'It's here... It's finally time...'

Hitoshi anxiously took one more look around him. Students, all of them wanting to win. To prove themselves.

'So do i.' The thought fills him with determination.

"EVERYBODY SAY HEEEEEEEYYY!!!"

Present Mic screamed, and the crowd roared. He grinned in satisfaction, and began his speach.

"WELCOME, LISTENERS, TO UA'S ANNUAL SPORTS FESTIVAL FOR OUR BELOVED FIRST YEARS!!!" The crowd cheered even louder.

"This year, the person chosen to be the host is none other than yours truely, Present Mic!!! Joined by my bestie and the awesomest guy in UA, Aizawa Shouta!!!" The crowd became confused at the last part, which is understandable. Aizawa looks like a grumpy mummy who's so done with life. The man glared at Present Mic with eyes that could kill.

"Hizashi, mind telling me why you up and dragged me here to listen to your yelling? I am supposed to be at the opening ceremony."

"Awww, but Shouta, you love me!!"

"I do not. Now get on with it." His answer drew giggles from the crowd.

Present Mic laughed, before returning to his job.

"Well then, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS, AND ANIMALS WITH DIVINE INTELLIGENCE, I PRESENT TO YOU... THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF EVERY DEPARTMENT IN UA ACADEMY!!!"

As expected, 1-A got the best introduction, which irritated many of the students from other classes. Hitoshi tensed as he walked out to the audience along with his classmates.

Once Present Mic reaches 1-C, he immediately whipped his head around, allowing himself to smile as he sees Izuku and Himiko waving at him. He waved back.

Izuku goggles are new, Hitoshi noted. They have blue lenses.

He suddenly felt a tiny bit of pity to the poor victims who might get in his brother's way.

"Now, let's give it up for the Athlete's Oath, presented by our one and only R18 Hero, MIIIIIIDNIIIIIIGHT!!!!!"

Midnight made her way up to the microphone, her cat o nine tails in hand. Her outfit attracted many whistles and blushes from the audience. Hitoshi, fortunately, had the decency to not oogle at her. Besides, he has his eyes on someone already.

"Isn't it a bit too much? Midnight, the R18 Hero, hosting the Athlete's Oath for a bunch of 15-year-olds?" One of the first years asked in uncertainy.

"Pipe down, will you?!" The mass of children wisely shut up. "Thank you. Now, may your student representative, Bakugou Katsuki, come up here?"

The said teen made his way up, ignoring the whispers that the Hero course always comes first.

Izuku only shook his head in defeat. The UA staff must be brain dead if they think Bakugou-fucking-Katsuki will deliver a grand speach and shit.

"The Athlete's Oath..." Katsuki scanned the crowd of first years, finally stopping at a certain burgundy redhead with freckles under his closed eyes.

"...Take this and slap it into your memory, because i'm only saying this once." He looked straight at Izuku. "I'm taking first place, and no one can stop me."

The crowd roared in outrage, furious at the boy's arrogance.

Izuku was proven right.

"Wow, fancy speach! Now, without further delay, let's start our first part of the sports festival!" Midnight gestured at the gigantic monitor behind her, which was spinning through names.

Izuku openned one eye for a split second, before turning to his side to whisper to Himiko and Hitoshi. The other two nodded, giving thumbs ups.

"That iiiiiiiisss..." The monitor slowed down to a stop.

"An Obstacle Course!! I sure as heck do remember that time when more than 150 000 students came home crying because of this!!!"

Hitoshi tensed, but hands on his back reassured him.

Yeah, he's gonna make it to the top with Izuku and Himiko by his side.

The countdown started, and right when it reached Zero,...

All hell broke loose.

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The tunnel they were forced to squeeze through was...something.

It turned out Izuku and Himiko practiced their quirks' hidden abilities, based on Izuku's analysis. Because as soon as the timer hit zero, Himiko transformed into a giant komodo lizard gecko, snatched Hitoshu and Izuku, and proceeded to crawl the fuck out of the tunnel via ceiling.

It seems her quirk can process animal blood and mix characteristcs together. But how they got their hands on komodo dragon blood, the world may never know.

They could hear Bakugou's enraged yell, and the sound of explosions getting near. Izuku giggled deviously.

As soon they passed the tunnel, Himiko whispered "time out", and proceed to drop Hitoshi and Izuku before transforming back.

"Oh you've gotta be kidding!! This test is stupidly biased!!"

Before them, a bunch of robots blocked the way.

The obstacle course's only just started.

"Robots... Izukun, would you mind doing the honours?" Himiko grinned evily. Hitoshi looked at the duo, confused, until Izuku placed the goggles over his eyes.

One of the One Pointers stilled, eyelight going blue, before zooming it's way over to the trio. Some students stepped back in fear. It stopped before them.

"WHAT IS THIS?! ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS SOMEHOW TOOK CONTROL OF A VILLAIN BOT!!" Present Mic gasped in shock.

Izuku grinned, taking Hitoshi and Himiko's hands and jumped onto the One Pointer's bowed figure.

"Hold on tight, maneuvering this one ain't easy." He whispered to his siblings, who nodded, and turned to the crowd of gaping students who just got past the tunnel.

"Toodles, kiddies!! See ya never!!" Himiko snorted.

As soon as the controlled One Pointer zoomed away with the trio on it's back, the othe robots' eyelights glowed blue, and started going berserk on the panicking students.

"THE ROBOTS ARE GETTING AGGRESSIVE! THE ONE CONTROLING THEM MUST BE DOING THIS TO HOLD BACK THE COMPETITORS!!"

"I have a hunch it was the goggles kid, the girl has a transformation quirk, and Shinsou's quirk doesn't work that way."

Near the end of the first obstacle course, Izuku held his head in pain, releasing half of the robots behind them, which allowed some of rhe students to pass.

"SEEMS LIKE THREE LEADING COMPETITORS OF OURS HAS REACHED THE SECOND COURSE, "THE FALL"!!!" The crowd cheered loudly.

The trio jumped off the robot, before Izuku released all of them, powering off the One Pointer for safety measures.

"Ready for a bit of parkouring, Hitoshi?" Izuku stretched his legs, mirrored by the purplenette.

"Yup." Hitoshi then turned to Himiko.

"Wanna go ahead and wait for us at the finish?"

She grinned, turning into a giant fruitbat and flew away.

"WOW! MIDORIYA HIMIKO HAS TAKEN THE LEAD, LEAVING HER FRIENDS BEHIND! AND OH! MIDORIYA IZUKU AND SHINSOU ARE APPROACHING FAST! WHAT DID THEY CONSUME BEFORE THIS TEST?!"

"A shit ton of training." Izuku mumbled as he jumped from one platform to the next, earning a laugh from Hitoshi who came right behind.

"LOOK! THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE ALSO REACHED THIS OBSTACLE COURSE AS WELL! MIDORIYA HIMIKO- SHE STOPPED AT THE FINISH TO WAIT FOR THE OTHER TWO!?"

Once they've caught up, Izuku started sprinting.

"He- Izuku, you turd! Cheater!" Hitoshi laughed as he chased after his brother, followed by a bat Himiko.

"AND OUR TRIO HAS REACHED THE THIRD OBSTACLE! THE "MINE FIELD"!!"

