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UA Stadium
Musutafu, Japan
[Obstacle Race]
"Obstacle Race, huh?" Izuku muses. With all the changes in the current timeline, he expected the Sports Festival to be different from canon. It seems that some things remain the same.
"This will be the race between students from all 11 classes," Snipe explains. "The course is simply around the stadium itself, around 4 kilometers in distance. Anything is a fair game as long as no one is going off the course."
'Anything…' Izuku glances around and notices how everyone seems to perk up when hearing that as they all get ready for the race. 'Yeah, they already had a plan in motion.' Izuku then notices the cold air emitting from Todoroki's palm before deadpanning. 'That explains how a lot of students break out of his trap. It's like him shooting a flare gun and announcing his actions to everyone.'
'This is gonna be fun,' Banjo muses.
'Oh, now you guys start to talk? I thought you guys were giving me the silent treatment,' Izuku stated.
'Sorry, kid. We don't want to disturb your moments with others. Nice speech, by the way,' Nana says as Izuku grumbles internally.
'Yeah, no thanks to Bruce,' Izuku replies.
'Hey, you did all of that on your own, why do I even need to help?' Bruce asks.
'….' Izuku choose not to reply to that man.
'And you're complaining if we might give you a silent treatment,' Bruce grumbles.
'To be fair, you literally chose to ignore him when he asks for help.' Hikage points out, but judging from how Hikage snaps his mouth shut, he suspects that Bruce glared at the man.
With Inko
"Is that all he's going to tell everyone about the first round? Nothing more?" Inko asks in concern as she chewed her popcorn nervously.
"Well, being a hero means you will tackle some unknown obstacle. So, keeping them in the dark is nothing new." Toshinori explains.
"Stupid," Kota scoffs. "Facing unknowns will get those heroes wannabe killed,"
"Kota!" Mandalay says in horror.
"Yes, that is true." Vlad King agreed. "But, being a hero, one needs to learn how to adapt as well. We taught it to our students to ensure they won't endanger themselves in the hero work."
"…still, keeping everyone from knowing what happened will get them killed," Kota mutters.
"Yes, but not every hero has the luxury of knowing what happened." Midnight says as Kota grumbles.
"Sorry about Kota, he's…still mad at everything hero-related," Mandalay says nervously.
"And yet, he's cheering for one of the Hero Students." Vlad King says as he raises his eyebrow.
"He's different…" Kota mutters as he looks at Izuku amongst the crowd.
"How so?" Vlad King asks but Kota refuses to answer. Vlad then looks at Mandalay who merely shrugs.
"He has yet to tell me the full details of why he wanted to see him. All I know about is that the boy promised Kota to not stay dead…." Mandalay says as both Toshinori and Inko look at each other in puzzlement. Meanwhile, Eri is eating her hotdog while looking at Izuku, cheering for the boy.
"I hope he won't get hurt badly…" Eri mutters. "He almost died during USJ…"
"He what!?" Kota yells in shock, hearing Eri's words while Mandalay looks at Eri in shock.
"Um….n-nothing…" Eri looks away shyly. Hackmon chooses not to say anything as he takes a few popcorn from Inko's bucket. The kid didn't need to know about Izuku's near-death experience, especially when he already had to deal with his parent's death.
Back with First Years
"All right, everyone….remember the plan."
Togeike looks at her group as they all nod, preparing themselves for the race. Ever since they joined the fight club, they had made strategies to join the Hero Course through the Sports Festival. They had made plans on how to handle the majority of Hero Course students, especially with every information they gathered through talking with them during the club.
"So many people….I can't help but be nervous…" Komori mutters quietly as she climbs on Sato.
"Take a few calm breaths, Komori," Sato says gently.
"It's easier said than done." Komori retorts.
"There's nothing to be nervous about, Komori-chan!" Kyouriki exclaims cheerfully. "All of us got this. Believe in yourself more and your teammates,"
"It's not that I don't have any confidence in any of you…" Komori says as she holds on to Sato tightly.
"Komori, I understand that you're nervous, but don't let it control you," Togeike says. "Remember what you said about your dream? Your desire to be a hero and an idol?"
