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"I'M ALIIIIIIVE!" Shouted Kirishima, startling me. I hadn't known the robot had fallen on top of him. It was reassuring to see his Quirk had helped him survive. "Can't believe Todoroki pulled something like that! Anyone but me would've been killed."
It was then a few feet away from him another person burst through the metal just like Kirishima had. Except unlike him, this guy's skin was completely covered in metal. His features resembled one of the students from yesterday who was rather vocal against Bakugo, mostly the area around his eyes.
"Class 1-A really is full of jerks! I'll smash that Ice guy once I get my hands on him!" He shouted.
"Tetsutetsu from Class 1-B was stuck underneath as well! What are the odds?!" Present Mic commented."If anyone else had gotten hit, they would've been killed."
"You know, anyone other me would've been killed," Tetsutetsu said.
Looking at the two I saw they both had Hardening-type Quirks, and they pretty much said the same exact thing. It must've been nice to meet someone with a similar Quirk. Though that was a subject for later as I realized we were all going to need to get through together.
"We're racing each other but for now let's work together and carve a path!" I heard a student from 1-B say. Scales covered his arm, looking almost like a lizard.
"Agreed. Let's show these tin cans what our class-" I heard someone say as they were cut off from explosions coming from behind me and some other students.
Bakugo shot up into the sky, using his explosions to move through the air. Seeing this I looked ahead at the Faux Villains and ran towards them, my stone spear in my right hand as I prepared to cut down any that got in my way. No way was I going to lose in the first event. I couldn't lose.
I held the spear up, spinning it around me and cutting through the robot like it was made out of butter. Spinning around I stabbed forwards, piercing right through a one-pointers bright red optical sensor. Plenty more were being put down by the other in my class. Footsteps were behind me as I saw Hana jump over and bring down her katana, cutting one right in half down the middle.
She turned on her heel and sliced in front of her. I was amazed seeing another be cut in half by some sort of invisible force, only to see the glint I knew to come off of her barriers. We locked eyes for a second before we raced at one another, getting back to back as Faux Villains came at both of us.
It felt like we were fighting Villains again at the USJ, both of us relying on the other. I crouched down, allowing her to use my back to roll over and attack the robot that had initially been coming at her as I caused spikes to shoot up from the ground and impale the other one.
Even after those had been destroyed we kept a safe distance as we continued to help each other. Seems after all the training we had done we had also gotten used to the way we each fought, easily working off our moves. We continued moving forward, only stopping to take down another robot or help the other. As I ran I realized that it wasn't everyone else wasn't as capable as were. It was that I and the others in Class 1-A weren't even hesitating.
Seems we had learned a lot from the USJ incident, having seen what the world of Pros was really like. What dangers they faced and conquered every day. It was what allowed us to get into the lead as carved our way through.
I stopped in my tracks once I arrived at what was our next obstacle. Just seeing it reminded me of my own personal fear...
"For those of you who thought the first obstacle was easy, let's see how you feel about the second one!" I could hear Present Mic say over the speakers. I looked over the edge to see it was quite a drop. The second obstacle was large pieces of rock like miniature islands, with ropes in between each to get from one to another. "You take a spill and you're out! If you wanna pass you' have to get through... The Pits of Fall!"
"When did they even have time to build something like this?" Uraraka asked out loud. Tsuyu walked up to the edge and got into a crouched position.
"What are you doing?" Ashido asked her, as Tsuyu jumped into the air like the Frog she was.
With ease, she landed on the rope, and from what I could see she was easily making her way across, and exceptionally fast as well. It began to make me think how I'd get across quickly, and safely. Should I try that? Or that?
Thoughts began to bounce around in my mind until I heard a loud shouting from a girl behind us. "Everyone, observe what my brilliant gadgets can do! Wire arrows... and hover soles!" She displayed proudly. I could tell from the amount of equipment she had, she was from the Support Course.
"Hey, how come you get to use all that stuff?" Ashido asked. She probably didn't know about the other Courses like I did.
"The Hero course gets all sorts of combat training for their Quirks. In order to keep things fair, we're allowed to bring whatever gadgets and costumes we want so long as we developed them ourselves." Said the girl. From what I could see she had pink hair and her goggles had an almost Steampunk feel to them. "So sit back and enjoy the show!"
