Pokémon Trainer Hero
Chapter 38: The Sports Festival part. 10-The Chariot race of Terror act.3
Garchomp ran after Rapidash with equal blinding speed as it too weaved in and out, and around, and even straight through people! Eventually it caught up and the two pokemon were in a neck-n-neck race around the whole arena! Weaving and bobbing and swerving with no concern for anything around or in front of them! Just two pokemon locked in an insane battle of speed and determination, side by side and check to check, one alway trying to out pace the other but never getting further than a nose!
Gar gave commands to use Horn Attack on the land shark, while Bakugou barked orders to use Slash! Both pokemon constantly kept locking and clashing with their appendages, creating sparks or fire and draconic energy flying everywhere! Each one on equal strength and power with their respective move, completely unable to over take the other or land a hit in yet another stalemate! Power and speed fighting on equal terms and power and neither able to gain the upperhand.
Gar took the pokemons nearly on going stagnation to mock Bakugou in the hopes of gaining the upper hand! As such, Bakugou did not take kindly to this and bark out a slew of curses at his face mixed with spit! This only caused Gar to brate him evenfurther, seeing as how easy it was for him. Even with the intervention of the others in the chariot coach, Bakugou continued to rage as Gar childishly mocked him with ease.
Eventually Bakugou went on the offensive, and keeping true to his word, attempted to 'blow Gar's ass sideways'. Emphasis on attempted. As Gar pulled a fast one before Bakugou and his team made all their jaws drop and freeze in shock! The older teen forced himself to fall sideways and off of Rapidases body!
But instead of falling off the equine pokemon, he hooked his legs around its massive neck and swung around where his body hung upside down like a human necklace off the massive animal's neck. While his body bumped light off its massive strong chest in rhythmic motions while keeping out of it fast and lethal running legs.
Everyone in the adjacent couch looked down at the older teen, who looked to be relaxing in this state with his arms crossed and his eyes closed as his leg held tightly around the back of the pokemon's neck. He opened one eye to see the flabbergasted and stunted expression from the five teens in the chariot and shot the 'Rock On' hand sign while sticking out his tongue playfully. Even Garchomp looked surprised by this as Rapidash gave a smug look to the Earth Dragon.
Gar then pulled another fast one on all of them and told Rapidash to use Mega Kick on the ground. Rapidash did as it was told and launched itself up and out into the air far ahead of Bakugou where it landed a ways away in a smaller dust cloud that concealed its body.
Seeing an opportunity to break, Bakugou realized two things. One: he was out witted yet again by Gar. And Two: None of his teammates did anything to help or even grab the 100 million points around his head while he was busy taunting him! So he felt his anger rise yet again and growled before he exploded on his teams, berading all of them for their uselessness!
"Why didn't you grab the 100 million, Soy Sauce?! You have range!", Bakugou yelled at Sero!
"I'm good at long range, not short range. I can't control where my tape goes apart from a straight line! Plus it probably would've melted in the fire horses mane!", Sero defended himself while holding up his hands!
"Why didn't you grab it, Frog!? You have range and can control that gross tongue!", Bakugou yelled at Tsuyu!
"You want me to grab the headband between us and a fire horse? No thanks.", Tsuyu argued back.
"And why did you swipe it?!", Bakugou yelled at Mina!
"The rules state that Gar's pokemon can attack us! I'm not gonna risk that or my hand putting it between their battle! And a man that can ride a flaming horse is already someone you don't mess with. But a man that hangs upside down from a flaming horse's neck is someone you never mess with!", Mina shivered at the thought while holding her hands under her armpits!
He didn't even bother asking Kirishima the same question, and instead simply looked at him with a pissed off expression.
Kirishima sighed and explained, "Bro I was trying to hold you back so you don't jump the coach. You really need to get a handle on your anger."
"I don't have anger problems!", Bakugou yelled into his face!
Before he could continue with his breadment, Sero suddenly pointed out to the front and yelled, "Bird!"
Bakugou looked forward with an infuriated confused look on his face, only for it to shift to surprise as he saw a three headed bird fly towards them with beaks at the ready and both legs out in front! He didn't even have time to yell a command or steer Garchomp as the bird slammed into the pokemon! Luckily Garchomp placed its wing arm claws in front to block the impact, but the bird simply hooked it's clawed toes around its limbs and hung them supporting its own and Gar's body solly on its arms! Gar was also hanging for dear life on the bird's back and death gripping its feather.
Once the bird was secured, all three of its heads began to strike at the land shark with its long sharp beaks! Two of the heads kept striking Garchomp while the other curved around it and tried to strike Bakugou! Bakugou didn't even have time to process the whole thing as Dodiro's beaks struck him in the face twice! Only to be stopped by Kirishima, who hardened both his arms and grabbed the bird's beak, keeping it closed and still. But the Dodrio head kept trying to shake free, and even in his hardened state, Kirishima was having difficulty trying to hold on!
