And now it is time for part two of the first event. I admit, I originally had it planned for the obstacle race to take place in just one chapter but when I saw the word count, they thought otherwise and decided to split it into two.

UnlawfulGentleman – I agree that a tournament arc, if well done but why not spice things up, fanfictions tend to make changes to the characters and plot so why keep that the same. And yes the fights will be different and I hope excited to read. Class 1-B will get their limelight time, I assure you and 1-A will have to accept that they are equals and in some regards, inferior to 1-B. Which will of course make them want to work even harder. Hisashi's look was quite the gamble but I'm glad to see that it paid off. He'll make more appearances as the story goes on as he is the father of the main character.

zxan – I skipped it because Todoroki wasn't close enough for Bakugo to tell him that, as you must have read, Todoroki's lead is larger than cannon. Bakugo has a short fuse but he isn't crazy so he would be able to see that. That's why he yells at Midoriya instead.

Nick222238 – Yes, yes I do need to do that more often.

Master Warrior – Congratulations, you are the first one to figure that out and therefore, you could access all Midoriya's files on his classmates if you wanted. Though no one has figured out the passcode for 1-B files yet, I won't hand out clues but I do hope one of you will figure it out.

Omega Armadillo 300 – It'll certainly make things interesting. That part when he insulted them was something I thought Donny would do but by mistake, as smart-asses can sometimes forget not everyone scores A-'s as an average. And she is a cutie, aren't she? The threat…might have been real, she's a hero so she can't just kill villains like Axe Cop buuuuut….if there's no one around to witness it them maybe…..

Chapter 16: Race to the Finish Line!

"Well ladies and gentlemen, it looks like the lead player Todoroki has reached the second obstacle that we like to call, 'The Fall!'" Present Mic called out as Todoroki came to a stop in front of the next challenge. "For all the parents watching this, don't worry about it, the fall may be pretty harmful because of the special padding out second-year support class cooked up but if you do it the bottom, you're out!" The pro assured the audience so no one would think they would put their students in mortal danger just for show.

"Let's see how the competition gets across this one!" Present Mic finished as he was eager to see how their front runner would handle this.

"It seems like once again the challenge hasn't done much to slow down first place. Look." Vlad observed as he turned the attention of the crowd back to the main screens.

"Oh OH!" Present Mic sounded so loud that Vlad instinctively moved further away from him. "And there's goes, Todoroki, already halfway through the 'The Fall' with that ice-cold style of his."

(With the Bakugo and Midoriya's)

"That boy certainly knows what he's doing." Masaru stated as they watch how Todoroki was near effortlessly retaining his first-place position as he used his quick to skid across the wires.

"Yeah, no kidding. He's been in the lead almost the entire time." Hisashi agreed with him as that kind of movement speed required a fine level of control and balance.

"There's no way this obstacle will slow down Katsuki, if anything," Mitsuki said with a smile before she turned to the other mother. "It'll give him the boost he needs to take first place." She said filled with confidence but when she didn't get an answer, she paused.

"Inko?" Mitsuki asked her silent friend who responded.

"They're coming up on it now." Inko said as her eyes caught the next group of students coming up in the obstacle, her son in said group.

(With the students)

"So we got a pit right up ahead then?" Tokage huffed out as she put herself back together and stood by the edge looking down.

"Dammit, I can't use my quirk in this situation." Honenuki cursed as he couldn't use his quirk to his advantage in this kind of situation.

"Too bad, see you losers at the finish line!" Bakugo yelled at them as he increased the power of his explosion and sent himself rocketing ahead.

BOOM!

"And just like that, Bakugo takes second place from Midoriya. How will he respond?" Present Mic announced as the blonde bomber easily took second place and starting gaining on Todoroki.

"Oh no you don't, get back here!" Midoriya said as he took a few steps back before he started to dash towards the edge of the cliff.

'Is he crazy? He can't make that jump!' Fumikage thought to himself as he finally caught up with the other three, Sero not fat behind him.

'Is he going to take flight and cruise over?' Honenuki thought to himself as he still remembered how during their combat trial, that the quirkless boy could fly with his support items.

'Let's hope those upgrades I added to hold up in outside a controlled environment.' Midoriya thought to himself as he neared the edge. Just as he reached it, he bent his knees into a crouch-like stance as if he wanted to jump high but he had other intentions. "Let's GO!" He yelled as he activated his shock generators as he started the jump, blasting him high into the air in a forward direction, just as planned.

Boom! The blast wave from his jump went off with enough force to crack the ground and sent dust and loose dirt flying, forcing the others to shield their eyes.

"What the hell, since when could he do that?!" Sero yelled as he gripped his head in amazement.

"He might make it." Tokage uttered as she could see he was making a good distance, he wasn't to get far per se but he was making progress. Already clearing the first two earth stacks and on his way to clearing the third.

"Fuckin Deku might catch up with me, gotta keep moving…" Bakugo cursed as he looked behind to see what set off that blast and saw that Midoriya was gaining on him.

"That's not all these new boots can do! What else you may ask?" Midoriya said out loud as he geared up for the landing but he thought he could push the envelope some more. "Well, Now I can dash on thin air!" And with that crazy statement, he set off another blast from his feet just before he touched the ground, not as strong as the first one but enough to keep him in the air as he started to perform front flips mid-air as he went. Whenever his feet were facing the earth, he'll let out another blast to propel him forward. All the while laughing at the success of his work.

"Oh, Eraser sure has been keeping surprises in his class this year! Even I didn't know one of his students could do that!" Present Mic stated with the same thoughts of the crowd, he didn't even know who this kid was doing it but it was entertaining as hell to watch.

