A.N.
Just to make it clear, Aizawa is not in the bandages in the watch room. Truth decided that keeping him in the state he was just before coming to the watch room (right after USJ) would unbalance the toll he agreed to. Aizawa will sometimes feel a bit out of it due to his on screen self being in pain and on meds thought.
Part of All Might's speech about how important it was to make in impression was repeated. Izuku wondered how he could do that, and All Might asked Izuku if he knew how the sport festival was set up, which lead into Midoriya explaining the basic set up aloud.
"Huh? The shitty business extras and gen eds compete too?" Bakugo asked.
"Well, yeah, that's why the starting group is always so big. Haven't you watched the festival before?" Sero asked, confusion clear in his voice.
"Oh, that's who those guys are. I don't have time to worry about some stupid extras, so I never bothered remembering them. They just distract from the hero course."
"I'll tell you right here and now Bakugo, that attitude could cost you." Present Mic said. "The sports festival is a chance for kids from other classes to make a name for themselves and get noticed, so if you don't give it your all you might end up losing your place to someone."
"I almost forgot about that part. There's been a couple times where a non hero course student made it really far. Does that mean they get transferred, kero?" Tsuyu asked.
"It's more than a matter of how far one gets, the system is a bit more complicated than that." Nedzu said, grabbing everyone's attention. "But the fact remains that making a sufficiently good showing in the sports festival can give one the possibility of getting transferred into the hero course, and a sufficiently dismal showing can get you transferred out of it."
The students looked at each other in surprise and dismay. They hadn't known losing their spots in the hero course was still on the table! Not for an event that Aizawa wasn't directly in charge of anyway. Seeing this, Present Mic rushed to reassure them. "That usually only happens if you do something REALLY bad though, like bringing along dangerous, unapproved equipment or sabotaging the other students."
"Indeed." Nedzu agreed. The students let out a collective breath of relief.
All Might told Izuku he'd have to really sell himself, and was visibly underwhelmed by the boy's reaction.
People snorted and giggled at All Might's over the top reaction.
"I can see how something like this would be difficult for you, Deku." Uraraka said thoughtfully.
"You mean because of how out of control my quirk is?" Izuku asked sullenly.
"No! Well, that is a problem, but it's not what I meant. I was trying to say you have a lot of talent but you're humble about it, so I can see how it would be hard for you to go out of your way to draw attention to yourself."
Izuku smiled a little, and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, before now, drawing attention didn't usually end well for me. So I guess it is hard to think of doing that now."
Uraraka's heart gave a painful squeeze at the reminder of what Izuku's childhood had been like. Iida filled in the silence when she paused too long. "I can see how that would make this difficult, but it is still something you must get used to if you hope to become a pro. It' something we'll all have to get used to really."
Izuku nodded slowly. 'Well, if I can get used to people viewing my life and to seeing the future, then I suppose I can get used to making myself the center of attention sometimes.'
Izuku went into a muttering session about how he wasn't sure he'd be able to stand out. All Might told him he was speaking nonsense, but that he wouldn't force the boy either. He told him remember the way he felt on Dagobah beach, and use that for inspiration.
Izuku did just that, remembering the pride and exhilaration that had filled him when he'd gone above and beyond expectations. If he could just find a way of channeling that...and find a way to make others see it too...
His thoughts were interrupted by a gasp of surprise, which turned out to be on-screen Uraraka, but was soon echoed by the real one next to him.
At the end of the day, a large group of students had gathered outside 1A's door. The class wondered what all the others were doing there, and Bakugo was the one to figure out they were there to get a look at their competition. So he insulted them and told them to move, much to the dismay of some of his classmates.
"Bakugo! You're gonna make them hate us!" Mineta wailed.
"Not my problem, balls for brains." Bakugo sneered. "We're not here to make friends with those wannabes."
Jirou smacked her lips, which caught everyone's attention. "So, show of hands, when we get to this point in real life, who wants to team up with me to gag Bakugo before we leave the room?"
"The hell long ears?!" Bakugo yelled, as hands went up around the room.
"As much as I appreciate a healthy spirit of competition," Nedzu interjected before the situation could escalate further. "it is important to remember that not all of those students are your opponents. Some of them could be business students, and it would be better for you to maintain a somewhat positive relationship with them."
"What for?" Bakugo demanded.
"Yeah, what do the business students have to do with us?" Kirishima asked, at a much more reasonable volume.
