And we've finally gotten here, the end of the second event of the sports festival. I'll be honest here, he did not think that I'll get so much support for this story or reach the number of reviews that I have by this point and for that, I thank each and every one of you. Now as I set up in the last chapter, the sports festival will be quite the treat as I've mixed up and downright removed some people from the spotlight to put that same light on another.
D3lph0xL0v3r – Thank you and yes, I read Detective Midoriya. The story is engaging and at times, funny like when both Izuku and Inko start crying, you can truly see that they'll related. The nickname is still in the works as Bakagou is, although funny is an insult that would include the boy's whole family and Izuku would never do such a thing(the fact that Mitsuki would probably kick his ass if she heard it is completely irrelevant). As for the other matter, you'll be surprise what laws fall out of practice as time goes on.
SoralTheSol – There was a reason for that besides Izuku being too young to apply for the hero course. Free time. Izuku is a genius yes but he is no Gary Su, even his base models he starts using at UA took time to design, get the resources for construction, building test models which then went through numerous test to ensure they could handle the strain of what he wanted out of them and if not, he has to go back to the drawing board and redesign them. So he basically used those extra two years in junior high to get more work done. Yes he could have entered a support course like the one at UA but I doubt the school would then let him transfer to the first year hero course when he should be doing his third year in the Support course. To transfer to the third year hero course would be stupid as we see the skills people like Mirio and Nejire have, that took three long years of training in the hero course, he'll flunk out in the first semester as he wouldn't know the basics of hero work and combat taught in to first and second year, he'll be the only one who doesn't have a provisional license and therefore can't do work study to gain experience like his classmates.
Guest – Yes All Might went to UA but that was like 20 years ago. The city must have went through some change in that period, especially if a prominent hero school is located there. Besides, are you telling me that not only did the future number one hero spend enough time in the city's sewers to memorise them but should be able to recall that info 20 plus years later? This is the same guy who needed to look at his teaching notes when he started at UA(which was funny as hell as the situation for the test wasn't complex at all, it should have been easy to remember off the top of his head).
Chapter 18: Cavalry Finale.
(On the field)
"Why did Bakugo have to target us?" Ashido whined as they around looking for points to steal.
"We're in last place right now but that means we don't have anything to lose. Let's charge those two, we're stealing a headband no matter what!" Komori cheered, showing her more upbeat and determined side of her personality, something the two girls from 1-A she was teamed with were still getting used to.
"Let's hope that we do." Jiro muttered as they charged the two leading teams. While this was happening, the two teams in question were in the middle of their own face-off.
"I was hoping that we could avoid direct confrontation with the other leading teams." Tokoyami stated as they locked eyes with team Yaoyorozu and saw that their odds of just escaping were slim at best.
"No shit man, they must really want our headbands." Tetsutetsu agreed with him, his quirk still active in case of a surprise.
"Still, only half the time remains, we should play this smart." Kodai noted as she looked up to the jumbo screen and saw that they had been successful so far because they avoided fighting.
"Yes, move!" Tokoyami ordered as they went for a side-wards dash, as to keep their head horse in the direct line of fire and to allow Midoriya a clear view to fire off shockwaves.
"Don't give them space!" Yaoyorozu ordered near immediately in response, clearly she had been building up her confidences since the UJS, Midoriya noted.
"Got it!" Sato replied as he went on the offensive and charged them at full speed. Something they weren't expecting given the circumstances.
"They're charging us?" Midoriya asked as he would have thought they try a long range assault first, since when was Yaoyorozu this direct?
"Don't let them get close to us." Tokoyami instructed his team, he didn't care as to why but ways to stop them. In response to his Midoriya, they slowed down allowing Midoriya to lift up his foot in their direction and fire off three low powered shockwaves in rapid succession in the hopes of warding them off.
"Shiozaki!" Sadly for him, it didn't work as Yaoyorozu immediately asked for a counter.
"Will do." Shiozaki replied as she let loose her quirk to create a large wall of vines in front of them, defending them from the attack while not hindering their speed.
"And they're not the only ones coming for us." Kodai noted as she looked further behind team Yaoyorozu and saw more than a few other teams racing towards them. They must have thought to put in all on the line with only a minute on the clock left. And she wasn't the only one to notice as team Yaoyorozu did as well.
"I'm truly sorry everyone buy," Shiozaki said as her quirk activated again and this time the vines dug themselves into the ground before surging out in front of the incoming teams. It happened so fast that none of them could react in time before her vines had grabbed them all and held them in the air. "We cannot allow you all to intervene in our bid for the true prize of this event." She finished as she bowed her head to them slightly before her team continued their pursuit.
