The second the cavalry battle began, it was clear who most of the teams were targeting. More than half of the teams made a breakneck dash straight for Midoriya's team and the 10 million point headband. There were those however that decided differently. Dan's team was one such group.

"I still say we should go for the ten million points." Hyde said. "Their team doesn't look like anything special to me. I bet we could take it easily."

"We can't afford to be reckless, Hyde." Dan said. "For starters, we don't know what that guy's Quirk is since he didn't use it in the first round. Plus, even if we do manage to grab their points, we'll be stuck defending it for the rest of the game. We'll keep our distance from them and gather points from other teams for now. Then at the end, we grab the ten million."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Shiro grinned. "So who's our first target?"

"Go for the teams running towards the ten million. We'll catch them by surprise."

As the team was about to take off running, Alicia noticed something in the corner of her eye. She turned her head and gasped. "We've got company!"

Dan quickly turned his head to the left where Alicia was and saw what she meant. Sarah's team of herself, Marcus, Hikari, and Kenji were coming straight for them. They seemed to be another group deciding to ignore the ten million points for now.

"Nothing personal guys, but we're taking those points." Sarah smirked.

"Hyde!" Dan shouted.

"On it!" Hyde said. Acting quickly, he stomped his left leg on the ground, setting up his territory. Shortly after, a wall rose up from the ground, blocking them off.

Dan kept his guard up, knowing Sarah's team would have to go left or right to proceed towards them. He surrounded his arms with water, planning to stretch them out and grab Sarah's headband from whichever side they emerged from. The tension was thick in the air as his team prepared themselves. Then, Dan saw something emerge from the right side.

'There!' Dan stretched out an arm of water, aiming for where Sarah's head would likely be when it emerged. However, not even a second later, the team realized that Sarah wouldn't be coming out. The only thing that emerged from the right side was a jersey. 'What?!'

At the same moment, Sarah's team emerged from the left side. The lack of the rider's jersey on made it clear that the one Dan had just mistaken for the enemy team belonged to Sarah.

"Looks like you fell for it!" Sarah grinned. She suddenly disappeared, using her Quirk to teleport. Dan caught her reappearing right behind him. Dan managed to tilt his head away just in time to barely avoid letting Sarah grab his headband.

'That was seriously way too close.' Dan thought.

With her attempt failed, Sarah teleported back to her team before her body could hit the ground. "Damn, almost had him."

"What's the plan, Sarah?" Marcus asked. "I don't think they'll let us take their headband easily now."

"Agreed." Sarah said. "Let's fall back and go for someone else."

"Oh no you don't!" Hyde yelled. "You're not getting away from us!"

"Let's go, guys!" Dan called out.

The four of them pressed the charge as they ran straight towards Sarah's team. Marcus brought out his wings and flapped them for a powerful gust of wind to keep them at bay. They then used the opportunity to begin a retreat.

"Get back here!" Shiro shouted.

As Sarah's team began to run, Hikari's ears suddenly picked up on the sound of footsteps headed their way. "Behind us!"

Sarah turned her head too late however, as her headband was suddenly pulled off. She gasped as she turned to see a familiar face holding her headband in his hand.

"To think you were so focussed on what was in front of you, you forgot to keep a lookout for other teams. It's quite sad, really." Monoma said.

"You're the guy from Class B." Sarah glared.

"That's right. You were all so boastful the other day, but frankly I'm not that impressed." Monoma said. "None of you were thinking about the big picture here."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Hikari glared.

"For the obstacle course, Midnight said it was the first game." he explained. "Taking that into account, it wouldn't make sense for them to cut a ton of people so early on. Estimating they'd keep at least roughly 40 or so people, we simply made sure to stay within that margin as we made our way through the race. And the whole time we got to observe both Class C and A, showing off their Quirks and personalities to the fullest. Only a fool would obsess over winning the preliminaries."

"So you planned this as a class then?" Sarah said.

"It wasn't totally unanimous, but I'd say it's panning out well." Monoma smirked. "Anyway, see you later Class C."

"Seems they got us." Kenji said.

"What do we do, Sarah?" Marcus asked. "We've got zero points now? Who do we go for?"

Alicia looked up towards Dan. "We should get moving. We don't need them coming after us when they've got nothing to lose."

Dan nodded his head. "Agreed. Let's get going."

As they turned to move however, Dan's team was met with a surprising attack. A group of five Nenes came running at them.

"We'll be taking that headband, now!" Nene said.

"Alicia, shoot 'em down!" Dan called out.

