I present you the second chapter of the Sports Festival Arc!
Now this will start to ramp things up even more so grab some snacks while you are at it, maybe even put on some music. Speaking of music the song for this chapter is Peace Sign once again.
Side note: Don't you love PlayStation Store sales? I do. I always buy games and play them... eventually.
Second side note: Spider-Man No Way Home finally got Spider-Man right in my opinion. Over his various MCU appearances, my opinion on Tom's rendition of the boy in red and blue slowly soured, and so seeing a fresh take on the character reminding the audience of the responsibility was invigorating to say the least.
That is how to properly end a superhero flick.
Oh and Merry Christmas!
Summary:
Blah, blah, blah.
I get tired ya' know? Explaining what's been happening in the story with some shitty joke. It's like the author is trying to artificially raise his word count just so it sounds impressive on paper. "Oh yeah I wrote over 200,000 words on my fan fiction" Yeah and half of it probably goes to your shitty author's notes, summaries and next times.
It's like the author loves to write more about himself than the story...
Ha what a weirdo! NARCISSIST!
Everyone lets join in on bullying the author!
"A calvary battle? The hell is that?!" I heard Kaminari whisper confused.
"It's like a online game, team up and hope for the best." I weakly explained. Of course I wasn't going to explain everything, not when Midnight was still droning on about what the second event. Well she was droning on, but she glared at me a little meaning she had heard what I said. Would she punish me? I wonder what her punishment would be? No, stay together Sora Yamazaki!
The dark-side only tempts you!
"Participants will, on their own, form teams of two to four members each and get into a horse-and-rider formation like this!" Midnight explained as she pointed to the large screen. Suddenly, a picture of Thirteen-sensei and Present Mic carrying All Might appeared. It made me grin slightly as Present Mic looked like he was about to drop dead any moment. "The rules are fundamentally the same as those of an ordinary calvary battle, snag your opponents headbands while guarding your own!"
"Headbands?" Uraraka asked confused. "But sensei we don't have any headbands?"
Midnight winked at the girl as she replied, "Each of you has been assigned a point value based on your ranking in the last event-,"
"So the point value of each team depends on its members?" Kirishima interjected.
"I'M ABOUT TO EXPLAIN THAT PART IF YOU BRATS WOULD JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!" Midnight snapped before regaining composure extremely quickly, smiling at the camera for good measure. Good, got to maintain a positive image. "Ahem, as I was saying your total point value as a team depends on how many points each individual has which will be represented on these headbands." She explained pointing at the headbands nearby.
"Your total point value starts at five, with each position going up by five points. So the student that got last place has five points, second-last has ten points get it? It goes up by five each time, however, our first place participant," She loudly proclaimed pointing at Midoriya, "IS WORTH TEN MILLION POINTS! The higher ranked students are what you should be aiming for, this is a survival game with no biases! It's anyone's game!"
Suddenly everyone was staring at the green haired boy hungrily. Well everyone but me, I wasn't interested in the 'ten million points' headband at all. Everyone was gunning for it which created competition, which meant more of a chance to lose our own headband. That was a risk I wasn't willing to take. Call me lazy or whatever, but I was realistic - I wanted to pass not win.
"The match will last for fifteen minutes, and the rider will be wearing a headband displaying the total number of points! Until the match ends you have to protect the amount of points you have in total whilst also grabbing other's if you wish to survive! Of course any headband that you do gather must be worn around the neck or higher, and the more headbands you have the harder it will be to manage them, but even if your headband is taken, even if your formation breaks apart it isn't over until the timer rings!" Midnight told us emphatically.
"Now while this is a violent battle, being too excessive will result in a red card and therefore disqualification! Now, you have fifteen minutes to form your teams!" Fifteen? Huh, that was way too much time. I already knew who I was going to pick-,
"There is no way I'm working with him!" Yaoyorozu said pointing at Mineta. "No way! Not until I get a formal apology!" Fair enough I suppose. Fucking Mineta, ruining everything as always. I suppose Yaoyorozu wasn't needed, I just wanted her so I wouldn't have to face off against her. If I did manage to get her on my team, she would have been stuck on defence or something.
"Wait Sora... you wouldn't get rid of your friend would you?" Mineta asked, pretending to be hurt as he looked up hopefully at my face. Didn't he know that men never apologise? It cheapens their soul so he was going to have to live with the consequences of his actions. Which meant bye-bye Mineta, and hello Yaoyorozu. That was just how the game went.
And then I realised that it was teams up to four, if I included Mineta it would have been five. What a silly oversight.
"Listen man, I would but-,"
And then Todoroki came over and poached Yaoyorozo of me. Bakugo came and nearly took Kaminari off from me.
"Dunce face, join me or die." He screamed.
"Kaplosion piss off or else I'll kill you. He's mine." I screamed back.
"Oh you want to go? Come on then-,"
"Go? I'll gladly beat you any time of the day you bastard."
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING A BASTARD?!"
"WHO ELSE FUCKTARD!"
We eventually had to be separated by our teams. It was just Jiro, Kaminari and I. Damn, this wasn't good, just three members? We needed a fourth, and since Mineta paired up with Shoji it was looking bad for us. Hell even Midoriya had his team sorted, Uraraka, Tokoyami and the support girl. What was her name again? Mei Misaki? Eh, whatever who cares, she isn't on my team.
If only someone would just join our team-,
"I'm joining you." Someone said confidently. I turned around to be greeted by Setsuna Tokage, looking determined as she stared directly into my eyes like the cold hearted bit-, coin that she is. Hah, was she for real? I'd rather let my testicles be crushed to death than let her join our team-, No. Nope, I'd rather her join my team than my testicles getting crushed. Wrong way around, haha, silly me. Still, I wasn't just going to let her join.
That was a 'fate worse than death'.
"I'm going to join this team, I got seventh overall meaning that I am worth two hundred and eighty points in total. If you want to make it to the next round, then let me join." Shit, she had a point. I was only worth fifty points, Jiro and Kaminari were worth even lower at forty give and forty respectively.
But Tokage was...
"Hey are you going to give me an answer or not Bakazaki?" Tokage demanded. That's right, she was forceful. No, forceful wasn't enough words to describe her accurately, she was more like a force of nature. A force of nature that hated my guts and would enjoy pissing on my grave, and the funny part was that I had no idea why as to why she hated me so much.
