The next day after being healed again by recovery girl Izuku made his way to class 1-A for homeroom, he opened the door and was immediately greeted by silence as everyone turned to look at him. "Hey... what did I miss?" Izuku said in an attempt to break the silence.
Suddenly Uraraka had tackled him into a hug saying, "are you okay? I was so scared when you got hit by that big villain."
"Uh, yeah I'm fine, Recovery Girl healed me up, though I do have a scar from the pale villain," Izuku's face was now a light shade of red, "I'm glad you're all okay, but what happened after All Might showed up? I kinda blacked out."
"Well All Might was fighting with the big villain when the mist villain opened portals to trap him in the big one's hands when Todoroki, Bakugo and Kirishima jumped in to help," Ashido said while Uraraka had let go and was now looking bashful and an even darker shade of red than Izuku. "Apparently the big villain had a regeneration quirk because Todoroki froze and shattered one of its legs which just grew back. Anyway, All Might ended up hitting him so hard he flew through the roof of the U.S.J. It was awesome!"
Iida then joined the conversation saying, "Yes, then I arrived with the other teachers who split up to take out the smaller villains and help our other classmates get to the exit. I believe the pale villain and the mist villain both escaped around the same time." Iida then bowed towards Izuku saying, "I must thank you if you hadn't have convinced me to go and get help as quick as you had I fear that attack could have gone far worse for us."
"I should thank you too Midoriya, not only did you get us out of the shipwreck zone you also stopped that pale villain from disintegrating me," Asui said, "you even helped us rescue Aizawa sensei."
"You don't have to thank me, I just did what I could-"
"Don't you dare think you're some kind of hero just 'cause you 'saved' a couple of people!" Bakugo shouted, interrupting Izuku's ramblings, "You're still the only student that got hurt, you quirkless loser."
Just as Iida was about to jump to Izuku's defence the door opened once again this time to reveal Aizawa arms and head wrapped in white bandages. "Everyone get to your seats."
"Are you sure you should be back already sensei?" Asui asked.
"My welfare isn't important. Because your fight is far from over." This got all the students confused and slightly panicked thinking there might be another villain attack. "U.A's Sports Festival is fast approaching."
"Is that really a sensible idea, we were just attacked by villains?" Iida said.
"It's necessary. To demonstrate U.A's crisis management protocols are sound, there will also be five times the police presence there was in previous years. Either way, the sports festival is the greatest opportunity you'll get. Pro heroes often use the festival to scout for new sidekicks, you'll obviously gain more experience and popularity if you're picked up by a big pro. Show them what you're made of here and you'll make a future for yourself. This happens once a year so you only get three chances, you can't afford to miss it."
The news of the sports festival got everyone excited, none more so than Uraraka, whose face now sported a look of pure determination, "Iida, Izuku. Let's do our best at the sports festival!"
"Yeah. It's my first chance to show the world that being quirkless doesn't stop you from being a hero." Izuku said, a similar look of determination on his face.
Two weeks later, the sports festival is getting ever closer, Izuku, Uraraka and Iida are about to leave class 1-A and head home when they heard a lot of chattering coming from outside the door. Opening it Uraraka was greeted by a sea of students all crowding around their door, "What's going on?"
"They're scouting out the competition. 'cause we're the kids that survived a villain attack. Makes sense they'd want a look before the sports festival," Bakugo explained as he headed out the door, "there's no point though, move aside extras."
Iida began to berate Bakugo's behaviour but was interrupted by a tall purple haired student saying, "You're right we came to get a look. Is everyone in the hero course this arrogant? Gotta say I'm a little disillusioned if this is all you've got to offer." The purple haired boy had now made his way to the front of the crowd, "did you know that those of us that didn't make it into the hero course got stuck in gen ed? Just because we don't have a quirk that's good for destroying robots."
Uraraka then piped up, "Actually Izuku doesn't-"
"No. Let them find out during the festival," Izuku interrupted.
"Anyway, if we do well enough in the festival we can get moved into the hero course, which means if you don't I'm taking your spot." With that, the purple haired boy walked off.
Another week went by and it is now the day of the Sports Festival, all of the students arrived in the centre of the arena and grouped together in classes, Izuku was trying to calm his nerves, Midnight then came on stage and snapped her whip to get everyone's attention while saying, "Now for the Athletes Oath. And your student representative is from class 1-A, Katsuki Bakugo!"
Bakugo walked up to the stage with his hands in his pockets and making his way over to the microphone, "I just want to say, I'm going to take first place." This caused outrage amongst the other contestants, "You'll make great stepping stones," he then walked back and rejoined 1-A. Meanwhile, Midnight had started to announce the first event pointing towards a large screen with different words cycling through until it stopped at Obstacle Race.
"This year's first event is an obstacle course, a race between every member of all eleven classes. The course is a four-kilometre lap around the stadium itself, as long as you don't leave the course anything is fair game." With that, a large door opened and a buzzer signalled the start of the race.
Immediately students began sprinting forward through the tunnel, which bottlenecked them leaving a perfect opportunity for Todoroki to freeze the floor just after the tunnel either sticking people to the floor or forcing them to run on ice. Many members of 1-A managed to dodge the ice, most notably Yaoyorozu who used a pole she created to vault over some stuck students, Bakugo who blasted himself into the air and Izuku who happened to avoid the initial wave of ice and then used his momentum to slide across it.
