"AND HERE WE GO, FOLKS! THE SPORTS FESTIVAL IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY WITH THE QUALIFIER ROUND BEING AN OBSTACLE RACE! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY AIZAWA?!" Present Mic yelled out and looked to his left. Aizawa was also in the commentary for he was there by force.
"Could you lower your voice, you are irritating me. And I don't want to be here." Aizawa simply said.
"Okay, Mummy-Man! Anyways! Put those cameras on and let's see who- IS THAT PETER PARKER ALREADY OUT OF THE TUNNEL?! How has he gotten so far already?!" Present Mic asked in a shocked state.
"If you had done your research loudmouth, you would have known he does whatever a spider can. He ran on the walls, completely avoiding the crowded area below him." Aizawa replied.
"Well, that makes sense! Peter Parker, Peter Parker, does whatever a spider can! This doesn't rhyme! But can he swing from a web, though?" Present Mic questioned.
"Stop playing favorites already, you're supposed to be neutral."
"Well, I would say he had to face the next challenge, but he was so quick that the challenge was never set off! Man, this kid is fast on his feet!"
"Faster than you running your mouth."
"That's not very nice you walking, talking roll of Charmin Ultra Soft! Anyways, Peter is faced with the next challenge after completely skipping the last one! This one will surely provide some difficulty as one small slip and it is bye-bye! Unless he swings a web, can he swing a web?"
"Let's go back to the rest. It seems as though Todoroki has frozen everyone to get ahead of them as he escapes the tunnel."
"Well, he has a lot of catching up to do since Peter is already nearing the third challenge! It also looks like his ice powers did not stop everyone as a few students have escaped his ice, all of them being from Class 1-A! Aizawa's class! Good job buddy!"
"Do you ever shut up?"
"Nope! Anyways, it seems as though many of the others have escaped Todoroki's ice too! And OOOOOOOOOOOOO that kid just got knocked the heck out of the air by the challenge Peter skipped! Obstacles have suddenly shown up! Now, with the first barrier! Robo Inferno! Where is Parker now actually?"
"He is arriving at the last obstacle."
"Already?! The pitfalls did nothing for him?! He just ran over the ropes?!"
"He jumped around like a frog."
"There is no stopping this kid! But I think the landmines will-"
"He has a sixth sense that tells him where danger is so no, they will do nothing."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! HOW WAS HE NOT SENT THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS?!"
"Because he wanted to be fair."
"Aaaaaaand with that, Peter Parker wins first place, and sets a new record! 3 minutes, and 27 seconds! His speech was phenomenal, and his actions are just as marvelous too!"
Peter ran inside the stadium as he received a standing ovation from the crowd. Peter smiled and waved at them as he made his way to the center and sat on the floor. "I said it would be easy, just didn't expect it to be that easy," Peter mumbled as he looked at the screen. "Well...might as well watch the show. If only I had popcorn and a Coke-Cola."
It was not long after that the obstacle race was coming to an end as Deku had taken 2nd place with a brilliant strategy of digging up many landmines, placing a sheet of metal over them, and launching himself into second place while passing Todoroki and Bakugo. Peter was amazed by everyone's actions and how they handled each situation. "And so with that, the race is over." Peter got up and walked towards the tunnel where Deku was. "That was amazing Deku!" Peter said, clapping his hand onto Deku's shoulder.
"Y-yeah...I guess. Though it was nothing compared to you, you just ran through everything to get first place, and set a new record…" Deku replied.
"Hey, don't beat yourself up. Once you get the experience, stuff like that is a piece of cake. Now come on Deku; we're not done yet." Peter said to motivate Deku.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's do this!" Deku said with a bright smile.
"There's my chirpy friend. Now come on!" Both of them walked towards the center field as the remaining number of contestants were making their way into the arena. Only the top 42 were allowed to make it to the next round, and as like Midnight said, many did drink their tears. Once the 42 were in the center field, Midnight walked onto the stage once more.
"The top 42 made it through to the next round. It's unfortunate, but don't worry even though you didn't make it! We've prepared other chances for you to shine. The real competition begins next! The press cavalry'll be all over it! Give it your all!" The students were ready and more determined than ever to win. The screen once again appeared and spun like if it were in a game show. "Now then, here is the second game. I already know what it, but what could it be? What could it be?" Everyone was glued to the screen, wondering what their next challenge will be. "I just said it, so here it is!" The spinner stopped as it showed the next challenge: Cavalry Battle.
"A cavalry battle?" Kaminari said as he and some others were left astonished with the challenge up ahead. "I'm bad at those…"
"It's not an individual event, so I wonder how it'll work…" Tsu said as she was already planning things ahead in her mind.
"Let me explain." Midnight said as the screen then showed an example that made some of the students chuckle. The image was a picture of Thirteen and Present Mic carrying All Might on their shoulder. "The participants can form teams of two to four people as they wish. It's basically the same as a regular cavalry battle, but one thing is different." Midnight licked her lips again and whipped her flogger in the air. "Based on the results of the last game, each person has been assigned a point value."
"A point-based system like the entrance exam huh? That's easy to understand." Sato said.
"In other words, each team is worth different points depending on who's on the team." Uraraka pointed out.
Midnight whipped her flogger again, but closer to the students as she was raised her voice at them "You will know the rules of the game if you let me finish talking!" Everyone silenced themselves as Midnight calmed herself, "Anyways, the points assigned go up by five starting from the bottom. So 42nd place gets five; 41 gets ten, and so on! However, first place's point value isn't like the rest!" Midnight looked down at Peter and grinned, "Would you like to know, Peter?"
"I feel like I don't have a choice," Peter said as Midnight laughed a bit.
"I love that choice of words; they just sound delicious to hear~," Midnight said seductively while Peter shrunk a bit.
"The point value for first place is…TEN MILLION!" Midnight yelled out.
Peter suddenly stood up straight as his spider senses flared up like crazy. He didn't even need to look around as he knew everyone was looking at him. He was the big dog, and now the big dog is in trouble. "T…T…Ten…million…points…" Peter barely managed to get out as he did not feel as though he will survive this cavalry battle.
"Ten million, huh?"
"In other words, if you take down the first place player's team…"
What was said next sent so many chills down Peter's spine, he felt as though his spine would freeze over as the next line muttered by everyone was: "You can stand at the top no matter what place you're in!" Everyone was aiming at him, though Peter is used to being a target, he never gets used to the feeling.
"Mom. Dad. Uncle Ben. I may be joining you soon…" Peter thought to himself, frozen stiff.
"Now then! Let's go over the rules for this event!" Midnight said as everyone took their eyes off of Peter now. "The time limit is fifteen minutes. Each team is worth the total of its member's points, and the riders will wear a headband with that number on their foreheads. Teams will try to grab each other's headbands until time runs out and try to keep as many points as they can. Stolen headbands must be worn from the neck up. So the more you steal, the harder it'll be to manage them! And the most important thing is that even though your headband gets stolen, or if your team fails, you're not out!" Midnight explained to them all.
