Chapter 36: The Deku vs. the Dual Quirk user

Onboard the Death Egg, Eggman, and his minions were preparing for the fight of the year. Their target, Izuku was about to face Todoroki. They watched on the screen to see the opponents in the ring, staring at one another with serious looks while Present Mic's Voice was heard.

"This is going to be an awesome fight. I wonder if that Izuku kid finds a way to get through that other kid's Quirk?" Scratch asked.

"The kid's Ice Quirk froze that other person he faced in the last round and it ended in seconds." Grounder said.

"I think that Izuku's kid has an idea. Remember he does have the Chaos Emerald." Decoe said, seeing the boy already activated the emerald. "Look, he just activated the emerald. Maybe he does have a plan after all."

"You can tell by his face he looks very serious," Bocoe said, seeing Izuku's serious look and the green aura around his body.

"He better hopes he pulls it out. The other boy is very stronger with that Ice Quirk. Remember, he came close at beating him in the Calvary Battle until Sonic jumped in and save the day." Orbot said.

"Either way, this should be a great fight," Cubot said when Eggman spoke.

"It may be a great fight. But there's one problem." He explained. "You notice throughout this tournament that Todoroki kid has been using his Ice Quirk. The boy has another Quirk and it's a Fire Type Quirk. Thanks to Snively, he just researched, the boy and found out that he's the father of the Number Two Hero." The screen in front of them, changes to the picture of Endeavor.

"Whoa! That person's on fire!" Coconuts yelled as a wrench was thrown at his head.

"Idiot! That's his costume with half of his body on fire!" Eggman yelled. "The hero's name is Endeavor and he's the son of the boy facing Izuku."

"That's interesting. A father whose Quirk is made of fire." Orbot said, examining the screen. "But if he's that boy's father and he has a Fire Quirk type, then why is the son using an Ice Quirk type?"

"Turns out the boy's mother has an Ice Quirk," Snively said, looking at his electronic tablet of information. "And it appears that the father and mother have divorced years ago. There are also questions about why the boy has a red mark on his left eye. Still don't know how that happened."

"Must be a rough family that boy went through," Decoe said.

"Still a ton of questions about why the boy keeps using his Ice Quirk. Either way will find more about in the future. You never know, he might use his Fire Quirk in this match. Speaking of the match, it's about to get underway. Everyone, sit down and enjoy the show. This one should be good." Eggman said, grabbing a bucket of popcorn to watch the match.

Others did the same as they were ready for the match that was about to begin in mere seconds.

Flashback

Years ago, a Young Todoroki was crying with a woman with long white hair and a soft smile on her face, pulling him in her arms to comfort him. She strokes his hair before she spoke to him.

"Honey… do you still want to be a hero?" She asked as the boy look up at her. "Just remember… stay true to yourself."

Todoroki's POV

"I have forgotten… so much of what she said in those days." He said.

End Flashback and POV

Back in the stadium, the crowd roared as the first match of the Round of 16 was about to get underway. Both Izuku and Todoroki look at one another in the ring with serious looks, eager to get at one another. Everyone in the stadium, from the Class 1-A, 1-B, and the Freedom Fighters section where Iida, Uraraka, Momo, & Kendo were nervous for Izuku. Bakugo sat there with a serious look to see how this goes. Sonic and Shadow look on with serious looks, ready to see both boys bringing their fight. To the heroes' seats where Cream, Cheese, and Toshinori were nervous to see what was expected from this match. And in the seats, Endeavor stood with his arms cross, leaning on the wall expecting to see how his son would do. Especially if he does use his left side.

"It's the first match of the Round of 16! These two heroes in training have knocked heads before but a certain green-haired boy has found ways to pull it out at the end! It's Izuku Midoriya!" Present Mic yelled as the crowd roared.

"He'll start using an Ice Attack. The same attack he did against Tetsutetsu." the boy thought, activating the Chaos Emerald.

"Versus… Shoto Todoroki!" Present Mic yelled as the crowd roared again.

"I can't allow him to use that power too much. Including the emerald, he has activated just now." He thought, referring to Izuku's Quirk.

"With that begin said, let the match… BEGIN!" Present Mic yelled.

[Music Insert: Your Betrayal by Bullet for my Valentine]

The battle got underway as Todoroki went first by activating his Ice Quirk with his foot. The ice spreads towards his opponent, the same tactic he did against Tetsutetsu during his last match. This time, Izuku wasn't going to be trapped. He holds his right arm, locking his fingers on his right hand with red vines appearing. "Deleware… SMASH!" He yelled, flicking his fingers, sending a big shockwave towards Todoroki's Quirk. The ice was shattering to tiny pieces. Todoroki shields his face with his arms, trying to avoid both the wind and ice flying everywhere.

At the same time, the shockwave mixed in with cold air where the crowd was feeling the cold air win all over the stadium.

"It's freezing!" Vector yelled.

"Here I'm thinking we're back in IceCap Zone!" Tails said noticing Sonic and Shadow still stood on the wind. Not a care in the world the wind and the ice came flying towards them. Both hedgehogs were focused on the match.

"Are you guys don't care that the air is getting cold?" Amy asked, yelling at both hedgehogs.

"They don't care about it one bit! They're so focused on this match!" Knuckles yelled when a chunk of ice was coming towards them. "Incoming!"

"I'll take care of it!" Blaze yelled, using his Fire to melt the ice quickly.

"Good shot, Blaze!" Rogue said as Knuckles turn to the Class Section. "Everyone, okay?"

"We're fine! Looks like the wind is dying down!" Iida yelled as the wind died down.

"It's freezing as hell!" Mineta yelled as he and Kaminari were shivering, comically.

"Y-Y-You don't say!" the Lightning Quirk user said.

Back in the ring, Todoroki lowered his arms down after the shockwave by his opponent. A small ice wall was formed behind him, preventing him from flying out of the ring. He looked with a glare to see Izuku let a sigh where cold air blew a little from his mouth. His finger he uses to snap his finger wasn't broken thanks to the Chaos Emerald, protecting him from any broken bones while using the emerald at the same time.

