Izuku was lined up with his class, Waiting for Class 1C to be called up. Shinsou and him were in the back of the line.

Shinsou “Hey gremlin, are you sure this plan of yours will work?”

I’ve seen the sports festival every year for as long as i can remember, I also watched all the recorded years I could find. It's the same pattern every year. The first event will be a physically demanding one, Eliminating most of the non hero course students, usually the cut off is about, 45. They leave a few slots open for wild cards from the other courses to make it in, bringing in some excitement. Then the second event will consist of a team based exercise, With the first place winner of the last event receiving a massive handicap. And the last is always 1 on 1 battles, to end the event cleanly, we just gotta make it to the third, I trust everyone we need can get to the second. So try not to be too slow Shinsou-kun”

“Oh I’m sorry, Not everyone is as suicidal in their training as you” Shinsou said, smirking

Izuku shrugged, looking back into the Stadium. They would have so many people watching. When he made it to the One on One fights, Everyone would figure out he was quirkless, the world would know. He took a deep breath, You’re not a Deku anymore, Time to show the world that

Their homeroom teacher, Mic was doing announcements

“And welcome in Classes 1C-1E of the General Education Course”

They walked into the blinding lights of the Stadium. As his vision cleared he heard and saw the cheering crowds, every seat taken by people. The stadium was separated into sections, there were the general seats, that anyone could buy, The corporate Seating. That mostly held Support Companies Executives and representatives, and the Hero Section, Full of Heroes, some here just for the spectacle, but most were here to scout out potential students to offer an internship for. He saw the Heroics section and Corporate Sections chatting amongst themselves, ignoring their entry.as Vendors walked up and down the aisles, offering Hero shaped Food and Merchandise. Usually the Business course would also be up there, selling goods, But Nezu had made It mandatory to participate His class lined up as present Mic introduced the Support and Management Courses.

“EVERYONE QUIET DOWN, Bakugou Katsuki, the Student who scored the most in the Entrance Exam will now make Their Opening Speech”

“You don’t have to be so loud”

Looks like someone else is announcing with Mic, that’s odd, ever since he took over he had never had another announcer

“But that's the fun part Shouta”

“I already regret this”

Bakugou walked up to the podium, taking the mic in his hands. Izuku waited for Him to make an ego filled comment. One second and two seconds. Is the mic working?

Bakugou spoke into the mic

“ I’d just like to thank All Might for.. Saving my life.” that’s actually pretty calm for Bakugou “And I will dedicate my Victory to Him”

murmurs erupted from the classes, as the stadium erupted in cheers still, That was tame for Bakugou, he didn’t even put the other students down. He shook his head, now wasn’t the time to think about his former friend, he had a plan to accomplish.

Every Student lined up at the start line, the gate currently closed in front of them,they still hadn’t been told what the first Challenge was, although it was obviously a race of some sort. Izuku checked over his equipment once more, Very happy that the rules only disallowed hero students from using support equipment. He had his hover boots. His staff, currently on his back, his goggles hooked up to his weapons, and two daggers hooked to his sides, blades dulled as per the Festivals rules. Alongside a hidden third dagger in his shoe. He was as ready as he’d ever be.

The doors began to open

Our students will first have to pass the treacherous Obstacle Course, first is the bottleneck of the starting gate, followed up by some surprises from the Entrance Exam, after that is a deep pit with a single type rope, and last but not least is the dangerous minefield. But do not worry, the mines have a very low yield, they’ll only disorient our competitors.

Low ) he put that plan on the backburner, he’d only use it if necessary he noticed a bot with white and red hair flexing his right hand, staring at the walls of the gate, he had a bad feeling about it

"AND BEGIN!"

Izuku jumped as soon as the competition started, as ice formed below him, freezing many of the participants' feet in place. So it is an ice quirk, although only from one side, maybe a dual quirk, gonna assume fire based on the hair for now, that's such a cool combination.

He managed to balance himself as he ran, sliding along the ice. Two giant robots appeared from below the ground, the zero pointers from the entrance exam, they cast their shadows over the audience behind him. The two toned boy elegantly engulfed each of them in ice that spread from his right foot.

Two boys ran through, one that seemed made of metal, and the red-haired boy from before, who's skin now appeared jagged and hard, like a rock. They both ran under the now listing robots

Two toned boy "be careful I froze them while they were unbalanced"

Izuku gave them a wide berth whilst they fell directly onto the two boys

The Red haired boy emerged from.the robot's head "not cool bro, that would’ve crushed anyone else" izuku kept running as the metallic boy said something he couldn't hear.

"Oh Todoroki did a cold opening there."

"It's only logical, if he wants to make it to the second round, he needs to hinder his competition as much as possible"

"Expertly said Shouta. You should co host with me every year!"

"I'd rather die"

"Don't be like that!"

He came face to face with a two pointer, he jumped on top of it, steering it Into a one pointer, he then took the time to Rip off its breastplate. Carrying it with him, just in case.

Izuku made it to the rope bridge, activating Hatsumes boots. They hummed to life as he felt himself begin to float. He kicked the side button, activating the thrusters letting him glide across the chasm

," Oh! Midoriya from. CLASS 1C rockets ahead of the competition."

