Of Flames And Quirks And Harmony

[22] For The Final Four

"hey" - PresentMic
"Hey" - Eraserhead
"Hey"- Midnight

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"Without any further delays, let's start on the semi-finals! Our first pair of contenders are both strong! Midoriya versus Todoroki! Start!"

Todoroki instantly released an ice boulder towards Midoriya, who just took the whole force of it, trapping himself within; only is head was spared.

"Hmm. Not as sturdy as Boss' ice," the green head muttered. Black fire wrapped around the whole block of ice, and all of a sudden Midoriya is behind Todoroki.

Todoroki noticed, and quickly jumped out of Midoriya's reach. He knew that the boy can easily drop him out of the arena, and it is frustrating him that the greenet is toying him. Must be his payback for challenging his boss?

Midoriya smirked, and sent a number of punches in the air, breaking his ice barrier upfront. Todoroki created another one at his back, but that also got broken when he got slammed by the pushing force of Midoriya's attacks.

Todoroki gritted his teeth, "why does the world lump me with a bunch of fire quirk users."

"Huh. I'd also like to ask why does the world lump me with heroes," Midoriya questioned back. "Now, fight me with all you've got or I will throw you out of the entire first year arena. I'm already running low on Flames."

"Why? Why do you make me use my left side that I hate so much? My left side that I swore I'll never use?!"

"Why am I even here? The world does not revolve on your hatred alone! Damnit, I wouldn't have awakened my stupid Flames if the world moved according to your will! So fight me with all you've fucking got! Fight me with both your quirks! Prove to me that you deserve the whole world!"

Todoroki was a mess of aggravated feelings. Hurt. Pain. Anger. Madness. Confusion. Hell, he'd even admit he might be going crazy with all these. Why does Midoriya seem to have hatred for heroes? Why does he make it sound like he doesn't want to be here? Whatever. He is going to win. Without his father's power. He will make it happen. He stomped his right foot and out came another ray of ice, but the teleporter just disappeared even before the ice reached him. The greenet appeared behind him, just where Todoroki wanted, and his bent his body backwards, feigning a punch with his left ablaze in wild fire - much to Todoroki's astonishment - while his right was sneaking it's way to Midoriya.

Midoriya saw it. He knew what Todoroki had planned, and decided to go with it. He said to much back there. It felt humiliating. He felt like he was undressing himself in front of the dual-quirk user. Nope, no can do. He felt like a bug under a microscope, stripped bare and defenseless, his every thought broadcasted to whatever deity who were watching; dissected and laid out for anyone to see. Were they even doing this intentionally? He wanted to curl into a ball and vanish. That's why he gave the boy the victory he wanted. He doesn't even need to take this competition seriously.

The next thing Midoriya knew, he was all covered - now entirely and perfectly done compared to the first attempt - in ice, like a literal ice popsicle.

"Midoriya is impaled. Todoroki moves to the semi-finals!"

Todoroki went and thawed his ice sculpture.

That's when Sawada felt it, his eyes bulging wide at the sudden tidal wave of additional powerhouse entering his Flame Bond with his Night.

"Hot," Shinso started hissing, awkwardly clutching what so little of his body he can wrap with his arms. "It's that kind of hot again. Why?"

"Uh, we know you love your boyfriend, but I think now is not the time to fuss over him?" Ashido half-joked, concerned with how weird Shinso was acting.