Chapter 9 - Right around the corner
Ben, along with the rest of his classmates, were in their classroom, collecting and sorting out their stuff after the day's robot-filled event. Everyone was talking and muttering about today's events. Wondering who the hell built those robots, if 1-B would now show them some respect, or whatever will happen to the sports festival. Ben however, wasn't saying a word. His mind was too crowded to even bother listening to his classmates.
'With that first robot, there could have been a chance it wasn't squid-face's... but with a massive army of robots, each and every one of them looking like Vilgax's... then there's almost not even a shadow of a doubt...' Suddenly, he regained his focus as he heard someone gasp. "Huh?" As he turned his head, he spotted something unexpected. A massive crowd of student flocking outside their classroom. "Uh... what the..." He closed his desk as he walked over to the front of the class to get a better look.
It seems the gasp came from Uraraka, who had opened the door to exit, only to be met by a massive crowd. "W-why are you all here?!" She asked, confused.
"Do you have some sort of business with our class?" Iida asks, a lot more composed.
"They're scouting out the competition, morons." He muttered. "We survived a villain attack. They wanna see if we measure up."
Ben raised an eyebrow. "A villain attack? Guess they didn't get the memo." He laughed. "We survived a second one today!" He said pridefully, crossing his arms.
"Self-absorbed, huh? As expected." A tired and monotone voice muttered, as someone pushed his way through the crowd, revealing himself. He had purple, messy hair, with deep bags under his eyes. "It's dissapointing to know that assholes got into the hero course, and I didn't." He talked weakly, yet there was an obvious hint of contempt in his voice. "But, now that the sports festival's rolling in, I get my second chance." This made Ben raise a brow. "If I, or anyone else for that matter, show they're good enough during the festival, we get into the hero course..." He narrowed his eyes. "But that means they'll have to make room for them." This made everyone weary. "So watch your back... or I'll steal your spot from right under your feet." He hissed.
"Yeah!" A loud voice echoed out from the crowd, as someone pashed their way through the crowd. "Watch your back!" A short boy reveals himself, with a nassely voice, and grape-like growths covering his scalp. "Or we-" He shuts up the second he spots Uraraka. "Uh... well..." He grinned. "I could hold back." He grinned charismatically, making Uraraka raise an eyebrow in confusion. He then looked around, spotting the rest of the class' girls, as his nose began to bleed. "W-well..."
"Dude..." Ben called out to the boy, making him turn to him. "Uh... you got some..." He pointed at his nose, making the short boy put a hand on his face, noticing the blood.
"Uh..." He wiped the blood away, as he winked at the girls and running off.
"What an interesting character." Ben muttered.
"What a creep..." Jiro muttered.
Kaminari scratched his head. "I don't know, he seemed pretty fun-" Before he could finish his train of thought, Jiro stabbed him in the ear with her earphone jack, blasting it with her sonic attack. "AAAGGHHH-"
The purple haired boy was irritated that he had been interrupted, and that the focus was no longer on him. He clared his throat. "I didn't come here to scout out the competition! I was here to tell you that if you don't do your best, then I'll take your spot... this was a declaration of war!"
"Whatever." Bakugo muttered as he pushed the purple-haired student out of the way, glaring at the crowd. "Move... you extras..."
'WHAT IS HE DOING?!' His classmates all screamed internally.
Kirishima rushed forwards shouting after Bakugo. "What are you doing?! You can't just say stuff like that! You'll turn everyone against us!"
Bakugo turned to look at him. "Does it look like I care?" Everyone in the class wanted to scream at him. "Our job is to beat them, and prove that we've earned our spot here..." He muttered as he walked off.
Kirishima stood quietly for a second or two, before tears began to form in his eyes. "I hate how manly that exit was..." He said, as he clenched his fist.
Kaminari, who had escaped Jiro's wrath, looked at Kirishima, perplexed. "Huh?"
"You said it..." Sato muttered, agreeing with Kirishima.
"Wha-"
"He isn't wrong. It's our duty to beat them..." Tokoyami said stoically.
"Are you guys serious?! Don't agree with him! He's the reason everyone's against us!" Kaminari screamed at them.
"True, but then again, there might not even be a festival now." Ben said.
"Are you serious thet we should still hold the festival?!" All Might asked perplexed, sitting along with his fellow U.A. staff. He was looking at Nezu, who had just said that he thought that they shouldn't cancel the festival. "With two villain attacks spanning the time of less then a week?!"
"Calm down All Might." Midnight said, waving for him to sit back down. "Let's hear him out." All Might sat back down, altough hesitantly.
Nezu cleared his throat. "I understand your concerns, but there truly is no reason to fret. I wouldn't even consider holding the festival unless our student's safety were guaranteed."
"But how can you guarentee their safety if those robots could hide from us so efficiently? And so many at that." Power Loader, a man with claw-like groths on his fingers and a large, excavator-like mask, asked. "And now with the USJ destroyed-" Thirteen choked up as he said this. He cleared his throat. "A lot of U.A.'s budget and much of my time will go to rebuilding it, so I won't be able to help with enhancing the security."
"We've actually thought about this." Nezu said.
'We?' The teacher's thought.
"Who's we?" Snipe asked.
"Me and the Hero Public Safety Commision." He said. "They've contacted an organization that will assist us in ensuring the festival's safety." Before anyone has time to ask how, Nezu continues. "They've already confirmed they'll be able to reverse engineer the robot's technology, and figure out how to defy their camoflauge and locate them. They'll also add enhanced sensors, cameras and just general security." He said, which seemed to ease the teacher's worries.
"I see..." All Might said. 'It seems that Midoriya still has his chance to show what he's got.' He thought, hopeful.
The week leading up to the event was full of non-stop training from all of U.A.'s students, and Ben was one of them. Normally he would see this as a waste of time, but they were allowed to train on school ground, letting them use their quirks freely, and Ben wasn't gonna pass that up!
As Heatblast, Eye Guy and Diamondhead he was blasting holes through the faux villains and racing around as XLR8 and Cannonbolt in ground Beta: the city-scape.
As wildmutt, Wildvine, Blitzwolfer, Stinkfly and Ditto he was flying, jumping and training his acrobatics in a pipe-filled maze, titled Ground Gamma.
On the school's gym he was training his strength as Four Arms.
In the schools pool he was traning his swim strength as Rip Jaws.
As Upgrade he was training his hacking and upgrading, and as Grey Matter he was training his problem solving in the development studio.
As the week passed, the sports festival was coming around. Ben was resting in his room, exhasted, as he tiredly was getting ready to head out. He was walking through the plumber base, looking for the teleporter room. As he was heading down, he found himself passing through the monitoring deck, and he decided to check in on it.
"Hey guys, how's it goin?" He asked, as he waved at everyone. Everyone waved back, with the expection of Patelliday, who was busy with looking through some tablet.
Ben walked up to him, and poked him on the shoulder. "Woah!" He suddenly spun around, getting ready to karate chop the teen, until he realized it was Ben. "Oh... hello son. How's it goin?" He asked, getting back to looking at his tablet.
"I'm fine... what are you watching."
"Hm? Oh, I'm just checking on some things. Making sure your school isn't gonna get blown into the sky by more villains..." He muttered, typing something on his tablet.
"Ah... wait... what?"
"Well, some organization called the Hero Public Safety Commision contacted us wanting to help them with some sort of security beef-up on your school. Some kind of school festival." He muttered, continuing typing stuff on his tablet.
"Ah... wait... how do they know about the plumbers?!" He asked.
"Appearently they've had connections to us for years. Some sort of alien encounter and plumber shoot-out leading to a hero talking to the association about us. It's a complicated and long-winded story that I don't care to talk about right now. All you need to think about sonny is getting to school."
"Ah, right, sorry!" He said, running off.
"Good luck!" Patelliday shouted after him as he ran off. "Hmm... he's gotten in a lot of trouble recently." He muttered.
As Ben ran through the halls, he did a sick slide to slow himself down, as he ran into a room. As he did, he slid down a set of stairs to a large kitchen-like room. As he entered he saw two people standing in the room before him.
The first person was obviously an alien, with gross, wrinkly skin, with scales on his neck and eyes perched on thick and short eyestalks. His plumber suit had a goofy helmet full of water. His name was Magister Labrid. He was talking to the other man in the room.
That man was slightly shorter then him, but he was wider, with mostly white hair and a wrinkly, but a lot less unsettling face. He was clearly human, and he was cooking something in a large pot. He was wearing a white pair of pants and a red shirt, covered in a flower-pattern. His name was-
"Grandpa!" Ben shouted as he hugged the man.
He laughed. "Hey Ben." He smiled as he returned the hug. "How are you doing?"
"It seems like you're busy. I'll come back later." Labrid said, as he walked out of the room.
"I'm good!" Ben answered Max.
"So, I'm guessing you're here for breakfast!" He said, as he lifted up a ladle from the pot, sipping its contents.
"Uh... what is it?" He asked, looking into the pot.
"Wait, Ben-" Just as he said this, something leapt from the pot, slapping Ben in the face, sending him flying.
What had leapt from the pot looked like a red, large, carp-like creature, with expression-less eyes and yellow accents. It began flopping around, jumping away from Ben and Max. Max pulled out some odd-looking pistol and taking aim, as Ben got up and activated the Omnitrix.
"Ragh!" He roared, as he leapt at the carp as Ripjaws. It leapt into the air, slapping him in the skull with its fin. "Ouch!" He groaned as his head was thrown into the ground. He spun around, trying to grab it, but it spun around, batting his arm away. "What is this thing?!" He roared, as he tried to grab it, but it dodged by flopping.
"Magicis! It's a lot tougher and faster then it looks!" He said, shooting at it with some kind of dart, but the Magicis jumped out of the way, the dart hitting the ground. "Keep it still!"
Ripjaws nodded as he jumped into the air, grabbing a light and swinging himself at the fish, as he body-slammed it. He then got up as it was stunned, grabbin it. "Shoot!"
Max nodded, as he shot the carp in the face. It quickly stopped flopping around, as the dart contained a sedative. Ripjaws, sighed as he threw the thing at Max, who removed the dart dropped the thing into the pot again. "Why didn't you cook it like normal fish... you know... by chopping it up?"
"Its flesh is too bitter and sour to eat. Instead of cooking it, I leave it in broth to savour the scale's salty flavor." Max said. "When I'm done, I return it to the Plumber's aquarium." He said as he began mixing the broth. He sniffed it. "Mmm... delicious! Want some?"
