Welcome back everyone, time for the UA Sports festival to begin, well begin later in this chapter.
Nobody asked any questions that wouldn't spoil stuff for later in the story, so lets just get to the story itself.
The night after Midoriya and Uraraka's training he thought he wouldn't be able to sleep after spending three days unconscious at UA, but he was surprised when he closed his eyes to find himself on a rooftop with the mysterious man from after the USJ sitting on the edge of the building.
"Bout time you came back Deku." Bridge didn't even look at the green haired teen as he got up. "Ready for your next lesson?"
So either I'm having some weird recurring dream, or this guy was telling the truth. The former seems like the most likely but it's not impossible that a quirk could-
"Hey! Kid focus." Midoriya snapped out of it as the man seemingly teleported and slapped the back of his head. "In the time that you spent thinking to yourself you would have been killed by any skilled opponent. You need to learn to think on the move, and make split second decisions."
"Right, so what's the plan?" Midoriya asked.
I don't know if I can trust him, so I'll have to keep up my guard.
"The plan is for you to get in that ugly mess you call a costume and go on patrol." Bridge snapped his fingers and Midoriya felt his clothing shift, he looked down and his t shirt and shorts were gone, replaced by an undamaged copy of his costume from school.
"It's not that bad."
"Please, you look like an All Might fanboy that couldn't get the right shade fabric and decided to throw in random pieces of other heroes costumes. The only thing you did right was add some protective gear for yourself, the rest is a fashion disaster, but let's worry about that later, for now focus on training."
Fashion disaster? Coming from the guy wearing a trench coat over a fancy shirt with aviators?
"Here's the plan for tonight. I'm gonna randomly make things heroes have to deal with appear, anything from lost kids looking for their parents, to super villains. Your job is to make your way across the city while dealing with as many of these as you can. I'll keep track of your progress and let you know what I think when you find me. You do good and I'll consider answering some more of your questions about this place. Try not to die." With a smile Bridge dissolved into a cloud of dust, leaving Midoriya alone on the roof.
What's with this guy? Midoriya looked around, trying to figure out what direction he could go when he hear a scream from the streets below. He took off running towards the source to find civilians running from a familiar sight, the sludge villain from the day Midoriya met All Might was back, and he was bigger than before.
"Bring me All Might!" The creature roared. Without a second thought Izuku dove at the mass of sludge throwing his fist at it like he saw All Might do to take it out twice already.
"Detroit Smash!" The villain practically exploded in every direction as the wind funnel hit him. He sighed and started to get ready to move on when an explosion got his attention at a nearby building.
This is gonna be a long night.
Almost three hours later Midoriya finally found Bridge eating ice cream on the roof of a warehouse.
"Bout time you made it. Gotta admit, you did passable work, you met my rather low expectations for our first day. Tomorrow the real challenge begins. You made some mistakes tonight, we'll do this again tomorrow. Do better."
Before Midoriya could protest his teacher's response his vision faded and he woke up in his room.
Another dream about that guy. I really hope this doesn't become a regular thing.
Midoriya looked over at his clock as he started to lay back down, it was less than five minutes until his alarm was supposed to go off. He sighed before turning it off.
Might as well just get up.
After the rest of the class was told about the sports festival in homeroom classes went on as usual until All Might asked Izuku to join him for lunch.
"So Young Midoriya, how do you feel about the upcoming festival? After all, it's something all the pros, and the rest of the country will be watching." All Might poured tea for himself and his student as they sat in the teachers lounge.
"I I'm actually a little nervous, after all this is my chance to make a good first impression on everyone."
"Exactly, think of this as your debut, you already proved how far you've come at the USJ. Now it's time for you to show everyone else. This is your chance to make everyone notice you as you tell the world I AM HERE!" All Might shifted to his larger self before shrinking back down.
"But All Might, that's your catchphrase." Midoriya started to protest when All Might stopped him.
"Young Midoriya, I believe that you have the ability to be an even greater hero than me, you still have a long way to go, but I believe you can become the next symbol of peace. If you hadn't accidentally copied my power, I would have offered it to you willingly, use this chance to show the world what I already know. As your mentor, I ask, no, demand you tell the world those words."
He would have given his power to me willingly?
"Wait, I thought you said that I was the ninth person to hold your quirk, can you pass it on to multiple people?"
"Well, not exactly. You see I thought that when you copied my quirk it was transferred to you like when it was given to me, but when my predecessor passed it on to me she almost immediately started getting weaker, so by that logic I should be much weaker than I already was, but nothing changed, so I believe that means that since you copied my quirk I can still pass it on to someone, so when I finally decide who that will be you'll have a partner for our usual one on one training, and I've already narrowed it down to three people." All Might explained. "For now, let's just focus on the sports festival."