"The management course students are all about learning how to market heroes. When you get close to graduating, they'll be the ones to help you find things like sponsors, so it's better to stay on their good side." Present Mic explained. Nedzu nodded in approval.
"Though I must admit, some of the business students may take your caustic behavior as a challenge."
A new voice came from the crowd. A purple haired boy came forward, saying it was disheartening to see hero course students acting so arrogant. The boy reminded Bakugo that students in other courses also wanted to be heroes, and the festival was their chance. He took in the whole class as he declared war on them.
"Oh wow, I didn't think things would get so intense so soon." Hagakure said with slight awe. "The festival's still a ways off at this point, right?"
"I guess we weren't the only ones that got fired up by the announcement. But I suppose this could be a good thing, a reminder to keeps us motivated and on our toes." Momo observed.
"I would have thought the attack covered that, kero."
Seeing the stare down Bakugo and the purple haired boy were having on screen, Kirishima nudged the blonde with his elbow. "Looks like we've got a real competition going already huh?"
"Whatever, I don't give a fuck about him. If he couldn't even make it past the entrance exam he's got no business challenging me."
"The UA entrance exam isn't the be all end all of worthiness young Bakugo, and multiple heroes have become pros by getting transferred via the sports festival." All Might informed him.
Bakugo snorted. "Not anyone I hear about."
Aizawa raised an eyebrow at him. "You've heard about me. And Midnight."
"Wait, Mr. Aizawa, you and her were originally in Gen Ed?" Izuku asked.
"It shouldn't be that surprising. Neither one of us have quirks that are effective against robots, but they are very effective against actual people." Aizawa turned to level a look at Bakugo. "The entrance exam we have at UA leaves a big hole for certain types of quirks to fall into, and those quirks can be very powerful when given a living opponent." He turned so he could address the whole class. "Remember this time so I can stop repeating myself. Don't underestimate your opponent."
"Yes sir!" The class replied. Bakugo muttered it grudgingly, but didn't try to argue.
The stare down was interrupted by a boy from 1B, also shouting challenges and declaring them arrogant.
"I really wish they'd stop lumping us in with Bakugo. The rest of us didn't even say anything!" Uraraka complained.
"I agree, even from this perspective it seems like our own disagreement with his demeanor should have been obvious to them. We were quite animated." Iida agreed.
"Yeah, pretty sure Iida spoke a lot louder than Bakugo did too. Even the people in the back should have heard him." Sato pointed out
As Bakugo left, Kirishima pointed out that the others hating on them was Bakugo's fault. Bakugo stated that such things didn't matter as long as you still aimed and fought for the top.
"You got something to say Deku?!" Bakugo demanded, seeing the expression on screen Izuku's face.
"W-well, I'm not sure me and him are technically the same person anymore since we're going through different stuff." Bakugo was starting to look angrier "B-but! I was thinking that, what you said just then, helped me understand what All Might was saying earlier."
Bakugo actually look surprised for a brief moment, then he scowled and looked away with a muttered "Whatever."
Kirishima and a couple others agreed with Bakugo, while Kaminari argued he'd just given them more enemies.
"They were always going to be our enemies, or our competition at least." Tokoyami pointed out. "He just gave them greater incentive to be antagonistic."
"That's not helping!"
Izuku stared after Bakugo, and remembered all the different motivations he'd heard for his classmates trying to become pros, as well as remembering himself at Degobah.
"Wait wait wait, did...did Bakugo just inspire someone? Did Bakugo just inspire Midoriya with all that craziness?" Kaminari asked, eyebrows almost reaching his hairline.
"I guess one person's craziness is another person's inspiration." Shoji said with a shrug. A very big shrug. Kaminari shook his head.
"You're all nuts, how did I end up here?" He muttered to himself. Sero gave him a comforting pat on the shoulder.
"Tell me about it." Mineta muttered.
Izuku was shown training as he explained a bit more about the festival. Then others from class were shown training too.
Iida ran, Tsuyu practiced in the pool, Shoji lifted some very heavy weights. Hagakure attempted to do a pull up.
"Shoji, even with multiple arms, you should have a spotter during weight training." Aizawa pointed out.
"Yes, sir. I'll remember." Shoji said, rather embarrassed that he'd broken a basic work out rule in front of his teacher. He was quickly distracted from it when he saw Hagakure's bit. "You know, if you want some help training yourself to lift more, I could help out with that."
