The next chapter is here. This chapter was by far the hardest to write with everything I had to figure out. In the end though I'm happy with how everything turned out. In other news I forgot to mention I have a new story out, I seriously need to stop that makes five ongoing stories including this one, it's called A Mysterious Journey. It's a Demon Slayer x My Hero Academia fic featuring Shinobu, fair warning it will contain spoilers for the Demon Slayer Manga for those who are either anime only or have just started getting caught up. Feel free to check it out. Now, let's get on with the chapter.
Sports Festival Arc
Chapter 34: An all out Brawl
Team Kendo landed using the boots Ochako got from Hatsume to slow their descent. They continued to move forward.
"Alright, that worked out better than I thought." Itsuka noted.
"That's my cute little babies for ya. Aren't they great?!" Hatsume expressed.
"Yeah but don't forget this is a team effort. It's all of us together that's making each part great." Itsuka pointed out.
"You could have just stopped with praising my babies but I'll take it." Hatsume replied.
"Regardless, we need to stay focused. Keep moving and don't give any team a chance to catch us." Itsuka ordered.
"That won't help you with us. Here we come!" They heard someone shout.
Itsuka looked to see Mezo come charging at them. His webbed arms forming some sort of covering. I don't like this.
"Time to pick up the pace Midoriya." She ordered.
"Right!" Izuku shouted.
Izuku charged up [One for All] in his legs. Thanks to the equipment from Hatsume, he was able to carry her and Ochako at max speed with little issue. Suddenly a series of purple balls came flying out along with a long tongue. Itsuka managed to avoid them with relative ease.
"Asui and Mineta are in there!" Izuku shouted.
"That's right Midoriya… heheheehhe…" Minoru expressed.
"Call me Tsu." Tsuyu replied.
A few balls flew where they were running forcing Izuku to stop. Before he could turn another one caught onto the bottom Ochako's boot. While all this happened, Tsuyu and Minoru continued their assault forcing Itsuka to constantly dodge.
"Crap were stuck!" Ochako shouted.
"That's perfect for us." They heard a girl shout.
Coming on their left was a team of three, Team Kumoko. The girl with six arms was the rider while the girl with reddish-orange hair was in the front while a muscular man with blond hair and blue eyes was in the rear. They were charging towards them with frightening speed. The blond in the back had similar boots to Ochako. He used them to keep off the ground slightly while the redhead pulled them forward. The girl ready a whip of what appeared to be spider silk.
"Let's…" She began.
However the girl in front tripped on her own two feet and fell forward. The whole team formation came apart. The blond in the back quickly deactivated his boots and was able to catch himself when he fell. The girl who was the rider somersaulted through the air and landed gracefully on the ground. The girl who had tripped, ungracefully fell on her face with a loud thud. A decent sized cloud of dust rose. Everyone in the area stopped what they were doing. The girl slowly lifted her face up off the ground. While she was uninjured tears were still forming in her eyes.
"I can't believe that happened on live TV… NOW EVERYONE WILL THINK I'M FAT!" She cried as tears sprayed out from her eyes at an inhuman rate.
"I get the feeling that's not what they're thinking." The six-armed girl noted.
She felt her headband get taken. She tried feeling for it as it happened so fast she didn't entirely notice it.
"HEY!" She shouted.
She looked to see Team Shinso run off with her headband. Hitoshi looked back at her and smirked. She puffed her checks and pouted both angrily and cutely.
"Anyways let's go back to…" Minoru began.
He stopped when he noticed that Team Kendo was no longer where they had been stuck. All that was there was a broken off piece of the boots Ochako had been wearing.
"The hell did they go!" He shouted.
In the air…
"NO MY POOR BABY!" Hatsume cried as she looked at Ochako's now damaged boot.
"Sorry Hatsume, but we had to get out of their fast." Itsuka expressed.
She heard an explosion on her left. She looked to see Katsuki flying up towards them.
"Don't think that you're safe up here huge hands!" He shouted.
Is that seriously the best he could do. I'm honestly kind of disappointed. Itsuka prepared herself for an attack. I need to think, how do I counter his explosions? Before she could do anything, a powerful gust of wind sent him flying away.
