Chapter 14: Mini-Eraserhead and Pineapple on Pizza

"Hey, Uraraka!" Hitoshi called out to his friend. "Let's team up!"

"Are you sure? Everyone will be after me and my ten million points!"

"Yeah, but you've got… you-know-what…" Hitoshi whispered, national secrets and all that. "And besides, I still wanted a way to thank you for… helping me get into the Hero Course."

"Shinso-kun, all that effort was yours and yours alone –"

"Bullshit, if you didn't tell me to actually put in the work, I'd probably be in the General Course, spiteful of all Class 1-A… like that guy from 1-B, but even less of a Hero," Hitoshi said. "And besides, whether it be your Quirk or your points, there will always be a target on your back."

"Uhh… where were you going with this again?" Uraraka asked.

"I mean that having friends to rely on is not a bad thing and… I wanna be relied on."

He couldn't exactly tell if Uraraka was blushing or not due to the fact her face always looked flushed, but that determined smile she gave him said it all. "You're right, Shinso. Whether it be this game or the real world, having friends is a smart move! Welcome aboard!"

The purple-haired boy smiled. "Great. So… who else are we adding?"


"Hey, you should team up with us!"

"Yeah, you'd want us by your side."

"Please… um… Mr. Bakugou?"

Katsuki was trying to wrap his head around why three different girls, strangers, were currently surrounding him. "Wait, what are your Quirks? And more importantly, your names?"

"Oh, right!" the green-haired girl laughed. "My name's Setsuna Tokage! My Quirk is Lizard Tail Splitter! I can split my body up into little pieces and control each part telekinetically! Not only that, but each part that has some kind of organ can also use said organ."

"Reiko Yanagi," the gray-haired girl said. "My Quirk is Poltergeist. I can telekinetically move objects all around me, provided that they don't go over my weight limit."

"And I'm Pony Tsunotori!" the horned girl said. "My Quirk is Horn Cannon! I can shoot my horns out, and even control four of them at a time, plus, they regenerate insanity on top of my head!"

"Uh-huh… and why do you wanna work with me, exactly?" Katuski asked.

"Well, Monoma actually wanted all of us to screw over everyone in Class A with some master plan of his, but we figured that was a dick move, so we figured this was a good "fuck you" to him," Tokage said. "Plus, with your Quirk, we could actually win."

Katuski thought about it for a second. Looking around, he saw that pretty much everyone else was already on a team, so he said, "Sure, why not? I've got some ideas on how to win…"


"Hey, Yui-chan!" Ochako called out to her best friend. "Team up with us!"

The black-haired girl looked at them with curiosity. "Mm?"

"Yeah, the two of us can be horses, with me in the front, since I have the best offensive capabilities. Meanwhile, Shinso's the rider, since he's the lightest of the three –"

"I'm gonna stop you right there. I'm not joining you guys."

"Wait, you're not?" Shinso looked dumbfounded. "Who are you joining?"

"My boyfriend."

""YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?!""

"Mm-hm," Yui-chan nodded. "It's him."

Ochako and Shinso turned to see where Yui-chan was pointing, and found…

"Hi there! It's good to see you again!"

…Mikumo Akatani.

Shinso sputtered. "Hold up, the kid that visited us from the Business Course?"

"Yes," Yui answered, her expression as blank as ever. "He's my boyfriend."

"How… How long have you two been dating…?" Ochako slowly asked.

The red-eyed boy blushed a bit, before saying, "Around two years now."

"TWO YEARS?! Yui-chan, why didn't you ever tell me?!" Ocahko asked.

"We hadn't really talked since before we started training together, so there was no point in telling you," the blue-eyed girl said. "And besides, I have a life outside of you, Occhan. Not everything I do revolves around you and your everyday Hero-related shenanigans."

Ochako could hear Shinso whisper, "Oof, that's rough."

"Anyways, the two of us have a strategy to devise, so good-bye," she said.

"Wait, it's only the two of you?" Ochako asked. "Who's the rider?"

Yui-chan pointed to Akatani. "He is. He's lighter than me."

"Don't say it like that!" Akatani shouted, embarrassed. "It makes it sound like I'm a twig!"

Yui simply responded by lifting Akatani, and fireman carrying him away.

"THIS ISN'T HELPING MY CASE!" Akatani shouted, as he was carried off.

"Yeah, Kodai's totally the pants in their relationship," Shinso deadpanned.

