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Week 13 (Sports Festival - Part 4)

Before Stage Two

Kyouka and Mashirao, after Izuku's fight, go to his waiting room, excited and happy and proud. Setsuna also drops by, thanking him for beating the 'smug guy', quietly thinking to herself that she could never imagine Shinsou as a hero.

Izuku is still a bit, hm, peeved, let's say, as he looks at Mashirao and recalls how Shinsou labelled him a 'monkey', with the same vile sound as people would call him a 'kyou'. Because he can understand doing anything to get a chance, but he couldn't understand why going such a route was his first choice.

Mashirao, after Izuku tells him about this, reveals that, growing up, people would call him that a lot, and he used to rise to the bait all the time, getting himself in trouble for fighting against the cruel words. It only stopped when he stopped reacting, and he reckons that Shinsou would have been one of those bullies - who said and did cruel things for his own entertainment or maybe a power trip.

Meanwhile, Shinsou visits Recovery Girl to heal his minor injuries, and Aizawa meets him there. Shinsou only recognises him as 1-A's teacher, knowing that he's a hero but not sure which one. Aizawa asks Shinsou what he said to Izuku, and, though hesitant, Shinsou spills the beans.

Throughout it, Aizawa is quiet. After explaining everything, Shinsou bitterly laughs, reflecting on how Izuku made him respond to him simply by saying 'knock knock', and that maybe he would have won if he went up against anyone else.

Aizawa finally speaks up after he says this, "Is that all you can reflect on? How you could have won?" Shinsou jumps, Recovery Girl rolling her eyes and ushering other lingering students out of her office, (other losers of the rounds). "A hero's job isn't just to win every fight they get themselves into, not even underground heroes. It's to save people. And if you think discriminating against others is okay if you win a fight, then you're the furthest from being a hero in the school."

Shinsou looks down, hiding his eyes from Aizawa's sight.

"I don't know why you're like this - if you were bullied when you were younger or if you were just taught the wrong things. But don't make yourself the victim when you made one of everyone else."

With that, Aizawa leaves, and Shinsou stews in his own self-misery.

-

Tenya is ready, calm and collected, stretching to prepare his body.

His phone rings, hidden in his bag.

He doesn't hear it.

-

Battle 1: Honenuki Juuzou vs Iida Tenya

Aizawa returns to the booth, just as the second round begins. Mic announces it with all the flair he can muster, announcing the two combatants as they walk up the stage.

"In one corner, we have 1-B's Mudman!"

Juuzou walks up, his promise to Bondou repeating in his mind, raising his fist high to the cheers of the audience.

"And in the other corner, we have 1-A's Ingenium!"

Tenya marches up, recalling how he promised his brother to show the world what he's made of, and he intends to do so by winning.

Midnight stands on her podium as Mic summarises their previous fights, bringing up Juuzou's reaction time and method of subduing his opponent, and Tenya's adaptability and proficiency with unfamiliar items.

"STAAAART!"

Tenya reacts first, booting up his engines with the intent of roundhouse kick to Juuzou's waist. Having predicted such a thing, Juuzou manages to duck out of the way, Tenya's foot missing him by inches.

And it goes in such a way for a while. Tenya rushing non-stop at Juuzou, his offence quick and brutal, while Juuzou dodges each one, softening the ground at each moment he can, making Tenya stumble, but not for long, as he quickly escapes the sinking concrete and continues his assault.

Juuzou struggles, soon unable to outpace a heated Tenya, resorting to deflecting where he can, and taking hits when he can't.

But it all comes to an end, as everything does.

Tenya is fast and he hits hard, but the constantly offence drains him, and his calves are already beginning to sting with how much he uses his engines. If he continues to push himself, he will end up burning the flesh around his engines, and that would only make his defeat pathetic.

Juuzou, similarly, is tired after the five minute mark, constantly moving to avoid attacks and getting hit every so often. While the adrenaline masks any of the pain he feels, it still makes it mark on his body, and fatigue begins to climb.

However, one of them is putting more effort in than the other. Tenya.

Eventually, Tenya hesitates, his calves burning. For a brief second, the pain overwhelms his desire to win, and it's all the time Juuzou needs.

Juuzou drops to the ground, hands slamming on the floor, and the ground beneath Tenya softens. Knowing what is to happen, Tenya tries to boot his engines up once more, but he doesn't react fast enough, and his legs are swallowed up by the ground, before Juuzou hardens the floor and Tenya is stuck.

He tries to break out, spraining his mucles as he tries to pull his legs out, but it's a futile effort.

Tenya admits defeat.

"AND OUR WINNER IS MUDMAAAAAN!!"

Juuzou helps Tenya out, and they walk off the stage together, both praising the other for their performance. Tenya declares that, next time, he will win, and Juuzou readily accepts his challenge.

As they leave the stadium, Momo runs up to Tenya, distraught.

"Yaomomo-san?" Tenya asks, concerned. "What's wrong?"

"I... It's your brother. He's in the hospital."

Just like that, Tenya's day is infinitely worse.

-

Battle 2: Ashido Mina vs Uraraka Ochako

Mina and Ochako are both excited for this fight, still pumped from their previous battles, feeling like they can take on the world as they are.

Mic, once again, recalls their previous battles. Mina's slippery tacticts and her burning attacks. Ochako's relentless assault and using anything in her vicinity.

"Both 1-A students! We have a showdown between Acid Trip and Uravity!!"

The audience is in immediate cahoots, the excitement of Ochako's fight still fresh in their mind, and they wonder how Mina's long-range style can hold up against Ochako.

When Mic announces the start, Mina is the first to move, Ochako getting into a defensive position. Mina slicks her feet up with acid, sliding around the ring with grace and frivolity as she tosses burning acid at Ochako.

Ochako dodges her attacks, though the splash strikes her legs and feet, making her slow down with each one. This is Mina's plan: not to crush Ochako, but to chip away at her until she can no longer fight back.

Ochako, with all the acid eating at her lower half, resorts to using her jacket to shield her body, throwing it up in front of the next ball of acid that Mina throws. It doesn't stop it, but it drains some of the acid and makes the rest of it drop lower. Seeing the impact, Ochako sticks with this strategy, using anything she can to disrupt the flow of Mina's acid.

Her shoes are the next thing sacrificed, and Mina thinks to herself that she will run out of things to shield herself with. Ochako even uses her socks, and the bottom of her feet hurt as she runs across the concrete ground, but she refuses to lose.

When the final sock is gone, Ochako knows that her strategy is gone, and throws all caution to the wind, rushing at Mina.

Mina panics, confused and somehow scared by Ochako's direct approach. Especially as, when Mina hits her with burning acid, Ochako only stumbles for a second before gritting her teeth and charging forth. The next hit, she doesn't even flinch, only hissing and wincing at how painful it is, her sights set on Mina, and coming out as the victor.

With her arms and legs in agony, the smell of burning flesh in the air, Ochako hones in on Mina, closing the distance. Her hands burn as she pushes her hands flat against Mina, lasting less than a second but leaving a cruel after-effect, but it's all worth it as Mina begins to float in the air.

She isn't done, making the acid rain down on Ochako's body, but remember that Ochako didn't grab Mina. She pushed her. Mina is slowly edging towards the edge of the ring, and Ochako recalls Izuku's analysis.

She doesn't make things weightless. She doesn't negate gravity. She telekinetically accelerates them. While she hasn't done much to experiment with what this means, as a student of U.A., it's only fitting that she Goes Beyond, Plus Ultra.

Touching her thumbs together, she screams out, desperate for this victory, and Mina screams too as her body accelerates, right out of the zone, before Ochako presses her fingertips together, and Mina drops onto the grass.

"WE HAVE OUR WINNER!! URAAAAA-VITYYYYYY!"

Far away, from the comfort of her home, a lone woman watches Ochako's win, the livestream granted from U.A., and grins.

-

Battle 3: Todoroki Shouto vs Kirishima Eijirou

Shouto makes his way to the stadium, and, once again, Endeavour awaits him. He scowls, ignoring his bastard father as he barges past him.

"It is a waste to keep your fire at bay," Endeavour says, as cold as ever. "When will your childish temper tantrum come to an end?"

Shouto moves on, silent, but his face contorts, his rage a blazing inferno, and he despises how, despite his efforts and his vow to be nothing like Endeavour, he cannot ignore him.

Eijirou knows he won't win. Not against the beast that is Todoroki Shouto, and it seems the stadium knows this as well, their usually eager pre-game applause now more hesitant and tame. After all, there's no excitement in a match you know the outcome of.

It's frustrating. Incredibly so. But there's no denying the pure magnitude of Shouto's prowess, and the lack of one in Eijirou. In any other match-up, the outcome wouldn't be so clear. He would be hopeful and he'd fight to his very best.

This isn't any other match.

And when Shouto walks up, not stone-cold but pissed beyond belief, Eijirou knows he won't be like Sen. He won't get a fighting chance.

After recalling their performances: Eijirou's tenacity and defensive style, and Shouto's absolute power, Mic announces the strat of the battle.

And, as soon as he does, it's over.

Eijirou is trapped in the ice, unable to even flex in its containment, and he hates how utterly weak he is. He couldn't even struggle.

Once again, the audience call out for Eijirou, "Don't mind, don't mind," knowing how frustrated he must feel. Yet oblivious to the pain of Shouto, as he begins to melt the maelstrom of ice.

"Sorry," Shouto says, water dripping down his hand, trailing down to his elbow and sinking into the fabric of his jersey, "I was upset."

In the stands, Izuku stands up, turning to run down to his station, and swears that he will beat Shouto. For both of their sakes.

