"The stage that was completely frozen in the previous match is finally dry! So on to the next match!"
"The assassin from Class B! Pretty things have thorns, you know!? From the Hero course, Ibara Shiozaki!"
"Versus! Sparkling killing boy!"
"From the Hero course, Kaminari Denki!"
After President Mic's introduction, Ibara Shiozaki complained. She said that she was here only to find Victory, not to take her Enemy's life.
President Mic already apologized, but she still kept on explaining that she was here for the salvation of others.
Kaminari surveyed his opponent. She was a pretty lady with a cute face. So Kaminari decided to ask her out sometimes.
Soon, the match started. Kaminari asked Shiozaki out and Immediately started to attack.
"1.3 Million Volts!"
Ibara Shiozaki only turned her Back against him. Then her hair started growing fast and detached from her head. It embedded itself in front of her.
Kaminari's attack struck the Vines, instead of Shiozaki.
After blocking Kaminari's attack, Shiozaki Immediately counter attacked. She enveloped Kaminari by her Vines that came from the ground, effectively immobilizing him.
"It was decided in an Instant! I'll say it one more time! In an Instant!" President Mic said. While midnight announced.
"Shiozaki-san advances to the next round!" Then the Audience cheered loudly.
The next round was between Iida Tenya and Hatsume Mei, they were both fully equipped with support items.
Iida was reprimanded for bringing Support Items without petition for it.
But as Iida Explained the circumstances, Midnight relented.
The match started with Iida dashing towards Hatsume. Hatsume started introducing each of her 'babies' while practically toying with Iida.
Everyone who were watching thought, 'What is this?'. They were puzzled at the two contestant's actions, were they fighting or making an Advertisement?
The Support Companies Representatives also thought, 'What is she, A politician?'.
Hatsume brought out every Support Item she had and Used Iida to introduce them all.
10 Minutes later, Hatsume Mei stepped out of bounce by herself.
"I've presented each and every last one of them. I have nothing left to say!" Hatsume said after getting out of bounds.
After seeing this, Midnight tiredly announced. "H-hatsume is out of bounds. Iida advances to the next round!"
"Y-you tricked me...!" Iida shouted towards Hatsume.
Hatsume avoided her gaze away from Iida as she said, "I'm sorry. I used you."
"I hate you!" Iida responded.
The next match was between Mina Ashido and Aoyama Yuga.
As usual President Mic Introduced the both of them and Midnight announced the Match's start.
Aoyama used his quirk, Navel Laser, to attack Ashido from a long distance.
Ashido, who saw this dodged out of the way. She also used her quirk, Acid, to lubricate the floor as she made her way slowly towards Aoyama.
Gradually, the distance between them shortened. And after a few seconds, Ashido was already a few feet away from Aoyama, who now have a severe stomachache due to using his quirk for more than a second.
Ashido splashed her Acid towards Aoyama's Support Item, which was attached to his waist. Then she moved in front of Aoyama and gave him a strong Upper-cut punch.
"Aoyama has fainted! Ashido advances to the next round!" Midnight announced.
"Aoyama's knocked out! Ashido's easy victory was indesputable!" President Mic said.
The sixth match was between Tokoyami Fumikage and Momo Yaoyaruzu.
"Offense and defense in one body! The dark samurai accompanied by dark shadow! From the Hero Course, Fumikage Tokoyami!"
"Versus!"
"All-purpose creation! She was admitted through recommendations, so her abilities were certified! From the Hero Course, Momo Yaoyaruzu!"
"The sixth match, Start!" President Mic announced the start of the match, not giving both of the participants any time to think.
"Go, dark shadow!" Tokoyami immediately ordered dark shadow to attack Yaoyaruzu.
Yaoyaruzu, who wasn't given any time to think of a strategy, created a simple shield in her right arm.
*Clang*
She blocked Dark shadow's first attack. After seeing it rebounding, she tried to create a weapon in her left hand.
But it was futile, she couldn't create the weapon because dark shadow once again attacked her.
Yaoyaruzu couldn't think of a proper plan while being bombarded with Dark shadow's attacks.
Dark shadow once again attacked her. This time, dark shadow successfully removed Yaoyaruzu's shield.
After the shield left her arm, She immediately created a new one.
Dark shadow attacked her once again, and this time, Yaoyaruzu skidded through the ground due to the force behind the blow.
Yaoyaruzu saw Dark Shadow retreating and saw this as an opportunity to fight back. She created a steel tube in her left hand and that was when Midnight's voice resounded.
"Yaoyaruzu! Out of Bounds!"
Yaoyaruzu was puzzled and looked downwards. She saw her right foot stepping Out of Bounds.