"I hope I can find a team. I mean there are 41 others. There has to be at least one person who would see me as an advantage rather than a disadvantage!" Peter yelled at himself, hoping for some sort of hail mary.
"During the game, it'll be a cruel fight where you can use your Quirks!"
"Oh come on! My main weapon was my web-shooters, and I don't even have those on me!"
"You'll get a red card for attacks that are trying to injury or harm anyone on purpose! You will be disqualified if you draw one to yourself!" The screen behind Midnight then showed a timer that read 15 minutes on it. "You have fifteen minutes to build a team! Start!"
People were running around like headless chickens immediately as they were trying to figure out a team to go with. Then again, they still had a brain as most of them were also trying to figure who would be most compatible with who so they may get the victory. Peter, however, was turned away by everyone he tried to join with, including by his own classmates.
"Sorry Peter, but teaming with you is too much of a risk." That was the basic line everyone said to him.
"Great, now what? I would be able to this alone if I had my webs, but I don't. Even then, I'm sure that would even be allowed for me to go solo…" Peter kicked the ground, "I hope someone will-why does it smell like urine all of a sudden?" Peter looked down and was horrified that there was urine on his boots. "Uhhhhh…" He followed the trail and saw it came from Deku. "Why…why would you wet yourself?" Peter looked and then saw him talking to Uraraka. "OH FOR THE LOVE OF GALACTUS, IZUKU! MAN THE HELL UP! THIS IS…THIS IS JUST…" Peter threw his hands up in the air and walked away disgusted.
"AMERICAN!"
Peter stopped in his tracks as he knew who that was, "At least it's someone."
Hatsume ran next to Peter with her goggles still on her eyes and many contraptions on her as she beamed at Peter, "Let me use your position!"
"That's an odd way of saying 'let me join you.' " Peter crossed his arms over his chest.
"That's because if I join you, then I'll become part of the team everyone is watching the most! That means my babies will get noticed!" Hatsume got closer, "Which means the big companies will look at my babies!" Hatsume was now in Peter's face as he looking a bit scared now. "So I'm going to join you!"
Peter backed up a bit, "Didn't we discuss personal space yesterday?"
"Still don't know what that is!"
"You gotta be kidding me…" Peter sighed, "Alright, but will I benefit from this?"
Hatsume somehow randomly pulled out a big box, planted it on the ground and opened it as it revealed many gadgets.
"Where did you store that?"
"The support class develops equipment that helps heroes deal with their Quirks!" Hatsume started to pull some out, "I have a ton of babies, so I'm sure you'll be able to find one that you will like!" Peter looked at them, and then saw something he liked.
"I want that." Peter pointed to a jetpack.
"I see! You already made a choice! It's based on a hero's design, but with my original twist to it! But you wouldn't know mister!" Hatsume threw the jetpack to Peter as he caught it with one hand.
"This will come in handy, but do you have anything that'll be able to fly with this?" Peter asked as Hatsume lifted one foot to show off one her 'babies', and pulled out two more pairs of extras boots.
"These flying babies will keep up! They have propellers on the bottom to give them flight abilities, so if we have four people, everyone will be able to fly with you!" Hatsume was clearly proud of herself.
"Okay, so we have support. Now we offense and defense." Peter mentioned as he was thinking now.
"Hey, Peter."
Peter jumped and somehow landed in Hatsume's arms as Hatsume was trying her best not to laugh. Peter looked at the person who scared him, and it was Tsu.
"Your spider-sense is kinda tricky if you didn't sense me coming," Tsu said as Hatsume put Peter down on his feet.
"Thanks for scaring me." Peter said as he dusted himself, "Anyways, I am assuming you want to team up?"
Tsu nodded, "Kero. There would be no other reason to talk to you if that wasn't my intention."
"Ow. That hurt babe." Peter said while grabbing his chest dramatically.
"Who's that by that way?" Tsu asked, looking at Hatsume.
"Mei Hatsume! I'm from the support class!" Hatsume said proudly, "And your name is Tsu?"
"Only my friends call me Tsu, so just call me Asui," Tsu said.
"Right!" Hatsume looked at Peter, "So American! Is she the screw that keeps you together?!"
"Yes, she is my girlfriend, but no time for that because now I need a strong front." Peter looked at Tsu, "With your tongue, we can have a reliable offense and defense because you can swat away attacks, and you can grab back the headband just in case if it gets stolen or grab other headbands." Peter said.
"That's a reliable strategy! If we lose the 10 million, we have a chance of snatching it right back!" Hatsume said as she suddenly turned around. "Isn't that right, metal man?!" Both Tsu and Peter looked and saw one of the students from Class 1-B behind Hatsume, and he was not fazed.
"You!" He said, point to Peter.
"Me," Peter said.
"I really liked the speech you gave out earlier! It was very inspiring, and it showed me that your class wasn't full of punks! I wish to join you! I can be your horse, and I am to carry your weight around while also providing some much-needed defense! My Quirk allows me to harden my body into steel! I can carry with one hand while defending off any others with my other hand!" He said as he put his hand out, "What say you?!"
Peter looked at him. Mini Colossus wanted to join him, but...he wasn't exactly what he was looking for. Peter averted his eyes to the clock and saw he only had 1 minute left. There's no choice now. "Alright." Peter shook his hand, "I know you are from Class 1-B, but what's your name?"
"Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu!" Tetsutetsu introduced himself.
Peter blinked as the handshake ended, "Quite a name you have. Alright then." Peter turned to Hatsume. "Give them the propeller boots! We have a little time now!" Peter said as Hatsume threw both of them a pair.
"They'll adjust to any size! Just be careful when flying American Airlines!" Hatsume said while the two put the boots on.
"How ironic. That's a real airline in my world." Peter thought as the timer hit zero and a loud buzzer was heard.
"Now then, it's about time to start!" Midnight said while stretching one of her arms.
"After fifteen minutes to form teams and talk strategy, twelve cavalry teams are lined up on the field!" Present Mic yelled out while Aizawa looked down to the teams.
"There are some interesting teams out there," Aizawa spoke into the microphone.
"Now, raise those battle cries! It's time for U.A.'s bloody battle! Light the signal fire!"
Peter, Hatsume, Tsu, and Tetsutetsu all got together as Tsu was on the left, Hatsume was the right, Tetsutetsu was in the front, and Peter was above them all with the jet back on. Peter wrapped his headband around his forehead. "Carry your Pharaoh, peasants!" Peter said while laughing, but it was cut short as Tsu on purposely let him go as he almost fell over to his left. "It was just a joke, Tsu!" Peter said, balancing him until Tsu put her grip on.
