Akumi again starts by taking to the sky. Her expression changed, emotionless. Diving towards Todoroki, Todoroki blocked by summoning an ice pillar straight up but when it reached Akumi it melted.

This surprise paired with the sudden increase in speed of the fall left Todoroki barely enough time to brace himself as Akumi slams her entire body down onto him. The impact shattered the ground and kicked up dust blocking the visual of the two from everyone else. "You're Shoto Todoroki," Akumi said, holding onto the right arm of Todoroki.

Todoroki still standing notices Akumi's unusual behavior. This was still a battle so he summoned his ice to entrap Akumi but no ice would come out. Since ice didn't work he pulled his arm out of Akumi's hold. Akumi's eyes stared coldly at Todoroki, "You're still not using your fireside."

"What—" Todoroki managed to speak but Akumi lunged at him as soon as he did. Todoroki felt something was off about Akumi. Her hand was about to reach his face until he instinctively kicked his flames into high gear.

Akumi jumps away and out of the dust cloud. Flames followed her closely behind but then she absorbed the fire into herself. Standing up straight with an outstretched arm a gust of wind blew away the dust cloud revealing Todoroki. The left side of his face was bleeding. "Who are you?"

"Who am I? I'm… Akumi."

"I should rephrase that. What are you?"

"What am I…? A tool."

"A tool?"

Akumi makes a finger gun with her left hand. Todoroki, remembering this stance, prepared an ice pillar to defend. As Akumi motioned a gun being fired the ice that Todoroki summoned had stopped moving and a finger-sized hole could be seen in the ice. Todoroki had been pierced through the side of his abdomen with the same finger-sized hole. Next, Akumi motioned two more shots this time aimed at his head. Missing the shots she finally starts to show more emotions as she clutches her head. This emotion was an annoyance, "Why does my body not listen? Oh that's right I'm not complete."

Taking advantage of this situation Todoroki summons a glacier entrapping Akumi in it. But she wasn't trapped for long as fire erupted from her entire body burning it and melting away the ice. Akumi laughed with a wide eye, and a crazed smile as she felt no pain whatsoever. Staring down at Todoroki she says, "Use the same move you used on Izuku on me."

"You're speaking nonsense! Can't you see you're hurting yourself," Todoroki shouted, quickly putting out the fire.

"Use your fire and ice," Akumi shouts, blasting air from her entire body breaking free from the ice. It lifted her into the air while pushing Todoroki toward the edge of the ring. Landing back down Akumi began limping towards Todoroki, "If you don't use it. I'm going to kill you."

Overwhelming bloodlust surrounded the area. The only thing anyone could do was watch. This match should have been stopped far before this point but Akumi had taken away everyone's feeling of disgust, urge to move, voice to speak out, and fear of what would happen next. Her quirk controls the flow of emotion out into the sky. She also amplified Todoroki's emotions, making it so his mind was taken over by the heat of the moment. Fire and ice burst out as Todoroki prepared the same attack he had used on Izuku.

He then unleashed the attack, a blast of steam covered the area blocking visuals with everything. After the steam cleared everyone saw that Youta had encased Akumi in his red light barrier right before Todoroki's attack could make contact.

Youta made his way to the front and yelled, "That's enough! Midnight stop the fight! Akumi lost!"

Staring at Todoroki with cold empty eyes Akumi says, "What a shame… Don't think this is the end." She then collapsed against the red light barrier.

Midnight is left speechless for a moment but snaps back to reality and announces, "Akumi is unconscious Todoroki is the winner!"

Emotions are now starting to flood back into the people. Many were disgusted with some questioning as to why the fight didn't stop. Public opinion wasn't all too high to continue but a single thought ran through the crowd's head that made them think this was ok, "The brother and sister pair both lost to the same person in the same way. Surely there won't be another moment like this if the festival continues. These two moments are outliers made only because the twins have quirks that harm themselves."

Stretchers were brought out for both Todoroki and Akumi. Todoroki had fallen unconscious due to fatigue. Izuku was the first to Akumi, followed by Youta then Akari. Midnight then announced a small intermission.

