Chapter 19: The Tournament
After the first event, there was a second event, the cavalry battle. Teams of four would try and steal headbands and earn the most points. Kenshi got a headband worth ten million points having came in first place. Momo, Awase, and Todoroki teamed up with him to help him win. There was a climactic fight for headbands and everyone was using their quirks to show what they were made of.
In the end, the teams of Kenshi, Izuku, Katsuki, and Kendo made it to the final round. There was gonna be a tournament where people have a fighting match to show how good they were in combat. There was a break to get prepared for the final round.
Kenshi was eating with Momo and the others. Winry approached them with a smile.
"You must be Kenshi's other friends!" she said with a smile, "Its so nice to meet you. My name is Winry Jotaro, and I am an eternal 17 year old."
"Mom no!" Kenshi said.
"She seems… nice," Kaminari said.
"My mother, Winry," Kenshi said, "Part of the faculty in UA working in the office."
"Not gonna lie Jojo," Jiro said, "Your mom is kinda hot."
Kenshi took his tray and walked away.
"Come on Mo," Kenshi said.
"What?" Jiro asked, "I just said your mom's kinda hot."
"Stop it!"
Kenshi noticed that he was up against Hayate in the first round.
"You got this Kenshi," Momo said.
"Thanks Mo," Kenshi said.
Izuku noticed he was up against a kid named Hitoshi Shinso.
'Is he the one that Aizawa warned me about?' he thought.
Nana was watching from the stands that her grandson was against Shinso.
"This boy seems dangerous," Nana said, "I heard rumors that his quirkallowshimtocontrolpeoplesmindsbygettingthemtospeakwithaquirklikethathecouldalsosneakintovillainlairsorgetpeopletomonologueanddistractthemlongenough"
Nana was muttering and kanji symbols were flowing around.
"So that's where Izuku and I get it from," Inko said.
Back on the stage Izuku was walking up with Shinso.
"In this corner, we have a boy with three, count em, three quirks, and could possibly be rumored to be the late hero from a thousand years ago, All For One's great great great great great nephew, Izuku Yagi!" Present Mic said, "And in the other corner, we have a boy who could be considered to be Eraserhead's secret love chi- OW!"
"We have Hitoshi Shinso ladies and gentlemen," Aizawa finished.
Shinso looked at him.
"So you're the one who specializes in Melee attacks," Shinso said with a smirk, "I don't think you'll get really far with that."
Izuku did some sign language and said, 'I know how your quirk works. I'm not falling for it.'
"How?" Shinso asked.
"Simple really," Izuku said, "Now let's fight."
He got in a fighting stance. Shinso pulled out a binding cloth similar to Aizawa's.
"This ought to be good," Aizawa said.
He threw out a piece of the binding cloth at Izuku who dodged to the left. Shinso then lunged at Izuku throwing a few fists at him which he caught. Using Full Cowling at 1%, he was dodging with ease. When he saw an opening, he powered up to 5% and threw a punch to Hitoshi, sending him flying.
"Yagi advances to the next round!" Midnight said.
Shinso looked down.
"And also, a surprise for you Hitoshi Shinso," Midnight continued, "After a bit of thinking, the staff and I have come to an agreement. You will be moved into Class 1A's hero course to train your power and your combat!"
"Really?" Shinso asked.
The crowd cheered. Izuku offered Shinso his hand which he accepted.
"Looks like you'll get a chance to show off what you can do."
"I guess I do," Shinso said with a smile.
Midnight turned to Izuku and gave him a bear hug.
"Show them what you can do my little nephew!"
She prepped him with kisses all over.
"Aunt Nemuri, I love you but please let go," he said.
"Never!" Midnight said.
She was suddenly judo flipped over. It was Ochako who picked Izuku up and dragged him back to the stands.
"My teddy bear!"
"Wow," Mina said, "And I thought Jiro was possessive over Kaminari."
Jiro was walking to the bathroom and said, "I heard that!"
Up next was Iida vs Hatsume. What Iida didn't know was that Hastume was having him wear support items and gear to use him as a test subject during the match. Despite all of this, he advanced to the next round. There were a few fun matches where Class 1A, and B were showing what their quirks were capable of.
'Remember what Kenshi said. Mishima style for strong attacks, but Kazama style for using your opponent's strength against them,' Momo thought.
"In this corner we have the creation goddess, and heir to the Yaoyorozu enterprise, if she so decides, Momo Yaoyorozu!"
"And in this corner, we have Batman- OW!"
Present Mic was once again smacked upside the head by Aizawa.
"We have Fumikage Tokoyami," Aizawa said.
Momo looked at her opponent. She then looked to the stands to see Kenshi cheering her on.
Tokoyami started by using Dark Shadow to attack. Momo stood there for a second. After a few seconds, she moved to the left. She then grabbed Dark Shadow and yanked her forward, pulling Tokoyami along with her, then punched Tokoyami in the face. Kenshi was watching with great interest.
"Whoa!" Mina said, "She just attacked Dark Shadow!"
"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami said.
"Got it boss!"
Dark Shadow started using strong attacks. Momo dodged by pivoting left and right. She was waiting for the perfect opening. She saw one and went for a straight jab to Tokoyami's gut. She then grabbed Tokoyami by the legs and started spinning around. After enough momentum, she threw him out of bounds. The crowd cheered for Momo.
"Tokoyami is out of bounds!" Midnight said, "Yaoyorozu is the winner!"
Kenshi cheered like a madman for his girlfriend knowing she won.
Next up was Katsuki vs Ochako. The fight was rough, and Ochako was giving it her all. Katsuki was acting rough but that was because he respected her as a fighter. She had one final trick up her sleeve but Katsuki saw it coming and blasted her out of the ring. After the match he went over to give her a hand.
"Nice stuff round face," KAtsuki said, "No wonder Deku fell for you."
She gladly took his hand and stood up.
"Now that's what I call good sportsmanship," Midnight said.
Kenshi was pacing back and forth waiting for his match to start. As he was doing so, he was approached by someone. It was Endeavor.
"We meet again boy," Endeavor said.
Kenshi sighed and glared at him.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"I want you to make Shoto use his flames," Endeavor said.
"Wait what?" Kenshi asked.
"He's denying his true path of a hero," Endeavor explained.
'I knew there was something off about Todoroki,' Kenshi thought.
"So I need you to force him to use his flames so he can fulfil his destiny."
"Don't you mean fulfill Your destiny?" Kenshi asked.
Endeavor started to glare.
"Watch your tone boy," Endeavor said.
"Listen, I may not know about your family's history, but I do know this," Kenshi said, "No one is tied to an individual's future, or passion. Todoroki is someone who wants to be a hero on his own accord. I do agree he should't do things half way and show his true strength, but what I don't agree on is your method of training him. Have you ever considered that you're the reason why he's half-assing it in ths first place?"
Endeavor was listening to Kenshi's words. He may be young, but he's making a very valid point.
"This whole time you've been grooming him to be the hero that YOU want him to be, instead of making room and asking him what kind of hero that HE wants to be, and don't think I don't know what you did to your wife, seeing her as a distraction."
"But that was-"
"Just an excuse to try and get Shoto to focus on his training and so you could nold him into you," Kenshi said, "I'm pretty sure Shoto would rather fail as himself than succeed as a clone of you. He won't get anywhere with you forcing him to be someone he's not. Take some time and think about that."
With that, he walked away. Endeavor stood there for a few minutes and thought about what that boy just told him. He then pulled out his phone.
"Yes, hello, I'm calling about Rei Todoroki," Endeavor said, "I demand that you release her immediately."