And then of course her comments lead to my friends getting annoyed at her. Kaminari was doing his hardest to just not shock her to death, he was clutching his hand and staring at the floor. I felt bad for him, he probably felt uncomfortable having a girl like Tokage who was hot bullying his friend. Well, I wouldn't call it bullying. Sure she was annoying, and disliked me, but ever since I met her I did give as good as I received.
It was like we had reached a mutual understanding. Jiro on the other hand.. She scowled heavily, and looked like she was ready to 'choke a bitch'. It was scary, like one of those villains you see in anime where they think that they are the good guys for doing evil deeds, justifying it to themselves usually with a sad backstory to boot. "And who gave you the permission to speak like that you bitc-,"
"All right, all right." I cut Jiro off, hoping to stop a fight from breaking out between the two girls. "You can join, but no funny business. After your stunt last round I trust you about as far as I can throw you, you try to sabotage our team and I'll throw you off myself. Disrespect Jiro or Kaminari, and I'll throw you off. Call me 'Bakazaki' or another nickname again and you probably guessed it; I'll throw you off myself! Clear?"
Tokage grinned. "Crystal. And I wouldn't dream of it, especially since I need to make it to the next round."
"Why's that?" Kaminari asked curiously. I admit, so was I. Maybe to prove that 1B was better than 1A or some tripe similar enough? Eh, I didn't care as long as she didn't mess us up. That would suck. Like suck real bad, even worse than being stuck in a Panamanian prison. Hm, maybe not that bad but still! It would hurt. A lot.
"A promise." We didn't ask for clarification as we readied ourselves. Jiro looked unhappy bit she didn't say anything, only giving me a glance that roughly translated to 'Are you sure this is going to work?' I nodded at her. This was going to work, I had a plan.
Attack.
It was basic, but it would work. And that was all what was needed in order for us to get through to the next round. We decided that Tokage would be the rider, since her Quirk was dead useful for us. If she was carrying someone it would inhibit her Quirk, while I could use mine even if I was carrying someone. Luckily my Quirk had a defensive aspect to it, because it fit our plan very nicely.
Jiro and Kaminari could defend our team from a longer range while I was the inside man, using my Nimbus to erect walls and shields, if not attack. And using Kaminari's Quirk we could make some lightning like we did at the USJ while Tokage would be using her hands to steal other opponents headbands. It was a solid plan if I had to say so myself, one I was immensely proud of.
As a team we had a total of four-hundred and fifteen points. We aimed to at least get into the thousand point range if possible. It was doable, and if our strategy worked as intended we would get through to the final round. Only we had no guarantee that others wouldn't be gunning after us. Heh, I grinned at that. Let them come and fight, I was confident we would win.
Because I for sure wasn't going to lose.
We let Tokage mount us as we got into position, wait no that sounds wrong. Not that I wouldn't mind her mounting me, actually no there were several things wrong with that thought. But I couldn't deny it; Setsuna Tokage was fucking sweet. A face that was cute, a superb body and short! If it wasn't for the trainwrek that was her personality, I would have been very interested.
Imagine her with high heels and a slutty teacher costume?
Or don't imagine her wearing high heels with a slutty teacher costume. God, that would make this awkward if I said that out loud. If only I could switch Tokage's and Jiro's personality... Huh? Why did I think that?! Well I mean Jiro had also a very cute face, as well as a nice body. God only knows why she dislikes it, personally I think it is awesome. Then and again I would try and sleep with any girl that looked cute.
I don't think I was the best of judge.
God damn hormones, wasn't I about to fight? Yeah, I was about to fight and I was thinking about girls?! UNDERAGE AT THAT! Fuck, I was grateful that we had no mind readers at U.A. I could just imagine me being arrested, that would be awkward. Still, what was her name again? Ah! Nejire Hado! Yeah she could step on me. Actually, that would hurt. But it would still be worth it.
I reckon I would enjoy being her 'little pig'. I snorted. Hah! If anything, if she was my little maid that would be even more perfect! Recovery Girl made me swear of nurses, something which baffled both Kaminari and Mineta. I wonder why? Still, all the nervousness I had in my body before disappeared completely. It was like I was a new person entirely, well not really.
I was still Sora Yamazaki.
"LET'S GET A BATTLE CRY!" Midnight shouted. "ON YOUR MARKS! READY... GO!"
Chapter
Nineteen
'Sometimes it is better to change the future then let it stay the same'
"Hang back." I ordered. Predictable, everyone ran towards Midoriya hoping to get a piece of the pie that was the ten million point band. It was like 'Black Friday' but worse... Which was still 'Black Friday'. I sighed as Midoriya's team ran around, manoeuvring around those pieces of trash like it was nothing. Well to be fair to him, they were uncoordinated.
And since I had taught him Full Cowling...
Yeah I kinda shot myself in the foot. Wait, why wasn't Midoriya the king of his team? Instead, it was Uraraka who was wearing the headband. And then I saw Izuku stamp the ground, causing it to shake slightly even over one hundred metres away. Well damn. I didn't just shoot myself in the foot, I also set myself on fire and then dropped a grenade afterwards to ensure that I was dead.
"So... what now?" Tokage asked me highly amused. She was grinning from her position, which as above me. No, not that type of 'above me' Yamazaki, get it together you Buffon! Now was not the time for your daylight fantasies! "Oi, Baka-, Cloud face what now?" She asked once again, this time having lost the grin she had. Aw, she didn't get to call me stupid. Is the 'wittle baby gonna cwy?'
"I say we move now. They are coming after us." Kaminari said, plaing slightly beside me. I looked over my shoulder, and sure enough an angry blonde was screaming murder as his team came barreling towards us.
"HAHA! I GOT YOU NOW RETARD! I'M GOING TO ENJOY MURDERING YOU-," Before Bakugo could even finish his sentence, I manipulated my Nimbus to form a string and ripped his headband off from his head. He didn't have time to react as I then threw it across the field, almost as if he was a dog going to collect it. Well, Bakugo was a dog. A rabid one. Maybe he should be put down?
"Fetch." I yelled with a grin as our team ran away as fast as we could, avoiding Bakugo's explosive words. Phew, that would distract him for a few minutes. Hopefully, for the entire match. Bakugo was a strong opponent, and his team was even more strong. Kirishima, Mina and Sero. He had the brawn, the yoga and the slang! How formidable! Still, that was nothing compared to the powerhouse team that was Todoroki's.