As Present Mic was busy explaining the mechanics of the mine field, Izuku activated his eyes again, instructing Hitoshi and Himiko to gather the mines, while ripping metal boards off the One Pointer's arms.

"WHAT ARE THEY DOING, SHOUTA?"

"Just shut up, wait and see."

Just before Hitoshi placed the last landmine down onto the pile, Bakugou and Todoroki and many students passed them in blurrs.

"Himiko, you're with Hitoshi, he's not exactly trained to do stunts like us." The girl nodded, dragging the metal board towards Hitoshi. She instructed him to hold onto the cables, and hold on tight.

"Ready?"

The two nodded.

"YEET!"

The three held the board before them and jumped straight into the pile of mines.

"HOLY- SHOUTA IS THIS SAFE? IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED?!"

"As long as they know what they're doing."

Within the giant pink cloud of smoke, two green metal boards soared through the sky, passing many of the students.

Unfortunately due to their weight, Himiko and Hitoshi began falling down before Izuku.

"When i say let go, jump." Hitoshi nodded, gripping the cables and readied his feet.

"LET GO!" The duo jumped, just before the board hit Bakugou Katsuki square on his back. Both Katsuki and the matal board hit the mines, and it tossed him back.

"Oof, that's gotta hurt." Present Mic hissed in sympathy.

Right before landing, Himiko got a hold of Hitoshi, before transforming into a fucking ostrich.

"Hold on tight, lil bro!" That was the only warning, before she ran across the mine field.

Passing Todoroki as he was hit on the back by Izuku's board, who jumped beside Himiko and Hitoshi and started running. Todoroki was also hit by the mines.

"You doing ok there, Izuku?" Said boy grinned, giving Hitoshi a thumb up.

"Fucking Deku!!"

"Himiko, Cheetah!" The girl morphed in a second, Izuku jumping on her back.

"This is fuuuuuun!!!" Himiko laughed as she zoomed past the mines, leaving Todoroki and Bakugou far behind.

"THE SHOW OF TEAMWORK FROM OUR THREE LEADING COMPETITORS IS SPECTACULAR!! THEY'RE NEARING THE FINISH LINE!!"

Bakugou, if possible, got angrier, furious even. His explosions got more violent, and soon, Todoroki was also left behind.

Himiko stopped abruptly a few metres before the finish line, tossing Izuku and Hitoshi ahead, before she morphed back to human.

"UNBELIEVABLE! THE FIRST ONE WHO MADE IT BACK FROM THE OBSTACLE COURSE WAS NONE OTHER THAN A STUDENT FROM THE GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MIDORIYA IZUKU!!! FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY SHINSOU HITOSHI FROM HEROICS, AND MIDORIYA HIMIKO FROM GENERAL EDUCATION!!!"

Bakugou Katsuki, who made it back after Todoroki Shouto, stared at the hugging trio in shock and disbelief.

"...what...the fuck...?"

Somewhere, watching the sports festival play out, a teal haired man scratched his neck.
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Izuku distantly wondered if it was too late to feel regret now.

"Is it too late to withdraw now?"

"Yes. Yes it is."

"Thanks, i hate it."

For getting in first place, he got 1 000 000 points.

One-fucking-Million.

If that isn't bad enough, the next part was a Human Cavalry Battle. And everyone, minus Hitoshi and Himiko, are too busy staring at him with glinting eyes and plotting to snatch his headband to team up with him.

"I regret going first so much..." Izuku sulked.

"Hey, One Million!!" A familiar voice shooked Izuku out of his stupor.

"Team up with me!!" A girl with pink dreadlocks and yellow eyes grinned broadly.

"I'm Hatsume Mei, class 1-F, Support Department, certified and unofficial technician slash engineering genious!! I'm the future owner, producer, inventor and CEO of the glorious global self-owned corporation, Hatsume Industries!! But to do that, first the big-time industries will have to notice my babies, and what better way to do that than using it on the guy who came first on the Obstacle course?! Everyone's gonna see my babies and they're gonna see how amazing and extraordinary they are!!" Hatsume began cackling crazily after her rant, in which Izuku steadily inched further. "I'm not done yet! If you act now, i'll make you my very first honoured client! You'll have unlimited access to my brilliant babies!! We in the Support Course dedicate ourselves to helping heroes fight crimes by making their quirks work miracles!! While you aren't exactly in the Hero Course, you could be, if you agree to use my wonderfully amazing babies to win this festival! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, given to you by the best of the best, Hatsume Industries!!!"

Then she stopped, suddently latching at the redhead, holding his shoulders in a death grip, a manic smile across her face.

"So...team up with me."

"Well, you do you, bro, i'm gonna go get my owb team." Hitoshi grinned, walking away.

"Hitoshi! Traitor!" Izuku cried, reaching out to his brother in everything but blood, while Himiko laughed on the sidelines.

"Traitors, the lot of them."

"I might as well stay, someone's gotta keep you out of too much trouble, lil bro." Izuku gave an indignant cry, to which Hatsume laughed at.

"Uhhm... Excuse me, do you need another teammate?" The three turned towards the voice, and recognition crossed Izuku's face.

"You're gravity girl, from the entrance exam."

Uraraka nodded. Izuku, Himiko and Hatsume looked at each other, and grinned.

"Welcome aboard, Uraraka-san."

They've got the perfect team.

"EVERYBODY SAY HEEEEEEEEEYYY!!!" The arena cheered, to which Aizawa deadpanned in irritation.

"WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE SECOND MAIN EVEN OF UA'S FIRST YEAR'S SPORTS FESTIVAL!!!"

Izuku tensed, putting the blue goggles over his eyes. He's told Hatsume about a highly edited version of his explanation for his quirk, and he does not like the regcognition that glinted in her eyes. But beggars can't be choosers, especially 3 seconds before a disaster.

"STAAAAAAART!!!"

Immediately, all of the teams began stepping on eachother to go after Izuku's headband.

Luckily, with Uraraka's quirk: Zero Gravity, and Hatsume's support ite- i mean babies, the team was able to cut off their attackers by jumping into the air, with the rocket boots to help them.

Izuku grinned, looking down, only to pale as Bakugou flew up with his explosions. In his slight panicking moment, his quirk acted up.

Mei was busy cackling at the crowd of shocked people, before an image flashed ever so briefly before her brilliant eyes, and she pulled a water jet gun out of nowhere, firing it in the fastly approaching Bakugou Katsuki's face, sending him down quick.

"What was that...?" She heard a sigh of relief from One Million, and her curiosity grew.

"Nice shot, Hatsume!!" Transformation girl grinned.

"You reacted so fast! I didn't even notice Bakugou coming!" Cute Gravity girl gushed.

"That's what he gets for going against my wonderful babies!!" She laughed maniacally.

"That's so cool, Hatsume-san!" Izuku praised. She was the one who helped created their vigilante uniforms, if he remembered correctly.

"But of course, One Million!"

Once Bakugou was secured on their shoulders again, Sero quickly fired his tapes at Izuku's headband, but Himiko activated her quirk, her eagle wings got her team out of range.

"You were right, Izukun, these animals do came in handy after all." Himiko sniggered.

He nodded. "Steer back, quick!" Himiko did as told, narrowly avoiding Shiozaki's vines.

"Uraraka-san, drop us down." She nodded, putting her palms together.

They dropped down, Hatsume's Air Jet boots softening the landing.

