Hi guys, Merry Christmas ! (Depends at which date you are reading) I think you deserve answers, the thing is I'm really scared about something and I just can't get answers so for this one week (in fact it happens each year around Christmas but I guess I will never be fine during this period, even if my problem as nothing to do with it) I spent most of my time thinking.

For now I would say I managed to be stable by simply not thinking too much about it.

Anyway, depression, need answers, doesn't get anything, I guess it's called faith but well that's the principle, it's harsh.

LET'S JUST GET TO THE POINT !

NazgulBelserion chapter 11

This is the most fkin frustrating izuku I have ever read about I detest him so fkin ingrained into hero indoctrination that ughhhh omg he makes me so mad you have the world's BEST quirk like FUCK

World best quirk indeed (at least in most point of view I agree) but well, people are like nazis in this society (I DARE USE THE WORD YES !)

One for Inspiration chapter 11

I have too say there is a good bit of drama in this chapter. It ties in with the story I don't think you need to change it

Great, because as I am f***ing lazy this might have never happened at all.

beingwithu chapter 11

Oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh baby, dis boi crazy.

Bruh ye.

Guest chapter 11

No need to apologize, shit happens. I am now very curious as to what Izuku's speach will be.

When I wrote that he made a lot of pages I simply wanted to show that Izuku put a lot of effort in his speech (don't you guys dare say Katsuki's was better)

NyaNyaKittyFace chapter 11

Sorry yours was simply too long to copy/past here ^^'

I don't have much to say but you made a REALLY good summary of the last chapter ! I appreciate a lot to see that my readers managed to see each of my intentions.

I don't know how it is for at school when you are studying texts and books (or whatever) but I'm not a complex writer (even a bad one ffs I'm trying my best to correct my grammar but well French and English simply can't have *** together ;D)

Just writing as a distraction ... and also because I'm a psychopath but that's another story :)

Nagisa Tr chapter 11

you dug your own grave with that long speech. if its not 10 pages imma sue u

... well shit- uh uh ... *panic breathing* *lightbulb* if you zoom enough it's ten pages long ! (SIKE !)

dspendragon125 chapter 11

I don't mind a little bit of a wait. Stories like these make me happy and honestly I love reading them.

Shout out to everyone still waiting for the next chapter of Apotheosis (HYPE !)

pedropedrin chapter 11

10 pages of a speech for the festival would be pretty in chsracter if you ask me
why apologies? we dont pay you for this
you are putting a lot of effort for us readers, honestly we should thank you! some parts are good and others...mildly but, who cares? everyone makes mistakes; even a story with a *few* mistakes is better than the story from the average person!
Seriously, we dont pay you for this, and yet you write, and (again), *we* should thank *you*

So happy to hear that I'm not an average person (*actually very narcissistic*)

ethanplayz87 chapter 11

What u apologising for bud? The chapter was as great as always! I loved it! Can't wait to see what Izuku wrote for his speech and how the whole One for All successor thing goes down. Can't wait!

You guys are gonna have to wait for the whole "One for All successor thing" sorry ^^'

A Prophet by Name chapter 11

Can't wait to read his speech. Bet he's gonna tell everyone he'll usurp them with his brain power and training alone. I can image the crowd boiling in their seats when he takes 1st in the race like he did in canon.

... *changes speech* (in fact no) nah ...

Fallout-Man101 chapter 11

Don't beat your brain too hard for answers and there is no need to apologize, we all have our problems.

Griffin, if I were you I would take a break for a month or so, to not only reignite your muse, but also allow you to deal with some of your problems (I can only hope and pray that they get better for you.)

Sometimes a Author needs a genuine time of leisure and in your case I think it's one of those cases. (Yeah, I know this is going to be a popular opinion SARCASM.)

And there is nothing wrong with needing one, just don't be one of those fic writers that makes a promise to come back after a hiatus or break and never does. (Or at least never bothers to explain why they are leaving a story unfinished to give readers some closure.)

So I wish you best don't worry about the chapter it was excellent! And by any chance if you need a short break don't hesitate to tell us. Just be sure to return to us at the end and give us profile updates to show us your still alive.

