The class watched the doors to the building where Aizawa and Todoroki were before they entered again.
"Are you all right, Todoroki?" Asui asked him as he sat back down.
"Yeah, I'm fine…" Todoroki sighed.
"Can I just hug you two, for the rest of the night?" Kaminari asked, already wrapping his arms around Midoriya and Todoroki's necks.
"I'm not so sure how to feel about Endeavor now…" Uraraka scratched her cheek.
"Yeah, really…" Sero rubbed his neck.
"I think hate might be a good word to describe it…" Jiro pointed out.
"Leaning toward it, leaning toward it…" Kaminari nodded.
Recap of the previous episode.
Opening plays.
"Can I just say real quick that that is the greatest high five, and no one can tell me otherwise." Kaminari declared.
"I'm just glad we don't have to see that other recap from before." Bakugo spat.
"I feel the same way." Midoriya muttered.
"But why?" Uraraka asked him.
"It kind of feels like pressure to be what my narrating voice is saying."
"I still wanna know how Midoriya is the one narrating this, but he has no memory of doing it." Hagakure said.
"A future Midoriya?" Yaoyorozu chuckled.
The crowd murmured about Midoriya, asking if he had a plan or if he was just provoking Todoroki.
"The plan was to provoke Todoroki. Wasn't it, Midoriya?" Kirishima asked him.
"Just to see that his left side isn't Endeavor's power." Midoriya mumbled.
"I think another reason was because you couldn't stand seeing someone with two quirks not use both, when you yourself had none." Todoroki told Midoriya.
"That was also another reason…" Midoriya muttered.
"-and it's dangerous." Endeavor told Todoroki in a hallway to the stage, saying he needs to learn how to control his left side. He opened his arms out, declaring, "But you have abandoned your childish tantrum and finally become a perfect upgrade of me."
"Shut the hell up." Jiro scuffed.
"-graduate, come work for me. I'll lead you down the path of the mighty." Endeavor grinned, holding his hand out.
"There's no way I can abandon anything. It's not something that can be so easily reversed. It's just… back then…" Todoroki stared at his left hand, clenching it into a fist as he whispered, "For that one moment… I forgot about you."
Hearing this made Endeavor gasp while Todoroki walked past him.
"Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing… Whether it is correct or not… I need to think about it." Todoroki told Endeavor.
Title screen 'Fight on, Iida'
"Glasses again?" Bakugo questioned.
"Yeah! Fight on, Iida!" Uraraka cheered.
"Who writes these titles…?" Asui wondered.
"-shattered… It'll never be the same as it was before… I need to remove the pieces of bone to make sure they don't stay in your joints. I'll heal you after that." Recovery Girl explained to Midoriya; who laid on a bed, how his bones in his right arm were shattered while All Might stood by in her office.
"You needed surgery?" Yaoyorozu gasped.
"Remember how he came into the stands wrapped in bandages?" Jiro reminded.
"Okay, now you really need to chill out." Kaminari rested his head on Midoriya's head.
"-don't like it. You're going too far. You, and this boy. You can't praise him for this." Recovery Girl scolded All Might, who just sighed, watching Midoriya's breathing. The door suddenly opened, making All Might spit out blood as Uraraka, Iida, Asui and Mineta barged in.
"Midoriya!" Asui, Iida and Mineta cried while Uraraka yelled, "Deku!"
"You scared me…" All Might muttered.
"Are you okay?!" Uraraka exclaimed before noticing All Might in his true form, nodding, "Oh, nice to meet you..."
"Yeah…" All Might smiled awkwardly.
"Ah, I forgot about that…" Uraraka rubbed the back of her neck.
"You're fine, Young Uraraka." All Might assured her.
"So, you four technically knew then." Jiro observed.
"I suppose…" Asui put her finger on her cheek.
"-was a lot of damage to the stage, they're taking a break to repair it." Iida answered when Midoriya asked about the next match.
"That match earlier was scary, Midoriya… What pro's gonna want that?" Mineta shivered before Asui stuck her tongue into his ear.
