*Midoriya's P.O.V*
The first event of the Sports Festival, an obstacle course. The large door opened and every student rushed through the doors, however with all of the students rushing in at once, it clogged the door with the stampede of students. The stampede was slow moving... as the air suddenly got colder. The whole opening was frozen, and Todoroki rushed through.
"Apologies." He muttered as he ran along. He's #3 in the Quirk Assessment for a reason... but I'm not giving up that easy.
"Because..." I muttered as I got out of the door way and onto the track, "I'm determined to win!" I yelled as I tapped into my Quirk and was enveloped in a yellow aura.
Aside from combat training with Ibara, I was practicing how to use my Quirk outside of getting angry like Ibara said, determination not rage. So with the two weeks of mediation and willing myself to summon my power, I could finally use my yellow level at will. As for my orange and red levels? I haven't gotten to the point where I could activate them at will... right now, they can come out in moments of extreme stress like before, but not at will.
Once I felt the power surge through me, I began running... wait, I wasn't slipping? I looked down to see everytime I take a step the ice melts? "So my aura also expels heat? Interesting." I muttered as I sped towards Todoroki, as I heard Bakugou, Tokoyami, Momo, Ojiro, Sero, and others zoom overhead.
The 6 of us were catching up to Todoroki, even Mineta was catching up, using his balls as bounce pads to get closer... then he got swatted away by a gigantic robot.
Suddenly multiple giant robots appeared... seems this is the first obstacle, excluding the door that is. Todoroki paused in front of them, before freezing them in place.
"Now's my chance!" I yelled as I rushed underneath the frozen in place robots, going passed Todoroki.
"Midoriya!" Todoroki yelled rushing towards me, I could hear him send a ice wave at me. I looked back to see the ice wave slowly gaining on me, I have to smash it! I turned around and punched the ground in front of the ice wave, the shattered floor stopped the up and coming ice wave. However, Todoroki rushed passed me and made it to the second obstacle, a gigantic chasm.
The way you're supposed to cross this, is by either using your Quirk to jump across, or climb across the tightropes. Todoroki used his ice to slide across the ropes crossing quickly. As I was assessing the chasm, Bakugou zoomed passed me and launched himself towards Todoroki. I looked back to see Tokoyami, Sero, a meter away from me, who them started tackling the chasms, behind them are the rest of the students rushing passed the robots and getting closer.
I turned my attention back to the chasm, there were ropes... and a bunch of plateaus with ropes attached to them. I have an idea!
I walked towards the middle rope, I gripped it and ripped it off the wall, I gripped the rope tightly, and leaned off the ledge.
"MIDORIYA HAS JUMPED OFF! IS HE MAD?!"
"The only one who is mad, is the guy who is yelling into a microphone."
As I was falling I kicked off the wall with all my might, giving me a major boost. Once I was at the apex of the swing I let go, soaring over the chasm.
"MIDORIYA HAS LAUNCHED OFF THE ROPE AND IS SOARING TOWARDS THE END!"
"Midoriya is a cunning strategist. He saw that his Quirk's speed won't be as effective with the narrow path."
I was sailing towards a big plateau, my landing was horrible, but I made it to the halfway point. I did the same thing again with another rope, it was the only rope in this plateau so if anyone came to his plateau they would have to go back... unintentional... but it worked. Second verse same as the first, I leaned off the ledge and kicked off the plateau, apex of the swing, and let go. I was sailing towards the end... I'm gonna make- wait... my launch was short, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT!
I sailed way before the ledge, and I was falling into the chasm! Come on, catch the ledge! I extending my fingers and gripped the wall... I chipped a nail from the rocks... but I'll manage. I looked up to see other students going above me, how did they cross so fast?! Nevermind... I'm losing ground! I have to climb.
It was hard to climb with a bloodied finger, and it was extremely dark... but I made it to the top and hoisted myself up. Time for the last obstacle... a freaking mine field?! Todoroki and Bakugou are fighting while inching closer towards the exit, everyone else that's at this level are about halfway through the field, meaning I'm completely behind. Damn it! How could I let this happen!
No! I can't lose! I need to beat them! Or else I'm all talk!
"I have to go now! No hesitation!" I yelled to myself as I started running into the mine field.
"WHAT'S THIS?! MIDORIYA IS... WAIT WHAT'S WITH THAT RED AURA?!"
