Fun fact: Yuyake and Snipe were originally going to have a student/mentor type relationship before I put out chapter 1. If I had done that, then Yuyake would have been a reccomended student. For whatever reason I wanted him to take the entrance exams. So the interaction between them was kind of a throwback to that. Hope you all enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 7: Run
"Everyone! Get ready! We are about to head out to the field." Iida busted through the door.
Hinikuna cracked his knuckles.
'Let's do this...' Hinikuna prepared himself for whatever today might throw at him.
The class started walking towards the door to head out.
"I think Im ready but I just feel so nervous." Uraraka twiddled her thumbs.
"Then you're not ready. Ribbit." Asui spoke the truth.
"Man, all these people are making me kinda nervous, what about you Bakugo?" Kirishima looked to his right. Hinikuna was on his left.
Fighting alongside Bakugo and Kirishima made Hinikuna a little more comfortable around them.
"Im getting more into it!" Katsuki grinned.
"Hmm. How about you Hinibrona?" Ejiro asked his
"I...wait, "Hinibrona?" Please think of another nickname for me..." Hinikuna facepalmed.
"What about Hinibro?"
"*sigh* Sure, whatever..." Hinikuna just decided to go along with it at this point.
They all made it out to the field.
To see Midnight on the podium for the athlete's pledge.
However Midnight's costume was very distracting.
"Uhh guys, why is Midnight sensei wearing that?" Kirishima asked while blushing a little bit.
"Is that outfit appropriate for a high school event?" Tokoyami tried to remain calm.
'Damn...Midnight sensei...' Hinikuna just whistled at the sight.
Yuyake could acknowledge a beautiful woman when he saw one. And Midnight was one very attractive female.
He was nowhere near Mineta's level when it came to this type of stuff.
Spending some time with Yaoyorozu seemed to make him used to this type of thing.
He could basically feel perverted thoughts coming from the purple haired midget.
They waited for the rest of the courses in U.A to arrive on the field. The support course, Class1-B, and gen ed.
Hinikuna looked around.
He spotted that kid with the purple hair that "declared war" on 1-A. Hitoshi Shinso was his name appatently. Hinikuna had zero interest in that whole debacle so he payed no attention to it. However, there was one thing that kid had said that stuck out. Something akin to people from gen ed or the support course being transfered into the hero course if they do well enough during today's Festival. Which meant that people in the hero course will be taken out.
'Like hell Im being taken out of the hero course...' Hinikuna let out a 'tsk.' Comepletely confident in his abilities. Even some of the new tricks he's learned. These new tricks should be enough to get him first place by the end of today.
"Welcome everyone, to the U.A Sports Festival!" Midnight announced with the microphone in hand.
"I am the referee for this year and Present Mic is the announcer this year! Before we begin, we all need someone to do the athlete's pledge! So come on up Class 1-A's Katsuki Bakugo!" Midnight announced happily.
'Oh no...' Class 1-A except for Yuyake thought.
'This'll be good...' Hinikuna's grin slowly spread across his face by the second.
Bakugo made his way up the podium. Hands in his pockets. Keeping a straight face. Now standing infront of the microphone.
"*Ahem* I just wanna say, that Im gonna win."
'I KNEW HE WOULD DO THAT!' Class 1-A went white with shock.
Hinikuna just snickered to himself.
Bakugo's words immediately caused an uproar. People began to boo him off stage.
Bakugo payed no mind and simply walked off.
Iida began berating the rude student while chopping the air rapidly, "WHY ARE YOU SO DISRESPECTFUL?! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT US!"
'I swear if Iida hits me one of these days while doing that...' Yuyake deadpanned at the class president.
"It's not my fault you all are just stepping stones for my victory." Katsuki replied back to Four Eyes.
'No laughing, no joking, no swearing. He's reassuring himself that he'll win.' Midoriya eyed his former bully.
'"Im gonna win" huh? We'll see about that...' Hinikuna narrowed his eyes at the blonde.
"Now that the athlete's pledge is done, we can begin the first event!" Midnight pointed her whip at a giant screen behind her.
