Class 1-A found themselves tense in in their waiting room anxiously waiting for their class to be called. They could only focus deeply on the sports festival that would have such huge ramifications on their futures. Suddenly Todoroki approached Izuku from across the room.
"Midoriya, it's clear from everything that's happened that your quirk has an advantage over mine, but I won't lose to you. I will overcome you with only my right side. And prove that I'm the strongest student at UA." The normally stoic Todoroki declared.
"Woah now man, I know it's a competition, but we're still friends." Kaminari interjected.
"I'm not here to make friends." Todoroki replied.
Izuku sighed as he looked over Todoroki. He could tell that he was trained well, but his fighting style was definitely hindered by only using half of his quirk. "I appreciate you picking me out as competition, but there's a ton of strong people in our class alone. Everyone's been working hard for this. Don't spit on their hard work by not acknowledging them." With that Izuku turned to talk to Iida and Uraraka and the rest of the class seemed relieved that they had not been forgotten.
Finally, they heard the announcement for their class to head out into the arena. "Alright, 1-A let's move out." As they came into view of the corridor, they could hear Present Mic announcing their class.
"And now for the first-year class that survived a villain attack, I introduce to you the infamous class 1-A," Present Mic screamed. As the class filled into the arena, Izuku could hear both Present Mic and the crowd get progressively less enthusiastic about the following classes. It was a pity because every single one of them had the talents to get into UA on their own merits among the thousands of applicants.
"And to referee for the first years will be our very own 18+ hero Midnight!"
"Hello everyone, I promise to keep things fair and youthful. And now to represent the students, Midoriya Izuku of class 1-A." Midnight declared.
Izuku started to make his way to the podium and as he did, he heard some of the other sections of students complaining that he was the one making the speech despite only being number one for the hero course. He sighed before he made it to the microphone and took a deep breath before speaking. "Every single person here today deserves to be here. They're all talented and worked hard to make it into UA," Izuku said. "Anybody who isn't willing to give their all in these events should accept they won't win it now."
Todoroki seemed to glare at Izuku's back the hardest with those words. "Now, let's PLUS ULTRA and enjoy this sports festival." The crowd resumed their erratic screeching while the students still seemed to want to alienate class 1-A.
"Now it's time for our first event, the obstacle race!" Midnight went over the rules as the students filled into the corridor. The objective of the race was simply to place as high as possible. Izuku spaced himself towards the side of the wall before the event started and prepared himself.
"AND START!" Present Mic screamed. The students that were participating in the event started filing out of the tunnel when suddenly the floor was covered in ice. This hindered some of the other classes that had not experienced that before, but most of 1-A easily avoided the attack and sprinted out into the first obstacle. Several of the robots and zero pointers from the entrance exam were blocking the way. This time both of the heroic's courses blasted through the obstacle as zero pointers came into view.
Bakugo blasted over to the head of the zero pointer before blasting it in its face, sending it careening towards the ground and opening a path for himself mid-air. Todoroki followed next, freezing the same falling zero pointer to create a path for himself. The other classes tried to follow after him on his icy path, but failed due to the precarious way that Todoroki froze the bot.
Izuku was entertained by his classmate's antics but seeing an opportunity, he also flew towards the zero pointer directly next to the one Bakugo and Todoroki had taken out. 'Might as well make a path to keep this interesting' Izuku thought to himself. Flying up, Izuku delivered a kick to the side of the robot's head and continued forward. The robot started falling to the side and Izuku let his momentum and gravity take hold. Suddenly the body of the zero pointer that Bakugo and Todoroki had dealt with came flying at him. Izuku saw a bit of steam coming from the direction before he was smashed between the two massive bots.
"And it seems Midoriya from class 1-A has 'bot' off more than he could chew!" Present Mic announced to the arena.
"Mic, I could punch you," Mr. Aizawa said from the announcer booth.
Meanwhile the rest of the students sprinted ahead towards the second obstacle. They approached a massive drop that only connected to the other side by a series of small rocks and ropes. The rest of the students begin to catch up to the remaining 1-A and 1-B class as they all come to a standstill at the beginning of the drop. There were some exceptions, however, as Bakugo was not affected in the slightest with Todoroki following close behind still.
Izuku, on the other hand, could no longer hear footsteps near him and decided that now was the time to make his move. Izuku let his flames fly freely, picking the robots up with the force of the fire and beginning to melt the skyscraper sized bots. "This is freaking awesome!" Izuku exclaimed as he burst forward leaving the zero pointers as nothing more than a melted together heap. Using his flames to shoot himself forward, he appeared back into view of his competition.
"Eraser, what the hell are you teaching these kids?!" Present Mic screamed once again.
"I didn't teach him that. He came broken," Aizawa lazily responded.
