2.5

[With the Pro-Heroes]

"It looks like his Quirk is really powerful... control and manipulate metals. That is really strong" someone random hero said.

"It is also obvious that his power is the most versatile Quirk I have ever seen. He could use metals to do anything he wants. He could use that to rescue people while fighting with enemies." someone else pitched in their thoughts

"He was also very fast, while he used that metal to glide over the whole obstacle race like nothing" someone spoke in a praising tone.

"He is also strong enough to extract metals from the ground" the first Hero pointed out.

"There is a great chance that he would be winning this Sports Festival" a Hero among the crowd declared and everyone nodded with him except one Pro-Hero.

All the pro heroes were discussing amongst themselves, a certain red-haired hero wasn't happy. He wasn't happy at all but didn't say anything.

[In a Dark Room]

Currently, a blue-haired 'Man-Child' was sitting in a dark room staring at his laptop screen with hints of rage in his eyes.

"Sensei! Are you watching? Did you see that, that's him! The nobody who defeated us and defeated Nomu..." Tomura said while rubbing his neck.

"I see... just like what you said. His Quirk is truly strong" A voice came out of the background.

[POV Reo]

"And in second place! Someone completely unexpected! Izuku Midoriya!" Present Mic yelled again into the mic and the crowd cheered loudly.

I guess I will be the target this time. I started to make some plans and I also wanted to have a group who would like to stand with me. Let the announcements finish first.

"You may have won the first round, but you definitely won't win the second." Bakugo came towards me and declared and then walked away. Weeeellll... that happened.

"And they are all finishing the race one by one! Good job kids! Go take a breather and get checked up if you have to. We will be posting the results once everyone is finished" Present Mic announced.

I just walked towards Momo, she noticed me and gave me a bright smile. "Congratulations on first Reo" Momo said to be with a smile on her face.

"Although it would have been much better if you had taken care of those giant robots in the obstacle course." She said with a deadpan on her face. Though I knew she wasn't serious at all but her face was really cute.

"Reo that was amazing!" Somebody slapped my back and snaked a hand around my shoulder. Obviously, it was Denki.

"I would have never thought that you could use metal to fly like that" Eijirou was the next.

"Yeah! But it was also quite unfair" Denki whined and went into depression.

"Life isn't fair my friend" I said to both of them. Momo's friends have also gathered around.

"Too true" Eijirou said and others immediately agreed with him.

Before we could continue any longer Midnight announced that the 1st event of the Sports Festival is officially over. "The first round is finally over! Let's look at the results!"

The screen behind her lit up to show the results and rankings. Next, she revealed the next course being a Cavalry battle and explained how it would work. She also explained that we could use our Quirks but contestants weren't allowed to make each other fall on purpose. Even if a team loses their headband or falls down, they can compete until the thirty-minute time limit. She finally revealed that the winner of the obstacle course would have 10 million points. All eyes immediately zeroed in on me.

"That's right, it's survival of the fittest for this course! A chance for those at the bottom to rise to the top!" Midnight announced while looking towards me with a naughty smile on her face. It was like she was telling the others to go after me...

"Don't worry my friend, even if nobody comes to our team. We can still win" Denki declared in front of everyone.

"Our team?" I asked him while raising my eyebrow towards him.

"Of course our team... do you think we were your friends just for the show? Even if all the teams out there would be gunning for us, I would still be in your team" It was Eijirou this time who answered me. It feels really nice to have some friends.

So, that was it... nobody else joined our team. Momo already joined Todoroki's team along with Iida and Tsuyu Asui. Denki was in Todoroki's team in the canon but since this time he was on my team his place was being filled by Tsuyu who was on Mineta's team.

I then looked for Mezo Shoji who joined Bakugo's team since Eijirou was on my team this time.

I needed more metal so I just crouched down on the ground while placing my hand on it. Immediately the ground became porous and metal particles came out of the ground as it happened at the beginning of the obstacle race. Nobody told me anything about taking out metals so there are no rules against it... so I am going to spam it.

