Chapter 123: Second Round

Chapter 123: Second Round

Author: Geraint

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The first match of the second round is about to commence with both Izuku and Shoto in the ring. The match begins and both Izuku and Shoto prepare to attack.

The battle starts with Izuku trying to strategize against Shoto. Shoto uses his Quirk Half-Cold Half-Hot and shoots pillars of ice towards Izuku on the ground. Izuku uses One For All on her middle finger and flicks it causing a shockwave of wind pressure that destroys Shoto's ice. Izuku then does the same thing again with her index finger to strike Shoto which hits him but Shoto creates ice behind him to prevent himself from being blown out of the ring.

Shoto then uses his ice power on the ground and Izuku destroys the incoming ice using the wind pressure from his Quirk. Using the ice, Shoto creates a board of ice to get into the air. He then uses his ice power on the ground again, knocking Izuku back and in the process causes Izuku's foot to become trapped in the ice. Shoto starts to attack the defenseless, but Izuku creates another wind pressure that frees herself and knocks Shoto back. Shoto, noting that Izuku is in a critical position after seeing his broken fingers, decides to end the battle and launches another wave of ice.

However, Izuku fires another wind pressure attack destroying the ice which shocks Shoto. Izuku criticizes Shoto for only using half his power to aim for the top and says that he hasn't even managed to injure her with that half power. Izuku clenches her broken right hand into a fist and yells at Shoto to fight her man to man. Angry, Shoto wonders what Izuku is planning then he remembers.

"Aren't you a girl?"

"Ah."

Izuku forgets her gender because of her tomboy personality.

On the sideline, Ichika facepalmed while watching the match and Himiko was sipping blood from his shoulder.

"Deku-chan..."

Izuku became flustered but she didn't let her guard down.

Shoto thinks that his father paid Izuku to go all out against him. Enraged, Shoto charges towards Izuku. However, as he gets close to Izuku, Shoto starts to experience the frostbite from using his ice power too much and his movements become sloppy, which stops him from evading properly. This causes Shoto to get hit in the stomach by Izuku's One For All enhanced punch, knocking Shoto down onto the floor and becoming slightly injured.

However, Shoto gets back up and launches a wave of ice at Izuku but it is weaker than before. Izuku destroys the ice attack with a blast of wind pressure and knocks Shoto back. Shoto asks Izuku why she is going so far, to which Izuku replies that she wants to live up to her mentor's expectations and wants to become an awesome hero who can answer people with a smile. Shoto is hit by Izuku again who states that while she may never understand Shoto's circumstances and resolution, she thinks that becoming number one without using his full strength and doing it to disown someone is a joke which causes Shoto to tell Izuku to shut it.

Shoto starts remembering his miserable past about how his father started to train him at five years old to become a hero to the point of throwing up. Shoto also remembers how his father was abusive towards him and his mother as well as preventing him from being with his siblings. Meanwhile, Shoto begins to experience the full effect of his frostbite, causing icy marks to appear over his right side. Shoto, unable to move properly, is hit by Izuku again. Shoto remembers the incident where his mother threw boiling water over his face and his father admitted her to the hospital due to the incident, which caused Shoto to start hating his father.

As Shoto gets up, Izuku tells Shoto that his fire power "belongs to him and only him." After Izuku says these words, Shoto finally remembers what his mother said to him in the past that he isn't a slave to his bloodline and can become whatever he wants to be. Touched by his mother's words and moved by Izuku's words, Shoto decides to activate his fire power, setting the left side of his body ablaze causing Endeavor to smile wickedly in satisfaction, telling Izuku that he wants to become a hero as well and smiles.

Endeavor, filled with joy to see his son finally deciding to use his fire power, walks down from the bleachers to watch the match at a closer range, telling Shoto to surpass him and realize his ambition. Both Shoto and Izuku power up for their final attack; Shoto launches a great wave of ice at Izuku while Izuku jumps using One For All to get as close to Shoto as he can and launches a great wind pressure blast at Shoto.

Cementoss creates a cement wall between the two combatants in an attempt to stop them. However, both Izuku and Shoto press onwards with their attacks. After thanking Izuku to himself, Shoto uses his fire power to ignite the cold generated by his wave of ice to create a huge wind blast which, along with Izuku's wind pressure attack, creates a huge shock wave which blasts both of them back and destroys Cementoss' cement wall in the process. The shock wave is felt throughout the entire arena.

After the shock wave subsided and the dust and smoke clears, Shoto is seen standing in the ring with a quarter of his shirt ripped off and without any injuries. Izuku, however, is standing out of bounds. Izuku finally succumbs to her grievous wounds and falls flat onto the ground. Shoto is declared the winner and thus Izuku is eliminated from the tournament event.

"Sorry, Himiko but I have to bring my friend to the clinic."

"Okay."

Ichika appeared fast in Izuku's side then he teleported her to Recovery Girl's office to have her wounds attended to. Recovery Girl scolded All Might for making Izuku push her limits and told All Might not to try and praise Izuku for going so far.

Suddenly, Izuku's friends; Ochaco, Tenya, Tsuyu, and Minoru entered Chiyo's room, wanting to see how Izuku was doing. However, Chiyo made them leave, saying that Izuku is going to undergo surgery. Izuku, even though she is weak and in pain from her severe injuries, apologizes to All Might for being unable to live up to his expectations and that all she wanted to do was help Shoto after seeing his sadness.

"I'm so sorry, All Might... Ichika-kun..." she started to cry.

All Might responded by saying that her match was simply an unfortunate outcome but praised Izuku for helping Shoto with his problem, saying that reaching out and helping people with their personal problems is one of the principal qualities of a hero, happy that Izuku has such a quality.

"You already did well. You just need more control on your power."

Ichika left the room.

"Ichika-kun..."

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Returning back to the stadium, the next match was between Yagi Roboco and Tenya Ida.

The battle started with Roboco shooting Tenya with the repulser in her palm.

*Boom!*

Tenya dodged her attack by jumping into the air. Tenya activated Recipro Burst and attacked her with a speed-enhanced kick, but Roboco easily dodges it.

Tenya quickly followed with another speed-enhanced kick but he found out something strange with his opponent.

*Analysis completed... Commencing: Offensive Mode.*

"What?!"

Tenya was completely shock when Roboco suddenly disappeared in front of him and his kick missed.

He quickly ran around while while looking for his opponent but he became pale, seeing Roboco running at his pace by his side.

*Hello-bo.*

"Huh?"

His eyes widened behind his glasses as Roboco blasted him off out of the ring.

*Incinerate.*

*BOOOM!!*

"Arrrgh!"

Tenya got some light injuries out from the blast and he was doing fine, but he still felt down from losing the match.

Roboco was declared the winner and advanced to the semi-finals.

(To be continued.)

(A/N: I'll fix my mistakes later.)