Hey everyone author here I want to apologize in advance for this chapter taking so long to write because for the first 2 days after I finished the last chapter I took a break to play some video games I got for Christmas this year. It was only after that I realized that this is basically the one time I shouldn't have taken a break because to have the chapters make sense I had to write 8 different fucking fight scenes with different quirks and move sets for each character and Jesus fucking Christ this took so long to write those fight scenes let alone the dialogue I usually throw in between them. So once again I apologize for the chapter being late. I hope you enjoy it.
"Hello everyone and welcome back to the UA sports tournament!" Present Mic's voice rings out. "For those of you just coming back on the TV here's what you missed both Mashirao Ojiro and Nirengeki Shoda from Team Shinso resigned their spots and gave them up to Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu and Ibara Shiozaki of the fifth place team due to personal reasons. So with that taken into account here is the battle order."
One of the large screens that was showing footage of the previous matches changes to show the matches and order they will be fighting which is
Fight 1: Izuku Midoriya vs. Hitoshi Shinso
Fight 2: Shote Todoroki vs. Hanta Sero
Fight 3: Denki Kaminari vs. Ibara Shiozaki
Fight 4: Tenya Iida vs. Mei Hatsume
Fight 5: Yuga Aoyama vs. Mina Ashido
Fight 6: Fumikage Tokoyami vs. Momo Yaoyorozu
Fight 7: Ejiro Kirishima vs. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Fight 8: Ochaco Ururaka vs. Katsuki Bakugo
Present Mic continues, "The rules for these fights are simple, to win you must either knock your opponent out of the arena, restrain them in some way to where they can no longer move, have them surrender, or injure them to an extent where a hypothetical death blow can occur."
"Just to note any actual lethal force will be cause for immediate disqualification unless your opponent has agreed ahead of the match that lethal force can be used," Aizawa says in a deadpan tone
"That's right!" Present Mic continues in his upbeat tone "So contestants please be sure to not use any truly lethal force. Now go and prepare for your fights and remember to go beyond in these fights. Now everyone say it with me."
"PLUS ULTRA!" The crowd and Present Mic yell at the same time.
Izuku walks into the prep room and sits next to Shote whose eyes are still bloodshot from crying.
"So you want to talk about it?" Izuku asks quietly.
"Talk about what?" Shote says in her normal tone.
"Whatever it was you were crying about," Izuku replies softly.
Shote glances over at Izuku in a combination of anger and confusion before Izuku continues. "You seemed upset after the last round and I went to see if you were okay. I heard you crying and since I saw your father walk in to talk to you I didn't want to interfere in a family affair. So want to get it off your chest?"
Shote blinks at Izuku a bit, looks down, and shakes her head. "It's a personal matter involving my family. I don't know what you heard after my father came but let's just say that he didn't help the matter."
"I heard something about an accident," Izuku says quietly.
"It wasn't an-" Shote starts in a raised voice before quieting back down to a lower level after seeing people looking at them. "It wasn't an accident."
"What do you mean?" Izuku asks.
"It… it doesn't matter," Shote says looking down at the ground. "Nothing has mattered in a while."
"Family member?" Izuku asks quietly.
Shote looks over at him and nods slightly with a confused expression on her face.
"I had the same thoughts when my mother died," Izuku says quietly, looking down at the ground. "Let me guess you saw them die in front of you or something?"
Shote shakes her head, "No, I just saw the video footage of what happened."
Izuku nods but before he can say anything else he hears an alarm go off calling him to the stadium.
As he stands up he turns back to Shote and says, "I don't know exactly what happened but I know it probably involved Endeavor right?"
Shote nods slightly looking up at Izuku.
"Okay then let me just give you a bit of advice." Izuku kneels in front of Shote looks into her eyes, and says, "It's not his quirk."
"What?" Shote says.
"Your fire half it's not his quirk it's yours. Don't live under some restrictions put in place because you hate your father. Use your quirk to prove him wrong. To prove that you are right. To prove that you are better than him." Izuku looks into Shote's eyes and says, "I know just as well as you that it is damn near impossible to let go of your grief and hate so don't use it to make you stronger. And if one day you get the chance to beat the ever-loving shit out of Endeavor, just know I'll be happy to help with it."
Shote nods slightly as Izuku walks out of the room to the arena. Shote looks down at her left hand contemplating what Izuku said as an inner war rages inside her.
