Chapter 14: Sports Festival, Part 1

I let out a small nervous breath as I huddle together with my class near the entrance of the stadium. The echoes of the cheering crowd bounced around the corridor where we are waiting for our cue to enter, the vibrations of their screams passing through my skin.

This is it! It is now or never!

"And first up…!"

"That's the cue!" Iida informs us as he and Yaoyorozu leads us onwards towards the light at the end of the tunnel. The cheering and music got louder with each step took, with it my anxiousness rises as well. I can feel my hands shaking with anticipation as we took the last few steps before entering into the light.

"You know who I'm talking about! The miraculous rising stars who brushed off a Villain attack with their steely willpower! The first-years of the Hero Course! Iiiiiiiiiiiit's… Class A!"

With Present Mic's loud and energetic declaration, we step right into the stadium as the cheering and screaming intensifies. For a single moment, I was overwhelmed by the completely filled stadium, the spectators' screams echoing all around us as I saw glimpses of the video cameras pointing towards us. The sudden pressure of the fact that the world nation is watching us, watching me live on their TV brought shivers down my spine.

So… this is what it's like on this side…

"W-Whoa… what a crowd…" I heard Midoriya mutters out, his shoulders shaking with each breath he takes.

"And we're expected to put on the best performance we can in front of so many spectators…" Iida points out, "I suppose this is merely one more necessary skill if we hope to become Heroes."

"They're really giving us too much credit…" Kirishima pointed out, "But we won't let it shake us, right, Bakugou?"

"Nope. It just gets me all pumped up!" The explosion teen smirks, his palms already making sparks.

"Of course, it does…" I mumble to myself. What was I expecting coming from him?

"Next! While they didn't get a spotlight, keep an eye on these batch of fledgling Heroes as they might just surprise you! It's Class B!"

When I hear that declaration, I quickly looked back to the tunnels to see Class 1-B coming out. I manage to locate Taikou in the crowd and wave my arm at him. He notices me and replied with a wave of his own.

"Following Class B, it's Classes C, D and E of the General Studies! And here comes…"

The rest of Present Mic's words fell on deaf ears as I quickly looked towards the General Studies classes, scanning through the crowd for the tell-tale sign of messy purple hair. Sure enough, I spot Shinsou in there, who also spots me as well, leading him to give me a smile and a thumbs-up, which I return with one of my own.

I feel my anxiousness leave me body, replacing with adrenaline and excitement. Oh yeah… I'm now ready for anything! Bring it on, Sports Festival!

My attention is brought back to the front when a loud crack of a whip echoes from the stage.

"And introducing our beloved referee for the First Years this year… Please welcome the R-Rated Hero: Midnight!"

"Quiet down, everyone! It's time for the Athlete's Oath!" Midnight declares.

"Someone needs to tell Midnight-sensei about her outfit…" Kirishima mutters out with red dusting his cheeks.

"Yeah, it's really distracting." Kaminari agrees.

"You think that's distracting?" I point out with a grin, "You should see the outfit she wore before this one. Trust me, this is one is pretty tame compared to that."

"And as an additional point, can someone whose called the R-Rated Hero really be allowed to teach in a high school?" Tokoyami pointed out.

"I love this school!" I hear someone in Class 1-B cheers out, most likely Mineta from the voice.

"Pipe down!" She scolded us with another crack of her nine-tail whip (Don't ask why I know what that is), "First Years representative, would Bakugou Katsuki of Class 1-A please come forward?"

"WHAT?! It's Kacchan!?" Midoriya shouted in shock as the blonde delinquent shuffles past us to walk up to the stage.

"Must be because he placed first in the entrance exam." Sero pointed out.

"The 'Hero Course' entrance exam, you mean." A girl from the General Studies interjected.

I took a glance at Class 1-B, Taikou having a massive scowl on his face with smoke coming up from his legs already. Oh right… grudge. The first part of Sports Festival is going to be an interesting one…

The stadium became dead quiet when Bakugou walks up to the mic. I can taste the tension in the air as everyone is awaiting his speech. Although… knowing him…

"The Athlete's Oath…" He casually starts before inevitably stating as if he's talking about the weather, "Make no mistake. I'm going to take first place."

