PE Notice: Part of the reason why it took so long to come back here was because I wanted to break up some of the word blocks here and fix grammar errors. Another part is because I had neglected naming consistency and want to fix it through going back the previous chapters. Mostly, some characters are referred by either Given or Family name. I sometimes flip-flop and/or outright ignore it in favor of using something more easily identifiable. That is, Momo instead of Yaoyorozu, Mina instead of Ashido, Tenya instead of Iida, technically Goku instead of Son, while Bakugou is Bakugou instead of Katsuki, or Kirishima instead of Eijiro, or Jirou instead of Kyoka. From here on, I'll use Givens or Hero Names when the characters speak, but I'll have them use Family when they refer to each other, outside of friends or on specified requests (eg. Goku), though for actions, I'll try to stay with Givens. I have my hands on MHA Volume 5. I will most likely give 1-5 a read-through to try to better match up events that play out largely similar here to the actual events, where ever possible. Finally, I'm in a rut in life, since I'm looking for a job.
-Part Quatro: Quarterfinals Rage On-
Before the first round of the Quarter Finals comes to pass, Izuku encounters the No. 2 Hero.
"E-Endea-" The nerd was gonna say.
"Don't." The giant Hero said. "I get enough of that with those annoying fanboys."
"Why are you back here, Endeavor?" the younger boy asked.
"I simply came over to give you praise. Your Quirk's definitely a powerful one, alright. Just snapping your own fingers made that much force... Such power! It seems so... similar to All Might's Quirk," Endeavor stated, a grin forming.
"L-listen, I-I don't know where you're getting at, but I have to get go-"
"My boy, Shoto..." The No. 2 Hero's body started to burn, radiating an orange light. "He has his destiny to surpass me, and eventually, All Might. And your fight will be quite a good test. Put up a good fight, will you? Quash his silly little rebellion against his true potential."
That "silly little rebellion"? Is that truly what Endeavor thinks of his son's justified resentment? Something starts to boil up within the boy.
"I'll go now, and apologies for my bluntness," was his intended final interaction.
"I am not All Might, Endeavor," Izuku said, finally. His voice, however, was cold.
"Hmm? Of course you're not hi-" He tried to finish, but then a steely, green-pupiled glare caught his attention, freezing him in place.
"And Todoroki-san isn't you," the green-haired kid finished, the glowing pupil continuing to match the father of Shoto's eyes. Not even his flare-up stopped that glare, as the young teen found his way to the ring, facing down Todoroki. The father simply returned to his seat, having no more words for that boy.
"So, are you ready for this, Midoriya?" Shoto asked, as he looked down his opponent.
"As ready as I'll ever be, Todoroki," Izuku readied his stance. As Shoto noticed, his opponent had improved significantly during the two-week period between the Exercises and today.
"On one side of the ring, we've got the guy who could generate a glacier! However, I don't think this one will freeze as easily! Give it up for SHOTOOOOOOOOO TODOROOOOOKI! On the other side, we have our scrappy upstart! While seemingly unremarkable, don't underestimate this ultimate broccoli! Let's here it for IZUKU MIDORIIIIIIIYAAAAAA!"
"Start!" Midnight sang out, the fight commences.
The match begins with Shoto trying to fire off an ice wave. Too fast to dodge, Izuku had to use another 100% flick. His opponent looks at him disappointed.
"Hmm, you really haven't learned that much...? What a disapointment," he muttered. He sent another ice wave, as fast as ever. Another flick, another finger down. Deep down, the green-haired teen grimaced. In pain and his seeming helplessness towards this endless ice wave. This third wave, however, was slightly slower. This was what he had waited, and instead of flicking, he focused. In that instant, he started to use his Full Cowl form and leaps over the fast approaching wave.
"Heheh! Show them all your amazing form, Midoriya!" Goku shouted, incredibly enthusiastic as he watches on!
"Oh my... Goodness... Young Midoriya...!" Toshinori mentioned to himself.
"Hey, Eraserhead, any idea what Midoriya is doing down there?" Present asked, before he looks at his partner. The look on the tired teacher's face was all that he needed: genuine shock, before a smile formed.
"He's learning, Mic." was all that Aizawa can say.
"YELLOWSTONE SMASH!" Midoriya shouted, as he lands a heel kick on the ice, causing an miniquake, reducing the ice to a level playing field. The boy's glowing form subtly surprised the Fire-Ice Student.
