Chapter 22: Cavalry Battle Finale
The same recap.
Opening plays.
"If it was going to just repeat the same thing over, and over again, why not with the first season of this?" Kaminari whined.
"You're just upset 'cause you're not in it, looking badass." Bakugo declared, smirking.
"Whatever the reason, Kaminari does has a point. Why do a recap?" Yaoyorozu said, cutting the argument before it started.
"And why keep saying Midoriya is going to be a great hero?" Tokoyami added.
"Not a, the greatest; going off of what it said." Aoyama corrected.
"Maybe, if we just watch, we will find out." Jiro raised her voice over the questions.
"Not anytime soon, seeing as we are still heroes in training." Kirishima added before everyone went silent.
'I'm not sure how I feel about all of this.' Midoriya thought.
A small recap from the previous episode.
Title screen 'Cavalry Battle Finale'
Whimpering sets of eyes in the darkness as they tried to hold back their tears.
Another set of eyes appeared, Asui's voice echoing, "It was a good plan, so I joined the team even though it was you."
"I bet it was Monoma…" Sato told Asui.
"I also thought the same." Asui agreed.
Mineta whimpered in the little tape cocoon he was in.
'Why can't one of my plans work?!' Mineta sighed.
"-now, there's nothing left to lose! Shoji, full attack mode!" Mineta ordered.
Shoji unwrapped his arms around Asui and Mineta for cover and started charging at Midoriya and Todoroki's team.
"We're gonna steal the points from those two teams with everything we've got!" Mineta declared.
"I think not." Kaminari replied to TV Mineta's statement.
"-not have a confrontation until later in this contest." Tokoyami told Midoriya, adding, "He seems to think highly of you, Midoriya."
"Only half the time is left! Don't stop moving." Midoriya replied.
"Iida, forward!" Todoroki instructed as Midoriya's team started moving. While Iida moved, Todoroki turned to Yaoyorozu, saying, "Yaoyorozu, prepare to guard us and conduct electricity."
"Right." Yaoyorozu started creating a pole from her arm.
"Kaminari, you-" Todoroki started.
"I know whatI have to do!" Kaminari smirked.
"Watch our surroundings. It's not just one group coming after us!" Midoriya told his team as he looked around, seeing the others.
"It was always never just one team coming after you guys." Sero narrowed his eyes, smiling.
"And that's enough to make my head spin, trying to come up with plans to flee." Midoriya sighed.
"At least we still got into the third round!" Uraraka noted.
"Yeah…" Midoriya muttered.
Midoriya gasped as Kaminari's lightning came towards his team before Dark Shadow shielded the others, taking the hit. Todoroki, Yaoyorozu and Iida were hidden under a blanket as the other teams heading towards Midoriya also got the shockwave.
"Kaminari…!" Jiro managed to choke out.
"You really are brutal, man!" Sato turned around to where Todoroki stood with his glass of water.
"I apologize." Todoroki said simply.
"At least we won in the end!" Kaminari cheered.
"Even with a brainless dead weight." Jiro smirked.
"-have to bear it." Todoroki apologized as he used his ice to stop the team's movements.
"What? What'd he do? Todoroki took care of that crowd of teams in an instant!" Present Mic exaggerated.
"He froze them after Kaminari's shock stopped them… I guess it would be expected, but he took into account how a lot of people avoided it in the obstacle course." Aizawa explained in detail.
"Nice commentary!" Present Mic held a thumbs up.
An orange haired girl gasped as Todoroki held up two headbands.
"I might as well take these." Todoroki announced.
"Damn it!" she yelled out as another student gasped, "What? Mine, too?"
Ice spikes shot out of the ground between Todoroki and the other teams. Midoriya's jetpack sizzled with electricity. Midoriya turned his head to look at it.
"The backpack's acting up?" Midoriya questioned.
"Baby! There's room for improvement!" Hatsume exclaimed.
"Oh no, it's too strong! We can't get away!" Uraraka shrieked.
"I'll restrain them!" Tokoyami assured her, using Dark Shadow.
