The entrance to U.A was crowded with people. It wasn't hard to guess the reason why. The day of the U.A. Sports Festival, a nation-viewed event, had finally arrived. Stands were lined up past the front gate of the school with people selling souvenirs and various kinds of food. The people gathered ranged from media reporters, to ordinary citizens, and even various pro heroes that were either working security or watching to scout some potential interns.

Normally most people would be going to the location of the third year events, as they were the most skilled. But this year there were a surprising number of people going to the first year's events. Between the famous Class A that had fought off villains at USJ to Class C that had been rumored to have been a major part of dealing with the villains at the HSI attack, many spectators were curious to see what the first years could do.

In the waiting room for Class 1-C, the students all waited for when they would be called to walk out onto the field. They had each spent the days leading up to this training harder than ever before. Today would be the moment of truth showing whether or not it had been worth it.

Sakura looked at her classmates, seeing more than a few of them tense from nerves. She herself was also nervous too. Following her responsibilities as class rep, Sakura tried to think of a way to encourage everyone. "L-Let's do our best out there, everybody."

"Yeah." Jill grinned. "Let's do this!"

There were mixed reactions amongst the students in the room. Some nodded in agreement, fired up by the encouragement. Others stayed as nervous as before. There were some like Shinobu and Kenta who seemed indifferent, with no way for the others to read them.

Before long, the time came for the first year classes to step out on the field. They each readied themselves for what would likely be a difficult competition.


"Hey! Make some noise all you rabid sports fans! Get those camera's prepped media hordes!" Present Mic shouted from his seat in the comentator's booth. "This year we're bringing you some of the hottest performances in Sports Festival history guaranteed. I've only got one question before we start this show. Are you ready?"

The crowd in the stadium roared with excitement. It was finally time for the Sports Festival that everyone had been waiting for. Up in the commentator's booth with Present Mic was Eraser Head, still bandaged up from his injuries at USJ.

"Let me hear you scream as our students make their way to the main stage!" Mic shouted. "This first group are no strangers to the spotlight! You know them for withstanding the villain attack! These dazzling students light up your tv with solid gold skill! The hero course students of Class 1-A!" As their class was called, the students of Class A stepped out onto the field. The cheers from the crowd were all the evidence needed that they were the ones to watch. Shortly after, Present Mic continued with the next class. "They haven't been given nearly as much screen time, but this next group is still chocked full of talent! Welcome hero course Class 1-B!" Just like with Class A, the students of Class B stepped out onto the field with determination in their eyes. "And last but not least of the hero courses, we have hero course Class 1-C!"

Each of the Class C students stepped onto the field together. The roar of the crowd was deafening. They each examined the thousands of people gathered to watch.

"Th-There certainly are more people than I was expecting." Sakura said nervously.

"Heh, no time for nerves Sakura." Hyde grinned. "All this means to me is more people to witness the start of my rise to greatness."

"Hmph." Shinobu pushed his glasses up slightly. "Just try not to make a scene when you don't get first place."

"And what makes you so sure I won't get it?" Hyde asked.

"Simple. Because there's no way you'll ever beat me."

"What was that?!"

"Enough you two." Nene said. "Don't cause a scene and make us look bad."

Present Mic went through introducing the rest of the first year classes, from D to L. Though with the festival tending to put most of the spotlight on the hero course students, one couldn't help but feel like they were simply extras. It was clear that the other classes weren't a fan of the lack of attention either.

All of the students gathered together on the center of the field. Standing on top of the podium was a female teacher of U.A in a rather questionable-looking outfit. The R-rated hero known as Midnight.

"Geez, is it really appropriate for a teacher to dress like that?" Daiki asked. "It's bad enough when it's in class, but this is on national television."

"For the student pledge, we have Katsuki Bakugo!" Midnight announced.

Everyone watched as the spiky haired boy from Class 1-A that they saw in the halls before walk up to the podium. His eyes didn't have the slightest hint of worry in them. He had full confidence in himself.

"Tch, why'd it have to be that guy?" Hyde asked.

"Well he did score first on the entrance exam after all." Dan pointed out.

Bakugo walked up and stood in front of the microphone. The entire stadium was silent as everyone waited to hear Bakugo speak. However, some did not care for what came out of his mouth.