Multiple events began popping up on the screen randomly. It aoon stopped at one event.
Obstacle Course
'Starting off with something easy? People who have quirks to increase their mobility should be able to ace this one. I suppose this is going to become more difficult as this goes on hopefully.' Hinikuna rubbed his chin.
His competitive spirit was kicked into high gear due to Todoroki challenging Midoriya, and of course his challenge to the Sweatball.
"The first event has been chosen! The obstacle course! You all will run around the outside of the stadium. Starting there!" She pointed her whip where the contestants will begin the race.
"You all will make a full circle and re-enter the stadium there!" Pointing her whip where they should come back in from.
Hinikuna nodded to himself. Simple enough for the first event of the Festival.
"Now gather at the entrance! You all can use your quirks however you want! Just stay within the path and you'll be fine!"
Everyone walked towards the entrance.
'Mother, father, little brother, Kuina...Watch me.' He clenched his fists inside of his pockets.
Everybody gathered at the entrance. It seemed a bit too. narrow. Yuyake was in the back along with Shoto.
Hinikuna squinted his eyes at narrow path.
'This entrance is a bit too narrow...why? It hasn't even begun yet...' Hinikuna cracked his neck.
'Wait...is this the first-'
"Three...two...one!...BEGIN"
Everyone began trying to get through the narrow tunnel. Which gave Todoroki time to freeze the floor, trapping a large portion of U.A students.
"LOOK AT THAT! THAT'S CLASS 1-A'S SHOTO TODOROKI! AN AMAZING DISPLAY!" Present Mic announced cheerfully.
Hinikuna just smirked.
'Thanks for the ice Todoroki...' His feet glowed orange. Melting the ice.
'If I can't get anything above third place in this damn Festival, then there is no way I can go there after this Festival!...'
He took off. Shooting solar enegy out of his feet and flying above the crowd of students that were trapped by the ice.
Unfortunately for Shoto, Hinikuna wasn't the only one who managed to break free from the ice.
Bakugo, Momo, Mineta and everyone else in class 1-A had found a way out of Todoroki's ice.
"YOU WON'T BEAT ME THAT EASILY! ICY HOT!" Bakugo shouted.
'Icy hot huh?' Hinikuna smirked in amusement at the newfound nickname. Stealing sixth place.
"You'll have to try harder than that, Todoroki!" Momo grinned.
"AHA! I MANAGED TO OUTSMART YOU TODOROKI! PATHETIC! NOW I'LL SHOW YOU MY ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE! GRAPE RU-AHHH!" Mineta was swatted away like a fly before he had a chance to attain some glory.
As much as Hinikuna wanted to laugh, he couldn't afford any distractions.
The robots that were used during the entrance exams had showed up. Along with some of the zero pointers.
"WELCOME TO THE SECOND OBSTACLE! THE ROBO INFERNO!"
'These things again? I feel insulted...' Hinikuna deadpanned as a robot charged at him.
He flipped forward with his right foot glowing orange. Sending a heated axe kick towards the robot's head. His foot went burned through the robot with no resistance at all. Splitting the mechanical foe in half. He sprinted forward and saw Todoroki freeze a whole wave of zero pointers. Bakugo destroyed one. Momo took one down with little effort to.
His palm on his left hand glowed red and he shot out a beam of red solar energy at a zero pointer's face. Melting the thing's head.
'Too easy.' He thought as he kept running.
"WOW ERASER! YOUR CLASS IS AMAZING! LOOK AT ALL OF 'EM TAKE OUT THOSE ZERO POINTERS LIKE THEY'RE NOTHING! WHY ARE ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS SO FRICKIN' POWERFUL?" Present Mic shouted with a grin on his face.
"Don't ask me. I don't know." Shota shrugged.
Hinikuna saw Bakugo up ahead. The blonde was in second place while Hinikuna was in third.
'Im not letting anyone get ahead of me! Especially you!' Solar energy shot out of his palms and soles.
