Chapter 18: Sport Festival: Tournament, Part Three


"The first match of the second round!" Present Mic announces to the entire stadium, "Both of these competitors have won top marks in this year's Sports Festival so far!"

"On the right, the man who won his first match within seconds, the ice-cold top dog of this tournament; it's Todoroki Shoto! And facing him, this guy is something else, our resident underdog who gave us a run for our money; it's Midoriya Izuku!"

Both Midoriya and Todoroki stood opposite of each other with determined looks on their faces, both them ready to go the moment's notice.

'First, he's going to come at me with that ice…!' Thought the curly haired teen as he begins to invoke Full Cowl.

'It'll be risky if I let him fire off those massive attacks of his…' Thought the two-toned teen, the area around his right foot starts to crystallize ice.

"Two great men, one greater victor! It is as if two great rivals are fighting against each other! Now…"

'So, the moment the match starts…'
'When the match starts…'

"START!"

'ATTACK!'

Todoroki didn't take another second to think and just unleashes a wall of ice towards his opponent. He also prepares to summon an ice wall behind him in preparation for Midoriya's suicidal but dangerously powerful strike.

He did not expect him to dodge his attack before sprinting towards him at high speeds.

"Todoroki's ice surges through, but Midoriya dodges it at high speeds! No quick win for the son of Endeavor this time!"

'He didn't counter!?'

Slightly panicking, he sends another ice wall towards Midoriya, who dodges it yet again and manages to get close to him on his vulnerable left side.

'He wasn't expecting a close quarter fight…!' The curly teen noticed as he fires off a fast right hook towards his opponent's head. Todoroki quickly swerves his head to the side to avoid the strike, before turning and stepping his right foot out and begins summoning ice around where Midoriya is standing in hopes of freezing him in place.

Midoriya notices this and is able to avoid the ice pillar before it could imprison him. The pillar then grows sideways towards him, the curly haired teen gasps for a moment before leaping to the side to avoid the attack. He fumbles over his feet for a moment before picking speed yet again to gain distance between them.

"You're not getting away!"

Todoroki turns towards his opponent, ice surge from under his feet and propels him forward and towards the curly haired teen.

"Todoroki moves in to close the gap!"

Midoriya saw this and turns around raising his hand towards the ice while his free hand grasps his wrist tight. His finger glows with energy as he flicks and unleashes his air-blasting strike which demolishes the ice that Todoroki is riding on, while letting out a hiss in pain of his bloodied and broken finger soon after.

The two-toned teen, however, has managed to raise the ice under his feet at the last moment before the attack hits, which then propels him upwards in the shockwave after. As he reaches the peak of his jump, he readies his right arm as he falls down towards his opponent ready to freeze him with it.

The curly haired teen notices and leap backwards before Todoroki's arm can touch him. But this is part of the two-toned teen's plan as he unleashes his ice from his hand to trap him. The line of ice races across the arena towards its target, the freezing spikes coming dangerously close him.

Midoriya then twists his body as fast as he could, One-For-All glowing from another his finger as he jabs the empowered appendage onto the ground, blowing out a shockwave around him which destroys the ice closest to him, all the while sending him flying away from the entrapment.

Todoroki nearly got blown off the arena with that move, breaking through his rapidly forming ice walls as he is forced back by the shockwave before stopping really close to the edge. His opponent is about the same, tumbling across the arena before get his footing and skidding to a stop.

"Tch… escaped again…" He breathes out, a shiver going down his body as he feels his own temperature lowering with every move he unleashed.

'It's starting to get low…' He thought as he felt his limbs getting heavy and stiff, 'Anymore and my movements will be affected…' A handicap like that is a death penalty against someone with his opponent's speed, 'I got to end it with my next move.'

Midoriya let out another hiss, tears start to build up from the intense pain of two broken and bloodied fingers, 'As I thought, his quirk is amazing…! Not just that… Judgement skills, execution, mobility, reflexes… everything about him is another level…!'

"I may have been caught off guard just now, Midoriya," The two-toned teen stated as he took a few steps forward away from his crumbling ice support, "But it won't happen the second time."

His opponent gritted his teeth as he starts up Full Cowl again, preparing to dodge another ice attack. As he does that, Midoriya notices something different about him. It's not very obvious, but Todoroki is starting to shiver slightly. 'Shivering…? Why…?' Then it hits him, 'I see… so that's how it is…!?'

