Souls Hero Academia (Rewrite)

Chapter 44: Sports Festival (6)

Izuku and the rest of the students still in the second event wore the bandanas given to them by the bots. As long as they were above the neck and not tied in a way that it would hamper another team from taking it, everything was a-okay.

The moment the countdown reached zero, immediately dozens of teams made a beeline for Izuku. Himi was the first to react, her hand slapping the face of one student who came a little too close to their position. Too bad for her, her quirk was all but useless here, unless she shifted into his body because obviously, the male form is better than the female form for physical activities.

Tokoyami was also quick to respond by letting out Dark Shadow to blockade and harass incoming teams, the shadow monster cackling all the while. Hatsume was grinning as she rummaged through her giant pack – Midnight gave it the okay since she was using her own inventions, and yes, the bag counts as one – and brought out something resembling a gauntlet.

Said gauntlet became a literal rocket fist that went careening into one poor bastard's face. His teammates winced as they heard the telltale sound of a nose breaking as the rider went splat on the ground, uttering groans all the while.

Even Hatsume wasn't spared the sudden wince, the pinkette actually feeling sorry for what she had done to the poor lad, only to rebound back when she saw another team gunning for them. Izuku, meanwhile, was busy maneuvering around the charging students, bringing along his team like a wild horse on a rampage.

One of the students, someone from class 1-B that he didn't know the name of, managed to get close, only for Izuku to slap him away. A big emphasis on the slap, because once his palm met the cheeks of the student, said student crumpled to the ground, destabilizing their team and causing the rider to fall to the ground.

Meanwhile, the teams consisting of his classmates were avoiding him. Those that didn't get the memo were those from other classes, not that there were any more classes since most of them were already eliminated in the first event.

"Midoriya! Behind us!" Tokoyami yelled out loud, the rest of the team hearing his cry. Izuku looked behind and saw Todoroki's team gunning for him, the half-toned teen glaring at him from above his classmates' shoulders.

Izuku felt the temperature drop and it didn't take a genius to know that Todoroki was using his quirk. And what better element to use to counter ice than fire?

Calling upon the power of his life force – because the First Flame was just too much for the little kids to handle – and he lobbed a fireball straight into Todoroki's team. The half-toned teen's eyes widened when he saw the incoming projectile and blocked it with an ice wall. The resulting clash causing a steam explosion, sending both teams away for a few meters.

Luckily, Izuku was able to hold on to his other teammates, their entire group managing to stay together without getting blown apart.

"My baby!" Hatsume shrieked as she held one of her inventions close to her chest, the entire thing coming apart at the seams as it crumbled into scrap metal. She then glared at Todoroki, her crosshair pupils intensifying for a brief moment. "I'll make you pay for that! My babies aren't cheap!"

Said half-toned teen didn't respond, but there was a brief moment of confusion when he looked at Hatsume. Himi, meanwhile, was glaring at Todoroki with a different thought in mind, but as for what that was, Izuku had no idea.

Tokoyami was just there, preparing for any other attackers gunning their way. He appreciated the bird-head for being focused on the main task at hand, that was making sure that they didn't get caught off guard by the other students in the arena.

Well, his teammates, at least. His honed spatial awareness made sure that he wouldn't get surprised again by possible attackers. He had enough of getting jumpscared by hiding hollows in Lordran.