Thank you ! I'm fine now (or at least way better, it will just happen next year just like last year)

Yeah I should definitely update my profile, it is still blank after all :/

Legomasterlord chapter 11 . Dec 15

*walks out of room*
Izuku: Where are you going?
I'm asking him what's wrong, and try to cheer him up.
Izuku: But what about the chapter?!
This chapter was good, and has nothing bad about it. I don't even care about grammar and punctuation errors at this point!
Izuku: ...

*the door suddendly opens*

Griffin Strange : Hello I am the doctor, and I need your help.

*Griffin smiles (stupidly)*

(Say, you have been waiting for this :D)


"Alright ... just walk to the mic and speak, do not pay attention to whatever may happen and for God sake DO NOT talk to quickly or too low" Izuku kept repeating his own version of Sensei's advice about his speech.

He sent his first- well twelfth version but first actual "good" version to Sensei and asked him if it was okay.

All for One "surprisingly" didn't waste any time sending back a full lesson about political speeches and the mistakes he should ABSOLUTELY avoid.

First Izuku should never try to make his audience laugh especially when about eighty percent of it just want to see him gone (if that's even the right way to explain how Izuku imagined his audience)

Second he should be really careful about his use of the words "we" and "I" because according to Sensei most of the time they mean the same thing.

And finally he should probably not try to "taunt" everyone in the stadium ... this last part probably meant that Sensei was just waiting for him to prove them all wrong.

The rest of the said lesson was composed of about hundreds of examples which were very useful, Izuku forgot a thing though.

He forgot to ask Sensei how to lose any kind of feeling close from fear right before the actual speech.

"Izuku hey !" Izuku screamed out loud when he felt something jumping on his back and managed to scare Ochaco by the same occasion.

"S-sorry ! I didn't mean to startle you !" Apologised the young girl.

"I-it's okay-h-hi too !" Izuku put back his small paper sheet on which he had written the last version of his speech in his pocket.

"Is that your speech ?" Asked Ochaco.

"Y-yeah ... Y-you wanna read it ?"

"No I'm fine, it would just spoil evrything if I did, I wanna discover what you wrote for the opening of the festival"

"S-sure, where is everyone ?"

"Waiting next to the locker rooms, we are about to head out to the stadium ... oh and Katsuki is in a very bad mood"

"Oh great ... do I even need to ask why ?" Izuku sighed, he looked at Ochaco for a moment "... Why ?"

"Well apparently he was expecting to do the opening speech but I guess he forgot that he was only second during the entrance exam"

"I doubt he did but, anyway I'm sure he would have said something stupid and arrogant like ... "I will kill you all" ?"


Somewhere in another universe your dear author is thinking about the meaning of life and some weird things about religion and stuff ... no seriously I'm living in france and each time I try to watch the news or something it's all about how we are going to die in about 5 hours that's ... depressive wtf is wrong with them ? (Like seriously, one of the headlines said that everyone in the street was a terrorist (of course that's bullshit but still GUYS !)

Anyway ... what was I saying again ? Oh yes our universe is great and stuff and no humanity is not doomed or anything (well some of use are just "mehhhhh" and I might be in this category) and Izuku is not really far from the truth.

I FEEL WAY BETTER NOW WOOOOOOOOOO ! ... buy gold (don't).


"Probably, the other classes are already jealous if I may say, our adventure at the U.S.J. gave us a certain notoriety" explained Ochaco "right before I left to fond you they were ALL trying to get a "good look" at us"

"... for what ? To scare us ?" Izuku actually pictured in his mind a random student passing by the locker room and all the others following him like a bunch of sheeps "A-anyway we are going to be late ... are you still ok with our little arrangement ?"

"Of course ! I'm sure we can win together !" Cheered the girl.

"Great ! Show me the way"


Meanwhile (I had to put this meme somewhere)


All for One was getting ready to enjoy a great display of intelligence and strength from his student ... at least he hoped evrything would go as smoothly as he was thinking.