-

Battle 4: Midoriya Izuku vs Hagakure Tooru

Oh, now this is an interesting fight. After the previous display, the audience become a bit let-down, especially as they realise the next fight will be the quirkless kid versus the invisible girl, expecting a lacklustre fight.

Izuku and Tooru both recognise this, and, without words, agree to end this round on a bang. Tooru is somewhat upset that she won't get a rematch against Mina, considering Ochako beat her, but she decides that she'll just beat Mina by ranking higher than her. Izuku looks up to the stands, where he knows Shouto sits with the rest of 1-A, and promises to meet him in the next round.

Mic, being the best person ever, is as loud and as excited as ever, summarising their past feats: Izuku's handling of both Tenya and Shouto, and his intelligence; Tooru's unsuspecting strength and her stealth skillset.

"KYOU VERSUS KOUSEN! STAAAARRRRRT!"

The fight starts with Izuku, who refuses to let Tooru slip out of his vision. Tooru plays it slow, starting with unzipping her jersey, and moving her forearm up just in time to block a strike from Izuku's katana.

She punches back, and he blocks it with his guard, kicking his foot out and tripping Tooru up. He rises his katana and drops it down, only for Tooru to roll out of the way, discarding her jersey as she does, her upper body only covered by her undershirt.

Izuku speeds up, attacking fast with precision - at her shoulder, her hip - and blocking any of her hits much the same, doing his best to keep her fist from touching his blade, less it breaks, though it's hard to do so considering he can't see it.

Tooru, taking several steps back and away from Izuku, brings a hand to her shirt and, with a single pull, tears her shirt off, leaving her upper body invisible. Before she can do the same to her trousers, Izuku rushes in, swinging his katana up in an elegant yet brutal curve that has Tooru stumbling back, unprepared for his follow-up attack - a thrust near her throat, only just missing as he forgot to take into account her bowed-over positioning.

She regains her stability soon enough, and Izuku observes the positioning of her legs, how one leans more than the other, how her left knee bends lower, and moves his guard accordingly, letting it take the brunt of her full-body uppercut. But the power behind it is enough to send him back, and thus leaving enough time for Tooru to discard her trousers, rendering her invisible.

Izuku, for a brief moment, panics. He's screwed, he thinks, as he can't use even the smallest tells to figure out how Tooru will attack. All he can do it stand there as Tooru disappears from his vision, and the now-excited rambling of the crowd covers any noises she might make.

Think, he implores himself, heart thumping and blood rushing. Think, he yells at himself as the first strike lands, a heavy liver blow that has him stumbling. Think, he cries, as Tooru hits again, this time at his chest, winding him. Think, he demands, and he does.

Tooru, hidden from sight, hesitates as Izuku sheathes his katana, wondering if he's giving up. Well, it just means her victory will be easier now. She rushes in, fist cocked back, and she drives it into Izuku's gut.

Then, before she can draw her arm back, a hand clamps around her wrist. Oh, she thinks. She's the one who's screwed.

Izuku may not be able to see Tooru, but he is able to feel each hit she lands, and he used this to grab her before she could run. Bracing his legs, he pulls Tooru's arm up, grabbing at air before finding her upper arm, just before her shoulder, and he tugs her closer. Tooru stumbles, trying to pry her arm out of Izuku's hold.

They struggle against each other, both as strong as the other, before Izuku finally hooks his foot under Tooru's and trips her up. She falls, and Izuku twists, pushing her in front of him and pulling her arm behind her back, using his entire body weight to pin Tooru to the ground.

Midnight notices the gap between Izuku's knees and the floor, as well as the odd shadow his body casts, and quickly puts two-and-two together.

"Kousen is pinned by Kyou!" she yells into her comms, and Mic repeats the information to the audience, who stirs in excitement and anticipation.

"How will Kousen get out of this sticky situation!?"

Tooru struggles, fighting against Izuku's grip, but she can only use her arm, while Izuku uses his entire body. She had no choice. There is no getting out for her.

"I surrender!"

Midnight cracks her whip, "KOUSEN SURRENDERS!"

Mic yells, which makes the audience yell in-turn. "KOUSEN IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE! KYOU WIIIIIIIINS!"

-

Notes:

Okay, so maybe it's not as long as the previous post, but it's pretty long, so I'll take it :)

Oh? What's this? Aizawa calling Shinsou out instead of sympathising with him? Hehehe

You know exactly what happened to Tensei. But I also wanted Tenya to actually fight, and this will also have an impact on Tenya too

RIP Eijirou. I'm sure his instant loss won't affect him in a negative way at all...

Conclusion:

Final Game: One-on-Ones (Round #2)

Battle 1: Honenuki Juuzou vs Iida Tenya. Winner: Juuzou

Battle 2: Ashido Mina vs Uraraka Ochako. Winner: Ochako

Battle 3: Todoroki Shouto vs Kirishima Eijirou. Winner: Shouto

Battle 4: Midoriya Izuku vs Hagakure Tooru. Winner: Izuku

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Week 13 (Sporta Festival - Part 3)

Game 3! B-B-Battle!

(Yeah, y'all knew I wasn't about to change this. Be honest.)

Mic announces the next game, Aizawa preparing student files for everyone who passed, including the 1-C and 1-H students, even getting Vlad King's input on his students.

Midnight draws names for the first round, each one appearing on the screen. Once again, only hero names are used, with the exception of Shouto who, well, goes by Shouto.

The match-ups are as such:

Battle 1: Aoyama Yuuga vs Honenuki Juuzou.

Battle 2: Ashido Mina vs Shiozaki Ibara.

Battle 3: Hagakure Tooru vs Kendou Itsuka.

Battle 4: Iida Tenya vs Hatsume Mei.

Battle 5: Kaibara Sen vs Todoroki Shouto.

Battle 6: Kirishima Eijirou vs Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu.

Battle 7: Midoriya Izuku vs Shinsou Hitoshi.

Battle 8: Uraraka Ochako vs Yaoyorozu Momo.

Before the battles start, students are allowed to spend a further five minutes preparing, whether it be mentally or physically. Izuku and Shouto cross paths, though nothing is said. Only a nod of their heads, before they continue on.

Kyouka and Mashirao meet up, staring at the match-ups. Specifically, at 'Mindjack's name, against Izuku's. They both feel so frustrated, because they couldn't even show the pros what they were made of, and how they used their quirks. It was all orchestrated by Shinsou, and they can't even remember how.

Seeing them, Setsuna, also pissed that she can't even remember what she did, approaches.

"There were no rules against using your quirk on your teammates," she says, eyes strictly on Shinsou's name. "He didn't cheat. He used whatever or whoever was at his disposal. Only sore losers would claim he cheated..." Her eyes narrow, crossing her arms and digging her fingers into them. "That doesn't mean it was okay."

They agree to warn Izuku of what they remember: Shinsou saying something to them. After that, it's all blank.

Izuku gratefully accepts their warning, making notes on how to deal with Shinsou, and what he remembers himself of their short meeting, both at the Entrance Exam and in the King of the Hill game.

Yuuga sits in his waiting room, staring at the floor, his body shaking and his mind racing. He can't bring himself to calm down, but he knows he'll have no choice but to fight if he wants to make something of himself. (If he wants to be a hero.)

Meanwhile, Mei ambushes Tenya in his waiting room, and they come to an agreement, using the rest of their prep time to contact a teacher: Midnight. Midnight, liking the showmanship and the comradary, agrees too.

Sen is pretty much dead-eyed, staring up at the ceiling, much to Kousei and Hiryu's concern, who both came to cheer him up. They all knew how strong Shouto was, and even their inter-class rivalry isn't enough to get him fired up. Kousei pats his back, telling him to make his victory hard. Sen grumbles, but agrees.

In his waiting room, Eijirou pumps himself up, recalling how much carbon-high food he'd been eating, and starting every morning with a small amount of activated charcoal. Denki, who visited him, cheers him on, and Eijirou responds with just as much cheer.

Tetsutetsu, in a similar vein, is excited beyond belief, because he's well aware of how similar his quirk is to Eijirou, and he wants to know just how well they compare. Pony, though not understanding where his rivalry comes from, cheers for him.

Neitou visits Itsuka, and tells her only one thing: win. Itsuka agrees, knowing that this is their chance to prove that 1-B and 1-A are just as strong as each other.

Juuzou is visited by Kojirou, who makes him swear to not lose to anyone but him. There are sparks of a rivalry there, and Juuzou swears to stand upon that podium.

Tooru is, unexpectedly, met with Mina, and they both rave about how exciting it all is, and they promise to meet each other in the later rounds to finish the battle they started in King of the Hill.

Momo and Ochako sit by themselves, as their friends prepare in their own rooms. They recall how their fight never truly ended, with continuous offence on Momo's part and constant defence on Ochako's. Though they're in different rooms, they both swear to beat the other.

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Battle 1: Aoyama Yuuga vs Honenuki Juuzou

The five minutes are up, and the first battle begins, Yuuga and Juuzou entering the stage. The pros in the stadium cheer out of respect, the bell rings, and the fight begins.

Yuuga shoots a laser from his navel, just as Juuzou reaches to the ground. The laser is enough to disrupt Juuzou, and he decides to play defensive, ducking and weaving between lasers.

It isn't long before Yuuga's stomach begins to cramp, his bursts becoming shorter and shorter. Soon enough, has no choice but to stop less he throws up then and there, and Juuzou takes the chance to touch the ground, the concrete under Yuuga turning into much, making him fall until half of his torso is under the ground.

Knowing he can no longer fight, and escaping was impossible when Juuzou resolidifies the ground, Yuuga resigns.

Mic yells, loud and clear, "And the winner is Mudman!"

