Time passed by rather quickly, and soon the day of the Sports Festival arrived. Weiss spent her time after school and therapy, which primarily consisted of card games that Mr. Inui was teaching her, finishing up her new weapon, the paperwork that allowed her to use it being approved, and practicing as best as she could without Myrtenaster, which felt a bit weird, but it was doable. Myrtenaster would stay at home for now, locked away in the case next to her bed. Wielding a weapon that wasn't her beloved sword felt weird, almost as if Weiss was cheating on Myrtenaster. She lifted the blunt replica of Myrtenaster in her hands, swinging it softly as its unsharpened edge tore through the air.

Dolt's steel wasn't as durable as Myrtenaster's Atlesian steel, but her aura should be able to reinforce it. Sadly, Dolt's Dust chambers would remain empty today, instead of being filled to the brim with various types of Dust powders and crystals. She didn't need people looking into the fact that she could literally light Dolt on fire, and sprout ice from the ground with the flick of a switch and with some help from her glyphs. Using Dust back at the USJ was already a huge risk. Thought, perhaps she should bring some electricity Dust, just in case she needed to use time dilation. It wasn't as obvious as the other kinds. Weiss grabbed a vial and slid it into her blazer's pocket.

"Are you ready to go Weissy! I'll make you walk to school if you aren't!" Yu shouted, her voice faintly carried by the artificial wind that their AC unit created. Placing Dolt into the new case that Hatsume had helped her build, Weiss gave the unworthy weapon one last look, her eyes scanning each rune that she had personally etched.

"I'm coming!" Weiss closed the case, securing the locks before easily holding over her shoulder, her backpack also securely in place.

"You better not disappoint me, Dolt." Only then shall the imitation be able to gain a worthy name,

"I'll be outside patrolling with Shinji and Death Arms. UA's checkbook is pretty decent when they want to hire security." Yu gave Weiss a wink. "I'll be cheering for you from the steamed bun stand." Life had taken an abrupt turn, with Yu's career as a hero steadily rising. She was famous now, and had more money thanks to her endorsements and commercials that she filmed. Life was good for the gigantification hero.

Patrols and endorsements took up most of her time, which seemed to have combined with Weiss' busy schedule, resulting in the two hardly seeing each other anymore, which made Yu feel bad.

"If you keep eating all of the free samples, you're going to rip your costume." Weiss said dryly, her eyes focused on the road ahead of them. She formed a smirk.

"Good thing it stretches." Yu shrugged as she pulled up near the curve. A crowd was already starting to gather, with reporters attempting to interview any student that walked past. Biting her bottom lip as Weiss started to unlock her seatbelt and the door, Yu reached out a hand and placed it on the younger girl's shoulder. "You know, I'll be proud of you no matter what happens, right?'

Weiss only gave her a small smile and a slight nod. "I know, thank you, Yu."

Yu smiled back, patting the tsundere on the shoulder gently. "I'm sure you're going to kill the competition." Weiss flinched softly, but Yu squeezed her shoulder just barely.

Hopefully Weiss didn't take that literally.

Weiss kept her back straight, feeling Dolt's weight distribution that had taken weeks of preparation, with Hatsume's help of course. The eccentric girl had wanted to outfit Weiss' new weapon with dozens of new additions, all of which Weiss denied. She didn't have time to make any additions to her fighting style, and was already handicapped without using her Dust crystals. Electricity would serve only as a last resort. She would actually prefer if she didn't have to use, as hard as they were to reproduce.

"I still find it unfair that you can bring a sword." Kaminari said, his eyes aimed at Dolt. The entirety of Class 1-A were loitering in their designated room somewhere inside the Sports Festival Stadium. Her friends were scattered around the room, with Mina stretching and Kyouka seated next to the electricity boy.

"This sword is a core element of my quirk, allowing me to control it." Weiss lied as easily as she breathed. "And I don't remember you filling out the proper paperwork to bring in a piece of support equipment." She narrowed her eyes.

Kaminari raised his hands defensively. "Chill out Ice Queen, I'm just saying. I'm just saying that it's a bit unfair " Even if he was saying, Weiss was not amused.

"Ha! Ice Queen! Do you get it?" Hagakure laughed from her spot at the plain table seated in the middle of the room.

"He is right." Ojiro spoke up from his spot near Mina. "They didn't let us wear our costumes to keep it fair."

