Tournament
Izuku stepped up onto the platform that was being used as an arena. Kaminari was standing at the other end, trembling slightly.
"I've got no chance against him!" He told Midnight.
Izuku laughed.
"I'm sure that you could if you tried. I only have one Stone after all." Izuku reassured him.
Kaminari gulped, and Midnight started the match.
"Begin!" She yelled.
Kaminari let out his indiscriminate shock, but Izuku made it fade away with the Reality Stone.
"Wheeeyy..." Kaminari said.
Izuku pulled him out of bounds.
"Kaminari is out of bounds! Midoriya wins!"
Todoroki won his match quickly, only needing his ice to freeze Sero completely.
Uraraka fought her hardest, but was beaten by Bakugo in the end.
Kirishima eventually defeated his steel counterpart Tetsutetsu.
Hatsume played Iida like a cheap kazoo and used him as an advertisement for her inventions. She stepped out of bounds at the end of the match though, giving Iida the victory.
Yayorozu defeated Ashido by diluting the acid used against her.
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Izuku stepped up onto the arena for the second time. Todoroki nodded to him as they took their positions.
The Power Stone glowed within the Infinity Gauntlet.
"Start!" Midnight said.
Todoroki started with the same big ice move he used on Sero. Izuku blew it away with 20 percent of the Power Stones full potential. He could only access a maximum of 80 percent without issue.
"You can't beat me with just your ice Shoto!" Izuku called.
The boys smiled.
"I know. I was just testing that Stone of yours."
Another glacier was thrown at Izuku, followed by a stream of fire. The ice was obliterated, and the fire was redirected.
"I told my father about what you said by the way. The look on his face when he got it confirmed was priceless!" Todoroki said.
Izuku grinned.
"Happy to help. I'll let you borrow one of the Stones to mess with him if you like." Izuku replied.
Shoto laughed, sweeping his arm and freezing the floor.
"I'll think about it!" He shouted, pulling columns if ice up from the frozen ground.
Izuku slammed the gauntlet into the arena floor, shattering the ice pillars bearing down on him. The purple shockwave pushed Todoroki back, but not enough to get him out of bounds.
"Come on Midoriya, pull out another Stone, it looks like you need it!" Shoto called.
Izuku looked to Midnight, who shrugged.
He grinned, reaching up and pulling the Time Stone from the moon's light in the sky.
"You asked for it Shoto!"
Izuku froze time, and slammed his fist into the ground, over and over, piling up shockwaves on top of eachother.
Time resumed, and the shockwaves ripped the arena floor to shreds, throwing concrete everywhere. Todoroki's ice was knocked down, and the boy was thrown out of bounds. Izuku caught him with the Power Stone, lowering him gently to the ground.
"Todoroki is out of bounds! Midoriya wins!"
Izuku shook his friends hand.
"You're the first person to stand up to an Infinity Stone's power without multiple quirks. Well done."
Todoroki smiled.
"Thanks for humouring me and using a second one. Even though we both knew I wouldn't beat two. And.. you can call me by my first name. It's far better than my last one."
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Bakugo beat Kirishima into the ground using his sheer power.
Yayorozu defeated Iida with a little trouble. She was able to entangle his legs and send him flying out of bounds however.
Midnight stepped up onto the main stage.
"Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo and Momo Yayorozu have all reached the final round! The finals will be a three way battle, no holds barred! There will be no out of bounds, the only way to win is to knock out your opponents or get them to surrender! There will be a fifteen minute rest period for the finalists, then they can step into the arena and find out who is the strongest!" She said.
The crowd cheered, and Midnight looked down at Izuku.
"Midoriya! You will be allowed to wield every single one of the Stones!" She announced.
Izuku plucked the glowing gemstones from the sun's rays, letting them tug themselves into the slots on the Gauntlet's knuckles.
He smiled, raising his fist and flaring the coloured Stones brightly.
"The end.. is near."
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Izuku, Yayorozu and Bakugo were standing in the arena. They were standing a fair distance from the walls, closer to the centre of the stadium.
