"And we're back, dear viewers!" the voice of Present Mic could be heard through the screen as they broadcasted the events of the Sports Festival live.

Somewhere in a place unknown to the good and law abiding portion of society of Japan, in the layer of the League of Villains, Tomura Shigaraki was watching the event unfold. He was currently in what could be described as his own room, watching the festival through the screen of his computer. He really didn't want to do it. He found it annoying for a variety of reasons, but he was asked to do so anyway. Kurogiri said how it would be a good thing for him to do, which unfortunately was an idea supported by his master.

"Pay close attention. This will prove beneficial in the future." the smoke-like criminal told the leader of their villainous group.

"Ugh." Shigaraki complained, as he heard a smug giggle from behind. "Don't you have something better to do?" he asked.

Standing outside of the room, Joey chuckled. Her mocking smug plastered on her face at the look of annoyance Shigaraki had. She was just passing by, but when she saw what was happening and how pissed their so-called leader looked, she just had to take a peak.

"Want an honest answer? No, this is something I couldn't miss." Joey replied as Shigaraki mumbled some curses on her. "Hey, since we're doing absolutely nothing we ought to get our own way of enjoying ourselves. Battery Man took off for some reason. So might as well see you get annoyed."

"Why you-"

"Hey Kurogiri, that school crap thing. How exactly does it work?" Joey asked.

"The Sports Festival is divided by grades. Each having their own sets of challenges that change every year for the first two trials. Last year the first year students had a treasure hunt and the year prior they had to traverse a maze while being chased by drones. After the two first events and a small break with other activities, the final matches begin. A tournament in which the remaining students fight for first place." the mist-like villain explained.

"So you're telling me there's a chance the runt could get splattered on the side for real?"

"Yes! Would you now stop asking stupid questions already?!" Shigaraki said annoyingly.

Normally Joey would reply with an insult or a threat. But not today it seemed. Seeing that robot almost fall on that spider-runt made her feel too good to let Shigaraki ruin it for her.

"You know… I might check it out after all."

"Would you care to join us then?"

"What?!"

"Nah, pass." Joey told Kurogiri after Shigaraki complained. "As funny as it is to hear the brat being annoyed, it's only funny in small doses. So I'm checking it on my own." she told them, walking by, but not before taking one final glance at the fallen robot of the T.V and imagining that the girl she wanted dead was under all that mess.

"You don't even need me here, do you?" the TV mummy man said.

Well, that sure was something unexpected, but at the same time something totally expected.

Normally one would think that an obstacle race wouldn't be that special. Like, maybe a flying log or two, some nets to go under, walls to climb. Something one would see in a show like Ninja Warrior, the usual. Then again this was a superhero school and if they had the robots it would be a waste not to use them more than once. And considering that the X-Men had stuff like the Danger Room while the Avengers and the Fantastic Four had all sorts of gizmos and what not, in hindsight Annie should have seen this one coming. Though Shoto freezing and dropping the giant robot onto them, she could have done without.

On the plus side, she did manage to pull away two students that were close to the crashing zone, with Robbie doing the same with three using his chains. And at least they looked a bit grateful for it… or at least enough for the students Annie pulled away to forget that they were supposed to hate class A.

"Hey let go!" one of them said, pulling away from Annie as the two got up and away from the redhead, who just frowned.

"Who asked for your help!" the other one said as well.

"Oh no, no need to thank me, I was just doing my part. You would have done the same." Annie said dryly and in a mocking manner.

"The folks here sure could learn to be grateful every once in a while, right?" Robbie genuinely asked even though the ones he saved looked like they were about to make a statue in his honor.

For god's sake, one of them was clinging to his leg while the two girls were straight up blushing.

"Don't you sass me." Annie thought.

"C-Crap! You mean to tell me we can actually die here?!" a general student that looked like a circus clown said, but Annie had a sort of disagreement to a degree.

"I wouldn't say it like that, chuckles. Excluding the giant robots, Shoto actually managed to time his surprise pretty well." Annie thought, looking back at what Shoto did exactly. "Taking the time it took to fall over and the position it was, all of us would have been unscratched for the most part. Even taking into account the other students actually rushing in, at most they might have a few scratches or just a big scare… still you could at least try to be a bit less over the top, S'Winter."

"Hey web for brains, is every kid in your class some twisted jackass or are you just that much of a bad influence?"

"I'm not hanging you upside down with your own chains right now solely because I honestly don't know. So let's put a pin on that one and I'll get back to you when I know the answer." Annie replied, almost proving his point of both questions.

"Nevermind that! I think I saw someone with spiky hair under the robot!" another one of the general students pointed out.

"Well, I'm not a fan of the idea, but he's sturdy enough that he's probably ok." both Annie and Robbie thought, thinking of a classmate of their own.

As soon as they finished their thought, they heard the sound of metal being hammered on from below the robot. After a couple of hits, the plates of the area were torn open as Ejiro Kirishima came from underneath.

"DAMMIT TODOROKI YOU BASTARD!" Ejiro said, his skin as rough and durable as solid rock. "Timing the fall like that. Anyone other than me would have died."

Ejiro Kirishima - Quirk: Hardening!

He can turn his skin as hard as rock! The ultimate offense and defense!

Surprisingly there was a second set of banging noises coming to his side, alongside some grumbling. When the plates were torn away, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu came out, his skin as reflective and strong as steel.

"THAT CLASS A JERK! THEY'RE FULL OF BASTARDS!" he shouted as he snarled, his skin as shining and sturdy as steel. "Timing the fall like that. Anyone other than me would have died."

Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu - Quirk: Steel!

He can turn his body as hard as steel! The ultimate offense and defense!

Yeah… they looked like color swaps of one another. It clearly didn't help Kirishima's being self-conscious about his powers. It probably explained why he started running away while calling the other student a copycat.

"Huh, didn't think your class would have an Ejiro wannabe." Annie said

"You crazy? It's your class that has a discount Tetsutetsu." Robbie replied, which somehow soon enough ended in the two having an argument about which one had the knock off in their class.

"Oh my god, why are those two actual kids?!" Kamala wondered while seeing her friends fight over the most trivial stuff as usual. "Well whatever. I'm not planning on staying stuck like this." the Inhuman said, looking at the ice that still trapped her feet.

She then enlarged her hands at least three times their normal size. Not that much, but she knew it might be more than enough to have the job done. She then lifted them above her head and in one quick move, she slammed them into the ground. Not only did she make a small shock wave that shook the ground at least a three meter radius from her (taking some students aback by said feat and some almost falling), and breaking the ice trapping her. Did it hurt? A little, but on the bright side, she could now dash past her arguing friends… which she did almost instantaneously.

"EAT MY DUST!" she shouted as she ran past them, snapping them out of their argument.

"Wait a minute, get back here, you spaghetti limbs!" Robbie said, being the first one to rush in, followed by Annie as well.

"Hey, you're not getting away that easily!"

Meanwhile, as the trio of Americans were racing one another, the rest of the students were mostly stuck with dealing with the robots before them. Some decided to work with one another to try and clear a path. Others, like Katsuki Bakugo, decided to just blast through, making his way past everyone with his explosions and even going upwards one of the zero points villains from the entrance exam.

"As if I'll let you show up like that, you bastard!" he thought, grinning at the sight of the colossal robot and thinking of blasting it to bits.

Katsuki Bakugo - Quirk: Explosion!

