Well we out here, hope y'all have a good week, a lot of fighting in this chap, ill do my best! Calvary battle seems a bit harder to write but we thoomin, enjoy!
At the UA Faculty lounge...
Dozens of heroes sat relaxing during the intermission at the UA faculty lounge. Since UA wanted to up their security force this year, they had hired dozens of pros for the job. Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, Death arms and Mirko sat at a table in front of a TV, replaying highlights from the race.
"I'm surprised you agreed to this Mirko, I know this isn't really your scene." Said Death arms, lighting up a cigarette.
"Eh I had a day off today and had nothing to do today so I said fuck it" she said with a shrug, boredly staring at the playing TV.
"UGH I just can't believe we got perimeter duty, I wanted to scout some rookies..." Said with a pout, grumbling about their misfortune.
"We can see from the TV if we want to, either way were here to work. You see anyone pique your interest Mirko? I don't think I remember the last time I've seen you pick someone up for a internship." Said Kamui woods, as he tried to drink a box of apple juice, struggling a bit cause of his mask.
"That's 'cause I never have. I like to do my own thing, no agency, no sidekicks. If I ever see someone who blows my socks off maybe, but we'll see." She said, eyeing a tall dark skinned boy who came in second in the race, she liked his style and his quirk seemed to be a nice match to hers. She'd have to see when the combat oriented challenges start.
"Come on guys, round's startin', we gotta go." Said Death Arms, putting out his cig and throwing it away. The 4 got up along with the rest of the heroes present. As always, duty calls.
Back in the arena...
August stood with his team to the side of the arena, scouting out the other teams. Midoriya teamed with Uraraka, Tokayami, and some pink haired chick he didn't know. Bakugo was with Kirishima, Sero, and Sato. Todoroki looked like he was working with Kaminari, Iida, and a really pretty vine haired girl that August was sure he saw in class 1-B. He didn't really care enough to look at the rest, those three were his rivals for this competition.
"Okay team, let's go over our roles once more." Started Momo, catching the attention of her teammates. "Okay Mina you'll protect us from any long range attacks plus you can help with Todoroki's ice. Jirou, use your earjacks to cover our blinds pots and hear any upcoming teams, nab a band or two if you can. Now August, you'll be our shield if you may, take any physical that you can or get us out of a tight spot if needed."
The three of them nodded, looks of conviction on their faces as the watched the timer tick down to 0. An aura of tension shrouded the students. Everyone wanted to win, everyone wanted to be the best, nobody wanted their run to end here.
Midnight grabbed the attention of everyone as the last of the audience filled into their seats. "Listen up everyone! I hope you all found a suitable team cause you'll need it. The top for teams and their members will be the ones who move on to the third round. Any deliberate attempt to knock a team over will disqualify you! Now get ready cuties~" she says blowing a kiss to the students, her own attempt at encouraging them.
"Okay Mina and Jirou, if we're ever cornered, on my mark just jump on to the back of my legs and grab on to me, I'll lift us to safety." Says August, a determined smile on his face. The two girls smile and get into position.
"Don't drop me August" Momo says with a sweet smile.
"As you wish m'lady" he replied teasingly with a bow, getting a cute giggle from Momo. They lift her up and get into position, as do the other groups. Momo tightens the band around her head, scanning the battlefield for the best strategy to win.
"I'll be in your hands" says a nervous Momo, she doesn't really like being carried by 3 people at once but she can't complain.
"I got ya back Auggie" Mina whispers with a wink. August nods and smiles back before getting serious and looking ahead to the rest of the groups. He sure as hell was not gonna lose this one.
"On your marks... BEGIN!" Yells our Midnight. Pandemonium quickly ensues, teams with low points race to the higher placed groups to revive their chances of moving on.
"Most of the groups are going for Midoriya and the 10 Million, we have a good amount of points so we can play a more defensive game until the end!" Directs Momo, going full serious team leader mode.
"Guys, there's a group headed right for us!" Calls out Mina looking off to her left, they turn and just like she said, a 3 man team of unknown Class 1-B students came rushing at them.
