Everyone stared down at the two, the tensions between the two were intense. Iida and Urakaka were petting her wings in complete nervousness. 

"Begin!" Present Mic shouted.

Todoroki immediately sent ice to Izuku. "Smash!" His middle finger lit up. As soon as he flicked, the ice broke into numerous pieces. It went right towards Todoroki, the crowd gasped at the cold air. Everyone saw that Todoroki had an ice wall behind him. 

"Whoa! So cold!"

"Feels like this wind is gonna freeze me solid!"

"Wow!" Present Mic yelped. "Midoriya managed to break Todoroki's insane opening move!" 

Todoroki sent more ice toward Izuku. "Smash!"

"He countered again!" Present Mic shouted over the breaking ice. 

"Let's continue," Todoroki declared, he took a step forward, sending more ice. Izuku countered it with another smash Urakaka had Eva's wing pulled up to her. Eva couldn't help but notice the ice falling onto her wings, it was so cold. Suddenly, a blanket appeared out of nowhere.

"Your wings are keeping us warm," Yaoyorozu said as she zipped up her jacket.

"Thanks," Eva breathed with a small smile, she turned back to the fight. Izuku had five broken fingers, this was not going to end well for him. Eva also made herself keep a close eye on Todoroki just in case she had to face him. 

"Oh, no, crap!" Kirishima exclaimed as he rushed down the steps. "I'm missing it!"

"Hey, nice job making it to the second round, Kirishima," Kaminari complimented. 

"Thanks, man," Kirishima smiled. "Looks like I take down Bakugo next." 

"I'll kill you," Bakugo declared.

"Heh. Yeah, sure. In your dreams," Kirishima smiled more. "No, but seriously. It's crazy how you and Todoroki both have moves that blast the whole stadium!"

"Yuki as well, probably!" Sero added.

"Must be pretty nice," Kirishima continued as he threw his arms in the air.

"Plus, you don't have to pause between attacks," Sero continued. 

"It's not as easy as you think, ya morons," Bakugo said calmly. 

"Hm?" Kirishima asked as some of the class looked at him.

"If you overuse your muscles, you risk tearing them apart. If you sprint too much, you run out of breath," Bakugo explained, he looked at one of his hands. "Quirks are physical abilities, too. They can get worn out. You can't just use them nonstop."

"It makes sense when you put it that way," Kirishima admitted. "I wonder if that's how Midoriya thinks he's gonna beat Todoroki."

"You want an endurance match," Todoroki quickly gathered. "But I'll end this quickly."

"Smash!" Izuku shouted, countering Todoroki's ice again. Blood splattered from one of his fingers. Todoroki started to run towards Izuku spreading ice as we went.

"Todoroki withstood Midoriya's power and is now rushing his classmate!" Present Mic commented. 

"No!" Izuku shouted as he flicked one of his fingers that he had broken in the fight with Shinso. Todoroki jumped over the attack Izuku got out of the way. Making Todoroki slam his fist into the ground. He looked up, immediately sending ice towards Izuku, trying to capture his foot. Izuku sent a punch into the ice, the aftershock was powerful. Todoroki was thrown back, he managed to stop himself from going outbounds with a blockage of ice, and Izuku let out a yell of pain.

"That was much more powerful than any of your previous attacks," Todoroki commented. He moved an ice block. "You're trying to keep me away. Smart." Eva saw that Todoroki was starting to ice over on certain parts of his arms, and part of his face. He was shaking. 

"Todoroki," Eva breathed as her eyes widened. 

"What about him?" Iida asked.

"He's reaching his limit," Eva brought up. "If he doesn't use his fireside, he'll get frostbite." She picked up Izuku's notebook, flipped to Todoroki's page, and jotted the note down. Bakugo looked over to see what she was writing. 

"What are you doing?" Iida asked as he chopped at the air. "It is rude to barge into someone's property!"

"Don't worry about it," Eva shrugged it off, she looked back down at the match. When they were younger, sometimes Izuku would have her jot things down from what she saw in the air, or when he was sick and there was a villain disrupting town. 

"That kid's way better than the average pro," someone said. 

"Guess that's what you can expect from the son of the number two hero," another said. 

"What's the matter?" Todoroki demanded. "Are you really that worn out from defending against my attacks?" Todoroki seemed a bit pleased, but Izuku was determined. "I'm sorry about this, but thanks for drawing it out. Look at him. He's furious I'm not using his power. With your hands like that, you can't fight me anymore, can you? Why don't we end this?" Todoroki shot out large amounts of ice.

"Whoa!" Present Mic exclaimed. "Todoroki continues his overwhelming attacks! Could this be his finishing move?"

"I am not done yet!" Izuku growled Todoroki gasped. Everyone gasped, Izuku broke a broken finger, if Todroki hadn't used his ice, he would've been out of bounds. He got back to his feet without taking his eyes off Midoriya. "You're trembling, Todoroki." The half-ice man gasped. "It's easy to forget that Quirks are physical abilities, and that means there's a limit to the cold your body can take, right? I get it. Usually, you'd make up for the drop in temperature by using the heat from your left side. But you refuse to do that. Listen. We're all giving it our all...to try and win. To make our dreams into a reality. To become number one! You think you can win with half your strength? Look at me Todoroki. You haven't managed to put a single scratch on me yet." Todoroki growled. "So come me with all you've got!"

"Midoriya," Todoroki growled. "What are you trying to do here? You want my fire? What, did my monster of a dad bribe you or something?" He took off. "Now I'm mad!"