"You'd do that?" Hagakure asked, sounding delighted.
"Sure, I've got lots of experience with weights. Hmmm, our body types are pretty different though, so maybe that wouldn't work..."
"We could talk about it together." Izuku suggested. "From what I can tell, Hagakure, your strength level is similar to my own during the early parts of my training, so looking at my work out plan might help."
"That would be so great guys! Thank you!"
Ojiro and Sero practiced aerial maneuvers. Uraraka floated stones for others to use as target practice.
"Oooo, that's really clever." Uraraka said when she saw how she and Ashido were working together to train.
"Yeah, glad we thought of it." Ashido said with a grin, making Uraraka laugh.
"That is indeed a good strategy, since it allows you to help each other and better yourselves. Well done!" All Might declared.
A few moments later though...
"OW!" Aoyama cried, hands flying to the top of head as debris smashed into it on screen.
Recovery Girl tsked as she walked over to him. "Right before the Sports Festival is when we get our greatest amount of injures for the first half of the year. Excluding the festival itself, of course. Everyone's pushing themselves so hard."
Aizawa added 'situational awareness' to the list of things he should teach these kids sooner rather than later.
Koda and Sato practiced outside.
"Sorry I scared away all your birds Koda...and the squirels." Sato said sheepishly. The quiet boy waved off the apology. He really needed to find a way to get those kinds of critters to stick around during scary stuff...
Kirishima jumped from a high place and let himself smash into the ground.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Sero asked, watching Kirishima in awe.
"Not really, not when I've got my quirk on full coverage."
Bakugo's eyebrows rose, suitably impressed by the impact his friend left in the ground.
Bakugo worked on the size of his explosions, Kamanri used his electricity in a field...maybe a little too much.
Bakugo smiled at how big of a boom he managed. Kirishima gave him a fist bump.
"Kaminari if you get all goofy again just from training...I swear I will take pictures." Jirou declared.
"Noted." Kaminari said miserably, cursing the sudden fog in his brain. At least he had further motivation not to overdo it now...
Tokoyami stood in a dark field and let flood lights poor down on him and Dark Shadow.
Tokoyami could suddenly hear Dark Shadow cursing and complaining in his head.
"Sorry about that, Dark Shadow." He said, trying to soothe his other half.
Jirou threw darts with her earjacks. Mineta held a trophy and smiled.
"Pray tell, just what kind of training was that?" Aoyama asked.
"Positive visualization is a thing!" Mineta said, blushing in embarrassment.
Momo read a book. Todoroki practiced punches in his backyard
A number of students were disappointed that the camera didn't linger longer on Momo with her hair down, or on Todoroki in a sweaty tank top. Though probably for different reasons.
The time jumped ahead to the day of the Sports festival.
"Yes! Let's get this party started!" Ashido cheered. A rush of excitement swept through the students, all of them eager to see how the 'future them' might do.
"I know you're all excited, but remember to think of this as more than just a spectator sport. Even if we end up changing the Sport festival program, you can all learn something from seeing how your other selves handle each challenge." Aizawa reminded them.
"Yes sir!" Everyone called out. The excitement wasn't dampened in the least, but the teachers figured that was okay. Depending on how things go, this might be the last time they have to relax for a while.
As Izuku left his apartment, his mother made him promise to try not to get hurt.
Bakugo snorted. "That's one promise that's getting broken today."
"It...it might not..." Izuku mumbled. Bakugo gave him a look, which Izuku responded to with a self conscious smile. They both knew darn well Midoriya wouldn't get through the festival without breaking something. Uraraka and Iida gave their friend a consolatory pat on the shoulder.
Inko wished him luck, and Izuku was off. Reporters waited in line to be let onto the grounds, and they talked about all the controversy about the festival. One reporter declared that controversy equaled ratings.
Aizawa started grumbling some very unkind things about that woman and the media in general.
"Hmmm, I do believe that woman was one of the ones who tried to follow the students onto campus not long ago. Perhaps that incident could be enough reason to bar her from getting any further access." Nedzu mused.
"That would be nice." All Might admitted. He'd met enough reporters that he knew some had a good sense of decorum, but they were fewer in number than he would have liked, and this woman was not one of them. Her camera man seemed okay though.
The area outside the stadiums was shown, with lots of booths and merchandise. People were overheard talking about how things were different this year.
"Hm, I hadn't thought about how the events of the USJ would affect even the viewership of the third years." Tokoyami said.
