(3rd Person)
After that long and tiring event, it was time for a break as all the students gathered in the lunch hall of the arena. (Y/N) sat with Mark and Sofia, Mark patting him on the back and congratulating him every chance he got whereas Sofia only stated it was obvious he would make it to this stage of the event.
Mark: All that's left now is to take out the rest of the competition, just remember to hold back a lot and at least give the others a chance.
Sofia: Why should he give them that chance? If they lose in one second against him, it's their own faults for being underprepared. We've been with them for at least a month now, they should've at least come up with a strategy to survive against our power.
Mark: Again... we're not trying to kill them here, we're trying to be heroes, not murderers.
Sofia: Well, it's important to show our power off to the world, if other people get injured as a result, oh well, at least it'll show villains not to mess with you.
Mark: That's more of a mindset of a vigilante than a hero... or perhaps you'll just become the next Endeavor.
Sofia: Becoming the next number two hero is not as bad as it sounds, sure there are many who wish to be number one, but I don't really care as long as it's a position everyone can see me display my strength and crushing villains.
Mark: What're you... the hero version of the hero killer?
Of course, their arguing was instantly ceased by two chops to the head that made them both faceplant into the table in front of them, class 1-A was used to it so they chose to ignore it, whereas the rest of the classes only looked on in amazement at the holy trinity's behaviour.
(Y/N) sighed, taking a bite out of the chocolate cake he got before looking around in slight worry since he didn't see Midoriya nor Todoroki... and considering those two are currently in a rivalry, (Y/N) knew it couldn't be good if Todoroki was with Midoriya.
Mark: Do you seriously... need to hit us, every time?
All got in response was an unamused look, then (Y/N) went slightly wide-eyed as he saw a brief snippet of someone peeking from around the corner. Without another word, he stood up from the table and walked over to said corner, peeking around it to see a pair of nervous looking red eyes staring at him with a small smile.
Eri: H-h-hi... big brother... um...
(Y/N) pulled out his notebook, writing down to communicate with Eri.
(Y/N): 'What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the others in the stands?'
Eri: I wanted to see you, big brother. The Mr and Mrs were being very mean, saying how your two wins were just flukes, and that your speed and jumping was just an illusion. They said... your quirk was a coward's quirk since you make everyone think you're super strong.
(Y/N) sighed mentally, of course his adoptive parents would be like that. He pledged that he would prove them wrong about him being weak, and of course they were going to try and deny it even though they saw both his quirk and his strength up close. They know very well his quirk isn't one to give out illusions, seems he would need to up the ante.
(Y/N): 'They're just being delusional, no need to worry about them being mean. Just stay with my sisters instead, they'll keep the parents from saying anything like that.'
Eri: But... I want to be with you big brother... can't I stay here?
As (Y/N) went to answer, someone else answered for him.
???: I can take care of her for you, young (L/N).
Who else calls them by their last names and the word young before it? None other than All Might, (Y/N) looked at All Might with a raised eyebrow.
(Y/N): 'Are you sure? I wouldn't want to trouble you with a simple task.'
All Might: Ah ha ha! This is no simple task! For taking care of a child is one of life's most important tasks!! If you would allow me, I will be more than glad to care for the young child while you focus on winning the sport's festival!!!
Of course, All Might still remembers the last time he was told to take care of Eri... and was easily distracted by that manga, he cursed his unprofessionalism at that and decided that now was the time to redeem himself by once again attempting to look after the young Eri. (Y/N) meanwhile looked over at Eri with a questioning gaze.
(Y/N): Do you want All Might to look after you? He's the number one hero, so if any villain tries anything he can easily take care of them.
Eri: But... aren't you the strongest hero, big brother?
(Y/N) chuckled slightly, ruffling Eri's hair which made her giggle.
(Y/N): I may be the strongest in your eyes, but my strength is nothing compared to All Might.
All Might: 'Oh how wrong you are, Young (L/N)... my strength right now couldn't hold a candle to you, Young Killa and Young Yuko.'