"Yaoyorozu!" Todoroki exclaimed as she made a shield to block Dark Shadow's attack.
"It's nice to see this fight again, without the pressure of winning." Midoriya announced, writing in his notebook.
"Agreed." Tokoyami nodded, adding, "I can see how I might be able to improve Dark Shadow's abilities."
" Don't forget your own. " Dark Shadow popped out from Tokoyami.
"-hard to deal with!" Midoriya observed about Yaoyorozu's quirk.
"No…" Tokoyami disagreed, saying, "Kaminari is worse."
"You really thought I was the worst?!" Kaminari beamed at Tokoyami, making Dark Shadow shrink from the rays.
"Maybe not the worst of the team, but for Dark Shadow, yes." Tokoyami sighed while Yaoyorozu stared at Tokoyami before shaking her head.
"-sunlight, Dark Shadow would've been ripped apart." Tokoyami explained, making Midoriya gasp.
'Right!' Midoriya thought as he remembered what Tokoyami said before the battle.
"In any case, I want you to devote yourself to defense. You don't have to attack. So..." Midoriya explained to Tokoyami.
Tokoyami scuffed. "Interesting."
Uraraka looked up from where she was attaching the boots as Tokoyami explained how his quirk worked.
"Like at the training camp…" Shoji whispered.
"Yes. Like at the training camp." Tokoyami repeated.
"What… happened…?" Ashido asked nervously.
"Dark Shadow got out of control when we were attacked by a villain." Shoji explained.
"And it was harder for me to control him since it was night." Tokoyami added.
"I see…" Ashido muttered.
"Kaminari's lightning…" Midoriya muttered.
"As long as he keeps discharging electricity, attacking will be difficult. Dark Shadow will become timid." Tokoyami explained, Midoriya gasping as he saw Dark Shadow looking a little scared and shaking.
" I'm against violence… " Dark Shadow whimpered.
The team froze while Present Mic announced, "Team Midoriya has nowhere left to go!"
An ice barrier surrounded Midoriya and Todoroki's team, leaving no room to run.
"Decrease offense… They don't know that, do they?" Midoriya whispered as Todoroki's team headed for them.
"I don't believe so." Tokoyami responded, explaining, "The only person I've told about this weakness is Koda, at USJ, and he is a man of few words."
"Koda, why didn't you tell us?" Hagakure asked him, as gently as she could.
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't think it mattered…" Koda apologized nervously.
"Like Tokoyami said, he is a man of few words." Sato repeated.
"But with that information, we might've at least been able to move to the next round!" Hagakure scarcely whispered back, making sure Koda didn't hear.
"It's fine anyway." Sato told her, Hagakure sighing.
"Now everyone's been introduced." Shoji noted.
Bakugo's headband was snatched off of his head.
"Why did it show that again?!" Bakugo yelled.
"Calm down man, we still got the points back, remember." Kirishima reminded him.
"Shut it, Shitty Hair!" Bakugo replied.
The blond smiled at the sight of Bakugo angry.
"Monoma, don't provoke him! You'll be the same as him." one of his teammates told him.
"That's right. It wouldn't become a hero." Monoma sighed before asking, "Besides, don't you often hear about heroes who get done in by villains who want revenge?"
"Revenge…?" Asui asked.
Midoriya chuckled, getting some attention to him.
"Did Monoma think Kacchan could become a villain?" Midoriya questioned, making everyone go silent, not knowing a reason.
"Is it really that hard to say, you goddamn extras?!" Bakugo yelled at them.
"Well, you're always insulting others, so, maybe." Jiro answered flatly.
"Well, I'm going to become the number one hero, and then we'll see what you think, okay, extras?" Bakugo replied.
"There's my point." Midoriya added.
"Also, if that's calm, then Todoroki's always angry." Kaminari pointed at the TV, showing Bakugo visibly angry, saying he was calm.
"We're seriously counting on you!" Kirishima sighed.
"Go…!" Bakugo ordered as his team ran forward, Monoma's team watching as they headed for them. As he got close, Bakugo moved his arm for Monoma, yelling, "Die…!"
