The next day at school was surprisingly normal considering a large group of organised villains just attacked students on UA grounds, but showing a their professionalism the staff had everything sorted for the next day of classes.
Everyone was talking about the USJ incident and how they were on the news for a short while. Toru ended up feeling depressed after she realises that no one would've noticed her, believe invisible and all
Aizawa walks into the class as per usual, everyone in class 1-A quiets down and get ready to listen in.
"Your fight is not yet over." He states speaking ominously as ever.
His words created angst among the pupils, everyone wonders if villains are going to attack again. Turns out all their worry was for nothing when the teacher continues to say.
"The UA sports festival is about to start"
The class erupted in cheers of excitement, the UA sports festival was one of, if not the most watched event in the world. Though usually everyone's attention is on the 3rd years as it's their last opportunity to get noticed and the competition is more intense, but with all that happened yesterday there will be plenty of eyes on the first years. The populous ever eager to see the students that fought against the villains.
Once everyone's vigour died down, Jiro made a good point that was a sentiment of everyone listening,
"Is it really a good idea to hold the sports festival so soon after the villains snuck inside" she stated.
"They could attack when we're all in the same place" Ojiro added on.
Aizawa the explains that the school board thinks the festival is a good way to show that the threat has been handled and that UA is safer than ever. Apparently their even bringing in pro's from all across the country just to heighten the security. He also made the point that the sports festival is a huge opportunity for all students, not just the hero course. Although most of the focus will be on us, other courses still use the platform to get their work noticed. Especially the support course, normally they bring their inventions and hope potential investors will take notice of their skills.
For us since there will so many pro heroes watching, many of them will be looking to scout potential sidekicks for the future and even internships or work studies that we'll do at some point during our education.
"One chance a year, three chances in a lifetime, no aspiring hero can afford to miss this festival... That means you better not slack off in your training." Aizawa finished his explanation with a serious piece of advice.
"Yes sir!" the class replied.
"Class dismissed" He tiredly said before going back into his sleeping back and hopping away.
The lunchtime bell went off and the class began splitting into smaller groups to talk about the festival.
Me? I was starving, I'm heading to the cafeteria before there's a massive cue. No way I'm waiting in that thing to get my food. So skirting round Ida performing what pensioners would call dancing and an intense looking Uraraka, I left the class.
Arriving at my destination I swiftly ordered my lunch before the place could fill up. After getting my usual and paying Lunch Rush for his services, I was about to sit down at the nearest table when I saw the black haired girl from the other day already sitting at a table herself, quietly eating her food.
Moving over I take a the empty seat next to her and say "How'd you manage to get here so quickly, I practically ran."
Putting her chopsticks down Yui looked at me and said "1-B's class is closer to the hall. It's easier for me arrive earlier."
To be honest I've no clue where 1-B's classroom is, I barely know my way around the school. The only places I know how to get to is my class, the training grounds and the exit. Maybe I should look around more, who knows, I might end up finding something interesting.
"You not come with your friends like the other day?" I asked her as I began to dig into the delicious cuisine.
"No, everyone stayed to talk about the festival. I was hungry, so I left" she softly answered.
After that we just sat in silence eating out respective lunches as the cafeteria quickly filled up with hungry students.
Yui finished her meal before me, so as I continued to savour the flavours she asked me "I seen the news, were you at the USJ yesterday?"
"I was, some pretty crazy stuff went down didn't it" I responded
"Are you okay?" she inquired, her cerulean eyes staring into mine.
"Do I look okay?" I stated.
Yui looked over me a few times, seemingly checking if I was alright before meeting my eyes once more and nodding.
Seriously I don't know if she's being serious or if that was meant to be a joke. Is she an bit of an airhead or is she just like that?.
Polishing off my food, I asked Yui "Do you know where Snipe's classroom is? I need to ask him for a few things"
Pondering with a blank look on her face she nods.
"Can you show me the way?"
I received another nod as and answer, only this time she picked up her tray and started to walk away.
Assuming she meant for me to follow her, we both put our stuff away before heading back towards the hero course buildings.
As we passed through the brightly lit corridors or UA, we ended up drawing looks from both of our classmates. They seemed pretty curious as to where we were going, but neither me nor Yui payed any attention to them.
As we climbed the stairs, I asked my guide "You looking forward to the sports festival?".
After nodding her head, she replies "Yes, but I'll need to train harder to get noticed"
"Are you training in anything special or will it just be the usual class training" I said.
"When I have free time I'm going to exercise more. Mr. Vlad said I should be more mobile" She repeated the advice class 1-B's teacher gave her.
"So you don't have a mobility quirk then" I pointed out.
Shaking her head at my words, she then says "My quirk lets me alter the size of anything I touch, or non-living things though, watch"
Pulling a pencil from her inside blazer pocket she then proceeded to transform the pencil into a supersized version of it's self. Seriously you could use that pencil as a spear at this point.
Once she showed me her quirk, Yui then pressed her fingertips together, similar to the way Uraraka does to cancel her quirk. This reverted the pencil back to it's original form.
Off the bat I could already think of several good ways to use the quirk. For starters imagine she threw a rock or something similar towards you then supersized it, that's like having a near infinite supply of boulders to throw at her enemies.
It'd be good for sneak attacks as well, just shrink the object and they've never see it coming.
Before I could ask Yui more about her quirk she stopped outside a one of the classroom doors.
"This is Snipe's classroom" She said standing slightly to the left of the door way.
"Thanks for bringing me here" I said with gratitude before knocking the door and walking inside.
The classroom looked the exact same as 1-A, only in here there was a desk in the corner where Snipes was currently sitting. Looking up from his lunch he asked me "Your Aizawa's student aren't you, he was telling us about how much help you gave him back at the USJ. Anyways what can I do for you?"
"I was wondering if you could help me at one of the training facilities after school ends. I had an idea for a new move watching you fight but I need someone to help me train it." I explained to the pro hero.
"Damn kid, you copying my moves or something, I thought you used fire to attack" Snipes questioned.
"It's not an attacking move, it's a defensive one, I need some protection from fast ranged attackers like you and being shot doesn't seem like it'd feel to good" I said.
Chuckling at my words he replies "Sure, I can help you out for a while after school, just don't expect me to take it easy on you".
After thanking Snipe for his time, I left the room and was about to go a walk around UA till class started again when I noticed Yui was still waiting for me.
"I'm going to explore UA for a bit, you tagging along?" I asked the girl, getting a nod in replies we started out strut in UA.
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{2 weeks later}
"Everyone get your game faces on we're entering the arena soon!" Ida shouted as he walked back into the waiting room.
The sports festival was about to start, everyone could hear the loud cheers of the crowd causing the nervousness of a set few students to peak.
Sitting next to Sero, I took a look at each of my classmates reactions. Some were nervous, some were ready and some just looked like it was just another normal day. Cough Todoroki.
Surprisingly that guy I just name dropped called out to Midoriya, who was doing some sort of breathing technique to calm himself down. Everyone quietened down to listen into their conversation.
"Oh hey Todoroki, what's up" Midoriya murmured.
"For an objective standpoint, I think it's fairly clear that I'm stronger than you" he said in his usual matter-of-fact tone.
"Y-yea" Midoriya whispered displaying to everyone his usual lack of self confidence.
"However you've got All Might in your corner helping you out" this made the freckled boy jump in nervousness. That's something that has been noticed by most of 1-A, the two of them are all ways sneaking off together, even spending lunch and breaks together a lot. If I didn't know better, I'd think there was something dodgy going on between the two of them. First I thought that since they had similar power quirks, All Might was just giving him pointers but at this point it's getting kind of weird.
"I'm not here to pry about what's going on between you two... but know that I will beat you"
What's this all about, doesn't seem like Todoroki has a grudge against him or anything, but saying he'll beat him sounds a bit random. They're stronger people in class than him, like me or Bakugo so the whole thing confused me.
