Chapter 16.
Battle of 10 million.
- * Here we go. Let the countdown begin. *-
THREE.
- "Our objective…"- Said Bakugo.
TWO.
- "… is only one."- Said Todoroki.
ONE.
- "As long as we follow the plan, everything will be fine."- Said Yamikumo.
START.
Suddenly every team started charging against Izumi's team.
- "This is the price we pay for being first place. Your choice Midoriya."-
- "Easy. We run! Hatsume-san, Uraraka-san, watch out your heads."- Izumi said while she activated a jetpack, courtesy of Mei, and then start flying.
- "I don't think so."- Said Jiro while using her jacks to try and grab the 10m points. But they were blocked by Tokoyami's Dark Shadow.
- "Good work Dark Shadow. Cover our blind spots."- Said Izumi to the Shadow.
- "Yes"- Answered the Quirk.
- "DEKU!"- Suddenly Bakugo appeared above them and was about to steal the 10M points.
Luckily Izumi managed to grab Bakugo's arms. – "Sorry Kachan, but I can't let you take these points."- She said before kicking Bakugo away.
Luckily for Bakugo, he was saved by Sero's tape.
- "We are about to land." – Said Uraraka.
The team landed safely thanks to Mei's inventions.
- "Yes! Thanks to Hatsume's inventions and Uraraka's Zero-Gravity we can land safely"- Said Izumi while putting a headband in her neck.
- "Wait. Deku-chan. Since when you have another headband?" -Asked Uraraka.
- "It's Kachan's headband. I grabbed it when he tried to steal ours. I think he didn't notice it. It's like an insurance if someone takes the 10 million." -
- "Wow. You are so smart."- Said Uraraka.
- "Damn it. Come on."- Said Jiro to her team.
- "Wait. Where is your headband?"- Asked Sato.
- "What?!"- She said while at the distance Kinoko was adding another Headband to her collection.
- "Do not get overconfident, Midoriya."- Said Shoji while rushing at them.
- "What?! Shoji are you alone?! Come on let's move!"-
- "I can't!"- Said Uraraka. Her foot was trapped by one of Mineta's balls.
- "That's from Mineta!" – She than saw Mineta inside Shoji's arms. And suddenly a tongue tried to grab her Headband. It was Tsuyu, who was with Mineta and Shoji. She managed to avoid her tongue. – "We need to go!"- She activated the Jetpack and managed to escape, sadly one of Hatsume inventions broke.
- "My Baby!"- Screamed Hatsume.
- "Sorry, but al least we escape."- Said Izumi while her team landed.
- *It was an interesting first half. Let's see the scores of the teams! *- Said Present Mic when the screen showed the scores. – *Wait a minute…Besides the Midoriya team, the only teams with points are the Komori team, the Monoma team and the Todoroki team!"- The screen showed the scores.
1. Team Midoriya: 10000990 Points.
2. Team Komori: 1935 Points.
3. Team Monoma: 1190 Points.
4. Team Todoroki: 615 Points.
The rest of the teams had 0 points.
Everyone was speechless how they lost their ponts.
- "You all got so focused on the 10 million, neglecting your own bands. Giving others free rein to steal them without you noticing."- Said Yamikumo.
- "I must say that I am impressed Atanagi. Your plan worked very well."- Said Shinso.
- "My plans always work."- Said Yamikumo.
Flashback.
Yamikumo slapped the back of Tetsutetsu's head to snap him out the brainwashing.
- "Wha…? What's going on?"- He said.
- "Welcome to our team. What is your name?"-
- "I am Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu. And who said I will join your team?"- Tetsutetsu said.
- "Look around. All the teams are already formed, I think you have no other option."-
- "Damn it. Fine! But we better get those 10 million."- Tetsutetsu said.
- "On the contrary. We don't want the 10 million."- Replied Yamikumo.
- "Why?! Everyone is going for the 10 million."-
- "Exactly. While everyone is distracted by the 10 million. We will steal as many headbands as we can to secure second place."-
- "I see. But, why second?"-
- "You see. In a marathon, you don't give your best from the start. You wait for the others to get tired in order to win."- Yamikumo said. – "Okay now the plan… as I said we will steal all the Headbands we can. Possibly, when half the time passes, they will show the points, that's when we change into a defensive tactic. Tetsutetsu, you will be the frontal horse. You will be our shield."- Testutetsu nodded. – "Shinso. You will go at the left. Use your brainwashing and make other teams defend us."- Shinso nodded. – "I'll go at the right and I will use my fire to keep other teams away. Kinoko you'll be the rider, you are the lightest of us all, protect the headbands." – Kinoko nodded.
- "Okay. Let's go."-
Flashback end.
Bakugo was pissed. Someone stole his points, and he didn't know who. Suddenly some claps where heard, it was Monoma.
- "It seems that you are all words."- Said while Bakugo was getting angrier. – "You bark but you don't bite. And so, you want to be number one. Poor you." –
- "That's it" – Bakugo thought. He made an explosion with his hands. – "Kirishima! Before Deku, we will destroy these extras!"- He said in a furious tone.
Meanwhile Izumi was facing a special team.
- "I knew you were coming for us. It was a matter of time. Todoroki-kun!"-
- "Soon. Your headband will be mine"- Todoroki simply said.
Suddenly a lot of teams surrounded both of Todoroki and Izumi's teams.
- "Kaminari" - Said Todoroki.
- "Finally! Indiscriminated discharge. 1.3 million volts!" – He said while unleashing an enormous quantity of electricity. Todoroki used a blanket to cover the rest of his team. Dark Shadow protected Izumi's team. Sadly, the rest of the teams were paralyzed by the attack, Todoroki used this and froze everyone, except Izumi's team.
- "No! The jetpack!"- Izumi said when the jetpack busted in smoke. – "I guess we don't have other choice rather than fight."-
- "Yes, but Kaminari is dangerous. His electricity can destroy Dark Shadow, but I think they don't know that."- Said Tokoyami.
- "So, let's use that to our advantage."- Said Izumi while staying at Todoroki's left.
- "Todoroki-kun. Prepare yourself"- Said Iida.
- "Iida?"-
- "After this I will stop being useful. So, make sure you grab them."- Iida said while preparing his technique. – "Torque Over: Recipro Burst!"- From one second to the next, Izumi's headband disappears. Todoroki's team, now behind her back, had the headband. – "I've been saving this move for the time to face you Midoriya!"-
- "No! The headband."- Screamed Uraraka.
- *WOW! In a twist of events, Todoroki's team took the 10 million. *- Said Present Mic. But then…
- "That was an impressive move Iida-kun. I never expected it. But I'm sorry to tell you it didn't work out."- Izumi said as she turned the headband around her neck, showing the 10 million points.
- "What?!"- Todoroki was shocked. He then saw the headband in his hand, and it was one with 665 points. It was Bakugo's headband. – "How?"-
- "Since I thought that all teams would go for the band of my head, I swapped it with the one that I took from Bakugo and hide the points by turning both. So, everyone would go for the wrong headband while keeping the 10 million safe. It occurred to me in the middle of the competition but apparently it worked."- Explained Izumi.
- *Incredible! Midoriya tricked everyone into chasing the wrong headband. * -Said Present Mic.
