Conviction Arc 3 - Chapter 15: Sword vs Ice
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Harleking31: Izuku did find him amusing in a sense, only because Izuku now has a bit of a sadistic side to him as he has found enjoyment in killing Nomu and emotionally torturing others he fights (USJ Nomu fight). Oh, as for Todoroku being wrecked in this chapter, you'll just have to read the chapter.
NinjaFang1331: Thank you and I hope you enjoy this chapter, as it sets up what is to come after the Sports Festival.
: Thank you and I hope you stick around for this story. As for Izuku getting a happy ending, I wouldn't count on it being happy, as a matter of fact, while I still haven't planned out the ending of the story, All I know is that it's going to be a large blood bath and I don't plan on making it happy, but I also don't plan on making it bleak, more of a bittersweet ending.
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Far away from the Stadium, in fact, on the other side of the world, in the United States, Gutz swung his blade at a group of Nomu, cutting them all in half with a single swing. Killing them with ease. Gutz put the Dragonslayer on his shoulder and noted that these Nomu were rather weak as if they were just here to distract him
'Why are they here?' Gutz asked himself, 'AFO is still focused on Japan, and him coming to the US is dangerous for him as well as for the other 4, he has no allies here and no resources either, and the government itself has been preparing for him to show himself, and of course, she is here as well... wait a minute... don't tell me he's trying to-!'
However, before he could finish that thought, something landed right in front of him and when the dust cleared, he saw a more muscular Nomu, that looked like he was built to destroy a tank. Gutz grits his teeth and gripped the Dragonslayer tighter and prepares to fight once more, however... he hoped that his theory of why AFO's lackeys were here was wrong, but knowing his luck... it was exactly why they were here, he only hoped he had time to warn her or stop them in time.
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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 crowd 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!"
Once those words left Midnight's mouth, the entire arena thought how quick this match was going to be as they assumed Izuku would be trapped in the ice much like Sero. However, once those words were said, Izuku's hand was shown as he threw five bombs, all were already lit, and all of them directly at Todoroki. Once the duel quirk user saw them, he put up a wall of ice, protecting him from the explosions.
'Those Bombs of his were already lit! Did he do it when Midnight was starting the match?' Todoroki asked himself.
However, the wall in front of him exploded due to another bomb, and appearing out of the mist was Izuku, his sword ready to knock Todoroki to the ground, however, Todoroki quickly activated his quirk and shot up some Ice toward Izuku. Seeing the attack, Izuku switched up and swung the edge of his blade through the incoming ice, breaking it. Once the sword wielder landed, he charged at Todoroki once more, however, the 1-A students created a floor of ice around Izuku, which he used to dodge and maneuver around the young forest-haired teen.
Now that he was behind the green-haired teen, Todoroki launched another barrage of ice at his opponent, however, Izuku turned around, saw the incoming attack, and jumped out of the way, however, some of the ice managed to hit him on the right side and even tearing his cloak, but he landed away from the majority attack, however, his luck did not change as once he landed, his right foot had slipped and twisted, sending pain through Izuku's entire right leg.
Izuku growled at the pain but pushed through it and continued the fight. Izuku charged at the red and white-haired teen, and as he did, he reached into his pouch and pulled out another bomb, dragging the wick across the ground and lighting it, and quickly throwing it at Todoroki, who quickly formed a small wall of ice in front of him, which blocked the explosion but also was destroyed in the process.
Only a few seconds after the ice wall broke, Izuku shot through the smoke and swung the flat end at Todoroki, hitting the boy and causing him to fly across the stage, but Todoroki stopped himself by forming ice behind him, catching him and stopping him from going out of bounds, much to Izuku disappointment.
Todoroki regained himself and looked over to Izuku, his face still rather emotionless. "I gotta admit, for someone without a Quirk, you can still put up one hell of a fight," Todoroki told Izuku.
Izuku smiled "Don't underestimate me," Izuku told him.
Todoroki nodded, "You've got a lot of fight in you, but... why do you fight?"
Izuku looked at him with a confused expression, "Huh?" Izuku asked.
Todoroki looked at him, "I just wanna know why you fight," Todoroki told Izuku. "Is it because you want to prove people wrong? That a Quirkless person can become a hero? Or are you fighting for something deeper?" he asked.
