Just a note - I prefer to spell Shinsou's name with a 'u' at the end, so from now on it's Shinsou. Thanks!

Izuku was about to talk to the prep room to prepare for his fight with Shinsou when a hand grabbed his shoulder. "We need to talk." Todoroki said to him, and pulled Izuku away from the crowd into a secluded corner.

"What was that about, Todoroki?" Izuku asked, confused as to why Todoroki wanted to speak with him. Todoroki had a very serious expression on his face.

"Midoriya." Todoroki said, ignoring Izuku's question. "Are you... the secret love child of Aizawa?"

"... WHAT!? N-no, he's just a dad figure! He-he's not my real d-dad!" Izuku stuttered frantically.

Todoroki looked skeptical, and maybe slightly disappointed that his theory was off.

"Midoriya, do you know what a quirk marriage is?" Todoroki asked, ignoring Izuku's flustered state. Izuku suddenly turned serious, and his eyes narrowed. "Yes..." He responded.

Todoroki sighed. "I was born out of a quirk marriage, between Endeavor and my mother. Endeavor wanted to create the perfect being to surpass All Might as an extension of himself, because he was obsessed with surpassing All Might and realized he himself couldn't achieve that goal. So after many tries, he had me. The perfect creation, with a powerful dual quirk he sought to create with my mother's ice and his flames." Todoroki continued.

"My so-called 'father' trained me harshly every day, which was basically just him beating me. My mother suffered psychological trauma, and one day, I overheard her on the phone while she was boiling water. She said to the person on the other line that she couldn't stand my left side sometimes, because it was exactly like his... she said this right before she poured boiling water over the side of my face."

"My father sent her away to a mental hospital, furious that she harmed his 'creation'. I've never seen her since... but maybe that's just because I've been too cowardly to face her..." Todoroki looked up at Izuku with determined eyes, with a burning hatred behind them. He clutched the left side of his face.

"My left side is unsightly. She told me that, and I understand."

Todoroki brought his hand off of his face, and stared at it before clenching it into a tight fist.

"I will defeat you, and win the Sports Festival, all without using his power." Todoroki finished, and began to walk away.

"...Todoroki." Izuku called out, stopping Todoroki. "You aren't the only one who's had a tough childhood. A tough life. And that's why I can say that I'm not going to go down so easily." Izuku's eyes blazed with passion and determination. "So if I'm gonna give it my all, then you'd better try your hardest, your 100%, too!"

Todoroki nodded, acknowledging Izuku, and walked away without looking back.

Izuku knew Bakugo was hiding behind a corner, and had listened to their whole conversation, but Izuku didn't bother talking to him or acknowledging him. He had to prepare for his battle.

"And now, ladies and gents, the first match will begin! It's Shinsou Hitoshi VS Midoriya Izuku!!!" Present Mic yelled, causing the crowd to roar in anticipation.

"Please welcome... Shinsou Hitoshi!! Sorry, but he's not really done anything memorable yet..."

Shinsou stepped into the stadium, walking with a serious look on his face.

"And his opponent is Midoriya Izuku, the adoptive (but not legally) son of Eraserhead, or Aizawa Shota!!! Eraserhead has trained this boy so hard he's been through literal hell dozens of times, but his strength will show you just how hard he's worked! #Dadzawa4Life-!" Present Mic was suddenly cut off. Aizawa was holding the cord of the microphone, and had ripped it in half.

"Oi, stop broadcasting my relationship with my s-Izuku!" Aizawa demanded, brushing off his slight speech slip up.

"But you destroyed the mic! How am I supposed to announce now!?" Present Mic argued.

"Yamada... Your hero name is LITERALLY Present MIC." Aizawa pointed out. "You have a VOICE quirk. Your voice is already more than loud enough."

"...oh. Right." Present Mic replied sheepishly, and turned back to the crowd. "ANYWAY!" He shouted, shattering the glass in front of him. Aizawa grumbled angrily, and from the VIP booth, Nezu grimaced as he thought of the money he'd have to spend to replace the glass and get a new microphone.

"HIS ACTIONS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!! IT'S MIDORIYA IZUKU!!! YEAAAHHH!!!!"

The crowd cheered.

Aizawa and Yamada leaned forward expectantly, waiting for Izuku to emerge.

Instead, a bright green caterpillar tumbled out of the entrance as if it had been kicked out, and rolled to a stop at Shinsou's feet on the platform.

Aizawa grinned slightly. 'I see, so he managed to get that approved as a support item...' Aizawa thought. Aizawa whispered a few words to Mic, whose confusion quickly cleared up with understanding and slight amusement at Izuku's plan.

"Midnight, start the match!" Present Mic yelled to Midnight, who was warily poking the green bundle with the tip of her whip. "What? But where's Midoriya? And what is this thing?" She asked, confused.

"That... is Midoriya." Mic responded.

"Umm. What?"

"...just start the match. You'll see..."

"O-okay... Match start then... BEGIN!"

Shinsou just stared at the lump. What... was it?

The green lump just lay there, unmoving and unresponsive. Shinsou just stared.

Nothing.

More staring.

More nothing.

Stil staring.

Still nothing.

At this point, it had been 5 minutes and nothing happened. Shinsou kept staring. The caterpillar lump thing did nothing.

"REALLY!?" Shinsou shouted, incredulous. "What are you? What is this!?"

The lump did nothing. Shinsou sighed. "Typical..." He muttered.