He detransformed. "Uh... I'll just pick something up on the festival." He said, smiling awkwardly.
"Hmm, suit yourself." He said, taking another sip from the ladle.
"Uh... so you'll watch, right?"
"Of course. I'll join Gwen and your folks to check it out as soon as possible!" He said, smiling.
Ben grinned. "See ya Gramps!" He said, running off.
"Bye!" He chuckled. "Good luck."
Epilogue
(People wanted me to change the name back to normal, so I did... and I agree, it sounds cooler.)
A lanky man was sitting typing away at a screen, his glasses reflecting the glow from the monitor, making them shine in the dark. His serious appearence and colorful hair didn't go together very well. As he was typing, someone entered his dark room. "Sir Nighteye!" She shouted, trying to get his attention.
He didn't bother looking at them. "What do you want?"
"You have a letter!" She said, waving it around.
"How would this be importent enough to disturb me?" He asked, his tone growing serious as he looked at her, making her stiffen up.
"W-well... ehm..." She was shaking. "Because it was from another pro..."
Now this peaked his interest... but only slightly. "Who?"
"Ehm..." She looked at the letter. "It's from someone named Gran Torino..."
Nighteye motioned for her to bring the letter to him. She did. "Leave me be." As he said this, she immediately did as he wished, closing the door behind her. He tore the letter open, inspecting its contents. 'All Might has revealed his identity... to a U.A. student who isn't his successor?' He narrowed his eyes. "Ben... Tennyson?" He raised an eyebrow as he read the last name. "I see..."
Chapter 10 - An event greater then most
As the festival was brewing, food and merch stands filled the area, and crowds were flocking to the festival. The media were crowding around the entrance waiting to be let in, and many pro heroes were wandering around, keeping their eyes out for anything suspicious. Normally there are a lot less people during the early parts of the festival, since not a lot of people care for the first years. But this year, with Class 1-A surviving not only one, but TWO villain attacks, people have been shaking to see who these kids are. And with 1-B getting at some of the action too, people can't help but be invested.
Sadly, it seems like 1-B has been free from critique from the rest of U.A. as most of the school just think that they were, and I quote: "Caught in the cross-fire." But nevermind that. Ben wasn't gonna let something like that throw him off of his A-game! He's gonna win this, no sweat! He was sitting in the waiting room, along with the rest of his classmates. But something else of interest, is the trio moving through the crowd, one of them stopping to buy something.
"One order of Takoyaki, please."
"Woah! You're Mount Lady!" The stall owner was dumbfounded at who stood before him. It was one of the most recent big-shots in the hero industry, Mount Lady! Her costume was rather tight, with a bright purple color scheme anorange accents, along with large parts colored in a pale tan. She also has purple domino mask and long horns, and by her side were two other heroes. Death Arms was a fairly bulky man, with a fairly simple hero costume, its most notable features being the large wrist-guards, lined with a black-striped caution pattern. Along with him, was Kamui Woods. A man with a quirk that made his skin wood-like. To push the esthetic further, he wore a wooden mask that covered all of his face, only exposing his eyes. Besides that, he simply wore a dark-blue bodysuit and wooden knee-guards, belt and shoes.
"Hold the salt, please." She continued, looking at the newly fried takoyaki.
"Of course. That'll be 500 Yen." Which translates to about 5 bucks.
"Huh... oh... oh no... I think I left my money in my other costume..." She moaned, as she... e-hem... moved in a very... seductive manner.
"SO HOT! It's free!"
"WELL AREN'T YOU A DEAR!"
"Have you no shame?" Kamui asked, as Death Arms just watched tiredly.
The trio was walking past the crowds as they looked around, keeping an eye on everything. "I was hoping I could do some scouting."
"Hmm, too bad they're having us work as security..." Death Arms muttered.
Mount Lady took a bite of her takoyaki. "Mmm, looks like they called in all kinds of pro heroes to guard this place. Quite the show." She mumbled, her mouth stuffed.
"Man, I really wanted to show off my costume..." Mina muttered, pulling on her P.E. uniform.
"Well, we need to keep everything fair, so we can't." Ojiro responded.
"But what about them?" She asked, pointing at Ben and Aoyama, the boy with the belly-button laser.
"I can't really control my powers without this thing." He said, pointing at the Omnitrix. "I signed a paper to be allowed to keep this thing on..." Ben answered, shrugging.
"Oui! So did I!" Aoyama said, splaying his arms dramatically, showing off his shiny belt.
"Everyone!" Iida shouted, slamming the door open. "Get ready! We're starting soon!"
Ben got up, stretching. "You got it."
"Tennyson." Ben looked to his right, spotting Todoroki.
"Oh, hey Shoto." Ben said, waving, making Todoroki furrow his brow.
"Don't think we're on a first-name basis." He hissed, narrowing his eyes, making Ben shrug.
"Yeah, whatever." Ben said, getting back to stretching. "What do you want."
"Looking at things objectively... you are stronger then me."
Ben yawned. "I'm aware."
"But that last time, you were only lucky." This made Ben raise a brow. "I've seen you use your powers, and you can't truly control it." This made Ben get back up, as he had grown invested. "Even with that fire transformation, you barely beat me. You were knocked out longer then I was." Everyone was looking at them both, the tension rising with every passing second. "It's evident you haven't trained as much as I have." Ben didn't have any reason to disagree with that. He rarely did actually train. Todoroki turned to Midoriya. "And you."
Midoriya jumped a little from this.
Todoroki continued. "I know I'm stronger then you..." He narrowed his eyes. "And yet All Might has his eyes set on you..." As he said this, both Ben and Midoriya began to sweat. "I'm not gonna pry about it... but I will beat you... both of you." He said, making Midoriya sweat further, but Ben smile.
"Is that a promise?" Ben asked, grinning. "Cus you just fueled the fire that is my determination!" He said. "I'm not gonna loose. Even if I'm not on that stage when they call out the winners. Because a hero doesn't need to win a stupid tournament or a trophy. A hero only wins, when they show that no matter what happens to them... they'll always stand and fight for what's right..." He patted Todoroki on the shoulder. "Now you go and let those words sink in buddy."
Todoroki looked at him, too stunned to speak. After a few seconds, he regained his focus, before batting away Ben's arm. "Don't touch me..." He said, turning away.
"Alright." Ben muttered, as Todoroki walked away.
"Todoroki." He turns around to Midoriya, who was the one who called out to him. "I know that you're better then me... looking at things objectively, you're better then most people in this class... Ben being the exception." Todoroki raised an eyebrow. "But... We and everyone at U.A. are looking to do their very best in this tournament... so I won't hold back." He said, determination radiating off of him.
"Hmm..." Todoroki nodded, as Bakugo growled at the three, his palms glowing.
"HELLO EVERYBODY!" Mic roared, his voice echoing through the stadium. He was sitting in a commentary box, looking down at the massive stadium, the seats being packed with people and pros. Next to him, was Eraser Head, still being wrapped up like a mummy. "PAY ATTENTION AUDIENCE, MEDIA AND PROS FROM ALL OVER JAPAN! ARE YOU READY?! FOR HERE THEY ARE!" As he roared, footsteps could be heard filling a tunnel on the incide of the stadium.
As Ben was walking along with his classmates, he grinned. 'So... now it's my time to shine... to show off what I got. I can't mess this up.' He narrowed his eyes, as he kept walking.
"THE ONES YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! CLASS. 1. A!" He roared, as Class 1-A exited the tunnel, showing themselves to the world. The audience roared. Here they were. The ones who survived a villain attack during their first week, and a second one only a few days later! Ben smiled as he entered the light, the Omnitrix glistening in the bright light.
Ben waved as he looked around. It just felt right.
"HERE THEY ARE! THE YOUNG STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED TWO VILLAIN ATTACKS WITHIN THE SPAN OF A WEEK! WE KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT, AND THEY'LL SHOW YA, DON'T YOU WORRY!"
As Ben was enjoying the sight of so many people, Midoriya, and most of his other classmates seemed freaked out."THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE!" They thought, sweating.
A skinny, pale man with crusty skin and red eyes was looking at their monitor, showing off the school festival. He was staring at the students, specifically on Ben. "Damn, brat." Shigaraki muttered, his voice still as raspy and creepy as ever.
Patelliday and the rest of the plumbers were seated around a large monitor, showing off the festival, all of them shouting as Ben showed himself.
Max was sitting in a rather boring living room, with his son, said son's wife, and Gwen, all of them pointing and shouting at their TV as Ben walked out.
Before a small computer-like monitor, was someone that looked a lot like Diamondhead, but with a beard-like crystal growth covering their chin, as he was also watching the sporst festival, smiling at Ben.
The lanky man with the odd hair color and glasses was sitting by his computer, narrowing his eyes at Ben. "So he's the one who saved All Might and his successor..." He muttered sceptically.
"Will we be able to give our best with so many spectating us?" Iida asked, worried.
"They're not only watching, Iida. They're judging your every move..." Ben said jokingly.
"Man, Mic is really going over board with his announcement. I'm getting kinda nervous..." Kirishima said. He turned to Bakugo. "Aren't you?"
"Nah. I'm just getting more fired up..." He muttered, cracking his knuckles.
"Hah! Good one." Ben laughed.
Suddenly, Class 1-B exit out of another nearby tunnel, as Mic gets back to his announcing. "AND HERE WE'VE GOT CLASS 1-B, WHO HAS SHOWN THAT THEY TOO CAN TAKE A PUNCH OR TWO! THEY'VE BEEN MET WITH DANGER, BUT THEY AREN'T GIVING IN!" He roared.
The other tunnels also had many students, not belonging in the hero course. "THEY MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT IT TAKES A LOT TO COME AS FAR AS THAY HAVE! WE'VE GOT GENERAL STUDIES BELONGING IN CLASS C, D AND E!"
Then even more students arrived. "HEROES OR NOT, THEY KNOW THEIR STUFF! THEY BUILD AND BREAK AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN! THE SUPPORT COURSE BELONGING TO CLASS F, G AND H!"
And finally the final batch of students exited their tunnel. "THEY'RE SMART AND THEIR PLANNING IS PEAK! THEY DO BUSINESS, SINCE THEY'RE FROM THE BUSINESS COURSE! SAY HELLO TO CLASS I, J AND K! AND THAT WAS THE LAST OF THE FIRST YEARS!"
"Let me guess. We're just here to make those guys look better..." A student from general studies muttered, looking to Class 1-A and -B.