"Aren't my babies useful? They are one of my many ingenious creations, after all!!"

They glided on the ground, careful to avoid Todoroki's ice.

"Jump forward!" They did, avoiding the softened ground, courtesy of Honenuki.

"Phew- shit, turn right and run!"

Dark Shadow was swiping wildly at them, laughing loudly.

"THIRTY SECONDS REMAINING, WHAT IS OUR WINNER'S TEAM GOING TO DO?!"

Bakugou stopped chasing Monoma's team around, and focused on Izuku instead.

The intense game of Cat and Mouse continued, this tine more agressively than before. Izuku was really thankful of this quirk of his.

Oh...

Oh no...

They're in the middle of every team they're avoiding and more, with Todoroki in front, and Bakugou behind.

They're surrounded.

"What do we do now, Midoriya-kun?"

Izuku's eyes are open, focusing intently every team he scanned, before landing on Todoroki. Many possibilities played out in his mind. One, in particular, is risky, but if he could make it work...

"Start going towards Todoroki, make a curve on the left, the left side has less dangerous teams."

Uraraka spluttered. What is he thinking?! Todoroki is dangerous!

"Don't worry, i have a plan." He reassured them.

"Well, if you say so..."

"Hahaha!! Risky plan, One Million! I love it! Let's do this!!"

"WHAT AR THEY DOING, GOING TOWARDS TODOROKI?! THIS IS INSANE!!" The audience are on the edge of their seats, murmuring on how the team's practically surrendering.

'We're not...'

10

'If i could just make this work...'

9

Bakugou's team's getting close, fast. Izuku could see mist coming from Todoroki's right arm.

He's readying his ice.

8

Steadily approaching...

7

10 feet left between his team and Todoroki's. He could feel Uraraka tense up.

6

His eyes hurt so much it burns. He's not used to using them this long.

5

Todokoki swiped his arm, but then his eyes are forcibly moved, going from the redhead to Bakugou's team. He tried to stop, but it was too late.

4

Ice blocked Bakugou's path, making the blonde roar in rage, and Todoroki froze in shock.

That was not his target...

"3!'

He tried again to get at Uraraka's team, but his vision was once again moved to Shiozaki's team.

What is happening...

"2!"

Iida boosted forward, bringing Todoroki closer.

Hatsume fired a stream of water jet at him.

"1!"

He reached out his arm. He was so close-

The redhead took a hold of Todoroki's arm and judo flipped him away from his team. In a burst of panic, his left side ignited.

Bakugou jumped at them, nearing the headband, until-

"ZEROOOOOO!!! TIME'S UUUUP!!!"

He failed.

"AND THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND IS STILL OUR LEADING TEAM, WITH OVER 1 000 600 POINTS SECURED!!!"

[Team Midoriya: Izuku, Himiko, Ochako, Mei - #1]

The crowd was deafening, roaring and cheering said team on so loud it hurts their eardrums, and Hatsume seems to be really enjoying it.

"Your plan was a miracle, One Million!! How'd you do that, misdirecting Popsicle's attacks?!" She shook said boy's shoulder while he rubbed his sore eyes.

"Himiko, do you have eyedrops? I forgot mine at the lobby." He avoided the subject. Himiko nodded, dropping the bottle onto his hand.

Bakugou gritted his teeth in anger, glaring heatedly at the back of Izuku's head, only for the blonde girl to turn back and give him the nastiest face she could muster.

Bakugou recoilled as if she'd just insulted his entire family tree, starting from the very first ancestor.

Todoroki looked at his right hand in confusion. He was looking right at the redhead...why did his vision shift?

He then turned to the redhead, who has blue lensed goggles over his eyes. The quirk must have something to do with his eyes.

That guy...made him use his fire.

"THE TEAM WHO CAME SECOND IIIIIIS TODOROKI AND HIS TEAMATES!!"

[Team Todoroki: Shoto, Tenya, Momo, Denki - #2]

Bakugou gave an angry yell.

"THIRD CAME BAKUGOU AND THE BAKUSQUAD™!!!"

[Team Bakugou: Katsuki, Mina, Eijirou, Hanta - #3]

Everyone "huh?"ed.

"AND LASTLY, TEAM SHINSOU!! WHAT A MIRACLE!!"

[Team Shinsou: Hitoshi, Takeo, Fumikage, Mezou - #4]

The audience gave a loud cheer.
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"Welp, break time, imma go get a bite." Present Mic declared, standing up from his seat. "Shouta, want something?"

"A s-bleep-t ton of coffee."

"Got it."

Izuku was pretty surprised when Todoroki dragged him to the back of the arena. Though he couldn't say he didn't see that coming.

Though he totally did not expect Todoroki to corner him like kabe don or something.

"...As you may know, my father is Endeavor."

Izuku continued to stare through his closed eyelids.

"Then you should know Endeavor is the number 2 hero. But he's the type of man who never settles to being the second best. He will do anything as long as he reaches his goal, to surpass All Might." Venom rolled on Todoroki's tongue when he spoke about the bastard.

"And he knows he can never beat All Might by himself. He's hotheaded, but he's no fool. So he made himself a plan."

Izuku could not stop feeling disgust for the man at the story, even though he was already told it by Dabi.

"Are you aware of Quirk Marriages?"

A solem nod.

"He bought mother from her family with his money and fame, for her quirk, and quirk only, Iceberg." Todoroki's body shook at each word, rage radiating off him in waves. "He forced her into marrying him, forced her to create child after child until he could find the perfect quirk, for the sole reason to achive his dream!" Todoroki screamed. "It's Hell! I hate it! What he's done to my family! What he's done to me! It's horrible! I don't want to be his tool!"

Izuku was glad he recorded this concersation, the bastard won't be escaping this soon, even with lawyers and money by his side.

Todoroki took a few deep breaths to calm down. "Mom cried that day. She told me my left side was unearthly. That it reminded her of him... She said it... As she poured boiling water on my face."

"Soon, she was admitted into a mental hospital, under her maiden name, not the Todoroki name, it would ruin Endeavor's image. He kept us chained to him, continuing to train me to become the perfect weapon to overthrow All Might."

Forget jail, that bastard's getting his liscence revoked and going to rot in Tartarus for all eternity. No, he's going to get worse than that.

"That's why you've never seen my left side. My fire could surpass Endeavor's, if i really wanted to. However, i will never use it, i will make him regret ever creating me. I would be tge number One hero without his flames. I will rise to the top with my ice, and Ice only. And by doing this..." Todoroki's face got a determined expression as he looked directly into Izuku's eyelids. "I'll have denied him everything."

"But first, as you are the leading person in this battle, i'll have to beat you first. To prove to him i don't need his fire to do anything."

Izuku wanted to hurl, but he steeled his expression.

"You're wrong."

Todoroki looked taken aback.

"I didn't get to the top on my own. I've got people by my side, helping me up. Himiko, Dabi, Hitoshi, Uraraka, Hatsume, my dad, my mom. I'll never make it here without their help. I'll never make it here if i half-ass everything i do."

He openned his eyes, bright cyan mixed with sapphire blue startled the youngest Todoroki.

"You've been blessed with a powerful quirk. It's your quirk. And you'll never reach the top if you only use half of it." He glared into Todoroki's angry heterochromatic eyes.

