73 Chapter 73
The rest of the day Harry's students spent it hanging out and relaxing for the Sports Festival and even though they were very nervous and anxious about tomorrow they couldn't help but also feel excited to show everyone what they can do now.
Even Eijiro and Mina had improved in their hand-to-hand combat and control of their Quirks they were definitely anxious to show their new skills and it showed today in the match against Luna.
Izuku was enjoying a cheeseburger while sitting on a park bench while the rest of his fellow trainees ate something or talked amongst each other about their battle with Luna, while everyone was busy talking or eating Izuku was busy thinking about their fight against Luna, he couldn't help but to whisper "... We've gotten very strong...".
Even though it came out as a whisper Ochako was still able to hear him, so she turned her head towards him with curiosity shining in her eyes "Deku?".
Izuku turned his gaze towards Ochako and smiled "Oh it's nothing, I was just thinking how strong we've gotten this past two weeks alone, Harry-sensei wasn't kidding when he said that we would become the strongest in this world".
Everyone nodded and even though they didn't have a chance to show everything they could do against someone of Luna's level they could still tell how strong they become, Tooru hummed before taking a turn to speak "Harry-sensei sure has changed a lot for us huh? I mean look at me! You can see me and I can make cool things with light!".
Everyone watched with smiles on their faces as Tooru made an orb of light and began to change its shape into many different forms, they were really happy for their friend, Pony brightly smiled "Yeah! and now I can speak and understand any language! How cool is that!?".
Everyone nodded in agreement and if they were honest with each other they felt a bit jealous of Pony because being able to speak and understand any language was a very useful skill to have, Tsuyu then put a finger under her bottom lip and spoke up "Water Manipulation is a great skill too and it matches my Frog Quirk kero... plus having Cold Resistance is great Kero.. I no longer hibernate when it gets too cold... kero".
Everyone nodded at their friend who seem happy to not be longer affected by the cold, Momo looked excited "Harry-sensei is also very smart! and he has so many talents that I don't know how he keeps track of them all! He also has some very impressive materials from other worlds that I can now create! and he has given me so many ideas for my Quirk! It's all very exciting".
Kinoko grinned "I like the fact that he's both harsh and kind to us, he's always pushing us to improve and get better but he always takes care of us, at the end he heals us and even feeds us!".
Mina fist pumped "Man~ Harry-sensei is a great cook! It's not fair really, maybe I should ask him to teach me how to cook?".
Everyone looked up and salivated a bit, even though Susan was a great cook, Harry's was just legendary plus he always makes such exotic dishes that it was always a treat to eat with him, a Dragon God that can cook, who knew?
Ibara nodded "Harry-sama really is a good person, a bit cruel sometimes but I think that his experiences in other worlds made him like that... it's sad how he calls himself a monster".
Everyone looked down, they knew that Harry must have done some very horrible things during his long journey through so many worlds but they could never see him as a monster, not when he has helped them so much.
Himiko who decided to go with everyone to hang out took a bite out of her popsicle and then spoke "Even monsters have hearts and Harry has the biggest one I've ever seen, he gave me a chance when no one else ever did, I don't care if he thinks he's a monster, he's my Hero!".
Everyone turned their heads towards Himiko and smiled at her, Harry and her were very honest to them when it came to her past and what she had done but non of them judged Himiko, how could they? When it was her quirk that was driving her insane.
Ochako then grinned and a black aura suddenly burst out of her body making everyone lean away from her "Ohh~ I'm so fired up for tomorrow! It's going to be our debut! I'm going to punch you in the face tomorrow Deku!".
Everyone gaped at Ochako and Izuku gawked in shock and couldn't help but to ask "What!? But why!?".
Ochako just shrugged and smiled at Izuku "I don't know! I just feel like I have to slow you down somehow, your kinda scary strong Deku~".
Everyone sweatdropped but nodded in agreement since out of all of them, the strongest, fastest, and smartest is Izuku, they all knew that he was going to be a very big challenger tomorrow.
Izuku however slumped and tear up a bit at having his crush wanting to beat him up already "That's just cruel Uraraka..".
Everyone laughed and eventually Izuku joined everyone in their laughter as well, he knew Ochako was just joking... or at least he hopes so.
After hanging out and talking about normal teenager stuff everyone left to go home and prepare for tomorrow, each and every one of them had a big smile on their face as they headed home.