"I don't know if I'm comfortable with this..." Another student muttered.
"Time for the introductory speech!" As they all flocked to the center of the stadium, they found themselves infront of a large stage, with Midnight standing on it, which confused the students, but brought a smile to many of the men in the seats.
"So this year's chief umpire is Midnight!" A bunch of pros said, grinning.
"Those upper-class men don't know what they're missing!" Another hero said.
Ben whisled to himself as he lookeed at her. "Wow..."
Kirishima seemed a bit flushed. "Ehm... why's Midnight... wearing that?" He muttered awkwardly.
"That's the R-rated hero for ya..." Kaminari responded, also awkwardly.
"Is it really okay for a high-school teacher to be... R-rated?" Tokoyami asked.
"YES!" The boy covered in the purple balls screamed out!
"Quiet down everyone!" Midnight hissed, cracking her whip... hot damn. "Representing the first years is Benjamin Kirby Tennyson!"
This made Ben raise a brow, but he shrugged it off as he walked up the steps. As he looked around, he realized how much bigger this was. With thousands of people in this stadium, and even more people watching at home, at work or... anywhere else. He turned around, seeing contempt in the eyes of those who didn't make their way into the hero course, specifically the tired one, with the purple hair.
He turned back to face the mic, as he pulled it free and put it to his mouth. "Ehm... Hi... My name is Ben Tennyson... just call me Ben... I'm from America, and I'm only 15 years old... and yet... I'm standing before so many people, speaking to even more through their TVs, computers and phones... this is just so... WOW, you know? This is so crazy!" He laughed. He cleared his throat. "I've wanted to be a hero... longer then I can remember. The first memory I have is of me seeing a pro save people from a burning building." He smiled at the memory. "I've grown a lot since that day, and I can't believe I'm standing here. In a stadium belonging to the greatest hero school in the world, speaking to millions of people." He rubbed the back of his head. "I just want to say..." He turned around to look at his fellow students. "That even if I don't wind up on a stage by the end of today... even if I don't get a speech or a trophy or medal... I'll still feel like a winner!"
The stadium went quiet. Not a word was uttered, not a sound was made. Ben got a little nervous. 'Did... did they like the speech, or...?' Suddenly, clapping could be heard. Slowly but surely, more and more people began clapping their hands, as the stadium roared to life, practically giving Ben a standing ovation. He grinned, as he began bowing. "Thank you, thank you."
"Not a bad speech actually." A student from general studies said.
"Maybe 1-A isn't so bad after all..." Another one said.
The purple haired boy didn't seem to care.
Ben laughed. "What, you guys thought we were ALL assholes? No. That's just Bakugo." He said, as an explosion was heard from the crowd.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!"
"In your dreams, pal!" Ben laughed. "No, but seriously, don't think this means I don't want ya'll to take this seriously! I still want each and everyone of you to bring your all!" He said, shaking his fist. "Cus I won't hesitate to bring you down with all I got!" He said, smiling, as he finally returned the mic to Midnight and walked off stage.
As Ben said this, Todoroki narrowed his eyes as Ben said this. He looked over to the seating area, a large man covered in flames looking at him. Todoroki clenched his teeth, staring at the man, who had an intimidating glare.
"Thank you Tennyson." She suddenly cracked her whip. "Now then, time to get into the first game! This game will be a free for all! This is where you will first begin to feel the pain!" She cracked her whip again, as a hologram popped up, resembling a gambling reel, as it began spinning, an energetic tune beginning to play. "Let's see what it is!" It finally stopped. 'Obstacle coarce'
"An obstacle coarce." Midoriya muttered.
"All 11 classes are going to participate in this treaturous contest!" A graphic that resembled a high view of the stadium appeared. "You will all race 4 kilometers along the outside of the stadium, and only the first 42 places will move on to the second round!" She raised her whip. "I wouldn't want to restrain anyone during this competition." She licked her lips, as she smiled. "As long as you don't leave the course, you are free to do whatever you desire!" She shouted, cracking her whip. The stadium began to cheer, as Midnight pointed to one of the stadium's tunnels. "Now, then. Take you places contestants!" She said, as the classes began to move towards the tunnel.
And they did just that, as the massive crowd of students flocked at the tunnel, a large sign hanging above them, with three green lights. Ben stood at the ready, readying the Omnitrix. Everyone was on high alert and at the ready. Suddenly, one of the lights went out, as everyone began to feel the pressure. And then, the third light went out. "BEGIN!" Midnight screamed, as Ben was pushed forwards, not having time to dial anything in, as he began running.
"AND HERE WE HAVE A RUNNING START! HOW ABOUT SOME COMMENTARY, MUMMY MAN?" Mic asked, turning to Aizawa.
"How did you talk me into this?"
"NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR IN THESE EARLY STAGES OF THE RACE?" He asked.
"... the doorway." He muttered.
The tunnel was clogged, all of the students filling it, non of them being able to escape. Ben couldn't even reach the Omnitrix. "THIS IS HEL-" Ben was elbowed in the face, shutting him up. 'How the hell am I supposed to get out?'He struggled against the people around, him as he finally put a hand to the Omnitrix. "Come on, XLR8-" Before he could even put his hands to the Omnitrix, a powerful, freezing wind pushed everyone forwards, thrusting them from the tunnel... almost.
"MY FEET ARE STUCK!" A student screamed.
"Mine too!"
"It's so cold!"
Someone had not only pushed everyone out of the tunnel, but then frozen their feet into the ground, immobilizing them. 'Todoroki...' Ben thought. He was correct. Todoroki was now running free, ice trailing behind him as he ran.
"Apologies." He muttered, as cold air eminated off of him. But, he didn't freeze everybody, this being evident the second he heard a powerful explosion.
Bakugo had avoided the ice with his blasts, while Aoyama was pushing himself into the air with a powerful bellybutton laser. Kirishima had broken free from the ice with his hardening, and Yaoyorozu had lifted herself over the ice with a metal pole from her palm. Most of the 1-A students, and even kids from other classes had figured out a way to move past this, with Midoriya and Ben being able to forsee the trick, and jump over the ice as it almost hit their feet.
While Midoriya, and everyone else were following Todoroki, Ben was dialing through his aliens. "Come on, come on! Where are you?!" Suddenly, Todoroki sent another wave of ice behind him, as Ben's feet was frozen, and mist covered the area.
"I won't let you win." Todoroki muttered, but too far away for Ben to hear it. Ben hit the Omnitrix, as he was absorbed in a flash of green light.
Shigaraki was clawing at his neck as Ben transformed, still hidden in the mist. "I wonder what he'll turn into this time..." He muttered.
"Definitely the speedster." Kurogiri muttered.
"Kurogiri? What are you-"
"Nah, he'll get the wrong guy. Probably the small frog-lookin fella or the fish-dude." Rojo said.
"What the fu-"
"Come on you doofus! XLR8!" Gwen hissed, as Ben's parents and max tried to calm her down.
The Diamondhead guy was scratching his beard. "He'll definitely transform into a Kineceleran for this trial..."
As the mist settled, there was a new alien standing where Ben once was. He was large, with lizard-like features, with blue and scaly skin. His front legs were larger and bulkier then the back pair, and his teeth were sharp. "Woah! Who's this?"
"WELL, WELL, WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE! IT LOOKS LIKE TENNYSON HAS REVEALED ANOTHER FORM! OH, DID I FORGET TO MENTION THAT? BEN TENNYSON HAS MULTIPLE FORMS, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT POWER!" The crowd was immediately invested. A boy with multiple powers! Incredible. "DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE, ERASER?"
"I have not. It seems he has yet to reveal all of his secrets to us yet... if I were in that tournament with him, I would stay on my toes." He muttered.
"YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS! IT SEEMS LIKE THIS BOY HAS MANY SECRETS HIDDEN ON HIS WRIST, SO WATCH YOUR BACK!"
Ben sighed. "Not a good time for a new guy." He quickly shook it off, as he began running after them. He was actually pretty fast, and he didn't slip on the ice, and his mouth was eminating cold air. "I'm not sliding on the ice... maybe ice powers?" He suddenly exhaled, as a blast of freezing cold mist was sent forwards forming a large chunk of ice. He grinned, as he sped up, and jumped at the chunk, and leapt from it, pushing himself forwards.
He then shot another blast of ice, creating another chunk of ice, which he leapt from as well. "HAHAH! This is awesome!" He screamed, grinning. He quickly passed most of the other students, including his classmates. He took a deep breath, readying to hit Todoroki with it. As he did, he jumped at him, making sure he couldn't miss. But suddenly, he was punched in the face, his icey blast being sent into the air.
As he crashed into the ground, he looked up at the one who sent the punch. "Oh... hi." It was none other then the 1-pointer faux villain from the entrance exam. The thing looked at him with malice.
"Prepare to be... extarmina-" Before it could even finish it's sentance, it was encased in a block of ice.
"You talk to much." Ben muttered.
"OH, LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE! ENEMIES HAVE SUDDENLY JUMPED ONTO THE SCENE! THIS IS NOT ONLY A TEST OF STRENGTH, BUT ALSO A TEST OF WIT!" As he said this, Ben spotthed an army 0-pointers standing before them, their eyes glowing ominously. "IT'S A ROBO-INFERNO!" Everyone began to look at them in fear, stopping and screaming about how terrifying that is... well... everyone except Ben.
Ben ran past his block of ice, jumping at a 3-pointer, freezing it. As he landed on it, he slammed his feet into it with extrame force, shattering the ice, and destroying the robot. "Too easy!" He laughed. He jumped into the air, sending an ice-blast at the ground, creating a slide, which he slid down. He then sent another blast, as the opposite end of the slide, creating a ramp, sending him into the air. "WOOHOO!" He screamed, spinning through the air. He looked down at Todoroki, sending a blast if ice at him.
Todoroki, noticed, blocking the ice with, you guessed it, a wall of ice. He then got back to running, making Ben narrow his eyes. He looked up at one of the 0-pointers, which began to move forwards, and trying to crush Todoroki under its hand. Todoroki didn't seem to care, as he simply crouced, cold air rising off of him. "I know they put a lot of time on this, but I wish they could have gotten something a bit more difficult." Just as he said this, ice began to from around him, and with a wave of his hand, the mechanical beast was absorbed onto a glacier, as it shut off. "Especially since my dear old dad is watching..."
