Conviction Arc 3 - Chapter 14: Showing the World

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Harleking31: Oh yeah, he'll need protection. As for Shinsou losing teeth, who knows?

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Izuku's fight with Shinsou was about to begin, and he was fully prepared. He had his cloak, Apollyon stapped behind him, and his packet full of bombs strapped behind his torso. Sure he may not need all of that against some kid in class 1-H but Izuku didn't know his quirk and it was always better to be prepared, no matter the situation. Gutz taught him that.

"Hey, Izuku Midoriya, right?"

Izuku turned around to see another student behind him, they only had a large muscular tail with some blonde fur on the end. "You're the guy that's going up against Shinshou, right?" He asked, "My name's Mashiro Ojiro, of Class 1-A, and I-"

"If you got something to say, spit it out, otherwise piss off," Izuku said coldly.

Ojiro was a bit surprised by his rudeness, but he also shared a class with Bakugou, "R-Right, look, whatever you do, don't respond to him, he spoke to me and I remember responding to him, but then, I don't remember a thing after that, just hearing that I made it to the next round," Ojiro told him.

Izuku turned to him and a smile graced his lips, "You don't remember a thing huh?" Izuku asked, 'Which means that Shinsou guy has a mind-controlling quirk, but do I have to respond with words to be put under his control or can I respond with just a hum or a groan? Better not take that chance, just stay quiet, and fight him,' Izuku thought.

[ARE YOU ALL READY FOR OUR FIGHTERS!?] Came Mic's voice over the intercom.

Ojiro smiled. "Looks like that's your cue, good luck out there, though, I don't think you'll need it," Ojiro said as he left.

Izuku heard him leave and simply waited for his cue, "If they want a show, I'll give them one," He told himself.

[OUR FIRST FIGHTER IS THE KID FROM 1-H! HITOSHI SHINSOU!]

Izuku watched him walk onto the stage and he had his hands in his gym pockets, he also looked restless and bored, as if he had no reason to be there, but Izuku assumed that's just how he looked.

[OUR NEXT FIGHTER IS THE QUIRKLESS SWORDSMAN HIMSELF! IZUKU MIDORIYA!]

Izuku smiled when he heard his name be called, and he walked toward the stage, and as he neared it, he grabbed Apollyon's hilt and pulled it out, one on it he slammed it into the stage, and he was sure the sound of it was loud.

Once he was on stage, Izuku began to hear murmurs in the audience, and he could feel most of the eyes on him.

"HEY UA! IS IT REALLY OK TO HAVE A QURIKLESS PERSON IN THE FIGHTS!?"

"YEAH! WHAT IF HE GETS HURT?"

"WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT!"

Izuku glared and walked toward Midnight and yanked the mic away from her.

"Midoriya!" She cried.

Izuku put the mic to his lips, as he looked at the heroes, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Izuku cried.

The audience suddenly went quiet.

"I DON'T NEED YOUR DAMN PITY!" Izuku cried. "I've had my fair share of pain that none of you can imagine, you pieces of shit! I suffered just to stand where I am! IF I WANNA FIGHT I WILL FIGHT!" Izuku finished before tossing the mic back to Midnight.

No more words were said, and Izuku took his position and he faced Shinsou, who looked a little stunned by his words, but smiled as well, which confused him a bit. However, Midnight asked if both of them were ready and both simply gave her quick nods, and with their answer, Midnight declared for the fight to begin.

However, both boys didn't move, simply waiting to see who would make the first move.

Shinsou continued to smile as he looked at Izuku, "So, your Quirkless huh? Explains the sword," He said.

Izuku didn't answer.

"Why'd you yell at the Heroes?" Shinsou asked, "You know, you're supposed to impress them if you want to work with one of them after this whole thing, meanwhile, I have to impress the staff to get transferred over to the Hero course,"

'So that's why he's fighting,' Izuku thought to himself.

Izuku smiled and then pulled Apollyon from the stage and charged at his fellow fighter, much to the shock of Shinsou, and when he was close in, Izuku switched up and used the flat end of the sword ready to wack him like one would with a fly swatter. However, Shinsou backed up quickly, avoiding the swing, however, Izuku quickly swung at him again, but Shinshou avoided it once again, Izuku reached for his pouch of bombs, and quickly grabbed one out and lit the wick by scrapping across the stage floor, and then threw it at Shinsou.

Seeing it, Shinsou quickly ran to the side, just as it exploded. The shockwave sent Shinsou flying off to the side but not out of bounds, much to his relief, as he got up he looked back to see Izuku slowly approach him, his sword resting on his shoulders.

'First a giant freaking sword and now he's got bombs!' Shinsou thought, 'What the hell kind of guy is he?'

Izuku swung at Shinsou once more, this time, managing to hit him in his right arm, and Shinsou was sent flying across the stage, tumbling across the ground, but eventually came to a stop as he was now on his stomach and he slowly got up but Izuku slammed his foot into his back, forcing him to the ground.