Tomorrow they're going to show what they can do and this is their first step toward their paths to their future as Heroes.
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In Death's domain, Death herself was smiling and watching over Harry's new students with a little bit of pride, like them she knows that Harry is a kind and caring individual.
She more than anyone is very well aware of everything Harry went through and the reasons why he sometimes seems to be so cruel and uncaring.
He more than anyone in the world wanted to hold onto what he loves and never let it go, it's the reason why he always helps his loved ones grow strong and powerful enough to face anything.
Deep down he doesn't want to lose anyone ever again, Death knew that and supported him wholeheartedly plus her beloved Master always took his job seriously, which made her very happy, now she had five souls that were finally able to move on after being stuck in the land of the living for so long.
So she was very happy right now plus tomorrow she gets to to watch her master's students show off their new skills and she can't wait to watch them destroy the competition "Tomorrow is going to be very fun fufufu".
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The next day arrived soon enough and every student in U.A. gathered in the stadium prepared for the big event, each class was sent to a waiting room to wait for the Sports festival to officially begin.
Inside the room given to class 1A, most of the students were tense and nervous about the upcoming challenges.
The Sports Festival is a very famous and big event in Musutafu, so big in fact that it can be compared to the Olympics it was a lot of pressure being placed on the young teens' shoulders but that in itself is also a test.
As heroes, they have to be able to handle stressful situations like this all the time but there was one group who seems unfazed by everything around them.
These teens were the ones who have been training under Harry and they were calmly speaking amongst themselves, after all, why would they be nervous or anxious about this event when they had faced Harry in battle so many times already?
In all honesty, the Sports Festival seems sort of insignificant after having to face a Dragon God in battle and try to survive, so all of Harry's students were cheerfully speaking amongst each other about the challenges ahead of them without a care in the world.
Of course, they sort of annoyed everyone else but no one said anything to them, until Shoto stood up and walked up towards Izuku.
Izuku sensed him coming his way and turned towards Shoto who stopped a little distance away from him and stared at Izuku in silence.
In another time, perhaps another universe, Izuku would have just stayed silent while feeling nervous and intimidated by Shoto but this time he was a completely different person after training and learning from Harry.
After all, he spent two weeks with Harry in the training room training which equals fourteen months thanks to the time dilation of the room, fourteen months of time spent with the Dragon God Harry Potter.
So Izuku picked up a few things from his teacher and friend, one of them is how to stand tall and proud against anything, so Izuku spoke up to Shoto "If your not going to talk and just stay there standing staring at me like that can you at least do it where I can't see you? It's quite creepy for you to do that Todoroki".
Shoto frowned not expecting the dismissal, after principal Nezu had forced him to begin to go to therapy, Shoto was shown that he lacks quite a bit of common sense so he was well aware that the things he does sometimes aren't normal so, in a way he understood what Izuku just told, that doesn't mean he liked it though.
Everyone gaped at Izuku's words, everyone had noticed how much he had changed over the last two weeks, and not only him but Momo, Ochako, Tsuyu, Eijiro, Tooru, and even Mina seemed so different now but still, they couldn't believe what he just told to one of the biggest competitors of today's event.
All of Izuku's friends and he himself seem so confident now and they had this air of experience around them, it was hard to explain but they sometimes felt like these seven were living in a completely different world from them.
Shoto, however, had something to say to Izuku "Out of everyone here you're the most dangerous... but I'm still stronger, I know there's some sort of special connection between you and All Might... so I'll be aiming for you Midoriya".
Izuku silently stared at Shoto, while the rest of the class watched this confrontation with anticipation, Izuku suddenly stood up and walked up to Shoto "It's true.. you're a very talented and powerful opponent Todoroki but you're far from the strongest here".
Izuku turned towards his fellow trainees and grinned at them, in response they all stood up and walked up to Shoto who actually stepped back when he saw that look of confidence on their faces, Izuku then went on "Each and everyone in this class, class 1B, and the other classes as well will be giving their all so don't think you've won yet!".
Shoto looked around and watched as everyone in his class looked at him with a grin on their faces agreeing to Izuku's words, he then turned towards Izuku who grinned, he then decided to pull a Harry and activated One for All to the maximum percentage that he can safely manage right now which is twenty percent.
