The ground broke as Shinso was sent out of the ring crashing into the ground.

"Ouch! That hurt," said Shinso as he got up. It then hit him that he had lost, as his head lowered, a gloomy expression occupying his face.

"I guess I have to wait till the next year," he muttered as he then found a hand in front of him.

Izuku was standing there, offering him his hand as Shinso's eyes widened.

"Cheer up, you just showed everyone what you're made off," said Izuku as Shinso noticed the murmurs in the crowd.

"He held his own against the person who won both the round. He must be good!"

"How is he in the general course? His quirk and his skills are worthy of hero course. How can they let him go?"

"See," Izuku said as Shinso took his hand and got up.

"Thanks, and sorry for what I said," he muttered as he looked away shyly.

"It's alright, I know you were saying it because you needed a response for your quirk to work," said Izuku with a chuckle.

"Well, see you," Shinso said as he started walking out.

'We'll see each other sooner than you think Shinso kun.'

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Ichigo and Kaminari were standing in front of each other staring into each other's eyes.

"This is going to be fun," Kaminari muttered with a smirk that was reciprocated by Ichigo.

"START!"

Ichigo quickly morphed his hand into snakes as it went inside the ground after Kaminari, who jumped up and released electricity shocking the snakes.

"Ouch," said Ichigo as the snakes went back.

Kaminari using this opening neared him, only for him to use his other hand to make a tortoise shell's top half acting as a shield as Kaminari tried to shock him.

"Dried Tortoise shells don't conduct electricity, and I can control the moisture content," said Ichigo with a smirk as Kaminari raised his eyes. The next moment he was hit by a large lizard tail which was Ichigo's hand morphed into it.

Kaminari used that moment to shock Ichigo who wasn't expecting him to react so fast.

"SHIT!" yelled Ichigo as he jumped back in pain.

Kaminari used that moment to close in and uppercut him while shocking him with a bit of his electricity.

Ichigo was in the air when Kaminari grabbed his leg and slammed him into the ground. However, at the last moment, Ichigo covered his torso in a tortoise shell reducing the impact exponentially as he bounced off the ground.

"Tch. Well, I guess I might break my hand with this," Kaminari said as he punched the shell with his full force, and a loud crack was heard.

Ichigo was sent outside the ring since he couldn't maneuver much with the shell on. As for the crack, it was the sound of Kaminari's hand breaking.

"AAAH!" he yelled as he grabbed his hand.

"Are you stupid or something?" asked Ichigo as he rushed to his side.

"Well... it was worth it," he said sheepishly as Recovery Girl who was watching this sighed.

"This year has too many reckless people. It's gonna be a lot of work," she muttered shaking her head sideways.

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The next two matches were Shoto vs Kirishima and Bakugo vs Tokoyami, and Todoroki and Bakugo were the winners. However, Shoto was yet to use his fireside.

As of right now, though Izuku and Kaminari were standing in front of each other.

"START!"

"Right," both said as they both charged at each other. 

Izuku went in for a punch only for Kaminari to cover himself in electricity shocking Izuku. However, Kaminari was also hurt as he doubled over.

"Heh, you're good," said Izuku as he used about 50% of One for All and used an air smash almost breaking his fingers as Kaminari barely dodged and sped to him.

"That was nice," said Kaminari as he released electricity only for Izuku to punch the ground causing debris to fly in the air and defend him.

He then sped behind Kaminari and used his Cursed energy to shoot Kaminari with it in the back.

"OUCH!"

'It's not like Delaware, it's more compressed,' thought Izuku as he blocked a right hook from Kaminari.

"Well... this is going to be painful for you but I guess it's only one shot," both said at the same time as Kaminari released 1.3 Million Volts while Izuku hit him with black flash.

Both attacks landed and the next moment Izuku was on the ground, writhing in pain, but as for Kaminari... well he was outside the arena.

"T-that hurt..." Kaminari muttered as he fainted.

"KAMINARI IS UNABLE TO BATTLE... MIDORIYA WINS!"

"Why did she announce this like a Pokemon match?" 

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Bakugo vs Todoroki was a long match, but Shoto won by not using his fire.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU USE FIRE ICYHOT!"

"... Do you really believe me to be that stupid?" asked Shoto genuinely.

"Huh?"

"If I used fire, you'd sweat more, and then you'd be able to defeat me. The whole purpose of the ice was to make you sweat less," said Shoto as Bakugo's opened his mouth.

"Damn, that's smart," he commented as both returned to the waiting room.

"I got to wait since it's my match next, but why are you here?" asked Shoto as Bakugo walked out.

"I was here to yell at you for hold back," deadpanned Bakugo as he walked out.

As for Izuku, he and Ochako were sitting in the other waiting room with an awkward silence.

"O-Ocha, a-about what I said there... S-sorry," muttered Izuku.

"Is it really that big?" 

"Huh? HUUUH! WHAAAT!"

"HONEST QUESTION!" said Ochako in her defense panicking.

"Uh... y-yeah," muttered Izuku shyly.

"He gets that from me," said Sukuna inside One for All Mindscape as Nana glared at him.

"What?" he asked looking at her.

She just turned her head in the other direction.

"Right! Let's not talk about that! How big though?" asked Ochako in genuine curiosity before realizing what she just asked.

"OCHA!"

"Kidding," said Ochako with a giggle trying to cover up as Izuku blushed really hard.

She then walked up to him and she hugged him tightly, causing him to blush heavily.

"S-so... you talked to your parents?" he asked nervously hugging her back.

"Yeah. They were really happy that I made it to the last round. And they want to meet you," said Ochako as she nuzzled into his chest.

"Y-yeah..." said Izuku with a shudder.

"What happened, why did you shudder?" asked Ochako confused.

"W-well... I am just scared of meeting your family," said Izuku.

"Hey, they're not really scary," said Ochako.

"If they're like you then they are. Did you know that you scared the shit out of Bakugo?" deadpanned Izuku.

"... They aren't like me."

"I hope so," muttered Izuku with a hint of fear in his voice.

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