- "She created a secondary strategy in case her original strategy failed. Very smart."- Added Aizawa. While at the distance Yamikumo was smiling proudly.
- "Come on. We need that Headband."- Ordered Todoroki and his team charged at Midoriya's. Without thinking it he activated his left side but then…
- *TIME'S OUT *- Screamed Present Mic. At the same time Bakugo managed to take all of Monoma's Headbands.
Todoroki was shocked. Not because of what Izumi did. Because he realized he used his left.
- *Very well! Let's check the final Scores. *- Said Present Mic. - *First we have Midoriya's team. Who managed to keep the 10 million points from the beginning! Achieving a total of 10000325 points. *-
Izumi's entire team was happy to keep 10 million points and come in first place.
- * In second place we have Komori's team. Those with an incredible strategy managed to obtain 1935 points. *-
All the team was smiling proudly.
- * In third place we have Todoroki's team with a total of 1280 points. *-
All the team sighed while Todoroki was still shocked.
- * Finally. In fourth place we have Bakugo's team. With a total of 1190 points."-
The entire team was relieved to at least get through ... except Bakugo who was cursing at the top of his lungs.
- "Congratulations Mina-chan"- Tsuyu congratulated her classmate.
- "The truth is that Bakugo only wanted me because my quirk was useful against Todoroki. In the end we didn't even face Todoroki! I'd better have joined Midori's team."- Said the Pink girl.
- "Iida-kun. Why didn't you tell us about that technique?" – Asked Uraraka.
- "I said I would challenge Midoriya-san. In the end, it didn't work out since she had everything under control from the beginning."- Iida Said.
- "Speaking of Deku-chan. Where is she?!"-
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- "What do you want to talk about ... Todoroki-kun?"- Asked Izumi. Todoroki pulled her away from the rest because he wanted to talk with her. – "Look. If we don't hurry, we will miss the food. And I want my Katsudon."-
- "You put me in trouble. And I almost broke my promise because of you." – Said Todoroki while looking at his left arm. – "Let me ask you something. Are you All Might's secret love daughter?"-
- "… Huh? N-No. I'm not." –
- "Still, there is definitely a connection between the two of you. Something that you cannot reveal. I suppose you know that Endeavor is my father. He never managed to surpass All Might. So instead, he came up with another idea."-
- "What are you talking about?"- Asked Izumi.
- "Have you ever heard about Quirk Marriage? My father is someone with money and power. Thanks to that he managed to marry my mother. So, my father procreated me with the simple motive of achieving what he could not. It's disgusting! I will never be his tool!"- After this he touched his scar. – "All I remember is my mother crying. He used to tell me: "Your left side is horrible" ... while throwing boiling water in my face. That is why I swore never to use my father's quirk. I'm going to get to first place without using my left side."-
- "I have always received help to progress. I am here thanks to all the help I have gotten. That is why I cannot fail. So, I accept your declaration of war!"- Said Izumi with a confident face. – "You too get ready, because I assure you that I am going to beat you!"-
After this conversation the duo went back to the arena.
- *Okay people! The third round is about to begin! Wait a minute… *- Present Mic started. - *It looks like the girls from class 1-a are up to some fanservice! *- He said while the girls from the class 1-a, except Izumi, where dressed in cheerleader outfits.
- "Mineta! You lied to us!"- Yelled Momo. – "I thought Aizawa-sensei asked for this…"-
- "Explain to me how do you managed to avoid this Midoriya."- Asked Kaminari. – "I'm glad I rejected Mineta's plan, at least I won't be killed by the girls."
- "Todoroki-kun wanted to talk with me so I guess I wasn't here by the time this happened." –
- "He is a damn pervert."- Yamikumo said. – "Then again… I can't be completely mad at him."- He thought while looking at Kinoko in the cheerleader outfit.
- *Okay! Let's begin with the third event. It would be a tournament of fighting one against one! *-
- "The matches will be decided at Random. Pay attention to the screen."- Said Midnight then the names appeared in the screen.
1. Izumi Midoriya VS Shoto Todoroki
2. Hitoshi Shinso. VS Hanta Sero.
3. Yamikumo Atanagi VS Mina Ashido.
4. Fumikage Tokoyami VS Momo Yaoyorozu.
5. Kinoko Komori VS Denki Kaminari.
6. Tenya Iida VS Mei Hatsume.
7. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu VS Eijiro Kirishima.
8. Katsuki Bakugo VS Ochako Uraraka.
- "W-What?! My first fight is against Todoroki-kun!"- Izumi thought.
- "It seems our fight will be earlier than I expected. Still, it doesn't matter."- Thought Todoroki.
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-* Very well! The moment that everyone has been waiting for has arrived! *- Said Present Mic. - * Let's start with the first match. For one side, she got first place in the obstacle course. She managed to keep the first place in the cavalry battle. Let's see how far this talented girl can go. From the hero department ... Izumi Midoriya! *- Present Mic said while Izumi was stepping inside the arena.
- *From the other side. He is so cold that he gives a new meaning to cold shoulder. From the hero department… Shoto Todoroki! *- Present Mic said while Todoroki was stepping inside the arena.
- "The rules are simple. If the opponent leaves the ring, he becomes unconscious or surrenders. Victory will be for the one who remains standing. In case of severe injuries Recovery Girl will take care of healing you. So, go with everything!"- Said Midnight. – "Both competitors are ready?"- Todoroki and Izumi nodded. – "In that case… BEGIN!"-
- "Here I go!" - Todoroki threw a large pillar of ice towards Izumi.
- "15% Detroit Smash." - Izumi said as her released her fist causing a small shock wave that managed to break the ice.
People cheered.
- "What was that? She used less power, but she didn't injure herself."- Though Todoroki. Again, Todoroki threw another column of ice at Izumi.
The situation repeated itself and Izumi managed to break the ice with a punch. – "From what I know about Todoroki-kun's fights, he always attacks in an instant, so I don't have much data on him."- She then saw Todoroki's ice. – "Not even a 100% Smash could send him flying out of the ring."-
- "So, she wants an endurance match. I won't let her."- He thought as he launched another pillar of ice.
- "Delaware Smash"- Once again, Izumi destroys the ice pillar with her power, but in that, she noticed that Todoroki started running towards her, running on an ice pillar that was created as he advanced. – "I don't think so!"- Izumi said as he did another Detroit Smash, but Todoroki jumped before the pillar was destroyed.
Izumi jumped to get away from the blow from Todoroki, which when he made contact with the ground, it froze a part of it. But the ice began to make its way towards her, managing to catch her left foot and begin to make its way towards her full body.
- "No!"- She thought closing her left fist preparing a strong blow. – "25% Detroit Smash!"- When Izumi struck, she managed to destroy the ice, but this time she also managed to push Todoroki back.
- "That was stronger than before"- Said Todoroki while looking at Izumi who was holding her left arm. – "Are you trying to stay away from me."-
- "He is very strong" - Izumi thought and then looked at her left arm. - "My arm is numb; it hurts but at least it is not injured. I will try to use only my right arm and hand until my left arm relaxes." – At that Izumi looked at Todoroki and noticed something. – "He is shaking"-
- "I will defeat you!"- Todoroki said to later throw another pillar of ice. The ice pillar was getting closer and closer to Izumi, who was looking down, it seemed that it was going to receive the attack but ...