The effect was immediate, a shockwave was released from Izuku as green lightning danced around him, all of this made Todoroki take a further step back and cover his eyes.
Everyone else who wasn't a part of Harry's extra class stared in shock at Izuku's show of strength while his fellow trainees just grinned and stood tall beside him.
Shoto finally took a look and stared with wide eyes full of disbelief at the power Izuku was displaying but not only that, the confidence in his eyes was the thing that stood out the most, Izuku then widely smiled and said "Also don't underestimate me Todoroki or you might just get a nasty surprise".
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Harry who sitting in the stands with his eyes closed suddenly chuckled catching the attention of Susan, Luna, Hermione, Himiko, and Eri who turned towards Harry, Eri then pulled on his shirt causing Harry to open his eyes and turned to look at his daughter with a smile "Yes Eri?".
Eri tilted her head and then asked "What made you laugh daddy? Did you see something funny?".
Harry once again chuckled and patted her head causing Eri to brightly smile at him "Yes, it seems like my students picked up some bad habits from me".
Susan, Luna, and Hermione turned towards Himiko who shook her head and then shrugged "I don't know what Harry is talking about, there are a lot of bad habits we could have picked up from him though so I'm not surprised though".
"Hey!" Harry couldn't help but complain.
But the girls ignored him and just giggled at his expense while Eri patted Harry's head to cheer him up a bit.
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Izuku then reigned in his Quirk and the energy and green lightning dancing around his body dissipated just in time for the announcement for the classes to begin to head towards the stadium resounded throughout the room.
Izuku turned towards Ochako, Tsuyu, Tooru, Mina, Eijiro, and Momo, all of them nodded at him and Ochako then fist pumped "Let's do this!".
Her fellow trainees smiled at her cheerful attitude and began to walk out of the room to go and face whatever the school had prepared for them to face!
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After walking out of the room everyone headed outside to the stadium, Izuku and his fellow trainees found Pony, Kinoko, and Ibara and they immediately went to them to talk.
Of course, some of the members of class 1B didn't like the fact that these three girls were friendly towards class 1A but they knew better than to say something or upset the girls who are students of Harry.
By now everyone in U.A. knows or has heard of Harry Potter and how harsh and hard his lessons are, so no one, especially classes 1B and 1A wanted to earn his ire.
Still, Monoma glared at the small group as they finally reached the entrance of the stadium and while the sounds of the excited people began to echo everywhere everyone began to walk out towards the outside where the public present to watch the sports festival cheered loudly as they watched the young heroes in training begin their debut.
Suddenly almost every man in the stadium cheered loudly as the R-rated Hero Midnight stepped out from who knows where while whipping around a flogger-style whip and began to explain how the events will be chosen since she was chosen as the Chief Referee for the freshmen stage of the Sports Festival.
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Luna stared at Midnight and tilted her head in curiosity "Hmm that whip looks like fun".
Harry who was drinking some soda, choked up and began to aggressively cough while Eri began to pat his back.
Susan and Hermione laughed while Himiko grinned and said "Kinky~".
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After Midnight explained how the events will be randomly chosen, she then whipped her whip and with a crack, the preliminary event was chosen "The first event will be an obstacle race, how exciting~!".
All the students narrowed their eyes and mentally prepared themselves as they began to stretch and warm up for the race.
A few minutes later everyone walked up to a wide and dark gate that will lead towards the prepared obstacle course, Midnight seeing that everyone was ready began the countdown "3... 2...1 GO!".
The moment Midnight whipped her whip and the crack echoed through the now silent stadium full of people watching with anticipation for the race to begin, the young heroes in training shot off at high speed the moment the gates opened.
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Both Shota and Hizashi were in the commentator box, Hizashi grinned and then loudly spoke through the mic "And there they gooo! Just who is going to win this obstacle race!? What do you think Eraserhead? Who will make it to the first place?!".
Shota who looked tired and annoyed just sighed and then spoke "If I were to make an educated guess I would say that any student attending extra classes with Harry Potter will win...".
Hizashi rose an eyebrow and then spoke "Oh! Such confidence! What makes you say that with such conviction?".
Shota moved his gaze towards Hizashi "Sigh... Harry is a monster, it is logical to think that he would train his students to become monsters themselves, either way, this race is going to be full of interesting things, honestly? I can't wait to see what those future little monsters can do now".