Alicia quickly followed Dan's command and held out her free arm with her palm open. She began firing off blasts of sunlight one after another. Dan also did his part to help the defense by attacking with a blade of ice connected to his arm by a whip of water. Once the Nenes were hit, they evaporated into mist. Their origin wasn't hard to guess, with the team of Shinobu, Nene, Melody, and Jill standing behind where the clones had been.

"We just can't catch a break, can we?" Hyde complained.

"If Nene sends out an army of clones, we'll be in trouble." Shiro said. "What do we do?"

"We should be fine for now I think." Alicia said. "Remember, Nene gets smaller the more clones she makes at once. If there's too many, then they'll lose their balance and fall over. I'm guessing the amount she sent out just now is roughly her limit while being able to hold Shinobu up."

"They'll also have reduced mobility whenever her clones are present." Dan added. "If we keep our guard up, we can do this."

"It seems you have a good combination of Quirks for defense." Shinobu spoke. He glanced over at Sarah's team. "Not that I can say the same for them."

"What?!" Hikari glared.

Shinobu pointed at them. "In a competition like this, the only ones that can effectively use their Quirks are you, Radcliffe and Cersy. The other two can only help hold you. Their Quirks are rather useless in an event like this."

Marcus glared at his violet haired classmate. "Shinobu…"

"Hey, you don't have to put it so bluntly." Nene told her teammate.

Melody nodded her head in agreement. "Yeah, there's no reason to be so mean."

"They're our classmates, aren't they?" Jill told him.

"So what?" Shinobu said. "We're not here to play buddy buddy. This is a competition. And that makes everyone an enemy."

Hikari grit her teeth. "That guy's really pissing me off."

"Everyone, looks like we have our next target." Sarah said. "Forget Dan and Monoma's headbands for now. We've got a different enemy to fight."

"Roger that." Marcus said as he got fired up. "Let's show him what we've got."

"How do we proceed, Dan?" Shiro asked. "Do we go for Shinobu's headband?"

Dan weighed their options. With two teams after them, Shinobu could get careless and give an opening for them to take advantage of. But more likely than not, the majority of their focus would be on them rather than Sarah's team since they actually had points to take.

Over the speaker system, Present Mic spoke to the crowd. "Now who wants to take a look at each team's points so far? It's been seven minutes, so let's get those rankings thrown up on the screen!"

Up on the monitor, the totals of each team were shown in real time. Dan glanced up at the monitor to see how the other teams were doing in comparison to them. Midoriya's team still seemed to have the ten million headband with them being in first place. Monoma's was in second at around 1300 points, proving he had been busy collecting a few headbands over the course of the game so far. With only their original headband worth 625 points, Dan's team was in 5th at the moment. Shinobu's team was right behind them in 6th.

"We need to nab some points, so let's just get the ones in front of us." Hyde said.

'We've been acting reserved so far. We need to be more aggressive if we're going to win.' Dan thought. "Alright let's- Woah!" Dan stopped mid sentence as his team began to wobble slightly. "What's wrong?"

"I'm not sure." Alicia said. "We're sinking into the ground for some reason."

"I can't get free." Shiro said as he tried to move his legs out of the mushy ground. "Is it someone's Quirk?"

Hyde looked around and finally saw a team heading their way. "Looks like we've got our answer."

Dan saw the team as well, with the metallic guy from Class B riding on top. Tetsutetsu was his name if he recalled correctly. He froze the water around his arms, turning them into a pair of icy claws. He looked down at his teammates. "Can we get out?"

"I'm not sure." Alicia said as she desperately tried to free herself. "Can you rise us up with your Quirk, Hyde?"

"I'm trying." Hyde told her. "But my Quirk only works on solid stuff. The ground around us is too liquidy with whatever the hell they did."

"Then I guess we make our stand here." Dan said.

Tetsutetsu had a look of determination blazing in his eyes. "Your points are ours."

Shinobu noticed the predicament Dan's team was in as well. "Now's our chance. Let's grab their points."

"Not so fast!"

Shinobu watched as Sarah's team started charging their way. All four of them glared at Shinobu as the violet haired student readied himself. "Don't get so cocky." Shinobu said.

"That's our line!" Marcus yelled.

"We'll show you just what we're capable of." Sarah said.

"See? This is because you had to go and insult them, Shinobu." Nene told her team's rider.

Shinobu rolled his eyes. "Getting emotional because your pride was hurt? How pathetic." He called out to his teammate. "Fukuyame, do it!"