He sweats a substance similar to nitroglycerin that he can ignite using the palm of his hands! Pretty lousy and flashy!

"What the hell? Does he have a death wish or what?!" Denki shouted, looking how one of his classmates wanted to fight the robots that were such a problem, they were told not to fight them during their entrance exam.

Yet, before Bakugo could ever think of attacking it, a ball of blazing fire was shot straight into the robot's head in front of Bakugo. Making a blast that took him by surprise and made him lose his balance. Flying backwards due to the shockwave and barely managing to recover as he landed on the ground. Bakugo turned and glared, his eyes being those of an animal as he ragefully glared at the person responsible. Who else, but one of those bastard Americans.

"Hey look at that! Class B is packing some firepower!" Present Mic announced, as for a short moment all eyes were looking at the enforcer of class B. "That dear listeners was the fine handy work of none other than Reyes Robbie of class B! Little trivia for you folks all around, young Todoroki Shoto is one of this year's recommendation students that lives up to the hype! However, young Reyes does not fall short! One of this year's foreigner students, a juggernaut in terms of talent and a prodigy hero in the making! A freezing powerhouses and a blazing all-mighty! It almost sounds like a song of-!"

"Don't you dare. We had enough already with one copyright lawsuit for you to give us another one." Aizawa quickly shut his partner up.

As for the crowd, they just cheered in awe at the boy and they weren't the only ones. For Lisa just had her jaw almost hit the floor. She didn't know fully what Robbie could do, just that he would be damn good with his powers. But just blasting a robot like that away seemingly so easily?

"Wow, Robbie's somehow even better than what I had in mind!" Lisa admitted, with MJ noticing a certain shine in her eyes and smirking a bit.

"Now isn't this just adorable." MJ thought while Nadia didn't look that impressed.

"I mean, it's ok I guess." she said, confusing Lisa.

"Ok? He just blasted a giant robot away like nothing! How is that just ok?!"

"Considering that it's that kind of giant robot, it might as well just be a big chunk of metal."

"It certainly has its merit, but perhaps the crowd is overestimating the nature of young master Reyes' actions." Jarvis said, confusing Lisa even more.

"Huh? I don't get it. Why are you saying that?"

"Looks can be quite deceiving." MJ gave Lisa a hint. "Sometimes something that looks big and scary and tough, only just looks big, scary and tough and nothing else."

And while she was trying to understand what she was told, Robbie just watched as the robot was crashing down backwards after his blast. And with the eye of a born-mechanic as well as just some observation skills of his own he came with one conclusion that Lisa and many more were still trying to get.

"That blast that I threw was not even half the power of the one I used back in the entrance exam. Outside of their size they're not that much actually." Robbie noted, seeing the many defects the machine had. "It's rather slow, clunky, not actually made to take too many hits and has way too many structural weak points. We expected them to be threatening because the teachers told us not to fight them the first time. But now that the illusion's been lifted…" he thought, smirking as the robot fell down on another one and soon enough the two were down on the ground. "Piece of cake."

"Just pointing it out, but that blast of yours was awfully close to Katsuki. At least close enough to piss him off… You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Annie asked the hellfire teen with a grin that he himself shared as well.

"Maybe." he replied, as they smirked even more.

"Oh god, I can't wait to see the replay after this is over! Hey, any chance you can do it again?" she joked while Kamala groaned.

"You two are so contradictory I can't even…"

Pretty obvious that the Pakistani girl was questioning her taste in acquaintances. Also obvious is the fact that Bakugo was completely livid at the duo of Americans. One being the obnoxious one was already a pain as it is, but now there was another bastard thinking he can belittle him too?! He would have already blown them to bits if not for two reasons. First off, he wanted to wait a little bit more to beat them up. He would not stand for them acting all high and mighty with him and they will be getting their comopings. And second off, was the fact that he got distracted thinking of all the ways he would blast them to kingdom come and ended up getting the rest of his classmates to get their act together.

From Tenya kicking the three pointers away to Kaminari managing to not fry his brain while shocking the one pointers and more. Even Midoriya managed to get in on the action. He could not use all his power just yet, his body couldn't bear it just yet. However, he was still no longer the same person he was back in the entrance exam. He now had a glimpse of what the world of heroes had in stock for them. He now knew what it was to act in the heat of it all. And most of all, he now had a more level headed mind as well. Parker always brings up the fact that he sometimes doesn't think things through, so might as well tackle that flaw of his.

Instead of going straight for the robots, he saw a big chunk of metal from one of the already broken ones laying on the floor nearby. So he headed for it and managed to lift it. It wasn't that heavy, or maybe he was a bit stronger than he gave himself credit for. In any case he may not be able to use all of his power well, but he was not defenseless. He could move now. He could act now. So, he slashed at an incoming faux villain with the chunk of scrap and took it out. And while he celebrated himself taking a step forward, Fumikage and Sero going upwards a zero pointer with Sero having a certain familiar flair to his movements.

"To think Bakugo would use his head and go over them instead of blasting them through is quite the shock." the boy of bird-like face said as he had Dark Shadow help him climb the robot.

Fumikage Tokoyami - Quirk: Dark Shadow!

A retractable shadow-like entity that dwells within him! It can materialize from his body to come to his aid!

"Yeah, well let's show him how to actually do it right!" Hanta replied.

Hanta Sero - Quirk: Tape!

From his elbows, he can make and shoot tape, roll it back and even cut it off as he swings by! Does it count as copyright infringement?!

While Hanta was pulling from the tape to propel himself to the front, a certain redhead looked at him from groundlevel. The way he did it, the how he managed to get up and even how he was… swinging… it was far too familiar for her. It was…

"Someone that I admire has this cool move that…"

… Of course…

"Hey is it just me or does that guy look somewhat like-" Kamala was about to comment when out of nowhere, Annie suddenly rushed from zero to a hundred in less than a second. "Huh?! What's gotten into her?"

"Wonder about that later! I'm not losing a race again, let alone against web for brains!" Rob ir replied as the two quickened their pace.

In a dash, Annie suddenly ran past everyone still nearby before they could even react. It only took her two seconds to cover over more than 50 meters, alongside jumping on top of a zero point faux villain and then dashing to the top of it. Once on top, she then went from one end of its head to the other. She stopped for a bit when she reached the other end of the head. Looking down and seeing the kind of height she was at, it reminded her of the entrance exam. Back when she crawled to the top of another one to dismantle it and get it to stop attacking the other students at her site. Once the adrenaline had dimmed down, she nearly froze at the idea of something going wrong. Well, after what happened at the U.S.J, she now felt far more confident at what she was about to do.

Sure, she didn't have any web shooters, but after being hurled into so many walls and the floor, followed by being electrocuted and almost mauled? Yeah, the big robot didn't seem too tough now.

She then just jumped off (albeit still being careful about it) and slid down the back of the robot. It was a very long way down and she was really picking up some speed, which meant that she had to make sure she didn't lose her balance. Thankfully, having great balance is one of the perks of her powers and when she was about ten to fifteen meters off the ground, she jumped off the robot and landed down to solid ground. And without losing any steam, she just kept on dashing. All while the other students either saw her with envy, awe or even concern by one or two students that saw it a bit odd that she just dashed away like that. But Annie just kept running.

Gaining a bit more speed every step she took, Annie was soon enough catching up to where Shoto was. Fact which he was starting to notice. However before he did anything, Shoto suddenly stopped. Just a handful of meters in front of him was the next obstacle, a massive chasm between him and the next stage, with rock formations acting as platforms all apart from one another with only cables connecting them together.