She shot out of the wires and began to hover as the boots she wore whirred to life. "For the Support Course, this is the best obstacle to show off all our ingenious ideas and creations to the companies out there who might want to buy our product! Hahaha! I hope employers are watching!" She said excitedly, the last bit of her voice echoing.
"She was certainly... Excited." I remarked.
More laughter ensued as she scaled the stone pillar with ease and was launched into the air, landing effortlessly and continuing her way forward.
"Wow, talk about annoying," Ashido remarked.
"Well," I said strolling over to her to stand next to her. "She is a bit annoying, but hey, so am I sometimes."
"What? No way. You're bearable, even when you make puns. She was just..." She said.
"Despite that, seems we may have to do this the old fashion way. Not sure if I could grind on that rope for long, especially with that friction." I let the spear dissipate into the sand and sink into the ground.
"Aw, this is so unfair. Come on, no way we're both losing to her Mason!" She grabbed me by hand and brought me over to a rope. "You said you need less friction, right?"
"Yeah. The less the better."
"Well then, I got a plan. Follow me!" She grabbed onto the rope and began to secrete acid from her hands. As she moved she seemed to be sliding across quite easily.
I was confused on what she meant until I saw the obvious. The rope wasn't melting at all. My brain clicked once I realized how ingenious her plan was. Putting my hand on the ground I made the sand form another board and got a running start. Worst case scenario, I'd have to push my ability to the max to fly across if I didn't land on the rope.
Closing my eyes I jumped, the moment between leaving the ground and feeling my feet hit the board and the rope feeling as slow as molasses. Once I hit the rope I used my Quirk to steady the stone board and keep myself on the rope. It was nice that Ashido had taken the risk of losing her own placing to help me across the obstacle.
After all, she was the only one who I told about my fear of heights. No doubt Uncle Shota was silently laughing at my predicament. Yet unlike the last obstacle, this one was a bit easier on me. Before I knew it I had made my way across and was running up the stairs leading to the rest of the track.
Seeing there was no ice on the track, I once again began my sprinting. I didn't care how out of breath I'd be, it was better than not being able to continue to the next game of the tournament. Ashido went right by me, as did Iida. His Quirk was practically made for this. It didn't help just about every other person was passing by me with ease, even those who had been behind me before the second obstacle.
Come on Mason, time to throw off the shackles.
Today seemed to be a day of revealing techniques I planned for saving later on, but right now it was a do or die. Placing my feet firmly I focused on the ground around my feet, making it cover my legs like it was armor. Now, this was a real test of my Quirk.
With my right hand, I let it rest at my side. Quickly with all my strength, I threw it like I was throwing a stone knife, along with my legs and my whole body as I was shot forward like a bullet. This was my other mobility technique, one that I had seen a certain manga I had been recently reading.
Seeing the turn coming up I moved my hand like I was turning a doorknob, and planted them against the small wall before jumping and using my Quirk to move my legs without actually moving them. It was a bit funny, originally I had thought of this in the case I broke an arm or suffered a similar injury so I could still move it in a fight. This worked as well though. Sure I wasn't anywhere near Iida's Engine, but I was significantly faster than some of the others.
As soon as I caught sight of the next obstacle I let the stone on my legs fall off and made my way over. My heart nearly skipped a beat when I heard a loud explosion, with a bright pink cloud of smoke followed with it.
Everyone who had been in front of me was now slowed down quite a bit, avoiding what could only be a minefield. I made my way across carefully, making sure to not step on any. No doubt they weren't lethal, but more than likely they would send you flying.
From observing I could see that where they placed the mines was much darker than the rest of the dirt around it. This was definitely a perfect obstacle. It meant anyone who was in the front was significantly slowed down, but so was anyone in the back. Unless you could fly over or were fast enough to outrun the explosions from setting them off, you could only slowly make your way across while watching your step.
The real obstacle though was trying not to laugh at people's screams of surprise when they happened to step onto one. Looking around, another idea popped into my head. Since the landmines themselves weren't minerals, would my sense work?
I closed my eyes, only focusing on the ground. My face broke out into a smile as I saw that I couldn't "see" the area the line mines occupied. Almost like the area where the mines would be was fogged over. This made it much easier for me as I began to move much faster than before now that I didn't need to worry them. Even with how my burden had been lightened, I could still sense the footsteps of those who were ahead of me and that I passed.
