U.A Festival Begins!
"Well that's a lot of pressure" said Natsu as he chewed on some jerky.
"I know!" Exclaimed Izuku. The two were lying in there beds eating some food there mother had prepared. Izuku had just finished telling him what All Might had told him at lunch break.
"So...what are you going to do?" Natsu questioned his brother. Izuku sat up and faced his brother. He clenched his fists and looked down.
"I...want to get stronger!"
"Hoh?" Natsu watched with a grin as Izuku lifted his face to show the former a face full of determination.
"Natsu...please help me train!" Natsu's grin widened as he got up and gulped all the remaining food down.
"Sure! Lets go!"
For two weeks straight Natsu had trained with Izuku intensely, from running along the 20km beach back and forth to training themselves physically. Natsu had thoroughly worked through the defiency and risks of White Flame Dragon mode with Izuku and in return he had helped him in brainstorming through ideas on how he could take on opponents while lessoning the damage done to himself. While these two had trained incredibly hard it did not mean that the rest of class A were not. Each and every one of them had been pushing their quirks and bodies to the limit in preparation for this event.
Well all except Mineta.
And so the two weeks passed by quickly. The morning of the festial had arrived.
"You two do your best okay? Don't push yourselves too hard"
"Okay!" The two answered their mom.
"I'll record everything in high resolution okay?" Natsu smiled at his mom in response while Izuku finished tieing his shoes.
"We're off!"
"Ah, I wanted to wear my costume"
"We couldn't wear ours even if we wanted to..." Sweatdropped the brothers. In the previous battle Natsu's costume had been completely destroyed and utterly torn. The school sent them a note saying both of their suits would take time to be completly fixed.
"I wonder what the first round will be like..."
"No matter what it is we have no choice but to deal with it" The door suddenly burst open.
"Everyone, are you ready?" asked Iida. Mineta repeated wrote the character for person on his hand and gulped it down. Izuku sighed and Natsu tugged at his uniform.
"Midoriya" The two turned their heads to see Todoroki walk towards them.
"Todoroki-kun? whats the matter?" The class immediately turned their heads towards the two whose atmosphere began getting heavy.
"Looking at things objectively, I'm stronger than you" Natsu narrowed his eyes as Izuku flinched and looked down.
"Y-Yeah"
"But...All Might has his eye on you, doesnt he?" Natsu widened his eyes at the teen's words
"I'm not trying to pry about that but...I'm going to beat you" Izuku stared at Todoriki's blank face with surprise.
"Oh? Number 1 in the class is making a declaration of war?"
"Oi oi oi! Why are you picking a fight all of a sudden? We're just about to start" asked Kirishima as he put his hand on Todoroki's shoulder.
"We aren't here to play friends" Todoroki knocked his hand off and walked away."So what does it matter?"
"Todoroki-kun...I don't know what you're thinking when you say you'll beat me, but of course your stronger than me" Natsu's eyes shadowed as a small smile appeared on his face.
"I think your more capable than most people...So looking at it objectively...you are stronger than me" Momo stared with confusion at Natsu's smiling face.
"He's smiling at his brother being picked on?"
"Hey now Midoriya,you should stop talking about neg-"
"But...everyone...the students are all aiming for the top with everything they got!...I won't fall behind..." Natsu's smiled widened as Izuku faced Todoriki with a face full of determination.
"I'll be going for it with everything I have too"
"...Yeah"
"HHHHEEEYYYYY!" The crowd roared and cheered.
"Pay attention Audience! Swarm, Mass media! The event of the year, the U.A festival is about to begin! Everybody, are you ready?!" The crowd continued to roar in excitement.
"Its time for the students to enter the first year stage!" The heroes and parents watched in anticipation as The U.A first years appeared from the tunner. Natsu had his hands behind his head with a grin on his face as Izuku and the class walked confidently.
"Found you...Natsu" muttered a blond man. All Might turned is head around in surprise to see a tall man covered in tattered robes staring at the pink haired boy with a grin.
"You are!"
The crowd went wild as class 1.A walked onto the stage
"This is them! The miraculous stars who overcame an enemy attack with their Hearts of Steel! Hero course, Clas 1-A!" Natsu sweatdropped when he saw his brother start sweating.
"There...is a lot of p-people..."
"Good luck Izu"
"Will we be able to give our best performance being watched by so many people?
"He went a bit overboard with the prasing...I'm getting nervous! What about you Bakugo?"
"No, I'm getting more into it!"
"Oi..."
"They haven't been getting as much airtime but this class is also full of talent! Hero course, class 1-B!" Natsu's eyes suddenly met with an average blue haired girl with brown eyes who appeared to be somewhere around his age. She blinked when she looked at him and then shyly looked away.
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"Next is general studies! Classes C,D and E! We also have Support course, classes F, G and H!"
"And finally we have Bussiness Course, I,J and K!" The crowd through their hands up and cheered.
"All of the U.A first years are here now!
"Time for the player pledge!" Natsu watched boredly as the hero Midnight went on to call out Bakugo to the stage.
"Wait what?"