"Good news for us right? More people watching means more chance of being noticed and scouted." Sato pointed out. Then he noticed how ill at ease Koda looked. "But it's probably mostly gonna be people who are a bit curious after all the stuff on the news. The number of people really looking at our performance will probably be about the same." He was relieved to see Koda relax a bit.
Todoroki frowned over what one pair in the crowd said. This festival would be his first step toward making sure he was seen as something other than his father's son. He would make sure of it.
A trio of newer pros, who many recognized from the first episodes and elsewhere, were seen visiting the food stands, and talking about how they were missing out on scouting due to being on security this year.
A few of the boys blushed a bit at the displya Mount Lady put on to get free food. Aoyama handed Mineta a tissue when he saw the boy was starting to drool.
"You think we'll be able to get away with that after we graduate?" Ashido wondered.
"You might be able to, I don't think that would work for me." Hagakure pointed out.
"Perhaps, but I don't intend to find out." Momo muttered.
"It is comforting to see that they've brought in well known heroes to help with security, even if they are a bit newer to the job." Ojiro said. A few people murmured in agreement. The students on screen may have had training and time to start moving past the USJ, but for the people in the room it had happened just a day or two ago and they'd had to relive it again yesterday. They couldn't help having some anxiety about how things would go during the festival.
Class 1A was shown in the waiting room, talking about the upcoming events. Iida came to gather them for their entrance, but before anyone could leave, Todoroki approached Izuku. He noted how Izuku was connected to All Might somehow, and because of that he would beat Izuku.
"Yeesh, what's with everyone declaring war with this episode? I know its important, but it's still a festival, not a duel to the death or whatever." Jirou complained.
"Yeah, what gives Todoroki? What did Midoriya do you you?" Hagakure asked.
"He hasn't done anything to me." Todoroki said. "I'm just stating the facts. He's someone I must surpass."
Izuku looked at Todorki, frowning thoughtfully.
Bakugo clenched his teeth. Why the hell was half and half marching up and challenging the nerd like he considered him his only competition? Sure he had guessed at some connection to All Might, but by that logic he should challenge Bakugo too since he was gonna beat All Might himself one day!
Kirishima tried to get Todoroki to calm down. But he was brushed off, Todoroki saying that he wasn't there to make friends.
"Well, yeah, technically I guess that's true. But being competitors doesn't mean we can't be friends." Izuku said. "I mean, I'm still friends with Iida and Uraraka, and we're gonna be competing."
Todoroki looked at him, then looked away. Izuku put his chin in his hand, wondering why the boy was so dead set on this.
Izuku was taken aback at first. But then he replied, saying that he didn't know what was going through Todoroki's head, but he did know that he and everyone would be aiming for the top, and that he refused to be left behind. So he would give it everything he had.
"Wow...I actually feel more invigorated after listening to that." Kaminari said in awe.
"Kid, did you manage to reply to that challenge and give a crowd rousing speech at the same time?" Present Mic asked with a grin. "Midoriya, you are gonna be a natural with the media one day!"
Izuku blushed and stammered at the praise, while All Might looked on fondly. Izuku could seem like a push over sometimes, but moments like this showed how much of a misconception that was. Moments like this also reminded All Might about why he had picked Midoriya to be his successor.
The scene switched to the arena, where Present Mic riled up the crowd with Aizawa by his side.
"Huh? What are you doing up there Mr. Aizawa?" Ashido asked in surprise. "You don't normally do announcer stuff, do you?"
"In previous years, I might step in during a break period. But no, normally I'd be helping out with the events, though I tend to stick to behind the scenes set up." Aizawa explained. He wondered if his furture self's role change occurred due to Recovery Girl's insistence or Present Mic's. Though he wouldn't put it past the two to collaborate. He looked over at Mic, and the man gave him a grin.
"I see, that would explain why I don't recall seeing you during previous years." Izuku muttered. "It makes sense an underground hero would want to stay out of the limelight; it makes it so fewer people recognize you."
Aizawa nodded, slightly relieved that Midoriya had done the rest of the explaining for him. The combo of injuries and drugs felt by his on screen self kept making things go suddenly foggy. He almost wished it was constant just so he would have time to get used to it.
Mic introduced the first years to the crowd. Inko was shown watching at home.
Izuku felt his heart lift at the sight of his mother watching so attentively, despite her obvious nerves.
