MHA: A Cat's Way

Ch 84 First Rounds

The survivors of the second event -and me, of course- stare at the board for the tournament. And I have to ask... do they have a grudge against my clanmates? Purrny is fighting against Todoroki, and Minya is fighting against me. So that's one, but probably two out of three eliminated in the first round. Tormew at least has a chance, since she's fighting against that Kodai girl from 1-B.

As for the rest, well, it's up in the air, though I do expect Midorinya to find a way past the first and second rounds. The third is where he'll have the most trouble... regardless of who he faces. The brackets are like this:

Izuku Midoriya vs Kojiro Bondo

Itsuka Kendo vs Ochako Uraraka

Shoto Todoroki vs Pony Tsunotori

Catia Akihiro vs Mina Ashido

Setsuna Tokage vs Katsuki Bakugou

Kyoka Jiro vs Mei Hatsume

Momo Yaoyorozu vs Hitoshi Shinso

Yui Kodai vs Toru Hagakure

So based on my own predictions, I'll be facing either Bakugou or Yaoyorozu in the finals. Not to disregard the rest of their opponents, but those two have the highest combat potential among that side of the brackets. But there's that dark horse in the form of Midorinya's friend...

I know his quirk isn't something that can be applied to take down robots, but other than that, nothing. Midorinya has also been tightlipped about it, teasing me any time I asked. "Oh? Is the great Catia so worried about the Gen Ed student that she needs to get insider information? How the mighty have fallen."

Obviously I couldn't just take that lying down! Which is why I plan to pay close attention to his matches, just in case I do end up fighting him. If I end up fighting him. Midorinya and Todoroki won't be easy opponents to beat...

I clap my paw on Minya's shoulder. "Welp, mew've had a good run. What should I purrt on your headstone?"

"Eaten, and not in a good way." She blinks for a second as her mind seems to catch up from the fugue it was when once she saw the brackets, turning around with an affronted look on her face. "Hey! Don't count me out yet! Who knows, maybe I can surprise you!"

Tormew claps a paw onto her other shoulder, sadly shaking her head. "At least I know that I'll get farther than you. Rest in peace, Mina."

"Not you too!"

We chuckle at her pout, and I'm glad she's lost the tense atmosphere that was circling around her. I'm glad that there won't be any hard feelings after the Sports Festival is over. Now... I turn my gaze over to our horned clanmate, whose eyes are blazing with uncharacteristic determination. Never mind. She's good.

She turns to me, clenching her fists. "I see you in the semi-finals!"

I grin back, flashing my sharp teeth. "One can only hope, nya."

'~'

The first fight goes about as I expected, with Midorinya easily knocking out his glue-spewing opponent by the simple act of touching his electrified glove to the glue before it hardens, sending the streams of electricity back to its source. A bad matchup for the 1-B student, honestly. Not as bad if he would have gone against me, but still pretty bad. Which basically sums up the second fight as well.

Itsuka Kendo's quirk is Big Hands, and, well. Uraraka just needs to touch her opponent to win the fight, and having bigger hands just means a bigger target. At least the class representative of 1-B seems to realize this, since she doesn't even bother activating her quirk. Instead she charges in, hoping to take Uraraka by surprise.