He felt like ... well no, that would be really inappropriate to put himself in such a position but yes All for One was proud ... of his work.

Nothing is free in this universe but sometimes he did deserve a little reward, he wondered what kind of cosmic force had been "kind" enough to put Izuku in his path. He was grateful in the end, he didn't ask for anything else-

His phone rang, he expected a message from his dear student but instead he received something completely different and unexpected.

"Hello, I happened to find Izuku's phone while he was out during the last week and I wondered if he had your phone number, I should have asked it myself but I didn't know exactly where you lived and if Izuku would even let me have it. (Sorry again if I'm intruding)

I wondered if you would like to watch the sport festival with me, you already know where we live and I would be more than happy to have someone at our house. If you do not want to join me it's fine (what am I even saying, I'm the one inviting you)

I made some tea and I might have enough ingredients to make Katsudon, feel free to drop by.

- Inko"

Despite the fact that Inko had the same problem than her son to apologise each and every second she knew how to use words and he liked that.

In the next minute he was ready to drop by as Inko offered, he couldn't refuse a nice cup of tea while his student was sending Hell Itself over his opponents ... even if he couldn't directly see.


Izuku and Ochaco joined back the rest of the class in front of the locker room, most of the students looked excited about the sport festival, the others either didn't seem to care or to really give any sort of special attention to the event ... oh and Katsuki was excessively glaring at Izuku.

"H-hey everyone ! Is everything alright ?" Saluted Izuku, unsure about the current mood of the class concerning what Ochaco had reported earlier.

Kirishima immediately joined Izuku as soon as he noticed him "Yeah ! This is going to be awesome ! There will be so many heroes watching us !"

Izuku questioned somewhere in the depth of his mind if Kirishima had been influenced by some sort of evil force to remind him that he was about to make a VERY controversial speech in front of, as he said, hundreds of pros and thousands of people watching him live on TV ... great.

"C-cool" he simply answere forcing a smile.

Soon the other students approach Izuku but one of them is way faster and determined, pushing Kirishima away as if he was nothing.

"Hey man ! Watch if !" Complains the student.

It's Katsuki, he doesn't snap back at the red haired student surprisingly enough, instead he stares at Izuku.

"You shit head, I will show everyone out here how useless and pathetic your quirkless ass is, you won't even make it to the second round"

No one dared to make a single comment, they couldn't in fact, the room suddenly became cold and lifeless, as if someone had removed their souls from this universe. One thing was clear, it came from Izuku, instead of being angry or scared he was smiling.

Even Katsuki was affected, he flinched backward, time slowed down until Izuku moved his lips.

"Fine" he started.

A short silence.

"Good luck then" the aura disappeared, Katsuki was the one speechless now.

"ATTENTION ! STUDENTS PLEASE PROCEES TO THE STADIUM ALONG WITH YOUR CLASS ! ... AND WITH A VERY PRECISE ORGANISATION ! ... unless of course some of you doesn't care at all about being picked for the upcoming nominations and potential recruiting" announced the not so recognisable voice of Present Mic throught the speakers.

Momo took the lead "Alright Everyone let's go, Izuku and I will lead the class ... just avoid to form a big circle like he just asked"


Meanwhile at the Midoriya's apartment (I have no idea of how I'm supposed to call it)


Inko was more anxious than she had ever been, at the same time she was so scared and impatient to see her son in action for the first time, and she was also expecting a very special guest.

Panic ensues, mostly.

She kept travelling between the living room and the kitchen just to make sure she didn't forget anything, she ended up trying to find the salt for five minutes until she realized that she had been holding it in her hands for five minutes.

She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment she had to gain back her composure, she couldn't look weird in front of Izuku's best ... what was even their relationship ? Friends ? Teatcher student ? She shook her head and opened back her eyes.

And dear God there he was standing in front of her, she wasn't surprised, at this moment she just felt terribly sick.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you" he didn't "I knocked at the door but you weren't answering" technically he didn't knock at the door either, he simply asked a certain person to warp him directly inside the apartment as he couldn't be seen outside in the streets "So I just came in and ... well here I am, do you need a hand ?" Now this was an honest question.

