The Acknowledged one and the one who isn't!

Oki P.O.V-

"Sigh... if I could have taken out Todoroki the match would have been less stressful." I was in a chair drinking cola. "Though if Bakugo advances, that wouldn't be a problem."

'I should claim the rewards I have been hoarding for a long time, why did I even hoard them in the first place? Well, whatever it's just four of them and including today's if I win I should have a minimum of 5 to claim and a maximum of 7.'

I look at April who was sitting beside me, well a hologram of her's did.

"There are still about 2 minutes left huh... Well, I will wait near the grounds then." I stand up and walk towards the grounds.

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Hitoshi Shinso P.O.V-

'When was the last time I felt happy about my quirk? Was I ever happy with it?'

These thoughts ran in my mind as I walked down the stairs to reach my waiting room, and as I walk down the stairs I see him, walking towards his waiting room. Oki Takemikazuchi, the teen who probably is the centre of attraction in this tournament.

"He looks carefree for a one who has no quirk" I muttered but then my body left a sigh, I walked towards the opposite room which the one with the similar hair colour of mine and also my opponent of this match walked into,

"No one knows how my quirk works, and this alone is enough for me to get an advantage over him."

I pull a chair and sit on it, and see the chart who I would fight after I gained the upper hand against Son All Might.

'After I win the fight against him, others might know how my quirk works, or they might not.'

"One fight"

"Just one fight"

"If I win this first one I could place myself in the hero course. Or I might even get the chance of sidekick intern."

"Or people might see my quirk and strike me off... just like how others did."

"Well, I guess just defeating them isn't the only thing needed for me to be placed in the hero course."

I sighed as memories of my childhood and jr. high rushed my head.

'I am no villain.'

'I will be a hero in my own way. No matter what!'

I stand up and walk through the door as the start of the first match of the final stage was about to begin.

The light from the corridor singes my eyes, and I could feel the victory around the corner.

And as I walk towards the grounds.

"Well, hope you all enjoyed the recreational games as we have reached its end."

I heard Midnight's voice booming and the spectators cheering, as I walked out of the corridor and what greeted me was a stage in which boundaries were marked and a line separating our sides equally.

I walk up the stairs and stand on the stage made for us and as I did, I met Son of All Might's eyes.

"Wellcome to the first match of the finals tournament" Present Mic's voice opened the final stage.

"It's Oki Takemikazuchi from the hero course versus Hitoshi Shinso from general studies."

The crowd cheers increased when they heard my opponent's name.

"The rules are simple... Immobilise your opponent are force them out of the ring! You can also win by making the other person give up."

The teen in front of me took a deep breath probably to show off. I with my dead eyes analyse him as I looked at his red eyes.

"So you could just give up huh?" Unknowingly the audience became quiet.

He didn't even move an eye and looked at me with a keen interest or that is what I think.

"In a way, it is a test of how strong your spirit is."

His eyes seemed to be analysing me.

"If you know what you want your future to hold, you can't worry about what other people think."

"READY!" Midnight's voice was loud enough. "BEGIN!"

He didn't move and just stood there as I did.

"Oh, what is your name again? I forgot."

I saw a smirk from him.

'Wait... did he? Does he know about my quirk?'

"Oki... Oki Takemikazuchi." 'That's it!'

The trigger I needed had been fulfilled.

I switched the switch on.

My opponent's body straightened.

"WHAT! Oki TAKEMikazUCHi isn't moving! What's happening?"

"You are unlucky to be not blessed with a quirk, even unluckier than me... but you are blessed with other things that negate your lack of quirk." I felt sorry for him, he was in a way better than I ever was, despite being quirkless to go against quirks on the fighting aspect especially against combat type ones isn't a small thing.

"But, I have to win this match. So now turn around and walk towards the exit."

I saw him turn around and was about to take a step but his foot stopped in mid-air.

"Is this what you thought I would do?"

'What's happening?' I asked myself.

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General P.O.V-

"Is this what you thought I would do?" Oki asked as he faced Shinso.

"That's impossible! What did you do!" Shinso shouted with and Oki could see the facial features of Shinso distort.

"I did nothing," Oki said as he slowly walked towards Shinso.

"Why?" Shinso asked as he sprinted towards Oki with clenching his fist. 'That shouldn't be possible, I know better than anyone how my quirk works.'

"Why? Well if one doesn't have a quirk, one should train the other areas where a human body could be strengthened. And that is what I did."

'No-no-no-NO! I can't find the switch for control!'

"ARGH!" Shinso gave a war cry as he put his force into his clenched fist.

"I am sorry, Shinso," Oki said as he caught Shinso's hand and threw him over his body and Shinso was almost near the boundary.