"I just want to say… I'm gonna win."

Barely one second after the arrogant declaration of victory, practically everyone amongst the first years hissed and booed at Bakugo. If the others had a low opinion of his personality before, now it was at rock bottom.

"That does it! This guy needs to be taken down a peg!" Shiro said. "I'm gonna crush him!"

"I can't say I approve of him either." Marcus added.

"If he's going to make a statement like that, then he's going to have to prove he can walk the walk and then some." Sarah said.

After Bakugo walked off the podium, Midnight brought everyone's attention back to the festival. "Without further adieu, it's time for us to get started! This is where you begin feeling the pain! The first fateful game of the festival!"

A monitor appeared behind Midnight, spinning through a list of events. Everyone watched with anticipation for what would start things off for the games. Finally, the monitor stopped and read "Obstacle Race".

"So we're starting with an obstacle course, huh?" Fiona said. "Wonder what kind of stuff we'll have to do."

"All 12 classes will participate in this treacherous contest." Midnight explained. "The track is 4 kilometers around the outside of the stadium." She showed a devilish smirk. "I don't want to restrain anyone, at least to this game. As long as you don't leave the course, you're free to do whatever your heart desires. Now then, take your places contestants!"

All of the students gathered by the main gate, the starting line for the race. It was rather crowded, but everyone had their game faces on. The three lights went down before finally the signal to start came.

"Begin!"

With that the students took off running. Each and every student didn't waste any time trying to get through the gate. However, that in of itself turned out to be the first obstacle for many.

"And we're off to a racing start!" Present Mic said. He looked over to Eraser Head next to him. "How 'bout some color commentary Mummy Man?"

"How did you talk me into this?" Eraser replied with a tired voice.

Mic seemed to ignore his partner's unwillingness to be here as he continued. "What should we be paying attention to in the early stage of the race?"

"The doorway."

True to Eraser Head's words, simply getting through the doorway to the outside of the stadium was proving difficult for many. With the large number of students and limited space, the doorway had become a cluster of students pushing and shoving each other in an effort to get out.

'So this is the first obstacle.' Dan realized.

As the first few students began to get out of the gate, a sudden chill swept through the entire area. In seconds, everyone found the floor around them frozen with ice.

"What the hell?!"

"Who did this?!"

Students soon got their answer as a boy with a mix of white and red hair came running out. As he ran along the ground, more and more of the ground became encased in ice.

"Sorry about that." the boy said as he continued running.

"Oh come on! This isn't fair!" Fiona complained as she tried to free her feet from the ice.

The boy with the icy Quirk quickly took the lead. However as he turned around, he noticed a surprising number of people emerging from the gate as well, managing to evade the ice.

"I won't let you get away so easily, you icy hot bastard!" Bakugo shouted.

It wasn't just Class A students that managed to avoid the ice however. Class B and C students had also managed to find their own ways around the boy's trap. Satoshi and Marcus had both used their wings to fly over the student crowd at the gate, avoiding the icy ground. Similarly, Jill and Nene had used their Quirks to jump over the crowd, Jill with her spring legs and Nene creating clones that she used as airborne platforms to leap off of. There were others that had jumped up just in time to avoid the ice trap. One person in particular however was using the ice to his advantage.

"Thanks for the skating rink!" Dan grinned, sliding along the ice with impressive speed.

As he flew in the air, Marcus noticed Dan sliding along the ice. 'Dan's Quirk can control any water or ice he touches. Seems the ice wasn't an obstacle for everyone.' he thought. He looked on ahead at the boy who had created the ice. 'That guy. If I remember correctly, he's one of the ones that got in through recommendations. The son of the Number 2 Hero Endeavour. Shoto Todoroki. He's going to be a tough one to beat.'

Dan quickly caught up with Todoroki with the help of his Quirk. He showed a grin to the son of Endeavour. "Looks like our Quirks go perfectly together."

"Seems so." Todorki said in a nonchalant tone.

The two didn't get to chat for long as another student quickly closed in on them. This one was a small boy throwing odd balls from his head onto the ground and jumping off of them.

