Chapter 39: Sports Festival Arc (4)
Chapter 39: Sports Festival Arc (4)
~Third POV~
[UA High School, Stadium, Japan]
Everyone in their respective teams with Midnight announcing to everyone that their time is up in a confident tone, "Your 15 minutes are up. Time to get started!"
The crowd is soon hyped about the event finally starting. Present Mic smirked, seeing everything from above, commentating in an excited tone, "Hey, wake up, Eraser! They've had their time to form teams and strategize! And now all 12 teams are lined up and ready to move!!"
Aizawa looked down to see the team assembled with a raised eyebrow, bluntly saying, "… Interesting. The teams they've come up with."
Looking down at the stadium, everyone was excited with Present Mic announcing out loud the Calvary Battle, "Let's get a battle cry!! Here comes the starting signal! Blood begets blood in the UA Grand Match!!"
Everyone was soon grouped, teaming up with their respective teams. Ren, Mei, and Kinoko are the horses, with the mushroom girl holding her support gear. Toru, half-naked, holding their headbands and having the flash belt at the ready.
On to the side, Ren saw an interesting group. Izuku, Ochaco, Toga, and Shinso, as their rider, immediately understood their plan in a curious tone, seeing Shinso's gear, 'Oh? So that's how they want to play this, huh? Better to avoid getting near them if possible. But there are some other interesting pairs…'
Turning to the side, he saw Shoto, Momo, Kamanari, and Ida. On the other, another interesting pairing of Tokoyami, Yui, Tsuyu, and Jiro. From the opposite his classmates, Bakugo, Sero, Mina, and Kirishima.
Of course, he noticed the Class 1-B students and a few mixes of students. He made extra sure to keep an eye on them throughout the event.
He smirked seeing an interesting lineup in front of him. But soon Present Mic's voice echoed through the speakers announcing the game, "Formed your teams? Made your plans? Too bad if you haven't!! Here we go!! The countdown to this brutal battle royal!! 3… 2… 1! START!!!"
*DASH*
The group consisting of Tetsutetsu, Juzo, Yosetsu, and Ibara, along with Tokoyami, Yui, Tsuyu, and Jiro, charged toward Ren's group. Tetsutetsu, dashing forward, spoke in a determined tone after Ren's group, "This is really a fight for the ten million, and everyone knows it!!"
Rushing towards Ren's group was Tsuyu's group, with her being the rider heading straight towards Ren in a blunt tone, "Sorry, but don't take this the wrong way, Ren-san, ribbit!"
*VUMM*
Ren grinned, seeing the group charge in after them with him, starting as a halo ring formed around his back, signaling his [Attract and Repel] Quirk is active. He spoke up in a confident tone, "Incoming attacks right off the bat… there are two teams. Ready to show off, ladies?"
They grinned as Tokoyami sent his [Dark Shadow] and Juzo [Softening] Quirk, softening the ground, attacked them. Tokoyami stated in a blunt tone, being the horse in his chuunibyou phase, "This is fated to be pursued, Ren!"
With each of their attacks coming toward the group Ren spoke to Toru immediately, "Now Toru! Kinoko follow!"
Toru smirked as she began to pose flashing out her new move with the flash belt in a smug tone, "Right! Sorry boys but nope! Say cheese!"
*FLASH*
Using her [Invisibility] Quirk, Toru warps the light produced by the flash belt, flashing the opponents and blinding them as they move. This was especially bad for Tokoyami, his eyes widening as [Dark Shadow] took the full brunt, yelling in an alarmed tone, "No! This bad [Dark Shadow] return!!"
Realizing the weakness of being flashed light [Dark Shadow] turned docile with Kinoko using the Shroom-Shooter in an apologetic tone with a light grin, "Sorry guys, but we're taking this win shroom!"
*Pew*
Shooting out from her support gear and her Quirk [Mushroom] spreading various types of fungal spores at the enemy, they began to get mushrooms all over their bodies. It was only made worse with Kinoko's Shroom Shooter to spread her mushroom spores effectively.
*Pop*
*Swirl*
*Pop*
With the students blinded by the light and getting mushrooms over themselves, they rushed forward with Ren using [Wormhole] allowing Toru to collect their headbands as they began to move away from them.
Leaving them behind Ren muttered out loud in an excited tone to his fellow enemies, "Sorry guys! But all's fair in love and war!!! Mei hit the gas!"
Mei grinned as she pulled out a small device with a button on it uttering out loud, "Heheh! Sure thing! Time to show you my baby's function!"
*Click*
*Zoooom*
Equipped with support gear booster shoes, they moved past the enemies, now busy trying to pull mushrooms off their bodies. Kinoko blinked at their effectiveness, "Huh? That worked out a lot better than I thought – "
*KABOOOM*
However, an explosion could be heard, alarming the group as they soon saw Bakugo lunging at them in the sky, propelled by his explosions as he growled with an eager grin, "Getting pretty full of yourself, huh, you bastard!"
