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Episode 18: Sports Festival Part 2

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the time has run out, we now declare that the winner is Team Midoriya." announces Present Mic. The crowd goes ballistic, and everyone on the team smiles and congratulates each other.

Within one of the private rooms, David has a large smile on his face. "Well, it seems the pilot program has proven its worth so far," says Nezu.

"Yeah, it has," replies David.

Within the commentator box, Present Mic speaks, "Wow, isn't it interesting that all the pilot program students made it to the best sixteen?!"

"When it comes to those students, I'm not surprised," remarks Aizawa

"How so?" Present Mic asks.

"People tend to forget that the pilot program kids are not just those who are going to be future first responders but have been put through training that most of the students never experienced before. Say what you want about the S.R.F., but one thing is for sure: they take their training seriously, and they wouldn't be in U.A. if they didn't," said Aizawa.

(Title Scene)

"Power Ranger S.R.F Lets Go"

"In a world, with the forgotten, S.R.F lets go!"

"The powers have awakened, S.R.F lets go!"

"Go beyond the emergency, S.R.F lets go!"

"To stop the enemies! Power Rangers Go!"

"They will unite!" "Power Rangers Go!"

"They stand to fight!" "Power Rangers Go!"

"Have no fear!" "Power rangers Go!"

"Cause they are here!" "Power Ranger S.R.F Lets Go!"

*Siren sounds*

"All right, for the first matchup, we have Izuku Midoriya vs. Neito Monoma." The two stare each other down. Monoma has a smile on his face. 'This is going to be a piece of cake. I bumped into that Bakugo guy before the match, so with his quirk I should easily be able to beat him.'

"And… begin!" Midnight calls from the middle of the arena. Neito throws his fist up in front of Hina and says, "This is where you lose, class 1-A.". Izuku, seeing the familiar pose, would move in a particular pattern. As he moved, Neito fired a blast from his hands towards Izuku. Unfortunately for the blast, he was not prepared for the recoil of the quirk itself and it launches him backwards.

Izuku is able to easily dodge the blast as he moves in closer and pulls out his staff. After extending the staff, he would rush in and slam the gut of the copycat. "Think you can take me down with Kachan's quirk? Think again." Neito would then try to blast him again with his other arm, but before he could do it, Izuku twisted the staff towards him, forcing the arm away and causing the explosive force to go upward. "Ahh!" shouts Neito as he is not prepared for backfire. As he finished, Izuku would then spin his leg and proceed to do a tornado roundhouse kick, knocking Neito onto the ground, unconscious.

"The winner is class 1-A Izuku Midoriya," the crowd goes crazy once again after witnessing this display of power and skill.

Within the stands, some of the students begin to talk. "Man, I thought the quirkless kid would lose in the first event, but this is nuts."

"Man, what sort of training do those pilot program kids go through?" says another kid from class 1-B.

"Wow, I thought Deku was good during the battle exercise, but this is unreal," Ochaco exclaims happily.

"I agree with you that the execution of the moves was tactical and precise," remarks Ida.

"That darn nerd," said Bakugo.

Todoroki looks at him silently as he heads off to the preparation stage for his upcoming match with Sero.

Within a private booth:

"Well, that's one way to show you are here." David was laughing at the results of Izuku's battle. "Indeed, what have you been training these rangers in? I'm curious if we need to add close combat into our regiment," Nezu said.

"We have implemented basic combat training along with some electives for enhanced combat for most cadets at the S.R.F. Izuku was just a fast learner, and when it came to learning and implementing into his combat style, he is unmatched." David replied.

'Maybe I should add more close combat basics to the class,' said Yagi as he pulled out his notebook. But before he could finish writing, the crowd witnessed Todoroki defeat Sero.

The next few matches went as such: Kirishima defeated Tetsutetsu with ease due to his training, while Aoyama tied with Ashido. The tiebreaker for that was a dance in which Ashido defeated him. Shinsou was able to beat Kaminari thanks to his quirk, while Momo barely lost to Tokoyami. Hatsume used Ida as an advertisement for her inventions. Ururaka would try her best to defeat Bakugo, but his strength was too much for her.

After the first rounds, it was time for the best 8. Izuku is walking towards the prep area.

"Hey," he hears as Endeavor walks towards him. Izuku stands still, shocked to see the hero again.

"Endeavor, what are you doing back here?" asks the teen.

"I saw what you did there; your abilities in melee are exceptional. It would provide an excellent test for Shoto, for it's his destiny to defeat All Might."

The flame hero starts to walk away but stops as Izuku speaks. " Your son is not a tool for you to reach your goal." he glares down the flaming hero "His dreams are his own and not yours."

Arena

The two students place themselves on opposite ends of the arena as they wait for Midnight to start the fight. The tension within the stadium is palpable as the two look at each other intensely.

"Let the quarterfinal match between Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki begin!"