- "I don't think so"- She said to destroy the ice pillar. – "You are shaking Todoroki-kun. There is a limit of cold which your body can withstand. Wouldn't it be easier to use your fire to provide heat to your body?"- She closed her fist. – "Everyone is fighting using their maximum power. To win and achieve their dreams. So ... COME TO ME, GIVING ALL YOU HAVE!" –
- "All I have?" Did my old man buy you! I am pissed!"- Todoroki said and then ran towards Izumi but his movements were slower, something that Izumi noticed.
- "You will not be able to do anything from very close."- Todoroki thought at the moment of taking a slight leap towards Izumi, however Izumi moved at that moment, crouching down and clenching her right fist.
- "Use all your power!"- Izumi yelled at the moment of giving a strong blow to Todoroki's stomach sending him to fly. However, Todoroki managed to freeze Izumi's left arm.
Todoroki got up. - "Why are you going so far?" - He asked.
- "Because I want to live up to everyone's expectations" - Izumi said. - "I want to be a great hero." –
- "Shoto"- A voice spoke in Todoroki's mind.
- "That's why!"- A loud blow snapped Todoroki out of his thoughts. – "I will defeat you!"-
- "Shut Up! I will never use his power!"-
- "It's yours, isn't it?!"- Screamed Izumi.
- "It's okay for you to become what you want to be."- Shoto remembered his mother words. At that moment a large amount of fire came out from Todoroki's left side.
Izumi smiled at this.
- "Why are you smiling?"- Asked Todoroki. Izumi put a serious face. – "Don't blame me for what happens next."- At that, Todoroki began to create a large amount of ice while on his left the fire burned strongly.
- "I should say that!"- Izumi said as she prepared for a powerful attack.
- "Midnight! If they continue like this, this will end very badly!" – Said Cementos.
- "Their bodies won't handle this."- She said while ripping a piece of her suit.
A large amount of ice shot out from Todoroki's right in the direction of Izumi. But she only ran as fast as she could to jump, dodging the ice, in the direction of Todoroki.
Now, Todoroki used his Left side, creating a large amount of fire which melted the ice into steam. – "Midoriya…"- Todoroki said as he prepared to launch a large amount of fire at Izumi, while the green haired girl prepared a punch. – "… Thank you."-
But before the crash. Barriers appeared in front of them creating a large explosion which destroyed the barriers as well as creating a large wind shock wave which made everyone hold onto their seats.
Once the fog cleared, everyone was surprised at the result. Todoroki was standing on the platform while there was no sign of Izumi.
- "M-Midoriya-chan is nowhere to be found. The winner is..."- Midnight started but before she could announce the winner… The debris in front of Todoroki flew out. Izumi stepped out of the debris to hit Todoroki's jaw and knocked him off the platform as she landed right on the edge of it.
- "I told you that I would defeat you."- Said Izumi while everyone was thinking on how she managed to do that.
- "She used the explosion as a distraction so she could get closer to Todoroki and wait for the moment to attack."- Yamikumo thought.
- "Todoroki-kun is off the platform ... the winner is Midoriya-chan. She advances to the second round!"- Following this, all the spectators began to cheer Izumi as she deactivated the One for All and left the platform.
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- "OUCH!"- Izumi said while Recovery Girl was healing her.
- "That's what happens when you overexert yourself. At least you didn't break anything."- Said Recovery Girl. – "Take these pills. They will help you cure the pain. Now you have to rest to recover your energy."-
- "Thanks"- Said Izumi.
Suddenly all her friends entered the room. – "Midoriya-san! /Deku-chan! /Midori!"-
- "You scared me"- Toshinori said.
- "Are you okay?" – Mina Asked in a worried tone.
At that, Iida saw Toshinori. - "And you are?"-
- "He is Toshinori Yagi. He also helped me train."- Answered Izumi while Iida said hello to Toshinori. – "Guys. What happened with the next match?"- She asked.
- "Your fight against Todoroki left the platform in poor condition, there was a break until it was repaired."- Said Kinoko.
- "That was an awesome fight!"- Said Kaminari.
- "Yes! I bet a lot of professionals would want to recruit you."- Said Uraraka.
- "Your bet is right."- Yamikumo said calling everyone's attention. – "On the way here, I managed to hear various heroes say that they want to have Midoriya-san in their agencies, that someone with her potential would be useful."-
- "Silence please!"- Said Recovery girl. – "This place is still an infirmary. This girl needs to rest to recover. her muscles won't rest on their own. Come on, get out of here."- She said as she led the others out of the room.
Meanwhile Izumi started crying with happiness. Hearing what Yamikumo had said had filled her with happiness. – "I did it…"- Toshinori looked at her. – "I did it All Might"- She said with a big smile in her face.
- "Yes, Young Midoriya. You did it."-
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The platform was repaired, and the matches were ready to continue.
- *After an amazing first fight we continue with the first round. First, I don't know what you've done to stand out but here you are. From the department of general studies. Hitoshi Shinso! *- Announced Present Mic while Shinso was entering the platform. – *Now, a boy with a funny face. From the Heroes department. Hanta Sero! *-
– "Both competitors are ready?"-Said Midnight while Shinso and Sero nodded. – "In that case… BEGIN!"-
- "It must be really cool to be a part of the hero department. Right?"- Asked Shinso.
- "Yes! It's really…"- Suddenly Sero stopped talking, he was staring at Shinso with a blank face.
- "I got you… Now, do me a favor and step out of the platform."- Ordered Shinso. Surprisingly Sero did what was told and started walking out the platform.
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- "W-what is Sero doing?!"- Asked Kaminari.
- "It looks like he is being controlled"- Said Momo.
- "Brainwashing."- Said Yamikumo. – "That's Shinso's quirk. I'm not telling you how it works, you have to figure it by yourselves. Especially you, Midoriya."- Finished Yamikumo, making everyone nervous.
Hitoshi Shinso.
Quirk: Brainwashing.
Hitoshi's Quirk allows him to put someone in a state where they are forced to obey whatever he commands. He can only activate this power when his target verbally responds to something he says. Brainwashing needs to be intentionally activated and will not take effect if Hitoshi doesn't want it to.
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Sero finished stepping out of the Platform.
- "…Sero-kun is out of the platform… Shinso-kun is the winner"- Said Midnigth a little shocked by the quick result.
- *Well… it was a short fight. Hitoshi Shinso advance to the second round! * - Said Present Mic.
The public started clapping at Shinso and started saying "You did good" and "don't worry" to Sero.
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- *Okay. Everyone! Get ready for the third match. From one side, she is pink, energetic, and funny. From the hero department, Mina Ashido * - Present Mic introduced Mina. - *From the other side, he is always serious and almost never smiles, even so, thanks to his incredible strategies, he managed to go very far. From the hero Department, Yamikumo Atanagi! * - Present Mic Said while Yamikumo stepped inside the platform.
- "Come on Yamikumo! You can do it!"- Yamikumo was surprised to see who was supporting him. With the rest of the audience were Akane and Kenji Atanagi, supporting him. Akane especially, she was holding a sign with the word Yamikumo on it.
- "How did they managed to get some entrances?"-Suddenly he heard something else.
- "Come on bro! You have this in the bag!"- Another voice said. He turned to see some familiar faces in the public. They were Hanzo, Kuai, Mai, Takeo, and Sayumi. Or Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kitana, Geras and D'Vorah respectively.