The students then made their way around the corner to see a variety of robots from the entrance exam, including multiple zero pointers, followed by Present Mic's commentary, "Every obstacle course needs obstacles, starting with the first barrier. ROBOT INFERNO."
Todoroki was the first to encounter the robots, hearing everyone talking about how they were the robots from the entrance exam, he said, "kinda wish they prepared something a little more threatening." He crouched down sliding his fingertips across the ground before lifting his hand towards the robots and sending a mountain of ice at them, freezing two zero pointers in place before running through the gap.
Other students saw this opening and said, "he stopped 'em! We can get through that gap!"
"Bad Idea. I froze them in pretty unstable positions... so they'll fall." Todoroki said as he made it to the other side of the robots, the ice then cracking under the weight of the off-balance robots. These robots then crashed down onto the ground causing a large barricade for the other contestants.
"1-A's Todoroki! Busting through and sabotaging others in one move! This guy's cold!" Present Mic announced.
There were a few students standing around the fallen robot with looks of concern having just seen it fall atop two other contestants. There was then a couple of loud thumping sounds and the metal creaking before two holes were ripped open, two teens burst out from the waist up, one was Kirishima while the other was a student from 1-B with metallic skin. They said in unison, "if I wasn't me, I'd be dead."
Bakugo blew past the hardening duo, using his explosions to fly over the zero pointers, avoiding the obstacle altogether. He was followed by Tokoyami and Sero using their quirks to climb the robot. Sero said, "with your personality, I thought you would have fought your way through."
Meanwhile, Izuku was coming up against a smaller robot, it swung forward with one of its armoured limbs. Izuku ducked under its attack and darted past it, spotting a metal plate from a previously broken robot. He slid down to it and lifted it over his head while crouched down using it as a shield from the robots next strike. He pushed back against the robot forcing it off balance then swung the metal at the bot slicing its head off before continuing running, keeping the metal plate as it might come in useful later.
Now that the front runners made it past the robots Present Mic announced, "So the first obstacle was a piece of cake?! How about the second?! Fall and you're out! THIS IS THE FALL!"
Many of the students arrive at this obstacle and stopped at the edge of a large ravine, within the canyon, there were pillars of stone linked together with cables which created tight-rope bridges. Asui was one of the first to begin crossing the chasm by crawling along the cable using her adhesive limbs to not slip. Todoroki was still in the lead going slowly over the tight-rope to keep his balance. Meanwhile, a girl from the support course, with pink hair and large brass goggles, shot a grappling hook from a device on her belt using it to swing through the crevasse. Izuku was slowly crawling along the cable, hanging underneath while still carrying the metal plate having tied it around himself with the internal wiring still attached to it.
As Todoroki reaches the other side of the chasm the sound of explosions gets louder, Bakugo was flying over the ravine using his explosions to keep him in the air. They then made it to the final obstacle with Present Mic exclaiming, "the leaders of the pack have reached the final barrier. That's to say... this minefield! A quick glance is enough to spot the mines, so keep both eyes open and watch your step!"
Izuku was still hanging on the cable above the ravine quietly panicking because they were so far ahead of him, he then made it to the edge and hauled himself up along with his metal plate. He made it to the minefield, he spotted Todoroki and Bakugo in the distance, neck and neck, still battling for first place.
Izuku took a deep breath, trying to calm his nerves, he then came up with a plan. He was either going to rocket towards the front of the pack or cause him to fail completely, but he didn't know how many students were going into the next round so he had to aim for first. Finally building up enough courage, Izuku ran forward lifting the metal plate in front of him before jumping and angling himself to land on top of the metal plate as it hit the mines. Due to people being more cautious at the beginning of the obstacle Izuku managed to cover a few mines with his metal plate, setting them all off at once.
A loud explosion rang out and pink smoke engulfed the start of the minefield. Izuku was sent flying into the air as well as forwards towards the finish line.
"A giant explosion from behind?! What caused such a blast?! An accident? Or was it intentional?" As Present Mic was announcing this the cameras zoomed in to see Izuku sawing through the air still clinging to his metal plate and leaving a trail of pink smoke behind him.
"And class 1-A's Midoriya rides the wave in hot pursuit!" Izuku then began his decline, falling fast and just passing all the front runners, seeing this Todoroki and Bakugo stopped attacking each other and instead sped up.
Izuku's balance was then disrupted by an explosion fired from Bakugo causing him to fall forward. As he fell forward Izuku used his momentum to do a full front flip, planting a foot on the shoulders of Todoroki and Bakugo he swung the metal plate overhead and onto the ground between them and below himself hitting a couple of mines in the process. The other boys got flung to the left and right of the blast both distracting them and slowing them down while Izuku was sent flying forward. He hit the ground hard but quickly scrambled to his feet and sprinted as fast as he could to the finish line, crossing it mere seconds before Todoroki, followed shortly by Bakugo.
"And Midoriya blows off the competition with no time to lose! Your class is something else Eraser Head! What're you teaching those kids?"
"This isn't my doing. They've all got something they want to prove." Aizawa said in his monotone voice.
"And the winner is... none other than Izuku Midoriya!"
Izuku stood in the centre of the field, a determined look on his face and only one thought in his mind, I'll prove I can be a quirkless hero.