"It's his Quirk, 'Rage' depending on the color of his hair and aura is how angry he is, red is the second highest level."
"It's not rage... IT'S DETERMINATION!" I yelled as I was rushing through the mine field, going faster than the bombs realizing they've been stepped on. Todoroki and Bakugou turned towards the explosions behind me, but it was too late for them to realize. I sped passed them triggering explosions in my wake.
"Almost... made it!" I yelled as I stopped at the edge of the mine field.
"INCREDIBLE! HE RAN SO FAST THE BOMBS DIDN'T HIT HIM!"
"Good... now I caA!" I yelled as I gripped my head and fell on my knees... no, how am I at my limit already?! Nose blood dripped onto the floor, as a pounding headache was plaguing me. Todoroki and Bakugou recovered from the blast and rushed towards me... I have to keep going.
I got up, snorted out the nose blood and rushed towards the entrance, the headache and bloody nose slowed me down... but I had enough leway to take the first event.
"THE WINNER IS IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Present Mic yelled as I collapsed onto the ground. My red aura going away as I was breathing heavily hoping my headache would go away until the next event came around. My bloody nose stopped but my headache was still there, less powerful, but still there. I should take it easy whatever the next event was.
The rankings were tallied and the next event was announced, a Cavalry battle, and depending on where people ranked among the 42 students who placed during the Obstacle Course. 42nd place gets 5 points and first place... got ten million points.
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Great, a target was painted on my forehead. I looked around to see everyone looking at me like hungry savages... okay you know what?
"Bring it on." I muttered as I raised my hand.
"Yes Midoriya?" Midnight asked.
"Is it possible for me to go alone?"
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"WHAT?!" Everyone, including the audience and Present Mic yelled.
"No, the smallest group you can make are 2 people and the maximun is 4 people." Midnight said flicking her whip.
Fine... I have an idea who to pick as my partner anyway.
The rules are simple, everyone's score values from the obstacle course rankings will be tallied up, and that will be your team's bounty for lack of a better word. Your goal is to steal enough bounties to make it to the next round. My ten million will be the targets in everyone's eyes... but here's the funny part, someone is forced to be on my te-
"Let me join your team!" A pink haired girl yelled getting too close to my face.
"O-Okay..." I muttered... I had an idea who to pick as my partner anyway.
"Awesome!" She exclaimed, "With your massive point value, my babies will be noticed by all the top companies!" She exclaimed.
"... Babies?" I asked.
"My precious inventions!" She exclaimed, "So let's go 10 million! We have an event to win!"
... As much as I wanted Ibara to be my partner thanks to her range with her vines, I think this could work even better. "Alright, let's go." I said as I nudged towards the far wall.
"Don't you want more teammates?" The girl asked.
"I wanted to be alone for a reason, so the less people I have the better." I said as I scoped out the groups. Momo has joined forces with Todoroki, Iida, and Kaminari, must be a temporary truce. Bakugou has joined up with Kirishima, Ashido, and Sero. Ibara has joined up with Tetsutetsu and some of her class 1-B friends. "So what kind of babies do you have?" I asked as her eyes lit up.
She listed off the 'babies' she had with her, a jet backpack with a grappling hook attachment, hover boots, flash bang grenades, a pole that could extend to any length, a net, and some other things that aren't useful in this event. However... there was one thing that confused me.
"You built a what?" I asked.
"A mini reactor that could create balls of concentrated energy for a potent projectile." She explained... as I stared at her confused, "It can shoot balls of energy."
"... I want them." I muttered.
"Huh?" She asked.
"Oh, and you'll be the rider." I said.
"H-Huh?" She asked getting more and more confused.
"You wanted to be in the spot light right?" I asked, "Also, with my strength I can handle anyone on the ground floor, should we need it you can fly us off for a second and I'll get them off our backs with the gauntlets." I explained.
"Hmm... basic plan, with a few holes." She said, "For example, that blonde haired kid from the start, he can launch himself into the air and follow me, if I don't have the gauntlets, when what do I do?" She asked.
"Simple..." I said as I pulled out my secret weapon, "Use this."
"W-What is this?!" She asked.
