TWO SYMBOLS
CHAPTER EIGHT: CAVALRY BATTLE FINALE
Ken: Hey there guys! Ready to read the next chapter of 'Two Symbols'?! I sure am! *Says with a large toothy grin while putting on sunglasses*
Izuku: What's with the sunglasses?
Ken: No reason. I just look really badass in them. *Brings out another one and hands it to Izuku* You should try it on.
Izuku: Uh…I don't see a reason to-
Uraraka: *Walks up to them* Wow Ken, those sunglasses make you look cool.
Izuku: *Quickly puts on his sunglasses* You know, I do look cool.
Ken: See? Sunglasses are cool.
Uraraka: Anyway, make sure that when you're reading you turn the lights on and don't stay to close to the computer. *Says with a smile that causes Izuku to blush* Also make sure to read, review and like the story. That'd mean a lot to the author.
Ken: Well with that said, see ya later.
Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of its characters. It all belongs to Kohei Horikoshi. The only thing I own are the OC's used in the story and the many twists in the plot of the anime.
Chapter 8: Cavalry Battle Finale
"You know normally, I wouldn't team up with you but this was a really good plan." Tsu says as she watches Mineta cry over his lost headband. The two were still riding on Shoji's back while being hidden by his dupli-arms. "So I'm not sure how you lost your headband."
"Ahh! Why?! Dammit!" Mineta wails out. He then looks at Izuku's team that was being confronted by Shoka's team. "Forget it. This just means there's nothing left to lose." He declares with a determined look. "Shoji, full on attack mode!" The masked boy responds by spreading his dupli-arms, exposing his teammates and charging at the two teams. "With our combined powers, we'll steal the points of those two teams!"
"This girl seems to really have it out for us huh Izuku." Ken says as he looks up at the green haired teen. "I didn't think she'll come for us anytime soon."
"Me too but it doesn't matter now." Izuku says as he looks around. "The games halfway over already, we can't stop now."
"Now Iida." Shoka says and Iida merely nods his head, activating his Engine quirk and uses it to move his team forward. "Yayaorozu, get ready to protect us." Momo nods her head. "Kaminari, you know what you have to do."
"Yeah, sure thing." The blonde says with a smirk.
"This is bad." Izuku says. "Watch your surroundings. It's not just Todoroki's team. Everyone's after us." Ken notices Kaminari charging up his quirk as yellow electricity begins to crackle around his body. His eyes widen, realizing what they were planning as he also noticed Momo creating an insulating sheet with her quirk.
'No way I'm letting that happen.'
"Alright. 1.3 Million V-oof!" Kaminari is cut off by a stone smashing against his head hard. Shoka was confused until she noticed a lot of small rocks flying at them at fast speeds. She swipes her arm, forming an ice wall to proctect her team while the other teams were hit all over, and causing them to stumble back a bit.
'Damn, he saw our attack coming.' Shoka thought.
"Nice save bro." Izuku says with a smile as they began to run.
"Yeah." Ken says with a grin. Earlier, he had collected a lot of small rocks before the start of the games and had used his speed quirk to flick them at fast speeds at the other teams, slowing them down and giving them a chance to run away. Shoka, not wanting to let them escape, chases after them with her team while freezing the other teams.
"They're fast!" Izuku says as he trys to activate the jetpack only for it not to work. "Crap! The jetpack's not working!" He mentally curses at that.
"Oh no! They're gaining on us! What do we do?!" Uraraka says in a panicked tone as she watches the team get closer to them.
"Iida's fast alright and he's gotten better." Ken says before grinning. "But I'm faster." He says activating his Speed Force quirk and in a blur of speed that shocked the other teams, Izuku's team ran past them.
"What the?!" Kaminari says with shock at how fast the team was moving while his team skids to a halt.
"I should have expected this." Iida says as they continued to chase after the speeding team.
"Don't worry. They won't get away for too long." Shoka says as icy mist begins to form on her right side. "Just make sure to move as fast as you can and leave the rest to me."
Bakugo
"Kirishima…change of plans…" Bakugo growls out with so much venom and anger, the red head and the others in the team cringed at the sight. Bakugo eyes glowed a devilish red as he glares at the smug bastard from class 1B. "Before we destroy Deku…I'm gonna destroy everyone of these B-list idiots." He says and the blonde only smirks.