Melody nodded her head and quickly began singing. "Fall to sleep, little lambs. Let your dreams take you in. Fall to sleep little lambs. Sleep will wash your sins."

As Melody's singing entered their hearing, the movements of Sarah's team began to grow sluggish. "Damnit, I'm losing my strength." Marcus said.

"This is what it means to have useful Quirks at your disposal." Shinobu said. "A Quirk that can empower us or weaken foes. A Quirk that can send disposable soldiers out as our offense to avoid getting in close. A Quirk that can allow us to move great distances if need be." He then showed his open palm with a transparent orb of energy in it. "And a Quirk capable of keeping enemies at bay, combined with a strategic mind to adapt to any situation."

'We need to do something. If we don't, we can kiss our chances of moving on goodbye.' Sarah thought.

Melody stopped her singing. "That should keep them sluggish for a little longer. Any more and they might fall over."

"That could be seen as us trying to make them fall on purpose. Best to avoid that." Shinobu said, understanding his teammate's thought process. He looked over and saw Dan's team still battling it out with Tetsutetsu's team. "Very well then. Now let's continue."

Shinobu's team took off running for Dan's and Tetsutetsu's teams. With the two of them still focussed on each other, stealing at least one headband would be simple. With that combined with the points they currently had from their own headband, moving into the top 4 was more or less guaranteed.

"We're not done yet!"

Shinobu rolled his eyes at Marcus's shout. "Can't you face reality and know when you're-" The rest of the statement died on his tongue as he turned his head and widened his eyes. Sarah's team was charging at them full speed. 'How?! They should still be under the effect of Fukuyame's Quirk!'

"You ready, guys?!" Sarah asked, determination burning in her eyes.

"You bet!" Marcus confirmed.

"Always." Kenji said.

"Whenever you're ready, Sarah." Hikari grinned.

Sarah readied herself and leaped into the air once they were close enough to Shinobu's team. Shinobu fired a psychic blast at Sarah, but the girl teleported before it could connect. She reappeared right behind Shinobu, getting the extra height in the air from her jump before to position herself perfectly.

"As if I'd fall for such a simple trick." Shinobu said, turning around to swing his arm at Sarah. But as he did, Sarah warped away once again. "What?!"

"In front of us!" Jill warned.

Shinobu turned back around, but as he did, the headband he was wearing was ripped right off of him by Sarah. She was hanging onto Marcus as they leaped through the air with Marcus's wings. They landed together with Sarah holding her position on top of her teammates.

'Impossible…' Shinobu thought, unable to believe what had just happened.

"You said Kenta and I were worthless for this game." Hikari grinned. "How about now?"

"It's true our Quirks won't be of much use for something like a cavalry battle." Kenji told him. "However, we are more than our Quirks."

"I got us some distance in the air with my wings." Marcus explained. "And with Hikari and Kenji's top notch sense of balance, we kept ourselves steady and caught up while you were distracted by Sarah behind you."

"This is what our teamwork looks like." Sarah said. "What do you think, Shinobu?"

Shinobu felt his hands twitching slightly. One thing in all of this didn't make sense to him. How had they shrugged off the effect of Melody's song so quickly? As he took a closer look at Sarah's team, he soon realized the answer. On Sarah's cheek was a slight bruise. And for the rest of her team there was a minor cut on each of them, nothing serious but still enough where it had likely hurt.

'They hurt themselves and used the pain to bring their focus back.' Shinobu realized. 'To think I would lose to such a reckless stunt.'

"What do we do, Shinobu?" Nene asked. "We're sitting at zero points right now."

"The answer is obvious." Shinobu said. "We take our points back!"

"Go ahead and try." Sarah told him.

While Sarah and Shinobu's teams stared each other down, Dan's team was still occupied dealing with Tetsutetsu and his team. The trap that the front horse of the Class B team had set for them kept Dan and the others from moving much. However, the defensive combination of their team had managed to keep Tetsutetsu and the others at bay. It was a stalemate between the two teams.

"Any luck, you guys?" Dan asked quietly.

"Still stuck." Hyde responded.

"Sorry, but you and Alicia are gonna have to hold out for a bit more." Shiro said. "We can't struggle our way out too much or we're gonna be vulnerable."

Dan dodged another attempt from Tetsutetsu to grab his headband. The range he had access to with just the water in his body was just barely enough to keep them at bay.

"Heh, you Class C guys are pretty good." Tetsutetsu said with a grin.

"I could say the same about you." Dan responded.

