"HEYO SPORTS FANS! TODAY WE HERE AT U.A. ARE BRINGING YOU THE GREATEST SPORTS FESTIVAL PERFORMACES SO FAR GUARENTEED!" Present Mic announced from the commentator stands, people cheering as he did so. "I GOT JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YA! ARE YOU READDYYYYY?!"
The stands erupted into even louder hollers as they tried to convey their enthusiasm. Midoriya could only gulp, hearing them even from the hall they were in. A hand on his shoulder drew his attention and turned to see Mina giving him a smile. He smiled back, thankful for the quiet support before they walked onto the field.
"FIRST UP, THE STUDENTS I AM SURE A LOT OF YOU HAVE COME FOR, IT'S 1-A FROM THE HERO COURSE!"
The cheers got louder once again and Midoriya realized something. The crowd was MUCH bigger than it looked on TV. He took a deep breath, looking down to the Omnitrix for comfort. If he didn't know better, he would of though the beeps it gave off at that moment were supposed to make him feel better.
Actually scratch that, it was the Omnitrix, he would NEVER know better.
"NEXT UP, ALSO FROM THE HERO COURSE, CLASS 1-B!" Present Mic announced as the other hero class walked in from the opposite side of the stadium.
"AND OTHER CLASSES AS WELL, LIKE 1-C."
Somewhere in the back of the greenette's mind, he couldn't help but berate his teacher mentally for giving 1-A a bigger introduction than anyone else. Mainly because it put even more pressure on the greenette.
After a couple of minutes, the stadium was filled up with all the first years, standing in front of a podium in the middle of the stadium where one of their teachers, Midnight stood.
"Now it's time for this year's introductory speech!" The sultry teacher announced, waving around a short whip. Midoriya deadpanned with a blush as he saw her hero outfit. 'Is that outfit even allowed to be shown on TV?' "As the first place student of the entrance exam, our student pledge shall be delivered by 1-A's Katsuki Bakugou!"
Everyone looked among themselves surprised at that. Bakugou of all people was going to give a speech? Midoriya already had his hands on his watch ready to turn into an alien just to contain the potential outburst that could cause.
Everyone held their breath as the blonde stepped onto the podium and up to Midnight's microphone.
"I just want to say…. I'm going to win." Was all he said before pausing, eliciting boo's from all of the crowd of students and spectators. Everyone thought he was done, before he suddenly leaned in again. "And like an actually good hero, I'll crush any villains."
With that, he walked off, still being booed. He clearly didn't care. To ninety nine percent of the people present, it seemed like Bakugou had just used the moment to show off to any pro's watching.
However Midoriya knew it was something different. Because for some reason…. He had looked straight at the greenette when he said it.
"Well that was certainly….. it was something!" Midnight said, completely dumbstruck by how the boy had gone about it, before shaking her head and smirking. "Oh well, no one is really here for the pledge anyway. You all want to see the events, the first of which shall be…."
She paused as a graphic popped up, scrolling through dozens of potential events before finally stopping on one.
"AN OBSTACLE COURSE!"
Once again, the crowd cheered as the students all turned to a door at one side of the stadium, brought to their attention by flashing lights at the top.
"Get ready students! You'll do one full lap around to the other side of the stadium from the track set up outside! Do you have the nerves to make it past the first event?! Let us find out! The rules are simple, in this event you can do as your heart desires, so long as you stay at least near the boundaries of the race course."
"Three!"
Izuku breathed in, pulling up the Omnitrix, turning to Blink as he always did. Then a thought occurred to him.
He looked at how small the room they actually had to get past was.
"Two!"
He looked up, and at the very front of the pack there stood Todoroki. He definitely was looking back at him before the greenette looked up.
"I want you to know, I will beat you."
He recalled hero training and how fast Todoroki's ice could spread.
"One!"
He changed selections, and didn't press in. 'Nice try, Todoroki.'
"GO!"
With that, the door swung open and all the students ran forth, blasting through the halls. All but one. Midoriya hanged back, waiting for it.
"EH?! WHATS THIS? MIDORIYA FROM 1-A HAS YET TO START MOVING?! HAS HE FROZEN UP?!"
