Wow, we're at chapter 10 now! For everyone who has read this story until now, thank you so much for your support! Without it, it wouldn't have gotten to where it was today since it was just a trial run but now, here we are! Now, onto the story! Plus Ultra!
At last, now was the time of year where the sports festival happens. Once, the Olympics were the hype of the world but now, UA Sports Festival, where Quirks could be unleashed without limits dominated the media to no end. And not only that, if they rose to the top, they get to battle each other in front of national television. "Now that would be cool," Izuku grinned as he dashed onward with the group of students. Everyone had managed to get past Todoroki's ice and were making their way around the bend when a yell filled the air. "What the hell?!" Mineta howled as he landed far from where Todoroki was. Up ahead, robots from the entrance exam scaled the path, preventing them from moving forward.
"Damn," Izuku muttered as everyone began to panic. "Didn't we have enough of those guys back then?" someone shouted as another screamed, "Someone is moving ahead!" He didn't have to look to see the biggest robot getting frozen, Todoroki flying over it to let it go crashing down. Bracing himself for impact, Izuku used his Quirk to cover himself and let himself get buried in the hunk of metal without getting crushed. "Thank goodness for this," he muttered as he smashed his way out of the robot. It hurt to use it but still, it was much better than not having a Quirk anytime. After he had gotten what he called Power Up from All for One, he could use strength the way All Might could. That made his blood boil when he thought about the hero.
"Come on, kids! We don't have all day!" Present Mic bawled over the speakers as the students made their way to the second obstacle course. Izuku bent his legs, gathering his energy as he made the leap across the ravine. He grinned as he flew past people struggling to get past, but those did not include his classmates who seemed to have fun getting past the obstacle course. As he landed on the other side, he ran to hear screams of people getting blown into the sky. "Watch where you step kids! You won't get blown up, but it still hurts like hell!" Present Mic yelled from nearby as everyone tried not to get blown to bits.
Izuku looked around, trying to catch his breath as he cursed himself for not practicing enough with the Quirk. He had gotten it around three months now and lacking the experience of someone who had a Quirk all their life, he wasn't used to the fatigue and pain it brought. "Come on. All for the goal at the end," he grunted when he gazed at the ground in front of him. An idea forming in his mind, he knelt to the ground and began to dig the ground using a piece of metal he found at the first checkpoint. "If I can't fully utilize my legs, then I should go with an explosion!" he yelled to himself as he chucked himself onto the pile of detonators he had gathered, sending him flying through the sky past Todoroki and Bakugo.
"What the hell?!" Bakugo yelled as he soared past them. As he smashed into the ground, he gathered what was left of his legs and ran for the finishing line, the crowd going wild as he raised his hand in victory. "Wow! What an unexpected winner for this event. Midoriya Izuku sails into first place after a bang in the last event!" Present Mic roared as the crowd cheered with him. Behind him, everyone was starting to fill in the stadium and he could hear some of them grunting in pain as they hobbled in, nursing their injuries. He clenched his fist in delight as he thought, "Mum, I did it!" As he said that, he unconsciously looked at the seats of the arena, scanning the area for her when his heart dropped.
"Oh…" he thought as he cursed himself. She was not here. She wasn't even at home, hasn't had been for the past five years. Cursing himself for forgetting such an important piece of information, he barely registered what was going on when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, Deku-kun! That was awesome!" Ochako squeaked as Iida slammed a hand onto his shoulder. "That was reckless but awesome!" Iida said when Midnight took over the stage. "Now, let us decide the second stage! Although I know what it is already!" she grinned as she pointed to the spinner on the board to reveal 'calvary battle'.
"Oh shit. This isn't going to be pretty," Iida muttered as Midnight explained the rules. When she was done explaining the point system, Izuku could feel all eyes on him, the air practically screaming, "We're coming for you, Midoriya!" Izuku smiled to himself as he thought of everyone coming to him with all they got and he being able to crush them and their dreams of advancing. He scanned the area, searching for people to be on his team. He knew Iida had a weird rivalry with him he didn't even acknowledge and only Ochako would join him. Now that just leaves…
He finally managed to gather his team of Ochako, Tokoyami with Dark Shadow and a crazed girl from the support division named Hatsume Mei, who managed to give them a boost with her 'babies'. Even though she annoyed him, she would have to do for the timebeing. Also, her gadgets allowed him to not use too much of his power so he could use it for the final battle. "Oi, don't think you can win this just yet," he thought but he couldn't help it. He had been trained by the best of the best in the underworld of villains after all for five years. His senses tingled as the game began and everyone scrambled to him.
