The countdown had concluded.

The Cavalry Battle was about to begin and all thirteen horses, 42 students, were prepared right as their signal was given nearly . Andall went wild… and straight towards Izuku's horse.

"THE TEN MILLIONS ARE OURS!"

"Hahaha! Oh Midoriya! We're coming for you!"

"Move out, he's ours!"

Those were the the words being directed towards the team of the green haired boy and his team, Mei Hatsume, Ochako Uraraka and surprisingly for most who expected for Tenya Ida to be there, Fumikage Tokoyami as the final member of the horse. And quite frankly, their current situation was most unpleasant. And while they were currently dealing with surviving against the incoming assault, there were a handful of teams that kept their distance. For example, team Shinso, who were booking carefully at the scene, unfold while analyzing their course of action. And the rider of the war horse in particular was the one who paid the most attention.

"Wait what?" the purple haired boy asked.

"Ten million, four thousand, three hundred and five. That's the total amount of points that we have to deal with" answered the redhead.

They were currently thinking of strategies for the game. With the rules already thought of, they had to think of the best way to ensure their passing to the next round. And as they started that, the middle Parker child suddenly said that number seemingly out of nowhere.

"How did you… I mean I know you're the smartest person in the school by far, but how did you manage to get that number that fast?" asked Hitoshi.

"Oh come on, it's not that hard. I mean, you just need to multiply five 41 times, and once you get the answers of each individual multiplication, you just add them up on top of the ten million. Easy peasy"

"No, I know that. But how did you manage to do that in your head like that? I had to use my fingers to find out what Valerie's points would be and to get our total and that still took me time. How do you just manage to do that kind of math and get that answer that fast?"

"My head is hurting" Valerie said, due to her trying to do the math herself, only to start smelling Jarvis' special Full English Breakfast.

"Really? And here I thought asian people were supposed to be living calculators" Annie joked, getting a frown from Shinso "Kidding, I'm kidding. Just some bad taste humor to get you hype"

"And how is knowing that number going to help us pass to the final stage of the Sports Festival?" asked Shinso.

"It helps because it tells us exactly what to do" she replied, getting confused looks "Hear me out. There seem to be around 13 teams in total including us, all with varying points. We are told that out of the 42 students here, only 16 will make it past here. That tells us plenty. More specifically, what we need to do"

"I s-still don't follow, Annie. How does knowing that number help out?" asked Valerie.

"Knowing the total helps us keep track of things. I know that most would immediately think of either take as many headbands as possible or go for the ten millions, but if we play our cards well, we'll be able to secure a spot without too much of a hazel"

"So what? Is this some work smarter, not harder, thing?"

"More like efficient, but pretty much" she replied to Hitoshi's words "Think of this like a simple question. If there are ten million, four thousand, three hundred and five points, 42 students, all organized in 13 teams; how many points does each team need to be among the selected few that get to pass the trial? Add in the other factors left to mention and we'll be able to keep track of what we need no problem. It's just math"

"I-I can't even keep track of who's with who" Valerie said as Hitoshi nodded.

"Don't worry guys. I may not care that much about the Sports Festival even now, but you two? You are giving it your all and on that, I'll make sure I get you to the final stage of the Festival" Annie reassured her two somewhat unsure friends of their odds "If all goes well, then I can say with confidence that while everyone else is chasing for Izuku's team, or hunting each other down and hoarding their headbands. We'll make due with even just one headband that we get"

"Annie, you're amazing. It's just like you said" Hitoshi smirked as he saw the chaos going on before them

"S-Scary…" Valerie flinched at the hoard of teams hunting for Izuku like starving animals.

"It's almost like Hatsume's team is the only one they see" Hitoshi said.

"And that's our cue to get moving. Well Hitoshi, who do we go for?" asked Annie as the boy tried to pick a target.

Not too troublesome of a team that they can recover quickly, and in the best position for them to get out quickly. Especially with the fact that some of them were being immobilized by each other.

Then, he found the perfect team to attack.

"Dammit, Tokoyami's defense is too hard to bypass!" Jiro said, her team being trapped in something akin to quicksand caused by one of class B's students, while cursing at Izuku's team literally flying away.

"And they have a jetpack?! That's cheating!" said Toru, the rider of the horse, when all of the sudden, she felt a quick rush of wind past her. More specifically, past her head. And when they all turned upwards… "Huh?! Where is my headband?!" she cried out as the entire team of her, Jiro, and Koda were equally in panic.

Meanwhile, just popping out of nowhere a couple of meters away, team Shinso stepped out of a portal with their headband in hand and was placed around Hitoshi's neck alongside their own. Suffice it to say, they were not pleased.

"Huh?! Isn't that Parker's and Vector's team!" Jiro practically shouted.

"Excuse me fellas, we're taking this one with us" the redhead said with a smirk that was shared with Shinso (although, his was more on the mocking side than Annie's playful one).

Valerie was not entirely onboard with their attitude.

"P-Please, don't be rude"

"Hey you can't do that! Come back here!" Sato tried to say, attempting to free himself from Honenuki's trap to no avail.

"Sorry, can't hear you. Going now… also, have some decency and put on a shirt Hagakure! We're on live TV, you can't do that!" Annie shouted, making both the entire team of the invisible girl and Valerie blush to the point of glowing.

"You… you… grrr… PARKEEEER!" shouted Kyoka with a burning passion.

"Put on a shirt? What does-?"

"Don't ask" the two girls of the team told the purple haired boy as they left.

As for the crowd, they were already going wild with excitement. And a certain commenter was going to make sure the hype would grow exponentially.

"And what an opening, ladies and gentlemen! This squirmish or ours is starting with the heat of a thousand fires and it doesn't seem to have any sign of slowing down! As expected, there would be a handful that would try to go for the ten million early, but we can quite see and even smarter approach, right?!"

"It should be natural. While the ten millions are tempting, an even smarter strategy would be to aim for other headbands instead. Team Shinso were aware of that from the beginning but I expect that others will start to follow soon. There are already signs of that in the field already"

"Aww! You're finally giving in to your announcer calling, aren't you Mummy Man?"

"I don't even know you"

While back at the battlefield, team Bendy Girl was currently moving away from the chaos and trying to think of a plan of action. Or at least that was the idea.

"Ugh, why did I let you guys write my nickname for the festival? What kind of name is Bendy Girl? It doesn't even make sense!"

"Not my fault that you got yourself lost at the bathroom"

"I didn't get lost! There was no paper and I had to wait for someone to bring it!"

"No paper in the girls bathroom? In Japan no less? Kamala, at least try and make your excuses believable"

"It's not a- UGH! Let's just forget that. Honenuki's trap almost got us. We have to think of what to do. Any ideas?"

"Well, for now I think that we should just focus on grabbing one headband with a good amount of points and keep it for the time being. If we play well, we might only-"

"Hey, watch out!" Kamala suddenly warned and responding quickly, Robbie had to side-step to avoid what would have been a collision from behind.

Getting his footing back again, both he and Kamala were preparing themselves for another attack. And the ones responsible for the precious attack were none other than Kamakiri and Pony, who were standing in front of them with a determined look on their faces.

"Kamakiri?"

"I told you that the two of you were among the ones I wanted to fight the most. Sorry, but I decided that I wanted that to happen sooner than later"

"Oh great, this again. I'm blaming you for this, you know?" Kamala groaned in annoyance before chastising Robbie "Also what's with that glare of you? Aren't you supposed to be more of a golly gee innocent type of girl? More so than me?" the inhuman asked their fellow foreign classmate, although she did so in english.

"I was promised a cake for winning after this is over" the blonde girl replied, also in english as she exhaled steam from her nostrils.

"That's right, Pony! Our plan is going to get us the win here!"

"That's clearly not what she said" the two thought, getting from the getgo that their communication skills weren't exactly the ideal.

A little further away from them, Monoma looked at it with caution, yet relieved at the same time. Reyes and Khan were two of the strongest of their class and most capable. At the same time, Kamakiri was also one strong classmate in his own right. As for Pony, well she is mostly shy (a surprise that she and Kamakiri ended up joining up for the Cavalry Battle), but one thing he has noticed of her is that she was no slouch either. Also she was fast… like really really fast. On one hand, having the four be entertained with each other was a good thing, two teams less to worry about. On the other hand, he had the idea of trying to get their headbands, but said idea was shot down really fast at the fact that they belonged to them specifically. And honestly, he could use a break from being beaten by Kendo and Reyes for a bit.

"Oh well, guess there goes another two options for us to grab for" Monoma said, his team conformed of Kaibara, Tsuburaba and Kuroiro, due to the fact that they were aiming for team Hagakure, but unfortunately for them, team Shinso ended up beating them on it "But on the bright side, we still have more of them to choose from. And with all of our quirks combined, we'll be the number one team of today"

"Number one team… yeah…" Kaibara said in a monotone whisper.

