𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓜𝓮 𝓝𝓸𝓽 (𝓑𝓷𝓱𝓪 𝓞𝓬 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂)

Ch 17 - Cavalry Battle

"Now then, I will explain the rules of the cavalry battle. The time limit is fifteen minutes," Midnight started as a picture of All Might, Thirteen, Present Mic, and Snipe popped up on the screen. "Each team is worth the total of its members' points, and the riders will wear a headband with that number on their foreheads. Teams will try to grab each other's headbands until time runs out, and try to keep as many points as they can," she said as the students watched with interest.

"Stolen headbands must be worn from the neck up. So the more you steal, the harder it'll be to manage them! And the most important thing is that even if your headband gets stolen, or if your team falls, you're not out!" Midnight exclaimed, emphasizing on the clarification.

Yasumi stared at the screen with a small frown as a few of her classmates conversed with each other. "During the game, it'll be a cruel fight where you can use your quirks. 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," Midnight tutted.

"Damn..." Bakugou muttered as Yasumi sighed softly in relief.

The screen then switched to a timer that had fifteen minutes on it. "Now, you have fifteen minutes to build your teams. Start!"

"Fifteen minutes?"

"Hey, be on my team."

"Someone in the top ten pick me!"

The students started scrambling to get good teammates as soon as the timer began. Yasumi was approached by a few due to her 4th place rank.

She looked for her classmates because she knew their quirks and wanted to be on a team with students she was actually familiar with. She saw Bakugou surrounded with a few of her classmates and grimaced a bit. 'Bakugou's strong and placed third, but I don't think I can handle being on a team with him... Besides, it looks like he has his hands full...' She thought to herself, shaking her head.

Yasumi glanced at Midoriya and saw Ojiro walk away from him when he tried to speak to the blonde. 'Poor Midoriya...' She sighed as she shook her head again. 'He may have the ten million points and is really good at planning, but having all those teams come at you is really overwhelming...' Yasumi's brow furrowed as she searched further.

She jumped a bit when she felt a tap on her shoulder. Yasumi hesitantly turned her head and was surprised to see who it was. "Todoroki-kun?"

"Honekōzō-san..." Todoroki greeted with his usual monotonous voice. "Would you like to-"

"Sorry, she's already on a team." An arm draped over her shoulders as a tired voice reached her ears.

"Hito-... Shinso-kun..." Yasumi looked at the lavender-haired student with wide eyes.

"C'mon, Yasumi," Shinso said, and before either she or Todoroki could reply or protest, he was already leading Yasumi away from the heterochromatic boy. The brunette looked over her shoulder and saw Todoroki basically glaring holes into the back of Shinsou's head before he walked off, looking somewhat aggravated.