Once Bakugou recovered from the initial shock of keeping blind sided in the front, he barked a command to Garchomp! "Throw it off with Slash!", and the shark obayed and attempted to throw the bird off while landing a fast precise cut to its exposed body in the process.
However, Dodrio almost seems to foresee this and jumps off Garchomps slashing arms like a spring board! It performs a mid air backflip, but doesn't use enough push off in order to complete the turn. Bakugou sees this in action and anxiously anticipates for the moment when Dodrio falls back and Gar falls off in the process, thus winning him the full 100 million.
However, Gar pulls another fast one on all of them and as Dodrio is already mid air, half flipped over, Gar pulls out two pokeballs. He uses one to return the giant bird and using the bird's vanishing body he flips himself around in the air and opens the other one at his feet. Where the creature inside manifestes right under him and Gar's buttt lands right on the creature's back as it becomes physical. The new pokemon and Gar both stand proud and firm before the shocked Bakugou, who pulls back on the steering horn to stop Garchomps accent towards them!
"I gotta say Katsuki, I didn't think I would have to even bother bringing out my third pokemon. But I guess you subverted that expectation. I must commemorate you for that much at least.", Gar told the flabbergasted team of teens and land shark.
Gar was now riding a brand new pokemon that looked like a zebra. Its coat is black with white, jagged stripes all over its body. There is one pointed stripe extending from its nose, two elaborate stripes on its neck and chest, one zigzag stripe each on its jaws, back, and hindquarters, one triangular stripe on each of its thighs, and two stripes banding each of its legs. Its ears are triangular with blue insides, while its eyes are blue with yellow sclera and white eyelashes. Its nose is black, and its hooves are gray. A white, spiked mane runs the length of its body, beginning with two horn-like extensions on its forehead and running down its back to end in a long tail with a starburst-shaped tip.
"The actual fuck is that thing?!", Bakugou demanded an explanation.
"This is Zebstrika, the Thunderbolt pokemon. It can generate electricity by merely running. It is fast enough to keep pace with thunderstorms over vast plains to feed on lighting.", Gar explained.
"Bro! Now is our chance to counter attack!", Kirishima tried to tell Bakugou in a lower tone while pointing to the new pokemon.
Bakugou looked at him angrily and barked, "HA? Just a moment ago you were trying to hold me back, and now you want me to go all out!? Choose a fucking path already!"
Kirsishima waved his hands and explained, "No bro, that pokemon is an Electric type, and our pokemon is a Ground type. We have the advantage! Plus, even if it does try to hit us I can absorb it."
"So you really think you have the upper hand here?", Gar asked them, hearing their whole out loud conversation. "Well allow me to subvert that.", Gar pointed a finger towards the group and commanded, "Zebstrika, use Hidden Power!"
The Zebra pokemon then brayed loudly and an unusual energy source was produced from its body which condensed into orbs that flew at Garchomp. The orbs hit the pokemon and Garchomp cried out in pain, as if being hit with a super effective attack! Garchomp tried to rub the excess energy off its body with its arms while roaring and screaming like a child!
Bakugou tried to get a hold of the panicking pokemon but ended up simply yelling and breading it, "What the hell are you screeching about?! That attack looked so fucking weak! I thought you were a mighty dragon, not a pushover!"
"Wait, why did it get so cold?", Mina suddenly asked while rubbing her arms.
Something dawned on Kirishima, as a light bulb went off in his head, and he stated, "Bro, that was an Ice attack!"
"But I thought Electric types couldn't use Ice type moves?!", Sero inquired.
Hearing their conversation, Gar decided to explain the move he used on them. "Hidden Power Breaks this rule. Depending on several variables, like the pokemons main typing and EV stats. Hidden Power can turn into a different typed move altogether. For Zebstrika, it can become a Grass or Ice type move. Two types that Garchomp is weak to.", he explained with a bit of vexing pride in his tone.
"You cheater!", Bakugou tried to accuse him!
Gar's proud face dropped as he garnered a ticked off one and shot back with equal bite, "It's not cheating, it's skill. As a pokemon trainer it's my job to help my pokemon overcome their natural weakness through witt and planning. That's what makes me a master!"
Zebstrika waked towards Garchomp, each step it took generated small amounts of electricity. Garchomp got into a fighting stance and readied itself for whatever was to come next. "You might have the advantage in typing and even stat difference, but I have the advantage of knowledge and moves! I'm not one to brag, but this is where you fall Bakugou and company.", he states boldly while pointing a convincing finger at them!
"Did he really just refer to us as company?", Mina asked rhetorically.
