MHA: THE HUMAN TORCH

Chapter 27: The burden of the Past

As Mina and Harue were making their way out of the stadium to go to the cafeteria.

A loud voice called out to them.

"Harue, Mina!!!!" Yelled a happy Kirishima as he made his way towards them.

"Eijiro!" The orange haired teen responded with a lazy smile as he fist bumped him.

"Man you guys dominated!!" The manly boy said excitedly as he then asked.

"You really have got way better at flying!"

"Of course Harue's been training hard for this!" Mina responded proudly but her tone quickly turned teasing as she elbowed Harue's ribs.

"Though you should have seen the amount of time this idiot broke his bones as he failed to stick his landings~"

"Why do you have to bring back those unpleasant memories…" Harue sighed as he rubbed his eyebrows.

'She right though, I never would have thought that flying would be so difficult. Anime and movies sure do make it look easier than it really is' 

He thought to himself as he then shuddered slightly recalling the time he had almost impaled himself on his neighbor's fence.

"But good job Kirishima your team got 2nd place!" Mina congratulated as Harue also nodded in agreement.

"Thanks!" He scratched his cheek shyly at the praise.

But just as they continued to talk and joke with each other while making their way to the cafeteria.

A certain teen appeared infront and stopped them.

"What's up Todoroki?" Asked Harue with a friendly smile on his face.

"Dai." Shoto stared at him with a blank look as he suddenly asked.

"Can we talk for a bit, just the two of us"

Harue stared at him for a second as he then turned to Mina and Kirishima.

"You guys go ahead, I'll come quick so save a spot for me!"

With that the two polar opposite teens walked away as Mina and Kirishima stared at them.

"What's the deal with that guy?" Mina broke the silence as she asked Kirishima.

The teen just shrugged his shoulders in confusion as he responded.

"I don't know. Todoroki's super quiet most of the time, 'hope nothing problematic tho."

The two then made their way to the cafeteria.

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"So… what do you want to talk about man?" Harue leaned on the exit tunnel wall with his arms crossed as he questioned the quiet half-half boy.

"Your quirk is quite similar to my father's."

Todoroki silently stared at him as he then spoke.

"Is it about what Tsu-Chan said on the bus, dude I'm 100% sure my mom didn't not cheat on my dad with endeavor!" Harue awkwardly said as he looked at Todoroki.

'Besides that woman would not accept playing second fiddle for any man, and she has known dad since college.' Harue thought jokingly to himself.

"No! I also don't think that is the case, because then that man would have stopped paying attention to me long ago."

Todoroki clenched his fist.

"Huh?"

"My father has made quite the name for himself just as you must already know."

Harue nodded as Todoroki continued.

"But it was never enough to surpass a legend like All Might."

'Alright here comes the sad backstory that the MC's rival must always have, at least Horikoshi went a different route than just my parents died that most authors do.' Harue thought as he listened.

(AN: I actually quite like the way Horikoshi developed the todoroki family and endeavors redemption, except I didn't like that they spared Dabi, what about you guys what did you make of it?)

"And because he knew he could never do so…He devised a plan!" His fist was turning white as he didn't stop his clenching.

"You know about *Quirk Marriages* right?"

"Wh-what do you mean by that" Harue asked nervously.

His acting sure doing its job after having been trained for all his life.

"My old man participated in it" Todoroki released his fist as he stared at Harue.

"He found my mother and seeing her quirk, he decided to marry her."

"And as a man of merit and influence he easily integrated into my mom's family and made them marry her to him."

"After he finally took possession of her. He then could start his plan of birthing a successor to surpass him and all might."

"In all my life mom was always crying, she dumped boiling water on me just because my left side reminded her of him!!"

The teen paused when he suddenly exploded in anger.

"Fuck him!!! ILL NEVER BE A PIECE OF SHIT LIKE HIM!!!" Todoroki shouted in anger.

"The reason I'm trying to beat you is a personal triumph!"

"You. A person born with a quirk he so desperately wanted to have or at least develop a kid with it."

