Chapter 22 - Sports Festival - Tournament [4]

The class then started to walk away towards their restroom. Looking around, Hiroto excused himself and left to go find the bathroom.

'This is probably the time Todoroki and Izuku had their backstory monologue. I want to stay as far away from that as possible.' Hiroto thought, navigating through the corridors. 'He's probably going to lay his backstory on me at some point, I need to remember to pay attention.'

Coming to a set of stairs, before he rounded the corner, he heard All Might's voice along with someone else.

"Your son, young Todoroki was able to make such a great showing even without using half o his power. You must have taught him quite well." All Might said.

"What are you getting at?" The other person, Endeavor said with a scowl.

"I mean it, I want to know. I'm dying for your How-to on raising the next Gen!" All Might continued.

".....? You think I'll teach you anything? How perfectly annoying… Just remember, you fool. That someday I'll have made him a hero that shall surpass you. That is the very reason… I MADE that boy." Endeavor said, with a wicked grin on his face, as he walked down the stairs.

Coming around the corner, Endeavor and All Might saw Hiroto walking up the stairs. Endeavor opened his mouth and said with a sarcastic tone, "Well, look at who it is, the top contender for this year's U.A. Sports Festival."

"Endeavor…" All Might said in a low tone but was completely ignored as he strolled forward to Hiroto.

Hiroto then said, "You know, some people can be borderline criminal in the way they act towards their family."

Before Endeavor could retort...

With lightning speed, Endeavors' stomach completely caved in, causing his eyes to roll back as he fell down the stairs, completely knocked out.

Turning to All Might, he said, "Oh wow, he must have had something bad to eat. You should probably get him checked out." Hiroto then continued up the stairs, leaving All Might to stare at him, who's hands were slightly shaking, as he himself couldn't see the speed at which Hiroto's hand moved.

Leaving the stairs, Hiroto breathed out and said, "I always wanted to do that, even since I first saw him in the anime. I guess dream do come true." With a grin on his face, Hiroto walked out into the open air.

*splat*

"Caw. Caw" A bird cawed from above, as Hiroto felt something wet land on his head, causing a shadow to form over his face.

......

Returning back to the canteen, Hiroto sat down with Mina, Momo, Eijiro, and Todoroki. Todoroki seemed to have something to say but remained silent.

Sighing, Eijiro started said, "It's only been two events, but I'm already so tired… then we still have the last event after our lunch."

Mina then said, "Well you can't expect to be a Hero if only this much has gotten you so tired."

Eijiro shook his head and said, "I'm not physically tired… just mentally. It's hard to deal with someone like Hiroto when he's on the enemy team, you know?"

Mina, Momo, and Todoroki all nodded at the same time. Hiroto narrowed his eyes and said, "Hey now, that's discrimination. Do you know how bad this makes me feel?"

"Do you actually feel bad?" Momo asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hiroto ignored her and focused on eating, gaining a few scoffs from the people around him. Hiroto looked at the other side of the room towards where Izuku was and saw that he was deep in thought about something.

Turning to Todoroki, he said, "You seem distracted by something. Are you going to be focused enough for the next event?"

Todoroki opened his mouth to answer, but then shook his head and said, "It's nothing. No need to concern yourself with me, you should focus on yourselves more, or I might just take you all down."

"Ha! We'll see about that, then I'll take 1st from under you!" Eijiro exclaimed with a smirk towards Todoroki.

Hiroto then added after finishing his lunch, "Well, that is if you guys can even beat me."

All 4 people turned to Hiroto with a deadpan expression their face, thinking, 'Really? You had to rub it in?'

"What? Don't look at me like that. Do you want me to give you guys a handicap if I face you?" Hiroto said, putting one arm behind his back.

Todorki frowned and said, "That would be even more insulting." Hiroto only shrugged as a teacher came in and announced that lunch was over, saying that it was time for the last event.

Gathered together, the winners headed out onto the stadium grounds once more as Present Mic's voice rang out.

"The time has come, to start with the final event!" The crowds cheered even louder at this announcement. "From 4 teams, 14 individuals have made it through! However, since we have 2 free slots, those that achieved the highest scores from the previous event will also get a chance in this final one! It's a tournament!!"

From the large display, 16 different names appeared.