Battle 2: Ashido Mina vs Shiozaki Ibara

As Yuuga is freed from the ground, Aizawa comments that the match-ups may be by chance, but some people just have bad luck. Mic agrees, but also reckons that skill can definitely overpower luck.

Mina and Ibara walk onto the stage, and their fight begins. Ibara reacts first, lashing her vines out at Mina, who swiftly dodges to the side, her feet gliding across the acid she secreets.

Ibara is just as fast, however, and she's more battle smart, as she changes her trajectory to where Mina goes, rather than where she is. Like that, her vines wrap around Mina's torso and lifts her from the ground.

But, just as she tries to throw Mina out of the ring, Mina, (by instinct), covers herself in highly abrasive acid, and Ibara's vines dissolve. Mina falls to the ground, and realises what this means. So does Ibara, who changes her strategy to form multiple layers of vines, trying to use density to her advantage, but Mina's acid is too strong to do much.

In the end, Mina breaks through her fortress of vines and pushes Ibara out of the ring, leaving 'Acid Trip' as the victor.

Battle 3: Hagakure Tooru vs Kendou Itsuka

Mic calls out for the next battle, and Itsuka and Tooru walk in. As they do, Mic helpfully reminds the crowd of their quirks: Kousen (Tooru) with 'Invisibility', and Battle Fist (Itsuka) with 'Big Fist'. Aizawa hums, and monotonously informs him that Tooru's quirk name is outdated.

While Mic is confused by this, the bell rings and the battle ensues.

Now, Itsuka makes a big mistake, and that's evident by her first move. She immediately grows her fist and throws a punch at Tooru. Only for Tooru to catch it, crossing her arms over her head to do so.

It's then that Itsuka realises that Tooru isn't just 'invisible'. She's buff as fuck.

That realisation makes her panic, and Tooru uses it to her advantage, running forth and slamming her elbow into Itsuka's gut. Itsuka kicks her away, enlarging her fist once more, though to a smaller, more controllable size, and goes to swat her.

But, this time, Tooru doesn't respond with her physical strength. No, she drops to the ground to avoid Itsuka's attack, and, as she does, removes her shirt. Itsuka becomes flustered, knowing that Tooru would quickly gain the advantage, and tries to strike her once more.

She's too slow, her larger fist making for a bigger swing, and Tooru jumps back and out of the way, throwing her trousers on the ground, and suddenly she's gone.

Panicking, Itsuka grows her hand even more, soon becoming the same size as the ring, and she begins to twist, letting her hand comb through the entire ring in an attempt to find Tooru.

Hidden from the human eye, Tooru ducked under the large hand, and keeps her body low as she runs in, fist reeling back as she gets closer, until she's finally by Itsuka's side, and she puts her entire body's weight into a punch, straight into Itsuka's side.

Itsuka stumbles back, desperately trying to hit back at the angle she was struck, but her hand swings into thin air. Tooru punches her once more, again and again, until it finally stop, Itsuka falling onto her butt - outside of the ring.

"KOUSEN WINS!"

Battle 4: Iida Tenya vs Hatsume Mei

The next round is... interesting. As in canon, Mei uses Tenya as free advertisement all the way through, disappointing some heroes who wanted to see Ingenium's little brother fight, and gaining the interest of others, who want to see more of the support student who made it into the final games, just to promote her work.

Tenya also displays an impressive amount of adaptability, faced with unfamiliar support items he's only been faced with today.

Battle 5: Kaibara Sen vs Todoroki Shouto

Sen knows he's going to lose. But he won't make it easy. At the very least, he will prove himself a worthy enough match to the son of Endeavour.

In the stands, Endeavour's presence is undeniable, as he watches Shouto walk into the ring. See, just before the match started, Endeavour approached him, displaying disgust that he had yet to win any of the games, despite passing them, and reckons that he could win overwhelmingly if he just used his fire.

And Shouto despises that. His gaze is on Endeavour as he enters the ring, before its forced away as the bell rings.

As he usually does, he shoots forth a large, strong ice-wall, intent on finishing the match as soon as he could, just to prove that he didn't need his father's fire.

But Sen isn't having any of that, rotating his arms fast enough to drill into the ice, breaking through in a matter of moments.

The stadium begins to stir, enticed by the idea of someone standing a chance against Endeavour's son and-

Shouto slams an pillar of ice into Sen's torso, sending him flying and out of the ring. The arena goes silent.

"D... Don't mind...!"

"Don't mind!"

Despite Shouto being the victor, all words are aimed at Sen. Sen hates that he barely lasted a minute, but at least he lasted past the first attack.

In the stands, Izuku watches Shouto melt his ice, and his heart clenches at the solemn look in his eyes.

Battle 6: Kirishima Eijirou vs Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

Now, this is what the pros were looking forward to. While previous matches have had their own interesting qualities, as Yuuga fought until he couldn't anymore, Ibara's vines were melted by Mina's acid, Tooru proving her strength and stealth, Mei advertising herself with Tenya's aid, and Shouto proving why he's the son of the second ranked hero, this battle is gritty.

Two kids with quirks that improve their defence significantly getting into a slug fest, as they challenge the other, finding out for themselves whose defence lasted longer and which was harder.

It's a match full of both offence and defence, whittling away at each other, until one of them finally dropped.

And it's not the one who had a diet specifically for his quirk.

Eight minutes go by, punching and punching, before Tetsutetsu's finally exhausted all he could from his quirk, and Eijirou lands a hardened hook to his jaw. Tetsutetsu is too exhausted to continue and surrenders, but Eijirou holds a hand out to him.

Midnight and Mic gush over the comradery.

Battle 7: Midoriya Izuku vs Shinsou Hitoshi

Izuku had been preparing for this since the match-ups were announced, his blood boiling every time he thought back to how Shinsou called him a kyou. Not Kyou, a kyou. Hollow, because that's what quirkless people were.

His heart thumps with rage, and he trembles with it as he walks onto the stage, Shinsou walking up the opposite side with a damningly smug smirk on his face. As if he'd already forgotten how easy it was for Izuku to throw him off the throne.

Mashirao, Kyouka, and Setsuna watch from the stands, and they all desperately want Izuku to win.

Aizawa watches, bringing out Shinsou's profile, and staring directly at his quirk's name: Brainwash. He wonders if Izuku will be able to win.

The bell rings and Shinsou wastes no time, "We meet again, kyou."

Izuku's spine shivers, and he doesn't even bother reaching for his katana, darting at Shinsou and swinging his right fist at him. Shinsou fumbles, stumbling to the left and out of Izuku's swing.

"Not gonna say anything? Ha! Should have known those freaks warned you. Who was it: that monkey?"

Oh, that was it. Izuku takes a risk. He knows that it must have something to do with responding, because that's what he saw in the Entrance Exam, and what Mashirao, Kyouka, and Setsuna remembered. But no quirk was without its limits, and there was a common trick to quirks that affected the mind.

So, he grabs his katana, bringing the blunted tip to his chest, and he speaks, "You think you're hero material!?"

Shinsou jumps, but he reacts as fast as possible, dragging Izuku into his quirk's trap. Izuku goes limp, his mind falling blank, and his chest drops with it.

Right into the tip of his katana. It digs right between his ribs, winding him, and the pain brings him right back from Shinsou's brainwashing. He continues, even as Shinsou scrambles to do something, "You're nothing but an entitled asshole!"

Once again, Shinsou tries to capture him, but Izuku falls onto his katana once more and comes back, gaining his footing when he does.

"What gives you the right!? Everyone in this arena has worked their asses off to get here! Everyone but you!"

Shinsou flinches, brainwashing Izuku for the third time, but it's for naught as Izuku gets back, and he's struck with this abrupt realisation that, oh, he's screwed.

Izuku, done with facing him, sheathes his katana once more, lunging at Shinsou and ducking under his pathetic hook. He slams his feet on the ground, twisting his body as he swings his fist up, right into Shinsou's abdomen.

Shinsou stumbles back several times, winded and on the verge of throwing up, until his foot steps onto the edge of the ring, and he falls onto the grass.

"And we have a winner!" Mic roars. "KYOU!" Around the stadium, people begin to clap, nowhere near as enthusiastic as the other fights, as if they couldn't quite believe it. Despite it being a hero student versus a gen ed.

Izuku doesn't pay it any mind, too busy glowering down at Shinsou. "Knock-knock," he says through gritted teeth.

Shinsou blinks, confused beyond belief. "Wh-Who's there...?"

Izuku sighs, his rage subceeding. "See? You can't help but respond." With that, he walks away, and Shinsou falls silent.

Battle 8: Uraraka Ochako vs Yaoyorozu Momo

Both of them are excited as they walk onto the ring. The fact that they're the last match-up is both exciting and full of pressure, as they have to follow up on every match that came before them. Neither of them are particularly confident in themselves, but there's one thing they share.

The desire to win.

The match starts with a 'DING', and they waste no time to finish what they started last game. Except, this time, they're both prepared. In King of the Hill, Ochako had been taken by surprise, left to follow only what she saw and her instincts, and Momo only had a few minutes of preparation, half of which was used to prepare for Tenya.

This time, they've had more than enough time to come up with their own strategies.

Once again, the crowd are not disappointed, as they both rush in, strategies clashing at once.

Ochako has had enough of constant defence, and is on pure offence, pushing past any strike that lands on her, intent on touching Momo at least once.

Momo goes a different route, creating several small items from her skin, her outer layer gone before the match started. Each item is sacrificed, as Ochako's fingers land on them instead of her skin, sending them into the air.

Their fight is close-combat all the way, and both of them are thriving, using their combat prowess to get close to the other. Despite how this should be in Ochako's favour, Momo holds up strong, landing several strong hits on Ochako's body, while using her small objects to block Ochako's quirk.

