My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

After Cementoss repaired the arena, taking care of the damage that Katsuki had done to it during his match, Present Mic called the second round of matches to a start, where Selene and Celestia found that Izuku and Shoto were ready and were already approaching the arena.

"I wonder if he can actually pull off an upset, take out one of his biggest competitors." Selene commented, which would be impressive if their brother did such a thing, and it would even upset Endeavor while potentially encouraging All Might to push Izuku towards the more reckless behavior they were trying to get rid of.

"He might be able to, if he taps into the 'Full Cowl' we discussed previously." Celestia replied, it was a topic that both she and her sister had discussed with their brother, a way for him to use the mighty power of One For All without actually breaking his body, before she sighed as she glanced at the arena, "If he keeps focusing on his fingers and arms, like he's done in the past, he won't last long... it's just the simple truth, his body will collapse from the pain before he comes close to beating Shoto."

Full Cowl, as the sisters described it to Izuku, was the art of channeling the power of One For All evenly throughout his body, instead of focusing on a single portion of his body, like how he was using his fingers or fist to fire off large bursts of wind pressure and was breaking his body in the process. This concept was designed to get rid of that nasty side effect, sparing his body in the process, while supposedly turning the great power of the inherited Quirk into greater reflexes, maneuverability, and potentially even greater strength. In essence it could be considered an Ultimate Move, given how Izuku has labeled his Quirk, but the sisters didn't care about that, rather they cared more about saving their brother the pain and agony of what he had been doing so far, and Full Cowl was the answer to that fact. It all depended on whether or not their brother actually used their advice, since they were also focused on his well-being and breaking his body was the last thing they wanted, so all they could do right now was watch and see what path their brother decided to walk.

After the sisters thought about that they found that Midnight declared that the match was starting and got out of the way, as if she knew what was coming up next, which was when Shoto fired off a burst of ice that reached for Izuku and his opponent fired off a burst of wind pressure, shattering the ice while ruining one of his fingers.

"I see they've started already... and Shoto's firing off constant barrages of ice." Eijiro commented, as he had been lingering in one of the preparation rooms, to get over his loss and maybe call someone after he witnessed Ochaco's match, and it wasn't long before Shoto fired off a second burst that was followed by Izuku ruining another finger with another counterattack, only for a third set to follow shortly after, "I'm surprised that people like Shoto, and you Katsuki, can fire off those super huge wide range attacks all willy-nilly, one after the other."

"There's no such thing as 'willy-nilly', because a Quirk works like our muscles: if you overwork them they'll give, or if you run too long you'll run out of breath... same applies to a Quirk. Everyone has a limit." Katsuki stated, in fact that was why he had designed his hero gear the way he did, so he could do more with his Quirk, and he was positive that both Deku and Shoto had their own limits, before he let out a frustrated sigh as he thought about something else, "Though not tank flank... as long as the sun's up she'll likely have an unlimited amount of energy to draw on."

It was an annoying Quirk, especially since there seemed to be no limit to what Celestia could do with it, yet Katsuki felt that even it had limits, but the problem was that it was hardly used, rather it seemed like the girl preferred to use Dragon and only used Sunshine when she really needed it. As he thought about that they watched as the battle progressed, where both Selene and Celestia watched as Izuku used two more of his fingers, ruining most of his right hand at this point, to force his foe backwards, yet Shoto continued to press his advance. Such a thing pressed Izuku to start using the fingers on his left hand, the pain forcing him to lose focus for a moment as Shoto got closer, and when the ice reached for him again he used his entire fist to push his opponent backwards, like they were in a stalemate of sorts. Selene and Celestia knew that it would end soon, there was no way Izuku was going to win with how reckless he was being, especially since most of his left arm was damaged from that attack, and it seemed like Shoto knew that, in fact it seemed like he might have been pushing Izuku while being pleased by how annoyed Endeavor was over all of this.

In that brief moment, as Shoto was distracted with his father, Izuku glanced at the stands for a couple of seconds and locked eyes with his sisters, who just looked at him in a more neutral manner, and it was like something unlocked in his mind, which caused him to focus on his foe as red lines, like veins, seemed to appear on his body.

"No freaking way. Is he doing what I think he's doing?" Selene remarked, because this could very well be the turning point in this match, their brother realizing that they weren't happy with his performance, hence their neutral expressions, and using that to fully understand the concept both she and Celestia had told him about in the past.