"Come to pick us out, eh?" he thought as he yelled, "Now!" Mei grinned as she jettisoned them into the sky, sending them flying above the others to leave them in a cloud of dust. Everyone began a mad scramble for headbands, all of them desperate to climb to the top. Izuku thought how he was like that once, chasing after a dream he could never have and was told to abandon. Now, he'll show them real pain. "Set us down!" he yelled as they lowered to the ground. He caught sight of Bakugo in the distance, his group racing after them to grab their 10,000,000 point headband.
"Why did they have to give such an unreasonable number?" he groaned as they leaped out of reach. "Come on, Deku. Give me your headband like the dumbass loser you are and I promise I won't kill you," Bakugo grinned as he raised his hand. "Come on, don't fight over here!" Kirishima shouted as Deku raised his fist. "Really Kacchan? If you want a fight, come and get it!" "Deku-kun!" Ochako yelled as both boys raised their fists and hammered at each other, the others barely able to keep them from falling off as they battled a battle of fists.
"Oi, since when you became so strong, Deku? Its almost like you have a Quirk now!" Bakugo growled as Izuku grinned, "I trained." "Come on, guys! Now's not the time to fight like this!" Mina shouted as Tokoyami yelled, "Incoming!"
At that, both of them sprang apart as Todoroki's team came flying past, spearheaded by Iida. "Grab it!" he yelled as Izuku felt something coming off his head. "No…" he whispered when he saw Todoroki with the headband in his hand, a smug look on his face. "No… we have to get it back… charge!" he yelled as Bakugo yelled, "Hell I'm letting you pass!" Having to deal with Bakugo's explosions and the timer ticking above their heads, their group raced to Todoroki, who had Denki begin to set off some electric charges.
"Dammit. Mei, get us in the air!" he yelled as she grinned, "Oh baby! Let's go!" As they flew into the air, the others got zapped with the electricity, Bakugo cursing fluently as he was hammered. "Dammit, I'm going to kill you, Spark boy!" he roared as Denki gave him a stupid thumbs up with a "yay". "Deku-kun!" Ochako said as the timer ticked to one minute. Shit, they had to get it back, Izuku yelled to himself when the engine sputtered. "Oh shit," he groaned as they hurtled from the sky, Ochako yelling as Mei muttered configurations under her breath. "Tokoyami!" he yelled as the other boy shouted, "Hold on!"
Dark Shadow rose and managed to blanket their fall as Todoroki sped past. "Onward!" Izuku yelled as they sped forward, nearly making him fall as he raised his hand. 'Come on, just on headband…" he groaned as he raised his hand to form a fist. Todoroki whirled around, his left-hand lighting with fire as he reached for it. What the… he never used his left side, ever… "Midoriya Team gets a headband!" Present Mic yelled as Izuku raised his hand in the air in triumph when Ochako muttered, "Uh, Deku-kun, that isn't our headband…" His heart pounding, he turned it to see that it had the number 70 on it.
"What the?!" he shouted as Momo grinned, "We swapped it just in case something like this happened." "You… you little…" he growled as his hands itched to grab Todoroki's throat and rip the headbands through his neck. "Midoriya-kun?" Mei muttered as Izuku yelled, "Come on, we have to get it back! Onward!" as they charged forward, Izuku heard a familiar explosion from behind as Team Bakugo exploded into the scene, Bakugo flying through the air as he yelled, "Half half bastard!" "Todoroki!" Izuku yelled when Present Mic shouted, "Time's up!"
Izuku felt his heart drop into an abyss as his team came to a halt. "Did… did we just lose…." He whispered as he gazed at his hands. He could almost imagine All for One's hands in them, much bigger than his small ones as he held onto them. "I'll take care of you now, little one," he had said as he curled into fists. "No… I cannot disgrace him like that… I have to win… I…." Izuku muttered as Ochako poked his shoulder, "Hey, we have good news!" As he turned, he saw a headband with the figure 670 dangling in front of him as Tokoyami gave a look of triumph.
"I snagged it when we made the dash from the sky," he grinned as Dark Shadow gave a thumbs up. Without realizing it, Izuku was already tearing up and a pool of water began to form under him as the others tried to console him. As he sobbed in victory, he thought about when was the last time he had ever cried like this. Was it on that day five years ago when she had died? "And now we'll have a one hour break!" Present Mic announced as the spectators began to move out. "Come on, Deku-kun! Let's celebrate a bit before the next round!" Ochako grinned as she led a teary-eyed Izuku out of the stadium. As they walked, he turned to see Bakugo still fuming about the cavalry battle. "Next time we meet, it will be in the one on one battles," he thought.