All for One extended his right hand for Inko which she grateful grabbed.

"T-thank you, I'm so happy to see that you came here today ! D-don't worry about me ! Just make yourself comfortable ! It's about to start, I'll bring some tea"

All for One smiled under his metal mask, he liked Inko, genuinely. She was probably the second most innocent person in this world after Izuku ... too bad, it probably means they won't see each others in the after life considering his long list of "criminal" activities.


Back at U.A. (this is getting exhausting)


Izuku never noticed that there would be so many students in first year at U.A.

As he walked into the stadium with his class Present Mic, who was apparently the "commentary guy", didn't miss the occasion to remind everyone in the stadium that class 1-A was the one who managed to survive the villain attack at the U.S.J. and stuff.

Izuku sighed and looked at the other classes for a moment, they were all glaring st his class more than Katsuki was a few minutes ago.

"Don't pay too much attention to them" said Momo "I'm sure most of them went make it to the secondary round"

Izuku mentally cursed about the fact that Momo really didn't have to end her phrase by something which could (AND WOULD) really sound narcissistic for anyone close enough to hear this part.

Each class stopped in front of a tribune installed at the centre of the stadium, Midnight was here ... great.

"C-come on everyone ! Smile" Ochaco was giving her best to not lose her composure in front of the camera, her parents had to be watching after All.

"Holy molly ! Are all those people pro heroes ?!" Asked Denki.

"Calm down, only the citizens are cheering, the others are just smiling" answered Mezo slightly reducing the excitement of the class.

Midnight moved a ... a whip through the air of the stadium, silencing the audience.

"REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS, IS IZUKU MIDORIYA FROM CLASS 1-A"

"W-well here I go" he almost forgot about this detail.


Back at the Midoriya household (again ?!)


"Lo-look that's him !" Inko freneticly pointed at the TV.

All for One (even if he didn't need to) turned his head toward her "I can't see" he reminded his host.

"O-oh sorry ... I forgot ... did he send you-"

"I didn't read anything, I gave him "some" advice but that's all the communication we had since the last week"

"Great, I hope he didn't write anything ... stupid" Inko didn't want to abuse of this word but she knew her son, she just hoped he would avoid some sensible subjects.

"I apologise in advance if I laugh" prevented All for One.

"Laugh ?"


Back at U.A.


Izuku stood in front of the microphone, he didn't need his paper sheet, he knew each word by hearth.

As Sensei told him he breathed one last time and he started.

"Do not go too quickly use the silence to grave the words in their minds"

"As the representative of the students of U.A. I would like to thank each pro hero present today to watch and examine us"

Perfect, he had caught the attention of most of the people watching and especially the attention of the heroes.

"I was given the occasion to speak before the beginning of the main event, so I would like to point out a few things. Despite how Present Mic kept referring to class 1-A as the elite of the school we aren't"

Izuku was slightly walking away of his text but it wasn't too bad.

"While you will be watching today do not only pay attention to ours quirks but to the students themselves, a quirk doesn't necessarily define the user and I'm sure that "most" of the students will follow me on this point. We are all here to give our best today and prove that we can become the heroes that this society deserves."

Izuku could fell that someone was laughing strongly somewhere.

"Thank you for your attention" Izuku bowed for a second "I wish good luck to all the participants" Izuku turned around and left the tribune.

Surprisingly enough at first no one in the audience applauded or reacted in any way, instead the first sign he received came from the crowd of students, one by one most of them started to applaud and cheer, the audience followed.

"YEAH THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT !" yelled someone he couldn't see.

"TAKE THAT IN YOUR FACE SUCKERS FINALLY SOMEONE HAD THE GUTS TO SAY IT !" Added an overexcited girl somewhere on his left.

Almost all around him he could see smiles and joy, of course he noticed that "some" people didn't like his short speech at all.

"Izuku you were amazing !" Cheered Ochaco.

"Yeah man ! That was so- ... so manly you know ? !"