- "They are also here! How did they manage to enter?!"-
- "You have some fans, huh? That doesn't mean I'm going to lose."- Said Mina.
- "Okay. BEGIN!"- Said Midnight.
Long story short, Mina used her acid to move around the platform and hit Yamikumo. However, Yamikumo managed to evade all of her attacks. In one of these, Yamikumo stayed on the edge of the platform, seeing this, Mina took the opportunity to attack Yamikumo, however, the latter dodged the attack at the last second, causing the girl to lose her balance and fall off the platform.
- "Ashido-chan is out of the platform! Atanagi-kun is the winner"- Announced Midnight.
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The next battle was Momo vs Tokoyami and it was another short fight. Tokoyami used Dark Shadow to quickly push Momo out of the platform before the girl could create anything more than a shield.
The next match was Kinoko vs Denki, Kaminari tried to finish the match quickly by using his Indiscriminatory discharge 1.3 million volts. However, Kinoko grew several mushrooms to protect herself from the attack and emerge unharmed from this attack. Unfortunately, for Kaminari, the boy was left in his "idiot" state after the attack, making it easy for Kinoko to throw him off the platform.
The next match was Iida vs Hatsume and was an… interesting fight. Basically, Hatsume used Iida as a guinea pig to promote all her inventions. After 10 minutes, at the end of her presentation, she left the platform herself, giving the victory to Iida.
The next match was Tetsutetsu vs Kirishima. The battle was the definition of close combat. They both hit each other hard, with their Quirks activated. Such was the ferocity that they both fell unconscious at the same time. The tiebreaker was a contest of strength between the two, the winner was Kirishima.
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- *Ladies and gentlemen. This is the last match of the first round! Who will win?! Will be the explosive guy? From the hero department. Katsuki Bakugo! Or it will be the gravity girl? My personal favorite, from the hero department. Ochako Uraraka! *- Said Present Mic.
Bakugo and Uraraka stepped inside the platform, Uraraka was remembering the conversation she had with Izumi and Iida before her match.
Flashback.
- "I have a plan that can help you defeat Kachan."- Said Izumi.
- "That's great! With that you can win!"- Said Iida.
- "Thanks, Deku-chan… But I will be fine"- Uraraka said. – "I must stop depending on others to win! Right now, we are all rivals. That's why ... I will defeat Bakugo single-handedly. See you in the final." - Uraraka said giving Izumi and Iida thumbs up.
Flashback end.
- "Okay. Both contestants ready. BEGIN!"- Screamed Midnight.
Uraraka quickly charged towards Bakugo in an attempt to make him float with her Quirk. However, Bakugo fought back with an explosion which knocked the girl back.
- "Although the attack comes, it is very difficult to dodge it."- Thought Uraraka.
- "You better give up."- Said Bakugo. Suddenly, in front of him there was movement, Bakugo quickly attacked with another explosion, however, all he attacked was Uraraka's uniform shirt. The real Uraraka appeared behind Bakugo, hidden in the smoke from Bakugo's explosions. However, Bakugo quickly responded with another blast, this time hitting his target.
Uraraka quickly stood up, however, Bakugo appeared in front of her and released an explosion against her. – "You are slow"- Said Bakugo. Managing to resist the explosion, Uraraka charged again against Bakugo, however, the only thing she found was another explosion. The situation began to repeat itself several times in a row.
- "I can't keep watching this."- Said a pro hero. – "Hey! Do you really want to be a hero?! If you see that the difference in power is so great, just take her out of the ring!"- That hero screamed to Bakugo.
- "Yes! She is just a girl!"- Said another hero.
Suddenly, several boos, directed at Bakugo, began to sound.
- *The boos have started, to be honest ... I feel bad too ... Ouch. *- Said Present Mic, to later be beaten by Aizawa.
- *Does he seem to you to be playing with her? Was the one who said that a professional? If that's the case, you better get out of here, go home and find a new profession. He knows that his rival came here on her own merits. That is why he takes so many precautions. He is not underestimating her. *- After these words, everyone fell silent.
- "Thank you, Bakugo. Thank you for not letting your guard down."- Said Uraraka. At that moment everyone looked up to the sky ... to see a lot of debris in the air.
- "She always kept her distance from Bakugo. She always kept a low profile and kept Bakugo's attention on the ground while she prepared her weapons."- Yamikumo said, from the beginning, he realized Uraraka's plan.
- "I'm going to win!"- Uraraka yelled as she dropped the debris onto Bakugo. However, with a gigantic explosion, Bakugo destroyed all the debris.
- "That was close"- Muttered Bakugo.
After this attack, which also hit Uraraka, she collapsed to the ground.
- "Uraraka-chan can't continue! Bakugo-kun is the winner!"- Said Midnight.
- *Bakugo goes to the next round. With this match the first round is over! Let's make a quick rest and then continue with the second round! *- Said Present Mic.
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Izumi headed to the infirmary to check on Uraraka. Halfway there she ran into Bakugo.
- "Deku…It was you, right? You made that strategy." –
- "No. It was all Uraraka's plan. She gave you a good fight"- She answered.
- "…Whatever."- Bakugo said before leaving.
Izumi was about to leave to the infirmary but was stopped by Sero.
- "Midoriya… I need to talk with you… It's about Shinso's quirk."- He said.
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- *Ladies and gentlemen! It is time to start the second round. On one side we have Izumi Midoriya. On the other, Hitoshi Shinso. Who will win?! *- Said while Izumi and Shinso stepped inside the platform.
- "START!"-
Chapter 17.
The tournament continues.
- *Ladies and gentlemen! It is time to start the second round. On one side we have Izumi Midoriya. On the other, Hitoshi Shinso. Who will win?! *- Said while Izumi and Shinso stepped inside the platform.
Izumi was nervous, yes, she had a plan, but that doesn't mean that she is relaxed. She remembered her conversation with Sero before her fight.
Flashback.
Izumi finished listening to Sero. – "So… the last thing you remember is responding to Shinso-kun question and then you just black out."-
- "Yes. I don't know what happened, when I woke up, I was outside the platform."-
- "Atanagi-kun said that Shinso-kun's quirk is Brainwashing, there must be a way that he managed to control you."-
- "Brainwashing! Man, that's an awesome quirk!"-
- "Right?! He can do a lot of stuff with a quirk like that. He can capture villains without fighting, he can calm a lot of civilians easily, he can…"- She started muttering.
- "Midoriya… I think you should focus on your fight…"-
- "R-right. There must be a way he can activate his quirk. You said that you answered his question before being brainwashed… Yes! That must be. You have to answer him in order to be brainwashed!"-
- "You are so smart Midoriya. Now you can beat him" –
- "Yes. Thank you Sero-kun"- Izumi said before going to the platform, her match was about to begin.
Flashback end.
- "Okay. Both contestants ready. BEGIN!"- Screamed Midnight.
- "So, you got first place in all the events. How does it feel to be the number one?"- Shinso asked but was surprised when Izumi didn't answer. – "That tape guy must have told her about my quirk."- - "You have a really cool quirk. How does it feel to have such amazing power?"- Asked again and again Izumi remained silent. What he didn't know is that Izumi was doing a difficult effort to not answer him.
