Chapter Text
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"All Might Talking"
"All Might thinking"
"Random use"
"Random use"
Izuku headed to the cafeteria to get some food when he saw Momo talking with Mineta and Kaminari. As Izuku got closer to them he overheard what they were talking about.
"So let me get this straight. UA has hired some cheerleaders to excite the crowd, but Nezu thought it would be nice if the girl students joined in too. So, he told Aizawa, who told you and Kaminari to tell me this and get some outfits prepared for us."- Momo looked at the two with a suspicious stare.
"Yep."- Mineta and Kaminari both said with (Fake) innocent smiles.
"What about the other class girls? And what about their uniforms?"
"They are being told by their classmates."- Kaminari. "And only our class only needs uniforms, they got lost in shipping."- Mineta.
Izuku narrowed his eyes as he knew this was a ploy by both boys to trick the girl into wearing cheerleading outfits. He was about to stop them when he and Momo made eye contact, and she shook her head for him to stop.
"Okay."- Momo said as both boys cheered internally. "I just hope I don't mistake making the formulas for uniforms with a poisonous gas instead."
That got the boys to stop in place and stare at Momo. "It is an easy mistake to do, especially with a gas that makes whoever breathes it in be in unbearable pain. Thankfully if I make that mistake, the gas is untraceable to I won't get in trouble."- Momo gave the boys a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. "By the way once I make the uniforms can both of you check them out to make sure they look right?"
The boys both paled and realized she was onto them. What made it worse was that they both knew she was smart enough to make what she said into a reality easily and get away with it.
"A-actually I think we were mistaken!"- Mineta trembled in fear. "Y-yeah, I now remember that Nezu and Aizawa decided not to go through with it. Never mind, but thanks Yaoyorozu!"- Kaminari shivered and he and Mineta ran away.
"Looks like you have taken my advice."- Izuku smiled as he walked up to Momo.
"Indeed, and it worked better than I thought. Now let's go get some food."- Momo smiled back as the two got some grub and joined their friends.
After eating and doing other things, everyone gathered back to the stadium with some cheerleaders hyping up everyone in the stands as Midnight and Nagant walked back on stage.
"Let's get back to it, we will now announce the tournament brackets for the finals and explain the rules!"- Midnight.
"Hold on!"- Ojiro stepped forward with his hand raised. "I would like to withdrawal from the finals."
This shocked everyone as it made no sense for him to withdrawal. "Ojiro, what are you saying?"- Izuku.
"I want to withdrawal. During the last match I don't remember doing anything until the last moment when I suddenly found myself pulling a chariot at the end. *And I think it was his quirk that caused this. *"- Ojiro whispered that last part but Izuku caught it and saw Ojiro glance at Shinso.
"I know this is a once in a lifetime chance, but I can't take it without knowing how I got here. My pride won't allow it."- Ojiro clenched his hands.
"Um excuse me."
Everyone turned to see Shoda of class 1-B and part of Ojiro's team raise his hand. "I am in the same boat. I don't remember what happened during the 2nd event but somehow made it to the finals. If we are meant to show our skills to move on, then I can't continue since I didn't. I would like to drop out as well."
"What a strange turn of events! What will Nagant and Midnight say about this?"
Said teachers were quietly talking to one another until they came to an agreement and Nagant got her mic ready. "We will respect our student's decision and allow these two to withdrawal."
"Don't worry, I will go on in your place."- Aoyama grabbed Ojiro's shoulder but it didn't comfort him like he thought it would, just weirded him out.
"Because we now have 2 vacant spots, we need to fill them. The team that got 5th place was team Kendo."- Midnight looked at Kendo, a girl of medium height and has a slim build. She has sharp yet rounded teal eyes with white pupils and long orange hair that she typically wears tied into a high ponytail on the left side of her head. Her bangs are split into three clumps around her eyes, and some of her hair sticks up in large tufts at the top of her head.
"Well, we didn't do much either so how about Tetsutetsu and Tokage. They worked the hardest out of us all."- Kendo pointed at Tetsutetsu and Setsuna Tokage. Tokage is a young girl of average height with surprisingly large, upturned, dusky green eyes, long lower eyelashes, and notably long and pointed teeth. Her hair is a dark moss green, collectively reaching just below her shoulders aside from a short clump that hangs in the center of her forehead, and it grows wavier and thinner the lower it gets.
