My Hokuto Academia
AN: Just a fair bit of warning, there will be SPOILERS for both My Hero Academia [Vigilantes too], Hokuto no Ken, and Souten no Ken (and its continuation, Regenesis).
I DO NOT own Hokuto no Ken or My Hero Academia, they belong to their respective creators, Tetsuo Hara, Buronson, and Kohei Horikoshi. Support the official releases, especially of Souten no Ken. Support the official release! Mainly for emphasis!
In addition, any songs that were mentioned here belong to their original creators too.
Italics = Flashback
"Italics" = Speaking in a Different Language
'Italics' = Inner Thoughts
Italics = Flashback
"BOLD" = All-Might's tone or Present Mic [excited]
Chapter Twenty-Four:
'Oh, crap. Ten million points. No one wants to have a gigantic bullseye on their back. Crap, crap, crap, crap!'
Outside U.A. Stadium
Bladefowl was watching the events unfold, saying to himself: "So Izuku Midoriya's your name then? Well, you know what they say about appearances."
As he watching the events on a big monitor, other Pro Heroes such as Death Arms and Mt. Lady commented on this too.
"Wait a minute! That kid! He's the same one from the Sludge Villain Incident!" exclaimed Death Arms.
"Whoa, you're right. He does look buffer but there's one thing I don't get: his eyes seemed a bit sad when he was making that student pledge," said Mt. Lady.
"There's one that's bothering me, though."
The other Pro Heroes looked at Death Arms, who then said: "What exactly happened to that buff teacher on the day of the Sludge Villain Incident?"
U.A. Stadium
Bakugo was surrounded by quite a few people, but he didn't remember their names. It's not that he was forgetful, it was because he didn't view any of them worth remembering.
"Okay, I have an idea of what your Quirks are. What are your names again?"
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" said a plain-faced boy. "Come on! We were in your class for 3 to 4 weeks now!"
"Hey, Bakugo. Mind if I joined your team? Todoroki's team is already full."
"Oh, Shitty Hair."
"It's Kirishima! Besides, my hair isn't shitty, it's not even that much different from yours either."
"Get to the point."
"You're planning on being the rider, then you'll need a strong front horse," said Kirishima, demonstrating his Quirk, Hardening. "I'm very sure you want Midoriya's ten million points."
Katsuki grinned in response, saying: "I'm listening..."
Itsuka was now organizing her team, composed of female classmates from 1-B. They were composed of the following: A dark green-haired girl with a confident grin known as Setsuna Tokage; a pale grey-haired girl by the name of Reiko Yanagi; the final one was a red-eyed girl with white hair, Sunako Yorucho.
"So, Kendo. You got a plan?" gruffly asked Yorucho.
"Yes, we will take the other teams' headbands."
The other members looked confused, Yorucho twisting her neck in response to that in specific.
"Midoriya isn't the goal, I'm highly certain that two-three teams will be going after Midoriya. Bakugo's and most definitely Todoroki."
Tokage picked up on it, then responded: "Oh, I see. You want to pick off the smaller teams so the other teams tailing after Team Midoriya will be focused so much on him, they will let down their guard."
"The opportunity to take their headbands will present itself in the process..." responded Yanagi.
Kendo nodded.
Todoroki was quickly gathering his team, but he had two members so far. The shadow-bird student Tokoyami and the dinosaur student Kishijuu, they were easily convinced because of the following words.
"Do you want to be in the shadow of Midoriya?"
"No, we don't."
"Good. You both can be great counters to Midoriya's strengths."
Todoroki grinned in response to this but needed one more member.
Izuku was clearly panicking because no one was interested in having a gigantic bull's eye on their back. However, he was tapped on the back by a pink girl.
"Hey, Midori. Wanna team up?"
The kid sighed in response, then said: "Yes, Ashido!"
"However, we're definitely gonna need two more members."
"I think I might know another..." responded Ashido.
Todoroki was in a rush, trying to get their final member. However, he had two choices on who to pick: Iida or Yaoyorozu. He made the decision to pick up the speedster but the boy explained his reasoning.