We have decided that Eijirou was going to be the horse while using his body hardening Quirk and Denki would support me from the back. He would also supply mild electricity to the metal sand around us, this would dissuade a lot of participants from attacking us after they get stunned once.

[With the other contestants]

"Momo you know what his abilities are, so you also know if we can bypass his guard or not, right?" Iida asked Momo.

"Sigh... that is the problem... as long as he has metal we can't breach his guard. Maybe if Todoroki uses his Ice and Fire to make his metals brittle we might have to chance to pass his guard" Momo said while stroking her chin.

"Ribbit... Extreme cold could also achieve that. Can you achieve that much cold?" Tsuyu asked Todoroki.

"I can do that... but is there anything else we could use?" Todoroki asked wanting to gain more information.

"Yes... even we can't penetrate his guard he can't change the temperature around him... that would make all three of them very uncomfortable" Momo said with a thoughtful look on her face.

"Most of the teams would be going after him. Do we do that as well or go for the weaker ones first?" Iida asked his teammates.

"We will let the others go after him first. While Reo deals with them, we can easily go after the weaker teams and rake up some points. We attack him when he would be expecting us in the least" Todoroki said and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Are you guys ready!?" Suddenly Present Mic yelled in the mic as the crowd cheered once again. The teams got into positions, most looking towards Reo's team greedily because first they had only three members on their team and they would be giving the most points.

Seeing everyone was ready Present Mic started the count down.

"3... 2... 1...! START!

Chapter 18 - UA Sports Festival (IV)... {EDITED}

[POV Reo]

As soon as Present Mic yelled 'START', some of the teams immediately rushed towards my team. I nodded towards Denki who started to channel his electricity towards the metal sand surrounding us. A team made up of unknown students attacked us and their attacks were immediately stopped by a wall of metal sand that rose up from the ground.

"Shit!" A student cursed when his hand was swatted away from the wall.

"They are channeling electricity in the metal wall" another one deduced after his hand was also swatted away by the wall of metal sand.

I simply smiled at them. At least they understood what was happening here. Maybe this can keep them from attacking us. But I think that I was giving too much credit to this team. They tried to attack us again, it still gave them the bore same result... after attacking a couple of times more, they finally gave up.

I looked towards teams who had rushed towards us. It looked like they were discussing something. The next moment the wall rose up at several places stopping several attacks from all the sides. So, they decided to attack us at once... good at least they are trying. I wonder how are they going to divide the points if they somehow succeed?

"Are you sure that the wall is going to hold up?" Eijirou asked me looking slightly worried.

"Don't worry about that... as long as someone can't make the metal sand disappear, we have nothing to worry about" I answered him.

"What about Bakugo and Todoroki?" Denki asked looking slightly winded up. Maybe continuously using his Quirk might be tiring for him.

"Denki you can stop using your Quirk if it gets too tiring for you and as for Bakugo or Todoroki attacking us? Bakugo won't be able to blast through the wall of my metal sand because I will enforce the wall and if Todoroki uses both of his Ice and Fire sides he still won't be able to break through my wall. Brittle metal or weak metal is still metal" I declared with a confident look on my face. Both Eijirou and Denki nodded their heads in understanding.

[With Reo's Parents]

"Our son already won the 1st event and there is a good chance that he is going to win the second one too" Ai declared proudly while watching how the other teams attacking her son's team, she was worried that the flimsy wall won't be able to hold any longer but she was still proud.

"Yes... I never knew that his power would be so amazing" Shomei was shocked to see how strong his son's Quirk was.

[With Pro-Heroes]

"Whao... that wall is providing him 360-degree protection"

"Looks like he is winning this event too"

"The event has yet to finish"

"His Quirk is strong and he is also using it smartly but it will only one moment of negligence to lose their head-band"

[With the UA Staff]

"Hey Aizawa, did he use that wall to protect himself from those villains?" A teacher asked curiously.

"Yes, don't underestimate that thin wall of metal sand, he used that same wall to protect himself against that purple creature" Aizawa said, now he was watching Reo's moves closely.

