Hot-headed Love (Katsuki Bakugou x OC) *UNDERGOING EDITING*

Chapter Sixteen

"See you there, Doll."

After the first rounds ended and Kirishima and Tetsutetsu woke up, the two arm wrestled to see who will advance. Kirishima won, he will fight Katsuki next.

There was only the tiniest frame of time between the arm wrestle and Midoriya vs Todoroki, so Lena took that opportunity to get fuelled up as her fight would take place after.

She made her way down to the cafeteria that was open for the crowd. She loved the attention she attracted, but quickly got passed all the lines and made her way into the kitchen so she could be quick. She made herself a coffee, along with one for Mina and Jirou before slipping away and getting back to her seats.

The fighters were just introduced when she sat down, and she leaned forward in anticipation. She was torn between who would be the winner, they were both very strong with their quirks. While Todoroki has the physical advantage, she knows how fast Midoriya's mind works.

The class worked up a chatter as they recalled Todoroki's dramatic declaration before the festival started. It's now time to see if he could hold up to the standards he put on himself.

"Midoriya vs. Todoroki, Begin!"

Todoroki started the battle with his ice. Before it was able to hit Midoriya, he flicked it away. He broke his finger, instead of his whole hand.

Todoroki continued, as did Midoriya. He was deprived of five fingers now, and Lena was trying to figure out the strategy each were going for.

If Todoroki was planning on breaking him bone by bone, he's achieving that. Midoriya broke another as he was deflecting more ice.

Todoroki threw a punch, Midoriya dodged.

Todoroki got Midoriya's ankle and in order to get out of it, Midoriya broke his arm. The gust of wind was strong enough to knock Todoroki far back, but he stopped himself with his ice.

Lena thought about Midoriya's strategy. He was breaking himself, and she didn't know why. Was it the endurance game? All quirks have limits, Todoroki will refuse to use his fire side. If Todoroki uses his ice quirk enough, he'll freeze over and immobilize himself. Prideful enough, he won't use his fire to melt.

The stadium was quiet enough to be able to a hear a pin drop.

"Listen," Midoriya trembled, "we're all here to give it our all, to try to win, to turn our dreams into reality, to become number one."

Todoroki stopped and listened, while the crowd was confused. Lena glanced over at Katsuki, he was analyzing the battle too.

"Thinking you could win with half your power? Look at me, Todoroki. You haven't managed to put a single scratch on me yet. So come at me with all you've got!" He shouted confidently, raising his broken fist. It was true, all the injuries Midoriya had he dealt himself.

"Midoriya, what are you trying to do here? You want my fire? What, did my monster of a dad bribe you? Now, I'm mad!" His eyes burned with fire, but the fire he can use? There was no show of it.

He sprinted towards Midoriya. His movements were slow, his ice weighing him down. He lost too much energy with the attack he struck on Sero.

When he was close enough, Midoriya delivered a punch with his quirk. Todoroki's ice was now slow, Midoriya only needed to jump to dodge.

The fight continued. Todoroki stayed on offence while Midoriya was forced to defend himself.

After Todoroki was pushed back yet again by Midoriya, he finally spoke up, "Why put yourself through this?"