"All right, everyone it's the moment you've all been waiting for the first battle of the UA SPORTS TOURNAMENT!" Present Mic announces causing loud cheers among the crowd.
"Now then it's the quirkless monster who has broken several records in his time at this school please welcome from class 1a IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Present Mic says.
As Izuku walks into the arena he looks around and sees a large majority of the crowd cheering but with a few exceptions only a few of the heroes are cheering for the first quirkless in UA.
"It's the surprising entry no one expected please welcome the general studies student HITOSHI SHINSO!"
As Shinso walks into the arena the crowd notices that he is carrying something.
"Mr. Shinso what is it you are holding?" Midnight asks as she sits in a lifeguard-type chair overlooking the zone.
"A Kusarigama," Shinso replies lifting the chained weapon with a sickle blade on one end and a weighted ball on the other. "All classes other than the hero classes are allowed to use tools correct?"
"That is true. However, it would be preferred if you used a capture cloth instead of a weapon with lethal potential," Midnight says.
"I'll accept any potential risks for it being a lethal weapon," Izuku says with a smile. "I can use the challenge and it's been a while since I fought someone using a Kusarigama I could use the practice."
Midnight glances at Izuku and says, "Okay, as long as you accept the risks we'll allow it for the time being though for the next match. If you win Shinso, you be required to put on a foam topper."
Shinso nods, and Midnight, satisfied with the response, says, "Contestants begin."
"I feel bad for Shinso," Razor says, sipping her drink.
"He's the one Izuku convinced you to train, right?" Nana asks, taking a bite of popcorn.
"That's correct, though he never really reached Izuku's levels for the few months I trained him," Razor replies.
"So he's about to get his ass beaten?" Nana says.
"Against Izuku? Almost certainly, though against everyone else except maybe Endeavor's kid he would win either using his quirk or his blade," Razor replies.
"Good to know," Nana says, taking another bite of popcorn. "It always helps to know one's potential allies' strengths and weaknesses."
Razor nods as she turns to watch the show.
As the match started both Izuku and Shinso slowly walked around the arena observing each other's footsteps and looking for any flaws in each other's forms.
Izuku of course noticed the flaws, the way that Shinso put slightly too much weight on his right foot, the way he kept the blade portion of the Kusarigama slightly too close to his body for peak efficiency as he spun it as well as a few other things.
Izuku feints a small opening in his side to see if Shinso would attack. Upon the lack of any blade being launched toward him, Izuku begins preparing to launch himself towards Shinso.
That is when it happened, Shinso launches the ball end of the blade towards Izuku while using the chain to try and wrap Izuku up in the chain.
Izuku dodges through a gap in the chain and launches himself toward Shinso only to find that he hadn't dodged completely and his leg was trapped in the chain
Yanking the chain forward Shinso knocks Izuku off balance as he throws the other end of the chain at Izuku.
Leaning back like he was playing a game of limbo Izuku catches the blade in his hands, looks at Shinso, smiles, and mouths "Got you."
Shinso's eyes widen as he is yanked forward by Izuku twisting his body around in a circle and yanking the chain toward him as he willingly ties himself up.
With a backflip kick to the stomach, Shinzo goes flying 50 feet into the air and crashes out of the arena.
"Well, there you have it folks, the quirkless monster strikes again, and Izuku Midoriya takes the win in near record time!" Present Mic announces as applause rings out from the audience.
As Izuku untangles himself from the chain of the Kusarigama Shinso walks up to him and says, "You know I wasn't expecting such a bold strategy from you, I figured you'd play it safer."
"Upside of training I guess," Izuku says with a shrug. "Though if you had slightly better positioning you may have won the match."
"Don't patronize me Izuku I know when I'm beat," Shinso says with a nod as he walks off back to the general students section.
"Izuku won that quickly," Nana says as she takes a sip of her whiskey.
"I was wondering how he would take him out without any weapons," Kurogiri says. "Seems I underestimated him."
"The strategy was risky though," Razor says, staring at the screen. "In a battle to the death, it would never work."
"Yet in a battle to the death, he wouldn't hold back so much. That has to count for something," Nana replies, taking a bite of the nearby popcorn.
"True, but Shinso also held back a lot. He barely used any of the more complicated moves I taught him." Razor replies glancing over at Nana.
"That is accurate," Kurogiri says before Nana can reply.