I let my palm hit my face as the boos and jeers from the other classes all start to erupt against the him as he steps off the stage and walks back to join us. Of course, he's going to say that, he's still the same overconfident jackass he always has been, what else is he going to say!?

"Don't get cocky, Class A!"

"You are on my shit-list, bastard! You hear me!? My. Shit. List!"

"You best watch your back!"

The damn bastard wasn't even fazed by the insults thrown at him, he just simply pushes pass us and got back to his spot. Damn bastard… now everyone thinks our class is the same as you!

Midnight then cracks a whip again, silencing the jeers in one fell swoop. "Now! Without any more delays, let's get the first event started!" A large hologram screen appears behind her with a slot machine like UI cycling through a bunch of panels, "These are the qualifiers! It's in this stage that so many are sent home crying every year!"

I think she over-exaggerating a bit, but at least she is much tamer than Present Mic. Even so, this could be tricky… in the manga, it is an obstacle race but with my presence here, there's the butterfly effect to consider here…

"And the fateful first event for this year is…" She pauses for dramatic effect as the UI locks onto one panel, "THIS!" She points out to the title of [Obstacle Race].

"Yes!" I pump my arms in victory. This is perfect! Not only it is as according to the plot so I would know what to expect, but with my quirk, this is going to be piece of cake!

"It's a race between every member of all eleven classes!" She explains as the starting gate raises from the floor around the exit out of the stadium, "The course is a four-kilometer lap around the stadium itself! And take note to remember, our school preaches freedom of all things! So, as long as you don't go off the course, anything is fair game!"

Oh, right. Almost forgot about that little titbit… things just got a whole lot harder…

"Racers! To your positions!"

Everyone crowds around the starting gate as one of the lights on it lights up, indicating the countdown for us. I immediately reach into my pockets for a battery before noticing that Kaminari is right in front of me. Getting an idea that won't deplete my battery loadout, I carefully and quietly reach out and claps my hand on his shoulder.

"T-Tatsuya!?"

"Sharing is caring~"

I feel the charge filling in as the second light lights up. I immediately remove my hand when I have a complete charge before the third light signs off.

"START!"

The moment the siren signs off, I rocket through the entrance gate and down the tunnel, Iida and Midoriya close behind me but a tad bit too slow to be any of a real threat. We barely made it out of onto the actual track before the corridor became, as predicted, a re-telling of what I like to refer as the False Danger Alarm Incident.

"See ya!" I laughed as I shoots down the track at my top speed, leaving my other speedster buddies in the dust. Good thing there aren't small turns at this part of the track, so I can go full speed without worrying too much. I've got this race in the bag!

"You're not the only one with an advantage in this!"

I looked back to see Taikou leaping over Iida before I saw him kick the air and rockets towards me. Damn it, forgot about him! But still...

"I thought you have trouble with it before!?" I asked as he speeds up next to me.

"Practiced when you weren't looking!" He pointed out, "We all got to have trump cards of our own, you know!"

"Well, no way I'm letting that beat me!"

I then rushes forward as fast as I can muster, barely scrapping beyond my current top speed. A quick glance back to see that Taikou is close behind, he picking up speed with every kick. Nuh uh! This is my turf now! It doesn't matter how much you imitate Sanji's Sky Walk, there's no way I'm letting you get past me!

"Ready for our live-commentary, mummy-man?"

"Not voluntarily, no."

I nearly trip over myself when I heard Present Mic's and Aizawa's voice over the speakers. The hell!? Wasn't he supposed to be hospitalized until next week? What's he doing here?

"Got to say, I'm surprised that Recovery Girl let you come here."

"As long as I'm staying up here till the end of the festival. I still think she's overreacting a little."

Ah, that explains a lot.

"I'm going on ahead!" I heard Taikou laugh as I turn to see him shooting pass and overtaking my lead. He did not just what I think he just did!