Hiroto Moriyama

Toru Hagakure

Shoto Todoroki

Momo Yaoyorozu

Denki Kaminari

Tenya Iida

Eijiro Kirishima

Mina Ashido

Hanta Sero

Izuku Midoriya

Ochaco Uraraka

Fumikage Tokoyami

Mei Hatsume

Itsuka Kendo

Setsuna Tokage

(A/N: I know there were some small events before the final one, involving the losing teams but… I just don't care about them to include it here…)

"Would you look at that, it seems that except for a few people, the majority seems to be from class 1-A! Now isn't that quite something?" Midnight grinned wickedly as she appeared on the platform.

"Now we're going to do a draw to determine the pairings. So first, we shall begin with the team that got first place. Hiroto Moriyama, and Toru Hagakure, please step forward!"

Responding to her, the two both went up the small little stage as Midnight stretched the box out towards them.

Hiroto went first and stuck his hand in, fumbling around for a bit before taking out a piece of paper. On it, read 4.

Midnight nodded and said, "Moriyama will be placed in slot 4! Now, Hagakure, it is your turn."

Hagakure 'nodded' and proceeded to draw 6. The rest then proceeded with the other teams proceeding with their draws.

In the end, Hiroto was facing against Kaminari, who was looking really nervous when he saw who he was up against.

He would have to battle it out in the 2nd round. The first people to go first were Tokoyami and Sero.

"All right, the other contestants can either choose to head back and rest to prepare for their fights or choose to watch the fights from the stand. We will begin with the 1st round shortly, so get ready contestants!!" Midnight shouted with a crack of her whip.

"First fight!! The rules are simple! If your opponent leaves the ring, can't move anymore or says "I Give Up", then the victory is yours! Don't worry about overdoing yourself!! Recovery girl is waiting and preparing at the edge of the stadium! So, leave your morales to the side and give it your all! Of course, you can't put the life of your opponent risk, or you will be immediately disqualified!" Present Mic explained.

With that said, both Tokoyami and Sero nodded their heads in understanding of the rules.

"And with that, let the 1st battle… BEGIN!!" Present Mic shouted as both Tokoyami and Sero charged at each other.

Omitting some of the fightings, Tokoyami in the end was on the losing side as his powers were dampened due to being in direct sunlight, and Sero's quirk allowed him to dodge the majority of Tokoyami's attack with his tapes.

After the end of their fight, it was Hiroto's turn to face off against Kaminari. "Give it your all, you two!" Mina cheered as Hiroto and Kaminari walked onto the platform and waited for the starting signal.

"I don't have to explain the rules again to you two. Make sure to have a clean and fair fight… But still, give it your all!!" Present Mic shouted. "Begin!!"

"Haaah!!" Kaminari shouted out as he rushed towards Hiroto and launched as the most powerful streaks of electricity that he could towards him.

"Kaminari has started off with an aggressive attack! But will it be enough?!" Present Mic commented, turning to Aizawa, who only shook his head.

Getting hit by the electricity, Hiroto only stood there still, not feeling any of its effects. Seeing this, Kaminari knew it was only a matter of moments before he got tossed out, so he said, "Please be gentle-"

With a simple rush, Hiroto appeared behind Kaminari and grabbed the back of his shirt, flinging him out of the ring and onto the ground, winning instantly.

"W-Well, there you have it, folks! With just 1 blow, Hiroto has knocked out his opponent and will proceed to the next round!" Present Mic shouted out, feeling a bit weird that there was bȧrėly anything to commentate on during Hiroto's fight.

In the stands, Hiroto's mom nodded and said, "Just a little spark isn't going to harm my son. I doubt anything could!"

"Shh, dear, don't be too loud." Hiroto's father said to his wife, trying to calm her fanatic cheering down a notch.

Back at the ring, Hiroto lightly tapped Kaminari's face, saying, "Hey, wake up. It's time for us to leave."

Opening his eyes, Kaminari had a stupid look on his face, as his brain was fried, saying, "Hurbaderp dur bur."

"Yeah yeah, whatever you say." Hiroto said, walking off the stage so the next contestants could go.

Next up would be Tenya vs Hatsume, with the results being the same as in the original anime, with Tenya winning after Hatsume achieved her goal of showing off her 'babies' to the rest of the corporations watching the sports festival.

The rest of the other battles progressed on, with Hiroto watching the majority of them until he got bored, or was forced to watch his friends battles.