"Sorry, but I'm ending this right now!"

With that declaration, Todoroki unleashes his ice at him again. This time, he is going full out as he blasts him with his strongest attack, the same attack he used to incapacitate Sero and ended up freezing half of the arena along with part of the stadium.

"And Todoroki begins his relentless attack once more! And this one looks like it's going to be a big one!"

As the ice spreads across the arena into a giant glacier of ice that speeds towards the One-For-All user, Midoriya immediately cancel Full Cowl and channels the energy into his arm, 'There's no choice! I have to use 100 percent!'

"DETROIT SMASH!"

He punches forward, destroying the glacier in one swift move and sending shards of ice flying everywhere.

"Midoriya counters! And wow! That's a huge attack!"

The shockwave blast through the entire stadium, Todoroki having to create another ice wall behind him to stop his momentum from flying back. Due the intense size of the glacier, the resulting destruction ended up blowing up a huge fog/dust cloud the blinds both fighters to each other's actions.

The two-toned teen let out a foggy breath as he places his right foot forward, eyes darting around as ice crackling under his feet in preparation to trap his opponent when he comes in for an attack. 'Where is he going to come from?'

Not a moment later, Midoriya bursts through the fog/dust in Full Cowl from his left side. 'As I thought!' Todoroki eye's darting to his left as he twists his body and unleashes a line of ice towards him, fully preparing to truly trap his opponent this time.

What he did not expect is for him to suddenly somersault over him, avoiding his entrapment and landing behind him and then landing a heavy back-kick onto his back, knocking him forward and nearly toppling over. 'W-What kind of movement is that!?'

Todoroki regains his bearings before turning to face his opponent, only for Midoriya to immediately get right up to him and slams his fist into his solar plexus, knocking the air out of him. As his lungs burned for oxygen, it is followed up by a headbutt to his forehead, knocking him back and onto his ass on the ground clutching his bruised forehead.


I couldn't believe what I just witnessed.

From the start with Midoriya using Full Cowl to its fullest capacity via dodging Todoroki's ice attacks and getting in close, to when he sacrificed his arm to counter the glacier-sized ice attack, everything is way beyond what was depicted in the manga.

What I did not expect is for him to pull a page from Taikou of all people, recreating the same move, clumsily but effective nonetheless, that has knocked him over just a few days ago! Not only that, he even followed up with a punch and even a headbutt of all things, and manages to knock Todoroki down!

"WOW! What a comeback! To knock him to the ground not just once, not twice, but THRICE! Midoriya is pulling out all sorts of surprises for us! You must be so proud, Eraserhead!"

"There's nothing for me to be proud of. It's the natural end result for all his hard work."

"Holy shit!" Kaminari shouted in shock, "D-Did Midoriya just did that!? To Todoroki of all people!?"

"Talk about unexpected…" Jirou noted.

"Damn, what a turnaround!" Kirishima commented in awe, "What a man you are, Midoriya!"

"You go, Deku-kun!" Uraraka cheered.

"When that glacier came, I thought he's going to be a goner…" Sero sighs in awe, "Now I feel so inadequate."

"Don't mind, kero." Tsuyu consolidates him, "On that note, Midoriya-chan really has improved a lot since the USJ."

"His control over his quirk is way better, too." Shoji noted.

"DDDDDeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…"

I don't even need to look to know where that growling is coming from. The animosity just radiates off of the blonde bomber.

"YOU GO, MIDORIYA!"

Taikou's cheer seems to add oil to the flames as I start to hear the pops coming from him soon after.

Welp, when in Rome…

"Go, Midoriya, GO!"


The curly haired teen hissed in pain as he grasps his broken arm, Full Cowl dropped the moment he slams his head onto Todoroki's at full force. With one arm down, he has lost a good portion of his fighting capabilities. He has been learning how to kick from Genko and Taikou, but they are extremely clumsy and he is worrying of overextending himself and leaving himself open.

But with how slow the two-toned teen has been to reacting to his recent attacks, that might not be an issue. If he keeps this up, he might beat him. He might made it to the semi-finals.

Even so, that's not the purpose of this fight, not to him.

"What's the matter, Todoroki-kun?" He asked as he watch his opponent sluggishly get back up, "You look cold."

"Grk…"

"Quirks are still just physical abilities; and like muscles tire after running too long, your body has a limit on how much it can bear your ice powers. But… you have a counter for that, don't you?"