"I'm thankful of your existence Dai-San, not just because it spits on the face of that man's work but also because…." He paused as his face suddenly turned determined.

"I will defeat you without that mans quirk and become Nr 1 with just my ice side!!"

"This is my total disavowal of him!!!"

A silence rang out as the two teens stared at each other.

One with a serious determined gaze the other a pitying one.

"Wow…I don't know what to say to you Shoto…" Harue's voice cracked as he responded.

"Compared to you my life seems like it is going perfectly…"

"I don't think I could understand your struggle nor do I think you want me to pity you!" Harue stared down at the shorter teen as he then patted his shoulder.

"At the same time I also can't lose, not after all the years I have spent chasing after this dream ever since I was a kid."

"So let's let this tournament decide who is the winner!!"

"Yes." Todoroki nodded as he then began to walk away.

"Hey." He suddenly stopped and listened to Harue who had called out to him.

"It's your quirk, not his and dont ever forget that!!"

Todoroki continued to walk without saying anything back.

As Harue was staring at his back he suddenly spoke to the person listening in on them.

"You done spying explosion boy?"

Bakugo tched as he made his way from his hidden position and responded to Harue.

"Who'd spy on you matchstick!!! I just happened to be here!!!"

"Hahahah, sure, sure~"

"Why you—-" but just as the teen was about to explode, Harue spoke.

"That declaration also goes out to you! So I expect you to meet me on the finals and not lose to someone else." With that Harue walked away leaving behind a conflicted Bakugo.

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( After the break )

As everyone made it through to the arena, Mineta and Kaminari gave a hatful gaze towards Harue as the teen had stopped them from lying to the girls about the cheerleader duty.

They both quickly shrieked in fright as the flaming teen returned the gaze with a much more scary look.

As Mina chuckled at Harue antics the other girls looked at him with thankfull eyes.

Some of them though also gave Mina gazes that screamed that they were jealous of her.

As everyone finally arrived to the designated area the 3rd event finally began.

[ ALL RIGHT!!!] 

Present Mic enthusiasm seemed to have not died off as the man announced the beginning of the final event.

[ ITS TIME FOR THE FINAL SHOW ]

[ FROM THE FOUR WINING TEAMS 16 INDIVIDUALS HAVE MADE IT THROUGH!!! ]

[ AND FOR THE FINALE THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A ONE ON ONE TOURNAMENT!! ]

"So it's a tournament huh… we'll be standing infront of millions expect this time on our own." Muttered Kirishima as his gaze then grew confident.

"Yosh let's do this!!!!" 

Harue seeing this smiled as he patted his back.

"You get to show your manliness now dude! This is your element." Kirishima nodded back as he clenched his fist in excitement.

The others also talked to each other as Midnight then made her way onto the stage and began explaining the rules but first announced who would advance from Shinsou's team.

"Team Shinsou has chosen: Hitoshi Shinsou and Aoyama Yuga to advance to the next event!!"

The crowd cheered as midnight then continued to explain.

"To determine who fights who, we will be using lots!!"

"So starting with the team who place first let's determine the order…."

After that the teams went up one by one as they all picked a number from the given box.

"AND THE MATCHUPS ARE AS FOLLOWS…"

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MIDORIYA VS SHINSOU

TODOROKI VS SERO

 KAMINARI VS DAI

HATSUME VS IDA

ASHIDO VS AOYAMA

YAOYOROZU VS TOKOYAMI

KIRISHIMA VS JIRO 

BAKUGO VS URARAKA 

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[ ALRIGHT FOLKS THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD BACK FOR A BIT AS THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL NOW COMMENCE!!!]

With that the students dispersed as those who wanted to stay and enjoy the dancing and activities stayed while some left to rest.

The end of the chapter.

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Hey there Sokk3 here, sorry for the lack of updates these past two weeks.

I just didn't have the time to write and nor the will to do so.

But Dont worry I haven't dropped this story and if I do I will say that I have and not leave you hanging.

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