Shinsou glared up at Izuku as he saw Izuku smirk at him.

"D-Damn you!" Shinsou cried.

Izuku just kept smirking as he looked down at Shinsou, however, the purple-haired teen quickly escaped from underneath Izuku's foot and moved away as Izuku looked at him, still smirking, though it was more sinister.

Shinsou glared at Izuku "You're a real piece of work, you know that?" Shinsou asked, with an annoyed tone.

Izuku just chuckled and smiled, however, still did not say a word.

Shinsou's glare hardened, "Damn it why won't you talk!?" He asked.

Once Shinsou asked him that question, Izuku's smirk became sinister and he gave Shinsou a knowing look, and the Mind controller instantly knew what that look meant and his eyes widened with realization before returning to a glare.

"How did you figure it out?" Shinsou asked.

Izuku still didn't say anything, just continue to smirk sinisterly, before quickly reaching into his pouch and grabbing 3 of his bombs, lighting all 3 and throwing them at Shinsou, which caused the fellow student to shield himself with his arms, however, once the bombs exploded, the shock was huge enough to send both boys flying, yet, Izuku stopped himself by stabbing Apollyon into the stage, meanwhile, Shinsou was blown away and out of bounds.

Once the smoke cleared and it was revealed that Shinsou was out of bounds, Midnight called the fight and declared Izuku the winner.

Shinsou quickly got to his feet and glared at Izuku, his expression was full of rage. "Damn you! Do you have any idea what you've done!?" he cried.

Izuku looked at him as he sheathed Apollyon, with a raised brow.

"If I had won I could have proven them all wrong! I could've been a hero with this villainous Quirk!" Shinsou cried, "You are lucky to be blessed with no Quirk at all! No one sees you as a Villain! But me! I have always been seen as a villain because of my Quirk!"

Izuku looked at Shinsou, his expression was now blank before Izuku busted out laughing, confusing those watching while angering Shinsou himself.

"What's so damn funny!?" Shinsou asked.

Izuku stopped laughing and looked at Shinsou, "I'm not as blessed as you think," Izuku told him with a last chuckle. "If you wanna become a hero so damn much keep proving them wrong, it's one of the reasons I'm here," Izuku told him before he to left the stage.

Shinsou watched as he walked away and he too left, thinking about what Izuku told him, and he would indeed keep trying to become a Hero, however, despite understanding Izuku's words, Shinsou did not find himself liking the forest-haired teen.

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Izuku was in the waiting room and watch the TV as the fights continued. The fight against that Todoroki Kid was fast, and Izuku knew he was going to have to fight him next, and he was forming a plan in his head, however, a few other fighters did catch his eye.

Such as the girl with the ponytail from Class 1-A, Momo Yaoyarozu, was a good fighter and skilled with most of the weapons she could create, and that was another thing. Her Quirk made her more prepared than he ever could be. She was as dangerous as Todoroki and Bakugou, yet no one else saw it.

Then there was the guy who had a similar Quirk to Tetsutetsu, Kirishima if he remembered correctly, though he was more stone than steel and with how he won, appeared to be a bit tougher, which made Izuku wonder what he would do if he fought him. His small spars with Tetsutetsu let him know that Students with the ability to harden their skin was going to be tough opponents.

Finally, there was Bakugou. Bakugou was a literal bomb, Quirkwise, and personality-wise, and yet he was smart, skillful, and one tough bastard, if there was one monster Izuku worried about amongst the fighters, it was Bakugou.

Every single fighter from 1-A could give him hell, a few more than others, even Ibarra, if she won, would give him hell no doubt, but they had their weaknesses, he just needed to exploit them.

He needed to win.

Izuku realized that his throat was dry and was a bit thirsty, so he got up and left the waiting room, however, as soon as he did, his path was blocked by a large muscular, whose mask, beard, and parts of his suit were made of flames.

Izuku knew who this was, he'd have to live under a rock to not know, this was the number 2 hero in all of Japan, the man just beneath All-Might. Endeavor.

"You... You are the one Quirkless Student correct? Izuku Midoriya?" Endeavor asked, his expression blank.

Izuku just looked at him, "Yeah, what do you want?" Izuku asked, his brow raised.

Endeavor looked him over and then smiled, "I saw you win both the race and the calvary battle, and I will admit, you seem fierce and you have something inside of you, but you will lose to my son,"

Hearing that, Izuku's brow rose in confusion, "Son?" Izuku asked.

Endeavor nodded, "Yes, my son Shoto, you will be fighting him in the next round," He said, "But I expect him to deal with you as quickly as he did the last opponent he faced,"

Izuku smiled, "You really think I'll lose?" Izuku asked.

Endeavor crossed his arms, "It is destiny," Endeavor said, "I made that boy to be my ultimate creation, to surpass I and eventually All-Might! If only he didn't hold himself back!"

Izuku smiled, "He'll lose then," Izuku said.