"I don't like your style of rubbing salt into his wound." Asui told Mineta.
"Tsu's got a point." Yaoyorozu agreed.
"Did you only go see Midoriya to tell him that?" Sero asked Mineta.
"I was worried too…" Mineta defended his past self.
"You have a funny way of showing it." Asui turned to him.
"Surgery?!" the four exclaimed when Recovery Girl told them, her trying to shoo them out of her office to work.
"Go on now, get out of here." Recovery Girl replied.
"B-But…" Uraraka stuttered.
"Surgery's a big deal, isn't it?" Mineta cried.
"Will his injuries be completely healed?" Iida asked.
"Don't worry about it. Just leave it to me!" Recovery Girl assued.
"Ribbit…" Asui muttered as Recovery Girl closed the door, All Might watching the four go.
"I'm sorry…"
All Might turned his head to Midoriya.
"I couldn't do what you asked…" Midoriya apologized.
'I want you to tell the world 'I am here'!'
"Young Midoriya, there was no need to apologize." All Might told him.
"You put too much pressure on him!" Aizawa wacked All Might over the head.
"Ow!" All Might rubbed his head.
"Now you'll have me scolding you." Aizawa narrowed his eyes.
"Just, not in front of Recovery Girl, please." All Might rubbed his head.
"Todoroki looked so sad…" Midoriya continued when All Might asked him if he was trying to help Todoroki, explaining, "...that I meddled when I didn't need to… But that's not it. More importantly, back then, I was just… frustrated. I couldn't see in front or around me… I'm sorry…"
"It's true that it is a regrettable result. Saying what you did was foolish won't change that. But you know, meddling when you don't need to is the essence of a hero." All Might told Midoriya, who let out a single tear.
Iida widened his eyes a little before glancing down at the ground.
The crowd roared at Iida and Shiozaki's match as she sent her vines in Iida's direction.
"Recipro… burst!" Iida shouted as his engines let out a blue flame. He ran up behind Shiozaki, and grabbing her shoulders, pushed her out of bounds.
"Shiozaki, out of bounds! Iida wins!" Midnight announced while Iida bowed.
'Tokoyami vs. Ashido'
"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami ordered.
" Got it! " Dat Shadow appeared.
Ashido threw her acid out Dark Shadow, but he dodged, laughing mencially as he pushed Ashido out of bounds, her falling on her butt.
"Man, it's going quickly through these matches. What's the rush?" Kaminari questioned.
"See? Nothing interesting." Ashido remarked to Midoriya.
"Tokoyami's Dark Shadow is amazing." Asui commented.
"Thank you, Asui." Tokoyami bowed in her direction.
"Call me Tsu." Asui smiled.
"-about Midoriya?" Asui asked Uraraka in front of her.
"She said she had to do surgery…" Uraraka sighed.
"Recovery Girl's taking care of it, so you've got nothing to worry about!" Mineta reassured her.
"He's right." Asui agreed.
Uraraka turned to them, smiling, "Yeah."
'Recovery Girl's office: Surgery in progress'
"Kiss…!"
Midoriya gasped for air as Recovery Girl explained, "I've healed you enough to allow you to walk for now."
"Thank you very much…" Midoriya breathed. He looked at his right hand, seeing a scar across the palm of it.
"That's what you get for overusing it so much in a short period of time. You should think of that crooked right hand as a warning." Recovery Girl explained.
"Good thing your internship helped you control it." Kaminari remarked.
"Yeah…" Midoriya replied, glancing at the scar.
All Might and Midoriya when Recovery Girl said she wouldn't heal anymore injuries like that, adding, "You must find a way for him to use his power in a way that is not so self-destructive."
After leaving Recovery Girl's office, Midoriya and All Might walked down a hallway.
"A different way, huh…?" All Might rubbed his chin.
"All Might. You originally became a teacher at U.A. to find a successor, right?" Midoriya asked him.
"Yeah." All Might answered.
"Don't start saying that you don't think you're deserving of One for All again, Deku, because you are!" Uraraka exclaimed.