"Ladies and gentlemen our lead has already made it past the first obstacle with someone already on his heels! However, this next stage might be more troublesome than the last!" Present Mic's voice rang around them, always having that upbeat enthusiasm of his. "The rules here are very straightforward! You fall, you're out! We call it: THE FALLLLL!"

"Remind me, who was the idiot that thought that name was any good?"

"You were."

"And you should've known better never to entrust me with naming anything."

"This one might be a little more troublesome." Shoto said out loud, looking back and noticing how much the distance between him and Parker was being reduced. "And speaking of troublesome…"

He had an idea though. Parker was many things and being good at activities like the one in front were no doubt among the best things she can do. It might be a bit troublesome for him, but to Annie, this should be just a walk in the park compared to him struggling. So might as well try and even the odds.

Focusing on his cold side, Shoto motioned in a manner similar to someone letting go of a bowling ball down the alley and conjuring a large ice wall between his side and the side of the track and that of where Parker was coming from, whom ended up coming to a halt once the wall was done forming. It was around four, maybe five feet thick at minimum, was well above her jumping capabilities and, seeing how it was an actual ice wall, he had hoped that it would be enough to at least stop her from trying to climb it. Even if she did, that would still give him some more time to gain some distance between them, while also making sure the others also slow down even a bit.

So he started to hurry up. He looked at the chasm and the platforms spread over it. He first thought, maybe using his ice to get him between them or maybe even all over the other side. But no, that wouldn't be too good of an idea. He would have to melt them back so as to not give anyone else a heads up and that would take too much time. He thought of using the ice to, in a way, skate over the cables, but that seemed a bit too risky for his liking. So finally, he opted for lowering himself and crossing them monkey bar style. He didn't want to overuse his quirk too much yet, which would cause way too much of a hazel later on.

As for Annie, she looked at the wall. Seemingly more calm now compared to before. It seemed quite thick. It was quite sturdy too and even standing near it one could feel the cold of a winter day. Impressive, she had to admit. It was too tall for her to jump in one go. Too wide that she couldn't go around it without technically disqualifying herself. And if touching ice barehanded was by itself not a pleasant experience for many, then Shoto's wall would be worse. That without mentioning that she notices that there were a decent amount of spikes in the upper part, so climbing it would be a bit of a hassle as well.

"Who knew? You actually have a brain." she said, making mental calculations to determine the best way to deal with the obstacle before her. "Ok, seeing the thickness of this wall and remembering the density ice normally has on average… I'll say that this might as well be comparable to a concrete wall in terms of durability." Annie said, though smirking at the end of her sentence. "Too bad for you pal. I've punched through concrete before and that crazy lady gave me some practice to boot!"

Afterwards, Annie got into what looked like a boxing stand. Lifting her fist up, she shifted her weight, made a light twist backwards and then, threw one clean jab right into the ice. To many, that would be asking to have her hand broken. But then again, having the proportional strength of a spider was more impressive than people think it was. And as the ice cracked, as a massive hole was blown into that wall, many jaws fell to the ground. Yeah, she was more than a pretty face.

And Shoto… well, he did turn when the wall was broken through, having already made it to the platform ahead and with widened eyes he could only think… What do they feed that girl?

That question should be answered later, because right after showing off her strength, she just started to run over the cables as if they were nothing. Like, she was literally running with complete finnes and without looking like she could even fall down. Blessed be her super equilibrium powers.

"Ok, this is ridiculous now!" Shoto mentally groaned and decided to block her path with ice.

Unfortunately for him, she just jumped from one of the cables to the platform to the side and clinging to its side like a… well, like a spider. All before the ice was done forming. Fact which just baffled him even more, making him question how did she even knew that he was going to do that. Good thing she had a spider sense, she thought. Tho credit where credit's due, that did take her by surprise. Didn't think that he would even pull that one up.

"By god, you're an even bigger jerk than I thought you were! Seriously, you're this close to making Katsuki look tame by comparison and no one should be so bad that they make Napalm Brain look nice!" Annie snapped at him.

"Midnight-sensei said that all was fair so long as we remained on the track." he just replied as he kept on moving.

"That doesn't mean almost turning me into an icicle is somehow ok! Good grace, you're making a pet rock look competent when dealing with people!" Annie said as she started to climb upwards to layer on proceed, tho also making Shoto frown.

"And why do you care about it? You said that you weren't interested in winning."

"I did, yeah. Never said that I would just stay idle by and do nothing, did I?" Annie said with a grin that just made Shot frown even more.

She then tried to resume her pace once more, but before she could, she had to stop yet again because Shoto just froze that path as well, this time including part of the cable as well. Afterwards, he ran away, this time trying to run over the cables the same way she did, even if it were slower than her. Annie just frowned, that guy was such a pain to deal with.

She then just looked to her side and opted to try another approach to the obstacle. To her left, was a platform that, while not connected to the one she was on by cables, was still fairly close. And sure, it was taller than the one she was on, but that wouldn't even be that much of a problem. She can cling to walls, she could definitely climb the side of the rock formation and then continue onwards by going from then to the exit. Sure, the next platform it connected to by cable was even farther to the side which would mean it would be a longer route than the one Shoto is taking, but then again, it would have the upside of being out of Shoto's reach. Plus, she was by far faster than him, so catching up wouldn't be too hard for her.

As for the others, some still had to deal with a handful of robots. Shinso himself was still struggling as expected with trying to not get squashed by those machines. His saving grace thou, was the fact that some of the other students were working together in opening a oath to clear that obstacle, including Robbie, who was also surprisingly still dealing with those things. Honestly, seeing how good he is, to the point that he apparently could hang with Annie in a fight, that surprised him.

Something that didn't surprise him that much was seeing Valerie being behind as well. Sure, she could teleport, but she was also the kind of girl that, well, she could be a bit of a scary cat, as well as someone that hardly even lift her fist. Even during the villain attack it took her a while before she even made a fist. She even had the least amount of villain points of the group of foreigner friends and most of them she had by using her powers to teleport them a couple of meters up and letting them fall to the ground. And in this scenario, she thought that she should use her powers the least amount of times. Wouldn't want to tire herself before the big league stuff happens.

Valerie just looked in front of her, seeing just how far behind she was that even both Shinso and multiple General Studies students were in front of her. She bit her lip in frustration, almost about to berate herself. That was until she suddenly remembered something she herself said.

"Annie, let's give it our all at the Sports Festival."

… Yeah, she said that. More importantly, she told Annie that. She practically promised her that she would try, that she would not just stand by and do nothing. So why is she doing basically that now? Annie already made her way to the front alongside Shoto. It was her turn to actually do something too.

So she started to pick up the pace, running faster and faster. And even when a three pointer suddenly popped in front of her, she didn't stop. Instead, she just rolled beneath the robot while simultaneously opening a portal behind it for her to cross afterwards. And once she did, Valerie found herself being 20 meters from where she first was. Then, she did that again, traveling 20 meters ahead once more and clearing the horde of robots.

As for the handful of students that managed to get to the second obstacle, they were wondering what they should even do. Tsuyu however, didn't mind. It was just a glorified tightrope walk and with her quirk, it was very easy to fulfill. Although, it couldn't compare to just how easy Parker had it by comparison. She probably would have shined greatly had she not participated but what hey, what's done is done. And while Uraraka and Ashido were wondering what to do, a certain pink-haired girl just smugly chuckled.