"I guess you really deserved your place as the students representative"

Izuku scratched his neck "thank you guys, really tried my best here"


Midoriya household.


"HAHAHAHA HAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA" if All for One wasn't holding back the neighbour might call the police.

Inko wasn't scared by the man's reaction instead she was proud to see that Izuku managed to lose his habit of muttering and skipping words while he was talking.

"My baby I'm so proud"

"That's what I wanted to see ! (hear ffs All for One ...) off to a great start !"


Back at U.A. hopefully for the rest of the chapter.


"A-alright uh-" Izuku saw Midnight quickly look at the audience she was either really confused or in trouble (?) "Let's just get to the first event right ? MIC !"

... nothing for a moment.

"Uh ? Oh, YES LET'S GOOOOOO ! ARE YOU READDDDYYYYY-?"

"YOU FOOL ! We haven't explained what's going to happen yet !"

"DAMN IT JUST DO IT YOURSELF THEN !"

A great screen lit up on her right, it was displaying what looked like a map.

"oh you- HUM- sorry about this ! Anyway, it's simple, the first event is a race, you guys just have to follow the track and finish in a good position ! You can use your quirk as much as you want, as long as you do not voluntarily or "INVOLUNTARILY" hurt another contestant ... got it ? Oh be careful we also put a bunch of traps along the way, you didn't really think we would just let you have a nice morning run right ?"

Izuku looked at Ochaco, she did the same thing and both of them nodded, so far so good.

"Good ... NOW G-"

"STARTTTTTTTTTTT !"

Without waiting all the students turned back toward the great tunnel leading to the start of the race, Ochaco was about to run too but Izuku stopped her.

"Wait, it's too dangerous to just go throught"

"O-oh yes ... so what do we do ?"

"Well Midnight did say we had to follow the circuit around the stadium but she never said what we couldn't do to follow it ... how far can you go with your quirk ?"

"Uh ... it depends"

"I mean how far UP"

"Ohhhhh" Ochaco looked above her, this was going to be a great fall but it would definitely work "sure, I can do that ... hum ... just don't let go alright ?"

"That's probably the last thing I want to do ... so, uh W-where should I-"

"J-just grab my hand !" Izuku simply grabbed Ochaco's hand as she offered, they had already lost enough time.

Once Izuku was ready Ochaco activated her quirk and propelled them in the air, she picked a good angle.

"What next ?" She asked while they were flying.

"W-what next ? Uh-uh well we uh ... we run ?" Ochaco looked at Izuku and blushed, they had almost reached the point where they would have to fall "Alright I'm deactivating my quirk and then-"

As they crossed the top of the stadium they saw two zero-pointers from the entrance exam blocking the way of the other students, soon one of them was completely stuck in a massive iceberg.

"W-w-wait !" Izuku panicked, he almost released his grip on Ochaco who just released her quirk.

"What do I do ?! what do I do ?!" She asked while they were free falling right above the two giants.

Izuku barely had the time to think about anything, the robots didn't seem really aggressive, instead they were just descending.

A surface to propel them.

"On my mark activate your quirk again !" He ordered.

"Yes !"

They were approaching very quickly from the robot and Izuku wasn't saying anything.

"I-Izuku-"

"Wait ..."

Still nothing.

"Izuku I-'

"Waiiiiit ... NOW !"

Ochaco activated her quirk, Izuku oriented himself to be right under Ochaco, they were still falling very quickly. Izuku landed on the head of the robot, or rather slided along it's head, he could've simply stop the fall but he could slow it, who knew that playing some old video games that Sensei suggested would help ?

Izuku managed to land behind the robot with Ochaco, but his legs hurt, he put a lot of pressure and with Ochaco above him it didn't help.

"Izuku that was gre- are you alright ?" Ochaco noticed that his legs were shaking of course.

"It's fine, just exhausted a bit" he looked further away, he remembered the construction engines he saw the other day, now it made sense, a canyon had been built (?) to slow the contestant who managed to get past the robots.

"Crap, we still have a long way to go ..." he looked at Ochaco "I'm gonna give us a boost, can you get on my back ?"

