The second competition was the Cavalry Battle. We had to be in groups and steal the 'riders' headband. Each headband had all of our scores from the previous round added together. Everyone was now aiming for Midoriya because he was worth 10 million points alone. Because he was also worth so much, no one wanted to work with him since we all wanted his points. I ended up in a group with Shoto, Yaoyorozu and Iida. We placed Shoto on top because he was the strongest member out of our group and he also wanted to redeem himself. I was placed on the left wing and was told to keep enemies away with my electricity.
When we started, everyone went straight for Midoriya. We took this as our opportunity to try and grab some headbands from other teams. Running straight into the chase for Midoriya would just cause more chaos and another group would end up in our way. Other teams had the same idea and wanted to try and steal our points, since the second and fourth place numbers were a part of our team.
Luckily, I was able to use my Quirk to keep people away from the left. Most people didn't want to come near electricity for fear of being paralyzed. It wasn't the wrong thought process. Once we were satisfied, we saw that everyone had lost sight of Midoriya, so we quickly made our way there.
"If you keep our headbands inside out then people won't know how many points we have." I told Shoto. He nodded his head and quickly changed the headbands. When we reached Midoriya, we stopped in front of him and he looked at Shoto with an intense gaze.
"So it won't be that easy, huh?" Midoriya said more to himself than to the rest of us.
"I'll be taking that now." Shoto told him.
"I thought we would not have a confrontation until later in this contest." Tokoyami said. "He seems to think highly of you, Midoriya."
"Only half the time is left." Midoriya added. "Don't stop moving."
"Iida, forward!" Shoto instructed.
"Right!" Iida said and began to bring us forward. We were lucky that Yaoyorozu made us all rollerblades, so Iida could pull us in any direction he saw fit.
"Yaoyorozu, prepare to guard us and conduct electricity." Shoto told my friend who was on my right.
"Rai, you-"
"I already know." I cut Shoto's instructions off as we went full steam ahead towards our target. Four other teams had joined us in our efforts to go after Midoriya. I smiled at myself as Yaoyorozu finished creating the items that we needed. "You need to practice your defending." I then allowed the purple electricity to come out of my body and spread around us. With the help of the tools Yaoyorozu made, the blanket covered out team, so no one would get hurt and a pole was made, so my electricity would go straight into the ground and would shock all of our opponents. Once I was done, Shoto took off the blanket and pulled up the rod.
"Only six minutes left. We can't back down now." He said. Shoto covered the ground with ice and froze the other competitors to the floor. "Sorry, but you'll just have to bear it." Shoto grabbed the other headbands as we passed by the frozen opponents. We got closer to Midoriya, so Tokoyami used Dark Shadow to try and attack Shoto. "Yaoyorozu!" My black haired friend made a paddle that was able to protect Shoto from Dark Shadow.
Shoto created an ice barrier that trapped us all in one spot. The walls were large enough, so no one would be able to come and disturb us either. We were now ready to attack Midoriya's group and take his headband away. We tried to get closer, but every time we did – Midoriya would think of a way to stay away from us. His Quirk ability was low, but his thought process to get him out of situations was remarkable.
"Everyone, there's less than a minute left. You won't be able to use me after this. I'm counting on you." Iida spoke in riddles to us. We all looked at him with confused faces. "Hang on tight." Iida leaned forward and began to rev up his engines in his ankles. "Make sure you get it, Todoroki." With that, blue flames came out of Iida's engines. "Torque Over Reciproburst!" We were propelled forward at an imaginable rate. One second we were far away from Midoriya and then next second, we were past him and Shoto managed to grab Midoriya's headband. Iida stopped us at the other end of our space. We all looked at him with a shocked expression.
"That. Was. So. Cool!" I praised Iida as I looked at him.
"What was that?" Shoto asked as he tied the headband around his neck. Even he was in shock by how fast we just moved.