Bakugo aimed an explosion for Monoma, who dodged to Bakugo's surprise. Turning back around, Bakugo was met with Monoma's hand, an explosion blasting in his face.
"So that's what you meant by 'taste of his own medicine'!" Kaminari tried to hold back a chuckle.
"Yeah, thought it wasn't going to show it at first, but, I guess I was wrong." Kirishima turned to look at Bakugo, vibrating with rage, sighing, 'Unfortunately.'
"How does it feel, Bakugo? Doesn't feel so good, huh?" Uraraka teased.
"Uraraka, don't provoke him!" Midoriya told her.
"It's called getting a taste of his own medicine, Deku." Uraraka explained.
'I could kill all these extras, but it'd probably end up in me getting expelled for hurting their 'Precious Deku'.' Bakugo thought as he vibrated in anger before glaring, "Just so you extras know, I'm gonna kill you tomorrow during training."
"But, we don't have school tomorrow?" Kaminari said, confused.
"Then, it'll be easier to kill you with no teachers." Bakugo glared, smirking.
'Oh, shit!' Kaminari sweated.
"Damn it!" Bakugo yelled, aiming another explosion. Smoke surrounded the two teams.
"Really, such nice quirks." Monoma praised them. As the smoke cleared, Monoma's arms were hardened, blocking the attack as he smirked, "Mine's better, though."
"Wha…? Mine? The same again?" Kirishima gasped.
"No. This guy copied them." Bakugo explained calmly.
"That's right." Monoma congratulated him.
'Neito Monoma. Quirk: Copy'
"So, he's basically a copycat." Asui put it simply.
"Yeah…" Midoriya agreed, thinking, 'I'm still a little shocked that Kacchan's quirk was used against him.'
"If he can copy quirks, he's basically just quirkless." Bakugo narrowed his eyes.
"So what? Would you have picked on him too? Would you have told him to go jump off the roof?! Huh?!" Uraraka turned, glaring at him.
"Uraraka, calm down! Please." Kirishima told her.
"Kirishima's right, Uraraka. I'm fine." Midoriya tried to help.
Uraraka huffed, before turning back around.
'She really is one tough extra.' Bakugo thought.
"-have to keep from getting caught now." Monoma's teammate begged as another team came for them and Bakugo's.
"Wait, what's going on?" Kaminari asked Jiro.
"*Bondo used his quirk to separate Bakugo and Monoma's team." Jiro explained quickly.
"Ah, got it, thanks!" Kaminari held a thumbs up.
'If you guys would stop talking and pay attention, you'd know.' Jiro sighed.
"-solidifying!" Kirishima told Bakugo when he ordered to move, his foot in some kind of sticky substance, saying, "Wow, I can't move."
"Wait a sec! I'll melt it with my quirk!" Ashido said, spraying a liquid of her own onto Kirishima's foot to get him unstuck.
"Hurry! We've got zero points right now! Hurry!" Sero told her.
"Oh, don't get mad at me." Monoma glanced at Bakugo, holding his hand up, a spark coming from it followed by smoke, remarking, "You're the one who provoked us, right?"
"He can be so infuriating!" Hagakure crossed her arms.
"How did he even pass the entrance exam? Copying our quirks!" Ashido exclaimed.
"Well, he wasn't in my group, so…" Kirishima said.
"Or ours, but you already knew that, huh." Uraraka chuckled.
"He was in mine, unfortunately." Tokoyami sighed.
"Did you see him? How'd he pass?" Ashido asked him.
"I wasn't paying attention to him. I just remember because he was being obnoxious and loud." Tokoyami replied.
"Oh, okay." Ashido replied.
'-indisputable first place!' Bakugo glared.
"You can feel the angry vibe all the way from the past." Kaminari winced from Bakugo's glare.
"Todoroki made it so he'd have the ten million to himself to seize in an instant! At least, that's what I thought five minutes ago! But unbelievably, Midoriya's been able to keep away in that cramped space for five minutes!" Present Mic announced.
"How is that unbelievable though? Deku's plans normally always work out." Uraraka tilted her head a bit.