Meanwhile, aside from reeling from the fact that Ochako's best friend had a boyfriend (that she never told Ochako about), she needed to come up with a new plan. But everyone else was already in teams, who would be desperate enough to join her and Shinso –?

"Hehehe… oh, perfect, you're still alone! And you're the star…"

"Huh?" Both Ochako and Shinso turned around to see –

"TEAM UP WITH ME, PERSON IN FIRST PLACE!"

"JESUS CHRIST!" Shinso shouted, clearly startled. "Who the fuck are you?!"

"I'm a student in the Support Course," the pink-haired girl said. "Name's Mei Hatsume!"

"Oh, you're that weirdo from the last round!" Ochako realized.

"Yep, and I'd like to use your current fame to my personal advantage!" Getting up close and personal, Hatsume continued, "If I team up with you, then I'll be in the spotlight, part of the team that everyone is keeping their eyes on! That means my super-cute babies will inevitably be seen by the big company CEOs who are tuning in to the Sports Festival! And following that line of reasoning, this is the best way for me and my marvelous gadgets to get recruited!"

"Whoa, slow down a minute…" Shinso said, but was completely ignored.

"The Support Course specializes in equipment that helps Heroes deal with their Quirks and enhances their skills! I packed a ton of babies to bring with me, so I'm sure you'll find something you like floating around my arsenal!" she continued, pulling out a massive chest.

Opening it up, both Ochako and Shinso looked at the massive amounts of support items in there, ranging from a jetpack to some sort of cables, to…

"Wait… is that a fucking gun?" Shinso asked.

"No, this is a Projectile Launching Multifunctional Support Item," Hatsume said.

Ochako was pretty sure that she was looking at a gun.


"Almost everyone in the audience is foaming at the mouth for Class 1-A. Why is that? They're so full of themselves, just like Tetsutetsu said earlier. Why are they stars? The only difference between us and them is that they fought a couple of Villains. Just because we're Class 1-B doesn't mean we're second-rate or can't win this whole thing. So let's step it up and show those jerks what we can do," Monoma spoke to his classmates. "Are you with me?"

While most of her teammates, especially the boys, agreed with the blond, Itsuka merely shook her head in disapproval. That sort of thinking was twisted. Sure, the part about 1-B being as capable as 1-A had some merit to it, but the rest of it was simply wrong.

Sure, 1-A fought some Villains, but they didn't have a choice in the matter. And sure, the media may have given them attention, but that didn't mean they were full of themselves. After all, Tetsutetsu only got a base impression of one person, that Bakugou guy.

And now, Tokage, Yanagi, and Tsunotori are working with him!

So, clearly, there was more than meets the eye with those Class 1-A kids, and Itsuka was gonna prove that they weren't the egomaniacs that Monoma was making them out to be.

Looking around, she tried to see if there was any spot left available. Most of the other Class A guys stuck with each other, one of them paired up with that Akatani kid, and then… bingo. Two Class A students, teaming up with that pink-haired chick from the Support Course.

Placing her hand on the brown-haired girl's shoulder, she asked, "May I join you?"


"Hey, hey! Look alive!" Hizashi said, as he woke Shouta up from his nap.

"Hm?" Shouta opened his eyes, disappointed that he was once again awake. Hopefully, Emi and Eri were having a better time during the Sports Festival than he was.

Kneeling into the mic, Hizashi began to announce. "After fifteen minutes to pick teams and talk strategy, twelve cavalry teams are prepared to go head-to-head!"

"I see some unexpected student combinations…" Shouta mumbled.

"COME ON! EVERYONE, GET YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR! IT'S TIME FOR AN ARENA-PUMPING UA BATTLE ROYALE! LET ME HEAR YOU SCREEEAM!"

"You're gonna scream if you don't tune it down," Shouta thought to himself.


"I chose the three of you because you're the best options I had with the limited time I was offered," Shoto said. He really wanted Yaoyorozu and Kaminari, but those two were already snatched by Jiro and Hagakure earlier on, so he had to make do.

Specifically, he ended up with Asui, Iida, and Shoji.

He could work with this.

"Asui is our left wing, she can use her Quirk to keep enemies at bay, and provide mobility. Iida, you'll take the right wing, you'll be doing the same job as Asui, but to an even higher degree. Shoji, you'll take the front. We'll rely on you for physical defense and to scout ahead."

"And you'll be attacking and creating diversions of ice and fire, is that right?" Iida asked.