Shota actually grinned which creeped out Hizashi and made him sweatdropped, he then turned towards his mic and said "There you have it, everyone! This Sports Festival promises to be an exciting one!".
With that said the public cheered while Nezu cackled, All Might sweatdropped, Nana laughed nervously and Harry grinned knowing full well how accurate Shota's words were.
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All the students participating in the Sports Festival shot off running as fast as they could, however, all of them tried to push each other away causing some to become stuck by the giant doorway leading outside to the obstacle course.
Shoto feeling confident suddenly froze the ground and caused many students to become unable to move, he looked back and stared at everyone having a hard time trying to escape his ice.
However his eyes widen when not only Izuku ran past him, his body engulfed in energy and green lightning as he ran past him but also the rest of his fellow trainees ran past a shocked Shoto.
Tsuyu was engulfed in water as she seemed to be swimming inside and moved in at an impressive amount of speed, Ochako just pushed herself forward with her enhanced gravity control at high-speed.
Soon after both Momo and Tooru ran past Shoto, Tooru was moving in a flash of white light while Momo had created some thruster boots and was using them to move forward.
Next both Kinoko and Ibara were propelling themselves with their own Elemental Manipulation, Kinoko was blasting a constant stream of air behind her and Ibara was actually manipulating the earth beneath her to move herself forward.
Shoto had to actually cover himself with an Ice wall so he wouldn't be blasted back by their elemental bursts next were Mina and Eijiro who grinned at Shoto as they moved past them.
Mina was skating on the floor with her acid at high-speed while Eijiro just ran forward, everyone in the stadium stared with awe and shocked expressions at how fast these teens were moving.
Shoto narrowed his eyes and then began to run forward to try and catch up to Izuku and his friends, the other students began to also run forward to try and not end up being in last place.
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Hazashi gaped as he watched Harry's students easily avoid Shoto's trap and actually run past him "Whoa! Is everyone watching the same thing I am? Just how are they able to move this fast!?".
Shota tiredly sighed and then spoke, "And ladies and gentlemen those are Harry Potter's students whom I mentioned a few moments ago, and as you can see I was right".
Hizashi sweatdropped at his old friend "But... just how did Harry train them to be this fast! Look at them Eraserhead! They are blurs! It's almost like they have speed quirks!".
And the public agreed, Izuku and his fellow trainees were moving at such high speed that all they could see is blurs, suddenly Shota received a text and he took a look at it and actually chuckled "Well I just received a text from Harry explaining just how he trained the kids..."
Hizashi and the public actually began to give Shota their undivided attention, everyone was curious as to how Harry had done this, Shota then grinned and said "He said and I quote 'Push-ups, Sit-ups and Plenty of juice~' end quote".
Everyone sweatdropped and the entire stadium suddenly yelled out at the same time "Liar!".
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Harry tried not to laugh as the entire stadium was raging at him {Got to thank Vegeta for that one later, it's still gold!}.
Eri watched her father who seemed to be very happy and to be having a lot of fun which in turn made her happy which led her to giggle and smiled at Harry who patted her head while still trying not to laugh.
Luna, Susan, and Hermione were giggling while Himiko was laughing at the public who still looked annoyed.
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Izuku and his friends laughed because only their sensei would do something like troll the entire stadium for shits and giggles.
Suddenly they reached the first obstacle, a bunch of villain bots of all shapes and sizes now blocked their path, everyone recognized these robots as the ones they had to fight for the entrance exam and they even had Zero pointers as well.
However Harry's students weren't the same teens who took the entrance exam anymore, no, now they were far stronger than anything these robots could ever handle and it immediately showed when Izuku quite literally ran through them and a zero pointer while screaming "Dynamic Entry!".
Ochako quite literally dance her way through the bots with such ease and finesse that it shocked everyone watching, she even destroyed some of the bots by slapping them as she danced around them and then crushed them with her gravity control.
Tsuyu herself ran through them as well, the water engulfing her body was being moved around her at such speed that it acted like a drill of sorts, the bots just didn't have a chance against her.
Tooru just vanished and no one saw her until she reappeared past the bots and continued running, she was moving so fast while being invisible that the bots couldn't locate her at all.
Kinoko used her wind to fly above them while Ibara tunneled her way across them, they met up at the otherwise far behind the villain bots.
