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The audience screamed in excitement to the incredible display of power on the large screens. The eruption of ice from Todoroki sent a wave of cheers as the crowd gushed over his powers.
"It's amazing! How can a first year be so strong!?"
"That's what you would expect from the son of the number two hero!"
"Man, Endeavor sure does got some strong genes to have a kid this strong already!"
In the center level of the arena, the flames on Endeavor's body flickered as he stood watching his son go to work. While some assumed one would be proud and excited to see their kids power, he simply stood there scowling at the monitor.
"Still being so damn stubborn…" he growled and crossed his arms. "Doing this competition with just your right side is a fools gamble."
"WOAH, CHECK THIS OUT! SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING IN TODOROKI'S FOOTSTEPS!"
the flame hero's eyes widened to Present mic's announcement, surprised another student was already that close after seeing that-
"What the…" the fire on Endeavor's shoulders flared up when he saw the flowing water shoot out through the mist and slash through an incoming small bot. His eyes narrowed in anger when katara broke through the cloud and immediately continued her pursuit after his prized creation.
"Damn her… that stupid brat…" his fingers clenched his forearms hard as he stared to the waterbender on screen. "Don't you dare disappoint me Shoto."
As she ran through the frozen legs of the large robots, Katara could see the ice already beginning to break off from some of them. The metallic limbs began moving as they shook off their ice prisons, their big red eyes looking down to the students below.
"So he didn't freeze them all the way so they would hold all of us back," Katara said to herself as she waved her arms creating several ice spikes around her, "He's pretty smart too."
She noticed a group of smaller bots rolling straight towards her, causing her to sigh in annoyance. "I don't have time for little ones like this."
The ice shot forward and pierced the heads of the group in her way before she saw more beginning to gather around. She looked ahead and saw Todoroki was now much further up the road with a decent size lead at this point. Seeing if she kept dealing with these small ones, it would be that much harder to catch up with him later. Seeing the small window she had, Katara pulled over a fallen sheet of ice nearby and hopped onto it before she bended another wave of water to carry her forward and swiftly passed the army of robots. Just before she was out of sight she glanced over her shoulder and felt a small bit of guilt to the others now trapped behind the freed machines.
"Sorry guys, if this were a fight I'd help you… but this is different today." She told herself before turning back forward and surfing down the path.
Back behind the robot obstacle, the rest of the students looked up in shock to what they should do.
"Jeez, Todoroki and Katara made it through, but what the hell are we supposed to do!?" Kaminari cried out as one of the giant robots began coming forward.
"You really do cry a lot, don't you…" Jiro moaned out while she glared to the frowning electric user.
"Will you stop bugging me about that!?"
Tenya stared ahead passed the robots however, seeing Katara much further up the road passed them… and further ahead than he was. He furrowed his brow and took a deep breath. "If I sit here, then once again I will have let you beat me, Katara…" he braced his feet and readied his stance. "And I told you I would see you at the end!"
In a blur of movement, Tenya rushed forward leaving a wake of dust in his trail. The others watched in amazement as he jetted straight into the fray of machines, dodging and weaving through the incoming arms as they crashed towards him. He yelled out and kicked his way through a two pointer bot before landing back down and sprinting after the two leaders. As one of the large zero pointers came closer, the other students backed in caution as it approached.
Well, not all of them.
"Ahh!" Bakugo roared out as he blasted his way through the sky and over the top of the robots head. "You think you can get away from me Icy hot!? This race is mine!" He screamed and launched forward after the leaders. In a quick follow up, Tokoyami and Sero also pulled themselves over the robots and flung after Bakugo.
"WOW LOOK AT THEM GO! THAT CLASS 1-A SURE HAS SOME ENERGETIC TEENS IN THEIR GROUP! YOU MUST HAVE TAUGHT THEM SOME CRAZY STUFF!"
Aizawa stared at the monitor as Mic continued on his commentary, his eyes narrowing as his other students went forward as the other classes did not. "I didn't teach them anything. What they did is have their eyes opened. They experienced that attack, and had a true taste of fear put into their hearts. They now react on instinct and go forward."
The teachers eyes then saw Midoriya grabbing a broken chunk of a robot and using it as a weapon, bringing a tiny smirk to his face. "They are all adapting to their situations and overcoming what stands in their way. I just guided them in the right direction."
Back on the pathway, Midoriya ran along with the others to push their way through, but to everyones surprise the large robots began getting blown away one after the other. The heads exploded in powerful blasts knocking them back and out of commission. "Woah, how did they just…" he turned around and-
"Uhhhh…" his face burned red once again as he caught sight of Yaoyorozu aiming a cannon she created that took out the machines. Although, his eyes were drawn to the open shirt she had on revealing her stomach and sports bra underneath. As she set her weapon down and ran forward, she caught site of him looking and glared.
"Don't even say anything." She growled as she passed him buttoning her shirt back up. Once she ran by him, she couldn't help but cross her arms over her chest and blush. 'The way he was looking… he better not be thinking of that moment when we… Ah, damn you Katara!'
