➤( CHAPTER 018 ! )
"first to - quarter finals"

SHOUSUKE SUDDENLY APPEARED in his seat in front of Uraraka turning around to watch Midoriya and Todor startled the girl a bit when she saw a bright light suddenly appear in front of her.

Then Shousuke heard some rambling behind him so he turned around only to Midoriya and his notebook in hand writing things down about his fight with Kaminari. If you look closely you could see smoke coming from the page.

"I've written down so much about his abelite but there is still more to know about him," Midoriya said mumbling to himself. "His newfound power of him allows him to steal Kaminari's electricity and store it up for later use. Just like he's been doing in the obstacle race and the cavalry battle. Kaminari's quirk should be all rights be quite powerful, however. Shousuke's quirk overshadows it. To be able to get it with such a large amount of electricity shows his quirk's leave of durability. His strength lies in control and something about gravity, and it's not often you see that type of power unraveled.

Although I haven't seen the full potential of that move. Shousuke has shown him forming up Kaminari's electricity and turning it into some sort of round-like object that was somehow able to knock Kaminari down-"

"It just ended and your already forming counter strategy based on how you saw it play out?" Uraraka questioned causing Midoriya to shrike and leave his line of thought.

Midoriya quickly covered his mouth as a blush appeared around his cheek. Shousuke saw his act and sweat dropped.

"Aah!? Um, I Uhh, no! It's just what I do !? It's always been a bit of a thing for me... And see this is much of a chance to observe the amazing quirks of everyone inside and outside of our class." He said then held up his notebook to Uraraka with a blinding smile. "Oh, speaking of which, I actually compiled a tone of notes of everyone in class A, too! That includes your zero gravity!"

Deciding that he had heard enough. Shousuke got up from his seat and started to leave. He wasn't bothered watching Iida and Mei battle because he suspected that it was a game of cat and dog. Mei was going to use Iida to show off her invention to the support company that where there.

AND JUST AS SHOUSUKE SUSPECTED. Mei ended up using Iida just to show off. How did he know? He was currently at the same vending machine that scammed him of his water.

He placed a coin in the hole and clicked the button water. Like last time the hook of the machine started spinning slowly which got on Shousuke's nerves a lot. Deciding that he had enough he kicked it.

He accidentally kicked it so hard that the class of the machine broke and all the drinks that were in it fell to the bottom some even fell to the ground and started rolling around Shousuke. Shousuke who was taken aback by this quickly grabbed his bottle of water a quickly fled from his crime scene.

While Shousuke was feeling from his crime he didn't notice Iida standing in front of him. He bumped into Tenya but Luckily non of them feel.

"Sorry..." Iida mumbled. His head was hung low so that Shousuke could see that expression on his face. Suddenly tears burst out of his eyes as they streamed down his cheek. "SHE WAS USING ME!!" He shouted and started walking forwards probably towards his waiting

'I knew it...' Shousuke not knowing how to comfort someone just awkwardly followed him while patting him on the back.

Now they were in front of the waiting room twos door, Iida opened the door, "You must be tired, huh, Iida." A voice said causing Iida to stop walking and making Shousuke slightly bump into him.

Iida lifted his head and saw Uraraka. "Oh...It's you, Uraraka!? Is that you?! Your brows are so wrinkled!" He shouted as he fully entered the room with Shousuke who has turned around to close the door.

"Ahh, I'm just so nervous!" She sides then rubbed the back of her head. "It must've gone to my brows!"

"Oh yeah, your matchup is against that Bakugo fellow..." Iida's side as the mention of Bakugo's names perked his interest. He didn't know that Uraraka was up against Bakugo or more like he wasn't paying attention to any other lineup besides his.

"Yeah, and I won't lie. I'm super scared." Uraraka's side as she lowered her head but lifted it back up at Iida to give him a reassuring smile. "But even so... I saw you when you said that. you know I-"

The doors of the waiting room were suddenly opened ravelling Midoriya standing at it.

"Deku? Were you okay watching everyone's matches?" Uraraka questioned.

"Oh, they all ended rather quickly. Short fights really." He responded. "Right now it's Kirishima versus that class B kid."

He then went on to talk about the other matches of their classmates. "Ashido caused Aoyama's belt to malfunction, and that moment he panicked, she snuck in a one-hit KO straight in his jaw! And Tokoyami won by a striking first, and making sure Yaoyorozu couldn't use the things she had prepared!" He stated.

"In that case, then soon the next match will also-" Just as Uraraka was about to finish talking Iida cut her off. "But you know, mightn't even someone like Bakugo go easier on female opponents..." He said.

"No. He won't." Midoriya stated with his brows frowned in worry. "Everyone here is giving it their all to become number one and achieve their dreams. So it's inconceivable for Kacchan, of all people, to stay his hands at all."