"Hey Monoma. Don't provoke him man." One of the now identified Monoma's teammates says in a slightly fearful tone. "That's the kind of thing he would do."
"Hmm. I guess you're right." Monoma says casually. "It's not a heroic thing to do. Besides you know how this things work. Heroes are always being hounded by moronic villains desperate for some kind of revenge."
Bakugo was now shaking in rage at the insult. The others took note of this and Kirishima was the one to address it. "Bakugo calm down. You have to keep a level head or we'll never get back our points."
"Oh…I'm calm alright!" Bakugo growls before yelling as he slams his two palms together with his quirk activated causing a small explosion. "I've never been calmer, can't you tell?!" He then grins in a maniacal way that scares Sero and Mina. "Now go after them Kirishima!"
"Don't make me regret this." The red head says as they charge at Monoma's team.
"Hey you bastard!" Bakugo calls out to his fellow blonde who glances back at him. "You think you're so tough! Then diee!" He cries out in anger as he aims his right arm at the boy's face, planning to blast him away and get back his points. However, Monoma easily evades it surprising Bakugo a bit however, before he could retaliate, Monoma aims his own arm at him and releases an explosive blast to his face similar to his own Explosions.
'What the hell?!' Bakugo thought in shock.
"What? He has your quirk?!" Kirishima asks shocked, not noticing when Monoma touched his hair. Bakugo grits his teeth and aims another explosive strike at Monoma who puts up his arms to guard him from the blast. The wind picks up from the collision, blowing their hairs back a bit.
"Man, you both have impressive quirks." They heard Monoma's voice from the rising smoke. When it clears, their eyes widen to see the boy had blocked the blast with his arms which were hardened in a similar state to Kirishima's Hardening. "But I think you'll agree that mines better."
"What?! Mine too!" Kirishima yells in shock.
"So that's this bastard's quirk." Bakugo says while glaring at Monoma. "His quirk allows him to copy other powers."
"Wow, very good. So even an idiot like you could figure it out." Monoma says in a mocking tone that gets Bakugo even angrier. His team charges at Monoma's again but before they could get close, they are stopped by some kind of goo-like substance blocking their path.
"Nice one Banto. Thanks for the help." Monoma says with a smile.
"Monoma. We need to make sure we still have those headbands. As long as no one gets near us, we'll be able to make our class proud." Monoma nods his head in agreement with his teammate as they began to run away.
"After them!" Bakugo yells.
"I can't this stuff's sticky." Kirishima says as he tries to free his leg from the sticky substance. "Don't worry, I'll melt it off." Mina says as she uses her Acid quirk to start melting off the sticky substance. "Hurry it up then! We're stuck here with zero points!" Sero cries out while Bakugo just watches on as Monoma's team runs away from them.
"Oh no hard feelings okay but you're the one that provoked us first." Monoma says with a smirk. "Who's the extra now huh?"
"That bastard…" Bakugo growls lowly with venom laced in his tone. 'This isn't over. I'll still win this and not only be number one but the undeniable champion!'
"ONLY ONE MINUTE LEFT FOLKS AND IT'S GETTING EVEN MORE EXCITING!" The crowd cheers loudly. "TEAM TODOROKI IS GIVING CHASE TO TRY AND CATCH TEAM MIDORIYA AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CATCHING UP!"
"Damn, Iida's definitely gotten better." Ken says as they continued to run.
"Don't worry, we're almost there. Just one more minute." Izuku says. "We just have to keep running!"
"I don't think so." Shoka says as she swipes her right arm. Ice forms and begins to move at rapid speeds, getting ahead of the team and blocking them. She then also freezes the surrounding area, cornering them. Ken and the others skid to a halt when they see this.
"Oh no! We're trapped." Uraraka says.
"Shit!" Ken and Izuku say in unison.
"There's no way left to run." Shoka says coolly as she prepares to use her ice to freeze them in place. She, however, notices that Izuku's team were constantly shifting towards her left side causing her to narrow her eyes.