Far ahead of the majority, Todoroki sprinted down the dirt and skidded to a stop when he suddenly came to the second obstacle; the path ended and now you had to cross a massive ravine. Thin tight ropes connected the narrow columns of stone that jutted up inside of the gully connecting to the other side. He turned around and saw not Only Katara gaining ground, but Bakugo slowly coming through the air. He frowned to himself and looked forward again.
"I thought I'd have more time ahead of the others." He said as he walked to the edge. Grunting, he jumped forward and landed onto the nearest rope and activated his ice shooting him forward across the top.
Katara rushed over the ground on her water as she sped forward. She could See the large canyon ahead of her but didn't stop. She could see Todoroki already more than halfway across the obstacle from where she was. If she stopped to analyze it she was going to lose too much ground. And the glance over her shoulder earlier revealed Bakugo right behind her as well. She grunted in annoyance seeing he was so close, but then she noticed something else rushing towards her on the ground, the familiar blue hair making her grin.
"So Iida is right behind he too." she said, happy to see he made it passed the robots too. She then grinned and looked forward again. "I'm still going to see you at the end like you said."
As she approached the edge, she saw the rope covered in ice from the leaders quirk, giving her a great idea. Summoning her water back up to her arms, she jumped into the air and shot her water whips forward catching onto the ice rope and yanking herself onto it. Using her bending she skimmed across the top effortlessly to the first rock platform before she ran forward and skimmed across the next.
"CHECK IT OUT! IT SEEMS TODOROKI HAS CROSSED THE SECOND OBSTACLE! BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE!? KATARA IS RIGHT ON HIS HEELS AND USING HIS ICE TO HER ADVANTAGE! CLEVER!"
The announcement caused Todoroki to glare in annoyance, not even turning around as he ran up the steps. "Damn, I should have figured she would do that." he grunted before he reached the top of the steps and came across a massive dirt clearing littered with landmines. He growled out at the sight, knowing his large lead here was going to be gone very soon.
While he began traversing slowly through the mines, Katara just reached the other side and sprinted up after him. Bakugo roared out as he saw her done with the obstacle and running up the steps, bringing his arms forward before he threw them back to launch himself faster.
"Don't think you'll stay ahead either, hair loops!"
Iida stared at the ropes for a few moments before he glanced up to Bakugo overhead flying by. He then caught a glimpse of Katara ahead on the steps, bringing a glare to his face. He took a breath and braced himself. "My brother is watching me. I must impress him and look great today!"
"THAT LOOKS RIDICULOUS THERE!" Mic shouted as Iida awkwardly balanced on the tightrope and skimmed across with his quirk.
As the other students began gathering at the ropes, they looked ahead as some of their classmates blew through the obstacle like nothing.
"Man, how are we supposed to do this as fast as them!?" Mina whined out before Tsu hopped out with no fear.
"Ribbit." She croaked out and casually climbed across the top without a care in the world.
The hesitation of most of them to rush into the obstacle allowed many of the class B students to catch up now. The vine haired girl Shiozaki used her quirk to create steps over the ropes for herself, and was careful enough not to leave them there as she passed for the others. Others began making their ways across as well, meaning those who waited too long would be left behind. Grunting to herself, Yaoyorozu walked to the edge and extended her arm out, conjuring a clamp and a motorized grapple before jumping out and catching the underside of another cable. Snapping the motor onto it, she zipped through the canyon onward towards the columns.
"If I wait too long, I'll fall too far behind. I have to push forward!" She yelled out as she caught her footing on one of the rock outings before jumping onto the next cable and shooting off.
Midoriya, much like a large majority of the other contestants clung awkwardly to the bottom of a rope and scooted themselves across. His was much harder as he still carried the robotic arm on his back. "It's heavy, but it may come in handy later." He grunted out as he pulled himself along.
Back across the canyon, Katara had reached the top of the steps and caught sight of Todoroki once again. She was surprised to see him not that far across the dirt field in front of her, but noticing him walking slow with his eyes to the ground. Looking down herself, she noticed the strange darker circles littered across the entire plain in front of her.
"What is all this stuff?" She whispered to herself, seeing the "danger" sign to her right. Curious, she gathered a small ball of water and threw it onto one of the nearby spots, but was completely caught off guard to what came next, yelping out at the bright pink explosion from the ground.
"What kind of race is this?" she yelled out in shock as she took a step back. She looked back forward and saw these were everywhere, so running across them was not an option. Curious, she bended a stream of her water out and gently spread it out across the ground. The sheet of water crawled out and went over the top of one of the mines…. But it didn't explode.
"So it takes more pressure to set those things off," Katara grinned to herself as she discovered this revelation, "But if I can keep my weight off them I will be fine."