Bakugou gains a sinister smile on his face as he states back with equal boldness, "Well see about that Purple Fucker!", Bakugou then looks to Garchomp and shouts, "Draco Meteor!"
Garchomp then opened its mouth and charged up an attack full to the brim with Draconic power! Gar also tells Zebsrtika to attack with Mega Kick and the Zebra pokemon charges forward with his legs fired up! Garchomp finally releases the ball of energy into the air where it flies up and explodes into a hail storm of fiery draconic destruction across the whole field!
Meanwhile, back with Izuku and Todoroki's battle. The two of them had been in an intsen two part battle! One part stare down and one part battling between both teams and pokemon for the collection and protection of their headbands. Neither side was giving in or letting up.
Before either of them could make a move against each other, the two team leaders had their attention drawn upwards by their teammates. They both stop to look up and see a hail storm of draconic energy falling around them! Abandoning any kind of previous plan, they set to trying to evade the storm of fire that rained all over! Todoroki managed to make a cover of ice around them while Dark Shadow stretched his body like an umbrella for cover.
"OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW!", Dark Shadow groaned as the Draco Meteor hit it's back!
"Hold strong Dark Shadow! It's almost over!", Izuku encouraged him!
"You can do it!", Uraraka cheered.
Dark Shadow let off a war cry as he worked through the onslaught of falling debris until it finally ended! Dark Shadow fell to the ground while rapidly shrinking back to normal size.
Tokyogami petted his quirks head and told it, "Excellent work Dark Shadow. You really have it your all. Go ahead and rest up."
With that, the shadow pulled itself back inside the teens body. Tokyogami looked to his teammates for their next plan of action, but saw all of them simply staring at him with expressions he couldn't explain."
"What?", He asked them.
"Nothing. It's just….you sure sounded a lot like Gar talking to his pokémon after losing a battle.", Uraraka told him.
"I guess he's rubbed off on me.", The bird teen inquires of himself.
"No time for coincidental lamenting! We've got company!", Mei announced as she shot her finger out in front!
They all looked forward and saw Todorkoi and Arcanine dead staring at them! Tokoroki was white knuckling the steering horn while Arcinine had its claws dug into the dirt, ready to attack! Izuku and Girafarig readied themselves for the oncoming attack and started back with equal determination.
Then in less than a whisper Todoroki said, "Extreme Speed."
Then faster than the blink of an eye the large lion dog was off quick as a flash! Causing Izuku and his team to double blink before they were side lashed by an invisible force! Arcinine appeared on the opposite side of them with Todorki still dead staring at them! Again he whispered and Arcanine vanished and Girafarig was side lashed again! This time Arcnine looked a little bit tired, and Izuku took note of it. But he knew Girafarig couldn't take much more.
So turning to Mei he exclaimed, "Send us skyward."
"Aye Aye Captain!", Mei mock saluted him before pressing a bunch of buttons on her remote.
In an instant the jets on Girafarig's hooves and the base of the chariot burst to life and the whole thing blasted off into the air, and all before Arcnine could side lash them again with another Extreme Speed! Girafarig was on the verge of freaking out as it couldn't get its balance with four rockets on its legs and nothing to equally support its weight.
But Izuku thought fast and told the pokemon to use its physics to hold itself afloat! He then turned to Uraraka and told her to take the gravity from the chariot since it was also starting to wobble uncontrollably in mid-flight. Once they were steady in the air and safely out of reach from the Todoroki, Izuu took the chance to think through their next plan of action. Meanwhile on the ground, Todoroki and his team were looking up in amazement as Izuku and his team were literally flying in the air like santa!
Mineta stood their mouth opened and pointed at them in the air, unable to speak any coherent words until he finally managed to shout out in his naislly heavily lisped voice, "Are they even allowed to do that?"
"Gar and Midnight Sensi never said anything about that. So yes.", Momo answered while nervously biting her finger nails.
"I'll just have Arcanine use Extreme Speed again.", Todoroki told them, which got four strange looks directed at him.
"What?! Are you joking?", Mineta was the first to ask while narrowing his eyes to make sure he was serious.
"No.", he replied blandly.
Mineta blinked a few times before exclaiming in sarcastic outrage, "And what is Arcnine going to do?! Run around in a circle while they fly above us!"
"No. He'll jump.", Todoroki again told them in a bland and serious voice.
Now everyone was narrowing their eyes and checking their ears to make sure they heard the bi-colored teen correctly. Even Acrnine looked back with a confused and unamused expression. Mineta shook his head to make sure he heard him right, but once he saw that the two toned teens' expressions had not changed he immediately jumped on his back.
"Jump? Jump?! Even if he could jump that high with a speed boost, he'll never get high enough with all the extra weight. And besides that I don't think he can use Extreme Speed again. He's exhausted as is! We need to use a long rang move.", he argued with him in a commanding and forceful tone.