"Kero."
"Alright guys, this isn't just me, but all of us are counting on each other! We need to be a team! Onward, to victory!" Peter told them.
"Yeah!" The three said.
"Start!" Midnight gave the order as the game began.
Everyone charged at Peter as his group was now surrounded by a horde of hungry students. "Wait for my signal guys!" Peter said as they all stood firm, with no objections.
"I won't let you get away!" Said a student whose face looked like a skull. His Quirk was activated as Peter sensed an underground presence, and suddenly, they were sinking.
"That's Juzo Honenuki! His Quirk can make anything soften to a point it is like quicksand!" Tetsutetsu said as they were struggling to get free.
"Alright then! Tsu, Hatsume, turn your heads!" Peter said as they did so, and Peter activated his jet pack and the four of them were able to escape Honenuki's Quirk and fly while being able to use the propellers to keep themselves floating. "Here we go!" Peter said while he looked down at Tetsutetsu. "Keep us updated on your class; we could use the information!"
"Roger that!" Tetsutetsu said while looking down at his classmates. "Sorry guys, but I need to win!"
"Asui! To our right! Jiro's earplugs are coming at us!" Hatsume said as Tsu used her tongue and swatted Jiro's plugs away from them. "Thanks!"
"Kero! You guys will need to be able to tell me when to use my tongue because I can't see our blind spots!" Tsu said as they all nodded.
"This is good! If we can keep this up, we might win in the air!" Peter said with excitement.
"Unless they barrage us with attacks! I know her tongue may be useful, but I don't think it can withstand everything!" Tetsutetsu pointed out, "Plus, we are landing!" They all landed quite roughly, but thanks to the boots, they were able to stay up and run.
"Hatsume! These are amazing! I'm glad you are my side!" Peter praised as Hatsume smiled at the compliment.
"Thank you! I knew my babies would impress!" Hatsume said while looking to her left, "We've got company coming at us from behind!"
They heard Present Mic speak over the microphone, "Now then, even though two minutes have barely gone by, it's already turned into a free-for-all!"
"I'm pretty sure that's what it's supposed to be Captain Obvious!" Peter remarked at him.
"Fights over the headbands are breaking out all over the place! Ignoring the ten million points and going for second to fourth places isn't bad at all!" Present Mic said.
"Huh. Even if we lose this band, we can still win as long as we steal other bands." Peter looked down at Tsu, "You pondering what I'm pondering?"
Tsu looked up at him, "Really? A Pinky and The Brain reference now? Kero. But yes, only if we need to." Peter nodded as they kept running away from everyone.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Peter turned and saw Shoji was coming at them, but his arms were hiding someone on his back as he was charging at them. "Eyes up! Shoji is coming!"
"Fighting? No, this is one-sided pillage!" Said the voice from Shoji's arms.
"Is that Mineta?" Tsu asked as purple balls were suddenly launched from his arms, "Yup it's Mineta." Tsu said as they kept running, but were face to face with other students from Class 1-B charging at them. The three stopped running as they were stuck now.
"Oh, crap baskets!" Peter said while looking around the two charging tanks.
"My foot is stuck!" Hatsume said, pulling on her foot as one of Mineta's balls got under it somehow.
"I wonder who the last person on Mineta's team is if he even has three, but I got no time to worry about it!" Peter said as he was thinking of a plan.
"Hey! Captain!" Tetsutetsu called to Peter, "What do we do?!"
"Take flight again!" Peter said and activated his jetpack again. Mineta's ball was so strong though, that it tore apart one of Hatsume's boots.
"No! One of my babies got destroyed!" Hatsume said, looking down at her foot. "Damn you!" She barked below her towards Mineta. Hatsume then saw Bakugo coming at them as he is using his explosive Quirk to propel himself towards them. "Hey! Someone with an explosive Quirk is coming towards us!"
"Bakugo!" Tsu and Peter shouted as they looked towards and saw Bakugo nearing them.
"Damn it, Parker! I'll get you now!" Bakugo yelled as he launched himself in front of them.
"Perfect!" Peter thought as used his legs to raise Tetsutetsu, and Bakugo's explosion hit Tetsutetsu instead.
"Got you!" Bakugo said, but when the smoke cleared quickly, he was shocked to see Tetsutetsu in a steel form and unfazed. "What the?!" Bakugo was suddenly taken away by a strand of tape.
"Sero is on his team!" Peter said as they landed on the ground again and ran. "Hatsume, are you okay?!"
"My baby isn't!" Hatsume was upset by one of her gadgets being destroyed.
"Sorry Hatsume, but we need to win this! Are you able to control in the air, though?!"
"No! It's almost impossible to control since I am in the air with only one propeller! It's off-balanced!"
"Damn it! Air game is out!" Peter cursed Mineta but smiled lightly knowing it was a good strategy Mineta pulled. "Took out our air game, nice."
"Alright people, let's be technical here. Use the boots to increase our speed and agility only, no more flying." Peter commanded them. The screens on top of the stadium showed the current results, and it left Peter baffled when he took a glance. "That's…interesting."
"What is?" Tetsutetsu asked, still in his steel form.
"Well, my class isn't doing so well and the guy that was chasing us through the air, Bakugo, just got his headband stolen. I think someone is targeting everyone else while they chase us around." Peter exclaimed to them.
"That's a great strategy. Everyone is so focused on us. They might not notice that their headbands were stolen." Tsu said, using her tongue to swat away an incoming attack.
Peter looked back behind him and spotted Bakugo talking to a student with blond hair. It looked like he was taunting Bakugo in some way as Bakugo was only getting riled up more and more as the enemy kept talking to him. Soon, Bakugo's team, Kirishima, Mina, and Sero were all looking at him with a frightened look. "Good news. I think some idiot pissed off Bakugo, so he might divert all of his attention to him only." Peter said, sighing in relief.
"That's a load off our back." Tsu sighed as well knowing that Bakugo was a big threat to them because of how great he was when it came to battles.
"STOP!" Tetsutetsu yelled out as they all halted. In front of them stood a team, a team Peter was ready to face. It was Todoroki's team. Todoroki had Yaoyorozu, Iida, and Kaminari.
"Oh hey, guys!" Peter waved, trying to throw them off guard. Peter then looked towards Yaoyorozu, whose shirt was buttoned off and revealed her sports bra. "Uh…Yaoyorozu, why is your bra showing? I mean it's a good distraction for the average guy, but not so much on me."
Yaoyorozu looked down in complete shame, "It ripped during the obstacle course race!"
"I know what you are doing, and it won't work," Todoroki said, looking at Yaoyorozu. "Keep your head up and focus. He's just trying to throw us off guard." Todoroki pointed out as Yaoyorozu looked up, but still with some shame on her face.
