I've been dreading this one the most. But, I hope I do it decently :). Also, I make Mineta useful?! More likely than you think.
The Calvary battle was next. They were allowed to have up to four people for this. In order to see who was going on to the next round. Each team had a set number of points on a headband. They must wear their headbands on their person and can't keep them hidden on their clothes. They can't hide it under their clothes as that would be considered cheating.
And because Izuku won the race he got the grand prize of ten million points literally on his head!
He wanted to curl up into a ball and die.
"Okay…" Hitoshi mumbled as he took a big step towards his brother. "So, we have two, we just need two more. Leave that to me-" Hitoshi turned his mind set on Butterfly wings-
"No- no mind control. At least not yet. Hichan. Let's think and ask around before we go to the extreme."
Hitoshi sucked on his teeth in exaggeration. "I finally get the go ahead to use my quirk and I can't." He half whined.
"Calm down." Izuku mumbled as he looked around at all the other teams forming around them. They still had thirteen minutes before the time was up, still, there were so many people, people that Izuku didn't know the quirk too and vise versa.
"Hey! Kaminari, over here!" Hitoshi suddenly called as he waved his friend down.
Kaminari turned to look at them before rushing right on over. "Hey guys!" He greeted.
'Kaminari would be a good team member to have with his electricity.' Izuku thought, however, his thoughts were swiftly dashed.
"-Look, before you ask, because I know you're going to…I'm sorry. I already agreed to join Todoroki's team."
"You traitor." Izuku joked immediately while playfully tapping Kaminari's shoulder to show no hard feelings.
"Hm." Hitoshi blushed and chewed on the inside of his cheek. "Well, I wasn't going to ask you anway." He waved Kaminari off while turning away from the blonde.
"He's joking." Izuku whispered to Kaminari.
"I know, he's a terrible liar."
Both of them shared a quick laugh before Kaminari turned and bounded away. "See you on the battlefield! I won't go easy on you!"
"I don't expect you to!"
"Welp, I'm going to pick someone- oh." Hitoshi went to turn away but stopped immediately as Koda was standing there looking…well…nervous.
'Do you still need people for your team?' Koda anxiously finger spelled to both of them.
"Uh…yeah, we do." Hitoshi rubbed at the back of his head.
'May I be apart of your team? The others either ignore me or don't see me. Either way, I'm free.'
"Hey, that'd be great, Koda." Izuku spoke as he started to finger spell just the same.
Koda smiled.
"Okay, three down…just one more to go, but who-" Izuku was interrupted by a lispy voice.
"Fear not. Your hero has come!" Mineta grinned while raising his eyebrows up and down in a suggestive manner.
"..." Izuku looked Mineta up and down before sighing. "What's you're quirk?" He inquired rather displeased but willing to at least hear the little guy out.
"Heh, you won't be able to resist me once you learn. What my super awesome quirk can do. See, sweetie-"
"-Urg." Izuku rolled his eyes.
"These balls on my head aren't just used for decoration. I can pop them off with ease and they'll grow back," To prove his point he popped one of the purple balls off of his head and one immediately grew in it's place. "They're super sticky. They stick to anything and everything, not me of course because I'm just built different." He boisted himself up. Again, to prove his point, he threw said ball and it stuck- directly against Akisho's skull.
"Ha!" Hitoshi laughed while pointing as Akisho reached up to get said ball off of his head and only succeeded in getting both of his hands caught.
"So, what do you say? Impressed?"
Izuku's face was blank as he thought about it. 'You know…it's actually not that bad. I could have him use his quirk along with mine to maybe pin others down and I could use my object attraction- hm, but he's too small to be a horse…-"
"Okay! I know it's not that impressive as some of the other quirks you've encountered! But you don't have to give me that look, okay?!" Mineta all but cried while shaking.
"No, Mineta, I'm just thinking-"
"You can't be serious," Hitoshi whispered while pulling on Izuku's ear. "He's a creep."
"With a useful quirk, Hichan. I think Mineta will be a good addition. With the four of us we actually have a good team that can rival some of the others. The name of the game is to win as many points as possible, right? Well, everyone will be on us the moment the bell rings." Izuku explained. "We could use someone who can pin others to the ground if needed."
Hitoshi scowled while putting his hands on his hips. "Are you sure about this, he can't exactly be a horse."
"He can't, but what he can do is ride on my shoulders like a periscope of sorts."
"Oh, but that's dangerous, Zuchan…" Hitoshi mumbled as he thought about it. "One wrong move and you go toppling off of Koda and I."