"Just goes to show that the other courses have just as much determination to win as the hero course, so don't underestimate them"

As he shut them down and rolled to a standing position.He saw many students stop at the other end, hesitant. He saw Todoroki and Bakugou racing down the minefield. Bakugou used his explosions to stay above the minefield, propelling himself forward, and todoroki, gliding on ice he set up inches above the ground. They were right next to one another. He wouldn't be able to catch up, he didn't want first anyways, well maybe, he did have a secondary plan for it,. It'd be unnecessarily risky he thought as he began digging up mines, careful not to set them off, and gathering them into a pile.

" BAKUGOU AND TODOROKI ARE RACING THROUGH THE MINEFIELD, IGNORING THE OBSTACLES ENTIRELY"

"Both of their quirks assist in mobility, whilst also keeping them odd the ground.. they are suited for competitions like this "

A large explosion is heard throughout the stadium

"WHAT WAS THAT! MINES SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH POWER IN THEM"

"Use your quirk in my eat again. And I'll rip out your vocal cords"

Izuku was flying through the air, using the chest piece as a makeshift sled. He hoped the cameras hadn't gotten him jumping on to the mines like that, otherwise his mom would kill him. It was just the only way to get enough speed to catch up. And a part of him deep inside. Just wanted first so he can prove to himself that he can. He felt himself slowing down, coming down right onto of the two boys, he positioned himself so he handed on the two boys shoulders, slamming the metal plate into the ground and launching off the two boys, racing for the finish line

"Oh Midoriya rocketed himself into first place! What a sudden change in development!"

He ran forward stepping through the finish line

"WHAT AN UPSET Midoriya Izuku from 1C came in first place!"

"This should be a reminder to all the heroes here today, just because your quirk isn't suited for the task, doesn't mean you can't still come out on top. Midoriya here didn't use a quirk once during the obstacle course, and with his quick wit and support equipment, he managed to topple even people with advantageous quirks"

Midoriya couldn't help but remember the slime villain incident, when the heroes hadn't even tried to help Bakugou because of their quirk match up. Not until he had done most of the work. Good to know that the announcer agreed with him.

Todoroki finished second, his face blank. Bakugou finished third, right behind Todoroki.

He had always been able to read Bakugou's expressions, mostly it was anger. So Izuku expected to see hatred, but instead he got what almost appeared as.. no that can't be right. Maybe he doesn't know Bakugou like he used to, because he'd almost say Bakugou had a look of..he couldn't place it.

He waited for his friends, Iida, shooting into 4th place, Uraraka floating into 13th place, Shinsou riding on top of their brainwashed classmates, a stupid grin on his face, 32nd place. And Hatsume finished 34th place, having done laps around the minefield to show off to support companies. People continued to trickle in before Mic announced

And that is all, the first 42 students who have crossed the line will be participating in the next activity, but for those who didn't make it. Do not worry, for those that didn’t make it through the first challenge. you can still participate in the Recreational games after the next competition. Now each of you who passed will be given a score based on where you placed in the obstacle course, they will be displayed now.

Midnight pointed to the screen. Everyone looked for their point.

Izuku stared at the screen the lowest was Aoyama at 5, and he saw the points tick up by five for each contestant, until he looked at his spot, which was worth “10 Million!”

“That’s right, First place is worth 10 million, and the top 4 teams will move on to the finals. So you will have one rider, the rest will be the horses for the calvary. they’ll have to carry their rider, if the rider touches the ground that team is disqualified, oh and all headbands must be visible and tied around someone's limb or head. Is that clear?”

No one objected

Now for the 42 students left you will be participating in TheCavalry Battle, you have 10 minutes to find a team of up to 4 players. Whoever has the most points at the end of the 5 minutes will win!

“You heard him, when you got a team register it with me, and you will all receive your headbands”

He had known that there would be a penalty for 1st, but this is insane, I’ll just have to go with plan B then

Izuku looked around for his teammates.

Hatsume “Hey Advertisement, Is the plan still a go?”

“Yes of course, we just need to find, ah there they are!”

He gathered Uraraka and Shinso. Iida had said before the competition that he wouldn’t participate in any scheming, and would like to make it on his own. And whilst Izuku would’ve loved his speed for what they were going to be doing, he’d just have to manage.

“Alright so it’s plan B time, we will just have to survive the competition. And these boots” he pointed at the boots on his feet “WIll help a ton” he talked over the plan as they prepared, registering his team at the last minute.

Meanwhile, in Hosu…

Stain waited for his prey, if his research was correct, this alley bisected his patrol route, all he’d have to do is lure the hero in. Normally this was nothing to the Hero Killer, after all he had already killed 17 fakes, crippling 22 others. All it took was one drop of blood, for it to be over for the fake. But his mind was wandering elsewhere. Damn league of Villains, if I find you Shigaraki, there will be no place for you to hide. Anyone who’d kill the only true Hero, must be destroyed

Stain saw a blur of movement from his peripheral and leaped back, as a rocket propelled punch barely missed his face.

The fake Ingenium rocketed past him, slamming into the wall of the alley and bouncing back into a fighting stance, air bag already deflating back into his suit.

Ingenium “I won’t let you end any more innocent lives Hero Killer!”