"That emerald is protecting him. It's making him stronger. I have to find a way to get to that emerald, take it away from him and maybe he'll be powerless without it." Todoroki thought.

"No broken bones after that attack. That's great news. But Todoroki is going to find other plans to attack. Izuku better is ready for whatever it comes." Sonic thought, observing the fight.

"This is my first seeing how Izuku uses the Quirk All Might gave him. Amazing how it works along with the Chaos Emerald at the same time. I guess there's a reason why Sonic gave him the emerald. He could be the Protector of Earth to save his planet from Eggman." Shadow thought when he saw Todoroki does the same attack. "Here comes another attack."

Todoroki uses his Ice Quirk with the same attack. Izuku quickly did the Delaware Smash attack again, snapping his fingers with another shockwave. The attack shattered the ice again. The stadium got cold again by the wind mixing both cold and ice flying everywhere. Todoroki shields his arms again from the wind and ice. But what he didn't notice at the same time, Izuku curls himself into a ball, doing a Spin Dash attack towards him to go for the quick ending. The Dual Quirk user lowers his arms to see him coming. He quickly uses his quirk to create an Ice Wall, shielding him from any attack coming towards him. However, with the Spin Dash, Izuku smashed that wall which shocked Todoroki. He quickly moves to the right, dodging the attack.

"Wow! He's just like when we do Spin Dashes!" Knuckles yelled.

"That Todoroki guy has to be shock thinking that creating an Ice Wall would help him from any attacks!" Tails yelled.

"You go, Midori!" Mina yelled, excitedly.

"Midori?" Amy asked, looking to Class 1-A.

"It's a nickname we give to Midoriya and it's a nice name," Hakagure said.

"Oh, I get it. So that means your lovers to him?" Amy asked as the girls flinched.

"No! We're just friends!" Mina yelled, trying to hide her blush.

"Everyone needs to focus on the match! This is important right now!" Sonic yelled as Momo joined in.

"That's right. Izuku's in a situation he's facing a tougher opponent. Even if Todoroki's in our class." She said as Tetsutetsu yelled.

"Heads up, Midoriya! He's doing it again!" the Iron Quirk user yelled.

Todoroki did the same attack again. Spreading the ice towards Izuku. The boy uncurled himself by doing Delaware Smash again. Breaking the incoming ice with another snap on his fingers. The boy landed on the ground with his feet. He glared at his opponent, breathing hard from all that ice he used.

"How long will he continue this attack? He should find another move. I know for a fact he won't use his left side. But I'm going to try forcing him to do it." Izuku thought, looking at his fingers. "My fingers didn't break with use One for All. That's good. But I must keep an eye on the emerald. I already remember what happened at USJ when I was fighting that Nomu. I didn't pay attention when the emerald lost all that power. Can't let that happen while I'm fighting."

"Deku's dodging everything attack from Todoroki's Quirk," Ochako said.

"Izuku's maybe trying to force Todoroki to use his left side," Momo said.

"You think he'll use his left side?" Kendo asked.

"It's only a matter of time unless he gets bored by using that same attack," Momo said.

"I'm not sure about it. Todoroki's not been bored using the same attack in the other rounds of this festival. Including during Combat Training, Quirk Assessment Test, and the USJ Incident. Unless something happens, Midoriya may have a shot at winning this. Unless Midoriya makes one big mistake." Iida said.

"Either way, I think it will happen. Trust me. Izuku may have a plan in hand." Momo said.

"I hope you're right," Ochako said.

Back in the Heroes' seat, Toshinori was impressed on how his successor was hanging on in this fight. Not a single bone broke while using One for All with the help of the Chaos Emerald. He was impressed by how Izuku can crush through the ice as Cream notice the same attacks Sonic would do in the past.

"Mr. Izuku is just like Mr. Sonic! Using the Spin Dash like many of the Freedom Fighters would do in the past against Dr. Eggman!" the rabbit said.

"Chao." Cheese said.

"Young Midoriya been outstanding so far. Using my Quirk to deflect the ice away from him. Plus, as Cream said, he's using the same tactic as Sonic would do in the past. Must be this kind of training he's done before I even met him. Guess that Chaos Emerald does come in the handle. But he needs to be careful, don't drain out much energy from the emerald. We all know what happen last night. It would be a disadvantage for him if the emerald turns black." Toshinori thought as he looks on at the match.

In the seats, the Shiketsu Students and the Big 3 were observing the fight. They were amazed by how Izuku would use a snap of his finger to destroy ice coming towards his way.

"Amazing on how he would do that!" Nejire said in excitement.

"It's that emerald the boy has. He's making him stronger to do whatever he can from making sure his opponent doesn't spread the ice towards him." Mirio said, seeing the emerald in Izuku's back pocket light up.

"You can see the boy's reaction. No fear during this fight. He's determined he wants to win this." Seiji said, seeing the look on the boy's face.

"I'm surprised Midoriya is not shivering from that cold air we're getting," Camie said, wrapping her arms around herself to get warm as she notices Inasa had that serious look at the ring. "Is he okay?"

"Come on, Midoriya. Beat Endeavor's Son. I want his father to be embarrassed." He thought, clenching his fist.

"You want an endurance match," Todoroki said, getting in his fighting stance. "That emerald is helping your out as Sonic mentioned. But I'll end this quickly!"

He uses his Ice Quirk again, spreading it towards Izuku as he uses Delaware Smash again to break the ice apart.

"He's been using the same attack! Is he going to run towards me or keep attacking me with the same attack?" He thought when he saw Todoroki created an ice hill by running on it, making his move to attack him. "He's making his move now! He's going try to attack me from above!"

Izuku does Delaware Smash again by snapping his fingers, destroying the ice hill Todoroki made. But the Dual Quirk user jumped off it at the last second. He quickly uses his right hand to trap his opponent with his Quirk. Izuku looked up by doing Delaware Smash again, sending his opponent a little upward. He quickly jumped in by doing a somersault kick. He uses his right leg, releasing a thin green wave on Todoroki's chest, slamming him on the ground hard, making a sized impact with rocks and ice flying everywhere.

