This event was inspired by my friend Mr. Realistic and is a mix of hot potato and a game called squared I think.
Oswald groaned as he rolled his shoulders and he looked down at the off white square he had chosen to stay in then to his teammates Hado and Togata, both were busy stretching and chatting away as they all waited for the game to start, the sack in the middle of their square wasn't the heaviest given Togata placed so low and he would've broken his back if had to throw the much heavier weight Miyake had been sacked with.
Miyake had come back with the brown colored bag, and he winced at the thud it made when it hit the ground, at least Miyake could throw it because it took him and Togata to move theirs, their classmates had sort of screwed themselves though since the hero course had taken all the top spots and since they bunched together their sacks were weighted much heavier than their own.
Their 370 and Miyake's 720 was pretty small compared to the 5,120 the older 'O Collin got herself stuck with, and he had no idea how she planned to get her sack out of their square considering no one on her team had the strength to lift it. A robot had to bring it over for them and quite a few other teams were in the same situation as well needing robots to drag their sacks to their squares.
As for their own bag Oswald wasn't quite sure what the plan was to get rid of it with the only explanation he got was they were going to hand it off to Miyake and let him take care of the rest. But they would need to get it out of their square first and he wasn't sure how they were going to manage that, maybe he could fling it like a frisbee but he needed to get it off the ground first and he wasn't sure he could do that.
Plus, they'd have to stop the other teams from dog piling them with the lighter ones, Oswald let his head fall back with a sigh wondering how he got stuck with the sunshine duo, glancing at Amajiki he couldn't say he truly regretted it as despite how overwhelmed the boy no doubt was Amajiki somehow found a scrap of courage to wave at him with a trembling hand when their eyes met.
Oswald forced himself to smile and lazily raised his hand to return the gesture making the awkward smile on Amajiki turn into something less painfully to look at. Hopefully Amajiki would manage just fine since he gave the boy part of his hair so he could use his quirk if the octopus he ate earlier ran out, and grouped with the two competent friends Oswald was sure he could pass the second round.
Looking back to his own group he wasn't feeling as confident in their ability to pass. He might be able to hold back the hoard for a bit, and maybe Hado could use her quirk to return fire, but he doubted they could hold off the whole ten minutes with just three people. And judging by how they kept getting a lot of looks from the blonde's classmates he expected a lot of the bags were going to be thrown their way.
*Alrighty folks, all eleven of our teams are ready and waiting to get this shindig started so make sure to get this started on a high note, so count down with me everybody!* Mic-Sensei shouted, riling up the crowd as they began to count down from ten "Okay guys seriously, how are we throwing out the sack?" he pleaded with them, and Togata just flashed him a grin.
"Don't you worry about a thing Ozzie! I've got it all covered." Togata assured with a wink "That doesn't make me any less worried, and don't call me that. What are we-" Oswald replied only to be cut off by the loud air horn that signaled the start of the game and before he could've done anything a pair of hands shot across the field and took a hold of their sack and dragged it away.
Oswald watched it go and saw it had been taken by Amajiki copying his quirk to stretch out his arms and once he got it in range Miyake easily tossed it away towards the red square and then sent his teams sack at the green square over the gray one while everyone was scrambling to pick up their bags.
"Ah." Oswald commented and he probably should've expected that given how close Amajiki was with Togata and all the training Amajiki got in using his quirk. But he didn't think on it for long as he spotted a pink bag soaring towards him fast, acting quickly he wrapped his arm around the sack "Duck!" he warned, feeling its weight and knowing he would have to swing it around to send it off.
Togata and Hado dropped to the ground just in time and he brought it round with some struggle staying on his feet and when he got to the angle just right. He let go of the sack and it went flying off to the orange square "Nice save Ozzie-Chan!" Hado cheered with a fist-pump, and he rubbed his shoulder to ease some of the tension in the joint "I said don't call me that- Right Hado!" Oswald warned and Hado whirled around shooting off her quirk.
The relatively small gray bag was launched right back to the sender and Oswald found himself glad the sacks were made of such a tough material otherwise Hado's blast would've torn it apart "Oswald incoming!" Haya cried and he turned around, his mouth dropped open when he saw the massive yellow bag heading towards his friends, he sent out his arms along with Amajiki.
Given the size of the thing they couldn't stop the bag, but it did slow the thing to a reasonable speed for Miyake to catch it. Miyake was strong even for someone of his size, but Oswald could tell he was struggling with the weight though he could hold it up, once Miyake tapped the ground with his tail he and Amajiki unwound and retracted their arms.