'He's generating shockwaves from the soles of those boots and using them as a sort of weak propulsion. Not as strong as Bakugo's blasts but certainly strong enough to keep him airborne.' Todoroki summarised as he looked back and saw the same sight that Bakugo and the rest of the audience were seeing.

"Oh come on!" Kaminari complained as he and the bulk of the students finally reached the obstacle. "How are we supposed to deal with that?!"

"When do they even have the time to build this stage?" Uraraka asked as she, Asui, and Mina looked over the pit. Though it didn't look like the pit scared Asui as she prepared to jump herself.

"(kero) Don't think too much about!" Asui said as she took to the skies and landed on one of the ropes, gripping it on all fours before she started to move forward like it was a regular day for her. "(kero) It's just a glorified tight rope when you stop and think about it." She said as she made it to the first earth stack and continued onward to another rope. Ashido would have commented about it if not for the sudden shout from behind them.

"Out of way please!" A student called out, sounding like they were getting closer fast.

"Wha-Shit!" Ashido yelled as she dived to the side to void being run over by Tsunotori who like Asui, was going on all fours and going fast. If Ashido didn't know any better, she'll say she could keep pace with Iida.

"No pressure, no pressure, no pressure, and JUMP!" Tsunotori repeated to herself in a native tongue as she saw the cliff getting closer and closer before she made the jump. She did look like one of those purebred racehorses as she sailed through the air and roughly landed on the same stack Asui just left. "I made it, Good to me!" She cheered as she saw her plan her work but she quickly set to work getting further and she started to run in circles on the stack before she made another jump towards the next one.

"And again!" Tsunotori yelled as she made the jump and went on to repeat the process or just ran and jump if the distance was short.

"Great so Tsu is just tight rope walking like a boss and the ponygirl is just dashing like a real racing horse. How are we gonna get across?" Uraraka asked as she had to admire that creative drive of their 1-B sister though another girl behind them spoke up before she could get an answer.

"Hehehe, it looks like the hero course has an inventor too, means I make good on this chance to show off." A pinked haired girl muttered loudly to herself as she checked out her large boots and harnesses. "I gotta show the big-time companies my support items are superior to the competition."

"Everyone watching, feast your eyes on my wire arrows and hover shoes!" She stood up straight and announced to the crowd of students around her and the audience watching her.

"You're from support?" Uraraka asked her as didn't recall anyone from 1-B who looked like her, her gear also suggested she wasn't general studies or management either.

"So you can use all that?" Ashido asked as her equipment seemed kinda bulky to her.

"Of course we can, the hero course has regular combat training, don't they? We have to keep things fair so long as we developed and built the items we wish ourselves. As long as we fill out the correct permission slips, we can get away with anything like green bean over there." The unknown girl explained with a laugh and a mad glint in her goggles that honestly unnerved the two girls.

"In other words," The pink-haired inventor said as she fired off one of her arrows straight and true towards one of the stacks further ahead of the ones in front of them. "The sports festival is a perfect time for those in the support course to present their work and ideas to all the support companies!" She finished as she powered up her hover soles and jetted off the cliff face. She would have fallen to her disqualification if not for her retracted her wire, pulling her forward at the same time she used her hover shoes to shoot up the side of a stack.

"Hehehe! Take a look, you support companies, especially the big-time names!" She laughed, as carefree as a bird as she was shot into the air before she came to a landing on the sixth stack, putting her ahead of both Tsunotori and Asui and close to Midoriya who was still blasting himself through the air, once more avoiding the obstacle altogether. She fired off another arrow, this time to a closer stack, and activated the hover soles just as she retracted the anchor. Pulling herself forwards as she balanced on the lines.

"Wow!" Mina said as she saw that she covered a larger distance than both Tsunotori and Midoriya did in their first jumps.

"She covered that distance with a single move?" Uraraka said before she got her wits together and run ahead to try and clear the obstacle as well.

"[whistle] Those are some top-notch items you have." Midoriya complimented as the girl started to gain on him, allowing the two inventors to talk through the sounds of Midoriya's shockwave blasts and her air blasts and curling and uncurling wire.

"Oh thank you! Your babies are cute to!" She replied to him with a large smile that just said 'I don't bite, I invent!'

"….My what?!" Midoriya responded, caught off guard by her statement to the point he nearly messed up a landing if not for a last-minute blast that sent him off course. "Shit!"

"Your babies, how are you doing that?" She asked him, allowing him to figure out she meant his tech…odd way of thinking but he was always told he wasn't exactly normal in the head either, any good inventor is never normal!

"Oh no, I don't share my secrets with a rival inventor!" He told her as he worked to gain a larger lead on her, though she wasn't making things easy.

"Shame, I could have made them great!" She countered, making an irritating tick mark appear on his forehead. How dare she imply she could prefect his tech!

"And we're right in the thick of things here at the second obstacle. The placements have changed so here is a run-down of the current positions of the top ten." Present Mic said as the screen changed to include the current rankings on the side along with mini-screens for each person.

1st Place: Todoroki Shoto – Todoroki was still cool and collected as she skided over another wire, he hadn't changed his methods but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

2nd Place: Bakugo Katsuki – The explosive blonde was flying through the air like an angry missile as he worked to catch up the Todoroki, whose lead was shrinking more and more as Bakugo let loose more and more powerful blasts as time went on, increasing his speed.

3rd Place: Midoriya Izuku – Midoriya was also making good time, only stopping on a stack if he needed to for whatever reason. He had really gotten ahead of the pinked haired girl and was also gaining on Bakugo and might even take back his second-place spot.

4th Place: Hatsume Mei – Looked to be having the most fun as she zoomed along faster than the rest of the bunch, though she was just using this as a chance to demonstrate to equipment to support companies as she already admitted. Though Mic would be lying if he said she didn't have potential.

