Round 3... Finish Him!

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I was in the waiting room, talking with Momo and Inasa about their match. Unexpectedly, he didn't even attempt to hide his plan and intention. He wanted to blast her as soon as he had the chance.

But Momo knew that as soon as she forced him to change his strategy, he could easily switch to another one.

I recommended that they show their powers more, to Inasa his massive power had already been proved so he should be more creative, and for Momo I suggest the same.

They seemed to have thought about something, but decided to leave me curious.

From my clones spread around the stadium, I continued to contact different people. Just now I was charging a debt with a certain number two hero.

By the way, by helping out the people spectating the matches I also managed to make the same deal with some interesting pro heroes.

Toga wanted to walk around the campus, so the clone spending time with her quickly transported her through it with my warp gates.

She even told me that we were on a date, not giving a damn about we being cousins.

"You are the first friend I've ever made! I'm so happy that we've met and that we can become one another!" She giggled from time to time while hugging my arm.

Damn, it feels so good to cuddle with an attractive girl.

I even asked if she liked me, throwing any subtlety out of the window. Thankfully, she gave me a kiss in the cheek in response and said while blushing. "I really like you and all your girlfriends!"

Okay, that caught me off guard. But who am I to look at a gifted horse's mouth?

Only have to make sure to curb her yandere tendencies and I hit the jackpot.

Back to the waiting room, the ten minutes break was about to end when the door was suddenly kicked open. "Are you ready to fight me, thief?"

"That's not the proper way of referring to a classmate!" Momo said protectively.

"I respect your passion Bakugou, but you have to respect others yourself, otherwise you will never be aware of your own shortcomings!" Inasa pointed out annoyed.

I sighed and made a reassuring gesture to both of them. "Don't mind him, please!" I turned to Bakugou. "So, classmate Bakugou. It seems our previous talk didn't seem to have affected you, at least not to the point of changing these bad habits of yours."

Inasa and Momo shared confused looks not knowing what I was talking about.

"Heh...You've always been like that. Even more annoying than stupid Deku." He gritted his teeth and approached me with his hands in his pockets. "Hey, hey, hey! Seriously, who the hell you think I am to care about all this sentimental bullshit you keep babbling about."

"I guess you're right, I might've miscalculated how cunning you really are. To you, circumstances and feelings are trivial stuff. You want to prove your worth through actions, don't you?" I stood up and faced him. "I don't promise to attack you with everything I have, because contrary to you, I don't use words like killing or murder carelessly. So I just ask for you to not disappoint me, okay?"

"Screw you motherfucker! You think I can't handle All Might's power? Or the second's flames? I want everyone to know that I've beat you at your best, so if you don't want to die yourself, you better not underestimate me." His expression was of complete anger.

I couldn't help but to sigh again. "We'll see about that." A portal opened itself besides me and I turned to Momo and Inasa. "Good luck on your match guys." And crossed the warp gate.

Bakugou saw that my portal didn't immediately vanish, so he understood that I left it there for him to use too.

As soon as he made his way through it, he found himself on the opposite side of the arena facing me.

'Kill me? Iida almost decapitated your sorry ass with his first attack.' I thought to myself. 'Don't tell me that you have been hiding your game to fight me.'

"Wow! Our competitors arrived right on time for us to begin our first match of the third round!" Announced Present Mic.

I stared at Explosion Boy and saw his super mad expression, with scrunched up look and furrowed eyebrows.

The roar of excitement coming from the stands almost overpowered Present Mic's voice.

That's insane.

But after the thunderous welcoming, it died down quickly as the anticipation reached palpable levels.

"No matter how hard it is..." I began speaking to Bakugou. "A true hero always finds a way."

That got a reaction from him.

"BEGIIIN!!!" Shouted Present Mic.

My body began steaming and shining, and just like when I used Endeavor's quirk, one could mistake me for the sun itself.

But instead of bursting into flames, all that energy was being completely contained by my athletic build. My clothes were instantly disintegrated, and if not for my skin emanating dangerous levels of light, someone might have noticed it.

Despite my display of seemingly infinite power, Bakugou still charged at me with a blast while showing a confident smile.

I don't really have the patience to pretend that we are at the same level, so like I did with Shoto, just try not to die please.

And when he was about to reach me, I used another quirk besides his and OFA.