"ICY HOT! YOU SUCK! TRY HARDER NEXT TIME DAMMIT!" Bakugo taunted Todoroki. Earning an annyoyed look from the dual elemental user.
Hinikuna had closed the gap between him and Bakugo.
"Gonna have to go faster than that to beat me you fucking Sweatball." Hinikuna mocked playfully as he glanced Katsuki.
Bakugo growled in response.
"THAT IS CLASS 1-A'S FIREBENDER! YUYAKE HINIKUNA! HIS QUIRK IS SOLAR FLARE! HE CAN ABSORB SOLAR ENERGY, SHOOT IT OUT OF ANY PART OF HIS BODY, AND HEAT HIMSELF UP!" Present Mic gave away Hinikuna's abilities.
In the stands people started talking amongst themselves.
"That Hinikuna kid reminds me of the former number ten, Supernova." One man thought outloud.
"They don't really have the same face, but the hair is similar. The quirk looks exactly the same to."
'Thanks alot Mic. Did he really need to give away my quirk like that? Im sure the people reading this already know. Dumbass auth-'
"GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE SUNSHINE!" Bakugo cut off his train of thought as he swung his right hand arm.
Hinikuna raised his left arm and caught the blonde's arm before he could use an explosion. Grabbing him by the wrist.
Yuyake heated up his palm burning the loud mouthed student's wrist.
Bakugo flinched and Yuyake kicked him in the face. Sending him back as he shot solar energy out of his foot.
"HINIKUNA KNOCKED BAKUGO BACK AND TOOK SECOND PLACE!"
"AHHHH!!! GOD FUCKING DAMMIT SUNSHINE! I'LL KILL YOU!"
Hinikuna turned his attention to Todoroki who was now at the next obstacle. Flames flickered on Hinikuna's forearms as he sprinted forward.
"SHOTO TODOROKI JUST STUMBLED UPON OUR NEXT OBSTACLE! THE PIT FALL! BE CAREFUL! WATCH YOUR STEP OR YOU MIGHT FALL!"
'Easy.' Todoroki hopped on the tightrope and began sliding on it with his ice.
Todoroki soon made it to the other side snd looked back to see Hinikuna shoot himself off of the ground. Flying over the pit fall.
'Damn he and Bakugo are catching up!' Todoroki went back to running to the next obstacle ahead.
Hinikuna soon landed on his feet. Hearing explosions beind him. They were getting louder and louder. Bakugo was catching up to him.
Yuyake sprinted forward. Ever so slowly catching up to Todoroki.
"GET BACK HERE! SUNSHINE! ICY HOT!"
As Yuyake ran he looked behind him to see Bakugo rocket himself forward.
'Oh no you fucking don't! Not on my watch!' Hinikuna shot beams of solar energy out of his fingers.
Bakugo dodged them mid air and raised his left hand with a grin on his face.
"DODGE THIS SUNSHINE!"
Hinikuna was hit in the torso with an explosion. His back hitting a tree.
"JUST LIKE THAT, BAKUGO AND HINIKUNA ENGAGE IN COMBAT ONCE MORE! BAKUGO TAKING SECOND PLACE AGAIN! THESE TWO CAN'T STOP FIGHTING EACHOTHER HUH?"
"Yes, they're like that in class to. It gives me a headache."
"OH FUCK OFF!!!" Hinikuna and Bakugo shouted in unison.
Hinikuna looked to the pit fall to see the rest of the U.A students already there. He got back up as quickly as he could and chased after Bakugo and Todoroki.
'Get back here damn it!' Hinikuna shot himself forward.
Solar energy charged in his left hand snd he shot it at Katsuki's left shoulder once he was close enough. The blonde felt a sudden warmth on his shoulder. It didn't hurt. It wasn't supposed to. Bakugo turned his head left while flying in the air with his explosions.
However, Hinikuna had appeared on his right just in time. Sending a kick with his right leg to Bakugo's chest. Bakugo stumbled back snd Hinikuna ran forward to Todoroki. Catching up to the reccomended student.
"Todoroki! It's gonna take more than some weak ass ice to stop me! Try harder next time!" Yuyake taunted the boy.