Endeavor glared at the young teen, "What makes you believe that?" Endeavor asked.

Izuku looked at him, smirking. "Because I've already survived hell," Izuku told him, "I've faced monsters, more than you or any other person in this damn arena and I came out alive because I've trained to fight people more powerful than me, I've fought with a man more skilled than me, who trained me until I was weak in the joints and I tasted iron in my mouth, I've suffered, and there is nothing your son can do to make me suffer any more than I already do," Izuku told him.

Endeavor was taken aback by the young teen's words, however, Izuku wasn't finished.

"But the pain I can give your son, the hell I can put him through, the way I can humiliate him in front of the entire country when I beat him is something I look forward to!" Izuku cried with a smile, "I'll beat him so bad he might not even be able to become a hero! If that happens I'll kick him down more and tell the world how pathetic the spawn of the number 2 is! Just like his father!" Izuku shouted

Izuku was suddenly grabbed by his cloak and picked up off the ground, Endeavor's flames grew and burned brighter as he glared at Izuku with unbridled fury in his eyes, but Izuku smirked at him smugly and sinisterly.

"ENDEAVOR!"

Izuku's eyes moved passed Endeavor and looked to see his teacher, Vlad-King. Vlad glared at Endeavor, "Let him go," Vlad ordered.

Endeavor turned around and saw Vlad, he glared back at the 1-B teacher. "The boy insulted me," He replied.

Vlad didn't look away from him, but addressed Izuku, "Is that true, Midoriya?" Vlad asked.

Izuku shook his head, "Not at all, Sensei, I came walking out here and he spouted at me that his son could beat me, if anything, he insulted me first!" Izuku said with a chuckle.

Endeavor's head whipped back around as he glared at Izuku, "Why you little-!"

"Is that true, Endeavor?" Vlad asked.

Endeavor didn't answer.

"Is it true?" Vlad asked once more.

Once again, number 2 remained silent.

Vlad let out a sigh, "I'll take that as your answer then, Endeavor," Vlad told him, "Now, put him down, or else I can disqualify your son due to your interference," Vlad threatened.

After hearing that, Endeavor slowly put Izuku down and walked away, as he did, Izuku watched him, still smiling.

Vlad approached Izuku and looked at his most troubled student, "You should be wary of him, Midoriya, it is unwise to make an enemy of the Number 2 Hero, his words carry weight, he could end your career before it even began," Vlad told him.

Izuku didn't care, he simply walked away and passed his sensei. Vlad looked at Izuku with a sad expression, he knew how much of an act the young man put up. Vlad let out a sigh and then left, walking away, as he did, he heard the next round of fights confirmed.

The first round was Izuku facing off against Todoroki. The second round was Ibarra facing off against Iida, the third round went to Mina who would face off against her fellow classmate Momo, and finally, round four went to Kirishima who would face off with Bakugou.

Eventually, the first round was called to begin...

Todoroki walked toward the Stage, but as he did, he saw his father waiting by the entrance. Todoroki rose a brow at his father, "What do you want?" Todoroki asked.

Endeavor looked at his son, "Make quick work of that Quirkless runt," Endeavor told him. "He insulted you, but he also greatly insulted me, so make quick work of him, understand, Shoto?" Endeavor asked.

Shoto looked at his father, his expression was blank like it had been the whole day, he then looked forward only to see Izuku waiting for him on stage, his sword sheathed behind him, but he looked at the two of them and smirked.

Todoroki then looked back at his father, "Whatever, old man," Todoroki said as he walked toward the stage.

Once the two boys were on Stage, Mic's voice came over the intercom.

[LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! BOYS AND GIRLS! PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR OUR FIGHTERS!] Mic announced.

The crowed cheered as the two boys eyes each other, Todoroki's face remained blank, but Izuku still had a smirk on his face.

[ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE THE SON OF THE #2 HIMSELF! SHOTO TODOROKI!]

Todoroki tsked, 'Great, now everyone knows who I am' Todoroki thought to himself.

[AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS UA'S VERY OWN BLACK SWORDSMAN! IZUKU MIDORIYA!]

Izuku's smirk grew, 'Black Swordsman huh? That's got a nice ring to it,' Izuku thought.

Midnight looked over the stage from her podium and smiled, "Are both constants ready?"

Todoroki nodded.

Izuku nodded as well.

Midnight gave a quick nod, "Very well, then let the fight...!" Midnight began.

Izuku prepared himself for any of Todoroki's moves and Todoroki was prepared to trap him in his ice. Both boys were prepared to fight. Both boys had their pains. Both boys wanted to win because they both had something to prove.

But one had more to lose...

"BEGIN!"

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And I leave you all with that! The next chapter is going to be pretty good... or bad, depending on how you look at it, because Izuku is going to go through some pain, and I mean more pain than when he fought the Nomu.

Next Chapter Izuku and Todoroki fight, and things don't look good for Izuku...