"Grr…"

He points to him with his broken fingers, "You could easily warm yourself up with your left side, with your fire powers, can't you?" And with a hiss of pain, he clenched his fist, ignoring the crackling of his broken bones and the blood dripping from his two broken fingers, "Everyone here is putting everything into their match, giving it their all to win… to achieve their goals… to make it to the top!"

"But you want to do the same just by half-assing all the way!?"

Todoroki gritted his teeth, "Midoriya… what are you…"

"You still haven't put even a scratch on me, Todoroki-kun!" Midoriya screams out, invoking Full Cowl, "Come on! Give me everything you've got!"

The two-toned teen couldn't understand what is happening right now. He is down an arm, broke two fingers, and yet he is asking him to go full force at him? What kind of backwards logic is that!?

"What's your deal, Midoriya?" He asked with a scowl on his face, "Did my bastard of a father paid you off or something!?"

"No! This is not about your father, or about All Might! This is just between you and me!"

"You are really starting pissing me off!"

With those last words, he slams his foot down, releasing another line of ice towards his opponent. But Midoriya easily dodges it and ran towards him, slamming his fist into his solar plexus once more, knocking him back.

"OH! AND HE TOOK ANOTHER HIT! Midoriya is going on the offensive!"

"Damn it…" Todoroki coughs out as he tries to replenish his air, "Again with the punch…"

"I'm not done yet!"

With a scream, Midoriya launches himself forward towards him. The two-toned teen quickly launches another line of ice towards him, only for his opponent to leap over it and lands another sucker punch, this time into his cheek. That knocked him back skidding a good few metres.

"And Midoriya presses on the attack!"

Todoroki manages to get back his bearings and unleashes another ice attack towards his opponent. But with the ice now half the speed compared to when the match started, Midoriya easily dodges with a sidestep.

"Your ice is slowing down too, Todoroki."

"Tch!"

Frustrated, he raises his arms up to block another punch from the curly teen's fist, which skids him back another couple meters. 'He's right, I'm starting to slow down…' The right half of his body is already half-encased in frost, his breathes are now in icy mists, and his limps is starting to feel sluggish and heavy.

He didn't have long before frostbite kicks in.

'If that's the case…!'

He fires another line of ice towards his opponent, Midoriya dodging it as expected. And then he keeps on firing and firing, line after line of ice flows out of his foot towards his opponents at seemingly random patterns and directions.

"What's this? It seems like Todoroki is just firing at random?"

Midoriya wasn't sure what is going on. Why is Todoroki just firing his ice powers so haphazardly? At first, he thought it might be desperation; but despite the randomizing attack, there's still a sense of direction in which he's firing his ice. This has to be something else.

Then he realized. 'He's pushing me back!' He glanced back to notice the edge of the ring getting closer with each attack. 'Not only that…' A quick look around is enough to see that his opponent has not just pushed him back, but cornered him with no place to run.

"Oh my! Todoroki has trapped Midoriya at the edge of the ring! What a crafty fellow!"

"A little too late." Todoroki confirmed his theory as he unleashed a full barrage of ice towards the curly haired teen with the very intention of either freezing him in place or pushing him out. Or…

Midoriya quickly reaches out his hand and charge up One-For-All into his ring finger, and then unleashing another powerful finger flick that broke through the ice attack coming towards him along with a few of the frozen barriers around him, while breaking another of his fingers yet again.

"Sadly, it didn't work! What a shame!"

'This is bad…' The two-toned teen panting out cold mists, the frost is coming up to his face, his limps are now starting to get very numb, 'And I'm almost at my limit… But Midoriya…' He saw the puddle of blood on the ground, the water of life dripping from his opponent's heavily damaged hand, 'I doubt he can still carry on in that state…'

'Only one finger left…' Midoriya thought as he hisses from the excruciating pain from having three of his fingers broken and bloodied, 'I can hardly make a fist now…!'

'Even so…'

To the two-toned teen shock, Midoriya invokes Full Cowl once more while clenches his wrecked fist, blood spurting and running down his arm, 'I can't stop now!'

Todoroki wasn't sure what to make of the scene in front of him. Most of his fingers are broken, his arm is wrecked, he is losing a lot of blood, and yet he still stands and fight? How can someone be so driven, so determined that he is willing to go this far to succeed!?