With a little more encouragement, (Y/N) managed to convince Eri to finally go along with All Might, though she gave him a massive hug before they left as her way of saying good luck. (Y/N) smiled while seeing Eri waving farewell to him as she was holding the massive hand of All Might... who for some reason looked really weird in that suit of his.
Mark: So this is where you ran off to.
(Y/N) didn't even need to turn around to know both Mark and Sofia were behind him, watching Eri walk off with All Might, Mark had an amused smile on his face whereas Sofia kept staring at the number one hero with a blank expression.
Mark: Man... All Might's a real awesome hero huh? I remember when he saved over fifty people without even breaking a sweat... I'm pretty sure it was during that terrorist attack on the train, right?
Sofia: Are you talking about his debut video? The one with over ten million views, and the rumours that over ten thousand of those views come from one person?
Mark: Yeah, it's always best seeing a hero's first encounter with the public, really gives the feeling of safety since a new powerful hero has emerged to keep everyone under his or her protection.
Sofia: And you can only accomplish that by showing your strength, to scare all the villains into submission.
Mark sighed, not even bothering to argue with her as he grabbed (Y/N)'s shoulder.
Mark: Come on, I told you I had something for you when you get to this part of the event, right?
Sofia hummed in curiosity, watching Mark drag (Y/N) off before they went down the corridor into the rooms for the people who made it into the final part. As she went to walk after them, a familiar voice stopped her.
Bakugou: Oi, girl with no morals, come with me for a second.
Sofia immediately spun to Bakugou upon hearing her nickname.
Sofia: No morals!? I'm not some animal you blonde-haired chihuahua!
Bakugou: Who the fuck you calling a chihuahua!? I'll kill you for saying something like that!
And another common event for class 1-A as everyone watched the two continue to argue while walking down the hallways towards another empty room.
(With (Y/N))
Inside the preparation room, (Y/N) had his eyebrow raised while Mark seemed to pull a bag from the corner of the room before slamming it onto the table. The bag was just a simple strap P.E bag that almost any student could be found wearing or using, he looked up at Mark in confusion, but Mark just gestured towards the bag.
Mark: Well, go on! It's not like the bag will magically open itself, I know you got a glaring quirk, but not even that's going to make the bag open by itself.
With an unamused look, (Y/N) pulled on the string, opening the bag up and to his confusion, he saw a white uniform pile fall out of the bag and onto the table, (Y/N) hummed, picking up the uniform and looking it over. Then a pair of heavy black boots fell out of the bag once he accidentally nudged it with his elbow.
Mark: It's probably hit ya what this uniform is, right? I guess if the uniform didn't give it away, then the boots did. Although we're not able to fight like we wanted, I at least wanted to show you how excited I was for us to have our rematch. Because, as you figured out, that uniform along with the boots is the very same uniform we'd always wear when we started training together, you're probably wondering how I managed to make it bigger without tearing the thing. Well... it did tear when I took it to a custom clothing store to increase the size... but Mom helped out, she used her quirk to repair it no matter the damage.
(Y/N): 'But... this is just for me, if you really were preparing for our rematch'.
Mark: Yep, there was one for me as well, however, it's kinda useless since the school only allowed one of us to go ahead and fight. But... that doesn't mean we can't fight once school's finished, right?
At that, the atmosphere immediately turned tense, Mark was staring at (Y/N) with a competitive smile while (Y/N) stared back, a small smirk making its way across his face before Mark went for the door, patting (Y/N) on the shoulder on the way out.
Mark: I'll be waiting once you win this festival, same battleground as usual, ok?
And with that, Mark finally exited the room, making his way back to the stands while (Y/N) kept staring at the uniform Mark had presented him with, he unfolded it to reveal a white gi and underneath was a dark blue undershirt... meanwhile a black belt was already tied around it which made (Y/N) smile.
(Y/N): Now... I've got more reason to win... so that I'm ready for Mark when I get back...
(Timeskip)
Every student was now gathered back out in the arena... and for some reason the girls of class 1-A were wearing cheerleader uniforms, yep... even (Y/N) was confused by it. A certain number of girls couldn't help but start to think they wanted to die on the spot once (Y/N) saw them in the embarrassing uniforms... however, that wasn't the most important thing happening right now.