Someone else will get his quirk as well? Who could it be?
After more two weeks of training physically during the day, and the weird mental exercise dreams at night, the day finally came for the sports festival.
Izuku arrived at the gates of UA as the crowds started to pour in for the festival, along with several pro heroes that were brought in to help protect the festival in case of a villain attack. He spotted not only members of the staff, but Mt. Lady, Kamui Woods, Death Arms, and Endeavor.
Wow, I can't believe I'm actually going to be doing this. I used to watch this festival every year at home, and now I'm actually going to be competing.
As Midoriya got near school he could see the front gate already swarming with reporters, just like the day that the alarm went off the previous month. He made his way to the locker room and changed into his gym uniform before joining his class as they waited for the event to start.
"I was totally hoping I could wear my costume!" Ashido started complaining to the other students.
"At least everyone will be in uniforms, that'll keep things fair right?" Ojiro responded.
The door opened and Iida stepped inside.
"Everyone, get your game faces on! We're entering the arena soon." Midoriya started looking around the room and the usually quiet Todoroki came up to him.
"Midoriya." The room went silent as everyone wanted to see what he had to say. "From an objective standpoint I think we're about equal in strength currently, however, you have All Might supporting you for some reason. I'm not going to pry about your relationship, but know I will beat you."
"What's with this declaration of war? Right before we get started?" Kirishima started to approach the clearly annoyed teen, only to be interrupted.
"You think he's your biggest threat half and half? I'll take down both you bastards!" Bakugou practically threw himself out of his seat.
Before anyone could respond Present Mics voice rang through the stadium.
"HEY! MAKE SOME NOISE SPORTS FANS! I'VE ONLY GOT ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE START THIS SHOW! ARE YOU READY!" The class could hear the roar of the crowd from the waiting room as they waited for the signal to enter the stadium. "FIRST UP WE HAVE THE STUDENTS THAT FACED OFF AGAINST VILLAINS, CLASS 1-A! NEXT UP IS HERO CLASS 1-B, AND CLASSES 1 C, D, E, F, G, H, I J AND K. GIVE IT UP FOR ALL YOUR STUDENTS."
A whip crack echoed though the stadium, silencing the audience as this years referee, Midnight, spoke up.
"Now for the introductory speech, this year it will be given by class 1-As Izuku Midoriya."
Wait, what? I have to give a speech?
Izuku froze, only to be pushed forward lightly by Uraraka. He slowly made his way to the microphone on the stage in front of him and cleared his throat as he looked around at all the eyes watching him.
"This is your chance to make everyone notice you as you tell the world I AM HERE!" Here goes nothing.
"Thank you to everyone that came out to support the students competing this year. Everyone, please do your best and show the world what it means to go beyond. I intend to join my classmates as I show the world that I am here!" Midoriya stopped to look at his classmates, then the rest the audience before making his way back down. His speech got mixed reactions, with some cheering, and some complaints about the obvious All Might quote being used by a student, and Midnight did her best to defuse the complaints by moving things along quickly.
"Without further ado, it's time for us to get started. This years first challenge will be an obstacle race around the edge of the stadium with the top 42 students moving on to the next stage. I don't want to restrain anyone, so as long as you don't leave the course you're free to whatever your heart desires. Now, take your places contestants."
"ALL RIGHT! JOINING ME IN THE BOX IS THE WALKING MUMMY ERASERHEAD! ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE WE GET STARTED?"
"How did I let you talk me into this?"
"WE BOTH KNOW YOU LOVE GIVING COMMENTARY ON THE STUDENTS ABILITIES!"
"I hate you."
Midoriya started looking around, trying to find Uraraka as Midnight cracked her whip and gave the signal to start running.
"GO!"
"AND THEY'RE OFF, so Eraserhead what do you think the first obstacle is?"
"The doorway." All the students became a giant unmoving mass pushing against each other as they struggled to get through the entrance to the rest of the course. Midoriyas search for his friend ended, instead replaced with the realization that if he didn't get moving he wasn't going to come close to getting a decent place. As he started to think of a plan ice formed on the ground making him have to jump or get stuck.
"AND CLASS ONE A'S SHOTO TODOROKI LEAVES EVERYONE FROZEN AS HE TAKES THE LEAD!"
Izuku looked to see his classmates pulling ahead of everyone else, leaving him behind.
