('Thinking')

"Speaking"

~~~~~~Izuku POV~~~~~~

It had been a very eventful break apparently. I had run into my mother while getting food, Momo and Izumi had returned from wherever they had gone off to. Momo had a dark smile plastered across her face that made me kinda nervous, Izumi seemed somewhat afraid of Momo.

Once again I decided I was better off not knowing anything, and didn't ask any questions. Sitting in the waiting area Midnight announced the match-ups for the final around. After looking at the brackets, I noticed I would have five matches if I wanted to win.

It seemed like luck was on Bakugou's side as he'd got seeded in a random draw. Meaning he'd only have three matches in order to win. He'd been fuming this entire time, getting angrier as time went on. I started to get abit worried after I saw that Momo was in the same bracket as him. I believed she could handle herself, but I didn't trust Bakugou.

PresentMic:" ITS TIME FOR THE EVENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! THE BATTLE TOURNAMENT! LETS KICK OFF WITH THE FIRST ROUND! LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM EITHER WAY YOU ALL KNOW HIS NAME! IZUKU MIDORIYAAAAA!" I pushed my worries out of my mind for now and made my way out to the arena.

PresentMic:" AND HIS OPPONENT.........UH HITOSHI SHINSO OF THE GENERAL COURSE!"

I watched as Shinso came up onto stage, I recognized him as the guy who confronted 1-A the week before. He walked up with confidence, smirking all the while. I didn't trust it, I never underestimate anyone. To make matters worse, I knew nothing about the guy or his quirk.

Shinso:" It must be nice, to have all these fans. I'm just a nobody so it'll be that much more humiliating  when I beat you."

I just nodded my head not answering him. I'd seen this type of behavior before, he's trying to rile me up into making a mistake. He took my showing off as arrogance and tried attacking my ego. I was impressed to say the least, pretty smart play on his part.

Midnight:" Alright take your places! get ready! BEGIN!"

I took a defensive stance and simply observed Shinso, watching for any hints on what his quirk might be.

Shinso:" What to good to speak to those underneath you? Guess you snobby elites don't know what us normal people have to go through. I bet that black haired girlfriend of yours must be a stuck up bitch just like you."

I lost my cool at that, I could take insults but I wasn't going to let him badmouth Momo.

"I don't care wh-" I froze, suddenly I was unable to move a single muscle. I figured out immediately what was happening. He had taken control of my body somehow, my eyes darted around trying to figure out how he had done it.

Shinso:" Finally, you were a rather cautious one. I guess you aren't as stupid as you act. Sorry, I've done my research on you, I know you and your lady aren't like that. But I need to win this, I need to prove that those with 'villainous' quirks can be heros. Now walk yourself out of bounds!"

My body turned and started to walk towards the boundary. My mind was racing trying to find a way out. I quickly reviewed what I knew, he had control of my body. But I didn't move until he spoke out loud, which meant I needed to hear him. I lost control when I answered him.

I got it, he can take control if you reply to him. So his quirk is some type of brainwashing, so then it must work by stablishing a connection to my brain via vocal vibrations. So I needed to disrupt it somehow. 

I try to activate warlord and succeed, however I don't have complete control. I only have enough control to freely control my right hand. Still it should be enough, I crafted a M9 pistol and turn the barrel towards my leg. Pulling the trigger, I blasted a hole in my knee forcing me to fall to the ground.

I can hear gasps and shouts from the crowd, no one really sure what was going on. I ignored them and focused on trying to stand. I was able to get back up to my feet, the pain from shooting myself had broken the control Shinso had over me.

I pulled matter from the air and made temporary repairs to my knee. I crafted earplugs and turned to the stunned Shinso.

"I understand you more than you know Shinso. But I also cannot lose here, I have something I need to do." I dash forward smashing my fist into his gut launching him just out of bounds.

Midnight:" Thats the match! MIDORIYA WINS!"

Shinso:" Damn it..... I needed to win! I need to prove my quirk isn't villainous! I just want to be a hero!" he said crushed by his loss, held his head down.

"Shinso....." I spoke up " Raise your head. Your quirk doesn't define you, look around! No one is looking down on you! You have given me the hardest fight so far in the festival!"

Shinso raised his head and for the first time, realized the crowd was cheering him on for a great fight.

" Have pride in the fact you pushed me so far, in fact........... Hey Midnight-sensei!"

Midnight:" Yes Midoriya?"

" I'd like to announce what I want as a prize from principal Nezu. Is that fine?"

Midnight:" Sure?" she said with a confused tone. I walked to her and took the mic from her

" For my prize as the winner of the second round I, Izuku Midoriya, ask that Hitoshi Shinso be transferred from the general course to the Hero course!" 

My announcement was met with stunned silence..... for a second, then a deafening roar from the crowd.

Midnight placed a hand over her ear listening to a message before breaking out into a wide smile, taking the mic back from me. She gave me a wink before speaking up

Midnight:" Izuku Midoriya! Principal Nezu has approved your prize! Hitoshi Shinso you will be transferred to the Hero course!"

I walked back to Shinso, and gave him a wide smile. Sticking out my hand for a handshake.

"Shinso, welcome to the Hero course."  Shinso clasped my hand and shook it, looking me in the eyes. His own full of emotions, struggling not burst out into tears of happiness.

Shinso: "Thank you, Midoriya....... I'll become a great hero." 

" I'll hold you to it. Good luck Shinso, I'll see you in class." with that I walked away, heading back to the waiting area where the rest of my class was.