"You want to talk about freezing up?" Midoriya asked, grinning when he saw the tell tale frost coat the entire hallway, freezing a majority of the students within. "Ask them! Or better yet…"
He pressed in the watch and the stadium all say a green flash engulf him, before looking back to see a man-sized bipedal moth wrapped in a cloak beginning to move forward. "Ask chiller! Let's see how much of an obstacle course this really is!"
With that, the alien teen took into the air, flying right towards the wall. He turned transparent just before the collision, disappearing from everyone's view until a few moments later, where he suddenly came back to view on the other side.
What they hadn't seen was him going straight through the Arena. He chuckles to himself in his breathy voice, noticing most of the front pack now was his class mates and 1-B students, Todoroki and Bakugou leading the charge. "If Todoroki wants to declare war then I guess I'll fight fire with fire…. Weird analogy actually considering we can both also control fire and NOT THE TIME!"
He shouted that last part as he dodged barely out the way of a zero pointer robot trying to slam him down. He had already made it to fifth place by simply skipping over head so far but now he was having to actually fight.
Well, he was for all of three seconds. He retreated a few steps and couldn't help smiling to himself when he saw Yaoyorouzu making her own path. "Cool moves but I think everyone can agree, mine are much cooler."
As he said that, the zero pointer before him tried to smack him out the air. He turned incorporeal just before it hit and left a nice little trail of ice going through it's arm before he popped out the other side. Now overbalanced the monstrosity of a machine fell on it's side and Midoriya weaved around the other robots as he made his way.
From his higher vantage point, he could also see both the upcoming obstacles, which would be ridiculously easy for him. A giant pit and a mine field. He could just keep going now and by the time anyone had gotten past the pit, seeing as Todoroki was only half way, Midoriya would probably win and be able to get a drink before the next event.
"WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT SPORTS FANS? IT SEEMS MIDORIYA WAS WAY AHEAD OF US WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THIS COURSE! Actually…. Speaking of this particular participant, he's U.A's one and only quirkless student!"
Laughing as he soared, Chiller felt like this would be too easy. Not to mention hearing the shocked shouts of the crowd from here was amusing.
"I am not pulling your leg, sports fans! My co-commentator, the boy's own teacher can attest to that much." Present mic and Midoriya was surprised to here his teachers bored voice beside the man.
"Yeah. Due to his… unique position I decided to draft up some sheets to keep everyone able to actually tell who he is, seeing as the events are also meant as scouting opportunities. In short, using a device known as the Omni-matrix or Omnitrix, he can turn into one of various transformations, dubbed aliens. If you looked away at the wrong time it would be easy to lose him, due to his ability to completely change forms and powers at any time."
If it wasn't for the fact he was literally physically incapable of it in his current form, Midoriya would totally be blushing right now. He felt kinda guilty for the other competitors.
"The one currently in use. Dubbed Chiller, because he has to have childish names for them apparently-" 'HEY! My names are good…. Mostly…. Ok maybe Pyroform could use some work…' "-This form has moth like physique, allowing him flight. Along with this, as we saw already he also has Ice manipulation powers and the ability to phase through solid matter."
"HA! TWO ICE USERS IN YOUR CLASS? GUESS THEY WEREN'T KIDDING WHEN THEY SAID YOU WERE COLD-HEARTED AIZAWA!"
"Excuse me?!"
'Alright, that's enough getting distracted, Todoroki's at the mine field now so gotta-'
"Wait wait no- AHH!"
His heart suddenly jumped to his throat. He recognized that voice!
Turning, he saw Yaomomo hurtling through the air, a zero pointer another student was fighting smacking her forward in the race. Normally probably a painful but effective way to gain ground.
Except she was hurtling straight towards the second obstacle, the pit while to stunned to save herself.
"OH CRAP, UH DON'T WORRY SPORTS FANS, WE HAVE A SPECIAL SYSTEM RIGGED UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT FOR THEIR SAFETY, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!"
Yeah, nothing to worry about normally but clearly the pro didn't see what Midoriya did. For whatever reason the girl had created a sword to use, and it was currently falling right towards her.
All thoughts of winning the race gone in an instant he dived for the girl, however it quickly became apparent he didn't have the speed to catch up and he couldn't come up with any reliable plan with his ice powers in time. 'No! I refuse!'
