this world no one in my 8th generation soars as high as me." He declared.

CHAPTER 4.8

That evening.

After izuku's declaration, he left the stage, and after getting out of sight, he quickly packed his things, changed his clothes in the lockers, and left the stadium as soon as he could, because he didn't want to give any answers to anyone.

The next two days were going to be for the second and third-year students, and the rest of the week was a holiday, the next classes were on Monday, which meant izuku could finally start his private investigation on the 'league of Villains'.

However, right now he was in a café with Hiroshi, and after about two hours of talking, they had finally signed a contract.

"Okay, here are your copies of the contract, and here are mine," Hiroshi said as he handed him the contract.

"Good, now we have a month-long contract, you know the details, the details, work starts from May," he said and izuku nodded in confirmation.

Hiroshi continued, "But seriously midoriya-san, I didn't expect you to actually win the whole tournament. You were amazing, my superiors are so happy," he complimented.

"Please, I wasn't that great," izuku said with a smile.

Hiroshi laughed, "Oh no you don't, stop being modest, the speech you gave at the beginning, and then won all the rounds, and in the end, you revealed that you were not even using your quirk but some ancient kung-fu," he said.

"Martial arts, not kung-fu," izuku tried to correct him with a sweat drop.

"Details details," Hiroshi muttered. "And then that badass thing you said at the end, you basically called yourself the strongest teenager in the whole world after winning one of the most competitive events in the world, you're definitely getting popular," he said.

"Yeah, hey I think I should leave, it's quite late," izuku said trying to escape the conversation.

Hiroshi looked at him, "Ahh, sure kid, tell me if their anything you need, I'll try to help," he said.

"Okay thanks, I'll take my leave now," izuku said as he took the contract and walked out of the café.

Izuku sighed, "the things I did today will affect many people," izuku thought.

Yes, he was absolutely right.

…

Somewhere in Musutafu city.

Katsuki bakugo was in his garden, throwing punches in the air as he remembered izuku's face and his words.

"I don't care what that martial arts crap he has," he thought as he remembered how he was out-skilled in his battle.

"I don't care what his quirk is!" he thought as he went threw more moves he could have used to block or dodge izuku's attacks.

"The next time I fight him, he's going down! First him and then All Might!" he yelled in his mind.

Even after the tiring day, Bakugo was training in his garden intensely, proven by the fact his shirt was drenched in his sweat.

Katsuki bakugo was using his rage to grow stronger.

…

in another part of the city.

Shoto Todoroki was preparing everything he would need to meet his mother, everything, being the things he would say or talk to about to his mother and how he would face her after all the time that had passed.

Todoroki looked at his hands and thought, "I will fix my mistakes, no matter what and I will start by making it up to my family. I will become the hero I want to be." He then looked towards the open sky, "Thank you, Izuku Midoriya, my first real friend."

The boy was on the right track in life now.

…

Hitoshi Shinso was on his way to his home, he knew his mother was waiting for him, and would congratulate him for whatever progress he made in the festival.

However, his mind was somewhere else, "that martial arts midoriya-san talked about, I wonder if he will teach it to me, I will ask him Monday, my journey starts on Monday," he thought, but then stopped in his tracks, looked at his hands, "NO!" he exclaimed in his mind slapping his face and thought, "I will go home and research on everything I need, to put on muscle. The diet, the exercises, and everything else, and ask midoriya-san for help on Monday, my journey will start now," he thought.

This time he would meet his mother's welcome with a real smile because this time he has real hope and resolve.

…

Somewhere else in the city.

Denki kaminari did not want to go back home after losing in the festival, but he had to, or his family will begin to look for him.

He looked at his hands, "I know I am weak," he thought, "I know I am a disappointment, but I don't want to give up yet. I need to get stronger somehow."

He then remembered izuku talking about his martial arts and his eyes widened a little, "yeah maybe I can ask midoriya-san for help, yes he might help me, even if I can't learn his special martial arts maybe he can teach me normal hand-to-hand combat." He decided he would talk to izuku and headed back home.

…

U.A. High.

Nezu was in his office sitting on his chair, thinking about the defeat izuku had given him, and it was not about winning the sports festival.