5th Place: Honenuki Juzo – The only one of the bunch who wasn't using his quirk-(Midoriya doesn't count)- but was still making good time over the obstacle, he had some close calls here and there but like Todoroki, he has an excellent sense of balance and was able to move quickly over the wires to the next stack.

6th Place: Tsunotori Pony – The foreign exchange student was hot on her classmate's heels with the only thing keeping her from really catching up was the relatively smaller sizes of stack preventing her from really picking up the speed needed for her larger jumps, forcing her to op for the shorter ones in excess.

7th Place: Iida Tenya – The speedster was ironically not even in the top 5 but he was making good time, though his method of choice wasn't the best in terms of form like with the front runner if it ain't broke….

8th Place: Tokage Setsuna – The third recommendations student present had fallen behind. She stopped using her quirk after she cleared the fourth stack and opted instead to follow Honenuki's lead and just traverse across the wires, though she avoided the ones the lipless teen had used as a precaution.

9th Place: Asui Tsuyu – Right on her tail was the lovable frog girl of UA who wasn't moving particularly quickly but her low profile and four-limbed approach allowed her to keep her balance much easier than the other and move a hell of a lot faster then most of the students and

10th Place: Ibara Shiozaki – And finally, the most…religious student present was tailing the top nine, using her quick and attacking vines to the wire to increase their strength and their width, allowing her to cross in-between stacks with much more ease, hell she was such a saint – she didn't do anything to remove her vines from the wires which meant many students had taken to following behind her to keep up with the competition.

"Looks like the girl of 100 pieces has fallen behind." Present Mic commented as the camera focused on the green-haired girl as she made her way across.

"She's most likely taking a breather, I can't imagine using your quirk like that is easy on Tokage Setsuna of 1-B." Vlad King replied as the camera went towards another recommendations learner. "In the meantime, it looks like Honenuki Juzo of 1-B is holding onto his position and is making good progress."

"And the fun just keeps on coming, the local American of 1-B Tsunotori Pony is hot on Honenuki's heels! With Tenya Iida of 1-A close behind but man he needs to move with more style! Come on man, you're killing me!" Present Mic complained about Iida's way of doing things needed work.

"I don't think being cool matters…though his form could use some work." Vlad countered him before he reluctantly agreed with the much louder man.

"And it looks like the leads have made it through to the end of the second obstacle. Todoroki is on a roll!" Present Mic yelled through the microphone just as Todoroki cleared the last wire and immediately started running up the stairs towards the next obstacle.

"He's in for a challenge of his own though, Bakugo is gaining and gaining fast." Vlad noted as the screen switched to a wider area view to allow the audience to spot Bakugo gaining on the lead runner.

(With the Bakugo and Midoriya's)

"As I fuckin said!" Mitsuki yelled out, catching the attention of some of the other parents present.

"Don't count Izuku out yet, he's still in this race. Third place is a great place to spring to victory." Inko stated as Izuku was also going great despite the challenge.

"Keep telling yourself that." Her fellow mom shot back with a smirk on her flawless face.

"Still, I wonder why he isn't using his wings." Hisashi said to one, breaking the argument before it happened, and two, out of genuine curiosity.

"Maybe he wants to save power?" Inko suggested as she recalled her son complaining more than once about power levels.

"No, can't be it. He told me that that model had run for a full 90 minutes at max power. He could finish this whole thing by now." Hisashi revealed to them which made them all stop and think about it. Why didn't he just fly to the finish?

"Maybe he's saving it to maybe a trump card or something." Masaru finally suggested.

"I don't see why that relevant, he'll use it when he thinks he needs to. That's all there is to it." Mitsuki spoke up as she shrugged her shoulders, if the boy didn't want to use them, then he doesn't have to, he has his reasons.

(With the students)

"A slow starter, just as I thought. He's already catching up." Todoroki said to himself as she looked back and saw that the blonde was right on top of him and closing.

"Damn it, Get back here you half-and-half bastard!" Bakugo yelled as he pushed himself to gain on the duel-haired boy who responded with a quick ice pillar to which Bakugo avoided easily.

"Oh no, you don't! This race is mine!" Midoriya shot to them as he directed his legs forwards and kicked the ice pillar while at the same time, activated a shockwave to shatter it. Launching himself back but he soon shot ahead with another blast.

"Finally across, now I can move!" Honenuki said as he had somehow outpassed Hatsume but instead of thinking about that, he just activated his quirk and sunk into the ground and started racing to catch up with the top three.

"And just like that, Todoroki finds himself under attack for first place! Oh, this is getting my blood pumping!" Present Mic yelled as the crowd cheered louder as the race neared the final obstacle.

"No, that the second phase is behind them, both Midoriya and Honenuki can gain some speed again." Vlad added as the screen changed once more to show just close the two were, though only Honenuki's head was sticking out of the crowd.

(With the crowd)

"These kids are impressive. The boy in 1st place not only has such a powerful quirk but his judgment and athletic ability are a cut above the rest."

"Well, what would you expect from the son of the number two hero."

"He has the blood of the guy second only to All Might flowing in him. Man there are going to be a serious fight over whose sidekick he'll be!"

"Thought the participants in the lead are putting on quite the show, the students have to remember we haven't announced the cut-off point for the next event so they all have to push themselves to increase their chances of making it that far." Vlad King announced to remind some of the further back students to try and get them to work harder.

(On I-island)

"Come on Izuku, win it for the quirkless." Mellissa cheered as she long with her father watched the sports festival from the comfort of their apartment in I-island. It may have been late afternoon due to them being 4 hours ahead of the central Japanese time zone but then but they already called ahead to tell Izuku they were going to watch and support him. Besides, it's not like one day of work missed would hurt anybody.

"You seem rather invested." David laughed as he came to sit down after fetching a bowl of popcorn from the kitchen.