Then it changes. Ochako's mind rushes, and she finds her strategy morphing. No longer was it completely her own - her strategy was to use Momo's against her.

Momo makes a muffled noise of confusion, as Ochako kicks back, far away. She thinks about it, trying to piece together what Ochako was aiming for by retreating, when she realises, and her head shoots up to the sky, where all those small objects she made float.

Ochako grins, and pushes her fingers together just as Momo realises. Fast to react, Momo creates a thick sheet of sorbothane, coating herself and letting it absorb the impact of those objects falling onto her.

Ochako uses this momentary distraction to rush in, stretching her hand out just as Momo removes the sheet. Momo tries - she really does. She creates a taser from the patch of skin Ochako's hand reaches out to, but the sparkles of her creation alert Ochako, and she moves her hand down.

The taser drops onto Ochako's wrist, shocking her enough to let go, but the damage is done. Momo is in the air, and Ochako is one step closer to victory.

Momo creates a grappling hook, aiming for the ground, but Ochako has experience with it from Mei, and she grabs the rope before the hook can sink into the ground. Holding onto the rope with both hands, she drags it over her shoulder, and pulls as hard as she can, throwing Momo outside of the ring.

"AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR EIGHT WINNER! URAVITYYYYY!"

Ochako, heaving heavy breaths, lets her quirk go, and Momo drops to the ground. At first, Momo bites her lip, frustrated beyond belief. But then the arena erupts, applauses sent to both of them.

"That was a great fight!"

"You two should join my agency!"

"WOO!"

Ochako smiles, walking over to Momo, and she holds her hand out, pinky bent out - a promise to not use her quirk. "Let's fight again!"

Momo brightens, her frustration washing away by Ochako's encouragement. "Yes!" She takes her hand, and Ochako raises both of their arms up, the arena's cheers only increasing as a response.

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Notes:

Hehe, this one was long, and the others are going to be just as long, with matches having more to them. RIP Yuuga and Sen. You went out fighting, at least

Setting up rivalry now, and don't you worry - I will not forget them!!

I promise I have nothing against 1-B. They just got unlucky, I swear. Juuzou's still in though ;))

FUCK YOU SHINSOU!!! SO MANY WAYS TO GET A RESPONSE, AND YOU CHOOSE RACISM!?!?

Conclusion:

Final Game: One-on-Ones (Round #1)

Battle 1: Aoyama Yuuga vs Honenuki Juuzou. Winner: Juuzou

Battle 2: Ashido Mina vs Shiozaki Ibara. Winner: Mina

Battle 3: Hagakure Tooru vs Kendou Itsuka. Winner: Tooru

Battle 4: Iida Tenya vs Hatsume Mei. Winner: Tenya

Battle 5: Kaibara Sen vs Todoroki Shouto. Winner: Shouto

Battle 6: Kirishima Eijirou vs Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu. Winner: Eijirou

Battle 7: Midoriya Izuku vs Shinsou Hitoshi. Winner: Izuku

Battle 8: Uraraka Ochako vs Yaoyorozu Momo. Winner: Ochako

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okay im curious. how does each of 1-a in your rewrite deal with being sick, specifically and just for simplistic stake let's say how does 1-a deal with when they have the average case of the flu?

Hello!

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It hasn't been brought up yet, but hero students have lectures dedicated to this sort of stuff. To looking after their body, what to do when one is ill, and maintaining health, rather than assuming you're always healthy if you're not ill.

Most of them would handle the flu in the same way: coming in anyway with a mask, but being excused from physically demanding activities.

Izuku, Momo, and Bakugou would be more stubborn about being included in physical stuff, but the staff won't allow it.

Recovery Girl usually looks after them if their symptoms get worse, but very few of them would willingly stay in their dorms, (generally due to Japan's working ethic).

Tenya would be the most vigilant about illness, and he'd be the one making sure the ill party gets the treatment they need, as well as checking up on everyone to see if they show signs of illness.

Rikidou would cook soup for anyone sick, and, if he's ever sick, everyone would work together to make a banging soup to pay him back.

Quirks factor is, as well, depending on how unconciously they use it, or if they're a mutant.

Tsuyu's legs turning red, she'll stop eating as much and be more tired in general, her skin will start to turn green. Or she'll be weirdly energetic, and nobody knows that she's ill, not even herself, until she passes out.

Fumikage would struggle to breathe, and his temper will be much shorter than normal. His eyes would swell a lot in response. Dark Shadow would be feeling just as shit, and it's only because of this that Fumikage can't even try to hide his illness.

Mina would be dripping acid everywhere, or she can't produce acid at all. She would isolate herself or soak in neutraliser so she doesn't melt the floor or hurt anyone, which would just make her feel worse until she gets better.

Being ill is one of the only times Tooru gets to feel particularly hot or cold, and she hates it. She takes care of herself to great extents just so she can stop feeling it.

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Thanks for the ask!

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is tooru quirk still called invisibility or something else

Also can she turn off her invisibility if so why doesn't she

Hello!

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Tooru's quirk is... interesting. It's described as absorbing and manipulating radiation across her skin, which is obviously a big difference from plain ol' invisibility. It manifests in multiple forms, one of which, (the main one everyone notices), being appearing invisible due to manipulating the way light energy/radiation touches her skin.

As of right now, her quirk is officially Invisibility, as stated on her quirk register. But that is not what it truly is, as we've already discussed.

Her quirk name will be changed when the time comes, and it's not much of a spoiler so I can say what her quirk's name will be:

Irradiated (照らす or Te-ra-su).

As for turning her invisibility off, yes and no. The capability is there, but she isn't at the point where she can. It's not a matter of just hitting a switch, it's more like draining a boiler.

At this point in her life, she's so used to moving the radiation to appear invisible that she has no idea how to stop, or even how she's doing it in the first place. So, yeah, that's why she can turn it off but also can't.

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Thanks for the ask!

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Me when I see that you've posted the next update: yipeee!!! Yahoo!!!! Yaaaay!!!!

In all seriousness tho I'm enjoying your writing, ideas, and direction you're taking things. Hope you're having a good day/night and life is going good for you!

Hello!

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Hehe, thank you! It makes me happy knowing that people look foward to my next updates, and that my writing is good in other peoples' eyes.

Have a good day/night too!

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Thanks for the ask!

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Week 13 (Sports Festival - Part 2)

Game 2

One by one, Midnight's platform fills out, until 42 students stand atop it. Cementoss drops the walls, as Midnight announces the end of the first game.

Hanta is jumped by his classmates, who all congratulate him on getting first place. Shouto stands off to the side, simply staring down anyone who tries to congratulate him, internally regarding it as needless chatter. Meanwhile, Juuzou is praised by 1-B for his high placement.

Izuku tries to get lost in the crowd, but Ochako loudly praises him, as does Tenya, and he gains attention anyhow. Shouto stares at him wordlessly. Neitou catches Izuku's eye, and, with a flush on his face, gives him a thumbs-up.

Soon enough, the platform decends and those who didn't make it leave the stadium with their heads hanging low. 1-C grumbled among themselves, calling it 'unfair' and that the hero course have an obvious advantage.

In his booth, Mic cheerfully announces all of the winners, their profiles showing up on a screen. "What an exciting showdown!" he yells, Aizawa inching away from him. "Don't you agree, Aizawa-chwan?"

Scowling at the honorifc, and the drawling of it, Aizawa grumbles, "No. The limited rules were put there for a reason. It was just a matter of who figured it out first, and who could get on top of the Labyrinth easiest. Cellophane's quirk was practically made for this."

"As expected of 1-A's homeroom teacher!" Mic grins, ignoring his aching ribs as he raises his voice. "In that case, who do you think will win this next game?"

Aizawa shrugs, knowing exactly what Mic was leading up to and monotonously going along with it. "I dunno... What even if the next game anyway?" Yup. As monotonous as ever.

Mic jeers at him. "Boo! Sound more excited Aizawa-chwan! After all, we're going to watch the crowning of the King of the Hill!"

Cheers explode from the stands, and the students stay cautious, knowing it won't be like a usual game of King of the Hill.

"What's thaaaaat!?" Mic drones, ear up against his mic. "You wanna know how it's gonna work? Well, you're in luck! That's what I'm getting paid for!" He gets a hefty amount of laughter at this. "King of the Hill, version Teams! Yes, you heard that right, you will playing King of the Hill in teams!

"With a maximum amount of four, our little listeners will team up and assign one student as the King - gender be damned! These teams will battle to get their King on the throne atop the hill. WAIT, HILL!?"

On cue, Cementoss places his hands on the ground, creating a cement hill, the incline steep enough to make many nervous, larger than three times their height. A podium stands atop it, shaped like a throne.

"Now, one thing has been decided from the get-go," Mic ominously states, chuckling under his breath like a villain. "That is: Cellophane's team will automatically start on the throne!"

Eyes turned to Hanta at once. That meant one of two things: he was their target, or he was their King. Either they would defend the throne, or try to take it.

"We'll give you ten minutes to decide on your teams!"

At once, Hanta is jumped, multiple people trying to gain the upper-hand by being on his team.

Izuku shuffles away, unnerved by the sheer amount of people. As he does, he bumps into a girl. You know who it is. The girl beams at him, grabbing him by the shoulders and introducing herself: Hatsume Mei.

While she was initially going to team up with first place, Izuku arguably has more attention from the pros, due to being quirkless. She asks if he really is, and he confirms it, sinking into himself. But, rather than hating him for it, she delights, raving on about how she constantly has to take into account of quirks, but the quirkless have nothing to be wary of.