Kirishima came up from behind ice boy and clapped his shoulder saying "What's the big deal man, why're you picking a fight all of a sudden, and right before we get started".
Todoroki slaps his hand away, giving everyone another serious statement "We're not here to be each others friends. Don't forget, this isn't a team effort" as he exited to the main tunnel.
What happened next was unbelievable, Deku actually grew some fucking balls and spoke back to Todoroki. I was shocked even if it didn't show on my face, well until his speech became more self depreciating. That boy needs a confidence boost or something.
Soon after, we were told to move to the tunnel in preparation for the festival's start. Everyone went in once class at a time so it was just 1-A waiting for the signal. Everyone had their school tracksuits on, none of us were allowed to wear our hero costumes since it would give us an unfair advantage.
It never made much sense, since pitting hero course students against the other courses is already unfair. The only ones who really had a shot were the support course, and maybe a few from general studies that had good quirks.
We got the signal to begin walking out, the sounds from the crowds and Present Mic's commentary reverberated around the tunnel. Everything was still muffled so it was nothing compared to the noise when we entered the stadium.
The noise was dialled up to 11, the masses were bouncing in the stands as the fireworks that signalled the beginning of the sports festival boomed in the sky. Present Mic began introducing, using the recent events that involved our class to further the crowds excitement.
Damn this feels weird as hell being in front of so many people, I hope that the Konro and the twins got good seats. Glancing around the stadium, I caught notice of one of seating areas closest to the ground.
Fuck.
In that seating area I saw my worst nightmare. Literally an entire cheering squad made up of the mostly men and women from Asakusa. I only knew that Konro and the girls were coming, should've knew he'd pull something like this.
Do these people not have jobs or something to be at?
After we were announced Present Mic got to introducing the other classes, comparing our introduction to theirs was like night and day. We nearly got a whole paragraph from. the commentator while the others were over and done with in a second.
When everyone had gathered in the centre to the stadium, the pro hero Midnight took centre stage. She was still wearing her mind bogglingly sexy outfit, which drew cheers from the male members of the audience.
In the general studies group a tiny ball hairy boy literally starting crying saying he'd engrave the sight into his eyes forever.
I'll just pretend that never happened.
All jokes aside you'd think Midnight would wear something less provocative for this, but ultimately it's up to her if she enjoys wearing stuff like that who am I to judge.
"Someone should talk to Miss Midnight about what she's wearing." Kirishima said while lightly blushing.
Agreeing with his friend Kaminari added "Yea that costume should come with a warning" something that I had to agree on, that woman's a stunner without the costume, never mind with it.
"Is it really appropriate apparel for a high school game" Tokoyami pointed out. No, no it is not.
Quieting down the rowdy fans Midnight said through the microphone, "And for the student pledge we have Benimaru Shinmon" which made most of my classmates turn to me. Midnight came to tell me about this a few days ago in private, so none of them knew I was meant to be speaking. At first I refused, but then Midnight offered to give me extra lessons in maths which I dearly needed. I can barely make sense of numbers normally never mind when the teachers wearing lingerie, so I accepted under the condition she wears normal clothes while teaching.
Stepping up to the stage with my usual lackadaisical appearance I go to take Midnights position in front of the mic.
As she stepped to the side she shot me a sneaky wink "Give 'em a show" she said from outside the mics range.
Looking down at the many first year students and up and the thousands of people in the stadium I began my speech,
"So... I hope everyone enjoys themselves today" I said dully and got ready to walk back off stage.
Before I could leave Midnight spoke up "Don't you have anything else to say to everyone?"
Rubbing my chin for a second to think I reply "Not really" which made Midnight grow a tick mark on her forehead. She was probably pissed I never put much effort into it, but who care's I'm getting my lessons, their getting a speech they'll forget about in 5 minutes, all I see is a win-win situation.
Leaving the stage I head back to my classmates, leaving the pro hero alone to pick up the pieces.
"That was a real invigorating speech you gave there Shinmon" poked Kaminari
"I know, really put my heart and soul into it" I said with no obvious sarcasm.
Before anyone else could say something about my sentence, Midnight continued on.
"After that... unique speech, it's about time for us to get started!" from behind her a screen appeared that showed the first game of the festival.
'Obstacle Course'
That should be easy enough, I'll just find something to fly on and that'll be that.
After picking the challenge Midnight began to explain the rules.
"I don't want to restrain anyone, at least in this game" she said licking he lips "As long as you don't leave the the course, your free to do whatever your heart desires!"
Then we were moved to the starting point of the race. In front of me was a large set of gates that opened into a small funnel to prevent too many people from getting out. The 100+ students were all tussling for a good starting point, where as I was at the back with plenty of space.
The green lights above our heads began turning off one by one, when the final one was off it signified the start of the course.
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{2 weeks later}
"Everyone get your game faces on. We're entering the arena soon!" Ida shouted as he walked back into the waiting room.
The sports festival was about to start, everyone could hear the loud cheers of the crowd causing the nervousness of a set few students to peak.
Sitting next to Sero, I took a look at each of my classmates reactions. Some were nervous, some were ready and some just looked like it was just another normal day. Cough Todoroki.
Surprisingly that guy I just name dropped called out to Midoriya, who was doing some sort of breathing technique to calm himself down. Everyone quietened down to listen into their conversation.
"Oh hey Todoroki, what's up" Midoriya murmured.
"For an objective standpoint, I think it's fairly clear that I'm stronger than you" he said in his usual matter-of-fact tone.
"Y-yea" Midoriya whispered displaying to everyone his usual lack of self confidence.
"However you've got All Might in your corner helping you out" this made the freckled boy jump in nervousness. That's something that has been noticed by most of 1-A, the two of them are all ways sneaking off together, even spending lunch and breaks together a lot. If I didn't know better, I'd think there was something dodgy going on between the two of them. First I thought that since they had similar power quirks, All Might was just giving him pointers but at this point it's getting kind of weird.
"I'm not here to pry about what's going on between you two... but know that I will beat you"
What's this all about, doesn't seem like Todoroki has a grudge against him or anything, but saying he'll beat him sounds a bit random. They're stronger people in class than him, like me or Bakugo so the whole thing confused me.
Kirishima came up from behind ice boy and clapped his shoulder saying "What's the big deal man, why're you picking a fight all of a sudden, and right before we get started".
Todoroki slaps his hand away, giving everyone another serious statement "We're not here to be each others friends. Don't forget, this isn't a team effort" as he exited to the main tunnel.
What happened next was fucking unbelievable, Deku actually grew some balls and spoke back to Todoroki. I was shocked even if it didn't show on my face, well until his speech became more self depreciating. That boy needs a confidence boost or something.
Soon after, we were told to move to the tunnel in preparation for the festival's start. Everyone went in once class at a time so it was just 1-A waiting for the signal. Everyone had their school tracksuits on, none of us were allowed to wear our hero costumes since it would give us an unfair advantage.
It never made much sense, since pitting hero course students against the other courses is already unfair. The only ones who really had a shot were the support course, and maybe a few from general studies that had good quirks.
We got the signal to begin walking out, the sounds from the crowds and Present Mic's commentary reverberated around the tunnel. Everything was still muffled so it was nothing compared to the noise when we entered the stadium.
The noise was dialled up to 11, the masses were bouncing in the stands as the fireworks that signalled the beginning of the sports festival boomed in the sky. Present Mic began introducing, using the recent events that involved our class to further the crowds excitement.
Damn this feels weird as hell being in front of so many people, I hope that the Konro and the twins got good seats. Glancing around the stadium, I caught notice of one of seating areas closest to the ground.
Fuck.
In that seating area I saw my worst nightmare. Literally an entire cheering squad made up of the mostly men and women from Asakusa. I only knew that Konro and the girls were coming, should've knew he'd pull something like this.
Do these people not have jobs or something to be at?
