Of Flames And Quirks And Harmony

[19] Preliminary Beginnings

"Hey" - Present Mic in his commentary
"Hey" - Eraserhead in his commemtary

"ALL RIGHT! Let's not dilly dally any longer!" Pro-Hero Midnight, the official umpire for the First Years competition, announced. "The first race is preliminary. Every year, many fails at this race. It's the preliminary that decides your fate! And for this year... Is an Obstacle Race! A race where all 11 classes will participate. The race track outside of this stadium is 4km. As long as you stay on track, you can do anything to win!"

They were directed to the entrance, where Tsuna opted to be at the back, where he can easily let out his flames. His gang did the same.

"We're on our own on this, my fellow subordinates," Izuku teased. "You most of all, Hitoshi."

Hitoshi accepted the challenge with a smirk, "Game on."

"START!"

The entrance was a narrow space, but not for Todoroki. He froze the whole entrance, hence trapping the other students, who he jumped among then left and ran.

"Orryaaa!" Came in a collective shout from Kirishima .

"You're too naive, Todoroki-san!" Yaoyorozu said as she jump-poled her way out.

"Don't assume you have us figured out you half-and-half bastard!" Bakugo added with his explosions emphasizing his every word.

"Oui!" Aoyama affirmed just as Takeshi laughed and Chrome smiled smugly, real-illusionary wings flapping.

Shrugging his head, Tsuna flew forward, landed in front, and weaved Sky Flames to the ground, enough for the others to pluck hard their feet and escape.

Tsuna isn't sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but he and his gang are among the few students who were fast enough to be the on the front row, except Hitoshi, who doesn't have any means of flying like they do, Izuku who is most probably either slacking and cackling back at the starting point or already at the finish line, and Hayato who can't use his Sistema CAI - which was still in box weapon form - since he's not from Support Class. He could rely only on his Animal Ring Uri and the gauntlet it provides. But if push came to shove, he can use Cambio Forma, though it wouldn't be conventional for a race. Tsuna grimaced. Hayato would definitely go head butt to the ground in true dogeza style for apology. Takeshi was given a pass with his shinai, since just like Aoyama and his belt, he can't use his flames without the sword; according to his quirk registration form, anyway. Not that they need to know that Dying Will Flames aren't actually a quirk.

"FIRST OBSTACLE: INFERNO-BOTS NOW DEPLOYED!"

"What a rare opportunity," Todoroki smirked as he geared up to freeze the robots. "I was hoping the school would pre-"

" X-BURNER!" Tsuna shouted as he fired.

"There goes his one-hit KO," he heard Aoyama appraise.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi from Class 1A is taking the lead with a powerful fire blast!"

Todoroki's face was priceless. The astonishment and dumbfounded surprise and anger - yeah, Tsuna knows he irritated the bi-quirk user again - was a laughing stock for the young mafia boss. "Sorry not sorry, Todoroki-kun!" he taunted. He smirked at the pissed off Todoroki and left.

"Nice one, Tsuna!" Takeshi gleefully cheered as he shot forward, his 3short swords as his engine and his Shigure Kintoki as a shield for any debris.

"Yamamoto Takeshi and Dokuro Chrome, also hailing from Class 1A, are smart and agile. Sawada's attack created a scattered mess but they expertly dodged every debris in their way."