"Now this is definitely my chance to shine! The moment for my equipment to bathe in the spotlight has come! Look out companies of Japan and the world at large! And witness the awe-inspiring might of the 'wire and arrow ' as well as the hover soles…! Name still in development." Mei screamed out loud.

And unlike most of the other students, she had with her more than what was essential. Outside of her regular goggles that she always wore, alongside the odd headpiece that she had as well, she also had what looked like exo-skeleton boots that were of a massive size. A harness with some sort of harpoon-like object on each side of her ribs, just below her chest. And now that a lot of other students took notice, she wasn't the only one. The more flashy one sure, but a lot of students had a handful of gadgets and gizmos as well.

"Aren't you that Support Course student that's friends with Parker-san and V-chan?" Uraraka asked as Mina just looked undignified.

"Forget that! What's with all of those assist tools and fancy equipment?! That's cheating!" the pink girl said.

"The students belonging to the Hero Course often receive training to use their quirks for combat and other physically demanding activities. In order to keep things fair, the students belonging to the Support Course are allowed to use equipment so long it was designed and made by us." Hatsume just explained to the two class A girls as she then shot one of the harpoon things off her right side at one of the rock formations. "For us, this is our one chance to show off our labor to the big companies! Look carefully at corporations! And pay attention to my super cute baby!" she yelled, reeling in the cable with the push of a button and when she reached the side of the rock formation, she activated her boots which allowed her to go er and make it easier to climb up.

All while Annie managed to catch a glimpse off from the side.

"Huh, so that's what that thing was made for." she noted, just as another support student climbed the rock near her with his own assist tool.

"Huh? Why aren't you using that assist tool of yours?" he asked in confusion.

"Mm? Well I'm a Hero Course student. I'm not allowed to use them, am I?"

"What are you talking about?!" another Support student told her after she heard what she said. "You've been practically working on that thing non-stop for over a week at the shop! I'm pretty sure that counts for you being able to use your assist tool!"

"Huh?!"

"Yeah, I think I overheard Power Loader-sensei mentioning that he would consider making an exception to the rule with you after working so hard on it and for keeping Hatsume from melting the door. As a matter of fact, he told her that!"

"Didn't she tell you that?"

"She knew what?!" Annie answered both questions as he saw Hatsume swing by from a distance. "You mean to tell me I could have brought my web-shooter with me and she didn't even tell me?!"

"I'm sorry, Anna-May! But for my babies to make an impact I couldn't let your baby steal the spotlight." Hatsume yelled, but truth is, she also did it because she was a bit sore at Annie making her sign that contract.

"Babies?" wondered a lot of students unaware of Hatsume's antics, looking at Annie in an odd manner that made the girl embarassed.

"You… you little… GRRR! THAT'S IT, I'M GETTING THAT JAR, YOU HEAR ME YOU WALKING TELESCOPE!" she yelled at the girl who kept laughing in a maniacal manner.

"HUFF… wow… HUFF… those two sure are loud." Kamala said as she finally got to the start of the second obstacle. "Well, here I go!" she shouted, getting a heads up and running as she jumped off the edge,all while simultaneously stretching her legs to both get more height and to get quicker to the next platform.

All the while afterwards, Valerie came running through as well and ran on top of the cables for a bit before making a portal to reach the platform quicker. Meanwhile, Robbie and Hiitoshi just looked at all their friends, frowning and heaving their eyes twitching at knowing they had powers meant for mobility, while they were stuck with could have sworn Kamala ws laughing, Annie had enough time to goof around by yelling at Hatsume and Hatsume… did she just did a trick mid air?

"If I didn't know better, I would think she was doing it on purpose." Hitoshi said.

"I think she's doing it a little bit on purpose." Robbie followed as he saw Hatsume laughing even harder when Annie yelled something at her.

"Now what?" Shinso wondered as Robbie looked at Annie and Hatsume.

"Mm… I think I have an idea." Robbie said, as he conjured chains from both his hands.

"What are you planning?" Shinso asked.

"I'm taking a cue from web for brains' book." Robbie said, hurling his chains at the platform in front and getting a hold of it, enough so that he could tense the chain.

Afterwards, he jumped towards the platform as he yanked the chains as hard as he could, propelling himself forward and thankfully for him, mandating to almost reach the platform itself. He did crash a bit with the edge of it, but he managed to recover and climb up even if his abdomen hurt a bit.

"Ugh carajo… well… c-could have gone worse as far as first tries go, right?" he said, getting up and looking at Shinso behind, who at first looked at his friend with a sense of awe… which quickly turned into a frown directed at him.

"Way to rub salt in the wound!" Shinso said, being a bit salty that Robbie went from understanding his feeling at having a not so versatile power compared to his other friends, only for him to just do it anyway.

"Sorry! If it makes you feel any better, I'll try to accidentally make someone trip!" said the Latino boy, dashing away.

"How is that going to make me feel better?!"

"I'll try to make sure it's that asshole from class A!"

"... Damnit, that would actually make me feel better… even though he didn't specify which one." the purple-haired boy said, looking at the obstacle before him, then at the other student and back to the obstacle, but not before looking at his friends. More specifically at Annie and remembering just how much she did to help him over the week. "... Damnit, I'm pretty sure that on any other occasion, I would have just used my quirk by now."

"And why don't you?" asked Agoyamato, who while breathing heavily, finally managed to arrive at the first part of the second obstacle.

"Because a sassy toaster is watching this and I'm not going to prove it right." he just said as he started to go over the cable, much to the confusion of many of his classmates… and pretty much everyone else too.

"Ugh, great. Being so long with those hero course jerks turned his brain into mush." said Togeike, who just looked from far away as she started to try and cross the cables by hanging from them like a sloth and going slowly at it. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't hold properly and ended up falling. "Wait, nononono! Ahh!" she yelled as she fell down.

Something that scared a lot of students, a handful of the hero course students (primarily Annie and the others) were just about to try and jump to her rescue, but stopped when they looked carefully downwards and noticed… a net?

"Whoa…!" Togeike yelped as she bounced as she fell down onto the safety net. "Oh god… I think I saw my life pass through my eyes!" she shakenly said, making a lot of people sigh in relief.

"Looks like we already have some casualties by now! We did say that if you fell then you're out! We'll have our handy helping robots help young Togeike Chikuchi down soon enough! The rest, you better be careful, otherwise you might end up joining her at the benches before the preliminaries are over…!" Present Mic commented while noticing that a lot of the audience… were for some reason looking at them.

"They're judging us." Aizawa muttered.

"Hey, come on! Of course we would have put a safety net! It's not like we would actually let any of our little rascals splat on the ground! Who do you think we are?!" Mic just defended himself and the rest of U.A front he crowds judgemental stares.

Sure, they were pretty over the top in a lot of cases, but they were still teachers, dammit!

"Alright now, which one do I go for now?" Annie asked herself, stopping for a bit.

She was already closer to where Todoroki was. She had to take the longer route compared to him, but her speed managed to get her to catch up. On second thought, she was actually on the verge of taking the lead. Factoring their pace and overall mobility, Annie would have had first place in a matter of seconds if she felt like it regardless of which route she took now. She had two cables leading to different platforms each, but also a third option for someone like her. A little farther away, another third platform that she could jump to. It wasn't connected by cables, but with her powers, she could easily get there by jumping. She could definitely get there and at worst, she could cling to the side of it and climb up if she couldn't reach it. But just in case,she decided to take a couple of steps back to get a headstart.