“Perfect timing fake, I needed to vent some frustration.”

Stain leaped forward, preparing for the hit as the fake came for him, he took a super speed boosted punch to the stomach, but he grit his teeth and stabbed the fake in the arm, licking the blood off of his blade.

The fake collapsed to the ground

“I put everything into that punch, what, what are you?”

Stain paused for a moment before grinning at the fake, an idea coming to him “ A consequence of the society you help propagate, of the hero commissions never ending push for conflict, and heroes corruption and hunger for fame. I am staining my hands, so that society can become a better place, and you fake, will broadcast my message to the world.” he unsheathed his sword “But not before you pay for your crimes, count yourself lucky you won’t die today” a scream was heard throughout the alley as stain carved out a jagged S into the heroes back, taking his time. He found the heroes transponder, and activating the emergency call feature

“Remember today, fake. For now more than ever, does society need only true heroes. Not those out for fame and fortune, nor someone who claims it as their birthright. Those who put the needs of the people they are meant to protect over anything else. Someone willing to risk it all, to save the people around them."

with that Ingenium watched helplessly as the villain disappeared into the maze of backstreets. He breathed in and out, his back light up in pain. Sorry little bro, won’t be able to see your big day, hope you can forgive me. He focused on staying awake as first responders arrived 3 excruciating minutes later, and he was carried into the back of an ambulance.

Back at the sports festival

Every team had made their cavalry, Izuku had, thanks to shinshou’s insistence, been chosen as the rider . “You’re the best pick, Uraraka is needed for her mobility, Hatsume needs to be able to focus on keeping all the gadgets working, and between him and Shinsou, apparently he was “A fuckin monster.” and therefore was best suited for the rider position, so here he sat, his friends holding him up as he readied his gadgets one more time. He only had 4 uses of his trapping foam, so he’d have to use them sparingly. The other ones he was planning to save for the one on one’s.

AND BEGIN

Just as expected every team rushed towards Them

“Hold, hold”

Right before the first team could get into close range, Izuku shouted “Now!”

Their team lifted off, everyone's jet boots working in unison, alongside Uraraka’s quirk”

Hatsume “My babies weren’t meant for prolonged use, we will have to land in under 80 seconds if we don’t want to risk malfunction”

Shinsou looked below him as they floated 30 feet in the air “Yea let's not risk that”

Izuku “Alright you all know the plan, aim for the other side”

“Woah! Team Midoriya took to the sky, is that allowed?”

Bakugou stared up at the nerd, who had made it into UA without telling him, who was still going after his damn dream. Who kept looking down on him. He had been meant to be the only person from that school of rejects to get it, it was supposed to be the start of his grand story, on how he was gonna be the best. But here he was, reminding Bakugou of all his failures. He readied himself on tape arms and pink face, before launching himself towards the nerd, using explosions to speed up, rocketing towards his target.

"DEKUUU!!!"

Izuku heard the sound of Bakugou approaching, and readied one of his Foam shots. And aimed for Bakugou's hand, he waited until Bakugou was almost about to reach them, and he saw the boy's red eyes, filled with anger. He shot the boy in one hand, and the other.

"Uraraka now!" She slapped bakugou, letting him float back down to his team as They aimed for the other side, and began their descent.

Uraraka "Release!"

Bukugou had been caught by Sero, using his tape to lasso him back.

"What is this shit" Bakugou said, whilst desperately trying to free his hands.

"Here let me" said Mina as she used her acid to eat away at the hardening foam. Freeing it enough for Bakugou to blast the remaining remaining away.

"Now let's get back, we need that one million points"

He reached up for his own headband feeling it was gone. "Who…"

"Ah simple minded 1A whilst you were all busy fighting amongst yourself, our class formed a plan, to steal all your points and knock 1A out of this tournament, although I do apologize, had to go for the easy target first "

Bakugou growled, "change of targets, let's obliterate 1B." He said as he steered his team to those that just stole his team

Midoriya sighed in relief, now only about he of the teams were gunning for them, although one of those was team Todoroki, that had the dual quirked teen, Iida, Yaoyorozu, who can make anything she knows the molecular structure (Uraraka thankfully told him the rest of her classes quirks that she knew.) And Kaminari, who had an electric quirk with an unfortunate drawback. He definitely was gonna question the guy after this tournament, something doesn't sit right with him.

Kaminari had a concentrated look on his face, his eyes were looking right at their boots…

“Launch right now”

Hatsume “They didn’t have the time to properly cool down, we won’t be up very long”

He saw a light behind Yaoyorozu. Didn’t Uraraka mention… “That’s a risk we will have to take”

He felt them lift into the air as ice engulfed the arena below him, and he saw a spark of electricity as all the teams going after them got electrocuted, Todoroki’s team safe in a net. All besides Kaminari, who had to be pulled back into their formation by Yaoyorozu. Todoroki stared directly at him. But Izuku had something else to focus on, Shinsou hung onto Uraraka, one of his boots had malfunctioned, shutting off. They barely stayed afloat.

