Hinata looks at the sharp knife in her hand. She had watched with her Quirk on when Shinso fought that girl from Support Course. Threads came out of his mouth and the moment she answered him, anchored themselves through her voices and into her body. The world have always been strange in her eyes. Everything have lines. And emitter Quirks all have threads and lines. Those threads controls whatever it was that the Quirk controls. But not just Quirks. Phenomenons that happened around her all have threads and lines. Those lines seems to represent something like a 'life' of the object and people around her. Cutting those lines will cut them open. And the thickest line is what she mentally dubbed as the 'lifeline'. And instinct tells her that cutting the 'lifeline' will kill it. Just like her goldfish.

When she was 4 years old, she had a pet goldfish. She liked poking her hand into the fishbowl and play with pet like that. One day, her eyes started hurting and the next she knew, she have diamonds for eyes. No one really mind. It was a pretty Quirk but ultimately just superficial. Then one day, she started seeing cracks all over the house and furniture. Even more frightening was seeing those lines even in the sky and the ground. Then, she saw those lines on her pet. She didn't understand and when she stroked the thickest line on her pet, the goldfish was immediately cut into two. At the doctor's office, she showed what she can do by using the pen to draw along the thickest line of his writing board. It was cut into two. The doctor had turns pale and told that that Hinata can cut anything even people, and after that, her life took a dim turn.

She wasn't abused.

She wasn't hated.

She was feared and that was worse.

In school, children called her a future Villain. Even when she cried, they only made fun of her and said that Villains doesn't deserve pity or kindness because they're evil. As she grew older, she learned to keep to herself. And even though she was completely innocent, someone started going around spreading rumors that she was a murderer and suddenly, that was the only thing she was known for.

The Murderer who haven't murdered.

As the second round of the 1-on-1 battle starts, Naruto looks at her and smiles, "Plus Ultra!"

The first boy who heard about her Quirk and thought it cool instead of villainous. The first boy who saw her as a girl, just a girl, and not a murderer. The only person who would trusted her with a knife and even taught her how to better use it. Someone who admitted that she is his type without making it a joke. Someone who showed concern for her even though he's the one who was sick.

Hinata smiles under the sun that is Naruto, "Plus Ultra!"

Now as she stands across Shinso, or Sleepy as Naruto called him, she wonders if the boy also experienced the cruelty of childish assumptions.

He looks at her, "Well, aren't that girl who all sweet on the fox? Aiming high, are we?"

Hinata frowns, her own Quirk active, causing her eyes to sparkle like jewels.

Shinso hums, "Sparkling eyes, huh? That's a strange quirk to have in the Heroic Course. What can you even do with it? Don't tell me...did you charm the fox with those peepers?" He then scoffs, "I guess Mr High And Might is still a guy after all. You must have him completely under your control,"

Hinata pulls out a knife. She knows that this is not a good look. But to precisely cut the lines coming from him, she needs something sharp.

Shinso frowns, "A knife? Not very heroic, are we?"

She opens her mouth, noticing how his Quirk activates the moment a noise comes from her, "My Quirk is also considered quite villainous," She swings her knife, Cutting the emitter threads coming from him, "But I will not have you speak about Naruto-kun like that," She then walks towards him.

Shinso orders, clearly wary of the knife in her hand, eyes widening she doesn't, "Stop,"

Hinata swings her knife again, answering, "It won't work. My Quirk is all about killing,"

Shinso takes on a battle stance, "Killing...what kind of kill?"

She swings her knife, killing his Quirk again, "Something like Eraserhead. I already decided. I'm going to study under him after this," She then sheaths her blade and pulls out her baton before rushing at Shinso.

Shinso curses as he throws a punch at her. Hinata's eyes sparkles and glow as she found the thinnest and most faded lines on his body. She swings her baton and Shinso screams in pain as his body feels as if it had just been cut into two. As he falls down, he vomits as his body shudders, "W-what...?! What did you...d-do?!"

Hinata pulls away, grabs his arms and throws him out of bound. She then bows, "I'm sorry. I understand perfectly your sentiment. But Naruto-kun...is the first person who looked at me and says that my Quirk is awesome. If you know him, I'm sure you'll like him too,"

"Hyuuga wins!"

//Remarkable! So cool and collected, she continues onward like an unstoppable Goddess of Death!! Hyuuga Hinata!! Also, I guess you have an intern to teach in the near future, eh, Mummy Man?!//

Eraserhead grunts, //We'll see//

As Shinso is carried away from the arena, he notice Hinata receiving a head pat from Naruto who smiles at her proudly, her own cheeks blazing red. He know Naruto. Had come across him during the Entrance Exam. The one point he earned during that was because of Naruto. The boy who had aided him and the boy who taunted him...which is the real Naruto?