After we were announced Present Mic got to introducing the other classes, comparing our introduction to theirs was like night and day. We nearly got a whole paragraph from. the commentator while the others were over and done with in a second.
When everyone had gathered in the centre to the stadium, the pro hero Midnight took centre stage. She was still wearing her mind mindbogglingly sexy outfit, which drew cheers from the male members of the audience.
In the general studies group a tiny ball hairy boy literally starting crying saying he'd engrave the sight into his eyes forever.
I'll just pretend that never happened.
All jokes aside you'd think Midnight would wear something less provocative for this, but ultimately it's up to her if she enjoys wearing stuff like that who am I to judge.
"Someone should talk to Miss Midnight about what she's wearing." Kirishima said while lightly blushing.
Agreeing with his friend Kaminari added "Yea that costume should come with a warning" something that I had to agree on, that woman's a stunner without the costume, never mind with it.
"Is it really appropriate apparel for a high school game" Tokoyami pointed out. No, no it is not.
Quieting down the rowdy fans Midnight said through the microphone, "And for the student pledge we have Benimaru Shinmon" which made most of my classmates turn to me. Midnight came to tell me about this a few days ago in private, so none of them knew I was meant to be speaking. At first I refused, but then Midnight offered to give me extra lessons in maths which I dearly needed. I can barely make sense of numbers normally never mind when the teachers wearing lingerie, so I accepted under the condition she wears normal clothes while teaching.
Stepping up to the stage with my usual lackadaisical appearance I go to take Midnights position in front of the mic.
As she stepped to the side she shot me a sneaky wink "Give 'em a show" she said from outside the mics range.
Looking down at the many first year students and up and the thousands of people in the stadium I began my speech,
"So... I hope everyone enjoys themselves today" I said dully and got ready to walk back off stage.
Before I could leave Midnight spoke up "Don't you have anything else to say to everyone?"
Rubbing my chin for a second to think I reply "Not really" which made Midnight grow a tick mark on her forehead. She was probably pissed I never put much effort into it, but who care's I'm getting my lessons, their getting a speech they'll forget about in 5 minutes, all I see is a win-win situation.
Leaving the stage I head back to my classmates, leaving the pro hero alone to pick up the pieces.
"That was a real invigorating speech you gave there Shinmon" poked Kaminari
"I know, really put my heart and soul into it" I said with no obvious sarcasm.
Before anyone else could say something about my sentence, Midnight continued on.
"After that... unique speech, it's about time for us to get started!" from behind her a screen appeared that showed the first game of the festival.
'Obstacle Course'
That should be easy enough, I'll just find something to fly on and that'll be that.
After picking the challenge Midnight began to explain the rules.
"I don't want to restrain anyone, at least in this game" she said licking he lips "As long as you don't leave the the course, your free to do whatever your heart desires!"
Then we were moved to the starting point of the race. In front of me was a large set of gates that opened into a small funnel to prevent too many people from getting out. The 100+ students were all tussling for a good starting point, where as I was at the back with plenty of space.
The green lights above our heads began turning off one by one, when the final one was off it signified the start of the course.
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Fire spewed out my arms, burning the sleeves of my tracksuit as I flew over the competition.
When the gunshot was heard everyone piled into the narrow passageway, fighting to get past each other. I just skipped all that by flying above them, as I landed ahead of everyone a sheet of ice tried forming at my feet which was quickly stopped by the heat coming from my flames.
Todoroki just froze most of the competitors as soon as the race started, letting him take the lead right form the get go.
As he passed me I casually went over to the white barrier at the side of the track. A quick heat assisted chop was all it too for me to cut myself a ride.
The few people who had manged to get out of Todoroki's were able to see me take off into the sky past a raging Bakugo.
I never even took more than a second to both catch up to and surpass the current number one. If I were to make an assumption I'd say my speed while flying is the best out of all the first years, possibly even the school, but I'll save my assumption for when I get a better look at the other years.
Moments after whooshing past Todoroki I arrived at the area where a bunch of zero pointer robots were lying in wait for the the students.
The first obstacle wasn't even a challenge for me, by the time they even started moving to stop me I was already past them. While those bots are stronger, their speed leaves much to be desired.
I'm sure the other's will have a bit more difficulty passing them... maybe?
Next up was an area filled with tall stone pillars connected to each other by tightropes. Beneath the pillars was a deep pit, deep enough that wouldn't end well if you fell down, but this is UA they've probably got something to protect the students from falling. Can't have students dying during a sports festival, bad for pr.
This obstacle was even easier than the last one, at least in the last one I actually had to move round the robots. For this all I had to do was fly in a straight line to continue the course.
Having a flying type quirk would give you a massive advantage in this race and a massive advantage in fights. Never underestimate an opponent that can move in mid air. Imagine if the USJ Nomu could do that, if that was the case that fight would've been exponentially harder since it'd still be able to attack me after I made a dodge. Luckily that wasn't the case and I had an easy time avoiding it's blows.
Although all the flying I've been doing recently has gave me an idea for a support item that would save me the hassle of finding something to ride on every time I wanted to fly at high speeds. Over the past two weeks I've managed to get some rough sketches made, and I'll probably swing by the support department after this to get their opinion on it.
Anyway back to destroying everyone at the obstacle course.
The final obstacle was a mine field...yep you guessed it.
I flew right over it.
The guys that made this obstacle course must be fuming. I've just avoided every single obstacle just because I could fly, which made it less of an obstacle course and more of a race to me.
Their lucky theirs not many pure flying quirks in the first year ranks, otherwise this challenge would've been reduced to a joke. Bakugo could avoid everything like I done, albeit at a slower speed if he can keep up those mini explosions food the entire race.
After I passed the mine field all that was left was to flying back to the stadium to complete the loop. At this point I was so far in front I couldn't even see anyone else, so chances are I'll be waiting in the arena for a while.
Upon arriving at the gates I slowed my speed down to make sure I never burned anything when passing through the tunnel. As soon as I made it back into the inside of the arena, the crowd burst into cheers. Everyone was balling at the first competitor to complete the obstacle course, and with a landslide victory at that.
The Asakusa section was basically having their own festival at this point. Drinks were being threw around, people were dancing and their fanaticism with me was growing by the moment.
Present Mic's commentary resounded around the stadium only further egging on the already wild crowd.
As all this was going on around me I floated on my mount and watched the others doing the course.
Seeing the images of the first stage robots gave me glimpses of Todoroki's firepower. I was impressed, that ice of his packs a punch. The only people I think that could match him is Bakugo and Deku. Even if he quirk destroys his body when he uses it, I can't deny the sheer power it has.
A while after I finished, the rest of the contestants finally began to arrive. Deku taking second place was a shocker, the way he done it was no less that impressive though even if it had required a fair bit of luck. Todoroki and Bakugo came in at third and fourth respectively, each having a scowl on their visage for their placing. Fourth was a vine haired girl from class 1-B, while fifth ended up being a boy with shaggy blonde hair and no lips from the same class.
By the time all of the 42 spots available for the next round were taken, everyone in class 1-A and 1-B manged to get a space with Aoyama synching the last spot. The two students that weren't from the hero course out of the 42 was a pink haired girl with a mature body covered in all types of support gear highlighting her place in the support course, and a tired looking blue haired boy from the general studies course.
Once the last contestant made it back to the stadium Midnight took to the stage once again.
"The first game for the first years is finally over and what a game it was, now lets take a quick look at the standings shall we"
As she finished a slideshow appeared on the big screen showing all the participants positions, as we as their pictures. Once it ended the next challenge appeared on the screen.
'Cavalry Battle'
"Allow me to explain, the participants will form groups of two to four people as they see fit. IN theory it's basically the same as a regular playground game but there is one difference. Each player has been assigned a point value based on the results of the obstacle course."
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"Now you've got 15 minutes to build your teams, I recommend you get started!"