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Hatsume “My babies can’t take much more strain” she was right, they had been widely over their weight capacity to begin with, relying on Uraraka’s quirk to keep them afloat, and now she was starting to look nauseous. Plan B had run its course, onto plan C

He looked at the timer, 2 minutes, they’d have to survive on the ground for two minutes. “Try to aim for that corner, I got a plan. They lurched forward, descending faster. They braced themselves as Uraraka slowed their fall, they hit the ground .

1:45

Bakugou snatched the bands off of the Annoying blonde as he hit the ground.

“Team Monoma has been disqualified! With that most of Class 1B has been eliminated!”

“They had an effective strategy, targeting the lower point teams, But they underestimated 1A, they experienced what it meant to fight real villains, and what happens when you get overconfident.”

The crowd goes silent at that.

Woah! It seems that Team Midoriya has been grounded!”

The scoreboard read

Team Midoriya 10,000,225

Team Bakugou 945

Team Tetsutetsu 845

Team Todoroki 710

Uraraka looked sick, Shinsou looked shaken, and Hatsume was currently trying to fix Shinsou’s malfunctioning boot.

Shinsou “So, what’s the plan”

“Think you can get Iida with your quirk?”

Shinsou thought for a good while, probably.”

“Alright, well if you can, get him to run directly into Bakugou’s team”

1:15 and Todoroki’s team was approaching fast.

Shinsou “HEY Class rep, you alright?!” he said staring right at Iida “I’m not the class rep!”

“What?” he felt two strings attach. He held on tight as his quirk demanded he use them.

He waited for as long as possible, sweat pouring from his forehead due to the strain.

“Oh sorry always get you two confused” he feigned an apologetic look, pointing at both

He chose that time to activate his quirk, it happily latching onto both as they stopped in your track

“Iida run towards the Angry Pomeranian over there as fast as you can!”

They watched as team Todoroki soared towards team Bakugou, clearing half the arena in seconds.

“What’s the big idea eh? Finally committing to that declaration Icy Hot!”

“I’m not”

The two teams collided, explosions ringing out, shattering ice everywhere.

45 seconds left on the clock.

He watched intently as Bakugou pressed the attack, Todoroki trying to to defend his headbands, when Out of Nowhere they began to sink into the ground.

He saw team Tetsutetsu approaching, vines creeping towards them, Izuku launched another shot out of his staff, hitting the feet of their lead rider, the foam encasing their feet. Now it was just a matter of keeping the 10 million for another 25 seconds, vines creeped towards Izuku, he stood up on Shinsou’s shoulders “throw me” he jumped as Shinsou threw him up, activating his boots, barely not hitting the ground before gaining altitude, dodging vines that tried to grab him out of the sky.

He danced around the sky, batting away vines as he gained more altitude. Right as he thought he was in the clear, he felt one grab his foot, grabbed a knife from his belt, cutting the vines off of him.

“The cavalry battle is over! The scores are as shown”

Team Midoriya 10,000,215

Team Todoroki 885

Team Tetsutetsu 855

Team Bakugou 770

“These teams will move on to the 1v1's. Anyone who needs to go to the infirmary, please head there now! We shall now begin the recreational games! ”

I'm gonna take a nap

Izuku had landed by his team, jumping up and down “We made it!”

Uraraka “Don't be mad when i beat you all in the finals”

Shinsou “Same goes for you”

The arena erupted into cheers directed towards Midoriya. He had to temper his excitement, he would have to see if their tune changes after they know.

Todoroki approached Bakugou who had been stalking in the halls.

“I'd like to talk to you?”

“Well too damn bad IcyHot, I got places to be"

Bakugou began walking away

"Have you ever hears of quirk marriages"

Bakugou paused "you mean those archaic practices of trying to force out the right quirks. Hasn't that shit been illegal for decades now?'

"Yes it has, however if you're powerful enough.. You know my dad is Endeavor right?"

"Yea I'm sure you and the flaming trash bag get along perfectly"

Todoroki freezes, before chuckling. Making Bakugou jump slightly. “Let’s just say, my old man was very jealous of All Might, willing to do anything to pass him, even if it was through his children.”

Bakugou clenched his fist ‘So, he decided to play his hand at eugenics, and made you?”

“I’m the youngest out of four children. well three now. Children he got from the wife he purchased in secret. He kept trying. Getting angrier with every failed kid. I wasn’t the first one he ‘trained’”

“You don’t mean he killed them?”

“I don’t know, I was too young to remember, right when I was 4, they got into a big fight, my brother, he had a fire quirk, stronger than my father’s making a bright blue flame. but his skin was meant for an ice quirk. so every time he used it..”

“He was burning himself alive”

“Yes and if he and father got into a physical fight.. Well I don’t think they would ever find a body. He had been only 13”

“Fuck why has no one done anything yet” But no one had done at Aldera either, Damn he shouldn’t be thinking about this, damn Deku, he had done so well to forget that hell-hole. If I had been in All Might’s place, would I have let Deku die? You told him to kill himself, and yet he saved you. you’re not a hero, just a bully.

Bakugou lit off an explosion in anger, Todoroki used to Bakugou’s loud disposition, continued talking without pause.

“... Until he got his ‘perfect quirk’. So just understand, that I will beat you without his power, only using my left side”

Bakugou “Hah, that’s fuckin stupid, just because your dad is shit, doesn't mean you should hold yourself back. It’ll be your accomplishment, not his. Oh and, I’ll be the one to destroy you Icyhot, so don’t lose before then.”

