15 Chapter 15: Hold Nothing Back

Izuku was looking at Katsumi and Kyoka in the waiting before his match starts. He wanted to speak to them and make sure they both know to try to push each other. When I walked in, there was an awkward silence in the air as the girls looked at each others shoes.

When they noticed me both perked up but then quickly deflated after making eye contact with each other. I noticed this and sat down at a nearby table, patting the two chairs on my left and right. Getting the message, they shyly walked over and sat down while I began to scratch their heads in their sweet spots. "I can guess why you're both silent based on the emotions in the air and it's okay to tell me. I want to be there for you ladies. Seeing you both like this hurts me you know." They nodded their heads again and tried to talk but it became a blabber of noise as they both talked at the same time. Stopping to look the other in the eye, Katsumi went first,

"Izu. I know how you accepted Momo's and my feelings for you and I have been extremely happy for it. It's just that...I know that there are others who feel the same for you and you probably know as well. I don't know what to do anymore. I mean I know I am still going to be a hero, but I don't know what to do about this." She gestured a hand between me and her.

I sighed deeply. 'It feels like I have doing that a lot lately.' "I understand Kat and it confuses me a bit on what I should do. I like you girls I really do, I..I.I am just not sure if I am good enough for anybody right now." I stared at the door. "Ever since the battle with my uncle I have been trying to come to terms with my new emotions and it makes my heart flutter to just think of you and Momo. But now I also feel the same for Ochako, Tsuyu, and Kyoka. 'And Midnight but i won't open that box yet.' The same type of feelings as I felt when I confessed to both of you." Kyoka hitched a breath when she heard her name included in there. "I know we have those laws for us to be together, but my heart is in complete disarray right now. I know that if I tried to force these feelings then I would only be hurting you all and I cannot accept that for the life of me."

Katsumi and Kyoka held my hands tightly which I appreciated with a gentle grasp and smile. "So what I am trying and failing to say is...I want us to wait a bit. Just give me a month to come to terms with what I am feeling right now and then I will accept whoever will accept me into their lives." Katsumi sadly nodded but understood why. During those two weeks I was training, I also facetimed with Momo and Katsumi once.

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"What do you mean that you can feel our panic and determination?" Momo said while a bead of sweat came down her temple from the spar she just did.

"I mean I can feel EXACTLY what you guys are feeling as if I am feeling the same things you are." I was at my campfire, roasting a bear that I fought to the death with. "I think after the duel with Darth Brutus," The girls flinched at the name. "My abilities gained a sort of power-up that boosted my connection to the Force and now I am pretty sure I gained a sort of telepathic empathy along with a heightened emotional state." Katsumi looked frustrated as she blurted out, "What the hell is a 'heightened emotional state' got to do with you now feeling our panic and worrying about losing control?" She was in her room relaxing from an intense day of training.

"I mean that whatever emotion I feel is now boosted by at least 5 times. Meaning something that used to make me feel annoyed now angers me to a destructive state. I am trying to reign it in but it is proving to be difficult. I now know why my family members would fall to the dark side as most would feel the power and rage so they would make the connection to their emotions for more power. Tapping more and more until they passed a level where they would lose themselves and fall down a dark pit of corruption and decay."

I shook my head at the images of what Revan and Luke showed me of some of our family members. "So don't expect me to be the same exact Izuku that you knew beforehand." The girls nodded and we talked a bit before I ended the call to continue training.

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Kyoka looked a bit down before a determined look came on her face. "Then I will just have to wait a bit then. I can do that, it's just a month and we're still friends right?." I nodded at her and thanked her for understanding. That's when a blush came on to her face before kissing me on the cheek and shoving me towards the door. "You need to get your head in the match. Don't worry about the others we will tell them what you said. Don't think we won't still be your friends, you ain't getting rid of us that easily Green." I smirked before nodding my head and leaving the room.

I flinched in pain as I could feel the sadness and heard the tears coming from the two before I schooled my emotions and proceeded to head to the arena.

I stared down at Tenya as we already got the go ahead form Midnight. Neither of us closing in as we try to feel each other out. We circled around until Tenya gave in and started his engines. He threw a roundhouse kick towards my collar which I dodged by bending my back in a way that would look similar in a limbo game. Tenya wanted me to do this apparently as he performed a spinning ax kick down at my stomach which I took the full blow of. I put a hand on the ground and rotated myself so that a leg sweep was available and when he jumped up in the air I sprung that spinning arm up and turned that sweep into a kick into his jaw.

I hand sprung backwards to create distance as I was coming up with a new plan of action. I knew that he was faster at the moment so I didn't hesitate to let go of some gravity and went down to 15x instead of the thirty I was in. This was the perfect amount as I felt myself feel as light as a rock instead of a boulder. Launching towards him while he performed his recipro burst, we met in a head on collision that determined who would be the winner. Like in a samurai movie, we past each other with both of us looking straight ahead, neither moving an inch.

The crowd was in silence until they loudly cheered after seeing one of us collapse on the ground...

"Iida Tenya is out of commission and unable to battle. The winner is Izuku Midoriya." Midnight declared after smiling a bit, for what, nobody knew.

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Somewhere in Hosu:

We witness a chase scene happening that included a hero dressed in a knight looking armor chasing down a shadow of a man.