"No way you're getting ahead of me!" I stated in mock anger as I pick up as much as speed as possible down the road. No way I'm letting him take the lead! My pride as the fastest among us is on the line now!

I was able to catch up with Taikou, before he suddenly turns his body and kicks forward before somersaulting back.

"Every obstacle course needs OBSTACLES!" Present Mic points out suddenly, "Starting with the first barrier, Robo Inferno!"

A glimpse of green metal can be seen as he lands on the ground as I skidded to a halt, the corpse of a familiar robot lying before us while a metallic hell awaits beyond. In front of us is a large field filled with the robot villains from the entrance exam, including the goliath Zero Pointers that Midoriya smashes only there's at least ten of them instead of one, painting quite a scary image.

"Oh, fuck me, seriously!?"' Taikou stated in shock, "One of those bastards is bad enough but this is just cruel!"

"But they are slow." I pointed out as I run forward, "So we can just avoid them!"

I dash right into the field of robots; the first Zero Pointer slams its hand towards me, only for me to just move a bit to the right to slip right through the gaps between its robotic fingers. I then jump on its arm and run across it up till its shoulder. I slam my hand on the wires on its neck for a quick recharge before sliding down its back and taking a running leap off it.

And dive rolling on near the end of the field.

Thank you, inertia! Shoulders and back hurt like a bitch, though!

"1-A's Tatsuya takes the lead by clearing that obstacle in record time! Damn, her quirk is basically cheating at this point! That's so unfair!"

I let out a laugh at the commentary as I dodge a few robots before rocketing down the track towards the next obstacle. Unfair or not, there's no stopping this girl!


Taikou is left stunned by how easy his childhood friend made it look as she sprints down the path beyond the obstacle. He knows that she is fast, but to be this agile too!? Then again, there are times where she basically parkour across the school when she was chasing that cat back in middle school…

'She got into trouble so many times…'

"And away she goes…" He mumbles to himself as he hears the other students coming closer by the minute, before taking a deep breath and let loose a grin on his face, "Well, no way I'm getting left behind in the dust!"

He then ignites his feet, he wearing the special shoes from his Hero Costume that would not burn off, and leaps high into the air. A few more kicks for altitude and he successfully climb over the Zero Pointer in front of him. He then adjusts himself midair by unleashing small bursts of flame from his ankles so that he would be angled slightly downwards and kicks hard.

That sends him flying down towards the ground, heading straight for the exit.

"And following behind is 1-B's Naru, taking the high road as well! Didn't know flaming feet meant flight!"

Then crackling of ice can be heard in the distance as the Zero Pointer he just climbed over is frozen from the ground, which proceeds to topple over and crashing into the ground hard. "And just in time too, as 1-A's Todoroki took care of it while dealing with his opponents! Talk about harsh! Ice cold, even!"

"Is the second part really necessary…?"

Taikou took a quick glance to check the commotion, before kicking again to speed up.

'Time to catch up! Sorry, Genko, but I'm planning on winning this one!'


I speed down the track, the slight curve not much of a challenge for me despite me needing to slow down so not to go off-course.

Based on what commentary Present Mic has been shouting over the past few minutes, Taikou must be hot on my tails and probably catching up soon, with Todoroki not too far behind along with majority of my classmates, including Midoriya who is surprisingly not far behind of Bakugou. Got to say, not expecting Taikou to go Sanji on me, with flaming feet and everything. All he needs now is to dye his hair blonde, don a black suit and somehow create a swirl around on his eyebrows.

A chuckle escapes my mouth when the image of Taikou as Sanji pops into my head. I highly doubt he would wear a business suit though.

When I came and climbs a line of stairs leading upwards, it prompts me to remember what the second obstacle is supposed to be. If I remember correctly… it's a tightrope thing, right? With a very long fall–Oh, shit!

I quickly skid to a stop when I saw the sudden intense drop in front of me.

"The first barrier may have been too easy, but what about the second?" Present Mic stated, "Fall and you're out! You got to crawl across if you want to make it! This is The Fall!"

