My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

With the completion of the second event the students did as Midnight suggested, they got something to eat and rested up, so those that had made it all the way to the third and final event would be ready to go, while those that had failed to reach that point could rest and relax. This gave all of the festival staff the time needed to make the arena, as Cementoss used his Quirk and a bunch of provided cement to make a reinforced arena that would withstand plenty of attacks, in addition to what appeared to be a seat or throne of some kind for him to sit on. Such a thing told Selene that the hero would be silently watching and would intervene if they, and by that she meant Cementoss and Midnight, decided that a contestant was going to go overboard or something. It was a smart move in her mind, since there were some decently strong Quirks in this final event and that meant great harm could be made to either the contestants or even the people in the stands, so she simply said nothing while she and Celestia ate their meal.

Izuku eventually joined them, though that was after chatting with one of the people that had been on the team of the boy who very clearly brainwashed his allies into teaming up with him, and this was due to the fact that it looked like Izuku would be fighting Hitoshi in the first round.

"I take it that the strategy session is over?" Celestia inquired, which seemed reasonable since the tailed boy walked into the cafeteria and got some food for himself, though there was a chance that they were just taking a break to refresh themselves before getting back to it, since this was Izuku's first time encountering such a Quirk.

"Yes, I've learned all I can and I have a few ideas in mind on how to beat Hitoshi." Izuku replied, though while part of him was a little annoyed that all that information had been given to him, since he usually preferred to figure things out on his own, this was one of the rare times where he was grateful for the heads up, "We'll just have to wait and see what happens when the tournament starts... I'm still surprised that my match ended up being the first one."

"We drew lots, remember? You just happened to get number one." Selene commented, where she thought about it for just a few seconds and recalled that she had placed in the second half of the tournament, on a collision course with Katsuki since she suspected he'd beat Ochaco, while Celestia was on Izuku's side, "Still, it's going to be interesting when the tournament starts, since we have no idea what the other students will bring to the table. Oh, and I hear Shoto tracked you down... did he say anything interesting?"

"No, just asked me about my connection to All Might, like usual." Izuku said, which was part of the truth, but he didn't want to talk about the part that bothered him, about how Shoto's parents had been part of a Quirk Marriage and that it had been to make the perfect Quirk, or the perfect fire one since Endeavor added ice to his family to counter the heat of his Quirk, and he didn't want to annoy his sisters with useless information right now.

The sisters suspected that there was more to the simple talk than what their brother was telling them, but for right now both Selene and Celestia were more interested in resting up for their matches, just like most of the others that were taking part in the tournament, to put forth their best efforts against their opponents. Selene was more focused on looking at the board that detailed all of the matches that would be taking place in the first round, because following Izuku's there was the match between Shoto and Sero, an unfair match up to be sure, then it was Celestia and Denki, followed by Tenya and the girl from the Support Class. In the second half they would be starting with Mina going up against the navel boy, then Fumikage would face off against Momo, before it would be herself against Eijiro, which she was interested in, and the final match of the first round would be Ochaco and Katsuki. While some of the matches would be over in no time at all, based on who was going to be facing who, Selene was eager to see how everyone actually did in the tournament, since there was a chance that one of the others might cause an upset and take someone else out of the running.

Eventually, after about an hour, Cementoss finished making the arena for the students to fight on, where he sat down in the chair he had made for himself so he could watch the students and intervene when things went too far, and while the sixteen students got ready to face each other there were rules to be given to everyone.

"Now, the rules are quite simple: the winner will be declared by one either ringing out their opponent, rendering one unable to move, or getting them to shout 'I give'." Present Mic stated, allowing everyone to know exactly what was going on during this event, while at the same time most of the students remained in the seats with the rest of their classes, as they were free to watch and observe to plan ahead for their own matches, "Feel free to let loose and harm your opponents, as Recovery Girl is waiting in the wings to heal any injuries you might gain during these matches... though you aren't allowed to endanger the lives of your opponents, that's an instant out. And for those wondering, both of the girls with two Quirks will be required to use only one during their matches, just so everything is fair. Would the first two contestants please approach the arena?"

Selene and Celestia sat in the stands with the rest of their class, watching as Izuku entered through one of the entrances and Hitoshi entered through the other one, positioned to match where they rested on the brackets, and once both of them were on the stage Midnight called for the match to start as Hitoshi said something only Izuku could hear. The sisters found that whatever had been said really pissed off Izuku, no doubt his opponent was trash talking Mashirao and his decision to drop out due to his pride, something some of the heroes had applauded earlier when they listened to his reasoning. Izuku started to rush at his opponent, but he also replied to the comment at the same time, something that caused the tailed boy to groan as Izuku fell under the influence of Hitoshi's Brainwash Quirk, as Izuku stopped in his tracks and looked like he was trapped in a trance. Even without knowing about what was going on with Hitoshi, other than that he had a Quirk that allowed him to mind control others, the sisters knew that this could be the end of Izuku's run in the festival, and Selene felt that this might be a good end if he was willing to ignore the advice of others and fall for the same trick his friend had experienced.