Yeah, he was actually building up the courage to try and form a team with the blue girl from class A. But unfortunately for him and his desire to do so, Monoma got a hold of him beforehand and dragged him to his team. He honestly was pretty moody for that and chances are that, he would be moodier if not for the fact that he saw one of class A's students being dragged by that Bakugo guy as well. That made him feel two things. One being the relief that there was someone who could understand him and the second one, that apparently there needed at least one obnoxious blonde guy per class as far as the hero course goes.

And that last one thought evolved into a dreadful feeling that shouted, oh god, there's two of them.

"That was close" Izuku murmured, as he and his team got their footing once more.

Three minutes. So far it's only been three minutes, yet said three minutes have been almost like a warzone for them. Over ten million points would do that to you in a battle royal between multiple teams all at once. They've been trying to evade as many teams as possible, most of them to their surprise being from class A and damn if they weren't motivated. They were almost expecting for the team of the ash-blonde belonging to their class to act against them.

He may as well be the most competitive of the entire class even with Todoroki's declaration of war. Hell, he was definitely the most competitive in the entire grade, period. Sure, he didn't know anyone in the other classes safe for Reyes and Khan from class B, and both Hatsume and Shinso who were from other courses (though prior to their current team-up, he mostly knew them due to proxy of being friends of Parker and V) but chances are that no one could even come close to him in that regard. And aside from him, Mineta managed to catch them off guard. Making team with both Shoji and Tsuyu and how unorthodox their formation was sure give them a run for their money. However for the time being, they were on the clear, still running away, sure, but at least making sure they could last the remaining twelve or so minutes left.

"We have to remain even more vigilant. The other teams may start to go for each other, but that doesn't mean we should lower our guard" Tokoyami spoke his mind as they kept on running.

"Yeah, Mineta-kun, Toru-san and Kachan's teams aside, there are still 9 teams to be careful about"

"Seven actually" Mei spoke all of the sudden "I told Anna-May, Reyes and the others they weren't allow to come"

"Huh? Not allowed?" asked Uraraka.

"Yep. My babies need the attention, so I told them they couldn't come near"

"So they won't be going after us?" asked Izuku.

"Nope, they're not allowed

"I see. So it seems we've formed a triple alliance" Tokoyami murmured.

"Yeah, yeah, now let's focus some more! My babies need to shine some more! Hoho,with so many support companies watching us and even pro heroes, I am certain that my babies are going to get extra attention!"

And as Hatsume said that, Uraraka paled a bit at a reminder of the fact that many people were watching. Competing against people like Parker and others as well as class B was always nervous as it was. Remembering that there is an audience as well and that the Festival could make or break someone's hero career and she would have been shaking off not for the fact that they were in the middle of something else.

Izuku felt, to a degree, similar to her. Yes, remembering the weight of the Sports Festival could be overbearing, but to him, he had even more to prove. So many people watching, so many pros judging from all over. He had to make his mark. He had to make his stand and shout 'I am here!' as the heir to the legacy of the Symbol of Peace. He had to be more determined than ever.

And from all the way in the stands, in a particular exclusive viewing box, were a gathering of most important individuals. The U.A Sports Festival was a big event. One so big that despite being just a school event of one particular school, was so big it replaced the Olympics in Japan and was viewed even in other parts of not only the continent, but even the world itself. Many go and watch it to gauge the quality of the next generation of heroes so that if deemed be, they could teach them as well. And those individuals were no expectation.

"Man, they never did anything like this when we were in school, right?"

"Last time I checked, we were barely at school to begin with when we were their age, remember?"

"You know what I'm talking about"

"They are full of energy, that's for sure"

"Yes, they are. And not only that, they have so much potential"

"On that we can both agree. Too rough on many aspects. But they aren't bad either for a bunch of first years. And I must say, the view is indeed nice"

"Told you"

Usually, it's not uncommon for important individuals to attend the Sports Festival of U.A in person. The top ten for instance tended to pay a close eye from time to time. But this bunch was made up of people that were of an almost equal status as some of Japan's greatest champions.

The latest in a line of heroes. Bearer of a legacy that runs across centuries of history. Dressed in white with a red cape and almost bird-like mask. Mightiest hero in the Philippines and leader of Triumph Division, team that protects both their country and most of south Asia. The current Red Feather.

Of long black hair and blue eyes. Dressed in white adorned with black lines and a cloak made out of mesmerizing and brilliant wind-like energy. She is one of China's most promising heroes, her control over the air being so mighty, it has garnered her the love and admiration of her city. More powerful than even Weather Witch and even at times seen as comparable to China's Defense Force itself despite her very recent time as a hero. While secretly the youngest architect to ever win the Pritzker Prize, as well as the top student of her generation at Tongi University, many may know her as Lei Ling.

To most, she's Aero, wind mistress of Shanghai.

A duo of American women, many may not be too impressed by them compared to the rest in the room, but by no means should they be glossed over. While currently dressed in their civilian clothes, one was a woman of long blonde hair, care-free attitude and a bit of a mischievous nature, which was contrasted by her friend of black hair's more noble and kind nature. Both were mutants, one being a very powerful telepath while the other could communicate with all fauna on the planet. Members and leaders of the organization founded by a hero of the Age of Miracles from World War II, the Blonde Phantom Detective Agency and sent as well as representatives of Avengers Academy. Sophia, alias Chat and Elsa, alias the Silencer.

A big muscled man of great power. He had black hair and was dressed in an attire that paid homage to the flag of his country. The one who brought Orca into their viewer area, he was one of the most powerful heroes around. Of a somewhat mysterious past and with a bit of an on-the-nose name like most patriotic heroes. A hero so powerful, he has been called the Hyperion of the East and someone said could match and even outpower All Might himself.

Tae-Won, alias Taegukgi. Greatest hero of South Korea and leader and founder of Tiger Division.

All guests of this year's U.A Sports Festival and all quite daring and respectful individuals in their own right.

"Excuse me, Aero. I've noticed that you seem rather uneasy. Is everything alright?" asked Orca to the Chinese heroine.

"Eh, I wouldn't say uneasy. More so overwhelmed" she replied while scratching the back of her head. "Honestly,this feels like too big of a deal to me. I wouldn't hesitate with fighting queen Cyndr again, but these sorts of social events…? Collective Man was supposed to be the one coming here as a gesture of goodwill between our countries, but with everything that's going on in China and that he takes priority in keeping the country safe over politics, somehow I was the one getting here"

"Hey don't beat yourself too hard. I'm sure they asked you to come for a reason" Sophia tried to cheer the other heroine up "I mean, you're still a very important hero where you come from. Us on the other hand?"

"What are you talking about? We're great!"

"I'm confident that they were expecting the Avengers"

"You're all not giving yourself your due credit," Taegukgi told the group of ladies in the room. "You are all here for a reason. And I take it it's because you're more than qualify to stand with us"

"A sentiment that I do agree with" Ree Feather informed as well, tho he did turn to face both Americans "yet I will admit that when I heard that Avengers Academy was sending a representative, I did expect for one of them to come. For instance, Iron Man once paid his respects when one of my predecessors fell on the line of duty. Part of me wished I could find myself in a similar situation"

"Eh, most of the big guns are busy with stuff. And since the Blonde Phantom Detective Agency is kinda similar to the hero agencies from Japan, it became one of the reasons they asked us to come"

"Iron Man is busy dealing with important and time-consuming issues at Stark Unlimited. Captain Marvel is off-world, tho I heard she took Spider-Woman with her. Thor's position as the All-Father makes it difficult to come here and Wasp, Tigra and most of the faculty of both schools are having a more demanding time nowadays" Chat followed what Silencer said.

"A shame. I do believe both Janet and Captain Rogers would have looked forward to witnessing the potential of the next generation of heroes. And I'm sure Thor would certainly enjoy the games" Orca said, though he did in such a manner that indicated history with said individuals that he mentioned, especially when remembering how the Japanese behave when speaking of and to someone.

"Uh…? Oh wait, I remember. You were part of the first Unity Squad, right? Like, weren't you like buddy buddies with Havoc?" Elsa asked the ten-ranked hero.

"I was close with Alex, yes. He was perhaps the one member in the team that I got the closest with. You wouldn't happen to know how he's doing as of lately?" the hero asked, unfortunately the two Americans looked at each other and after looking like they were trying really, really hard, they just shrugged because honestly,they didn't even know if the guy was still around "Of course. Typical of the Summers"

"On that note, I do not want to sound disrespectful or even offensive, but those American can you tell us about them? I'm aware that at least two came here through Avengers Academy and that you're apparently here as representatives. Anything that could give us insight on them?" the Korean-based hero asked the two Americans.

"Sorry, flag man, but can't tell" Elsa replied with Sophie following in a more tactful manner.

"It's not that we… Most superheroes in America operate differently than others. There's a myriad of reasons for why three of the year's foreign students with ties to the U.S hide their names, though surprisingly we know less of the ones that actually used their names"

"All we can say is that we read the files for the two girls that are here through Avengers Academy. And as for the other girl… well, we know of her"

"Really? How so if she's not involved in Avengers Academy? Or at least that's what I feel is being inferred?" Aero asked the duo as Chat turned to the Battle Royal and more specifically, to team Shinso where Annie was a part of and gave off a nostalgic smile.