"By forcing the torque and rotations to increase, I created an explosive power. With the recoil, my engine stalls after a while. It's a secret move I hadn't told anyone in class yet." Black smoke surrounded us from Iida's engine. "I told you, didn't I, Midoriya?" Iida now looked at the curly haired boy. "That I'd challenge you." The crowd cheered as they watched Iida's display.
Midoriya's group came running towards us next. The air around us changed as we all saw Midoriya bring back his right arm and use his Quirk. The familiar glowing veins appeared up his arm as he came closer to our group. Shoto raised his left arm and I watched as his flames appeared in front of me. My eyes grew in size as I took in what was happening.
"Sho-" Midoriya used his arm and waved it over Shoto's flames. Shoto's arm was pushed backwards and his flames went out. I watched as he turned his head to look at his arm and I noticed that he didn't realize what he was doing. Midoriya went and grabbed the first head from around Shoto's neck and his team moved past it.
"We got it!" He yelled. Midoriya's team noticed that the headband they got was only 70 points.
"Just in case, we changed the position of the headbands!" Yaoyorozu yelled over to them. "You were naïve Midoriya."
"Todoroki, get a hold of yourself!" Iida yelled at Shoto. Shoto was touching his left arm in disbelief. "That was close!"
"Sho-"
"Rai!" Shoto yelled my name as he threw up the blanket over our team again. I allowed my electricity to surround us once again, so Dark Shadow wouldn't come close to us. We were lucky that I remembered that Dark Shadow doesn't do well against light. Bakugo came flying out of nowhere and was headed for Midoriya until he realized that Midoriya was heading for us. "Yaoyorozu!" My teammate made a large metal pole for Shoto to grab hold of.
"Half-and-half bastard!" Bakugo yelled as he changed his course and came towards us. My heart pounded as I planted my feet firmly into the ground and became ready to attack. Shoto covered to metal pole in ice as he prepared to defend the headbands. They got closer and closer. I took in a deep breath and was ready to move when Present Mic yelled,
"Time's up!" Bakugo immediately stopped and fell flat on his face into the ground. We all looked around us with confused faces. "That's the end of the second round, the cavalry battle!"
While everyone else was either celebrating or crying, I watched Shoto. He looked at his left hand with disappointment as he closed his fist. I watched him turn on his heel and storm away from the field. Yaoyorozu stood beside as she watched him retreat as well.
"What's wrong?" She asked me.
"It's complicated." I answered. "You guys did great! I'll talk to you all in a bit." I smiled at my teammates before running after Shoto. I knew that I needed to reach him and talk to him about what happened on the field. As I rounded another corner, I saw him walking away. "Sho!" He didn't stop walking. I sprinted towards him and grabbed a hold of his left wrist.
"I don't want to talk." Shoto told me. He took his wrist out of my grasp and balled his fists at his sides.
"Are you okay?" I asked him. Shoto paused for a couple of seconds. He raised his left and stared at it.
"Because of Midoriya…I almost made my old man happy." Shoto closed his hand to make a fist. "Damn it!"
"Sho…" I reached my hand out to touch him, but stopped right before my fingers could reach his shoulder. "I…You…You already know what I think about all of this." I brought my hand back to my side.
"This is my decision." He said to me. I looked down at the floor as my heart began to hurt. I didn't know what to say to him. I didn't know how to help him. I always told Shoto to use his left side for him, not for his dad. I understood why he only used his right, but he was still only using half of him.
"I know, but you're not your father. Just because you have his Quirk-"
"How could you say this now?" Shoto balled his hands into fists. "You know what he's done. You know why I made this decision." We were both silent for a few seconds. I didn't know how to respond because I knew this topic wasn't my place, but I also tried to look at it in a different way. "Just leave me alone."
I didn't say anything to stop him from walking away from him. Shoto left me standing in the hallway before any one else made their way to us. When they did, our classmates were asking me what happened for me to be standing in the middle of the hallway alone. With a shake of my head, I smiled and said I had gotten lost in my own train of thought. Whether or not they believed me, I didn't know.
And here's another update for you guys! Second competition over and looks like our pair had an argument? Disagreement? Either way, they're not happy with each other now! What do we think is going to happen now?