"Not bad at all, Midoriya," he grinned, before his eyes sharpened. "But you're not All Might." He tried another ice wave, but with his fourth wave, it's getting much slower. This time, 5% of One for All's speed was enough to dodge without a leap. This time, Izuku started to approach his opponent.
"I would say the same about you not being Endeavor," he replied, this time landing a powerful elbow on Shoto's gut, causing him to cough, but he soon backed off, giving himself distance between the two. His anger started to shift.
"Don't you compare him to me, Midoriya!" This frustration started to bubble in the Fire-Ice student. This time, his next ice wave went fast and caught his opponent's right leg, frozen up to his shin!
"C-Crap!" Izuku uttered, having to punch the ice to crack just enough of the ice he can try to tug it free. However, seeing his opponent, he noticed that Shoto was starting to shiver badly. These ice moves are starting to take its toll on his opponent.
"W-What are you waiting for...?! F...Fight me...!" Shoto yelled, his voice quiet not by choice, but because he started to feel the toll against himself.
"I can't... Not while you're shivering that badly, Todoroki," Izuku admitted, feeling pity, kicking the last of the ice off his leg. "If you use any more of your ice abilities, you'll freeze by your own Quirk... All Quirks have limits."
"I... will not... use his fire..." He said, softly.
"Then why would you help Sero out by defrosting him with your left side? If that were the case, you should use it to help regulate your body temperature!" His opponent continued on. "Everyone here gave it their all to go as far as they can. Everyone here had a goal, to win while giving everything they've got! And yet, you'll only use half your power to win?! I know that if you were to face Son Goku as you are now, you would lose. So, give me everything you've got!"
As the young green-haired teen shouted his challenge, a gale burst forth. His presence starts to permeate around the ring.
"What kind of plan are you thinking?" Shoto asked, irritation moving with anger. "'Everyone gave it their all...' Did my bastard father try to pay you off? You're pissing me off!"
The icy-hot teen charged, but his movements were even more predictable than Kacchan. Easily, Izuku charged and answered with a kick landing on his left side, sending him skidding on the ice.
"What the-?! How is Midoriya able to keep up with the No. 2's son?" "I have no idea, but this kid's got legitimate talent!"
"Hmm, despite Midoriya's attack, Todoroki's still in this fight!" Mic commentated. "However, he's looking worse for wear compared to the green-haired warrior fighting on!"
"Even if it means that his overall attacks can't hit as hard, his control is growing more and more. This problem child is impressive," Aizawa added on, the pair looking down at the fight.
"So, you're finally going on the offensive? That elbow wasn't anything but a buffer," Shoto stated, but as he tried to retaliate, a punch behind him caused him to skid close to the edge of the ring. However, as he noticed, while his opponent was still standing, he was holding his left arm, the attack having reddened it slightly. The 8% punch still hurts a lot. Not enough to break it, but enough that he cannot ignore it. This determination... why is willing to hurt himself? He approaches Midoriya slowly.
"Why are you going so far?!" Shoto yelled out. "I can tell you're hurting yourself, but why against me?!"
"I'm just trying to meet expectations," Izuku stated again, as he looked at his bewildered opponent. He took the opportunity to charge. However, any new ice developed by the red and white haired teen, it was so weak he can run through it "A cool, dependable that can smile even when the worst is going on, that's the type of Hero I want to be! And to do that, I will give everything to let no body down!" With a punch to his opponent's gut, he skids, but was stopped when the green-haired boy appeared behind him by a powerful leap. "Your Quirk, your unwavering determination, they are truly amazing! But..." Following more punches, he's forced to the other side of the ring. Pain searing all over his body, the frost continuing to persist, and on his knees, he looks at his opponent. The past kept flaring up, showing him the moment his mother poured boiling hot water on his side. His father's cruelty.
"Shut... Up..." He weakly says, barely keeping himself up. His knees wobble as he can't find the strength to get up.
"That is why I must win!" Izuku declares. "I will surpass you!"
"I'll... I'll surpass... my father... without-" Shoto tried to say, but he was interrupted.