Immediately, people began to think of this as their saving grace! Now they could move forwards by moving between its legs. But Ben knew better. "Nice try." He pointed his head the the ground, and leapt, as he began he sent a massive surge of ice to the ground, rocketing himself into the air. 'He froze it while it was off-balance.' He thought, and on cue, the 0-pointer began to topple over, as its body began to fall apart.
"SHOTO TODOROKI FROM CLASS 1-A FOLKS! HE'S ENTERED AN EARLY LEAD WITH THIS DEVISTATING DISPLAY! HE'S ONE WE SHOULD DEFINETELY KEEP OUR EYES ON! THOUGHTS?!" Mic turned to Aizawa.
"His attack was both offensive, and defensive." The bandage-covered man muttered.
"AS EXPECTED FROM SOMEONE WHO GOT IN THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS! HE HASN'T EVEN FOUGHT THESE GUYS BEFORE, YET HE STILL TOOK ONE OF THEM OUT LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!"
As Ben was shooting himself into the air, he could hear explosions from below him. "MOVE, WEAKLING!" Bakugo roared, blasting Ben in the face. Ben was sent flying further into the air. He tried to blast Bakugo, but he blasted himself out of the way. "You can't stop me!"
"Yeah, cuz I'm such a push-over!" He hissed, as he spun around, blasting hismelf into Bakugo. He then pushed himself off of him, spinning around and successfully sending an ice blast into the explosive teen's face. He finally landed, slamming into the destroyed robot's cold surface, the metal bending under his weight. He quickly began running, jumping from the robot and following Todoroki. "Get back here Todo!" He roared, jumping after him.
"TENNYSON IS SHOWING HIMSELF TO BE A WORTHY OPPONENT! I'D SAY HE HAS HAD A LOT OF PRACTISE WITH THIS ONE!"
"I don't think that's the case." Aizawa said, making Mic raise a brow. "When he first transformed, he seemed confused, and distressed. It took him a few seconds before he actually used this forms powers. I would say he didn't expect to transform into this one, or he just simply hasn't used this one before. He was capable of over-coming this hinder, and adapted. This is not only skill, but also creativity and a talent for improvisation, which is mandatory for a pro."
"Wow... YOU REALLY HAVE AN EYE FOR THESE THINGS, HUH!"
Ben sighed as he barely avoided a massive fist from another one of the 0-pointers, and blasting himself into the air. 'This is too exhausting! I'll have to figure something else out!' He took a breather, falling back towards the ground. He aimed his head at the 0-pointer, blasting it in the face with another powerful ice breath. "It's not as effective as Todoroki's tactic, but it'll have to do!" He said, as he grabbed onto the robot's face, climbing it with his awesome wall-scaling legs.
It raised an arm, trying to bat Ben away, but he leapt from the robot's face, as it hit itself in the face, the power of its massive hand throwing it backwards. Ben landed on the shoulder of another robot, which tried to grab him, bit he froze its massive arm. "God..." He sighed. "This isn't really... working... is it..." He leapt from the robot, as he took a massive breath, and created a massive slide of ice, this one also ending in a ramp. He landed on it, taking his time to rest. "Okay... this is... going okay..." He groaned, sliding down at an exceptional speed.
He closed his eyes as he was sent flying into the air via the ramp. "WOAAAAAAHHH!" He screamed, rocketing into the air, right over the Robo-Inferno. "I'M GONNA DIE!" He considered transforming, but he decided against it. "Can't let people get bored! I gotta show how I can do this!" He sent a stream of ice at the ground, slowing his decent. As he did, he spotted the next obstacle. 'Is that a massive hole?'
Indeed it was! A massive chasm filled the area before him, with pillers spanning the area, lines of rope connecting them. "LOOKS LIKE TODOROKI AND TENNYSON HAVE REACHED THE SECOND OBSTACLE! THE FALL! GOOD LUCK CROSSING THESE ROPES!"
"Mind you, there is no risk of damage or death should you fall. The pit is has a net to catch anyone who has fallen." Aizawa muttered.
"BUT REMEMBER! ONCE YOU TOUCH THE NET, YOU'RE DISCUALIFIED!"
He looked down, and saw Todoroki sliding across one of the ropes by forming ice under his feet. He spun around, blasting himself towards Todoroki. He turned around to spot the massive lizard fly towards him. He waved his arm forwards, creating a glacier to block his path, at which point Ben spun around, sticking to the glacier's surface.
"Don't think this can stop me!" He screamed, running along the side of it, before leaping from it, landing on one of the pillars. He grinned as he continued running along it, before leaping into the air, landing on another pillar. "Nice jumping too! This dude is awesome!" He said, as he leapt from this pillar, onto a rope. He then began building up momentum, bouncing on the rope, before finally rocketing himself into the air. As he flew through the air, he began to fall towards Todoroki.
"You are really getting on my nerves." He hissed with gritted teeth, as he tried to trap him in ice. He formed another glacier, but this one was a lot smaller then before. Todoroki sighed, cold air exiting his mouth, as his body was shaking. Suddenly a massive chunk of the glacier was blasted a part, a beam of freezing cold, blue energy shooting out from the hole. Ben climbed out of the glacier, looking down at Todoroki.
"Freezing energy beams? Cool." He laughed at his joke, jumping at Todoroki. He sent out a blue energy beam at Todoroki, who formed an ice-pillar under his feet, pushing him out of the way. Ben landed on the ice-based pillar, his tough and heavy body breaking it as Todoroki was thrown off his feet and sent to the ground. Ben landed on the side of one of the rocky pillars, grabbing onto it with his sticky feet. He climbed along the side of it, and jumped into the air, grabbing onto the side of another pillar, climbing up it.
As he did, he was hit by a wave of cold air from the back, frost forming around his body. Todoroki landed on the ground infront of him, as he got back to sliding with ice. Ben tried to move, and he could... wait what? The frost was breaking apart and sliding off of him. "Huh... I can't get frozen!" He got back to running, as he blasted himself into the air with another beam of ice, as he flew over Todoroki. Finally he landed on the ground, having passed the second obstacle.
"Bye Todo!" He tuanted, as he continued running. Todoroki scowled, as he tried to speed up, but he was too weak. He could barely move, the ice covering him restricting the movement of his joints.
"Damn it..." He groaned, cold air exiting his mouth as he spoke.
Ben was running at incredible speed, his quadrupedalism granting him greater movement speed. As he ran, he thought back to Todoroki's declaration from earlier. 'Why are you so motivated to beat me? And why do you hate your dad so much? I know he's not the jolliest hero around, but... what could he have done to make you hate him so much?' As he pondered, he had finally reached the final obstacle. "You've got to be kidding me..."
"A MINE FIELD! THAT'S RIGHT! THE THIRD AND FINAL OBSTACLE IS A MINE FIELD!"
"Not real mines." Aizawa corrected.
"THEY MAY NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW YOU TO PIECES, BUT THEY'RE STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO SEND YOU FLYING! YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP IF YOU WANNA GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT A FLIGHT!" He roared, laughing.
"Damn, this is getting outta hand!" Ben muttered, as he looked over the massive area. He considered his options, before he laughed evily, rubbing his hands together. He opened his maw, beginning to send a beam of blue energy at the ground before him, setting off the mines. "THis is gonna be easy!" He began running forwards, still blasting the ground infront of him, setting off the mines before he could step on any of them.
"LOOKS LIKE TENNYSON HAS GOT HIMSELF A PLAN! BUT WON'T THIS MAKE A TRAIL FOR THE OTHER CONTASTANS CAN FOLLOW?!"
"It won't matter once he reaches the finish line. He's too far ahead for anything to stop him now." As Aizawa said this, a powerful explosion could be heard in the distance. "Except that."
"I'LL KILL YOU BASTARD!" Bakugo roared, blasting himself towards Ben at horrifying speed.
"No you won't!" He spun around, trying to hit bakugo in the face with the ice beam, but he quickly released an explosion to send him over the beam, only to then blast himself down again, to avoid the beam moving upwards to follow him. He then blasted himself at Ben, but at an angle, so that he would move along the beam, and then blast Ben in the face as he got in close.
Ben flinched, as he exhaled, a cloud of freezing cold air spreading over the area, as Bakugo began to cool off. He quickly heated up his body by forming a massive explosion, pushing Ben backwards and him landing on a mine, as he was blasted into the air. "WOAH!" He screamed, pink clouds whafting from it. As he landed, he hit another mine, as he was sent flying again, landing on a THIRD mine. This would continue for about a minute, until he finally landed on the ground, not setting off a mine.
He groaned as he sat up. "Ugh." Just as he did, he saw something very unpleasent. The rest of the contestants had reached the mine field all of them carefully moving around the mines, since it seems Bakugo's explosions had melted the ice covering the mines. "Oh... well that's good." He muttered, getting up.
"DIE!"
"Less good." He looked to see Bakugo fly towards him, palms at the ready. Ben responded by releasing another freezing mist. He then spun around, leaping into the air, and creating another ice-slide, once again ending in a ramp. He shot into the air, spinning around just in time to see Bakugo try to get up close and personal, charging up a serious blast. Ben spat out a large sharp ice shard. Bakugo blasted it apart. This gave Ben the perfect cover to send an ice blast at Bakugo, which hit, forming ice around his torso, and restraining his arms.
Ben grinned, as he began propeling himself through the air with his icey beam. But suddenly, a waft of freezing air passed over him, as a wall of ice blocked his path. "Not you too!" He used his beam to push him through the wall with extreme force, breaking it apart. "Stop trying to stop me, frosty!" He hissed, as he got ready to land.
"Stop calling me that..." He hissed, sliding along the mine field by forming a trail of ice under his feet. He then shot into the air, turning the trail into an extending, zig-zagging pillar. Bakugo responded by blasting apart the ice with his quirk, and slamming into Todoroki.
"Your decleration of war was aimed at the wrong bastards, icy-hot!" He roared, grabbing him by the collar and blasting him in the face. Todoroki grabbed his arm by the wrist, freezing it, as they began falling to the ground.
"Let go of me!" He hissed, as he grabbed Bakugo by the collar and freezing his torso, the ice spreading to along his neck and reaching up to his chin, at which point Bakugo set off multiple explosions in a row, pushing Todoroki off of him and breaking the ice.
As Todoroki and Bakugo were fighting, Ben took this time to reach the end of the mine field. "Well, that was nice timing." Suddenly, the ground shook, as a massive explosion was heard in the distance. He turned around, seeing a pink mushroom-cloud, someone flying through the air, resting on a large metal panel. "Wha... is that...?" He narrowed his eyes, realizing who it was. "Midoriya? Oh shit!" He spun around, running towards the tunnel leading to the finish line.
