Chapter 15

I sat among my classmates as the rest of the fights followed.

The next battle was between Todoroki and Tokoyami. Both were strong fighters with very strong quirks. I leaned forward in anticipation.

As the battle began, both sent their attacks towards each other. It was over before anyone could think. Dark Shadow tried to manoeuvre around the ice but was quickly frozen, along with Tokoyami. Todoroki had created a massive mountain of ice that went beyond the top of the stadium itself. How did I know that? Because it was inches away from my face.

I was quite surprised. I hadn't even thought of such an outcome. Todoroki was frighteningly fast with his quirk.

With Tokoyami being completely immobilized, Todoroki was declared the winner. Among all the cheering, I saw Todoroki defrost his own ice with his left hand and free Tokoyami. I didn't know why, but something about him was really sad.

My next opponent was decided. But I was adamant on doing what I had promised. If he held back, if he didn't use his fire quirk, I would beat him without using my quirk in a very humiliating way.

The next battle was between Ashido and the rude boy from class 1-B, Monoma Neito.

I really wanted to face him in battle and put him in his place but I didn't want Ashido to lose. Each and every classmate of mine was capable in their own way. Plus, the girl was so bubbly and cute! Ever seen a cute girl sad, or worse, cry? Trust me when I say it's impossible to ignore. You have to be a fucking psycho if that doesn't melt your heart.

I really wanted to know what quirk Monoma had. Luckily for me, Kendo was passing by with an energy drink in her hand and was looking in my direction.

I waved to her and asked, "Hey, Kendo-san! Could you tell me what Monoma's quirk is?"

She was a little startled when I suddenly asked the question. But she immediately recovered, her face lit up and she smiled as she sat in the empty seat beside me, previously occupied by Ashido.

"Monoma's quirk? It's called 'Mimic'. He can copy anyone's quirk with a simple touch. Although it only lasts for a few minutes."

I nodded thoughtfully as Present Mic introduced Ashido and Monoma. Turning towards Kendo, I asked, "Any idea who's quirk he has mimicked?"

She slowly shook her head as she replied while looking below as the signal was given for the battle to begin, "He had something planned already. He's very clever and since I was in your team for cavalry battle, he avoided sharing his strategy with anyone."

I raised an eyebrow as I said, "He seems very petty, and resentful."

Kendo giggled and nodded, "It's more because of what Tetsutetsu told him after your class was crowded by other first years a week ago. Tetsutetsu told us that you all were very arrogant and felt that you were superior to others. A boy even called them extras. So Monoma made it his goal to show your class that 1-B isn't any less."

I sighed as I said in an annoyed tone, "Must have been Katsuki. He has a very explosive personality, much like his quirk. Also, he has a little superiority complex."

Katsuki heard me talking about him and snarled from his seat, "What did you say you fucking shit?!"

I looked back at him and said to Kendo, "Look at him. His face is almost always twisted into a scowl. Only a mother could love that face."

Kendo spat out her drink as she laughed while holding her abdomen. Katsuki snarl again as he shat profanities from his mouth. Everyone around us just ignored him and laughed.

Down in the ring, the battle had begun. Ashido secreted an acidic fluid from her specially designed shoes and slid towards Monoma at a very fast pace.

Monoma just stood at his place and smirked. Right when Ashido was a few feet away, Monoma expelled searing fire from his body and attacked Ashido with it. Many of my classmates gasped in worry.

My eyes immediately snapped towards Todoroki. His fists were clenched tight and his knuckles were completely white. His face had contorted into a fierce scowl and I could see that he was doing everything he could to control the anger that burnt in his chest like a raging fire.

'So there's a history with his fire quirk. That's why he refuses to use it. Does it have something to do with Endeavour? The man has a shitty attitude, much like Katsuki. Did he abuse you, Todoroki?'

I turned around to see Ashido being flung out of the ring by fire. Her uniform was slightly charred at places, though it wasn't too much to make her feel exposed. Her skin had second-degree burns. She whimpered and limped away to Recovery Girl's office, sniffing and crying, unable to bear the pain.

Present Mic, Aizawa-sensei and many other people in the spectators weren't too pleased.

I turned towards Kendo and saw her gritting her teeth as the energy drink bottle in her hand was being crushed in her fist.

With my eyes hardened, I spoke in an icy tone, "I won't be holding back if I face him. Could you tell him that for me? I want him to know that he'll suffer. He went too far."

Kendo nodded and spoke in a neutral tone, "I'll be going back to my classmates. All the best for your next battle, Midoriya-san."

All of us decided to visit Ashido, except Katsuki, Todoroki and Iida. Well, the next battle was of Iida so he had to prepare. The other two just sat quietly, but I could tell they were seething inside. Their eyes couldn't hide their anger even if their faces somehow did.

As we comforted Ashido and worried about her welfare, Iida was being toyed by the Support course girl, Hatsume Mei. She had somehow tricked him to use support gear created by her and was using her to show her talent to various support gear companies in the spectators.

It was funny, in a way.

Hatsume walked out of the ring when she was done with her demonstration. Iida's expression was certainly something to be captured in a camera. He looked like he was nauseous, constipated and was kicked in the balls, very hard.

Next battle was between Kendo and Yaoyorozu. By that time, Ashido had been cured of her burns and had changed into a new uniform. After wishing luck to Yaoyorozu, I made sure to do the same to Kendo.

Both girls were strong and Kendo was leaving no room for Yaoyorozu to think of a plan with her relentless attacks. Kendo's quirk was made for close combat and she was not letting Yaoyorozu create distance between them.

With a fierce double-handed palm strike, Kendo forced Yaoyorozu out of the ring even though the latter had created a large sheet of steel to soften the blow.

Kendo offered her a hand and helped her up. From the look of it, she encouraged Yaoyorozu as the girl's face had lit up with a genuine smile.

The next battle ended very quickly when Shiozaki Ibara, the girl from 1-B immobilized Kaminari with her vines after the dude short-circuited his brain.

Kirishima's and Tetsutetsu's battle was a battle of attrition, an all-out brawl between men. In the end, it was settled by arm wrestling.

The last battle between Katsuki and Uraraka was, difficult to watch. Katsuki used everything to keep Uraraka away from him. He had acknowledged her as he didn't use weird names to address her. In that seemingly one-sided fight, everyone had ignored what was actually happening. When the smoke and dust settled, Uraraka released her quirk's effect on debris that had been accumulating and floating above Katsuki.

But Katsuki was a tenacious prick. He blasted every last piece of debris apart. Uraraka was too exhausted to continue after her plan had failed and she fainted. Katsuki was completely on guard till he was declared winner.

The first round of knockout battle was over. There was a short break before the next round began. The first battle was me against Todoroki.

'I don't care what he's suffered from being in the same house as Endeavour. I have to make him see the error in his ways. Without using his fire at all, he'd never become a good hero.'

Are you thinking why was I so adamant on helping him? Because what kind of a hero would I be if I couldn't even save a fellow classmate from himself?

(BNHA)

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I wanted to end all the fights from the first round at once so I hope it wasn't too much. Please comment how you felt about the chapter and let me know if I am going in the right direction with the plot.