"Your power is your own!" His opponent yelled the loudest he can muster, the words going through the Icy-Hot student's words like a hot knife through softened butter. Hell, the arena thought they heard a thunder clap when the green-haired teen's words were uttered. He is stunned into complete silence, however... he starts to chuckle, as the first embers start to dance on Shoto's left side, before he bursts into fire. The frost melts away, as he slowly got up.
"Hmph, so you didn't eliminate me just so you can inspire me...? You are truly weird, Midoriya. However, don't blame me for what happens next," The awakened Fire student roars to life. While the air was getting hotter, Midoriya only had a look of pride towards his opponent.
The final stroke, Shoto gathered as much energy as he can, his fire burning even greater. Midoriya powered up as much as he possibly can with his Full Cowl. Endeavor, watching on, stood up, prideful. Midnight and Cementoss start to sweat a little, ready to intervene.
"I don't know what the Hell you did, brat, but now my son's accepting his potential!" He said to himself. "SHOTOOOOOOOOOO! BLOW HIM AWAY!" was followed outwards.
"I'm only doing it for Midoriya... not for you, Father," Shoto remarked to himself, before he fires off his intense Fire Blast. His opponent responds with a 100% Smash, with his Full Cowl still at 8% as he runs! And despite Cementoss' attempt to stop the attack, he was blown back as the cement walls fell like wet tissue paper. The two forces collide, and an intense explosion erupts from the center of the ring! As soon as the dust cleared out, everyone saw Shoto backed up in self-generated ice, while Izuku was out on the fields, unconscious with his arm broken.
"Midoriya is out cold! Todoroki moves on to the Semi-Finals!" Midnight declared, her whip cracks again.
A stretcher carries the green-haired teen off as the son of Endeavor claims victory, though even he was groggy and heavily panting. However, despite all that, he found respect for Izuku Midoriya, one of only two who had pushed him far enough to use his bastard flames in combat, and soon got off the stage. The fires of the Saiyan's blood burn hotter, as he heads downstairs into the waiting room. There was a long intermission to fix the stage back up, but soon, he and his opponent were called out to the stage!
"On this side of the ring, we have the Martial Artist who gave Yaoyorozu a run for her money, but also gave her an honorable duel! Will he offer the same to his new opponent? It's SON GOOOOOOKUUU!" Present Mic was easy to ham up the audience. "And on the other side, we have the pink-skinned brawler! Will her slippery Acid slip up her opponent, as it had poor Aoyama's belt?! It's MIIIINA ASHIIIIIDOOOO!"
"Heh... Are you ready for this, Ashido?" Goku says, assuming his fighting pose.
"As ready as I'll ever be, Goku! Besides, feel free to call me Mina!" Mina replies, shaking herself loose.
"Begin!" Midnight announced.
However, unlike with his first opponent, Goku starts going on the offensive immediately. Mina might be fit, but she's not used to such focused and swift attacks, skidding backwards on his final punch, nearly eliminating her via ring out. However, taking advantage of the spacing between the two, she sprays some slippery acid from her arms, successfully slipping the young Saiyan up when he charged forward and making him lose his balance.
Her attempt to kick her opponent out instead allowed him to trip her with a low sweep kick and launch her out of the ring with a swift punch to her midriff, knocking the wind out of her as she just barely caught the ledge! Goku looked at his hand as he lightly hissed in pain, the hand lightly burnt by the acid. The match lasted all of ten seconds.
"Ring Out!" Midnight cries out.
"A devastating defeat for our favorite pink brawler! Son Goku will advanced to the Semi-Finals... However, it seems that he's not nearly as happy with his victory! Perhaps he expected more out of his opponent? However, ladies and gentlemen, he's absolutely a chivalrous man!" Mic had belted out. Aizawa had zoned out, though he could tell through Goku's actions and Mina hanging off the arena that he had won, pretty swiftly at that.
Goku, looking concerned on having gone too hard, comes over and offers an arm to Mina. At first, she's distracted, seeing his face. He looks so gentle, yet he's so powerful...! However, upon seeing his confused expression, she snaps out of her thought bubble and grabs his arm, being pulled up near effortlessly.
"Sorry I went all-out on you!" Goku said. "Are you hurt badly? You were spacing out there!"
"Oh, I'm absolutely fine! Really!" Mina replied with a smile on her face. "But holy cow are you freakishly fast with your strikes! But gentle, too...! It looked so brutal when you were fighting Yaoyorozu!"