I've already got two people in mind that should make this a easy game to win. As everyone started trying to organise their team, I made my way through the crowd to find who I was looking for.
"Yaoyorozu, join my team" I called out to the black haired girl.
She was on her way to find some teammates when I asked, she seemed surprised that I was looking for her specifically.
"Why me? I already had an idea for a team that would work well together, and with the amount of points you have, anyone that's part of your team's in for a hard time." She stated.
"Just come with me, if we can get the other person I'm hoping for none of that will matter, and besides don't you want to pass this round with the highest amount of points" I told her.
Agreeing to come with me, we begin looking for my next target. As we passed by the other students, Todoroki and Bakugo were getting mobbed by everyone wanting to join their team. While the students from class B were splitting into groups fairly quickly, putting me on a time limit for roping in my next member.
Finding the person I was looking for, she was standing in a group with the members from the other heroic class that still hadn't picked formed a group. Which included the orange haired girl with the giant fists and the glue spewing guy from the entrance exams.
"Yui team up with us" I asked the abnormally quiet girl.
This drew the attention of the class 1-B students who never thought someone from would want to team up with their rival class. I honestly couldn't care less about the thing going on between the two classes, apparently some people from 1-B thinks our class is stealing the spotlight from them ever since the USJ. Some guy that reminds me of Kirishima even turned up at the classroom door to call people out.
Yui looked at me and Yaoyorozu for a moment then nodded with a "Mm!" and came over to my side.
This caused a troubled looking blonde boy to jump out from the group, "Yui why would you join up with one of the jerks from class 1-A! Leave those losers and come back!"
"Benimaru's not a jerk" Yui replied in her usual short sentenced fashion
This guy genuinely looks borderline insane, turning to Yui I ask "Who the hell's this idiot" which just served to irritate him further.
"I'll have you know-" he was silenced with a quirk chop to the back of the neck from the orange haired girl. I'll say she definitively practices some sort of martial arts, that strike had pristine form and i'll even give it bonus points for shutting that guy up.
"Sorry about that Monoma here gets a bit... worked up when it comes to your class" She apologised while giving us a small bow and dragging the unconscious boy back to the group to discuss further.
Momo was confused looking at the dynamic between those two asking Yui "Are they two always like that?"
Which in turn made the girl nod twice in reply.
"That girl sure knows how to hit someone" I stated impressed her performance.
"Itsuka Kendo, that's her name" Yui informed us.
"Right now that everyone's here, I'll tell you the plan..." and I began to explain what each of them had to do once the game started.
After I finished the explanation, Yaoyorozu inquired "Are you sure that's legal, it seems unfair to everyone else."
"So what? All we're doing is using our quirks together. If anything we're just showing good teamwork" Yui nodded to show her agreement with my statement.
"I guess your right. Is there going to be anyone else in our team?" she said.
"No we don't need anyone else-" but before I could finish an extremely lively pink haired girl interrupted me.
"Finally found you, and your team's still got space in it. Come on team up with me person in first place" The girl rapidly said at point blank range.
She had a strange set of eyes that resembled cross-hairs and she was covered head to toe with different kinds of gadgets.
"Huh?" I looked at her with visible confusion in my exotic eyes.
"Who even are you?" I wondered out loud.
"I'm Mei Hatsume from the support course, but you can call me Mei" The newly identified Mei said energetically.
"Why do you want to join anyway, isn't it better to go for another team?" I pointed out since from an objective standpoint every other team will be trying to get out points, which gives us a high chance of getting our points stolen.
"No way since your the number one everyone's eyes will be you, that gives my super cute babies a better chance of getting noticed." At this point I though we might've had a streaker on our hands. Considering she was amply proportioned in the breasts department my eyes dropped to stare at her chest, as my brain drew it's own conclusions about what getting her babies noticed entailed.
After a light poke at my rips from Yui broke me of my stupor, I moved my gaze back to Mei's equally exotic eyes.
"So you're... a streaker?" I asked.
"Nope just passionate. So what about it, letting me join" she continued.
Thinking for a moment I respond, "Mind if I run some things by you, I've got an idea for a piece of equipment but I'm not sure about the specifics".
"Really!? You want me to make you a baby as well. Sure, c'mon hit me already" Mei responded with some pretty questionable stuff.
Not long after we got the final member of our team, the timer was up and everyone got into their starting positions. I was the front horse with Hatsume and Yaoyorozu taking the left and right, while Yui was the rider.
Present Mic was doing the count down, the closer the number got the zero, the more focused everyone looked. Me and my team were prepared to enact our plan so when the countdown was finished we were ready to get the show on the road.
"Begin!" Midnight shouted.
We kicked into gear immediately, Yaoyorozu made a heat resistant tile which she quickly passed onto Yui. Our rider then used her quirk to enlarge the tile into something large enough from all of us to stand on.
As the other teams rapidly closed in on us, we stepped on top of the tile. With a quick look the entire bottom face of the platform combusted, allowing us to rise into the sky.
The other students we're dumbfounded at an entire team soaring through the air, and this fact ended most team's hope at getting the first place headband.
While our team rose through the air, Yui applied her quirk onto the headband turning to a size that was barely visible to the naked eye, before hiding it somewhere in her hair.
This was allowed since the rule stated that the headband must be above your shoulders at all times.
"Wow that things tiny" looking up at Yui the gear head asked "Will it stay like that forever? Think you could make my babies smaller?" to which Yui shook her head.
Suddenly a series of explosions were heard coming from beneath us "You bastard!!" shouted Bakugo as he desperately climbed higher.
His ascent was halted though, as scores of enlarged items were falling towards him, blocking his path up the way. Saving him was Sero's tape which snaked around his body and pulled him back down to his team.
Todoroki's team tries something similar but a little fire was all it took for the ice pillar to crumble.
Hatsume was too engrossed to care what was going on, after I explained the concept of my equipment to her, she was in a daydream thinking of all the possible outcomes to the design.
That was how the rest of the game passed, we we're to high up for anyone to ever attempt at stealing our points so it was pretty uneventful. Unless you count in the ideas I got from Mei about my equipment.
"Times up!" Present Mic announced
Bringing the platform back down to let everyone off, we went to towards the lunch area for the hour break, while listening to Mei moaning about not showing off her babies. all while I ignored the ecstatic cheers of the Konro and the others.
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After a the hour break and the recreational games, the finals of the first year sports festival were about to begin.
The best thing to come out of it was Kaminari tricking the girls to wear cheerleader outfits. Although it never ended well for him, everyone else though had a great piece of eye candy seeing the girls in those skimpy outfits. I know I enjoyed it at least.
Although there was a weird incident where members from one of the teams dropped out of the finals. That included Ojiro and a small chubby kid from class B, which left the blue haired guy Shinsou, and sparkly fucker Aoyama to advance.
Apparently the two of them couldn't even remember the Cavalry Battle taking place, which was the reason they ended up withdrawing. Definitely something up there, I'm betting on that Shinsou gut from general studies having some sort of weird quirk.
Because two participants dropped out, they had to get replacements from the 5th placed team, but after Kendo's and her girls being pretty chill about the whole situation it ended up being Ibara Shiozaki the vine haired girl and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu the steel man advancing to the finals.
The brackets appeared on the large screen for the whole stadium to see, 16 participants, 15 fights, 1 winner. It's what everyone's been waiting for.
My first match was against Ibara, I've barely seen what her quirk can do, so I've no idea how strong it could be. Still it shouldn't be a problem, my fire should be the natural counter to her quirk anyway.
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The first match was Midoriya vs Shinsou, during the fight everyone got to find out the blue haired boys quirk, Mind control, pretty damn crazy. It works if Shinsou is able to get a vocal reply from someone he's speaking to, if that happens the target ends up under his full control until Shinsou releases them.