"Got ya!" Yells out a blonde girl with horns at the top of her classmate. One of her horns shoots out aiming for Momo's headband. Right before impact, August punches the flying horn swirly, knocking it off course and making it collide with the ground. The group run forward and Momo swipes their own headband while Mina leaves a shallow pool of acid in their wake to deter the other team from following. Either way they were too busy standing there blaming each other to chase after them.
"You okay August? That horn looked sharp" said a worried Momo, putting a hand on his shoulder. He looked up and smiled at her.
"It stings a little but I'll be fine, don't worry." He says, shaking off the pain. "Nice watching out for us girls" giving them a thumbs up and then quickly focusing in front of them. August's team dashed forward, each step kicking up dust as they sprinted across the field. August's heart raced; this was his chance to shine and prove himself the real deal.
As they neared the center of the arena, August spotted another team from class B. Their leader, a cocky looking student with a scales Quirk, wore a couple headbands. "That's our target," August shouted, and his team nodded in agreement. There was a lot of commotion on the other side of the arena, Todoroki seemed to be getting serious and was blasting a lot of ice, they'll join the frey soon. They ran over to their target, the two readying themselves. The boy on the bottom enlarges into a more beastly form, taller and more buff, a couple inches taller than august.
"YOU AINT GETTIN OUR POINTS!" he yells out charging them. August quickly reacts and lets go of Momo's feet and meets Jurota in the middle in a power struggle. Momo almost falls but Jirou catches her with her earjacks. August and Jurota grappled, each trying to overcome the other in strength, the latter surprised that someone could match his power in his beast form.
August grunted, "You not.. getting past me.. mother fucker." He said angrily, a vein flaring on his forehead, a confrontational grin on his face, only provoking the beastly man even more. Momo and Jirou tried to swipe the points from the kid at the top but he defended himself repelling all the attempts with scale enforced arms.
"Mina! Shoot acid around the Beast's feet!" Yells out momo, pointing to the floor. She quickly does so and the ground around his legs gives out from the pressure of their struggle. He stumbles back from the sudden loss of footing and wildly waves his arms around trying not to lose balance and fall. Taking the opportunity, the group runs by and swipes the headband from a flailing Hiryu.
August's group successfully escapes to a corner to re-catch their breath, time nearing its end, with them comfortably in 2nd place. Todoroki seems to have been able to steal the 10 million from Midoriya, and Bakugos team was close behind their own. "Damn that guy was strong" said August twisting his arms around, attempting to loosen them up. Hed never been in such a close power struggle, aside from his mother of course. Well he hadn't been using much of his quirk but either way he was usually fine without it in terms of strength. These students are monsters.
"That was so cool Auggie! I can't believe how strong you are" she says with her signature smile, lifting up her arms to flex her muscles, at least what she had.
Momo wobbles from all the sudden movement, "Guys please refrain from all the moving unless we need to, t-this is shaky enough as is." She clearly could not wait to get down.
"Incoming behind us guys" interrupted Jirou. They turned around and saw a strange group. A tired looking purple hair boy was accompanied by Ojiro, Aoyama, and a chubby grey haired kid from 1-B.
They stopped just a couple feet away from them and a staredown ensued. Neither dared to make the first moved, unsure of what any of the other's quirks could be. Explosions and blasts continued around them, everyone fighting for the chance to win. After a couple more seconds, the guy on the top, shinso, just chuckled.
"Hey toots, you mind giving me those points you got there?" He snickered at Momo, pissing of their entire group.
Momo especially was upset, "Excuse me but I will be doing no such thi-" she suddenly stops speaking. Her eyes go blank as her previously angry attitude was nowhere to be seen. It's as if she wasn't even there. What she did next surprised her group the most, she untied the points from her head and took the ones she had on her neck off, then she tossed them to shinso.
Her team yelled in confusion, "Momo what the fuck?" Yelled August looking up, bewildered at her actions.
"Momo what's going on?" Yelled out Jiro. This was nothing like her best friend, was this the strange guys quirk?