As he was running, Tododroki and Bakugo has spotted Midoriya, who had insanely used the medal plate to set off the mines and rocked himself into the air, at which point the two remember their objective, getting back to moving towards the tunnel. Ben was already only a few meters away from the tunnel's entrance. Bakugo began setting off explosions, as Todoroky glid over the ground using ice.
As Midoriya closed in on the ground, he used the momentum to push off of the panel, still holding onto it thought, as he used the momentum to slam the panel into the ground, setting off even more mines, as he was blasted forwards again, zooming past Todoroki and Bakugo. He slammed into the ground before the tunnel, seeing Ben's silhouette moving through the tunnel. Midoriya wearily got up, forcing his body to run, trying to keep up with Ben.
Ben noticed, and looked at Midoriya. Suddenly, his breath got chilly as he inhaled deeply, making Midoriya sweat. But instead of blasting Midoriya, he shot right past him, forming an ice-well to block the tunnel's entrance. "You can thank me later, 2nd place!" He shouted, getting back to running through the tunnel. This made Midoriya narrow his eyes, as he felt his muscles pulsate, and energy surge through his body.
His movement speed increased, as he began gaining on Ben. Midoriya was too determined to realize he was using his quirk, yet nothing in his body seemed damaged by it. Ben turned to see Midoriya leap forwards, grabbing a hold of one of Ben's back-scales, and climbing onto his back. "Hey, HEY! No free rides!" He hissed, as he began jumping around, trying to get Midoriya off of him. Midoriya then let power surge through his legs once more, as he leapt from Ben's back, zooming towards the finish line.
"Oh no, you don't!" He shot a beam of ice at Midoriya's legs, throwing him off balance as he fell to the ground. Ben ran past him. "Sorry Midoriya, but I gotta show what I got!" Midoriya quickly slammed his feet into the ground, breaking the ice, as he got up, and let his quirk build up, as he blasted forwards. Ben and Midoriya. Side by side. Their eyes being blinded by the light from beyond the tunnel. Every second that passed, one was getting further then the other. Ben, Midoriya, Ben, Midoriya, and so on and so fourth.
As they exited the tunnel, Mic's voice filled the area. "WHAT AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS! IT SEEMS LIKE TWO CONTESTANTS HAS REACHED THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER! WHO IS THE TRUE WINNER THIS ROUND?!"
Aizawa raised an eyebrow. "You could just check the playba-"
"I WAS BUILDING SUSPENCE, ERASER!" Mic interrupted. The massive screen in the stadium rewound, showing the feed of Ben and Midoriya exiting the tunnel. They then slowed it down, and zoomed in. It seems they exited the tunnel exactly at the same time. It zoomed in further, Ben's snout and Midoriya's head both exiting at the same time. It zommed in further, and SUPER slowly showed when they exited. "AND THE WINNER IS..." Ben's snout was hit by the sun before Midoriya. "BEN TENNYSON!"
The crowd went wild, roaring, clapping their hands. Ben smiles as he looked over the crowd.
"Damn it, those brats are really starting to get on my nerves..." Shigaraki muttered, scratching his neck.
Max, Gwen and Ben's parents were jumping out of their seats, cheering, and the plumbers, pulled out a bottle of champaigne to celebrate.
The diamond headed guy crossed his arms as he nodded. "Nice goin', kid."
The lanky man was looking at the graphic on screen, being a freezeframe of Ben running out of the tunnel, a colorful text saying: 'Winner' jumping around on-screen. "Hmm... perhaps I've judged him too harshly." He muttered, cuping his chin.
Ben continued smiling, waving to the crowd, as he turned to Midoriya. His smile settled however, when he realized that Midoriya had tears running down his face, and a huge frown. 'I'm sorry All Might...' He thought, as he tried to dry the tears away by rubbing his eyes with his forarm. Suddenly, he felt himself being lifted, as he looked down, seeing that Ben had hoisted him into the air, letting him sit on his upper limb.
"Enough with the cryin' you wuss!" He joked, as he got on his back legs, standing tall. "Wave to the crowd! You aren't out of the games yet!" Midoriya's tears of dissapointment and sadness, quickly became tears of joy. "Ok... just... uh..." The tears dripping down Midoriya's face was drenching Ben. "Ok, dude, can you... eh... just... stop? I'm getting soaked."
"Oh, eh... sorry..." He said, wiping his eyes. He laughed, as he began waving at the crowd, as they began clapping louder.
"WHAT A TOUCHING MOMENT! BEN ISN'T ONLY A SKILLED HERO, BUT ALSO SELF-LESS AND HUMBLE!"
Ben scoffed. "Humble? Have they met me? I'm awesome!" He shouted, making Midoriya laugh.
"Oh, by the way... who is this form?" Midoriya asked, feeling Ben's scales.
"Oh, eh... I don't actually know... he's a new one!"
"Wait... What?!"
"Oh, right, I forgot to mention that part. Sometimes I just unlock new forms randomly." Before Midoriya had time to question it, Bakugo and Todoroki finallt exited the tunnel. Bakugo and Todoroki entered the stadium, both looking at Ben and Midoriya with contempt. Bakugo's arms were strained and shaky, and Todoroki was freezing cold, trying to heat himself by rubbing his body. As time passed, more and more people exited, everyone getting applause and shouts.
Ben put down Midoriya, as he began to ponder. 'Hmm... I need a name for this guy...' He scratched his chin. He looked down at his body. 'I'm like a lizard... with ice powers...' He got it. He stood high, as the Omnitrix began to blink. "ARCTIGUANA!"
Arctiguana
He can generate freezing energy from his maw, and he can scale walls with ease. He is pretty strong, and he is immune to freezing and cold temperatures.
Just as Arctiguana called out his new name, the Omnitrix timed out, and a powerful flash of green light forcing him back to his human form. "That was amazing timing!" He said, as the Omnitrix chirped.
"Deku!" Ben and Midoriya turned to see Uraraka running up to them, exhausted. "That was amazing! I can't believe you almost got first place!"
Midoriya began to blush, as he tried to hide his face. "Oh, it was nothing..."
"And Ben! Congratulations for actually getting first place!" She said.
Ben nodded. "Thanks!" He looked out at the people still cheering for him and his fellow students, all while Iida was having an existantial break-down in the distance.
"The first game of the first-year stage is over!" Midnight shouted through her microphone. "Now, let's take a look at their results."
1. Ben Tennyson - A
2. Izuku Midoriyo - A
3. Katsuki Bakugo - A
4. Shoto Todoroki - A
5. Ibara Shiozaki - B
6. Juzo Honenuki - B
7. Tenya Iida - A
8. Fumikage Tokoyami - A
9. Hanta Sero - A
10. Eijiro Kirishima - A
11. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu - B
12. Mashirao Ojiro - A
13. Yosetsu Awase - B
14. Tsuyu Asui - A
15. Mezo Shoji - A
16. Rikido Sato - A
17. Ochako Uraraka - A
18. Momo Yaoyorozu - A
19. Mina Ashido - A
20. Kyoka Jiro - A
21. Minoru Mineta - C
22. Koji Koda - A
23. Sen Kaibara - B
24. Kosei Tsuburaba - B
25. Kojiro Bondo - B
26. Reiko Yanagi - B
27. Hitoshi Shinso - C
28. Denki Kaminari - A
29. Itsuka Kendo - B
30. Jurota Shishida - B
31. Shihai Kuroiri - B
32. Yui Kodai - B
33. Hiryu Rin - B
34. Nirengeki Shoda - B
35. Kinoko Komori - B
36. Togaru Kamakiri - B
37. Neito Monoma - B
38. Pony Tsunotori - B
39. Toru Hagakure - A
40. Setsuna Tokage - B
41. Mei Hatsume - H
42. Yuga Aoyama - A
"The top 42 have made it to the next round!" Midnight exclaimed. "For all of you who haven't passed, don't worry! We've prepared other chances for you to shine!" She licked her lips as she said this... what a woman... Eh, I mean... "Now, the real competition begins! Your chance to move on up into the limelight! Give it your all!" All of the students got ready, as the screen's gambling graphic began to spin again. "Let's see what's next! Will your greatest fantasies come to life? This waiting is torture!" She lifted her arm, as she cracked her whip. "Here it is!"
The wheel stopped, showing the text 'Cavalry Battle' on the screen, a graphic of two people carrying a third person, all three of them wearing headbands.
"A Cavelry battle? Ah man, I'm terrible at those..." Kaminari muttered.
"It's a team-based game, so I wonder how they'll pair us up." Tsu said.
Midnight got on to explaining the game bases, as a comical graphic of All Might being carried by Thirteen, Mic and a third pro, their identity unknown appeared on the screen. "In this game, the participants can form teams of up to two to four members. Who's in said teams is up to you!" She turned to look at the students. "It's basically the same as a normal cavalry battle, but one thing that sets it apart from the nromal ones, is that based on how well you did in the last game, will determine what your assigned point value is."
"So it's a point based competition, like the entrance exam? Seems simple enough." Sato muttered.
"So, your team's point value depends on who's in the team..." Ochako said.
"Oh, I get it!" Mina shouted.
"DO YOU MIND?!" Midnight hissed as she cracked her whip, making all of the students stiffen as they shut their mouths. "Yes, you are correct! And your point value goes up by 5 from the bottom." She said, as the graphic on the screen changed to a tally board, showing that Aoyama, who had gotten last place, only had 5 points. "So the one who got spot 42, is worth 5 points, 41 is worth 10, 40 is 15, and so on and so fourth." Ben raised a brow as he looked around for the first place spot. "And the point value assigned to the one on 1st place is... TEN MILLION POINTS!"
Ben paused for a second. "Huh?"
'Ten million points, huh?' The purple haired student thought.
'So in other words...' A pink-haired girl covered in gear continued.
"So if you bring him down, then you practically win, no matter what!" The entired stadium muttered, as all eyes turned to Ben.
Midnight smiled. "That's right... It's survival of the fittest, with the ones on the bottom, given a chance to stand on top!" She said, menacingly, as Ben could feel the eyes of every student present narrow in his direction.
"You've got to be f*cking kidding me..."
"Now then, It's time I explain the rules of the cavalry battle!" Midnight shouted, cracking her whip. "The time limit is 15 minutes! Each team is worth the total point value of every member." The graphic of All Might, Thirteen and Mic reappeared, as small speech bubbles showing all of their point value, merge together into the entire team's point value. "The rider will be wearing a headband showing the number! Teams will have to do their best to grab as many headbands, or points, as thay can, all while keeping their own points in check! Stolen headbands must be worn from the neck up, so the more you have, the harder it is to keep them managed! And the most important thing is, that if your headband gets stolen or if your team falls, you're not out!"