"Then Aoyama shouldn't be able to use his belt by that logic." Weiss scoffed, motioning her hands towards the feminine blond. "But he also filled out the proper paperwork in order to use it, so it's not against the rules."

That seemed to shut the tail boy up thankfully, who went back to stretching silently.

"You're not wrong Weissy, but you could have used a different tone." Kyouka finally spoke up with one eye open. Was she taking a nap?

Weiss shrugged as she finished doing her last minute checkup of Dolt.

"Alright everyone, it should be about time for our turn to enter." Weiss said loudly, marching towards the middle of the room. The room's atmosphere turned a bit darker, which was understandable. The moment the festival began, they would all be rivals for first place. "I hope you're ready to give your best."

"Schnee!" A calm voice said from off to the side. Hm, this was the first time Todoroki spoke directly to her. Was he finally tired of staring at her? The rest of the class stared at the two of them nervously, minus the dog who glared at everyone like an idiot.

"What is it?" Weiss narrowed her eyes as the taller boy walked up to her slowly.

"Looking at this objectively, you're physically stronger than me, faster too." Of course she was, Weiss had been in life or death situations. Todoroki's voice was monotone, as his eyes hardened.

"Whatever you're saying, spit it out." Weiss tightened her fingers into a fist.

"You may be faster, and stronger, but I have more firepower than you. Even though you may be a distant family member of mine, I won't be holding back." Todoroki said, his monotone voice filled with conviction. "I'm going to beat you."

Those five words started a loud commotion, with most of the class shouting in agreement.

"Same here!"

"You're going down Schnee!"

The rooms atmosphere immediately lightened with fierce determination, with the majority of the class having serious looks on their faces, from Iida to Midoriya. That only seemed to make the dog scowl even more. Weiss smirked as she flipped her ponytail off of her shoulder.

"I hope you all put your money where your mouth is."

Wait, what did he say about family?!

"I can't believe that you're so shameless." Kamui Wood sighed as Yu happliy ate the free takoyaki she had been given. Give a guy a few nose bleeds and a blush and he'll do whatever you tell him too. Her costume being skintight certainly helped as well, plus her killer body.

"Don't be jealous, I'm hot. Old Midnight has nothing on me." Mt. Lady took a bite of the fried food.

"We aren't jealous." Death Arms grumbled. The trio wandered around the festival grounds, officially working as security, indicated by the lanyards and IDs that they wore.

"Whatever you two say." Yu finished the takoyaki, dumping the cardboard container in a nearby trash can. "Let's get some coffee before the games start. I don't want to miss Weiss kicking butt, and I want to get rid of the onion taste in my mouth."

Shinji gave her a blank stare, and sighed for the hundredth time that day. "That sign says Baked Alaskan coffee, buy it there so we can find a decent spot at a monitor around here."

"Too bad Nighteye's already taken, cause that would've been the perfect hero name for you Wood." Mt. Lady grinned as she walked through the crowd, thankfully without any perverts attempting to touch her. "Do you two want anything?"

"Just get your coffee." Death Arms said tensely.

"Alright alright, no need to get your tighty whities in a bunch." Mt. Lady waved him off as she walked up to the stands counter. A rather handsome man wearing a bowler hat and an eyepatch stood behind it, with a little blonde girl with a top hat sitting next to him.

"Why hello there. Are you a bank? Cause you certainly have my interest." The coffee man blinked, not being able to wink with only one eye. The blonde girl scowled, but remained silent. Blushing softly, Mt. Lady wiggled in place for just a second and placed a hand above her rather generous bosom.

"I'll take a small americano please." Yu said sweetly. Coffee man nodded with a smirk.

"That'll be five hundred yen." Coffee man said as the blonde girl finally got up and started playing with the coffee machines.

"Oh, I'm not sure I have that much. You know how girl pockets are the worst." Mt. Lady wiped a fake tear from the corner of her eye. She could feel Kamui Wood and Death Arm staring at her. Coffee man gave her a blank one eyed stare.

"Himiko, cancel that order."

Shit.

A/N

I told you all that I would be back on the 20th of this month. Updates will be slower as I bounce between this and Not an Egg, my Sonic/Worm crossover. I managed to start that and update Lore Khepri during my short break, so congrats to my worm readers!

On another good note, Schnee H or H has surpassed Chimera as my most viewed story on FFN despite its four year head start with over 226,000 views in just a few months! Thank you all for your support!

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