"You think you're so cool, but I've outsmarted you! How pathetic, Todoroki!" the boy said. "Eat this! My special attack! Gra-"

The boy didn't get to say anything else as a sudden object came out of nowhere and slammed right into him. The boy was sent rolling away, while Dan and Todoroki stopped in their tracks. Standing in front of them were large green robots that were as tall as buildings. Todoroki had never seen them before, but Dan and some of the other hero course students that had just caught up recognized them all too well.

"Those are… the zero point villains from the entrance exam." Lilina gasped.

"You've gotta be kidding me. Just one of those things was terrifying enough, and now there's a whole group of them?" Alicia said.

Dan tensed up, knowing just how tough these robots were. "Well this sure isn't going to be easy."

"Ha! Don't make me laugh!" Hyde said. He slammed his hand on the ground and a spiked pillar shot up going towards one of the robots. However, the second it made impact, the pillar shattered while barely leaving a scratch on the robot.

Marcus narrowed his eyes at Hyde. "You do remember you tried that last time and failed, right?"

"Sh-Shut up!" Hyde yelled back. "I was just checking if they were as tough as the one from last time!"

Nene rolled her eyes. "Sure you were. But seriously, anyone got an idea how to get past these things?"

"Hmph. So this is what they had at the entrance exam?" Todoroki said. "They obviously went to a lot of trouble, but I wish they prepared something a little more difficult." With a wave of his arm, a huge amount of ice shot up and forze parts of the robots, rendering them imobile. "Especially since my dear old dad is watching."

Everyone widened their eyes in disbelief at how easily the powerful robots were dealt with by Todoroki. Many soon snapped out of their shock as they noticed Todoroki already running under the robots. "He made a path! Let's go!"

Marcus was about to run as well when he noticed the sudden shaking of the robots, realizing what was happening. "Wait! Don't!"

Just as Marcus had predicted, the ice shattered. With the robots off balance at the time, they all fell together, creating a giant pile of rubble. Most had been fortunate enough to notice at the last second and stop themselves from getting crushed. However, one couldn't help but wonder if there were a few that hadn't moved away in time.

"Holy crap. Isn't this a bit extreme?" Nene asked.

Suddenly, a boy with red spiky hair smashed through the top of the pile of robots. "I'M ALIVE!"

Shiro blinked in surprise. "Wow. That guy must be crazy tough to survive that."

"Looks like he's not the only one." Daiki said. He pointed over to another spot where another student appeared. This one had a full metallic body.

"I guess both of their Quirks must harden their bodies." Lilina said. "They're practically twins in that regard."

Alicia looked around them. "Wait, wasn't Sarah just here too? Where is she?"


Todoroki ran as fast as he could. He had thought his trap with the zero point villains would have allowed him to keep the lead for a little while longer. However, one student had not only managed to keep up with him through that, but also pass him. Sarah Radcliffe of Class 1-C.

'Her Quirk seems to be teleportation.' Todoroki thought to himself, watching her move ahead of him in the blink of an eye. 'A Quirk like that is perfect for a racing event like this.'

Keeping the lead, Sarah continued to run. She glanced behind her, seeing that she still had a good lead on Todoroki. 'My Quirk could let me win this race easy if I just kept teleporting over and over again. But if I use it too much in succession, I'll drain away all my stamina and won't have any strength left for the other events. I need to pace myself accordingly.'

As she continued to run, Sarah soon saw the next obstacle in the distance. As she came to a stop, she saw several stone pillars connected by rope. Everything else was a deep chasm where the bottom couldn't even be seen. Todoroki soon caught up with Sarah, surveying the next obstacle as well.

Looking ahead, Sarah could see the end of the obstacle in the distance. It was too far for her to reach the end with a single teleportation. However, the pillars themselves were close enough where she could teleport between them with ease.

Wasting no time on keeping her lead, Sarah began teleporting across pillars one after another. Todoroki quickly began working his way across the chasm as well, not wanting to fall behind. Sarah's Quirk still gave her the advantage however as she reached the end first and began hurrying on ahead. Once Todoroki had crossed the chasm, he kept on going to catch up with the blonde girl from Class C.

