Beast In The Woods

Race and Rides

Izuku was awed by the number of people around him. He spun around to see how many there were, and there were a lot! Shinso kept on gently guiding him forward to their seats as he kept slowing down. Izuku focused again forward when he sat down, with his patented carapace supports, and saw Nem strolling up to the stand. He waved at her, and she smiled at him.

"Quiet down!" She spoke into the microphone. "And welcome to this year's UA Sports Festival!" The crowd cheered, and she raised her arm to quiet them down again. "Now before we start, this year's 1st-year student representative's student oath! Izuku Kayama!" She pointed straight at him.

"Oh, FUCK! I forgot about that!" Shinso cursed loudly while Mina was in between laughing and looking nervous about her friend.

"Shinso! Don't say bad words! Also, what's going on?" It was too late as Nem motioned him to come up to the stage. He did so and met her with a strained smile.

She put her hand over the microphone and told Izuku. "It's something we do every year. You have to say a short speech and at the end say Plus Ultra, got it?"

Izuku shrugged. He was placed in front of the microphone and spoke. "This is really exciting! This is the first time I've seen anything like this! I guess I have to say a speech? I don't know how to make one of those, so good luck with the games. Plus Ultra!" He beamed for everyone to see and the crowd laughed and cheered with his enthusiasm.

"Such full of spirit! I love it! Now for the first round! An obstacle race!" She explained what it was and every first-year sprung up to get in a good position for the race to begin.

Izuku's smile never fell as he got up and followed his classmates. Shinso caught up to him and said. "Use your quirk and get to the finish line as fast as possible."

Izuku bounced in excitement. "Okay! okay! When do we start!?"

Shinso smiled at his friend's behavior. "You'll hear it." He patted his shoulder and got some distance for himself.

The people around him looked at Izuku weirdly at his childish behavior but turned their attention to the front. Their attention was snapped back to Izuku when the flesh tore on his body and bones rearranged in his body. Some gasped in horror and backed away and others just began to look sick. The brave few backed away finally when they heard a dozen giddy giggles of excitement from the beast before them. A bony tail extended from under his shirt with a spear at the end. His arms elongated and tore his sleeves as they bulged with muscles. Claws tipped his fingers and his paws grew more aggressive. Izuku always liked to call his full transformation Hunter form.

"Start!" Izuku disappeared from where he was in the middle of the tunnel and everyone near looked around in panic as they lost sight of him. They finally found him leaping from wall to wall to reach the end of the tunnel. Many gasps of shock and horror followed Izuku as he laughed and lept out of the tunnel in a full sprint. Many in the crowd stood at his appearance and speed. The only way they could tell it was the same student from the stage was the uniform and green hair.

Izuku laughed in glee at being able to run at his full capability. He quickly passed everyone including Todoroki who shot a wall of ice in front of him but Izuku just busted through it. On all fours, he ran with the wind blowing his hair back and showing his interlocked teeth in a smile. His four eyes were wide as they took in his surroundings. His eyes caught on the robots ahead like in the entrance exam. He heard Present Mic saying they were part of the obstacles race and he would need to get past them one way or another.

Izuku decided to have some fun and tore the head of one without slowing down and then sliced another in half with his tail whipped to the side. With a spin, he launched the head of the robot in his hand into another, and it tore through its chest. He kept running and slicing at robots in his path. A row of three-pointers launched rockets at him but a carapace shield blocked them and then smashed into the first one and a javelin punched through the other one, nothing was safe in his path.