After doing just that, Annie ran towards the edge and just as she got to the edge and was about to jump off… Valerie suddenly teleported right behind her and accidentally bumped into Annie, who didn't even notice her suddenly popping out all of the sudden. This made her actually lose her balance and almost fall down. Almost being the key word since with literally just the tip of the toes of just her right foot, Annie concentrated so much to make sure they remain the stickiest they have ever been to literally the very edge of the platform. As in, she was literally dangling like a fish out of water with her being able to not fall by sticking to literally millimeters of rock at most.

"Ah! Sticky toes, sticky toes, sticky toes!" Annie exclaimed, flapping both her arms and remaining leg like a fish on dry land as she tried to get any semblance of balance.

"Uh? Annie, are you alright?" Valeri asked, but stopping to be pretty awe-induced at the redhead's feat before her eyes. "Wow, you really are good at this."

"I'm really good at- Don't just stand there! Help me up!" Annie told her, snapping her back and making her realize what was happening.

"Ah, r-right!" the blue girl said as she started to pull Annie back on solid ground.

As for Todoroki, he did manage to get a glimpse of what had happened and actually wondered how someone like Vector of all people was actually successful in getting the jump on Parker, by accident no less. Well, in any case that bought him some needed break from her. She was awfully close, yet not close enough for him to try and delay her. And wise yet was that she wasn't the only one behind his talons, if Katsuki starting to catch up was any indication. He had to increase the pace.

All while Tenya looked from behind at how far he was in spite of his quirk being made for events such as this one.

"To think that I would be found so far behind the competition… regardless of his current occupation, my brother is no doubt watching… I can't let him see me be lame!" he said, making a literal T-pose to better maintain his balance as he used his quirk to push himself forward while on top of the cable.

"So lame." Kamala and Robbie both thought when they both saw that.

Meanwhile those in attendance were voicing their surprise and praises at the students. More specifically, the pros of the stadium. A lot of them were surprised at just how great the first-years were at just the preliminaries. Normally, to see these sorts of flair and skills from second years. And yet, there were some students that could probably put a lot of second year students to shame. Hell, there were even a handful of Support Course students that were really showing off. And while there were many pros discussing them all, there was a group located at a V.I.P section that had some high profile individuals in attendance.

"Mm, a lot of those kids do have quite the potential, wouldn't you agree?" one of them asked out loud before addressing someone in their room. "Any particular new talent to get your attention?"

"Oh um… I'm not sure… frankly I'm still wondering why I'm here…" the person replied, though feeling a bit nervous and whispering the last bit. "Well, that kid at the front sure seems to know what he's doing."

"Oh yeah, I think that's Endeavor's kid, Japan's second best hero."

"So he's the son of a big shot, eh? Hopefully he isn't some kind of snuck up prick."

"Um… just a reminder that she doesn't speak for me. And once more, sorry."

"No need, none of us mind. But back on topic, that boy is definitely impressive. I don't want to infer, but it looks like he has some talent in his blood. "

"Still, there are some other students that sure are impressive. Like that teleporting girl for example."

"Yeah, it looks like that ice kid ain't the only superhero royalty around."

"Mm? Why? Anyone you two recognize for you to say that?" one of the voices asked the duo that came together.

All while the two, one in particular with black hair, looked at the redhead jumping all over and remembering a certain someone they knew.

"Something like that."

And back to the field, Izuku was trying his hardest not to fall behind. He could see a handful of students, mostly from general and a couple of support students, had already either thrown in the towel or had fallen down just to be caught by the net beneath them. That was at least somewhat reassuring if he were to slip by, but no. He couldn't allow himself to even think that. He was crossing the cables, sloth-style, all while carrying the big chunk of metal that he brought with him. He could see a lot of his classmates had already started to clear the second stage, more specifically Todoroki and Parker. Although Parker did get slowed down a bit by having Vector bumped into her. A bit of a shock that someone managed to even catch her off guard.

Another thing slowing her down was the fact that Todoroki took advantage of that set back to make more for her. Right now, she was his biggest threat so unless he tried something, she would just get ahead of him if he wasn't careful. Which is why every now and then, he tried to use his quirk to force Parker to slow down by either making barriers or freezing the platforms in her way that he could reach. All so as to make it harder for her to keep up. In one case she actually had to go back to go in another route just because that was apparently easier than dealing with Todoroki's hazel.

But right now what had him worried was just how far behind he was compared to the others. He had to hurry, but dammit, it was so hard to do so! All that training and he still couldn't use All For One without hurting himself! But he couldn't quit just yet. He made it clear that he would come in on top. Even if he couldn't use All For One in its entirety, he can at least use his head to think of something to get first place.

Regardless, soon enough a lot of students ended up clearing the second stage, with Todoroki as the leader. As he left, he made yet another barrier from where Parker would come from, to slow her down even more. Something that she was finding more and more frustrating to deal with the more she encountered them. But surprisingly, she wasn't the one to be the most annoyed at Shoto's acts. And surprisingly, it wasn't Hitoshi either being angry at someone annoying a friend of his. No, this time, it was Katsuki Bakugo the one to be angry at it. And why? Because if that icy-hot guy needed to go out of his way to sabotage someone else in fear of being beaten by them, then that someone should be him, no one else!

And right as Izuku was close to clearing the second stage, he managed to hear Present Mic announce, among other stuff, that Shoto was already reaching the third obstacle.

"Now, after all this excitement, it's finally time for our final obstacle to take center stage! Ladies, gentlemen and the ever growing rainbow in-between! I present you… THE MINEFIELD…! And you all said that watching those Stallone movies was a waste of time." the DJ hero told his partner who just groaned in annoyance. "As stated before, we're not cruel! We prepared a set up that would give our dear contestants a chance! If you pay close attention, you can see where the mines are all located! Plus we made sure they won't cause any terrible outcomes even if they fall on them! They've had their power severely lowered! Having said that, they're still mines, and their bangs can still knock a stool loose or two!"

"Damn, they made it so the ones on the lead would be at a disadvantage…" Shoto murmured, walking slowly and carefully so as to not set up any explosives, unlike a handful of other students who themselves were being blown away left and right. "Contestants?We really are just entertainment to them, aren't we?"

Just then, more booms could be heard. However these ones weren't like the ones from the mines. They were far louder and it felt like they were coming in rapid succesion. Looking back he saw the cause of them. It was class A's loudmouth ruffian, Katsuki Bakugo, propelling himself forward and almost looking like he was flying over half a meter into the air. And as he rocketed himself forwards, he roared.

"As if these explosions were to mean anything to me!" he yelled, catching up with Shoto in almost no time. "That quirkless bastard! That damn Yankee! The one who you should have declared war on, WAS ME!"

Afterwards, he increased his speed and left Shoto behind, who cursed at him. If he keeps on going too slow he'll end up losing to Bakugo, but if he starts to dash away he runs the risk of setting one of the mines up and getting blasted back. He had an ace tho, but it could be troubleshooting. If he made a light layer of ice, then he could run without worrying of setting off an explosive. But the downside is that it would give those behind a way to also evade the worry of that happening to them. It doesn't matter, he thought. It was do or die, so what if someone takes advantage of it, he would still be the one to win. He had to and so, he did, quickly catching up to Bakugo as he ran across his makeshift icy-rode and also trying to stop the ash-blonde.