Luckily his attention was focused elsewhere. He had Iida, Yaoyorozu and uhm... was a student I had never seen before. Holding Todoroki up was a a young man of medium height with dark, shaggy hair, and dark eyes. To say he looked lazy was an understatement, he simply looked disinterested. And when his hands started to rotate like a drill... I lost it. I was holding onto Kaminari for support as I burst out into laughter.
What the hell? What was Simon the Digger doing here? I couldn't help but laugh at his serious expression as his hands kept on spinning. Why did Todoroki choose a construction worker of all people as his teammate? A sharp pain on my lower back however reminded me of where we still were. Right, a Calvary Battle. How could I lose composure so easily?
"I would appreciate it if you didn't mock my classmates." Tokage seethed in anger. "Kaibara is very self-conscious about his Quirk, making it extremely rude for you to just laugh like a loon. Apologise, or else I'll throw our headband at a random team." God, this woman was so fucking annoying! Well, that was rude. No, extremely rude. I met a human-drill and she expects me to keep a straight face?
The fuck was I, some kind of good boy?
"Throw our headband towards another team, and I'll throw you into your coffin." I replied. "I thought you made a promise? Or was that as empty as your personality?" She scowled at me, but said nothing. Good, seems like she understand the position we were in. At least she kept her promise. Maybe she wasn't so bad after all... Nah just kidding, Setsuna Tokage was the worst.
"On our left." Jiro warned us. Oh, there he was. Shinso Hitoshi. How thrilling, I would have hopes that he was pushed off by accident in the previous round but it seems like I had no such luck. I detested everything about the current Shinso Hitoshi, his height, his arrogance and his fucking sneer! Where was the cool Shinso Hitoshi who took after Aizawa-sensei?
The person in front of me was a fake I tell you, a FAKE!
"Everyone don't reply to him." I told them. "His Quirk works on replying to him or some bullshit, I would say I forgot but that meant that I cared enough to remember in the first place." Shinso looked at me with utter contempt. I admit, it was quite funny but I stopped myself from laughing. Was I an asshole? Oh absolutely, but as long as Shinso became the man that I knew he would become, we would become very fast friends.
I suppose you could call this a form of therapy? I build up his dislike, and Midoriya beats it into the fucking ground. I think we make a good team, me and him. The 'Weird hair colour' duo! Or, the 'One For All, and possible ties to All for One' duo! No, that doesn't roll of the tongue as well as the previous one. The 'Weird hair colour' duo it is! I hope Izuku doesn't mind too much about the name...
"Give us the headband."
Does putting up my middle finger count as a response? Eh, I'll do it anyway-,
"Ow, fuck me!" I yelled as I clutched my nose.
"Serves you right for next time." Tokage scolded me. "Honestly, I can't believe you warned us about his Quirk and then replied to him verbally right after." I-, what?! But I don't remember... responding to him... verbally. How?! I only put up my middle finger?
"You don't remember?" Jiro asked concerned. "Tokage, maybe you hit him a little too hard." The girl shouted. "Now look at him! He looks like he is about to drop any minute now! This is why I didn't want you on our team, you would do anything to sabotage him!"
Tokage spat on the floor angrily. "Oh yeah? Hush you dog, I can see he has marked his territory so much that all you do is bark for him. Just do us a favour and shut up, you aren't even useful here. I barely hit him, stop being such a pansy. He's fine, he'll get over it. And hitting him was the only way to undo the brainwashing, so if anything you should be thanking me."
"Thank you?" Jiro asked incredulously, rolling up her sleeves as her ear lobes looked ready to fight any second now. "Yeah I'll thank you real good after I beat you up! Not only did you hurt Sora, but you let our headband go as well!" And that was when I noticed that our headband worth four-hundred and fifteen points was missing, instead I was staring at Tokage's face...
WHAT?!
I panicked as I looked around for the headband, only to see Shinso's team a few metres out. In his hand was our headband, he grinned as he winked at me. "Thanks for the help." He said as his team carried him away. God damn it! Cheeky bastard, when I get my hands on him-,
"Oh well. This is Sora's fault." Tokage said as if she were describing the weather. "Next time you give us advice, follow it yourself you hypocrite." Eventually, Jiro and Tokage got in an argument over something. I wasn't listening because my mind was still reeling from the fact that I had apparently said something to Shinso, even though I don't remember doing so.
"Yeah, yeah can both of ya' shut up?" I yelled. "I get it, you two are like water and oil. But this is a team, a collaboration. Dreamwork makes the teamwork, or something along those lines. Sure, we don't have a headband now, but that doesn't mean we can't steal one!"
Tokage and Jiro looked at each other, they then stared at me before turning back to face each other. Come on, please take the hint already! If we do not work together than we were done, good-bye round three and hello cheering people on. Not that I did not mind cheering others on, but I would rather be the person getting cheered on.
Plus, I needed to make a big splash. My career as a hero depended on it. Literally. If I failed to make an impression here, then no pro-hero would take me on as an intern. I would have to intern under some random hero that sends out applications to everyone out of pity, I would thenceforth be known as 'Sora: The Pity Hero.'
So, these two had to work together! Please help me out here! I do not want to be a part of that dark future! Jiro and Tokage were still staring at each other intently, one ready to strike while the other was ready to strangle someone. It was tense.
"Sora..." Jiro began. "WE wouldn't be in this position if you hadn't given us advice that you yourself didn't follow! So, are you really in a position to be lecturing us?" I gulped. That tone of voice... Shit, she was beyond angry.
"What your girlfriend said," Tokage added as she detached her hands, cracking each finger menacingly as they flew towards me. "If you weren't such a dumbass maybe we would have still had our headband. But no, you had to play 'bad-boy' and tried to be 'cool.'"
Gah, I don't remember any of this?! All I did was put up my middle finger, and then my memories became hazy! What part of that don't they understand?! It was simple, I had no recollection of what happened so blaming me for it isn't fair!
"Come on, I told you before I don't remember! Last thing I remember is putting up my middle finger. And even then, it was like..." I simple didn't know how to describe it. That feeling within me, something I had had for as long as I could remember.
It was the feeling of anger. Rage, I felt a deep anger within me. And at times I let it show, times like these where it was a liability. But I don't know why, why did I have this unexplainable anger within? That sudden urge to just say 'fuck it' and do something horrible.
Well, not horrible, but something different.
It was like I was possessed or something. But this was not the first time, nor was this the last time. But only now had I realised how much of an impact it truly had on me. Shit, if I spoke about this to anyone, they would think that I am insane or something? Some lunatic that escaped the mental asylum.
