Todoroki Shouto hummed as he flipped a card. "Firey? Something bad is going to happen soon..."

Kero glanced at Shouto, "Maybe it means a new opportunity."

"I hope."

~~~

"Yes, I do."

Midoriya had said to Shouto. And that's when Shouto started, "Have you heard of tarot cards?"

"Those cards that tell the future?" Midoriya asked.

"Yes. Well, the cards I have... They're tarot cards, but made by someone special."

"W-who?"

"Clow Reed."

"Who was Clow Reed?" Midoriya asked.

Shouto began the story; "Back when there were no quirks, magic was well-known. There were different types of magic everywhere. Western and eastern magic greatly differed. Clow Reed, however, was both of these things. He studied western and eastern magical and found himself making something that mixed the two together."

"These were called Clow Cards. These cards are amazingly powerful, due to having elements of both western and eastern magic."

Midoriya stared. He couldn't believe it. Magic? Clow Reed? Then those cards...

"Those Clow Cards have two guardians. Yue, and Kerberos. Those two guardians have to choose the next wielder of the cards," Shouto explained, "Before me, there was a girl in the pre-quirk era named Kinomoto Sakura. She was the second wielder."

"And you're the third," Midoriya finished off. "That's- that's amazing! D-do the cards evolve w-with the p-person?"

"Yes they do," Shouto replied, "Sakura had them called 'Sakura Cards,' they were pink and bright. Different from what they are now."

Midoriya fuzzily recalls seeing the cards, but he asks for clarification, "What do they look like now?"

"Now, they're 'Shouto Cards,' and the ones aligned with the moon are blue, and the ones aligned with the Sun are red."

"So like you, you split your deck in half?"

"As half as I could get it with 53 cards anyway," Shouto replied.

Midoriya leaned against the wall as a wave if pure disbelief hit him. It only took a moment to remind himself that this was all real, but it took even longer to accept the fact. "That's amazing... The people with the cards are- what are they called?"

Shouto glanced towards the other side of the hallway for seemingly no reason, "Cardcaptors."

Midoriya was debating it and he couldn't believe it. Shouto had just told him something so important, so life dangering, and he was still debating on whether or not to tell him about One for All. Trust... Goes both ways, right? "T-thank you f-for telling m-me this, T-todoroki-kun!"

Shouto shrugged, "You were going to find out anyway. I had to tell you, you saw it."

That caused Midoriya to go momentarily silent. After the Festival. After the Festival, I'll tell him about One for All. " Y-yeah..."

"Now don't think that just because I don't have my cards that I'm weak, Midoriya Izuku," Shouto said. He held his hand out for Midoriya to take, "I can and will beat you. Let's have a great Sports Festival."

Shouto loves seeing the fire in Midoriya's eyes as he smiles. Midoriya grasped his hand firmly and shook it, those emerald eyes burning into Shouto's own, "Y-yeah! Let's have a great Sports Festival, Todoroki-kun!"

Todoroki Shouto was content.

~~~

"Shadow... Someone's going to be in a dark place."

Kero nodded in agreement, "Either emotionally, or mentally, or maybe both."

Shouto frowned, "I hope I can save them."

"Me too, kid."

~~~

All Might and Endeavor ran into each other.

"Oh Endeavor!" All Might greeted the flaming hero, "We haven't spoken in so long! ten years, was it?"

Endeavor ignored his rival.

"Your child's control over his quirk is quite astonishing," All Might complimented.

Endeavor muttered, "He could improve greatly if he listened."

"Endeavor, how did you manage to raise your children so well? I could use some help with the next generation."

All Might didn't know why Endeavor fumed off at the question.

~~~

"Mirror? Like a mirror image?" Shouto didn't get why he got that card.

Kero seemed quite confused as well, "I can only assume. I have no idea why mirror popped up."

~~~

Shouto didn't know why the girls were dressed up in cheerleader uniforms, but they were, and it just sort of made Shouto uncomfortable. "Aren't we still in highschool? Why are they so form fitting?"

Kero shrugged, "I mean like, doesn't every school have a cheerleader team? I think Sakura's did."

"Kinomoto-san?" Shouto said, "Was she on the team?"

"No, and I don't recall seeing the girls that uncomfortable," Kero frowned, "They shouldn't be uncomfortable. Were they forced into this?"

Shouto frowned, "I don't think UA would force their students to do something that makes them uncomfortable."

"Must've been one of your classmates then," Kero said.

Shouto looked appalled by that, "But who?"

Kero shrugged, "Who knows?"

~~~

Midnight announced the next event, which had everyone hyped.

Much to Shouto's surprise, Ojiro resigned. "I wasn't able to give my best because of a quirk. It'd be unfair to everyone else who gave their best and weren't able to make it here while I was used. I wanted to get here on my own, not by someone else's power. I resign."

"Ojiro, reconsider! You got here on your own!" Ashido shouted at him.

Ojiro shook his head, "I'm saving my dignity. I resign."

And then a kid Shouto didn't know from Class B spoke up, saying the same thing, and Shouto was suspicious this time. Who's quirk did this?

Midnight seemed to be pondering before saying, "Reason accepted! Team Kendo will now replace Team Ojiro!"

"I think it should be Team Tetsutetsu's chance!" Kendo exclaimed.

Midnight smiled, "Kindness everywhere from the future pro-heroes! Team Tetsutetsu's Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu and Shiozaki Ibara shall participate!"

And then, the pairings were announced. Seeing Midoriya's pairing, Shouto had only one question, Who was Shinsou Hitoshi?

When the recreational activities ended, Shouto was eager for Midoriya's match. He considered Midoriya a worthy opponent, and his overwhelming curiosity for who his opponent was won over him. Shinsou shouted something that people like Shouto, who were in the stands didn't hear, and Midoriya mysteriously stops moving.

" What happened to Midoriya Izuku?" He hears Present Mic shout, also shocked at the sudden stop of movement.

"He's trapped in Shinsou's quirk, I told you the entrance exam was biased." Shouto recognized his teacher's, Eraserhead's voice.

" What a strong quirk! It's a wonder why Shinsou Hitoshi isn't in the hero course!"

Shouto could only question what the heck Midoriya was doing. Midoriya was walking closer and closer to the out of bounds line. Shouto heard his classmates yelling at Midoriya to turn around, to not step out of bounds. And suddenly, a rush of wind swept through the arena. Midoriya's quirk , Shouto realized. Midoriya was up and moving again, Shinsou was shouting stuff Shouto couldn't hear, but one thing Shouto noticed was that Midoriya wasn't replying.

So Shinsou's quirk is reply-based. Midoriya was going up to Shinsou and pushing him out of bounds. Shinsou didn't want to lose and punched Midoriya in the face, who actually didn't show a reaction. Shinsou's arms went up to do something that Shouto assumed was choking Midoriya, and the latter merely picked him up and slammed him onto the ground with brute force. Shinsou's feet were a bit passed the out of bounds line, and Midoriya was declared the winner.

"Woah! That round was epic!" Uraraka exclaimed.

Momo agreed, "And it's only the beginnning."

Shouto looked at Shinsou and Midoriya again, they both looked like they've been through some realization on the field, which had Shouto wondering if the two were okay.

Shouto hoped they were.

~~~

Fin.

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A/n: I hope you liked it! Thank you for reading!!!!