"The hell!" Kamakiri yelled as he tried to move but found he couldn't, so he activated his own quick to cut his way out of it.
"I can't move!" Jiro said as she tried to wiggle her way out of the vines holding her but found they were too tight for that.
"Neither can us!" Uraraka added as she saw Ashido using her acid to melt the vines before she noticed something. "My headband's missing!"
"And with nothing but her own hair and brains, Shiozaki Ibara of 1-B has halted team Kosei, Kinoko and Yanagi in a thorny web!" Present Mic announced as the jumbo screen replayed how in the confusion of the entrapment, Shiozaki was able to snag the headbands of team Kosei and Yanagi without anyone being the wiser.
"And in the same move, she was able capable of snatching the headbands of teams Kosei and Yanagi, adding 550 points to their score." Vlad added as the screen changed as they got points added to their score while the two teams they stole from dropped down to zero.
"Dammit, for a large guy, he sure can move!" Tetsutetsu said as he Tokoyami looked behind them and saw that even with their stop, team Yaoyorozu was gaining on then.
"I'll take care of them!" Tokoyami said as he noticed their boots they were wearing acted like hover boots, no doubt the work of the support student on the team. "Dark Shadow!"
"Let's do this!" Dark Shadow yelled as it charged towards its target with a claw ready to swipe at them. But he was intercepted when Yaoyorozu was able to create a shield to block the assault.
"I don't think so!" Yaoyorozu rebuked as she used the bō staff in her other hand to knock back dark shadow with an surprising amount of force.
'Shit she blocked it.' Midoriya thought to himself as dark shadow retreated back to them.
"Yaoyorozu's creation would be a pain for most people alone but add to that her intellect and we got a serious problem to contend with." Midoriya said aloud as he tried to think of ways around her skills, even if they only worked for a few seconds, they needed to buy as much time as they could.
"Let's just hope she doesn't make any bright light sources, if they figure that out then Dark Shadow won't be as useful keeping them back." Tokoyami stated as Dark Shadow visible shivered at the thought of such a thing.
"Yeah that'll be bad for us, whoa!" Tetsutetsu started to agree as Tokoyami ad explained how his quick worked before hand but had to stop when he noticed how close to the edge they were.
'Shit!' Without even realizing it, team Yaoyorozu had quitter literally driven them into a corner.
"And team Tokoyami had reached the boundary of the field, they even put a single foot beyond it and its automatic disqualification for them!" Present Mic reminded everyone as the crowd cheered for that was shaping up to be an engaging little affair with the two teams as team Yaoyorozu quickly caught up with them to stop them from moving freely.
"Fortunately for us, I doubt they know that fact as the only other soul who knows this information would be Kota and he is a man of few words." Tokoyami answered as they turned to face the new threat to them.
"Then we don't have any other option but to attack, don't we?" Kodai summarized as they could see that Sato was about to charge them again, so they had to move first.
"That we don't, Tokoyami!" Midoriya yelled in agreement to their avian headed comrade who got the message.
"As you wish!" Tokoyami yelled as he took the skies again, though he wasn't confident in his skills, he hoped that this would work.
'An aerial assault?' Yaoyorozu observed as she saw this unfold before she noticed that the rest of his team had begun to charge them. "Friends, prepare yourselves!"
"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami yelled as he commanded Dark Shadow to lash out towards Mei to try and draw attention away from his horses.
"That won't work on us!" Sato stated in response as Shiozaki used her quick to create another barrier to defend the pink haired from them attack, something that irritated Tokoyami to some degree.
"[Tick]…" The sentient quick user let out as he corrected his course to try for an attack from the rear just as Tetsutetsu rammed right into Sato. The two front horses trying to out power the other while their teammates assisted where they could.
"Ohhh, do it, this is a great time to show off my baby creation girl please, pretty please?" Hatsume asked Yaoyorozu with a somewhat crazed looking smile.
'What is she talking about?' Midoriya thought to himself before he recalled the odd looking contraption Yaoyorozu had on her back.
"Well, it is a good time to show it off," Yaoyorozu smiles, something that put team Tokoyami on edge before she jumped off her own horses and started to fly! Towards Tokoyami with her staff ready and shield held close. "To show off Tokoyami isn't the only flyer here!"
"What!" Midoriya yelled as he nearly lost his footing his shock, thought this still gave Tetsutetsu less support and therefore they lost ground as Sato pressed the attack.
"That was a jetpack!?" Tetsutetsu asked as he didn't think their festival had two of them, they didn't plan for that!
'Crap, she's heading right for me!' Tokoyami hurriedly thought to himself as he watched the girl jet towards him faster than he could move. "Dark Shadow, defend!" He called out in response as he figured that fighting her head on was a bad move.