He's a blank slate to her, and that makes him desirable. Izuku privately wonders if all support students would be excited to create for him, and decides that he doesn't want to know.

Just like that, Mei badgers herself onto Izuku's team, though he's not really going to deny her. Just as Mei starts to introduce her 'babies', a hand taps on Izuku's shoulder.

He turns around and faces a floating sports outfit. Tooru. She expresses how she wants to stand out, and that she knows Izuku will be able to help her to do so. Most of all, she wants to win, and she trusts him enough to know he can help her.

Izuku gratefully accepts her, and Mei states that Izuku has to be King, which Tooru happily agrees to. Mei and Tooru get along pretty well, with their personalities matching up, both unphased by the others', hm, uniqueness.

As Izuku balefully wonders if he's made a mistake, someone calls out to him. Tenya. At first, he believes Tenya wants to join him, but Tenya quickly corrects this, stating that he views Izuku as something of a rival to him, and he wants to beat him. While anxious, Izuku also feels giddy, knowing that Tenya sees him, a quirkless kyou, as a worthy rival. Someone worth beating.

So he accepts this challenge, and the two share a smile before Tenya turns to Shouto.

Now, Ochako was going to join Izuku's team. She was, really. But then she sees the interaction between Tenya and Izuku, and she feels somewhat ashamed. More than anything, she wants to win. She wants to show the pros what she has to offer, and she can't do that if she hides behind Izuku.

She's sure that Izuku has a plan to win, or he'll create one, and she's sure that, if she joined him, she'll move onto the next game. But... Before she can really make up her mind, Momo moves first.

Momo is initially hesitant to, being a bit 'protective', let's say, about being in a leadership position as 1-A's class rep, but her desire to prove herself outwins this.

She approaches Izuku and asks to join. She has a million and one justifications prepared, but Izuku agrees willy-nilly, glad to have someone so versatile. Momo flushes at his praise, expressing her gratitude.

Behind them, Ochako realises that she's lost to Momo because of her hesitation, and decides that she can't do that anymore. So, she turns to Shouto, determination flaming in her eyes.

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Team-Ups

Team 1: Sero Hanta, Kaminari Denki, Shishida Jurota, Komori Kinoko

Team 2: Midoriya Izuku, Hatsume Mei, Hagakure Tooru, Yaoyorozu Momo

Team 3: Todoroki Shouto, Iida Tenya, Uraraka Ochako, Ashido Mina

Team 4: Honenuki Juuzou, Kendou Itsuka, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

Team 5: Awase Yosetsu, Monoma Neitou, Kodai Yui, Fukudashi Manga

Team 6: Shinsou Hitoshi, Ojirou Mashirao, Tokage Setsuna, Jirou Kyouka

Team 7: Bondou Kojirou, Asui Tsuyu, Rin Hiryu

Team 8: Kirishima Eijirou, Aoyama Yuuga, Shiozaki Ibara, Tokoyami Fumikage

Team 9: Mineta Minoru, Kouda Kouji, Shouji Mezou, Satou Rikidou

Team 10: Yanagi Reikou, Shouda Nirengeki, Kamakiri Togaru

Team 11: 1-C student, Tsunotori Pony, Tsubaraba Kosei

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Game... START!

Once the ten minutes are over, Mic explains how the teams who go onto the next game are decided.

The Kings will have to be on the throne, and their time there will be recorded. The team last on the throne will automatically be added to the next game. The top four teams will go onto the next round. If that total is under sixteen, the fifth group will decide amongst themselves who to send to the next game.

With the explanation over, Hanta's team is taken to the throne. As soon as he sits on it, "START!" Mic begins the game.

At once, teams rush up the hill, fighting amongst each other to get the upperhand, to be the first one to get to the throne.

Shouto throws out a large blast of ice, and Tooru dives in front of her team, melting it as it approached. But the delay is enough for Shouto's team to get there faster.

Denki uses what Izuku taught him, combining hand-to-hand with his quirk, inflicting shocks with every connected hit. Though, he was unfortunately paired off against Tenya, who easily weaves in and out of his punches. Shaken, Denki says 'screw-it' and throws out a large blast of electricity, shocking Tenya to the point that he falls to his knees.

But, Ochako is there as soon as the electricity fizzles out and slams a hand on Denki's shoulder, then grabbing him and throwing over. Like Denki, she recalls what Izuku said about her quirk, and tries it out, pressing her pinkies together and slowly making Denki fall, all way at the starting area.

Jurota attempts to attack Ochako, but is met by Mina, who throws acid on the floor, viscious and a higher pH, making Jurota slip. She continues making those slippery traps, all the way down the hill and catching many others as she did.

Kinoko giggles nervously, but creates a large array of spores on her arms. She throws them at the group, intending to make mushrooms bloom in their throats, or to use the smell to make them nauseous, but Shouto quickly puts a stop to that, blocking them all with a wall of ice.

Mina melts down the ice wall, something Shouto requested her to do for all his ice walls before the game started. As soon as she does, Hanta lashes out with tape, still atop the throne. Kinoko rushes in with his tape backing her up, and she-

Immediately gets slapped by Ochako. Panicking, Kinoko tries to throw fungi at Ochako, but Tenya sweeps Ochako away, just as she presses her pinkies together, sending her with Denki and Jurota at the bottom.

Faced with the four of them, Hanta sweats, knowing he'll probably lose. Of course, he does, as Tenya quickly pushes him off the throne, and Mina creates a slippery slide to the bottom for Hanta to fall down.

Shouto takes his place on the throne, just as another teams arrives. Izuku's. He tries to create an iceberg on them, but Tooru, once again, takes it for them, melting the ice as she uses the radiation of the sun to do so.

Izuku, Momo, and Mei leave keeping Shouto busy to Tooru and quickly face off against the others.

Momo quickly finds herself faced with Ochako. Creating a (blunted) spear, she charges in, keeping Ochako at a distance as she thrusts the spear at her. Ochako dodges the blade, but it's obvious to see that they're now, much like Tooru and Shouto, in a standstill, neither of them making much progress.

Mei and Mina face off, with Mei using her jetpack, (which she also used in the Labyrinth), to stay off the ground, internally thanking Momo for giving her parts she needed to modify the jetpack. Mina tries to throw acid up at her, but Mei shifts ever so slightly to dodge it all, hissing at splatters that do catch on.

Izuku and Tenya meet, both eager to fight, as they planned beforehand. They engage, Tenya rushing at Izuku, who steps aside and wields his katana simultaneously, striking out. Tenya dodges it, firing one engine to spin on his foot, using his other to kick out. Izuku blocks it with his guard and steps back, just to run in once more, as Tenya turns, and slices up. The blunted edge catches onto Tenya's torso, and he's knocked back. But, it isn't over yet, and Tenya continues on.

Meanwhile, as Tooru and Shouto face-off, a new team enters. Eijirou's. Fumikage slams Dark Shadow into Shouto, who falls off the throne. Eijirou jumps in, landing on the throne with his arms hardened.

Shouto then turns his attention to Eijirou, only for Yuuga to shoot at him, just a quick burst but enough to distract him as Ibara uses her vines to grab him. Pissed, Shoutou creates a sharp arc of ice, cutting through her vines. He tries to go for Eijirou, but Fumikage stops him, Dark Shadow strong enough to destroy any of the ice sent his way.

Seeing their leader in danger, Tenya, Ochako, and Mina all go to him, and Izuku's team chase after them.

"Switch!" Izuku yells, and they all exchange marks.

Momo matches Tenya, discarding her spear and creating a metal spray can as she steps in front of him. He appears cautious, and Momo only smiles as he gets past her once more. Then she turns, spraying the can's contents at Tenya's engines.

Liquid nitrogen, she explains. Tenya instantly realises that if he tries to use his engines, there's every chance they'll implode. It's terrifying, and he thinks of calling it evil, but there's a reason Momo warned him.

Momo throws away the can and forms a rapier. "En garde," she says, then throws herself into battle.

Mei meets Ochako, her grappling hook at the ready. She throws it at her, and Ochako instantly grabs it, unravelling it from her torso. Mei cheerfully runs up, however, and Ochako grabs her. But, Mei has her jetpack and is able to navigate in the air. She reveals that Izuku told her Ochako gets sick if she uses her quirk on people for long, and that Mei's only job is to keep her distracted.

Ochako's stomach is already beginning to churn, after floating Denki and Kinoko and now Mei too. But, she can't give up. She lets Mei down, but, with Mei's grappling hook, she can't get close enough to do much.

Tooru catches Mina, joyfully reminding her that she can't be burned by her acid, keeping it to herself that acid is, in fact, not a form of radiation. Mina, not knowing this, hesitates, and it's enough for Tooru to get a head start in their battle. Mina softens the blows, creating slippery acid on her skin and making Tooru's fists slip off.

Their fight is fun, most of all, but they're both competing to win.

In the background, Eijirou is defending the throne, but loses it often to many others: Shinsou, Juuzou, and Reikou. But, Fumikage is a strong guard, and he manages to push people off before too long, and Eijirou is accumulating a lot of time.

Shouto and Izuku meet. At first, Shouto writes him off, believing that a quirkless kid can't hold a candle to him, and that he's nothing to worry about. But then Izuku forces him to pay attention, jumping him with a swing to the back of his neck.

Shouto blasts some ice, forcing Izuku back. Just as he's about to turn to the throne once more, Izuku rushes in, and Shouto tries to create an ice wall.

But, Izuku thrusts his sword in, right above Shouto's arm, and the ice shatters instantly when he pulls it out. Shouto realises that his strength must be great - to pull a sword out after it'd been encased in ice, and disturb the foundations enough to make the rest of his wall shatter.

