❝ DYSTOPIA. ❞ ↫ᵇⁿʰᵃ

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"TIME'S UP!"

On cue, Bakugou landed flat on his face to the ground while Toya landed back down safely, quietly counting her headbands. All three teams froze before ever reaching the 10 million point headband on time.

"The second round is officially over! Now let's see who our top four groups are!

In first place, we have Team Kunoichi!"

"We ended up in first place, but it was too close for comfort," Momo sighed.

"I'm sorry. I let everyone down, didn't I?" Iida sulked.

"Meh, you were alright, Four Eyes," Toya gave him a quiet pat on his shoulder.

"Kunoichi's right. And you were amazing as the rider. The tremor you made almost shook us down too. You and Iida are the reasons we won," Momo smiled at the girl.

"Yeah, but Todoroki was the one who planned all this," she shrugged.

"In second place, Team Bakugou."

"Ugh, we were so close to first place," Mina whined.

"Yeah, sure. But we're moving on, so it's all good," Sero smirked. "I don't think our leader would agree with you," Kirishima sweat-dropped as he and the three watched Katsuki react sourly to his second-place defeat.

"In third place is Team Tetsutet--what? Hey, it's team Shinso!"

"Eh?" Toya flinched when he heard that name. She glanced back and saw Shinso looking over at her with a faint smile and wave. She waved back but did not return a smile.

What does he want from me?

As for Midoriya, he felt extremely defeated. She looked away and back at the headbands in her hands. Just when she was counting, she realized something was off. She recounted and noticed...one was missing.

What the- she snapped her head back to Deku and found her missing headband in Dark Shadow's mouth from Tokoyami.

He must've used a subtle blindspot to snatch it while I was distracted, Darcy couldn't even tell he was coming. Impressive. But who cares, we're first.