"I appreciate your donation to my cause, see ya" he said with the most punchable grin on his face, he saluted them and ran off with his team, each of them sporting the same expression as Momo. The tried to run after them but their feet stayed glued to the ground. They looked up and say Tubbys hands glowing, using his telekinesis to glue their shoes to the ground.
"Uhh guys, Yaomomo still isn't talking" said a worried Mina. The yelled and tried to get her attention to no avail. Shinso and his team long gone, they stood there for another 30 seconds trying to get her attention.
"Sorry about this Momo" whispered Jirou before she quickly jabbed her back into Momos ear.
"Ouch!" She yelped, rubbing her ear, tears pricking her eyes.
"Momo you're back!" Exclaimed August, "What the hell was that?"
She started with a shaky voice, "I... I don't know. One second I was upset over his vulgarity, and the next I felt like I was trapped in my own mind... Unable to stop myself from giving him our points, it had to have been his quirk somehow." She speculated, shaken up by the whole ordeal she shook her head before putting on her game face.
"Cmon guys we gotta go! There's only about a minute left and we don't have anything" cried out Mina. She was right, they had a comfortable spot in second but after that they sat in last, they looked around but they had lost Shinso and his team in all the commotion, too many bodies in the arena to differentiate him now.
"Okay team, this might sound crazy but I think we have to take a shot at the 10 million. We can clearly see the Todoroki, Bakugo, and Midoriya are in a big brawl near the right side of the arena, I say we rush in there and take it from them" she formulates the plan, quickly bouncing back from their recent major setback.
August felt as pumped up as ever, loving the chance to one up those three, "ALL RIGHTT, ladies jump onto my legs!" They quickly do so and he quickly takes off, jumping them across the field with ease. The crowd cheered lowdly display of strength, the girls were definitely not as cheery, screaming and gripping onto him for their dear lives.
He lands quickly and slides across the field, finally coming to a stop the girls set down and look like deers in head lights. "Cmon girls get your heads in the game! We got a game to win." August says with a determined look, closely watching Midoriya try to make a grab for Todorokis points, Bakugo not far behind, flying through the air with his explosions. The girls give him a quick glare but focus up as well.
They charge in, Momo creating a bow staff with a hook on the end, presumably to help grab the headbands. Todoroki's and Mjdoriya's team look suprised as a another strong group they'd have to worry about shows up.
"Tch, more nuisances" hisses out Todoroki. Iida's engines are still stalled from his Turbo and Kaminari was on his last legs from overusing his quirk, would he have to use his fire? No, he quickly shot that idea down, he would never use his quirk.
Just 30 seconds were left on the clock, Midoriya and his group charged forward, red veins surrounding his arm, reaching out for the group of points around Todorokis neck. His left arm shoots up, covered in flames but is parried my Midoriya and they ripped off the band that was on the top.
"Shit was that the 10 million?" Panicked August. Everyone including the audience held their breaths, until they saw it was a measly 70 points, not nearly enough to break the top 4. 12 seconds were all that remained on the timer.
"It wasn't the right band, Ashido go!" Explains Momo.
"On it boss!" Yells back Mina, covering the floor underneath them in a seemingly milder acid, not immediately melting the ground.
"Everyone, start the countdown!" Yelled out Midnight's sensei.
August pushed off with all his might and they rocketed forward! Using the acid as a makeshift sled they slid over to Todorki, Mono sticking out her pole to take a band from his neck. Midoriya also ran forward with his team to try and get a score big enough to pass, Bakugo flew in not far behind.
"3!" The countdown continued.
Momo was able to tip a band and make it go flying of his neck, but their speed was a little too much for the pole and it fell off.
"Time's up! Everybody stop!"
Everyone, the crowd, the groups around them, and Midnight stood silent and wide eyed as two ear jacks were holding on to the previously falling points tightly, not even an inch away from the ground. They opened it up and lo and behold, it was the 10 million.
The crowd roared at the end results of the game, the clutch save by Jirou adding on to the excitement. August quickly set down Momo and picked Jirou up and spin her around, loudly and heartedly laughing at the exciting finish.