"Present Mic didn't know enough about all of us to assume that." Asui explained.
"-see right through you. Fool." the fiery hero that Todoroki glared at narrowed his eyes at the two teams.
"That's not nice to say!" Hagakure exclaimed at Endeavor's comment.
'-his distance, staying on the left side. He's paying attention. At this rate, if I want to freeze them over the shortest distance possible, I'll get Iida. If he keeps moving like this, I'll do myself in if I freeze indiscriminately. And Tokoyami can defend against Kaminari's electricity.' Todoroki gritted his teeth.
"I'm not… done yet…" Kaminari muttered.
'One more minute. The bastard…!' Todoroki narrowed his eyes.
"I'm the only one who can call the nerd 'bastard', you hear me Half n' Half?!" Bakugo yelled at him.
"I never called him that, I thought of it." Todoroki corrected, sipping his water.
"You bastard…!" Bakugo whispered.
'What is happening?' Midoriya turned to the two.
"-able to use me after this. I'm counting on you!" Iida told them about not using him.
"Iida?" Todoroki questioned.
Iida dug his feet into the dirt. "Hang on tight. Make sure you get it, Todoroki."
Iida engines started lighting up as blue flames bursted out.
"Torque Over-"
Before Midoriya could react, Iida sped by him as fast as lightning. As they sped by, though, Todoroki managed to get a hold onto Midoriya's headband, grasping it in his hand as it pulled it off his forehead.
"That was awesome, man!" Kirishima cheered.
"I know I was mad at the time, but that really was amazing, Iida!" Uraraka told him.
"Thank you." Iida bowed.
"What happened? So fast! Iida, if you could accelerate that fast, then show us in the prelims!" Present Mic screamed out.
"What was that?" Todoroki asked, looking shocked.
"I think that's the most emotion we've seen from Todoroki, so, good job there too, Iida!" Kaminari noticed.
Iida explained what he did and how he did it.
"It's a secret move I hadn't told anyone in class yet." Iida finished off, Midoriya glaring at Iida.
"You really did surprise me with that move, Iida." Midoriya told him.
Iida smiled a little at the comment. "I'm glad it did, Midoriya."
"-I'd challenge you." Iida grinned at Midoriya, a shadow covering part of his face while the crowd roared.
"The tables are turned! Offense and defense right at the edge! Reining that in, Todoroki gets the ten million! And Midoriya is suddenly left with zero points!" Present Mic announced.
"Get back in there!" Midoriya cried.
"As long as they have Kaminari, we'll be at a disadvantage if we attack! Won't it be safer to try for other points right now?" Tokoyami warned.
"No!" Midoriya refused, explaining. "I don't know how the other points got split up! This is our only chance!"
Uraraka smiled, determined. "All right!"
Pushing the others forward, Uraraka yelled out to Midoriya, "We'll get it back, Deku! We'll definitely will!"
Midoriya turned to look at her. "Uraraka…"
'I'll definitely become a hero and make money and let my parents take it easy.'
'That's right…' Midoriya realized.
'Let me use your position!'
'It's not just me.'
'I leave it to you, Midoriya.'
Midoriya's amr glowed as he powered One for All.
'The feelings of the three… who trust in me…' Midoriya clenched his fist, Todoroki widening his eyes as Midoriya's team got closer.
'I'm carrying all that right now!'
Todoroki lifted his left arm, a slight flame appearing.
"His left…" Iida raised his head.
"You used it?" Kaminari glanced at Todoroki.
Midoriya narrowed his eyes.
'I'll reject him completely by winning first place without using it.'
'In my memories, my mother is always crying.'
'You've heard of quirk marriages, right?'
"Are you sure everything is all right… Todoroki?" Yaoyorozu asked him, breaking Midoriya from the memory, realizing they'd been asked Todoroki if he was okay; the TV paused.
Todoroki looked at them. "Just because this anime revealed Midoriya's past, doesn't mean we need to pry into others."
The class glanced at him for a while before paying their attention back to the TV.