"Awwww, that's no fun Todoroki. Can't we just settle this over a cup of tea after you leave me alone and not try to take my headband?" Peter said as Todoroki kept his gaze on him.
"I'll be taking that." Todoroki simply said as he looked to his left. Peter did the same and knew he was in bigger trouble. To his left now were Deku, Uraraka, and Tokoyami.
"Not if I get it first, Todoroki!" Deku said as his team stood tall, still with their headband on and one around his neck.
"Well, well, well. Looks like we're having an old fashion standoff." Peter said as the three of the teams looked at each other. "Let's see who draws first."
"Okay Peter, think. Don't panic, just think."
"This isn't good. We're stuck in a rock in a hard place now. I can't defend against these two for a long while, let alone Todoroki's ice." Tsu admitted but kept her blank face on.
"It's not like we have a choice here! We will win this, one way or another!" Tetsutetsu said proudly.
"Soooo…fellas. You both know that if you charge at me, you'll end up hitting each other, but if you were too-" Peter stopped talking as Todoroki suddenly rushed Peter's group. "Oh crap! DODGE!" Peter yelled out for Tsu, Tetsutetsu, and Hatsume moved to their left, only for Peter having to dodge Tokoyami's Dark Shadow constantly.
"Yaoyorozu, prepare to guard us and conduct electricity!" Todoroki yelled out as Yaoyorozu was preparing herself, "Kaminari, you-"
"I know what I have to do!" Kaminari stated as he began to charge.
"Get off of us Dark Shadow!" Peter yelled out as he punched Dark Shadow away and looked forward, "More enemies!" He then saw Kaminari charging up, "Electro is charging…..electricity!"
"I got us, Captain, though I can't say you won't feel any pain!" Tetsutetsu said, preparing himself. With that said, Yaoyorozu created a sheet thick enough to block Kaminari's attack as it covered up her whole team.
"I hope you guys are ready! Indiscriminate shock, 1.3 million volts!" Kaminari shouted as he unleashed a powerful electrical attack that stunned everyone within range of him. Dark Shadow covered up his group, while Tetsutetsu was not fazed to Kaminari's attack thanks to him being able to conduct electricity with his steel so he was carrying his team away who weren't so lucky.
"Kaminari!" Kaminari stopped using his attack when Todoroki called out to him. He froze his right hand, indicating his ice ability was about to be used. "Less than six minutes left. We can't lose now." Todoroki grabbed a conductor staff that Yaoyorozu made, and froze it which caused the ground behind him to freeze with it too, trapping every group besides himself, Deku's, and Peter's to the ground.
"Owwwwww…" Peter, Tsu, and Hatsume said while Tetsutetsu was still carrying them all. Tsu and Hatsume under his arms, and Peter riding on his back.
"Get up! We ain't done yet!" Tetsutetsu stopped for a second to allow Tsu and Hatsume to get back on their feet, and for Peter to sit up on their shoulders again.
"Thanks, Tetsutetsu! You are the real MVP here if we win this!" Peter said, causing a big smile to appear on Tetsutetsu's face.
"You mean 'when' we win, Captain!" Tetsutetsu replied feeling more confident than ever right now.
"I think the jetpack is fried because it's making weird noises!" Peter said to Hatsume who was looking at it.
"Baby! There is always room for improvement!" Hatsume replied.
"Todoroki is in front of us!" Peter yelled out as Tsu whipped her tongue at Todoroki, but was blocked by a large block made by Yaoyorozu. Suddenly, Todoroki's bands were stolen by Dark Shadow as everyone was distracted.
"Got the bands!" Dark Shadow said as Deku placed them around his neck.
"Damn it!" Todoroki looked at Deku with daggers in his eyes, "Kaminari!" Before Kaminari could attack, Tsu wrapped her tongue around the group and whacked Kaminari on his head, causing the group to tumble over, but Iida keeping Todoroki from falling onto the ground.
"Go get Peter, Dark Shadow!" Deku said, pointing to Peter.
Dark Shadow again charged at Peter as he was dodging him while Tsu tried her best to knock him away. "Dark Shadow, no! Bad shadow, bad bird!"
Todoroki's group was quick to get us as Todoroki was furious now. "Kaminari! Again, but this time, aim solely for Deku!" Kaminari did so and used his charge to try and aim for Deku only while Peter's group managed to escape the line of fire. Dark Shadow took the hit again, but Iida charged forward and Yaoyorozu was able to recover two headbands.
"Tetsutetsu, Tsu, Hatsume, keep going to Todoroki's left! If we do so, it'll make Kaminari useless while also forcing Todoroki to give up his ice because he'll end up freezing Iida!" Peter noticed the ice barrier that surrounded the three groups. "Aaaaand I noticed we are trapped with one minute left!" Both groups wasted little time in charging straight towards Peter's group, "Evasive Maneuvers!" Peter yelled out and kept dodging any attacks that were thrown at him while Tsu kept deflecting what she could, and along with Hatsume and Tetsutetsu were using their boots to try and gain distance.
The three groups stopped in place for one final standoff. Peter, Deku, and Todoroki all glanced at one another as each dared the other to move while also thinking of a plan of attack.
"I can hear 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly' song in my head right now," Peter mumbled, then he noticed something.
"Everyone, there's less than one minute left." Iida began to say, "You won't be able to use me after this. I'm counting on you." Todoroki, Kaminari, and Yaoyorozu looked at Iida with confusion.
"Iida? What are you doing?" Todoroki asked as Iida suddenly got into a runner's stance.
"Everyone hang on tight! Make sure you get it, Todoroki!" Iida said as his jet boosters flared up, and the flames turned blue while his engines turned red as they were overheating fast.
Peter noticed what was happening as he sharpened his eyes at Iida, "Well if my veteran instincts say anything, years of facing fast people, and also knowing Quicksilver, it's that whenever they look ready to run…." Iida suddenly dashed forward with his group. Time slowed for Peter as he saw them coming towards them with his Spider Senses flaring up. When the two groups crossed roads, a dust storm filled the air and covered the two.
"WHAT HAPPENED?! THAT WAS SO FAST! I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING!" Present Mic yelled out.
"Did you get the band?" Iida asked as he got no response from Todoroki. Iida looked up to him, "Todoroki did you-" Iida paused in absolute shock as Todoroki did not get the band, but that wasn't the worst part.
"...They are going to go at their fastest." Peter said, still with his band over his head, and when the dust storm cleared he had Todoroki's band in his right hand.
"WAIT, WHAT?! IIDA SPED TOWARDS PETER AT FULL SPEED, AND IN THE END, TODOROKI'S BAND WAS THE ONE THAT ENDED GETTING STOLEN INSTEAD?! WHO IS THIS PARKER KID?!"
"H…H…How…" Iida said as he could not get over how Peter was faster then he was, but also because he failed to get the band, and even worse, cost them their own band.