See, it works like this: Shouto's ice isn't complete until he finishes of his own volition. Until that point, it's unstable, and the integrity is compromised. All Izuku did was find the weakest point, by his arm, and break it before it ended.

Realising he can't take him lightly, Shouto faces him. He goes for the same tactics, creating ice walls, which Izuku destroys with a certain amount of ease. He's cold and shaking, but he's pushed one of the strongest students in 1-A to a standstill.

There's only one minute remaining, Shouto realises, and, in a moment of pure desperation, flames begin to rise on his right arm. Before he can even think about it, Izuku lunges in and knocks his arm away with his blunted side.

Shaken by his own move, Shouto is helpless as Izuku kicks his feet out from under him.

"Yaomomo-san!" Izuku yells, and Momo turns from her fight with Tenya, forming a ballon in her hand. She chucks it at Shouto, ignoring Tenya's kick to her waist. The balloon explodes on Shouto. He instinctively uses his ice, and finds himself frozen to the ground.

Liquid ethane. A suggestion by Mei. Shouto tries to melt it, but his fire refuses to ignite. Not after it nearly happened before.

With Shouto frozen, Mina goes to melt him out, allowing Tooru to help Mei with Ochako, shoving her from behind and forcing her down the slip 'n' slide of Mina's creation. The two of them then help Momo with Tenya, with Tooru using her superior muscles to battle him while Mei helps Momo up.

Izuku rushes to the throne, where Shinsou is sat.

Mashirao rushes at Izuku mindlessly, Kyouka and Setsuna doing much of the same. Izuku finds it a bit odd that none of them are using their quirks, but it makes his work easier. He dodges them with ease, pushing them aside with his guard.

Shinsou wears a mean smile, "Hey, kyou," not his title, but the slur. Izuku's lips twist in distaste, and he sheathes his katana, grabbing Shinsou by the collar and throwing him over his shoulder, right into the rapidly approaching Shouto and Eijirou, both desperate to get more time on the throne, Juuzou shortly behind them.

Izuku turns, sitting on the throne, arm resting on it. Momo, Tooru, and Mei catch up to him, poised either side of him, just as the bell rings, signifying the end of the game.

"IT'S OVER!!" Mic screams, the arena either full of cheers or silenced by the sight of the one quirkless kid sat upon the throne. "Let's look as the results! In first place, we have team Red Riot! In second, we have team Mindjack! In third, Team Shouto! And, last but most certainly not least, Team Kyou!"

The hill falls back down, and Midnight cracks her whip as she walks up, hip pushing out a bit for the pros' entertainment. As she begins to declare the winners, three people speak up.

"I would like to resign!" Mashirao is the first to speak, but Kyouka and Setsuna agree shortly after, none of them feeling like they should, as they can't remember anything they did. It would be a dishonour to everyone who put the effort into it themselves.

Shinsou stares ahead, unaffected.

With three of them resigning, Midnight then assigns the next team to join. Juuzou's. Fortunately, there were only three of them, so all three are able to move up. Itsuka feels a bit dirty, but she wants to prove herself, so it all works out.

Mic announces a fifteen minute interval, and Shouto approaches Izuku.

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Hero?

Shouto brings Izuku to a secluded corner. Izuku's heart races as they stand in silence.

"I'll be honest," Shouto finally says, looking into his eyes, "I didn't think much of you. That was a mistake on my part. Despite being quirkless, you've proved yourself plenty of time, which I ignored."

Izuku bristles. Maybe that was true, but he didn't like the phrasing. Not one bit.

"It was that carelessness of mine that nearly broke the promise I made so long ago." Shouto stares at his right hand, scowling at it. "Tell me: have you heard of quirk marriages?"

Izuku can feel his blood go cold. "Y-Yeah. It was made illegal thirty years ago... Why?" He knows why. He knows why, and it makes him want to throw up.

Shouto doesn't seemed bothered in the least, his cold glare everpresent. "When two people wed in order to breed a child with a merge of both parents' quirks. Marrying for the sake of power. The rich would buy poorer 'partners' to create a powerful child."

Izuku knew all this. He knew this.

"My father practiced this as well."

He just didn't want to.

Shouto's eyes narrow further, his brows scrunching up. "In all my memories, I can only remember my mother crying."

His siblings are strangers, his father making it so. Training to the point of throwing up since the age of five. Watching as his mother was struck for the crime of wanting to protect her son.

Izuku listens, horror flooding him, and suddenly Endeavour is no longer a hero. He's not a hero, not to him. He can't look at him and see a hero. He doesn't look like one anymore, no. He looks like the bullies who beat him for fun, the cashiers who spit on him when they see his ID, the teachers who look the other way or make things worse.

(He looks like Bakugou.)

"She told me my left side is ugly," he mutters, hand rising to his scar, "before dumping boiling water on my face." Izuku gapes, unable to vocalise anything. Shouto's fingers dig into his scar, threatening to tear it open. "Fuck him," he curses. "I'll never be that piece of shit's tool! I'll never his fire, no matter what! Becoming the number one hero without his help... That's my complete disvowel of him."

Izuku can only stare for a while, flooded with raw emotion.

Shouto sighs and looks back up, hand dropping back to his side. "I don't know why I told you all that," he admits, walking away as he did. "But that is my pledge. I will beat you, and I'll do it without his fire."

"... Me too." Shouto stops, turning to him. Izuku licks his lips, recalling how weak he's felt. Whether it was bullies beating him down, or struggling against Tomura and the Noumu. "I don't care much for becoming the number one hero, but I have my own aspirations. And I will beat you, as my first step closer."

Shouto observes him for a moment. For a moment, he thinks about scoffing. A quirkless kid beating him? But then he remembers how Izuku was the first one to push him that close to breaking his own pledge.

And he nods, before walking away.

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Notes:

Did NOT expect this to be this long, omg. But you're welcome. Let's just say I'm making up for the shorter post last time.

Oh, Earlyroki... You're hilarious for many differing reasons

I hate Shinsou, but I promise he will get his shit handed to him. I felt sorry for everyone I paired with him.

Tenya and Izuku WILL be rivals, and they were always meant to be!!

Conclusion:

Second Game: King of the Hill

Winners: Aoyama Yuuga, Ashido Mina, Hagakure Tooru, Honenuki Juuzou, Iida Tenya, Kendou Itsuka, Kirishima Eijirou, Midoriya Izuku, Shiozaki Ibara, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Todoroki Shouto, Tokoyami Fumikage, Uraraka Ochako, Yaoyorozu Momo, Shinsou Hitoshi, Hatsume Mei.

Shouto tells Izuku about Endeavour's abuse

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Thank you for shaking up the games played at the Sports Festival. People will occasionally shake up the USJ placements but not the games (which fair I guess but still).

But with Bakugo not being allowed to participate and the Sports Festival not being broadcasted to be general public, I wonder how that will affect the Training Camp Arc (or the rewrite equivalent if you’re planning on something doing different of course)

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Thank you! Yeah, I wanted to change things up, because it's rare for people to do this. As you said, people will change rankings or who fights who, but not really the games themselves. I can only really recall two fics that change the games, (Juxtapose and Locked In Digital).

I understand why, but I also think it's a big missed opportunity, especially since a lot of fics focus on different characters and have differing friendship groups, and different games could highlight other characters.

For example, in the Labyrinth, Hanta is the one in first place, because scaling the wall is easiest for him. Ochako comes in higher, as does Juuzou.

The second game will be different too, as I didn't care much for the cavalry games - only when Shouto nearly used his fire. Team-ups are different too, so I hope you look forward to it!

Concerning Bakugou: the Training Camp Arc will happen, but, yeah, it's going to happen differently. Bakugou won't be as intregral, but he will still have an arc, as all 1-A students will. It just isn't tied to the LOV much.

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Thanks for the ask!

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Week 13 (Sports Festival - Part 1)

Before It Begins

The Sports Festival is happening tomorrow. Before it arrives, there's a few things that need to be done.

Izuku and Yuuga both get permission to bring one item with them into the Sports Festival. While it was easy to justify Yuuga's item, seeing as he wouldn't be able to properly use his quirk without it, Izuku's was a bit more complicated.

After all, just being quirkless isn't enough to justify bringing in his katana. He has a private meeting with Nedzu to sort it all out.

Nedzu argues that there are many within the hero course who are fighting quirkless, but Izuku claims that his quirklessness isn't his justification. He then brings out the rulebook for the Sports Festival, given to them the same day of the announcement, and shows it to Nedzu.

5) Students may bring in one item if appropriate justification is given. 5.a) Support Students may bring in any item so as long as they create it.

Nedzu understands now that he's not asking for it as a support item, and asks for his justification.

Izuku reasons that, as his quirkless status will be revealed with his hero name, he will have to prove himself twice as much as everyone else, and he can only do so if he brings in at least one weapon. Furthermore, his katana will be blunted so as to not cause any lethal injuries.

He also goes onto explain that, in the event of speed-based game, he will handicapped rather than benefitting.

Mollified, Nedzu agrees to let Izuku bring in his katana.

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Tenya calls his brother, Iida Tensei. Tensei expresses how excited he is for Tenya, and only regrets that he'll be too busy in Hosu to watch his performance for himself. Tenya waves it off, stating that it doesn't matter as he'll tell him all about it anyway.

Ochako facetimes her parents, promising to win, and that will be her first step to becoming a successful hero. Her parents only wish that she takes care of herself, and that she does her best. Ochako agrees, and her fighting will burns.

It's also explained that the Sports Festival is mandatory for hero students, but it's an opt-in for other courses. Management courses back out immediately, instead wishing to watch the hero students for experience.

1-C as a whole opt in, as do a handful of support students.