Iida, being the more diplomatic one, chimed in and added his two cents saying in a nicer tone, "Mineta is correct Todoroki. Arcanine is in no shape for another useless speed boost, and he cant use Crunch since they're too far up. Arcanine needs to use Flame Blast."
"We're not doing that.", Todoroki told him in a uncharastically firm tone that went unnoticed.
"What?!", they all exclaimed to him!
Deciding to add her argument to the pile, Momo added in as nicely as she could, "Todoroki-kun, don't you think that's a little….presumptuous? After all they have Uraraka and-."
"I said we're not doing that, we'll wait until they fall.", he stated a bit more firmly while gripping the steering horn a bit tighter. This time actually getting noticed by the rest of the team and Acrnine, who became more nervous at Todoroki's emotional state.
Throwing his hands up in the air, Mintea argued harder, stating, "We don't have time to sit around and wait when we could have their head bands! We should attack with FlameBlast!"
"No we aren't. We'll figure out something else.", he stated more firmly while barely able to keep his composure through ground teeth.
"We have the option to bring them down now and you wanna wait it out? What is wrong-?", Kaminair tried to jump on the 'berate Todoroki train' only to be cut off by him.
"Were not using my fire and that's final!", Todoroki snapped at his whole team with a furious look in his eyes, as his ice began to run around him and the small chariot!
The team was dead silent. Iida had both arms up at 90 degree angles in defense while leaning back and holding his breath, Momo had one hand over her mouth and one hand on Kaminair's thigh while he hid behind her, and Mineta looked on with neutral shock. Even Arcnine had stopped running and was standing perfectly still, daring not to even berath, as to not set off the half teen anymore. Looking just as nervous and surprised as the rest of the teens. When Todoroki snapped out of his furry, he immediately melted the ice collecting around him, the chariot, and the streing horn. Then turned his eyes back to the front.
Mineta's neutral shock turned to an expression of aggravated condescending, as he narrowed his eyes in scrutiny and asked in a demanding tone, "Do you even hear yourself? We have a super powerful fire lion dog and-wait a sec. Did you just say 'your fire'?", he stopped himself short and narrowed his eyes at him suspiciously. Todorki said nothing, but tensed up at his question, which confirmed it for the small teen. He sighed exasperatedly and stated, "Okay I think it's apparent to everyone that you aren't in the right state of mind and have no business in continuing as our leader. So I ask that you step aside and let me take over."
Todorki still said nothing as he was hunched over the steering device, even more tense, and pushing it forward to make Arcanine move. Mineta puffed out a nasally raspberry before telling him, "Welp. I tried this the nice way, but you forced my hand.", he turned to his other teammates, who looked on board with whatever he was going to do, and commanded them, "Iida, hold him back! Momo, make me a step stool, ASAP!"
Before Todorki could even breath he felt Iida suddenly rip him away from the steering horn and was pulled to the back of the chariot. Then Momo and Denki took the front, blocking off Todoroki, where Momo quickly pulled out a metal step stool and Mintea hopped right on and took the horn.
Todoroki, hopelessly fought against Iida's superior strength, trying to get back to the front and in confused anger he exclaimed, "What the heck are you doing?!"
Mineta turned his head around and with a slightly snie tone he replied, "Usurping your power, and placing someone more capable of doing it!"
Todorki tried to break free, this time with a bit more panic in his movements, but to no avail as he half cried, "You can't!"
"Can and did! Now sit back and watch a true pro at work.", Mineta turned his head away from him while looking forward determined while cracking his fingers. He looks at Arcanine, who looks back at him, and gives the fire dog a determined and proud smile. The pokemon feels his energy and gives a grinning toothy look of understanding and determination back at him. Mineta nods at the pokemon pointing out towards the flying Girafarig chariot he commands, "Arcanine, use Flame Burst!"
Arcnine generates flames in his mouth and then spit out a ball of flames that stay stationary for a moment before changing into the kanji for fire and rocketing off towards the chariot! Izuku and his team didn't even have time to gasp in reaction before the flame attack hit the cart in an explosion of black smoke!
"Direct hit!", Kaminair chanted as Mineta smiled proudly while rubbing his nose!
Just then Iida suddenly felt the then struggling Todoroki go completely limp in his arms. "Todoroki-kun? Hey, are you okay!?", Iida asked his friend while trying not to become panicked.
The moment that Todorki saw the embers ignite inside of Arcanine's mouth he felt himself freeze up immediately! It was like looking into the past, but being right theiras it played out. When he saw the flame ball pop out of his mouth, his body went completely numb. Like he was seeing him standing right in front of him. He could even feel his gross warm breath in his nose. Then when that flame ball expanded 5 times its size, he felt his breath catch in his throat as his body went ice cold and his mind go blank!