"Yeah it may be but we both know that Izuku would beat the shit out of Shinso gear or none," Nana says with a sip of whiskey. "After all it's not like he didn't train like hell even after ripping Mind Touch's head off his body."
Razor simply nods as she looks at the image of the infamous villain in the underworld walking back towards the observation lounge.
As Izuku walks back into the class 1a student section after being checked out by Recovery Girl he hears, "Izuku over here," as Mina, Ururaka, Momo, and Iida wave him over, "We saved you a seat."
Izuku smiles as he walks over and sits next to them hugging Mina before turning towards Ururaka. "So you're going up against Bakugo for your first match. Do you have a plan?"
"I have a few ideas," Uruaka replies,
"If you want I can give you some tips," Izuku says.
"No," Ururaka says. "I need to do this on my own. I want to prove that I can do this on my own."
"What do you mean you've been doing a lot on your own," Izuku says.
"No, I have been on your team for nearly every event that has happened so far and the only time I was on my own was during the villain attack and… well that was just too weird of a day for me to count it as an instance of my success," Ururaka replies glancing down for the last part. "I need to do this on my own if not to prove it to the teachers then at least to myself."
Izuku stares at Ururaka for a second and then nods saying "Okay but if you change your mind I have a lot of advice on how to beat the shit out of Kacchan."
"THE HELL YOU SAY DEKU!" Bakugo yells overhearing the conversation
"Oh shut the hell up you worthless halfwit," Izuku says turning towards Bakugo.
"WHAT'D YOU SAY DEKU!" Bakugo yells.
"No fighting among the contestants is permitted unless it's in a match so save it for your match," Momo says turning towards Bakugo.
"I'm surprised you aren't offering me advice," Mina says leaning on Izuku's shoulder.
"You don't need it you're facing Aoyama not exactly hard," Izuku whispers in Mina's ear causing her to chuckle.
"ALL RIGHT FOLKS HERE WE GO WITH THE SECOND MATCH OF THE UA SPORTS TOURNAMENT!" Present Mic's voice rings out from the loudspeakers. "From class 1a we have the second place and then first place winner of the tournament so far please welcome the coldest person on campus SHOTE TODOROKI!"
Shote walks into the arena with an angry expression on her face as applause rings around her.
"Also from class 1a, we have the tape man and the person who will unfortunately probably lose this bout Hanta Sero!"
"You don't have to be so mean," Sero says as he stretches his arms. "Now I know I'm going to lose but I may as well give it my best shot."
With those final words, Sero launches out a barrage of tape, wraps Shote up, and tries to launch her out of the arena. Before Sero could react however his tape was frozen and he was trapped in an ice wall large enough to go over the wall of the stadium and extend nearly 500 meters into the air.
"What… what the hell have you been teaching these kids Eraserhead?" Present Mic says as he stares in shock at the ice wall that formed in front of them.
"That certainly wasn't my training," Aizawa says staring at the ice.
"Sero can you move?" Midnight asks as she shivers as half of her body is coated in ice.
"Of course not," Sero says shivering.
"Then the victory goes to Shote Todoroki," Midnight announces as Shote walks forward towards Sero.
"For what it's worth I'm sorry I was a bit mad and I needed an outlet," Shote says.
"It's fine but next time can you do me a favor and miss the first blast or two so I can get a better score," Sero says as Shote starts melting him out of the ice.
"Of course," Shote nods as the crowd starts chanting "Nice Try" to try to raise Sero's spirits.
"Momo, can you do me a favor," Izuku says standing up.
"Sure, what do you want?" Momo asks.
"Can you make me a sword quickly preferably one made of heated tungsten but steel will work in a pinch," Izuku says as he starts walking towards the wall of ice putting his hand on it as he subtly uses his Evaluate quirk to find the find the weak point in the ice.
"Here," Momo says holding out the sword. "What are you going to do?"
"You'll see," Izuku says as he holds up the blade above his head.
Present Mic announces, "Sorry folks but for the time being, we will have to wait until the ice is cleared before we continue the match-" Before he can continue, all of the ice covering the upper section of the arena bursts into shards no larger than a fingernail.
The crowd looks up in shock as they see Izuku calmly slide down the ice until he comes up next to Shote. "How long until Sero is free?" Izuku asks ignoring the stares he is getting from the crowd.
"About a minute," Shote says, looking curiously at the sword in Izuku's hands.