*VUMM*
Before he could lunge towards the headband over Toru's head, a halo ring appeared where between Bakugo and Toru. Ren responded with a sly grin, "Yeah, that's the goal, you wild Pomeranian! Bad boy, go play fetch!!"
*SWOOOSH*
Repelling Bakugo away using his [Repulsion] forces Bakugo to go back. Soon, he was caught by Sero with his [Tape] Quirk, returning him to his position with his team.
This resulted in asking why the rules of Bakugo's stunt were legal, to which Midnight said it was okay since he hadn't touched the ground with his feet. Present Mic soon began his commentary of Ren's actions in a curious tone, "Both the doggedly pursued first place team and its determined pursuers from Class A are nothing to sneeze at! Although it seemed to me that Ren's team had done some proper preparation judging how his teammates were equipped!! What say you, Eraser Head?"
Aizawa, noticing this, comments in a stoic tone about the development, eyeing the students in the stadium, "It's because of his forethought planning. If you know his Quirk, there's nothing unbelievable to understand in this situation. His Quirk [All in One] allows him to copy any Quirk permanently but needs time to adjust. Doesn't help having a copy of [High Spec] he had ample time preparing two weeks in advance of the outcome of the second event to prepare himself and others if need be."
Listening to Aizawa's commentary, the group was surprised, except for Toga and Izuku, learning of this. Aizawa slowly grins as he finishes his comments, "And need I remind you that's merely one of his copied Quirks he has plenty of cards he hasn't shown yet."
With news of this latest wariness, Ren and his group avoided fights using Toru's abilities or Kinoko's [Mushroom] halting anyone's progress together with Ren's [Attract and Repel] repelling the spores to his enemies.
Ren made sure to keep his eyes on Class B, noticing they were beginning to take out members of his classmates. Team Momona took notice of this as Neito Monoma's eyes narrowed as he cautiously thought, 'Ren Yuki… out of all the members of class 1-A, is our biggest threat. Not once did he take his eyes off me… quite a scary guy. Especially since he teleported that purple-balled kid back to the first obstacle. Better to be wary of him…'
Team Monona intimidated by Ren's constant vigilance took the chance to take down other Class 1-A members but also kept their distance for safety insurance. In a stoic tone, he thought to himself, 'Class B… they threw the qualifiers and planned for the long game observing our Quirks. Although they're not dead, set on targeting me… they're planning is quite noteworthy if Neito is being cautious…'
*ZWF*
*WHOOSH*
Ren's team soon landed on Shoto's team as they arrived in front of them with Present Mic announcing in an excited tone, "Looks like the match is half over already!! Class B is on the rise, but in the end, who will wear the 10,000,000 point crown?!"
*BAM*
Shoto's team arrived to meet Ren's team face to face he uttered in a cold tone, "We're coming for you."
Ren kept his cool-headed expression, with the others looking nervous as other teams tried to go after them with him uttering, "Looks like this won't end without a fight, huh? You guys are really gunning for me. Multiple teams incoming!"
Alerting Shoto's group, they began their countermeasures while being in place. Having that moment with nearly everyone present Ren gave his command to Mei, "Mei! Your lightning rod baby stat!"
*CLANG*
Mei smirked, slamming one of her inventions, taking the shape of a steel rod, into the ground in a cheeky tone from her side, "Heh! Time to show off what my babies can do!! Teaming and planning with you have been the greatest decision ever!!"
*BZZZZ*
Shoto's defense was using Kaminari's Quirk [Electrification] to shock everyone within range while standing with Momo, producing a sheet insulator protecting them from his own attacks. But Shoto's team noticed Ren's counter against his defense causing Shoto to frown at this.
Realizing that he had ample time to prepare for such an event, Momo couldn't help but mutter at their preparation with a frown on her face in a stunned tone, "It seems like Ren has prepared Toru and Kinoko with support gear in advance with them teaming up with that support course student. I didn't know that his spending time in the Support Course Studios was actually preparing them for this event…."
Ida nods his head, agreeing with Kaminari, feeling lightly tired with him speaking in a stoic tone, eyeing the enemy, "It just goes to show why he was placed as our Class Representative Momo. But to be this overly prepared, fully knowing in advance this event and his partners just for today… it's quite honestly scary and unbelievable."
*Fshh*
*Krakle*
Shoto eyes narrowed, holding a pole Momo created using her [Creation] Quirk, allowing him to freeze the floor, trapping the other students in ice, stopping them from interfering in a stoic tone, "It doesn't matter. With him playing around and flirting, in truth, him hiding his plans and training his teammates specifically for this event doesn't matter. We'll be getting those 10,000,000 pts."