Bakugou is allowed to watch, but not participate in the Sports Festival. He is given a list of back-up teachers for internships that he will have to settle for, and thinks about it for a while. He still is.

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Welcome

The day arrives, and the students take a bus all the way to the Sports Festival. 1-A are a bit anxious, as the setting reminds them of their trip to the USJ, but Mina manages to cheer everyone up, reminding them of how this is their chance to show the pros what they're made of.

This helps a lot of them relax, and they become more excited than dreadful as they approach the stadium.

Soon enough, they're piling in, lining up in the field. 1-B meets them there. Itsuka declares that 1-B will win, and Momo responds in kind. They shake hands, as do Tenya and Shouda. Izuku and Neitou meet eyes, though all they exchange is a small nod and a smile.

1-C also appear, with Shinsou glaring heavily at 1-A, which angers both hero classes, as 1-B are annoyed that he doesn't even consider them a threat.

As there are fewer support students, they file into one line.

Midnight appears a minute later, greeting the heroes in the crowd and riling them up.

She explains how the Sports Festival works once more: students will compete in three games. They will show off what they've learned so far to the pros, who will then decide if they want to teach them for internships.

She then has each students in 1-A and 1-B come up, announcing their hero names as they walk. This is also displayed on a monitor, all flashy with the students' images and their title next to them.

Everything goes well... Until Izuku steps up.

"Student 18! The Versatile Hero: Kyou!"

In an instant, the arena goes siilent. It's not a confirmation of his status - Kyou has many meanings after all. But the implications are clear.

In the stands, Bakugou looks down, and he doesn't know if he feels vindicated or not.

Izuku is terrified. He's shaking and he can't stand how quiet the stands are, because he knew this would happen. He just... wasn't as prepared as he thought he was.

Nevertheless, Midnight moves on, introducing the rest of 1-A, then 1-B, (hero names have not been changed). 1-C also have aliases, but it's clear they hadn't consulted the management course, as they're either incredibly basic or just their quirk names, like 'Fire' or 'Stretch'.

Shinsou goes by 'Mindjack'.

The support students, however, go by industry names. Hatsume Mei goes by HatsuMei.

After introductions are done, Midnight then announces the start of the first game, ordering everyone to stand apart towards the edge of the arena. Once done, she cracks her whip, stood in the centre of the stadium.

"Let us begin the games!"

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Game One!

Cementoss, once standing to the side, places his hands on the ground. Cement walls build around the students, twisting and turning, incredibly high. Rivalling Mount Lady's height, even. Midnight's platform rises above, clear for the students to see their goal.

"Now, allow me to explain the game," Midnight coos, swishing her hips and winking at the heroes in the stadium. "Or, well, I'll allow our very own..."

"Present MIC!" Mic's voice erupts from speakers. Within the booth, he's wrapped in bandages, and Aizawa is by his side, equally wrapped up. "That's right! Your announcer is me, BABY!"

"WOOOO!"

"Now, let's get down to business, shall we?" Mic grins as he speaks, fully in his element. Aizawa groans, competely out of his. "Our first game is the Labyrinth! You little listeners have to make your way to the centre. Only 42 students will be able to move onto the next game, so do your best! Game One: BEGIN!"

With that, all the participants rush to get moving.

But we're gonna focus on Izuku.

As soon as they were given the go-ahead, he could hear everyone rushing to the centre. Maybe not everyone, but enough.

He aligns himself, stretching his left hand out until it palmed the wall, and he walks on, keeping his right hand out in the air. As he does, he hears a small cheer, and looks up to see Hanta using his tape to scale the wall, swinging towards Midnight's platform.

She only smiles at him. Allowed, then.

Izuku nods to himself, knowing now that his plan was perfectly fine.

He keeps going, weaving throughout the Labyrinth and ignoring anyone that approaches. People who see him and scoff, judging him either for his actions or for being 'Kyou'.

Eventually, with his left hand against the wall, his right hand meets the opposite wall.

He measure the distance between the two walls, using his legs to do so, nodding once more when his feet met either side.

"First Place: Cellophane!"

Right, now was the time.

Izuku took a deep breath, readjusting the katana strapped to his waist, snug against one wall, before jumping to the other.

The grip on his shoes latch onto the wall, and he jumps to the other.

Murmurs arise from the audience, watching as Izuku leaps from wall to wall, gaining height as he does.

Bakugou, in the stands, grumbles, recalling how Mitsuki once mentioned Izuku taking parkour lessons, though he didn't care enough at the time to pay any more attention.

Izuku, after a few minutes of jumping, makes it to the top, out of breath and sweaty, but gaining a large advantage. Despite the katana on his waist, he's agile enough to leap across the walls, nearly falling a few times, but managing to grab on before he does.

"Second Place: Shouto! Third Place: Mudman! Fourth Place: Uravity!"

Izuku manages to get to the platform, and Midnight grins at him, cracking her whip as he gets to her, and she raises his hand. "Fifth Place: Kyou!"

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One by one, students complete the Labyrinth.

Fourty-Two students gather on the raised platform, and Cementoss brings it all back down.

1-A and 1-B all pass, (apart from Bakugou for obvious reasons), Hatsume Mei and Shinsou Hitoshi passes, and a (irrelevant) gen-ed student.

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Notes:

Honestly? Nearly forgot about this. Got distracted, I'm sorryyyyy

Yeah, there's gonna be consequences for Izuku's quirk status being sorta revealed, even if it's not to the general public

AND YEAH! I CHANGED THE GAMES! It's tiresome to see the same stuff in every fanfiction ever, so I changed it up. The battles will stay, however, so don't worry about that

Conclusion:

Apart from the hero course, it's an opt-in for students

1-C and Hatsume Mei opt in

First Game: Labyrinth

Winners: 1-A, 1-B, Shinsou Hitoshi, Hastume Mei

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who's bineta

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Less of 'who' and more of 'what'. Bineta is a shorthand for 'Bisexual Mineta'.

There won't be much of romance in this rewrite, so feel free to ignore if you don't like the idea, but - yeah.

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Thanks for the ask!

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Hello! Silly question but I felt compelled to ask, is bineta canon???

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Oh, absolutely. At least, to this rewrite it is.

At first, I was hesitant due to his perversion, but due to the girls' influence, he's no longer acting on his libido. It's also very common in friendship groups, (according to what I've experienced, anyway), that people are far more willing to act pervertedly towards friends, and willing to take it from them, so I didn't feel bad about it.

Plus, I hate the trope that he's homophobic, because let's be honest: he'd find lesbians hot. And he'd just see gay men as less competition. He gets confused about other LGBT stuff, but in a 'I don't get it but you do you' kind of way.

Also, there's a bit more to his backstory than canon, which explains (NOT EXCUSES) some of his behaviour.

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someone asked if they could make fanart of the fic so can they

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Yes, of course! Fanart, fanfics, and so on are all welcome.

Plus, now it actually feels like your own product. If they want to make fanart for your fanfiction, not for my page, then you don't need to ask for my permission.

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1 . I asked the person making the video about this story to put it on hold until you give the thumbs up

2 . https://www.wattpad.com/story/386622071?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=Luckystar76

The only things I copied and pasted are sometimes sentences and words I don't know how to spell. Characters appears from the wiki and the Quirk analysis which I did edit to fix pronouns. Sorry about that one I hope you aren't mad about it . But he honestly can't write all that scientific stuff but I'm amazed you can .

3. how long does it take for you to write a story just curious

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1. Okay, first of all, I wasn't that mad about the video idea. I was mad that you agreed without consulation, despite your fic basically being my words. I'm fine with the video, so long as I am given credit for the inspiration

2. I skimmed through what you've written thus far, and it's already a lot better. As I've said once before, I don't care about quality - I'm honoured that I've inspired at least one person enough for them to write a fic based on my stuff.

(Quick tip: use dialogue tags to indicate speech. For example, rather than [Crap a fake, Izuku said], try ["Crap, a fake," Izuku said]. It helps the flow and makes it clear what is spoken and what's not.)

3. It depends on how many chapters I have planned. I tend to work on weekly updates, (at least, for my LOV rewrite on AO3 (shameless plug)). Each work has twenty chapters so far, so it takes about twenty weeks.

Of course, there are other factors. I took a week break, so it's now twenty-one weaks, due to health issues. The first work took me two years as I left it on hiatus for a while before returning.

Then there's the planning that goes into everything. I tend to spend a week or two before I start writing just planning everything out: character notes, lore (some of which will never be brought up in-universe), and chapter plans.

After that, I write a few chapters before I actually start uploading them, just so I don't start from a blank folder/masterdocument.

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Thanks for the ask!

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Hello! Since it’s week 10 (technically week 12 but sshhhh), how has Izuku’s view and opinions on his fellow classmates has changed since the first week of school?

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Bleh, technicalities, who cares about 'em?

His views and opinions have become a lot more positive. 1-A and 1-B are practically friends at this point, due to introducing themselves far earlier and 1-B seeing the toll the USJ had on 1-A, so he automatically thinks higher of them.

He's much closer to Tenya and Ochako now, especially with him discovering Ochako's motives and the USJ incident bringing 1-A closer together as a whole.

Momo is slowly intergrating herself into their group, and he's so here for it.

Kyouka and Mashirao, too, have become closer to them with their shared experience in the conflaguration zone, and they respect him dearly. He feels flustered whenever they express this, and feels closer to them each time.

He and Denki have been getting closer, (Denki totally calls him 'sensei' after the quirk analysis), and he's so happy to find people who don't judge him for his analysis and respect it as he does.

Really, the only two people in the school he has negative feelings about are Bakugou and Shinsou, both for obvious reasons.