"And you aren't daddy, he's already doing better than everyone thought he'll do. I can't wait for them to announce he doesn't have a quirk." Melissa replied with a cheer as she couldn't wait to see the look on their faces when he takes the gold without a quirk to his name.

"It'll be quite the circus." David agreed with her as he couldn't see people just letting that go, though he hoped the boy could handle such pressure he was still young and needed to grow – both physically and mentally. Maybe he'll take to him during the I-Expo. 'I still need to send his family the invites, have to remember that for sure.

"And now the leads have arrived at the final barrier. The reality of this trap is a lot more entertaining than the rest of them. Have fun dealing with a literal minefield young listeners!" Present Mic announced through the screen, luckily for the both of them, they understood Japanese well enough to not have to wait for translators or subtitles but that wasn't the issue right now. The issue was…

"A Minefield!" Both David and Mellissa yelled as they were in shock at such a challenge, did UA just through everything plus the kitchen sink into this?!

(With the students)

"And for the sake of the health of our students, these mines don't have enough power to harm any of them but there are loud and powerful enough to make you wet your damn trousers!" Present Mic warned as he held onto his pants, though the crowd couldn't see that.

"To help make things a little easier, the minefield was set up so that it's very easy to spot the locations of the mines themselves however there's a catch. Because of the high number of mines, you have to slow down or be creative to avoid all of them. This is the part where all the laggers can catch up!" Vlad commented before he turned to his fellow commentator. "And not everyone will wet themselves Mic, just some of them." He added as he already figured that the blast would scare some students enough to shit themselves. And sure enough, it didn't long for all the leading students to get bogged down in the mines which allowed others to catch up. Though some weren't as careful as they should have been and set off more than a few mines, blasting those unfortunate souls away.

'An obstacle that puts those in the lead at a disadvantage. They have to still make this as entertaining as possible in the end I suppose.' Todoroki thought to himself as he knew he couldn't ice to make a path as they would mean making strong enough to take his weight and leaving a working path for anyone behind him. He didn't have much time to think about it because it was at this time that Bakugo made himself known once more.

"This kind of trap doesn't too shit to me!" Bakugo yelled as he blasted right one past him. He would have picked a fight but he could do that later…right after he beat the crap outta Tape dispenser. "Dumbass, you declared war on the wrong fucking person!"

"Or the both of us, sorry peps but we'll see you at the finish!" Tokage yelled as she and Honenuki overtook him as well, leaving him both surprised and angry. Tokage was using her quirk again, meaning she had rested enough to do so while Honenuki used his to travel under the mines, only coming up now and then to make sure he was going in the right direction.

"What's this Mass Media!? Todoroki has finally been overtaken for first place by Tokage, Honenuki, and Bakugo, leaving the ice king of 1-A to drop to fourth place! Tokage and Bakugo battle it out for first place!" Present Mic yelled as the two front runners started to exchange blows with Bakugo using one hand to fire off explosions at the girl while she fired off pieces of her limbs at him, of course, slowed them both down as they had to focus on their little fight and keeping up their speed and direction.

"The others have caught up and are already begun to traverse the minefield, they have about 400m left to reach the finish line so this is the time to push it!" Vlad added as he encourages the students to do better as he was still a teacher.

'Going by how the blast is going off behind us, those explosions are all bark and no bite….but they are producing enough force to still knock even the larger people into the air….'Midoriya thought to himself as he mentally analyzed how the mines worked. Their blast must have been powerful since they were throwing peo- 'That can be useful.' He finished the thought as he came up with an idea as he looked ahead at the mined spots on the floor and how Bakugo and Tokage had slowed down enough with their fight that Honenuki and Todoroki had caught up, leaving him in the far rear of the group.

But that was about to change.

"The others are catching up and I got about five people in front of me." Midoriya said to himself as he turned again and saw that Shiozaki and Tsunotori were gaining on him with Iida being knocked back by one of the mines. "I need to time this just right…."He said to himself as he geared himself for what he was planning praying his boots and more importantly, his legs were ready for his crazy gamble of a plan. "Wait for an optimal spot to start from."

THERE! He saw his chance when he spotted three mines buried very close to one another. He ran for it and jumped onto the first before moving to trigger the second for jumping onto the third, the resulting blast of multiple mines going off set off a chain reaction which set off another five mines near the boy.

BOOM!

(With the Bakugo and Midoriya's)

"OH! There was a super big explosion just now! You'll have to hit like five different mines to make that!" Present mic announced just as bird's eye view camera caught the blast, the explosion itself was powerful enough that the other competitors stopped to see what has set off so many at once like that.

"Who set that off?" Hisashi asked light from the blast was too bright to see through.

"I don't know, it's too bright." Inko said in response as she struggled to see what was it, though their friends, the Bakugos had no such issue as they were used to explosions on a near-daily timetable, so imagine their surprise when they see it wasn't Katsuki who set off that blast but someone completely unexpected.

"You gotta be shitting me…" Mitsuki said as she saw through the bright light, her husband equally as shocked.

"Did he….?" Masaru said out loud as he tried to comprehend the sight he was seeing right in front of him.

"What? What do you guys see?" Inko asked them.

"You'll see soon enough." Masaru replied as the bright light died down, allowing everyone to see just who was flying through the air at high speed.

"Izuku!" Both Midoriya yelled in shock at seeing their son in such an unexpected position.

(With the students)

"Is that Midoriya?!" Sero yelled in amazement and slight envy.

"He set those off!?" Awase asked as it now made a lot more sense as to why so many went off like that.

"Oh and once more we have a shake-up! Did Midoriya set those off by accident or did he do it on purpose? Whatever the case, the green machine is in hot pursuit of first place!" Present Mic called out, breaking most out of their stupor and getting them to continue onward.