All Might was shown watching too, as Izuku and his classmates first stepped out.
"Dang, do the two of you have telepathy?" Sero asked.
"Uh, I don't think so? That first line in All Might's voice was probably just me remembering and getting myself psyched. I feel like that's something I might do." Izuku said. Sero nodded.
"Still, it makes it look like you two are really in sync."
Izuku's eyebrows rose, and he looked at All Might, who gave him a smile and a helpless shrug.
Present Mic talked up 1A as they walked across the field. Izuku looked around, and commented on how many people there were. Iida wondered if it would affect their performance.
"Remember to breathe, Midoriya." Iida reminded.
Izuku took an exaggerated breath and gave him a shaky smile. It was hard to tell right now if the tightness in his chest was his own, or if it was being caused by his future self. "Right, like you said, we're gonna have to get used to the attention."
Iida smiled back. "Indeed."
"I think it will help that most of the audience members are too far away to see clearly, you know?" Uraraka said. "It'll make it easier to imagine they are just part of the scenery or something."
Kirishima and Bakugo talked about the crowd and intro too.
Uraraka huffed. "Of course Bakugo is eating this up. This is the part he's been waiting for, all the attention." she muttered.
Izuku hummed and nodded. It was about what he expected from Bakugo, and a part of him couldn't help but admire how easily Bakugo acclimated to the new setting.
Present Mic introduced the other classes with just as much enthusiasm, though the crowd wasn't quite as loud for them, which the students seemed to notice.
"I do feel a little bad about our class getting a head start in visibility compared to the others, even if the circumstances behind it were beyond our control." Momo said. A few classmates nodded with her.
"Hey now, none of that listeners." Present Mic admonished. "You all deserve recognition for dealing with USJ incident as well as you did. Besides, this could be a boon for them in the end. It will force the other classes to work harder if they want recognition."
Midnight was shown to be the one leading off the festivities, much to the delight or dismay of those watching.
"I keep telling you we should keep her limited to the third year arena." Aizawa muttered.
"She does tend to get a little carried away with performances like this." Present Mic agreed.
"I'll take it under advisement." Nedzu said.
Bakugo was called up to do the starting pledge, causing more nervousness from 1A and backlash from the other classes. Which only increased with Bakugo's 'speech'.
"Would it not make sense to have one of he class presidents make this speech? Or even the highest of the written test scores? This is a speech, not a battle." Iida said.
"W-well, doing well on a written test doesn't mean that you would be a good speaker either. And choosing one class president over another would also be unfair." Izuku pointed out. Momo hummed thoughtfully.
"But, the highest written test score would be a better representation of all the classes, since all of them had to take it to get in while only some of the students took the practical."
"I'm glad it wasn't the class president to do it." Hagakure whispered. Ashido giggled.
"Yeah, we'd be up there all day if he was allowed to do a speech!"
"Midnight might need to use her quirk to get him off, kero."
Izuku's thoughts revealed he knew what Bakugo was really doing, making the pressure on himself even higher so that he'd give an even better performance. Though he didn't appreciate Bakugo getting everyone else caught up in it too.
Bakugo's eyes widened when he heard that, but he quickly schooled his expression into a scowl. "Whatever, you should all be thanking me for turning up the heat like that!"
Some protested him forcing them into it, while others were too busy being surprised or impressed that Bakugo had had such a plan in the first place. Kirishima, of course, praised his manliness once again.
Midnight introduced the first trial: an obstacle course. After explaining a bit more, she reminded them that 'anything goes' so long as they didn't leave the bounds of the course.
"This is going to be madness." Tokoyami observed.
"Definitely." Shoji said with nod.
All of year one waited by the start line as the start counted down, Midoriya thinking about what he could do the whole time. When the buzzer sounded, there was a mad rush forward.
"Isn't there a risk of someone getting trampled?" Shoji asked.
"Well, for the hero course students, I consider this good training in making sure you don't get others hurt while attaining your goal. There are plenty of civilians who watch hero fights too closely after all." Nedzu said with a smile.
"More importantly, we have myself and a number of paramedics on stand by for such things." Recover Girl said, giving Nedzu an unimpressed look.
Present Mic started commenting, asking Aizawa to join in and calling him Mummy Man. Aizawa complained that Mic had forced him to be there.
"Don't call me that." Aizawa grumbled, while students chuckled over Mic's new nickname. At least he knew for sure which of them was responsible for their teacher being in the booth now.