However, Izuku didn't respond with words, instead, responded by trying to hit Todoroki right after he finished his sentence, and he did manage to strike the duel-haired teen, sending him to the side, tumbling across the stage. Todoroki got up slowly, wincing in pain, however, before he could get up fully, Izuku kicked him in the side, knocking the wind out of him and causing Todoroki to fall back down.
Izuku look down at him, "We're in the middle of a fight, you wanna talk and blabber on and on about bullshit join the Hero public safety commission," Izuku told him with a smile. "Otherwise, shut up and fucking fight,"
Izuku tightened his grip on Apollyon and then slammed the flat end of his sword over Todoroki's body, causing the other teen to cry out in pain. Izuku pulled the sword up again, ready to bring it back down on Todoroki again, however, before Izuku could slam his sword down again, Todoroki quickly created ice between him and Izuku, allowing him to escape, Izuku smiled and quickly cut the ice in half. Unfortunately for Izuku, Todoroki ran low and appeared on his left side and creating a short pillar of ice, hitting Izuku in the rib, and when Izuku felt the impact, he also felt one of his ribs crack, and the green-haired teen flew up before falling back down.
On the ground, Izuku coughed out some blood and breathed heavily, 'D-Damn it! First my foot and now my rib!' Izuku thought, 'I need to end this quickly!' Izuku finished the thought.
Izuku got up and glared at Todoroki with his one good eye and Anger began to take control over Izuku. Todorki glared right back, but as he did, Izuku noticed he was slightly shivering.
"SHOTO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? FINISH HIM OFF!"
Both boys turn their heads to see Endeavor watching the fight and an angry expression on his face.
"SHOW THEM THAT YOU'RE BETTER THAN THEM! SHOW THEM WHY I MADE YOU!" Endeavor cried.
[It looks like Endeavor is giving his son some... words of encouragement?] Mic said over the intercom
Izuku chuckled as he looked at Todorki, "Seems like daddy wants you to finish me off, must be great having him as a father, huh?" Izuku asked.
Todoroki quickly looked back at Izuku with a glare, "You have no idea what you're talking about!" Todoroki cried in anger.
Izuku just kept smiling at him, noticing he had touched a nerve, and his smile grew sinister and he decided to keep pushing the sore subject. "Oh come on, must be great having such a wonderful hero for a father! You probably grew up rich! Spoiled! I can only imagine the wonderful life you had!" Izuku said with a faux smile.
Todoroki growled and fired two pillars of Ice at Izuku and Izuku smiled as he charged forward, the two pillars traveled so fast that one grazed his cheek and the other grazed the right side of his torso, before getting right in front of Todoroki and smacked him with the sword. Todoroki was sent back but once again stopped himself by forming ice behind him, however, just as he stopped himself, one of Izuku's bombs landed right in front of him.
Todoroki's eyes widened with shock and he looked at Izuku who just gave flipped him off. The bomb exploded and blew Todoroki back, the force of the explosion weakened the duel-haired teen, however, he was still not out of bounds.
Seeing his son being so easily dispatched by someone who was powerless and weaker than him, made Endeavor's blood boil. "GET UP SHOTO! GET UP AND USE YOUR FLAMES!" Endeavor cried "HOW CAN YOU LOSE TO HIM!? SOMEONE WHO POSSESSES NO POWER! HOW CAN YOU BE BEATEN BY A FREAK OF NATURE LIKE HIM!?" Endeavor cried.
Todoroki slowly got up, but he felt pain all over his body due to the force of the explosion, and he growled in anger. "S-Shut up... you old bastard!" Todoroki muttered as he got up.
However, Todoroki was hoisted up by the back of his shirt by Izuku and once he was back on his feet, Izuku, without his sword, punched him in the gut, causing Todoroki to heel over. Izuku wasn't finished and began beating Todoroki with his fist more, delivering left and right hooks to the other boy's face, meanwhile, Izuku was laughing the whole time.
"HAHAHAHA! Come on! Where's that power your father was boasting to me about!? He said you were going to take me out with ease! Yet here you are! Being beaten by a damn Quirkless freak!? HUH!?" Izuku taunted. "ENDEAVOR! ARE YOU WATCHING!?" Izuku asked with a devilish smile, still laughing as he beat Todoroki.
Todoroki staggered backward, too dazed and in too much pain to do anything. He was then punched once more in the left side of his face before another punch was delivered to his right, he felt as if he was going to fall backward, but before he could do that, Izuku grabbed the front of his gym uniform and Izuku looked at the dazed and beaten boy, still smiling like a psychopath.