"No-one gets passed me!" Dark Shadow let out as he rocketed towards the recommendations student.
"Let's relieve the pressure on him, forward charge you guys!" Tetsutetsu called out to his team just as Yaoyorozu blocked an attack from the Dark Shadow and responded with a thrust from her staff, forcing the living quick back.
"Got it," Midoriya replied as he lifted up his foot and to fire off another shockwave. "Eat this!" He yelled as he fired off a more potent version of his previous shots towards Shiozaki, hoping the rather close range will assist.
"Shiozaki!" Sato yelled as he tried to take the hit but Tetsutetsu was doing a good job of keeping him pinned.
"Already on it." Shiozaki replied as she had noticed Midoriya prepping to fire and was already laying down another vine barrier to tank the hit, though it did break under the power of the shockwave it did its job of defending her.
"And with that epic start, teams Tokoyami and Yaoyorozu have locked horns in a two front attack. The riders duking it out in the air and the horses going at it on the ground! I didn't see this coming but I'm loving it!" Present Mic hyped for the crowd as everyone watching nearly lost their minds as they watched what appeared to be two armies(They are lost in the moment, alright. We've all been there when we really get into a scene in a show/movie) clashing while a Amazon warrior fought with a shadowy figure up above.
"It is an interesting use of their different skills and equipment, I'll give you that but highly risky if the riders can't land back on their horses properly." Vlad counted as he wasn't lost in the scene but acting as the voice of reason.
"Hey man, High risk-High reward they say!" Present Mic defended as Tokoyami was able to knock back Yaoyorozu and give himself some breathing room, it was clear which of the two students was the better flying combatant as Tokoyami was having a hard time fighting and stating airborne thought to his credit, Yaoyorozu wasn't all that good either.
(Meanwhile – on the other side of the field)
"You left yourselves wide open." Monoma said just as Mineta snagged the headband right off Kendo's head.
"Shit, Monoma!" Kendo cursed as her and her team turned around to see who just took their points and left them in dead last.
"I can't believe they pulled that off."
"Stop picking fight and let's get moving." Kaibara said as he look to the side and saw more teams heading towards them, most likely after their 2nd place standing.
"Right, right. Sorry about this Tokage, Kendo but we gonna be holding onto this for a while. Be sure to cheer for us once we clear this round!" Monoma couldn't help himself as he used their remaining time to taunt them before they turned around to make a break for it but not before Koda could say something.
"Sorry." The large and quiet boy said as they ran off.
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"Guys…. Change of plans…" Tokage said, catching her team-mates attention who all turned to look at her and flinch back when they saw the predatory look of anger and slightly crazed excitement on her face.
"We gonna teach those guys a lesson they won't forget!" Tokage ordered as they raced after the team of thieves to make them regret ever picking a fight with them.
"Tokage, is that really a good idea?" Iida asked her as he turned to face her.
"We really shouldn't let anger cloud our judgement." Kendo said in agreement as they had been in a class long enough for her to know that fighting with the blonde wouldn't accomplish anything.
"That don't matter guys, the only others teams with points worth taking are the three heavy hitters. We don't have the time to chase after them. Rather," Tokage counted them as a fierce grin broke out across her face, Kendo should have known the girl wouldn't let Monoma get away with this. "Let's get our own points back from the assholes who took them!"
"We don't have much choice when you put it like that so," Kendo caved to the girl as she lightly smacked her cheek(the ones on her face you prevs) and look ahead at their retreating target. "Iida, forward charge!" Iida followed her orders and like that, they were off.
"Whatever you do, don't let Monoma touch you, he'll copy your quirk if you do." Kendo reminded them as they did not need for Monoma to copy something as powerful as Todoroki's. That will not end well for them.
"I recall he could do as much." Todoroki replied as he waited for a moment where his ice would prove most useful.
"Kendo, hit them hard!" Tokage commanded as they saw they were closing the distance quickly thanks to their main source of power.
"Sorry about this Koda but," Kendo apologised to the nice member of the team as her fist grew in size. "We're taking back those points!"
"Mineta?" Monoma calmly asked as he looked up to their rider who was ogling the other team's females, his question snapping the boy out of whatever perverted fantasy he was in.
"Go ahead, we gotta win!" Mineta replied as Monoma took that permission to copy the boy's quick, growing his own balls from his head but his being blonde, the two then took to throwing as many of them as they could in their wake to slow down their pursuers.
"Drat, guys, they've covered the approach with Mineta's balls!" Iida said as he had to stop to avoid stepping on one of them. 'That sentence will always be awkward to say.' The glasses wearing boy thought to himself as he could see that his quick somehow suited him.