"WOW! Midoriya lands a big kick on his opponent! He may have gotten the knockout punch right here! This could end it!" Present Mic yelled.

"Izuku, make sure you end it! Hurry up!" Sonic yelled.

"Todoroki, wake up because he's going to end it!" Shadow yelled, causing Sonic, the Freedom Fighters, and the students to look at him in surprise.

Izuku prepares for a Stomp Attack on his opponent by launching himself to hit his opponent very hard. However, Todoroki lifts his right hand, activating his Ice Quirk by spreading the ice upward, catching Izuku's legs within seconds before he did the attack. It caught Izuku by surprise. But the ice was spreading more, trying to trap him from moving everywhere.

"Todoroki is about to trap Izu in the ice. Ribbit." Tsuyu said, worrying for the boy.

"If he doesn't find a way to get out, Midoriya will be in big trouble!" Hiryu yelled.

"This is not good!" Setsuna yelled.

"Izuku, find a way to get out of the ice!" Sonic yelled before turning to Shadow. "Are you rooting for Todoroki or Izuku?"

The cinnamon bun activates One for All again. Instead of doing Delaware Smash, the red vines were appearing around his left arm. Forming his fist, he was ready to deliver another attack to escape from the ice. "Detroit… SMASH!" He yelled, slamming his fist on the ice, creating a bigger shockwave. The ice shattered everywhere from his attack with enough wind blowing everywhere in the stadium.

"Heads up!" Knuckles yelled, smashing a couple of ice heading their way. Blaze uses her fire to melt the ice and Vector punches a couple of ice with Big doing the same

"Almost looks like my Quirk when he punches like that!" Kendo yelled, activating her Quirk from shielding both Class 1-A and 1-B from the wind once it died down. She deactivated her Quirk before returning to her seat.

"At least Izuku escaped from the Ice!" Momo said, seeing the boy standing on the ring breathing a sigh of relief.

"With that attack, he may have sent Todoroki out of the ring!" Kirishima yelled, looking around for the other boy.

"Not quite," Shadow said as the cold air cleared, seeing Todoroki still in the ring with the ice wall behind him, protecting him from flying out. "That ice wall he made is protecting him from not flying from the ring. Good idea."

"Looks like we're in for a long match," Sonic said, seeing the emerald in Izuku's back pocket. "Just hoping that emerald doesn't turn black. Or he'll be in big trouble."

[Music End]

"That was much more powerful than your previous attacks," Todoroki said, moving some of the ice out of his way. "You're trying to keep me away. Smart."

"There's gotta be another way to beat him. I Have to admit, he's giving me everything he can with how much strong that Ice Quirk is." Izuku thought, seeing his opponent standing, breathing cold air from his mouth. "His judgment, mobility, reasoning, all of his abilities… are incredible."

"Is there anything Midoriya can do?" Shoda asked.

"He broke through every ice attack like a badass. He can just for the finisher." Awase said.

"Unless there's something Midoriya's thinking." Hiryu said. "Remember, he came close at beating him with a stomp attack, but Todoroki is a smart opponent. Remember, he is the son of the Number Two Hero."

"What?" Tetsutetsu asked with a surprised look. "You mean that Icy guy is the son of Endeavor?"

"Now we know why he got in through recommendations as Yaomomo did. Being the son of the Number Two Hero is very impressive." Kendo said.

"I still think Midoriya can win," Yui said.

"I agree with Yui," Setsuna said.

"Come on, Deku. Think of something to win this match." Ochako said.

"The nerd has the upper hand. Unless Todoroki has another idea." Jirou said.

"Have to admit, Todoroki giving Izuku a great fight. I know he doesn't want to end this quick." Sonic said. Noticing something from Todoroki's right arm. "He's shivering? No way. All that Ice he uses on Izuku is making him shiver." A grin flashed on his face. "Something tells me he got this."

"What's the matter?" Todoroki asked towards his opponent. "Are you really that wore out from defending against me?"

"You're the one who talks. I've been ready since this happened." Izuku answered when he notices Sonic giving him signals by pointing fingers towards his opponent. The boy looked and notice his right arm was shaking. "He's shaking. His Quirk is catching up with him. I want to take my chances of going for an attack. But not yet. I have to think of something."

"I'm sorry about this. But thanks for drawing it out." Todoroki said before looking up to the seats to see Endeavor watching with a disappointing look. "Look at him. His furious I'm not using his power."

Izuku notice Endeavor watching the battle when something came up in his head. An idea of remembering what Todoroki said in the tunnel. "That's it. I think I got an idea. It won't be pretty, but I think it will work." He thought, glaring at his opponent.

Sonic and Shadow look up to see the Number Two Hero watching. "You know he isn't happy at what he's seeing." the blue hedgehog said.

"Because his son isn't using his left side. That what that old man is waiting on." Shadow said, looking back at the match. "So far, he isn't happy because his son is being outdueled by Izuku. Unless he wants to use his left side, he better starts thinking of something."

"Either way, I don't have time for this. Even if that emerald is helping you out, I did say I'm planning on winning this tournament with this Quirk. Until then, it's time to end this." Todoroki activates his Quirk again sending a megaton ice wall towards his opponent for the finish.

"Todoroki's going to end this!" Kirishima yelled.

"Midori's in big trouble!" Mina worried.

"If he doesn't find a way to attack back…" Tsuyu said.

"Then Deku's going to lose," Ochako said, getting worried.

"Hurry up and move!" Kendo yelled as Momo got up from her seat.

"IZUKU!" She yelled from her seat.

Once the ice was getting closer, Izuku flashed a grin, just like Sonic. "I'm not done yet!" He yelled when the Chaos Emerald glowed brighter. "DELAWARE… SMASH!" He flicked his fingers, sending a big shockwave forward. The force of the impact destroys the ice. Todoroki flinched, using his arms to shield himself from the attack. His body forcing him his boots to slide on the ground, towards the end of the ring. At the last second, he created another ice wall, blocking his chance to be eliminated from the round.

The shockwave lasted within seconds for the boy to recover from that attack.

"Why are you going this far?" He asked, getting up to see his opponent. He was shocked to see something he didn't expect.