The press of bodies in the narrow hallways showed many students being smashed together.
Cries of pain and noises of discomfort went up around the room. No one had time to ask if another was okay before they were feeling it too. It was quite the experience for those who had yet to feel the full affects of Truth's condition.
"I get it. -oof!- It's a bottle neck." Izuku said.
Todoroki suddenly activated his quirk, causing ice to burst through and out of the tunnel, freezing much of the competition in place. Various students were shown finding ways to pass or evade the ice, not all of them from the hero course.
Students who were shown to be doing well smiled or cheered at their success. Those who were shown struggling, but not trapped, just sighed in relief. Izuku was among the latter, but his attention was soon drawn by the purple haired boy.
'What kind of quirk must he have to get the other students to do that?' He wondered, theories already going through his head at a mile a minute.
Todoroki hummed thoughtfully when he saw who all had dodged his quirk.
Todoroki was surprised by how many people had managed to dodge. Mineta leaped forward and tried to pin the other boy down, but was hit by a robot.
Mineta shrieked and fell off his couch, which made many students wince.
"I got him." Kaminari said, going over to make sure the boy wouldn't accidentally hurt himself for real.
The robots turned out to be the zero pointers from the practical.
"Such intensity already, they really are making it a challenge." Aoyama mused.
"How the heck are we supposed to deal with that?!" Hagakure demanded. "You told us to run from them before!"
"And that's still an option, of course." Present Mic said, grinning. "It's hardly unfair to put these in when there are such powerhouses among you, and I'm sure you and others are capable of sneaking past too. Besides, Plus Ultra!"
Hagakure sighed. Sometimes she hated that saying.
Todoroki and Momo's comments showed that they hadn't seen the robots before, and Momo wondered about the funding for them.
"Oh yeah, sometimes I forget you guys didn't do the same test we did." Ojiro observed.
Nedzu opened his mouth.
"Just for clarification sir, the query about where the money comes from was mostly rhetorical." Momo clarified.
"Oh, I see. Perhaps I could tell you about it at the next break instead?"
"That should work sir, thank you."
Todoroki's was unimpressed with the robots, and said that he wished for more of a challenge.
"Dang man, talk about a bad ass boast." Kaminari said. "But keep those thoughts to yourself! You're going to give Nedzu ideas!"
"My future self was hardly shouting." Todoroki pointed out.
Todoroki made a comment about his 'stupid old man' and froze several robots at once.
Cheers went up around the room, as students were once again blown away by Todoroki's power. Izuku was too, but was also distracted by the other boy's comment.
"Do you not get along with your father, Todoroki?"
"No."
"Oh..."
Unsure of what else to say, Izuku went back to watching. All Might looked over at the boy in concern, wondering what Todoroki was thinking, and what he had to prove. Surely Endeavor didn't think his child lacking or unworthy or being a hero. A single session was enough for All Might to see how skilled the boy was.
Students tried to take advantage of the fact that the robots were frozen, but Todoroki warned them that they would fall over, which they did. Present Mic and Aizawa praised Todoroki in their own ways.
Todoroki nodded his thanks to the two teachers.
"Well, at least you said something." Jirou said faintly. Though he could have stood to do that just a bit sooner, in her opinion.
"I am not here to make friends, but that doesn't mean I want to hurt anyone unnecessarily. I made sure they would fall fast so not many would have time to run under them."
Izuku was shown, trying to think of something, then Inko was shown at home, begging her son to run away.
Guilt settled like a heavy stone in Izuku's stomach. It was only a little ways into the first task and he was already making his mother cry!
"It...it's okay Deku!" Uraraka said, clenching her fists and turning to him. "I know my parents are probably freaking out too, but we just gotta show them how good we're getting and then they'll know they don't have to worry so much!"
Izuku stared at her for a moment, then smiled and bumped his fist against hers. "Yeah, we'll show them it's okay, because we're there!"
Uraraka beamed.
Izuku was shown, thinking quickly about how he could get through. He flashed back to the entrance exam, where he froze up against his first robot. He showed none of that hesitation now, as he braced himself.
Then the episode ended.
"Oh come on! We were just getting to the good stuff!" Ashido whined.
"Yeah! I wanna see the rest of that race!" Kaminari cried.
"Next episode! Next episode! We gotta see the rest!" Hagakure cried.
"Alright, alright, we'll forgo the between episode break for now." Nedzu said, much to the students' delight.