"Huh? Kacchan?!"
"Well he did finish in the top 3 in the entrance exam..."
"Heh, I thought Natsu would go..."
"The Teachers were probably afraid of what would happen to them if they did, seeing that he hates being in the spotlight after all!"
"What kind of monster do you guys take me for?!" Exclaimed Natsu. Kirishima only laughed in response making the others smile. Until a cough interupted them.
"He came in the top 3 in the Hero course" said one of the girls in the other classes with a glare.
"Damn, she really hates us"
"It's all Bakugo's fault..."
"He's going to say something Baka like..." Said Natsu Inuitively. Izuku could only nod as Bakugo stood behind the mic.
"I pledge...to be number one"
"I KNEW HE'D DO THAT!" Class A internally yelled as Boo's began being thrown at them.
"What the fuck!?"
"STOP MESSING AROUND!"
"DON'T BE SO FULL OF YOURSELVES, CLASS A!"
"SLUDGE BASTARD!"
"Why would you say something so unappropriate?!" yelled Iida. Bakugo turned around with a bored look.
"At least become a nice bouncy step for me to jump off of" He showed them all a thumbs down as the students raged.
"How overconfident can you get?! I'll crush you!"
"Confidence? No...the old Kacchan would have laughed while saying that" thought Izuku as Bakugo walked down the stage.
"He's driving himself into a corner..." Bakugo slightly knocked his shoulder as he passed him. "Though getting the rest of us caught up in it is just like him"
"Now, Lets get started!" The screen above them suddenly changed a Midnight spoke.
"U.A does everything right away huh?"
"The first game is what you would call a qualifier!" Natsu picked his head up and stared at the weirdly dressed woman with half-lidded eyes. "Every year many drink their tears here!"
"...Was that bullshit or not? I can't tell anymore with this school..."
"Now, here is the fateful first game!" Midnight waved her hand as a big screen appeared running through choices.
"This year it is..." The bar stopped on "Obstacle course". "This!"
"An obstacle race huh" muttered Natsu.
"The course is around this stadiums circumfernc which is about 4km!"
"Piece of cake" Natsu said internally. He had been running 20km with Izuku every morning after all.
"Our school's selling point is freedom!" Natsu shivered as Midnight sadistically licked her lips. "As long as you stay on the course it doesn't matter what you do!" The crowd roared as Natsu sweatdropped.
"Scary..."
"Now take your places!" Natsu stood by the gate and grinned.
"Izu said I shouldn't help him during the festival because of what All Might said" Natsu got down low and gripped the grass.
"Give it your all, Natsu!" The lights on the gate went dow to three
"I won't disappoint him!" The lights stopped glowing as gun sound reverbated through the air.
"START!" Natsu dashed through the gate immediately passing the students infront of him.
"Ah shit this won't work out" He pushed some people that tried to push themselves through the gate.
"This place is too narrow..." Natsu grinned widely and launched himself up and bounced off the wall just as Todoroki froze the ground.
"Naive, Todoroki-san!"
"You won't get away!" Bakugo blasted himself through the air and avoided the ice on the ground. Natsu simply jumped just as he hit the ground and let out a small burst of flames from his feet to glide.
"I could burn the ice away but..." He watched Izuku struggle to run on the ice and smiled.
"I won't make it that easy for him!" Suddenly Mineta through some of his hair onto the ground and bounced off them.
"I outwitted you Todoroki! Take my special attack!" He grabbed another of his hair and lifted it up.
"Grap-GAH?!" Natsu widened his eyes as a machine knocked the small teen away.
"Isn't that the thing from the entrance exam?! Exclaimed Natsu as he landed back on the ground. He quickly jumped back up and proceeded to glide a bit further while staring at the situation behind him.
Only to notice that more appeared in front of him too
"This is the first obstacle! Robo Inferno!" Natsu watched with narrowed eyes as Todoroki froze all the robots in one hit. He managed to elevate himself just in time as they started falling over.
"Bastard!" He grinded his teeth and through himself over them. He landed a few feet away and started running after the teen.
"If your going to play like that then...!" Natsu ignited his body in a burst of flames.
"Ohhh! What is Dragneel doing?!" Natsu cupped his hands and placed them behind him. He shot flames from them and propelled himself forward.
"Dragneel uses his flames to shot himself forward! It seems like the Monster of Class A has gotten serious!"
"EVEN THE TEACHERS ARE CALLING ME THAT?!" Yelled Natsu as flew forwards. He then lost his expression and grinned when he saw his fellow classmates go around the obstacle.
"Well the real match starts now!" Natsu then turned around to see a half naked raven haired teen blasting ice behind him in a simliar fashion to what he was doing.
"Oi stop copying me you damn stripper!"
"Who the hell are you calling a stripper?!"
"Your not wearing any clothes you dumbass!"
"Ah my- WAIT I HAVE NO TIME TO LOOK FOR THEM!" Gray then placed his fist against his palm.
"Ice Make: Truck!" Ice scattered around him and took the form of the said farm vehicle.