Not long after Todoroki and Sarah finished, the main crowd of students arrived at the start of the second challenge. The deep chasm was more than enough to make people think twice about crossing without a plan.

"When did they build this?" a girl with short brown hair questioned.

As many students stopped to think, one girl with long black hair leaped halfway to a nearby pillar before latching onto a rope and nimbly crawling the rest of the way. Others quickly began working their way across too. Satoshi and Marcus began flying over the chasm with their wings, as did Vivi though her speed was much slower than them since she refused to shrink and let her clothes fall off of her. Dan brought out water from his body, creating two long tentacle-like limbs from his arms and jumped off. He hooked his tentacles around a rope and began swinging around as if he was a monkey swinging on a vine. Jill's jumping strength allowed her to ignore the rope and simply hop from pillar to pillar.

"Ugh, no fair! You guys with the mobility Quirks are so lucky!" Melody complained.

"Hehehehe." another voice said. "Here it is. Here's my chance to show off." Many heads turned to a girl with pink hair. Attached to her body were various kinds of equipment. "It's time for my support items to be in the limelight." She had a wide grin on her face as she shouted out into the sky. "Look, all you support companies across the country! Wire arrows and… hover soles!"

"Hey, that's cheating!" Shiro yelled. "We're not allowed to bring items or costumes!"

"The hero course undergoes combat training regularly, right?" the girls said. "To keep things fair, we're allowed to equip items and costumes so long as we develop them ourselves." She fired off a long wire from her belt that stabbed into a pillar before reeling herself towards it with surprising speed. "For those of us in the support course, this is the place where we can show off our ideas and skills to companies! Come take a look all you companies, especially the big ones! Look and see what my babies can do!"

"Argh, even the support course students are getting ahead!" Alicia said frustratingly. "No way am I falling any further behind!" Quickly hurrying on ahead, Alicia grabbed a rope and began crawling her way across as fast as she could while hanging upside down.

Many students decided it was time for them to get moving too. They all began hurrying their way across the course. The first among the large group to cross was Marcus, followed by Dan and Satoshi only a few seconds afterwards. The three males of Class C quickly ran on ahead.

"That was pretty clever of you, Dan." Marcus complimented as they ran.

"Well I can't take all the credit." Dan admitted, showing his arms where there was some ice attached to. "I took in some of the ice that guy from Class A brought out before and kept it on my body to give me more water to work with."

"I'm surprised I'm only seeing ice from him though." Marcus said. "I heard rumors he can use both ice and fire with his Quirk."

"We can wonder about that later. Right now he's way ahead of us, along with Sarah I bet." Satoshi said.

True enough, as they reached the next obstacle the three of them saw Todoroki and Sarah already there, as well as Bakugo. They would have ran straight on ahead if it weren't for the danger and warning signs showing that the area stretched out before them was a minefield.

'I won't be able to fly that distance in one go. If I land midway, I might accidentally set off a mine.' Marcus thought. 'Flying's too risky. I'll have to go on foot.'

Satoshi was also under a similar dilemma due to the winds not being strong enough. So all three of them carefully began making their way across the minefield, careful not to set off any traps. Thankfully, the locations of the mines were visible so it was all a matter of keeping their eyes peeled. They had barely made it ten feet though before others could be seen coming up from the rear to the entrance of the minefield.

Todoroki and Sarah were both ahead, carefully maneuvering around the visible mines. With this, they were at a disadvantage since they were in the lead. However, Bakugo soon caught up to them with his Quirk. He appeared in between Todoroki and Sarah, holding his arms out to each of them before firing off an explosion from each hand. Both Todoroki and Sarah barely managed to duck in time to avoid getting blasted away.

"Don't declare war on the wrong person, you icy hot bastard!" Bakugo yelled at Todoroki. Sarah attempted to use Bakugo's focus on Todoroki to her advantage and teleport away, but a warning blast from Bakugo kept her from doing so. "And don't even think about trying to warp away from me, loser. If you're gonna run away, then let it be behind me where you belong!"

"Not on your life." Sarah glared.

