Dozens of other racers crossed back inside the stadium. Geus watched calmly at the racers as they crossed. A constant pattern appeared to each of them, either hatred or fear was on their faces. Unlike his classmates, they were the only ones to congratulate them.
Geus made his way over to Midoriya to talk to his first place friend. A hand grabbed his shoulder and forced him back. Geus turned around to become face to face with Bakugo. The anger on that man scared Geus, even if he hid it behind his regular face.
"What the hell did you say to Deku?" Bakugo yelled.
Geus itched the indent on the back of his head. "Other than day one, this is the first time we talked."
Bakugo turned even more frustrated, his red eyes pulsed with each heartbeat. "I'll kill you if you don't tell me!"
Geus turned the corner of his eye to the stands. The look of his family focused directly down on him. His actions had to be right and prepared to make sure nothing went wrong. He reached into his pockets and twisted on his filters.
"I told him nothing, you don't give him much credit."
"You better watch what you say to me! Ill come after you next!"
"If your explosions even come close to me, my gas will melt your skin. You'll never be able to sweat to use your quirk again." 'Beka was right. This guy can't take threats well.'
Bakugo shoved Geus away. "Stay out of my way."
'Now if only I can make Shoto afraid of me.' Geus shrugged and continued over to Midoriya. Nobody surrounded around Midoriya, only other's eyes stared at him. They split apart from Midoriya, a few others followed Geus to his one friend. The random eyes on him took him off his edge, more than Bakugo did.
"Hey, Midoriya." Geus waved over.
"Oh hey, Geus, great race out there I saw you came in twelfth place."
"You got in first though, without the use of a quirk. I'm rooting for you, we're two of the same. But I warn you." Geus' eyes stared down Midoriya. He seeped down into Midoriya, he was as scared as he was toward Bakugo. "If you want to stay in first then use your quirk. My plan won't work if you don't use your quirk."
"Wha-whats your plan?"
Geus's eyes relaxed. "My family isn't one of the quirks, they hate it. So if you could win without the use of a quirk then it only sits on them that the need of quirks of this world is useless and disgusting. My life is turning around after today, I can't let old struggles stay."
"I'll see to it that I help you to the best I can to help you out. But I'm going to stick to my plan to try to win."
Geus cuffed Midoriya's shoulder. "Good luck out there friend."
The second event was about to start. A human chariot race composed of four men would face off for point valued bandanas. Everyone was in a rush to find out who they would team up with. Geus wasn't worried for who his teammates were. His thought was to be a rider, his quirk was perfect for it. Now he only needed to find three other people that would go along with his plan.
Other people around him avoided him. His cockiness of this event already separated himself from the others. Most of his classmates were already in groups; and the few that left much more to be desired. Midoriya and his group were out of the question, Fumikage already joined him, Bakugo and Todoroki was his enemy today.
"How about you join our team?"
Geus turned around without a word. Geus recognized this student as the first one to challenge them before the events. Tall and messy purple hair, dead eyes, acted just like his homeroom teacher. Only with purple hair.
"We need a fourth, how about you join us?" His dead grin creeped Geus out. "Are you going to answer my questions?"
Geus looked over his shoulder. Ojiro looked blankly down the field. He looked back at the student in front of him. "What happened to my friend?"
"He's fine. Now, will you join us?"
"Fine, I'll carry you on your side and protect you with my quirk. Why are you angry at me?"
His face relaxed. "It's nothing. I'll be the rider."
"What's your quirk anyways? And name."
"People that answer my questions freeze. And it's Shinso."
"Why didn't it work with me?"
"It doesn't always work."
His other two teammates took their position into the triangle formation and placed Shinso on top. Their total point total placed them near the bottom, not even Geus's high points could build them up.
"I'll protect you with my quirk if anyone gets near us." Geus untwisted his air filter.
"Don't worry, nobody will get near us." Shinso sighed.
"Whatever you say."
"You got a problem?"
"Not at" a strange feeling overran Geus's body. He was fully aware of everything around him. He just couldn't move on his own command. 'I knew about his quirk but I still fell for it. I'll unfreeze in a moment.'. That moment didn't come.
"Begin!" Midnight's voice shouted through the speaker.
"Geus use your quirk whenever anyone gets near me. Everyone else makes your way to every other nonviolent team." Shinso took full command.
'Everyone else must be under his control. We're under some mind control. As long as I don't hurt anybody I won't be too mad.'