"Kaminari, Yaoyorozu! Quickly!" Todoroki shouted while putting the sheet over them again. Kaminari went all out with his electricity, stunning everyone again as Peter dropped the band, and Tetsutetsu once again carried his team away. Yaoyorozu used her Quirk to craft a grappling hook as she aimed it at the dropped band and recovered it. "Charge now!" Todoroki commanded them and they ran towards Peter.
"Dark Shadow! Now!" Deku yelled out as Dark Shadow wasted little time racing towards a stunned Peter.
An explosion was heard from the back as Bakugo was now blasting his way onto the scene and charging towards Peter, "PETER! I WILL GET THAT BAND!" Bakugo screamed out.
Peter regained his focus and saw the three charging at him. "Welp. Good game." Peter said, now preparing for the worst as he had no idea on what to do now.
"Been nice knowing you guys," Tetsutetsu replied.
"We gave it our all," Hatsume said.
"A for effort. Kero." Tsu says.
All of them look around them as they watch the three groups about to hit them. The chances of them winning were slim to none, it would take a miracle if they were to-
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND TIME IS UP!"
Win.
Tsu, Peter, Hatsume, and Tetsutetsu all fell over with their legs in the air in disbelief. Bakugo, Deku's squad, and Todoroki's group all stopped moving as well, but none fell over.
"That's the end of the second round, the cavalry battle! Let's look at the results! Who made it to the top four?!" Present Mic yelled out as all of the screens showed the results. "In a rare feat, Team Parker is the 4th team in history to hold onto the 10 million point band the whole way!"
"You just love making history don't you, Captain?" Tetsutetsu laughed a bit as he got up.
Peter sat up and looked up at him, "Please, just call me Peter. 'Captain' is over." Tetsutetsu held out his hand to Peter. Peter took it as Tetsutetsu helped him up.
"That was a close one. I was sure we were going to lose in the end when you said good game." Tsu got up as well, and also helped up Hatsume in the process.
"First place! I hope my babies got noticed! Sure they may have gotten destroyed…" Hatsume said with venom in her voice, "Buuuuuuuuuut they were working like a charm!"
In second place, we have Team Todoroki!"
Todoroki looked at his team, "Good job. We made it, though it wasn't first place, we still made it." Todoroki walked away from them
Iida was looking down in shame for what he did nearly cost them their chance to compete in the end. "I…I almost failed us. What I pulled wasn't good, in fact; it was the opposite…" Iida then felt a hand on his back.
"Don't drown yourself in pity. You tried something special, and it didn't work. That doesn't mean you should view yourself any less. Pick yourself up and learn from it." Yaoyorozu told Iida as she recalled the pep talk Peter gave her when all of them faced him, and her plan failed to get them the victory.
Iida looked up at Yaoyorozu without a smile, but with a blank expression, "I will." Iida said as he too walked away.
"In third place, we have Team Bakugo!"
"Bah! We were so close to getting first place!" Mina complained.
"Well, third isn't that bad," Sero said rather calmly, he was just happy to have made it to the next round.
Kirishima had a sweatdrop as he pointed to Bakugo, "Do you think he feels the same way?" Kirishima said as Bakugo was repeatedly punching the ground and yelling.
"And in fourth place, we have Team Midoriya!"
Deku and Uraraka both signed in relief. "At least we made it. I mean, barely." Deku said with a small laugh.
"Yeah, we really had luck on our side." Uraraka also laughed too a bit.
"In the end, we made it." Tokoyami simply said as Dark Shadow held up his thumb in agreement.
"These four teams will advance to the final round! But for now, we'll take an hour's break for lunch before we start the afternoon festivities! See ya! Hey, Eraserhead, let's go grab food!"
"I'm going to sleep."
"I'll bring ya something just in case then."
Everyone was walking out of the arena to go grab food, however, for Peter, that was a bit hard due to his popularity now skyrocketing.
"Hey look! It's Parker!" Someone yelled out as Peter sensed a horde of people rushing.
"Oh my god!" Peter yelled out as he then swarmed by a paparazzi. He was swarmed by fans, people from agencies, possible future promoters, and of course, women. "People, please! I know I'm exciting to watch, but this is too much!" Peter yelled out as the crowd surprisingly backed up, and gave him room. "Thank you."
Meanwhile, everyone else was watching the crowd swarming around him. Of course, some were jealous, while others were not.
"He's really popular, isn't he?" Kirishima crossed his arms with a smile, "Damn it. I would love a crowd like that around me."
"Peter is showing off unheard of potential. He looks like a prodigy in their eyes, but we all know the real reason he is so good." Jiro smiled a bit, "It's quite unfair, to be honest."
As it was going on, many of the women were flirting around with him, some taking pictures with him, asking him questions, autographs, etc.
"He's getting popular with women now." Mina said with a giggle, "He's so cute when he is blushing like that. He is so nervous."
"I'm going to pull him out," Tsu stated rather firmly.
"Awwwwww, are you jelly?" Mina poked Tsu's shoulder with a large smile.
"I happen to like jelly. It's my favorite food." Tsu then walked towards where Peter was.
Everyone watched as Tsu almost aggressively grabbed Peter by his hand and yanked him away from everyone as she pulled him towards the eatery where all the students were going to go eat lunch. Tsu and Peter walked past them as Peter looked at them with a blush, yet frightened look on his face.
"She's kinda scary when she looks serious," Deku said looking at Peter and Tsu make their way inside. "She kinda reminds me of Uraraka when she suddenly got serious about winning the sports festival." Everyone agreed with Deku and walked inside as well.
Inside, all of the students had already gotten their food and were sitting in groups while eating away and chatting. Tsu and Peter had gotten their food, as well as both of them, were eating. For Peter, it was an awkward silence, but for Tsu, it was just silence.
"Um…babe?" Peter mustered out.
"Hmm?" Tsu looked at him with her usual blank stare.
"I…uh….are you mad at me?" Peter shifted a bit in his seat.
"No. Why would I?"
"Because of the girls…toying around with me….and the flirting too." Peter blushed a bit recalling some of the comments he received from them.
"Oh no, I just went to go claim what was mine. You." Tsu booped Peter on the nose with her tongue. "No one can claim you but me."
Peter was amused by this and smiled. "Awww, that's sweet of you." Peter reached over and kissed her. Tsu in return kissed back with a smile of her own. "So," Peter looked at her, "You love jelly."
"It's my favorite food. I really love jam." Tsu said as she happily ate a Jelly sandwich.
"Cute. I should bring you something with jelly in it, I think I know a good recipe."
"If you, I'll have to give you something in return."
"Your happiness and smile are all I need."
Tsu blushed greatly and couldn't help herself but giggle too, "You're so romantic and cute."