Tokage, however, hummed curiously. "So, it's not like you don't remember that you put up your middle finger, just that you don't know what happened afterwards?" I nodded. That sounded right, which only frustrated me even more.
Why couldn't I remember something as simple that?!
"Hm," Tokage scratched her chin as she stared at me. Her eyes bore into mine; it was as if she could see into my soul. Everything about me laid bare, and yet I could see everything about her. Did she always have that tired look on her face? No, it wasn't just a look.
It was a mask.
A mask of indifference, yet her eyes told me otherwise. Her eyes shone excitedly, as if she was not expecting this. Not that I can blame her or anything, I am sure knowing someone that forgets things after a few minutes is also exciting.
It is also a cause for concern.
"...Bakazaki, come find me after this round." Tokage eventually said. "There is something I want to talk about." Huh? The hell?! All alone... Tokage and I... Was she planning to kill me?! Especially since the corner of her mouth twitched upwards at my reaction, it really did worry me. Was this the end of Sora Yamazaki, the 'Tale of the Gutsy Hero'?
She was enjoying me squirming beneath her as she winked playfully at me, making me even more worried. Eventually, I nodded. Did I make a deal with the devil? I just did, didn't I? But our 'talk' was in the future, as of now we were still in the second round.
Which meant in order for us to make it to the third round; we had to steal some headbands.
It was chaos around us. People going for Midoriya, people going for Bakugo and people going for Todoroki. Team Shinso however still were cautious... Which was good for us. "Kaminari," I called, summoning my Nimbus.
"New plan, we are going to wreck Shinso's team right here and now." Tokage snorted, she clearly disagreed with the plan but said nothing. Likewise, Jiro looked at me strangely but just muttered something underneath her breath.
Kaminari had been quiet, too quiet. Then and again, the constant arguments between Jiro, Tokage and I there wasn't much room to speak. So now was his chance to shine, a chance to shine brighter than any other star.
"Sora, are you telling me to help do that?" He asked me as I grinned at him. Oh yeah, we were going to do that. And by 'that,' I meant that we were going to create some lightning. Summoning my Nimbus, I split it into smaller balls. Balls of six which at first confused Kaminari, but when I explained his grin matched mine.
"Last time our lightning was too big to control right? It was like a big dump in a toilet. No accuracy, just pure destruction. This time," I explained pointing to the six, floating spheres, "-This time, we are going to control the lightning."
As Kaminari charged each ball up, Tokage looked amused. "So, what are these used for? Anal beads? I didn't know you were kinky Bakazaki." I repressed the sudden urge to flip her of, I had dignity at least. No, her childish remarks did not deserve any response.
"It's done Sora." Kaminari told me. I looked at each ball, each looked to be charged with electricity as sparks flew around them. I smirked, all before staring intently at Shinso's team. They weren't even aware as to what was about to unfold.
I pointed at their direction, the spheres flying towards the enemy time faster than my eyes could even track. "I call them..." Bingo, it hit the target dead on. Shinso had no time to react as his entire team was shocked, paralysed – Unable to move. Even more so, was that his team woke up from the brainwashing Shinso had put them through.
"I call them, 'Truth Seeker Orbs'!" I yelled proudly; our team rushed towards theirs as we stole our headband back, as well as taking theirs. That Shinso, is how you play ball. Hehe. Ball. Still the affect was instantaneous as his team was taken down. The three other members of his team were random people I had never seen before, probably one of the few other General Studies students that made it in.
I heard the crowd closest to us point at our team and break out into cheering, which put a smile on my face. Especially when Kaminari turned his head around and tried to bow to them, nearly dropping Tokage in the process.
Shinso looked pissed, even more pissed compared to before. I bet he didn't think that we would do that, and since his entire team was hit that meant that his Quirk was cancelled out. They started to wake up, albeit slowly but the three members were confused as to where they were.
Shinso stared at the floor, annoyed at himself. I could partially understand myself, I did pretty much ruin his plan and stole his headband, the one chance he had at impressing the world was stolen right from under him. But as I threw his headband back at him, he looked at me funnily as if I had grown another head.
"So-Sora?!" Jiro berated me. "What the hell are you doing? We are supposed to steal other teams' headbands, not give them back! Are you trying to make us lose?" I ignored Jiro as I let Tokage go, if it wasn't for Kaminari and Jiro supporting her she would have fallen straight to the ground.
I had a plan, one which I had just thought of. It was a temporary plan that had the chance of backfiring hard, if I didn't play the card right not only would I make a fool of myself, but my entire team. But we had eleven minutes left, and my head was killing me.
It was like my head was about the burst open.
I offered my hand. "You need points, and so do I. Instead of fighting each other, or even worse failing to fight others why don't we team up. You help us get another headband, and we help you get steal someone else's headband. Then after that we split."
The air around us shifted, especially since Jiro took a step back in surprise. Kaminari seemed stunned as I resisted the urge to tell him to stop standing there, gaping at me like a goldfish. Tokage looked intrigued as she leaned forward from her position up above us.
"An alliance?" Shinso mocked. "You think I would form an alliance with one of *you? Give me a break, I'd rather eat broken glass-,"
"Either you help us, or I tell everyone about how to deal with your Quirk. Ruins the element of surprise, don't ya' think?" I interrupted him with a grin. "Of course, I could go one step further and go tell Midnight about how you used your Quirk to do some pretty bad things, like I don't know forcing people to join your team and putting them under your Quirk without permission?"
Shinso paled at that. Especially since the rest of his team was pretty much back to normal. However, before they could even react, my Quirk wrapped around their bodies pinning them to the ground. "Choose, help us so we can help you – Or fail to leave an impression." I told him.
"Why?" Was the only response I got. Clicking my tongue, I turned away from the purple haired boy annoyed. We only had ten minutes left now, maybe I should have just stolen his headband and not have given him the choice?
"Because," I eventually replied, helping left Tokage up. "You want to go through to the next round, no? Make your mark on the world. Well, I can't promise you anything like that – But I can give you a chance. One chance to prove yourself, not to anyone here, but to you. Hitsohi Shinso."
I didn't need to wait for his confirmation as he quickly reapplied his Quirk on his three struggling teammates. No wonder Jiro looked uncomfortable right now, especially since I gave him an ultimatum.
I didn't feel too proud of myself either. But I had to do it, especially since I had just realised something. Shinso and I, we were similar in a way. While I wasn't lucky enough to be gifted at football, he wasn't gifted either when it came to his Quirk.
