Chapter 10: The Big Race
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As everyone rushed forward, it was not just Class A that was moving forward. Several others were also, including Kallo Korran. Quirk: Nullification. He nullified any other Quirks he touches for ten minutes, which the timer is reset if he touches them again! However, he cannot nullify mutation type Quirks! He is a student from Class B, and was elected the Student Council President as his Quirk lets him deal with other students Quirks! He is a very reasonable person, and got in through recommendations!
There was also Reiji Munakata. Quirk: Barriers! He is able to create and utilize barriers, though he has found many creative ways to utilize them!
And then there was Suzuki Sonata. Quirk: Mist! She can turn into a misty form, and she can also condense herself back! And she can use a mist that she can create to attack or enhance her...
"Hey! Dont copy me!" Samuel shouted at Suzuki as they were tied.
"You don't copy me!" she replied, annoyed at him.
Anyways, you get the point.
After that was Yousuke Yamata. Quirk: Artemis! He can create a powerful bow and fire arrows with a variety of effects he can add to them! Each color creates a different effect!
And then there was Katoro Kousuke. Quirk: Railgun! He can launch any object he can get a hold of like it was fired from a railgun, though there is a size and weight limit!
And then, suddenly, giant robots appeared in front of everyone, as the first obstacle and caused everyone to stop...except for one person nobody noticed at all. Ouma Kurosawa. Quirk: Illusion. Can place an illusion over himself or anything else he's in contact with, allowing him to change what it looks like.
So what to others look like giant robots were actually just trees!
"Just break through!" Francesca Granzzani shouted as she rushed towards them. Quirk: Hair Manipulation. Can Grow, Shape, and move her hair freely! Her hair is always perfect and fashionable!
"I am following...wait, what was I following again?" Noboru said as he chased behind, trying to keep up. Quirk: Treant. Can grow any part of his body, as well as his entire body, up to three times it's normal size. Expanded areas are much stronger than normal, skin takes a bark-like texture and becomes much sturdier. The More of his body he expands, the more of his short term memory he loses.
"Go forth Amon-chan! I will cover you!" Cleo shouted as she emerged from Amon Ahmose's mouth, grabbing hold of a tree behind the robot and pulling him forward! Quirk: Djinn. Can summon a blue djinn from his mouth named Cleo, Cleo is a happy individiual and flirtatious. Slender, black hair, various golden and jeweled accessories. Cleo can become as large as Mt. Lady and can create a hallucinogenic pink gas. Must keep his mouth open for her to stay and can only breathe through his nose when it's active.
"I think I will just skip on by" Olive said, as she suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight and reappeared up ahead, with a few people suddenly being pushed to the side. That was the power of Olive Brando Draxis. Quirk: Stop Time. By tensing her body, is capable of 'stopping time' for up to 10 meters around her for 2 seconds, during these 2 seconds she moves at 3 times her own speed, effectively treating those 2 seconds as 6 seconds, to act on the frozen objects. Once time start again all actions taken happen instantly. Requires a split second to activate and if used without a proper break between uses can cause organs of user to shutdown. Its a powerful double edged sword!
Meanwhile, up ahead Yuki Winterbone was keeping up speed and making sure he would finish high, if not first place itself! Quirk: Sub Zero. Controls ice and snow, immune to cold, weak to any form of heat.
Keeping up meanwhile the the rest of them was Elaine McGrath, better known as Fetch. Quirk: Neon. She can control, manipulate, and utilize Neon! Very flashy indeed!
And then, charging right down the center was Wakumo Saikyo. Quirk: Apocalypse. He can absorb and discharge sunlight, or use it to enhance himself! However, despite being friendly and of average intelligence, he tends to rub people the wrong way because of how he tries to act perfect all the time!