"Let's just say that… we have something of a history with people involved with her" Sophia said, trying not to give too many details when suddenly…

"She used to date her dad in highschool"

"Elsa!"

"It's true" the blonde woman tried to defend herself, having whispered that to the Chinese heroine who looked like a teenager in the middle of gossip and while everyone heard Present Mic talk after the seventh minute mark.

"Wait what?" he said, voicing not only his confusion, but most of the crowd's as well "Why aren't class A taking names? Shouldn't they be taking this by a mile…? Well team Midoriya does but still! And Bakugo what happened?!"

"...Way to not show favoritism there!" Robbie said in an almost comedical manner that was practically unheard by everyone.

And true to what Present Mic said, class A wasn't doing bad per say, they were still a lot of them on the leaderboard. But one would have expected for them to be the one's dominating the competition especially considering that they're the ones with already villain experience. However, as what the screen showed, that wasn't exactly the case. And as for Bakugo… yeah, he wasn't really leaving up to what he said.

1.- Team Midoriya: 10, 000, 290

2.- Team Tetsutetsu: 1010

3.- Team Monoma: 995

4.- Team Shinso: 745

5.- Team Todoroki: 550

6.- Team Bendy: 375

7.- Team Kendo: 175

8.- Team Rin: 105

9.- Team Kamakiri: 60

10.- Team Kodai: 0

11.- Team Bakugo: 0

12.- Team Mineta: 0

13.- Team Hagakure: 0

"Huh, like taking candy from a baby. I guess at the end, you class A lot were never that impressive now, were you?" Monoma said, snatching Bakugo's headband clean up as his team passed by his.

Safe to say he was not pleased by that.

"Hey! Come back here! You goddamn son of a bitch! Get back here or I'll fucking kill you!" the ash-blonde was spouting at the blonde of class B, who only viewed him with a mocking and cocky look, which only made him angrier.

"And such strong vocabulary too? Man you really are making it too easy" Monoma taunted Bakugo, who kept on fuming while glaring at him "Come to think of it, you're pretty famous aren't you?"

"Am I the only one feeling like this is going to get pretty nasty?" Ashido asked the group.

"Daughter of Spider-Man as a classmate and yet I'm stuck with Bakugo of all people" Sero mumbled, trying to not be heard by the others.

"Oh I remember now. You were involved in a villain attack last year, weren't you?" Monoma said, making everyone's heart miss a beat and for Bakugo to well go past the boiling point "I remember vividly a news report of a boy with an explosive quirk being taken hostage by a villain and being completely helpless. That wouldn't have happened to be you, would it?"

"Yeah, no. This is definitely getting nasty" Mina asked.

"I bet none of this would have happened with Parker's team…" Sero thought.

"I mean, to be attacked as often as you have by villains, how exactly does it feel? Should someone that always finds himself as the damsel in distress really try and be attempting to be a hero?" Monoma said once more as Bakugo… well, at that point he was so livid that if not for Kirishima's quirk, everyone would have started to smell burning flesh all of the sudden.

"Hey Monoma, knock it off. We have better things to worry about. Besides, maybe Reyes is busy dealing with Kamakir and company, but Kendo is nearby and you know she won't like it if she hears what you just said"

"Heh, you're right, Kaibara. How rude and unheroic of me to say… I should really keep your words in mind you know…" the blond of class B said with a cocky smirk as the team started to leave the area "After all, we often hear stories about heroes who had villains hold a grudge against them and attacking in retaliation and I really would like to avoid that" he said as Sen sighed.

"I bet none of this would have happened with that cute girl's team…" he thought as they left.

As for Bakugo…

"Kirishima…" he said with an eerie and dark tone and with a look that screamed bloody murder "Change of plans…"

"Wow dude, calm down!"

"I am perfectly calm now, let's forget that stupid Deku…" he said as he grinned with very malicious intent "We're getting all our points back first and send those bastards to an early grave!"

Yeah… he was surprisingly taking it pretty good.

Back with Annie, Valerie and Shinso, they themselves were in a bit of a pickle. They themselves had just outrun team Hagakure trying to get their headband back from them. Next to that, one of class B's team also tried to get the jump on them before they also got outrun. It took them by surprise, that's for sure. Especially seeing how the big guy of the group threw what apparently was a bunch of glue at them. And after literally so much running, the trio finally tried to catch a bit of their breath. Sure, both Annie and Valerie had pretty good stamina, Annie in particular probably having the most of what the U.S.J incident proved, but even they had to admit they were starting to get a bit tired.

Evading the two teams wanting their headbands was one thing, doing so while also carrying someone else? It really should be a cakewalk for not only two girls with super strength, but with one that could punch through walls and lift cars with one hand no problem. But it was surprisingly a bit trickier than they first thought. Turns out, coordination was a big thing in the game, who would have thought. And turns out, even if Annie and Valerie were pretty in-tune with one another, they still sometimes got confused, tried to go in opposite directions and almost dropped Shinso a few times. Which in turn only made it harder to evade the other teams as they were recovering and only giving them panic.

So any second they could get was welcomed.

"There's still five minutes left… But with already four teams at cero, they're getting too desperate to try and steal our headbands" Hitoshi said, eyeing the other horses going on a frenzy and some, concentrating on Mei's team, including that guy that almost dropped a giant robot on them at the beginning of the race "I'm not sure we can last that long"

"Sure we can! Believe in the me that… I don't actually remember that one. Was it something about shovels?" Annie said, finally feeling like she was back to being close to a hundred "The point is we're pulling it off. Let's keep the momentum going while trying not to lower our guard"

"Good thing we have you then, right?" Hitoshi said in an almost playful manner that felt more akin to something Annie would say… which really was telling him she was really contagious, he wasn't sure how Valerie could still be the same despite her spending most of the time with her.

Annie chuckled at his comment tho and looked like she approved of it "Save the pretty words for later, buddy. We still have a game to win"

"Annie, y-you said we could do with only one headband. But at this rate, h-how true is that? Should we be worried?" Valerie asked the redhead, who just looked at Shinso since he was the head of the horse, which therefore meant he was the one calling the shots.

"You're the brains and brawns here. What do you think?"

She didn't immediately answer. Instead she looked at the field and the horses before then turning to the scoreboard to try and get an idea of what to do. They were fourth place. Technically in the safe zone if the numbers were anything to go first three teams were four each, making the math quickly and then adding her own team, that left it at just fifteen at the moment. Not bad and seeing that only 16 could advance was a good sign… in theory. But with the other teams growing more desperate by the minute, from the ones with no point to those with low points, she knew it wasn't going to be long before that scoreboard had a drastic change. Add in that the numbers being messy could lead to a troublesome decision-making on who can go to the next stage seeing how they're a number short and she could tell they had to get a higher number fast.

"There is a chance that we can. But I think it will be safer to get one more just in case. We just need a high enough number to do so…" she was saying, but stopped for a split second.

Just as both Valerie and Shinso were to ask her what was wrong, Annie moved in a way that she could pull Shinso in particular to his left slightly. Almost stumbling, Shinso managed to catch something from the corner of his eye and pulled himself backwards as well, hoping that Annie and Valerie would be able to keep him in balance and make sure he wouldn't fall. And the reason for it was that he saw why Annie did what she did. It was a pink, squishy and stretchy object that went just past him, only inches from hitting his face, before it returned back to sender. And said sender was none other than Mineta's team. Which was made up by obviously him, Tsuyu and Shoji who was actually acting as the sole horse carrying the two of them despite them being a team of three. And for some reason, Mineta looked like he was on the verge of committing a hate crime.

"That was… Was I about to be slapped by a tongue?" asked Shinso with the most confusion he has ever felt since school started.

"What the? Is that even allowed?!" Annie asked out loud, not sure if having two pseudo-riders was even ok.

"Hello, Parker-chan, V-chan"

"Call me Annie! You of all people should at least do that!"

"A-Asui? I d-didn't think you would ever be on a team with M-Mineta. You d-don't seem to like him very much"

"Call me, Tsuyu please "

"How about you call me Annie first! How did you even manage to get listened to, name-wise, on try one when I can't get people to listen to me in over two weeks?!"

"I'm not sure I understand what you mean with that"

"The heck you don't!"

Just as Annie said that, Mineta just out of nowhere threw two balls at them. Reacting quickly, both Annie and Valerie managed to step out of the way and dodge those things. As far as they knew, they were sticky balls so adhesive, it almost seemed like a magnet sticking into a metallic surface. A strong one at that. And for some reason, it seemed like Mineta was fuming like a mad bull.

"Ribbit, I honestly wouldn't have thought of doing that, but he had such a good idea that he actually managed to convince me" the frog girl said, turning to him who still looked livid "But for some reason he ended up losing our headband out of nowhere. Also, why do you look like that? This better not be some sort of weird fetish of yours" she said as Mezou popped one eye and a mouth near them.