"I will join your team, I need to grow further. I can't keep living in the shadow of Midoriya, plus I'm curious about how he gained his close-combat skills, to begin with."
"True, but we need to win regardless though."
Todoroki was grinning on the inside, he had a complete team.
Ashido walked to a mulberry-haired girl, complete with ponytail shaped like a stinger.
"Hey, Sasukasa!"
"Let me guess, you teamed up with Midoriya," said Sasukasa in a somewhat sardonic tone. Ashido nodded yes, prompting the girl to say "Okay, I'll join you guys. However, one thing."
"Yes?"
"You can call me by my first name, Bella. We knew each other from middle school."
"Oh, oh. You're right." Ashido said, slightly embarrassed.
However, they were interrupted by a loud voice. It was from a pink-haired girl whose curls resembles tentacles to a degree. The eyes looked like target reticles, complete with yellow.
"Let me join you!"
"Uhh..."
"Name's Mei Hatsume! Support Course. I develop all sorts of babies for Pro Heroes!" said an enthusiastic Hatsume. Midoriya got a better look at her, she had goggles on along with a utility belt and what passed for iron soles for her feet.
"Wait, when you say 'babies', you mean gadgets and all that, right?"
"CORRECT!"
The other two were caught off-guard but Bella spoke up, "Huh, I'm wondering."
"About what?"
"Could the Support Course near-eliminate my Quirk's natural weakness?"
Ashido shrugged.
"I want to use you to showcase all my 'babies' for the big Support Companies that are in attendance!"
'Well... she's straight to the point. However, her genius along with Mina's Acid and Bella's Stinger Tail might give us the advantage in evasion and mid-range attacks.'
"Hmm... I think this can work. Ashido and Sasukasa, you guys can act as a defense, especially keeping other attackers at bay. Hatsume can act as heavy support, plus I think... wait, what type of jet pack is that?!"
"Oh, this? This was inspired by the Buster Hero: Air Jet! His equipment was surprisingly easy to re-create, I'd thought it would be more complicated."
"I like that hero, I went on a tour of his agency once!"
As they were talking, Ashido could feel something, it was akin to jealousy to a degree. The mulberry-haired girl motioned for her to calm down a bit, at least till the next event. However, Midoriya managed to complete his team.
He then surveyed the other teams and determined which one could be a potential problem.
Team Todoroki: Shoto Todoroki, Tyrone Kishijuu, Fumikage Tokoyami, and Tenya Iida.
'Two guys as heavy support but Iida being the front horse could be the real issue. Bursts of super-speed can catch my team off-guard if we are not careful.'
Team Bakugo: Katsuki Bakugo, Eijiro Kirishima, Denki Kaminari, and Ochako Uraraka.
'Oh, crap. A front horse that can enhance his durability but Uraraka's Zero Gravity can cause some real issues, especially if she gets close. '
Team Yaoyorozu: Momo Yaoyorozu, Kasui Kokotsu, and Kuri Suisei.
'Yaoyorozu's Quirk can be quite problematic, if anything, she's the X-factor of her team. Suisei and Kokotsu definitely fill out the ranged and close-up fighter roles. '
"You have a minute left!"
All the teams were settled, ready for the bell to ring.
"Huh, interesting. 12 cavalry teams. However, some of them will need to work harder than they need to." said Antonius as he was watching. Aizawa woke up from his nap, agreeing.
THREE...
TWO...
ONE!
The bell rung, all teams heading towards Team Midoriya.
"You know, I thought some of them would be a little smarter than that," said Ashido.
The green-haired boy's team was running effectively but they were slowing down. Sasukasa looked down at the ground, realizing the ground was softening, almost like quicksand!
"Hold on tight! My babies should do the trick!"
Hatsume's special shoes were generating air, floating for a bit but activated her jetpack to launch them further. A few minutes prior to the bell ringing, she gave Sasukasa and Ashido both jetpacks in order to handle the weight of the rider.
"Ah, crap! I didn't think they had a Support Course student with them." yelled out an iron-skinned boy.