Meanwhile, right behind him, Meya Snow was charging full force donned in her Black Armor. Quirk: Knighthood. She can summon mysterious black energy that can wrap around her body and solidify into Black Armor. The armor provides her with increased strength and durability. Alongside that armor, she is able to create a sword from the black mist that boosts her attack power as well. Though the armor increases her attack and defense, it doesn't increase her stamina. The armor will slowly disappear as Meya's stamina drops.
And coming up on the left was Akane Ishikawa, transformed into a flaming hound that was charging forward. Quirk: Fire Dog! She can take the appearance of a dog made of fire!
Meanwhile, a bunch of other students seem to have been consumed by Paranoia and Fear, as Kakashi Sutoro ran past. Quirk: Paranoia Shroud. Capable of creating a cloud that causes fear in others, said fear can then be collected to ehance his body's natural healing or be used to condence or expand the cloud for more effective gathering. Due to absorbing other peoples fears, mental state can deteriorate during use.
And on the right, a well trained person was using his Quirk to keep track of everyone, choose optimal routes, and make sure he got to the finish line efficiently. That was Kaori Hirai. Quirk: Command. Capable of Telepathy and a birds eye view when standing still, mentally taxing. He has to stop every so often, but he has an excelent memory for these things!
"I don't think so!" another one called out, but this one was not from Class A as a strange black energy spread around...and for some bad stroke of luck, several people's pants and underwear fell to the ground, especially Class A people. That was when Touma Tereto ran past them all! Quirk: Chaos! He can cause all sorts of problematic and chaotic things to happen, resulting in relatively harmless effects to unquantifiable levels of destruction! Incidentally, he is also one of the average/short students, standing at 159cm!
"...and thats why you are known for being on the Pervert Squad, Touma-kun" an even shorter boy of around 140cm jumped by. That was Kuro Kazaki! Quirk: Bounce! He can turn any surface into a trampoline and bounce from it! Its surprisingly powerful!
"Fufufufu...you should say something more tsunderish, Kuro-chan" one average hieght, and very well endowed girl said as a strange black orb near her took a picture of him. Suddenly, she then began using his exact Quirk. She was Atami Shogiro. Quirk: Cameroids. She can create various orbs that can turn invisible, watch people from a distance, and even record and take photos! She can then copy the Quirk if anyone she has taken a photo of once, for a limited amount of time, as well as their physical abilities. If its a mutation Quirk, black energy will mimic it also. Once she uses it, she would need to take a new picture of the subject, and if she tries to use it too many time in succession, she may get dizzy and forget things! She is also a member of CLass Bs Pervert Squad.
"Yes! Our desires are justice!" said the most obvious member of the Pervert Squad as she launched himself forward using webs she fired from her arm. He was Kasaki Ishida. Quirk: Black Widow. She can do a lot of things a spider can, including shoot webs and excrete venom! For such a cool quirk, its sad she is such a perv.
"And panties are also justice!" Said Akumo Kirigi, as he moved forward. Quirk: Phase Shift. He can phase himself, things he is wearing, or other people and things through other objects! Its very exhausting, but very useful also!
And as the pervert squad and others went past, suddenly a few of them found huge parts of the floor bent up and blocking their path. That was probably because Jiro was upset about his and other classmates suffering through such an embarrassing situation.
And so, the big burst of the race began, the start where people explode forward, and others pull off all the stops.
"I...I will show everyone that I can be a hero!" Wakumo stated to himself, rushing forward. After all, he had promised he would try to save everyone, after his sister died during an earthquake in a tragic way. However, he had not been off to a very good start. He was always trying to impress his classmates, but his lack of consistancy in his personality had caused some people to dislike and not trust him, combined with the fact that maybe he had tried to impress people by explaining his Quirk, tehy though it was way too powerful and disliked his bragging as a result.
However, he was determined to make up for it and...
"Eh?"
"Sorry Wakumo!" Ryoka shouted. "Just stay there for a bit so I can win!"
"Ehhh...ehhhhhhhh?!"