With my eyes closed, anyone could take advantage of me, but even when I felt something touch my arm for a second as I heard a girl's voice sincerely say "Sorry" instead of grabbing me and throwing me onto a landmine.
My eyes were forced open as I felt a giant tremor go through my sense, similar to shining a light directly into someone's eyes. I looked behind to see a giant explosion that could only be caused by the landmines. Overhead an object flew as I began to once again break into a sprint. Seems near the exit they were less intent on using landmines.
"Nice trick with the ice Todoroki!" I said mockingly as I put the pedal to the metal on my feet.
"Deku, what the heck you think you're doing huh?!"
From here I could now see that it had been Izuku who was flying through the air, hanging onto a piece of metal from one of the robots back at the beginning. Todoroki and Bakugo both began to break out the big guns, Bakugo using his explosions to propel himself and Todoroki making a path of ice as he ran. I held out my hand, making a stone board for what seemed to be the final time for the obstacle course.
All four of us realized we were so close to completing the track, and it made each of us all the more desperate to place first. Present Mic's voice was commentating, but it was drowned out by how much we all wanted to get first place and pass Izuku.
Right now using the ice Todoroki made and staying slightly behind him was worth it. So long as I put my own twist into the mix once we rounded back to the entrance to the stadium. Everything was reaching a climax as we neared the end of the minefield, and Izuku landed in front of us for a second, before doing the unexpected. A loud clang went through my ears as he slammed the piece of metal down, and triggered an explosion from one of the scarce landmines.
As we were caught off guard I could sense his footsteps going at full speed, just like we were, not letting it stop us.
"Eraserhead your students are amazing! What the heck are you teaching them!?" Present Mic said aloud. My mind stopped for a second as I realized Uncle Shota had been commentating this whole time.
"This has nothing to do with me. Each of them is being powered by their own drives."
A pressure felt applied to my chest at that moment. It was similar to when I had first visited my uncle in the hospital after the USJ incident, but lighter. It only made me will the stone board to move faster as I broke off the ice trail by creating a ramp and sailing into the air onto the ground, running just behind Bakugo and Todoroki as we entered a tunnel similar to one at the start of this obstacle course.
Nothing mattered at this moment as we were caught in this four-man tie.
Yet even with how much effort we were forcing our bodies to go through, it was nothing as Izuku broke out of the tunnel and into the stadium. As the green-haired boy took first place. Even with my own Surfing technique, it was nothing as Bakugo and Todoroki passed by me with ease.
At the sound of an unexpected voice shouting my name, I turned around to see an all too shocking sight. Along with my all too proud mother holding a poster with my name on it, there was a man right next to her who looked like a significantly older me, and with a lot more muscle. All I could do was turn around and put my fist up into the air, my head down as I tried my best not to cry seeing my parents in the same vicinity without bars separating them for the first time in five years.
"Mason!" I heard Hana and Ashido both shout towards me. I hoped they wouldn't see as I tried holding back my tears.
"Mason- Hey, are you okay?" Hana asked, worry on her face.
I calmly took my arm and made it seem like I was wiping sweat from my brow, and then turned around with a smile on my face. "Yeah, it's just..." I looked up once again, directly at both of my parents. For all I cared, it didn't matter how my dad got here or if he actually broke out of jail like he said he would. "I just have one hell of a family."
They both looked in the direction I was. It didn't take long for them to start waving at my mom, and eventually my dad. Both of my parents waved back, smiles on their faces, especially my dad's. I saw him lean into my mom's ear to whispering something. My mom repeatedly nodded her head, and instantly I knew what was up. All of my sentimentality had turned into urgency to get through this next event.
The moment I get up there, I'll make sure it's across neither of them are my GIRLFRIEND! Just... Very good friends.
Even with the thought of my both my parents teasing me, it was worth the sight I was given. I would rather have Fourth Place and get to experience a family get together without bars between us than having first place for all I cared. Seeing my dad here made me all the more motivated to win the Sports Festival, even if this was just a setback I'd still win it. I would win to show that I am my own person.
"Come on guys, I'm pretty sure they're about to announce the next event," I said as I began to walk over to the stage where Midnight was standing and everyone else was heading.

