Pro Hero Animia

Chapter 35

They were in a hallway. Izuku and Shoto. Shoto had just explained practically his entire childhood, or lack thereof.

Nothing about what happened to Shoto sat right with Izuku. He felt rather helpless at the moment. It was how he felt when he found out what happened to Iruka before she met Shota. But this time he didn't know what to do. At least with Iruka he knows how to comfort her, but even then it took a few years to figure it out.

"Todoroki-kun, that isn't something you should keep silent." Izuku tried to voice out his worry but the dual haired boy didn't seem to want to listen.

"It doesn't matter if I keep what happened silent or not. It doesn't matter when I reach number 1 without that old man's quirk." Shoto started to head out.

"I'm standing here because I've always had help." Shoto stopped dead in his tracks. "Being number 1 doesn't always mean being strong, it also means being able to help others. I don't know what else has happened to you Todoroki-kun but you can always ask for help when needed." Izuku looked up. Shoto still had his back towards him and after a moment he walked away.

Izuku let out a breath he hadn't realised he was holding. What happened to him is insane. Should I tell Uncle Shota? Should I even be telling someone? That's Todoroki's private life though. Izuku had so many questions as he headed towards the cafeteria. He had a good 40 or so minutes till break was over.

When he finally sat down with Iruka and the others he pretty much got interrogated, of course mostly by Iruka herself but there were some curious questions from Ochaco as well.

Once lunch was over they all headed back to the stadium. Mineta and Denki had tried to convince the girls they were to join some kind of cheerleading thing but thanks to Iruka that didn't happen.

"Alright everyone, now since Ito's team had only 3 members there is an uneven amount of people so one of the members from team 5 will be joining." Midnight explained. After a few moments it was decided that Shiozaki Ibara from 1-B would be joining in the last event.

After pulling out lots to determine the matches here were the results,

1.Ururaka vs Bakugo

2. Ashido vs Kirishima

3. Tokoyami vs Yaoyorozu

4. Iida vs Hatsume

5.Shinso vs Midoriya

6. Todoroki vs Sero

7. Asui vs Kaminari

8. Ito vs Shiozaki

"Now that the match ups have been made, we'll be starting some recreational activities and the 16 of you can decide whether you'd like to join or not but I'm sure you'd want to reserve your energy. Now let the fun begin!"

Everyone who wasn't part of the games headed up to the stand where they had reserved seats based on their classes, of course those who were part of the one-on-one fights were wandering around waiting for their time to compete.

Some were training while others were letting off steam and calming their nerves. Iruka was sitting in the stand with Izuku once again talking about quirks and strategy. It was difficult for Iruka to only talk to Izuku when Hitoshi was the one against him but their battle was a long time away enough for her to help Hitoshi about it later.

"Going up against Shinso won't be so bad. I mean all I have to do is not answer him and I'll be fine, right?" Izuku asked nervously.

"Don't forget he is good at close combat." She flipped through her notebook and was writing something down. She noticed Izuku was staring. "No I'm not giving you any pointers, that just gives Shinso a disadvantage. Check your own notebook for pointers." Iruka laughed as she continued to write in her notebook. She took note to find Hitoshi in a few minutes.