"Izuku Midoriya and Luna Yagi came in first in the obstacle course, so they'll be worth 10,000,000 points!" Midnight announced as she pointed her whip to Izuku and Luna.
Izuku and Luna looked terrified because of how everyone was looking at them with challenging stares.
Now you two know the burden of being the best. All Might thought from the stands.
"Each team's point value will be totaled in a headband. Swipe as many as you can to raise your team's score. However, it'll get harder the more you swipe." Midnight said.
"So, if your headband is stolen early, then you have more time to come up with a plan." Ashido said.
"I don't know, Mina. Maybe we should see how the teams turn out before we start strategizing." Asui said.
"You have 15 minutes to assemble your teams. You may use your Quirks as much as you like, but there are still rules." Midnight added. "Make a team fall on purpose and I'll slap you with a red card. You'll be disqualified."
As soon as the fifteen-minute time limit began, All Might and Tarot Chariot were observing several students surrounding Katsuki from the strands as they immediately are trying to team up with him.
"He's a hothead, but he came in third and has 200 points. Considering how versatile his Quirk is, I'm not surprised that people are trying to join up with him." All Might noted.
"No doubt about that." Tarot Chariot agreed.
Meanwhile, all students scattered around to convince each other into joining small group of teams while avoiding Luna and Izuku because their point values are too high that left both of them having trouble finding a team of their own.
"Much more so than simply focusing on holding onto your own team's headband, the better strategy is to steal as many headbands as you can during the last phase. And unlike Todoroki and Kacchan, I never exhibited my Quirk so nobody can have confidence in me!" Izuku said hopelessly.
"Don't worry about it, Midoriya. I'm sure someone around here wants to team up with you." Luna said as she placed her hand on Izuku's shoulder with an assuring smile. "If I wasn't tied in first place, I would've definitely team up with you. So, I say we split up and find whoever wants to team up with us before our fifteen-minute search is up."
As Izuku nodded his head nervously, he and Luna went separate ways to find a team. Luna knew she had to find someone with capable of both offense and defense as the horse as well as someone with a defensive power for either side of the rider.
"Yo, Luna!"
Luna turned around to see Diana approaching towards her along with Selene and Aisha.
"Let's team up!" Diana said.
"With the four of us together, all we have to do is keep evading the other teams and we'll win." Selene said.
"And let's not forget. We've got Bakugo and Todoroki to keep an eye on." Aisha reminded. "They'll come for us and Midoriya's team with everything they got."
"Aisha's right." Luna said with a determined face. "Here's my plan: Selene, you'll take the left wing and use your Quirk to direct the other teams away. Aisha will be our right wing, so she can focus on grip our opponents and altering our directional course against them. And Diana, you'll be the front of the pack. That way you can be our protective shield of defense. Just remember: protect our points at all cost."
"Right." Diana, Selene, and Aisha understood with nods.
"Time's up!" Midnight said suddenly.
All thirteen teams are formed and positioned properly in preparation on the field.
Team Midoriya: Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka, Fumikage Tokoyami, Mei Hatsume
Team Yagi: Luna Yagi, Aisha Rozu, Diana Asaka, Selene Roshi
Team Tetsutetsu: Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Juzo Honenuki, Yosetsu Awase, Ibara Shiozaki
Team Bakugo: Katsuki Bakugo, Eijiro Kirishima, Mina Ashido, Hanta Sero
Team Todoroki: Shoto Todoroki, Tenya Iida, Momo Yaoyorozu, Denki Kaminari
Team Mineta: Minoru Mineta, Mezo Shoji, Tsuyu Asui
Team Hagakure: Toru Hagakure, Kyoka Jiro, Rikido Sato, Koji Koda
Team Monoma: Neito Monoma, Kosei Tsuburaba, Sen Kaibara, Shihai Kuroiro
Team Shinso: Hitoshi Shinso, Nirengeki Shoda, Yuga Aoyama, Mashirao Ojiro
Team Kendo: Itsuka Kendo, Reiko Yanagi, Setsuna Tokage, Kinoko Komori
Team Kodai: Yui Kodai, Kojiro Bondo, Manga Fukidashi
Team Rin: Hiryu Rin, Jurota Shishida
Team Tsunotori: Pony Tsunotori, Togaru Kamakiri
"Ready! Begin!" Midnight exclaimed.
As soon as Midnight's words echoed through the stadium, all the teams wasted no time charging straight for Team Midoriya and Team Yagi all at once.
"It's basically one big battle for 1,000,000!" Tetsutetsu said.
"Hahahaha! I'll be taking those headbands!" Hagakure exclaimed.
"Escape now!" Luna proclaimed boldly.
"Don't think so!" Tetsutetsu shouted.
Honenuki activated his Quirk to soften the whole ground below Team Yagi and Team Midoriya that forced both teams to sink into it as a trap for Team Tetsutetsu.
"Aisha, lift us out!" Luna cried.
Aisha engulfed her team in psychokinesis and soared them in the air above the field.
Then, Jiro thrusted her earphones up to attack Team Yagi.
"Diana!" Luna shouted.
Diana manifested her entire body with yellow aura and deflected the earphones with her yellow force field that protected her team.
Just before Team Yagi landed safely on the ground, Team Tetsutetsu and Team Hagakure came charging towards Team Yagi, who escaped their attack using Selene's stellar power and Diana's red and yellow auras, and the support of Aisha's psychokinesis to boost them up. Team Yagi enhanced their speed and reflexes as their big advantage against the other teams. Every other team tried to attack using their Quirks, but Team Yagi instantly dodged them with Aisha's psychokinetic speed.
Suddenly, Katsuki emitted his explosions to propel himself out of nowhere and started flying straight at Team Yagi after he already failed impending after Team Midoriya.
"I'm coming for you, Luna!" Katsuki yelled.
"Diana!" Luna ordered as she looked down at Diana.
"I'm on it!" Diana shouted.
Diana unleashed another yellow force field that shielded Team Yagi from Katsuki's explosion. She then expanded her force field that pushed him away high in the air. Sero's tape reeled Katsuki back to his horse just as Team Luna instantly escaped from Team Bakugo in a nick of time.
"Bakugo has left his team! Is that even allowed?!" Present Mic asked.
"He never touched the ground, so technically it's ok!" Midnight replied as she gave out a thumbs up.
"Alright, let's check the score!" Present Mic announced.
The scoreboard came up on the large screen, receiving loud cheering shouts from the crowd on the Class 1-A's skills.
"Hold up. Other than Midoriya and Yagi, Class 1-A's not doing so hot! Even Bakugo is losing!" Present Mic added.
Seven minutes in, Luna looked around to notice Team Tetsutetsu, Team Monoma, and Team Kendo from Class 1-B are fighting for the second through fourth place spots. She also took notice that no Class 1-B teams will be coming after her team. But every other team have lost all their points, leaving Team Midoriya, Team Yagi, Team Rin, and Team Todoroki safe on the playing field.
At the halfway point of the game, Team Todoroki suddenly stood face-to-face in front of Team Yagi and Team Midoriya. Shoto looked at Izuku and Luna with his usual impassive expression, unaware that Aisha was narrowing her eyes at him.
"I'll be taking those now." Shoto declared.