"It is: Full Cowl." Celestia replied, this time with a smile on her face as Izuku shifted his stance and rushed towards Shoto, at faster speeds than before while not shattering his legs in the process, they could see that his legs were fine, which was when Izuku punched his foe in the chest and knocked him backwards, sending Shoto towards the edge of the arena.

This was a turn that no one was expecting, Izuku had been hurting himself the entire time while he tried to fend off Shoto, a fact that made Shoto more desirable in the eyes of the other heroes for his ability to withstand such power, even though he had set up ice behind him to counter Izuku's attacks, but this surprised everyone. Even Izuku was surprised, but continued to assault his opponent, both with his fists, because the even distribution of One For All throughout his body meant he didn't have to worry about breaking any of his bones while maintaining the power, and with words. Selene and Celestia weren't too sure what was being said right now, but knowing their brother and how it looked like Endeavor had talked to him before the match, Izuku was likely chewing Shoto out for not using his full power, and hammered in that it was, in fact, SHOTO's power and not Endeavor's. At the same time it was obvious to the sisters that All Might's influence was driving Izuku this far, that he was willing to pull the true hero out of his opponent so they could fight with their full strength, and yet they could see each crack as it appeared in Shoto's resolve, like he couldn't believe that he was going to lose to Izuku.

Selene found it hilarious, that the normally cool and collected Shoto was losing his cool and his resolve, especially as Izuku punched him in the chest and knocked him closer to the edge, to the point that even he broke his own promise to himself as flames erupted from his left side, and he even declared that he wanted to be a hero.

"SHOTO! So, you've finally accepted yourself?! Good! Excellent! This is your true beginning!" Endeavor shouted, in fact there was a look of satisfaction and twisted joy on his face as Shoto finally used the side of his power that he had swore to never use, though at the same time Shoto was ignoring his father as Endeavor walked down the stairs, "You, who shares my blood, surpass me and realize my ambitions in yourself!"

"Izuku... I don't know what game you're playing, and honestly I don't care. Let's do this!" Shoto stated, because at this point, in that very moment, he forgot about his father, his past, and everything that had been holding him back for so long, and just focused on the boy who was willing to lose this match to shatter his demons and awaken his power.

In the next instant Shoto released what was basically a torrent of flames at Izuku, since this was likely the first time he was using his flame side and was pressing the pedal all the way down, but at the same time the sisters watched as Izuku focused as well, swinging his right foot in a kicking motion. The sheer force of the wind pressure and the heat caused a massive heat explosion to rock the entire stadium, blasting a crater into the arena no doubt, but the sisters found that their brother was still moving, still on the offensive, as he appeared in front of Shoto. In that moment they understood what had happened, he used his kick to create what was essentially a smokescreen so he could then rush at his opponent, showcasing his ability to plan and use his experiences to his advantage, and the sisters were sure he was drawing on what he had seen of the rest of his class as well. Shoto, due to being slowed from the excessive amount of ice he had been using to push Izuku back since the start of the match, barely noticed what was going on and was slow to react as he loosed ice at his foe again, freezing Izuku where he stood as the fist made contact.

The force of the blow knocked Shoto backwards for a few moments, no doubt since the ice tanked the majority of the blow, but Izuku was unable to continue since his entire body, save his head, had been frozen, and as the smoke cleared Midnight declared Shoto the winner, even though everyone found that Shoto's left foot was mere meters from the edge of the arena, much to everyone's shock.

"I'm very impressed. He nearly took Shoto out... that would have upset Endeavor something fierce." Selene remarked, and she took great pleasure in the fact that Katsuki was surprised by this discovery, that Izuku had grown by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time, all due to her and Celestia being his sisters.

"Even Shoto's surprised. Look at the heroes, they're now fairly judging Izuku as someone worthy of being a hero." Celestia said, as many of the other heroes were looking at their brother with a new look in their eyes, instead of seeing a reckless boy they were now seeing the seedling of a hero that could very well surpass their wildest expectations, before noticing that the robots were carrying off Izuku while Cementoss fixed the arena, "I've got some time, so I'm going to see Izuku."

Selene nodded and went with her sister, because she knew that this was a good chance for Celestia to practice her healing, the untapped side of Sunshine that they hadn't told many about, save for Recovery Girl and Izuku, and when they arrived at Recovery Girl's area the sisters found Izuku, thawed, resting on a bed. All Might arrived in his true form, even though he was confused as to what Izuku had done during the match, where Selene explained the concept of 'Full Cowl' to him, while at the same time Celestia focused her Quirk for a moment. Recovery Girl found the faint golden light that washed over Izuku's body as his sister worked her magic, the healing power of Sunshine seemingly repairing everything to the point where it looked like Izuku hadn't harmed himself at all, which was why she mentally referred to it as 'magic'. Sunshine was a one of a kind Quirk, a power that no one had seen before and would likely never see again once Celestia was no longer of this world, a fact that made her sad since the girl was definitely a heroine in the making, one that could rival All Might in his prime.