"I'll return your declaration of war, Todoroki Shouto." He then walked away.

This war has only just begun.

Around a corner nearby Bakugou Katsuki walked away before the burgundy redhead could turn the corner.

"If you only use half of your quirk, then it's nothing but an insult to all the quirkless out there." Izuku stopped briefly, glaring at the stunned Todoroki.

Both returned to the student lobby in silence.
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"WEEEEEEE'RE BAAAAAAAACK EVERYBODY!!!" The audience cheered as every competitor returned to the arena.

"I didn't get enough coffee for this."

"I've got more!"

"Go on."

"Now then, IT'S YOUR CUE, MIDNIGHT!!"

"It's my pleasure to announce the next even!" Midnight winked. "I mean, what better way to get blood pumping than a bit of action, right? Then you're gonna love this sixteen-way one-on-one tournament style bracket-based battle royal!!"

"Your placing in the tournament will be picked from this box!" Midnight explained, holding up said box for everyone to see. "Each of you will draw a number, that number will decide which opponent you will be fighting against!" Then she said something Izuku ignored.

"Randomize, huh...this is ridiculous..."

"Now, without further ado, would the first-placed team-"

"Excuse me, i would like to withdraw." Everyone turned towards the voice.

"Takeo?"

"Kamado-kun?!"

"Why?!"

He huffed. "Don't get me wrong, the only reason i came this far was to help my friends. Also that jack-bleep- wants to analyze my qurik in action." He pointed to a grinning Izuku.

"Awe, Takeo loves us!" He put a hand over his heart.

"I do not."

"Admit it, you do." Hitoshi ruffled the boy's short black hair. "And thanks for the help during cavalry." He nodded to Tokoyami and Shouji.

"I do not!" Takeo grumbled. "And you're welcome."

"I would like to withdraw also, for similar reasons!!" Himiko raised her hand. "My only goal is to help my brother reach the top! Now that he's got to the solo part, it's my cue to watch over him from the sidelines and cheer him on!"

Eijirou wiped away a tear. "Himiko, you're so cool! Takeo was so manly too!!"

"Well uhh... That's unexpected? I'm totally clueless right now." Present Mic scratched his head in confusion. "How do we decide the matches now?"

"It's up to the coordinator to decide." Aizawa drawled boredly. "That would be me. But you kidnapped me, so-"

"Me, huh?" Midnight said, her expression turning dark. She spun her cat o nine tails in her hand, looking at the withdrawing duo.

"You kids are being very naughty, very naive..." She suddenly whipped the cat o nine tails up.

"I LOVE IT!!"

'huh??' That was the thought of everyone present, except Bakugou, who muttered a 'what the fuck?!'.

"MIDORIYA HIMIKO AND KAMADO TAKEO HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWN!!" She announced.

Himiko nudged Izuku's shoulder. "Go get 'em, little brother!"

Izuku groaned. "Do you really have to rub this fact in my face?"

"I asked Inko and Hisashi to change my birth date for you, doesn't mean i am that age." She grinned.

Izuku grumbled. "I really question if you really are 16 sometimes."

"Rude!" The girl faked an offended gasp.

"Since the fifth leading team was Kendo-"

"We would like to withdraw also." Kendou said with her hand up. "It's not right, i don't remember how the battle played out after...something, froze us in place the whole time, but i don't feel right, accepting this. If anything, it's TetsuTetsu's team who deserves the place."

"Kendo, are you sure-"

"I am very sure."

And with that, Kendo was dogpiled.

Eventually, it was decided Tetsutetsu and Shiozaki would move on to the next part.
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"ALRIGHT! Now that everyone's drawn their lot, it's time we reveal the tournament!" Midnight gestured to the giant screen, which spun like crazy, before settling at-

1. Midoriya VS Shinsou

2. Todoroki VS Sero

3. Shiozaki VS Yaoyorozu

4. Hatsume VS Iida

5. Tetsutetsu VS Kirishima

6. Kaminari VS Tokoyami

7. Uraraka VS Ashido

8. Bakugou VS Shouji

"The first rounds are decided! After that... Who knows!" Midnight declared.

"Well shit, looks like i'm fighting popsicle boy after all..." Izuku sighed. "That is, if i win the first match..."

"Good luck, little brother." He heard Hitoshi as the other ruffled his hair.

"Toshi, not you too?! We're litterally only 14 days apart!"

"I'm older by 14 days."

"Oh come on!!"

Ojirou watched the interaction with a smile. Shinsou never laughs much around them, he's glad the purple haired insomniac got someone to care for.

Todoroki watched the redhead with an unwavering gaze.

Bakugou glared at the redhead with everything he's got and more.

And Kaminari, he's determined to try to get to the top with everything he's got.
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"Looks like this year's festival's getting heated! We've got Shinsou Hitoshi, the mystery of 1-A! Versus Midoriya Izuku! The rising star of 1-C!"

"Rules are simple, a win is determined by K.O, forfeit, out of bounds, or immobiluzation! Don't maim each other too bad, yeah?!"

"So, how do we do this? Classic or..." Izuku left off, grinning.

Hitoshi contemplated for a second. "I wanna try the other, doesn't hurt to improve, no?"

Izuku smiked, placing his goggles over his eyes.

They'll give it their all.

"STAAAAAART!!!"

The two bolted. Hitoshi shielded his face, quickly backflipping to avoid Izuku's swipe at his feet.

"That all you got?" He taunted, and smirked as Izuku twitched. The redhead went to jab at his side. Hitoshi prepaired to jump block but his vision was forcibly moved up. Hitoshi jumped in time to kick at Izuku's blocked chest.

"New trick you got, little brother?" Izuku's lip twitched.

Hitoshi ran at the teen attempting to feint a punch, when Izuku took a hold of his arm and judo flipped him. Hitoshi was lucky his mentors trained him for this, and rolled to a stop before the boundaries.

"That was intense, though you could do better." Izuku's one lens flickered, meaning his eye twitched. He's getting near, only-

His vision was pulled again, looking to the left as izuku approached fast.

He readied a block, but didn't have time to react when arms wrapped around his torso and he was off his feet and he felt pain-

Hitoshi blacked out.

The crowd cheered for the redhead.

"That suplex was impressive, Midoriya proceeds to the next round!" Midnight declared the winner. "Medics, we have a blacked out student."

Soon, the medics came and took Hitoshi on a stretcher.

"'m proud 'f you, lil' bro..." Hitoshi mumbled as he was taken away.

"You too, Toshi. You did good." Izuku smiled, taking his goggles off and closing his eyes.
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"What a cool takedown! And our competitors are quite skilled for someone so young! What an interesting batch we got this year, aye, Shouta?"

"Shut up and commentate."

"Haha, leT US MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MATCH! TODOROKI SHOTO VERSUS SERO HANTA! ONE OF 1-A POWERHOUSE VERSUS TAPE SPIDERMAN! HOW WILL THIS TURN OUT?!"

The match was...honestly not a match at all. It wasn't even considered one, seeing as Sero was immediately trapped in a glacier the first second in.

It was brutal, and extremely overkilling.

"Sorry." Todoroki said to the tape user as he heated the ice to free him out.

"'s o-ok, T-Todorok-ki.." Sero shivered from the cold.

Todoroki only glared at his left hand.