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"I'M ALIIIIIIVE!" Shouted Kirishima, startling me. I hadn't known the robot had fallen on top of him. It was reassuring to see his Quirk had helped him survive. "Can't believe Todoroki pulled something like that! Anyone but me would've been killed."
It was then a few feet away from him another person burst through the metal just like Kirishima had. Except unlike him, this guy's skin was completely covered in metal. His features resembled one of the students from yesterday who was rather vocal against Bakugo, mostly the area around his eyes.
"Class 1-A really is full of jerks! I'll smash that Ice guy once I get my hands on him!" He shouted.
"Tetsutetsu from Class 1-B was stuck underneath as well! What are the odds?!" Present Mic commented."If anyone else had gotten hit, they would've been killed."
"You know, anyone other me would've been killed," Tetsutetsu said.
Looking at the two I saw they both had Hardening-type Quirks, and they pretty much said the same exact thing. It must've been nice to meet someone with a similar Quirk. Though that was a subject for later as I realized we were all going to need to get through together.
"We're racing each other but for now let's work together and carve a path!" I heard a student from 1-B say. Scales covered his arm, looking almost like a lizard.
"Agreed. Let's show these tin cans what our class-" I heard someone say as they were cut off from explosions coming from behind me and some other students.
Bakugo shot up into the sky, using his explosions to move through the air. Seeing this I looked ahead at the Faux Villains and ran towards them, my stone spear in my right hand as I prepared to cut down any that got in my way. No way was I going to lose in the first event. I couldn't lose.
I held the spear up, spinning it around me and cutting through the robot like it was made out of butter. Spinning around I stabbed forwards, piercing right through a one-pointers bright red optical sensor. Plenty more were being put down by the other in my class. Footsteps were behind me as I saw Hana jump over and bring down her katana, cutting one right in half down the middle.
She turned on her heel and sliced in front of her. I was amazed seeing another be cut in half by some sort of invisible force, only to see the glint I knew to come off of her barriers. We locked eyes for a second before we raced at one another, getting back to back as Faux Villains came at both of us.
It felt like we were fighting Villains again at the USJ, both of us relying on the other. I crouched down, allowing her to use my back to roll over and attack the robot that had initially been coming at her as I caused spikes to shoot up from the ground and impale the other one.
Even after those had been destroyed we kept a safe distance as we continued to help each other. Seems after all the training we had done we had also gotten used to the way we each fought, easily working off our moves. We continued moving forward, only stopping to take down another robot or help the other. As I ran I realized that it wasn't everyone else wasn't as capable as were. It was that I and the others in Class 1-A weren't even hesitating.
Seems we had learned a lot from the USJ incident, having seen what the world of Pros was really like. What dangers they faced and conquered every day. It was what allowed us to get into the lead as carved our way through.
I stopped in my tracks once I arrived at what was our next obstacle. Just seeing it reminded me of my own personal fear...
"For those of you who thought the first obstacle was easy, let's see how you feel about the second one!" I could hear Present Mic say over the speakers. I looked over the edge to see it was quite a drop. The second obstacle was large pieces of rock like miniature islands, with ropes in between each to get from one to another. "You take a spill and you're out! If you wanna pass you' have to get through... The Pits of Fall!"
"When did they even have time to build something like this?" Uraraka asked out loud. Tsuyu walked up to the edge and got into a crouched position.
"What are you doing?" Ashido asked her, as Tsuyu jumped into the air like the Frog she was.
With ease, she landed on the rope, and from what I could see she was easily making her way across, and exceptionally fast as well. It began to make me think how I'd get across quickly, and safely. Should I try that? Or that?
Thoughts began to bounce around in my mind until I heard a loud shouting from a girl behind us. "Everyone, observe what my brilliant gadgets can do! Wire arrows... and hover soles!" She displayed proudly. I could tell from the amount of equipment she had, she was from the Support Course.
"Hey, how come you get to use all that stuff?" Ashido asked. She probably didn't know about the other Courses like I did.
"The Hero course gets all sorts of combat training for their Quirks. In order to keep things fair, we're allowed to bring whatever gadgets and costumes we want so long as we developed them ourselves." Said the girl. From what I could see she had pink hair and her goggles had an almost Steampunk feel to them. "So sit back and enjoy the show!"