The peppermint-haired boy wanted to immediately refute that, to say that he'd never use his left side in battle, but something stopped him. Looking over to Asui, he remembered what happened at the USJ. The ghost of his brother said it was his power, right?

He still wasn't too sure about that.

"If the need arises to, yes," Shoto decided to say. "I'll use both sides."


"Are you ready, guys?" Hitoshi asked, while being on the top of the girl pile.

Actually, now that he thought about it, that sounded horrible out of context.

Regardless, due to the fact that he was the least physically mobile of the four, he was chosen to be the rider for this game. Meanwhile, Uraraka was their center horse, while Hatsume and the newcomer, Kendo, were on the right and left, respectively.

All in all, a good combination. Uraraka's overpowered Quirk would allow her to act as both a sword and shield, while also helping with movement. Meanwhile, the other two girls were able to swat away anyone who attacks them from the sides via their Quirks and gadgets.

He was still convinced that thing Hatsume had was a gun, though.

Still, with him at the top, he'd be able to use Aizawa-sensei's extra lessons to make sure no one would sneak up on them, and if need be, use his Quirk at its maximum potential.

"LET'S DO THIS!" Uraraka shouted.

Damn, her charisma was infectious. Hitoshi was smiling already.


"Okay, all you First Years, I hope you're happy with your choice of teams! Let's get this party started! One final countdown before the game starts! THREE… TWO… ONE…"

"BEGIN!" Midnight shouted, taking over for Present Mic.

And just like that, everyone began charging Uraraka's team.

Of course, Katsuki was no exception.

He, at least, was smart enough not to try and grab her team's headband the second this began, like every other idiot in this game did. He waited for the right opportunity, and…

There you are.

Round Cheeks just used her supercharged Quirk to send herself and the rest of her team flying through the air, with the help of whatever insane support gear they got themselves.

Good thing that Katsuki had someone on his team who could fly.

Looking up at his rider, he shouted, "GREEN HAIR, ELEVEN O'CLOCK!"

"My name is Tokage!" she said, as she launched her hands out towards the air.


Ochako looked down, to see that everyone was as small as ants.

Was this how All Might felt every time he flew over a city? Probably not.

"Uh, guys?" Shinso said. "Flying hands, five o' clock."

Wait, WHAT?! Ochako looked down at where Shinso was pointing, to see that two disembodied hands were launching themselves towards her team. Definitely someone's Quirk.

"I've got this!" Kendo said, as she suddenly expanded her fist, and –

SNATCH!

The orange-haired girl smiled. "Gotcha! Nice try, Tokage!"

"WHAAAAT?!" Present Mic shouted. "Tokage just launched her hands towards a different group! A part of her body just left her team behind! IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED?!"

"Her actual body never touched the ground, so yes!" Midnight announced.


"Shit!" the green-haired girl cursed.

"What happened?" Katsuki asked.

"Kendo saw me coming! She expanded her fist and is now holding my hands hostage!"

SNATCH!

Before the two of them could continue, Bakugou saw their headband suddenly slip away from her green hair. It was like looking at something in slow motion, as his eyes trailed over to the bastard responsible for that, and… oh, wow, that is one smug face.

"You were too focused on the big prize, Tokage," the blond bitch boy said.

"MR. MONOMA?!" Tsunotori shouted, before delving into… American swear words?

Katsuki would be impressed if he wasn't busy with the whole "stolen headband" thing.

"Come back here, you bastard!" Yanagi shouted.

Looks like they were following the smug-looking prick.


If Shoto wasn't as emotionally dead as he was, he'd be smiling right now.

Uraraka's team had just landed near them. Perfect timing.

Ordering his classmates to head towards them, he looked directly at All Might's successor. Despite not being the rider, he knew fully well she was basically in command.

"I'll be taking that headband now, please," he said. He still had some manners.

"Does this guy have it out for you, or…?" the orange-haired girl asked.

"I mean, kinda?" Uraraka said. "Wait, that's not the point right now!"

Wow, are they serious? Shoto wondered to himself. Were they really having a conversation while his team was right in front of them? At least Uraraka was decent enough to remember that they were in the middle of a cavalry battle, but it was too late by then.

Shoto brought out his right hand, and before they could even defend themselves –

Nothing happened.

Shoto waved his hand again. Still nothing. Everyone was looking at him, as he kept trying to make ice come out. Then, in an act of desperation, he tried his fire, and… nothing.

What's going on? What happened to my Quirk?!

"What the –?! MY ENGINES!"