Taking all of her water off of her body and placing it to the ground, Katara thick sheet of liquid and stepped onto the center. Making sure she kept her weight off the ground, she waved her hands forward as the mass of water began crawling across the ground at a speedwalker's pace.
"WOW! ONCE AGAIN KATARA IS USING HER QUIRK IN SUCH A CREATIVE WAY!" Mic yelled out in excitement to the display, With Aizawa eyeing her with amazement.
'She is dispersing her weight across the water's surface to not trigger the mines. Very smart. Her classroom scores are below average, but her ability in the field… she really is something else.' he said to himself.
Looking behind himself, Todoroki glared as he saw Katara quickly gaining on the distance between them. "Damn it, she can still use her quirk here?" He grunted to himself. He looked behind her and saw a large number of students at the landmine section now. "This obstacle was set up to slow the leaders down and give the others time to catch up."
He looked to his feet, cursing himself for the situation. "I can use my ice to get across faster, but then it gives a path for the others. And… gives her material to use." he grunted out thinking of Katara once again.
"GET BACK HERE, ICY HOT!"
Both Todoroki and Katara turned back to see Bakugo blasting just above the ground straight towards them.
"Damn, I was hoping to be further ahead." Shoto growled and tried increasing his pace faster.
Baring his teeth, Bakugo rocketed through the air blasting behind himself, glaring as he came quick onto Katara. Seeing someone else in front of him made him even more enraged, bringing one of his hands forward. "Get out of my way too, hair loops!"
Katara's eyes went wide as he shot a blast directly towards her head. She ducked just fast enough as the explosion erupted right by her hair. "Are you serious!?"
Mic stood up from his seat in excitement from the turn of events. "WOAH, BAKUGO JUST SHOOK THINGS UP AND TOOK A SHOT TOWARDS KATARA! THINGS ARE HEATING UP RIGHT NOW!"
Catching her balance, Katara glared and bended an ice spike from below. "You want to fight here? Then fine!"
Bakugo sneered back and brought both hands forward real fast and detonated the incoming ice into a hundred pieces before launching himself forward towards Todoroki. "You're just in my way! I want you, you double colored bastard!"
Todoroki turned around as Bakugo came baring towards him. He grunted in annoyance and spun around and shot out a column of ice. Bakugo roared out and began blasting the ice away and continued his charge. "Don't think that's going to stop me!"
"CHECK IT OUT! BAKUGO HAS NOW TIED FOR FIRST PLACE!" Mic's voice rang out as he watched, yelling out in surprise as the two began going after each other once more. "OHH WHAT A CHANGE! BAKUGO AND TODOROKI ARE NOW TRADING BLOWS AS THEY RACE DOWN THE TRACK!"
Todoroki growled out and shot another blast of ice at the enraged teen, only for the ice to explode in another flash from Bakugo's hands. He hated the fact he had to not only deal with evading Bakugo's attacks, but he had to keep his eyes on the ground to avoid the landmines scattered everywhere. If he had just one thing to focus on he would have no trouble. He wanted to end this. He dropped down and slammed his foot onto the ground to create a column of ice and shoot at Bakugo. The exploding teen bared his teeth and prepared to blow it up, but before it reached him it shattered into a dozen smaller spikes and shoot up into the sky.
"What kind of stupid trick is this?" Bakugo sneered at the floating ice, glaring back at Todoroki… but was confused when he looked just as confused as himself.
"He's not doing that. I am."
They both turned back to see Katara with her open hands facing the sky controlling the ice. The two teens stared for a second before she yelled and threw her arms towards the ground, immediately followed by the spikes shooting down towards them. They both brought their hands out ready to destroy the icicles, but to their surprise the ice spread out and struck the ground all around them.
Each one striking a different land mine.
"Oh shi-
Shoto's words were cut off by the chain of explosions that enveloped both him and Bakugo in a blinding flash. Katara grinned and swung her arms pushing the water beneath her.
"WOW! BOTH BAKUGO AND TODOROKI WERE CAUGHT IN A BLAST CREATED BY KATARA, AND SHE TOOK THE LEAD AGAIN!"
The crowd wildly screamed out to the crazy turn of events all of the sudden, with some of the pros losing their minds over this girl that was taking this event by storm.
"Wow, that girl has a crazy quirk! She controls water and ice better than most pros!"
"Seriously. She's rivaling Endeavor's kid and that Bakugo student."
"I thought Endeavor's son was going to sweep this thing. Looks like we have a new kid to watch out for."
While the different heroes chatted in excitement to this new girl, Endeavor's fire flared out over his shoulders and face as he stared up at the screen. "Don't you fail me, Shoto. Don't you dare fail me!"
Katara pushed herself slightly faster to try and use this advantage to gain some space, but the next moment a burst of ice shot forward from the smoke before Todoroki launched out of the cloud. His clothes were cluttered with small burn patches all across the surface as he glared at the waterbender, catapulting himself across the ice path he made. Not a second passed before Bakugo screamed out in anger and blasted through the air after her, his face stained with dirt from the blast.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU WATER WITCH!"
