Chapter |24|
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TW: description of a panic attack so pls read with caution. Never written anything like this so I apologize if it's shitty/inaccurate. If you see any mistakes, please let me know!
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Danny sipped on a juice pouch as he waited to see who he would be fighting in the first round of the tournament. He sat on the edge of the bench, Kirishima next to him keeping, his company.
"I wonder who we're gonna have to fight.." Kirishima thought out loud as his ghostly friend finished drinking up his juice pouch.
"Hm.. I'm not sure, are they pairing people up at random?" He was curious about it, although he guessed it would make more sense to pair people up at random.
"I think so, man I'm kinda excited, what about you? You seem to be less nervous after the Calvary Battle," The red-haired teen was happy his friend seemed to finally be enjoying himself.
"I am, thankfully! After the Calvary event, I found it a lot more fun," Kirishima smiled at his response.
"That's good bro, want me to throw that away for you?" He offered his hand out to take the empty juice pouch in Danny's hand.
"Hm, oh! Thanks, man!" Danny rewarded him with one of his cheerful grins.
"No problem!" Kirishima's face reddened at the expression on his friend's face, whose cuteness could rival that of a box full of puppies. So manly!
After throwing away the juice pouch, Midnight announced who they were fighting against had been revealed. Kirishima and Danny both looked at the board.
"TetsuTetsu TetsuTetsu? I thought he didn't make it to this round" Danny asked once he saw Kirishima's opponent.
"Oh, that's because Oijiro and Shoda both dropped out. Oh hey, look! You're fighting Todoroki!" Kiri informed.
"Huh, I mean we both do have ice-related quirks.. hm.." Danny hummed in thought as he began to plan. Kirishima checked the time and saw they only had a few minutes before the first round started.
"C'mon bro, let's go meet up with the rest of the class so we can watch Midoriya's fight" Danny nodded and followed his friend towards the area where Class 1-A would be observing. When they made it there they took a seat next to Denki, Sero, Mina, and Bakugou.
"Alright, everybody! Welcome to the battle tournament~ As you can see, your matchups were determined by lottery! Conditions for winning are; knocking your opponent out, rendering them unable to move, or getting them to surrender and/or step out of bounds! the first round is Midoriya Izuku Vs Shinso Hitoshi!" Class 1A cheered Izuku on as he entered the battle arena.
As Izuku fought, Danny began to formulate a plan on how to beat Todoroki in a fight. It wouldn't be easy, the dual-haired boy was certainly powerful. He also seemed to have been training most of his life, which would put him at an advantage point. Although Danny has had his quirk for nearly four years, he was still discovering new things about it. For example, he only developed the wail maybe three months before he met Aizawa.
Although the boy had a fire quirk, he never used it which made Danny a bit curious. He didn't ponder about it though.
He could feel Todoroki looking at him, most likely doing the same thing Danny was. The ghostly teen won't have any trouble fighting the boy if he just uses ice. After all, Danny has an ice core. An issue with that though is that Danny doesn't know how strong Todoroki's ice is compared to Dannys. He hopes he won't have to transform into his ghostly side in front of everyone, his transformation isn't exactly subtle...
If the teen decides to use his fireside, which hopefully he does since Danny wants a fair fight, he'll have to rely on his phasing and flight to dodge the flames. If he goes ghost it won't affect him as bad but it'll still do some damage. One hit by Todoroki's fire quirk in his regular form and Danny is positively sure he won't be getting back up.
But once again, he doesn't want to do that dramatic ass transformation..
"What's this? Is.. is Midoriya walking out of bounds himself?" Danny suddenly snapped back to reality once he heard Yamada's voice. He felt a little guilty for not paying attention to his friend's battle.
"It seems that Shinso has used his quirk, Brainwashing, to make Midoriya walk out of bounds! What an amazing quirk!"
Danny watched as Izuku mind-numbingly walked towards the edge of the arena. Danny's leg bounced as he anxiously watched.
He knew he could use his overshadowing to make Todoroki walk out of bounds but there were a few issues with that. Number one, Danny had a love-hate relationship with that particular ability of his. After being controlled by that freaky-ass ringmaster dude, Danny hasn't used his overshadowing ability once. It was his personal preference. Number two, since Danny would have to possess Todoroki's body it would technically mean Danny would have to walk out of bounds too.
So that's a no-go..
"SURPRISING TURN OF EVENTS EVERYBODY! MIDORIYA IZUKU HAS MANAGED TO BREAK OUT OF SHINSO HITOSHI'S QUIRK!" Danny watched with wide eyes as Izuku took control over his own body.
He overheard the conversation Shinso had with Izuku, how his quirk was treated unfairly by society and unfit for combat which made it impossible for him to get into the hero course. Danny sympathized with him for sure.
Izuku charged at Shinso and began to push him out of the rink. It was retaliated with a punch to the face but it didn't deter Izuku in the slightest who proceeded to grab Shinso's arm and throw him out of bounds.
"AND THE WINNER IS MIDORIYA IZUKU!!" Yamada shouted.
Everyone in 1A began cheering for Izuku's victory. They watched as Izuku went towards Shinso and began conversing.