"Uhhmm... I feel bad for the kid, Todoroki advances to the next round." Midnight declared. The audience are too scared to say anything.
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"WELCOME BACK, FOLKS, TO ANOTHER ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT! THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE A-" Present Mic's eyes are pulled towards Izuku.

"Do not finish that word. Or else." He hissed, not looking forward to the long lecture. Shiozaki, who was next to him, asked.

"What is he going to say?"

"Oh, nothing."

Present Mic gulped. "WELL, CONTINUING ON, WE HAVE CLASS 1-B'S NATURE-LOVING BEAUTY, SHIOZAKI IBARA! VERSUS THE UNDOUBTLY SKILLED HEIR OF THE YAOYOROZU CORPORATION, YAOYOROZU MOMO OF CLASS 1-A!!"

Yaoyorozu does not like it when Present Mic brought up her status. She'd rather crawl into a hole and die.

The two girls faced each other.

"Are you ready?" Yaoyorozu readied her stance, nervous.

"I am when you are." Shiozaki replied. Yaoyorozu nodded.

"You can do it, Yaomomo! Beat her -bleep-s!" Jirou shouted from her seat, which earned a blush from Yaoyorozu and a knowing smile from Shiozaki. Soon, all of her friends joined in supporting her, competing with class B on who cheers loudest.

"STAAAAAAART!!"

Vines sprouted through the concrete, focusing on Yaoyorozu as she created a metal blade, cutting them down as they came.

As soon as she finished, she rushed at Shiozaki, who made a dome with her vines.

A vine came from behind, and Yaoyorozu made a shield in time to protect herself, but the vine redirected, swirling aroud her ankles.

Before she could cut it, however, Shiozaki used her time well and tossed her opponent out of bounds.

"Shiozaki may advance to the next round!"

Yaoyorozu panted as she stood up, seeing Shiozaki's offered hand.

"That was a good match, Yaoyorozu-san." She smiled, taking the hand.

"Likewise, Shiozaki-san."

When Yaoyorozu returned to the bleachers, her friends are there waiting for her.

"That was awesome, Yaomomo!!"

And she found her self-dissapointment washing away.
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"This festival is getting more intersting as time goes on! EVERYBODY, BEHOLD, OUR BRILLIANT INVENTOR OF CLASS 1-F, HATSUME MEI! AND THE NEXT TO THE INGENIUM LINE, IIDA TENYA!"

It was safe to say, Iida was fooled by Hatsume before they even started the match.

He was forced to become a test subject for her advertisement to the hotshot support companies.

Midnight called the match as Iida's victory, with major confusion, after Hatsume disqualified herself.

Iida would openly admit that it was the most humiliating moment of his life.
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"The last match was killing me with boredom! How will this one go? GIVE A CHEER TO THE TWO HARDENERS OF 1-A AND B, KIRISHIMA EIJIROU AND TETSUTETSU TETSUTETSU!! What were his parents on when they named him?..." Present Mic's last sentence was a mumble, but Himiko heard it loud and clear. She laughed so hard, getting weird looks from her peers and the audience.

The two hardeners faced off each other, but due to their quirks, none of them could land a decent hit on the other.

Present Mic got really dissapointed afterwards.

So they settled for hand-wrestling instead.

Tetsutetsu won.

It was very anticlimatic, the author decided not to waste their time writing this shit. Though they feel slightly guilty doing this to the sunshine boi Eijirou.
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"GIVE A WARM WELCOME FOR 1-A'S SUNSHINE AND DARKNESS CHILDREN, KAMINARI DENKI VERSUS TOKOYAMI FUMIKAGE! HOW WELL WILL THEY FEND AGAINST EACH OTHER?!"

"You ready, Tokoyami?" Kaminari asked nervously, trying to be confident.

"My darkness shall defeat your light, but do not fret. The darkness will always be your friend." The birdheaded boy replied.

"Uhh... Thanks?" Tokoyami nodded.

"STAAAAAAART!!"

Kaminari started charging himself with electricity, his form cackling with energy.

He decided to follow one of his online friend's advice, limit his energy levels as he discharges them.

Owl and Fox came to check on him sometimes, and Owl's analysis on his quirk helped a lot.

Channeling electricity to his arm, he ran towards Dark Shadow, careful to only light up his palms.

Dark Shadow shrunk back, and Kaminari went to attack Tokoyami.

The other is surprisingly quick on his toes, and fast, too, so Kaminari took the chance to feint, lighting up his fist next, blinding Tokoyami and scaring Dark Shadow even more.

Taking a page out of Midoriya's book, he took a hold of Tokoyami and suplexed said boy.

Tokoyami was out cold.

"Tokoyami is knocked out, Kaminari may move to the next round."
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"IT'S A BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO 1-A GIRLS, URARAKA OCHAKO, THE GRAVITY GIRL, VERSUS ASHIDO MINA, THE PINK ALIEN QUEEN!!"

Ashido bounced on the soles of her feet, grinning at Uraraka.

"No hard feelings, yeah?"

Uraraka smiled.

"STAAAART!!"

Ashido immediately created some slippery acid from her bare feet and skated at Uraraka, to which the girl ducked to the side to avoid the dangerous acid on her opponent's palms.

She slapped her palm on Ashido, making her unable to be affected by gravity, and let the other float out of bounds, trying fruitlessly to scramble back in.

"Ashido is out of bounds, Uraraka proceeds."

The pink girk was released right after, and groaned, taking Uraraka's offering hand.

"Awe man, you were so quick! That was awesome, girl!" She nudged the other girl with her elbow, to which Uraraka laughed.

"Thanks, i try."
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"THIS MATCH HASN'T EVEN BEEN CALLED, YET I'M STILL FEELING CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE! FOR THE LAST OF THE QUARTER FINALS, GIVE IT UP TO THE EXPLOSIVE POWERHOUSE BAKUGOU KATSUKI, VERSUS THE TRACKING SPECIALIST, SHOUJI MEZOU!!!"

Bakugou's palms popped small explosions as he stared at Shouji with a predatoric grin, making the the other gulp.

"STAAAAAART!!"

Bakugou practically launched himself at Shouji, the other, in the midst of panicking and thinking fastly, ducked down, and then shooting up his hands to grab Bakugou's ankles and toss him back.

Bakugou launched at him again, and Shouji blocked the attack, hissing when his skin was burned by the explosion. He gave a decent punch to Bakugou's right shoulder, but the blonde blocked it, opting to kick Shouji, who blocked also.

Taking the opportunity, Bakugou flashed his quirk directly in front of Shouji, but far enough so the explosion couldn't hurt his eyes, practically blinding him, if it weren't for the eyes forming on the Takoyaki bastard's fake arms.

But that prooved to be too late when Bakugou came with his signature right hook right at Shouji's chest, propelling himself forward with his quirk and gave a mighty kick to the other's stomach, just enough for Shouji to be out of bounds.

"Shouji is out of bounds, Bakugou takes it to the next stage."
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"Now that we've got to the next part, IT'S TIME FOR THE MATCH ALMOST ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! 1-A'S DUAL ELEMENTAL POWERHOUSE, TODOROKI SHOTO, VERSUS THE RISING STAR OF 1-C, MIDORIYA IZUKU!"

Bakugou growled at hearing the name. He suddenly stood up, yelling.