"He's a prince of nonsense." All Might smiled.
"-everyone's strong emotions of not wanting to give in. So I…" Midoriya said.
"...think that someone else should be my successor?" All Might finished.
"Dang it, Deku!" Uraraka softly punched his shoulder.
"Ow! U-Uraraka!" Midoriya rubbed his shoulder.
"It's true that this place is filled with wonderful potential heroes. One for All is the crystallization of power. For those who have quirks…For example, if Young Todoroki were to inherit it, then with the super strength on top of his Half-Cold, Half-Hot, he would properly become a superhero." All Might explained.
Midoriya's lip quivered before saying, "Then-"
"But you know," All Might interrupted. "I was quirkless, too."
"All Might…" Mineta started.
"...quirkless!" Kaminari gaped.
"So, that means…" Todoroki rubbed his chin.
"...you bullied a quirkless kid while admiring a quirkless born hero!" Uraraka pointed at Bakugo.
"Shove off, Round Face." Bakugo spat, thinking, 'All Might was quirkless before inheriting One for All? Makes sense since Camino…'
Bakugo trailed off on his last thought, biting his lip.
"-rare as for your generation, but it was still uncommon." All Might explained, an imagery of a hero overlooking a city, All Might contintinuing, "My Master had a quirk, but even so, my master believed in me and gave One for All to me, and raised me to become a hero."
'Nana…' All Might smiled at the sight of his master.
"You never told me tha-" Midoriya started.
"Because you never asked. Even though I thought you would." All Might interrupted.
"All Might… you were quirkless, too…?" Midoriya repeated.
"Yeah! At first, I saw the old me in you. But you have gone beyond what I imagined, time and time again. There is something that only you can draw out. I believe that." All Might continued.
"A-Aizawa?"
Midoriya paused the TV as the class glanced behind them, watching Aizawa drag All Might by the collar of his shirt.
"A-Aizawa, what are you doing?" All Might asked.
"If you saw the old you in Midoriya…" Aizawa started before glaring at All Might with an intense rage, groaning, "...Why the hell would you say something like that?!"
"A-A-Aizawa Sensei, i-it's fine, All-" Midoriya stuttered.
"I'm gonna beat your ass outside…" Aizawa muttered before leaving the building.
"Maybe we shouldn't question it, and continue…!" Kirishima smiled nervously.
Midoriya closed his eyes, muttering, "I'm sorry…"
"Anyway, the sports festival isn't over yet, kid! Make sure you watch until the end!" All Might told Midoriya.
"Okay!"
A phone rang, showing 'Player Waiting Room 1'
"Hello, Tensei? It's me, Tenya…" Iida said into the phone.
Iida froze in his seat.
"I am currently on a mission and cannot answer the phone."
Iida ended the call. "Tensei…"
An engined pro hero ran through the streets in a city, Iida echoing, "Do your best."
"Iida, it's your…" Kaminari's voice trailed off as he saw Iida covering his eyes with his hand.
Uraraka got up from her seat next to Asui to sit next to Iida.
"Thank you, Uraraka." Iida muttered as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
'I'm sorry, Iida…' Midoriya thought.
"-the west side!" the hero ordered.
"Squad A, roger!"
"Squad B, roger!"
Sirens went off around a city while the pro hero continued running before he stopped running, turning around to an alleyway.
"What's that?" the hero questioned, putting out his arms, the engines on it giving him a boost as he scaled the wall of a building.
"There's no doubt about it. It's him!" the hero declared.
Iida got up from his seat, tears rolling down his cheek as he walked through the others.
"Iida, are you okay?" Uraraka called, going after him.
"I just need a tissue, sorry." Iida replied.
"Here, I can make you some." Yaoyorozu offered, going over to the two, holding out a tissue box.
"Thank you, Yaoyorozu." Iida tried smiling at her, choking, 'I can't bear to watch.'
"Hero Killer!" the hero landed into an alleyway, a man wearing bandanas.
At the sports festival, the crowd cheered at Kirishima and Bakugo's match.