"Got it Sero do you mind if I work around you to get the ice off the spectators?" Izuku asks.
"S-s-s-sure be my guest," Sero mutters out as he tries to not get hypothermia.
Izuku calmly walks up on the ice behind Sero, holds up his sword, and says "Atomic Slash".
To nearly everyone, it looked as though Izuku had merely moved his sword down in a standard slash. This expectation was shattered as quickly as the ice that quickly transformed into shards no larger than a golf ball.
Izuku hops back down on the ground and throws the now very bent and broken sword to the ground, "And that's why I try to only use my custom swords. Otherwise, these dang things break way too easily."
"The hell," Sero mutters, now free of the ice, as he turns and looks behind him at the lack of ice wall. "How… just how?"
"Well done, Izuku," Shote says, ignoring Sero and the crowd's shocked stares.
"Thanks though I have to admit I'm slightly surprised you are hardly showing any reaction to this," Izuku says, gesturing behind him.
"I have gotten very good at controlling my reactions over the years," Shote says, staring up at her now-destroyed ice wall. "Though I have to admit I also knew you've been holding back since the first day so this wasn't entirely unexpected for me though I wasn't ready for it to happen so soon."
"It?" Izuku asks.
"For you to show your full potential," Shote replies.
Izuku smiles and says "Shote if you think I would show my true strength this earlier in the year then you've got another thing coming don't worry though if you pull out a few of these in your fight you may make me get serious."
Shote smiles and replies, "I look forward to it." Before turning and leaving the arena with Sero in tow.
"How can he have more strength than that?" Sero thinks to himself as he glances back at Izuku.
Shote looks up at her father and glares at him as she thinks to herself. "I'll beat him when he fights seriously. I'll show you you fucking asshole."
"This is for what you did to Toya."
"I have to admit I wasn't expecting him to use Atomic Slash in front of so many people," Razor says, staring at the screen.
"He is trying to gain some of the students' trust and it seems that Shote is one of his prime candidates for turning," Nana says.
"Seems like an unlikely scenario, getting the daughter of Endeavor to become a villain," Kurogiri says.
Razor chuckles a bit before saying, "I've seen Endeavor before, quite frankly the fact no one in his family has tried to murder him either speaks to his strength or their very high patience."
"Wait, are those rumors true?" Nana asks.
Razor simply nods.
"Damn," Nana says, taking the whiskey bottle and drinking a swing of it. "And here I thought we villains were bad, at least we don't kill our own family."
"All right folks here he is from class 1a it's the man with the quirk who shocks the most it's Denki Kaminari!" Present Mic announces, causing cheers among the crowd as he walks out.
"And from class 1b we have the vine assassin of the century. Please give it up for Ibara Shiozaki!" Present Mic continues.
"Excuse me, sir," Ibara says.
"Huh," Present Mic says looking down at the arena.
"I don't mean to be rude but why did you call me an assassin, surely you don't think I would kill my opponent," Ibara says.
"What no of course not it's just showmanship." Present Mic replies confused.
"Good because I didn't become a hero to be a killer, I did it to inspire people and to make the world a better place," Ibara says putting her hands together in prayer as she talks as birds fly down and land on her shoulders and start eating the fruit growing from her vines.
"… Alright then anyway contestants are you ready? Doesn't matter, FIGHT!" Present Mic announces.
"Sorry, Ibara, was it? I plan on making it to the semifinals at least so I'm sorry but when you lose I promise to buy you a drink at Starbucks." Kaminari says as he charges up his attack and launches it at her.
Quickly turning around Ibara raises a wall of vines blocking the electricity as she incapacitates Kaminari in a web of vines.
"My apologies but, for the sake of my class's honor, I must win this tournament but I will take you up on the offer for drinks sometime," Ibara says as Midnight announces that she won.
"Thanks, I guess," Kaminari musters out before entering brain-dead mode.
"Well, I guess I'm up then," Iida says as he stands up and walks out of the class 1a area.
Monoma's head pops up from over the wall dividing the two hero courses and starts laughing maniacally "HAHAHA THE SUPERIOR CLASS 1B WINS AGAIN HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT 'SUPERIOR CLASS' HAHAHAHAHA-" Monoma's head slumps to the ground as Kendo's head pops up and she says "Sorry about that," before popping back down again.
"Okay, someone needs to do something about that guy," Mina says.