"Naruto-kun...is the first person who looked at me and says that my Quirk is awesome,"

A Quirk like hers...he can understand why she said people see it as Villainous. She empathizes with him. When she hit him, it felt like she just gutted him. A Quirk that specializes in killing...and Naruto called it awesome? Not Villainous? That sounded a lot like the boy who helped him.

"If you know him, I'm sure you'll like him too,"

Shinso already know of Naruto. In fact, the few times he saw the boy during recess, he had wanted to ask; why did you help me?

So when he met Naruto again two weeks ago, face to face, only to hear the arrogant taunt, he cannot help but feel betrayed and disappointed. He had been trying to chase after Naruto throughout the whole events. But every time, Naruto proved that he have the right to be arrogant. During the first event, he can't even see the boy's back, let alone his shadow. He could only hear as Present Mic informed them just how far he had gone. During the second event, he knew that he couldn't reach him. Naruto was a beast in the cavalry. Anyone that tried to get close was beaten down. The boy wasn't just fast but also clever and strong. And someone who is arrogant would never agree to be the mount of someone else.

Then, when waiting for the second round of this event, he noticed how Naruto would kindly give his classmates pointers. He also let slip that he had helped many of them during their training, giving them ideas on how to creatively utilize their Quirk. Once again he defied the image of arrogance that he have been putting on during the whole festival. His classmates clearly liked him if not respected his opinions on things. It took him a while to realize that Naruto had been taunting them to get them to push themselves. He made them hate him just so that they will give a little bit more if only to punch him in the face...like Shinso taunting his opponent to get them to reply. And Hinata's words...cemented that.

Shinso snorts as he sits with his classmates who praised him for making it to the second round; he had been totally played by Uzumaki Naruto.

The next round is Naruto and the boy that is apparently Endeavor's son. Shinso wonders how Naruto will do in this round against a powerhouse like the ice boy. Then again, he played with that boy during the second event but that was to play defense. This time, he will have to go on the offense. Will he even make it? Oddly enough, Shinso wants him to make it...

Then his mind replays the Entrance Exam and what Naruto did to the Zero Pointer.

He grins, "This will be fun,"

A guy who sees someone beyond their Quirk. Who wouldn't want him to win?

"Hold onto your crown, Uzumaki,"

Shoto clenches his fist as he steps on to the arena. The words that Naruto said to him clashes strongly with the words Enji spoke. Can he be free if he did what Naruto said? But what about his sufferings?! What about the childhood that was denied for him?! What about the abuse his mother had to endure?! What about her mental collapse because of him?! Naruto doesn't know anything-!

"Being seen as nothing more than a weapon of an ambition that is not even yours...it sucks,"

Why...did he sound like he understand him? Who exactly is Uzumaki Naruto?

"Yo, Candy Cane,"

Shoto looks up to see Naruto standing firm before him. He opens his mouth to say that 'Candy Cane' is not his name but then, the moment Midnight gives him the signal, Naruto blazes like a miniature golden sun in the shape of a boy with fox ears and 9 tails. Even his eyes...glow like twin blue suns as the whisker marks on his cheeks thickens.

Naruto takes a fighting stance, "I respect your strength so far Shoto. And I'm going to force you to see that you cannot be me with just ice. So I'm going all out on you!"

Shoto turns pale as an intense pressure comes from Naruto and immediately creates a wall of ice before him. Just as he thinks that is it, gold light grows from inside his ice wall. Shoto immediately creates ice shield as his ice wall burst with a beastly roar. Battle instinct honed from years of training under Enji is the reason why he even rolls out from behind his shield as punch from Naruto not only breaks it, but also break the ground he was just on, creating a large crater.

"Shoto," A voice as feral as a beast echoes in the arena, "Show me who you are,"

Shoto can feel himself tremble as those beastly blue eyes turn on him. What is this? Fear? Terror? He gasps as visions of his head flying or his body cut into two flashes before his eyes. Is this real? He moves and creates more pillar of ice spiking towards Naruto. Futile as his glowing golden tails shatters them like fragile china. He's seeing his very life flashing before his eyes. Uzumaki Naruto...is a beast.

He creates more and more eyes, almost desperate as Naruto rushes at him again. A whip of his tail exudes a wind pressure not unlike All Might's punch. Only instinctively anchoring himself to the safe zone in the arena keeps him from behind throw out of bound. He's trembling and not from cold. He moves again, his training kicking in as one slam of Naruto's tail cut the ground into two. He throws more ice but it is useless.

He's scared.

He's afraid.

As Naruto rushes at him again, fear moves his left arm and flames burst forth. Naruto pulls back. Shoto is in shock. Naruto...just pushed him towards desperation.