From Class 1-A, 1-B, the Freedom Fighters, Shiketsu Students, Big 3, Endeavor, Hatsume, Shinso, and Toshinori. They were stunned by not only seeing Izuku angry but around the boy's body, red vine-like lines courses throughout his body that coincides with the energy flowing through him with a bright green aura much like the Chaos Emerald would do. This one was very different.

"No way," Ochako said with a shocked face.

"What is that kind of power?" Iida asked, adjusting his glasses with a surprising look.

Bakugo got up from his seat to see his former friend's power. A shock looked form to a little anger. "What the hell is this power? Is Deku messing with me? Is he trying to get in my head by showing off this power?" Damn it!" He thought.

"I've never seen anything like this!" Kendo yelled

"What is this, Izuku? Is this your true Quirk?" Momo thought with a surprised look.

"That is so crazy!" Kaminari yelled.

"Todoroki's has to be scared now!" Mineta yelled.

"This is so awesome!" Hakagure yelled.

"Midori may have a shot after all!" Mina yelled.

Tails heard a beeping sound. He pulled out his Miles Electric to see the energy going off and the data going up the charts. "No way!" He yelled. "Izuku is stronger than anything we've seen! And it's not coming from the emerald!"

"Could it be his Quirk then?" Knuckles asked.

"It could be." Tails said.

"And the emerald is brighter!" Espio said.

"Never seen anything like this." Silver said.

Sonic was surprised by the power that was seeing by Izuku. He quickly ran out of his section. Within seconds, he arrived at the Heroes Seat where Cream and Cheese greeted him. The other heroes and the principal saw the hedgehog arrived where Sonic saw Toshinori looking with a surprising look.

"Mr. Sonic! Do you see that?" Cream asked as the hedgehog past her.

"All Might, do you see this?" He asked, standing next to the hero.

"It has to be One for All. I've never seen anything like this before." He answered. "It almost like something unleashed it to happen."

"Unless the Chaos Emerald read his mind as it would do," Sonic said.

"I'm not sure. But this is interesting." Toshinori said.

In the seats, the Shiketsu Students and Big 3 were surprised by the power Izuku just created.

"It's amazing," Tamiki said with a surprised look.

"Who would've thought a kind of power like this the boy would unleash," Seiji said.

"I wonder what that Todoroki person is thinking now?" Mirio asked.

"The more ice he uses, it's not working. Midoriya can just for the win now." Camie said as Inasa jumped up from his seat.

"LET'S GO, MIDORIYA! KICK HIS ASS!" He yelled as the others were surprised.

"Whoa! What's gotten to him?" Nejire asked.

"He was all silent throughout with a serious look. Now he's all fired up." Camie said.

"Wonder what's Inasa's problem? He wants that Todoroki person to lose. But for what?" Seiji asked.

Onboard the Death Egg, Eggman, and his minions were amazed by the power Izuku was getting around his body. The data and information were going up the roof on the screen like everything was getting haywire.

"How in the world he got that kind of power?" Cubot asked.

"One minute he was about to be frozen only for something unleashed in him," Decoe said.

"You don't think it's the Chaos Emerald? The readings from it are going up the roof." Snively said, looking at the screen.

"It has to be from the Quirk All Might gave the boy. Very interesting to see how this plays out." Eggman said, looking to Todoroki. "If I'm him, he better just uses his Fire Quirk to gain momentum on his side."

In the League of Villains Hideout, Shigaraki looks on with a surprising look seeing his target on screen with much more power. His eyes were on the Chaos Emerald, seeing it again like back at USJ where the boy took on the Nomu. The phone rang from the computer as he quickly answered it.

"You're watching this, Shigaraki?" the same voice from earlier asked.

"Yes, Master… that boy just unleashed a strong power." He said.

"You mentioned about the emerald the boy has against the Nomu. I'm seeing it for the first time. Never would've thought it would make the boy this strong. This is going to be interesting." the voice said.

"Indeed," Shigaraki said, observing the screen. "So, I guess emerald does make you stronger? I guess it'll be nice to have that to myself."

Back in the ring, Todoroki stood up to see his opponent with his new power. He was surprised to see how it would appear after Izuku uses his fingers to crush the ice with his shockwave. He sees the red-vines lines all over the boy's body. The green aura was very brighter than the Chaos Emerald despite the emerald sharing that power to make him stronger. His head was down, with the shadow of his hair covering his eyes.

"What is this, Midoriya? Are you trying to intimidate me with it?" He asked but no response from the boy. "Why are you not responding? Answer me right now!" No response again as Todoroki was getting very angry. "Fine! If you don't say anything, I'll end this right now!"

He was ready to activate his Ice Quirk again until Izuku appeared in front of him within a second, delivering a big punch to his stomach. The pain was so much it cause him to cough blood out from his mouth. His body hung downward with Izuku's body holding him. The boy's fist was still on his stomach.

"You're trembling, Todoroki." Izuku finally responded as Todoroki look to the right of him. "You're so busy thinking your Ice Quirk is enough to win this tournament. I saw you're arm shaking and the ice is getting to you. You use all that power only to reach a setback." He then kneed him to the stomach before moving back to his spot.

Todoroki dropped to his knees, breathing out before spitting a little blood on the ground. He wiped the blood with his arm before looking at the boy with a deadly glare. "You bastard." He said with venom.

"You think you can win with half your strength?" Izuku asked, getting angry by clenching his fist. "Look at me, Todoroki. You haven't managed to put a single scratch on me yet." He lifts his head, showing his eyes glowing bright green and a red vine mark shaped of the letter X across his face. He was angrier than ever. "SO, COME AT ME WITH ALL YOU GOT!"

Todoroki flinched by seeing his opponent's face. Class 1-A, 1-B, the Freedom Fighters, the Shiketsu Students, and the Big 3 were all surprised by Izuku's reaction. Toshinori stood there seeing his successor's reaction.

"Todoroki should've kept his mouth shut," Sonic said, eating a chili dog. "Guess will go ahead and just say it now Izuku going to win this match."