"It's like dad says, you won't get anywhere without taking a few risks…when did he say that exactly?" Izuku scratched at his head. The memory sounded familiar…
"Ignore it… but if that's how you feel…okay, I won't challenge you. I just hope you know what you're doing."
Izuku nodded before turning to Mineta. "You got the job!"
"Yes! You won't regret this!"
"I sure hope not." Izuku whispered as he looked at the timer. They had five more minutes to go. "Alright… we need to think of a plan."
They had thirty minutes to survive. Thirty long minutes. It made Izuku's palms sweat as they all got ready. It was decided that instead of being a periscope, that Mineta would instead be a surprise as he clung to Izuku's back like a koala. He would keep a look out for Izuku's blindspot.
They all had their parts to play, Koda's involved actually talking to animals, which Izuku found insanely cool as Koda whispered soft commands into the bird's ears or to the lone rat that had come to them, beckoning to Koda's call.
Izuku took his shoes off but decided to keep his socks on for this. As Koda and Hitoshi held on to his feet.
All the teams had their eyes on him like he was their next meal, arguably, he was. It was Hitoshi who had the idea for Izuku to wrap the headband around his upper arm and not around his head. It would be harder to get that way. Instead, Izuku wrapped Hitoshi's headband around his head. Hitoshi's little fifteen pointer would be a great distraction for those not paying attention.
The air became heavy as everyone stood baited and ready to leap.
"Remember the plan…" Izuku whispered to his teammates.
"Hm!" Hitoshi nodded while grinning. Koda was trembling slightly but nodded all the same.
"You got it, sweetcheeks-" Izuku reached behind his head and smacked Mineta up top the head, earning a soft "ow!" in response.
"BEGIN!" Present Mic roared out-
Like predicted everyone rushed towards Izuku feverishly practically salivating to get their hands on that ten million pointer.
"Take this!" Mineta bellowed out as he used one hand to cling to Izuku and the other he threw his balls down at a rapid pace. It worked in slowing some down, but not everybody.
"Now!" Hitoshi called out and Izuku used One-for-all creating a wind current just strong enough to lift himself and Mineta up into the air avoiding most that leapt towards him.
"Deku!" turning, Izuku just hardly avoided an enraged Bakugo's explosion to the face.
"Mineta!" Izuku called as they started to descend.
"Gotcha, babe! Take this!"
Bakugo made a startled noise as he was struck with one of Mineta's sticky balls right to the face. He growled as he made an attempt to dislodge it, but like Akisho only moments earlier he found his hands to be stuck as well. Bakugo cried out as he tried to fight with the purple monstrosity.
Izuku then used his object attraction quirk. Taking Bakugo's two hundred points, right as Bakugo managed to dislodge the purple ball. Izuku blew him a kiss with two fingers while showing off his prize. "Thanks, Kacchan!" He teased before sticking his tongue out. "I'll cherish this forever!"
"Izuku Tora once again shows his object attraction quirk. A quirk that was undoubtedly made for this." Their dad's voice shot through the speakers, reminding them that their dad was in fact watching. "A good move, no doubt, but he knows he shouldn't be too reliant on it."
Bakugo's face was priceless as he fell, his teammates swiftly caught him.
Izuku landed safely back on Hitoshi's and Koda's shoulders. Thank goodness both people were strong.
They weren't out of the woods yet as more people were still rushing at them. This included Ochako and her team. She was teamed up with a girl from the support class and Tokoyami. And they were coming for them from the air. The support team girl was able to use some of her gadgets which included a jet pack. Combined with Ochako's float…
"Koda! Do it!" Izuku cried out and Koda nodded nervously.
"F-Friends! Hear my cries and pleas for help!" Koda spoke, he actually spoke. Both Izuku and Hitoshi looked at him wide eyed, but not for long as they had to move again before someone else got to them.
Koda's quirk had worked as a swarm of pigeons descended upon Ochako and her team. There were cries of alarm as the pigeons mercilessly pecked at them. Dark Shadow shot out and swatted at several of the birds.
Izuku swiftly put the two hundred pointer around his neck as they continued to run away from the opposing teams-
'An earthquake?!' Izuku thought as the ground started to violently shake and move-
"Dammit!" Hitoshi growled. "I'm sinking!"
"It's someone's quirk! The ground is like quick sand!" Mineta said from Izuku's back. He started to climb a little higher.
Izuku wasn't the only one affected as those also on the ground found themselves sinking deep within it. More panicked cries but for a different reason. It was a trap as they violently tried to fight being sucked into the ground.
