Disclaimer: First Chapter
Story Start!
44 students.
44 students made it to the 2nd event of the Sports Festival, and enough students had showed off a good deal of their quirks. Apparently, originally the school was going to do a cavalry battle to show off a students teamwork. That was originally though, but because the school believed that Kurama was going to get involved in the 2nd or 3rd event to make a big show out of it all, both of those events had changed from what they originally were.
Naruto was wearing a red headband.
Todoroki was wearing a blue headband.
Bakugo was wearing a green headband.
Midoriya was wearing a purple headband.
They were seperated into 4 different parts of the arena, with the crowd surrounding them from all sides so they could all view what was about to happen down in the arena below. The walls were strong enough that students could still go pretty hard with their Quirks with only minimal restrictions like in the cases of Todoroki, Midoriya, and Bakugo who had very wide scale destruction abilities to their Quirks.
Those who placed in the top 4 of the first event, were seperated from the rest of the students and given headbands.
"Now, the 4 students who take those headbands and have them by the end of the 30 minutes will make it to the next round! This event will be a free for all battle, the 4 best of the last race will fight 10 students to defend their headband!" Present Mic shouted from the observer box as he announced the rules for what would be happening. "Once somebody takes the headband, they have to defend it until the time runs out by the way! It's a true free for all!" Present Mic called out even louder.
"YEEEAAAAAH!"
He then proceeded to scream yeah into the crowd.
'This is going to be hard, I can't use my poison the way I usually do, and I'm only used to fighting the way I battle as Kurama. I can't act like a perverted villain.' Naruto thought to himself as he frowned at his restrictions. While the other headband defenders had restrictions on the scale of their Quirks, one could argue his restriction was completely different. He didn't know how to fight anyway other than how he fought as Kurama. They could still use their fighting styles, just size down the scale, but he couldn't even fight the way he knew how to fight.
He was going to have to use parts of his Quirk he never used to make up for his lack of experience fighting in different ways.
"I'm taking that headband from you Naruto." Momo stated as she lowered her stance, ready for a fight with Naruto. She gave a smirk as she looked him dead in the eyes, because she was like him in what he had realized.
She knew his restrictions.
"Tsk." Naruto clicked his teeth in annoyance, since the most troublesome opponent was the one who knew his restrictions. Momo had a personal vendetta against him as well, considering how often he would tease her and perv on her as his Kurama persona. Her mission was to be better than him in anyway that she could, and she would take a victory wherever she could get it.
Setsuna just smiled at Naruto.
"Yeah Naruto, just because our past, doesn't mean I'll hold back against you when that timer reaches zero." Setsuna stated as she sent Naruto a cocky thumbs up.
Naruto sent her a raised eyebrow.
He was pretty sure he didn't have a past with her.
"He's just a general studies student, his Quirk is really good and all that, but I'm pretty sure that his race win was just his Quirk having an advantage." Denki stated as he waved off his opponent with an even cockier grin.
Setsuna glared at Denki.
"Hey, Naruto's Toad poison has always been really, really, potent. When people figured out his Toad Quirk was more powerful than his Father's, he was put through really intense Quirk councilling to control it." Setsuna lectured Denki, since having more teammates that weren't going to underestimate the wall in front of them was for the best. "Isn't that right, Na-chan?" Setsuna sent a hint to Naruto.
She wanted him to realize who she was, and hopefully this was her chance.
Naruto blinked in surprise.
Setsuna Tokage - Quirk: Lizard Tail Splitter
Momo Yaoyorozu - Quirk: Creation
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu - Quirk: Steel
Ochaco Uraraka - Quirk: Gravity
Denki Kaminari - Quirk: Electrification
Toru Hagakure - Quirk: Invisible
Jurota Shishida - Quirk: Beast
Yui Kodai - Quirk: Size
Mina Ashido - Quirk: Acid
Tsuyu Asui - Quirk: Frog
'Setsuna apparently has knowledge on my Quirk, and so does Muffintop... not to mention Tsuyu has a similar Quirk to mine. She knows her own abilities very well, so she has knowledge on my basic abilities. Still... yeah, and it looks like the others are going against students who had advantages against their Quirks too.' Naruto thought as he looked at Bakugo, Todoroki, and Midoriya's opponents. All of their opponents had some way, shape, or form to counter some aspect of their Quirk. That or they had methods to work together to take the headband, Quirks that worked together well in some way or form.