"Unless he uses his left side," Nezu said, standing next to him.

"True. It's up to him to make that decision. If not, then the win goes to Izuku." Sonic said.

"What do you mean his left side?" Cream asked.

"You'll see it soon. If Todoroki does do it." Sonic said as he saw Todoroki getting back on his feet.

"Midoriya, what are you trying to do here?" He asked, seething. "You want my fire? Or did my monster of a dad bribe you or something? Now I'm mad!"

Todoroki charges towards him to get in range. However, Izuku appeared within seconds delivering another punch to his stomach with his right fist. The Dual Quirk user was stunned by the attack. He coughed a little blood again by the punch. At the same time, the boy spoke towards him to the left ear

"Imaging… an egg in a microwave." Izuku whispered as Todoroki flinched.

He sneakily uses his left hand to freeze some of his left hand. But because of Izuku's punch, he couldn't fully use his ice enough to stall his attack. The punch forcefully sends him back to his area. Izuku felt the ice on his left arm, flexing it to shatter it like nothing else. He looks to see Todoroki getting back up on his feet, wiping the small blood off his mouth. He was angrier with enough venom. He quickly uses his Ice Quirk again. This time, it wasn't coming that faster and Izuku knew it. He dodged it quickly by doing a quick step to the right. At the same time, Todoroki tries to use his Quirk on his face. Izuku quickly spun around, grabbing his arm to do the same attack he did against Shinso. Todoroki kicks him backward, away from him as the two fighters were inches away.

"Midoriya's kicking some ass on Ice boy," Tetsutetsu said.

"Todoroki has already been punched twice in the stomach. You can tell he's coughing blood out after those attacks." Sero said as Uraraka see Izuku's anger face with a worried look.

"I've never seen Deku that angry." She said.

"Probably because of what Todoroki said before the festival started in the locker room," Iida said, referring to Todoroki's Declaration of War on Izuku.

"Really?" Kendo asked.

"You don't want to know about all of that. He just looked at Midoriya with anger for no reason. Even I was surprised especially when it's your classmate talking to another classmate." Iida answered.

"It's not that," Momo said with everyone looking at her. She looked on at the match with a serious look. "Izuku's not angry about that. Remember what he said minutes ago. He told Todoroki. He hasn't laid a single scratch on him because he's been using his Ice Quirk throughout this battle. Looking into all this, he's trying to get Todoroki to use his left side."

"Really?" Ochako asked.

"He's left side?" Kendo asked.

"His left side is his Fire Quirk. Before the festival, Izuku told Todoroki if he was going to use his left side. Todoroki took that talk as offensive. Since then, he hasn't been using it throughout the festival. You can tell Izuku's very angry. He's trying to force him to use his left side."

"You're spot on that topic," Shadow said, appearing in front of Class 1-A. "That's exactly what Izuku trying to do. You can tell Todoroki's already at his limit with his Ice Quirk. Izuku could've gotten a chance to put this match away. But he won't. The only way he'll end it if he forces Todoroki to use his left side."

"Will see how this plays out. If Midoriya's plan works." Iida said as they look on at the match.

"Midoriya going all out despite Todoroki trying to gain some advantage! Every Ice Quirk attack he uses, his opponent has found ways to destroy every ice attack coming towards him! Question is, does he have a finishing move to take down Todoroki?" Present Mic asked.

Aizawa sitting next to him look on at the match. He remembered telling his classwork harder with no excuses a couple of weeks ago before the festival was happening. He was focused on Izuku and the Chaos Emerald. But seeing his anger was very interesting.

"It's amazing how Midoriya would gain that much power from both the emerald and the quirk at the same time. He could end this match right now after delivering a ton of blows towards Todoroki. But he's not and seeing some of his anger after unleashing that new power is making me wonder. What's driving him to be this intent?" He thought as he saw Izuku did another Delaware Smash, sending Todoroki backward before creating an ice wall, blocking him from losing this match.

"What are you doing this?" Todoroki asked seeing Izuku running towards him.

"I want to live up to people's expectations." He said. "I want to be able to smile! By doing something for them! I want to be a pro… WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BE A HERO!" He yelled before delivering another punch to Todoroki's stomach. "That's why I give it my all! That's why you should be!" Todoroki holds his ground as Izuku walked towards him. "There's no way I don't know what you have gone through. Or why you even here. Your life has been so different than mine. But right now, stop screwing around! If you want to reject your father? Fine… But you don't have the right to be number one if you don't use your full power!"

Those last words from Izuku made Todoroki flinched in surprise. His mind flashbacked, remembering as a young child with his father and mother.

Flashback

Years ago, in the Todoroki household, a young Todoroki was on the ground, coughing during the rough training while holding his stomach at the same time. His father, Endeavor look down on his son with a serious look and no remorse in him.

"Stand up! If you get hurt that easily, you can forget about beating All Might or beating a small-time villain." He said when his wife walks towards them, trying to comfort her son.

"Please, stop pushing him. He's only five years old." She begged.

"He can take it! Get out of my way!" Endeavor yelled, shoving her to the ground.

Todoroki heard it as he stopped crying, looking up to see what just happened. "Mama?" He asked.

After the training, Todoroki was crying in his mother's chest while she comforts him in her room.

"I don't like him, mom." He said, crying. "Please… I don't want to be the kind of guy he is. I want don't want to be someone who bullies you and hurt people."

"But, honey…" She said, stroking his hair. "You still want to be a hero, don't you?" He looked up to see his mother's smile. "Just remember… stay true to yourself. You can be the kind of hero you want to be when you grow up."

End Flashback

Todoroki's mind was interrupted when Izuku delivers another punch to his stomach, sending him backward again.

"That's why I'll beat you! I'll surpass you!" He roared in anger.

"Todoroki's in his world. Wonder what he's going through?" Shadow thought as he sees the boy flying.

Flashback

A couple of days ago, Todoroki stood on the balcony seeing his brother and sister playing a game with a friend as he looks on with a smile. But Endeavor walks by, grabbing the boy's hand and dragging him away from that.

"Ignore them, Shoto. We live in a different world that I trained you for." He said.

