Walking toward the canteen, Hayato had the line of thought to stock up on as much energy (food) as he possibly could.
It didn't take long for him to get to his favorite place in the school and he soon had 3 plates packed with 3 mountains of food. One plate dedicated to meat, another to carbs and the last one to desserts.
Along with the plates were 3 big glass bottles of milk, somehow balanced on his arms. Hayato's control over his body was truly being tested with this 'daunting' task.
Most people looked at Hayato with weird looks. Sure he was a big guy but no one needed that much food, right?
Well, regardless, Hayato was about to prove them wrong. Before people could even blink, as soon as he'd sat down Hayato had demolished half of the meat plate before ravenously devouring the plate stocked with bread and pasta.
When that plate had been practically licked clean, he finished the meat plate soon after and proceeded to dump the desserts down his gullet.
And to wash it all down, Hayato chugged the 3 bottles of milk, giving out a satisfied "Ahh~" after he'd finished. Everyone surrounding him felt dizzy at the rate he'd eaten such a mountain of food. They felt even dizzier when they heard his stomach, which hadn't bulged in the slightest even from the amount of food he ate, rumble a little more.
Now, Hayato didn't just have three plates for variety, he could eat the same thing constantly as long as it were food. No, he did this because each plate seemed to promote more production in a certain hormone being produced by his horns or the Orb organ in his chest.
The meat was for his O Hormone, the one which helped his muscles and tendons, along with some of the meat being fatty fish which helped the, as Hayato was starting to call it, N Hormone which helped his Nerves, Senses and Reaction Time, sharpen and grow.
The Carbs were for his overall Energy Reserves and the Sugary Desserts were for his R Hormone which nourished his blood, overall vitality and also his internal organs. Obviously, the milk was for the B Hormone which strengthened both his bones and skin.
The reason for his hibernation-like preparation was because he knew the next few fights were going to be challenging. Todoroki, Katsuki, Iida, hell, even Izuku, would all be hard fights, so he needed to be prepared.
Hence his mini-buffet at the minute.
Feeling his body rapidly digest the food, Hayato felt both strength and vitality fill each and every fiber of his body. Clenching his fist, which gave out several satisfying cracks and pops, Hayato felt happy with his decision to eat before the fights.
Getting up, Hayato took the plates and empty milk bottles over to the washers, who he was quite friendly with because of his constant visits, and gave them his plates.
Walking toward the Arena with a spring in his step, Hayato exuded confidence. Everyone near him felt it and made sure to stay clear of him, whether they knew how powerful he was or not.
It didn't take long for Hayato to get to the arena where the fights were going to be held as he sped up into a jog half-way there.
Entering the waiting area for the students, Hayato saw multiple of his classmates sitting around talking to each other.
Some looked up and over at him before nodding as a greeting and he nodded back. Some of the more friendly people like Kirishima and Ashido came over and started talking to him. Seeing that neither Himiko, Itsuka or Izuku were here, he decided to tag along with Ashido and Kirishima for now.
"Ashido-san, no hard feelings on the Arena, all right? Let's both try our hardest to win!" Hayato clasped his hand on Ashido's shoulder in a friendly manner, a bright smile spread across his face.
Ashido had her own smile on her face when she heard what Hayato said. She reached up on her tip-toes as she clasped Hayato's own shoulder and nodded her head with her usual enthusiasm and optimistic look on her face.
"Hm! Sure, I won't let you down, Tagami-kun!"
Ashido and Hayato's eyes lit up, both of them looking like mirrored versions of each other in terms of positive vibes and how they both had cheerful smiles on their faces'.
Kirishima started laughing as he watched the two of them, he continued laughing as he remembered something. Clasping his hands on both of them, on their free shoulders, Kirishima also joined in.
"Well, I'm also on your side of the tournament so I'll be sure to fight either one of you with everything I've got!" Kirishima flashed a big smile, rivaling their own smiles, showing off his cheeriness and his unusually sharp teeth.
The trio of teenagers nodded at each other, sealing in their promise to not hold back and go at each other with everything they had.
After this, Mina walked off over to Asui who came into the room with Uraraka and Izuku. Kirishima walked off trying to find Katsuki and Denki, while Izuku came over to Hayato and both of them discussed the opponents they'd be facing.
Just like in the anime, Izuku was up against Shinso as the first match of the tournament.
And also just like in the anime/manga, the tournament's rules were the same. You could either win by knocking your opponent unconscious, knocking them out of the arena or by getting them to admit defeat.
Everyone currently in the room headed out to the Arena with most of them heading off to the stands and sitting down in the seats assigned to class 1-A. Izuku stood around by the Arena waiting for his turn on the stage and with one last supportive slap on the back, Hayato left him and walked over to the stands with the others.
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He knew he could help Izuku a lot because he knew Shinso's powers of Mind Control and he knew how Shinso activated it as well; Anyone who answered a question of his could be instantly controlled.
But Hayato knew this was a point where Izuku could grow and Hayato didn't want to risk affecting Izuku's path to becoming a Hero in a bad way. Plus someone else who'd experienced Shinso's brainwashing had given Izuku a quick rundown on the Quirk.
Izuku was directed to a tunnel he'd have to walk out of at the beginning of the match, the tunnel where All Might would give Izuku a much-needed prep speech. This, plus Hayato's earlier support, should help Izuku drop most of his nerves.
Present Mic was rambling/shouting about a bunch of random stuff, while most of the people who were in the mini-games during the break were leaving the arena floor and heading to this assigned seats as Cementoss used his power to make an Arena.