Said members of class 1-B were surprised that their class [resident nominated them. "It just feels right that they should move on."- Kendo smiled as Tokage and Tetsutetsu smiled back.
"Then those two will be in the finals and we will randomly generate who will be going against who!"- Midnight announced as a hologram bracket appear and filled in each spot.
Izuku Midoriya vs Hitoshi Shinso. Shoto Todoroki vs Hanta Sero. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu vs Ejiro Kirishima. Setsuna Tokage vs Denki Kaminari.
Mina Ashido vs Yuga Aoyama. Momo Yaoyorozu vs Fumikage Tokoyami. Tenya Iida vs Mei Hatsume. Ochako Uraraka vs Katsuki Bakugo.
Ochako paled as she saw that she would have to fight Bakugo for her first match.
Izuku looked at Shinso and wondered what he did during the 2nd event and what his quirk is. Then Izuku looked at Todoroki since if they win their first fights then they get to have their match against each other.
"Before we begin the finals, we will have normal sports festival games for those who didn't make it to the finals. This way you can show your stuff and what your made of if you didn't get the chance. Those who are in the finals can join if they wish or rest/strategize instead."- Nagant.
The non-finalists got excited that they could still do something instead of sitting on the sidelines. Izuku though was going to sit out so he can plan his upcoming fights.
That was when Ojiro grabbed Izuku's shoulder and got his attention. "We need to talk."
"Oh, um sure."- "I guess this is about Shinso and what he did to Ojiro."- Izuku follow Ojiro to one of the student prep rooms.
Ojiro explained what happened to him and what Shinso's quirk may be during the festival games. The other finalists didn't participate either as they rested or got ready for the tournament.
A few minutes later Ojiro finished his explanation and Izuku took in what he said very seriously.
"So Shinso has some kind of mind control or brainwashing quirk. Replying to him when he talks to you activates it and puts his victim in a daze. In that daze Shinso can command you to do whatever he wants. Ojiro only broke free when he knocked into something in the race that shook him out of his daze. A very strong ability but it does have certain requirements and can be broken."- Izuku thought as Ojiro drank some water to help his throat some explaining so much.
"There you have it. I hope you can use my loss to give you an advantage"- Ojiro.
"Thanks, I just hope there isn't an unknown factor for his quirk. But if I only need to not reply and if I do just need some physical bump, then I can work with that."
"I hope so too. Now before I go, I do have a request: win for me."- Ojiro stood up as Izuku stared at him in surprise. "This came out of left field, but I can't stand being made into a puppet. As a martial artist I have pride in my skills and myself, but that guy played me, and my pride won't stand for that. I know I could have stayed in the finals to get my chance to get back at him, but as I said I have too much pride in getting a reward I didn't earn. So, I humbly ask you to win for me."
Izuku was stunned silent at Ojiro's words and even though he planned to win, he now knew he needed to win. "Okay, I promise to win."- Izuku stuck his hand out which Ojiro gratefully shook.
"Now I am planning to use my self-made martial arts skills to win and would like an actual martial artist to give me some tips to improve it. There is only so much reading and watching videos about martial arts I can do before I need more input from an actual martial artist."- Izuku smiled.
"You're making a martial art? That's cool."- Ojiro sat down as he was now interested. The two proceed to talk about Izuku's way of the spider fighting style and how to improve it.
After some time, the festival games ended, and it was now time for the tournament. Cementoss created a square ring for the students to fight in and was on standby to repair the ring if needed if the students got a little destructive.
"Time for the finals! These are the rules, you must either knock your opponent out of the ring, immobilize them, or get them to give up to win. You can't go overboard in hurting your opponent too much or kill them. Beside that anything goes! Pull hair, kick their privates, fight dirty to win!"- Midnight smiled as the crowd went into a frenzy.
"Now this is what I'm talking about!"- Mirko grinned ear to ear. "I would love to be able to fight in an all-out brawl with quirks and no repercussions. Though it sucks that these fights have to hold back, but I am surprised they will allow dirty fighting."
"You yourself know that villains don't play fair and sometimes we heroes need to do the same in order to maintain peace."- Ryukyu shrugged.
"True. Well anyway, I am curious to see how these kids will fight."- Mirko said but was thinking about one student in particular, Izuku Midoriya.
"He managed to still hold onto his points despite the competition. That is what I am looking for in an intern, but I will only offer it if you can do well in the finals."