'If that's true, Todoroki, why tell me?' Midoriya wondered, glancing one last time at Todoroki before also turning back to the TV.
"-wrested away from the top spot from Midoriya, who was running away like crazy! Will these be the top four teams to move on to the next round?!" Present Mic announced.
"Second, huh? We might've done a little too well for ourselves." Monoma thought out loud.
"Why is it going back again?" Asui asked.
"I don't know, but that clash with Midoriya and Todoroki looked epic!" Sato grinned.
"It was pretty epic, yeah." Kaminari agreed.
"But how did I not feel it? His left side…" Iida whispered.
"Let's just continue watching, and we'll see what happens." Yaoyorozu offered.
"-on your own, Bakugo!" Kirishima yelled at him, as Bakugo shot out an explosion from his palms, jumping to Monoma's team.
"Tsuburaba! Guard!" Monoma called to a brown-haired teammate.
Tsuburaba inhaled before blowing out an air shield, blocking Bakugo from getting them.
"Hey!" Bakugo yelled.
"Yes!" Tsuburaba smirked.
'Kosei Tsuburaba. Quirk: Solid Air!'
Bakugo punched at the air barrier blocking him from Monoma's team.
"You can't see this wall! Serves you right!" Tsuburaba laughed before Bakugo raised his fist into the air. Bringing it down, he punched the shield like glass, grabbing Monoma's headbands around his neck, making Monoma freeze. Pulling back, Bakugo successfully grabbed two, before getting pulled back by Sero.
"Yeah, you go, Bakugo!" Kirishima cheered.
"Tch, it was nothing." Bakugo spat, hiding his smirk from Kirishima.
"Man, you and Midoriya really seem to think that what we think you do is cool, you guys just slid it off, saying 'It's not a big deal', or 'It was nothing'." Kaminari pointed out.
"All right, fine!" Bakugo yelled, grabbing Kirishima by the collar, saying, "Hell yeah I look badass!"
Kirishima grinned at Bakugo, making him feel uncomfortable. Shoving Kirishima back, Bakugo looked away, thinking, 'Cheeky Shitty hair.'
Kirihsima chuckled at seeing Bakugo look uncomfortable.
"Kendo's been frozen and can't move." Tsuburaba told Monoma.
"Yeah… As long as we defend this one to the death, we'll definitely…" Monoma held their final headband close.
"I told you to say something if you're gonna jump!" Sero scolded, pulling Bakugo back.
"But this means we'll definitely get through to the next round-" Kirishima started.
"Not yet!" Bakugo argued, banging Kirishima's head.
"What?!" Sero and Ashido exclaimed.
"Ouch… You good there, Kirishima? No… Brain damage?" Kaminari asked.
"Nah, I'm good." Kirishima assured him.
"Why didn't you just use your hardening?" Jiro asked him, Kirishima shrugged.
"-B's strategy was certainly reasonable and good. But there's just one thing that is unfortunate…" Aizawa observed.
"I couldn't brace myself enough earlier on my own! Go!" Bakugo explained. Clenching his fist, adding, "We'll get our points back, too, and then go for the ten million!"
Kirishima and Sero grinned while Ashido gasped.
"Jeez…" Sero chuckled.
"Flat Face! Tape!" Bakugo yelled, lifting his leg up for better aim.
"It's Sero!" Sero corrected, shooting his tape out.
"You missed!" Monoma laughed as Sero's tape flew past them.
"Racoon Eyes!" Bakugo yelled, getting Ashido's attention, explaining, "Lay down a weak dissolving solution in the direction we're going!"
"My name's Mina Ashido!" Ashido protested as Bakugo also lifted his other leg for better aim for her quirk.
'Young Bakugo, you understand very well without being told, don't you?' All Might thought.
"What the hell's that supposed to mean, All Might?!" Bakugo demanded, as if All Might were there.
'Those who are always aiming for the top, and those who aren't.' All Might observed.
"I guess that's what he means, Bakugo." Kirishima elbowed him.
Midoriya rubbed his chin. "Some people are okay with just making the cut, but others want to make it to the very top."
