Holding Out For A Hero

Chapter 22

The Cavalry battle was intense.

Every student fought hard to secure a place into the next round of the sports festival, but only 4 teams would make the cut. Unfortunately for Izuku's team, the ten million point headband was taken from him, and not securing their 1st place spot, however, it was thanks to Tokoyami's Dark Shadow snatching a 615 point headband from Todoroki that got them through to the next round of the Sports Festival.

"Now, let's take an hours lunch break before we start with our afternoon festivities," Present Mic announced. As the crowd left the arena to get some food, I stretched my arms above my head, "Well, I'm gonna go grab a bite to eat. Do you want me to get you anything, Shouta?" I asked, glancing over to him.

"I'm fine thanks, I'm gonna take a nap," he yawned.

I rolled my eyes and giggled, "Okay then, suit yourself," I said as I stood up and made my way out of the commentary box.

I was walking down the stairs when I heard the familiar voice of Toshinori talking to someone on the stairs. I smiled and picked up my pace to catch up with him as I hadn't seen him today. As I got close, I noticed he was talking to Endeavour, the number 2 hero.

The two heroes must have noticed my presence as they both looked over in my direction. When Toshinori's eyes landed on me, he gave me a warm smile, "Hello there, Y/N. I was wandering whereabouts you were."

"Hey," I smiled as I walked over to his side, "I was in the commentary box with Shouta and Mic," I explained before glancing over to Endeavour and greeting him with a curt nod, "It's nice to meet you, Endeavour."

The fire hero scoffed and looked away from me, turning on his heel and walking down the stairs away from us before stopping at the bottom of the stairs and glancing back up at Toshinori, "And All Might, let me assure you of one thing; whatever it takes, that kid of mine will beat you someday, I'll make sure of it," he growled before leaving us on the stairs.

"What was that all about?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Just Endeavour wanting to see me beaten, either by him or young Todoroki," Toshinori sighed.

"Well, good luck to him," I scoffed, "The symbol of peace ain't going anywhere so soon."

Toshinori laughed softly, "You flatter me, Y/N. Anyway, what are you thinking of the Sports Festival so far?" He asked.

"I think it's going well. Izuku is also doing very well, though I haven't seen him use his Quirk much. Is he trying to save it for the tournaments?"

"I'm not sure what he's planning, but he is progressing very well," Toshinori nodded with a smile, "Hey, do you wanna grab so lunch with me?" He offered.

I looked up at him and smiled, "Sure, let's go."

Toshinori and I continued walking down the stairs and headed outside the arena to the food stalls.

With food in our hands, we took a seat on a bench nearby and started eating whist discussing who we thought would win the festival. Toshinori had hoped Izuku would do well enough to win, but he didn't say who he thought would make it to the top spot.

"I think Todoroki, Bakugou and Izuku will be one of the winners," I said as I popped some food into my mouth and chewed.

"You think so?" Toshinori raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, all three of them have shown potential to come out as number one in their own way. Bakugou is extremely competitive, so will fight hard to come first. Todoroki shows the determination to win whilst keeping a cool head on at all times. And Izuku is trying his hardest, but he really needs to start using his Quirk if he wants to stand a chance a being in the top three," I explained.