All the way back on the entrance of the minefield, a handful of students were trying to think of a way to properly cross the field without getting a concussion. Ibara, for instance, decided to carefully walk by as she used the vines in her hair to carefully locate the mines. Jito also tried to use her quirk to locate them via sound, while Shoji tried to use all his arms to locate them by turning them into eyes to better see them. But out of all of them, there was one that viewed the challenge ahead as just a quick jog.

Annie didn't hesitate when she arrived at the minefield. She didn't even slow down, much less stop when she set foot on solid ground. Why would she? After all, having a sixth sense to guide her by telling her where not to step on would make it so that she could never be at risk of a mine exploiting in her face. She just ran without stopping, all while baffling all who watch her easily dealing with the obstacle and getting closer to the lead step by step.

Valerie, who arrived closely afterwards, tried to think of a way to overcome the mines. He could just teleport to the other side, it was too far. She couldn't just teleport without being careful of where to step, she could set one of the mines up. But then she thought of something. Annie had no issue knowing where the mines were to avoid she was careful, she could teleport exactly where Annie was and then keep on doing that until she were to be close enough to the exit. So she did just that. And it all seemed to be working perfectly.

It was still a bit hard to eyeball the distance and the exact location, but she was managing to do it well for the most part. However one thing she didn't take into consideration was the fact that the field didn't just had Annie and her, but also dozens of other students. Most of them weren't so lucky so as to take advantage of their best friend having a danger sense. And unfortunately, one of them set of a mine a bit too close to her and the shockwave and general surprise caused her to stumble into one of her portals a bit earlier than expected and into Annie.

Good news, Annie had a spider sense, so she should be able to catch her the moment she felt Valerie be close to bump into her. The bad news…? That didn't happen at all. Instead, she yet again bumped into her with a bit more force compared to the previous exercise. And the result was that the two of them fell face first and into one of the mines, causing it to explode in their faces and knocking them back a bit

Which was followed by a groan of the two girls who were now on the floor with a bunch of pink smoke, residue of the explosion, being all near them.

"Awie… why do you keep bumping into me like that?"

"I don't know…" Valerie cried, trying to pick herself up and causing another explosion in front of them.

At the same time though, Izuku and the rest were just starting to enter the field and boy were a lot of people being knocked out left and right. There were more that finally started to catch up and make things even more stressful to everyone. Example being one of class B's student Ibara Shiozaki, who using her hair was able to make it through almost halfway through the field. Or Honenuki Juzo who had a bit of a great advantage even considering all the fatigue of the race thus far. Hell, Kamala was practically showing off by either being good at evading the bombs or recovering quickly to keep on going while murmuring to herself.

Something something Atilan, something something Medusa being intimidating, something something giant alligator. Whatever the hell she went through… maybe she was a bit more intense than most people give her credit for.

But to Izuku, the only thing that mattered was the fact that they were beating him rather easily. He had to do something, but what exactly? He looked all around him, trying to get an idea to help him in the race. But he was having difficulty coming up with one. The only thing he had going was a quirk that would break him at any giving moment if he decided to use it, a big piece of metal and the mines all around him.

But then he started to pay attention to the last piece of his list. The mines might not pack enough force as the real deal, but they do pack enough power to send people flying. And the way it did, it almost reminded him of how Bakugo used his own explosions to propel himself forward, as if he were flying. So, maybe he could use that? Question is how?

Even if they do pack a decent amount of power, it's not like it were enough to send him to first place in one swoop. He could try and use more than one, but how? Trying to jump from mine to mine hoping they could do the trick? That's even assuming both that he could locate the mines well and do so in such a specific manner that it could get him in a desirable position? Plus, pretty sure it would hurt… a lot.

Then as he was starting to think, Izuku remembered something crucial. Wasn't he holding a big ol' piece of scrap metal?

"Huff… Huff… maybe… that cardio wasn't… as bad of an idea… as I thought…" Shinso said, arriving at the entrance of the minefield.

He had just barely made it out of the Fall. Barely being the main word. He almost slipped and fell over a dozen times, wanted to throw up a handful of times and felt close to blacking out. Geez, at this point he was wondering if any of it was even worth it. He was exhausted, his legs were barely registering anything. And now, he had to deal with a field filled with explosives powerful enough to knock him out. Forget the explosives, a mere breeze might knock him out if he stands wrong.

Looking around he could already tell he was the first General Course student to arrive. Though by now, he was almost sure he might as well be the only one to have made it thus far. A lot of them either fell down the safety net or just threw in the towel. There were by now just Hero Course students and a handful of Support students. And even then, he could already see that a lot of them were reaching their limit. He was seeing Hatsume reaching her limit. How is that even possible? And why? All of the sweat and effort for a chance of changing classes? One small chance that might not even count at the end of all?

Well, to hell that chance. By now, he didn't care too much about it. He got this fat. He somehow managed to last as long as he did. And truth is, he really, really was spending too much time with Annie and even Robbie. Why? Because their stubbornness was starting to get all over him. So whatever. Even if he couldn't make it past the preliminaries, might as well try and go out with dignity… or just go out in a barely decent manner. At this point, he was good either way.

Still, might as well try and make things a bit easier for him. Trying to use his quirk now might be a lost cause since the ones nearby didn't look like we're doing great either. Thankfully, he noticed something. That weird ice guy that he didn't like (granted, he didn't like a lot of people, but he was the only one with ice involved) was using his quirk to make a pathway to the exit of the field. That should definitely help him ease the remaining part of the race till he exited the field.

He just needed to carefully get to where the ice path began and also try not to slip away. As he started to get towards it as carefully and as fast as possible, he heard something odd. Looking to his side, he saw that green haired kid Annie mentions from time to time. Izuku or whatever (weird that he was referring to some guy he doesn't even speaks to by his first name, but Annie always calls him that the most and Valerie more often than not flows with her). He remembered that he was apparently a decent guy, seeing how his friend assured him that he was one of the few that actually was sincerely nice to her from begging to end.

But what got him confused was that the guy was digging? He was apparently going back and forth digging the mines up. And strangely, instead of making his way ahead with the mines he dug out no longer an issue, he rather started to pick the up and piling them up together. Something eve the other Hero Course students that passed him also found weird.

"What is that guy even doing?" he muttered.

However he decided to just keep on going. Every second counted and staying to see a kid be weird is just a waste of time. And thankfully for him, the ice path was already close to where he was anyway, so it was all smooth sailing from then on. Smoother…? Smoothish?

It wouldn't be as hard as before, let's just leave it like that.

Meanwhile, in another part of the field and after a handful more explosions later, Annie and Valerie were starting to crawl out of yet another pinkish cloud, courtesy of yet again another mine set off. Because for some reason the two of them were finding themselves on the receiving end of a lot of them lately.

"... Huff…Huff… Seven… times…" Annie was saying as she was crawling and while breathing heavily. "We exploded seven times… in a row… how?! How do we keep exploding over and over like that…?!"

"I-Is it normal for me to see sound?" Valerie asked, also crawling and breathing heavily.

"If my experience is anything to go by, you're still good until you start smelling colors and hearing-"

BOOOOOOM!

"Ah!" the two girls just screamed and clung to one another out of instinct, having been in so many consecutive explosions they feared they had hit another mine.