"Like Bakugo." Uraraka added, Midoriya nodding.
"Yeah, like me!" Bakugo yelled at Uraraka's comment.
"-consideration, did you?" Aizawa narrowed his eyes about the two classes difference.
Tsuburaba blew another air shield at the incoming team, but with Bakugo's explosion, he bursted the shield, snatching the final headband.
"Bakugo is merciless!" Present Mic yelled.
"Hell yeah he is, and good job bro! That was an amazing plan!" Kaminari held a thumbs up to him.
"It was kind of like Midoriya's planning strategy…" Sero teased.
"Don't you compare me to the damn nerd!" Bakugo yelled at him, Midoriya sighing.
"-only seconds left!" Present Mic announced, showing Bakugo's ranking moving up to second place.
"Next! We're going to where Deku and Todoroki are!" Bakugo ordered, heading for the ice barrier.
Midoriya's hand glowed with One for All. 'It was the first time… I tried to use this power on a person…'
"What did I say about thinking of the past, Midoriya?" Asui peeked around Uraraka to look at him.
"S-Sorry!" Midoriya apologized.
'Either way, I'm not going to hit him. Like cutting through air…' Midoriya thought, reaching for Todoroki, continuing, '...break down the opponent's defenses!'
Midoriya; using One for All, swung his hand back, the force of the wind also made Todoroki's hand swing back as well.
Todoroki glanced at his arm, lit with fire. 'My left… What am I…?'
'It hurts, but it's not broken!' Midoriya thought, One for All fading. Looking at the headbands on Todoroki's neck, Midoriya noted, 'He's turned then inside out to hide the point values, but he took the ten million last and put it on, so it must be the one on top-'
"Wait, isn't that cheating!" Sato exclaimed.
"Maybe…" Ojiro muttered.
"That was so cool Deku!" Uraraka told him, adding "You used it without breaking your arm!"
"For once!" Sero added.
Midoriya glanced at Sero with a 'I'm-so-done-with-you' expression.
"I got it…" Midoriya muttered, before exclaiming, "I got it!"
The crowd roared at the exclamation.
"Or so you thought…" Kaminari whispered, grinning.
"I was being overconfident." Midoriya sighed.
"-retrieval here, too!" Present Mic yelled.
"Wait a minute. Isn't this the wrong headband?" Hatsume gasped, making Midoriya's eyes widen as he saw the points, revealing '70'.
"They got us!" Midoriya gaped.
"Just in case, we changed the position of the headbands! You were naive, Midoriya!" Yaoyorozu explained.
"Todoroki, get a hold of yourself! That was close!" Iida told him.
"On no! Team Midoriya didn't retrieve the ten million points!" Present Mic announced.
'Seventy points…' Midoriya thought, scanning the board.
"Midoriya, I think instead of looking at the board, we should've been trying to get the points back again." Tokoyami told him.
"Yeah, I realize my mistake." Midoriya agreed.
"It was thanks to you, Tokoyami, that we made it into the third round!" Uraraka smiled, Tokoyami nodding.
"Tokoyami!" Midoriya yelled.
"Kaminari!" Todoroki yelled
Dark Shadow tried to reach for the headbands, but Kaminari's lightning stopped him. Steam came from a part of the ice, Bakugo's team entering the ring.
"Damn Deku!" Bakugo yelled as he separated from his team again.
Sero sighed. "He'll never listen."
"Huh?" Kaminari hummed, brain dead.
The class started chuckling as Kaminari's face showed him brain dead.
"It's cool to see you brain dead, Kaminari." Jiro whispered to him.
Iida's engines started acting up, smoke coming out of them.
"Yaoyorozu!" Todoroki called as Midoriya's team got closer.
"The ten million points are…?!" Bakugo realized, turning to Todoroki.
Taking the pole Yaoyorozu just made, Todoroki covered it in ice.
"Half-n-Half Bastard!" Bakugo yelled, changing his course to Todoroki.
Todoroki narrowed his eyes as Midoriya and Bakugo came for him, each of them determination to get the points.
"Time's up!" Present Mic announced.