Akumi's entire arms and legs were scorched with third-degree burns. Her face was covered in frost as she was brought to an infirmary. Everyone who was with her was told to wait outside as she was in critical condition.

Todoroki was also in a similar critical condition. The blood loss was a big issue. Due to the clean pierced hole, it was much easier to patch and repair. Thankfully the finger-sized hole had only grazed a major artery and not hit it directly.

And so there was silence. No one approached Izuku or the door to Akumi. Akari has her quirk activated for the entirety of the session. Youta stands head to face towards the wall opposite the door.

After what felt like hours an announcement goes off through the speakers of the hall, "Youta Okazaki. Your match will begin shortly. Please proceed to the arena. Tenya Ida. Your match will begin shortly. Please proceed to the arena."

"Your match is up," Izuku said.

"Why bother? I nearly let a friend die," Youta replied. "I need to be here if the worst should happen."

Footsteps can be heard down the hall and it was revealed to be Ida. He was a bit upset, to say the least when he walked beside Youta and said, "Our match is next."

"I won't participate."

"Why not?"

"Can't you tell? My friend, our friend is in critical condition right now. All because of this stupid festival. Izuku broke his arms and Akumi has severe burns and frostbite. With all this, I think I might just die of a heart attack!"

"That's it."

Youta turns to face Ida. Both of them had a ticking bomb with fuses about to go off. "That's it? Are you serious right now? Is this fight so important to you? Well fine, you win. I give up. There you are happy. Now if you're done, leave."

"You don't even know a damn thing." Ida's face darkens as he looms over Youta.

"What don't I know? Do, please, tell. Because right now I have the moral high ground."

"I just got a call right now about my brother. He's the pro hero Ingenium. He may not ever be able to walk again due to an encounter with a villain. So excuse me for saying this but." Ida takes a breath Just before he breaks the silence shouting, "What the hell do you mean Moral High Ground! Of course, I'm not so fixated on winning this tournament for myself or getting my name out! And forgive me when I say that I want to win this fight fairly because in a time like this wouldn't our fight be the best to bring up the people's mood."

Ida's eyes were fierce with misguided anger towards Youta. This didn't make Youta waver but instead changed his mind about forfeiting the match. Looking down Ida in the eyes Youta responded, "Well… Why didn't you open with that? You make me look like the bad guy here. Guess I'll just have to win for Akumi and you for your brother."

Ida turns and walks away saying, "I never said anything about winning for someone else. I'll see you in the arena."

After Ida leaves Youta leaves soon after. Now it was just Akari and Izuku. The silence continues.


"Sorry everyone for the short intermission but we are now back to the tournament. After what happened last round, we will make it so it won't happen a third time. Not unless we have triplets," Present Mic announced to the audience. "Well, it's improbable because these two challengers up next already have a family well-known to the public." Ida and Youta both approach the arena, "We have Tenya Ida versus Youta Okazaki!" The crowd cheered loudly at the announcement, although some left due to the display of Todoroki and Akumi's fight.

As Ida and Youta stand at opposite sides of the arena Midnight speaks, "We do not want to have a repeat of the last round. So we are going to be a bit more strict with how much harm can be done before we have to step in. Having that said…" Midnight raised her whip and whipped it down, "Begin the fight!"

Ida immediately rushes in with his engine roaring, going for a kick at the torso. Youta easily places a hand on Ida's leg as it swung by and side hops right over it to Ida's surprise. "You can go faster can't you," Youta taunted.

Ida responded with a roundhouse kick into a push kick. Youta ducks under the roundhouse and crosses his arm in advance blocking the push kick, but is pushed back. "You should get serious. Everyone is giving it their all. Especially the Midoriyas. So stop messing around."

"What can I do? This is a bad matchup. If you want me to get serious, give me a second and you will lose."

"I'm going to charge this move, that's all the time you get." Ida's engines start to rev up. The moment Youta hears Ida's engines he knew what was going to happen next as he closed his eyes, activating his quirk. Ida then shouts, "Recipro Burst!"