He was right about one thing, if the too self-explanatory game isn't enough. In front of me basically an enormous pit with large stone pillars of various sizes place in random that are connected by countless of different tightropes that just be looking at it, form a secondary obstacle of being a semi-maze of routes to traverse on.

Geez, what happens if you did fall into the pit? I highly doubt there are any real casualties in this school, but falling from this height would result in a broken bone or two. Or three. Four, if you are unluckily enough.

Shaking myself out of my thoughts, I quickly survey the obstacle in front of me while I took out a battery from my pocket for another recharge. Let's see… from this tightrope in front of me, the shortest route will be…

"My turn to shine!"

I am again brought out of my thoughts when Taikou past me in a burning blaze as I saw him literally flying over the entire thing with much ease. Oh right, what's the point of crossing tightropes when you can FLY!

"Oh my, the lead has finally changed! Looks like Tatsuya's quirk isn't the only one that is unfair in this situation!"

"See you at the finish line!" He calls back as he landed on the end and runs ahead. Huh, he didn't use his flames that time… he must have overheated his quirk right now… but that doesn't really matter if the gap between us this far!

"As if!" I let out a small growl as I quickly step on the tight rope and run down the thing as fast as I am able without tripping. While not as sturdy as the metal fencing on my old middle school's roof, it's still not enough to deter me! Just you wait! I'll get the lead back for sure!

When I'm about to cross my third tightrope, crackle of ice can be heard from behind as the tightrope next to me is crossed by Todoroki, who is basically skating on it by freezing it as he goes. Damn it, him too!?

I quickly speed up and cross the tightrope as fast as possible, navigating across the various tightropes with not much difficulty due to picking the shortest and fastest route available to me, all the while keeping Todoroki from overtaking me.

The moment I crossed the second-last tight rope, I saw Bakugou catching up from behind by doing the same thing as Taikou by propelling himself through the air with his explosions. Nope, not letting him past me!

Noting the distance between the pillar I'm on and the end, I quickly took a running start and leap across the gap and nails a three-point landing, just as Todoroki skates up right next to me with the explosion teen close behind. Taking no chances with the son of Endeavor, I quickly rockets forward after Taikou, just as I heard the crackling of ice coming towards me and nearly touching my heels.

That was close! If I've been a second too late, I would've had been trapped in ice.

"That was a close one! Todoroki attempts to freeze Tatsuya in place has failed, and now she is speeding towards the third and final barrier!"

As I ran, I grab another battery from my pocket and took another recharge. Maybe I should have brought the higher voltage ones… I'm running through my loadout very quickly.

"The leads keep breaking ahead, while the rest of the pack are all bunched up together! Our racers don't know how many will get to move on, so all they can do is aim for first place!"

It should be a sizeable amount, if I remember correctly. But as long you are within the first ten, it should be a guarantee in. Come to think of it, wasn't there some kind of special condition for the one that came in first? What was it again? It's on the tip of my tongue too…

"And now! Our leader at the moment has reached the final barrier! That is to say…"

*BOOM*

"DAMN IT!" I skid to a stop as Taikou comes tumbling towards me, rolling to a stop next to me.

"The Minefield! It's a deadly afghan carpet! A quick glance is enough to reveal the mines' locations, so keep both eyes open and watch your step!" Present Mic then adds on, "I should mention that our mines won't pack a deadly punch, but… they are LOUD and FLASHY! Enough that you might need a change of underwear when it's over!"

"Depending on the individual, of course."

"Well, considering what just happened…" I mutter to myself while looking at the bright pink cloud of smoke rising from where the first mine has detonated.

The entire minefield stretches across a good few yards, where the entrance back into the stadium can be seen up ahead. The bulges of the mines themselves are visible enough to see with a simple glance, but the distance between said mines are only big enough for at least a single foot. Talk about the world's loudest and flashiest game of hopscotch.