However, they stopped when they noticed that they were still in one piece. And especially when they actually started to pay attention and realized that it came from behind them, but also that there was some wind hitting their backs all of the sudden. And when they turned around, they saw that the super loud explosion not only came from almost the beginning of the field, but that it was ridiculously larger in size compared to the rest of them. And with it, something seemingly coming out of the colossal pink cloud.

"Huh?" Kamala took notice, stopping for a brief moment, turning back and focusing on what was flying above and after squinting really hard, she saw that it was… "Wait… isn't that guy Midoriya?!" she said.

And yes, while one could mostly make out the figure of the junk he was always carrying, they could notice the boy, holding onto the piece for dear life as he flew past most of them. Something that made the crowd go wild, Mic hyped even more so and for both Shoto and Katsuki to momentarily stop and be shocked. Moreover when he rushed past almost close in the distance between them.

"Huh, that was Izuku?!" Annie almost shouted in awe as she and Valerie both watched him almost reach where Bakugo and Todoroki were, even when the two started to pick up the pace even more than they were already doing to try and be first. "Look at that, mean green's more creative than I thought."

As for Izuku, he himself was now, not only catching up with the two leads, but just downright passing them by. Making them grit their teeth and go even faster to catch up to him. Honestly, he was even surprised that he even managed to pull it off. But with Bakugo almost chanting bloody murder to try and get ahead of him, he knew he needed to think fast. Especially considering he was starting to lose both altitude and speed.

"Crap! If I don't do something quick, they run past me! And if I waste time planning on a landing strategy, then I'll lose time and I'll never be able to catch up!" the boy thought while in mid-air. The other two boys were next to nothing at catching up while he himself was letting go of the piece of scrap and only holding onto a cable attached to it. "Don't let go! Keep the momentum going and wait for them to be in position!" he held tight to the cable, while midway to a flip in mid air as both Bakugo and Todoroki had reached him.

Time started to slow down, seconds feeling like minutes and then eternity. And in that so-called-felt eternity, both children were already starting to get past Izuku. With him himself now no longer upside down and arching himself while holding onto the cable with both arms and preparing for something desperate.

"If I won't be able to catch up to them, then I'll…" and with that, Izuku slammed the piece of junk into the ground in front of them.

An activation sound was heard by the two boys and then, it was followed by an explosion. It blasted in front of their faces and pushed them backwards. All while Izuku took advantage and propelled himself forward as he disregarded the metal junk.

That was what he wanted and as much of a miracle as it was for him that it somehow worked, he couldn't slow down. He rolled in the ground a bit and then started to rush forward. With no extra weight, he started to pick up the pace even faster than before. And with both the previous leaders trying to recover from the blast, he was now the leader of the pack.

"Wow… that was actually really cool." Annie said in wonder.

"Crap, he's now in first place… I wanted to save this for later just in case, but it's now or never!" Kamala said, looking at Izuku and not willing to stay behind. So she stretched her legs, actually stretching them and making herself about two and a half meters tall, though it looked more like she was wearing stilts. "I'll definitely be faster like this!" she exclaimed as she started to carefully dashed forward, while Robbie was able to hear her from all the way back.

"How many times do we have to keep telling you?! You're not faster, you're only taking longer strides!"

"I'm faster, shut up!"

That seemingly snapped both Annie and Valerie's minds back into the race. Literally, since they suddenly remembered that they should be taking part in it instead of just being amazed by how Midoriya somehow managed to do… well, to do what he did. Honestly, Annie herself was more interested in knowing whether Izuku used any physics and geometry principles… or if he should be buying a lottery ticket right after school.

"Ok, enough being surprised. Now's the time to…" Annie was saying, but stopping when she noticed Valerie was about to follow in her footsteps (literally) and remembering the last minute or two of successful explosions… "Um… maybe… time to try something different?" she suggested to the blue girl.

"Oh, um… ok." Valerie answered. Normally not willing to split away from Annie if given the option, but deciding to listen because… yeah, explosions weren't something she was fond of.

And as the arachnid girl rushed away, Valerie just looked around to see if she could think of something to do. And that's when she saw Kamala, with stretched legs making her way through the field with relative ease and at a fast pace that she thought of an idea.

"WHOA!" Kamala yelped, suddenly losing her balance as she went forward and almost fell. "What the-!"

"H-Hi!" Valerie sheepishly said, holding onto the inhuman for dear life, having teleported onto her back as Kamala tried to recover her footing and Valerie kept on trying not to fall.

"Why did you-! Hey stop moving! You're gonna make us fall down! Wait! No no no no! Don't pull me back, I'm gonna-!" Kamala exclaimed, almost falling back with Valerie, but thrusting her arms forward and swinging a strong kick with her right leg as well to try and get her footing back.

Good news, she was successfully in avoiding her ears to ring from the explosions falling would cause. Bad news, she kicked with a bit more force than anticipated, which combined with her shoe-laces having not been tight properly, made her shoe fly forward. More importantly, it flew in the direction of where Bakuga was. He himself just finally recovered from what Izuku pulled on him and Shoto and angrily glaring to the front. And just when he was about to resume the race, Kamala's shoe fell in front of him and also into a landmine as well. Exploiting right in front of his face.

"GOD DAMMIT! FUCKING DIRT IN MY EYES!" he shouted, taking a step backwards and stepping into another mine that exploded. "GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!"

All while Kamala winced at what happened to him and Valerie paled just so, so very much.

"... Run."

"What?"

"Please run."

"But my shoe."

"I'll buy you a shoe store later, just run!"

"O-Ok!"

So Kamala ran, passing both Shot and Katsuki while giving Valerie a piggy-ride in the process.

Back with Midoriya, he was already seeing the finish line. He couldn't believe it, he was actually going to make it. Actually getting first place above Todoroki and Bakugo! Wow… he should buy a lottery ticket after school is over. He was already way ahead of all the others, despite the fact that he was struggling to keep up not one minute ago. And now, he was so close to the finish line, he could see the end of the track just a bit ahead of him. A handful of meters more and… he was hearing something.

He was hearing someone run. And it was coming from behind.

Glancing behind him, he saw Parker, having not only made it out of the field in no time, but running at such a quick pace, she covered all the distance he had done in one third of the time no problem. Dammit, Izuku cursed. He shouldn't be getting too cocky with her as an opponent. She was by far the most competent student of class A alongside Todoroki. She was among the strongest, smartest and above all, fastest in the class. And he was seeing how up until Vector bumped into her, she was practically dancing in the minefield. In all honesty, if not for those bumps slowing her down, she should have already finished the track a long time ago.

And now, he was sweating cold, he had to do something. He couldn't just get behind after all he did. This just meant so much, he had so many eyes on him, so much weight over his shoulders! But what could he do? He can't use One For All properly and he was about to be paced by someone he shouldn't even be able to touch in any competition! This couldn't be it. This couldn't be…

"So… you're the one winning today, huh?" he suddenly heard what she had told him not that long ago. "I guess I'm also one of your targets to beat too?"

… yes, she was.

He couldn't tell her that to her face, she has done too much for him even if she didn't realize it. Even when she was to deny it and especially when she was being nothing but the most supportive person to him despite just meeting a couple of weeks ago. She was a good friend, a great friend. One of the best he has had in his life. He has even started to admire her in a way so similar, yet so different to the ash-blonde of the class. From an objective point of view, she was the best… so.