Later that day, Todoroki woke up from his nap. He yawned before walking in the kitchen when he heard his mother's voice. He hid at the doorway to see her talking with someone on the phone in front of the stove where a tea kettle pot was boiling water on it. He could hear her voice with the sound of worrying. She stood a

"I feel like I'm going crazy." She said before starting crying. "I can't take it anymore. Every day, the children seem more like him. And Shoto… that child's left side looks unbearable to me. All I can see is his father. I can't raise him anymore. I want to run away from him for the rest of my life."

"Mom… what are you saying?" Todoroki asked.

His mother flinched when she heard her son's voice. She turns slowly to look at him with eye wide, trembling in fear. At the same time, the tea kittle pot was whistling very high, signaling it was getting hotter. Everything fad to black with some of boiling water splashing and a boy screaming in pain.

Days later, Todoroki's left eye was wrapped in bandages, looking down with Endeavor looking at him, talking about his mother and the day that she would hurt her son with boiling water.

"Moronic woman. To hurt you in such an important time." He said.

"Where's mom?" His son asked.

"Huh? Oh, she hurt my masterpiece and put her in a hospital to keep you safe." Endeavor answered, not a care in the world for his son's injury.

"This is your fault." He said, looking at his father with an angry face and tears coming from his eyes. "You're the reason you made her hurt me."

End Flashback

Todoroki slammed to the ground after being punched again. He slowly got up, coughing small blood again to see Izuku looking at him with an angry look.

"No… I'll protect her." He said, referring his mother. "I won't… use my left side."

"IT'S YOURS! YOU'RE QUIRK AND NOT HIS!" Izuku yelled again.

Todoroki again flinched by the words the boy mentioned. He minds remember the day he sat watching the television with the Symbol of Peace on it.

Flashback

In the living room, Todoroki sat down watching television with his mother on the couch. They see the Symbol of Peace on screen doing a pep talk about children inherited their parents' Quirks.

"Yes. That's right." All Might said. "Children often inherited Quirks from their parents. Or develop similar power cells. But the most important thing to remember is that a Quirk is what you make of it. Regardless of your history. You decide how you use it. That's what I mean when I say… I am here. Only you can decide to become a hero. No one else." The hero did he usually smile with a thumbs up. "Take this to heart, kids. You got it."

"Honey, you still want to be a hero, don't you?" His mother asked as the boy smiled at the television. "Just remember… stay true to yourself."

End Flashback

Todoroki remembers the words of his mother about staying true to himself. He almost wants to cry. But inside his body, it was getting warm. Some of the ice around his body begins to melt. Steam was coming out of his body until flames appeared on the left side of his eye. Flames appeared out of nowhere around him. The heat was felt from Izuku, Class 1-A, 1-B, the Freedom Fighters, the Shiketsu Students, Big 3, the heroes, and the crowd all over the stadium.

"W-What… is that?" Present Mic asked.

"No way! He's using his fire!" Ochako yelled as Iida and Momo look at one another.

"Yaoyorozu, remember what Todoroki said before the Calvary Battle?" He asked remembering mentioning about never using his left side.

We all did." She said, looking at the ring with a smile. "Izuku manages to motivate Todoroki to use his left side. Or else he'll never become the hero he wants to be."

"Midoriya did the manliest thing I've never seen before," Kirishima said, comically crying.

"Dude, seriously?" Kaminari asked.

"Midori will still win this though," Mina said.

"I agree. Let's go, Midori!" Hakagure said.

"Incredible," Iida said, looking back at the ring.

"It's amazing," Kendo said with a surprising look.

"What didn't he use that against me?" Tetsutetsu asked.

"He finally has shown his Fire Quirk." Tails said.

"The first time we've seen this in a long time." Knuckles said.

"Izuku got him to use his left side. Now let's see what happens next." Shadow thought.

"Someone get some water! That boy's on fire!" Cream yelled.

"It's okay. He's not on fire. That's his other Quirk." Nezu assuring the young rabbit.

"Seriously?" She asked.

"It sure is. It's about time Todoroki got his left side active. Now the real fun begins." Sonic said, flashing a grin. "Great job, Izuku. You got him to activate it. Now hurry up and win this fight."

"You made him use his father's power… Midoriya, don't tell me you did this to save him." Toshinori thought.

"Fire Quirk? That's amazing!" Nejire yelled in excitement.

"This is his left side? That's unbelievable." Camie said.

"Be interesting to see how this plays out. Either way, I still want Midoriya to win this fight." Inasa said.

"This is going to get good," Mirio said.

The flames around Todoroki cleared up. Instead, the flames were active on his left side. The ice finally melted from the heat as the boy looks to Izuku with a grin on his face.

"You're helping your opponents." He said. "You're a fool. Even though you want to win this battle… now which one of us is screwing around? I want this too. I want to be a hero!"

Izuku's face forms from anger to a grin much like Sonic. He manages to save him from the darkness of his own. The two look at one another with grins. However, a voice was heard from the seats.

"Yes, Shoto!" Endeavor yelled with flames lit up while walking the steps.

Everyone in the stadium turns to the Number Two Hero. Inasa had a look of disgust to see the hero he uses to love but was snubbed by him for not getting an autograph, walking down the steps to see his son.

"Great! Again!" Sonic yelled, rolling his eyes. "How many times I have to see this guy?"

"Have you finally accepted your purpose?" Endeavor asked with a smile on his face. "That it! Very good! This is the dawn of a new era for you! With my blood and your veins, you'll surpass me! You'll live up to the reason I created you!"

"MIDORIYA!" The hero turns to see Inasa yelling from his seat. "FINISH HIM OFF! DO IT! BEAT THE CRAP TO WIPE THAT SMILE ON ENDEAVOR'S FACE!"

Both fighters ignored both men yelling, still staring at one another.

"Amazing," Izuku said with a smile.

"Why you smile?" Todoroki asked. "With the power of both your Quirk and Emerald, let's see if you have a chance to finish me with my left side. Or better yet… both my Fire and Ice Quirks." He activated his Ice Quirk even more along with his fire.