Speaking of Izuku, he was waiting in one of the entrance tunnels to the stadium until it was time for his fight against Shinso. He was psyching himself as he knew not to respond to any of Shinso's attempts to brainwash him.
"Hey!"
Izuku is broken out of his thoughts as he saw Toshinori approaching him. "Toshinori! It's great to see you!"
"It is great to see you too, it's also great to see you doing so well in the festival. Two first place wins, I am immensely proud of you!"- Toshinori gave a thumbs up.
"Hehe t-thanks. But I still have the finals to go through."
"You need more confidence kid because I believe that you will do amazing. So long as you keep your chin up and smile through any fear, then you can do anything!"- Toshinori buffed up to make his words more impactful.
A green light then turned on, signaling for the contestants to enter the field. "That's my cue. Thanks for the talk All Might."- Izuku waved off before walking out.
All Might de-buffed and waved back. "Good luck kid."
"With the rules out of the way, let's welcome our first two contestants! First is a shadow player who we haven't seen much of but must be skillful to make it to the finals, Hitoshi Shinso! He is up against the winner of the previous events and a real powerhouse, Izuku Midoriya!"
Izuku and Shinso both walked to the edges of the ring where they were told beforehand to stand at. "Do both contestants understand the rules?!"- Nagant asked and Izuku and Shinso nodded.
"*Pfft* ring out, knock out, or giving up is how you lose but it seems like the tail-brained idiot got a jump start."- Shinso mocked and made Izuku glare back.
"Don't say anything, he is trying to get a rise out of you. Just wait until the match begins and we can enjoy knocking him out of the ring."
"That monkey must have told him how my quirk works. I need him to talk back otherwise all my work will go to waste."
"Let's not dwell on him though, idiots like him are a dime a dozen. You and me however, we have a vision for the future and want to achieve what we want. We aren't foolish enough to throw our chance away for foolish pride. We are of the same kind Midoriya. I mean you pick some powerful classmates to help you win the last event; they were very useful tools."- Shinso smiled.
"Start!"- Midnight announced as that last statement got to Izuku and unfortunately got him to speak up. "We are nothing alike and they aren't tools or fools!"
Izuku was about to charge at Shinso but stopped in place when the brainwashing took effect. "Too easy."- Shinso grinned.
As the brainwashing took hold, Izuku felt like he was having an out of body experience as he felt like an outsider within his mind. "No!"
"What happened?! Midoriya was running at Shinso but stopped in place!"
"No! I warned him but he still fell for it!"- Ojiro yelled in frustration as the crowd were confused.
"This might be Shinso's work, we should have kept a better eye on him."- Present-Mic said as the camera's zoomed in on Shinso smiling.
"You're right. UA needs to keep a better eye out for candidates like him. The entrance exam is too irrational and caters too much towards those with physical quirks." Aizawa suddenly said as Mic turned off his microphone. "What do you mean."
"I pulled up all the finalists files and looked at what Shinso quirk is."- Aizawa passed the file and Mic read it.
Soon Mic's eyes bugged out and turned on his microphone again. "We have pulled up Shinso's file and boy does he have a strong quirk, brainwashing! It allows him to put someone in a state where they are forced to obey whatever he commands. Brainwashing must be intentionally activated and will not take effect if Hitoshi doesn't want it to. Man, that is a very strong quirk!"- Mic omitted the weaknesses since that could cause problems in the future if Shinso becomes a hero.
The crowd however got excited again and worried Izuku's friends and mother.
"That is unexpected."- Ryukyu said in astonishment while Mirko looked peeved. "Aw man! That boring ass quirk makes it so no fighting will happen."- "Dang it kid, you had a good run but looks like your goose is cooked."
Nagant saw Izuku standing there and felt bad for him "He makes it this far only for someone to pull the rug out from under him. It's unfair but that how reality is. Hope you soon learn how to combat that unfairness in the future Midoriya."
"Again, the entrance exam is too focused on the physical that students like him fall through the cracks. Taking down bots sounds good on paper, but strong quirks that only work on living beings or have niche conditions ruin our applicants' chances on entering the hero course. Shinso knew this and applied for the general course as well so he can join the hero course at a later time."- Aizawa sighed as he need to talk to Nezu about this.
Izuku meanwhile was unmoving as his head was ringing, and his mind raced. "You idiot! You knew about this, and you still fell for it! I need to break free."