I opened a portal above me and blasted all the explosive energy that had been building up inside me and shot it upwards.

A pillar of pure energy emanated intensively out of me and appeared right below Bakugou.

I had to calculate it at the exact moment, but after managing it, I witnessed the massive pillar of energy surging from the ground and launching my opponent into the sky.

Obviously, if not for me cheating with some of my clones giving their best effort to shield Bakugou from the brunt of my attack using mostly Reiko and Endeavor's power, I'm pretty confident that I might've erased Bakugou from the face of existence.

To everyone else, this was obviously my greatest attack that I've shown yet, and some began to fear for my adversary well-being.

Bakugou's power amped by OFA was so tremendous that the insignificant trace of heat that began to escape from the rest of my body began melting the ground below as if I was standing above butter.

Immediately after turning off my power, I created a brand new set of clothes and jumped out of my deep melting hole.

Looking around, I noticed that most of the spectators had an instant tan thanks to me. And that Bakugou still suffered around the same degree of burn that he inflicted on Iida around his body.

He seemed to not care for his lack of clothes though, but before he even attempted to fight me naked, I warped him away before any camera managed to catch feed of him.

My clones using the electrical villain's quirk made sure that it wouldn't happen.

Wanting to preserve his dignity, and avoid making him go through what Mirio went to his class sports festival, one of my clones created and enlarged a cover for him while also providing him a new set of clothes.

"Hey, you bastard... it seems you've beaten me, huh?" He said to my clone with a sullen expression. His whole body body started trembling before he began shouting again. "I WILL BEAT YA STUPID ASS NEXT TIME! YOU HEAR ME? I'M GONNA- GAH!" He began to get dizzy all of the sudden and noticed a mist emanating from me. "WHAT THE HELL!?"

"It's over for now man. Rest for a while." My clone told him, but seeing that Midnight's quirk was less effective against the same sex he got impatient and simply knocked him out with a sucker punch.

After that he warped him back to the arena while I was being announced as the winner of our match.

Like Todoroki, Bakugou was carried away in a stretcher to the infirmary as I made my way back to my seat.

This time, the one that talked to me was Iida. Already recovered and a little disappointed to not have won against Bakugou.

After spending some time talking with him about the tournament, I waited, but a call never came bringing news of his injured older brother.

Of course it didn't. I've made sure to take care of a certain stain for him.

"But I need to thank you, Monoma." Iida suddenly told me.

I raised an eyebrow and asked, sure that he didn't know about what I did. "What do you mean? Thanks for what?"

He bowed in respect and said. "For helping me become stronger. Thanks to you, I've kept myself around the top three places in the first two matches and did fairly well on combat. If I had been more accurate with my strategy against Bakugou, I might've also had a chance to climb the top three positions."

"Hey, don't mention it. I like to believe that we are friends before being rivals." I nodded. "I just ask that you never settle and always strive for the first place."

"I sure will." He replied.

"Also, if you don't mind..." I said to him with a smile. "Could you please not be fooled again like you did in your first match."

"Argh, that... she... she tricked me!" He got angry again before noticing that I was joking with him. "So you find it..."

Before he could continue, we heard the spectators cheering for the match.

Noticing that the next match was about to start, I was surprised when I looked at the competitors.

On one side, I saw Inasa ripping his sleeves and flexing. When did he learn to show off like that?

But by far Momo got him beaten in that regard.

She had made some minor modifications on her uniform as well. And by that, I mean she got rid of it and replaced it with a very fan service like medieval armor.

Don't tell me she wants to follow my theme as well. I thought the grenades were just an isolated case.

Regardless, she was really hot in that special armor. It covered her shoulder and fists while also protecting her knee and feet.

Instead of a chest plate, her chest piece left her chest and belly completely exposed, only really protecting and covering her breasts.

And yes, despite all that junk, she does have abs. Though not as nearly as prominent as mine.

By the way, I thought she was only a smart rich girl, didn't know she had the courage to show her assets like that.

Not that I was complaining mind you, and from what one of my clones were reporting me, neither was Toga.

Momo's skirt flapped with the wind, but I guess Inasa was making sure to not let it get out of control. He might have the appearance of a jock, but he was still very innocent when regarding these matters.

Momo had a shining crown above her head and a medieval two handed sword.

Although their match was much more tamed when compared to mine, they still pulled quite the show.