All he could do was stare as he saw his flames cover his body. His flames being thrown at him in extremely intense sparring matches. Hear his voice echo off the smoldering training walls into his ears. His flame. His Flame! HIS FLAME! Inside of him…...and it made him stop.
Mineta smiled at the wobbly chariot in the air with a smirk and proclaimed, "And now for the final act! Arcnine, use FlameThrower!"
The fire dog opened its mouth and spewed forth a torrent of flames up at the chariot at matched speed! Izuku saw this and immediately reacted with haste!
"Girafarig, use psybeam! And Mei-!", he started to shout out commands of haste, until Girafarig already started to use said move and Mei jumped in.
"Super water jets activated!", she exclaimed as she pressed several buttons on her control box.
Suddenly several jets on the body of the chariot rotated to the position of the flames and began to shoot out heavy streams of pressurized water! While Girafarig generated strong psychic energy between its horns and shot it out as a colorful beam of light at the center of the flames! Mei set the jets to full blast, and Girafarig was pushing with everything it had to the point of heavy sweating! Their power was equally matched and Izuku's team were just able to hold off the flames long enough for them to die out in Arcanine mouth. Or at least that what Izuku hoped would happen. What he did not notice is when Mineta pulled a fast one on them just before the stream of flames went out. A huge barrage of Mineta's sticky balls rushed through the flames while on fire! The sight alone was so overpowering and shocking that it broke both Izuku Girafarig's concentration long enough for them to fly at them with no defense! Many of them missed or hit the chariot's body, but just enough hit the jets keeping the chariot aloft and the ones on Girafarig's hooves. The fiery sticky balls immediately melted over the ports and caused them to clog and malfunction! With not enough thruster power and Girafarig's lack of physic power keeping itself in air, the whole thing began to plummet towards the ground in a near nose dive!
"They're going down!", Momo cheered!
"We're going down!", Izuku cired!
"Cruse you Mineta!", Uraraka shouted in vain as her voice trailed off!
When they saw the chariot crash into a cloud of dust, everyone, except Mineta and Iida, cheered at their victory. Even Acrnine barked and howled with glee in celebration!
Kaminair slapped his friend on the back and comerated him, saying, "Nice job Mineta!"
Momo nodded with him and added, "That was excellent work of both smarts and strategy."
Mineta glittered with pride as he smiled smugly and rubbed his nose while saying in his nasally tone, "Told you I was a pro. Now let's get that 100 million!", he exclaimed while pushing foard on the steering horn as Acrnine roared in trymputh in a charging dash!
Back with Izuku and his team, thanks to Uraraka's quirk still being in place during the fall, they managed to have a much softer crash then what they expected. After shaking off the vertigo and soreness in their bones, they got back to their feet and promptly complained about their…. decent.
"That sucked!", Mei moaned while adjusting her goggles.
"Mineta is way more crafty than I gave him credit for.", Tokyogami rubbed his head as Dark Shadow attempted to help him up.
"Talk about a flex.", Uraraka shook his head clear while releasing the chariot's gravity.
Izuku got up while rubbing his head and asked, "You okay Girafarig?", after getting no response from the pokémon, he turned his head to the front where his expression dropped into a look of stress as he squeaked out, "...uh oh."
Hearing what their leader said aloud, the rest of the teens looked forward only to also have their expressions drop into stress. In front of them Girafarig had been tangled up in its own tack equipment! The Pokemon was now facing towards the front of the chariot with its head forcefully pulled down by the leather straps twisting it in an uncomfortable position! Try as it might, the Pokemon struggled and kicked with all its might but couldn't wrench itself free.
"Wh-what happened?", Uraraka asked nervously.
"Girafarig must've gotten tangled up in the fall.", Izuku stated while trying to keep calm.
"At least Mineta didn't follow us.", Dark Shadow tried to be optimistic.
"I totally followed you guys!", Mineta's shrill nasally voice clashed against their eardrums, dampening any hope.
"Crap!", Uraraka cursed aloud while Tokyogami glared at Dark Shadow.
"The target has their backs to us! Arcanine, prepare to use Crunch!", Mineta commanded the fire dog, who barked in acknowledgment while bearing its teeth.
"Were doomed!", Uraraka cried!
Izuku's mind raced as he tried to come up with a plan of action, but he had limited options! Uraraka was freaking out, Dark Shadow was still recovering, Mei was completely broken over her babies being destroyed, and Girafarig was also freaking out as it tried to free herself. Then after seeing that Girafarig's rear end was facing forward, while the second head was looking straight at the oncoming Arcanine with excited chattering of its sharp teeth, he had an idea.
"Girafarig just calm down and wait for my signal!", he called to the panicking Pokemon.