"Mhm…" Komori nods.
"Then, think of this as your first debut. Like what Midoriya said earlier, show the world what you've got." Togeike says as Komori goes silent before nodding in determination.
"Speaking of Midoriya, I hope we all get to Class 1-A! Having a manly person like him as our class president will be awesome!" Kyouriki exclaims excitedly as the trio sighs.
"I wish you never meet Kirishima or Tetsutetsu…" Togeike facepalm. Meanwhile, Miles can be seen preparing his gadget using the monitor on his gloves, both of his tails wag left and right, much to other participants' chagrin.
"Ready to show the world the babies we made, Tails!?" Mei asks a bit too enthusiastically.
"M-Mei, please. Phrasing!" Miles stops what he's doing and facepalms in exasperation while Mei ignores his pleas as usual. Those who heard it looked at Miles in shocked and scandalous expressions, which the poor boy noticed. "S-she was talking about our inventions!! Get your head out of your gutters!"
Meanwhile, the still-unofficial Izu-squad sweatdrops after overhearing their conversations. Yaomomo, Iida, Tsuyu, and Kaminari let out a sigh while Ochako, Eijirou, Koda, and Tooru chuckle nervously.
"Same old Hatsume…." Iida says exasperatedly.
"I thought after all the explosions that hit her whenever we visit would make her less explosive…" Kaminari mutters.
"Kero, that's not how it works, Kaminari-kun." Tsuyu ribbited. "Well, not for Mei-chan, Kero."
"True, even after now, Mei refuses to tone it down," Yaomomo comments before looking around. "Everyone here seems hyped up…"
"Well, after that speech made by Izu-bro, who doesn't?" Eijirou exclaims excitedly. "I feel like I wanna go full-throttle!"
"Me too!" Ochako and Koda nod in agreement.
"You always feel that way every day for the whole month, Ochako-chan." Tooru points out with a chuckle.
"Speaking of Midoriya-san, where is he?" Iida asks as they all look around before Izuku decides to make an appearance behind Ochako.
"Boo," Ochako yelps before turning around to see Izuku and tries to slap his head, but he dodged away. "Haha, sorry. I can't help myself."
"How long have you been there!?" Kaminari asks in surprise.
"Not long. Just a few minutes." Izuku says before looking at everyone. "So, any of you had plans to get out of the crowd?"
"….oh, right. The moment it starts, the path will be crowded." Iida realizes. "This…might be difficult for us."
"Do you somehow know about this?" Ochako narrowed her eyes at Izuku. "The parkour practices you've been doing these few weeks seem perfect for this."
"What? No!" Izuku says, refusing to admit the truth. He is not ready to tell any of them about his past. "I was more copying Gran Torino's movement…."
"...sure…" Ochako says as she narrows her eyes.
"…okay, I did it because I saw it once in a manga and think it's cool," Izuku says while sighing. Everyone gives him a dry look as Izuku groans. "Oh, come on! It's already embarrassing enough to admit it, don't give me that look!"
"Sorry, bro. It's just that it's surprising to hear you admit you try to mimic something from a manga," Kaminari admits. "It's surprising to hear that you read mangas."
"I'm a human being, I have hobbies besides training." Izuku deadpanned.
"Given how you rarely discuss anything besides training or quirk ideas, we suspect you are obsessed with it." Eijirou points out.
"…..is it that bad?" Izuku asks, slightly concerned about it.
"Nah, they're joking," Ochako, who seemed to notice the concern in Izuku's tone, decided to deny it while elbowing Eijirou.
"… You said it just to cheer me up, didn't you?" Izuku asks with a sigh. Before Ochako could deny it, they heard Present Mic mentioning the race was about to start. In an instant, everyone prepares themselves. The light on the gate glows red and everyone tensed up.
"START!!!" With a loud shout from Present Mic and the light turning green, everyone immediately charged towards the exit on the other side.
'It's not Sky Walk or even Gran's quirk, but it will do for this race!' Izuku activates One For All: Full Cowl and jumps into the air before his foot lands on the wall, creating a dent in it before he follows up with another jump, bouncing from one wall to another as he passes through the crowd. In under 10 seconds, Izuku jumps out of the starting gate he lands in front of the trapped crowd and dashes off.
