Flames of Hope (Ye Olde Version)

Chapter12

This is where the fun begins, Izuku thought as he prepared for his first match. His mind wonders to his opponent, Ibara Shiozaki, a fellow green head, but the hair itself are vines, unlike Izuku's natural colour of forest green. The match up is in favour of Izuku, his fire can torch the vines that make up his enemies' hair, however he doesn't know her fighting style or how good she actually is at hand to hand combat, he himself is a near master at many styles of close combat; he's knocked out of his mind by Hizashi blaring out,

"CAN IZUKU MIDORIYA AND IBARA SHIOZAKI COME TO THE ARENA PLEASE?!" Hizashi's voice bubbly and light as Izuku makes his way to the arena. He enters the arena, covering his eyes from the sudden light, as four fires blaze in a style reminiscent to the old Olympics torch, then he moves to the stage that had been built during the short break between the matches, and climbs up the stairs. As he reaches the top, he sees the vine-haired girl mirror him until both face each other, said girl was holding a catholic cross and appeared to be praying. Midnight comes onto a smaller wooden stage with her whip in one hand and the other being held up over her head as she tells us the rules,

"ALRIGHT! OPPONENTS ARE ALLOWED TO USE THEIR QUIRKS! HOWEVER! NO MAIMING OR KILLING; WHICH WILL BE DEALT WITH THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW!" She cracks her whip, "NOW! THE FIRST TO BE KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS OR KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND THE OTHER WILL CONTINUE!" Midnight licks her lips seductively, before pulling a page from Iida's page and chops the air shouting, "BEGIN!"

Instantly, both parties charge at each other, Shiozaki thrusting her arms out, and the vines follow her movement speeding towards Izuku, who skids to a stop. Quickly, the vines encompass Izuku, gaining shocked gasps from the audience, and waits for Midnight to start counting down, "FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE!" and as she reaches one, Izuku pushes out his fire, verdant flames charring the vines, rendering the poor girl completely bald. Mortified, Shiozaki runs to and tries to punch Izuku but is blocked and he jabs back, knocking her out. Silence rang out in the audience before it burst out in thunderous applause for the boy, Hizashi drinking in the attention announces,

"AND WITH THAT INTENSE DISPLAY OF FIREPOWER, IZUKU MIDORIYA MOVES ONTO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE BATTLE EVENT!" Obliviously, the audience missed the pride in the man's voice, and no one could see two proud dads in the booth, grinning wide at the victory their son had attained. Said son was red faced with all the attention on him, and Izuku could practically feel Hizashi's proudness from his spot in the stadium, soon leaving back to the changing room to prepare for the next match. He left his room, making his way to the spectator's booth for 1-A, he soon reaches it and pushes the door open. Silently, he enters the booth and sees his classmates which had varying emotions on their faces, or one a void of emotion on their face. He clears his throat, garnering the attention of the class who flinch at him, before charging at him and piling on top of him congratulating him. Izuku blushes bright red, he's not used to so much attention on him, yes, he is an ex-vigilante, yes, he is 6"2', yes, he can lift over 500 kg, no he cannot handle crowds. He nods and rubs the back of his neck, a nervous tick he could never get rid of, before he sits down and readies himself for the next match.

Izuku listens to his adoptive dad listen to the next victims- Oh wait, contestants, "NEXT WE HAVE A MATCH BETWEEN DENKI KAMINARI VERSUS HITOSHUI SHINSOU!" Both boys enter the same way Izuku and Shiozaki did, Midnight cut down her speech to get the matches done faster, the audience are vicious and want blood apparently. As she cracks her whip, Shinsou starts talking to Kaminari, who responds with an indignant look on his face. Kaminari's face then becomes carefully blank, his eyes glaze over becoming a distant grey. Shinsou says something once again, or more like commands then Kaminari starts to move out of bounds. It didn't last long, and Shouta speaks up,