"He looks more constipated if you asked me"

And the reason as to why he looked like that was not losing his points. No he actually didn't actually care for them at the moment. No, what had him super angry at the moment was seeing the team of the two foreign girls and the General Course boy. Said General Course boy, being the victim of his rage full gaze in particular, because…

"Damn General Course bastard, who does he think he is?!" Minoru growled mentally as he shot daggers at Shinso through his eyes "I was too small to be someone's horse and no one wanted to have me as a rider, yet this punk gets to be carried by two foreign beauties?! At least Midoriya is cool to get carried by two cute girls, not him!"

"Um… Why is the grape hair midget glaring at-"

"Attack mode, Shoji! Get him!"

And as he said that, Shoji made even more arms as both Tsuyu started to attack with her tongue in their direction, while Mineta started to shoot his hairballs at them. Or more specifically, at Shinso. Especially in the face. The face or the hair, he just wanted to hit him there. And while the trio managed to start evading them, it was really pushing them back. And what happened next didn't really help them either.

"PAAAARKER!" two female voices screamed and when Annie turned, she just felt the urge to groan in annoyance and smack her face.

"At least put on a freaking bra!" she thought.

Yeah, as it turns out, team Hagakure managed to get back on their trail and for the looks of it, both Jiro and Toru were shooting daggers at Annie… who knows why Annie could tell that on Hagakure with her being invisible, but she did. And combined with the fact that she was still, literally topless, it made her wonder if Toru wanted everyone watching to be on some sort of watchlist.

In any case, the two teams suddenly converge in their desire for having a bone to pick with at least one member of team Shinso, with poor Valerie being caught in the middle. Mineta no doubt because of his jealousy at Shinso's being the rider, while both Hagakure and Jiro… well, they didn't exactly know. But maybe that comment of Annie's made things too awkward for them and got annoyed.

"I know I s-say this often, but I'm scared" asked Valerie.

"Is this what people mean about being stuck between the sword and a hard place?"

"Last time someone looked at me like that, they were two supervillains trying to kill me"

"Get them!" the opposing teams both shouted as they started to chase team Shinso all over the field.

Good thing, both Annie and Valerie, even while a bit tired, were in pretty good physical condition and with only the two of them needing to coordinate their pace instead of needing to do that with an extra set of legs, did help them evade the two teams. The only negative tho, was that both teams had long-range attacks that were pretty annoying to deal with. Seriously, Mineta kept trying to hit Shinso in the face specifically while the others kept on trying to reach them. Whether it was Jiro's earphone jacks, Tsu's tongue or even Shoji's multiple trying to reach them every time he got just close enough to use them on the trio, made it seem less like a game and more like they were being chased by a bunch of madmen with a whip in hand.

"Parker, get back here and give those headbands back!"

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

"Oh my god, why are you so obsessed with me?!"

"Come here you purple-haired insomniac jerk!"

"Are all of your classmates sociopaths or what?!"

"I don't know! Maybe?!"

"What is that idiot runt doing?" a grumpy Joey murmured watching the events unfold.

She was watching the competition on her own. Being at the bar top of Kurogiri's bar. Beer at hand and with the TV on watching the Sports Festival. Tho, she was a bit surprised that for some reason on God's green Earth, a simple school event, even one as big as U.A was supposed to be, would be not only a national event, but a pay for view event at that. She didn't know what was more mind baffling; that a school and the people in it would be as narcissistic to do that, that they would allow that to be done, or that someone would be stupid enough to watch a bunch of stranger's runts be idiots on national TV. Well, in any case it wasn't her problem and it wasn't her money.

Joey took a sip and only saw on TV how the team belonging to the daughter of Spider-Man was just running away. As if some old cartoon where she was the mouse running away from the big mean cat. And for some reason, that annoyed her. Granted, she originally decided to watch the darn thing because she thought it would be fun to see the brat get squashed. And while she got disappointed that the big robot didn't squash her like it did those two other kids, she got a laugh throughout most of the race. Seeing her almost get frozen and almost being pushed into a chasm, was pretty funny to her. And seeing her blow up so many times in that minefield gave her the biggest laugh she has ever had in literal years.

But for some reason when she saw her being placed in second place…

It pissed her off. She didn't know why, but when that run got beaten by that crybaby with green hair that stood and did nothing for most of what she saw during their invasion at their school? Well, that ticked something in her. And seeing that redhead runt be cheerful and congratulating the whiny baby instead of at least being somewhat upset? Well, she now had to add an entire bottle of Don Julio tequila bottle of about 100 years old that was violently thrown next to the TV and the remote control of the TV to things she owes Kurogiri. Why could they afford a bottle of tequila about a hundred years old but not actual proper food for breakfast… she actually got. Honestly, she would have done the same in their place.

But seeing the runt coming second to a bunch of babies somehow annoyed her. And seeing her run away from those other babies was even more infuriating. If the green-haired crybaby was bad, those others should be worse. At least the crybaby scared the crap out of Shigaraki and that actually made her like the boy a bit. Those other runts were less than nothing during their invasion. They cowarded like children hiding behind their mother's skirt while the redhead actually fought, actually did something. So why was she just running around when she alone could fold all of them combined with one hand?

And more importantly, why was she upset about that at all?! Her reason for even wanting to watch the Sports Festival was because of the chance of that girl specifically having it rough and even losing, so why was she even giving a dart rat's ass that she was losing? She should be static! And yet… she wasn't in the mood, and didn't know why.

For some reason tho, she kept getting flashes of their fight back at the school. Infuriating as they were, she was reminiscing of their little squabble where the two of them were giving the other one hell. And in them, she also saw a memory of a lifetime ago. Of a younger self and her old man soaring across the skies of New York and in turn of how she disappeared into obscurity when she first went to jail. All while the bastard became a world class hero. And in that girl, she saw a flash of that man…

"Tsk, whatever," she just grumple as she drank all her beer and once she did, went on to pour herself another drink, yet something else that she needs to add to the list of things she owes Kurogiri "just stop goofing around and finish things off for all I care, you annoying runt" Joey said as once more, she took a sip.

She was annoyed indeed.

"Only a handful of minutes, ladies and gentlemen and the heat and the intensity are exploding to no end!" Present Mic hyped up the audience, with them cheering as he did "A shifting leaderboard! Twist and turns like no other! With only less than five minutes and only 16 places allowed to continue onwards, what sort of development will we be witnessing?! Get ready dear public, because we are about to hit the climax of this story! And none of you want to miss it, now would you?!"

"... This wouldn't count as the climax of a story, don't be dumb"

As the two teachers kept doing their job, one putting too much effort in it while the other not putting enough effort in it, the students were reaching the end of the games. Now however, most of the teams were on the verge of desperation and then passed it. Leading them to become more aggressive in their tactics and actions. All while the ones in the leaderboard try and retain their placing while trying their best not to be cornered in an undesirable area. Unfortunately for Kamala and Robbie, they were having a bit of a hard time dealing with that. Because as they were avoiding Kamakiri and Pony, almost fighting them two on two, they ended up near where the biggest skirmish of them all was taking place.

"Alright Pony, fire at will!"

"Firing!"

Both class B students agreed, with Pony herself, the blonde big blue-eyed girl from Texan descent, shooting her horns at the Jersey girl and the Los Angeles boy. As in, she literally shot them her horns over and over like some sort of canon. And honestly, that was a straight up surprise to them.

"Woah! Hey, careful, those things are very pointy!" Kamala exclaimed as she contorted her body to avoid the hit.

"She can shoot those things?! Since when can she shoot those things?! Why can she shoot those things?!" Robbie wondered, as he started to run on a zigzag pattern to try and avoid her attacks "Seriously, I don't remember seeing you do that at all during class!"

"Mm…" Kamikiri just smirked, feeling a big sense of pride "Pony and I were on the same grounds during the entrance exam. I saw her using her quirk with more freedom against robots, compared to her barely using it during classes. Guess that taking you two will help her break through her shell and I get to beat some of the class' strongest!"

Pony Tsunotori - Quirk: Horn Canon!

She can shoot her horns flying at high speed, granting her great range-attacks. Her horns regenerate almost instantaneously right after being fired.

"Wait, wait, wait, you can shoot your horns?! What even is your quirk?! I always thought you were meant to be like some horse-person!" Kamala exclaimed, dodging one more attack.

"Horse? In what world do horses have horns! She clearly is like, part cow, or- what even are you, anyway?!" asked Robbie.

"I'm from Texas!"

"... So does that mean you're stu-" the two were saying, as Kamakiri interrupted them.

"One more barrage, Pony!" he shouted, as Pony did just that.

With over a dozen more of Pony's horns being shot directly at them, the two once more tried to avoid as many as they could. At this point, having Robbie making chains from his hands and tried to defend from as many as he could. He successfully brought down most of them, but some managed to get past his defense. Thankfully for them, Kamala was quick on her actions and embiggened her hands, slapping the remaining left and only getting a few scraps in the back of her hands, which quickly healed in no time.

Robbie then decided to try and push them away and get them off their back. Conjuring fire from his right hand, he hurled it at the other team, hoping that they would move out of the way to dodge it. But for some reason, they both charged directly at it. Almost as if having a death wish, or at least that was what Kamala and Robbie thought at first. But just as the fireball was about to make contact… it was somehow cut in half.