Yaoyorozu cupped her chin. "Which means..."
"That since there are 42 people, there will be over ten teams in the field at all times?" Sato muttered.
"Sounds tough..." Aoyama muttered.
"Maybe you could just let someone take your points when the game first starts so you'll be more free..." Mina said.
"Hard to say, since we don't really know how the points will be split-up." Tsu added.
"The game will be a cruel and unforgiving battle, where you're free to use your quirks!" Midnight shouted. "But if we see you trying to trip up a team on purpose, then you'll get a red card, and be disqualified!" Bakugo growled as she said this. Suddenly, a countdown appeared on the screen. "You have 15 minuted to make a team, so be quick! Start!"
Everyone began to babble and talk to eachother. Ben just stood their. Who would want to team-up with him? He is the biggest target hear. He considered transformin into Ditto, and build a team from there, but it's unlikely that'll be okay. "Ugh, this can't end well..."
As Ben and his fellow students were talking and thinking about teams, some of the pros guarding the outside of the stadium, were taking a quick break in the... well, breakroom. Death Arms took a deep breath from a cigarette, as he was sitting opposite of Kamui and Mount Lady. "The sports festival isn't really all about seeing how prepared they are at being heroes... it's more about simulating the competition that comes with going pro."
"What are you talking about?" Mount Lady asked, as Death Arms exhaled.
"Now adays, there are plenty of agencies in this country, meaning that if you wanna get food on the table, you gotte be ready to step on other heroes to get on top... that's what the first round was about."
As he said this, Mount Lady began wafting away the tobacco cloud Death Arms sent in her direction. "That's such a sad way to look at our jobs!"
Kamui looked at her with angry eyes. "Isn't that a little hypocritical? You don't seem to mind stealing other heroes' glory!" He hissed, as he thought back to her debut, where she took down a villain, that he was just about to restrain.
Death Arms exhaled again. "But on the other hand, sometimes, you do have to work together with other agencies or heroes, even if you're fighting eachother over popularity."
"Ah, you're right! It's just like the cavalry battle!" Mount Lady admitted. "Every point you score isn't only for you, it's also a point for your teammates! Plus, you need to be able to coordinate with your team and plan things out based on your quirks..."
"It's kind of like coordinating with your side-kick, or doing quirk training with other agencies..." As he said this, he opened a water bottle, and tried to take a sip, forgetting about his mask as he pushed it in, hitting his teeth. "Ugh-"
"I'm pretty sure atleast some of the kids are thinking about all of this." Death Arms said as he dropped his cigarette and stomped on it to put it out. "If they become pros, it'll be a way of life..."
"They've still got a long road ahead of them..." Mount Lady said.
Bakugo was flooded with people wanting to team up with him.
"Team with me!" Sato said.
"No, you'll rather want me by your side!" Mina shouted.
"I don't mean to beg, but please pick me..." Aoyama groaned, holding his stomach.
Bakugo stood there for a second, thinking. "Hold on, could you remind me of what your quirks and names are again?"
"You've gotta be kidding, we're your classmates!" Mina hissed.
"You can't be that self-centered..." Sato muttered.
"Bakugo!" The explosive blond turned to see the rock himself, Kirishima. "I was gonna try and team up with Todoroki, but he already picked a group! So, let's team up!"
"Oh, hey shitty hair..."
"My name is Kirishima! And my hair isn't too different from yours!" Kirishima hissed, pointing his and Bakugo's spiky hair. "Look. You'll wanna be the rider, right? That means you'll need a tough front-horse who won't be hurt by your blasts!" His arm grew jagged and stiff. "That'd be me..." He said smiling, showing off his sharp teeth.
Bakugo didn't seem completely convinced. "Hmm... I need someone with guts..."
"Come on, I was practically made for this! Let's go rushing into battle together!" This made Bakugo raise a brow. "10 million points... bring it on!" Bakugo grinned. It seems he's got his first team-member.
As Ben was looking around, he could see that people had already started pairing up. A lot of people were asking to join up with Bakugo, and Todoroki was flooded with people begging to join him, but he was a lot more skilled in problem solving, so he just set up a team fast as hell, despite the so many people trying to join him. Ben... well, of course no one wanted to join him. He just stood their, a massive space of nothing seperating him from his classmates and other students. Even the purple-haired guy had already put together a team.
Ben groaned, as he rubbed his face tiredly. "What am I gonna do?"
"You, in first place!" Ben turned to the voice's source, as the pink-haired girl stood before him. "Team up with me!"
"Woah! Eh... what?" Ben looked at her, perplexed. She was wearing all sorts gear, like a pair of hover boots, a pair of googles and all sorts of stuff covering her P.E. uniform. "Who... are you?"
"Mei Hatsume, from the Support Course!" She shouted, taking off her googles, and revealing a pair of yellow pupils with crosshairs on them. "We haven't met yet, but I'd like to use your current fame for my personal advantage!"
"Well that's straight forwards-" Ben said, barely holding back roaring out in laughter.
"If I team up with you, then I'll be in the spotlight, with the same team everyone will be keeping their eyes on!" She shouted, before inching closer to Ben. "Then, that means my babies will inevitably be noticed my the big company CEOs who are tuning into the sports festival!" She inched even closer to Ben, being less then a foot away from him. "And by that line of reasoning, this is the best way for me and my marvelous gadgets recruited!"
Ben looked at her awkwardly, looking flushed. "Eh, w-well..." He cleared his throat as he backed away from her. "So... I assume by babies you mean your... tools... I thought we weren't allowed to bring our hero equipment... eh, unless you asked to." He said, rubbing the Omnitrix.
"Well, since you hero students have gotten training for using your quirks, we in the Support Course are allowed to bring gadgets, as long as it was we who designed and built them!
"Huh... cool." He said, as his red face returned to its natural complection. "Well... fair enough. Thanks."
She pulled out a large suitcase, opening it up. "Since we in the Support Course work with designing hero gear for pros, I've brought an arsenal's worth of babies, at least one of them being sure to catch your eye!" She shouted gleefully.
"Oh, eh, wow..." He looked into the suitcase, seeing a bunch of equipment. He reached into it, and pulled out a bulky, metalic object. A jetpack perhaps?
"Woah!" Ben turned his head, to see Midoriya and Uraraka walk up to them. "Is that Airjet's jetpack?!" Midoriya asked, looking at it with his fanboy energy radiating off of him.
"Oh, hey guys." Ben said, waving at the two. "So, I'm guessing you two were planning on teaming up..." He looked around. "Where's Iida?"
"Oh, well, you see, we wanted to team up with you and Iida, but he wanted to go with Todoroki." Midoriya muttered.
"Wait... why?"
"Appearently he felt he was lagging behind Midoriya and wanted to go at it alone." Uraraka explained.
"Is it okay if we team-up with you?" Midoriya asked.
Ben smiled. "Really? I mean... sure..." He said, crossing his arms. "Eh... so, that would mean we have a full team, yes?"
"And a whole lot of points at that..." Midoriya added.
Ben nodded. "It's a harsh world... but if we wanna be heroes... and designers of hero gear, we'll have to get used to it." As he said this, the other three nodded.
As this was going on, Todoroki was talking to his team. "I chose the three of you, as I believe we'll make for the most stable formation possible." He turned to his electric classmate. "Kaminari. You'll be our left wing. Use your quirk to keep opponetns at bay." He then turned his attention to the most talented female member of class 1-A. "Yaoyorozu. You'll take the right wing. Focus on insulation and defense." And finally, he looked at the stoic speedster. "And Iida. You'll be in the front. We'll rely on you for mobility and physical defense."
Iida nodded. "And I assume you'll be creating diversions with your ice and flames, correct?"
Todoroki shook his head. "Not quite..." He turned to look up at the stands. "While in battle..." He clenched his fist. "I never use my left side..." He hissed, glaring daggers at the flaming man, his stare being almost as harsh.
"Time's up!" Midnight shoutet, looking out at the many teams. "Finally! About time we were getting back into the game!"
"Hey, bud!" Mic shouted, patting his disheveled friend on the shoulder. "Look alive!" Aizawa opened his eyes tiredly. "AFTER 15 MINUTES OF WORKING OUT TEAMS AND STRATEGY, 12 CAVELRY TEAMS ARE PREPARED TO GO HEAD TO HEAD!"
Aizawa looked out into the arena. "There are some unexpected team-ups down there..."
"COME ON! GET YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR! IT'S TIME FOR A FULL ON BATTLE ROYALE! LET ME HEAR YOU SCREAM!"
Everyone were on the arena, all of them looking at a single team.
"ALRIGHTY 1ST-YEARS! YOU BETTER BE HAPPY WITH THOSE TEAMS OF YOURS, CUZ WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN!" Mic roared. "TIME FOR THE COUNT-DOWN! THREE..."
Bakugo cracked his knuckles. "Get him..."
"TWO..."
"He's ours..." Todoroki muttered.
"ONE..."
Ben activated the Omnitrix, dialing through his forms, his headband reading 10000340. Midoriya was his front, Hatsume was his right and Uraraka stood by his left, and he was wearing Hatsume's jetback. "Let's do this..."
"BEGIN!" As Mic roared, almost everyone in the stadium immediately started running towards Ben's team.
"This is all pretty much just a competition of who can get the 10 000 000 points first!" A 1-B student roared.
"Yeah, I should have seen this coming..." He muttered, as he continued dialing through his forms.
"Do you have anyone in mind?" Midoriya asked.
Ben nodded. "The perfect transformation for restraint, escape and mobility!" Just as he said this, the ground underneath them grew soft, as they began sinking. "Damn it..." He looked forwards to see Honenuki. "Hmm." He finally found the right alien, as he slammed down the core and a powerful blast of green light.
As the light dimmed, everyone looked to where Ben once was, seeing that in his place was- "A MUMMY! BEN TENNYSON HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A FULL-FLEDGED MUMMY!" Mic roared, as the people in the stands began to cheer at Ben, who had indeed transformed into a mummy-like humanoid, with bright green eyes and a shady mask. "AIZAWA, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE?"
"I have not."
"WOW, THIS TENNYSON BOY IS JUST FULL OF SURPRISES!"