"M-MASAYOSHI S-STOPPP" Yelled a wildly blushing Jirou, not used to all the attention and physical contact, the audience and the other two girls in the team just laughed at the antics.
As for the rest of the students, they weren't in such high spirit. Bakugo sat in the floor yelling about how he didn't get first, "...shit..." was all the cold and hot boy could say. Todoroki stood there disappointed in not only being close to elimination, but also being close to actually using his left side, something he swore he would not do.
"ALRIGHTTTTT, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!" Yelled out Present Mic over the intercom, as enthusiastic as ever. The crowd responded by yelling even louder in retort.
"A promising bunch they are" deadpanned Eraserhead.
"YOURE DAMN RIGHT YODA" Laughed out Mic.
"The result are as follows:" Midnight lifts her hand up in the air, the big screen showing a leader board.
1st place: Team Yaoyorozu
2nd place: Team Bakugo
3rd place: Team Midoriya
4th place: Team Todoroki
5th place: Team Shinso
And the rest didn't get close to having enough or were tied with 0. Surprisingly Shinso had lost half the points he had stolen from August's team. Apparently at the end, according to him, and invisible girl had snuck up on him in the end of game scramble and stole the headband worth the most points, unfortunate really, August would have to thank her later.
"WE'LL BE BACK THE ACTION AFTER A 1 HOUR LUNCH BREAK, ENJOY EVERYONE! Yo shota let's go get some food." everyone grateful considering how dead tired they were from the Calvary battle.
"It sucks to lose but i'm glad you moved on to the next round Sato" said Shoji, slapping the bigger man on the back.
"Yeah I guess I did.. Bakugo only chose me 'cause I could punch through the ice Todoroki put on the ground." He said sadly.
"Hey Iida! That was some crazy speed out there." Said August, he was able to see a replay of Iida's recipro burst and it blew him away how fast he was going.
"Yeah Iida, that super duper spead was sneaky!" said Uraraka puffing out her cheeks, using her arms to mimic his running.
"Why sneaky? It was simply not on the front cover, that is all!" He said objecting, chopping the air like he always does.
Thanking the lord that it was lunch time, August heads on his way to get something to eat but stops when he hears Momo call for him. "A-August! Would you maybe.. want to eat lunch with me?" said the girl shyly with a blush, she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and averted his gaze, too embarrassed to look him in the eye. He was happy to accept her offer, any chance to spend time with her 1 on 1 was a great one. As he was about to accept he felt his phone vibrate, he quickly peeked at the message.
Mama: Hey sweetie, meet me in the northwest part of the school kay? quickly
He quickly sent her a thumbs up and broke the bad news to his waiting friend, "I'd love to Momo but I have to go meet with... someone. Next time alright?" He says sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck.
A disappointing look came over the girls face, she quickly plastered on a smile so he wouldn't notice her disappointment, "No don't worry August! Ill see you afterwards." August thanked her and then ran off, Momo drops her head and was clearly troubled. 'I spent all night learning how to cook to make him an extra lunch since he always complains about not having enough food... Don't be a fool Momo, he'll never notice you..." Her pessimistic thoughts plagued her head until she got a light tap of the shoulder, "Eep!" causing her to jump up in surprise.
"Whoa! Didn't mean to scare you there Momo. Are you okay? You don't look to happy" She was greeted by her best friend who sported a worried look on her face. No need to make her worry anymore, it was trivial, at least that's what she was telling herself.
"Don't worry Jirou, I'm fine. Lets go, I made us some lunch!" She said feigning happiness,taking advantage of the opportunity to not have to wait in the mess hall line since it must be huge now.
"Wow I didn't know you could cook." said her friend with a suprised face as they walked off to find somewhere to eat.
"Before last night I hadn't known, I just wanted to learn is all." She said with a smile, happy to have such a great friend to distract her from her woes.
On the other side of the campus...
August jogged over to where his mom told him to meet her and saw her leaning against a wall on her phone. She smiled as she saw him walking up and ran over to him.