And that made us resent those lucky ones, after all what gave them the right to just be 'better' than us at something we loved. Of course, they were completely different situations, but the concept was similar.
Just as I hated those 'monsters' that were good, Shinso hates us. Us, as in those with gifted Quirks that made it into the Hero course. He was exactly like me, the previous me, which was why I was annoyed with him.
I had my team captain, that bastard Sui show me that even if I wasn't gifted, even if I worked just as hard as those 'monsters' and lost – It was okay. Because at least I tried. Shinso, he didn't try. No, instead he just wallowed in his dislike.
He didn't try to save himself, the same way I didn't try to save myself.
And so, I was going to give him that chance. To say that I didn't like Hitoshi Shinso in canon was a lie, I really dug his character. Because I *understood, and I still *understand how he feels. And while Midoriya did a fine job at helping him, I needed to help Shinso as well.
I hated looking back to the past for good reason, it wasn't who I was now. But... If I didn't help Shinso in at least one way here I would be a hypocrite. Giving up before I even tried just because someone else would have done it.
"So, what's the plan?" He asked me as his brainwashed team lifted him up from the ground, tying his headband around his forehead. He looked ahead at all the other teams with a determined look, one mixed with anger.
No doubt he would have preferred to have not formed a temporary alliance with me, especially since I forced him to basically join. But there was no point thinking about what could have happened, only what to do now.
"As I said, we help each other get one headband extra and then we go our own ways," I said. "Of course, if you want help defending the headbands, I will allow that. But it'll cost you extra." I added with a grin.
Shinso growled. "Shut up, won't you?" I didn't respond to him; it was obvious bait. A question? That was how his Quirk activated, or something like that. If I had responded it would have caused trouble for our alliance.
Instead, I pointed at the closest team. Monoma's, who was being chased by Bakugo. "Going straight into the fire? Brave." I smirked at Shinso, into fire? No, we were going even further than that, I guess one could say 'Plus Ultra!'.
"Try inferno instead." I eventually replied, summoning my Nimbus. Since I was carrying Tokage I couldn't use my bokuto, nor my new 'fighting style'. Even then, I didn't want to reveal much. The villains were watching.
And then we started charging Monoma's team, who had no time to prepare as they found themselves being attacked on three different fronts. While Shinso's attacks were miniscule, they still helped provide even more pressure for Monoma.
Tokage had detached one of her hands as they went to try and steal the headband, while I used my Nimbus to cover their eyes or mouths. Kaminari did his hardest to shock them while Jiro poked them as many times as she could.
Bakugo's team were attacking similarly, target their weak points. Until of course Tokage managed to steal Monoma's headband. Then their attention shifted towards us. "HUH?!" Bakugo shouted angrily. "THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" I threw Bakugo's headband once again, this time towards the blonde.
Grinning, I turned around to wink at Shinso. "Take it from here, won't ya'? Oh, and don't take his points, just tell him to piss off." Shinso rolled his eyes at my antics, especially since it only enraged Bakugo even more. Still, our detraction had worked perfectly since Monoma's team had a headband worth three hundred and five points. That made our total points seven hundred and twenty.
But would it be enough? Especially since we needed to give a headband to Shinso's team, a good one at that. But before that, we had someone else to deal with. In front of us stood team Tetsutetsu, sneering at us.
"So that is how it is Tokage? Betraying us with no hesitation? Where is your class loyalty?" The metal-head shouted angrily. "I THOUGHT CLASS-1B WAS SUPPOSED TO STICK TOGETHER?! INSTEAD, YOU JOINED UP WITH OUR ENEMIES!"
"Enemies?" Tokage snorted. "I have *no enemies. I joined the team which I thought had the most chance of getting through to the next round, but I also wanted to *prove something." I could see her glancing at me from the corner of my eye. "This isn't a 'betrayal' nor something to 'prove my loyalty' towards. I'm loyal to my friends, not the Class."
"Huh, I didn't understand you? Can you repeat that?" I held my laughter in as much as I could, but one look from Kaminari made me realise that I could not hold it in. Especially since we both burst into laughter right after.
"Sorry, sorry," I apologised trying to stop my laughing fit. "Please do continue your argument. Kaminari and I... we, uhm, have a laughing problem? Yeah, a laughing problem! We were diagnosed when we were younger you see-," Tetesutetsu didn't allow me to finish my sentence as his team attacked.
Damnit.
It was a really good excuse as well.
"Kaminari, I'd appreciate it if you could-," Gah. Suddenly some vines wrapped around my stomach, tightening my body as it felt like I was being crushed to death. Ibara Shiozaki was simply breathtakingly beautiful, not that I was looking at her body while her hair was strangling me, but it was easy enough to make out.
Especially when Kaminari charged up his Indiscriminate Shock-,
Wait no, that would leave him in a vulnerable state?! NO! Crap, crap! I tried to stop him, but I wouldn't be able... to... Argh, it was hard to breathe. Damn it, how? How would I... Right. Her hair was vines.
Vines were plants.
Plants burned, just like everything else.
Come on. Give me the flames! Anything! I pleaded internally as I gripped my bokuto, wrapping my Quirk around it. What would I sacrifice? It couldn't be the ability not to move, that would put my entire team at risk.
But then what?
Damn it, the electivity was building up? Shit, fuck, "Kaminari-," I was cut off as the vines wrapped around my face. No, it couldn't end like this! But... could I really use that Quirk. I had trained to not use it, thought of other ways to fight to ensure I would never have to use it.
Aizawa-sensei helped me to ensure that I wouldn't have to use it, to not rely on it. If I just used it now without any care, wouldn't I be spitting in his face? Or Recovery Girl, who despite making it clear that she was against me being a hero, still treated me every time I went to her to heal after training with Aizawa.
Or Nezu, who gave me the opportunity to fight. Damn it, what do I do? Snip. What? What was that sound-, Snip. The vines around me became lighter, as if they were being cut away. Snip. Snip. Snip. I could finally breathe properly again, unrestricted.
It was Jiro.
Looking more determined than I had even seen her before, she cut away those vines with ease. I didn't even know she could do that, I watched in awe as she used her Quirk to cut the vines away one by one. And even when one of the vines hit her, she didn't flinch. Instead, she gritted her teeth and continued to cut away.
Even though she was standing behind us, supporting Tokage from the back, she still helped us. Despite team Tetsutetsu's assault on us, she still helped free me. We were a team, so why wouldn't she help me – But it felt different this time.
