Only forty-two people make it to the second round. I feel special already!

Midnight stands at the podium and spins the wheel again to land on a horse,

"The second challenge is the Cavalry battle! Two to four people team up for this challenge! At least one person as to be the rider, and the others must carry the rider without letting them touch the ground! The goal is to collect points while keeping the points the rider currently has! The rider will have headbands around their necks that indicate the amount of points that they have! How is this determined? By what place someone comes in! If someone came in 42nd place, they get five points, 41st gets 10, and so on! However-"

I feel like this is bad, and I am right. All the spot lights shine on me. I give a blank depressed look into the camera.

"1st place is worth ten million points! You should all know what that means! Everyone will be after Midoriya Izuku! Now, your fifteen minutes start now!" With that, Midnight struts off stage like she just did a goddamn stripper dance.

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Well, fuck. Everyone literally runs away from me.

"We're still together, right, ten million?!" Hatsume asks. Well, besides me.

I grin wide, "Of course! You have the goods, right?"

"Uh-huh! We'll get through this, no problem!"

Okay, so assuming Hatsume can carry me, we just have to stay the fuck away.

Why is Hatsume carrying me? I'm clearly using this as an excuse to enslave people. I don't think I will get anybody else, but if I do, I can work with it.

"Hey, Deku!" I turn to see Uraraka approaching us, "You mind if I join your team?"

"Don't mind at all! Hatsume, Uraraka. Uraraka, Hatsume. She's who I worked with on the first round!" Hatsume waves quickly as she looks through her arsenal.

"How did you two meet? I didn't think you had time to talk to the support students- wait, is that why you sang musicals to Present Mic? So you can get out of class to meet them?" Smart girl.

"Call me the fuck out, why don't you? Yes. Though, it was more of stalking. I didn't officially talk to her until five minutes before the race."

"That's amazing! You both were able to work together despite having never talked before!"

"I mean, you have seen the shit I pull in class."

"I know, but this is a new level!"

"Good to know, but we need to batter up. I would like one more slave- I mean, hoe to defend us. I think I know just the person!"

I look around quickly until my eyes land on my target.

Iida Tenya. Despite hating him, he would be great. He kind of likes me too, so that's an advantage!

"Iida! Wanna join us?!" I call out as I approach. Iida turns to me, and I quickly notice his expression is off.

Iida sighs, "I will have to deny your request, Midoriya. I believe I have become too reliant on you. I want to show that I can defeat you. To prove myself. That is the point of the festival!"

"...what the fuck? WHAT IS UP WITH EVERYONE THINKING I'M A CHALLENGE?! EVEN BEFORE THE OBSTACLE COURSE, TODOROKI CAME UP AFTER MY LITTLE SPEECH AND WENT 'BITCH, I'M GONNA BEAT YO ASS CAUSE YOU'RE SIMILAR TO ALL MIGHT' AND I'M OVER HERE LIKE 'BITCH, I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS!' I CONSIDERED IT IRRELEVANT, BUT NOW YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOURSELF FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW! LIKE, I LITERALLY BREAK MY BONES OVER HERE! WHAT YOU PEOPLE THING?! 'EY, THIS HOE HARDCORE CAUSE HE MOVES AFTER BREAKING BONES! LET'S BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!' This is illegal. Fine then, Iida. Be that way."

I walk away huffing.

Do I have looks now with my temper tantrum? Of course! Do I care? Nope!

I go to the girls, "Welp, that didn't work."

Uraraka pats my shoulder, "We'll be fine, Deku!"

"Nope. I'm petty." Then, a brilliant idea comes to mind, "Wait here."

I zoom to find my new person.

I am the leader with a jetpack on my back to fly away from my problems.

Or if you want to be naughty, I'm the top of this harem! Oh, and I have a headband on my forehead.

On my right side, we have Uraraka wearing some extra hover boots Hatsume have. Her quirk makes us super light, so we can go further before having to rest.

On my left, we have Hatsume also wearing some hover boots. You know her already.