In no time at all Izuku was back on his feet and was chatting with Selene about Full Cowl, no doubt to go into detail about what he felt and what could be improved upon, but all in all he seemed rather happy with himself, even though he failed to uphold his promise to All Might, which Recovery Girl scolded the weakened hero for. Such a thing pleased Selene, since she loved seeing the Number One hero being told off by others, especially since the nurse knew that Izuku was a massive fan of All Might and would, naturally, seek to please his hero for the praise he'd get. The nurse was worried that he might have set a fuse inside the boy, one that would shatter his body beyond repair, though at the same time she was hoping that this new power of Izuku's would be his key to mastering One For All, without ruining his body. Both Selene and Celestia told her that such a thing was part of the reason for the creation of Full Cowl, to avoid breaking their brother's body, and once he figured out how to master it they knew he'd be set, he just had to work towards that point.

While they were chatting the teachers who were part of the event informed everyone that the arena was repaired and that it was time for the next match, where Celestia bid her siblings farewell for now as she headed outside and found that Tenya had also come out as well, since he was to be her next opponent.

"For this match I'll stick with Dragon." Celestia said, as she knew that Midnight and the others wanted to know which of her Quirks she would use during this match, causing the heroes near them to nod as the announcer for the matches backed up to give them both some space, allowing her and Tenya to focus on each other.

Sure enough Tenya activated his own trump card the moment the match started, just as Celestia shifted into her hybrid form once more, where her foe rushed at her and tried to get behind her, where he lashed out with a kick to the side of her neck and found that his attack did nothing, she didn't even move, causing Celestia to drop and spin around as her tail struck her foe in the chest, knocking him out of bounds.

"Dragon, a Quirk known for it's great offensive and defensive powers... Tenya never stood a chance." Selene commented, as it was a sad fact when she thought about it, as Tenya had the right idea about attacking as soon as the match started, since Celestia was at her most vulnerable before she transformed, but even his Engine wasn't fast enough to get to Celestia before she was fully transformed.

Izuku nodded his head in agreement, even though he felt bad for Tenya since he had been hoping to make his own brother proud, and it wasn't long before the pair were replaced by Mina and Fumikage, but that battle was over in an instant as the latter knocked the former out of the arena with a single attack.

"Now it's you and Kacchan." Izuku remarked, though this was a match he was interested in, the fact that his sister would be facing off against the boy they had protected him from for a long time, where Selene nodded her head and headed down to the arena, while at the same time he found that Kacchan was focused on bringing his foe down.

"Now, Selene, which Quirk will you use?" Midnight asked, continuing the trend of asking the sisters which Quirk they'll use for the duration of a match, something the crowd seemed okay with since it meant that they could see some better matches, all while ignoring the fact that the sisters quickly knocked all of their opponents out.

"Oh no, you aren't weakening Selene for my sake. I'll take BOTH of her Quirks on and crush both of them." Katsuki stated, as he knew that he was limited his chances of success by allowing Selene to use both of her powers against him, but he wanted to show everyone that he was capable of overwhelming someone who had multiple Quirks.

"If that is what you wish." Selene replied, though she was disappointed in this turn of events, she expected Katsuki to take the opportunity that was presented to him to fight her while she was weaker, to see how he stood against one of her Quirks, but if he wanted to face both of them, which Midnight and the others seemed to be okay with, then she was going to bring her full power to bare against him, "Don't come crying to me when you ultimately lose."

Katsuki grinned like a maniac, which seemed to be his calling card these days, as the battle was called to start, where he did as Selene expected, he opened with a big blast that was designed to cover the entire area around her and keep her from seeing what was happening around her. Of course he failed to account for Hydra, where Selene made sure the serpents did what they did best to start, shielding her from the blast, despite the fact that she could avoid it with Tiger's speed, and once the smokescreen was in place she made her move. Selene's plan was rather simple, she was going to use her Hydra's as bait, Katsuki was going to follow and attack each one while missing her all the while, and then she was going to eliminate him in an instant, where she found that she was accurate in her thoughts, Katsuki was blasting each shadow he saw, targeting the serpents as if they were actually her. Selene shifted into her hybrid form and moved through the smoke, essentially rushing from one area to the next while Katsuki thought he saw where she was located, and to his credit he blasted the ground with his Quirk, removing the smokescreen in a matter of seconds.