Team Midoriya was now in the air but it seemed two other teams were not letting this get them down. It was Team Todoroki and a blue-masked boy? It was Shoji who seemed to be carrying two other people within an extra set of limbs.
'There are two other presences in there, that's for sure.'
In a blindside, a long tongue stuck to Ashido's back. It was Asui, trying to get the 10-million-point headband, mainly slowing down one part of Team Midoriya. The green-haired boy then shot a small ball of ki into Shoji.
BAM!
Shoji was convulsing a bit, becoming immobile and dropping down to the ground.
"What the hell?! What just happened!?" said a familiar voice.
"Ribbit. Shoji somehow got paralyzed," responded Asui. "However, I think Midoriya had something to do with it."
"KEEP THE HEADBANDS SAFE!" screamed a panicking Mineta.
However, Shoji's extra limbs that were carrying the two were becoming loose. All of the limbs opening up like a blooming flower, revealing both Mineta and Asui.
"Wait! Sero, get their headbands!" yelled Jiro. She was the rider of her own team, composing of Sato, Sero, and Archer. The tape-boy quickly utilized his Quirk: shooting tape from his limbs to catch Team Mineta's headbands.
Once getting those headbands, Mineta was crying out in frustration and Tsuyu didn't say a thing in response to the whole situation.
Team Mineta was officially down and out.
Team Kendo was fighting off the smaller teams, mainly Team Tsunotori and Team Rin. The two teams agreed to fight Team Kendo for the time being but they didn't expect the following:
- A green-haired girl's Quirk which allowed her to separate her body-parts
- A dust spiral forming from the white-haired girl's palm
Team Rin was hit by the dust spiral, but something was off. The team's rider, a bestial-looking student known as Jurota Shishida was going feral but he was screaming and sweating in fear.
Name: Sunako Yorucho
Quirk: Night Terror - Dust particles form from her palms but once in contact with an enemy, they suffer illusions of their worst fears! The effect usually lasts 2-3 minutes!
Team Tsunotori's headbands were stolen, surprising the horned girl a bit. However, the rider of the team: a short-haired girl whose neck-length black hair had a red streak through the middle. She was able to copy the green-haired girl's speed to a degree, surprising Kendo to a degree.
"You know, I never understood how your Quirk worked," said Kendo.
The girl was silent in response.
"We need to get away now, Kendo!" yelled Yorucho.
Team Kendo got what they needed, but Team Tsunotori was running towards them now. The orange-haired girl enlarged her fists to attack both Tsunotori and the silent girl. However, the horn-headed girl fired off two horns in response.
Name: Pony Tsunotori
Quirk: Horn Cannon - She is able to launch her horns as projectiles and a new set will grow back almost immediately. She can remotely control up to four of them at a time!
"Soki, let's try to fight from a distance!"
The silent red-streaked girl's movements were like that of a professional athlete: stopping at the slightest second and pivoting to dodge incoming attacks from Kendo.
Name: Nobiko Soki
Quirk: Versant - Her IQ is dramatically enhanced and has a limitless capacity for learning and memorization. In short, she's able to absorb various fighting styles with ease. However, memories of past encounters will disappear as a trade-off!
Soki was able to perform a leaping kick towards Tokage, hitting her for a bit.
Team Yaoyorozu was tailing on Team Todoroki, guarding their headbands against them. The raven-haired girl generated a hook-equipped staff to try snatching the opposing team's headbands.
Kishijuu and the rest would ram into Team Yaoyorozu to put them off-balance.
Team Bakugo was chasing after Team Midoriya, wanting to get those headbands. In a split moment, Hatsume activated her 'babies': jet-packs to go to into the air.
"WHAT THE?!"
Team Midoriya was now into the air for a few moments, prompting Bakugo to order Uraraka to use your Quirk on them.
"Wait! But the more I-"
"Just do it, Round Face!"
She touched her team members, making them float, but she would be showing the signs of queasiness. However, Bakugo propelled himself with his Quirk, helping his team out in the process.
Blast Rush Turbo!