"Aw come on now! DON'T WANNA MAKE DADDY DISAPPOINTED DO YA!?" Izuku asked with glee as he pulled his fist back.
Izuku then punched Todoroki square in the face, breaking his nose and finally sending Todoroki down to the ground. In every aspect, Izuku had won the match, but he wasn't over, he still wanted to rub salt in the wound of a certain hero, after all, he had a promise to keep. Izuku walked over to Todoroki, grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, and dragged him toward the side of the stage that faced Endeavor, dropped him back on the stage, flipped him over, and picked up Todoroki by his hair and made Todoroki face his father as blood steamed down from his nose and Izuku smiled wickedly at the Number 2 hero.
"LOOK AT HOW PATHETIC THE SPAWN OF THE NUMBER 2 IS! HE'S JUST LIKE HIS FATHER! WHO WON'T EVER BE AS GREAT AS THE GREAT ALL-MIGHT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Izuku cried out.
Endeavor's anger skyrocketed as his flames burned brighter and obscured his face and without thinking launched toward Izuku, Izuku smiled as he saw the number 2 hero shooting toward him, however, He was stopped when All-Might himself appeared in between the two, causing Endeavor to halt.
"That's enough, Endeavor!" All-Might told him with a stern face, "This is unbecoming of the number 2!"
Endeavor grits his teeth, as he glared with fury at All-Might, "Get out of my way, the boy insulted me!" Endeavor cried. "He disrespected everything I worked so hard for!"
All-Might glared right back at him, "Are you forgetting where you are?" All-Might asked, "The whole world is watching, think about what this can do to your reputation," All-Might told him.
Izuku chuckled, "Aw, come on All-Might, let him through, then the world will really see what the Number 2 is really like," Izuku said, egging the flame hero on.
All-Might turned around and looked at Izuku, his stern expression remained on his face, "Young Midoriya, do not egg him on, you have already caused enough trouble for everyone," He told him.
Izuku's smile disappeared as he looked annoyed by All-Might's words. "Tsk!" he said ask he looked away and then to Midnight, "Hey! Do I win or what?" He asked.
Midnight was a bit shocked at the events that had happened before her, but when she heard Izuku talking to her, she snapped out of her thoughts and nodded, clearing her throat and turning to the crowd. "Shoto Todoroki is down for the count! Izuku Midoriya wins and advances to the next satge!" Midnight announced.
Suddenly, the crowd erupted with anger, booing Izuku as he exited the stage. Izuku just smiled the entire time he left, even when the audience began throwing trash and food at him.
"You ain't no hero!"
"Freaking psycho! You don't deserve to move on!"
"FREAK!"
"UA! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!? LETTING SOMEONE AS CEAZY AS HIM INTO YOUR SCHOOL!?"
"MONSTER!"
Izuku didn't care what they said, he kept walking before finally out of sight of the audience, he collapsed against the wall and finally let out ragged breaths as a pained expression graces his face as he looked to the ground.
"Izuku!"
"Bro!"
Izuku looked up to see Mei and Tetsutetsu running toward him, Mei had the biggest worried expression he had seen on her face since he had seen her at the hospital.
Izuku tried to walk forward but the pain of his foot and rib shot through him and he fell to his knees, groaning loudly with pain.
Mei rushed to his side and kneeled next to him, "Are you ok?" She asked with worry.
Izuku continued to let out heavy breaths but he nodded, "Just a twisted ankle and a broken rib," he replied, catching his breath, "Nothing the old lady can't fix," he said.
Mei nodded and picked up by putting his arm over his shoulder and then he was picked up on his other side by Tetsutetsu.
Izuku turned to him with a raised brow, "What are you doing here?" Izuku asked him.
Tetsutetsu turned his head toward him and smiled, "Jeez bro, did you already forget who your best bro was?" Tetsutetsu asked him.
Izuku looked away from him and looked forward, "I told you, we aren't friends," Izuku told him.
Tetsutetsu just chuckled and rolled his eyes, "Sure, whatever you say, man, after all, who helps you train during lunch?"
Izuku began to get annoyed by Tetsutetsu but Mei giggled and Izuku turned to her. "What so funny?" He asked her with a raised brow.