"Tokoyami advances to the next round!"
"An Overwhelming Victory! A completely Overwhelming victory! Tokoyami's dark shadow! Could it be the greatest Quirk ever?!" President Mic commented.
"No way.. I couldn't do anything...! Nothing at all..!" Yaoyaruzu said, her eyes starting to water.
"Okay let's move-on! Next up-- The seventh match is a match-up between Redundant quirks!"
"Manly and passionate Steel! From the Hero Course, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu!"
"All right!" Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu said.
"Versus! Manly and Passionate Hardening! From the Hero Course, Eijiro Kirishima!"
"Even our Intro's are the same?!" Kirishima said.
"Let's start this passionate seventh match!"
Both of the contestants dashed towards each other as they heard the start of the match. .
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were engaged in a fierce Fistfight.
Exchanging blows for blows, as they punched towards each other.
Kirishima struck Tetsutetsu on the face, causing Tetsutetsu to skid on the ground.
"That didn't hurt at all!"
Tetsutetsu came forward and also struck Kirishima the same way.
Kirishima also skidded on the ground.
"That didn't hurt either!"
As kirishima struck Tetsutetsu on the face, so will Tetsutetsu strike Kirishima.
Both of them punched and got punched by the other as they continued the battle.
At the Battle's climax, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu struck each other at the same time. Both of them fell down at the same time.
"Two guys with the same Quirk! Kirishima versus Tetsutetsu! A head-on fistfight! And the winner is--" President Mic enthusiastically said.
After seeing the Duo's state, Midnight announced.
"Both contestants down! It's a draw!"
"In case of a draw, after they recover, the winner will be determined by a simple contest, like an arm wrestling!" Midnight explained.
The pro-heroes around were praising the both of them for being so passionate about their fight.
While the others were shaking their head, finding the Students too passionate for their tastes as their sidekick.
"Let's start the next match while we wait for Kirishima and Tetsutetsu to recover!" As soon as President Mic said that, the Arena monitor displayed the participants.
The audience immediately loudly cheered, one of them was a favorite among the students. It was Katsuki Bakugou, he immediately attracted the audience and Pro-heroes attention due to his powerful quirk.
"Next might be the most disturbing match." Asui said.
"I almost don't want to watch." Jiro replied while rubbing her arms. She was creeped out by thinking about what'll happen.
"The eighth and last match of the 1st round!"
"He was kind of famous in middle school! This isn't the face of a regular person! From the Hero Course, Katsuki Bakugou!"
"Versus! She's the one I'm rooting for! From the Hero Course, Uraraka Ochaco!"
"Eighth match, Start!!"
"You're the one that make things float, right, Round face?" Bakugou said.
"Round..?"
"If you're going to surrender then do it now. You won't get off with just an 'ouch'." Bakugou adviced.
Uraraka didn't immediately reply and charged towards Bakugou.
"Withdrawing isn't a choice!" She said.
"Then die!"
Once Uraraka was nearing Bakugou, she remembered what Izuku said. 'Kachhan normally starts with a big right swing.' She based her plans according to that habit of Bakugou.
But bakugou didn't just start with a big right swing. He did that from below, blasting Uraraka's path.
The explosion met Uraraka. The Students of Class A were worried about Uraraka's safety, she was a girl after all, And receiving that explosion head-on was definitely no good.
Bakugou slightly retreated from the smoke he caused, Observing his surroundings. He suddenly saw movements in front, and once again blasted it.
But it was just Uraraka's clothes, she made it float it front of him while she moved from the side.
Uraraka was already only a few feet away from Bakugou when He started to notice her. But it was no use, Bakugou's reflexes were too fast, and she was once again blasted away.
Uraraka didn't give up and continued charging towards Bakugou, trying to at least touch the hem of his clothes.
But the results were the same, Uraraka was still blasted, again and again.
"Uraraka keeps attacking without rest, but... this is.." President Mic said. He was already starting to pity Uraraka.
Even the Pro-heroes and Audience around were already complaining against Bakugou's actions.
"Hey aren't you going to stop this?" "Isn't this already going too far?" They complained to Cementoss, who was overseeing the match..
"Hey! How can you say you're going to be a Hero like that?! If there's such a huge difference between your abilites, then hurry up and send her out of bounds!" A pro-hero said, completely disagreeing with Bakugou's actions.
"Stop bullying and playing with the poor girl!" He added.
"Yeah! Yeah!"
The crowd was Incited and started Booing.
"There's a booing from the crowd.. But, honestly I also feel the sa--." President Mic couldn't finish his sentence because he was elbowed on the face by Aizawa.
"An elbow?! What're you doin'?!" He complained.
