Summary: The 1 vs 1 day of the Heroics Tournament begins! And the very first match turns out to be quite an upset...
Chapter 20: Heroics Tournament Day 3
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Group A and Group B were both gathered in their own little bunches, despite sharing the same waiting area. They hadn't started out that way, with the more extroverted members of the various groupings from the previous day having made an effort to cross the divide and talk with each other at the start. However, as they anticipated the bracket announcement, the groups had naturally gravitated toward those they knew best. Now, each ground hovered near the large displays that would reveal the first round matchups, separate but mostly non-hostile with one another. There had been a bit of a minor scuffle involving a couple of the Group B students declaring a sort of rivalry between the classes...but any ill-feeling had been quashed rather brutally by Momo in bouncy-mode.
The poor, mostly male, 'rivalry' group had not been prepared for the Momo's highly enthusiastic acceptance of 'friendly rivals to make our school experience perfect.' Between their distraction at the bouncing that 'bouncy-mode' caused with Momo's assets, her adorably enthusiastic embracing of the idea, and the death glare from Izumi that dared them to upset her girlfriend...well, they'd quickly gone for the 'friendly' idea. They'd been towed away a moment later by Kendo and a practically-cackling Tokage Setsuna, who was one of the aforementioned extroverts that had been chatting up new friends from their team-up testing rounds the day before. Only Izumi had noticed the pure mischief in Momo's eyes, something which had made it really hard to keep up the death glare rather than join Setsuna's cackling. Few people realized it, but Momo was at least somewhat aware of what her 'bouncy-mode' did to people. More importantly, Momo had figured out how to weaponize in the last few years. Much to Izumi's occasional amusement.
With drama at a minimum, it was almost anti-climactic when the displays lit up with the initial round pairings.
Bracket 1
Todoroki Shoto vs Tokoyami Fumikage
Bakugo Katsuki vs Yaoyorozu Momo
Jiro Kyoka vs Tokage Setsuna
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu vs Hagakure Toru
Aoyama Yuga vs Kinoko Komori
Niregeki Shoda vs Iida Tenya
Ojiro Mashirao vs Awase Yosetsu
Kuroiro Shihai vs Bondo Kojiro
Sato Rikido vs Kendo Itsuka
Kodai Yui vs Yanagi Reiko
Bracket 2
Tsuburaba Kosei vs Mineta Minoru
Shishida Jurota vs Asui Tsuyu
Midoriya Izumi vs Shiozaki Ibara
Monoma Neito vs Kaminari Denki
Fukidashi Managa vs Honenuki
Kirishima Eijiro vs Tsunotori Pony
Koda Koji vs Sero Hanta
Ashido Mina vs Uraraka Ochaco
Kaibara Sen vs Shoji Mezo
Rin Hiryu vs Kamakiri
Quite a few people winced as they discovered their placements. Some because they recognized they were in the deep end and unsure they could swim well enough among the monsters. Others, while relieved they weren't facing any of said monsters, winced just as badly as they realized it was because their own weighing had placed them among the weaker members of the Hero Course. Still others, of course, were pumped up. Tetsutetsu and Kirishima were both loudly cheering about manliness, and Bakugo was smirking hungrily as he realized he'd been seeded among the powerhouses. Still others were a bit confused, with Kaminari eventually speaking up.
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