Inasa threw her again and again, but she always prevented herself from leaving the arena either with a grappling hook or other means that she created on the spot.

Any projectile she shot at him was immediately redirected back to her, and with some fairly impressive moves with her sword she blocked them.

Deciding to take it more seriously, both began to not pull their punches, and although Momo came close once or twice to surprise Inasa with her creations, her fat ass... I mean, fat mass was getting thinner and thinner by each use of her quirk.

All the while, Inasa still remained unfazed to continue fighting her.

Knowing her limits, she attempted to win with her last resort.

No, not that!

She threw what seemed to be a grenade at him.

But instead of exploding something at him, it activated and bursted a small ranged yet powerful soundwave.

That was clearly inspired by me while using Present Mic's quirk. I wonder how she managed to create it.

Izuku building a robot was already a large stretch for me to believe, did she asked Mei about it or something?

Looking at her, I think I guessed correctly.

She was protecting her own ears with Mei's babies after all.

Does it mean that she can copy anything that Mei or even Izuku can create?

Awesome.

But paying attention to her match, I noticed that the high frequency sound and fall was enough to knock out the big guy.

He got up with a smile and praised her ingenuity, before enveloping himself in a whirlwind and charging at her.

Momo attempted to brace herself or create something, but her limit had been reached, so she began feeling anemic.

That didn't help her to deal with the charging Inasa, so he managed to push her out of the arena with more ease.

Despite losing, she still was praised by everyone watching alongside Inasa.

When we met again, I offered her something. "Congratulations for the match you two. Here, eat this you two. I cooked it myself."

"Thanks... I didn't know you knew how to cook. And this is? Well, it looks really delicious!" She happily accepted it.

"Hope you like it! It's a cheese curd bacon burger with some herb-roasted prime rib. And for the drink, I've prepared you my special milkshake recipe." I said while my clones prepared an elegant table for her and Inasa to eat. "I know you need to fill yourself with calories after using too much of your quirk, so I thought why not make it as tasteful as possible."

They both thanked me and sat down to eat what I've prepared for them.

The others were looking with hungry expressions, so I turned and said. "Would anyone want to join?" I snapped my fingers and some clones appeared through their own warp gates while carrying some meals to share with everyone. "I think I might've done too much for only the three of us to eat."

Ochako and Kirishima accepted my offer without hesitation. And the others finally accepted after more and more clones appeared carrying more food.

Even Todoroki and Bakugou accepted my offer.

I personally invited Mei, Shinso and Midoriya to join me and my class.

Of course, I didn't forget to extend the offer to class 1B, Mina and Setsuma personally thanked me for the kind gesture. However, I made sure that Mineta wouldn't bother any of the girls.

We still had some time before my match with Inasa, so we all ate and celebrated our participation in the sports festival.

The day was beginning to show signs of getting dark by the time we had to go to the arena.

Before me, Momo and Bakugou had fought for third place.

Clearly Bakugou wasn't as fast as Todoroki was to get my message, but nothing should be said against his effectiveness in combat.

Despite fairing better against him than she did against Inasa, she still wasn't a match against Bakugou's unwavering spirit.

But just so you know, she managed to pull a self immobilization stunt by activating a glue grenade while in close combat with Bakugou.

She obviously wouldn't have survived Bakugou's full power if it weren't a competition, and possibly neither would he if she was allowed to snipe at him from a distance.

Thankfully it was just a competition, so a tie was still better than a complete loss.

I thought Bakugou would just throw a tantrum for not winning, but it seems that Momo managed to impress him enough to gain his respect.

I guess in his eyes, my close circle of girlfriends was composed of pretty tough and competent people.

That to me was definitely a good sign of his growth.

Present Mic was screaming for his money's worth. "Thank you all for waiting! This is the U.A Sports Festival first year edition and final match! One one side we have the intensely passionate guy that blew everyone away with his amazing power... INASAAAAA YOARASHIIIII!" People screamed in excitement from their places. "And on the other side, we have the uncontested number one through all this tournament... NEITOOO MONOMAAA!"

Just like everyone of my matches, the crowd went wild and shouted their heads off.

As Midnight was about to give us the go, I said to Inasa. "Just like our mock battles, but this time we can't afford to destroy a city."

"Yeah, you are right!" He laughed. "Thanks Monoma, for being an amazing friend! Let's fight with the passion of our hearts and show how it is done!"