"Don't forget it, just because I couldn't make it into the top ten of the entrance exam, doesn't mean I'm not strong myself!" Kamakiri said, with a massive blade extending from his left forearm.

Togaru Kamakiri - Quirk: Razor Sharp!

This quirk allows young Kamakiri to produce blades from any part of his body. These blades are no joke and are sharp enough to cut through solid metal!

"Wait, what?! How the hell did you cut my fireball?! How does one even cut fire?!"

"Robbie, just let it go!"

"Like hell I will! It's stupid, you can't cut fire, that's just impossible!"

"Says the magic halloween decoration, now shut up and focus!"

Just then tho, a big hand past by, almost grazing Kamala's hair had she not moved to the left. Jumping off enough to get some distance, Kamala and Robbie found themselves with another team ahead of them. That being team Jeni's, with their of course class rep as the ruder, while having Yanagi and Komori as the horse. A bit odd that the horse would have Komori who is more on the short end height-wise compared to the others, but nonetheless, she was there. And on top of that, she surprisingly had a serious look on her face, which was second only to Kendo, who had her game face on, with a bit of a grin.

"Oh, for the love of god, not another one!"

"Hey, this might just be coincidence" Robbie said, trying to not have Kamala nag him for another team piling on them for his declaration "This is just by chance, right Kendo?"

"Eh, a little" she replied, with Robbie cursing under his breath "Look, I may not say it often, but I am pretty competitive myself, so don't take it personal, but I'm also aiming for first place. Don't worry, I'll try to not embarrass you in front of your childhood friend"

"What the hell is that even supposed to mean?!"

And as they kept on evading the two teams gunning for them, they found themselves more within the danger zone of the area where team Midoriya and team Todoroki were drawing attention to. Not exactly the best position for them, considering the amount of people that now didn't have points of their own. And while they still had their headband with them, a new issue arose for them. They still only had 375 points on their names. And while the leaderboard probably changed now, last time they checked, they were at sixth place out of thirteen. Well past the sixteen limit for people allowed to move to the next phase. So they now had to at least try and take one headband. Out of the two teams, Kamakiri's points alone wouldn't really help them out that much, it's only an additional sixty points and that wouldn't let them be in the safe zone. Kendo's hundred and seventy five would be nice, but still probably not enough.

They would have kept on trying to think of something, but unfortunately for them, their train of thoughts were interrupted by a certain pink-haired psycho screaming at them.

"Hey, what are you doing here?! I told you that you weren't allowed!"

Turning around for a bit as they avoided another horn attack and managed to avoid Reiko's attempt at snatching their headband, they saw team Midoriya, made up by Izuku, a pouting Mei, that Ochako girl…. and some Kentucky Emo Chicken guy that they've never seen before. Honestly, it was a pretty cool look. Maybe not, skull-like head on fire cool, but still pretty good. They probably would ask about introductions, if not for the fact that they both notice the clear absence of the over ten million point headband on Midoriya.

"What happened to your headband?" Kamala asked.

"Oh that, yeah it's over there" Mei answered, signaling at Todoroki's team, confirmed of Momo, some blonde guy as far as they knew and Tenya (whose inclusion was actually surprising to them), with Todoroki having the over ten million points on his head on top of his team's already 550 points "Now… you need to get out of here! You're not allowed!"

"The hell!" Robbie just exclaimed, shooting a ball of fire at Kendo's and Kamakiri's teams to keep them at bay "You dumbass made a scene about standing up and whatnot crap and the first thing you do is go on and lose all your points?!"

"Well, at least they're not declaring war on us this time around…" Kamala murmured, only for her to wish she could just bite her tongue for what was about to happen.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that…" they all suddenly heard, turning around and seeing team Todoroki charging their way "You two beat Parker and Vector. As far as I'm concerned, my declaration of war extends to you as well"

"Motherhover! I should have just stayed with Annie and saved me the trouble!" Kamala just exclaimed in annoyance.

"Oh sure, because my life is just peachy!" they could hear Annie shout while being chased by her classmates.

As for Todoroki and his team, they managed to somewhat see that they were talking with each other. As they ran towards the group, they saw Momo first making some sort of rod from her elbow that reached all the way to the ground, at the same time, she made some sort of blanket that Todoroki took to cover themselves with and thankfully for them, Robbie had a surprisingly good eyesight (for some reason, Kamala could use some glasses every once in a while). Because he managed to see a few sparkles coming from the blonde one and even if he wasn't some mad scientist like Mei, or a wacko supercomputer like Parker, he definitely paid enough attention to his science classes to know what was going to happen.

"Kamala, give me a boost, we're going airborne!" he said.

Finally noticing the sparks, she knew what he meant. Hopefully, what she was about to do wouldn't count as against the rules since she was going to technically touch the ground, but what the heck. Lifting her hands just as Robbie bent his knees, she slammed them to the ground as Robbie gave a forward jump, with the Pakistani girl giving a boost to the jump and sending them a little over twenty feet in the air. And thankfully that they did, because they managed to see what Todoroki had under his sleeve.

Suddenly a bright yellow flash shined in the area, as Todoroki managed to get his blonde teammate to paralyze everyone with his electricity. Afterwhich, the boy of red and white hair took a hold of the rod made by Yaoyorozu and with it, channeled his powers into a freeze attack that he directed in a manner that kept his team safe, while at the same time, freezing the entire teams into the ground. Good thing they were on the air and so it seems that Midoriya's team managed to evade the attack as well.

And before the other teams that still had a headband specifically could recover, Shoto darted by and took their headbands away. Because clearly, him having over ten million points wasn't enough for the guy. Honestly, part of Robbie was starting to understand why Monoma hated class A, they're full of asses.

"We're going down!"

"Any ideas on what to do?!"

"Brace yourself and don't fall!"

"On what?!"

"I don't know just don't fall!"

The two shouted at each other as the ground started to get closer and closer. So Kamala just said screw it and used her powers to stretch her legs and wrap them around Robbie like they were some long rope tied with a bow. Just in case, she could break their fall, but with the whole rider can't touch the ground thing and the fact that them jumping that high felt already like a stretch, she didn't want to ruin their chances. Better safe than sorry, was what she thought and in no time, they landed. A decently loud THUD was heard. Robbie managed to land on his two feet but darn it if that didn't hurt. He was pretty sure that wasn't good for the knees. And Kamala definitely felt the force and good thing she's malleable because darn it, did that hurt a bit.

"Ugh! You really need to lay off the sweets, you know. Dammit you're heavy" Robbie said, as he started to run away and causing Kamala to blush in embarrassment and glare at Robbie.

"Hey, what the hell! You can't go around telling that to girls!"

"What does it even matter?"

"That's insensitive!"

"Oh then, have it be payback for all the times you said I looked like a thug!"

"I said thugish and I spoke the truth!"

"Well then, would you look at that! So did I!"

And as the two were arguing over petty things, all the way over at the bleachers, at the designated area for students of class B, Tokage just stared blankly at the two of them, noticing that they were fighting and she groaned.

"Sounds like an old married couple!"

"TOKAGE, SHUT UP!"

The duo shouted, legit baffling the girl of class B making her wonder how do they even do it, while her other classmate that couldn't make it just stared at her with a flat expression as he slowly shook his head. As for back at the center of the stadium, Kamakiri and Pony were struggling to get out of the ice. Looking up, he saw the duo of Khan and Reyes running off and near the direction of where another class B team was lurking around. And now with so little time and no points, they had to go all or nothing. So they started to use their quirks on the ice to try and free themselves.

At the same time, in another part of the arena, team Bakugo was currently struggling against team Monoma a bit. As it turns out, one of them could make literal air into barriers and they soon discovered that Monoma could copy powers. Not a good thing for them, especially with how aggressive Bakugo was playing. And by playing, it meant hurling himself towards them and bashing their air shields with his bare hands as hard as he could.

"Ha! Serves you right, you obnoxious jerk!" Tsuburaba mocked Bakugo, as he started to hit the air shield over and over to no end.

Kosei Tsurubara - Quirk: Solid Air!

He can solidify the air he blows into walls, platforms and even once into a projectile that broke his aunt's favorite vase! The strength and size of them are directly dependent on his lung capacity!

"Guys, stop antagonizing him. We already have enough points as it is. Let's just leave quick before something bad happens" Kaibara tried to tell his teammates, who have been provoking the ash-blonde for quite a while now.

"You're right, Kaibara. Unlike certain other schoolmate of ours, we certainly have enough restrain to control ourselves"

"We only need to wait the time and we'll get to the next stage. Ha, you heard that you jerk? You lose!"

"Not like that! Why couldn't I've been closer to that team with the cute girl?!" Sen mentally cursed at the antics of his two teammates.

"We should get somewhere else. His animalistic grumbling is giving me a-" Monoma was saying as they turned their backs on Bakugo and were about to leave, when a sudden and loud SCRASH was heard "... headache?"