The two leave the ring amicably, the crowd cheering on the two students. He heads over to Izuku and Tenya talking with each other, the latter of which looks less than thrilled with the Saiyan.
"You are too tough on the girls, Son-kun! How will they learn if you ring them out in ten seconds with such a brutal combo?" Tenya said.
"Hey, hang on, Iida! I wouldn't ever dream of seriously injuring my classmates! My father taught me to fight, not to brutalize!" Goku defended himself, Mina nods in agreement, making a pouty face to Tenya before she goes up to the bleachers. "It's a tournament, if I can't fight back, how is it fair to them?"
The tall, blue-haired teen thinks on it, before he bows his head.
"I must realize my mistake and apologize, Son-kun! However, I think you should have still gone slow with them! They need to learn, as well!" he says, the Saiyan nodded in agreement.
Maybe he should have started slow with her as well, though he knows that's a double-edged sword, she would hate his guts if she thinks he was holding back against her. His thoughts had soon ceased, as Goku looks at Izuku arm cast.
"Yikes, it did some bad damage?" He couldn't hide his shock.
"Yeah... I was starting to get into the flow of my Quirk, but when Todoroki revealed his final attack, I had no choice but to go 100% percent! ...It was a costly lesson, to say the least. Recovery Girl was outright furious I broke my arm again, and said that's the last time I'll recover with her Quirk..." His friend remarked sadly, looking a little down.
"However, I did get to see something spark in you. Literally, you were sparking green like at the beach!" Goku remarked with a radiant look in his eyes. Izuku smiled lightly, his emerald green eyes gaining a slight sheen.
"I think I'm finally getting a hang of it, after our training, it's getting easier to attain that state, even started to push it further beyond...! And it's thanks to you and All Might!" he said happily, as they returned to the stands, sitting next to Ochako, she was shocked to see his arm in such a sorry state. The three watched the other two quarterfinal matches.
Eijiro, unfortunately, lost to Katsuki as his explosions pierced Hardening, causing him no shortage of grief. As for the fight between Tenya and Ibara? He was able to outrun her vines and shove her out of the ring, securing his spot in the semi-finals. Goku and Izuku went down to the waiting area, the Saiyan to await for Katsuki, and the One for All Aspirant to pep his friend up.
"Iida, Todoroki, your semi-final match will commence soon Let's turn up the heat!" Present Mic announced on the intercom. Izuku and Goku were talking near the waiting room area.
"There's something special about you, Izuku. Your strength and persistence. It's honestly close to equal to mine!" Goku was gushing over the reveal of his friend's Full Cowl. "And with you figuring out your Quirk, I hope I can get paired with you in the future, so that we can fight together like we did during the Calvary match!"
"You are also quite special, Son Goku. You have such a fine control over your Quirk, I can still scarcely believe you can fly or use energy attacks like you can!" Izuku, in term, remarked in admiration of his friend's achievements. "I... kinda hope we do get paired up to fight again, you're a great partner!"
"If you'll excuse me, I gotta get ready for my match against Bakugou. I'm gotta be honest, I'm a bit nervous, if he's as much a powerhouse as he's clever! However, don't tell me anything about him, I'll figure him out when we fight!" Goku said.
"I'll cheer you on in the bleachers! I hope you'll do well against Kacchan!" Izuku replied, as he goes back to the bleachers and he waits in the waiting room in seething anticipation.
While the two male 1As fought it out, it did eventually end with a victory for Shoto, though like Izuku, Tenya had him work for his victory and only after a final gambit Recipro Burst could the Ice-Fire student finally encase his opponent in ice.
"Son! Bakugou! Come up onto the stage! We're up to your Semi-Final Match and the audience wants to see a high-intensity battle to shake off the frostbite!"
His blood flows like a raging river, as he goes up to the fighting stage. He is going to face off against what might be the most dangerous opponent in this tournament: Katsuki Bakugou.
"On this side of the ring, we have the Destroyer of Creations. The Man who Tango'd in a Ballroom Blitz! But does he have enough strength to calm down the raging fury of a volcano?! Give it up for the prestigious SOOOOON GOKUUUU!" Present Mic announced. "And on the other side, he's destroyed a meteor shower, he broke the unbreakable rock, but can his explosions singe the Monkey King? Who knows, it's the ever explosive KATSUKIIII BAKUGOOOOOOU!"