"Why…?" He mutters as he watches the curly haired teen rushes towards him, "Why are you going this far!?"

"Because I want to meet everyone's expectations!" Midoriya shouted as he lands a punch into his opponent's gut hard, sending Todoroki skidding back from the hit, "A smiling… dependable… cool Hero…! That's what I want to be!"

'Just… for that…?'

"I wouldn't say I know about your circumstances, or your motives…!" He continues as he rushes at him again. The two-toned teen quickly raises his arms up to block a flying kick which sends him skidding back some more, "But if you become the number one without giving it your all… then I don't think you're serious about denying him everything!"

"S-Shut up…" He stutters out, the cold is starting to get to him.

"That's why… I have to win!" Midoriya reels back his fist, slamming a hook into his opponent, "To surpass you!" and knocking him off his feet and to the ground for the second time in this entire match.

As he slowly gets back up, Todoroki's mind flashes through his harsh childhood; of his father brutal parenting, his daily torturous training regiment, his mother slowly decaying mental state, his envy of his older siblings, to the eventual incident that all his hatred towards his parent stems from.

"I… will show my father… that I don't need him… his power… his teachings…" He grunts out in agony, he already feeling some level of frostbite kicking in, "To… reject him–"

"YOUR POWER IS YOUR OWN!"

The curly teen's interruption stopped his tirade, "Your powers… your fire and ice… They are all yours! Not your father's, not your mother's…"

"They are Todoroki Shoto's quirk!"

That last sentence unlocked a certain memory, the few gentle words that his mother has left him so long ago, buried in all his hateful memories of his past is this small glimmer of hope, of light.

"You're not bound by his blood. You decide who you want to become."

'When did I forget…? When did I…?'

And from that light, a blazing inferno erupted.


"W-What's this!?"

The heat from the fire reached all the way to the stands, I raised my arms in an attempt block out the hot air blasting into my face.

"He used it…!" I hear Iida muttered out as everyone is also looking in shock at what just happened.

"His left side…" I finished for him, a grin slowly forming on my face. This is it, the scene that I know so well. The part where Todoroki starts to fully accept himself, his powers, and everything that came along with it. And with this, the birth of the Hero Todoroki Shoto would one day be.

Even though I knew that this day would come to pass, that still doesn't stop my emotions surging from witnessing it first-hand.

"SHOTO!"

And that feeling is gone the moment the flaming beard douchebag screams out his 'son's name, "So you finally accepted it! YES! EXCELLENT! It all starts now for you! With my blood pumping through your veins, you will surpass me! YOU WILL FULFILL MY AMBITIONS!"

"…A sudden pep talk from Endeavor, huh? What a doting parent."

"Took the words right out of my mouth…"

"Hm? Did you say something, Genko-chan?"

"Oh, it's nothing."


"Hot, hot…!" Midoriya grunted as he felt the heatwave coming from his opponent.

"I thought you wanted to win?" His opponent asked with a click of his tongue, "So why are you trying to inspire me? Which one of us isn't taking this seriously?"

"But…"

As his ice melted, and his flames rages on, Todoroki Shoto stood firm in front of him, "I want to be a Hero too, you know."

With the image of him releasing his quirk's great flames and thawing him out of his own ice, Midoriya could only crack a smile. This is it; this is what he wanted.

It didn't sink it at first when Todoroki told him his backstory and his reasons for declaring war against him, but after encountering Endeavor and hearing him talk about his own son like that? Everything became clear to him, and he knows what he has to do, for the sake of his classmate.

If he can't save his own classmate from his own self-destruction, then he can't become the world greatest Hero, it's not what Heroes do!

As such, he'll save him. Even if I mean letting All Might down, even if it means he would be giving one of the few chances he has to attract the attention of the Pro Heroes watching, he'll save Todoroki Shoto from himself and his past.

"Incredible…"

"What are you smiling about?" Todoroki asked, bringing him back into the fight, "With those wounds and this situation, you must be crazy to even do that."

'He's right.' The curly haired teen mentally notes the pain of his fingers and his one broken arm. He is in a very bad spot right now, especially now that his opponent is not fighting not only at a 100%, but the side effect of his ice powers is melting away under his flames. There's no way he could win this at all.

Even so…

'I won't back down!' With that last train of thought, he fires up Full Cowl ready to dive back into the fray.

"I see…" Todoroki gritted his teeth, well aware of the Midoriya's resolution and determination, "Then… don't blame me for what happen next!"