Bakugou walked away, leaving a confused Todoroki behind. Izuku who had been hiding behind the corner, he hadn’t wanted to eavesdrop, but he had hid to try and avoid Bakugou, Knowing the blonde would’ve held up his time until the first matches started. (he really wanted to see them).

“WHO IS READY FOR THE FIRST MATCH OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL FINALS. CAN I HEAR A YEA!?!”

“Did you ever say the rules?”

“Oh right, Students will fight, a loss will be announced if a Student is unable to fight, or if they are outside of the arena boundaries.”

He heard the crowd erupted into cheers Dammit he ran for the seats, not wanting to miss the first match.

He sat down, pulling out his notebook, this was a great time to learn the quirks of the hero course students.

Meanwhile at the LOV base

“Sensei, why are we watching this” Shigaraki would rather be playing his game ‘Numa 5’ he had a lot of grinding to do

All for One talked in a demeaning manner, treating him like a child “One of these kids will be your arch nemesis.”

He was on about this again, he had killed All Might, but instead of praising him. Sensei had been more distant, and hasn’t had him do anything else since! He stared at the screen, rather angry.

“But who could be stronger than All Might sensei?”

“Your bout against All Might had him at his weakest, and you only won because of Kurogiri and the doctor's creation. This new threat will be even stronger than All Might at his prime, but they wouldn’t know how to control it yet, so watch for anyone seemingly hiding their powers, or someone seeming to hurt themselves. Unaccustomed to their power”

He thought about the festival so far, he had two Ideas, “How about the green haired kid, he hasn’t used a quirk at all from what i’ve seen, or the Electric kid, he seemed to have, overloaded himself, seems he specced into too much attack”

“Perfect deduction young Tomura”

All For One hated having to rely on Tomura, sadly all his vision based quirks wouldn’t let his watch a screen, and it’s not like he could just show up to the sports festival, that’d draw too much attention, so here he was, having to rely on the annoying narrators, and his pupil.

“You know Sensei, if you told me why, I might be able to spot them better.”

“That is information you will learn in due time, as long as you do not question me, understood?” he had said in a darker tone.

Shigaraki looked back at the T.V, curling into himself slightly. Kurogiri thankfully didn’t tell Sensei, only silently handing Shigaraki a drink. Sensei didn’t like weakness. “Yes Sensei.”

Back at the sports festival

Midoriya watched as Shiozaki launched her vines forward, Immediately putting Yaoyorozu on the backfoot, who barely had the time to make a machete out of her back. She began hacking away at the vines, continuing to back up. She appears hesitant

Uraraka “hey Deku, who do you think is gonna win? I'm cheering on Yaoyorozu all the way”

Deku thought about it. “If Yaoyorozu manages to turn on the offensive, she’ll win. But from what I can see, It looks like Shiozaki will win.

“Shiozaki has Yaoyorozu on the backfoot. It looks like it’s gonna be a wash.”

“Yaoyorozu is a brilliant student with a versatile quirk. However she struggles when it comes to her confidence, leading her to second guess herself”

Oh leave it to you to know all your students so well”

“I can still kill you even with a broken arm”

Shiozaki managed to grab onto Yaoyorozu’s foot, launching her off the stage

“Oh! Yaoyorozu has been launched out of the Arena, Shiozaki has won!”

The crowd goes wild, cheering on Shiozaki as she heads back into the stadium

“Will the next participants please head to the arena!

It was a fight between Kirishima and Bakugou, Kirishima could easily take the explosions whilst his quirk was active, but Izuku noticed he was slower. Must’ve hardened his joints too, understandable but now Bakugou is just gonna outlast you

And it played out exactly as Izuku had guessed, Bakugou kept using his explosions to wear Kirishima down whilst he danced around him. I“And with that explosive performance, Bakugou moves on to the next round, Although Kirishima’s performance was rock solid!”

“Kirishima just couldn’t outlast Bakugou, the teen is driven, I’ll give him that. And rock solid, really?”

The next match was Todoroki versus Mina. Todoroki tried to imprison Mina in a mountain of ice, only for her to melt her way through, putting the boy on the defensive. Izuku watched as they fought back and forth Mina is melting the floor, trying to corner Todoroki

She continued to dance around Todoroki, using her quirk to propel herself forward. Melting each attack of ice as frost began to form on the boy. Todoroki was on the defensive, being pushed back bit by bit.

They seemed to be talking, but Izuku couldn’t hear it over the roar of the crowd.

However, right as Mina backed Todoroki into a corner of the arena, Todoroki made a thin sheet of ice in front of her feet, tripping her up, and Forming a wall of ice, shoving her out of the arena. All in one swift motion, showing an incredible control of his quirk.

“Todoroki is the winner! What an exciting match! I was on the edge of my seat”

“Both Students had incredible control of their quirks, however Mina had grown confident, and Ultimately it only took one opportunity for Todoroki to turn the tables”

Izuku got up, he had to get ready for his own match, because he was up next, he was against Kaminari, and that electric quirk was a problem, he had an idea, but it might just cost him the game.