Without another thought, he went through with the sixth stupidest plan of his life, he changed back to his human form. As he began plummeting, he did try to call on One for All but it did nothing to help. 'Crap! That sword is getting to close!'
"OH SPORTS FANS, LOOKS LIKE ITS COME DOWN TO TODOROKI OR BAKUGOU, ANY MINUTE NOW! MIDORIYA IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN."
Beep.
Midoriya looked down, and saw the Omnitrix had already flashed back green. 'Life in danger, check. Ok Omnitrix! I need you to work with me here, don't have the time for careful selection! Please please please!'
He slammed in the dial and after a flash, Cannon Shot appeared from the light, rolling in ball, sixth sense guiding him. 'YES! THANK YOU OMNITRIX! AND THANK YOU ROLLER!'
Soon, he was close enough and unfurled, the sword was right on the verge of colliding with the girl. Quickly he smacked it away and reached out. "GRAB ON YAOMOMO!"
"Midoriya?!" She asked surprise, before quickly reaching out. It was kind of like tight hug in a way as he curled up around her and deliberately started smashing into the pillars around him.
He was probably making life very difficult for the people climbing on top but he didn't have time to think about that as he finally built up enough momentum and launched them both out of the pit to the other side, landing directly in the middle of the mine fields.
"OH MY! LOOK AT THAT SPORTS FANS, ITS MIDORIYA AGAIN BLAZING A PATH IN A BRAND NEW FORM! AND IF THE SCREENS SHOWING REPLAYS AREN'T DECIEVING ME HE'S ALSO CARRYING MOMO YAOYOROZU WITH HIM! WHAT UNEXPECTED TEAMWORK!"
Explosion after explosion went off as Cannon Shot rolled over the field, not being affected by a single one. As his sixth sense perceived Bakugou and Todoroki in front of him… "DON'T STOP ME NOW GUYS! I'M ON A ROLL!I"
"THAT PUN WAS AS SHIT AS YOU DEKU!" Bakugou called back as both he and Todoroki had no choice but to jump out the way. However this also meant that they jumped right onto land mines. Both seemed to realized their mistake about the same time. "yoU FUCKER DEKU!"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! AFTER DISAPPEARING SUDDENLY MIDORIY HAS COME BACK AND NOW HE'S CLEARED THE FIELD, THERE'S LIKELY NO STOPPING THAT ALIEN!"
"Cannon Shot, I believe he named him. One of the three I've got the fewest notes on. He only got this one recently, due to an… adventure shall we say. There's not much to this one, however I can't deny he's effective. His outer body is coated with a near indestructible shell, and he can curl up into a ball to roll around without getting motion sick, making him the ultimate cannon ball."
With that, the alien flew out into the stadium, unfurling as the stadium roared with cheers. Midoriya tapped the symbol on his chest quickly and turned back to normal as he looked to Yaoyorouzu in front of him, who looked at him dazed. 'Crap I probably just…' "I'm sorry, I just didn't want to lose and I had no time to think. I didn't mean to take your opportunity away from you, i-"
Before he could continue, he felt two slender arms wrap around him, and he blushed as he realized Momo was hugging him tight.
On tv.
Where both their parents could definitely see it right now.
"It's fine Midoriya. You saved me…. I'm not mad…. Thank you…" The girl said, holding him tight. Nervously, he wrapped his own arms around her.
"HEY ERASERHEAD, THOSE TWO DATING OR SOMETHING?"
The blushed heavily as they let each other go.
"Students personal lives are not something to talk about on television mic." Aizawa berated, and the two were thankful for their scruffy homeroom teacher. For all of two minutes, as they forgot he loves to mess with them all. "Give it a few months."
"WELL EITHER WAY, MOMO YAOYOROZU AND IZUKU MIDORIYA HAVE TIED IN FIRST PLACE!"
With that, Midoriya relaxed, collapsing into the ground behind him. His blush didn't die away and for some reason he found himself entertaining the idea the commentators brought up about the two.
it was silly. Like that would ever happen, like he would ever be that lucky. Still, it was a nice thought to make him smile. Then he realized what that meant.
'Ah… shit.'