"YOU BETTER WIN AGAINST ICYHOT, YOU STUPID DEKU, SO I CAN BEAT YOU WHEN I GET TO THE TOP!!!"

A lot of people looked at the blonde pomeranian in confusion.

Who's Deku?

Their curiosity was sated when the mysterious GenEd redhead faced the explosive boy with a grin.

"Oh, i deffinitely will, Bakugou Katsuki, before i beat you too."

Bakugou smirked, much to the Bakusquad™'s shock.

"We'll see about that, Deku."

Midoriya, Deku, only grinned knowingly. It was kinda terrifying.

Then he turned to Todoroki.

"Ready when you are." He recieved a nod.

"STAAAAART!!!"

Izuku jumped to the side, dodging a blast of ice.

He jumped forwards, using his momentum to break the iceberg that formed through sheer force.

"LOOK AT THAT SHOW OF STRENGTH! TODOROKI'S ICE ISN'T ONE TO BREAK EASILY!!"

The redhead noticed Todoroki scowling in annoyance, before he had to dodge again.

'The attack's getting weaker.' He noted. 'He's not using his fire to warm himself up. Stubborn bastard.'

"Use your damn fire, Todoroki!" He shouted, immediately answered by blasts of ice.

"I will not! I will not use his fire!"

"So you'd rather civilians die?" Everything stopped. The the whole auditorium turned completely silent as Izuku's words rang through the air.

"What..."

Izuku remembered his encounter with Endeavor before their match.

"You." The redhead turned around, anger and fury instantly flooded into his system.

"Endeavor." He spat. The man looked taken aback at the sheer amount or nerve this boy, this...nobody, was showing to him, the number 2 Hero.

"I want to congratulate you, boy." Izuku bit back a growl. "You've done quite well, better than everyone would have expected you to do. Almost like, say, All Might did."

Izuku felt apprehension at being compared to the man, but kept quiet.

"As you may know, Shoto is my son." Endeavor stated. "And that boy has only one purpose in life, and that is to surpass All Might."

Izuku's blue eyes flared dark for a split second under the lenses, but Endeavor didn't seem to notice, or care, for that matter.

"This is why his is to surpass you, as you could be considered the All Might of this competition." He sneered at the child. As if he could be the next All Might.

Endeavor walked past the stilled form of the small redhead.

"I have approached you for this one reason, and this one reason alone. You are the stepping stone for Shouto to carry on my name and surpass All Might. You must act as a worthy obstacle, but i surely doubt it. Farewell, boy."

Endeavor only took one step on the stairs.

"Fuck... You."

Endeavor whipped his head back, flames burning more aggressively than ever.

"Care to repeat that, child." It was an order, and the boy had the nerve to sneer at him. Him!

"I said 'Fuck You', or was your hearing that shitty?"

"You don't know what you are doing, boy." Endeavor gritted his teath in rage.

"I, am not All Might."

"You think i don't know that-"

"And Todoroki is not you." The boy said, and Endeavor can feel the power of the boy's glare. How ridiculous, him, being disrespected by a mere, isolant child.

The boy turned away sharply, not before saying "He's not trash like you.", and proceed to flip him off to his face.

Izuku could still hear the sorry excuse of a man's enraged roar from far away.

"What i'm saying is, you'd let people die, rather than using your fire? You'd leave them for dead as long as you feel comfortable not using what was rightfully yours? And for what? To spite the bastard? To not feel like you're a part of him?" Izuku's glare was so cold, Todoroki flinched slightly under his gaze. "There will be a point in life, Shoto, that you will have to use your fire, whether you like it or not."

"It's his quirk-"

"Oh? He gave you his quirk?" Izuku snarled. "Is he quirkless now? Powerless? Less destructive?!"

"No, but-"

"You'd live your life with the guilt of letting people die because you can't save them, or that your fire is so undercontrolled that you can't use it to save others. You have a choice whether to save them or not, but you chose not to, and you know it." Everyone could feel the weight of the situation. The tension was so thick it's suffocating them.

"With only half your power, you'll only end up as a liability to others. You'll never reach the top. You'll never stay in the Hero Industry as long as others who tries so hard with everything they've got just to get there. You'll be a disgrace to every hero out there, Shoto, to people who want to have a quirk like yours, and to every quirkless person existing."

"But my mother said-" Todoroki tried again.

"She hurt you too! Why don't you stop using your ice, then?"

"You're wrong! She was hurt, too-"

"THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE HER ACTIONS!"

Cold fury radiated off the short redhead in waves. Himiko felt sorry for the boy, but Izuku is right, he needed to hear this.

"THIS QUIRK IS FUCKING YOURS, TODOROKI! NOT YOUR MOTHER'S, NOR YOUR SHITTY OLD MAN'S! IF YOU WANT TO BEAT THE BASTARD, THEN OVERPOWER HIM! SHOW HIM THAT YOUR FIRE IS BETTER THAN HIS! THAT HE'S GOT NOTHING ON YOU!"

"You don't understand-" Shouto started, readying his ice with a shaky, cold arm, but the other cut him off.

"It's your fire, right?! FUCKING USE IT!" Izuku launched himself at the startled Todoroki, who lit up like a torch.

'My fire, not his...'

Izuku thanked every deity out there for giving him this quirk, he was able to foresee the events and avoid the damage that was about to ensue, though not without minor injuries.

Todoroki's ice had caught on fire and exploded, sending the dual coloured haired boy spiraling out of bound, half of his uniform burnt to nothing, with Izuku crouched low to avoid the shockwave.

Once the smoke cleared, Midnight declared. "Todoroki is out of bounds, Midoriya proceeds to the next round!"

The crowd was silent, watching numbly.

Himiko whooped for her brother, who followed the medics for a light check up, though not before sending a peace sign at her.
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Iida litterally just pushed Shiozaki out of bounds.

Midnight called the match.

The audience blanched.
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"The last one was boring, but this one surely won't be! Though it's a bit unfair towards 1-B... GIVE IT A LOUD CHEER TO THE POWERPLANT, KAMINARI DENKI, AGAINST STEEL MAN TETSUTETSU TETSUTETSU!! Seriously what's with his name?..."

Kaminari charged his hands with electricity, same as Tetsutetsu who hardened his skin. Bad move.

He's got to thank Cerberus for Owl's and Fox's tips later.

"STAAAAART!!"

Tetsutetsu stood his ground, watching Kaminari carefully.

He missed that Kaminari pretended to trip over his own foot, face planting forward.

Everyone stared incredulously at the blonde.

Everyone missed the smirk the blonde held on his lips.

Everyone but Shinsou and Aizawa.

"Checkmate." As the famous English lines were uttered, Tetsutetsu felt burning pain traveling through his body, and then numbness.

Kaminari stood up slowly, smirking at the downed Tetsutetsu.

"Tetsutetsu is unconcious, Kaminari may proceed."

Though Kaminari's moment of joy was short lived as he realized, shit, he's fighting Bakugou next. He's got nothing on the explosive blonde.

"Well fuck me then."
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"Ok, this is tiring as hell. How do you deal with this, Shouta?"

"I don't. You do."

"That's cold, Shouta!"

"Then perish." Kaminari snorted, followed by the audience who have taste in memes.