Finally, my surprise person.

In the front of my horse, we have bird boy Tokoyami and Dark Shadow ready to wreck shit. With his quirk, he can protect on all sides without having to move his actual body, so it works for me!

If I can't be speedy, I can be protected!

I clap my hands together while sitting uncomfortably on Uraraka's and Hatsume's shoulders, "Alright, everybody! You know the tea! We fly as much as possible while avoiding the other rats! Got it?"

I get confirmation from my new squad.

Present Mic's voice breaks through, "THE BATTLE SHALL START IN

FIVE

FOUR

THREE

TWO

ONE

AND GO GO GO!"

I grab Tokoyami's shoulders as soon as I see my new fan club approaching, "Yeah, I ain't staying for that."

I trigger the jetpack, and off into the sky we go! I could have waited to gather people closer together so that they might turn against each other. However, that risk ain't worth it to me. I have no idea what their quirks are! They could trap us!

We have to avoid getting stabbed with earphone jacks and exploded Kacchan, but we make it to first landing!

"MUSH, MY HOES! MUSH!" I command, and I honestly wish I have a whip. Wait, "REPHRASE, GO TO MIDNIGHT!"

Uraraka looks at me like I have lost it, "Why?"

"Just trust me, " We quickly make our way to the edge of the field to Midnight. I'm sorry to say that I'm ignoring Present Mic this time. I'll sing to him after to make up for it or something.

We ignore the hoes shooting at us and stand at the edge, "Hey, Midnight! Can I borrow your whip?!"

Midnight looks intrigued as she purrs, "What do I get in return?"

"I have all the tea in my class that I can update you on during break."

"I don't know, sweetie. My whip is worth a little more than that."

"I can get information on any class you want."

"Deal!" With that, she gives me her whip, "Take good care of it, dear!"

"Yes, ma'am! LET'S GO!" I yell as I snap the whip on the ground. I hear her saying something about being proud, but I ignore it as we gallop away.

The whip didn't come in great use, but it was still worth getting.

We have to fly a second time, but this time, Mineta got one of his balls (purple) stuck on a hoover boot, so we can't fly away from our troubles anymore.

Then, a huge ice block appears on my left, effectively trapping us. I look up to see- HOLD UP! HOLD MY TITTIES! WHAT?!

"WHAT THE FUCK, IIDA?! YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TEAM UP WITH ME BECAUSE 'YOU WANTED TO PROVE YOURSELF' SO YOU TEAMED UP WITH FUCKING TODOROKI, THE STRONGEST BOY IN OUR CLASS?! THAT'S JUST BULL SHIT! NADA! NOPE! TAKE A RIGHT AND WALK AWAY!" I snap the whip and we start strutting away. I make sure to flip them off.

Of course, we get completely trapped by another ice wall.

I click my tongue, "That's rude. Wanna fight? Let's fight!"

Let me simplify this: THEY TRIED TO FUCKING KILL US! THEY HAD KAMINARI AND MOMO, AND THEY WANT BUZZ BUZZ! THEY KNOCKED EVERYBODY ELSE OUT AND FROZE THEM! ILLEGAL! WE ONLY SURVIVED BECAUSE OF DARK SHADOW!

Actually, Dark Shadow MVP.

I snap the whip a few times to keep them away. Then, I notice that they are saying something to each other.

Iida tells me, "I'm proving you wrong, Midoriya! TURBO BOOST!"

VROOM!

I pat my head to realize my headband is missing.

I look down at my hoes, "We are killing them."

"Deku, that's illegal-"

"YEAH, LET'S KILL THEM!"

I love Uraraka, but Hatsume is my girl.

"FOR NARNIA!" I scream as we rush in, vaguely aware that my time is short.

When we get close, they try to fight us off, and I notice Todoroki, for the first time, using flames. Logically, I don't want to deal with that, so I punch him in the face. I grab the top headband and command for us to run.