"Hmm, you did very well against me young midoriya, I didn't even realize the trap you laid out till the very end." Nezu thought. "He realized long ago that I was onto his lies about the memory loss and created a trap for me,"

Izuku's plan was to publicly tell everyone about the deal izuku and nezu had made. While the public wouldn't care about what happened, some people in the Hero's Association and the U.A.'s board of directors hate nezu for his intelligence and want to take him down for trying to interfere in their corrupted plans. Izuku's plan was to let everyone know that nezu had made a bet with a student for organizing the 'student council president exam', something that should be organized by just asking. Now nezu's enemies will make a fuss about it, and combined with the fact that the 'league of villains' had managed to infiltrate the school and put 20 students in danger, they're going to try everything they can to strip nezu of his power and authority.

Nezu looked forward and thought, "Well at least he was kind enough to give me something to fight with." he thought.

Indeed, izuku midoriya had used specific words when telling everyone about the deal saying 'I made a bet with principal nezu'. This gives the illusion that izuku was the one who initiated the bet and now nezu can make any number of lies and say that he was just teasing his student, and intended to start the exam no matter what the outcome of the festival would be.

Looking back izuku had made a very detailed plan against nezu to make sure nezu didn't have the time to investigate izuku as now he would be busy handling his problems against the higher-ups.

Thinking all that, now the question in nezu's mind was, 'When did izuku come up with the plan?'.

One would think, the plan started when izuku was talking to nezu yesterday when the deal was made or sometime after that. Well, that person would be wrong.

As nezu finished checking something on the computer, he couldn't help but laugh a little as he realized when the plan was made.

If Izuku's intention was to just start the exam for the president position, then he could have just emailed nezu, having written proof that he asked nezu to start the exam would mean that nezu could have refused to do it, and no deal would have been formed between the two. However, izuku decided to talk face-to-face instead, why? Because he knew from his previous interactions with nezu that nezu would try to dig for information if he had the chance. Which means…

Nezu started laughing, he laughed hysterically at being defeated and outsmarted so early, still laughing nezu thought, "he made the meeting two weeks ago, the day he woke up after the U.S.J. attack, and made a plan against me," nezu calmed down, "two weeks ago, when he booked the meeting, he already knew that I would try something and played his cards right, I was outsmarted two weeks ago, I can't believe it." nezu thought.

Indeed, Principal Nezu had underestimated izuku and had paid the price for it.

"However, now I know what you are capable of, and next time I won't let my guard down, my dear student," nezu thought.

He was enjoying this game of intelligence he was playing with izuku, after all, he had never met someone as smart as izuku. Good thing he still remembered that izuku was his student and they were ultimately on the same side. One thing was for sure, between, the higher-ups and the 'League of Villains' nezu wouldn't have enough time to play with izuku for some time.

…

Izuku midoriya was walking to the hotel he was staying at. He had short-listed some property agents in the most criminally active parts of the town, as well as some who work in the safer parts of the city. Izuku plans on using a small one-room apartment as a secret makeshift office or base while renting an actual apartment to live in near the school.

Alongside that, he has managed to notice something that could lead him to the 'League of Villains'. Out of the about 100 villains that were arrested at the U.S.J. only a few names were released to the public and many of them have some small-time criminal history in the western part of the town, mentioned all over the news. The crimes that were mentioned suggested that their threat level was more of 'thugs' than 'villains'.

Izuku closed the news app on his phone and looked forward while walking, "Small criminals like these don't get scouted out for big missions like the U.S.J. attack, these guys are usually all gathered by one person who has connections in many places. I will call this unknown person 'X'," Izuku thought.

"This means that 'League of Villains' contacted 'X' and asked him or her to provide them with many thugs to fight students while the nomu take care of All Might and other pro heroes, that must have been their plan," izuku theorized the league's plan, and continued, "so if I track down the leads and find out who this 'X' is then I can get my lead to the 'League of Villains'." He thought.

"Now that I've successfully pulled nezu out of my way, I don't have to worry about him looking into me as much as before," he thought. "The future is going to be difficult, I can guess that much, and depending on what I do know will decide how many innocent people will die, I have to make my move against the 'League of Villains' fast and then take down the corrupted members of the 'hero association' and government all over the world before they harm the innocent," he thought.

"I'll stop all the villains, corrupted heroes, and members of the association all over the world, I will take them down before their actions kill more innocent people, I'll stop them all no matter how far I have to go." he paused as a darker thought came to his mind.

"After all, my hands are already soaked in blood."

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