"GO!"
Before any of the other students couldn't even process the race had begun, an explosion of blue and green light blinded spectator and participants alike, a giant of a silhouette appearing in the light.
Then it dissipated, revealing Izida who towered over his peers. Likely the only person, student or teacher, who was taller was All Might and not by much.
He wasted no time as soon as he could see, with some of his opponents distracted by the light and the fact Todoroki and many of the other people closer to the front were already moving on.
'We should avoid using our engines yet. Our natural enhanced speed should suffice until we are in a safer area to use our new skills.' He thought, bolting towards the gate. To say he was fast, even without using his upgraded engines, was an understatement.
His long legs, enhanced muscles and the natural boost of fusion already proved to be a formidable combination as he weaved around competitors in seconds, rapidly approaching towards Todoroki who was leading the pack.
The heterochromatic looked back briefly, both the competitors gaze meeting.
"Izida, right? Sorry about this."
The fusion raised a brow. "Huh, what-"
Then the barrage of ice came, completely frosting over the entire corridor and seeming to even get stronger around Izida's legs, trapping on the spot. He'd probably have fallen over and broke an ankle if not for the ice that also wrapped around his chest and held him in place.
"For that." With that, the hetrochromatic teen stated simply, taking off out the corridor and into the obstacle course proper. 'Drat!'
He struggled futilely against the ice without using his quirk, not wanting to risk the potential collateral of using his engines in doors. If he knew how powerful they would be, he might of tried it but without that knowledge he couldn't be sure he wouldn't accidentally flay a competitor alive.
Many had gotten caught in the ice attack like him, though it seemed most of his classmates did not get caught and he was simply the unlucky one who had been closest to it when it was used.
Many spared short glances but none stopped, barrelling past him as it was a competition.
"Sorry guys!"
"Better luck next time!"
"HAH! FUCK YOU DEKU!"
Izida spared a glance behind him, the last of his classmates bypassing him and he gritted his teeth realizing he had no choice. But even using his engines now, he had no idea how fast the ice would melt-
SZZZT!
The sudden sound that reached his ears had him quickly redirect his attention to his leg, where he noticed a glob of acid melting part of the ice. Looking up, he saw Mina was the furthest behind in the leading pack, but quickly gaining.
She didn't look back, but there was no doubt she was the one who did it. Within Izida, a new burst of determination came from his Izuku half. 'Now or never.'
The engines on the fusions legs began to heat up, his skin already starting to feel the biting cold of the ice starting to disappear. He grunted, the ice being somewhat slow to disappear. 'Let's kick it up to the highest we can manage! Once we're out we'll need the boost anyways!'
With that, his flames burst fully to life, destroying the ice in an instant and quickly throwing the giant teen forward. "WOOOOAH!"
He started sprinting across the field in an instant, the world blurring to much for him to make any sense of what was in front of him. He almost immediately stumbled, nearly face planting as his top heavy form almost threw him down with the force his legs were putting out at the same time.
He had no choice, being completely off-balance, but to throw out his arms to the side and continue moving as though he were merely a small child enjoying a run in the breeze…
…except in this case if he fell over he wouldn't get a bruise. At least not one momma was going to be able to kiss better. As far as he knew, neither the Iida's or the Midoriya's had the power to kiss busted open skulls better.
'Can't brake, not good!'
"HOLY SHIT!" Someone screamed as he rocketed past them, though he was not the only thing that got shouts of surprise as he rapidly came upon a cluster of what appeared to be zero pointers.
One was frozen and on the ground, clearly the handiwork of Todoroki. Another had it's head blown off and the others were in the midst of fighting a few of the other students. One spotted the incoming human missile that was Izida and tried to throw a punch at them.
The fusion, very suddenly, was surrounded in a variety of red lines, his one blue eye flashing green. 'Well, if we can't brake then we need to use this opportunity to slow ourselves down a bit! Should be able to manipulate power output a bit- GOT TO DO IT NOW!'
"FIFTY PERCENT!"
With that cry, he jumped at the zero pointer, hitting the metal with his entire body and barrelling straight through it, causing the robot to buckle in on itself. He cut his engines out at the same moment, the impact killing some of his momentum. 'Hey, we did it!'