"I can clearly see that you never took that I will overcome your quirk, and if you at least did you could have played safe and be in the ring for a few more seconds."

'No' Shinso gave up on winning the match. 'Why me?'

Oki walked slowly towards Shinso.

'No, I will give my all!' Shinso jumped up and tackled Oki, but as soon as he closed Oki he lost his footing as Oki just kicked his right leg away causing him to fall to the side.

Oki took the momentum and threw Shinso to the other side of the stage and again he was close to the boundary, and Oki did no harm to Shinso in any way one can't even see any bruise or scratches on Shinso.

'You better not give up, Try until you could!' Shinso got on his feet and tackled Oki again and again but try as hard Shinso might he was always pushed near the boundary.

"You have the quality of a hero Shinso," Oki spoke as he looked at Shinso who he thought might give up after his quirk failed. "And don't worry, your quirk is already out. People might think your quirk is the best for the villain types, but remember."

"Huh?" Shinso looked up at Oki.

"You have a quirk... but, now your actions are what matters."

Shinso's eyes widened.

"But, today I have to win." Oki pushed Shinso who was on the ground casually.

"Shinso is out of bounds, the match-winner goes to Oki Takimikazuchi!" Midnight announced and the crowd cheered and Oki for one didn't know whether they did that as they were supposed to or were fed up with the one-sided match.

"Oh YEAH, THAT IS KIND OF A BORING FIRST MATCH KIDS! But both of you fought bravely. Let's show them some love everyone!"

Everyone clapped and cheered again and this time it was louder than before Midnight announced.

"I couldn't even... showcase my quirk," Shinso muttered as he walked down the stage after his defeat.

"Did you win?" Oki's voice rang throughout the stadium, and it surprisingly had weight behind it. Enough weight to make the audience quiet.

"..." Shinso turned around and looked at Oki who hadn't moved after he was sent out of the boundary, and thought Oki would humiliate him or something similar, though it was not rare for him.

Shinso turned and faced Oki and said with no expression. "No"

"Yes, you didn't... but that doesn't mean this is the end."

"What are you trying to imply?" Shinso asked with an irritated voice.

"Don't depend on your quirk too much."

"Huh?" Shinso was waiting for more to be said.

"Use your quirk where its strength lies on, a direct head-on fight has no meaning to your quirk unless your opponent is stupid or has muscles for the brain after he knows some points of how your quirk triggers."

"..."

"Don't compare me with just everyone out there, I trained my mind and body to the fullest I could. Thus I was able to not get caught. Well, I did get caught at the start but all I needed to do was just to pinch myself." Oki said and an aura of righteousness could be seen overflowing from him, but that was only for Shinso. 'Well, actually it is all thanks to my system.'

Shinso's eyes widened.

"You have the perseverance of a hero, and believe me you think more rational than a blonde dog I know."

The whole class 1-A who were at their designated seats contained their laughter and Bakugo was confused as to why.

"The first defeat is just a step-down unless that is your death."

"...hmm"

Oki turned around and all Shinso could see was Oki's back "So, move forward, until you couldn't move, and show me in future whether your dream to be a hero was true or not."

Oki walked towards the exit and the audience became rowdy as Oki left.

'That was some quiet the speech, Young Oki.' All Might was kinda impressed and he would give it a perfect score.

Aizawa had a smirk plastered on his face, 'Look who overcame his stage fear.'

"That boy is different than All Might." Endeavour had a neutral expression on his face but all he saw in Oki was just a quirkless with luck.

"You are awesome out there Shinso!" Some of the General Studies students yelled.

"Huh?" Shinso looked at them.

"You are the star of this match." (That was just to cheer up the loser of the one-sided match)

"?" Shinso looked at them just like the usual.

"Hear them out!"

"To control other people, that would be a handy quirk, why wasn't I born with such it would have made my jobs easier."

"Can't believe such a quirk was unnoticed."

"Well cracks do appear now and then and quirks like these do get unnoticed."

...

...

"Are they cheering me?" Shinso looked at them.

'Wasn't I toyed the whole match?' Shinso walked forward and he felt the praises and compliments showering him and for an unknown reason, he felt he got a better result than he thought of.

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"Trained the whole body and mind?" Shigaraki crushed a glass that had water in it.

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"Alright folks that were quite a speech from the red-eyed kid, so now let's move on to the next round!"

Kirishima was on the stage and was cracking his knuckles, while Momo stood opposite to him.

"It's Eijiro Kirishima from class 1-A versus Momo Yayorozu from class 1-A as well!"

"And folks for your information- they are from hero course!"