'Clever. They're constantly moving over to my left side meaning I can't use my ice or I'll hit Iida. Dammit! I should have known Midoriya would come up with a plan like this.'
"Guys…" Iida says getting the attention of his teammates. "We don't have much time and if we're going to get those ten million points, we have to do that now." He states. "I have an idea. I'm gonna do something that'll make my engines unavailable for the rest of the time, but it'll be worth it."
"What's this idea of yours?" Shoka asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Just make sure to grab the bandana." Iida says as he changes his posture to that of a running position. His engines then roared loudly. "Hold on tight! Recipro Burst!" He says as blue flames shoot out of the exhaust and the team charge towards their opponents at high speeds. In a matter of seconds, they had run passed Izuku's team and were at the other side of the field. Shoka was holding onto two bandannas while Momo and Kaminari were shocked and amazed by the speed they just went at.
"W-woah…" Kaminari stutters out.
"What was that Iida?" Momo asks.
Iida was panting as he answers. "I forced my quirk. It grants me insane speed and power but the recoil will disable my engines for some time. I was working on it in secret so no one knew of it." He says thinking back to the first day when Ken beat Iida in the 50m dash. "I wanted to beat those two with my own skills." He says with a smile. "Anyway, did you get the bandannas Todoroki?"
"Yes I…" She starts before her eyes widened in shock when she looks at the bandannas. Yes she had gotten two bandannas but it wasn't the two she was aiming for. "N-none of these are the ten million points…"
"What?!" The rest of the team said in shock.
"But they were on her head, how did you miss them?" Kaminari asks. Shoka doesn't say anything, she just looks at Izuku's team and sees Ken and Izuku smirking before the Ken holds up his right arm, revealing he was holding his and Izuku's points. Shoka's eyes widened as realization struck her. Momo also seemed to realize what had happened as she spoke.
"They switched them." She says.
"Eh? But when?" Kaminari asks.
"It was probably after Todoroki created an ice wall to block those rocks. The other teams were distracted so no one would be able to see them do it." Momo states. Iida grits his teeth. "Dammit! And I can't move right now and time's running out!"
"We can't give up yet." Shoka says determined to get those points.
"Damn, it was a good thing I suggested we switch the headbands." Ken says as Izuku ties them around his neck. "We got really lucky."
"Yeah. That was really smart Hiro-kun." Uraraka says. "But that move was really something."
"I'll say." Ken says while narrowing his eyes. 'For that moment, I could barely follow his movements. He was just too fast.'
"But we still have our points and the time's almost up. We can win this!" Izuku says with a smile.
"Right!" The others say.
Shoka stares at the two siblings in irritation and anger. She had planned on defeating the two of them in this festival but they kept on beating her no matter what she did. In a rare state of rage, she unknowingly was about to activate the fire side of her quirk although she soon noticed it and stopped herself. She was not gonna use that bastard's quirk. She'll beat the Midoriyas with her ice.
"This isn't over yet." Shoka says.
Team Monoma
"WITH TIME ALMOST UP, TEAM MIDORIYA HAS STILL MANAGED TO HOLD ON TO THEIR POINTS AND STAY FIRST PLACE. TEAM TODOROKI IS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND!"
"We've done pretty well for ourselves." Monoma says with a small smile as he stares at the leaderboard being displayed on the large screen. "Now we can just let the clock run out."
"OI LOSERS! GETBACK HERE!"
Monoma sighs in exasperation and annoyance when he heard Bakugo's loud voice yelling at him. "Man, doesn't he ever give up." He says to himself before speaking loudly. "Knowing when you've been bested is the most important part of being a hero." He says as he looks back only for his eyes to widen when he saw Bakugo launch himself at his team with his quirk. "Shit! Tsubaraba, stop him!"
The brown haired boy in the team wastes no time and takes a deep breath before blowing a gust of air from his mouth that solidifies into a barrier that blocks the ash haired blonde, stopping his advance. Undeterred, Bakugo began to punch hard against the air barrier earning a chuckle from Tsubaraba.
"Hehe. You look stupid fighting with air." He says as his team move to run away. However, before they could get far, Bakugo finally managed to break through the barrier and grab some of the headbands on Monoma, shocking the blonde. Before he could do anything, Bakugo rips them off and falls back only to be caught by Sero's tape.