All of their attention was brought towards Bakugo's team who seemed to be heading towards Reo's team. All of them were immediately interested because they also wanted to see the confrontation between those two teams.

[With Reo]

"Get ready to lose!" Bakugo shouted. I don't even want to know... he should have tried to surprise me but he didn't, at least he didn't need to announce himself like that.

I saw Bakugo jump towards us while screaming. "Die!" he shouted like a typical villain and attacked us but my metal wall rose up and he attacked with the biggest explosion he could make at that moment.

The collision caused the whole place to shake but the wall didn't even dent inwards. Just some of the metal particles had turned red due to the heat from the explosion.

"Bastard!" Bakugo yelled again and attacked us at the same place with even more power. The same thing happened but this time the wall had a huge red spot showing the metals have heated up. This time Bakugo was swatted away from the walls more hardly because Denki increased the electricity output.

All the other teams also stopped their own fights so that they can watch the confrontation between my team and Bakugo's.

"Don't injure yourself Bakugo" I told him in a slightly worried... I was worried that he was going to hurt himself and I didn't want that, and I was only slightly but it seemed to have riled him up even more. He attacked us again from the same direction but the result was still the same except merging some metal particles together due to the heat.

The next moment the wall was attacked with Ice which immediately broke the walk but was stopped by another wall that rose up in an instant.

"I never thought that you two would team up with each other to attack me" I said looking in the other direction. Todoroki was pointing his arm towards my direction.

"I didn't team up with him, I just used the best chance to attack you" Todoroki said. I looked at the rest of his team and they looked completely determined, even Momo. Well, let them try.

"Bah...! This ain't fun anymore" Bakugo declared and went away with his team. I know that he was too much prideful to work together with Todoroki. Well, it works better for me since they broke one wall when they attacked together.

Todoroki already attacked us with ice spikes which were stopped by a wall that instantly rose up from the ground. He kept using this pattern of attack for a few minutes from different directions.

"Isn't it getting too cold" Denki told me. So, he is trying to get us cold so that we would get sluggish and to also make my metals brittle.

I immediately used my metal walls to expand in all directions which successfully broke apart all the ice spikes surrounding our position. Todoroki kept looking towards me like he was looking for something. Looks like he was searching for my weakness or wanted to find some gap in my defense.

"Times up! The second round is now over! Now let's reveal the top four teams to make it into the last round!" Midnight shouted as the screen behind her revealed the results of the match.

1) Team Reo

2) Team Todoroki

3) Team Bakugo

4) Team Shinso

I climbed down from Eijirou's shoulder who also stopped using his Quirk. Soon the three of us were surrounded by our classmates to congratulate us.

"Hey! Reo, congratulations on your win" Mina exclaimed happily.

"Yeah, even if you only defended, but it was still awesome to watch that" Jiro said to me, looking slightly relieved. Was she thinking that I would attack her or the others like I did in the USJ? Don't know... maybe I will ask Momo later.

"You bastard! Are you just too scared to fight?!" A purple-faced Bakugo appeared. I don't even know what he is on about... didn't he just attack me during the game? So is he angry that I didn't fight back or Todoroki interrupted us?

"Calm down Bakugo!" Eijirou tried to calm him down.

"Calm down?! This asshole was just mocking me while he just stood inside his wall along with you" Bakugo yelled out loud, causing the other contestants to look towards us.

He is really angering me now... why the hell was I even worried about this fucker. Fine, he wants to fight me... then so be it. Each time they tried to get a confrontation out of me I always steered them away or laughed it off but I don't think it would work anymore. I need to make an example of Bakugo.

"I didn't fight back because if I did you would have ended up with a broken bone or a missing limb" I declared shocking everyone around me. They weren't shocked because of my words but they were shocked because of the tone I used. Other times, I just sounded like a boy filled with charisma and passion. But now I sounded completely cold-hearted.