Momo used her thruster boots and created thruster gauntlets to maneuver herself around the bots while not losing any speed, inwardly she was both very thankful and glad that Harry had taken her to meet his friend Tony Stark and that he had shown her some of his Ironman designs and some other things to see if she could replicate them with her quirk.
Turns out that yes she can, though it does take quite a bit out of her to do something this complicated with her quirk, Mina whooped as she skated around the bots and melted their legs while Eijiro ran through them easily with his quirk-activated, he quite literally became a cannonball with how fast he was moving with his quirk on.
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Hizashi groaned and then pointed at Izuku and his friends "Oh! Come on!? You can't tell me push-ups, sit-ups and plenty of juice can make anyone capable of doing that!?".
The public nodded with Hizashi's sentiments, Shota however just shrugged "You shouldn't underestimate what everyday healthy exercise and balanced diet can do for your body...".
Hizashi and the public gaped at Shota in disbelief at what he just said, Shota just shrugged and continued to watch but everyone could see a small smirk on his face.
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Nezu was just having the time of his life and was laughing his white fur off while both Nana and All Might stared at him while sweatdropping.
They both wonder who exactly is having the most fun right now, Nezu? Harry? Shota? just who is enjoying all this chaos the most right now?
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The answer is none of them, Death was the one having a blast watching Harry mess with so many people at the same time.
She was having so much fun and giggling so much that everyone in the land of the dead wondered just what was Death doing that she was having that much of a good time.
Though no one was daring enough to go and find out, anything that can entertain Death this much has to be something no one would want to mess with right?
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In Izuku's house, Inko Midoriya was watching her son shine and show how strong he has become, she was so proud of her son and even though she didn't like the fact that he was training so hard every day she can still felt pride in what he has accomplished.
She could see the results, the happy and prideful smile on Izuku's face told her that her son was not only having fun but was also proud of what he has achieved and she herself couldn't agree more "You look so cool Izuku...".
Inko continued to watch her son show the world who he is with tears and a big and proud smile on her face as she cheered on her son.
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Shoto arrived a few moments later at the first obstacle inwardly cursing how much of a lead Izuku and his friends had against him, the fact that they also slowed him down just aggravated him more.
But he didn't have time to think more about Izuku and the rest of his friends, the moment he stepped close to the Villain bots left they instantly locked on him and tried to rush at him.
Shoto however just waved an arm and froze the Villain bots defeating them in a single move and blocking the way for the rest of the participants who were slowed down enough to give him an advantage.
Though that advantage didn't mean anything right now since Izuku and the rest of his fellow trainees had reached the second obstacle.
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Hizashi heavily sighed and then began to commentating "And some students have reached the second obstacle The Fall! Just what are these students going to do to pass it?".
Shota shrugged "More than likely something overly showy...".
Hizashi groaned "More than they have already shown? What else can these kids do? Just what is Harry teaching them?".
Shota just shrugged, he himself wasn't sure what Harry was teaching them or how he was training them only one who knew exactly was Nezu and he wasn't one to tell.
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Izuku upon reaching the second obstacle activated his new Quirk Blackwhip and began to whip himself across the second obstacle, Harry-sensei had told him how this quirk seemed very similar to something a friend of his was capable of.
So Harry showed him his memories of Spiderman swinging around the tall buildings of New York with an ease that it inspired Izuku to try and do the same with Blackwhip and Harry helped him by creating all kinds of different terrains inside the training room for him to practice with.
All of that practice showed itself here when Izuku began to swing his way across not even slowing down, the fact that he would pull himself forward to increase his speed gave him quite the advantage.
Next were both Tsuyu and Ochako who both used their Quirks and new abilities to easily cross The Fall while Tooru jumped and moved around like the shinobi she was taught to be.
Momo also passed this obstacle with ease thanks to her thruster boots and gauntlets, Kinoko used her wind to fly over the obstacle and Ibara used her vines to pull herself over.
Mina and Eijiro arrived soon after and just began to jump from platform to platform with ease, Shoto arrived and used his ice to cross over as fast as he could.
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Hizashi pointed at the kids and yell out "What the hell! What kind of Quirk does Izuku and the rest have? The number of things they can do is getting ridiculous!".
Shota shook his head and huffed "Do you think it would be a good idea to explain and tell how their quirks work when any Villain could be watching this right now? How illogical..".