"Yeah at this point it's getting ridiculous," Ururaka says.
"What is?" Shote asks as she walks up into the observation area.
"Monoma," Izuku says eliciting a nod from Shote as Present Mic's voice comes over the loudspeaker once more.
"ALRIGHT, EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS FROM CLASS 1A WE HAVE THE SPEED DEMON BROTHER OF INGENIUM IT'S TENYA IIDA!" causing cheers from the crowd.
"AND FROM THE SUPPORT COURSE IT'S THE MAKER OF THE TEN THOUSAND GEARS IT'S MEI HATSUME!"
"Hmm if she has more support gear on the level that she has already used then it may be a good idea to hire her," one of the recruiters from a support company whispers to another next to him eliciting a nod.
"Umm Iida," Midnight says. "You know only non-hero students can use gear, correct."
Iida nods and says, "Yes but Mei Hatsume asked that I wear this and said that it would help me in the fight."
"Is this true?" Midnight turns asking Hatsume.
"Yep!" Hatsume says in an upbeat tone.
The other UA teachers walk towards each other and talk amongst themselves before Midnight says again, "Well as long as she approves it's allowed."
As the fight begins Iida rushes towards Mei Hatsume only for her to press a button and cause the gear to cause him to fly out of the way. As she begins her explanation of all the different gear she gave Iida and the gear she brought with her.
"She got this far just for a sponsorship ad?" Izuku says staring down at the scene before him. "I can't decide whether I should be impressed or revolted."
"I think I can tell Iida's emotion," Ururaka says as she watches Iida's disgust as he continues to fly around the small arena.
"He is a stickler for the rules so it makes sense," Momo says as she sighs watching the scene.
"I didn't know Ingenium has a brother," One of the heroes in the crowd says to another hero next to him as they watch the poorly disguised sponsorship ad that Mei Hatsume was using.
"Really? I hear him talk about him all the time, at least before he was driven half-mad chasing this Stain guy," The other hero replies.
"Ah, that explains it I only ever met him after he took that case," The first hero says back.
"Yeah he's gotten a bit obsessed over it I mean he's not even watching his brother's first tournament to chase him," The second hero says nodding.
Roughly 100 miles away in Hosu:
"Section 184 do you have sights on him?" Ingenium asks his sidekicks through a comlink.
"No sight yet, sir," the sidekick says.
"We can't let him get away this is the first time in months we have him narrowed down to one location," Ingenium says.
"We know sir we'll find him," the sidekick says.
Ingenium turns off the com, punches a nearby wall, and screams, "DAMN IT!"
"You heroes really shouldn't be talking so much," a voice comes from behind Ingenium.
Ingenium quickly turns around to see a man standing behind him sword drawn, "It gives away your location too easily." Stain says, a deranged smile wide on his face as he lunges towards the hero.
"And that's all the gear I have right now but I promise I'll have more soon!" Mei says as she walks off the stage and 'loses' the match
"That felt a bit excessive," Ururaka says as she stares down at the stage.
"She seems like a bad fit for the league. Way too erratic to be able to be convinced to join," Izuku thinks to himself as he watches Mei leave the arena.
"Well, wish me luck," Mina says as she kisses Izuku on the cheek and runs out of the observation area and down to the arena.
"Do not worry monami," Aoyama says to the people around him. "I will beat the pink one and prove once and for all that Moi is the best one here."
"Pink one?" Mina says, an angry tone in her voice.
"You are pink, no? Is that not what I would say? If not my apologies French and Japanese are not very compatible languages."
Mina glares at Aoyama and mumbles, "Fine it was a mistake let's just go."
"FROM CLASS 1A IT'S THE PINK GIRL WHO LOOKS LIKE SHE'S FROM OUTER SPACE IT'S MINA ASHIDO!" Present Mic announces to the cheers of the crowd.
"Seriously?" Mina mumbles to herself upon hearing the outer space part, "Is it that hard to say something not offensive."
"AND ALSO FROM CLASS 1A IT'S THE FRENCH MAN WITH THE DAZZLING QUIRK IT'S YUGA AOYAMA!"
Aoyama walks out into the stadium blowing kisses out to the crowd. "Bonjour, vous des gens merveilleux, je vous promets que je vais réduire en bouillie ce petit monstre rose pour vous tous avec mes magnifiques lasers éblouissants!"
