As All Might was walking on his way to check up on Izuku and friends, he suddenly realized the temperature rising. He stopped and called out.
"Endeavor."
Said man, stopped on his tracks and looked at him.
"If it isn't Number 1." he annoyingly says, tension rising.
All Might managed a smile and congratulated him for his son's team managing to get into last round.
Endeavor however just spat back in anger.
"He's no son of mine if that's the only thing he could do."
All Might's smile froze and sweat dripped down from his forehead.
"Surely not, right? That's still your son who you always brag about after all!" he tried laughing it off but Endeavor was already walking.
"I made him to surpass you, if only he is using his left side instead of that unreliable ice."
All Might was left to scratch his head and continue walking towards the medic ward.
Upon going inside, he saw most of his students around Iida who was all bandaged from head to toe. Apparently he'll live and would be back to normal, courtesy of Recovery Girl and the other staffs whose Quirk revolves around healing.
"I AM COMING IN LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!!!"
Everybody jumped at the sound of him barging in while posing and flexing.
"All Might-sensei!"
All Might offered a thumbs up and told them to prepare because the Battle Tournament is approaching. It had to be paused due to the accident earlier and also for reparations. Unfortunately, Iida cannot participate so he had to be switched, this person was Tetsutetsu. Additionally, the other candidate to make up for 16 participants aside from the 4 winning groups was Shiozaki Ibara.
They started going to their respective waiting areas to get ready. Izuku was feeling down because he blamed himself for what happened to Iida.
"It's fine, Deku-kun... I'm sure Iida-kun woouldn't want you to be sad. You didn't mean to do it, nobody knew this was gonna happen."
Yoshiki plopped down next to him, hanging his arm on Izuku's shoulders.
"She's right, man. Who would've thought he's got that kind of moves under his belt?"
He tapped him on his back a couple times and stood up.
"It is a competition after all, things happen. Are you pitying him for doing his best?"
Izuku widened his eyes and hurriedly explain, "Wha– No! it's just–"
"It's nothing. Plus, that was my plan was it not?"
He smiled at Izuku before he walked off to go somewhere else.
"Look alive, we've got a lot of stuff on our end."
Izuku took a deep breath before closing his eyes. When he opened it, there were no hesitation in it anymore.
"He's right. Iida gave his best, I shouldn't be pitying him for it. What I should do is win, and then I will tell him the story of what happened today, so I have to watch a lot don't I?"
"Hehe, that's it Deku-kun!"
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{LOOK ALIVE, FOLKS!!! WE ARE AT OUR LAST DESTINATION!!!}
{IT ISSS THEEEE MOST AWAITED! TTTTTHEEEEEEEE BATTTTLLEEEEE TOURNAMEEEEEEENTTT!!! YEAAAAAHHH!!!}
All the audience were whooping and cheering, finally this is what they've been waiting for. This is exactly what they came for.
A battle to see who's the strongest!
Midnight explained the rules of the match.
No lethal moves, once the opponent was out of consciousness, the other wins or if they get out of bounds.
"Without further ado! Let us start with the first match!"
Match 1: Katsuki Bakugo vs. Mei Hatsume
They stood face to face inside the arena, Hatsume was wearing all kinds of protection that it is a wonder how she can still move at all while Katsuki just stood there glaring at her.
"Ready?"
With both participants' nods, she struck her whip.
"Start!"
Right off the bat, Katsuki held out his hands and produced multiple clusters of explosion towards Hatsume. She raised her lancer-looking weapon and it opened into a shape that looks like an umbrella. Once the smoke clears, she stood there smiling, her creation a bit singed.
"Look at this baby! I call it the Lancer-Umbrella ver 2.0!"
Katsuki was annoyed because she wasn't even looking at him, she was staring somewhere far away as if he wasn't even worth it. This irked him so much that he launched himself towards her, but she clicked a button from the umbrella. He dodged to the side to avoid getting caught up from a net containing electric currents and had to back away to dodge bullets.
Hatsume was laughing while she fired off bullets after bullets, chasing Katsuki who kept trying to get off the trajectory. Soon, the weapon lost bullets, giving Katsuki the chance to give back the same treatment. So he just blasted clusters of explosions on her position.
