A Bolt of Hope

Chapter 20 - A Past Unburied -

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Hey y'all! Sorry for the month-long hiatus, but I am finally back and ready to write more! However, I do got news! Leizcio has gone through a last name change! His last name is now Esperanza.I'm also editing some of the past chapters and I'll be done with them soon! Hope you enjoy this chapter! Lemme know if you have any questions!

"Oh boy"

That was all that Leizcio said when he got back into the stands. Midoriya and Todoroki. Both of them are extremely powerful so it'd be quite the match to see. But Leizcio can't shake the idea of Midoriya continuously breaking his bones this much into this point in time. Either way, he sat down and got ready to watch.

Soon as the match started, Leizcio was invested. He truly didn't know who'd be able to win this. However, he was also worried for Midoriya. Each ice attack that Todoroki threw, Midoriya would negate with a full-power blow, breaking his fingers. In a short amount of time, he used up all the fingers on his right hand. Todoroki immediately created an ice path towards him ready to send another blow. Using his other fingers, Midoriya shoots another blast but misses. Freezing the floor around him, Todoroki nearly catches Midoriya but he counters by using the force of his arm to break all the ice around him but sacrificing his left arm in the process.

Midoriya was stunned for a bit from the damage was seemingly defeated as Todoroki sent another rush of ice. But in a turn of events, Midoriya used his already broken finger to send another blast, catching Todoroki off guard and nearly knocking him out of bounds. The two then rushed towards each other and Midoriya was able to land a solid hit to the gut knocking Todoroki back. Unsurprisingly, Todoroki's ice was starting to get slower. But what was concerning Leizcio was the fact that Midoriya continued to use his already broken fingers, even resorting to using his thumb to get a shot on Todoroki. The two ended up using their quirk so much to the point that they've resorted to melee. However, whatever Midoriya shouted at him must've awakened something him as he used his fire and practically made an inferno from it. A sudden large pillar of ice was approaching Midoriya but he leaped over it and was about to hit Todoroki as he unleashed more fire. Cementoss was able to stop it and the walls he had formed created an explosion leaving the stadium astonished and being blown away almost literally. But at the end of it, Midoriya was knocked out against the wall out of bounds, making Todoroki the winner.

As Midoriya was sent to Recovery girl to get healed, Leizcio dashed over to her office but was quickly shooed away since she was going to do surgery on him. Leizcio was worried about how damaged his friends were becoming from all of this. As he was thinking about the match after Iida's, his own, he began to become extremely nervous. Seeing as how there was a break for the match to be fixed, he decided to go into one of the waiting rooms to mentally steel himself. However, as he went down to the rooms, someone had also taken notice and followed him down.

When Leizcio entered the waiting room, he just put his hands on his forehead looking into the table, trying to let go of the memories of that night. But they're far too vivid, he can practically feel every single punch that shadow beast quirk landed on him. The fear in himself when he was fading. However, something had just interrupted his train of thought.

"Esperanza, are you okay?"

"Yaoyorozu? Why're you here?"

Walking into the room, she takes a seat across from Leizcio.

"You seemed very nervous going into this. You were calm when you fought against Ashido and even when Jirou attacked you back in the battle trial. Why are you nervous now?"