"Let it be known, Monkey, I will enjoy putting you to the dirt!" Bakugou grinned as he adapted his stance, small explosions erupt from his hands.
"Bakugou, I will enjoy seeing how you truly fight!" Goku replies, going into his stance.
"Let the match commence!" Midnight says, Katsuki immediately going on the offensive.
"DIE!" He shouts, as Goku is getting hit by explosion after explosion. These fast-paced Explosions allowed him to charge at Goku with more speed than he anticipated, allowing him to get the drop on his opponent. Though in actuality, the Saiyan was gauging his opponent's style before going for the attack, even if the explosions actually hurt him a little.
As the Explosive boy attacked, he managed to counter some of his opponent's jabs with an explosion on the upper arm or a powerful hook punch to his abdomen. Katsuki even got a nice back hit on Goku by dodging his punch with mini-explosions, unleashing the main payload on his back, causing him to yelp in pain. Of course this was still nothing too major for the monkey-tailed kid. However, he felt something wiggling behind him, freely.
Seeing the tail freely wriggling, Katsuki instinctively grabbed it, and Goku froze, his mouth agape in shock. With a firm squeeze, Goku yelled as he fell to his knees, shaking, unable to get up. The audience were buzzing, the students were shocked that such a powerful 1A student has such a crippling weakness, as his opponent grinned. Momo's eyes widened in surprise while Izuku was jotting down on a Journal he had on-hand.
"Well, I'll be a Monkey King's uncle! It seems that Son Goku's weakness is having his tail squeezed! This might be over for the aspiring Monkey King and a major upset in favor of Katsuki Bakugou!" Present Mic shouted. Aizawa's eyebrows raised on seeing it, though he kept quiet until the BDSM Hero sings the song of victory.
"So, your tail's a weak point? I should have realized that sooner, Monkey. You should say 'give up' and save yourself any further embarrassment," Katsuki taunted, his grin going as far as possible, Midnight was reading her ears to the cry of mercy, her inner sadist licking at the opportunity... Except Goku, instead of begging, simply grinned.
"You seriously thought I hadn't accounted for you grabbing my tail, Bakugou?" The Saiyan declared, his trembling stopped. Perfect, the trap worked, now to get him off.
"What do you me-" Before Katsuki could finish the question, he felt a powerful elbow shove itself in his gut, before Goku hoisted him in the air with his tail and slammed him onto the concrete, forcing his opponent to let go as he yelled in pain. His tail, while waving, was also a bit twitchy, as he backed up with a few backflips and eyed his opponent getting up, holding his gut as he looks furious at the deception. Students and Pros alike cheered on.
"Hmph, maybe it isn't a major weakness. Or if it was, Son Goku had trained it so that it won't be a major weakness any longer. However, using that tail to catch his opponent off guard is valid, for all I'm concerned," Aizawa pointed out.
"However, I'll give you credit, Bakugou, my tail was my biggest weakness! If I hadn't trained it so it could resist grabs like yours, I would have lost! Still, though, it kinda stings!" Goku said, as he changed his strategy towards fighting Bakugou.
He prepped his hands, blue orbs in his hands as he switches to a different stance, this time utilizing a Shitō-ryū stance. Just as his opponent rockets him in his face, Goku was able to react and parry with his blue orbs and explosions. With the proper fight going on, Ochako looks in shock, as the Saiyan was able to turn the table and starts to fight back with the same intensity as Katsuki, despite the marks his opponent had hit on him!
"Goku-kun really is extraordinary... He's giving it everything he's got!" she says, Izuku nodding as he erases something in his journal. Momo looks on dumbstruck, she hadn't seen this before, at least not the real deal explosions!
So Bakugou's been pushing him back enough he starts to use more of this newly discovered power?
While she is disappointed she couldn't push him to use these attacks against her aside from the shieldbreaker, she feels more determined to eventually train herself up to his level, if such a feat would even be possible. Shoto gave a glance towards the arena. So, that's Goku being pushing back? He might have a harder fight than he could have anticipated...
"Hey, don't copy me, you extra bastard!" Katsuki shouts, but he's getting overwhelmed with explosion after explosion, any hooks parried and replied with a jab to his face. However, he had to think less in overwhelming power and more in outsmarting his quicker opponent. Then it hits him, the flashbang grenade Momo had used. Just as another punch was coming to his face, he raised his palm out.
