Karera No Hero Academia =ON HIATUS FOR NOW=

Do You Really Think You Can Win?

"AND WITH THAT, THE SECOND ROUND IS OFFICIALLY OVER!" The crowd cheers loudly, excited to see how the points line up.

"NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHO ARE TOP FOUR TEAMS ARE! IN FIRST PLACE, TEAM TODOROKI!"

"Conceal," I smirk, canceling his power and revealing that we still have the ten million points.

"SCRATCH THAT, TEAM MIDORIYA IS FIRST PLACE! WHERE DID THOSE POINTS COME FROM? WERE THEY THERE THE WHOLE TIME?" Todoroki whips around, surprise filling his eyes.

"How did you..."

"THAT MAKES SECOND PLACE TEAM TODOROKI!" Yaoyorozu and Tenya look utterly defeated. Todoroki clenches his fists, clearly mad.

"You... defeated me."

"IN THIRD PLACE, TEAM BAKUGO!" Bakugo screams angrily at the ground, his palms smoking.

"YOU'LL PAY! YOU'LL ALL PAY! I WILL WIN!"

"AND IN FORTH PLACE IS TEAM SHINSO! WHEN DID THEY COME BACK? WHO KNOWS, NO ONE WAS WATCHING THEM ANYWAY!"

Shinso smirks, walking away from his slaves.

"Thanks for the assist."

"THESE FOUR TEAMS WILL MOVE ON TO THE FINALS!" The crowd roars louder, excitement filling their voices.

We're given a break to eat, relax, and strategize before the fights. Everyone is still pumped up from the cavalry battle, congratulating the people that get to move on and talking strategy for the next tasks.

"Hey, congrats, Shinso." Hitoshi stops, allowing me to catch up with him.

"Thanks. Your team did well too."

"Sure, but there were quite a few close calls."

"There always is."

"Hey, Kyarakuta." I turn to see Todoroki walking up to us, his hands stuffed in his pockets. "I need to talk to you." I shrug, following him as he takes us away from the crowd.

"What do you want?" I ask once we're in a quiet place.

"How did you do it?"

"What are you talking about?"

"How did you trick me?" I smirk, looking down at my feet.

"You know what my quirk is by now, surely."

"Yeah, of course I do, but still, how?"

"Figure it out yourself, Todoroki." He clenches his fists and trembles in anger. I smile again, turning my back to him. "I took that declaration of yours to heart, and I will beat you." I hear him scoff, but he doesn't move as I leave him in the alley.

After lunch, we gather in the arena. Present Mic is getting the crowd pumped up, not that they need help with that, and we're getting instructions. Midnight explains that the competitors still in can either participate in the extra games or rest and prepare for their fight. She walks over to my team with the box of numbers so that we can draw who we're fighting first.

"I'll start with the first-place team."

"Um, excuse me? Sorry, but I'm withdrawing." Everyone gasps, shifting to see who had spoken. Sure enough, it was Ojiro, who happened to be on Shinso's team. Ojiro explains that he didn't remember the previous battle. He didn't want to advance and not know why. He wanted to keep his pride in tack. Everyone tries to talk him down, but he refuses. His friends finally give in to his wishes. Another member from Shinso's team withdraws as well, leaving two open spaces in the tournament.

"This kind of talk is incredibly naive, my boys. THAT TURNS ME ON!" Ojiro attempts to hide his face at her words. "Shoda, Ojiro. YOU'RE WITHDRAWN!"

"Did she just say that turns her on?" The students mutter in unison as if they had practiced for this exact occasion.

"Now, let's see... we'll have to move up two students from the fifth cavalry team so we have enough contestants." After some talk, class 1-B decides to send Tetsutetsu and Shiozaki as the replacements. "And so Tetsutetsu and Shiozaki have advanced to the final! Now, look at the bracket! These are your opponents!" Our names pop up on the bracket, showing who fights who. The crowd goes wild, as always, when they get this information. It looks like I'm up against Iida. That'll be an easy win for me.

After the bracket is revealed we're told to either relax or play in the side games. I decide it's best to wait in a waiting room. I suddenly remember how tired I am, and sink onto the couch. I sigh, closing my eyes and drifting into a peaceful sleep.

"Um... excuse me?" I blink open my eyes to a blurry figure standing over me. I yawn and sit up, rubbing my eyes to clear them.

"Wha?"

"Kyarakuta, aren't you supposed to be fighting?"

"What?" I stand up, almost shoving Midoriya over. "Well, crap."

I use Speedy to run to the arena, just barely making it in time.

"TAKUSAN KYARAKUTA HAS ARRIVED! ONE MORE MINUTE AND HE WOULD'VE BEEN DISQUALIFIED!"

"I thought you weren't going to show. Would've made things easier for me."

"So you're saying you can only win if I don't show up?"

"What? No. That's not what I-"

"BEGIN!" Since I already have Speedy's quirk ready, I run up to Tenya, appearing behind him.

"Do you really think you can win?"