Feeling a strong tug at the headbands, he could only turn just as he saw Katsuki Bakugo, not only having broken through the air shield, but also having his hand grabbing a hold of a few of their headbands that Monoma had around his neck. And it didn't take a genius to figure out what happened next. Because the blonde student from class A just tried to yank them away from the blonde student of class B. Managing to get his headband back.

"Crap! We're down to just three!"

"Would you look at that! I told you so!" Sen exclaimed to Kosei, feeling disappointment in him.

He was supposed to have common sense too!

"Dammit, change of plans! We hold on onto these ones until the last minute!" Monoma exclaimed, as he and his team rushed away.

As for Bakugo and his team, they were having a lovely little chat about the benefits of communication and team trust.

"You dumbass! We told you to warn us whenever you jump!"

"Shut it, you duck-tape bastard!"

"Well, whatever. We managed to get our points back, that's what it matters"

"Kirishima's right. I bet that if we're lucky, they'll get us high enough to make it"

"Like hell we are!" Bakugo snapped at his team and glared at Monoma "We're not settling for that. We're going for the top! And I'm going to leave a wake of corpses as we get there!" he yelled, making Sero sighed.

"I could have been befriending the coolest girl in school that also happens to be the daughter of my childhood hero. But no, instead, I have to put up with this guy over here!"

Lovely.

1.-Team Todoroki: 10, 001, 075

2.- Team Tetsutetsu: 1010

3.- Team Hitoshi: 745

4.- Team Bakugo: 595

5.- Team Monoma: 505

6.- Team Bendy: 375

7.- Team Midoriya: 0

8.- Team Kendo: 0

9.- Team Rin: 0

10.- Team Kodai: 0

11.- Team Kamakiri: 0

12.- Team Mineta: 0

13.- Team Hagakure: 0

He saw the current leaderboard and he wasn't very fond of it.

Midoriya was originally the number one spot. He only had to look after his points and not get them stolen. He had that one job, but unfortunately for him, Todoroki managed to catch him off guard. Using the advantage of Ida's innate speed and in a manner he never saw him use before, he snatched the ten million headband. In one moment, he put his entire team in jeopardy and now, they had nothing while the remaining teams with points to their names were still struggling to remain in the game.

And the bar was set too high. If only sixteen people get to go to the final event, and the average of members per team was about 4, then he may not be the smartest kid around, but he can definitely tell that with those variables, only around four teams will make it. And now, they have less than two minutes to do something.

"Should we instead try and go for another team's points!" Tokoyami asked, his voice filled with concern at the lack of time they were having.

"Parker-san and Reyes-san are technically… I'm not sure if we can manage to get a hold of someone's else points fast enough"

"It's ok, Deku-kun…!" Uraraka suddenly spoke vividly "If that's the case, then let's just get them back without fail!"

Her passion and the way she expressed herself, made Izuku realize something. Those points weren't only his. They weren't even just ten million, they were in actuality, ten million, two hundred and ninety, the sum of all of their points put together. It wasn't just him, he was carrying the trust and dreams of his teammates and he wasn't going to let them down!

And at the same time, all around the arena, multiple other teams were struggling. And one in particular, was being cornered by two teams at the same time.

"No running away, Parker! You're ours!"

"Get that darn punk, Shoji!"

The two teams had some of their members express themselves, as they were charging at the trio of Annie, Valerie and Hitoshi. With them a bit tired now and feeling like corner animals.

"Well… on the bright side, we kinda did it, right?" asked Shinso to his two friends "I mean, you did say that we only needed one headband. So I guess we should just play it safe until time runs out" the boy spoke, but the redhead in particular didn't answer.

"A-Annie… is something wrong?" asked Valeire, as the Parker girls just looked up at the leaderboard.

"... We're getting another headband" she just stated, confusing the two other teens.

"Why? We're already in third place. We don't-"

"Didn't I say?" Annie interrupted Shinso mid-sentence "Just because I don't see the point in the Sports Festival or that I don't care about it that much, doesn't mean I don't see that you do and a lot"

"Annie, we're already safe. I don't see why we should bother"

"I told you already, buddy. I'll make sure all of you guys get to shine. And believe me, I'm too stubborn to go back on my word. So trust me, please" she said, as the boy just snickered and the other girl gave a gentle smile.

"Trust you? Come on, do you even need to say it outloud? Of course we trust you" Shinso just said as Valerie nodded.

"If you say we need another headband, w-we'll get another one"

"Neat… now mister, who do we go for? And do hurry, those guys are getting pretty close to us" the redhead girl asked the japanese boy, who looked quick, but carefully at the remaining teams.

There was one specifically class B team that they could go for. One problem tho, was that it was in between a frenzy area where everyone was trying to get points for themselves. And half of them were heading for said team while the other half were heading to them. It was definitely a risky idea… but he knew they would be ok.

After all, it's not like they were just going to go blindly.

"Ok, then how do we organize?" asked Annie to her friends, using the remaining time to make sure they were at their absolute best "I mean, should I take the front of the horse?"

"W-Well, you are the strongest and fastest of us. S-So I think yeah, maybe it would be a good idea"

"Neat! Then if that's the case then-"

"Wait…" Shinso suddenly called out the two.

"What's the matter, Hitoshi?" asked Annie.

"I was just thinking… what if you stay in the back?" he asked the two.

"What do you mean?"

"We have to make sure we're at our best. I may not be able to do much, but you two are something else, so we should focus on that"

60 seconds.

They were about to hit the mark where only 60 seconds would remain of the game and those were 60 seconds far too little, so everything had to count. Suddenly charging forward, the trio of Annie. Valerie and Hitoshi ran forward, not stopping and also towards the teams currently out for blood against them…

In Mineata's case, it was somehow very literal.

And just as they were about to make contact…

"Valerie, you technically have the best mobility of us all"

"I do?/She does?"

"You can teleport"

"B-But I can't teleport that easily. I still have a 20 meters limit and it's a bit hard to make portals without my hands"

"That's still a big advantage. And since you need your vision to know where to teleport to, you should be in charge of our main mobility and… maybe that means you should be on the front"

A magenta portal opened up between them. A bit farther away from team Hagakure and team Mineta, but still close enough that the trio could just jump in it quickly and before it disappeared. Teleporting a handful meters away from them, they kept on charging forward. Nevermind the fact that teleporting felt weird for Hitoshi and Annie said it kind of tickled.

Afterwards they kept on their track to where that one team was located. It seems like they themselves were also struggling a bit with one team messing with them. It seemed like it was Kendo's team from afar and they were desperate. As for team Shinso, there were at least two teams heading their way. They were a two-man team and a three-man team, both from class B. Funny, now that they noticed it, class B had all the two-man teams with them. But disregarding that fact, they had to prepare for whatever was about to happen.

One team had a big hairy guy carrying an asian student that was definitely not japanese. It must be Rin Hiryu, they thought. He was another foreign student like them and Robbie and Kamala mentioned him once or twice. The other one was made of probably the most distinguishable people in the hero course safe for the girl that was the rider, who had black hair and a plain look to her face. And that was because, sure, having a different skin color, horns or looking a bit like an animal was one thing. But having an odd-shaped yellow face that looked more like a glue-dispenser and a literal speech bubble was something else.

But outside of all of that, they were all unknown. Which should in theory put them at a disadvantage, since they should be able to take them by surprise…

In theory that is.

"Well, now that we have that one clear, guess I'll take the rear-end" Annie pointed out, since they already agreed prior to it that Shinso was going to be the rider of the horse.

"Yeah and if you think about it, that could actually be great" Shinso pointed out and before he could try and explain himself, it seemed that Valerie caught up pretty soon with what he meant by it.

"Annie, your spider sense!" she pointed out and making her best friend realize what they meant "You could warn us of any sneak attack! And with you being on the back it'll make it easier for us to move and harder for the others to get what you're doing!"

"Huh… hey, that's actually not a bad idea. It's pretty great actually! Oh, and we can talk in english when that happens! You know, wouldn't want anyone else from overhearing us, right?"

"Well, I think my english is decent enough for that to be useful"

"Slow down, then we go left" Annie said in english, low enough to not grant any suspicion.

Valerie complied and slowed her pace just as the big guy in front opened his mouth(?) and shot what seemed to be glue at where they would have been had they stayed in that place.

"What?! How did they know that was happening?!" Bondo shockingly asked.

"Maybe they're psiquicks?" asked Manga from behind.

"Now, we go right" Annie spoke again.

Valerie nodded and moved in that direction. Eternally grateful for that ungodly sixth sense of Annie that could warn her of any threat. And that was because they quickly evaded a bunch of scaly projectiles, courtesy of the other class B team. And best, not only did they dodged it, but it pushed the other team a bit far. Giving them a bit more to work with.

"Hey, watch where you're aiming those things! You almost hit us!" Manga complained at the confused Rin.

"How did they dodge that one? Do they have eyes in their backs too?!"

"Idea for a later time! They're getting away!" Shishida quickly said as not only him, but both Rin's team as well as the two class A teams trying to catch up.