Izuku walked into the arena, staff at the ready. According to Hatsume this should work, but if the teen didn’t do as he thought he would, he’d be a sitting duck.

“And begin” said midnight the referee of the match

“Sorry bro, but I need to win this INDISCRIMINATE SHOCK 1.3 MILLION VOLTS” said Kaminari as electric energy coursed through the field

Izuku had already shot the last shot of capture foam onto his shirt, foam expanding outward as he hid inside it. He waited well, I don’t feel fried yet. He waited until he no longer heard the sting of electricity, before carefully climbing out of his makeshift fortress, now shirtless… to find a dumbstruck Kaminari, walking aimlessly through the arena, he carefully pushed Kaminari out of bounds

“And Midoriya continues to impress, with quick thinking he managed to outsmart his opponent”

“This shows just how outdated our entrance exams are. While Midoriya might not be suited for fighting robots, he’s shown an ability to best hero students time and time again.”

“That’s right folks, young Midoriya here failed the entrance exam by one point, and he is now here to show that the judges made an error in overlooking him”

Midoriya couldn’t help but glow at his homeroom teacher's praise. And the audience seemed to agree, cheering out

“Midoriya!” “Midoriya!”

he quickly bowed out of the arena, dragging Kaminari to the infirmary, seriously frying your brain like this can not be healthy

Izuku had missed the next match whilst escorting Kaminari, who just kind of drooled and mumbled to himself, only hearing that Iida had defeated Sero, guess he managed to Knock Sero out before he could be tripped up.

He walked into Recovery Girls office “Why if it isn’t the most troublesome Gen Ed student I've ever meant”

He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head “I swear I didn’t get hurt this time, and Kaminari here just overused his quirk, although I’m Worried on what that level of quirk usage does to his brain”

“I had the same worries sweety, but brain scans showed him as completely normal”

Completely normal, then why would this happen, unless … If he produces the electricity, then maybe it’s from the lack of it, it’s possible it messes with his natural equilibrium, causing a reset’ I’ll have to ask later

“Alright, go back to your friends dear, I’m busy, oh and take this shirt” she said as she kissed the teens hand, throwing an extra top to their gym uniform. Her quirk allowed her to Speed Up someone’s natural healing, at the cost of a drain of energy equivalent to the injury, also if the person is too injured, or too tired, then her trying to heal them will just cause them to die of exhaustion, she practiced extreme caution because of this.

He made it back into the stadium in time for Uraraka’s match versus Tetsutetsu. Tetsutetsu charged Uraraka, only to end up being flung out of the arena as his gravity abandoned him.

“What a gravitating performance from Uraraka! Taking out her opponent so easily”

“Either Tetsutetsu didn’t pay enough attention to realize her quirk beforehand, or he just charged in with no plan, either one of these can get you killed against a real villain, Hopefully Khan can instill some discipline into his students”

Izuku was ready for the Next match. It was Shinsou versus a boy named Ojiro. It seemed he had a mutation quirk, giving him a tail that had amazing strength. They both charged forward, Izuku saw Shinsou ask a question, which Ojirou answered, however much to Izuku’s joy, instead of immediately taking control, Shinsou first got a hit in, and before the boy could respond, he froze, before robotically turning around and exiting the arena, “And Ojirou just walked out of the arena after one hit, unheard of!”

“Shinsou was another case of our entrance exam failing a student, he has a brainwashing quirk, effective against other people, but useless against robots, it seems we got two student trying to get into the hero course this year”

The host said, with a grin that could be heard. For some reason several of the 1A students shivered.

The crowd had dissolved into murmurs at the mention of Shinsou’s quirk, one hero even being brave enough to yell “What is UA doing, accepting villains, especially now!” he saw his friend quickly leave the arena as murmurs of agreement and disagreement filled the hero’s section of the arena, only for the stadium mic to suddenly turn back on

“Any heroes that have a problem with Shinsou’s enrollment into UA, can either shut up or leave this tournament. The kid has done nothing but be sportsmanlike this entire tournament, and you al calling him a villain just because of his quirk is exactly why we have seen an uptake in Villains over the last few decades”

More murmurs broke out before the entire hero section froze, shuddering as Red eyes bored through the Announcers booth.

The final match was rather uneventful, although extremely funny. The two students shook hands at the start as Hatsume used Aoyama, the boy from the entrance exam as a showcase for all of her inventions, even taking over the PA system so everyone could hear her, several people in the Corporate section murmured excitedly as the 40 minute presentation went on, unimpeded. before Hatsume happily walked out of the arena

“ Is it working again.. And after that, performance, Aoyama moves on”

“.......zz Uh what, oh is it over, shame. I was hoping for a longer nap”

Izuku was happy for his friend. She got everything she could’ve wanted, the world as a captive audience.

“And our next exciting match is Shiozaki from 1B and Bakugou from 1A!”

Bakugou predictably charged forward, blowing his way through Shoizaki’s vines, he unleashed a blast from his right hand. Nearly sending her out of the arena, but vines shot out of the ground around the arena, catching Shiozaki, who then launched an attack at Bakugou from every side. Who blew every vine away, Shooting himself into the sky, before rocketing towards Shiozaki, Blasting her directly towards the ground, pressing on, shooting her through more and more vines until she hit the ground. Landing on the edge of the arena.