"What the hell?!" He shouted.
Izuku had shifted his left hand in a way so that he could flick at Katsuki using [One for All] at about 30%. His left index finger was now badly injured but not broken.
"Nice shot Midoriya." Itsuka complimented.
"Thanks," Izuku grunted in pain.
"Damn you DEKU!." Katsuki shouted.
A long strand of tap flew up and hooked on to him and pulled him back to his team.
"Nice catch." Eijiro complimented.
After a little bit, they got their formation back together. Eijiro was in the front, Mina on the right, Hanta on the left, and Katsuki as the rider. While they were doing this Neito made an attempt at their headband. However, he caught a blur of red out of the corner of his eye. He barely managed to dodge as Ruby made an attempt at the head bands he had stolen.
"Tch…" He clicked in annoyance.
He looked to see Team Bakugo already rushing towards Team Kendo. Damn that Ruby Rose making this more difficult than it has to be. He then smiled lightly. Though I guess I can appreciate the fact that it's because she sees our class as equals. He and his Team moved to find more points.
Meanwhile, Ochako did her best to help her team land. She struggled to maintain her balance with only one boot to land with. After a bit of struggling they managed to land. Itsuka was about to say something, when a blur flew past her. She felt her headband get taken as she saw Shoto fly past them. They were waiting for this moment. But what was that speed?
Earlier, before the start of the match…
Shoto had his eyes locked onto Team Kendo from the top of his formation. In the front was Tenya, on the left was Denki, on the right was Momo, and he was the rider. Momo and Denki had rollerblades on to enable Tenya to move at max speed.
"It looks like Kendo is the rider for Midoriya's team. That's gonna make getting the ten million points difficult for us." Tenya noted.
"Hmm?" Shoto hummed.
"Really?" Denki questioned. "Not saying she's bad but I don't see what she brings that makes her tough for us to deal with."
"I concur with Kaminari here? I fail to see how she'll be hard to deal with." Momo added.
"It's not what she can do but what she's fought against. From what I know, Kendo and Ruby trained at the same dojo a good while before the entrance exam. As a result they sparred fairly often. Ruby's easily the fastest in the class and Kendo has practice dealing with it." Tenya explained.
"I see. So even with our speed it'll be difficult to move faster than she could react." Shoto noted. "And with the mobility Midoriya does provide it'll be hard to lock them down."
"There is a move I have that might work given the right situation." Tenya brought up. "I call it Recipro Burst. I force the torque and rotation to increase to create an explosion of power. It's something I haven't shown to anyone in the class so we'll have the element of surprise. However, it'll render me useless for a short period of time so if possible I'd like to avoid using it."
"I see…" Shoto began.
"Todoroki," Momo called.
He looked to her.
"I have a plan that might work." She stated.
Present…
Team Todoroki skidded to a stop a little ways away from them.
"Your plan worked well Yaoyorozu." Shoto stated.
"Thanks." Momo replied.
"IN AN INCREDIBLE TURN OF EVENTS TEAM TODOROKI HAS SNATCH THE TEN MILLION POINT CROWN!" Mic shouted.
The crowd roared. Shoto went to put the headband around his neck. He had other headbands around his neck.
"Hatsume, use your quirk to zoom in on the ten million point headband. Todoroki's gonna mix it in with his other headbands he has, try and keep track of it." Itsuka ordered.
"I'll do my best boss." Mei replied.
"Wait your planning on trying to get the points back? Shouldn't we go after other points. I know we have time but their team will be tough to get through." Ochako brought up.
"Normally I'd say yes but…" She began.
She set her sights on Shoto.
"I want to face Todoroki head on and I want to stand on top. We're getting the ten million back." She declared.
"I'm in but we need a plan. It looks like whatever they used to blitz past us has stalled out Iida. They won't really be able to move." Izuku pointed out.
"Yeah I thought the same thing too. All that means though is that they have a plan to nullify it." Itsuka added.