Haya sighed and shot him a thankful nod which he returned then he quickly looked around for any other incoming bags. The red square had taken themselves out of the running given they had no way to get rid of their bag and quickly had that weight doubled as Miyake threw the yellow teams bag on top of their bag from earlier which they hadn't gotten rid yet either.
His friends were still without any baggage and the pink team were trying to figure out how to get rid of the purple team's bag and he couldn't see any of the teams beyond them too well, but the gray sack had been sent around everywhere along with the pink bag.
Speaking of which, the pink one was being sent towards them and he grabbed it again and slung it over towards the green team this time. The gray one was thrown at him in return and with its light-weight Oswald just had to backhand it to send it flying to the purple team.
*What a strong opening from our students! Only two minutes in and our teams have really gotten into it, some of those bags are trading hands so fast it'll be hard to keep track. Good thing we have cameras to help eh, Gen?* Mic-Sensei said, and Oswald blinked taken aback, had it already been two minutes? But shouldn't it have felt way longer if it had been that long though?
Oswald shook his head forcing himself to focus on the game instead of the impossibilities of his grasp on time and again tossed the gray bag away and saw the pink team had rigged up a machine to throw the purple sack from their gear "Fuck, Jiki going need some help!" he yelled stretching out his arms in preparation to catch the bag.
"Wha?!" Amajiki cried then the next second there was a huge metal snap as the purple bag was sent flying at him "Jiki!" Oswald shouted and thankfully for him Amajiki caught on and sent out his arms to help him "Dammit." Oswald hissed under his breath as he and Amajiki shouldered the weight until they could get it to Miyake.
The gray bag unfortunately was thrown back at him at that moment *Crap!* he thought "I've got it!" Haya told them quickly forming an arrow and using it to send it off course to the red square "You guys focus on the baggage and let us deal with any in coming!" Hado instructed sending off a blast of her quirk to the gray sack since it was again thrown at them.
"Yeah, guys we can handle this for a few seconds." Togata agreed with a nod. Not wanting to hold the weight for longer than they had to, Oswald didn't argue and tried to keep the purple sack up and let his arms stretch out so Amajiki could get it close enough for Miyake. The purple weight that they were struggling to hold was alleviated in a matter of seconds by Miyake, who true to form hardly blinked when he took it from them.
Turning around Miyake chose to return the purple sack to the ones it came from though Oswald was more focused on rubbed his arms then leaned back because that had really fucked with his spine. Amajiki didn't look much better as he rubbed his arms lightly crying "Thanks Jiki." He told the boy and Amajiki went from crying to a flustered mess "You're doing great Sunny!" Togata added.
"Yeah, keep up the good work Amajiki-Chan!" Hado further encouraged making Amajiki hide his face, an odd clicking noise made itself known and he got a bad feeling about it coming from one of the support students. Oswald first looked to the pink square since he had the clearest view of it but the students there had already taken apart the large machine they used.
So, he tried to look at the gray square beyond Haya but couldn't see anything. "Haya are the support students building something in the gray?" Oswald asked before he had to grab the pink bag and send it off to the yellow square this time "No, I don't- Black incoming!" Haya exclaimed forming a pair of arrows *Fuck, I completely forgot about that blonde.* Oswald cursed in his mind.
"Everyone get down!" he heard the Smith girl yell right before something that sounded as loud as a gunshot go off making him cover his ears. His friends in the brown square managed to get down in time along with the people in the green and gray squares, unfortunately Hado was not so lucky.
Given the size and weight of the team's bag it of course knocked her off her feet and it was only Togata's quick thinking that kept her head from hitting the ground "Hado!" he shouted and he wrapped his arms around the bag trying to get it off of her, Amajiki's arms quickly joined his so they managed to get part of it off of the poor girl all while Hado was tearing up trying not to cry but a few whimpers were unintentionally pulled from her lips.
*Oh no, seems that the black square's gadget had way too much punch and has barreled over one of the white square's members. Looks like poor Hado really got the wind knocked out of her sails and she might be out of the game.* Mic-Sensei said bringing a bunch of attention to them from the other teams.
Amajiki's arms suddenly started turning into tentacles and thickened up which was what finally allowed them to get the sack off Hado, bruises were already forming but she looked mostly alright and gave them a big thumbs up with a wobbly smile.
*Well, we just got the call from Mastermind that Hado's still in the game if she wants to be since she didn't leave her part of the square, so long as she's willing to continue, she can.* Mic-Sensei declared.