I didn't even wait for his reply and walked away... I have been stupid for so long. I thought that I could stop the confrontation if I just avoided them. Yeah I know I made a lot of comments and made fun of them inside my mind but I didn't antagonize them openly because I didn't want myself to be roped into some juvenile stuff like this. Now... I know that I have been too naive. They still treat me like their enemy like I killed their dog. So be it... I will break him in the third round.

After all, 'Peace was Never an Option'.

I started to walk towards the washroom to clear my mind. I will do what I have decided because Bakugo needed to be taught a session which his parents failed to teach him and that was HUMILITY... I will crush all his pride and arrogance and show him how pathetic he is.

"Was that really necessary?" I heard Momo voice from behind me.

"Yes... I wasn't the one who started the fight" I told her, my voice was now back to somewhat normal.

"So what are you going to do with him? I know you will be fighting against him" Momo asked me looking slightly concerned.

"I will show him his place..." I told her. I don't want to go into the details but I know that she will understand...

Chapter 19 - UA Sports Festival (V)... {EDITED}

[POV Reo]

After the fiasco with Bakugo, again we gathered in front of the stage for the next announcement. I could feel that Bakugo was still glaring daggers at me... if glares could kill then I would have been dead a few times over. Well... since he can't kill me with his glaring, I decided to ignore his glare. At least I could allow him to enjoy the rest of the time before I beat the shit out of him.

This time it was very different from what happened in the canon as only 11 students have gathered together, I, Denki, Eijirou from my team. Todoroki, Momo, Iida, and Tsuyu from team Todoroki. Bakugo, Mina, Hanta Sero, and Mezo Shoji from team Bakugo. I decided to look around and my eyes landed on Izuku, he looked like he was about to break down.

His team didn't even qualify, so he thought that he had let down All Might. Honestly, I don't feel sorry for him, nor did I felt bad that my team took his team's place and I won't care even the slightest. True I wanted to face Izuku's One For All, but it won't be happening today I guess.

"Now that all of you are here, it's time to present the final event!" Midnight yelled into the mic.

But before she could continue any longer Mashirao Ojiro and Nirengeki Shoda decided to withdraw from the tournament. They spouted the same tripe they had spouted in the canon and like in the canon Midnight called them naive. I honestly agree with her, yes, of course, I will also hate to be manipulated and brainwashed by someone else but I will try to take revenge and if that is not possible then I would try to prove that I am better than him by getting a higher position than him.

Then Midnight announced that because Mashirao Ojiro and Nirengeki Shoda resigned from the tournament their place was going to be taken by Ibara Shiozaki & Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu. And Izuku Midoriya was also going to join the final event because of the odd number of contestants. Look like Izuku is still going to get a chance to fight. Looks like All Might might have pulled some strings or Izuku was born under a fucking Lucky Star.

"Now that we are done with the unimportant things... let's start with the matchups!" Midnight announced loudly which made the crowd cheer. The screen behind her rolled through a dozen of possibilities before settling on a 1v1 tournament. "And now, here are the matchups!" Midnight exclaimed dramatically.

FIRST ROUND

1) Izuku Midoriya VS Hitoshi Shinso

2) Shoto Todoroki VS Hanta Sero

3) Denki Kiminari VS Ibara Shiozaki

4) Itsuki Reo VS Mezo Shoji

5) Tenya Iida VS Yuga Aoyama

6) Mina Ashido VS Momo Yaoyorozu

7) Eijirou Kirishima VS Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

8) Tsuyu Asui VS Katsuki Bakugo

I have to say I am quite pleased with these matchups. I would have hated to fight against any of the strong ones in the first rounds. After all, if strong opponents fight in the first round then it will ruin the fun.

All of the other contestants were sent to the stands where their class would be sitting. I sat beside Momo, she looked pretty nervous so I just held her hand. She somewhat relaxed and gave me a bright smile.

So the first three fights were exactly the same as the canon and the winners were also the same. Izuku won the 1st match, the 2nd match was won by Shoto Todoroki, and the 3rd match was won by Ibara Shiozaki.

Finally, my name was announced along with Mezo Shoji's name by Midnight. The next fight was between the two of us. Both of us climbed the huge arena.