Think, what is it? Let's see, they have Todoroki's [Hot and Cold], Yaoyorozu's [Creation], and Kaminari's [Electrification]. Freezing everyone would be the best bet but everyone would see that coming and be able to avoid it in some way. He'll need something to temporarily stop everyone… wait… She remembered hearing about how Ren, Denki, Momo, and Kyoka managed to survive all the villains they were stuck with. Her eyes widened. I see… that's their plan.
"Ochako, do you think you can pull off another landing? It doesn't have to be good, just stable enough to land safely." Itsuka inquired.
"It'll be rough but I'll manage as long as we aren't too high." She answered.
"That's all I need to know. Hatsume do you have your eyes on which one's the ten million?" Itsuka asked.
"Yeah it's the second from the bottom." She answered.
"Perfect… alright, here's the plan…" She began.
Meanwhile…
Shoto finished tying the ten million point headband around his neck.
"Man, I can't believe that worked. You weren't kidding when you said that Recipro Burst thing had an explosion of power. I'm surprised Todoroki was able to grab the headband moving so fast." Denki noted.
"It wasn't easy. Anyways focus time for phase two of our plan." Shoto directed.
Many teams had their sights on them now that they had the ten million points.
"Yaoyorozu…" Shoto began.
"Already on it." She replied.
From her stomach, she began to form an insulator, her tracksuit top was left open to enable larger creations, while creating a rod that branched out from her left arm. As soon as the insulator was ready, Shoto swung it around to shield both himself as well as Tenya and Momo.
"My turn now huh… Indiscriminate Shock 1.3 Million Volts!" He shouted as he let loose a wave of electricity that stunned seemingly everyone around them.
Everyone one else on Shoto's team had to close their eyes due to the attack. Once it was done, Shoto took hold of the rod Momo created and planted it in the ground. He sent ice through it and froze all the teams in place.
"Went off without a hitch." Shoto noted.
"You forgot about me Icy Hot!" Katsuki shouted.
He had been up in the air when the electric attack came and was able to avoid it.
"No I didn't." Shoto stated as ice moved up and encased Katsuki.
"DAMMIT!" He shouted.
"Now let's…" He began.
Suddenly, Team Kendo landed right in front of them. Izuku stomped the ground with an empowered kick. Dust rose up.
"What the?!" Shoto expressed.
Itsuka reached for the ten million points. Shoto moved to block her fire coming off his left arm. Izuku kicked up words with his free leg, empowering it to create a gust of wind. His face contorted in pain but his leg was still in good shape. The wind knocked their arms out of the way. My left… what am I… Itsuka used her other arm and grabbed where Hatsume had said the ten million points were.
"I'll be taking this back!" She declared as she yanked it free.
She looked to confirm it was the ten million point headband. She smiled when she saw that it was.
"Another incredible turn around as Team Kendo manages to reclaim their spot at the top!" Mic shouted.
"Back out now!" She ordered.
Her team compiled, quickly putting a lot of distance between them and Team Todoroki before a counter attack could come.
"A good strategy from both sides. Todoroki knew that he'd need something to keep people from dodging his ice attack like in the first event so he had Kaminari shock them beforehand to ensure his attack wouldn't miss." Aizawa explained. "However, Kendo was able to figure this out and counter it. She hung back so she'd have a bit more time to react, then flew up into the air before the electricity could stop them. And since there were so many teams it's easy to lose track of them in everything allowing them to get out of Todoroki's line of sight enabling their surprise attack."
"Nice commentary." Mic complimented.
"Because of that attack though there aren't as many teams left in play." Qrow noted. "Aside from Team Kendo and Team Todoroki we've got Team Rose, Team Shinso, Team Ren, Team Mizu, Team Kodai, Team Tsunotori, and Team Monoma; nine in total. There's about five minutes left, a lot can still happen in that time."
"I see… Iida how soon do you think till you can use your engines again?" Shoto asked.
"Not in enough time to be able to chase down Kendo properly if that's what you want to know, sorry." Tenya replied.
"I see… if the opportunity arises well make another grab at the ten million points. For now, we'll have to settle for gathering any points we can and ensuring we move on to the final round." Shoto stated. "Starting with…"
His team moved over and he took Katsuki's headband.