"Bring me everything you got," Izuku said with a grin, powering up both his Quirk and Emerald at the same time.

"Quick, Midnight! We got to intervene!" Cementos yelled, activating his Quirk.

"Agree! We better hurry!" Midnight yelled, ripping a cloth off her shoulder, letting out a pink aroma.

"Here it comes!" Sonic yelled.

"Everyone hit the deck!" Knuckles yelled

Big blocks of ice charges towards Izuku as the boy dodges them. He flew towards his opponent with enough power to try to win this match. The grin on his face was still there. Todoroki raised his left hand, powering up his flames to unleash one final attack. He charges towards his opponent, ready to use it on Izuku. At the same time, the cinnamon bun clenched his right fist, ready to do another big Detroit Smash.

"DETROIT SMASH… 100%!" Izuku yelled as Todoroki unleashed his attack at the same time.

"Midoriya… thank you…" He thought with a smile on his face.

Both Quirks collided, creating a megaton explosion almost like a nuclear bomb set off at the stadium. Luckily, Cementos' Quirk formed five blocks of walls in between both attacks by the boys. A mixture of cold air and wind gushed everywhere in the stadium. Everyone in the seats felt the big wind as they use their arms and eyes closed to shield themselves from the wind.

"Whoa!" Kaminari yelled as he saw Mineta flying off. But Sero uses his Quirk to pull him back in.

"This is crazy!" Kendo yelled, activating his Quirk to shield her class.

"Big, shield everyone from flying off!" Amy yelled as the cat grabbed hold of every member of the Freedom Fighters from flying.

"What's going on?" Momo asked.

"I can't tell!" Ochako yelled.

Shadow took cover from underneath the seats, preventing himself from not flying.

It took 10 seconds from the wind to die down and the explosion disappeared. A big mushroom clown appeared above the stadium for the others outside to see. Both Kamui Woods, Death Arms, and Mount Lady were all stunned what they just witnessed. The stadium itself was silent as they all were stunned except for Endeavor, who still had that big grin on his face after his son uses his left side. Everyone waited for the smoke to clear to see who won.

"What happened just now? What the hell is up with your students?" Present Mic asked while fallen out of his seat from the impact.

"The air around the ring cooled down and rapidly expanded when heated up," Aizawa said as his friend got back in his seat.

"Wait! That's what cause the explosion? How hot did that fire get?" Present Mic asked, looking around at the smoke. "I can't see a thing with all this smoke! Who won this match? Does anyone know?"

The Class 1-B Students regain their composure from the impact as Kendo deactivated her Quirk. She saw her classmates were okay before turning to Class 1-A. Everyone was okay as well. Shadow appeared from the seats to look at the smoke. The Freedom Fighters quickly got out of Big's Arms to see the smoke.

"Who won? Does anyone know?" Tails asked, looking around.

"I can't see," Momo said, looking around. "Please, Izuku… did you win?"

It didn't take long for the smoke to finally cleared up. Both classes got up from their seats to see what happened. Izuku was on one knee with his head down, breathing heavily on the ring. The green aura and the red vines vanished. The Chaos Emerald slowly dimmed, deactivating, His gym clothes were tearing except for his pants, revealing his muscular body with a couple of burnt marks. He got up on one knee, his eyes were normal again, looking around to see where Todoroki was. He looks in front to see another part of smoke disappearing away from him.

It shows Todoroki, leaning on the wall on the other side. His clothes were also torn from the explosion. His head was down before his body collapsed to the grass, leaving a big crack on the wall.

Midnight regains her composure after flying back from the impact. She looks to see where the fighters were.

"Shoto Todoroki is out of bounds! Izuku Midoriya wins!" She yelled as the crowd roared.

[Music Insert: World Map Music from the Sonic Colors OST]

"He did it!" Inasa yelled, happily.

"That's was crazy! Never thought both fighters show their powers like that!" Seiji yelled.

"Incredible fight that was!" Nejire yelled.

"That Midoriya kid just beat Endeavor's Son. Unbelievable." Mirio said.

Camie was relieved that the boy won. Something caught her eye when he saw Izuku's Muscular Chest. "He has a chest like that. That's is so awesome. He's so cute." She thought, taking pictures of him from her phone.

Inasa stopped celebrating to see Endeavor's not a happy face. "That's what you get for snubbing me from an autograph years ago. Now, how's it feel that your son lost, loser?" He thought.

"Mr. Izuku won!" Cream yelled, jumping up and down happily.

"Chao!" Cheese said.

"Did I say he was going to win? Of course, because I was right." Sonic said, running to Toshinori, playfully punching him. "He did it, buddy!"

"I knew he would do it." He said, giving him a fist bump to him.

"With that being said, I got to celebrate with my friend," Sonic said, running to the railing.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you crazy?" Vlad King asked.

"I'll be fine!" Sonic yelled before leaping off the railing to the field.

"Is that hedgehog that crazy?" Thirteen asked with a sweatdrop.

"He's is friendly. If you might ask." Toshinori thought before looking down at his successor. "Well done, Midoriya. Not only you won the match, but you saved Todoroki. Very proud of you."

"Izuku pull off a big win!" Knuckles yelled.

"Wow, that boy almost got himself killed! But he pulled it off!" Vector yelled.

"Amazing fight! I thought he would lose!" Silver yelled.

"Luckily nobody got hurt," Amy said.

Momo sat back down, breathing a sigh of relief seeing Izuku on the ring. "That was so close. He still saved Todoroki and still won at the same time." She thought of turning to Uraraka with a smile on her face. The girls smiled at one another. Iida and Kendo did the same as they were happy that he won.

"Midoriya still won! Hell yeah!" Tetsutetsu yelled.

"I thought he was going to lose after that blast!" Setsuna yelled.

"I swear that guy almost worries me when he does these things." Hiryu said, remembering when Izuku almost got killed by the Nomu. "But he did it though."

Shadow looks on with a smile on his face before turning to Todoroki. He quickly jumped off from Class 1-A section to land on the field. He notices Sonic also arrived, running towards Izuku by hugging him and nagging his head at the same time.