Wakumo desperately tried to move, but found himself unable to as Kuro created a trampoline on the solidified air and bounced forward.
"Bye bye overly huge guy!"
Another thing they didn't like was his size too, actually. He was way too big for his age, and so people also didn't like that. So even though he tried to be friends iwth people, he had low luck...
"Here, I got you!" France said, as her hair tried to pull him out of it. She was the exception, also being a bit freakishly tall, but also because they had been trapped together in the tunnels during the USJ incident. And yet...
"Thanks, both of you!" an average height blonde haired boy said as he used them both as hand rests while pushing himself forward, and in the process, copied both of their Quirks. He was Maziro Monoma. Quirk: Double Copy. The ability to mimic quirks, and is able to utilize two at once, but only in his hands.
Class 1-B was really giving it their all. And so was General studies, who...
"Hey, my underwear is gone!"
"Mine too!"
"Seriously, this is what you use it for?"
"Anything to get them to slow down and give us a chance to get ahead!"
Meanwhile, as everyone else was booking it at top speed, Akane who was running on four legs now was having a serious speed advantage, bypassing lots of people to get to first place. She was rushing into the lead, and was now reaching a good center of hte pack. However, as she made it up to the group, she encountered the people who were able to run and fight at the same time. Mainly, it seemed at the back of the front group were Yuki, Deru, and Karu, who had been keeping everyone else behind them suppressed.
However, that was when he passed them all by. The son of the greatest hero, Izuku Midoriya, and his wife, Ochaco Midoriya. Tora Midoriya.
"Uh oh...if I dont pick up the pace, I wont make it into the next event!"
And so,, she picked up the pace, along with everyone else.
"Nice try Yuki, but we have no intentions on losing!"
"Well neither do I!"
In that moment, it looked like they were about to go at it when...
""Double Inversion!""
"Frostpoint!"
Yuki made a huge wall behind them as the twins inverted the ice's melting, causing it to solidify instead while also causing any physical force exerted on it to be inverted back to the one who applied it. AKane only just made it through, but it seemed they were going all out to make sure no one else could catch up. Surprisingly, they seemed more in sync with each other then expected...but, maybe there was a reason for that. After all, Yuki was an orphan like them. They could understand that about each other, and knew the hardships they all had faced. So, they knew just how hard they had worked to get here. None of them wanted to see each other fail this early.
"Woooo~" Azaken said as he jumped over them while carrying Yurei. "Things are getting really intense. And to think...we are only just hitting the first obstacle now".
"Uh oh everyone! It looks like the front group is encountering the first obstacle in the...r...r...race...wait, is that?!"
Standing in front of the head of the group, holding his Scythe, was none other then Kotari-sensei.
"KOTARI-SENSEI!? THE FINAL BOSS HAS APPEARED AS THE FIRST OBSTACLE?!"
"Jeesh, that kid" Kotari-sensei replied, shaking his head at Titan's announcement. "He should stop making me sound like some supervillain. Its not like I plan to use all my power".
As he said that, multiple rocks began to float into the air, large, medium, small...and gigantic.
"Just enough to make this interesting" he said as he launched the projectiles towards them. He was making sure to keep it at a level where he could stop and prevent any lethal or serious injuries though.
"Uh o..." Samuel and Suzuki managed to say as they got hit by a giant boulder. They were in their Smoke and Fist forms, respectively, but it still hurt a lot and knocked them off course.
Azaken meanwhile used the Quirk he was maining for the Sports Festival to adjust his own body, and dodge the boulders mid air as he passed Kotari-sensei and took first place. "As I thought, he wont go after anyone who got behind him. All you have to do is get past him, though...it might be hard for some. Well, lets go Aza-chan! We got first place!"
"Actually..." she started, pointing towards a boy flying ahead of them. "That boy, Haruto-kun, has first place".
"Ehhhh...I remember looking into him! He seems fun and interesting! Lets go have some fun with him!"
And meanwhile, the group that was approaching Kotari-sensei...