"Ignoring that, we ha- FINALLY A GOOD ONE! 1-A VERSUS 1-A AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH THE EXPLOSIVE POWERHOUSE, BAKUGOU KATSUKI!! AND THE BUBBLY GRAVITY GIRL, URARAKA OCHAKO!!" Most of the students booed at Bakugou, who ignored them all in favor of grinning at Uraraka, who narrowed her eyes with determination.

Contrary to what her face expressed, Uraraka's brain was silently screaming with full blown panic.

'But...' Uraraka thought as she looked at Bakugou.

'I have to do this...' She tensed as Midnight started the match.

'I have to become a hero...' Images of her parents flashed before her vision. And an image of the burgundy haired boy who was part of her team.

'For them!'

"Uraraka-san, are you alright?" A gentle voice shook her out of her self-loathing moment.

"Midoriya! Oh, uh, of course i'm fine, haha!" She tried to play it off, but his eyes -when did he open them? They're mesmerizing- stared at her unblinkingly.

"What's wrong?" There was no judgement to his tone, just pure concern. She sighed, giving in.

"I just... I'm a selffish person, wouldn't you agree? I'm only wanting to be a hero because of money. I'm nothing different from the fake heroes out there, aren't i-"

"Why do you want money?" Midoriya prompted, his voice soothing.

"Huh?"

"Your reason. Why do you want money? You don't seem like a lot of people who wanted to become heroes. You've got grit, yeah, and you work hard for it, i could tell." He smiled, sitting beside her. "So, your answer?"

"My parents." She swallowed. "We're poor. My dad's a construction worker, but an accident made him unable to continue his work. Mom, she's working so hard, more than ever, just to keep a roof over our heads. I just... I just wanna repay them, everything they did for me, make their life easier somewhat..." She sighed. He would hate her after-

"That's admirable." He only smiled softly.

"What do you mean?.."

"Heroes help others right? You do that for your parents, not yourself, so that's not considered selfish by any means." He stood up, motioning for her to take his hand. She did.

"You've got a good quirk and personality to be a hero, don't let anybody say otherwise, yeah?" And then he left.

Uraraka continued to stare after the boy, opening her palm, the one he held, and saw a neatly folded piece of paper.

She openned it.

[A chance to talk to others similar to you. Gate Guardians: Cerberus and the Hell Beasts. Server: Welcome to Hell.]

'I have to do this! I have to beat Bakugou!'

He's distracted, good. A brief glance upwards, where all her plan floated, she decided it was almost time.

"Hey, kid! Stop playing with her and end it!"

"She's too weak, call the match already!"

"Toying with her isn't gonna help her, dude!"

Uraraka tried to tone out the voices, she really did. She knows Bakugou's taking this seriously.

Right?...

Apparently, the blonde had enough of the idiots underestimating his opponent.

"SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTHS UP, YOU DUMB FUCKS!!" He yelled at the heroes in the crowd, promptly shutting them up.

"YOU FUCKING KNOW JACKSHIT ABOUT ROUND FACE, AND YOU FUCKING KNOW JACKSHIT ABOUT ME!! SO DON'T GO SPROUTING SHIT BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SMART AND SOME SHIT, YOU GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKERS!!"

He then turned his attention to Uraraka, smirking as he saw her new determined expression. Good, she fights better like this.

Aizawa sighed tiredly into the microphone.

"Bakugou is right. You should really look back on yourselves if you really consider yourselves heroes." The heroes looked away, ashamed. They suddenly took notice of the floating chunks of cement above the arena, and paled, knowing who they had just practically badmouthed. The girl grinned at the explosive blonde, even though she knows she won't make it.

"The school's motto... It's... To go b-beyond... Plu- Plus... Ultra!!"

"Release!"

Uraraka watched as Bakugou tore through her plan with violent explosions, collapsing onto the cement from nausea and exhaustion.

But she'd tried her best, and she felt relieved knowing that.

And the proud winning look Bakugou had given her made her proud of herself too.

"Uraraka is incapable of fighting any longer, Bakugou proceeds to the next round.

Later after the checkup, the blonde stumbled upon the gravity manipulator on her phone with her parents.

He decided, yes, Round Face will be a damn fine hero someday.
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"WE'RE NEARING THE END NOW, WITH THE FIRST OF THE SEMI-FINALS RIGHT AFTER THIS MOMENT! WE HAVE OUR RISING STAR WHO MAY GET TO TRANSFER TO THE HERO COURSE, AND- Iida?! Where is he going?!"

"Uhm, the Ingenium kid told me he forfeits the battle, he's got family matters regarding Tensei." Midnight explained.

"Ah, ok then... Shame, this would be a big performance. No worries, we still have one left before the finals! WE HAVE KAMINARI DENKI VERSUS BAKUGOU KATSUKI! HOW WILL THESE TWO FIGHT EACH OTHER, I WONDER!"

Kaminari froze upon receiving Bakugou's gaze.

"Give me all ya got, Dunce Face!" The blonde smirked.

"I assure you i won't fry my brain too early into the match."

"Good."

"STAAAAART!!"

Bakugou used his quirk to propel himself at Kaminari, who dodged and channelled electricity to Bakugou's left arm, zapping it.

The red eyed blonde recoiled in shock, jumping back.

"Got a new trick, Dunce Face?"

He got it from Owl's suggestion: the ability to control someone's muscle movement through electricity. Just a small ammount, as to not hurt Bakugou.

It worked wonders, Bakugou's left arm dangled uselessly by his side, spasming occasionally.

"It's only temporary!" He squeeked out.

Bakugou smirked and tried to move his fingers, they twitched, and slowly, he got his sense back, albeit slowly.

"Thanks for the information, Dunce Face." Bakugou launched himself at Kaminari again, this time more careful on range, avoiding skin contact with the blonde.

He activated his quirk as he neared Kaminari, launching himself backwards, and the other out of bounds.

"And the win goes to Bakugou, who will now participate the finals!" Midnight declared.

Kaminari helped himself up, blinking through the brightness that was Bakugou's quirk.

"Oi, Dunce Face." He heard Bakugou, and tried to squint at said blurry figure.

"You've improved a lot."

These words alone almost made him cry.
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"Are you in good condition? Eyes hydrated? Goggles not cracked? Are you-"

"Calm down, Himiko, it's not like he's going to a war or something."

"But it is a war between them! I don't trust that asshole with my little brother in an arena, worse, a battle field!"

"I think our little brother is grown up enough that he can fight his bullies back and antagonize them in the process." Hitoshi sighed.

"Good luck convincing Dabi that. He would burn Pom Boy to a crisp at the mere sight of him near Izuku, and he will get Shizuki involved with cleaning the carnage." Himiko deadpanned.

Izuku just pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Cut it off guys, we all know i'm not gonna win against him, not without giving myself away as..."

"Yeah, i know, that's why i want you to be safe out there, Izuku."

"Don't seriously injure yourself too much, or Dabi's committing arson on UA." Hitoshi pushed his brother out to the door. Izuku frowned.

"He wouldn't."

Himiko wordlessly took out a tape recorder, and hit the Play.

"If Izuku gets hurt at UA like he did during middle school, I'm gonna fucking commit arson against UA and nobody, not even Rat Satan, can stop me!"

"Tell him if he does that i'm banning him from mom's Katsudon." Izuku said blankly. "'ight, imma head out."