"Now, on one side we have Itsuki Reo from Class 1-A, who won the last two rounds with ease" Present Mic yelled into the mic and the crowd started to cheer.

"And on the other side we have Mezo Shoji from Class 1-A, can he prove himself to be a dark horse in this tournament?" Present Mic announced and got a somewhat similar effect when he announced my name.

"Are you two ready?" Present Mic asked us and both of us nodded our heads then he immediately yelled out "START".

The metal particles which I left at the place where Cavalry Battle took place rushed towards me in an instant. Shoji was also heading towards me, well he is really disadvantaged against me since he is a close-range fighter. Mezo finally reached me but now I was surrounded by my metal sand.

He punched towards me which was blocked by the wall of metal dust. The wall didn't even budge but the ground below the wall cracked. 'Damn! Is he trying to kill me?'. If that punch had connected with me then my head would have painted the stage...

I didn't give him any chance to back out and the metal sand snaked around his hand. This gave me enough chance to put him out, the metal sand immediately rushed up to his legs and gripped strongly around his legs and body. Soon his whole body along with his hands were covered by metal sand but I didn't go near him. I have absolute trust in my Quirk but to be honest I don't want to get surprised.

"Please surrender, you can't fight any longer" I told him but didn't seem to get any reaction from him. He still tried to move a few times before he finally released a sigh.

"I surrender, you win" he finally said and I could feel that he had relaxed his body.

"Mezo Shoji surrenders! Itsuki Reo advances to next round!" This time it was Midnight who announced while cracking her whip and the crowd went crazy.

After Midnight's announcement, I let him go and both of us shook each other hands. By the time we were in the stands, the 5th match was announced. Tenya Iida VS Yuga Aoyama, in canon, Yuga fought against Mina and Ilda fought against Mei. This fight also ended quickly with Tenya Iida's win.

After that, the sixth fight took place, the fight was between Mina Ashido and Momo Yaoyorozu. This was also a quick fight with Momo's win. The 7th fight was exactly the same as the canon. The match was a draw.

For the final fight Tsuyu Asui VS, Katsuki Bakugo were called into the arena, I have to say Tsuyu tried her best but she was really disadvantaged against Bakugo. After trying a lot, she surrendered. After that, there was a tie-breaker between Eijirou Kirishima and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (the oddest name I have ever heard). It was an arm-wrestling match which was won by Eijiorou. So with that, we had 8 participants.

With that, the first round was finally over and we were given a 10 minutes break before 2nd rounds matchups would be done. The break was over in an instant and we were gathered in front of Midnight, again. Not that I am complaining.

"Now that the break is over, let's see the matchups for the 2nd round" The screen behind her flashed again and showed many matchups. Finally, it came to a stop and showed the results.

SECOND ROUND

1) Shoto Todoroki VS Tenya Ilda

2) Ibara Shiozaki VS Momo Yaoyorozu

3) Itsuki Reo VS Izuku Midoriya

4) Eijirou Kirishima VS Katsuki Bakugo

Sooo... I would be fighting that creepy stalker. Damn... now if I beat him then he would also become obsessed with me... it's not like he isn't right now. Fuck... I don't care any longer I will whop his ass no matter what.

So, except for Todoroki and Iida who headed towards the arena, the rest of us returned to the stands. I looked at my side towards Momo. I know that she didn't have much chance against that pirated version of Hashirama but I would still support her. I am ashamed that I can't think that she could win but sometimes facts were facts.

This time the fight took some time. Todoroki was unable to hit Iida successfully because of his speed but after some time Todoroki started to move too instead of standing at one place and got Iida from the side. So, with that, the first match was over. Ibara and Momo were called into the arena for the 2nd match.

Before she went I wished her 'best of luck', then I turned around to look at Izuku who didn't look so good. Is... is he losing control of his bowels? Then I don't even want to be near him when he does that... or is he simply nervous? Honestly, I don't want to know.