"Gravity Invert!"
"Gravity Invert!"
"Graviton Launch".
Deru and Karu kept defending against Kotari-sensei's relentless attacks. It was tough, but they were making it through. Yuki was as well, and even managed not to have his treasured scarf get blown away in the process.
"Coming through!" Yaro shouted, as the mutalisk he was riding past on a Mutalisk.
At the same time, several hammers made of hardlight charged through and broke many of the boulders in their way.
"Right behind you!"
"Alright...lets do it now!"
""Genesis Reboot!""
Suddenly, Deru and Karu's speed faltered for a moment, throwing Kotari-sensei off a little...before tehy suddenly rushed past again at full speed, maybe even faster then before.
"...I see, clever" Kotari-sensei admitted as he continued to block other students. "But then again, you seem to all be quite clever!"
After that, Bisca and Haru came charging in. Now those two...those two were arguing again it seemed, but it didn't matter. However, as he was focusing on them and the others...a massive snowstorm started, obscuring his vision and the vision of others, as he heard someone passby. The moment that happened the snowstorm stopped, but the entire path behind was coated in ice! Yuki had also passed, and made it difficult for everyone else.
"Very well...well, not like that means I have to be any more merciful" he mentioned as trees started to rise up into the sky along with the rocks.
Kotari-Sensei! Also known by his Hero Name, Oracle, or by very few as the son of All For One! He is a well known and established hero who has saved tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds! However...it has been noted that sometimes in combat, he can just get a little too aggressive sometimes! He does have a passion for teaching and protecting his students though, and often his wife's own eccentric and energetic behavior somehow mellows him out! But in the end, that kind of says...he might just be a bit too passionate!
"SPecial Move: Meteor Storm!"
"OOooohhh! Kotari-sensei just used a Special Move!" Yuu anounced.
"Oh dear...I think he might be enjoying himself too much" Titan added, worried.
"Well, he seems to be controlling himself so it should be fine right? After all, this is a party!" Party House added.
"Wait, you think he is enjoying himself too much?"
"YOu see...Kotari-sensei is very caring and compassionate about teaching, and helping his students, but...well, when he gets into playful moods, he can go all out. The only one who can overcome him easily at that point is his wife, or his children doing something unbelievably cute or needing his help".
"I guess...everyone is unique in their own way".
Kotari-sensei looked at the ground as Haru and Bisca approached.
"Your charge is good...but what happens when I rip out the ground itself!" he shouted, as huge chunks of the ground lifted into the sky.
Bisca Orlando. Quirk: Demon. Capable of transforming into a pale blue demon with dark purple hair, as well as larger horns and claws. Capable of controlling bioweapons left by the war. If she overdoes it she can get sick and black out. She can also run the risk of going on a rampage.
Haru Kuchiki. Quirk: Demon. Transforms into a pale gray demon with two horns on his forehead, black hair, and grey eyes. Enhanced Agility, perception, and senses. Only lasts up to an hour and is painful following reversion to human form. During transformation he can lose all self control or restraint if he goes too far! However if he keeps enough control and reason, he can be a very powerful hero!
Kotari-sensei admittedly wanted to test these two. Their Quirks are fundamentally the same, but with some differences for sure. Both run the risk of blacking out and rampaging. Both enhance physical abilities. But there are fundamental differences. Bisca can control some of the BIoweapons left behind after the war, those Nomu, depending on which ones they are and how strong minded they could be. Meanwhile, Haru has higher physical abilities and senses then her, but also runs a bigger risk of rampaging.
But, he wasn't going to focus on them too much. After all, he had to be unbiased and give everyone a fair shake for the race.
Haru meanwhile was finding it hard. It was no wonder the smaller people were getting through first, as bigger people were easier targets. Wakumo for example had made a massive target for basically everyone and therefore was in the back, along with France. He was technically more averaged size, but some of his classmates were tiny compared to him, and that let them slip through easily. Plus, all of his muscles did not help either.
