36 Tournament

The recreational events were actually kind of interesting. Despite lacking the tension of the previous two events, the audience members were able to relax and immerse themselves in the games. Even the girls from class 1-A decided to join in and do their own cheer dance for UA.

Though it was a shame that Ojiro and some random midget from another class 1-B dropped out from the tournament before hand. It gave Tetsutetsu and his team members a chance to join in.

Although none of this really mattered to Aiden as he didn't know anyone else outside of class 1-A except for Kendo and Mei.

[A/n: He even forgot Tetsutetsu lol.]

The brackets for the tournament were soon finalized with Deku going first against the purple haired kid called Shinso, followed by Bakugo going off against Uraraka.

For the second match, Aiden already knew how it was gonna go since he couldn't imagine Uraraka winning in such an open space without any objects to help her out.

As for his own opponent, it was some random guy called Monoma.

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'Mind control huh? Good quirk, too bad it relies on someone answering you.'

Watching the end of the first match, Aiden was somewhat disappointed in the fact that Deku had made it to the next round. But he did find it funny that Shinso was kicked in the first round after declaring war on his class.

"Next round, Todoroki versus Sero!" Present Mic declared.

Needless to say, it was a total stomp for Shoto. With a quirk such as his, there was barely anyone in the tournament capable of stopping him. Though it was weird that he used such a large scale attack for someone like Sero, Aiden guessed that he must be working some stuff out and probably lost a bit of control.

The next match was almost as pitiful as Shoto's. Denki was up against some girl with vines for hair from class 1-B and was somehow defeated instantly. For someone who placed in class 1-A, it was quite a humiliating defeat. He knew that Denki wasn't the most serious guy but c'mon, at least last longer than a minute.

The next match up was quite interesting. Since Mei was a friend? Acquaintance? Someone he was on good terms with, both he and Mina went over to wish her luck.

"No luck needed!" She gave them a thumbs up. "With my babies by my side, accomplishing my goal couldn't be easier!"

'CRINGE!!!'

"Whatever you say." He smiled and did his best to hide his cringe face.

Walking onto the stage, Iida appeared on the other side wearing a full array of support items. This confused everyone as people in the hero course weren't really allowed to wear support items but had to rely on their quirks instead.

"Contestant Iida, what is the meaning of this?!" Midnight questioned.

"Well you see Ms Midnight, this girl here really moved my heart earlier with her superb display of sportsmanship! She told me that even though we were from different departments, we were on equal footing and that she was proud to fight against someone like me."

'That doesn't sound like Mei...'

"She even granted me these items to show off her mettle!"

'That really doesn't sound like Mei.'

"I thought it'd be petty of me to not accept her feelings and wield the items that she generously offered me."

'She's definitely up to something.'

Midnight stood there in silence before breaking out and shouting "ADORABLE!!"

"Is this really okay?" Present Mic asked Aizawa.

"If both participant are fine with it then I see no problem with allowing it."

Midnight went over and had a quick chat with Mei before turning to face the audience. "Both participants have agreed with the use of support items within this battle!"

"Whoooo!"

"Lets do this!!"

"You go kids!!"

Seeing the crowd get riled up, Midnight brought the microphone to lips and yelled. "STARRTT!!!"

Putting his quirk to work, Iida pushed off the ground with maximum effort and charged towards the distant Mei.

Seeing his actions, Mei couldn't help but smile and say. "The acceleration's fantastic isn't it Iida!"

"A mic?" Iida said when he heard her amplified voice.

Mei continued. "I trust that your legs feel lighter to lift than normal right?!"

'So that's what she's doing.' Aiden smiled and closed his eyes.

"I'll tell you why your legs feel so light, its because those parts attached to your legs were designed to follow in line with the motions of the person using them!" Using one of her gadg- babies, she easily dodged Iida frontal assault.

'She's advertising her tools!' Everyone understood.

"What is the meaning of this!" Iida yelled.

Ignoring him, Mei proceed to continue evading and showing of her babies for the next 10 minutes. Aiden who had already figured out her purpose lay back and relaxed while also thinking about Mina's opponent.

After she finished explaining the features of her babies, Mei intentionally stepped out of arena and forfeited the round.

"YOU PLAYED ME FOR A FOOL!" Iida yelled disgruntled over his win.

"Sorry bout that." She winked. "Thanks for letting me use you."

"Arghhhhh!!!"

'She clearly saw how earnest of person Iida was and used this trait of his to show off her own gadgets to those big tech companies... Mei Hatsumei, what a scary girl you are.'

"How'd I do?" She skipped over towards him.

"You lost."

"I mean the explanation of my babies. Was it easy to understand?"

"Dunno." He shrugged. "I wasn't really listening."

"Hmm~ That's fine! It probably went well!" She gave him a confident smile.

"Ever the optimist eh."

"Where's Mina-chan?"

"Preparing for her own match."

"Oh... I wanted to wish her good luck."

"You still have time." He encouraged.

"Nah, I'll stay and hang out with you."

"Your choice." He shrugged and looked towards the stage.

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Dodging the laser beams, Mina showed off a wild grin before easily closing the gap between her and Aoyama.

"I'm coming for ya!" She yelled.

"Hahaha, then come mademoiselle."

Evading another laser, she dropped to the floor and slid through legs before jumping up and ending him with a swift roundhouse kick to the temple.

"WINNER! ASHIDO MINA!!"

"YEAH!!!"

"You rock pink girl!!"

"Whoooo! You go Mina!" Kendo shouted.

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Watching her get cheered for made Aiden feel proud as her friend. Smiling at this thought, he pushed himself off his seat and stared at the stage.

"I guess its my turn to shine."