[POV Reo]

After the fiasco with Bakugo, again we gathered in front of the stage for the next announcement. I could feel that Bakugo was still glaring daggers at me… if glares could kill then I would have been dead a few times over. Well… since he can’t kill me with his glaring, I decided to ignore his glare. At least I could allow him to enjoy the rest of the time before I beat the shit out of him. ​​

This time it was very different from what happened in the canon as only 11 students have gathered together, I, Denki, Eijirou from my team. Todoroki, Momo, Iida, and Tsuyu from team Todoroki. Bakugo, Mina, Hanta Sero, and Mezo Shoji from team Bakugo. I decided to look around and my eyes landed on Izuku, he looked like he was about to break down.

His team didn’t even qualify, so he thought that he had let down All Might. Honestly, I don’t feel sorry for him, nor did I felt bad that my team took his team’s place and I won’t care even the slightest. True I wanted to face Izuku’s One For All, but it won’t be happening today I guess.

“Now that all of you are here, it’s time to present the final event!” Midnight yelled into the mic.

But before she could continue any longer Mashirao Ojiro and Nirengeki Shoda decided to withdraw from the tournament. They spouted the same tripe they had spouted in the canon and like in the canon Midnight called them naive. I honestly agree with her, yes, of course, I will also hate to be manipulated and brainwashed by someone else but I will try to take revenge and if that is not possible then I would try to prove that I am better than him by getting a higher position than him.

Then Midnight announced that because Mashirao Ojiro and Nirengeki Shoda resigned from the tournament their place was going to be taken by Ibara Shiozaki & Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu. And Izuku Midoriya was also going to join the final event because of the odd number of contestants. Look like Izuku is still going to get a chance to fight. Looks like All Might might have pulled some strings or Izuku was born under a fucking Lucky Star.

“Now that we are done with the unimportant things… let’s start with the matchups!” Midnight announced loudly which made the crowd cheer. The screen behind her rolled through a dozen of possibilities before settling on a 1v1 tournament. “And now, here are the matchups!” Midnight exclaimed dramatically.

FIRST ROUND

1) Izuku Midoriya VS Hitoshi Shinso

2) Shoto Todoroki VS Hanta Sero

3) Denki Kiminari VS Ibara Shiozaki

4) Itsuki Reo VS Mezo Shoji

5) Tenya Iida VS Yuga Aoyama

6) Mina Ashido VS Momo Yaoyorozu

7) Eijirou Kirishima VS Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

8) Tsuyu Asui VS Katsuki Bakugo

I have to say I am quite pleased with these matchups. I would have hated to fight against any of the strong ones in the first rounds. After all, if strong opponents fight in the first round then it will ruin the fun.

All of the other contestants were sent to the stands where their class would be sitting. I sat beside Momo, she looked pretty nervous so I just held her hand. She somewhat relaxed and gave me a bright smile.

So the first three fights were exactly the same as the canon and the winners were also the same. Izuku won the 1st match, the 2nd match was won by Shoto Todoroki, and the 3rd match was won by Ibara Shiozaki.

Finally, my name was announced along with Mezo Shoji’s name by Midnight. The next fight was between the two of us. Both of us climbed the huge arena.

“Now, on one side we have Itsuki Reo from Class 1-A, who won the last two rounds with ease” Present Mic yelled into the mic and the crowd started to cheer.

“And on the other side we have Mezo Shoji from Class 1-A, can he prove himself to be a dark horse in this tournament?” Present Mic announced and got a somewhat similar effect when he announced my name.

“Are you two ready?” Present Mic asked us and both of us nodded our heads then he immediately yelled out “START”.

The metal particles which I left at the place where Cavalry Battle took place rushed towards me in an instant. Shoji was also heading towards me, well he is really disadvantaged against me since he is a close-range fighter. Mezo finally reached me but now I was surrounded by my metal sand.