Shoto immediately turned his head to the side, to see that the engines on Iida's legs were just… gone. Sweating, he looked towards Asui who… suddenly looked very human. She was clearly distressed, but she wasn't even ribbiting. "Wait a second, Shoji –?!"

"Rrrgh…" the large boy grunted. "Most of my arms suddenly disappeared…"

What the fuck was going on?! Everyone's Quirks just suddenly disappeared. Looking over towards Uraraka's team, they were all looking at themselves in complete confusion.

"Guuuys…" Shinso said. "I just checked, Quirk isn't working on Hatsume!"

Wait, they're also having problems?

"MY EYES!" the pink-haired girl shouted. "I CAN'T ZOOM INTO ANYTHING!"

"I can't expand my fists!" the orange-haired girl said. "What the hell is going on?!"


Ochako had no idea what the fuck was going on.

Out of the two teams, she was the only one whose Quirk was still there, everyone else's just up and vanished. And to make matters worse, several other teams were approaching them.

"Temporary truce?" she called out to Todoroki.

"Accepted!" the red-and-white boy shouted.

"WHEEEE!" Both teams looked towards the newcomer, to see that it was Yui-chan and Akatani. "That was amazing! Yui, your speed is incredible! They didn't even notice!"

The black-haired girl smiled at the praise. "Mm."

"Wait… did you cause this?!" Todoroki asked. "Answer me!"

"Got it in one!" the red-eyed boy said. "My Quirk deactivates all other Quirks in the vicinity completely! Emitter, Transformation, Mutant, doesn't matter, they're all gone!"

"He's like an overpowered version of Eraserhead!" Shinso realized.

"Yep yep!" the black-haired boy said. "And without your Quirks, your advantage has been completely negated! Yui, my love, could you please grab their headbands?"

"Anything for you, darling," Yui said, approaching Ochako's group.

The brown-haired girl's brain was going into overdrive. Both her Quirks were designed for close quarters combat. She didn't have any long range attacks that didn't involve grabbing some rock and throwing it. She didn't have anything that would prevent Yui and her boyfriend from getting up next to them and manhandling the headband away from Shinso.

She needed to get rid of them now.

Then, looking at her hands, she remembered something from the Sludge Villain attack. All Might was able to change the weather with a single punch. The wind pressure required for something like that was nothing short of insane. So… what if she created a mini-version of that?

Pink lightning erupting from her body, she grabbed one of her hands, and, using five percent of One For All's power, she aimed at the ground where Akatani was, and flicked her finger.

BOOM!

"Whoa!"

The wind pressure was nowhere near Team Akatani, but still Yui jumped back. The two of them realized what happened, and now the three teams were starting down one another.

Todorki's team won't move as long as they don't have their Quirks. Meanwhile, I still have One For All, which gives my team the advantage. The best I can hope for right now is that Yui-chan and her boyfriend back off. Once they do, everyone's Quirks should come back…

She knew that it meant facing Todoroki, but she had no other options.

Akatani, meanwhile, was scoping around the area, to see if any other teams would be arriving any time shortly. Pretty soon, though, he, along with Ochako, both heard a small amount of explosions. Turning around, both of them saw that Bakugou was using his Quirk, as his team was chasing around some blond guy's team, who had multiple headbands.

"Yui, we have to go. Now," Akatani said.

"Mm."

Turning back towards the others, the black-haired boy said, "Well I guess I won't be getting your headbands! Oh, well! You can all have your Quirks back now. See you later!"

As Yui ran off with Akatani on her back, she breathed a sigh of relief. Pretty soon, she could hear her teammates saying that their Quirks were back, and she noticed that those who have physical mutations on Todokroki's team had them pop back up on their bodies.

Which was right on time, as the team that was being chased by Bakugou's team was rushing towards the two of them, followed closely by the explosive blond himself.


Katsuki ran as fast as the other two girls on his team could.

That blond prick on top was apparently called Monoma, and was the head of the anti-Class A malarkey going on, according to Tokage. So, that meant he actively targeted his team due to either the fact that he was on it, or because he was intermingling with Class B students.

In all honesty, that guy was an idiot. Heroes had to work together with others in order to save the day. This sort of "us versus them" mentality would get innocent people killed.

Luckily, they had a plan. Using Tsunotori's horns, she'd pilot them all around the area to make sure that both Round Cheeks and Icy-Hot's teams wouldn't get any bright ideas and try to nab any of Monoma's headbands. The guy may have been a prick, but he was smart. Smart enough to use his team to get even more headbands than just his.