Unfortunately for Katsuki he was unable to stop what happened next, as Selene appeared in front of his face and punched him in the chest, sending him flying through the rest of the smoke before he rolled down the stairs and hit the wall that was near the entrance he had entered through, with a look of surprise on his face as he was declared the loser.

"And this is why we added that rule." Midnight said, speaking softly and to herself for a few seconds, as the rule that Selene and Celestia were to use only one of their Quirks was to prevent something like this from happening in the first place, but it was easy to see that Katsuki was annoyed as he sulked into the passage and returned to the stands.

Selene said nothing to that as she reverted to her base form, she knew Katsuki was going to sulk and she was pleased to see that she had dented his ego, it was definitely damaged, before walking into the passage and returned to the stands, where she paused as Celestia walked up to her.

"Shoto's your next opponent. Good luck." Selene said, as she knew that Shoto was the only real competition left, that wasn't her sister, and she suspected that this next fight was going to end in a matter of seconds, since this was the perfect time for Celestia to reveal Sunshine, in all it's glory, to everyone.

Celestia nodded as she walked outside, where it was easy to tell that the crowd was excited for this match, since Shoto had ice and now fire, while all they had seen from her was Dragon since she hadn't revealed anything about Sunshine, save for using it against the Menace robot earlier, and she came to a stop on her side of the arena.

"Celestia, which Quirk will you use in this match?" Midnight asked, though at the same time she remained far away from the main portion of the arena, since she and everyone knew Shoto would open with some sort of ice attack and she really didn't want to be in the way of that attack.

"Sunshine." Celestia replied, something that came as a surprise to everyone that was watching them right now, especially since she hadn't used the Quirk since her attack on the Menace, but against Shoto she knew that this was the best move for her right now.

In the next moment, as soon as the match started, Shoto went on the offensive and unleashed the massive wave of ice at his foe, though this time around he froze each and every inch of Celestia to make sure she couldn't do anything, because if she unleashed Sunshine he knew he was in danger.

"Shoto... isn't this a bit much?" Midnight asked, though once again she was utterly cold by the surge of ice that had rushed across the arena, despite the fact that she had placed herself away from the pair so she didn't get hit by this sort of thing, but from what she could tell this match was already over, before she fanned her face for a few seconds, "Also, isn't suddenly getting much hotter out."

"What?! But, that's impossible." Shoto said, but at the same time he glanced at the massive wall of ice and found that he was mistaken, Celestia was inside the ice, just as he intended, but she was walking through the ice and understood why, he had been too slow when it came to attacking her, she had enough time to activate Sunshine due to the flaming aura that was around her.

There was one thing Shoto had come to understand about Sunshine, that it's connection to the sun was timing based, or at least that was his assumption, and the heat that Celestia was putting out was only due to what time it happened to be, since it was around eleven at this point. That didn't stop him from attacking her again and again, hurling shards of ice her way, but the aura around her was just too much, she simply walked through each of his attacks like they were nothing, the shards of ice evaporating like they were nothing. He recalled what Selene had said about Sunshine, that it wasn't a Quirk someone could beat, and right now he understood the sheer power that was in front of him, power that rivaled and surpassed that of All Might, where Shoto spared a glance at his father and could see the look of want on Endeavor's face. As Celestia stopped in front of him, however, that was when Shoto realized how outclassed he was, how the other students in his class felt when they noticed his power for the first time, and understood everything that Celestia's siblings had said since their year at UA had started.

In the following moment Celestia punched Shoto in the chest and sent him flying out of the arena, just hard enough for him to reach the walkway leading up onto the arena, causing everyone in the crowd to go silent as they realized what they had just seen, while Midnight declared her the winner of this match.

"That plan would have worked at the beginning of the festival, but it totally failed at this point." Selene commented, which was all due to the timing of the match, with the proximity to noon that meant Celestia's power was far greater than anyone had seen before, even though it was unlikely that they would see The One during this festival, but she had to give Shoto credit for trying.

At the same time Selene found herself eager for her next match, with Fumikage, because she wanted to face Celestia and see if she could even do anything against her sister, causing her to smile as everyone talked about what they had seen as she wondered how the festival would come to an end.