My Hero Academia: A Hero's Will

Chapter 20

"Now we move on to, The Award Ceremony!!!"

I was in a very joyful mood, or would have been if not for Mr Second-place and his unhinged maniacal protest of not wanting to accept the fact that he was second.

"NNNNN! NNNN!!!"

I tried my best to stay indifferent.

'This idiot! The whole country is watching this event...'

Then I looked at him. Bound by chains to a wall of cement with his hands tied by an apparatus and his mouth covered so that he couldn't give a new meaning to profanity, he looked like an escaped patient from an insane asylum.

'... I don't know this crazy guy... focus on Midnight... ah, so many happy thoughts.'

Stop judging me! I was a perfectly healthy teenager!

Anyway...

Midnight, making a sexy pose, began, "In third place, we have both Todoroki and Kendo!!"

The stadium cheered for the two of them. I glanced at Itsuka and saw her cheeks flaring up and she stood completely rigid. I stifled a giggle. She was never good with accepting praise.

'Hehe, I have more material to tease her with.'

Yeah, we had already exchanged our phone numbers. As Midnight introduced Katsuki and me as second and first place, Katsuki's struggle became more violent, although they were for nought.

"Now for the medals!! Presenting them this year is... You know who!!"

A very pathetic and ugly snake face randomly smiled in another universe just before a very humiliating letter materialized and slammed into his chest. Little did the fucktard know, he was in for a very shitty experience.

(A/N: I'm sorry!! I couldn't help myself and made a reference of HP:ROTS)

Meanwhile, a booming voice was heard throughout the stadium, "I am..."

But Midnight continued, "He's everyone's hero... All Might!!!"

Her introduction overlapped All Might's booming voice as he jumped all the way to the centre of the stadium, "... here with the medals!!!"

Midnight nervously apologised, "I cut you off. Sorry."

After that little... moment, All Might began awarding us the medals.

"Young Todoroki! Congratulations..."

As he awarded the bronze medal, he talked to Todoroki, "... In your match against young Midoriya, you used the other half of your quirk. I do not know what the two of you talked about in the ring, but I hope you will be able to sort out your problems."

Todoroki replied quietly, "Midoriya forced me to use my quirk. But what he had said made sense. I think I've lost my way. I know you've taken interest in him and I can see why. He may be rude but he's always there to help, even if he doesn't like the person. I always wanted to be a hero like you. But, it's not like I can just forget and get over things. There's still something I have to get over first."

All Might gave him a hug and whispered something into his ear which I couldn't hear as Todoroki was standing farther away from me.

Next All Might gave the medal to Itsuka, "Congratulations, young Kendo. Your performance was exceptional and by no means less than any of these finalists! You should be proud!"

Even though she mumbled her response, I could easily hear her, "I wanted to prove myself to someone that I am strong by winning, or at least being one of the finalists. I wanted to tell them that I am strong enough to stand beside them. But I lost."

All Might hugged her and said, "Do not put yourself down, young Kendo. Whoever you wanted to prove yourself to, I am very sure that they have acknowledged you and are proud of you. Here's a little advice, you are too careful when you fight and think too much before you take action. It delays you and decreases your speed. Learn to work along with your instincts. Have confidence in your skill and you'll become a great heroine."

Then he moved towards Katsuki.

Placing a hand over his mouth, he stopped himself from laughing when he looked at the way Katsuki was bound.

"Uh, this is too much..."

Right when All Might removed the piece of cloth covering Katsuki's mouth, the explosive teen began shouting, "All Might!!! This doesn't mean squat!! Doesn't matter what anyone says, if I don't recognize it, that medal is garbage!!!

All Might cleared his throat and said, "In a world that's constantly graded on a curve, there aren't many who can always be on the top. So accept this! As a wound even! So that you won't forget!!"

"I told you I don't want that piece of junk!!!"

Poor All Might had to force the medal in Katsuki's mouth.

Next, he moved towards me and said, "Young Midoriya, congratulations! You are the winner of this event! And you certainly lived up to your pledge!! Accept this medal with pride..."

After giving me the medal, "... By the way, how did you manage to get out of young Shinso's control?"

Chuckling mischievously, I replied in a whisper, "I was never in the control of his quirk. I was too strong for him to overpower. But, his quirk will be very useful as a hero if he trains right. So I decided to help him a bit by yelling to everyone about how wonderful his quirk is, even though I didn't like his attitude and he was very mean to me. He may be able to get accepted in the hero course."

All Might was very surprised. 'I can't believe this! He deceived the entire country and helped someone who was not on good terms with him. Young Midoriya...'

Turning around, he addressed everyone, "Well, these are your winners!! But hold on everyone! Each and every student here has the potential to stand where these four are. The sprouts of today will grow into the heroes of tomorrow!! Competition! Encouragement! Pushing each other higher and higher! In that spirit, let's have one final cheer!!"

'He went above and beyond to help someone even when not asked for...'

"Everyone say it with me!! One, two and..."

'... That is what makes a hero great...'

"Thanks for the hard work!!!" "Plus Ultra!! huh?"

"All Might! Weren't we supposed to say 'Plus Ultra'?"

"Oh right... It's just that they really did work so hard and..."

'Sensei... I have found my successor.'