It felt more *personal. And I felt guilty when she was slapped across the face by a vine, hard enough to make her wobble on her knees and nearly fall over. But she stood her ground, spitting out blood on the ground.
If only I had used my Gambler's Quirk beforehand-,
"Sora!" A well times jab broke me out of my thoughts. "Don't go spacing out on us! I can't-" Huff "-cut the vines for much longer. Help." Right. I didn't need to use my Gambler's Quirk. I always had other options.
To say that she didn't save me would have been an underestimate. Especially since I was gripping my bokuto so hard that I started to get splinters. I really was an idiot, thinking of using that damned Quirk? Here of all times?
There wasn't a need to worry, especially when I had an entire team of people supporting me. So, when I used my Nimbus to create a massive wall, I had already decided the gameplan to fight team Tetsutetsu.
"Jiro, me and you will switch positions. You deal with the vines while I stay at the back using my Nimbus to divert attacks." I told her. "Kaminari, focus on stunning anyone else. Tetsutetsu is steel meaning he conducts electricity, and the vines won't work! But they have two other members, so aim for them!"
Tokage grinned. "You seem awfully bossy? Who says you were made the team captain?" She asked amused.
"Captain? I'm the strategist. You can be the captain, but you will follow my plans if you want to get to the next round. It's as simple as that, so keep on trying to steal Tetsutetsu's headband while defending your own. Speaking of, can't you just detach your head and make it fly up in the air?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know if that is allowed, nor do I really want to test it." Fair enough I suppose, but that still threw a wretch in my plans. Team Tetsutetsu was a formidable opponent. If only-,
"Need some help?" Hitoshi Shinso grinned at me as his team came up next to us.
Tetesutetsu's face brightened. "Oh, hey it's the general studies kid..."
"Hitoshi Shinso." The purple haired boy supplied with a smirk.
"Yeah Shinso! Want to team up with us and steal their headbands?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"Hm," Shinso appeared to be deep in thought. "Are you sure we can do this?"
"Yeah-," Checkmate. Suddenly, Tetsutetsu's entire demeanour changed. It was clear to everyone that he was under the influence of 'Brainwashing' curtesy of Shinso, who looked at the opposing team gleefully.
"Now, will you please give me your headbands?" Shinso asked politely, grinning at us as three headbands were thrown his way. One worth seven hundred and five points, as well as two others one of which was three hundred points and the other being one hundred and five.
Shinso threw the one worth one hundred and five at our direction as I caught it. "That's our alliance done. We good now?" He asked us. It was clear to see that he wanted as little to do with us as possible, probably out of fear that we would fight him and take all his points. After all, he knew that in a team battle we would win.
But I was a man of my word. And since he threw an extra headband at us, making our total now reach eight hundred and twenty-five points. That was more than enough to get into the final round. Waving goodbye to the purple haired boy, our team ran the other way.
We had five minutes left.
Five minutes to survive.
No pressure, right? Especially when it seemed like everyone was ganging up on us. From Shoji and Mineta working together, to the three 1B girls led by Itsuka Kendo. It was like we were popular, and what made it worse was that Kaminari revelled in it.
Of course, when team Tetsutetsu got their shit together, they had no idea what happened to their points. It was funny seeing them scramble around trying to fight anyone close to them and only failing as everyone ignored them.
Who would want to fight someone worth zero points?
"It's over for you Sora! You should have allowed me to join your team-," Mineta was cut off as I used my Nimbus to create a large fist, smashing the floor below him. Ouch. Sorry for that Mineta, maybe I'll make it up to you later?
Time was going down slowly, as if it wanted us to lose. Even Monoma's team was on our trail, with the blonde shouting about how he was going to 'IMPRESS SORA-SAMA!' If it wasn't for the fact that if I stopped moving, we would likely lose our headbands, I would have laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
Monoma really was my number one fan.
Midoriya was doing well, or as well as he could considering his team. As I remembered, Uraraka, Mei-Mei and Tokoyami made an extremely strong showing as they defended the ten million points like a well-oiled machine.
Using 'Full Cowling', Midoriya was essentially being a 'zoner' from an online fighting game. All he was doing was spamming projectiles, and occasionally doing a simple punch. But it was effective, with Midoriya breaking the floor around him so Uraraka could use her Quirk on the rubble.
Mei using her 'babies' to come up with creative solutions to dispatch opponents, like putting jetpacks on their back and letting it rip until either they crashed into someone, or the jetpack exploded. I caught Kaminari looking at her a few times, and so as his best friend I had to warn him.
Don't stick it in crazy.
Tokoyami however was incredible to say the least. Dark Shadow was a versatile tool and an even more amazing defensive move. It was clear that Midoriya vs Todoroki would be incredible to watch in the finals, even more so in person.
I couldn't wait for it.
But until then, I had to make it to the next round. Ah look, it's a bunch of general studies students. How did they make it here? Eh, who cares. Kaminari charged my 'Truth Seeker Orbs' as we launched it against them, stealing their seventy points.
Was it easy? Yes. Was it necessary? Yes.
Especially when Bakugo's team cut us off. "WHERE ARE YOU RUNNING TO, YOU SHITTY CLOUD WATCHER?!" Bakugo screamed, explosions going off in his hands as his entire team looked ready to fight. Damn.
Fighting Bakugo, along with his entire team would be a pain. They were good, even the drill guy! Sen Kaibara, Mina Ashido and Eijiro Kirishima were strong. In a fair fight they would win, but who said anything about fighting fair?
But I didn't have anything in my arsenal that would allow me to fight while defending Tokage! And my 'fighting style' would make us lose in this situation, and I couldn't even use my bokuto! Using my Bankai's here would defeat any purpose of teamwork and would leave them open!
Of course, the rest of my team were weak. But could they really defend Tokage from Bakugo? No. Jiro and Kaminari both knew this as they scrambled to try and find an exit to no avail. If only I could make more Nimbus...
No.
I made up my mind.
Even if it went against what I had been trying to do, even if it meant disrespecting Aizawa-sensei, Recovery Girl and Nezu, I still had one option. I hated myself for it, but it was the only way to win. The only way to get through to the next round.
To make sure Kaminari gets his fame.
To make sure Jiro gets to show everyone that she deserves to be a hero.
To make sure Tokage gets to keep her promise.