Izuku looked around though the chaos and he pinpointed just who was doing it as the student had in his hand in the ground causing all of this. Izuku narrowed his eyes. 'I can create wind pressure…' It was on a whim did he stack one hand on top of the other, bracing his wrist. Then he flicked. He got the guy and knocked him back just a little ways. He knew purposely pushing people wasn't allowed, but he wasn't trying to push the kid, just trying to stop him. It worked, the ground stopped moving.
"Dammit! Dammit! I'm stuck!" Hitoshi cursed once it was said and done. Izuku looked down and saw that Hitoshi's left leg was stuck ankle deep into the concrete ground. No amount of tugging or pulling could dislodge it.
Izuku looked at the clock. Ten more minutes left.
'Can we survive ten minutes stuck in the ground?' Izuku hadn't planned on this. The others were approaching again. He saw his classmates- Todoroki- coming for his blood.
"Alright…. Koda… can you talk to rats?" Izuku asked and Koda nodded feverishly. "Call them. The birds as well if you can. I have a plan."
Koda's mouth twisted a little but he nodded again.
Izuku then turned towards Mineta. "Get on my shoulders!"
Mineta twisted himself around so he could easily sit on Izuku's shoulders. "Hitoshi… hang on. You're going to get a little close to some rats."
"Hm!" Hitoshi held on tight while nodding.
"Mineta. Throw your purple sphere's out everywhere, hurry. Block as many people as you can. Aim for their feet!"
"Say no more!"
It became chaos after that. The moment the rats and mice descended upon the stage was bad, but joined in with the birds, not just pigeons, but crows and ravens all the same came flying, pecking anybody and everyone in their wake.
Students screamed in terror as the rats tried to claw up their pants, others tried to get away from the pecking birds, this causing several people to drop their riders in an attempt to flee. It was just absolute chaos and anarchy-
It made Izuku grin. He couldn't stop his smile as the others ran-
Of course not everyone was swayed by rats and birds. Others, Bakugo, Todoroki, and Ochako, just to name a few, were more than happy to use the distraction in an attempt to rush at them.
"Deku!" Bakugo roared as he charged forward with his team. Izuku got ready to jump as Bakugo literally roared at him. "I'm going to kill you!"
"Heh…" Izuku smiled more to himself than anybody else. "I'd like to see you try!" Izuku boldly called out to Bakugo as he, Izuku, threw his arms out rather dramatically.
Hitoshi tensed from under him. "Zuchan…It's just a game, remember?" Hitoshi whispered to his brother.
"Of course. Of course. Just putting that smug bastard in his place-"
Izuku grabbed on to his head as a harsh pain suddenly drilled itself into his skull with such a force that it almost made him sick.
"Take his quirk, Izuku-"
"Uh…Tora?" Mineta whispered as he lightly tapped Izuku's head.
Bakugo was rushing at them using his explosions.
If that weren't bad enough, Todoroki and his team were rushing at them. "No hard feelings, Zuku!" Kaminari yelled as he was one of the ones in the front.
"Tora!" Mineta whined now as he started hitting Izuku a little more frantically.
"He doesn't deserve a quirk if that's how he treats you-" Hitoshi whispered to Izuku as the two of them sat on his small white bed. Side-by-side they sat. The bed was so small that they were touching thighs. "He sounds like a real ass, if you ask me." Hitoshi then declared as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Hitoshi…that's a bad word…"
"Ass."
"Hitoshi!" Izuku giggled while kicking his feet happily.-
"Izuku, you ass!" Hitoshi bellowed out. "Snap out of it!"
By the time Izuku looked up it was too late. Bakugo had gunned it for him and managed to snatch the headband around Izuku's head. "Got it!" Bakugo roared victoriously as he used his explosions to get back to his group without touching the ground. "God dammit!" He then roared when he saw it was only the fifteen pointer. Not that it mattered, he had a lot more headbands than before.
Izuku felt stunned for a moment, but couldn't stay stunned for long.
"Tora-" Todoroki made a mad grab for Izuku's arm, to which Izuku reached out and summoned two of the headbands Todoroki had around his neck. They were backwards, a smart move that Izuku was beating himself up on. He should have done that. Still, with his object attraction on his side, Izuku managed to snag the ones Todoroki had. He didn't know which ones, and he couldn't care. Not now anyways. "You think you're so clever with that quirk of yours!" Todoroki snarled as he rounded back and used his ice to try and knock Izuku down.
"Better than you! You have two quirks and refuse to use one! At least Zuchan uses both of his!" Hitoshi spoke for Izuku.
"I told you to stay-"
It was a trap that Todoroki fell for hook line and sinker. He went limp.
"Todoroki!" Momo was quick though and smacked Todoroki's arm, freeing him from Hitoshi's quirk almost immediately- "Ah!" She cried in alarm when Mineta threw a sticky ball right dab in the middle of her chest.