"I'm getting those headbands, Deku!"
He's getting in close, very close for Team Midoriya to start getting nervous, but Midoriya turned around got into a boxer's stance of sorts. It looked like he had the arms crossed in front of their upper-body area.
Hokuto Snake Thunder Bite!
A quick jab was sent into Bakugo's chest!
The impact was heard throughout the arena, shocking some of the other teams down below.
"H-H-How the-" Bakugo struggled to say, gasping for air.
"Truth be told, I'd knew you'd try to catch me," said Midoriya. "It's why I'm so glad Hatsume activated her 'babies' at that time to show off, it gave me some time to formulate a plan. Plus with the way that Uraraka is feeling, she's at her limits now. Right?"
Bakugo knew this but believed if he could take the headbands, the headaches would be worth it. However, THIS kid more or less put a stop to that.
'Damn it...! DAMN IT!'
"Hey, Bakugo. Does Uraraka seem sluggish?" asked a worried Kaminari. The ash-blonde kid looked towards the gravity girl was looking iller by the second.
"Tch. Round Face."
"R-R-Right..." said an ill Uraraka who looked close to vomiting.
She pressed her fingers to lower them but there was an unfortunate side effect: the gravity was instant. The whole team fell down onto the ground but there was an upside: they weren't too high up.
It didn't stop the fall being painful though.
"Pikachu! USE YOUR ELECTRICITY!"
"I'm not a Pokemon! Wait, you're insane. Everyone's gonna-"
"DO IT!"
The electric boy reluctantly did it.
Indiscriminate Shock: 1.3 Million Volts!
It was very stupid of Bakugo to do so, one could say suicidal. However, there was a point to it: every other team would be affected by the electric idiot's area-affecting move.
The entirety of 1-A and 1-B were immobilized.
"W-What the hell?!" yelled Kendo.
"I agree for once." finally spoke the silent girl Soki.
One loud-mouth of 1-B voiced it very strongly.
"HOW TYPICAL OF 1-A, they want to hog all the spotlight. So they'll just take out everyone else so no one else can win..."
'The other teams are down for the count, except for Deku and Icy-Hot. However, this will be taking a while for me to move.'
Team Todoroki and Team Yaoyorozu actually took cover in case, mainly forming barriers around them to protect them from the shock. For the former, Tokoyami utilized his Quirk to form shadowy shields around them while the latter created an insulation sheet.
All in all, they dodged a bullet. Or railgun in this case.
"SEVEN MINUTES LEFT!"
The two teams then looked towards the others, they made haste with collecting the headbands. However, some of them did put up a struggle. Team Kendo to be specific.
"Oh, no you don't!" said Kendo, who quickly broke out of being immobilized. However, it was Team Yaoyorozu who were her opponents.
"Don't bother struggling, Kendo!"
Four Star Blow!
A surprising series of strikes were sent into Yaoyorozu, center-mass. The speed of those strikes is what the raven-haired girl felt after a few seconds, causing her to gasp for a bit.
"I believe that should be my line."
Kokotsu and Suisei were caught off-guard, but the former realized: she must be proficient in a fighting style similar to Midoriya.
"Yaoyorozu, we need to retreat! She's just as, if not equally as dangerous as Midoriya!"
The ponytail girl reluctantly conceded, then saw the other teams and took their headbands. However, Team Todoroki was doing something different: they picked up the headbands from clearly immobilized teams.
"FIVE MINUTES LEFT!"
Team Midoriya was out of danger. For now.
However, there was one team chasing after them. It was Team Todoroki, followed by Team Yaoyorozu. However, he noticed another team staying in the back, the leader being a purple-haired kid.
"Midoriya." said Todoroki, generating ice. However, he utilized it to freeze the rest of the teams still affected by Kaminari's double-edged super move.
"So, you're after me now."
"If it's any consolation, I will make this quick."
Midoriya then took a stance, saying 'bring it'.
"Midori, you're not thinking-"
"It's the only way to keep Todoroki from pursuing us. In addition, I always wondered if his Quirk can stand up to my combat skills."