Within Izuku struggled to move while Shinso continued smiling. "Sorry to say, but you lose. I will admit that I am jealous of your power since mine doesn't allow me great feats of strength or flashy performances. But I still want to be a hero, I just have to achieve it a different way. Now walk out the ring for me."
Izuku got worried when he heard the command and was freaking out.
... however, he didn't move.
Izuku still stood in place in a daze confusing both Izuku and Shinso. "I said leave the ring."
Again, Izuku did nothing and stared blankly ahead. "Leave the ring! Right Now!"- Shinso yelled but nothing happened. Now the audience got confused as they heard Shinso yelling but Izuku didn't move.
"Um nothing is happening. I mean we are hearing Shinso tell Midoriya to move but he isn't doing anything. Shinso did brainwash him, right?"
"He should, otherwise Midoriya wouldn't be standing still. But I don't know why he isn't following his command."- Aizawa stared at Izuku.
"What's happening?! I can feel that Shinso's quirk has ahold of me, but his commands aren't forcing me to do anything."- Izuku thought as the ringing in his head got louder as Shinso yelled commands.
"Wait this ringing... this feels familiar. I know this, I heard it before... my spider sense! This is the ringing I hear when it warns me of danger! Is it protecting me from being fully brainwashed?"
"Why won't you leave?!"- Shinso was getting annoyed. "What's happening, why isn't he doing what he is told?! Whatever, as long as he can't move then I can push him out!"
Shinso walked up to Izuku and was about to drag him out of the ring. As he tried grabbing Izuku's arm, Izuku suddenly moved out of the way.
"Ahh!"- Shinso backed up thinking Izuku tricked him. "What?! But I felt my quirk take hold, he shouldn't be able to move on his own!"
Izuku however was standing still. Shinso raised an eyebrow and tried grabbing Izuku again. Izuku moved out of the way but only enough for Shinso to miss.
"What's going on?! How and why are you moving!?- Shinso kept reaching for Izuku and every attempt Izuku dodge his hands.
"Midoriya is on the move, repeat, Midoriya is on the move!"
Everyone watched as Izuku dodge all of Shinso's hand swipes to the point where Shinso was getting tired. Izuku though felt the ringing lessen and felt sensation in his body again.
"I can feel my body again, now is my chance!"- Izuku used every ounce of his will power to regain control. Soon he felt his mind slot back into his body where it belongs.
As Shinso tried another attempt Izuku grabbed his hand and look him in the eyes. "Woah that felt weird, but it feels good to be back."
"What the- how did you break free?!"- Shinso tried pulling his hand back, but Izuku's grip was too strong.
Izuku didn't reply and instead pushed Shinso back. Shinso stumbled after the push and soon regained his footing. "No, he broke free and isn't responding!"
"Amazing, Midoriya looks like he has broken free from Shinso's grasp and is ready to fight!"
Izuku's friends and mom were relieved to see Izuku back to his senses. Ojiro sighed happily and let go of the rail he was leaning on.
"Wow."- Nagant simply said as even she didn't think Izuku could make a comeback against a quirk like Shinso's once it has you under its effects.
"I need him to talk back."- "Color me impressed; I didn't think anyone could break free from my control."- Shinso said but Izuku just looked at him.
"You really are strong, how lucky for you. You know not all of us have such great power!"
"I know, I was one of them."- Izuku stepped forward and started walking towards Shinso.
"My quirk may be useful, but it does nothing for me physically! Meanwhile yours allowed you to walk through the gates of UA and follow your dream!"
"But it wasn't always like that, I have been blessed by so many people and by fortunate situations! Which is why I will fight for them and for those who aren't as blessed!"- Izuku started running at Shinso who was now fed up and ran at him.
"Say something you bastard!"- Shinso threw a punch, but Izuku easily dodged under it. Then Izuku threw an uppercut into Shinso's chin that made him fly into the air. "GAH!"
Izuku then charged up a venom blast into his hands as Shinso fell. Before he hit the ground, Izuku ran up and doubled punch him in his gut which shocked Shinso and sent him out of the ring. "AHHH! *THUD*"
Shinso hit the stadium wall and slid down until he touched the ground and fell face forward.
"Shinso is out of bounds! Midoriya is the winner and moves to the next round!"- Midnight waved her whip and the crowd applauded.
Toshinori who was watching from the tunnel let out a sigh of relief. "Geez, you had me scared for a moment young Midoriya."
Shinso slowly sat up as he rubbed his chest were Izuku hit him. "Damn that hurts."- Shinso said disappointed as his plans failed.