Katara eye twitched to the insult he yelled out, but she ignored it and focused on her water to carry her faster. She had to keep her mind on the ground to divert the pressure of her weight just a little more. The end of the field was only a few more feet and then she could-
BOOOOOOOOOM!
A massive explosion rocked the field from the back of the mine field, causing every set of eyes to turn back to the giant cloud erupting upwards into the sky. Present Mic was speechless for a few moments before he caught sight of a single figure flying through the air, riding a scorched piece of metal below himself.
'I DON'T BELIEVE THIS FOLKS! WE HAVE SOMEONE RIDING AN EXPLOSION FROM THE REAR! IT'S IZUKU MIDORIYA, AND HE'S BLASTING HIS WAY TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE PACK!"
"Midoriya!? What the heck!?" Mina yelled out in shock as she watched him fly right passed her.
"Where the hell did that come from?" Jiro gasped out as the green haired teen rushed passed the rest of them. She had seen him digging in the back for some weird reason, but had no idea he was creating a stockpile of mines to launch himself with!
While most of the back students watched in awe, Tenya saw this and grunted to himself. Activating his quirk, he sprinted across the mine field not even watching where he was stepping. He was barely outpacing the explosions in his wake, several making him stumble and fall onto the mines ahead. Another set of explosions came as two hardened students ran through the mine field against each other.
"This shit doesn't even hurt! It feels like a tickle!" Kirishima yelled out to his adversary even as he winced from a blast hitting his face.
"Oh yeah? I don't even feel this at all!" Tetsutetsu snapped back despite him yelping when a mine went off under his foot.
Back to the front of the race, the three leaders stared in disbelief as Midoriya soared through the sky and was heading straight for the ground behind them. Katara watched in fear as he came close to slamming into the mine field, but before he did he swung the metal he rode into the ground once more and launched him straight passed all of them. "What the… how did…" she shook her head and pushed forward.
"Deku!? The hell do you think you are doing!?" Bakugo screamed out as he watched Midoriya land just passed the mines and sprint down the road. Bringing his hands behind himself once again, he shot forward and chased after the others.
Sprinting as hard as his legs could carry him, Midoriya ran and ran. His adrenaline was through the roof from the fall he just survived and had somehow reached first place. He was almost there. He could see the tunnel leading to the arena. He was going to win!
"DEKU YOU BASTARD!"
Midoriya's blood ran cold when he heard the enraged scream from behind him. He glanced over his shoulder to see not only Bakugo, but Katara and Todoroki charging straight towards him. "Ahhhh! Come on legs move faster!"
His own speed however was no match for the trio's abilities as they rushed passed him and into the tunnel first. Bakugo's blasts shot him further ahead momentarilly as he kicked off one of the side walls for another boost, grinning as the light began growing brighter at the end. His grin faded when Todoroki ski passed him on the ice shooting out behind him. "Damn you, you icy ass hole!"
Shoto summoned more ice launching himself down the pathway before he ran his hand along the wall and created thick shards of ice throughout the corridor behind him. He hoped the obstacle would slow them down for even a moment, but the explosions from Bakugo ripped through them like nothing as the blonde teen came closer to him. He then saw a large section of ice he create suddenly shift into water and pulled towards the girl pursuing them both causing him to curse himself. "It's helping her…"
Now with a large supply to use, Katara through her arms back and launched herself forward on the surge beneath her body. The larger amount allowed herself to move even faster than before, closing the gap instantly before the three were neck and neck.
"THE THREE OF THEM ARE BURSTING DOWN THE CORRIDOR! IT'S SO CLOSE I CANNOT TELL WHO IS GOING TO TAKE IT!"
The trio pushed faster, each one gaining the advantage for a moment before another took the lead. It was back and forth, water, ice and explosions all ripping down the corridor simultaneously as they came closer to the end. Katara panted and lowered her body, pushing herself harder and faster as she inched ahead. Bakugo yelled in anger and increased his blasts speed and picking up another miniaturized boost. Shoto grunted as the ice on his right side began crawling up his arm but he ignored it, continuing the use of his quirk and pushing him across the tunnel floor and into the open. Before the even realized it, they crossed the finish line.
The crowd screamed in a frenzy to the insane race that had transpired. This was only the first event and it was insane! Even Mic could barely keep his composure for his commentary.
"YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH! NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL A RACE! IT WAS SO CLOSE I COULDN'T EVEN TELL MYSELF! WHO WAS THE WINNER!?"
Letting the water fall to the ground, Katara took several deep breaths as he leaned on her knees. She continued to pant as she glanced over to Bakugo growling and stomping the ground in anger as he cursed out loud causing her glare at him. "Are you… never happy?" she huffed out between breaths.
"Shut the hell up, I'm only happy when I am number one!" he screamed out before turning away from her.