"It's one of Ibara's hair vines that I fashioned into a whip." I said as I gave it a crack, "I asked her for one an hour before the festival, she was confused but gave it to me anyway, all it took was two clay pots, soil, water, and a bunch of duct tape and voila." I explained, "She knows I have her hair, and expects me to use it, the gauntlets however, are new and different, they won't expect it... I also want to use them for a personal reason.
"That's ingenius! Why didn't I think of that?!" She exclaimed with excitement, "I like the way you think greenie! The name's Mei Hatsume."
"Izuku Midoriya, or 10 million, or Greenie, whatever you feel." I said.
She nodded and pocketed the whip should Bakugou become a problem. Soon our 10 minutes of group creating was up, and we got into position. We stood at the far edge of the stage and Hatsume got onto my back piggyback style. Once she was on my back I activated my yellow aura.
"Yeesh, talk about turning up the heat!" Hatsume exclaimed.
"O-Oh sorry... is it too much?" I asked.
"No it's fine, thank goodness I made a note to bring my fire resistant gym clothes." She said as I nodded.
"Everyone ready?!" Midnight yelled as every group turned their attention towards Hatsume and I, "Get set... go!"
Once the word go was yelled everyone rushed towards us, "Hold it..." I muttered as everyone got closer, "NOW!" I yelled as tightened my arm grip around her legs, then she flew us away from the competition, "I'm dropping now." I whispered.
"Do it." She said knowing what I'm planning. I nodded as I began to fall back onto the ground, I turned to find the nearest group, which was funnily enough Todoroki's group and unleashed my ultimate attack. I brought my hands together and activated the gauntlets, a ball of blue energy was building in my hands.
"Shinku... HADOUKEN!" I yelled as I launched the ball at Todoroki's group.
"Kaminari!" Todoroki yelled as he brought a sheet of insulation over him and the others. Kaminari used his electricity to intercept my attack, causing a mini explosion and a cloud of smoke.
"Jirou!"
"Shiozaki!"
Hagakure yelled at Jirou who sent her ear lobes towards Hatsume, while Tetsutetsu sent her vines towards her as well. They're distracted... time for phase two.
I clenched my fist and punched the ground as hard as I could, which caused the ground to shatter and shake up the two range attackers causing their aim to be slightly off. So far so go-
*BOOM!*
I turned to see Bakugou sailing towards Hatsume, I turned to see her smiling and reaching into her pocket, once he got closer, she pulled out the vine whip and slapped him across the face, a loud 'Whack' was heard through out the stadium. He gripped his cheek as he was pulled back by his team.
So far so good, I rushed underneath Hatsume and she handed on my back. "Nice job up there." I praised.
"You too, shooting off that Hadouken and punching the ground has bought up some time." She said with a smirk.
I nodded and looked at the clock... 10 minutes, that's more than enough time to-
*Tap*
Something touched me... I turned to see a blonde haired boy extending his hand touching my shoulder, "That's a nice Quirk... let me use it." He said condecendingly, then suddenly his hair turned red and sported a red aura... oh no.
"HATSUME FLY AWAY NOW!" I yelled.
"H-Huh?!"
"JUST DO IT!"
"O-Okay!" She yelled as she flew away.
Once she took to the sky the blonde haired kid punched me in the face, sending me flying across the stage. "Oww..." I muttered before struggling to stand back up.
"This power... it's awesome!" He exclaimed as his group rushed towards me again.
"Alright copy cat..." I muttered before rolling my shoulder, "I'll show you the real deal!" I yelled as I rushed towards his group again.
"HAAAH!" The blonde yelled throwing a punch, but I dodged it barely. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING YOU CLASS 1-A ASSHOLE!" He yelled as he threw a flurry of punches.
"DON'T YELL SWEARS WHERE ERI CAN HEAR YOU!" I yelled back as I intercepted his punches with my own, my arms have an orange aura around them.
This exchange went on for a few seconds, and the blonde haired kid was confused, "H-How? Red should be more powerful than orange?!" He yelled.
"You may have copied my Quirk... but it's still A COPY!" I yelled as I gripped his arm, right when I heard another boom. I looked around to find Bakugou trying to fly towards Hatsume again, "This is the power!" I yelled as I pulled him off of his group and spun him around, "OF DETERMINATION!" I launched him towards Bakugou, and it was through sheer luck that Bakugou flew into him unaware of the guy sailing towards him, they collided in mid air and fell back down.
