16: Human Cavalry Battle!

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Still levitating in the air, I touch my shoes, and

"Blast Off"x5

I'd kind of look like Gran Torino but with larger gusts of air coming out of my shoes.

"OH! TAKUMI IS ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH THE FINAL GATES!"

"TODOROKI AND BAKUGO ARE STILL ON HIS TAIL!!!"

*BOOOOOM*

"OH? WHAT'S THIS? MIDORIYA OF CLASS 1-A MAKES A HUGE EXPLOSION... AND HE OVERTAKES THE TWO STUDENTS!!! LET ME REPEAT, HE OVERTOOK THE TWO STUDENTS!!!"

"BUT TAKUMI PASSES THROUGH THE FINAL GATE AND TAKES 1ST PLACE! HIS NAME WILL BE A NAME TO REMEMBER!"

'Please! Let me at least take 2nd Place!!! And... My landing...!" thought Midoriya.

"THE TWO WHO WERE FORMERLY BEHIND TAKUMI ARE NOW SPEEDING UP!"

Midoriya, who was flying through the fields, is now slowing down. Todoroki and Bakugo was about to overtake him, but he flips in the air, and he slaps the robot part on a landmine.

"MIDORIYA BLEW DUST IN THEIR EYES! AND NOW HE'S CLEARED THE LANDMINE AREA COMPLETELY!"

"THE SECOND TO RETURN TO THE STADIUM IS... IZUKU MIDORIYA!!!

*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*

...

{General POV}

"Damn! Damn it all! I lost to the nerd and DEKU!?????"

"....."

"Deku! You were amazing!" exclaimed Uraraka.

"To think I'd place so low with such a quirk..." said a certain rule-loving student.

"Congrats on 2nd Place, Deku! Oh! Takumi-kun, congrats on 1st Place!" shouted Uraraka.

"Thank you, Uraraka. And," replied Akira as he turned to face Midoriya.

"Good job, Midoriya-san." Akira greeted.

"T-thank you... Takumi-kun! And congratulations... on taking first place!" replied the boy with pants in between his sentence.

"Come on, the waiting room is this way." Akira said, pointing at a hallway.

"Ah!... Akira...san..." said Momo from the Final Gates, exhaustedly.

"Oh. Hi Momo-san. Come on, let's go to the waiting room." Akira said.

"Yes... But, I... just want to say... Thank you for helping me back then..." she said with an exhausted smile.

"It's no problem. I can't let my seatmate lose because of some pervert now, can I?" Akira replied with a smile of his own.

...

"And... It's over! Now everyone, here are the results!" said Midnight to the people watching.

1st- Class A: Akira Takumi

2nd- Class A: Izuku Midoriya

3rd- Class A: Shoto Todoroki

4th- Class A: Katsuki Bakugo

5th- Class B: Ibara Shiozaki

6th- Class B: Juuzo Honezuki

7th- Class A: Tenya Iida

8th- Class A: Fumikage Tokoyami

9th- Class B: Shihai Kuroiro

10th- Class A: Hanta Sero

...

"Well! Welcome back, students!"

"The Top 42 have earned the right to advance! I'm sorry for the kids who failed, but don't be discouraged!" the 18+ Hero exclaimed.

"Now then, onto today's heart-pounding second event!!! It's!..... Human Cavalry Battle!!!"

"You can all form 2-4 person teams freely and form a horse-back configuration! The rules are: Swipe the enemy's riders' headbands and guard your own. Everyone will receive points based on the rank they have. And the best part is... 1st Place is worth 10 Million Points!!!

"If I were you, I'd aim for the guy who has 1st Place. Survive till the end!"

"You have fifteen minutes to form your team!"

...

{Akira POV}

Hm... Who would want to team up with me?...

Momo? Tokoyami? Hm...

"Yo, first place!" exclaimed a pink-haired girl.

"Hm?"

"I want to team up!" she said.

"Okay... But what's your name and what can you bring to the team?" asked Akira.

"I'm Mei Hatsume. I have my babies! You can use them!" she replied as she shoved some support items to my face.

"All right. Welcome to the team." I reply.

...

"Hey, Manga." I call out to my cousin."

"Hm? What's up, Akira?"

"Wanna be my rider? It will be an easy win..." I reply.

"Eh?... Hm... Well, my classmates already formed their own team... Eh, why not! Teaming up with my cousin!" he accepts.

I offered Momo and Tokoyami a place on my team too. But they both refused...

[Mini Flashback]

Momo:

"I'm really sorry, Akira-san! I really want to be on your team, but you've helped me so much already..." she says with a bow.

...

Tokoyami:

"I'm sorry, Takumi-san. I'm already a part of a team..." apologized Tokoyami.

...

[Present]

Too bad...

But, no use crying over spilled milk...

"So, what are you planning, 1st place?" asked the girl beside me.

"Well, we're just going to hover over all of them and wait it out. Do you have any inventions that can push any attackers away?" I reply.

"Oh! Of course! My babies are powerful!" she replies.

"Ah! That's why you said that it'll be an easy win... Nice one, cuz!"

...

"All right! TIme's up! Everyone, get ready!" Midnight announced.

...

I was the back horse, Hatsume was the front, and Manga was the rider.

...

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Start!!!"

...

Once she signaled the start of the round, everybody rushed towards my team.

But I smirked and held my two teammates,

"Everyone get ready... Levitate!" And we flew to the sky.

"Hatsume, ready your support items!" I shout.

"Wanna attack them, Manga?" I ask my cousin.

"Of course!"

"Boom!" and a word materializes and drops down to the other students, followed by an explosion.

...

A few minutes pass there haven't been any dangerous attacks that were thrown at us.

"FOLKS, IT SEEMS LIKE TAKUMI IS PLANNING TO JUST WAIT IT OUT MID-AIR!"

But as soon as Present Mic says that, Bakugo explodes his way up to my team and attempts to summon an explosion at us.

But Mei just points a gun at him. She pulls the trigger and a net came out, capturing Bakugo.

"Shit! Damn you, Weird-Eyes!!!" he shouted before falling down. Sero caught him with his tape before Bakugo could touch the floor.

"3 Minutes Left!" I heard Midnight say from the speakers.

Well, like I said... It's an easy win...

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