"Look at my champion right there!" She laughs out as she hugs her son. She radiated pride, happy with the results of the sports festival so far. "I'm so proud of you sweetie, you were amazing out there."
"Thanks mom, I know I won but damn those kids are strong. You know Bakugo and Todoroki? Those guys are monsters." He said with stars in his eyes. This was the first real competition he's ever had, it was an exhilarating feeling. Sofia just smiled at her son's antics.
"Hey word has it that the next event is a 1 on 1 tournament of some kind, so go and make sure to fill up with energy before hand okay?" Said Sofia. This caught August's ear. He loved the chance to actually get into a fight, this excited him so much.
"You got it mom, talk to you later?" He said walking off, happy to have talked to his mother after the events.
"I'll be home late mijo, Ill bring home dinner okay?" She yelled out, he saluted to her and jogged off. She shook her head with a sigh and chuckled. "What am I gonna do with that rascal" she counted herself blessed and went on her way.
August hummed to himself as he jogged along to make it to the mess hall, hoping to get there before all the good stuff was gone. He halted in his tracks when he heard voices, it sounded like Midoriya and... Todoroki? He got closer to investigate what was going on. Todoroki sounded angry, almost disgusted.
"...ming to beat you is a personal triumph. I won't use that shitty old man's quirk... or rather... I'll become #1 without needing to. This is my total disavow of him. If you can't tell me what you are with All Might then fine. Ill climb over everyone only using my right side, over you, August, and Bakugo. Sorry for taking your time." He says with a sigh and began to walk off. They stood there stunned, Midoriya, August, and even Bakugo, who like August, stood hidden, listening into their conversation. Todoroki stepped out followed by Midoriya, causing August too move back a bit behind the wall avoid being caught. Midoriya gets his attention before he walks away and gives a speech about him wanting to be like All Might, but there was one part that caught August's attention.
"...So I'll take that declaration of war of yours and echo it...I'm going to beat you too!" He says with conviction, fist pumped out in front of him. This was enough for August and he decided to make his presence known.
"ALRIGHT I'M ALL FIRED UP!" He bursts out, energy as high as ever, his sudden appearance bewildering the two boys. "I also accept, the declaration of war I mean, Ill crush you guys" He said flashing his signature charming smile, a competitive glint in his eye. The two boys still stayed silent, out of utter surprise really.
"FUCK IF YOU SHOW YOURSELF THEN SO WILL I!" Yelled out the usually furious Bakugo, barking at the other three. "ILL CRUSH ALL OF YOU AND SHOW YOU THAT I'M THE FUCKING BEST" He yells pointing at himself. Now it was August's turn to looked surprised, he hadn't sensed Bakugo at all and found it crazy that he was also listening in.
The initial shock wore off and it let Todoroki really take in his surroundings. In front of him stood a scowling Bakugo, a convicted Midoriya, and an excited August. He really got mixed up with a crazy bunch of rivals didn't he. He smiled to himself and scoffed. "So be it, I won't mind beating you all to get to the top" he says nonchalantly as he walks off without another word.
"ARGHHHHHH, that icy hot bastard." Bakugo glared at the other two and the stalked off, clearly still upset but was probably conserving his energy.
"Cmon greenie, lets go get some lunch." August said with a grin. Midoriya happily obliged and the two walked to the mess hall. He looked around to see if you could find Momo or Mina to sit with but they were nowhere to be seen, in fact he couldn't see any of the girls from their class.
"Oh they all had to go take care of something for Mr. Aizawa" Said Kaminari, he snickered and walked away with Sero, they were laughing about something but August didn't get what. He shrugged and sat down with Shoji and Tokayami, a mountain of food in front of him.
After the intermission...
The students file back into the arena now that the intermission was over. The arena looked even more packed than before, probably to witness the climax of this historic year at the sports festival. Present Mic clears his throat and starts the show.