"Here... You've saved me so many times, Uraraka. So I thought I'll help you out in my way, if only." He said then pulled out his notebook that held a lot of information from his classmates from behind his back and held it up to her face. "This is a strategy I drafted against Kacchan based on your quirk. It's super hasty last minutes stuff... But this is what I came up with!"

"Oho! You must be pleased, Uraraka!!" Iida said hyping her up, but Shousuke just sweat dropped at this. 'She doesn't seem pleased...' He thought before closing his eyes and leaning against the wall behind him.

"Thank you, Deku.." She muttered in a low tone but they were still able to hear her. "But it's alright."

"Huh...." Midoriya questioned.

"You're amazing, Deku! You've already entered the spotlight so incredibly quickly! Shousuke too! For the cavalry thing... I said I'd rather team up with friends, but if I'm being truly honest with myself, I realize I may've just been counting on you and Shousuke to pull us through again. That's why Iida said he was challenging you. I grew a little ashamed of myself. But that's why it's alright," She said and stood up from her chair stand started walking towards the door, but before she could step out of the room she turned around to look at the group of boys one last time and gave them a thumbs up. "Let's meet in the final match!!"

"THE MATCH OF NEARLY IDENTICAL QUIRKS! Tetsutetsu vs Kirishima!!" Present Mic announced. "It was a full-on close-quarters punch-up but who is the Victor?!"

"AHHH!!" They both shouted as their fist landed on each other's faces causing them to be knocked out.

"They're both down!! It's a draw!?"

Midnight looked over the two boys before declaring, "In the case of a draw, after they both came too, the match will be decided by a simple game... We'll have an arm for the rights to advance." She stated as the medical bot quickly rushed over to the two boys picked them up and carried them on a stretcher.

"So in the end their strength and toughness are practically equal, huh?"

"Gotta admire how heated they looked! It'd boost morale to have both of them as a side-kick!" The audience members said as they somewhat enjoyed the previous fight between the two boys.

But it was time for the eighth and final battle of the first round of battle. Shousuke was wandering around the stadium forgetting his way back to the era when his classmates were. Midoriya and Iida had left Shousuke a long time ago so he couldn't go to them for help

Now had found Shousuke in a small and walk through a small but run-able corridor. He heard some voices from in front of him and he walked forwards a bit and stopped at a door where the noise was coming from.

He recognized the voice of the person who was talking.

It was Present Mic.

He didn't was to go in the room, but if present Mic was there his uncle would most likely be there. Deciding to give it a go he took in a deep breath and knocked on the door.

There was silence in the room before the door opened, revealing Present Mic standing there.

The pro looked left and right wondering who knock. But then he looked up only to see Shousuke looking down at him.

"Komi! What brings you here?!" He questioned, but before Shousuke could lift a finger to even point at his uncle he was suddenly dragged into the room by the pro and forced to sit on a chair on the ride side of his uncle.

"Perfect timing! You'll be able to brighten up Shota's gloomy mood!" Present Mic said before taking a seat in his seat.

"You got lost didn't you?" Aizawa questioned and Shousuke nodded his head and let out a sigh as a little sweat rolled down his cheeks, 'I regret coming here in the first place... I should have just stayed in the waiting room until Uraraka gets back.'

"The boy who's been somewhat famous throughout middle school! But that face ain't that face the face of a kid on the straight and narrow! Bakugo Katsuki of the Department of Heroics!!" Present Mic announced then turned to Uraraka who was going to show his favouritism. "Versus! The kid ill be rooting for!! Uraraka Ochako, of the Heroics as well!!"

"Read?... Begin!"

Imminently Uraraka begins running toward Bakugo, "Withdrawing isn't an option for me!" She shouted but before she could come anymore close to him, she was blasted back by Bakugo's quirk.

But due to his attack, created a smoke screen giving Uraraka the chance to hide in it in an attempt to surprise Bakugo. However, Shousuke eyes lit up in a bit of amusement when he noticed Uraraka's jacket. She had sent it as a decoy and Bakugo fell for it, and he ended up exploding that instead of her.

She then suddenly emerged from the smoke behind Bakugo, but before she could teach him he quickly turned around and blasted Uraraka away from himself.

Caused her to roll back but she quickly stopped herself and got back on her two feet, and charged straight back at him. 'Uraraka's quirk only activates when she touches her target... Against those ridiculous reflexes of Bakugo... the odds are against her for sure.' Shousuke thought as he narrowed his eyes when he saw what Bakugo was about to do next.

"Your too slow!" He shouted at the girl then he blasted her away. The explosion was so strong that it caused large bits of stone to raise from the ground and into the air.

"Take this!" She yelled as she extended her hand to touch him, but like last time she was thrown away by another explosion. "I'm still standing!" She shouted but again and again and again, she was blown away.

Someone in the audience started to mutter about how Bakugo was being too violent and harsh on Uraraka until one stood up and questioned Bakugo on his motive. "This is shameful... Do you mean to be a hero with conduct like that?! If your strength level is that much bigger, just blow her out of bounds already!! How dare you try to toy with a girl like that!!?" A random pro-hero said then more followed until...