"Less than one minute left!" Present Mic shouted.

'Damnit. We still need more points to get in the top four.' Dan thought.

"... Dan, I've got an idea." Hyde said.

Dan glanced down at his teammate. "What is it?"

"I think I can get us out of this thing. And give us a chance to grab their points while we're at it." Hyde said in a quiet tone so the other team wouldn't overhear them. "But it's gonna be a little rough, so the three of us are gonna have to put everything into not tumbling over. That means defense and offense are gonna be up to you briefly."

Dan nodded his head. "Alright. Whatever your plan is, if you think it'll work then let's try it."

Hyde closed his eyes and relaxed his breathing. 'Picture it. The thing you want to create.' A few seconds later he opened his eyes. Keeping one hand held to Shiro's, Hyde reached out for the part of the field that wasn't softened yet. It was a long reach, but he managed to just barely touch his fingers to it. And with a clear idea in his head, he shifted the ground around them.

Tetsutetsu's team struggled to keep their balance as the area around them shifted slightly. The ground bent down while other parts tilted up. In an instant, Hyde had managed to change the area around them into what resembled the inside of a bowl. The border of the softened area they were in had also been part of the change causing the mushy liquid to spread out and no longer hold them down.

"Now! Do it!" Hyde shouted.

Shiro and Alicia didn't need to be told twice as they took off running in the direction of Tetsutetsu's team. While they were still regaining their balance, Dan reached out with a watery arm and hooked it around one of the enemy team's headbands. He yanked it off of Tetsutetsu's head as they ran past them.

"Crap, they got it!" Tetsutetsu shouted. "We gotta go after them!"

"Sorry, don't think so." Hyde grinned. Using his Quirk, he created a cage and trapped the four Class B students inside. It wouldn't hold them forever likely, but long enough for them to put enough distance between them.

"Damnit!" Tetsutetsu yelled.

Reaching the end of the shifted area Hyde made, the team jumped up and landed back on the rest of the field. And they now had two headbands worth of points.

"Alright, now let's go for the ten million!" Dan declared.

"Time's up!" Present Mic suddenly called out. "And with that, the second round is officially over!"

The sudden announcement nearly made the four of them fall over. Shiro groaned in annoyance. "Seriously?! And we were all fired up too!"

Dan sighed as he dismounted from his three teammates. "Well so much for grabbing first place."

"Did we make the top four though?" Alicia asked as she and her teammates looked to the monitor.

"Now, let's take a look at who our top four teams are." Present Mic announced. "In first place, Team Todoroki! In second place, Team Bakugo! In third place it's… Team Shinso?! Wait, when did they come back from the dead?! And in fourth place is Team Midoriya!"

Looking at the full scores on the list, Dan's team saw themselves in fifth place, tied dead even with a team from Class B that was led by someone named Kendo according to the monitor. They let out a sigh. "Damnit, and we were so close." Alicia complained.

"Seems Sakura was the only one in our class who made it through then." Dan said, looking over to Team Shinso where she was, along with a student from Class A and another from Class B.

"These four valliant teams will advance on to the final round!" Present Mic spoke. "Now, let's take an hour lunch break before we start the afternoon festivities! See ya soon!"

"Ugh, this sucks." Nene said with a frustrated sigh.

"Yeah, but in the end we did our best. No shame in that." Jill said.

"Tch, how pathetic." Shinobu muttered as he began to walk away.

"Hey, Shinobu?! Where are you going?!" Melody asked.

"None of your business." he said. "Clearly I picked the wrong teammates."

"What was that?!" Nene growled. "You wanna say that again, you jerk?!"

Sarah and her teammates watched Shinobu walk away from his team. "That guy's seriously got issues." Marcus said.

"I'm sorry you guys." Hikari frowned. "We lost. And I feel like I didn't contribute all that much."

Sarah shook her head. "That's not true and you know it. We all did well. The others were just better."

"It seems I need to redouble my training efforts." Kenji said. "This was a valuable learning experience however. I thank you."

With his piece said, Kenji quickly vanished, true to the ninja-like person he was. Marcus rubbed the back of his head. "I can never read that guy."

"In any case, let's go eat." Sarah said. "It'll help us feel a little better."

"Now you're speaking my language." Hikari grinned.


After the grueling trek of running a four kilometer race, followed immediately by a cavalry battle, many students were grateful for the rest period granted to them. That was especially true for those who would be facing each other in the final event.

Marcus walked through the halls as he decided on what to do for lunch. Along the way however, he crossed paths with a hero he was all too familiar with.