Even though the event already happened, some of the class was tense watching. A few were even holding their breath.
"That was really tense." Ashido exhaled.
"Even though we knew who won in the end, it did good suspense building." Ojiro agreed.
"But why all the suspense?" Kirishima asked.
"It looked epic to see you three intense, but once it zoomed out, Midoriya and Bakugo just looked ridiculous." Jiro chuckled, Midoriya joining.
"What did you say, Earphones?! I'll kill you!" Bakugo yelled.
"Bakugo!" Sero called, Kirihsima and Ashido following.
"You okay?" Kirishima asked until Bakugo started screaming into the ground, banging against it with his fist.
This made the class start chuckling.
Bakugo sat in his anger, watching them laugh. 'I'll kill these damn extra's tomorrow!'
Todoroki jumped off his team, muttering, "Damn it."
"Now, let's take a look at the top four teams right away! In first place, Team Todoroki!" Present Mic announced.
Yaoyorozu sighed. "Even though we won, it felt like we were skating on thin ice."
"Sorry… I caused everyone trouble…" Iida apologized, making Yaoyorozu turn.
"That's not true. Without you, we would not have won." she reassured him.
"In second place, Team Bakugo!"
"Ah, we were so close!" Ashido whined.
"Well, second place isn't bad. All's well that ends well." Sero told her.
"Do you really think that's how he feels?" Kirishima sighed, grinning as Bakugo once again, screaming at the ground.**
"What the hell were you smiling about, huh, Shitty hair?!" Bakugo yelled at him.
"Nothing, bro! It's nothing." Kirishima smiled while Bakugo grabbed his collar.
"It's not nothing! Tell me, now!" Bakugo continued, but he was just making Kirihsima laugh instead of getting an answer.
"-come from behind?!" Present Mic asked, announcing the third team being Shinso's.
"Thanks for your hard work." the leader named Shinso told his team as he walked away.
Hatsume unfastened the jetpack from Midoriya's back.
"Deku?" Uraraka walked towards him.
"Um… I'm really sorry…" Midoriya muttered.
The two girls looked at him until Uraraka smiled and they pointed at Tokoyami behind them.
"Todoroki was clearly shaken by your first attack. I had hoped to get the ten million points, but things don't always go as you wish." Tokoyami explained, Dark Shadow appearing with a headband in his mouth.
Midoriya gasped as Tokoyami continued.
"Even so, I got one. I took the one on his head where his guard was the weakest. Midoriya, it was thanks to the opening you created with your last spurt."
"In fourth place, Team Midoriya!"
Midoriya cried; waterfalls coming from his eyes, as he made a dent in the ground.
"So, that's how you did it? That was a good take, I'll admit, Tokoyami." Todoroki told him.
"Thank you, Todoroki." Tokoyami replied.
"But damn, Midoriya, you broke the ground with those tears." Sero smiled.
"I was just surprised Tokoyami managed to get us more points." Midoriya chuckled.
"You were awesome, Tokoyami!" Uraraka told him.
"Thank you, Uraraka." Tokoyami nodded.
As Midoriya continued crying, Todoroki glanced at him and his team.
'I won't use this to attack. That's what I decided, but I was overwhelmed…' Todoroki thought, clenching his left hand before muttering, "I can't… At this rate, I'll be doing what my old man wants..."
"What are you talking about, Todoroki?" Yaoyorozu asked, the class glancing at him again.
"It doesn't concern you." Todoroki narrowed his eyes. Turning around, Todoroki started walking away, saying, "I'm going to bed."
"You don't want to finish first?" Asui asked him.
"No." Todoroki said, continuing to walk away while the class watched before they turned back to the TV.
'Something happened with you and your father, didn't it, Todoroki?' Midoriya thought.
"-go grab food." Present Mic told Aizawa.
"I'm going to sleep." Aizawa responded.
"What happened? Before I knew it, we had zero points, and it was over..." Tetsutetsu sighed to his teammates.
"Could it be punishment…" the vine haired girl wondered, an imagery of her taking Mineta's team points, asking, "...for taking the small one's points in such an indecent way?"