'I knew it! The mines aren't that powerful on their one but three of them close together worked spectacularly!' Midoriya thought to himself as he rocketed through the air towards the leading students. 'The jumpers have to be careful here since the further ahead you are, the more mines you find and they grouped up much more tightly, though if Honenuki is proof of anything, the mines can only be set off from the top.' He concluded as he saw that the 1-B student wasn't even watching where he was going, regardless if there were mines in his path but even when he should have hit one, it didn't go off.

"Sorry but I'm taking this win!" Midoriya yelled as he started to roll mid-flight just as he reached the group. "Dub-step Air dash!" He called for dramatic flair as just as he reached them, he kicked his feet out and fired off the strongest shockwave yet. Blasting himself further ahead of the competition.

"And like that Midoriya blows past the competition and takes the lead!" Present Mic yelled out as he gripped the sides of the table. "But can he hold it long enough to win?!"He challenged as he saw the former front runners kick it up a notch.

"Oh Hell No!" Bakugo yelled as he broke off from his fight with Tokage and fired off stronger blasts to try and catch up to his classmate. "You ain't winning shot Deku!"

"Dammit, I got caught up with Bakugo and have fallen behind!" Tokage cursed as she controlled her numerous pieces to move faster and try and gain first place again.

"It's the final straight, I gotta push it!" Honenuki loudly yelled as he forgot everything else and tried to increase his speed, not caring if he went through a mine or two as he just used his quirk to make it soft enough to not go off.

"Shoot, this will lead a trail for the others but," Todoroki said to himself as he started to run straight forward, using his quirk to create an ice path to run on without fear of setting off any of the mines. "I don't have time to be cautious right now!"

"And what do you have here? The former top four are now stopped fighting each other and were now dashing for the finish!" Present Mic yelled in mock confusion at the turn of events.

(With the pros)

"They realize that Midoriya has been doing the race right the entire time. Rather than trying to slow down opponents or outright fight them, he did what any person in a race would and should do – he kept on going forward, never stopping. I can tell you they're now regretting not doing the same." Vlad King explained as the five stud

"What did I tell you guys? I told you things could change on a dime." Mt. Lady said as she was engrossed in Midoriya's performance, though you wouldn't know that since most would assume she just really was into the event.

"Still, that was pretty creative," Death Arms started as he crossed his arms. "Using the force of the mines to his advantage like that."

"He's a student that is well aware of his surroundings and how to use them, that will serve him well in this line of work." Kamui Woods added to that assessment as he was one of the many heroes who had to be extremely aware of their surroundings to be able to properly use his abilities to the fullest.

"Yes but I do wonder," Death Arms stated before he paused. "He must have a strong intelligence or sensory booster quirk to be this good."

"Who knows, I heard that the principal also has an intelligence booster, maybe they're related." Kamui Woods summarised as they had yet to see an obvious quirk activation from the boy, unlike most of the other students.

'Oh it's gonna be good watching you two eat those words when my Izu-kun shows them the truth….' Mt. Lady thought to herself with a hidden smirk. 'Hehehehe, it's a good thing I brought my new phone with me, I'm gonna need to take a picture of their faces.' She finished the thought as she reached for her pocket where said phone was, she was going to cherish those photos forever.

"And she has that aura again." Kamui noted as he once more had the urge to run away from the female pro.

"Just ignore it, so long as we didn't do anything, I don't care." Death Arms told him as he turned his attention from the screen towards the many stands in front of them.

"…If you say so, come on, we gotta check on the south gate next." Kamui said after a moment's thought before he pointed towards one of the paths they didn't come down.

"Sure, let's go!" Mt. Lady agreed with them before they started to patrol yet another section of vendor stands. 'You got this Izu-kun, I know you do.'

(With the students)

'Damn, I'm losing momentum!' The boy in question thought to himself as he could feel that he was slowing down ever so slightly, he didn't need a device to know that but he just felt it in his bones, years of flying around had given him such a sixth sense. 'They're catching up with me! I can't let them get past me but how am I gonna stop them!' He thought to himself as he geared up to use his best piece of equipment that he had wanted to save till later but he saw he didn't have much choice. He could see that Todoroki and Tokage were literally on his tail. "This is my chance! Deploy Jets!" He yelled as the wing pack jet's roared to life, forcing Todoroki and Tokage to slow down slightly to instinctively shield themselves from the age-old enemy/fear of humans - fire. With this sudden and forceful boast to his speed, Izuku blasted away from them. His wings deployed soon afterward to grant him much more control over his trajectory to stop himself from crashing into the barrier walls or even the ground.

"And this kid keeps the surprises coming! He not only clears the minefield and blocks his competition at the last minute but now he has a jetpack!?" Present Miccalled out as he forgot that the boy used a winged jetpack. "This kid's is a one boy-gizmo pack!"

"He's taken the lead, at the speed he's going, it might as well be a race for 2nd place." Vlad King wrote off as with the lead the boy had and the remaining distance they had left till the finish line, it was unlikely he'll lose first place.

"I wouldn't count out the rest of them, after a stunt like that, they all seem to like their pushed it to high gear!" Present Mic counted as he pointed towards the students and saw that just about every single one of them was gaining on the front runners.

'They'll thirst for victory is pushing them beyond what they would normally do, they all want this so badly so they'll work harder than they ever believed possible.' Vlad King thought to himself as he observed that even some of the rear students were putting in that extra effort before his gaze fell onto the six leads as Fumikage was starting to gain on them again. 'Heh, normally I'll be cheering for my students but this little group…they all deserve this win, I'll leave it to them to decide who gets it in the end.'

"And ladies and gentlemen, the UA sports festival's first event is coming to a close! I don't know about you but I didn't see this stunning result coming!" Present Mic called out as all six leads disappeared into the entry tunnel leading onto the main pitch. "The winner of the obstacle course is…."