Hitoshi had Izuku turn around and told him to walk out of the arena, which Izuku started to do, though as he approached the edge of the arena something interesting happened, one of his fingers started to pulse with the power of One For All for a few seconds before firing off, the pain snapping him back to reality.

"I'm not sure what his plan was, but this will keep him in the fight." Selene commented, where Celestia nodded her head as everyone focused on the battle that was taking place, Izuku turning to face Hitoshi as the sisters found that two of his fingers on his left hand were damaged, instead of the one they thought they had seen.

Of course Hitoshi was surprised by this discovery, since his Quirk was supposed to render someone incapable of moving and that they would only listen to his command, plus Izuku refused to respond to anything he had to say after that, causing the pair to engage in a series of punches and kicks. That was basically the entire fight, the two struggling to even do anything to the other, until Izuku pulled off the same over the shoulder move that Katsuki had used against him in the past, ending with Hitoshi's feet ending up outside the arena, causing him to lose the match. With that done Present Mic declared Izuku the winner of this match, while causing many in the crowd to cheer for them both, and while that happened the sisters found that their brother wanted to chat with Hitoshi, while the heroes that were in the crowd talked about wanting Hitoshi in their team. Such a thing meant that they knew his potential now, even if they didn't know much about his Quirk, and that meant a lot of attention was on him, which meant there was a chance he could be a hero despite being placed in another portion of UA, causing Selene to wonder if they'd be seeing more of Hitoshi in the future.

With the battle done the contestants vacated the stage, where Izuku went to visit Recovery Girl while Hitoshi joined his class, and it wasn't long before Shoto and Sero took their places, causing Sero to go on the offensive once the battle started, but it was over as Shoto released a massive surge of ice that nearly encased his opponent, half froze Midnight, and freaked out all those that were close to the ice.

"Seems like he had a conversation with his father... never seen him that annoyed before." Celestia remarked, though this was a bad showing for both boys, because Shoto ended the battle in an instant, which might be seen as a good thing but it also detailed how bad he was when dealing with his emotions.

"Someone's going to be losing some points over that, that's for sure." Selene said, while at the same time Shoto used his fire side to melt the ice he had created, where she found that Celestia got up from her seat as Denki did the same, since both of them would be taking part in the third round, "You worried about their rule?"

"No. Not even in the slightest." Celestia replied, as she and Selene had been silently thinking about this and knew that this was a fair way for Midnight and the other staff members to make sure she and her sister didn't wipe out the competition, due to having more Quirks than everyone else, but she wasn't worried at all.

Celestia headed to the waiting room for a moment as she patiently waited for Shoto to finish melting the ice, and once the arena was ready for another match both she and Denki were called to the center of the stadium, where she found that many of the crowd were watching her, given the fact that she had two Quirks.

"Celestia, which Quirk will you use?" Midnight asked, though this was just to make sure that the sisters remained true to their word, because if they used their second Quirk she was to inform them that they were disqualified, since it was going against what they had said previously, even though it would no doubt annoy all sorts of people.

"I'll use Dragon." Celestia replied, something that caused some of the people in the stands to whisper among themselves, no doubt because this was such a rare Quirk and they were interested in how hers compared to Ryukyu's own Dragon Quirk, to which Midnight nodded her head as she took her place on the edge of the arena.

As the battle started Celestia shifted into her hybrid form, surprising the crowd in the process, while at the same time Denki let his electricity dance all over his body for a few seconds before he sent all of it rushing towards her, where Celestia sighed as she walked through the discharge, it unable to harm her at all, and ended the battle by punching her foe in the chest, light enough to knock him out of the arena.

"Word of advice: don't use your ultimate move right out of the gate, rather look for a weakness and then use it." Celestia said, reverting to her base form before walking down to where her opponent had ended up and helped him onto his feet, even though it was clear that his attack had short-circuited his brain, since he definitely had a stupid look on his face, which might go away in time if he worked on improving his Quirk.

Selene smiled as Celestia returned to the stands, as this was just like her sister, quick and to the point without even a single shred of caring towards the fame that might come from winning, she was just interested in scoring well since this was all part of their hero course. Once Denki was back in his seat, even though he was struggling to regain full function of his brain, a major downside to his Quirk if Selene was being honest with herself, they turned their attention to the next fight, which was Tenya and the Support Class girl. Apparently Mei, the Support Girl, had talked with Tenya before the match since Tenya had a bunch of gadgets on him that were no doubt made by the girl in question, and that meant that this battle was just her using him to showcase her gear to the agencies that were watching the festival. This soured the taste of this match since it was just Mei focusing on all of her items and nothing else, and it lowered her opinion of Tenya despite how he stated that he had been moved by Mei's grit and mettle, so she hardly paid attention to the fight until Mei finished selling her products and stepped out of the arena with her head held high.