"Y-your back ? but-" She didn't want to, Izuku was hurt but at the same time he was the one asking for it so she simply obeyed. Ochaco used her quirk to help Izuku.

"Alright let's go !"

Izuku ran, he didn't look hurt anymore but in fact each step was like walking on a foot made a nails. But he quickly stopped, as he reached the artificial canyon.

"Let's jump alright ?"

"On your mark"

Izuku took a few steps backward and jumped in the air, Ochaco activated her quirk on Izuku and both of them floated above the whole section, they even got past Shoto which seemed to be in the lead since the beginning of the race.

"Yeah we can do it !" Cheered Ochaco raising her fists in the air.

They landed on the other side of the canyon, Ochaco released her quirk.

"Do you want me to-?"

"No, not yet, we don't know if we have to expect another trap ... well clearly we have to, two robots and a bunch of holes in the middle of the race ? I mean, it looks a bit light compared to-"

As Izuku started a brainstorm he felt something under his feet, something different than dirt ... metal ? He barely had the time to look down when something exploded behind him.

He felt Ochaco leaving his back, Izuku lost his balance and rolled further away.

When he got up he looked behind him and then Izuku understood what happened, they just entered on a minefield.

"Ochaco !" Called Izuku, he had to check if she was alright.

"Over here !"

The whole width of the circuit separated them, Izuku was still recovering but Ochaco looked unharmed.

"A minefield, to slow the people ahead !" Explained Izuku "We have to-" Izuku tried to join Ochaco but he stopped, he noticed all the small mounds clearly indicating where each mines were buried.

"Go on without me !" Yelled Ochaco "I will finish only own ! Take the first place you deserved it !"

"But what if-!"

"Just do it Izuku ! I will be fine !"

Izuku didn't want to do this, it meant to completely forget the main plain which was to team up and win the first event. But Ochaco was right, he did have a chance to reach the end of the race before Shoto or anyone else.

"Good luck !" He finally yelled back before running through the minefield.

It wasn't too hard now that he knew where he was standing, yet his movements were severely impaired, a lot of students like Shoto or Katsuki could easily get throught with their quirks.

"DEKUUUUUUUU !" Izuku barely had the time to turn around when someone pushed him away, Izuku lost his balance and tripped on another mine.

Katsuki was in front of him, why did he have to think about this ? Just has he was standing back on his legs Shoto appeared out of nowhere sliding over a wave of ice.

Izuku looked behind him, he was slow, way too slow, a horde of contestants was approaching very quickly. If only he had a quirk too ...

A quirk ...

He had something else, a metal plate and a lot of mines


This is pretty much the same as in the anime, so I'm going to keep this part REALLY SIMPLE.


Izuku stacked about ten mines in the same spot, in only took him a few seconds as the last explosion revealed a lot of them.

He was about to either regret his decision or look like a genius.

He placed his plate over the mines and pressed his foot over it.

BOOM.

Right as the other contestants were about to reach him Izuku triggered a massive explosion, blocking the wave of students behind and propelling him further toward Shoto and Katuski.

But ot wasn't enough, as he was falling he was losing all his speed, he was about to end up in the same situation ... no, unacceptable.

He landed each of his foot on their shoulders and slammed his metal plate against the ground once again, triggering another explosion.

Izuku did not dare to look behind him, he was in the lead it didn't matter, he reached the other tunnel leading to the stadium, he kept running until-

"RIGHT NOW THE FIRST PERSON BACK IN THE STADIUM IS THIS MAN ! IZUKU MIDORIYA !" Present Mic yelled his name throught the speakers.

Izuku wasn't focusing on his balance anymore, instead he collapsed in the grass under the cheering of the citizens and the pro heroes.


Midoriya's household


All for One had destroyed des small desk in the living room and Inko was crying a literal river of tears.

"M-MY BABY WON" she managed to say between two sobs.

"HAHAHAHAHA YES ! YES ! SHOW THEM YOUR POWER, SHOW THEM WHO IS THE MASTER HERE !"