"I know." Peter laughed a bit as both of them heard footsteps coming their way. Coming their way was Deku, Uraraka, Iida, Yaoyorozu, Jiro, and Mina.
"Mind if we all join you two?" Deku asked.
"We're gonna need a bigger table then," Peter said.
"Not to worry; they got it," Yaoyorozu said as Jiro and Mina moved a few empty tables together. All of them sat together as one big happy group.
"So! Most of us made it the finals!" Mina then looked towards Jiro, "Sorry about you though Jiro."
"It's alright. I got more years." Jiro said, laying back on her seat. "Besides, it'll be interesting to see how Peter wins."
Peter blinked and looked towards Jiro, "You already believe I am going to win?"
Jiro rolled her eyes, "Really? You beat all of us at once. One on one, I don't think anyone stands a chance." Jiro then looked around, "No offense guys."
"Ehhh….it makes sense. It's also kinda sad." Uraraka said before putting on a determined face, "But that doesn't mean I'm going to let you!" Uraraka said to Peter making him smile.
"As will I." Iida said, "You may have bested my best technique, but that doesn't mean I will not be able to beat you. I will defeat you.
"Peter. You are my best friend, but in that ring, that's put aside." Deku boldly said to him, "I need to win. If that means besting you, then that's what I will do."
"Good. It would be a shame if you all stood down because you were facing me." Peter said.
"The last challenge is dueling. One on one action to see who is the superior fighter amongst the final competitors." Tsu said with her finger on her chin. "I wonder who will face who."
"Heya Captain."
"Hey American!"
Tetsutetsu and Hatsume approached the group as Peter got up. "Come on guys, you know my name."
"I will call you American because that is what you are," Hatsume responded, taking her goggles off and putting them on her forehead.
"In my mind, you earned that rank from your speech and how you lead us to victory, so I am doing it out of respect," Tetsutetsu replied.
"I'm not gonna convince you two, am I?"
"Probably not!" Hatsume said as both of them took seats next to Peter and Tsu.
"Hey Peter," Deku said, "Introduce us to them."
"Okay. This one right here, her name is Mei Hatsume. She's from the support class." Peter said as Hatsume waved at them.
"Yup! I hope you all enjoyed seeing my babies in action! Were they a challenge?" Hatsume showed off her energized side to them.
"Not so much once Kaminari used his electricity," Yaoyorozu said.
"Always room for improvement then!" Hatsume answered back, taking a bite out of her food.
"I'm sure you guys have seen him yesterday when the students blocked our exit from class, but this is Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu." Peter introduced him.
"Honestly, I thought all of you were just as stuck up as that Bakugo guy, but then Peter's speech made me realized that is not the case." Tetsutetsu said, "I apologize for that."
"We accept your apology, though I apologize for Bakugo's actions as well. He's a bit of an egotistical person." Iida said.
"I wouldn't say egotistical. Though I don't know another word, I just don't think egotistical works with him." Deku thought about a word that could describe his friend/bully.
"I don't think there is one, Midoriya." Tsu looked at Deku, "I think the right word is just his name. Kero." Peter started to laugh a bit randomly as everyone looked at him confused. "What's so funny Peter?" Tsu asked.
"Nothing it's just," Peter got ahold of himself and looked to Tetsutetsu and Hatsume. "I was told that Class 1-A was always the class to be in, and that other classes would not get along with them, but look at Tetsutetsu. He is part of Class 1-B, and he is here proving that we can get along as well as Hatsume. In my speech, I said it didn't matter and look. It doesn't because now we're sitting here and became friends."
Hatsume and Tetsutetsu smiled at him. "I agree with ya Captain/American." They both said at the same time.
"Off-topic here, but who do you think will fill the final spot? My team only had three people, not four, so there is only one spot left in the final round." Deku brought up a point. How would the final spot be filled? Will they have to compete for it? A popularity contest? Name drawing? How will it be decided?
"Let's not worry about that. I believe the staff already have a method for this type of situation." Iida said, taking a bite of his food.
"Yeah, let's just have a good time. We have 45 minutes before we need to go back." Uraraka smiled, and everyone agreed with her.
"Well. May the best student win from the rest of you." Jiro put up her cup in respect as the rest of them put up their drinks too.
Deku then spoke, "And to the sports festival, to the finals," Deku then turned to Tetsutetsu and Hatsume, "And to new friends." Hatsume and Tetsutetsu grinned and everyone downed their drinks. The circle of friends has gotten bigger, and even better, it was friendship from two other classes that despise Class 1-A. Soon, 40 minutes passed, and everyone in the group had made their exit besides the girls. Kaminari and Mineta soon walked up to them, though.
"Hey girls," Kaminari said as all of them turned to them.
"Yes? Do you need something Kaminari?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"Well, I'm sure you already know since you're the class rep and all," Mineta then turned around and pointed to cheerleaders that were passing by, "but they said everyone has to wear those clothes to do a cheer battle in the afternoon," Mineta said.
"What?!" Jiro reacted, not willing to dress up as a cheerleader.
"I didn't hear anything about an event like that, though…" Yaoyorozu was confused by this.
"Kero, why do I get the feeling you are lying Mineta?" Tsu said suspiciously of Mineta.
"You don't have to believe me, but we heard from Mr. Aizawa," Mineta said while Kaminari had his arms crossed, his eyes closed, and was nodding his head up and down. "I thought you might have forgotten, so I'd tell you just in case."
"Hmmm…I still don't believe you." Tsu was now very suspicious of Mineta. She remembered that he groped her breast and laid his head on them during the USJ attack. Right now, she was thinking of telling Peter if this was one big lie.
"Look, girls. I know how Mineta is, and I mean we all do." Kaminari began to say as Mineta mumbled under his breath. "But, you know me. I wouldn't lie to any of you. That's why I am here to also tell you, girls. I just don't any of you to get into trouble, that's all." Kaminari did have a good point. He has never lied to them once, so why lie now?
"I believe Kaminari, even though he's stupid," Jiro said, smirking.
"Could you not?!" Kaminari retorted, "I could have not said anything! The least I could get is a thank you!"
"Fine. Thank you, dumbass." Jiro laughed at this while Kaminari fumed a bit, but relaxed.
"We appreciate this Kaminari and Mineta. I guess I'll get the others and…" Yaoyorozu sighed, "Dress up like that…" Jiro groaned, and Tsu let out a rather annoyed kero. The three of them left while Kaminari and Mineta snickered.
"This is going to be worth it," Kaminari said.
"Oh yeah, it is! And to think they believed us and are going to dress up as American cheerleaders, oh this is going to be a sight to see." Mineta said, rather creepily.
Everyone was back in the arena because it was time to resume the Sports Festival.
