[discontinued]Trigger (BNHA x World Trigger) Fanfic

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Shirai slid to a stop, seeing the first-place winner of the race standing there, clenching his fist with tears in his eyes. He smiled, comparing his fellow classmates' drive to become heroes with his own to become a top-ranking border agent.

Thinking about Border reminded him of the incident in the minefield. That chill he got, was almost definitely the same one he experienced when the black holes appeared back in Mikado City.

Shaking out of his reverie, he noticed that Midnight had taken position at the front yet again.

"The first game for the first-year stage is finally over. Now, take a look at the results!"

A holographic list appeared next to the pro hero.

1 - Izuku Midoriya

2 - Shirai Masumi

3 - Shoto Todoroki

4 - Katsuki Bakugou

5 - Ibara Shiozaki

6 - Juzo Honenuki

7 - Tenya Lida

8 - Fumikage Tokoyami

9 - Hanta Sero

10 - Eijiro Kirishima

Shirai only bothered to read the top ten qualifiers, congratulating Kyouka who stood next to him.

"The top 42 made it to the next round. It's unfortunate, but don't worry even if you didn't make it! We've prepared other chances for you to shine." Midnight announced.

"And now, for the second round. Here's what we'll be doing..." She flourished her hand, another holographic screen replacing the previous one that listed the rankings for the first race. "... a cavalry battle!"

The white-haired boy frowned, he'd never heard of that before. Whispering to Kyouka, he asked her.

"You've never done one?" At the shake of his head, Kyouka explained the basic rules to him.

On the stage, Midnight continued her explanation. "You'll be making teams of two to four as you wish, and the rest is the same as an ordinary cavalry battle. The only thing that's different this time is, based on your placement in the race, you'll be assigned point values."

"The points assigned go up by five starting from the bottom. So 42nd gets 5 points, 41st gets 10 points, and so on. And the point value assigned to first place is... ten million!"

Shirai winced, feeling bad for Midoriya but at the same time glad that he'd let him get first place. At Midnight's announcement, almost everybody's heads snapped towards the unfortunate boy.

The pro hero then proceeded to explain the rules, and then gave them the go-ahead to start making their teams.

Everybody immediately surrounded the top-ranking players except for Midoriya, which meant that Shirai was currently surrounded by a mob of students.

"Pick me, pick me!"

"I want to be on your team!"

"My quirk is perfect for cavalry battles! You can team with me."

The white-haired boy cringed at all the noise and attention. "U-uh- no?" He tried escaping the crowd, but they persisted.

Then, someone grabbed his arm and yanked him away from his predicament. Turning around, he saw Kyouka, who was retracting her earphone jacks. "Wanna team up?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Sure. Do we want any other teammates or not?" Shirai responded, running his fingers through his hair to get it out of his face. Unfortunately, it just fell back to the way it was before.