"Midoriya Izuku!" Present Mic announced as Midoriya flew out of the tunnel, in the lead of the rest and through the finish line ribbon, making him the winner of the first event. His dramatic entry and his overall performance meant that the crowd lost their minds at seeing him come first.

(With the pros)

"Would you look at that?" Death Arms commented as he looked up to the screen. "The crazy kid went and won."

"Can't say he didn't deserve the win, he earned it fair and square. Though blindsiding the competition was something I didn't see coming." Kamui Woods added as they both saw that the boy was flying victory laps around the pitch as the rest of the students appeared out of the tunnel into the pitch.

"What about you Lady?" Death Arms asked as she was gazing onto the screen with a small but…genuine smile of affection. Huh, he never thought he'll see the day…

"He's something, maybe I'll put in a request to have him intern with me." Mt. Lady suggested to herself as she imagined how wonderful it'll be to fight side by side with him again. Sure they won't be going after Overhaul since he went to the ground two years prior but they'll still be making a difference!

"That'll go down well." Death Arms said to himself as he couldn't imagine her taking the role seriously enough to not goof up, though she heard him nonetheless.

"You'll be surprised how well I can connect with him, boys. Come on, I want to finish our rounds so we can head down and get some lunch." She rebutted before she turned to walk away, leaving for the bathroom. 'Good job Izuku, I know how much work you put into this, seeing that smile… makes me so happy, I only hope for the best for you, good luck with this because no matter where you place, you'll always be the person I love.' She thought to herself as she recalled seeing how…happy he looked as he flew around the stadium in celebration. He always did appear to be more at home in the skies than on the ground.

(With the Bakugo and Midoriya's)

"I knew he'll do it! Great job Izuku! You earned it!" Inko cheered as she hugged her husband so hard, he looked like he'll faint.

"Dammit! I was banking on Katsuki here!" Mitsuki was less happy as Bakugo had not come first like she hoped, but rather he came third place.

"Don't worry dear, it's only one event. He can make up for it in the other ones." Masaru tried to cheer his wife up but she just brushed him off.

"Yeah right, I just know he's gonna bitch about it when he gets home." She replied as she could already see how pissed off he'll be, which means he won't do any of his damn chores on time unless she yelled at him to do them, which meant less work she could get done!

"He looks proud of himself," Hisashi noted to his wife after she finally let him go and settled for just holding his hand. "He did it Inko, our boy's living his dream."

"I know Hisashi, I know." Inko replied with a tear in her eyes as she had always hoped her son would find happiness, sure she was scared for his life but she couldn't deny him his dream. And if his dream was to lay his life on the line for strangers so that they may be able to go home after a crisis, well…she better get used to the tears then.

(On I-island)

"He did it!" Mellissa praised as she jumped up to her feet in joy as the confetti was released into the air.

"Well, he certainly pulled a lot of hat tricks to do it. That's just like him, shattering expectation and then some." David said with a smile as she saw his student succeed in a field dominated by quirks, though there was a small part of him that thought the confetti was a bit much, it was only the first event after all.

"No kidding, I thought I was going to die when I saw the explosion, how'll he think of that?" Mellissa asked her father as that part blew her away-(pun intended).

"Well the boy's always been observant, he probably saw all the bodies flying and thought it'll be a useful boast." David guessed as Izuku was always the watchful one, especially as a kid.

"I can't wait till the next round. That was a great event." Mellissa said as she sat back down again.

"Yeah, do doubt Toshi is enjoying himself." David joked as she imagines that Toshi must have been itching to join in on the fun, really – sometimes that guy forgets his age and injury.

"Knowing him, he probably enjoying watching the next generation of heroes as much as we are." Mellissa noted.

"Yeah, that's Toshi for you, always thinking of how to save people. Shame he has to retire soon." David said with a sad sigh as he never really liked the idea of that.

"I wouldn't worry about it too much, he'll find his successor soon enough. I just know it." Mellissa assured him before she makes a joke. "And if he can't, Izuku and I can just build the next one!"

"Hahahaha! Please don't, the world doesn't need a bird-sized All Might running around!" David laughed knowing that those two in the same lad working on the same thing could either spell disaster, salvation, or a new coffee maker.

"Flying around you mean!" She corrected him as she joined in on the laughter.

(With Tomura Shigaraki)

"This brat is something else…" The villain said to himself as he sat in front of his computer watching the festival. He would have preferred to play one of his games but his sensei instructed him to do so, sighting that such an opportunity to see the students of the hero course in action would be a great learning experience and help him plan future attacks and operations. 'He has a lot of skill points placed in speed and reflexes, and he knows how to use his items…he'll be a problem I need to deal with soon.'

(With Izuku)

"[Huff, Huff] I did it…..I actually[huff] did it." Midoriya thought to himself as he came down for a landing, nearly tripping on the second step before he corrected himself. "I won…I won!" He cheered once more as he enjoyed this feeling, he didn't win often outside of his extracurricular activities but he always enjoyed the feeling when he did. 'I hope I did you proud All Might, I'm gonna do it, I'll fight with every skill I have!'

(With All Might)

'The Sports festival is a competition where those in it have to aim for the top, even if it means defeating friends and classmates.' The pro in question thought to himself as he gazed proudly onto the boy that would have been his successor if not for fate. 'These days modern heroes depend a lot of their popularity, so it's a must to have the drive to outdo others, to be greater than the rest. But…' he paused that line of thought as he recalled the defining traits of the boy in question. 'At your core, you wish to not only prove that the quirkless are far from weak but more importantly, you wish to help people simply for the sake that they may need help. The world needs more pros with that kind of mindset…you'll be great someday young Midoriya, I know it.'

