Light & Dark

Chapter 13 - Ambition

In this chapter, Izuku will be confronting a few from the past. Will he falter? Or will he succeed? Like I said before, things will begin to kick off after this arc so be prepared. This chapter may be 'shorter' than others since it is mainly fighting ( I shouldn't lie, its fucking longer than the last) without further ado, let's begin.

"":All Might

"":Speaking

"":Thoughts

Location: Musutafu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan: UA.

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The fanfare played alongside the crowd's ecstatic chants. Their glares creating an unwanted tension between them as a rivalry of old had been revived, the hatch was buried but it seemed the axman had unfinished business - Neito Monoma had something against him, and his glare didn't make it any easier.

He could tell he had gotten stronger. Monoma's power level rivalled some of class 1-A, and he could tell he wasn't at 100%. He looked around him, with the flow state inactive, his perception and reaction time had begun to return to their original state - his reaction time on its own was immaculate, but he didn't mind the extra boot he got from utilising TFS.

He sensed two other presences aside from Hiryu and Monoma, his eyes narrowed and his fists clenched but didn't square up. If he wanted to catch them by surprise, he'd need to be fast. Niringeki Shoda jumped out from a nearby Bush and launched two rocks at him, the impact amplified as he dodged them with a tree behind him exploding in the process.

Niringeki: "No hard feelings Yagi, but we have a tournament to win. Can you understand that?"

The normally soft spoken boy looked at him with cold eyes. The rest of his team popping out and getting ready to jump him; at this he squared up, realising his only way out was to fight till the end of the round - which was 7 minutes away might I add.

A box of solid air appeared as Monoma appeared over him to deliver an ax kick on him, he punched the walls of his oxygenated confinement and caught his leg. He tossed him aside and went for Tsuburaba at his side. Monoma came back at him and they stared each other off as their fists collided, a smirk evident on both their faces as the two continued to disappear and reappear across the forest battle field. He created a sword out of pure light, it had a Greatsword design and his swings looked more elegant than destructive. Monoma's arm covered itself in scales as they went at each other.

He jumped at him and brought the blade over his head, Monoma went to block. They would have clashed if it wasn't for-

Midnight: "And that is Time! All students exit the arena with your teams. Your points will be counted individually to determine the top sixteen to go through to the next round!"

They looked at each other with glares, Monoma's classmates had never seen him fight so seriously and for him to go toe to toe with Yagi amazed them - and neither of them were at full power!

Monoma: "We'll settle this in the finals, I have a wager to make and you better not be late."

Izuku: "I wouldn't dare Monoma, the finals wouldn't be fun if I had no challenge from other courses. Would it?"

They parted ways with focused gazes, one or the other would be winning their bout, and their revived rivalry would be put to sleep whether they liked it or not.

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She had flagged him down and presented a bento to him. He pat her head and ate happily with her. Some asked what their relationship was, and even they couldn't define it. They loved each other without doubt, but where to start taking steps in a deep relationship after being apart for so long seemed daunting to them. So for now, feeding and doting each other was apparent in their already somewhat intimate relationship.