Deku ended up winning though thanks to his shitty control over his quirk. Apparently any sort of damage ends the mind control. and after blowing up his finger Midoriya just threw him out the arena.
Todoroki vs Sero was even quicker though, after Sero's failed sneak attack, Todoroki created another massive wall of ice like the one he used in the obstacle course. Freezing his opponent and half of the arena along with him, ending the fight within seconds.
Right now I'm standing in the arena face to face with my opponent. The fair skinned Ibara was a poised in a praying position, I wonder what her religion is, I don't believe in nothing but most of the people in Asakusa are either Shintoist, Buddhist or both. Maybe she's the same.
"You may begin your match!" Midnight stated from her podium.
Right after the announcement Ibara's vine like hair grew to phenomenal lengths, it stretched across the field in attempt to reach me.
Calm as ever, I never let the wave of vines bother me as I got into position for one of the Iai-hand sword techniques.
'Iai Hand-Sword: Second Form - Moonlight'
Making an X-shape with my arms in front of my chest, they ignited in a spectacular fashion. The heat radiating from the flames, created a blindingly bright light just like the moon itself. However unlike the moons shine, this light was scorching hot.
The heat decimated Ibara's vines burning them all the way back to their owner. At the same time I sliced my arms through the roasting air, producing powerful X-shaped blades of fire. They cut towards their target at lightning speeds, mauling through the ground around them on impact.
"Give up" I practically ordered the girl.
Once the light dissipated, the crowd was finally able to see the field. What they saw shocked them to the core, especially a certain fire using hero watching from the stands.
The entire ground was stained black from the blistering heat, but that was nothing comparable to large X-shaped recess indented into the ground which was still red hot from the attack.
The only thing that calmed them down was the fact that their seemed to be an invisible barrier around the girl, as the ground she was standing on was perfectly unaffected by the flames.
"I-I give up" Ibara fell to her knees and conceded with a borderline terrified look on her face, allowing Midnight to call the match.
"Winner Benimaru Shinmon!"
The stadium was still mostly silent apart from the Asakusa section that even started chanting my name. That's it I've decided, Konro's dead when I get back.
Eventually the crowd began clapping for Ibara the same way they done for Sero when they lost. Encouraging her instead of trying to bring her down, a nice touch.
Walking over to my opponent who was still looking out of it, I say "Snap out of it already, I was never going to hit you with that in the first place. Just needed something to get the pros interested"
Holding my hand our for her to gasp, she replied while looking to the sky "My, this must be my punishment for reaching the finals in such a unworthy fashion"
After whatever that was, she accepted my offer for help and I pulled Ibara onto her feet.
"Thanks for the help" she said as we began to walk up to our respective classes view platforms.
"What an excellent display of sportsmanship from the contestants. Now onto the next match, Mei Hatsume vs Tenya Ida!" Present Mic announced lively as ever, getting the crowd excited all over again for the next match.
As we climbed the stairs I curiously asked Ibara who had quickly gotten over her loss "What religion is it you believe it?"
"I am a believer in both Shintoism and Buddhism" She explained.
"Interesting" I replied
"Are a believe as well?" She questioned with intensity and a sparkle in her eye.
"No, I don't believe in anything. I doesn't make sense to me" I replied with my honest feelings on religion.
After putting on a disappointed face, Ibara quickly rebounded back to normal "Well if you ever want to speak about it, my door will always be open" She said with a kind smile.
We arrived at the viewing rooms, opening mine I say my goodbye before entering the room and nearly walking into a face full of Kirishima.
"Damn, Shinmon I never knew you were packing so much firepower, and helping Shiozaki up at the end, that was so manly!" The red haired boy exclaimed while flexing the muscles in one of his arms.
"He's right you know, and what about all those people that were cheering for you once your won. Do you know them?" Toru asked waving her invisible arms around.
Being reminded of Konro and the others my face darkened for a moment, "They're from where I live" I replied
"Woah so your famous there? That's so cool!" Toru said while Kirishima nodded in agreement.
"More like I can't get them to leave me alone. Give me a minute I need to phone someone" I told them while leaving for the changing rooms.
Upon arrival I went straight into my locker, pulled out my phone and dialled a certain someone's number. As the phone rang I sat down on one of the benches, after a few rings the person picked up.
"Konro"
"B-Beni, you know that was a g-great match there" He said before nervously laughing.
"What happened to it just being you and the girls, eh?" I questioned.
"W-well, about that" Konro stuttered
"You're in for it when this is over" I told him before handing up and leaving for the stands once again.
I wonder what I could convince Hinata and Hikage to do to Konro?
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My next match up was against the class rep himself, Tenya Ida. He got through the first match after Hatsume made a total fool out of him with her scores of gadgets. Luckily for Ida, Mei never had any interest in the tournament so once the stadium was shown her last piece of equipment she forfeited the match, sending Ida through to the next round.
After being turned into a walking advertisement Ida was eager to prove himself in the match between us.
If I was to guess, I think he's going use that superfast one shot move from the start. The one he used in the Cavalry Battle, Recipro-something, can't really remember.
If Ida doesn't go for it straight away... I mean it'd be pretty stupid. He might as well try and send me out of bounds before I can pull the same thing as last round.
All the other first round matches were pretty fun to watch.
I thought Yui's match was hilarious, she was up against Ashido and ended up winning by nearly squashing Ashido with her shoe. Since there's not any debris in the arena to manipulate, she waited for Ashido to close in before attacking.
Yui threw her and supersized it to her current maximum, which was around half the width of the battle field. Being that close Ashido couldn't dodge and was knocked unconscious from the blow.
Kirishima ended up fighting Tetsutetsu who had a similar quirk, so it ended up being an all out brawl that ended in a draw. Once they both recovered they arm wrestled to see who would advance, that Kirishima won and it ended up being one of the strangest advancements in the history of the sports festival.
Bakugo vs Uraraka was good as well. Everyone got clear look at his serious firepower and although his opponents plan was good, he came out on top with little trouble.
The first match of the second round was intense as well. Midoriya ended up giving Todoroki a run for his money at the expense of several body parts, and I got to see Todoroki using his fire quirk properly instead. The fire and ice combination ended up being too much for Midoriya and he was put out of action after a final collision.
Endeavour, Todoroki's father also said some questionable stuff that was brushed off as some strange form of encouragement, but in my eyes it definitely never seemed that way.
Standing out on the field Present Mic got on with our introductions.
"Here we go folks, the second match of the second round is starting. On one side we've got the walking advertisement himself, the class Rep of 1-A, Tenya Ida!" to which Ida cringed at his failure from the last round.
"Fighting against him, we've got the man who's burning through the competition, Benimaru Shinmon!"
As we faced off against one another Ida spoke up, "Shinmon, I must redeem myself from the shameful performance I put on in the first round, so I won't hold anything back. I hope you'll respect me and do the same."
"Sure, knock yourself out" I replied.
Midnight then called out to start the match, "Ready, begin!" she shouted as her whip cut through the air.
Looking at Ida, he quick dropped down into a sprinters starting position. The engines on his legs heat up rapidly in preparation for what must be an attack, as blue flames started spewing from the exhausts he shouted "Recipro Burst!".
There's the name of that move, I'll try remember it this time.
As Ida's words finished he flew towards me at staggering speeds, even faster that when he used it in the Cavalry Battle due to not having excess weight.
While this was happening, several strategies passed through my mind, the one at the forefront was just taking control of the flames in the engine and making them explode, but that's too fucked up for this kind of fight. For all I know it could end up with his legs being blew clean off, can't have that happening.
Quickly deciding on a different option, I wait for Ida to get close. He probably thinks he's going too fast for me to react, how far for the truth that is.
When he was just in front of me about to take his shot at pushing me from the arena, a well timed burst of flames came from my left hand in a similar way to how Bakugo uses his explosions to move around.
The small burst done enough to knock me out of Ida's pathway, causing his eyes to widen as he was going too fast to change direction in such a short amount of time.
