(Bruh the sports festival arc is getting boring to write)
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"Fight!"
Todoroki widened his eyes. He knew that Izuku was fast, but not to this extent. The green haired teen had already activated his quirk, already meters away from him, ready to kick him into oblivion.
He sent a massive ridge of ice towards him, Izuku already anticipated his defensive play, as he leaped onto it, maneuvering around it before leaping down, dashing towards Todoroki again.
Todoroki sent another an ice pillar straight at Izuku's chest, without hesitation, Izuku raised his fist, shattering the ice construct with just a punch.
"And Midoriya already putting Todoroki on the defensive with his speed! I've never seen Todoroki so stressed out before this!"
'You're not helping.' Todoroki internally cursed at Mic's commentary as Izuku rushed him again, his serious expression unchanged from the start.
"Is that all you can do?!" Izuku taunted, facing yet another giant wave of ice. He skidded to a halt as he held up his hand.
'Delaware Smash!' With a flick of his finger, Izuku created a powerful wind pressure shock wave, with it having enough force to shatter the ice advancing towards him.
"Todoroki. Use your left side, or I'll beat you to a pulp." Izuku demanded seriously, his inner Bakugo coming out. Todoroki seethed, narrowing his eyes at him.
"You think you can defeat me using half your power. But we all know you're going to get frostbite sooner or later. You're having a hard time fighting me with just your right side..." He then grinned, holding up his clenched fist.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be logical to start utilizing your left?" Todoroki's fists clenched.
"The hell are you planning here, Midoriya? Did he pay you off to get you to say this to me?" He gritted out. Izuku only narrowed his eyes, internally groaning at Todoroki's crappy theorizing ability.
"What? No. I can't even begin to understand your circumstances or your resolutions. But all I'm saying is... if you think you can reach the top without your full strength, and that you're actually doing all of this just to disavow someone... you're a joke." Izuku muttered, as his mother gasped from hearing his insult.
"Honey! That's not the way you talk to someone!" She scolded from afar, as Mitsuki and Masaru only sighed at her antics.
"What... did you say..." Todoroki whispered in sheer disbelief at Izuku's words. The fact that Izuku, unanimously agreed as the nicest guy in class was saying this to him was astonishing to most.
"Hah! You tell him nerd!" Bakugo cackled loudly, noticing his classmates' shocked expressions.
"Yeah, I'm not taking it back, because it's true. You're holding back because of him. You're just letting him control you from a distance. If you win using half of your power, you're still fighting his battle, and if you lose like this, you're still running from it. Either way, he wins."
" Shut up!" Todoroki glared, intending to use more of his power, but Izuku can see it, his movements were lagging. Todoroki raised his left foot, preparing to send another wave of ice, but suddenly, Izuku was already in front of him.
'One For All 12%...' Izuku ignored the pain coursing through his body from exceeding his 10% limit as he raised his fist.
'Detroit Smash!' Todoroki grunted loudly as his eyes forcefully rolled back, spit forcefully expelled from his mouth as Izuku punched him straight in the abdomen, sending him blasting back.
Todoroki was sent tumbling on the concreted floor, stopping just by the edge of the arena where he started coughing non-stop, clutching his stomach. Izuku glared down at him.
The audience was unsure on who to cheer for now, since Midoriya was the underdog in this fight. Due to Todoroki's reputation as Endeavor's son, he was the favored fighter in this match.
"You don't get to choose who you are by rejecting half of yourself!" Izuku pointed at Todoroki, his pride showing.
"If you're going to beat me, beat me with everything. I didn't step in this arena to fight half a hero!" His pride was taking over, due to him wanting to fight Todoroki properly. He didn't even realize how psychologically precise he was being. He was just angry that Todoroki wasn't taking any of them seriously.
"Tch!" Not wanting to drag this out any longer, Izuku returned back to 10% Full Cowling before again dashing towards Todoroki, who was staring into emptiness, seemingly recalling something.
At the last minute, Izuku charged up to 12% again, gaining a sudden boost of speed as he appeared in front of Todoroki, preparing to punch him out of the arena.
'It's okay Shoto, you aren't a slave to your blood. You can become the man you want to be.' His mother's words, long forgotten, reappeared in his mind as Todoroki watched Izuku's fist nearing his stomach. Just then...
A violent wall of fire shot towards Izuku.
The green haired boy widened his eyes, changing his direction mid punch as he jumped away at the last second, the flames burning part of his P.E uniform.
"Midoriya..." Todoroki's usual stoic face formed a full grin, as if he just went through enlightenment. He looked at Izuku, who also had a hardened grin, glad that Todoroki finally came to his senses. Both ignored a certain fiery Number 2 Hero shouting nonsense from the stands.
"What the hell are you smiling about... let's finish this!"
Todoroki sent another wave of flames at Izuku who stood there. 'One For All 15%: Delaware Smash!!' Sending out a powerful wind pressure shock wave, Izuku forcefully divided the wave of flames, revealing Todoroki right before him.
Going back to 10%, Izuku charged towards him again. Todoroki was about to send an ice wave at him before Izuku suddenly increased tp 15%, now appearing before him, surprising Todoroki with his sudden burst of speed.
But Todoroki managed to get that ice wall off in time, sending Izuku flying far back. Izuku only punched the ice, shattering it as he landed back on the ground again, maintaining 15% as he charged at Todoroki.
Both fighters charged towards each other. Izuku sidestepped another wave of oce from Todoroki, pressing onwards, ignoring the stinging pain from going over his limit. The flames on Todoroki's left side started going wild, rapidly heating and expanding the cool air.
'One For All 18%....' Izuku decided to take it up a notch as he held up his fist. Todoroki smiled as he raised his hand.
'Midoriya... Thank you...' He thought as he sent out a giant fire wave at him.
'Delaware Smash!!!'
Todoroki, along with Izuku's wind pressure attack, created a huge explosion that blasted both of them back, with the shockwave being felt all throughout the arena. The audience gasped, some running away from their seats as the giant explosion occurred in the arena, the smoke quickly encasing the stands as the crowd went into a panic. Present Mic stood there in shock, staring at the destruction the two kids caused.
The smoke cleared after a while, revealing Todoroki and Izuku standing before each other, both out of breath, both heavily injured from managing to somewhat hit each other with their respective attacks.
Todoroki stood there, with half his shirt torn off, burns on his body as he stared groggily at Izuku. Meanwhile with the green haired boy, his moved his right arm, internally sighing in relief as he could move it though with some strain from exceeding his limit.
He looked at Todoroki, before his eyes widened a little, his opponent was now taking a knee, coughing. It seemed the punch to the gut Midoriya threw earlier, adding with his wind pressure attack, had finally took its toll.
Midnight stepped in, her decision made as she raised her hand.
"Todoroki is unable to go on! The winner is, Izuku Midoriya!!!"
To be continued...