Sero taped Bakugou back, and the blonde's group rushed after him, one of his teammates created a platform for him to fall onto without touching the ground. I turned to face the other groups, they flinched when they saw me... well all except Todoroki, Momo, and Ibara flinched. As I was glaring at them, I felt Hatsume land onto my shoulders again.
"Yeesh remind me not to get on your bad side." She quipped.
"Hush..." I muttered as I looked at the time, 7 minutes left, "We have 7 minutes left, all we have to do is out run everyone and we-"
Suddenly a large ice wall was formed around Todoroki's group and ours... they trapped us with them. "It's over Midoriya... you're trapped and you have nowhere to run." Todoroki said, "We'll be taking that headband now..."
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"Pfft!" I exclaimed before bursting into laughter.
"What's so funny?" Todoroki growled as I slowly stopped laughing.
"I-It's funny, it's funny thinking I would just up and give it to you." I said as I felt my aura change, "Seeing you two here... makes my blood boil." I said while clenching my fist and extending it towards them, "I will beat you... and win this whole dang tournament!"
The crowd cheered at my statement, as Todoroki got ready, "Your funeral." He said as he sent an ice wave towards me, but I destoryed it with one punch, he flinched at that display.
"Is tha-" I said as I felt my headache return at full force, and blood running down my nose, "Is that... the best you got?!" I yelled.
"Todoroki... he's reaching his limit!" Momo yelled.
"I'll handle this." Iida said as he arched his back and his calves started to expel blue flames, "RECIPRO BURST!" He yelled as he rushed towards us with great speed... but not great enough.
I side stepped out of the way, causing them to sail passed us. They barely stopped before the edge and turned to face us, "Nice try Iida... but you seem to forget." I said with a wink, "I beat you in the 50 meter dash."
I hear something the sound of steam, I turned to see the wall closest to us steaming... it has to be Bakugou's team.
"Hatsume... time to go." I said as I rushed towards the wall and smashed it to pieces, whilst everyone was confused by the sudden action I rushed out of there and got far away from the others. I turned towards the clock... a minute in a half. "My... head." I muttered as everyone began to rush towards me.
"1 MINUTE LEFT!" Present Mic yelled.
My power... fading. Everything... fading...
"10 million! Stay focused! Midoriya!" Hatsume yelled... but it was faint, and far away. I... pushed it... too far.
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"Hmm?" I asked as I sat up in bed... wait, bed?
"Oh, you're awake." Recovery Girl said.
"W-What happened?!" I asked.
"Relax... you're still not fully recovered." Recovery Girl said as I calmed down, "You managed to keep the 10 million points and time ran out before you hit the ground. You and that girl advanced." She said.
"What a relief." I muttered.
"Now, lunch has started, head on down and get some food in you." She said as she handed me a headache tablet and a glass of water.
... Man whatever is in that medicine worked like a charm... it's as if that headache was never even there. I stood up, thanked Recovery Girl, and headed down to the lunch area. Once there I was greeted by a worried Eri.
"Zuku! Are you okay? You fell on the ground and didn't wake up." Eri said sounding worried.
"I'm fine... just over used my power is all." I said patting her head, "Now I'm ready to win the whole thing."
She laughed and led me to the table where Momo is sitting, "You're better fast." Momo commented as she took a bite of her lunch.
"Yeah, just some bed rest and a headache killer." I said as I ate my Katsudon... thankfully Momo bought me some, "So who made it in?" I asked.
"Your Group, my group, some guy named Shinso's group, and Bakugou's group. It's a 16 person bracket so two people from the 5th place team advances... though we kind of froze everyone in place and took their headbands while you were looking at the time remaining, before we cournered you... so everyone was in 5th place." She explained. How did I not see that?
"So how was it decided?" I asked.
"Based on original point value." Momo said, "So by that logic, Shiozaki advanced, and so did Honenuki." She explained.
"Well, I'm glad Ibara advanced." I said while eating my Katsudon... then her eyes widened in realization.
"So question... did Mr. Aizawa tell you that the girls are supposed to wear cheerleading outfits?" Momo asked.
"No... who was the idiot who told you that?" I asked.
"...Mineta." She growled with anger.