Mei shrugged and turned to him with a smile, "He just... he kind of reminds me of Kimihito,"
Izuku's eyes widened a bit as he saw Mei smile, and for a second he felt as if he was back in the old days. However, he felt a twinge of pain remembering the past, and he hung his head low as Mei and Tetsutetsu took him into the infirmary, where Recovery Girl was already waiting for him.
She raised her cane and smoked atop the head, "You fool! How many times have I told you not to be so damn reckless!?" She cried.
Izuku winced in pain and glared at the woman, "It's not my fault ya old hag! Besides it's not like I wanna see your old ass all the time either!" He cried.
Recovery Girl hmphed and looked at him, "Oh? And who else is going to heal those wounds of yours?" She asked.
Izuku growled at her but she told the other two students to set him over on one of the cots, which they did, Izuku then laid down and waited for Recovery Girl. The two said they were going to go and watch the next fight and said their goodbyes.
As they began to leave, before they could exit the room, they were stopped by Izuku calling out to them.
"Hey," he said.
Mei and Tetsutetsu turned around to look at him and Izuku was just staring at the ceiling.
"Thanks..." he told them.
Tetsutetsu was surprised and Mei smiled and then the two left the room and walked down the hall.
As they walked, Tetsutetsu was still surprised that Izuku had thanked him as he turned to Mei, "Wow, he never said that before... was I dreaming that?" He asked with a smile.
Mei chuckled as she turned to him, "He's not that bad one you know him, I promise," she told him, "Ah, I don't think we've met, I'm Mei Hatsumei," Mei told him.
Tetsutetsu smiled at her, "Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu! Nice to meet ya!" He said cheerfully.
Mei chuckled a bit at his name but then decided to continue the conversation. "Are you in the same class as Izuku?" She asked.
He nodded, "Yep!" He said, "How do you know him?" He asked.
"We're old friends," Mei replied, not explaining anything more than that.
"I didn't know he had any friends, what with... you know..." Tetsutetsu began.
Mei knew what he was talking about and a soft smile formed on her lips as she looked to the ground, "He wasn't always like that... he just... he's been through a lot," she said solemnly.
Knowing what she was talking about, he nodded in agreement, "Yeah..." he said.
Mei then looked back at him, "I hope he hasn't been too much trouble," she said.
Tetsutetsu smiled, "Pssh! Him? Trouble? Not at all!" He joked.
Mei chuckled at his choke and smiled at the silver-haired teen, "Well, if it means anything, thank you, for being his friend," she told him.
Tetsutetsu felt a little bashful and rubbed the back of his head, "Hey! Don't mention it!" He said cheerfully.
Back in the infirmary, right after Tetsutetsu and Mei had left, they had brought in Todoroki, and Recovery Girl looked him over and didn't say a word, she simply looked over to Izuku as he was getting ready to leave. She already knew this was his work and let out a sigh.
'Why do the youth have to be so troublesome?' She asked herself as she healed Todoroki.
Izuku grabbed his things and then left the infirmary despite the small protest from Recovery Girl that he needed to rest, paid her no mind, and left the infirmary.
"Quiet a fight you had out there young man,"
Hearing that voice, Izuku turned around only to see a tall and petite woman with a wooden staff, and oddly enough, her attire resembled what one would assume a witch would wear, even had a pointed hat.
Izuku was confused as to who she was. "Do I know you?" he asked.
The woman smiled, "Not exactly, but we have a mutual friend," She told him.
Izuku was still confused and began to grow suspicious of the woman, "Who are you?" Izuku asked.
The woman continued to softly smile at him and turned to walk away, "I'm a friend, Izuku Midoriya, and we'll be formally introduced soon," She told him, "I just wanted to see the boy that that man set upon the same hellish path as him,"
Hearing that, Izuku's mind quickly went to Gutz and he looked back at the woman, going to ask her how she knew guts, however, when he looked back, she wasn't there anymore. Izuku looked around the hallway rapidly but didn't see the woman anywhere. 'Who... who the hell was she?' he asked himself.
Izuku managed to get back to his class seating and once he got there, he looked at his classmates to see them looking back at him with uneasy and frightened looks, and Izuku didn't pay them any mind, however, the last person he expected, called out to him.
"Midoriya, you ok?"
Izuku turned to see Itsuka standing in front of him with a raised brow. Izuku just looked at her and remained in his cold demeanor, "I'm alive aren't I?" Izuku told her.