"Alright! What an intense round!" Midnight winked at the audience.
"Next up we have Todoroki Shoto Vs Daniel Ai- Fenton!" Okay, both his aunt and uncle nearly said Aizawa as his last name.
He most definitely preferred it.
"Good luck bro!" Kirishima pulled him in for a hug of good luck. Danny returned the hug with a smile.
"Thanks, Kiri" Once again the adorable expression on his face rivaled that of a box full of puppies and kittens. Danny, along with Todoroki, headed down towards the arena.
"Dude... earth to Kirishima, hello? Anyone home?" Sero waved a hand in front of Kirishima's face. The redhead raised a hand to his heart as tears streamed down his face.
"Ayo man are you having a heart attack or something??"
Before the two teens could make it to the Arena, Endeavor popped out of nowhere and grabbed ahold of Todoroki.
Danny nearly froze the fire mustache right off the man's face, where the fuck did he even come from.
"Shoto" Endeavor looked at Todoroki with a cold expression. The irony.. his eyes then glanced over and he glared a bit when he saw Danny.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to talk to my son alone" He all but snarled at the ghostly teen.
"Oh no, I don't mind, although I might start to if you don't drop that attitude" The ghost teen sassed back. He couldn't help it, honest.
Okay once again, he could but he doesn't want to. Seriously the expression on endeavors face was far too worth it.
Todoroki looked at him a bit in surprise as Danny then turned around and walked towards the Arena.
A few minutes passed by as he waited for Todoroki to appear. Soon enough, he was walking into the arena and standing across from Danny.
"Holy shit the fuck did that oversized flame thrower even say, you look like you're about to kill the rest of me," Danny said once he saw the pissed-off expression on the older teen's face.
"And BEGIN!" Present Mic yelled out.
Todoroki immediately sent a series of ice spikes towards Danny.
"Okay, I understand the using actions instead of words thing, you know, it works too" Danny quipped as he expertly dodged. Danny could tell Todoroki was taking his anger out on their fight.
"Hey come on man, chill out a little bit" Danny soon sent his barrage of attacks out. Sending several ice blasts towards the teen, he watched as Todoroki created a dome of ice to shield himself from them.
He quickly broke out and began ruthlessly attacking. Every attack was reciprocated with a sassy comeback and an ice attack. He knows he's not supposed to talk during fights but it's how he's always fought.
And it was really fun annoying the person you're fighting.
Danny didn't seem to help Todoroki's mood because next thing you know he was sending attack after attack after attack. The intensity increased with every attack thrown.
Danny breathed quickly as he dodged every attack thrown at him, he phased through the ones he couldn't dodge on his own. He had to get back on offensive quick before he ran out of energy just dodging attacks.
Danny's eyes narrowed as he noticed Todoroki was shaking. It was then Danny realized the advantage he had. Danny was immune to the cold whilst Todoroki was not. His eyes narrowed, even more, when he realized that although he was struggling to fight him, Todoroki still didn't use his fire quirk.
"Dude, you won't be able to win if you only use your left side," Danny told the teen as he began to fight back. Todoroki didn't listen, if anything that made him even more pissed off.
And damn, was it apparent.
The dual-haired teen sent a giant pillar of ice towards him. Danny instinctively sent one of his own. The two ice attacks met in the middle, making the two teens strain to overpower their opponent.
He vaguely hears Yamada shout in excitement along with the rest of the crowd. Danny's eyes unknowingly flashed an unnatural blue color as he began to struggle to overthrow the other teen.
Todoroki heard his father shouting his name in the audience, telling him to quit being a disappointment and use his quirk- seriously that flaming trashcan needs to shut his mouth holy shit. Todoroki's teeth gritted in anger and despite the hypothermia setting in, began to push even more power into his attack.
Todoroki's beam of ice began to overpower Danny's, pushing the ghostly teen towards the edge of the arena. Danny bit his lip as he felt his vision waver.
"Oh for fucks sakes" Danny groaned in both exhaustion and annoyance.
"Fuck it, guess I'll die" With that, a solid ring appeared around his waist before splitting apart and traveling in opposite directions. He ignored the crowd who stared in awe at his now Snow White hair and glowing green eyes.
"Looks like I wasn't the only one fighting with half my power" He heard Todoroki say, only hearing him because of his enhanced hearing. Realizing he was right, Danny felt a little bad for the hypocritical comment he made.
Focusing back on the fight, Danny's eyes glowed an unnatural blue as he put more force behind his attack. Almost immediately after, the force of the two opposing attacks caused the ice to explode everywhere. With the added strength of Danny's ghostly ice, the stadium began frosting over and the temperature dropped nearly thirty degrees. The audience began shivering.
Amazingly, once the air cleared out it was revealed that both of them were still standing. Although it was clear that one more hit and Todoroki would be down.
"Can't you see I'm giving it my all? Why can't you as well?" Danny asked as he looked Todoroki in the eyes. The teen continued to glare, though the shivers racking his body made it appear less intense.
"I don't need to, I don't need to use his quirk!" The shivering boy growled out. So, Todoroki wasn't using his quirk despite his douche dad. Still, Danny didn't want to win if it wasn't a genuine fight. He readied his next attack, making sure not to overdo it this time since he didn't want to hurt the dual-haired teen or the audience.
