A badass Deku

Part 3

-Izuku-

Waving to the crowd, Izuku walked up to fight in the first match against Awase, his teammate from the last round looking nervous. "Hey Awase, let's fight no quirks, show these people we're more than just one trick ponies!" he shouted to his new friend who looked relieved that he wouldn't be on the receiving end of a punch that can blow up a zero pointer.

"Such camaraderie, it turns me on!" Midnight shouted happily as she cracker her whip at them, although it was rather sad that Izuku was becoming desensitized to that phrase from her. At her mark to begin, the two of them charged, fists flying and laughing all the while.

Awase was rather quick but Izuku was far stronger physically and faster thanks to all his training. Turns out if you're a fourteen-year-old that can run with a five hundred point All Might on your back then you're actually pretty tough. Letting Awase get a hit in, Izuku used it to grab his friend's arm and judo throw him out of the ring, securing his first victory.

-All Might-

"Well, that was interesting." Nezu sipped his tea as Young Midoriya's first fight ended, no quirks being used to show the actual combat ability of the two students. "I'm so glad to see the variety of ability young Midoriya is displaying today."

"What do you mean?" All Might asked as the next fighters, Young Todoroki and Sero stepped in...and the match ending three seconds after it began.

"Well in the first round he showed creative thinking, avoiding the more difficult and time-consuming route to one that still fit the requirements and was efficient." Nezu smiled as the tape shooting boy was thawed out so the next group could be brought in, this time being Lida and Ashido from Mirodiya's class.

"I suppose I can see that." All Might allowed as the match began and the younger brother of Ingenium shot forward to push his acid shooting classmate out within seconds.

"In the second round he made a strategy that had no counters for the situation what guaranteed victory." Nezu continued as Shiozaki from class 1-B as well as Kaminari from 1-A stepped into the ring...and the fight once more ended in seconds once Kaminari fried his brain.

"And what about that fight? I know Young Midoriya has a powerful quirk so why not show it off?" All Might pressed as the next fight, Kirishima against Testutetsu, wasn't a two second bout. Instead it was dragging on due to their near identical quirks.

"Quirks aren't everything. What if there is a villain like Eraserhead who can nullify his quirk?" Nezu pressed, "Or he's in an area where his quirk would cause collateral damage or risk bringing down a building. He's showing he can be a hero even without having to punch something into rubble. Such a considerate and thoughtful student, to rely on his brain instead of just his biceps."

"Once more I feel attacked."

"Once more you should."

-Izuku-

"Way to go Shinso." Izuku grinned as he passed his sleepy new friend, the purple haired gen ed student having easily made Mineta walk out of the arena, stealing a high five from the amused soon to be hero student, "Good luck against Tokoyami in the next round. And if you have to fight Bakugo be very careful."

"I will Midoriya, have fun against Todoroki." Shinso shook his head as Izuku stepped out into the ring where the crowd cheered, wanting to see what ridiculous thing he'd do to win this time. The heterochromatic student was waiting with an angry glare, likely pissed that his earlier challenge and declaration of victory wasn't turning out the way he wanted.

"Alright boys, begin!" Midnight cracker her whip as Todoroki shot a barrage of ice his way. The crowd shouted in shock as they thought it hit before they saw Izuku in another part of the ring, dust falling around him as he smirked.

"Your aim needs work Todoroki, I'm over here." He wanted his opponent mad and using bigger attacks. He knew the iceberg he wasted against Sero would have drained him and it was obvious without his fire quirk he started getting frostbite and hypothermia from overuse. With his opponent refusing to do it here then it would let him win if he got him to use bigger attacks. Maybe it'll even teach the idiot to use all his power instead of throwing a temper tantrum like a five-year-old Kacchan...or the current Kacchan.

"Stand still!" another ice barrage was sent out as Izuku continued to dodge, marveling at the speed he was capable of and hating how stupid he'd been before. Here he was, a quirk nerd obsessing over all things quirk and he never took the time to really analyze One for All or think about how it worked, let alone just trying to ask All Might. Simply spread it around his whole body instead of just a limb and now he wasn't breaking things. From the teacher's lounge he was positive he heard the sound of an old lady screaming in joy and champagne opening.

"That sounds bad for my health so no." Izuku was getting closer and closer to Todoroki with his dodges while the half hot half cold quirk user was slowing down, ice forming on his skin before a punch knocked out the panting son of the number two hero.

"Winner, Izuku Midoriya!"

-All Might-

"How in the name of Justice?!" All Might gaped at his student moving so quickly. That wasn't what he'd been expecting.

"Look All Might, you got quirk usage, aren't you happy?" Nezu smiled while Recovery Girl danced about the room with her champagne at young Midoriya finally using his quirk safely. In the stands everyone could see the angry supernova that was Endeavor.

"That was...that was fast." All might got out as the next match of Lida against Shiozaki ended the same way the speedster's fight against his own classmate had, Shiozaki quickly moved out of the ring. Kirishima against Bakugo was explosive and ended with his successor's old friend moving onward. Shinso just got the chatty Dark Shadow under his control and had it drag Tokoyami out of the ring.

-Izuku-

Getting up to the ring, Izuku grinned as he saw one of his best friends going against him for this round. "I'm impressed at how well you've done here Midoriya, but that winning streak ends now." Lida shouted, his speedy friend looking determined as he got into a runner's stance and waited for the signal to begin.

"We'll see Lida." Izuku smiled and, the second Midnight cracked her whip, he stepped aside with a leg out so Lida, who was going too fast to stop, tripped and shot out of the ring.

"...Winner by ring out, Izuku Midoriya!"