"HEY EVERYONEEEE! Before we get started the final event, there's good news for those who dropped out of the preliminaries! This is still a sports festival after all, so for everyone who dropped out and are still in the game, we have some recreational events prepared for you all!" The students who had lost cheered loudly, happy to still have a place in the sports festival. "Thats rightttt, I like that energy kids, just look at how fired up those cheerleaders we brought from America are! Huh whats this?" He said puzzled at what he saw.
"What are they even...?" facepalmed Aizawa
"WHAT HAPPENED 1-A?! WHATS WITH THE FAN SERVICE?" There stood the girls of the class all lined up... dressed in cheerleading outfits. Their faces clearly show that they had realized they were duped. Since Kaminari and Sero were dying of laughter to the side, it was pretty clear who was the cause of this. Turns out they had told the girls it was an order of Mr. Aizawa that they had to wear the uniforms when they came out, which was clearly a lie.
"SERO! KAMINARI! YOU TRICKED US! I even used my quirk to make these cute costumes..." Momo sulked behind them all, her naivety on full display, along with her, and the other girls, assets.
"I can't believe we got tricked.. Those guys are idiots" Said a blushing Jirou, clearly embarrassed from all the attention.
"Maybeee but these costumes are super cute! We might as well just own it till the real battle comes up y'know? :)" says Tooru, waving around her pompoms excitedly.
"Tooru looks like a real natural at this" croaked Tsuyu, indifferent to the whole ordeal.
August would've found this whole ordeal funny, if it hadn't been for his male mind. His eyes were glued to Momo and Mina, who were talking. The outfits did their bodies so right. Momo's toned stomach and Mina's 6 pack were drool worthy, and he swore that he was about to start. The top hugged their chest well enough that it left little to the imagination, his boy mind couldn't take it, he was blushing a deep red. The two girls felt a gaze and looked over to see August staring, Momo blushed and Mina smirked, they walked over to him and he quickly composed himself.
"Hey auggieee, you like our outfits ~? Like what you see?" She says leaning into the much taller boy and winking, causing him to blush even more and begin to stutter like a malfunctioning robot.
"Definitely! I-I mean y-yeah you g-guys look amazing! B-beautiful really." that last part came out in a mesmerized voice. Being called beautiful had caught Mina off guard, she had just wanted to tease him cause he was adorable when he was embarrassed, but now she was the one who was blushing, blushing a deep shade of purple.
"S-see Yaoyorozu? You totally look good in it, stay and play the games with us!" She cheered and waved her pom p oms around the way she saw Tooru and the other cheerleaders do.
"A-alright I'll stay" She conceded, then she whispered to herself, "especially if August thinks I look beautiful.." Luckily for him he had enhanced hearing, he smiled to himself and before he could say anything Present mic continued the instructions.
"These recreational events will last 1 hour! Those who are taking part in the final round can choose in between participating or not, good luck! COMPETE YOUR HEARTS OUT EVERYONE"
"Will you be participating August?" Said Momo with a hopeful smile.
"Nah im gonna conserve my energy, I'll sit by the entrance and watch you guys all right?" He said with a smile. She nodded and he walked over and plopped himself next to the gateway they came in from.
"LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"
An hour later...
The recreational games were over and they were pretty fun! It was a nice refresher from all the fighting. August enjoyed just sitting down and feeling the breeze. Eventually Momo had grown tired of playing and had set next to him, close enough for their shoulders to touch, making them both happy. They sat in a comfortable silence, happily watching their classmates enjoy themselves while enjoying each others company.
"Listen up everybody!, while Cementoss gets the area ready, Ill announce the final event! From 14, there are 16 competitors... ITS A TOURNAMENT, ONE ON ONE COMBAT STYLE!"
MY GOD FINALLY, im so sorry this took so long to update, Im moving rn and i kept putting it off. Anyway sorry for the three parts I just really like this arc, the next update will be for sure for sure the 1v1 tournament. I do have a question, would you want me to go over events if our oc isnt there? Even if its in third person alot of the story is in his pov so idk. I hope you like the art! I hope you enjoy! Check out the fic on wattpad, i put images in there and I even did a custom drawing for the chapter, have a good week!