Midnight: Now that we've all gotten a bit of a breather, it's time for the final part of the U.A Sports Festival to begin at last! It's the moment every student waits for eagerly! Get ready because your friends have now become your opponents in this battle tournament! Now, with...
But suddenly, someone raised their hand in the crowd, everyone saw it was none other than Ojiro from class 1-A.
Ojiro: Excuse me... but I would like to forfeit.
Understandably, everyone was surprised and stunned by the request, even the teachers who were usually never shocked about anything the students did.
Midoriya: Wha!? Ojiro! This is your big chance for all the pros to see you! Are you really going to pass it up!?
Ojiro: During the cavalry battle... I had no idea what was going on, I don't even remember how it went down other than when (L/N) used his speed. When (L/N) caused that massive shockwave from his speed, I was... awake to say the least, all the other times I felt like I was under an influence. I don't think it's fair for me to go through when I barely did anything while everyone else worked so hard.
Kirishima: Hey, if that's the case, then someone like shouldn't be in either since (L/N) practically did all the work for our team.
Sero: Yeah, come on dude, you should really accept this chance of taking a step closer to becoming a pro.
Ojiro: But I can't! It would hurt my pride to continue on when I didn't even do anything in the cavalry battle... even if I did something, I can't remember it as I should... I'm sorry, but that's my final decision.
It was silent for a moment after hearing Ojiro's speech, then... it was once again broken by yet another person raising their hand, this time it was a student from class 1-B who also wished to withdraw for the same reason. After a while, it was left to Midnight to see what the final decision was.
Midnight: You naive little boys! Your pride shouldn't get in the way of something like this... but... then again I like your naivety! Therefore I'll allow both of you to drop out of the tournament! That means the last two spots go to the team which was in fifth place, which was class 1-B's team Kendo!
Kendo: I wish to forfeit our spots and instead hand them over to team Tetsutetsu, they are the ones who worked harder than us, I think it's only fair that they go through instead!
Midnight: Very well! Then we finally have our final participants for this tournament, with a quick adjustment, we have decided the matches as follows!!
Everyone looked on the board and attempted to find their name, as well as their opponent's name... and the boards showed the following:
Izuku Midoriya Vs Hitoshi Shinso
Shoto Todoroki Vs Hanta Sero
Ibara Shiozaki Vs Denki Kaminari
Tenya Iida Vs Mei Hatsume
(Y/N) (L/N) Vs Yuga Aoyama
Fumikage Tokoyami Vs Momo Yaoyorozu
Ejiro Kirishima Vs Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Katsuki Bakugou Vs Ochako Uraraka
Almost instantly, everyone slowly turned towards Aoyama, sending looks of concern towards him as the sparkling blonde's face turned pale, realising the match he was in as he shakily turned his head towards (Y/N) who only sighed upon seeing the board... and then turning towards Midnight again.
Midnight: The first match between Izuku Midoriya and Hitoshi Shinso will begin momentarily, so please prepare yourselves and those not participating are to head to the stands while those who are to fight will head to the preparation rooms immediately.
(Y/N) headed straight for the stands, raising an eyebrow slightly as he watched Ojiro walk with Midoriya towards the entranceway which led to where the preparation rooms were situated. He couldn't help but think of the eventual opponents he would need to go up against: Bakugou was no doubt going to be one of his opponents, then there was Todoroki who would be just as troublesome... but... he knew his biggest obstacle would be Midoriya due to the combination of wanting to protect him instead of hurting him... and the fact that Midoriya was most likely the only student to come up with good strategies since he took notes about every student he met.
To be continued...
(A/N): The battle tournament is underway! And now that you guys and gals can see where (Y/N)'s been placed, you can tell who his opponents will be, right? Also, that part about Mark giving (Y/N) the uniform... no it is not a reference to any fighting anime or manga. A simple Gi is not exactly going to be reference is it? That's basically saying that every word I put into this story is a reference to something. After all, a Gi is what normal martial artists wear, not just anime characters... -_-. Anyways, thank you guys and gals so much for the continued support and as always: eat one or more brownies every day!!!!