"Was that a Pro hero saying that he's playing around?! How many years have you been a pro? If you're saying that with a straight face, then there's no point in you watching anymore, so go home! Go home and look into changing careers." Aizawa retorted.
"Bakugou is being careful because he has acknowledged the strength of his opponent who has made it this far! It was because he was doing his best to win that he can't go easy on her and let his guard down!"
After that the people calmed down.
"Thank you Bakugou, for not letting your guard down!" Uraraka said as she started releasing her quirk's control over the rocks overhead
.
The numerous rocks above started falling down, and Uraraka also moved towards Bakugou.
Bakugou's only response was to raising his left hand up, while his right hand supported it.
He then proceeded to make a big explosion that blasted the rocks above.
*Boom!*
Uraraka was blown away by the Wind pressure alone, and the audience were also not spared from it.
Residual rocks started falling down. Uraraka was already lying on the ground.
Uraraka started to get up unsteadily while Bakugou charged at her.
She started falling down before making her first step. "Uraraka's down!" President Mic said.
Midnight checked Uraraka's condition, 'she just fainted.'.
"Uraraka's Out of commission. Bakugou advances to the next round!" Midnight announced while taking care of Uraraka.
After that, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's fight continued. This time it was a simple Arm wrestling.
Kirishima won, because Tetsutetsu's steel arm cracked.
"Winner, Kirishima! He advances to the next round!"
"Damn it! My metal fatigue...! I should've eaten more iron...!" Tetsutetsu said as he held his injured arm.
"Now! We've got everyone who's advancing to the next round! So let's get started!"
Izuku who heard President Mic's announcement slowly departed from the waiting room 2, where Uraraka was also situated.
While he was on the way towards the stage, he encountered Endeavor.
"Endeavor?!"
"Oh so yo're here."
"Endeavor.. what are you doing here...?"
"I watched your fight. You have a wonderful quirk. You created so much wind pressure just by flicking your fingers. If were talking about power alone, yours is comparable to All might." Endeavor slowly said.
"W-what are you trying to say...? I must go." Izuku replied, trying to escape Endeavor's sight.
"It is my shoto's duty to surpass All might. His match with you will be a very Instructive test bed. Please don't disgrace yourself in it."
"That's all I wanted to say. I apologize for bothering with before the match."
"I... am not All might. And Todoroki-kun Isn't you too."
With that said, Izuku continued slowly walking towards the arena.
"Thank you for waiting, Everybody! The first match of the second round is a Big match!"
"The man who won a huge victory in the first round and literally left the audience frozen. From the Hero course, Shoto Todoroki!"
"On the other hand, this guy barely made it past the first round! What kind of fight will he show us this time? From the Hero Course, Izuku Midoriya!"
Both of them stood at the opposite of each other. The audience waited for the match to start.
"At this year's sports festival, It's like two rivals fighting against each other! Midoriya vs Todoroki!!"
The match started and Izuku immediately used Full Cowling 15% and charged towards Todoroki.
When Todoroki saw this he used his Ice ability to try and restrict Izuku from below. Ice started appearing on the ground and continued towards Izuku.
Izuku dodged out of the way and leaped off the ground, instantly appearing in from of Todoroki. He punched Todoroki's stomach and blew him away.
Todoroki, who was blown away, made an Ice Shard behind him to prevent himself from going out of bounds.
After stopping, Todoroki immediately used his Ice Ability to try and restrict Izuku's movement.
But it was all unsuccessful. Izuku was too fast and dodged all of his attacks. And even if he caught Izuku unbalanced, Izuku would just punch it and it would immediately shatter.
Todoroki glanced at Endeavor at the corner of his eyes. He saw his father's angry face.
"Where are you looking at?!" Izuku said as he appeared at Todoroki's side, completely catching him off guard.
Izuku kicked Todoroki on the side, while Todoroki used both of his arms to block it.
"Todoroki-kun, You're already trembling. The fight just barely begun and you're already trembling. Quirks are physical abilities too. There must be a limit to how much cold your body can take, isn't it? And isn't that something you could solve by using the heat from your left side?" Izuku slowly said after taking a look at Todoroki, who was trembling due to the cold.
"Everyone's fighting with all they've got.. To win and get closer to their dream.. To become number one.."
"You want to win just by using half of your strength?! You haven't even put a single scratch on me yet! Come at me with all you've got!" Izuku taunted.
"Midoriya... What are you planning? Did my damn old man buy you off or something?" Todoroki said as he charged towards Izuku in irritation.
But he was slow. Slower than he was before the match started. And Izuku easily countered him, he punched Todoroki's gut and once again blew him away.