The rest of his team looked at him like he was nuts but Hatsume spoke up, saying: "Hmm... think about it, he can potentially knock him out or at least incapacitate them to the point of being unable to battle. It can definitely work, DO IT!"
Team Midoriya then lowered themselves to the ground, ready for a frontline battle.
"Iida, now."
"Good." said a clearly smiling Iida.
Recipro Burst!
The glasses-wearing teen's engines were emitting blue flames, bursting forward in speed, and it seemed they were going to snatch the other team's headbands. It would have worked but one little thing put a stop to a that.
Acid Brand!
Mina utilized one free hand to throw a straight punch-like motion but it released a stream of acid. All in front of Iida's line of sight.
'No-No-No-No-No! That wasn't supposed to happen!'
"Get Dark Shadow to defend!"
A black bird-like shadow covered them in order to mitigate any potential damage but it did not lessen it. Tokoyami cringed a bit in pain as he slid across the acid, growling a few seconds after.
As soon as the shadows retracted, Todoroki was glaring at Team Midoriya.
"You. How." said the bi-haired boy, a clear growl was heard on each word.
"I'll be honest with you, that was all Ashido."
"What."
"It looks like Ashido is a bigger threat than I thought," answered Tokoyami.
Todoroki then generated some ice, mainly a pillar to throw at Team Midoriya. However, Midoriya responded with the following...
Hokuto Thousand Hand Destruction Fist!
In the span of a few seconds, the entire pillar of ice was reduced to nothing more than shards.
"W-Wait, how?! That pillar of ice was solid. Even if you punched it, there would be recoil or at least some backlash," responded Todoroki in disbelief. "Explain. Explain how you did it!"
Midoriya realized he was getting frustrated, but thought to himself.
'I need to keep up the momentum a bit. He may be a recommendation student but his temper is a bit like Kaachan to a degree. Exploit that and the rest follows.'
"You know, I believe you're holding back, Todoroki."
Todoroki's eyes focused on the green-haired boy for a bit, then responded: "How so, Midoriya?"
"Ice is just one half of your Quirk, is it?"
"Repeat that again. I dare you." said a glaring Todoroki.
"Ice. Is. Just-"
The kid was interrupted by Team Todoroki sliding on ice, straight towards them like a missile. However, the bi-haired boy was ready to get his hands on those headbands.
Internal Energy Release!
A loud sound, composing of exhaling and screaming just repelled the ice-slide, making Team Todoroki trip for a bit. Tokoyami summoned Dark Shadow to break any potential fall but backed away from Midoriya in case he tried anything else.
"Todoroki, he somehow released some of sort sound-based attack."
"It makes sense, his Quirk is an emitter type. It doesn't just enhance the physical abilities but also some of the other functions such as voice."
On the inside, Todoroki was growing angrier, the plan was simple: take his 10 million points. However, the green-haired kid played a game of keep-away and his high-level strength kept shutting down any ranged attack he could think of. One thought ran through his mind, his father watching from the stands.
'So... since my DEAR father is watching, I really hope he's enjoying the fact that I will never use his power. I will become the Number One that way.'
Todoroki formed an ice gauntlet of sorts, mainly to enhance its overall durability, enough to stand up to Midoriya's combat skills.
"Team, I want you to charge at Midoriya. I have an idea."
The rest of his team looked at him as he was crazy but the leader insisted. In the span of a few minutes, both teams were ready to charge at each other like knights at a joust.
Frostbite Strike!
Todoroki threw the first strike, beating Midoriya by two-three seconds. The attack hit Midoriya, he was sure, but the image was becoming less visible...
BAM!
A liver shot.
Todoroki coughed up some spit in response, still trying to understand what transpired.
Unconscious Shadow Kill!
However, he also felt one of the headbands leave his person.
"W-What... just-" said a gasping Todoroki. However, he saw Team Midoriya run off with one of his headbands, prompting him to gain his composure... and lose it a second later.
He felt a burning sensation of frustration.
Burning?
He looked at his other side, flames alit, and gritted his teeth in response.
