Twisted Wonderland x (Todoroki) Reader

The Usurper from the Wilds

-3rd POV-

"Hey, Headmage! We caught your guy! You know what that means..." Grim said, bounding up to the male, "Time to cough up the reward you promised!"

"What?" Crowley said, confused before remembering, "Ohhh...I did promise you that, didn't I? But it's far too late. The tournament brackets have already been announced. What to do...?"

"Whaaaaat?!" You wretched, backstabbin' swindler! I am gonna make it rain fire, you liar! Myaaaah!" He said, as the girl deadpanned.

"Stop, please! Restrain yourself for a moment! I will...come up with something. Uh..." He then smiled at them, "Ah! I've got it! What would you say to playing in a special exhibition match? If it were held before the tournament itself, it wouldn't interfere with anything. And the eyes of the world would be squarely on you!"

"On me?!"

"B-But of course."

"Well, as long as I'm the center of attention, I guess that will do." The feline cheered, "This'll be great! After the scouts see me kickin' tail on TV, they'll be swarmin' all over me!"

(Y/n) sighed, "But we need seven players..."

"The other players...Ah, right. And we'll need an opposing team as well. Perhaps we could cobble one together out of faculty members..." The headmage mumbled to himself.

"Myah?! You haven't given this any thought at all!" The tanuki exclaimed.

"Hey, so, I couldn't help overhearing..." Ace said, smirking, as he appeared out of nowhere.

"If you need some teammates, we could help you out." Deuce said.

"What are you doing? You're members of Heartslabyul!" Riddle said.

"There's no tournament rule that says we can't play for another dorm's team." The orange haired male said.

Trey laughed, "He's right! I guess no one thought that would ever happen, so no one ever wrote it down."

"Ooh, now this sounds totes fun! I wanna be on (N/n)'s team too!" Cater said, hugging the girl.

"B-But you're an actual member of our team!" The red haired male said, sweatdropping.

"Oh. Poo." He pouted, letting go of the girl.

"I didn't go through all that just to sit back 'n cheer for you guys. If I'm getting the chance, I wanna play!" The orange haired first year said.

"I'm not like him, okay?! I just want to have my friends' back." The blue haired male said.

"If you need someone to play against, Savanaclaw will be happy to help." Jack said, smiling.

"Myah?! You will?!" Grim exclaimed.

"Of course. Playing against faculty would be no fun. We'll give you a proper match."

"Sa-weeet! Guess you ain't such a jerk after all." Ace said.

The silver haired male's eyes widen and averted his eyes, "Don't get the wrong idea—this is just payback! I don't want that debt hanging over my head. You don't got a problem with it, right?" He said.

Ruggie sighed, "...Yeah, sure, what's one more game when we're already at the brink of exhaustion? You're a monster, Jack."

Leona sighed too, "I don't even care anymore. Come and take your best shot, herbivores. It may be an exhibition match, but we ain't gonna be playin' footsies here. You better be ready for us." He smiled smugly at them.

"Ah, splendid. And here I was bracing to endure another three-hour scolding from Professor Trein." Crowley said, and smiled at the girl, "Well, I believe that's four members on your team, (Y/n). You need three more!"