~~~~~~~~Second Round~~~~~~~~

I watched the rest of the rounds after getting real treatment for my knee, I didn't want my repairs to come undone during a match. Recovery girl wacked me for going so far in a match, after I explained why I needed healing.

The match ups pretty much went the way I expected. The only real surprising things were Iida's 'victory' against Hatsume. She toyed with him, used him to show off her inventions before stepping out of bounds herself.

Denki's hilarious defeat with 10 seconds to a 1-B girl called Ibara, after swearing he'd beat her in 2 seconds. His stupidity was fast becoming legend around school. Now that fame went international.

Then there was the tie breaker between our resident manly ginger Kirishima vs 1-B's Hard boy Tetsutetsu. Seriously the match between those two was like watching a pokemon battle between two ditto's using mirror move. In the end they had to do an arm wresting contest to decide a victory, which Kirishima barely won.

The most surprising and worrisome one was Uraraka's fight with Bakugou. She put up a surprisingly good fight against him. However that just, forced Bakugou to go all out. Normally that would be a good thing, but this was different. To me it looked like he was enjoying hurting Uraraka.

In the end Uraraka lost, and was badly hurt. I along with Iida, Tsu, and Momo went to check on her. After making sure she was fine, I asked her about how it felt fighting Bakugou. She confirmed my thoughts with what she told me. She felt like he was purposely drawing out the fight.

My blood ran cold, after Momo won against Tokoyami. It mean she'd be facing Bakugou in the next round. Taking Momo into a hallway out of sight of the others, I grab her by the waist and hug her. She was confused, not understanding why I was hugging her.

"Momo, listen to me. I believe in you and know you are strong. But I want you to be extra careful with Bakugou. Somethings off about him today, he's way more aggressive than normal. I especially worried about what he might do to hurt you. You're in more danger than the others, because you are with me."

Momo:" I know your worried Izuku, and I agree that he'll come after me harder than anyone else. I'll be extra careful, so don't worry about me and focus on your own match." She pulled me in for a deep kiss.

I let myself get lost in the kiss when I was called up for my next match. Reluctantly, I let her go and made my way to the arena.

PresentMic:"ITS TIME FOR THE FIRST MATCH OF THE SECOND ROUND! 1-A's UNSTOPPABLE IZUKU MIDORIYA VS 1-B'S COPYCAT NEITO MONOMA!

I walked out into the arena, was given a present I had not expected to receive. Standing on the opposite side of the arena was the blond little shit, who irked me last week. Good, I needed a punching bag. I had some shit to get out of my system.

Midnight:" Alright take your places! get ready! BEGIN!"

Monoma:" Well if it isn't the top of the trash pile that is 1-A! Better get ready because I'm about to put you and your class where you belong! At 1-B's feet!"

I crack my neck while rubbing the back of my neck with my hand. I look at Monoma, and craft a 6 foot wall around the arena. I smile at him

"Well if it isn't the arrogant shit from last week. You might be wondering why I made a wall around the arena? Its a simple reason, I don't want to win by ringout or let you escape. I'm a fair man. I'll give you 30 seconds to try to knock me out."

Monoma:" Cocky aren't you? you and your class aren't better than us!"

"29... 28...27...26...." I merely started counting, Monoma seeing that I really wasn't moving activated his quirk and was covered in iron? it looked just like that tetsutetsu guy's quirk. I remembered what mic said about Monoma being a copycat. So he must be able to copy quirks.

I leaned back as Monoma swung at me, completely missing me. It was a large swing, definitely doesn't have any hand to hand combat training. I simply kept dodging him, leaning left, right, jumping over a leg sweep. I didn't struggle at all, I watched in amusement as Monoma broke out in a sweat wildly swinging hoping to land a hit.

"4.....3....2...1.... Times up!" I said with a smile as I leapt to the side dodging him once again. Activating Warlord at 25% percent, I kneed him in the gut. When he bent over from the impact, I dropped my elbow onto his back so hard he bounced back up. 

Grabbing him by the collar after he bounced, I flipped him over my shoulder slamming him on the ground leaving a small crater. Not letting go of him, I do the same thing flipping him back to the other side. Lifting him up once again I spun around building up momentum before flinging him into one of the walls I made earlier.

I stopped and waited to see if he was still able to fight. I wanted to beat his ass, not kill him so I held back. Midnight seeing that Monoma wasn't moving went to check on him.

Midnight:" Neito Monoma is unable to continue! Izuku Midoriya is the winner!"

" Damn that felt good!" I said as I deconstructed the walls and left the arena. 

A/N: Guess what you guys get a whole another chapter in this arc! Honestly thought I'd be done by now but........... I REALLY wanted Monoma to get his ass beat. So I extended the tournament just so I could write that out. As always hope you enjoy and see you in the next chapter!