"Flashbang!" the blonde bomber yelled, as he felt his palms sweat, a blinding light sweeps Goku's eyes, blinding the Saiyan as he's wide open for a counterattack! "Now, how about you learn your place on the ground!" He readies a left fist, and using his right hand as propulsion, he lets out a powerful haymaker, connecting against the blinded Goku's jaw and flooring him! While disoriented, however, he was picked back up as Katsuki started to let loose, explosion after explosion striking his opponent. Before the final blow to take him out, Goku snapped out of his disorientation. Backflipping away and concentrating on his energy, Goku started to spin in place, soon disappearing from view!
The crowd gasps as they saw one of the fighters disappear from view, Bakugou was confused and rapidly getting angrier, the students were utterly dumbfounded on just how he had disappeared. All except Izuku.
"Wait, did Son Goku just disappear?" Momo asked. Despite her expedited training, nothing could have prepared her for the disappearance act.
"Not exactly, Yaoyorozu-san. I can track him. But he's moving at such speeds... even I can only keep up with his blur!" Izuku explained. "I thought only All Might could move at such speeds, and without even making that much noise..."
Speaking of, the Pros are in awe and confusion, except for All Might himself, looking on at the grounds and seeing a blue blur every few moments.
"Oh my... Goodness... What speed and finesse with your moves, Young Son..." he had muttered to himself. Endeavor, having heard it, simply snorted. He couldn't care about what the No. 1 said, though he is looking at the fight with intrigue.
"Mmph, Shoto will need to use his flames again if he has even a shot at beating this "Son Goku" kid... But that speed almost looks like All Might's... Hmm, dash that, All Might isn't the type to just settle with a family," the Father of Shoto said to himself.
"Hey, Monkey! Where the Hell are you?!" Katsuki was getting angrier, as he is looking all around him. But there was nothing. Just some noise.
"What the-?! Where's Son Goku?! Did he seriously go so fast he disappeared from our view?!" Present Mic can scarcely believe that kind of speed was possible, let alone from a first year. Aizawa looks on, with a shit eating grin.
"It seems that Son Goku has finally gotten serious and he's unleashing more of his power against his opponent. I don't understand why he paces these fights as he does, it seems illogical to me, but to each their own," 1A's teacher mused, a bit quiet. "However, with what sound I can hear, he's still on the arena floor."
Soon, however, Goku does start showing more of himself, to the point that Katsuki can finally see him.
"Got you!" With an explosion, he expects to hit a Goku. However, he simply hits a discarded UA jacket, as Goku finally approaches closer and closer, looking at him at every angle, his noise getting louder and louder, with more explosions ringing the arena! Finally, his monkey-tailed opponent lands a powerful punch to his gut, with a blue energy beam landing right after and sending him into the air!
However, this was the opening that Katsuki waited for, a perfect smoke screen! He stopped himself from flying out by channeling his velocity into angular velocity, gathering every last bit of sweat in his arms. He started to spin faster and faster, alongside more pure oxygen to use as further fuel. On the ground, Goku was looking up, a bit curious about what this final gambit of Bakugou's was, but all there is was an ashen blanket of dirty explosion smoke.
"I was gonna save this for Half n' Half, but I've got no other option!" Katsuki shouted, the smoke parting as the King of Explosi-Kills prepares to launch his ultimate move, his final gambit. "Say goodnight, Monkey! HOWITZER IMPACT!" Goku only had time to his arms up in defense, before a massive payload onto him from only a yard away! The force sent the attacker flying, almost out of bounds, but this might be enough to put that monkey down for the count.
The students looked in shock, the Pros thunderstruck, and Midnight barely able to stay still from the intense winds. It was seriously powerful, and all Goku had to block was his own arms! However, Aizawa wasn't entirely convinced even this massive attack was enough. If Goku had survived that Nomu's punches and only got a chest patch, in addition to Momo's shield bash not knocking him out, this would be similar.
"Oh my Goodness, Bakugou attacked Son Goku with something that is actually like a missile! What a spectacular attack!" Present Mic yelled out, as Katsuki breathes heavily, looking at the explosion, content as his arms turn red on him from the stress of the attack. The crowd murmured lightly, some of them cheering on the explosive 1A student.
