A Heroic Heart and Tired One Too (Discontinued)

12: Semi Finals

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"~yawn~ Alright. I've got this. Beating Todoroki is easy. I have a full-on strategy for him." I say to myself whilst in the waiting area. I've made it to the semi-finals, so if i win this, I'm up against Bakugou. Yeah pitting her against Tokoyami is a win for her, considering her quirk.

"A-Ah, Gisheikyo, there you are. . ." I hear a voice say from behind me. I turn to see Midori. Arm in a sling and looking fairly beat up.

"Oh, it' you. You look a little worse for wear." I say quietly. Midoriya giggles causing me to sheepishly rub my (still) bandaged arm. I guess we both have heavy arm injuries now. Silence hangs in the air, and we just stood there quietly and awkwardly.

"Well, if you dont have anything to say, I'll take my leave."

"I-I just wanted to wish you good luck," Midoriya says. I nod and thank her for it, as I turn to leave. Midoriya then grabs my hand stopping me. I turn back to look at her and she squeezes my hand.

"I-I, just wanted to tell you that even though you think we're enemies that . . . That I still care about you. I don't want you to hurt yourself in order to beat Todoroki." She says before looking back up at me.

". . . Thank you. I'll come to talk to you after I win." I say. Midoriya beams a smile at me before turning to embarrassment upon realizing that we were still holding hands. I shrugged it off before waving at her and stepping out to face Todoroki. Present Mic gives out his intros again and I crack my knuckles, prepared to give it my all.

"Battle Start!"

Todoroki freezes the floor in front of me and I retaliate by jumping over and spraying out some scalding water through my left hand. This melts the ice, and I propel air forwards and using some of the energy I had stored up from Iida's kicks, punched the giant icicle. Todoroki just freezes again, and I electrify my next attack and attempt to strike him.

"Your movements are sloppy. Dont tell me you're already tired from using your quirk. Pathetic" He says, dodging multiple attacks. Instead, it's rather that the cold is causing problems with the water I have stored up, making it harder to move. I finally managed to land a hit on him, sending him backward.

"And you are fighting at half power. Kinda pathetic really, considering it was your last resort on the person you claimed you were better than." I say. Crap I've run out of water, have only a minute amount of Kaminari's electricity, as well as running out of the potential energy I had stored up. Todoroki punches me, sending me back a few meters.

"Son of a bitch!" I said gritting my teeth. Todoroki briefly uses his other part of his quirk to defrost, essentially putting him back at full power. This time he sends a large wave of ice at me, similarly to how he did Hanta. Time slowed as I realized I'm running out of options.

"Goddammit, my body is gonna hate me for this but."

I began ramping up the temperature around me by continuously emanating a week's worth of absorbed heat in a short amount of time. It's hot but at the rate, im going, I can last around 3 minutes in this mode. 5 if i use my electricity to shock myself to stay awake. But for that time, Todoroki's quirk will not work on me. Another wave comes at me and the palm of my hand touching it sublimates it. His eyes widened at this. The edges of my sports uniform began to burn. I have 2 minutes left, so I dashed a Todoroki.

"Fight at full power, dumbass!" I yell, smashing and destroying numerous waves of ice.

"I refuse. Midoriya drawing out that side was a fluke." He said.

"Why go so far anyway?"

"I have someone up there watching. Someone that means a lot to me. Surely you have someone too dont you? You wouldn't want to disappoint them either would you?" I say. 1 minute 30 seconds.

"Very well. If you want to be so difficult and fussy then you can have my full power!" He says, firing off a wave of fire. I absorbed the heat from it, ramping up the heat even more. Nowhere near my top heat produced at the U.S.J, but it'll do. I all need to do is land one hit.

30 seconds left. I began to electrocute myself to keep myself awake. I rush forward and

Todoroki punches back with a fist covered in flame as well. I felt my body begin to slow down.

"Fuck not now . . . !"

"I tried to warn you." Todorki says. I used the last of Kaminari's electricity to shock myself awake, extending how much time I had left a bit further. I absorbed all the heat I had emitted and then fired it back in the form of a laser beam.

"Damn it." I croaked out, as I fell to my knees, feeling my consciousness leave me. I tried to keep myself up, but I collapsed. The last words I heard before passing out to heat exposure made the moment even worse than it already was.

"SHOTO TODOROKI WINS!!"

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