Crap. I need to get moving.
Midoriya blasted his way above everyone with Jet and started to propel his way forward with small blasts from his palm just like Bakugou.
"AND THE REST OF CLASS ONE A IS IN HOT PURSUIT OF THE FIRST PLACE CONTENDER!" Izuku looked around to see not only Todoroki far ahead of everyone, but Bakugou, Asui, Aoyama and several other members of his class pulling ahead of the crowd, but he still hadn't spotted Uraraka yet.
Looks like I'm on my own. Midoriya landed ahead of most of his classmates before making a clone of himself as his plan came together in his head before being interrupted by a loud rumbling.
"TODOROKI ARRIVES AT THE FIRST OBSTACLE! A ROBO INFERNO!" Midoriya looked ahead as multiple zero pointers from the exam rose from the ground, only to topple over as Todoroki froze the ground around them.
Gotta move, now.
Izukus clone reached out and touched him, removing the pull of gravity and Izuku took to the air before blasting off using Jet in pursuit of the lead.
"TODOROKI TAKES THE LEAD, WHAT'S THIS? IZUKU MIDORIYA IS IN HOT PURSUIT!"
The audience watched a green and blue blur rush past previous leader.
"AND HE TAKES THE LEAD!"
Izuku was internally panicking, he was pushing the limits of how fast he could move, but it was paying off. He blasted through half of the second obstacle before he could even process what it was before he felt gravity return, making him crash into the ground between that and the third obstacle.
"AND HE BLASTS OVER THE PITFALL LIKE IT'S NOTHING! SERIOUSLY ERASER WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING THIS KID!"
Izuku didn't hear the response as he made his way to the edge of the final obstacle, a minefield.
The clone must have been damaged by one of the robots. There's at least two more events after this so I can't waste my energy making another one. I could use One for All to clear a path, but that would open up the path for everyone else. If I try to fly over then I risk landing on a mine if something happens. I need a plan.
"MIDORIYA STOPS AT THE EDGE OF THE MINEFIELD. TODOROKI AND BAKUGOU ARE ON THEIR WAY TO OVERTAKE HIM IF HE DOESN'T GET MOVING."
Izuku looks behind him to see Bakugou propelling himself through the air while Todoroki slid across the second obstacle with a small ice bridge.
"Deku you bastard!"
Shit, gotta get moving.
Midoriya looked at the minefield before him, then back at his competition before he jumped into the air.
Time to try something risky.
Midoriya did a one eighty to face backwards away from the finish line and raised his fist behind him before punching the air ahead of him propelling himself through the air and pushing his competition backwards as he blasted over the field like a human bullet. He spun in midair and realized he wasn't going to make it through the whole field. He straightened his body and let out another blast of air from the soles of his feet and soared to the edge of the field.
"AND MIDORIYA LITERALLY BLOWS AWAY THE COMPETITION CLEARING THE WAY FOR HIS VICTORY!"
Izuku looked back at the two students who had recovered and were rushing after him, but they were too far to stop him as he ran to the finish line.
"THE WINNER IS CLASS ONE A'S IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
Izuku finally stopped focusing on the race and was hit by the wall of sound coming from the audience as he made his way into the middle of the stadium. Midoriya ran forward a few more feet before looking for the nearest camera and smiling as he punched his fist in the air over his head making the crowd lose it as they realized the hero he was mimicking, but Midoriya wasn't focused on the audience, his eyes searched the upper level of the arena until he saw the unmistakable blonde hair of his mentor, but he couldn't make out his reaction to his performance.
I did it All Might.
Slowly the other students started to pour in, first Todoroki, then Bakugou, couple people from 1-B, Iida, then the crowd started pouring in too fast for him to keep track.
"Izuku! That was amazing!" Midoriya blushed as Uraraka ran up to him. "I'm so glad you got first place!"
"Uraraka!" Izuku tried to think of what to say when Midnight spoke up.
"Only the top 42 advance to the next round, but don't worry, we have other activities for the rest of you later. Now then, onto the next game. A cavalry battle. Students will form teams of two to four people. Each of you has been assigned a point value which will determine your teams score. You will wear a headband with your teams point value and try to steal other teams headbands. After 15 minutes 16 students with the best score move on to the next round. Your assigned scores are based on your placement in the obstacle course, 42nd place is 5 points, 41st is 10, and so on." Midnight looked down at Midoriya and smiled as she finished explaining the points. "The only exception is first place, which is worth 10 million."
Izuku froze at this statement as he felt all eyes go on him.
10 million?