The struggle for first place became neck and neck between Sarah, Bakugo, and Todoroki. Each of them fought with the other two as they kept moving ahead. Sarah was unable to teleport ahead with two adversaries keeping her from focusing her vision on a specific spot ahead. Behind them, they could hear explosions occurring here and there from careless students setting off mines. But none of that mattered to them. Each one of them only cared about dealing with the other two and moving on to finish in first place. However, all that changed when they heard a massive explosion, one far bigger than any of the previous ones, occur behind them. They watched as a single student came flying towards them on what appeared to be a sheet of armor from the robot villains earlier.

"Deku?!" Bakugo gasped.

"Did Midoriya set off mines on purpose?" Todoroki wondered.

Midoriya closed the distance between the lead and him in an instant and sped past them as he flew midair. Bakugo quickly leaped into the air and flew towards Midoriya, using his Quirk to close the distance. Sarah and Todoroki also stopped their fighting and put all of their effort into catching up.

Behind the four students up front, others quickly hurried to catch up. There were many all fighting to get first place and none of them could afford to waste another second.

'I'm far enough in now. I should be able to make it to the end.' Marcus thought. He ran as fast as he could while avoiding mines to get enough of a running start before kicking off the ground and bringing out his wyvern wings to fly through the air.

Dan didn't have any way to safely traverse the remaining minefield distance quickly, but he picked up the pace and ran faster. 'I'm not going to let them get any further ahead.'

Sarah, Bakugo, and Todoroki all managed to catch up with Midoriya as the boy began to lose speed with his descent. It was clear he wasn't going to reach the end of the minefield with his trajectory. But to the surprise of the other three, just as soon as they had passed him, he swung the makeshift shield down on the ground, setting off even more mines. He flew forward, taking the lead once again. Sarah stopped briefly to endure the shockwave and avoid falling over. The same occurred with Bakugo and Todoroki. All four of them reached the end and it became a full on sprint to the end. Marcus reached the end next, followed by a black haired male student with glasses that had what seem to be engines on his lower legs. Dan and Satoshi made it next, and many were close behind.

"This is gonna be close!" Present Mic shouted from the commentary booth. "Who will make it first?!"

The audience watched with anticipation for who would make it back first. Finally they got their answer as the green haired boy raced past the gate.

"Izuku Midoriya is our champion!" Present Mic exclaimed.

Midoriya desperately tried to catch his breath, fully exhausted from his reckless stunt towards the end of the race. Todoroki finished next, with Bakugo barely a second after him. Sarah came through next. After those four, a flurry of other students began making it through the gate one after another. It was no surprise that nearly all of the top finishers were from the hero course.

In the stands, Yamagori and Vlad watched together. "Your students aren't half bad." Vlad said with a grin.

"Well of course. First place will end up going to one of them after all." Yamagori replied with a smirk.

"Heh, we'll see."

On the field, Sarah wiped the sweat from her forehead. 'Darn. All three of them finished before me in the end. Bakugo and Todoroki charged on ahead while I was recovering from the explosion's shockwave.' She clenched her fists in frustration. 'Class 1-A. They're strong alright.'

"Nice work out there, Sarah." Marcus said as he walked up to his friend. "I see you worked hard with your training."

"Yeah." Sarah said. "But it still wasn't enough. I'm not giving up though. I'm going to win this in the end."

"I'm not planning to lose either." Marcus told her with a grin. "So you better bring your A game for the other events too."

Sarah nodded with a soft smile. "You know I will."

After everyone had finished, the monitor showed the placements of everyone from first down to forty-second. "Only the top forty-two will advance to the next round." Midnight declared. "But don't be too let down if you didn't make the cut. We've prepared other opportunities for you to shine."

As Dan continued to catch his breath, he noticed Alicia walk over to him. "Hey. Looks like you made it through." she said.

"Yeah." Dan nodded. "Though I was hoping to finish a little higher."

"You still made it in the top 10." Alicia looked up at the monitor. "My Quirk didn't help for anything after the first barrier, so I only managed 18th. But I'll be sure to do better in the next round."

"Did everyone from our class make it?" Dan asked as he looked at the monitor and scrolled through the list of names.

Before Dan could even reach his answer, he got it from Lilina. "Seems not." the redhead told him. "Fiona, Merci, Daiki, Rekka, and I didn't make the cut."