All of a sudden, the lump jolted straight up, as if it were standing. It beeped three times, and then a robotic voice came from the green thing. "I AM MIDORIYA IZUKU. WE'VE MET, SHINSOU. DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME?"

Shinsou blinked twice from shock. He had a 'wtf wuz that' look on his face.

"...u-uhm, Midoriya-kun?" Shinsou asked tenatively.

The caterpillar beeped again, and spoke. "YES, SHINSOU-KUN?"

"Uh... what the hell is this?"

"THIS IS MY SLEEPING BAG. I WAS TIRED. TODOROKI-KUN DIDN'T LET ME SLEEP."

"Okay... why is your voice all robotic? And how is that a sleeping bag? And... what?"

"WELL, SHINSOU, THIS IS THE MOST HIGH-GRADE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE. THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION, HIGHLIGHER GREEN SLEEPING BAG THAT COMES EQUIPPED WITH A MINIFIDGE, A CUTTING-EDGE COMPUTER THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE UA FACILITY THAT ALLOWS ME TO BASICALLY CONTROL ANYTHING IN THE SCHOOL, AND... OTHER THINGS..."

"What... other things?"

"WELL NOW WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU?"

"Well, Midoriya, why are you telling me all of this," Shinsou said, using his brainwashing quirk.

"BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR QUIRK. AND THAT'S WHY I PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME."

"Wh-what!?" Shinsou exclaimed, shocked. "How did my quirk not work!? And how do you know what it is??"

"WELL, I GREW UP QUIRKLESS FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, SHINSOU. DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT FEELS? GETTING BEATEN UP EVERYDAY, LYING IN A POOL OF YOUR OWN BLOOD THAT WAS BEATEN OUT OF YOU EVERYDAY BY PEOPLE YOU THOUGHT WERE YOUR FRIENDS UNTIL THEY TURNED ON YOU ONCE THEY DISCOVERED YOU WERE JUST USELESS, QUIRKLESS SCUM!?" Izuku's voice turned very angry, even though it was still stiff and robotic.

"I WAS TOLD TO GO KILL MYSELF! AND I CONSIDERED IT! I WAS TOLD I COULD NEVER BE A HERO BY SO MANY PEOPLE, EVEN BY ALL MIGHT HIMSELF!! MY NICKNAME DEKU THAT KAC-KATSUKI USES IS WHAT EVERYONE CALLED ME. IT MEANS USELESS."

"I WANT TO SHOW THE WORLD I'M NOT USELESS! I DISCOVERED MY QUIRK AFTER A YEAR OF HARSH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING!!! IF I WERE STILL QUIRKLESS, I WOULDN'T BE HERE AT ALL!!"

Shinsou was trembling now. He completely underestimated his opponent, and was shocked at how horribly this kid suffered. Even worse than Shinsou himself!

"SO I PUT IN EFFORT, SHINSOU. I WAS NOT BLESSED WITH THIS QUIRK. I WAS CURSED WITH QUIRKLESSNESS. BUT I MADE MYSELF STRONG. WITH OR WITHOUT MY QUIRK."

Izuku's voice seemed a little emotional, like he had been waiting for a long time to vent that all out. Then the caterpillar thing shifted, and giant mechanical tendrils came out of it, boosting it up and making like a giant spider machine with the sleeping bag at the top.

"NOW SHINSOU, THIS IS NOT PERSONAL. AT LEAST, NOT PARTICULARLY. I'M JUST TIRED SO I'M DOING THIS THE LAZY, EASY WAY." Izuku's voice boomed out of the machine-thing, now louder and slightly demonic. Like a giant, green, demonic caterpillar that suddenly grew mechanical legs and is now as tall as the stadium of UA.

"How is this the EASIER and LAZY way!!?!?!?!???" Shinsou screamed, terrified.

The mechanical legs lashed out at Shinsou, surprisingly agile and swift, and with one strike, knocked him out of the stadium, rendering him unconscious and out of bounds.

"M-Midoriya Izuku is the winner!" Midnight shouted out, shocked.

Present Mic was shookith, and his jaw was hitting the table. His glasses were crooked on his nose and his eyes were wide in shock. Aizawa just smirked.

"A-AIZAWA! What did you TEACH this kid!!??" Present Mic shouted.

"Well, Mic, this is what happens when one of the 'Aizawas'  doesn't get enough sleep. It's a family technique, passed on from generations to generations."

Mic just gaped in shock.

The crowd was silent for a good few seconds, before erupting in cheers at the sheer destructive power of a sleep-deprived kid.

From the stands, Todoroki watched with wide eyes, his natural aloof expression gone. 'I am never waking up Midoriya ever again.' Todoroki thought. 'I know the horrible consequences now... poor Shinsou...'

And with that, Izuku's mechanical monster shrunk down to normal size, its mechanical legs somehow folding back into the green caterpillar bag thing. The caterpillar thing then inched its way towards the exit, the crowd still shouting its praises.

Bakugo wet his pants.

That's it, guys!

Not much to say here... OH!

I have a question. I am very unsocial and not really knowledgable about... stuff  that happens these days, so please answer this.

What do people mean when they say "Sweet Home Alabama"?

I know it's a song, but I don't think it's just a song. I mean, people will comment; "SWEET HOME ALABAMA" or something like that, but I don't understand. I don't think, at least.

Thanks!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

(you haven't seen the last of Shinsou!)

Now farewell, my trusty readers! AWAY-HO, GOES THE AUTHOOOooorrrr...