The students with headbands were purposely placed into groups that could take advantage of the weaknesses of their Quirk.
'My Toad Quirk doesn't have any real weaknesses to take advantage of, other than me being weaker to cold. My Quirk is good for most situations, so they put me up against Quirks that had a wider range of ability.' Naruto thought as he looked at all of the students he was going to fight again.
He grinned after a moment.
"Oh, he sucks at hand to hand, so we'll be just fine!" Mina shouted loudly with a laugh. "I remember knocking him out, one good Mina punch to the jaw and he was out like a light." Mina continued to brag, underestimating Naruto and not seeing his jaw tense up.
Naruto forced himself to grin harder as he stared her down.
Naruto blinked, before he realized something.
A devious smile came over his face.
"Oh crap... that's not a good face." Momo whispered when she saw the evil look over Naruto's face.
"STAAAAAART!"
Naruto jumped into the air just as he was faced with the first attack, and while he was in the air he took the headband off his forehead and tossed it into the middle of the people he was fighting. Naruto landed on the ground without the headband, shocking all of the students who he was facing when they saw him just toss the headband away like it was nothing.
"Have fun." Naruto told them as he put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the wall that seperated him from the audience.
What?
"HUH!?" It wasn't just the students, but portions of the audience shouted as well when Naruto gave up his own ticket to the next round of the Sports Festival.
-In the Audience-
"How the hell could that student just do that, and after he came in first in the race!?"
"What the hell, KID, get the headband back on and fight!"
"That's pretty genius, that boy is one hell of a mastermind. No, wait... that's not quite the right word." Nana Shimura stated, in civilian clothes, as she watched the fight. After having been released from the hospital, and having her hero license revoked due to her years of inactivity and her lack of knowledge on new laws, she didn't have much left to do but to watch this kind of event.
Like watching Kurama, Naruto as he was called apparently, manipulate people even without using his Kurama persona.
"No, that's absolutely stupid." A hero tried to argue with her.
"Sorry for the wait, I'm back with snacks." Toshinori said as he joined her, sitting next to her as he gave her a bowl of popcorn.
"Sorry Toshi, but I don't really have any money anymore, I don't mean to impose on you this much." Nana apologized with a sorry grin, but Toshinori waved off her concerns.
"It's no trouble, and I agree with you, this Uzumaki boy certainly is either a genius, or he understands human emotions and how to manipulate people far better than any student should be able to." Toshinori stated, agreeing with her as he caught onto what Naruto was doing instantly as well. While the vast majority of people had no clue what Naruto was doing, a true pro hero like him understood after having seen similar tactics used by villains, though when villains used it, it was done for more maliciously.
Naruto was manipulating the students, and he was doing so with very little effort.
-With Naruto-
"Go on you guys, headband is right there." Naruto stated as he gestured towards the headband on the ground. "I won't be making it to the next round, so a hero student might as well be the one to make it." Naruto added fuel onto the fire.
He grinned.
This event was perfect for heroes on multiple levels.
This event could show off as heroes ability to work in groups, it could show off a heroes ability to fight multiple opponents. It showed off how strong hero students were, and it showed off just how great their fighting powers, stamina, endurance, and intelligence were. Naruto watched as Tetsutsu, who the headband landed next to, picked it up.
The other students went after him instantly.
-27 Minutes Later-
"Hah... hah... this is mine... none of you are taking it from me." Momo had the headband in her grip as she held a shield in one hand, and a stun grenade in the other hand. Her body had lost a few pounds, and she didn't have the fat on her to create anymore items other than what she was currently holding. She would need to play defense until the timer was up, which it would be up in less than 20 seconds.