"Oh my! In one swift movement, he manages to get himself away from the crowd and takes the first place!" Present Mic exclaims as everyone cheers before the screen shows camera footage of what happens at the starting gate. In the VIP booth, Inko, Eri, Kota, Himiko, and Hackmon cheer for him loudly while the teachers are impressed by his swift movement. Meanwhile, Toshinori shivers in fear as he receives a flashback of Gran Torino doing something similar before kicking his ass during his training.
'Y-Young Izuku, why did you have to copy my sensei's movement!?! You shaved your sensei's lifespans by a few years with all the triggered PTSD!!!' Toshinori shivers.
"Hahahaha!" Everyone yelped while Toshinori paled before turning to his left to see Gran Torino watching while eating a bucket filled with Taiyaki. "That damn brat, to think he could pull it off!"
"S-sensei! W-what are you doing here!?" Toshinori asks shakily.
"What? I can't join the teachers to watch my students participating!?" Gran snapped as Toshinori stuttered, trying to calm his sensei down. "Bah, don't answer that."
Back at the starting gate, Todoroki grits his teeth as he squeezes through the crowd and enters the course before using his quirk to freeze the ground, causing another mass panic in the crowd. As Todoroki creates an ice slide to go after Izuku, he is surprised when he hears a massive cry from the back and sees the majority of Class 1-A and 1-B manage to escape.
"Hah! Predictable!" Kaminari says with a grin as sparks come out of his body like Midoriya, except it's yellow.
"We saw that from miles away!" Eijirou grins, his skin looks like rock-hard shells with a hint of metallic black on his hands and legs.
"Don't underestimate us!" Yaomomo exclaims as she performs a pole jump. Ochako can be seen floating with Iida holding onto her hands and using his quirk to propel while Tsuyu uses her tongue and wraps around Ochako's waist. Tooru and Koda grab Tsuyu's leg as they fly past them.
"Holy cow! The majority of Class 1-A and 1-B easily escape the trap performed by Todoroki! How could this be possible!?" Present Mic exclaims loudly.
"It is to be expected. Class 1-A has learned to not hesitate after the attack on USJ. It is surprising for Class 1-B, but it seems that they're not slacking either after hearing the news." Izuku almost tripped when he heard Aizawa talking as one of the announcers. Didn't he get suspended and on therapy!? "Also, why do you drag me here again? Nedzu told me to be the security for UA."
"Ah, don't be a party pooper! There are so many security guards around here that it feels like prisons instead of a festival!" Present Mic exclaims. "Besides, didn't the doctor say that try to relax and enjoy life a bit? This is a perfect way to do it."
"Not when you're the main announcer. My ears are bleeding from your constant screaming." Izuku chuckles at Aizawa's dry tone before noticing a group of robots from the entrance exam. Grinning, Izuku amps up his quirk before in a blink of an eye, he tore a path through the crowd of robots. All they can see is a streak of lightning with torn robot parts flying around.
"And as quick as lightning, our First Year's Representative tore through the robot like there's no tomorrow!" After tearing through the crowd of robots, Izuku continues to run while holding a metal plate on his back, slowing him down a bit. "And what's this!? Why is he holding a giant metal plate on his back?"
"Knowing the boy, he has something in plan." Aizawa comments.
"Wow, they're sure is insane," Togeike says in surprise as she runs along with her team.
"I get that he is crazily powerful, but to think he could've cleared a path in a swift movement," Sato says in surprise as Komori holds onto him, slightly scared.
"Woohoo! As expected from Class 1-A's rep! The manliest man of all!" Kyouriki grins as the others groan in exasperation.
"… Yeah, I have poked the sleeping dragon." Hitoshi deadpanned as he sat down on top of a group of students looking like zombies out for brains. All of them run forward with a blank expression while carrying Hitoshi. He was startled by a pair of blurs passed by and he almost fell. "What the!?"
"Woohoo!" Miles exclaims happily as his tails spin like a helicopter while his bag turns into a jetpack, boosting his flying speed.