(With the rest of the students)

"God fucking dammit...! Again….that little shit beat he again!" Bakugo raged to himself while he stood alone from the rest of the students.

"I can't believe…I forget about…his jetpack…" Tokage said as she stretched out her arms above her head to try and get more oxygen into her body.

"No, he purposely didn't use them the whole race to through us off. Still, it sucks that we didn't get first place." Honenuki berated himself as he bent over at the waist with his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath.

"No sweat man, we'll get 'em in the next round!" Tokage said as she laid an encouraging hand on his shoulder, getting a chuckle from her classmate.

"Let's do that." The boy said as he resolved himself to make up for this in the next round.

"Midoriya! You were amazing out there!" Uraraka complimented as she walked up to Midoriya, Iida in the background depressed and confused as to how he didn't perform better with a quirk that made you faster.

"Uraraka?" Midoriya said as he turned to face her.

"You got first place and you did it with a bang, you put your face on the map, I wish I did as well though." Uraraka said as she rubbed the back of her head, not exactly happy with her place as she didn't even get into the top 20.

"No, no, you did great Uraraka, I'm sure you'll do even better in the next round. Honestly half what I did was on the fly, I didn't plan for most of it and just went with my gut." Midoriya played it down as he bent down to tap his boots which didn't look all that beat up considering the punishment he put them through. "It's good to see it paid off."

'Still, though, I showed everyone watching just about what I can do…which means that they can plan for that. My only saving grace was that I didn't need to use the 'special functions.' He thought to himself as he had hoped to keep the rest of the students oblivious to his wings and their basic capabilities to better increase his odds for later but what's done is done. He looked around at all the other students which had got back to the stadium but paused when his eyes caught something he didn't approve of.

"Iida?" Midoriya called out to his assistant, catching his attention.

"Yes, Midoriya?" Iida replied as she walked over to the two teens.

"Remind me to tase Mineta so hard he pisses himself later." He said as he kept looking to what he has caught his gaze, Uraraka being curious turned to where he was looking and once she saw what had got his attention, she blushed up a storm.

"Why would you do such a thing? He is our classmate!" Iida chastised his class rep as he did his famous hand chops along with it.

"Look behind you." Uraraka peeped out as she covered her face to hide both her blush and her pissed-off gaze from her friends.

"What would change my mind if I-Mineta!" Iida started as she turned but changed his tune when he saw that Mineta was latch onto Yaoyorozu's back in a very inappropriate way that should by all rights, be against school rules, which it most likely was. "Cease from your current actions immediately! They are not only unfitting for a future hero but is incredibly rude and perverse!" Iida reprimanded as she hurriedly robotically marched over to the two with Midoriya and Uraraka walking up behind him.

"That's the idea." Mineta replied, he looked like he got his ass kicked-(most likely Momo purposely trying to get him off)-but he was still firmly latched on. Though that changed when a very angry, very scary Midoriya spoke up.

"Mineta…remember the warning, if Kendo has to pass another complaint about you, we'll see how well your balls handle being dropped from 300m into the school pool." And with that threat, the perverted boy let go of the balls and quickly got down to the ground.

"Yes sir!" The boy squeaked out in fear for his health before he made a break for it, leaving the four by themselves.

"Thank you Midoriya, sometimes he is the worst." Yaoyorozu thanked the boy as she took off the top half of her uniform, at the same time creating another one to replace the one that still had Mineta….balls attached to it.

"Couldn't shake him off because of the balls?" Midoriya asked the girl as he took the old shirt and threw it to the side.

"Y-yes, I only notice him when he was too close." Yaoyorozu admitted in shame as she should have paid more attention to the sneaky little prev but didn't and paid an embarrassing price for it.

"I see…well I'll start working on a solvent to neutralize his balls' sticky properties after the festival." Midoriya said as he had wanted to do something about the boy sooner rather than later and now was a good time to start just that.

"Would you be willing to send me a copy of the formula when you finish such?" Yaoyorozu asked, such a substance would work in keeping Mineta in check.

"You kidding, I'll email it to all the girls, along with a recipe for easy to make pepper spray….maybe I'll send an email to Kendo too, hmmm" Midoriya replied before she started to think of the pros and cons of such an undertaking, his muttering also including earplugs and baby powder for dealing with Bakugo among other things.

'He can be so evil when he wants to be…' The three students thought to themselves as they listened to the boy genius brainstorm rather vindictive paybacks for most of the class if they ever crossed him.

"The first stage of the first-year festival is officially over." Midnight announced as all the first-year students had been gathered onto the center of the pitch once more. "Now before we get into them, I would like to congratulate everyone who participated in the obstacle course, you may not have placed in a high position but that doesn't make you any less of a person or a student, be proud of your achievement and hone your skills to achieve even greater heights next year-round." She said, speaking to the majority of the students who would not be partaking in the rest of the events outside the recreational one scheduled for later.

"Before the results are shown, please remember that only the first 42 will be allowed to go on to the next event, so why don't we take a look at the results, shall we?" Midnight suggested/stated as she took off her mask with a finger.