Hatsume kept on defending herself, but even that has its limits. Soon the defense crumbles and she left to fend for herself. Thankfully she was wearing protective armor all over her body.
What she didn't know though was that, in between the explosions, Katsuki was inching closer to her position. It was way too late when she noticed him. He grabbed her suit and started spinning her around.
X-CATAPULT!!!!!!
The resounding explosion rocked her off the arena and straight towards the stands. The audience had to get out of the way as she crashed straight down. For a moment, nobody dared breathe but then she stood up like nothing and laughed it off saying; "Well, I lost." and then walked off.
Midnight struck her whip and announced the victory.
"Winner, Katsuki Bakugo!"
Izuku was writing stuff down and mumbling.
Uraraka beside him wasn't shocked that Bakugo would win but rather shocked the opponent was still alive.
"Suits really are amazing... that much and she's still fine?"
Yoshiki whistled from the side which scared Uraraka.
"Jesus! Where'd you come from!"
Yoshiki just laughed it off and gave her snacks he got.
"Next match is Halfsie and Spiderman right?"
"Who even are those?!"
"Hahahaha! You are funny, no wonder Izuku likes you alot."
""WHAT?!""
"Oh, Izuku. You were listening after all?"
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Match 2: Shoto Todoroki vs. Sero Hanta
The match didn't even last long. One moment Sero caught Todoroki on his tape and swung him. Another he was already encased in ice, and so was half of the arena, almost reaching the stands.
"Well, that was anticlimactic wasn't it?" Yoshiki says while munching on some chips.
Uraraka was freezing and vibrating "I-Itsh c-cold!"
"Is it?"
He then tapped Izuku, "Good luck, you are next right?"
Izuku nodded and thanked him but not before Uraraka gave him a hug saying, "You better win!"
Izuku turned red and nodded stiffly before walking off like a robot.
Yoshiki was laughing at this.
"Stop it Yoshiki-kun!" Uraraka herself was all red, covering her face with her hands.
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Match 3: Izuku Midoriya vs. Mina Ashido
Izuku bowed to Mina prompting her to copy, once that was done they looked at Midnight.
Without further ado, Midnight started the battle.
Before Mina could move, Izuku was already there making her widen her eyes.
They both know Mina wouldn't actually spray him with her acid. She wasn't the type to do so.
He took advantage of that fact and charged in straight without a care in the world.
"Sorry about this, Mina-san."
He wrapped her with his Black Whip and swung her out of bounds.
"Winner, Izuku Midoriya!"
Uraraka cheered from her position, shouting his name louder than everybody else.
Yoshiki was bored though, so far, Katsuki's battle was the most thrilling.
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The fourth match was between Kirishima Eijiro and Denki Kaminari.
"Let's have a good fight, Denki!" says Kirishima while banging his fist together.
"Likewise, Kirishima!"
Midnight explained the rules again, looking at Kaminari.
"Alright, match start!"
Kaminari, for the most part, started off with his ultimate move.
1 MILLION VOLTS!!!
Electricity flooded out of him, targeting everything around him–
Except Kirishima, of course. Kirishima was already hardened and took the wave of electricity like a man. It didn't even manage to affect him one bit. Once he was in range, he uppercut Kaminari, knocking him out.
At the stands Yoshiki was laughing again, because, of course that would be the outcome but still, it was funny seeing Kaminari frying his brain out for nothing.
Uraraka had to pinch him to make him stop laughing. He grumbles but ultimately stopped.
"The next battle is Shinso vs. that Tetsutetsu guy. Iida's replacement."
As he said this, the two contestants walked on the stage.
Shinso walked closer to him and offered a handshake.
"Let's have a nice fight."
Tetsutetsu looked at it with disdain, "Your Quirk is Brainwash right? I'm not gonna shake hands with you, who knows if that's how it activates."
Shinso titled his head but grinned. "Whatever."
He went back to his previous spot while stretching.
Midnight struck her whip as a signal for the match to start.
"Get out of bounds."
The match ended before it even started. Tetsutetsu was left with nothing to do but obey. He stepped out of bounds and lost just like that. Once Shinso released him, he fell to his knees and struck the ground.
"NOOOOOO!!!"
It was dramatic and all.