'He's slower,' Eva noticed, she jotted that down in the notebook as well. Todoroki lept towards Izuku, and the green-haired boy slammed his fist into Todoroki.

"A solid punch!" Present Mic shouted. Right before he flew back, Todoroki put ice on Izuku's arm. "That's the kind of action I like to see!" Izuku screamed in pain, more blood left his fingers.

"Whoa!" an audience gasped. "He landed a hit Todoroki!"

"Even though Midoriya's way more beat up at this point. I can't believe he went on the offensive there!" Todoroki sent out a slower ice attack Izuku dodged it. Todorki went close, Izuku looked ready to attack, and both got away from each other.

"Should I step in, Midnight?" Cementoss asked. "Midoriya knows that Recovery Girl will heal his wounds after the match, so he's being reckless and hurting himself. He's full of adrenaline. He probably doesn't know how much pain he's in. But those injuries are bad. They probably can't be healed in one go. Even if he wins, he might not be able to fight in his next match. He's sacrificing himself. At this rate, he might end up with permanent damage. Everyone watched intensely as the fight continued. Todorki sent more ice, and Izuku countered again.

"Smash!" Izuku shouted as he used he flicked his thumb off the inside of his cheek. He got sent flying as well as Todoroki. 

"Why are you putting yourself through this?" Todoroki demanded.

"I wanna live up to people's expectations," Izuku answered as he ran towards Todoroki. "I wanna be able to smile while doing something good. I wanna make sure no one ever rips out Eva's wings again! I wasn't able to protect her back then, any of the times, but I can now! I wanna be a pro!" Eva gasped, her eyes went wide. Her hand touched her back. Her classmates looked at her, then back at the fight. 

"Whatever it takes to be a hero!" Izuku yelled. He slammed his hand into Todoroki, pushing him back. "That's why I'll give it my all just like you should be! There's no way I can know what you've gone through, or why you're even here. Your life has been so much different than mine, but right now...Stop screwing around! If you wanna reject your father, fine, but you don't have the right to be number one if you aren't going to use your full power."

"Shut up," Todoroki growled, his body rapidly being covered in ice as Izuku rushed towards him. 

"That's why I'm going to win this!" Izuku shouted as he punched Todoroki again. "I'll surpass you!"

Todoroki shakily got back onto his feet. "I will reject you. I refuse to use my left side."

"It's yours!" Izuku shouted. "Your Quirk, not his!" Todoroki gasped. Todoroki's ice started to melt slowly the flames on his left side lit up, even at the scar on his eye. The flames were massive, Eva took the blanket off in an instant. 

"Is that?" Present Mic gasped. 

"He's using his fire!" Urakaka gasped.

"The heat is intense," Eva commented, as she jotted more down in the notebook.

"Incredible," Iida breathed. 

"You're helping your opponent," Todoroki said. "You fool. Even though you wanna win this battle. Now which one of us is screwing around? I want it, too. I'll be a hero!"

"This is the first time, I've ever seen him smile," Eva said squinted her eyes. 

"He should do it more," Urakaka said.

"Yes, SHOTO!" Endeavor shouted from the stands. 

"Huh?" Present mic asked.

"Have you finally accepted your purpose?" Endeavor asked as he made his way down the stairs. "That's it. Very good. This is the dawn of a new era for us. With my blood in your veins, you'll surpass me. You will live up to the reason I created you!"

"Endeavor shouts words of...encouragement?" Present Mic asked. "What a doting father."

"Amazing," Izuku smiled.

"Why are you smiling?" Todoroki asked. "With those injuries...in this hopeless situation...You must be crazy."

"It's something I've learned from Eva's dad," Izuku grunted as he stopped smiling.

"Don't blame me for what happens next," Todoroki said. He stepped down, ice spread from his foot, as the fire blazed out of his left side, his hair flew up. Izuku fired up his power in his leg. 

"That's it, Midnight," Cementoss drew the line as he put his hands down. "One of them could be killed!"

"His body won't hold up!" Midnight said as she pulled her sleeve, letting out her quirk. Todoroki shot toward a large amount of ice, as Izuku flew toward him. Todoroki then shot forward his fire. 

"I see now, Midoriya," Todoroki commented. "Thank you. Before they reached each other, Cementos rose concrete, but that didn't stop either of them from going through and colliding. The whole place lit up, there was a huge explosion.  

"Holy crap balls!" Mineta shouted as Shoji held him from flying. Iida put his arm in front of Eva to try to protect her.

"This is crazy!" Kaminari shouted.

"What's happening down there?" Yaoyorozu asked. 

"Having a great power doesn't mean you'll be a good hero. But these two are amazing," Cementoss commented. 

"What happened just now?" Present Mic asked. "What the heck is up with your students?"

"The air around the ring had been thoroughly cooled down, and then rapidly expanded when heated up," Aizawa explained.

"Wait, that's what caused the explosion?" Present Mic asked. "How hot did that fire get? Jeez, I can't see a thing!" The smoke started to clear. "Is that match still going on, or what, huh?" Everyone gasped to see Izuku leaning up against the wall. He slowly slipped down the wall, before falling onto the ground. 

"There," Midnight breathed. "Midoriya is...Out of bounds." Todoroki stood in the ring, half of his uniform burned off from the waist up, staring at Izuku. "Todoroki wins! He advances to a fight with either Shiozaki Ibara or Eva Yuki!" The crowd cheered wildly as Eva felt her stomach turn. She shot down from the stands and grabbed Izuku before rushing towards Recovery Girl.