"N-Now, you done it. I promised not to use my flames. Were you trying to humiliate me? In front of my old man! Are you... mocking me? Mocking me?!"
'Oh, no. Now he's pissed.'
Team Kendo was now scrambling away from the other teams, especially Team Yaoyorozu in the other direction. Team Bakugo was actually chasing after the latter for any more potential points.
"Hey, Kendo!"
"Yea, Tokage?"
"We'll have no choice but to fight the other teams."
"THREE MINUTES LEFT!"
Team Midoriya was now fighting Team Todoroki, the other teams were focusing on other matters, and well... Bakugo was Bakugo.
"How are you fighting off my ice!"
"No offense, they're a little predictable at this point."
"Predictable?!"
Todoroki was a little incensed at this but followed up with another strike but it was a giant ice shield that can be improvised as a battering ram. However, Tokoyami noticed that his leader was looking a bit weak, almost as if his ice is starting to drain him a bit.
'Is he getting that desperate?!'
Hokuto Snake Thunder Bite!
Todoroki's ice-shield was starting to crack from that one hit alone, forcing him to reinforce it, but his teammates saw it: he was at his limit with his ice.
Hokuto Shinken Ougi: Heaven Charge Thousand Crack Palm!
Todoroki's surprised face would be an understatement. He expected a series of punches, not a volley of energy blasts! Each blast was hitting with such force, Todoroki felt that his team would be sent flying with the next one.
He barely noticed the ice-shield breaking.
"A NEAR-KNOCKOUT, COURTESY OF MIDORIYA! PLUS TWO MINUTES LEFT!"
Todoroki was getting desperate now, but the bi-haired kid did something risky: he leaped off, forming an ice-slide as a way to get to Midoriya.
"You humiliated me. You're not walking away from that, those points are mine!"
The green bean accepted the challenge.
Team Bakugo saw what was transpiring, the leader was pissed but realized that getting in between them both would be a bad idea, he could always defeat Deku in the next round.
"Icy-Hot should have fought from a distance, idiot."
The electric boy was slowly recovering while Ochako was getting her bearings back.
"Only a minute left, how do you think things will finish?" Aizawa speaking up finally.
"If you ask me, I believe things will not end here."
"Hand over those points, now."
"Gonna need to put more effort than that, Todoroki."
Todoroki gritted his teeth hearing that.
"My ice is enough!"
"Why are you limit-"
Midoriya was cut off as Todoroki was getting in close, throwing a straight punch to catch him off-guard, but that didn't work. As a contrast, Midoriya slid by his strike and responded with a punch right into his face!
The bi-haired kid's face was thrown back by the blow. Blood splatters from the nose from the strike alone!
The crowd was caught off-guard by this, but one muscle-bound individual with flames for facial hair was paying attention to this, clearly disappointed.
"Foolish boy, you won't get one over the Midoriya boy. If you only rely on your ice, you're just liming yourself."
Todoroki couldn't believe it, he was almost KO'ed... then lit up in response.
"You...you made me use my fire!? Again! That's-"
"TIME'S UP! THAT'S END THE OF THE CALVARY BATTLE!"
AN: Apologies for taking too long, the Coronavirus and work occupying the majority of my time. In addition, finally finished the certification exams and getting a new ID. The Cavalry Battle was pretty tough for me to write.
Glossary:
Acid Brand - A straight-punch attack that unleashes a stream of acid. Ashido combined her Quirk with her knowledge of striking-based arts from the Chimera's Den. It is great for weakening opponents when closing in on them.
Four Star Blow - A series of straight punches, sent into the center of the opponent. The enemy then feels the impact a few seconds after, its Japanese name is called Shiseigeki. It's also referring to the constellation represented by Seito Gekken and Gourai-Ryu, the Seito Shi Sei.
Frostbite Strike - A move in which Todoroki covers his hand in frost-like armor, prepping a straight punch into the enemy, but there are other variations in how it can be used: hook punch, jab, or arc hand strike. Its original name is called Toshogeki.
Stay tuned for the next chapter!