"All five of you didn't make it? Really?" Alicia said in surprise.

"There are 60 hero students in the first years after all." Lilina said with a shrug. "Some of us were bound to miss out. All three hero classes had people that didn't make it."

Marcus and Sarah looked over at Daiki leaning against the wall. They walked over to him, knowing he was likely feeling depressed right now.

"Don't worry. I'm sure you showed off your skills for some hero agency to notice you." Marcus said.

"I'm not so sure." Daiki said with a shake of his head.

Sarah stepped up towards her friend. "That's not true. Even if you didn't make the cut-"

"No, you guys don't get it." Daiki told them. "It's weird but… I don't even remember running through that race at all."

Marcus and Sarah blinked in surprise. "Seriously?" Marcus asked.

Daiki nodded his head. "I remember everything up to gathering at the starting gate. Then the next thing I know, I was near the end of the course. Everything in between is a blur."

"Are you sure you're ok? Maybe you should see the nurse." Sarah suggested.

"No, I feel fine now. That's what's weird." Daiki said.

Marcus thought to himself. "Could it have been due to someone's Quirk?"

"I can't deny the possibility." Daiki told them. He let out a sigh. "In any case, you two better make sure you get through the next event for me."

"Of course." Sarah said with a nod.

Up at the podium, Midnight addressed the students to announce the second game. "Let's see what we have in store for you next. Will your wildest fantasies come to life? What could it be? The waiting is torture. Prepare yourselves… for this!" The spinning roulette on the monitor stopped and showed the event name. Cavalry Battle.

"A cavalry battle?" Sakura asked. "But that's not an individual thing."

"This just got interesting." Jill said with a smirk.

"Allow me to explain." Midnight spoke. "The participants will form teams of two to four people as they see fit. In theory it's basically the same as a regular playground game. But there is one difference. Each player has been assigned a point value based on the results from the obstacle course."

'In other words, each team will be worth a different number of points.' Nene thought to herself. 'There'll be a bit more strategy involved.'

"Now then, the point assignments go up by increments of 5, starting from the bottom. For example, forty-second place is worth 5 points, and forty-first is worth 10. And the point value assigned to the first place contestant is… 10 million!"

At the announcement of the first place point value, all eyes fell on Midoriya, who seemed to be on the verge of a panic attack. With such a high point value compared to the rest, anyone who got their hands on his points would be guaranteed to move onto the next round. A chance for those at the bottom to go straight to the top.

"These are the rules that you'll abide by." Midnight continued. "The game itself will last 15 minutes. Individual point values will be added together to reach your team total. Everyone will know how much you're worth thanks to your headbands. Swipe as many headbands as you can to raise your team's score. Stolen headbands must be worn from the neck up, so the more you steal the harder it will be to manage them. And another thing. Even if your headband gets stolen or your team falls down, you can keep playing until time's up. This is going to be rough. You may use your Quirks as much as you like. But, there are still rules. Make a team fall on purpose and I'll slap you with a red card. You'll be disqualified."

'Well that's boring.' Hyde thought.

A monitor showing a timer appeared behind Midnight. "You've got 15 minutes to build your teams. I recommend you get started."

Everyone quickly began forming teams together. With teamwork being key, most were sticking to their own classes. Even if everyone hadn't been together for long, any amount of time to build up a bond could help.

'Who should I pick for my teammates?' Dan asked himself. 'I've got a decent amount of points, so defense should be the main focus rather than offense. Based on everyone's Quirks in Class C, my best bet would probably be-'

"Yo. Dan."

Dan turned to see Hyde walk over to him. The ashy haired teen looked him in the eyes. "I want you on my team. You up for it?"

"Me?"

"I saw you fight when that villain attacked us, so I know you've got skill. And you finished high up in the obstacle course too. Your water Quirk is pretty versatile, so I'll make use of that." He turned his gaze away slightly. "Not that you finishing before me in the race makes you better or anything! It was just luck, so don't forget that!"

As much as Dan didn't care for Hyde's ego, he knew that he was strong. With him on the team, his chances of winning were definitely better. "Alright. I'm in."

"Good." Hyde said. He glanced over at Alicia. "You can join too if you want, Double Quirk."