*VUMM*
Seeing the freezing ice approaching them, Ren used his [Attract and Repel] to repel his ice in its tracks, not getting near the group. Present Mic makes his commentary in an excited tone, "What's this now?! Todoroki's taken out a herd of cavalry teams with one fierce attack! But it seems like Ren's [Attract and Repel] is enough to push them back!!"
Aizawa nods his head as he begins his play-by-play in a stoic tone analyzing the scene before them, "He waited until they were stopped by Kaminari's shock before freezing them in place. I wouldn't expect any less… he must have recalled how many competitors managed to dodge his ice during the obstacle course, however…"
*VUMMM*
A large halo ring appeared in front of Ren, repelling everyone coming near them, much to their frustration against their defense, with Aizawa finishing off, "… they still must get past his repulsion force. Ren didn't just halt the warp villains' attempt to teleport his classmates he also had sharp instincts instructing them in directions when the villains attacked. Getting past his instincts would be key to getting around him, but…"
*Shiii*
Revealing his final trump card, Ren revealed [Negation] halting any pursuers going after them with his gaze alone as Aizawa finishes his commentary, "… if he hid his trump cards well, then there's a good likelihood he also copied my Quirk canceling out other Quirk Users."
Shoto's team paused, realizing their Quirks weren't working, viewing Ren with his eyes ignited a bright crimson red color. Left utterly Quirkless, Kinoko readied her Shroom Shooter they respectively covered Shoto's group in spores with Toru blinding them with the flash belt.
*Pop*
*FLASH*
*Pop*
With Shoto's team getting covered with mushroom spores, they passed by them as they were busy getting them off Toru cheekily said, "Sorry guys, but we ain't losing to you anytime soon! We're going all out!! And thanks for the headbands!"
Taking their headbands with them being too busy dealing with the mushrooms thanks to Kinoko's Quirk [Mushroom] she commented how many they've been collecting in a surprised tone, "You know when you asked us to join in the Calvary Battle, I was skeptical but… we seemed to be kicking everyone's butts shroom."
Toru also voice her opinion, agreeing with Kinoko's words in a tone of disbelief at their coordination with Ren eyeing Shoto's group, "Yeah. You aren't the only one to feel that way, especially since Shoto isn't using his fire half if he did, we would've been in a lot harder position."
That was when Ren voiced out loud his opinion, noticing people aren't being bold, attempting to capture their headbands in a neutral tone, "Impossible. Not with Prince Zuko, so admit to not using his full power. His only half-assing it for whatever reason."
The girls could only nod, noticing his words had truth to them, realizing that Shoto wasn't using his fire against them, meaning he looked down using half his strength. For some reason, it gnawed at them the wrong way as they were giving them all to win, but Shoto refused to use his full power, thinking they were beneath him, igniting a fire in their spirits of not being looked down upon.
But they turned their attention to the other students as they couldn't get near them, thanks to Shoto accidentally creating a small area between them. They all grinned Shoto's group was now desperate, trying to take their headbands only to be blocked by Toru's flashes, Kinoko's [Mushroom] Quirk, and Ren's [Negation], leaving them no means to escape.
Present Mic soon spoke out loud, seeing such a turn of events as time continued to tick down in a confident tone, "Only about a minute left!! Todoroki made his own little arena trying to trap Ren's team priming to snatch the 10,000,000 in an instant!! Or so we thought but it's been 5 minutes now!! Ren's managed to evade Todoroki's desperate struggles inside this small space for 5 minutes!!"
Aizawa nodded his head as he spoke with his eyes closed in a stoic tone of the results, "I agree. All Ren's group needs to do is stall and keep his eyes on the enemy, guaranteeing his group free entry to the final 4. With the ice blocking the other student's way of his own making this game is set and match."
Desperately struggling against Ren's group, even Bakugo taking careful observation of the situation growled lightly. He gritted his teeth, choosing not to be involved in that trap as he ordered his team in a stern tone, "Tch. We don't want to get stuck in that thief trap… Let's go take out any extras instead!!"
Bakugo's group sighed a breath of relief hearing their leader's reasoning. While they wanted to go after the 10,000,000 points, getting a secured spot was more important.
Soon enough, Present Mic began to announce the finale of the Calvary Battle in an excited tone, "Time's up! Let's see who the top 4 teams are right now!! In the first place, Team Toru!! In second, team Bakugo!! In third, team Shinso!! In fourth, Team Monoma!!"
With the announcement being heard, Shoto's team could only sigh with Shoto muttering in a stunned tone, "… I… I lost…"
Ren could only sigh as he shook his head, thinking to himself in a disappointed tone, 'Sorry man, but all's fair in love and war. I made sure to kick him out since he was after me, but unless a thing like plot armor exists, he's out of the competition.'