As the match begins Aoyama quickly fires a barrage of lasers at Mina who quickly slides out of the way and rushes forward toward Aoyama.
As Mina faces the hail of lasers (remember in this universe Aoyama was born with his quirk so he doesn't have the whole issue of being limited to a few seconds before he gets pain from using his quirk) she starts dodging back and forth using crazy moves that remind the crowd of Izuku's moves from the first match before she lands on the ground and faces Aoyama who had stopped pelting her with small lasers.
Instead, Aoyama had sucked in his stomach and launched a very large laser blast at Mina which covered half of the arena. "Shit," Mina mumbles as she rolls to the side barely dodging the attack as it slightly knicks her arm.
"So your quirk produces lasers based on light, huh?" Mina says smiling looking up at Aoyama.
"Oui why do you surrender after realizing the superiorness of my quirk," Aoyama says a smirk on his face.
"No I feel bad for you I always wanted to try this thing I saw in a TV show so let's go espèce de putain de connard," Mina says spitting out the French curse.
"You speak French?" Aoyama says his eyes widening in shock.
"Enough to know what you said now let's go fucker," Mina says as she raises her arms and summons a meter-thick armor made of acid.
"HAHAHA," Aoyama laughs. "You think such a small shield will stop my attack you idiotic heteromorph. I shall free you of your stupidity." Aoyama releases a giant laser beam at Mina's armor…
Only for it to be refracted to everywhere but where Mina was standing.
"Quoi! How did you deflect my attack!" Aoyama yells.
"Simple acid is a liquid and you are shooting light beams and liquids refract light," Mina says with a smile that quickly darkens as she finishes. "Now go to hell." Before punching Aoyama and sending him flying out of the arena.
Mina walks up to Aoyama and whispers in his ear, "appelle-moi encore comme ça, je ferai en sorte que tu le regretteras." Before walking away back towards the observation area where Izuku is waiting.
"What did he say?" Izuku asks quietly as they walk back towards the observation area.
"A few racist slurs and insults. Nothing I haven't heard before though," Mina says looking at Izuku with a fake smile though not quite a good enough smile to hide the pain behind her eyes.
"Don't you fucking dare go there on me," Izuku says in a slightly harsher tone causing Mina to quickly glance at him.
"That thinking that acceptance of your treatment is what makes you a target. When people say stuff like that, go and fight back, don't take it lying down," Izuku says.
"Easy for you to say," Mina says with a sad smile. "You are one of the strongest and smartest people here."
"I wasn't always strong," Izuku mumbles as he raises the arm that he used to show the scars to them the other day. "If I had fought back just once there would have been a chance they left me alone. Instead, I did nothing and because of that nearly everyone I knew treated me worse than dog shit on the side of the road." Izuku stops and turns and looks Mina in the eyes and says, "Don't make my mistakes when people say stuff like that fight back."
"You realized I just beat the shit out of him right?" Mina asks looking at Izuku.
"Yeah but you didn't go far enough to make him stop now did you," Izuku says gesturing to Aoyama being carried away on a stretcher and mumbling more slurs in French.
Mina's smile fades slightly as Izuku sighs and says, "But right now that's unimportant let's go celebrate your win with the others okay."
Mina nods the force of her smile returning as she and Izuku walk back into the observation room.
Present Mic clears his throat before starting his announcement, "ALRIGHT FOLKS FROM CLASS 1A WE HAVE THE CLASS REPRESENTATIVE… ONE OF THE CLASS REPRESENTATIVES AND THE GIRL WHO GOT IN ON WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION SCORES IN DECADES IT'S MOMO YAOYUROZU!"
Cheers fill the stadium as Momo walks into the arena with a concentrated look on her face.
"AND ALSO FROM CLASS 1A WE HAVE THE EMO KID WITH THE DARKEST SOUL HERE IT'S FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI!"
A roar of cheers swells as the fight starts with Tokoyami starting by releasing Dark Shadow and sending him spiraling at Momo causing her to barely have time to create a shield to block the raining hail of blows.
"Okay, I just need to roll quickly enough away to create some gear," Momo thinks to herself as she rolls to the left to try to avoid Dark Shadow and get an opening on Tokoyami himself.
This, of course, doesn't work as Dark Shadow quickly reorients himself and launches another string of attacks that don't give Momo any time to do anything other than dodge left again and again until she is only a few feet away from the edge of the arena.