If it meant that those three things would happen, then I would gladly gamble away. I closed my eyes as I focused on my breathing. How did it happen last time. How do I activate my Gambler's Quirk. Uhm, give me more Nimbus in exchange for my arm? No, no I rescind that offer!
...and then it *hummed.
Something in my body *hummed. As if it agreed with what I offered, despite rescinding it. Crunch. If it wasn't for Jiro's screams, I wouldn't have noticed that my left arm completely broke. I was waiting for the pain to kick in, but it didn't come.
Right.
Minor healing.
And my Nimbus? To say it got 'bigger' would be like explaining that water is wet. If I had to describe how big it became, I would say that originally Nimbus was the size of my torso, if not a little bigger. Of course, it could stretch out to at least six or seven feet. Maybe even more.
But now...
Now it was like the size of two trucks with cargo hauled on the back. Even Bakugo was confused as he stared at the Nimbus in shock. It was just a massive cloud, and it felt like everyone in the stadium had stopped what they were doing to stare at the Nimbus.
Two minutes left.
I smirked. Two minutes was more than enough time. Suddenly, the cloud started to wrap around our team. From the cries of Jiro, Kaminari and Tokage they had no idea what to do as they merely trusted my plan.
We were raised slightly up from the ground, around thirty feet in the air as everyone started to look up at us. "Gah," I cried out as I clutched my arm. There it was the pain that felt familiar. My right hand was covered in blood as I tried to hold myself from laughing.
It was close to completing construction.
What I made was something that brought a grin to my face as I tried to stop myself from laughing like a madman. In fact, from the looks of it my right hand had brushed against my cheeks giving the impression that I had been crying blood, or that my eyes were bleeding.
Fitting I suppose.
What I made was a gigantic, humanoid avatar. More skeleton than human, one which shielded our team from harm. It was light blue, silver even, matching the colour of my hair as well as being see-through. It stood at around thirty metres tall.
This was my, "Perfect Susanoo!"
One minute left. No matter what Bakugo, or anyone else had tried to do it was impenetrable! I had stretched, and overlapped the very fabric that Nimbus was made of to its limit! Although to say that it was perfect would be a lie.
I could feel the pain the Susanoo took, meaning all the explosions Bakugo was releasing was hurting me, although to a lesser extent. It was annoying, but I gritted my teeth. I wasn't going to allow the pain to make my Quirk dissipate!
I concentrated as hard as I could towards maintain the Susanoo despite attacks from all angles making me go on one knee. I wouldn't fail here; I would make it last! Even as my right hand exploded, blood pouring all over the Susanoo I gritted my teeth and held my line.
Forty-five seconds left.
"Let it go!" Jiro pleaded with me. My blood... it had stained her clothes. I was stunned. I mean I knew my arm was broken, and blood was pouring out of my hands, but it wasn't that bad. Not as bad as the USJ where I was on the verge of death.
No, I knew my limits and made sure never to surpass them.
And then I saw that Jiro had torn of some of her clothing to bandage my arm. As a matter of fact, so had Kaminari *and even Tokage who all looked at me as if I was about to drop dead any moment. "Argh-," I coughed out blood as the Susanoo around us began to disappear, and our team went falling back down to earth.
Luckily, I had some remaining Nimbus to soften the fall. All the extra Nimbus that I had wished for suddenly just went. It turned misty, all before being blown away by the wind as opposed to how it normally just vanished.
Thirty seconds.
Damn it, I coughed up more blood. That took a lot out of me, more than I thought. Shit, I couldn't even stand up and support Tokage. Luckily, Jiro and Kaminari carried both me and Tokage away in the confusion buying us ten seconds.
But the chase went on.
Shit, we had come so close as well. We couldn't lose here; we couldn't just give up! I forced myself to stand up straight as I summoned my Nimbus, which looked in a similar state that I did, beaten up. Still, it was more than enough as it covered us in a small sphere as I forced us to roll around, protecting us.
It was the same sphere that I had used during the USJ in the water. That was before it slowly started to dissipate as well. Ten seconds left, and they were close. Tetsutetsu's team, Mineta and Shoji as well as Kendo's team all within distance to steal our headbands off us.
Shit.
I couldn't even do anything.
"Indiscriminate shock: Three Million Volts!"
"Tail Splitter - Five Finger Choke Hold!"
"Counter-Balance Revised!"
Kyoka Jiro, Denki Kaminari and Setsuna Tokage however did not give up. No, they fought with all they had despite my condition. Kaminari shocked Shoji and Mineta, forcing them to maintain a long distance.
Tokage split both her hands as her fingers attacked Tetsutetsu's team in all directions, from poking their eyes to going up their nose and even down their throat! If it wasn't for the fact that I was in pain, I would have chuckled and called her kinky.
Jiro, however, surprised me the most. Using her Quirk to stab the ground quickly to the point at which Kendo's team found it difficult to not trip over. But that was all that was needed, even if one of Shiozaki's vines stole one of our headbands.
"BEEP! That is the end of the second round! In first place, team Todoroki! In second, team Bakugo! In third place is team Shinso! And in fourth place, managing to keep it hanging by a thread... team TOKAGE!"
We did it.
We made it through to the next round. Even if the headband which was worth one hundred and five points was stolen, we still had our original points as well as the ones stolen from Monoma, making our point total seven hundred and twenty.
And then I realised that 'Team Midoriya' didn't make it. And clutching two headbands, one that was worth five hundred and six hundred and fifteen as well as another worth seventy meant that they had placed fifth with a total of six hundred and eighty-five points.
There was a difference of thirty-five points between us.
Fuck.
I must have paled significantly as Midnight-sensei as well as Power Loader came with a stretcher to carry me to the hospital wing. I couldn't believe it, I had... But-, they should have! I changed it. The timeline.
My alliance with Shinso, while temporary, made it so Midoriya's team had no chance. But why didn't I think of what would have happened if I made it into the top four? I should have gone after them, or better yet I should have betrayed Shinso if I really wanted Midoriya in the final round...
Yet I didn't.
I didn't even think of the ramifications, it was as if I didn't care. I had changed the timeline, and it felt like it was just another day. I had changed canon, no, I had changed my life. Jiro and Tokage, I don't remember them being in the final round.
What did I...
What I did was dangerous.
"We'll proceed to the afternoon portion after a one-hour lunch break! See you then! Hey, Eraserhead. Wanna' grab some food?" Was the last thing I heard Present Mic say as I blacked out.