The Cement flowed out of a big tube and like it had a mind of its own, flowed into the form of a perfect rectangle in the middle of the stadium, with a smooth looking platform on top of it, this was where the fighting would take place. Along with this were the finishing touches in the form of two sets of stairs on either side to allow for access of the platform for the students.
Hayato sat down on his seat, between Himiko and Itsuka, with Kirishima and Mina in front of him who occasionally turned around and spoke to him.
Hayato noticed that everyone around him seemed quite nervous despite their hardest efforts to conceal it. Himiko kept fidgeting and her eyes kept darting around and Itsuka kept tapping his legs up and down, a common thing that happened when you were either nervous or anxious.
Both these things were toned down a bit when Hayato addressed them and told them neither of them had anything to worry about, they both had great quirks and were good fighters, so they had next to nothing to worry about.
While he was consoling and reassuring his two friends, Present Mic introduced both of the 1st match Students.
These students being Shinso and Izuku.
They both looked like opposites with Izuku smiling with a nervous look on his face and hope in his eyes, and Shinso just looking at Izuku with a deadpan expression.
The crowd was going wild as the excitement in the stadium rose to a new level as everyone realized the Tournament was fully getting into top gear. Both Shinso and Izuku bowed to each other and Shinso seemed to be speaking to Izuku.
Izuku didn't seem particularly happy with whatever Shinso was saying and as soon as Present Mic shouted out "START!" Izuku charged at Shinso while yelling something.
'Here we go...'
Was all Hayato could think as he saw Izuku stop charging at Shinso and instead just stood there, like a brainless puppet.
Everyone around Hayato seemed shocked, just like the rest of the crowd and Present Mic. Uraraka and Iida both stood up from their seats and leaned forward over the handrails to see what was stopping Izuku.
Himiko and Itsuka both looked confusedly between Shinso and Izuku before looking at Hayato.
"Hayato, shouldn't you be more worried? Midoriya-kun might lose because of this!" Itsuka spoke with a slight urgency which surprised Hayato.
'Turns out they're really becoming friends with the rest of the group and not just me~'
Smirking, Hayato just leaned back with his hands on the back of his head. "He'll be fine." was all he said, his calm voice full of confidence.
Everyone around Hayato was looking at Izuku with worry in their eyes, the only exceptions being Katsuki and Todoroki who didn't seem to care if Izuku lost. Everyone looked at these three people wondering why they weren't worried either.
Well, most people understood why Todoroki and Katsuki didn't worry; they didn't particularly like Izuku. But Hayato was Izuku's best friend, why wasn't he worried as well?
Suddenly, at Shinso's request, Izuku turned around and started walking toward the stairs so he could get off the stage. Everyone started making a ruckus over this and Hayato opened one of his eyes and looked toward the tunnel Izuku had come out of.
All Might in his skinny form was worriedly looking at Izuku, tightly gripping the concrete frame of the hallway he was in. He was muttering something Hayato couldn't quite hear but he guessed it was something about Izuku having to snap out of whatever was happening.
Even though he knew what was going to happen, Hayato couldn't help but get nervous as he saw Izuku getting closer and closer to the edge.
"Come on, Izuku, snap out of it already...!" Hayato saw Izuku getting dangerously close to the edge. He knew what happened in the Anime; Izuku snapped out of it by using One For All to break his fingers. But he didn't know if that had changed with him being in the world, like some other things.
Izuku was right on the edge at the minute and Hayato could stay still, he shot up from his seat and rushed over to the handrails of 1-A's little section of seats.
"IZUKU, SNAP OUT OF IT! DON'T FORGET YOUR GOAL AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING YOU, YOU IDIOT!" Hayato's shout overpowered the murmuring of the crowd and even gave Present Mic's voice a run for its money.
Everyone surrounding Hayato was shocked by his sudden switch in character. From his calm confidence to anxious worry.
The crowd all zoned in on Hayato as they felt their ears slightly ache from his yell of encouragement.
But their attention was soon grabbed by a massive boom of air as Izuku flicked one of his fingers. The air spread across the platform and even pushed Shinso backward a little bit despite him being so far away.
Hayato smiled as he saw what happened. Either his shout had actually helped or Izuku had been helped out by the previous users of One For All who activated the Quirk for him. Regardless, Hayato felt a weight had left his chest and he could breathe freely now, falling back onto an empty chair.
Izuku looked over at Hayato and beamed a smile of immense gratitude his way, Hayato replied with a smile of his own and a thumbs up.
Izuku then went on to slam Shinso off of the platform because of the gap between their physical strength, Izuku having been trained by All Might was much stronger than Shinso who relied on his brains rather than brawn.
Winning, Izuku walked to the center of the stage where he and Shinso bowed toward each other before leaving the stage and letting the next match go ahead without them being in the way.
"Now it's the second match and the students are, Endeavor's Daughter Todoroki Shoka, both hot and cold she can use either one!" Present Mic's enthusiastic voice made up for Todoroki's grimace as she heard what he said.
Hayato wryly smiled as he guessed that introduction would annoy her.
Speaking of things that annoy Todoroki, Hayato saw her Dad not too far from him smiling like some kind of mad scientist looking at his greatest creation.
'He never does cease being such an annoying prick, does he?'
Hayato scowled as he looked at the fiery 'hero' not too far from him. While he did this, Present Mic introduced Todoroki's opponent, Sero Hanta, while also making some kind of pun centered around tape because of Sero's Quirk.
After introducing both of them and both of them bowing at each other, well, Todoroki didn't really bow, more of a nod of the head if anything, after this Present Mic took in a big breath of air before shouting.
"START!"