"You pull it off, buddy! That was a heck of a fight!" the blue hedgehog yelled.

"I can't believe I won." He said, looking around as the crowd roared.

"By the way, that power you just unleashed," Sonic said, referring to the power Izuku had after smashing the Ice Quirk. "What just happened?"

"I'm not sure. I just got angry and unleashed it mysteriously." Izuku said, trying to walk but kept getting back on his knee.

"You're okay? I'll take you to RG's Office." Sonic said, putting an around his neck with Izuku's Arm on the hedgehog's neck. He notices Shadow was approaching Todoroki. "What's Shadow doing?"

"I'm not sure. Let's go check." Izuku said as they were walking off the ring.

Todoroki sat there with his head down, looking at his hands. After all that power he unleashed, he thought he had the upper hand at beating Izuku. It didn't. "I… lost," He thought before he heard footsteps. He looks up to see Shadow approaching him.

"You're okay?" He asked.

"Not quite. After all that power including my left side I use, I still lost." Todoroki answered.

"It doesn't matter if you lose. You manage to do something for the first time. You use your left side and nothing more. It's a disappointment you lost but, be grateful for you did. You still got a great future at becoming a hero." Shadow said before they saw Sonic and Izuku approach them. "You okay?"

"I'm fine. Got me a little sprain foot after the impact." He answered before looking down at Todoroki. "You okay?"

"I thought I had you with everything I got. Yet, you still manage to find ways to win. I must wonder if that emerald saved your life from the impact. Seeing your body, it has a little burnt mark around it. It's almost liked your invisible." He said, observing Izuku's body.

"Let's just say it's my lucky charm if things don't go anyway." He answered as Sonic spoke.

"I have to give you credit. You two almost blew up the ring together. But, seeing your left side activate, it was awesome. Either way, you put up a great fight at the end. Hopefully, you continue your quest to become a hero." He said as Todoroki formed a smile with his eyes closed.

"Thank you." He said before Shadow has his hand in front of him.

"Need help?" He asked.

Todoroki offered his hand as the dark hedgehog pulled him up. Shadow put his arm around the boy's neck and Todoroki put his arm around him as they proceed to walk to the tunnel. Sonic and Izuku followed suit. The blue hedgehog turns his eyes to see Endeavor looking at them.

"Looks like someone's not happy his son lost." He said as they turn to see the Number Two Hero with an angry look.

"To tell you the truth… I'm glad Midoriya won this fight… just to piss off my father more." Todoroki said, glaring at his father.

"That's fine with me. Instead of that evil smile, he had earlier." Shadow said, referring to his conversation with him and All Might.

Endeavor gave one last look before walking off the steps. The boys looked at him one last time before they made their way to the tunnel to Recovery Girl's Office.

[End Music]

Onboard the Death Egg, Eggman, and his minions were amazed after the fight. They were glad their target was moving on to the next fight. But we're very impressed with how the fight ended with both boys going for their final attacks. He was amazed by Todoroki as well on hoping to be the next candidate to be part of his empire.

"What a fight that was!" Coconuts yelled.

"Both boys went all out at the end with a megaton explosion!" Decoe yelled.

"I'm surprised they didn't blow up the stadium!" Grounder yelled.

"Be grateful that Izuku made it to the next round. If he would've lost, I would have no use at watching this festival. It was a close call though at the end. The emerald itself protected the boy from that explosion." Eggman said.

"Anyway, how about that Todoroki kid?" Snively asked. "He showed off both his Quirk at the same time, almost beating out our target."

"I've never seen anything like it. It was interesting how he would use his Fire Quirk. Izuku was angry at him though we couldn't tell because there were no microphones anywhere near the ring. Either way, our target's moving on."

"Very well, then. It'll take a while for the ring to be fixed after that attack." Eggman said before changing to another subject. "Has anyone seen Infinite?"

"Not sure. We've been focusing on this festival for a while." Snively said.

"He should be watching the festival with us. Oh well, as long as he doesn't do anything stupid, I could care less." Eggman said.

Hosu City

The ward was located West of Tokyo. Many people were just going about their lives, walking in the streets, taking trains, and driving around the city. However, above the rooftop of a building, the Hero Killer look down for any Pro Heroes he could takedown. He heard footsteps to see Kota making his way.

"I hope you're ready. This next training will be the biggest challenge of your life." Stain said.

"I'm always ready." The boy said as the Hero Killer observed his costume.

The boy was dressed in black armor. He had black kneepads with a black bandana much like the Hero Killer. His hat was upgraded with a visor, observing any type of data like a scouter type and a sword with him.

"The suit is a little okay. Maybe the doctor can help you got more. Anyway, get ready. It's time to put you to the test." Stain said as he looks around to catch his eyes on a hero, dressed like Iida's costume. "And I think we found our target."

Distance away on another building, Infinite uses his helmet to zoom in on the two. "So, they'll prepare for the next thing. This should be good. It'll be nice to get involved as well for the time being." He said.

Right before he was leaving, he heard something from behind. He turns around to see a violet purplish portal appeared. Before then, a person walks out from the portal to face the Ultimate Mercenary.

"You?" Kurogiri asked.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't a person from USJ days ago." Infinite said as the two stares down at one another.

End of Chapter 36

Author's Note: Real sorry for the long delay. I was planning on posting this story over the weekend but couldn't because of bad internet problems. Not happy about my adaptor screwing up. Anyway, another chapter did this week. Yes, I did manage Izuku to get the win, unlike the Anime/Manga version. Can't ruin all the fun, right? Some of the impacts did some burn marks but not that much, avoiding the broken fingers from One for All with the Chaos Emerald protecting him. Plus, it was nice to show Endeavor not happy unlike the Anime with that grin on his face wiped off.

The ending of the chapter is building up to the Hero Killer's Arc and a surprise ending to it with Kurogiri and Infinite meeting since USJ. Just wait until the next chapter to see more. Plus, the other matches are coming up in all one chapter except for the Sonic/Momo match. That'll be coming up soon.

Anyway, I'm off this week from work because of Spring Break. I'll be busy doing the chapters and hoping to post more of it this week. I hope you guys have a great day.