Puppet Master

THE UA SPORTS FESTIVAL

"Zuku," Izuku turned to his partner who was standing beside him near the tunnel that all of the competitors were standing outside of for the first round, The Obstacle Course. "We are competing, sure," Toshi said, "but for as long as we are able to, let us be partners. A lot of heroes come to scout students. They need to see us as partners and not as separate people to be individually scouted." Izuku nodded sharply.

'ALRIGHT, KIDDIES!' Midnight's voice echoed around the stadium. 'LET'S GET THINGS STARTED! ARE YOU READY?!'

Toshi and Izuku walked near the back of the crowd. Izuku took a few steps back. He winced a bit when the strings formed from his shoulders. They had taken the extra training after school to work on controlling Izuku from his shoulders and not his wrists.

Toshi stood ahead of him with his hands stretched to Izuku behind him while he stood forward.

'ON YOUR MARKS!'

"You'll come back for me, right?" Toshi asked.

'GET SET...!'

"Of course," Izuku nodded.

'GO!!!'

The wave of students tried to force all of themselves into the tunnel at the same time making for a traffic block. Izuku smirked, planting his feet as the strain on his strings got tighter. While they discovered the slingshot on chance when Izuku tried it at the USJ, the two found it a very viable technique.

"Toshi," he grinned as he watched the students filter in. "The world is watching." Toshi chuckled. "Yeah. You ready, Zuku?"

Izuku nodded. "Slingshot me."

"Here we go!"

Izuku stopped resisting and Toshi bent over, pulling on the strings with the force of his full body. Izuku went soaring overhead.

'WOAH HO HO! THE SEEMINGLY UNDERDOGS WHO STAYED BEHIND JUST PULLED A MEGA MOVE!' Present Mic's voice boomed.

Izuku flipped and streamlined his body. His eyes widened slightly as he slipped between the narrow gap between the top of the tunnel and the other student's heads, feeling his hair brush against the top. There were shouts and gasps as the other students watched him fly over them. Izuku zipped out of the tunnel and landed on what he wished was dirt ground but instead was a field of ice.

Shoto.

Izuku planted his feet and tucked, pressing his left hand to the floor and allowing himself to glide over the surface until he stopped.

"Watch out! They're gonna fall!" Izuku's head shot up. Two frozen zero-pointers were cracking out of their casings and falling over. Izuku growled. He summoned his strings, latching onto the leg of one. Izuku pulled harshly, feet sliding across the ice as he rocketed forward. His eyes moved to where he saw Eijiro lifting his arms to shield himself on instinct, unable to get out of the way. Izuku let go of the string, letting the momentum pull him forward as he turned on the ice. He shot out a string and wrapped it around his brother's waist and pulled. Eijiro let out a squeal of shock as the two collided, the added momentums and ice pushing them between the legs of the robot just before they toppled over with a loud *CRASH*.

'CLASS 1A'S TODOROKI SHOTO HAS FORGED AHEAD BUT NOT FOR LONG AS HIS CLASSMATE INASA YOARASHI AND CLASS 1B'S BAKUGOU KATSUKI ARE HOT ON HIS TAIL!'

Izuku and Eijiro came to a stop, Izuku much more gracefully than his brother, rolling out onto his feet while Eijiro splayed on the ground.

"Izu-"