Making him angry.
'I knew I could only slow him down for so long! I was counting on his constant back and forth with Bakugo to slow him down.' Todoroki scowled at Hinikuna who had a shit eating grin on his face.
Something up ahead had caught Hinikuna's attention. Todoroki turned to look and they both stopped running.
"TODOROKI AND HINIKUNA HAVE FINALLY COME ACROSS THE FINAL OBSTACLE! THE MINEFIELD! IT HAS LANDMINES THAT WILL BLOW UP IF YOU STEP ON THEM! DON'T WORRY THOUGH, THEY ARE NON LETHAL!"
"I see, they're slowing those of us who are infront of everyone else down. Giving everybody else a chance to catch up. They want to be entertained as well." Shoto narrowed his eyes as he took a careful step forward.
Flames flickered on Yuyake's forearms and his legs.
'I can win this easily.' Hinikuna smirked as he backed up. Putting some distance between him and the land mines. Flames shot out of his palms and soles. The boy flew forward.
He flew past Todoroki with a grin on his face.
"You lose Icy Hot!" He laughed.
'Damn it!' Todoroki clenched his fists.
"HINIKUNA IS IN HOT PURSUIT OF THE FINISH LINE!...No pun intended. CAN HE EARN FIRST PLACE?! WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE!"
'C'mon almost there!' He flew closer. Going as fast as possible. Red flames shooting out of his hands and feet.
"BAKUGO AND TODOROKI HAVE ENGAGED IN COMBAT!"
BOOM!
An explosion went off in the back. Hinikuna didn't turn around to see what it was since he was close to entering the tunnel.
Yuyake smirked as he got closer to the tunnel. Surely he would win right?
Within a few short seconds he felt a something crash on top of him.
SLAM!
"AH!" He cried out in pain. Something had hit his back and sent him face first into the dirt.
He rolled across the floor and opened his eyes to see Midoriya sprinting to the finish line.
"S-SORRY HINIKUNA!"
"...MIDORIYA!!!!" He roared.
"GET BACK HERE!!!" Red flames engulfed him as he shot himself forward
"I WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY FROM ME! FUCKING DEKU! SUNSHINE!" Bakugo screamed with Todoroki by his side. The dual elemental user trying to get ahead of the loud blonde teen.
Bakugo propelled himself with his explosions and Shoto slid on his ice.
Soon enough Midoriya had snatched first place.
'GOD DAMMIT!' Hinikuna was about to get second place.
He landed on his feet the flames disappearing.
"YUYAKE HINIKUNA EARNS SECOND PLACE!"
Hinikuna's back hunched and he facepalmed.
'Well it was...fun at least...' He sighed.
Todoroki had came in. Earning third place.
Bakugo came in fourth. He also came in fuming.
"GAHHHHHH! FUUUUUCK!" Bakugo yelled at the sky. Causing Yuyake to chuckle.
'Hmmm. To piss him off more or not to piss him off more. Such a difficult choice.' Hinikuna smirked as he watched Bakugo stomp angrily across the field.
Yuya could feel the sunlight slowly supply him with the solar energy he had lost.
Hinikuna just leaned against the wall and sat down. His knees up to his chest with his arms resting on his knees. Waiting for the race to be over. Also waiting for his quirk to recharge.
More of class 1-A had shown up.
Iida was disappointed that he of all people had lost a race.
Momo had shown up...
With her top open.
'Remember, maintain eye contact. That's all you have to do...' He repeated 'eye contact' over and over in his head.
"Oh. Hinikuna...Please..." She strolled towards him.
She looked tired.
Hinikuna raised an eyebrow and got back up.
"Something wrong, Yaoyorozu?" He tilted his head. Which kind of looked cute to her but she disregarded those thoughts quickly.
"Yes...remove him. Please." She turned around to reveal Mineta stuck to her with his hair balls.
Mineta had a grin on his bruised face.
"Totally worth it." He gave a thumbs up.
A sudden surge of anger hit Yuyake. Veins popped out of his forehead and black smoke came out his mouth.