Shaking her head, she glanced over Todoroki panting as well, his right arm now covered in specs of ice. He locked eyes with her for a moment before glaring and turning away from her. She scrunched her face and stepped towards him. Before she could say anything, Mic's voice rang through the stadium.
"LISTEN UP, Y'ALL! WHILE THE OTHERS MAKE IT INSIDE HERE, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THE WINNER TO THE RACE. WHILE IT WAS CLOSE, THEY BARELY TOOK THE LEAD. THE WINNER IS…."
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"KAIRI KATARA!"
Katara's mouth dropped open in shock to the announcement, hearing the crowd roar out in cheers and screams. She had hoped she had won, but to actually hear it sent a wave of happiness through her body. She was happy, but the other two were not.
Todoroki's breath caught in his throat when he heard the announcement. His fists clenched in frustration knowing he was so close, and yet he didn't beat her in this competition. His eyes shifted up into the crowd to see his fathers furious face. Grinding his teeth, he walked away from the few of them and closed his eyes, trying to calm the frustration in his mind.
"No… this is bullshit…" Bakugo clenched his teeth and gripped his knees. "How the hell… how did this happen?"
Now making his way out of the tunnel, Midoriya was catching his breath as he stood back up to the cheering crowd. He couldn't help but feel the excitement of the fans. He could not believe it, he made it through the course without even using his quirk. On top of that, he made it into the top five! It was almost too good to be true! His eyes looked up through the crowd and caught sight of a familiar head of yellow hair staring back down to him, with a large smile on his skinny face.
'All Might… I did it!' he clenched his fist and smiled back to his mentor, struggling to hold back the tears in his eyes. He clenched his fist in success, happy he had been able to continue on. He then noticed as more and more students came through the tunnel a familiar face cross the finish line. "U-Uraraka!" he stuttered out as she huffed over to him.
"Deku, you… made it here first!" she gasped out between breaths. "You were awesome."
Blushing, Midoriya turned away to the compliment, "I-it wasn't anything special. I j-just got lucky."
"No.. you did real- BLEH!"
"Huh!?" Midoriya gasped in shock as Uraraka covered her mouth and ran towards the restroom sign through the corridor. The green haired teen sighed realizing she had used her quirk too much again. "Oh… uh good luck in there."
Off by himself, Tenya sat staring at the ground in disappointment in himself. He was supposed to be fast, the brother of the turbo hero Ingenium… and he couldn't even win a simple race? His eyes then drifted up to see Katara standing there as other began congratulating her on her victory. Yes, he was happy that both he and she did well in this race, he just… hoped the outcome was somewhat different.
As the rest of the students made it through the gate, the crowd gave a final loud cheer as Midnight raised her hand to gain their attention. "So, all of you ran an impressive race, but only the top forty two students qualify for the next event. So here are the results!"
Screen behind lit up, showing off the column of names for the students and the crowd to see. Shoto however only glanced to the top ten column, clenching his fist seeing his placement in the rankings.
1. Kairi Katara
2. Shoto Todoroki
3. Katsuki Bakugo
4.. Izuku Midoriya
5. Ibara Shiozaki
6. Tenya Iida
7. Juzo Honenuki
8. Fumigake Tokoyami
9. Hanta Sero
10 Ejiro Kirishima
As the crowd finally began quieting down, Midnight spoke up again. "Now, let us see what our next event will be!" the screen behind Midnight began spinning rapidly, going on for a few moments before it stopped on the challenge.
"A Calvary battle?" Katara questioned out loud, "What is that?" Thankfully it seemed like others were confused as well, making her not feel so out of place. And it helped Midnight went straight into explaining it for all of them.
"This event will be started by you remaining students to make your own teams of two to four people. Also, each of you students will be assigned a point value based on your rankings from the last event. Your scores will be added together to create a team total for you to wear on a headband for the team leader. Your goal is to steal the other teams headbands and increase your score totals. The four teams with the highest total points will move onto the final event!"
"Ah so it's like flag football but with no ball. Cool." Kirishima chuckled out.
Shoji gave a small nod. "It is somewhat similar, but where do we find the totals for-
"Quiet you!" Midnight snapped her whip at the chatting teens, "You should shut up as I explain this game to you all!"
"Yes ma'am!" the two of them quickly answered in fear she may actually use that whip.
Brushing her hair away from her face, the sexual teacher continued her speech. "You are allowed to use your quirks as you like, but if the leader falls to the ground from the top of your teammates, they will all be disqualified. And stolen headbands must be worn on the neck or the head. No stuffing them inside your outfits! As for your score, they will start with five for the person in 42nd place and increase by five per student up the chart. But as a special bonus, the person in first place will be worth… ten million!"
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"What!?" Katara yelled out in shock as every set of eyes looked at her instantly, bringing a sadistic grin to Midnight's face.
"That's right. This is the opportunity for those at the bottom to climb to the top! whoever has that band will be guaranteed a spot in the final competition! You have fifteen minutes to form your team, now get to it!"