Todoroki aimed to finish this battle quick, so he launches a mountain of ice against Izuku. As the ice was heading towards him, Izuku would perform a side jump to dodge the ice. He would then rush towards Todoroki.

"He is fast," Todoroki thinks, as he uses his right side to fire shards of ice towards his opponent."

Seeing the shards, Izuku uses his staff to block the attacks.

"I've got you now, Midoriya," Todoroki says as he launches a pillar of ice towards him similar to what he did to Sero.

After a few seconds, no one could see Izuku in the area. "What? This could be the end of Midoriya's winning streak!" announces Present Mic on the speakers. Todoroki looks pleased by the result and turns to Midnight. "You might as well call it". Crack! A large cracking sound is heard as Izuku emerges from the ice, seemingly covered in foam.

"But how?" Todoroki whispers to himself incredulously.

"Like I said, I'm going to give it my all," Izuku replies as he emerges from the ice. He would then rush forward.

Stands:

"Ingenious," declared Momo in the stands as she watched the fight between Izuku and Shoto. "What do you mean, Momo?" asked Kirishima, and other students turned to look at her for an explanation.

"In a normal situation, Izuku would have been frozen solid at this point. But that is not the case. With the grenade, Izuku was able to cover himself with firefighting foam. Normal foam itself can withstand temperatures of up to -22 degrees Fahrenheit below the freezing point of water."

"And Hatsume's E grenades can even triple that amount of resistance, blocking the area where the ice could travel," Kirishima states, finishing her thought.

"It seems Midoriya is smarter than we thought," said Sero. Others in the class nod in agreement.

Down on the stage, Izuku delivers a roundhouse kick towards Todoroki, causing him to move his left side in pain. 'I can't let up, and give him time to think.' Izuku thinks to himself.

"Stop Holding Back," he yells at Todoroki. He twists his other leg into the air, allowing him to use it to attack the same arm. "AUGH!" Todoroki yells as he looks towards his arm. "Shut up!" Todoroki unleashes a blast of ice towards Izuku, which he cleanly backsteps. He pulls out another e-grenade as he backs away, but he does not get a chance to use it. Todoroki jumps towards him, closing in the gap between them. "I will win this with my right side," he declares, unleashing ice towards Izuku. Izuku pushes his staff on the ground to push himself further back, but at the cost of his weapon.

"You're shivering, Todoroki; you could easily heat yourself up if you used your left side. If you want to beat me, you have to give everything you got," he says as he stands firmly.

"Shut up, did my bastard father pay you off or something?" He launches some ice, and this time it entangles Izuku's leg. "Ive got you now," he says heavily, as his quirk is having quite an effect on him. But with little effort, Izuku was able to break the ice without a grenade. "What," he says as he watches Izuku rush towards him. He tries to use his ice to defend himself, but the buildup on his left side has slowed his response time.

"Why are you going so far?" the icy student asks as Izuku punches him on his right side. "Everyone here, quirkless and not, has been pushing themselves to the limit to accomplish their dreams, and you're the only one who is not!" Izuku replied. Frustrated, Todoroki launches some more ice towards him again, but this time Izuku punches it away and lands a hit on Todoroki in the stomach and then kicks him in the right leg, forcing him down. "We all are trying our best to do our best, because if we don't, then it's a matter of life and death for those we try to save."

"Shut up; I'll show my father that I don't need his power," Todoroki spits as he tries to stand once more.

"Enough with that crap! Its your ice, its your fire, and your power is your own! You decide who you want to become!" Izuku exclaims. Suddenly, fire begins to erupt from Todoroki. Izuku steps back from the smoldering heat. "I thought you wanted to win. So why are you trying to inspire me?" The fires begin to heat up more and more as he prepares to throw fire at Midoriya. But as he was moving, his legs were twisting, and...

Izuku, on the other side, pulls out his last 2 E-grenades and sets them to the maximum setting. "What can I say? Im more of a firefighter."

On the sidelines, Cementos in the stands looks at the two and is worried. "This is getting out of hand; if Todoroki fires at him, we are not sure his body can take it. I should end the match."

"I wouldn't be too sure; it seems that Midoriya has one more plan," says Midnight.

The two combatants smile at each other as Todoroki unleashes a wave of fire towards Midoriya. Midoriya, in response, throws one grenade at the blast and activates the second one around him. As the two interact, the whole area becomes covered in a thick fog.

"Whats this? A thick fog surrounded the arena. We don't even know what's happened," shouts Present Mic.

Todoroki would cover his eyes and try to see in the fog. 'Darn it, I can't see a thing.' As he would look around, he failed to notice a fist punch him straight in the face, causing him to lose balance. 'Darn it.' he thinks, as the blurry image of Midoriya is hardly scene.

Minutes later, the fog begins to disappear, and within it a reviels figure stands tall.

"And the winner is… Izuku Midoriya!" Midnight shouts causing the crowd to go wild. Meanwhile, in the area, Izuku is looking worse for war as some burns have made it to his body.