The audience cheered again.

"Now... ready!" Midnight looked at the two, "Begin!"

Neither Momo nor Kirishima moved, as both of them were looking at each other.

Momo after a 5-second pause created a steel rod and dashed towards Kirishima, and who in return hardened his body.

Momo didn't stop her advance and thrust her rod at Kirishima's armpit. Kirishima failed to notice the attack trajectory as he blocked by crossing his arms near his eyes, enough for him to see his opponent but not enough to see everything.

Aizawa knew that this was due to Kirishima's no combat experience.

Kirishima felt a shock and his left arm went numb. Momo then dropped the rod and brought out a taser stick and struck Kirishima's chest, who in turn was distracted by the numbness from his left hand.

All Kirishima did was take the electricity head-on. The match seemed to be over as Momo sighed and was walking away from Kirishima until when Kirishima stood up.

"That was cool Yayorozu! I never knew you could make such items!"

Momo halted and looked at Kirishima who was back on his feet and was good as ever.

Momo thought of several steps of what to do but while she was thinking she forgot that her opponent was dashing towards her.

And it didn't take long for Kirishima to appear beside Momo, but as he reached her Momo created a kite shield to block Kirishima's attack, but unknown to her Kirishima didn't intend on hurting her as he saw it as the less manly approach.

But, when he saw the shield. Kirishima pushed Momo using his whole body.

Momo was out of bounds in seconds after.

"Momo Yayorozu is out of the bounds!"

"The winner is Eijiro Kirishima from Class 1-A!"

Midnight announced, and unlike the first match the second match wasn't two one-sided, but it was one-sided enough.

Pro hero could see that Momo lost due to spacing out, and they probably came to the same conclusion. 'She overthought things.'

"Next up we have Ochako Uraraka from class 1-A versus Tokoyami Fumikage!" Present Mic gave the intro and then went on to spout things that no one knew about, including him.

"Ready?" Midnight asked as she clearly saw the young girl tense, and in turn, she got her answer as a nod from the girl. "Begin!"

"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami summoned his sentient shadow monster, "Let's finish this"

Dark Shadow rushed forward and sent a punch at Ochako but she dodged it at the last minute. Darkshadow then swiped its claws around it in a chance to get a hit on Ochako as a combo but it didn't work, and only spread the slight dust of 3 feet near dark shadow to spread.

Dark Shadow saw Ochako not far, and Tokoyami commanded the sentient being to push her off, and in fact, the first attack was supposed to be a wanted miss. He didn't want to hurt Ochako and he knew that his quirk was overpowering against hers in this match.

Dark shadow zapped forward and opened its palms and was about to push Ochako out of the bounds, but Ochako waited for the correct time. She didn't want to mess up.

At just when Dark shadow was near her, she jumped right and touched the sentient beast and that in return affected Dark shadow's moment.

[Ochako Uraraka's quirk- Zero Gravity-> Allows her to nullify effects of gravity by touching objects or thinks with the pads on her fingers.]

Ochako then dashed towards defenceless Tokoyami and touched him, though it was more of Tokoyami wanting her guard to be down as Ochako touched him, two hands of darkness caught her waist and dragged her near the boundary.

Ochako was caught off guard and panicked about what to do, and then she disabled her quirk by touching her pads on both hands together which returned Tokoyami down from a fall of 9 feet, though he wasn't hurt.

But Dark shadow was affected as the quirk which was on it was lifted and the law of inertia took place as a result. Dark shadow who was trying to pull Ochako fell down on the ground and all Ochako wanted to do was to throw Dark shadow over the boundary as it was considered as Tokoyami's extension just like all quirks.

Though it would have been possible on paper, in reality, it wasn't. Ochako's quirk didn't affect Tokoyami's Dark Shadow.

Tokoyami had planned it all along for this moment to occur.

Dark shadow had acted according to the orders given and as Ochako neared the boundary to throw Dark shadow out, she was lifted by the two hands she was dragging and pushed out instead.

Ochako was so focused on the victory that she didn't consider the possibility of Dark shadow acting.

Ochako had even forgotten Tokoyami even existed and only had considered fighting Dark shadow. Though it would be foolish to face Tokoyami head-on as it would finish the match in seconds.

"Ochako is out of the bounds!"

"Tokoyami Wins!" Midnight announced and this time the audience cheered louder and were rowdier more than so at the end of the first round.

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(A/N)- Sorry for the slight delay I had a run-in with a small problem. I hope you guys look forward to the future chapters and tell me your thoughts in the comments about the chapter.

Next Chapter- The Final's tournament- First stage in progress (Might be delayed just like this one.)