"Ah, Young Cersy!" All Might greeted. "I watched your performance in the first two games. Very impressive."

"Thank you, sir." Marcus said. "But it seems I still have a long way to go."

"That is true. But recognizing that and working to improve are important qualities of a hero." All Might told him. "I was actually just speaking to an old friend of mine about it. I believe you know him."

Marcus watched as another man walked into view. It was a man who had the same black hair as him. The Rairyu Hero, Viserion. But Marcus knew him by a different name. "Dad?"

"Hello, Marcus." Viserion said. "I was just catching up with my old friend here, and our conversation drifted to you. All Might's been telling me you've made a lot of progress at U.A."

"Yes, sir." Marcus nodded. "But… I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it through the cavalry battle."

"You have nothing to be sorry about, son. Your performance was splendid." Viserion told him. "Though I must say, Class A has quite a surprising amount of talent this year."

"Indeed. They gained a lot of experience during the USJ incident." All Might nodded. "The futures look bright for all three classes in fact."

It seemed a little odd for Marcus to see his father chatting so casually with the number one hero, not to mention one of his teachers. Marcus had heard from his father's stories that he and All Might had worked together from time to time back in their early hero days. Seeing it in person though was another thing entirely.

"Are mom and Emma here too?" Marcus asked.

"Yes. I believe they are at the food court grabbing lunch." Viserion told him. "Why don't you say hello to them?"

"I think I'll do that." Marcus nodded, walking towards the food court and leaving his father and All Might to continue talking.

"Your son reminds me a lot of you, back in the day." All Might said.

"Really? I think he takes after his mother more, personality wise." Viserion said with a grin.

"He'll become a fine hero one day. I'm sure of it."

Viserion nodded his head. "There was one student though that concerned me. Endeavour's son, Shoto I believe his name was."

All Might's expression grew serious. "Yes… I do wonder what Young Todoroki has gone through with how Endeavour seemed to act when I spoke to him earlier."

"I simply hope he doesn't turn out like his father." Viserion said. "Endeavour is strong as a hero, but there's many qualities in which he is lacking."

"I do not believe there is any need to worry on that front." All Might assured him. "Young Todoroki is a fine man. He'll become a great hero one day."


Shinobu leaned against a wall by himself in a hallway. He had thought victory in the second round would be his. But as it turned out he was wrong.

'Damnit all. How did I lose? How?!' Shinobu asked himself.

He had put in hours of training each day leading up to the Sports Festival. He was certain that at the very least he'd make it to the final event if nothing else. But even that had eluded his grasp.

'It wasn't my fault. My strategy was perfect.' Shinobu told himself. 'It was those useless idiots I teamed up with. I should have chosen more competent teammates.'

Shinobu grit his teeth and clenched his fists. Results were everything, especially in the career of hero work. And his results in the Sports Festival were far from perfect. What scared him most of all was the possible underlying reason for his failure. A reason he tucked away in the back of his mind because he didn't want to admit it.


An hour passed and the break for lunch finally ended. Everyone was back in their seats, and eager for the action to start up once again. The students were gathered out once again on the field while they waited for the next event to be announced.

However, there was one other thing that seemed to have many people's attention. Standing at the side of the field were the entirety of Class A's female students, all dressed up in cheerleader outfits.

"What's the matter, Class A? What kind of fan service is that?" Present Mic questioned from the booth.

"What the hell are they doing?" Nene asked.

"They can't be that desperate for attention, can they?" Fiona questioned.

"Maybe they're into that kind of thing?" Alicia suggested.

"Mineta! Kaminari! You tricked us, didn't you?!" one of the female students yelled, glaring at a pair of male students from Class A.

Melody looked over at the two students in question. "Seems Class A has its own share of problems among their classmates."

"Alright, everyone! Let's have some fun competing in the recreational games!" Present Mic shouted from his booth. "When that's over, the sixteen from the four teams that made it to the final round will duke it out tournament style one-on-one!"

"A regular fighting tournament, huh?" Marcus said.

"They usually do some kind of one-on-one competition each year." Hikari mentioned.

Midnight stood on the podium with a box in her hand. "Now let's draw lots to determine the bracket. Once the bracket is determined, we'll have the recreational game, then start. The sixteen finalists can choose whether or not they want to participate in the recreation. I'm sure some of you want to save your strength." she said. "Now, for the first place team-"

"Um… Excuse me." All heads turned to a blonde boy with a rather large tail as he raised his hand. "I'm withdrawing."