If Izuku knew about what was currently happening over here he would probably be afraid about finding out later this evening that most of his house has been completely destroyed by either Sensei or his mom ... or even both of them.


Back at U.A.


Izuku couldn't believe he made it, he didn't care if he was crying live on TV he owned this victory.

He stood up, the same screen which had been displaying the circuit at the beginning of the care was now displaying the results of the first event, the obstacle race.

He was first, Shoto was second, Katsuki was in third position ... most of the people in his class made it to the second event.

"IZUKU !" Again he didn't have the time to react before Ochaco jumped on his back.

"O-ochaco !"

"You made it ! You are in first position ! I think I'm 22th or 21th" Izuku chuckled and pointed a finger the big screen.

"You are 7th, congratulation !"

Ochaco blushed, it had been very tight, she really thought that she would be in a good position even if she ended up being slowed down by the minefield but 7th ?! That's crazy !


Somewhere else at U.A.


Nedzu was smiling, the other teatchers and himself had a special section to watch the festival. He would lie if he said it was an enjoyable spectacle, most of his "coworkers" didn't approve that he let a quirkless talk for the opening of the festival.

And now the same quirkless had won the first even, right in front of the number two hero's son. For most it was simply unacceptable, it was already a surprise that this student Izuku Midoriya was quirkless.

"You can't be serious ! Since when does this school let- ... I mean- ... why ?! Are you crazy ?"

"How did he even passed the test ? He cheated somewhere, he is too weak to even lift a table !"

"I can't believe U.A. became some sort of social centre for quirkless, this is such a shame"

He had received a lot of comments similar to those since the festival started, and he wasn't done yet.

Only Toshinor seemed somehow happy to see Izuku winning.

"So ? No regrets ?" Asked the principal.

"I mist admit I do have some, he showed a great performance though I do wonder how he will handle the next event, it hasn't been picked yet right ?"

"No, but it will in a few minute, we will let them catch their breath for a moment here ... I saw Endeavor earlier ... do you know what's up with him ?"

"We haven't talk to each others for years, and I'm almost sure he isn't in the mood at the moment, he isn't very ... tolerant with quirkless"

"I understand, but make sure to talk a bit since you are both in the same place at the same time for once"

"I can't promise anything but I'll try ... and you ? Anything wrong ?"

Nezu laughed "I really hope he will reach the final, some people need to shut up for once, I'm hungry, do you need anything ?"

"I'm fine thank you"

The principal stood up and left the section, Toshinori stared at Izuku for a moment, he saw Ochaco and some other students, not only from 1-A but from all the classes cheering and congratulating him.

It reminded him too much of a certain someone but he couldn't say why.


Back in the stadium.


Izuku felt like some sort of movie star, he didn't imagine that if he won he would suddenly become an important figure.

In fact it warmed his hearth to see that most of the students even if he didn't know them were thanking him for his speech rather than his performance during the race (even if it possibly held an influence over their reaction)

He didn't have much time to give any answer or react, Midnight was already back to announce something.

"Good ! I see that most of you have recovered from this appetizer if I may say ! Sadly I must ask all the student who didn't manage to be at least in the top 42 to leave the stadium since they will not be participating from this point. Now let's pick the next event"

The screen was now displaying some sort of wheel of fortune, it started spinning ... for a long time, it seemed so long that even Midnight tried to add something just so no one would fall asleep "I REALLY wonder what's going to be the next event" she suggested that she already knew despite the whole scene, after a minute it stopped.

"CAVALRY BATTLE !" Announced Midnight "I see that some of you are giving me some confused glance, don't worry I'm about to explain everything" she took out a remote and the screen displayed a cartoony image of All Might standing over a bunch of other pro heroes.

Midnight discreetly took out a small notebook and read "In the second event, participants have to form teams with a maximum of 4 people and then get in a horse configuration. The objective is to earn points by swiping other teams' headbands while protecting their own. The value of a team's headband will be the sum of the points each person on the team received based on their performance in the previous competition"

At least it was clever, Midnight pressed a button again and the screen started displaying the amounts of points each contestants won during the first event.