1: Izuku Midoriya

2: Setsuna Tokage

3: Katsuki Bakugo

4: Juzo Honenuki

5: Fumikage Tokoyami

6: Shoto Todoroki

7: Ibara Shiozaki

8: Tenya Iida

9: Pony Tsunotori

10: Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

11: Eijiro Kirishima

12: Momo Yaoyorozu

13: Minoru Mineta

14: Hanta Sero

15: Tsuyu Asui

16: Yosetsu Awase

17: Mashirao Ojiro

18: Reiko Yanagi

19: Yui Kodai

20: Itsuka Kendo

21: Hitoshi Shinso

22: Ochaco Uraraka

23: Rikido Sato

24: Mezo Shoji

25: Mina Ashido

26: Kyoka Jiro

27: Sen Kaibara

28: Koji Koda

29: Togaru Kamakiri

30: Toru Hagakure

31: Kojiro Bondo

32: Kosei Tsuburaba

33: Denki Kaminari

34: Neito Monoma

35: Shihai Kuroiro

36: Jurota Shishida

37: Nirengeki Shouda

38: Kinoko Komori

39: Mei Hatsume

40: Yuga Aoyama

41: Manga Fukidashi

42: Rin Hiryu

"For all those still on the field, the real challenge begins next! The press cavalry will be all over it! So I want you to give it your all!" Midnight asked of them as she was liking some of the expressions on some of the boy's faces. She always loved youthful determination.

"Now what shall be the next game? I know what it is but you all don't." She said as the screen changed to another pinwheel spinning. "But what can it be? What can it be?" She asked over and over, building up the hype as the wheel spun. "Well, you won't have to wait much longer because the event will be…"

"Cavalry Battle!"

"Shit, I'm not so good at that…" Kaminari said with a bit of a nervous sweat-drop.

"It's not a solo event like the last one? Wonder how it'll work." Asui asked herself as it did seem kind of odd to have a team event after such an intense solo event.

"Allow me to explain." And it looks like Midnight heard her question as she started to explain how the game would work. "The participants can form teams of two to four people as they wish, it doesn't matter so long as your team has at least two members." She first told them that they knew about that little fact to prevent any awkward moments later on. "It's the same as a regular cavalry battle but with one key difference. Based on your placements in the first event, each person left on the field has been assigned a point value."

"Just like the entrance exam? A point-based system." Sato stated as he should have expected that.

"In other words, each team will have a different total point value depending on who's on the team." Uraraka thought aloud as it now meant that some teams would be worth more than others, putting more pressure on them to keep their points.

"I see! I understand now." Ashido said as she pointed towards her classmates, though their conversation was caught by the chief umpire who didn't look all that pleased with being interrupted.

"You would understand if you keep quiet and pay attention!" Midnight yelled as she whipped the ground next to her in her anger. "But that's the setup for the game. The points will naturally increase from the last place who has been given a point value of 5 points." She explained as the screen changed back to show the ranking of the last place and started to climb up from there, at seeing his name in dead last Hiryu clenched his fist in shame at his rather poor performance. "The point value will increase by 5 points for every placement you ascend. 42nd place is worth 5, 41st is worth 10, 40th is worth 15 and so on, but." "First place will be different. The value of first place has been set to be…" Midnight started as the screen finally reached Izuku's name and he blanched at seeing his score.

"Ten million!" She called out, stunning both the students and the crowd at large.

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"T-Ten million!" Tetsutetsu repeated in shock, such a value was much…much more than ten thousand times that of 2nd place.

'Ten million points, huh?' The purple-haired boy by the name of Shinso thought to himself as he turned to face number one.

'That's means if you take whichever team first place is in…'Mei thought to herself with a big smile.

'You'll stand at the top no matter what happens!' Was the conclusion that the rest of the students came to. Suddenly Midoriya thought like a sheep in a den of lions from the intensity of the glares he was getting from everyone else.

"That's right. This is survival of the fittest where those at the bottom can overthrow those at the top!" Midnight said as she licked her lips in anticipation for the action before she said the last bit to herself away from her mic. "Get ready, because this will be a cavalry battle to remember."

And with that, the first event of the first year sports festival is over. That went on much longer than I thought it would as I only thought it'll take about 6,5k words but there was much more to add than I planned. I hope that I didn't the characters right with their performance and their screen times as their reactions and thoughts were quite the joy to write. To those who think I put too much attention on 1-B, it's necessary as we already know what 1-A did in their cannon race and most of them still do those same actions and say the same things, and because they don't change I didn't see the need to write about them as much as you would like. Still what I did write about 1-B was a rush as their quirks could be used in such interesting ways.

It was also a bit of a challenge to write about how Izuku would navigate the race without his wings but it proved to be the better option as he got to show off his other skills and how he thinks on his feet. It would have been much shorter if he just flew the race as we saw other people like Aoyama and Shoji do the same at some points, I know they don't fly the entire thing but it showed that it's perfectly legal. Throwing in a Setsuna and Juzo who were actively trying to gain first place certainly screwed with Bakugo and Todoroki, since in Todoroki's case, he doesn't even place in the top five because of that. Because of that, you can be sure that the cavalry battle will go down much more different from cannon as in most of the team make-up, they'll be shuffled around to account for the point difference as we saw that most of the teams were led by the member with the highest points.

And no, Mei will not team up with Midoriya as yes, he's still the guy with the most points but she can see he had his gadgets, for all she knows he wants to advertise them just like she wants to show off her tech. two people in a team doing that may clash and be had for the both of them, she has enough shame to not steal someone else thunder or ruin their presentation for the sake of her own, she's doesn't give two shits about social norms or normal human interactions but she's no bitch.

And BYW, the sports festival started at 10 am in Japan, I know that I-island doesn't have an official location on the map seeing how it's a moving island. So all I can guess is that it must be somewhere in the pacific during the 'Two Heroes' because if it were in the Atlantic, there's no way that All Might and Midoriya wouldn't stop in the states for a refuel of the jet and sight-seeing. It could be in the Indian Ocean but for the sake of my plot, it's currently in the Pacific Ocean in a time zone that's about four hours ahead of the central Japanese time-zone, making it feasible for Mellissa and David to watch the festival live as for them, it started around 2 pm.

Also, it came to my attention that David has a quirk, though a minor one and for that, I apologize but for the sake of this story, he'll have to remain quirkless like his daughter as I'm not going back to change that.