“And just like that, Bakugou rocketed his way into the Semi Finals!”

“Anyone not prepared for Bakugou's speed and ferocity in combat will find themselves quickly on the back foot. He is one of the best fighters in my class after all. And it’s mainly due to his agility and power.”

“What stunning praise from the man who expelled his entire last year of students, they really grew on you huh?”

Izuku was already on his way to the arena, Thinking of any last minute strategies to beat the ice teen, he had a few ideas, however as he was walking, he bumped into someone, looking up to see a face lit with flames.. Endeavor “I- really need to go sir”

“You’re about to fight my son”

I really don’t have time for this

“Yes..”

“You haven’t used your quirk yet, I’d recommend you do, I want him to face an actual challenge. And no one fighting like a null can manage that.”

Izuku felt rage building up in him Great.. What is it with number one heroes and being quirkist.

“With all do respect sir, I think us quirkless can surprise you” he said as he shoved his way past the Number one hero

“You dare disrespect me null, You should count yourself lucky to still be alive!”

Izuku pulled out his phone as he felt the heat in the hallway skyrocket. “Careful now number one, don’t want a scandal this early into your tenure as number one, I mean.. What if someone was recording, or even streaming right now?”

Endeavor looked around, spotting the camera’s

“Oh and, I'm pretty sure only staff and students should be back here.. Just a friendly reminder”

He quickly ran away, before the Flame hero could catch his wits. Did I just threaten the number one hero! He looked about ready to kill me… Stupid Stupid, You need to think before you talk Izuku. Although he felt a slight Joy from being able to scare the hero, even if he couldn’t admit it.

After escaping the number one hero He walked out into the field.. Staring down Todoroki..

Midnight “And begin!”

Izuku jumped, activating his jet boots as he felt the cool ice push him upward, as he stood on top of a glacier.

“Gonna have to try harder than that” he said as he slid down, shooting a smoke pellet at Todoroki’s feet, activating the last feature of his helmet, an infrared feature. Todoroki appeared, A cool red, he snuck up on the boy, who encased them both in a dome of ice.

“WOAH TODOROKI ENCASED THE ARENA IN ICE, do we, do we have a camera in there? ……”

“It was a smart move by Todoroki, He is ensuring his enemy will have to fight him, and not just shove him out of the arena whilst he is blind”

“That’s all well and good Shouta, but how am I supposed to commentate this?”

“You’re the dj host, figure it out”

Well there goes my easy win he charged forwards, wacking the boy in his left side before shifting around the boy, dodging a blindly thrown ice attack. He could feel the air cooling around him, cold air emanating off the boy. “You’re crafty I’ll give you that, and you pissed off my father, which almost makes me want to let you win. But I need to prove him wrong” As they danced back and forth, Izuku hitting the boy's left side again and again. Causing the boy to wheeze in pain. “And you’re impressive too, but I can’t afford to lose” He’s slowing down, probably a side effect of only using half his quirk, Probably starting to get frostbite

Izuku continued to dance around the boy, as his temperature got lower and lower, hit attacks slower and slower. I want to help him.. But I need to win this. Izuku started breaking the ice around them, chucking them at the boy, who could barely stand at this point, ice creeping up his right side, nearly encompassing it completely. He blocked a spike of ice as it aimed for his arm. He’s getting careless, I’ve got to end this now.

Izuku swept the legs out from under the teen. Before finally beating a hole out of their icy tomb. He picked up the teen. Carrying him towards the edge as he murmured, hypothermia setting in. before throwing the teen out of the arena as he weakly tried to form a barrier to stop him, only making bits of frost.

“It appears the ever mysterious Gen Ed student managed to beat Todoroki in the ice!”

“While Todoroki has the best quirk control out of all my students, his refusal to use his fire side causes him to catch hypothermia if he overuses it, which is exactly what happened today, Midoriya just outlasted him”

“SHOTO GET BACK UP, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE YOU LOST TO SOME NULL, NO YOU MUST FULFILL THE REASON I MADE YOU BOY!!” the crowd erupted in conversation, everyone talking at once

“Made?”

“Yea That seems a little fucked up”

“What has Endeavor done to his son?”

“So not cool”

“What is a null?”

“That means quirkless”

“Oh they’re still alive”

“I know right, Can’t believe it”

“Null sounds so mean..”

“It’s because they weren’t blessed with a quirk, they are less evolved, hence null”

“Hey now, my aunt is quirkless. I wouldn’t call her less evolved”

“It’s the truth”

“You’re more crazy then those meta liberation nut jobs”

“You only say that because you probably got a weak quirk”

“Wait what?”

It all sounded overwhelming

“EVERYONE QUIET DOWN! WILL ENDEAVOR PLEASE HEAD TO THE ENTRANCE, NEZU WILL MEET YOU THERE, EVERYONE ELSE SETTLE DOWN… the students are here to compete, so please do not interrupt.”

Everyone quieted down, except a very angry number one hero “LISTEN TO ME SHOTO!” he yelled as Shoto was carried off to the infirmary on a stretcher. Endeavor tried to jump down into the arena, only for the flames surrounding his head to extinguish in an instant as he was wrapped in a cloth, Red eyes bored into the man, as Eraserhead held tight with his one good arm.