Everyone gasped as they heard this. The sports festival was a big deal for those in the hero course. It was their chance to show off their skills to the pros. For someone to voluntarily withdraw, it was almost unheard of.

"Ojiro, why?" Midoriya asked.

"This is a rare chance for the pros to see you." Iida added.

Ojiro held his head low. "I barely remember anything from the cavalry battle until almost the end."

Marcus widened his eyes. 'That sounds like what happened to Daiki.'

"I know this is a great chance. And that it's foolish to waste it." Ojiro said. "But… everyone here competed by giving it their all! I can't… be up there with everyone without knowing what really happened."

Another student soon stepped forward as well, this one being short with grey hair. "I'm Nirengeki Shoda from Class B. I'm withdrawing for the same reason." he said. "Regardless of ability, don't you think it goes against the goal of this sports festival for those that didn't do anything to move onto the final round?"

'Those two were on Sakura's team I think…' Dan thought. 'Then… does that mean-'

"I also wish to withdraw." Sakura said, stepping forward.

"Sakura?!" Jill gasped.

"You're really throwing away such a big chance?!" Lilina asked.

"I'm like them." Sakura explained. "I… I just can't stand on that stage when I don't even know how I got there." A few tears formed in her eyes. "It wouldn't feel right."

Many people looked to Midnight, since the final call of whether or not the three students could withdraw would be up to her. Silence swept over the field as they awaited her decision.

Finally, Midnight spoke to them. "Youthful talk like that is something… I like! Shoda! Ojiro! Avalon! I accept your withdrawal!"

'She decided based on her tastes…' everyone thought collectively.

"In that case, we'll have to move up two people from fifth place to replace them." Midnight said. "But it was a draw between two teams."

"In that case…" a girl from Class B with red hair said as she turned her head to Dan's team. "I think it should be from them."

"What?!" Shiro asked. "Seriously?"

"You serious Kendo?!" Tetsutetsu said.

"Admittedly, we really didn't do that much after the halfway point." Kendo said. "But they kept on fighting to the very least second. It just feels right, you know?"

"That's… really big of you." Alicia told her. "Thank you."

"If you don't mind though, I do have one small thing to ask in return." Kendo said. "Would you be willing to let one of the Tetsutetsu team go through as well? They fought so hard, and deserve a chance."

Dan, Alicia, Hyde, and Shiro looked at each other before nodding in agreement. "We're fine with that." Dan said. "They really made us work for fifth place after all."

"You guys…" Tetsutetsu said in shock. Tears formed in his eyes as he quickly tried to wipe them. "You Class C guys are alright, you got that? Thank you for this chance."

"So that means only two of us are moving on then." Alicia said. "Who's it gonna be?"

Shiro let out a sigh. "It should be Dan and Hyde."

Hyde blinked his eyes in surprise as he looked at Shiro. "Croc face…"

"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Alicia admitted. "Dan kept our headband from getting stolen while we were trapped. And if it wasn't for Hyde, we never would have gotten our chance at a comeback."

"Thanks you two." Dan said. "We'll do our best."

"Yeah. We'll make sure first place will belong to Class C." Hyde grinned.

"You better."

"Very well then. Hiryo, Gekido, and Tetsutetsu have moved up to make the top sixteen!" Midnight declared. "This is the bracket based on the results of the drawing!"

Everyone looked at the monitor to see the matchups. Eight matches based from sixteen people. It listed them across the board.

Midoriya vs Shinso

Todoroki vs Sero

Hiryo vs Ashido

Iida vs Hatsume

Kirishima vs Tetsutetsu

Tokoyami vs Yayorozu

Gekido vs Kaminari

Bakugo vs Uraraka

Dan and Hyde both looked at their pairings. It wasn't that surprising that their matches were against people from Class A, since they made up more than three quarters of the finalists. They were going to have their work cut out for them.

"Yo. Dan." Hyde said. "Final round, you and me."

Dan nodded his head. "You bet."

"Now then, we have that out of the way!" Midnight said. "Onto the recreational games!"

A/N: Well that's the cavalry battle, everybody. Hope you all liked it. Sadly, I couldn't fit much of Class C into the final tournament since for the overall plot of the My Hero series, all four finishing teams needed to stay the same to keep key story events. Yes, I could have just made it so more people make it to the final tournament, but that would drag this out further and I'm sure you are all looking more forward to some original arcs rather than one where you've all seen what happens through the anime or manga. Until next chapter, readers.