And at the same time in other parts of the arena, more mayhem was going on. From Bakugo still pressing on getting all of Monoma's points back, to even Robbie and Kamala who were looking at where Annie, Shinso and Valerie were running at. And on top of that, they also started to hear shouting and that one came from none other than Kamakiri and Pony. Who both managed to escape the ice and were now in hot pursuit.

"Honestly, what were we even expecting?" Robbie groaned.

"And who do we have to blame for?"

"Shut it, Kamala"

"Ok, now what's the plan? I haven't looked up, but I'm sure that we need some extra points" the Pakistani girl said, as Robbie started to think, until he got an idea.

"Ok Kamala, I got it! Commence, Operation Giraffe!"

"... Wow, you really do suck at naming things. That was almost as bad as something Annie could came up with"

"Just sip it and listen"

After a quick talk with his partner, the two started to get close enough to that specific team while not being too close that they'll pick up on their little skeem of them. Once they were in place, they made a quick turn and faced the duo of Pony and Kamakiri. Who were running desperately at them with all they got and with the little time they had left. All the while getting enough attention from their target to see them fighting similarly to them in an attempt of a trap.

"Got tired of running away, Reyes and Khan?!" asked Kamakiri.

"You sure are talking a big game for someone with literal zero points to their names"

"Kamala's right. You really shot yourself in the foot with that one. Should have kept a cool head, you know?"

"Gha!" exclaimed Kamakiri as he and Pony both started an assault on Kamala and Robbie. "It doesn't matter what you say! This is about winning and losing, so if you don't go all out then then go at all!"

"You know? Ever since we've met you, you've had this one little attitude problem" Kamala told him, slapping away the horns shot at her and contorting her body to avoid him whenever he got close "You're kind of hotheaded, thing with your fists first and are too competitive for your own good"

"That and you're impatient as all hell" Robbie joined in, as the two kept on evading him and even circling him to be on opposite sides now"I'm telling you from experience, nothing good comes from not thinking things through"

"That got you and your team lost two weeks ago and made you lose on day two of school. You focus so much on the fight that you lose the point of it all. And that's coming from someone that has a hard time focusing on stuff"

"Oh yeah? Well, right now the point is to beat you two! And I'm going to do that right…" Kamakiri said, evading a few attacks from Robbie and Kamala and having Ponyy charge at them, racing faster than before while going around their attacks and defenses until he got just within range and about to get his hands on Kamala's headband "NOW!"

With his grasp literally less than inches from taking all of their points. His fingers almost touching that piece of cloth, it felt that he was about to win. About to at least get one over the Jersey City girl and the Los Angeles boy. Unfortunately for him, he failed to notice the mischievous grin on their faces. Something that his partner saw and made her realize one thing and one thing only.

She wasn't going to get that cake at all.

Because from one moment to another, Kamala stretched her neck so high, it was unreachable to pretty much everyone. Now being about as long as that of a giraffe. Fact that they could now confirm after one google search on a slow sunday afternoon.

"And with just a few seconds until the game is set, our class B american duo pull one daytime Rokurokubi! Better hide the blood and oil lamp in case she wants a quick sip!"

"Wait, why didn't they do that from the beginning? Wouldn't that save a ton of problems?"

"And where's the fun in that?"

"What the-?!"

"Na, na na na na~! Kamala mocked from up in the air.

"Is that even allowed?!"

"AH-HA! Now onto step two of our plan! Kamala, long-arm, now!"

"Eh, at least it's better than the last name" she said, pulling back her right arm and then thrusting it forward and towards Kamakiri and Pony.

Or at least that's what everyone looking would be thinking, safe for those sitting in a position where the angle of their sight would reveal their real intention. Because just as Kamakiri was about to block what he thought would be an incoming attack, it turned out to just pass by them. More importantly, as he turned around, he saw that they were aiming for the last remaining team of class B safe for Kamala and Robbie to have any points whatsoever. Team Tetsutetsu, made up of Tetsutetsu, Juzo, Yosetsu and Ibara.

And while they were going for them. A certain trio was also running towards them.

"Ok then, we have mobility and defense all figured out. This is going to be great!" Annie cheerfully told her two friends.

"That leaves us w-with just our offensive to look over" Valerie followed, with Shinso sighing.

"Well, that's a bust then"

"Why's that?"

"With both of you being the horse, that doesn't leave us with anything in terms of offensive. Let's face it, I'm not going to pull something well just by myself, so our points there might as well be null" Shinso told them, as Valerie thought carefully.

"Mm… maybe not?"

"Huh?"

"H-Have any of you read the Art of War?" she asked the two with Shinso being completely lost and Annie of course, having her mind race and catching up rather quickly "All warfare is based on deception. That is one of the teachings of Sun Tzu"

"Oh yeah, I remember that one. And yeah I get what you mean, we should do that!"

"I'm not following any of you. What are you talking about?"

"Sun Tzu. The Chinese dude that people make jokes about things he never said because he was that smart? That guy. But he actually said what Valerie quoted. That and others like: 'If you are strong, appear weak, but if you are weak, appear strong' that one is actually his too"

"... Sorry, I lost you again, am I weak, or am I strong? Is this another one one of those weird cat experiments with boxes?"

"It means that you're an unknown variable. You're from the General Course, so most of these guys won't know about your strengths and just think nothing about you… no offense"

"Eh, what the heck, none taken"

"A-And you didn't use your quirk in the race. S-So no one outside of us knows of it. T-That mystery element can be useful!"

"Useful, how exactly?"

"Let's put it this way; a good trick and a believable lie can be a very nasty weapon. The mystery around you can make the illusion of something dangerous and believe me, my family knows about illusions. They can be a pain"

"Huh… So then… me being a mystery is a good thing?"

"You being in the General Course and being a mystery will be our biggest offense"

Weaving from attack and attack with such grace and carefulness, team Shinso kept on moving forward. Closely by, they were about to reach their desired destination when a shadow passed over them. Landing in front of them was none other than team Mineta, with a somewhat tired, but still functional Shoji trying to block their way. But Shinso and the girls didn't stop. No, instead they kept on running forward and right into them.

"NOW SHOJI, GET THAT DUMB PRICK!" Mineta shouted, but as they were about to charge at them, their opponents did something.

"Fire, Shinso!" Annie shouted too, as her own purple-haired teammate nodded.

"Got it!" he replied, pulling back his arms and quickly acting as if he threw something at them.

That seemingly got them, because in the split second that they thought he was about to throw something, they moved out of the way to their right and gave them the right of way. Letting them pass right them all as Shinso gave the three the biggest shit-eating-grin he had ever given anyone just to mock them at being too gullible.

Safe to say, Mineta of them all was not too pleased at it.

"GK… GRRRR, THAT GENERAL COURSE RAT!" he shouted as Valerie made a quick portal in front of them.

Jumping into it, they quickly appeared right in front of team Tetsutetsu and quickly, when they were taken aback by their sudden appearance, they acted again. Grabbing one of their headbands, the purple-haired boy placed it around his neck and got ready for another 'attack' of his. This time,changing up things a bit, because Shinso just pointed at the trio that was the horse with his finger. All while giving the biggest and most confident grin he ever gave.

"Locus Feast!" he shouted as if it were the name of an attack.

Believing him for a second just like the last team, they rushed back to try and avoid it. Anything named Locus Feast was definitely not a good thing. And Ibara of them all was certainly a bit pale at him saying that. But in their act of trying to avoid it, they soon realized that all was a ruse. Unfortunately, it was not soon enough, because by the time they did, Valerie had already made another portal to disappear.

And as if losing half of their headbands wasn't bad enough, then losing the other half was going to piss them off. Because when their brains had finally caught up with the ruse entirely, they got their last remaining hand pulled from them. And that was act of none other than Kamala. Who while still having her neck stretch like crazy, managed to also stretch her arm to where they stood and snatch their last points. And when they all saw Kamala's and Robbie's strategy, they definitely got pissed.

"What gives?!"

"Heavens dear!"

"Hey, that's cheating!"

"We're Americans! What were you expecting!" Robbie joked as he started to get away, probably being told by Kamala how that wasn't nice to say.

20 seconds.

They were all at the end.

Bakugo managed to get the last of Monoma's points and was already gunning for Izuku. Annie and Robbie secured more points for them. And Izuku was rushing with all he could to where Todoroki was. The boy of dual abilities being genuinely surprise and for some reason, as he saw the red vein-like energy course through the green-haired boy's arm, he suddenly felt… something. For some reason, he felt overwhelmed like never before and without him realizing it, his left side started to heat up and a bit of steam and a few cracks of fire popped up as Izuku tried to reach.

Only instead of reaching, he used his strength to just pull away his defense with the force of his arm moving. Then, he was about to grab his points back. All of them and for some reason, it felt like Todoroki suddenly rebooted. And they would have lost all of their points if not for them suddenly shifting to the back. That was due to Ida, who forced the horse back and barely managed to evade the grasp of Midoriya before leaving quickly.

"Pull yourself together, Todoroki! That was a close one!" Ida chascaded his teammate, who seemed to be lost in his thoughts, looking at his hand and not realizing something important.