"Its like I total Titan-sensei when he was a small boy...muscle size is pointless, you should work on muscle quality!"
"I feel like you just might have a minor grudge yourself!"
"I worked that out over sixty years ago!"
"Well it doesn't matter! I will prove everyone wrong...my parents, my siblings...I will be a hero, and you wont stop me!"
Meanwhile, Bisca also charged forward, not intimidated by Kotari-sensei either. Because she had her own reasons for becoming a hero. And that was to find her family, and end the rumors that they were villains. All her life, in part because of her quirk, there would always be rumors around her classes. That she came from a family of villains. That she was guarenteed to be some descendent of an evil bloodline. Some were exceptionally mean, like she drank the blood of people at night to enhance her powers. Those rumors haunted her forever. So she planned to end them, permenantly. Not only would she became a hero and prove she was a good person, she would become a hero and find her parents. Find the ultimate proof that those rumors are a lie.
"I will become a hero...and, I will accomplish what I set out to do! I wont let even you stop me, Kotari-sensei!"
Kotari-sensei smiled at their responses.
"Excelent! Then break through the obstacle that is me, and do everything you can to follow your passion! Because even if you have a dream, I wont make it easy for you!"
""WE WOULD NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY, KOTARI-SENSEI!""
And so, the two stopped their quarreling for that moment, and charged at him together.
Oh come on now...you say all that, and hten its just a simple charge? You cant possibly...
That was when Haru overloaded himself with his own Quirk.
Wait...is he making himself go berserk?!
Kotari-sensei put up various walls, but nothing stopped him. It was almost like...
"Wait...could it be Bisca-chan?!"
Normally, because they are technically different Quirks, Bisca was incapable of controlling Haru. However, in that instant, Kotari-sensei had a theory...that perhaps an exception would be if Haru willingly let her do it.
And this combo forced him to go out of the way, and let Haru and Bisca who had hidden herself behind him and ran at the same speed past. The moment they did, Haru reverted back, and was clearly controlling himself again.
Clever. She cant control him normally, but its a totally different situation if someone lets themselves be controlled...
And so as other students charged forward, Kotari-sensei found himself impressed with how his students had grown.
Meanwhile, Haruto was now approaching the second obstacle. So far, he had it easiest up to this point. He was surely in the lead...
"I wont let you win that easily!" Ken, or rather Azaken in disguise, shouted with an energetic and eager look on his face.
"And dont think I will let you get away so easily also!" Kuro added, bouncing forward at top speed.
It seemed Haruto had some competition. Still...
"Ha! I wont be beaten by two shorties!"
Azaken just narrowed his eyes, with an almost palyful yet sadistic look on his face, while Kuro seemed more irritated. And then, that was when the second obstacle came up...a massive wall right in front of them! But this was no normal wall. There were tunnels that looked like tehy twisted and turned inside, and so it was realized it was less a wall, more like a huge cement block that was sitting there, that they had to travel through. It looked like flying over it or going around it was no good.
"What is this..."
"Fun!" Azaken replied with a smile. He understood what this was. It was a speedgap. This would make it impossible for people with Quirks that let them go very fast to be undisputed leaders. People would have to navigate their way through the caves, not get lost, and if he was right... "Yep, looks like the walls and ceiling are a bit sticky. If you bump into them, you will lose speed and time. Well, that means no time to waste!"
Azaken was the first to leap in, but Haruto and Kuro followed. As for who was approaching next, it was Minerva who appeared, along with Yaro. The two were riding their own creations and used that to quickly get by Kotari-sensei.
"This is good for me" Yaro said, as he brought fourth an almost ridiculous amount of zerglings which rushed into the tunnel. He then jumped off the mutalisk and onto one of them, and rode him into one of the tunnels.
"Thank you" Minerva added, as she followed him into that tunnel.