He punched towards me which was blocked by the wall of metal dust. The wall didn’t even budge but the ground below the wall cracked. ‘Damn!! Is he trying to kill me?’. If that punch had connected with me then my head would have painted the stage…

I didn’t give him any chance to back out and the metal sand snaked around his hand. This gave me enough chance to put him out, the metal sand immediately rushed up to his legs and gripped strongly around his legs and body. Soon his whole body along with his hands were covered by metal sand but I didn’t go near him. I have absolute trust in my Quirk but to be honest I don’t want to get surprised.

“Please surrender, you can’t fight any longer” I told him but didn’t seem to get any reaction from him. He still tried to move a few times before he finally released a sigh.

“I surrender, you win” he finally said and I could feel that he had relaxed his body.

“Mezo Shoji surrenders! Itsuki Reo advances to next round!” This time it was Midnight who announced while cracking her whip and the crowd went crazy.

After Midnight’s announcement, I let him go and both of us shook each other hands. By the time we were in the stands, the 5th match was announced. Tenya Iida VS Yuga Aoyama, in canon, Yuga fought against Mina and Ilda fought against Mei. This fight also ended quickly with Tenya Iida’s win.

After that, the sixth fight took place, the fight was between Mina Ashido and Momo Yaoyorozu. This was also a quick fight with Momo’s win. The 7th fight was exactly the same as the canon. The match was a draw.

For the final fight Tsuyu Asui VS, Katsuki Bakugo were called into the arena, I have to say Tsuyu tried her best but she was really disadvantaged against Bakugo. After trying a lot, she surrendered. After that, there was a tie-breaker between Eijirou Kirishima and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (the oddest name I have ever heard). It was an arm-wrestling match which was won by Eijiorou. So with that, we had 8 participants.

With that, the first round was finally over and we were given a 10 minutes break before 2nd rounds matchups would be done. The break was over in an instant and we were gathered in front of Midnight, again. Not that I am complaining.

“Now that the break is over, let’s see the matchups for the 2nd round” The screen behind her flashed again and showed many matchups. Finally, it came to a stop and showed the results.

SECOND ROUND

1) Shoto Todoroki VS Tenya Ilda

2) Ibara Shiozaki VS Momo Yaoyorozu

3) Itsuki Reo VS Izuku Midoriya

4) Eijirou Kirishima VS Katsuki Bakugo

Sooo… I would be fighting that creepy stalker. Damn… now if I beat him then he would also become obsessed with me… it’s not like he isn’t right now. Fuck… I don’t care any longer I will whop his ass no matter what.

So, except for Todoroki and Iida who headed towards the arena, the rest of us returned to the stands. I looked at my side towards Momo. I know that she didn’t have much chance against that pirated version of Hashirama but I would still support her. I am ashamed that I can’t think that she could win but sometimes facts were facts.

This time the fight took some time. Todoroki was unable to hit Iida successfully because of his speed but after some time Todoroki started to move too instead of standing at one place and got Iida from the side. So, with that, the first match was over. Ibara and Momo were called into the arena for the 2nd match.

Before she went I wished her ‘best of luck’, then I turned around to look at Izuku who didn’t look so good. Is… is he losing control of his bowels?? Then I don’t even want to be near him when he does that… or is he simply nervous?? Honestly, I don’t want to know.

Then I turned my head towards the arena, Momo and Ibara were ready to fight. As soon as the ‘START’ signal was given, Ibara covered herself with her trees and they immediately rushed towards Momo.

Well just like I had imagined Momo lost the fight. She tried hard but her Quirk wasn’t a good match to go against Ibara’s Quirk. Momo made blades from her Quirk so that she could cut off the vines made by Ibara… but Ibara finally got her from behind, when she wrapped her vines around Momo’s legs. I knew she would be slightly depressed so I went towards the arena to meet her even before my name was announced.

Soon, I found her near the entrance “Are you okay?” I asked her.

“Yes, she was really good. I didn’t even have a chance” Momo said with a smile on her face. The smile wasn’t fake so she might not be that sad.

“You gave it your all and you should be proud of that” I gave her a hug and kissed her forehead. I heard my name being announced so I got out of the hug.

“Best of luck” Momo said and gave me a small kiss on the lips and walked away.

I walked up to the arena and found Izuku was already there. How the fuck did that midget even got there before me???