That match was honestly a waste of time, in Selene's opinion, while Celestia simply shrugged it off despite the fact that it was a waste of ten minutes, even though the people from the support companies ate up Mei's show, though it did leave Selene curious about the other fights.

Following that pitiful show they moved onto Mina and Yuga, the naval boy, where they found that Yuga went on the attack as soon as the battle was started, while at the same time the pink skinned girl simply skated around the area, literally she was using her acid on the base of her shoes like she was skating. It was actually impressive, that she had a unique and creative way to use her Quirk, and since she had worked alongside her opponent a few times she knew the ins and outs of Yuga's naval laser, and the weakness it had. When Yuga came to a stop there was nothing he could do to stop Mina from hitting his belt with some of her acid, causing it to eat through enough of it to make his pants drop, and since he focused on that Mina was able to uppercut him and knock her foe out. The next match between Momo and Fumikage turned out to be one-sided as the latter used his Dark Shadow to just assault the former, forcing her to go on the defensive as he pushed her right out of the arena, much to Momo's surprise and shame.

During that time Izuku and Tenya went to talk with Ochaco as she prepared to face Katsuki, though at the same time Selene walked down to the arena to join Eijiro for their fight, where many of the crowd were eager to see how she fought with only one Quirk, just like what Celestia did earlier.

"Now, Selene, which Quirk will you use?" Midnight asked, though she knew that either one would make this fight even more interesting for all of them, because both Hydra and Tiger were incredible Quirks and either one would be great against what Eijiro's Hardening offered.

"I choose Hydra." Selene replied, something that caused everyone to focus on her for a moment as the battle was called to a start, where she shifted her stance as two sapphire serpents appeared, showing Eijiro that she was ready to fight and that she wasn't going to go easy on him.

Sure enough Eijiro hardened his body the moment Midnight called for them to start, just like Selene had seen in the past, and rushed at Selene so he could beat her into the out of bounds area, though she had other plans for him as both of her serpents zeroed in on his position. Eijiro found that one of the serpents coiled into a barrier in front of him, stopping him in his tracks as he realized that his punch barely managed to dent it, in fact it didn't look like his attack did anything to it, while the other one attacked him in return. This was all according to Selene's plan, the two serpents were assaulting Eijiro like how Fumikage had attacked Momo with Dark Shadow, yet she made sure to move while cutting down on her foe's area, forcing him back while eliminating the amount of the arena's floor that he had access to. In the end it was over rather quickly as she struck her foe in the chest with one of her serpents, knocking him out of the arena before he could react, causing Midnight to declare Selene the winner of this match, where she helped Eijiro onto his feet as he thanked her for a good match.

With that done she returned to Celestia's side in the stands, which was around the time that Izuku joined them as well, a fact that told her they were about to see Katsuki tear Ochaco down since they knew he wouldn't go easy on a female opponent, and it wasn't long before the pair stepped out to face each other.

"While the outcome of this is predictable, it'll be interesting to see what Ochaco does." Selene commented, though she was hoping that Ochaco would defy her expectations and take Katsuki, it would be a massive blow to his ego if he was taken out by her, and she found that Celestia nodded her head in agreement, even though it was clear that they were more interested in what the girl might do against Katsuki.

Ochaco rushed forward the moment the battle was called to a start, because she knew that if she could float her opponent she had a chance at winning this, and sure enough Katsuki opened with the big right swing he was known for, blasting her right in the face with his Quirk. Despite that fact Ochaco used his smoke as a smokescreen and used her jersey as a simple distraction, a slight floating object that Katsuki attacked, but as soon as he realized that fact he turned and blasted her again, showing that his reaction speed was amazing. Even with that in mind Ochaco kept attacking him, or trying to anyway, but it was clear what she was doing, to Selene and Celestia anyway, as the girl was making sure Katsuki's attacks were directed at the ground, breaking small shards of concrete off that she was able to float, all while keeping the smokescreen up. One of the heroes in attendance even shouted at Katsuki for his foulness, something that caused Aizawa to criticize the hero since Katsuki was keeping his guard up and was treating Ochaco as a worthy opponent, shutting the hero down in no time.

Her ultimate desperation move was a hailstorm of concrete shards, all aimed at Katsuki, but even as she released her attack Katsuki simply aimed his hand into the air and obliterated all of it with a single blast, and yet not even that slowed Ochaco down, despite the fact that she hit her weight limit and collapsed from exhaustion.

"If it weren't for Katsuki's intense battle reflexes, Ochaco would have had him." Celestia remarked, which was kind of sad, it was a good plan, despite it's desperation, and it could have won her the match had Katsuki not realized she had something planned, but either way it was a good showing for the watchers, since that was what they cared about, and Selene nodded her head to show that she agreed with her statement.

Midnight called for a brief recess of ten minutes so Cementoss could repair the arena, causing the sisters to relax as both of them wondered about their next matches and wondered what their next foes might throw at them as they pushed towards the end of the Sports Festival, making them eager to see what might happen next.