After the distraction, they would use Yanagi's Quirk to grab the headbands, and snatch up as many as they could, before getting the fuck out of there. Thesen three girls may have had useful Quirks, but Katsuki and Tsunotori's could be the only ones considered best-suited for combat.

Meaning that unless they wanted to deal with the ice monster and All Might's successor, they could just hope that the two teams got the message and decided to fuck off.


Shoto Todoroki decided that he would not fuck off.

Sure, his team technically had enough headbands to make it to the top, but that wasn't enough for him. As long as Uraraka was All Might's hand-picked successor, he would do everything in his power to beat her. Which meant also stealing her headband.

The chaos that was caused by Akatani deactivating everyone's Quirks was still fresh in everyone's minds, and with two more teams entering their area, it was clear that Uraraka's team was somewhat distracted from all the noise. A perfect opportunity to go in.

"Iida, Asui, now!"

The two students beneath him nodded, and using their Quirks, made their way towards where Uraraka's team was in no time flat. He could see the ten million headband on top of Shino's head. He could almost grab it. He reached out his hand, and –

Uraraka lunged at him.

She was trying to block him from grabbing the headband Shinso was wearing. But the way she was moving, it was so slow… was he just seeing things? Wait, that lightning… that's definitely Uraraka's Quirk… she was so close to him… that power… All Might's power…

Suddenly, Shoto felt a chill run up his spine as he witnessed something even more powerful than All Might. That was what Uraraka was, wasn't she? That would explain his fear.

But fear made people do reckless things.

In Shoto Todoroki's case, it made him ignite his left side.


Fire. Ochako saw it, clear as day, Todoroki's hand was on fire.

"KENDO!"

"Right!" the orange-haired girl shouted, as she expanded her fist, and created air pressure, quickly snuffing out those flames. Hatsume also decided to be proactive and used her hover boots to send the group flying backwards, still under Ochako's influence.

"We've gotta get the fuck out of here," Shinso said. "NOW!"

Her teammates nodded in agreement. Between whatever Bakugou was doing with those boys from Class 1-B, along with Todoroki trying to gun them down, there was too much going on. "All right, everyone!" the brown-haired girl shouted. "HANG ON TIGHT!"

Using One For All, she launched herself and her teammates out of the area. It was a short burst, but enough to get them out of the area… and into new trouble.

"Oh, what fresh hell is this?" Shinso groaned.

In front of their team, every single other team was now heading straight for them. It seemed like since time was almost up, they all decided to rush Ochako's team instead.

Ochako was panicking, they were all speeding towards her team, and would be there in less than ten seconds. Then, she realized they still had one more thing left.

Shinso.

"THE GAME IS ALMOST OVER!" Present Mic shouted. "IT'S TIME FOR A COUNTDOWN!"

"Shinso! Use our trump card!" Ochako shouted. "NOW!"

"TEN… NINE… EIGHT… SEVEN…"

"Right!" Shinso nodded. "PINEAPPLE IS THE WORLD'S BEST PIZZA TOPPING!"

"SIX… FIVE… FOUR…"

"What?!"

"Are you –"

"Huh?!"

"THREE… TWO… ONE…"

"ALL OF YOU STOP MOVING! STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!"

"TIME'S UP! AND WITH THAT, THE SECOND ROUND IS OFFICIALLY OVER!"


"Pineapple on pizza! Ha!" Gran Torino laughed. "That's a good one!"

Toshinori had to agree, that one was pretty funny. "It's good to see that young Uraraka's friends are resourceful like that. Such imagination will be useful while on the field."

"I guess that's true, to an extent," the old man said. "Still, these kids will have to get a whole lot stronger. The Sports Festival is still nothing compared to the real world."

Toshinori nodded grimly at that. "I know, sir. I know."

Young Uraraka still had a long way to go.


Author's Note: I hate pineapples on pizza.

Anyways, the second round of the Sports Festival is over now! Up next, the third and final round! But before we can do the next chapter, we have to do the comments!

Knightmare Lord: That is a good question. When it comes to how so many people ended up as Villains in this universe… there will be chapters diving into that.

alejandrooo: Glad you found the last chapter to be a ten out of ten!

VinHD15: I didn't think of Toga's excitement as a Prequel reference, but now, I'm kinda tempted to write one somewhere in one of the future chapters. Thanks for that.

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