"Todoroki!" Kendo called as to their duel quick using teammate
"Right…" Todoroki said as he activated his quick and laid down a layer of ice for them to move on, this tiny ice wave also was able to freeze all the balls, making them less of a threat and more of a tripping hazard.
"And we have another epic showdown in the works! Team Mineta and team Kendo are in the middle of their own clash right now!" Present Mic called out as the camera switched to show as team Kendo was hot on team Mineta heels.
"With the time running down to the last seconds, the various teams really have to pick up their socks if they want to make sure they reach the final round." Vlad King added as many of them still in play teams were visibly trying harder to secure points and defend whatever points they did have.
"And Team Yaoyorozu and Tokoyami have made their fight the one to see! Those two are dancing up there!" Present Mic stated as he looked over to see Yaoyorozu was really pressing the attack but on the ground, it looked like team Tokoyami was having better luck then their rider as they had managed to fight their way out of their tight spot.
"Through it's clear that of the two of them, Yaoyorozu has the advantage between them in terms of skill." Vlad Kind remarked as Tokoyami was quite out of his league as he was barely keeping the girl back.
"No kidding, Tokoyami is in some serious trouble if he can't figure this out!" Present Mic announced with his usual smile, something Tokoyami didn't need right now as it was hard enough keeping the girl back and staying in the air.
"Take this!" Midoriya yelled as he was able to fire off another shockwave, this one aimed towards Sato as Tetsutetsu was able to break off for a moment. Though the shot hit its mark, the body armour the boy was wearing proved itself as he was still standing, thought it looked like it hurt nonetheless.
"Nice try but you're gonna have to try harder to hurt me with this on." Sato counted as he really felt that one like a punch to the gut but thanks to the armour Mei had given him before the event started, he was still ready to go.
"Midoriya!" Kodai called as she saw their opening.
"Well then, let's see you take this!" Midoriya said as he flipped onto Kodai's shoulder where he fired off a duel shockwave blast from both feet. The positioning was weird but it did its job.
"I cannot allow you to attack my teammates." Shiozaki rebuked him as she just made another, even stronger vine defence which did not break under the strain but bent instead.
"Dammit, every time you attack, Shiozaki blocks with her vines and I can't make a scratch on Sato with that armour of his." Midoriya muttered angrily as he jumped off the girl's shoulder back into his position in time to move out of the way of one of Shiozaki's vines.
"I say this, Mei certainly knows her stuff." Tetsutetsu said as they moved along to try and get a better position of an attack. "But we gotta break this deadlock somehow."
"I have an idea, but we'll need Tokoyami for this." Kodai said to the two boys as she looked up and saw that Tokoyami was losing to Yaoyorozu, it was only a matter of time before she come out ontop.
"Then let's fall back. Kodai," Midoriya said as they begun to break off from the fight. "Set off some off."
"On it." Kodai said as she reached for her pocket to pull out another goodie, thought the opposing team wasn't going to let them have the chance.
"We won't let you!" Mei said as they charged them but Kodai proved too quick and through the little object towards them, Mei kept her eyes opened as her goggles functioned like a welder's mask and would protect her from any bright lights.
"Not on my watch guys." Midoriya said as he saw a chance and took it, firing off another shockwave, this time towards Shiozaki would didn't have the time to intercept it and took the full brunt of it, almost knocking the girl over. Just before Sato could ask if she was alright, Kodai enlarged the item to twice its normal size, revealing it to be a smoke grenade that let out green coloured smoke.
'A smokescreen? Now?' Tokoyami thought to himself as he looked down at the quickly growing smoke cloud.
"Tokoyami, to the left!" He heard Midoriya calling to him thought the smoke, seemingly directing him towards where he should go to land.
"He's going left?" Yaoyorozu said to herself as she saw him preparing to move and decided to stop him. "I'll stop them!"
"Now your-what?" She started as she quickly moved to his left to intercept but was in for a shock when the boy went to the right instead. 'Why he is going-it was a ruse!' She figured out as she saw team Tokoyami breaking out of the smoke to the right where Tokoyami was able to land back onto his horses, worse for wear but still in it and still in possession of his teams points.
"And like that, team Tokoyami escapes the corner and secure their rider once more! Man these kids sure are creative!"
(With the Bakugo and Midoriya's)
"Man, that was real risky there." Hisashi noted as he nearly fell out of his seat from half the antics Izuku and his team were up to.
"It seems that Midoriya's team whole game plan is risky." Masaru stated as it was obvious now that the bow was going for an very high risk plan to try and stay on top as long as they could.
"I just hope my baby knows that he's doing." Inko added.