"Good luck, bro."
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"THIS IS IT, EVERYBODY! THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! BAKUGOU KATSUKI, OUR EXPLOSIVE WARRIOR, VERSUS THE POSSIBLE HEROICS TRANSFER STUDENT, MIDORIYA IZUKU!!!" The crowd exploded into cheers. They were really looking forward to this.

"You ready to get your shit beat out of you, Deku?" Bakugou, no, Katsuki sneered.

"Only if you're ready for the arena to be cleaned with your face, Kacchan." Izuku bit back passive-aggressively.

Katsuki doesn't know when or how Deku got his mouth, and frankly, he doesn't care.

All he cares about right now, is reaching the top, being the number One.

Honestly, he was surprised the first time he saw Deku again, but the more he saw the nerd, the more he noticed Deku looked more confident, bold, passive aggressive.

Deku finally grew a backbone, after all.

"STAAAART!!"

Katsuki started ofg with his signature right hook, to which Deku intercepted easily.

"Y'know, Kacchan, your starting move really is predictable. Maybe spice it up a bit." Deku wore a shit eating grin as he rounded a kick to Katsuki's abdomen, pulling on his hand to further the force.

Katsuki rolled back in pain, but stood back up almost instantly.

"Oh i'll spice you up, you shitty Deku!" Katsuki roared, lunging at the boy again, this time with a feint and a kick towards the redhead's blocked chest.

"Oof, getting tingly there. You forgot i'm already finely spiced by your quirk, Katsuki, every single day." The smirk was dark, sinister, contrary to Deku's bright glowing shitty lenses, which Katsuki was sure were his eyes. He wasn't seeing things, then. The bastard really has a quirk.

"Use your quirk on me, damnit" Deku's grin stretched wider, noticing Katsuki's furrowed brows.

"If you insist, Kacchan." Red eyes instantly lost control, darting elsewhere as Deku came for the punch. Luckily, he's smart, and managed to avoid the punch with a flop and a kick.

"What... The... Fuck... Deku." The nerd has the guts to shrug.

"You told me to use it on you, i did." He technically isn't wrong.

"Deku you bastard!!" Katsuki's palms popped as he boosted himself at Deku, who sidestepped and kneed him in the gut.

"How the h-hell are you..."

"It's thanks to you, Kacchan. You, your minions, and All Might, and all of the heroes that day, Kamui Woods, Death Arms, Mount Lady,... If it weren't for you all, i wouldn't have had enough trauma to manifest my quirk!" Deku's smile was wide with all teeth, his laugh sick and twisted, and Katsuki stared in horror at what he, what they, had done to the boy before him.

Realization dawned on Uraraka as she heard his little monologue.

He was the one who acted before All Might the day of the Sludge Incident on the news, the boy with wild green hair and freckles. The boy who snapped at the heroes on LIVE TV for their incompetence.

That boy... He was bullied because... He didn't have a quirk, up until that incident. He was bullied by Bakugou the most.

She suddenly felt sympathy for him. He's a strong person, she doesn't know him then, but she knows him now. And she will cheer him on, no matter what! He is still her hero!

"You can do it Midoriya-san! I know you can win this!" She yelled for the boy.

Everyone looked at her, surprised.

"'Deku' kinda sounds like 'Dekiru', doesn't it? It stands for 'You Can Do It'!"

Soon, everyone began chanting 'Deku' over and over again, this time though, they're expecting him to win.

Izuku turned back to the dazed Katsuki with a troubled smile.

"I suddenly don't want to give in to fate anymore." He sounded confused, torn.

What is wrong with Dek-

"I'll have to apologize to Himi and Toshi later."

The nerd made a dash at Katsuki, and vanished. He turned around sharply, narrowrly avoiding being hit in the stomach by a kick. Suddenly, Deku dropped down and swiped at his feet, only for Katsuki to blast himself up, earning a hiss of pain from the other in the process.

"Don't fucking underestimate me, Deku!"

"You'll have to first earn that right, Kacchan." Deku glared, and Katsuki saw so much blue-

An uppercut pulled him out of his thoughts.

He's just noticed this...

Where's everybody?...

The audience... Deku... The extras... They aren't here.

The bleachers are all empty.

Everything is silent.

"Hey.... This joke ain't fucking funny, Deku! Where is everyone!?" Bakugou yelled as he ran in circles, looking around frantically.

Said everyone blinked. What happened to him?

"Deku?.. Oi, Deku! Shitty Hair! Round Face! Raccoon Eyes! Where the fuck are you all-" Everyone appeared, even the 'squad', and shitty Deku with an apologetic grin on his face.

The audience are cheering loudly. What?

"WE HAVE A WINNER, FOLKS!! THE ONE WHO CONQUERED EVERY PART OF THIS FESTIVAL FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP!! HIS NAME IS MIDORIYA IZUKU, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENT, CLASS 1-C!!!!"

Katsuki looked at his feet, then at Deku. He huffed, getting a surprised look from the nerd.

"So you finally grew a backbone, aye, Deku."

The other removed his goggles -the lids of his eyes are cracked, Katsuki noticed- and scrunched up his face at the blonde, cheeks tinted pink.

"Shut up, Kacchan." He hissed.

It didn't take long for Deku to be smushed by people, namely Deku's-not-sister, Purple Eyebags, Round Face, Raccoon Eyes, and Shitty Hair, and some extras he didn't even bothered to remember the face of.

"HAHAHAHAHAH!! Class 1-A's a bunch of egotistical bastards, always wanting to be the top! And you got beaten by a GenEd student! How shamefu- ack!" Monoma was promptly shut up by a whack to the nape, courtesy of Kendo. She gave Katsuki a thumbs up, to which he returned, and proceed to drag Monoma's cor- ehem, unconcious body away.

Deku's-not-sister chewed Deku out for something, and then sighed in relief. Eyebags was also checking for anything unusual, which was out of character for him, but no one cares.

Despite what everyone says, Katsuki stood high and mighty with the Silver medal, watching Dunce Face and IcyHot chat on the topic of their quirks, Bronze medals hung over their necks.

It is safe to say Katsuki has never felt so much passive-aggressive energy radiating off Deku before, all of which is directed at All Might specifically. It's as if All Might had personally wronged Deku, which he probably had, if the speach he gave about his quirk manifestation was any indication.

Katsuki almost laughed his ass off as he watched the man, the Number One Hero, the Symbol Of Peace, cower under Deku's scruntinizing glare.

All in all, it was good.
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Somewhere, watching the Sports Festival play out on the screen, red eyes narrowed in glee.

"This one will be a good asset."

"I'm not sure about this plan, Shigaraki Tomura."

"Are you questioning me, Kurgiri?"

"No. Just be careful."

"Tch."

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H O L Y F U C K

I H A V E F I N A L L Y D O N E I T

I C A N N O W R E S T I N P E A C E

I S H A L L N O W D I E

Dudes, but seriously, like, this chaps got just over 10 000 words holy shit.

This took me a week of brain and eye torture to just even think of how this will work, not to mention the disorganized order of the fights that i have to check for like the 100th time...

Scrolling all the way through this is a bitch.

Someone take me out with a sniper gun, i have suffered enough for this...

But meh, this stimulates my brain, so it's not so bad after all v( '<')v

Seriously, i had a plan for Katsuki to win at first, but as the story goes, my mind changes ( '-')