She was exhausted.
The other students were exhausted too, the second any one of them had the headband, all of the others would fight them to take it. They were all sweating, and in some cases, flat out unable to use their Quirk anymore if they tried.
Almost 30 minutes of nonstop fighting was rough, even on trained students, even more so when you had a chaotic free for all.
Momo grinned.
She might not have beaten Naruto like she wanted, but this was still a victory to her. She was still the winner overall, and she could pull this out over Naruto in how she passed something he failed in.
"Hey, howzit going." Naruto stated as he walked up to her.
'How... how is he not sweating... how is he not exhausted, surely his time as Kurama trained his stamina, but after all this fighting even he would be exhausted.' Momo's exhausted mind thought as she raised up her shield to defend herself.
Naruto pulled his fist back, and he slammed his knuckles into the steel of her shield at nearly full force.
"AH!?"
Momo shouted as the vibrations travelled through the shield, and it was knocked clear out of her hand. Naruto stepped forward, and with one smooth motion he pulled the headband from her hand. She prepared to throw the stun grenade, but Naruto put his palm up against her forehead and pushed her down to the ground.
"Guess you lose again, don't worry, you fought really hard for me." Naruto taunted her as he wrapped the headband around his forehead.
"TIME OUT! The winners for this round are NARUTO UZUMAKI, KATSUKI BAKUGO, IZUKU MIDORIYA, AND FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI! Bakugo never once had the headband stolen from him, while Todoroki lost his headband 21 minutes in when he could no longer handle the coldness of his Quirk! Midoriya lost his headband in the first 3 minutes, but reclaimed it in the last 3, and finally Uzumaki lost his in the first second and reclaimed it in the last 5 seconds!"
Momo's jaw dropped.
"Ho-how?"
-In The Audience-
"This guy... he realized that the second anyone got the headband, they would become the target. Yes, all of his opponents were picked to counter him, but they isn't to say their teamwork would last the second he lost the headband. This was never a fight to beat Naruto, this was a fight for the headband." Nana explained to the heroes listening to her, as she went over Naruto's tactics.
Toshinori nodded, impressed.
"He realized that, as his opponents were teenagers... no, as they were human, they the second he was no longer the enemy, any semblence of teamwork would be destroyed when tossed the headband on the ground. Any planning they might have thought of would be thrown out of their minds. Everyone wanted to show off and look good for the cameras, but while his opponents wasted their stamina, Naruto was more than happy, to sit back and wait." Toshinori explained it even further.
His words started to spread as the heroes started to talk to each other.
"Well fuck, that's super impressive then. That kid doesn't just have a flair for the camera that he showed in the race, but he's great at manipulating people. He got a hell of a mind for combat."
"Really, no fooling. I thought he was just being lazy, or he was afraid to fight so many people, but looking at his face I really can't see him as anything but damn scary for a student."
"How the HELL is this kid not in the Hero Course?!"
"You guys don't even realize it, but look at Midoriya, Bakugo, and Tokoyami. They are all exhausted from fighting, if the next event is a fighting event... then even though the next event doesn't start for another 3 hours, they still used a lot of stamina." Toshinori explained with serious respect in his voice for a boy that showed so much great promise as a hero, but just didn't seem to want to apply it to becoming a hero.
Nana giggled to herself.
"It's a good thing he isn't an evil villain then." Nana stated with a small laugh.
She would keep Naruto's identity as Kurama a secret.
After all, she said he wasn't an evil villain.
She said nothing about him being a villain.
Chapter End!
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Note: Remember, Kurama is the Number 1 Villain, and he is KNOWN for making scenes and doing amazing things. While Kurama has no reason to interfere with a Race, showing up in the middle of a crowded arena is something UA thinks he would do.
So, they scheduled events in the arena that are already chaos, so that "Kurama" has no reason to create more chaos.
Naruto/Kurama's very existance as a "Number One Most Unpredictable Villain" is now starting to cause direct changes to canon.