The crowd was puzzled by what is happening. Endeavor's son was actually losing?!
Ice started forming within the ground again as Todoroki continued his Unrelenting attacks.
Izuku who saw this easily stepped out of the way. He felt the Ice was slower than before.
"Todoroki-kun, your Ice is becoming slower!" Izuku taunted.
Todoroki, who heard this, was irked.
"Why are you doing this?" Todoroki said.
"Because I want to help you..! I want you to accept your power! and live up to the expectations of those who placed their trust on you!" Izuku said.
"All of us here wanted to be a Cool Hero! That's why everyone is giving it their all!" Izuku said as he once again punched Todoroki on the stomach, as if to bring him back to his senses.
"There's no way I can know all of your circumstances, or your resolve. But for you to become number one without giving it your all.. To completely reject your father.. Right now, I think you should stop screwing around!" Izuku said, once again punching Todoroki, this time, in the face.
Todoroki who was blown away, slowly started to get up. "I will reject.. my old man's power..." He muttered.
"It's your power, Isn't it?!" Izuku shouted.
Memories gradually filled Todoroki's mind. It was the time when he was still a kid, watching the television with his mother.
"That's right! Children inherit Quirks from their parents. But the most important thing isn't that connection.. It was recognizing your own flesh and blood!-- Recognizing yourself! That's what I mean when I say, 'I am here!', you see?"
That's what All might said.
"You want to be a hero, don't you? It's okay for you to be one.... You don't have to be a prisoner of your own blood. It's fine for you to become who you want to be." His mother said while he was crying on her bosom.
As Todoroki recalled his memories, The feelings he thought he had already forgotten, slowly resurfaced within him.
Intense fire rose up from his right side and Completely fired up the stage.
"T-this is?!" President was surprised after feeling the temperature rapidly rising.
All might who was watching from the sidelines thought, 'You made him use his left side..! Young Midoriya, don't tell me you're trying to save Young Todoroki..?'.
The Ice that was slowly forming on Todoroki's left side slowly melted from the intense heat.
"Which one of us is screwing around now? I want.. to be a hero too..!" Todoroki said as he grinned towards Izuku.
Endeavor also grinned and shouted, "Shoto!! Have you finally accepted yourself?! That's it! Good! It will all start from here! With my blood, you will surpass me..! And fulfill my desires!"
Todoroki ignored him as he only focused on Izuku's figure.
"Wow.." Izuku muttered. He was amazed by the power of Todoroki's Quirk.
"Why are you smiling? Your victory should've been guaranteed earlier. You're crazy! Don't blame me for what happens next." Todoroki said, gradually increasing his Quirk output.
Ice and Fire started pouring out of Todoroki's sides, preparing for his Ultimate move.
Izuku also prepared himself. He was ready to injure his arm in this last bout.
"Midnight! If they keep going, It'll be bad--." Cementoss said while he was making a barricade between the Duo.
"Their power's would devastate the stage and might hurt the Audience..!" Midnight said, tearing the cloth around her left arm. Pink mist was released and started diffusing towards the two.
Ice shards started forming and attacked Izuku. It was so fast that it arrived in front of Izuku in an instant.
Izuku leaped towards Todoroki, dodging the Massive ice pillar on the way.
Both of them unleashed their attack against each other, contending head-on.
While they attacked, Numerous tall cement walls appeared between the two of them and blocked most of the impact from their attacks.
*Boom!*
Their attacks met as the center of the Stage shattered. Intense wind pressure assaulted everybody as a result of the collision of their destructive power.
"Just because something is powerful doesn't mean it is good, But this is amazing." Cementoss said as he gazed at the destruction caused by the two Students.
"What was that?! What the hell is with your class?!" President Mic asked Aizawa. He was disturbed by the strength Aizawa's students.
"The air that has been cooled up thoroughly, was heated up and expanded." Aizawa explained.
"That created this explosion?! Just how hot was that?! Jeez, I can't see a thing! Hey! Who won the match?!" President Mic impatiently said.
Midnight slowly got up. She was also blown away from the previous explosion.
The dust soon cleared and revealed Izuku's figure.
His right foot was outside of the bounds, with his right arm hanging downwards freely.
"Midoriya is out of bounds! Todoroki advances to the next round!" The crows cheered after the results were announced.
'That was close..! If I hadn't created a wall behind me within the last moment.. I would have also been Out of bounds..! It would've been a draw if that happened. And if we also decided the match by Arm wrestling, I would surely lose..!' Todoroki thought, numerous sweat beads appearing on his forehead.
After that, Izuku was brought to the nurse's office to get treated. While Todoroki headed back to his classmates.