"You've got to be kidding me…" Katara moaned after hearing that. She figured being in the lead was going to make it easier for the next challenge, but instead it made it that she was the target for anyone else! "Talk about being fair."
Even as she looked around right then, she saw most of the others in her class had already turned away from where she was, even locking eyes with Ojiro he awkwardly shifted his eyes and walked away. Seeing that brought a frown to the waterbender's face. "Most think being the biggest target is going to be too hard to keep the points the whole time." She had to find some people who did not care about her score, and were willing to help her. And then she saw a single boy too nervous to ask others, bringing a smile to her face.
"Midoriya, you want to team up?"
Hearing his name called, Izuku jumped slightly in surprise before turning around. "What? Me?"
"Yeah, we should team up for this." Katara repeated herself, hoping he wasn't going to say no. Midoriya however was the one more surprised.
"But why me? I figured you'd ask others who could control their quirks better," he sighed as he twiddled with his thumbs. "I'm not sure if I can-
"Can you stop doubting yourself for one second?" She grunted before she gave a warm smile, "Besides, I think you proved enough in the race and back at the USJ."
Midoriya's heart clenched at the words she said to him. He was so new to getting compliments like this it was still hard to believe. He blushed slightly and rubbed his head. "Th-thanks. I appreciate it."
Chuckling at his face, Katara looked around to see some people already forming groups among the other classmates, meaning she had to work quick. She had one already set in her head, but she wanted one more, someone to be the final person. And then she locked eyes with a certain spiky haired girl.
"Yaoyorozu, you need a team?" she asked.
"I was looking, yes." Momo responded, earning a grin from Katara.
"Wanna work together? I've got one already and just need to ask Iida."
Before she answered, Momo glanced to the ground for a moment. While she felt a small lump in her stomach knowing Katara was the leader (meaning they were going to be hunted down like dogs by the rest of the teams), she also knew Katara was a good team player and would work well with anyone. To top it off, she knew Katara was one of the best in class and meant a near for sure chance of making it to the next round. And working with Iida meant speed to evade. This was actually a good scenario for her.
Looking back, she gave a nod and smiled. "Yes, let's do this."
Katara clapped her hands in success. "Perfect. Now that you are here, we should be good now. Let me talk to Iida real fast."
"So you said Iida, but who is your other-
Momo's eyes shot open when she saw Midoriya standing there behind Katara. He in was also shocked when he turned to see her and blushed as red as a tomato.
"Wait, him!?" she yelled and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Wait, her!?" he shouted and turned to Katara with pleading eyes.
Katara shook her head as they both refused to look at each other, reaching out and placing a hand on each of their shoulders. "Look, I know you both are… not very comfortable at the moment. That is on me with that day at the beach, so I apologize. But you are both good friends of mine and I really need your help. So I hope you are able to work together here, please."
the two of them looked at her before they glanced at each other for just a second before their faces burned and turned away.
"Fine. I'll do it." Momo moaned out.
"Eh I-I'll try!" Izuku rapidly nodded his head.
"Perfect!" Katara cast a giant smile and tapped both of them happily. "Now we just need to get Iida."
Turning and walking through the crowd, Katara looked around for Iida and finalize their team. She caught sight of her other two members following her silently, their heads turned opposite of each other. While she heard them say they were good, Katara frowned internally hoping they could work together. Her thoughts turned more positive when she saw who she was looking for.
"Iida, there you are!" Katara yelled as she jogged over to him. The taller teen turned as she approached. "I got two others for my team and we need our final member."
Tenya looked passed her and saw Midoriya and Yaoyorozu before looking back to her. Her happy smile and friendly eyes were always something that made him happy, a positive thing in his life that he had grown used to. She had become such a close friend to him in the last few months, in fact when he didn't see her it at his home it felt like there was someone missing from his life. He would always return a smile to her.
But today, he couldn't smile back.
"I am sorry Katara… but I cannot join you on your team."
The words shocked Midoriya and Yaoyorozu, both of them certain that he would be the final member of their team. Katara was even more confused than them, her mouth falling open in disbelief. "What? What do you mean?"
"You have become such a great friend to me over these months, but being so close it has also allowed me to see the difference between our abilities. The entrance exam, the quirk assessment test, and being chosen to be the class rep. Every time I think I have done well, you have surpassed me. If I join you for this event, then I will be staying in your shadow once more."
Glaring, Katara took a step towards him. "So because I beat you in a few things you are now too upset to work with me now?"
The accusation caused Iida to glare back. "It is not that I am angry I am losing to you, but if I simply follow you, the winner, I will not be helping myself. For my own pride I must work with another team that has asked me already."
"Your pride?" she crossed her arms and frowned. "So your letting your pride come between friends?"
"It is more than that, Katara!" he shouted back louder than he expected, taking a breath to calm himself. "If I am to be a great hero like my brother, I cannot be joining the leaders team. I need to carve my own path out from under you."