And so the second round of the Sports Festival is now over. With Midoriya's team knocked out, and Sora's team haven taken their place. I will admit, a lot of this chapter was improvised on the spot. It had been a while since I read the Sports Festival, so rereading the manga for it I can now appreciate how cohesive it is.
I always thought it was good, but now I think that it is a great arc. It sets up so much in like the span of twenty chapters, which is pretty insane. Still, having Midoriya knocked out was always the plan. Sorta. I don't mind telling the readers this now because it is a scrapped idea that cannot make it into the story, so here it goes. If you like this, I'll write about a scrapped idea every chapter considering some of you do want to see what could have happened.
At first, Sora during the Sports Event would have been lazy, making fun of everyone being serious about it etc etc because he already knows that he wasn't going to win. Then of course he would have had his shit rocked by Midoriya, reminding him that even if they are stronger than him, he can always improve and be better etc etc.
That instead was relegated to the football chapter, and now that plot-line is tied directly with Shinso! So yay to me scrapping this idea quite early on! I much prefer what I have now compared to back then.
Anyways, we have reached 200k words.
A number that astounds me. Still, I hope to have at least 2 more chapters, if not 2 and a half left for this arc making it the lengthiest arc so far. Also, if you are wondering if I will go through each fight, I am sorry to disappoint you but I will not. Only the ones which I find interesting, because without Midoriya's team it results in new matches happening.
Once again, thank you all for the support! Writing this story makes me extremely happy, even if it isn't the highest of quality at times compared to other stories in this community. But, I won't give up. I will continue improving, and leaving reviews is a great way to tell me on how I can improve! I know it's hard, and I don't want to beg or make you feel guilty for not reviewing. That isn't my intention at all.
If you have the time, I would very much appreciate it if you left a review. Even a simple "Nice, I like your fight scenes." is more than enough to help me improve my writing. I do think that I have come a long way since Chapter 1, which makes me all the more excited to eventually edit the earlier chapters and make them even better.
Also, we are close to the halfway point of Part 1. Or maybe we already surpassed it? I don't know. I want to try and end Part 1 before the 40th chapter, if not then it'll be 41 at maximum. So we are quite close.
Onto Yamazaki's corner!
Naru321: Thanks!
Guest: Well here is the next chapter, hope you enjoyed it
Brocole07: Tokage is very special. And uhm... Tokoyami and Sora cannot fight lol. But it would have been a cool hypothetical fight.
Overlord TH: Well sorry to hear that. Sora's 'comeback' is supposed to be that he won't change, that he won't fold to Zero. That his vow to himself all they way from Chapter 1, of never being a piece of shit again, is stuck to, and will remain constant throughout the story. His growth will be with how different events impact him, and try to change him.
Grey Falcon Night: Huh, never knew that. I've been trying to get into SDS for nearly two years now, still stuck on like Chapter 50 or something of the manga. Might pick it up again, and yes, he could use his Nimbus like that (And will :)
Bruh: Comedic effect that varies from person to person. Sora isn't very 'people smart' as you can see, living a lot of your life without any friends tends to do that to you. Of course as the story goes on and Sora gets older, this will change. It's mostly funny to me which is why I write it to be honest.
Vtonic: Sora is really bad at science. He calls himself lean because he is too lazy/doesn't actually know the science behind it as once again, he is terrible in science. But, he might grow into a having a lean body in the future, who knows?
Chainthatbinds: I wouldn't say villainous. They are just kids after all.
Guest 2: Monologuing is fun, especially since it makes Sora seem more 'over the top'. And Sora being childish is funny for me to write, after all he did die at 17. Do you know any normal 17 year olds that aren't childish? Imagine being 17, dying then being reborn in a manga/anime. Like, hell yeah I'd be super childish as well! But, he will grow and become less childish as he ages. Like any normal person.
Now as for Miwa? She has a role. A defined role, she is the emotional rock for Sora. A nice brother and sister bond, with maybe some potential story arcs in the future (Hehe).
As much as I love canon, I can't just write it for much longer. As you can see with this chapter, I already partly changed canon with Midoriya being knocked out in the second round of the Sports Festival. And it'll only get bigger from here. And I do agree, Horikoshi fucked up when he focused in on AFO so much because after AFO is defeated... what comes after?
I'm going to avoid that problem entirely by having someone else be the antagonist to our protagonist, that being Zero. The closest character to which Zero is partly inspired by is Shinsuke Takasugi from Gintama, who isn't the main villain of Gintama - But is a strong antagonist to Gintoki, the protagonist. I won't lie and say that AFO and the LoV won't be playing major roles in terms of villainy, but they won't be the main villains.
Sandman001: Fair enough. I'm planning to tone it down considerably after this, but the perverted trio is the perverted trio. Kaminari, Mineta and Sora are, and always will be, the coolest kids in 1A because no one but them have the guts to discuss porn in class like the weirdo's that they are. But I will tone it down, and make sure it doesn't affect the tension and character development.
And that is it for now! See ya' soon! Also stay safe, new strain of Covid sucks. Not that I have had it or anything, but do be careful. Oh and since this chapter will be up after Christmas, happy New Years! Wait no, this chapter comes out on Crhistmas! Yes, as I write this it is December the 4th which should give you an idea of how ahead I am.
About two chapters.
By the time this chapter comes out, I will have hopefully finished writing the Sports Festival arc. So yay me? Happy Christmas so now I will give a short omake that has no real position in the timeline! Enjoy!
I sighed.
Christmas was a good time... if you were a kid. Bright lights, a tree and presents! What more could you ask for? But as a teenager, Christmas was a never ending nightmare. Oh I had homework to complete, Aizawa-sensei made sure of that. And then of course, I had plans to go out with my friends. Shopping with Jiro? Going to the arcade with Kaminari? Buying porn magazines with Mineta? Going to Bakugo's house to call his mother a MILF and then running away like my life depended on it (It did)?
They were all fun activities.
But not completing any homework meant that I had a lot of free time.
Which meant I played games.
Lots of games, and since there were sales I bough lots of games as well!
Which led to my current predicament. Achoo. I had spent too much time playing games instead of sleeping. For reference, I had downloaded a game on Wednesday. It was Sunday, and I had completed it in around 93 hours. Achoo. And now I was sick.
And then I realised that school starts on tomorrow, on Monday, and I had a lot of homework to do. I was screwed.
This was why I hated Christmas!
Achoo.
Next time:
The final round commences, who will fight who? New rivalries, and a shocking secret that will make you rethink the last few chapters completely! Watch our for the start of the third round!