- "You do not know. I was never one of the lucky ones."- She started running toward him. – "I always depended on others to move forward."- She grabbed him by the neck of his shirt.
- "Answer me!"- Screamed Shinso while he hit Izumi in the face.
Izumi is unfazed by that blow and with the same movement she used in her fight against Bakugo she managed to crash Shinso off the platform.
- "Shinso-kun is out of the platform. Midoriya-chan is the winner."- Said Midnight.
- "Shinso-kun… Why do you want to be a hero?"- Asked Izumi.
- "Because I want to save people. That's not enough?"- Said Shinso before starting to leave, but before he could abandon the arena, he heard something.
- "You were awesome Shinso! You are the star from the general studies."- Said one of Shinso's classmates. – "You beat one of the hero course. And you were defeated by the girl who was first in the past two events. You shouldn't be ashamed of that. Besides…"- He said and pointed to some heroes.
- "Brainwashing. What an amazing quirk. UA did wrong by putting him in the general studies."-
- "They must have a lot of applicants, so they decided to go for the combat-oriented ones. But yeah. What a waste."-
After hearing this, a big smile appeared in Shinso's face. – "Midoriya, right? Good luck in your next match. You will have though opponent."- He said while leaving the arena.
- "Yes. I know."- She thought while looking at Yamikumo. She was completely sure that he would defeat Tokoyami. Not that Tokoyami was weak, it's just that Yamikumo's fire was the weakness of Dark Shadow.
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Yamikumo dodged another of Dark Shadow attacks, the quirk was persistent, he will give him that, but when it was going to attack again Yamikumo lit himself on fire, making the quirk back down, when the quirk was close to his owner, Yamikumo trapped Tokoyami in a fire ring making Dark Shadow return completely to Tokoyami, then, Yamikumo crossed the fire like it was nothing and pointed his right arm, set in fire, towards the bird looking guy.
- "I give up." – Said Tokoyami.
- "Tokoyami-kun gives up. Atangi-kun is the winner."- Said Midnight.
Meanwhile in the stands.
- "Wow. Atanagi won the fight."- Said Sato.
- "He will be facing Midoriya-chan in the semifinals."- Said Tsuyu. After her words everyone stared at Izumi.
- "True, do you have a plan?"- Asked Kaminari.
- "N-no. He has finished all his fights quickly. Therefore, I do not have much data about him. Also, I'm completely sure that he hasn't used even half of his strength."- Said Izumi, but then she put a confident face. – "But that doesn't mean I'm going to give up. I'll find a way to defeat him."-
- "That's the spirit girl."- Said Mina. – "You have to beat him. You have to avenge me."-
- "Y-yeah. I will."-
In other place in the stands.
- "Yes! He did it!"- Said Akane Atanagi. - "That's my son. Only two more and he will be the winner"-
- "You know that he technically isn't our son. We didn't legally adopt him."- Said Kenji Atanagi.
- "Do I look like I care? Mother isn't the one who gives birth or the one who adopts, mother is the one who raises, and I raised him since he was four and besides, he uses our last name, so he is our son."- Said Akane in a proud tone. – "Besides, he's going to be a big brother soon."- She said while touching her belly.
- "True. When are you going to tell him?"-
- "Soon. He needs to focus on his studies first."-
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The next match was Kinoko vs Iida.
The girl tried to hit Iida but he, thanks to his quirk, managed to evade the blow. – "Recipro…Burst!"- Iida said as some blue flames came out of his engines and then tried to kick the girl but Kinoko managed to avoid it. – "I just have 10 seconds until my engines stop." - It was Iida's thoughts during the fight, then, landing on the ground and leaping back. – "I have to win in that time"-
At that, Kinoko received a kick in the back from Iida, causing her to hit the ground. Iida took advantage of this and grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and began to drag her towards the edge of the platform. – "I only have 7 seconds left. I'll throw her off the platform."- However, Iida's engines stopped, causing the boy to stop in his tracks. He turned to see his engines and was surprised to see them covered and clogged with mushrooms.
- "Did you forgot that I also could make mushrooms grow from any part from any human body?"- Asked Kinoko. The girl proceeded to free herself from Iida's grip and with a kick to the boy's jaw, she managed to send him flying and falling off the platform.
- "Iida-kun is out of the platform. Komori-chan is the winner."- Said Midnight.
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The last fight from the second round was Bakugo vs Kirishima.
- "Take this!"- Kirishima exclaimed as he threw a strong blow at Bakugo, which he managed to dodge. Bakugo fought back with an explosion to Kirishima's right side, but Kirishima didn't seem to be affected by it. – "That wont work on me, Explosive guy!"- Said Kirishima.
Meanwhile, Bakugo just frowned. – "He isn't moving. This is more than just hardening."-
Meanwhile at the stands.
- "Kirishima-kun or Kachan. Whoever wins will face you, Komori-san."- Said Izumi to her friend.
- "Yes. I'm ready for this. Midoriya let's win our matches and show the guys how it's done."- She answered while putting her fist ready for a fist bump.
- "You bet."- Said Izumi fist bumping with Kinoko. – "Now, if you excuse me, I need to prepare for my fight against Atanagi-kun."- She said standing up from her seat and headind to the anteroom but then…
- "Midoriya…"- Todoroki draw everyone's attention. – "…Good luck."-
- "T-Thanks Todoroki-kun"- She said with a smile and then left.
Returning to the platform.
Kirishima threw non-stop blows towards Bakugo, who was on the defensive. In one of these blows, Bakugo managed to dodge him and counterattack with a series of increasingly strong explosions. And the redhead could be seen with a pained expression. – "You've been trying hard to keep your body hard."- Bakugo said while preparing another explosion. – "If I attack you quickly, sooner or later you will end up breaking."- At this moment, Bakugo unleashed a series of multiple exposures, until... – "The final blow… DIE!"- With this, Bakugo gave an explosion to Kirishima's jaw causing him to fly away and then fall unconscious.
- "Kirishima-kun can't continue. The winner is Bakugo-kun"- Said Midnight.
- *With this fight we finish the second round. We will give a ten-minute rest and then we will continue with the semifinals. *- Announced Present Mic
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Izumi was heading to the platform, the rest has ended and her match against Yamikumo was about to begin, but in the way she was meet by Endeavor.
- "E-Endeavor!"-
- "You… I've seen your fight. Let me say that the only reason you beat my son was because he didn't had control over his fire. But that isn't important right now. You will be facing a strong opponent girl. Another fire quirk user. Think of this fight as a preparation to fight Shoto when he can control his fire."-
- "What are you talking about?"-
- "You remind me of All Might, your quirk is similar to his. Is Shoto's job to defeat him. I will not take more time from you. Sorry for interrupting you"- Said Endeavor while leaving but…
- "I'm not All Might"- Said Izumi.
- "I know. That's obvious."-
- "That's obvious, right? That means that Todoroki-kun isn't you"- Izumi said while leaving to the platform.
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- *Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, the semifinals had begun. From one side, this girl has surprised us with incredible fights and great power. Izumi Midoriya. *- Present Mic said while Izumi stepped inside the platform. - *From the other side. He has defeated his rivals quickly, with an expression that hardly changes. Yamikumo Atanagi. *- Present Mic said while Yamikumo entered the platform.