“And you call yourself the number one hero, All Might would’ve never acted this way.”

He said whilst carrying the Number One out of the stadium. Cementoss right behind him.

Endeavor “Don’t You Dare compare me to that man! I refuse to live in his shadow, even after his damn death!!”

The crowd was dead silent, watching the Number one hero Be carried off, Screaming.like an unruly child.

“... Will the next competitors please wait in their locker rooms until Cementoss is back, the next fight will begin as soon as the arena is fixed.”

Outside the stadium..

Shota was doing his best to not kill the number one hero right now, staring daggers into the man. What kind of parent talks to their kid like that, not to mention him calling Hizashi’s student a null. Shota smiled The rat is definitely gonna kill him

Endeavor had grown silent on their walk. He is very lucky that I only have one good arm

They exited into the parking lot, a crowd forming around, cameras pointed at the number one hero.

Nezu “Enji, I heard you called one of my students a hateful slur, not to mention your outburst when your son lost.” Nezu held a paw up as the flame hero was about to talk “Oh we can not forget you threatening the same student on camera in a restricted area, You have to follow the rules like anyone else Enji, So with all this information in hand, I’m afraid you’ll be banned from UA premises, this stadium included.” Nezu bared his teeth at the hero, imitating a smile

Endeavor dusted himself off ‘You’ve made a mistake rodent, that boy isn’t fit for heroics.”

Nezu’s tail wagged “Weird because You couldn’t be talking about the student that just beat your son in a fair match, could you?”

Endeavor grumbled something under his breath before storming off, being crowded by camera’s all pointing at the hero, asking him questions. He ignored them as he entered his car, driving out of

the premises.

Back at the stadium….

Everyone whispered amongst themselves as they waited for the next match, the previous match all but forgotten compared to the spectacle afterwards.

The next fight began after about 10 minutes. Everyone had settled down by then.

“And now for our next fight, it’s Uraraka And Iida, both students have proven themselves capable fighters throughout the festival.”

Uraraka and Iida lined up, Uraraka in a defensive posture, whilst IIda stood, ready to run.

Iida blazed forward, aiming for Uraraka’s legs, who barely managed to react in time, Aiming her hands downward. But IIda changed course last second, spinning around Uraraka as she slowly edged towards the center of the arena.” Iida continued to speed up, making passes at Uraraka who continued to try and hit him, all she needed was one hit and it’s over. Iida managed to push her from behind, but Uraraka managed to grab him with all five fingers but it didn't cancel their current momentum, so they both began to fly towards the edge of the arena, Uraraka managed to float herself as well, both hanging outside of the arena. Iida kicks his engines into overdrive flying towards Uraraka,. Who had begun to slowly float towards the arena, he attempts to push her out of bounds, but they both tumble into the arena as she releases her quirk.” Uraraka is the first to get up. She begins to touch the rubble, letting it float slightly above the ground.

Iida makes another pass at her, charging forwards, being careful to charge perpendicular to the border of the arena. Uraraka jumped out of the way, releasing the gravity on the bits of rubble, tripping up Iida as he trips, rocketing directly into the floor. Before Uraraka quickly lurches forwards, grabbing his leg with all 5 fingers, and gently tossing him out of the arena

"What a match, I wasn’t sure who was gonna come out on top! But Uraraka moves on to the semi finals!"

Uraraka helps Iida up, shaking his hand before Iida suddenly turns around, being motioned to the side by Snipe

"Look partner, I have to talk to ye about your brother. He had Been attacked by Stain."

Silence followed, all the excitement from the fight now lost from Iida's body, replaced with a cold certainty.

"Is.. is he alright?"

"He's above snakes, and as far as we can tell he should recover, but he is unconscious. We got a ride for ye in the lot, if you want to see him now, he's down in Hosu though, so you'll miss the rest of yer party."

Iida cared for nothing else right now, he needed his brother to be safe, if something went wrong, Iida doesn't know what'd he'd do. He felt a cold conviction in his heart at the thought.

"Please, take me there, I want to see him"

"Right this way."

The next match was about to start as Uraraka sat down next to him

"Where is Iida?"

"He said he had to leave due to a family emergency, something with his brother"

"Ah, hope they're alright, his brother is Ingenium right?" He internally decided to look into it later, if it was serious enough, he'd hear about it.

Hitoshi prepared for his next fight, getting his last stretches in at the arena "alright, begin!" Yelled Midnight.

" Hey twinkletoes, you put glitter into your hair or is that All natural?"

"I am just naturally this fabulous"

He felt the familiar feeling of string connect between them, itching to be pulled, he charged forwards, dodging a way too obvious laser attack, before getting a punch into the Sparkling boy boy, waiting for him to recover before taking control of him.

"Exit the arena" he commanded, feeling the strings begin to stir.

he watched as the boy turned around and calmly walked off the stage, guaranteeing his place in the semi finals. Ha take that! I'll show you all just how good my quirk can be for heroics he thought back, to everyone who didn't believe I'm him, and the few that did now, he smiled to himself, as they announced him as the winner. The crowd started to get sour, demanding a spectacle, but he didn't care, this was for him, not them.