"Yeah, I've got to say I agree with-" Before the present Mic could finish Aizawa suddenly elbowed him on the side of his face and then snatched the mic away.

"Just who said he was toying with her? Are you a pro? How many years?" Aizawa said starting before continuing. "If you said that in your right mind, then there's no meaning for you to keep on watching. Do us all a favour and go home. You ought to keep watching the match at a career turn-over seat."

'Uncle Shota...' Shousuke thought when he heard his uncle's voice project over the mic instead of the Present Mic. He looked over to his left side and saw that his uncle had the mic in his broken hand. "He recognizes the strength of an opponent who has reached this far, the ad is on guard as well. It's because he's going everything in his power to win, that he's refusing to let his guard down or stay his hand." He finished before handing the mic back to his co-worker.

"I guess this is it, Thank you Bakugo," She said making Bakugo look at her confused. Shousuke's eyes suddenly widen when he looked up at the sky only to see debris, he now realized what her plan was all along.

'Regardless of Bakugo's distance from the stands... The pros who started booing without noticing should be ashamed of themselves.' He thought as he took his eye off the debris and looked back at Uraraka. 'She stuck to a low profile ad and kept charging to draw Bakugo's attention downwards... All while stockpiling her weapons... Further, she made sure that her ceaseless attacks and the smoke screen would narrow his field of vision! She never let him cotton on.'

"A meteor shower?!"

"You should have paid more attention..."

"I'm going to win!" She shouted as all her stored-up debris began to plummet to the ground. Although he didn't show it Shousuke had a bit of excitement in frim but the excitement quickly went away once he saw what was going to happen next...

BOOM

Bakugo lifted his hand in the air and created a massive explosion that destroyed all the debris at once and blasted Uraraka away. Shousuke squinted his eyes as they turned white only for a few seconds. But within those few seconds, Shousuke saw Bakugo's hand twitching, indicating that the explosion had taken a toll on him.

"H-He must be content with himself with that explosive showering!! He took Uraraka's secret stratagem and unreservedly crushed it!!"

Uraraka stands up and tried to fight her tiredness, however, she had reached her limit and clasped onto the ground, to Bakugo's surprise. Even so, she tried to keep fighting and crawled towards Bakugo, but eventually passed out due to exhaustion and her injuries.

"Uraraka is unable to move. Bakugo advances to the next round!"

Quarter Final
1 | Todoroki vs Midoriya

"YOU BEST START GOING," Aizawa said as he turned to Shousuke the younger gave him a confused look. Right now Uraraka's match had finished and it was soon going to be time for the quarter-finals, which means Shousuke should be heading back because he was fighting in the semi-round.

"What I'm talking about is that the quarter-finals round is going to start soon. So you could either go to the waiting room and start preparing for your match because you'll be fighting in the second round right after Todoroki and Midoriya or you could go to where your other classmates are." In the last part, he pointed over to the area where his class was.

Shousuke thought about his options and later agreed on the second one. 'A lest it better then...' Shousuke took a side glance at Present Mic who was about to yell at the top of his lungs and sweat dropped.

Shousuke nodded as his body started glowing purple. Then he suddenly appeared in between Mineta and Koda.

Koda, flinched when he saw a Shousuke light suddenly flash next to him. Shousuke saw this and lowered his head a bit in a bow as a 'Sorry.' Koda placed a hand on his chest trying to calm himself down, then turned to Shousuke and gave the purple-haired boy a kind smile before bringing his attention to the battleground below them.

As for Mineta, he shirked loudly causing Shousuke to facepalm. 'Of all the people in the class, why him..?'

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"AND NOW FOR THIS GO-ROUND of the sports festival, both compactors are at the top of their class!! And the world ain't big enough for the both of them!!" Just before Present Mic announced the match, both Midoriya and Todoroki mulled over a strategy in their heads.

"Start!"

Todoroki imminently started the match off with a freezing attack and Midoriya counters it with a smash that breaks apart the ice wave. Todoroki created a shield of ice behind himself to prevent him from blowing out of bounds.

"Whoaaaaaaa! He smashed it!!"

Todoroki then barraged Midoriya with ice again forcing his opponent to break another one of his fingers again.

"Man! They already started?" Shousuke removed his glaze from the fight below him and onto his classmates. He saw Kirishima has made it down the stairs.

"Good job making it to the second round, Kirishima!" Kaminari remarked.

"Yeah looks like I'm going to fight you, Bakugo! Let's have a good fight!"

"I'm going to beat you to death." Bakugo snared.

The heated battle between Midoriya and Todoroki goes on, Midoriya's fingers and right hand were completely destroyed after using one for all, and Todoroki is soon about to reach his limit.

"Todoroki is closing in without even flinching at Midoriya's power!"

Todoroki created a pillar of ice as he started claiming on it getting even closer to