"Oh relax you worry wart. The boy's never been one to do something without thinking about it first, though I'll would like to see my brat actually go up against him but he's pre occupied right now." Mitsuki counted her friend as she looked down and saw her own son was blasting away anyone who tried to get near them but they were making their way towards Izuku's team as well.
(Back on the field)
"Thanks for that, anymore of that and I'm afraid Yaoyorozu would have surely overwhelmed me." Tokoyami thanked his team as he took this time to catch his breath.
"We're doing it." Midoriya announced to his team. His words confusing them for a moment before it clicked in their minds.
"….We are?" Kodai asked him, her face passive though Midoriya like to think she was equally as concerned as the rest of them on the inside.
"Yeah, it's the last of our plays but if it works, then we won't have to worry as much for the remainder of the event." Midoriya stated as he looked up and saw that time was indeed running out but he knew anything could happen in these few seconds.
"But could we not stand out ground till the clock bell?" Kodai asked him.
"No, not like this. I can't launch any long range attacks and Tetsutetsu can barely get close enough to deal any damage." Midoriya answered the girl as their front horse kept hitting a wall back there.
"Shiozaki does specialise in painless capture techniques, she says she hates the thought of violence, hell even necessary violence." Tetsutetsu added as he recalled the girl proving that during their own training exercises.
"Meaning that she is intentionally holding back because of her principles." Tokoyami thought aloud, though he wasn't too sure if he was happy she was or not.
"I understand…I hope this endeavour proves fruitful." Kodai said as she saw his point and conceded to the plan.
"Yeah, so do I cause the smoke's clearing." Midoriya said as Yaoyorozu used her jetpack to blow away most of the smoke cover and landed back on her horses.
"...Get ready…" Tetsutetsu said as he activated his quick again as Yaoyorozu's team started to charge them again.
(With team Kendo)
"Dammit, they can run." Kendo cursed as even with Todoroki freezing their path to make their chase easier, team Mineta was proving to be quite quick on their feet.
"How are we going to catch up with them?" Todoroki asked as he had wanted to erect an ice barrier but the rest of the team said no since there was no assurance that it'll stop them.
"…Everyone, hold on." Iida said out of the blue as he stopped the chase, something that caught them off guard as Kendo had ordered a run.
"What was that Iida?" Tokage asked, trying to understand why he came to a halt, in response the runner changed his stance and leaned forward.
"I know something we can try to catch them off guard but it's a risky move. We're only going to get one chance." Iida explained while not letting out much information about what he was doing but from the look in his eyes, it was gonna be big.
"Iida…" Kendo started to ask but the normally polite boy she had seen at student representative meetings as an assistant of the reps of 1-A cut her off.
"You have one chance, Kendo. Make it count!" Iida informed as he they all could hear how his engines started to whine much more…frequently and louder than normal.
"What are they doing?" Kaibara asked as he looked back and saw their pursuers had stopped but from the looks of things, they hadn't given up on them just yet. Just as he finished that sentence, Iida's engines roared to life with a brilliant red and yellow flame exhaust before it rose even higher to a memorising blue.
"Torque Over—" They heard Iida start but before Mineta could give an order, team Kendo-being pulled along by Iida-shot towards them faster than they could track, speeding past them but not before Kendo was able to snag the two stolen headbands right off Mineta's neck. "Recriproburst!"
"What the…" Todoroki started, lost for words as he could barely keep track of their movements during that. And he wasn't alone as next to no-one in the crowd bar the seasoned pros could keep up and those who did was mighty impressed by what they had just seen.
"And what that burst of speed, Iida secures his team back their lost points! What was that all about!" Present Mic called out, shaking the crowd of their shock and gaining loud and positive cheers from the crowd.
"What…the hell?" Tokage asked as they came to a stop a good distance from the team they just robbed, if she wasn't in a similar state of confusion Kendo would have made sure to remember the time Tokage was actually left speechless.
"…By forcing the torque and rotations to increase, I created an explosive power which grants me a level of speed I couldn't normally reach." Iida explained as his engines died down to pitiful chokes of smoke. "But the cost is that my engines stall from the extreme recoil of the power." He went on further as he took large breaths of air to satisfy his hungry lungs.
"It's a secret that I haven't told anyone yet." Iida finished with a smile as even though he thought it dishonest, he couldn't stop the feeling of joy at outsmarting their fellow students in such a fashion.
"So can you still move?" Kendo asked him, showing more concern for his well-being then the game.
"Not much but yes." Iida answered, thankful that she was worried for him but wanted to keep things up as to not them his team down now.
"Good, we're gonna go after that ten million next, all we need is to get close enough for me to see em and we're in the running." Tokage added as they all knew that her quick was perfect for taking headbands from others then they weren't paying attention and with the ways things were going between team Tokoyami and team Yaoyorozu, they were too focus on one another.