Izuku flicked his fingers, knocking Todoroki back, but not off.
He dared to look at the clock.
How time flies.
They had just a minute left.
Izuku considered himself lucky that someone got Bakugo's attention for the time being.
'Okay…it's time for the big plan. I don't have much of a choice at this rate.' Izuku sucked in a slow and deep breath.
Todoroki and his team had backed up, regrouping, planning.
'I hope this works.'
"Mineta, get on Hichan's back."
"Hichan?"
"Me, jackass!" Hitoshi hissed.
Mineta clambered down from Izuku's back and on to Hitoshi's.
Izuku stood up and shook his sweaty palms. "Todoroki!" He called to the dual haired boy. Todoroki looked at him with narrowed eyes. Izuku took the ten million pointer off of his arm and tauntedly held it up. "You want it?!" Using one for all and creating a small pocket of wind, Izuku did the boldest, riskiest move he could think of. He tossed it in the air. "Come and get it!"
Then, Izuku leapt using one for all to help him get high. Up the air he went. 'It's just like acrobatics with dad!' He thought as he twisted his body in the air. He felt light, weightless, like he was flying.
There was the cracking of ice as Todoroki came rushing after the ten million pointer at a fast rate.
Together they both caught the headband at the exact same time. "Let go!" Todoroki demanded. Izuku felt a smirk play at his lips. They were close, so close that when, in one last ditch effort to get the band, Todoroki created a spark of flame with his left hand. It startled Izuku as he felt some of his hair get singed from this, but just as quickly as the attack came, it vanished. Todoroki looked shocked.
Still, Izuku let the band go all the same. "Fine, but I'm taking the rest!" With that declaration on his part, Izuku used his object attraction quirk and took the remaining four headbands off of Todoroki's neck with ease. The bands shot into Izuku's hand and Izuku kicked Todoroki away from him while in the air.
Izuku then did the same thing he did for Bakugo. He blew a kiss. "Thanks!"
He could have sworn he saw Todoroki blush as the two of them fell.
"Gotcha!" Hitoshi called as he managed to grab Izuku before he hit the ground.
"TIME!" Present Mic called.
Izuku fell limp against his brother.
"Are you okay?!" Mineta had been the one to ask.
"Whoo!" Izuku cheered as he pumped his fist. "Never better…never better." He looked at all the headbands in his hand.
Hitoshi was freed from the ground shortly after that and whistled. "Uuuugh!" It was like the weight of the world freed itself from Hitoshi's shoulder as he fell down on his back. Then, he and Izuku looked at each other before laughing.
"You guys were awesome!" Izuku cheered to Koda and Mineta alike. "Seriously! We never would have gotten this far without you guys!"
"I have to admit. I was skeptical…but Mineta, you pulled through." Hitoshi breathed out a laugh.
Todoroki and his team won first place in the Cavalry battle with ten million points. Izuku and his team won second with eight hundred and fifty points, Bakugo's team was next with eight hundred points, and finally the last team to advance to the last round was…Akisho's, who had a total of seven hundred and fifty points.
"LUNCH TIME! I say it's about time these students got their hour break for lunch, don't the rest of you?!" Mic called to the crowd.
"Thank god! I'm starved!" Kaminari came up and smacked Izuku on the back along with Hitoshi. "I think I saw some delicious looking riceballs!" He called like they weren't just at each other's throats only minutes ago.
Still, some food sounded good. All that excitement made Izuku hungry.
However; as he started to retreat with his brother and Kaminari, he was grabbed by Todoroki. Izuku didn't get to make a noise as Todoroki lead him away from the rest of his classmates and into a more secluded and private location. Hitoshi never noticed Izuku's absence as he was too focused on Kaminari for the time being.
Still, eventually it was just Todoroki and Izuku. "Tora I…be honest with me…Is All Might your father?"
In all honesty, Izuku had no idea how to react to that and in his shocked state he could only say: " Ha! No! Aizawa is-" He covered his mouth, but it was too late. Todoroki's jaw was dropped and his eyes wide. The cat was out of the bag and Izuku's father was going to maim him for this.
Also, also. I know Mineta only 'fell' for Izuku during the USJ (which they said was just a translation error regardless) and so technically he shouldn't have a crush on Izuku…but dammit, I'm a sucker for Mineta just having one big gay crush on Izuku.
So, I know these last couple of chapters have been focusing on Izuku, but no worries, next chapter we're back to Hitoshi and maybe even Aizawa getting a POV!
I wrote this whole chapter in the span of four hours, so forgive me for any mistakes. I'm so tired. T.T