"Now that lunch is over. It's finally time to reveal the last game!" Present Mic yelled out, hyping up the fans. "But before that, we have good news for all of you who didn't make it to the finals. This is just a sports festival, so we've prepared recreational games that everyone can participate in, too!" Cameras were flashing, and eyes were watching the cheerleader squad that was currently performing. "We've even brought real cheerleaders from America to liven things up!" Present Mic looked down as what he saw confused him along with Aizawa. "Huh? What's your class doing Aizawa?"
"I don't know. What are they doing?" Aizawa was looking at his students, specifically the females as they were dressed up as cheerleaders as well.
"Class 1-A…uh…what kind of fan service are you trying to provide?" Present Mic wanted answers, but not as much as Aizawa did. He is going to talk to them after the festival.
Deku and Peter were wondering what they were talking about and took a look around, and then saw what the two confused announcers were talking about.
"Are…"
"They…"
"CHEERLEADERS?!" Both of them yelled out as they heard snickering and saw the culprits. Mineta and Kaminari were looking at each other with thumbs up, knowing they had succeeded in their mission.
"Why am I not surprised…." Peter deadpanned before he and Deku walked to the girls, both of them trying their best to not look at them. "Did you girls really believe Mineta?"
"Mineta! Kaminari! You tricked us, didn't you?!" Yaoyorozu yelled at them then she fell to her knees and looked up at Peter and Deku. "Kaminari convinced us. He twisted our trust to convince us…" Yaoyorozu said, feeling rather hurt by this.
"Really?!" Peter yelled out, then turned his head to the two perverts, "Oh I oughta…!" Peter felt his hand on his shoulder. He turned and it was Uraraka.
"Just leave it alone. We'll deal with it. But thanks for looking out for us." Uraraka smiled, then turned her attention to Deku was busy not trying to look at any of them. "What do you think Deku? How do we look in these?" Deku nearly choked and resisted looking at them more. "Um...Deku?"
"I think he's nervous around females," Peter said to Uraraka, turning his head slightly to avoid gazing at them. Though he could talk to them just fine, Peter was still not used to talking to girls in cheerleader outfits. Honestly, it made him more nervous now.
"Really? He seems just fine to me when we talk." Uraraka was slightly confused by this as Jiro spoke up.
"He is most likely nervous looking at us in these ridiculous outfits. I admit, though, his reaction is kinda cute." Jiro smirked a bit as Deku nearly collapsed.
"Please stop! I'm already having trouble trying not to look at any of you right now!" Deku pleaded a bit.
"This is the only upside to this, though!" Jiro yelled out as she threw her palm palms onto the floor, with a small blush on her face. "Those dumbasses are going to get it from me when I find them soon!"
"Well, there is still time before the finals. And it be a pain if things got tense." Hagakure said as she walked up to Jiro. Hagakure then began to wave her palm palms wildly, "I say let's do it!"
Jiro was shocked by her classmate's response to all of this, "WHAT?!"
"Toru, you like this, huh?" Tsu asked her.
"I believe she does, Tsu," Peter said, not looking at his girlfriend.
"It's rude to talk to people with your back turned to them," Tsu said bluntly.
"Well, I'm not looking," Peter said still with his back turned to her.
Tsu raised an amused smile, "So, do you think I look ugly in this?" Peter froze up while the girls giggled at this as they knew where Tsu was going with this.
"N-N-N-N-No! I-I-It's just…"
"Just what, Peter Parker. Go on. Tell your girlfriend, just what?" Tsu was holding back laughter as she was loving this torment.
"Nothing…I'm looking…" Peter replied in defeat as he turned around slowly and looked at them. His face was red, almost as red as Tsu's earlier when Peter had his shirt off.
"Soooo you like it~?" Tsu teased Peter while she walked up to him. Peter froze up more and his body was shaking as if there was an earthquake as his face only got more red. "Come on, tell me, spider boy. How do I look in this?~" Tsu teased him more while standing face to face to him. Tsu then proceeded to lick his cheek and stroked his chest with her index finger.
"Daaaaaaamn Tsu got them flirt skills. Rawr." Mina said in surprise on what she was seeing while the other girls were in surprised too.
"I knew she was blunt and straightforward, but damn." Jiro had the small blush on her face still, but she was enjoying this.
"I don't understand, though. Why is he so frozen up by this?" Uraraka asked with her finger on her lower lip. Both Hagakure and Yaoyorozu looked at Uraraka and sighed.
"You're too innocent Uraraka." Hagakure said.
"Though it's nice to see innocence once in a while," Yaoyorozu said, smiling lightly. Uraraka had no idea what they meant by this, but she passed it off.
Tsu had stopped and hugged Peter lightly while laughing as Peter was not moving one inch whatsoever. "This is so adorable! Kero." Tsu pulled back on the hug, kissed him, then went back to hugging him. "He's so warm, though…"
Present Mic then got back on the mic, "Anyways! Let's have fun competing in the recreational games!" The big screen appeared once more with a tournament bracket. The bracket was a 16 man tournament 1v1 style. "When that's over, the sixteen from the four teams that made it to the final round will duke it out tournament style, one-on-one!"
"The last round is where everyone battles one-on-one huh?" Kirishima beamed with excitement, looking at the bracket. "I'm gonna stand on the stage that I watched every year on TV!"
Mina turned to Kirishima, "Was it a tournament last year?"
"It's different every year, but there's a one-on-one competition every year," Sero explained to Mina. "Last year, it was a sports chanbara match."
Midnight was back on the center stage while holding a yellow box that said 'Lots' on it. "Now, let's draw lots to determine the bracket. Once the bracket is determined, we'll have the recreational games and then start! The sixteen finalists can choose whether or not they want to participate in the recreation. I'm sure some of you want to rest or save your strength. Now, from the first place team-"
"Um. Excuse me, Miss Midnight!" Peter said, raising his hand with Tsu holding onto his other arm.
Midnight looked at him and smiled, "Yes, Parker?"
"Team Midoriya only had three people, so how would the last slot be decided?"
"Do not worry my little boy. We have that covered. The last team, Team Shinso, will have one of their names drawn out as well to see who will be the last member to compete." Midnight stated. Peter bowed, and with that, Midnight continued. "With that, let's draw out the names!"
First Round:
Midoriya vs Shinso
Todoroki vs Sero
Parker vs Asui
Iida vs Hatsume
Kaminari vs Mina
Tokoyami vs Yaoyorozu
Tetsutetsu vs Kirishima
Bakugo vs Uraraka
Some opponents locked eyes with one another with mixed reactions.
"Again?! This is too redundant!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu both said to each other.
"I'll give it my all," Tokoyami stated to Yaoyorozu.
"That's what I want from you!" Yaoyorozu said with confidence.
"I hope you are ready to be, shocked Mina!" Kaminari said to her.
"Shocked? I'll make you short circuit for lying to us!" Mina said with a bit of aggression.
