"I'll be taking that."
Akemi gritted her teeth, badly able to focus on her quirk.
Shit... She's losing control...
"Akemi, let go." Izuku's voice sounded and Akemi looked up, strained. "You can't control it right now so it's alright, okay?" He glanced at her and Akemi stubbornly shook her head.
"Akemi, let go." He said again, and this time, she sags.
The barely swirling wind stopped and she gave Momo the dirtiest glare she could muster and completely let her quirk go. Dark Shadow shrunk significantly in size, and Akemi felt exhaustion hit her.
"Tokoyami-kun, have Dark shadow carry us back!"
"Got it!"
The apparition darted beneath them and they began to back away, Akemi closed her eyes, and despite what Izuku told her, began to work on her quirk.
Sorcery is a quirk which requires maximum focus. With sleeping gas in my system I cannot focus as well but it doesn't mean I can't think. What I practised for the past few weeks can't go to waste. I can't fail here.
She moved along as Izuku evaded Todoroki's attacks again and again. Until...
"Torque Over—"
Akemi's eyes widened.
"Reciproburst!"
A burst of wind passed by, and Akemi froze.
Reciproburst.
Tenya...
Their headband is gone. Their headband. Her chance.
No.
No time. Closing her eyes, Akemi sighed and relaxed.
"Get back in there!"
"As long as they have Kaminari, we'll be at a disadvantage if we attack! Won't it be safer to go after the other points?"
"We can't! I don't know how the other points got split up! This is our only chance!"
"Leave it to me, then."
"Akemi?!"
"Tenya isn't the only one keeping secrets from you." She grinned, and looked towards Uraraka, and nodded. The girl lifted them up, and Akemi whipped her hand out.
"Sorcery: Unique skill— Sync!"
An explosion of energy, and she gasped as their minds we're synced. Her teammates' eyes widened, looking over at her.
"This should last three minutes!" Akemi called back, "It's an overall boost, physical and mental both synced and linked..." She grinned, "Now GO!"
Izuku's eyes widened.
"I'll definitely become a hero and make money, and let my parents take it easy!"
"...And I love it. So I will do whatever it takes to show it to the world."
"I'll leave it to you, Midoriya."
He isn't on his own.
Three dreams, three promises. Hanging onto him.
He can't let it down.
Before he knew it One for All coursed through his arm and Akemi's barrier shattered. The energy not feeding into his punch but to strengthen his bones.
As he charged up his arm the power seems to be shared to the other three, making them faster. And the moment his fist reached Todoroki, fire exploded in his vision, and Izuku grinned, swiping his arm sideways creating a high, intense burst of wind pressure, breaking his defence.
Todoroki's arm was forced to the side, his flames extinguishing and a look of shock and disgust crossed his face. Izuku paid no mind, and whipping his hand out, he grabbed the band on top and tore it off.
"Got it!"
"Deku-kun, that... That isn't the ten million point band."
He looked down, and his eyes widened.
Seventy points?
They changed the position of the headbands!
The countdown already begins; they don't have time. Whipping around Izuku looked back towards Todoroki's team, and roared.
"Uraraka-san!"
"Hai!"
They began rushing towards Todoroki, "Akemi! Tokoyami!"
"Got it!"
"Caught 'cha!"
Dark shadow whipped into motion and Akemi's sync intensified, speeding them up further.
"Times' UP!"
And they screeched to a stop. From his place in the air, Kacchan, who arrived somehow, fell to the ground and he recoiled as the effects of sync fell away.
"And that's it for the end of the second round, the cavalry battle!"
Izuku curled in on himself, trembling.
He'd let them down.
He'd let them all down.
...what would Akemi's father do to her if he found out she's been eliminated?
And as Present Mic announced the final winners, Izuku cried his eyes out as Dark Shadow held up Todoroki's headband, and their ticket into the final round.
And to his side, just out of his sight, Kimura Akemi turned away, and looked over towards a particular red-and-white-haired teen, who caught her eyes, and turned away.
And the cavalry battle is over!
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