Then I turned my head towards the arena, Momo and Ibara were ready to fight. As soon as the 'START' signal was given, Ibara covered herself with her trees and they immediately rushed towards Momo.

Well just like I had imagined Momo lost the fight. She tried hard but her Quirk wasn't a good match to go against Ibara's Quirk. Momo made blades from her Quirk so that she could cut off the vines made by Ibara... but Ibara finally got her from behind, when she wrapped her vines around Momo's legs. I knew she would be slightly depressed so I went towards the arena to meet her even before my name was announced.

Soon, I found her near the entrance "Are you okay?" I asked her.

"Yes, she was really good. I didn't even have a chance" Momo said with a smile on her face. The smile wasn't fake so she might not be that sad.

"You gave it your all and you should be proud of that" I gave her a hug and kissed her forehead. I heard my name being announced so I got out of the hug.

"Best of luck" Momo said and gave me a small kiss on the lips and walked away.

I walked up to the arena and found Izuku was already there. How the fuck did that midget even got there before me?

Chapter 20 - UA Sports Festival (VI)

I looked over to Izuku and sensed that my metal dust were stashed down the corner of the arena. Good thing that I stashed it before I left after the previous match. I don't want anyone to throw it out... maybe I should also start carrying a gourd or something similar like Gaara.

"On one side we have Itsuki Reo from Class 1-A who finished his previous fight with complete ease" Present Mic yelled and I noticed Midnight was making cow eyes at me. I would take that as she is wishing me good luck.

"On the other side we have Izuku Midoriya who is also from Class 1-A with a mysterious strength Quirk! Now let's see who comes on top between these two!" Present Mic yelled in the Mic and the crowd exploded in cheers. Well the audience seems to be pretty excited.

"Are you two ready?" this time Midnight asked us. Both me and Izuku nodded our heads. "Then START" Midnight yelled and with that the fight started.

Izuku really has a good head on his shoulders, he immediately tried to get closer to me but as he saw the metal sand have already reached me so he jumped at the side. Then he kept moving in zig-zag form around me, trying to get closer to me. I don't even want to know how the hell did he get that fucking idea... but honestly it too stupid.

I was completely bored and was unimpressed with his try, is this the best he could have planned against me? Some metal sand rose from my side and rushed towards Izuku. I was sure that, I was going to catch him but by a hair's difference I missed. What...? I know how good my aim is... so that's what's happening. By moving from side to side he is keeping his momentum which he could use to dodge the attack.

Well... it was still the worst strategy he could have used... another volley of metal sand rushed towards him but this time it was going towards where he was going to land. He also knew that his pathetic gig was up and he was caught, if the fear had anything to say which marred his face.

Before he could even land, the metal sand gripped his leg in vice grip. Izuku knew that his chance was gone now. He immediately chanelled One For All, in the foot and was able to successfully break away from the grip but using One For All didn't bode too well of him. His left leg was completely useless now, because it was broken.

All of the metal sand I had rushed towards him, this game was getting pretty bored too soon. But Izuku someone managed to dodge my metal two times before he was surrounded from all the sides. Izuku didn't wait any longer and channeled One For All in his right hand and punched the wall of metal sand which was closing in on him. The wall immediately split apart due to the force of the punch. The ground beneath us was also ripped apart due to the immense force of the punch. Another wall rose up in front of me and stopped the attack completely before coming in my direction.

After Izuku attack was nullified, all the metal sand was dropped on the ground. Izuku was clutching his right arm with his left hand. It was broken too... he was now breadthing heavily. I wasn't even slightly winded. The next instant before he could even blonl the metal sand rose up from the ground and rushed towards him all again. Izuku tried to dodge but he was caught at the first try. He chanelled One For All in his left arm and was able to free his left arm before it was again engulfed by the metal sand. He wasn't able to oppose anyone before his whole body was engulfed in metal sand upto his neck.

"There is no way you can continue this fight any longer! Give up!" I told him. I know he is too stubborn to give up or too stupid to understand his situation. He kept trying to free himself but the metal sand didn't even budge. I just waited there, so that he could finally understand his situation. But he kept trying and trying... well I guess I waited enough... the metal sand coccon rose up in the air went out of the bounds and dropped Izuku out of the bounds.