"Damnit I can't let him force me to dodge again come on Momo think of something here. Is there anything you noticed in the previous fights that you can use against him… well when we were in the ice cavern it seemed that Dark Shadow was slower and weaker than when we were outside but why would that be does he not like enclosed areas or LIGHT he's a shadow of course he'd hate light just need to."
Before Momo can form a flashlight however Dark Shadow hits her with one last strike that sends her spiraling out of the arena and causing Tokoyami to win.
"Did I just lose…" Momo thinks to herself as she just slowly stands back up as she and Tokoyami walk back to the observation area.
"I barely even did anything," Momo says as she sits next to Izuku and Shote.
"For what it's worth Tokoyami probably has one of the hardest quirks to counter in the whole class," Izuku says patting her on the back as the sounds of Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's fight which for the sake of ease the author has chosen to not put in this story because I'm getting tired of writing fight scenes because 8 fight scenes is a lot of fight scenes to write.
"I didn't even stand a chance though," Momo says as she stares down at the floor.
"But you still put on a good showing you managed to dodge and get out of the way enough times to where I guarantee you'll be viewed favorably after all you did well in the last 2 rounds as well," Shote says comforting her.
"I only got through the second round because of you though," Momo says looking up at Shote.
"I'm going to tell you a secret Momo," Izuku says as he stands in front of Momo. "I don't think I could win against Tokoyami without my gear."
"What," Momo says quickly looking up at Izuku.
Izuku nods as he continues "It's true trying to beat Dark Shadow would be very difficult for me without my gear plus based on the fight with Shote he has better reaction times than I do." "At least without letting on I have the Perception quirk," Izuku thinks to himself before continuing "Without my sword I wouldn't be able to cut through Dark Shadow and Tokoyami could just block all of my attacks until he finds an opening and punches me out of the arena."
"How would your sword help exactly with that?" Shote asks.
"A magician never reveals all his secrets. Anyway, Momo the fact you lose shouldn't get you down everyone loses sometimes it's just about learning from those losses so you can win the next time. So what did you learn while fighting Tokoyami?"
Momo looks up and thinks back on her fight and says, "Well if I ever fight him or someone like him I need to get to cover so I have enough time to get a weapon to counter them."
"Exactly," Izuku replies with a smile on his face. "Take the losses and learn from them, it will make you a better fighter."
Momo looks up and nods her head as some of her confidence seems to return. "Okay, I'll do that."
"AND IT'S A TIE FOLKS KIRISHIMA AND TETSUTETSU HAVE BOTH BEEN KNOCKED OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY!"
"I guess we should go watch Ururaka's match," Izuku says as looks towards the observation area. "I just hope I get to watch Bakugo get his ass beat again."
"ALL RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS FROM CLASS 1A WE HAVE THE KID WHO SURVIVED THE SLUDGE MONSTER ATTACK IT'S KATSUKI BAKUGO!"
"ALSO FROM CLASS 1A, IT'S THE ONE I'M PERSONALLY ROOTING FOR ITS OCHAKO URURAKA!"
"I need to get in close otherwise I don't stand a chance," Ururaka thinks to herself as she dashes forward towards Bakugo.
"DIE!" Bakugo yells as he throws an explosion at Ururaka causing her to be thrown back a dozen feet and filling the arena with smoke.
"Trying to mimic Deku, huh?" Bakugo mumbles as he looks around in the smoke.
Bakugo notices the colors of the UA uniform move through the smoke. Smiling he mumbles, "Got you," as he lunges forward, an explosion in hand.
As the explosion lands however he realizes that in the shirt there is no flesh and blood underneath the cloth and he quickly turns around to see Ururaka behind him hand outstretched.
"TOO SLOW!" Bakugo yells as he throws another series of explosions knocking back Ururaka another dozen feet.
Again and again, Ururaka ran at Bakugo trying dozens of different feints and dodges yet every time she was sent hurtling back.
"Is this allowed?" Mina asks Izuku. "I mean the match is basically over and she's getting her ass handed to her."
"It does seem unfair," Iida replies.
Izuku meanwhile is staring not at the ground but upwards as he says, "No match is over till it's over and I have a feeling that if what she's planning works Bakugo may not make it past the first round."
"What are you talking about?" Mina asks, staring at Izuku.