"C'mere!" He quickly reached for the midget and held him up.
Mineta began looking around with tears in his eyes.
Hinikuna heated his hand up and threw Minoru to the ground. His hair was on fire.
"AHHH! MY BALLS ARE ON FIRE! HELP!" He ran to Todoroki and requested to help put the fire out.
Yaoyorozu just blinked and sweat dropped.
"*Ahem* Thank you Hinikuna." She bowed.
Yuyake blinked a couple times. Still processing what just occurred.
"Uh...sure...no problem." The boy nodded.
'The fuck was that about? Why did I get so angry? Nevermind that. It's over now. We can move on to whatever the hell this next event is gonna be.' He cleared his head from those thoughts.
He looked to see that Shinso kid being carried by a couple of U.A students. Hinikuna squinted his eyes at the sight. Studying the display. The students carrying him seemed to be out of it. Like they were in some sort of daze. Yuyake decided to keep an eye on that Shinso kid.
"Congratulations to those of you that made it this far! We shall begin the next event shortly!" The referee spoke into the microphone.
"The top 42 who made it passed the obstacle course will be the ones participating in this event, so to those who came below fourty second place, good luck next year! Now let us select the next event!" The screen began to shuffle through whatever the next event would be.
All students who could still participate in the festival looked with anticipation. A few short seconds passed and the next event was selected.
Cavalry Battle
The screen showed All might being carried by three heroes.
'Shiiiit...' Hinikuna thought.
"There it is! The cavalry battle! Contestants will form a group of 2 or 4 people and get in a formation, like what you see here on screen. The objective is simple. Protect your hradbands and steal headbands from other teams. All of you right now will be given a point value based on your placement in the obstacle course." Midnight explained to the students on the field.
"Hmm so the point value of the team is the total of all members point values added up." One of the students mumbled to themselves.
"WHY DON'T YOU SHUT IT AND LET ME EXPLAIN?!" Midnight snapped. Catching everyone in the crowd off guard.
"So yes, the point value of your team is the total of all the team members added up. Your own individual point values will be shown here." Midnight pointed her whip at the screen.
The point values for all the students began showing.
Second Place: Yuyake Hinikuna - 205 Points
'Okay...so my points are something desireable. What about first place though?' Yuyake glanced at his green haired classmate. Who was just barely keeping it together.
"The point value for first place is..." Misnight began.
First Place: Izuku Midoriya - 10,000,000 Points
"Ten million points!"
All eyes immediately snapped to Midoriya.
Hinikuna grinned.
'Im going to take everyone's points and snatch Midoriya's at the last second.' He thought to himself. Of course that would be perfect. It would be amazing if it all played out that way.
"Just like in the last event, you all can use your quirks. However, making a team fall on purpose will get you and your team a red card. Make a team fall again and you're disqualified from the festival. Make sure your at the top by the end of the event. The cavalry battle will last 15 minutes, we also will give you 15 minutes to form your teams. This is a chance for those at the bottom to overthrow those at the top. Make sure you all go beyond...Plus Ultra!" Midnight grinned.
"You all may begin forming your teams now." The timer appeared on screen. Counting down to the beginning of the cavalry battle.
Everyone began moving. Avoiding Deku in the process.
Hinikuna just stood in place.
'Fantastic. Everyone has like 2 to 4 people that they know, hell maybe a little more than that. Meanwhile the few people I know have already chose their fucking teams.' Hinikuna deadpanned.
"Yo, Hinibro." Kirishima called out.
"Hey Shitty Hair."
"What? Oh c'mon bro! The name's Kirishima!" Ejiro's shoulders slumped
"You gave me a nickname. Only right I return the favor."
"You wanna team up with me? I tried Todoroki but he already found a team. I was looking for someone to team up with. So I figured you would be up to team up with me."
"Sure. Is there anybody else you have in mind?" Yuyake asked.
"Yeah let's go." Kirishima and Hinikuna jogged to Bakugo...
Who was sureounded by 1-A students.
'I should've figured...' Hinikuna rolled his eyes.