Katara wanted to say more, but seeing him so adamant on this she realized she was not going to change his mind. She sighed and looked away from him. "Fine. If that's what you want to do, then go on."
The sharp tone in her voice hit Iida hard, but he hid the feeling with a stern look of his own before turning to walk away. The other two there stood silent as they looked between Katara and her friend, the tension so thick they could cut it with a knife. Midoriya walked forward by her side seeing her sighing to herself. "Are you alright?" he asked her.
Looking back up, she saw that Tenya had gone to join Todoroki and Kaminari which made her scoff out loud. "So you don't want to be on my team and then go join the one who got second place. That makes a lot of sense."
"I'm sorry Katara." Momo said as she placed a hand on her friends shoulder. "I thought for certain he was going to join you, too."
"It's alright. I thought he as going to as well." Katara said disappointingly. Now that she was down a teammate, she quickly glanced around to find someone to fill the spot. She saw Mina to the side and smiled. "I'll be right back." she said as she walked towards her pink friend. Watching her leave, Midoriya suddenly felt his blood pressure rise when he caught Momo looking at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Uhhh… s-so, us on a team together. Fancy that." Midoriya fake chuckled as he rubbed his head.
"Yep… fancy that." she responded, subconsciously bringing an arm up and covering her chest again.
Midoriya saw the action and couldn't help from blushing again. "H-hey. About what happened the other day, I j-just wanted to-
"How about we just don't talk about anymore, okay?" She cut him off, earning a rapid head nod from him.
"Ashido! Hey, you want to join my team?" Katara asked as she approached her, but was surprised when Mina gave a sorrow look.
"Aw, sorry I already got on a team."
"What? Who's team?" Katara asked.
"Hey, raccoon eyes! Don't you be conspiring with hair loops over there!"
Katara's jaw dropped when she looked passed her friend and saw Bakugo glaring at her. "Wait… do you mean you-
"Yeah call me crazy, but I'm on his team." Mina shrugged her shoulders. "He is an ass but is pretty badass actually."
"But… it's Bakugo." Katara groaned as she looked towards him again, but when she saw who was next to him she was really shocked. "You too?"
Kirishima walked over to her and smirked. "Hell yeah, me and Ashido are with Bakugo here." he pointed to his team leader behind him who simply scoffed out.
Now that she thought about it, since the USJ attack she had noticed Kirishima following Bakugo around more during school. Not that it made sense to her though. "Can you really handle him?"
"Ah he ain't that bad actually. You just gotta get around the rough edges."
"Hey red head! You too, quit chatting up with hair loops!" Bakugo growled out.
"I told you it's Kirishima!" Ejiro snapped back, looking back to Katara's raised eyebrow. "Okay… sometimes he isn't that bad."
Shaking her head, Katara sighed before smiling. "Well, good luck to both of you then."
Walking away, Katara sighed seeing her options dropping. Most of the other students were still trying to avoid being with the ten million point girl, so her choices were fading away. She glanced around as the other classes and saw most of them had already formed teams as well. It also made it hard she had no idea what there powers were, so she didn't know how they would blend with her team. She began to think they should just go at it with the three of them… until she saw one she didn't expect with no team yet.
"Tetsutetsu! How about we team up?" Kendo yelled out as she approached the gray haired teen.
"Me? I figured you'd be getting on Setsuna's team." he responded.
"I was thinking about asking her, but if we really want to beat some of those class A teams we need the best team possible. With your iron and my quirk we can probably break through anything."
Hearing that brought a grin to his face. "You got a point there. And I already got Honenuki who wants to join up."
Kendo looked over to Juzo, the skull faced looking teen nodding towards her. "I think I got someone who would be perfect too." The three of them turned to see Ibara Shiozaki walked towards them, her vine covered head giving a slow bow.
"Oh sweet, now I think we can for sure beat that red head copycat!" Tetsutetsu yelled out happily.
Chuckling at his own self made rival, Kendo turned as she saw Katara walking with her final member. "Well, we will see what happens. Some of them are pretty strong, but we are not going to let it be easy for them."
"That feels better…" Uraraka groaned as she made her way back into the crowds of the field. After her quick bathroom run, she got a quick explanation from the security on what she missed. While she walked back towards where her class was, she looked around and saw most of her classmates and friends were already on full teams, but she wasn't worried. She happily walked by them as she looked for a very specific boy, one who most said didn't stand out in a crowd. One many looked over in the beginning of school, but to her he always felt special. Once she saw the back of her friend, she smiled.
"Deku!"
Hearing his old name called, Midoriya turned to see her waving towards him. "Oh, Uraraka. Hey." he smiled back.
"Deku, lets be on a team together!" To her surprise, Midoriyas smile fell when she said that. "What's wrong?"
Midoriya felt his stomach tightened slightly, a small wave of pain crawling up as he saw her big eyes. She was one of his first friends here and he had to break some bad news to her. "Oh, I'm really sorry but… we already have a team made."