Izuku points upward and as the rest of class 1a, minus Momo and Shote follow it they see what Izuku is talking about.
Hovering above the arena is a ginormous pile of rubble and debris from Bakugo's explosions.
"I have a feeling this match will be closer than most of you think," Izuku says with a smile on his face. "And I for one am all for Kacchan getting his comeuppance."
"I think he's starting to notice," Ururaka thinks to herself as Bakugo starts glancing around the arena and then up toward the sky.
"Release," Ururaka says as the pile of debris comes crashing down towards Bakugo and herself.
"All I need is one opening and then I'll win the match," Ururaka thinks to herself as she rushes towards Bakugo, ignoring the throbbing pain throughout her whole body.
As Ururaka reaches forward, inches before she touches him, she is knocked back by the shockwave of a large explosion coming from Bakugo's hand which is raised towards the sky.
As Ururaka looks up her hopes quickly fade as she realizes that all of her debris was reduced to little more than ash within the one explosion.
"That was a decent move for an extra," Bakugo says looking up at the sky. "For that, I'll let you have one more chance to surrender before I beat the shit out of you."
"No," Ururaka says as she struggles to get up. "I will never surrender not to a bully like you."
"What are you talking about?" Bakugo says.
"Izuku told us about what you did to him. We haven't told the teachers solely based on his request," Ururaka says as Bakugo's eyes widen. "He may not have the heart to beat the shit out of someone he used to call a friend but I don't have that problem."
"I-" Before Bakugo can say anything Ururaka launches herself at him one last time barely touching him as he's distracted sending him into the sky.
Before Ururaka can push him out of bounds however Bakugo launches another explosion straight down at Ururaka slamming her straight into the ground knocking her out and winning the match.
But as the victory is announced Bakugo feels no pride, only a slight feeling of regret as he walks off the field and into the infirmary.
Author's Note: Okay this is easily the longest (and most annoying to write) chapter I've ever done so I hope you enjoyed it. For those of you wondering by the way, a kusarigama is a weapon from samurai-age Japan which was the basis for the capture scarfs that Aizawa uses except with a blade on one end. Also (unlike the actual manga author) I'm planning on at least acknowledging the racism that is faced by the people with quirks that make them look like they're not human because quite frankly it doesn't seem to be brought up enough for how serious of an issue it should be in a world with superpowers and since I already completely changed Aoyama's backstory I felt like making him a racist wouldn't be that much of a stretch since he is French and the French aren't well known for… tolerance towards others(cough Algeria cough). Also for those wondering why I am not including the in-fight commentary from Aizawa and Present Mic for most of these battles, it's simply because one of my biggest pet peeves in anime is when they interrupt the fight every 5 seconds for a character to say what I just watched I can understand it for the manga itself. After all, those are still images but for an anime or in this case, a written story I hope that the general populace of at least not everywhere that isn't Florida can understand what's going on without a Speedwagon-type character saying what happened every few seconds. Also, if you are from Florida and are going to write an angry review about how people from Florida aren't like the stereotypes of being complete idiots I will point out that is wholeheartedly wrong based on my experience of living here for the past two decades. Anyway, please feel free to review the piece if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on how I can write better until next time I hope you all have a great day.
Deku's Quirks
Evaluate: Upon looking at a person or object while the quirk is active the user will see the weak points of the target shown by a red glow. However, it can only be used on one opponent at a time.
Perception: allows the user to sense all of their surroundings and have perfect spatial awareness within a limited range (Now 100 meters/yards)
Memory Viewer: allows the user to see the memories of people they touch while the quirk is activated. However, if a memory is too painful it will cause the user to have a minor nosebleed and a migraine. It can only be activated once every 24 hours.
Deku's Gear:
2 custom swords: each capable of cutting through 10 inches of steel and has a variety of features that can be put into it including poisons and other fun things that I will come up with later
A variety of knives and flashbangs
Stun gun: 2 million volts per shock
Deployable cameras: Small cameras that stick to walls and other objects and are linked to the suit computer. They can see in infrared, normal, and ultraviolet light.
Deployable smoke emitter: small smoke emitters that can emit smoke for up to 1 hour
Various chemical mixtures made by Razor for various situations
Deku's Armor upgrades:
Boot Blades: 10-inch blades stored inside the boots of the armor that can be extended by flexing all the toes on either foot.
Computer screen that has the controls for all of the suit functions and external deployable tools