She shot out of the wires and began to hover as the boots she wore whirred to life. "For the Support Course, this is the best obstacle to show off all our ingenious ideas and creations to the companies out there who might want to buy our product! Hahaha! I hope employers are watching!" She said excitedly, the last bit of her voice echoing.
"She was certainly... Excited." I remarked.
More laughter ensued as she scaled the stone pillar with ease and was launched into the air, landing effortlessly and continuing her way forward.
"Wow, talk about annoying," Ashido remarked.
"Well," I said strolling over to her to stand next to her. "She is a bit annoying, but hey, so am I sometimes."
"What? No way. You're bearable, even when you make puns. She was just..." She said.
"Despite that, seems we may have to do this the old fashion way. Not sure if I could grind on that rope for long, especially with that friction." I let the spear dissipate into the sand and sink into the ground.
"Aw, this is so unfair. Come on, no way we're both losing to her Mason!" She grabbed me by hand and brought me over to a rope. "You said you need less friction, right?"
"Yeah. The less the better."
"Well then, I got a plan. Follow me!" She grabbed onto the rope and began to secrete acid from her hands. As she moved she seemed to be sliding across quite easily.
I was confused on what she meant until I saw the obvious. The rope wasn't melting at all. My brain clicked once I realized how ingenious her plan was. Putting my hand on the ground I made the sand form another board and got a running start. Worst case scenario, I'd have to push my ability to the max to fly across if I didn't land on the rope.
Closing my eyes I jumped, the moment between leaving the ground and feeling my feet hit the board and the rope feeling as slow as molasses. Once I hit the rope I used my Quirk to steady the stone board and keep myself on the rope. It was nice that Ashido had taken the risk of losing her own placing to help me across the obstacle.
After all, she was the only one who I told about my fear of heights. No doubt Uncle Shota was silently laughing at my predicament. Yet unlike the last obstacle, this one was a bit easier on me. Before I knew it I had made my way across and was running up the stairs leading to the rest of the track.
Seeing there was no ice on the track, I once again began my sprinting. I didn't care how out of breath I'd be, it was better than not being able to continue to the next game of the tournament. Ashido went right by me, as did Iida. His Quirk was practically made for this. It didn't help just about every other person was passing by me with ease, even those who had been behind me before the second obstacle.
Come on Mason, time to throw off the shackles.
Today seemed to be a day of revealing techniques I planned for saving later on, but right now it was a do or die. Placing my feet firmly I focused on the ground around my feet, making it cover my legs like it was armor. Now, this was a real test of my Quirk.
With my right hand, I let it rest at my side. Quickly with all my strength, I threw it like I was throwing a stone knife, along with my legs and my whole body as I was shot forward like a bullet. This was my other mobility technique, one that I had seen a certain manga I had been recently reading.
Seeing the turn coming up I moved my hand like I was turning a doorknob, and planted them against the small wall before jumping and using my Quirk to move my legs without actually moving them. It was a bit funny, originally I had thought of this in the case I broke an arm or suffered a similar injury so I could still move it in a fight. This worked as well though. Sure I wasn't anywhere near Iida's Engine, but I was significantly faster than some of the others.
As soon as I caught sight of the next obstacle I let the stone on my legs fall off and made my way over. My heart nearly skipped a beat when I heard a loud explosion, with a bright pink cloud of smoke followed with it.
Everyone who had been in front of me was now slowed down quite a bit, avoiding what could only be a minefield. I made my way across carefully, making sure to not step on any. No doubt they weren't lethal, but more than likely they would send you flying.
From observing I could see that where they placed the mines was much darker than the rest of the dirt around it. This was definitely a perfect obstacle. It meant anyone who was in the front was significantly slowed down, but so was anyone in the back. Unless you could fly over or were fast enough to outrun the explosions from setting them off, you could only slowly make your way across while watching your step.
The real obstacle though was trying not to laugh at people's screams of surprise when they happened to step onto one. Looking around, another idea popped into my head. Since the landmines themselves weren't minerals, would my sense work?
I closed my eyes, only focusing on the ground. My face broke out into a smile as I saw that I couldn't "see" the area the line mines occupied. Almost like the area where the mines would be was fogged over. This made it much easier for me as I began to move much faster than before now that I didn't need to worry them. Even with how my burden had been lightened, I could still sense the footsteps of those who were ahead of me and that I passed.