Itsuka wasn't fazed by his rudeness and smiled at him, "Good to know, after all, we're counting on you or Ibara to win this thing," he said.
Izuku just looked at her for a few moments before he decided to ask what he had missed. Itsuka told him about the other fights that he missed and also revealed that they were going into a break but already revealed the next round of fights Izuku looked to the board only to see the next 2 rounds before the final round where the Winner was decided
Round 1: Izuku Midoriya vs Ibara Shiozaki
Round 2: Katsuki Bakugou vs Yaoyarozu Momo
Izuku grimaced at the rounds, 'Damn, this is only going to make things worse for me,' Izuku thought.
He looked over to Ibara sitting by Setsuna and Pony, and he saw her glaring at him before turning away. Izuku really hated his luck, he was going to have to fight someone who hated him and whose quirk was more dangerous than Todoroki's in a way, and worse, if he beat her, he was going to have to fight another person who hated him and was much more powerful and destructive then both her and Todoroki.
'Tsk, Damn my luck,' Izuku thought once more.
Far up in the audience, the woman who Izuku had met in the hallways was sitting in her chair, however, her eyes opened slowly as of she was sleeping, but once her eyes opened, they immediately found Izuku sitting next to Tetsutetsu and a soft smile graced her lips and let out a sigh. "How the past repeats itself," She said.
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Back in the secret base, All for One had left the base, leaving only Stain and Garaki in the mountain base, with the 5th member of what AFO called "The God-Hand" in the pod, still in stasis.
Stain looked at Garaki, "Why can't we wake him yet?" He asked.
Garaki looked at him, "His body isn't completely ready yet, us God Hand members are... special," He said, "You see, we have multiple quirks, almost as many as All-For-One, however, in order to achieve such a state, our body needs to absorb a lot of organic matter as to not suffer from the effects of Quirk Singularity,"
Stain raised a brow in confusion, "Quirk Singularity?" he asked.
Garaki nodded, "It's a theory I came up with 70 years ago," He told Stain "As the generations follow one another, Quirks blend and evolve, producing stronger and more complex Quirks, however, with this increase in power, the Quirks will also become more difficult to control since the human body doesn't evolve quickly enough to keep up. Eventually, there will come a point when Quirks will become too overpowered and complicated, and no one will be able to control them anymore,"
Stain was not a person for scientific things, but he would admit how the theory did hold merit, after all, All-Might and some of the most powerful heroes in the world were examples of Quirks growing stronger than in previous generations. "So, how were you able to stop this... Singularity?" Stain asked.
Garaki smiled sinisterly, while he would usually like to talk about how he solved the Quirk Singularity problem, he knew that Stain wouldn't understand and the process was still a little secret that only he and AFO knew. "Oh, it's a very difficult process, but let us just say that we need a lot of Mutant types," he said sinisterly.
Stain was annoyed that the old doctor would tell him how the process was, while he most likely wouldn't understand it, it would still be good to know. "So, is that my job for now? Gather as many Mutant types as I can for now?"
Garaki nodded, "But don't kill them, I need them alive," Garaki told him, "Understand?"
Stain nodded.
Garaki nodded back and then smiled, "But before that... it's time for you to become a Nomu, but not just any Nomu" Garaki began, "You'll be one of the most powerful High-End Nomu we've ever created," He told him.
Stain just nodded once again, "Just get this over with," Stain told him.
Garaki nodded and led Stain to his lab, but Garaki turned back to look at the 5th in the pod and smiled. 'Once we get what you need, and once to wake up from whatever dream you're having, no one will be able to stop you, we just need one more quirk in the US, and then... no one will be able to stop you, even All-Might himself,' Garaki thought, silently laughing to himself.
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Seems like while Izuku is dealing with the Sports Festival, Guts is dealing with something in the US that involves AFO and the God-Hand, and if you can figure out what they have planned... well good for you, and if you figured it out... well then you know things for Izuku are only going to get much harder for him.
Also, it seems Garaki has found a way to somehow stop Quirk Singularity using Mutant types... Which Toru happens to be... Oh boy, this doesn't look good at all!
And hey! Schierke showed up! Wonder what she's doing at the sports festival...
Oh, I almost forgot, in the next chapter, Ibara might do something rather... uh... smutty. Yeah, things are going to get kind of weird in the next chapter between Izuku and Ibara, which will also reveal something major to the story that will affect Izuku through the Conviction Arc.