Chapter 17

I and the rest of my classmates immediately made our way to Recovery Girl's office to check on Todoroki's condition. I just hoped I hadn't done any lasting damage to him.

But to my relief, he didn't have any severe injuries and none of his organs were damaged. Although, he was still unconscious.

As I made my way to the stands, I recalled the talk I had with Endeavour when he confronted me after the battle.

"You defeated him," He growled.

I looked directly into his eyes and said, "Your son is traumatized. If I had the authority then you would be serving a long term sentence in prison. You drove your wife to madness, temporarily I guess. She must be very relieved that she's away from you now. But you took your children's mother away from them. In your greed for power and fame, you forgot your duties as a husband and a parent. Scum like you don't deserve to be a hero."

I could see the burning fury in his eyes. The fire around him was blazing fiercely and its temperature was at an all-time high. Before he could retaliate, I continued, "What will you do now? You raised your son to be a tool to surpass All Might and treated your wife like a breeding machine. For what? Because your ego couldn't accept the fact that you're second best? You ruined your family for it. If you want to save whatever's left of your family, I'd recommend letting go of your ego and apologising to everyone you have wronged, including your wife and your children, for all the shit you put them through. Because believe me or not, it'll all come back to bite you in the ass and destroy you."

I walked past him without waiting for his response. As I was about to turn around the corner, I stopped and said, "You could try and ruin my career as a hero. But I don't give a damn. I don't care if I'm a no-name hero for the rest of my life. I'd still be better than you."

Just as I was out of his sight, I heard a scream of fury as he burnt the entire pathway behind me. I knew that I was too harsh when I said all of that to him, but I didn't regret any of it.

My battle with Todoroki had completely destroyed the ring. It took some time for the next battles to start.

It was Iida and that douche Monoma's battle next.

Just as the battle began, Iida used his quirk and dashed towards Monoma. I didn't know who's quirk the asshole had copied, so Iida's direct attack was somewhat foolish. When Iida was within a few feet of Monoma, he changed his direction and began circling around Monoma.

I guess he was testing the waters. Monoma bent down and placed his hands on the ring. The ground rippled all around him and Iida began sinking into the floor.

In a desperate attempt to escape, Iida overcharged his legs and jumped out of the swamped ring. But he couldn't evade the wall of ice that rushed towards him and froze him within itself.

To say the least, we were all appalled by it.

"He used Todoroki's quirk while he's unconscious in the infirmary?!"

"How dare he do this!!"

"Let me get my hands on him!!"

"That was very rude of him, kero."

"Izuku!" I heard Katsuki's gruff voice from behind me. He'd never used my name to address me in eleven years. A little surprised, I turned around to look at him as he continued, "If you don't kill that scumbag in your next match I'll fucking kill you, do you hear me?!!"

I raised an eyebrow and asked, "So you do care about your classmates huh? Even though you're the most unpleasant person I've ever encountered. I won't kill him, obviously, but that doesn't mean I can't brutalize him without crippling him."

Uraraka shakily said, "M-Midoriya-kun, you don't sound like yourself."

"I don't huh?" I could tell the difference. Conqueror' will was leaking out of me uncontrollably. Monoma, in his attempt to show us up, had gone too far for any kind of redemption.

"Midoriya is scary..." said Mineta with a trembling voice but he immediately recieved a slap on his face from Tsuyu's tongue.

"I need to calm myself down," I said as I got up and walked out of the stands. Every step I took, made cracks to appear under my feet and the surrounding walls.

On my way out, I saw Kendo looking at me with a concerned expression on her face.

Just as I assumed, soon she followed me to the preparation room assigned to 1-A. I was still leaking out a lot of Conqueror's will, so when Kendo entered the room, she flinched and took a step back as a shudder went through her body.

I sighed and consciously tried to control my quirk. It took some effort, but I was able to do it. Kendo placed a hand on her chest and took a deep breath.

She walked towards me and took a seat on the chair beside me.

"Monoma told us what he had planned for his battle with Iida-san. Many of us tried to stop him, I included, but he was too stubborn about it. I even threatened him with what you had told me when he defeated Ashido-san, but he scoffed and walked away after asking Honezuki for his quirk."

I took a few moments to absorb what Kendo had said and to further calm myself. I didn't wanna sound rude to her.

"Thank you for telling me this, Kendo-san. I hope you won't ask me to go easy on him. He's already beyond forgiveness."

Kendo shook her head and said earnestly, "I told my classmates about the talk I had with you on the villain attack. Most of them were ashamed for assuming too much. Even Tetsutetsu was embarrassed by his behaviour. They hold no animosity or jealous feelings against you and your classmates. But Monoma was too adamant about his opinion. I'm not here to ask you to spare him. I just hope you could correct him. Monoma is very serious about being a hero. He's just, too stubborn once he's made an opinion about someone."

I nodded and said, "I can say for my entire class that none of us holds anything against 1-B. But they won't bat an eye if I put Monoma in his place."

We sat in silence as we heard faint sounds of violent explosions coming from the stadium.

"It seems Katsuki's and Kirishima's match has started."

Kendo nodded and looked at me without blinking. There was a strange emotion flickering in her eyes that I couldn't discern. With a concerned expression, she asked, "Um, are you alright?"

With a hollow chuckle, I replied, "Yeah. I lost control of my quirk back in the stands and scared my classmates. I need to apologise to them. And, I'm sorry for scaring you when you stepped into the room."

She shook her head vigorously and said, "There's no need to apologise to me! I can understand you! I wasn't offended or hurt in any way!"

I chuckled and shook my head. The sounds of explosions had stopped and Present Mic announced Katsuki winning the match.

I exhaled out, got up and said, "Well, next is your battle! All the best for it! I know you'll do great!"

Kendo blushed a bit as she perked up and flashed me a bright smile, "Thanks, Midoriya-san! Best of luck for your match with Monoma!"

I replied with a small smile, "No need to address me with an honorific. Just call me Midoriya."

"Then you have to call me just Kendo."

"Sure."

I walked out of the room and went back to the stands. I had to apologise to my classmates for scaring them, while in Mineta's case, making him shit his pants.