With my eyes closed, anyone could take advantage of me, but even when I felt something touch my arm for a second as I heard a girl's voice sincerely say "Sorry" instead of grabbing me and throwing me onto a landmine.
My eyes were forced open as I felt a giant tremor go through my sense, similar to shining a light directly into someone's eyes. I looked behind to see a giant explosion that could only be caused by the landmines. Overhead an object flew as I began to once again break into a sprint. Seems near the exit they were less intent on using landmines.
"Nice trick with the ice Todoroki!" I said mockingly as I put the pedal to the metal on my feet.
"Deku, what the heck you think you're doing huh?!"
From here I could now see that it had been Izuku who was flying through the air, hanging onto a piece of metal from one of the robots back at the beginning. Todoroki and Bakugo both began to break out the big guns, Bakugo using his explosions to propel himself and Todoroki making a path of ice as he ran. I held out my hand, making a stone board for what seemed to be the final time for the obstacle course.
All four of us realized we were so close to completing the track, and it made each of us all the more desperate to place first. Present Mic's voice was commentating, but it was drowned out by how much we all wanted to get first place and pass Izuku.
Right now using the ice Todoroki made and staying slightly behind him was worth it. So long as I put my own twist into the mix once we rounded back to the entrance to the stadium. Everything was reaching a climax as we neared the end of the minefield, and Izuku landed in front of us for a second, before doing the unexpected. A loud clang went through my ears as he slammed the piece of metal down, and triggered an explosion from one of the scarce landmines.
As we were caught off guard I could sense his footsteps going at full speed, just like we were, not letting it stop us.
"Eraserhead your students are amazing! What the heck are you teaching them!?" Present Mic said aloud. My mind stopped for a second as I realized Uncle Shota had been commentating this whole time.
"This has nothing to do with me. Each of them is being powered by their own drives."
A pressure felt applied to my chest at that moment. It was similar to when I had first visited my uncle in the hospital after the USJ incident, but lighter. It only made me will the stone board to move faster as I broke off the ice trail by creating a ramp and sailing into the air onto the ground, running just behind Bakugo and Todoroki as we entered a tunnel similar to one at the start of this obstacle course.
Nothing mattered at this moment as we were caught in this four-man tie.
Yet even with how much effort we were forcing our bodies to go through, it was nothing as Izuku broke out of the tunnel and into the stadium. As the green-haired boy took first place. Even with my own Surfing technique, it was nothing as Bakugo and Todoroki passed by me with ease.
At the sound of an unexpected voice shouting my name, I turned around to see an all too shocking sight. Along with my all too proud mother holding a poster with my name on it, there was a man right next to her who looked like a significantly older me, and with a lot more muscle. All I could do was turn around and put my fist up into the air, my head down as I tried my best not to cry seeing my parents in the same vicinity without bars separating them for the first time in five years.
"Mason!" I heard Hana and Ashido both shout towards me. I hoped they wouldn't see as I tried holding back my tears.
"Mason- Hey, are you okay?" Hana asked, worry on her face.
I calmly took my arm and made it seem like I was wiping sweat from my brow, and then turned around with a smile on my face. "Yeah, it's just..." I looked up once again, directly at both of my parents. For all I cared, it didn't matter how my dad got here or if he actually broke out of jail like he said he would. "I just have one hell of a family."
They both looked in the direction I was. It didn't take long for them to start waving at my mom, and eventually my dad. Both of my parents waved back, smiles on their faces, especially my dad's. I saw him lean into my mom's ear to whispering something. My mom repeatedly nodded her head, and instantly I knew what was up. All of my sentimentality had turned into urgency to get through this next event.
The moment I get up there, I'll make sure it's across neither of them are my GIRLFRIEND! Just... Very good friends.
Even with the thought of my both my parents teasing me, it was worth the sight I was given. I would rather have Fourth Place and get to experience a family get together without bars between us than having first place for all I cared. Seeing my dad here made me all the more motivated to win the Sports Festival, even if this was just a setback I'd still win it. I would win to show that I am my own person.
"Come on guys, I'm pretty sure they're about to announce the next event," I said as I began to walk over to the stage where Midnight was standing and everyone else was heading.