Hazashi actually had the decency to look abashed by Shota's words since it made sense what he had just said, so he silently went back to watching the race.
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In a shady bar in a well-hidden place, Tomura who was watching the Sports Festival growled and slammed his fist upon the bar "Goddammit! I guess they aren't as stupid as I thought they would be...".
Kurogiri nodded while cleaning some crystal cups "Hmm it makes sense for them to not give out any information, especially since we just attacked them two weeks ago, they must know that we would be watching..".
Tomura just nodded and continued to glare at the television in rage while in a monitor close by All for One was also watching the Sports Festival {Those kids... they have multiple quirks, so I was right about this Harry Potter having a quirk similar to mine, his, however, seems more stable, those kids seemed to be capable of controlling those extra quirks with ease... there is also no sign of physical distortions or deformities..*.
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Izuku and friends reach the final obstacle of the obstacle course, a minefield but this doesn't even slow them down, the moment they arrive at the minefield they began to run around the mines as if they knew where they were planted.
The public now hyped and excited about the skill and ability shown by this group of very talented young people, loudly cheered at all of them as they raced forward.
Izuku and his fellow trainees had big wide smiles on their faces as they raced against each other for first place, to them this was just another day so they were having fun.
Shoto finally reached the third obstacle and began to run as fast as he could to try to catch up to Izuku and the rest of his friends but even he knew that would be impossible with the lead they had on him and that just caused him to be upset.
However, he didn't have any time to ponder when explosions began to sound off behind him, Shoto curious as to what was going turned his head to try and see.
Only for his eyes to widen in shock when he saw his fellow classmates of class 1A being so close to catching up to him and then he remembered what Izuku said to him in the waiting room ' Each and everyone in this class, class 1B, and the other classes as well will be giving their all so don't think you've won yet'.
Shoto growled and began to pick up speed trying to get more distance away from his fellow classmates, they all have been training with Harry during his lesson so it made sense that all of them improved but this much?
Either way, he wasn't going to lose his spot to anyone else, and soon Shoto began to run as fast as his legs can carry him while also freezing the ground.
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Hizashi cheered along with the public "How intense! Who is going to get first place? Izuku and his friends are going full throttle out there!".
Shota nodded and then spoke, "Yes, it seems that they're giving it their all and it's not only them, the rest of class 1A and 1B seem to be catching up to Shoto who's doing everything he can to keep his lead".
Hizashi turned towards where the rest of the students were running and attacking each other to try to claim a spot in the next stage of the Sports Festival "Hot dang! This is getting insane everyone!".
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Harry smiled and looked on in pride as his student raced forward as fast as they could, these two weeks had been hard on them but they all did their best and more to improve and it showed.
Their strength, speed, quirk control, and even their reflexes had increased by a wide margin and today they showed just how talented each and everyone is.
Especially Izuku and Tooru, those two had trained the hardest out of everyone, Izuku always felt like he was so far behind his fellow classmates, and in a way he was right, the few months he spent training before even joining U.A. weren't enough to shorten that gap.
But then Izuku showed them how dedicated he is to the path he had chosen, today he shined and everyone in this stadium saw it.
Tooru too, being invisible for most of her life left her with a big desire to be seen, to be recognized, and not just be ignored so when Harry began to train her she did her best to improve and become stronger.
Today she showed the world that she was here, that you couldn't just ignore her and that made Harry very proud of her.
Eri cheered loudly at her friends along with Himiko who was also cheering at the top of her lungs for her fellow trainees while Susan, Luna, and Hermione smiled at Harry watching him smile towards his students with a soft and proud smile on his face.
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The public cheered loudly as they continue to watch everyone racing towards the finish line of this obstacle course.
Izuku and his friends finally saw the doorway leading towards the tunnel to the end of this race and all of them began to go even faster than before, eventually, they reached the entrance and everyone in the stadium suddenly stayed silent watching with anxious anticipation who would come out first and claim the first place for this race
On the other side of the long tunnel, Midnight watched with anticipation to declare who would be in the first place, this entire race had been very exciting and interesting to see and everyone had done their best so that made her very thrilled to see who would win.
Suddenly she saw a blur skid to a stop just outside the doorway followed soon after, by a few more, everyone cheered and celebrated the winner while Midnight rose her arm and then loudly said "And the first place is!...".