"Man, I told you to warn us next time you do that!" Sero shouts as Bakugo gets back in position.
"It doesn't matter now. We now have enough points to advance." Kirishima says only to be bonked on the head by Bakugo. "No! We're not done yet!" He says as he continues to bonk the red head on the head hard. "I'm gonna be the undisputed champion of the game!" He continues as they continued to chase after Monoma's team.
"I couldn't brace myself when I jumped last time so get me closer!" Bakugo then clenches his right fist. "We're gonna get our points back from this bastard and then head for the big one!" The team just stay silent for a while before grinning with determination.
"Let's do this!" Sero says.
"Alright, elbow guy, tape them!" Bakugo orders.
"The name's Sero." Sero corrects but still does as told, sending tape from his elbows at Monoma's team but it missed them.
"Ha, you missed!" Monoma says in a mocking tone.
"Racoon eyes!" Bakugo shouts, getting Mina's attention. "Lay some acid in the direction we're going!"
"It's Mina Ashido!" The pink skinned girl shouts, not liking the name Bakugo called her but still fired acid from her palm on the floor in front of her team. Once the team that to run of the slippery acid, Bakugo sets both arms back and releases an explosive blast from both palms, using the reduced friction from the acid to boost his team towards Monoma's team faster than they could dodge. Tsubaraba created another air barrier to stop them but Bakugo was not having any of that and used his explosions to blast through the barrier and grab the last headband from Monoma.
"OH WOW! WHAT A COMEBACK! TEAM BAKUGO WERE ABLE TO RETAIN THEIR POINTS BACK SENDING MONOMA'S TEAM TO ZERO!" The crowd cheered loudly after Mic's announcement, clearly excited and enjoying the games. Toshinori, who was in the section where the UA staff sat watched Bakugo's performance in silence.
'Young Bakugo. You've learnt something not many people learn on their own.' He started. 'The important difference between those aiming for the best and those willing to settle for something okay.'
'Class 1B's plan was well executed but…' Aizawa thought as he also observed the blonde's team as well as his other students. '…they didn't put into account Bakugo's tenancity and determination to win.'
"Alright team! Now for the ten million points!" Bakugo shouts as he faces where Team's Midoriya and Todoroki were.
"Right!" The team say in unison.
Meanwhile, team Midoriya kept running around, avoiding Shoka's ice by either evading it or by Izuku using his enhanced strength to break the ice heading their way. Thanks to Iida's inability to move after using that move, her team could move around that much like the other team.
'Dammit! There's no time.' Shoka thought in frustration.
"Just a few seconds left guys and we're home dry." Izuku says when suddenly an explosive blast breaks through some ice between the two teams as Bakugo flys at the Izuku's team.
"DEKU! GIMME THOSE TEN MILLION POINTS!" The blonde screamed out.
"Crap!" Ken mutters.
Shoka, seeing the opportunity, sent ice at the direction of Izuku's team, trying to freeze them and Bakugo at the same time. The team saw this and tensed up. However, to their luck, a loud siren was heard through the stadium indicating the end of the contest.
"AND THAT'S THE END FOLKS! THE CAVALRY BATTLES ARE OVER!"
The crowd cheered loudly. Bakugo falls on the floor face first in disbelief. His team run up to him and separate. "Bakubro, you good man?" Kirishima asks only to receive a growl as a response from the ash blonde haired boy.
"We survived." Ken says with a grin.
"We did it! We actually did it!" Uraraka cheers loudly.
"Dammit…" Shoka says lowly as she looks down.
"ALRIGHT! NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOP FOUR TEAMS! IN FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE TEAM MIDORIYA!"
"We might have won, but that was really close." Izuku says with a sigh. "We also got lucky a few times." He says but was not heard as Ken and Uraraka were jumping around, cheering at their team's performance. Izuku and Mei just let sweat dropped when they saw how comical the display was.
"IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE TEAM TODOROKI!"
Shoka stays quiet, not saying anything. "I would have definitely preferred if we had gotten first place." Momo says with hands on her hips as she stares at Izuku's team while Iida just looks down.