"Hey, give that back you bastard! I'll kill you!" He shouted as he struggled to free himself from the ice.
"If you can break free of that ice maybe you can have it." Shoto replied as his team went to gather more points.
"DAMMIIIIIIIITTTTTT!" Katsuki shouted as he continued to struggle.
"Hang on Bakugo!" Mina called out.
Since Katsuki had blasted ahead of his team, they were far enough away to avoid being caught in Denki's attack and Shoto's Ice. They ran up to him
"I'll get you out." She stated as she used her acid to melt through Shoto's ice.
"Hurry it up Raccoon Eyes we ain't got that much time!" Katsuki shouted.
"I'm going as fast as I can and it's Mina, Mina Ashido!" She shouted back.
While this was happening Team Kendo continued to move around the field. Itsuka tied the headband around her neck.
"Looks like my plan worked. Good job everyone." She expressed.
"Thanks," They all replied out of sync.
"How are your legs Midoriya?" She asked.
"They hurt but I made sure to not over do it with those attacks. As long as I don't try and push myself too hard I should be fine." Izuku answered.
"I see… we'll have to try and take it easy then and avoid you running at full speed if we can." She stated.
That along with our difficulty with flying and landing takes a lot of our mobility off the table. It'll all come down to me to keep our points safe. From the corner of her eye she caught a familiar shadow entity charging towards her. She enlarged her hand and knocked away Dark Shadow's attempt at her headband. Before it could try again she enlarged her other hand and punched it away. It retreated back to Fumikage, who was in the front of his team's formation. On the left was Nora, on the right was Mashiro, and the rider was Ren. They were coming from her right. From her left, Team Rose and Team Shinso. From behind them Team Mizu, Team Tsunotori, Team Monoma, and Team Kodai. Looks like now that we're less mobile they decided to come for us.
"Kendo, use one of your hands to cover the headband!" Izuku shouted.
"Huh… is that even allowed?" She questioned.
"I never said you couldn't so I'll allow it!" Midnight called.
"Fine by me." Itsuka muttered.
She wrapped an enlarged hand around the headband, completely covering it. She made sure it was around her neck tightly, but not the point of choking herself out.
"Keep moving everyone!" She ordered.
They continued to run as the other teams chased after them. As teams went to try and attack them, other teams would take the opportunity to try and snag their attacker's headband.
"It's pure chaos down there even as they try and go for the ten million points they're still trying to knock down the other teams. What will happen?!" Mic shouted.
"Looks like Team Bakugo just got their rider freed. Their back in this." Qrow added.
"Damn right! Now let's get that Icy hot bastard before we take the ten million!" Katsuki declared
"A complete victory huh. I'm in." Eijiro replied.
"Let's do this guys!" Mina cheered.
"Get ready Todoroki here we come!" Hanta shouted.
They rushed forward towards where all the other teams were. Shoto was about to make a grab for the headband of Team Kodai as they moved to attack Team Kendo when a strand of tape flew by them and stuck to the ground.
"Hey Icy Hot remember what you said about my points?" Katsuki questioned.
Mina laid down a weak acid they could slide on while Katsuki blasted their team forward. Before Shoto could properly react, Katsuki had taken two of his headbands, one was the original one he had the other was only worth 15 points.
"I'll be taking it back. Along with all your other points!" He shouted.
He went on the offensive as Shoto and his team did their best to defend. The battle between the teams continued until…
"TIMES UP!" Mic shouted.
"SON OF BIIIIIIIITCH!" Katsuki shouted.
He was about to grab the rest of Shoto's points. Itsuka breathed out a sigh of relief, having managed to defend the ten million points in spite of everything. They got out of their formation and Izuku collapsed to the ground exhausted. Ochako gently rubbed his back.
"Before we see who moves on to the final round I have a little announcement to make." Midnight began.
Everyone's attention was drawn to her.
"In past years this event would have decided the sixteen students who would move on to the final round. But this year we've decided to shake things up a bit." Midnight continued.
