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I did not think my plan through.
Everyone came to a hult as we watched the canyon below us, terrified to press forwards in fear of falling. How would I get across with the pocket watch? There was no way unless I threw it far and even so, it was too far.. Hell, I don't think I could even throw it that far.
Someone shouted in my ear, I turned around to be met with bright angry red eyes, "There's no way I'm letting Icy hot beat me." He fires up his rockets before beginning to blast off above the arena... Now I wish I had a cooler quirk.
"Class 1-A's Bakugo is rocketing over the obstacles! Clever!"
"I figured you'd just try to blast your way through these things with your Quirk. I'm impressed." All Sero could do is watch the blonde race ahead. He gave me a smile, "Come on, Y/N. You don't want to be the last one after doing so well."
"I might as well.. There's no way I can make it across without falling..."
Sero leaned over the edge as well, "Sheesh, i see what you mean. Couldn't be me tho, good luck--"
"Wait! Can you do me a favor?"
"A favor to help you get ahead? I'm fine..."
"I just need you to hook my pocket watch to something i can't throw it that far."
He placed a hand on his chin thinking, "I'll do it, but I want an autograph."
"Do I look like aliexpress to you?!"
"What's aliexpress?" He stared at me as if i've grown two heads. Right, they don't have things like that here. "All I ask for is an autograph from pro hero Ryukyu!"
"Really? That's it?"
"She's your mom, isn't she? It should be easy--ooh ooh! Sign it to my dear friend Sero Hanta."
"Yeah yeah, okay. I'll make sure she kisses the paper-- can you just go now? We're wasting time!"
Sero Hanta.
His Quirk: Tape! He can shoot
tape‐like material from his elbows,
stick it to objects or wrap things up. You
should see the traps he makes
when he rips it off!
"This is my moment. Easy peasy." I jumped as a pink haired female slowly made her way into my pervesiumvision. She started to rummage through her pockets and I shook with fear--did she just pull out a hammer from her pockets?!? I watched Sero go off and I made sure to keep the chain stable as he taped his way across-- thinking now I could have just gotten a piggyback ride. That would've been way easier than standing here. "Yes. Finally, This is my chance to show off what I can do. My support items are gonna steal the spotlight from these wannabe heroes. Everyone! Observe what my brilliant gadgets can do! Wire arrows and hover soles! You're from Support!"
Denki finally caught up angrily, he shouted at the pink haired Miu, "Hey! How come you got to bring all that stuff?"
"Students in the hero course get all kinds of combat training for their Quirks. In order to keep things fair and give us a fighting chance, we're allowed to bring whatever gadgets and costumes we want into the games, so long as we developed them ourselves.--wha wha wha?! What are you holding?!"
She pointed to my chain, "Uh, a pocket watch?"
"That's not fair! You're in the hero course and you get to bring a support item?! This is rigged, I knew that class 1-A was going to get some kind of one up." She stomped her feet and i didnt know what to do.
"Well, nobody told me I wasn't allowed to? It's fine, I can't do much anyways..."
"That's still not fair--"
"--Y/N i finished! You can cross now!"
I waved Sero a thank you before pulling on it to test the strength. "What are you doing?! What contraption is that--"
"Bye Mei"
"Wait how do you know my name!?" She shouted but i had already jumped off the cliff. I can't die here right? I can't die in this world? I really hoped I wouldn't and I really didn't want to test for myself. I pulled myself with the chain and used the thin pipes. I made it across the line and collected my pocket watch. Giving it a small kiss, i rushed off behind the group. Oh watch, where would i be without it.
"The leader's putting distance between him and the students stuck at The Fall!" Present Mic screech, I gripped my ears to block out some of the sound. "It hasn't been announced how many competitors will make it through to the next round, so there's no time to relax." I finally made it off the sandy area and onto the dirt, "And now, we're finally approaching the last obstacle. Everyone had better tread carefully. You're stepping onto a minefield! If you look carefully, you can see where those little bombs are buried, so keep your eyes on the ground, folks. By the way, those land mines were designed for the games, so they might be loud and flashy, but they're not all that powerful. Just enough to make you wet your pants!"
Aizawa grimmanced, "Get a hold of yourself..."
"Very clever. Those in the lead are actually at a disadvantage here." Todoroki stopped and looked at me. I huffed out of breath and sat on the floor.
"G-Guess it...im out of breath, .... Guess it makes for good entertainment.--fuck i need water."
"I would love to see how your little yo-yo will get you out of this predicament, Y/N."
"Wanna see?" I pushed myself up and pointed at the mimes, "Couldn't you freeze them all?"
"And help you all?--I don't think so." He scoffed.
He moved forwards and I threw my pocket watch on one of the bombs next to him, he jumped and moved to the side just in time. He gave me a death glare and I shrugged my shoulders. I wasn't going to let him get across this stage as easily as he pleases. That and I was not a weak competitor that he can rule out of the running.
"Bastard!" I jumped as Bakugou landed right next to me. He pushed his shoulders against mine to give him another head start, "Your declaration of war was to the wrong person!"