"You're on!" I nodded.

"BEGIN!" Midnight shouted before we immediately activated our power.

We both conjured air sprouts that levitated us several meters above the ground and made mirrored moves of air attacks against one another.

Don't forget that I'm also a copycat capable of reading body movements and anticipating it.

The result of our brief lack of restraint began to produce a growing current of air that was forming into a strong hurricane.

For every air slash Inasa threw at me, I not only managed to effortlessly dodge by predicting his movement but also simultaneously firing my own attack towards him.

But the air around us was suddenly becoming more difficult to see through, and when I noticed it he immediately stopped pretending and revealed his true intentions for his past actions.

He obviously knew he couldn't simply overpower me while I was using his own quirk, so he tricked me to aid him in pulling a cloud from up in the sky.

Unexpected, but how did he think this will help him defeat me?

Was he expecting to pull Midoriya's trick on me?

I created and enlarged a chained anchor to keep me from going out of bounds without knowing.

But as soon my anchor hit the hard floor, I felt a not so subtle change of the air current blowing past me.

Out of nowhere, a precise air slash came and made a vertical deep cut on my chest.

How did he?

Another air slash, this time horizontal, managed to graze me before I barely managed to dodge it.

Enough.

I boosted Inasa's quirk with OFA and made a sphere of air around me so powerful that the quick succession of air slashes that came out of nowhere faded away as I began to dissipate the cloud fog.

With more visibility, I found Inasa in a different position than he previously was.

Now completely healed from his attack, with only my uniform to testify that I was cut, I turned to him. "So you've learned how to read air currents, interesting."

With wide eyes Inasa stared at me. "Such power." But he quickly recovered and charged at me. "I won't give up!"

With a smile I accepted his declaration and charged at him while flying as well.

We clashed again and again, letting our fists represent our will and drive to win. It was very reminiscent of a DBZ fight if you ask me.

Though in our case, I knew more about fighting than he and despite his size, with OFA, I was clearly the one with the physical advantage.

But I won't underestimate his intelligence again, proof of that was that despite being thrashed by me whenever we clashed, I noticed his attempt at pulling his other special move.

The man still managed to use his quirk subtlety while receiving an uppercut to the face.

He not only had balls, but his skills were off the charts.

"Nice try, but I've already seen you pulling this trick today." I told him as I grabbed him by the collar. "But congratulations, you managed to land a hit on me."

I then knocked him out with the same sucker punch that I used against Bakugou.

Landing to the ground, I release him and raise both my arms in victory.

Do I have to tell you that I almost became deaf with the shouts and cheers that I've received?

"Neeeeiiiitoo Moooonoomaaa is the winner of the First Year Edition of the U.A Sports Festival! Let's all applaud for him!" Present Mic announced while Midnight went to hug me in congratulations. "My, my, with all this power at such young age."

"Thanks Miss Midnight, though I wish I had the power of getting your number." I replied to her with a charming smile.

She blinked once or twice not believing what she just heard. "What did you say darling?"

I laughed at her surprised and blushing expression and said. "I asked if by any chance, would you mind spending some time together. What do you like? Eating? Walking around town? Or perhaps going to the theaters?"

"I-I... don't think..." She started speaking as the whole stadium still didn't show signs of calming down.

"Prefer to stay at home? No problem." I interrupted her while giving a phone I've just enlarged. "Here, it's a gift. It has my number if you happen to be free from hero or teacher work." After patting her in the back and winking I left.

Her expression was priceless.

Thankfully, one of my clones took a nice picture of it.

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The award ceremony was short.

I stood in the topmost podium smiling and waving around, Inasa with his wide smile on my left, hands arched to show his flexing muscles.

When did he become like that? Haha.

On my right was Momo and Bakugou sharing a spot.

Though while she showed a very friendly expression, he out of the sudden pulled a Todoroki and decided to wear a sullen expression.

Go figure.

Not long after, All Might arrived in his usual flashy way to present our medals and shared some wise advice while hugging us.

To me he only congratulated me for showing the world that I was here. And for saving his life and honoring his legacy as well.

Contrary to what the voices in my head kept telling me, Toshinori believed in me.

And that meant more to me.

With that, taking the first place from the U.S.J, my longest day yet to come had finally ended.

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(05/11/2020)

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