"I'm sorry, I let everyone down." He says.
"Man, you need to chill. It wasn't your fault, we just got unlucky is all." Kaminari says with Momo nodding in agreement.
"IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE TEAM BAKUGO!"
Mina was whining about not getting first place while Bakugo was sitting on the ground, growling and gritting his teeth in anger for the same reason. Kirishima and Sero were the only ones who didn't seem to mind their position. At least they advanced to the next round.
"AND IN FOURTH PLACE IS TETSUTETS-WAIT A MINUTE, NO IT'S TEAM SHINSO! WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?!" Present Mic asks as he, along with everyone, hadn't noticed or see Shinso's team for most of the cavalry battles.
"Thanks for the help everyone." Shinso says with a small smirk as he walks away. Aoyama looks depressed as an air of gloom surrounded him while Ojiro was staring at the purple haired boy with narrowed eyes.
Shoka once again glances at the winning team before looking down at her left hand. 'I got so overwhelmed to the point that I broke my own promise to never use this power.' She thought before gritting her teeth, remembering how she activated her fire for a few seconds before deactivating her fire side. "At this rate, he'll win and end up exactly as he wants me to be." She said lowly for no one to hear not noticing Ken looking at her with a confused expression.
Later…
After the second contest, there was going to be an hour break before the continuation of the festival. The fans had gone to get snacks while the contestants went to also get something to eat, some congratulating the members of the top four teams while others were sulking at the fact they weren't going to progress.
"Congratulations Ashido." Tsu says as she walks up to the pink skinned girl.
"Yeah thanks but it's not like I did much. Bakugo only recruited me into his team cause I could melt Todoroki's ice." Mina says with a sigh.
"Hey Iida you were holding out on us!" Uraraka says as she walks up to Iida. "Hiding a move as cool as that one."
"Oh sorry about that. I didn't mean to deceive you, I was just being strategic." Iida says in an apologetic tone. "And besides, I wanted to show that I could compete with Midoriya and Hiro."
Uraraka nodded in understanding. "It's okay. You guys always seem to try to one-up each other. Especially the two of them." She then looks around. "Speaking of which, where are they? Has anyone seen Deku-kun and Hiro-kun?"
"Not at all." Momo says and the rest of their classmates nod also not knowing where the two boys went to.
Ken and Izuku
'Why's she just looking at us like that?' The two brothers thought in unison as they stared at Shoka Todoroki who just stood in front of them, leaning against a wall as she stared at them with her normal blank expression although this one seemed a bit more tense than normal and it slightly unnerved the brothers.
"Okay, why did you bring us here?" Ken asks the girl who just remained silent.
Meanwhile…
"Man, those class 1A students are really something." A random man says as a group of people head towards the snacks area.
"Yeah especially that Todoroki girl. She has quite the powerful quirk. I bet she's gonna win this."
"No, I bet that Bakugo guy will. He seems like the type that doesn't accept anything other than number one and his quirk is also powerful. He's my pick."
"What about those boys from the Midoriya team? They're brothers if I remember right and their quirks are also powerful."
"My money's on Hiro-kun. He's not only really strong but handsome and dreamy as well." The only female of the group, a young teenage girl says with a blush on her face earning sighs from the others.
A figure overhead everything from behind the group. He was wearing a dark blue hooded jacket that hid his face and black pants with shoes. He had his hands in his pockets as he continued to walk. A small smirk suddenly forms on his lips.
'You've certainly gotten better over the years haven't you?' He thought. 'I can't wait to meet you again, little brother?'
Sorry for the short chapter but I wanted to use this one to end the cavalry battles. The next two or three chapters will be the one v one fights and then it will be off to the internships. I have three ideas for Ken's internship and I want you guys to pick between any of the following.
Ken interns under Gran Torino with Izuku.
Ken interns with an OC martial arts hero with Ojiro.
Ken interns under Mirko alone
That's it. Pm me which one you want me to do. I can work with any of the options. Also for Ken's other quirks, I would still like to see if anyone has any ideas for any quirk I can give him. I plan on giving him five other quirks and I already have quirks in mind but I wanted to see your opinions.
Anyway, till next time,
Read and Review.
Peace.