"Ow, ow…" Taikou got back on his feet and ignites his feet for a moment, before extinguishing them a second later, "Damn it, any more and I'll get burns…"

"Well, tough luck for you." I stated with a smile, "But not for me~!"

I immediately dashes in, still at full charge as I hops between the spaces of the mines as fast as I can.

"And Tatsuya takes the lead once again!"

This is easy! With Taikou out of commission, the rest of the race will be a breeze!

"Not this time."

The moment I lands safely on another safe space, crackling of ice can be heard and my feet is instantly encased in an ice cocoon that reach up passed my ankles. Thankfully, only one of my feet is trapped but unfortunately, I'm in a bad position since my body is angled slightly backwards from landing, that causes me to lean back rather awkwardly and almost made me fall if I didn't stabilize my footing with my free foot.

"Oh, but that quickly change as Todoroki finally ices her and took the lead! Talk about bad timing!"

"Oh, come the fuck on!" I shouted as I pulls on my feet to try and free it all the while the red-and-white haired teen jogs past me.

"Hah! This crap can't slow me down!" Then Bakugou blasts past from behind right up to Todoroki, "Hey, you! You made the wrong declaration of war to the wrong person, half-n-half!"

"And 1-A's Bakugou comes rocketing in from behind! Look alive, mass media! Looks like we're going to have a struggle in our hands!"

I let out a groan at the fact that I let Bakugou, Bakugou of all people, overtake me. This is just great! Like I didn't have enough problems already!

"No way I'm letting that bastard get first place!" Taikou suddenly shouted as he run passed me on the frozen soil around me, before igniting his feet and kicking into the air once again, "Thanks for the ice! My feet has finally cool down enough to let me do this again!"

He then kicks forward and gets into the struggle as well.

"Now another joins the fray! Why, even the rest of the bunch are now catching up!" True to his words, the rest of the group is slowly coming up on the minefields, some already making a great attempt to cross it. "With those three grabbling for first, can they hold on to their lead!?"

"Not if I have anything to say about that…" I mumbles out as I pull on my feet again, but to no effect. What do I do!? I don't have any fire abilities so I can't melt it, and my power only affect my speed so I can't just break out of it! Not good, if this keeps up, they'll get past me! What do I–!?

I then remember my powers and a certain fictional superhero and I facepalmed, "I'm such an idiot… if it works with the Flash…"

I grab another battery from my pocket and starts to absorb the charge. As I did that, the focus on my legs and tries to shaking it. Soon enough, my frozen feet became a blur from the vibration and the ice around it slowly but surely broke away, freeing me from the frozen cocoon.

"So, that's how it feels…" I mutter before getting my bearings straight and dashes right after them, all the while avoiding the mines which slowed me down a bit but not enough.

"And now Tatsuya is now catching up too! Looks like it's going to be a four-way struggle for the lead!"

I pick up the pace as I tries to circumvent the whole three-way brawl/struggle in front of me, me fighting any of them with their quirks is just going to waste time so I'll rather let them fight it out while I get first place. Sorry, Taikou, but I'll be going on ahead~

"Oh! It's so close! Who is going to past through that final gate first!?"

But just as I'm about to reach close to overtake the three of them…

*BOOM*

A massive shockwave suddenly erupted from behind us. I looked back to see a giant cloud of pink smoke that indicates the detonation of several landmines at once.

"A giant explosion near the entrance!? Why was the bang so big!? Was it his plan or sheer coincidence!?"

And then out of that pink smoke flew out a green metal plate that looks like it is tore out of the robots from the first obstacle. When I saw who was on said metal plate, I quickly realized what just happened.

"Midoriya!?"

"And 1-A's Midoriya mounts his charge! And wow did he do that with a bang!" The successor of All Might flew past all of us, scraping past Bakugou's head in the process and taking the lead in one explosive move. What a guy! "And he overtook them all! He. Overtook. THEM!"

"DEKU!" Bakugou shouted angrily as he blasts right towards him, "Don't you DARE go ahead of me!"

"This isn't the time to worry about those behind me…!" Todoroki mutters out as he freezes the ground in front of him, forming a pathway.