"You heard the girl, let's go!" Kendo agreed with her as they started to run towards their new target, though at a slower pace due to Iida's being tired.
"Hold on, we'll need some privacy." Todoroki said as they came to a stop long enough for the boy to throw up a massive ice wall in-between them and most of the competition.
"Oh icy boy, I didn't peg you for an exhibitionist." Tokage replied, not missing a chance to tease the very attractive boy from their sister class. Her words and their hidden meaning were not lost on the other two though.
"Tokage!" Kendo yelled as her, her cheeks red from the thought of such a…show.
"That is uncalled for!" Iida was of the same mind, though he was thinking less about the unsanctioned pip show the girls would enjoy and more along the lines of it being an unclothe action unfit for such a prestigious school.
"No don't really care who sees us so long as we get the ten million, I only put that up to slow down the others." And whatever dirty jokes the girl had planned were thrown out the window by the goal driven and socially clueless boy who didn't even get the innuendo and heard the sentence at face value.
"Well it didn't stop them. Look." Kendo pointed our to try and change the subject as they all looked to the side to see that team Bakugo was charging head long towards their targets.
"Dammit Bird brain! You think you can run the whole fuckin time?!" Bakugo yelled at the two, gaining their attention as he jumped off his horse-(without warning them, again)-and blasted himself towards them.
"Is he always cursing and angry?" Mei asked Sato out of curiosity as he sounded like those bad dads from those old sitcoms Power Loader liked to watch in his free time. Done ask how she knew this.
"Pretty much." Both Sato and Yaoyorozu replied, though with their attention away from their flank, they never noticed another team creeping up on them.
"Dammit, intercept him!" Midoriya ordered as they saw they had literal seconds left on the clock, they couldn't afford to lost now.
"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami summoned as Dark Shadow formed in front of them and went off to try and keep back their rather short tempered classmate.
"Got it!" Dark Shadow yelled as he reared back a fist to try and knock the boy back but they forget to take into account just how stubborn he was, and angry.
"Out of my way, oil stain!" Bakugo yelled back as he dodged the strike before firing off a powerful blast right in Dark Shadow's face, the force of the blow alongside the brightness of the blast easily knocking Dark Shadow out of the way.
"ARG!" The shadowy creature cried in pain as it unknowingly moved out of the away, giving Bakugo a straight path to his goal.
"Dark Shadow, shit-!" Tokoyami started to ask but the force of Bakugo grabbing into his headband-(along with some feathers might I add) interrupted him as he could only watch as the boy pulled off his headband and successfully snagged the 10 million for his team.
'Oh on!'The colour drained from his face as Midoriya saw the whole thing happening before he was able to knock himself out of it and act. "Quick, grab him!"
"We don't have the time for this!" Tetsutetsu yelled out as both Kodai and Midoriya tried to reach for Bakugo along with Tokoyami but the lad had other plans.
"Nice try loser!" Bakugo taunted as he used his free hand to blast himself out of their range and high into the air, making the only option of retrieval a aerial battle, something they all knew Tokoyami would most likely lose it but they had to try.
"Tokoy-!" Kodai tried to order but it seems their fate had been decided.
"Time Up!" Present Mic announced as the screen clock-down reached a big old zero. "That's the end of the second round, the cavalry battle!" The crowd cheered as all the teams still in play came to a halt as their time ended.
"Dammit, I can't believe he was able to snag it." Tetsutetsu said as Tokoyami got off his horses and back onto the ground, his neck still adorned by two other headbands.
"We still have quite the value of points, so I wouldn't worry too much." Kodai replied as she dusted herself off and turned to the crowd to see that they sure did love their efforts.
"Bakugo, you fucking idiot! Don't go blasting off like that!" Awase swore as he and the rest of team Bakugo reached the blonde boy who had landed when the time ended.
"Screw you, blowtorch! I got the 10 million, indisputable victory is ours!" Bakugo swore right back as he held up the headband for them to see, the sight of which was the envy of the teams as he alone proved the only one who could capture it.
"Now, let's take a look of the top four teams right away!" Present Mic stated as the pointed to one of the jumbo-screens.
"In first place with a whopping 10,000,840 points: Team Bakugo!" Present Mic announced as the camera moved down to show the complete team Bakugo standing right to each other in a group.
"Well that idiot really as the drive to win, I'll give him that." Awase both mocked and complimented as he cleaned his ear out.
"You wanna start something!" Was the obvious response from Katsuki as he was never one to learn the old saying about stick and stones.
"The team that just barely snagged the second place spot with 920 points: Team Tokoyami." The pro announced as the screen changed to show the next squad who were in the middle of a team talk.