Uraraka glanced at the guy with a hint of pity, "To be fair, it's kinda hard to counter Shinso without knowing of how his Quirk works beforehand."
Yoshiki nodded, "True, but even without that, he was personally trained by Aizawa-sensei. Who knows what he has up his sleeves?"
Yoshiki stretched and waved Uraraka goodbye as he also started walking.
"I'm up next. See ya."
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He stood face to face with Fumikage.
"Are you aura farming?" he asked.
Fumikage opened an eye, "I am just naturally edgy, is all."
Yoshiki nodded, "I see."
Midnight commented on this "I love honest men, very well, let's not make this long! Start!"
Dark Shadow instantly emerged from Tokoyami's... guts..?
Yoshiki laughed as he see this, cracking his knuckles.
"I've always wanted to try this.."
He dashed up into Dark Shadow and threw a straight into his bird face. Dark Shadow managed to block the hit. Yoshiki threw another hit, got blocked again. The more Dark Shadow managed to block, the louder Yoshiki's laugh became which made Tokoyami a bit weirded out.
The strikes became faster and faster yet Dark Shadow always managed to block, intercept, or hit back. His hits were always dodged by Yoshiki though, and he's always getting counter punched.
At one point, Yoshiki became so fast that Dark Shadow couldn't even manage to block it anymore.
"Tokoyami... it hurts..." "Dark Shadow..!"
"Hoh? He does feel pain huh? Alright, this time I'll call the hit, okay?"
Having lost interest on Dark Shadow who couldn't even pick himself up, he then targeted Tokoyami.
"Face!" his fist struck Tokoyami's face with pinpoint precision causing his head to be thrown back from the force.
"Face. Face. Face. Gut!"
He toyed with Tokoyami again and again, hitting him where he said he would.
"Face!"
Tokoyami shielded his face with both hands but was then uprooted from the ground by an uppercut on his solar plexus. During his air time, Yoshiki turned 180, grabbed him by the head over his shoulder and dropped him to the ground.
{OH SHIT! IT'S THE R.K.O!!!}
There was a resounding thud accompanied by the mic indicating somebody was hit for being loud.
"Winner, Yoshiki Hayashi!"
Tokoyami was brought out in a stretcher while Yoshiki walked away, during his walk, he saw Toru.
He hugged her and wished her to have fun.
"Have fun? Are you not wishing me good luck at all?"
"You will win, you don't need luck. Alright, get out there and show them."
Toru smiled, her cheeks turning rosy red but managed to thank him before going out into the Arena.
Yoshiki decided to stay there to watch.
The fight was between Uraraka and Toru.
Toru was already naked before she even got to the arena so Midnight had trouble addressing her. Thankfully, Toru reminded her that she was invisible.
The fight started and Uraraka was vigilant from anything, unfortunately for her, Toru was personally trained by Yoshiki.
A punch hit her on the jaw, making her vision spin but she countered only to touch nothing but air. Toru was already on the move. What followed was a funny scene because it looked like Uraraka was fighting air and was losing badly. No matter how many times she got hit, she got back up.
This went on until even the audience felt bad for her, shouting for her to give up already. To stop this pitiful sight.
Izuku who couldn't take it anymore had to shout for them stop shut up.
"CAN'T YOU SEE SHE'S NOT GIVING UP?! WHO ARE YOU TO SAY OTHERWISE?!"
The audience was momentarily stunned before somebody pointed out that Uraraka was floating up.
Apparently, during Izuku's outburst, she got ahold of Toru who was running out of breath due to the constant in and out, however, Toru clung to Uraraka and started choking her out. The outcome was this: the two are reaching high altitude and before long, they started crashing back down to the arena.
Yoshiki ran forward but Izuku beat him to eat, he was already airborne wrapping Uraraka and a lucky Toru who was clinging to her. Yoshiki released a sigh of relief thinking that Izuku might not be able to see Toru. Phew. Who knew clinging to people could be the best technique of survival?
"Winner, Toru Hagakure!"
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Soon, it was the last battle between Yaomomo and Ibara Shiozaki.
The match was over in an instant. Yaomomo didn't even had the time before she was caught on the vines, raised high up and had to give up.
"Winner, Shiozaki Ibara!"