Before he could even process what was happening, I took a hard swipe at his legs. The kick connected which threw Ida off balance, and at the speeds he was going at there was nothing to stop him from flying out of bounds.
All in all, it was less effort than the match against Ibara, all because of some good timing and Ida's over confidence the match finished as quickly as it started.
There were no cheers from the crowd, only confusion as for most of the viewers everything happened faster than they could keep up with. Leaving them wondering what the heck happened.
While the crowd gawked at the result, Midnight called it "Winner, Benimaru Shinmon"
That got the crowd going, but I can guarantee Konro wasn't cheering as much as he was before. All he knows is that he's in for a hard time soon.
I walked off to go and help up Ida, I know that the move he just performed stalls his legs for a while so I decided to give him a hand reaching the viewing platform.
Upon reaching the class rep he asked "How were you able to keep up with my speed?"
In return I responded, "I'm used to speeds like that, you never seen me flying before?"
"I suppose that's a fair point, I underestimated you and I payed the price. I just hope my brother won't be disappointed in me" He said with a sigh.
Helping him walk I asked "You've got a brother?"
"Yes, one I look up to very much. I don't know if you've heard of him before but he's the Turbo Hero Ingenium." he stated with a proud smile on his face, despite looking terribly a moment before. It really shows how much he cares about his brother.
At the name I was pretty shocked, I wanted to kick my own ass for not noticing the similarities between them and not putting two and two together.
"Seriously? your his brother. I should've noticed it sooner, Ingenium sometimes ends up being called to the area I live for villain attacks"
"So you already know who he is you say, tell me Shinmon. Do you think he'll be disappointed in me for failing to advance further" I asked me for my opinion.
"Don't think so, he seems like a pretty chill guy compared to other heroes I've met." I commented.
We we're passing the changing rooms when Ida said "You can leave me here, I'll call him when I get inside".
"Sure" I answered, letting Ida walk freely I watched on as he limped into the room.
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My next match up was against the class rep himself, Tenya Ida. He got through the first match after Hatsume made a total fool out of him with her scores of gadgets. Luckily for Ida, Mei never had any interest in the tournament so once the stadium was shown her last piece of equipment she forfeited the match, sending Ida through to the next round.
After being turned into a walking advertisement Ida was eager to prove himself in the match between us.
If I was to guess, I think he's going use that super fast one shot move from the start. The one he used in the Cavalry Battle, Recipro-something, can't really remember.
If Ida doesn't go for it straight away... I mean it'd be pretty stupid. He might as well try and send me out of bounds before I can pull the same thing as last round.
All the other first round matches were pretty fun to watch.
I thought Yui's match was hilarious, she was up against Ashido and ended up winning by nearly squashing Ashido with her shoe. Since there's not any debris in the arena to manipulate, she waited for Ashido to close in before attacking.
Yui threw her and supersized it to her current maximum, which was around half the width of the battle field. Being that close Ashido couldn't dodge and was knocked unconscious from the blow.
Kirishima ended up fighting Tetsutetsu who had a similar quirk, so it ended up being an all out brawl that ended in a draw. Once they both recovered they arm wrestled to see who would advance, that Kirishima won and it ended up being one of the strangest advancements in the history of the sports festival.
Bakugo vs Uraraka was good as well. Everyone got clear look at his serious firepower and although his opponents plan was good, he came out on top with little trouble.
The first match of the second round was intense as well. Midoriya ended up giving Todoroki a run for his money at the expense of several body parts, and I got to see Todoroki using his fire quirk properly instead. The fire and ice combination ended up being too much for Midoriya and he was put out of action after a final collision.
Endeavour, Todoroki's father also said some questionable stuff that was brushed off as some strange form of encouragement, but in my eyes it definitely never seemed that way.
Standing out on the field Present Mic got on with our introductions.
"Here we go folks, the second match of the second round is starting. On one side we've got the walking advertisement himself, the class Rep of 1-A, Tenya Ida!" to which Ida cringed at his failure from the last round.
"Fighting against him, we've got the man who's burning through the competition, Benimaru Shinmon!"
As we faced off against one another Ida spoke up, "Shinmon, I must redeem myself from the shameful performance I put on in the first round, so I won't hold anything back. I hope you'll respect me and do the same."
"Sure, knock yourself out" I replied.
Midnight then called out to start the match, "Ready, begin!" she shouted as her whip cut through the air.
Looking at Ida, he quick dropped down into a sprinters starting position. The engines on his legs heat up rapidly in preparation for what must be an attack, as blue flames started spewing from the exhausts he shouted "Recipro Burst!".
There's the name of that move, I'll try remember it this time.
As Ida's words finished he flew towards me at staggering speeds, even faster that when he used it in the Cavalry Battle due to not having excess weight.
While this was happening, several strategies passed through my mind, the one at the forefront was just taking control of the flames in the engine and making them explode, but that's too fucked up for this kind of fight. For all I know it could end up with his legs being blew clean off, can't have that happening.
Quickly deciding on a different option, I wait for Ida to get close. He probably thinks he's going too fast for me to react, how far for the truth that is.
When he was just in front of me about to take his shot at pushing me from the arena, a well timed burst of flames came from my left hand in a similar way to how Bakugo uses his explosions to move around.
The small burst done enough to knock me out of Ida's pathway, causing his eyes to widen as he was going too fast to change direction in such a short amount of time.
Before he could even process what was happening, I took a hard swipe at his legs. The kick connected which threw Ida off balance, and at the speeds he was going at there was nothing to stop him from flying out of bounds.
All in all, it was less effort than the match against Ibara, all because of some good timing and Ida's over confidence the match finished as quickly as it started.
There were no cheers from the crowd, only confusion as for most of the viewers everything happened faster than they could keep up with. Leaving them wondering what the heck happened.
While the crowd gawked at the result, Midnight called it "Winner, Benimaru Shinmon"
That got the crowd going, but I can guarantee Konro wasn't cheering as much as he was before. All he knows is that he's in for a hard time soon.
I walked off to go and help up Ida, I know that the move he just performed stalls his legs for a while so I decided to give him a hand reaching the viewing platform.
Upon reaching the class rep he asked "How were you able to keep up with my speed?"
In return I responded, "I'm used to speeds like that, you never seen me flying before?"
"I suppose that's a fair point, I underestimated you and I payed the price. I just hope my brother won't be disappointed in me" He said with a sigh.
Helping him walk I asked "You've got a brother?"
"Yes, one I look up to very much. I don't know if you've heard of him before but he's the Turbo Hero Ingenium." he stated with a proud smile on his face, despite looking terribly a moment before. It really shows how much he cares about his brother.
At the name I was pretty shocked, I wanted to kick my own ass for not noticing the similarities between them and not putting two and two together.
"Seriously? your his brother. I should've noticed it sooner, Ingenium sometimes ends up being called to the area I live for villain attacks"
"So you already know who he is, tell me Shinmon. Do you think he'll be disappointed in me for failing to advance further" I asked me for my opinion.
"Don't think so, he seems like a pretty chill guy compared to other heroes I've met." I commented.
We we're passing the changing rooms when Ida said "You can leave me here, I'll call him when I get inside".
"Sure" I answered, letting Ida walk freely I watched on as he limped into the room.
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The next few matches were alright, nothing as jaw dropping as the first round ones.
Yui ended up being put out by Kirishima. She tried the shoes thing again but it wasn't anywhere near enough to put him down. Kirishima's hardening held out against the weight of one of those zero-pointers so it was no trouble at all to tank a hit from an enlarged shoe.
Bakugo's match against Tokoyami ended in disappointment for the dark shadow user. Turns out Tokoyami's quirk dark shadow is weak to light, extremely so and Bakugo's explosions created plenty of it. Every time Dark Shadow tried to get an attack in, it ended up having to retreat becuase of the explosion light. Therefore without much trouble Bakugo passed into the next round.