– "Both competitors are ready?"- Asked Midnight while Yamikumo and Izumi nodded. – "In that case… BEGIN!"-
Hearing this, Yamikumo fired a blast of fire towards Izumi. – "15% Smash"- With a punch, Izumi managed to make the fire disappear, however, Yamikumo was no longer in his position. Instinctively, Izumi looked up, only to see Yamikumo about to hit her with a fire punch. Rolling, Izumi managed to dodge Yamikumo's blow, however, using the fire that resulted from the blow, Yamikumo used his quirk to make the fire start to chase Izumi. – "That's bad. 20% Delaware Smash"- With a flick of her finger, Izumi managed to make the fire disappear. She then saw her finger, it was trembling.
- "Your reflexes have improved. But that's not enough to beat me."- Yamikumo said.
Hearing that, Izumi, activating Full Cowl, charged towards Yamikumo trying to hit with several punches, however, Yamikumo managed to block each of her attacks. In one of these blows, Yamikumo catches Izumi's fist, using this, Yamikumo pulls Izumi closer to him, after which Yamikumo hits her in the center of the chest making her fly, however, before Izumi flies away, Yamikumo grabs her by the ankle and then smashes her to the ground, after which he kicks her away, luckily for Izumi, she falls close to the edge of the platform.
Izumi manages to stand with difficulty. - "Not only is he strong, his reflexes and reaction time are incredible." - Pointing both hands towards Yamikumo, Izumi flicks one finger in each hand. – "Double Delaware Smash"- Two blasts of air are thrown at Yamikumo, seeing this, Yamikumo uses a wall of fire to stop both blasts. When the fire disappears, Izumi stands in front of Yamikumo, prepared to hit him in the face, however, Yamikumo catches her fist again. At this, Izumi smiles slightly, with his free hand he holds Yamikumo's wrist, releases his trapped hand, turns to turn her back at Yamikumo and manages to connect an elbow to Yamikumo's face making him back away.
- "Interesting."- Yamikumo said to later wipe the blood that fell from his nose. – "Time to get serious."- After saying this, Yamikumo appeared in front of Izumi, giving her a strong elbow in the stomach of her, then grabbing her by the collar of her shirt and then giving her a headbutt on her head, finally, with his free hand, shooting her some fire. and sending it to fly and fall near the edge of the platform.
Izumi quickly recovers and charges against Yamikumo again. This time when she was in front of Yamikumo, she disappeared from Yamikumo's field of view to reappear behind him and quickly hit him with a kick to the back. Yamikumo takes a turn in the air to compose himself and see Izumi in front of him again. Their fists collide to create a small air wave. This repeats itself for several seconds consecutively.
In one of these blows Izumi manages to hit Yamikumo in the chest sending him to fly, taking advantage of this Izumi approaches again to hit him again and repeats this several times until they are close to the edge of the platform. Before being able to hit Yamikumo off the platform, the latter unleashes a large amount of fire to ward off Izumi and recover from the blows.
Meanwhile at the stands.
- "I can't believe it. Midoriya is fighting on the same level as Atanagi!"- Said Kaminari while watching the fight.
- "I would not think the same."- Todoroki said getting everyone's attention. – "It may seem that they are in the same level, but Atanagi still does not use all his power. He still hasn't used that transformation that he used when he fought against that Nomu thing. Maybe he is underestimating Midoriya" –
- "No"- Kinoko interrupted. – "Yami-kun never underestimates anyone"-
- "Maybe he wants to face Midori in the same level."- Said Mina.
- "Maybe, but still Deku-chan is giving him a hard time"- Said Uraraka.
- "I can't deny that Midoriya-san is doing a good job…"- Iida said, but suddenly he started to shake. – "Sorry, my phone"- He grabbed his phone. – "Mother?"- He stands up.- "Sorry I have to pick up"- He said before leaving.
In other place in the stands.
- "Wow. That girl is strong. It's been a while since someone gave Yamikumo a good fight."- Said Hanzo.
- "True but, Yamikumo-san hasn't used that Fire Soul thing that he told us."- Said Takeo.
- "True but still, this is a great fight."- Said Hanzo.
- "Man, I wish the rest was here."- Said Kuai.
- "Me too but, Stain, Gentle and La Brava cannot enter here for obvious reasons, Koichi and Kazuho are on vacations and Iwao is nowhere to be found." – Said Mai.
- "Too bad for them."- Said Sayumi.
Returning to the fight.
Izumi was dodging all the fireballs that Yamikumo was launching towards her, after dodging one of the fireballs she quickly pointed her hand at Yamikumo and did a Delaware Smash against him. The boy, with a fire, managed to stop the attack. Izumi landed and then began to feel a slight pain in her fingers. – "My fingers, I've been overusing them, they are starting to feel numb. I can't keep going like this.Despite having been able to hit him on several occasions, he is still in a better state than me."- Izumi thought to then see Yamikumo crouch down and put a hand on the ground. At that instant, the small debris on the platform began to rise. From one moment to the next, debris began to head towards her. In an easy way, Izumi dodged all the debris, however, when landing after dodging the last debris, Yamikumo appeared next to her and hit her with a blast of fire.
Several seconds passed and Izumi still did not get up from the ground. – "I guess it's over"- Yamikumo said while waiting for the Midnight announcement.
- "Midoriya-chan can't continue the winner is…"- But before he could finish, Midnight noticed something. Izumi was getting up.
- "I still can fight"- Said Izumi.
- "She got up out of sheer will."- Thought Yamikumo.
Izumi charged at Yamikumo again, but this time her attacks were faster. Yamikumo could barely dodge the attacks. In one of these, Izumi managed to hit him in the face, then attacking, with a series of consecutive blows, she managed to send him flying and falling on the edge of the platform. Yamikumo quickly gets up and lights his arms on fire awaiting the next attack, which never came. Looking at Izumi, he could see that she was standing still. Her hair darkened his eyes. – "Is she ... unconscious?"-
Noticing this, Midnight leaned over to check on the girl. Quickly realizing that the girl was indeed unconscious. – "Midoriya-chan can't continue the winner is Atanagi-kun!"- She announced.
Meanwhile in the stands.
- "Midori lost. But she gave Atanagi-kun a great fight."- Said Mina.
- "I agree and despite being unconscious, she still stands."- Said Kaminari.
- "She stands on her feet solely because of her will to win. We can't deny that she is amazing"- Said Kirishima.
In the platform.
Cheers and applause could be heard. Yamikumo was watching Izumi being taken to the infirmary so she can rest. – "You did good. It's been a while since someone gave me a good fight."- After this, Yamikumo left the platform.
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The next match was Kinoko vs Bakugo.
Bakugo was fired by one of his explosions towards Kinoko, who thanks to her reflexes manages to avoid the blow and try to attack Bakugo with a punch. However, Bakugo launched another explosion which was blocked by a mushroom that Kinoko grew in front of her. And so, the attacks continued, explosions, blows and mushrooms. Bakugo was getting desperate but then he noticed that Kinoko made a bad move that left her uncovered.
Quickly moving in front of her, Bakugou slams her hand against the platform floor creating an explosion which sent Kinoko flying slightly, but enough to knock her off the platform.
- "Komori-chan is out of bounds. Bakugo-kun is the winner!"- Announced Midnight.