He opened his mouth to respond, taking a quick glimpse of the frost-covered audience.
He opened his mouth but no words escaped.
He froze there, as he took in the audience behind todoroki.
As he stared at the two familiar jumpsuit-clad people.
He didn't even realize he stopped breathing until his lungs began to burn. Still, he couldn't breathe even if he wanted to. Not when both Jack and Maddie were staring at him with shocked and furious expressions. Those looks brought back so many memories, so much familiar fear that he forgot where he was.
His tongue became numb and his breathing became erratic. Blood pounded in his ears, his heart began to erratically thud in his chest. His vision became disfigured.
Breath. He tried to remind himself.
You're fine. He tried, but couldn't convince himself of that.
Breath. He couldn't. Not when he could see them.
He saw Jack and Maddie both stand-up.
Run. So he did.
Everyone watched, confused as to why one second the teen was about to attack and the next he was running out of bounds, disqualifying himself.
Todoroki watched, having been the only one to see the pure terror and panic on Danny's face. The teen tiredly looked around towards the area Danny was looking at before he ran off. He saw a couple, both wearing ridiculous outfits, walk towards the exit. Both seemed pissed off.
He squinted his eyes just in time to make out "Fenton Family Ghost Hunters" on the backs of their jumpsuits. His eyes suddenly widened with realization and he didn't even hear Present Mic announce him as the winner.
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Danny panted as he ran down one of the building's many hallways. He didn't even know where he was going. His legs seemed to move on their own as his only thought was to get the fuck away as soon as possible.
"Fuck" Danny gasped as he came to an abrupt stop. He had changed back into his human form once he was inside the building, afraid his parents would use one of their ghost trackers.
He tugged at his hair as he tried to get his erratic breathing under control. He didn't hear anyone nearby which helped him calm down a little.
What the fuck just happened.
Why the fuck did his parents show up? Why the fuck did they even bother?
"Why, the one time they choose to fucking show an ounce of fucking care they choose today" Danny nearly sobbed at the realization that his parents knew he was Phantom. His biggest anxieties had come true.
What the hell was going to happen now?
The more rational part of him tried to convince him that they couldn't do anything, not in a tournament full of pro heroes. However, panic had seized control and all rationality flew out the window.
His parents were going to dissect him. They were going to strap him to a dissection table and find out 'just what made him tick. They'd ignore his screams, ignore the fact that they were ripping apart their son. Hell, they'd probably enjoy it.
They'd fucking enjoy it.
He didn't hear the sounds of people running towards him. He didn't realize he wasn't alone until he felt somebody shake his shoulder.
"Don't fucking touch him you dumbass!" He heard a familiar voice yell out.
"He's freaking out! I don't know what else I'm supposed to fucking do!" Another voice frantically shouted back.
"Danny? Danny? Can you hear me?" Danny looked up, blurry eyes seeing a bunch of colorful blobs in front of him.
"Try to match my breathing, okay? Ready? 1..2.." Realizing what the colorful blob in front of him was trying to say, Danny's erratic breathing began to try and match the other persons.
It took nearly fifteen minutes but eventually, Danny had calmed down enough to realize they weren't colorful blobs but people. He also found that he was sitting against the wall instead of standing.
Kirishima was bent down next to him, a very concerned expression on his face. Denki and Bakugou were a few feet in front of him while Mina stood off to the side.
"Oi, you back with us?" Bakugou's tone of voice didn't have the natural bite it usually does. Danny closed his eyes as a headache begin to form.
He was even more exhausted.
"Here, I'll help you up," Kirishima said as he helped the exhausted teen stand up. Denki went to his left side to help support him. Mina tried her best to make sure none of them dropped him.
"If.. if you don't mind me asking but what the hell happened?" It had honestly freaked Denki out when he saw the state of his friend. After Danny had run off, most of the class had run after him. They were the first ones to find him and when they did it took them all by surprise.
They didn't expect Danny to answer right away but he did.
"I saw my parents in the audience" Danny drowsily responded, growing weaker and weaker by the second. It was obvious he was about to pass out soon.
The four of them immediately froze, everyone in the class had wondered about the teen's real parents but nobody had thought it had been that bad. Mina covered her mouth with her hand, both worried and furious. Worried for her friend and furious at the obvious pain his so-called parents had put him through to make him panic like that.
"We need to find Aizawa Sensei" It was Kirishima who broke the stunned silence. Everyone simultaneously agreed and Kirishima and Denki began helping Danny walk towards Recovery Girls office.
"Are you okay Danny?" Mina worriedly asked. When the teen didn't answer, they all found him out cold leaning heavily against Kirishima and Denki. The latter tried waking him up only to be thumped in the head by Bakugou.
"Let him fucking sleep dumbass Pikachu"
"But what if-"
"Put the ghost scum down, or I'll shoot"
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Anywho 😀
It was even more angsty but I decided it was a bit too angsty so I re wrote it like three times.
Also dont worry, Izuku still gets to be the one to break todoroki's stubbornness 🤚
Tis all,
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