The Immortal Hero: Phoenix

Chapter 16: Roaring Sports Festival Part 1

For Class 1-A, two weeks seemed to fly by in a blur. Despite it being a short period, the whole class had been working hard, determined to give it their all. They prepared in their own ways, but each found themselves with a bit of help.

The Morning after their first (successful) trip to the USJ, the class had arrived to find small notebooks on their desks. The writing was that of Izuka Midoriya and each book was filled with observations, tips, tricks and strategies meant for each individual. It even included Izuka's drawings of them and some annotations from All-Might and even a couple from Aizawa-Sensei. The whole class had been thankful, though Momo had been curious as to why Izuka would help them all, since they'd be competing against each other.

"W-Well I want to be a Rescue and Support Hero, but I also want to be someone that people can depend on! Someone who brings peace! At the moment, the best thing I can do to reach that goal is make other heroes stronger; the more amazing Heroes, the fewer villains! So until I get strong enough to do it alone, please use these notes and become even more amazing!" had been Izuka's answer.

Needless to say, those Notebooks saw a lot of use.

Their detentions with Aizawa came to an end and more social events replaced them, such as most of the Class visiting Izuka's house. She and Sato had spent a Saturday baking treats for everyone alongside Inko and Katsuki's father, Masaru. The Girls had all come for a sleep over on the Friday night, filling the house with the sound of giggling. Toshinori's home had become an impromptu club house for Class 1-A, with someone always using the Gym, hanging out in the den or garden, and even occasionally crashing in the guest room (Todoroki was a common guest in the Yagi-Midoriya home).

In addition, Izuka and Shoto trained together to further the latter's flame control and let the former get some practice in using it creatively. All the while, the little light in Izuka's Soul grew brighter and closer to the surface. It wouldn't be long before it spilled forth.

The Class has numerous Hero Lessons, though most were theory based so the class didn't overwork their bodies. They had gone back to the USJ again for the second half of the Rescue Trial, where each team cleared the three zones they'd missed the first time. With Katsuki out of his slump, his Team jumped from fifth to third place, narrowly losing to Yaoyorozu's team by a handful of points. Izuka was thrilled when she managed to wrestle the top Rescue Grade away from the taller girl, but Momo promised she'd get it back.

Finally after two busy weeks full of hard work, the day arrived. Today was the U.A Sports Festival!

U.A was swarming with people; the Press, the Police, Pro-Heroes and Civilians were all coming to glimpse the hard work of the next generation of Heroes. Security was tight and the entire district was a crowd trying to slowly get through the additional security to reach the Sports Festival Arena. New barriers had been set up to ensure visitors only went where they were supposed to and both Heroes and Police Officers patrolled the place, keeping their eyes out for even the slightest disturbance. The Press were mostly behaving themselves, since Nezu's statement on the USJ attack showed that their misguided attempt to break into the school had allowed the Villains an opportunity. The Sports Festival had become like a small carnival, with food stands and games set up and managed by the Business Course students and it was being watched over by Kamui Woods, Death Arms and Mount Lady.

In past Festivals, the Third Year Events were the ones watched most carefully, since they had participated in two past events and put their experience to good strategic use, really going beyond because this was their last year. However, in this year's event, everyone was focused entirely on the First Years, specifically Class 1-A. Their class was quite famous because of the USJ Incident, as well as the fact that they had the Son of Endeavor, the Daughter of a Respected Politician and the Girl from the Moncalama Incident. All eyes would be on them, both by Heroes aiming to scout them and the other students aiming to bring them down.