"Good going, Midoriya!" Taikou calls out as he kicks and propels himself forward, "But I'm not letting you overtake me without a fight!"

I let my surprise die down before quickly chases after him. Main character or not, I'm not letting anyone take the lead that easily! "It's not over yet, Midoriya!"

"The four who were formerly in the lead stopped tripping each other up and begun to bolt after Midoriya! They say it takes a common enemy to put a hold on strife! Though strife will never disappear, right!"

"What in blazes are you even talking about…?"

We all start to go past Midoriya's supposed landing point as he starts to stall in the air, me just barely out pacing the three of them. But then, while he was in midair, the green haired teen pulls on the wire cord from the metal plate and slams right into the ground next to us.

A bunch of clicks later, and an enormous explosion blinds and pushes all of us out of the way while it carries Midoriya, now glowing in Full Cowl, forward and through the final gate.

"In no time at all, Midoriya blew dust in their eyes! And now that he has clear the landmine area entirely! Damn, Eraserhead. Your class is insane! What are you teaching them!?"

"I didn't do anything. This is all the fruit of the fires they all lit in each other."

I quickly regain my bearings and dashes right through the smoke, using the last bit of my charge to accelerate myself as much as I could to catch up. No time to recharge! Got to bank on the last slitter of energy I got! I can hear explosions from behind me as well as the crackling of ice coming closer. I ignore all of that and dashes straight on, entering the corridor with the light of Midoriya's Full Cowl shining in front of me.

But despite me struggling to get back the lead, it is obvious who placed first in the end.

"And what a surprising turn of events! Who could have predicted this outcome!? The man who has returned to the stadium in triumph, with the most flashiest of all entrances in the history of the Sports Festival, is none other than MIDORIYA IZUKU!"

I barely made it second as Taikou blasts right next to me the moment I pass the gate which is then followed by Bakugou, who has a small bruise on his nose that may or may not have been from my dear childhood friend, and Todoroki skating in at about the same time and is currently steaming, most likely due to him heating up and thawing away the ice.

"Damn it… not again… fucking shit…!"

I can hear the explosive teen mumbling out curses one after another as the other students all made it to the finishing line. I think I saw Tsuyu among the few that made it a few minutes after us, along with several of our classmates with a good portion of them making in quite early.

"And the racers all come in one after the other! We'll compile the results later, so for the time being enjoy your breather!"

"When he says it like that, it just screams ominous foreshadowing." I point out to my childhood friend, who is sitting on the floor with his legs spread out to catch his breath. And to relax his legs which looks rather reddish.

"Well… Present Mi… Mic does… have the thing… for… the dr…dramatic…" He pants out, "Also… thanks for… showing… off… your in…insane sta…stamina… jerk…"

"When you have a quirk like mine…" I start to point out, before noticing Shinsou running in while panting rather heavily, "Hey! Shinsou!"

He notices me and tiredly jogs up to us, "Hey… guys…" He panted out, "Damn… you guys are… fast…"

"But without… the damn… stamina…"

"To be fair, you were fighting with Bakugou and Todoroki back there. That drains stamina very quickly." I then point the still cursing blonde delinquent, "Also, did you kick him in the face?"

His thumbs-up is all I need to know. Guess he took advantage of the situation.

"That being said, how did you do?"

"Pretty hopeful… all things considered…" Shinsou let out a loud sigh, "Maybe in the top twenty…?"

"Let's not… get to hopeful now…" Taikou panted out

"We just have to wait and see, I guess."


"So!" Midnight calls out after a few minutes are spent with us taking a good breather from the intense race and are now gathered around the stage again, "The race is all over! Now everyone, please take a look at the results!"

A hologram screen blitz into life behind her, showing us the entire results for the race in its entirety. Besides the obvious, I quickly note that I'm second, due to being so close behind of Midoriya near the end there, while Taikou got third. After that is Todoroki followed by Bakugou, who is pretty pissed at the whole thing much to my childhood friend's glee. I think he is getting off to this a bit too much…

Then again… so am I… to an extent…

"Hey, look where Shinsou is placed!"