"See." Kodai asked/stated as she pointed to the score board displaying them to the world.
"Hell yes, we still made it to the finals!" Tetsutetsu cheered as he did a fist pump in celebration.
"Yeah but I would have preferred anyone else but that explosive ass getting the points." Midoriya grumbled as he took back his gear from Tokoyami and put the winged pack back on himself, the weight of it on his back soothing his nerves.
"Can't be helped, he surprised us and capitalised on it." Tokoyami replied as although he was upset about their failure to hold onto first place, it was a possibility they had to accept prior to the start of the game.
"Closely following in the third place spot with a respectable 915 points: Team Kendo." Present Mic announced as the crowd cheered for the team that looked to be the underdog but came through in the end with Iida's little trick.
"I wish we could have done better. I really was hoping to make my brother proud here." Iida criticised himself as he tightened his fist in some shame.
"Don't sweat it, we still qualified for the next round so you can impress him there." Kendo said to help him feel better.
"You're right, I shall strive to do my best in the next round to really stand out." Iida responded with a small smile as he did his signature hand chopping motions.
'Well's he's certainly energetic.' Tokage thought to herself as she could see all the dirty jokes she could make about that but decided he earned some space…for now.
'Dammit, another setback.' Todoroki thought to himself with a frown as he could see he wasn't making much progress in his goal to prove his worth with only one part of his power. His father, Endeavour was of the same mind somewhat and just ticked his tongue before walking off, not interested in the rest of the announcements.
"And lastly in fourth place, Team Shinso with 720 points, man I didn't see that coming!" Present Mic finished, though he wasn't the only one as many in the crowd and on the field never even realized that the purple haired boy's team had so much points.
"Thank you for your assistance." Shinso said quite smugly as he walked away from the trio of confused and quite angry looking boys.
"Wait…Yaoyorozu, he took out headband!" Sato said as he realized that their stolen points matched up perfectly with the unexpected increase of points team Shinso got at the last minute.
"He did but when did he…?" Mei started to ask as even she was confused by that, one minute they had it, the next…they were gone and they never noticed till they saw the scoreboard.
"Ladies and gentlemen!..." Present Mic begun as all four teams names were shown on the jumbo screens.
(With the Bakugo and Midoriya's)
"These four teams have shown their skills and their strengths and because of their hard work!..." The pro continued as all four parents shared a smile and cheer knowing their children had made it to the final round.
(With the Pros)
"They have earned their right to advance to the final round!" The blonde announcer finished as the crowd gave cheers and applause for the 16 students who had made it this far, the pros watching this in the break room also cheered for them but not as loud. Yu was extremely happy to see her boyfriend had been able to make it to this point, now all that was left was the 1v1 matches.
(With another figure)
'So….Sorahiko wasn't kidding when he sent that letter.' A large and imposing elder gentlemen thought to himself as he watched the festival from his office in his agency. 'The boy does process potential but let's see how he handles combat with those with quirks.' He finished the thought as he reached to remove the traditional samurai helmet inspired helm he wore and showed that he was a man well passed his 60s going by his grey hair, long grey beard and wrinkled face.
(Back at the stadium)
"Now, we're going to take a break from the action for an hour long lunch break, these 16 teens are gonna need all the energy they can get for the finals!" Present mic announced to the crowd as many people started to get up and head for the exits, along with many of the students. "Hey Vlad, wanna grab a bite to eat?"
"Sure, I heard there was a good sushi." Vlad said as he removed his headphones and microphones piece before they both left the commentators booth.
"How frustrating." Asui said as she appeared angry from the small frown and how tense her posture was but that was also hard to tell if you didn't know the girl. "Yaoyorozu, congratulations."
"Thank you but I do feel like we didn't do as well. For the life of me, I cannot seem to recall how we lost that headband like that." Yaoyorozu replied as she had been trying to recall how they lost it and all she could recall was Shinso appearing behind them, asking something very offensive and….nothing.
"Iida, I dint know you had such a special move! No fair!" Uraraka said to her friend as she ran in place to show her point.
"My apologies but that was the intention. I didn't wish to show my hand too early. Besides, I wasn't using it as intended." Iida told her as he chopped his hands at her, though she had seen him do it so much she didn't really mind.
"I wanted to see if we couldn't grab something to eat as a group but I can't seem to find Midoriya." Iida addressed as he pressed up his glasses and looked around for their friend but didn't see him.
"Speaking of," Uraraka asked as she turned to look around the crowd students walking out of the stadium. "Where is Midoriya?"
(At another entrance)
"So, what did you like so far?" Midoriya asked over the phone. He had found a quiet little spot to speak to them when he noticed his phone ringing as he picked it from his locker.