"Izuku Midoriya is out of the bounds giving the win to Itsuki Reo" by the time Midnight did the announcement I was already leaving the arena. Ten crowd exploded in another bout pf cheer because they got to see this exciting fight. I have to agree that Izuku was the one who gave me the best fight... even though I wasn't trying that hard. Honestly, I didn't need to... So I finally reached the stand.

By that time Eijirou and Bakugo were already in the arena. Their match was similar to what happened in canon. Bakugo won the match gaining his position in top 4. Depending if his next fight is with Ibara then he would be moving up to the finals too.

[With UA Staff]

"The fights were pretty good" a teacher spoke.

Aizawa was thinking about Izuku who was taken to the infirmary for his treatment. The kid had enough determination but he was too stupid to know when he had lost. That stupidity might even cost him his life someday. Aizawa would be teaching that to him the first when classes resumes.

[With Reo's Parents]

"I don't have anything to say anymore, I could happily say that I got the best son I could hope for" Shomei wiped his eye to stop the tears of happiness.

"Don't be dramatic but I will say that after he wins the tournament" Ai said with full determination.

"You are right, honey" Shomei said and pulled Ai towrads him.

[With the Pro-Heroes]

"I think that Reo kid is going to win"

"He will be getting a lot of offers from a lot of heroes"

"Too true, I myself will offer him internship"

While all this conversation was going on a certain red-head hero was seething in anger.

[Back with Reo]

After another short-break the 4 of us were again gathered in front of Midnight. "Now, with the 4 remaining contestants we are are going to have the semi-finals! Now, let's check the matchups!" Midnight screamed into the mic and the screen behind her flsahed a few times with our names. "And here we have the matchups for the semi-finals!"

SEMI-FINALS

1) Shoto Todoroki VS Itsuki Reo

2) Katsuki Bakugo VS Ibara Shiozaki

Just like I had imagined... Bakugo will be going to the finals. I don't see him losing against Ibara and if he loses then honestly he isn't even worth my time.

So now, both Todoroki and me could be seen climbing the arena from different sides.

"From one side we have the ruler of metals from Class 1-A, Itsuki Reo!" Midnight yelled in utter joy. Crowd also cheered after my name was announced.

"And from the other side the emperor of ice & fire also from Class 1-A, Shoto Todoroki" Midnight yelled into the mic. Todoroki didn't seem happy when fire was mentioned along with his name. In the canon I saw Izuku made Todoroki get the stick out of his ass so he would also use fire but I won't be doing that. Why would I? It wasn't my responsibility to deal with someone's trauma.

"Are you both ready?" this time it was Present Mic who asked us and both of us nodded. "Then START" with that the match was a go and Todoroki launched a glacier towards me which was stopped by my metal sand again attacked me but this time it was from another direction, but before it could even come near me a spike made of metal sand shatted the ice attack. The previous attack which was stooped by my metal sand was also shattered.

The metal sand rose up like a sea wave and rushed towards Todoroki who used an ice wall to stop the wave but it wasn't enough. The ice wall was shattered like glass. Todoroki was even more determined and launched another volley of ice attack towards the wave of metal sand. This time Todoroki attack was huge and was able to freeze off the whole wave.

"My Ice is better than your metal" Todoroki looked at me in a mocking style. Is he that stupid? And why does he need to do that?

I was somehow glad that I didn't had that attitude and thank my previous life for that. The ice Todoroki created which froze my metal sand broke apart, metal sand spilled out of the cracks and rushed twoards Todoroki.

This time I rose up my hand and the metal sand became more faster, before Todoroki could frezze them, the sand was reaching him. This made him dodge the attacks and run around. He could no longer create any ice attacks because if he did the metal sand immediately reaches him. He knew what would happen once if they grab hold of you once...

So just like this the battle continued... (Let's see what happens on the next episode of Drag *cough*cough* A Mutant's Ascension)