"Take this!" Kirishima yelled, grazing Bakugo's cheek with his hardened arm, Bakugo in return blasting his side.
"A counter!" Present Mic yelled while Kirishima laughed, the smoke clearing.
"That won't work on me, Explosion Boy!" Kirishima exclaimed, unharmed.
"Yeah, Explosion Boy should be his hero name!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"Shut up or I'll kill you!" Bakugo yelled at him.
'-more to him than Hardening.' Bakugo thought.
"Kirishima, get his chin! His chin!" Tetsutetsu yelled out.
"Yesterday's enemy is today's friend." someone commented next to him.
"All right, where do I sign up?" Kaminari asked Tokoyami.
"For… what?" Tokoyami questioned.
"Your poetry lessons." Kaminari answered.
"I don't give poetry lessons, Kaminari." Tokoyami sighed.
"Yeah, just let it go." Jiro glared.
"-I could've seen it." Midoriya sighed, seeing the board that Iida and Tokoyami advanced to the fourth round.
Kirishima sent hit after hit at Bakugo, who dodged in response.
"Bakugo's having a hard time fighting back against Kirishima's fierce attack!"
"Kacchan's on the defensive? Kirishima's quirk is simple, but that's what makes it strong." Midoriya muttered.
"Midoriya!"
Midoriya glanced behind him, Iida walking up to him through a hallway.
"I see your surgery went well. I'm glad!" Iida observed Midoriya's bandaged arms.
"Yeah, thanks. And congrats, Iida." Midoriya nodded.
"I made it to the semifinals. I'm going to use your fight against Todoroki and learn from it." Iida told Midoriya.
"Okay." Midoriya sighed.
"You look embarrassed about that, Midoriya." Asui observed.
"I just didn't want Iida to get badly hurt like I did." Midoriya explained.
"Yeah, that's your job." Sero chuckled.
"You know what, Sero…" Midoriya mumbled.
"-he was working." Iida replied, when Midoriya asked about his older brother, Ingenium.
"Oh, so you called him." Midoriya murmured.
"But I think that was for the best. Now that I've made it this far, I need to be able to tell him I'm number one." Iida smiled.
'He is a likeable hero who honors the rules and leads people. I set my sights on being a hero because I want to be like my brother.'
"He is a likeable hero, and he saves people." Iida clenched the tissue in his fist, gritting his teeth, 'So why, Hero Killer? Why him?!'
Kirishima held his side where Bakugo blasted him.
"What's this? Unlike before, it's working?!" Present Mic exaggerated.
"You've been straining to keep your body rock-hard this whole time, right? If you attack quickly in that state, sooner or later, it'll start coming apart!" Bakugo smirked before sending a huge explosion in Kirishima's face. He blocked it with his hardening, but once the smoke cleared, Bakugo sent several different explosions at Kirishima, tearing off some of his clothing.
"You little-" Kirishima uttered before Bakugo sent one last explosion at Kirishima.
"The finishing blow! Die!" Bakugo cried. Kirishima started falling over as Bakugo said, "Well, I understand why you wouldn't want a drawn-out match with me, though?"
"Kirishima is immobilized! Bakugo wins!" Midnight shouted.
"I fainted, I wasn't immobilized." Kirishima argued.
"Still lost to me either way." Bakugo smirked.
"I'll get better!" Kirishima grinned, flexing his arm.
"-vicious carpet-bombing, Bakugo advances to the third round! And that completes the final four!" Present Mic announced, showing Todoroki, Iida, Tokoyami and Bakugo on screen.
"All right. I'm off!" Iida said, walking away from where he stood next to Midoriya.
"Deku!" Uraraka exclaimed as Midoriya made his way to where his classmates sat.
"Midoriya, your surgery went well?" Asui smiled.
"Yeah. She healed me enough to walk." Midoriya nodded, making his way to a seat.
"Shouldn't you be resting…?" Uraraka asked, concerned.
"I want to properly watch the efforts of everyone who wants to become a hero." Midoriya answered, watching the stage.