Back at Izuku, his fear grew tenfold. No, no, no! How could he have been so close yet so far away at the same time?! No, he had to fix it. There was still a chance to get them. There was stil-

"TIIIIME UP!" Present Mic announced, making everyone stop what was happening and letting Bakugo fall face first to the ground because… well he jumped and suddenly allowed the effect of gravity to exist on him the moment the game stopped.

"That's it, ladies and gentlemen! Now, let's rank those that will make it all to the final stage of today's first year's U.A Sport Festival!" Present Mic kept on saying and cleared his throat before giving the announcement "First on the list in none other than; Team SHOOOTO! WOOO!"

And with over 10 million points on their name, it was not a surprise that they would be on first place. And while the rest of the team was extremely happy, the leader of it was… not ok.

"And now second place we get… oh wow, we get team Shinso…?! Wasn't expecting them to pull it off if I'm being honest"

He said and with 1120 points for them, they were safely in the safe zone and on their way to the finals. And naturally, they were happy as all things could.

"We did it guys, aren't you excited?" Annie asked at her two friends, who were a bit taken by the moment as they started to realize it.

"... we did it"

"W-We actually did it…?"

And with that, they exploded in joy.

"We did it!" the two said in unison as Annie smiled.

"Of course we did. Didn't I told you we would?" she told them as the two looked at her with a big smile.

And for Shinso, he actually felt like suddenly hugging her, but refrained from doing so. But that was mostly for what it meant. It meant that he could get a chance at being on the hero course… he could… he had a shot of making it.

"Coming in third we get; Team Bakugo!"

1100 points, not bad. And hey, they managed to succeed. They should be glad… or at least if not for the fact that their leader was grinding his teeth in anger because of course he would.

"Lost to that icy-hot bastard and that DAMN YANKEE AGAIN?!"

Yeah… still taking it better than expected.

"Team Bendy comes in at Fourth Place…! What a stupid name"

With 1010 points, the duo of class B managed to pass to the last stage of the game. And safe to say they were pretty upbeat by the news.

"Alright, we won!"

"Sure did! Now we're just one step from that gold medal!

"Now we're talking!"

"We sure are…! Now, get off, you're heavy"

And with that, Robbie just dropped Kamala off his shoulders, dropping her to the ground and falling flat on her back and complaining about it.

But one person that wasn't being happy was, of course, Midoriya. And of course he would he failed to keep all his points, he failed to get them back, he just failed! He felt terrible and the sight was such that those teams with people close to him felt bad for him. Poor fella, they all thought… well, actually not all. Because there was a certain green-eyed girl that knew he was about to get the shock of his life. And thankfully, the two lovely gals of his team pointed it out to him. Or more specifically, pointed at Tokoyami and Dark Shadow.

Your attack was such that Todoroki showed signs of hesitation. I wanted to of course go for the ten million points one… but I guess we'll have to settle for these…" he said as he suddenly showed him, not one, not two, but three headbands on Dark Shadow's mouth while he gave a thumbs up, because…

"And we actually get a fifth place, with team Midoriyaaaa! Woohoo, talk about a close one!"

They managed to get a shot.

"You gave us an opening with your last attack. This is all thanks to you" Tokoyami said, lifting his spirits so much that Midoriya burst into tears…

Burst being literal because he shot them with such force he… drugged himself in the ground, how was the ground even cracked?

And while that was going on, Annie looked from afar. Smile on her face as she looked at the leaderboard one last time and then back at them. And as she did, Shinso just approached her.

"Why do I have a feeling this was all a plan of yours?"

"Nah, come on, I could never make a plan like that… it was just a bit of improve, nothing much"

"Uh-Hu, so that's why you were so eager for another headband? Because for the looks of it, I'm sure we could have made with just two like you said"

"Eh, better safe than sorry" she just replied to him, looking back at the living water fountain that was Izuku, the cheerful Uraraka, the almost workaholic HM and both Tokoyami and Dark Shadow being baffled as all heck at what Izuku was doing.

And at that sight, the young Parker couldn't help but to giggle a bit.

"These five teams will be moving forward! Now stay tune, dear listeners, because the following events will be full of excitement that will keep you all glued to your seats!"

Yep, the Sports Festival sure was getting intense.

My Hero Academia: Legacy Bits! - Mental Image!

"-And that was how Iron Man and I managed to stop those weird crystal towers attacking Shanghai" Aero finished her story.

She arrived at Musutafu Japan not that long ago. It was still a few days away till the U.A Sports Festival, which was a good thing for her. Jet lag and a different time zone was quite the pain, so she would gladly take any opportunity to rest and let her body get used to things. And with her feeling a bit nervous about leaving her actual paying work for so long as well as the entirety of the city of Shanghai without her protection, some sightseeing would be welcome.

And thankfully for her, she wasn't alone in that regard. Because she was spending time with two other foreign representatives just like her. Chat and Silencer of the Phantom Blonde Detective Agency all the way in New York. Sure, most would probably be disappointed that they weren't that popular compared to heavy hitters like the Avengers, Spider-Man or the Fantastic Four, but she didn't mind. Being with them probably would make her nervous and screw up something. If her first meeting with Iron Man was any indication, she could be a bit of a klutz, so having two people that were more her speed was nice.

Plus, they worked with Spider-Man a couple of times, that had to count for something.

"Wow, that was a great story!" Chat told Aero with Silencer agreeing with her.

"Yeah and pretty hardcore too. Meeting while freefalling has to get you like an award, right?"

"Hehe… well, I could have done without that one. It was quite scary"

"Oh yeah, it definitely was"

"Elsa, we talked about this, no reading people's minds without their consent when we're not working"

"I'm not peaking in, just looking at the fall part… Wow, it really was high"

"Stop it!"

"Fine, fine! Ugh, way to kill the mood"

"So anyway, after that we- oh crap" Aero said before stopping mid-sentence as she saw a certain someone from afar that made her nervous.

That someone turned out to be none other than Red Feather of Triumph Division. Also being on the street walking by and waving at the civilians, who were all too excited at meeting a foreign pro-hero and approaching him to greet him in person.

"Uh, never met him in person" Silencer noted as Aero sighed.

"I did"

"Why do you sound like that? Is everything ok?" asked Chat.

"Yeah it's just a bit awkward"

"Why, you two used to sle-"

"Elsa, manners"

"Eh? Oh no! No, no, no! None of that, it's just… uh, we may had not have quite the best of interactions last time we talked"

"Why is that?"

"Eh… it was kind of a messy situation. He was kind of a jerk, fish people, and him being proven wrong… I may also have hit him with a gust of wind in an argument and later on practically gave him an 'I told you' so yeah, there's that" she said and surprised the two.

Didn't Aero had a goodie-little two-shoes reputation?

"Oh, so you two aren't on good terms?" asked Chat.

"Oh no, we're not holding a grudge or anything. It's just that without the adrenaline of the moment or anything else it kind of feels awkward-"

"Hey Aero!" the trio suddenly heard.

Turning around, they saw Red Feather approach them and waving at them. Making Aero chuckle a bit.

"Oh, hi Red Feather. It's been a while"

"Sure has. Haven't seen you since-"

"Yeah… that… no hard feelings, right?"

"None taken, don't worry, we were all doing what we thought was right, that's all" he said, turning to face the two Americans "Hi, I don't believe we met before, I'm Red Feather"

"And indeed we haven't. Call me Silencer, she's Chat. We're the representatives of the Avengers Academy schools invited to the U.A Sports Festival"

"It's a pleasure to meet you"

"Likewise," he told them, turning back at the small audience that were asking him to take pictures with him "Huh, the people from around sure have quite the excitement. Excuse me ladies, I think I need to take this one. Hopefully we can catch up later" he said as he got back to the group that were already asking for autographs.

Probably never even heard of the guy, but a hero was a hero, anyway and Japan sure loved their fair share of them.

As for the ladies, a phone suddenly rang and Aero noticed that it was hers. And seeing that it was a call from the office, she knew it was completely immediate for her to take it

"Um sorry, I have to answer this" she excused herself before flying away to get some privacy.

"Oh sure, no problem"

"Have fun… Oh boy she sure sent him flying"

"Elsa!"

Well I'm keeping this one brief for a bit, maybe I'll expand later on an updated version today or the following day. But that was it for the Cavalry Battle and more importantly the reveal of all the mysterious characters.

And on that note, no one got any of them right, like at all and sweet cheese, I knew the chances of them being guessed were pretty low. I love it. The most anyone got to it was CRUDEN mentioning the Agents of Atlas since Aero was part of the team, but other than that no one did. Were any of you surprised? Or more importantly, did you know any of them at all?

Also another indirect answer to a question about the girl from another continuity that was in this story that dated Peter and it was Sophia "Chat!" Sanduval from Marvel Adventures Spider-Man and what can I say? she's great. Also just in case people ask, Elsa is just Marvel Adventures Emma Frost. I just used the name change since both versions of Emma were so different I decided to say sure, why not? Let's just say she's her own character and save me the headache. Anyway that's it for the moment, I'll try and see if I can update the author's notes later, bye.