Girafarig stopped for a moment, forced itself to calm down, then stood still while keeping it's eyes on Izuku's determined expression. While also feeling the movements and thoughts of its second head, or rather lack of thought.
Arcanine was only a few yards away and closing fast. Girafarig could hear the pounding of its paws and the wheels of the chariot it pulled. She felt her tail head grow more excited and snap it's jaws more frequently. She saw Izuku tense up with each passing second, but still kept her body ready and her eyes on him.
She heard the wheels and paws of a few feet away with Arcnine's snapping jaws. Girafarig almost wanted to start panicking and thrashing about again in desperation, but she held firm and strong for Izuku while digging her hooves in the ground!
Izuku saw Arcanine lunge forward and attempt to snap down on Girafarig hind quarters! Then without a moment of hesitation he commanded, "Now! Use High Jump Kick!"
In a flash the second head snapped at Arcnine's nose, causing the fire dog to flinch, then the giraffe pokémon bucked its hind legs out and up into the air with all it had! The kick was so powerful that it not only sent the lion dog up into the air, but also the giraffe pokémon itself! Making it do a cross between a flip and a slip!
"Alright! It worked!", Izuku celebrated!
"And Girafarig got untangled!", Uraraka exclaimed in excitement while pointing at the Pokemon!
Girafarig opened her eyes, squeezing tightly in fear, and examining herself she noticed and great pleasure in seeing that she was indeed untangled! The Pokemon made a happy noise while jumping in place for its freedom! Meanwhile Arcnine was trying to shake off the feeling of pain and vertigo running through his head, while Mineta held back on the Pokemon while snapping his fingers.
"Drat! But it'll take more than that to beat us! Use Flame Burst!", Mineta commanded as Arcnine regained his focus and blasted off another fire kangi explosion!
Thinking quickly Izuku countered saying, "Use Psybeam again!", then turning his head he shouted, "Mei!"
"Sorry, I used all the water on that last attack.", Mei shrugged.
Izuku grit his teeth anxiously as he turned his attention back to the front where he saw Girafarig trying her best to hold off the overpowering attack with her weaker psychic move. The Pokemon was doing all it could but the attack still kept advancing and causing everything to get hot! Izuku knew then what he had to do to keep Girafarig from getting KOed. So he lifted onto the front of the chariot and stood there with his right arm stuck out in front, while the second head on Girafarig tried to bite him.
"Deku-kun, what are you doing?!", Uraraka asked him in worry, while trying to take cover from the attack.
Izuku took a deep breath then generated One for All into his index finger while shouting, "5% Detroit SMASH!"
A huge gust of air pressure was forced out of his finger and nearly knocked him and Girafarig over! But it was more than enough for the fire attack to be completely extinguished, while causing smoke to rise in its previous path! However, what Izuku didn't realize was for Mineta to take advantage of this and have Arcanine charge through the smoke with Crunch at the ready!
Izuku almost flinched from panic, but managed to shout out, "Stomp!"
Girafarig reared up on her hind legs and then brought them down on the fire dog! However, Arcnine managed to bite down on one of the pokémons legs while only one good made contact with the other's head! This caused both chariots and their riders to suddenly and violently jerk! Causing Team Girafarig to jerk back and Team Arcnine to jerk forward. But Mineta was smart and used this to his advantage.
With a smile and a quick flick of his tongue he exclaimed, "Momo, Kaminari!"
Before any of them could react, Momo created a meta rod and threw it to Kaminair who lunged forward with it and struck Izuku in the chest while using his quirk to act as taser! Izuku felt the impact and electricity course through his chest, causing his limbs to go stiff and fall over!
Momo then created an extended grabbing tool and tried to snag the 100 million from Izuku's head, but failed due to the combined efforts of Uraraka and Tokyogami. Uraraka grabbed the grabber from Momo and made it float while Dark Shadows piper out quickly and smacked the rod out of Kaminair's grip while trying to take a swipe at him!
Girafarig then jumped onto Arcnine's head where it's own second head tried to snap at the dogs face! Arcanine quickly let go and threw the small giraffe pokémon off its face! Girafarig bounced off and managed to push the chariot back a good ways away for ample breathing room.
Izuku was held up into a sitting position by Mei and Uraraka, who asked in fright, "Deku-kun, are you okay?!"
Izuku took a long moment to force out a breath and say between coughs, "Crispy, but alive."
After coughing a few times he was helped back to his feet and took the steering horn again.
"Nearly had it!", Mineta snapped his fingers in disappointment. He gave a sigh while rubbing his head, and then looking directly at Izuku with a determined expression he asked, "Ready for round two Midoryia-san?"
Izuku initially blank for a moment at his statement, but quickly smiled back in determination and replied, "You bet Mineta-kun!"