"You know, I thought you were crazy putting on jetpacks when you can already fly! But using it to boost your flying speed, now that's mad insane!" Mei exclaims while cackling maniacally.
"I don't need to hear that from someone who is cackling maniacally 24/7!" Miles retorts before he looks down to see a giant white wolf carrying a girl with tanuki features. "Oh, wow…"
"You know that I'm not a taxi at all, Michiru!" The wolf growls loudly as Michiru wraps her stretchy limbs around the wolf's neck and hitch a ride.
"Haha, sorry not sorry!" Michiru exclaims as she sticks her tongue out. "Like the teachers said, Shirou, anything goes!"
"That also means I can get you off my back," Shirou growls as Michiru retracts her tongue before nervously looking at the wolf.
"Please don't." Michiru whimpers as Shirou rolls his eyes.
"I have so many questions right now," Hanzo mutters in disbelief, looking back to see a giant wolf with a familiar tanuki girl on her back. "Did Midori know about this?"
"I once encountered them during lunch break," Takechi says as he runs along with Hanzo. "I heard they're the class representative of Class 1-D and Midoriya-kun probably met them during the weekly meeting. Why? Are they…' you-know-what'?"
"….maybe, but given Midori didn't say anything regarding them, I doubt it…" Hanzo mutters as Takechi nods before starts running past Hanzo, who realizes Takechi has run past him, and immediately catches up. "Hey, not fair! You distract me!"
"Sorry!" Takechi says as he sticks his tongue playfully. Hanzo growls as Takechi chuckles and rushes off. Hanzo grumbles before noticing Tokoyami fly past everyone using his quirk (Hanzo's responsible for telling the bird boy that trick) before he creates iron chains from his palm and wraps around Tokoyami, getting dragged by them.
"What in the world!?" Tokoyami exclaims as Hanzo pulls himself up. "Hanzo, what are you doing!??"
"Hitching a ride, Fumi!" Hanzo exclaims with a grin. "Think of it as a favor for teaching you this trick."
"No complaining for me," Dark Shadow exclaims while Tokoyami sighs.
"Wow, to think that people start to become copycats!" Present Mic exclaims with a chuckle. Hanzo raised his eyebrow before looking at Ochako, Iida, Tsuyu, Koda, and Tooru did the same before deadpanned.
"Hey, Kiri-bro!" Kaminari calls his friend as he runs beside Eijirou. "Mind if I borrow you a bit?"
"Sure!" Eijirou seemed to know what Kaminari's planning as he grinned widely before Kaminari went to the red-haired boy's back. Eijirou activates Hardening on his body and Armament Haki on his hands before putting his guard up. Kaminari amplified his volt on his body before taking a page from Izuku as they tore through the crowd of robots as well.
"…I'm seeing a pattern here," Aizawa deadpanned as Present Mic laughed.
"Anyways, our First Year's Representative seems to be in trouble since he's facing our school's greatest obstacle, the Zero Pointers!" As Present Mic says this, a group of colossal robots can be seen in everyone's view as all of their jaws drop like a sack of bricks.
"Where the hell did they get their budget from!?!" Ochako yells in shock.
"Given Nedzu's the current head of HPSC, it's no big surprise, Uraraka-san!" Iida says.
"Kero, Midoriya-kun is in big trouble." Tsuyu croaks in worry.
"Oh, what's this!? Midoriya's about to use the metal plate he took earlier!" Present Mic's yell gained everyone's attention as Izuku grabbed the metal plate before coating it with his Haki, surprising the majority of Fight Club members except for Hanzo.
'Wait, you can apply Armament Haki to items!?' They all thought in unison, completely caught off guard by it.
In VIP Booth
"Heh, to think he learns something I haven't considered to taught the brats," Gran says with a scoff, grinning ear-to-ear. "He learns how to coat something with Haki, doing it behind my back…"
"You….can apply it to weapons?" Toshinori mutters in fear before looking at the cane with more fear.
"Yup, how do you think I can keep hitting you with my cane?" Gran cackles as Toshinori shivers in fear.