"The first match of the semifinals! With both of them from hero families, it's a battle of the elites! From the hero course, it's Tenya Iida! Versus: Also from the hero course, it's Shoto Todoroki!"
'I can't negate the attacks like Midoriya did! If he can use his flames now, then he has more options! In that case...' Iida thought.
"Start!"
Todoroki shot ice at Iida, who in response, ran out of the way.
'He's not planning on giving me anytime, huh?' Iida thought.
"That's Todoroki… The instant-killer…" Kaminari whispered, resting his head on Todoroki's head.
Placing his right hand on the ground, Todoroki shot more ice towards Iida. Noticing this, Iida doubled back, cornering himself.
"Oh, Iida's been surrounded!" Present Mic announced. Todoroki shot ice at Iida as Present Mic yelled, "Todoroki's going in for the win right away!"
Iida jumped out of the way of the ice, making the crowd gasp.
"Wow, a standing long jump!" Uraraka stared in awe while Todoroki gritted his teeth. "Recipro… burst!" Iida cried, going to kick at Todoroki's head, who dodged.
"Would that have killed Todoroki?!" Ashido exclaimed.
"Definitely would have knocked him out." Tokoyami answered.
'-to win it in that time!' Iida thought as he lifted his foot, and brought it down on Todoroki.
Todoroki rubbed his neck, remembering the pain. 'I'll admit, that was a good hit.'
"A direct hit!"
The class gasped, Sero shouting, "He got a pretty heavy hit in!"
"That kick was way too fast!" Kaminari agreed.
Todoroki placed his hand on the ground, ice spreading on the floor. Iida grabbed Todoroki's shirt and started running towards out of bounds.
'Eight seconds left! I can do it! I'll throw him out of bounds like thi-' Iida thought before he glanced down, gasping as he saw his engine filled with ice.
'My muffler's plugged...?!' Iida thought, before saying, "When did that happen?"
Todoroki started using his ice to immobilize Iida as he explained, "During that kick… Since I was showing attacks with range, you forgot I could do little tricks like this, too, didn't you? I was trying to be careful of your Recipro, though. But I still couldn't dodge."
"Iida is immobilized! Todoroki wins!" Midnight shouted.
"Todoroki advances to the final without showing his flames!" Present Mic announced.
Endeavor thought back to his conversation with his son after his victory over Midoriya.
'Are you hesitating? Fool.' Endeavor narrowed his eyes.
"Next time I see Endeavor, I'm gonna give him this." Kaminari said, pulling out his hand from his pocket, holding up the middle finger.
"Kaminari! That's disrespectful to do to a hero, even if you hate them!" Iida yelled out, waving his hands at him.
"What do you say, Todoroki?" Kaminari smiled.
"If you want to…" Todoroki replied.
"Todoroki! No!" Iida yelled.
Blood splattered on the ground around the engined hero, Ingenium, on the ground.
A phone rested on the ground, with 'Tenya: Missed Call' on the screen.
"But you bastards aren't heroes…"
A foot stomped on the phone, breaking it.
"Just him… The only one I'll let kill me..."
A katana gleamed in the dim alleyway, blood running along it, a drop falling off.
"...is All Might."
The class watched in horror while Uraraka rested her hand on Iida, who had turned away.
'I'm sorry, Tensei… I'm so, so sorry…' Iida clutched the tissue, glancing back at Midoriya and Todoroki.
"Iida…" Uraraka whispered.
In the arena, the crowd roared as Present Mic announced, "Match two of the semifinals! Bakugo versus Tokoyami! Bakugo's rush is unstoppable!"
"That thing is so annoying!" Bakugo yelled, blasting Dark Shadow.
"That viciousness…" Tokoyami muttered.
While Bakugo continued blasting off Dark Shadow, Present Mic yelled, "Tokoyami has advanced this far with his almost invincible quirk, but this time he's completely focused on defense!"
"Tokoyami, what's going on? You attacked so much when you were up against us!" Ashido groaned, Yaoyorozu beside her.