Izuku was happy he won but needed to do something. He walked up to Shinso and Shinso noticed him. "What do you want?"
"Look I just need to know, why do you want to be a hero?"
"*Hmph* I can't help but want to be one. It is something I admired and longed for so long, that I can't name just one reason why."
"Funny, I am the same. You said we are similar, and you are somewhat right. We both got off to bad starts but the difference is that I trained to overcome my weaknesses while you hid and used others. Look I don't say that to be mean but to get you to understand that it takes hard work to be a hero. I believe you can become one and so does the crowd."
Shinso turned around and saw the crowd cheering for him, saying how useful his quirk is, and UA needs to reevaluate how students get into the hero course. Even Shinso's classmates were congratulating him for making it this far and did the general course proud.
Shinso was shocked but happy at what they were saying. He then looks at Izuku and gives him a nod before walking away. Izuku smiled back and walked away as well.
"What an interesting first fight! The unexpected brainwashing from Shinso and the more unexpected Midoriya breaking free from said brainwashing! This is sure to be one heck of an interesting sports festival tournament!"
Aizawa shrugged but was actually very invested in the fight. "Midoriya managed to break free from something I thought no one without some kind of mental quirk could break free from. Not to mention Shinso's surprisingly powerful quirk finally making an appearance. I need to keep an eye on that boy."
Soon Izuku made it to his classes viewing platform and they congratulated him. Izuku smiled as he never received so much praise before in all his life. Sadly, as Izuku was experiencing some good feelings. Todoroki was experiencing the opposite.
Todoroki was walking to the tunnel entrance but stopped when he saw his father standing in the tunnel. "Hello Shoto."
"Go away."- Todoroki simply said but Endevour ignored him.
"Your performance in the festival is lacking. If you have used your left side, then you would have gotten first place in the previous events. But because of your childish temper tantrum you have weakened yourself and are being beaten because of it. You have the goal of surpassing All Might so grow up and stop holding back!"
"I never listened to you before and I won't start now. I will prove that I am the best with only Mom's power."- Todoroki walked past Endevour as the green light to enter the field turned on.
"Your right side may be enough for now but what will you do when that half reaches its limits."- Endevour walked away, upset at his son's rebellion.
Izuku got to his classes seating area and was congratulated by his friends, however they only said a few words as the next match was starting.
"In our next match we have the son of Endevour and one of UA's recommendation students, Shoto Todoroki! His opponent is also in the same class and hasn't done much but maybe this may be his time to shine, Hanta Sero!"
As Sero stood at his end of the ring, he visibly winced. "Okay ouch man."
"Are both contenders ready?!"- Nagant asked and both nodded. "Then start!"
Immediately Sero taped up Todoroki and started to swing him out of the ring. "Sorry but I don't feel like losing!"
Sadly, for Sero, Todoroki was calm and started to incase Sero's tape in ice, stopping him from being flung out of the ring. Soon the ice reached Sero and covered most of his body in ice. It didn't stop there as Todoroki continued to make a huge pilar of ice.
"I-isn't t-this overkill m-man?!"- Sero asked through his chattering teeth.
Nagant, who managed to avoid the ice nearing the referee's stage, looked at Sero. "Can you move?"
"N-not really!"- Sero tied to struggle but didn't budge. "Then Todoroki is the winner!"
The crowd felt sorry for Sero and felt the need to say something to him.
"Nice try."- "Nice try."- "Nice try?"-"Nice try."- "Nice try."- "Nice try!"- "Nice try Sero! Better luck next time!"- Mic joined in as well.
Unfortunately, that didn't make Sero feel better. Todoroki then walked up to Sero and put his left hand on the ice to melt it.
"Sorry about that. I was angry because of something before the match started and took it out on you."
Izuku frowned as he saw Todoroki free Sero, he wasn't in any way happy or excited he won. Instead, he looked indifferent and a little sad.
The next few matches came and gone with some of them being more interesting to watch after Todoroki's quick victory.
With Kirishima vs Tetsutetsu, it was the chance for the similarly quirked boys to duke it out after feeling copied by the other. It was basically a slug fest that was at first fun to watch but was soon becoming mundane. Kirishima reached the conclusion that he needed to change his strategy if he wanted to win and started to grapple Tetsutetsu.
He put Tetsutetsu in a chokehold and used his hardened arms to keep his arms locked in. Tetsutetsu was struggling as he couldn't break free and soon feel unconscious, making Kirishima the winner.