Meanwhile on the other end of the arena, Gar was watching the whole battle scene between Izuku and Mineta with anxious excited zeal!
Tuning to the pokémon he was riding, he asked, "Man! Things are really heating up over there, eh Zebstrika?", the Pokemon angrily brayed at him as it jumped around while dodging more long ranged attacks from Garchomp. "Yeah yeah, I know I know! Keep my head on the current objective, but you're doing pretty good yourself right now.", Gar sighs exasperatedly while focusing on the team ahead of him.
Out in front of him was Bakugou practically foaming at the mouth with the word fury edges into his forehead in anger tacks. The rest of his team and Garchomp grow more worried and distant from him. Even Grachomp wasn't able to fully focus due to his nature.
Gar sighs at him and offers to the pokémon, "There goes Katsuki, snarling and drooling like a wild Mankey…...let's say we wrap this up, hmm?"
Zebstrika brayed loudly and reared up kicking it's front limbs. Gar took that and gave a quick THWACK on the reigns, making the zebra pokémon dash forward.
Bakugou saw as his rival charged forward with a gleam in his eyes. He smiled sisterly at this proclamation and stated, "So he finally decided to face me. And about dame time!"
Kirishima, who was looking at the cold calculating and all knowing smile from Gar's lips, gulped fearfully and tried to vere Bakugou away from the challenge. "Uh bro. I dont like that smile on his-."
Before he could finish that thought, Bakugou pushed hard on the steering horn and exclaimed, "Let's go!"
The force at which Garchomp took off was so quick that it caused everyone in the chariot to jerk back! "AH! BRO WAIT!", Kirishima tried to plead with him, knowing that Gar was up to something.
But Bakugou tuned him out as he gave his full focus to the front where he would collide head on with Gar and end this now! Gar was smiling at them in a way that assured self victory or knowing a secret, which creeped out everyone! And just as Kirishima thought, Gar pulled another fast one on them the moment they were halfway from each other.
With a quick jerk of his hands he pulled out another pokeball and opened it to his left side. There he stood on Zebstrika's back and shot his leg out into a split, letting his leg fall on the back of the appearing pokémon, who turned out to be Rapidash running in sync with Zebstrika. All the teens, except Bakugou who was trying not to let it show, jaws dropped at this sight and stood there staring at Gar doing a full split on the backs of two running pokémon! He then said something to the two pokémon and they both covered their bodies in their respective elements and began to charge even faster while cloaked!
"Can he do that?!", Sero was the first to speak as he gawked at Gar!
"He doesn't have any rules to follow! Of course he can!", Mina chimed in while throwing her hands in the air!
Kirishima quickly took notice that their chariot was not slowing down or turning away from the team attack! He looked at Bakugou, who had an angry determination on his face, and shouted, "Bro what are you doing?!"
"I'm gonna ram him!", Bakugou yelled back while continually pushing forward on the steering horn!
Kirishima almost has to do a double take before shouting, "WHAT!? Are you crazy?!"
Bakugou growled in anger and grabbed the steering horns so hard they cracked, and commanded the red haired teen, "Just shut the hell up and be ready to collect the 100 million!"
Bakugou kept his eyes glued to Gar's shit eating grin and felt his blood pressure rise just from knowing Gar thought he had them! And to be honest, a small part of him knew and dreaded that. But his anger and determination were quenching that thought, so he continued forth hoping to out dew him!
On the other end, Gar still looked snily at his opponents while his pokémon kept their eyes glued on Garchomp in determination. While Garchomp was starting to look more than freaked out as the two horse Pokemon looked much tougher and assured in their speedy advancement! The poor child-minded Pokémon almost looked ready to crap it's diaper….if it was wearing one.
The two teams were only a few yards away from one another and approaching fast! Bakugou was occupied as was Hard, which both found to be a surprise for what happened next. In a flash Bakugou was peeled off the steering horn by Kirishima who was followed up fast by Sero who took the controls. Bakugou was in so much shock of what happened that his brain did a full reset, causing him to go limp. While even Gar looked shocked by this revulsion and broke his concentration as well, nearly falling off his two pokémon.
Sero then pulled hard on the reins to make an emergency hard right! Garchomp didn't even need the full force of the reins, since once he felt the slight shift to the right, he immediately stopped his charge and bolted on a hard turn!
Luckily for them, Gar was so stunned that he didn't even attempt to make his Pokémon change course and go after the about to flee chariot! Grachomp managed to turn and pull with just enough force and the right time for them just nearly missed getting nicked by Gar's still charging pokémon! Gar ran ahead of team Garchomp, and team Garchomp continued their exit stage right.
Bakugou finally snapped out of his trance with the sudden jerking of the chariot and processed in a yell, "WHAT THE FUCK! I HAD HIM!"