He hit the ground, bits of metal scattering around him but he rolled, quickly getting back up to his feet and running, but finally managing to slow down. "Ok, new rule, I think we should avoid full speed. It's probably excessive anyways…. Yes, you are probably right."
Looking around, he couldn't help but note he had made up for his false start already, only Bakugou, Todoroki and a girl he didn't recognize with green vine like hair up ahead.
"Okay, it seems we need to rely on at most, gear two. Any higher and I don't think we can properly keep up with our movements yet, perhaps when if we trained but not right now." He said to himself, taking a breath to calm down from the adrenaline of the last burst, before placing his hands down on the ground, taking in the next obstacle up ahead. 'Looks like a series of pits. We can't run over it but… perhaps if we combine superpower with our more reserved bursts we can make these leaps easier.' "On the count of three. One, two…. THREE!"
As soon as he shouted that, his engines roared to life again, though with less powerful flames than before as he bolted towards the three contestants. He passed the girl he didn't recognize first who had yet to begin making her way across, almost accidentally knocking her over with the wind generated by him.
He came up in the edge and at the last possible moment cut off his engines, leaping into the air towards one of the platforms. Once he was airborne, he let out small bursts from his engines, landing on each of them and taking another leap into the air once he reached the edge.
It was a risky game, if he landed on an unstable pare of the terrain to hard or if he misjudged even one of his jumps he could fall down into the pit below but he managed to keep up with practically perfect precision.
It took him only a minute to reach halfway across the pit, attracting the attention of Bakugou nearby when he finally went past him.
"EH?! YOU FUCKERS! STOP STEALING MY MOVES DAMMIT!"
'They're hardly like yours though?!' The fusion thought in confusion, though he didn't focus on it for long, coming to the conclusion quickly that it would be for the best to just ignore the blonde.
Another minute later, and he came to Todoroki's side as they both finished crossing the pit at the same time. Upon seeing him, the heterochromatic teen's eyes grew wider in surprise, as his feet suddenly shot another patch of ice towards them.
"I'm afraid I won't fall for the same trick twice, Todoroki!" The fusion called, finally having normal ground beneath him and taking off faster than the ice teen could hope to keep up with.
In the time it would of taken a normal to walk a couple steps, Izida was already upon the final obstacle of the course. He looked out ahead, seeing a sign advertising landmines in a field up ahead.
A field of explosive devices that would go off immediately upon contact, a normal person would stop before approaching that. Izida's lips quirked up into a grin and he started moving towards it faster.
'This last part is like it was made for our power.'
For the spectators, a brilliant spectacle was bestowed on them in the next few seconds as explosion after explosion detonated behind the large teen, who outran them all with ease, avoiding being carried away.
In just a second an entire strip of landmines in the field were detonated and gone, with one massive pink cloud of coloured smoke blocking the view of the field for a few moments.
'No trouble at all.' He thought as he came up to the final corridor. He heard explosions behind him, either meaning Todoroki was on the field or Bakugou was blasting over it but they had no chance to catch him now as he entered the final stretch.
As he neared the finish line, the commentary of Present Mic reached his ears, finally in range to know what the man was saying. "-AND IT SEEMS MIDORIYA AND IIDA'S FUSION HAS PROVEN TO BE TOO FORMIDABLE FOR WHOEVER DESIGNED OUR OBSTACLE COURSE, SPORTS FANS. LET'S HEAR IT FOR THESE TWO AMAZING STUDENTS!"
"IZIDA WINS THE OBSTACLE COURSE!" Midnight announced as said fusion finally came to a stop in the middle of the stadium, body beginning to glow. A moment later and Izida's components split apart, Izuku landing on the ground with a thud before laughing despite himself.
'That… that's the feeling I missed.' He thought, smiling to himself as he merely basked in the euphoria for a moment. Opening his eyes, he saw a hand being offered to him and took it.
Iida helped him to his feet and the two shared smiles.
"AND THAT MEANS, IZUKU MIDORIYA AND TENYA IIDA SHARE FIRST PLACE!"
With that, the stadium erupted into cheers.