Midnight had retreated to the announcer's booth.
"Are you all ready?" Midnight asked through the speakers.
They nodded.
"Begin!"
Bakugo blasted off towards Izuku instantly, a feral snarl on his face.
"I'm tired of you hogging first place Deku! I'll put you down where you belong!"
Izuku frowned. Bakugo was the immediate threat, but given enough time to create something Yayorozu was far more dangerous.
Izuku turned to the explosive boy and reached out, grabbing him by the arm and tossing him away. The greenette turned back to Yayorozu, who was holding an odd device.
"Sorry Midoriya!" She said, throwing it at him.
Izuku raised the gauntlet, trying to use the Reality Stone. The object had so many different alloys, elements and materials that it was stupendously difficult to do. The device latched onto the gauntlet and forced his hand open.
He couldn't use the stones unless he had a closed fist, or at least some fingers curled in.
Izuku ran at Yayorozu and swung his gauntlet at her.
"Clever. I could do it, but I'd need concentration and Time to bend that many alloys and materials to my will at once." He said.
Yayorozu smiled, pulling a bo staff from her forearm.
"Thanks. I noticed that you always close your fist when you use a stone, so I took a gamble."
Izuku threw another punch, and reached out with his right hand, pulling the Power Stone from the gauntlet.
"A gamble indeed." He said, punting the girl away in a flash of purple.
Izuku turned around in time to deflect an explosion and blast Bakugo away. Yayorozu recovered faster than Izuku anticipated and nabbed the Mind Stone from the Gauntlet.
The greenette slammed his right fist into the ground, still holding the Power Stone, shattering the concrete and throwing his charging opponents back. The Mind Stone went sailing through the air, and Izuku pulled the Reality Stone out to hide the Mind Stone.
Izuku was wielding two Infinity Stones barehanded. He didn't feel a thing. The Power Stone and the Reality Stone could be handled together now.
Izuku grinned, touching the ground and sending out a ripple, repairing the arena. Bakugo got to his feet quickly, with Yayorozu right behind him.
Izuku reached out with the Reality Stone and pulled the concrete up underneath his opponents, sending them stumbling. Izuku put the Reality Stone in his pocket and pulled the Soul Stone out of the gauntlet, reaching up and scratching his nose.
Izuku gave Bakugo a cosmic gut punch, taking him out. Yayorozu smacked the back of his hand with her bo staff, making him drop the Stone.
Izuku kicked the Soul Stone away and rushed at the girl, gripping the end of the staff with his right hand.
"You're down to three Stones Midoriya! One is in your pocket that you can't reach, and the other two are in the gauntlet, which you can't use!" Yayorozu said triumphantly.
Izuku smiled, and revealed the object held between his teeth.
The Power Stone fired a beam of purple light, atomising the device on his left hand.
Izuku clenched his fist, the Space Stone glowing bright blue.
The Mind, Soul, Power and Reality Stones were warped into their rightful places adorning the Infinity Gauntlet.
"You should have gone for the head." Izuku said, raising his hand and snapping his fingers.
A purple and yellow shockwave blew Yayorozu back, knocking her out. Izuku caught her with the Space and Power Stones and lowered her to the ground gently.
"Yayorozu and Bakugo are unconscious! Midoriya wins the sports festival!"
The crowd roared, while Izuku used the Time and Reality Stones to heal his opponents.
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All Might himself awarded the medals. Bakugo was in third, who begrudgingly accepted his medal. Yayorozu was second, and was congratulated by All Might on her ingenious strategy.
"Young Midoriya! Congratulations on getting first place! I have to ask however.. you held back did you not?" All Might asked quietly.
"Just a little bit. I did need to get pretty serious in the final match though. I almost swallowed the Power Stone." Izuku replied.
All Might gave Izuku his medal, and turned back to the crowd.
"Now, I think there's just one thing left to say, isn't there?"
"PLUS ULTRA!!" Everyone shouted.
"Thank you for your hard work!" All Might said.
There was a pause.
"sorry.. I just thought they worked really hard..." He said sheepishly.
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