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- "So, the final is Atanagi vs Bakugo, huh?"- Said Kaminari.
- "Two of the strongest in our class, this is going to be incredible."- Said Kirishima.
- "What did I miss?"- Izumi arrived at the stands.
- "Midori, you are here! We are at the final. Atanagi-kun vs Bakugo-kun"- Said Mina.
- "So, Kachan won his fight. Wait… where is Iida-kun"- Asked Izumi while taking a seat between Mina and Uraraka.
- "He had to go. A family emergency"- Said Uraraka.
- "Too bad for him. I hope everything is okay"- Said Izumi.
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- * Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for has come. The final round. On one side, you have the most serious person I have ever met, second only to Eraserhead. Yamikumo Atanagi! *- Said Present Mic while Yamikumo stepped inside the platform. - * On the other hand, we have the most angry person I have ever met. Katsuki Bakugo! *- Said Present Mic while Bakugo stepped inside the platform.
– "Both competitors are ready?"- Asked Midnight while Yamikumo and Bakugo nodded. – "In that case… BEGIN!"-
In that, both boys ran towards the other and then clash their arms and start a struggle between the two. Several seconds later they separated, only to launch the attack against the other again. Bakugo threw a kick at Yamikumo who used his forearm to cover himself from the blow, but immediately had to release his leg to intercept a punch from Bakugo and several others, until Yamikumo kicked Bakugo's stomach and then jumped in the air to take distance.
At that, Bakugo ran towards Yamikumo to attack, when he was close to trying to punch him with his right hand, however, Yamikumo managed to grab his right arm and then grab him by force and smash Bakugo on the ground.
Bakugo quickly gets up off the ground. – "Did he read my movements."-
- "I have been analyzing all your matches, from training with All Might to the ones you had in this tournament, and I realized something. You always start with a punch with your right arm."- Said Yamikumo surprising Bakugo. After saying this, Yamikumo ran to hit Bakugo with a punch, which Bakugo tried to catch, only for Yamikumo to crouch down and punch him in the stomach.
However, Bakugo quickly collected himself and grabbed Yamikumo by the hair and then lifted him up and kneed him in the stomach to make him back a few meters. Quickly, Bakugo ran towards Yamikumo preparing an explosion in his right hand and once he was in front of Yamikumo, who had already recovered from the blow, the explosion happened, creating a smoke screen which covered both fighters.
Once the smoke cleared, he revealed himself to Yamikumo taking Bakugo's arm by force deflecting the attack to the left, however, the left part of Yamikumo's shirt was destroyed.
- "Knowing Bakugo, and according to his fight against Midoriya in the combat training, now Bakugo will get impatient and try to attack again."- Yamikumo thought as he released Bakugo's arm and crouched down to avoid a kick from Bakugo. Yamikumo quickly walked away and started shooting fireballs at Bakugo.
The explosive boy just began to dodge the fireballs, then in a moment stick his hands to the platform and create an explosion causing some debris to fly at his height and with a slight explosion propel them towards Yamikumo. Seeing this, Yamikumo simply stopped the debris with his telekinesis. But to Yamikumo's surprise, Bakugo would use this as a distraction to position himself behind Yamikumo.
- "Surprise, Scars!"- Bakugo exclaimed the moment his skin became shiny, and smoke began to come out of it, and then punch him in the cheek of Yamikumo but surprisingly, from that blow, an explosion occurred. Once recovered, Yamikumo turned to Bakugo to be surprised.
- "What's up, scars? Surprised?"- Bakugo asked with a smile upon seeing Yamikumo's reaction.
Meanwhile at the stands.
- "W-What happened?"- Asked Uraraka.
- "Look, Bakugo looks different."- Kaminari pointed at Bakugo.
And it was true, Bakugo's skin had taken on an orange tone, while smoke was coming from all parts of his body.
Returning to the fight.
- "Surprised? I created this just for you"- Said Bakugo. – "When you defeated that Nomu I realized the true level of the UA, but what surprised me the most was your Fire Soul, so I was thinking of some way to rival that power and it was during my training that I realized it. You see, my quirk allows me to sweat nitroglycerin off my palms and create explosions. So, I thought... why just my hands? Why not make my whole body sweat nitroglycerin? It took me a while but..."- Bakugo hit the ground and, from that hit, an explosion occurred. – "I could do it. It was thanks to you that I managed to overcome my limits and reach this level and it is exactly against you that I wanted to test this new power. I call it Explosive Skin."-
At that moment, Bakugou ran towards Yamikumo managing to hit him in the face, which produced an explosion which sent him flying slightly. However, Bakugo would continue to attack with a series of blows, which produced explosions, to finally hit him in the stomach which sent him flying.
Yamikumo recovers quickly and lands inside the platform. – "I see, the truth is that you impressed me Bakugo, I never saw that transformation coming. You say it was thanks to me that you managed to reach that level. In that case, it would be an insult not to fight with all my strength against you!"- After this yell, Yamikumo activates his Fire Soul state.
Quickly, both boys collide their fists creating an explosion of fire, after struggling for a few seconds they both separate, then hit their fists again, then a kick from both sides, colliding with each other, and thus, the blows came and went, explosions included. In one of these exchanges, Bakugo managed to grab Yamikumo's neck and then hit him in the stomach and force him back.
Quickly recovering, Yamikumo released a blast of fire from his mouth towards his enemy. Bakugo, using his explosions, manages to evade the attack and from the air he can see how Yamikumo, seeing that his attack failed, undoes the attack. And so, they continued with their punch fight.
In a second, Yamikumo appeared in front of him with a fist ready to attack him. Bakugo used his hand to stop the blow. After that, Yamikumo jumped to get behind him and tried to kick him, but Bakugo managed to duck and then catch his foot and throw him. Yamikumo managed to recover in the air, then use the fire to propel himself towards Bakugo preparing a strong blow for him. Bakugo wanting to intercept put his two hands in the air towards Yamikumo preparing a possible explosion. But then ...
Bakugo felt a strong blow to his chin which caused him to rise a couple of meters into the air. The reason, Yamikumo increased his speed to appear below Bakugo and kick him in the chin taking advantage of the fact that he was distracted. To later, give him more kicks, one to the back and others to the stomach, and then rise a little higher to be on top of Bakugo to punch him.
But the explosive blonde reacted in time to deliver a punch of his own before Yamikumo managed to hit him with his own. Once they both fell to the platform, they both stood up and ran towards the other, Bakugo prepared an attack with his right hand, but Yamikumo managed to catch his arm before that and then hit him on the cheek and send him almost to the platform edge.
After that, Yamikumo started running towards Bakugo preparing a strong blow. While Bakugo once again stood up, he prepared to intercept him, but in that…
- "Shit"- The blonde complained the moment his skin returned to its normal coloration, and he felt his body tremble. – "Shit... I've already reached the limit... my body can't keep holding this shape any longer... even worse... I can't even use my explosions."-
And in that, when Yamikumo was about to reach Bakugo. Yamikumo felt that suddenly, his feet did not move and then fell to the ground, at the moment when the Fire Soul left his body completely. – "Shit. I went overboard with the use of the Fire Soul. At least this time I managed to hold out with it longer."- But in that, he received a strong kick to the face which made him rise slightly in the air and then fall backwards on the platform.