"Gran Torino-san, I would appreciate it if you would stop scaring Toshi-kun," Inko says as she narrows her eyes dangerously at Gran, causing the temperature in the booth to lower significantly. Vlad King and Midnight shiver in fear at the aura radiating from Inko while the kids and Hackmon ignore them, too focused on the festival.
"….Toshi-kun, eh?" Gran didn't seem to react to the aura, grinning teasingly at Toshinori. "To think you would find a girlfriend after all these years. I thought you would lose your rizz already at your current age."
"S-sensei!" Toshinori exclaims as he blushes madly while Inko looks away to hide her blush. "A-also, please don't say that word again. We've made sure it was buried along with the rest of the information regarding the Dark Age of Social Media." This only made Gran cackles as Toshinori groans.
Back with the Competitors
"Gearshift, Transmission," Izuku mutters as his eyes glow blue and the metal plate is covered in a light blue aura. With all his might, he tosses the plate while making sure it is spinning. In an instant, the giant colossal's body was torn off at the middle section before it collapsed onto another Zero-Pointer, knocking them down like dominos.
"Oh my god! Midoriya just pulled one of the craziest Frisbee throws and it tore through the mid-section of the Zero Pointer like a cannon!" Present Mic exclaims loudly as everyone cheers. Izuku turns to see everyone start to chase after him, especially Todoroki who glares at him like Endeavor looking at All Might. Izuku immediately jumps on top of the Zero Pointer before placing both of his palms on it.
"Top!" As the body of Zero Pointer glows blue, the majority of Class 1-A widen their eyes before jumping off toward the robot like they're trying to catch escaped animals. Ochako and Iida deactivate their quirks as the group lands on the Zero Pointer, Eijirou, Kaminari, and Yaomomo, who's been using an electric scooter, jump onto it, and Tokoyami and Hanzo land beside them. Takechi secretly hitch a ride. Tetsutetsu, Awase, and Kaibara ran as fast as they could to join in, but it was too late.
"GEAR!" In the blink of an eye, the entire zero-pointer disappears from everyone's view before it is followed by a loud sonic boom, tearing through the terrain and the rest of the zero-pointers collapse to the ground. Tetsutetsu managed to shield Awase and Kaibara from the wind generated by that, but the rest were sent flying several feet.
BOOM!
"Okay, what the fuck!?" Kyoka exclaims in disbelief. She managed to cover her ears in time as she heard Izuku yell 'Top' along with Shoji, both of them were slightly dizzy from the loud sonic boom.
"Holy shit!" Michiru says before wincing as she recovers from the loud sonic boom while Shirou shakes his head.
"Oh, wow. I've heard of how Gearshift works multiple times, but seeing it in action is crazy." Miles mutters in disbelief as he covers his ears.
"What was that!?" Mei exclaims in shock.
"…." Shinsou looks at the disappearing Zero-Pointer in utter disbelief. What in the world just happened?
"…oh, wow," Sato mutters in disbelief as he holds Kyoiriki, Togeike, and Komori from flying off.
"Hehe…Hero Course is truly insane." Togeike mutters. "I even saw some of them jump into the disappearing colossal…"
"Such guts….it's official! I want to join Class 1-A!" Kyouriki exclaims in excitement.
"Yeah, nope. Class 1-B is enough for me." Komori mutters shakily. Meanwhile, Bakugou, who has been fading into the background, watches in utter disbelief at what he just saw. He was blasting himself to the sky and trying to chase after Deku but with little to no success, and when he finally slowed down and he was about to blast the bastard on his back, he just disappeared and a powerful shockwave knocked him back and his ears feel like multiple knives stabbed through it. What did Deku do!?
Back in the VIP Booth
"Holy SH*T!!!" Present Mic exclaims loudly, but thankfully it was censored for an unknown reason. "The entire zero pointer just launches themselves like a rocket and into the other end of the second obstacle!"
The screen displays a huge cliff with multiple pillars acting as a platform for everyone and metal ropes tied from one edge to another pillar. A giant robot got its head buried at the other side of the edge, its entire body acted as a bridge to one of its pillars.