"SHOTO!!" Endeavor's roar echoes through the stadium, "YOU HAVE FINALLY ACCEPTED YOURSELF, HAVEN'T YOU?! NOW, THIS IS TRULY YOUR BEGINNING!! WITH MY BLOOD BOILING WITHIN YOU, YOU WILL REALIZE MY AMBITION-!!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU SHITTY CAMPFIRE!!"

The stadium falls silence as Naruto roars back. Endeavor glares at him as the boy continues, "WHO SHOTO IS AND WHAT HE WANTS TO BECOME IS UP TO HIM! YOUR BLOOD GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT! NOW BLOW OFF LIKE A GOOD CANDLE AND SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!"

Present Mic's jaw drops at the call out and turns to Eraserhead, "My friend, what did you feed the fox?"

Eraserhead sighs, "Uzumaki...have always been odd,"

The boy stands out. In both good and bad way. Aizawa is really confused. When he presented his suspicion about Naruto to Nedzu, the rat only laughed and gave him cheese, saying that Naruto is the least of his worry. In fact, he said, "Maybe the kids need someone like Naruto to pave a better society,"

Shoto have never heard anyone scream back at Enji like that. His siblings doesn't count. They are afraid of him. But Naruto just told the man off without a single sign of fear or awe. No. He only have extreme disgust for him.

Naruto cracks his knuckles, "Tell me, Shoto. What is the motto of U.A?" He grins, "If you know full well, you're failing this school with being a half ass. Even Ochaco gave it her everything. Even Bakatsuki answered by giving her his best despite all that stupid booing he got. Hell, even Sleepy Gen Ed gave it his everything. They all showed their Plus Ultra. But you? You have yet to show me your Plus Ultra,"

Shoto feels it. That same pounding in his chest. His heart. And the heat on his left. It's like a part of him is awakening. But it isn't the so called Quirk Awakening. Rather, a forgotten part. At that moment, Shoto realize that he isn't afraid of Naruto. He is afraid of the fact that he could fight him back but not in his ideal way. Because Naruto is showing him everything. The ferocious beast that he is. And Shoto is realizing that he wants to fight Naruto. He wants to answer that primal respect that Naruto is showing him.

Flame bursts out of his left side as his mouth slips into a feral grin. He is aware that he must really look like that bastard of a sperm donor. But at the moment, he's not even thinking that. As his flames grow stronger, he says, "Fine. I'll show you my Plus Ultra,"

He shoots out ice from his foot, guiding them towards Naruto. In his terror before, he hardly noticed the frost covering his right. But his left, now awake, countered the side effect of his ice Quirk. Naruto avoids the ice as he rushes Shoto once more. Shoto brings forward his left fist and burns the cold air that have been freezing all around him. Almost instantly, a steam explosion causes the stadium to shudder.

Shoto squints his eyes past the dissipating steam just in time to avoid a glowing fist coming for his face. He kicks out his leg, shooting fire through it. Naruto's tail simply whips it away. Concentrating ice and flame around his fists, Shoto decides to face Naruto face to face. Naruto simply grins at him as he answers his attacks with that odd fighting style of his. Shoto had tried looking it up but it is a mix of just about every martial art that was recorded. When his sleeve catches on fire, he simply tears it off of him before continuing.

Burned skin means nothing to him. Even the hard hit of ice covered fist also means nothing to him. Naruto's body is strong and from how much he's glowing, Shoto knows that he will only grow stronger under the sun. Evading Naruto gets harder as his Quirk strains his body. He remembers that Naruto's Quirk backlash can put him down for 3 whole days of high fever. But that means that for as long as the sun is up and the day is up, Naruto can continue to push himself harder and harder.

But Shoto admits that Naruto's strength is not truly reliant on his Quirk. Like Shoto, Naruto have been training. Everyone who have ever talked to Izuku will know that Naruto helped trained Izuku since 4 years old. And Naruto have great respect for hard work. He always praise those classmates who pushed hard in their training. So Shoto knows that whatever Naruto is throwing at him is the cultivation of his years of hard training. No wonder he's angry whenever Shoto only used ice. To Naruto, Shoto is mocking him and the others who did everything and worked hard to get this far. And they don't even have a personal trainer like Shoto prior to U.A.

Shoto pulls back and once again pulls the explosive steam move. But Naruto simply uses his versatile 9 tails to shield him and ground him. Taking a chance, Shoto lunges forward for an ice boxing glove covered punch...only for Naruto to grab him through the clouds of steam and whips him bodily around and throws him out of the arena. Shoto gasps as the air in his lungs rushes out as he crashes against the side of the stadium.

For a few minutes, he's blacked out only to open his eyes to see Naruto not-glowing face looking at him with a proud a grin. Naruto even have tears in his eyes, "That was awesome, Shoto! So that's your Plus Ultra! You would have wiped the floor with the others with that! Oh well, maybe next year, yeah? Keep that up and you may kicked me off my throne, dattebayo!!"