Following my friend's advice, I scroll down the list, while getting surprised at Iida getting eighth despite his quirk, and took note of Shinsou's position. To my glee, he managed to place himself behind Mina at twentieth place. Guess his assumption is correct. And this means that he has a good chance of getting into the next stage! Alright, Shinsou!

"Alright, as much as it pains to say this." Midnight tells us but a slight blush on her cheeks says otherwise to my dismay, "But only the top 42 will be advancing into the next round. I'm sorry for those who failed, but take heart! This festival showstopper is still being prepared! And now for the post-preliminaries, the final selection! From here on out, even the press corps will teem in a white heat of excitement, so go all out!"

"That just… sounds so wrong when she says it." Taikou pointed out.

"You have no idea…" I groaned. Damn it, Nemuri-nee! Can you not go into heat over every little thing!?

"Now then! On to today's heart-pounding second event!" The hologram starts to start the slot machine UI from the first, it even shows up spinning already, "I already know what it will be, but the suspense is killing me! Oh, what could it be? Well, I'll tell you! Behold!"

The slot machine stops and the panel showing [Cavalry Race].

"Cavalry Race?" I think for a moment as I tries to remember the finer deals of this part. If my memory is correct, it's more or less a team battle in which everyone steals the bandanna of the 'rider' of each team. The trick is that every one will be given a point based on their positions in the race.

With the exception of the first place which is… oh dear.

"However!" Midnight suddenly remarks, her explanation of the game went over my head when I was deep in thought, "There's an exception, with whomever in first place will receive a grand total of 10 million points!"

I can already feel the gazes of the other students all burning into Midoriya's head.

He's… not going to like this part of the festival at all.

To be continued…


Omake

"Alright, Taikou!" Kemuri shouted to his television screen while the other tenants all cheered, "Getting fucking third place! That's my boy!"

"Never thought I'll see the day I'll be cheering for either one of those rascals on live TV!" One of the tenants shouted, "Another toast for our champion brats!"

"Kanpai!"

"Are you guys seriously drinking right now?" Another of the tenants, a young woman stated angrily, "It's not even noon yet."

On the other side of the globe, on a certain floating island, Tetsujin let out a loud whoop of joy at the monitor in front of him.

"Way to go, Gen-chan!" He cheered happily, "That's my little sister out there! Got fucking second place, yeah!"

"We get it, we get it. Just calm down, will you?" One of his assistants tells him, "It's only the first event. There's still a few more to go!"

"He's really proud of her, ain't he?" His mentor, one David Shields noted with a grin, "Quite a doting brother."

"I think there's a term for it." Another of his assistants stated, "I believe it's… siscon?"

"What's that mean?" His mentor's daughter, a young Melissa Shields asked.

"It's short for–"

He didn't get to finish that sentence, thanks no part to a spring boxing glove hitting him in the cheeks.


Done! Got to say, there isn't much to change with a few exceptions here and there. But it does feel like I'm kind of putting Genko on a bit of a pedestal here, doesn't it?

For the Obstacle Course, I'm sure it looks like Genko is overpowered, but considering what her quirk is? It's kind of expected that she'll be. Not including Iida and maybe Midoriya if he went Full Cowl, she has the fastest quirks among the class.

Of course, I don't know what quirks the other students have, but considering that Todoroki maintained his lead in canon until the minefield? If any of them has something like Genko's Elec Muscle, they would have overtaken both Bakugou and Todoroki if given the chance.

On the other spectrum, I've finally come to a decision of where Genko is going to go for the Job Experience arc. Although when I say that, I really mean I've come up with three choices not including original characters.

Gran Torino (Highly Doubtful, but if push comes to shove…)

Ingenium (Butterfly effect, but you just have wait and see)

Backdraft (Fire Fighter training. That's all I'm going to say)

As such, I'm going to put it into a vote. Which among these three should Genko go for the Job Experience arc?

With that, I thank you for reading this!