"Snare-oh. Perfect!" Ben, or Snare-Oh, said. Bandage-like tendrils shot our of his back, which wrapped around his team-mates, as he turned on the Jetpack. It took off, hoisting him and his comrades into the air. "Hold on you guys!" He began generating even more tendrils, all of them getting ready to block any incoming attacks. "Nobody's gonna catch us like this!"
Snare-Oh
He is made out of constantly regenerating bandage-like tendrils, which can multiply and slither around freely from his body. He can stretch his limbs and body and even unravel himself to fit through tight spaces.
"Wow Ben! This alien is perfect for this!" Midoriya shouted, fascinated.
"Save it for later!" Snare-Oh said.
"Oh, right, sorry..."
"Hey, get back here!" A member of 1-B roared from the ground. "Shiozaki!"
A girl with vine-like hair nodded, as her hair began moving and slithering, before quickly slithering towards Snare-Oh and his comrades. He responded by wrapping his bandages around the vines, restraining them, forming even more bandages to grab any more incoming vines. But, some vines took him by surprise, wrapping around his bandages.
Snare-Oh simply lowered himself to the ground not too far away and lowered his friends into the right position, as he gave them time to grab and lift him, all before tearing off the bandages that the vine-girl had grabbed. "Let's keep movi-" Suddenly, a stream of white-slime shot forwards, hitting Uraraka's feet.
"Wha- what is this stuff?" She asked, trying to lift her feet, but it seems the stuff had dried up, sticking her feet to the ground.
Snare-Oh looked up, seeing the source of the slime being Bondo, a 1-B student with a weird-looking head. "Dump the boots!" Uraraka nodded, as she pulled her feet from the glue-covered shoes. Snare-Oh then pulled out some device. "Uraraka, make us float!" He shouted, as she did just that, and he activated the Jetpack. Suddenly, they took off, right before Bondo could hit them with another jet of white slime. They shot through the air with ease, the Jetpack doing its job flawlessly.
"Aren't my babies perfect!" Hatsume asked, excited. "Cuteness can be manufactured you know!"
"Well, looking past the fact that you call your gear babies, I'd say they're very helpful. Great work!" Snare-Oh said, nodding. Suddenly, a large, bird-like shadow shot after them, raising his claw as he got ready to swiftly snatch their headband. "Oh no, you don't!" He said, a bunch of bandages shooting off from his body, aiming to slam into the living shadow.
The entity was thrown backwards, as he retreated back to hide under Shoji's massive arms. "You're up!" The bird-like shadow screached, as a beam of blue energy shot out at them. Snare-Oh barely dodged, quickly moving to the side with the Jetpack.
"Well, at least we now know where Tokoyami and Aoyama is..." Snare-Oh muttered. Just as he said this, a long pink tongue shot out from the cover as well, aiming at Snare-Oh's head, as he barely has time to dodge. "Tsu too?!" The tongue was yenked back, as Tsu poked her head out from under Shoji's arms. "That doesn't bode well..." He muttered.
Suddenly, an explosion erupted from the distance, as non other then the Katsuki Bakugo launched himself into the air at Ben's team, calling out as he pursued them into the air. "GIVE ME THOSE FUCKING POINTS, BASTARD!"
"BAKUGO HAS LEFT HIS TEAM TO PURSUE BEN AND HIS TEAM! IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED?!" Mic shouted.
"As long as he doesn't touch the ground, he's all good!" Midnight called out.
"Kacchan?!" Midoriya looked over at his explosive classmate.
"Bakugo..." Snare-Oh hissed, as he got ready to backhand the mad-man. He extended his arm to reach him, but Bakugo blasted himself out of the way and did a sick as flip, as he blasted Snare-Oh in the back of the head and reached forwards to snatch the headband.
"No!" Midoriya screamed, waving his hand and instinctively using his quirk, as a powerful blast of compressed air and force threw Bakugo towards the ground. Midoriya looked down at his arm, realizing it wasn't broken! 'It seems like I'm getting a hang of it!'
"Woah! Nice one Midoriya!" Snare-Oh shouted. As Bakugo closed in on the ground, he was snatched back to his team by Sero's tape. "Get ready for a rough landing!" He said, as he let the Jetpack dim down, and they closed in on the ground. The landing was indeed a bit messy, as they stumbled back to earth. "That was close... Let's keep moving!"
"Nice catch!" Kirishima shouted to Sero, who reeled in his rider, as Mina nodded in agreement.
Bakugo screamed as he was forced back to his team. "GOD F*CKIN DAMN IT DEKU!" He hissed, thrashing about, making his team-mates footing uneasy.
"Woah, calm down Bakugo!" Kirishima shouted.
"NO-" Suddenly, he felt someone pass by, grabbing his headband on the way, which pissed him off further. "What the hell?!" As he turned his head, he realized who it was who snatched it. "Another 1-B extra?!" He growled, his palms sparking.
Before him, was the one and only Monoma, from class 1-B. "Monoma... my name is Monoma..." He hissed, slightly pissed off that Bakugo didn't remember his name.
"You're the copy-guy, right?" Bakugo asked, his palms sparking. "I'll make you pay for that, bastard..." He muttered, narrowing his eyes.
Monoma's anger subsided to make room for his smugness. "Really now? I doubt that..." He said, tying the headband around his neck. "I don't think someone as villainous as you would ever compare to someone with true convictions..." He muttered, grinning.
This set Bakugo off again. "I'll kill you!" He screamed, releasing a small explosion towards him.
This was countered with another explosion, coming from Monoma's palms. "Not a bad quirk you got." He looked at his hands. "Pretty strenuous through..."
Bakugo looked at him, confused. "Wha- when did you-"
"When I snatched your headband-" Monoma scoffed, as he leaned forwards, swatting at Kirishima's hair. "I took the oppurtunity to snatch up your quirk!" He said, hardening his skin, just as Bakugo was about to blast him again. "Hmm, this quirk isn't too bad either..."
"Mine too?!" Kirishima looked at Monoma's rough, rock-like skin.
"My quirk is amazing, huh?" He said, smug as usual. He looked at Bakugo, as something clicked. "Oh... now that I'm getting a closer look at you, I remember! You were the kid who got attacked by that sludge villain, right?" Bakugo gritted his teeth, as memories of the whole ordeal flodded his mind. "You've made quite the name for yourself. A hero with a villainious demeanor and an uncontrollable temper... not hard to become popular like that, hmm? Well... hard to become a very popular hero... bit too... frightening, no?" He looked down at his teammates. "Let's get going, shall we?" They nodded, as they made their retreat.
"HEY, GET BACK HERE WITH MY POINTS!" Bakugo roared. "Get moving extras! We're getting my points back!" He shouted, his hands sparking.
"Your?" The three asked simultaneously, with deadpan expressions.
"YOU HEARD ME!" He roared, hitting Kirishima repeatedly in the head.
"Ow, ow, ow! Ok, ok!" He hissed, as he got moving.
As Snare-Oh's team was moving, they felt a wave of cold air move across the ground, as frost spread across the field before thickening into solid ice. "This can't end well, can it..."
"No." Todoroki muttered. "Kaminari." Kaminari nodded, as his body began to spark. "Yaoyorozu." As he said this, Yaoyorozu began to create a massive cover to... well, cover herself, Iida and Todoroki. "Now!" As he shouted, Kaminari got ready to release his discharge.
Snare-Oh activated the jetpack, but... it started sparking and smoking. "What the?! It's broken?!"
"Ny baby! It seems like there is still room for improvement..." She said, distraught.
"1 300 000 VOLTS!" Kaminari screamed, as a massive surge of electricity erupted, reaching out towards our protagonists.
'An attack with a name, huh?' He narrowed his eyes. 'It's been a while since I came up with one... how about I try one now...' His body began to unravel and move, sending bandages all over the place, forming a wall around his team. "Sarcophagus Wrap!" The electricity slammed into the paper-like wall. Luckily, it seems to be nonconductive, as the electricity doesn't make it past it.
"Woah! Ben, this is incredible!" Midoriya shouted, making Ben deadpan.
"Wha- Fine! Guess I'll have to turn it up!" Kaminari roared, as the electricity grew even more powerful.
"Kaminari, wait!" Yaoyorozu called out to her teammate, but it was too late.
"1 500 000 VOLTS!" The charged up even more energy, which erupted, the entire area being illuminated by the massive surge of pure electric power!
Snare-Oh was still keeping his team wrapped up, his cool little mask-face thing peeking out at his electric classmate. "Keep it coming! You're not going anyware with thi-"
"Weheh..." Kaminari was laughing to himself, a dumb grin covering his dumb face as dumb drool ran down his dumb chin. "Weahhh..."
"PFFT-" Snare-Oh started cackling at Kaminari's idiocy. "Looks like your brain isn't used to that much electricity, huh?"
"Weah-weah!" He laughed, barely standing, as he used his last amount of brain power to keep Todoroki up.
Yaoyorozu sighed. "It seems like he'll be incapacitated for the rest of this contest..."
"It's fine... just hand me another pole..." Todoroki muttered, as she did just that. He immediately began covering it in ice, as the ice spread to the ground. The ice rushed forwards, absorbing Snare-Oh and his team in a glacier. He sighed, frost creeping along his arm. But, not long efter that, the ice erupted in a blast of green fire, as Ben's team exited the glacier through the flaming hole.
"Eye'm not done yet, Todo!" Ben laughed, now transformed into Eye Guy.
"WOAH! ANOTHER NEW GUY! AN EYE BAT?! HOW COOL!" Mic called out.
"He seems to have a form of flame generation, if that green fire was anything to go off of..." Aizawa muttered.
"I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS BAD BOY IN ACTION!" Just as Mic said this, the Omnitrix began to flash, as it timed out. "Huh, nevermind..."
"Uh-oh..." Ben muttered. Todoroki narrowed his eyes, as he released another blast of ice towards Ben's team. "Oh SHI-"
Suddenly, a massive surge of pressure was released, destroying the incoming ice. Midoriya cried out as he clenched his arm, one of his fingers seeming brused and broken. 'It's broken again?!'
"Deku, are you okay?!" Uraraka asked, looking at his damaged digit.
"I'm... I'm fine..." He hissed through clenched teeth.
But before anyone can question him further, Todoroki releases another stream of ice, forcing Midoriya to use his quirk again, as he flicked his fingers, breaking them, as the pressure released smashes apart the ice again. "HOLY CRAP, STOP DOING THAT DUDE!" Ben cried out, flailing his arms.
