Chapter 9: Obstacle Course
"You jerks!"
"Just because you're in class 1-A doesn't mean you can talk to us like that!"
Such proclamations would be widespread following the speech of Katsuki Bakugou. Many would be incensed, but
"Ahem…" A voice was heard from the pro Hero called Midnight. "With that inspiring speech, the Sports festival has officially begun! The first part will be an obstacle course, so try your best!", Midnight smiled mysteriously "It will be around the stadium for a total of about four kilometers! Anyone that cannot continue will be removed from the race, and only the first forty-two to pass the finish line will move forwards. Ready? Go!"
With those words, most of the students were stunned and did not move forwards, but the Hero course students were the expectation, especially 1-A. None of them had earned their spots by hesitating, and they knew there was no way that they could lose their spots in the Hero course after all they had gone through.
A hand reached forwards, soon to touch the ground. But it wasn't fast enough.
"Shirou Emiya has taken out the robots, but what's this? A sudden challenge by Shoto Todoroki, as he uses his quirk "Half Cold Half Hot" in order to freeze the ground around him!", the man known as the Voice Hero: Present Mic shouted.
But the consequences of Shoto's quirk would not simply be a slippery floor. Indeed, while the ice might have been slippery, that was not the debilitating factor.
The chill of the ice, and the depth of it was worse, causing far more people to leave the arena.
"I-It's so cold! I'm afraid my feet will fall off", came the remarks of the students that had been trapped in the ice, before being unceremoniously dragged off of the arena floor.
But despite their quiet, shivering tones, the boy whose quirk they were referring to, he heard them. Shoto Todoroki heard their voices, reminding him of his mothers, and his own, regarding the fire side of his quirk, that hated part.
The only thing I can do, is bring harm to others with my quirk. NO, that can't be it, it mustn't be it. Otherwise all I've done to prove Endeavour wrong wouldn't be right! It must be so…
With a renewed burst of enthusiasm, Shoto moved forwards from where he was, having been frozen in place previously. Quickly, as to regain the time he lost, he lurched forwards, jolting himself out of his thoughts. His class, however, had gone ahead by taking advantage of the lull in competition.
Shirou Emiya stared ahead.
In front of him was a gaping canyon, filled with ropes a thread long. They would prevent him from falling by razor thin margins, but that did not matter. He would trace a weapon that granted him a servant's parameters when he invoked it.
It may be overkill… but if I don't succeed I won't be able to save others. I must.
SaVe OtheRs
Judging the concept of creation
An ordinary dagger enchanted by the great wizard Merlin, said to have been received from the God of Christians, Muslims, and the Jewish.
Hypothesizing the basic structure
Unassumingly plain, it was made of the finest materials available at the time.
Duplicating the composition material
A mahogany cross-guard overlaying steel alloy
Imitating the skill of its making
The metal was heated up and placed into a mold. It was cooled and hammered and cooled and hammered until it formed a double-sided edge. Finally sharp enough, it was placed within a cross-guard formed from polished mahogany cut from a tree whose branches were plucked but wasn't cut down.
Sympathizing with the experience of its growth
While it was cooling, it had been enchanted by Merlin before being entrusted to the young King. The King had trained with it, before ignoring, yet still used it in ceremonial circumstances, before it was made to kill the witch Orddu's daughter by slicing her in half.
As such, it gained an advantage over those of supernatural origin.
Reproducing the accumulated years
Following the legendary final battle of King Arthur(Arturia) at the battle of Camlann it had been copied…
Excelling every manufacturing process
Every process complete
With a murmured "Trace on: Carnwennan, hide thy user and grant them strength to oppose a witch! " Shirou Emiya had traced the noble phantasm known as Carnwennan, invoking its true name, temporarily granting him the abilities of his servant in the fifth Heaven's Feel ritual.
Deciding that the fastest way now would be to jump over the entire canyon, he did so, crossing the distance in one fell swoop, before running the remainder of the distance to the finish line. As he finished, he went unnoticed, before he remembered to dismiss the dagger.
"And Shirou Emiya comes in first place, though I can't recall how I missed him. Behind him is now a cleared path of landmines" Present Mic commented, suddenly noticing the explosions over all the deceptively simple ground. The puffs of smoke that now covered it, showed how it was not so, though.
"Coming in behind him is Izuku Midoriya from class 1-A, riding the shockwaves created by the blasts. Right after him is a tie with Katsuki Bakugou and Shoto Todoroki, as Katsuki flys and Shoto creates ice to skate over on the ground with", looking to the side, he asked his fellow announcer, "What do you feed those kids, EraserHead?", only half joking.
Midnight appeared on the field once more, having announced the other 38 people to manage to enter in time. She was once more dressed to the nines in her skimpy pro-Hero costume. "Congratulations", she addressed the crowd of children "are in order for all of you here right now, having made it this far. But there's further to go for you. You can all have an hour for a lunch break, but we will reconvene in exactly that amount of time, anyone not here then will no longer be eligible to continue in the festival~!" She said sternly.
With those words heard, the gathered group of people left and people in the stadiums scurried along to find food and get back to their seats, like the intermission in a ballet.
Next chapter: Cavalry Battle!
A/n: I hope everyone in the U.S. is safe after the events of yesterday(1/6/2021). The discord server's invite code is gbYXQzqsV4 as always.