With that, he unleashes his ice straight at his opponent, its speed back to its fullest capacity as a literal ice pillar flung towards him.

Midoriya responded in kind, "Up the percentage… 4… 5 percent…!" He activates Full Cowl to his utmost fullest and dashes towards the pillar of ice, and manages to leap up to the edge of the ice attack as it came close to him. Nearly skidding on the slippery surface, he dashes full force across the ice pillar towards his opponent, his only working arm pulled back ready to strike.

"Midoriya…"

As he saw the two-toned teen raises his flaming arm, Midoriya deactivates Full Cowl for a full powered One-For-All kick from his leg, sending him flying forward at speed in exchange for his leg. He then channels all that energy into his remaining arm and clenches his fist ready to counter.

"Thank you."

And with that, Todoroki unleashes his flames at him just as Midoriya counters with a full force Detroit Smash punch.


The moment the shockwave of the two teens' attacks hitting each other hits me, I was pushed into the chair with such a force that nearly flung me over.

Despite knowing the end result of the situation, it did not prepare me for this at all. Hell, my ears are ringing from the explosion that occurs on the time of impact! Todoroki is definitely one powerful teen with his nearly broken quirk! Son of Endeavor or not, he is going to be one heck of a Hero in the future!

"What… is up with your class, Aizawa?"

"All the chilled air was heated in an instant, making it expand and thus the explosion."

Wow, Aizawa isn't fazed by this at all. Or he is just masking it so well that we don't notice it? Eh, who knows? He's the Batman of this universe for a reason, after all.

"A-Anyways! What a blast! And what heat! Can't see a thing through all that smoke! Has the match been decided?"

And not a moment later, as the smoke cleared, it is obvious who won the match in the end.

Midoriya is slumped over on the stadium's walls, both arms bloodied and broken before collapsing to the ground with a loud thud. And on the other side, Todoroki stood there panting with a good chunk of his gym jersey burnt to cinders and soot but is still in the arena if barely by where he is standing and the amount of ice around and behind him.

"Midoriya… is out-of-bounds!" Midnight suddenly announces for us waving her whip at the victor, "Todoroki Shoto moves to the third round!"

"And the match is now over!" Prescent Mic announces to the world as medical robots like the ones that took Kaminari in my match rolled up towards the loser, "And what a match it was! I was at the edge of my seat the whole time! Don't you agree, Eraserhead?"

"Just get on with it."

"Okay, sleepy prince! Looks like the next match would have to be put on hold to fix up the ring again, so there will be a short break for everyone! I know I need one!"

Looks like there would be time before my match against Iida. Good thing, too, as I kind of want to check up on Midoriya myself. Both to see how bad his injuries are, and to kind of ease my worries a little. Got to admit, that little cinnamon roll has a way of making you want to care for him.

"I'm going to check on Midoriya-san." I stated as I got off my seat, "Anyone coming?"

"Oh, I'll come too!" Uraraka said as she waves her hands.

"Me too." Tsuyu nodded, "I'm kind of worried for him."

"Then let us depart at once!" Iida shouted, already making his way to the exit.

On the way out, I turned to the almost confused but fuming blonde delinquent, "Want me to pass a message for you?"

"Go fuck yourself!"

"Alright, I'll tell him that."

I left Bakugou shouting out curses as I followed the three of them out of our class's booth.


When we made it to the medical ward, Uraraka is the one to slam the door open and enter first, "Deku-kun!"

As the rest of us filter in, after taking a glance at the shriveled All Might who is trying to make himself scarce and not draw attention to himself despite the gravity girl's greetings, I took a good look at the injuries that our curly haired cinnamon bun has been inflicted with.

His arms are obviously in casts, with how that last attack has occurred and when he countered that glacier move of Todoroki's. His left leg is held in place with supports and is in a cast as well, no doubt from that last attack as well. Overall, he looks like he has just tussled with Hulk and barely survived. Wait, that's a bad example…

"Guys…? B-But… what about the next match…?"

"The arena is mostly destroyed, so there's a short break while it is being repaired." Iida helpfully informs him.

"We were worried about you, so we came." Uraraka chimed in, "Are you alright?"

"It's a shame that you lost the match." Tsuyu noted, "But you did great out there."

"You look like a mess." I pointed out before turning to Recovery Girl, "His arms are going to be okay, right? No permanent disability?"