And then, others came pouring through after all, with Samuel and Suzuki near the end still fighting each other as well. However, it seemed that not all of Class A was holding the top spots. Many of them had fallen behind, possibly because they were being targeted by others who knew of their USJ experience and wanted to stop them.
However, as everyone kept running forward, the first to approach the third obstacles was...Ouma?!
"Wait wait, where did he come from?! What happened to the others?! Where did Haruto go?!"
"I think I know!" Yuu mentioned, raising his hand despite no one can see him except the other two in the announcers box.
"Go for it, Yuu-kun".
"Its really simple! Remember how he was using illusions to hide himself and such! Well, while Haruto and others reached the maze first...what if they got lost in it because..."
"I see! His Quirk, Illusion! He altered the appearance of the maze inside and hid the exits!"
"But that is not all! Look! Its Aza and Ken who are trailing behind him!"
Meanwhile, Azaken was giggling a bit as he and Yurei ran forward.
"That was a good find, Ken-chan".
"Indeed. But you making everyone mistakenly take the wrong route was also brilliant, Aza-chan".
"Thanks".
And the last test was...a minefield?
"Ohhh...so there was one that ended up being the same as when my father ran the course" a voice said behind them, causing the three to look back and notice Tora Midoriya.
"How did..."
"It must be his father's plain face that he inherited. It makes him hard to notice until moments like this".
"No matter! We will just leap over the mines!"
"We will see about that!"
And so, Ouma ran directly through the minefield while watching his steps, managing to run while not setting off any mines.
"He is good! I knew he was interesting!"
But as that was said, the ground began to shake...and lightning fired at all of them from behind?!
"I wont give up either!" Kazuya yelled.
"How did he..."
Azaken however just nodded. "I wonder...could he have used his horns to detect electromagnetic waves, and see through the illusions and mental intereference?"
"Too bad you find his personality boring".
"I know! His personality should be more active and aggressive! Its boring! Its a waste!" Azaken complained as he rushed forward...and that was when stun guns popped out of each side of the ground and started to fire!
Azaken managed to dodge them, as well as Ouma...and then he realized...
"The minefield is an illusion! Ohhh, he is good! Lots of fun!"
"Hey! DOnt think you can just leave us behind either!"
"Go Zeke go!"
Haruto and Yaro were now behind, having finally realized the trick and escaping the maze. Others were charging behind as well. It seemed that realizing the danger, and with the final leg of the race visible, everyone was giving it their all.
However, one person already had the biggest advantage...Ouma. Because he had faked the minefield, and realized the true obstacle, he was ahead of everyone. Haruto was closing in, Yaro was too. Kuro was also there. Minerva was chasing behind. Akane was rushing at full speed.
"Heyo Cuties! Coming through!" a female voice shouted, as Cleo charged forward ahead of everyone, grabbing the ground right in front of the group and then pulling Amon behind her with all her strength, sending him shooting forward from behind everyone. Yaro made sure to mutate Zeke into a special Raptorling, and had him moving faster then the others. Haruto also went full force in gravity, and was being a bit reckless even though he couldn't control speed that well. Tora utilized One For All Full Cowling to his limit. Azaken rushed forward in that instant, carrying Yurei. Ouma also rushed forward with all his ability...as they all crossed the finish line.
And first place went to...Ouma!
Second place went to Haruto!
Third went to Ken (Azaken).
Fourth went to Aza (Yurei).
Fifth went to Tora.
Sixth went to Yaro.
Seventh went to Amon.
Eighth went to Minerva.
Nineth went to Kuro.
And tenth went to Akane.
Obviously that was not the cut off point though. Dozens more passed after them. But those top then places went to them.
And so, that was how the first event of the Sports Festival came to a close.
AN: Woot! I think everyone has managed to be mentioned in some way or another now! Yaaaay! Anyways, leave a review letting me know what you thought, and how much you enjoyed the race! Oh, and let me know who you thought would win!