"I don't have two Quirks you dumbass! It's just one Quirk that has different effects based on whether it's day or night!" Alicia told him. "And you promised not to tell anyone!"

"Oh relax. It's not like anyone even knows what we're talking about. They're all busy making their own teams." Hyde said. "Anyhow, we've got me on top and you two carying me. We just need one more for carrying to have a full team of four."

"Actually Hyde, I don't think you should be the rider." Dan said.

"What?! Why?!" Hyde yelled. "If you think just cause you beat me in the obstacle race that you're better than me, then you-"

"Hyde, what is your Quirk?" Dan asked him.

"Huh? I create objects from the ground by making a territory, duh?"

"And how do you make your territory?"

It suddenly hit Hyde where Dan was going with this. If Hyde was the rider, then he couldn't touch the ground. That meant his Quirk would be completely useless. He let out a frustrated sigh. "Fine, point taken. Then who should we have as our last guy?"

Dan looked around the field. Marcus and Sarah were close friends, so they would likely team up, meaning both of them were out. He considered Shinobu, but he already seemed to be in the works of forming his own team in the distance. 'Hyde's Quirk can be useful for defense, and Alicia's can keep others at bay. We should probably go for a power type. That would mean...' He quickly looked around for the classmate that came to mind. When he finally caught sight of him, he called out his name. "Shiro!"

The human crocodile turned to Dan as he heard his name called. "Yeah?"

"You wanna join our team?" Dan asked as he, Alicia, and Hyde walked up to him. "We could use a guy like you up front to protect us."

"You guys, huh?" Shiro said as he crossed his arms and thought about it. His gaze went to Hyde. "Did Hyde here strongarm you two onto his team?"

"Oh piss off croc boy." Hyde retorted.

"Hey, no fighting!" Alicia said. "If we're doing this, we'll need to work together."

Shiro looked to Dan. "So who's gonna be rider?"

"If everyone's alright with it, I'll play the rider." Dan said. "Between all of us, my Quirk is probably the best suited for protecting the headbands. Alicia can have one arm free to fire off blasts from her Quirk. Hyde can create structures from the ground to block off others. And you Shiro can be our front man, keeping others at bay with your large body and jaws."

"Hmm… ok then." Shiro said. "Let's do it."

"Alright!" Alicia said, pumping her fist into the air. "Let's do this, Team DASH!"

Hyde narrowed his eyes at her. "Team DASH?"

"What? It's the first letter of each of our names." Alicia said. "It works. This American-made show I watch does it all the time."

"Whatever you say."

"It's really cool!" Alicia argued.

"Sounds really lame."

"Hmph. You just can't spot quality entertainment." Alicia said.

Dan let out a sigh. "Well in any case, we've got our team. Let's talk about what we'll do strategy-wise."

Time passed as teams began to get formed one by one. Soon, everyone was in their own groups discussing how to move through the cavalry battle. Each team with their own ideas of how to protect their headbands and who to target. But they didn't have all the time in the world to strategize. Before they knew it, the fifteen minutes were up as a loud buzzer sounded.

"Oh goodie, it's time to get this party started." Midnight said.

"After fifteen minutes to pick teammates and talk strategy, twelve cavalry teams are prepared to go head to head." Present Mic called out.

Eraser Head lead forward, curious at what he saw. "I see some unexpected student combinations."

"Come on! Everyone, get your hands in the air! It's time for an arena bumping U.A battle royale! Let me hear you scream!"

Gathered around the perimeter of the field for the event, the twelve teams all stood at the ready. Besides the team of Dan, Alicia, Shiro, and Hyde, there were two other notable teams for Class 1-C. Together with Marcus and Sarah were the duo of Hikari and Kenji. Shinobu had also formed himself a decent team together with Jill, Melody, and Nene. Vivi and Satoshi were on a team together while surprisingly Sakura was with a mix of other students from other classes that had a purple haired boy as the rider. There were plenty of other teams consisting of Class A and B, as well as a couple of rouge students from other classes.

Finally the time came for the second game to start as Midnight gave the call. "And begin!"

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and that you're all staying safe with all the chaos going on right now in the world. Next chapter should be out in a week or two. Stay Plus Ultra everybody.