The current bracket looks like this:
Shoto Todoroki vs Benimaru Shinmon
Eijiro Kirishima vs Katsuki Bakugo
After the second round matchups ended me and Todoroki were called down to the field.
"Give it your all you two!" Toru exclaimed while waving her invisible arms around.
"Yea give us a good show, though try and not destroy the arena while your at it. Cementoss has had enough work for one day" Kaminari said.
"Make sure to keep it manly down there" Kirishima told us as he smacked his hardened knuckles against one another.
After everyone said their piece, me and Todoroki made our way down to the main stage. Todoroki looked to be struggling with something from the expression on his face, curious as to why I ask "What's up, I know your not a smiler but a blind person could've noticed something's up with you"
"Well... I just don't know if I made the right decision using my left side against Midoriya" He replied while rubbing that nasty scar on his face.
"Why? it's just fire no need to put a ban on using it" I said.
"But that's exactly what I done. I never wanted to use 'his' quirk against anyone, I don't know what came over me during that last fight... It just felt right to use it at that moment".
So it does have something to do with his father. Must be some bad blood between them, and I can't say the number 2 hero strikes me as a good parent.
Trust me, I'd know.
"I don't know why your so hung up over it, but if it's about your old man giving you grief. I'd say just ignore him and do whatever you want." I shrugged.
"I'll... need to think about it more, before I can understand what I understand what I really want. Still I thank you for your input." Todoroki said, even though his troubles weren't gone he's noticeably lightened up.
We eventually split up and moved to our respective sides. On opposing side of the battlefield, we stared each other down as Present Mic hyped the crowd up. Once they were up and buzzing again Midnight got ready to start us off.
"Are both of you ready?" the two of us nodded "Well then... You may begin!"
Todoroki started off with his ice half, slamming his foot against the ground and raising his hand to the sky, the massive ice spear began to form. The ice spread thick across the arena as Todoroki's creation engulfed me
As I was swallowed by the huge wave of ice, I surrounded my body in flames, ones that were hot enough to melt the ice but cool enough not to cause an explosion. At a moderate pace I burrowed my way through, the only thing showing the audience my position was the glow coming from inside the ice.
The ice began to look clearer as I approached the outside world. As the ice entrapping me melted away revealing the beautiful blue skies I never had much time to appreciate it before a second, much smaller pillar of ice began rushing towards me.
Raising my palm I release a messy blast of fire that drowned the entire creation, melting it before it could reach me.
I don't normally used fire in that fashion, but widespread untamed bursts of flames are just what I need to melt Todoroki's sculptures.
With a flamethrower on steroids being released form my hand, Todoroki's mountain of ice never held out for long, returning the field to it's original state only a lot wetter.
Todoroki wasn't looking so hot anymore, patches of skin and hair were frozen in sheets of ice and his movements were looking stiff. He could fix it by using that fire of his but it doesn't look that way.
If he's not going to attack anymore I will.
'Iai Hand-Sword: First Form - Fire Moon'
The crescent shaped blade of fire slashed towards Todoroki who quickly made a pillar to push him above and out of range. Even though he managed to avoid the attack, his ice never. My move crashed into the ice pillar he was standing on, sending splinters of ice far everywhere and bringing Todoroki back down to ground level.
As Todoroki rolled to his feet, I could see the frozen parts of his body rapidly evaporating, covering his right side in a misty sheet. At the same time his left side began to heat up with small flames flickering on his arms.
When the flames began to really pour out Todoroki's left half, the perpetual frown that seemed glued to my expression rose to form a barely noticeable smile.
Big mistake.
Forming a fist with my open palm the fire that was mean to be used against me imploded in on itself. Todoroki never knew what hit him and was launched out of bounds from the resulting force.
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{Toru POV}
Watching Todoroki and Shinmon is amazing, both their quirks are so powerful. Honestly seeing them wield so much power makes me nervous about my decision to become a hero, just imagining what a villain could do with quirk like that fills me with dread.
Especially with a quirk like mine, If I was against any of the two I wouldn't even last a second. I mean the only thing my quirk's good for is sneaking around, but like Shinmon said, with all the training we'll get I'm sure I'll find different ways to use my quirk.
It looks like Shinmon's gaining the upper hand, Todoroki's beginning to freeze up, I guess making glaciers isn't as easy as it looks.
Just when we though it was over for Todoroki, he began to use that fire half of his which brought his body back to peak condition. We all though he was going to do the same attack he used against Midoriya, which made me worry for Shinmon.
But then something happened that shocked everyone, Todoroki's flames seemed to stop listening to him, as soon as they got too big the fire exploded. Todoroki was pushed off the stage while everyone who was watching tried to understand what just happened.
"W-what just happened" Midoriya stuttered dropping his note book
"Seriously, is something wrong with Todoroki's quirk, he was using it fine in the the last round" Kirishima wondered.
While everyone tried to figure out what happened, Ojiro spoke up "Guys, I think I know what happened" which got everyone's immediate attention.
"Back at the USJ, me and Shinmon were teleported to the fire zone. While we were fighting Villains I seen Shinmon used the fire burning on the buildings to attack. My guess is that Shinmon took control of Todoroki's flames and that's why they exploded."
This caused a series of gasps from the 1-A crowd, now understanding that Benimaru's quirk allowed him to control all fire, not just his own.
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"Here we have it folks the final match in the first year tournament. Both of our contestants have fought their way to the top, and now we finally get to see them duke it out for first place."
The theatrics were much heavier as we both stepped into the arena, the flame throwers lighting up the pathway and the screaming crowd made for an incredible ambience, incomparable to any of the previous matches.
"From the hero course, Benimaru Shinmon! vs his classmate Katsuki Bakugo!" Present Mic shouted.
Bakugo had a menacing expression donning his face, he looked seconds away from erupting, the only thing holding him back was the fact that the match hasn't started yet. He's come this fact and wasn't going to let some momentary agitation waste his efforts.
Standing opposite from him was me, my lethargic look betrayed how I was feeling about the match. The excitement from having the possibly my hardest match yet was eating away at me.
Watching Bakugo's previous matches showed me that the explosions generated from his sweat had little to no fire in them, even his large ones were mostly made of small amounts of heat and a lot of force. Which mean there's not going to be a repeat of the Todoroki match, just and all out brawl for first place.
"Begin!" Present Mic yelled.
Bakugo wasted no time at all, using explosions to proper himself towards me.
As he closed in I threw a couple fire balls at him, giving him a taste of what others feel when fighting him. The fireball exploded but like the highly talented fighter he his, Bakugo created his own explosions to ride the shock waves and mostly nullify the damage.
He quickly regained his footing and unleashed a powerful blast in my direction. The Force shattered the ground beneath him sending parts of the arena flying in all directions.
Creating jet like flames from my arms, I propel myself above Bakugo's attack. At the same time igniting the pieces of debris within my sight, using then as projectiles to counter attack.
Bakugo managed to either dodge or block using his quirk, but it was enough of a distraction for me to close the distance and clatter his jaw with a punch.
Surprisingly Bakugo withstood the blow and pounced at me with extra vigour.
Close combat ensued, Bakugo used explosions to manoeuvre and attack from all sorts of unnatural angles, but the skill gap between the two of us wasn't so easily surmounted. Although Bakugo definitely was excellent at using his quirk and has incredible reaction speeds which made him a natural at combat, still he wasn't properly trained in anything. Making his punches sloppy, his kicks misplaced and he had an overall inexperience in situations where he's fighting someone who's been trained.
For someone like me who's been training for almost ten years, all of these gaps we're easily exploitable. Bakugo's attacks were simple to read and easily avoidable, which left wide openings in his stance. A few well timed fire infused attacks later and Bakugo realised he was severely out matched.
