Opening Up {Itsuka Kendou X Male! Reader} (discontinued)

10: Vs Diet Ingenium

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Your Perspective

Tetsutetsu: I gotta say, (L/N) you were so cool out there! 

You: As did you, Tetsutetsu.

Fukidashi: Yeah. Who knew you could pull off something like flying?

You: Well, it's not necessarily "flight" per se. You see, it's more or less that I'm just using my quirk on myself, moving it like I would any other object. It isn't like how in comics where they just have the subconscious thought of wanting to fly and then it happening like second nature. For me, I have to maintain constant thought and application of my quirk to make it work.

Tsubaraba: Woah . . . I don't think I understood anything you said.

Shoda: Essentially, he's using his quirk on himself to make himself float. 

Shishida: Quite a practical application of your quirk, (L/N).

I chuckled to myself and sighed dejectedly.

You: Unfortunately, I don't think that'll be that effective against my next opponent.

Shoda: Iida, right?

You: Mhm. He seems to have a quirk similar to Ingenium. A speed quirk. I won't be able to use my quirk on him to hold him in place due to his constant movement.

Kendou speaks up from behind me with Yanagi being there too. She tapped me on the shoulder.

Kendou: Instead of trying to just fling him out of bounds like you did Kaminari, how about affecting the ground?

Yanagi: Affecting the terrain might impede his progress.

You: That might work. . . Thanks for the input.

Yanagi nodded before resuming watching the battle elsewhere. It looks like Todoroki's Match against Midoriya has come to a close, with Midoriya being out of bounds, as well as having quite a few major injuries on him. Whilst they're cleaning that up, Kendou taps me on the shoulder and motions for me to follow her. I do so hesitantly, getting up and tailing her to the waiting rooms connected to the arena.

Kendou: So, if i can ask, what's the deal with your dad? He is quite different than how he's portrayed on TV.

You: That’s a marketing stunt. He's the way he is due to the fact that as you probably know, the (L/N) family is that filled with Heroes and businesses as well. He holds me up to high standards because his father, my grandfather did so with him. The difference is, my grandfather wasn't so extreme with him. Nor was he as successful to now that I think of it. Perhaps my father’s fame and power are getting to his head.

I look back at her and she frowns.

You: What?

Kendou: Cant you tell him that you don't appreciate his treatment of you?

You: Kendou, look at me. What do you think the first thing I did was when he started putting me through all this was?

Kendou: R-Right, sorry. 

You: Look, I really do appreciate your sentiment. But I'm not exactly comfortable with having a talk like this every time I'm about to go out there. We'll be able to chat like this on our daa- outing next week.

She blinks before smiling and nodding. 

Kendou: Yeah. I look forward to it. 

She pushes me out there, and I turn to look at her and smile. I make my way onto the field where stood opposite of Iida. He seems more rigid than I expected. 

Iida: (L/N)! It's an honor to be able to go against you! I respect your father as a hero a lot.

You: Right. Thank you?

Iida: I hope we have a clean match. In case you didn't see it, my last one wasn't really a match.

Oh, I remember. That pink-haired girl used him as an advertising stunt. Kinda funny and smart if you ask me. 

Midnight: All right then. Battle Start!

Without warning, Iida rushes forward at me and I get on a kneel and punch the ground, distorting and warping it. Iida skidded to a stop before leaping off one of the points and using his quirk to propel himself at me. I raised my finger upwards, creating a wall as a distraction. He broke it with ease before running at me and landing a good kick across my face.

Present Mic: And just like that, Iida gets first blood! How will (L/N) retaliate?!

Does that man ever shut up?! Iida is adapting to the terrain rather well and manages to grab me, beginning to push me out of bounds. I felt my limit approaching but I still pushed back, slowing him down a little. But, as you know limits were meant to be broken. I surrounded myself in psionic energy causing me and Iida to stop in place.

Present Mic: In the nick of time, (L/N) reactivates his quirk, stopping him from going out of bounds!

I quickly readjusted my position, grabbed his arm, and put all my strength into my quirk. It hurt like hell but, I still managed to throw Iida out of bounds, and into the stadium wall, cracking it in the process.

Midnight: Iida is out of bounds! (L/N) Wins!

You: Nice. I did better than expected. 

I found myself collapsing to the ground as I faded out of consciousness.

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