'Great bakugou ruled me out as a competitor as well..."
"Just like that, a new student takes the lead! The media here is going crazy! There's nothing they love more than an upset!" Present Mic announced as Bakugou raced ahead of Todoroki, I gripped onto my pocket watch, I was going to throw it at his feet and hook on-- but I felt like he would burn my face off. "Hey, hey, hey! The rest of the competitors are catching up, too! And what's this? Can our two leaders fight each other and stay in front of the competition?"
I swung around my watch, there's nothing I can hook it up to-- the only thing I can do is set off other bombs. Deku walked up to me out of breath, I immediately clung onto his shoulders. "Please help me out, I don't want to get eliminated early! I'll let you cross as number one too!"
"...I don't even have a plan." He tried to pull away but I clung onto his shoulder tighter.
"You're Izuku Midoriya! Master planner, you're telling me you don't have a plan?!"
"....I don't know... i can't tell if it would work with even just me."
"Explain to me and I'll do what you want."
"It's difficult but..." He explained what we needed. "We gotta think about this. These land mines go off if you step on them. They're not that powerful, but they can turn into a huge pain if you detonate a bunch of them. You can't just rush through. It's better to slow down and avoid them altogether. That way you won't risk injuring yourself with one. Even the people who are good at jumping can't be too careless. And there are even more of them to watch in the front. No one's going to be able to go through this very quickly."
"We can use that to our advantage!"
"Everyone was most careful around the entrance. There will be plenty of landmines still buried around there."
I dug with my pocket watch and carefully placed the bombs into one small pile, I worked hard to not set any of them off. Pushing them in, we slowly came to a halt.
"What are they doing...?" Jiro asked Kamanari when she finally made it to the landmines.
"Freaks of nature together I guess?"
"Todoroki and Bakugo are neck and neck for the lead and knocking on the finish line!"
I had to tune everyone out and continue to make sure the land mines were tight and compact. Deku waved me over and I hopped onto his back, hooking onto my legs and tying us together with the chain. He gave me a nervous gin as he hitched up my legs. You could see how white his knuckles were as he held onto the straps. He instructed me to use my other pocketwatch to hit the pile to send us flying in the air.
My hands started to sweat a little, one wrong move and I would accidentally blow the both of us up. I needed to be precise with where and when I hit the watch. I swung the watch as he jumped on the pile, before it hit the ground I knocked on the middle one as hard as I could. We were launched into the air so high I couldn't help but let out a yelp.
"What's with that huge explosion in the back?! That was way more powerful than it should be! Incredible! What just happened?!" He shouted as we made our way in the sky. "Whatever the case. Class 1-A's Izuku Midoriya and F/N L/N are in hot pursuit of first place! Who out of the two will actually become first?!"
"Super‐explosive turbo speed!" We screamed together, our voices echoed and rushed forwards.
"Midoriya?" Todoroki asked.
"Chains?!" Bakugou screams.
"Whatever the case, Class 1‐A's F/N L/N and Izuku Midoriya are suddenly in hot pursuit of first place!—Strike that! The lead is theirs!"
"We flew over them just like I planned. But there was more force than I expected!" Deku expressed. "Oh how are we going to land?! Wait wait?!"
'How were we going to land—'
"Deku! What the hell do you think you're doing, huh?" A voice shouted behind us. Bakugou and Todoroki were hot on our trail.
"This ice path will end up helping others. But there's no time to worry about them!"
"Look at that plot twist! Those two aren't fighting anymore. They're chasing their classmates! That's what having a common enemy would be in this competition!" Present mic shouted into the mic. I could just feel that he's standing over the stand and Aizawa wants to murder him.— He might try when he gets out of his bandages.
"This fight is still far from over, though.Anything can happen."
"Oh, no. I'm losing speed. This is bad. They'll get ahead of us again." Izuku cried.
"Think of something!"
His eyes flickered before he tightened his grip on my thighs. "Hold on tight—"
He threw the metal robot part into the ground, I clung onto his neck while twirling my watch around to hit more land mines. He used Todoroki and Bakugou as stepping stools as we blasted past the two of them.
"In a stunning move, Midoriya and L/N have blasted past their classmates from 1‐A! I don't believe it‐‐they cleared that minefield in an instant! Eraser Head, Your students are amazing! What the heck are you teaching them?"
"This has nothing to do with me. Each of them is powered by their own drive to succeed."
"There ya have it, EraserHead is a terrible teacher.—"
"—I'm what?—"
"—Who would have imagined at the beginning of this race that the climax would be a non‐stop mega‐mix of surprises? The first to make it back into the stadium is the first‐place winner!"
I thanked him as we quickly untied ourselves. I collected my chain while running after the green haired boy. 'Should I warn him?—it'll be better if I didn't..'
I trailed behind Bakugou and Todoroki before crossing the line myself. Doubling over out of breath, I came in forth place. Did I deserve it? Hell no. Am I going to take it?....
Hell yeah.
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