Izuku could see Todoroki and Bakugo beginning to fight more and more into the distance and took this opportunity to take account of everyone ahead of him. Though a majority of the competition was still trying to fight their way over the ropes, Izuku could see that they were on the latter half of the ropes; and soon they would all be approaching the final obstacle. Izuku grinned as he flew over the competition, setting his sights for the two in first place as he heard Present Mic come over the speakers again.
"And our competitors are coming up on their final obstacle. Make sure to watch your steps kids!" Present Mic yelled out.
"All the explosives have been reduced to the point that they won't do any permanent damage. Recovery Girl would never forgive us otherwise." Aizawa added.
Bakugo had landed and was carefully maneuvering through the field along with Todoroki. Though he hated to admit it he had overused his explosions for the first part of the events and would need at least a small break in order to give off any meaningful explosions. For the moment, hovering and flying were most likely off the table. Bakugo looked over, noticing that Todoroki was also struggling. Although in his case if he used his quirk, he would be making a path for the rest of his competition.
Izuku on the other hand was barreling forward. With a wicked grin on his face. He was flying so quickly that he had already passed most of the people between him, Bakugo and Todoroki and he was not slowing down.
"And Midoriya from Class 1-A has reentered the race full throttle heading dead for the lead!" Present Mic announced. This got Bakugo and Todoroki moving, and they abandoned any strategy of minimal use of their quirks in the minefield. Todoroki froze a path all the way to the finish and Bakugo followed closely behind using his explosions and skating to the end of the mines behind him. As soon as they hit solid ground again, they separated as Bakugo realized first place would not be possible while following Todoroki's path.
When they separated, they opened the perfect path and Izuku came right between the two of them. Todoroki and Bakugo both used their quirks to try and attack Izuku as he passed by, but Izuku had finally found his rhythm and flowed between both of their attacks before lashing out with his feet and flames and landing between them. Then all three were rushing into the tunnel and towards the finish line.
The whole stadium was on their feet as the three approached. They were all well aware that Todoroki was the son of the number two hero Endeavor, but both Bakugo and Izuku had not only held their own but proved that this was not a one-horse race in the sports festival. As all three continued to sprint through the tunnel using their quirks Izuku could not help the excitement pumping through him. And a smile stretched across his face.
"You're both strong, but this race is mine." Izuku declared. Both Bakugo and Todoroki extended towards him in order to attack, but Izuku was already prepared and flashed them both an 'ok' sign before he disappeared through the tunnel and secured first place. This action frustrated them both as they sprinted even harder to take second place. Izuku, on the other hand, turned back to watch his classmates and see the order of their arrival. And how many from class 1-A made it into the next round. There were several obvious finishers such as Uraraka, Yaoyorozu, and Iida, but there were also some surprises like Mineta and Kaminari who had finished the race surprisingly quickly.
Examining the others who finished, Izuku noticed that Hatsume from the support department had also managed to secure a high place in the race. And there were several more from the other departments that made it. Interestingly enough, the majority of the Class 1-B members who managed to finish arrived in a large group a bit after the initial entrances were made. Almost as if they had planned to all make it in at that specific area.
And lastly, Izuku noticed the purple haired kid from the classroom. He had made a big show of challenging them, so it was nice to see he was not all talk. 'If possible, I'd like to send him home myself, but that's neither here nor there. First is making it to the finals myself.' Izuku reasoned.
Looking back, he could see that Midnight had announced the cut off for those that would be able to participate in the next round. And looking back Izuku saw the most familiar head of black hair. It was his old rival, Maki. Suddenly, it made sense how a robot could change directions without warning and just so happen to hit him. And Izuku was beginning to get overcome with joy from some of the remaining people in the competition. It would definitely be an excellent time to improve with such strong competitors around.
"Now I will spin the wheel to decide the next event." Midnight called to the crowd. As the wheel spun, Izuku could see several events that did not seem very fun, but ultimately it landed on Calvary Battle. "Our next event will be the calvary battle. The rules are quite simple. Our students will divide into teams of 2-4 and make a horse and a rider. The rider will have the team's total points which have been decided based on the placement from the previous round. Anything goes except intentionally sabotaging another team. The goal is to finish, and the top 16 participants will advance. The points beginning from last place begin at 5 points and add 5 each time."
'That means I should be worth about 2- 'Izuku's train of though was suddenly interrupted.
"Except for first place which will be worth 1 million points." Midnight announced. The entire field seemed to turn on Izuku with bloodlust in their eyes. Izuku on the other hand could only grin back. There was nothing better than having the biggest target on his back. It might make it more difficult to find a team, but the victory would be even sweeter afterwards.
"Take 5 minutes to find your teams and then the event itself will last 20 minutes." Midnight announced.
"Come on then everyone, make it fun for me at least!" Izuku called out.