"N-Now I understand why…" Ashido muttered.
"Dark Shadow can't switch to the offensive with the light from the explosions… It's the worst match-up..." Uraraka observed.
"The weakness he shared with us… If Kacchan doesn't know about it yet, then he still has a chance." Midoriya added.
'I underestimate him… I don't have any time to recharge Dark Shadow's darkness. If I run out of darkness, it'll be over!' Tokoyami thought before Bakugo jumped, using his quirk at Tokoyami, who narrowed his eyes, thinking, 'Is he trying to wear me down? He's getting faster and faster!'
Dark Shadow went for Bakugo in the air, who blasted him off in response.
"Grab him, Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami yelled, Dark Shadow trying to grab at Bakugo, who jumped out of the way.
"Wow, Bakugo gets behind Tokoyami!"
Dark Shadow went for Bakugo once again, before stopping as Bakugo released a ton of explosions.
"Stun Grenade!" Bakugo cried, smoke covering the stage.
"Hey, everything's covered in smoke! What happened?" Present Mic whined.
"Did you know… Dark Shadow's weakness?" Tokoyami groaned as Bakugo had him pinned down.
"I figured it out after attacking over and over, moron. Well, it was a bad match-up. I feel bad for you. Checkmate." Bakugo grinned at Tokoyami.
"I give up." Tokoyami sighed.
"Bakugo feeling bad for someone? I didn't know he could do that!" Sero smiled.
"-the final match will be between Todoroki and Bakugo!" Present Mic announced while Bakugo searched around the crowd until his eyes settled on Todoroki, both glaring each other down.
"Do you think it'll show the match?" Sato asked.
"Probably not this episode." Shoji answered.
"So light is he's weakness, huh? I see… Bakugo likes to go after stuff like that." Kirishima observed, his forehead bandaged up.
"You picked a fight with someone outrageous, huh?" Kendo bonked Monoma on the back of his head.
"Naw, he was just lucky his quirk was so good against his opponent." Monoma answered.
"It ended up being a Class A paradise, huh? Damn it." Tetsutetsu groaned.
"It doesn't matter who won or lost. This year's first years are all amazing!"
"Looks like the draft will be exciting this year!"
"I wonder what'll happen in a match between those two…" Midoriya thought out loud.
"We'll have to watch carefully and get our revenge next time."
"Iida!" Midoriya called, the one who spoke. Iida smiled at Uraraka and Midoriya, who nodded in return before Iida started vibrating.
"Iida! You good?! I know you lost, but- Oh, nevermind." Kirishima started, before TV Iida said it was just his phone.
"That was still a pretty good fight." Sero said.
"Yeah! Even if Iida didn't win, he was close!" Hagakure agreed.
"-not about that. Oh, sorry. Tenya, please listen calmly. Tensei… your brother… A villain got him!" Iida's mother said through the phone, Iida gasping.
The man with a bandana over his eyes, smiling maniacally before licking blood off of a katana, crouching on a building. He was decked out in all sorts of knives and swords.
"You guys haven't even noticed this warped society covered with hypocrisy and vanity. To all who are called heroes… I will make you notice." the man vowed. He suddenly drew his katana, pointed it at a portal.
"Please stay calm. We are of the same mind. I have been looking for you, Hero Killer Stain. I have heard of your notoriety and wanted to meet you. May I have a moment of your time?" Kurogiri asked Stain.
Shigaraki sat at a computer screen. "Hero Killer… Stain."
Ending plays.
"So, is that when the hero killer joined the League of Villains…?" Mineta gulped.
"So, that's why you left… Iida…" Uraraka sympathized.
"Iida, if you don't feel comfortable watching, you don't have to. We will understand." Yaoyorozu comforted as Uraraka started walking to the couches.
"No, I'll be fine, but thank you, Yaoyorozu." Iida assured, him and Yaoyorozu walking back to their seats.
'After the sports festival, it'll most likely show them fighting Stain.' Aizawa thought to himself.
"Ow…" All Might rubbed his many bruises he received from Aizawa.