"It seems that some students know what Midoriya is planning and immediately jump onto its body to hitch a ride," Aizawa comments as he looks at the screen. "It was a bold, reckless, and illogical gambit, but it seems like the gambit is paid off."
"….whoa." Kota, Eri, and Hackmon say in unison, the three of them watch with wide eyes.
"….I can't believe some of my students willingly try to join such a reckless move…" Vlad King could only facepalm as he looked at Tetsutetsu, Awase, and Kaibara on the screen.
"That kid's ballsy," Gran mutters as Toshinori catches Inko who fell unconscious and panicked.
"Wow! Rocket go boom!" Everyone looks up to see Gammamon watches in awe as he eats a giant bar of chocolate. Meanwhile, Falcomon could only facepalm as Gammamon had got them caught.
"Gammamon? Falcomon? What are you guys doing here?" Hackmon asks in surprise.
"Wanna watch aniki!" Gammamon says while cheering loudly. Midnight coo at the cuteness Gammamon radiates through his innocent voice.
"I wish to give Master Hanzo proper support, but it seems I am a few minutes late," Falcomon says, a hint of displeasure in his voice.
"There are more of them?" Kota mutters in surprise.
"Cool!" Eri exclaims.
"…and I thought my past self is insane…" Himiko mutters quietly, unable to handle every event that has occurred.
Back with the Competitors
"Holy shit! That was the most insane ride I've ever had!"
Izuku rubbed his head before looking at everyone who joined in. Izuku deadpanned at them before helping them to get back up.
"I can't believe you guys were crazy enough to join in," Izuku chuckles.
"You know, it would be nice if you would join some of us teaming up together." Tooru groans.
"Given that some of you guys didn't seem to want to team up with me, I had chosen to let you guys do your own thing," Izuku says sheepishly. "Especially after USJ."
"Not everyone is like that, you know," Tooru complains as Izuku helps Iida and Ochako up.
"Yeah, but I ain't a mind reader," Izuku says before helping the rest. Then, suddenly, they feel the bridge collapse and they all start running toward the other sides before the entire robot falls to the ground. Everyone watches as the robot falls into the abyss in silence.
"… Okay, time to go back to the race!" Tooru exclaims as she runs off, making them all blink before chasing her off. As they ran, they were met with an empty path. Everyone seems suspicious about it before Tooru accidentally steps on one of the hidden mines, causing her to knock back but she is caught by Iida and Koda.
"Okay, so the third obstacle is a minefield," Ochako says in surprise. All of them notice bumps all over the field, concluding that those are the buried mines. Izuku uses One For All and his trained instinct to quickly rush through the field while avoiding every mine on it. The others follow through the path Izuku takes but much slower with Kaminari and Iida giving chase after him.
"And just like that, Midoriya managed to clear the path with Kaminari and Iida following suit!" Present Mic exclaims loudly as the entire stadium cheers. "What exactly did Hound Dog teach these kids to do all of these crazy shits!?"
'You know, if a few months ago, someone told me other students might surpass Todoroki or Bakugou, then in honest opinion, I wouldn't believe it since their skill is clearly shown in the media,' Izuku thought with a grin as Iida and Kaminari manage to get closer to him.
'Ah, fuck, this is no longer the old timeline,' Izuku thought as more lightning comes out of Izuku's body, red energy suddenly coating his legs. In an instant, an explosive force burst out from the ground, slowing Iida and Kaminari down as Izuku crosses the finish line.
"AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE ONE WHO MADE IT BACK TO THE STADIUM FIRST IS NONE OTHER THAN IZUKU MIDORIYA!!!" Present Mic yelled loudly as everyone cheered. "THEN, TENYA IIDA AND DENKI KAMINARI TAKE THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE RESPECTIVELY!!!"
Izuku breathes heavily as he looks at the entire stadium cheering wildly. Izuku felt Kaminari slaps his shoulder lightly, panting like a dog.
"D-damn it, bro. You are insane…" Kaminari groans as he collapses, his legs shaking. Thankfully, Izuku and Iida catch him before he makes contact with the ground. They can't help but chuckle while the crowd cheers in the background while the rest of the students cross the finish line.
To be continued