Bar,

"Interesting," said OIympius. The others would look towards him. "It appears the rangers attacks were not as random as one would appear. Each of his strikes that he had landed were partly critical to his opponents fighting style."

Destra would then speak as he appears, "His quirk may be strong, but his body is not."

Olympius turns towards him and says, "Destra has the attack on the convey begun."

"Yes, My Prince, I have sent Thunderclaw to attack it. I will be there to assist if necessary."

"Good. Soon we will have the tool we need to conduct further business with your contacts All for one," the Demon states.

Meanwhile, at a bridge,

Melissa has just returned from the airport and is on her way towards the SRF headquarters with a suitcase on her side. As her ride was currently stuck in traffic, the sounds of lightning could be heard ahead. Screams and people running could be seen. "What's going on?" she asks as she opens the door and climbs outside the vehicle, but before she can do anything, a blast of lightning hits the car, causing her to be thrown away.

As she is on the ground, she spots a beetle demon heading towards the car. "Not if I can help it," she mutters to herself and morphs behind some cars. She jumps up and rushes towards the demon.

The demon looks through the car until he comes across the suitcase. "Found them now, Destra, and the prince will be pleased." He goes to pick them up.

"Stay out of my way, Ranger," says the Demon, who summons some batlings to fight her.

Meanwhile in the medical room,

Izuku has been patched up by Recovery Girl. "Be careful next time, young man, and don't get injured too often. Lucky the scaring will heal." Izuku nods and looks up at the sky. Some of his classmates entered the room to see if he was alright. As they discussed the match, Izuku's com starts going off.

"Crap, guys, me and Aoyama have to go," Izuku says to his friends as he stands up.

"But what about the tournament? You're in the semi's," says Tsui.

"Sorry guys, but the S.R.F. takes priority, and we have duties we can't ignore," Aoyama calls as he leaves the room.

"What exactly are your duties anyway?" asks Ochaco, head peaking out the door to watch the pair rush down the hallway.

"Operational Communications!" they call back, quickly leaving her line of sight. As they were running, the world saw the force cadets running all along side them.

"Whats going on?" asks Izuku, concerned.

"Melissa is under attack," is the only reply Shinso gave.

Boom! An explosion sounded as Melissa was thrown backwards by the demon. "Darn it," she says as she lands against a car. The demon, seeing this as an opportunity, starts approaching the suitcase. As he moved closer, he was hit by 5 bolts of energy, forcing him away from the car.

"You alright, Yellow?" Izuku asks as the team surrounds the yellow power ranger.

"I'm fine, but we have a problem. We need to make sure the cases don't get into the demon's hands." "Right!" the other rangers replied, and they headed into battle against the demonic forces. The response team tasked themselves with protecting the cases while the force team takes care of the batlings.

Aoyama rushes to the cases in order to retrieve them before the demon can. "You think you can stop me from satisfying my prince? Think again.". The demon nearly succeeds in obtaining the cases, but a flying kick to the head by Izuku knocks it away. Izuku and Melissa succeed in a frontal assault as Aoyama retrieves the cases and retreats a safe distance.

"The case is secure; let's get-!" But before he could finish the statement, Aoyama was hit from behind by a rocket. The rocket forces him to lose control of the case, and it flies away, landing near a familiar green demon.

The green demon, known as Destra, takes the opportunity to snatch up the case and disappears amidst the brawl. "Darn it," said Kirishima. The six would regather as they looked at the situation. "Great, we lost the case."

the Thunderclaw would recover as it would stand up, "Great, and now that it's in demon hands, I can destroy you all." He fires a blast of electricity towards the rangers; they would then proceed to dodge and fire their blasters at the demon, causing it to fall towards the ground.

As they do so, they would then pull out their respective weapons, the rescue piercer and the justice striker, and insert the red and crimson linkers.

"Final Emergency!"

"Ready. Aim. Fire!" says the team leaders as they both unleash powerful forces of energy at the demon, causing it to explode.

Back at UA.

David would be communicating over the phone with the rangers about what transpired. "And then we lost the case, sir; Destra took it."

"That's unfortunate. At least you were able to stop the demon. Report back to base; we got work to do."

"Yes, sir," the rangers reply as they hang up the call.

"I apologize, but its time for me to go," he told the two with growing concern

"We understand, but what is it that has you so pressed?" asked Yagi

"The demons have succeeded in taking something of importance."

As he leaves the room, the crowd erupts as the winner of the sports festival is announced to be none other than Bakugo.

Chapter end.

AU:

Thus ends the Festival.

In terms of how Izuku was able to keep up with Todoroki, its quite simple. Izuku is peak human in mha standards; Staine was able to dodge and break todoroki ice with ease. This is an izuku with a lot more combat experience than Todoroki and had thought literal demons.

What could the demons have taken?

Special thanks to Honey_The_Oracle for being a great beta for this chapter.

May the power protect you.