I hummed and continued eating... then I heard footsteps coming closer, "Hey 10 million." I turned to see Hatsume walking standing beside me, "How you feeling?" She asked.
"Like I passed out and almost lost us the game." I muttered, "So fine."
"Hmm, well, I thought you would like this back." She said handing me my whip.
"A whip?" Momo asked.
"I made it out of Ibara's hair, on that reminds me." I said before looking around for Ibara... in fact she was coming over to us.
"Izuku, are you alright?" She asked with a bow.
"Yeah, I'm fine, oh and thanks for the vine." I said holding out the cheaply made whip, "I'm taking good care of it."
"I'm glad." She said with a smile, "And congratulations on your win."
"I wouldn't call it a win..." I muttered, "I almost lost the whole festival because I over exerted myself, if you had 5 more seconds-"
"No... it wouldn't have mattered." Momo muttered, "Hatsume's jetpack would have easily stalled out the time, even if there was a minute left on the clock." She explained.
I would have said a rebuttal, but Present Mic announced that lunch was over and all participants should head back to the stadium. Once there Midnight told us what the last event will be.
"We are switching it up this year ladies and gentlemen!" Midnight yelled, "This year, we are doing..." She said as the wheel was rolling, "PAIR BATTLES!"
What?
"You will be paired up with someone else who made it at random, then you will fight other teams of two in a two on two tournament, last team standing wins." Midnight said as she picked up one of the two boxes that read 'lots'. "Now, let's start with the first place team-"
"Excuse me, Ms. Midnight." Ojiro said, "I-I'd like to drop out."
Everyone gasped in shock and turned to face him.
"Ojiro?! Why?!" Hagakure asked, "This is your chance to get noticed by the pros!"
"The Cavalry Battle... I have no memories of anything that happened up until the tail end. It's probably his Quirk that did it." Ojiro said pointing towards the purple haired kid, "I know it's a great opportunity. And I know how stupid I must be throwing it away... But this final tournament... Everyone else made it here with their own strength. Yet I'm standing here, and I don't even know how or why. I just can't take it."
"You're thinking about it too hard! Just show what you are made of in the tournament!" Hagakure yelled.
"By that logic, I shouldn't really be here either!" Ashido yelled as well.
"No... I'm talking about my pride, here... I don't think it's right." Ojiro muttered.
Then someone else walked forward, "I can't remember anything either... I wanna withdraw too! This is a contest of skill, letting someone who didn't do anything advance... doesn't that defeat the whole point of the Sports Festival? Isn't it even against the rules?" He asked.
"These guys!" Kirishima yelled tearing up, "So manly!"
"We have a strange turn of events." Present Mic said for once not yelling.
"What will the coordinator, Midnight, decide?" Mr. Aizawa asked.
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"This is very Naive boys... THAT TURNS ME ON! OJIRO AND SHODA OFFICIALLY WITHDRAW!"
Did she say it turns her on? I hope Eri didn't hear that part...
Anyway to fill Ojiro and Shoda's spots the next top placers in the Obstacle Course will advance, they being Tokoyami and Tetsutetsu.
(A/N: I was hoping for more randomization... instead the only difference is that Uraraka was switched with Honenuki... what a let down.)
So now that the new combatants are all set it's time for the team selections.
The teams are as follows:
Tetsutetsu and Bakugou.
Kirishima and Kaminari.
Todoroki and Momo... huh, how convenient.
Ibara and Aoyama.
Shinso and Sero.
Ashido and Honenuki.
Iida and Hatsume.
Finally, I'm partnered with Tokoyami. I turned and walked over to him, "It would seem we are partners." I said.
"So it would seem... let us achieve victory." Tokoyami responded.
"Yes, lets." I responded as well.
After the partner pairing, it's time to draw for who is fighting who. This time the fights are as follow.
The first battle is... oh great, Tokoyami and I vs Momo and Todoroki, right out the gate.
Ashido and Honenuki vs Kirishima and Kaminari.
Ibara and Aoyama vs Iida and Hatsume.
The final battle of the first round was Tetsutetsu and Bakugou vs Shinso and Sero.
"Well, time to see who would win the war." I muttered to myself.
"Do you have a plan?" Tokoyami asked.
Before I answered I nudged towards the exit, "I have a few ideas... but let's discuss somewhere more private." I said as he nodded.
"Let us go."
*End of Chapter*