"OI WAIT ISN'T THAT CHEATING?!" Yelled Natsu.
"As expected...Most of the ones ahead are class A"
"Class B and the others are doing well to, its just..."
"Class A doesn't spend a lot of time standing around..." Aizawa narrowed his eyes and stared at the screen. "Those who experienced firsthand that world above them through the incident at USJ.."
"Iron Fist!" Natsu smashed his fire coated fist into one of the faux villians. He grinned as his eyes glowed red and dashed forward.
"Those who had fear planted in their hearts..." One by one the students of class A broke through the obstacles without looking back.
"Those who dealt with that fear and pulled through..." Izuku smashed a piece of the villian into an another and broke it to pieces.
"They all used that experience to drown out their hesitation...but one of them...had no hesitation from the start"
"Fire Dragon's Burst!" Natsu once again blew past Gray which melted his truck in the process.
"Tch! Bastard!"
"The first barrier was easy huh? Then how about the second?!" Natsu stopped when he saw Uraraka and the others stare at the abyss.
"If you don't wanna' fall then crawl! It's the Fall!" Natsu grinned and ignited his body once more.
"Natsu?!" He jumped up and shot himself through the air onto one of the rock platforms.
"I can't waste time here!" Natsu started jumping and across to each platform with the help of his flames. He jumped behind Bakugo and Todoroki who had the head start on him.
"Damn it!" He heard Bakugo curse. Natsu grinded his teeth when he saw Todoroki freeze some of the wires.
"Yosh! I'm going all out!"
"?!"
"What?! Dragneel is planning something again!" Natsu puffed up his cheeks while mid air and spun around.
"Fire Dragon's...ROOOOAAAAAARRR!" A hot stream of fire shot from his mouth and blew him forward passed Todoroki and Bakugo who only looked at him in surprise.
"That move...!"
"The one he used against All Might huh" Natsu spun back around just as he landed on the ground and ran with flames puffing out from the soles of his feet.
"And with a twist of events Dragneel takes the lead!"
"Who is that pink haired guy?"
"I don't know about him but I know that the one who took the lead first was The Flame Hero Endeavors son!"
"Ohh! But the pink haired kid also used fire!"
"A lot of agencies are going to want those two..."
"And now we have quickly arrived at the final barrier!" Natsu stopped when he saw the danger mines.
"Ah crap baskets..."
"The reality is that...its a mine field! Its set up so you can see where the mines are if you look carefully! By the way these mines are made for games so they aren't that powerful but they are loud and flashy enough to make you wet your pants!"
"I can't use flames here dammit!" Natsu carefully walked as fast as he could through the mine field with Todoroki close behind. He then widened his eyes when Bakugo suddenly shot forward.
"Bastard!"
"Don't go declaring war against the wrong person!" He shot out an explosion towards the two forcing the two to dodge.
"Now we have another in the lead! Rejoice, mass media! its the development you people love!" Natsu grinded his teeth while dodging and returning the hits he had blocked against both Todoroki and Bakugo.
"Tch!" Natsu then turned around and widened his eyes when he saw a giant explosion occur at the back. He watched as a figure blew through the smoke.
"That...!" Natsu grinned.
"I knew you would catch up...Izu!"
"Class A's Midoriya is in hot pursuit!"
"Ah...wait a second..." Natsu then blanked out as his brother flew over them.
"Actually wait he's taken the lead!"
"SHIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!" Natsu ignored the dangers in using his fire and immediately blew himself forward.
"Burst!" One by one landmines blew up in his wake. Todoroki had also stopped caring about using his quirk and began to freeze the ground without hesitation.
"The three formerly in the lead have stopped their battle and are chasing after Midoriya!" The three were blowing themselves forward at extreme speeds while Izuku slightly slowed down...
and then threw the metal piece in his hand forward and propelled himself lengths ahead of them.
"Midoriya blocks off those behind him! He cleared the mind field in an instant!"
"Tch!" Natsu ran after his brother at maximum speed slightly ahead of Todoroki and Bakugo.
"Dammit! I'm slightly drained in stamina from my breath attack back then!" Natsu chased after him but somehow he knew...
He wasn't going to catch up.
"And the first man to make it back to the stadium is..." Izuku ran through the gate with sweat ouring down his face. "Izuku Midoriya!" The crowd cheered as Izuku ran towards the centre. He then stopped and place is hands on knees, he huffed and puffed and then looked around. His eyes spotted All Might clapping and smiling at him. He smiled just as Natsu came up behind him and threw his arm over his shoulder. He bent slightly forward and turned to face his brother in surprise.
"You pulled a fast one on me Izu! Looks like our training paid off!" He smiled as his pink haired brother gave a thumbs up and a wide wolfy grin.
"Yeah!"
"He's too strong..." said a blue haired girl panting as she passed through the gate with a tired expression. Her eyes darted towards the pink haired boy who was laughing and smiling next to his brother.
End Of Chapter
Well that's it for today! I wonder who the blond haired man was...not that its hard to guess.
Not much to say other than writing this took loooonnnnggggg
Anyway review and tell me your thoughts!
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