"Halt Villain! Your killing spree of heroes and endangerment of innocent citizens has gone on long enough." The knight said with an authoritative voice that sounded fairly similar to a blue hair bespectacled teen. An echo of a manic laugh sounded out as the shadow passed by the hero and nicked him in the back of the neck.

"A hypocritical hero like you has no right to judge me. To be so famous and wealthy, portraying yourself out to the public like some sort of attention seeking peacock." The shadow opened his eyes to reveal beady solid black eyes with a manic gleam to them. The hero froze solid as if paralyzed and fear washed over him as he could not move an inch. "A hero like you should just go die and rid us of a useless person." He then pushed the hero into the ground and stabbed a tanto-esque sword into the man's spine, enjoying the scream of the once proud hero. "All heroes will know and fear the hero killer. With you being one of my examples."

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After Izuku's battle, he went up to the stands and sat in the back so he could observe the others without it being awkward around them. Todoroki and Tokoyami had a battle of ice and shadows as Dark Shadow dodged left and right to get close. That proved to be a fatal mistake as Todoroki sent a wave of ice towards Tokoyami himself that locked him in place and losing the match.

Tenya came back quiet and somber, sitting down while telling others he's fine if they asked.

Katsumi and Kyoka stared at each other then began their attacks as Kyoka tried to stay long range to get away from Katsumi's explosions. It looked to working until Katsumi launched into the air then straight down towards Kyoka and engaged in close combat fighting. Kyoka was doing pretty well jabbing at Katsumi with her jacks but Katsumi's quirk was hurting her ears and she was a better fighter. Katsumi knocked Kyoka out of bounds then whispered talked to each other that was too far for even me to hear.

Momo's battle against Kaminari was anti-climatic as she wore an insulated blanket and a wooden staff. The fight quickly ended with Denki short circuiting and getting knock out by a blow to the head from Momo.

Katsumi and I faced each other, no glaring or words being said, the girls in the stands were silent as no one wanted to cheer for one of us in case of we got offended by it. I made the first move by shooting a force blast towards Katsumi who countered with an explosive palm. She realized it was a distraction when I was right in her face with a fist towards her stomach. Katsumi cross countered with an explosion laced right cross into my cheek as she felt the hit land. I twisted mid air to orientate myself and sent a force push that shoved her into the ground then a quick pull that tugged her towards my awaiting kick to her stomach again.

Katsumi retaliated with a palm explosive into my ribs that charred the uniform a bit. She backed up with a small explosion in front of her that hit me while I was ran forward on the offense again. I shoved her with just enough strength that she stumbled back off balance which I added on with a force push that sent her out of bounds. She never noticed, due to me being always on the attack, but I had been leading her to the edge so that I wouldn't have to keep fighting her as I knew she would not stop until she was barely able to move. After midnight declared the battle over, I walked over to Katsumi with my usual gentle smile and a hand out for her to grasp.

She sighed and accepted before giving me a quick hug then walking back towards one of the tunnels while I walked into the other. Her words resounding in my ears, "After the month is over, I call first dibs on a kiss and back massage." Sighing, I let out a small smile while walking towards the stands again. I was interrupted by a large man that was leaning his back on the wall. He stood at a height of 6'4" and had a body that body builders would kill for. His face was impassive and held a permanent scowl as his flames on his face and body made him quite the intimidating figure.

This was none other than Enji Todoroki aka Endeavor, he stepped off the wall to block my way as he spoke, "So you are the kid that Shoto is going to fight? Let me tell you something now kid. He will be beat you, you will force him into using his flames then he will use this as a learning experience to surpass All Might. Got that?"

He seemed like he didn't want me to have a word in so when he turned around to walk back I stopped him with the force holding him down.

"Listen here, I don't care what agenda you are trying to push against All Might as the man can take care of himself, but you better leave Shoto to create his own destiny. I will make him use his other half but not for you. No, it is so he can prove to himself that he was not just some by-product of a quirk marriage." Endeavor stared at me for a long while before snorting. I continue to talk, "Besides if anyone will surpass All Might then it's me." I walked back towards the tunnel after hearing the crowd cheer, "You should let Shoto's mother out of that hospital so those two can finally have some closure too." I didn't hear a sound come of him before the stomping of his boots echoed the hallways.

I saw Momo coming back out of the arena sporting bruises and some left over ice in her hair before standing stock still from seeing me. I couldn't think of any words to say to her that won't make this any more awkward so I just went up to her and hugged her. She froze for a second before returning the hug and whispering into my ear, "Just don't make me wait too long. I hate to wait for things that I want." I snorted and said, "Sure princess. Good job by the way. We can all hang out later and grab something to eat after this." She gave me a giddy smile and left with a bit of a skip in her step. I chuckled a bit then saw who was a couple of feet away from the tunnel's exit.

"Toshinori sensei. What are you doing here?" I asked in wonder of why my mentor is here. "Can't a master try to cheer on his student? I just wanted to encourage you a bit and give some words of advice." I nodded my head when he turned serious. "I am proud of what you have accomplished here and I know that you will do even better later. So just do your best and make sure to enjoy this fight as I know this one will be difficult for you." He clapped a hand on my broad shoulder before I nodded again and looked in front with a serious look on my face.

'This is going to be fun.' I thought as I observed my opponent in front of me.