Uraraka's eyes widened in shock. "What? With who?"
Before he could answer, Katara suddenly walked up with Tokoyami in tow. Uraraka then noticed that Yaoyorozu was standing to the side as well, her heart feeling a strange tightness all of a sudden. "Oh… you… already have a full team?"
Katara saw her standing there with her pleading eyes, feeling bad herself now. "I'm sorry Uraraka, but I was asking others to join and they already said yes."
It's okay I… I understand." she gave a small smile to them, although she was not able to hide her disappointment. "I'll find another team real quick. Good luck."
"Uraraka…" Midoriya whispered out, seeing her depressed look. "Sorry, but when she asked me I-
"Don't be sorry Deku, it's no big deal," waving her hands, Uraraka gave a small nod to him. "I hope that we both make it to the finals. Good luck."
Walking away from them, Uraraka gripped her hands together as she left. She had hoped to get onto a team with her friends. It always felt better to work with people she was close with, but now some of them had made a team… without her.
"I mean they didn't exclude me on purpose. They just… made one before I was back." she said to herself in disappointment. She glanced over her shoulder once more to see Midoriya talking among the other three, and caught sight of him looking awkwardly at Momo. For some reason, her chest suddenly tightened once again. Why it did she couldn't explain. Frowning, she turned back forward and kept walking with her head up. She said she wanted to be strong like Deku, so facing against him was a good way to do that.
"Uraraka."
"Huh?" Looking up at the sound of her name, she turned to see Tenya approaching her. "Iida?"
"You should come join us if you are looking for a team." Tenya said as he stood in front of her. "Todoroki asked for you."
"What? For me?" she was shocked by this. She had never even spoken to Todoroki in the time at school, and he was asking for her?
"Yes. He wants you to be the final member to his team." Iida answered as he turned back around. "Come along."
While she was shocked by this, it felt a little better she had at least Iida on a team with her. Following him over through the crowd, she saw Shoto standing there waiting for her. While she felt somewhat grateful he had asked for her, but the cold gaze he gave still sent a chill up her spine he looked at her.
"Th-thanks for asking for me to join your team, Todoroki." She said with a smile hoping to shake off her nerves.
Todoroki didn't respond immediately however, glancing through the crowd and seeing Yaoyorozu on another team. 'I had planned to have Yaoyorozu join since her quirk is so versatile, but someone else beat me to her…" He growled internally when his gaze drifted over to Katara. He had lost one of his top choices to the one he needed to defeat.
Letting out a silent sigh, he turned back to the members he chose. "I chose you three because of your abilities and how they are beneficial. Kaminari, you will have the left for cover and attack. Lida will take the front for speed. And Uraraka, you will have the right to use your quirk to increase our mobility."
"Uh, right." Uraraka responded, feeling a bit disgruntled realizing he chose her just for her quirk.
Iida nodded to the plan. "Your strategy is good. So with you on top, you will give ice defense with your right and offensive with the fire on your left, correct?"
Shoto's left fist clenched at the idea. "No. when it comes to battle, I will never use my left side…" His eyes traveled up through the crowd, immediately locking onto his father staring down at him. He didn't care if the great Endeavor stayed disappointed in him for only using half of his power. He refused to allow himself become a testing doll for his dad.
He was going to become the winner all without that man.
As the timer on the screen hit zero, Midnight threw her hand in the air and grinned. "Now that we have formed the teams, it is time to begin the next event!" The crowd roared to life as the contestants all readied themselves below on the large stage in the center.
Kendo readied herself on top of her team as Monoma gave a smug smile to her from the right.
"May the best team win, Kendo." he said, earning a grin back from her.
"Oh, we plan to."
From his position, Bakugo bared his teeth and punched his hands together above Kirishima, Mina and Sero. "Alright, it's time to kill that hair loops and get that ten million points!"
The other three rolled their eyes at his choice of words but readied themselves.
Tying her headband in place, Katara sat up straight as her team picked her up. She bended out a stream of water and encased her right arm, her brow furrowed as she focused her mind. "Are you all ready?"
"Let's do this." Momo answered from the right side.
"Let's give it our best!" Midoriya yelled on the left.
"Yes." Tokoyami calmly responded in the front as dark shadow came out.
Nodding to herself, Katara looked back up as she saw everyone's eyes locked on her. She then turned to the left and locked eyes with Iida staring at her, causing her to frown before looking up to see Todoroki's gaze fixated on herself. Glaring back, she took a deep breath and froze the water on her arm. "We are making it to the next round!"
"NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THIS NEXT EVENT GOING!" Present Mic yelled out as the timer on screen appeared. All the teams readied themselves, and then they heard the call.
"STAAAAAAAART!"
Notes: Aaand done. don't know why but I didn't really enjoy writing this chapter as much. maybe it's because id rather write the crazy stuff coming up. *cough cough* .
But we are starting to see the little things changing in the world! little by little more and more things will be different than the canon so be ready! till next time!