Shinso's plan was simple, slow and steady. Majority of the teams immediately chased after Midoriya's million points. Team Shinso followed behind those groups and snatched away what he could. The first group they came along to was unaware of their presence. Shinso leaned forward and yanked off their headband.
"What the hell was that?" Their opponent rider shouted. The group turned around at Shinso's direction.
"Geus protect me."
Geus was forced into his defense. The smoke left his open port and surrounded him in his hardened quirk. Shinso was completely surrounded in the purple fog with only his eyes exposed.
"What happened?" Shinso asked.
"You took our bandana!" The opponent rider yelled.
"Turn around and go bother another group."
"That isn't going to happen!" One of the carriers yelled back in their defense. "Come on!" Their rider did nothing.
Shinso grinned behind the gas mask. "Next group."
His carriers went off to their next target. They were in no control and yet they already took out one of the weak teams. 'All I can be happy about is nobody is getting too hurt.'
Shinso kept them away from the high combat against Team Midoriya. Their plans matched up together, even if he was forced to play along. Another A class group was near their position. And all four were completely unaware of them.
"Gas them," Shinso commanded.
'I can't do that. Not against Jiro.' The quirk activated anyways, the gas filled his lungs and escaped out of his open port. His friend had no knowledge of the quiet attack. 'Look at me Jiro! See my eyes... Kyoka, please.'
A fit of luck struck Geus, her group twisted around before his gas landed. The fear in her eyes, it was just like the villain attack at USJ. Shinso's quirk on him loosened its hold. He gained enough control in his arm and tensed up his muscles in it. Inch by inch his arm went up to the exposed port. All this time the gas inched closer to his friends, all were unable to stop it.
Shinso's presence penetrated into Geus's mind. Geus felt the strain he placed. His damaged hand covered his port, the pain he felt completely broke off Shinso's quirk. Geus was now back in full control. He looked up at Shinso, and he was aware Geus was free. The muscles in Geus's face pulsed out with anger. He grabbed Shinsl's leg and yanked him off the top.
His eyes turned back to Jiro. Abnormal balls of gas huffed in and out the open port. He looked down at his hand, the burn mark started to look more like Freddy Kreuger. A monster, a monster that his family saw him become.
"I'm your partner Shinso, but ever hurt my friends. This alliance will end." Geus hardened his gas from the port and drove it through the ground. "I don't need to be under your control. Your goal is to win just like us. But I won't hurt my friends like that."
"How the hell?" Hagakure screamed.
Geus pulled back his gas and up from the hole. The end of his quirk held a 390 point headband. "Get back up so I can give you this. Under no circumstances will we chase that one million points."
Shinso rubbed his face and got up to his feet. "Ten million points."
"Get up." Geus scooped his partner's leg and up on his other partner's shoulders. "Let's end this."
Their combined effort kept them hidden and covered. They collected another headband and secured them a fourth place spot. Luckily for them, they were able to stay under Present Mic's commentary. A few teams followed their route and attacked smaller point teams instead of the onslaught against Midoriya. Those teams were the only teams that were a threat.
"Sixty seconds!" Present Mic shouted.
"We need one more headband." Shinso scouted around the field. "I don't think fourth place is good enough."
"We'll follow the outside of the ten million points ans swipe somebody last second."
"Ten seconds!" It was almost time. "Five! Four! Three! Two! One!"
A buzzer stopped everybody. Fourth place, a spot unknown if they secured to the last round or would be eliminated. The group placed their rider down. Shinso rolled his eyes. Ojiro and his third partner groaned out of their blank state.
"Ojiro." Geus walked over in front of his friend. "You alright? You were weird."
"I think I'm fine. I just don't remember the event very much. I didn't feel in control. Did we win at all?"
"And in third place! Team Tetsutet-wait what? It's Team Shinso! When did they come out from the dead!"
Geus held up another four hundred point headband. "We did it."
"Merci beaucoup!" Aoyama wiggled over to them while he wrapped his arms around his stomach. "We did it. Even though I don't recall winning it. But I'm sure I was fabulous anyway."
Geus glared at Shinso. "Yeah." 'I completely forgot about him.'
"Thanks for all your help." Shinso chuckled and walked off.
"Did he have anything to do with all this?"
"He had everything to do with it." Geus shoved on his air filter. "But we won. That's all that mattered.
