Different But Not Bad

Chapter 13 {Strategy, Strategy, Strategy}

"Those at the top will suffer more. You'll hear this many times as you attend U.A. This is what 'Plus Ultra' means!" Midnight waved her whip and pointed it at Izuku, "Izuku Midoriya, who placed first in the qualifier, is worth ten million points!" He looked determined to keep his place on top, "Now then, I will explain the rules of the cavalry battle. The time limit is fifteen minutes." Fifteen minutes! It took me thirty just to get out of bed this morning! The screen changed again and I'll admit All Might looked pretty silly up there. "Each team is worth the total of its members' points, and the riders will wear a headband with that number on their foreheads." I tapped my forehead and turned to Aoyama, "Brain time bud." He chuckled, "Teams will try to 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!" I shuddered, I'm good with staying as a horse for this one. "And the most important part of this is that even if your headband gets stolen, or if your team falls, you're not out!" Nice, I can trip if I want. "During the game, it'll be a cruel fight where you can use your Quirks." "Oh fuck," I said a little louder than I wanted to. "But it is 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!" I spared a glance at Katsuki and turned back instantly after he caught me. "Now, you have fifteen minutes to build your teams. Start!" Chatter broke out, I turned to Aoyama, "Yo, wanna vibe with me?" I held out my hand and he took it, "I'd love to vibe with you, mademoiselle." I twitched, I used to be fine being called that but over the past seven months, it just felt, wrong. And I think I knew why.

Izuku seemed to be figuring out who would work best on his team so we left him, we could try and help him when the battle starts. Unless he wanted us on his team which we'd have to decline. "Who else do you want to vibe with?" Looking around, there weren't that many options and since we didn't know everybody's quirk, it shortened us down to our class only. Katsuki and Eijiro were being swarmed, it seems like those two were already teamed up. "We could try Shoji?" "Nah, it looks like he already has a team of three and we can't have five to a team," I stated and looked around some more. Ochako was already on a team with Izuku, he looked grateful. Aoyama pulled me aside, "Katsuki and Shoto already have their team! They took all the strong people!" I protested as I watched Ochako and Izuku being disturbed by the pink-haired female that almost knocked me off the wire. Looks like they were a team. "We have five minutes left and we still only have two people!" I took Aoyama by the shoulders and shook him. "There are two more teams with only two people, we can analyze them and choose the best team!" I nodded and stopped shaking him, let's find those two teams and see who's willing to team-up with some Class 1-A students. The two teams both had either Transform or Mutant Quirks while Aoyama and I both had Emitter Quirks. "Together, we're worth 265 points. And despite not being worth that many points, I wanna go with the horned girl and pincer dude, they look nice." We were quick to get to the two, "Oi!" The girl with horns looked up, "Hi?" I smiled, "Mind if we join?" I pointed to me then Aoyama, the guy with green hair and pincers looked up, "You're from Class 1-A, right?" I nodded, "Both of us." He nodded and looked us up and down, "What're your Quirks?" Aoyama did a 'razzle-dazzle' kinda hand motion, "Yugo Aoyama and my Quirk is Navel Laser, I can produce a laser from my stomach the only problem is I get terrible stomach cramps after." I extended my hand for the girl to shake, "Shiria Higashi, my Quirk allows me to use different color tiles that I can step on and they produce levels of electricity depending on the color of the tile. I get tired extremely fast so sorry if I slow down." She shook my hand, "I'm Pony Tsunotori and I can shoot my horns off and a new set will grow back immediately!" Her broken Japanese was adorable, "Togaru Kamakiri, I can produce sharp blades on my body." I nodded, they didn't seem to have any clear drawback so others won't be able to take advantage of that. "I have a plan that'll make us unstoppable, or at least will allow us to get close to the next round..."