As the medic bots take him to Recovery Girl, Enji shows up. There is an odd look on his face before he starts on his normal nonsense about him and the power he gave him. But for the first time, Shoto admits, "I didn't think about you...or your ambition. For the first time in my life..." He feel free. Truly free.

Naruto, that weird guy, is right. The moment he stops thinking of his left side as belonging to Enji, he no longer feels trapped by Enji's ambition. He wanted to become a hero. Not like Enji. He wanted to become more like All Might. But after what happened, he forgot about that. He forgot about his own dream. Like Enji, all he could think about was to break his ambition. His vengeance was what had been driving him this whole time.

But then...

Naruto, he...

"You keep calling that his Quirk! But you! You are the one wielding it! And as long as you can't separate your own abilities from his just because he made up half of you, you will never break free of him! And as long as you don't break free of him, even if you deny him his ambition, you will still belong to him. Because ultimately in your head, you are still his!"

He keeps saying that he doesn't want to be like Enji and never realizing that he was slowly turning into that man with his obsession to bring him down. Just like how Endeavor can't see anything other than to bring down All Might. Once he is deemed fine by Recovery Girl, he returns to his seat and watch as Kangaroo wins against Crow...damn it, Naruto's nicknames for the class is getting stuck in his head.

Then comes Broccoli versus Bakatsuki.

It's a bloodbath. Like seriously a bloodbath. Izuku keeps trying to break past Katsuki's explosion but Katsuki is using the explosion to both push Izuku back and throw something of an air punch. The strange martial art Izuku is using is not going to work. But Izuku is soon blitzing around Katsuki. Suddenly, it is a fight of reflexes. Every punch Izuku throws out, Katsuki answers it with an explosive punch of his own. Chunks of debris flies off from missed attacks.

Beside Shoto, Naruto have a serious look on his face while his eyes follows them at a dizzying speed. Cellophane sits beside him, "Kind of creepy when he start watching the fight like that. But it does explain his insane reflex speed. His Quirk is ridiculously overpowered, man. I would have been more envious if it wasn't because Naruto told me that my Quirk is just versatile. I just need to get creative with it and stuff,"

Uzumaki Naruto, always happy to help.

Meanwhile, Naruto is impressed by Izuku's growth. Where before, he can barely handle even 1 percent of One For All, right now Naruto estimates that he is handling at around 6 to 8 percent of One For All. Before this, Izuku's growth was impeded by his casual laziness from having a Quirk, thinking that he can take his time to master the Quirk like he trained his body. But U.A is quickly kicking his ass for that delusion. Ochaco just shared with him how Izuku had tried to help her using his Quirk analysis but she had rejected his offer for help. She had wanted to fight Katsuki on her own.

He is finally taking this seriously and it shows from how Katsuki is struggling to put Izuku down. Not to mention, Izuku's one attacks are growing stronger and stronger.

Eijiro sighs, "Awh man. Is this going to be another stretched out fight?" He then awkwardly grins at Naruto and Shoto, "Not that I don't mind long fights but this is a festival and I'm getting antsy, you know? You and Todoroki were really manly and cool out there! Though it was a bit hard to see with all that steam. And Naruto, I'm impressed that Todoroki could even keep up with you with how fast he evaded you!"

Shoto keeps his mouth shut. Even he knows that admitting that fear was the reason he moved as fast as he did will not be good for his image. So he just keep his experience fighting Naruto to himself. There is something very different about Naruto. Shoto grew up trained under Endeavor so he know about the Indomitable Will that veteran Pro-Heroes exudes during serious battle. Shoto had experienced it a few times under Endeavor's training to learn to unfreeze himself from the shocking effect of the man's Indomitable Will. But Naruto's...whatever it was, it was different.

For one, Shoto felt pure terror for his very life to the point that he saw visions of his death. And for those moments, he honestly believed that Naruto can and will end him. Not very heroic but Shoto can see the use of such a psychological strategy to confront dangerous Villains.

After what feels like forever, Katsuki finally wins over Izuku from sheer luck and stubbornness. Although Izuku tries to get back into the fight, Midnight's call seems to snap the Broccoli out of whatever funk he was in. He looks at his feet and realizes that Katsuki had won by throwing him out of bound.

//Will you look at that?! They were neck to neck that even I don't who was going to win!! After numerous clash and almost destroying the arena, again, we finally have our winner from this drawn out battle of will; Bakugo Katsuki!!//

Naruto stands up as the next round have been called;

//Next up, Hyuuga versus Uzumaki!! Will Lady Death swallow our Golden Boy or will he keep his crown?!//