"Yo! Bakugo!"
"What's up Shitty Hair?"
"Not you to! I just got you to call me Kirishima last week! My hair isnt that much different from yours!"
Hinikuna was feeling a bit weird about this whole thing. He had just challenged Bakugo not even an hour ago. And now there was a possibility that the blonde was going to be his team mate...
It didn't feel right.
"You need a strong front horse don't cha? Well Im sturdy enough to tank your blasts. Hinikuna could help cover the left or right wing with his solar beams." Kirishima explained.
'Wait, you mean to tell me that Bakugo is going to be our leader? That seals the deal for me.' Hinikuna opened his mouth to speak up.
"You know what? I'll have to decline the offer." Hinikuna said causing everyone except Katsuki to stare at him wide eyed.
Surely having Bakugo as the team leader didn't have anything to do with his decision at all...Well maybe a little...
"Look, I challenged Bakugo not even an hour ago. To have him as a team mate just feels weird. Besides I'd rather compete against you and Kirishima. So Sero can take my place or whatever." Hinikuna glanced at that Shinso kid and his eyes fell on Aoyama. Shinso had Ojiro with him.
"Aoyama, you could follow me, I have an idea."
"Ah! Two of 1-A's brightest students on a team? We shall sparkle!" Aoyama smiled brightly.
"Ummm. Is that a yes?" Hinikuna asked the sparkling student.
"Oui Hinikuna." Nodded the dazzling hero course student.
'I wanted a simple yes or no and this motherfucker starts speaking in a language I don't understand at all...I'll take it as a yes anyways.'
"Okay let's go then..." Yuyake and Aoyama walked off.
Hinikuna and his classmate approached Shinso. Who nedded at least two more people for his team.
"The hell do you all want hero boys?"
"Me and my classmate here are in need of a team." Hinikuna explained the situation.
"...And why would two hero course students choose a lowly gen ed student like me to be there team mate?"
"Honestly, I don't really care if you're a gen ed student or not. You seem to have a useful quirk that could benefit us. That's really all there is to it. You want in on the hero course don't you? Well this'll help you no doubt. So what do ya say? Wanna team up or not?" Hinikuna questioned.
It took Shinso a moment to respond.
"Are you sure you're alright with me brainwashing your hero course buddy here?" Hitoshi gestured towards Ojiro. Who looked to be out it completely.
"Brainwash huh? That's your quirk? It doesn't really matter to me. It might seem a little dirty but that'll definitely make things easy for us. I do feel a bit dirty going along with it but it's the best we got right now."
"That's kinda cold for a hero ya know." Shinso remarked.
"Well my quirk balances that out rather nicely I'd say" Hinikuna joked.
Aoyama felt a little creeped out at the fact that Ojiro had been brainwashed but decided to go along with it for now.
"Alright. Im in." He grinned.
Hinikuna nodded. His team was formed. Himself, Aoyama, Shinso, and Ojiro were the team for the cavalry battle. They explained their quirks to eachother.
"Don't be afraid to use your quirk on me to protect our points." Yuyake said to Shinso.
"Right."
Time was up. Teams had been selected now everyone was just waiting to begin the event. Hinikuna looked around and obsverved the teams.
Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Kaminari, and Iida.
Bakugo, Kirishima, Sero, and Ashido.
Midoriya, Tokoyami, Uraraka, and some weird pink haired girl from the support course. Hatsume Mei.
'Interesting.' Hinikuna thought as he put on his 500 point head band.
Hinikuna was the rider. Aoyama was the front horse. Shinso was on the right while Ojiro was on the left.
"Everyone ready? Three...two...one...begin!"
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I originally had an ending in mind for this story, but Studio Bones and Horikoshi keep giving me material I wanna mess around with. If you read the manga, these recent chapters really have been giving me ideas. Im not gonna be doing the movies though. Maybe Heroes Rising but we'll have to wait and see. Im nervous about the cavalry battle tbh. Whenever I write the sports festival it's always the weakest part of the SF for me. Sorry if Aoyama is slightly OOC. See you people next time :)