With their anger out of their system, both boys shook hands and felt something like kinship for one another. Which made Midnight swoon and Nagant shrug at her coworkers' antics.
The Kaminari vs Setsuna match was after, and Kaminari blew it. He tried acting cool saying he would take Setsuna to enjoy a meal together to console her after she loses to him. But she wasn't impressed and once the round started Kaminari unleashed his full power to shock Setsuna, but she disassembled her body to fly and avoid the attack.
While shorted out, Kaminari wasn't able to defend himself as Setsuna tossed him out of the ring. To add insult to injury, once she was declared the winner, she went up to him as he regains some brain function. "Sorry but cocky guys who are all bark and no bite aren't my type. That's a no to going out with you."- Then she left him as he felt stupid.
The Mina vs Aoyama was also fast as Aoyama boasted about himself before he fired his navel laser. Mina however dodged them all and once Aoyama had to stop to not blow out his stomach, Mina melted his belt causing his pants to fall down. While he stumbled Mina gave him a hard uppercut and knocked him out.
Momo vs Tokoyami was interesting since Momo knew Tokoyami's weakness, since they both were part of Izuku's team. Tokoyami knew this and didn't even summon Dark Shadow at first, but Momo was better trained in close combat and could create weapons.
Tokoyami was losing fast so in a last-ditch effort he summoned Dark Shadow to help fight, only Momo created a strong flashlight beforehand. Using the flashlight, she dispatched Dark Shadow and pinned Tokoyami, earning her the victory.
Iida vs Mei was the longest match but was more like an advertisement for Mei's inventions. She tricked Iida to wear a self-correcting harness that helped keep him up right when he ran and leg braces that helped him run faster. Mei used her other gadgets to play keep away as she advertised her inventions. After a while, Mei walked out of the ring since she was only interested in getting future investments and gave Iida the win. Iida however wasn't happy and felt used.
But with the fun over it was now time for Ochako to fight Bakugo. Ochako was in her waiting room with Izuku and Momo. "You doing okay?"
"I am."- Ochako. "Really? Because your furrowed brows and glum look say different."- Izuku.
Ochako sighed. "Okay I am really nervous. Bakugo is really strong but seeing you guys out there doing you best make me want to do the same."
"Then I believe in you. Momo. "Me too. If you play you cards right and use your quirk on him then you can win."- Izuku.
"Thanks guys."- Ochako smiled.
"Will the participants of the next round please head to their entrance tunnels."
"Guess it's my turn. Anything you want to say before I go?"- Ochako. "Throw dog treats at him."- Izuku said in a serious tone that threw off both Ochako and Momo.
"I don't think she is allowed to bring some and even if she did, how will that help?"- Momo. "I will find hilarious."- Izuku smirked causing both Momo and Ochako to start laughing.
"Hahaha that's so stupid! But at least I am less nervous now. Thanks, Midoriya."- Ochako smiled as she then left the room. Izuku and Momo waved her off before they went to their seats.
The next few minutes were brutal for Izuku to watch. Bakugo doesn't hold back against anyone including against the opposite sex. Ochako has to get close and touch Bakugo to use her quirk but that would put her in Bakugo's blast range.
Surprisingly Ochako never gave up even after getting hit by an explosion. She even tricked Bakugo for a second in the dust cloud he made and used her jacket as a distraction. However, it didn't work, and Bakugo kept her away with more explosions.
Ochako was still relentless though and kept trying to rush Bakugo no matter how many times he blasted her. That was what she was going for however as she used the debris he made to float into the air, and had it all come raining down on him as she rushed him at the same time.
Sadly, even that didn't work as Bakugo created a massive explosion to clear it and push Ochako back. She tried getting up to continue fighting, but she was too hurt and too tired. She collapsed and passed out, making Bakugo the winner.
Izuku felt bad for Ochako, but he couldn't check up on her. His match was next and needed to get to the waiting rooms. As he descended downwards, he came across Bakugo coming up. "Oh uh..."- Izuku tried going around but Bakugo stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"You must have help pink cheeks. Told her how she can trick me, but that shit won't work"- "I didn't."- Izuku interrupted Bakugo and looked at him.
"That was all her. She did all that by herself and if she gave you trouble, then she is stronger than you think. I did tell her to throw dog treats at you though."- Izuku smiled before he walked away, leaving a pissed off Bakugo.