"So it wasn't Monoma, then." Asui put her finger on her cheek.
In his cocoon tape, Mineta tried to move his hands to take the tape off, but without success. So, he just hung there in his anger.
"I can't accept this!" Tetsutetsu cried.
"How disappointing…" Asui huffed. Seeing Ashido, Asui smiled, "Mina, congratulations."
Ashido rubbed her neck, saying, "Well, Bakugo just let me join to use against Todoroki's ice, so I don't know if it reflects my abilities."
"Even if Bakugo used you Mina, you were still impressive." Asui told her.
"Aw, thank you, Tsu!" Ashido smiled.
"-that! No fair!" Uraraka exclaimed to Iida, talking about his special move he used.
"It has nothing to do with fairness! I was just using it as intended." Iida argued while Kaminari held a thumbs up (braindead), Iida telling Uraraka, "I wanted to do something that could compete with Midoriya."
"It's that manly thing, huh?" Uraraka sighed.
"Hell yeah that was manly! Good eye, Uraraka!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Speaking of Midoriya, where were you?" Iida asked him as TV Uraraka asked as well.
"Oh, um…" Midoriya started, but then the TV showed that he was with Todoroki.
"Why were you with Todoroki?" Sero asked.
"Do you think he should be down there?" Kaminari asked.
"Let's just watch, and we'll find out." Yaoyorozu answered.
The fiery hero started walking down a flight of stairs.
"Hey! Long time no see! Let's have some tea, Endeavor!" All Might smiled at the hero.
"All Might…" Endeavor groaned before glancing back at All Might, his eyes narrowed.
Ending plays.
"WHY!" the class exclaimed.
"What did Todoroki talk to you about, Midoriya?!" Kaminari asked, getting in his face.
"K-Kaminari!" Midoriya jumped out of his seat in surprise.
"Well?!" Ashido joined in.
"W-Well, uh… He just wanted to-" Midoriya started.
"Something's happening." Ojiro and Jiro said quickly, everyone watching.
Midoriya's mom sat on the couch watching the sports festival on TV.
"U.A. High School's sports festival! The first years have finished their second game." an announcer reported, then showing a screen board of the students going into the third round, her continuing, "The sixteen next-generation heroes moving on to the final round have been decided!"
One name was zoomed in, saying 'Izuku Midoriya' as his mother cried waterfalls, crying, "Izuku! I'm so glad! You really worked hard! But just don't get injured!"
"Aw! Poor Mama Midoriya!" Ashido, Hagakure and Uraraka beamed.
"I'm so so very sorry, Mom…" Midoriya murmured before Kaminari stuck his face in his face again.
"So, what did Todoroki talk to you about?!" Kaminari asked again.
"Okay." Jiro walked over to them, grabbing Kaminari by the collar, and throwing him over her shoulder as she walked to the elevator, saying, "That's enough out of you."
"Wait! No! I want to know what happened!" Kaminari cried, his feet dragging on the floor while Jiro walked away.
"Deku?" Uraraka turned to him.
"I'm sorry. But for now, I'm not going to talk about what happened." Midoriya explained.
"That's fine, Midoriya." Sero winked while Iida turned the player off.
"All right! Class 1-A, it is time we head to our rooms now!" Iida instructed before loud humming noises were heard above the others, Mineta trying to get their attention.
"Ah, Hagakure, you hear something?" Sero asked her.
Glancing up, Hagakure giggled, "No, probably just your imagination."
"And get Mineta down." Iida glared at the two.
"Okay, okay, just teasing." Sero sighed, taking a chair and getting Mineta untangled from all the tape.
"I'm gonna get you for that, Sero! Just you wait!" Mineta threatened him.
"So loud…" Tokoyami muttered as the class walked to their rooms.
"Bakugo, come on man." Kirishima held his hand out to him, seeing as he was the only one still sitting. Bakugo smacked his hand, getting up himself, and walking to his room, Kirishima following.
'If it does show that nerd's conversation with Icyhot, hopefully it doesn't show me eavesdropping on the two.' Bakugo thought.