"It's fine..." He groaned, with a weak and shaky voice. "I... can do this..."
"God damn, just run!" He hissed, as his teammates nodded, taking off.
"Follow them!" Todoroki hissed, his teammates doing as he wished, altough Kaminari does it rather messily. As they did, Todoroki released a rather weak surge of ice towards them, which didn't even hit them, as they were able to dodge it with ease. 'Damn it...' He thought, shivering as frost covered his body.
Ben looked at Todoroki. "Looks like he's overused his quirk. He's reaching his limit!" He said, smiling. He then looked down at Midoriya, as his smile vanished. 'But so has he...'He gritted his teeth, as he tapped the Omnitrix, being met with the symbol showing that he's still out of charge. "Hurry up!"
"HURRY UP!" Monoma heard Bakugo call out from behind them.
He scoffed. "Typical." He said calmly, not caring to look at them.
"HERE I COME!" Bakugo roared.
"Altough that determination is impressive, I must say-" He turned back to Bakugo with a smug grin, only to be met with an explosion to the torso, and the feeling of two of his headbands being torn from around his neck. "AGH-" Before he could activate either of his copied quirks, Bakugo blasted himself away from his fellow student, as he landed in the embrace of his teammates. He narrowed his eyes. "Get moving!" He hissed, as his team got moving to rid themselves of Bakugo's presence.
Bakugo grinned, as he looked down to find that he had failed to grab his own points, and instead got the ones Monoma had snatched from someone else. He narrowed his eyes. "FOLLOW THEM! We'll get our points back too! We'll be the indisputable champions!" As he said this, his teammates looked up at him.
"Our?!"
"YES! OURS! ARE YOU DEAF OR SOMETHING?!"
Aizawa nodded as he looked down at his students. "Altough 1-B had a clever plan, there was something they failed to consider... There is a clear difference between those who settle and those who wish to stand on top..."
"Tape! Shoot one out! Aim for the ground infront of them!" Bakugo screamed at his classmate.
"It's Sero!" He said, smiling, as he sent a stream of tape towards them.
"Acid! Make a stream for us to slide on!"
"My name is Mina!" She hissed, as she did just as she was asked, as Sero reeled the tape in, sliding across the low-burning acid, catching up with Monoma's team.
Bakugo's palms began to glow, as Monoma's teammate created a wall of air with his breath. "Monoma failed to notice how tenacious Bakugo is..." Suddenly, Bakugo released a pair of powerful explosions, as he rocketed his team towards Monoma with extreme speed, as he prepared a second pair of explosions, waving his arm forwards and blasting apart the air wall, and snatched his headband in one fell swoop.
"Now... we're going after the freak and Deku!" Bakugo roared, pointing to the massive collection of ice in the center of the stadium.
Ben continued to mess with the Omnitrix, trying, and failing, to speed up its recharge. Todoroki's team was seriously lagging behind, Kaminari basically just serving as deadweight. "Keep moving guys! As long as we keep this up, they won't be able to catch up!"
Iida narrowed his eyes. "Todoroki!" The rider looked down at Iida. "I have a way for us to get their headband with ease, but it will make me useless to you!"
"What are you-" Before Todoroki could finish, Iida's engines revved to life, as they began to glow.
"Hold on tight, and get ready to take theu headband!" They exploded forwards, as Iida moved so fast, the ground he stepped on became soft and warm, like it was melting! Todoroki was thrown backwards, barely holding on, as Kaminari and Yaoyorozu's legs were dragged over the ground, as Iida sliced through the air, passing ben's team, Todoroki barely having time to snatch their headband. "Recipro Burst!"
"HOLY CRAP, WHAT EXPLOSIVE SPEED!" Mic roared, looking at Iida. "THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE 10 000 000 POINTS, SETTING BEN'S TEAM DOWN TO 0!"
He slid to a stop a few meters away from them, as Todoroki looked down at Iida, holding Ben's headband. "Iida... what was that?"
"I forced my quirk and Rpm into overdrive, resulting in a burst of explosive power..." Smoke was reeking from his calves. "Unfortunately, the recoil stalls my engines for a while... It was a secret move, that I've kept hidden until now..." He turned to Midoriya with determination. "I told you Midoriya... that I'd do my best to beat you..." As he said this, the crowd went wild, applauding and cheering. Iida paused, as he looked up at Ben. "And I'm sorry I didn't tell you myself, Tennyson."
Ben nodded. "This is a world of competition. No hard feelings..." He muttered, as the Omnitrix flashed to life. "Right?" Iida nodded. "Good... cuz I'm taking our points back!" He shouted, as he slammed down the core, his body erupting in a brilliant green light.
Before anyone got a chance to give Ben a glance, he sliced through the air, flying forwards. "Even though I said I didn't need to win this, my teammates have true convictions and motivations to succeed!" He called out, his flaming head glowing brightly, as he was revealed to have transformed into Heatblast. He thought back to Uraraka's story about her parents, Hatume's dream of becoming a great designer for hero equipments and Midoriya's hope of saving people with a smile.
Todoroki narrowed his eyes. "Iida!" He tried to activate his quirk, but it seems he was now out of commision. Todoroki scowled, as suddenly, his left arm erupted in flames. Heatblast simply waved his arm, as the flames coming from Todoroki were yanked away, along with his arm, throwing him off. 'My... flames? I used my left side!'
Heatblast looked at the headbands wrapped around Todoroki's neck. They had been turned inwards, hiding their point value. He reached forwards, grabbing the one highest. 'Since my points were the last one he grabbed, they must be the one on top! He yanked his arm back, tearing the headband from Todoroki, as he blasted himself backwards with a small burst of heat from his feet. As he flew backwards, he realized he was closing in on the ground. 'Crap! I won't be able to reposition myself in time! I'm gonna hit the ground!'
But, to his surprise, he doesn't hit the ground, as he's caught just in time. "We got you!"
Heatblast looked at the ones who caught him, seeing his team. "Woah... thanks guys!"
They nodded. "Of course!" But before they had the chance to get sappy, Hatsume spotted the number on the headband.
"Uh, please tell me I'm seeing that wrong!" Heatblast raised an eyebrow, before he looked at the headband.
"70 points?!" He screamed, looking at it with terror.
"You didn't think we would just leave the 10 000 000 points at the top like that, did you?" Yaoyorozu shouted.
"THERE'S BARELY HALF A MINUTE LEFT, AND BEN'S TEAM ISN'T EVEN IN THE FIRST FOUR!" Mic roared, excited to see if they'll be able to make it to the next game.
Heatblast immediately took action, wrapping the headband around his rocky collar, as he quickly leaned forwards, trying to grab his points again. "WE'LL STILL WIN THIS!" He roared.
Todoroki quickly reached right arm forwards, trying to freeze or atleast stun Heatblast, but before he could, a sudden burst of pressure erupted from beneath, Midoriya having waved his arm upwards, using his quirk. This stunned both Todoroki and Heatblast, as their ears were shot by the booming sound generated. Heatblast was the first to regain focus, as he once again tried to reach forwards to snatch Todoroki's headbands before he could regain his.
But before he could get a good grip, Todoroki grabbed him by the wrist tightly, and began freezing it before he threw the flaming hand aside, forcing Heatblast's team to back off, stumbling. Before they could regain balance, they had found themselves over a meter away from Todoroki's team "Don't worry! I'll get those points you guys!" He took off.
"Ben, wait!" But he didn't listen.
'This time, I'll be more prepared! I won't be thrown off!'He thought, cracking his knuckles, simply by flexing his fingers. Yaoyorozo made another pole for Todoroki, as he lifted it, and got ready to stab it into Heatblast to cool him off from the inside. Suddenly, a board of flames formed under his feet, as he ducked under the pole, grabbing it tightly and melting the ice. He then yanked it, freeing it from Todoroki's grip.
BOOM!
Everyone turned their sight to one of Todoroki's previous glaciers, as it was blasted apart by none other then our favourite pomeranian, Bakugo. He looked at Ben, and then Todoroki. "The 10 000 000 points is mine!" He blasted himself towards Todoroki, ready to snatch the headbands.
"Oh no, it's not!" Heatblast's feet erupted in flames, as he blasted himself past Todoroki's head, reaching forwards and gripping the 10 000 000 points.
"AND TIMES UP!" Heatblast tore the headband from around Todoroki's neck, as he spun around through the air, pointing his feet to the ground and plunging them into the dirt, sliding to a stop.
"I GOT IT!" He called out, looking at the headband. "That counts right? Right?!"
"I'm afraid not... you didn't get it off of him before the time ran out." Midnight said.
As she said this, the Omnitrix flashed, as Ben detransformed. "What?" He paused. 'I... failed...' He looked at the ground, somberly.
"IN FIRST PLACE, WE'VE GOT NONE OTHER THEN SHOTO TODOROKI!"
"That was too close for comfort." Yaoyorozu said, sweating.
"I'm sorry... I must have let you all down..." Iida said, clenching his fist.
"That's not true! Without you and that special move we wouldn't have gotten those moves in the first place."
"IN SECOND PLACE, KATSUKI BAKUGO!"
"Ah man, we were so close to first place..." Mina whined.
"At least we're moving on. That's what really matters, right?" Sero said, looking at the bright side.
"I don't think our leader agrees." Kirishima muttered, pointing to Bakugo, who was screaming and shouting while banging his fist into the ground, like a toddler having tantrum.
"IN THIRD PLACE, HITOSHI SHINSO?! HUH? WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN?!"
Ojiro stood by his teammates, the purple balled shorty and a member of class 1-B. "Wha? What happened?"
The purple haired guy, Shinso, was walking away from them, waving. "Thanks for the help."
Ben was still pretty down as his teammates approached. "I'm sorry I failed, you guys..."
Uraraka and Hatsume raised their eyebrows. "Huh? Oh..." Uraraka smiled as she pointed to Midoriya, he walked forwards, his fists clenched.
"After I created that updraft, Todoroki was dazed enough for me to make my shot." He said, lifting up one of his fists. "I didn't get the 10 000 000, but we'll still qualify for the next round." He opened his hand, revealing a headband with the number 613 on it.
Ben smiled as Mic's booming voice echoed out through the stadium. "AND FINALLY, IN FOURTH PLACE, BEN TENNYSON!" He looked at Midoriya, as he nodded.
"Nice work. But, you should probably have Recovery Girl check on those fingers." He said, pointing at Midoriya's bruised digits, as he nodded awkwardly.
"THESE ARE THE FOUR TEAMS WHO WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND!"