Stuck Between Realities-Remastered

Part 19~Cavalry Battle

Midnight grinned as she held up her hand. "Three! Two! One! Start!"

Instantly, the groups charged forward, all eyes on the biggest price. "Whelp, we're dead," Izuku joked as the rest of the team tried to run away. The ground began to melt away under them as Izuku let out a scream. "Get to the sky!"

Uraraka gripped onto the others, her Quirk activating and reducing the weight, letting Hatsume's jetpack, currently on Uraraka's back, take them to the sky. Izuku struggled, greeting a single pair of griffin wings and steering the team through the sky.

"Since when could you do that?" Uraraka stared in surprise as Izuku grinned.

"What? You think I would show you all my tricks the first time."

Jiro stretched out his earphone jacks, trying to reach us, when Dark Shadow slapped them away.

"Well done, Dark Shadow. Be sure to cover our blind spots," Tokoyami praised as Izuku grinned.

"Your friend is really useful. Good job, Shadow."

Dark Shadow almost beamed in pride when Uraraka shouted over their conversation. "We're landing!"

Izuku flapped his wings, and Uraraka used her hover boots to break their fall, landing somewhat roughly but still on their feet.

"How do you like my babies? Cute, aren't they? That's how I made them," Hatsume screamed as Izuku snorted.

"They're amazing, Hatsume, as I would expect." Izuku patted Hatsume on the head as he waved him off.

"They're only working 'cause I'm making you float," Uraraka complained as Izuku leaned back.

"And you're doing such a good job." He patted Uraraka's head as she shook it.

"I'm starting to understand what Bakugo says about you."

Izuku laughed harder when he stopped and dropped down, ducking under the long tongue and almost falling over. Izuku turned, looking at the team charging at them. Shojo charged, holding Tsu and Mineta on his back.

"Team Mineta uses its members' varying sizes to form less of a horse and more of a tank," Present Mic screamed as Uraraka tried to get back in the air but found her foot stuck.

Mineta was throwing more ball over as Izuku used his wind to block the oncoming attack. "We need to get out of here," Izuku shouted as he spotted Katsuki charging at them. Izuku took a deep breath. "Sorry, Hatsume."

Before the girl could question Izuku, he sent a powerful shockwave of air down, throwing the team into the air and destroying the boot.

Katsuki jumped off his team, trying to reach Izuku but failing to get in time and being pulled back by Sero.

"Is leaving your unit really allowed?" Present Mic screamed in shock as Midnight thought about it.

"It is here, on a technically. As long as your feet don't touch the ground."

Izuku grinned. "Oh, that's good to know."

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Present Mic leaned into the mic as he spoke loudly. "Both doggedly pursued first-place teams, and their determined pursuers from class A are nothing to sneeze at. Let's take a look at the current point spread and how our teams are going after seven minutes of play? Oh? Now, wait just a second. Besides Midoriya, Class A's not looking so hot. What happened to Bakugo?"

On the scoreboard, Izuku led the charge, followed by Momona, Mineta, Kendo, and Shinso.

"Looks like the match is half over already," Todoroki announced as Izuku laughed nervously. "We're coming for you."

"Is it more, or is he creepy?" Uraraka ignored Izuku's statement as she moved the team on.

"Class B is on the rise, but in the end, who will wear the ten million point crown?" Present Mic grinned as he spoke as Izuku got ready.

"Guys, we need to get away now." Izuku stretched out his wings as Todoroki and the other smaller teams charged at them. Izuku smirked, leaning over the edge of the team and placing his hands on the ground. They shifted into sphinx paws as a giant wall erupted out of the ground, blocking Todoroki's attack.

"What's this now? Todoroki has taken out a herd of cavalry teams with one fierce attack," Present Mic shouted as Aizawa nodded, adding with his own analysis.

"He waited until they were stopped by Kaminari's shock before freezing them in place. I wouldn't expect any less. He must have recalled how many competitors managed to dodge his ice during the obstacle course."

Izuku grinned, listening carefully to the commentary and compartmentalised the information. The play-by-plays were incredibly useful.

"Hastume, the pack's on the fritz," Uraraka shouted as Izuku glanced at it.

"The cooling systems could be failing." Izuku turned his attention away as Yaoyorozu tried to attack.

Dark Shadow stopped the pole as Izuku grew gills, swirling water around himself and pushing Todoroki away.

"This could be bad if Kaminari uses his electric attacks. Dark Shadow will have to retreat, but if we can keep back, we will win. Just a little longer." Izuku glared at the Todoroki team.

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"Only about a minute left. Todoroki made his own little arena and was primed to snatch the ten million in an instant. Or so we thought. But it's been five minutes now. Midoriya's managed to evade Todoroki inside this small space for 5 minutes."

Izuku gritted his teeth, his appreciation for Present Mic's commentary wavering the longer the match went on. Dark Shadow was putting in most of the effort, but Todoroki was enclosing the space they could use, the ice freezing the space around them.

Izuku took a deep breath when he saw Todoroki moving forward. Izuku ducked away from Todoroki's hand and landed a punch on Todoroki's jaw. In a flash, Todoroki was far away from Izuku as he paused. "Did we win?"

"What happened? That was too fast for the naked eye! How did Izuku dodge that, let alone counter," Present Mic screamed as Izuku blinked in surprise.

Suddenly, Uraraka slapped his back. "Get to the sky, Izuku. Use your wings, and don't let them touch you."

Izuku glanced at the others, who nodded before he completely shifted into a griffin and took into the sky.

"With a minute left, Midoriay's still got his headband. Have we found our top four teams for this event?"

Izuku flew as high as possible. Katsuki blasted, trying to catch him, but Izuku just flew higher.

"Time's up! Let's see who the top four teams are right now! In first place is Team Midoriya. In second, team Bakugo. In the third, Team Todoroki and in the fourth, Team Shisno. These four teams will proceed to the final event."

Todoroki looked down, struggling off his teammates as he glared at the floor. "No. How could I let that- it's just what my old man expected."

"We'll proceed to the afternoon portion after a one-hour lunch break. See you then. Hey, EraserHead, wanna grab some food?"

Most people faltered out as Izuku frowned, walking into the tunnel as he was asked. "You wanted to talk? About what, Todoroki?"