Deku Vigilante AU: Kurai

Chapter 17: Sports Festival, Part 3

3rd Person POV
"So, Todoroki-kun, what'd you like to talk about?" Izuku's voice was calm and measured, with a sneaking suspicion of what the taller boy wanted to say.

"Midoriya... When I was facing off against you. You made me break my own pledge. You made me use his Quirk. My bastard of a sperm donor... He only thinks of getting stronger and beating others. And so he came up with a plan to get even stronger."

"Oh shoot... I suspected this, but..."

"So you have heard of them. Quirk marriages. With his wealth and fame, he made my mother's family agree to the marriage. All to get his hands on her Quirk. Raising me as a hero who would stand at the top of hero society, mercilessly beating others down. I hate it! Being nothing more than a tool for that burning piece of garbage. As I remember it, mom was always crying... And she said that she couldn't stand to see my left side before throwing boiling water at my face. In short, not using my rotten sperm donor's Quirk... By rising to the top without using it... I'll have denied him everything." Shouto had a dark look cast over his face. A look of unspeakable rage and hatred. But Izuku saw it as a kid who was in pain, childishly trying to rebel against his tormentor.

"Todoroki-kun... This isn't right. Nor is it healthy. Your anger is justified but... Endeavour can't control your fire nor your left side. You act of your own free will." Emerald green orbs meet light blue and obsidian black ones. "Your power is your own. I hope you remember that, Todoroki-kun." Izuku silently walks away when Shouto seems frozen from the realisation. But Izuku knows that he probably won't change that quickly, old scars are hard to heal. But it's a step, he hopes.

-Timeskip brought to you by the author running out of inspiration and opting to read other fanfics (i need more fanfics to read gimme some 😭)-

Izuku's POV
Okay. This was not what I expected. Because right now, I am facing against my brother in an one-on-one tournament. Okay... Toshi just looks soo done right now.

"START!!"

"Toshi, sorry in advance for this!"

"Let's have a good fight, Izu."

<Yup and you know that doesn't work on me!>

<Worth a shot!>

3rd Person POV (A/N: I suck at battle scenes sorry in advance💀)
Charging towards Hitoshi, Izuku quickly flipped him and tried to throw him out of the ring. Hitoshi grabbed Izuku's arm and swung him, but Izuku twisted his body to kick Hitoshi out of bounds.

"Shinsou is out of the ring!! Midoriya moves on to the second round!"

"THAT WAS QUICK AND BRUTAL!! PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR OUR FIERCE COMPETITORS!!" The crowd clapped respectfully as Izuku helped Hitoshi up and they bowed before leaving.

-Timeskip brought to you by the author being too lazy to write out other battles so now it's Izuku vs Shouto-

Shouto's POV
I feel my hands get clamy as I walk into the arena. I'm fighting with Midoriya. The guy who, not even an hour ago, told me that my left side and the fire aspect of my Quirk don't belong to that stupid flaming b*tch of a sperm donor. My power is my own, huh? I... I don't know what to feel about that. Whether to use my fire side or not. But dad... He put mom into the hospital for goodness sake! Pushed both her and me to the breaking point! And Touya-nii too... Okay, shut up, brain.

I shake myself back into reality, which is a good thing as Present Mic just screamed for us to start. Midoriya closes the distance in a moment, and with blindingly fast speed whips out his escrima sticks from their holsters on his back. (A/N: remember i said that Izuku has escrima sticks for this sports festival? Yea... he's using them now ig) I barely had time to react, bringing my right arm up to freeze him, but he slides under the attack and smashes me in the side. Pain flares in the probably bruised part as I reel back, throwing up a wall of ice to block him.

"You just blocked your own vision, not a very wise move." I spin around just to see his escrima stick ram into my kneecap, making my leg buckle. When did he get there...?

"Use your fire, Todoroki-kun. Coz the way I see it, you're pissing off Endevour, sure, but you're also stunting your own growth."

"You... know nothing." A swirl of emotions rush through my head, mainly anger, resentment, hatred. I charge him again and throw up some ice spikes, but my body's starting to freeze up. Sh*t. The batte dragged on for way too long. Something that doesn't escape Midoriya's analytical eyes.

3rd Person POV
"I said it just now and I'll say it again. Your power is your own!!" Izuku was putting his all into this fight, with his classmates being surprised that underneath his cool and calculated exterior was someone that would recklessly save others. Shown through him yelling and duking it out with all he's got, just to help Shouto.

"You want to save people, right?! If you want to be a hero... you're not bound to his blood!! You decide who you wanna become!!" Izuku charges again, with Shoutot seeming like something in his head just clicked.

"Dammit, Midoriya... I thought you wanted to win. But I want to be a hero too." The red-and-white haired boy finally flared up his left side.

"Thank you."

The whole arena burst into smoke as the audience was bloked from the two competitors by the massive blast.

Cliffhanger coz I'm cruel. Do y'all think Izuku will win? Or will Shouto win like in canon? Welp, just one more fight to write until Sports Festival ends. I really wanna write forest training arc ykyk 😏 I suck at writing angst and stuff, so idk if it'll turn out like how I envisioned it. Actually I just suck at writing in general. Why am I still typing? God. Okay, imma publish the chapter now. Bye. Author out.

OH NO I DIDN'T PROOFREAD THE LATTER PART— sorry for typos— ok imma stop wasting your time with this author's note...

Word Count: 1092

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Thanks for reading this chapter, see you soon readers! —CloudBunny