Deku walked up to get a closer look at the brackets. "Hmm. The first match of the first round, huh?" Deku told himself. He noticed that Todoroki's match was after his match. "Oh…so if Todoroki and I win, then….this might be some trouble for me…" Deku looked around a for a second, "But before that, who is Shinso, though?"
"It's you, isn't it? Izuku Midoriya." A voice said behind Deku. Deku was frozen a bit and shivered, but did not jump like how he would normally do. He spun around and saw the student with the purple hair from yesterday. The one who made a 'war declaration' against his class.
"Looking forward to the first match?" Shinso asked him.
"I'm-" Deku was suddenly cut off as Ojiro wrapped his tail around Deku's mouth. Shinso merely chuckled at this and walked away.
"Ojiro, why did you do that?" Deku asked his classmate.
"Don't answer his questions," Ojiro said with some sweat dripping down his forehead.
Meanwhile, Todoroki was looking at the brackets too."Midoriya, if you win, that means I'll get to fight you. Whatever you are, All Might's secret love child or not, I will defeat you. So, come Midoriya, so I may beat you with this hand." Todoroki said, raising his right hand and slightly freezing it.
"Huh? Who's Uraraka?" Bakugo questioned while Uraraka was standing behind him with fear on her face. Out of everyone, why did she have to face Bakugo?
Iida was looking at the brackets as well, studying for a plan if he got to the finals.
"Are you Iida?" Hatsume asked Iida while walking up to him.
"Hm?" Iida turned and looked at his opponent, "Yes, I-wait...you were at the table, how do you not recognize me from five minutes ago?"
"I am bad with names and faces, it takes me a long while! Anyways, Let's have a friendly bout then!" Hatsume said with her goggles beaming with light.
Peter and Tsu looked at the bracket. The first round they had was against each other.
"Uhhh…Is this consider domestic violence or…" Peter trailed off his voice. He was excited, but now, not so much.
"It's not." Tsu then looked at him, "What's the problem? I can see it in your eyes."
Peter looked back at Tsu, "Well…I don't want to fight you. I mean, it's not because I think I'll easily beat your or anything, it's just…" Peter held her hand and lifted it, "I don't want to hurt you."
Tsu blankly stared at Peter for a few seconds before taking her hand away from him, "Don't be afraid. At some point, we'll have to fight. If it wasn't today, then soon. This fight is inevitable, so you might as well deal with it." Tsu said much to Peter's discomfort. "I'll be extremely disappointed if you don't try against me. I want everyone to see you and me, but if you're not going to try, you might as well back out now before the fight because I won't hesitate to knock you out of the ring." Peter was not expecting Tsu to be this serious. He knew she wanted to be a hero, but she wasn't going to let their relationship get in her way either. Tsu sighed a little, "Look, I care for you, you know that. You're my boyfriend, but don't think I'm going to be easy on you. This is my future we're talking about, and I need to take full advantage of it whether you are comfortable with this or not."
Tsu turned around, and before she could walk away, Peter grabbed her by the arm and spun her back around before their lips met once more. Peter pulled back and had a smile on his face, "Then I won't hold back. I'm doing this for you, your future, and my future as well. I'm not going to hold you back." Peter grabbed her hand once more and lifted her and his hand in between them. "Even though we are opponents, we'll do this together."
Tsu smiled and nuzzled him under his chin lightly, "That's my Peter." They shared one more kiss before Tsu left to join the rest of the Class 1-A girls to the cheerleading they decided to do anyways. Peter walked to the back to relax. He went towards the waiting room and entered it to find Deku and Ojiro talking.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" Peter asked as he entered the room.
"Talking strategy against Midoriya's opponent," Ojiro said with concern on his face still. Deku also shared the same face as he was looking at the table with his hands under his chin, holding his head up.
Peter sat down next to them, "What about him?" Peter asked, noticing their concern.
"To keep it brief, his quirk can control minds if you respond to him," Ojiro said with Peter being kinda impressed. Keyword: Kinda.
"Well doesn't he sound like a watered-down version of Professor X. But with Professor X though, he'll just take over your mind if he needs to." Peter thought to himself before speaking, "So…why talk strategy if all you have to do is keep your mouth shut? That's like the only way to best him, just keep your mouth shut. Zip it up, lock it, and throw away the key as elementary school teachers would say." Peter said rather bluntly to them.
"I know that, but what if he plays mind games? Tries to strike a nerve or whatever? You know how hard it'll be to not respond to that?" Deku looked at his best friend with some concern still. "I mean, he would need to be a mastermind if his quirk worked best that way."
"Again. Just don't talk. It might be hard, but that's all you can do in this situation." Peter replied to him. Both Ojiro and Deku sighed a bit as they knew Peter was right.
"Who's your opponent though, Peter?" Ojiro asked.
"Tsu."
Deku and Ojiro nearly fell out of their seats when they heard this. "TSU/ASUI?!"
"Call her Tsu, Deku," Peter said to Deku.
"Oh not you too, and she isn't even here!" Deku complained to him.
Peter shrugged, "She told me to tell you that whenever you mess up."
"Sorry…" Deku apologized, but shrugged it off quickly, "How do you feel?"
"Well, at first I was feeling uncomfortable because well…I don't want to hurt her; she's my girlfriend, and I also think it's legal domestic violence." Peter joked, rather horribly too as he got deadpanned responses from the two, "Sorry…" Peter cleared his throat and continued, "Anyways, when I told her that, she said be disappointed if I didn't try. This is where her future starts, and I'm not going to hold her back whether I like or not. It took me a little convincing, but I'm fine now. It's for her sake, and I'm not going to ruin her future. I'm going to help her build that future." Peter said with a smile. Deku and Ojiro smiled with him.
"I bet she's glad to hear that. Don't hold back against her because I get the feeling that if you do, she'll strangle you for it." Ojiro said slightly amused.
Deku's face dropped a bit as he spoke, "Even though we were told to have fun, I get the feeling those of us in the tournament can't relax. Like me, I bet some of us are polishing up strategies against their opponent; some are trying to keep their presence of mind, some are preparing for the fight, some are sharpening their skills, and some are trying to relax their nerves. Honestly, I feel as though there is never a break in this festival." Deku monologued to them.
"Well...you aren't wrong. I'm smiling, but I'm nervous. Everyone has a way to cope with stress." Peter said, then thought to himself, "Hope you are ready babe because I am not going to let you win without a fight." Peter smiled at this thought. This is going to be fun.
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Person 1: "How long till we get there?"
Person 2: "Most likely an hour."
Person 1: "Awwww but my feet hurt, and I'm hungry! You're working me too hard."
Person 2: "Stop complaining. At least there is one person who isn't acting like a bitch."
Person 1: "You mean him?"
Person 3: "I believe she would mean me. We are almost there my friend, it shouldn't be too long now."
Person 1: "Right. Well now Peter, you're in for a big surprise."