"You can ask all of that and more later!" The old lady tells us, "It's fine to worry, but he's about to go under surgery, so get out!"

"SURGERY!?"

I may have screamed along with the rest of them, even though I know it might not be as bad as it sounds. But the reason he has to undergo surgery in canon was that he broke his already broken fingers, and this time it doesn't seem to the case so he might get to keep his healthy right hand.

That doesn't stop me from worrying, though.

"Relax! It's not that bad!" Recovery girl stated as she pushes us out of the ward, "Just come back later! You can worry about him after I'm done!"

With those last few words, we are kicked out of the medical ward as the door slams close in front of us.

"Deku-kun… is going to be okay, right?" Uraraka asked.

"I'm sure he'll be fine!" Iida assures her with enthusiastic waving of his arms, "Recovery Girl will fix him up, no problem!"

"And besides, it's just his arms that are broken." I pointed out, "He'll be in a cast for a few weeks, but other then that, he'll be right as rain!"

"Speak from experience, Genko-chan?" Tsuyu asked.

"Yup! Broke my arm from attempting a flying kick!" I chuckled at the memory. I tried to do a rider kick back in elementary school in hopes of using it as special attack in my future Hero career and to show off to Taikou. Haha, mom and dad were so mad at me that day…

"Genko!"

And just as I was thinking about that, Taikou runs up from the corridor with Shinsou following close behind.

"How is he?" He asked me.

"He's undergoing surgery as we speak." I informed him, and hastily added on when he starts to freak out, "Relax! He just has broken arms! He'll be fine!"

"O-Oh, is that right…?" My childhood friend sighs, "That's a relief."

"I told you he'll be fine." Shinsou tells him.

"You panicked too, jackass!"

"Any case, with that out of the way, the break time is almost over."

Tsuyu thought for a moment, "If my memory is correct, the next match should be…"

Me and Iida turned to face each other, the class president adjusts his glasses that light gleams off one of the lenses anime-style, "I'm not going to hold back, Tatsuya-san."

"Me neither." I nodded as I raise my hand up to him, "May the best speedster win."

He nodded back, grasping my hand tightly before giving it a firm shake, "Like wise."

To Be Continued…


Omake

This story takes place five years ago.

"Rider kick?" Taikou asked Genko curiously, the both of them on their way back home from school, "What's that?"

"It's a finishing move from an old hero show!" His friend tells him excitedly, "The hero jumps into the air, and then delivers a kick into his opponent that causes him to explode!"

"Wow! That sounds so cool!"

"I know, right!? I'm thinking of using it as my special move when I became a Hero!"

"But you can't make someone explode." Taikou points out, "Your quirk does not do that."

"I just have to jump from a really high place, and it'll happen!" Genko stated, just as they passed by their neighborhood's playground, "Here! I'll show you!"

After tossing her backpack on the ground, she made it to the jungle gym and climbed to the very top.

"G-Genko, I don't think that's safe." Her friend informs her.

"I'll be fine!" She assures him, "Okay, ready? Watch this!"

With that, she jumps off the metal bar, "Rider Kick!" As she struck out a kick in the air, she falls and her arm slams onto the ground with a loud crack, "AARRRGGGHHHHHH!"

"AH! Genko!"

"MY ARM! IT HURTS!"

"AHH! SOMEONE! SOMEONE HELP!"

An ambulance is called a short while later, and Genko got the scolding of the lifetime.


This fight is something I both anticipated, and dreaded. For this fight, this single fight is something I do not want to mess up at all.

So, what do you guys think? Like it, or hate it?

Regardless of what, I have a blast writing this out. It is tricky to think of how this fight is changed in accordance to the changes to certain characters, most notably Midoriya.

With Full Cowl unlocked early, Midoriya would have a better time in this fight without breaking most of his fingers to counter Todoroki's ice. And let Todoroki be a bit of a tactical fighter instead of blasting everything with ice till it works.

And the additional dialogue…

Not going to lie, their little back and forth in the manga and anime is lacking in some compartments, like the famous part in which Midoriya just screams "It's your own power!" is lacking so I extended it a bit. As well as the part where he is taunting Todoroki to give it his all, I added a few lines here and there so it flows a little better.

And any rate, the next chapter is going to be one heck of a chapter.

Speedster versus speedster, can't wait how this is going to play out.

With that, I thank you for reading this!