Only to find that it's worth a measly 70 points. Yeah, that's not going to bring us to the next round.

"ROUND TWO!" I say as I snap the whip once more.

"DEKU!" Kacchan yells somewhere beside me. Like, bitch, fuck off.

We start to run in-

"TIME IS UP!" Present Mic announces.

I watch Bakugo, who decided to leave his time, collapse comically on the ground.

If I fell on the ground laughing my ass off, it was completely worth it. I don't even care that I don't move on! HIS SUFFERING IS ALL I NEEDED!

Present Mic claps his hands together, "IN FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE TEAM TODOROKI! IN SECOND- WHOA, WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?! WE HAVE TEAM SHINSO IN SECOND PLACE! IN THIRD, WE HAVE TEAM BAKUGO! IN FOURTH, SHOCKING THE CROWDS, IS TEAM MIDROIYA!"

Wait, what?

I quickly stand, "Am I high or did I hear that correctly?" Uraraka and Hatsume no towards Tokoyami.

Tokoyami speaks up, "With your attack, I was able to stead a band. I thought it was the one million points, but it got us enough to make it through the next round." In Dark Shadow's mouth hangs another band.

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"You can have me."

"Revelry in the dark. No." Tokoyami walks off as Present Mic announces the games. Hatsume has already run off somewhere.

I'm about to leave with Uraraka when Todoroki's voice interrupts my pursuit, "Midoriya. I need to talk to you."

"I'm busy." I never said I was nice, did I?

"This is important."

I groan, "Let me return this back to Midnight. Then you can get your boxers in a twist over whatever the hell you have to tell me about."

After returning the whip to Midnight (who told me that if I didn't return with the tea she would 'punish' me), I found myself in a suspicious hallway with only Todoroki and I. Apparently, during my returning of the whip, he got his nose fixed.

That's good. Too bad I still have the blood on my hands.

"What's the tea, brother?"

There is awkward silence on my side.

Then, Todoroki speaks, "I was overpowered. So much so that I broke my pledge. It means I felt something similar coming from you, " Uh, where is this going? "Midoriya, are you All Might's secret love child or something?"

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What.

The.

Fuck?

LOOK, I GET WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM! HOWEVER, THE WHOLE LOVECHILD SHIT IS A BALLPARK I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD APPEAR!

I am fucking wheezing as I lean against the wall, "AHAHAHAHAHAHAH! BITCH, THAT GUY IS FARTHER AWAY FROM ME IN GENETICS THAN MY DAD IS PHYSICALLY, AND HE IS IN AMERICA OR SOME SHIT! WHY WOULD THAT EVEN MATTER HERE?!"

"Endeavor's my old man. If you have something from the number one hero, then I have even more reason to beat you."

I take a moment to recover, "That's illegal. Wait, is this about the whole spite thing Endeavor has against All Might because he sucks?" He doesn't even react to me telling him his dad sucks. Maybe he is already aware.

Todoroki looks away, " As a hero, he won a name for himself with crushing force. Since he couldn't surpass All Might, he moved onto his next plan. You've heard of quirk marriages, right?"

"Human version of natural selection but with quirks. Yeah, what about it?"

"He won over my mother's relatives and got a hold of my mother's quirk."

"...did I unlock the tragic backstory for you yet or not?"

Todoroki just leaves the hallway to the field, "I don't care if you can't tell me how you're connected to All Might. I will rise above you with just my right side."

I should stay out of it, I should stay out of it, I should stay out of it-

"Bitch, that is the dumbest thing I have heard since I was told to squeeze my asscheeks for something. I will beat your ass because ignoring part of your quirk is setting yourself up for failure. That's like not using a gun you have in your pocket because 'it is against your beliefs.' If someone is about to kill you, and that will happen in your hero career, you're going to use that gun one day. It's better to be prepared If you want to win against me, you better be ready to give it your all. Otherwise, you're fucked!

Now I'm hungry! Later!"

Ignoring whatever that boy may be directing at me, I walk off.

Time for some food!