Episode 16: Midoriya vs Todoroki

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As Iron Man flew back to the sports festival arena, he wondered what he'd missed when he was called into the forest by Aizawa and Tsukauchi. He had JARVIS make a call to someone he knew wasn't in a match, Jiro.
"Sakai, are you alright? We heard just before you left that you needed to step away for a little bit with Aizawa because something important came up." Jiro said as soon as she answered the call.

"I'm fine. Some unexpected things happened, and I learned some... unpleasant things about my past, but I should be able to set those things aside for now and just refocus on the tournament. Which is kind of why I'm calling you. What did I miss?" Iron Man asked, making sure not to mention Ultron or the dead reporters, since he figured Aizawa would have wanted him to keep those things under wraps for now. It also didn't help that he was flying while holding onto said teacher so he wouldn't plummet to the ground.

"Well, Ashido beat Aoyama, Tokoyami beat Yaoyurozu, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were tied so they're going to come back in a bit to do a tie breaker, and Uraraka lost to Bakugo." Jiro reported. Takumi felt a shiver down his spine as he remembered his own first bout with Bakugo at the school cafeteria. That guy was ruthless.

"Is she ok?" Iron Man asked.

"She's ok. She had a pretty clever strategy to try to beat Bakugo, but it didn't work. I was honestly surprised how ruthless Bakugo was. He's great at playing the bad guy." Jiro commented.

"Figured as much. Michael Bay isn't one for subtlety." Iron Man pointed out.

"Neither are you when it comes to the nicknames, Shell Head." Jiro retorted.

"Oh, Shell Head. Is THAT what we're doing now? I'll make sure I remember that Air Pods." Iron Man quipped. Aizawa groaned at the conversation as he now wished he had taken that nap during the lunch break.

"Anyway, Present Mic had you and Midoriya switch brackets. So, after Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's tie breaker, Midoriya is going to face off against Todoroki." Jiro reminded him. Takumi smiled under his helmet.

"Now THAT'S a match I want to watch." Iron Man said.


Meanwhile:
'Shoto's match is about to start soon. It seems like whatever Aizawa needed from that quirkless child has caused there to be a change of plans in the bracket. Originally that quirkless kid would have been Shoto's opponent. That would have been a dull match up. Shoto could have easily dealt with a delusional child, but his new opponent, Izuku Midoriya... he intrigues me. His quirk is similar to All Might's. This is a perfect match up for Shoto. He was created to one day surpass All Might. My dream will be fulfilled through Shoto, it is his destiny!' Endeavor thought, not really bothering to pay much attention to Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's arm wrestling match.

'Perhaps I should find this Midoriya boy and have a few words with him. It's important Midoriya takes this fight seriously. Only then can Shoto rise above his quirk. He will prove to be far above Midoriya and eventually overtake All Might!' Endeavor thought before he started to walk to find Izuku Midoriya.

A short while later:
Kirishima had just won his arm wrestling match with Tetsutetsu when Takumi and Aizawa had returned to the stadium.
"Remember, for right now we can't tell anyone what we saw in the forest. We especially can't tell anyone about that Ultron robot villain you told us about yet. As you said before, unfortunately, the first strike belongs to him, and creating a panic amongst the students and crowds now will make us seem even weaker than ever before. We do not want to have a weak image after the USJ attack. The last thing we need is villains becoming bolder." Aizawa reminded Takumi.

"Right. I understand. We should at least warn the students and staff after the festival though. It would be a good idea in the off chance that Ultron attacks UA that we are not taken completely off guard again like we were during the USJ attack." Takumi pointed out. Aizawa gave his point some thought and sighed.

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