"Looks like the change you've been pushing for finally got through." Aizawa noted.
"About time, this should be interesting." Qrow added.
"Only fourteen students will have a guaranteed place in the final round, the other two spots will be fought for by those who didn't qualify in a series of one on one battles." Midnight explained. "In the event that there are more than fourteen able to move on based on their teams scoring, whatever extras there are from the lowest scoring eligible team will have to compete with everyone else to get into the final round. They will be placed in the highest available bracket. Who that'll be will be up to the team to decide. Now, let's see how everyone placed."
A screen popped.
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||1 Team Kendo|||||||||||||||||||||||5 Team Bakugo||||||||||||||9 Team Kodai|||||||||||||||||||||||||- Team Tetsutetsu|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||2 Team Shinso ||||||||||||||||||||||6 Team Monoma ||||||||||||10 Team Mizu||||||||||||||||||||||||- Team Mineta|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||3 Team Todoroki ||||||||||||||||||||7 Team Ren||||||||||||||||||- Team Hagakure||||||||||||||||||||- Team Rin ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||4 Team Rose ||||||||||||||||||||||||8 Team Tsunotori||||||||||||- Team Kumoko||||||||||||||||||||||- Team Tokage||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"I can't believe we only got fourth." Ruby cried.
Right before time ran out, Amai had shot a blast of energy at Ruby. This had distracted her for enough time for Hitoshi to grab hold of some of her head bands forcing her down to fourth.
"It can't be helped. Amai is truly a terrifying opponent even if you don't have to fight her directly." Ibara noted.
"Don't remind me." Shun expressed with a shudder.
"Since we have 16 eligible to move on, Team Rose will have to decide which two from their team will move on to the finals." Midnight stated. "For those who didn't manage to make it into the top four but still managed to place fairly high, don't worry, you'll have a shot to be put in a higher seed. Right now we'll proceed to an hour lunch break. Team Rose, report to me on who will move on after lunch so we can get the bracket set up while those that failed in the first round participate in other games."
"I'll let one you guys move on. If I go on to the final event I might have to fight Mei and I'd like a chance to show off what I can do." Shun stated.
"She's that strong?" Ruby questioned.
"She's easily the strongest in our class. Far stronger than even the recommended students." Ibara added. "I don't know the limits of your classmates but I'd be surprised if anyone would be able to match her in a fight."
"I see… does that mean you also don't want to move on to the final event?" Ruby asked.
"I am willing to go either way. If you and Aoyama wish to move on I shall respect that." Ibara answered.
"My dearz, you may move on. I shall take this as an opportunity to dazzle even more." Yuga stated.
"Alright then I'll go let Midnight know what we've decided." Ruby stated. "I'll try and catch up to you guys later."
She ran off towards Midnight.
Later, in a hallway…
Izuku and Itsuka stood across from Shoto.
"You wanted to talk?" Itsuka questioned.
In the stands, when the teams placements had been announced…
"Izukuuuuuuuuu!" Inko cried as tears shot up from her eyes.
Eri sat there with an umbrella in hand, blocking the rain of tears as though this was normal. Weiss also sat there with an umbrella in hand she got from Eri. She looked at Inko with concern, as did everyone else around them.
"Soooo… are you sure this isn't your mother's quirk?" Weiss questioned.
"Mhm… Mama just gets really emotional." Eri answered.
"I think… this is… well beyond being emotional." Weiss commented.
They sat there in silence as Inko continued to cry.
"Thanks for the umbrella… by the way." She added.
"Your welcome." Eri replied.
Izuku: Yes, first place. I think this is the first time I've ever won anything, as far as the writer knows that is.
Ruby: *Pouts* Still can't believe that stupid energy blast caused me to drop to fourth.
Izuku: H-hey look on the bright side your still in the finals.
Ruby: I guess, anyways we've got a chapter preview to get to.
Izuku: Right, next time me and Kendo have a little talk with Todoroki.
Ruby: And a long awaited meeting finally happens.
Izuku: Next time Chapter 35: Road to the top.
Ruby: Catch you guys then.
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