"Oh my gosh, what wasn't to like? You were amazing out there Izuku!" Mellissa responded energetically over the phone, like himself-she was speaking her native tongue of English. She and her father knew Japanese but at times, the three would decide that they should use one language in a conversation or the other.
"[Haha] Thanks Mellissa, that helps since we were basically stuck for most of the second round." Midoriya answered as he leaned against the entrance wall as he looked out at the growing crowd of people getting food before the next round.
"Don't get bummed out about it, not everything can work out as planned, the point is you made it." Mellissa told him.
"Yeah, the finals are sure to be a tough one to overcome. But it'll help in the long run since just about every pro in the country will be watching." He answered her as he could only imagine who many pros would have their eyes on him after this.
"Is watching you mean, and you're one of the faces they're focusing on." David cut over the line, sounding like he knew something he didn't which was funny.
"What do you mean Shield-sensei?" Midoriya asked his long time teacher and mentor.
"What I mean is that during the event, they've been keen to focus on you and a few others above the other students, you've really done a good job of sticking out amongst the crowd." David explained to him as he could hear the TV in the background doing an replay of the best moments so far.
"Well what can I say, I-island taught me many things-one of which was showmanship." Midoriya replied with a laugh of his own. He wasn't lying as one of the many things one learned if they spent enough time on I-island was how to market themselves and their products.
"Why do I have a feeling my daughter had a hand in that?" David joked as he heard Mellissa laugh at it over the line but just thought maybe he gave her a poke, the girl was always the tickly one.
"I shall say nothing at this time. But while we're taking about her, if things go well, I'll be able to use some of that equipment we worked on together." Midoriya informed him as he had some gear that Mellissa had sent over to testing on a controlled combat environment.
"That'll get my name out there." Mellissa said as she took the phone back to give her reply.
"You names already out there Mellissa. You have like three small contacts." Midoriya reminded the girl as she had a better reputation on the support industry then he did, thought he was more the indie rocker to her main stream.
"But they're only for customers here on I-island, I need an international cliental list." She counted as having such a large list of people wanting her gear would only be a good thing.
"Speaking of international, about the sample." Midoriya said as the conversation went serious. He looked around him and saw no-one and decided he was clear. He may have been speaking English but the language itself was very common on the international scene.
"We finished the testing just yesterday." Melissa responded, sounding equally serious as the results were not something she could un-see.
"And?" Midoriya pressed for info.
"We'll send you the results, whatever you've gotten into isn't going to be pretty." Mellissa told him as she didn't feel like talking about on the phone.
"Don't worry about me, if things get tough, I just ask All Might for some help." Midoriya assured them as he figured they would not help if he went on half-cocked without back-up and had sworn to call upon the pros if he needed them.
"I don't doubt that. He was always the man of action." David said as he recalled how many times Toshi would jump right onto danger and fire if it meant he was helping people. It was how they meant after-all.
(With the man in question)
"Yo!" The person they were talking about said as he approached a man that hated his guts in the halls of the stadium. Since it wasn't common knowledge even amongst the top pros of his condition, he was currently in his muscle form. "Long time, no see. Why don't we catch up over a cup of tea, Endeavour?" He asked the number two who was making his to who knows where.
"All Might…" Endeavour growled out as he turned to face the blonde titan and face of power. The man that symbolised everything he wasn't and the man that despised and wished to surpass no matter what.
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And with that little cliff-hanger, I'll end this chapter. I hope that the cavalry battle was entertaining as it took a while for me to figure out how the teams would be placed since I got somewhat carried away with the last chapter but all things worked out in the end. I decided that Bakugo can get the ten million as that was his goal in cannon, a win that no-one would dispute and making his team first would really boast his ego, though I have plans to cut that down to size in the coming chapter don't you worry.
Now that you've all seen it, the 1v1 match-ups will naturally be different as added some new faces while removing others. As for the other thing, I'm undecided as to if Todoroki still approaches Midoriya as he does this in cannon because he thinks he and All Might are related, he doens't here as there is no evidence and even rumours to put such thoughts in his head but at the same time, I want him to share his pain and backstory with Izuku all the same. Hopefully, I'll have decided this by the next chapter.
Now I'm sighing off as its passed midnight and I'm extremely tired from helping the fam set up Christmas yard deco. It would have been little but the extended family set over all their stuff, which includes all the electronic stuff that needed me and my two brothers to search for outdoor outlets or nearby windows to run power cables through since we're spending December with my parents. So I'm gonna have to deal with distant relatives and annoying cousins up till the 28th(because some of their flights home don't leave till the 28th). I'll try to keep up the schedule but it'll be hard enough keeping my sanity that long.