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I like the way you're handling Bakugou, like you're not making him an unredeemable monster, but at the same time you're not showing sympathy for him, since he has to pay for everything he did to Izuku. That's why I have this doubt in my rewrite, how am I going to do Bakugou, I don't want to bash him, but at the same time I don't have sympathy for him.

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Thank you! Yeah, it was a bit hard trying to find a balance where Bakugou was improving without making it seem like I was pitying him or trying to make him seem more sensitive.

The thing about redemption arcs is that it can't come easy. Horikoshi made this mistake, and it affected his work as a whole.

You have to punish those characters, whether it be social, physical, emotional. They need to experience consequences so that they can understand first that they were wrong, before they figure out how, exactly, they were wrong.

And, they can't do this alone. Which is why Eijirou reached out to him. Because they need someone empathetic enough to reach out, while also smart enough to understand that that need help before they need a shoulder to cry on.

Zuko had Iroh in the beginning, then he had Katara to help him discover himself and realise how much he screwed up.

Laxus had Makarov, Natsu, and his friends, as well as a whole lot of soul searching, to figure himself out and how to fix what he'd damaged.

Characters can go through reformation alone, but not redemption. They need someone to redeem themselves to.

Bakugou has Eijirou to help him on his journey to reformation, but it's not like it'll be easy, and Eijirou won't take any sympathy for a bully. Plus, it helps that this links into Eijirou's arc too, but you didn't hear about that from me.

(If you'd like advice, please send it to my main blog, not this one).

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Just found out that Horikoshi named a character after a slur against Chinese and Korean people during WW2... (Shiga M*****)

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I'm not sure what you're asking by this? I'm aware of this, of course, but I'm also aware that Horikoshi changed the name. For anyone unaware, Dr. Garaki Kyudai was originally called Maruta Shiga. I'm not going to censor this, as it would only serve to make people unaware, and I'm against censorship in general.

Now, as much as I don't like Horikoshi's writing, (can't speak of him as a person - never met him), and as clearly unaware as he is of how racism works, considering the Mutant Discrimination arc, I don't believe he meant any offense to this.

In Japanese, Maruta (丸太) or Marutanbou (丸太ん坊) are used interchangeably and means 'log.' And 'Deku', who was named after the word 木偶の坊 (Dekunobou), means 'wooden doll'. Both Marutanbou and Dekunobou also mean 'nothing', 'bare', 'useless', and other such synonyms. Both are also quirkless.

The correlation is clear.

Toshinori Yagi's name, 'Yagi' in particular, also means tree. Quirkless characters are often associated with wood.

The hospital Shiga (志賀) Maruta (丸太) owns and runs is called 蛇腔総合病院 (Jyakuu-Sougou-Byouin). Now, bare in mind, his name Shiga (志賀) and the first character of the hospital Jya (蛇, which also reads as 'hebi', meaning 'snake').

There is an old legend called 'Kurohime Densetsu' in the Nagano prefecture, where the story takes place in the area of Shiga-Kougen (志賀高原) and the villain of the story is a giant snake (大蛇).

It's clear that he was creating a parellel between Garaki, (or Shiga), with the Kurohime Densetsu, but it was a mistake on his behalf to not do further research into the name 'Maruta'.

For those unaware, in WW2, Japan had a project called 'Unit 731' where they experimented on people they called 'Maruta (丸太)', most of them being Chinese and Korean, which then became a derogratory slur against them.

Contrary to popular belief, this alone did not get MHA banned in China - it was due to how pro-Japan the story felt. Not exactly pro-cop, but pro-Japan, in the same way the anime/light novel 'Gate' was, and China didn't agree with this.

Now, I'm not excusing Horikoshi for this. He didn't seem to have any ill intents, but a bit more research would have avoided this entire scenario, and that is a mistake on his behalf. It's the same as J.K. Rowling calling her only Korean character 'Cho Chang' without realising they're both surnames in Korea. She could have searched up popular first names and last names in Korea, but decided to be lazy and basically went 'Ching Chong' in what she thought was a coy plau.

I still don't understand what this ask was meant to say, as that issue was fixed five years ago when Horikoshi renamed him to Garaki Kyudai, but I thought I would explain nonetheless, as the language barrier makes it easy for misunderstandings to occur.

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Thanks for the ask!

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I have several thoughts about this week’s post. I’m going to try and list these during in order of events but not fully guaranteed.

Getting the Management students involved with the hero course students is such a fun and good idea. 1000% missed opportunity in canon.

The scene with Saki using her quirk on Midoriya 👀. Is this a potential (funhouse mirror) parallel to Sir Nighteye and All Might (if you’re keep that the same/similar to canon that is)?

“Cold Hero…” hello Earlyroki <3

All of the names you choose to replace is fun and makes sense for the characters. Also “Spotlight” for Aoyama has the same effect “Can’t Stop Twinkling” when it comes to like foreshadowing and stuff which is nice.

The Calling In scene 👀 👀 👀. Very, very interesting. And theory: the student on the phone isn’t Aoyama, but rather a simple red herring to build up suspense. I don’t have a clue who the student actually, perhaps Momo? Or maybe a class 1-B student? I would actually suggest Hagakure, but Osamu wouldn’t have been able to see her eyes.

Okay, so that’s all (for now)

Hello! (Sorry for just getting to this now)

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Yeah, I wanted more intercourse development, and I thought that introducing the management course in this way would be a great way to actually put them into the story, and just make it known that I don't plan on missing all those seeds Horikoshi forgot to water.

Saki using her quirk on Midoriya being a parallel to Nighteye and All Might's relationship? ... WELL I WOULDN'T CALL THEM PARALLEL'S PER SAY-

Seriously, I would dub them as more of foils than parallels, but I won't disclose more than that ;)

Earlyroki was every teen going through their emo phase, (but his is valid lol)

Yeah, there were a lot of hero names I felt lacking in creativity. I didn't like how clear it was that Horikoshi cared more for some names than others. I mean - Sugarman?

Early ideations had Minoru as 'Grapist' but I felt that was a bit too edgy for this haha

As for the call scene... Well, we'll see, won't we?

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Thanks for the ask!

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Quirk Analysis #2

This will analyse and deconstruct the quirks of Denki, Ochako, and Momo

Kaminari Denki:

Denki generates electricity, as in canon. He captures and converts his body's wasted energy into electricity, along with his heart. The heart automatically generates electrical currents as ions cross through cell membranes, but his heart produces far more. As opposed to 60-100 times per minute, his heart produces an electrical stimulus about 500-750 per minute. 

Of course, this is incredibly bad for normal people, but his anatomy allows and thrives off of it. If it goes lower than 500, there is a chance his heart will stop.

The further his electricity travels, the more it disperses and weakens. To combat this, Izuku suggests using a metal weapon, such as a tonfa or baton, to coat it in electricity, helping him with both his accuracy and general output.

From experimenting, they find out he can use up to 1.3 million volts, (same as USJ canon), before he short circuits, though he only really needs about 50 to knock someone out.

He's recommended to learn hand-to-hand combat, from which he can shock his opponents with low bursts of electricity, and to learn combat with metal weaponry. He also adds a water gun, which he can infuse with water to target more accurately from a distance, until he can do it without it.

Izuku has him eat more electrically-charged fruits, such as tamarind and lemons, and to use his electricity to do more than shock. To burn.

Uraraka Ochako:

Her quirk does not affect gravity. It doesn't nullify or manipulate it. After all, nullifying gravity is not the only force in action. If she only nullified gravity on Izuku's body when he fell, he would have continued to fall as the momentum would still exist. Additionally, she would not have been able to get an infinity in the ball throw, as the air resistance would halt the ball's movements.

Gravity is the curving of spacetime by all the objects in it, combined with the "geodesic" (straight) motions of those objects through the spacetime. To put it into perspective: if you place a ball on the top of a hill, it would appear to you as rolling down a curvature. However, to the ball, it is simply moving straight across the ground. 

It could be reducing mass, but that wouldn't explain why objects floated, as they would still be heavier than air. If it were lighter than air, it would shoot straight up into space. 

The only explanation is that she is accelerating the force whatever she touches. Whether it be to stop Izuku from falling, or to throw a ball into space. However, this isn't enough to explain why Izuku didn't die from falling, as the force change would be too hard on his body, buff or not.

Along with accelerating force, she is using telekinesis to reinforce the objects as well. The telekinesis is how she can accelerate them as though the mass is less. In other words, as opposed to gravity negation or even mass reduction, her quirk is telekinetic acceleration.

In other words, she could theoretically increase or decrease the force of any object she interacts with, meaning, if we still want to go by gravitational terms, she could significantly increase the gravity on a person or object. This would also mean that she doesn’t necessarily have a weight limit, just a force limit.

Yaoyorozu Momo:

Momo does not produce items from her lipids or fat, which is proven by a small experiment. Before the experiment, her weight is 53 kg/116.84 lb, which is just under average for her height. Izuku had her produce the heaviest item she could, and weighed her afterwards. 53 kg/116.84 lb. Then they had her do a mukbang, basically, where she would eat as much as she could. 53kg/116.84 lb. 

As opposed to using her fats or lipids, she's in actuality creating items using the energy generated from digesting food. This is why she does not gain nor lose weight. She isn't limited by her fat or lipids, she is limited by both her metabolism and how much she has eaten before a fight. 

In the same vein, this means she takes longer to regain energy to use her quirk. As high as her metabolism is, it still takes time for food to properly digest. 

In order to strengthen her quirk, she has to eat more whenever she gets the chance. Banana, oily fish, eggs, foods that give the most energy.

Finally, she just has to continue studying, as her quirk highly relies on her intelligence.