Hado made it to her feet "Of course I'm gonna continue! I'm not down for the count just yet!" Hado cheerfully shouted, getting a cheer from the crowd. Thankful she was alright he turned his focus back to the bag and helped Amajiki bring it over to Miyake since there was no way either of them are going to get it off the ground by themselves.
With their arms occupied the other teams tried to send the small bags to them and were rebuffed by Hado, and Miyake. Haya on the other hand took the arrows she made and sent them straight at where he presumed the black square was in her fury, a small explosion was heard not two seconds later.
*Ooh looks like the Brown square ain't taking Black square's nonsense and has returned fire.* Mic-Sensei told them, and Oswald figured that meant Haya had again destroyed the blonde girl's gear, something he thought was fully deserved considering what the girl did to Hado.
They had to struggle for a few minutes to get the bag over to Miyake even with the extra strength behind the tentacle arms Amajiki had made. As much as he wished for it, Miyake couldn't throw the bag back to sender and instead just tossed it to the pink team, then despite the pain from his arms he got straight back into swatting away the three bags that seemed to be thrown around by everyone.
Oswald had just thrown the gray bag away for what felt like the hundredth time having let the voices all bleed together at this point from how tired he was and only took any notice if it was one of his teammates or his friends. Then to his great relief the damn airhorn silenced the arena making everyone stop, Oswald let himself double over with his hands on his knees and didn't care if he sounded like a dog from panting so hard.
*Wasn't that an exciting round of Hot squared everybody! Haven't seen a game that intense since your first year Gen. Now let's see which teams are moving onto the third and final round of the festival,* Mic-Sensei said, and Oswald lifted his head to look around.
Amajiki had collapsed to his knees. Miyake, Hado, and Haya looked winded, and Togata looked more guilty than tired. But he didn't see a bag in either of their squares and he counted themselves as having won.
*Teams Miyake, Hado, and Yamagata square's have managed to not have any of the sacks so they'll all be automatically moving on to the one-on-ones, as for the team with the lowest points team Kenranzaki only has 30 points, and we'll be taking two members of team Gushiken to fill the last two spots in the roster.* Mic-Sensei announced.
Tuning the loud blonde out now that he was 100% sure they'd be moving on, Oswald allowed himself to collapse and he laid down on the ground with few complaints or plans on moving until he caught his breath. "Oz- Oswald you, okay?" Togata asked and when Oswald opened his eyes he saw the boy standing over him "I feel like shit but I'll live." He answered and his arms did make him regret not gobbling up nearly enough taffy beforehand.
Damn witch got into his candy stash and gave it to the pervert. His thoughts must have shown on his face given how Togata flinched back from him and avoided his eyes. "Sorry I wasn't much help." Togata apologized rubbing the back of his neck and Oswald felt bad for making the boy think he was upset with him, stupid bitch was messing with his life even when she wasn't around.
He got a quick glance at Hado then back up to the blonde. "If you feel that bad just drag me and Hado to Recovery Girl's office and we'll call it even." Oswald proposed and Togata immediately brightened up "Of course buddy, one ride to the nurse's coming right up!" Togata agreed carefully gathering him up in his arms only struggling a bit with him and Hado held back a giggle.
"Many thanks for your assistance my dear prince." Oswald sarcastically said placing a hand over his forehead with a dramatic flair since he already looked like a poor damsel in Togata's arms and Hado burst out laughing. Togata had a good chuckle out of it to "Onwards then Togata-Chan! Let us get Oswald-Chan to Recovery girl!" Hado proclaimed marching forward and Togata followed her out of the arena.
Oswald scoffed, "You guys can just call me Oz if you want, just don't call me Ozzie." He told them and Hado lit up like she had completely regained all her energy "Really!? Oh my gosh yes, yes, yes! Ooh, I have to change your name in my phone to that Oz-Chan. Where did I leave it? Was it in my bag or did I stick it in my locker?" Hado babbled bouncing with every step.
Togata was just as happy but had more self-control. "Cool, and since we're on a first name basis now you guys can call me Mirio." Togata replied and Hado's smile got even bigger "Yay! Now I can change your name too, seriously where is my phone?" Hado exclaimed as she began to search the hallway for her phone even though it wasn't anywhere close to here.
"You can wait to update your social media until after Recovery girl checks your head Nejire." Oswald scolded half-heartedly bopping her on the head "Ow, Oz-Chan why?" Hado whined rubbing her forehead and getting a bit teary eyed and Togata began laughing again.