"I can't keep falling back! I can't keep falling into last place!" he thought, concentrating more and more as Annie kept on getting closer and closer. "You've saved me so many times now! Kept on giving me a helping hand and still pushed past every problem before you! I look up to you and that's why I have to win today!"

And as he thought of that, he started to channel energy into his legs. One for All coursing through them and making his muscles being filled with energy. It was such that right as Annie was about two meters from him, her head rang and her spider sense told her to watch out for his legs.

"Huh?"

"From an objective point of view, you're better than me! And that's why I'm going to beat you today!" Izuku thought, having a brief stop while running and bending both his knees just as Annie was right behind him. "And even if I can't use all my power at the moment, I'll just do what I can to do it!"

"What the-"

"SMAAASH!"

As the boy exclaimed, he jumped forward in an angle and using One For All to the best he could do. The power used, was not as strong as every previous time he had used it, but still had enough of a kick to it to make a small burst, cause a small boom and most of all, push the air around him as he jumped. Much so that Annie had to brace herself, sticking to the ground and covering her face from the gust of wind and dirt near her for a brief second. And once that brief second past by, she uncovered her face and saw that Izuku was practically flying as if he were an arrow shot straight into the bullseye.

And the bullseye in this analogy was none other than…

"And in an unpredicted turn of events and after such a close race, we now have our crowned first place for the preliminary!" the voice of Present Mic boomed throughout the stadium.

The crowd roared. All familiar with the boy in question had their heart stop beating. And with love ones and those of less than friendly intentions witnessed, how a green-haired boy flew right through the gate of the stadium as he came first.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Our first place, from class 1-A and returning to the stadium in triumph… MIDORIYA IZUKU!"

My Hero Academia: Legacy Bits! - Maturity, One Step Ahead, Two Steps Back!

"Darn, I wish we could have started our shift a bit later, I wanted to see the race!" Mount Lady complained, walking by and doing her job as extra security of the U.A Sports Festival alongside both Death Arms and Kamui Woods.

"It's no use complaining,we were asked to help out and we agreed to do so." Kamui told her, with Death Arms agreeing.

"Instead of grumbling like a child, let's continue to do our job. Understood?" he said as Yu sighed.

"Fine…" she said, disappointed, she really wanted to see Robbie in action.

Unfortunately for her, her disappointment turned into embarrassment, when her stomach growled. As in, it actually growled. Sounding like a tiger from the zoo actually. Or one of those big birds that look like they belong at a prehistoric park and are as loud as jet engines. And with everyone looking at her, she just turn into a bright shade of red.

"You didn't have breakfast today, did you?" Kamui asked.

"... No…" she answered, as the two men shook their heads.

"You are a pro, you can't allow yourself to be so irresponsible."

"I know, I'm sorry. I was a bit in a hurry." she said, smelling something nice and lifting her head to see the source of it and smiling. "Oh I know, how about an order of takoyaki? That ought to keep us up until our break later in the day!"

"Us?"

"Yeah, come on. My treat!" she said as she approached the stall. "Hi, three orders of takoyaki. Oh, one of them without green seaweed please."

"Mount Lady! Coming right up!" he said as he started to prepare them, while the two heroes approached her.

"You are actually going to pay for the three of us?" asked Kamui.

"Yeah, why are you so surprised?"

"In our defense, knowing you there have been times in which we tend to forget you can be responsible."

"Between you and the boys, we sometimes wondered who the adult is meant to be." said Death Arms as Yu smirked and chuckled.

"Oh trust me, I'm the one in charge of the house!" she said proudly. "For example, today I woke up super early, made the boys the biggest breakfast they could have and still had time to pick up Lisa-chan on the way here!"

"Huh… you know, I have to admit, you certainly have grown this past year or so." Death Arms admitted. "Looking back to how you used to act and seeing you now, being able to look after two boys."

"I know, it wasn't easy. I'm still trying to figure out a lot of stuff, but believe me, I'm a new and improved Takeyama Yu from the one that first started her career! Responsibility and maturity are now my motto, you hear?!" she proclaimed as her orders were done.

"Alright, three orders done. It'll be 1500¥, please."

"Ok, let me just get my…" Yu was saying, trying to reach into her pockets when… she realized she didn't have pockets in her suit.

She also forgot to bring anything to carry her belongings, only her I.D to show she was working as security. Her purse and money were both all the way back at the car. Not like knowing that would help her since Robbie had the keys to it now that she remembered well.

"Um… Mout Lady? Are you ok?"

"Uuuuuuh…" Yu said, trying to think of something, when an idea came to mind. "Um, you see. I seem to have forgotten my wallet on my other suit. And I don't exactly have much with me. That won't be an issue, would it~?" she said in a very seductive and somewhat erotic way.

If she couldn't pay for the food, might as well hope the guy thinks with the head below his waist.

"HOT! ON THE HOUSE!"

"THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" Yu shouted, with her partners wondering if she had no shame or self-respect for herself.

"... Are we sure it's responsible to let her look after two kids?"

"I may have spoken too soon about her growing as a person."

Alright, I'm back. I haven't died yet, if anyone was wondering. Now, if you were wondering why it took so long for me to upload something new, I could easily just say that it was because of me spending time with family for the holidays and birthdays, which is partly right. I could also mention me being starting to look for a job while working in my masters. Or I could just say I was taking a bit of a break. Technically all of that is true, but not the real reason.

The reason it took so long to upload, is because of procrastinating.

Technically, it really shouldn't have taken this long since I already had what was going to happen already and the last bits of the chapters shouldn't have taken long had I actually started to write them. However, I just sometimes opened the file reading myself to write something, only to not do absolutely anything related to it and instead letting it to the side while I did something else. Here at Mexico, we have a way of calling that, it's called "Hacerse Pendejo". But now, the chapter's done, that's the important part.

I also decided to upload my profile picture if anyone was wondering. It's not a Twitter pic, if you were thinking that (god knows I was not touching that circus with a 10 meters pole even before the darn thing started to die again), it's just part of my 3D works that I do for myself while looking for a place to work at. Unfortunately, here there aren't as many places to work for animation that much and every remote place I've looked up only keeps on hammering three years of experience even when I'm looking for absolutely no experience. Because everyone wants Ash Ketchum as their employees. Anyway, if anyone is interested in checking what I have worked on, do not go to twitter, because you'll find nothing there, but I do have an Instagram account called Oan_Glalie…

It barely has crap and I keep forgetting that I have one, but it's there.

Alternatively, you can go to Art Station and there, you can find my portfolio with more stuff because I actually do pay attention to that one. Just go there and search for either Green Lantern Glalie or Alex Ross Iron Man. Those two are relatively easy to find (the Glalie one is the only Glalie that's a Green Lantern and the Alex Ross one is the newest one that's also just the helmet) and you'll know which one is mine. And hey, if you know off anyone that's hiring, please tell them I say hi. I really need to start working now that I can.

On a side note, I do plan on trying to make 3D models to practice with a LanternXPokémon them going on so if anyone has an idea of what to do, also mention it in the comments. So far the only thing that I have in mind is Red Lantern Charizard (because that lizard hasn't had enough forms yet apparently) which was suggested at a Facebook group that I'm at. It's a pretty chill place and we actually read there instead of just ramble like idiots that don't know better and get disproven with more than 3 seconds of thinking.

Anyway, that's all for the time being. Until next time and hopefully it won't take too long for me to upload anything again.