Using a wide explosion as a smokescreen he rocketed away, ending our little skirmish. Even so the damage that he sustained wasn't disappearing any time soon. He's probably got a few cracked ribs at the least, which is going to make using his physically demanding quirk more difficult and limit his manoeuvrability.
"Tsk, you think something as small as a few cracked bones is gonna stop me!" Bakugo shouted.
With small explosions crackling away in his hands he declares to the whole stadium "I'm gonna be number 1! So you might as well stop messing around and go all out, or this next attack's winning me the tournament.
Even with the pain from cracked ribs Bakugo forces himself high into air, once high enough be wraps his arms around himself and lets off small explosions to rotate his body.
His spins started off slow but quickly developed into increasingly faster revolutions, as he spun the smoke left over from his explosions formed a sort of spiralling cocoon around Bakugo that trailed into a long tail behind him, giving his attack a striking resemblance to a missile homing in on his target.
As the dangerous looking attack closed in on me I decided to pull out a move that should put a stop to the match.
'I'm sorry Konro, but I'll be using your move' I thought as my eyes shined bright.
A raging inferno burst out from my shoulders, burning through the UA gym suit and leaving me with my clothing tattered. The fire spiralled around my arms, leaving long trails of wispy flames to flow from my shoulders in a way similar to Konro's when he activates his quirk, only scaled up several magnitudes.
The fire quickly got more violent and powerful, the yellow flames changed to a bright blue as the wispy ends sharped to points. The stadium was silent in anticipation, no one was sure who would come out on top, but what they did know was the result of these attacks will decide the match.
"Howitzer Impact!!!" Bakugo shouted as he was about to release his attack, but when his arm reached out to deliver the final massive explosion. I dashed in at lightning speeds ducking under his outstretched arm and ramming my palms into his chest.
'Crimson Moon'
After the initial spark of blue, a red sphere of flames swallowed the two of us up. Bakugo explosion was a complete miss, the resulting shot was sent towards Cementoss who had to block the explosion with all he had.
While Cementoss done his best to protect himself and the people in the stands from Bakugo's missed attack, the blood red curtain had fully engulfed the stage blocking us from everyone's view. The embers from my attack spread throughout the stadium and high into the sky, the heat dyeing everything red causing many people to rub their eyes and wonder if what they were seeing is real.
The fiery explosion covering the field had the illusion of looking like a vermilion moon in the first quarter phase. Everything watching the scene occur in person was in agreement about one thing, that the sight was breathtakingly beautiful...
Well if you can get over the soldering temperatures and horror from the sheer scale of the attack.
Slowly everything reverted back to normal, the view of the stage cleared up to reveal what had happened. Only one contestant was left standing, while the other was on his back unconscious after loosing the exchange.
Bakugo was lying on the ground with light burn marks over his body, and some bad bruising. While I was standing tall in the centre of the arena, steam coming from my body as the last tatters of my tracksuit top waved in the wind highlighting the toned muscles underneath.
Good thing I held back with that attack or there wouldn't have been anything left of Bakugo... or my clothes.
Looking around stadium, everyone was silent even Konro and the Asakusa cheer team. Scratching my head I wondered if they were going to call the match or if I was just going to stand around half naked like some sort of exhibitionist.
"A-and we have our winner, Benimaru Shinmon from class 1-A wins the first year sports festival!" Present Mic finally announced my win causing the crowd to erupt into a sea of cheers.
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"The first year students have completed all of the events for the UA Sports Festival. Now sit back relax and enjoy the awards ceremony" Midnight told the crowd.
The fireworks were going off, signifying the completion of the first years time in the festival. Confetti and smoke were thrown from dispensers around the arena as the podium places were revealed.
Todoroki came in at third after beating Tokoyami, as he stood in front of everyone he had a kinder, more mellow look surprising many from class 1-A.
Bakugo was second and looked like he had many things to think about once this was over. The loss hit him hard, I expected him to explode as soon as he awoke but it looked like he was bottling it all up... for now at least.
My podium was lifted above the other two as I stood with a new set of clothes looking lackadaisical as ever.
Then from the roof of the arena came a familiar laugh, "Ah, ha, ha, Citizens! I am here!" exclaimed All Might as he dove into the arena to distribute the medals.
Todoroki got his medals without any issues, and after a small hug from All Might it was onto Bakugo.
"I don't need your damn pity medal" snapped Bakugo as All Might went to place the medal round his shoulders.
"Now, now young Bakugo. Even in defeat, there is always something to learn, and you put a admirable performance on today, you should be proud" he attempted to cheer the student up but Bakugo still wasn't having it.
"Get that garbage away from me!" he shouted
What ensued next was a battle between the number one hero and the number two first year. All Might wrestled the medal onto Bakugo who after a short struggle had no choice but to deal with it.
Finally he moved on to me, "Shinmon throughout the festival you've repeatedly impressed everyone with the power and control you've displayed when handling your quirk. It is with great honour I give to you this medal, but remember there's still a long road ahead to becoming a pro hero" All Might told me as he placed the medal around my neck.
Luckily he never tired to hug me, if that happened I'd be out of here faster than Konro runs from the twin's when they're angry.
After giving out the medals, All might went to to give everyone a motivational speech about something hero related...
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{Back in the Classroom}
"Nice work, you have the next two days of school off to recuperate. I'm sure the Pros who watched the festival will want to recruit some of you, we'll look over the daft forms and update you when you return. Now get some rest, you still have a lot of training to do." Aizawa told us.
"Yes sir" Everyone replied, as we started getting ready to leave.
Everyone left in a big group for the first time ever, must be because the festival made the class more tight-knit, even Bakugo and Todoroki were here. They were all discussing their plans for the two day break as we walked down the massive hill to leave UA.
Tsuyu suddenly turned round and asked "So Benimaru, what're you going to be doing during the break, ribbit"
"Not much, I'll probably have a party or something when I get home, but I've got nothing else planned"
"I'm the same, I'll be doing something with my family since they took a holiday" she explained.
"Well, I'm going to be getting some extra work outs in. Just because I'm off school doesn't mean I'll stop improving" Kirishima jumped in and said.
Curious about something I asked "Anyone know where Ida is?" the class Rep up and left during the finals, which was surprising since he's normally always there when it's something to do with the class.
No one answered but Midoriya had sad guise on his face, same for Uraraka. They must know something, but are unwilling to tell anyone. Must be something important then.
As we reached the gates, I could hear the chatter of a large group of people. As soon as I saw who it was, my face darkened but the expression was quickly snuffled out when I heard a pair of youthful shouts.
"Waka!" Hinata and Hikage exclaimed as they rushed over with their hands in the air. The girls and even a few boys melted at the cute scene but that only lasted till they opened their mouths.
"You kicked some serious ass today" She said while shadow boxing, "but what was up with burning your clothes off"
"Yea, I mean what are you? a stripper?" the other added.
The only one that wasn't confused at the way the tiny girls were speaking was Kirishima who had tears coming out of his eyes while saying "Good with kids as well, so manly".
"Benimaru, who's these two cuties? Your sisters?" asked Toru who was now next to the twins.
"My neighbours" I told her as the twins wondered why clothes were talking.
"Sis, why's floating clothes talking to waka?"
"No idea, maybe all that fires finally fried his brain"
The floating comments struck a sore spot on Toru, who was being consoled by Ashido with some back rubs.
Spotting my victim, I grabbed the twins by their shoulders and began heading over, "See you guys later" I said and after getting replies from mostly everyone we arrived at the Asakusa group.
Coming up behind someone I clap their shoulder making them freeze up, leaning in I say "Konro, what happened to only you and the twins coming?"
Turning his head round Konro sees me with a disturbing smiled dawned on my face which just made the situation scarier.
"W-well you see-" he tried to say
"Girls, get him" on my command the twin task force threw themselves at the target, clamping down powerful bites everyone in the 200 meter vicinity was subject to Konro's screams of pain.