"I told you, Monkey. I will discard all pieces of trash, and that included you..." He mumbles.
However, a piercing roar cuts through, as the explosion dissipates! Goku is covered with a white fiery aura, his undershirt scorched off and yet nothing more than scratches and bruises on him, his body looking akin to that of a bodybuilder making even the fairly muscular Katsuki look skinny, as his tail twitches angrily.
Izuku felt a chill running down his spine, Momo and Kyoka felt nervous on feeling that aura again, even Shoto looked at the Saiyan's form with a subtle fear and awe. The rest of 1A had a mixture of shock, fear, and awe in varying degrees, 1B was confused with that weird feeling enveloping them as they laid their eyes upon him.
The students and Pros were quietly wondering on how Goku no sell'd an explosion that powerful, Aizawa felt a pit in his stomach, but he couldn't allow himself to act on it yet, and that's not to say of Toshinori trying to keep his heart down his throat. Bakugou completely freaks out upon seeing the Saiyan's freakish durability as well as Goku's paralyzing glare, the yellow irises briefly showcased on his pupils before they fade back to normal, as he breathed out gently.
"WHAT THE HE-" Before he can complete his sentence, Goku rushed in the blink of an eye and elbowed Katsuki in the gut again, knocking the wind out of him and causing him to cough, before punching him in the chest eight times at a rapid pace, ending with an exploding palm strike, causing the blonde bomber to fly out of the ring with a yell of pain! The sight was so unbelievable, Midnight didn't even end the round officially. Of the ones who had seen the assault aside from the elbow and palm strike, only Izuku and All Might could make out all eight punches; Momo could only see around two strikes, heavily blurred.
Goku's aura dissipates, the round having ended with a paralyzing silence. He falls to his knees on the ground, breathing heavily in exhaustion. Katsuki was in the fields, eyes wide in shock, wondering what the Hell just happened. And yet, even that assault didn't hurt him too badly. It just felt like a gut punch and the exploding palm strike. Sure, his body aches like crazy for having a bunch of punches and explosions landing their marks on him, but it didn't feel sharp, it was dull and all encompassing.
"I didn't... want to use that... power. But... you left me no other choice... Bakugou," he softly said, panting and straining to get himself up.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, that is something to write for the history books! Son Goku completely negated an explosion with a yell, and knocked Bakugou out of the ring! He will be moving on to the Finals!" Present Mic said.
But no one was cheering.
The entire arena was painted with shock, even the Pros have nothing to say except for soft murmurs of Goku's durability and his swift attack, and Bakugou's horrifying super move. Near an archway, the No. 2 Hero had seen that finale, thunderstruck in this display of absolute power, yet somehow, he felt that Goku was still holding back. While his teachers were relieved, seeing that Katsuki wasn't seriously injured, Aizawa and Toshinori were speechless at what had just happened.
Goku grabbed his tattered jacket and slowly walked off the ring and looked at his fallen opponent. He feels pity, though the blonde kid shook off the injury, simply opting to glare at the opponent who defeated him, straining getting up as his arms were beet red, refusing to even let his opponent get close to help him up.
"You got lucky, Monkey... I'll beat your ass next time...!" he says in a low scowl, lumbering off to Recovery Girl's office. Goku, instead, went back to the waiting room, not caring about getting healed up. He didn't want to win like that. He just wanted to have fun, but that Howitzer Impact pushed him over the edge and brought out his rage again. Though thankfully, he didn't seriously injure him, but that simply was tiny relief.
AN: Yep, in addition to an Isekai, we also got a shipping! Goku and Momo will likely come together, partially because Momo looks like a Quirk Human version of Kale from DB Super. It's also pretty funny if you've read the MHA-DBZ Fanfic where it's Cell Saga Gohan being wished into the MHA World and how it develops from there. Though I would much rather not have scenes akin to The Graduate, where Dustin Hoffman's character was dreaming, and there's interlaced cuts of Mrs. Robinson's uncensored breasts for a few frames. I'd much rather keep it more towards Buu Saga's Gohan developing a relationship with Videl, asides from having the relationship blossom over a few weeks instead of mostly developing within the day. And on a personalized note, I do kinda prefer Momo over the other 1A girls, though I also want to give her more scenes where she's adept at fighting alongside her comrades.