Gently...Peacefully...Swiftly (My Hero Academia X OC/Male Reader)

S2 Chapter 13 Cavalry Battle

No one's POV

After the race to decide the 42 participant that will compete for the next round. Midnight started explaining the rules for the next event which is a Cavalry Battle.

Midnight: Now then, I'll explain the rules of the cavalry battle. The time limit is 15 minutes. Each team member is worth the total points of its members and the riders will wear a headband with that number on their forehead. Teams will try and grab each other's headbands until time runs out, and try to keep as many points as they can. Stolen headbands must be worn from the neck up. So the more you steal, the harder it'll be to manage them! And the most important thing is that even if your headband gets stolen, or if your team falls, you're not out!

Yaoyorozu: Which means...

Sato: Since there will be 42 people, there will be ten or twelve teams on the field the whole time?

Aoyama: That's tough.

Mina: One strategy could be to let someone take you points first so you'll be more free.

Tsuyu: It's hard to say without seeing how all the points end up getting split up, Mina.

Sarada: And the higher the point, the more targeted that person becomes.

Midnight: During the game, it'll be a cruel fight where you can use your Quirks. But it's still a cavalry battle. You'll get a red card for attacks that are trying to make people fall on purpose! You'll be removed immediately!

Teams formed will be worth their members' accumulated point value. Team's point values are listed on their headbands, which can be worn around the head or the neck of the rider. The objective of the game is to steal as many headbands as possible to raise your team's point value. If a team falls or has their headband stolen, they can still compete until the time is up. The time limit for the Cavalry Battle is fifteen minutes, and only the top four teams will advance to the finals. Midnight finishes explaining the rules with warning each team not to make each other fall on purpose, annoying Katsuki.

Katsuki: Damn...

Sora: ^_^ Too bad, my dear Katsu.

Katsuki: Screw off, Spike!

Midnight: Now you have 15 minutes to build your team, start!

The qualifying students have fifteen minutes to make teams of two to four people, and each person's point value depends on their placement in the Obstacle Race. As the students all trying to figure out which team to built, Sora ponder to himself.

Sora(mind): After getting first place, Izuku is worth ten million points. This simulates how difficult it is to be at the top, above the rest of the competition. And not only that, I say the Festival is more so about simulating real Pro-Hero competition rather than seeing how prepared the we are. In other words, unlike the Obstacle Race, the Cavalry Battle is being used to simulate working together with other heroes.

Sora looked around the arena. Since he was awarded second place, his point is around 210. And with his Quirk, he needs to find someone who is a matchup with his.

Sora(mind): Not a lot of people came to mind. So the one that is most suitable for my Quirk would be, Ochako's Zero Gravity. And with Sarada Super Strength, we could at least stop people from getting to us closely. Iida's Quirk should be useful as well. And— hmm?

It was then Sora noticed that most of his class, Sato, Mina, Shoji, Aoyama, Sero, and Hagakure try to convince Katsuki to join their team, but he has a hard time recollecting their names and Quirks, annoying them with his ego. Sora momentarily sigh.

Sora(mind): Although he's a hothead, Katsuki garners so much attention because of his versatile Quirk and placement in the Obstacle Course.

Then Eijiro tries to join Katsuki since Shoto denied him already. Katsuki forgets Eijiro's name as well, but the latter makes a strong case for his team and Katsuki decides they will go into battle together.