Sero let out a breath he was holding in and said back with equal bite, "You were about to get us completely pummeled! I saved us!"
"You really think those two shitty elemental horse extras we're gonna beat our fucking dragon!", he yelled while trying to struggle against Kirishima's grip, who had hardened his body for fear of being harmed.
"Advantages or not, Gar wouldn't have charged straight at us like that unless he knew something. Even Garchomp looks shaken up after that near collision course.", Sero shot back at him like he was stupid, while Garchomp also let out a relived sigh.
Bakugou picked up on this and after a short growl he tries to reasurt himself exclaiming, "Im the fucking driver and what I say goes! Understand!"
"Well I'm thinking we should usurp you.", Mina added in her two center with a huff and a puff of her chest.
"You hardly think at all.", Bakugou immediately shot back at her before he stopped and felt his brain buffer from what she said. When it finally clicked, he went full anger and demanded, "Wait….like hell you're taking my lead spot! Step aside and give it back!"
"Well like hell I think we are!", Sero huffed at him fully aggravated while turning his head back to concentrate on steering.
Bakugou tried to look at either Mina or Tsuyu for them to agree with him. But they didn't. Instead they turned their heads away and watched for anyone who tried to pull a sneak attack on them. He tired looking back at Kirishima with dulled anger, if only to either make him agree with him or get him to let go. But Kirishima only tightened his grip and averted eye contact.
Bakugou opened his mouth to fight back or argue, but no words came out, only air filled with anger and a steady feeling he hadn't felt before. Isolation. Right now, he was alone, fully and truly alone. No one wanted him, no one respected him, no one was listening to him. They were all against him. Alienating him.
His mind drifted back to his conversation with Gar two weeks ago, and it was like he was still standing right there next to him. Hearing his words ring in his ears as clear as he heard them in the flesh. He was stuck….he was no one. And the thought of that alone crushed his soul.
Before he could continue with his existential crisis, he snapped out of it by the booming voice of All Might coming over the speakers, exclaiming, "THAT'S GAME! EVERYONE STOP YOUR STEADS! THE CHARIOT RACE HAS ENDED!"
Immediately everything around the area came to a halt as a sigh of relief sweeped over the remaining students and a roar of excitement swept across the crowd! All the pokémon stopped taking orders and laid on the ground to rest. The students started to slowly and wobbly file out of the chariots and onto the ground where many of them fell.
"Is it over already?", Mina asked hopefully with a strong disbelieving streak of exhaustion.
"Oh thank god!", Sero shouted as he jumped over the chariot and fell to the ground.
"WOW! That was awesome!", team Garchomp heard Gar's voice call out to them.
They all turned their heads and saw the older teen approaching them while now only riding on Zebstrika's back. He had a huge and proud smile on his face, while his normal bright aura beamer once more from the previously sadistic and sinister man.
"Nice going you guys! Thought I almost had you there. But your last minute thinking really saved your hides. I'm extremely impressed with…..most of you.", he complimented them, while they all blushed and tried to play it off. "Sometimes the best way to win a fight is not with an overpowered head on collision, but to evade and find the exposed side.", he gave them a seed of knowledge.
Kirishima was holding his fist up to his face while shutting his eyes right and with a shake and tear he said back, "You are so manly Gar!"
While Gar while chatting with the group of teens and praising them for their accomplishments, he and a few others took notice of Todoroki immediately jumping out of his chariot and bolting for the nearest exit into the stadium building.
"Hey what up with Todoroki-kun?", Mina asked while scratching her head.
"Beats me?...But I think I'll go find out.", Gar said while narrowing his eyes and following after the two toned Gar left, All Might appeared on the stage next to Midnight and told the teens of their next challenge.
"CONGRATS TO OUR WINNERS OF THE CHARIOT RACE! NOW THE REMAINDER OF YOU WILL ALL BE THE CONTESTANTS OF OUR FINAL EVENT!", All Might boomed over his mic while pointing to one of the jumbo screens.
Rotom's face appears before moving up the screen while a vages-style slot machine roller appears. The roller spins and then lands on a set of words that spell out what All Might shouts in announcement.
"THE BATTLE TOURNAMENT!", and the crowd goes wild. "IN WHICH YOU WILL PERFORM A 1v1 BATTLE WITH A RANDOM CONTESTANT AND CLIMB YOUR WAY FOR A CHANCE TO STAND AT THE TOP! SO I HOPE YOUR ALL READY TO GO ALL OUT! PLUS ULTRA!", he exclaims while raising a fist into the air while striking a pose. "WE WILL HAVE A 30 MINUTE RECESS AND THEN THE BATTLE TOURNAMENT WILL COMMENCE WHERE I WILL EXPLAIN THE RULES FURTHER! DISMISS!"