The next thing to happen was Ida's leg smashing against a hard wall. "Don't you know… You should never run a red light." Youta opened his eyes and he is now encased in a clear solid sphere of red. "You lose." The moment Youta raised an arm Ida is encased in the same sphere Youta was just in. Even with Ida's strongest kicks it barely does anything to the barrier, as Youta sets Ida outside the arena deactivating his quirk.

"Ida is out of the arena! Youta is the winner!" Midnight announces to the cheers of the audience.

Ida's eyes were cast by shadow. His head was down, and his hand curled into a fist. Youta walks to Ida patting his shoulder as he passes and says, "Thanks for convincing me to continue. Now I have a chance to beat Todoroki without any repercussions." Youta walks away and Ida doesn't respond.

"What a spectacular match! Okazaki quickly puts a stop to Ida's engines with the same move he did with Yaoyorozu! We'll be moving on to the final match of today's Sports Festival! The Three Way StandOff between Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki, and Youta Okazaki!" Present Mic announced.

"But only after another small intermission to see if Todoroki can still participate," Aisawa added.


Akari and Izuku are still waiting outside of the room Akumi was in, "Hey Izuku?" Akari said.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Akumi's colors… They're gone…"

"What does that mean…?"

"That means she's either dead or… Something else…"

"She only pushed herself this hard because of me. If I had just kept my mouth shut and talked to her after the festival…"

"Stop it! Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault. It's never your fault. So don't say it!"

Izuku perks up at hearing this, "Did you know about the stuff Akumi has been keeping a secret?"

"No, I'm still waiting for her to tell me herself. But what I do see is that we all have some sort of colors weighing on us."

"It's because our colors are much lighter," Youta said as he entered the scene.

"No, I wouldn't say that necessarily but…" Akari looked at Youta for a moment and was frightened at what she saw. "Please not you too."

"What's wrong Akari?" Izuku asked noticing Akari trembling. Izuku looks at Youta and doesn't notice anything wrong.

"What is it, Akari?" Youta approaches Akari.

"No more!" Akari wraps her arms tightly around Youta's torso. "I'm not letting you go out there. Not with how you are now!"

"What are you doing? What do you mean by how he is now," Izuku said, confused about the whole situation.

"I came back here to apologize for what I'm about to do if Todoroki can still participate," Youta says.

"Wha-what are you going to do," Izuku wearily asked.

"Please! Even if he's able to participate Akumi's done enough to him already. You know what's going to happen next if you use your quirk again. Please!" Akari buries her head into Youta's chest. "You three shouldn't be using your quirks like this. Not in these situations. Not against friends and classmates."

"I know You're smarter than this Akari. If you wanted to stop me you would have kept your distance." Youta places a hand on Akari's neck. "One strike here would knock you out right now."

"Just what are you planning, Youta," Izuku asks. "What's going to happen if you use your quirk again?"

"I want to beat him up too, but from what I see from you… You might push it a little bit too far!" Akari looks up into Youta's eyes. Her eyes glowed blue with tears falling from her face. "I already have two friends who hurt themselves in this stupid festival. I don't want another." Youta rubs her neck. Akari knew what would happen next and frowned, "Not again."

With a swift chop to the neck, Akari goes unconscious. Izuku then shouts, "Can you explain to me what's going on!"

Youta catches Akari's unconscious body and answers Izuku, "I might go into stasis if I use my quirk again."

"Stasis?"

"Well, it's not going to matter anyway since Todoroki isn't going to be able to participate."

"What did you do!" Izuku's eyes widened in shock.

"Clam down," Youta said, setting Akari against the wall. "As Akari said, Todoroki was too heavily damaged to continue to the finals."

"Then why not tell Akari? Why did you still knock her out?"

"It's because I don't want her to see me like that again."

"You, in stasis?"

"Yes, now make sure she doesn't wake up too soon. I was told my match with Bakugo is coming up soon."

"Don't you dare leave that arena as badly injured as us? If you do, I'll never hear the end of it from Akari and Akumi."

"It's just Bakugo. How bad can it be?" Youta stands up and walks away.

"Don't go…" Akari said unconsciously.