The reason, although Bakugo lost his Explosive Skin, he decided to continue the fight and use his fists this time. So, then he walked over to Yamikumo and kicked him, and then got on top of him and started hitting him in the face, taking advantage of the fact that Yamikumo was motionless at that moment. Yamikumo could only receive the blows of Bakugo, because due to the Fire Soul his body did not respond to him to be able to defend himself. But when Bakugo was about to deliver a new blow. Yamikumo managed to regain mobility and gave Bakugō a head butt to the face and then kicked his stomach and started to get up.
Bakugo got to his feet and then ran towards Yamikumo, who also ran towards him. And they both landed a blow to the other's face. Yamikumo then struck a blow to Bakugo's right side, and Bakugo responded with another blow to the Face. Another blow from Yamikumo this time hit Bakugo's stomach, while this boy hit Yamikumo in the jaw and then launched a right blow towards Yamikumo that used his left arm to cover, but apparently it was a ruse, as Bakugo stopped his punch to give a left punch to Yamikumo's face.
And so, the hits came and went, all the viewers just started to see these two guys started hitting each other for a couple of minutes. Although the closest friends to these two began to worry a bit as they slowly began to get tired. The minutes had passed…. And these two are still in their fight. But you could see in their movements, that they were already tired and had reached their limit. Since each time they tried to strike at the other, they both fell to the ground and then tried to get up and repeat the same process over and over again.
But in that, when they were both in front, they both launched a blow towards the other. But since they had lost almost all their strength, the blows had no effect, and they fell to their knees, looking at each other. At that, Bakugo stood up, very barely. And at that, to the surprise of both Yamikumo and the others, Bakugo's left arm took on the orange coloration from before and smoke came out of it. – "I'm taking a risk using this again but… I'll prove… I'll become No.1"-
But before he managed to hit Yamikumo. The boy managed to recover suddenly and gave Bakugo a strong blow to the jaw, not only making him lose concentration, but also sending him to the other side of the platform where they were.
- "It's time to finish this"- Said Yamikumo.
Bakugo, getting up, only closed his eyes when he took a sigh and then closed his left fist, which then turned orange again but with even more intensity than before. While Yamikumo, he just closed his eyes, the moment the Fire Soul returned, but this time in his right arm, but the intensity of the power he was using now, was even more, since the right part of his shirt had burned.
Both Midnight and Cementos, like the rest of the spectators when they saw this, knew what they were preparing, and they knew that they had to be stopped before something bad happened.
At that, they both started running towards each other. At that moment, Cementos created several barriers to try to stop the passage between these two, while Midnight broke a part of his clothes to release the sleeping gas. But just when the two of them had reached the barrier that was trying to stop them. They both took a great leap to propel themselves into the air. Bakugo used his free hand to propel himself with his explosions, while Yamikumo used his telekinesis to propel himself. And there they saw them, seemingly flying, each being propelled into the air with their Quirks.
And it happened.
The attacks of both boys hit the air, colliding for a few seconds, and then emitting a shocking sound for a few seconds, after the shock itself a glow was produced which then covered both boys and then exploded causing a great roar and wind that made many had to hold tightly to their seats before such a clash between these two. And once the explosion was over, a huge smoke screen covered them both.
Once the smoke began to disappear, two figures could be observed. Bakugo was face down on the ground, while Yamikumo was standing with his shirt destroyed, not only showing his bare torso, but also the multiple scars on his body.
Bakugo tried to stand up again but couldn't, still he didn't give up.
- "It's okay Bakugo. It's enough, it is not bad to admit a defeat, but if it makes you feel better, you are the person who has cost me the most to defeat. Also, this match made me feel excited again, I haven't been excited about a match in a long time, thank you."- After these words, Bakugo collapsed unconscious.
- "B-Bakugo-kun can't continue… Atanagi-kun is the winner!"- After the Midnight announcement, people started clapping and cheering, that was an incredible match.
Meanwhile at the stands.
- "Yes! He did it. That's my son!"- Cheered Akane.
- "He did good. Still, that boy put up an incredible fight."- Said Kenji.
In other part of the stands.
- "That was incredible."- Said Hanzo.
- "Indeed."- Said Takeo.
The rest of the crew was cheering and clapping for Yamikumo.
Back at the platform.
- *And now all the events have been completed! This year's winner for 1st years at U.A is…! From the hero course. Yamikumo Atanagi! *-
And that was over, this fight… it was over.
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Fireworks exploded at the top of the stadium, while the entire audience was cheering, and the 1st year students were in the middle of the stadium.
- "All 1st year U.A Sports Festival events are over!" –Midnight announcement – "And now, we will begin with the awards ceremony!" – And the whole stadium cheered again, while the fireworks went out again to give more importance to the event. And in that, a large pedestal came out of the ground, which had 3 columns, one higher than the other and one had its own number, those columns were the places for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
The third place is occupied by two people, Izumi and Kinoko, who gave a smile while greeting the audience. Needless to say, Izumi was very nervous.
In 2nd place, there was Bakugo, who was standing on the column with crossed arms and apparently with almost his entire body bandaged, and the occasional gauze on his cheeks, and his gaze was one of boredom and seriousness.
While in 1st place, there was Yamikumo, who had various bandages on his body. Who also had a serious look, but as usual, that look hid his nervousness.
- "Now, we are going to award the medals!" –Midnight said calling everyone's attention – "The awarding of medals will of course be by this man…." –
- "HAHAHAHAHAHA" - That laugh, caught the attention of many at this time, and many already knew who he was.
At that, from the roof of the stadium, the No.1 hero took a great leap to be in the air for a couple of seconds – "I have brought the medals here!" – And then fall and land on the ground.
At that, Midnight approached the hero with the medals – "Now, All Might, hand out the medals starting with 3rd place" –
At that, they both approached Kinoko and Izumi - "Young Komori and Young Midoriya, congratulations" –said the hero, placing the bronze medals on both girls. – "I'm sure you are strong, keep it that way, and never give up." –
- "Yes Sensei/Y-yes All Might."- Both girls answered.
Then they approached Bakugo – "Young Bakugo congratulations… you may be in 2nd place but remember that…" –
- "Yes, I know" –said Bakugo cutting All Might – "Believe me, this is not over yet, without a doubt, I'll be number one" –
- "That's the spirit, Young Bakugo!" – Said the hero at the moment of putting the silver medal on the blonde.
And finally, they reached the 1st place, where Izuku was, who was scratching the back of his head with some nerves. – "Young Atanagi, you've done a great job getting here. Take this medal, as a symbol of your own effort."- Yamikumo just nodded with a smile.
At that, All Might looked back at where the others were - "Well, they were the winners this time! But listen up everyone! Anyone here could have ended up in these places. It's just as… competing! Improve each other! And climb even higher! The Next Generation of Heroes is definitely sprouting! So, I just have one more thing to say! Everyone, say it with me! " –
- "PLUS ULTRA!"-
With this, the sports festival came to an end.
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Meanwhile at the villains' hideout.
Shigaraki was pissed, the guy who defeated his Nomu had won this event. – "Sensei! That's the one! The one in first place is the student who defeated Nomu"-
- *I see. Let me do a little research on him. I may have something prepared. Be patient young Tomura. Soon you will be able to take revenge on him. *- Said a sinister voice. Shigaraki just smirks evilly.